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MONTSTREAM STUDIO IS MOVING! to 129 St. PaUl Street (3 doors from Flatbread on City Hall Park)

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Silver Maple’s retail doors at 129 St. Paul will close on Saturday, May 25th, but our online studio, Dodge Studio Arts, will continue to offer the Dodge’s original prints, including our special line of Vermont photos. For the past 14 years, our family has enjoyed operating a successful downtown gallery and lamination service and we’re excited now to be growing our own line of imagery. Come check us out at SilverMapleEditions.com and Dodge Studio Arts.

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To celebrate our new venture and the closing of our retail gallery, we are now offering a 50% sale on all of our ready-to-go art work, prints, gift items and notecards. Join us for a closing party on Saturday, May 25th, during the Farmer’s Market. Silver Maple’s fine-art lamination service will continue at PhotoGarden, 10 Dorset Street, South Burlington, at the corner of Williston Road.

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Whatever you call it, the end-of-life bill heading to the governor’s desk is historic — and concludes a decadelong legislative fight. A fight to the death…

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Settlement talks between Burlington Telecom and CitiCapital fell apart last week. Maybe a big bake sale could put a dent in BT’s $33.5 million debt? Hardy Macia

own medical marijuana. Speaking in a whisper because of a collapsed lung, he explained that he sometimes used the drug to ease his pain or to get to sleep. “This is about the patients, and doctors,” he rasps, “and having the medicine that the patients need.” The video spread via social media, and drew attention from the Huffington Post and the Concord Monitor. Seven Days associate publisher Cathy Resmer noted it in an Off Message blog post on Monday. In a private Facebook message to Resmer that morning, Macia had said Hassan’s response to his impassioned plea was that she will “listen to all sides.” Macia passed away hours later, surrounded by family and friends at his aunt’s home in Westford, Vt., according to the Concord Monitor. He leaves behind his wife, Heidi, and two stepchildren, the paper reports. Friends and fellow activists alike have posted remembrances on Macia’s Facebook wall. “Rest in peace, Hardy,” wrote one friend. “We will never forget how you went out fighting. You have been such a positive influence on so many people — will miss you, man.” Watch Macia’s video at 7d.blogs.com/offmessage.

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n Monday, May 13, the Vermont legislature passed a bill decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana. It was a moment Hardy Macia would have savored. But Macia, one of Vermont’s pro-pot pioneers, died the same day, of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The 43-year-old software developer was a longtime Libertarian who wasn’t afraid of a fight; he once sued software giant Microsoft for trademark infringement over a program called “Pocketmoney” that he wrote in 2004. An Essex High School graduate, he started the now-defunct Vermont chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws. When he ran for governor in 2004 against Peter Clavelle and Jim Douglas, his platform consisted of cutting taxes, lowering the drinking age and legalizing pot. His campaign banner at the 2004 Phish show in Coventry read, appropriately, “Party Hardy.” Macia moved to New Hampshire in 2007, as part of the Free State Project, an organized migration of Libertarians to the state. He was active there in Libertarian politics, as a volunteer in Gary Johnson’s 2012 presidential campaign; Macia himself ran for a U.S. Congress seat. The Hodgkin’s diagnosis last August didn’t end his campaign. Macia helped pass Vermont’s medical-marijuana bill in 2004, and advocated for a similar bill in New Hampshire, which is now making its way through the legislature. Gov. Maggie Hassan recently pressured the state senate to strip language that would have allowed patients to grow their own pot. In his final days, Macia recorded a four-minute video from his hospital bed, which he posted to YouTube, urging Hassan to let patients like himself cultivate their

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HOORAY FOR RESTAURANT WEEK

Just wanted to thank Seven Days for sponsoring Vermont Restaurant Week [April 26-May 5, 2013]. We attended the “Real Cost of Local Food” panel, which was very informative, as well as having great food! It certainly raised awareness of our responsibility to support local foods in our restaurant choices and to encourage more use of Vermont-raised food. Hope to see similar events on your schedule next year. Glenna Copeland

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In the May 1 “Facing Facts,” I saw that a recent important win towards LGBTQ equality got a little face time. I was surprised that this news received one line and that the news was presented as only being related to “gender-reassignment surgery” when it is so much more than that. This new guidance for insurance companies will have an enormous, direct impact on the lives of trans* people and their loved ones all over Vermont, and it is vital that they learn about this change. I know people who have had to go without medically necessary surgery or preventative care, like pap smears, for years because of the trans* exclusions in their insurance policies. The bulletin that was issued makes Vermont the fourth

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I was surprised by a bit of illicit Latin in the latest Whiskey Tango Foxtrot [WTF: “What’s the point of giving honorary degrees?” May 8]. The common understanding of “WTF” was rendered in Latin as “quid irrumabo.” Irrumabo, for those in the know, is one of those words that is either entirely omitted from Latin dictionaries or, when it is

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[Re “On Burlington’s Lakeview Terrace, ‘In-Fill’ Housing Leads to Ill Feeling,” April 24]: I grew up at 111 Lakeview Terrace, as did my mother. Back in the ’60s, I played hide and seek with the neighborhood kids in the evenings until the lights came on. Twice our little street came under attack: first by the proposed circ highway, then by condo developers. It was my neighbor Lillian Carlisle who stopped both of those things from happening. She would be horrified by the monstrosity of the complex at the end of Lakeview Terrace. The other day I came around the corner by the back lot of the COTS building. As I turned onto Lakeview Terrace and confronted this huge wall that blocked the sunlight, I felt like I was a rat in a maze! While I was in the Navy, I had an opportunity to visit several large cities; they all seemed hell bent on building higher and denser buildings. I came back to Vermont to enjoy the openness of our landscape. Progress doesn’t always mean more.

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10 A Priest, a Rabbi and a Horse Walk Into a Bar…

Powder Trail: Tracing Vermont’s Heroin Epidemic to Its Sources

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Welcome to the Comedy Issue!

Winners and Losers of the 2013 Legislative Session

BY DAN BOLLES

30 Todd Barry’s Amazing Interview

BY PAUL HEINTZ

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What the Frack? Middlebury College at Odds Over Addison County Pipeline Project

Comedy: The comedian talks about his latest tour, Twitter, Louis C.K. and “podcast weirdos” BY DAN BOLLES

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Comedy: Seven comics to watch at the 2013 Green Mountain Comedy Festival

20 The Granddaughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald weighs in on the Latest Gatsby

38 Misery Loves Comedy

20 Good-bye, Silver Maple

Comedy: Local comic teaches homeless teens and prisoners to turn tragedy into laughter

BY MEGAN JAMES

Review: Saints & Poets Production Company’s The Witches Is an Inventive Ride

BY KEN PICARD

Comedy: In improv, the perfect is the enemy of the funny BY MARGOT HARRISON

44 The Hole Truth

Food: Seven Days seeks Burlington’s best bagels

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50 Star-Spangled Suds

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Food: The rapid ascendance of St. Albans’ 14th Star Brewing

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Music news and views BY DAN BOLLES

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nd the bartender says, “Is this a joke?” No, it’s our inaugural comedy issue. In May 2011, I wrote a Seven Days article titled “The Quipping Point,” about how a fl edgling standup-comedy scene was beginning to fi nd its legs in Vermont. The declaration was based in part on the f act that more than 30 local comics were performing in the third annual GREEN MOUNTAIN COMEDY FESTIVAL . At the time, that was impressive. Using the criteria laid out in Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point , a brilliantly executed book that examines social phenomena, my article less brilliantly argued that Vermont comedy had arrived. In retrospect, my argument, if well intentioned, was a couple of years early. Then I was chronicling the birth of a comedy scene. Now it is growing up — and sprouting hair in unexpected places. For instance, consider that this year’s GMCF boasts roughly 100 local standups and another 20 or so improv comedians. The festival has quadrupled in size in two years. Then consider that, on any night of the week throughout the year, more than a dozen local promoters are presenting comedy showcases and open mics all over the state. That anyone even tried to run a comedy club in Burlington —˛I’m talking about the late, great Levity —˛says a lot about the increasing appetite for funny stuff in the Green Mountains. Our fi rst-ever issue devoted to comedy in Vermont takes di˝ erent routes to the punch line: Ken Picard interviewed JOSIE LEAVITT, a veteran standup comic and teacher and cof ounder of the VERMONT COMEDY DIVAS. Leavitt employs standup to connect with homeless teens and f emale prisoners by teaching them to write jokes about their lives — jokes that begin with such setups as “So I was looking for a warm place to sleep last night…” And they’re funny. Margot Harrison, Seven Days’ associate editor, fi lm critic and self -prof essed

wallfl ower, writes about pushing her comfort level by attending improv-comedy drop-in sessions at SPARK ARTS f or the past year. I profi led seven of the brightest YOUNG COMICS working in Vermont. You’ll fi nd one-liners f rom them — and others who didn’t make it into the story —˛sprinkled throughout the paper. I also interviewed

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comedian TODD BARRY, a highly regarded, nationally touring comic who is headlining this year’s GMCF. He’s an amazing follow on Twitter. So has comedy really arrived in Vermont? Maybe. But what’s more likely is that we’ve been watching the opening act kill it, and the headliner has yet to take the stage. There is much, much

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For one day, Basin Harbor Club focuses on all things dog. A 3K walk and 5K run kick off Woofstock: A Festival of Fidos, a family-friendly celebration of canine companionship. Skilled demonstrations including agility training and Frisbee fetching complement Lake Champlain cruises, good eats, live music and more. Proceeds benefi t Addison County’s Homeward Bound Animal Welfare Center.

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“Living in the age of crisis can be hard,” writes Benjamin Peberdy about his solo show “Caution!” at Burlington’s Backspace Gallery. Multimedia collages of vintage magazine ads, instruction manuals and other materials refl ect the 26-year-old White River Junction resident’s experience living amid “modern hazards.”

Pedaling Into the Past While new bike lanes have popped up around the city in recent years, Burlington has a longstanding relationship with this form of transportation. ˜ e Bicycle History Presentation & Ride explores pedal pushers in the Queen City, beginning with an examination of riders from 1880 through 1920 by cultural anthropologist Luis Vivanco. A tour of notable routes follows on Friday, weather depending. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 54

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A Rocker’s Rebirth ˜ urston Moore is considered indie-rock royalty. Chelsea Light Moving, formed in 2012, marks the Sonic Youth founder’s fi rst project since the breakup of his iconic band — and a move into heavier territory. ˜ e singer-songwriter’s raw vocals and electric guitar rifts are accompanied by bassist Samara Lubelski, drummer John Moloney and guitarist Keith Wood, at Signal Kitchen. SEE MUSIC SPOTLIGHT ON PAGE 74

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In the 1920s, a block of tenement apartment buildings in Charleston, South Carolina’s African American community was known as “Cabbage Row.” ˜ e spirited inhabitants of these cramped quarters inspired George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward to write the classic folk opera Porgy and Bess. BarnArts Center for the Arts presents this slice-of-life work driven by a heartbreaking, but memorable score.

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Listening to jazz singer Audrey Bernstein (pictured), one cannot help but be transported back in time. While her look is decidedly modern and brimming with cosmopolitan panache, her voice channels the era of Chet Baker and Frank Sinatra. ˜ e Vermont-based performer celebrates the release of her debut album, Audrey Bernstein Loves Blue, with a live recorded show.

A traditional farmstand gets an upgrade at Marshfi eld’s new ‘Barnstand’ Collective. Local produce and food products are featured alongside upcycled, vintage furniture, handmade clothing and other wares from area businesses. Founded by Onion River Farmstand, Nutty Steph’s and A Stitch in Time, the owner-run establishment fosters a direct relationship between community members and small-scale producers.

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ho knew Gov. PETER SHUMLIN was so scared of cutting taxes for 73 percent of May 20 and 21 Vermonters? RL Photo, 27 Sears Ln. Who knew the legislature’s Democratic super-majority was so scared of Shumlin 18- to 30-year-old that it wouldn’t dare challenge him to veto active males and such a tax cut? females, outdoor And who knew it would take just one enthusiasts, hikers, blustery, fact-free press conference by the governor to scare House Speaker SHAP bikers, and SMITH and Senate President Pro Tem JOHN longboarders CAMPBELL into submission? We learned these things last week as the Vermont legislature slouched To confirm casting time and toward adjournment and away from one location, contact Sarah: final tax fight with their Democratic email: sarah @ rlphoto.com standard-bearer. phone: 802.540.3081 It all began after Shumlin, Smith and Campbell came together in the governor’s ceremonial Statehouse office last Tuesday to announce that — lo and behold — they’d defused a long-standing budget standoff. Since they couldn’t agree on which taxes they should raise to fill a $10 million budget gap, they’d decided to cut that amount instead. You know, by increasing government efCASTING_CALL.indd 1 1 8V-JDK051513.indd 5/10/13 5/14/13 11:44 1:48 PM AMficiency and, uh, enhancing tax collection. But before the ink was dry on the deal, the chairs of the House and Senate tax-writing committees — Rep. JANET ANCEL (D-Calais) and Sen. TIM ASHE (D/PChittenden) — were already scheming to work their way around it. Having spent the session seeking consensus on how to bring more equity to the tax code, they were reluctant to abandon their tax bill — even if the state needed no new revenue. So they pitched a radical idea: Why not enact those same tax reforms in a revenueneutral manner? Doing so, they said, could actually cut taxes for 220,000 people, while raising them for just 14,000 mostly wealthy Vermonters. And if they did it all without raising any new revenue, how could the governor object? But object he did. Monday, Asked last Wednesday whether he’d support such a plan, Shumlin said, “I have May 27 at 8 pm, made very clear that the consensus that FlynnSpace has been built in this building, which I have urged, is to not take action on tax $15 adults, policy, but to finish up the work that we $10 students have, balance the budget and get home.” Shumlin’s protestations notwithstanding, Ancel and Ashe had an ace in the hole. Season Sponsor Attached to their tax bill was a funding mechanism for Vermont’s health care exMedia change, a prerequisite for accessing federal dollars. If lawmakers had decided to hold it hostage, Shummy would have had a hard www.flynncenter.org time nuking the Ancel-Ashe tax plan. 802-863-5966 But to play that game of chicken with

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the governor, Ancel and Ashe needed the full-throated support of Smith and Campbell, who would ultimately be charged with selling the concept to rankand-file legislators and the public — and rounding up the votes for a potential veto override. After meeting with Ancel and Ashe on Thursday evening in the Speaker’s office, Smith and Campbell emerged sounding amenable to their idea. “If we can actually put forward a plan that gives 200,000 or more Vermonters a tax cut — many of them middle-class Vermonters — I don’t think it’s right for us to dismiss that out-of-hand,” Smith told reporters lurking outside his office.

SMITH AND CAMPBELL SPENT HALF A WEEK BACKING SLOWLY OFF THE PLANK AND THEN — AFTER DELAYING ADJOURNMENT BY A COUPLE DAYS — SCURRIED BACK ABOARD THE SHIP.

That set off Shumlin administration officials, who spent Friday scrambling to put the kibosh on the plan. And with a self-imposed Saturday adjournment deadline looming — and budget and tax bills in need of finalizing — Smith and Campbell had to decide whether to shit or get off the pot. As the afternoon faded away, Smith and Campbell holed up in the Speaker’s office again with Ashe and Ancel, emerging an hour later to give reporters their answer: definitely maybe. Their message muddled, the dynamic duo alternately sounded like they were ready to fight and ready to cave. One thing was certain: They were extending the session through Monday; within an hour, they’d pushed it off ’til Tuesday. “Any option is still on the table,” Smith summarized. While legislators dallied about, Shumlin sharpened his knives. Minutes after Smith and Campbell concluded their remarks, the governor’s staff summoned reporters to his ceremonial office for a response. “Welcome,” Shumlin said as he sauntered into the office, pointing to an array of candy. “We have M&Ms — tax free, so far.” Then the governor lit into the tax

proposal, saying half a dozen times that lawmakers were raising income taxes “on the fly” when they’d be better off giving up and going home. “I’ve only heard about proposals. I haven’t seen ’em. But the last thing we should be doing is raising income taxes, changing our income tax system on the fly, at the last minute, when we don’t need the money,” Shummy said. “I’ve made very clear we should not raise income taxes. We will not raise income taxes. We must not raise income taxes.” A reasonable point. Except that the very foundation of the tax plan from Ancel and Ashe is that it’s revenue-neutral and actually cuts taxes for most Vermonters. Indeed, estimates provided by legislative economists show that by capping income-tax deductions at two and a half times the standard deduction and setting a minimum tax rate of 3 percent — as Ancel and Ashe suggested — 72 percent of taxpayers pay less, while 5 percent pay more. For instance, 300 filers earning between $500,000 and $1 million a year would pay $5350 more in taxes, while 56,250 Vermonters earning between $25,000 and $50,000 a year would pay $25 less in taxes. Not every working-class Vermonter would pay less and not every 1-percenter would pay more. But, by and large, the plan shakes out to be pretty progressive. Shumlin wasn’t about to let the facts get in the way of a solid scare tactic. He kept saying the plan would raise “millions and millions” in new taxes, thereby violating the agreement he struck earlier in the week with Smith and Campbell. How could a revenue-neutral tax bill raise taxes, you ask? Shumlin’s secretary of administration, JEB SPAULDING, stepped in to explain: When you apply the plan to 2007 tax year data — rather than the most recent data available, from 2010 — it wouldn’t be revenue neutral. It would bring in $7 to $10 million. That approach ain’t kosher, says Ancel, a former state tax commissioner. “We don’t pick and choose the year that gives us the result that we want,” she says. “I think once you start choosing what year you’re going to run things on, to me that’s really a risky place to go.” While we’re at it, why don’t we apply it to 1929 tax year data? After the press conference, neither Spaulding nor other administration officials would provide documentation backing up their claims. So why’s Shummy so scared to lower taxes on the vast majority of Vermonters? “His opposition suggests an unwillingness to let the legislature take credit for

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a reform that might have been his initiative,” opined the Rutland Herald/BarreMontpelier Times Argus on Sunday. “The only other reason for his intransigence is that he believes that protection of the prerogatives of Vermont’s wealthy taxpayers is a higher priority than lowering taxes on the great majority of taxpayers.” Lending credence to that theory was the horde of reliable capitalists in Shummy’s stable who hit the phone lines over the weekend to pressure lawmakers to oppose the plan. “When they talk about fairness, I really question whether they’ve looked at it appropriately, because I think fairness is in the eye of the beholder,” says DaviD Coates, a member of the influential pro-business clique known as the “Burlington Bishops.” After speaking with Shumlin and a staffer last week, Coates says he called “five or six” lawmakers to raise concerns, though he says he would’ve done so without hearing from the gov. “[Shumlin] just said, ‘I’ve taken the position that I won’t support it,’ and I absolutely agreed with him,” Coates says. “I called a couple people and said, ‘You better get a hold of your senators.’” By Monday, the fix was in. At lunchtime, Smith gathered House Democrats at a secret caucus meeting next door to the Statehouse to brief them on his decision to abandon ship. Later that day, he and Campbell held yet another press conference saying they’d decided to shelve the bill until January. Would the governor be any more inclined to tango next year — particularly without that health-care-exchange funding mechanism being held out as a bargaining chip? “I think he shares [our] goal and in 2014, in November, the voters are going to be happy that we’ve moved forward with [the plan],” Smith said. Got it. So as Shummy’s heading into a reelection year and dialing for dollars, he’ll be rushing to subject his deep-pocketed donors to a higher share of the state’s tax burden? Campbell added that he and Smith were reluctant to engage in “what you call ‘the political fight’ with the administration” because Vermonters are sick of “the constant fighting in Washington.” “To me it sends a terrible message to our country — especially to our kids that are out there and hopefully one day will have our positions,” Campbell said, somewhat bizarrely. Perhaps the children would prefer their parents pay higher taxes because a couple of Democratic leaders were afraid to go toe-to-toe with a Democratic governor opposed to cutting taxes for most Vermonters? Fact is, Smith and Campbell never came close to fighting the good fight. They spent half a week backing slowly off the

plank and then — after delaying adjournment by a couple days — scurried back aboard the ship. Was there wisdom in beating a tactical retreat? After all, a veto battle between fellow Democrats would be an ugly affair — and neither Smith nor Campbell were assured of victory. If the Republicans sided with their gubernatorial comradein-arms, Shumlin would need just a few stray Dems to sustain his veto. Then again, that’s assuming Shumlin really had the cojones to veto a bill cutting taxes on 220,000 Vermonters and imperiling federal funding for the health exchange. Why not test him and see what he’s made of? When Smith and Campbell finished their press conference, Spaulding, who was listening intently nearby, said he was pleased to see the dynamic duo come around. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the legislature and the Shumlin administration do reach common ground for some tax reform next year that lowers tax rates for all Vermonters,” he predicted. Asked repeatedly by reporters whether the administration was ready to provide its analysis showing that the plan would’ve raised taxes across the board, Spaulding said his team would be happy to. “It is a reasonable question to ask,” he said. “I just think it’s basically old news by now.” Right. As soon as the governor won the fight using a garbage-in-garbage-out analysis, those numbers were “old news.” After plenty of prodding, Spaulding reached into his pocket and pulled out an email from tax-department consultant Deb brighton, who wrote that, indeed, applying the plan to 2007 tax year data would raise $7.7 to $9.7 in new revenue. Helpfully, Spaulding suggested reporters call Brighton directly to discuss the numbers. Reached later, Brighton confirmed her analysis but said she’d been “reluctant” to provide those numbers, questioning whether it was the right approach to gauge the plan’s impact. “I think the problem is we can’t just look at 2007 and say that’s the way it’s going to be,” she said. “It’s a reasonable start, but we shouldn’t assume it’s representative.” But surely Brighton agrees with the conclusions the governor drew from her analysis, right? That it would increase revenues and raise income taxes? Not quite. “I see it as something that is basically revenue neutral and basically would lower taxes for most people,” she said. Old news, my friend. Old news.

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ermont police report that a staggering amount of heroin is flowing into the state right now. But where are the drugs coming from? The cops say they’re from urban areas such as New York, Philadelphia, Lowell and Holyoke, Mass., Albany, and even Chicago and Detroit. Rutland Police Chief James Baker says a bag of heroin that sells for $5 in a big city can fetch as much as $30 on the streets of his city. On the evening of December 8, 2012, one suspected dealer allegedly led authorities right to his source. Using a warrant, Burlington police and f ederal drug enf orcement agents traced the movements of Videsh Raghoonanan by Bulk heroin, known as tracking his cellphone in real time. For “fingers,” seized by police in an six hours, they watched the signal travel Burlington unidentified drug arrest from Burlington down interstates 89, 91 and 95 to New York City. “You can’t just keep arresting people The signal stopped at 1 a.m. near coming in as runners. That won’t stop Ozone Park, Queens, a middle-class the problem,” says State Police Lt. neighborhood best knownf or its Matthew Birmingham, commander of horseracing track. Sixteen hours later, the Vermont Drug Task Force. “You have the cellphone started moving north to dismantle the organization.” again — tracing the same route back — U.S. Attorney Tristram Coffin has until it arrived in Burlington shortly prosecuted dozens of individuals f or before midnight. heroin trafficking in the past 18 months, When Raghoonanan exited the mostly using secretive grand jury pro highway onto Shelburne Road, police ceedings. His office is building complex were waiting in a surveillance car. He cases — many of which rely on confidendrove to an apartment on South Union Street, where authorities say the dealer had set up shop. As they got out of the vehicle, Raghoonanan STATE pOL i CE LT. M ATT h Ew Bi RM i n g h AM and a compan ion were taken tial inf ormants with ties to suspected into custody and searched. drug suppliers. According to court records, the cops Brooklyn has emerged as an epicen f ound a 30-gram bag of cocaine con ter of Vermont-bound heroin, and one cealed in Raghoonanan’s buttocks and neighborhood in particular appears to 90 bags of heroin in the pants pocket of be a source point. In February, f ederal his cohort. Raghoonanan was apparently identi - prosecutors in New York unsealed an fied by a customer who cooperated with indictment charging six defendants in a federal authorities in the hope of reduc- drug ring f rom the Bedf ord-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn with trafficking ing his own sentence on drug charges. narcotics. One of them was arrested in And Raghoonanan, in turn, allegedly Vermont. Court records accused the identified his supplier as a New York suspects of making daily runs with large City man known as “Black.”

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quantities of narcotics to upstate New York and Vermont. In March, state police stopped a Cadillac on I-89 in Williamstown that was allegedly returning f rom Brooklyn with 2600 bags of heroin in the trunk. Authorities have also seized large quan tities of heroin in recent months f rom out-of-state passengers traveling on the Megabus and in taxicabs. “There are supply networks f amil iar with Vermont down there,” Coffin acknowledges. But heroin is arriv ing f rom Chicago, Boston and other big cities, too. In f act, some of the most potent — and deadly — heroin in Vermont ap pears to have originated in the Windy City. Beginning in the f all of 2011, the Burlington police narcotics unit began investigating a group of individuals from Chicago allegedly trafficking heroin in Chittenden County. The heroin — known as “Chi town” or “Chi town dope” — was blamed for several overdoses, including at least one that resulted in death. Turns out, Chi town dope also had ties to drug suppliers in Lowell, Mass. On April 10, law enforcement officers in Lowell staked out the home of a

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person suspected of trafficking the potent heroin to Vermont. Police alleg edly watched Chandara “Po” Sam leave his apartment and drive away in a gray Honda, and then trailed him to the Vermont border, where Vermont police took over the surveillance. According to police, investiga tors f ollowed Sam to a McDonald’s in White River Junction, where they had prearranged a controlled buy with an undercover inf ormant who allegedly gave Sam $5000 f or a large package of heroin. Police arrested Sam af ter the handoff. When the cops back in Lowell executed a search warrant on the build ing where Sam had been spotted, they allegedly found 30 grams of heroin, digital scales, more than $40,000 in cash and a handgun. Burlington Police Chief Michael Schirling says Chi town is just one of several heroin varieties available on the streets. Each batch comes with its own “stamp” on the packaging, the chief explains, and different groups bring in different supplies. So f ar, gangs don’t appear to be bat tling f or turf in Vermont, according to Birmingham, the drug task f orce commander, who notes that there’s no sign of organized gangs such as Bloods or Crips. But he admits he can’t be sure because “people don’t wear gang

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way or whatever...” Baker of Rutland cautions that it’s simplistic to blame the heroin surge solely on outsiders. One of the biggest busts in his area implicated a Vermonter. On April 24, federal prosecutors charged Alan H. Willis II of Tinmouth with heroin trafficking, alleging he had been purchasing and selling 1200 bags a week since last June — or as much as 38,400 bags of heroin over the past 10 months. Colchester Burlington Similarly, federal agents (Exit 16) (Downtown) E arrested Addison County South Park Drive 176 Main Street Locaat l 85Pizzeria / Take Out native Justin Billings last Pizzeria / Take Out Delivery: 655-5555 Delivery: 862-1234 summer as he allegedly atCasual Fine Dining M-Sa 10-8, Su 11-6 Cat Scratch, Knight Card Reservations: 655-0000 tempted to sell 399 bags of heroin & C.C. Cash Accepted The Bakery: 655-5282 4 0                     in Hampton, N.Y. When agents later 802 862 5051 searched his residence, they allegedly UmallSevenDays_FashionAd.pdf 1 5/10/13 8:25 AM www.juniorsvt.com S W E E T L A D YJ A N E . B I Z seized 6073 bags of heroin, $90,000 in cash, 10 firearms, ammunition and a 2003 Ford Explorer with an electroni8v-sweetladyjane051513.indd 1 5/10/138v-juniors051513.indd 3:35 PM 1 5/13/13 3:30 PM cally controlled hiding compartment. Dispelling the urban legend that Amtrak is the conduit for Rutland’s heroin supply, Baker says he’s unaware of a single shipment that has arrived via passenger train since he took over as police chief in January 2012. “It would be easy to blame New York City,” Baker says, “but it’s much more complicated than that.” m

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For more than a decade, the number of Vermonters treated for heroin addiction held steady at around 600 or 700 individuals a year, even as the number treated for synthetic opiates such as oxycodone skyrocketed. But new figures from the Vermont Department of Health show the heroin trend line inching up — from 654 people treated in 2011 to 914 treated in 2012. Treatment for prescription opiates continued to climb in 2012, which is to be expected, health officials say, because treatment usually lags behind drug-use changes on the streets. Barbara Cimaglio, VDH’s deputy commissioner for alcohol and drug abuse programs, says opiate addiction in Vermont has been cyclical — it was heroin a decade ago, then oxycodone and now heroin again. That’s partly because several years ago, pharmaceutical companies reformulated oxycodone to make it

harder to abuse. Many opiate addicts switched to heroin, which is a fraction of the price. “It’s like Whac-A-Mole,” she says. “We address one thing and then something else crops up.” Dr. John Brooklyn cofounded the state’s first methadone clinic in Burlington more than a decade ago and is now medical director of the HowardCenter Chittenden Clinic and methadone clinics in Berlin, St. Johnsbury and Newport. He says Vermont has taken steps to help more opiate addicts but laments that more than 750 people are still on a waiting list for treatment. He blames that, in part, on misconceptions about opiate addicts. “We think it’s some gangsta in a hoodie sticking up a convenience store,” Brooklyn says, “not the person serving your coffee, pumping your gas or taking care of your kids at a daycare center. Because all those jobs are done by people I know who have a history of heroin.”

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LABOR— Vermont’s labor movement failed to unionize childcare workers and deputy state’s attorneys this session, but it won two huge fi ghts: Nonunion state workers and teachers will have to contribute to the cost of collective bargaining, and home health care workers now have the right to unionize, potentially creating the state’s largest collective bargaining unit.

DEMOCRACY— After a conservative super PAC spent more than $1 million in last fall’s election, lawmakers pledged this year to fi nally — fi nally! — reform the state’s campaign fi nance laws. They started out strong, but every week the bill became weaker, as legislators resisted subjecting themselves to tough new rules. By the time the bill missed its end-of-session deadline Tuesday, it likely would’ve increased the amount of money in Vermont politics — without doing much to increase transparency. In the end, no bill might’ve been better than a bad bill.

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— In yet another tight budget year, liberals’ greatest victories came from legislation that didn’t cost a dime. Namely, three contentious social and legal issues that have been debated in the Statehouse for years: decriminalizing marijuana, granting driver’s licenses to noncitizens and letting terminally ill Vermonters end their own lives.

BIG WIND— Opponents of ridgeline wind got off o˛ to to a promising start this year when the Senate seemed ready to enact a threeyear moratorium on industrial wind power projects. But a strong and successful lobbying e˛ ort by a coaliR tion of business and EU D RO -B environmental CE groups took the wind out of their sails, whittling the moratorium down to a nearly unrecognizable study.

VTDIGGER.ORG— This was the session Vermont’s three-and-a-half-yearold online news outlet came into its own. With four full-time reporters — plus a semiretired columnist — stalking Statehouse committee rooms, little happened under the dome that didn’t receive exhaustive coverage by the nonprofi t news org. While its jargonlaced copy remains a little too dense for the general reader, Digger is ably making up for dwindling print media coverage of the Statehouse.

LOW-INCOME VERMONTERS— In the end, Shumlin failed to fund his budget priorities by slashing Earned Income Tax Credit payments to low-income workers. And he achieved only middling results in capping eligibility to the Reach Up welfare program. But a defi ningelement elementof of defining this year’s session was a shift from “How can we help lowincome Vermonters?” to “How much should we screw them over?”

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CORPORATE LOBBYISTS— Some of the things legislators considered taxing this session? Meals, clothing, soda, bottled water, candy, cigarettes, vending machines, cloud-based software, satellite television and more. For each of these, a nervous lobbyist —˜or fi ve — could be seen pacing the Statehouse halls, trying to keep his or her clients out of the crosshairs of the legislature’s tax-writing committees. In the end, nearly all were spared — thanks, in part, to the loyal assistance of Gov. Gov. Peter Shumlin, who went to bat for businesses big and small.

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the legislature rebu˛ ed his top legislative priority — a request EUR D for $17 million in new childcare subsidies — because lawmakers disagreed with his plan to pay for it by cutting the Earned Income Tax Credit. But Shummy’s a strong closer. He cut a session-ending deal with legislative leaders to avoid new general fund taxes and held o˛ a last-minute e˛ ort to make the tax code more progressive. Which he apparently opposes.

JOHN CAMPBELL— He’s still no LBJ, but Vermont’s Senate president pro tem earned an A for e˛ ort this year for (mostly) keeping his unruly chamber on time and in good working order. That’s a big change from last session, when the Windsor County senator nearly lost his job over complaints that he was disorganized and ine˛ ectual. What changed? New committee chairs, a new majority leader (Chittenden County Sen. Phil Baruth) and, perhaps most importantly, newly hired chief of sta˛ Rebecca Ramos, who earned accolades for keeping the boss in line and John Campbell mostly on-message.

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olitics ain’t no game, but it comes with its fair share of winners and losers. Each Friday on Seven Days’ news and politics blog, Off Message, we try our darnedest to fi gure out which one’s which. We call it ° e Scoreboard. It’s hardly a scientifi c process, but our goal each week is to provide a handy cheat sheet for those who don’t spend the day monitoring #vtpoli on Twitter or hitting the “refresh” button on our homepage. Since this year’s legislative session is wrapping up asSeven Days goes to press, we thought it would be a good time to rate the past four months of Statehouse action. So here you have it: the summary Scoreboard for the 2013 legislative session.

SHAP SMITH— The House Speaker from Morrisville retained his iron grip on his Democratic super-majority — and, early in the session, used it e˛ ectively to counter Shumlin’s regressive tax proposals. Political observers noted that he was fi nally emerging from Shumlin’s long shadow and positioning himself for a future statewide electoral bid. That changed in the closing weeks of the session, when FI he appeared to bend to Shumlin’s will and sided with the governor on tax policy over his Shap Smith own Ways and Means Committee chairwoman.

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leased at the start of the session called for significant new investment to clean up the state’s waterways and weatherize homes. But even a cameo appearance in the House chamber by climate rock star Bill McKibben failed to move lawmakers to fund those programs or provide more than a pittance to the Clean Energy Development Fund. And after the House passed legislation to limit lakeshore development, the Senate shot it down.

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eight years of Republican gubernatorial rule and his competent response to Tropical Storm Irene, Shumlin felt the Democratic legislature’s love during his freshman term. But relations turned frosty this year, when Shumlin’s fiscal centrism and Republican-lite rhetoric bumped up against the liberal Democratic mind-meld. The new regime harkens back to the ’90s, when former governor Howard Dean liked to tell legislators they were in “la-la land.”

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supporters claim, adds Middlebury senior Cailey Cron. “There’s a lot of potential in bio-methane,” Cron says, pointing to the college’s own plan to reduce its fuel-oil consumption by building a bio-methane plant. Generating natural gas using manure f rom nearby dairy f arms and f ood waste f rom local businesses could save Middlebury 640,000 gallons a year, according to college estimates. The student activists also note that much of the gas to be pumped through the proposed pipe will be extracted through an environmentally harmf ul process known as hydraulic f racturing, or fracking. In addition to potentially contaminating local water supplies, f racking releases methane, which, Shireman-Grabowski points out, is “about 21 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2.” Liebowitz, Addison County business leaders and reps f rom Vermont Gas Systems all acknowl edge the fracking concern. But they say natural gas is still preferable to fuel oil. “I absolutely appreciate the environmental issues,” says Robin Scheu, director of the Addison County Economic Development Corporation. “But I don’t see re ducing the impact of f ossil f uels and use of natural gas as an eitheror at this point in time. It should be seen as both-and.” She says fuel oil, which is much dirtier, remains the only f easible alternative to natural gas for the foreseeable future. Money is a major motivator f or pipeline proponents. The pro posal has virtually unanimous support f rom Addison County political leaders and businesses interest, such as Cabot Creamery and Goodrich aerospace sys tems in Vergennes. The anticipated savings from converting from oil to cheaper natural gas will preserve jobs and “maybe allow businesses to hire more people and to pay them a bit better,” says Andy Mayer, president of the Addison County Chamber of Commerce. One of Addison County’s largest em ployers, Cabot estimates that switching to natural gas will save the company Th OMAS j AMES

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iddlebury College is viewed as one of the greenest academic in stitutions in the coun try, but its support f or a proposed natural-gas pipeline in Addison County is putting that reputation to the test. Last week a group of stu dents and faculty presented college officials with a petition demanding the school adopt a neutral position on the Vermont Gas Systems proj ect. Adding to the awkwardness: Among the 1400 signers is the col lege’s “distinguished scholar” and celebrated climate-change activist Bill McKibben. In response to the petition, Middlebury President Ron Liebowitz reaffirmed the college’s pro-pipeline position. In a pre pared statement, he said access to natural gas would offer Addison County residents and employers “a less expensive and cleaner-burning alternative to high-carbon fuel oil” while noting a “lack of sufficient alternative sources of comparable energy.” “While we continue to listen to, and understand, the arguments against the pipeline, we believe that they do not fully take into account the economic needs of the com munities around us,” Liebowitz said. “Ultimately, we believe the pipeline will contribute to the economic welfare of the region and that it would be unacceptable f or us to stand in the way of real and measurable progress toward goals broadly shared in our community.” “Perf ectly sensible” is how McKibben describes Liebowitz’s assessment of natural gas as a cleaner, cheaper alternative to oil. But the Ripton resident adds that its relatively lower CO2 output is “outweighed by the fact that we don’t want to lock in fossil-fuel infrastructure at this point.” McKibben, who has gotten arrested for protesting the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry tar-sands oil f rom Canada to Texas, uses the same logic to argue against one carrying natural gas from Colchester to Middlebury. McKibben is founder of the climateactivism group 350.org, the name of

which ref ers to the goal of reducing atmospheric CO2 to below 350 parts per million. In the same week Middlebury was debating pipeline pros and cons, the daily level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million for the first time in the history of scientific data collection. On 350.org’s website, McKibben wrote in response: “We’re in new territory f or human beings — it’s been millions of years since there’s been this much carbon in the atmosphere. The only question now is whether the relentless rise in carbon can be matched by a relentless rise in the

activism necessary to stop it.” Middlebury sophomore Anna Shireman-Grabowski helped gather signatures on the petition against the pipeline. The sociology major argues that substantial energy savings could be achieved by spending $92 million — the projected price tag of the Addison County pipeline — on weatherization initiatives instead. She notes that the company already prides itself on saving customers money through its existing weatherization programs. Carbon-neutral alternatives to natu ral gas are closer to reality than pipeline

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to some Cornwall and Shoreham property owners whose lands lie on the route of a planned extension from Middlebury under Lake Champlain to the International Paper plant in Ticonderoga, N.Y. That second phase of the pipeline project, estimated to cost $50 million, has not yet been formally proposed to the Vermont Public Service Board, which regulates the state’s utilities. Some opponents of the link under Lake Champlain argue that it will be of little economic benefit to Vermont. Wark notes, however, that International Paper has agreed to pay most of the cost of running the pipe from Middlebury to Ticonderoga. And that will bring natural gas 17 miles closer to Rutland County, thus lopping 15 years off the company’s original 25-year timetable for serving customers in the Rutland area, Wark says. Having access to natural gas will be “a game-changer for us,” adds Donna Wadsworth, a spokeswoman for International Paper’s Ticonderoga factory. That plant has the highest energy cost of any mill operated by International Paper, she notes. And while the factory’s 600 employees include only about a dozen Vermonters, close to 20 percent of the wood fiber used at the plant comes from Vermont, Wadsworth says. The public service board could rule on the Colchester-to-Middlebury project by the end of this year, Wark says; a favorable decision could turn on the gas by the end of next year. If the second phase is approved, International Paper could convert from oil to natural gas by the end of 2015. m

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$3 million a year. Homeowners who connect to the pipeline can expect to spend $1900 less annually for heating and cooking, according to Vermont Gas Systems. “In total,” company president Don Gilbert told the state’s public service board, “the project will reduce Addison County’s energy bills by over $200 million over the next 20 years.” Cutting energy costs “levels the playing field” between Addison County and areas with access to natural gas “in terms of retaining and recruiting employers,” adds Scheu, the economic development director. She argues that availability of natural gas, which currently costs 43 percent less than fuel oil, will enable her region to compete more effectively with Chittenden County, which has long offered businesses that cheaper energy option. In a recent editorial endorsing the project, the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus characterized the motivation of some opponents as “NIMBYism.” For evidence, the newspaper cited Addison County landowners who express concern about their proximity to the buried pipe Vermont Gas Systems spokesman Steve Wark attributes worries about leaks and explosions to “unfamiliarity” with natural-gas pipelines. Vermont Gas, a subsidiary of Montreal-based Gaz Métro, has operated a pipeline in Chittenden and Franklin counties for the past 50 years without any serious incidents, Wark notes. And there’s been almost no opposition to the company’s extension of its existing pipe to Richmond and Enosburg, he adds. Resident resistance to the Middlebury pipeline project extends

STATE of THEarts The Granddaughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald Weighs in on the Latest Gatsby B Y M EGA N JA MES

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hen director Baz Luhrmann went on “The Colbert Report” last week to talk about his new adaptation of The Great Gatsby, he mentioned that a “very regal woman” took him by the hands after the movie’s world premiere and told him she’d come all the way from Vermont to see what he’d done with her grandfather’s book. That woman was BOBBIE LANAHAN, an artist, animator and fi lmmaker, and the daughter of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald’s only child, Scottie. “I told [Luhrmann] that I really liked it, and he was so bowled over!” Lanahan recalls over lunch at her Burlington home. “Now we’re pen pals. We’re writing every other day.” Lanahan, who pref ers not to reveal her age but coyly admits she’s over 60, is one of two trustees of the Fitzgerald estate, meaning she has a say in who is granted rights to works such as The Great Gatsby and that she has a fi nancial stake in its reproduction and licensing. “We have to make decisions all the time about what’s going to be allowed, and what the terms are,” she says. Luhrmann reached out to Lanahan about f our years ago when he began work on the fi lm. At the time, she says,

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she wasn’t all that interested in the project and may have given the impression that she didn’t approve. So he never f ollowed up. Since the director made the movie in Australia — one of the few countries where the copyright does not apply — he didn’t need to acquire rights, Lanahan explains. But Lanahan says over time she became excited about the production, and she wasn’t the only one in her f amily to f eel that way. Her daughter, BLAKE HAZARD of the indie-pop group the Submarines, appears in some of the movie’s party scenes as a dancer. As Luhrmann noted on “Colbert,” Lanahan is an elegant lady — but she’s also endearingly down to earth. During our lunchtime interview, she inelegantly

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dumped her to-go container of salad onto a plate and giggled as it spilled all over the table. Lanahan wasn’t just buttering up Luhrmann, the bombastic director whom she describes as “like a ringmaster”; she really was impressed with the fi lm. Af ter watching the trailer, she thought it would be “a thunderous movie on steroids,” she recalls. “It was going to be blasting music and having car wrecks, and everything was going to be over the top and exaggerated.” But at the premiere, Lanahan was “surprised the characters were so moving,” she says. “I liked Gatsby very much, and Carey Mulligan was just about right. She was sweet enough that you could see why Gatsby loved her. But she was also pretty hard.”

Lanahan even got on board with the 3-D f ormat, which she says gave the story a surreal, almost fable-like quality. “I think he got it just right,” she says. As you might imagine, Lanahan has experienced The Great Gatsby in many forms: Garrison Keillor’s all-day reading of the book at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn.; Gatz, a seven-hour theatrical take on the novel; even a glittering, all-female, Rockettes-style interpretation by Tokyo’s Takarazuka Opera. As an adult, Lanahan has read her grandfather’s work extensively. But she doesn’t remember much about the fi rst time she cracked the spine of his classic novel. It was in an English course at Sarah Lawrence College. “I know I had to write a paper,” she says. By then, Lanahan had learned to defl ect the questions people often fl ung at her once they discovered she was related to Fitzgerald, exchanges she says she found “deeply embarrassing.” In college, she says, “I was reading [Gatsby] in selfdef ense. I needed to catch up. People knew that I knew that I was related to it somehow, and I just needed to know what they were talking about.” She ended up designing her whole course of study at Sarah Lawrence around F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was the fi rst time she’d really learned about her grandf ather, who died in 1940, bef ore she was born. “My mother didn’t talk about him,” says Lanahan. “She had enough pressure coming f rom the outside. And she really resented it if we brought it up. It would make her mad and upset, which I understand. We’ve all inherited that.

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which they’ll sell their own fi fine-art ne-art photographs, as well as original prints by their daughter, artist MADELEINE DODGE. “We’re kind of shopped out,” says Bill Dodge. “We’ve been behind the counter for 14 years.” But they won’t leave the St. Paul Street storefront without art. “We both felt really strongly about this place remaining a gallery space,” Bill Dodge says. So they connected with Burlington painter KATHARINE MONTSTREAM, who will move her studio and shop to the location next month.

“She’s a really talented artist who just really knows how to be successful,” Dodge says. Before moving to Burlington in 1996, Dodge ran a bookstore in Montréal. “We got clobbered by the big-box-store thing,” he says. “It was just murder for the book business.” Around the same time, he and his wife realized that her aging dad, who lived in northern Vermont, could use extra help. So they moved to Burlington with a plan to start a gallery.

“We wanted to run a mom-and-pop art shop,” says Dodge. He knew that for such a thing to survive in Burlington, he needed a good location. After a year of searching, he connected with the Champlain Housing Trust, which had recently renovated the St. Paul Street block across from City Hall Park. He liked the idea of selling affordable art beneath affordable-housing units, so he and Benedicte snatched up the space.

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sale,” says Lanahan. We’re all very shy. “I don’t know We’ll talk to reporters, but we don’t how [Fitzgerald] like being grilled by would feel about the people close to us.” marketing,” she adds, Lanahan says and notes that her she can relate to grandfather’s book the frustration her wasn’t well received mother felt when until after he died. people came to her “He did need to make seeking access to money. And a lot of the literary giant. his life was often busy “My mother didn’t with the problems of know what people making money. He wanted,” she says. didn’t have enough, “‘What do you most of the time.” want? I’ll give it to Lanahan has you. What is it?’ It’s poured her creative some inside something. energy into visual But it’s hard to deliver.” storytelling. She has Still, Lanahan conpainted portraits, ilsiders herself lucky. lustrated children’s “There are so many books, animated comhorrible people we mercials and created could be related to, and films, including The [Fitzgerald’s] a great Naked Hitch-Hiker, one,” she says. which won the 2006 BOB BIE L AN AHAN With all the reGoldstone Award at the newed interest in VERMONT INTERNATIONAL Gatsby, Lanahan has been extra busy FILM FESTIVAL; and an animated docuwith the Fitzgerald estate. She’s been mentary about Alcoholics Anonymous blown away by the enormous licens- called One Alcoholic to Another, which ing agreements the new movie has she made with ORLY YADIN. inspired. Tiffany & Co., the Plaza Hotel, She has also written a book of her Brooks Brothers — they’ve all unveiled own about her mother, called Scottie the Gatsby collections. Tiffany even has its Daughter of … The Life of Frances Scott own trailer for the movie, in which the Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith. “But that was camera lingers over Daisy’s bejeweled a one-time thing,” she says. “I would not hand and zooms in, as Gatsby reaches venture a novel, let me tell you. I know out to the green light across the bay, on it’s impossible to get into that arena; he his pinky ring. “Which is, of course, for was too good.”

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Since then, the couple has run a successful art business, all the while carving out time to take their own photographs, some of which they currently sell at Silver Maple. As photographers, both Dodges are attracted to capturing the Vermont landscape — Lake Champlain sunsets, fields of windblown flowers, Christmas lights reflected on a darkened, rain-spattered Church Street. “It’s all about the magic of light,” Bill Dodge says.

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production of The Witches hauls out a big trunk fi lled with theatrical e° ects and unpacks them all f or our delight. Director KEVIN CHRISTOPHER and the energetic 13member cast use everything from video to puppetry, plus a dollop of special e° ects, to present David Wood’s theatrical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s story of a boy thwarting a group of witches. Now playing at the Black Box Theater at MAIN STREET LANDING PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, the show follows young Boy after his parents die and he is raised by his charming, iconoclastic Grandmother. Grandmother warns him about the witches, whose central concern is ridding the Earth of children. Along with Boy, we learn how to recognize a witch thanks to a hilarious “spotter’s guide” fi lm that blends adult irony and kidcentric humor, a style that inf uses the entire production. You may not want to scratch too

deep at the subtext here. Dahl’s witches are women desperate to conceal their scabbed and bald scalps, their lack of toes and fi ngernails, and their creepy, blue saliva. Surf ace appearance and deception are their key preoccupations. Hidden by wigs and vapid charm, they pass among us, sni˛ ng out children, whom they are passionate about scouring o° the planet. Fits right in with Mother’s Day, doesn’t it? Obviously, Dahl’s story has to be enjoyed without any feminist deconstruction. There’s no explanation for the evil that animates the witches, but there is a perfect hero ready to foil them. Accept, and enjoy, the hyperbolic characterizations. In addition to witches, the show skewers overzealous parents and greedy children and lets stu° y lawyers, self important f unctionaries and vain chef s annihilate themselves. A sense of fun infuses every aspect of the production. The gaggle of witches (KERRY CAMERON, EVA ESPENSHADE, TRACEY

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and KIT roars onstage to attend the annual witches’ conclave with all the lighthearted enthusiasm of schoolgirls. Clad in ridiculous wigs and exuberant Isabelle Fenn spring-green f rocks of a longpast f ashion era, the witches convey their eagerness to a cast and crew eager to execute them. rid the world of children the way kids The only stumbling blocks are the tranthemselves might jostle their way onto sitions. On opening night, the pace of a merry-go-round. Their good humor the show was too slow to support what makes them seem harmless, but af ter should have been buoyant movement they’ve provoked our laughter, their f rom e° ect to e° ect. As the run condeadly intent remains. tinues, audiences may see a more fl uid, Happily, we can turn to our hero, lively tempo. Boy, to def eat their plans. The parAs Grandmother, theater veteran ticulars shouldn’t be revealed, but the RUTH WALLMAN stitches together all of her joyous energy with which his task is character’s qualities as if into a beautiful accomplished is worth celebrating. Christopher makes use of a fog machine, quilt. She’s spunky, clever, warm, opinstrobe lights and classic stagecraft tricks ionated, a little crazy and just plain adorable, especially when we f eel the love to let Boy achieve what clueless adults she has f or Boy. ISABELLE FENN gives Boy cannot. the matter-of -f act courage Christopher has many f un ideas and RIVERS)

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ANE WILLIAMSON used to watch wistf ully as tour buses tooled past the ROKEBY MUSEUM in Ferrisburgh, where she has worked as director for the past 18 years. A designated national historic landmark, Rokeby was a stopping point 175 years ago — not f or tourists but f or Af rican Americans fl eeing bondage in the South and seeking saf e haven in northern, antislavery states such as Vermont. Rokeby, the name the abolitionist Robinson f amily gave the Ferrisburgh homestead, served as an important way station on the clandestine route to f reedom ref erred to fi guratively as the Underground Railroad. The documents and artifacts housed at Rokeby can enhance visitors’ understanding of the United States slave trade, and of the radical opposition to it. Trouble is, f ew tourists come to the

225-year-old house, which Williamson describes as “delicate and tiny.” Rokeby has no public toilets, and the water in the home isn’t drinkable. All that is about to change. Tour buses will likely start pulling into Rokeby soon af ter the o˛ cial May 19 opening of a new 2500-square-foot exhibition center. Road trippers will be pleased to discover that the $900,000 cost of construction covered the installation of toilets and a drinking fountain. The main attraction is a multimedia display that Williamson hopes will boost the total yearly visitors f rom 1000 to as many as 5000. Titled “Free & Safe: The Underground Railroad in Vermont,” the exhibit shifts the museum’s focus away from the Quaker family who lived at Rokeby and toward two f ugitive slaves, Simon and Jesse, whom the Robinsons helped.

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“We’re now talking more about the black fugitive experience and less about the white assistance,” Williamson says. “We’ve made Simon and Jesse the stars of the show.” The decision to base the exhibit on a pair of partly imagined narratives stemmed f rom Williamson’s realization that “it’s the story of the Underground Railroad that drives visitation.” Tourists generally aren’t keen to view 175-yearold letters in crowded, sweltering conditions, she says. But Williamson is betting they will spend time viewing a visually compelling display that also f eatures audio accounts of experiences that Simon and Jesse may have had at Rokeby. There’s nothing like the new

Rokeby exhibit’s examination of the Underground Railroad anywhere else in the United States, Williamson points out. The museum director, as well as the exhibit itself , adds the disclaimer that the stories of the two f ugitives are partly speculative. Not much is known about Simon and Jesse — not even their last names. There’s no evidence that Simon, who escaped f rom captivity in Maryland, ever actually came to Rokeby, Williamson acknowledges — although, she adds, it’s likely that he did. In addition, no one knows what happened to him or to Jesse, a f ugitive f rom North Carolina who is documented as having

stateof thearts that children possess when there’s really no choice about conquering a fear. She’s also an excellent puppeteer when her character transforms into a mouse. Mario houle plays Bruno, an arrogant, pampered kid. Houle has razorsharp concentration in each scene, fine comic timing and the necessary aplomb to scarf down doughnuts. As the Grand High Witch, Marianne DiMascio sometimes lets screechy vocals stand in for evil, but she conveys her character’s scheming with entertaining exaggeration. The original music by cast member Patricia Julien creates mood without overwhelming the live action. Her score accomplishes the cool trick of feeling absolutely modern (with undertones of EDM) and thoroughly timeless, all while hitting just the right horror notes. A large, multilevel set of platforms makes up the central set. All the levels

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and angles allow for great variety in blocking, but unfortunately a lot of the story just can’t play out on a waterfall of levels. This consigns the major scenes to the flat islands on the extreme left or right, putting the grand platform structure in the way of the key character interactions. Still, the platform provides for some big entrances and exits, and if its levels are a tad underutilized, they are valuable when needed. The puppets, designed by Meghan DewalD, are visually clever. She clearly likes building puppets that transform, and these changes provoke both laughs and wonder. The show is suitable for children ages 8 and older and is laugh-out-loud entertaining for adults, as well. Dahl’s story explores some of the major concerns of childhood: fear, tyrannical adults, death and courage. And the moral is universal: Love is what creatures need. m

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The Witches, adapted by David Wood from a book by Roald Dahl, directed by Kevin Christopher, produced by Saints & Poets Production Company. Thursday through Saturday, May 16 to 18, at 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, at 2 p.m. at the Black Box Theater at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. $15-20. Info, 863-5966. saintsandpoetsproductions.org; flynntix.org

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worked for Robinson at Rokeby for one in the slave trade prevented him from paying the price Elliott demanded for a year. Jesse’s circumstances are persua- deed certifying Jesse’s manumission. sively imagined in The display in the new building — fia 15-minute audio nanced mainly by dramatization by Vermont playwright federal grants and a $500,000 gift from DaviD BuDBill. Using records still housed the J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation — in the original Rokeby building, Budbill cresituates the fugitives’ ated dialogue involvstories firmly within the historical context ing Robinson, Jesse and another former of slavery and abolitionism. Without that slave who lived at Rokeby. The tension element, Williamson says, visitors to Rokeby, arises from Robinson’s including local schooldocumented refusal to lend Jesse $150 that children, might not would have enabled fully appreciate its sighim to purchase a nificance. They might JANE WilliA mSoN also be unable to draw “freedom paper” from the intended inference his former owner, that “race remains an Ephraim Elliott. Robinson indicated that his principle issue in today’s Vermont,” Williamson of avoiding even indirect involvement adds. m

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“No, she doesn’t have a phone. She’ll be there.” “And I assume you need the money from her to pay for this ride?” “Yeah, but don’t worry, hon — I’ll get the money.” “All right, then,” I said, and steered toward the Old North End. I put the chance of getting paid for this fare at less than 50 percent. But, if the woman was indeed a hustler, she was a local hustler, and hence — in my particular philosophy of hacking — deserving of a ride. In any event, whether

“Who was playing tonight?” I asked. “Dead Sessions, dude. They’re, like, a Dead tribute band. They were awesome.” “It sounds awesome,” I said. “If they can channel some of that Grateful Dead magic, that is something special. I saw the Dead years ago. Believe it or not, the opening act was B.B. King. What a night that was.” When we arrived at Hickok, my fare said, “Just wait here. I got to grab some money from the apartment.” “Could you leave your wallet? Just so I know you’re actually coming back.”

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paid or unpaid, the whole round trip was going to take less than 15 minutes, a chunk of time I could afford to eat. We arrived at her sister’s apartment, and — surprise! — the sister was home, but — no surprise — she didn’t have the money. Retaking her spot in the shotgun seat, my dubious customer explained cheerfully, “Don’t worry, hon. I have a check coming tomorrow. You can swing by my place, and I could pay you.” “Don’t worry about it,” I said. “This one’s on the house.” Shortly after this low-grade fiasco, I dropped a fare near the airport and checked out Higher Ground on the return to town. I knew there had been a show that night, which meant concertgoers might be in need of a ride home. Sure enough, a young, scruffy guy jumped into the backseat. He requested a ride to Hickok Place, in the student section of town.

“Sorry, I don’t carry a wallet, man. Don’t worry — I’ll be back.” “OK, then I guess I’ll just have to take it on faith.” I had made the classic sentimental error: thinking that the Grateful Dead bond was going to account for something. As soon as he left the cab and trotted up the driveway, I knew that was the last I’d see of him. I gave it a perfunctory five minutes and took off. Full moon, I thought. I didn’t get stiffed for a third time that night, but that’s not to say the remainder of the evening went swimmingly. Every other customer seemed distracted, dissatisfied or disjointed. What turned out to be my last fare was a cute and diminutive, blackhaired girl who hailed me from in front of Mr. Mike’s Pizza. As she attempted to enter the cab, a guy stood alongside, basically haranguing her. He really wanted her to come home with him, and he had a seemingly endless

barrage of arguments in support of his position. Finally managing to shake him off, she got into the backseat and gave me her destination — one of the UVM sorority houses. Unprompted, she said, “I don’t want to be somebody’s booty call. I just don’t want to be that anymore. The guy told me he had been waiting for me at Mr. Mike’s, like that meant I owed him something.” I said, “Well, good for you taking care of yourself in that situation.” “Did you ever watch the TV show ‘Smallville’?” she asked. In the rear-view mirror, I stole a glance at this girl — all fresh-faced and coy — and grasped the point of her seemingly out-ofcontext question. “Yeah,” I replied, “I used to once in a while. And, yes, you do look just like the actress who played Clark Kent’s teenage love interest on the show. I can really see that.” She was exceedingly pleased, clearly having received just the desired response, and said, “Thanks so much. It’s good to know I’m pretty.” We had stopped in front of her sorority. I pivoted to face her and said, “Honey, that’s great, but it’s really important for you to know that on the inside.” She smiled the sweetest forlorn smile and paid me the fare. Given how the rest of the night had gone, and taking into account the provocateur moon still up there doing its thing, I considered this last ride of the night a graceful finale. m

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hen we go through the pile looking for questions, Remy, I have to be honest: While some things the world needs to know about, others just sound like they’d be a hoot to research. My assistants Una and Fierra are always looking for an excuse to blow things up, set them on fire, etc. When they came across your letter, their little eyes lit up. “Boss,” they said, “we could perform a detailed computational heat transfer analysis. Or we could grab some guns and ammo and head out to the shooting range. Which approach do you think is likelier to boost our Google page rank?” Three minutes later they were rummaging through their closets looking for the Glock. The women assembled a subset of their alarming collection of firearms: the above-mentioned Glock 26 nine-millimeter semiautomatic, representing a typical concealed-carry semiautomatic handgun; a Ruger P85 nine-millimeter semiautomatic, representing a typical full-size semiautomatic handgun; and a Ruger Super Redhawk .44 magnum revolver, representing the kind of cannon you use when

asking a punk whether he feels lucky. The surface temperature of each gun was measured before and after firing using a Fluke infrared thermometer, the goal being to find the highest temperature of any part likely to touch skin if stuffed down one’s pants. Each pistol was fired once and had its temperature taken at five seconds and again at 60 seconds. The experimenters then happily blasted their way through an entire magazine, then two magazines, with a firing rate of two rounds per second (one round every two seconds for the .44, owing to the need to collect oneself between shots). Firing a single round from the nine-millimeter firearms didn’t make them appreciably hotter. Emptying a full Glock magazine resulted in a maximum temperature increase of 10 degrees Fahrenheit; after two magazines the maximum increase was 14 degrees. The P85 heated up 18 degrees after one magazine, no doubt mainly because it held 15 rounds, as opposed to 10 rounds for the Glock. After a 30-round rapid-fire session, the P85 had gained 26 degrees. Conclusion: Neither semiautomatic was likely to cause burns unless the weapon was already pretty warm. The .44 was a different story. One shot raised its temperature two degrees, six shots raised it 25 degrees, and after 18 shots the gun’s barrel was 42 degrees toastier than its starting temperature. But was this hot enough to burn? Deciding there was only one way to find out, Una carefully slid the now-unloaded .44 behind

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odd Barry is pretty amazing. Just how amazing is something the comedian will gladly share in his standup act, via Twitter or on his new podcast, “The Todd Barry Podcast.” But his is a wryly charming and often self-deprecating brand of lowkey, facetious megalomania. For example, take a recent tweet in which Barry says, “Need to start writing tweets that change lives. Making people double over in laughter is no longer enough.” Or another that reads, “Sometimes I think I just got really really f amous. Then I remember that I’ve been really really famous for a long long time.” The joke is that Barry is not actually a household name. But he is among the most widely respected comics of his generation. He’s released f our successf ul albums, most recently Super Crazy in 2012. He’s done a pair of Comedy Central specials and several late-night talk show appearances. He has turned up on a variety of scripted TV shows, including “Flight of the Conchords,” “Delocated,” “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” and Louis C.K.’s “Louie” — Barry and C.K. are longtime f riends. And Barry’s had some choice fi lm roles, including turns in Road Trip, The Wrestler and the underrated cult favorite Pootie Tang. Barry is a uniquely creative observational comic who relies on a subtle, deadpan delivery and delight f ully withering sarcasm. He’s also unusually daring. On his most recent tour, the Crowd Work Tour, he ditched his written material and perf ormed hourlong sets based solely on interactions with the audience.

Barry, who is back to perf orming written material, is headlining the 2013 Green Mountain Comedy Festival. In advance of his very likely amazing perf ormance at Club Metronome on Sunday, May 26, Seven Days spoke with Barry by phone f rom his apartment in New York City.

another, you’re not getting work done, because you’re not really doing any jokes. I didn’t come up with a lot of material out of it.

people, people who, you’re like, “I don’t think they’d be showing up to a comedy show, these people.” Weirdos is who I’m talkin’ about.

SD: Audience interaction has always been a part of your act. But this is taking that to another level. How long did it take you to get to a point in working a crowd that you were comfortable even trying something like this? TB: I had done sets where I had done almost all crowd work, 15-minute sets. So even for me, in all my years doing it, I never said, “I’m going to give you an absolute hour.” It was a little scary. But also less pressure, because all day there was nothing I really had to think about. I like not thinking.

SD: [Laughs] TB: They’re a certain type of weirdo, the podcast weirdo.

SD: Why has Twitter become such a great tool for comedians? TB: Comedians need attention. So I think it’s a combination of comedians needing attention and that it’s a nopressure way of getting a little bit of whatever you get out of doing a show. It’s instant f eedback. Maybe you have a stray thought while you’re sitting at a co° ee shop, but it’s not something you want to put in your act; you type it up, and, within seconds, hundreds, SD: You have a new podcast. thousands, hundreds of thousands of TB: Yeah. It’s just going to be me talk- people see it. And you get whatever you ing to various folks — comedians, some get out of that. And it’s a good way to SD: In a typical set you’d have noncomedians. It’s what you think it spread the word about various projects material that builds to a fi nish. With is. Just me talking. Hopefully it won’t and things. something like this, how do you just be another comic-interviewingSD: And for you it’s a great way to know when it’s over? comics thing. Though it could be. I’ll TB: That was a challenge that I felt see how long I can do it. Then I’ll stop mess with people. ˜ ere’s your bit about the Kansas City airport the fi rst few shows. I realized, “God, doing it. responding to one of your tweets. there’s no real momentum.” Then it SD: Podcasts have become an [Barry poked fun at the KC airport for occurred to me that as long as I kept effective vehicle for comedians a lack of food options.] And then Spin it going for a while and people were especially. Is this something you responded to you making fun of the having fun, at an hour I could just go, hope might get your name out there Louis C.K. Rolling Stone cover with a “Uh, we’re done.” a little more? fake cover of you. SD: Just drop the mic and walk off. TB: It’s not really that calculated. I know TB: Yeah, that was nice of them. I TB: [Laughs] It’s not like we’re going to people who have podcasts, like Marc was just looking f or the equivalent of have a fi nale. Ideally, it would end with a Maron — it’s helped them quite a bit. I Rolling Stone. Although I think Spin is nice moment. mean, he was doing fi ne. But it’s taken out of business, so maybe that’s not the him to the next level. And then I’ve done equivalent. SD: Would you do it again? shows where it’s like a live podcast with TB: I might do it again some time. a host, and you get a whole new set of On one hand, it was really f un. But on TODD BARRY » P.32 SEVEN DAYS: ˜ e Crowd Work Tour must have been quite an experience. It almost sounds like a cross between improv and standup. TODD BARRY: It wasn’t improv in the sense where I need a sentence or a word and launch into an hour bit. It was more that I just bounced around just hoping to land ... something. People had interesting stories, and most of the time I was able to come up with something. I imagine there was some dead air occasionally. But that’s gonna happen.

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SD: You had a bit in your act where you reacted to a bad review that had been written about you. Do you still pay attention to what people say about you online? TB: I’m doing it less. I realized it just doesn’t make me feel good. And it’s not constructive. So why expose myself? I mean, I slip up now and again. But I don’t think you really gain anything by going out of your way to find something shitty someone said about you. SD: Since this is a comedy interview, I’m contractually obligated to ask you about Louis C.K. TB: Uh-huh. SD: So he’s committed to doing a new hour of material every year, which is a huge output. On the one hand, it’s admirable. On the other, if I were a comic, I might be annoyed that he’s raising the bar so much higher. How do you feel? TB: I don’t mind him raising the bar. But not everyone works at the same pace. There’s authors that put out four books in five years, and there’s authors that put out one book every five years. With the immediacy of comedy, people get tired of it. The second time you hear something, it’s just not the same. So it’s a different type of experience. But I think he’s raised the bar and definitely motivated people like ... me. Am I writing as fast as I can? I do think there is a danger [in] just going for quantity or a speed record. Just having something new doesn’t mean it’s good.

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SD: There’s been a lot made of Louis C.K.’s self-distribution model, which in theory is great. But isn’t there a very limited class of comedians who can get away with doing it? TB: Yes. It’s great that he did that, released his special for $5. But he also has the income to produce that. He has such a large fan base that even at $5 a pop, he made a million dollars in, like, four days. Someone like me, or someone at a lower level, we might lose money, or not get nearly the money [we] would get if Comedy Central gives [us] a special. That’s definitely the case with me. But it’s a great thing any time you can do things on your own and still make a lot of money. I don’t think he would have gotten a million dollars from HBO. SD: When you’re touring to promote an album or a new special, it’s not like a rock record where people want to hear the hits. So can you repeat the same material? TB: That’s always the big question. I think you can. The chances of half the room in Burlington, Vermont, or any given room, having seen the special, I think, are slim. It’s a vocal minority who are going to have a problem with it. And then there are people who want to hear the jokes from the special. But you always win with new material. SD: Comedy is experiencing a boom currently. Does there come a point when it becomes too bloated, when the overabundance of comics becomes unsustainable? TB: I don’t know that it’s bloated. There are a lot of comics. But there are also a lot of rooms. You’ve just gotta be patient. I would never say there’s too many. I mean, there’s too many of anything, probably. There’s too many painters, too many poets. At least to make a living, there’s too many. Sure, it’s frustrating to not get on stage one day, or do a show and it’s just other comics waiting to go on who are your audience. But that’s just what you’ve gotta slog through before you hit the big time!

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Kevin Byer Kevin Byer has been in Vermont for only about nine months. But the Michigan native has made his time here Vermont count. Byer, 32, won the Funniest Comic in Vermont contest at Club Metronome last year and has quickly fine neaddition additionto tothe thelocal localscene scene established himself as a fi with a sharp, relatable, self-deprecating style. So, tell me a joke… “I was getting off stage the other night, and this girl came up to me and was like, ‘Why do I want you so bad right now?’ And I was like, ‘Probably because you had a horrible childhood.’” What are the best and worst things about comedy in Vermont? “° e best and worst thing about comedy in Vermont is the same thing: It has the most kind and supportive comedy community I’ve ever seen, and the rooms are always packed with people that want to see comedy. ° at’s gonna make for a lot of good sets. Nothing feels better than killing, but it’s really hard to grow as a comic unless you bomb on a regular basis. Last night, I had a pretty wonky set, but it was great because it drove me to wake up at six and write before work. Had I killed, I would have just lain around thinking about how cool I am.”

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Comedy pet peeve: “Wacky, zany improv troupes.” Another comic’s take: “He has a voice you can’t forget confidence dencethat thatflfloats oatshim himthrough throughsets.” sets.”——Kyle Kyle and cool confi Gagnon Recommended if you like (RIYL): Bill Burr, Mitch Hedberg, Marc Maron

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Byer performs at Winning! Vermont’s Vermont’s Funniest Funniest Comics Comics on on Wednesday, May 22, 7 p.m. at Club Metronome, Burlington. $10. @KevinByer

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Chicky Winkleman Few in Vermont push their audience’s buttons — and boundaries — quite like Chicky Winkleman. Winkleman, 24, specializes in making crowds uncomfortable. ˜ at’s a talent he perfected hosting “Sexy Chat with Chicky,” an open-mic series at Levity during which he would berate performers after their sets from his perch in an armchair onstage. Winkleman is not a shock comic, exactly. But he is often shocking, which bodes well for his upcoming podcast with fellow comic Will Betts, “˜ e 14th State.” So, tell me a joke… “It turns out that when you change all the ring-back tones on the phones at your job to ‘Call Me Maybe,’ you get fi red from the suicideprevention hotline.” A random fact about yourself: “I once had a twin but ate him in the womb to gain his power. ˜ ere’s a ‘scientifi c’ explanation, but that’s what I’ve chosen to believe. I now have the strength of a tiny man and a fetus.”

RIYL: Eugene Mirman, Michael Ian Black, David Cross Winkleman performs at That’s Just Wrong! Raunchy Show on Saturday, May 25, 11 p.m. at the Monkey House, Winooski. $8. hipsterjew.com, chickywinkleman.com. @chickywink

Is there such a thing as a taboo topic in comedy? “No. Defi nitely not. But comics should try to know their audiences. Not everyone is going to like you, and you should stay true to who you are, but maybe don’t do rape jokes at a rape crisis convention. ˜ at being said, it can’t be helped that some people don’t get the irony that some comedians go for and will be easily offended by anyone who’s not Jim Gaffi gan or Brian Regan — both of whom I love.” Worst. Show. Ever. “One that stands out is one of my fi rst performances, on a big theater stage in Middlebury, where I did new, kind of raunchy material that bombed for a paying audience. Ten minutes felt like an hour. ˜ en afterwards I found out my fi fth-grade teacher was in the audience, the one who always said, ‘You should become a scientist!’ I don’t think he went home and wept over a microscope, but I’m sure that show didn’t change his mind.” Another comic’s take: “She sells it; she is always doing new stuff and commits 100 percent. A lot of comics wait for the audience’s approval when working something out, but she just goes for it. She is always doing bits about stuff that she probably hated about herself 10 years ago that she has turned into comedy gold now.” — Kevin Byer RIYL: Amy Schumer, John Mulaney, Maria Bamford

What’s the hardest thing about standup comedy? “So many people are hung up taking comedy classes and paying for somebody else to tell them whether or not they have a good idea, when they should save that money for beer at open mics. It can be tough not to choose the easy punch line that 700,000 people have told before because it’s proven to get a laugh. ˜ e hardest thing in comedy is to continue believing in your own originality even when people aren’t laughing.” Worst. Show. Ever. “My worst show ever took place at Oscars, which was the bar/grill thing at the Majestic 10 in Williston. It was summer 2011, I was into playing my uke to a fault, to the point where I would force jokes into some weird uke thing just to use it because I thought it made me different and awesome. It didn’t. I wrote this shitty song while I baked in the sun at my lifeguarding job, and, upon arriving at Oscars, I began to realize that I was about to bomb … hard. To compensate, I attempted to fi nish all the Switchback that bar had and go up there with an excuse for my shittiness. Long story short, my aunt and uncle walked out of the fi rst show they ever came to see me do.” Another comic’s take: “He’s strong in most categories, but what stands out to me is he’s very quick and clever in real life, so he’s a natural onstage. On or off, you’re getting pure, honest, real-life funny Kyle. Also, I don’t know how else to put this, but he comes across as a lovable asshat.” — Carmen Lagala RIYL: Demetri Martin, John Mulaney, Greg Giraldo Gagnon performs at Winning! Vermont’s Funniest Comics on Wednesday, May 22, 7 p.m at Club Metronome, Burlington. $10.

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Lagala performs with Sara Schaefer on Thursday, May 23, 9 p.m. at Club Metronome, Burlington. $15. vermontcomedydivas.com, @CarmenLagala

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Another comic’s take: “Chicky has that whole I-don’tgive-a-fuck thing onstage. He will try whatever, no fear.” — Kit Rivers

So, tell me a joke… “OK, here we go … how about … no, not that one. ˜ at one won’t translate well to print … OK, wait, wait, I have one. It’s this, well, this girl, like, imagine me but not really me, you know? Uh … this isn’t going well. What was the question again?”

So, tell me a joke… “I won’t put one of my own jokes in this paper, but here is my favorite bar joke that a good friend told me some time ago: What’s better than seeing a girl wrestle? Seeing her box.”

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What is the hardest thing about standup comedy? “Walking the line between witty and offensive without losing the audience, which in a place like Burlington tends to be pretty politically correct. I think you can make a joke about gender without being a sexist, or make a joke involving racial commentary without being racist. It’s about what you know and if you’re coming at it from a real, honest place.”

Carmen Lagala fi rst turned heads by making the fi nals of the 2011 Higher Ground Comedy Battle. She won that contest this year, probably as a result of tirelessly honing her chops on stages throughout the state — including the now-defunct Burlington comedy club Levity, which she managed. Now a member of the long-running Vermont Comedy Divas, Lagala, 27, combines an easy stage presence with a willingness to experiment and push her own comfort level — and that of her audience.

Kyle Gagnon, 23, was a classic underachiever as a teenager. ˜ en, at the urging of a high school guidance counselor, he wrote some jokes for a regional talent show at the Bellows Free Academy-St. Albans auditorium. Gagnon’s riffs on Aquaman, McDonald’s gift cards and Jackie Chan won the contest. In the years since, the winner of the 2012 Higher Ground Comedy Battle has developed into one of Vermont’s bright young comedic stars, combining a reserved slacker cool with a fearless, confrontational wit.

What’s So Funny? « P.35 Will Betts Will Betts, 20, is one of Vermont’s youngest and hardestworking comics. A fi xture at open mics and showcases around the region, he has a dry, offbeat style that elicits comparisons to the likes of Steven Wright and Doug Benson. Last year, the University of Vermont junior was a fi nalist in both the Funniest Comic in Vermont competition and the newcomer’s division of the Funniest Comic in New England.

Nathan Hartswick If Vermont comedy were ˜ e Godfather trilogy, Nathan Hartswick would be Michael Corleone. Hartswick, 35, is the don of local comedy. He’s the founder of the Vermont Comedy Club website and a cofounder of the Green Mountain Comedy Festival. He and his wife, Natalie Miller — a fi ne comic in her own right — founded Spark Arts, a local performingarts group that produces standup and improv comedy shows all over Vermont. But Hartswick is fi rst and foremost a comic. And a terrifi c one at that, a self-described “likable wise-ass” with a résumé that includes winning the 2011 Higher Ground Comedy Battle and the 2012 Seven Daysies award for Best Vermont Standup Comedian.

So, tell me a joke… “When I started going to UVM as a freshman, I noticed a sign in the dorm bathroom that read, ‘Due to university health code, masturbation in the bathrooms is prohibited.’ At the time it didn’t seem like such a big deal — I was in-state, so I knew about other places to masturbate. However, a few weeks into the semester, I realized that sign is nowhere else on campus. Apparently, you can masturbate wherever you want, other than the dorm bathrooms.”

Worst. Show. Ever. “I did a show for a bunch of middle schoolers at a church a couple years ago, back when most of my material was clean. It was awful. Religious kids don’t get jokes.”

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Another comic’s take: “I call Will a ‘likable oddball.’ His material and his stage persona are uniquely hilarious. He’s clever and creative and, just as important, he works extremely hard. I have so much respect for the comics who respect comedy. Will is modest and understands that improving means fi ne-tuning his material through thousands of stage hours. In the past few years he’s evolved into one of the most consistently funny comics in Vermont.” — Nathan Hartswick RIYL: Steven Wright, Doug Benson, Brian Posehn Betts performs at Laughs on Tap on Friday, May 24, 7 p.m. at Club Metronome, Burlington. $10. facebook.com/ willbettscomedy, @WillBetts

Kit Rivers Following a breakout performance at the 2012 Higher Ground Comedy Battle, Kit Rivers, 21, has been regarded as one of the most consistently funny comics in Vermont. She is so good, in fact, that a roast was held in her honor at Winooski’s Monkey House before she moved to London last year. ° at show has gone down in local lore as one of the most outrageous nights in Vermont comedy history, which is fi tting, given Rivers’ penchant for brash, deliriously profane humor.

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Comedy pet peeve: “A comic who is telling superunoriginal, hacky jokes … and killing.” Is there such a thing as a taboo topic in comedy? “I’ve seen rape jokes the whole audience loves and jokes about breakfast cereal that make the audience hate the comedian’s guts. It’s all about how you contextualize, craft and execute it.”

So, tell me a joke: “I’m skinny fat. ° at is where objectively in clothing you look fi ne and average, but underneath it’s all strapped in. Undressing me is like opening one of those Pillsbury dough cans. It’s all sealed and tight, and then BOOM — dough and fat come exploding outward.” What’s the hardest thing about standup comedy? “Letting go. When a joke works really well, it is because you fully committed to the material, to the act, to the attitude and to the audience. When you can learn to truly not give a fl ying fuck whether it bombs or not, it generally will kill. ° e hard part is learning not to care.” Comedy pet peeve: “Being introduced specifi cally as a lady; a host needing to draw attention to the fact that by owning a womb I am somehow doing something ‘quirky’ by being on stage. I’m a comedian, not a female one. Just a comedian.” Another comic’s take: “Kit has memorable punch lines. My favorites are ‘Undressing me is like opening a Pillsbury dough can’ and ‘I didn’t tweet 10 million Jews to death.’ In addition to being hilarious, Kit is ambitious. She talked Kathleen Kanz [of Levity] into giving her a 10-minute slot at a show before she had even done standup.” — Will Betts RIYL: Lily Tomlin, Patton Oswalt, Natasha Leggero

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So, tell me a joke … “Whenever I see a picture of food on Facebook, I think, ˜ at’s probably poo by now .”

Rivers performs at Ladyparts! Women Show You Their [Comedy] Bits on Friday, May 24, 11 p.m. at the Monkey House, Winooski. $8. kitrivers.com

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Is there such a thing as a taboo topic in comedy? “No, but it’s defi nitely harder to get away with offensive jokes if your name doesn’t already have some level of comedy prestige to it. ° at’s partially why Louis C.K. can say ‘cunt’ and ‘nigger’ on stage so loosely. ° e only time I saw a local comic use the N-word resulted in him being interrupted on stage by the host of the open mic. Keep in mind, the comic was white. It was awkward.”

Another comic’s take: “He’s committed to the craft, and he has a Muppet nose and a Muppet voice — physical humor always works. He sells punch lines really well, and not everyone does. Sometimes I’ll fuck up my punch lines. But for him, even his polished jokes that he’s rehearsed a hundred times feel natural. He’s performing instead of reciting. “He’s so committed to the Vermont scene. He’d like to make a living out of comedy, but he’s not in it for himself. He’d be happy if all he got was a thriving scene that’ll succeed.” — Chicky Winkleman RIYL: Conan O’Brien, Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin Hartswick performs with Todd Barry on Sunday, May 26, 7:30 p.m at Club Metronome, Burlington. $15. nathanstandup.com, sparkartsvt.com

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Josie Leavitt at Spectrum Youth and Family Services

t’s been said that trying standup comedy f or the fi rst time is as scary as perf orming a high-wire act blindfolded. So imagine the courage someone needs to get on stage and tell jokes about being molested as a child, living in f oster care or getting pregnant at a crack house — material that might be di° cult for the comedian and the audience, or so one might assume. Actually, those are precisely the kinds of authentic experiences that Josie Leavitt encourages her students to mine for their acts. Leavitt, who’s been teaching standup comedy to aspiring comics for eight years, says that real-lif e misery of ten makes f or the best humor — assuming it’s done well, of course. More importantly, she says, when people learn to make light of a personal tragedy, that’s of ten the fi rst step toward putting it behind them and moving on. When Leavitt, 48, isn’t running her own business, the Flying Pig Bookstore in Shelburne, she teaches standup classes at Burlington’s FlynnSpace. Last August, her sister-in-law, Ti˛ any Bluemle, who’s executive director of the nonprofi t Vermont Works for Women, asked Leavitt if she’d be willing to teach a standup class to women inmates at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility. In August 2011, when Vermont’s f emale prisoners were

moved from Swanton to South Burlington, many of their educational programs were dropped because the new location lacked the space to accommodate them. Bluemle hoped Leavitt could help fi ll the gap. Leavitt soon discovered that many of her incarcerated students were terrifi c storytellers. “The women in prison are just hilarious,” she reports. “You don’t stop being funny because your situation is horrible.” The same, Leavitt says, holds true f or the homeless teens she works with at Spectrum Youth & Family Services in Burlington. Since March, she has held two standup classes at Spectrum’s teen drop-in center on Pearl Street, with a third scheduled f or later this month. Like the women she met in prison, Leavitt says, the Spectrum kids have stories that can be heartbreaking but also devastatingly funny. One homeless teen, she recalls, joked about what it’s like to “wake up on the wrong side of the sidewalk.” Another, when asked to describe homelessness to someone who’s never experienced it, said, “It’s like never, ever having toilet paper.” “The thing about teaching someone

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standup, especially someone who is incarcerated or homeless, is it gives them a chance to ref rame an event in their lif e,” Leavitt explains. If , f or instance, you’re doing time as a consequence of your drug addiction, comedy gives you a creative outlet to redefi ne that situation, she says, which “takes some of the sting and shame out of it. There’s a real power in that.” How does Leavitt teach people to transf orm deeply personal and painf ul events into something that they, and others, will fi nd funny? Nothing to it, she says. “They do it themselves, because that’s how they survive,” Leavitt continues. “If you’re homeless or incarcerated and all you f ocused on was what was negative about it, you’d go crazy.” One of the biggest obstacles Leavitt faces is just getting her homeless students to show up. On a recent sunny afternoon at the Spectrum drop-in center, only one teen came to Leavitt’s lunchtime comedy class. As a Spectrum sta˛ er explained, the center doesn’t get as many mealtime visitors at the beginning of the month as it does at the

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end. Why? Their food stamps haven’t run out yet. On this day, it was just Leavitt and “Andrew” (not his real name), a husky 18-year-old with a mop of brown hair and a voice slightly more baritone than usual due to his f ading chest cold. He seemed more interested in watching YouTube videos on his smartphone than working on a comedy routine. “Andrew, just throw me a bone,” Leavitt urged. “The longer I’m here, the more likely my dog is taking a dump on the fl oor ... Tell me, what’s the worst thing about being homeless?” “It sucks that I’m not old enough to drink,” Andrew said half-heartedly. For about 10 minutes, Leavitt nudged Andrew to talk about what he liked, and didn’t like, about Spectrum. Eventually, he started ri° ng on being hassled to get out of bed at the shelter each morning. “I have Sarah a˛ ective disorder,” he said, referring to one of the sta˛ ers. “See? Now that’s f unny!” Leavitt said, jotting down his remark in her notebook.

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cigarettes and drank scotch while Leavitt was in the womb. As she puts it, “Standup is a form of therapy, for everyone, because you wind up talking about things that you didn’t even know bothered you.” In 2006, Leavitt founded a five-woman troupe called Vermont Comedy Divas. This year, the group will put on several benefit performances for local charities. The first, on May 24, is called “Divas Do Good” and will benefit Vermont Works for Women. Another, in June, will benefit a group of foster parents in Addison County. Though Leavitt was paid for teaching at the correctional facility, she donates her time at Spectrum. Is doing good always compatible with doing comedy? Leavitt lays down a few ground rules for her students: Never make fun of any group to which you don’t belong. And, if you’re going to be offensive, you’ve got to be damn funny, because you have to make the people you’re offending laugh despite themselves. For that reason, she says, she’s never mean to anyone in her own act. Occasionally, some of Leavitt’s students try to joke about subjects that are still too new and raw for them and get “jammed up” onstage, she says. Other than those areas that are too sensitive for the comedian, she believes almost any subject is fair game, provided it’s done right. She’s taught comedy to convicted murderers

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and end-stage breast-cancer only ones who can find therapeutic patients, the latter of whom benefits in standup, Leavitt suggests. COMED made jokes about losing their Many people are so intimidated by Y hair and boobs. the prospect of standing up and The key, Leavitt says, is that telling jokes, she says, that conquerif comedians can find humor in ing that fear can have a “massive their own awful situation, chances spillover effect” into the rest of their lives, giving them more confidence to, say, apply for a job, go to an interview or advocate for themselves. Another of Leavitt’s former students is Colin Ryan, a journalist-turned-professionalcomic who now travels the state giving motivational talks and school presentations about anti-bullying and financial literacy. J O S IE L E AVIT T “Josie’s class was the first time I tried standup comedy, and I was quite literally facing my bigare good their audiences will, too. “It’s like a pressure-relief valve. You gest fear,” Ryan says. “I would have never either laugh or cry,” she says. “Nine times believed that in the next few years I’d perout of 10, if you take someone’s joke and tell form about 250 more times. By creating a the story one way, everyone is sobbing. But space for us to pretend we were comedians if you tell it right, they’re all laughing their week after week, Josie created a place for us to become real comedians.” asses off.” While standup is therapeutic for some Ultimately, Leavitt says, it’s unimportant to her whether her students go on to students, others use it simply to find humor pursue careers in standup. But several are in everyday situations. “If you think, What’s funny about this? doing so, and with some success. At the Comedy Battle IX at Higher Ground on instead of, This sucks! you’re going to be May 5, two of Leavitt’s students took first happier every day and you’re going to laugh more,” Leavitt says. “And that can only be a and second place. People with traumatic pasts aren’t the good thing.”

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Writing down jokes is a crucial first step Leavitt teaches all her students. Spelling, grammar and punctuation don’t matter, she says. What does is whittling down a joke to its bare essentials. “A beginner comic starts with a halfgallon milk jug of plaster of Paris, and that’s their material,” she explains. “When they’re done, they have a tiny little polar bear that fits in the palm of their hand. Comedy is all about economy, word choice and flow. I don’t need to know every single thing that happened at the cookout with your family. What’s important is that you got hammered with your grandma.” Leavitt, who grew up in New York City and on Long Island, has been polishing her own act for some time. One New Year’s Eve 20 years ago, her then-partner challenged her to try standup. So Leavitt took a class — and loved it. She debuted onstage on June 4, 1993. “There’s always a moment when someone stands up for the first time, and you can tell whether they’re going to keep doing [standup], or they’ll never do it again,” she says. “For me, the minute I walked off, I knew my life had changed.” Leavitt has been telling jokes ever since. Like most beginners, she began with topical humor before experimenting with riskier and more personal subjects. These days, her act includes material about her father’s cocaine habit when she was growing up — he’s been clean and sober for 25 years, she emphasizes — and how her mother smoked

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ou’re standing in a small studio with two people you barely know, preparing to act a scene set on a desert island. One of your companions must speak exclusively in rhymes in this scene; the other must pretend to be a mind reader. Your character is endowed with hooks for hands. There’s no script to follow. Just be sure

that, by the end of the scene, the audience knows exactly what these three characters mean to one another, why they’re on the island and what they want. Make sure to highlight their assigned quirks. Oh, and make it funny. When you’re improvising, the last part is usually the one you think about the least. If you f ollow the rules of the game and

throw your inhibitions to the wind, you’re almost guaranteed to make a generous audience laugh. That’s what I’ve learned over nearly a year of attending the Wednesday-night Improv Drop-In group at Burlington’s Spark Arts. The informal, entry-level class is run by Spark Arts cof ounders Nathan Hartswick and Natalie Miller, who also

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o˜ er higher-level classes in improvisation and a range f o instruction in standup comedy, acting and music at their recently expanded Flynn Avenue studio. Hartswick and Miller have their own Spark Improv Troupe — which will perf orm during the upcoming 2013 Green Mountain Comedy Festival — and they encourage their students to troupe up and get onstage, too. For many of the regulars at Improv Drop-In, that’s a natural next step. They’re theatrical extroverts whose everyday conversation has the rhythms of a comedy sketch. Which is why I’ve of ten asked myself on Wednesday nights, What the hell am I doing here? People invariably describe me as “shy” or “reserved.” I pref er email to phone communications because I can edit it. “On the fl y” or “seat of the pants” has never described my chosen way of doing anything. And decades ago, when I made the mistake of taking a graded class in improv, I earned a C-plus, the worst course mark of my academic career. I remember how desperately the instructor — a member of the successf ul improv troupe War Babies and a bit player in movies such as This Is Spinal Tap— tried to get me to loosen up. In one exercise, where group members impersonated linked mechanical parts, he ordered the class to embody a giant “Margot Makes Her Debut” machine. It was a disaster.

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GOOD CITIZEN Scripted or unscripted, Ben Rameaka is a funny guy. The 34-year-old native Vermonter performs and teaches at New York City’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, a hotbed of improv, sketch and standup founded by a quartet of comedians from Chicago, including now-famous Amy Poehler. Rameaka has appeared in TV pilots, ads and hilarious web videos. In the “Rejected Pitches” series, he plays a soulless Hollywood exec who tears apart pitches for widely beloved movies such as Pulp Fiction and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. (“You know who wants rings?” his character informs Peter Jackson. “Cheap women and drug addicts with frosted tips.”) While those sketches begin from a script, Rameaka will focus on straight improv when he appears at the Green Mountain Comedy Festival on May 24. He and half of his UCB improv team, Airwolf, will do a show they call “Let’s Go Back to Your Place.” It’s an example of “long-form” improv that starts with the troupe interviewing an audience member “about a messed-up living situation they’ve had at some point at their life,” Rameaka says in a phone interview. Based on that story, the team improvises a series of scenes lasting 15 to 30 minutes in total — much longer than the brief improv games featured on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Raised in Shelburne, Rameaka went straight from the University of Vermont to the Actors Studio Drama Program in New York. “People told me I should take improv,” he recalls. “I think they thought I was more funny than dramatic.” Perhaps they were right — Rameaka found a home at UCB, where he’s been for the past six years. The biggest compliment an improviser can get, Rameaka says, is when an audience member asks, “That was written beforehand, right?” We asked him a few questions about how to perform without a net.

SEVEN DAYS: How is improv different from other forms of comedy?

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BEN RAMEAKA: You’re dealing with a lot of people who are very funny and very talented, and it takes a sort of ability to sublimate your will for the good of the group. You want to support people, make everybody else look as good as possible … If I fuck up, there’s seven people who can get my back, make me look good, support me.

BR: No, I’ve never been stumped. There definitely are suggestions where people think they’re being really clever by giving you dirty stuff. It’s your job as an improviser to elevate those suggestions. One technique we have is “going from A to C.” So if you say something really dirty, like “vagina,” I’ll say, “‘Vagina’ reminds me of a woman, so I’ll play a pregnant woman in the scene.” People [in the audience] love to yell “surfboard,” and they love to yell “pineapple.” I have no idea why that is.

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SD: What do you like about improv? BR: There’s no net. You’re out there with your team, and you’re building this thing together; we have each other’s backs. An audience is there with you; they’re watching you take the risk. They want to see you do well. It’s almost like you’re all participating in an in-joke. It’s a very sort of unique art form, in that no one wants to see the trapeze artist fall — and if they do, they’re probably a psychopath. put anyone in the hot seat, and they offer lots of positive reinforcement along with guidance. Sure, I sucked. I could only marvel at the regulars who slipped seamlessly into new characters and never fumbled for words. But accepting that 90 percent of ON THE FLY

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BR: I will definitely play with the script. Everything is shot on digital. Unless you’re in a time crunch, you have time to play. A lot of directors will respect that. [In auditions for ads,] the casting people are going to see tons of people during the day. If you can bring something a little bit different, or entertain, you’re more likely to get the job. Sometimes advertising copy is really shitty — you can improve it.

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On the Fly « P.41 what comes out of your mouth when you do improv is going to suck — or, if you let it, become beauteous nonsense — may just be part of the deal. As I returned week after week, I started thinking about why a profoundly unspontaneous person would attempt an art of spontaneity — and reached some preliminary conclusions. Improv is “let’s pretend” for adults. Be a pirate! Explore an alligator swamp with a demented guide! Leave your lover in the most dramatic way possible! Improv games allow you to do all this and more, provided you follow basic rules, starting with the cardinal principle of “Yes, and…” This means that, if a scene partner informs you that you are a pair of foot-fetishist cannibals, you may not reply, “Um, no.” Your answer should be more along the lines of “Mmm, that dude’s pinky toes look scrumptious.” To give method to the madness, you must also work to establish the scene’s basic parameters: character, relationship, objective, when and where (handily abbreviated on Spark’s whiteboard as CROWW). The audience needs to know whether those foot-fetishist cannibals are elderly spouses, parent and child, or two weirdos who just met via Craigslist. CROWW teaches you to determine your character’s identity and motivation up front — a good skill for any actor or writer. Improv is cheap group therapy. No, you don’t have to reveal your intimate secrets (thank God). But, while it lacks the confessional aspect of psychiatry, improv is all about learning to play well with others, establishing the trust and open communication without which you couldn’t possibly impersonate foot-fetishist cannibals together. The circle exercises that start each session at Spark Arts are designed to get participants to make eye contact and read body language as they mime tossing each other invisible balls or chopping each other with invisible samurai swords. If you’re not alert and responsive to others,

you won’t be able to keep up the pace. Sure, you’ll feel like you’re playing a goofy game at summer camp as you chant nonsense words at near-strangers. But you’re also polishing the interpersonal skills that atrophy when you spend long days interacting with people via email. Improv can’t be perfect. Don’t get me wrong. Not all improv is equal. (See sidebar on Ben Rameaka, who does it professionally.) When I watch Spark Arts Troupe perform, I admire the crackerjack speed with which they transform random prompts from the audience into something resembling a scripted comedy sketch. Some people are stumped by dictates such as “you have hooks for hands”; others instantly see a character in their minds, complete with accent and backstory. But when you stop trying to think of jokes and let your body feel its way into the character, sometimes that’s when the funny happens. Mathieu Gagne, a veteran of ImprovBoston who teaches at Spark Arts, emphasizes that improv isn’t just about cerebral quick-wittedness — there are strong physical and nonverbal components to it, too. An art that can’t be perfected — just practiced — is hard for my perfectionist mind to accept. But the more I do improv, the more I notice everything that’s unplanned and improvised in our daily lives. No rehearsal, no script — riding the wave of randomness is a skill we can all use. Sometimes you need to just go with it.

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the pu˜ y bagels from Price Chopper on Shelburne Road. It wasn’t the most glamorous of tastings. As Rev. Diane Sullivan pointed out, a bagel without cream cheese is sad indeed. But we f elt that each bagel should be evaluated on the merits of its dough alone, undressed and unadulterated by seductive cream cheese or toasting. So Diane joined circulation manager Steve Hadeka, associate arts editor Megan James, marketing and events coordinator Corey Grenier, and sales associate Sarah Cushman to blindly (and bravely) plow through an entire table of bagels. We judged each on looks, texture and taste. Was there a sta˜ favorite? Yes, hands down. Here are our unscientifi c results. — C O R I N HI R S C H

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Feldman’s new location, inside a conSo, with new players on the scene, verted tire dealership, puts him within we decided to pit a f ew local bagels a long stone’s throw of local mainstay against one another in a taste test. Five sta˜ members bravely volunteered to Myer’s Bagel Bakery, which brought in new partners this spring. sample plain and everything bagels Passions can run deep when it comes f rom the Bagel Place, Feldman’s, to pref erred bagel styles, and here at Myer’s, Burlington Bagel Bakery & Seven Days, where bagels are a dietary Caf é (no longer owned by Feldman) staple as we approach production dead- and the new North End’s always-busy lines, our sta˜ ers have strong pref erBagel Caf é & Deli. To these we added ences indeed. an initially perplexing sta˜ suggestion:

Appearance: Megan called these bagels “very uniform ... almost like toy bagels,” while Sarah found them “enormous and lopsided.” Diane, disclosing her bagel proclivities, observed that they were “pu˜ y, nice.” Texture: Corey found this bagel “fl u˜ y”; Steve pointed out its “nice, hearty chew.” Diane called them “a little doughy.” Flavor: Steve was impressed by the salt levels of both the plain and the

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Texture: Megan had to “chomp down really hard” to get a bite of this “überchewy” bagel. Corey had one word for that: “tough.” Flavor: “Bland,” observed Sarah. Steve detected char. Like Steve, Diane admired “the good amount of everything” on the everything bagel. Verdict: These standbys are goodlookin’ and chewy, but rather flat in flavor goodon their own. Perhaps they’re ideal blank canvases for, say, the deli’s bacon-scallion cream cheese?

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Established: Staffers couldn’t tell us. Price: $7.98 for a dozen; $1.39 for a toasted bagel with butter Number of flavors: 25 Coffee: Green Mountain Coffee The skinny: We included these supermarket bagels after a few hearty nominations from staffers. Appearance: Steve found the plain bagels “pale and dull, though the everything bagel had slightly better camouflage.” Diane called them “the bagels next door.” Megan found some pale and some burnt; they were “inconsistent,” Corey declared. They were also almost the largest of our samples.

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Appearance: Steve found the averagesize everything bagels “brimming with seedy goodness.” Sarah admired the “small blisters” that speckled each, while Diane found them “kinda crazy looking.”

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“PerfeCTly golden Brown, glossy and PlumP,” The skinny: The bagels from this always-busy New North End staple are part of our weekly rotation at Seven Days, though not all of our testers could pick them out of the lineup. Eleven years of successful bagel making is impressive.

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Texture: Like her fellow tasters, Sarah was not impressed with this bagel’s façade. However, inside lurked a surprise: “Very dense and moist,” she observed. “Nice, stretchy consistency and pleasing bite,” added Steve. Inside the “crispy outside,” Diane found “nice air bubbles,” though Megan was disappointed that these “deflated” when the bagel was torn. Flavor: Drawing assessments from “standard” (Diane) to “ashy” (Sarah), these bagels didn’t wow but seemed perfectly able-bodied. Sarah appreciated the everything bagel’s “intense and oniony flavor.” Verdict: As the cheapest of the bunch — right now, it’s “buy six, get six free” at Price Chopper — these pale bagels over-delivered.

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Texture: Corey found this bagel “very chewy,” while Steve detected a pretzellike texture. Diane called it “really tough.”

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Established: 1996 Price: $10 for a baker’s dozen; $2.22 for Texture: “Crust is chewy; inside is yum,” a toasted bagel with butter jotted Megan, combining her tactile and Number of flavors: 11 taste impressions. Diane: “Again, frightCoffee: Vermont Coffee Company eningly perfect.” “This bagel is firing on all cylinders,” Steve marveled. The skinny: These are chewy, dense Montréal-style bagels. You love ’em or Flavor: Sarah found “just the right you hate ’em, but you usually recognize amount of salty and sweet” inside a them from a mile away. bagel that Corey called “amazing.” Diane, who likes to slather her bagels Appearance: Steve observed that, with cream cheese, wrote, “I usually given their distinct style, “there’s little think there’s no point to a plain bagel, point comparing these to the others.” but this one was actually tasty.” Diane, who would ban Montréal-style bagels from Vermont if given the Verdict: The hands-down staff favorite. chance, called them “unattractive. Shriveled. The hole-to-bagel ratio is all out of whack.” Others found comfort in their familiar shape, though all agreed that the everything bagel suffered from a surfeit of poppy seeds.

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teve Gagner pulls a tap jutting from the wall of his tasting room at 14th Star Brewing, and golden beer fills a tulip-shaped glass. “I came up with this one night while sitting on the couch watching ‘[The] Big Bang Theory,’” Gagner says earnestly. His vision was an ale with grapefruit, orange and lemon flavors, “a citrusy beer that wasn’t dank. It had to be refreshing,” Gagner continues. That same night, he drove to the supermarket and picked up 20 pounds of citrus fruit, which he zested at home. The next day, Gagner combined that oven-dried zest, Columbus hops and a handful of coriander seed into a brew that matched the one of his imagination: a tangy pale 5:15 PM ale with a hoppy backbone and faint hint of sweetness. “That first batch was pretty close,” Gagner says. With minor tweaks, it became 1493, one of the signature brews at 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans’ only craft brew house. Not quite a year old, 14th Star has already seen such wild success that it’s spilling out of its cozy space, even though Gagner sells most of his beer to just a handful of local restaurants. “We never expected to grow this fast. We’ve already reached our fourth-year sales projections,” says Gagner, a muscular Army vet with a shaved head and tattoos of maple leaves and the Stars and Stripes on his arms. He’s on the hunt for a new location. Unlike 1493, 14th Star did not come about in a flash. This nanobrewery has been a long time in gestation, ever since Gagner began home brewing eight years ago. The idea for the business took shape over a long year he spent in the desert of Afghanistan, and it finally took root last fall in St. Albans — Gagner’s home turf. Gagner, 34, enlisted in the Army when he was 17. His father, Gaston, served for 36 years as a recruiter and eventually a retention officer, so it seemed like a natural route, he recalls. About six years into his tenure, the younger Gagner was sent on his first tour — to Iraq.

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When he returned in December 2005, Gagner was a new dad; his wife, Nicole, had given birth to their first child. The Army gave him an assignment in Rutland, a long drive from his home in Swanton, so he rented an apartment to save on gas. There, to kill the time away from his family, Gagner started making soap and cheese — and brewing beer. “I was bored. And I like making things that people like,” he says. Like many creative people, Gagner taught himself the craft via imitation. His first home-brewed beer was a Magic Hat Brewing Company #9 clone. “It tasted like peaches and dish soap. I had no idea what I was doing,” he says. Gagner kept at it, brewing almost every night he was away from home and giving away most of what he made. Gradually, the beers improved. The first brew he perfected, he recalls, was a malty, spicy ale that eventually became Victory Harvest Brown Ale, one of 14th Star’s staples. “It was the first beer [where] I really dialed in as a home brewer,” he says. He also worked on the brew that eventually became the hoppy Valor. “It started about six years ago as a Switchback clone,” Gagner says,

but he couldn’t get it exactly right because he didn’t know the specifics of Switchback’s key ingredient: its yeast. Still, the beer “took on a life of its own.” When Gagner and his troop were sent to Afghanistan’s Andar district in 2010, he and an Army buddy, Matt Kehaya, had a lot of time on their hands to think about starting a business — an entire year. “We were in the middle of nowhere. It was completely spartan, but we loved it,” Gagner says. He won’t say much about his time in Afghanistan — there were attacks — but he speaks freely about his remote research into the Vermont beer market, which involved digging up statistics such as Franklin County’s status as the third-largest consumer of beer in the state. “We made a business plan [based] on a lot of assumptions,” Gagner says, referring to his gut sense that a craft brewery would be well received on his home turf, and maybe offer him sustenance after his eventual retirement from the Army. He chose the name 14th Star to mark Vermont’s entry into the Union as the 14th state in 1791. Because Kentucky joined the Union a little over a year later, American flags with

food 14 stars are rare. The configuration eventually became 14th Star’s logo. When Gagner returned to the States, he rented one side of a building on St. Albans’ Lower Newton Street that also houses a transmission shop. With a brewing space not much larger than a garage and little to no budget, Gagner and Kehaya — who helped him set up shop and still assists in the tasting room — relied on ingenuity, welding and carpentry skills, and donated equipment to make the plan work.

a few kegs. That July weekend, Gagner poured his golden pale ale for thousands of people at the festival — his commercial debut. Ten months on, 14th Star brews 440 gallons of beer twice a month, but that isn’t enough to sate its fans; Gagner never has beer on hand for more than 10 days at a time. In March, he hired his first fulltime employee, brewer Dan Sartwell, who had put in time at the Shed, Rock Art and Trapp Family Lodge breweries. When 14th Star’s sunny tasting

“Mimmo [owner Domenico Spano] went down and asked for this himself,” she says. “The demand is high. We get people in here all of the time that ask for local beer.” With this promising start, Gagner ponders the legacy he’ll leave to his kids. He sees 14th Star as “something I can build and grow and pass on.” Last month, he was asked to become a member of the board of the Vermont Brewers Association. The future is rife with plans. Sartwell

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room is open, on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, it’s mobbed with visitors getting their growlers filled — 120 to 150 a week, Gagner reckons — or tasting samples from one of the four taps. On a recent visit, those taps are hooked up to kegs of 1493, Valor — a coppery, nutty ale with powerful hoppiness — and Victory Harvest Brown Ale, a malty beer with caramel undertones. On other days, there might be an IPA made with local honey, or a porter brewed with local maple sap. Gagner attributes 14th Star’s success to the flocks of locals and friends who show up at his tasting room — and to the fact that it’s St. Albans’ first, and only, brewery. “People have long underestimated the craft-beer scene up here. There’s a lot of educated people, but not a huge beer presence,” Gagner says. Still, he admits, “Sometimes we need to pull people out of their comfort zone” — from Bud Light, for instance, to one of his eight signature brews. At Mimmo’s Pizzeria Restaurant in St. Albans, 14th Star beers consistently flow from two of the six taps; they’re the second- and third-highest sellers behind Switchback Brewing Company ale, according to server Crystal Lafferty.

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Gagner calls 14th Star’s brew house “the MacGyver of Vermont brewing.” Most of the equipment in the room is recycled, donated or repurposed. The brewers grind their malted grains on a knee-high mill atop a makeshift frame that Gagner built. To its left are the unconventional heating, mashing and brewing tanks, which are actually open-topped maple-sap collection vats donated by Gagner’s father. “Matt did the welding, and I did the cladding,” Gagner says, referring to the vertical wooden slats that edge each piece. “There’s no other brew house like it. We’re pretty proud of it.” Inside the tiny fermenting room are a few cherry-red English-style fermenters that look like flying saucers — on loan from Paul Sayler of Burlington’s Zero Gravity Craft Brewery. “I can’t imagine another industry being like this,” marvels Gagner, who has been bowled over by the generosity of fellow brewers. To wit: Gagner received his brewing license only a month before last year’s Vermont Brewers Festival. “I thought, No way are we going to be able to brew enough beer,” he recalls. But Sayler loaned Gagner conditioning tanks to expand his capacity, and Magic Hat donated

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KEll Ey Mar KEting M EEting : marketing, advertising, communications, social media and design professionals brainstorm ideas for local nonprofits over breakfast. Room 217, ireland building, Champlain College, burlington, 7:45-9 a.m. f ree. info, 865-6495.

comedy

iMprov night : f un-loving participants play "Whose Line is it Anyway?"-style games in an encouraging environment. s park Arts, burlington, 8-10 p.m. $7 suggested donation. info, 373-4703.

community

CoMMunity Dinn Er : Diners get to know their neighbors at a low-key, buffet-style meal organized by the Winooski Coalition. o 'brien Community Center, Winooski, 5:30-7 p.m. f ree; children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult; transportation available for seniors. info, 655-4565.

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King Str EEt C Ent Er C El Ebration : Locals join former Vermont governor madeleine k unin, mayor miro Weinberger and others for the unveiling of building plans for a new facility. k ing s treet Center, burlington, 1 p.m. f ree. info, 862-6736.

food & drink

Sun to Ch EESE t our S: Fromage lovers go behind the scenes and follow award-winning farmhouse cheddar from raw milk to finished product. s helburne f arms, 2-4 p.m. $15; preregister; includes a block of cheese. info, 985-8686. t h E f rugal f ri DgE: s hoppers become savvy savers on an interactive tour of the store featuring healthy, economical choices. City market, burlington, 6-7 p.m. f ree; preregister at citymarket.coop; limited space. info, 861-9700.

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hE alth & W Elln ESS Evaluation : f olks meet with professionals to create a personalized plan for maintaining a healthy weight and lifestyle. s hape u p burlington, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. f ree; preregister for a time slot. info, 774-563-8273. r .i.p.p.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End s tudio A, burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. info, 578-9243.

MaKE Stuff! : Defunct bicycle parts become works of art and jewelry that will be sold to raise funds and awareness. bike Recycle Vermont, burlington, 6-9 p.m. f ree. info, 264-9687.

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't h E ni Mby proj ECt' : in his documentary, h ollywood actor and Northeast k ingdom resident Luis guzman lives undercover on the streets of New york City to raise awareness about homelessness. Catamount Arts Center, s t. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $4-8. info, 748-2600.

babyti ME playgroup : Crawling tots and their parents convene for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. f ree; preregister. info, 658-3659. Eno Sburg playgroup : Children and their adult caregivers immerse themselves in singing and other activities. American Legion, Enosburg f alls, 10-11:30 a.m. f ree. info, 527-5426. f airfi El D playgroup : youngsters find entertainment in creative activities and snack time. bent Northrop memorial Library, f airfield, 10-11:30 a.m. f ree. info, 527-5426. h ighgat E Story h our : gigglers and wigglers listen to age-appropriate lit. h ighgate public Library, 11:15 a.m. f ree. info, 868-3970. Moving & grooving With Chri Stin E: t wo- to 5-year-olds jam out to rock-and-roll and worldbeat tunes. f letcher f ree Library, burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. f ree. info, 865-7216.

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Fifteen-year-old David Horak’s interests include fencing, baking and, more recently, driving. But this isn’t your typical teenager. Horak is a virtuosic violinist and pianist and winner of the Burlington Chamber Orchestra’s young artist solo competition. Led by guest conductor Ronald Feldman, he joins the final concert of the season as a featured soloist with a performance of Bach’s Concerto in F on the ivory keys. Additional works include Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony, Haydn’s Symphony No. 74 and the premiere of Memories Past: A Story of My Life by local composer Noah Marconi.

health & fitness

t ai Chi for arthriti S: Ruth barenbaum leads this ancient martial art of gentle, controlled movements to help increase flexibility and decrease joint pain. ilsley public Library, middlebury, 1-2 p.m. f ree; preregister. info, 865-0360, ext. 1028.

'no pla CE on Earth' : based on first-person interviews, Janet t obias' documentary tells the story of 38 u krainian Jews who survived the h olocaust by living in a cave for 18 months. Catamount Arts Center, s t. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. $4-8. info, 748-2600.

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burlington go Club : f olks gather weekly to play this deceptively simple, highly strategic Asian board game. u ncommon grounds, burlington, 7-9 p.m. f ree; bring a set if you have one. info, 8609587, dfelcan@yahoo.com.

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CoMMunity Cin EMa f il M SEri ES: Nicole Newnham and maren grainger-monsen's documentary The Revolutionary Optimists follows Amlan ganguly, who left his law career to work with children living in Calcutta's slums. Catamount Arts Center, s t. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. f ree. info, 748-2600.

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Pransky the Labradoodle was in a funk. To lift the spirits of her beloved canine companion, critically acclaimed writer Sue Halpern took action. She joined her precious pooch as the human half of a certified therapy dog team. Regular visits to Middlebury’s Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center strengthened their bond and gave each a renewed sense of purpose. The Ripton resident celebrates the release of A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life From an Unlikely Teacher, in which a colorful cast of characters and humorous, compelling anecdotes bring Halpern’s experience to life.

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SuE hAL pEr N Thursday, may 16, 7 p.m., at Champlain Valley u nitarian u niversalist s ociety in middlebury. f ree. info, 388-2061. vermontbookshop.com

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Saturday, May 18, & Sunday, May 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at various Northeast Kingdom locations. Free. Info, 6268511. travelthekingdom.com

Friday, May 17, 7 p.m., at Green Mountain Girls Farm in Northfi eld; Saturday, May 18, 7 p.m., at Warren United Church; Sunday, May 19, at Montpelier City Hall Auditorium. Donations; $5-15 for May 17 dinner; preregister at farmers@eatstayfarm.com. Info, 496-7166. scragmountainmusic.org

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There’s more to Vermont’s locavore scene than sugar shacks and apple orchards. The Northeast Yarn Tour Tourshowcases showcasesthe thestate’s state’s Kingdom Farm to Yarn fi ber-producing animals. Folks can visit up to 10 farms and meet the sheep, goats, rabbits and alpacas whose coats become angora, cashmere, mohair and more. Demonstrations of handshearing, as well as drop-spindle and spinningwheel techniques, illustrate the transformation of products. Select Select raw materials into knit-worthy products. locations — including Montgomery Center’s Mountain Fiber Folk Cooperative shop and studio o° er supplies, knitwear and needle-felt art that — off reflect ectthe thecreative creativepotential potentialof ofthese thesehandspun handspun refl wonders.

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arpist Jacqueline Kerrod and violinist Marc Uys are bound by a love of chamber music. Drawing on a mutual desire to reinvigorate the genre in their native South Africa, the musicians formed Clockwise in 2008. An inaugural tour throughout their home country featured a repertoire of modern works alongside classical standards, and set the tone for the group, which is now based in New York City. Soprano Mary Bonhag and bassist Evan Premo join the duo in a program ranging from Bach’s sacred cantatas to the world premiere of Cornelius Dufallo’s ˜ e Mosaic Was My Soul. A dinner of farm-raised fare precedes Friday’s show.

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AmArylliS: Vermont'S eArly Voice: Susanne Peck directs a seasonal concert of works by 16thcentury composer Josquin des Prez. St. Stephen's on the Green Episcopal Church, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $12 suggested donation. Info, 453-3513. Stowe middle School & high School SPring concert: Students give a spirited performance at this fundraiser for a band trip to Germany and Prague. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 760-4634.

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bird wAlk: Avian enthusiasts celebrate the return of feathered flyers. Shelburne Farms, 7-9 a.m. $6; preregister. Info, 985-8686.

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downloAdAble e-bookS & AudiobookS droPin dAy: Readers learn how to use their devices to access available material from the library's collection. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. hulA-hooP mAking workShoP: Shake those hips! Crafty folks get in on the fun and create their own hoops. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 302. keePing the 'gold' in your golden yeArS: Lisa Helme of the Vermont State Treasurer's Office presents in-depth planning methods for a financially secure retirement. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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the wonderS of fungi: Eric Swanson of Vermush explains the processes behind growing mushrooms from cultures. Participants receive spawns to take home. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5-7 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 2238000, ext. 202.

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Vermont young PlAywrightS feStiVAl: Professional actors and directors showcase selected stage works by high school students from around the state. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 2 p.m. $10. Info, 863-5966.

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burlington writerS workShoP meeting: Members read and respond to the poetry and prose of fellow wordsmiths. Participants must join the group to have their work reviewed. Halflounge, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com. Info, 383-8104. 'dAn brown: An eVening of codeS, SymbolS & SecretS' webcASt: A live broadcast from Lincoln Center features the bestselling author, who discusses themes present in his new thriller, Inferno. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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burlington diSmAS houSe PerenniAl PlAnt SAle: Folks stock up on versatile vegetation to raise funds for the residential facility dedicated to helping former prisoners transition into the community. 1033 Pine Street, Burlington, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3345.

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robin lunge: The Vermont director of health care reform provides current information on implementing statewide coverage. A Q&A follows. Milne Room, Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4185.

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'Vermont young PlAywrightS Aloud!': Professionals direct trained actors in readings of students' original one-act plays, presented by the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. A discussion follows. Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts, Chester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 875-1018.

sport

kAte rohdenburg: WISE of the Upper Valley's program manager and educator shares key information in "Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Older Woman." Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295.

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'nunSenSe': Catherine Doherty directs a Northern Stage production of Dan Goggin's musical comedy about New Jersey nuns who create a haphazard stage act to raise money for the funeral of their fellow sisters, who died in a bizarre cooking accident. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $31-70. Info, 296-7000.

chArlie nArdozzi: The master gardener gives a brief presentation on planting and maintaining plots. A Q&A follows. Community Church, Ripton, 7-9 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 388-9977.

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'A midSummer night'S dreAm' AuditionS: Gateway Players hold tryouts for their August production of the Shakespearean comedy about meddling fairies. Holley Hall, Bristol, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 453-7166.

tech helP: Readers learn to take advantage of the library's online offerings. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

green mountAin tAble tenniS club: Pingpong players swing their paddles in singles and doubles matches. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 7-10 p.m. Free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership. Info, 247-5913.

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women'S crAft grouP: Inventive females work on artful projects at a biweekly meet-up. Essex Alliance Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 238-2291.

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bicycle hiStory PreSentAtion & ride: Two days of big wheels in Burlington begins with a talk by Luis Vivanco on the Queen City's bike culture from 1880-1920, followed by a tour of notable routes on Friday. Old Spokes Home, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-2034. mount mAnSfield ScAle modelerS: Hobbyists break out the superglue and sweat the small stuff at a miniature construction skill swap. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0765. Vermont green building network celebrAtion: Eco-friendly folks attend keynote presentations and tour recent LEED-certified renovations of the National Life building. National Life building, Montpelier, 5:30-9 p.m. $15-25; cash bar. Info, 735-2192.

film

'no PlAce on eArth': See WED.15, 5:30 p.m. 'the nimby Project': See WED.15, A Q&A with the filmmaker follows. 7:30 p.m. 'wAr witch': The Burlington Film Society screens Kim Nguyen's harrowing drama about a 14-year-old girl in sub-Saharan Africa who is kidnapped and trained as a child soldier, then impregnated by

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food & drink

Beer-Pairing Dinner: Foodies feast on six prixfixe courses featuring local and seasonal ingredients complemented by palate-pleasing brews. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 5:30-7 p.m. $50; preregister; limited space. Info, 496-8994, asah. bigpicture@gmail.com.

games

OPen BriDge game: Players of varying experience levels put their strategy skills to use in this popular card game. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 5:307:45 p.m. Free. Info, 462-3373.

health & fitness

FOrza: The Samurai SwOrD wOrkOuT: Using controlled movements to perform basic strikes with wooden replicas of the weapon, students sculpt lean muscles and focus their minds. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. mOnTréal-STyle acrO yOga: Using partner and group work, Lori Flower guides participants through poses that combine acrobatics with therapeutic benefits. The Confluence, Berlin, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $16; as space permits. Info, 324-1737. yOga & wine: Lori Flower leads participants through a stretching session, after which local wine is available to sample. Personal mats required. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery, Berlin, 5:156:30 p.m. $8; preregister. Info, 223-1151, breathingislife@gmail.com.

kids

aFTer-SchOOl camera cluB: Cinema lovers in grades 6 through 10 learn how to shoot and edit footage with community trainer Meghan O'Rourke. Channel 17 Studios, Burlington, 3:30-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 862-3966, ext. 16. alBurgh PlaygrOuP: Tots form friendships over music and movement. Alburgh Family Center of NCSS, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Family game nighT: Kiddos ages 3 to 10 who know their colors and numbers play interactive versions of bingo and other popular pastimes. Center Court, University Mall, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

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. mOnTgOmery inFanT/TODDler PlaygrOuP: Infants to 2-year-olds idle away the hours with stories and songs. Montgomery Town Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

muSic wiTh mr. chriS: Singer, storyteller and puppeteer Chris Dorman entertains kids and parents alike. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

VOlunTeenS: Eager readers make library plans involving books, technology and more. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; for grades 7-12. Info, 388-4097.

DigiTal reSOurceS wOrkShOP: Library-card holders learn to access a range of services, including e-books and audiobooks, on their devices. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. PrOjecT managemenT inSTiTuTe: chamPlain Valley chaPTer meeTing: International project manager and process leader Tina Cerulli references 15 years of experience in a presentation based on the infrastructure changes necessary to return major league baseball to Montréal. Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 5:30-8:15 p.m. $25-35 includes dinner; preregister. Info, 735-5359. SOciODrama: healing SOcieTy ThrOugh creaTiVe acTiOn: Meditation practitioner Herb Propper presents Jacob L. Moreno's group roleplaying technique as a way to deal with common concerns and issues. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

talks

Brian erickSOn: The psychiatrist discusses alternative and complementary therapies for chronicpain management. Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 847-2278. mary langwOrThy: In the narrated slide show "Bahamas Bound With the 'Rents," the Vergennes Union High School senior recounts spending her sophomore year on a 36-foot sailboat with her parents. Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2211. TranSiTiOn TOwn SerieS: Gwendolyn Hallsmith, author and director of planning and community development for Montpelier, presents "The New Economy: Getting Outta the Box." Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

theater

naTiOnal TheaTre OF lOnDOn liVe: A broadcast production of James Graham's acclaimed play This House portrays various manifestations of Great Britain's political turbulence in 1974. Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $23. Info, 603-646-2422. naTiOnal TheaTre OF lOnDOn liVe: ST. jOhnSBury: See above listing. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $10-23. Info, 748-2600. 'nunSenSe': See WED.15, 7:30 p.m. 'The wiTcheS': Under the direction of Kevin Christopher, the Saints & Poets Production Company presents a multimedia stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic tale about sinister witches who live among us. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15-20; for children ages 8 and up. Info, 863-5966. VermOnT yOung PlaywrighTS FeSTiVal: See WED.15, 2 p.m.

words

Sue halPern: The Middlebury College scholar-inresidence discusses her new book A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life From an Unlikely Teacher. See calendar spotlight. Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Info, 388-2061.

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muSic wiTh Derek: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song-and-dance moves to traditional and original folk. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free; limited to one session per week per family. Info, 878-4918.

wringer, SOurce OF The FlOw & whO eVen careS?: Regional bands perform pop-punk, alt-rock and experimental music at this all-ages show. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. $3-10. Info, 518-3149872, rotagallery@gmail.com.

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Brandon Music Café, 7:30 p.m. $15; $30 includes dinner package; preregister; BYOB. Info, 465-4071.

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BRan Don mus Ic caFé suPPeR clu B: Diners feast on a three-course meal in a pleasant atmosphere. Brandon Music Café, 5-9 p.m. $16.50; preregister; BYOB. Info, 465-4071.

BuRl Ington D Ismas House Pe Renn Ial Plant sale : See THU.16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

cHelsea FaRmeRs maRket : A long-standing towngreen tradition supplies shoppers with eggs, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 685-9987, chelseacommunitymarket@gmail.com.

agriculture

Ras PBeRRy Bus H PRun Ing & eDIBle l an Dsca Pes t ou R: Green thumbs learn how to prune fruit-yielding bushes and trees planted in 2010 as part of an ongoing effort to create community-grown produce. Bugbee Senior Center, White River Junction, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, karen. ganey@gmail.com. seeD sav Ing: egg Plant seeDs: The Addison County Seed Savers discuss techniques for the preservation of the nightshades' nutrient powerhouses. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 388-6601.

comedy

'Hag Fest 2013' : The sketch comedy troupe Potato Sack Pants Theater presents an offbeat show inspired by the September 2012 birth of its newest "member." Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, art market, 7 p.m.; performance, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 999-5751.

dance

contem PoRaRy Dance an D FItness stu DIo sPRIng sHowcase : Students ages 8 through 65 perform an eclectic mix of hip-hop, ballet, capoeira, jazz, tap and more. Barre Opera House, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 229-4676. engl IsH count Ry Dance : Sarah Babbit-Spaeth, Amy Englesberg and Corey Walters provide music for an evening of creative expression by newcomers and experienced movers alike. All dances are taught by Martha Kent and Val Medve. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, introductory workshop, 7-7:30 p.m.; dance, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $8-10; bring a snack to share. Info, 899-2378. Queen cIty t ango mIlonga : No partner is required for welcoming the weekend in the Argentine tradition. Wear clean, soft-soled shoes. North End Studios, Burlington, introductory session, 7-7:45 p.m.; dance, 7:45-10 p.m. $7. Info, 877-6648.

uRBan Dance comPlex sPRIng mus Ical : Forty dancers ages 7 through 18 move to the beat in My Family Tree: Generations of Music Told Through Hip-Hop Dance. South Burlington High School Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. $15. Info, 863-6600.

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'make Rs on Deck' : Vermont Makers' team of artists, engineers and scientists brainstorm with attendees about how to best pursue art projects, inventions and more. BCA Center, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

film

'tH e gatekee PeRs': Former members of the Israeli secret service Shin Bet reflect on their roles in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Dror Moreh's compelling 2012 documentary. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $4-8. Info, 748-2600.

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enos BuRg Falls sto Ry Hou R: Young ones show up for fables and finger crafts. Enosburg Public Library, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. FaIRFax commun Ity Playg Rou P: 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. Isle l a motte Playg Rou P: Stories and crafts make for creative play. Isle La Motte Elementary School, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. montgome Ry t umBle tI me: Physical fitness activities help build strong muscles. Montgomery Elementary School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. mot HeRs o F PResc Hoole Rs meet Ing : Moms share ideas and experiences in a supportive environment. Free childcare provided. Church of the Rock, St. Albans, 9-11 a.m. $4; free for first meeting; see stalbansmops.org for details. Info, 393-4411.

sPRIng mIgRat Ion B IRD walks : North Branch Nature Center leads avian enthusiasts on an exploration of habitat hot spots in search of warblers, waterfowl and more. Call for meeting location. Sodom Pond, Adamant, 7-8:30 a.m. $10; free for members. Info, 229-6206.

tR ee Plant Ing wI t H t He Inte Rvale conse Rvat Ion nuRseRy & t He wI l Dl IFe management Inst Itute : Folks of all ages dig in and help get 350 saplings into the ground along Alder Brook as part of a "native plant-a-thon" to protect watershed areas. Close-toed shoes, sun protection and shovels required. Meet at intersection of Chapin Road and Towers Road, Essex Center, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 660-0440, ext. 104.

BIRD walks : Lake Champlain Committee staff scientist Mike Winslow leads a lakeside stroll to identify feathered flyers by sight and sound. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 8-8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-1414.

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BaRk FoR lIF e: Dogs owners celebrate their canine companions at a noncompetitive 1.5-mile walkathon fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Technology Park, South Burlington, registration, 5 p.m.; walk, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 872-6316.

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'evIta' : Bonnie B. Brewer directs this Community Theater Players' production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's acclaimed musical about the life of famed Argentinian Eva Perón. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $12-16. Info, 518-523-2512.

'tH e lI ttle meRmaID': Saskia Hagen Groom directs this Rutland Youth Theatre production of the classic Disney tale about the under-the-sea adventures of Ariel, who longs to live above water. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $8-10. Info, 775-0903.

'Jesus cHRIst suPeRsta R': The St. Johnsbury Players present Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera about the last week of Jesus' life. Auditorium, St. Johnsbury School, 7:30 p.m. $7-10. Info, 748-2600.

music

'nunsense' : See WED.15, 7:30 p.m.

'an even Ing o F st RIng mus Ic wI t H Rolan D cla Rk an D FRIenDs': The virtuosic violinist culminates his studies at Peoples Academy in a performance featuring his musical influences — including acclaimed jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. Auditorium, Peoples Academy, Morrisville, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-4600.

'PoRgy an D Bess In conce Rt' : Under the direction of Jarvis Green and Andy Robinson, BarnArts Center for the Arts presents George Gershwin and Dubose Heyward's folk opera about African Americans living on "Catfish Row" in Charleston, South Carolina, during the 1920s. First Universalist Church and Society, Barnard, 7-9 p.m. $10-15. Info, 332-6020, info@ barnarts.org.

clockw Ise: Violinist Marc Uys and harpist Jacqueline Kerrod perform an international program of works by Benjamin Britten, Robert Burns, Gustav Holst and others. Green Mountain Girls Farm, Northfield, farm supper, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; show, 7 p.m. Donations; $5-15 for dinner. Info, 496-7166.

'PoRgy an D Bess In conce Rt': exce RPts : BarnArts Center for the Arts performs scenes from its production of George Gershwin and Dubose Heyward's folk opera. Mezzanine, Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 332-6020.

kIDs' ReHaBgym BeneFIt conce Rt : The Phil Abair Band, Stark Whitey and Jason Lowe entertain audiences at this fundraiser for the pediatric rehabilitation facility. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

sPIel Palast caBaRet : Satire meets saucy cigar girls, who channel vintage burlesque in an evening of vaudeville backed by a rowdy house orchestra. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. $25-28; for mature audiences only; cocktail hour precedes performance. Info, 863-5966.

st Rumst Ick gat HeRIng : Curious about this unique, user-friendly instrument? Learn about its potential during an evening of music and sharing.

nut oRcHaRD FaRm t ou R: Amateur arborists learn about planting nut trees, explore one of Vermont's first rice paddies and visit with farm animals. Breezy Meadow Orchard & Nursery, Tinmouth, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $5-15; preregister. Info, 417-1528, rutlandfarmandfood.org. tR ee Plant Ing Fest Ival : Members of the Upper Valley Apple Corps teach amateur arborists how to plant and care for community saplings that will eventually bear fruit for public consumption. Lyman Point Park, White River Junction, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 294-2425.

'goDsPell, Jun IoR': The Seton Catholic drama club presents an adapted version of Stephen Schwartz's hit musical based on the Gospel of Matthew. Cafetorium, Seton Catholic Central School, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $4-7. Info, 518-561-4031.

may Fly : Multi-instrumentalists Katie Trautz and Julia Wayne complement original songs with old-time New England and Appalachian music. Tinmouth Old Firehouse, 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 279-2236.

new noRt H enD BeneFIt Plant sale : Red Wagon Plants showcases spring seedlings to green thumbs. Proceeds benefit the Burlington Area Community Gardens scholarship fund. Bibens Ace Hardware Store, Burlington, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4060.

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swanton Playg Rou P: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Swanton, 1011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

lI ve mus Ic wI t H t om & FRank : Wine lovers sip local varietals and groove to the duo's eclectic folkpop. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery, Berlin, 6-9 p.m. Free to attend; cost of food and wine. Info, 223-1151.

BuRl Ington D Ismas House Pe Renn Ial Plant sale : See THU.16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

'tH e wI tc Hes': See THU.16, 7 p.m.

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BRown Bag Book clu B: Bookworms voice opinions about Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. wI ne, w omen & w oRDs w oRks HoP: Poet Caitlin Downey provides writing prompts that spark creativity and get participants pressing pen to paper. The Writers' Barn, Shelburne, 6 p.m. $15. Info, 985-3091.

comedy

'Hag Fest 2013' : See FRI.17, 8 p.m.

community

caRs & coFFee oF veRmont : Hot wheels! Auto collectors and enthusiasts convene over hot cups of joe to talk shop and display rides ranging from vintage motorcycles to hot rods. South Burlington High School, 7-9 a.m. Free. Info, 229-8666. cHange t He w oRl D Day : Family-friendly games and ice-cream sundaes entertain attendees, who learn about international efforts to stop malaria. Monetary donations benefit the Essex Junction Heavenly Pantry and Imagine No Malaria. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Donations of two cans of nonperishable goods. Info, 878-5923 or 878-8071. new BuRy, veRmont & Have RHIll, new HamPsHIRe 250t H ann IveRsa Ry cele BRat Ion : Separated by the Connecticut River, the two towns join forces to commemorate their May 18, 1763 founding with themed music, presentations, speakers and more. Newbury Village Common & Haverhill, N.H., Common, 9:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Free; see celebrate250.org for details. Info, 816-233-7687. t own meet Ing : Senator Bernie Sanders and Denmark's U.S. ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen discuss the Scandinavian country's models of health care, education and environmental protection as ones to emulate. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-339-9834.

conferences

alte Rnat Ive meDIa con FeRence : Industry professionals address the effects of the digital age with TED-style talks, panels and workshops. Dinner and a performance by Combustible Cabaret and Digital Vaudeville follow. Goddard College, Plainfield, 8 a.m.10 p.m. $15-65 includes lunch; see goddard.edu for details. Info, 454-8311.

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100-Ball Ra FFle, D Inne R & sIlent auct Ion : Attendees share a meal, place bids and test their luck at this annual benefit for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Catamount Country Club, Williston, cocktails, 6 p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m. $100 includes dinner for two and one raffle ball; preregister. Info, 272-6564, vermont@afsp.org. SAT.18

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'unDeR ouR skIn': Andy Abrahams Wilson's awardwinning documentary sheds light on the growing epidemic of Lyme disease and the legal issues doctors face when taking on infected patients. Brandon Town Hall, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 483-4050.

FoRza: tH e samu RaI swo RD w oRkout : See THU.16, 9-10 a.m.

yaRn: The Brooklyn-based alt-country band blends roots music with technical mastery in selections from their 2012 release, Almost Home. Tunbridge Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 431-3433.

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'Real Ity' : In Matteo Garrone's 2012 comedic drama, fishmonger Luciano's obsession with becoming a reality-television star leads him to paranoia. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $4-8. Info, 748-2600.

avo ID Falls wI t H ImPRove D sta BIl Ity : 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.

t on I catl In & BRett Hug Hes: The singer-songwriters and guitarists kick off the vineyard's music season with acoustic harmonies in original and cover tunes. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 6-8 p.m. Free; wine and cheese plates available. Info, 388-7368.

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'tH e next geneRat Ion' : Twenty classical musicians and vocalists from tri-state-area high schools culminate their studies with a collaborative performance. A reception follows. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10-19. Info, 728-6464.

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sw Ing Dance : Big Hat, No Cattle provide live music at this celebration of the Texas two-step. All dances are taught by Jean Elizabeth Shockley. Proceeds benefit Good Beginnings of Central Vermont. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, introductory lessons, 6:30 p.m.; music and dancing, 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 225-8921 or 595-7953.

w on DeRFul wI ng nIgHt : The men's auxiliary hosts a smorgasbord of this favorite finger food in flavor variations that please every palate. Live music follows. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 5-7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 878-0700.

Recycled Reading of Vermont, Bristol, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5982.

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Action LAb opening: State-of-the-art technology meets hands-on experiments in this science space featuring three-dimensional projection, high-speed video viewing and more. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free with admission, $9.50-12.50. Info, 877-324-6386, ext. 125. bike JAm: Gearheads help low-income Vermonters with repairs, while others craft jewelry out of old bicycle parts or help out around the shop. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687. bLessing of the bikes: The Red Knights VT IV motorcycle club helps locals kick off the riding season safely. Eagles Club, Vergennes, 11 a.m. $8 per bike. Info, 373-0273 or 578-1650. chicken coop tour: Passionate about poultry? Take a self-guided tour of 16 backyard coops and attend a "Funky Chicken Market" featuring themed music, artwork, wares and more on the Jericho Center Green. Various locations, Jericho & Underhill, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free to attend market; $10-12 for tour; free for kids. Info, 899-2366 or 899-4027. frAnkLin county chAmber of commerce furniture Auction: Redecorating? Auctioneers Mark and Josh Waterhouse elicit bids on gently used home and office items donated by a national hotel chain. JC Image, St. Albans, 10 a.m. Free; first come, first served. Info, 524-2444. miLArepA center spring Work pArty: Locals perform household and garden chores to help prepare the Tibetan Buddhist retreat center for its summer programs. Overnight option available. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 9 a.m. Free; preregister; includes meals. Info, 433-4136.

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pet ceLebrAtion: Animal lovers flock to both stores with their four-legged friends for games, prizes, raffles and more. Pet Food Warehouse, South Burlington and Shelburne, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5514. the 'bArnstAnd' coLLective: This creative twist on traditional farm stands features local produce and food products alongside upcycled, vintage furniture, handmade clothing and more from participating small businesses. The Barnstand Collective, Marshfield, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-2090.

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bird dAy festivAL: Folks of all ages celebrate the return of migratory birds with live raptor encounters, themed children's activities, education, music and more. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, songbird banding, listening stations and birding walk, 8 a.m.-9 a.m.; festival, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $5; free for members. Info, 434-3068. bridge street Art fAir: A children's bike parade kicks off this family-friendly celebration of the arts with open studios, themed activities, live music, dancing and more. Bridge Street, Waitsfield, 2-8 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8881 or 496-6466, nmcdonough@waitsfieldschool.org. heAvyfest: The Jennifer Hartswick Band, Waylon Speed, Casio Bastard, Teleport, Rumblecat and the Brew entertain revelers at this benefit for Big Heavy World. Brewery tours, specialty cask beer, local eats and carnival games round out the fun. An afterparty follows at Nectar's. Magic Hat Brewing Company, South Burlington, noon-6 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2739, ext. 2049. medievAL fAir & brAtWurst fest: Attendees step into the 1500s with themed eats, costumed nobles, madrigal singing, stilt walking and more. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Jericho, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3932. Woofstock: A festivAL of fidos: Canine lovers celebrate their four-legged friends with a 3K walk, a 5K run, service-dog demonstrations,

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pooch-friendly Lake Champlain cruises, food, music and more. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, registration, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; race, 9:30-10 a.m.; festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $4-8; $28 per family; free with $15 race registration fee; preregister. Info, 388-1443, firstgiving.com.

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'reALity': See FRI.17, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. 'the gAtekeepers': See FRI.17, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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burLington fArmers mArket: More than 90 stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172, info@burlingtonfarmersmarket.org. cApitAL city fArmers mArket: Seasonal produce joins meats and cheeses alongside baked goods and artisan wares at this locavore gathering. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958. cooking demo: NECI chef Michelle Buswell and her students use seasonal ingredients to prepare savory tarts at the Capital City Farmers Market. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 223-2958. middLebury fArmers mArket: Crafts, cheeses, breads and veggies vie for spots in shoppers' totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 989-6012. northWest fArmers mArket: Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 370-6040. rutLAnd county fArmers mArket: Downtown strollers find high-quality fruits and veggies, mushrooms, fresh-cut flowers, sweet baked goods, and artisan crafts within arms' reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813. uncorking spring (roLLs): Music lovers mingle over Thai appetizers and live tunes from the Kingdom Dixie Band at this benefit for Vermont Symphony Orchestra's outreach programs. Baan Thai Cuisine, Newport, 5-7 p.m. $30; preregister; limited space. Info, 988-4786.

games

Life-sized sorry! gAme: Four middle-school teams move giant pieces around a 24-square-foot board in this friendly competition. Center Court, University Mall, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

health & fitness

fit cAmp: Folks get a weekend workout with a run and circuit training. Meet at the skate park. Burlington waterfront, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 774-563-8273. r.i.p.p.e.d.: See WED.15, North End Studio B, Burlington, 9-10 a.m.

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Arts & crAfts Workshop: Little ones tap into their imaginations and create mixed-media paper dragons to take home. Shelburne Craft School, 1011:30 a.m. $10-12. Info, 985-3648. big truck dAy & chiLdren's festivAL: Kiddos climb aboard service vehicles at this "horn-free" event. Crafts, live music, a barbecue and appearances by Monty the Moose and Clifford the Big Red Dog round out the fun. Proceeds benefit the Hinesburg Nursery School. Hinesburg Nursery School, 9:45 a.m.-2 p.m. $5 per child; free for adults. Info, 482-3827. kids Are ALL bike: Crafts, a bouncy house, face painting, a raffle and a "Kidical Mass" group family ride celebrate this beneficial outdoor activity. Proceeds benefit the Stowe Co-op Nursery School. Piecasso, Stowe, ride, 11:30 a.m.-noon; festivities, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 253-8686. meet mAisy: Little ones get acquainted with the title character of Lucy Cousins' popular children'sbook series about an adventurous mouse. Themed activities and story times round out the fun.

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Saturday Story time: Families celebrate the written word as imaginative tales are read aloud. Phoenix Books Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

'eVita': See FRI.17, 8 p.m.

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'a midSummer night'S dream' auditionS: See WED.15, 10 a.m.-noon. 'godSpeLL, Junior': See FRI.17, 7:30 p.m.

'the LittLe mermaid': See FRI.17, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

'JeSuS ChriSt SuperStar': See FRI.17, 7:30 p.m.

Water Critter WonderS: Curious kiddos ages 5 and up don mud boots and search for pond-dwelling creatures while learning about their seasonal adaptations. Shelburne Farms, 9:30-11:30 a.m. & 12:30-2:30 p.m. $5-6; preregister. Info, 985-8686, jpenca@shelburnefarms.org.

'nunSenSe': See WED.15, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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audrey BernStein: The jazz singer and her band celebrate the release of her debut album, Audrey Bernstein Loves Blue, in a concert to be recorded live. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7:30 p.m. $30-35. Info, 760-4634. BeLLa VoCe Women'S ChoruS: The vocal ensemble commemorates Harriet Tubman's underground railroad in "Songs of Hope and Freedom," which features Robert De Cormier's cantata They Called Her Moses. First Baptist Church, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-18. Info, 863-5966. BurLington ChamBer orCheStra With daVid horak: The pianist — and winner of the young artist solo competition — performs Bach's Concerto in F in a concert conducted by Ronald Feldman, which features works by Haydn and others. See calendar spotlight. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $10-25. Info, 863-5966. CLoCkWiSe: See FRI.17, United Church, Warren, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 496-7166. 'gLee'S Company': The Green Mountain Chorus, Maiden Vermont and the Flynn Show Choir Select raise their voices in a singing salute to the television show "Glee." South Burlington High School, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $5-20. Info, 505-9595. handeL SoCiety of dartmouth CoLLege: Robert Duff conducts a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion featuring the 100-member town-gown choral ensemble accompanied by a live orchestra, guest soloists and the Handel Society children's chorus. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-29. Info, 603-646-2422.

montpeLier Community goSpeL Choir: Under the direction of John Harrison, members lend their voices to original and traditional gospel music, jazz and soul in “One More Day!” St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 778-0881.

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seminars

VCam aCCeSS orientation: Video-production hounds learn basic concepts and nomenclature at an overview of VCAM facilities, policies and procedures. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

sport

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the improViSed puppet proJeCt: Maine's professional puppet improv troupe celebrates flowers, mud, allergies and other seasonal marvels in Spring into Spring. Proceeds benefit Rutland's Encore Theatre Company. Rutland High School, 7 p.m. $4. Info, 770-1134.

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'the WitCheS': See THU.16, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

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SuSan katz Saitoh: The local author discusses and signs her biography Encounter With Japan: An Adventure in Love, about her mother's lifechanging visit with her Japanese pen pal. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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toWn meeting: See SAT.18, Cafeteria, Montpelier High School, brunch, 10-10:30 a.m.; meeting, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-339-9834.

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opera Company of middLeBury: 'meet the SingerS': The stars of the upcoming performance of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin sing their favorite arias, then mingle with community members over drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, 5 p.m. $25. Info, 382-9222.

film

'reaLity': See FRI.17, 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. 'the gatekeeperS': See FRI.17, 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

food & drink

panCake BreakfaSt: Folks fill up on flapjacks, sausage, eggs and coffee at this benefit for longtime Colchester Center volunteer firefighter and cancer patient John Meyers. Colchester Meeting House, 8-11 a.m. $5-10. Info, 488-6593. raW-miLk yogurt: Using raw milk from her Family Cow Farmstand, Lindsay Harris demonstrates the art of making this cultured dairy product. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 1-2:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister at citymarket.coop. Info, 861-9700.

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Saunter into Spring fun run/WaLk: Teams and individuals get moving on 5K and 10K routes at this fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Williston Community Park, registration 7:45-8:45 a.m; run, 9 a.m-noon. $12-20. Info, 9993226 or 734-8228.

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'LeaderShip and defining your inSpirationaL dream' Seminar: Bob Seelert of internationally renowned communications company Saatchi & Saatchi shares personal and professional wisdom. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-9799.

SpieLpaLaSt CaBaret: See FRI.17, Special “scandalous” show, 8 p.m.; 11 p.m.

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'SongS of the LegiSLatiVe CaBaretS': Al Boright, John Sargent and SaraLee Terrat present a musical spoof filled with mud-season humor. Proceeds benefit Cabot Connects Mentoring. Music Space, Cabot School, 7 p.m. $6-12. Info, 563-3338, cabotconnects@hotmail.com.

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'porgy and BeSS in ConCert': See FRI.17, 7-9 p.m.

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clockWise: See FRI.17, Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 496-7166. hanDel society oF Dartmouth colleGe: See SAT.18, 2 p.m.

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early BirDer morninG Walks: Experienced avian seekers faciliate a springtime stroll through woodland habitats. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 7-9 a.m. Free. Info, 434-2167.

sport

Women's pickup soccer: Quick-footed ladies of varying skill levels break a sweat while stringing together passes and making runs for the goal. Starr Farm Athletic Field, Burlington; rain location, Miller Community and Recreation Center, 6-8 p.m., $3; for women ages 18 and up. Info, 864-0123.

talks

Jane Beck: In "Alec Turner: A Trek From Slavery to Freedom," the acclaimed folklorist recounts the life of the man who was born on a southern plantation and died a landowner in Vermont. First Congregational Church, Hartland, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 436-3383.

'annie Get your Gun' auDitions: Thespians showcase their dramatic talents for consideration in the July production of Irving Berlin's musical about the adventures of savvy sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Enosburg Opera House, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 933-6171.

adults $15 Students $10 Family $40

'GoDspell, Junior': See FRI.17, 2 p.m. 'Jesus christ superstar': See FRI.17, 2 p.m. 'nunsense': See WED.15, 5 p.m. 'the Witches': See THU.16, 7 p.m.

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mon.20 film

'Born on the Fourth oF July': Tom Cruise stars in Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning biopic about U.S. Marine Ron Kovic, who bears physical and emotional scars from the Vietnam War. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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the inspireD veGetarian: Jessica Bongard of Sweet Lime Cooking Studio demonstrates palatepleasing recipes where veggies, goat cheese and eggs reign supreme. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister at citymarket.coop. Info, 861-9700.

herBal consultations: Betzy Bancroft, Larken Bunce, Guido Masé and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. City Market, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free; preregister at info@vtherbcenter.org. Info, 861-9757.

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Queen city police FounDation BeneFit BreakFast: Folks share a meal, then celebrate the organization's dedication to fostering a positive relationship between the community and law enforcement. Hilton Hotel, Burlington registration, 7:30-8 a.m.; breakfast and awards, 8-9:30 a.m. $40; $350 per table of eight; preregister; see qcpf.org for details. Info, 865-5202.

montpelier community Gospel choir: See FRI.17, A bake sale and reception follow. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 778-0881.

Jake kahn/vermont youth orchestra 5k Fun run: Organized by the trumpeter, this fundraiser for the organization's statewide school-tour program hits all the right notes. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, registration, 9 a.m.; race, 10 a.m. $10-18; $40 per family. Info, 655-5030.

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health & fitness

Botany Walk: The Green Mountain Club leads an exploration of flora and fauna along the Honey Hollow Trail. Contact leader for exact meeting location. Honey Hollow Road, Bolton, 9 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, larsen007@aol.com.

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'the Gatekeepers': See FRI.17, 7:30 p.m.

'Jazz on the toWn': Woodstock Union Middle and High School students join eight professional musicians from the Upper Valley in a collaborative performance. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 6 p.m. Free to attend; $5-10 suggested donation to benefit band programs. Info, 457-3981.

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French conversation Group: Dimanches: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual, drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

Bella voce Women's chorus: SEE SAT.18, South Hero Congregational Church, 3 p.m. $15-18. Info, 863-5966.

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introDuction to heartmath: Stressmanagement coach Sherry Rhynard presents ways to foster the body-mind connection through "emotional nutrition." Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-7; preregister. Info, 2238000, ext. 202. r.i.p.p.e.D.: SEE WED.15, 7-8 p.m.

kids

alice in nooDlelanD: Youngsters get acquainted over crafts and play while new parents and expectant mothers chat with maternity nurse and lactation consultant Alice Gonyar. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. music With raphael: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song-and-dance moves to traditional and original folk. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:45 a.m. Free; limited to one session per week per family. Info, 878-4918. south hero playGroup: Free play, crafts and snacks entertain children and their grown-up companions. South Hero Congregational Church, South Hero, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. 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.

music

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.

seminars

Basic computer skills: Community members enter the high-tech age and gain valuable knowledge. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3403.

sport

monDay niGht cross riDe: Pedal pushers of all abilities meet up for a mellow dirt-road cruise. A cyclocross bike is highly recommended. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409.

talks

John isaacs: The director of the Washington, D.C.based nonprofit Council for Livable World presents "Les Misérables: The Nuclear Bombs Remaining in the Back Yard." Pierson Library, Shelburne, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

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stephen Brown & DavID Jones: The obstetrician gynecologists discuss prenatal ultrasound testing. Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 847-2278.

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Book DIscussIon: FounDIng Fathers: History buffs share thoughts about David Hackett Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride with Helene Lang. Wake Robin Retirement Community, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-0659. FarIBorz MokhtarI: The author discusses his book In the Lion's Shadow: The Iranian Schindler and his Homeland in the Second World War, about one man's humanitarian efforts during the Holocaust. Joslin Memorial Library, Waitsfield, 6:308 p.m. Free. Info, 496-4205.

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tIFFany BlueMle: The Vermont Works for Women executive director addresses education, career and economic independence in "Story Crafters: Preparing Our Children for Adulthood." Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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sMall BusIness ForuM: Vermont Health Connect deputy commissioner Lindsey Tucker outlines ways to navigate upcoming changes in the healthinsurance marketplace. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 585-6339.

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raIl yarD enterprIse proJect puBlIc MeetIng: Locals voice opinions about potential transportation alternatives for the south end of Burlington's waterfront. Great Room, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-1794.

dance

BallrooM & latIn Dance class: Instructor Samir Elabd helps students break down basic steps. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, waltz, 6-7 p.m.; wedding and party dances, 7-8 p.m. $14. Info, 223-2921, elabd@comcast.net. swIng-Dance practIce sessIon: Quick-footed participants get moving in different styles, such as the lindy hop, charleston and balboa. Indoor shoes required. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

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'the gatekeepers': See FRI.17, 7:30 p.m.

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krIpalu yoga: Participants attune body, breath, mind and spirit through a series of poses. Richmond Dance Studio, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 345-9274. 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 p.m. Free. Info, 355-5129.

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'the egg anD I': "For better or for worse" gets tested in Chester Erskine's 1947 romantic comedy about newlyweds who take over an abandoned chicken farm. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

nutrItIon For Beauty & skIn: Clinical nutritionist Alicia Feltus presents diet information based on the skin as the largest organ of the body. Cedar 4/29/13 3:50 PM

Wood Chiropractic and Natural Health Center, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5828.

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aFter-school craFt: let's Make clay: Using basic ingredients, youngsters create the pliable substance, then form it into fun shapes. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister; for kids 6 and up; limited space. Info, 849-2420, fairfaxlibrarian@gmail.com. hIghgate story hour: See WED.15, 10-11 a.m. rIchForD playgroup: Rug rats gather for tales and activities. Cornerstone Bridges to Life Community Center, Richford, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. scIence & storIes: BuBBle MagIc: Round and square? Little ones discover how bubbles can be formed into different shapes. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free with admission, $9.50-12.50. Info, 877-324-6386. story tIMe wIth corey: Read-aloud tales and crafts led by store employee Corey Bushey expand the imaginations of young minds. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

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French conversatIon group: Beginner-tointermediate French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Halvorson's Upstreet Café, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. pause-caFé French conversatIon: Francophiles of all levels speak the country's language at a dropin conversation. Mr. Crêpe, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

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'the sIngers' choIce: a garlanD oF our FavorIte songs anD arIas': Jill Levis' students, soprano Gail Whitehouse, tenor Dave Lackey and mezzo-soprano Nathaly Agosto Filion, lend their voices to a spirited program. St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, noon. Free; bring a bag lunch. Info, 864-0471.

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'eMpowerIng your IntentIons: goIng BeyonD hopes anD wants': Fred Cheyette outlines positive ways to create large- and small-scale personal change. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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cyclIng 101: Linda Freeman of Onion River Sports leads training rides for all abilities, aimed at building confidence, strength, endurance and a sense of community. Montpelier High School, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409 or 223-6161, ext. 719.

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caDy/potter wrIters cIrcle: Literary enthusiasts improve their craft through "homework" assignments, journaling exercises, reading, sharing and occasional book discussions. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 349-6970.

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dartMouth ColleGe World MusiC perCussion enseMble: Rural West African musical traditions come to life in "Songs and Rhythms of Forests and Harvests," directed by Hafiz Shabazz. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $6-16. Info, 603-646-2422. Jody albriGht: Backed by some of the area's finest musicians, the jazz singer performs an intimate show reflective of her love for improvisation. Due to live recording, performance is not appropriate for small children and infants. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12-18. Info, 863-5966.

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rhododendron Walk & talk: Members of the Friends of the Horticultural Farm lead a tour featuring these flowering shrubs and native azaleas in one of the best collections in New England. UVM Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5-10; preregister. Info, 864-3073, info@ friendsofthehortfarm.org.

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earth enerGies, GeopathiC stress & the health oF people, plants & aniMals Workshop: Healing arts practitioner Patrick MacManaway demonstrates how living and working environments affect well-being, then provides ways to make simple, profound changes. Inside Out Body Therapy, Williston, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 730-5446.

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herbs For Men's sexual health Workshop: Andrew Wolf presents plants and foods that contribute to the well-being of a man’s mood and libido. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 224-7100.

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intro to yoGa & Meditation: Attendees learn to align breath, body and through focused physical and mental practices. Richmond Dance Studio, 9 a.m. $12. Info, 345-9274. preventinG & healinG tennis elboW: Certified Rolfer Robert Rex leads stretching and bodywork modified for the repetitive-strain injury. Healthy Living Market and Café, South Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

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hoWard CoFFin: The local author and historian considers the Civil War's effect on Vermonters. First Congregational Church, Berlin, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1203. peGGy luhrs & robin lloyd: The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom members discuss the United Nations' efforts to address violence against women, then share video footage of the World Social Forum in Tunisia. Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9015.

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DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $13/person for one-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! Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com.

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cooking KITCHEN MEDICINE: Enjoy a meal together during each class and leave with recipes, meal plans and awareness about how to choose the foods best suited for you during each season. Visit vtherbcenter.org for detailed descriptions of each class. Tue., May 14, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Fermented Vegetables and Spring Foods w/ Lisa Masé; Tue., Jun. 25 5:30-8:30 p.m., Sourdough Starters and Summer Spices w/ Lisa Masé. Cost: $30/35 per class, preregistration required. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Montpelier. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 224-7100, info@ vtherbcenter.org, vtherbcenter. org.

DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance fl oor! ˜ ere is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $10/1-hr. class. Location: Movement Studio, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com. INTRODUCTION TO 6-COUNT SWING: ˜ is class will provide an introduction to six-count swing dancing (also known as East Coast swing). Come learn how to swing dance in a fun, low-pressure environment. We will cover the fundamental rhythms and steps to get you swingin’ on the dance fl oor! May 21-Jun. 25, 6:30-7:30 p.m., weekly on Tue. Cost: $50/6-wk. series. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Vermont Swings, John Antram, 448-2930, vtswings@gmail.com, vermontswings.com.

drumming TAIKO, DJEMBE, CONGAS & BATA!: Taiko in Burlington! Tue. Taiko adult classes begin Jun. 18, Sep. 10, Oct. 22 & Dec. 3, 5:30-6:20 p.m. $72/6 wks. Kids classes begin the same dates, 4:30-5:20 p.m. $60/6 wks. Conga and Djembe Fri. classes start Jun. 14, Jul. 12 & Aug. 2, 5 p.m. & 6 p.m. $15/class. Montpelier Conga classes start Jun. 20 &

Jul. 18, 9:30-10:30 a.m. $60/4 wks. Location: Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3-G, Burlington. Stuart Paton, 9994255, spaton55@gmail.com.

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health HOLISTIC NUTRITION: ˜ is program will teach students the fundamentals of eastern nutrition. We will study the basics of a healthy diet, explore health and disease from a Chinese medicine perspective, and learn ways to use food and diet to correct imbalances. How to assess individual dietary needs and appropriate modifi cations will be discussed. Jul. 13-Oct. 19, 9-11 a.m., weekly on Sat. Cost: $350/series. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex Jct. Elements Of Healing, Scot Moylan, 288-8160, scott@elementsofhealing.net, elementsofhealing.net. NATURAL FIRST AID & SIMPLE HEALTH SOLUTIONS: Discover easy, holistic methods to help you cope with daily health needs and emergencies such as broken bones, colds and fl u, stomach upsets, overtaxed muscles, stress, and insomnia. A diverse spectrum of techniques and products will be taught and discussed. You’ll leave with a toolkit of great methods and products. May 18, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Location: Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association, 55

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herbs JULIA GRAVES HERBAL INTENSIVES: Julia Graves, visiting from France, is an herbalist, body-worker, fl ower essence practitioner, psychotherapist and author of ˜ e Language of Plants. Julia will be leading four herbal intensives at Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism in June. Preregistration is required. For detailed class descriptions, visit vtherbcenter. org. ˜ e Herbal Vehicle: Best Delivery Methods for Optimal Effects: Jun. 17, 2-5 p.m., $3035; Musculo-skeletal Herbs: Jun. 23, 9-11:30 a.m., $25-30; Head Trauma and Herbs: Jun. 23, 2-4:30 p.m., $25-30; ˜ e Language of Plants Herb Walk: Opening Our Eyes to Nature: Jun. 24, 3-6 p.m., $30-35. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Montpelier. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org, vtherbcenter.org. WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant and Nature Walk, Mon., Jun. 3, 6-7:30 p.m. Sliding scale $10-0. Please preregister and give us your phone number. Eat on the Wild Side, Tue., Jun. 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Harvest,

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Aikido ClAsses: aikido trains body and spirit, promoting flexibility and strong center within flowing movement, martial sensibility with compassionate presence, respect for others, and confidence in oneself. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Vermont Aikido, 862-9785, vermontaikido.org. kArAte & self-defense: Traditional Karate and selfdefense for children 5 and up and adults. Benefits include improved fitness, health and attitude. classes are taught by 5th-degree and 4th-degree certified black belt instructors with a combined 70 years of experience! classes are fantastic exercise with the added benefit of learning self-defense skills. Location: Green Mountain Dojo Kyokushin Karate & Japanese Cultural Arts Center, 158 South Main St., Waterbury. Green Mountain Dojo Kyokushin Karate & Japanese Cultural Arts Center, Toni Flynn, 595-9719, greenmountaindojo@gmail.com, greenmountaindojo.com.

VerMont BrAZiliAn JiUJitsU: 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 selfconfidence. 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. Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. 660-4072, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj. com.

massage AsiAn Bodywork therApy progrAM: 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. NcBTMB-assigned school. Weekly on Mon., Tue. Cost: $5000/500-hr. program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex Jct. Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon.net, elementsofhealing.net. thAi Bodywork for All: couples, friends, family, special individuals! Join Kristin Borquist for a one-day workshop. learn a simple, flowing sequence that benefits giver and receiver. Wear comfortable clothing. Individuals and pairs welcome. No experience required. Prepare for a relaxing and energizing day. Find a new kind of conversation. More joy is good. Jun. 1, 11 a.m.5:30 p.m. Cost: $85/workshop. Location: YogaRoots, Shelburne Green Business Park on Rte. 7, Shelburne. YogaRoots, Kristin Borquist, 707-934-7077, yogarootsvt.com, yogarootsvt.com.

meditation leArn to MeditAte: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington shambhala center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Meditation instruction avail. Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.noon, or by appt. Meditation sessions on Tue. & Thu., noon-1

p.m. and Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. The Shambhala Cafe meets 1st Sat. of ea. mo. for meditation & discussions, 9 a.m.-noon. An Open House occurs 3rd Fri. of ea. mo., 7-9 p.m., which incl. an intro to the center, a short dharma talk & socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org. Zen renoVAtion: spring cleaning for your mind! Become environ/mentally sound inside & out. Get Zen! Weekly Meditation Classes, Wed., 7 p.m. $10/person. Free Sunday Bruch, 11:30 a.m. Location: New North End, Burlington. Barry, 343-7265, barry@zenrenovation.com.

outdoors AwAreness & self-defense: In any landscape, awareness and movement skills can save lives. Roots staff and Ben Goodrich of New england Ninjutsu will bring you a self-defense and awareness class designed to pass along principals applicable to everyday life. a practical approach to keeping yourself and those around you safe and protected. Class is Sat. & Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $200/2-day class. Location: ROOTS School, 192 Bear Notch Rd., Corinth. ROOTS School, Sarah Corrigan, 456-1253, Info@rootsVt.com, RootsVt.com.

relationships relAtionship ClAsses: Men and women are often mysteries to each other. Yes, the “opposite” genders differ. However, developing satisfying relationships doesn’t have to be confusing. Do you find that, despite your best efforts, you keep shooting yourself in the foot? Unable to get past the first date or maintain long-term relationships? Believing that you communicate clearly only to have your partner get hurt or angry? Why do men and women who often want the same things rarely get there? I’ve been a psychotherapist for 18 years. Working with men and women, themes have become clear. classes will use concepts from relationship models and teach skills that work. classes will be informative and fun. Jun. 20-Aug. 29, 6-7:30 p.m., weekly on Thu. Cost: $35/1.5-hr. class. Location: Beth Lemaire, MS, LCMHC, The Woolen Mill, 20 West Canal St., Winooski. Beth Lemaire, 655-0585, eljtherapist@gmail.comj, vttherapist. com.

spirituality fACes of the goddess: This workshop explores the nature of women’s spirituality, the “triple goddess” and the energy, healing and inspiration the goddess offers. led and fed by women of the Jungian center. You must read Women’s Reality before the first class. To register and receive a copy of Women’s Reality,

please call. May 29, Jun. 5, 19, 7-9 p.m. Jun. 29, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $75. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Sue, 244-7909.

tai chi Lone Goose LeavinG the FLock: hwa Yu tai chi: summer semester is open to beginners. Get grounded, let your energy flow with ease. Discover the path of least resistance; enjoy renewed calm, improved coordination and balance. Instructor ellie Hayes has been teaching since 1974. Mixed-level class maximizes mentoring opportunities. Jun. 10-Jul. 29, 5-6 p.m., weekly on Monday. Cost: $84/7-wk. semester. Location: Montpelier Shambhala Center, 64 Main St., 3rd floor, Montpelier. Ellie Hayes, 456-1983, grhayes1956@comcast.net. snake-stYLe tai chi chuan: The Yang snake style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. 864-7902, iptaichi. org.

diaLecticaL BehavioraL therapY: This is an ongoing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group. The purpose of DBT is to teach new skills or behaviors that can be applied to current stressors to ultimately help us feel better and to cope more effectively. Instructed by adrienne slusky & Kristen Johanson. Prescreening required. May 22-Jun. 26, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m., weekly on Wed. Cost: $162/series. Insurance may cover cost of group. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440. YoGa & MindFuLness For inFertiLitY series: Infertility is a life-altering experience that results in distress. This six-week series will include group support, gentle yoga, and working with breathing techniques to encourage and build self-compassion and personal empowerment and help to counter-balance the challenging impacts of infertility. No prior experience with yoga is necessary. Pre-screening is required. Please contact Deb at number below. May 23-Jun. 27, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $125/series. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. 999-2703.

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YoGa roots: Flexible, inflexible, an athlete, expecting a baby, stressed, recovering from an injury or illness? Yoga Roots has something for you! Our aim is to welcome, nurture and inspire. a peaceful studio offering: Prenatal, Vinyasa Flow, Heated Vinyasa Flow, Iyengar, Jivamukti, Therapeutic Restorative, Gentle, Kundalini, anusara, Tai chi, Qigong & Meditation! Upcoming: Journey Dance, May 17, 7 p.m. Create a Birth Visual, May 19, 2-4 p.m. Thai Yoga Bodywork workshop, Jun. 1, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Location: Yoga Roots, 6221 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne Business Park, Shelburne. 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com.

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evoLution YoGa: evolution Yoga offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and prenatal, community classes, and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, core, Breast cancer survivor and alignment classes. certified teachers, massage and PT, too. Join our yoga community and get to know the family you choose. $14/class, $130/ class card, $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

LauGhinG river YoGa: Highly trained and dedicated teachers offer yoga classes, workshops, retreats and teacher training in a beautiful setting overlooking the Winooski River. class types include vinyasa, jivamukti, vajra, yin, restorative and gentle. study with master yoga and meditation teacher Jill satterfield on June 14-16. all bodies and abilities welcome. classes 7 days a wk. Cost: $5-$15/class; $115/10-class card; $130/monthly unlimited; $300/summer unlimited. Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. 343-8119, laughingriveryoga.com.

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restorative YoGa & reiki workshop: experience the healing practices of Restorative Yoga and Reiki. a restorative yoga sequence will encourage a healing state of relaxation. energy. Reiki is a subtle and effective form of energy healing that balances and enhances the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural energy level. leave this workshop feeling relaxed, nourished and rejuvenated. Instructed by Martha Whitney & Mary Beth cacciola. May 20, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $30/seat. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440.

Hot Yoga in a 95-degree studio accompanied by eclectic music. Try something different! Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. 1-hr. classes on Mon., Tue. & Thu.: 5:30 p.m; Fri.: 5 p.m.; Sat.: 10:30 a.m. Cost: $14/1st 2 classes, multi-class cards avail. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N Winooski Ave, Old North End, Burlington. 9999963, hotyogaburlingtonvt.com.

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YanG-stYLe tai chi: The slow movements of Tai chi help reduce blood pressure and increase balance and concentration. come breathe with us and experience the joy of movement while increasing your ability to be inwardly still. Wed., 5:30 p.m., Sat., 8:30 a.m. $16/class, $60/mo., $160/3 mo. Location: Vermont Tai Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Immediate right turn after railroad tracks. Follow the curve, then turn right & go through the parking lot, passing Vermont Hardware. Turn left at the end of the brick building & you will find a Tai Chi sign on your left. 735-5465.

hone leadership-development skills and create healthy peer connections in a safe, supportive setting. May 21-Jul. 9, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Cost: $240/series. Some insurance accepted. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440.

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ehind every great guitar, fi ddle, mando or upright bass player stands a string doctor, a skilled luthier who answers the call when an instrument needs work. Of ten unheralded, they see it all: a mandolin neck that’s taken a sudden twist, a fi ddle top cracked by low humidity, a priceless Martin knocked over by an exuberant toddler, a distraught picker who’s backed the car over his vintage Telecaster. (Yes, it really does happen.) We surveyed some Vermont musicians to see whom they turn to when they need a string doctor with serious skills. Here are the three names that rose to the top.

PETE LANGDELL

Rigel Instruments, Jeffersonville, rigelinstruments.com SPECIALTIES: Custom-built mandolins, vintage instrument fi nishes, catastrophic repairs

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At age 5, Pete Langdell wanted a guitar, so he built himself one. The result was a masterwork of Yankee innovation, if not a playable instrument. He built the top and bottom from Formica fi berboard, the sides f rom aluminum fl ashing, and the neck from a co˛ ee-table leg. The tuner knobs proved the most problematic. “I made them f rom toothpaste caps,” Langdell says with a chuckle. “Fortunately, we had a big family and we used a lot of toothpaste, but it still seemed like a long time to wait.” Langdell opened his shop, Rigel Instruments, in the late 1980s. His custom mandolins caught on with players ranging from Gene Johnson of Diamond Rio to country legend Marty Stuart. But Langdell’s abilities as a vintage-instrument restoration and repair doc have gained him an equally enthusiastic f ollowing. And he understands the importance of his work to the customers he serves. “When people come to me they can be distraught, heartbroken, really in shock. This might be an instrument they have played for years. It becomes a part of them.

And you are trying to make it as good as it was before.” Doing repair work, Langdell says, is like playing a game of chess. “You really have to think so many moves ahead. What you do in one area will a˛ ect another area. In all the steps you are making, you need to be mindful not to create more damage than what already exists.” One of Langdell’s most sought-af ter services is custom fi nish work — matching paint to existing instruments during restoration. He’s even been hired to custom-mix fi nish colors f or major instrument makers, whom he modestly declines to name. He also specializes in f abricating custom metal parts. Langdell loves the unique nature of musical instruments. “Every instrument is like a fi ngerprint,” he says. “The wood reacts di˛ erently in each one. If instruments became so predictable that you could look at them and say, ‘This is going to sound and play just like this,’ that would take all the fun and mystery out of it.”

ADAM BUCHWALD Circle Strings, Burlington, circlestrings.com

SPECIALTIES: Custom-built guitars, vintage-instrument repairs NOTABLE CUSTOMERS: Brett Hughes, Colin

McCaffrey, Billy Bratcher, Anders Parker As a working musician in Brooklyn, Adam Buchwald played alongside Bob Jones, one of New York’s most respected vintage-guitar-repair gurus. Starting in about 2000, Buchwald began hounding Jones to teach him some luthiery. Buchwald got his wish — sort of. “He let me watch him work. But he wouldn’t let me touch anything f or a year,” Buchwald says. “It was an incredible learning experience.” Later, Buchwald began to do repairs under Jones’ guidance. And when a job opened up at Brooklyn’s Retrof ret guitar shop, Buchwald jumped at the chance. “My ‘interview’ was them handing me Lefty Frizzell’s Bigsby guitar to see how I handled it,” he says. Buchwald passed. He arrived on his fi rst day at the shop to fi nd a 1920 Gibson mandolin waiting for a refret.

Af ter two years at Retro f ret, Buchwald, af ormer UVM student, returned to Vermont. He did stints at the Vermont Instruments School of Lutherie and Froggy Bottom Guitars. By then, he had already started to build guitars of his own. Last year, Buchwald moved north, and then opened Circle Strings in Burlington, a 450-square-f oot shop just o˛ the UVM campus. “I do about 65 percent repairs and 35 percent building new instruments,” he says. “One feeds the other. People come in for repairs and get to see the instruments I build.” Buchwald, 35, hasn’t given up performing. He plays mandolin f or Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing in St. Johnsbury and banjo f or the Modern Grass Quintet in Burlington, and he has just formed the Cider House Boys with Brett Hughes. Buchwald f eels that playing at a high level helps give him a better understanding of the work he does and what his customers want. “It’s not something you can read in a book or watch in a video,” he says. “It’s all just experience. You can do 10 neck sets in 10 Martins, and they are all going to be di˛ erent. Nothing is ever the same.”

TUCKER BARRETT

Brattleboro, tuckerbarrett.com SPECIALTIES: Fretwork, vintage repairs, parts fabrication VERMONT CUSTOMERS: Scott Ainslie, Jatoba, Imaginary Roads Studios, Joey Leone

It’s probably saf e to say that there’s no other Vermont luthier who has built a fl amingo-shaped, conf etti-shooting acrylic guitar for Chic, one of the world’s hottest disco bands. Tucker Barrett’s work building that and other sculptural instruments in the 1980s helped shape his career. Barrett, 57, started building instruments at Marlboro College in the mid-’70s. Eventually this led to a stint at Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Music from 1980-85.

“It was a total sixday-a-week immersion,” Barrett says. “We built instruments for Andy Summers and Pete Townshend, Nile Rogers of Chic. We did repair work for everybody — the Pretenders, Foreigner, the Police. It wasn’t uncommon for a tour bus to pull in with whoever was playing Madison Square Garden, and somebody jumping out and saying, ‘This has to be fi xed.’” The work f or Chic included building electric violins and f uturistic sculptural instruments with colored acrylic and lightboxes. Eventually, Barrett took some of those ideas back to Vermont. Over 20 years, he built around 900 violin-f amily instruments for players all over the world. Eventually, it wore him out. “I was physically f eeling the burn of what I call ‘industrial disease,’” he says. “Too much lacquering, sanding, shaving and sawing was taking its predictable toll on my joints, lungs and brain. And as a sole proprietor, I was tired of wearing all the hats all the time.” Around 2005, Barrett downsized his shop, moved into Brattleboro to be closer to his customer base, and started doing full-time repair and restoration. “Philosophically, I really like breathing new lif e into old things,” Barrett says. “I get a kick out of fi guring out how an old instrument was put together and understanding the technique and fi nishes they used. I get a kick out of taking something that might be nice to look at but doesn’t play at all and making it work again. I seem to have a knack with doing that.” Barrett isn’t an instrument snob. “I try as well as possible to fi x everything that comes into the shop, no matter what it is worth,” he says. “I do a lot of free work for kids or people who can’t a˛ ord to get stu˛ done. I just like to see people playing music. It would be great to be working on ’52 Martins all the time, but it’s not the reality for me. And doing all high-end restoration is work that is very di˝ cult and stressful. It’s kind of fun just making stu˛ play.”

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deepened the seduction. It was dark and dangerous. Just being there made it seem like you were in on something impossibly unique and underground, which is how I imagine those first SXSWs were. WWIII didn’t quite bring me back to those hazy days at Club Toast or the Last Elm Café — hazy mostly because it was still legal to smoke in bars in 1995. But it came close.

Whether I was swooning, arm around my best gal, to anders and Kendall; or digging a raucous set from vetica while bellied up to a bar as lateafternoon sun filtered through the front windows; or following tootH acHe. down a cavernous rabbit hole at the Winooski Welcome Center; or feeling closer to the divine as alPenGlow sermonized at the Methodist Church; or getting sweaty and rowdy at the blazing rock block that was the Monkey House on Friday night — everywhere I found myself, time and time again, feeling as though I was being let in on something profoundly and exclusively cool. (Note to aspiring rock writers: Don’t try a runon sentence like that last one at home. This is professional-level grammar flaunting here.) But here’s the thing: WWIII wasn’t really all that exclusive. The fest’s organizers estimate attendance roughly doubled from last year, indicating larger and more varied crowds. That means the cool kids from Angioplasty Media, MSR Presents and Friends + Family pulled off quite a magic trick. They delivered a festival that embodied the mystery and allure of the local rock, indie and experimental scenes yet still proved accessible enough for general audiences to enjoy — and feel cool doing it.

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If you skipped last weekend’s Waking Windows III festival in Winooski, you missed what might have been the coolest live-music event of the year in Vermont. Sure, Discover Jazz is exponentially bigger, boasts more star power and caters to a wider audience. And the Precipice, with a full year to plan — as opposed to, like, three weeks for its inaugural run last year — will similarly showcase great local acts and foster warm and fuzzy community spirit. Grace Potter’s Grand Point North is quickly becoming a blowout end-ofsummer tradition, too. But there is a ragged quality to Waking Windows that sets it apart from those fests and makes it feel more, well, rock and roll. Taking nothing away from any of them — each fest is truly wonderful in its own way — I would submit that Waking Windows is the most representative and reflective of Vermont’s underground scenes. I’ve used the following analogy before — and received some pissy emails claiming wanton hyperbole as a result. But, bouncing between various venues around the Winooski traffic circle last weekend, I couldn’t help but wonder if the WWIII experience was something like the earliest incarnations of South by Southwest, before corporate toxicity mutated it into the monster it has become. When it started, SXSW was a localsonly festival, specifically designed for Austin bands. If you talk to those who were there, they’ll tell you it was small, gritty and exclusionary. And, in many ways, that brusque exclusivity was what made SXSW great. It was an event for and by the cool kids, held in seedy bars and makeshift galleries. Sound familiar? (And no, I’m not suggesting WWIII will ever turn into something like SXSW. Though it will very likely continue growing.) When I was teenager, I worshipped local bands like the Pants, envy and the FaGs. To wide-eyed, 16-year-old me, the whole scene seemed larger than life, the epitome of cool. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to realize that most of the people in those bands were just that: people in bands, no cooler than you or me. (Well, except the Fags’ euGene Hütz. He’s still the coolest.) But at the time, there was a tattered-jean veil of mystery surrounding all of them that only

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9:30 p.m., Free. MONKEY HOUSE: Har-Di-Har (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5. 18+. NECTAR'S: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup), 7 p.m., Free. Honeywell (funk), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Chad Hollister (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free.

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 9 p.m., Free. SKINNY PANCAKE: Josh Panda and Brett Lanier (rock), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Scott Tournet & Ver La Luz, Rayland Baxter (rock), 8 p.m., $12/15. AA. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Hot Waxxx with Justcaus & Pen West (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free. NECTAR'S: Trivia Mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. The Grift (rock), 9:30 p.m. O'BRIEN'S IRISH PUB: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Jenni Johnson & Friends (blues), 7 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Dave Fugel & Friends (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Orchid (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. Shane Hardiman Trio with Geza Carr & Rob Morse (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 11 p.m., $3.

WHAMMY BAR: David Ellenbogen and Allison Mankin (jazz), 6 p.m., Free.

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ON THE RISE BAKERY: Gabe Jarrett (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Dizzle (house), 10 p.m., Free.

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BEE'S KNEES: Rebecca Padula (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Dinner Jazz with Fabian Rainville, 6:30 p.m., Free. Open Mic, 9 p.m., Free. MOOG'S PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Woody & the Rainmakers (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: Jake Whitesell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free. NECTAR'S: Happy Ending Fridays with Jay Burwick (solo acoustic), 5 p.m., Free. Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 9 p.m., $5. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Dupont Brothers (folk), 5 p.m., Free. The Hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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CITY LIMITS: Karaoke with Let It Rock

other MFs — perform at the Flynn MainStage on

ON THE RISE BAKERY: Laura Heaberlin (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Donations.

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RADIO BEAN: Amanda Ruth (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Gerhard and Julia (folk), 6 p.m., Free. Matt Francis & Chris Page (psych-folk), 7 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Nicholas Losito Band (country), 11 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: Aaron Flinn (rock), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Mike Martin and Geoff Kim (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

DOBRÁ TEA: Robert Resnik (folk), 7 p.m., Free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Lazerdisk Party Sex (EDM), 9 p.m., $8/13. 18+.

RED SQUARE: Kelly Ravin (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Collin Craig Continuum (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (house), 10 p.m., Free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Last Words (rock), 9 p.m., Free. SIGNAL KITCHEN: Chelsea Light Moving (rock), 8 p.m., $17. 18+. SKINNY PANCAKE: Aya Inoue & Matt Harpster (folk rock), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation. VENUE: Thirsty Thursdays, 7 p.m., Free.

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BAGITOS: Mike Iula (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Donations.

PARKER PIE CO.: Howie Cantor and Geoff Goodhue (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Free.

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MONOPOLE: The Snacks (rock), 10 p.m., Free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free. THERAPY: Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYCE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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PARK PLACE TAVERN: Dirty Merge (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Kid's Music with Linda "Tickle Belly" Bassick, 11 a.m., Free. Sam Dupont (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. April Patterson Clemens (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. David Tanklefsky (folk), 9 p.m., Free. Pelican Johnny (folk punk), 10 p.m., Free. Shark Victim (rock), 11 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: Business to Consumer (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Charlie the Most (rock), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Mixx (EDM), 9 p.m., $5. RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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Safe travels to TRAPPER KEEPER. The band is off on a weeklong tour that will wrap up at the Pouzza Fest in Montréal this weekend. That festival appears to have a direct pipeline to the punk and ska

Local songwriter TIM MCKENZIE is back in action after taking a hiatus of, oh, let’s just call it twentysomething years. McKenzie is best known locally as a member of the pioneering newgrass group PINE ISLAND. But he’s likely to have played with just about every notable local of that era — this would be the late 1970s and early 1980s. McKenzie hung up his guitar when he lost his taste for life on the road, and then most of his hearing. He says he was discouraged by how little hearing aids helped — until, last November, a new technology allowed him to hear himself again. McKenzie is playing a solo show — he

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05.15.13-05.22.13

Remember a few paragraphs back where I pined for my halcyon youth in the 1990s local rock scene? Sigh … where was I? Oh, right, 1995. Coming back to 2013, I’ve just received word that two of the better bands from the 1990s-era rock scene, HOVER and GUPPYBOY, will be reuniting for a show at the Monkey House on Saturday, July 13. We’ll go more in depth on both bands as that date draws closer. In the meantime, if you need a babysitter that weekend, I’d start lining one up now. I have a feeling there might be a slew of aging rockers looking for childcare that Saturday night. Call it a hunch.

Meanwhile, in Morrisville, it is time once again for the Hammer Jam at Moog’s Place, which goes down this Sunday, May 19. This is the second year the bar has hosted the fest, which is a benefit for Habitat for Humanity. And it’s a dandy, featuring 25 local bands spread out on two stages, including the EAMES BROTHERS BAND, DEAD SESSIONS, LESLEY GRANT AND STEPSTONE, SETH YACOVONE, TIM BRICK and many more. It also includes the winner of this issue’s “Band Name of the Week” award: FUNBRIDGE.

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Speaking of cool kids, Big Heavy World and Magic Hat are once again partnering for Heavy Fest, which is slated for this Saturday, May 18, at the MH brewery in South Burlington. If you’ve never been, it’s a lot of fun and has sort of become the unofficial kickoff for the outdoor music season in Vermont. This year’s lineup includes RUMBLECAT, TELEPORT, CASIO BASTARD, WAYLON SPEED, the BREW and headliners the JENNIFER HARTSWICK BAND. Oh, and beer. Lots of beer.

scenes of the early 2000s. Some of the headliners include the SLACKERS, MU330, ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES, MXPX and the ATARIS, all of whom I had on mixtapes that I wore out in the deck of my first car. Man, this week’s column is making me feel old.

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skInny Pancake: June & the Bee (folk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

it’s been filtered through the grease-streaked lens of 1980s SST-era punk and hardcore and projected

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bagItos: summit of Thieves (Americana), 6 p.m., Donations. chaRlIe o's: Vaporizer, Abbadon (metal), 10 p.m., free.

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onto the tattered screen of an art-house movie theater. In other words, it’s loud, its provocative and it totally kicks ass. Oh, yeah. Almost forgot to mention: The band is fronted by this guy named Thurston Moore, who was in some other band called, like, Sonic Youth, or something. CLM perform at Signal Kitchen in Burlington this Friday, May 16.

gReen MountaIn taveRn: DJ Jonny p (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2. tuPelo MusIc hall: Karla Bonoff (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $35. WhaMMy baR: Bannish misfortune (irish), 6 p.m., free.

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the hub teen centeR & skatePaRk: A Wilhelm scream, the stereo state, Ground Zero, As We Were, morning comes Early (punk), 7 p.m., free. on the RIse bakeRy: stone cold roosters (Americana), 8 p.m., Donations.

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bee's knees: spider roulette (Americana), 7:30 p.m., Donations. the hub PIzzeRIa & Pub: nick Denoia (rock), 9:30 p.m., free. Moog's Place: Dead sessions

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MonoPole: Kloptoscope (rock), 10 p.m., free. theRaPy: pulse with DJ nyce (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

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backstage Pub: sturcrazie (rock), 9 p.m., free. chuRch & MaIn RestauRant: night Vision (EDm), 9 p.m., free. club MetRonoMe: sundae soundclash (EDm), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5. FRanny o's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. hIgheR gRound ballRooM: seven Days stop Light party (singles party), 7:30 p.m., $5. 18+. hIgheR gRound shoWcase lounge: Big D & the Kid's Table, sails (ska), 7:30 p.m., $13/15. AA. JP's Pub: Karaoke with megan, 10 p.m., free. Manhattan PIzza & Pub: Andy Lugo & friends (rock), 9:30 p.m., free. MaRRIott haRboR lounge: Goeorge Voland and friends (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

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nectaR's: Wes Buckley (solo acoustic), 7 p.m., free. Heavy fest After-party: sophistafunk, funkwagon (funk), 9 p.m., $5. on taP baR & gRIll: Last Kid picked (rock), 9 p.m., free.

PosItIve PIe 2: Hot neon magic (’80s new Wave), 10 p.m., $5.

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cIty lIMIts: Dance party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., free.

RadIo bean: Lunch poems, 12 p.m., free. Less Digital, more manual: record club, 3 p.m., free. The peasant Dramatic (singer-songwriter), 5:30 p.m., free. chris Lewis (rock), 7 p.m., free. chantilly (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free. moonschein (blues, jazz), 9 p.m., free. While the White Limousine Waited outside: VT Tribute to Leonard cohen, 10 p.m., free. Jus post Bellum (Americana), 11 p.m., free. motown Band (r&b), 12:30 a.m., free.

tWo bRotheRs taveRn: The Edd (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

Red squaRe: The Aerolites (rock), 8 p.m., $5. mashtodon (mashup), 11 p.m., $5.

MonoPole: High peaks (rock), 10 p.m., free.

Red squaRe blue RooM: DJ raul (salsa), 7 p.m., free. DJ stavros (EDm), 11 p.m., $5. venue: 18 & up Destination saturdays, 8 p.m., free.

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bagItos: irish sessions, 2 p.m., free. patrick Lehman (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Donations. chaRlIe o's: concrete rivals (surf rock), 10 p.m., free.

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bee's knees: Greg Evans Trio (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Donations. the hub PIzzeRIa & Pub: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. Moog's Place: Granite Junction (bluegrass), 9 p.m., free.

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nectaR's: mi Yard reggae night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., free. on taP baR & gRIll: Joshua Glass (singer-songwriter), 11 a.m., free. RadIo bean: Queen city Hot club (gypsy jazz), 11 a.m., free. pete sutherland and Tim stickle's old Time

session, 1 p.m., free. Butterfly star power (punk), 4 p.m., free. Ka Boom Boom (punk), 4:45 p.m., free. Black cat Bone (blues), 5:30 p.m., free. Wes Buckley (psych, country), 7 p.m., free. friends + family residency, 8 p.m., free. Red squaRe: Dubbest (dub), 7 p.m., free. DJ robbie J (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. Rí Rá IRIsh Pub: Dale and Darcy (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. sIgnal kItchen: The Listening series: Tim mcKenzie (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., $12/15. AA.

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Being an active member of the Nocturnals — as in Grace Potter & the Nocturnals — has got to be a principally demanding and time-consuming gig. Burlington sometimes seems to have a hard time comprehending the level of recognition that this band has achieved. Releasing a record just about every other year and touring relentlessly could easily come between a Nocturnal and his solo endeavors. However, this does not seem to be the case. See Benny Yurco’s beautifully crafted solo debut, This is a Future, from last year. See Scott Tournet’s second and most recent solo outing, Ver La Luz — now. “Lights Go Down,” the themeestablishing jump-off point for Ver La Luz, opens with a from-the-depths brand of reverbed drums, bass, acoustic guitar and keyboard that suggests a more organic take on the Flaming

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Yoshimi Battles Lips’ monumental Yoshimi the Pink Robots.. The key difference between the two is that Tournet is writing, singing and performing as an unabashed human being — i.e., with feeling — about human being things — i.e., feelings. “Treasure,” a 1980s-vibed jam co-written by Grace Potter, delves even further into Tournet’s seemingly compulsive search for meaning in shades of emotion — ver la luz means “see the light” in Spanish — and does so with great pop competency. Vocal harmonies spring up and the lyrics tell it like it is without telling exactly how it is: “When you’re gone the sun is always going down / I can only feel the light when you’re around.” Back-to-back stripped-down folk ballads “Ex Lover” and “The Longing” provide a little respite from Tournet’s bouncier inclinations — and they’re both heartbreakers. “Ex Lover” is perhaps the sweetest breakup song you could imagine (“Ex lover, I’ve found somebody new / Ex lover, heard you

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Unfortunately, The Milton Tape was delivered into the digital world with a computer program called Audacity, which cancels out some of the sepiatone sound quality of the original tape. The record is deep, poetic and at times darkly likable, but it may leave you wishing you could hear it all in analog. The Ryan Fauber Band certainly capture a moment here, but let’s hope to hear a studio follow-up down the road. The Milton Tape by the Ryan Fauber Band is available at jenkerecords. bandcamp.com.

05.15.13-05.22.13

Sometimes outdated media can amplify nostalgia. When memories of wistful yearning are documented on VHS tapes, cassettes or in tattered photographs, they seem somehow more meaningful. Burlington’s Ryan Fauber Band channel this sentiment on a new release, The Milton Tape. It takes a minute to adjust to the practice-room-style recording — originally captured on a tape recorder in 2007 — and several more to comprehend it. The Milton Tape starts with “Lady Burn,” which sets a lo-fi tone akin to Ween’s The Pod. Aggressive harmonica lines join forces with Fauber’s eyebrowraising poetic method. Lyrically, the singer touches on trust, inner turmoil and the many afflictions that can accompany relationships. Burlington guitarist Jonah Salzman and drummer John Leff complete the lineup. Leff keeps the album flowing with a get-to-the-point approach, which is exactly what the songs call for.

The production — or lack thereof — obstructs the drums somewhat, but the instrumentation remains fairly well mixed considering this traditional, gather-around-the-microphone approach. Salzman, a longtime friend of Fauber’s, offers discordant guitar soloing in the vein of the Meat Puppets’ Curt Kirkwood. His contributions, which are vital to the album, are particularly unmasked on “The Devil Shows His Hand,” in which he plays hastily. Fauber, who is passionate and skillful with words, has a guttural delivery, which can make his lyrics difficult to decipher. He sounds a bit like GG Allin, if the late shock rocker were covering Warren Zevon. Fauber seems coolly indifferent when expressing himself, and that distance coupled with frequent rhythmic repetition makes the songs tend to meld together. Album closer “The King” is a memorable highlight. Against a softer musical backdrop, Fauber’s up-anddown vocals weave an unnerving story about self-imprisonment and unknowing.

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Club MetrONOMe: John carleton memorial Jam (rock), 7 p.m., $5. MaNhattaN Pizza & Pub: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. MONkey hOuse: Lemuria, Trapper Keeper, moonraker (rock), 9 p.m., $10. NeCtar's: metal monday: Boatman's Lament, ATLATL, 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. ON taP bar & Grill: Open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free. radiO beaN: The Leatherbound Books (indie folk), 7:30 p.m., Free. Open mic, 9 p.m., Free. red square: Woedoggies (blues), 7 p.m., Free. mashtodon (mashup), 10 p.m., Free. rubeN JaMes: Why not monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

Radio Flyers Some bands drop so many damn saucy, backbone-slippin’ grooves that you need a whole wagon to cart ’em around.

Such is the case with Burlington’s aptly named fuNkwaGON, who swirl elements of gospel, R&B and classic funk into an elastic, funkafied fusion that

Charlie O's: Trivia night, 8 p.m., Free.

can’t be contained. Well, unless maybe you have a wagon. A big wagon. Catch them at Nectar’s in Burlington this Saturday, May 18, with sOPhistafuNk,

northern

as part of the Magic Hat Heavy Fest after-party.

MOOG's PlaCe: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 8 p.m., Free.

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Club MetrONOMe: Dead set with cats under the stars (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. hiGher GrOuNd ballrOOM: mickey Hart Band, African showboyz (rock), 9 p.m., $30/35. AA. leuNiG's bistrO & Café: Dayve Huckett (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

NeCtar's: mihali and Zdenek of Twiddle (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Free. Live music, 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Charlie O's: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Olde NOrtheNder: Abby Jenne & the Enablers (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

twO brOthers taverN: monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

ON taP bar & Grill: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. radiO beaN: John ThompsonFigueroa & Friends (world music), 6:30 p.m., Free. Grup Anwar (Arabic), 8:30 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk sessions, 10 p.m., $3.

MaNhattaN Pizza & Pub: set up city (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free.

red square: Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 7 p.m., Free. DJ craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free.

MONty's Old briCk taverN: Open mic, 6 p.m., Free.

central

baGitOs: Old Time session, 6 p.m., Donations.

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bee's kNees: children's sing Along with Lesley Grant, 10 a.m., Donations. Bruce Jones (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. the hub Pizzeria & Pub: curtis Evans Kile and Friends (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. MOOG's PlaCe: Live music, 8 p.m., Free. Open mic/Jam night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

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fraNNy O's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. halflOuNGe: scott mangan (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. Rewind with DJ craig mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free. JP's Pub: Karaoke with morgan, 10 p.m., Free. leuNiG's bistrO & Café: paul Asbell, clyde stats and chris peterman (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. MaNhattaN Pizza & Pub: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 9:30 p.m., Free. NeCtar's: What a Joke! comedy Open mic (standup), 7 p.m., Free. Live music, 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. ON taP bar & Grill: mitch & Friends (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., Free.

radiO beaN: malaena cadiz (Americana), 6 p.m., Free. Bones of JR Jones (folk), 7 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Big Fat Dube & the colty 45s (rock), 11 p.m., Free.

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red square: shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

twO brOthers taverN: Trivia night, 7 p.m., Free.

skiNNy PaNCake: Josh panda and Brett Lanier (rock), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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City liMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. ON the rise bakery: Open Bluegrass, 8 p.m., Free.

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bee's kNees: Danny Ricky cole (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

baGitOs: Katherine Botula (acoustic), 6 p.m., Free.

the hub Pizzeria & Pub: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free.

GreeN MOuNtaiN taverN: Open mic, 9 p.m., Free.

MOOG's PlaCe: Joel meeks (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free.

whaMMy bar: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Free.

Parker Pie CO.: Trivia night, 7 p.m., Free.

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Our Liability: Deluxe Unlimited TM Art is created to inspire, amuse, horrif y, f ascinate, perplex and encourage. It is our corporate mission to f oster a thoughtf ul skepticism of normative assumptions and an appreciation f or weird, arresting imagery. This is achieved through the recycling and repurposing of trash inf ormation that would otherwise accumulate in our culture. Peberdy says he borrowed the agreement’s language f rom the “labyrinthine instructions” that accompanied a new credit card. “I like thinking of [art] as a product, something you could use in the home or o˜ ce,” he says. Plus, he admits, the agreement “seems to be more creative than a thank-you letter.” Peberdy grew up in tiny Cookville, Vt., about half way between Barre and Thetford. After a short stint as an English major at the University of Vermont, he got a job in Burlington as a bartender, then picked up some shifts at a sawmill. “Nothing fi t,” he says, until 2009, when he started reassembling the images he’d been clipping and collecting f or years f rom magazines and textbooks. “It was a very obsessivecompulsive collection,” he says. Since then, Peberdy, who is now employed as a dishwasher at White River Junction’s Tip Top Caf é, has shown his work at the Main Street Museum in WRJ and Johnson’s Vermont Studio Center. His fi lm about a homemade dancing robot won fi rst place at last March’s Green Mountain Film Festival 48-Hour Film Slam. His solo

An illustrated guide to handguns inspired one of the most chilling collages in the Backspace show: A vengef ul-looking man points a gun directly at the viewer, while a speech bubble beside him reads, “He sent his son Jesus to give you a better life!” Peberdy found the man’s image in the gun guide. “That guy was a target, designed to look like a generic criminal,” he says. The caption came from a book of Christian comics that Peberdy found just as uncomfortable to read as the gun manual, he says. “It was about a bear walking around and being taught things about Jesus,” he recalls. “It kept talking about how you should be happy because this great man died for you.” Peberdy assembled the criminal’s image and the Jesus caption on a piece of paper he found mottled with mold. “I loved the way it was stretched out and stained,” he says. Peberdy doesn’t have a studio, so he works af ter hours in his living room, where he keeps boxes tucked under a table that hold thousands of clipped images, organized roughly by size. He pays as much attention to frames, which he fi nds in thrif t stores, as to the collages that go in them. He is often drawn to frames that are battered and discolored, their paint chipped and stained. They add another textural dimension to his compositions. Peberdy’s biggest infl uences aren’t visual artists, he says, but musical ones — Devo and the sound-collage band Negativland, in particular — which might explain why so many of his pieces have the iconic look of album art. In “Squeeze,” a disembodied hand fl oats in a stormy sky, squeezing a Coca-Cola cap as blood drips the product that the original ad implied onto the dark landscape below. “If We would bring smiles to consumers’ faces — Live…” f eatures three dinosaur cutouts the fancy new car. He wanted the couple arranged on a Piet Mondrian-style backto be “in the presence of something very sinister, something that didn’t bode well,” ground of red, gray, yellow and white recthe says, the red sphere on a black abyss of angles. Bold letters above declare, “IF WE LIVE…” a background. The images are certainly suggestive, Peberdy doesn’t limit his imagery to but Peberdy distances himself f rom any ads. He clips text and illustrations f rom explicit message. “Deluxe Unlimited TM comic books, textbooks, instructional is not liable f or any revelations into the manuals and whatever else he can get his hands on. “I like happy accidents,” he says, Greater Meaning of Art, Culture or Life,” noting that he fi nds source material in free he writes in his user agreement. “Doing so only creates Limitation and Stagnation. piles, antique stores and yard sales. We are Cryptic by corporate policy.” Recently, Peberdy f ound a three-ring binder containing a locksmith’s how-to manual from the ’70s. “It had these great exploded-view diagrams of all these locks “Caution!” is on view through May 31 and keys,” he says, some of which he has at the Backspace Gallery, Burlington. incorporated into his works.

PEBERDY IS FASCINATED BY THE DISINGENUOUSNESS OF ADS. show, “Caution!,” is at Burlington’s Backspace Gallery through the end of May. A piece in the Backspace show called “Omen” f eatures an illustration of a f ormally dressed man and woman with dumb smiles plastered across their faces as they walk arm in arm toward a giant red orb. Peberdy says it’s one of his f avorites. He clipped the handsome couple from a car ad in a Life magazine from the 1950s or ’60s. “I think they were standing in f ront of a new Chevy or something,” he recalls. “The people are drawn to be inhumanly happy.” Peberdy is f ascinated by this disingenuousness in ads. “They’re ubiquitous enough that they create this f ake consensus,” he says — namely, that buying an item will make consumers content. “Then they’re confused when they’re not happy.” For his composition, Peberdy ditched

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hite River Junction artist Benjamin Peberdy doesn’t sign his name to the collages he creates, he brands them with a logo. Peberdy makes art under the appellation Deluxe Unlimited TM, which he chose because he “thought it sounded nicely sort of self-important, and sort of vague.” His pseudonym may be intentionally ambiguous, but what Peberdy is making is clear: cleverly composed, witty and often biting collages composed of vintage print advertisements, comic-book text bubbles and other illustrations. His skewering of commercialism extends beyond the gallery. Each time the 26-year-old sells one of his works, he issues the buyer a copy of his “User Agreement.” It reads in part:

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Alyson WAll: "Transportation stories of Burlington's Bikers and walkers," photographic portraits accompanied by transcribed interviews. Through May 31 at north end studio A in Burlington. Info, 863-6713. Anne-MArie littenberg: "Up close at home," photographs of the artist's domestic landscape, featuring spools of thread, eggs from the fridge and a closet full of old typewriters. Through May 31 at Brickels Gallery in Burlington. Info, 578-3164. Ashley roArk: "coping with Reality," collages made from vintage paper that features muted tones, textures and typography. Through May 31 at s.p.A.c.e. Gallery in Burlington. Info, spacegalleryvt. com. benjAMin Peberdy: "caution!" collage work by the Vermont artist. Through May 31 at Backspace Gallery in Burlington. Info, spacegalleryvt.com. breAd And PuPPet: "Mud season & Mud Monument," black-and-white paintings that represent both seasonal and political mud, including monuments to torture and massacre whistleblowers. Through May 19 at ArtsRiot Gallery in Burlington. Info, 203-788-0909. ChAMPlAin College MFA in eMergent MediA 2013: eleven diverse thesis projects that explore the crossroads of art, innovation and technology; jACques burke: works made from ink, watercolors, acrylics, spray paint, cutouts and an occasional metal slurpy straw. Through May 31 at seABA center in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. CreAtive CoMPetition no. 20: Artworks submitted by local artists in a variety of media are up for viewers' choice award and for sale. Through May 31 at Rl photo in Burlington. Info, publicartschool@ gmail.com. eriC tore: A painting of a hawaiian seascape from the featured artist in a group show. Through May 31 at Black horse Fine Art supply in Burlington. Info, 862-4972. grouP shoW: works by Marc Awodey, carolyn enz hack, paige Berg Rizvi, Ruth hamilton, will patlove, che schreiner, David powell and ethan Azarian. curated by seABA. Through May 31 at the Innovation center of Vermont in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

jessA gilbert: "connections," paintings that investigate movement and action. curated by BcA. Through July 6 at Burlington Airport in south Burlington. Info, 532-6533. johAnne duroCher yordAn: Art Affair by shearer presents paintings and mixed-media works by the Vermont artist. Through June 30 at shearer chevrolet in south Burlington. Info, 658-1111. johAnne duroCher yordAn: Dreamy abstract paintings by the Vermont artist. curated by seABA. Through May 31 at VcAM studio in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. john douglAs: "stones &," digital prints of virtual landscapes by the documentary filmmaker, animator and Army veteran. Through May 21 at Furchgott sourdiffe Gallery. Info, 985-3848. judith tuttle & robert huntoon: "waterscapes," pastel and oil paintings, respectively, by the Vermont artists. Through May 30 at shelburne Vineyard. Info, 985-8222. kiM boMbArd: still-life paintings by the Vermont artist. Through July 27 at left Bank home & Garden in Burlington. Info, 862-1001. 'lArger thAn liFe: quilts by veldA neWMAn': contemporary fiber art; 'trAilblAzers: horsePoWered vehiCles': An exhibit that explores connections between 19th-century carriages and today’s automotive culture; 'ogden Pleissner, lAndsCAPe PAinter': watercolor sketches and finished paintings. Through october 31 at shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346. lin WArren: "Road Trip: Arc Ideologies," a multimedia installation exploring the form of an arc. Through May 29 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 777-6100. lorrAine reynolds: "Apparitional experience," large-format color photographs of decay and abandonment that serve as documentation of what was. Through May 31 at Vintage Inspired in Burlington. Info, 355-5418. Molly bosley: collage work and paper cutouts. Through May 31 at speaking Volumes in Burlington. Info, 540-0107. PAMelA j. MurPhy: Recent mixed-media works. Through May 31 at Artspace 106 at the Men's Room in Burlington. Info, 864-2088. Pete quinn: cartoon-style drawings and paintings. Through June 3 at Magic hat Brewing company in south Burlington. Info, 658-2739. robert WAldo brunelle jr.: Acrylic paintings of cityscapes, blue-collar culture and gumball machines. Through June 30 at Vintage Jewelers in Burlington. Info, 862-2233.

tAlks & events 'user required': experiential, customizable and locally made projects that blur the distinction between science, technology and art. Through May 18 at BcA center in Burlington. The MacGyveresque team of artists, engineers and scientists brainstorms with people who need help with a project in an event called "Makers on Deck,” Friday, May 17, 5-8 p.m. Info, 865-7166. liFe drAWing For Artists: Artists 18 and older bring their own materials and sketch, draw and paint from a live model. wednesday, May 22, 6-9 p.m., Vermont Institute of contemporary Arts, chester. Info, 875-1018. liFe-drAWing session: Artists practice their painting and drawing techniques with a live model. Reservations

encouraged. wednesday, May 15, 6-9 p.m.; sunday, May 19, 2-5 p.m.; wednesday, May 22, 6-9 p.m., Black horse Fine Art supply, Burlington. Info, 860-4972. outdoor Art dAy: Artists and crafters of all ages bring supplies to designated sites and create stuff together. Meet-and-greet reception, 3-5 p.m., at the Grange. saturday, May 18, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Milton Grange. Info, cherrystreetstudio@yahoo.com. 'MAsterWorks': hood Museum of Art director Michael Taylor gives a talk called "The legacy of Marcel Duchamp." saturday, May 18, 4 p.m., BigTown Gallery, Rochester.

reCePtions CArving studio MeMbers' shoW: Members of the nonprofit arts education center show their works in this annual exhibit. May 18 through June 30 at carving

roger ColeMAn: paintings by the Vermont artist. Through May 31 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington city hall. Info, 865-7166. sAChie kohlMAn: pet portraits on paper. Through May 31 at Firebird café in essex Junction. Info, 310-0458. 'student Work; legACy oF A teACher': original works by Vermont woodworking school students Alicia Dietz, Ryan Moore, Tim peters, John Martineau, Tyler Gebhardt, Ben Deleiris and wesley Alsbrooks. In memory of Vws instructor Robert Fletcher. Through May 31 at Frog hollow in Burlington. Info, 863-6458. 'the roAd less trAveled': The 13th annual Rock point school student art show. Through May 24 at Rose street co-op Gallery in Burlington. Info, 863-1104. 'the Workers Are revolting': Artwork by Red square employees. Through May 31 at Red square in Burlington. Info, 318-2438. todd r. loCkWood: "one Degree of separation," black-and-white photographic portraits, 1975-2012. Through July 15 at Freeman hall conference Room, champlain college, in Burlington. Info, 860-2733. 'triCk oF the eye': photographs that recalibrate reality by Jack long, Alexey Krupin, Anick Morel, eric A. Bailey, Frank Machalowski, Andrew Kufahl, Boris Kotlyar and carl Rubino. Through May 26 at Darkroom Gallery in essex Junction. Info, 777-3686.

studio and sculpture center in west Rutland. Reception: saturday, May 18, 5-7 p.m. Info, 438-2097. PAt MusiCk: "our Fragile home," a series of sculptures and works on paper inspired by the words that astronauts from different nations have used to describe the earth as seen from outer space. May 18 through July 14 at southern Vermont Arts center in Manchester. Reception: saturday, May 18, 3-5 p.m. Info, 362-1405. jAnet WorMser: landscape and portrait paintings. May 16 through July 5 at River Arts center in Morrisville. Reception: Thursday, May 16, 5-7 p.m. Info, 888-1261. 'threAds: quilt shoW': Quilters from the region show their work. May 17 through June 11 at north country cultural center for the Arts in plattsburgh, n.Y. Reception: Friday, May 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Info, 518-563-1604.

verMont Photo grouP sPring exhibtion: eight photographers contribute work, from landscapes to portraits of lake superior chippewa Band Dancers. Through May 30 at Mirabelles in Burlington. Info, 434-5503. Wendy jAMes: photographic illusions and vivid paintings by the local artist. curated by seABA. Through May 31 at speeder & earl's (pine street) in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. WilloW bAsCoM: colorful illustrations of animals. curated by seABA. Through May 31 at pine street Deli in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

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Annie PArhAM: “Aquarian Visions: An exploration of watercolor and Imagination,” paintings by the art student. Through May 31 at Feick Fine Arts center, Green Mountain college, in poultney. Info, 287-8398. 'Art therAPy AssoCiAtion oF verMont stAtehouse Art exhibition': An exhibit celebrating Mental health Awareness Month. Through May 31 at statehouse cafeteria in Montpelier. Info, 434-4834.

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'high trAsh': Artworks from 18 contemporary artists using discarded materials address themes of waste, environment and consumerism in the age of climate change; 'oCeAniC Art And the PerForMAnCe oF liFe': Intricately crafted objects, including masks, textiles and weaponry, from indigenous cultures of the pacific Islands. Through May 24 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

'it CAMe FroM sPACe!': space-themed artwork displayed as part of a 50/50 fundraiser to offset the cost of building artist studios for the new satellite Arts space. Through May 31 at studio 266 in Burlington. Info, 578-2512.

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gawk at California-based fiber master Velda Newman’s quilt series “Larger Than Life.” With the sharp eye of a seamstress and the gusto of a muralist, Newman creates massive, yet elegant, collage-like quilts. While you’re there, check out “Trailblazers: Horse-Powered Vehicles,” a comparative display of carriages and cars; and an exhibit of landscapes by painter Ogden Pleissner. Pictured: “Zinnia” by Velda Newman. cen TRAl shows

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'Art of Cre Ative Aging' : The 4th annual juried exhibit of work by artists 70 and older living in w ashington, o range and l amoille counties. presented by c entral Vermont c ouncil on Aging; Yvonne Str AuS: "playful Moments in c olor," watercolor and acrylic folk art, in the c hildren's l ibrary. Through May 31 at Kellogg-h ubbard l ibrary in Montpelier. Info, 476-2681. Cind Y griffith : "s easons in Transition," paintings by the Vermont artist. Through June 30 at Red h en Bakery & c afé in Middlesex. Info, 229-4326. CYnthi A Cr Awford : "c lose To h ome: Upper Valley Inspirations, a Journey Through n ature’s w onders," wildlife photos and paintings. Through June 30 at VIns n ature c enter in Quechee. Info, 359-5001. dAvid Smith : paintings that attempt to capture the elusive presence of light. Through May 31 at c entral Vermont Medical c enter in Barre. Info, cvmc.org/art-gallery. elinor rA nd All : Monoprints that celebrate the life and work of Molly Keane, a 20th-century Anglo-Irish playwright and novelist. Through May 31 at Two Rivers printmaking s tudio in w hite River Junction. Info, 295-5901. f red C Art Y: "picture s how: As s een Through My eyes," photography by the Vermont artist. Through May 31 at Tunbridge public l ibrary. Info, 889-9404. giSele mChArg : Fiber artworks that incorporate images from prehistory through samplings of Impressionism. Through May 24 at BAle c ommunity s pace in s outh Royalton. Info, 498-8438.

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'give uS Your Be St!' : w ork in a variety of media by area artists of all ages. Through May 19 at c handler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 431-0204.

glen Co Burn h ut CheSon : paintings, drawings and sculpture by the Montpelier artist. Visitors are invited to drop by Monday through Friday, 3-6 p.m., and be the subject of a "talking portrait," a life-size pencil drawing. Through July 31 at s torefront s tudio Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 839-5349. glori A King merritt : "c hanging Gears," largescale digital paintings by the Vermont artist. May 17 through August 23 at the Great h all in s pringfield. Info, 258-3992. gueSt Arti St Show : w ork by ceramic sculptor s ande French-s tockwell, kinetic sculptor patty s grecci and jeweler l ochlin s mith. Through June 30 at c ollective — the Art of c raft in w oodstock. Info, 457-1298. hA rriet w ood : "Inner Doors," abstract paintings by the Vermont artist. Through June 27 at Vermont s upreme c ourt l obby in Montpelier. Info, harrietpwood@gmail.com. 'h ow Peo Ple mAKe t hing S': In a hands-on exhibit inspired by "Mister Rogers' n eighborhood," visitors can make objects using four manufacturing processes: molding, cutting, deforming and assembly. l ab coats and safety glasses available! Through June 2 at Montshire Museum of s cience in n orwich. Info, 649-2200. Jennifer S Kinder : Abstract drawings and monotypes influenced by the artist's background in ceramics. Through May 30 at s kinny pancake in Montpelier. Info, 262-2253. Jenn Y lY nn hA ll : "o ceana," fresco panels inspired by the texture and colors of the sea. Through May 31 at s cavenger Gallery in w hite River Junction. Info, 295-0808. lA r K uPSon & gAY le hA nSon : "portraits and poems," paintings by Upson, a former furniture maker, exhibited alongside h anson's words. Through May 24 at Jacquith public l ibrary in Marshfield. Info, 426-3581.

l it tY ler : "Memories of an Unconscious n othing," artwork by VTc 's director of institutional research. Through May 31 at h artness Gallery, Vermont Technical c ollege, in Randolph c enter. Info, 728-1237. mArev A mill Ar C: "expressions," abstract paintings by the Vermont artist. Through June 7 at Festival Gallery in w aitsfield. Info, 496-6682. mAr K goodwin : Abstract works that incorporate folds, scores, and mark making. Through June 30 at s potlight Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-5422. 'mASterwor KS': s culpture and prints by the Vermont artist h ugh Townley exhibited alongside a portion of his personal collection, including works by eugene Atget, h arry c allahan, s alvador Dalí, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Aaron s iskind, h .c . w estermann and o ssip Zadkine. Through July 28 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. meli SSA Brown Be SSett : "n ature in c olor," pastel landscapes. Through May 31 at Green Bean Visual Art Gallery at c apitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, curator@capitolgrounds.com. Philli P r oBert Son : l andscape block prints. Through May 31 at the Drawing Board in Montpelier. Info, 223-2902. 'Plowing old ground: vermont' S org Ani C fA rming Pioneer S': Black-and-white documentary photographs by John n opper, along with narratives collected in oral histories by agricultural writer s usan h arlow. Through June 1 at Vermont h istory Museum in Montpelier. Info, 479-8519. 'Prim Ar Y Color S': Art work by area second and fourth graders. May 17 through 25 at ArtisTree c ommunity Arts c enter & Gallery in w oodstock. Info, 457-3500. r oBert h itzig : "h ard l ine, s oft c olor," painted wood sculptures by the Vermont artist. Through June 28 at Governor's o ffice Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

't he mYSteriou S mind' : w orks by Fran Bull, nina Benedetto, Joan curtis, Thomas McGraw and Mareva Millarc. Through June 23 at Vermont Institute of contemporary Arts in chester. Info, 875-1018. 't heSe h onored deAd: Priv Ate And nAtion Al Commemor Ation' : An exhibit that tells the stories of n orwich alumni from both sides of the c ivil w ar, focusing on the military draft, prisons and mourning rituals; 'uSeful And eleg Ant ACComPli Shment S': l andscape drawings by 19th-century n orwich University alumni and their contemporaries. Through December 20 at s ullivan Museum & h istory c enter, n orwich University, in n orthfield. Info, 485-2183. 't wo BY t wo' : Artwork that explores related objects, double portraits, diptychs and artist collaborations, in the Main Floor Gallery; Silent Au Ction : proceeds from sales in the second Floor Gallery benefit spA programs; bidding ends at the BAsh ; JASon gAllig An-BAldwin & Jenn A Ann Kell Y: "specimens" by Galligan-Baldwin; "Babyproof" by Kelly, in the Third Floor Gallery. Through May 25 at studio place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069. 'unr Aveling And t urning: A Clim Ate Ch Ange Art exhi Bit' : w ork that addresses changing behaviors and transforming systems, explores the nature of loss and the root causes of climate change, and reimagines our collective future. Through June 16 at Goddard Art Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 598-4819. vermont w eAver S guild : "w ater," a biennial exhibit of functional and fine-art textiles. Through May 26 at w hite River c raft c enter in Randolph. Info, 827-6674. wA lt hA zelton & Bru Ce mAr Sh All : "Generous s pirits," pottery, basketry and furniture by h azelton; found-object sculptures and paintings by Marshall. Through June 15 at n uance Gallery in w indsor. Info, 674-9616. 'w e Are here.' : photographs by eight women from Melanie w ebb's Vs A Vermont digital photography class. Through May 31 at plainfield c ommunity c enter. Info, 655-4606.

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AlAn nyiri: "The Vermont Barn," large-scale photographs. Through May 18 at Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College. Info, 468-6052. AnnuAl Student Art Show: Works by young artists. Through May 26 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356. 'diScovering community: ShowcASe of Student work': Documentary films, photography, audio “vox pops” and oral-history interviews produced by students during classes and after-school programs. Through June 8 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964. 'JuSt folkS!': Work in a variety of media by community members of all ages. Through May 16 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032. mP lAndiS: "Train and Creek," mixed-media works created in Middlebury and rare New England monoprints. Through June 6 at ZoneThree Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 989-9992. 'nAture trAnSformed: edwArd BurtynSky’S vermont QuArry PhotogrAPhS in context': Iconic photographs exhibited within the context of the geological and social history of the area, including the Italian immigrant stoneworkers in the granite quarries near Barre. Through June 9 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-3168.

PAtty Sgrecci & lyn dumoulin: "Nature Reflected ... Water, Line and Form," kinetic sculptures by Sgrecci, watercolor landscapes by DuMoulin. Through July 2 at Brandon Artists Guild. Info, 247-4956. rory JAckSon & ethAn Bond wAttS: Oil paintings by Jackson; functional glass works by Bond Watts. Through May 31 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. ruth hAmilton: "A Sense of Place," wildlife and landscape paintings by the Poultney artist. Through June 8 at Brandon Music. Info, 465-4071.

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'ArtiStS from vermont'S northeASt kingdom': An exhibit funded through a grant from the Northeast Kingdom Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation. Through May 31 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857. cArolyn gueSt: "Springtime in the Kingdom, Cut with Sheep Shears," two- and three-dimensonal paper cutouts depicting local wildflowers, barns and domestic animals. Through June 13 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-0158.

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Jennifer Buckner : Pottery and glasswork by the South Hero artist. Through May 31 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery. Info, 372-8889. 'La Bor of Love' : Created by Vermont Works for Women with the Vermont Folklife Center, the touring exhibit features 25 photographs of women with various occupations. Through May 30 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 655-8922. may f eatured artists : Works by photographer David Juaire, painter Genie Rybicki-Jukins and quilter/weaver Susan Smolinsky. Through May 31 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403. 'saLLy discovers neW york' : Artwork from the new e-book “Sally Discovers New York,” inspired by the work of the late Stephen Huneck. Through June 9 at Stephen Huneck Gallery and Dog Chapel in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-2700. student art sho W 2013: Work by area middle and high school students. Through May 26 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. 't rave Ls With aLden' : The gallery celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of its founder, Alden Bryan, with an exhibition of his plein-air works painted in 26 countries over 60 years. Through September 2 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100. vanessa compton : "Not All Who Wander Are Lost," mixed-media collages inspired by a life on the road and the myths of the American West. Through June 2 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053.

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a rt La B exhi Bition : Work by adults with special needs who meet weekly for art classes at AVA Gallery and Art Center. Through May 31 at Courtyard by Marriott in Lebanon, N.H. Info, 603-448-3117. Bfa senior exhi Bition 2013 : Work in a variety of media by the graduating class of the SUNY Plattsburgh art department. Through May 18 at Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y. Info, 518-564-2474. c. s tuart White Jr. : Hand-drawn architectural drawings by the architect who designed AVA's 2007 renovation; dra Wing invitationa L: Works by 15 member artists; 'dra Wn t ogether: 40 h ours — 40 y ears!' : Works by participants in a nine-month drawing class. Through June 7 at AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. Info, 603-448-3117. 'peru: kingdoms of the sun and the moon — identities and conquest in the ancient, coLonia L and modern eras' : A collection of pre-Columbian treasures and masterpieces, many of which have never been seen outside Peru. Through June 16 at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Info, 514-285-1600. 't he Women of shin h anga: t he Judith and Joseph Barker coLLection of Japanese prints' : Nearly 100 prints showcasing two centuries of Japanese print designers' engagement with female subjects. Through July 28 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2095. m

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ca LL for photos : “City,” uptown, downtown, urban spaces, public places and the life that inhabits them. Deadline: June 26. Juror: Stephen Perloff. Info, darkroomgallery.com/ex45. ca LL to artists / craftsmen : Seeking artwork that intersects the worlds of design, art and craft. Work should demonstrate a high level of craftsmanship and special attention to detail. Info, whitneyaldrich@me.com. ‘neigh Bors ’: ArtsRiot and New City Galerie are calling for submissions on the exploration of “Neighbors.” Visit artsriot.com for more details, or email hillary@ artsriot.com with questions. paint the vintner ’s rea Lm: Paint o ut, July 20, at islands vineyards. Painting, 10 a.m - 3 p.m. Reception, art sale and food, 4-7 p.m., at Grand Isle Art Works. Info, grandisleartworks. com. trunk sho W: July 27 and 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Grand Isle Art Works, 259 Rte. 2, Grand Isle. Artists responsible for selling their work. Info, grandisleartworks.com.

seeing qui Lt artists : “Celebrate Colchester 250th Quilt Show”: August 3 through 31. Applications due by July 15. All work should relate to history, architecture, scenery of Colchester in some way. Non-juried. Email fallyn2@ comcast.net for application and instructions. seeking art : “Celebrate Colchester 250th Art Show”: o ctober 1 through 31. Applications due September 15. Any media welcome except photography. All work should connect to Colchester in some way — historical, visual, symbolic. Non-juried. Email fallyn2@comcast.net for application ad instructions. ‘artistic insights ’: Become a member and show your work at the Soda Plant for the inaugural members exhibit, “Artistic Insights,” and then gain free entry for our large Art Hop exhibit, “Represent!” Many other benefits included. Deadline: May 31. Info, spacegalleryvt.com. ‘WaLL to canvas ’: “Wall to Canvas” is seeking 12 street-style artists who use wheat pasting, stencils, collage, spray painting, markers and the like to create unique pieces of art for a live art competition at the Magic Hat Artifactory on Saturday, August 24. Cash prize and live auction. Deadline: July 31. Must be 18 or older. Application at magichat.net/ walltocanvas.

un Bound , vo L. iii: ArtisTree Gallery seeks entries for its 3rd annual exhibit of book arts and art inspired by books. Cash prizes. Info, artistreevt. org/unbound-entry/. ca LL for photos : “In Bloom,” flower among flowers, soft bud swooning, opening her lovely petals, bursting forth with life. Deadline: May 29. Jurors: Mark & Kristen Sink. Info, darkroomgallery.com/ex44/. outdoor art day : Calling area artists, artisans and crafters for a fun day creating art outdoors, May 18. All ages, skill levels and media welcome. Bring friends, your own supplies and set up at designated sites. Registration: 8 a.m. at the Milton Grange. Reception: 3-5 p.m. Sponsor: Milton Artists’ Guild. Preregister: cherrystreetstudio@ yahoo.com. o pen group s ho W at “creative comp” First Friday of every month. $8 entry fee; limit one per artist. No rules; any size/ media/subject. Entries accepted Wednesday through first Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. o pening reception on first Fridays, 6-9 p.m. People’s choice winner gets cash prize. Exhibit up for the month. Location: Root Gallery at RL Photo, 27 Sears Lane, Burlington. For info, call 540-3081 or email publicartschool@gmail.com.

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sense a trend. Filmf actories are greenlighting f act-based stories pivoting on the intersection of two historically signifi cant lives and then placing the f ocus on the less compelling personality. A prime example of an American production that made this error is the baseball bio 42. Proving Europeans have not developed immunity is Gilles (Afterwards) Bourdos’ improbably pointless Renoir. Oddly, fi lms about artists who achieve immense success almost alwaysf ail. Whether the subject is a painter, a musician or a writer, the movie never seems to capture the qualities that made the artist worth portraying in the fi rst place, and it rarely o° ers convincing insight into his or her process. So French writer-director Bourdos’ latest is up against a pair of problematic tendencies — one new, the other as old as the biopic itself. Herculean creative prowess would be required to outswim cultural riptides that overwhelming and, let’s be frank, Bourdos is lucky to be out of the kiddie pool. He hasn’t nearly got what it takes to play in the deep end. The result? A picture that succumbs to both pitfalls. The two historically signifi cant characters in this case share a last name. The fi lm takes

place in 1915 and is set on the French Riviera, where 74-year-old impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet) is living out his fi nal years. Recently widowed, he’s inspired to pick up his palette again by the arrival of a 15-year-old model ref erred by Matisse. Christa Theret plays Andrée Heuschling, a young woman whose beauty masks a host of psychological red fl ags. It’s evident she has vague notions of using her brush with celebrity to fi nagle some sort of personal f ame. But, until the painter’s son returns from the war, it’s unclear to her how lying around naked all day will help achieve her career goal. Enter Jean Renoir (Vincent Rottiers), the great man’s 21-year-old middle son. You can practically hear the gears whirling in Heuschling’s head the moment they lock eyes. Here’s a handsome hero who stands to inherit a f ortune and hasn’t yet fi gured out what he wants to do with his lif e. She sees him as ripe f or molding and begins by o° ering motivational bon mots such as “You have to seize everything life has to o° er.” So here’s your problem: Bourdos’ rendering of the elder Renoir is boilerplate almost to the point of parody. The movie’s a compilation of lif eless sequences in

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universe of ine° able gaudiness” — that’s how F. Scott Fitzgerald described the dreamworld inside the head of the young Jay Gatsby. He might just as well have been describing the aesthetic of Baz Luhrmann. There’s not an ungaudy scene in the Australian fi lmmaker’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby, whether he’s depicting a bash in Gatsby’s enormous CGI mansion (it looks like Barbie’s Dream Castle) or a more modest gathering in a downscale apartment. When Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) fi rst introduces himself , music rises to a crescendo and fi reworks erupt. In short, Luhrmann has per f ectly captured the spirit of Gatsby, a self made millionaire with a penchantf or sentimentality and drama who spends his f ortune on an e° ort to rekindle a lost love. (Other phrases f rom Fitzgerald’s portrayal of the man’s inner lif e that double as descriptions of this fi lm include “constant, turbulent riot” and “grotesque and fantastic conceits.”) The more sober side of the novel, however, tends to be lost on the fi lmmaker. To his credit, Luhrmann has preserved a great deal of Gatsby’s prose, dialogue and structure, even when it might conf use the uninitiated. His most problematic changes are additions — such as the depiction of narrator Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as a goo˝ all aspiring writer whose tangle with

FRENCH CONNECTIONS A model uses her ties to a prominent artistic family to advance herself socially in the new fi lm from Gilles Bourdos.

which the painter dashes o° masterpieces amid picture-perf ect surroundings. We learn nothing about his lif e or oeuvre, and anyone seeking psychological insight must make do with fromage such as “You can’t explain a painting — you have to feel it.” The fi lmmaker o° ers a portrait of the artist as an old f art because he’s chosen to portray him during the least dynamic phase of his life. Bourdos would have done better to have given us a glimpse of the man revolutionizing the art f orm in his prime — or, better yet, to have trained his lens on the son instead. Once Jean Renoir decided what he wanted to do, he did it, and in a big way. He chose the camera over the brush and became one of

the most accomplished directors in history. Orson Welles considered him the greatest of all time. Entertainment Weekly voted him the most important French director ever. And who starred in his fi rst fi lms? Yup, the young lady with all that naked ambition. Now that would’ve made a ripping yarn. Here’s one thing Bourdos did get right: He hired f amed f orger Guy Ribes, fi lmed closeups of his hands painting in Renoir’s style and intercut them with scenes depicting the master at work. A smart touch. The movie could have used a great many more. RI C K KI S O N AK

one. Much of the Roaring ’20s panorama has that hazy, computer-animated look — but you can just think of it as a Fitzgeraldappropriate haze of wry nostalgia. Luhrmann’s use of non-period music is neither particularly jarring here nor particularly memorable (as it was in Moulin Rouge!). Perhaps he hoped the input of Jay-Z (who executive produced) would make the story grittier and more contemporary. If so, he should have reconsidered the scene where the true pulse of the multiracial metropolis is embodied by a jazz trumpeter who inexplicably ri° s on his balcony f or hours while Carraway and other slumming rich AIN’T WE GOT FUN Mulligan and DiCaprio party like it’s 1922 f olks get wild in a neighboring apartment. in Luhrmann’s literary adaptation. The iconography is so cheesy, it’s almost selfparody. Fitzgerald’s prose does sometimes is an exquisite-looking Daisy, but such a Long Island’s high society has driven him develop jazz rhythms, and Luhrmann tremulous, sensitive one that she comes into a mental institution. is right to try to evoke the wider world across as a distressed damsel rather than a Nick’s voice in the novel is a dry, cutting outside Carraway’s well-bred prejudices and self -willed, highly complicated woman. (As counterpoint; the movie subordinates his Gatsby’s romantic delusion. The problem her f riend Jordan Baker, Elizabeth Debicki irony to his angst and his boyish admiration is, the fi lmmaker has no interest in things for Gatsby. In the fl ashbacks, Maguire seems has more of the sophisticated shif tiness that aren’t shiny. In the book, we’re told appropriate to this story, which is f ar f rom to have been directed to mug and pop his that Gatsby’s gaudy f antasy lif e “spun itself a conventional romance.) And was it really eyes as he learns of the romantic history necessary to stage a key scene near the end so out in his brain while the clock ticked on shared by his millionaire neighbor and his it draws a grandiose parallel between Gatsby the washstand.” Such mundane realities are glamorous cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan), foreign to this movie: It has no ticking clocks, and Orson Welles’ Charles Foster Kane? whose rich husband (Joel Edgerton) is no washstands, just fi reworks and more “Never mind the book,” readers may say. as seethingly jealous as he’s boorish and fi reworks. “Is this movie a spectacle?” Oh, yeah — this unfaithful. is Gatsby the Broadway musical, the themeOther questionable changes to the MARGO T HARRI S O N material happen between the lines. Mulligan park ride and the video game all rolled into

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now playing 42HH1/2 chadwick boseman plays Jackie Robinson in this biopic about the ground-breaking african american baseball player. with harrison ford, christopher Meloni and nicole beharie. brian (A Knight’s Tale) helgeland directed. (128 min, Pg-13)

iRoN mAN 3HHH: Millionaire tony Stark faces a formidable new terrorist enemy in the latest entry in the Marvel superhero saga. Shane (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) black directed. with Robert downey Jr., gwyneth Paltrow, guy Pearce, Rebecca hall and ben Kingsley. (135 min, Pg-13)

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JAck tHE giANt SlAYERH1/2 Once upon a time, a studio set out to make yet another fairy-tale retelling but didn’t like its namby-pamby original title, “Jack and the beanstalk.” nicholas hoult plays Jack, sure to be one badass user of magic beans. with Ewan Mcgregor and Stanley tucci. bryan (Valkyrie) Singer directed. (114 min, Pg-13) JURASSic pARk 3D: Sure, you’ve seen the kids cowering from the rampaging t. rex, but have you seen it all in postconverted 3-d? do you need to? Probably not, but Steven Spielberg’s 1993 dino thriller is still way more exciting — and terrifying — on the big screen. with laura dern, Jeff goldblum and Sam neill. (127 min, Pg-13) mUDHHHH Jeff (Take Shelter) nichols directed this drama set in Mississippi about two young boys who meet a fugitive and become involved in his romance. Matthew Mcconaughey, Reese witherspoon, tye Sheridan and Jacob lofland star. (130 min, Pg-13)

tHE Big WEDDiNgH1/2 diane Keaton and Robert de niro play a long-divorced couple who must fake marital bliss to avoid derailing their daughter’s fancy wedding in this comedy that also stars rom-com usual suspects amanda Seyfried, Susan Sarandon and Katherine heigl. Justin Zackham directed. (90 min, R) tHE compANY YoU kEEpHHH what becomes of violent political extremists after years in hiding? a young journalist (Shia labeouf) investigates a group of former weather underground types in this drama directed by Robert Redford, who costars with Susan Sarandon and Julie christie. (125 min, R)

g.i. JoE: REtAliAtioNHH Retaliation for what? honestly, we don’t remember what happened in the first G.I. Joe, but dwayne Johnson is on board this time, the president is trying to terminate the super-soldier program, and there will be explosions. with channing tatum, bruce willis and adrianne Palicki. Jon M. (Step Up 3D) chu directed. (110 min, Pg-13)

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oZ tHE gREAt AND poWERFUlHH1/2 The trend begun by tim burton’s Alice in Wonderland continues with this eye-candy prequel to The Wizard of Oz in which the titular magician, played by James franco, tries to find his niche in a fantasy world. with any luck, director Sam Raimi drew on the rich and wacky stores of l. frank baum’s other Oz books. with Rachel weisz and Michelle williams. (131 min, Pg)

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oBliVioNHH In this sci-fi action flick, tom cruise is sent to tidy up a desolate planet humans abandoned long ago … yup, Earth. but his turn as wall-E will have some surprises. andrea Riseborough and Morgan freeman also star. Joseph (TRON: Legacy) Kosinski directed. (125 min, Pg-13)

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tHE gREAt gAtSBYHHH Ever wanted to see f. Scott’s fitzgerald’s classic novel of the Jazz age reimagined … as a music video? leonardo dicaprio plays the long Island millionaire who may not be all he appears in this loud-and-sparkly, 3-d adaptation from director baz luhrmann. tobey Maguire and carey Mulligan also star. (142 min, Pg-13)

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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 42 3:50, 6:50. The croods 4. The Great Gatsby in 3D 3:30. The Great Gatsby 6:30. Iron man 3 3:40. Iron man 3 3D 6:40. Pain & Gain 7. *Star trek Into Darkness Thu: midnight. *Star trek Into Darkness 3D Thu: midnight.

cAPItoL SHoWPLAcE 93 State St., Montpelier, 2290343, fgbtheaters.com

wednesday 15 — thursday 16 42 6:20, 9:15. The croods 6:30. The Great Gatsby in 3D 6:15. The Great Gatsby 6:10, 9:10. Iron man 3 6:15, 9:15.

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friday 17 — thursday 23 The croods Fri: 6:30, 9. Sat and Sun: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9. Mon to Wed: 6:30, 9. The Great Gatsby in 3D Sat and Sun: 12:10. The Great Gatsby Fri: 6:10, 9:10. Sat and Sun: 3:15, 6:10, 9:10. Mon to Wed: 6:10, 9:10. *The Hangover Part III Thu: 6:20, 9:05. Iron man 3 Fri: 6:15, 9:15. Sat and Sun: 12:15, 6:15, 9:15. Mon to Wed: 6:15, 9:15. Iron man 3 3D Sat and Sun: 3:15. The Place Beyond the Pines Fri: 6:20, 9:20. Sat and Sun: 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20. Mon to Wed: 6:20, 9:20. *Star trek Into Darkness Sat and Sun: 12:25, 3:25. *Star trek Into Darkness 3D Fri to Wed: 6:25, 9:20.

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wednesday 15 42 1:15, 4:05, 6:45. The Big Wedding 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:10, 9:20. The croods 1:25. The Great Gatsby 12, 3, 6, 9. The Great Gatsby in 3D 1, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45. Iron man 3 12:30, 1, 3:15, 6, 6:30, 8:45. Iron man 3 3D 12, 1:30, 2:45, 4:15, 5:30, 7, 8:15, 9:45. Jurassic Park 3D 3:45. oblivion 9:25. Pain & Gain 3:45, 9:15. *Star trek Into Darkness 3D 9. tyler Perry Presents Peeples 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30. thursday 16 42 1:15, 4:05, 6:45. The Big Wedding 3:45, 8:45. The croods 1:25, 6:15. The Great Gatsby 12:05, 3:05, 6:05, 9. The Great Gatsby in 3D 1, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45. Iron man 3 12:30, 3:15, 6, 8:45. Iron man 3 3D 12, 1, 2:45, 3:45, 5:30, 6:30, 8:15, 9:15. *Star trek Into Darkness 12, 12:30, 2:45, 3:15, 5:30, 6, 8:15, 9. *Star trek Into Darkness 3D 1, 4, 7, 9:45. tyler Perry Presents Peeples 9:30.

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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 42 Wed: 12:20, 3:20, 6:45, 9:35. Thu: 12:20, 3:10, 6:10, 9. The Big Wedding Wed: 12, 2:20, 4:25, 7:15, 9:25. Thu: 12, 2:15, 4:20, 7:05, 9:10. The Great Gatsby in 3D Wed: 12:30, 2:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:10, 9:35. Thu: 12:15, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20. Iron man 3 3D Wed: 1:20, 4:20, 6:10, 7:10. Thu: 1, 4, 7, 9:55. oblivion Wed: 3:10, 9:20. oz The Great and Powerful Wed: 12:10, 6:20. Pain & Gain Wed: 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40. Thu: 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30. *Star trek Into Darkness Thu: 12:10, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10. *Star trek Into Darkness 3D Thu: 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30. friday 17 — tuesday 21 42 12:20, 3:10, 6:10, 9. The Big Wedding 12, 2:15, 4:20, 7:05, 9:10. The Great Gatsby 12:45, 3, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50. The Great Gatsby in 3D 12:15, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20. Iron man 3 12:30, 3:30, 6, 6:25, 9:25. Iron man 3 3D 1, 4, 7, 9:55. Pain & Gain 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30. *Star trek Into Darkness 12:10, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 8:50, 10. *Star trek Into Darkness 3D 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20. wednesday 22 42 12:20, 3:10, 6:10, 9. The Big Wedding 12, 2:15, 4:20, 7:05, 9:10. The Great Gatsby 12:45, 3, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50. The Great Gatsby in 3D 12:15, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20. *The Hangover Part III 10. Iron man 3 12:30, 3:30, 6, 6:25, 9:25. Iron man 3 3D 1, 4, 7. Pain & Gain 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30. *Star trek Into Darkness 12:10, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 8:50, 10. *Star trek Into Darkness 3D 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20. Full schedule not available at press time.

friday 17 — thursday 23 The Great Gatsby Fri: 6, 9. Sat: 1, 3:30, 6, 9. Sun: 1, 3:30, 7. Mon to Thu: 7. Iron man 3 3D Fri: 6:15, 9. Sat: 1, 3:30, 6:15, 9. Sun: 1, 3:30, 7. Mon to Thu: 7. *Star trek Into Darkness 3D Fri: 6, 9. Sat: 1, 3:30, 6, 9. Sun: 1, 3:30, 7. Mon to Thu: 7.

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wednesday 15 42 12:30, 3:10, 6:10, 8:50. The company You Keep 1:10, 4, 6:45, 9:25. The Great Gatsby 12:30, 1:50, 3:20, 4:40, 6:20, 7:40, 9:10. The Great Gatsby in 3D 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30. Iron man 3 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30. Iron man 3 3D 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15. ***The metropolitan opera: Giulio cesare Encore 6:30. Pain & Gain 3:30. The Place Beyond the Pines 12:50, 3:40, 6:35, 9:25. The Sapphires 1:25. thursday 16 — wednesday 22 42 12:35, 3:25, 6:10, 8:50. The company You Keep 1, 3:40,

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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 mud 6, 8:30. The Sapphires 6:30, 8:45. friday 17 — thursday 23 mud Fri: 6, 8:30. Sat and Sun: 1, 3:30, 6, 8:30. Mon to Thu: 6, 8:30. Renoir Fri: 6:30, 8:45. Sat and Sun: 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:45. Mon to Thu: 6:30, 8:45.

friday 17 — thursday 23 The Great Gatsby Fri: 6:45, 9:15. Sat: 2:30, 6:45, 9:15. Sun: 4:30, 7. Mon to Wed: 7. *The Hangover Part III Thu: 7. Iron man 3 Fri: 7, 9:10. Sat: 2:30, 7, 9:10. Sun: 4:30, 7. Mon to Thu: 7. *Star trek Into Darkness Fri: 6:45, 9:15. Sat: 2:30, 6:45, 9:15. Sun: 4:30, 7. Mon to Thu: 7.

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wednesday 15 Star trek 9:30, followed by *Star trek Into Darkness midnight. The Great Gatsby 8:40, followed by 42 10:45. Pain & Gain 8:40, followed by oblivion. Iron man 3 8:40, followed by oz The Great and Powerful 10:50. thursday 16 *Star trek Into Darkness 8:40, followed by Pain & Gain 10:45. The Great Gatsby 8:40, followed by 42 10:45. The croods 8:40, followed by G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Iron man 3 8:40, followed by oz The Great and Powerful 10:50. friday 17 — sunday 19 *Star trek Into Darkness 8:40, followed by Pain & Gain 10:45. The Great Gatsby 8:40, followed by 42 10:45. The croods 8:40, followed by Jack the Giant Slayer. Iron man 3 8:40, followed by oz The Great and Powerful 10:50.

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

wednesday 15 — thursday 16 The Great Gatsby 7. Iron man 3 7. Full schedule not available at press time.

StoWE cINEmA 3 PLEX Mountain Rd., Stowe, 2534678. stowecinema.com

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tHE plAcE BEYoND tHE piNESHHHH Ryan Gosling plays a motorcycle-stunt driver who turns to crime to support his kid in this ambitious drama from director Derek (Blue Valentine) Cianfrance. Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper and Ray Liotta also star. (140 min, R) RENoiRHH Both Impressionist master Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet) and his son, filmmaker Jean (Vincent Rottiers), are the subjects of this French biopic, which examines their relationships with one young model during the summer of 1915. Gilles Bourdos directed. (112 min, R) tHE SAppHiRESHHH Four young Australian Aboriginals with show-biz aspirations get their big break as a girl group entertaining the troops in Vietnam. Wayne Blair makes his directorial debut with this feel-good period piece based on a true story, starring Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman and Jessica Mauboy. (99 min, PG-13.) tYlER pERRY pRESENtS pEEplESHH1/2 Craig Robinson has a little trouble fitting in with his kooky prospective in-laws, Meet the Parents-style, in this comedy written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism and stamped with Perry’s seal of approval. With Kerry Washington and David Alan Grier. (95 min, PG-13)

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Curses, Foiled Again

Authorities charged Carolyn James, 55, with assaulting her 96-year-old mother in Dickson City, Pa., after a neighbor recorded James slapping the invalid woman on the back and neck, screaming obscenities and threatening to break her arm. Mark Gruss told investigators he was testing webcams when he picked up a live feed from a webcam in James’s living room. James had installed the webcam herself so she could keep an eye on her mother. (Scranton’s Times-Tribune)

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A school in Suffolk, Va., suspended two second-grade boys for pointing pencils at each other and making gun noises. Citing the Suffolk Public Schools’ “zero-tolerance policy” when it comes to weapons, school official Bethanne Bradshaw explained, “A pencil is a weapon when it is pointed at someone in a threatening way and gun noises are made.” (Portsmouth’s WAVY-TV)

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Second-Amendment Follies Jerry Cusick, 53, a Washington County, Minn., sheriff’s commander and firearms safety instructor, was shot by a hunter standing 15 to 30 yards away who mistook him for a turkey. He took about 50 BBs in his face, chest and arms. “I can see out of both of my eyes, and I walked out of it, so that’s a miracle,” Cusick said. (St. Paul Pioneer Press) Insisting that the Obama administration is buying up bullets so they won’t be available to gun-toting citizens exercising their Second-Amendment rights, Oklahoma lawmakers Sen. James Inhofe and Rep. Frank Lucas introduced a bill that would ban federal agencies, excluding the Defense Department, from buying more ammunition during a six-month period if it currently pos-

sesses more than its monthly averages during the George W. Bush administration. Not only does the administration deny this conspiracy, but so does the National Rifle Association, which said such claims are designed to “stir up fear.” (Talking Points Memo) Michele Wanko, 42, had been drinking vodka and lemonade with her husband, William C. Wanko, 43, for about six hours when she asked him to show her how to shoot a handgun in case someone attempted to break into the house, according to police in Delaware County, Pa. He obliged and died of a gunshot wound to the chest. “It was a recipe for disaster,” Police Chief John Egan said after Michele Wanko was charged in the fatal shooting, “mixing guns and alcohol.” (Delaware County’s Daily Times)

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Samoa Airlines implemented a new fare schedule based on weight. The rates range from $1 a kilogram — for the weight of passengers and their bags — on short domestic flights to $4.16 per kilogram for travel from Samoa to American Samoa. “People have always traveled on the basis of their seat, but as many airline operators know, airlines don’t run on seats, they run on weight,” Chief Executive Chris

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America’s underworld values Tide detergent. Not to launder clothes or even money, but to be money. Police nationwide have reported a spike in thefts of the leading brand, which sells for up to $20 for a large bottle in stores. High demand makes it easy to resell and relatively low risk to criminals, according to Robert McCrie, a professor at New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Laundry detergent is generally used for its intended purpose, authorities said, with many thieves selling it on the street at cut-rate prices, sometimes outside coin-operated laundries. Police in Prince George’s County, Md., reported that drug dealers there encourage their customers to pay with shoplifted Tide instead of cash. In neighboring Washington, D.C., some CVS drug stores attach electronic anti-theft tags to bottles, and one store in a well-to-do neighborhood keeps Tide locked up behind glass. (Associated Press)

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You have arrived at the edge of reality. Or rather, to be precise, you have arrived at the edge of what you think of as reality. Here’s where things could get very interesting. Just on the other side of that edge you’re brushing up against, there is much, much more reality — a vast territory you have barely imagined, let alone believed in or explored. Are you feeling brave? If you’re willing to find out about stuff you didn’t even realize you would love to experience, I suggest you slip across the border and wander around on the other side.

caNceR (June 21-July 22): “you begin saving the world by saving one person at a time,” said writer Charles bukowski. “All else is grandiose romanticism or politics.” I invite you to make that thought one of your guiding principles in the coming week, Cancerian. translate your high ideals into actions that make a practical impact on particular human beings and animals. Instead of merely talking about what good things you want to do, actually do them. As much as possible, be sure that every detail of your daily life reflects your vision of ultimate truth and beauty. leo (July 23-Aug. 22): If you were a fledgling

savior, now would be a propitious moment to begin your messianic mission. If you were a musician hoping to leap to the next level of career success, this would be prime time to plan an extensive tour. If you were the inventor of the next big Thing, I’d suggest that you get your marketing campaign in gear. And if none of those descriptions fits your personal situation, regard them as apt metaphors for your use. How can you spread the word about what’s most important to you?

ViRgo (Aug. 23-sept. 22): As front man of

the band Queen, Virgo singer freddie Mercury made use of his four-octave range with flamboyant showmanship and breathtaking technique. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest vocalists in the history of pop music. freddie joked that he was perfect except for one glaring flaw: his overbite. because he had four extra teeth in his upper mouth, his

top jaw protruded. but he chose not to alter his appearance with surgery because he suspected it might change his singing voice in unpredictable ways. Is there a comparable situation in your own life, Virgo? A so-called imperfection that seems to be entwined with a beautiful asset? I urge you to be like freddie. Accept the paradox — embrace it and celebrate it — and move on.

liBRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): The 14th-century poet Dante was a major influence on 20thcentury novelist James Joyce. “I love Dante,” wrote the author of the epic novel Ulysses. “He is my spiritual food.” And yet Joyce felt he had to absorb Dante in small doses. “Dante tires one quickly,” he said. “It is as if one were to look at the sun.” Is there any influence like that in your own life, Libra? Judging from the astrological omens, I’m guessing it’s a fine time for you to get as much sustained exposure to that glorious source as you can bear. scoRPio (oct. 23-nov. 21): Greek poet sappho was renowned in antiquity. The nine books she wrote were so esteemed that the historian strabo wrote, “In this whole span of recorded time we know of no woman to challenge her as a poet even in the slightest degree.” And yet little of sappho’s work survives. As of 2004 there were just 264 fragments and three complete poems. but then a fourth complete poem emerged. Its text was written on papyrus that had been wrapped in the casing of an egyptian mummy. The mummy had been stored for years in a backroom at Cologne university in Germany before someone discovered its hidden treasure. your assignment, scorpio, is to seek an equivalent recovery. search for a part of the past that’s still beautiful and useful, even if that quest leads you to unlikely and obscure places. sagittaRiUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): When I turn my psychic attention in your direction, I smell smoldering smoke. Here’s how I interpret that: your internal fire is burning with less than maximum efficiency. Do you agree, sagittarius? If so, do you know why that might be? Did you not provide enough kindling? Is the wood too green? Is the ground wet? I urge you to find out what the problem is. you can’t afford to have sputtering flames and sooty

light and spotty warmth. you need a steady blaze that radiates brilliant light and strong heat.

caPRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Very few of us are completely uninhibited about expressing who we really are. Most everyone is shy about revealing at least one facet of his or her identity. Why? Maybe because we’re afraid that people will judge us harshly for being different from what they think we should be. or maybe our secret side is at odds with our self-image, and we hesitate to acknowledge it even to ourselves. What is this part of you, Capricorn? In what sense are you still in the closet about a truth or quality or event that’s central to your character? I urge you to have a conversation with yourself about it. you aren’t necessarily ready to tell the whole world about it, but now might be the right time to start considering the possibility that you can give it more room to play. aQUaRiUs (Jan. 20-feb. 18): I absolutely

forbid you to be a slave of happiness, a victim of pleasure or a prisoner of love. Wait. sorry. I take that back. What gives me the right to forbid you from doing anything? It’s your life. you’re the boss. so let me reframe my previous advice. Dear Aquarius, I beg you not to be a slave of happiness, a victim of pleasure, or a prisoner of love. none of the good things in life will give you what you need if you make yourself crazy or sick while pursuing them. That’s the cautionary news. The encouraging news is that in the next five weeks, I think you will have a knack for cultivating a graceful relationship with happiness, pleasure and love.

Pisces

(feb. 19-March 20): Don’t be like the ducks that are floating on Phoenix Lake a short distance from where I’m sitting. They’re feeding entirely on the surface, happy to skim a few insects from the top of the placid waters they’re drifting on. no, Pisces, be more like the frogs that are diving to probe for morsels down below. This is a phase of your astrological cycle when the quest for more variety can deepen your perspective and provide better nourishment.

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gemiNi (May 21-June 20): A character in neil Gaiman’s graphic novel A Game of You delivers this speech: “everybody has a secret world inside of them … no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid worlds. not just one world. Hundreds of them.” As a Gemini, you are not, of course, dull and boring on the outside. That may have something to do with why your secret inner worlds are often even frothier and sparklier than most people’s. but lately, I’m afraid, some of those secret inner worlds of yours have gotten a bit shabby and dank. It’s time for a deep cleansing. to be thorough, don’t just wash your own brain. Wash your wild heart and funky soul, too.

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next to Me at nika Your name is Steve and you work on the spirit of Ethan Allen as a chef. Three weeks ago on a Friday night my sister and I were having dinner at Nika and you sat next to me and I recognized you from the night before. We had a great conversation and I would like to see you again! When: Friday, april 26, 2013. Where: nika. You: Man. Me: Woman. #911245 Pink/ black at the g YM You were working the hell out of the ab room. Hope to get distracted by you again sometime. When: Thursday, May 9, 2013. Where: gym in South burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911244

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got You Water at bar Friday/Saturday, May 10/11th, in Burlington: You and I and your friend danced. I guessed where you grew up, wrong. You guessed my age, wrong. I guessed your age. Way wrong. I felt a real connection. Fate? Thanks!! You: beautiful face and spirit. Contact me please. When: Saturday, May 11, 2013. Where: downtown. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911246

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Do You Whittle carrot S oF ten? I see you every day laughing and having fun with your friends. I am quite envious of this and would like to be a part of it. So here is my formal invitation. Hayley, if you’re free for the evening of May 25th, would you like to accompany me to prom? Let me know, you sat in front of me today in history class. When: Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Where: h onors contemporary h istory class. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911242

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i neeDeD a Secon D look! Saw you sitting alone in Radio Bean. Green shirt with curly blond hair at the round table in the right corner. You were so stunning I had to walk down the block and come back by just to get a second look. Maybe catch you again sometime soon. When: t uesday, May 7, 2013. Where: r adio bean. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911241 Mr. Flooring at eSSex l o We’S I was just in to buy some Astroturf - who knew I would see such a tall, dark and handsome man? Yum. When: Monday, May 6, 2013. Where: essex l owe’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #911240 aFrican aMerican Wo Man Thurs., 5/2, at NCFCU South Burlington. You were taking care of your business, I was at the teller to your right. We exchanged a couple of glances and a quick hello. You withdrew $17. Would you like to meet for coffee? When: Thursday, May 2, 2013. Where: north country Federal credit union. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911239 biker u PPer el M Street, Sun DaY You were pedaling up the big hill. You saying “morning” while pedaling impressed me. But you’re smile made my day. Thanks. Hope you had a good one as well. When: Sunday, May 5, 2013. Where: elm Street Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Woman. #911238

Magicall Y Deliciou S Far Mhou Se beaut Y This is entirely gratuitous, and you will never meet me, but to the luscious young woman that works at the Farmhouse in Burlington short-cropped blond hair - you are a delight to behold and I envy anyone so fortunate as to lock their gaze and limbs with yours. When: Thursday, May 2, 2013. Where: Farmhouse t ap and grill. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911232 Wh Y Don’t You See Me? We’ve spent hours discussing what you don’t want. Making overarching statements about the opposite sex, which then you aptly note, “But that doesn’t apply to you. You are an exception.” And yet you don’t see me. I’m right here, in front of your face, wishing that you would notice how perfect this could be. When: Thursday, May 2, 2013. Where: almost everyday. You: Man. Me: Woman. #911231 chcb Dental- aSSiStant Movie+ culture aFiciona Do You mentioned you’re from Russia. We connected talking about the immigrant experience. You suggested a Harrison Ford movie on the topic. I’m intrigued. I wanted to talk more but couldn’t because I was making sure I didn’t have blood all over my face! So maybe now’s my chance? Let’s talk more about movies, immigration and culture what’ya’say? When: t uesday, april 30, 2013. Where: chcb Dental. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911230 k ing Street l aun Dro Mat beaut Y You opened the door for me when I came in with my laundry. We exchanged a few words, and I got the door for you when you left. Wanna share more words over coffee sometime? When: Monday, april 29, 2013. Where: k ing Street l aundromat. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911229 Dru M beat S on the Street Beautiful yellow flower. Silently softening time. My heart as well. A dew a dew a dew. When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Where: crossing Main Street. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911228

catch t he excite Ment Where: 90’s Night dance floor. Me: yellow “catch the excitement” T-shirt. You: beautiful girl dancing the night away. I was having fun with friends, but couldn’t help but notice a few shared glances. When: Friday, May 3, 2013. Where: club Metronome. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911237

Maglianero SMile I’ve missed seeing you at yoga this past year. You said you’ve moved. Bumping into you at Maglianero recently reminded me of your sweet smile and how nice I feel in your presence. Me: silver-haired and shy. I would love to meet you for a drink and get to know you better! When: Saturday, april 20, 2013. Where: Maglianero café. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911227

ever Y Sun DaY on Poirier Place I looked forward to starting my week off by seeing your face; I always wished the drive was longer. Now I’d like to sit in the front with you on our way to dinner. Are you free, my tattooed and handsome cabby? When: Sunday, april 28, 2013. Where: Poirier Place. You: Man. Me: Woman. #911236

ben P.? Was that you working at American Flatbread Tuesday (4/30) night? If not, I believe that I may have given that guy the creeps. I didn’t figure out the connection until after I left and now I’m curious. When: t uesday, april 30, 2013. Where: american Flatbread. You: Man. Me: Woman. #911226

barten Der at the neeDS I could make myself a regular just to see you smile more often. Or I could stop being so shy and tell you I’d like to have coffee with you sometime. In the meantime, perhaps you’ll find this ispy. When: Friday, May 3, 2013. Where: 3 needs. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #911235 chcb cutie I was at CHCB the other morning and noticed you. I sat down near you and we kept exchanging glances. You were wearing sandals and a blue skirt. You had dark-framed glasses. I was in jeans and a T-shirt playing with my phone while we waited. What was your name that the nurse called out? When: Thursday, May 2, 2013. Where: chcb r iverside ave. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911234 blon D girl, nSb bank, Wait SFiel D I was getting out of my work truck, big green box truck at Nsb bank in Waitsfield. You waved hi. You were in the passenger side with a friend in a small reddish-color car. You came in bank with your friend; thought I heard you say I was cute! Are you single? Hope you read this! When: Friday, May 3, 2013. Where: nsb bank waitsfield. You: Woman. Me: Man. #911233

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