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Generally regarded as one of the world’s top experimental artists, choreographer John Jasperse pushes the boundaries of dance in Fort Blossom (revisited). Questioning social and gender norms, the piece is simple and spare — so spare, in fact, that the male dancers perform totally nude. Try to keep your jaw off the floor when the John Jasperse Company presents this thought-provoking work at the Flynn.

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he man who wants to be Vermont’s chief prosecutor hasn’t always stayed on the right side of the law. Twenty years ago, Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. DONOVAN was arrested after a drunken fight and charged with aggravated assault. Donovan describes the incident as a “fistfight” between two groups of young men on Church Street who “probably had too much to drink.” Donovan was 18 years old at the time and had recently graduated from Burlington High School. The fight left one man with a chipped tooth, for which Donovan was held responsible. As part of a plea deal, the aggravatedassault charge was reduced to misdemeanor simple assault, and Donovan received a three-year deferred sentence. e s s e x s h o p p e s & c i n e m a After completing 100 hours of community service and an alcohol assessment FACTORY OUTLETS — and paying the victim roughly $1000 w w w . e s s e x s h o p p e s . c o m 21 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JUNCTION, VT WWW.ESSEXSHOPPES.COM | 802.878.2851 in restitution — the crime was expunged from Donovan’s record. “I did something stupid that I regret, 8v-essexshoppes050212.indd 1 4/30/12 10:46 AM that I’m ashamed about, that I’ve taken responsibility for, that happened in this town I grew up in, that embarrassed my family,” Donovan says. “I’ve never hid from it. I’ve tried to learn from it.” Does a drunken, violent incident that took place when Donovan was just out of high school raise concerns about his suitability for the state’s top law enforcement job? Quite the contrary, Donovan insists. He says the incident instilled in him a unique understanding of what it’s like to screw up at a young age. “Because of my own personal struggles and that embarrassment and shame that is still part of me close to 20 years later, I have great empathy for people who struggle. I have great empathy for people who need a helping hand. I have great empathy for people FRIDAY JUNE 15who deserve a second chance because I was the beneficiary of a lot of second SUNDAY JUNE 17 chances,” Donovan said. “I would say AG Jeans this gives me great insight into what we J Brand can do differently in the criminal justice Joe’s Jeans True Religion system. I’ve lived it and I’ve tried to give 7 for All Mankind back through the work I’ve done as a Citizens of Humanity prosecutor.” Donovan is engaged in a heated race Ecco Clothes with 15-year incumbent BILL SORRELL 81 Church Street for the Democratic nomination for AG. Though he has twice run for state’s Burlington | 860.2220 attorney in Vermont’s most populous eccoclothesboutique.com county, Donovan’s criminal record has

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not been previously reported. Fair Game received an anonymous tip through the mail about the incident, which Donovan immediately confirmed when asked. “I have no clue where this came from, but I’m not surprised that with two and a half months to go [until the election], somebody writes an anonymous letter about something that occurred 20 years ago,” he says. Asked to comment on the issue, Sorrell says, “I’m sure that whatever happened, he regrets, and it’s in the past and that’s where I’m going to leave it.” As state’s attorney, Donovan says he has often raised the subject of his troubled youth.

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“I’ve tried to use it as a teachable moment for a lot of young people, tell them while they’re in court that this does not have to define them — that they can learn from this and they can emerge stronger from it,” he says. Donovan says he struggled with alcohol-related problems throughout his teens and twenties. A year or two before the fistfight, he says, the cops busted him for underage drinking. “I have a distinct memory of my father picking me up at the Burlington police station after I’d been picked up for drinking,” he recalls. “That was not a fun trip home.” After graduating from Suffolk University Law School, Donovan says he did not mention the assault charge in his application to join the bar. His father, who is also an attorney, advised him that he did not have to report an offense that had been expunged from his record. Donovan, 38, describes himself these days as a “social drinker” who has matured and learned how to imbibe responsibly. But he’s quick to say he’s still “no saint.” “I don’t quote GEORGE BUSH often but I’ll quote him here: ‘When I was young and stupid, I was really young and

stupid,’” Donovan says. “I am far from a perfect person. I’ve made mistakes in my life. I’ll continue to make mistakes. But I try to do the right thing. I’m not always successful, but I try.”

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Two months after taking office, Burlington Mayor MIRO WEINBERGER finally unveiled a few of his picks Monday for the city’s 35 mayoral appointments. So who’s staying and who’s going? Those getting another yearlong term include police chief MICHAEL SCHIRLING, fire chief SETH LASKER, Department of Public Works director STEVE GOODKIND and Burlington Electric Department general manager BARBARA GRIMES. As he did with Community and Economic Development director LARRY KUPFERMAN in April, Weinberger gave the heave-ho to Parks and Recreation director MARI STEINBACH — though both will continue serving in their positions until the mayor names their respective replacements. “I came to the conclusion that it was important to have new leadership, new direction in the Parks and Recreation Department,” Weinberger says, declining to elaborate on why he’s axing Steinbach. Weinberger is still nailing down permanent picks for several top city-hall jobs. He’s asked interim chief administrative officer PAUL SISSON to stay on through the end of September, pending the completion of a national search. The mayor says he expects to name a new city attorney and CEDO director soon, after which he’ll turn his attention to filling other posts. Meanwhile, Weinberger has proposed a reorganization of the mayor’s office that would increase his personal staff from two to three. Citing the need for “additional capacity,” the mayor has asked the city council to create a new position called “Assistant to the Mayor for Open Government, Innovation and Mayoral Initiatives.” Try fitting that on your business card! So committed to transparency is Weinberger that he’s already filled the yet-to-be-created “open-government” job. He temporarily hired former city councilor and state representative CARINA DRISCOLL last Monday to perform the job’s duties until it’s formally approved and she can be appointed. Driscoll, a former Weinberger campaign adviser,

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is the stepdaughter of Progfather Sen. Bernie SanderS (I-VT), who endorsed Weinberger in the closing days of his mayoral race. When councilors learned about Driscoll’s hiring during a budget work session last Thursday, at least one was miffed about, well, the lack of transparency in the process. “It seems a little ironic that it would be an opengovernment position, but that it wouldn’t be fully vetted or announced or anything,” says Councilor Max Tracy (P-Ward 2). “I’m not opposed to him making the necessary reorganization to be successful, but I just think if he’s going to be changing the structure of city government, he should be justifying it publicly.”

that he would seek reelection as governor, Shumlin put to rest months of not-terribly-believable coyness about his electoral intentions. Another longtime Vermont pol is being considerably less coy about his reelection plans — and it isn’t who you think. Last week Fair Game speculated that Shumlin might have his eye on Sen. PaTrick leahy’s seat, should the senior senator decide to hang up his hat in 2016 after 42 years on the job. In response, Leahy spokesman david carle sent an email that said, essentially: not so fast. Referring to an annual Democratic fundraising dinner held last month, Carle said, “In case you weren’t at the Curtis Awards dinner, I’d merely note that [Leahy] said there that he looks forward to using the Leahy blue again in 2016…” Never too early to dust off the vintage 1974 lawn signs.

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Last week Fair Game reported that Gov. PeTer ShuMlin is likely to serve as the next chairman of the Democratic Governors Association — the Beltway bundler of union and corporate cash for fellow Democratic governors’ campaigns. On Wednesday this week, Shummy takes off to Chicago for an overnight trip to attend what his office calls a CEO Roundtable event hosted by the DGA. While in the Windy City, the Green Mountain gov will take in a Cubs game with five fellow governors and some special friends after a “rooftop reception over Wrigley Field,” according to a conference schedule. He’ll also rub elbows at breakfast with members of the DGA’s Founders’ Circle and Chairman’s Board. A 2010 story in the New York Times calculated the cost of membership in those exclusive clubs at $250,000 and $100,000, respectively. The DGA declined to provide a list of those attending the conference, but a spokesperson said the organization expects to raise $1 million during the Chicago event. Shumlin aide alex Maclean provided the names of those participating in three morning “policy discussions.” They include representatives of Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, Walgreens, WellCare Health Plans, Ameresco, Covanta Energy, AT&T and a slew of labor unions. The DGA, MacLean says, will pick up the tab for the trip.

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en weeks after becoming mayor of Burlington, Miro Weinberger acknowledges he’s still in the beginner’s phase. That start-up status is also reflected in the décor of his corner suite on the second floor of city hall. Apart from hanging a congratulatory poster from Ben & Jerry’s and an art print presented recently by a group of visiting Turks, Weinberger — who has never previously held elected office — has yet to personalize his own office. The reception area includes a portrait gallery of Burlington’s 38 mayors. There’s an empty space where Weinberger’s picture will eventually be placed. Talk about pressure. The Queen City’s first Democratic king in 31 years has also made a couple of rookie mistakes. On the same day that he was announcing a city-budget breakthrough, Weinberger was forced to withdraw the nomination of his BFF, Ian Carleton, as city attorney over allegations of cronyism and salary bloat. As the news media predictably focused on the Carleton faux pas, it became obvious that the fledgling administration needed tutoring in PR 101. But Weinberger will get a second chance in the coming weeks to tout a budget he and interim Chief Administrative Officer Paul Sisson promise will avert both a tax increase and cuts in city services — an impressive achievement under the circumstances. Previous mayor Bob Kiss sought on three occasions to raise taxes to address an estimated $750,000 deficit, without success. By the time Weinberger took over in early April, the projected gap had widened to $1.2 million, owing to a legal ruling that redirects to an escrow account the equivalent of $425,000 in annual interest payments from Burlington Telecom that would have gone to the city. In a joint interview last Friday, Weinberger and Sisson waved off a

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reporter’s suggestion that they’re working some kind of financial magic. “We now have more information than Bob had,” Kiss’ successor said. Weinberger also noted he’s got more budgetary flexibility: Voter approval in March of a charter change enables the city to borrow an additional $1 million for capital improvements. The success of the Weinberger-Sisson balancing act is also due in part to sheer good luck. A lower-than-anticipated inflation rate, for example, is saving $350,000 in cost-of-living increases for city employees. A less limp economy is meanwhile expected to generate an added $50,000 in gross-receipts taxes, according to a “trend analysis” cited by the mayor. Clever accounting also helped in designing the good-news budget package that must be acted on by the city council prior to July 1 — the start of fiscal year 2013.

Weinberger and Sisson figured out the city can save $200,000 by using bond proceeds to pay off the lease on the Burlington Police Department headquarters on North Avenue. Another $300,000 in additional revenues and savings has been unearthed in the Department of Public Works. Progressive Ward 2 Councilor Max Tracy describes Sisson, a veteran CPA, as “a very talented financial person.” Tracy is one of a few councilors not on the city’s Board of Finance who has taken part in nearly all budget-planning sessions during the past two months. City Council President Joan Shannon, a Ward 5 Democrat, says she has sought to engage all 14 councilors — not just the four on the Board of Finance — in this year’s budget-making process. While the deliberations have generally proved collegial, a couple of councilors have not hesitated to challenge specific items in

Weinberger’s proposed budget, Shannon notes. “He’s listened and in some cases made adjustments,” she says. Not surprisingly, the mayor’s Democratic ally, who occupies one of the council’s four Board of Finance seats, has general praise for Sisson and Weinberger. “It’s impressive what they have done,” Shannon says. Fellow board member Sharon Bushor, a Ward 1 independent, offers a more skeptical view. The city-council doyenne expresses reservations about the potential impact on low-income Burlingtonians of a proposed $5 increase in fees for a parks-and-recreation after school program. Bushor concedes that the proposed hike is “modest,” but adds, “An increase is an increase.” Referring to some of the Burlington families taking part in the program, she observes, “These people didn’t benefit when stocks were going up, and they’re certainly not benefiting now, particularly if they’ve lost a job.” Having taken part in budget reviews for 25 years under four previous mayors, Bushor adds that she’s “very leery of ‘anticipated revenue increases’” because she’s “been burned before.” Overall, Bushor says, it’s too early to draw conclusions about Weinberger’s fiscal or political performance. “In the first year after getting elected,” she remarks in regard to Burlington mayors, “you’re really dependent on the previous process.” The two other councilors on the finance board — Ward 7 Republican Paul Decelles and Ward 6 independent Karen Paul — have been less forthcoming with appraisals of the mayor’s budget proposals. Decelles says his volunteer job as a girls’ softball coach has caused him to miss some meetings, leaving him “uncomfortable about giving an opinion.” Paul, a professional financial adviser, did not respond to several telephone and email messages over the course of a week.

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budget, Weinberger has to make several key appointments by then and, in keeping with a self-imposed deadline, to decide whether to persist in pushing a five-yearold plan to build an ice-climbing facility in the abandoned Moran Plant. Progressive Ward 3 Councilor Vince Brennan is firing a warning shot on Moran, saying it would be a “mistake” for Weinberger to bail on the ice option. “If he doesn’t go forward with it, then, oh, my God, that empty building will be his legacy,” Brennan declares. During last week’s interview, the mayor offered no revelations on the issue that will likely prove the most crucial in his current term in office. Asked for his thoughts on the Burlington Telecom bust-up, Weinberger

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arlier this month, a few dozen Vermonters gathered at the University of Vermont for a seminar billed as “Healthcare 101.” But first, they had to wait for a half hour in the fluorescently lit hallways of the George D. Aiken Center for a security guard to open the reserved classroom. “This is what’s going to happen,” quipped one sardonic attendee, trying the door handle. “You’ll show up for health care and the doors will be locked.” The joke was the first of several indications that most — if not all — of the audience members at last week’s seminar agreed on the “lesson plan.” Tea Partyesque groups Vermonters for Economic Health and the Green Mountain Patriots convened the event, which featured presentations from opinionated doctors, lobbyists and industry experts. Front and center among the attendees was Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Brock, jotting notes on a small pad. “We want to have a balanced debate,” said Jeff Wennberg, who directs Vermonters for Health Care Freedom. The group is slowly gaining attention as the state’s sole organization devoted to blocking current health care reform policies. Though it’s late to the debate, VHCF is riling up single-payer supporters and asking tough questions. Wennberg became the organization’s executive director in March and has been beating the drum ever since — in editorials and television appearances, and at events such as this UVM seminar. The former Rutland mayor complains that lawmakers “rammed” through a single-payer agenda without opening the floor to a conversation about alternatives. “We’ve got to slow down the train,” he says. Although he conceded he was preaching to the choir, Wennberg talked up the turnout: “Anytime you top 50 [people], it’s a win,” he said. But for Wennberg and VHCF, it’s going to be tough to “win” much territory these days: Health care reform is well under way in Vermont, and the train he wants to slow down has already left the station. Things got rolling in 2011 with the passage of Act 48, which promises to provide “comprehensive, affordable, high-quality, publicly financed health care … for all Vermont residents.” That

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so-called single-payer system, known as Green Mountain Care, is slated to kick into gear in 2017. In April, the legislature passed H.559, establishing the health care “exchange” mandated by the federal Affordable Care Act — aka Obamacare. Wennberg’s group isn’t happy about either bill but makes a distinction between them: Act 48 essentially laid out goals and plans; H.559 moves into implementation. With the latter, Wennberg notes, “a very critical line has been crossed.” Tall, thin and slightly balding, 59-year-old Wennberg brings plenty of public-policy experience to his leadership role at VHCF. He served six terms as Rutland’s mayor, from 1987 to 1999. Four years later, he took over as commissioner for Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation. Prior to landing at VHCF, he worked as a

self-employed consultant with the Center for Climate Strategies, where his specialty was working with state governments to design climate action plans. Wennberg is no stranger to contentious issues. In his work around climate policies, he specialized in holding facilitated meetings to moderate differences of opinions among dozens of state stakeholders. “Everybody comes with their knives sharpened and their guns loaded,” he says. “They’re ready to duke it out. Over the course of the year, using tried-and-true methods, we find where there is the potential for agreement.” Health care isn’t so different from climate policy, Wennberg says. Both issues are emotionally charged and deeply complex, and ideology often plays a role. As with global warming, he argues, finding consensus on health care

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requires a process — and he claims the state skipped that step. “Because of that, we’re relegated to irritants,” Wennberg says. Wennberg took over VHCF from the organization’s founder, Darcie Johnston — a mainstay in Vermont GOP circles who now serves as the senior adviser and fundraising consultant for Brock. Wennberg says he pursued the job because of his deep reservations about the direction of health care reform in Vermont. But there was a practical reason, too: Confusion about federal climate policy, as well as tightening state budgets, meant his work as a climate policy consultant was drying up. The work at VHCF is similar to that of a political campaign. Under Johnston’s leadership, the group rolled out a few major media ad buys, including a commercial that aired frequently during this year’s legislative session. Although there are no commercials airing at the moment, Wennberg says that is likely to change as the fall election approaches. For now, he and the organizational resources are focused on education and “persuasion.” That means dispelling what Wennberg says are a few myths about health care reform in Vermont: first, that it’s a “done deal”; and second, that “it will never happen.” “Initially they were very hard on the ‘anti, anti,’” says Wendy Wilton, Rutland city’s treasurer and now a candidate for state auditor. Wilton isn’t officially affiliated with VHCF, but the group’s website promotes her financial analysis of the cost of Green Mountain Care. Her projection, though widely disputed by members of the state’s Green Mountain Care Board and the Department of Financial Regulation, predicts it would result in a deficit in excess of $2 billion by 2018. Wilton notes some changes at VHCF that she attributes to Wennberg. “Especially more recently, they’re trying to ask a lot of really good questions,” she says. They acknowledge health care reform of some shade is necessary, she goes on, but “what they’re trying to do is say, ‘Let’s make sure it’s a reform that will be beneficial.’ In order to do that, we can’t have a preconceived trying to stop Health Care Reform

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notion about what that reform is going to be. The dialogue needs to be broader.” But at Healthcare 101, speakers rejected single payer out of hand. St. Michael’s College professor and state Senate candidate Robert Letovsky argued against government-run health care. A former Canadian citizen, he warned that when medicine becomes just “another line item” in a big budget, rationing is a real possibility. “Let’s hand this whole thing over to that paragon of streamlined decision making and efficiency, the government,” he suggested sarcastically, to the delighted chuckles of several audience members. Burlington psychiatrist Robert Emmons and Rutland dermatologist Dan McCauliffe, both private practitioners, raised the classic physician concerns: that a government-run health care system would prevent doctors from making the best choices for their patients; that the medically needy might “immigrate” to Vermont; and that doctors could be forced to leave the state. Single-payer advocates and their opponents do

He notes that his 20-hour-a-week job is the organization’s only paid position. For Wennberg, it’s something of a role reversal. When he was commissioner of the DEC, organizations like VHCF were a thorn in his side. He now concedes, “We wouldn’t get to the right result without someone in that role taking that position. I have a great deal of respect for how this is supposed to work.” That is, challenging conventional wisdom. Brock, who is running against incumbent Gov. Peter Shumlin, points out that even though the House passed H.559 with an 88-38 margin, polling suggests that Vermonters as a whole are far less supportive. A May poll from Vermont Business Magazine, WCAX and radio station WDEV shows that just fewer than half of those polled — 47.8 percent — favor a single-payer system; 35.7 percent said they are opposed. “It becomes very difficult for many citizens to evaluate where we are on health care reform because the details aren’t there yet,” says Brock. “I think it’s important that a wide perspective of views be presented on the subject.” But why didn’t that happen sooner? Wennberg’s theory is that singlepayer opponents got complacent during

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seem to have reached an impasse. The former accuse the latter of using fear to undermine health care reform. “My belief is that this organization is probably, at best, misguided,” says Mary Gerisch, a retired human rights lawyer living in Bennington who volunteers for the Vermont Workers’ Center. The latter accuse the former of convincing the public “that single payer is the only alternative to the current system,” Wennberg says. “A lot of people buy it, but it’s just not true.” As a 501(c)(4), VHCF doesn’t have to disclose its funding sources. And there have been plenty of allegations that outof-state insurance companies — sworn enemies of single payer — are contributing handsomely. Wennberg says confidentiality is important for the group’s donors — 90 percent of them are Vermonters, he claims. Some are health care providers, he explains; others work for companies that would frown on advocacy of this sort.

the Douglas administration; they knew reform wouldn’t happen under his leadership, and didn’t mobilize quickly enough after the 2010 election. It was Johnston, he says, who recognized the convergence of philosophies and agendas, and saw the need for an opposition group to challenge Shumlin’s proposals. “Unfortunately, it was a realization that came very late,” Wennberg says. “Send me back in time, and I’d be advocating like a madman back in 2007 to do this. All we can do now is try to correct the error and try to make up for lost time.” Steve Kimbell, the commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation, sees it differently. “That debate is over,” he says. “We had a gubernatorial election, and my boss ran on this issue. Now we’re in the implementation stage.” Wennberg is “just wrong” about a “freight train” barreling down the track, according to Kimbell. “We are not moving fast enough,” he says. “I feel a great sense of urgency to get going.” m

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h, my God, Colleen — I can’t believe this is finally happening. Seriously, it’s just so awesome.” The two girls in the back of my taxi were happy, bordering on ecstatic. The one who was speaking was positively beside herself with excitement. Since it was the Saturday night before University of Vermont graduation, I assumed either or both of them were graduating the next day. “So are you guys graduating tomorrow?” I asked over my shoulder, expecting confirmation of my hypothesis. “Oh, no, we’re both 26 — we’re old broads,” Colleen explained, chuckling. “Beth here is all amped up about my wedding. I’m getting married next week.” “Well, that’s great. Congratulations. You having the ceremony here in Vermont?”

We pulled up to where Colleen was staying — a condo on South Burlington’s Kennedy Drive, kingdom of the condos. Saying goodbye, the two girls smooched and hugged. These were clearly dear old friends, and both of them seemed to be feeling the momentousness of Colleen’s fast-approaching nuptials. As much as most everyone wants to move forward in life, to grow and evolve, there are certain things — like old friendships — that we never want to change. Having bade adieu to Colleen, Beth now needed to get back to her place at the top of North Street in Winooski. I stole a glance in the rearview mirror and saw a short, slim young woman who could easily pass for a teenager. Her brown hair was tied back except for one thick renegade strand tracing the side of her oval face all the way

unexpectedly when I was pregnant with our second child.” Now, of course, I wanted to hear about the circumstances of her husband’s death. Like many people, I suppose, I have a morbid curiosity. But, calling on my better angels, I successfully quashed this urge. For whatever reason, this person had shared with me the central event of her life to this point, and I wanted to respect the confidence she had granted me, a stranger in the night. “Oh, man — I’m so sorry,” I said. “How do you even get through that? I mean, you seem so full of life and spirit. You must have some amazing friends and family who are there for you.” “Yes, I am blessed with an amazing circle of supportive people. I love my parents so much. I was, like, a horrible teenager, a lot

stay-at-home mom, or are you working at all?” “Yeah, I’m working — just an administrative assistant up at UVM. I do want to get back to college, though. I’m seeing this great guy. He has a 3- and 6-yearold. It’s a cliché, I know, but we’re like ‘The Brady Bunch.’ Seriously, my fingers are like, majorly crossed, because I think things could really work out with him.” I said, “Hey — never say ‘just an administrative assistant.’ Every job is honorable, and besides, you got so much on your plate and at such a young age.” “Thanks, I know,” she said. “I do want to pursue my education, though, whenever the time is right.” I dropped Beth at her home in Winooski, feeling tremendous admiration for the woman. She had sustained one of the worst

While she seemed genuinely happy for her old friend,

the wedding was clearly stirring up some bittersweet feelings. down to her chin. She was actually quite lovely — in an understated way — and her slight smile appeared to contain a raft of conflicting emotions. While she seemed genuinely happy for her old friend, the wedding was clearly stirring up some bittersweet feelings. As we motored along Dorset Street, I asked, just making conversation, “So Beth — is Colleen the first of your peers to get married?” Here’s the thing: You can never anticipate the course of a conversation. Even a seemingly innocuous question can evoke earth-shattering realities. “Nope,” she replied quietly. “I was actually married five years ago. I have two girls — 2 and 4. My husband died

to handle. Now, I tell them every day how much I appreciate them. The other thing is, I’m a triplet, and I’m super-close to my two sisters.” “Holy smokes! I don’t know if I’ve ever even met a triplet before — at least, not that I know of. Are you, like, identical?” “Yup, we sure look alike, if that’s what you mean. I’m kidding — I know that’s what you meant. When we were tiny, before we could even talk, we like, invented our own language. And you might think this is crazy, but we can still communicate telepathically.” “I don’t think that’s crazy at all. I think it’s completely wonderful. It’s a tough world, and we all need all the connection we can get. So good for you. Are you a

blows imaginable for a young wife with one baby and another on the way, and emerged a better, deeper and fuller human being. I had heard it in her voice and seen it in her eyes. On some elemental level, Beth had made a profound choice, and had undertaken the greatest alchemy of human existence: the transformation of deep tragedy into something meaningful, even beautiful. Her sheer courage moved me to my core. m “hackie” is a twice-monthly column that can also be read on sevendaysvt.com.

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“Couldn’t have it anyplace else. It just wouldn’t count. I’m a 12th-generation Vermonter. We’re holding the wedding on my grandmother’s farm, outside of Woodstock.” “Marrying a Vermont boy?” “Nope, but we don’t hold it against him. He’s from just across the river in New Hampshire.” “Ayup,” I said, “New Hampshire, ya damn sure.” “Oh, yeah,” Colleen said, laughing. “My fiancé’s family says that a lot.” “Are you and he living in Vermont?” “Unfortunately, no. We live in Brooklyn. I’m an EMT, and John is an architect. I’m sure we’ll make it back to Vermont one day, maybe when we have kids.”

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of her haikus. After that, says Chalmer — now the executive director of VSA VERMONT, a nonprofit devoted to making arts accessible to those with disabilities — the two recognized their “common love of poetry and language.” They began meeting “with no goal in mind other than to enjoy the process of exploring the nuances of language and culture,” Chalmer adds. Eventually, the women’s conversations led to the publication of their first collaborative effort, Red Fish Alphabet, in 2008. Unbeknownst to them, the book caught the attention of ANDREW MILLER-BROWN, a 2004 creative-writing graduate of Johnson State College who makes fine-

hand-bound paper. Miller-Brown acrylic washed the cover with an abstract image of a bluish snowdrift, and housed the whole in a removable, embossed folder. Fortunately for those who don’t collect, or can’t afford, letterpress books, Miller-Brown is also issuing a far less expensive trade edition on demand using the Espresso Book Machine at BOXCAR AND CABOOSE BOOKSHOP in St. Johnsbury. The square paperback’s front cover bears a photo of snow-laden lilac branches taken by Miller-Brown’s mother. The title and author information is relegated to a corner of the back cover, as if to emphasize the Japanese disinclination to draw attention to oneself. Despite her 18 years in the U.S. and her authorship of the poems, Oishi be-

to the 17th century, tanka to the seventh.) For Americans, not so much. And certain images of nature in Japanese culture make Americans think of the wrong season: Falling pine needles, for instance, mean summer to a Japanese native but evoke autumn in Americans’ minds, says Oishi. That’s where her collaboration with Chalmer, who is also a poet, came into play. The two have met once a month to hash out cotranslations of Oishi’s poetry since 1999, when Oishi participated in a writing project Chalmer led to gather Vermont immigrants’ stories. The project culminated in the performance of a dance/narrative entitled “Clearing Customs,” during which Oishi read one

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trays a similar sentiment when she expresses discomfort at being interviewed before, and apart from, Chalmer. For her part, Chalmer acknowledges Oishi’s lasting influence on her own work. “The translation process with Michiko has greatly affected my poems: They’re far more imagistic than they used to be,” she says. “My poetry has been far more focused on joy.”

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h, Ranger! VT State Parks, a free app available for the iPod, iPhone and iPad, is a boon for outdoor lovers in Vermont who use digital devices. Based on the popular Oh, Ranger! Parkfinder app, developed by New York-based APN Media, the VT State Parks edition aims to provide users with everything they need (or want) to know about state parks in Vermont. Oh, Ranger! helps users find their ideal environment with a diverse set of filtering options, such as distance from the user (based on ZIP code or city name) and a broad selection of potential activities. When I scrolled through the 52 state parks on the list, I was surprised to find myself boning up on the parks’ diverse wildlife, though you could just as easily obsess over water sports or biking trails. That said, Oh, Ranger! probably isn’t an app you’ll spend hours with; rather, it offers an efficient way to find out what you need to know. Search results are listed based on distance from the location entered, and the load times for results are impressively fast. The app is quick and responsive in general, and I encountered no technical difficulties. And that’s a good thing when you’re in a hurry to start having fun. One caveat: Like any app, Oh, Ranger! requires either a Wi-Fi or 3G/4G data connection. This wasn’t an issue while I played around with it at home, but considering the app is about exploring the great outdoors, it could prove inaccessible in many Vermont locales. Maybe it’s better to figure out what you need to know before you go. Still, Oh, Ranger! VT State Parks performs exactly as advertised: It provides quick access to a wealth of specific information. And you can’t argue with the price!

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ost adults are so familiar with the Helen Keller story that we forget how difficult it is to tell. How can readers who rely on their senses of sight and hearing imagine being bereft of both from the age of 19 months, and without language until the age of 7? JOSEPH LAMBERT of White River Junction finds an elegant solution to this problem in his graphic biography Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, published under the auspices of his alma mater, the CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES. The book’s first three pages offer a visual representation of young Helen’s baffling world: pitch-black panels interrupted by ghostlike blue figures. Disembodied arms force a tool into the central figure’s hands. There are no words, only body parts interacting, limned with energy as if by an infrared viewer. Only on the fourth page does Lambert plunge us back into the realm of colors, details, words. As the title indicates, Lambert’s book is intended to introduce young readers to both Keller’s story and that of her taskmaster and lifelong mentor, Annie Sullivan. The author-artist interweaves these tales with surprising narrative

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complexity. As Sullivan struggles to break through to Helen — a process chronicled in excerpts from her real-life letters — we see flashbacks to her own childhood, which was turbulent and Dickensian. (A poorhouse, rats and a dead brother figure prominently.) Sullivan emerges from the pages as a complex heroine, brave but also dangerously stubborn (and at times, in her eagerness to yank Helen out of darkness, downright ruthless). We learn how, as Keller became famous, Sullivan and other parties struggled to take credit, a process that culminated in Keller’s “trial” for plagiarism. This is the kind of embarrassing episode that kids’ bios of famous people often omit. Yet Lambert clearly isn’t aiming to knock Keller and Sullivan off their pedestals — just to humanize them. He immerses us in Helen’s world, where human touch is all, to show us that the flawed woman who brought her pupil the gift of language also — just as importantly — brought her the wordless gift of friendship. BY MARGOT HARRISON

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he LAKE PLACID FILM FORUM staff has designed a provocative poster for its annual mini-festival, which starts Wednesday, June 13: The event’s name appears on a wrinkled red surface in a font all too reminiscent of a Netflix envelope. That fits right into a panel discussion scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Lake Placid’s historic PALACE THEATRE: “Do Movie Theaters Have a Future?” The question is not just theoretical for film exhibitors who screen traditional 35-millimeter prints, as several studios have announced that they intend to stop shipping reels and go all digital in the near future. Will small and indie theaters be forced to convert or die? One discussion participant is character actor Michael Gaston, a veteran of TV shows such as “The Mentalist,” “Damages” and “Unforgettable.” (He also played Gen. Tommy Franks in Oliver Stone’s W.) Gaston is at the LPFF to present Tending Fires, a documentary he produced about seven teenage boys undergoing a communitydesigned rite of passage in New York’s Catskill Mountains. Director Peter Ferland will also attend the Saturday screening at 7 p.m. The LPFF is somewhat scaled down this year, with just nine events scheduled. The films screened include festival hits such as Chicken With Plums, a live-action drama based on the graphic novel by Iranian comic artist Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis); and Searching for Sugar Man, a documentary about Rodriguez, the obscure Detroit musician who became the voice of South Africa’s anti-apartheid youth. Joe Papp in Five Acts (screening free on Friday) tells the story of a groundbreaking theater producer whom LPFF Artistic Director KATHLEEN CARROLL describes as “much like a Shakespearean character, a self-obsessed, occasionally cruel man who ultimately had to face a terrible personal tragedy.” And, of course, fans of short film won’t want to miss the local North Country Shorts showcase or the latest installment of the annual Sleepless in Lake Placid student film competition. Better than Netflix? You be the judge.

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Speaking of struggling indie movie houses: In late May, the owner of Montpelier’s SAVOY THEATER announced to members that “our financial position has eroded to the point where we may need to close the theater starting June 15th.” Community response was swift. On June 11, owner TERRENCE YOUK wrote in the Savoy’s e-newsletter that “to date the community has sent in donations and renewed memberships totaling $27,191.” Meanwhile, reader ROBERT LEHMERT sent Seven Days a photo (pictured) that he snapped outside the Savoy on June 2, showing moviegoers lined up in the rain for a show. Those reels are still rolling...

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Kickstarter campaigns for indie films are a dime a dozen these days, but not many of them were initiated by 12-year-old directors inspired by Quentin Tarantino. CALEB HOH of Burlington wants to raise $1800 by June 27 to make a film called Reservoir Pups — a “serious spoof” of Tarantino’s heist flick Reservoir Dogs, with kids in the lead roles. Hoh — the son of August First and Stacks Sandwich co-owner JODI WHALEN — has been experimenting with Adobe After Effects in his YouTube videos, which reveal that, for a preteen, he’s got some editing skills. Check out his project at kickstarter.com. And, while you’re there, get a preview of “The Green Knight,” a familyoriented, locally shot adventure from KIDBROTHERPICTURES, which brought us the inventive short “The Dragon Wall.” Lamoille County filmmakers MARK FREEMAN and BRANDON ST. CYR have already exceeded their fundraising goal.

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value, A4V for short, involves reasoning only marginally more bizarre. So we ignore these people at our peril. They may someday rule. A4V is a core gambit among so-called sovereign citizens, who, depending on whom you listen to, are either homicidal anarchists or upholders of America’s bedrock values. They’re philosophical descendants of the anti-federalists, the losing side in the 18th-century debate over the U.S. Constitution. Briefly put, they deny the power of the centralized state. The sovereign citizen draws a distinction between a human being and a U.S. citizen, also

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known as a person. A U.S. citizen, in A4V thinking, is a legal fiction, or “strawman.” It’s to this strawman that all laws apply. As a sovereign citizen, it’s your choice whether the law also applies to you, a creature of flesh and blood. You’re thinking: These people are crazy. No question there. From their perspective, though, they’ve merely embraced the founding principle of the republic as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence — namely, that the government derives its “just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.” Did anybody ever ask you if you consented to be governed? Me neither. Sovereign citizens believe that, until such time that you do, you’re a free man, or free woman, as the case may be.

Don’t get me wrong — I understand the concept of representative democracy. Even among the Tea Party crowd I doubt you’re going to find many who think you could run a country in which people could simply choose not to participate in the body politic and thereby exempt themselves from the law. The fact remains that, even in the land of the free and the home of the brave, the consent of the governed is a pious fiction. As a practical matter you play ball or else. Looked at in that way, sovereign citizenship has a certain crackpot nobility to it, provided you ignore the racist and antiSemitic aspects. Once you delve into the details, though, you see the whole thing is just crackpot, period. Here’s a rundown: • Sovereign citizens contend that in presenting you with a tax bill or traffic ticket, the government is simply making you an offer. By responding with “accepted for value,” you’re making a counteroffer. If the government doesn’t make a counter-counteroffer, you’re off the hook. This is based on a bizarre reading of the Uniform Commercial Code, which sovereign citizens for some reason regard as holy writ. • The counteroffer you’re supposedly making is that whatever debt you owe should be charged against the secret account maintained on your behalf by the U.S. Treasury. The premise is that in going off

the gold standard in 1933, the U.S. switched from real money to fictional money. As collateral for its worthless cash, the feds pledged the future labor value of U.S. citizens to foreign investors. This value is maintained in the secret account created when you, or rather the fictional person established in your name, receives a social security number at birth. In essence, by writing “accepted for value” on a debt notice, you’re telling the government to put it on your tab. • One last key idea. Sovereign citizens believe the legal basis of fictional U.S. citizenship is the 14th Amendment, which created “14th Amendment citizens” under the federal thumb. The feds use tricks such as zip codes to trap the unwary into signing up for 14th Amendment citizenship and its attendant obligations. To avoid this, sovereign citizens write “TDC” next to zip codes, indicating they’re using them only under “threat, duress or coercion.” I won’t even get into SC theories about admiralty law versus common law, the crucial use of capital letters in legal documents, etc. Rolling our eyes, are we? Now, now. It wasn’t sovereign citizens who dreamed up the idea that the 14th Amendment created fictional persons. It was that hotbed of extremism, the Supreme Court.

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ou’re right, there’s a logic at work here. Granted, it’s logic that only a psychotic can fully appreciate. However, we live in a country where the Supreme Court has interpreted the 14th Amendment, which was intended to protect the rights of former slaves, to mean that corporations are the legal equivalent of humans. Acceptance for

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Dear cecil, I’ve heard you can avoid paying a tax bill, traffic ticket or other debt by writing “accepted for value” on it. I understand that’s nonsense, of course. But I’m curious: How is this supposed to work? I’ve always found the theories of tax protesters entertaining — for example, the idea that U.S. income tax is invalid because ohio was never legally granted statehood. “Accepted for value” seems to be propelled by some similar notion, but I’m damned if I can figure out what it is. The websites I’ve consulted offer a convoluted explanation involving the gold standard and the Uniform commercial code, where nothing is what it seems — it’s like reading Heidegger or Leo Strauss. I know it’s all jabberwocky at bottom, but surely there’s some superficially logical thread.

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That’s partly because more Vermonters, both gay and straight, are creating families from “assisted reproductive technology,” or ART. Unfortunately, the law hasn’t kept up with the science. As any local family lawyer will point out, Vermont has no statutes or case law that specifically address sperm donation. Burlington attorney Deb Lashman, who specializes in family law, says she always emphasizes to her clients that, even when all parties sign a contract, there’s no guarantee a court will enforce it. “In Vermont, you’re treading on untested ground,” Lashman explains. “There is no case law and there are no statutes about this stuff.”

Peter’s lawyer, dominates the discussion. Judge Thomas Zonay is upbeat but firm, reminding Buehler at one point, “This is only a status conference.” Through it all, Sarah remains mostly silent. More than once the judge asks for her opinion. After a particularly heated exchange, he turns to her and remarks, “We keep coming back to you in the middle.”

In the case of Peter, Sarah and Mary, there was no contract, either. The parties failed to prepare for the possibility that their three-way relationship could disintegrate. They never put the nature of Peter’s role in writing. Is he a sperm donor? A noncustodial parent? A daddy? At this point, who’s to say? Virtually the only way to glean the three parties’ initial intentions is to go back to the classi-

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Ultimately, Zonay decides another hearing is warranted. All three parties will have to return to this dismal place to sort out the mess. Three-way child-custody fights aren’t yet everyday occurrences in Vermont Family Court, but they do happen with increasing frequency.

fied ads they placed in Seven Days nearly a decade ago — ads that eventually led to the child’s birth. In September 2002, Peter placed a personal ad that read: “Want to have a baby? GWM seeks lesbian/CU to have children with. Seeking non-custodial role. If your [sic] looking for a handsome, educated, stable, drug and alcohol free guy to share raising babies, I’m your guy. Let’s talk!”

Still, Mary and Sarah’s ad got 12 responses, from which they interviewed five candidates. Ultimately, they selected Peter, in part, Mary says, because he was in a stable relationship and had already fathered two children. (Peter declined a request to be interviewed for this story, referring all questions to his lawyer. Sarah did not respond to phone messages.) Mary and Sarah had met in church in Amarillo, Texas, in 1996. Later, they moved to Vermont, where they were joined in a civil union in 2000, shortly after the law establishing such unions took effect. Both Sarah and Mary already had children from previous relationships. In fact, it was because Mary’s son was the product of an anonymous sperm donation that she wanted a known donor this time. “My son always felt that loss in his life, not knowing the man who conceived him,” Mary explains. “We wanted somebody who would come to the birthday parties, the school concerts, come over for Christmas and Thanksgiving, and somebody for that child ES

sperm and egg donors, gestational surrogates, and other quasi-parental figures — judges can find themselves trying to untangle Gordian knots. Consider the case being heard on a Tuesday afternoon in mid-May as a woman, whom we’ll call “Mary,” enters Courtroom 2 for a status conference related to her long-running legal battle with her former civil-union partner, “Sarah,” and their daughter’s biological father, “Peter.” (Because of the sensitivity of custody cases, we have chosen not to use their real names.) Sarah, the child’s biological mother, wears a polo shirt, shorts and sneakers. Mary sits down on her right, dressed professionally in a long-sleeved shirt and black slacks; on Sarah’s left is Peter, who, like his attorney, wears a dark suit. Peter deposits a cardboard box on the table marked “Mary.” It’s full of files, hinting at the protracted nature of their legal wrangling. The purpose of this conference is to decide whether a future hearing is warranted to address a contempt-of-court action. Eight years ago, before Sarah and Mary

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Fortuitously, two weeks later, Mary and Sarah, who were then in a civil union, placed their own ad in Seven Days. It read: “Two-mom family seeking local donor to expand family. Will consider co-parenting. Healthy, degreed, professionals only please.” In hindsight, it probably wasn’t an ideal way to find a biological parent for their child. Peter’s ad was sandwiched between one placed by a “Newly married, fun-loving CU looking for cute BiF to share in the good times”; and another that read, “Sadistic bastard seeks naughty little girl that looks great in skirt for hours of muffled screams.”

got divorced, Peter helped the two women conceive a daughter. In 2009, after their split, a judge divided custody almost equally between the two women and granted Peter visitation rights. Now Peter is alleging that Mary has made it difficult for him to exercise those rights, and he further claims that she hasn’t been responsive to his requests for information on the child’s religious upbringing. Mary denies those charges and accuses Peter and Sarah of ganging up on her and committing “character assassination.” Mary, who is representing herself, sits on the edge of her seat throughout the proceeding while Tina Buehler,

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ashington County Family Court is an ugly place. Aesthetically, its institutional courtrooms have seen better days; in places, the trim around the doors is duct-taped to the wall. The emotional atmosphere isn’t much better: This is an environment where nuclear families frequently come to explode, creating fallout that can be poisonous for years. Divorces and child-custody fights are difficult enough when two parties are trying to resolve their differences. But in an age of alternative family building that can involve three, four or more parties — including nonadoptive stepparents,

to call ‘Daddy.’ We wanted that man to know our child.” Though Mary isn’t the girl’s biological mother, she says she always assumed that having a baby in the context of a civil union — with her name on the child’s birth certificate — was enough to ensure her status as a “parent” in the eyes of the law. This so-called “marital presumption” is a well-established legal principle. But, given the absence of state statutes regarding sperm donation, Peter, Sarah and Mary’s arrangement was a gamble,

especially where a child’s fate was concerned. To wit: Tina Buehler, Peter’s lawyer, has long contended that her client’s constitutional rights as the girl’s biological parent trump Mary’s statutory right as a past party to a civil union. That Mary’s name is on the girl’s birth certificate “carries no weight,” Buehler claims. As she derisively puts it, “If you want to put Santa Claus on there, why can’t you?” Neither Mary nor Sarah has ever denied that Peter was more than just a source of DNA. He attended the baby’s delivery, was there for

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Reproduction was once a simple binary matter: one mother, one father. But the lines have been blurred by ART, which can include sperm or egg donation, in vitro fertilization, and gestational surrogacy (when a woman carries and gives birth to a baby for another person or couple without necessarily contributing her own egg in the process). It’s now conceivable — pardon the pun — that a couple could contract with a separate sperm donor, egg donor and gestational surrogate to produce a baby, whom the couple would then adopt. In such a scenario, five people could claim to be “parents” and seek the attendant legal rights and responsibilities. Sound farfetched? There are already known cases, in Vermont and elsewhere, of lesbian couples who have extracted an egg from one partner, which is then fertilized by a sperm donor and implanted in the other partner, who carries the baby to term. Arguably, all three parties can call themselves “biological” parents. Legal experts say Vermont law has done nothing to keep up with these rapidly changing realities. How many families are created by ART in Vermont? Because the state has no reason to track most of those data, it’s difficult to say. It is known that, between 2005 and 2011, 89 babies were born to same-sex couples in Vermont, presumably using ART. During that same six-year period, another 40 babies were born in Vermont to gestational surrogates, including 12 who were carried on behalf of same-sex couples, according to the Department of Health’s Vermont vital-statistics system. While those numbers still represent a tiny fraction of the 38,572 babies born in the Green Mountain State during that period, they don’t include babies who were adopted by same-sex couples, or ones who were born to out-of-state samesex couples who later moved to Vermont. Suffice it say, family-law experts suggest that such “unconventional” families have become, well, more conventional. How does state law decide whom to recognize as parents? The answer is easy in the case of married and civilunion couples who are still together: In the eyes of the law, both partners are presumed to be the parents, regardless of who is genetically related to the child.

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birthday parties and other events at the couple’s home, and occasionally took the girl to his home overnight, along with Mary’s son. But Mary insists that she and Sarah were “very clear” with Peter that they were the girl’s parents, that he was not a parent, and that they would never relinquish their rights and responsibilities to him. So why didn’t the couple draw up a contract to that effect? “To me, when a man gives his word, that’s more sacred than any piece of paper,” Mary explains. “I never imagined he’d seek custody. It just never crossed my mind.” In the summer of 2006, Mary and Sarah separated; a year later, Sarah filed for divorce. Before the papers were finalized, Peter filed a parentage action asking the court to recognize him as the girl’s legal and biological father. His petition named Sarah, the biological mother, who didn’t contest it. Mary, who was not named in the petition, says she learned of it only after a court clerk happened to mention it to her. “It was all supposed to go under the radar,” Mary says, “and all of a sudden I wouldn’t be a parent anymore.”

Birth Rights « P.29 That’s not the case when biological parents are unmarried. In Vermont, single mothers aren’t required to identify the father on the birth certificate. Even when an unmarried bio dad is named on the birth certificate and the child bears his name, he must file a parentage action in court before he can assert the legal rights and responsibilities of fatherhood. Vermont law does presume that the woman who gives birth to the child is the biological mother, even when her own egg was not involved. In gestationalsurrogacy cases, the birth mom’s name actually appears on the original birth certificate, and a petition to amend it is filed after the baby is born. In some other states, including Massachusetts, courts can adjudicate that the intended parents are the legal parents before the baby is born. This measure helps prevent some of the legal battles that occurred in the 1990s when birth surrogacy first became more common. What happens when a same-sex union dissolves? The same thing that happens when a hetero couple splits up: The parties file for divorce, and a judge must approve a settlement that addresses any minor children, includ-

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Full Faith and Credit clause of the U.S. Constitution, Virginia had an obligation to recognize the Vermont judge’s order. Had that visitation order not existed, Hughes says, Virginia probably would have viewed Jenkins as a legal nonentity. Over his 20 years of practicing family law, Hughes says, he’s noticed both adoptions and ART “trending” away from anonymous parentage, and he believes “the biggest driver is that people want a genetic connection to their child.” But once a couple involves a known donor in their lives, Hughes continues, whether seeking just his or her genetic material or something more, “that’s when things become most dangerous. “I always try to make people aware that this isn’t just about them,” Hughes says. “You are creating a child who won’t always be an infant, who will have psychological needs as they grow up... And there’s a deep-seated need for all of us to know where we come from.” Jules Fishelman has spent a lot of time pondering such questions. The 38-year-old Burlington resident is practically a poster child for the full spectrum of alternative parenting arrangements. He and his wife have a biological son together. He adopted his wife’s biological daughter, who was conceived before

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from the Liberty Counsel, an outgrowth of Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University that provides free legal assistance in defense of “Christian religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the traditional family,” Lisa Miller asked Virginia to recognize her as Isabella’s sole parent. In 2007, a Vermont judge dissolved the civil union, divided the couple’s assets and ordered parent-child contact between Janet Jenkins (the nonbio mom) and her daughter. The following year, the Virginia Supreme Court agreed, ordering Miller to honor Vermont’s visitation order. When Miller refused, a Vermont court granted Jenkins full custody.

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ing custody, visitation rights, education, religious upbringing and so forth. When the couple can’t reach an agreement, their case either goes to mediation or before a judge. Custody matters can get dicier when same-sex partners separate and relocate to a state that doesn’t recognize their original unions. That’s what happened in Vermont’s most infamous parentalrights fight: the Miller-Jenkins case. In 2003, civil-union partners Janet Miller-Jenkins and Lisa Miller-Jenkins separated. Lisa moved to Virginia with the couple’s daughter, Isabella, and then became a born-again Christian, renounced her lesbian lifestyle and filed for divorce. With the help of attorneys

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Jenkins, who was represented by the Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) — the same organization that initially represented Mary — ultimately prevailed in court. To date, it’s been a hollow victory. In January 2010, Miller was supposed to transfer custody of Isabella to Jenkins but never showed up. She reportedly fled the country with the girl and is believed to be living in Central America. Kurt Hughes, a family lawyer with the Burlington firm of Murdoch Hughes & Twarog, explains that the primary reason Jenkins won her case before the Virginia Supreme Court is that a Vermont judge had already granted her parental-visitation rights. Under the

their marriage as the product of an anonymous sperm donation. And before he and his wife met, Fishelman donated sperm to a lesbian couple in Winooski — Seven Days associate publisher and online editor Cathy Resmer and her partner, Ann-Elise Johnson. (Johnson has also served as a gestational surrogate for a third couple, but that’s another story.) Fishelman says he spent several months wrestling with the implications of becoming a biological parent to a child he wouldn’t raise. What would be in the child’s best interest? What if the child wanted a closer relationship than he was comfortable with, or none at all? “Whatever my intent, I knew the

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child is going to have his or her own feelings,” Fishelman says. “Was I willing to be flexible with what might be good for me ... and change my mind?” Fishelman sought the advice of friends, family members, lawyers and other known donors — especially to research how things could go wrong. Some family members raised legal and financial concerns. Would the couple pursue him one day for child support? Would the child seek Fishelman’s family’s assets? Would he want a say in the child’s upbringing? Despite such concerns, Fishelman and the couple decided to proceed, and asked Burlington attorney Deb Lashman to draw up a contract. Because of the ambiguity around enforcement of such agreements, she also recommended that the nonbiological mom — Resmer — undertake a stepparent adoption once the child was born. That way, whenever the family travels outside Vermont, other states will recognize her as a legal “mother,” regardless of biology. In addition, Lashman advised her clients to be very clear about the boundaries of the donor’s parental involvement. “The more you put in the agreement that the donor is going to be part of that child’s life, the more you open up the window for that person to assert legal rights and other kinds of custody and responsibilities,” she explains. “It’s easier to open that window than to try to close it later.” Indeed, Fishelman acknowledges that his feelings for his genetic offspring have evolved over time. In his role as more than a sperm donor but less than a father, he sees the two children at least twice a month. They and his own custodial kids play together regularly and think of one another as cousins, though Fishelman admits the two couples don’t have a lot of “formal language” describing their relationship beyond “they’re family.”

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ll baseball fans know the exact moment they fell in love with the game. For hardball diehards, it’s a formative life experience not unlike a first kiss or the day you get your driver’s license. For Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, it was a moment shared by generations of New England baseball fans: the first time he saw Fenway Park. “It’s a magical experience,” recalls Weinberger. “That moment when you see the field for the first time, maybe under the lights, the vividness of the green. I was really taken by that.” Since his introduction to Fenway 30-odd years ago, Weinberger says baseball has been a constant in his life. He played Little League as a kid and attended Ted Williams’ baseball camps.

He played ball throughout high school in Woodstock. After graduation, he spent a summer touring every majorleague ballpark in the country and writing a series of stories for the Valley News. At Yale, Weinberger was the baseball team’s radio play-by-play announcer. He went on to cover baseball as an intern for the Boston Globe. Now, the 42-year-old mayor is the catcher for the Burlington Cardinals, a position he’s played for the past five seasons. The team is part of the Vermont Men’s Senior Baseball League, which in turn is affiliated with a national organization. Players have to be at least 35 to play, 45 to pitch. The Cards’ motley crew includes a policeman, an engineer and a doctor, among other professionals. It also includes

Galen Carr, a scout for the Boston Red Sox; Tom Simon, a Burlington attorney and author of several books on baseball history; and an old Red Sox hero, Bill “Spaceman” Lee. And now, a newly anointed mayor. “What else but baseball would bring these guys together?” Weinberger asks.

Play ball! On a recent Sunday afternoon, the Cardinals are squaring off against the Waterbury Warthogs at Harwood Union High School in Moretown. Before the game, several Warthogs shag fly balls in the outfield. By the far dugout, a shirtless man warms up by pinwheeling a bat, a cigarette dangling from his mouth above a sizable belly.

When it’s the Cardinals’ turn for pregame batting practice, most of them have yet to arrive, including Weinberger. Two Cards clad in red jerseys play catch along the first baseline. “I think we’ve only got three right now,” says one of them, tossing the ball. “Well, maybe these guys will jump in and shag flies,” says the other, nodding to the Waterbury dugout. “Unless they’re already into the beer.” It’s not quite noon. Eventually, enough Cardinals arrive and the game gets under way, though the mayor is still a no-show. Fortunately, the team’s starting pitcher shows up on time. “I’m pretty sure I threw about 180 pitches yesterday,” says Bill Lee, rotating his left shoulder slowly. “Maybe 200.” Lee, who now lives in Craftsbury, was an enigmatic all-star pitcher for the Sox and Montréal Expos and is renowned for his exploits both on and off the field. Lee has just driven back from Boston, where he spent the previous day doing a charity event and playing “Billy Ball” — a hybrid softball/hardball game that he invented. The Cards jump out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, thanks to a ground-rule double by Lee that hits and then scoots under the right-field fence. At the end of the half inning, the 65-year-old grabs his glove and looks out to right field. “Just missed it,” he says, before sauntering to the pitching mound.

Burlington Cardinals: 2, Waterbury Warthogs: 0, bottom of the second inning Two innings into the game, Weinberger’s arrival is probably not quite on par with the first time he walked into Fenway. Still, as he descends the hill to the field, a heavy bag filled with catcher’s gear slung over his shoulder, he’s grinning from ear to ear. “Nice day for a game, huh?” I say in greeting. “It sure is,” he agrees, beaming as he heads toward the dugout along the first baseline. In the field, the Warthogs push across a run on a hard opposite field single, following a double to the gap. But the Cardinals get out of the inning on a comebacker to Lee, who fields the ball cleanly and fires to second to ignite a 1-6-3 double play. As they trot off the field, Weinberger’s teammates greet him with high fives and fist bumps. “Nice of you to make it, Mo,” chides an infielder. Weinberger’s first at bat comes in the top of the next inning. He takes the first pitch for a ball, just below the knees.

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After a tremendous rip that almost corkscrews his wiry frame into the ground, he eventually works the count full on a pitch up around his eyeballs. Swinging from his heels on the next pitch, he strikes out and scuffles back to the dugout. “You’re drifting into the ball,” advises Lee as Weinberger straps on his shin guards. “Your shoulder is coming open and you’re drifting.” “Mo” nods and takes up his post behind home plate.

In his second at bat, Weinberger hits a weak grounder to short. But he hustles down the line and reaches base safely when the shortstop bounces the throw to first. Three batters later and with two runners on, first baseman Adam Chetwynd, a 39-year-old DEA agent by day, crushes a towering home run to left field. Lee is up next and swings hard, connecting on a 1-1 fastball. “Ah, I just missed it,” he again complains as he begins trotting down the first baseline. “Well, it’s out,” replies the first-base coach. Lee looks up just in time to see the ball land in the woods beyond the right-field fence for a solo home run.

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10 runs in each of their first five games. Especially with Lee turning back time, both on the mound and at the plate, they appear poised for another title run. “This is the best group of guys I’ve ever played with,” says Lee, who, by the way, pitched Game 7 of the 1975 World Series for the Boston Red Sox.

Postgame interview, two days later “I really fell hard for baseball right around age 6,” says Weinberger, seated behind the desk in his new city-hall office. “I wasn’t very good at first,” he concedes. So he practiced. Incessantly. Weinberger says he “drove his parents nuts” fielding tennis balls off the house for hours on end. “The house looked like it was diseased,” he says. “It had all these pockmarks from where I’d bounce balls off it.” In 1987, his junior year of high school, that practice would pay off. Weinberger was the second baseman for Woodstock Union High’s varsity baseball team. “We were the ninth seed in the tournament that year,” Weinberger says of his team’s unlikely title run. In the second round, the Wasps drew top-seeded

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Weinberger is crouched behind the plate flashing signs to Lee, who shakes him off. So he tries another sign, with the same result. Finally, the burly southpaw nods on the third sign and goes into his windup. The pitch is laced back up the middle, a scorching line drive that finds its way into center for a leadoff single. Face mask in his hand, Weinberger saunters to the mound. After a brief exchange with Lee, he returns to the plate. Three batters later, the side is retired, the Waterbury runner left stranded at first. Lee is pitching well and throwing hard. He says he can still hit 80 miles per hour on a good day — read: not the

The defending-champion Cardinals handily dispatch the Waterbury nine to improve to 5-0. Weinberger goes 1-4 but reaches base and scores three times. The Cards are undefeated and riding an offensive hot streak, having scored at least

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Winooski. At the time, heavily favored Winooski was a baseball powerhouse that would send 10 players from the 1987 squad on to play college baseball. One of them, starter Dana Perrotte, became one of the best pitchers in the history of the University of Vermont. “I think he’d given up, like, three runs in 42 innings that year,” recalls Weinberger of Winooski’s starter. Winooski scored in the first inning and led 1-0 most of the game. But in the later innings, Woodstock mounted a rally. Weinberger stepped up to the plate and dug in against Perrotte with the bases loaded. “I hit a weak grounder to second, but beat it out for an infield hit and we tied the game,” Weinberger says. With bases loaded, the team’s cleanup hitter came to the plate. Perrotte fell behind 3-0 and grooved a fastball on the next pitch. “I’ll always remember that as one of the most beautiful moments of my life,” says Weinberger. “He swings and it’s just this majestic arc.” The ball landed in a swimming pool just beyond the fence — a grand slam. Woodstock would hold on to win 6-4 and take the state championship. One gets the sense that baseball is rarely far from Weinberger’s thoughts, even though, these days, pressing city matters clamor for his attention. But every now and then, the worlds of sports and politics merge. During his mayoral campaign, Weinberger ran a baseball day camp in the North End with the help of some Cardinals teammates — including Lee. Given how closely contested that race was, it’s fair to surmise that every effort during the campaign might have had some impact at the ballot box. “There is a part of me that likes to think baseball played a small role in [me] becoming mayor,” Weinberger admits. It’s also playing a role in his first term. UVM and the Vermont Lake Monsters recently reached an agreement to allow the minor-league team to call Centennial Field home for the next 20 years. That agreement meant that the state’s high school baseball tournament could also return to the field this season. It had been played there until uncertainty about the park’s future meant moving the tourney to Montpelier for the past three seasons. “I got to go to the press conference announcing the return as the newly elected mayor who had won a championship there,” says Weinberger. At the presser, Jim Carter, the coach of that 1987 Winooski team, approached the mayor. He was holding a baseball. “He said, ‘Do you know what this ball is?’” says Weinberger. “I said, ‘Was it in a swimming pool?’” m

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The Cardinals score four runs in the inning to take a 9-2 lead and break the game open. “I told my wife that every time I hit a home run, I have to play another year,” says Lee after he rounds the bases. “Guess I’ll be back next season.”

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day after throwing 200 pitches in a charity game — and has about six different pitches, including his famed “Leephus,” a lollipop curveball. “He’s a game changer,” says Weinberger of his battery mate. In between innings, Lee is stretching on the sidelines. Asked if Weinberger gets testy about being shaken off now that he’s the mayor, Lee says, “Oh, yeah,” rolling his eyes. “But I told him, now that he’s mayor, I get free parking in Burlington.” Weinberger chuckles when told the Spaceman’s response. “Two years ago, in the playoffs, we were playing Charlotte, who were really good,” he says. The game was at Callahan Park in Burlington, where the Cards play their home games. “It was early in the game and we were working this guy, their best hitter.” Weinberger says he called for an inside fastball. Lee shook him off. “He wanted to throw a curve,” he recalls. Lee threw the curveball and the Charlotte batter swung. “He hit it about eight miles,” says Weinberger, grinning. “After that, Bill said, ‘All right, I’m not gonna shake you off anymore.’”

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hen his first daughter was about a year old, Mark Gabel did the math and realized that “my salary was paying the nanny.” His physician wife was the family’s major breadwinner; Gabel had been in retail sales and management for roughly 20 years — most recently at downtown Burlington’s Climb High outdoor gear store. The combination had worked well, he says, “when it was just about us.” But when his daughter entered her second year, he had a revelation. “I looked up one day and said, ‘This is crazy,’” he recalls. “‘My kid’s a year old. I hardly know her.’ I was watching myself become my father with no benefit financially.” On a walk with mountaineer Simon Yates, of Touching the Void fame, Gabel

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hen Brendan Smith and his thenwife were anticipating the arrival of their daughter, they held a series of rational sit-down talks about switching

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got more inspiration to change course. He remembers being moved by Yates’ insight that his only regrets were about what he hadn’t done, not what he had. Gabel gave notice at Climb High and settled in for an extended stay at base camp. While the initial plan was for him to stay home until his daughter was in kindergarten, a second child changed the equation. Gabel made good use of his stay-at-home dad time to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees from Champlain College, the latter an MS in mediation and applied conflict studies that he hopes will help him reenter the workforce. He admits there are tough parts, such as the “humbling” experience of being a husband who doesn’t bring home the bacon, and being the odd man out — literally — at baby yoga. There’s also doing laundry seven days a week and a workday that, by his estimate, starts at 6 in the morning and ends at 10 p.m. But he still feels like he’s getting the better end of the parenting deal because of the bond he has established with his kids. “Not a day goes by when I don’t feel like the luckiest guy alive,” he says, “even when someone is throwing tantrums.”

He also gives himself some muchdeserved credit: “It’s hard enough being a single parent in this day and age, anyway, but an even greater challenge to be able to handle children on your own when you’re limited yourself,” he says. “I’ve been able to take on the challenges, and I think I’ve done reasonably well.”

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he traditional image of the American father has been under revision for decades — at least long enough to make TV’s first father, Ward Cleaver, look like a nostalgic cartoon and his latter-day “Mad Men” counterpart, Don Draper, a pointed example of the bad old days of meat, potatoes and patriarchy. Women entering the U.S. workforce after the Second World War changed American culture. Then, when the U.S. economy took a nosedive about five years ago, the game changed again — this time booting men out of the workforce at twice the rate of women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. One combined effect of women holding jobs and men being forced out of them is that men are increasingly responsible for managing ... households. An analysis of 2010 U.S. census data finds that 20 percent of fathers with children under age 5 are the primary child caretakers in their families. Here’s what seven of them have to say about it.

roles. There was more at stake than the traditional expectations related to gender: Smith is visually impaired. He’s not totally blind, but he can’t operate a motor vehicle. At first, Smith was pretty nervous — and understandably so. If his child were to choke on something, would he be able to see what it was? When they had a second child, he worries about what would happen if the kids took off in opposite directions. Smith made it through those anxious infant years by concentrating on doing the best he could. He engaged his kids in activities that didn’t require driving anywhere. “I took it upon myself to take a negative and work around it,” he says, “to get them out, go for walks with them, take them where I could on foot. Push them on the swings. Run with them. Make up for the lack of transportation. I’ve even taken them on the bus a few times, and they seem to get a kick out of that.” It hasn’t been easy. Feeling the financial pinch, Smith went back to work part time at Hannaford supermarket, but he’s still there to greet his kids at the bus on school days. He and his wife divorced about a year and a half ago, but there hasn’t been much conflict over parental rights. “My kids are comfortable here, they have a lot of friends, and they get into a lot of sports and do a lot of community stuff,” he says.

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ichael Wheeler and his wife couldn’t decide who should be the primary daytime caregiver for their first child. But at just about the time their due date rolled around, fate made the decision for them. The UVM laboratory where Wheeler had been working shut down. Coincidentally, he had already been mulling over whether being a stayat-home dad would be a “cool thing to do.” As his daughter developed food allergies and then a son came into the picture, his decision proved wise. “I thought that I might go back to work after a while,” he says, “but I’m thinking that less and less.” It’s something of a redo for Wheeler, who became a dad for the first time in the ’70s. When his older daughters — now the mothers of his grandchildren — were born, he was working as a chemistry teacher at a small college. His busy work life didn’t allow him to be as present as he would have liked. “It’s in the minutiae of the day that kids really become who they are, and I certainly didn’t experience that like I am now.” Men of the house

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t the pinnacle of his career as a snowboarding photographer, Shem Roose followed the world’s top riders wherever they roamed from January to May. By the time his daughter, Sylvie, was born in 2003, however, he was already starting to burn out on his jetsetting job. With his wife working full time at MyWebGrocer, he decided to take a run at being a stay-at-home dad. Despite possessing all the organizational skills required to shoot in hardto-get-to places, Roose was surprised by how difficult it was “just keeping up with all of the stuff that needs to be done around the house,” he says, such as cooking and doing the laundry. “It really took me a while to preplan,” he adds. “If we were going to go swimming ... that was a challenge for me, to make sure I had everything.” Living two miles up a dirt road raised the stakes. “Because

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att Howes was working part time as a school bus driver when his first son was born. The single car seat installed behind him in the bus soon became three, as his second son and daughter joined the family. Eventually, he was dropping them all off at school. The gig came with benefits, though not the kind associated with traditional employment. “One of the joys is I get to hug my kids every day when they get home from school,” he says. “I know my kids. My kids know me … That’s what’s important to me.” Howes now works part time as a propane technician but continues to be the primary caregiver in the family. It was

a practical choice: As his wife advanced in her career as a social worker, she had the potential to make more money than he did. Naturally, there have been some bumps in the road, especially when Howes’ wife began pursuing a graduate degree. “I remember stepping up to the sink at 10 o’clock at night one night and just looking at piles of dishes, and my wife was at one of her night classes,” he recalls. “I just remember going, ‘Holy crap.’ I didn’t realize kids could be this much work. I was just astounded. At a really weak moment I was like, ‘Nobody ever told me this.’ I almost had a pity party for a moment there.” There are other difficult aspects to being a stay-at-home dad in a fairly rural locale. Playgroups are “spotty,” he says, complicated by the difficulty of arranging play dates with stay-at-home moms. “A guy going to a different woman’s house or a woman coming to my house — it doesn’t happen,” he says. “It’s too weird … and rumors fly.” Howes acknowledges occasionally wondering when his own career will advance, but he says he’s not in a hurry. “You only have a certain amount of time to influence the kids and raise them up the best way you can,” he says. “I’m going to enjoy being with my kids as long as they enjoy my being with them.”

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SUP’s On Riding the groundswell of stand-up paddleboarding in the Green Mountains B Y SA RAH T UFF

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t’s the sort of evening when you look at Lake Champlain and wish you had a boat, or a friend with a boat. Just enough wind blows to sparkle the glassy surface inside the Burlington breakwater, while the setting sun glows sherbet-orange, closing out an 80degree day. At the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, we don’t have a boat, but we do have some new friends: a gathering tribe of stand-up paddleboarders who, like many, have discovered a whole new view of Vermont. Standing on wide, stable boards with our feet facing forward, paddling on either side to propel ourselves, we aren’t cramped in kayaks or tipping in canoes. We’re gliding across the water, able to see a different perspective while also getting in a darn good workout. Though stand-up paddleboarding, or SUP, hit the state’s waters several years ago, the flood-free summer of 2012 marks a watershed moment for the sport here, and for a coalescing community. This debut of the Wednesday Night SUP’er Club — a loose affiliation of enthusiasts — is just one sign of the rising tide. This month, the WND&WVS shop, the only local store dedicated to SUP, opened in Burlington; a June 11 SUP demo at

Essex’s Indian Brook Reservoir sold out. The first-ever SUP festival at Waterbury Reservoir is scheduled for June 24, while organizers of September’s Stand Up for the Lake! benefit at the LCCSC are hoping to make it a tourist attraction. That’s not all: Some of Vermont’s SUP’ers are tackling white water on the Mad River. An Essex entrepreneur has developed a trainer that Hawaiians (who invented the sport) are using to practice their SUP skills indoors. And it’s hard to shake a paddle without hitting a Chittenden County outdoor store that sells stand-up paddleboards — and scrambles to keep them in stock. “A few years ago, nobody even asked about SUP boards,” says Mike Strojny, general manager at South Burlington’s Canoe Imports. “Last year we couldn’t get them fast enough, and this year we’ve doubled our order — and we’re going to sell out.” I was bitten by the SUP bug in 2009, when I first wrote about the sport for this paper and bought a board. Back then, I was a pretty lonely soul on the lake, and earned plenty of strange looks from passing motorists when they saw what looked like a surfboard on top of

my car. In those days, boards for sale were as scarce in Vermont as palm trees. Fast-forward to 2012, when landmark outdoor stores EMS and Outdoor Gear Exchange are selling SUPs. Canoe Imports and Stowe’s Umiak Outdoor Outfitters each stock 18 different models; Umiak’s Steve Brownlee expects his SUP business to triple this spring and stummer. Hightech models with displacement hulls make possible long flat-water expeditions (hello, Hudson River and Montréal!), while hybrid boards allow you to paddle Lake Champlain, surf Hampton Beach and windsurf the Dominican Republic. Buy ’em large enough, and you can fit the dog or the kid on the board. When longtime surfer and SUP’er Russ Scully decided to design an entire Pine Street store around stand-up paddleboarding, he was inspired by those possibilities and a passion for water sports. At WND&WVS, new and used boards are lined up alongside paddles, wet suits and a tiki-bar checkout counter in an 800-square-foot corner of the building that houses New World Tortilla, South End Studio and SoYo. (Scully, who also owns surf-style restaurant the

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Spot, will move to a new, 1500-squarefoot space in the old Meineke Car Care Center building in October.) While the shop also sells windsurfing gear and kiting equipment, Scully says its heart is SUP. “The growth curve is really steep right now,” he says. While Scully has imported Hawaiian ambiance to Vermont, Essex ergometer developer Rob Sleamaker, owner of Vasa, is importing a bit of Green Mountain stand-up culture to Oahu. There, surf-shop owner Robert Stehlik has been using the Vasa ergometer to train for SUP; this summer, Sleamaker will begin marketing his SUP-specific Vasa products. Vermonters may just need some extra training for the latest frontier in SUP: river trips, where white water can add another frisson to the sport. “Rivers are just awesome,” says Colchester’s Jason Starr, who runs Paddlesurf Champlain out of Burlington’s Oakledge Park and has SUP’ed stretches of the Winooski, Lamoille and Mad rivers. “The speed — it’s like you’re on a flume ride, but you’re standing up.” For far more placid experiences, however, one of the latest hot spots is Waterbury Reservoir, where Umiak has been offering free Thursday-night

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lake and tells you they wish they had spent that time doing something else. There’s no easier access to get out on the water than SUP.” But there’s one major barrier to that accessibility, as I found when I first tried the sport: cost. A new SUP board can fetch up to $2500 at Canoe Imports; the average price tag is around $1000. While that’s still far less than a boat — and while a well-made board can last for hundreds of outings — the sticker shock can turn some away. That’s why Starr is partnering with local craftspeople to create handmade Vermont boards, why Scully is selling used boards at WND&WVS, and why Paddlesurf, Canoe Imports, Umiak and LCCSC offer free demos, cheap rentals or both. Want an even more unusual vantage point on Lake Champlain or Waterbury Reservoir? Both the LCCSC and Umiak are offering yoga SUP classes this summer, so you can practice your downward dog while paddling downwind. “SUP fits really nicely with the skills you need for yoga, such as balance and core strength,” says the LCCSC executive director Kate Neubauer. She’s overseeing preparations for the fourth annual Stand Up for the Lake! paddleboard festival on September 8 and hopes

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demos of high-performance boards this month, and hosts other SUP programs all summer. “In most cases, it’s glassy smooth, with mountains dropping all around you,” says Brownlee, who is helping to organize the Vermont Paddleboard Festival at the Waterbury Center State Park day-use area on June 24. An avid paddler, he got hooked on SUP because of the unique vantage point. “It feels new and fresh because I can see deep in the water; I can see fish, I can see the bottom of the lake, and I have become more attentive to the scenery in the woods,” Brownlee says. It’s a shared sentiment: the feeling of gaining a new perspective, of freedom, of friendship. Though I’ve had many Zenlike experiences on solo SUP outings, it’s more fun paddling alongside someone. During my first Wednesday night SUP’er club, several of us chat about everything from med school to parenting to CrossFit to real estate as we glide past Splash at the Boathouse, and Breakwater Café & Grill. What makes it so easy to open up? “SUP puts you in that state of mind where you’re relaxed, and you share things that you might not otherwise if you were on land,” explains Scully. “It’s very rare that somebody comes off the

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mericans on the dating scene in the mid-1990s must have reached a breaking point in their desperation. How else to explain the popularity of The Rules, Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider’s bestselling compendium of Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right, published in 1995? The next year saw the U.S. premiere of the comedy I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, a rollicking musical revue about the trials and tribulations of seeking a soul mate. Of these two Clinton-era treatises on the hard-knock life of heterosexual romance — The Rules and I Love You — the comedy may be the more illuminating. It has certainly proved more durable. While some critics deemed The Rules outdated — even antifeminist — on its initial publication, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change ran for more than 5000 performances before closing in 2008, making it the second-longestrunning Off-Broadway musical in history. (The Fantasticks holds the record.) To call the show a hit is like calling Facebook a popular website.

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The current production of I Love You at Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier gives us a chance to see it in perspective. While the show may speak most clearly to the lovelorn, anyone who has endured the rigors of romantic companionship can appreciate the success of playwright/lyricist Joe DiPietro and composer Jimmy Roberts in turning heartache into humor. The play is as resonant today as it was when Mark Zuckerberg was still in junior high school. That the LNT staging of I Love You avoids feeling, er, dated is a testament both to the play and the players. A revue with more than 30 sketches and musical numbers, it presents the quest for love in short riffs on a range of topics — from first dates to old flames; from tying the knot to the sex lives of married couples with children. Each vignette tackles a familiar obstacle on the road to love; together, they form a sequence that adheres only loosely to a story line. The first act culminates at the altar with “Wedding Vows.” The second act explores the aftermath, with sketches

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widow and widower, respectively — who seize on a mournful moment to make a little time. The sketch calls on the pair to downshift emotional gears from earlier numbers while still letting us see muted sparks fly between them. Musical director Nancy Hartswick keeps the show moving as she works the keys of her solo piano and shifts musical moods from one beat to the next — from campy pop stylings to more operatic numbers to tango. On opening night, Hartswick and cast fell out of rhythm a few times, but her single instrument managed to buoy this revue aloft with aplomb. The simple orchestration complements similarly minimalist approaches to set design and costumes. A few pieces of furniture and changes of clothes relocate the story from one place and time to another. Stagehands dressed like Charlie Chaplin clones emphasize the resetting of the stage by rolling new scene titles into place in a window above the proscenium arch. While there are no sour notes per se in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, a few sketches sound flat ones. “Satisfaction Guaranteed,” an absurd piece about bringing litigation into the bedroom, and “Scared Straight,” in which a lonely prison inmate (Sturdevant) warns two single souls (Miller and Karraker) against the evils of going it alone, are too zany to ring true. Even at the show’s weakest moments, the cast of I Love You never lets up. Their emotional circumstances become more complex in the second act, but enthusiasm remains high. These four players merit respect, like that lovelorn dater, for forging ahead through tricky terrain. Their backstage area could use a few towels, the better to mask their exertions from scene to scene. But flowers — for jobs well done — would not be out of place. m

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on married life, parenthood, dating after divorce and even dating after a spouse’s death. Because this boy-meets-girl story is not about a single boy and girl, the show achieves a certain degree of universality — in the North American context — inviting theatergoers to connect with the comedy wherever they can, if not with the work as a whole. Under the direction of Tim Tavcar, the LNT actors play the dating/mating game with gusto. When dating is going very well, it’s a giddy contact sport — a pillow fight with romantic destiny. When it’s not going well, it can sow doubt, sorrow and bitterness — all at once. To shift these emotional gears rapidly is the challenge confronting any cast of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, and it’s made all the more difficult by the fact that only four actors play dozens of parts. The LNT cast is eminently up to this feat, demonstrating the single most important prerequisite: energy. Talent appears uniformly spread among the troupe of two women, Taryn Noelle and Natalie Miller, and two men, Michael Karraker and Shawn Sturdevant. They’re all solid, if not superb, singers, and their keen comic timing gives the show panache. The sketch “Men Who Talk and the Women Who Pretend They’re Listening” stands out for its especially sharp skewering of male self-aggrandizement on dates. The bit segues nicely into two funny song variations on this theme — Noelle and Miller’s “Single Man Drought” and their male counterparts’ “Why? ’Cause I’m a Guy.” Tavcar’s players quickly conjure a respectable measure of chemistry with each other, even as they speed through the revolving door of romantic encounters that defines the play. As a lampoon of modern love, I Love You may not strive for great emotional depth, but it requires considerable acting range to embody characters all along the romantic spectrum, including children, parents and senior citizens. Noelle and Sturdevant demonstrate that in one of the show’s few genuinely contemplative moments, which also happens to be its most original take on dating. In “Funerals Are for Dating,” the two actors play funeral guests — a

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bread, which is unique to Sherpa Kitchen; Sherpa says the shape is her own invention. Composed of upwardfacing petals, it looks like a cross between a lotus flower and a sea urchin. It’s a fun eat not just for the texture but for the mild flavor that recalls the crust of a Chinese pork bun. Our server’s English was limited, but she apologized for the fewer-thannormal buffet offerings and offered everyone in my party free dessert, though we had made no complaints. It was a surprising and greatly appreciated gesture. Half my gang of friends ordered the kulfi, which serves as an ice cream equivalent on the Indian subcontinent and beyond. The dessert is always densely creamy, almost resembling cheese; in my experience, it’s usually flavored with pistachio or mango. Sherpa Kitchen’s version was perhaps even sturdier than usual, like a frozen brick that seemed almost impervious to melting, and its flavoring was limited to a topping of crumbled pistachios. Though not the best version of the dessert I’ve had, it was pleasant enough for everyone to finish. By contrast, the bhatsa makhu was one of the best desserts I’d eaten all year. A bubbling broth of creamy caramel sauce was topped with a liberal shower of cardamom. That on its own was delicious, but quartered pieces of cheese dumplings made the hot dish truly memorable. The chewy dough was filled with equally bouncy cheese that I’m guessing was paneer, and the cream-on-cream combination of sauce and cheese was a startling success. Once I was done, I was ready for another bowl.

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Luckily, it wasn’t long before I was back at Sherpa Kitchen for the aforementioned lunch takeout. I passed up the $8.99 special, which offered a somewhat limiting choice of drink, appetizer and entrée, in favor of filling my three smile-bedecked cartons with a variety of dishes that showcased both Sherpa’s specialties and the fusion that is Himalayan cuisine. The most disarming dish was a salad of baby spinach and equal numbers of beautifully roasted red beets and fresh mozzarella balls, all tossed in salty, herbaceous parsley vinaigrette. The salad is Sherpa’s own quirky invention — with, she admits, no basis in her homeland’s cuisine — but it’s delicious. While the salad transported me closer to the Italian Alps than to Mount Everest, the chicken “chili” was a side trip to China. The lustily seasoned cubes of chicken that I’d first encountered dried out on the buffet were now fried so they were crisped on the outside and juicy within. A slightly gooey red sauce dressed them, along with peppers and onions, in a sweet fire that blended well with the cinnamon in the chicken’s coating. The Sherpa lo mein was my first chance to try the restaurant’s homemade noodles. They were extremely uniform, lacking the chew and uneven sizes and shapes I expect from Himalayan hand-pulled noodles. Still, I enjoyed the dish, with its mix of carrots, cabbage, caramelized onions and fresh cilantro. The vegetables would have been the perfect vessel to soak up the soy and ginger sauce had it been evenly distributed; as it was, I could go several bites without tasting any sauce. Things improved when I reheated the leftovers a day later. Perhaps Sherpa lo mein is like soup — better the next day. When I headed to Sherpa Kitchen for dinner, momos were on my mind. Our

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server warned me that the wait for the dumplings would be at least 15 minutes, so I told her to bring food out as it was ready. The momos emerged in about 15 minutes, as advertised, but it would be another half hour before we saw our other dishes. Plenty of seats were occupied, but not enough to qualify the hour as a rush, so inexperience and understaffing seemed the likeliest reasons for the slow service. The momos, however, justified the wait. The thick, slippery dough held coarsely ground beef and soft chunks of onion. Unlike the ginger-, garlic- and cilantro-flavored dumplings I’ve had in the past, these momos had a kick. Perhaps because Sherpa Kitchen’s owners are Nepalese, not Tibetan, their momos feature cumin and chile, making them taste like an Indian fusion take on the dish. A small, square cup of tomato sauce at the center of the plate was attractive, but its subtle flavors disappeared in the wake of the dumplings’ seasoned filling. Each plate holds 12 medium-size dumplings — which is good, because

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local as we can,” says Doug Mack. The store is currently open Wednesday through Sunday, but Doug Mack says he hopes to serve seven days a week yearround. A new, larger-scale ice cream maker arriving this week will make it easier for the family to stock up and avoid selling out. Soon, Mack says, customers will also be able to grab pints to take home. The demand is there, says his daughter. “I’ve had families [who] come in almost every day,” Martha Mack adds. “You can taste as many flavors as you like, and the kids like to take the opportunity to try everything.” We bet it’s not just the kids.

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tasted like masala sauce. The creamy tomato purée was every bit as bright, creamy and redolent of ginger and garam masala as one could hope. This time, there was no call for excuses or national comparisons: Sherpa Kitchen’s Nepali owners had reproduced the tastes I

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remember from a childhood obsessed with Indian food. Their tikka masala may well be the best Indian dish served in Burlington. Spicy, mustard-laden pickled carrots and daikon filled out the thali, along with a bowl of kheer, or rice pudding, which was thick with strong notes of cardamom and lemon. To finish off my Sherpa experience,

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you won’t want to stop eating them. However, it would be nice to be able to order them in smaller portions so as to leave more room for dinner. An appetite is especially handy when you order the $19 nonvegetarian thali, as I did. The presentation resembled a feast at a fine Indian restaurant: A large silver tray held a cavalcade of stews, pickles and sauces, all presented in delicate, hammered-metal bowls. A mound of rice topped with fresh green peas was large enough to share and to spoon onto individual plates as a base for the stews. The seemingly unseasoned dal was back — inoffensive, but disappointing compared with versions of the dish I’ve had at Indian eateries and from other Himalayan cooks. On the flip side, I preferred Sherpa Kitchen’s crispy, comparatively mild chickpea crackers to the sometimes too aggressively seasoned Indian ones. Mild lamb curry was slow cooked in dark gravy. The lamb could have used another hour in the pot — a couple of pieces remained too tough to chew easily. The chicken tikka masala was far more impressive. The crispy chunks of chicken I had encountered at two previous meals were as delicious as ever and at their most moist. The masala sauce

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t’s not quite noon, but most of us in the crowd are already sipping beer as we watch Fred Cormier lope onto the stage, ponytail flopping against his back. The lanky brewer smiles as he accepts a gold medal for a beer called Greg, a luscious, spicy stout created at his Québec brewpub Hopfenstark. The tippling starts early at the annual Mondial de la Bière in Montréal. After all, there are 637 beers to sample. Of those, only a dozen will pick up awards. Standing beside me, judge Pete Slosberg explains that the beers were judged blind, with no particular nod to style. “So you judge hedonistically,” notes Slosberg, who cocreated (and later sold) Pete’s Wicked Ale. “Of course, the judges’ biases get in the way,” he concedes. “Some like sweet, some like bitter.” What does Slosberg like? “I like flavors in balance, so that nothing dominates,” he says. The judges prefer beers with bold flavors, too, or so it appears from the list of winners — including two stouts, a wheat doppelbock full of dark fruit and spice, and a honey ginger tripel ale. Inside the Place Bonaventure, tracking them down among the 170 or so pubs is daunting. Mondial, now in its 19th year, turns this concrete hall into a cacophonous miniature city for five days; a settlement of mini-pubs dispensing some of the most exquisite and unusual beers in the world. The encyclopedic list of brews is itself intimidating. So is the crowd: Some 95,000 people will wander through this hall over the next few days, most with a glass mug dangling from one hand. While many serious beer lovers commit a weekend or more to savoring as much as they can, I have just five hours and little idea where to start. Fortunately, I’ve driven up with Steve Polewacyk of Vermont Pub & Brewery, who promptly scores a list of the award-winning beers and shares it with me. Polewacyk receives a warm welcome wherever he wanders: His good friend and former business partner — Greg Noonan, who passed away in 2009 — is legendary in the craftbrewing world. Noonan’s presence looms large here; Hopfenstark’s Greg is named for him, as are Mondial’s award certificates, each of which is called an MBiere Greg Noonan Award.

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Honoring Noonan in this way was a given for Jeannine Marois, who cofounded Mondial in 1994 and is now its president. Sitting in a plastic chair on the VIP terrace, Marois explains how she was running a graphics and communications firm two decades ago when a pair of clients asked her to study the potential success of a beer festival. After some market research,

she thought it could be a go. “‘So you say it would be good,’” she recalls the clients saying. “‘So want to start it with us?’ I said, ‘Why not?’” Each of the trio kicked in $15,000 for the first event, which took place in Montréal’s Place des Arts over four hot, sunny days. “There were 10 microbreweries in Québec at the time,” says Marois, whose tousled blond bun suggests she’s

in perpetual motion. “Now, there are nearly a hundred.” Though Marois continued running her graphic arts firm until recently, Mondial caused her to turn 90 degrees in her professional life. “I fell in love with the concept, and with the people,” she says. And her taste has broadened from the lighter ales she drank in her youth. “My palate is a bit bigger than that now,” Marois quips. Mondial is bigger, too, with seven full-time employees and festivals in Strasbourg and Mulhouse in France, as well as in Montréal. The business is not all about carefree swilling — bringing alcohol into Québec can be a complex and daunting process, Marois says, and sometimes beer gets delayed on its way to the festival, or the province’s alcohol authorities ask to analyze its contents. Despite Mondial’s apparent success, Marois admits, “We really don’t make lots of money.” Still, in Place Bonaventure, as brewers greet each other with hugs and beer lovers stroll happily, it’s clear that Marois and her crew facilitate sheer joy — and not just among Mondial attendees. When I ask at the VIP bar, in terrible French, to try an Italian ale called Civale Mervisia, two older barkeeps collaborate to open it and laugh uproariously as the cork pops into the air. After talking with Marois, I decide to tackle more tasting and find the award winners. I head first to the Latin Petit Pub — where the focus is on beers from South America and Italy — to try the gold-medal-winning imperial stout. There, a Québecois economist named Guillaume Lamb doubles as a volunteer pourer. He decants the stout from Cervejaria Bodebrown, a Brazilian brewery. It’s flat, dark and powerful, almost like bourbon. (And, at 14.5 percent alcohol, it’s nearly as strong.) To concentrate solely on award winners, though, would mean missing much magic, such as Forest Bacurí, an Amazonian beer brewed with a fruit of the same name. Bacurí shares a family with mangosteens, and this beer is the color of diluted sunshine, refreshingly light — only 3 percent alcohol — and citrusy. It’s a welcome palate cleanser between the heavy-hitting stout and another Italian ale that tastes of pumpkin.

I sample an incredibly round saisonlike blond ale brewed by Le Cheval Blanc specifically for Mondial, with wisps of banana layered over zesty sour notes; then two dry ales from La Succursale, a newish Québec microbrewery; and a stunning summer ale from Boquébière, a new-to-me microbrewery in Sherbrooke. Mondial’s exhibitors are not just microbrewing cognoscenti, however. Nearly empty is the Coors Light booth, raised on a platform. Inside, a flatscreen television silently cycles Coors commercials, while a waterfall trickles in front of a tub filled with Coors Light T Glacé, a sort of lager-iced-tea hybrid. “Coors did 37 tests, and on the 37th try, they got it right!” enthuses the attendant. “It’s not like anything you’ve ever drunk out there.” Um, he’s right. The flash of the Coors booth is in distinct contrast to the homey, cozy Vermont tent, which is a nexus for visitors from the Green Mountain State. Here, a handwritten board lists beers from six Vermont breweries, including VP&B and Rock Art Brewery. With so little time and so many unfamiliar foreign beers to try, I don’t linger long to sample local favorites. Not surprisingly, the food stalls at Mondial are all about the beer, too. I savor a gamey kangaroo sausage from Expérience Kangourou less for its inherent flavors than for its ability to coax out the fruity notes of a Saison Tradition from Québec’s Brasseurs du Monde — which won its brewer, Dominic Charbonneau, a gold medal. Charbonneau is a wunderkind who began picking up awards almost as soon as he began brewing. Accepting yet another honor earlier that morning, he said, “I have beer in my blood.” I steal a sip of Rogue Ales’ Hazelnut Brown Nectar (another gold medalist) from Polewacyk, then head to the microbrasserie Dieu du Ciel!, where a few guys linger dreamily over their pints at the bar draped in black fabric. The pub’s platinum-medal-winning Scotch ale, Équinoxe du Printemps, isn’t

on hand, but other treasures await, such as the Herbe à Détourne, a hazy, orangetinged beer that brewer Stéphane Ostiguy brews with Citra hops. The man next to me is swooning over a dark, herbaceous beer named Umami; Ostiguy brews it with morel mushrooms, which he adds at the end of the boil. “We love morels, and I wanted to bring that taste into beer,” Ostiguy says. A dark beer has the body to support the morel notes, he adds. Its flavor resides somewhere between stout and forest floor. Ostiguy says Mondial is a “perfect occasion” to try beers from other provinces and countries, many of which can be hard to get in Québec. “Many of these are beers we don’t have access to,” he says. “The liquor board is run by bureaucrats.” Like almost everyone else, Ostiguy cites Noonan as an inspiration when he launched Dieu du Ciel! — one of the first microbreweries in Québec. “Greg is very dear to our hearts,” he says. Hopfenstark’s Fred Cormier also credits Noonan, not only as the inspiration for his award-winning beer but for trying new styles. “He was the guy who created the black IPA,” says Cormier. “Greg is still a big part of the beer industry.” As for his own approach, Cormier says it can be both languorous — “I take my time and let the beer say when it is ready” — and uncannily anticipatory of coming trends. “I’ve always done styles of beer that others aren’t doing, like saisons. I’m not making beer for money,” he adds. “I’m making beer for myself.” What’s next for Cormier? “Lowgravity beers,” he says without hesitation, referring to beer with low alcohol content. Greg, however, is no such beer; at 7 percent alcohol, it’s robust and cocoalike. I take only a sip or two before gathering my things to leave. Driving home, I’m already counting the days until Québec’s great outdoor beer festival, La Fête Bières et Saveurs in Chambly, coming up in September. m

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

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CO-OP SOLAR INFO SESSION: Eco-friendly folks learn about a solar hot-water program and sign up for free solar-site assessments of their home or business. City Market, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 860-4090.

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LISTENING SESSIONS ON HEALTH CARE REFORM BENEFITS: Participants offer input on potential benefit designs for Green Mountain Care, Vermont’s proposed single-payer health care system. Bennington Firehouse, 6-8 p.m. Info, 828-2316. U.S. ARMY RECRUITERS: Patriots learn about military life and serving their country. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-6393.

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HOWARDCENTER DIVERSITY FAIR: Neighbors celebrate the many cultures within our community through international entertainment, food and crafts. McClure Gymnasium, Burlington, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 488-6962.

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‘9/11: EXPLOSIVE EVIDENCE — EXPERTS SPEAK OUT’: Director and architect Richard Gage introduces his powerful new documentary, in which 50 whistleblowing experts present evidence of controlled demolition of the World Trade Center. Billings-Ira Allen Lecture Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, 333-4345, timothy.price@ valley.net. ‘BEAUTY AND THE BEAST’: An angry beast turns out to be human at heart in Jean Cocteau’s 1946 French fantasy film. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com.

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BARRE FARMERS MARKET: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods in the center of the town. Barre City Hall Park, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, barrefarmersmarket@gmail.com. CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: Baked items, preserves, meats and eggs sustain shoppers in search of local goods. St. Rose of Lima Church, South Hero, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 372- 3291. GLOBAL STREET FOOD: Demo coordinator Gerda Lederer serves up hand-size bites that take eaters around the world. On the menu: Mexican corn on the cob, samosas, Korean barbecued beef, Mediterranean flatbread, banana fritters and more. Healthy Living Market and Café, South Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. SUN TO CHEESE TOURS: Fromage fans take a behind-the-scenes look at dairy farming and cheese making as they observe raw milk turning into farmhouse cheddar. Shelburne Farms, 2-4 p.m. $15 includes a block of cheese. Info, 985-8686. WILLISTON FARMERS MARKET: Shoppers seek prepared foods and unadorned produce at a weekly open-air affair. Town Green, Williston, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 735-3860, info@willistonfarmersmarket.com.

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JOHN JASPERSE COMPANY Thursday, June 14, through Friday, June 15, 7:30 p.m., at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $21-25; not recommended for children. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org

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It’s a bird... It’s a plane... No, it’s the 33rd annual Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft and Music Festival. Twenty massive orbs defy gravity at this sky-high bash, and festivalgoers can ensure a view from the top by purchasing a spot in the basket. (There are tethered rides for the timid, too.) Don’t care to go up? Activities on the ground will lift your spirits just the same — there’s nonstop music, physical comedy, disc-catching dogs, a beer and wine garden, and a craft fair featuring more than 60 vendors. Friday evening’s Balloon Glow guarantees a bright start.

QUECHEE HOT AIR BALLOON CRAFT & MUSIC FESTIVAL Friday, June 15, 3 p.m.; Saturday, June 16, and Sunday, June 17, 8:30 a.m., at the Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm. $5-12 general admission (free for kids under 6); $230 balloon ride; $15-20 tethered balloon ride. Info, 2957900. quecheeballoonfestival.com

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If John Jasperse’s Fort Blossom (revisited) were performed in seedy nightclubs, one can imagine taglines touting “Live nude men!” The experimental New York City choreographer’s bold work does inspire a good bit of ogling — a pair of male dancers crouch, crawl and hoist each other around in nothing but their birthday suits — but this striking, avant-garde dance has brains and brawn. Juxtaposing clothed females with starknaked males, this piece of opposites challenges viewers to consider the human body from the standpoint of both owners and voyeurs — and dares them not to look away.

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OPEN ROTA MEETING: Neighbors keep tabs on the gallery’s latest happenings. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. Free. Info, 518-314-9872. SHELBURNE ROAD CORRIDOR STUDY PUBLIC MEETING: A presentation and discussion focus on the draft findings of a detailed transportation study of this main thoroughfare. South Burlington City Offices, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-1794. TROPICAL STORM IRENE STORY CIRCLE: Storm survivors share their experiences and help create an oral history for their town. Moore Free Library, Newfane, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 251-5631.

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ichael Franti is like a harbinger of the season — wherever he goes, summer follows. While the musician’s been known to dabble in everything from punk to rap to hip-hop, the songs on his latest album — aptly named The Sound of Sunshine — are buoyant and spiritually affirming. As American Songwriter put it, “He hones his upbeat, reggae-tinged jamband songs to a particularly gleaming state, making peers like Jack Johnson and Xavier Rudd seem like mopey goths in comparison.” So “Say Hey (I Love You)” when he sets up stage at the Champlain Valley Expo with his band Spearhead in tow. Saints of Valory open.

MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD Friday, June 15, 7 p.m., at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. $38-41; free for children 12 and under. Info, 652-0777. highergroundmusic.com

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Saturday, June 16, and Sunday, June 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Tunbridge Fairgrounds. $5-10, good for both days; free for ages 5 and under; half price for visitors in period dress; $20 family pass. Info, 479-8500. vermonthistory.org/expo

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CranioSacral Therapy, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 578-9451. Marna’s Weekly Guided Meditation: Universal energies help seekers of enlightenment find peace, bliss and joy. Rainbow Institute, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $11. Info, 238-7908. Vaccines: Safe & Effective? Part 2: Classical homeopath Charlotte Gilruth shares the rarely publicized risks of vaccines, along with alternative ways to build immunity, after a screening of Shoot ‘Em Up: The Truth About Vaccines. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-7; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.coop.

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Chess Club: King defenders practice castling and various opening gambits with volunteer Robert Nichols. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. Children’s Summer Music Series: Burlington duo Robert & Gigi inspire singalongs suitable for youngsters. Center Court, University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. Montgomery Story Hour: Good listeners are rewarded with an earful of tales and a mouthful of snacks. Montgomery Town Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Pajama Story Time: Evening tales send kiddos off to bed. Berkshire Elementary School, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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

Green Mountain Opera Festival Broadway Picnic: Broadway show tunes and light opera favorites enliven the gardens. Round Barn Farm, Waitsfield, 6 p.m. $15; free for kids under 13. Info, 496-7722. Valley Night: Joe Redding graces the lounge with folk-country. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 496-8994.

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Summer Solstice Herb Walk: Anne Reed guides an evening walk along nature trails, pointing out edible plants along the way. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com.

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Jeremy Ben-Ami: The president and founder of J Street, a pro-Israel advocacy group, discusses his book A New Voice for Israel: Fighting for the Survival of the Jewish Nation. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0218. Readings in the Gallery: Nationally recognized poets Sara London and Joan Aleshire voice their literary expressions before a reception and book signing. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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John Jasperse Company: In Fort Blossom (revisited), a New York choreographer explores dramatic juxtapositions of the human body. Full nudity is involved. See calendar spotlight. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $21-25; not recommended for children. Info, 863-5966.

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Feminine Spirit of the Living Earth: A women’s learning group embarks on a metaphysical exploration through meditation and oneness. Rainbow Institute, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Donations accepted; call ahead. Info, 671-4569. ‘Lois McClure’ 1812 Tour: Commemorating the War, Celebrating the Peace: Land lubbers board Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s 88-footlong schooner, which drops anchor before journeying westward for four months. Little Cove Marina, Grand Isle, noon-6 p.m. Free. Info, 475-2022.

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The Metropolitan Opera Summer Encore: Anna Netrebko stars as a queen driven mad in a broadcast of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, 748-2600.

Mountain Bike Ride: Onion River Sports staff bring intermediate to advanced riders to different area trails each week. Carpooling is an option; call ahead for details. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5 p.m. Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under 18 need

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Sienna Craig: Recounting years spent living in Nepal, the anthropologist speaks on “Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage Through the Himalayas.” Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

Community Herb Class: Gardens of Seven Gables’ Joann Darling shares simple hair-care recipes for luxuriously healthy locks. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; additional $6 materials fee; preregister. Info, 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter. org. Spend Smart: Those who struggle to save learn savvy skills for managing money. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 114.

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signed parental permission; helmets required. Info, 229-9409. Wednesday Night World Championships: Fast riders vie for bragging rights in town-line sprints. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under 18 need signed parental permission; helmets required. Info, 229-9409.

1995 interview with the Apple cofounder, which sheds light on the burning passion that would later bring us the iMac, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 748-2600.

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Beating the Sugar Blues: Got a sweet tooth? Learn about alternative herbal sweeteners and sugars for healthier living. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@ hungermountain.coop. Fletcher Allen Farmers Market: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. McClure Entrance, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 847-0797, tanya.mcdonald@vtmednet.org. Hinesburg Lions Farmers Market: Growers sell bunched greens, herbs and fruit among vendors of fresh-baked pies, honeycomb, artisan breads and marmalade. United Church of Hinesburg, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 482-3904 or 482-2651. Jericho Farmers Market: Passersby graze through locally grown veggies, pasture-raised meats, area wines and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, jerichofarmersmarket@gmail.com. New North End Farmers Market: Eaters stroll through an array of offerings, from sweet treats to farm-grown goods. Elks Lodge, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-8072, newnorthendmarket@hotmail.com. Peacham Farmers Market: Seasonal berries and produce mingle with homemade crafts and baked goods from the village. Academy Green, Peacham, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3161. Waterbury Farmers Market: Cultivators and their customers swap veggie tales and edible inspirations at a weekly outdoor emporium. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 522-5965, info@waterburyfarmersmarket.com.

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

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Lunch & Learn: How to Live With Greater Vitality: Speaker Stephen Brandon considers how nutrition and stressrelief exercises can help restore physical health. Healthy Living Market and Café, South Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. Meditation 101: Folks enlighten up as Martha Tack focuses on the stress-relief benefits of this calming practice. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

La The Frendly Gathering: A ke Ch crew of professional snowboardam pl a in M ers — who live by the motto “There ariti m e M us eu m is no I in frends” — founded this festival of music, camping and camaraderie. Performers kids include Deer Tick, the Felice Brothers, Railroad Early-Literacy Story Time: Weekly themes Earth and Dr. Dog. Timber Ridge Lodge, educate preschoolers and younger children on Windham, 11 a.m. $124.95 for three-day pass. basic reading concepts. Westford Public Library, Info, 760-633-4200. 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639, westford_pl@vals. state.vt.us. film Kids in the Kitchen: Forget Hot Pockets. Kids ‘Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview’: Paul Sen’s stuff homemade calzones with cheese, herbs, 2011 documentary presents Robert X. Cringely’s

sauce, veggies and meat. Healthy Living Market and Café, South Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 per adult/child pair; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. Music With Raphael: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves to traditional and original folk music. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Burlington Concert Band Rehearsal: Community players practice pop, light classical and Broadway favorites for the summer season. Music Room, Winooski High School, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 598-1830. City Hall Park Lunchtime Performances: Bob Wagner and Brett Lanier let loose soulful originals and inventive takes on American classics by the fountain. Burlington City Hall Park, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. Green Mountain Opera Festival Master Class: Soprano Mary Dunleavy presides over a practice session. Valley House, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 2-5 p.m. Free. Info, 496-7722. Open Mic: High school rock band Dionysus perform after an open stage session. Old Lantern, Charlotte, 6 p.m. Cash bar and à la carte menu; nonperishable food donations accepted for the local food shelf. Info, 425-3739. Snow Farm Vineyard Concert Series: Picnickers take in live classical, jazz, swing, bluegrass and classic rock by the grapevines every Thursday evening. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, grounds open, 5 p.m.; concert, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 372-9463. ‘Thaïs’: The Opera Company of Middlebury presents Massenet’s opera of redemption and passion. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Preperformance talk at Memorial Baptist Church one hour prior to show. $45-50. Info, 382-9222. Village Harmony: College-age singers offer South African songs and dances, village music from the Balkans and Ukraine, contemporary shape-note songs, and Renaissance motets. Congregational Church, Norwich, 7:30 p.m. $510 suggested donation. Info, 333-3531.

seminars

AARP Safe Driver Course: Motor vehicle operators ages 50 and up take a quick trip to the classroom — with no tests and no grades! — for a how-to refresher. Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 10 a.m. $12-14; preregister. Info, 863-3982. Keys to Credit: A class clears up the confusing world of credit. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 10 a.m.noon. & 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 114. Master Your Credit Rating: Folks learn how to improve their credit scores, which could affect job, loan or apartment searches. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790.

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Thursday Night Nationals: Bikers set the pace for a weekly ride along ever-changing routes. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under 18 need signed parental permission; helmets required. Info, 229-9409.

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Courageous Conversations: Panelists and members of the audience consider the farranging implications of poverty, including how it relates to the Northeast Kingdom. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now chaNge’: Lost Nation Theater’s cast of four portrays the many stages of love in an energetic musical comedy. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492.

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aN eveNINg of Letters wIth Mark utter: Seven Days columnist Jernigan Pontiac reads a heartfelt story before Utter — a Vermonter with autism — types his thoughts on the reading via facilitated communication. Proceeds support Utter’s film I Am in Here. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 655-4606. Book DIscussIoN serIes: earth toNes: Thomas Berry’s The Great Work explores how to live in harmony with nature. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. oPeN stage/PoetrY NIght: Readers, writers, singers and ranters pipe up in a constructive and positive environment. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-3149872, rotagallery@gmail.com. sarah heaLY: The Williston author of Can I Get an Amen? reads from her debut novel. Listeners get free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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‘MooNstruck’: Cher stars as a widow about to remarry who realizes she harbors affection for her would-be groom’s younger brother (Nicholas Cage) in Norman Jewison’s 1987 comedy. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. ‘wretches & JaBBerers’: Gerardine Wurzburg’s 2011 documentary follows Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, two autistic men trying to change attitudes about disability. They participate in a postscreening Q&A. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 6:30 p.m. $6-10. Info, 775-0903.

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BeLLows faLLs farMers Market: Music enlivens a fresh-food marketplace with produce, meats, crafts and ever-changing weekly workshops. Waypoint Center, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 463-2018. cheLsea farMers Market: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with eggs, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 6859987, chelseacommunitymarket@gmail.com. DINNer hoNorINg seN. PatrIck & MarceLLe LeahY: The signature event of the Vermont Council of World Affairs’ 60th-anniversary season honors the couple’s commitment to peace, justice and a sustainable future in Vermont and around the globe. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, reception, 6 p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m. $100; preregister. Info, 861-2343. dance fIve corNers farMers Market: From natuBaLLrooM LessoN & DaNce socIaL: Singles ral meats to breads and wines, farmers share and couples of all levels of experience take the bounty of the growing season at an opena twirl. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, lesson, air exchange. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 7-8 p.m.; open dancing, 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 5cornersfarmersmar862-2269. ket@gmail.com. JohN JasPerse coMPaNY: See THU.14, 7:30 harDwIck farMers Market: A burgeoning p.m. culinary community celebrates local ag with fresh produce and handcrafted goods. Granite environment Street, Hardwick, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 533co-oP soLar INfo Booth: See WED.13, part of 2337, hardwickfarmersmarket@gmail.com. the Five Corners Farmers Market. Lincoln Place, LuDLow farMers Market: Merchants divide Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. a wealth of locally farmed products, artisanal eats and unique crafts. Okemo Mountain etc. School, Ludlow, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 734-3829, INtervaLe ceNter tours: Walkers wise lfmkt@tds.net. up on the rich agricultural history that made LYNDoN farMers Market: More than 20 today’s thriving community foods system vendors proffer a rotation of fresh veggies, possible. Intervale Center, Burlington, 10-11 meats, cheeses and more. Bandstand Park, a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 660-0440, ext. 113, Lyndonville, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, lyndonfarmersjarred@intervale.org. market@gmail.com. wILD horse & Burro aDoPtIoN: PharMa fooDIe: Participants The Bureau of Land Management learn about health-boosting offers stallions and some buringredients that provide ros to qualified adopters in vital nutrients to pregnant order to control herd women and babies in sizes in the wild. the womb. On the The animals can menu: seared wild be previewed on king salmon with Friday. Vermont State basil-scented avocadoFair Grounds, Rutland, mango relish and 2-7 p.m. Free. Info, more. Healthy Living 866-468-7826. Market and Café, South Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. fairs & $20; preregister. Info, festivals 863-2569, ext. 1. Quechee hot aIr TM rIchMoND farMers EN BaLLooN craft & MusIc TO NT Market: An open-air emFI festIvaL: Up, up and away! ME NT E G E RI porium connects farmers and A NA OR B Hitch an inflatable ride, then hear UREAU OF LAND M fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, music, play games and visit more than Richmond, 3:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-620-3713, 60 craft vendors. See calendar spotlight. The rfmmanager@gmail.com. Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm, 3 p.m. $5-12 strawBerrY JaM: Burlington’s Robin Berger general admission (free for kids under 6); $230 shares a method for making the sweet and balloon ride; $15-20 tethered balloon ride. Info, sticky spread without using commercial pectin. 295-7900. Sustainability Academy, Lawrence Barnes the freNDLY gatherINg: See THU.14, 11 a.m.

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Avoid FAlls With improved stAbility: A personal trainer demonstrates daily practices for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10 a.m. $5. Info, 658-7477. OF tAi Chi For Arthritis: SC RA GM AmeriCorps members from OU NTA the Champlain Valley Agency IN MU SIC on Aging lead gentle, controlled movements that can help alleviate stress, tension and joint pain. Winooski Senior Center, 10-11 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 865-0360.

Compass Music and Arts Foundation. Brandon Music, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 465-4071. sCrAg mountAin musiC: the mAdrigAl proJeCt: Evan Premo, Mary Bonhag, Erin Lesser, Greg Beyer and Jacqui Kerrod offer a multimedia concert featuring the music of George Crumb and poetry of Federico García Lorca. Old Town Hall, Brookfield, 8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 734-904-7656. ‘thAïs’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

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the 2012 deAth rACe: An insane endurance race challenges even the most adventuresome with 24 to 48 hours of mud runs and physical obstacles. Amee Farm, Pittsfield, noon. Various prices. Info, 989-3982.

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broWn bAg series: Amanda HanawayCorrente of the Transportation Research Center hosts a panel discussion about “Vermont’s Infrastructure Report Card.” Decision Theater, Farrell Hall, UVM, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3946.

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‘i love you, you’re perFeCt, noW ChAnge’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

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meet the Authors: Gretchen Gross and Patricia Livingston, coauthors of But Dad!: A Survival Guide for Single Fathers of Tween and Teen Daughters, offer practical advice for those difficult years. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

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oCCupy CentrAl vermont generAl Assembly: Citizen activists incite the change they want to see in the world. Visit occupycentralvt.org for location. Various locations, Montpelier, 3-5 p.m. Free.

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Saturday Art Sampler: Doodle like a pro after this playful and informative lesson on drawing. Davis Studio Gallery, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $24. Info, 425-2700.

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Really, Really Free Market: Community members provide an alternative to commercialized shopping at a swap of clothing, food, books, haircuts, palm readings and more. Trinity Park, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 518563-0494, rotagallery@gmail.com.

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Capital City Contra Dance: Folks in softsoled shoes practice their stepping to calling by Ed Hall and tunes by Atlantic Crossing. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 744-6163.

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goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5821. Norwich Farmers Market: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land, not to mention baked goods, handmade crafts and local entertainment. Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447, manager@norwichfarmersmarket.org. 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. Shelburne Farmers Market: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties grace outdoor tables at a presentation of the season’s best. Shelburne Parade Ground, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2472, shelburnefarmersmarket@sbpavt.org. Waitsfield Farmers Market: Local entertainment enlivens a bustling open-air market, boasting extensive farm-fresh produce, prepared foods and artisan crafts. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027.

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Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 518-293-7613. Rattling Brook Bluegrass Festival: Legendary bluegrass musicians such as Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondi Klein headline this outdoor family festival in its 29th year. Ball Field, Belvidere, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. $15; free for kids under 12. Info, 644-2498, rattlingbrookbluegrass@ yahoo.com. Scrag Mountain Music: The Madrigal Project: See FRI.15, Unitarian Church, Montpelier. ‘Thaïs’: See THU.14, 8 p.m.

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Guided Hike: People and their pups power along on a walk with recreation manager Matt Hesser. Stowe Mountain Lodge, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-253-4754.

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AARP Safe Driver Course: See THU.14, Winooski Senior Center, 8:30 a.m. Info, 655-6425. Open Media Workshop: Professional or novice film editors learn about various programs for mixing and enhancing all of their video assets into a single project. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Access Orientation: Video-production hounds get an overview of the facilities, policies and procedures. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

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Oneness Meditation: Spiritual energies are awakened and transferred through a oneness mediator in a transformative experience. First Congregational Church, Burlington, 9:45-11:30 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 318-5329. Relax & De-Stress With Food & Massage: Greenheart Massage’s Sarah Shapiro and Harmonized Cookery’s Lisa Mase reveal the links between the nervous and digestive systems in a workshop of massage and food tasting. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 1-2:30 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.coop.

Introductory Bicycle Ride for New Riders: Cyclists-in-training set a leisurely pace after learning the rules of the road. Dorset Park, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free; helmets required. Info, 399-2352. Run for Empowerment: Legs make long strides at the annual 10K run, 5K walk/run and 1K fun run supporting Women Helping Battered Women. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 9 a.m. Donations accepted; fundraising encouraged. Info, 658-3131.

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‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’: See THU.14, 8 p.m. The Solo Workshop: ‘Magnetic Personalities’: Five musician/composers stretch the boundaries of performance in works of live music incorporating storytelling, puppetry, video, movement and more. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $14-18. Info, 863-5966.

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Alison Bechdel: The author of Are You My Mother? excerpts and discusses passages of the hilarious and moving memoir. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966.

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‘Beauty and the Beast Jr.’: Green Mountain Performing Arts musical-theater students ages 7 to 14 stage the “tale as old as time” about a prince hairier than most. Proceeds support the Taber Merchant Memorial Scholarship Fund. Harwood Union High School, South Duxbury, 1 p.m. $8. Info, scott@greenmountainperformingarts.org. Story Walk: Bookworms read a story along a trail to Lone Tree Hill. Shelburne Farms, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Regular admission, $5-8; free for kids, members and Shelburne residents. Info, 985-8686.

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Pocock Rocks!: Bristol marks its 250th anniversary with a music festival and street fair, including food and brews, old-time games, and craft fair. Various locations, Bristol, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7951.

Brew-Grass Festival: of More than 20 regional Je ff Ra craft brewers tap their ps is latest libations as Waylon Speed, the Grift and the Gulch offer buzzing, bluegrass-inspired sounds. Lincoln Peak Village, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 3-8 p.m. $25-35 includes 10 sample tickets; for ages 21 and up with valid ID; $5-10 nondrinker ticket. Info, 800-53-SUGAR. Bristol Farmers Market: Weekly music and kids activities add to the edible wares of local food and craft vendors. Town Green, Bristol, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 453-6796, bristolfarmersmarket@gmail.com. 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: Fresh produce, pasteurized milk, kombucha, artisan cheeses, local meats and more lure local buyers throughout the growing season. Live music and demos accent each week’s offerings. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 2232958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket. com. Champlain Islands Farmers Market: Baked items, preserves, meats and eggs sustain shoppers in search of local goods. St. Joseph Church Hall, Grand Isle, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 372- 3291. Coffee Cupping & Book Signing: Rick Peyser and Bill Mares sign copies of their book Brewing Change: Behind the Bean at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Folks also screen After the Harvest in conjunction with a Food 4 Farmers coffee-tasting demonstration. Maglianero Café, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 860-833-1242. Mount Tom Farmers Market: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Parking lot, Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 763-2070, foxxfarm@aol.com. Northwest Farmers Market: Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned sy

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Bread and Puppet Museum Open House: Live folk music and fresh-baked sourdough rye accompany politically fueled rt es performances. Bread and yo fJ Puppet Theater, Glover, 2 ac kS u mb p.m. Donations accepted. Info, erg 525-3031. Bristol’s 250th Anniversary Celebration: Two and a half weeks of special events fête the town known as “The Gateway to the Green Mountains.” See bristolvt250.com for schedule. Various locations, Bristol, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Various prices. Info, 453-7378. Essex Summer Music Jam & Barbecue: The Ward Brothers, Nobby Reed and other local talent serenade listeners at a cookout benefiting Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Bring a side dish, dessert or snack to share. The Barn at Lang Farm, Essex Junction, 5-10 p.m. $20; cash bar. Info, 316-2180. Kite Fliers Meeting: Common interests soar as fans of tethered aircrafts meet like-minded peers. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-0030. ‘Lois McClure’ 1812 Tour: Commemorating the War, Celebrating the Peace: See THU.14, St. Albans Bay Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Preservation Burlington Historic Walking Tour: Walkers and gawkers see the Queen City through an architectural and historic perspective. Meet in front of Burlington City Hall, Church Street Marketplace, 11 a.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 522-8259. Wild Horse & Burro Adoption: See FRI.15, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

‘The Strong Man’: Jeff Rapsis provides live piano accompaniment to Frank Capra’s 1926 silent comedy, as well as several shorts starring Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, and others. Brandon Town Hall, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 603-236-9237. ur

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Rozalia Project: Marine Debris Cleanup: Volunteers pull on their gloves, pick up trash and collect data to further the understanding of water pollution in Vermont. Niquette Bay State Park, Colchester, 10 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 8593413, leclair.patty@ gmail.com.

Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft & Music Festival: See FRI.15, 8:30 a.m. The Frendly Gathering: See THU.14, 11 a.m. Vermont History Expo: Crafters, reenactors and preservationists join town historical societies from around the state to show their stuff at a two-day fair focused on “Vermont in the Civil War.” See calendar spotlight. Tunbridge Fairgrounds, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $5-10, good for both days; free for ages 5 and under; half-price for visitors in period dress; $20 family pass. Info, 479-8500.

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‘Lois McClure’ 1812 Tour: Commemorating the War, Celebrating the Peace: See SAT.16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Vermont Invitational Lumberjack Competition: Wood stands no chance in log-rolling, ax-throwing, chopping and chainsaw competitions. Burke Mountain Ski Resort, 11 a.m. $5; free for kids 8 and under. Info, 626-7300.

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Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft & Music Festival: See FRI.15, 8:30 a.m. Vermont History Expo: See SAT.16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Chicken Barbecue: Fire up the grill! The lunch crowd devours charred eats in support of the town’s fire station. Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department, noon. $5-10. Info, 349-9142. Floating Bridge Food & Farms Cooperative’s Market Day: The co-op’s first farmers market of the year features live music, a picnic, swimming in Sunset Lake and farm-fresh lunches. Old Town Hall, Brookfield, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 276-0787. Ice Cream Sundays: Who needs the ice cream man? Visitors churn their own flavors while learning about the scientific and historic aspects of the tradition. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355. Stowe Farmers Market: Preserves, produce and other provender attract fans of local food. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027 or 498-4734, info@stowevtfarmersmarket.com. The Pennywise Pantry: On a tour of the store, shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. City Market, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. Winooski Farmers Market: Area growers and bakers offer “more than just wild leeks.” On the green, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, winooskimarket@gmail.com.

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Meditation & Spiritual Tools for Intuitive Living, Soul Purpose & Spiritual Healing: Practitioners communicate with their higher selves through aura, chakra and energy activities. Rainbow Institute, Burlington, 11 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 671-4569. Preparation for Impact: Cameron Jersey leads a yoga class for all skill levels. Partial proceeds benefit the American Heart Association. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 518-314-9872. Qi-ercises: Jeff Cochran hosts a session of breathing-in-motion exercises. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10:30 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 518-314-9872.

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Community Father’s Day Breakfast: Pops are the tops at this morning meal sponsored by the ladies auxiliary. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. $3-6. Info, 878-0700.

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Sundays for Fledglings: Youngsters go avian crazy in hiking, acting, writing or exploring activities. Birds of Vermont Museum,

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An Afternoon of Jazz: Montréal musicians Taurey Butler and Mark Simon perform on piano and clarinet at a garden party including icecider and goat-cheese tastings. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, grounds open, 2-6 p.m.; concert, 3 p.m. $15-25; free for children; bring a blanket or lawn chair. Info, 928-3364, linda@ ilmpt.org. Scrag Mountain Music: The Madrigal Project: See FRI.15, Town Hall, Warren, 8 p.m. Sunday Jazz: The Soul of a Man perform modern-day rhythm-and-blues music. Brandon Music, 7 p.m. $10-18; $25 includes dinner. Info, 465-4071.

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Central Vermont Cycling Tour: Runners and riders support the Cross Vermont Trail Association’s statewide trail projects by traversing 14, 33 or 59 miles on scenic gravel roads. Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $25-45; $75 per family; $5 for buffet only; free for kids. Info, 498-0079, ext. 1. Jaunt From Jasper Mine Road: Helmet heads choose between a rolling 40-mile ride passing through Georgia, Milton and St. Albans Bay, or a 60-mile ride continuing to Swanton. Jasper Mine Road, Colchester, 9:15 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4070.

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‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’: See THU.14, 7 p.m.

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Blast From the Past Way better than ho-hum classroom history, the VERMONT HISTORY EXPO VERMONT HISTORY EXPO: Saturday connects kids to the past and Sunday, June 16 and 17, Tunbridge with hands-on fun. The Fairgrounds, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $20 weekend living-history demonstration family pass, $10 adult, $5 kid, free for children that takes over the Tunbridge under 5. Info, 479-8500. vermonthistory.org/ Fairgrounds includes a gaming index.php/history-expo.html area where youngsters can try old-fashioned stilt walking, cup and ball, and graces, a game played with dowel rods and a hoop. “Clara’s Games” are named for a 12-year-old Tinmouth resident who lived there more than 100 years ago. One hundred and fifty exhibits show off Vermont history with demonstrations in period costume, genealogical and archaeological explorations, heirloom animals, a history quest treasure hunt, and a parade on both Saturday and Sunday. Travel back in time at the Expo and you’ll find that some things haven’t changed — kids love to play, and sticks and balls make for endless entertainment.

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Early-Morning Bird Walk: A ramble through the woods rewards a.m. risers with glimpses of feathered chirpers ... and coffee. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 7-8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-2167, museum@birdsofvermont.org. Sapsucker Sunday Birding Series: Binoculars in hand, folks spy and ID warblers, thrushes and more in a variety of Northeast Kingdom habitats. Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, 7-9 a.m. $10; preregister. Info, 723-6551, ext. 115, events@northwoodscenter.org.

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DanceFest: Folks of all ages freestyle dance to hip-shaking, roof-raising music. No instruction and no partner needed. North End Studios, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $3. Info, 863-6713.

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Public Hearing: Community members hear the proposed amendments to chapter 45 of the town’s Unified Development Bylaw, which governs the calculation, payment and management of transportation impact fees. Meeting

Room, Town Hall, Williston, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-5121.

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‘American Violet’: Nicole Beharie stars as a woman wrongly accused of dealing drugs in Tim Disney’s 2008 drama. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

health & fitness

Aura-Clearing Clinic: Call to reserve a 15-minute energy-field-healing session. Golden Sun Healing Center, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 922-9090. Avoid Falls With Improved Stability: See FRI.15, 10 a.m. CHCB Welcome Home Week Celebration: Community members make a commitment to their health by attending a grand-opening ceremony on Monday, and returning for free blood-pressure screenings, sunrise yoga, stressreduction workshops, tai chi and more throughout the week. Community Health Center of Burlington, 10 a.m. Free; visit chcb.org/about/ grandopening for schedule. Info, 264-8190 or 264-8192, acalderara@chcb.org. Herbal Consultations: Folks explore the art of “green” health care at a personalized, confidential clinic with faculty and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism. City Market, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-9700, info@vtherbcenter.org.

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Face Painting: Kids who sign on for the summer-reading program receive a mask of colorful makeup. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Music With Raphael: See THU.14, 10:45 a.m. PlayTime Playgroup: Children under 6 with developmental delays or Down syndrome gather with peers, as well as visiting specialists from a variety of fields. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 310-1861. Shake Hands With the Mayor!: Miro Weinberger greets summer readers and encourages their literary leanings. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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Spanish Language Group: Hispanoparlantes share poems and short news items en español. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6-8 p.m. Info, 476-7550.

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Recorder-Playing Group: Musicians produce early folk, baroque and swing-jazz melodies. New and potential players welcome. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0030, info@prestomusic.net. Sambatucada! Open Rehearsal: New players are welcome to pitch in as Burlington’s Afro-Brazilian street percussion band sharpens its tunes. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017. The Champlain Echoes: New singers are invited to chime in on four-part harmonies with a women’s a cappella chorus at weekly open rehearsals. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 6:15-9:15 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0398. Village Harmony: See THU.14, United Church, Barton. Info, 426-3210.

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ORS Cyclocross Cruise: Riders rise and descend on a network of dirt roads. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under

18 need signed parental permission; helmets required. Info, 229-9409. Son of a Swim: Front crawlers make a splash in an informal two-, four- or six-mile open-water swim on Lake Memphremagog. Prouty Beach, Newport, 9 a.m. $100; additional $75 for kayak support; preregister. Info, 334-8511.

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Book DiScuSSion SerieS: making SenSe of the american civil war: America’s War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150th Anniversaries illuminates a pivotal moment in the history of the United States. Quechee Public Library, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 295-1232. marjorie caDy memorial writerS group: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through “homework” assignments, creative exercises and sharing. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpotter935@comcast.net. Shape & Share life StorieS: Prompts trigger true tales, which are crafted into compelling narratives and read aloud. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

children become strong readers. Sarah Partridge Community Library, East Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-7588. richforD playgroup: Rug rats let their hair down for tales and activities. Cornerstone Bridges to Life Community Center, Richford, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426, fgibbfdirectservice@gmail.com. Summer Story hour: Kids craft during tale time. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. try it at the liBrary: Kids entering grades 4 through 6 unleash their dramatic spirits by playing theater games with props from Town Hall Theater. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097.

pauSe-café: French speakers of all levels converse en français. Panera Bread, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

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how to apply horSe SenSe to leaD change: Certified equine guided educator Lucinda Newman explores human leadership and social dynamics by identifying parallels in horse communication. Horses and Pathfinders Center, Moretown, 5-6:30 p.m. $10; free for Hunger Mountain Co-op members; preregister. Info, 223-1903, lucinda@horsesandpathfinders. com.

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caStleton Summer concertS: The Will Patton Ensemble make a scene on the green. Old Chapel Green, Castleton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 468-1206. city hall park lunchtime performanceS: Mike Martello and Anthony Santor let loose polished jazz by the fountain. Burlington City Hall Park, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. milton community BanD rehearSalS: Concert-band musicians are invited to listen or join in as the ensemble tunes up for summer concerts. Band Room, Milton Elementary School, 7-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1398. SongwriterS ShowcaSe: Local crooners Karl Bissex, Kevin Macneil Brown, Brian Clark, Ben Koenig, Jessamine Levine, Erika Mitchell and Linda Young deliver original music and lyrics. Adamant Community Club, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 456-7054. village harmony: See THU.14, Unitarian Church, Montpelier. Info, 426-3210. waterBury community BanD: Through marches and concert-band selections, the local ensemble makes merry music out of doors. Waterbury Center Park, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 2232137, info@waterburycommunityband.org.

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‘NuNseNse’: Saint Michael’s Playhouse sets the stage for Dan Goggin’s hilarious and heavenly musical, in which the nuns must put on a talent show to cover funeral funds for dearly departed sisters. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. Call for price. Info, 654-2281.

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BerNd HeiNricH: In Life Everlasting, the internationally recognized scientist and author explores how the animal world deals with death. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774. JoHN KatzeNBacH: The former criminal court reporter discusses his newest thriller novel, What Comes Next. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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‘dream Big, read!’ stitcH-iN: Local members of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America make needlepoint bookmarks to celebrate the summer-reading theme. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-6955. maKe stuff!: See WED.13, 6-9 p.m.

ladies NigHt: Biker chicks — and those who want to learn to ride — bond over motorcycles, door prizes, presentations and food. Green Mountain Harley-Davidson, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4778. listeNiNg sessioNs oN HealtH care reform BeNefits: See WED.13, Hartford High School.

Barre farmers marKet: See WED.13, 3-6:30 p.m. cHamplaiN islaNds farmers marKet: See WED.13, 4-7 p.m. WillistoN farmers marKet: See WED.13, 4-7 p.m.

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valley NigHt: Folk By Association grace the lounge with mixed acoustic instrumentation. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 496-8994. village HarmoNy: See THU.14, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Rutland. Info, 773-1715.

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ediBle HerB WalK: Annie Reed educates folks on which woodland plants are safe to eat in a wander down the Old Schoolhouse Common nature trail. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com.

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Home-sHariNg orieNtatioN: Attendees learn more about the agency that matches elders and people with disabilities with others seeking affordable housing or caregiving opportunities. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, noon-12:30 p.m. & 5:30-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625, home@sover.net. speNd smart: See WED.13, 6-8 p.m.

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mouNtaiN BiKe ride: See WED.13, 5 p.m. WedNesday NigHt World cHampioNsHips: See WED.13, 5:30 p.m. WiNoosKi river soJourN: See TUE.19, 9 a.m.

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HeleNe laNg: A living-history presentation, “Dorothy Canfield Fisher: A Vermonter for the World,” sheds light on the writer’s life. Bennington Senior Center, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 442-1052.

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‘good people’: The Dorset Theatre Festival present’s David Lindsay-Abaire’s thoughtful drama on the “haves” and “have-nots.” Dorset Theatre, 8 p.m. $20-45. Info, 867-2223. metropolitaN opera summer eNcore: Juan Diego Flórez stars in a broadcast of Rossini’s comic opera Le Comte Ory. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, 748-2600. ‘NuNseNse’: See TUE.19, 8 p.m. ‘tHorougHly moderN millie’: Stowe Theatre Guild follows Kansas girl Millie as she enthusiastically sets out to see the world during the rip-roaring ’20s. Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8 p.m. $13-23. Info, 253-3961.

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ART & POTTERY IN MIDDLEBURY: Location: Middlebury Studio School, 1 Mill St., lower level, Middlebury. Info: Middlebury Studio School, Barbara Nelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org. Adult: Pottery: Wednesday night wheel classes, Tuesday morning hand-building classes; also, weeklong sessions of pottery, oils, watercolors, self-portraits, digital photography, drawing, basket making, pastels and egg tempera. Children: weeklong sessions of pottery on the wheel and hand building beginning in June; weeklong art camps July through August.

building TINY-HOUSE RAISING: Cost: $250/workshop. Location: Bakersfield, Northern Adirondaks, Lake Carmi. Info: Peter King, 9336103. A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a tiny house in Bakersfield, June 23-24, Northern Adirondaks, June 24-29 and Lake Carmi, July 14-15. Local housing available.

BCA offers dozens of weeklong summer art camps for ages 3-14 in downtown Burlington from June to August – the largest selection of art camps in the region! Choose full- or halfday camps – scholarships are available. See all the camps and details at burlingtoncityarts.com. CLAY: WHEEL THROWING: Jul. 12-Aug. 16, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $210/person, $189/ BCA member. Location: BCA Clay Studio, Burlington. Info: 865-7166. An introduction to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio. Work primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques, while creating functional pieces such as mugs, vases and bowls. No previous experience needed! Class includes over 30 hours per week of open studio time to practice. Ages 16+.

CLAY: WHEEL THROWING: Jul. 12-Aug. 16, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $210/person, $189/ BCA member. Location: BCA Clay Studio, Burlington. Info: 865-7166. An introduction to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio. Work primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques, while creating functional pieces such as mugs, vases and bowls. No previous experience needed! Class includes over 30 hours per week of open studio time to practice. Ages 16+. DROP IN: LIFE DRAWING FOR ADULTS: Jul. 9-Aug. 13, 6:308:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $8/session, $7/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Info: 865-7166. This drop-in class is open to all levels and facilitated by a BCA staff member and professional model. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary. Ages 16+. Purchase a drop-in card and get the sixth visit for free! PAINTING: LANDSCAPE: Jul. 10Aug. 14, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $160/person, $144/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Info: 865-7166. Transform a favorite landscape image into a realistic, multilayered oil painting that employs the classical Renaissance techniques of master painters. The core principles taught in this class will benefit any painting style, subject matter or discipline. Ages 16+. PHOTO: HANDMADE BOOKS: Jul. 19-Aug. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,

Weekly on Thu. Cost: $120/person, $108/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Info: 865-7166. Use your own photographs to create a personal and unique handmade book. Learn to sequence and edit images to make an accordion fold book. Course covers image collecting, sizing, printing and book making. No prior computer or bookmaking experience necessary. No experience necessary. PHOTO: INTRO FILM OR DIGITAL: Jul. 11-Aug. 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $145/ person, $130.50/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Info: 865-7166. Explore the basic workings of the manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera to learn how to take the photographs you envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds and exposure, and learn the basics of composition, lens choices and film types/sensitivity. No experience necessary. PRINT: INTRO TO PRINTMAKING: Jul. 9-Aug. 13, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $200/person, $180/BCA member. Location: BCA Print Studio, Burlington. Info: 865-7166. Learn a variety of printing techniques that can be used in combination to create unique prints. Explore and use a variety of layering techniques and have fun experimenting. Demonstrations on monotype, intaglio, lino printing and silk screening are included. Cost includes use of open studio hours for class work. Ages 16+.

PRINT: INTRO TO SILK SCREENING: Jul. 12-Aug. 16, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $200/person, $180/BCA member. Location: BCA Print Studio, Burlington. Info: 865-7166. Design and print T-shirts, posters, fine art and more! Learn a variety of techniques for transferring and printing images using handdrawn, photographic or borrowed imagery. Cost includes over 30 hours per week of open studio hours for class work. No experience necessary! Ages 16+.

camps SUMMER CAMP FOR YOUNG WRITERS AT THE WRITERS’ BARN W/ EMILY COPELAND: Session I: Jul. 11-13, 9 a.m.-noon (Wed.Fri.). Ages 10-12, $100, max. 10 students. Session II: Jul. 18-20, 9 am-noon (Wed.-Fri.). Ages 12-14, $100, max. 10 students. Location: Writers’ Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3091, lin@ windridgepublishing.com, windridgepublishing.com. Children are natural storytellers, and summer is the perfect time for relaxed reading, writing and storytelling. Each morning includes a variety of writing-based activities coupled with art projects and outdoor activities. Instructor Emily Copeland has taught writing at St. Michael’s College and coached middle school students in soccer and skiing.

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dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. 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! DSANTOSVT DANCE LESSONS/SOCIAL: Jun. 11-Jul. 9, 7-8:15 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $10/1-hr. class. Location: Movement Studio, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, dsantosdancersvt@ gmail.com, dsantosvt.com. Once a month at the North End Studio. Next event: Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m.-midnight: catered bar, free lessons 8-9 p.m., only $5. Weekly lessons in salsa and Kizomba (African partner dance): currently, Kizomba, Monday nights, 7-8:15 p.m., $10. Call, visit our website or find us on Facebook. Don’t miss it, Wepa! LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-wk. class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Lessons also avail. in St. Albans. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance. com, FirstStepDance.com. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary.

Friday women’s Haitian drumming starts June 15, 5 p.m., $45/three weeks.

exercise NIA W/ REBECCA: Tue. & Thu., 8:30 a.m. Cost: $13/drop-in. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Rebecca Boedges, Rebecca Boedges, 9222400, rboedges@hotmail.com, niaburlington.com. Looking for a new way to look and feel great? Nia offers fitness for the body, mind and spirit. Combining dance, martial arts and the healing arts, Nia is a blend of mindful movement with cardiovascular training. Try a class today to change your body and life!

health STUDENT & APPRENTICE PROGRAM IN ENERGY WORK HEALING: Dates & times will be arranged to accommodate the schedules of participants. Location: Middlebury, Vermont. Venue TBA. Info: Barbara, 3249149, FeelingMuchBetter.org. Medical intuitive and energy work practitioner Barbara Clearbridge is now accepting students and apprentices for individualized oneto-three-year part-time programs. Study what you need for home or professional use. Love offering (you determine what you can pay). Register now, sessions begin this fall. Yes, you can!

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drumming TAIKO, DJEMBE, CONGAS & BATA!: Location: Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3-G. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, 18 Langdon St., Montpelier. AllTogetherNow, 170 Cherry Tree Hill Rd., E. Montpelier. Info: Stuart Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@gmail.com. Burlington! Beginners’ Taiko starts Tuesday, June 12; kids, 4:30 p.m., $60/six weeks; adults, 5:30 p.m., $72/six weeks. Advanced classes start Monday, June 11, 5:30 and 7 p.m. Cuban Bata and house-call classes by request. New Haven Town Hall Taiko, Wednesdays, three weeks, starts May 9, 6 p.m. Adults, $36, kids, $30, $48 for parent/child. Montpelier Haitian drumming starts June 14, East Montpelier, Thursdays! Cuban congas starts June 14, 5:30, $45/three weeks. Djembe starts May 17, 5:30 pm, $45/three weeks. Taiko starts June 14, 7 p.m., $45/three weeks.

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EXPRESSIVE SELF-PORTRAIT W/ SUZANNE BELLEFEUILLE: Jun. 24, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $50/ person. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358. How can the seeds of your soul, expressed by a symbolic self-portrait, be nurtured and grow? Create an image with photo collage, expressive drawing and painting. Guided imagery will be used as a tool to connect with your inner self. The focus will be on the process, not aesthetic result.

herbs WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wild Edibles Intensive 2012: Summer/Fall term: Aug. 19, Sep. 16 & Oct. 14, 2012. VSAC nondegree grants avail. to qualifying applicants. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com. Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local wild edible and medicinal plants, food as first medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey. Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

language ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Cost: $175/10 1-hr. classes. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Ctr. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 585-1025, spanishparavos@ gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com. Spanish classes starting in June. Our fifth year. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Specializing in lessons for young children; they love it! See our website or contact us for details.

martial arts AIKIDO: Adult introductory classes begin on Tue., Jun. 5, 6:45 p.m. Try out this class for $10. This fee can be applied toward our 3-mo. membership special rate for $190 (incl. unlimited classes 7 days/ wk.). Children’s classes begin on Sat., Jun. 2, 9 a.m. (ages 5-6) & 9:45 a.m. (ages 7-12). Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal & Light), Burlington. Info: 951-8900, burlingtonaikido.org. This Japanese martial art is a great method to get in shape and reduce stress. The Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 7-17. We also offer classes for children ages 5-6. Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, Vermont’s senior and only fully certified Aikido teacher. Visitors are always welcome. AIKIDO CLASSES: Cost: $65/4 consecutive Tue., uniform incl. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 862-9785, vermontaikido.org. Aikido trains body and spirit together, promoting physical flexibility and strong center within flowing movement, martial sensibility with compassionate presence, respect for others and confidence in oneself. Vermont Aikido invites you to explore this graceful martial art in a safe, supportive environment. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CENTER: Please visit website for schedule. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 3 locations, Colchester, Milton, St. Albans. Info: 893-8893, martialwayvt.com. Beginners will find a comfortable and welcoming environment, a courteous staff, and a nontraditional approach that values the beginning student as the most important member of the school. Experienced martial artists will be impressed by our instructors’ knowledge and humility, our realistic approach, and our

straightforward and fair tuition and billing policies. We are dedicated to helping every member achieve his or her highest potential in the martial arts. Kempo, Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, Wing Chun, Arnis, Thinksafe Self-Defense. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, Julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com. Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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EXPLORATION OF MOVEMENT 14 CEU: Jul. 28-29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $245/14 CEUs ($225 if paid by Jul. 16; call about risk-free introductory fee). Location: Touchstone Healing Arts , Burlington. Info: Dianne Swafford, 734-1121, swaffordperson@ hotmail.com, ortho-bionomy. org/SOBI/DianneSwafford. Using Ortho-Bionomy, participants will learn to recognize and palpate patterns of joint and muscle movement in order to facilitate tension release and increase range of motion. These techniques help relieve tension in those stuck places in our body that keep our bodies from moving well (i.e., shoulder blades or pelvis that won’t move when someone is walking).

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Sat. of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m.-noon. An Open House occurs every third Fri. evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org. Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

outdoors BIRD WALK W/ THE BIRD DIVA: Jun. 23, 7-10 a.m. Cost: $20/ member or master gardener, $30/nonmember. Location: UVM Horticulture Research Center, 65 Green Mountain Dr., S. Burlington. Info: Friends of the Horticulture

Farm, Friends of the Horticulture Farm, 864-3073, info@friendsofthehortfarm.org, friendsofthehortfarm.org. Preregistration required. You have heard her on VPR. Now come meet Bridget Butler, the Bird Diva, for a bird walk at the UVM Horticulture Research Center. RSVP by email. Prepayment required. Space is limited. Bring binoculars. WILLDERNESS QUESTS FOR ADULTS: Women’s Quest in the Wilderness, Jul. 7-14. Rite of Passage for Adults, Jul. 21-29. Cost: $600/quest, sliding fee scale. Location: Various locations, Hyde Park. Info: Vermont Wilderness Rites, Fran Weinbaum, 249-7377, fran@vermontwildernessrites.com, vermontwildernessrites.com. Be still. Listen. What in your life is calling you? When all the noise is silenced, the meetings adjourned, the lists laid aside and the wild iris blooms by itself in the dark forest, what still pulls on your soul? Join others who are seeking a deeper meaning in life.

photography ONE-ON-ONE PHOTOGRAPHY: Location: Linda Rock Photography, 48 Laurel Dr., Essex Jct. Info: Linda Rock Photography, Linda Rock, 238-9540, lrphotography@comcast.net, lindarockphotography.com. Digital photography, one-on-one private classes of your choice: beginner digital photography, intermediate photography, digital workflow, lighting techniques, set up your photo business, portrait posing, Photoshop and more. $69/half day, $125/full day.

plants NEW BOTANICAL PRODUCT WORKSHOP: Jul. 7, 1-4 p.m., Weekly on Sat. Cost: $100/3hr. class ($90 for residents). Location: Community Room, Miller Community Recreation Center, 130 Gosse Ct., Burlington. Info: Miller Center, 540-1058, enjoyburlington.com/FileLib/Miller_ Center_Brochure_FINAL_2.01[1]. pdf. Summer Ragosta, PhD, will lead three-hour workshops about the role of plants in our lives, botanical classification systems and how to make simple herbal products. Students will receive supplies and create their own herbal product. Educational materials will be provided. Please bring one wide-mouth glass jar with tight-fitting lid.

tai chi SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, iptaichi.org. The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. YANG-STYLE TAI CHI: Wed., 5:30 p.m., Sat., 8:30 a.m. New Beginner’s Session Jun. 27-August 29. $125. No class Jul. 4, Aug. 1. Location: Vermont Tai Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Turn right into driveway immed. after the railroad tracks. Located in the old Magic Hat Brewery

building. Info: 318-6238. Tai Chi is a slow-moving martial art that combines deep breathing and graceful movements to produce the valuable effects of relaxation, improved concentration, improved balance, decrease in blood pressure and ease in the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Janet Makaris, instructor.

tea TEA CLASS: A TREK THROUGH CHINA: Jun. 24, 9-11 a.m. Cost: $25/person. Tickets avail. in advance or at the door as avail. Location: Dobra Tea, 80 Church St., Burlington. Info: 951-2424, dobrateavt.com. Follow our Devoteas through eight provinces and taste the teas they found along their way. Payton Swick and Ben Youngbear will share beautiful photos and stories of their journey through tea-producing regions of China. Learn about the teas you love, find new tastes and enjoy the wonder of China!

writing CREATIVE WRITING FOR GROWNUPS W/ SUE ROUPP: Jun. 21-Jul. 19, 6-8 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $150/series. Location: Writers’ Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3091, lin@windridgepublishing, windridgepublishing. com. Combining the University of Chicago and Amherst methods for teaching writing, this positive, process-oriented writing approach is appropriate for writers of all genres. Sessions include free writing, manuscript review and creative exercises. A published poet and teacher, Roupp has hosted this successful series in the Chicago area for many years.

yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: $14/class, $130/class card. $5-$10 community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 864-9642, yoga@evolutionvt. com, evolutionvt.com. Evolution’s certified teachers are skilled with students ranging from beginner to advanced. We offer classes in Vinyasa, Anusara-inspired, Kripalu and Iyengar yoga. Babies/kids classes also available! Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre-/postnatal yoga, and check out our thriving massage practice. Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt.com/ evoblog. LAUGHING RIVER YOGA: Yoga classes 7 days a wk. Individual classes range from $5 to $15; $115/10 classes; $130/unlimited monthly. Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: 343-8119, laughingriveryoga.com. We offer yoga classes, workshops, retreats and 200-hour teacher training taught by experienced and compassionate instructors in a variety of styles, including Kripalu, Jivamukti, Vinyasa, Yoga Dance, Yin, Restorative and more. Hit the beach for YogaSurf with Emily September 7-9 in York, Maine! YOGA VERMONT: Jun. 4-Sep. 2. Cost: $300/summer pass. Location: Yoga Vermont, 113 Church St., Burlington. Info: Yoga Vermont, Kathy McNames, 238-0594, kathy@yogavermont.com, yogavermont.com. Summer schedule June 4 through September 2. Unlimited summer pass: $300.

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Emergent Media Center at Champlain College, and Playmatics of NYC demo and talk about their recent work.

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Artistree Gallery 1206 Route 12, 281 Barnard Road Mount Tom Building, Woodstock, VT 05091 Gala Opening June 22nd 2012 8:00 pm Exhibition runs June 23rd - July 7th 2012

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SEVEN DAYS: How’s it going? JESSE ELLIOTT: I’m good. There’s actually some kind of strange cosmic overlap here, because I’m driving to go see a band that I haven’t seen in about 10 years that’s from Burlington, Vt. SD: No kidding? Which band might that be? JE: They’re called Phish. Have you heard of those guys? SD: Believe it or not, I have. So are you a Phishhead? JE: I was a pretty big fan back in the day. But I went on a different musical path for a long time. I give them a lot of credit for introducing me to a lot of other stuff and turning me in a lot of different directions and genres. I guess they’re a gateway band or something. They also just seem to be all about the right shit. SD: I’d agree with that. I mean, Mike Gordon drops in on this local honky-tonk night all the time. It’s at a tiny little café called Radio Bean. JE: I’ve been to that place! The last time we played the Monkey House, someone brought us there after the show. It was the end of the night, but the end of the night kept on not ending.

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hen Seven Days called These United States’ front man Jesse Elliott to get the story on the band’s new self-titled record, we assumed we’d chat about the album’s themes. Then, while we were on the phone, Elliott witnessed a minor car accident. Weird, right? It turned out to be an illustrative coincidence. The alt-country band’s fifth album is filled with stories about, as Elliot puts it, “people and places and all the wacky shit” that makes up life in, well, these United States. Talk about a happy accident. Well, for us, anyway. Here’s our conversation, in advance of TUS’ upcoming show at the Monkey House on Wednesday, June 20.

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SD: That’s a good night. JE: It was amazing! SD: Let’s talk about your music. The new record is

supposedly a concept album. So what’s the concept?

JE: The whole idea of a concept album is funny to me, because if you’re making an album, it seems like there has to be some kind of concept behind it. If there’s not some kind of idea or musical motif that ties everything together, you might as well just put out a single or an EP. So, to me, it just seems natural that that’s what the album format is for: an idea you want to unfold over the course of 12 or 15 songs. This album is self-titled, and we were originally going to call it Maps, which is one of the songs. But the whole thing is just about people and places and all the wacky shit that happens in our little American corner of the universe. So at a certain point, Maps seemed kind of redundant as a title. If it’s just about these United States, let’s just make that the … Oh, jeez! A big truck just hit a little truck! SD: Whoa. Is everyone OK? JE: Yeah. It was a slowmotion thing, but I was a little surprised by it. SD: That’s an interview first for me. JE: Me, too. But when you spend enough time on the road, you’re bound to see some shit. SD: And then write about it. JE: Exactly. SD: Speaking of the name,

do you ever run into any preconceptions about the band because of it? JE: All the time. More than I would have guessed. If I had known how much time people were going to spend thinking about our name, I might have chosen a different one. Some people take it as a patriotic thing. Some people take it as an unpatriotic thing. Some people think we’re a crazy left-wing band. Some people think we’re a crazy right-wing band. We’re probably just a crazy band with some kind of wings, but I don’t know where they fall. SD: You’re the primary songwriter, but you take a lot of input from the rest of the band on your lyrics. JE: I do, mostly because there are so many of them. It’s like, if you have 15 kids, it’s OK if one of them gets run over by the combine or something. There are 14 others and they’ll all take care of each other and maybe they’ll learn some valuable lesson from the combine incident. SD: Yeah. Stay the fuck off the combine. JE: Right. I guess for me it’s really crucial to put everything you can into each song, but also to be detached about it. There’s no way anyone else in the universe could possibly care about it as much as you do. And that’s OK, in the sense

that if you can detach yourself from it, it becomes a healthier creative process when you work with other people and have disagreements. I like a good, creative, bare-knuckles fight. SD: What’s your current favorite record? JE: Ooh. I’ll be honest with you. We just found out we’re going to open for Willie Nelson in a couple of weeks. So I’m going back through my serious Willie collection and marveling at what a crazy, beautiful, humorous songwriter he is. My grandmother passed away a couple of months ago, and I was really close to her. I had the task of getting her whole music collection together. And one of the things I found was this amazing old vinyl of Stardust. So I’ve been listening to that a lot for the last couple of weeks. SD: I was afraid you were going to say his reggae record and I was going to have to hang up. JE: [Laughs] I don’t know that one, to be honest. I do know the new single that he released with Snoop Dogg and Kris Kristofferson. It’s called “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” Do you know that one? SD: Holy crap. No. JE: You should look it up. Snoop doesn’t rap. I guess he sort of croons. So it’s a pretty amazing thing to behold.

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blue buTTon officially release their debut LP, Love Angry, with a show at Radio Bean this Friday, June 15. The album has technically been out for several months, but since not all of the band members live in Vermont full time — bassist rebeKah WhiTehursT (cave bees) winters in Austin now — they haven’t had a chance to properly christen the

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Guinea five years ago, carrying a visa that allows foreign artists with unique skills entrance into the United States. Daffe was a member of the local African dance troupe Jeh Kulu and taught African drumming and workshops at schools around the state. He also founded WonTanara, a local band that fused American sounds with West African rhythms and included members of bariKa and Japhy ryder, two bands with whom he frequently performed. In short, Daffe had become something of a fixture in Burlington’s increasingly diverse world-music community. And that, apparently, was a problem. In November, Daffe returned home to Guinea to visit family — his children still live there. When he tried to reenter the U.S., his visa was denied. The State Department decided Daffe’s ties to Burlington had become too strong and that he was a risk not to return

to Guinea. (You read that part about his kids still living there, right? Just checking. He also owns a house there. Seems to me like a guy who intends to go home at some point. But maybe that’s why I don’t work for Homeland Security.) As of this writing, Daffe is still in immigration limbo. He is planning to appeal the decision and hopes to return to Vermont. In the meantime, he remains in Guinea. This Thursday, June 14, his stateside music pals, Jeh Kulu and Barika, are throwing a fundraiser at Club Metronome in Burlington. Fighting the man is expensive work, so proceeds will go to help offset what may well be significant legal costs.

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Well, I’m wiped out — and clearly out of jazz puns. Who knew jazz could be so exhausting? Another Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is in the books, and with it go fond memories of hazy, late-spring evenings spent in various nightspots around town, soaking it — and Long Trail’s Jazz Fest beer — all in. And I gotta say, this year was tremendous. Though lacking an iconic jazz name — there was no Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins or Chick Corea this year — the program offered a wide array of music, jazz and otherwise. Here are some personal highlights. Trombone shorTy was as electrifying as advertised. He held the Waterfront Tent crowd in the palm of his hand all night. His take on rage againsT The machine’s “Killing in the Name of” — yes, you read that correctly — was badass. And his circular-breathing demonstration near the close of his set was astonishing. He sustained a single note for what seemed like 10 minutes — I wasn’t timing — while the band vamped behind him, before exploding into a fiery “supafunkrock” finale. The 11-member s.i.n. medium big band, led by rob morse and featuring several members of hip-pop outfit sTrengTh in numbers, played what may have been my favorite set of the week. Morse’s compositions were gorgeous, moody and complex, making fine use of the sixperson horn section — which included the cornrow-bedecked saxophonist bryan mcnamara. Yep. Dude rocked cornrows. It was fun to catch Jimmy cliff at the Waterfront Tent on Saturday. Having grown up on ska, early reggae and rocksteady are near and dear to this critic’s heart. At 63, Cliff still knows his way around classic island groove and is a tremendous vocalist. And, really, you can’t beat a sunny evening concert on the waterfront. Just because the 2012 BDJF didn’t feature many iconic jazz names doesn’t mean it was bereft of jazz legends. Saxophonist lee KoniTz, who helped deliver miles davis’ landmark Birth of the Cool and performed with innumerable

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1/2 Lounge: Rewind with DJ Craig Mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free. Breakwater Café: Dog Catchers (rock), 6 p.m., Free. Club Metronome: Cats Under the Stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. Franny O’s: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. Higher Ground Ballroom: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals (rock), 9 p.m., $16.99/22.99. AA. Manhattan Pizza & Pub: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. Nectar’s: Quincy Mumford and the Reason Why, the PROPER (rock), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. ONE Pepper Grill: Open Mic with Ryan Hanson, 8 p.m., Free. On Tap Bar & Grill: Karaoke, 7 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Red Square: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. T Bones Restaurant and Bar: Chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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Bagitos: Acoustic Blues Jam with the Usual Suspects, 6 p.m., Free. Gusto’s: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free. The Skinny Pancake: Katie Trautz (folk), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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City Limits: Karaoke with Let It Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s Knees: Max Weaver (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 6 p.m., Free. Moog’s: Sam Averbuck (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

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

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Breakwater Café: Funkwagon (funk), 6 p.m., Free. Club Metronome: Barika, Jeh Kulu (world music), 9 p.m., $6/9. Dobrá Tea: Robert Resnik & Friends (folk), 7:30 p.m., Free.

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Franny O’s: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. Levity Café: Open Mic (standup), 8:30 p.m., Free. Monkey House: Del Brutto, Alexander Silva (rock), 9 p.m., $5. 18+. Nectar’s: Trivia Mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., Free. Bluegrass Thursday: Blind Owl Band, 9:30 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

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O’Brien’s Irish Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free. On Tap Bar & Grill: High Mileage (rock), 7 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: Jazz Sessions, 6 p.m., Free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 11 p.m., $3. Red Square: Bryson Barnes & the New Method (indie, funk), 7 p.m., Free. Red Square Blue Room: DJ Cre8 (house), 10 p.m., Free. Rí Rá Irish Pub: Longford Row (Irish), 8 p.m., Free. The Skinny Pancake: Phineas Gage (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. Venue: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free.

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Bagitos: Jeff Parry & Allison Porter (acoustic), 6 p.m., Donations. Green Mountain Tavern: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. Nutty Steph’s: Bacon Thursdays with John Luce (ragtime), 7 p.m., Free.

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51 Main: Caleb Thomas (rock), 8 p.m., Free. City Limits: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. On the Rise Bakery: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s Knees: Santina King (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Guitar Jazz with Fabian, 9 p.m., Free. Moog’s: Gowanus Collective (jam), 8:30 p.m., Free. Parker Pie Co.: Don & Jenn (folk), 7:30 p.m., Free.

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

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The Breakdown Drawing on old-school hip-hop,

vintage R&B and sweltering New Orleans grooves, T Bird and the

Monopole Downstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free.

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Olive Ridley’s: Karaoke, 6 p.m., Free.

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Tabu Café & Nightclub: Karaoke Night with Sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free. Therapy: Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYCE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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On Tap Bar & Grill: Burwick and Abair (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Nightrain (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

Backstage Pub: Karaoke with Steve, 9 p.m., Free.

Park Place Tavern: Cry Havoc (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

Bayview Eats: The Hardscrabble Hounds (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: Matt Durfee (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Swale (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. Blue Button (rock), 10:30 p.m., Free.

Breakwater Café: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., Free. Club Metronome: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. JP’s Pub: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. Levity Café: Friday Night Comedy (standup), 8 p.m. & 10 p.m., $8. Lift: Ladies Night, 9 p.m., Free/$3. Monkey House: The Willoughbys (folk), 6 p.m., Free. The Harple Veve Project, Cistizen Bare, Chris Kasper (rock), 9 p.m., $5. Nectar’s: Adam King (solo acoustic), 5 p.m., Free. Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free.

Red Square: Bob Wagner (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Flabberghaster (jam), 8 p.m., $5. Little War Twins (rock), 9:30 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

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Bagitos: Bad Mr. Frosty presents Scott Graves (acoustic), 6 p.m., Donations. Charlie O’s: Spit Jack (punk), 10 p.m., Free. Espresso Bueno: Extempo (storytelling), 8 p.m., Free-$5. Green Mountain Tavern: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2. Positive Pie 2: The Primate Fiasco (funk), 10:30 p.m., $5. Purple Moon Pub: Sara Grace (soul), 8 p.m., Free.

Ruben James: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

Tupelo Music Hall: Crunchy Western Boys (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $20. AA.

Rí Rá Irish Pub: Supersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

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The Skinny Pancake: Jeremy Harple (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. Venue: Justice (rock), 9 p.m., $5. Vermont Pub & Brewery: Funkwagon (funk), 10 p.m., Free.

51 Main: Mark Lavoie (blues), 5 p.m., Free. Gua Gua (psychotropical), 9 p.m., Free. City Limits: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. FRi.15

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The next generation of local comics graduates into the real world this week, when students from the Spark Arts Level 2 standup-comedy class give their final dissertations — 10-minute routines — at the Up & Comer’s Comedy Showcase at the Monkey House on Monday, June 18. Performers include CORI MARNELLOS, BIANCA COSBY, CHAD COSBY, REGI B., TIM TROTOCHAUD, RICKSHAW TOM and TIMMY WEAVER.

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Once again, this week’s totally self-indulgent column segment, in which I share a random sampling of what was on my iPod, turntable, CD player, eight-track player, etc., this week.

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From year to year, you never really know what’s going on with the Vermont Reggae Festival. Is it on? Is it off ? Is it the same thing as that other reggae festival that sorta tried to be the VTRF but really wasn’t? Am I already high? It’s confusing, and this year is no exception. In a press release last week, festival organizers announced that this year’s VRF is happening in Rochester … New Hampshire. That’s right, the Vermont Reggae Festival is not actually happening in Vermont. In fact, it’s happening closer to Maine than to the Green Mountains. Dubbed the Fountain of Stars — it’s “presented” by the VTRF

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new record, which freakin’ rawks, by the way. Also on the bill is local artrock royalty SWALE. That band has been promising a new record since the Bush administration, yet still we’re waiting. I’m happy to report that the wait will soon be over: The record drops with a release show at the Bean on September 28, 10 years to the day after the band’s debut gig. Serendipity.

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GOOD TIMES CAFÉ: Ray Bonneville (blues), 8:30 p.m., $15. ON THE RISE BAKERY: Can’t Dog Band (acoustic rock), 8 p.m., Donations.

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TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Bovine Social Club (jamgrass), 8 p.m., $25. AA.

RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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ROADSIDE TAVERN: DJ Diego (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

51 MAIN: Soulstice (reggae-rock), 9 p.m., Free. CITY LIMITS: Dance Party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

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CLUB METRONOME: MI-6 with SIN Sizzle, DJ Dakota and more (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. MONKEY HOUSE: AM Presents: Man Forever, MV & EE, Even the Dew Is Porous (experimental), 9 p.m., $7. 18+.

RUSTY NAIL: Immortal Technique, Da Circle, Pumpkinhead, DJ GI Joe (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $20/22. AA.

NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free.

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RADIO BEAN: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 11 a.m., Free. Old Time Sessions (old time), 1 p.m., Free. Randal Pierce (jazz), 5 p.m., Free. Imaginary (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. April Patterson Clemens (alt-folk), 8 p.m., Free. Helen Hummel (folk), 9 p.m., Free. Eric Sonoda (singer-songwriter), 10:30 p.m., Free. Problem Child (punk), 11:30 p.m., Free.

MONOPOLE: Eat Sleep Funk (funk), 10 p.m., Free.

BEE’S KNEES: Cosa Buena (Latin jazz), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

COSMIC BAKERY & CAFÉ: Substation 7 (experimental), 7:30 p.m., Free.

COSMIC BAKERY & CAFÉ: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.

THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Barika (world music), 9 p.m., $5. MATTERHORN: The X-Rays with Joe Moore (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

MATTERHORN: Jesse’s Music Fesitval: the Sweet Bloods, Dolce Brothers, the Shady Trees (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

MOOG’S: Bob Wagner and D. Davis (singer-songwriters), 9 p.m., Free.

MOOG’S: Jason Wedlock (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

PARKER PIE CO.: NEKtones (r&b), 8 p.m., $5.

NAKED TURTLE: Bad Kittie (rock), 10 p.m., NA. TABU CAFÉ & NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

RED SQUARE: Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 7 p.m., Free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: False Spring (Celtic), 5 p.m., Free.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: King Me (rock), 3 p.m., Free.

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BAGITOS: Sunday Brunch with Art Herttua (jazz), 11 a.m., Donations.

MONOPOLE: Dynomatics (rock), 10 6/4/12 5:59 PMp.m., Free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE: The Concrete Rivals (surf rock), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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

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BEE’S KNEES: Lauren Bateman (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Tommy & the Tricksters (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Dark Horse (rock), 6 p.m., Free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

CLUB METRONOME: WRUV & Miss Daisy present Motown Monday (soul), 9 p.m., Free.

FRANNY O’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. JP’S PUB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Spark Arts Up & Comers’ Showcase (standup), 7 p.m., Free.

LEVITY CAFÉ: Saturday Night Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., $8.

NECTAR’S: Metal Monday: Homeland Security, Constructs, Hail the Fallen King, Caulfield, 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

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NECTAR’S: Last October (folk), 7 p.m., Free. The Wee Folkestra, Justin Levinson & the Valcours (rock, folk), 9 p.m., $5. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Inlaws (rock), 9 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Less Digital, More Manual: Record Club, 3 p.m., Free. Jodi Oulette (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Putnam Murdock (Americana), 7 p.m., Free. Santina King (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free. Hotels & Highways with Mia Dyson (roots-rock), 10 p.m., Free. Ill Doots, 1 a.m., Free.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Brett Hughes & Lesley Grant (country), 6 p.m., Free. Kayln Rock (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: Michael Vincent Band (blues rock), 7 p.m., Free. Industry Night with Robbie J (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. RUBEN JAMES: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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MOOG’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 8 p.m., Free.

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march for / so to live not in vain / I have burned every flag / that has been held out to me / And I’ve pledged my allegiance / to the truth that has been.” The album’s most haunting song comes last. “Cool Blue Morning” resonates with sadness and longing. As Clemens sings subdued and solemn phrases such as “oh, my love” and “never was…” some listeners might envision the ghost of Catherine lingering near a window she believes is Heathcliff ’s. The album concludes with restless uncertainty. April Patterson Clemens plays the Radio Bean in Burlington this Sunday, June 17. Heart in a Golden Cup is available on iTunes.

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Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, young lovers met blissfully and parted tragically. Or so the story goes on April Patterson Clemens’ latest, Heart in a Golden Cup. In an album that’s two-parts Patsy Cline, one-part Beach House, Clemens weaves a haunting neofolk tapestry of love, loss and longing. When she sings, Clemens channels medieval spirits with a rich, earthy tone that bends itself ethereally, the way water bends an image. Ghosts seem to wander through one song to the next on the controlled quiver of Clemens’ voice. Heart in a Golden Cup sounds as if it were recorded in a holy space, an ancient forest or medieval cathedral. Subtle, echoing vocals cast melodic shadows throughout the album. The poetry of Clemens’ lyrics and the beauty of her voice, accompanied by a simple, steady guitar, are at the heart of this album.

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Never has a Vermont musician been more polarizing than Grace Potter. Even Phish, alternately viewed as paragons or pariahs depending on your predilections for jam bands, have never faced quite the hometown backlash that comes with pop stardom. Obviously, Phish are stars, rock legends. But pop stardom is a different beast. Particularly for GPN, who have long taken aim, unapologetically and in no uncertain terms, at the mainstream. In a state such as Vermont, which prizes downhome ethics and artisanship, Grace and Co. present a singular conundrum. Critics — including, at times, writers for this paper — have often maligned the band for pandering to commercial success. Fans take pride in the fact that GPN have stayed close to their Vermont roots while making it on a national stage. And here’s the thing: They’re both right. GPN’s new record, The Lion The Beast The Beat, will likely prove just as divisive. It is a highly stylized and sometimes sexualized album that cynics will likely bash as evidence of the band selling out — whatever that means in this age of indie-rock car commercials. Potterheads will champion the record as the next stage in GPN’s artistic evolution, citing the wealth of new, hip influences that shake up the band’s staid blues-rock formula — such as the Arcade Fire-esque tribal crush of the title track, and the Beach House-y haze that pervades several cuts. Cynics will point to those same hip influences and say GPN are regurgitating the work of

superior bands. Potterheads will tell those cynics to fuck off. Again, there is truth on both sides. The Lion is the band’s hippest-sounding record to date. That’s in part due to the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, who produced and cowrote three songs for the album — and whose music, by the way, shows up in more car commercials than Jon Hamm. On the flip side, GPN’s label, Hollywood Records, is a subsidiary of Disney Music Group, which is not exactly a pillar of artistic integrity — and could well be the root of much of the surrounding cynicism. In the end, The Lion The Beast The Beat will likely propel GPN to new heights, cynics be damned. As a vocalist, Grace has never sounded stronger. And her Nocturnals, particularly guitarist Scott Tournet, continue to be a force behind her — or at least have the good sense to stay the hell out of her way. The Lion is a solid mainstream pop record and should garner the band still more accolades — and perhaps a commercial or two, inevitably generating more criticism. And the circle of life continues. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals celebrate the release of The Lion The Beast The Beat with a show at the Higher Ground Ballroom this Wednesday, June 13.

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Back to verMont puB: John Gillette & sarah mittlefeldt (folk), 7 p.m., Free. cHarlie o’s: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

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two BrotHers tavern: trivia Night, 7 p.m., Free. monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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Bee’s knees: steve Allain (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Homeland security (rock), 8:30 p.m., $6. AA.

tHe HuB pizzeria & puB: Bacon Grease string Band (bluegrass), 9 p.m., Free.

ManHattan pizza & puB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

MooG’s: Open mic/Jam Night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: Am & msR presents: These united states, paper castles (indie), 9 p.m., $8/10. 18+.

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nectar’s: Funkwagon, Gang of Thieves, the treetop sailors (rock, funk), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

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one pepper Grill: Open mic with Ryan Hanson, 8 p.m., Free.

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Breakwater café: Jive Attic (funk), 6 p.m., Free.

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not paint the beauty of the laundry on the line?” The artist’s works from this period relish the prismatic tumble of toys over the carpet, the lyrical swinging of clean clothes on the line and colorful stacks of laundry.

the wake of 9/11, MacDonald’s works featured birds as cooperative creatures that pick a healing thread together and bring it to the nest. Even in the birds’ absence, nests are pictured as evidence of their constructive ethos. In “Seeds of Hope I” from 2005, a fiery red nest spans two halves of a torn

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n a sunny day in June, Carol MacDonald stands beside a glass countertop awash with gem-colored swaths of colorful ink. At 59, she is tall and slim, with piercing, sea-green eyes and cropped, silvery hair. As she talks, MacDonald wipes two bright blots of cobalt-blue ink from her arm with a laugh. In the lofty confines of her studio, hundreds of her artworks cover the walls almost edge to edge, evidence of her years of dedicated work, consummate skill and singular vision at the printing press. This month, MacDonald’s 40-year retrospective exhibition, “The Thread,” opens at the Vermont Community Access Media (VCAM) and neighboring Regional Educational Technology Network (RETN) spaces off Flynn Avenue. The show, which includes some 92 pieces from MacDonald’s prolific career, resonates with skill and intelligence as it demonstrates the development of her oeuvre over the years. “Looking back, it’s interesting for me to see that I’ve been making viable work for 40 years,” she says. “The ideas still stand up. “There is a way that it all links together in terms of my life and work,” MacDonald continues. “It really has been integrated with the path of my journey to date.” Some of the earliest works in the show are from MacDonald’s “Portrait” series from the late 1970s. In those works, she struggled to define herself as an artist. “In 1976 I was 23. I was trying to figure out who I was in the world,” she remembers. In several works from the “Portrait” series, detailed domestic, interior scenes surround outlined, faceless figures, voids against the intricacy of the surrounding space. “I’ve always felt that the minute there’s a person or figure in a piece, it becomes

the focus,” MacDonald explains. “I was interested in how to do a portrait differently by defining the person by the space around her.” The series coincides with the artist’s early years in Vermont, soon after she relocated from Bedford, N.Y., in the mid’70s. MacDonald’s fascination with the spaces and taboos of domesticity became more pronounced in the following decade, as she worked in her studio while raising small children. MacDonald, who was a strong proponent of women’s equality in the arts, remembers the dissonance between her activism and her life at home. “One of the things I noticed about the women’s movement at that time was a real denigration of housework,” she says. “You just weren’t supposed to do it, but then, who was going to do it? So I thought, if I had to do all this repetitive housework, why not celebrate it? Why

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MacDonald’s “Kimono” series from the 1990s led her to come to terms with early sexual trauma. Of that series she writes, “Learning to trust my intuition and work from an internal, feeling source, I developed images of wounds, cocoons, nests and prayers, looking for the wholeness that embraces both the light and the dark.” In the early 2000s, MacDonald turned to themes of community action, healing and communication, using the imagery of birds and nests to consider the interrelatedness of individual lives. She writes that birds “live both on the land and in the sky.” She sees a kinship with them, as her works connect the often-separate spheres of her inner spiritual life and her public activism. In

sheet of paper, the separation widening to a yawning gap at the top. Delicate white thread stitches the two halves together, seeming to repair the split. Seedpods lift into the air from the nest, floating upward and across the divide. “Sewing, for me, is about repairing things, about bringing things that are apart together,” MacDonald explains. Her knitting works from the past few years are among the artist’s most subtle and intricate. They are masterpieces of gestural drawing that extend the metaphoric thread held in the beaks of the birds. The knit pieces seem freer in style, and more joyful. In MacDonald’s most recent works, “the thread” becomes string. The artist began playing cello in 2006 and is fascinated with what she calls the “texture” of that instrument’s music. Her cello pieces seem a fertile beginning as she explores how to visually express sonic textures. MacDonald’s aptly named retrospective, “The Thread,” reveals the rich fabric her intertwining works of over four decades: a masterful synthesis of a personal, spiritual and political journey made distinctively visible to the outside world. “So much of the influence of my work is really looking first at what’s going on here,” MacDonald says with her hand on her heart, “and how do I speak about that?”

”The Thread” Retrospective, VCAM/RETN Artspaces, Burlington. Through August 31. carolmacdonald.com

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'266: Brand ThaT Building': work by the one-time nabisco bakery's new artist tenants. Through June 30 at 266 studios in burlington. info, 578-2512. 'a day aT Common ground CenTer': Color photographs of the starksboro family camp. Through June 29 at Jackie Mangione studio in burlington. info, 598-1504. ‘an ouTgrowTh of naTure: The arT of Toshiko Takaezu’, ceramic sculptures inspired by the poetry of the buddhist nun otagaki Rengetzu (through september 9); shahram enTekhaBi: Happy Meal, a film featuring a young Muslim girl eating a McDonald’s happy Meal, in the new Media niche (through August 26). At Fleming Museum, uVM, in burlington. info, 656-0750. anne Cady: “into the hills, high Flying,” paintings of the Vermont landscape. Through August 31 at shelburne Vineyard. info, 985-8222. Brian Collier: “The Collier Classification system for Very small objects,” a participatory exhibit of things big enough to be seen by the naked eye but no larger than 8 by 8 by 20 millimeters. Through october 15 at Durick library, st. Michael's College, in Colchester. info, 654-2536. 'By The end of Tomorrow': prints, paintings and photographs by Cody James brgant, Avery Mcintosh, brian Zager and Jackson Tupper. Through July 5 at The Root gallery at Rlphoto in burlington. info, 224-6913. Carl ruBino: “Reflections of a Dream state,” photographic interpretations of the shape-shifting nature of dreams. Through July 31 at brickels gallery in burlington. info, 825-8214. Carol maCdonald: “The Thread,” a mid-career retrospective of the Vermont artist who has worked in many media but is best known as a printmaker. Through August 31 at VCAM studio in burlington. info, 859-9222. Chip Troiano: “new Zealand landscapes,” photographs taken during the artist's 2010 travels. Through July 31 at Artspace 106 at The Men's Room in burlington. info, 864-2088.

doug hoppes: oil paintings of a surreal Vermont landscape. Through July 5 at salaam in burlington. info, 658-8822. emily hoffman: “ostara,” artwork that celebrates the springtime goddess of pre-Christian germanic tribes. Through June 30 at The gallery at Main street landing in burlington. info, 735-2906.

fred g. hill: “pictures & words,” photographs and scanned documents by the burlington photographer. Through June 30 at pickering Room, Fletcher Free library, in burlington. info, 865-7211.

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puBliC arT proJeCT: burlington City Arts and Redstone seek proposals for a public art project in conjunction with a new building in downtown burlington. Deadline: 5 p.m., July 13. info, burlingtoncityarts.org/Art_in_public_places/ or email skatz@ci.burlington. vt.us. Call To arTisTs: The great Vermont plein Air paint-out in historic waitsfield Village is a festival within the Festival of the Arts! August 18. info and registration, vermontartfest.com, 496-6682. CreaTive CompeTiTion_004: presented by the Root gallery. $8 entry fee. people’s choice vote; winner takes all (compounded entry money). limit one piece, any size, medium or subject. Friday, July 6, 6-10 p.m. Vote for your favorite piece until awards ceremony at 8:30 p.m. location: Rlphoto, 27 sears lane, burlington. info, publicartschool@gmail.com. fleTCher allen healTh Care Calendar: Fletcher Allen health Care is seeking submissions for its 2013 artist calendar and note cards. Deadline: Thursday, June 28. info, stacey.pape@vtmednet. org, or 847-5977.

flamingo fling: The southern bird flies once again! Twenty-five pink flamingos are available for artists’ interpretation to benefit seAbA for this year’s Flamingo Fling and Annual Meeting at the soda plant. pick up your bird at the seAbA Center, 404 pine street, Monday through wednesday, 9-5 p.m. Decorate and bring back by June 15 for participation in the event. info, seaba.com, 859-9222.

Talks & evenTs 'a porTraiT of faTher’s day': Vermont artist phoebe berkel gives a portrait-painting demonstration with her father as live model. sunday, June 17, 12-5 p.m., lille Fine Art salon, burlington. info, 617-894-4673. sTudio open house: bCA invites the public to tour its four studios — including the print and clay studio at 250 Main street — meet current students and staff and check out art demos and exhibitions. Friday, June 15, 4-8 p.m., bCA Center, burlington. info, 865-7166. doll-making demo: Amy Felske brings a wide selection of dragon dolls in progress and demonstrates her craft. saturday, June 16, 1-3 p.m., Frog hollow, burlington. info, 863-6458.

reCepTions sTephen BeaTTie: “There's something in the water,” photographs. Through July 31 at gallery 160 in Richmond. Reception: Friday, June 15, 5-7 p.m. info, 434-6434.

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'maCro/miCro: phoTographiC exTremes': photographs taken from way up close or super faraway. Through July 1 at Darkroom gallery in essex Junction. Reception: Friday, June 15, 5-7 p.m. info, 777-3686. 'impressed: vermonT prinTmakers 2012': work by Vermont artists in the print medium; hal mayforTh & eli simon: ink drawings and paintings by Mayforth and a terracotta sculptural installation by simon (through July 29). June 15 through september 9 at helen Day Art Center in stowe. Reception: Friday, June 15, 6-8 p.m. info, 253-8358.

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'red fields & yellow skies: The arT of The 8v-KTC061312.indd 1 landsCape': work by 12 Vermont artists. June 16 through september 2 at we’re Chandler gallery in Randolph. thinking An artist round-table discussion and gallery tour color... is followed by a 5:30 p.m. reception: saturday, June 16, 4-7:30 p.m. info, 431-0204.

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firsT anniversary exhiBiTion: Charcoal-onpaper landscapes by Ailyn hoey; metalwork sculptures of wildlife by Mark goodenough; oil-on-panel landscapes by Judith Carbine; and abstract paintings by scott Morgan. June 15 through August 15 at waterMusicArt gallery in Chester. Reception: Friday, June 15, 5-7 p.m. info, 875-2339. 'nude': work depicting the human figure by artists from Vermont and beyond. June 14 through August 17 at lille Fine Art salon in burlington. Reception: Raise a glass to bid farewell to the gallery, which is closing at the end of this exhibit. Thursday, June 14, 6-8 p.m. info, 617-894-4673.

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'from vermonT's foresTs': Furniture made from local lumber by 18 members of the guild of Vermont Furniture Makers. Through June 30 at Frog hollow in burlington. info, 863-6458.

sCulpTfesT 2012: The Carving studio and sculpture Center invites sculptors to submit proposals for sculptFest2012, september 8 to october 21. The theme for this year’s outdoor installation event is “Keep on Keepin’ on.” proposals should include a project description on one or two pages, sketches or other visual representations, resume, optional statement and up to 10 digital images portraying previous sitespecific work. Deadline: July 20. info, 438-2097 or info@ carvingstudio.org.

seTh BuTler: “Tattered,” a photo essay investigating the display, misuse, commodification, desecration and identity of the American flag in the context of the u.s. Flag Code. Through July 10 at seminary Art Center in waterbury Center. Reception: Friday, June 15, 6-8 p.m. info, 279-4239.

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eriC eiCkmann & sTeve hogan: portraits of women by eickmann and colorful, mixed-media pieces by hogan. Through June 29 at The Firefly gallery in burlington. info, 279-1624.

The ramBle needs you! The Ramble is looking for anyone in the o.n.e who wants to participate in this neighborhood-wide celebration on July 28. info and sign-up, theramble.org.

wall To Canvas: seeking street-style artists who use wheat pasting, stencils, collage, spray-painting, markers and the like to create unique pieces of art for a creative live-art competition for cash prizes, at the Magic hat Artifactory on saturday, August 25. Must be 21+ to apply. Deadline: July 20. submission forms at magichat.net/walltocanvas.

arT's alive Juried exhiBiTion: work by Vermont artists. Through June 30 at union station in burlington. gala reception and awards ceremony for the annual Festival of Fine Art: Friday, June 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m. info, 660-9005.

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'CurTains wiThouT Borders': large photographs of Vermont's painted theatrical scenery created between 1900 and 1940, plus one 1930s curtain from beecher Falls, Vt. Through July 28 at Amy e. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center, in burlington. info, 652-4510.

Call To arTisTs: The Firefly gallery, located in the heart of downtown burlington, is seeking new 2-D works. info, thefireflyvt.com.

Call To phoTographers: For submissions to “Among Trees,” a photography exhibit. Deadline: July 7, midnight. Juror: beth Moon. Darkroom gallery. info, darkroomgallery. com/ex31.

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Galen Chaney: “Street Level,” large, abstract paintings inspired by Aramaic script and urban graffiti; Kadie Salfi: “Apex Predator: Body Parts,” pop-art-influenced graphics depicting animals targeted for their body parts. Through June 23 at BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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Joe Johns: Large figurative drawings and mechanical artist books; The Artist Collaborative: Work by 10 northern Vermont public-school art teachers. Through June 30 at SEABA Center in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

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'Here Comes the Sun': Watercolors by Annelein Beukenkamp, plus work by a variety of Vermont artists, in the 21st annual summer group show. Through July 10 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-3848.

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Gregory Forber: Drawings inspired by climbers. Through July 2 at Petra Cliffs in Burlington. Info, 657-3872.

Ian Costello: “Sprawl,” oil paintings of Manhattan-inspired crumbling tenement buildings and crooked sidewalks. Through June 30 at North End Studio A in Burlington. Info, 863-6713.

John Wolff: Work by the South Burlington artist. Through June 30 at Red Square in Burlington. Info, 318-2438. Kimberlee Forney: Art Affair by Shearer presents paintings by the Vermont artist. Through June 30 at Shearer Chevrolet in South Burlington. Info, 658-1111. Leah Van Rees: “Fluid Connections,” Vermont landscape paintings. Through July 1 at Uncommon Grounds in Burlington. Info, 865-6227.

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Lynn Rupe: “Disaster Detritus,” acrylic paintings. Through July 31 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7166. Marian Willmott: Monoprints, oil paintings and poetry by the Vermont artist. Through August 31 at Pine Street Deli in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

Carl Rubino When Carl Rubino was a toddler, his mother would turn on classical music and tell him that if he closed his eyes, he could see the music. So he did, and he could. That sense of synesthesia stuck with Rubino and has continued to inform his

photographic work. In “Reflections of a Dream State,” at Brickels Gallery in Burlington, Rubino’s photographs of the natural world range from slightly distorted to abstract and disorienting, often incorporating the changing reflections on a pond rippled by wind or a beaver’s wake. “In short,” he writes in his artist statement, “I seek to capture and interpret life’s visual symphonies.” Through July 31. Pictured: “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

Nanci Kahn: Underwater photography and papiermâché bird sculptures. Through July 31 at Left Bank Home & Garden in Burlington. Info, 862-1001. Perry Bartles: Abstract oil paintings, Gates 1-8; Jim Westphalen: Vermont landscape color photographs, Skyway; Elizabeth Nelson: “Interstate Rocks February and March,” acrylic on cotton canvas diptych, Escalator. Through June 30 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166. Shawna Cross: Abstract oil paintings by the Vermont artist. Through June 30 at Vintage Inspired in Burlington. Info, 488-5766. 'Snow Mobiles: Sleighs to Sleds': Early, experimental snowmobiles, machines from the '60s and '70s, and today’s high-powered racing sleds, as well as horse-drawn sleighs; 'Man-Made Quilts: Civil War to the Present': Quilts made by men; Elizabeth Berdann: “Deep End,” miniature watercolor portraits on pre-ban and prehistoric mammoth ivory. Through October 28 at Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346. Spring Show: Work by Chinese-calligraphy and watercolor artist Lucia Chiu, nature photographer Carol Sullivan and photomontage artist Carol Truesdell. Through July 15 at The Gallery at Phoenix Books in Essex Junction. Info, 872-7111. Stephanie Holman Thwaites: “Collecting Light,” nature paintings in oil, acrylic and mixed media. Through June 30 at Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington. Info, 660-9005.

Studio Group Show: Paintings, photography, clay and book arts by Jason Pappas, Dan LeFrancois, George Gonzales, Nicole Christman and Steve Sharon. Through June 30 at The Green Door Studio in Burlington. Info, 363-2005. Summer Show: Work by Joan Hoffman, Lynda McIntyre, Johanne Durocher Yordan, Anne Cummings, Kit Donnelly, Athena Petra Tasiopoulos, Don Dickson, Kari Meyer and Gaal Shepherd. Through September 30 at Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. Tabbatha Henry & Sage Tucker-Ketcham: “TWO/Tabbatha Henry and Sage Tucker-Ketcham: Two Artists, Two Locations, Two Mediums,” largeformat ceramic work and paintings. Through June 30 at Select Design in Burlington. Info, 985-3848. 'The 3rd Floor Show': New work by artists who occupy one floor of Burlington's Howard Space Center: Julie Davis, Sharon Webster, Linda Jones, Maggie Standley, Paige Berg Rizvi, Maea Brandt, Maggie Sherman and Wylie Sofia Garcia. Through July 29 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, bren@flynndog.net.

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'Bread and Puppet Theater: An Emergent Mosaic': Photographs of the theater's work from 2004-11 by longtime puppeteer Mark Dannenhauer. Through July 15 at Plainfield Community Center. Info, 371-7239. Deanna Meadow: “Nine Generations,” black-andwhite photographs documenting the Fitch family farm and homestead in Cornish, N.H. Through June 16 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor. Info, 674-9616. Ed Epstein: New paintings. Through June 28 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. Frank Woods: Abstract representations of the kimono. Through June 30 at Quench Artspace in Waitsfield. Info, 598-4819. Henry Swayze: “Celebrating Nature All Around Us,” photographs of natural Vermont. Through August 11 at Tunbridge Public Library. Info, 889-9404.

'The Soda Plant Showcase': Work by the artists who occupy the former ginger ale factory. Through June 30 at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. Info, spacegalleryvt.com.

'Hey Joe: An Homage to Joseph Cornell': Work by 10 artists, including Varujan Boghosian, Kirsten Hoving, Michael Oatman and Rosamond Purcell, guest curated by W. David Powell. Through July 29 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670.

Zelde Grimm: “Animals With Things Living in Their Stomachs,” slightly macabre pen-and-ink drawings. Through July 31 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington. Info, 540-0107.

Jeanne Carbonetti: “The Power of Beauty: Introducing the Paradise Suite,” watercolors. Through June 17 at Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts in Chester. Info, 875-1018.

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Jeanne evans: “Wowie Maui,” watercolors, oils and acrylics; Yvonne strauss: Playful paintings of nature and animal scenes (through June 14). Through August 24 at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Info, 223-3338. Jeneane Lunn: Pastels depicting Italy and Vermont. Through July 9 at Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier. Info, 229-4676. Kathrena ravenhorst-adams: “Spring Bloom,” watercolors, oil paintings and pastels. Through June 30 at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-1275. 'obJet de Print': Work by a variety of artists. Through June 30 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901. ron LaY-sLeePer: “Montpelier Scenes: Joy of Life Photographs of a Winooski River Town,” landscapes, nature shots and street scenes. Through July 1 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, curator@capitolgrounds.com. sam taLbot-KeLLY: “SOILED,” garments made from soil, moss, peat and ashes. Through June 30 at Salaam Boutique in Montpelier. Info, 223-4300. 'sc-eYe-nce': A science and visual-arts fusion; nichoLas heiLig: “Live Art,” black-and-white illustrations; KaroLina KawiaKa: Digital topographies. Through July 7 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

'the historY of goddard coLLege: an era of growth, exPansion and transitions, 1969-1979': Photographs, films and archival documents focused on the radical, innovative programs created at Goddard in the '70s. Through June 20 at Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College, in Plainfield. Info, 454-8311. thesis exhibition: Original artwork by graduating cartoon studies students. Through June 16 at CCS in White River Junction. Info, 295-3319. 'toL’Ko Po russKY, PozhaLuista (russian onLY, PLease)': Russian School photographs, Slavic festival costumes and Russian Imperial badges make up this exhibit chronicling the history of Norwich's Russian School, which operated from 1968 to 2000. Through September 2 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield. Info, 485-2183.

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'vintage vermont': Vermont photographs developed from antique glass-plate negatives dating between 1890 and 1920. Through June 16 at Festival Gallery in Waitsfield. Info, 496-6682. 'waLter dorwin teague: his Life, worK and infLuence': Creations and artifacts from the man who designed numerous Kodak cameras, the Bluebird radio, Steuben glassware and many other iconic objects. Through August 31 at Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design in Waitsfield. Info, 496-2787.

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from her home country to create mesmerizing, almost musical, imagery. Bill Davison, who splits his time between Winooski and New York City, addresses the September 11 terrorist attacks in his spare geometric prints. Brattleboro artist Bobbi Angell, who has a background as a scientific illustrator, renders plants and organic forms. “Albrecht Dürer ART 73

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2012 Summer memberS' exhibit & 'DooDle 4 GooGle' FinaliStS: Work by members as well as Vermont finalists in this year's Google student-art contest. Through July 7 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356.

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DaviD maille: Landscapes rendered in oil and gilding on wood panels. Through June 23 at Tourterelle Restaurant in New Haven. Info, 453-6309. Dona ann mcaDamS: “A View From the Backstretch,” photographs and audio stories from the venerable Saratoga racecourse. Through September 8 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964.

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GALLERY 'Here's Looking at You': Self-portraits by artists and community members. Through June 29 at WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room in Bristol. Info, 453-3188. kLara CaLitri: “Flower Power,” paintings and pastels. Through July 1 at Brandon Artists' Guild. Info, 247-4956. 'Lake studies: ContemporarY art': Work by painters Janet Fredericks, Catherine Hall and Nancy Stone, sculptors Chris Cleary and Kate Pond, fiber artist Marilyn Gillis, and installation artist Jane Horner. Through July 29 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes. Info, 475-2022. nanCY & riCHard Weis: “Shared Visions,” Nancy's encaustic collages and Richard's abstract paintings. Through June 24 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury. Info, 388-1436. 'take me to tHe Fair: an addison CountY tradition': Photographs of the 2011 fair by Mark Starr, plus 19th- and early-20th-century fair posters, ribbons, photographs and other ephemera from the Sheldon collection. Through November 10 at Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. Info, 388-2117. 'tHe deLigHt oF deCoYs': A bird decoy for each of the 25 years the museum has been open. Through October 31 at Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. Info, 434-2167. 'WHat's HatCHing in Brandon?': Artistenhanced roosters, hens and other barnyard fowl fill the gallery and appear in various downtown locations as part of the annual town-wide art project. Through September 30 at Brandon Artists' Guild. Info, 247-4956.

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HaraLd aksdaL: “Colors, Lines and Dots,” paintings. Through June 17 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 899-3211. HazeL HaLL roCHester: “Looking Back: Hardwick in the 1950s,” paintings by the late Vermont artist. Through July 8 at White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. Info, 563-2037.

JoHn CLarke oLson: “Pastoral Vermont,” landscapes in oil on panel. Through August 15 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818.

'Land & LigHt & Water & air': New England landscape paintings by artists from around the country; andreW orr: Landscape and still-life paintings. Through July 8 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100.

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steve HamLin: Nature-themed watercolor prints. Through July 28 at VINS Nature Center in Quechee. Info, 359-5000.

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'artists For animaLs': Animal-themed artwork in a variety of media. Proceeds benefit the North Country SPCA’s capital campaign to build a new shelter. Through June 16 at Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y. Info, 518-523-2512. CaroL & Frank HoCHreiter: “Nature and Architecture,” photographs and paintings of the environment, plus work by 50 other member artists. Through June 26 at Adirondack Art Association Gallery in Essex, N.Y. Info, 518-963-8309. kevin saBourin & JaCk Brand: Work by the local artists. Through June 22 at ROTA Gallery in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Info, 518-314-9872. 'nature transFormed: edWard BurtYnskY's vermont QuarrY pHotograpHs in Context': Monumental photographs from Danby and Barre, Vt., and Carrara, Italy; 'men oF Fire: José CLemente orozCo and JaCkson poLLoCk': Paintings, drawings and prints Pollock created following his 1936 trip to Dartmouth to see Orozco's recently completed mural cycle, plus Orozco's preparatory drawings for the mural (through June 17). Through August 19 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2808. 'star Wars: identities: tHe exHiBition': An interactive investigation into the science of identity through Star Wars props, costumes, models and artwork from the Lucasfilm Archives. Through September 16 at Montréal Science Centre. Info, 514-496-4724. tom WesseLmann: “Beyond Pop Art,” a retrospective of the American artist famous from the early 1960s for his Great American Nudes and Still Lifes. Through October 7 at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Info, 514-285-2000. torin porter: “Out of This World,” work by the Vermont sculptor; Lou HiCks: Contemporary landscapes; karoLina kaWiaka: 2-D and 3-D drawings. Through June 15 at AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. Info, 603-448-3117. m

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LiBBY HiLLHouse: “Parallels,” photographic portraits of area residents. Through June 30 at Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-2600.

susan Larkin & maurie Harrington: “Two Views, Recent Landscapes,” plein-air paintings in oil by Larkin and in watercolor Harrington. Through June 20 at Fisk Farm Art Center in Isle La Motte. Info, 928-3081.

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June Featured artists: Work by tie-dye artist Andy Wooten, wildlife painter Franklin Tiralla and photographer Wayne Tarr. Through June 30 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403.

roger murpHY: “Realizing Cambodia,” photographs from a recent trip to the southeast Asian country with a group of American high school students. Through June 30 at Townsend Gallery at Black Cap Coffee in Stowe. Info, 279-4239.

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'Hooked on tHe isLands': Fiber artworks, including traditionally hooked rugs with modern designs, by members of the local textile group Fiber Bees. Through July 31 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery. Info, 372-5049.

permanent CoLLeCtion exHiBit: Work by Gayleen Aiken, Curtis Tatro, Mary Paquette, Huddee Herrick, Stanley Mercile, Emile Arsenault and Phyllis Putvain. Through July 10 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857.

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eLizaBetH neLson: “Symbolic Landscapes,” new oil paintings on wood panel. Through July 22 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 586-8078.

'mixing it up': Work by new gallery artists Laura Schiff Bean, Marc Civiterese, Clark Derbes, Anna Dibble, Sarah Horne, Mallory Lake, Lori Lorion and Jessie Pollock. Through June 20 at West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943.

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didn’t care for Black Swan. You couldn’t pay me to sit through an episode of “Dancing with the Stars.” When presented with an opportunity to preview first-time director Bess Kargman’s ballet competition documentary, let’s say I wasn’t overcome with anticipation. So it’s a testament to just how accomplished and appealing this picture is that, within its first five minutes, it had me hooked. Kargman, a Brookline, Mass., native who trained at the Boston Ballet School, employs the approach popularized by such films as Spellbound and Mad Hot Ballroom. She follows six young aspirants as they prepare for and make their way through the Youth America Grand Prix, a prestigious annual dance-off where the top prizes include scholarships and job contracts from the world’s preeminent ballet institutions. From the 5000 who enter worldwide and 300 who make it to the New York finals, it’s hard to imagine the filmmaker handpicking a half-dozen young people whose stories are more engaging than the ones told here. We meet 11-year-old Aran Bell, who started lessons at 4, and marvel at how the boy play-

ing with his BB gun in one scene transforms into a confidently soaring stage performer in the next. Michaela Deprince is 14 and determined to prove that black girls are not “too muscular” to be classical ballerinas. Racism isn’t all she’s had to survive. Born in Sierra Leone, she lost both her parents in the civil war. “One time I tried to save my teacher,” she recounts. “But I kind of, like, blacked out, and they just cut her arms and legs off and just left her there.” Half-Japanese Miko Fogarty, 12, has a Tiger Mom, but her mother’s obsessiveness is revealed to be incidental to her own passion. She’s happy to be homeschooled so she can practice four to five hours a day. Some of the most astonishing performances are given by an Israeli 11-year-old named Gaya Bommer Yemini, Aran’s “girlfriend” on the competition circuit. She’s a pint-size shape-shifter with stage presence way beyond her years. “She becomes an adult when she dances,” says Gaya’s mother, almost in disbelief. Perhaps the contestant whose story resonates most is 16-year-old Joan Sebastian Zamora. Born in Cali, Colombia, he couldn’t pursue a dance career there, so his parents

LEAP OF FAITH Joan Sebastian Zamora chases his dream far from home and family in Kargman’s debut documentary.

packed him off to New York to study with a former American Ballet Theater dancer. In one of the film’s most affecting passages, Kargman’s cameras accompany Joan on a visit to his home, ravaged by poverty and crime. The director punctuates the moving sequence with an effect that speaks volumes about familial devotion and sacrifice: The image of the young man in his backyard, rehearsing his routine, morphs perfectly into the image of him performing it on the Grand Prix stage. It’s literally a vision of transcendence. First Position is filled with fascinating glimpses into the world of competitive ballet — the endless lessons, the unrelenting physical demands, the social price these children freely pay for a shot at their dream and the financial one their families bear. Who knew, for example, that a pair of dance shoes costs $80 or more and can be demolished by a day’s worth of practice? More importantly, the film is filled with fascinating people. Kargman strikes just the

right balance between backstory and contest, so that, when the six make it to the moment of truth, the viewer is fully invested in the outcome. Prepare to be blown away. Far from the dutiful progeny of “Dance Moms,” these are individuals of uncommon skill, self-knowledge, maturity and drive. They’re serious artists who just happen to be kids. Don’t be fooled; they’re the real deal. And so is First Position. RICK KISONAK First Position starts its run at Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas in Burlington on Friday, June 22. That evening, at 7 and 9:15 p.m., the theater will host two benefit screenings for the Vermont Ballet Theater with introductions from Flynn Center executive director John Killacky and Vermont Ballet Theater artistic director Alex Nagiba. $20. flynntix.org

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REVIEWS Prometheus ★★★★

rometheus is a difficult movie to rate. It’s a visually stunning science-fiction epic with aspirations to being more than a shoot-’emup in space, and big-budget films like that come along once in a blue moon. For fleeting moments, it recalls the heady days of 2001. It’s also a mess. With Alien and Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott pioneered what Pauline Kael called “Jacobean science fiction” — the dark, gritty, violence-ridden counterpart to the more optimistic spacescapes of “Star Trek” and Star Wars. But Scott, returning to the genre after decades away, was always better at crafting visuals than stories. For Prometheus, a sortof-prequel to Alien, he turned scripting duties over to Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. The latter, best known for his work on “Lost,” appears to have done his damnedest to stuff a TV season’s worth of plotlines, genre clichés and undergrad-level philosophizing into a two-hour film. The result is scattered, opportunistic and unfocused — but not boring. It starts with a Chariots of the Gods?-style scenario. A pair of scientists (Noomi Rapace and Logan Marshall-Green) have discovered near-identical cave paintings in far corners

of the globe, from which they infer that aliens may have engineered the human race and left us a handy road map back to their planet. Interstellar travel is no big whoop in the 2090s, and our heroes enlist a mega-corporation to bankroll their expedition to meet their makers. But anyone who saw Alien knows that, as the crew members shake off two years of cryo-sleep and prepare to explore a seemingly desolate planet, we should brace ourselves for something other than Spielbergian wonder. Scott has assembled an impressive cast, including Idris Elba as the ship’s captain; Charlize Theron as the icy corporate rep; and Michael Fassbender as David, the requisite android. But the film has a point-of-view problem. For roughly the first hour, David occupies the protagonist position — a choice that works for the audience, because the android is more nuanced and likable than the film’s human characters, most of whom are arrogant, crudely conceived, inexplicably dim or all three. (As they ooh and ahh at relics and remains, with little concern for their safety, these “scientists” seem more like hungover college kids on a field trip.)

ALIENATED Marshall-Green, Rapace and Fassbender look for the origins of human life in creepy, dark places.

Yet the focus on David makes no bigpicture sense, because he clearly has ulterior motives to which we aren’t privy. After David’s true mission reveals itself (sort of; most reveals in Prometheus spawn more questions than they answer), Rapace’s character becomes the film’s focus. But, despite starring in one memorably Cronenbergian scene, she never succeeds in being more than Ripley Lite. The mysteries unveiled in Prometheus have already provided fodder for hundreds of thousands of words of internet debate; some viewers find its resolution coherent and satisfying; others, colossally stupid. I lean toward the view that Lindelof (and whoever else had a hand here) ruined the story by whipping up a purée of wonder, ter-

ror, gross-out horror, pulp fiction and vague religiosity when a few of those ingredients would have sufficed. But Prometheus is still a sight to see. Scenes such as David watching Lawrence of Arabia in the eerily quiet spacecraft; or the scientists exploring intestinal-looking hallways reminiscent of artist H.R. Giger (who designed the titular xenomorph of Alien) will be remembered longer than who in the film did what and why. And you can say one thing about Prometheus that you can’t of most belated sequels and prequels to popular franchises: It’s way weirder than a “Greatest Hits” compilation. MARGOT HARRISON

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HYSTERIA: Hoop skirts and orgasms, oh my! Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy and Rupert Everett all participate in the momentous invention of the vibrator in this comedy about the science of sex, circa the 1880s. Tanya Wexler directed. (100 min, R. Roxy) POLISSE: This acclaimed French drama uses documentary-style realism to go inside the harrowing day-to-day workings of a childprotection unit in Paris. One-name actress Maïwenn starred, scripted and directed. With Karin Viard and Marina Foïs. (127 min, NR. Palace) ROCK OF AGES: Based on the Broadway musical loaded with ’80s hair-metal hits, this is the movie where Tom Cruise plays a rock god. Yup. Julianne Hough is a smalltown girl chasing her dream in Hollywood, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Alec Baldwin and Bryan Cranston also appear. Adam (Hairspray) Shankman directed. (123 min, PG-13. Capitol, Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset, Welden) SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED: Journalists pursue an eccentric big-box-store employee who claims to be a time traveler in this offbeat comedy from Vermont-based director Colin Trevorrow, who will speak at a 6/21 screening. Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass and Jake Johnson star. (94 min, R. Palace)

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THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL★★★1/2 Aging folks of limited means find themselves living in a ramshackle hotel in India in this seriocomic showcase for some of the UK’s best actors, including Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy. John (Shakespeare in Love) Madden directed. (124 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Savoy) CHERNOBYL DIARIES★1/2 From the Department of This Should Be Obvious: Next time someone invites you on a tour of a deserted city adjacent to the Chernobyl reactor, just say no. Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Olivia Dudley play unwary visitors in this horror flick. Bradley Parker makes his directorial debut. (90 min, R. Essex, Sunset) CROOKED ARROWS★★★1/2 Brandon Routh takes on the task of coaching a struggling Native American high school lacrosse team in the first film devoted to the sport, set in central New York. With Gil Birmingham and Crystal Allen. Steve Rash directed. (100 min, PG-13. Palace; ends 6/14) THE DICTATOR★★ Sacha Baron Cohen adds another imperiously bizarre character to his résumé in this comedy. He’s an autocratic ruler who finds himself forced to adjust to life among the American rabble. With Anna Faris and John C. Reilly. Larry Charles directed. (83 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Sunset) THE HUNGER GAMES★★★★ A teenager (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to replace her sister in a televised gladiatorial combat to the death in this adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling young-adult novel, set in a dystopian future. With Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson and Stanley Tucci. Gary Ross directed. (142 min, PG-13. Palace; ends 6/14) MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED★★★ Still trying to return home, the Central Park Zoo animals find themselves taking over a traveling circus in their third computer-animated adventure. Somehow, Noah (Greenberg) Baumbach got a writing credit. With the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith and Sacha Baron Cohen. Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon directed. (93 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, St. Albans, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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The Thursday evening Sunsets at Shelburne Museum program kicks off June 21 with Music at the Museum featuring New England folk music from Atlantic Crossing.

S U N S E T S AT S H E L B U R N E M U S E U M Thursday evenings 5-7:30 through August 9 Men and the Art of Quiltmaking. Join special guest Joe “the Quilter” Cunningham for a lecture and gallery tour. To register please e-mail education@shelburnemuseum.org June 28 Once Upon a Time. Meet your favorite fairytale characters in an enchanting evening filled with activities and fun for princes and princesses of all ages. July 5 Rockets and Robots. Blast off for an evening of sci-fi fun. Create a robot with Dr. Bricklestein. Build a rocket and enter another world through the exhibition Time Machines: Robots, Rockets, and Steampunk. July 12 Music at the Museum featuring Dave Keller. Enjoy a soulful summer evening with the award winning blues musician. July 19 ArtScape. Rediscover your inner artist, while experimenting with a variety of artistic media. July 26 The Future of Shelburne Museum. Director Tom Denenberg shares his thoughts on the Museum’s future. To register please e-mail education@shelburnemuseum.org. August 2 A Mechanical Affair. Jules Verne meets tech in the fantasy world of steampunk. Be transported into the neo-Victorian culture for the evening. August 9 S U N S E T S AT S H E L B U R N E M U S E U M I S S P O N S O R E D B Y : M E N A N D T H E A R T O F Q U I LT M A K I N G I S S P O N S O R E D B Y :

Vermont residents $10 admission; children $5 6000 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, Vermont, 802-985-3346

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BERNIE★★★★ Jack Black plays a well-liked small-town resident suspected of murdering his wealthy patron (Shirley MacLaine) in this dark comedy based on real events. With Matthew McConaughey. Richard (Waking Life) Linklater directed. (104 min, PG-13. Roxy, Savoy)

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THE AVENGERS★★★1/2 Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk team up to form a super-group and battle yet another global threat in this Marvel Comics extravaganza. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner,

BATTLESHIP★1/2 Sailors are the world’s last line of defense against a mysterious and deadly armada in this gigantic action flick based on a small strategy game. Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgård star. Peter (Hancock) Berg directed. (131 min, PG-13. Sunset; ends 6/14)

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THAT’S MY BOY: A man-child raises a child into another man-child, then confronts his handiwork as he tries to reconnect with his adult son. This sounds like a role for Adam Sandler, and it is; Andy Samberg plays his offspring. With Leighton Meester, James Caan and Vanilla Ice. Sean (Sex Drive) Anders directed the comedy. (116 min, R. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Paramount, Sunset, Welden)

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BIG PICTURE THEATER

48 Carroll Rd. (off Rte. 100), Waitsfield, 496-8994, www. bigpicturetheater.info

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 5, 7. What to Expect When You’re Expecting 8. The Avengers 5. Full schedule not available at press time. Schedule changes frequently; please check website.

1:30, 6:20, 9:05. Men in Black 3 Fri: 6:30, 9. Sat & Sun: 12:50, 3:30, 6:30, 9. Mon-Thu: 1:30, 6:30, 9.

ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER

21 Essex Way, #300, Essex, 8796543, www.essexcinemas.com

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 ***Smokey and the Bandit Thu: 8. Prometheus 10 a.m. (Thu only), 11:30 a.m. (3-D), 1, 2:05 (3-D), 3:35, 4:40 (3-D), 6:10, 7:15 (3-D), 8:45, 9:50 (Wed only; 3-D),

movies (3-D), 3:25, 6:20 (3-D), 9:15. friday 15 — thursday 21 *Rock of Ages 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only), 1, 4, 7, 9:40. *That’s My Boy 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only), 12 (except Tue & Thu), 12:05 (Tue & Thu only), 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Prometheus 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only), 11:30 a.m. (3-D), 1, 2:05 (3-D), 3:35, 4:40 (3-D), 6:10, 7:15 (3-D), 8:45, 9:50 (3-D). Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only; 3-D), 11:45 a.m., 12:30 (3-D), 2, 2:40 (3-D), 4:15, 4:50 (3-D), 6:30, 7 (3-D), 8:45, 9:10 (3-D). Snow White and the Huntsman 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only), 12:45, 3:50, 7, 9:40. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 11:25 a.m., 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45. Men in Black 3 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only), 12:20 (3-D), 2:40, 5

White and the Huntsman 12, 12:45, 2:45, 3:30, 6, 6:45, 8:50, 9:35. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 12:50, 3:25, 6:35, 9:20. Men in Black 3 2:15, 4:40, 6:55 & 9:20 (3-D). The Dictator 9:40. What to Expect When You’re Expecting 4:25. The Avengers 12:15, 1:35 (3-D), 3:15, 6:15, 6:50 (3-D), 9:15. friday 15 — thursday 21 *Rock of Ages 12:20, 1, 3:10, 3:45, 6, 6:50, 8:45, 9:30. *That’s My Boy 12:40, 3:15, 6:50, 9:25. Prometheus 1:10 (3-D), 3:55 (3-D), 6, 6:45 (3-D), 8:45, 9:30 (3-D). Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 12 (3-D), 12:30, 1 (3-D), 2:15 (3-D), 3, 4:30 (3-D), 6, 8:20. Snow White and the Huntsman 12:30, 3:20, 6:25, 9:15. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 3:25, 6:35. Men in Black

Men in Black 3 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 9:25. The Avengers 12:55, 3:40, 6:20, 9:05. friday 15 — thursday 21 *Hysteria 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:25. *Rock of Ages 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:30. Prometheus 1:05, 3:35, 6:50, 9:15. Bernie 1:25, 4:25, 7:15, 9:35. Snow White and the Huntsman 1, 3:45, 6:40, 9:20. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 1:15, 3:55, 6:30, 9:10.

PALACE CINEMA 9

10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 864-5610, www.palace9.com

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 ***Met Summer Encore: Anna Bolena Wed 1, 6:30. ***The Tempest Starring Christopher Plummer Thu: 7. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1, 3:55, 6:40, 9:25. *Safety Not Guaranteed Thu: 7. *That’s My Boy 1:10, 4:10, 7, 9:35. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 12:15, 1:15, 2:30, 3:40, 4:45, 6:05 (except Thu), 7:05, 9:15 (except Wed). Prometheus 12:30, 2, 3:30, 5, 6:45, 8, 9:30. Snow White and the Huntsman 12:45, 3:50 (except Wed), 6:35, 9:25. Men in Black 3 1:20 (except Wed), 4, 6:50 (except Mon & Wed), 9:20. The Avengers 8:15 (except Thu). ***See website for details.

PARAMOUNT TWIN CINEMA 241 North Main St., Barre, 4799621, www.fgbtheaters.com

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BIJOU CINEPLEX 1-2-3-4 Rte. 100, Morrisville, 8883293, www.bijou4.com

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 6:30. Prometheus 6:50. Snow White and the Huntsman 6:40. Men in Black 3 7.

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wednesday 13 — thursday 21 Bernie 1:30 (Sat & Sun only) 6, 8. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 1 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 8:45.

STOWE CINEMA 3 PLEX

Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678.

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 7. Snow White and the Huntsman 7. Men in Black 3 7. friday 15 — thursday 21 *Rock of Ages Fri: 6:45, 9:10. Sat: 2:30, 6:45, 9:10. Sun: 4:30, 7. Mon-Thu: 7. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Fri: 6:45, 8:45. Sat: 2:30, 6:45, 8:45. Sun: 4:30, 7. Mon-Thu 7. Snow White and the Huntsman Fri: 6:45, 9:10. Sat: 2:30, 6:45, 9:10. Sun: 4:30, 7. Mon-Thu: 7.

155 Porters Point Road, just off Rte. 127, Colchester, 862-1800. www.sunsetdrivein.com

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted at 8:50, followed by Men in Black 3. Prometheus at 8:50, followed by Chernobyl Diaries. Snow White and the Huntsman at 8:50, followed by Battleship. The Avengers at 8:50, followed by The Dictator.

CAPITOL SHOWPLACE

93 State St., Montpelier, 2290343, www.fgbtheaters.com

friday 15 — thursday 21 *Rock of Ages Fri: 6:20, 9:05. Sat & Sun: 12:35, 3:35, 6:20, 9:05. Mon-Thu: 1:30, 6:20, 9:05. Prometheus Fri: 6:15, 9:10 (3-D). Sat & Sun: 12:25, 3:15 (3-D), 6:15, 9:10 (3-D). Mon-Thu: 1:30, 6:15, 9:10 (3-D). Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Fri: 6:35 (3-D), 9. Sat & Sun: 1 (3-D), 3:15, 6:35 (3-D), 9. Mon-Thu: 1:30 (3-D), 6:35 (3-D), 9. Snow White and the Huntsman Fri: 6:20, 9:05. Sat & Sun: 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:05. Mon-Thu:

26 Main St., Montpelier, 2290509, www.savoytheater.com

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friday 15 — thursday 21 *Rock of Ages 1:15, 3:45, 7, 9:15. *That’s My Boy 1:15, 3:45, 7:10, 9:15. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 1:15, 6:30. Prometheus 1:15, 3:45, 6:50, 9:15. Snow White and the Huntsman 3:45, 8:30.

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Prometheus 6:15, 9:10 (3-D). Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 6:35 (3-D), 9. Snow White and the Huntsman 6:20, 9:05. Men in Black 3 6:30, 9. The Avengers 6:15, 9:15.

THE SAVOY THEATER

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10:05 (Thu only; 3-D). Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 10 a.m. (Thu only; 3-D), 11:45 a.m., 12:30 (3-D), 2, 2:40 (3-D), 4:15, 4:50 (3-D), 6:30, 7 (3-D), 8:45, 9:10 (3-D). Snow White and the Huntsman 10 a.m. (Thu only), 11:45 a.m., 12:45, 2:40, 3:50, 5:30, 7, 8:15, 9:40. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 11:25 a.m., 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45. Chernobyl Diaries 2, 5:50 (Wed only), 9:45 (Wed only). Men in Black 3 10 a.m. (Thu only), 12:20 (3-D), 2:40, 5 (3-D), 7:20 (3-D), 9:40. The Dictator 12, 4, 7:50 (Wed only). The Avengers 10 a.m. (Thu only; 3-D), 12:30

(3-D), 7:20 (3-D), 9:40. The Avengers 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only; 3-D), 12:30 (3-D), 3:25, 6:20 (3-D), 9:15. ***See website for details.

MAJESTIC 10

190 Boxwood St. (Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners), Williston, 878-2010, www.majestic10.com

wednesday 13 — thursday 14 Prometheus 12:15, 1:15 (3D), 3, 4 (3-D), 6:15, 7:15 (3-D), 9, 9:50 (3-D). Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 12:30 (3-D), 1:30, 2:45 (3-D), 3:45, 5 (3-D), 6:30, 7:10 (3D), 8:40, 9:20 (3-D). Snow

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Citizens in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, objected after their longtime “eternal flame” was extinguished for five hours. The 28-yearold flame, a tribute to Soviet soldiers who died in World War II, burns in Victory Square in front of a statue of a woman symbolizing those who waited for loved ones to return from the war. Yevgeniy Orlenko, deputy director of the stateowned energy supplier KyrgyzGaz, explained the gas was shut off because the local government’s unpaid bills totaled $9400. After the incident was reported abroad, KyrgyzGaz officials re-explained that the gas had actually been turned off for maintenance. (Washington Times)

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During a tour of six Asian countries, Russia’s newest civil airliner, the Sukhoi Superjet 100, took passengers on demonstration flights. In Indonesia, the aircraft completed its initial flight, but on its second flight later that day, it disappeared 21 minutes after takeoff while flying over a volcano south of Jakarta. The crash killed all 45 on board. Earlier this year, two Superjet 100s operated by Russia’s Aeroflot had to make unscheduled landings because of faulty landing gear. (CNN)

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A computer glitch resulted in 1200 citizens being summoned for jury duty all at once at the Placer County, Calif. The system’s error caused a rare traffic jam on Interstate 80 in Auburn as 800 of the jurors actually showed up for the 8 p.m. Tuesday session. Court executive officer Geoff Brandt explained the technical error caused the juror-summoning system to go into default mode, “and we were unaware the default mode was to call in every jury panel we had scheduled for the week.” Although Brandt added, “We apologize profusely,” the people who showed up were informed that they’d still have to show up on their real scheduled day. (Sacramento’s KVOR-TV)

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Even though Spain’s King Juan Carlos, 74, is honorary president of the Spanish branch of the World Wildlife Fund, in April he made a secret trip to Botswana to hunt elephants. While on safari, the monarch fell and broke his hip. (Associated Press)

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relationships that you call “friendships” may be little more than useful connections or status boosters or affiliations that enhance your power and influence. There’s no shame in that. but it’s also a smart idea to make sure that at least some of your alliances are rooted primarily in pure affection. you need to exchange energy with people who don’t serve your ambitions so much as they feed your soul. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to cultivate friendships like that. take good care of those you have, and be alert for the possibility of starting a new one.

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From an astrological perspective, it’s the New Year season; you’re beginning a fresh cycle. How would you like to celebrate? You could make a few resolutions — maybe pledge to wean yourself from a wasteful habit or self-sabotaging vice. You could also invite the universe to show you what you don’t even realize you need to know. What might also be interesting would be to compose a list of the good habits you will promise to cultivate, and the ingenious breakthroughs you will work toward, and the shiny yet gritty dreams you will court and woo.

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(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Have you ever tried to drink from a fire hose? The sheer amount and force of the water shooting out the end makes it hard to actually get any moisture in your mouth, let alone enjoy the process. on the other hand, it is kind of entertaining, and it does provide a lot of material to tell funny stories about later on. but are those good enough reasons to go ahead and do it? i say no. That’s why i advise you, metaphorically speaking, to draw your sustenance from a more contained flow in the coming week. Cultivate a relationship with a resource that gives you what you really need.

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(Feb. 19-March 20): The coming week will be an excellent time to declare your independence from anything that depresses you, obsesses you or oppresses you. you will attract help from unexpected sources if you take that brave action. at the same time, it’ll be a perfect moment to declare your interdependence with anything that fires up your imagination, stirs up smart hope or fills you with a desire to create masterpieces. be adventurous as you dream about blending your energies with the very best influences.

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(July 23-aug. 22): There’s a wild zoo about two hours northwest of seattle. after paying your fee, you can drive your car through acres of land where large animals are allowed to roam free. When i took the tour, i stopped my rented Dodge stratus by the side of the road to get a better look at a humongous buffalo with a humped back and a long woolly beard. it lumbered over to where i was parked and for the next five minutes thoroughly licked my windshield with its enormous purple tongue. My head was just inches away from its primal power, and yet i was safe and relaxed and perfectly amused. i wouldn’t be surprised if you had a comparable experience sometime soon, leo.

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writer than turgenev. Use this as inspiration, sagittarius, if you have to deal with anyone’s judgmental appraisals of you in the coming days. Their opinions will say more about them than about you. refresh your understanding of the phenomenon of “projection,” in which people superimpose their fantasies and delusions on realities they don’t see clearly.

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right hand to find out what your left hand has been doing lately, and vice versa. They’ve been attending to their separate agendas for a while, and now it would be wise to have them work together more closely. as they get reacquainted, a bit of friction would be understandable. you may have to serve as a mediator. try to get them to play nicely with each other for a while before jumping in to the negotiations about how best they can cooperate in the future. and be very firm with them: no slapping or fighting allowed.

Covey describes your “circle of concern” as everything you’re concerned with or worried about. your “circle of influence,” on the other hand, is anything that’s within your ability to change right now. For example, you may have general long-term questions or anxieties about the future of your health. That’s your circle of concern. but your circle of influence contains specific actions you can take to affect your health today, like eating good food, getting enough sleep and doing exercise. What i’m seeing for you, Cancerian, is that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to spend less time in your circle of concern and more in your circle of influence. stop fantasizing about what may or may not happen, and simply take charge of the details that will make a difference.

up to heaven. i recommend that you try to incubate a similar dream, or else do some meditations in which you visualize that scene. it would help prime your psyche for one of this week’s top assignments, which is to be adaptable as you go back and forth between very high places and very low places. Heaven and earth need to be better connected. so do the faraway and the close-at-hand, as well as the ideal and the practical. and you’re the right person for the job.

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fun and a big goofball I am 22 years old, lived in VT my whole life. I am currently going to school for vet-tech, so you better love animals. I love Vermont’s scenery and enjoy being outside. Also love: sailing, hiking, photography, reading, driving, horseback riding. I think trucks are pretty sexy, and love old-school cars. Looking for some new people to get to know! lovermont13, 22, l

Metalhead with a soft side I just moved here from NY so I am looking for a friendship that could turn into something. I listen to music (mostly metal but still other genres too), watch/play sports, go out, work, watch movies and basically anything else that is fun! I am bad at filling these things out so please ask me questions. scokerocker2, 27, l

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crazy sexy cool Hey! I love fun! I currently work overnights, and let me tell you, getting used to that sleep schedule is really hard! My caffeine intake has tripled! I am an artist, a musician a good friend. I am into sci-fi and fantasy, and play D&D and magic cards, hahaha...I’m looking for friends, but also someone to share more with. ChallengeFate, 30, l

ocean and mountains, spontaneous traveler The best is yet to come. I am independent, healthy and physically active. I love the ocean, good food, cooking, yoga and being outdoors as much as possible. I am kind and compassionate and seek the same in a mate. Looking for a healthy, kind man to share adventures. I believe in soul mates so I am not giving up. oceangal, 56

Just relax Rather be outside than sitting indoors. Long road trips to the beach are the best. minicooper32, 21, l

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Here goes again... I enjoy intelligent conversation, being outdoors, spending time with friends and finding humor in all that life has to offer. I value experiences over “stuff” and enjoy travel and adventure. I am looking to meet some new friends and if things go well maybe some dates. Let’s grab a coffee and go from there... bluesky12, 37, l

Looking for a nice guy Looking for a guy who knows how to treat a girl. I am not looking for hookups, I am looking for the real deal. I work hard for the things I have and I want someone who will be my equal. I am a bigger girl looking for a bigger guy, teddies please! Rissa25, 25, l

BBW looking LTR 46-yr-old BBW in Winooski looking for LTR. 5’3”, 300 lbs., bl hr, blue eyes, friends first then see where it goes. Like to play pool and fishing! Yes! I can bait a hook, too! Just got my assoc. degree in accounting, work at a small CPA firm in Essex Jct. Looking for companionship this summer to kill some of my free time. winooskibbw, 45, l

Living life to the fullest I am a happy, confident, fun-loving person who lives life to the fullest. I am seeking a stable man to share life with. I enjoy dancing, music, traveling, theater, gardening, the ocean, sunshine, sunsets, people of all ages and much more. A sense of humor is a necessity; life is too short to sweat the small stuff. enjoyinglife, 51, l

friendship and to see where things go from there. monkton1969, 42, l

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Good Worker, Lover And Friend I’m a curvy, big-bottomed female, wear glasses/contacts, am funny, serious when need be, responsible, caring, affectionate, fun and easygoing. I like all types of music and movies, except science fiction. I work, read, listen to music, watch movies, love to enjoy the outdoors and travel. Looking for a discreet girlfriend for fun times in and out of bed. 2nicensassy32, 32

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visionary morning person I make stuff because I am an artist, and I teach because I like spending time with people who want to learn something new. I like my life, the processes of discovery and hard work. I tend to be a private person because I am such a public persona. A balance in life is good, though difficult to define. NHartist, 40, l

Want to play/sail/bike/canoe? Honesty and respect are important parts of any relationship, and you can count on that from me. I love being active and on the go. I love to laugh and I don’t mind being laughed at. I see the glass at half full. Looking for someone to paddle in my twoman kayak. activebarb, 63, l

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Looking for my first black They say once you go black you never go back. I am a few-extrapounds white girl looking to have sex with a big, black guy. And when I say big...I think you know what I mean. Tear me up. lovebug, 25, l Looking for some fun If you’re up for having a good time, let’s just get down to business and skip the small talk. Funandgames, 22

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Talk Dirty To Me Looking for a guy with similar fantasies... let me know what your interests are and just what you’d like to do with me! Send me an erotic message and we’ll take it from there! talkdirtytome, 24, l What’s your horoscope? Did you know Scorpio is the most sexual of signs? Looking for some NSA summer fun. Don’t be afraid to contact me for a walk on the wild side! sexiscorpio69, 26, l

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Passionate switch seeking fun White, thin, deviant, looking to further explore my kinks and maybe yours. Must be discreet, relatively intelligent and disease free. MidwesternErrant, 26 dreammachine I’m lookin for the one I can spoil, love and live with. Someone that wants to be my everything. I’m 24 and ready to get to livin’ life. I’m a lil shy but easy to get to know. Lookin4love88, 24

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Insatia Girl I’m a young professional whose Seeking Horny Hottie 1x1c-mediaimpact030310.indd 1 sexy 3/1/10 1:15:57 PM interests include hot and Educated, fit man seeking hot sex, encounters, submission, dirty talk, erotic email exchange or phone flirting...having a fun, sexy—but play. I am clean and discreet. Open safe—time in general. lara23, 33 to new experiences. Your orgasm is my priority. Long foreplay, teasing, Wanna see my wild side? passionate kissing and lots of oral Seeking guy who wants to have included. Bring your toys. Satyr, 52 NSA fun and explore fantasies. Love guys with tattoos and a bit of a bad side. Must be able to handle a feisty woman. emjay666, 21, l KITTY I’m your every fantasy come true. I have two years of fetish play. Whatever your dream, just ask me. Leave me a message and I will get back to you. prettypinkslit, 25, l Make me melt Looking for a hot, kinky man to pleasure me all night long. Must be OK with having another guy there who will also be pleasuring me. Taped for personal use only. AllAboutMe, 32 sexywildsensitive Clean, divorced woman looking for exciting sex with men who want same. Love long foreplay, wild kissing, long conversations. Open, willing, horny, discreet. Educated, professional. Love younger men and love to learn. crazygirl, 51 submissive looking for dom I am looking for a man who wants a girl who knows what she wants. I am not a dime-a-dozen hottie. I am gorgeous and I know it. velvet_thread, 22, l

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Driven Single dad with no energy for dating following most recent relationship — but lots of drive. Interested in physical encounters. New to this whole scene. Will try almost anything once but mostly looking for good, old-fashioned, hot, sweaty sex. hockeydad, 44 Cross-dresser seeking openminded female Hello, single white male, early 30’s, cute, nice body. I like to cross-dress in the house and out of house on specific occasions. I have alot of sexy clothes, wigs, lingerie, heels, etc. Love stockings, panty hose, very erotic. Looking to have fun and play dress-up. Seeking an open-minded female who is OK with these things. Serious replies only, please. pantyhoselove, 31 Is this what you want? I’m looking for a lovely lady that is willing to have some discreet fun with a good-looking guy. I’m athletic and love going to the gym. I have photos and a lot of them. I don’t feel comfortable posting them without getting a couple messages first. I’m open minded and would like to hear from you. Thatdudeoverthere, 26 straight and cis, into pegging I’m a quiet bookish type looking for a sexy lady to rail me with a strap-on. All body types are lovely, but right now I just want a thin girl. jbieber666, 21, l Sexy and I Know It! I’m a guy who loves women. Every female is sexy in her own way. So what better way to experience that sexiness than in the bedroom? I’m a chill guy who likes to laugh and knows how to have a good time. So get to know me, because why wouldn’t you want to? YoungAndReckless, 20 new in Vermont I came to Vermont for some time, and I am looking for new friends. We will go as far as you want. We can enjoy a nice talk, a dinner or more. You will decide after we meet. elgalo, 32 long-lasting, hard and thick Hello beautiful ladies, I’m looking for friends with benefits. I’m in great shape. I’m Caucasian and want to try new things. I’d like to satisfy two women at one time. hrd_5869, 45 Lookin’ for fun times! Douglas here. I’m recently seperated and I’m out lookin’ for a good time. douglasinvt, 35, l Professional gone wild! I’m a discreet professional who has an insatiable appetite for one desiring woman. I am pretty much open to every and anything in the bedroom and looking to explore my sexuality more. More than anything I enjoy oral, giving rather than receiving. Perhaps I can come across that one person who doesn’t mind me pleasuring them to an unimaginable degree. Willingly1, 27

Fun with kinky couple Looking for discreet encounters with sexy, open-minded people. Open to mmf and mfm, mm with right person. lookingformmffun, 39, l Mighty Mouse for older lady 50 yo, have always been attracted to older women (teachers, friends moms, Betty White). Looking to have a fun-filled, sexual relationship with a regular older lady 60’s. Nothing super weird. Good old average older/younger play with an average lady. I can host at a hotel if not comfortable meeting at your place. Drinks or dinner first, to break the ice. Let’s see what we can do for eachother. mightymouse3773, 50 Romantic, Sensuous, Ready to Play Bi-mature male who likes nice, sensous and romantic evenings that lead to hot play. Start out with sensuous or erotic massage, a glass of wine and go from there. Discretion a must as well as d&d free. Ready7plsunc, 61

another couple to learn from/with. We are both attractive, well groomed, clean, fun/adventurous. Seeking a couple for sexual adventures/erotic fun. Ages 35-50, M/F couple, clean, well groomed and DD free. Please share fantasies, we will as well. All couples, including those with ethnic background, are welcome. Jonsgirl, 44 Insatiable appetites for sex!!! Interesting professional couple (male, 40 yo, and female, 42 yo) searching for no-strings fun! We both have experience with groups and couples, all combinations, although experience is not a must! We require open and easy and willing participants! Must love toys! 802lvnthedream, 42 Curious Couple Happy couple looking to have a little fun. New to this, seeking male or female for 3sum. No strings attached. Must be clean, discreet, no drugs/ stds. Would like to meet for a few drinks first and see where it goes. WEwanttoplaywithu, 40, l

Kink of the w eek: Shadow Woman Demands Your Attention I’m a fiery bitch who wants to be worshiped and pleasured. I love giving, especially to a man in ways he is shy about telling me. You game, nasty boy? LadySylvanas, 23, Sexually charged and adventurous I’m looking to have fun outside my marriage yet inside my marriage. It really turns my wife and I on for me to play openly outside the marriage with another woman. I want to fantasize about you, talk dirty to you. Want to start out with email, texting and if we feel we click sexually, lead to physical play. Batman3782, 39

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Looking for fun We are a very happy couple looking for another couple to explore our fantasies. Love to play. We have a place on the lake and would love to entertain another couple with a sunset boat cruise and end the evening in our bed! Kalvinb, 40 New to Vermont, want fun! We’re a fun couple that just moved to Vermont. We’re looking for some new friends to play with. She is 40, Asian, sexy, petite, 5’4”, 110 lbs. He is 44, athletic, slender, 5’10,” 160 lbs. We’re both well educated and active. We’re into full swap or anything up to that. She is a little bi and likes women too. bandsinvt, 41, l Horny Couple looking for same We are a happy, attractive couple that is interested in meeting with another couple, “woman and man.” We’re a committed couple that’s hypersexual. We’ve never done a 4some and we’re ready to have fun with it. We’re both in our 40s. She’s got big boobs and he’s a thick-cocked man. Cum and play with us. NorthCountryCouple, 50, l Hypersexual Couple needs the same We are a committed couple (Burlington area). We are new to this and seeking

seeking fullfilling outback adventures Fit, active couple seeking sexy, confident naughty girl for threesome fun. Looking to explore deep outback, care to lend a hand, tongue, bum? Dirty mind is a plus! outback3, 39, l Massage, Connection, Comfort, Kissing, Orgasms Massage explores pleasure with or without stepping into the sexual. We’d like to massage a woman, man or couple at your level of comfort. Softness of skin, the bliss of massage. We offer non-sexual, sensual massages, or ones that progress to orgasmic bliss. Four-hand massage is an amazingly sensuous path to sensual bliss, or all the way to orgasm. Lascivious, 58, l normal, intelligent, decentlooking, U2? Looking for a decent-looking, in-shape, intelligent couple (like us) to fool around with. No cigarette smokers. We’re educated, liberal, ~39, live near Burlington, exercise regularly, enjoy good wine and food. curiouscpl, 38, l position open/looking to fill Applicant requirements: sexy, fun, outgoing, assertive and confident female, experience not necessary (willing to train the right person). Position offers opportunity for travel, outdoor activity, savory feasts, fun in and out of the bedroom. We have an excellent benefits package with room to grow. You will be paid in orgasms. We look forward to an oral interview. evilhippie, 39

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caramel twist and whole milk Honda Odyssey driving by Rt.7 in MIlton. I miss the smile on your face, the way you look in my eyes, the planet watching, the stair sliding and MAYBE everything else. The top of the list. Find your way home. When: June 5, 8:30 a.m. Where: Route 7, Milton. You: stunningly beautiful woman. Me: Man. When: Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Where: Milton. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910278 Stunning Blond on Church Street A bit dejected at never having been I Spied? “Forbidden fruit a flavor has,/That lawful orchards mock;/How luscious lies the pea within/The pod that duty locks.” You’re such a keeper that I’d hate to screw it up, so I’m lobbing the ball into your court. When: Friday, June 8, 2012. Where: Jazz Fest. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910277 oh my goodness...those beautiful browns! 3:15 p.m. Jolley’s Store in Williston. You were wearing black shorts/tank top shirt. Waiting in line to pay for your coffee, you turned around and caught my eyes looking at your beautiful red, curly hair. Smiling shyly you said, “hi”. You practically melted me on the spot! Get in touch so I can get lost into those beautiful browns again! When: Saturday, June 9, 2012. Where: Jolley’s Store in Williston. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910276 ETHAN ALLEN PARK MAMA You were out with your little ones on a beautiful Saturday morning at Ethan Allen Park. It looked like you were having a great outing, and I wish my friend and I could have stuck around. Drop me a note if you’re up for another walk or hike sometime soon (and I promise I’ll bring my purple toy car again). When: Saturday, June 9, 2012. Where: Ethan Allen Park playground. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910275

Hello bluesky12 You stated the forst section you turn to is I spy. I hope that you see this since I find you very intriguing. Would love to chat and maybe meet for a coffee on Church St. When: Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Where: Two 2 Tango. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #910270 Sweet Home Alabama You: waiting at the I-89 Exit 4 Mobil next to the counter. I was getting biscuits for my dog — really. You: stunning! You passed me a few minutes later on 89 North in your Lexus SUV. You were looking straight at me as you passed. It’s vitally important that we meet for coffee interested? When: Friday, June 8, 2012. Where: Exit 4 Mobil. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910269 Starbucks Everywhere Go ahead, ask me out. When: Friday, June 8, 2012. Where: Starbucks everywhere. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910268 Waterbury Thursday after work I was on a silver motorcycle and pulled in to fuel up at the Waterbury gas station where I saw a tall, slim, well-dressed girl in a purple top, black slacks and heels doing the same. We exchanged friendly small talk but I think there’s more to say... When: Thursday, June 7, 2012. Where: Waterbury gas station. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910267

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Waterbury bank He said, “I think I’m getting the hang of this banking thing!” I repeated it in hopes of making you smile. I couldn’t tell if you did but regardless, you had a nice effect on me. Wanna talk? When: Thursday, June 7, 2012. Where: Waterbury. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910271

Beautiful City Market Stocker Since the first time I saw you I knew I had to talk to you. I finally got my chance and managed to get a full three words out. I’d like to get to know you. There is something about you that I’m completely drawn to. Hope you come by and talk to me soon. When: Thursday, May 31, 2012. Where: City Market. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #910263

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Flatbread’s Tall Dark-n-Handsome Was in for dinner Friday 6/8/12 with my friend and our crazy little lovebugs. I came back, couldn’t find my key (which I found). Wanted to thank you for getting down and looking for them. And for your beautiful smile you bestowed upon me. You’re very charming in a carefree way. Made me smile When: Friday, June 8, 2012. Where: American Flatbread. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910272

British Gal on South Winooski Wednesday, June 6th, 10:30ish p.m. on South Winooski by the VFW. You asked me for directions to Maple St. I had to pull my headphones out to hear you. Was that a British or Australian accent? Either way, it was very cute, just like you. When: Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Where: South Winooski. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910265

RE: Morgan Horse Interest piqued, a little more info would be great. When: Monday, June 4, 2012. Where: in YOUR dreams. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910264

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vpirg You and your friend came back to pick up a contribution from my mother. I kicked myself for not catching your name, but you caught mine :). Hope you did well in the neighborhood! When: Thursday, June 7, 2012. Where: Shelburne. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #910274 Sorry, I didn’t see you! I was walking on Upper Main St. in Winooski, when you ran by me on my right, I shouted “Sorry about that!” You waved. I finally got my rearview mirror fixedand would like to apologize over a beverage. Interested? You: brunette, white top, black shorts, ear buds. Me: brown hair, blue sweats. When: Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Where: Upper Main Street Winooski. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910273

Paddleboarding during Thursday’s Jazz Fest show To the man and woman who were paddleboarding with their dogs during tonight’s Jazz Fest show: I caught several amazing photos of you silhouetted in front of the sunset. If you see this and would like copies of the pictures, send me an email. When: Thursday, June 7, 2012. Where: Burlington waterfront. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910266

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