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Since it seems unlikely that those who support mandatory helmet use and those, like Sen. Benning [Feedback, “Helmets Off,” July 11], who oppose it, will ever agree, I suggest a modest compromise: We can repeal the helmet law, and put in its place legislation that provides that anyone injured in a motorcycle accident while not wearing a helmet cannot receive any insurance compensation for the

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JULY 18-25, 2012 VOL.17 NO.46

THE ADIRONDACK ISSUE Once a year, Seven Days looks across Lake Champlain for not just the sunset, but stories. In this issue, Kathryn Flagg visits a testosteronefilled woodsmen’s school at Paul Smith’s College, and looks at the region’s rails-to-trails movement. Ken Picard takes a more relaxed route — down the Hudson River on a tube. Alice Levitt browses a quirky antique store in Lake Placid and chows down at the Uptown in tiny Hague. Corin Hirsch sips the fruit of the vines on the “Adirondack Coast.” Kevin J. Kelley contemplates the Rockwell Kent collection at SUNY Plattsburgh, and surveys how the city has fared since its air base closed in 1995. Hi, neighbors!

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Why Blue Cross May Owe Its Former CEO Another $575,000, Plus Interest

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28 Remembering Rockwell Kent

BTV’s Losses Are PBG’s Gains

At a school for lumberjacks, boys become woodsmen

Rails or Trails? New Yorkers Clash Over a Train Line

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What’s up with the helium shortage? BY CORIN HIRSCH

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On the uses and abuses of emotion

32 Tube Therapy

Floating down the lazy Hudson River

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Epic Knights: Game Review

Lake Placid’s Antediluvian Antiques & Curiosities is no ordinary antique store

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Guitar Hero The Northeast Kingdom may as well be Music City this week, when Nashville’s Russ Barenberg — “a guitar superstar that too few people have heard of,” writes Vintage Guitar Magazine — and his quartet highlight the 35th season of Summer Music From Greensboro. Known for their dazzling ensemble interplay, the foursome perform acoustic newgrass.

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Ready to rock the boat? Landlubbers take to the lake at this weekend’s Small Boat Festival, a maritime celebration complete with live music, longboat tryouts, the 3-mile Lake Champlain Challenge Race and Sunday’s always-amusing Kids’ Duct Tape Regatta. Fingers crossed for smooth sailing. See calendar listing on page 48

Bringing the Heat Big on bluesy vocals and jazz-diva glam, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers rewind to the 1940s and ’50s with swinging standards from Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. And, according to the Boston Globe, the eight-piece ensemble sounds “as tight as the legendary musicians they choose to emulate.” See calendar listing on page 49

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Artful Encore Curated by Burlington artist W. David Powell, “Hey Joe: An Homage to Joseph Cornell” fêtes the American assemblage pioneer’s groundbreaking sensibility. Through the works of 10 New England artists, the group exhibit outlines Cornell’s enduring impact on contemporary art. Take a look at Rochester’s BigTown Gallery through July 29.

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Peak Programming Maybe it’s just the power of a name, but the lineup at the Precipice — a three-day music fest at the Intervale Center — certainly sounds like the tops. Four stages host nearly 50 acts, including headliners such as Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band, the Lynguistic Civilians, the Wee Folkestra and Luísa Maita. See calendar listing on page 47

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Medieval rebellion is brewing in England, and it plays out in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, a tale of high political intrigue with gripping battle scenes. Unadilla Theatre steps up to the challenge of this epic historical play, rarely performed in these parts. London Theatre Blog calls it “a rollicking paean to the mythology of wild prince Hal.”

No matter the weather, spirits are always sunny at SolarFest, Tinmouth’s annual renewable energy and arts fair. Fueled by “the power of positive energy,” the sustainable showcase includes energy education, physical comedy, storytelling and theater in the woods — plus music sets by the likes of the Wood Brothers and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion.

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ne thing was clear after Monday’s campaign finance reporting deadline: Sen. RANDY (R-Franklin) must BROCK really believe in his campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. PETER SHUMLIN. So much so, the dude dropped $300,000 of his own loot into his campaign war chest. More significant than what Brock raised, however, is how much he’s spent. Since his first campaign expense last December, Brock has burned through $282,269. That’s $52,673 more than he’s raised from people not named Randy Brock. Put another way, Brock has spent $205,301 more in six months than Shumlin spent in a year and a half. Then again, not everybody’s got the entire state-government apparatus pushing his message on the taxpayer dime! Ecco Clothes So what’d Brock buy at the campaign 81 Church Street store? Two weeks of commercials and Burlington | 860.2220 a crapload of consulting services. Price eccoclothesboutique.com tag? $243,881. In May, Brock doled out $25,000 to Ohio-based Strategy Group for Media to 8v-ecco071812.indd 1 7/17/12 2:14 PMproduce a series of television, radio and online ads. Later that month, he paid the company $90,000 to put the biographical spots on air for two weeks. NEW OUTLET So how’d that work out for Brock? NOW OPEN “I believe I have gotten results. One of the things that’s been critical during this campaign is to introduce myself to the electorate. Gov. Shumlin has not had to do that,” Brock says, adding that internal polling conducted before and after the media push shows the blitz helped “close the gap.” (A Castleton State College poll in May had Shumlin ahead 60 to 27.) By how much? He wouldn’t say. In addition to the ad buys, Brock paid San Francisco-based consultant BOB WICKERS’ firm $48,101. According to another Brock consultant, DARCIE JOHNSTON, Brock paid Wickers a $5000 monthly retainer — and additional fees for research, strategy and polling services. Johnston herself took home checks totaling $63,022. A mere $48,000 went to her $8000-a-month fundraising retainer, she says. The rest was reimbursement for expenses she incurred. Lastly, Brock paid the Indiana-based Prosper Group Corporation $12,808 for online services and Washington, D.C.based Complete Campaigns $2750 for e s s e x s h o p p e s & c i n e m a fundraising software. FACTORY OUTLETS With all that money headed out the w w w . e s s e x s h o p p e s . c o m door and not much coming in, is the 21 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JUNCTION, VT | 802.878.2851 8v-essexshoppes07112.indd 1

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self-funding Republican being taken for a ride? “People can suggest what they want,” Brock says. “I’m getting value from who I’m dealing with.” Meanwhile, Shumlin’s expense report is so light, it almost makes you believe the guy when he says he’s too focused on his job to campaign for reelection. Ah, nothing says value like incumbency. Shummy doled out just $3864 to a trio of out-of-state consultants and another $3000 to Theseus Advisors — the Burlington consulting shop founded by Vermont Democratic Party chairman JAKE PERKINSON and VDP consultant SELENE HOFER-SHALL. His only paid staffer? Finance director ERIKA WOLFFING, who took home her first $2114 paycheck this month. Anyone else helping the gov get reelected? Just a handful of committed volunteers with day jobs on the fifth floor of the Pavilion Office Building.

Shummy the Money By just about every metric — aside from self-funding — Shumlin dominated Brock in the fundraising game. Overall, Shumlin took in $679,512 in contributions, compared with Brock’s $529,596 in contributions and self-loans. Shumlin raised $1000 or more from 212 contributors, while Brock took the same from 81. Of those, 125 maxed out with $2000 contributions to Shummy; just 39 maxed out to Brock. The upside for Brock: room to grow. For a populist Democrat who bemoans the influence of corporate money in politics, Shumlin counts 52 companies — more than half of them from outside Vermont — as contributors. Together, they gave the gov $77,413. Ohio-based Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and a Plano, Texas-based Rent-a-Center each gave Shummy two grand. “Clearly because now he’s an incumbent, he does a lot of traveling for the [Democratic Governors Association] and [National Governors Association], so I would say his contacts out of state have broadened as a result,” Wolffing explains. In the renewable-energy realm, the governor cleaned up. He took in at least $12,000 of green from wind, solar, biomass and hydro companies — not to mention another $2000 contribution from the Vermont Renewable Energy PAC. Old pal DAVID BLITTERSDORF gave

$2000 of his own money — plus another $4000 through two of his companies. Shummy even managed to grab some Mickey Mouse money. Former Walt Disney Company CEO MICHAEL EISNER and four family members with Beverly Hills addresses ponied up a collective $7000 for the gov. Now that’s just Goofy. Eisner wasn’t the only out-of-stater giving to Shumlin. At least 145 non-Vermonters gave more than $100 to his campaign. Brock took contributions from 43 outsiders, the majority of whom hail from Florida, where Brock owns a second home and held a fundraiser this spring. Despite his free-market rhetoric, Brock didn’t do so hot with the capitalists. He counts only 14 companies as BFFs. Together, they gave him just $12,700. Brock also raised $8500 from three health care PACs representing radiologists, physicians and hospitals. Shumlin, on the other hand, raised $60,250 from PACs and other advocacy groups. Most of that cash came from unions. The Service Employees International Union — which has no members in Vermont but recently committed $100,000 to buy ads in support of Shumlin’s single-payer health care plan — gave him $12,000. The International Association of Fire Fighters forked over $6000. The gov also took money from corporate PACs, including $6000 from CocaCola and $3000 from Williston-based Pike Industries. And he raised $2000 each from Montpelier-based lobbying firms Sirotkin & Necrason and KSE Partners. KSE’s affiliated PAC chipped in another $3000. Why’s Shummy taking money from corporations, lobbyists and PACs? “The governor is proud to receive support from businesses and labor groups alike, in Vermont and outside of Vermont,” Wolffing said in a statement. Such groups, she says, understand that Shummy’s “focused on creating jobs” and improving the economy. Of course, the gov’s gotta save his own job first.

The $300,000 Question Brock’s outsized contribution to himself could be read a number of ways: commitment, desperation or just plain doing what’s necessary. “The governor has very high name recognition. As a challenger, I did not — even though I’ve held statewide office,” the former state auditor says.

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“As a first-time candidate, Gov. Shumlin loaned himself a significant amount of money, and I’ve done the same.” Indeed, Shumlin and his family donated $309,525 to his 2010 gubernatorial campaign — $275,000 of which came from his own, deep pockets. Both men clearly have money to burn — if burning is in order — but how much? Vermont Press Bureau reporter Peter HirscHfeld wrote in May that Brock, a retired executive vice president of Fidelity Investments, has a net worth of $6 million. Shumlin did not provide the Press Bureau with an updated financial report, but a 2010 disclosure pegged his net worth at $10 million — including 17 properties. So will the 2012 governor’s race turn into a self-funded, millionaire matchup? Not likely. Wolffing says the incumbent has no plans to donate to his own campaign, while Brock says his capacity to give is already stretched. “I’ve done my financial disclosure, and I think it should be obvious to anyone who looks at it that I have limitations, too,” says Brock, who gave $50,000 and $35,000 to two campaigns for state auditor in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He added that he hopes his own investment will “stimulate” others to donate as well. Would he rule out adding to the $90,000 he gave himself in May and the $210,000 he gave himself last Thursday? “I’m not going to speculate about what I may or may not do,” he says. “I’m not going to rule it out, but I don’t think it’s likely. A lot of it depends on what Gov. Shumlin does.” Then again, back in December, Brock told NaNcy remseN at the Burlington Free Press he didn’t expect to give anything to his own campaign. “I believe there are enough people who know me and support me and ought to be willing to invest in my campaign,” he said at the time. “I don’t even want a whiff that I’m trying to buy my way to an election.” Talk about a whiff-flop.

still around next term to get money out of politics. Wait, what?! As we reported on Blurt, Seven Days’ staff blog, Sanders and Welch posted some pretty healthy second-quarter fundraising figures this weekend. The socialist senator took in $847,260 in the last three months, pushing his six-year election-cycle total up to $6.1 million — 92 percent of which came from out of state. For his part, Welch raised $133,827 last quarter — 59 percent of which came from PACs — leaving him with $1.25 million in the bank. The two incumbents’ three Republican challengers, meanwhile, raised no more than a combined $20,000. Sen. Patrick leaHy, Vermont’s third amigo in Washington, is not up for reelection this year. But in his last race against little-known Republican leN BrittoN, he raised $4.9 million — 31 percent of which came from PACs. As of April, he had $1.9 million tucked under the mattress for 2016. Asked why they felt the need to raise such serious cash against piddling opponents, spokesmen for Sanders and Welch cite the pernicious impact of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision on the political playing field. Until Congress reforms the campaign finance system, Welch spokesman scott coriell says, Welch “will continue to raise the resources necessary to wage a competitive campaign.” Says Sanders’ finance director BeN eiseNBerg: “Bernie’s not going to be caught in a position where he’s not prepared to respond in the possible event that a karl rove group could come in and spend millions.” What kind of populist congressman itching to raise dough would want to get rid of a bogeyman like that? m

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erhaps the strongest argument in favor of basing the F-35 at Burlington’s airport is a negative one. Vermont Adjutant General Michael Dubie has warned that the Vermont Air National Guard station may close if the Air Force doesn’t select Burlington as a new home for the stealth fighter jet, taking as many as 400 jobs with it. At a recent meeting, Burlington City Councilor Vince Dober (R-Ward 7) suggested that in the event the Air Guard facility goes away, the Burlington area could suffer as severely as Plattsburgh N.Y., did after its Air Force base closed in 1995. The economic impact on the Lake City was so calamitous, Dober suggested, that Plattsburgh now “can’t afford to buy rock salt.” So how bad off is Plattsburgh today, 17 years after the base’s closure killed off 1000 civilian jobs? Not too bad at all, according to several current and former local officials. Although the Plattsburgh area’s unemployment rate of 9.8 percent is more than double Burlington’s, “we’ve recovered all the jobs that were lost,” says Mayor Donald Kasprzak. It took a while, he continues, but private businesses, government agencies and housing complexes now occupy all but a few of the 196 parcels of land into which the sprawling base was divided. “In terms of economic redevelopment, it’s been pretty impressive for a relatively remote part of the country,” adds Clyde Rabideau, a contractor who was serving as Plattsburgh’s mayor at the time of the unexpected closure. Herb Carpenter, 74, a former Plattsburgh police chief and head of the first air base redevelopment agency, goes even further. “Our failure to retain the base was the best thing that happened to Plattsburgh in my lifetime,” Carpenter says, noting that putting tax-exempt property into private hands pumped “millions and millions of dollars” into Plattsburgh town and city coffers. Others are not as positive in their assessments. Plattsburgh’s population plummeted in the late 1990s — largely as a result of the base closure — and still has not returned to where it was when the base was home to 2000 military personnel, notes David Farnsworth, an engineer

who worked for the Air Force’s base-conversion agency. The city counted 21,575 residents in mid-1990; 10 years later, the total had slumped to 18,823; and as of July 2011, the population stood at 19,949. Diversity diminished as well, Kasprzak points out. He says fewer black and brown faces can be seen in the city since the base was shut down. “It was a very difficult experience for the community,” Farnsworth says in reference to the first few years after the base shutdown. “Plattsburgh took a real economic beating.” Rabideau, who now serves as mayor of the village of Saranac Lake N.Y., cautions that he doesn’t mean to suggest

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Plattsburgh benefited from the shutdown. “I’m not saying we’re better off now than then,” he says. “We’re doing OK, but I wish we still had the base.” Everybody agrees that recovery was slow and painful from what Rabideau describes as “a massive body blow.” Political infighting compounded the widespread anger, despair and denial in the aftermath of the base closing, says current mayor Kasprzak, who served on the city council in the years just prior to the shutdown. “Many businesses were devastated,” he remembers. “Several of them closed.” A sense of desperation gripped the community in the mid-’90s, leading it to try a rather operatic initiative. In 1996, the Vermont band Phish leased an air base runway for a three-day rock concert. More than 100,000 phans attended the “Clifford Ball,” which pumped an estimated $25 million into the local economy. But it was a one-off affair that some locals criticized and strongly opposed repeating. Initially, the psychological effects of the closure proved as destabilizing to Plattsburgh as the economic damage, observes Rabideau, whose father and grandmother worked at the base. “We lost our identity as a military town,” he says.

One Battle After Another

Plattsburgh remains proud of its military history, as evidenced by the lamppost banners marking the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The Battle of

Plattsburgh, fought on Lake Champlain in 1814, resulted in the decisive defeat of British forces. And a military compound that took shape in the city in the following decades figures prominently in the story of the Strategic Air Command base that was established in 1955. Still referred to by local elders as the “old base,” the U.S. Oval — as it’s officially known — looks like a smaller version of Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester. Stately brick houses formerly occupied by Air Force officers ring an oval-shaped green. The old base was integrally associated with the “new base” that was built on 5000 acres, mostly outside the city limits but still within the larger town of Plattsburgh. Most residents rejoiced at the Air Force’s decision to base B-47 bombers and F-111A fighter jets in Plattsburgh, but a substantial number opposed the coming of advanced military aircraft. Resistance centered on the looming shutdown of “Champlain College,” which would be evicted from the Oval as part of the deal with the Air Force. The local chamber of commerce objected to the loss of some 200 jobs at the college, which had been established in 1946. But base backers prevailed. The school closed in 1953, its students were dispersed throughout the State University of New York system, and a few months later Burlington Business College claimed the name that would otherwise have died along with the Plattsburgh institution. Some of the base’s immediate neighbors remained unhappy about its operation throughout its 40-year life span. “There was a percentage of people on the flight line that had legitimate complaints AIR GUARD

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about the noise,” Mayor Kasprzak says. The fighter planes could be deafeningly loud on takeoff, as could the KC-135 Stratotankers that also flew out of Plattsburgh. “But the community overall, because of our history, accepted the base,” Kasprzak adds. And the pleasant chimes of cash registers also helped compensate for the disruptive roar of jets. Plattsburgh merchants made money from the base’s presence, even though a lot of the transactions took place inside its fenced perimeter. “The base was a small city unto itself,” says Lee Mitchell, chief financial officer of the Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation (PARC). It had its own hospital, shops, restaurants, golf course, bowling alley, gyms and hundreds of housing units, she notes.

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real economic beating. The Barracks golf course, with its Adirondack lodge-style clubhouse, remains in operation today, but almost all the other structures have been demolished. The 2.5 miles of runways are also still intact. A portion of them is now used by Plattsburgh International Airport, which opened in 2007, and by the Department of Homeland Security, which carries out surveillance flights. A number of businesses also call the former base home now, including: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals; Pratt & Whitney Engine Services; Multina USA, a supplier of components to transportation manufacturers; and Bombardier, a maker of rail cars. “It developed into a home for Canadian transportation and equipment companies and their suppliers,” Rabideau notes.

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Burlington is not Plattsburgh, of course, and the Air Guard station isn’t nearly as vast an operation as Strategic Air Command base was at its peak. But there are some parallels, and officials across the lake say Vermont could draw lessons from Plattsburgh’s experience. Patience will be required if the Burlington area does eventually lose the hundreds of jobs associated with its Air Guard station, Mayor Kasprzak counsels. “You don’t make up for something like that overnight,” he says. Former redevelopment chief Carpenter adds, “400 is a big number of jobs that you never want to lose, but Burlington is a very vital city. I suspect you have the momentum and the gravitas to succeed.”

Still, Carpenter advises against rejecting the F-35. “You’ve got to make sacrifices to have something like that in a community, but the sacrifices are probably worthwhile,” he says. And if Burlington decides it doesn’t want the F-35s, Plattsburgh will be happy

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lattsburgh’s airport is emerging as a stronger competitor to financially troubled burlington international Airport (bTv). PenAir, an Alaska-based carrier, recently started flying 12 times a week between Plattsburgh international Airport (PbG) and boston. Round-trip fares of $150 are available on the 34-seat propeller planes plying a route that had previously been operated by Colgan Air. A PenAir spokeswoman would not say how full the flights tend to be, but she and PbG manager Christopher Kreig both say the service is popular. And it’s not just PbG that’s beckoning boston-bound vermonters who would rather fly than drive or make the journey via low-fare Megabus. Cape Air recently added a fourth daily flight to boston from Rutland Southern vermont Regional Airport. The additional round-trip on Cape Air’s nine-seat Cessnas will be offered in summer only. bTv, meanwhile, lacks a direct connection to boston. Passengers can also book nonstop flights from Plattsburgh to Orlando and two other destinations in Florida. burlington is scheduled to lose its only nonstop service to Florida in november following Jetblue’s recently announced decision to end its daily run between bTv and Orlando. Gene Richards, appointed last week as bTv’s interim director of aviation, says he isn’t worried about losing market share to PbG. “We see them as a partner, not a competitor,” Richards insists. He adds, though, “i can’t quite figure out why it makes more sense for some airlines to fly to boston from Plattsburgh rather than burlington.”

to host them, Mayor Kasprzak adds. He notes, however, that he’s had no conversations with the Air Force about an alternate basing plan in Plattsburgh, and says he considers such an option “highly unlikely.” m

The key reason is government underwriting. Airlines choose to fly out of small airports such as those in Plattsburgh and Rutland to hubs such as Logan international Airport because they get federal subsidies through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Essential Air Service program. PenAir, for example, is being paid $2.6 million this year for operating the PbG-boston route. The subsidy arrangement, which also covers most of Cape Air’s flights between Rutland and boston, is intended to give rural residents access to major U.S. airports. bTv, which handles almost five times as many departing passengers as Plattsburgh and Rutland combined, is too large to qualify for the subsidy program. That competitive advantage enables PbG to offer flights to popular destinations unserved by bTv. And Plattsburgh is seeking to capitalize on its direct links to warm-weather getaways by billing itself as “Montréal’s U.S. airport.” it does take less time for many Montréal-area residents to drive to PbG than to bTv. Canadians accounted for more than 80 percent of the 130,000 passengers who flew out of Plattsburgh last year. bTv also depends heavily on bookings by Canadians lured to U.S. airports by cheaper fares. Airport officials estimate that 40 percent of the 640,000 passengers departing from bTv last year have home addresses in Canada. PbG has attracted growing numbers of fliers in each of the five years since it began operating on a portion of the former U.S. Air Force base. bTv has meanwhile seen passenger traffic drop or barely rise in recent years. Kreig says that more vermonters are starting to fly from Plattsburgh — at least judging from the number of Green Mountain State license plates in the airport’s main parking lot. Daily rates there recently went from $5 to $7 in order to help finance a planned $50 million expansion of PbG’s terminal. m

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A retirement housing complex is also situated on the base, along with a private, 300-home residential development converted from old Air Force housing. “The biggest coup was bringing in Bombardier” a couple of years after the base closed, Rabideau says. Although the 300 jobs created by the company were not situated on the former air base, its arrival in Plattsburgh lifted local morale considerably. And Bombardier did subsequently build an $8 million rail-car test facility on a portion of the base. Many people involved in the redevelopment hoped to see another Bombardier-style “home run,” author Marian Calabro recounts in her 2008 book Flying High Again, which traces the history of the base and its transformation. But progress proved incremental. A long series of small successes has taken PARC to the point where it now has only five part-time employees, as compared to the 90 full timers who were working for it 15 years ago. When the remaining 11 parcels are occupied, PARC will go out of business entirely, chief financial officer Mitchell explains while seated at a desk in a suite of unoccupied offices.

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of the $575,000 bonus compensation “excessive” is pure speculation, the lawyers argue. And even if the state determined it to be so, the solution is not to withhold payment but to hold subscribers harmless, as Blue Cross did before by lowering rates. Would paying the bonus money reopen the state’s investigation of Milnes’ compensation? Cliff Peterson, the Department of Financial Regulation’s general counsel, says the state would “definitely pay attention” if Blue Cross tried to bill that amount back to subscribers. But he’s quick to add, “I can’t prejudge a rate filing that may never happen.” Insurance companies such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield carry reserves for just such liabilities, Peterson says, adding,

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he was prepared to fulfill his employment contract and work through 2011 — and would have, if not for the early-retirement agreement, complete with $575,000 in bonus pay. His attorney, David Pocius of the Burlington firm Paul Frank + Collins, notes that a year after the stroke, Blue Cross extended Milnes’ employment contract and raised his base salary from $475,000 to $525,000. “Think about it. If there was such a concern — even a little concern — why allow his contract to get extended another year and then on top of it give him more money? It defies common sense,” Pocius says. “He had health issues. He went back to work. He was doing his job. He was prepared to finish the term of his contract.” To Pocius, it’s a simple breachof-contract claim. Why is Milnes seeking prejudgment interest? “It happens in every case in America,” Pocius replies. “Vermont has a statute that says prejudgment interest is 12 percent. Mr. Milnes has been out this money the entire time and the statute is what it is. It certainly is the principle. It’s a contract; it’s what he agreed to. But it’s also the money because it’s money out of his pocket that could be used for his retirement, for his investments, for his health, for x, y and z.” Blue Cross’ attorney, R. Jeffrey Behm of the Burlington firm Sheehey Furlong & Behm, referred questions to the company. BCBS spokesman Kevin Goddard, vice president of external affairs, declined to comment on a pending lawsuit. On a related note: Blue Cross has nearly finished reimbursing subscribers through rate reductions for the $3 million in excessive compensation it paid to Milnes, according to Peterson of the Department of Financial Regulation. It’s got about 10 percent left to pay back — or roughly $300,000. The irony, however, is that the money came out of the company reserve account, which is funded by insurance premiums paid by policyholders. That’s the same pool the company would likely draw from if it’s forced to write Milnes a check for $775,000, and counting.

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“I would expect them to pay this out of their reserves, and I would not expect it to have any effect on their capital and reserves that would cause any problem for us.” Translation: $575,000 is a drop in the BCBS bucket. Likewise, Department of Financial Regulation commissioner Steve Kimbell, a former lobbyist for Blue Cross, says he isn’t sure whether paying Milnes the $575,000 would reopen state regulators’ investigation. “I haven’t looked at the order my predecessor issued to the company,” he says. “This is the first conversation I’ve had about this issue in a year and a half.” Milnes filed his lawsuit for the severance pay in 2011, but the case was put on hold last winter because of another health problem — the details of which are also splashed across the pages of the court case. According to his attorneys, Milnes was hospitalized in January with a “serious medical condition” that turned out to be bacterial endocarditis — an infection in the heart that was complicated by a previously implanted pacemaker. He spent several days in and out of a Florida intensive-care unit and remained in “poor health” through April of this year. With his condition now “greatly improved,” his lawyers say the case can finally move ahead. Medical fitness — and its relationship to Milnes’ employment contract — is at the heart of the Blue Cross argument. The company alleges the former CEO’s 2007 stroke is what prompted the company’s early-retirement offer. “Significant impairments that impeded his performance” motivated BCBS to buy out Milnes, including diminished stamina and an inability to drive. Blue Cross claims “aspects of his personality had undergone changes [that interfered] with his work relationships.” And that his wife, Rebecca, encouraged BCBSVT employees and board members to urge Milnes to retire “for the sake of his health.” But Milnes claims in the lawsuit that

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financial footing — a success even Blue Cross acknowledges in court filings. With three years left on his contract, Milnes and Blue Cross struck a deal in which he would voluntarily retire at the end of 2008 — at which time he received $6.5 million under a “supplemental executive retirement plan.” The parties also signed a severance agreement that would pay Milnes an additional $575,000 in long- and short-term incentive bonus payments over the next three years. But the company never paid that bonus money. When Blue Cross asked the state to approve a rate increase of 34 percent in 2009, the state Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration launched an investigation of Milnes’ multimillion-dollar pay package to determine whether it was “excessive” under state insurance law. In 2010, BISCHA — since renamed the Department of Financial Regulation — concluded that the nonprofit Blue Cross and Blue Shield had paid Milnes at least $3 million in excess compensation between 2001 and 2008. Under state law, the agency couldn’t order Blue Cross to withhold money from Milnes or force him to pay any of it back. But it could — and did — order the HMO to make it up to subscribers by reducing their rates by an equal amount. Blue Cross is using that precedent to argue that it can’t pay Milnes the $575,000 in bonus pay because it would “clearly” constitute excessive compensation under the state’s 2010 order — subjecting the company to further sanctions. In proceedings before BISCHA in 2009, Blue Cross had defended its payments to Milnes as “reasonable” and opposed on legal grounds any suggestion that it recover a portion of the money from Milnes. But in the fallout that followed Milnes’ highly publicized golden parachute, Blue Cross privately asked the executive to voluntarily refund a portion of his retirement pay. In a 2009 letter from Blue Cross to Milnes’ financial adviser — which is

now evidence in the court case — Blue Cross vice president and chief administrative officer Christopher Gannon wrote that the company was “disappointed” in Milnes’ decision not to do so. “We hoped Bill would show a greater appreciation for the difficult situation in which his compensation arrangements have placed the company, as well as the adequacy of the payments he has already received,” Gannon wrote. The payout, he noted, “has attracted the attention of our state regulator, local politicians and even our Congressional delegation. It has also generated significant negative publicity for BCBSVT in the local press.” Does Blue Cross have a legitimate defense? Milnes’ lawyers say no. Assuming that state regulators would find payment

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hen trail advocate Tony Goodwin looks at the railroad tracks heading west from Saranac Lake, he imagines a recreational trail teaming with cycling tourists in the summer and snowmobilers in the winter. Railroad aficionado Jim Ellis looks at the old Adirondack line and sees a scenic railroad carrying visitors through the dense forests of upstate New York. “You just would marvel at the wilderness and the wetlands and the beautiful ponds and lakes and wildlife,” he suggests. These two very different visions are fueling a heated debate about what to do with the mostly defunct railroad line that once carried as many as 20 passenger trains every day into the Adirondacks. Goodwin belongs to a coalition called

the Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates (ARTA) that wants to rip up 81 miles of tracks from Old Forge to Lake Placid and replace it with a crushed-stone trail for bikes and snowmobiles. He’s been lobbying since the 1980s to replace the rails with trails. Ellis sits on the board of the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society, a nonprofit that has worked for decades to reinstate passenger service along the scenic rail line. Since 1974, New York State has sunk $32 million into renovating several historic train depots and upgrading two sections of track: a roughly 9-mile stretch from Saranac Lake to Lake Placid that was revived for the 1980 Olympics; and a 24-mile segment from Utica to Thendara. Today, the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society operates short

passenger trips between May and October on those restored sections. The trips have themes such as “Bandit Train,” complete with a staged train robbery, and “Family Fun Days” with face painting. On other sections of track, though, the railroad ties are level with the earth, and parts of the railbed have eroded away. A few ties are rotted and decayed, making the route all but impassable for a train. That makes the rail line a perfect candidate for conversion to a recreation trail, says Goodwin, an enthusiastic outdoorsman who runs two trail maintenance organizations. “We see this really as the missing link of Adirondack trails,” he says. To date, more than 6000 people have signed a petition backing ARTA’s biketrail plan. A commissioned report from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy suggests that the salvage value of the rails would more than cover the cost of constructing the first 34-mile section of trail between Lake Placid and Tupper Lake. The report estimates the trail could attract as many as 244,000 visitors a year, which would impact the local economy to the tune of $19.8 million.

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But in a fight that’s as much about small-town politics and local personalities as resource management, the two sides can’t agree on much — especially cost estimates for refurbishing the entire rail line. The North Country Chamber of Commerce sponsored a study that found restoring passenger service would cost $16 million — roughly the same figure the state came up with in the 1990s. Goodwin scoffs at that number, saying estimates from New York transportation officials put the cost closer to $43 million. Ripping out the tracks is controversial in a region that has the railroads to thank for its initial development. The expansion of railroads in the remote region started after the Civil War, according to Mike Kudish, a professor emeritus of forestry at Paul Smith’s College who has written extensively about railroads in the Adirondacks. Kudish says the rail line served two important purposes: hauling lumber or mined materials from the resource-rich region to the cities; and transporting vacationers from the cities to tourist destinations in the North Country. At the time, the Adirondacks were one of the last unexplored regions of the

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“They’re basically some of the same environmentalists who moved in here in the 1970s.” And he is skeptical of a recent alliance between trail advocates and snowmobilers, theorizing that “as soon as they rip up those rails,” environmental activists will invoke the “forever wild” clause of the state constitution to block snowmobilers from using the trail. For his part, Goodwin describes himself as a “rail fan.” But he also calls himself a realist — someone who can appreciate when and where a railroad is a logical solution. The Tahawus line might make economic sense, but he calls the existing scenic railroad a failed experiment. Even rail buffs like Kudish concede the train as it exists today isn’t succeeding — but that doesn’t mean he wants the rails to go. “If the railroad is still there, and the tracks are still there, it should be used as railroad,” he says. Kudish blames the current operators for a lack of ambition and vision. He dreams of chartered trains, a steam engine, educational programs and recreation trips that would drop visitors in remote areas. “The people who want to remove the tracks don’t see it,” he says, but the railroad has plenty of potential — even if it’s untapped. In a perfect world, Ellis thinks both propositions — rails and trails — could exist side by side. His group could have its railroad, and ARTA “can still have their damn trail alongside it.” But losing the salvage value of the tracks, plus the difficulty of building a new path alongside the existing rail bed, might make that option cost prohibitive for the trail boosters. Goodwin’s holding on to the dream he’s touted for decades — and that doesn’t include a railroad. m

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northeast — dense, wild and difficult to traverse. But as new railroads cut paths through the mountains, wealthy tourists from New York City and other southern cities flocked to the region’s great camps and new hotels. The recreation boom was well under way when William Seward Webb — of Shelburne Farms fame — built the Adirondack line in 1892. The tracks stretched 118 miles through the Adirondacks. Kudish, who owns a massive collection of 19th- and 20th-century railroad timetables, estimates that railroad travel into the region peaked around 1912. But the rail boom was short lived. By the 1920s, the number of trains began dropping off. By the 1950s and ’60s, most passenger service into the region had ceased. Sixty-one years after it opened, the Saranac Lake depot closed its doors. Today the line is wholly owned by the state of New York — which has the final say over its future. The Adirondack Railway Preservation Society leases the rail line for $1 a year to operate its passenger trains. The group is also paid an average $157,000 a year from the state to maintain the tracks. Ellis says a revived Adirondack line could be expanded beyond tourism to serve commercial freight, too — a cherished hope in Ellis’s hometown of Tupper Lake, which saw its last factory shuttered in 2009. He points to a 30-mile section of rail in the eastern Adirondacks — known as the Tahawus line — that will soon be used to haul out tailings from the Tahawus mine works. He takes a dim view of the trail supporters, calling them “environazis” who care more about their ideals than the economic welfare of local communities.

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I am insufficiently knowledgeable to know whether the online version of the BFP will prosper. I hope it does, although I think the online competition will be brutal. However, I do not see how the print version can continue, unless Gannett changes course. The issue is not the new format, which I actually find handy. The paper version of the BFP simply lacks sufficient serious content. Vermonters are not going to pay a rather hefty sum of money for this “news light” magazine. The BFP wants to push us all online. But it is not a very good sales pitch for the online version that the print version is only marginally worth reading. And of course those who are not internetsavvy, such as many seniors, are simply going to be out of luck. I feel great sadness for the loss of the BFP as we knew it — the content, not format — and fear that the result will be a less-educated citizenry, at a time when we particularly need exactly the opposite.

the newspaper get consistently worse over the years and, about six months ago, I finally stopped getting home delivery. I did try subscribing to the digital version but after a week stopped because the interface was so bad. We currently subscribe to the digital version of the Boston Globe, which is easy to use and has great reporting. It is sad to see a local newspaper become irrelevant. I now follow Seven Days, VTDigger and local television news to stay up on what is happening in Vermont. Judy Ashley ST. ALBANS

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onfused visitors are still coming by looking for the library, reports Jen Mills. Hopefully not with overdue books: The Winooski Memorial Library moved some seven years ago to the Champlain Mill. But habits die hard, and the library had served generations of Winooski-ites since 1963 in the squat, cinder-block building at 19 East Spring Street. What exists there now is a completely renovated, private residence, dolled up inside and out and waiting for someone to call it home. Mills and her business partner, Jake JaCobson, are behind the transformation of the nearly 3000-square-foot space. Seven Days first visited, and wrote about, the pair last November, when the reno was just beginning — as was Mills’ blog about the project — and the place still reeked of mildew. This Wednesday evening at an invitation-only open house, they’ll show off contemporary, urban living quarters with some state-of-the-art perks. Thanks to a listing on MLS and

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As welcoming as the front room is, whoever buys the place may want to spend all their time in the bathroom. That’s because the two sinks have faucets illuminated by LEDs that turn blue, green or red to indicate the water temperature; the enormous and handsomely tiled walk-in shower has a thermostatic valve with six body jets; and an oval soaking tub looks inviting even without any water in it. To save space, Jacobson installed sliding doors on this bathroom and two nearby bedrooms. The lower level — it’s too light filled to be called a basement — has a capacious central area wired for a home theater and surrounded by an office space, third bedroom, bathroom, laundry and mechanical room. It could, Jacobson points out, be used for a home business, such as a day-care center. Without having viewed the startto-finish progression of photos on Mills’ blog, it would be hard to recall winOOSki liBRARy

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However, when rescaled to fit the iPad screen, the visuals feel stretched. Though the iPad version allows users to play on an image the size of an iPhone screen, it’s too bad the game wasn’t fitted for each device; opting for the smaller screen feels counterintuitive. In terms of gameplay, Epic Knights quickly becomes repetitive. The game features “virtual stick” controls, allowing you to move the character with your left thumb and attack with your right. But moving around the screen is unchallenging, with few obstacles to block your path, and each level offers only a superficial change of scenery. It’s apparent that great care was taken in copying the St. Mike’s campus into the game, but it doesn’t add much to the complexity of the action. As soon as you lower your right thumb to the attack button, your character begins mindlessly slashing at any enemies or at the “air.” The enemies also provide very little variation, with just a few different models to attack. Every so often, attacking activates a special bonus, such as a whirlwind attack or extra damage, but these bonuses are not particularly satisfying. As you play Epic Knights, you earn points, but I was hard pressed to continue playing for very long, and the points seem meaningless, aside from leaderboards. Every level is currently available at the start, leaving nothing to unlock. Each round continues until the enemies overcome you, which, on average, took three to five minutes. If you do keep playing, the game features online leaderboards, seven levels, a quite enjoyable soundtrack, four achievements and an interesting fact about each section of campus. Toonuva project manager Dan Moore says the company created the game to serve as an educational and marketing tool for St. Mike’s. He has promised that future updates will include more content, such as extra character models, as well as a recognizable band on the soundtrack. For now, since Epic Knights is free, there’s no reason not to give it a try, and, with updates set to release in the next few weeks, the game could see significant improvement. However, I find it hard to recommend when more exciting games, such as Dungeon Hunter 3, are available free, too. MICHAEL GARRIS

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our backs.” Although Ellen, like her siblings, left the church as an adult, she finds herself confronting those old convictions when she moves back home to lick her wounds and rebuild her life. Is prayer the answer, as her mother insists? Or is religion merely a pernicious hypocrisy, as her firebrand sister counters? To her credit, Healy doesn’t pretend these loaded questions have easy answers. Ellen’s mother, a preacher’s daughter with secrets in her past, is a nuanced, evolving character, not a fundamentalist cardboard cutout. The spirited sister is compelling, too. In fact, the novel’s weakest link is Ellen herself. Steeped in ambivalence and self-pity, our narrator-protagonist comes off as a passive impediment to the plot, not a force driving it. In a concession to the standard

to do it again; he’s looking at assuming the mortgage on a 1950s ranch house in foreclosure. That said, “the only job bigger than this one I’d want,” he says, “is to turn a church into condos.” Selling his renovated buildings, Jacobson says, helps fund new projects, not to mention support his family. He’s settled on an official, albeit mysterious, name for his reno biz: Room 21. For her part, Mills is planning to focus on landscaping for a while. But there’s one more issue at 19 East Spring Street: the transformer that sits in the small front yard. Mills’ original idea was to obscure the hulking metal box with a trellis and vines. Jacobson

chick-lit model, Healy has given her heroine a new love interest too good to be true: a do-gooder intellectual named Mark who wears hipster glasses and has “long, welldefined muscles.” Inevitably, there is just one thing wrong with Mark, and Healy slips the reader the right clues to guess his secret almost immediately. Ellen, for her part, needs the bulk of the novel to suss out the reasons for her beau’s strange behavior. Meanwhile, the frustrated reader may have increasing difficulty sympathizing with her travails, which involve a mean-girl high school rival (now flaunting her fertility) and hints that Ellen’s parents aren’t as solvent as they pretend. Healy’s prose is lively, and by far the best parts of the book are her wry descriptions of the bornagain lifestyle. When she reached adolescence, Ellen recalls, “The titfor-tat God that slammed the pearly gates and shooed you away with a broom was replaced by more of a Match.com type of deity. ‘The Lord wants a relationship with you, Ellen!’ my mother would plead.” For all the snark of passages like that, the author isn’t peddling simplistic views of spirituality, positive or negative. Healy makes up for the novel’s more groanworthy tendencies with a subdued, poignant closing that refuses to give readers the standard happily-ever-after. Fans of the genre who know what it’s like to clash with family over faith — far from a rare problem in the U.S. — will find Amen a promising debut. MARGOT HARRISON Can I Get an Amen? by Sarah Healy, New American Library, 325 pages. $15.

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much, all things considered,” Spear says. Though events might be less colorful without gravity-defying balloons, the helium shortage has potentially graver effects. “When most people think about helium, they think of party balloons and blimps,” says Doug Sherman, vice president of communications for Airgas, the largest retailer of helium in the country. “Helium, however, has a more critical role in our nation’s health care, in scientific research and in industry.” The invisible gas, with its extreme melting and boiling points, is a vital cooling agent used in MRIs. Helium also plays a key role in angioplasty and cryogenics; helps launch rockets into space; cools down thermographic cameras (the kind used in search-andrescue operations); and is crucial to scientific research and arc welding. Yet most helium, which is created via the breakdown of radioactive elements in stone, is tucked away deep in the ground and captured only as a by-product of natural-gas production. The helium that isn’t captured (or escapes when a balloon pops) wafts through the atmosphere and is lost in space forever. For decades, we’ve been using the gas at a higher rate than the earth can make it. Laura Webb, an assistant professor of geology at the University of Vermont, calls the production of helium “a very slow process,” one that can’t keep up with human demand. “The fact is that it is absolutely

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Most kidney stones are made up of calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, or both. Urinary tract infections can form struvite stones (magnesium ammonium phosphate, if that means anything to you). Uric acid stones turn up sometimes, and rarely one finds stones formed from cystine, an amino acid. Determining what type of stones you have is critical to treating and preventing them. For example, high levels of oxalate from some foods can lead to calcium stones, struvite stones are encouraged by alkaline urine, and acidic urine contributes to uric acid stones. Cystine stones can be reduced by alkaline urine. You see the problem: A treatment that fights one kind of stone — namely making the

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urine more acidic or alkaline — can be the very thing that helps another kind of stone form. If you start medicating yourself with some internet remedy without first establishing what sort of stones you’ve got, you could make things worse. That said, changing your diet and urine pH can in fact help prevent or sometimes reverse kidney stone formation, and with this in mind, doctors have been investigating ways of modifying urine chemistry for at least 80 years. Turns out some stones can be dissolved through diet, but it generally takes weeks or months. In the 1930s, physicians were trying to dissolve kidney stones using dubious cocktails of dilute aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric acid), ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, malic acid and ash, with minimal success. In 1939, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital reported that even tenacious calcium stones could be dissolved, but only by direct application (via catheter) of sodium citrate and citric acid, and only after nearly three weeks of treatment. So let’s consider our remedy. Asparagus will make urine slightly more alkaline. It also contains oxalates, which will make calcium-based stones worse, and purine, which is bad for uric acid stones. CocaCola, on the other, hand will make urine more acidic. Given the relative proportions of the kidney-flush mix, we’d expect the resulting mess to make your

urine slightly more acidic. Enough to make a difference? Don’t be silly. I came across a 1930s case in which a doctor treated a woman suffering from carbonate stones with the above-mentioned brew of dilute aqua regia and whatnot, plus an acid ash diet, reducing her urine pH to 4.5 for several months. She passed several stones, and X-rays showed that what was left was reduced in size, but getting the last bits out required surgery. Bear in mind that nondilute aqua regia is a corrosive acid alchemists used to dissolve gold. It’s safe to say you won’t get the same results with Coke. Except by coincidence. Kidney stones of half a centimeter or less pass spontaneously about 70 percent of the time, and stones up to one centimeter have nearly a 50 percent chance of passing without treatment. Will you do yourself any harm? Probably not. It’s not like there’s some more effective treatment you’d have to forego to dose yourself with Coke. Then again, of the top 20 Google hits that came up for “kidney flush asparagus coke,” not one mentioned the importance of determining the type of stone before treatment, and only a couple thought it might be helpful to consult a doctor. Not to harp on the unreliability of the internet, but on serious matters, you need to speak to someone with a clue.

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ON THE PUBLIC USES AND ABUSES OF EMOTION BY JUDITH LEVINE

Only Human from the French Revolution? Most recently, conservatives have elevated America’s failure to take care of its own to a positive value. You remember that GOP candidates’ debate in Tampa, Fla., where Wolf Blitzer asked Ron Paul whether society should let an uninsured sick person die? Well, socialists would expect the government to pick up the slack for the slacker, said Paul scornfully, stopping short of saying the guy should die (the audience did that for him). But he said this: “That’s what freedom is all about: taking your own risks.” Loud applause. Given this history, American progressives, including some in Vermont’s health care reform coalition, have shied away from pressing for human rights as a political strategy. But, as director James Haslam tells it, the Vermont Workers’ Center had an inkling the idea would inspire. In the summer of 2008, a survey of thousands of Vermonters proved the organization right: 95 percent of respondents said they

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believed health care is a human right. When legislators were invited in 2009 to hear constituents relate their health care nightmares, many ended up agreeing that every human is entitled to care when illness strikes. When a last-minute amendment was inserted into the health care reform bill, excluding undocumented migrants from access, health care and migrants’ advocates pulled out the human rights principle of universality — “Universal = Everyone,” read one demonstrator’s sign. Within days, lawmakers removed the clause. And on May 26, 2011, when Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the law, he declared health care “a right and not a privilege.” The budget language also includes all five internationally recognized principles of human rights: universality, equity, accountability, transparency and participation. Haslam and his colleagues had realized that sufficient support for universal health care would not gather until grassroots emotion was stirred. That started to happen in force in 2008, when Healthcare Is a Human Right brought Vermonters out to testify publicly to the fear, pain and humiliation of being denied succor when their bodies needed it. These witnesses cried — sometimes literally — for what Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union Address called the “freedom from want.” In the context of his Four Freedoms — the others being freedoms of expression and religion and freedom from fear — FDR linked freedom to need, need to rights, and rights to security. By adopting the framework of human rights, Vermont may be leading America to make these same connections, says Anja Rudiger, a program director at the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative in New York who works closely with the Vermont Workers’ Center. “Human rights are not just about survival. They’re about dignity,” she says. “We are elevating needs by connecting [them] to rights. We don’t see it as rights being dragged down to needs.” Vermonters finally won the rights we were born with by collectively attesting that we are not uniquely superhuman, not Vermont Strong. Gaining the means to maintain our inalienable dignity took an unashamed admission that we are all vulnerable: only human.

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Christian or atheist, woman or man, saint or murderer — you get human rights simply by being born Homo sapiens. You don’t have to earn them. You can’t even buy them. And governments are responsible for realizing them. They’re practically un-American. In fact, unlike other countries, America has never guaranteed its citizens material security. The Creator-endowed rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence left unaddressed the problem of those without property (or those who were property) or the means to pursue happiness. After World World II, the U.S. reiterated its disinclination to protect the economic welfare of its people. It ratified the United Nations’ founding human-rights document, the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But when the institution got around to giving the declaration the force of international law a couple of decades later, Washington balked. Cold War ideologies had divided the document’s enumerated human rights and freedoms into two categories — civil and economic — and, accordingly, two legally binding covenants. The U.S. was on board with the first, protecting civil and political rights. But the second went too far. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights does not just pledge signatories to ensure adequate food, clothing and shelter to those who can’t get them on their own; it requires states to protect the means to a dignified life, such as the rights to work under decent conditions, including “rest and leisure, including reasonable limitations of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.” The covenant also recognizes “the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health” — and enjoins governments to create the conditions to make that right real. Communism! Jimmy Carter signed both covenants, but Congress has never ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The signature barks assent to the agreement, but without ratification, the law cannot bite the signer that violates it. Demands for rights both civil and economic (including the now-unimaginable right to welfare) enjoyed a brief heyday in the ’60s and then vanished. In the 1990s, as people all over the world, from peasants to prime ministers, became fluent in human rights, most Americans still had not heard of them. Human rights? What’s that, something

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he “I Am Vermont Strong” license plate is a clever way to get working-class people to pay for the Irene cleanup and avoid taxing the rich. But that’s not all that bugs me about it. First, the slogan starts with “I,” not “we.” It’s individualistic. Second, it’s macho, as if someone (the gov?) thought Vermont was starting to look a little sissy, overrun with same-sex couples and foodies. In fact, the only vehicles I’ve seen with the new plates are big-guy pickup trucks. It’s also striking that these plates started defiling our roadways precisely at the time Vermont was enacting two groundbreaking laws inspired by precisely the opposite spirit: Act 48, the 2011 law that directs the state to set up a universal single-payer health care system; and, this session, the appropriations law outlining the fiscal 2013 budget. That second, less-noticed piece of legislation discards the old tautology that the purpose of the state’s funding plan is to keep the state government running. Instead, it proclaims a different priority: “The state budget should be designed to address the needs of the people of Vermont in a way that advances human dignity and equity … Spending and revenue policies will seek to promote economic well-being among the people of Vermont … and recognize every person’s need for health, housing, dignified work, education, food, social security and a healthy environment.” The law also holds the state accountable for delivering the services it obligates itself to deliver. The accomplishment of these two laws can be credited to the strong efforts of a long roster of activists, including Vermont for Single Payer, Voices for Vermont’s Children, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, organized labor and many others. But what’s most remarkable about both the health care law and the people-first budget is their implicit rejection of some allegedly unique Vermont strength. What makes them radical is their acknowledgment that Vermonters are human. For this, we have the Vermont Workers’ Center to thank. Its Healthcare Is a Human Right and The People’s Budget campaigns, and the laws they secured, are grounded explicitly and unapologetically in the principles of human rights. This is a first for Vermont. It may be a first for America. The human-rights doctrine upholds the idea that the state must ensure everyone’s survival. But that’s not all: That right to survival derives from an inherent and universal human dignity. Citizen or exile,

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f you want to become better acquainted with the work of one of America’s most intriguing artists, look no farther than Plattsburgh, N.Y. The State University of New York campus is home to a collection of some 5000 pieces by Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), a ballsy, left-wing activist as well as a prolific painter, best-selling author, dairy farmer, boreal adventurer, Thoreau-like mystic and notorious philanderer. Kent, who lived in Vermont for six years, is now being rediscovered in a big way by scholars and museumgoers. His wide-ranging artistic achievements are highlighted in simultaneous shows this summer at the Philadelphia Museum

of Art; the Portland Museum of Art in Maine; and the Bennington Museum in Vermont. Another Kent exhibit opens in Winona, Minn., in January, in a centennial celebration of the artist’s visit there. Ardently celebrated — and angrily cursed — during his long lifetime, Kent receded into the shadows of American art history in the first decades after his death. His communist associations rendered Kent a political pariah during the Reagan era, while his rejection of abstract art made him aesthetically unfashionable from the 1950s until relatively recently. “It’s true that most people in Vermont know nothing about him and aren’t aware that this place exists,”

says Cecilia Esposito, director of the Plattsburgh State Art Museum, which houses the Rockwell Kent Gallery. And that makes Kent something of an unrequited lover. He entered into an intense romance with Vermont, as the Bennington show demonstrates. In one of his many uprootings, Kent moved from New York City to a hill farm in Arlington in 1919. His mystical tendency found full expression in the light-drenched mountainscapes that Kent painted in and around “Egypt,” the name he gave to the farmstead where he settled with Kathleen, the first of his

three wives, and their five children. But Kent’s restless spirit led him away from Egypt, and Kathleen, in 1925. “Vermont was not the Eden-like existence he had envisioned,” reads a text panel at the Plattsburgh gallery. “Though he often cursed city life, he began making longer, more frequent trips to New York City.” But Vermont continued to occupy a corner of Kent’s soul. The tombstone on his grave in Au Sable Forks, N.Y., not far from Lake Champlain, is made from Vermont granite. Kent had moved to that Adirondack village in 1927. But the farm he bought there and renamed Asgaard — the home of the gods in Norse mythology — wasn’t so much a homestead as it was a resting place from his frequent travels. He lived at various times in Newfoundland, Alaska, Argentina, Ireland and Greenland. So it was harsh punishment indeed when the U.S. State Department revoked Kent’s passport in 1950. The following year, a New York court ordered the dissolution of the International Workers

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the “bone shed” — a pile of scrap wood that will become firewood for the local community come winter. Then it’s their turn. “There’s nothing easy about this,” warns McLeod, as he hands the first student a dented, well-worn axe. Competition-grade axes can cost upward of $500, and the students haven’t yet earned the right to wield such costly equipment. Instead, they strap into tin-man steel booties that cover their feet and shins, and then wield the practice axe awkwardly. McLeod stands nearby, coaching the students into position and drilling them through each of the blows — many of which are ungainly at the onset. “This is as much mental as it is physical,” says McLeod, who urges the students to slow down, focus on their form and land each axe blow as accurately as they can. The standing block chop is notoriously difficult, and only a few members of the Paul Smith’s collegiate woodsman team will be coached to compete with this skill. Honing it will

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safety to Adirondack logging history. They’ll build a dugout canoe and learn to throw an axe. Students who stay on for each progressively more difficult session will advance to springboard chopping, chain-saw carving and hunter safety. If felling a tree by hand seems quaint in the age of chain saws and skidders, think again: Sponsored timber-sports competitions, broadcast on ESPN, have been gaining an increasingly devoted following. “The irony is that, if it weren’t for a televised sport, these skills” — many centuries old — “would be lost,” McLeod says. But it’s more than just the machismo of hefting an axe that’s drawn these young men to Paul Smith’s this summer. They long to work in the woods, to use their hands and, at some level, to reconnect to an older, simpler way of being in the wilderness. For the moment, though, the students are more focused on the “standing block chop,” the exercise McLeod has just demonstrated. It mimics the way 19thcentury lumberjacks felled trees with long, heavy axes. Competitors race to chop through a vertical pole that’s generally 12-to-14-inches wide — a feat achieved in just more than 12 seconds by the current professional world-record holder. After the exercise, a few of the fledgling lumberjacks cart the decimated log off to

take hours of practice and many thousands of logs. The students are out of breath after heaving the axe again and again. McLeod is blond and stocky, but he’s the first to admit that he’s no strongman. That isn’t make or break in timber sports, as it turns out; McLeod has sometimes competed against guys “with arms the size of my waist” and won. It’s proof that agility, speed and precision — and other skills that are as much mental as physical — go a long way in this field. The uniform at the Woodsmen’s School is brown Carhartts and steel-toed work boots, and everyone wears the same Paul Smith’s-issued T-shirt emblazoned with twin axes and the name of the chain-saw manufacturer STIHL, which sponsors the summer program. It’s a STIHL chain saw that lanky Joe Orefice, a young assistant professor of forestry at Paul Smith’s, wields this morning in the log-cabin headquarters of the college’s forestry club. The room is ringed with trophies snagged by the school’s collegiate woodsman team. Orefice stands in front of a massive stone fireplace, under a fleet of wooden canoes resting in the rafters, and rattles through some of the major safety considerations of wielding the chain saw. He clicks the chain brake on and off. “It’s not that hard to use, OK?” he tells

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THE MEN PENALIZE THEMSELVES WITH 10 PUSH-UPS FOR EVERY LOG THAT DOESN’T EARN A POINT. in a baseball league. “The Australians and New Zealanders grow up doing this,” says McLeod, who found himself facing these seasoned competitors during his own turn on the pro league. McLeod didn’t try his hand at the sport until he was a freshman in college — and that’s the case for almost all of the Paul Smith’s team. Practically speaking, then, the summer Woodsmen’s School is more than just fun and games: It’s a summer training camp, and many participants hope this exposure to the sport will give them an axe up during tryouts for the collegiate team in the fall. Though this week only men have enrolled, the program — like Paul Smith’s collegiate team — is coed. Most of the students — 13 of the 16 attending the Woodsmen’s School during our visit — are incoming freshmen at Paul Smith’s. But a few odd men out landed at the school purely for fun. One is an Army Airborne Ranger who is spending his week of summer vacation chopping wood and tossing pulp. Another is Brian Katz, 28, a high school biology teacher from central

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New Jersey who came north to Paul Smith’s specifically to learn pole climbing — in which a lumberjack in spiked boots and a harness shimmies as quickly as possible to the top of a 40-foot pole. Katz saw the event at a county fair in New Jersey, caught the bug and began calling lumberjacks all over the country to find someone who could teach him the sport. That was easier said than done. Finally he found Paul Smith’s. “There’s really no other place in the country where you can just go and do it,” Katz says. Katz is antsy to try his hand again at the pole climb, which students attempted on their first day of classes — but there are other events to sample in the meantime. One is the axe throw, which students practice by hurling a sharpened axe overhand at a spray-painted bull’s eye. Nearby, at the pulp toss, another group of men practices hurling logs down a 20-foot lane. It’s a little like bocce — if, instead of a handheld ball, the sport required tossing 4-foot lengths of pulpwood. In this team sport, competitors throw four pieces of pulpwood back and forth between two sets

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the students, then admits that when he first started using a chain saw, he thought himself “a little too cool” to use the safety brake. Not anymore. The students are attentive and ask thoughtful questions about safety and the physics of the chain saw. Later, halfway across the logging yard from McLeod’s station, these students rev up their STIHLs and get to work under Orefice’s watchful eye. The forestry cabin is home to the Woodsmen’s School this month and to the Paul Smith’s woodsman team during the academic year. “It’s super-competitive here,” says McLeod, who competed on the team when he was a student. “It’s what hockey is to Cornell or football is to Nebraska.” He went pro after graduating, but returned to Paul Smith’s to coach the budding lumberjacks. As many as 100 students might turn out in the fall for the team — that’s 10 percent of the student body at the isolated Adirondack campus. Forty will make the cut for the 65-year-old team, which competes in collegiate timber sports with schools throughout the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada. Paul Smith’s consistently ranks in the top three in its division, jockeying for the No. 1 spot against two other lumberjack powerhouses: the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Finger Lakes Community College. McLeod points out that most American students don’t have early exposure to timber sports in the way they might to, say, playing

of parallel stakes on either end of the lane. The goal is to land a timber between two stakes at the opposite end of the court; logs that land short, or skid beyond the target, don’t count. Each accurately placed timber earns the team a point, and teams race to rack up 48 qualifying shots by chucking the timbers back and forth. Amazingly, they seem to be having fun: Team members cheer one another on with words of encouragement (if a log falls short) or celebration (after a clean shot). As if the game weren’t tiring enough, the men penalize themselves with 10 push-ups for every log that doesn’t earn a point. Between the log hurling and grunting and incessant push-ups, it’s quite possibly the most testosterone-fueled exercise this reporter has ever witnessed. But the young men are positively jubilant about the undertaking. Just two days into their weeklong course, they’re already joking and cajoling one another. A solid half of the men have shaved their hair into Mohawks as a group bonding experience. “Doing stuff like this will keep you young,” one jokes. “Or kill you,” chimes in McLeod. Most of the lumberjacks-in-training are young — 18 or 19 years old. But, in an age of hand-wringing about kids who prefer video games to the great outdoors, there’s no bemoaning the state of the current generation at the Woodsmen’s School. “It’s a testament that even in the age of being plugged in, there’s a value to unplugging,” McLeod says. When students do reach for their digital devices, it’s to take a photo or film a classmate attempting the pulp toss — or, as 26-year-old Mike Sheehan does, to fire up a YouTube video of McLeod blazing through a lightning-quick run at the standing block chop. Then Sheehan shoves his cellphone back in his pocket and picks up his axe; there’s work to be done.

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ou can’t beat tubing a river on a hot summer day. It’s the only outdoor recreational activity that allows you to drift aimlessly for hours through gorgeous scenery with no more skill or exertion than it takes to sip a beer in a beanbag chair. When I first heard of it, tubing sounded like a mindless pastime, but I was quickly converted. As clichéd as it sounds, after 20 years of tubing, I’ve found it a great metaphor for life, with all its challenges, rewards, disappointments and occasional wetting of one’s pants. So on a recent 90-plus-degree day, my friend Don and I make the two-hour drive from Burlington to Lake Luzerne, N.Y. This eastern Adirondack town, not far from Lake George, is home to the Tubby Tubes Co. Outdoor Fun Park. Tubby Tubes offers several lazy tubing trips down a stretch of the Hudson River — “lazy” being the operative word. We choose the three-hour tour. Tubby Tubes was founded by Eric Hamell, a former drummer with the Burlington-based acoustic sextet Smokin’ Grass. Now 38, Hamell launched his biz in the summer of 2002 after spending seven years as a river guide on the Upper Hudson River Gorge and Sacandaga River. What began as a one-man rafting outfit has burgeoned into a year-round tubetacular operation featuring waterslides

in summer and hillside snow tubing in winter. Business was booming, Hamell reports, until this stretch of the Hudson River, like all Adirondack tourist areas, got doubly pummeled in 2011 — first by the spring floods, then by Tropical Storm Irene. “I’m still recovering,” he admits. Hamell’s crew outfits us with life vests and a floatable cooler. The latter is strongly recommended for any tubing trip that lasts more than an hour, especially if you want to stay hydrated, drunk or both. We board a rickety school bus with a cargo of yellow inner tubes tied to the roof, and take a 15-minute, nut-busting drive upriver. Our guides for the afternoon are Matt Silburn, 21, and his wife, Beth, 20, local college kids who have worked summers at Tubby Tubes for about five years. Essentially, their job is to make sure Tubby’s clients, mostly tourists from New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, don’t get beached on the rocks or drown in 18 inches of water. On the International Scale of River Difficulty, which ranges from stagnant pond to Deliverance-level death chute, this stretch of river rates about a half tick above the slide at a community pool. Still, Beth and Matt take their work seriously and obviously have fun doing it. Matt is blond, friendly and decidedly

untubby. Beth is tan and equally athletic, with buxom good looks and a playful, big-sister demeanor that makes every 12-year-old boy on our trip — and a few of their dads — want to be her BFF. The bus parks beside a shallow elbow in the river, and our group of 20 or so day tubers disembarks. While we slather ourselves in sunscreen, strip down to our bathing suits and stash our valuables on the bus or in dry bags, Matt and Beth scamper onto the bus roof and unleash an avalanche of inner tubes, as well as the inflatable kayaks they’ll use to “guide” us downriver. As a seasoned tuber, I’m amused to learn that this trickle of water requires a guide. I was introduced to tubing on the Guadalupe River in central Texas. There, on any given afternoon when the temperature climbs above 90 degrees, you can find hundreds of beer-toting Texans making the aquatic artery look like the aorta of a triple-bypass patient. Even with its squirrelly stretches of rapids, the only “guides” on that river are the local teens who hawk bags of ice and point out the best barbecue joints. Years later, when I lived in Missoula, Mont., my friends and I often tubed the Blackfoot River (of A River Runs Through It fame) with nothing more to guide us than a dusty Subaru parked on shore to

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last year’s devastating floods all around us, particularly uprooted trees and deeply eroded riverbanks. According to Beth, sections of the river now flow differently from their course in years past, requiring Tubby to alter aspects of its trips. On this day, it’s hard to envision such a languid waterway getting angry enough to move boulders. I begin to ponder my recent good fortunes. I have a healthy baby boy at home. My Colchester home escaped last year’s floods. I’m not enduring domestic upheavals as my friend is. In this blissful, carpe diem moment, a noise slowly bubbles to the surface of my consciousness: the incessant, rapid-fire clicking of a camera shutter. Expecting with annoyance to see a photographer on shore, I’m horrified to discover that the sound is coming from inside my two “dry bags,” which have catastrophically failed to lived up to their name. “Put it in a bag of rice overnight.” Wallowing in self-pity, I don’t hear Tony or his wife, Tammy, float up behind me until he offers this unsolicited advice for saving my soaked Canon. Of course, the noisiest part of inner tube travel is the people who ride them. Tony and Tammy are among the quietest members of our group, savoring the silence sans children. The couple, from Chatham, Mass., just dropped their younger daughter off at band camp and the older one, who’s 13, at the airport for a two-week trip to Shanghai, China. They’re enjoying a few well-deserved days of R&R in the Adirondacks. I ask them what they think of the float. “Love it,” says Tammy. “Yeah,” echoes Tony. “What’s not to like?” As we round a bend and spot our bus near shore, it dawns on me: On these trips, we bring our own baggage, literal and otherwise, and invariably leave with something different, be it fond memories or a waterlogged memory card. Sure, there were no whitewater rapids or heart-pounding waterfalls to spike my adrenaline. But even the most uneventful day of tubing trumps a stressful day at the office. And the next morning, when I remove my camera from the Ziploc bag of rice and it springs to life, I feel a deliverance of my own. My journey has been a success. m

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drift ahead, while others lag behind. Matt and Beth quickly get to work — which entails three hours of herding our flock of human Cheerios around river hazards, in between dousing the kids with Super Soakers. Now, a word on proper tubing position: With your butt in the donut hole, your head thrown back and your arms and legs flopped over the sides, you would be hard pressed to find a more passive posture. Sure, you can paddle vigorously for a minute or two to avoid a rock or reach your cooler. But eventually your body returns to the same slothful pose. As I begin drifting downriver, I make a forehead-slapping realization: I’m going to be in this position for three hours. In direct midday sun. With no shade or toilet. This is when my priorities take on a survivalist simplicity: Maintain fluids, avoid a twisted ankle or traumatic head injury and, whenever necessary, relieve myself in place. After Don and I move beyond the obligatory jokes about inbred banjo pickers and traveling upriver to assassinate Col. Kurtz, we deliberately lag behind the group and get reacquainted. It’s been a while since we last spoke, especially as I have a 9-week-old baby at home and Don is in the midst of dissolving a 14-year marriage. With both our lives in transition, three hours of gazing at trees, mountains and clouds provide ample time and fodder for reflection. Or, to paraphrase the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus, you never tube the same river twice. Writers have long looked to rivers, and river trips, as metaphors for life, and tubing poses all the big questions, too. Do I look forward to where I’m going, or backward to where I’ve been? Do I stay in the mainstream, or venture into the deeper, less-traveled eddies? Do I try to keep up with the pack, or just go with the flow? After an hour of deep-dive conversation, Don and I fall silent and enjoy the occasional signs of nonhuman life: dragonflies alighting on our tubes. Trout breaching the surface. A blue heron taking flight and sailing overhead. Somewhere in the woods, a camper plays a Native American-sounding melody on a wood flute. As we drift along, we see scars from

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The spaniel that long ago panted his last won’t wait for his new “forever home” at the pound, but at Antediluvian Antiques & Curiosities in Lake Placid, N.Y. English, 48, owns the store on Main Street with his life partner of 15 years, Stephen Dori-Shin. After a 28-year career as an international ballet dancer, Dori-Shin has joined the business of buying and selling unique antiques. Antediluvian is not a place for tourists to find inexpensive Adirondack knickknacks. The unapologetically high-end store keeps its focus squarely on the unusual, with wares ranging from early 20th-century taxidermy to an early 18thcentury Swiss cowbell. The couple opened Antediluvian over Memorial Day in 2011 — making the name unintentionally prophetic of the

six months, it’s likely to be entirely transformed — but, no matter when shoppers visit, they’ll be treated to an unusual treasure trove. On a recent Saturday, two albino taxidermy peacocks gaze at customers from a white column. In the window sits a saddle by Edward H. Bohlin, priced at $55,000. The price may sound steep, but English explains that Bohlin designed saddles for all the cowboy-film greats, from John Wayne to the Lone Ranger, aka Clayton Moore. It’s not uncommon for one of his sterling-silver-inlaid beauties to go for as much as $750,000 at auction. English says that, while his prices are high, his wares are not a tough sell. Luxury products are selling well across the marketplace, he notes. Better education and the internet have made it more

difficult to profit from antiques, but plenty of people are still willing to drop serious bank on a relic that speaks to them. With a devoted clientele of summertime inhabitants of the great Adirondack camps, English sees plenty of customers in search of rare finds. “Some people are eclectic,” he says of wealthy camp dwellers. “And we are definitely the extreme.” It doesn’t hurt that English plays matchmaker for his clients. For instance,

says he will not purchase Nazi memorabilia out of respect for the lives lost in World War II. And he doesn’t deal in preserved human body parts, the bread and butter of New York City’s Obscura Antiques & Oddities. (English has been asked to appear on “Oddities,” the Discovery Channel’s reality show about the comings and goings at that store, with which he does some trade.) While he’s not personally opposed to selling human remains, “That’s the kind of thing that

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bought a taxidermy dog yesterday,” Christopher English says, his voice rising with excitement. The King Charles Spaniel isn’t a first for this New York collector. English recalls a long-ago purchase: a chihuahua posed inside a glass dome with its favorite plush toy. “It was so damned charming,” he says. “It really makes you think back to how much the owner loved their pet — and, of course, the owner has probably been gone 70 or 80 years.”

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if a customer collects black Americana (common among African American buyers, he says), English might email him a photo of the giant portrait of Al Jolson that currently claims a place of honor at Antediluvian behind a mated pair of taxidermy parakeets near the sales desk. More conservative Dori-Shin balked at the idea of displaying the controversial painting of the minstrel performer. But English says he believes it has historical value as a piece of vaudeville memorabilia. “I appreciate that it makes you back up and think. It’s an educational tool, too,” he says of the skillful portrait of a broadly smiling Jolson in full blackface. “I wouldn’t like it if it wasn’t well done. And the photographic quality is extremely well done,” he adds. English does draw boundaries. He

Stephen would be like, ‘I don’t want that in the shop. You can’t have that,’” says English. English doesn’t just sell antiques; he surrounds himself with them. The couple tries to make the store look as much as possible like their own antiquefilled camp on a nearby lake, English says. One of his current favorite oddities at Antediluvian is an antique Coco de Mer seed. Prince William and Kate Middleton received one of these as a gift on their honeymoon in the Seychelles, the only country in the world where the plant grows. The heavy, coconut-like pods, which resemble a woman’s posterior, can’t leave the islands without a special, infrequently granted permit and can fetch up to $13,000. Not all of Antediluvian’s merchandise

is quirky, though it can be difficult to unique — though the latter may still be spot more prosaic items amid the vast rare and valuable to someone. sprawl of hanging Those someones antlers, antique razors in search of a match and artifacts such as are the customers a Victorian-era elwho make English’s ephant’s foot hollowed job special. Because out to hold alcohol Lake Placid is home to bottles or glasses. One Olympic training faof English’s favorite cilities, people from all pieces is a painting of over the world wander Samuel de Champlain into Antediluvian, not “discovering” the lake. sure what to make of Adirondack artifacts the peculiar shop siginclude an early 20thnaled from the street century picnic set made by a chair made of fur chriS tophE r EN gliSh for a local family by and horns. “We’ve met Abercrombie & Fitch. some wonderful people A Roosevelt-era teddy bear, mechanized who walked into the store,” says English. to make its head bob, is currently in need “We like them even more as friends than of repair. English and Dori-Shin also sell as customers. Not many people do what

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Rather than heading into the hills immediately, thirsty travelers can start a wine tour on Plattsburgh’s main drag. Here, local winemakers Colin Read and his wife, Natalie Peck, maintain a satellite tasting room that shows off some of their own wines, as well as those of local friends. When Read wanted to retire from his academic career (and hobby piloting) in Alaska, he chose a relatively balmy locale in which to do so — the Adirondacks. He thought he’d grow corn. But Peck asked him, “Don’t you think it would be more fun to plant grapes?” he recalls. Four years later, the pair maintains 4000 vines on a farm in Mooers, about 20 miles north of Plattsburgh. Marquette, Frontenac, Frontenac Gris, St. Croix, La Crescent, Prairie Star and a few other EuropeanAmerican hybrids share the real estate. But, because grapes take at least three years to begin yielding fruit, Read and Peck are currently making wines with Finger Lakes grapes and serving them inside their cozy, brickwalled Champlain Wine Company. The 10 offerings include an herbaceous Cabernet Franc laced with cherry and pepper notes; a smooth, silky merlot; and a crisp (decidedly not oaky) Chardonnay. Sip a glass or buy a bottle, and listen to the softspoken Read talk about terroir — such as the glacial till that nurtures grapes here — or how winemakers are pushing legislation to bestow the Adirondack Coast with its own appellation. Though Read and Peck still have day jobs, the first batch of estate-grown Marquette is aging now and due to be released soon. That’s sure to warrant another visit.

Hid-In-Pines Vineyard 456 Soper Street, Morrisonville, 518-643-0006. hipvineyard.com. Tasting daily, noon to 6 p.m.

1978 was the year that Muhammad Ali beat Leon Spinks and Grease hit movie theaters. It was also the year that Richard Lamoy planted a few Concord grapevines on his farm in Morrisonville, just outside Plattsburgh, with little more than a vague sense that

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they might thrive. (The farm’s main staple at the time was vegetables.) Nowadays, when Lamoy geeks out discussing training systems, maceration and yeasts, it’s hard to believe he started out ambivalent about his prospects. Though he considered himself a hobby winemaker on his own plot until 2006, he volunteered at the Cornell University experimental plot in Willsboro, N.Y., and picked up medals for the wines he made with grapes from that location. The experience ignited his sense of fun and experimentation. Now, on his own four acres of vines, Lamoy pushes cold-hardy grapes through all kinds of trials — sometimes with the help of grants — and shares what he finds with other growers. “I’m trying to figure out what grows well here and how,” he says modestly, though many of his wines taste quite polished. Hid-In-Pines lives up to its name: It’s tricky to find. The tasting room looks like an outbuilding, but those who venture inside will find it filled with unusual bottlings. It’s best to surrender yourself to Lamoy, as he’s adept at intuiting a visitor’s palate. “If they like pinot grigio, I say St. Pepin. Pinot Noir? Well, that’s like a Marquette,” he says. Lamoy also pours unusual northern varietals, such as Petite Pearl, a Petite Amie that smells like Viognier but has more backbone; a St. Pepin bursting with greenapple flavor; and a dark Noiret that has unusual aromas of ripe banana, but flavors of pepper and black fruit. Last year, Lamoy lost nearly half his grapes to Tropical Storm Irene, but a year later, the plump green clusters are round and unblemished. “It’s a good year for grapes,” he says, echoing the observations of growers throughout the valley.

Vesco Ridge Vineyards 165 Stratton Hill Road, West Chazy, 518-846-8544. vescoridge.com. Tasting Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment.

I’m hesitant to step into the tasting room at Vesco Ridge Vineyards, because it looks like part of Dan and Nancy Vesco’s home. Yet that’s sort of the point: Their wines are an extension of themselves, the tasting room adorned with Beatles album covers on one wall and bottles of wine on the other. LAKESIDE SIPS

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Is spEEDEr & Earl’s CoffEE on its way to becoming another local microroasting empire? Possibly. A few weeks ago, Speeder & Earl’s became the official coffee of flEtChEr allEn hEalth CarE, where it will soon debut in the Main Street and Harvest Cafés. On the heels of that coup, Speeder & Earl’s owners JEssICa WorkMan and JEannIE VEnto have signed a lease on a 5000-square-foot building in Williston, into which they’ll move their roasting operation. “We’ve been thinking about the move for a long time, and we’ve had more business than we can handle,” says Workman. For close to 20 years, the back half of the duo’s 2000-square-foot Pine Street space has been devoted to roasting. A previous plan 8v-stacks062012.indd to move — in 2008 — fell through when the economy tanked. The Fletcher Allen account “was the final straw. We were already packed up to our eyeballs,” Workman says. “We finally hit the point where we can’t do it anymore. We were actively suppressing growth.” Workman will oversee the relocation of all the roasting equipment to an Avenue D building with five times as much office, manufacturing and production space, to which she plans to bring a second roaster and a few extra employees. Speeder & Earl’s currently roasts between 7000 and 10,000 pounds of coffee beans per month, a huge bump up from the trickle with which the company began in 1993. Workman says she never expected the roasting side of the business to explode this way: Speeder & Earl’s has wholesale accounts

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Still, tasters at Vesco Ridge will find an impressive selection of the Vescos’ wines along with those of their friends — such as a summer white with hints of strawberry; and Poppy, a peppery Maréchal Foch with racy, red fruit undertones. “Maréchal Foch is one of those grapes that takes care of itself,” Dan Vesco says nonchalantly. But you can bet he doesn’t let a day pass without checking on his vines.

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pouring a few samples from behind the wooden bar. A few years ago, Fortin and her husband, Gilles, — she’s a teacher, he’s a principal — decided winemaking would eventually make for a lively but relaxing retirement. “It’s definitely grown faster than I thought,” she says. In addition to cultivating 650 vines and running the new tasting room, the Fortins buy fruit and grape juices from the Niagara region for their fruity and sweet wines. As Fortin splashes out some Aaron’s Red, a plummy wine made from Frontenac, Frontenac Gris and Marquette grapes, she remarks on her natural bias toward sweet wines, a taste that has morphed as the winery has grown. Amazing Grace makes a semidry “blush” wine called Soccer Mom, and there are Concord and fruit wines there. But a drier Maréchal Foch; a Beaujolaisstyle blend of Foch with Baco Noir called Grace’s Red; and estate-grown Frontenac are on the bill, too.

Stone House Vineyard 73 Blair Road, Mooers, 518-493-5971. stonehousevineyardclintoncountyny.com

The paths at Stone House Vineyard are leafy and cluttered, lined with gooseberry, raspberry and blueberry bushes sagging under the weight of plump, almost-ripe fruit. Then there are the grapes — tangled, tendriled plots, each marked by a silver sign with a name hammered in: Landot. Valiant. Sabrevois. This vineyard feels almost medieval, anchored by an imposing stone house built over seven years by Philip and Bonnie Favreau. The tasting room is at the rear of the house, and inside are dozens of wines to sample — blueberry, gooseberry, plum, apple and currant. For the traditionalists, there are sweet and dry grape wines, too. “For the first few years, we gave wines to family and vines to people,” says Phil Favreau. Eventually, he had so many vines — 5000 — and so much wine that it made sense to go commercial. “There’s more money in wine than in grapevines,” he reasons. Stone House’s fruit wines are not cloyingly sweet, and the dry wines are round, rustic and quenching. With the hints of wild nature encroaching on this pastoral scene, it’s a perfect Dionysian ending point for an excursion on the Adirondack Trail. m

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hat goes on in a chef’s mind as she works the harried, sweaty line? Some may just be keeping their heads above water, reciting the recipe at hand. Others may be contemplating a cold beer at shift’s end. Lauren Parlin hears another refrain: “‘Mom! Mom. Mom!’” the 52-year-old chef says, mimicking the demands of a hungry child — or three, like her now-grown brood. At her seasonal restaurant, the Uptown, in tiny Hague, N.Y., Parlin serves tourists who come to the Lake George area as if they were members of her own extended family. She and her husband, Ken, live upstairs from the dining room. Like much of their clientele, they return to New York City in the fall. And, until this summer, they only served prix-fixe meals. “I do family style,” Parlin says, “because that’s what I’m comfortable with.” When Parlin started the Uptown as a summertime project in 2006, she was not

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a professional chef, but she thought serving breakfast and lunch would be a fun activity to share with her family. Later that year, back home in the city, she earned a degree from the French Culinary Institute. When she returned to Hague with stronger kitchen skills, Parlin realized the town, composed mostly of summer homes, lacked the morning traffic to justify her original business model. So the Uptown became a dinner-only affair. When you turn from shimmering Lake George to Graphite Mountain Road, Hague’s tiny downtown reveals itself. There’s little more than a post office, a couple of churches and the Uptown. Next door is another eatery, the Hague Firehouse Restaurant. The only parking lots belong to the churches. The town is so small, most people just walk wherever they’re going. The camp-style scene inside the Uptown is still casual, but the large plates, priced for sharing, are anything but.

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And, as Parlin says, it’s not just about the food. “The food should be a component of the experience, but for me it’s not the whole experience,” she says. “It’s not elBulli [famous Catalonian restaurant, now closed] or something, where you drive hours for the food, and that’s it. I want people to come in and feel like I’m in a little town in the Adirondacks and an old renovated building, and the food is part of it.” The Parlins certainly put noteworthy effort into the building. A general store circa the 1880s, it later became a rooming house for graphite miners. When the Parlins bought the house, it contained a taxidermy business in the space that is now the dark, wood-paneled dining room. Today the elegant feel, with piles of freshly washed, colorful towels in the bathroom and soft bandanas for napkins, brings to mind Martha Stewart. “I have a strong aesthetic need,” says Parlin, shrugging off compliments. Whether they sit at the bar or a table, visitors to this comfortable, upscale home can start their meal by choosing from a carefully selected wine list and a bar menu that includes local goat meatballs. Soon, some of the goat meat may come from kids that Parlin herself is fostering for Sweet Spring Farm in Argyle, N.Y. “I love raising goats. They’re such sweet, easy animals and, really, I think goat meat is great,” says Parlin, who uses the farm’s goat cheese, too. Some diners may skip the snacks and get right to appetizers. When Seven Days visited the Uptown on a recent Saturday, all starters were $14 and big enough for two. Tuna tartare woke up the palate with lemon, shallots and a sharp purée of garlic. A pile of enormous mustard seeds rested on one corner of the round of diced meat. Spread on a cracker with the tuna, the zippy mustard popped like caviar. Instead of a garnish of mere parsley, Parlin employed parsley flowers. They tasted the same but gave the dish a ladylike, visual edge. One of the two available entrées that night was roasted Misty Knoll Farms chicken for two or three people. It sounded simple, but what arrived at the table looked more like an ultramodern building in Dubai than a crispy, dead bird. The animal had been butchered into basic pieces and then layered with strips of raw carrot, herbs and celery leaves. The celery worked like an herb itself, lending

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salad ingredients. When Seven Days visited the Uptown, the farm’s greens, shaved beets and watermelon filled tall bowls of Farm Stand Salad. The nearby fields also contributed the ingredients for pictureperfect presentations of bread-crumbtopped ratatouille. These, like the tuna tartare, were appetizer options — a new concept for the Uptown. When the restaurant opened for the season at the end of June, the staff kicked off its first year of offering an à la carte menu instead of set meals. Why the change? Parlin says she adapts to her customers’ needs: “Basically, it’s like a soft opening all the time.” And she has begun to see an appetite for local food paired with a demand for flexibility. Last summer, a rare infection put Parlin’s 28-year-old son on life support, leaving her unable to serve as the Uptown’s full-time chef. She brought in Sam Richman, a veteran of kitchens, including the Fat Duck and Jean Georges, to help her with the cooking. Richman — who’s now at buzz-worthy Brooklyn, N.Y., taqueria Gran Electrica — made inspired use of foraged and local foods in his prix-fixe menus. Parlin says this year’s options are designed for customers who liked those ingredients but found Richman’s haute cuisine not so approachable. Parlin knows her market well: She has been coming to Hague since she married Ken 30 years ago. His family has summered in town since 1935. Parlin says that’s not uncommon in the close-knit community, and she knows how its ebbs and flows of population affect business. The Uptown serves dinner Tuesdays through Sundays until Labor Day. After that, Parlin will keep the restaurant open on weekends through Columbus Day, after which Hague mostly empties out for the winter. That’s when Parlin will return to New York City, too. Now that her son has recovered, she says, she’ll have time to look for work in a big-city kitchen this winter. But next summer, she’ll be back in Hague, cooking for locals, travelers and, she hopes, some Vermonters. “It’s an easy drive,” Parlin hints with a smile. m

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Annual Giant Book Sale: Intellectuals peruse a porch full of fiction, history, travel and children’s books — and much more. Stowe Free Library, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 253-6145.

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BBA Media Mashup II: A networking breakfast kicks off breakout sessions about how — and when — to use media devices such as Google, Facebook, email marketing, YouTube and blogs for a business. Champlain College, Burlington, 7:30-11 a.m. $25-40. Info, 863-1175.

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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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Community Dinner: Diners get to know their neighbors at a low-key, buffet-style meal organized by the Winooski Coalition for a Safe and Peaceful Community. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-4565.

Tropical Storm Irene Support Group: Berlinarea residents affected by the flooding share their stories and learn coping skills. Berlin Elementary School, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 279-8246.

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Make Stuff!: Defunct bicycle parts become works of art and jewelry that will be sold to raise funds and awareness for Bike Recycle Vermont. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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Summer Argentine Tango Práctica: Buenos Aires-born footwork graces the wooden floor. Instructor Elizabeth Seyler is on hand to answer questions. Colibri Architects, Burlington, 7:45-10:15 p.m. $3. Info, 215-432-1023.

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Solar-Power Lecture: SunCommon solar community organizer Dan Conant gives an overview of installment, incentives, rebates and financing options in “Repowering Essex.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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Public Viewing Night: Stargazers head to the College Observatory to take in star clusters and Saturn. Call for a status report in case of inclement weather. McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 9-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2266.

film

‘Polisse’: Real child-investigation cases inspired Maïwenn’s gritty 2011 crime drama, in which a unit is torn apart by gruesome daily realities and their equally messy personal lives. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘The Island President’: President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives fights to save his extremely low-lying country from the rising sea level in Jon Shenk’s 2011 documentary. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘V for Vendetta’: A mysterious freedom fighter sparks a revolution in James McTeigue’s 2005 dystopian action-thriller, starring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

food & drink

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. Colchester Farmers Market: Vendors present passersby with fresh local produce, specialty foods and crafts. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576. Middlebury Farmers Market: Crafts, cheeses, breads and veggies vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 989-6012. Newport Farmers Market: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the fresh fare supplied by area growers and producers. 246 Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, sargentsbearnecessities@ gmail.com.

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JUL.19-22 | THEATER ‘Zombie Prom’ Thursday, July 19, 7 p.m.; Friday, July 20, and Saturday, July 21, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, July 22, 2 p.m., at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $13-16. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org

No Holds Bard A shipwreck in the Adriatic Sea. Twins torn apart, each unaware of the other’s survival. A cross-dressing heroine. Just the opening scenes of Twelfth Night set the stage for one of the Bard’s most enduring comedies of error, presented this week by St. Johnsbury Academy Theatre. Count on the requisite verbal sparring, thrilling swordplay and tangled love connections, as well as mandolin playing and singing by several cast members. Because it’s not summer without some open-air Shakespeare, the theatrics take place in an outdoor amphitheater. Follow the drama from your own pillow or chair — and hit up the Jamaican food stand on Wednesday.

JUL.18, 20 & 21 | THEATER ‘Twelfth Night’ Wednesday, July 18; Friday, July 20; and Saturday, July 21, 8 p.m., at St. Johnsbury Academy. $5-10. Info, 748-2600. catamountarts.org

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Meet young lovers Toffee and Jonny. She’s a girl from the right side of the tracks; he’s a rebel (he spells his name without the “h”). When Toffee’s parents push her to end the teenage romance, Jonny ends it all by hurling himself into the town’s nuclear power plant. Weeks later, he emerges from a school locker as a walking, talking, rotting corpse, dead set —pardon the pun — on taking Toffee to senior prom. Twenty-two local teens stage this rollicking return of the living dead as FlynnArts’ latest production, a classic tale of “girl meets ghoul,” as the New York Times calls it. Not your average high-school musical.

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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, 518-563-0494.

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usic, roving theatrics, puppetry, chalk art and dance collide this weekend in a party 50 years in the making. HOPFest — the curtain-raiser to the Hopkins Center’s gold anniversary year — kicks off Friday with commissioned brass-band marching music from Asphalt Orchestra, and a parade of caterpillar-clothed puppeteers and gargantuan butterfly puppets designed by performance artist Gabriel Q. Multiple stages host rising musical acts, including David Wax Museum (Mexican folk meets American roots) and Sergent Garcia (reggae-Latin-punk fusion). Stick around for dance improv with a Merce Cunningham alum, the Upper Valley premiere of The Dancer Films, and an “instrument petting zoo,” featuring exotic species such as the sousaphone.

JUL.20 & 21 | FAIRS & FESTIVALS HOPFest Friday, July 20, 4 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., and Saturday, July 21, noon to 11 p.m., at the Dartmouth Green and Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. hop.dartmouth.edu

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Thursday, July 19, 7:30 p.m., at Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, in Warren. $12-15. Proceeds benefit Phantom Theater. Info, 496-5997. phantomtheater.info

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What kind of music do you play when you’ve lived everywhere from Algeria to Switzerland to Spain to Ecuador? “Reggae, but not quite like any reggae you’ve heard before,” says the Boston Herald of Sarazino’s Afro-Latin-infused rhythms. The up-andcoming band’s world influences mimic front man Lamine Fellah’s nomadic upbringing — and the peacepreaching lyrics speak to his experiences as the son of a diplomat killed by extremists. International pop, Arabic and West African grooves figure prominently in Sarazino’s latest album, Everyday Salama, a crosscultural achievement featuring collaborations with Luísa Maita and Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars.

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Tea Class: a Trek Through China: Tea devotees Payton Swick and Ben Youngbear chronicle their recent travels, sharing samples of the teas they found, as well as pictures and videos of tea production. Dobrá Tea, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. $25. Info, 951-2424. 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.

health & fitness

adulT & Children’s Wellness series: Naturopathic doctor Thauna Abrin discusses “Fatigue in Men and Women: Five Tips to Optimal Energy” in a four-part lecture series. Memorial Hall, Hardwick, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 472-9355, wellness@drthauna.com.

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‘anne oF green gables’ & summer reading Program CheCk-in: A spunky, carrot-topped orphan sent to live on Prince Edward Island is the subject of this spirited production by Very Merry Theatre youngsters. Battery Park, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; bring your reading logs. Info, 865-7216.

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CraFTsbury Chamber Players mini ConCerTs: Little ones take in classical compositions with their adult companions. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443. eCho Family-sCienTisT lab: Laboratory learners ages 10 and up explore the different systems of the human body through a short lecture and hands-on activity. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 1 p.m. $6-22.50; preregister. Info, 877-324-6386, ext. 100. garden sTory Time: Weather permitting, kids ages 4 and under park themselves in the grass for tall tales and tunes. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. PJ sTory Time: Kiddos outfitted for sleep listen to bedtime tales in broad daylight. Highgate Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-3970. summer sTory Time: Rug rats revel in the wonder of reading. Rumney Memorial School, Middlesex, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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‘The Taming oF The shreW’: Rutland Youth Theatre presents the ultimate dating drama: Shakespeare’s tale of a headstrong woman and her suspect suitor. Orwell Town Green, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 558-4177. young & Fun series: Little ones get “A Walk Through the Orchestra,” courtesy of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 518-523-2512.

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adamanT musiC sChool summer season: Artist faculty — including Eugene Barban, Gwen Beamish, Elaine Greenfield and Franklin Larey — perform at the Traditional Session Opening Concert. Waterside Hall, Adamant Music School, 7:30 p.m. $6-10; free for members. Info, 223-3347.

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killingTon musiC FesTival musiCians: Aspiring young musicians and internationally accomplished faculty perform solo and chamber music. Brandon Music, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 465-4071, info@brandon-music.net. roberT & gigi: Fun, energetic folk appeals to children and parents alike. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Bombardier Recreation Park, Milton, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4922.

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CraFTsbury Chamber Players: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Schumann, Dohnányi and Ewazen. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8-22; free for ages 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443.

summer ConCerT series: Fairfax youth bust a tune under the sun. Rain site: BFA Middle School Gymnasium. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. 7/16/12 3:04 PM

ToWn oF shelburne summer ConCerT series: Wellfleet grace the Farm Barn lawn with classic songs from Bob Dylan Tom Petty, Billy Joel and the Beatles — as well as original tunes. Shelburne Farms, gates open at 5:30 p.m.; performance at 6:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 985-9551. vermonT summer musiC FesTival: In “The Three Bs: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms,” the New York Chamber Soloists perform Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, Beethoven’s Sextet for Two Horns and Strings, and Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 7:30 p.m. $35. Info, 658-2592.

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dream big & reaCh For The sTars: Sky gazers of all ages take in the evening sky with Tony Mayhew. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail. com. sunseT aquadvenTure: Paddlers of all abilities relish the serenity of the Waterbury Reservoir as they look for loons and beavers in an educational outing. Little River State Park, Waterbury, meet at the Contact Station by 6:30 p.m.; program begins at 7 p.m. at A-Side Swim Beach. $2-3; free for kids under 4; registration required; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@gmail.com. Wagon-ride Wednesday: Riders lounge in sweet smelling hay on scenic, horse-drawn routes. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

seminars

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, noon12:30 p.m. & 5:30-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625, home@sover.net. Women business oWners neTWork WorkshoP: “In Identifying Your Blueprint for Managing Transitions and Stress,” female attendees learn to navigate great change while maintaining inner peace and confidence. Windjammer Restaurant, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $17-20 includes lunch. Info, 373-7690.

sport

hash house harriers: Beer hounds of legal age earn their suds with an invigorating run and high-impact game of hide-and-seek. Meet by the fountain, Burlington City Hall Park, 6:30 p.m. Free if it’s your first time; $5 otherwise; bring ID. Info, 355-1015. mounTain-bike ride: Onion River Sports staff bring intermediate to advanced riders to different area trails each week. Carpooling is an option; call ahead for details. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5 p.m. Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under 18 need signed parental permission; helmets required. Info, 229-9409. Wednesday nighT World ChamPionshiPs: Fast riders vie for bragging rights in town-line sprints. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free; riders under 15 must be accompanied by an adult; riders under 18 need signed parental permission; helmets required. Info, 229-9409.

talks

emery ForesT: A teacher and lifelong student of shamanism explores ancient and modern prophecies, as well as what they may say about our collective future. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295. Jane Williamson: Rokeby Museum’s director offers insights on early abolitionists in “The War Before the War.” Room L403, Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2085. Jillian kilborn: The wildlife biologist discusses the increases in American marten and Canada lynx sightings and track observations over the past few years in a slide show and discussion. Craftsbury Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 586-9683.

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Rodney Reis: In “Plein-Air Painting: Materials of the Masters,” the artist describes and demonstrates the tools oil painters use in natural light. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. yesteRmoRRow summeR LectuRe seRies: Montpelier planner and author Gwendolyn Hallsmith looks at “Creating Wealth: Growing Local Economies With Local Currencies.” Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

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‘Annie Get youR Gun’: “Anything you can do, I can do better...” Stowe Theatre Guild takes aim with this 1946 Broadway classic about sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8 p.m. $13-23. Info, 253-3961. ‘BoeinG-BoeinG’: A Don Draper-esque lothario skillfully juggles three flight-attendant fiancées at once until their plane schedules change in this jet-speed comedy by the Dorset Theatre Festival. Dorset Theatre, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. $20-45. Info, 867-2223. ciRcus smiRkus BiG top touR: Acrobatics, tumbling feats, high-wire high jinks and general clowning around come together in “Topsy-Turvy Time Travel!” Vermont Agricultural Business Education Center, Brattleboro, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. $16-22; free for kids under 2. Info, 533-7443. ‘eLLA’: Set to Ella Fitzgerald’s hit songs, this Weston Playhouse musical looks at the offstage life of the beloved “Queen of Jazz.” Weston Playhouse, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Call for price. Info, 824-5288. metRopoLitAn opeRA summeR encoRe: Natalie Dessay stars in this broadcast production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, 748-2600. ‘oppoRtunity of A Lifetime’: MOXIE Productions presents Vermont playwright Jeanne Beckwith’s American farce, the winner of the 2011 Vermont Contemporary Playwrights Forum. Thatcher Brook Primary School, Waterbury, 7:30 p.m. $7-20. Info, 244-4168. ‘oveR the puB’: Pandemonium ensues when an Irish family’s son decides to scout out more “fun” religions in Tom Dudzick’s hit comedy, presented by Saint Michael’s Playhouse. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $30.5039.50. Info, 654-2281.

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poe JAm with duG nAp: Literati take to the mic with poetry and spoken-word expressions — plus a little music. BCA Center, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. Info, 865-7166.

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business

mAsteRmind GRoup meetinG: Big dreamers build a supportive network as they try to realize business goals in an encouraging environment.

dance

contRA dAnce: Nancy Turner calls the steps to tunes by For the Nonce. All dances are taught; no partner required. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments and join the band. Pierce Hall Community Center, Rochester, 7:30-10 p.m. $5-8. Info, 617-721-6743. squARe dAnce woRkshop: Spectators are welcome as Green Mountain Steppers Square Dance Club members do-si-do and swing their partners ‘round. St. John Vianney Parish Hall, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free to watch. Info, 879-7283. swinG dAnce Lessons: Singles and couples practice East Coast swing footwork to country tunes. Perkins Fitness Consulting and Personal Training Studio, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $8; $15 per couple. Info, 233-0648.

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AnnuAL open house: Tunes by the Morrisville Military Band enliven a tour of the historic home, a picture of life in 19th-century Vermont. Noyes House Museum, Morrisville, 6-9 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 888-7617, noyeshousemuseum@ gmail.com. mount mAnsfieLd scALe modeLeRs: Hobbyists break out the superglue and sweat the small stuff at a miniature-construction skill swap. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0765. queen city GhostwALk: twisted histoRy: Haunted Burlington author Thea Lewis induces goosebumps with hair-raising tales of the city’s fascinating — and spooky — past. Meet at the fountain, Battery Park, Burlington, 11 a.m. $13.50; arrive 10 minutes before start time. Info, 863-5966. seABA cALiente! sociAL: South End artists and business types mix it up with Mexican food from Misery Loves Co., margaritas and other beverages from Drink, a photo “booth” courtesy of Abby Manock, an art exhibit by Clark Derbes, and music from DJ A-Dog. RL Photo, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 859-9222.

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summeRvALe: Folks show farms and farmers a little love at a weekly educational gathering filled with food, Zero Gravity brews and music. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 660-0440. veRmont food ventuRe centeR mini open house: Folks meet the staff, tour the kitchens and learn about launching a food or agricultural business. Vermont Food Venture Center, Hardwick, open house and tour, 4:30 p.m.; networking and seminars, 6:30 p.m. Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 472-5362, vfvc@hardwickagriculture.org.

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the BRAdfoRd fAiR: An old-time country fair features rides, concessions, games, and agricultural contests and exhibits. 66 Carson Lane, Brandford, noon-8 p.m. $10-15 per day includes all rides and events; free for kids under 3. Info, 222-4053.

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‘BeAuty BeneAth the diRt’: A lawyer, an Ivy grad and a city chick tackle the Appalachian Trail in this adventure travelogue from director Katherine Imp. A Q&A with cast member Brandon Imp follows the screening. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 457-3981. THu.19

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fRAnkLin county chAmBeR of commeRce mixeR: Networkers brush elbows at an evening of food, beverages and tunes by the Starline Rhythm Boys. Homestead at Pillsbury, a Pillsbury Senior Community, St. Albans, 5-7:30 p.m. $5-8; preregister. Info, 524-2444, info@fcrccvt.com.

open knit & cRochet: Stitch and tell: Fiber fans work on current projects in good company. Kaleidoscope Yarns, Essex Junction, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 288-9200.

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AuthoRs At the ALdRich: Memoirist Saloma Miller Furlong highlights her autobiography, Why I Left the Amish. A concert in Currier Park follows. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550.

vBsR netwoRkinG Get-toGetheR: Attendees learn about a solar social venture at a Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility meet-andgreet. SunCommon, Waterbury Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-8347, info@vbsr.org.

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‘tweLfth niGht’: St. Johnsbury Academy Theatre presents the Bard’s classic comedy of mistaken identities in the wake of a shipwreck. See calendar spotlight. Amphitheatre, St. Johnsbury Academy, 8 p.m. $5-10. Info, 748-2600.

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‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’: Secretive graffiti artist Banksy directed this Oscar-nominated feature about a French immigrant’s street-art obsession. Jon Bliss hosts a post-film discussion. Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts, Chester, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 875-1018. ‘Ghostbusters II’: The threat of citywide supernatural demise brings the bankrupt Ghostbusters staff back into business in this campy 1989 adventure comedy. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘Polisse’: See WED.18, 7:30 p.m. ‘The Island President’: See WED.18, 5:30 p.m. ‘The Muppets Take Manhattan’: Kermit and friends find following their Broadway dreams to be a bigger task than expected in this classic 1984 family comedy. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

Cooking With Quinoa Demo: These newly trendy grains grace cold salads, warm side dishes, hearty breakfast cereals and baked goods. Healthy Living Market and Café, South Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1. Farm & Food Tour: A caravan-style expedition to Hardwick-area farms and food producers introduces visitors to a bustling agricultural community. Center for Agricultural Economy, Hardwick, 10 a.m.5 p.m. $50; free for children under 12; preregister. Info, 472-5840.

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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. Summer Cooking for Well-Being: Lisa Mase of Harmonized Cookery shares recipes to match the season and your constitution. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.coop. 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.

games

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

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Jump-Start Your Health: Experts help build a foundation for greater health and vitality as they cover exercise, stress, fatigue, diet, weight loss and cleanses in a weekly lecture series. Vermont Women’s Wellness, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7001.

‘Anne of Green Gables’: See WED.18, Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, noon. Free. Cardboard Box Parade: Bedtime stories inspire artful cardboard costumes for a wacky procession of 2- to 12-year-olds. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Craftsbury Chamber Players Mini Concerts: See WED.18, Hardwick Town House, 2 p.m. Down By the River: Tiny explorers trawl the Huntington River, searching for salamanders and stoneflies amid the river rocks and mud. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 10-11 a.m. $8-10 per adult/child pair; $4 per additional child; preregister. Info, 434-3068. Early-Literacy Story Time: Weekly themes educate preschoolers and younger children on basic reading concepts. Westford Public Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639, westford_pl@vals.state. vt.us. ‘Fire and Ice’: Chemistry craziness ensues as Mad Science presents “a boomtastic program.” Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free; ticket required. Info, 388-4097. Music With Raphael: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves to traditional and original folk music. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Sign a Song of Dreams: Kids ages 8 and up practice sign language in anticipation of a handson performance at the Summer Reading Program Party. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Teen Club: Adolescents stave off — yawn! — summer boredom with movies, snacks, games and more. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. The Children’s Fair Trade Series: Weekly reading, craft and snack activities educate little ones about other cultures and the benefits of fair trade. Peace and Justice Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 863-2345. ‘The Sound of Music’: Lyndonville: How do you solve a problem like Maria? Vermont Children’s Theater tells the musical story of the nun-turnedgoverness. Vermont Children’s Theater, Lyndonville, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 626-5358. ‘The Taming of the Shrew’: See WED.18, Larson Homestead, Middletown Springs, 7 p.m.

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Brown Bag Concert Series: Bring your own picnic to a bluegrass concert in the courtyard with the Dave Keller Band. Christ Church, Montpelier, noon. Donations accepted. Info, 223-9604. Craftsbury Chamber Players: See WED.18, Hardwick Town House, 8 p.m. Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers: As part of the Jumpin’ in July Concert Series, the Boston band brings its danceable delta blues and soul to the lawn. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-563-1604. Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Emerging Artist Concert: High-school through graduate-school students of an annual summer conservatory perform virtuosic solos and chambermusic pieces for their peers and the public. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-1220. Jazz Series: The John Abercrombie Trio nail notes in a jazz-guitar concert. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $12; $22 includes early-bird dinner special. Info, 465-4071. Music at Moose Meadow: Clarinetist John Klimenok, cellist Deborah Black and pianist Joe Henderson sink their teeth into tangos by Ástor Piazzolla and three pieces by Vermont composer Gwyneth Walker. Proceeds benefit the Eleva Chamber Players. Moose Meadow Lodge, Duxbury, 6

Rotary Concerts in the Park: Prydein dole out Celtic rock. Rain location: Thatcher Brook Primary School gymnasium. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 922-0100. Sarazino: The Ecuador-based band spices up roots reggae, Latin grooves, funk and hip-hop with Arabic and West African flavors. Proceeds benefit Phantom Theater’s original arts performances and workshops. See calendar spotlight. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 7:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, 496-5997. 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. Summer Concert Series: Carl Wener and Ralph Johnson of the Reasonable Facsimile inspire toe tapping on the green. West Rutland Town Hall, 7 p.m. Nonperishable food donations accepted for the West Rutland Food Shelf. Info, 438-2263. The Galt Line, the Roosters, Big Will Scheifley: Local and regional bands deliver screamin’ swing, acoustic blues and spunk. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. $3-10. Info, 518-314-9872. The ImproVisions Jazz Quartet: Pianist Michael Arnowitt joins a creative and innovative jazz concert. Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com. The Michele Fay Band: An acoustic quartet stirs up seamlessly blended te sy folk, swing and bluegrass. of Un a di Woodstock Village Green, noon-1 lla t heatre p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981. ur

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.

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p.m. $25-250 suggested donation includes reception, concert and dinner buffet. Info, 244-8354.

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.

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.

The Music of Duke Ellington: Saxophonist Brian McCarthy leads an all-star quartet in stories and songs celebrating the jazz great. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $7-15. Info, 748-2600. Vermont Summer Music Festival: Legendary pianist Menahem Pressler and the Ariel Quartet join forces on Dvořák’s Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $35. Info, 658-2592. Waves of Adrenaline CD-Release Party: A Burlington folk duo celebrates their new album, Off on a Wild Adventure, with acoustic sounds and harmonies. Block Gallery, Winooski, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 238-7605.

outdoors

Discover the Night Sky: Would-be astronomers cozy up to telescopes for a stargazing extravaganza. Fairfax Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. Owl Prowl & Night Ghost Hike: Flashlight holders spy denizens of dusk on a journey to 19thcentury settlement ruins, where spooky Vermont tales await. Meet at the History Hike parking lot, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids under 4; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@gmail.com. Water Striders: Don your water shoes for an hour-long exploration of water power and the creatures that reside along the ever-changing Stevenson Brook. Meet at the nature trail, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $2-3; free for kids under 4; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@gmail.com. We Walk the Musical Woods: Chirping and warbling from 35 species of songbirds enliven a stroll along the lost Little River settlement. Meet at the nature center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10:30 a.m. $2-3; free for kids under 4; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@ gmail.com.

sport

Onion River Sports Thursday Night Mountain-Bike Series: Racers of all ages and abilities compete on the multiloop course of varied terrain; there’s a trail for little kids, too. Riders bring food and beverages for a postrace barbecue. Millstone Hill Touring Center, Websterville, 6 p.m. $6-10. Info, 229-9409. 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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‘Annie Get Your Gun’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘Boeing-Boeing’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: See WED.18, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. ‘Ella’: See WED.18, 7:30 p.m. ‘God of Carnage’: Childish behavior abounds as two sets of parents try to settle their sons’ playground dispute in Lost Nation Theater’s comedy of “manners.” Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-30; not suitable for children. Info, 229-0492. ‘Henry IV, Part 1’: In the hands of Unadilla Theatre, the Bard’s greatest historical saga is a tale of romance, music and high political intrigue. New Unadilla Theatre, East Calais, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. Murder-Mystery Dinner Cruise: Thrills await on the lake as the Spirit of Ethan Allen Players present With This Ring, I Thee Dead, an interactive, fastpaced comedy of errors served with a three-course meal. Spirit of Ethan Allen III, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. $31.9249.54. Info, 862-8300. ‘Opportunity of a Lifetime’: See WED.18, 7:30 p.m. ‘Over the Pub’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘Sleeping Beauty’: Summer Encore stages this magical tale of spindles, spells and excessive snoozing. Bombardier Recreation Park, Milton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4922. ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’: Gothic gore and a dark score fuel this thrilling musical masterpiece about a barber’s bloody search for revenge. Presented by North Country Community Theatre. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $16-19. Info, 603-448-0400. ‘Swingtime Canteen’: World War II-era songs carry the Middlebury Community Players’ moving musical tribute to the men and women who fought. Presented as part of the MiddSummer Nights Theater Festival. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 382-9222. ‘The Adventures of Antony and Cleopatra’: Shakespeare in the Barn stages the Bard’s story of love and world dominance. Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek, Bristol, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 989-7226. ‘The Complete History of America (Abridged)’: Act Three Theatricals recaps the creation of our nation in an inventive — albeit hurried — 90-minute sketch comedy. Rated PG-13. East Side Restaurant & Pub, Newport, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 673-5762, boxoffice@actthreetheatre.com. ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’: Three Depot Theatre actors play all of the characters in this Sherlock Holmes thriller, adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson. Depot Theatre, Westport, 5 p.m. $27. Info, 518-962-4449. ‘The Sound of Music’: Hyde Park: The hills are alive as the Lamoille County Players stage Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ever-popular musical inspired by the Trapp Family Singers. Hyde Park Opera House, 7 p.m. $12-18. Info, 888-4507. ‘Zombie Prom’: A high schooler meets his untimely end in a nuclear power plant and returns in undead glory to take his girlfriend to senior prom in FlynnArts’ campy musical comedy, based on a

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1950s horror comic book. Rated PG-13. See calendar spotlight. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $13-16. Info, 863-5966.

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Meetinghouse Readings: A grassroots literary series offers readings by voices in American fiction, poetry and narrative nonfiction. Canaan Town Library, N.H., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-523-9650.

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‘Headhunters’: A high-up businessman overcomes his personal insecurities by entering into the art-theft trade in Morten Tyldum’s 2011 crime thriller. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith star in John Madden’s comedy, in which a group of English pensioners find their new retirement spot — in India — rather different than what the brochure advertised. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

Annual Giant Book Sale: See WED.18, 9 a.m.

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Cracker Barrel Bazaar: A hearty chicken-pie supper precedes a fiddlers contest for cash prizes. Food vendors and an on-site beer garden augment the merriment. Newbury Village Common, 4:3010:30 p.m. $4.50-10 for dinner; $6 for music or free for kids under 10. Info, 866-5917.

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Ballroom Lesson & Dance Social: Singles and couples of all levels of experience take a twirl. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; open dancing, 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 862-2269. Queen City Tango Milonga: No partner is required for welcoming the weekend in the Argentine tradition. Wear clean, soft-soled shoes. North End Studio B, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $7. Info, 877-6648.

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Intervale Center Tours: Walkers wise up on the rich agricultural history that made today’s thriving community foods system possible. Intervale Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 660-0440, ext. 113, jarred@intervale. org. Queen City Ghostwalk: Darkness Falls: Chills and thrills await as paranormal historian Thea Lewis recaps the city’s dark and twisted past. Meet at the steps, Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. $13.50; arrive 10 minutes before start time. Info, 863-5966. Queen City Ghostwalk: Twisted History: See THU.19, 11 a.m.

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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, 685-9987, chelseacommunitymarket@gmail.com. Five Corners Farmers Market: From natural meats to breads and wines, farmers share the bounty of the growing season at an open-air exchange. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 5cornersfarmersmarket@gmail. com. Foodways Fridays: Historic recipes get a revival as folks learn how heirloom garden veggies become seasonal dishes in the farmhouse kitchen. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355. Friday Night Cookout: Grill meisters serve up sausages, jumbo hot dogs, marinated portobellos, salmon cakes and “more ambiance than you can shake a cream-cheese-chocolate brownie at.” Local cooks supply salads and desserts. Adamant Co-op, 5:30-7 p.m. $8-10. Info, 223-5760. Hardwick Farmers Market: A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with fresh produce and handcrafted goods. Granite Street, Hardwick, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2337, hardwickfarmersmarket@gmail.com. Killington Wine Festival: A fullbodied fest in its 11th year offers an estate wine tasting, a Bubbly Brunch, a Wine and Nine golf outing, and a grand tasting. Killington Grand Resort Hotel, 6-8 p.m. $55-125. Info, 773-4181.

Ludlow Farmers Market: Merchants divide a wealth of locally farmed products, artisanal eats and unique crafts. Okemo Mountain School, Ludlow, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 734-3829, lfmkt@ tds.net.

Summer Carillon Series: Massive bronze bells ring out as Gordon Slater continues the 27th summer of these campus concerts. Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

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. Tai Chi for Arthritis: AmeriCorps members from the Champlain Valley Agency 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.

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‘Anne of Green Gables’: See WED.18, Staige Hill Farm, Charlotte, 6:30 p.m. Bats in the Barn: Kids, parents and “Barry the Bat Guy” spot nature’s best bug zappers as they take to the skies for an evening hunt. Shelburne Farms, 7:30-9 p.m. $10-12 per adult/child pair; $5-7 per additional child. Info, 985-8686. Dream Big! Youth Media Lab: Fledgling filmmakers create movies and explore related technology in a collaborative program cohosted by Middlebury Community Television. For kids entering fourth grade and up. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. Keepers of the Night: Author and storyteller Michael Caduto’s legends, songs and chants paint a portrait of nature in the moonlight. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ‘The Sound of Music’: Lyndonville: See THU.19, 7 p.m.

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‘500 Years of Music for Guitar’: Peter Griggs spans the ages with classical guitar music from the Renaissance to today. Calvary Episcopal Church, Jericho, 7-8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 899-2326. Adamant Music School Summer Season: Participating artists of the Traditional Summer Session share their talents. Waterside Hall, Adamant Music School, 7:30 p.m. $6-10; free for members. Info, 223-3347. Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Artist Faculty Concert: The artist faculty of an annual summer conservatory and internationally acclaimed flutist Eugenia Zukerman present Shostakovich’s Piano Trio, Ravel’s Tzigane: Rapsodie de Concert, Mozart’s Flute Quartet and Ginastera’s Impresiones de la Puna. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $25; free for students under age 22 with school ID; students under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Info, 503-1220. Jackson Gore Outdoor Music Series: Gypsy Reel turn the lawn into an outdoor concert venue. Grill goodies or full-service dining available. Jackson Gore Inn, Okemo Mountain Resort, Ludlow, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 228-4041.

Ron West Tribute Concert: The Vermont Fiddle Orchestra, the Northeast Fiddlers Association and guest soloists perform waltzes, jigs, two-steps and reels composed or beloved by a late, native Vermonter. Canadian Club, Barre Town, 8 p.m. $8-10 suggested donation. Info, 877-343-3531, info@ vtfiddleorchestra.org. Salisbury Summer Performance Series: The Ricochet Duo, Jane Boxall and Rose Chancler join forces for an evening of tango and ragtime. Salisbury Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 352-4609 or 352-6671.

Sneezeguard’s Summer of Love: Come dressed in bell-bottoms and far-out polka dots for retro grooves in a celebration of great ball player Heinie Manush’s 111th birthday held before the

The Precipice: Heloise & the Savoir Faire, Luísa Maita, Vermont Joy Parade, the Lynguistic Civilians and the Wee Folkestra are among the nearly 50 different music acts gracing four different stages over the course of three days. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5 p.m. $13-20; $30-40 three-day pass.

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Getting There From Here: Are we there yet? Walkers master the art of orienteering, from reading maps and compasses to global positioning. Meet at B-Side Playground, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10:30 a.m. $2-3; free for kids under 4; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@ gmail.com. Rockin’ the Little River: Visitors meet at the Waterbury Dam viewpoint and monument to explore a reforested encampment and learn about how the Civilian Conservation Corps saved the Winooski Valley from flooded ruin. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10:30 a.m. $2-3; free for kids under 4; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@ gmail.com. Sun Boxes: Sound artist Craig Colorusso sets up 20 solar-powered speakers on a large, open lawn. Listeners wander among them to hear ever-evolving musical loops. Knight Point State Park, North Hero, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular park admission. Info, 241-3665.

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Hockey Fights MS Tournament: Men’s, women’s and coed teams face off in a weekendlong ice-hockey tournament raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Fletcher Allen Health Care. Cairns Arena, South Burlington, 5-11 p.m. $70 per player; free for spectators. Info, 484-560-1213, hockeyfightsms@gmail.com.

talks

Brown Bag Series: Tom McGrath of the Transportation Research Center hosts a discussion about “The Future of Regional Public Transportation.” Decision Theater, Farrell Hall, UVM, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3946.

theater

‘Annie Get Your Gun’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘Boeing-Boeing’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘Ella’: See WED.18, 7:30 p.m. ‘God of Carnage’: See THU.19, 8 p.m. ‘Henry IV, Part 1’: See THU.19, 7:30 p.m. ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’: Magic beans and giants collide in No Strings Marionettes’ puppet production. Old Town Hall, Brookfield, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3535. ‘Opportunity of a Lifetime’: See WED.18, 7:30 p.m. ‘Over the Pub’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘Ruthless! The Musical’: A cute but sociopathic tween and her mother embrace their inner drama queens in this wild QNEK Productions musical. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $13-15. Info, 334-2216. ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’: See THU.19, 7:30 p.m. ‘Swingtime Canteen’: See THU.19, 8 p.m. ‘The Adventures of Antony and Cleopatra’: See THU.19, 8 p.m. ‘The Complete History of America (Abridged)’: See THU.19, Barton Memorial Building, Barton, 7:30 p.m. FRI.20

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Snake Mountain Bluegrass: Five-piece blends of folk and bluegrass take place on the winery’s newly opened south lawn. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 6-8 p.m. Free; wine priced by the glass; bring a picnic or buy a cheese plate. Info, 388-7368.

The Machine: One of America’s top Pink Floyd acts extends the legacy of the English rock band. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $24.50-29.50. Info, 775-0903.

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Friday Night Live: Pedestrians take over a main thoroughfare through town for this weekly outdoor bash featuring beer gardens, two stages for live music and children’s entertainment, and a variety of shopping and eating options. Center Street, Rutland, 6-10 p.m. Free. Info, 773-9380.

Burger Night: Live music by Lila Mae & the Cartwheels lend a festive air to a local feast of grass-fed beef or black-bean burgers, hot dogs, fresh-baked buns, salads and cookies. Bread & Butter Farm, Shelburne, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free; cost of food. Info, 985-9200.

Lake Monster’s home game against the Tri-City ValleyCats. Centennial Field, Burlington, 6-6:45 p.m. Info, 598-4093.

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The Ghosts of the Old Posts: Brave souls follow the light of a lantern around the resting place of more than 100 unknown soldiers and the Plattsburgh Barracks for spine-tingling ghost tales. Old Post Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8-9:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 518-645-1577.

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.

p.m. $30 includes souvenir glass and beer tickets; designated drivers $5; for ages 21 and up only. Info, info@vtbrewfest.com.

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‘The Homosexuals’: In conjunction with the Summer Pride at Chandler Festival, a staged reading of Phillip Dawkins’ comedy looks at the ties that bind a group of gay friends. Audience discussion and a reception follow. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $12-20. Info, 728-6464. ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’: See THU.19, 8 p.m. ‘The Possibilitarians’: Live music, giant puppets and Lubberland National Dance Repertory choreography make a statement about the crumbling economic system. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 525-3031. ‘The Sound of Music’: Greensboro: New York’s Mirror Repertory Company sings of raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, among other things, in the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. Tony nominee Marla Schaffel stars. Performance tent, Lakeview Inn, Greensboro, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $1830. Info, 533-7487, greensboroarts@gmail.com. ‘The Sound of Music’: Hyde Park: See THU.19, 7 p.m. ‘Twelfth Night’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘Zombie Prom’: See THU.19, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

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Brown Bag Book Club: Bookish types get verbal about Téa Obreht’s The Tiger’s Wife. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. extempo: Live Original Storytelling: Amateur raconteurs deliver polished, first-person, 5-to-7.5-minute-long true stories at an open-mic evening — without reading their notes. The Blue Barn, Calais, 8 p.m. $5; free for participants (preregister). Info, 223-0184.

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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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Dressing an Historical Lady: Fashionistas and history buffs alike learn about sacque backs, stomachers and pocket hoops as Mary and Adam Spencer of the Tasha Tudor Museum demonstrate the challenging process of getting dressed in an authentic 18th-century gown. All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, West Brattleboro, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 258-6564. Historic Tour of UVM: Folks register online, then meet at Ira Allen’s statue to tour the campus’ modest early clapboards and grand Victorians, led by professor emeritus William Averyt. University Green, UVM, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 656-8673.

Rabies Vaccine Clinic: Pet owners protect their canine and feline friends. Call for details. Central Vermont Humane Society, East Montpelier, 2-3:30 p.m. $10 per rabies or distemper vaccine; $25 for microchip implants. Info, 476-3811. The Hidden History Walking Tour: Folks follow in the footsteps of soldiers, sailors and patriots as they hear forgotten stories of the historic downtown, including tales of murders, hangings, the epic 1814 battle and the Great Fire of 1867. Trinity Park, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6:30-8 p.m. $5-10. Info, 518-645-1577. Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts Car Show: Sweet rides on display range from classic and antique vehicles to pre- and postwar models of both British and American manufacture. Talk engines, wheels, chassis and more in the Center Court. University Mall, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m.9 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

fairs & festivals

Art in Bloom Festival: Local vendors display their wares at a family fair with live music, entertainment, free ice cream, face painting and a petting zoo. Proceeds benefit the BFA Nordic Ski Team. Swanson’s Farm & Nursery, Fairfax, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 849-9232. ‘Bee Friendly’ Summer Fest: An annual familyfriendly fair buzzes with music by Sensible Shoes and Jon Gailmor, face painting, food vendors, and a silent auction. Partial proceeds benefit the Vermont Beekeepers Association. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, Woodstock, 4-9 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3500. HOPFest: See FRI.20, noon-11 p.m. Small Boat Festival: Landlubbers and others get their sea legs at a two-day celebration of watercraft, including longboat trials, the Kids’ Duct Tape Regatta and the Lake Champlain Challenge Race. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $6-10; free for members and kids under 5. Info, 475-2022. SolarFest: See FRI.20, 8 a.m. St. Albans Civil War Heritage Weekend: Military and civilian reenactors set up camp to capture the War Between the States through a battle skirmish, artillery drills and other living-history events. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. $5. Info, 527-7933. Stars & Stripes Festival & Parade: A patriotic promenade, complete with floats, leads to a barbecue in Bandstand Park. Various locations, Lyndonville, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 626-9696. The Bradford Fair: See THU.19, 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

film

‘Headhunters’: See FRI.20, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’: See FRI.20, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘The Gold Rush’: Charlie Chaplin’s “Little Tramp” pursues both riches and the love of a woman in this classic 1925 silent gem — screened with live piano accompaniment from New Hampshire composer Jeff Rapsis. Brandon Town Hall, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 603-236-9237.

health & fitness

Fitness Festival: Muscle power to the max! Athletic types participate in a bench-press competition and other feats of strength. Op4 Fitness, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 for spectators. Info, 399-2634. Yoga Class: Sofi Dillof leads a mat session of rejuvenating stretches and poses. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Donations accepted to support Yoga on the Mountain, an annual fundraiser for the Center for Mindful Learning. Info, 540-0820.

kids

Babysitting Certification Course: Would-be caregivers ages 11 to 15 learn about handling emergency situations and more in a course held by the American Red Cross. Fairfax Community Library, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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, 223-2958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com.

Music With Raphael: See THU.19, 11:30 a.m.

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.

Cambridge Music Festival: Kim & Sharon, Casio Bastard, Something With Strings, Michele Ray Band, Sarah Wallis, Big Spike, Citizen Bare, FunkWagon, the Starline Rhythm Boys, Wolfman Conspiracy and the Aerolites perform on the hour. Proceeds benefit Cambridge 360. Boyden Farm, Cambridge, noon-midnight. $25; free for kids under 15. Info, 730-2383, cambridgemusicfestival@yahoo. com.

Homemade Yogurt: Dairy diehards make the protein-rich milk product in glass mason jars with Family Cow Farmstead’s Lindsay Harris. Sustainability Academy, Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9700. Killington Wine Festival: See FRI.20, 12-4 p.m. Middlebury Farmers Market: See WED.18, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 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, 7632070, foxxfarm@aol.com. Newport Farmers Market: See WED.18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Northwest Farmers Market: Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5821.

‘The Sound of Music’: Lyndonville: See THU.19, 7 p.m.

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‘500 Years of Music for Guitar’: See FRI.20, United Church, Thetford, 7-8 p.m. Info, 333-4429.

Carillon Concert Series: International musicians play the largest instrument in the world, often called “the singing tower.” Norwich University, Northfield, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2318. Commander Cody Band: Boogie-woogie piano is the foundation for an electric mix of country music, rockabilly and blues. Vergennes Opera House, 8 p.m. $25-40. Info, 877-6737, info@vergennesoperahouse.org. David Grisman Quintet: A mandolinist/composer heads up a blend of folk, swing, bluegrass, Latin, jazz and Gypsy music. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $45-65. Info, 760-4634.

Killington Music Norwich Farmers Festival: Internationally Market: Neighbors acclaimed musicians offer fine discover fruits, veggies chamber music in “The Art of and other riches of the land, Ensemble,” featuring masternot to mention baked goods, works by Mozart, Brahms and Sp handmade crafts and local ru Mendelssohn. The Boston Trio and ce entertainment. Route 5 South, Pe ak er Jupiter Quartet perform. Ramshead nt P er e C Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384f or mi ng A r ts Lodge, Killington Resort, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 7447, manager@norwichfarmersmarket. 422-1330. org. Kingdom Coffeehouse: Alan Greenleaf & Rutland County Farmers Market: Downtown The Doctor: A self-taught finger picker joins classtrollers find high-quality fruits and veggies, sically trained pianist Jonathan Kaplan (aka “The mushrooms, fresh-cut flowers, sweet baked goods, Doctor”) in original ballads, R&B and Americana and artisan crafts within arms’ reach. Depot Park, melodies. Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813. Charleston, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 723-6551 . Shelburne Farmers Market: Harvested fruits Marlboro Music Festival: A weekend concert and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties series showcases international musicians performgrace outdoor tables at a presentation of the seaing diverse chamber music from all time periods. son’s best. Shelburne Parade Ground, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Persons Auditorium, Marlboro College, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2472, shelburnefarmersmarket@ $15-37.50. Info, 258-9331. sbpavt.org. Songbirds Soiree: Folks celebrate the splendor The Pennywise Pantry: On a tour of the store, of the opera and the outdoors at a joint benefit shoppers create a custom template for keeping the concert for Opera North and VINS, which includes kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. a wine reception and stroll through the grounds, a City Market, Burlington, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, performance of Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen, 861-9700. and dinner under the stars. Vermont Institute of Vermont Brewers Festival: See FRI.20, 11:30 Natural Science, Quechee, 5:30-9:30 p.m. $150; a.m.-3:30 p.m. & 5:30-9:30 p.m. preregister. Info, 603-448-4141, events@operanWaitsfield Farmers Market: Local entertainorth.org. ment enlivens a bustling open-air market, boasting The Precipice: See FRI.20, noon. extensive farm-fresh produce, prepared foods and Vermont Summer Music Festival: In “Mozart artisan crafts. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 Magic,” William Metcalfe leads the Oriana Singers p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027. and the New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra in the Great Mass in C Minor, Symphony no. 40 f

Tap Kids: In this “Showcase Spec-tap-ular,” 60 dancers ages 9 to 22 bring on foot-powered percussion. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966.

Queen City Ghostwalk: Twisted History: See THU.19, 11 a.m.

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.

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Queen City Ghostwalk: Darkness Falls: See FRI.20, 8 p.m.

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.

Green Mountain Derby Dames Fundraiser Lawn Sale: Vermonters rally for the state’s largest women’s roller-derby league at a sale of furniture, antiques, baby items and more. 81 McMullen Road, Milton, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 324-8423.

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.

food & drink

Cracker Barrel Bazaar: Family-friendly entertainment includes live music, a craft fair, river cruises, hay rides, children’s games, an evening barbecue and a dance party. Newbury Village Common, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. & 6-11 p.m. Free to attend; $4.50-10 for chicken barbecue. Info, 866-5380.

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, info@prestomusic.net.

‘The Turin Horse’: German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche empathetically flings his arms around a horse being whipped by its driver, and the lives of all involved are drastically changed in Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky’s haunting 2011 drama. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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Annual Giant Book Sale: See WED.18, 9 a.m.

House & Garden Tour: Stop and smell the roses on a circuit of the town’s loveliest homes and flower patches. Proceeds benefit Norwich Historic Society projects. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $15-20; lunch available for purchase. Info, 649-0124.

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‘Opportunity of a Lifetime’: See WED.18, 7:30 p.m.

‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’: See FRI.20, 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

‘Over the Pub’: See WED.18, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

outdoors

‘Ruthless! The Musical’: See FRI.20, 7:30 p.m.

food & drink

Backcountry Ecology: Vermont Land Trust director of conservation science Liz Thompson sheds light on plants and natural communities on a leisurely to moderate hike over uneven terrain. Bolton Valley Nordic Center, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 262-1241, milena@vlt.org. Owl Prowl & Night Ghost Hike: See THU.19, 7 p.m. Sun Boxes: See FRI.20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunset > Moonset Aquadventure: Paddlers of all abilities relish the serenity of the Waterbury Reservoir as they look for loons and beavers in an educational outing. Little River State Park, Waterbury, meet at the Contact Station by 6:30 p.m.; program begins at 7 p.m. at A-Side Swim Beach. $2-3; free for kids under 4; registration required; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@gmail.com. Water Striders: See THU.19, 2 p.m. We Walk the Musical Woods: See THU.19, 10:30 a.m.

politics

The Hamburger Summit: Political junkies cure cravings for news and summer munchies at this public barbecue hosted by Sen. Philip Baruth and the publishers of Green Mountain Daily. North Beach, Burlington, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 503-5266.

seminars

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 learn basic concepts and nomenclature at an overview of VCAM facilities, policies and procedures. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

sport

Hockey Fights MS Tournament: See FRI.20, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 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.

‘Swingtime Canteen’: See THU.19, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. ‘The Adventures of Antony and Cleopatra’: See THU.19, 8 p.m.

International Dinner: New England fiddle tunes enliven a feast of pulled pork, barbecue chicken and salads served up by Sweet Breathe Barbecue. The Decoys preside over after-dinner dancing. North End Studio A, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. $12-15. Info, 863-6713.

‘The Children’s Hour’: Performers offer a staged reading of Lillian Hellman’s classic drama, set at an all-girls school, as part of the Summer Pride at Chandler Festival. Audience discussion and a reception follow. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $12-20. Info, 728-6464.

Intro to Vegan & Vegetarian Diet & Store Tour: Eaters learn how to create a nutritious, well-rounded meal plan from store ingredients. City Market, Burlington, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’: See THU.19, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

South Burlington Farmers Market: Farmers, food vendors, artists and crafters set up booths in the parking lot. South Burlington High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, sbfm.manager@gmail.com.

‘The Sound of Music’: Greensboro: See FRI.20, 7:30-9:30 p.m. ‘The Sound of Music’: Hyde Park: See THU.19, 7 p.m. ‘Twelfth Night’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘Zombie Prom’: See THU.19, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

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Bonnie Christensen: The acclaimed author-illustrator signs copies of I, Galileo after a discussion of the glowing picture-book biography for young readers. Phoenix Books Burlington, 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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agriculture

Field Walk: Professional growers and home gardeners take a peek at the more than 800 vegetables, herb and flower varieties being grown, compared and evaluated in the four-acres trials garden. High Mowing Organic Seeds, Wolcott, 3:305 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6174, ext. 132.

bazaars

Annual Giant Book Sale: See WED.18, 9 a.m.

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Music, Art & Tea: Folk singers Jay and Linda Banta perform on the hour at an afternoon tea party featuring the folk art of Warren Kimble. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 928-3364, info@ilmpt.org. South Hero Land Trust Annual Celebration & Picnic: The Center for Whole Communities’ Peter Forbes guest speaks at a locavore potluck picnic with wagon rides, farm tours and a nature walk fêting 15 years of conservation and community building. Lemon Lily Farm, South Hero, 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. Donations accepted; preregister. Info, 372-3786.

Killington Wine Festival: See FRI.20, 3-6 p.m.

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. Winooski Farmers Market: Area growers and bakers offer live music, ethnic eats, and a large variety of produce and agricultural products on the green. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, winooskimarket@gmail.com.

games

Burlington-Area Scrabble Club: Triple-lettersquare seekers spell out winning words. New players welcome. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7558.

health & fitness

Herbal Intensive: An Introduction to Chinese Medicine: Health nuts explore yin and yang, the five elements, and tongue diagnosis — and how to apply them to their own lives. City Market, Burlington, noon-4 p.m. $10-12. Info, 861-9700.

kids

Family Day: Circus-Palooza: Step right up! Circus artists pull off fantastic feats in a carnivalstyle setting. Shelburne Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular admission, $5-20; free for members and kids under 5. Info, 985-3346. Sundays for Fledglings: Youngsters go avian crazy in hiking, acting, writing or exploring activities. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-3 p.m. Free with museum admission, $3-6; free for members; preregister. Info, 434-2167, museum@ birdsofvermont.org.

music

‘500 Years of Music for Guitar’: See FRI.20, United Church, Strafford, 4-5 p.m. Info, 765-4585.

Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts Car Show: See SAT.21, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Adamant Music School Summer Season: See FRI.20, 3 p.m.

fairs & festivals

Moosalamoo Goshen Gallop XXXIV: Runners pound the ground over dirt, gravel and soil on a rugged 5- or 10K trail. Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, 4 p.m. $35-45. Info, 247-6735, info@blueberryhillinn. com.

SolarFest: See FRI.20, 8 a.m.

Burlington Concert Band: Community players unleash John Philip Sousa marches, light classical fare and Broadway favorites in the bandshell. Battery Park, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 598-1830.

theater

‘Annie Get Your Gun’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘Boeing-Boeing’: See WED.18, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

‘Ella’: See WED.18, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘God of Carnage’: See THU.19, 8 p.m. ‘Henry IV, Part 1’: See THU.19, 7:30 p.m.

The Bradford Fair: See THU.19, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Vermont Cheesemakers Festival: Got cheese? Dairy lovers, chefs and artisan cheesemakers from around the state sample more than 200 varieties, partake in tasting seminars and catch a cooking show. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sold out. Info, 800-884-6287.

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‘Headhunters’: See FRI.20, 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. ‘Sound of My Voice’: After infiltrating a powerful cult for for investigative purposes, a couple finds themselves falling under its spell in this gripping thriller directed by Zal Batmanglij. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

Burlington Ensemble Summer Serenades: A summer program features Françaix’s Octet and Divertissement, Nielsen’s Serenata in Vano, and Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, gates open for picnicking at 5:30 p.m.; concert at 7:30 p.m. $30. Info, 598-9520. Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: A sultry jazz-and-blues diva and her all-star, eightpiece ensemble work themselves into a frenzy with originals and reworked standards. Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, 7-9 p.m. $11-28. Info, 253-8511. Marlboro Music Festival: See SAT.21, 2:30 p.m. Rochester Chamber Music Society: Byron Schenkman and Cynthia Huard present piano duos by Mozart, Schubert and Satie in “Profound to Absurd.” Federated Church, Rochester, 4-6 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 767-9234.

Rockin’ the Little River: See FRI.20, 11 a.m. Sun Boxes: See FRI.20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

sport

Champ’s Challenge for Cystic Fibrosis: Pedal pushers cover eight- or 40-mile courses before a barbecue reception on the shores of Lake Champlain. Proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 8 a.m. $75; $200 per family; $20-30 for barbecue only; additional fundraising encouraged. Info, 475-7817. Chris Ludington Memorial Trail Run/Walk: In honor and memory of a husband, father, athlete and Trapp Family Lodge employee, participants cover ground in a 5- or 10K at the Outdoor Center. Proceeds benefit a scholarship fund in Ludington’s name to Lamoille South Supervisory Union. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 8:30 a.m. $10. Info, 253-5719 or 800-826-7000. Hockey Fights MS Tournament: See FRI.20, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

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‘Another American: Unplugged’: Awardwinning writer Marc Wolf performs the highlights of his OBIE-wining one-man show about America’s sexual politics. Proceeds benefit Weston Playhouse Theatre Company’s New Works Programs. Weston Rod & Gun Club, 7:30 p.m. $50. Info, 824-5288. ‘Boeing-Boeing’: See WED.18, 3 p.m. Bread and Puppet Circus: The Complete Everything Everywhere Dance Circus and The Pageant of the Possibilitarians play out at an allafternoon event. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, guided tours of the museum start at 1 p.m.; shows at 2:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 525-3031. Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: See SAT.21, 11 a.m. & 4 p.m. ‘Ella’: See WED.18, 3 p.m. ‘God of Carnage’: See THU.19, 7 p.m. ‘Ruthless! The Musical’: See FRI.20, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘Still Fighting It’: As part of the Summer Pride at Chandler Festival, a staged reading tells the funny and touching story of a mom caught off guard by her daughter’s new flame. Audience discussion and a reception follow. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $12-20. Info, 728-6464. ‘Swingtime Canteen’: See THU.19, 2 p.m. ‘The Adventures of Antony and Cleopatra’: See THU.19, 8 p.m. ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’: See THU.19, 5 p.m. ‘The Sound of Music’: Hyde Park: See THU.19, 2 p.m. ‘Zombie Prom’: See THU.19, 2 p.m.

words

Summer Reading Series: Castle Freeman Jr. has a word with listeners in the main gallery. BigTown Gallery, Rochester, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 767-9670, info@bigtowngallery.com.

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Annual Giant Book Sale: See WED.18, 9 a.m. Book Sale: Readers get their hands on tomes for their nightstands. Rutland Free Library, 4-8 p.m. Free to attend; visit rutlandfree.org to print out a coupon for one free book. Info, 773-1860. mon.23

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Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: See WED.18, Fullington Farm, Hanover, N.H., 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. $16.50-20; free for kids under 2.

St. Albans Civil War Heritage Weekend: See SAT.21, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Getting There From Here: See FRI.20, 2 p.m.

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Sprint Triathlon II: Up to 200 racers swim, bike and run near the shores of Lake Champlain. A barbecue picnic follows. Shelburne Beach, 8 a.m. $50-62. Info, 316-7142.

Small Boat Festival: See SAT.21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Isle La Motte 5K Run: Racers pound a lakeside path to St. Anne’s Shrine and back. Isle La Motte Recreation Field, check in, 7:15 a.m.; youth run, 8 a.m.; 5K race, 8:30 a.m. $10; free for ages 14 and under. Info, 928-3131.

The Wood Brothers: Prohibition-era cocktails and single-barrel bourbon lend ambiance to folk and honky-tonk tunes at the Dorset Theatre Festival Gala. Dorset Playhouse, 5:30 p.m. $75. Info, 867-2223.

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Chill 3-on-3 Charity Classic Basketball Tournament: Up to 30 teams dribble and shoot at an annual benefit for the Chill Foundation, Burlington Parks and Recreation, and the Burlington Boys & Girls Club. Roosevelt Park, Burlington, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. $65-75 per team. Info, 652-3577.

‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’: See THU.19, 7:30 p.m.

The Precipice: See FRI.20, noon.

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Tropical Storm Irene Support Group: Recovery workers process their emotions and learn coping skills with fellow Vermonters. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 279-4670.

environment

Renewable Energy Workshop: Local Energy’s Colin Sorenson details how homeowners can harness solar-electric, solar-thermal and wind power. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.coop.

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Women & Trans Night: Genderqueer cyclists make repairs and bolster their bike confidence in wrench workshops led by Bike Recycle Vermont staffers. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 264-9687.

film

‘Headhunters’: See FRI.20, 5:30 p.m. ‘Ordinary People’: Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore star in Robert Redford’s 1980 drama about a family reeling from the unexpected loss of a son. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’: See FRI.20, 7:30 p.m.

food & drink

Burger Night: Live music lends a festive air to a local feast of grass-fed beef or black-bean burgers, hot dogs, fresh-baked buns, salads and cookies. Bread & Butter Farm, Shelburne, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free; cost of food. Info, 985-9200.

Avoid Falls With Improved Stability: See FRI.20, 10 a.m.

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Sharrie Hanley: The Rutland neurotherapist gets into the science behind neurofeedback, a drug-free approach to symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and other brain dysregulations. Ashcroft Chiropractic Center, Center Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 236-7378.

kids

Dream Big! Stories With Megan: Preschoolers expand their imaginations through dream-themed tales, songs and rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Itsy Bitsy Yoga: Toddler-friendly poses meet stories, songs and games in this program for kids 4 and under with Mikki Raveh. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097.

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Music With Raphael: See THU.19, 10:45 a.m. Story & Activity Time: Little ones participate in exciting activities based on the summer-reading theme: “Dream Big, Read!” Crafts include decorating a dream journal and making a dream catcher. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com. Young Producers Workshop: Someday Spielbergs get a hands-on introduction to the world of television with Lake Champlain Access TV. For 8- and 9-year-olds only. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

Sambatucada! Open Rehearsal: New players are welcome to pitch in as Burlington’s AfroBrazilian 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, 6:159:15 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0398.

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Stargazing & Campfire Stories: Members of the Vermont Astronomical Society share stories of the celestial sky. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. Waterfront Herb Walk: Herbalist Guido Masé identifies the common medicinal plants sprouting up around town. Meet at the bike path across from ECHO, Waterfront Park, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9700.

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Community Herb Class: In “Sexual Health for Herbalists and (Other) Health Care Providers,” community herbalist and educator Dana Woodruff opens the conversation to sexuality, gender, safer sex, consent and communication. Vermont Center

for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $1012; preregister. Info, 224-7100.

a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpotter935@ comcast.net.

Creating a Financial Future: Spenders and savers learn to build wealth over a lifetime. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 114.

Shape & Share Life Stories: Prompts trigger true tales, which are crafted into compelling narratives and read aloud. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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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.

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‘Another American: Unplugged’: See SUN.22, 7:30 p.m. Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: See SAT.21, 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

English Country Dance Class: Teens and adults form social lines, squares and circles from the 18th century and earlier. Bring clean, flat-heeled shoes with smooth soles. Richmond Free Library, 7-9:30 p.m. $3 suggested donation. Info, 899-2378.

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Marjorie Cady Memorial Writers Group: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through “homework” assignments, creative exercises and sharing. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10

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251 Club Meeting: Diehard roadtrippers hear from Pittsford’s Eric Wegar, who visited every Vermont town, city, gore and grant — and shares stories and collages from his travels. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

Great Brandon Auction: For the 24th year, bidders vie for barn treasures, attic finds and quality used goods to support the town’s development projects. Central Park, Brandon, 4-9 p.m. Free. Info, 247-6401, info@brandon.org. Lake Champlain Twilight History Cruise: Author and historian Tom Ledoux traces the maritime history of Vermonters during the Civil War in a scenic lake outing aboard the Carillon. Proceeds benefit the Henry Sheldon Museum. Larabee’s Point, Shoreham, 5:30 p.m. $30-35; preregister. Info, 388-2117. Summer Evening With the Hanumen: Benjy Wertheimer, John de Kadt and Gaura Vani perform mystic poetry and mantra chanting after a yoga session with Lydia Russell and veggie fare from Harmonized Cookery. Kirtan Soul Revival also perform. Event will be live broadcast on WGDR. Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College, Plainfield, 5-10 p.m. $15-25. Info, 479-4142. Time-Travel Tuesday: Visitors rewind to 1890 as they cook on a woodstove, churn butter, and lend a hand with old-school farmhouse chores and pastimes. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

CIRCUS-PALOOZA: Sunday, July 22, Shelburne Museum. Vermonter admission: $10 adult, $5 child. Info, 985-3346, shelburnemuseum.org.

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Creature Feature Films: Moviegoers take in animal antics onscreen. Popcorn and lemonade provided. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2366, teenlml@gmail.com. ‘Headhunters’: See FRI.20, 5:30 p.m. ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’: See FRI.20, 7:30 p.m. ‘The Who: Quadrophenia — Can You See the Real Me?’: A special behind-the-scenes broadcast offers insight on the rock band’s celebrated album. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

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Annual Giant Book Sale: See WED.18, 9 a.m.

Bats on the Farm: Folks learn about the benefits of these nocturnal hunters with “Barry the Bat Guy.” Shelburne Farms, 7:30-9 p.m. $6-8. Info, 985-8686.

Once a summer, the Shelburne Museum hosts an old-fashioned circus. Face painting, carnival games and clowning go on all day while aerialists, jugglers and contortionists converge for shows at 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Among the stars are former Cirque du Soleil performers Bill and Serenity Forchion of Wunderle’s Big Top Adventures in Brattleboro. What kids see as high-flying antics, mom and dad will recognize as a very flexible husband-and-wife partnership.

Lyra Summer Music Workshop: Lyra faculty performers Andrew Eng, Mary Prescott, Jody Redhage and Akiko Sasaki perform worldly works by Piazzolla, Kodály, Rzewski, Takemitsu and Marcus Paus in “Souvenirs.” Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 728-6464.

Wild Edibles Slide Show: Naturalist George Lisi and Wisdom of the Herbs School director Annie McCleary highlight the food riches of the wetlands, woods, fields and thickets while sharing sustainable harvesting principles and ways to offer gratitude to the plants. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $2-3; preregister. Info, 2238004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.coop.

‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’: See THU.19, 8 p.m.

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Burlington Ensemble Summer Serenades: A summer program features Viennese piano trios by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, gates open for picnicking at 5:30 p.m.; concert at 7:30 p.m. $30. Info, 598-9520.

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‘Frankenstein’: The National Theatre of London brings Mary Shelley’s “monster” story to the stage in an encore production, with direction by Slumdog Millionaire’s Danny Boyle. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $12-18. Info, 518-523-2512.

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Recorder-Playing Group: Musicians produce early-folk, baroque and swing-jazz melodies. New and potential players welcome. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0030, info@prestomusic.net.

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Kimchi, Two Ways: With the help of Michelle’s Spicy Kimchi’s Michelle Guenard, participating foodies use seasonal vegetables to make Korea’s version of the brined pickle. Sustainability

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Academy, Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9700. Rutland County Farmers Market: See SAT.21, 3-6 p.m.

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Laughter Yoga: What’s so funny? Giggles burst out as gentle aerobic exercise and yogic breathing meet unconditional laughter to enhance physical, emotional and spiritual health and wellbeing. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 355-5129. Steps to Wellness: Cancer survivors attend diverse seminars about nutrition, stress management, acupuncture and more in conjunction with a medically based rehabilitation program. Fletcher Allen Health Care Cardiology Building, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2176. Tai Chi for Arthritis: See FRI.20, Westford Library, 2-3 p.m.

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Creative Tuesdays: Artists engage their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Dream Big With the Swing Peepers: Matthew Witten and John Hadden weave audience ideas into songs and tall tales. Cabot Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@ gmail.com. Fairfax Story Hour: Good listeners are rewarded with tales based on nighttime dreaming. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5246. Music With Robert: Music lovers of all ages engage in sing-alongs with Robert Resnik. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Russian Story Time: Rug rats of all ages take in translated tales and tunes from the country in northern Eurasia. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. 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 master the art of African drumming and dance with Chimie Bangoura. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097.

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Bluegrass at Bayside: Special guest Will Patton joins the Missisquoi River Band, featuring Bill Gaston, Pat Murphy, and Jim and Cindy Weed. Bayside Pavilion, St. Albans, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 933-2545.

Carolina Chocolate Drops: As part of the Songs at Mirror Lake Music Series, a musical trio breathes youthful energy into old-time African American Appalachian string-band tunes. Mid’s Park, Lake Placid, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-523-3255. Castleton Summer Concerts: Boréal Tordu make a scene on the green. Old Chapel Green, Castleton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 468-1206.

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. Winooski Senior Center, 9 a.m. $5-14; preregister. Info, 372-8511. Buddhism in a Nutshell: Amy Miller serves up a comprehensive overview of the Tibetan Buddhist path in bite-size modules, combining meditation, lively discussion and practical exercises. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

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Backroads Bicycle Ride: Steadfast cyclists power along a hilly path that’s 50 percent unpaved. Train Station, Shelburne, 6:15 p.m. Free; helmets required. Info, 864-0101. Cycling 101: Pedal pushers get out of the gym and onto the road on a relaxed spin with Linda Freeman. Call ahead for starting location. 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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‘Vermont’s Declining Bumblebees’: Listeners catch the buzz on waning bee populations from NBNC educator Larry Clarfeld, who illuminates the importance of these black-and-yellow insects, as well as what is being done to help save them. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 229-6206.

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Folk By Association: Harmony-heavy songs by this Burlington duo weave together folk, roots, bluegrass, jazz and world music. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 324-9111.

Champlain Islands Farmers Market: See WED.18, 4-7 p.m.

Rock the Park: Local singer-songwriters play until dusk. Bombardier Recreation Park, Milton, 7 p.m. Free; bring your own chair or blanket. Info, 893-4922.

Barre Farmers Market: See WED.18, 3-6:30 p.m.

Colchester Farmers Market: See WED.18, 4-7:30 p.m. Cooking FUNdamentals: Hunger Mountain Co-op kitchen manager Jeff Egan demonstrates how to break down a whole chicken to stretch your dinner dollars. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.coop. Middlebury Farmers Market: See WED.18, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Newport Farmers Market: See WED.18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Williston Farmers Market: See WED.18, 4-7 p.m.

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Summer Skin Care: Vanquish seasonal skin stress by learning to use kitchen and garden ingredients for nourishing, hydrating facial ointments. City Market, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9700.

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Craftsbury Chamber Players Mini Concerts: See WED.18, 4:30 p.m. ECHO Family-Scientist Lab: See WED.18, 1 p.m.

‘Over the Pub’: See WED.18, 8 p.m.

Garden Story Time: See WED.18, 10:30-11:15 a.m.

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Annual Giant Book Sale: See WED.18, 9 a.m.

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Improv Night: See WED.18, 8-10 p.m.

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Make Stuff!: See WED.18, 6-9 p.m.

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Summer Argentine Tango Práctica: See WED.18, 7:45-10:15 p.m.

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NEK Healthy Waters Initiative: Participants join professors Bill Kilpatrick and Art Brooks in a hands-on exploration of life at the littoral zone. Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 723-6551, ext. 115, events@northwoodscenter.org.

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‘A Man Escaped’: A condemned French Resistance fighter’s prison-break plans are thrown when he’s given a mysterious new cellmate in Robert

Village Harmony: Teen singers pipe up with South African songs and dances, shape-note singing, village music from around the world, jubilee gospel quartets from the 1930s and ‘40s, and Renaissance works. North Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 748-2603.

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Town of Shelburne Summer Concert Series: The Peter Miles Band grace the Farm Barn lawn with electronic rock, funk, blues and jazz. Shelburne Farms, gates open at 5:30 p.m.; performance at 6:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 985-9551.

Adult & Children’s Wellness Series: Naturopathic doctor Thauna Abrin discusses “ADHD and Autism: Drug-Free Options for Children and Adults” in a four-part lecture series. Memorial Hall, Hardwick, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 472-9355, wellness@drthauna.com.

Exordium Adventure: Preschoolers to sixth graders explore the natural world in hands-on education programs at the park. Highgate Public Library, 4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-3970.

‘Ella’: See WED.18, 7:30 p.m.

Summer Concert Series: Michele Choiniere busts a tune under the sun. Rain site: BFA Middle School Gymnasium. Fairfax Community Library, Fairfax, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

Magic Show: Magicians Without Borders members awe and amaze young audiences with bewildering sleights-of-hand. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918. Story Tour: Wordsmith Annie Hawkins shares fun and fantastical tales from around the world. Old Town Hall, Brookfield, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3535. Summer Story Time: Rug rats revel in the wonder of reading. Maple Corner Community Center, Calais, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. X-Theater Presents: Burlington Parks and Recreation’s Open Stage Performance Camp produces an imaginative by-kids, for-kids play. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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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.

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Adamant Music School Summer Season: See FRI.20, 7:30 p.m. Another Way Summer Concert: Refreshments augment genre-jumping musical acts. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 595-2987.

Sunset > Moonset Aquadventure: See SAT.21, 7 p.m. Wagon-Ride Wednesday: See WED.18, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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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Mountain-Bike Ride: See WED.18, 5 p.m. Wednesday Night World Championships: See WED.18, 5:30 p.m.

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Yestermorrow Summer Lecture Series: Landscape architect Kelly Ogrodnik discusses a building that’s achieved the world’s three highest green standards in “Efficient as a Flower: Phipps Conservatory’s Center for Sustainable Landscapes.” Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

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‘Annie Get Your Gun’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘Boeing-Boeing’: See WED.18, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. ‘Ella’: See WED.18, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera Summer Encore: Renée Fleming stars in this broadcast production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, 748-2600. ‘Over the Pub’: See WED.18, 8 p.m. ‘The Sound of Music’: Greensboro: See FRI.20, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

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Authors at the Aldrich: Barre historian Paul Heller highlights his Granite City Tales. A concert in Currier Park follows. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550. m

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Music in the Park: The Dave Keller Band deliver funky, soulful blues. Knight Point State Park, North Hero, 6:30 p.m. $5; free for children 12 and under; bring a blanket. Info, 372-8400.

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‘Headhunters’: See FRI.20, 1:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’: See FRI.20, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Craftsbury Chamber Players: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Mozart, Enescu and Mendelssohn. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8-22; free for ages 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443.

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Burlington Ensemble Summer Serenades: A summer program features Beethoven’s Piano Quartet, op. 16, Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes, and Schubert’s Trout Quintet. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking at 5:30 p.m.; concert at 7:30 p.m. $30. Info, 598-9520.

Summer Music From Greensboro: The Russ Barenberg Quartet features a Grammy-nominated guitarist and three of Nashville’s finest players in acoustic offerings influenced by bluegrass, jazz, and American and Celtic fiddle and dance traditions. United Church of Christ, Greensboro, 8 p.m. $20; free for ages 17 and under. Info, summermusicfromgreensboro@gmail.com .

Global Films in the Park: Cinephiles screen award-winning documentaries and short films from Cuba, the UK, Mexico, Israel and Palestine in a monthly summer series. Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 660-2600, orly@vtiff.org.

Burlington Ensemble Summer Serenades: A summer program features two sets from Vermont singer-songwriter Myra Flynn. Shelburne Vineyard, gates open for picnicking at 5:30 p.m.; sets at 7:30 and 10 p.m. $30. Info, 598-9520.

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Bread and Bones: Richard Ruane, Beth Duquette and Mitch Barron perform two- or three-part harmonies over solid guitar and bass work. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Free; bring your own chair or blanket. Info, 635-7826.

Shape-Note Sing: Singers of early American four-part hymns follow the “fa-sol-la-mi” tradition. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 525-3031.

Bresson’s suspenseful 1956 masterpiece. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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

Nimbus Terrifix, Vicious Intent, Long Cat, Irradiated Beef: Local and regional bands deliver fast-paced “jazzy grind,” death metal, rebel menace and more. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. $3-10. Info, 518-314-9872.

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FIGURE PAINTING WEEKLONG: Aug. 27-31, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $200/workshop, member discount. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage TuckerKetcham, 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool. org. Students will learn the techniques to accurately paint the human figure in oil using the sight-size method. The workshop will focus on accurate drawing, and developing the forms and rhythms throughout the figure. There will be strong emphasis on anatomy. Open studio in the afternoon to work. SMALL BOX DESIGN: BEGINNER: Jul. 26-Aug. 23, 2-5 p.m. Cost: $245/class, member discount. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage TuckerKetcham, 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. Small Box Design with Matt Hastings. Box making is a great way for woodworkers to explore joinery techniques and their own creativity while working with a simple form. In this beginner course you will learn about the various techniques for joining corners, and then build a toolbox of your own design.

bartending 2-DAY BARTENDING COURSE: Jul. 20, 6-10 p.m.; Jul. 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $149/2-day course. Location: Best Western, 1076 Williston Rd., South Burlington. Info: Mike Perusse, 888-437-4657, info@bartendingschool.com, bartendingschool. com. Learn from the masters in business since 1989. You’ll learn drink building, alcohol liability training, customer service, and the do’s and don’ts of professional bartending. You’ll get the Online Bartending Web Tutorial, a drink list, a bartenders manual and job-interview training. This course is recognized nationally through pbsa.com.

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

four levels. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout! LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-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.

drumming TAIKO, DJEMBE, CONGAS & BATA!: Location: Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3-G, AllTogetherNow, 170 Cherry Tree Hill Rd., E. Montpelier. Info: Stuart Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@gmail. com. Burlington classes: Call for weekly conga and djembe lessons in Burlington. Burlington Beginners Taiko starts Tuesday, September 11, and October 30; kids, 4:30 p.m., $60/6 weeks; adults, 5:30 p.m., $72/6 weeks. Monday Advanced classes start September 10 and October 29, 5:30 and 7:45 p.m. Cuban Bata and house-call classes by request. Call for Women’s Friday 5 p.m. Conga class. Montpelier classes: Djembe class starts Thursday, July 12, 5:30 p.m. $45/3 weeks. Thursday Conga, Haitian, Taiko and children’s drumming classes.

group fitness class appropriate for all fitness levels. Build muscle, burn calories, develop focus, vent frustrations and boost self-esteem while using a sword to practice the skills of the samurai warrior. No experience necessary. Weekly classes in Burlington and Williston.

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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. PHOTO: CYANOTYPE/ KALLITYPE: Tue., Aug. 7, 6-9 p.m., & Sat., Aug. 11, 10-3 p.m. Cost: $150/person, $135/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Info: 865-7166. Learn how to create large digital negatives from your film or digital files and use those negatives to print beautiful, rich-blue cyanotype and deep-brown kallitype images on watercolor paper. No experience necessary.

education YOUR BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS: Jul. 27, 12-1 p.m. Cost: $49/1-hour workshop. Location: Office Squared, 77 College Street, Burlington, VT. Info: Connie Livingston, Consultant and Speaker, Connie Livingston, 864-2978, clivings@sover.net, connielivingston.com. Connie Livingston provides the tools and support to help you successfully navigate transition. Her tool, Your Blueprint For Personal and Professional Success, can help you get on top of all the changes happening in your life. Create your Blueprint and feel calm and confident!

family FAMILY CAMP 2012: Aug. 4-12. Location: Karme Choling, 369 Patneaude Lane, Barnet. Info: 633-2384, karmecholing.org. Family Camp is a magical week for parents and children to spend together with old friends and new in the beautiful green hills of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Meditation, crafts, games, outdoor camping, swimming, drumming lessons and more!

fitness FORZA SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Mon., 6-7 p.m.; Fri., 9-10 a.m. Cost: $10/1-hr. class. Location: North End Studio A, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tweak Your Physique, stephanie shohet, 578-9243, forzavt@gmail. com, forzavt.com. FORZA is an intense, low-impact, full-body

BIODYNAMIC CRANIOSACRAL LEV. 1: Jul. 20-22, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $375/3-day class. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts, 658-7715, touchvt@gmail. com, touchstonehealingarts. com. Practical, perceptual and theoretical introduction to the biodynamic model of craniosacral therapy. Class explores the embryological foundations of health, introducing participants to the direct perception of the presence of primary respiration and the “breath of life” in the therapeutic process. Can be taken singly or part of two-year foundation training.

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.

jewelry JEWELRY CLASSES: Tue., 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m, also Sun. on a monthly announcement. Cost: $140/2.5 hrs. 4x/mo. Sun. class will be announced monthly. Location: Alchemie, 2 Howard St., A1, Burlington. Info: 999-3242, info@janefrank.de, janefrank.de. Learn how to make your own jewelery with Germantrained goldsmith (at Alchemy Jewelry Arts) in a fully equipped studio in town. You will learn basic and advanced techniques but also be able to focus on individual projects.

language LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center. Info: 5851025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishwaterburycenter. com. Broaden your horizons, connect with a new world. We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Our fifth year. Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private instruction, student tutoring, AP. See our website for

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martial arts AIKIDO: Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal & Light), Burlington. Info: 9518900, burlingtonaikido.org. This Japanese martial art is a great method to get in shape and reduce stress. Classes for adults and children ages 5-12. Scholarships for youth ages 7-17. Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, Vermont’s senior and only fully certified Aikido teacher. Visitors are welcome seven days a week. 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 JIUJITSU: Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 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 JiuJitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian JiuJitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion.

massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: Weekly on Mon., Tue. Cost: $5000/500-hr. program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon. net, elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of massage, Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element Theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology will be taught. VSAC nondegree grants are available. NCBTMB-assigned school. 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). MASSAGE PRACTITIONER TRAINING: Sep. 11-Jun. 2, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. Cost: $8000/course, + supplies. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts, 658-7715, touchvt@gmail.com, touchstonehealingarts.com. Touchstone Healing Arts School of Massage offers a 690-hour program in Western-style (Swedish) and therapeutic massage. This course is a solid foundation in therapeutic massage, anatomy and physiology, clinical practice, professional development, and communication skills. Since 1998 we have provided quality education in downtown Burlington. Join us!

meditation INTRODUCTION TO ZEN: Sat., Jul. 21, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $30/half-day workshop, limited-time price. Location:

Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Vermont Zen Center, 985-9746, ecross@crosscontext.net, vermontzen.org. This workshop is conducted by an ordained Zen Buddhist teacher and focuses on the theory and meditation practices of Zen Buddhism. Preregistration required. call for more info or register online. LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction avail. Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Meditation sessions on Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m. The Shambhala Café meets the 1st Sat. of ea. mo. for meditation & discussions, 9 a.m.-noon. An Open House occurs every 3rd Fri. evening of ea. mo., 7-9 p.m., which incl. an intro to the center, a short dharma talk & socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. 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. LGBTQ RETREAT: CONfIDENCE & COMpAssION: Sep. 7-9, 9 a.m. Location: Karme Choling, 369 Patneaude Lane, Barnet. Info: 633-2384, karmecholing.org. come together both as a lGBTQ individual and a community! Meditation, tai chi and yoga, discussion, and celebration. explore confidence and compassion and connect more fully to your naturally wakeful heart and mind. For more information, visit karmecholing.org or call 633-2384.

sports sTAND-up pADDLEBOARDING: Weekdays by appt.; Sat. & Sun. Cost: $30/hourlong private & semiprivate; $20 ea. for groups. Location: Oakledge Park & Beach, end of Flynn Ave., a mile south of downtown along the bike path, Burlington. Info: Paddlesurf Champlain, Jason Starr, 881-4905, jason@paddlesurfchamplain.com, paddlesurfchamplain.com. learn to standup paddleboard with Paddlesurf champlain! Get on board for a very fun and simple new way to explore the lake and work your body head to toe. Instruction on paddle handling and balance skills to get you moving your first time out. learn why people love this Hawaiian-rooted sport the first time they try it.

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SD: You’ve said in a few interviews that your goal was to make music you would listen to at home. That begs the question: What do you listen to at home? PW: Goddamn, why did I ever say that? [Laughs.] Andrew Bird, actually. Sometimes when you tour and hear a show every night, you just get hooked on the music. Also, Connan Mockasin. Forever Dolphin Love is a beautiful, awesome record. I got into the new Feist record a bit. But I think the records you end up listening to at home are not necessarily the records you should make. In a way, you get more ambitious in a studio and want to make something big and grandiose. And really, what you want at home is something that lets you take a break from the world. And that’s usually something simple. And the records we made before, I didn’t think they were something I would listen to at home. So for this one I just wanted to bear down and make some touching songs.

SD: Is it hard to strike a balance between grandiose ambition and simplicity? PW: It can be. But I don’t think we really had to make those decisions on this record. I think they were pretty obvious choices from song to song… Songs kind of take the road they’ll take. So in that sense, it was relatively easy. SD: Is there more falsetto on this record than your previous albums? PW: I don’t think so. I actually thought there was less. Maybe my medium range before sounded more falsetto. But there’s no conscious decision. It’s more about what makes you feel good. If it makes you feel good, it’s probably the right thing. But if anything, I try to hold back on falsetto and save it for the moments I really need it. SD: So, the name of the band is actually “Patrick Watson.” You know that’s seriously confusing, right? PW: [Laughs] I know, I know. When this project started, I really didn’t think we were going to be a band. I was writing music for sort of a soundtrack gig, which is more what I wanted to do when I started, as opposed to being in a band and a singer. So we did this one show at an old porno theater, and everybody wanted to see the inside, so there was a line out the door. It was really successful, so we just kept playing more shows. And eventually it sort of became a band. But we could never agree on a band name and, at a certain point,

people started to know us by “Patrick Watson.” So we got kind of trapped with it. SD: The end of “Lighthouse” has a very spaghettiWestern feel. I gather you’re an Ennio Morricone fan? PW: Yes. That is correct. We were driving through the desert in Utah and we stopped at this gas station. And this crazy guy pulls up in his Jeep and gives us a 20-minute monologue, as if it was written for a Coen brothers film. It was like a “that would never happen in real life” type of speech, you know? And then he peeled off. So later that day, at sunset, we reached the Grand Canyon and were listening to Morricone, and the whole day just left this impression in my ear I don’t think I can ever get rid of. SD: Moments like that must be some of the better parts of touring. PW: When you’re lucky on the road, you get that. But being in a van for 10 hours can be a terrible thing. [Laughs.] My girlfriend is giving me a face, like, “Uh, yeah.” [Touring] is not the most normal existence. You never feel like you get anything done. You sit around all day and then you play a show. It’s like a never-ending Friday, and Saturday and Sunday never come. SD: You’ve had songs placed in TV shows and commercials, yet you’re still well regarded artistically. How do you balance commercial viability and artistic integrity? PW: Everybody knows that

with record sales the way they are, if you don’t do those things, you’re in deep trouble. I imagine most people understand that. TV is kind of like the new radio. You try to draw limits and not lend your music to things you really don’t like. You try to live from a moral point the best you can in this kind of world. Because at a certain point it affects your music and makes your music sound cheap. That’s the balance. SD: How did you get hooked up with Andrew Bird? PW: We met in Australia, actually. We were on a beach playing Ultimate Frisbee. SD: You met Andrew Bird playing Ultimate Frisbee? Who won? PW: You know, I don’t remember. I know he had a sore foot, so he might not have been in full form to super-compete. SD: Is this really the first time you’ve played Burlington? PW: It is! And that’s so ridiculous. I’ve always wanted to play Burlington. My parents used to bring me there a lot when I was a kid. And it boggles my brain that I’ve been all the way around the world but not to the city two hours away from me. SD: Seriously, dude. So, who are some Montréal bands we should keep an eye on? PW: The Barr Brothers; they’re amazing. There’s a new band; they’re fucking great, Half Moon Run. Timber Timbre; they’re my favorite Canadian band. You’ll love it. COURTESY OF PATRICK WATSON

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ontréal native Patrick Watson is the front man for the band Patrick Watson. Yeah, we know. It’s confusing. In any event, Patrick Watson (the band) recently released their fourth full-length album, Adventures in Your Own Backyard, a follow-up to 2009’s Wooden Arms. Prior to that, Close to Paradise won the Polaris Music Prize — Canada’s version of England’s Mercury Prize — in 2007. The new LP, recorded in Watson’s (the guy’s) Montréal loft following five years of near-constant touring, is a poignant exploration of the treasures to be found in familiar places if one is curious enough to look for them. It is a richly textured and nuanced blend of chamber folk and indie rock, beautifully stark and melancholy one moment, joyously dynamic the next. Seven Days recently chatted with Patrick Watson, the guy, by phone from Montréal, in advance of Patrick Watson the band’s show at the Higher Ground Ballroom, opening for Andrew Bird, this Friday, July 20.

SEVEN DAYS: The idea of appreciating home is one of the record’s strongest themes. How did touring for so long play into writing the album? PATRICK WATSON: We had been traveling so much that home became super exotic. So the idea is carrying the curiosity you have when you travel with you while you’re home. You can get a lot more out of familiar surroundings that way.

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In what might be the most drawn-out “Will they, won’t they?” story line since Ross and Rachel — bet you weren’t expecting a dated “Friends” reference there, right? — the news out of White River Junction concerning the fate of the Tupelo Music Hall gets more convoluted by the day. Let’s sort this out, shall we? To recap — again — in May, the Valley News reported that, due to financial troubles, the nightclub was facing the possibility of closing. TMH owner scott hayWard disputed that report in a letter to patrons, saying that while the club was indeed strapped for cash, it had no plans to close. Then, two weeks ago, and as we reported in last week’s column, Hayward sent another missive to customers announcing that, regrettably, the club would indeed close its doors in August. Bummer. Last Friday, July 13, Seven Days received a voice mail from rebecca Poitras at Lights Alive Productions, essentially saying, “Hold on a sec, the club isn’t closing and a group of interested parties were planning a two-day fundraising festival on August 11 and 12 to save Tupelo.” We reported that news later the same day in an appearance on WCAX’s “The :30.” Light on the horizon? Not so fast. Over the weekend, Hayward confirmed in an email that, while there is a festival planned at the venue in August, it is not a “save Tupelo” event, and that the club will still close as planned. Money raised from the fest will go towards helping worthy causes in WRJ before Tupelo leaves. However, he added that he is currently

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ManHattan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. nECtar's: Orange Television, climbing up Walls (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: The mumbles (folk), 6:30 p.m., Free. Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. mushpost social club (downtempo), 11 p.m., Free.

rED squarE: union street Preservation society (string band), 7 p.m., Free. This Way (rock), 8 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. rED squarE BLuE rooM: DJ mixx (EDm), 11 p.m., Free. tHE skinny PanCakE: Pandagrass (bluegrass), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation. t BonEs rEstaurant anD Bar: chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

central

Bagitos: Acoustic Blues Jam with the usual suspects, 6 p.m., Free. gusto's: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley City LiMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. tWo BrotHErs tavErn: Honeywell (rock), 9 p.m., $2/3. 18+.

northern

BEE's knEEs: Allen church (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Moog's: Danny Ricky cole (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

regional

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

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1/2 LoungE: Harder They come with DJs Darcie, chris Pattison, Nick J (dubstep), 10 p.m., Free.

rED squarE: Daphne Lee martin & Raise the Rent (swing), 7 p.m., Free. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

tWo BrotHErs tavErn: summer salsa series with DJ Hector, 10 p.m., Free.

rED squarE BLuE rooM: DJ cre8 (house), 10 p.m., Free.

BEE's knEEs: scott cornwall and Friends (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

northern

BrEakWatEr Café: Paydirt (rock), 6 p.m., Free.

rí rá irisH PuB: Longford Row (irish), 8 p.m., Free.

CLuB MEtronoME: Electrode Entertainment Presents: mighty Fools (EDm), 9 p.m., $10. 18+.

Moog's: shrimp (blues), 8:30 p.m., Free.

tHE skinny PanCakE: Phineas Gage (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5-10 donation.

ParkEr PiE Co.: Patrick Burgess (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Free.

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

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

franny o's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. HaLvorson's uPstrEEt Café: Friends of Joe: Paul Asbell (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. HigHEr grounD BaLLrooM: mickey Hart Band (rock), 9 p.m., $30/35. AA. LEvity Café: Open mic (standup), 8:30 p.m., Free. MonkEy HousE: msR Presents: sean Bones (singer-songwriter), 6:30 p.m., $7. 18+. Barbacoa, Persian claws, Black Rabbit (surf-noir, punk), 9 p.m., $5. nECtar's: Trivia mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. Bluegrass Thursday, 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. o'BriEn's irisH PuB: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 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.

central

Bagitos: Joe Fisher (acoustic), 6 p.m., Donations. tHE BLaCk Door: Elle carpenter (singersongwriter), 9:30 p.m., $5. CHarLiE o's: Thorsday with DJ crucible (metal), 10 p.m., Free. CLEan sLatE Café: clean slate Quiz (trivia), 7 p.m., Free. grEEn Mountain tavErn: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. nutty stEPH's: Bacon Thursday: Eric Eid-Reiner (piano), 7 p.m., Free.

champlain valley BranDon MusiC Café: John Abercrombie (jazz), 7:30 p.m., $12.

City LiMits: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

regional

MonoPoLE DoWnstairs: Gary Peacock (singersongwriter), 10 p.m., Free. oLivE riDLEy's: Karaoke, 6 p.m., Free. taBu Café & nigHtCLuB: Karaoke Night with sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free. tHEraPy: Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYcE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

fri.20

burlington area

1/2 LoungE: Julie Winn (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. 2K Deep presents Good Times (house), 10 p.m., Free. BaCkstagE PuB: Karaoke with steve, 9 p.m., Free.

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It’s really nice to have surf-noir badasses BARBACOA and garage punks PERSIAN CLAWS back in town for a hot minute or two. I haven’t caught up with the Claws yet, but I did briefly reacquaint myself with Barbacoa at last Saturday’s Crosswalk fashion show at Main Street Landing. I gotta say, BILL MULLINS and company were sounding as surfalicious — and Morricone-ian — as ever. I kinda forgot how much I dig that band. For their part, the Claws have making waves in national underground punk circles, having been featured in a number of cool zine comps recently. You can catch both bands at the Monkey House this Thursday, July 19 — immediately following SEAN BONES’ early show, BTW. Also on the bill is local punk outfit BLACK RABBIT, which just released a pretty gnarly, self-titled debut EP. Speaking of prodigal musicians coming home, guitarist CHRIS BELL is back in Vermont this week. For the past 10 years, the guitarist has been making a name for himself in Austin, Texas, playing a rootsy fusion of blues, R&B and jazz. You can catch him with his group, the BELLTOWER TRIO, this Saturday at Bar Antidote in Vergennes.

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was that comedian LOUIS CK was in Vermont last week, which led to wild rumors that he might drop by Levity’s weekly open mic last Thursday. He didn’t — and, really, why would the dude work on vacation? However, another talented NYC-based comedian will definitely make a local appearance this week: MIKE LAWRENCE. Lawrence, who regularly tours with JOHN OLIVER, from “The Daily Show” will be at the Monkey House this Saturday, July 21, with fellow New Yorker SCOTT CHAPLAIN and a pair of locals, PHIL DAVIDSON and KYLE GAGNON.

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series, which continues this Sunday, July 22, with local songwriter AARON FLINN and Northampton indie folks DARLINGSIDE, will now make its home at Signal Kitchen in Burlington after debuting last month at the Black Box Theater. If you missed JAMES TAYLOR’s son, BEN TAYLOR, at Tupelo Music Hall last week, you can see him — for free — this Thursday, July 19, at as part of the ongoing Battery Park Free Concert series presented by 104.7 FM the Point. That is all.

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Banana Winds Café & PuB: Hootchie Koo (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

verMont PuB & BreWery: The move it move it (Afropop), 10 p.m., free.

BreakWater Café: Dog catchers (rock), 6 p.m., free.

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MonoPole: Orange Television (rock), 10 p.m., free. naked turtle: Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., nA.

Bagitos: Bad mr. frosty presents: Jc & caesar (acoustic), 7 p.m., Donations.

tHeraPy: pulse with DJ nyce (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

franny o's: pleasuredome (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

CHarlie o's: Teleport (rock), 10 p.m., free.

HigHer ground BallrooM: Andrew Bird, patrick Watson (indie folk), 8 p.m., $32/35. AA.

green Mountain tavern: DJ Jonny p (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2.

sat.21

JP's PuB: Dave Harrison's starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. levity Café: friday night comedy (standup), 9 p.m., $8. lift: Ladies night, 9 p.m., free/$3. Marriott HarBor lounge: The Trio (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., free. Monkey House: Brown Gold (Ween tribute), 9 p.m., $5. neCtar's: sprocket (rock), 5 p.m., free. seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5.

red square: The mumbles (soul), 5 p.m., free. Erin Harpe and the Delta swingers (funk), 8 p.m., $5. DJ mixx (EDm), 9 p.m., $5. DJ craig mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5. ruBen JaMes: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., free. rí rá irisH PuB: supersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., free.

PurPle Moon PuB: sun cooked (acoustic), 8 p.m., free. tuPelo MusiC Hall: Jeanne & the Hi-Tops: "recent Vintage" revisited (r&b, funk), 8 p.m., $15. AA.

champlain valley 51 Main: chris Bakriges Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., free. City liMits: The Hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., free. tWo BrotHers tavern: flashback friday with DJ mixwell (Top 40), 10 p.m., free.

northern

Bee's knees: shelly shredder (alt-country), 7:30 p.m., Donations. tHe HuB Pizzeria & PuB: Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 9 p.m., free. MatterHorn: Bird shot Le funk (funk), 9 p.m., $5. Moog's: Gumbo Diablo (cajun), 9 p.m., free. riMroCks Mountain tavern: friday night frequencies with DJ rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. rusty nail: Wolfman conspiracy, caasio Bastard (reggae), 9 p.m., nA.

tHe skinny PanCake: The Galt Line (gypsy jazz), 9 p.m., $5-10 donation.

burlington area

1/2 lounge: sin-Orgy with DJs T-Watt, r2, QDO (house), 10 p.m., free. BaCkstage PuB: sturcrazie (rock), 9:30 p.m., free. BreakWater Café: Horse Traders (rock), 6 p.m., free. CluB MetronoMe: retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5. franny o's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

radio Bean: Less Digital, more manual: record club, 3 p.m., free. Allysen callery (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., free. Elle carpenter (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. cam Will (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. Julie Winn (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free. Hannah fair (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m.,

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nd's Bar & restaurant : ryan Hanson & mike (rock), 8 p.m., free. tWo BrotHers tavern: snake mountain Bluegrass (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. Barbed Wire Halo with Lauren Hall (country), 10 p.m., $3.

northern

Bee's knees: collin craig continuum (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Country Pantry diner: sabrina (acoustic), 6 p.m., free. tHe HuB Pizzeria & PuB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

verMont PuB & BreWery: The Lynguistic civilians (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

Moog's: Jason Wedlock Band (rock), 9 p.m., free.

central

CHarlie o's: The mumbles (soul), 10 p.m., free.

neCtar's: T Jay (solo acoustic), 7 p.m., free. sophistafunk, Dpr (funk), 9 p.m., $5.

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

t Bones restaurant and Bar: Open mic, 7 p.m., free.

Monkey House: mike Lawrence, scott chaplain, Kyle Gagnon, phil Davidson (standup), 8 p.m., $10. Doll fight!, Dick snare (punk), 10 p.m., $5.

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tHe skinny PanCake: The four Legged faithful (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5-10 donation.

tHe BlaCk door: The party crashers (gypsy jazz), 9:30 p.m., $5.

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rí rá irisH PuB: The Groove Junkies (rock), 10 p.m., free.

Marriott HarBor lounge: Jake Whitesell Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

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red square Blue rooM: DJ raul (salsa), 6 p.m., free. DJ stavros (EDm), 10 p.m., $5.

levity Café: saturday night comedy (standup), 8 p.m., $8. saturday night comedy (standup), 10 p.m., $8.

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red square: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 5 p.m., free. Adam Ezra Group (rock), 8 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

Bagitos: Tom Wetmore (jazz), 11 a.m., Donations. irish session with sarah Blair, Hillary farrington Koehler, Benedict Koehler, 2 p.m., Donations. The Watch poets (acoustic), 7 p.m., Donations.

JP's PuB: Karaoke with megan, 10 p.m., free.

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free. patrick Lehman and the preachers (soul, rock), 10 p.m., free. The All Good feel Good collective (rock), 11:30 p.m., free.

Positive Pie 2: The chameleon project, Durians (live EDm), 10:30 p.m., $5. PurPle Moon PuB: Gumbo Diablo (roots), 8 p.m., free. tuPelo MusiC Hall: chris smither (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $25. AA.

champlain valley 51 Main: They might Be Gypsies (gypsy jazz), 9 p.m., free. Bar antidote: The Belltower Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

Parker Pie Co.: The Butterbeans (rock), 8 p.m., free. riMroCks Mountain tavern: DJ Two rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. roadside tavern: DJ Diego (Top 40), 9 p.m., free. rusty nail: new York funk Exchange (funk), 9 p.m., nA.

regional

MonoPole: frankie Vielle (rock), 10 p.m., free. naked turtle: Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., nA. taBu Café & nigHtCluB: All night Dance party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., free.

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1/2 lounge: songwriters series (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., free. Deeper underground with DJs craig mitchell & finley (house), 10 p.m., free. sun.22

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CluB MetronoMe: no Diggity: return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5.

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Perhaps adventure, much like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. For some, it means jumping out of a plane at 20,000 feet and praying to God your parachute opens. Others require decidedly less titillating experiences to get the blood flowing. Adventure could be as simple as a stroll downtown or a campout in the backyard. Different strokes for different folks, right? In the case of Burlington’s Waves of Adrenaline, it seems the mere act of making music is adventuresome. The folk duo consists of two middle-aged songwriters, Alana Shaw and Bridget Ahrens, both of whom returned to playing music later in life. That could certainly be a daunting proposition, especially if your guitar has been gathering dust in a closet for years. The result of their journey is a debut album, Off On a Wild Adventure. While not nearly so endorphinboosting as its title would suggest, the record is a pleasant, if conventional, collec-

tion of folkie fare that should find a willing audience in those who prefer their musical adventures on the tamer side. Waves of Adrenaline pattern much of their catalog after the harmony-driven stylings of the Indigo Girls. That duo’s influence is apparent throughout the record and WOA seem most comfortable when overtly winking towards Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. Blue-hued tracks such as “Watersong,” the surprisingly ethereal “Rain, Heavy at Times,” and especially album closer “When I Leave Here,” are highlights. Much like Ray and Saliers, Shaw and Ahrens spend a lot of time singing in unison before breaking off into harmonies, usually leading into choruses. It’s a predictable but solid de-

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liner notes, but the Sicelys’ combined harmonic blend is naturally gorgeous and easy. It’s like they share DNA or something. That familial sensibility runs throughout the EP, and its inviting warmth is matched by the trio’s immaculate instrumental performances. In particular, lead guitarist Rich Hill is a rockabilly monster. His chugging rhythm lines and fiery solo work imbue the project with classic country swagger. The Sicelys’ combination of instrumental prowess and vocal cohesion are particularly impressive on “Bartender’s Blues,” a song made famous by country crooner George Jones, though written by James Taylor. The Rounders perfectly capture the tune’s tears-in-your-beer feel, and you just might want to stare down the bottom of a bottle by its conclusion. The Hillside Rounders play an Irenerecovery benefit at the Old Labor Hall in Barre this Friday, July 20.

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guitar against a typical Vermont scene: trees, mountains, stars, etc. Given the humble, homespun quality of the music within, it’s an appropriate package. The EP, composed of four standards and two covers, leads off with “Pallet on Your Floor.” Infused with a pretty, highlonesome quality, the Ramblers’ take is a little sweeter and twangier than the version blues man Mississippi John Hurt first made famous in the 1920s. No lead vocal credits are given in the spare

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The Sicely family’s musical roots in Vermont run deep, as far back as the 1800s, when they first settled in the Green Mountains from Canada — and Ireland before that. For generations, the Sicelys have been pickin’ and grinnin’ at grange halls, roadhouses and juke joints all over the state in various bands and ensembles. Looking back at their rich history, you could argue they’re as musical a Vermont family as anyone this side of the von Trapps. The clan’s latest venture is a honky-tonk trio called the Hillside Rounders, composed of Jeremy Sicely (Flat Top Trio, Gold Town), his father, Mike Sicely, and Mike’s brother, Rick Sicely. As if we needed it, the band’s recently released self-titled debut EP is further proof that there’s just something special about family bands. The EP comes packaged in an unassuming cardboard sleeve, with a hand-drawn cover depicting an acoustic

vice that makes good use of the duo’s well-matched vocal timbres, and provides several genuinely nice moments. Still, there’s a hesitancy throughout the record that gives some songs a clunky, vanilla feel. On “The Sledding Song,” for example, the duo fails to capture the thrill of sliding at a breakneck pace down the slopes of Mt. Philo, despite playful lyricism to the contrary. The post-Irene homage “You Can’t Drown Out Vermont,” while well intentioned, is hamstrung by overly literal wordplay that’s more Vermont passive than Vermont strong. Given both the duo’s moniker and the album’s title, Off On a Wild Adventure is at times almost comically reserved. Shaw and Ahrens generally sing and play capably enough. But there is cautiousness in both writing and performance that prevents the record from transcending paint-by-numbers neo-folk. However, despite its occasional stiffness, the record is sweetly charming, which might be all the adventure that WOA really need. Waves of Adrenaline celebrate Off On a Wild Adventure with a release party at the Block Gallery in Winooski on Thursday, July 19.

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Breakwater Café: Briana White (acoustic), 3 p.m., Free. Monkey House: Am & msR presents: David Dondero (singersongwriter), 9 p.m., $10/12. 18+.

Monkey House: spark Arts new comics showcase (standup), 8 p.m., Free (18+).

Monty's old BriCk tavern: George Voland JAZZ: Lee Gillies and Dan skea, 4:30 p.m., Free.

neCtar's: metal monday: problem child, savage Hen, Fading Fast, no son of mine (metal), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

neCtar's: mi Yard Reggae night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free. radio Bean: Linda Bassick (singer-songwriter), 11:30 a.m., Free. saloon sessions with Brett Hughes (country), 1 p.m., Free. Trio Gusto (gypsy jazz), 5 p.m., Free. Tom Tallitsch (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. Jess John potts (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. Ragged Glory (neil Young tribute), 10:30 p.m., Free. Aotearoa (funk), 11:30 p.m., Free. red square: The Amida Bourbon project (folk rock), 7 p.m., Free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. signal kitCHen: Aaron Flinn, Darlingside (singer-songwriter, indie folk), 7:30 p.m., $10. tHe skinny PanCake: Brittany Haas & Lauren Rioux (bluegrass), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

central

Bagitos: Arnie Rosen & steve Tapper (acoustic), 11 a.m., Donations.

northern

river House restaurant: stump! Trivia night, 6 p.m., Free.

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sweet CrunCH Bake sHoP: northeast Field (folk), 10 a.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: Family night Open Jam, 10:30 p.m., Free. CluB MetronoMe: WRuV & miss Daisy present motown monday, 11 p.m., Free.

positive energy” to raise awareness of the benefits of solar energy. The music festival grows more impressive each year, attracting a diverse mix of national,

Tinmouth. Headliners this year include the wood BrotHers (pictured), saraH lee

red square: Left Eye Jump (blues), 7 p.m., Free. industry night with Robbie J (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

gutHrie & JoHnny irion and the adaM ezra grouP. That’s in addition to the wealth

ruBen JaMes: Why not monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: sofa+Kings with DJs J Dante & Jordan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

red square: 1Q (rock), 7 p.m., Free. craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free.

CluB MetronoMe: KTR showcase: Alive & Well, Vultures of cult, Without (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

t Bones restaurant and Bar: Trivia with General Knowledge, 7 p.m., Free.

Monty's old BriCk tavern: Open mic, 6 p.m., Free. neCtar's: cats under the stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. on taP Bar & grill: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. radio Bean: stephen callahan and mike piche (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Lobo marino & Dave Watkins (folk), 8 p.m., Free. sarah stickle (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3.

central

BaCk to verMont PuB: John Gillette & sarah mittlefeldt (folk), 7 p.m., Free. Bagitos: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Free. CHarlie o's: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

two BrotHers tavern: Trivia night, 7 p.m., Free. monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

northern

Bee's knees: Audrey Bernstein & the Young Jazzers (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Donations. tHe HuB Pizzeria & PuB: Amozen (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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radio Bean: The universal Thump (pop), 6:30 p.m., Free. Open mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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

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on taP Bar & grill: Open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: Hannah Fair, michael messina (singersongwriters), 9 p.m., $3. 18+.

Bee's knees: Evan smith & Friends (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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1/2 lounge: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free. scott mangan (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Breakwater Café: mango Jam (Zydeco), 6 p.m., Free. CluB MetronoMe: strictly Vinyl with DJs Big Dog and Oh J Freshhh (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. franny o's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. HigHer ground BallrooM: smash mouth (rock), 8 p.m., $20. AA. JP's PuB: Karaoke with morgan, 10 p.m., Free. ManHattan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

neCtar's: Orange Television, JB & the Raw Dawg House Band (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: Liptak/Evans Duo (jazz), 6:30 p.m., Free. Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Doomf*ck (improv), 11 p.m., Free. red square: Jamie Kent Band (rock), 7 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. red square Blue rooM: DJ mixx (EDm), 11 p.m., Free. t Bones restaurant and Bar: chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

central

Bagitos: Acoustic Blues Jam with the usual suspects, 6 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

City liMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. good tiMes Café: nelson Lunding (piano), 8:30 p.m., $12. two BrotHers tavern: summer Artist series: Zack dupont Duo (indie folk), 9 p.m., $2.

northern

Bee's knees: Last October (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations. tHe HuB Pizzeria & PuB: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 6 p.m., Free. Moog's: Lesley Grant and stepstone (country), 8:30 p.m., Free.

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gusto's: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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big PicturE thEAtEr & cAfé, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. thE bLAck Door, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 225-6479. brEAkiNg grouNDS, 245 Main St., Bethel, 392-4222. thE cENtEr bAkErY & cAfE, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500. cAStLErock Pub, 1840 Sugarbush Rd., Warren, 5836594. chArLiE o’S, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. ciDEr houSE bbq AND Pub, 1675 Rte.2, Waterbury, 244-8400. cLEAN SLAtE cAfé, 107 State St., Montpelier, 225-6166. cork WiNE bAr, 1 Stowe St., Waterbury, 882-8227. ESPrESSo buENo, 136 Main St., Barre, 479-0896. grEEN mouNtAiN tAVErN, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935. guSto’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. hoStEL tEVErE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222. kiSmEt, 52 State St., Montpelier, 223-8646. kNottY ShAmrock, 21 East St., Northfield, 485-4857. LocAL foLk SmokEhouSE, 9 Rt. 7, Waitsfield, 496-5623. mAiN StrEEt griLL & bAr, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. muLLigAN’S iriSh Pub, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545. NuttY StEPh’S, 961C Rt. 2, Middlesex, 229-2090. PickLE bArrEL NightcLub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. thE PizzA StoNE, 291 Pleasant St., Chester, 875-2121. PoSitiVE PiE 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453. PurPLE mooN Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. thE rESErVoir rEStAurANt & tAP room, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827. SLiDE brook LoDgE & tAVErN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202. South StAtioN rEStAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1736. tuPELo muSic hALL, 188 S. Main St., White River Jct., 698-8341.

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bEE’S kNEES, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. bLAck cAP coffEE, 144 Main St., Stowe, 253-2123. thE brEWSki, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. broWN’S mArkEt biStro, 1618 Scott Highway, Groton, 584-4124. choW! bELLA, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. cLAirE’S rEStAurANt & bAr, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053. coSmic bAkErY & cAfé, 30 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0800. couNtrY PANtrY DiNEr, 951 Main St., Fairfax, 849-0599 croP biStro & brEWErY, 1859 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4304. grEY fox iNN, 990 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8921. thE hub PizzEriA & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. thE LittLE cAbArEt, 34 Main St., Derby, 293-9000. mAttErhorN, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. thE mEEtiNghouSE, 4323 Rt. 1085, Smugglers’ Notch, 644-8851. moog’S, Portland St., Morrisville, 851-8225. muSic box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. oVErtimE SALooN, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357. PArkEr PiE co., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366. PhAt kAtS tAVErN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064. PiEcASSo, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411. rimrockS mouNtAiN tAVErN, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593. roADSiDE tAVErN, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 660-8274. ruStY NAiL bAr & griLLE, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. ShootErS SALooN, 30 Kingman St., St. Albwans, 527-3777. SNoW ShoE LoDgE & Pub, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456. SWEEt cruNch bAkEShoP, 246 Main St., Hyde Park, 888-4887. tAmArAck griLL At burkE mouNtAiN, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., E. Burke, 626-7394. WAtErShED tAVErN, 31 Center St., Brandon, 247-0100. YE oLDE ENgLAND iNNE, 443 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-5320.

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51 mAiN, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209. bAr ANtiDotE, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555. brick box, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570. thE briStoL bAkErY, 16 Main St., Bristol, 453-3280. cAroL’S huNgrY miND cAfé, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. citY LimitS, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. cLEm’S cAfé 101 Merchant’s Row, Rutland, 775-3337. DAN’S PLAcE, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774. gooD timES cAfé, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. ND’S bAr & rEStAurANt, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774. oN thE riSE bAkErY, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-7787. South StAtioN rEStAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1730.

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StArrY Night cAfé, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. tWo brothErS tAVErN, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002.

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1/2 LouNgE, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. 242 mAiN St., Burlington, 862-2244. AmEricAN fLAtbrEAD, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999. AuguSt firSt, 149 S. Champlain St., Burlington, 540-0060. bAckStAgE Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. bANANA WiNDS cAfé & Pub, 1 Market Pl., Essex Jct., 879-0752. thE bLock gALLErY, 1 E. Allen St., Winooski, 373-5150. brEAkWAtEr cAfé, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. brENNAN’S Pub & biStro, UVM Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington, 656-1204. citY SPortS griLLE, 215 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 655-2720. cLub mEtroNomE, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. DobrÁ tEA, 80 Chruch St., Burlington, 951-2424. frANNY o’S, 733 Queen City Park Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. hALVorSoN’S uPStrEEt cAfé, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. highEr grouND, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777. JP’S Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. LEuNig’S biStro & cAfé, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759. LEVitY cAfé , 9 Center St., Burlington, 318-4888. Lift, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. mAgLiANEro cAfé, 47 Maple St., Burlington, 861-3155. mANhAttAN PizzA & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 864-6776. mArriott hArbor LouNgE, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 854-4700. moNkEY houSE, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. moNtY’S oLD brick tAVErN, 7921 Williston Rd., Williston, 316-4262. muDDY WAtErS, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466. NEctAr’S, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. o’briEN’S iriSh Pub, 348 Main St., Winooski, 338-4678. oN tAP bAr & griLL, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. oNE PEPPEr griLL, 260 North St., Burlington, 658-8800. oScAr’S biStro & bAr, 190 Boxwood Dr., Williston, 878-7082. PArk PLAcE tAVErN, 38 Park St., Essex Jct. 878-3015. rADio bEAN, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. rASPutiN’S, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. rED SquArE, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. rEguLAr VEtErANS ASSociAtioN, 84 Weaver St., Winooski, 655-9899. rÍ rÁ iriSh Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. rozzi’S LAkEShorE tAVErN, 1022 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342. rubEN JAmES, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. SigNAL kitchEN, 71 Main St., Burlington, 399-2337. thE SkiNNY PANcAkE, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188. t.boNES rESturANt AND bAr, 38 Lower Mountain Dr., Colchester, 654-8008. VENuE, 127 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067.

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n a breezy summer morning, the doors of the BigTown Gallery in Rochester stand open, welcoming curious visitors to explore the treasures within. “Hey Joe: An Homage to Joseph Cornell” is an ambitious exhibition neatly packed into the small space of the gallery. Curated by State University of New York at Plattsburgh art professor W. David Powell, the exhibition features pieces by 10 artists, including Powell, who have been influenced by assemblage artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972). Among the works displayed are those of photographer, art historian and Middlebury College professor Kirsten Hoving, who published a book on Cornell in 2009. Hoving also wrote an essay for the exhibition catalog in which she discusses Cornell’s M.O. “His method was one of piling up associations to create visual poems that exceed the sum of the individual collage and assemblage elements,” she writes, “and the fact that many artists today continue to explore similar creative methods demonstrates the power of this approach to materials.” Hoving also writes of the nostalgia that pervades Cornell’s works: “For Cornell, nostalgia combined fascination, obsession and longing for the unattainable — and it fueled his art.” The diverse artists included in the show share an aesthetic preference for the ephemera of bygone times and a virtuosic dedication to assemblage that makes each relation of paper to paper and object to object seem profound. That associative sense links these artists directly with “Joe,” calling to mind Cornell’s subtle and evocative Cornell boxes in which he collected fragments, mementos and bits of text, sometimes including mysterious commentaries on the objects. Todd Bartel’s “Garden Study (Surrender to Vastness),” an artwork shaped like a square topped by a tall, narrow triangle, faces visitors entering the gallery. Framed in heavy, dark wood, the work seems almost like a displaced piece of furniture. Inside it, attached to the backing, are typewritten texts by several authors about “the sublime.” The second half of the page is redacted with correction fluid, obscuring the text. Below the paper, an antique stereoscope card features photographs of a woman standing on the edge of Yosemite’s Glacier Point. The glass that covers these vignettes

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is itself part of the work: An orderly line of seeds fills a narrow gap between the glass panes, running down the piece’s center. The seeds seem suspended, echoing the suspension of these fragments in time. Toward the base of the tall triangle, a small, oval painting of two icebergs sits demurely beneath the line of seeds. Like Cornell’s work, Bartel’s piece hums with poetic associations. Five works by the widely esteemed collage artist and Dartmouth College art professor emeritus Varujan Boghosian seem, at first glance, less elaborate than some other works in the exhibition. A closer viewing reveals his pieces to be exquisitely composed and infused with vivid, wry intelligence. In “Amsterdam,” a folded card emerges from a yellowed envelope, its richly hued, geometric print flaked with

traversing the boundary between those categories as easily as a moment becomes a memory. Like Cornell, Boghosian collects things — especially papers — and, again like Cornell, he uses a careful hand to give ephemera new relevance and potency. Rosamond Purcell trades less in nostalgia than in a view of the past shot through with critical insight. Her works in the exhibition often include scenes of war and its strange commemorations. In “Luck of the Draw,” the primary visual element is a photograph of bombs falling from a plane. Below, a town bordered by rivers emits a thick plume of smoke. A ripped, mottled blue playing card pasted on the image’s upper left corner shows a spade — a shape that echoes that of the bombs. The image joins the chance of card games and the violence of war.

deadpan didactics of those midcentury sources with his own flair for absurdity in works that continually challenge the viewer’s conventional associations. In “General Home Dynamics, A Messenger from the Depot,” a man seems to run into the frame, a plank of wood in his hand. A wooden home covered with concentric circles awaits him. In rectangular sections above the scene, diagrams of chemical reactions and machinery hum beneath an illustration of some sort of optical device, a bird on a branch and a rudimentary awl. These seeming non sequiturs, joined on the page, elicit novel connections. The bird sitting in a tree seems to watch an awl spin into wood — a processed version of its perch. The optical machine floats over a diagram of a man who looks into a cylindrical contraption. The chemical reactions, overlaid with horizontal arrows, echo the wooden planks that compose the house, which relate back to the wood and awl in the topmost frame. All the pieces seem absurd in isolation, yet their interconnection suggests a certain logic. In this homage, seemingly unrelated objects and images sing together; the diverse works resonate poetically like items in a Cornell box. The individual works are extraordinary alone, but their combinations are profound.

SEEMINGLY UNRELATED OBJECTS AND IMAGES SING TOGETHER;

Todd Bartel, “Abulic Terrain”

THE DIVERSE WORKS RESONATE POETICALLY LIKE ITEMS IN A CORNELL BOX.

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age. The seemingly simple found object gains mystery from the postmark, “Wien 41,” and the recipient’s name, “Herre F. Gosse” in Amsterdam. The envelope holds a number of brightly ornamented stamps. Loosed from a fountain pen, the sweeping letters handwritten on it evoke a tumultuous former time. Evidence of Boghosian’s hand in this work is slight. What has he changed? What has he found? What has he invented? The work is both an artifact and an artwork,

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Across a large wall in the back of the gallery, artist and curator W. David Powell’s series, “General Home Dynamics,” combines imagery from Cold War-era children’s books, manuals and science textbooks. His flawlessly constructed collages meld the

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“Hey Joe: An Homage to Joseph Cornell,” a group exhibit guest curated by W. David Powell, BigTown Gallery, Rochester. Through July 29. bigtowngallery.com

MasterClasses

with André LaPlante July 2-6 Five daily Master Classes will be held 2:00-5:30 pm. All Master Classes are open to members and the public at a cost of $50.00 per day.

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AAron Stein: “Junkyard Treasure,” assemblages of found objects, such as toys, tarnished chrome, cast iron and vintage license plates. Through July 31 at Vintage inspired in burlington. info, 355-5418. ‘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. ‘bird’: Four Vermont artists explore the avian kingdom in an exhibit guest-curated by Adelaide Tyrol: photographer Don hanson, painters Tyrol and Valerie hird, and doll maker beth Robinson. Through August 14 at Furchgott sourdiffe gallery in shelburne. info, 985-3848. 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. bruCe r. mACdonAld: The metal artist and some artist friends launch a brand-new gallery showing contemporary metal and other works. Through July 31 at The havoc gallery in burlington. info, 863-9553. 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.

dAvid Stromeyer: “equilibrium,” a retrospective of the Vermont artist’s monumental-scale, steel-andconcrete sculptural works; ‘emergenCe’: digital and traditional artwork by members of the first graduating class of Champlain College’s emergent media MFA program. Through september 28 at bCA Center in burlington. info, 865-7166.

‘five’: Artwork by Jeanne Amato, Faith Fellows, Daryl storrs and Marie weaver, all of whom have worked as assistants or apprentices to printmaker sabra Field, whose work is also on display. Curated by Frog hollow. Through July 30 at 152 Cherry street in burlington. info, 863-6458.

heidi Albright: Twisted branches painted to resemble snakes. Through August 1 at The Firebird Café in essex Junction. info, 316-4265. kAren J. lloyd: “into the heart,” digital photographs of the natural world. Through August 3 at block gallery in winooski. info, 373-5150.

ted ziliuS: A retrospective exhibit encompassing 70 years of work, from childhood drawings through distinctive recent collage/paintings. Through August 10 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. The artist talks about his work over seven decades. wednesday, July 25, 7-8 p.m. info, 888-1261. JeriCho plein Air feStivAl: Art lovers peer in at the painting process when more than 80 established and emerging artists from Vermont and beyond set up their easels around town. saturday, July 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Various locations, Jericho. info, 899-3211.

reCeptionS ‘engAge’: A juried exhibition of artwork by Vermont artists with disabilities. Through August 31 at Catamount Arts Center in st. Johnsbury. Reception: Friday, July 20, 5-7 p.m. info, 655-7772. JeriCho plein Air feStivAl exhibit: work by more than 80 artists produced during the annual outdoor painting festival. July 22 through August 12 at emile A. gruppe gallery in Jericho. Reception: sunday, July 22, 2-4 p.m. info, 899-3211. CorneliA m. rAhmelow: “Remembering Cornelia,” photographs by the germanborn artist and frequent AVA exhibitor who died this year. July 20 through August 24 at AVA gallery and Art Center in lebanon, n.h. Reception: Friday, July 20, 5-7 p.m. info, 603-448-3117.

contrast. Through August 2 at The gallery at Main street landing in burlington. info, 777-6100. lindA berg mAney: paintings, collages and prints. Curated by seAbA. Through August 31 at speeder & earl’s (pine street) in burlington. info, 859-9222. lorin duCkmAn: “street burlington,” portraits of people who hang out on Queen City streets. Through August 31 at new Moon Café in burlington. info, 989-3944. lynn rupe: “Disaster Detritus,” acrylic paintings by the Vermont artist. Through July 31 at Metropolitan gallery, burlington City hall. info, 865-7166.

‘off the wAll’: sculptural works in a variety of media; robert ChAplA: “baled to Abstraction,” paintings; d’Ann CAlhoun fAgo: A 75-year retrospective. Through september 8 at studio place Arts in barre. Reception: Friday, July 20, 6-8 p.m. info, 479-7069.

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July 19-22 Thursday, Friday, Saturday 7:30pm 2pm Matinees - Saturday & Sunday. Please call 802-229-6978 to make reservations.

The Ugly Duckling (children’s show) July 28 & 29 and August 4 & 5 Matiness at 2:00 pm Saturday & Sunday 5:00 pm on Saturday’s

Murder at the Quarry (benefit) July 28 at 7:30 pm

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‘10 for 10’: work by 10 member artists who have been with the gallery since it opened a decade ago. Through August 16 at Art on Main in bristol. Reception: Friday, July 20, 5-7 p.m. info, 453-4032.

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gAil SAlzmAn: “undercurrents,” monotype/ collages exploring energy and movement in the natural world. Through August 12 at bent northrop Memorial library in Fairfield. Reception: Thursday, July 19, 6-7:30 p.m. info, 827-3945.

pete SutherlAnd: Collage work by the Vermont folk musician and songwriter. Through July 31 at north end studio A in burlington. info, 863-6713. ‘prophetiC viSion, CourAgeouS liveS: lgbt SAintS, heroeS & mArtyrS’: photographic portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals and their allies who have tried to make the world a fairer place. Curated by Vermont artist Judith McManis. Through July 31 at st. paul’s Cathedral in burlington. info, 310-3046.

mAriAn willmott: Monoprints, oil paintings and poetry by the Vermont artist. Through August 31 at pine street Deli in burlington. info, 859-9222. mArk boedgeS & brendA blACk: new paintings by boedges; pottery by black. Through July 31 at Mark boedges Fine Art gallery in burlington. info, 735-7317.

robert Selby: paintings by the Champlain College instructor of graphic design, game art and animation. Through August 31 at seAbA Center in burlington. info, 859-9222.

mAry ClAire CArroll: “living Connections: Voices and Visions for shared lives,” photographs of Vermonters with developmental and other disabilities. Through July 30 at pickering Room, Fletcher Free library. info, 865-7211.

robert wAldo brunelle Jr.: “Five-second Rule,” dropped-food acrylic paintings. Through July 28 at s.p.A.C.e. gallery in burlington.

nAnCi kAhn: underwater photography and papiermâché bird sculptures. Through July 31 at left bank home & garden in burlington. info, 862-1001.

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‘wAveS of revelAtion’: paintings and prints from 12v-adamantusic071812-2.indd 1 more than a dozen of the world’s leading surf artists, including wade Koniakowsky and pablo ugartetxea, plus unique surfboards from timothy grannis all eras. July 20 through August 10 at JDK gallery in burlington. Reception: Friday, July 20, 6-9 p.m. info, 864-5884.

‘run’: An exhibit of 6-by-6-inch wood-panel works by 100 artists. Curators laura green and Karyn Vogel chose the theme because “run” has more meanings than any other word in the Oxford English Dictionary. Through August 1 at penny Cluse Café in burlington. info, 318-1906.

meryl lebowitz: oil paintings of the Vermont landscapes. Through August 31 at pompanoosuc Mills in burlington. info, 862-8208.

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robin kAtriCk: Music photography by the Vermont artist. Through July 31 at Red square in burlington. info, 318-2438. ‘rumble And roAr: the hot rod SerieS’: Acrylic paintings of souped up T-buckets, Deuce Coupes, low riders and lead sleds by Robert waldo brunelle Jr. Through August 30 at Dostie bros. Frame shop in burlington. info, 660-9005. buRlingTon-AReA ART shows

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CrAig ColoruSSo: “sun boxes,” a solar-powered sound installation comprising 20 independently operating speakers. Friday through sunday, July 20-22, Knight point state park, north hero.

‘emergenCe’: large-scale work by artists from Vermont and beyond makes up the inaugural exhibit in the former Fellows gear shaper Factory building. July 20 through november 1 at The great hall in springfield. Reception: Friday, July 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. info, 258-3992.

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‘Art in the Alley’: Artists and vendors line the streets to sell their wares, exhibit their work and give demonstrations. wednesday, July 25, 5-8 p.m., various locations, waterbury. info, 244-1912.

‘winooSki pop-up gAllery diStriCt’: More than 50 Vermont artists have transformed several vacant retail spaces, plus the winooski welcome Center, into temporary art galleries. Through August 4 at Various locations in winooski. Talk: Amy Rahn discusses “open house,” the exhibit she curated in the opportunities Credit union gallery featuring Angelo Arnold’s sculpture, Mary Zompetti’s photography and Kate brandt’s videos Thursday, July 19, 6 p.m.

milton ArtiStS’ guild Wednesday, July 18 at 7:30 pm exhibit: work by member art(faculty concert) NOTE: We will be taking reservations ists. Through July 28 at Village this year for our theatre performances. Friday, July 20 at 7:30 pm Frame shoppe & gallery in st. For general information please call Sunday, July 22 at 3:00 pm 802-223-3347 or visit our website. Albans. Reception: Friday, July Wednesday, July 25 at 7:30 pm 20, 6-8 p.m. info, 524-3699.Adamant, Vermont • www.adamant.org Free for members, Guest: $10,

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‘Art on pArk’: local artisans sell their handcrafted products, artwork, specialty foods and more; musicians perform. Thursday, July 19, 5-8 p.m., park street, stowe. info, 793-2101.

roCk river ArtiStS open Studio tour: pick up a map and follow it to the studios of 14 local artists. saturday through sunday, July 21-22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., old schoolhouse, south newfane. info, 380-7006.

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Sabra Field: A retrospective that spans 50 years of work by of the iconic Vermont printmaker. Through July 31 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Info, 863-6458. ‘SecretS and MySterieS’: Enigmatic and haunting photographs from nine different countries. Through July 29 at Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686.

‘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; 6/28/11 10:09 AMelizabeth berdann: “Deep End,” miniature watercolor portraits on pre-ban and prehistoric mammoth ivory; ‘tiMe MachineS: robotS, rocketS and SteaMPunk’: Toys, textiles and art representing the golden age of sci-fi, the 1930s to ‘50s, as well as work by contemporary artists and designers. Through October 28 at Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346. 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. ‘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. will Patlove & katie harrington: “I Love You,” abstract paintings by husband and wife. Through July 28 at Backspace Gallery in Burlington. 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.

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call to artiStS art: recycled, rePurPoSed reuSe Fair: Calling all artists and crafters who offer recycled, refurbished or repurposed creations. $10 entry fee. July 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Montpelier. Info, plantinghopevt@gmail.com, 778-0344. call For art: 20 MediuMS Have your artwork seen by thousands at the 20th South End Art Hop! The Soda Plant is hosting an exhibit featuring “20 Mediums” of art. Submissions: spacegalleryvt.com. id: the object oF SelF Calling for submissions. The self-portrait: Is it your compulsion? We want to see. Deadline: August 22, midnight. Juror: You and Cig Harvey. darkroomgallery. com/ex33. submissions@ darkroomgallery.com. inviting 2013 Solo ProPoSalS Studio Place Arts uses its second- and third-floor spaces for solo and small group shows. We encourage artists to submit a proposal. Deadline: August 1. Info, studioplacearts.com. rock Solid This annual exhibit showcases stone sculptures and assemblages by area artisans. While the emphasis is on sculptural works, the show includes a small number of 2-D works. Deadline: August 10. Show dates: September 25 through October 27. Info, studioplacearts.com. Stowe verMont Plein air Calling all plein-air artists for September 27 and 28. At Galleria Fine Arte, Stowe. Info, 253-7696, galleria@ myfairpoint.net.

the dog and Pony Show The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery is seeking art that features horses and dogs for “The Dog and Pony Show.” The exhibit will be held at the Backspace Gallery August 3 to 31, 2012. Deadline: Friday, July 20. Info and submission form, spacegalleryvt.com.

Strut call to deSignerS! Are your designs ready to hit the runway? Break into the world of fashion by watching your creations walk down the catwalk at the annual fashion STRuT put on by SEABA and Seven Days. Apply at seaba.com/ art-hop/strut-registration.

tribal dancerS wanted: Dancers wanted for American tribal-style belly dance troupe. Experience not necessary. All body types welcome. Must be committed. No pay, just fun! Info, 735-3641 or gwinnad@yahoo.com.

SculPtFeSt 2012: The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center invites sculptors to submit proposals for SculptFest2012, September 8 through 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, résumé, optional statement, and up to 10 digital images portraying previous site-specific work. Deadline: July 20. Info, 438-2097 or info@carvingstudio.org.

culturehall new artiStS: Culturehall, a curated online resource for contemporary art, invites artists to submit work to an open application call. Info, culturehall.com/apply.html. call to PhotograPherS: “Mobile-O-graphy,” a juried cellphone photography exhibit at Darkroom Gallery. Show us your latest mobile creations. Deadline: August 1. Juror: Dan Burkholder. Info, darkroomgallery.com/ex32. hailing SteaMPunk artiStS! Shelburne Museum is calling for steampunk artists to vend at an event on August 9. No fees. Info, pfeeser@ shelburnemuseum.org. call to artiStS: The Firefly Gallery in downtown Burlington is seeking submissions of 2-D art for our gallery spaces. Details at thefireflyvt.com. Magic hat: Magic Hat and SEABA are calling on local Vermont artists to create a label for Art Hop Ale, a limited-edition, 22-ounce beer that will be available in 2013. Info, magichat. net/seaba/rules. Deadline: August 15.

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 or 496-6682. wall to canvaS: Seeking street-style artists who use wheat pasting, stencils, collage, spray painting, markers and the like to create unique pieces of art for a creative liveart competition for cash prizes, at the Magic Hat Artifactory on Saturday, August 25. Must be 21+ to apply. Deadline: July 20. Submission forms at magichat. net/walltocanvas.

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Christine Destrempes: “Stream of Conscience: River of Words,” a community art project in which participants write their thoughts and memories of water onto tiles, which are arranged like a river on the museum grounds. Through September 9 at Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. Info, 649-2200.

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henry eriCkson: “Connections,” ink drawings of the natural world. Through July 28 at Festival Gallery in Waitsfield. Info, 496-6682. henry swayze: “Celebrating Nature All Around Us,” photographs of natural Vermont. Through August 11 at Tunbridge Public Library. Info, 889-9404. ‘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. JaCk DowD: “The 27 Club: Legends in Music,” pastel profiles of Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and seven other musicians who died at 27. Through August 19 at Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts in Chester. Info, 875-1018. Jayne shoup: “Barns, Waterscapes and Florals,” works in pastel. Through July 31 at The Drawing Board in Montpelier. Info, 223-0100. Jeanne evans: “Wowie Maui,” watercolors, oils and acrylics (through August 24); yvonne strauss: Playful paintings of nature and animal scenes (through June 14). At Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Info, 223-3338. Jeneane lunn: Pastels depicting Italy and Vermont. Through July 28 at Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier. Info, 229-4676.

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matt thorsen: “Sound Proof: The Photography of Matt Thorsen, Vermont Music Images 1990-2000,” chemical prints accompanied by audio recordings in which the photographer sets the scene and the bands play on. Through July 31 at Big Picture Theater & Café in Waitsfield. Info, 496-8994. miChael t. Jermyn: “New American Impressionism,” photographs by the Montpelier artist. Through August 31 at Savoy Theater in Montpelier. Info, 223-1570. neal rantoul: “Wheat: An American Series,” photographs of planting and harvesting in the La Palouse region of Washington state. Through July 31 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Info, 698-0320. ‘reD FielDs & yellow skies: the art oF the lanDsCape’: Work by 12 Vermont artists. Through September 2 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 431-0204. stuart elDreDge & marion sChumann: “A Love Story in Paintings and Letters,” artwork and correspondence by the Springfield couple who met at New York City’s Art Students’ League in the 1930s. Through October 8 at Springfield Art and Historical Society at the Miller Art Center. Info, 885-4826. tiCa netherwooD: “Journey & End,” works in acrylic, watercolor and pencil. Through July 29 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, curator@ capitolgrounds.com. ‘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. viiu niiler & terry J. allen: “Transformations,” abstracted landscape paintings and documentary photographs, respectively. Through August 31 at Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 229-0303. ‘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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JuDy B. Dales: “Curves, Naturally!,” colorful, textured fiber-art wall hangings. Through July 31 at Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 533-7733.

kelly holt: “Dancing Barefoot,” abstract paintings. Through July 31 at Quench Artspace in Waitsfield. Info, 598-4819.

California surf artist Wade Koniakowsky. His paintings of crashing waves and dramatic skies are so alluring, they might even convince a thalassophobe to reach for a wet suit. Koniakowky’s work is part of “Waves of Revelation,” an exhibit of surf-inspired art at Burlington’s JDK Gallery from July 20 through August 10. The show includes more than just pretty pictures; it also features surfboards from different eras, including a gold leaf and mother of pearl longboard by Reynolds Yater, who in the 1950s was one of the first commercial surfboard builders. Stop by the opening reception this Friday, July 20, from

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Annemie Curlin: “Charlotte, a Heavenly View,” colorful aerial-view oil paintings of the town. Through August 31 at Charlotte Library. Info, 425-3301. CArolyn ShAttuCk: “Key West: Inside/Outside,” collages that celebrate the energy of Key West and its environs. Through August 24 at WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room in Bristol. Info, 453-3188. 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. ‘emerging SCulptorS’: Work by Amy Boemig, Erica Johnson, Persi Narvaez and Meghan Rigali. Through August 19 at The Carving Studio in West Rutland. Info, 438-2097. grAziellA Weber-grASSi: “Lonely Interiors,” paintings that express modern desolation. Through August 3 at ZoneThree Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 800-249-3562. kAthryn milillo & SuSAn ShAnnon: “Double Vision,” oil paintings by Milillo; Su Chi pottery by Shannon. Through August 28 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. ‘on the WAter’: Paintings by Rory Jackson, Janis Sanders, Mary Graham, Henry Isaacs and Homer Wells (through September 3); SArA & elliott kAtz: Sara’s oil paintings presented in a terrariuminspired installation by her brother, Elliott (through July 31). At Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. Stephen beAttie: “There’s Something in the Water,” photographs. Through July 31 at Gallery 160 in Richmond. Info, 434-6434. ‘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.

Vermont WAterColor SoCiety AWArDS exhibition: Work by member artists. Through August 18 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356.

‘White on White With touCheS oF Color’: Work in a variety of media by members of the North Chittenden Women’s Art Collective. Through August 13 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury. Info, 388-1827.

bill brAuer & mArgit J. FüreDer: “The Observer,” new sensual paintings of women by Brauer; “Queen of Heart,” paintings by Füreder inspired by images from Austrian television and film. Through August 15 at West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943. CAtherine m. elliott: “Flower Impressions,” paintings by the world-renowned practitioner of contemporary impressionism. Through August 28 at Galleria Fine Arte in Stowe. Info, 253-7696.

‘expoSeD’: This annual outdoor sculpture exhibit includes site-specific installations by 17 regional and international artists around the gallery grounds, along the bike path and throughout town. Through October 13 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. ‘FAntASiA’: A group show featuring dragons, elves, goddesses, mermaids, flying horses and witches portrayed in clay, fiber, wood, glass and painting. Through July 28 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-0158.

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‘heAling engine oF emergenCy: the inCreDible Story oF the SAFety pin’: A visual history of the safety pin, including a miniature menagerie made from safety pins, a collection of ancient Roman fibula, the precursor to the safety pin, and other oddities. Through August 31 at The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. Info, 626-4409. ‘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. ‘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). At Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. JenniFer hubbArD: “Activating the Character,” portraits in oil on canvas. Through July 31 at Townsend Gallery at Black Cap Coffee in Stowe. Info, 279-4239. Jim CollinS: Surrealistic photographs of Cuba and other subjects. Through July 29 at Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. Info, 525-3366.

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John ClArke olSon: “Pastoral Vermont,” landscapes in oil on panel. Through August 15 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818. July ShoW: New works by Barbara Colgrove, Pam Voss, Beth McAdams and Jo Anne Wazny. Through July 31 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403. lArry golDen: Plein-air paintings by the Vermont artist. Through August 31 at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Info, 748-8291. louiSe Von WeiSe & mArCiA VAllette: “Critters,” mono prints by the Vermont artists. Through August 10 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469. ‘neWport: An imAgeD perSpeCtiVe’: Historic photos, postcards and memorabilia, plus new artworks depicting local landmarks, people and Lake Memphremagog. Through September 3 at MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport. Info, 334-1966. ‘Summer Fun!’: Artwork celebrating the season by Maurie Harrington, Diane David, Megan Humphrey, Ellen A. Thompson, Nancy Jacobus, Mags Bonham and Jim Holzschuh. Through August 31 at Grand Isle Art Works. Info, 378-4591. ‘the pASteliStS’: A juried exhibition of 80 works by 42 artists working in the medium. Through September 3 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100.

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‘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; klArA CAlitri: “Flower Power,” paintings and pastels (through July 1). At Brandon Artists’ Guild. Info, 247-4956.

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‘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.

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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.

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oody Allen has a long history of following his most masterful creations with misfires, so perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his first film since Midnight in Paris — the biggest hit of his career — is the most feebleminded, forgettable movie he’s ever made. But it does. The juxtaposition is nothing short of jarring. I didn’t watch To Rome With Love; I gaped. I couldn’t believe that what I was seeing was so stilted, haphazard, meaningless and borderline amateur hour. Not to mention almost never funny. The last stop on the legendary writer-director’s world tour (he returns to New York and San Francisco for his next project), the picture is set in the Italian capital and composed of four interwoven, though unrelated, stories. Each is as meandering and pointless as the next, so we may as well begin with the one in which Allen himself appears. He plays a retired opera director in town to meet his daughter’s (Alison Pill) fiancé and the fiancé's parents. The high points of the vignette include a pair of gags that would have wound up on the cutting-room floor in

any previous Allen production. One has Allen’s character claiming he was “ahead of his time” because he once staged Rigoletto with the cast dressed as white mice (huh?). The other consists of his overhearing his prospective in-law (real-life tenor Fabio Armiliato) singing in the shower and resolving to promote him as opera’s next big thing. The problem is, the fiancé can only sing in the shower. See where this is going? No, really, it does. In a different part of town, which seems more like a parallel universe, Roberto Benigni plays an ordinary schlub who awakes one day to find himself inexplicably famous. The paparazzi follow him everywhere, asking what he had for breakfast, whether he sleeps on his back or his belly. In one scene, a television crew films him as he shaves. It’s such an obvious and tired comment on reality TV culture that one hopes against hope Allen’s script will surprise us by the end of the segment. And it does, but only with the blandness of its observation. He actually has a character say to the baffled star, “You are famous for being famous.” It gets worse. Newlyweds from a small

town arrive in the big city looking for a new start, only to wind up in a hokey bedroom farce. Something to do with Penélope Cruz as a hooker and the loss of the wife’s cellphone. This is the man who wrote Crimes and Misdemeanors. It never occurs to Allen that she could call her husband’s cell using a land line? That leaves us with the thread in which Alec Baldwin plays a famous architect whose path crosses that of Jesse Eisenberg. The latter is an architecture student who lives with his girlfriend (Greta Gerwig) on the very street where the older man resided decades before. I guess Baldwin’s character recognizes a younger version of himself. This might account for the way he shadows his new friend, popping up to offer advice on matters of love in a manner likely to strike you as

pervy or as a clumsy exercise in magic realism, depending on your point of view. Either way, you’re not likely to laugh a whole lot or find much in the way of fresh insight. Now, if Baldwin had been cast as the paparazziplagued Benigni character, we might have had something. Unfortunately, we don’t. Except for a major letdown. A waste of a lot of great talent and scenery. The low point in one of the cinema’s most remarkable careers. Let’s hope the filmmaker returns to form with his return to the States. In the meantime, I wouldn’t make any plans for a Roman visit. The city may not truly be eternal, but, even at a running time of 109 minutes, Allen’s latest makes it seem that way. RICK KISONAK

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REVIEWS Ice Age: Continental Drift ★★

ver the course of 10 years and four theatrical installments, the Ice Age films seem to have evolved to the point where they’re commenting on their own existence. At one point in Ice Age: Continental Drift, a character asks twin possums Eddie and Crash (voiced by Josh Peck and Seann William Scott) why they persist in cavorting like kids high on sugar while the very ground is being snatched from beneath their feet. After a contemplative pause, one twin replies: “It’s because we’re very, very stupid.” The problem with this animated family flick from Fox’s Blue Sky Studios isn’t that it’s stupid, per se. Kids appreciate random silliness, and so do adults, on occasion. Its creative treatment of the geological record isn’t a problem, either — more of a given. In another meta moment, a character reminds us that the talking critters’ previous adventure involved fighting dinosaurs in the ice age. “It didn’t make much sense,” he notes, “but it sure was fun.” No, you don’t expect kids to learn about the actual ace age from a film in which peerpressuring woolly mammoth teens voiced by

Drake and Nicki Minaj call things “sick.” All that is par for the course and will provide, at the most, a teachable moment about Hollywood’s servile trend following. The real problem with Continental Drift is that the lines already quoted are among its best. Fans of cute animals doing cute-animal stuff may be satisfied by this three-quel, but neither screenwriters Michael Berg and Jason Fuchs nor directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier appear to have brought anything fresh to the endeavor. The best part of the plot is that it attributes the breakup of Paleozoic supercontinent Pangaea to a squirrel chasing an acorn. In a wordless opening sequence reminiscent of “Looney Tunes,” furry-tailed Scrat (Chris Wedge) plummets to the Earth’s core and uses it as a treadmill, which naturally occasions a global cataclysm. With alarming speed, the shifting tectonic plates separate a woolly mammoth family (Ray Romano, Queen Latifah and Keke Palmer) and set various characters adrift on the high seas. The all-too-inevitable result is a pirate adventure, with Peter Dinklage ably voicing the evil primate Captain Gutt. (If he’s

NUTS TO THAT Can we be sure this cartoon squirrel’s single-minded pursuit of an acorn isn’t a metaphor for, say, crack addiction?

the direct ancestor of the human race ... that explains a lot.) Amid the manic funny business, one thing stays consistent: It’s just not that funny. The laughs rely heavily on see-it-coming-a-mileaway irony, with sloth Sid (John Leguizamo) a tiresome repeat offender in the eat-yourwords department. (If he proclaims that everything is smooth sailing, expect a typhoon to arrive in milliseconds.) Two new and mildly amusing additions to the crowded cast are Sid’s sassy, hygieneimpaired Granny (Wanda Sykes) and a tribe of gerbil-like rodents (hyraxes, to be exact) that reenact Braveheart at a crucial moment.

With the latter, Fox seems to be making a shameless play for the hearts of kids who went gaga for the horde of peeping minions in Despicable Me. Judging by the film’s $47 million take last weekend, the tactic worked. Children who haven’t aged out of the franchise will probably find something to enjoy here. At the very least, they’ll be introduced to the comic stylings of Nick Frost, Alan Tudyk and Aziz Ansari, who voice tiny roles. But, for anyone over 10, the main attraction of this Ice Age is the icy air blowing inside the theater. M A R G O T HA R R I S O N

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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: Having defeated urban chaos and violated about a million civil liberties at the end of The Dark Knight, Batman went underground. What kind of threat will it take to make him Gotham City’s protector again, eight years later? Christian Bale returns as the Caped Crusader, and Christopher Nolan again directs. With Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine and Tom Hardy. (165 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, St. Albans, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN★★1/2 Just a decade after Tobey Maguire first played this web-shooting comic-book superhero, Andrew Garfield takes on the role in a reboot directed by Marc (500 Days of Summer) Webb. With Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy — Peter Parker’s pre-Mary Jane love — as well as Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen and Sally Field. (136 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis [3-D], Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset, Welden) 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. Big Picture, Roxy)

MEN IN BLACK 3★★1/2 Will Smith is a government agent hunting wayward aliens again in this action-comedy. This time he’s on a mission back in time to save his partner (Tommy Lee Jones in the present, Josh Brolin in the Swinging Sixties). With Emma Thompson and Michael Stuhlbarg. Barry Sonnenfeld returns as director. (106 min, PG-13. Sunset; ends 7/19) MOONRISE KINGDOM★★★★1/2 Writer-director Wes Anderson returns with this whimsical period drama, set in the 1960s, in which two kids on a bucolic New England island decide to run away together. With Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray. (94 min, PG-13. Majestic, Roxy, Savoy) PEOPLE LIKE US★★1/2 Chris (Star Trek) Pine plays Sam, a salesman with absentee-daddy issues who uncovers a startling family secret upon his father’s death — a 30-year-old half sister (Elizabeth Banks). With Michelle Pfeiffer and Olivia Wilde. Alex Kurtzman directed. (115 min, PG-13. Majestic; ends 7/19)

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SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED★★★1/2 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. Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass and Jake M. Johnson star. (94 min, R. Palace)

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SAVAGES★1/2 Things get very unmellow for two young pot dealers when a Mexican drug cartel abducts their shared girlfriend (Blake Lively). Oliver Stone directed, so expect an über-intense crime drama, not a stoner comedy. With Aaron Johnson, Benicio del Toro and John Travolta. (131 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Sunset)

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MAGIC MIKE★★★1/2 “Tell your boyfriend that you’re going to book club,” advises the trailer for this eye-candy parade, a comedy-drama inspired by star Channing Tatum’s earlier stint as a male stripper. Also featuring the abs of Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer. Steven (Traffic) Soderbergh directed. (110 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Sunset)

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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. 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. Essex, Majestic, Palace; ends 7/19)

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KATY PERRY: PART OF ME★★★ Justin Bieber had a movie, so... this concert-and-backstage documentary takes viewers through the bouncy pop star’s religious upbringing, her California Dreams tour and her teary split from husband Russell Brand. Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz directed. (95 min, PG. Capitol, Essex [3-D], Majestic, Palace, Sunset; ends 7/19)

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DARK SHADOWS★★1/2 Johnny Depp plays Barnabas Collins, a vampire who pops up in

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT★★ In their fourth anachronistic animated adventure, the breakup of a continent sends the Paleolithic critters on marine adventures. Could it all be an excuse to introduce pirates? With the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Peter Dinklage and Jennifer Lopez. Mike Thurmeier and Steve Martino directed. (93 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis, Palace, Sunset, Welden)

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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. Stowe)

the Nixon era to find his ancestral home full of polyester, in this dark-comedy adaptation of the cult 1966-71 TV soap from director Tim Burton. With Chloe Moretz and Helena Bonham Carter. (120 min, PG-13. St. Albans, Sunset)

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BRAVE★★★1/2 In the latest Pixar animation, set in ancient Scotland, a feisty princess decides to defy standard female roles and go all Hunger Games with her bow and arrow, then must face the consequences. With the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Julie Walters and Emma Thompson. Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman directed. (100 min, PG. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Palace, Stowe, Sunset)

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

wednesday 18 — thursday 19 *The Dark Knight Rises Thu: midnight. Ice Age: continental Drift 5, 7. Brave 6 (Wed only). The Best Exotic marigold Hotel 8 (Wed only). ted 9. Full schedule not available at press time. Schedule changes frequently; please check website.

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wednesday 18 — thursday 19 *The Dark Knight Rises Thu: midnight. Ice Age: continental Drift 1:10, 3:30, 6:30, 8:15. The Amazing Spider-man 1, 3:40, 6:40, 9:15. ted 1:30, 4, 7, 9:15. magic mike 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15.

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wednesday 18 — thursday 19 ***The Dark Knight Thu: marathon screenings starting at 6. *The Dark Knight Rises Thu: midnight. Ice Age: continental Drift 1:30 (3-D), 6:30 (3-D), 9:10. The Amazing Spider-man 1:15, 6:15, 9:05 (3-D). Katy Perry: Part of me 1:30, 6:25. Savages 9. ted 1:30, 6:20, 9:05. Brave 1:30, 6:30, 9:10. friday 20 — thursday 26 *The Dark Knight Rises Fri & Mon-Thu: 1:15, 6:05, 9:05. Sat & Sun: 12:10, 3:05, 6:05, 9:05. Ice Age: continental Drift Fri & Mon-Thu: 1:30 (3-D), 6:30 (3-D), 9:10. Sat & Sun: 12:30 (3-D), 3:15, 6:30 (3-D), 9:10. The Amazing Spider-man Fri & Mon-Thu: 1:15, 6:15, 9 (3-D). Sat & Sun: 12:15, 3 (3-D), 6:15, 9 (3-D). ted Fri & Mon-Thu: 1:30, 6:30, 9:20. Sat & Sun only: 12:40, 3:30, 6:25, 9:20.

Brave Fri & Mon-Thu: 1:30, 6:30. Sat & Sun: 12:45, 3:30, 6:30. magic mike Fri & MonThu: 9. Sat & Sun: 3:30, 9. ***See website for details.

ESSEX cINEmAS & t-REX tHEAtER

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

wednesday 18 — thursday 19 Ice Age: continental Drift 12:45 (3-D), 1:15, 3 (3-D), 3:30, 5:10 (3-D), 5:40, 7:20 (3-D), 7:50, 9:30 (3-D), 10. The Amazing Spider-man 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 1 (3-D), 2:25, 3:10, 3:50 (3-D), 5:20, 6, 6:40 (3-D), 8:15, 9, 9:30 (3-D). Katy Perry: Part of me (3-D) 2:30, 7, 9:15. Savages 1, 4, 6:50, 9:35. magic mike 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40. ted 10 a.m. (Thu only), 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50. Brave 11:45 a.m., 2 (3-D), 4:25, 6:45 (3-D), 9. madagascar 3: Europe’s most Wanted 12:25, 4:40 (3-D). friday 20 — thursday 26 *The Dark Knight Rises 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only), 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 1, 2:40, 3:30, 4:10, 6:10, 6:45, 7:20, 8:30, 9:30, 10, 10:30. Ice Age: continental Drift 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only; 3-D), 11:50 a.m., 12:45 (3-D), 2, 3 (3-D), 4:10, 5:10 (3-D), 6:20, 7:20 (3-D), 9:30 (3-D). The Amazing Spider-man 11:40 a.m., 1 (3-D), 3:50 (3-D), 6:40 (3-D), 8:30, 9:30 (3-D). Savages 2:45, 5:45. magic mike 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only), 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15 (except Thu), 7:50 (Thu only), 9:40. ted 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only), 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50. Brave 10 a.m. (Tue & Thu only; 3-D), 11:45 a.m., 2 (3-D), 4:25, 6:45 (3-D), 9.

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

wednesday 18 — thursday 19 ***The Dark Knight Thu: marathon screening starting at 6 p.m. Ice Age: continental Drift 11:30 a.m., 12:15 (3-D), 1:40, 2:30 (3-D), 3:50, 4:45 (Wed only; 3-D), 6:10, 6:45 (3-D), 8:30, 9 (3-D). The Amazing Spider-man 12 (3-D), 12:30, 3 (3-D), 3:30, 6:30 (3-D), 7:45 (3-D), 9:30 (3-D). Katy Perry: Part of me 12, 4:30, 6:45 (Wed only). Savages 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:25. moonrise Kingdom 12:05, 2:15, 4:25, 7:10, 9:20. magic mike 3:35, 6:35, 9:05.

movies People Like Us 12:40. ted 12 (Wed only), 12:05 (Thu only), 2:30, 4:50, 7:05, 9 (Wed only), 9:30. Brave 11:40 a.m., 2:05, 4:25 (3-D), 6:50 (3-D), 9:15 (3-D). madagascar 3: Europe’s most Wanted 2:20. friday 20 — thursday 26 *The Dark Knight Rises 10:35 a.m. (Fri-Sun only), 11:20 a.m., 12:10, 1, 2:05, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 8, 9, 9:40. Ice Age: continental Drift 11:30 a.m. (3-D), 12, 1:40 (3-D), 2:15, 3:55 (3-D), 4:25, 6:20 (3-D), 6:40, 9:05. The Amazing Spider-man (3-D) 12:30, 3:25, 6:30, 9:30. Savages 8:35. moonrise Kingdom 12:15, 2:25, 4:35, 6:50, 9:15. ted 12:05, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40. Brave 11:20 a.m., 1:50, 4:10 (3-D), 6:35 (3-D), 8:55. ***See website for details.

mARQUIS tHEAtRE Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841.

wednesday 18 — thursday 19 Ice Age: continental Drift 2, 6:30, 9. The Amazing Spider-man (3-D) 2, 6, 9. ted 2, 6:30, 9. Full schedule not available at press time.

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wednesday 18 — thursday 19 *The Dark Knight Rises Thu: midnight. The Amazing Spider-man 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:30. to Rome With Love 1:15, 3:50, 6:50, 9:20. magic mike 1:25, 4:10, 6:40, 9:25. ted 1:20, 3:40, 7:10, 9:35. moonrise Kingdom 1, 3, 5, 7, 8:25, 9:15. The Best Exotic marigold Hotel 1:05, 3:30, 6. friday 20 — thursday 26 *The Dark Knight Rises 1, 2:30, 4, 6:10, 7:15, 9:20. The Amazing Spider-man 1:10, 3:45, 6:45, 9:25. to Rome With Love 1:20, 3:50, 6:55, 9:15. ted 3:40, 9:30. moonrise Kingdom 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:10. The Best Exotic marigold Hotel 1:15, 6:35.

PALAcE cINEmA 9

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

wednesday 18 — thursday 19 ***Derby, Baby! Thu: 7. ***LcD Soundsystem: Shut Up and Play the Hits Wed: 7:30. ***met Summer Encore: Lucia di Lammermoor Wed: 1, 6:30. *The Dark Knight Rises Thu: midnight. Ice

Age: continental Drift 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 12, 1:10, 2:15, 3:35, 4:35, 6, 7 (Thu only), 8:10, 9:10. The Amazing Spider-man 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25. Katy Perry: Part of me 1 & 3:50 (Thu only), 6:35 (Wed only). Savages 12:50, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35. magic mike 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 4, 6:45, 9:20. ted 1:20, 3:55, 6:50, 9:40. tyler Perry’s madea’s Witness Protection 8:45 (Wed only). Safety Not Guaranteed 12:20, 2:30, 4:50, 7:05 (Thu only), 9:15. Brave 12, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 (Thu only). madagascar 3: Europe’s most Wanted 1:30. friday 20 — thursday 26 ***met Summer Encore: Der Rosenkavalier Wed: 1, 6:30. ***The Who: Quadrophenia — can You See the Real me? Tue: 8. *The Dark Knight Rises 11 a.m., 12, 1, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6, 7, 8, 9:30. Ice Age: continental Drift 11:05 a.m., 12:05, 1:15, 2:20, 3:35, 4:35, 6:20, 8:30. The Amazing Spider-man 12:20, 3:25 (except Wed), 6:30, 9:25. Savages 9. magic mike 6:45 (except Wed), 9:20 (except Tue). ted 11:10 a.m. & 1:35 (except Wed), 4:10, 6:50, 9:40. Safety Not Guaranteed 12:15, 2:25, 4:40, 7:05 (except Tue), 9:15 (except Wed). Brave 11:20 a.m., 1:40, 4:05, 6:35. ***See website for details.

PARAmoUNt tWIN cINEmA 241 North Main St., Barre, 4799621, www.fgbtheaters.com

wednesday 18 — thursday 19 The Amazing Spiderman (3-D) 6:15, 9:15. magic mike 6:20, 9:05. thursday 20 — friday 26 *The Dark Knight Rises Fri & Mon-Thu: 6:05, 9:20. Sat & Sun: 11:30 a.m., 3:05, 6:05, 9:20. The Amazing Spider-man Fri & Mon-Thu: 6:15, 9:15. Sat & Sun only: 11:45 a.m., 2:45, 6:15, 9:15.

St. ALBANS DRIVEIN tHEAtRE 429 Swanton Rd, Saint Albans, 524-7725, www. stalbansdrivein.com

friday 20 — sunday 22 *The Dark Knight Rises followed by Dark Shadows.

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wednesday 18 — thursday 26 ***Fixing the Future Wed 18: 6:30. to Rome With Love 1 (Sat & Sun only), 6, 8:15. moonrise Kingdom 1 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30 (except Wed 18), 8:45. ***See website for details. See website for Sci-Fi July showtimes for July 20-21.

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Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678.

wednesday 18 — thursday 19 *The Dark Knight Rises Thu: midnight. The Amazing Spider-man 6:30, 9. ted 7, 9:10. Brave 6:45, 8:45. friday 20 — thursday 26 *The Dark Knight Rises 2:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6, 9. crooked Arrows 2:30 (Sat & Sun only), 7 (Sun-Thu only), 8:45 (Fri & Sat only). The Amazing Spider-man 2:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. ted 4:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:45 (Fri & Sat only), 9 (Sun-Thu only).

SUNSEt DRIVE-IN

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

wednesday 18 — thursday 19 Ice Age: continental Drift at 9, followed by Brave. The Amazing Spider-man at 9, followed by men in Black 3. magic mike at 9, followed by Katy Perry: Part of me. ted at 9, followed by That’s my Boy. friday 20 — thursday 26 *The Dark Knight Rises at 8:50, followed by Dark Shadows. Ice Age: continental Drift at 8:50, followed by Brave. The Amazing Spider-man at 8:50, followed by Snow White and the Huntsman. ted at 8:50, followed by Savages.

WELDEN tHEAtER

104 No. Main St., St. Albans, 5277888, www.weldentheatre.com

wednesday 18 — thursday 19 *The Dark Knight Rises Thu: midnight. Ice Age: continental Drift 2, 4, 7, 9. The Amazing Spider-man 2, 7, 9:30. ted 2, 4, 7, 9. friday 20 — thursday 26 *The Dark Knight Rises 2, 7. Ice Age: continental Drift 2, 4, 7. The Amazing Spider-man 4, 9. ted 2, 7, 9.

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few days chilling out and taking inventory of all that’s changed.

ost change is slow and incremental. The shifts happen so gradually that they are barely noticeable while you’re living in the midst of them from day to day. Then there are those rare times when the way everything fits together mutates pretty quickly. Relationships that have been evolving in slow motion begin to speed up. Long-standing fixations melt away. Mystifying questions get clear answers. I think you’re at one of these junctures now, Cancerian. It’s not likely you’ll be too surprised by anything that happens, though. That’s because you’ve been tracking the energetic build-up for a while, and it will feel right and natural when the rapid ripening kicks in.

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The painter Philip Guston loved to express himself creatively. He said it helped him to get rid of his certainty, to divest himself of what he knew. By washing away the backlog of old ideas and familiar perspectives, he freed himself to see the world as brand new. In light of your current astrological omens, Virgo, Guston’s approach sounds like a good strategy for you to borrow. The next couple of weeks will be an excellent time to explore the pleasures of unlearning and deprogramming. You will thrive by discarding stale preconceptions, loosening the past’s hold on you and clearing out room in your brain for fresh imaginings.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Acro Yoga is a relatively new physical discipline. According to a description I read on a flyer in Santa Cruz, it “blends the spiritual wisdom of yoga, the loving kindness of massage and the dynamic power of acrobatics.” I’d love to see you work on creating a comparable hybrid in the coming months, Aries — some practice or system or approach that would allow you to weave together your various specialties into a synergetic whole. Start brainstorming about that impossible dream now, and soon it won’t seem so impossible. TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): Unless you grow your own or buy the heirloom variety at farmers markets, you probably eat a lot of tasteless tomatoes. Blame it on industrialscale farming and supermarket chains. They’ve bred tomatoes to be homogenous and bland — easy to ship and pretty to look at. But there’s a sign of hope: A team of scientists at the University of Florida is researching what makes tomatoes taste delicious, and is working to bring those types back into mainstream availability. I think the task you have ahead of you in the coming weeks is metaphorically similar, Taurus. You should see what you can to do restore lost flavor, color and soulfulness. Opt for earthy idiosyncrasies over fake and boring perfection. Check

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’ll be a humming, murmuring, whispering kind of week — a time when the clues you need will most likely arrive via ripplings and rustlings and whirrings. Here’s the complication: Some of the people around you may be more attracted to clangs and bangs and jangles. They may imagine that the only information worth paying attention to is the stuff that’s loudest and strongest. But I hope you won’t be seduced by their attitudes. I trust you’ll resist the appeals of the showy noise. Be a subtlety specialist who loves nuance and undertones. Listen mysteriously. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lately you’ve been

spending time in both the off-kilter parts of paradise and the enchanting areas of limbo. On one notable occasion, you even managed to be in both places simultaneously. How’d you do that? The results have been colorful but often paradoxical. What you don’t want and what you do want have gotten a bit mixed up. You have had to paw your way out of a dead-end confusion but have also been granted a sublime breakthrough. You explored a tunnel to nowhere but also visited a thrilling vista that provided you with some medicinal excitement. What will you do for an encore? Hopefully, nothing that complicated. I suggest you spend the next

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Nineteenthcentury author Charles Dickens wrote extensively about harsh social conditions. He specialized in depicting ugly realities about poverty, crime and classism. Yet one critic described him as a “genial and loving humorist” who showed that “even in dealing with the darkest scenes and the most degraded characters, genius could still be clean and mirth could be innocent.” I’m thinking that Dickens might be an inspirational role model for you in the coming weeks, Libra. It will be prime time for you to expose difficult truths and agitate for justice and speak up in behalf of those less fortunate than you. You’ll get best results by maintaining your equanimity and good cheer. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): For many years, ambergris was used as a prime ingredient in perfumes. And where does ambergris come from? It’s basically whale vomit. Sperm whales produce it in their gastrointestinal tracts to protect them from the sharp beaks of giant squid they’ve eaten, then spew it out of their mouths. With that as your model, Scorpio, I challenge you to convert an inelegant aspect of your life into a fine asset, even a beautiful blessing. I don’t expect you to accomplish this task overnight. But I do hope you will finish by May of 2013. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Interruption” will be a word of power for you in the coming days. No, really: I’m not being ironic, sarcastic or satirical. It is possible that the interruptions will initially seem Daily

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You don’t

have to stand in a provocative pose to be sexy. You don’t have to lick your lips or radiate a smoldering gaze or wear clothes that dramatically reveal your body’s most appealing qualities. You already know all that stuff, of course; in light of this week’s assignment, I just wanted to remind you. And what is that assignment? To be profoundly attractive and alluring without being obvious about it. With that as your strategy, you’ll draw to you the exact blessings and benefits you need. So do you have any brilliant notions about how to proceed? Here’s one idea: Be utterly at peace with who you really are.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I brazenly

predict, my dear Aquarius, that in the next 10 months you will fall in love with love more deeply than you have in over a decade. You will figure out a way to exorcise the demons that have haunted your relationship with romance, and you will enjoy some highly entertaining amorous interludes. The mysteries of intimacy will reveal new secrets to you, and you will have good reasons to redefine the meaning of “fun.” Is there any way these prophecies of mine could possibly fail to materialize? Yes, but only if you take yourself too seriously and insist on remaining attached to the old days and old ways.

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Laughing, eating, exploring Friendly, honest, food-loving, cocktailimbibing gal looking for the same in a guy. I love experiencing all of the food, music, arts, and beauty that Burlington offers, and would like to share it with someone, whether as a friend or more than that. arovt, 32, l

single gay country guy Came back to Vermont after being away for 30 years, and looking to meet Mr. right or make great new friends. lablover, 53

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Loving and adventurous smartass Feeling isolated in Vermont’s nonexistent gay community. I am looking for friends and maybe I’ll find that special someone that makes my heart race and consumes my thoughts. I am a “soft” butch looking for someone who tips the scales on the feminine side. Kayaking anyone? I have two so no need to have your own. debaroo, 46, l

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Love to laugh Love being outside. Love to hike, bike, swim, and challenge myself physically. Laughing is one of my favorite pastimes! Prefer no pressure; if we hit it off and want to learn more about each othergreat! If not, don’t take it personally. Becoming friends first is necessary before a romantic relationship can occur. I do love that flirtatious period in between! sweetsunshinegirl, 38, l

Fear and Loathing VT Seeing what’s outside of the normal areas I am usually at. Fun, happy, slim, curvy, sexy ladies. Don’t hate, participate. I don’t like shy, noncommunicating people. Gotta be able to speak what you want, then take it. What’s up? spithotfya, 32, l

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Seeking a soul twin! I’m well educated, slim, sensual, fit, bright, creative and have lived internationally. Living with nature, growing organic food and cooking global cuisine is FUN! World events, inventing, conservation, conversation, art, music, dance, boating, hiking Tai Chi, international film, fine healthy food, the sciences, technology, nutritional research and almost anything that feeds one intellectually, physically and emotionally are my thing. ARE YOU? alphaomegafire, 59, l

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

walking aroung, going to dinner on Church St. and meeting new people! I think it’s now time for me to have a special someone to show me around your beautiful region. MiniMau5, 38, l

work and relaxing Well, here it goes. I’m about to be 20. I spend almost all of my time working and therefore never really get the chance to meet new people so I am trying this. I’m totally laid back, and it takes a lot to phase me. I’m a total outdoor person but also love curling up and watching movies. vtboy, 19, l

Life Love Laughter I’m a joyful, happy man, looking for a friend and lover. I’m happiest when I am using my hands, head, heart. I’m drawn to the energy of horses, birds and all that is green. I’m looking forward to sharing all that I am with you to co create something greater than what either of us could create separately. joyoflife, 54, l

so don’t jerk me around. Although you can feel free to jerk me ;-). I hang at Yahoo for my entertainment, perhaps you do as well? Middle aged, height/weight proportionate, or thereabouts. Educated, intelligent and same. vtgranolageek, 50

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ordering, not looking for anything long term, or any kind of attachment, just fun and adventure. Pravda, 20 virgin looking to lose it New to this whole thing but incredibly turned on by the prospect of being submissive. Nancy, 20

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Deviant bluestocking seeks sensual Earthy, kittenish and exploratory iso an ongoing thing that can be casual or more. I am in a poly relationship. I adore langorous sessions with time to focus on each other’s every reaction. I also adore soft control games. If you are stepping out on a commitment or want a single encounter, don’t contact me. tarka, 46, l

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Easy Lover.... I don’t really want to go for long walks on the beach or out to a romantic dinner. Although if you are mentally stimulating, you could change my mind. I am into long foreplay, amazing sex and interesting pillow talk over a glass or two of wine. An intelligent, witty, sexually-charged man who is looking for the same. Happycooker, 36, l up for some fun I’m looking for some fun and sexy times outside these deep woods of VT that I live in. Most of the time I know how I want things done, but once my clothes are off, I want to be told what to do. I’ll do whatever I’m told. Send me a picture and I’ll send one back. yesss, 34, l

wonderously responsive Creative, happy, healthy, artsy, passionate etc. Likes: massage, meditation, walking in the rain and ‘nasty’ dancing, (a guilty pleasure rarely indulged). Love lots of touching and body contact. My whole body is quite sensitive and I have been known to O from a back massage, (oopsie!). Hoping to meet some passionate new friends for a walk, dancing or a nooner. *smiles*. petal, 39, l i don’t know you Looking for someone and something new and thrilling. Just a sexual relationship but the right vibe has to be there. I want to make love to you, feel safe around you. But have my entirely own life void of any commitments or obligations. hazel, 26, l fun fit sexually seeking vt Looking for someone to have fun with this summer. Someone I can take hiking, camping, running; or someone just to have over and watch a movie after a busy day. Also, someone that isn’t too shy between the sheets. I am a very sexual person and am looking for someone that is similar. fun2b0, 22 Curious, Bondage, Willing I’m a college freshman with a BDSM curiosity, with no opportunity to explore until now. I’m looking for a friendship or Dom and Sub relationship where we can explore safely and freely. Sorry but

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You read Seven Days, these people read Seven Days — you natural and organic already have at least I am a student. I like fun.1 I like when1:15:57 PM 1x1c-mediaimpact030310.indd 3/1/10 one thing in common! things just happen. I am very laid 18+

back and open. I enjoy art, and anything outdoors. Looking for someone like minded. Looking for excitement. organic17, 22, l Give Me Your Attention Not looking for anything crazy or kinky, I just want to have some fun while I’m still in Vermont. I plan on moving in 4-6 months... gotta make it count! kh87, 25, l adventurous kitty wants more I’m a clean, well-dressed college student who wants someone that can handle me in bed. Ex-horseback rider and current cyclist who can hold her own on top. Likes the idea of being ordered around or doing the

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no anal. Want to know anything else? Feel free to message me. CuriousKit, 19 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, 23, l Good times to be had I’m looking for a casual thing. Sex, sleeping, foreplay, cuddling, oral, movies, drinking, hanging out. One, some or all of the above. Not sure what to expect from this, but message me and we’ll see what happens. c_ullr, 24, l

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big, strong, respectful Easygoing, active, looking for a girl to please. Write me and see how it goes. Best if you’re at least a bit odd. Good with my tongue. Get ready. planetx88, 24, l Don Quixote seeks Dulcinea Looking for something involving, not just a roll in the sheets, but also not just an invigorating book-club discussion punctuated by a peck on the cheek. Neither a long-term thing, but I’m also not five minutes of anonymous humping. A day (or a weekend) spent discovering what makes each other hum with bliss sounds about right. Any takers? Picaro, 40, l let’s do this New to this, looking for some discreet fun and excitement. Open to some ideas, nothing too crazy. Chemistry would be nice. Enjoy many things. We can email, chat and go from there. new_adventure, 35 Just looking for fun I am just looking for someone to have fun with, no strings, or drama please. You will not be disappointed. warlok09, 47 Playfully passionate adventerous explorer. Passion that will make you weak at the knees, the desire to have foreplay until you cannot stand it any longer. The willingness to do whatever it takes to make you lose your breath. The obedient who will be your slave or the master that will make you wait on the edge of pleasure until the time is right. lvtoplease, 43 insatiable appetite for sex... Attractive, healthy, kind and passionate lover with insatiable appetite for sex. Very open minded. Live in Stowe, happy to host or willing to travel. I am interested in attractive women, couples and groups. New to this, but have always wanted to see if there are others who are as horny as me ;). hornyashell, 40, l Oral man seeks oral woman/ couple Let me know if you might be interested in some fun. I have very little free time,

Introvert with imagination I’m the shy, awkward type, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’m submissive. I’m up for almost anything and I’ll be glad to please you. Koi, 20, l Skinny, Sexy JewBoi for Your Pleasure Looking to be submissive in a variety of contexts. One big turn-on I want to explore is being a cuckold or serving a couple. I am orally gifted and am growing in my ability to take an ass pounding. ;P I also want to dom a petite girl, focusing on the psychological/emotional. Bbw, trans, phd’s, bitchy amazons especially appreciated! SexySub4U, 36, l Fit, Fun, Exciting Poly guy/couple. We are in excellent shape and seek others for fun and friendship. Sir, 54, l

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Couple seeking playmate Couple seeking female playmate to help us fulfill a fantasy. Do you want to play? Vtcouple67, 45 FWB couple for FMF encounter Discreet and NSA for one-time encounter. Looking for woman to help please him. Sane, clean, d/d free, professionals. Your first time with a couple? We are the perfect match! 2FORUR1STTIME, 40 lovers who love to lick Awesome, full-figure couple who love SEX. gomerpyle69420, 41 Open-minded couple in open relationship She is bi and looking for a girl mostly. He will only be with another woman but doesn’t mind grouping up on her. She has a strong sexual appetite, not to be denied. We would like a woman, but if you are a guy or couple then come on and let’s talk. Nothing will happen without meeting first. OpenRelationship, 18, l

Kink of the w eek: insatiable... Attractive, healthy and kind, passionate lover with insatiable appetite for sex. Very open minded. I am interested in attractive women, couples and groups. New to this, but have always wanted to see if there are others who are as horny as me. hornyashell, 40. Great sex calls for lots of... massage, kissing, oral foreplay.

safe, casual fun I am looking for a safe, casual friendship with a woman who enjoys sex and has fun with occasional kink. I’m not looking for anything serious. I enjoy giving pleasure and appreciate the company of comfortable, confident women. friendandmore, 31 Looking to try something different I am a hot-blooded male. Madmax74, 56 hot, rough and fun Looking for some discreet fun, exploring the body and feeling, sex positive, connecting with the body. Only looking for fun. thelife83, 29, l Stoney Jabroni I’m in a cold spell with no end in sight, and I’d love for you to change that. I need someone to be open and honest with. If you’re willing to help guide someone into sexual maturity, I hope to hear from you. 5’11” brown hair, blue eyes, up for anything. 420 friendly preferred. manishgambino, 20 Let’s Go Everyone’s gone for the summer. Just looking to get to know someone and have some fun. lonely317, 21, l

Adventurous Wave Riders Healthy, free spirited, all about fun, adventure, seeking seasoned 40+ yr. young couple seeking like-minded, ready for a new-to-all-of-us kind of play. We see a fit, vibrantly alive and curious woman on our horizon for a bit of 3-some play. Is this YOU? 2curious2contain, 49, l sexy We are looking to spice things up in the bed. He is straight and I am bi. jillcats, 40 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

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brews_and_blues Ive read your profile quite a few times, you seem very wonderful, I had just resolved to write you, and your profile was gone... Hopefully because you also found someone wonderful and not because you gave up. I would really like to talk to you, if you are still available. Plus I have experience digging in the dirt too. When: Sunday, July 8, 2012. Where: on okcupid. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910419

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Nectar’s 14th July I brushed by you cause the crowd was tight and you were talking to little girls. You smelled so good, and I said “you are so gorgeous” and I kept walking...where are you? You should be in my world...one look, it’s all it took. When: Saturday, July 14, 2012. Where: in front of Nectar’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910431

bIgFoOt I have never missed any one as much as I miss you right now. My heart is broken and empty. I wish things were different but it looks like it is time we go our seperate ways, Noah. When: Friday, July 13, 2012. Where: dreams of sorts. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #910422

North Beach beautiful woman Saw you as we were walking up from North Beach. You said you were 31, a runner and lived in Charlotte. You were stunning beyond belief and I was thinking we should go for a run sometime :). When: Saturday, July 14, 2012. Where: North Beach, walking up toward bhs. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910430 To Unfurrowed “I wonder what Piglet is doing” thought Pooh. “I wish I were there to be doing it too.” I absolutely will stick with you, and hold your hand, through all life’s challenges and adventures. Now that I found you I am not letting go, only pulling you closer.” When: Sunday, July 15, 2012. Where: in reassured clarity. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #910429 Dobra Tea, July 14th James, your smile was nothing short of breathtaking. The Starborshov lacked sweetness, which you compensated for quite well. Maybe we could share a pot next time? “Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.” P.S, the dog liked you, too. When: Saturday, July 14, 2012. Where: Dobra Tea. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910428 RE: Blond-Hair Hottie Hi, I am almost certain you are talking about me (July 2nd, I spy). You definitely know how to catch someone’s attention with all the details:). You got my attention now...? When: Monday, July 2, 2012. Where: I spy. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #910427

Cute smile And Friendly Hello I almost ran into you when you smiled at me and I smiled back. We both walked into Salaam. I really enjoyed your friendly ways, unfortunately I’m not good at making small talk. Maybe I can try again over coffee. You: irresistable smile even as you walked into work. Me: shy but smiling back in a black dress and heels. When: Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Where: Salaam, Church St., 4:30ish. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910420

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My partner and I are long distance, sometimes only seeing each other once a month because of his work schedule. Occasionally our weekend together falls when I have my period. He’s not squeamish about a little blood, but it keeps us from having the usual uninhibited, acrobatic sex we usually have. I’ve heard that it’s possible to have sex while wearing a reusable cup instead of tampons or pads. Is that true? How does it work? Can he feel it?

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Kudos to you and your partner for not running at the sight of blood. Women are often at their horniest during menstruation, and a good orgasm has been known to reduce cramps, so it’s a great time to get it on. Early models of the menstrual cup have been around since the 1930s. Cups are inserted into the vagina to collect period flow (as opposed to tampons, which absorb it). The good news is, there’s one style of cup that is safe to wear during sex: the Softcup. Worn around the cervix and secured by the pubic bone, the cup is said to provide “less messy sex on your period.” I’ve talked to some guys who say they can feel the cup when they’re having sex and some who cannot — it all has to do with penis size and thrust depth. But be careful: Another leading brand of menstrual cup, DivaCup, is not OK to wear during sex — it’s more bell shaped and worn closer to the opening of the vagina. My advice is to grab a Softcup and experiment. To be safe, lay out a dark towel beneath you and keep some baby wipes nearby — you might not want to try the acrobatics just yet. And remember, menstrual cups are not a form of birth control, nor will they protect you from sexually transmitted infections, so take the necessary precautions.

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Unfurrowed, mostly “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind, ‘Pooh,’ he whispered. ‘Yes, Piglet?’ ‘Nothing,’ said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw, ‘I just wanted to be sure of you.’” Let the blips go and we will be sure of each other. Trust me. When: Thursday, July 12, 2012. Where: in confusion. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #910423

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My Dream You are sitting across from me. You say good-bye to me, and after you leave, I find that you are now sitting beside me. I think that you should do what makes you happy. That’s what really matters here. When: Saturday, July 14, 2012. Where: through thick and thin. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910424

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Contra Dancing in Montpelier Hi Paul! We met while contra dancing a few weeks ago. This is embarrassing, but you seem nice and I’d like to get to know you. Care to drive up from Rutland and hang out? When: Saturday, June 30, 2012. Where: Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910425

Hey J, it’s your birthday You never get the joke your middle name inspires, but I’m still throwing out a “What you talkin’ bout Willis.” Mostly you’re my morning and my night, and I love you more than kittens and chocolate. These five years have been great, but the next five will be even better. Love you in all sorts of stupid ways, cutie. When: Thursday, July 12, 2012. Where: on North Champlain St. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910421

Gathering of the Vibes I spy someone who will offer me, a kind person, a ride from northern Vermont and back. I will gladly help with gas money. Especially want to see Lesh and Weir. When: Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Where: northern Vermont. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910417

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shaws downtown Montpelier I spied you at Shaws on 7/10/12 around 6:10 p.m. You had a young boy with you. Me: a male. You: female. We both were buying seltzer. I was getting the large-size seltzer, and you picked up the smaller size. Would you like to go out for a coffee? I was not able to see if you were married. When: Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Where: Shaws, downtown Montpelier. You: Woman. Me: Man. #910426

Seth My amazon roommate said you were cute. I’ve been telling her that for months. When: Thursday, July 12, 2012. Where: Key Bank, Winooski. You: Man. Me: Man. #910416

A Great Smile on S. Winooski I was hopping out of the car when I glanced and caught a brilliant smile. I kept watching you look back at me as you walked away. I was hoping you’d come ask my name. Coffee? You: guy with great smile carrying milk down S. Winooski. Me: blonde, pink top and shorts smiling back at you. When: Tuesday evening 9ish. When: Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Where: S. Winooski and Main St. across from Champlain Farms. You: Man. Me: Woman. #910418

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