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Hurricane Sandy turned out to be New Jersey’s Tropical Storm Irene. Our turn to help the less fortunate.

That was the highest recorded wind gust in Vermont during Hurricane Sandy, logged at the summit of Mount Mansfield, according to the National Weather Service.

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“We saw one of the dots last year with Irene and unprecedented flooding in Vermont,” Blume declared. “Why aren’t we hearing over and over in the media and in our schools that we’re facing a planetary emergency called climate change?”

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3. “Burlington PD’s Computer System Was Clunky and Costly — So Chief Mike Schirling Built a New One” by Ken Picard. Burlington’s police chief built the department’s new crime reporting system himself.

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Meteorologists will probably spend months analyzing the factors that spawned the killer cyclone. But even before Sandy made landfall Monday, climate change activists assembled on Church Street in Burlington to blame the parties they hold responsible for the storm: big oil.

As Kevin J. Kelley reported on the Seven Days politics and news blog, Off Message, roughly 50 activists from 350. org, the political-action group founded by Vermont author Bill McKibben, rallied outside city hall to “connect the dots” between weird weather and the fossil-fuel industry.

Supporters held signs with logos of oil companies such as Chevron and Shell pasted in the center of the meteorological symbol of a hurricane.

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Great fanboy interview of Weird Al

by Dan Bolles [“Dare to be Stupid,” October 17]. In my opinion, Weird Al is a pure genius who should be acknowledged, and hopefully the two-page spread got people who were on the fence to go to the show. A-plus production at the Flynn.

Weird Al has taught pop-culture artists and fans to loosen up and laugh at what’s right in front of all of our faces. That interview was a great snapshot of his genuine approach to his art. Fan or not, appreciation for Weird Al should be in everyone’s lesson plan. For those who would think to argue with this, three words:

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Thanks so much to Kathryn Flagg for her story about lieutenant governor candidate Cassandra Gekas [“Cass Gekas Is Young, Broke — and Running for Lieutenant Governor,” October 17].

While Cassandra, or Cass, is young, she is already a battle-hardened veteran of the legislature and how it works. As Flagg wrote, “Gekas spent years as a behindthe-scenes player in Montpelier.” In addition to her work before health care, which Flagg duly documents, Cass played a major role in all of the health-reform bills that have passed in recent years.

Cass worked extremely hard, for example, on a bill to require health insurance companies to cover midwives in Vermont. Although this passed the legislature, the insurers still found a loophole. It will be taken up again. Another health-reform bill that Cass was instrumental in shepherding through the grinder of the legislative process was a bill to require health insurance companies to report the claims that they deny and why they denied them to the Green Mountain Care Board.

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Last week’s Fair Game incorrectly referenced the Fact Checker that ran in Seven Days on September 19.

In it, Wendy Wilton’s claim — that she restored Rutland’s fiscal health — earned a “debatable” judgment; Paul Heintz mistakenly reported that it was scored “mostly false.”

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WET SPOT While we all know times have [Re “Why is an Important Vermont Art changed and Burton has taken Collection in Boxes and Not on Display?” the lead, let’s give credit where October 17]: Kevin Kelley noted that last it is deserved and be grateful for December, the T.W. Wood Gallery left all who contributed to this awethe Vermont College of Fine Arts and some sport. “relocated down the hill to a former John Rinelli Catholic school on Barre Street, where SOUTH BURLINGTON much of its collection is now stored in boxes.” That Barre Street location — in the former Catholic school — flooded WILTON’S WORST ENEMY last year. Not a great spot for a gallery.

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20 Which Candidates Are Financing Their Own Campaigns This Year?

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Folk Bloke San Francisco singer-songwriter Sean Hayes recently changed his relationship status to “father.” That explains the epic themes of birth, death and love that run rampant in his new album, Before We Turn to Dust — but Hayes’ easygoing, R&B-tinged folk keeps things from getting too heavy at Plainfield’s Haybarn Theater on Saturday.

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Balancing Act The National Circus of the People’s Republic of China (pictured) gets around. Its ancient traditions are art in motion, taking the troupers from the floor in tumbling routines to the rafters in towering group pyramids. One place they haven’t been, however, is the U.S., coast to coast. Their first crosscountry tour brings them to the Northeast Kingdom next Wednesday.

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The Haunting “I believe in reincarnation and that our past lives sometimes rise to the surface and infiltrate art,” writes Katherine Taylor-McBroom, whose mixedmedia work is appropriately part of S.P.A.C.E. Gallery’s supernaturally inclined “Art of Horror” exhibition. Her haunting, thought-provoking images will next be on display at the Women’s Festival of Crafts on November 24 and 25.

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No Holds Bard “Now is the winter of our discontent.” So begins Richard III, Shakespeare’s tale of a man who wants the throne and will do anything to get it. Audiences won’t know whether to love him or hate him in this history play presented by the Middlebury Actors Workshop. Trimmed to a tidy two hours, it’s the troupe’s most ambitious effort yet.

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t the close of his final debate against Democratic Gov. PETER last Wednesday, SHUMLIN Republican gubernatorial candidate RANDY BROCK raised a curious subject.

“Governor Shumlin, I’m told the state has spent thousands of dollars on settlements or claims ranging from discrimination to wrongful termination to sexual harassment involving state employees and officials,” the Franklin County senator said, adding that he’d “been told that the state has attempted to hide this misconduct by improperly insisting on confidentiality agreements.”

The next morning, Brock delivered a heaping pile of public records requests to five state government offices demanding every last document pertaining to misconduct involving “any employee or official, elected or appointed” in the state.

Brock refused to say precisely what he was looking for, but his target came into focus Thursday afternoon when he said in a statement that he was calling on the governor to “disclose all of these settlements immediately, including any involving him or his staff.”

Brock, it became clear, was fishing for an October Surprise. He was hoping like hell that whatever he netted in his massive records requests might be enough to rescue his moribund campaign.

With just eight business days remaining until Election Day, administration attorneys cautioned that it might take 10 — the maximum allowed for such requests — to fulfill it.

As those days passed, Brock hammered away at Shumlin for failing to immediately honor a records request he’d only just thought of — devoting his precious remaining resources to an argument of process, not substance.

Meanwhile, a storm was brewing.

As Hurricane Sandy blew closer to shore, it became clear that Vermont’s already sleepy campaign season would be robbed of precious remaining oxygen in its closing days.

An October Surprise was on its way, but it wasn’t the one Brock was courting.

As Sandy approached, Shumlin slid back into the role he relishes most: that of the storm-fighting governor. In a madefor-TV flashback to last August’s devastating Tropical Storm Irene, he directed the state’s response to Sandy and made the most of his time behind the podium at Waterbury’s Emergency Operations Center.

Brock, meanwhile, was relegated to a shortened appearance Monday on VPR’s “Vermont Edition,” during which he talked

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about the emergency generator he bought during the ice storm of 1998. And about his businesses in a box. And about his public records requests seeking the dirt on the governor and his staff.

When Vermonters awoke Tuesday morning, it was clear the state had escaped the worst of the storm — that Vermont had dodged a bullet, as Shumlin phrased it at a Waterbury press conference.

But as photos and videos of Atlantic City, Breezy Point and Staten Island flashed by, an exchange between the candidates at a gubernatorial debate a week earlier seemed newly precient.

Asked about his support for industrial wind, Shumlin said that the greatest challenge he’s faced as governor was coping with four major storms during his first nine months in office.

RANDY BROCK WAS HOPING LIKE HELL

THAT WHATEVER HE NETTED IN HIS MASSIVE RECORDS REQUESTS MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO RESCUE HIS MORIBUND CAMPAIGN. “These are climate change-induced storms. They’re a harbinger for what lies ahead,” he said, arguing that the state must quickly embrace renewable energy.

“My view is if your hair is on fire, you don’t call a moratorium to discuss how best to put the fire out,” the governor said, referring to Brock’s call for a moratorium on wind development. “And our hair is on fire.”

Brock was quick to pooh-pooh the seriousness of the situation.

“Well, the governor’s hair is on fire!”

Brock said in a mocking tone of voice.

“That’s an astounding statement.”

“I know we have floods and we had floods last year, but we’ve had floods — you go back and look at Vermont history — we’ve had serious floods from the 1770s forward,” he continued. “We’ve had tropical storms … We’ve had snowstorms.

We’ve had tornadoes. And we’re going to have more.”

But, Brock argued, mountaintops are not replaceable, Vermont has plenty of electricity at its disposal and switching to renewables would be costly for the average Vermonter.

Moreover, Brock argued, Shumlin’s

plan to generate 75 percent of the state’s electricity with renewable sources “would have reduced our carbon emissions by less than 3 percent. Less than 3 percent in a state with two tenths of 1 percent of the nation’s population. In a world in which China and India are adding coal-fired power plants weekly.”

“What we’re doing,” Brock said, “is a grain of sand in the Sahara Desert.”

Six days later, one of the biggest, costliest storms in the nation’s history touched down on the New Jersey coast. For a night, it seemed the nation’s hair was on fire.

On Tuesday morning in Vermont, as utility workers sought to restore power to the remaining homes without it, Brock got back to work, too. He released a brandnew attack ad, chock full of innuendo and exaggeration.

“Four months out of state traveling — living the good life, ignoring Vermont,” the ad’s narrator intones over a photo of Shumlin holding up a winning ticket at the 2011 Preakness horse race, an arm around two young women. (One, ALEX MACLEAN, is his campaign manager; the other, LIS SMITH, was serving at the time as spokeswoman for the Democratic Governors Association.)

“And when asked about thousands of taxpayer dollars spent to settle undisclosed discrimination and misconduct allegations,” the narrator says, before the video cuts to a clip of Shumlin at last Wednesday’s debate saying, “Debate this with my legal counsel.”

Having failed to quickly extract dirt on the governor and his staff with a belated records request, it seemed Brock was moving ahead anyway — facts be damned!

After all, when the October Surprise you want doesn’t drop in your lap, sometimes you just have to make up your own.

Seeking Senate Seats

No one expects Democrats to lose their lopsided majorities in the legislature next week, but all three parties are fighting hard to protect the seats they hold — and win a few more.

In the Senate, where Democrats currently outnumber Republicans 23 to seven, all the action’s in the north.

With both Brock and his Democratic seatmate, Sen. SARA KITELL (D-Franklin), stepping down, two Republican House members — Reps. DUSTIN DEGREE (R-St. Albans City) and NORM MCALLISTER (R-Franklin) — are hoping to add a Franklin County seat to the Republican column. In their way are Democrats DON COLLINS, who held the seat for three terms before he was

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defeated in 2008, and 22-year-old Caroline a recent graduate of St. Michael’s College.

Next door in the two-member Essex/ Orleans district, Democratic Sen. BoBBy Starr is favored to win reelection, while two former House members — Republican roBert “BuBBa” lewiS and Democrat John rodgerS — are fighting to replace Sen. VinCe illuzzi (R-Essex/Orleans), who is running for state auditor.

In Caledonia County, both members of the district’s split delegation — Republican Sen. Joe Benning and Democratic Sen. Jane KitChel — are trying to keep their seats. They face challenges from Republican daVid dill, a former secretary of transportation, and Stephen amoS, who runs the county’s Democratic committee.

Republicans also hope Sharon real estate appraiser diCK traCy might knock off one of three incumbent Democrats in Windsor County — Sens. John CampBell, diCK mCCormaCK and aliCe nitKa — but that district is tougher for the GOP. “A two-seat gain for Republicans would be absolutely huge, because what essentially that would mean is that the ‘blue dogs’ would run the Senate,” said Sen. peg Flory (R-Rutland), referring to centrist politicians.

Less crucial to the senate’s balance of power is Chittenden County’s massive, sixmember district, where incumbents tend to easily win reelection. This year, those include Democratic Sens. tim aShe, phil Baruth, Sally Fox and ginny lyonS, as well as Republican Sen. diane Snelling. Ashe also won the Progressive nomination.

The real question is which of the remaining two Democratic nominees — Williston selectboard member deBBie ingram or former representative daVid zuCKerman of Hinesburg — will take the seat made available by Democratic Sen. hinda miller’s retirement.

Thanks to his seven terms representing Burlington in the House, Zuckerman is probably better known — and came in ahead of Baruth and Ingram in the Democratic primary. But Ingram has been campaigning hard and enjoys the support of Campbell, the Senate president pro tem, who leads his party’s reelection efforts.

“All I care about, whoever wins between the two of them, is that they’re ready and willing to work — and that means with the entire Senate, not just one or two people,” Campbell says in a veiled jab at Zuckerman, with whom he has clashed over the latter’s decision to principally identify himself as a Progressive.

The biggest question? How many votes will former Burlington mayor BoB KiSS get?

Bright,

most of the contested races are in Rutland, Windsor and Franklin counties. None of the parties expect huge gains or losses, though Republicans appear to be at a disadvantage thanks to the retirement of 10 members and candidate-recruitment struggles.

Nevertheless, the Dems are playing defense in Rutland City, where strong Republican challengers want their three seats. Nearby, they’re hoping to pick off Rep. Jim eCKhardt (R-Chittenden) and defend a seat being vacated by Rep. ernie Shand (D-Weathersfield). Both parties are fighting over a newly created seat pitting two incumbents against one another: Rep. eldred FrenCh (D-Cuttingsville) and Rep. denniS deVereux (R-Belmont).

“That’s probably the most interesting race this year,” says niCK CharyK, who runs the Vermont Democratic House Campaign.

In the Upper Valley, Republican alex deFeliCe is taking a second shot at a two-member district that lost its top Democratic vote-getter, Rep. ChuCK Bohi (D-White River Jct.), to retirement. And former two-term House member daVid ainSworth of South Royalton is hoping to reclaim the seat he lost by a single vote to Rep. Sarah Buxton (D-Tunbridge) in 2010.

“David has worked extremely hard — done a lot of good things,” says Rep. don turner (R-Milton), the House minority leader.

In Franklin County, Democrats are hoping to win a second seat in the twomember St. Albans district currently represented by Rep. Kathleen Keenan (D-St. Albans) and Degree, who’s vacating the seat to run for Senate.

Meanwhile, Turner says two Progressive candidates have Republicans worried up north: Cindy weed, who is challenging Rep. peter perley (R-Enosburg Falls), and Katherine SimS, who is challenging Rep. marK higley (R-Lowell).

The only real Prog-on-Dem fight this year is in Burlington’s Old North End, where Progressives gene Bergman and Kit andrewS are hoping to snatch away two seats last won by Democrats: retiring Rep. JaSon lorBer and former representative raChel weSton, who resigned her seat in January. Democrats are fielding Rep. Jill KrowinSKi, who was appointed to fill Weston’s seat, and former Rutland House member Curt mCCormaCK. m

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ermont isn’t facing the allegations of voter suppression and election fraud that some other parts of the country are this year, but that doesn’t mean it’s been smooth sailing at the secretary of state’s office. Since the August primary, a series of screwups have plagued the division that oversees elections.

First came the botched vote count for an unexpected write-in campaign during the primary: Tallying errors showed upstart gubernatorial candidate Annette Smith 17 votes behind Prog party chair Martha Abbott before a second count closed that gap to just a single vote. The confusion triggered a statewide recount, which ended with Abbott as the winner by 41 votes.

That, in turn, delayed the final primary election results until midSeptember. The secretary of state’s office hustled to get completed gerneral election ballots out to town clerks, and did so on time — but some clerks’ spotty hours meant roughly 20 percent of absentee ballots didn’t ship out to Vermonters overseas within a 45-day window mandated by federal law.

The Department of Justice slapped Vermont with a lawsuit for missing the deadline, forcing Secretary of State Jim Condos to agree to accept 196 ballots through November 16, 10 days after the general election.

Exacerbating it all is a transition within the secretary of state’s office to online election reporting. Earlier this year, it debuted a pilot program that asks town clerks to send in election results electronically. Town clerks were cautiously optimistic about the change — especially if it meant shortening the long list of phone calls they have to make to get results out to local newspapers and candidates.

But almost from the start, technical glitches plagued the system. Condos’ office quickly fell behind local news outlets in reporting results. Several days later, Condos called for legislation that would require all towns to report results on election night, leading one town clerk to propose a radical alternative: scrapping primary elections instead.

“I think we’re all receptive to [election night reporting],” says Sandy Pinsonault, the town clerk in Dorset and the president of the Vermont Municipal

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“We just want to make sure the system is working before we do it.”

Despite all these problems, the man at the top — Condos, who was first elected two years ago — hasn’t really had to defend his record. That’s in large part because the Democratic incumbent is the only statewide official running unopposed by a major party candidate.

“My worst fears are coming true — that we have a need for competition for that office, and it’s just very unfortunate that we weren’t able to garner an individual to run for that office so we could have an open and honest conversation,” says Jack Lindley, the chair of the Vermont GOP, who publicly bashed Condos after the primary.

In an interview with VTDigger.org, Lindley insinuated that the primary “cast doubt on the validity, accuracy and accountability of the secretary of state’s office and the whole election process.”

Last week, Lindley told Seven Days that the mistakes “certainly demonstrate that there is a skill level or skill set that’s not there that might be necessary for the office.”

But does the elected secretary of state have that much direct impact on Vermont elections?

“It absolutely changes as to who’s there and who’s not there,” says Pinsonault.

Brattleboro clerk Annette Cappyprovides a more targeted analysis:

She points out that the primary election was the first for four of the five employees working in the Elections Division.

The fifth employee — experienced and well-respected Elections Division Director Kathy Scheele — is planning her retirement.

Alberta Miller, the town clerk in Hardwick, is willing to give Condos the benefit of the doubt. “I’m sure he’s doing the best that he can,” she says. Her town was one of those pinpointed as a problem in the Progressive recount, after an Elections Division employee apparently misread the return from Hardwick.

“Apparently they thought that my nine was a zero,” says Miller. “I don’t really understand why. We pulled the form back out, and it was very, very clearly a nine.”

But, she acknowledges, mistakes happen. More frustrating to her was the fact that she only heard about the mistake when a reporter called her about it; no one from the secretary of state’s office ever let her know about the error, which was theirs, not hers.

“It was a little surprising,” says Miller.

“We were relieved that it was nothing wrong on our end.”

According to Pinsonault, Condos has been fairly “quiet” in his dealings with clerks during his administration, only working to get “better lines of communication” going in the past six weeks or so.

Prior to that, “It was very frustrating,” she says. “We didn’t hear from him

at all. Asked to compare him to former secretary of state Deb Markowitz, she says “it’s hard, but it’s even harder to compare him to Jim Douglas, who was phenomenal.”

For his part, Condos says the mistakes made after the primary were a “perfect storm,” and had everything to do with timing, human error and what he says is an unrealistically tight schedule for certifying election results. He says that when the legislature in 2009 moved the primary date to the fourth Tuesday in August, they didn’t imagine the possibility of a recount — and the time it would require.

“We’ve now had two general election cycles under the new format. We’ve had two recounts, and in both cases, it’s put us really under the gun,” Condos says, referencing the 2010 gubernatorial primary race between Doug Racine and Peter Shumlin.

This year’s schedule was made even tighter by Labor Day weekend, which fell directly after the primary. Facing the statutory requirement to certify votes by 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Condos says his staff worked late Friday and all day Saturday until nearly 10 p.m. Some came back in on Sunday. Condos says that come January, he’ll be asking the legislature to move the primary date again — at the latest, to the first Tuesday in August.

“It’s just too much crunch time, and it creates too many opportunities for mistakes when you start rushing,” he says.

He says he’ll also be asking for

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additional time to confirm the vote, as her feet are held to the fire. Issues are well as changes to the audit system. raised and policies are debated. An of“I have tremendous faith in the ficeholder is forced to tend to details system that we have,” says Condos. “I and work harder.” think we just need to clean up a few Of course, there are plenty of onlookthings.” ers who say the election hiccups have Jenny Flanagan, the director of little to do with Condos, and everything voting and elections at the nonprofit to do with Vermont’s labor intensive, watchdog Common Cause, agrees. localized approach to elections. That She says she’s used Vermont’s election includes David Grayck, a Montpelier websites has a model for other states for lawyer who served as deputy secretary how to effectively reach out to voters. of state in 1999 and 2000. When everyA report this summer from Common thing runs smoothly, he says, it doesn’t Cause and Rutgers University ranked matter if some smaller towns are slow to Vermont as “excellent” for its ballot certify results or turn around absentee return procedures and pointed out room ballots. It’s only when a few mistakes for improvement in post-election audits. happen that the schedule gets tight.

“Elections are “How is it that complicated. They’re Vermont is getting sued increasingly complex. by the DOJ?” he asks.

They’re costly,” she “The reason why … is says. “I’d love to say this not because of some is unusual, but it’s not.” maliciousness or beUltimately, Condos cause of gross incompesays, Vermonters need tence. It’s getting sued to be realistic about because, when they how quickly they can formulated the election get election results. In laws and set the primary a rural state — where date, the legislature some town clerks still didn’t anticipate that don’t have internet a recount could create access, and others such a delay that ballots are counting ballots couldn’t be printed on by hand — “instant time.” gratification” just isn’t As for Condos, possible.

Grayck says he perhaps SE crE tArY of StAtE J Im coNDoS Would Condos be could have exhibited lowering the bar thus if more “hands-on manhe had a Republican challenger? Had his agement and control,” but suspects vulnerabilities emerged earlier, Lindley that anyone in that position would have speculates, it would have been a lot easier found himself between a rock and a to get someone to run against him, “be- hard place. Take a hands-on approach, cause people really do get upset about he speculates, and some candidates their vote not being counted properly.” will accuse the secretary of state of Former governor Jim Douglas, a overstepping his bounds. Step back, and Republican who served as secretary of other critics will say he’s “asleep at the state from 1981 until 1993, calls the office switch.” a big and diverse operation — “and obviThe good news is that Condos says ously attention to detail is important,” the general election should run more he says. He stops short of criticizing smoothly — there’s less room for human Condos, though, saying there’s a long- error with one ballot versus the three in standing tradition of civility in politics the August primary. in Vermont.

The bad news? No one is forgetting But like Lindley, he is unhappy that about those earlier blunders quite yet.

Condos is running unopposed.

“When it comes to elections, you “The process really works better need to worry about every mistake,” when offices are contested,” says says Miller of Hardwick, “because this Douglas. “Even if an incumbent is is probably the most important thing strong and likely to win again, his or that we do.” m

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Ed Stanak, a 62-year-old retired state environmental official, has impressed political observers with his understanding of the issues facing Vermont’s top cop, as well as with his persuasive advocacy of left-wing causes. “Ed is articulate and knowledgeable,” comments Middlebury College professor emeritus Eric Davis.

“He’s a credible candidate.”

An emphasis on activism and “economic justice,” along with his stands on Vermont Yankee and marijuana legalization, have enabled Stanak to draw clear distinctions from seven-term incumbent Democratic Attorney General Bill Sorrell.

Democrats and Progressives teamed up for two big statewide contests this year, co-endorsing the candidates for lieutenant governor and state auditor.

But after Sorrell emerged victorious from a bruising Democratic primary this summer, the Progs decided to run their own candidate for attorney general.

Stanak recounts telling Sorrell’s primary opponent, Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan, prior to the primary, “If you win, I won’t run.

If you lose, I’m in.” Stanak supported Donovan’s challenge largely because of the challenger’s position on drug addiction — that it should be treated as a public health problem, not just a crime.

Like Donovan, he also views Sorrell as a “passive” attorney general and wants to give the office an activist character so it becomes “the Vermont equivalent of the Justice Department.”

Stanak’s own views are encapsulated by the large “We Are the 99%” badge he wears on his lapel. In debates and during an interview last week, the balding sixfooter with a thickly-bristled white mustache suggests that the attorney general’s office should be investigating the Wall Street banks whose close call with collapse drained millions of dollars from Vermont state employees’ pension funds. Stanak also urges a frontal attack on the claim of corporate personhood

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that underlies the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision that allows unlimited campaign spending by quasi-independent political action committees.

Declaring the state’s nuclear power plant “a danger to the public,” Stanak argues that the attorney general should now be coordinating with the Agency

accomplish that, but it’s the best way to proceed,” he says, noting he was opposed to nuclear power even before Yankee went online in 1972.

Sorrell, meanwhile, maintains the state should focus on its appeal of the federal decision that allows relicensing of the Vernon nuclear power plant.

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of Natural Resources on a strategy for shutting down Vermont Yankee. Stanak predicts the state will lose its appeal of a court ruling in favor of the plant’s continued operation and believes the Shumlin administration should use its own power to close Yankee by denying it a water-discharge permit.

“It will take three or four years to

Stanak favors full legalization of cannabis and hemp products — a proposition Burlington voters will take up in a non-binding referendum on Election Day — suggesting that taxes on their sale could generate as much as $10 million in annual revenues for the state. Outlawing marijuana entails “a misallocation of resources,” in Stanak’s view. He calls the

War on Drugs a “failed” policy and uses a Vermont-y analogy to underscore his point.

“A Vermonter whose car slides into a snow bank knows that you don’t keep trying to plow forward,” he says. “A Vermonter knows you should back up and try a different route.”

In the primary campaign, Donovan called for decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana. Sorrell took a more cautious approach — saying he’d favor decrim if he were a legislator, but that doing so as the state’s top law enforcement official would send a bad message. In a recent debate, however, Sorrell said simply that he wants to see marijuana possession stripped of criminal penalties.

Stanak, a former president of the Vermont State Employees Association, has been endorsed by that union as well as by the state branch of the AFL-CIO. Both unions backed Donovan during the primary. Cassandra Magliozzi, legislative researcher at the VSEA, PROgRESSivE ATTORnEy gEnERAL

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The Progressive and Democratic candidate said Monday she’s been offered a job as legislative coordinator — or chief lobbyist — for the Vermont State Employees Association, which represents 5200 state workers.

“I’ve had an interview with them and they’ve said they want to bring me on, so now it’s sitting there until after the election,” Gekas said, adding that she remains entirely focused on her campaign against Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Scott.

Gekas said she reached out to VSEA executive director Mark Mitchell last week upon learning the union was hiring. During a job interview, according to Gekas, “He said it’s yours if you want it.”

Mitchell would neither confirm nor explicitly deny that he’d offered Gekas the job, though he did say, “We don’t have a formal arrangement for her to come aboard ... We’re expecting her to be elected lieutenant governor.”

Gekas has been jobless since June, when she was allegedly fired from her position as a lobbyist with the Vermont Public Interest Research Group over her decision to run for public office. She has said she is struggling to support herself while running for lieutenant governor, remarking during a debate last week that she doesn’t have health insurance.

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In the past two weeks, outside groups have spent nearly $452,000 on television ads, mailers and other mass media supporting Vermont political candidates.

Not surprisingly, the bulk of that came from the conservative super PAC Vermonters First, which has been almost entirely bankrolled by Burlington donor Lenore Broughton. Since filing their last comprehensive report of the cycle, the group has spent $302,000, more than half of which — $172,000 — backed Republican state treasurer candidate Wendy Wilton.

In total, the group has spent at least $864,000 in just two months.

What other outside groups are blitzing the airwaves and your mailboxes in the closing days of the election?

The Vermont Democratic Party has spent $48,000, a quarter of which went to a statewide mailer backing Wilton’s opponent, incumbent State Treasurer Beth Pearce.

Vermont Leads, a liberal super PAC financed by out-of-state labor contributions, spent $35,000 — mostly on postcards supporting Democrats. Another liberal super PAC — Priorities PAC, which is principally funded by Shelburne’s Lisa Steele — has spent $16,000 on radio and TV ads backing Pearce.

A trio of PACs run by the state Senate’s Democratic leadership spent $24,000 on postcards supporting their candidates. And two PACs run by House Democrats spent $14,000 on the theirs.

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t takes money to run for office, and when campaign donations come up short, candidates often tap into their own funds. In 2010, Peter Shumlin memorably dipped into his then-$900,000 annual income to loan his gubernatorial campaign $275,000. This year, Shumlin’s Republican challenger, retired Fidelity executive and state Sen. Randy Brock, loaned his campaign $300,000 — 43 percent of all the money he’s taken in. In 2011, Brock reported income totaling $268,000.

Sometimes campaign loans are paid back with future contributions, but often wealthy candidates end up “forgiving” the money they loan their campaigns — making them,

Campaign Total:

BIGGEST Statewide Self-Funders

$201,448

Percent of campaign money provided by candidate

in essence, high-dollar gifts. That can give well-heeled candidates a distinct advantage, which directly affects the demographic makeup of state government.

Who else is self-funding their campaigns this year — either with loans or direct contributions? Seven Days analyzed the most recent fundraising reports for candidates running for statewide office and state Senate — the races that require the most money to win. One theme jumped out immediately: Most self-funders are candidates challenging incumbents or those battling for open seats without name recognition or easy access to donations from political action committees, businesses and lobbyists.

(Percent of total: 43%)

Campaign Total:

$99,527

Campaign Total:

(Percent of total: 25%)

(Percent of total: 21%)

$47,427

(Percent of total: 75%)

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$300,000

$152,681

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Randy Brock

Jack McMullen

Vince Illuzzi

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Republican Candidate for attorney general

Republican Candidate for state auditor

$10,000

Doug Hoffer

Democrat/Progressive Candidate for state auditor

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$7540

Debbie Ingram

Democrat Chittenden County

$6000

$4838

$3250

Bob Kiss

Robert Letovsky

Phil Baruth

Independent Chittenden County

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Independent Chittenden County

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Total number of Senate candidates

Democrat Chittenden County

15

Number of Senate candidates who are funding their own campaigns

$3000

Sally Fox

Democrat Chittenden County

8

Number of self-funding Democrats

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$2250

David Dill

Stephen Amos

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4

Number of self-funding Republicans

Democrat Caledonia County

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Number of self-funding Independents

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CLAIM: “NO-CHOICE: At Least 15 GOP Senate Candidates Oppose Abortion For Rape Victims,” Oct. 26 story on Huffington Post, which said Republican U.S. Senate candidate John MacGovern opposes abortion even in cases of rape.

FACTS:

Last week, the Huffington Post’s Amanda Terkel sought to determine how many GOP Senate candidates share the view of Missouri’s Todd Akin and Indiana’s Richard Mourdock that abortion should be illegal, even in the case of rape. Terkel originally wrote that 13 held the same view, but subsequent corrections to the story reduced that number to 11.

MacGovern, a Windsor Republican challenging U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), remains on the list.

Terkel did not speak to MacGovern or his campaign.

Instead, she refers to an Oct. MOSTLY MOSTLY DEBATABLE 25 story by Slate’s William TRUE FALSE Saletan that, in turn, points to a Vermont Right to Life Committee endorsement of MacGovern, which calls him UDDER “fully pro-life.”

TRUE BULL Saletan also quotes the first part of an answer MacGovern S E VEN DAY S & VTDIGGER gave during an Oct. 12 Vermont Public Radio debate when he was asked by Sanders whether “a woman should be forced by the government to give birth to a rapist’s baby against her will.”

“I’ve always in my career and to this day been loyal to the principle of life,” Saletan quotes MacGovern as saying. “I’m pro-life. I’m profoundly pro-life. I’m pro-life to my core.”

But Saletan fails to note the second part of MacGovern’s answer, in which he says, “I would vote for the Hyde amendment… The Hyde Amendment says that people’s tax dollars should not be used to fund abortion. And there is an exception to that, as I recall, for rape, incest and the life of the mother. So that tells you what I would do in public policy.”

Indeed, since 1976 Congress has attached the Hyde Amendment to federal spending bills in order to bar the use of federal funds for abortion. Since 1977, it has included exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, and those that would harm the mother.

MacGovern articulated a similar position in an Oct. 15 debate on Burlington’s Channel 17. And in an emailed statement this week, MacGovern added, “If a bill comes before me that is like the Hyde Amendment, which restricts tax-payer funding of abortions, but includes exceptions for rape, incest and life of Each week in Fact the mother, I’ll vote for it.”

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Sanders a champion of workers’ rights because that is what they have been told to say.

More recently, Heintz poked fun at the “famous spaghetti dinners,” echoing his theme of food-motivated Sanders supporters [Fair Game, October 17].

First of all, it hasn’t been spaghetti in a long time; these days it’s usually burgers.

Heintz should have joined us for one of these old-fashioned political meetings — we’ve held more than 40 — and then perhaps he would understand why working folks hail Bernie sincerely as their voice and champion. (He would also know that it’s not the food we come for.)

He should have joined us as we knocked on 15,000-plus doors, hearing Vermonters’ concerns and opinions, their hopes and fears for our nation. We Bernie supporters are many and varied — third-generation Vermonters and flatlanders, rich and poor, day laborers and professors, college students and retired veterans. But Bernie speaks for all of us, and we are proud he is our senator.

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[Re “Welch Celebrates National Coming Out Day With Goofy-Ass Photo,” Off Message, October 11]: Paul Heintz’s use of the phrase “goofy-ass photo” to describe the picture of Congressman Peter Welch’s participation in the NOH8 Campaign, celebrating National Coming Out Day, was off base and offensive.

When I went to the site, I was moved that these members of Congress took time from their hectic schedules to show my community their support in such a public way. I liked that each made a statement in their choice of poses. Where Heintz saw Rep. Jan Schakowsky as “goofy,” I saw Rosie the Riveter, and where Heintz saw Welch’s pose as “goofy-ass,” I saw my congressman emphasizing “no hate.”

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Community Center, serving LGBTQ Vermonters, I encounter community members on a daily basis who continue to face discrimination and bias. I meet with people who are still terrified to come out to their families, and I talk with LGBTQ survivors of violence who have been re-victimized by the systems designed to help them. I am relieved when leaders are willing to put themselves out there for my community.

I like that Heintz brought NoH8 to the attention of his readers but am not certain why he chose to be so critical.

These are political leaders doing something admirable. All Heintz’s article does is try to detract from their support.

Perhaps he missed the point of the campaign because he was too busy finding a way to sound light and goofy while he was doing harm.

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I can speak with some authority to the conclusions of [Fair Game, “Bond Girls,” October 24], in that Treasurer Beth Pearce can stand all day long on her integrity and not flinch a single bit.

I have worked with her as a union president, a retirement board and investment committee member, and in the world of politics. When she makes a statement, I take it to the bank. When she offers an opinion, I know it is fairly offered and deeply researched. When she makes a promise or cuts a deal, I know it will be fair, balanced and reliable. Pearce displays something far too often absent in politics today: a personal ethic that you can rely upon. We should feel honored that she is on the job for us.

Ask me about Wilton? A campaign based on the questionable statement that she was of some great consequence in changing the situation in Rutland, as if to ignore the remainder of city government and their efforts. A campaign that fills itself with innuendo and false charges. A candidate that wants to be in the starting lineup, with questionable minor league experience.

A candidate who conveniently forgets or ignores the truth, even when presented with documentation.

Who do we want on Wall Street or before the legislature making the case for the citizens of the State of Vermont? I think integrity speaks for itself.

I urge you to cast a decisive vote for people with demonstrated experience in these important constitutional officer races. Our state has always established a leadership role with issues of consequence. Don’t shy away from a challenge now. ’s f ac e

Judith Levine’s essay on Kingdom Community Wind [Poli Psy, “Gone with the Wind,” October 10] contains several important inaccuracies. I understand that people have different emotional reactions to wind and can draw different conclusions when looking at the pros and cons of ridgeline development. However, while feelings are important, so are the facts. Levine misrepresents who benefits from $44 million in federal production tax credits. In fact, it is the customers of Green Mountain Power and members of Vermont Electric Coop who will receive these dollars in the form of lower electric costs.

She’s also mistaken about how GMP will make property tax payments to the town of Lowell. No detective work on the part of the town is required, since the annual payment is a fixed amount of money that has already been agreed to

by GMP and by the town. Levine should recognize the informed decision made at the Lowell Town Meeting, where 75 percent of the voters cast their ballot in favor of building the wind turbines.

During the nine-month period before the vote, Lowell residents attended dozens of meetings where proponents and opponents spoke; made visits to Lempster, New Hampshire to see an operating wind farm; and received bushels of written material.

Before they voted, they did their homework.

It is important to note that on the same day that Lowell decided to support the project, the neighboring town of Albany voted at its town meeting not to oppose the project. And in spite of all the publicity about the project, in nearby Craftsbury, no one was concerned enough to get the few dozen signatures required to get the issue on the town meeting agenda. Levine describes the project as being rash and impulsive, yet three full years passed between initial conversations with North East Kingdom residents about the project and the first day of construction.

During the 12 months of Public Service Board review process, opponents to wind power, their organizations, their attorneys and their experts were deeply engaged. With input from biologists, more than 2700 acres of important wildlife habitat has been conserved to mitigate the 135 acres impacted by turbines and the road that links them. The project has state-of-the-art storm water management, and Green Mountain Power has applied to use new technology that will keep lighting turned off unless an airplane is near. If approved by the FAA, this will be the first wind project in the nation to use this technology.

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Give Bernie A Break

Perhaps Paul Heintz intends to amuse when he aims his wry wit at Senator Sanders, but the tone of his blog and Fair Game column strikes me more as snarky and cynical. As a volunteer on Sanders’ campaign, I am taken aback not so much

by Heintz’s treatment of Sanders as I am offended by his condescending dismissal of the senator’s many supporters.

Heintz’s coverage of the Labor Day Rally [Fair Game, September 5] suggests labor leaders came out to “kiss the senator’s ring” (and get free food), and he dismisses the various speakers as sycophantic “warm-up acts” who just call

Party of One?

The Newcomb cartoon in your October 24 issue suggests that Vermont Republicans should be grateful to Lenore Broughton and her “Vermonters First” super PAC for keeping the GOP afloat.

They shouldn’t be.

To be sure, the numerous Vermonters First mailings have urged Vermonters to restore “balance” to state government by voting for Republican candidates.

But what kind of balance is it when two individuals determine the agenda of a major political party? The kind of political balance that I want to see is the result of grassroots organizing, financial support from many small donors and lively citizen participation in political dialogue — in short, active citizen political engagement.

Vermont voters should reject this perversion of American democracy and vote for candidates who earn their support the old-fashioned way — by presenting convincing arguments that the policies they support are good for Vermont citizens.

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Homeless Art

Vermont College of Fine Arts should have found a way to keep the fine art [“Why is an Important Vermont Art Collection in Boxes and Not on Display?” October 17]. It was a perfect place. What are they going to do with that unique space?

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localmatters Ed Stanak « p.18 says, “Ed will resist privatization of government services.”

In one of his few direct assaults on Sorrell, Stanak says the AG has “done little more than rubber-stamp” $250 million worth of state contracts with private firms. “The attorney general should be working to ensure [private interests] will provide the same quality of services to the public as if they were provided by [state] employees,” Stanak declares.

The unions could help boost Stanak’s vote tally on November 6 by publicizing his candidacy with their members, and Stanak’s message might resonate with Vermont voters if it were to reach them.

But Stanak’s campaign is all but invisible. As of October 15, Stanak had raised just $4190 for his race, compared to $144,585 amassed by Sorrell and the $48,767 raised by Republican candidate Jack McMullen, who has also lent his campaign $152,681.

Stanak, whose motto is “Don’t Panic, Vote Stanak,” hasn’t gotten a penny from the Progs.

“The party puts its resources into legislative races, not statewide campaigns,” explains Progressive chairwoman Martha Abbott. Her prediction?

“I think some of T.J.’s supporters will go to Ed. I also think a lot of them will follow T.J.’s advice and vote for the Democrat in the race.” Abbott predicts Stanak winning less than 20 percent of the vote, while Davis guesses he’ll win 10 percent.

Stanak does lack cred as a legal eagle.

Although he spent four years in the Vermont Supreme Court’s reading law program, Stanak opted not to take the bar exam in favor of taking a state job that provided health insurance. That has allowed Sorrell to tout himself as the only candidate in the race licensed to practice law in Vermont.

But Stanak points to his Vermont Supreme Court clerkship and to his years of teaching legal research and environmental law at Woodbury College, now part of Champlain College, as credentials that help qualify him to oversee the attorney general office’s $8 million budget and staff of 75 lawyers.

Stanak nonethelesshas almost no chance of winning — and he knows it.

He says it would be “great” if he won

10 percent of the vote. By way of comparison, in 2008, Progressive attorney general candidate Charlotte Dennett got 18,000 votes, or nearly 6 percent of the total. Sorrell won with a whopping 73 percent of the vote, while Liberty Union candidate Rosemarie Jackowski, who’s running for the same office again this year, received 2.5 percent.

Stanak was once a “dyed-in-the-wool Democrat.” He ran unsuccessfully for a Washington County state Senate seat as a Democrat in 1984, the year when Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination energized many liberals in Vermont and beyond.

Stanak recalls that he strongly supported the state Democratic Party’s 1984 platform, which he helped to draft.

But he became disillusioned after many Democratic candidates backed away from some of its core planks, though he cannot now recall which ones. He aligned with the Progs in the mid-’80s and remains one of the party’s purists who resist the trend to run “fusion” candidates with both Democratic and Progressive backing.

A Vermonter since 1973, Stanak moved from Marshfield to Barre in 1984 in part because it reminded him of his native Jersey City. He and artist JoEllen Mulvaney have two adult twin daughters, one of whom, Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, served three years as a Progressive city councilor representing part of Burlington’s Old North End. In addition to holding the unpaid post of president of the Vermont State Employees Association for six years, Stanak worked for 31 years as central Vermont district coordinator for Act 250, the state’s land-use management law.

While that experience makes Stanak a viable alternative in the attorney general’s race, it has not made him a real threat to Sorrell, which may be mainly a matter of party label and a lack of resources.

Still, Stanak says he feels “an intense ethical obligation” to run.

“I’m running to uphold the social compact between generations,” says Stanak, who attended a Jesuit military high school in Manhattan and a Jesuit university in Pennsylvania. “We do have a responsibility to leave the world a better place for those who follow us.” m

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f you didn’t make it to Burlington’s BIte Me OrganIc PIzza during the sOuth end art hOP last month, you can still catch the sOuth end artIsts cOllectIve’s tile project, “Look Up.” The installation of 80 unique ceiling tiles will remain at the pizzeria indefinitely.

“Look Up” began several months ago when JIll BadOlatO, a South End resident, photographer and director of corporate social responsibility at Dealer.com, noticed that someone had drawn on one of the yellow ceiling tiles at Bite Me. Badolato, who grew up in San Francisco where murals are ubiquitous, had a vision: a community art project of painted, drawn-on and otherwise adorned ceiling tiles. She asked the folks at Bite Me if she could take home a tile to work on, and they said yes.

“I brought it home and worked on it for about a month, and it was the most fun I’ve had on anything in a long time,” says Badolato. Then she started chatting

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about the project with her neighbors. What if they could turn all 80 ceiling tiles into works of art?

Thus the South End Artists Collective was born, and the project took off — with the help of a Facebook page, which now has more than 1100 likes. Badolato says “Look Up” “had its own momentum.” But it helped that she spent three or four nights a week at Bite Me, handing people tiles to take home and installing finished ones.

There were no guidelines, and the pieces certainly didn’t have to be about pizza. “I didn’t want it to just be about Bite Me; I wanted it to be about the collective energy of the South End,” Badolato says. “I gave people a tile; I hoped they brought it back. They all came back, with gusto and with pride.”

Each of the 80 tiles tells a story from the neighborhood. “Jack the Famous Artist” is by 6-year-old Jack Welsh, who made a collage incorporating printed images from artwork by his dad — Burlington painter MIkey Welsh, who died unexpectedly last year.

Another neighbor, kate vetter, worked on two tiles with her art students at WOOdsIde JuvenIle rehaBIlItatIOn center. One features a stylized heart and clumps of colorful feathers; the other, a one-eyed cat wearing a top hat. Inspired by the inclusion of these kids’ work, the staff of Bite Me is planning to devote one interior wall to more Woodside artwork.

enver-based filmmaker and installation artist Stacey Steers spent four years assembling and outfitting the dollhouse of horrors that Dartmouth College’s hOOd MuseuM Of art recently acquired — just in time for Halloween.

“Night Hunter House” is a tiny abode decked out with a miniature high-definition TV in each of its 10 furnished rooms. On a continuous loop, the TVs play parts of a 16minute film in which Steers has superimposed painstakingly handmade collages on scenes from silent movies starring Lillian Gish (1893-1993).

With her pert curls and pursed lips, Gish looks like a living doll in this mash-up of moments from a few of her films, including Way Down

ThroughouT The film, hissing snakes and eagle-sized moThs menace LiLLian Gish in settinGs fiLLed with enormous, puLsatinG eGGs.

East, which was filmed in part in White River Junction. Steers has selected images in which Gish looks alternately surprised, puzzled and aghast — with good reason.

Throughout the film, hissing snakes and eagle-sized moths menace her in settings filled with enormous, pulsating eggs. Blood floods from dresser drawers as Gish slowly morphs, Kafka-style, into a winged creature. At the end, she flees into a dark forest.

Steers drew all 4000 images and spliced them into the Gish sequences as animations. Dartmouth music professor larry POlansky scored a soundtrack of screechy strings and plinking keyboard chords to accompany the cinematic mélange.

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When it went up in the summer, the Winrock family’s tile included a threedimensional robot sculpture, but now it’s a little worse for wear — some of the robot’s dangling appendages have fallen off. “One of only two casualties so far,” notes Bite Me’s Jake O’Brien, one of the project’s curators. The other damaged tile was singed after being placed a little too close to the smoldering pizza oven.

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avery McintOsh’s tile features former child stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in their straight-to-DVD-movie heyday, their big eyes mad with pizza lust, beside the words “Gimme Pizza.”

Photographer rick LevinsOn’s tile offers a stunning photograph of a tall tree

against a bright blue sky.

Right above the counter, hanna hOward’s “Embrace Changes” tile is a beautiful and haunting composition of painted birds, plus a three-dimensional bird made entirely from organic materials: animal jaw bones, shells, a squirrel tail, a bird’s nest, lichen, redwood bark and coffee.

And then there’s Megan stearns’ “Paul,” hanging above the Bite Me entrance, a re-creation of the iconic photo of the shirtless movie star in Cool Hand Luke. “The ceiling would just not have been complete without a portrait of Paul Newman on there,” quips O’Brien.

What’s next for the South End Artists Collective? Badolato says she needs to catch her breath after this four-month undertaking, but she and her neighbors are brainstorming the next community art project. Their latest idea for a yet-tobe-determined South End location? A “Look Down” floor. m

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of the house as a ‘safe haven,’” writes the Hood’s assistant director, in the commentary.

Bianco also sees antecedents to “Night Hunter House” in the surrealist collages of Max Ernst and the eclectic combinations of objects arrayed in Joseph Cornell’s boxes. Some viewers might be reminded of Maurice Sendak’s drawings for In the Night Kitchen, though Steers’ freaky fable is much more mordant.

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who peer into Steers’ little windows are cast in the role of Peeping Toms.

The 3-foot-tall, black-painted dollhouse is perched on a pedestal of roughly the same height, so most visitors have to crouch and crane to see into some of the rooms, making the voyeuristic angle more acute.

Steers’ movie has a Freudian sexual dimension, too: When a snake bumps up against Gish from behind, she appears frightened. But at another point she seems quite happy to be shoveling worms into her mouth. The star is also shown squatting atop a throbbing egg.

A wall panel introducing the show situates Steers in the context of feminist artists who have used the image or physical structure of a house to explore women’s roles in society. Here, however, “Steers reverses the idea

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Paul Schnabel Dirties Himself Up to Play Shakespeare’s Great Antihero

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STEVE GOLDBERG, a prolific Burlington playwright who has worked with Schnabel on several shows over the past 20 years, adds that “he’s actually been an inspiration to me.” Goldberg says he wrote a few of his plays expressly with Schnabel in mind. “I imagined him in certain roles. But he also develops parts

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part from the black tooth of a comb wedged into an old piercing in his left eyebrow, PAUL SCHNABEL doesn’t look the least bit “deformed, unfinish’d” — which is how Shakespeare describes Richard, Duke of Gloucester, soon to become Richard III. But Schnabel will take on that scheming, dynamic role, a dream for many actors, in a MIDDLEBURY ACTORS WORKSHOP production that opens this Thursday night.

At 60, Schnabel retains the good looks of the leading man he’s been in a few films and theatrical productions, in London and New York as well as in Vermont. His classical features are framed by whitened stubble and thinning, shoulder-length hair. Schnabel has a pearly smile that he flashes frequently during an interview at Radio Bean in Burlington.

He may look like a star of the stage and screen, but associates say Schnabel exhibits none of the egomania of a Broadway or Hollywood prima donna.

“He’s kind of a dream actor to work with,” comments MELISSA LOURIE, artistic director of the Middlebury troupe. “He’s incredibly talented and intuitive and not at all needy.”

and doesn’t decide right off the bat how he’s going to play them,” Goldberg relates.

In the case of Richard, Schnabel says he’s “still shaping the character” a few days prior to the show’s opening. He’s been working for the past six months on a part that involves “a massive amount of memorization.”

It’s a lot to pour into a piece that will run for only six performances. How frustrating is that? Schnabel is asked.

“Very,” he replies. “You feel like you’re just getting into a complex piece — really starting to develop it — and then, bam! ... it’s done.”

The under-two-hour version of Richard III Lourie is staging is less demanding than the three-hour-plus productions in which Richard has been played by the likes of Al Pacino, Laurence Olivier and Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Shakespeare’s history play, written in 1591, poses knotty challenges to contemporary audiences even in abridged form, Schnabel notes. He points to its “dense, poetic language and lots of references that nobody gets anymore.”

But Schnabel will help make the Middlebury show accessible because he’s adept at stressing the key words in the bard’s more oblique passages, Lourie says.

Moxie Productions Joins Nationwide Staged-Reading Run of Acclaimed War Play

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everything by any means, but it’s a window in to say, ‘You know what? We really don’t know what these people are going through.’ It’s a really good consciousness to have.”

Caridad Svich is, by Callan’s estimation, “unbelievably hot” right now in the theater scene. Seven productions of her work are currently running, and she won a Lifetime Achievement award at the Village Voice Obies last May. The nationwide October and November readings of Spark were set in motion by Svich’s NoPassport theater alliance and press, which bills itself as “an unincorporated collective dedicated to the advocacy, production and publication of works expressive of crossEmily George Lyons and Natalie Battistone cultural and aesthetic diversity in the arts.”

Callan says she is particularly impressed by Svich’s dialogue, which is devoid of any specific ethnic signature, further broadening the play’s audi- she asks. “I’m sitting in a ence appeal. While some references to tobacco fields very privileged place when I ask these questions, and seem to situate the story in the southern U.S., “it could I can’t forget that I’m sitting in a privileged place. But be anybody’s next-door neighbors in Vermont,” Callan what is that idea that we spend so much of our national says. “It’s a very human story. And that’s what I liked currency on? Is that how we want to spend it?” about it. It doesn’t preach away.”

For Callan, Spark also transcends the typical war drama tropes — such as “highlights of people’s tours of Spark, by Caridad Svich. Staged reading directed by Monica Callan and produced by Moxie Productions, in duty,” she notes — in favor of questioning the very idea collaboration with NoPassport, at BCA Center in Burlington. of war as an expression of national selfhood: “What is Sunday, November 4, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 371-7400. this thing we call freedom, and what does it cost us?’’

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merican voters may soon thank, or rebuke, President Obama for drawing down troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. But veterans who have finished their tours of duty can find themselves engaged in other battles on the homefront.

Post-traumatic stress disorder has long occupied a place in the popular imagination. Less visible are the effects of war on the friends and family members of those who served.

These populations, whose wounds are largely ignored in the mass-mediated narrative of war, take center stage in a new play called Spark by Obie Awardwinning playwright Caridad Svich. MONICA CALLAN of Vermont’s MOXIE PRODUCTIONS recently directed a staged reading of the play in Waterbury and will direct another, followed by a panel discussion, at Burlington’s BCA CENTER this weekend.

Callan’s cast features EMILY GEORGE LYONS, NATALIE BATTISTONE, CLAIRE DEMARAIS, JOHN WILSON and ROB DONALDSON in a story about three sisters “just trying to hold it together” after one of them returns from an unspecified war. To complicate matters, their veteran father disappeared from the family after returning from, and failing to adjust after, another war.

Spark is a story of redemption, says Callan, but it’s also a moving examination of war’s complicated effects on the lives of ordinary people. “It’s about those invisible impacts,” she says. “And this doesn’t address

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Shakespeare depicts Richard as a sociopathic hunchback, which may or may not square with our evolving knowledge of the historical figure who was slain in the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. A recent archaeological discovery in the English city of Leicester may confirm that Richard did indeed have a curved spine. But the excavation of what’s believed to be the king’s skeleton could also lead to a favorable revision of accounts of his brief reign — one for which Richard’s apologists have been advocating for centuries.

“He was a man of his time,” Philippa Langley, the head of Britain’s Richard III Society, tells the New York Times in a September 23 story on the Leicester dig.

“But what we know of him doesn’t stack up to his being a brutal man and a serial killer.”

In his own interpretation of the role, Schnabel says, “I’ll be playing him as a psychopath, because, given the way Shakespeare wrote it, how could you not?” At the same time, the actor recognizes that “the play was created as a sort of propaganda piece — an entertainment.”

Shakespeare also incorporated comic elements into Richard III, Schnabel says, which he will be sure to educe.

The star is being outfitted with “a very a prominent Mexican playwright — is realistic hump we made for him,” Lourie entitled I Hate Fucking Mexicans. says. Schnabel will also embody Richard Schnabel says he greatly enjoys being by seeming to have a splayed foot and a a company member of the Riot Group withered hand, the artistic director adds. because of its “high-level artistic caliber.”

The actor brings professional famil- He also draws about half his income from iarity to his latest role, having played those performances.

Clarence, the The rest comes from painting king’s brother, in and carpentry a 1999 Lost NatioN work Schnabel productheater picks up in and tion of Richard III. That’s one around his native Burlington. He of “nine or 10” doesn’t make Shakespeare much from either plays in which his theatrical or he’s had parts during his 30-year manual-labor gigs. “I live pretty career, Schnabel much on the says. margins,” the Old For any PAu l S c H n Ab El North End resipart-time actor, however, versatildent says.

Schnabel donates a large portion of ity is a necessity. Schnabel has played a wide variety of roles, none of them his time to off CeNter for the DramatiC Shakespearean, in his work with the arts, which bills itself as “Burlington’s New York City-based Riot Group. “Our Black Box for Cutting-Edge Theatre.” He mission is to create and perform con- cofounded Off Center two years ago and trolled burnings,” declares the website now serves as its president. “Without of this “experimental tragi-comedy” Paul, that thing would never have gotten group, whose current production — from started,” says Goldberg, another of the

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Schnabel affirms that “the scene here is very important to me, and I’m really interested in helping grow the scene.”

Despite his connections to the Off- and Off-Off-Broadway worlds, Schnabel is no Manhattan-centric snob. “There’s good theater and there’s bad theater everywhere, including Vermont and New York,” he says, and adds that he doesn’t rue not having lit up the Great White Way. “Friends of mine who moved to New York — almost all of them just do auditions,” Schnabel says. “But I’ve gotten to play some great roles here. I wouldn’t want to trade places.” m

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Mayor Bob “That’s great, Bob. After hours have always been the life blood of the taxi industry, haven’t they? In my mind, I can really picture those Barre Street ladies and the parties — the whole thing.”

“Oh, those ladies were something else.

We relied on them for information. Forget about the internet. They knew just where the parties were; who was falling down drunk; who was cheating on who — everything we needed to know to do our job best.”

from Chittenden County. As a Republican, I lost, of course. You know Burlington — in those days it was really dominated by the Democrats.

“But, out of that, I was approached by some of the Republican Party elders to run for mayor. At first, I put them off. For one thing, who wants to be a sacrificial chicken? The Democrats, like I said, ran the city politics. And, second, I wasn’t sure I even wanted the job. It didn’t pay much, and it’s full-time. They said, ‘Bob, we need

“You won ?” I repeated,

somewhat dazzled by this turn of the story.

We drove leisurely down Route 128, closing in on Essex Center. The foliage season — which had been splendid this year — was on the wane, the reds and oranges morphing into browns and golds. It was still gorgeous, though. As I explain to the tourists, it’s like sex: all good, including the winding down.

“So Bob,” I said, picking up the conversation, “when did you end up in Burlington?”

“In the ’50s I went to UVM. And then, somehow — don’t ask me how — I got into Yale Law School and came back to Burlington to practice.”

“That’s great,” I said. “What kind of law did you practice?”

“Well, back then there wasn’t too much specialization. All of us kind of did everything. Early on, I ran for state senator

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ya. And, anyway, don’t worry about it, because you ain’t going to win, anyhow.’ So, I threw my hat in the ring, and — wouldn’t you know it — I won.”

“You won?” I repeated, somewhat dazzled by this turn of the story. “You were mayor of Burlington?”

“Yup, just one term — from ’61 to ’63.”

“Well, I’ll be darned! So what was that like? Any major accomplishments?”

“I guess I’m most proud of two things: We passed the bond that financed the building of the new Burlington High School, and we secured the funding for downtown urban renewal. Of course, the biggest story during my administration was the police scandal.”

“There was a police scandal in Burlington in the early ’60s? I’ve never heard about that.”

“Oh, it was big news at the time. A number of Church Street merchants had given their keys to some police officers to check on their shops at night. Over a period of time, about five of these cops began methodically looting the stores.”

“Holy crap!” I said. “In Burlington?

I mean, this just doesn’t sound like a Vermont thing. Stuff like that goes on in big cities, but Burlington? Man. So how’d it play out?”

“Beyond the criminal prosecutions — the cops all got jail time, as you would imagine — we put together a commission to investigate the whole department.

Ultimately, I tapped one of the commission members to be the new chief of police, and he cleaned house — pretty successfully, I’d say.”

“How did you come out of this? I mean, politically?”

“I suppose the administration got high marks for how we handled it. I chose not to run for reelection, however, though I believe I would have had a good chance.

I needed to earn more money is mostly what it came down to.”

Arriving at the doctor’s office, I asked Bob, “So looking back, what was more fun? Driving a cab in Montpelier or being mayor of Burlington?”

Bob laughed and replied, “I’ll have to get back to you on that one. It’s a close call, I can tell you that.” m

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ould you like to hear a taxi story?” my customer asked from the shotgun seat.

Bob was a husky, older gentleman with a wide, rugged face distinguished by a righteous, bushy moustache. I use the word “gentleman” in its deeper, nontrivial sense.

From the moment he walked up to my cab, took his seat and spoke to me, I recognized a man who carried himself with a quality of grace undiminished by the years. It wasn’t merely self-respect, though that was palpable; I could also sense he respected me, and Aretha’s not the only one who appreciates that.

Bob resided on a beautiful property off the beaten path in Westford. I was driving him into Burlington for a doctor’s appointment; apparently, some eye problems had slowed him down of late.

“Well, that’s a switch,” I replied, chuckling. “Customers usually want to hear my taxi stories. Anyway, lay it on me, Bob. I’d love to hear one.”

“Well, this goes back some time. After the war, my father went into the taxi business in Montpelier. He drove one cab, and I drove the other. Our bread and butter were the evening hours when, just about every night, somebody in town was throwing a party. And here was the key — the liquor store closed at five or six. There were some enterprising Italian women on Barre Street who used to stock up during the day. So, the parties would get going, and inevitably, at some point, they’d run out of booze. We’d get the call and go purchase the stuff from the ladies at their bumpedup price and then deliver to the party, also at a markup. It was win-win-win.”

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innately good at it? That’s not so clear. On the contrary, I have to think if it were all that effortless she’d be less inclined to bitch about how I’m not holding up my end. Hoping to get to the bottom of this, we turn as usual to science and find the usual jumble of conflicting data. Let’s see if with a little manly singleness of purpose we can get things sorted out: • No one disputes that men and women have genuine cognitive differences.

Tests show that, generally speaking, men have superior spatial orientation (navigational) skills, while women are better at “objectlocation memory,” that is,

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work, unitaskers do way better than simultaskers of either sex.

• Research and common sense suggest that the only way to do two tasks competently at the same time is to make sure at least one of them requires minimal brainpower, for example folding laundry while on the phone. A reasonable surmise is that women’s reputation as superior multitaskers stems partly from the fact that they’re disproportionately burdened with mindless household chores that can readily be done simultaneously.

• As for task switching, one recent study (Buser and Peter, 2011) compared the performance of men and women alternating between two relatively demanding tasks, namely solving sudoku and word-search puzzles. The researchers found no significant difference between the two sexes.

Putting all this together, Scott, we formulate the following two-part hypothesis. First, women multitask more not because they’re naturally better at it but because the need to juggle work and family compels them to. Second, the myth of an innate female gift for multitasking serves two socially useful purposes: It enables women to rationalize having gotten stuck with the scut work, while for you it’s an excuse to avoid helping out.

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remembering landmarks. A leading explanation for this in the academic journals is that in primitive times male hunters needed to be able to find their way on long trips in search of game, while female foragers needed to be able to recall good spots to gather food.

• The popular assumption, happily perpetuated in the media, is that women are inherently better at multitasking than men, and the hunters-versus-foragers theory has been customized accordingly: Here the claim is that males had to focus single-mindedly on bagging their quarry, while females did their foraging while simultaneously minding the kids and watching out for threats. However, there’s

little research to back this up, and what there is frankly sucks. Two of the more widely cited papers on this question were written by undergraduates.

• What we do know is that women multitask much more often than men. A study of 500 mostly affluent two-income families found that both parents spent a lot of time multitasking, but the women multitasked more, 48 hours per week versus 39 for the men. Unsurprisingly, the women’s multitasking mostly involved housework and childcare.

• A distinction must be drawn between alternating between tasks, or task switching, and performing two tasks simultaneously, which I’ll call simultasking.

A sizable body of research suggests that trying to perform two intellectually demanding chores at the same time is a sure way to do one or both of them poorly, the prime example being talking on your phone while driving a car.

• A lot of the cognitive research on sex differences in multitasking, unfortunately, has fixated on simultasking. The results have been all over the place — some showing that men do better, some women, some neither.

Few of the studies I’ve seen compare the results of simultasking against a control group of unitaskers, that is, people doing just one thing. My guess is that, for intellectually demanding

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detect some attitude here, Scott, so tell me which is better: a woman operating at 40 percent effectiveness while talking on the phone, or her male counterparts making zero percent progress while rehashing last night’s game?

It’s not just women who think they excel at multitasking. A lot of men agree — for example, me — based on close observation of Ms. Adams. While I’m doggedly drilling into the history of twoby-fours or some other crucial subject, she’s doing laundry, taping up care packages for the little researchers away at college and reorganizing a client’s finance department.

Is she good at this? Yes. Is she

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Dear cecil, All the women I know take it as gospel that females are better multitaskers, implying they get more done than men.

In my experience working with women, they’re at best only equally productive as the guys. more commonly, they’re doing two jobs at once, each at about 40 percent efficiency. Adding insult to injury, invariably one of those “jobs” is talking on the phone.

So help settle this battle of the sexes — do women multitask more often and more effectively than men?

Are females more productive or is the whole thing a scam to justify gabbing with their friends instead of doing their fair share of the work?

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he sun is shining in New Haven’s Evergreen Cemetery.

The fall air is sweet. And six feet below Scott Baer’s feet lies Dr. Timothy Clark Smith, a man who was so afraid of being buried alive that his grave has a window.

After shuffling off this mortal coil in 1893, Smith was laid to rest in a special crypt with a glass square positioned above his face, presumably so visitors could witness any anguished reawakening and rescue him. Standing on the grassy, uneven mound above the coffin, Baer shines a flashlight down into the window. But the glass is thick, bubbled and hazy with condensation — hopefully not from the good doctor’s final gasps.

Even without a view of the deceased, the tomb is just the sort of unusual resting place Baer and his Montpelier neighbor Daniel Barlow hope to find through their joint photography project, Green Mountain Graveyards. Their mission? To photograph every burial ground in Vermont. That’s no small task, as Barlow estimates that Chittenden County alone is home to 1000 cemeteries.

The two self-described “legend trippers” use urban legends and reports of paranormal activity to guide their travels — Barlow calls himself a “believer”; Baer, jokingly, an “agnostic.” But their real interest lies in documenting the region’s early cemetery art.

“All the old gravestone art in New England used to be about how people died,” says Barlow, who has seen cautionary inscriptions reading, bluntly, “Kicked to death by a horse” and “Drowned.” Similarly, winged skull carvings called death’s heads — dating from the 16th to 18th centuries — epitomize a time when humankind’s biggest fear was mortality. Whether depicting a biblical figure, a historical quirk or even the pun-tastic epitaphs at the Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard, each of Green Mountain Graveyards’ highly stylized — sometimes Instagrammed — photos bridges the gap between realism and the supernatural.

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EvErgrEEn CEmETEry Photos by Daniel Barlow. Deathly afraid of being buried alive, Dr. Timothy Clark Smith rests in a grave with a window in New Haven’s Evergreen Cemetery.

PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY photo by daniel Barlow. Col. James Fisk [1835-72] was a robber baron attributed to causing a financial crisis known as the Black Friday of 1869. Says Barlow, “he was murdered by a business partner, and his Brattleboro grave [at prospect hill Cemetery] is surrounded by the statues of four women — all topless.”

ST. JOHN’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY photo by Scott Baer. An eerie sky looms over a cross at St. John’s Roman Catholic Cemetery in Northfield, home to the phantom Gravedigger. Local legend has it that the ghost roams the graveyard at night holding a shovel and lantern.

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ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE CEMETERY photo by daniel Barlow. According to Barlow, Rockingham’s Meeting house Cemetery “features some of the state’s best examples of classic, early-American cemetery art,” including fingers pointing to heaven and winged soul etchings, a more spiritual update of the grim death’s heads.

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LOOMIS HILL CEMETERY Photo by Scott Baer. Waterbury’s Loomis Hill Cemetery “is one of the hundreds of nearly forgotten family grave plots located off the beaten path in our state,” Baer says. “Overgrown and neglected, some of these places date back to the 1700s and early 1800s.”

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ELMWOOD CEMETERY Photo by Daniel Barlow. Though it’s not as big a tourist destination as nearby Hope Cemetery, Barre’s Elmwood Cemetery “is still home to an impressive amount of statues and monuments,” says Barlow, who attributes their high quality to the influence of Vermont’s granite industry.

MAPLE STREET CEMETERY Photo by Scott Baer. A weathered sculpture’s grave expression lends a somber mood to Waterbury’s Maple Street Cemetery.

RIVERBANK CEMETERY Photo by Scott Baer. Unmarked and possibly yet to be used, this grave in Stowe’s Riverbank Cemetery “is a great example of the thought and creativity people put into how they choose to be remembered in their passing,” says Baer.

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For a fourth-generation mortician, funerals are still a deeply personal undertaking

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om LaVigne will always remember two pieces of advice his late father gave him when Tom and his wife Kathryn took over the family business, LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Winooski, in 1986.

First, keep your feet on the ground. Second, don’t ever let the dog bite you on the ankle.

The feet-on-the-ground bit makes metaphorical sense. Funeral directors see some gruesome stuff; even in the best of circumstances, they encounter people in the midst of enormous emotional upheaval. But LaVigne’s father, Robert E. LaVigne, meant his canine caveat literally.

Old people often die at home, Tom LaVigne explains, and the family dog will occasionally wait beside the body to bar anyone’s approach. A stranger who appears to be trying to disturb the dog’s best friend can inadvertently provoke an aggressive reaction.

LaVigne, 53, is proud to say he’s never been bitten, though he smiles as he remembers seeing his dad get nipped once.

These days, LaVigne speaks often of his father, who died just two months ago. In fact, his dad’s funeral license still hangs on a bulletin board in Tom’s office. “It doesn’t expire until 2015, even though he did already,” LaVigne jokes.

LaVigne, like his father, is known for his wry sense of humor — a survival tool in an industry known more for provoking tears of sadness than joy, though he sheds the former, too. In a profession whose practitioners are often seen, justifiably or not, as ghoulish profiteers who fleece the bereaved in their most vulnerable hour, LaVigne seems to defy every stereotype. He’s a gentle and jovial soul. He’s never seen a single episode of HBO’s “Six Feet Under.” And he still cries at funerals, even those of strangers.

“My friends say, ‘When you stop crying, get out of the business,’” he says. But LaVigne is in it for the long haul.

Like many Vermont funeral homes, LaVigne’s goes back several generations.

He is the fourth-generation LaVigne to become a mortician — and probably the last. His older brother, Arty, preferring a more lively career, founded Vermont’s classic rock station, WIZN-FM, The Wizard. None of Tom LaVigne’s three adult sons has any interest in carrying on the family business when their father’s time comes, he says.

But funerals are the only business LaVigne has ever known. He started working for his dad when he was still a boy, washing the hearse, vacuuming the funeral parlor and filing death certificates at the local

LaVigne has seen plenty of other changes in the funeral business since then, as well — the most obvious being the dramatic rise in the number of cremations.

Back in 1979, when LaVigne got his mortuary science degree and went to work for his dad, Vermont had just one crematory, located in St. Johnsbury. (Today there are four.) In those days, LaVigne says, out of the 150 funerals he and his father performed in a year, he made the trip to St. Johnsbury maybe four times.

Today, LaVigne might handle that many cremations in one week, most of them performed at Adirondack-Burlington Cremation Service in South Burlington. They account for about 70 percent of LaVigne’s business.

A more subtle change LaVigne has observed is the deterioration of the family unit. While he has encountered one or two angry dogs, he says it’s more common for him to see relatives bickering and sniping at one another over what dear old dad would have wanted for his final send-off.

“Sometimes what goes on around this conference table makes you cry worse than the death itself,” LaVigne reports. “Today, it’s just not the coherent family structure you used to have.”

That said, LaVigne emphasizes that not all the shifts he’s witnessed over the years have been for the worse. In his youth, funeral homes were invariably dark, gloomy places shrouded in maroon velvet and heavy curtains.

Today, Lavigne’s funeral parlor is bright and airy, with green floral carpeting and wood paneling. Upstairs on the second floor the next of kin can browse a wide assortment of reasonably priced caskets, ranging from the $5200 “Embassy” — made of solid cherry, with a champagne velvet interior — all the way down to the corrugated cremation container, which is basically a big cardboard box, for $125. There’s even a “rental” casket for $995, for use just during the wake or memorial service.

“I haven’t raised my prices in four years,” LaVigne announces. “How many businesses can say that?”

Like most funeral home owners, LaVigne has tried to modernize and personalize his services as much as possible.

He offers both Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees urns ($699 each), as well as stylish cremains keepsake containers for $36 apiece.

On display in his showroom is a casket that features placards depicting a women’s

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courthouse. Back then, LaVigne recalls, death seemed like no big deal. He assumed that all families had the same matter-of-fact conversations about dead bodies that he witnessed over his own dinner table.

The LaVigne funeral business dates back to 1888, when LaVigne’s greatgrandfather bought the operation from a Mr. Clemmons, who had opened a funeral parlor in the old Winooski Block building some years earlier. Today, an oil painting of that 19th-century building still hangs in the lobby of LaVigne’s in its current location at 132 Main Street in Winooski, right next door to the Winooski Firehouse. LaVigne’s

parents bought the building in 1962 from J.G. Thabault, then a prominent Winooski doctor, who lived in the 11-bedroom house with his large family.

The evolution from physician’s home to funeral home isn’t as strange as it may seem. One of LaVigne’s earliest memories is of riding with his father in the rumble seat of the hearse — which, in the days before modern rescue squads, doubled as Winooski’s ambulance. Robert LaVigne would slap a flashing red light on its roof, then rush off to the scene of an illness or accident. His return destination depended on the state of the victim.

sun hat, gloves, seeds and gardening tools.

“The best part of [my job] is the trust Caskets can also be customized with people put in you,” LaVigne says. “You images of sewing sets, golf bags, recipe might be friends with people your whole books, ice skates, military insignia and a life ... or you might be complete strangers, bass rising to grab a fly. and in three days you feel like family with Those details may be new, but LaVigne them. Because it’s a very intimate business.” says a more fundamental innovation is the Another exciting and positive developpublic’s improved attitude toward death ment in the business, LaVigne says, is the and dying. increasing diversity of the death rituals he “Now that you’ve got death educa- witnesses. Winooski was always a town tion, people talk about it more openly,” he of immigrants, he notes, but never to the says, referring to the end-of-life care and extent it is now. counseling that have become much more “We’re still learning as we go,” LaVigne commonplace. “People aren’t as afraid of says. “Vietnamese, Bosnians, Sudanese, it as they used to be.”

Tibetans. We have to learn all their culLaVigne’s own candor has helped earn tures and death rituals, many times with him rave reviews from Josh Slocum, ex- interpreters.” ecutive director of the Funeral Consumers As a Catholic, LaVigne has always been Alliance, who is often the industry’s big- familiar with the concept of the viaticum, gest critic.

Latin for “food for the journey,” which “He’s one of the nicest funeral direc- takes the form of the final Eucharist in tors I know. The whole operation is trans- his religion. His work has taught him parent and straightforward,” says Slocum, that many other cultures have similar who’s also a Winooski practices, he says, such as neighbor of LaVigne’s. laying out whole spreads of “For at least 15 years, he food for the journey to the and his staff have called next life. on Funeral Consumers LaVigne recalls one Alliance for advice on recent Asian funeral out-of-state questions during which the family about funeral consumer burned pieces of paper to law. I’ve been on several help the spirit rise from tours of the funeral home the body. “It was a beautiTommy used to arrange ful ceremony,” he says. for the undergrads at Unfortunately, no one had one of UVM’s death and alerted his neighbors at the dying courses. Nothing fire department, who saw is hidden, and they ansmoke emanating from the swered questions thorfuneral home. “I had the oughly and candidly.” fire chief come by and say, Winooski Mayor ‘We might not do that one Michael O’Brien agrees. inside again, will we?’”

He’s known “Tommy” When Robert LaVigne tom L AVigN E , L AVigN E Fu N E rAL since both were kids, died on August 21 — at age HomE AN D when O’Brien’s father 89, in his sleep beside his crE mAtioN was a local doctor and wife — his son called several SE rV icE S LaVigne’s the undertaker. of his close friends in the “You can just imagine the business to handle the arjokes,” O’Brien says. “He’s a great guy, he rangements and body preparation. LaVigne does a great job, very empathetic toward likens his profession to a closely knit frafolks,” the mayor adds. ternal organization, where people look out LaVigne’s openness is also reflected for each other rather than competing. Like in the kinds of services LaVigne hosts. many small businesses, funeral homes usuWhereas years ago, funerals and wakes ally — though not always — respect each were always hushed and solemn affairs, other’s turf. these days LaVigne is more than happy to “My father always said he was thankful help families create a celebration of the for the Winooski River,” LaVigne says. “It deceased’s life. kept us friends with all of them.”

To that end, LaVigne has installed a In keeping with his father’s final sound system and video monitors where wishes, LaVigne made sure the service, families can play music and show slide held in the family funeral parlor, was shows. Illustrating the deceased’s passions, tasteful and not ostentatious. As he puts it, he’s displayed golf clubs, motorcycles, even “His wishes were to not outdo anyone he’d a row of lawn mowers in his parlor. ever worked for.

When LaVigne’s good friend Mike “My dad was the only boss I ever had Sullivan died a few years ago, the Sullivan ... and was the best friend I ever had,” family held a Hawaiian-themed wake. In LaVigne adds with a wistful smile. “How keeping with the theme, LaVigne dressed many people can say that?” his entire staff in matching Hawaiian It’s good to know those values live on at shirts and leis. Since then, other mourning a local business we’re more likely to visit families have adopted the luau send-off. in hard times than in happy ones. m

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s Vermonters, we can rattle off a list of things that attract visitors to the Green Mountains: artisan cheesemakers and breweries, slopes, foliage, bike paths, antique stores, pristine pastures, poltergeists ... wait, what?

Indeed. Now even Vermont’s dead are getting in on the tourism action. Ghosts and the like have long been the realm of a small underground of “legend trippers” and other folklore and paranormal enthusiasts — but lately they’ve become big business. So big that Vermont’s Department of Tourism & Marketing is making the state’s haunts into official attractions.

As part of a statewide promotion called Haunted Highways, nine lodgings across the state have signed on to offer special discounted packages through October and November.

But the government isn’t alone in recognizing that where there are hauntings, there’s money to be made.

A pair of enterprising Vermonters paved the way, running “haunted history” tours that have grown by leaps and bounds over the past 10 years. For innkeepers and folklorists alike, 2012 is shaping up to be the year of the ghost.

How did the state get into the paranormal activity business? Jen Butson, the tourism board’s director of communications, recalls attending a meeting earlier this year to decide on her department’s next big project. “We were having a really nice Mexican lunch with a [public-relations] firm we’ve worked with in New York, and we were like, This is it,” she remembers. “We wanted to incorporate the road trip sense of it. There are spooky stories all along the way.”

Hence the “Haunted Highways” moniker. The state press release emphasizes that visitors can travel the length of Vermont and find haunts at every stop. From the south, they can start at Forty Putney Road Bed & Breakfast in Brattleboro and spend a day at Retreat Cemetery, known for its haunted tower. Then tourists can make their way north all the way to St. Albans, where they may meet the ghost of Lora Weaver at the antique-filled Back Inn Time, also home to seasonal haunted houses and murder-mystery dinners.

Butson doesn’t guarantee any ghost sightings, and it’s too early for her to say how many tourists the promotion has attracted. But she notes that media outlets all over the U.S. and Canada picked up the press release she sent in early October. How did she know the idea would be a hit? “All those interesting TV shows with ghosts, vampires and the Harry Potters of the world,” she says.

The supernatural as entertainment was the last thing on Shawn Woods’ mind when he began his Stowe Lantern Tours in 2000. A social studies teacher for most of his career, Woods was just hoping to share a

little history with summer tourists. “I always thought there was a need in Stowe to do something in the evening,” he says. “Frankly, other than Stowe Theatre Guild” — which stages its last performances in early foliage season — “there isn’t a lot to do in the evening after dinner.”

While Woods’ own interests lay in what Stowe residents did while they were alive, he quickly found visitors preferred to hear about what they were up to once they had shaken off this mortal coil. Playing to his audience, the historian makes his stories increasingly scarier as his season progresses. In July, he peppers them lightly with mentions of the supernatural. As Halloween approaches, the spooky-to-historical ratio

is more like 90-to-10. At that time of year, “People definitely want to go on ghost story walks, not a history tour,” Woods says.

The new focus is working. Woods reports that his tours have grown in recent years from groups of as few as eight to as many as 60 or more. Fall guests set out, carrying heavy, antique-style lanterns, on visits to sites such as the cemetery behind Akeley Memorial Building and a grave simply labeled “Little Emilene,” where they may or may not meet Emily, the jilted 19thcentury bride behind the tale of Emily’s Bridge.

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“It’s amazing to me,” he says. “The Show at the Palace 9 Cinemas and orgapeople who call are not the ghost nizes private events, including haunted believers.” A skeptic himself, Woods teas, Ouija parties and tarot readings. says he nonetheless finds it difficult Dinner events at haunted restaurants to doubt seeming nonbelievers who are next on her list.

Not bad for a woman who says she report interactions with the deceased. was “a terrible history student” growA down-to-earth Texas family once told ing up. Now, armed him that Berry flushed with a worn copy of their car keys down David J. Blow’s Historic the toilet while they Guide to Burlington were eating breakfast Neighborhoods and a at the inn. “It’s not just knack for interviewing one section of the inn,” people about both the says Woods. “He seems natural and supernatuto be moving around ral happenings they’ve more now. It’s not just experienced, Lewis has upstairs. He seems to joined author Joe Citro come out to the dining as one of Vermont’s top rooms.” authorities on all things Haunted restauspooky. rants?

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Would flush times across America Each year, Lewis has added notches bring an end to Vermont’s ghost boom? to her ghostly belt. She still offers her Not necessarily, says Woods. “I think original downtown walk, now titled it’s that we live in a world that deals “Darkness Falls,” along with three more with internet, internet, internet. Maybe tours: “Ghosts of UVM,” a tour of the [ghost hunting is] an escape to a certain Burlington waterfront and a candlelit extent from the lives they’re living that stroll through Lakeview Cemetery. are so fast paced,” he says.

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he engines of the David Folger hum into action, and a few moments later the ship glides away from its dock at the Point Bay Marina in Charlotte, Captain Rich Furbush at the helm. It’s a warm, sunny day in late October aboard what is without a doubt the most sophisticated research vessel ever to cruise Lake Champlain.

At 435 square miles, Lake Champlain is the sixth-largest lake in the United States — yet, compared with the Great Lakes, it remains understudied. But not for long, if Middlebury College’s brand new, $1.5 million Folger has anything to do with it.

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Furbush ramps up the speed to a comfortable 16 knots — or roughly 18 miles per hour — and cuts a path west. Sophomore Mika Tan is fiddling with the on-board navigational system, plotting the course for the afternoon’s travels.

“We’re on site,” she calls out a few minutes later, and the crew gets in gear. This afternoon, students are studying circulation currents near Diamond Island, west of Kingsland and Porter bays. They’re dropping “drifters” and “drogues” — floating PVC pipes outfitted with GPS units — to track surface and underwater currents.

“The water movement of this lake is

extremely dynamic,” says Manley. “We know a little bit about it, but there’s so much more to learn.”

And it’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the R/V Folger’s capabilities. The state-of-the-art vessel arrived on Lake Champlain in early September, and Middlebury College dedicated its new floating laboratory earlier this month. Primarily the brainchild of husband-and-wife geologists Tom and Pat Manley, the ship is equipped with some of the most advanced oceanographic equipment available — including a remote-operated submarine outfitted with a camera, high-tech current profilers and

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from; in the wake of the economic downturn, the college wasn’t signing on to underwrite an expensive research vessel. But in 2009, the National Science Foundation, backed by stimulus funding, announced it would dole out grants to reinvest in academic infrastructure. With the feasibility study already complete, Middlebury was in the perfect position to apply. The following summer the Manleys learned they’d been awarded $1.7 million to upgrade their so-called “floating laboratory.”

What followed were two years of planning in earnest. The college convened a boat-building committee and began drafting plans for the Folger. Middlebury contracted with a boat builder in Washington State to build the vessel — and then, this summer, the boat made its epic journey home.

The first leg carried her 6700 nautical miles down the west coast aboard the cargo ship Panthea, through the Panama Canal and on to Port Everglades, Fla. It wasn’t all smooth sailing. The biggest problem: The shipping company contracted to transport the boat by cargo vessel announced unforeseen delays — which ultimately set back the Folger’s arrival by two months.

In Florida, Furbush, Tom Manley and college electrician Chris Goodrich took the helm to pilot the Folger north to Vermont on the open seas and Intracoastal Waterway. The crew departed on August 22, and the 20-day trip brought them home to Vermont the day before fall classes began.

“It was not leisurely,” Furbush says.

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The Folger marks the latest advancement in Middlebury College’s lake studies program, which started when geology professor David Folger — the ship’s namesake — first began taking students out on the lake in the 1970s. Folger eventually left Middlebury to head the Atlantic Marine Geology Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey’s environment studies program, where he had a long and storied career.

But when Folger spoke about that career in a 1994 speech at Dartmouth College, it was a project at Middlebury that he chose to highlight. From 1973 to 1974, Folger and his students studied the water in Lake Champlain downstream from the International Paper Company plant in Ticonderoga, N.Y. Though they had virtually no funding, Folger and his students were able to prove that IP was responsible for pollutants being released into the lake — evidence that eventually supported a class-action lawsuit against the plant, which resulted in tighter standards.

More recently, the lake studies program has largely been the purview of the Manleys, who previously piloted students in the R/V Baldwin, which has since retired to the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. The college purchased the former lobster boat in 1985 and retrofitted it for research — but, with the last upgrades more than two decades old, and the ship unfit for additional renovations, the Baldwin was due for a replacement.

“We’ve known for a long time that the Baldwin was starting to fail,” Pat Manley says. For years she and Tom daydreamed about what their perfect research vessel would look like. A few years ago, they started putting those dreams to paper when a grant from the Lintilhac Foundation funded a formal planning effort and feasibility study.

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Obtaining the new vessel is a coup for a time, even though the Folger was built to the region, according to Meriel Brooks, accommodate three times as many. a biology professor at Green Mountain So on this October afternoon, the College and the codirector of the Lake students are still scrambling to get their Champlain Research Consortium, comsea legs; because the ship’s capacity is posed of seven colleges and universities in restricted, some have only been aboard Vermont and New York. In their previous the Folger once or twice before. They’ve research, Brooks says, the Manleys have designed the day’s experiments ahead of solved many mysteries about the lake’s time, plotting out where they’ll drop drift- physical characteristics, hydrodynamics ers and drogues and where they’ll collect and sediments — features that have ended baseline data on currents, temperature up factoring into the work of chemists, and depth. But they’re slow to get the in- environmental scientists and biologists. struments into and out of the water.

“They’ve brought these technologies “This is a nice day,” says Furbush that are used in the open ocean and very from the wheelhouse. “There’s time for large lakes to Lake Champlain, and really mistakes.” enhanced the understanding of the water Before taking on the part-time job of circulation in the lake,” Brooks says. In this the Folger’s captain, Furbush spent more way, the Manleys have set the “backdrop,” than 40 years at UVM piloting its research she says, for more research on the lake. vessel, the R/V Melosira. He’s an old hand What’s more, Brooks hopes their reon research boats, search will shed but he says the light on how to Folger is by far the tackle the serious most sophisticated problems facing ship he’s piloted.

Lake Champlain, “You can run the particularly water whole boat with pollution and a mouse,” he says, toxic algae blooms gesturing to the caused by runoff fleet of monitors of nutrients like and electronic phosphorus from equipment.

But, development and just in case, there’s dairy farming. a gleaming silver That said, Brooks captain’s wheel for is quick to say that him to grab. science alone — Middlebury even coming from College has high a high-tech vessel hopes for the — won’t solve Lake Folger. The ship’s Champlain’s woes. high speed means “A lot of the real researchers can issues aren’t sciennow reach the tific here. They’re mE riE l BrookS , far regions of the GrEEN mou NtAi N collEGE much more zoning, lake. More college and what we accept classes than ever and allow for each before — as well as local K-12 teachers — other,” she says. “I tell this to my students will have access to the lake and top-notch every year: ‘The science can tell you what training and learning opportunities. happens if you do this or that. It can’t tell you Pat Manley says the Folger will also whether or not you ought to do this or that.’” help chip away at the many unanswered But figuring out the science is a good questions about Lake Champlain’s geol- first step. Aboard the Folger, the students ogy, biology and chemistry. plug GPS units from their drifters and “My big thing is, you’ve got to know drogues into the on-board computers and how your system’s working now,” she says. crank through data generated just moIt’s fine to make models of the variables ments before on the open water. that could affect the Lake Champlain Most say they don’t have ambitions basin in the years and decades ahead — of becoming marine scientists. But as the changes that would significantly influence Folger cuts a path back toward Charlotte, the population that relies on the lake for they’re earnest about what freshman Teddy drinking water, recreation and sewage Gold calls the rare opportunity to do origitreatment. But good science needs a base- nal research at an undergraduate college. line, and that means studying the nooks “To have access to this boat and this and crannies of the lake. lake is pretty amazing,” he says. m

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“Monkey Center.” Bernard still offers Zachadnyk’s dishes as specials at his eatery.

Our other informant was Brenda Cardinal, who used to bake the breads in Zack’s bread basket — including French, pecan and chocolate — fresh every day. With them came chocolate butter, made from a recipe that Zachadnyk never shared with anyone, though both Cardinal and Bernard guess it was butter whipped with chocolate syrup.

Because Zachadnyk refused to write down recipes, controversy surrounds the preparation of one of his signature dishes, Chicken Banana.

Cardinal recommends cooking the chicken already stuffed with the banana, while Bernard says to cook the elements separately, then assemble them. We chose the latter method for the version below, but either way, the result is disarmingly delicious and far less sweet than one might expect.

Before the main course, enjoy a creamy appetizer of Mushrooms Monkey Center. And wear purple.

he food that we love stays with us, and not just in our love handles.

The recipe that grandma never got around to writing down can haunt us when she’s gone. So can our memories of lost restaurants.

Even restaurants where we never got a chance to eat can become objects of nostalgic fascination. The recent demolition of Shelburne’s Harbor Hide-A-Way may have saddened locals who remember the restaurant in its mid-century heyday, but here at the Seven Days food desk, a vintage menu just now made us hungry — and curious. What was exotic about the Hide-AWay’s Chicken With Exotic Sauce? We never did find out, but this and similar questions sent us on a tour of Vermont’s restaurant graveyard.

Combing through the relics and consulting the fans of beloved late local eateries, we unearthed recipes that taste as fresh as they did long before diners started using terms like “locavore” and “terroir.” We decided to pass them on to posterity — and hope you enjoy tasting the shades of restaurants past as much as we did.

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Part of the romance of this skitown restaurant was its remoteness: Diners had to head up Hazen’s Notch to the cottages at the top, one of which housed the eatery. But much of Zack’s mystique swirled around Zack himself — aka owner and chef Jon Payne Zachadnyk, who ran the restaurant for 30 years until it closed in 2002. Zachadnyk, who passed away in 2011, started out as an army cook, but no one would have guessed that from his wardrobe of purple caftans, capes and crowns.

The restaurant had a color scheme to match his outfits — including purple sugar at every table. That was specially made by a confectioner in Richmond, says Rob Bernard, a former Zack’s cook and now owner of Snow Shoe Lodge & Pub in Montgomery Center, or, as Zachadnyk called it,

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Heat oven to 400 degrees. Melt butter in a heavy skillet and coat chicken breasts with seasoned bread crumbs.

Peel and halve banana. Brown chicken and banana lightly on both sides, then put pan in oven for 15 to 20 minutes until chicken is fully cooked.

While chicken is cooking, brown almond slivers in butter, leaving just enough liquid for a bit of brown-butter sauce.

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Rutland’s quiet healthylifestyle renaissance has taken another step forward this fall. In recent weeks, the city gained a juice bar, and the new home of the RutlanD WIntER FaRmERs maRkEt will open next week.

“There just wasn’t a lot of healthy options in downtown Rutland,” says GEnE schubERt,

If Schubert’s name sounds familiar, it’s because he spent 15 years running the Gene’s Beans coffee kiosk inside Rutland’s Diamond Run Mall, and at least two decades supplying local eateries with organic java.

Though Schubert closed that café earlier this year, he says Liquid Motivation still offers the organic, custom-roasted coffees and espresso for which he’s known.

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and kale; and a barbecue-braised pork shank with bacon-jalapeño macaroni and cheese and collard greens.

Appetizers include a short-rib poutine; blackened swordfish tacos with broccoli-avocado slaw; and “pork and beans” featuring braised pork belly.

Any pub worth its salt needs a good burger menu, and LeClair offers both Wagyu and Angus beef options. A turkey burger features Vermont cheddar and cranberry chutney, and vegetarians will be able to bite into what is surely the Granite City’s first edamame burger.

Desserts served in Mason jars, prepared by culinary-arts students at the baRRE tEchnIcal cEntER, include pumpkin trifle and a seasonal fruit crumble.

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who recently opened lIquID motIvatIon inside the new Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center on Merchants Row. Besides fresh vegetable juices and smoothies — including versions with kale, peanut butter and chai — the café offers a daily roster of veggie, vegan and gluten-free soups, sandwiches, cookies and baked goods.

Most of those are cooked or baked by hIlaRy aDams-paul, aka the Domestic Diva, a nEW EnGlanD culInaRy InstItutEtrained chef known for her gluten-free treats and creative use of local ingredients.

So far, Adams has stocked Liquid Motivation’s cases with vegan pumpkin-squash soup, tomato-mozzarellabarley salad, vegan/glutenfree coconut-peanut noodles and gluten-free banana coffee cake.

When coRnERstonE pub & kItchEn in Barre opens for dinner this Friday, the staff won’t yet be taking reservations, says co-owner kEIth paxman. But that hasn’t stopped potential diners from trying to make them.

Those folks will just have to line up for a table at the hotly anticipated restaurant, which began soft openings last Friday.

There are plenty of reasons why the restaurant is already attracting notice. Barre mayor thom lauzon owns the building at 47 North Main Street, and Paxman and his business partner, RIch mcshEFFREy, are appropriately civic minded in describing their vision. “Our ultimate goal is to be the ‘Cornerstone’ of our community, and to help rebuild this city ‘One Pint at a Time,’” they declare on the restaurant’s website.

There will be plenty of pints to pour. The 28-tap list includes Pabst Blue Ribbon and Bud Light, but is focused on hard-to-find and local brews, including Maple Nipple Ale and Jade IPA from laWson’s FInEst lIquIDs and kInGDom bREWInG’s Out-of-Bounds IPA. Chef JEssE lEclaIR, who recently cooked at the Ritz-Carlton in Atlanta, says his goal is to introduce a seasonal gastropub concept to Barre. “We wanted it to be approachable but also affordable,” Paxman adds. “We picked our price points so that the entire menu is under $20 with only very, very few [dishes] that are over.”

Both those pricier options are on the steak menu: an 8-ounce filet mignon and a 16-ounce bone-in ribeye.

Elsewhere on the menu, LeClair gets to show off his Atlanta-honed creative side with dishes such as duck-leg confit with maple baked beans, smokehouse bacon

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Heat a skillet to medium, melt butter and add flour to make a roux. Stir for one to two minutes. Add wine and cook until aromatic and slightly reduced. Throw in cream, stir to combine and reduce heat to medium low. Add mushrooms and cook until they are softened and sauce is thick. Stir in chopped tarragon. Serve over garlic bread.

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The Shed Restaurant & Brewery, Stowe

Since the Shed in Stowe closed a year ago, locals have been missing both the beer and the rustic, warm vibe. Also mourned is the iconic Shed burger — a moist, drippy creation that hadn’t changed much since the 1960s, when it was the only item on the menu.

Though the Shed is gone, malty Shed Mountain Ale is still brewed by Middlebury’s Otter Creek Brewing, which recently began offering it in bottles. This is a boon for Shed-burger lovers everywhere. The burger’s recipe is now owned by Otter Creek, according to Shed cofounder Kenneth Strong, but it’s no great secret that its flavor came from giving the meat a long soak in Shed Mountain Ale.

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Mushrooms Monkey Center (serves four) 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour ½ cup white wine 1 cup heavy cream 16 ounces white mushrooms Chopped fresh tarragon to taste

Strong says there are other spices in the blend, but simply marinating ground beef in Shed Mountain ale, then dosing it with salt and pepper before grilling, yields a peppery, zesty burger.

The other key components of a finished Shed burger are Cabot cheddar melted across the top and a Thomas’ English Muffin instead of a bun.

According to Strong, it was the president of S.B. Thomas baking company himself, Bob Swanson, who first suggested Strong serve his burger on the nookand-crannied muffins.

Swanson, who lived in Stowe in the mid1960s, brought in a case for the kitchen to try and before long, English muffins were an essential component of the Shed burger.

Shed burger “I like to think we were responsible for the rise of Thomas’ English Muffins,” Strong jokes. Restless in his retirement, the restaurateur still entertains the idea of opening another Shed elsewhere in Stowe. Is the Shed burger ripe for resurrection?

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Nowadays, we complain when it takes six months for an anticipated restaurant to open. When DĂŠjĂ Vu CafĂŠ served its first meal on Pearl Street in 1978, the opening followed four years of work on the site, which would later be home to Parima and now houses Three Needs.

Original owner Brian Fox took his time because of an unflagging attention to detail, recalls Peter Straube, DĂŠjĂ Vu CafÊ’s one-time general manager. Fox “was the most perfectionist person I’ve ever met,â€? says Straube, who’s now program director of Champlain College’s hospitality programs.

That fussy streak produced a building with a renowned art-deco atmosphere; inside may have been Burlington’s first great bistro. Among DÊjà Vu’s Gallic staples were Breton-style buckwheat crêpes such as the Crêpe DÊjà Vu, filled

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Potage Neufchâtel 5 tablespoons butter 1 pound spinach 4 large white leeks 6 tablespoons flour 4 ½ cups chicken stock 4 ½ cups water 1 teaspoon salt 2 eight-ounce packages of cream cheese Salt and pepper to taste 2 cups yogurt 4 egg yolks 2 cups cubed cooked ham 1 cup chopped chives

Heat 2 1/2 tablespoons of butter in a soup kettle. Chop spinach and leeks and cook gently in butter. When soft, sprinkle with flour and cook for two minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from fire and add chicken stock, water and salt. Return kettle to low heat, stirring until slightly thickened. Simmer 15 minutes.

Mash cream cheese in a small bowl.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then stir in yogurt and egg yolks. Beat until smooth.

SautĂŠ ham in remaining butter.

Carefully temper cream cheese mixture with hot soup by mixing a tablespoon of soup into the mixture outside the pot; then stir into the pot. Cook over low heat for five minutes, add ham, top with chives and serve.

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with “smoky sausage, fresh apples and Muenster cheeseâ€? and served with maple syrup. Sound familiar? The combination lives on as the DĂŠjĂ Vu CrĂŞpe at the Skinny Pancake.

In DÊjà Vu’s later days, it was owned

by Robert Fuller, now co-owner of Leunig’s Bistro, where he keeps up the tradition of the long-gone restaurant’s classic French offerings, such as soupe au pistou. DÊjà Vu’s creamy Potage Neufchâtel isn’t available at Leunig’s, however, or anywhere else in the area.

Straube was happy to share chef Michael Moser’s vintage recipe.

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In a large bowl, combine the beef with the ale. Knead with your hands until well combined, then cover and chill for at least two hours, preferably more.

Remove the beef from the refrigerator about five minutes before you’re ready to cook. Either heat a grill or put a pan on medium heat. Form the burgers into patties of 3/4-inch thickness (I got four burgers out of a pound, but the classic Shed burger was a heaping 1/3 pound); then coat both sides generously with salt and pepper. Cook patties roughly two to three minutes per side for medium-rare doneness, placing a slice of Cabot cheddar on

each burger while cooking the second side.

In the meantime, lightly toast English muffins in a toaster oven or on the grill.

Slather with your favorite condiments and accoutrements and serve.

transformation of the menu, since he’ll need time to settle in at his new work place. But he’ll have help. His former general manager at the Rusty Nail, KatE WIsE, will be tending bar just feet away from the kitchen.

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but at the same time just make it a broader kind of menu without getting out of hand and offer some really, really nice bar food.�

That will involve exporting both his charcuterie board and his popular duck-fat fries from the Rusty Nail menu. And a lighter option: Rich says he looks forward to supping on Werneke’s ramen come winter.

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and house bacon. Rich says he’s grateful for a great start from Sheehan, who never planned on staying at the Pig much longer than it would take to get the kitchen going.

Werneke has plans for some big changes, too. He says he and Rich hope to show diners there’s more to the Pig than barbecue. Known for his predilection for pork, Werneke explains that he intends to prepare “house-smoked meats,

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RESURRECTING DEAD DRINKS At its peak, Shelburne’s Harbor HideA-Way reportedly attracted passing celebrities such as Katharine Hepburn and Bob Dylan. But what did they drink?

Though I have a 1957 Hide-A-Way menu, I couldn’t find a chef or bartender from that era to elucidate any of the restaurant’s “fanciful creations” — such as the Harbor Cocktail, a “cool and refreshing” concoction of “New England rum blended with maple syrup and lemon juice.”

I tried my hand at a Harbor Cocktail anyway, using Smugglers’ Notch Distillery Rum. Though it turned out admirably boozy and sweet-sour, I thought it needed a little something extra. If you have some on hand, a splash of the ginger liqueur Domaine de Canton adds a layer of spiciness that fuses the flavors into a delicious whole.

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3 ounces dark rum 1 ounce fresh-squeezed lemon juice (I used Meyer lemons) 1 teaspoon maple syrup In a shaker filled with ice, combine rum, lemon juice and maple syrup. Add a splash of Domaine de Canton, if desired.

Shake to combine, then strain into a tumbler filled with ice. Garnish with lemon and serve.

Gin & It

In the 1950s and 1960s, gin ruled as a base for cocktails, from gimlets to Tom Collinses.

No doubt the once-common Gin & It made many an appearance on Burlington bars of yore. Basically a sweetish martini — though it’s not as treacly as it sounds — this amber-colored drink looks especially retro with an old-school maraschino cherry sunk at its bottom.

2 ounces gin 2 ounces sweet vermouth, such as Noilly Prat Dash of citrus bitters, such as Urban Moonshine Maraschino cherry In a shaker or pint glass filled with ice, combine gin, vermouth and bitters.

Stir, then strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with a maraschino cherry and serve.

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quirky, antique furniture, a chandelier made of brass musical instruments and a menu that at times stretched for 16 pages.

Straube, later of Déjà Vu Café, originally came to Vermont in 1983 to work at Carbur’s. Of the cuisine at Carbur’s, which was also known for its expansive beer list, Straube remembers, “This was a time when things like taco salads were new, and we were doing crazy things like frying burritos.”

Anyone who dined in Burlington during the Carbur’s years has a favorite sandwich, whether it was the Mae West — billed as “the only sandwich boycotted by NOW” and featuring “roasted turkey bosom, melted Swiss cheese, with mushrooms and tarragon mayo (served hot)” — or a chicken chimichanga, “alias, Mexican eggroll.” But no one could argue that Carbur’s biggest thing between sliced bread was the Queen City Special, trumpeted as Vermont’s only five-decker sandwich.

Queen City Special (serves as many as it takes to eat it) 6 slices hearty sandwich bread Sliced tomatoes Lettuce leaves Dressing of your choice Roast beef Turkey bosom Sliced, baked ham Seafood salad Shrimp salad Get to stacking! Begin with one piece of bread, spread it with dressing, cover it with tomatoes and lettuce leaves, then pile it with roast beef.

Repeat the process until you cap the shrimp salad with the final slice of bread.

But with Carbur’s now long gone, exercise caution.

You will not be provided with the “free medical attention” promised in one 1983 menu for anyone suffering ill effects from consuming this $6.95 wonder.

— A. L.

Scrumptious, Burlington

Long before my time in Burlington, a café named Scrumptious operated in the North Champlain Street spot where Nunyuns Bakery & Café currently resides. Scrumptious’ renown

endures, and its tomato-basil soup remains on regular rotation in the kitchen of Seven Days designer Diane Sullivan, who says she could “dive into a vat of it” and provided us with a recipe.

I’ve never been a fan of tomato soup of any stripe, but this version changed my mind. Perhaps it’s the generous doses of heavy cream and butter that make this simple soup silky and addictive. The only addition I made to Scrumptious’ recipe is salt to kick up the flavor; next time, I may try some crushed red pepper, too.

Tomato-Basil Soup (serves four) 2 cans whole, peeled tomatoes (I used San Marzano) 3 cups tomato juice 2 tablespoons basil, slivered, plus additional for garnish ½ teaspoon sea salt (or to taste) ¼ teaspoon pepper (or to taste) 1 cup heavy cream ¼ pound butter (one stick)

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Process the tomatoes in a blender or food processor until smooth.

Transfer to a soup pot and add the tomato juice, basil, salt and pepper. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add heavy cream and butter and stir over low heat until heated through. Garnish with basil leaves.

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Dog Team Tavern, New Haven

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prime rib, country-fried chicken and other resolutely old-fashioned dishes before taking their seats.

After they settled themselves at the table, a server carted in the relish wheel, a wooden contraption that looked like a ship’s steering wheel, with miniature buckets of side dishes hanging from pegs on its spokes. The wide variety included corn relish; Texas Caviar, or garlicky beans in a cider vinaigrette; apple butter; horseradish cottage cheese; and super-sweet roasted beets.

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(reserve 1 ½ cups of the potato cooking water) 1 package yeast 2 eggs 7 cups flour 3 cups brown sugar Water Chopped walnuts ¼ cup melted butter 2 cups cinnamon-sugar mixture (¼ cup cinnamon to 1 ½ cup sugar) Add sugar, salt and butter to hot potatoes. When mixture is lukewarm, add yeast, eggs and potato water.

Stir in flour to make a stiff dough.

Knead until smooth. Put in greased bowl and let rise until double in bulk. Punch down and refrigerate.

Do not use dough until thoroughly chilled; feel free to wait overnight or just a few hours. It will keep several days.

When ready to use, butter three 8-inch pans. Cover bottom of pans with about 1/3-inch brown sugar. Add just enough water to moisten sugar. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

Roll dough out about 1/3 of an inch thick and brush with melted butter.

Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.

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Diners will never again enjoy dinner at the restaurant that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, or peruse its display of antiques.

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BuRlingTOn gO CluB: Folks gather weekly to play the deceptively simple — and highly strategic — Asian board game. Uncommon Grounds, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free; bring a set if you have one. Info, 860-9587, dfelcan@ yahoo.com.

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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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FOOD SySTEMS SyMpOSiuM: "The Cultivation of Collaboration: Increasing Our Impact on the Food System" highlights the importance of community partnerships to increase funding opportunities. Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-9897.

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BAT AWAREnESS WEEk: Calling all caped crusaders! Slide-show lectures, preschool programs, bat facts and more educate Vermonters about the white-nose syndrome affecting our nocturnal insect eaters. Various locations statewide, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Various prices; call for details; proceeds benefit bat research through the Nongame Wildlife Fund.

Info, 279-5762, annemariekeppel@gmail.com.

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, 7 p.m. $13.50; arrive 10 minutes before start time. Info, 863-5966.

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MAgiC lAnTERn ShOW: This festival of 14 art videos and short films — all projected on the gazebo — features local, national and international artists. Stowe Free Library, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 253-8358.

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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.

MEDiTATiOn & DiSCuSSiOn: Powerful energies arise from this participant-led session, which chases 30 minutes of meditation with a brief reading and discussion. Inspired Yoga Studios, Jay, 7-8 p.m. Donations accepted.

Info, 988-0449.

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FESTivAl OF puMpkinS: Hundreds of glowing jack-o'-lanterns light the way for costumed characters at this Halloween and trick-or-treat kickoff. Smith Park, Winooski, dusk. Free. hAllOWEEn ORgAn COnCERT: A dramatic lights show and vocals from the University Concert Choir and Catamount Singers enliven organist David Neiweem's spooky musical selections. Costumes encouraged. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-2295. hAllOWEEn AT ThE MAC CEnTER: It’s trick-or-treat time again. Young folks receive noncandy treats such as coloring booklets and crayons, while older youth don festive wristbands. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery, Newport, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 334-1966. nighTMARES On COllEgE STREET: TWiSTED TWilighT: A disturbed doctor performs gruesome operations at Green Mountain Theater Group's haunted house for the daring. Noble Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $7-10; kids under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Info, 249-0414.

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BAByTiME plAygROup: Crawling tots and their parents convene for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister.

Info, 658-3659.

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‘WooDY SED’ Friday, November 2, 7:30 p.m., at Esther Mesh Room, Chandler Gallery, in Randolph. $15-20; cash bar. Info, 728-6464. chandler-arts.org.

NOV. 2-4 | THEATER City of Angels The scale of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America is breathtaking: The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, told in two full-length, stand-alone parts, broaches themes from homophobia to politics and racism to religion. Its characters are heartwrenchingly human, even as they converse with messengers from heaven or, on occasion, the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg, the American communist executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage. Most surprising, though, is “how utterly relevant, how precisely urgent, a play about AIDS in Reagan-era America is right now, today,” writes Metro Weekly of the 1993 work, now staged

by Dartmouth Theater Department. Director Carol Dunne calls it, “the play that changed the scope of American theater.”

‘ANgELS iN AmEricA: A gAY fANtASiA oN NAtioNAL thEmES, pArt oNE: miLLENNium ApproAchES’ Friday, November 2, and Saturday, November 3, 8 p.m., and Sunday, November 4, 2 p.m., at Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. View website for future dates through November 11. $5-19. Info, 603-646-2422. hop.dartmouth.edu

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“This land is your land, this land is my land...” Like others before him, Thomas Jones feels a connection to these lyrics — and so many more — penned by folk hero Woody Guthrie. In his oneman play Woody Sed, the actormusician uses a minimalist set and a series of colorful characters to bring theatrical context to the icon’s songs, which often served as anthems for sensitive social issues of their time. Jones traces the arc of the esteemed entertainer’s career, illuminating his rise to fame and the struggles he faced along the way.

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OCT. 31-NOV. 4, NOV. 6 & 7 | THEATER Murder Most Foul Leave it to a famous mystery author to pull off the perfect murder. When crime writer Andrew Wyke contacts his wife’s lover in Anthony Shaffer’s Sleuth, audiences can only assume her flame’s fate is in the bag. Or is it?

Twists and turns abound in the Tony Award-winning cliffhanger, which debuted in 1970. Complicated motives and the two characters’ mutual love of “the game” keep fiction indistinguishable from reality in this white-knuckled tale of revenge. Get in on the battle of wits as Northern Stage sets the scene for thrills and chills. Opening night is, appropriately, Halloween.

‘SLEUTH’ Wednesday, October 31, and Thursday, November 1, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 2, 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 3, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, November 4, 5 p.m.; Tuesday, November 6, and Wednesday, November 7, 7:30 p.m., at Briggs Opera House in White River Junction. View website for future dates through November 18. $15-60. Info, 296-7000. northernstage.org

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THE NATIONAL CIRCUS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Wednesday, November 7, 7 p.m., at Lyndon Institute in Lyndonville. $22-53. Info, 748-2600. kingdomcounty.org.

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Enosburg PlaygrouP: Children and their adult caregivers immerse themselves in in an evening of traditional singing activities and more. American Legion, Enosburg Falls, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, and original music 527-5426.

Friday FairFiEld PlaygrouP: Youngsters entertain themselves with creative activities and November 9 snack time. Bent Northrop Memorial Library, 7:30 PM Fairfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

HallowEEn 'saF-T' ParTy: Treat, not trick: Costumed candy seekers attend an evening of crafts, sweets and a bounce house.

Franklin Central School, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 527-5426.

HallowEEn ParTy: Princesses, superheroes and other kiddos in disguise come together Sponsored by for ghoulish tunes and good fun. Town Hall, Northfield Montgomery, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Savings Bank HigHgaTE sTory Hour: Gigglers and wigMedia glers listen to age-appropriate lit. Highgate Sponsors Public Library, 11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970.

Kids CosTumE ParTy: Masquerading trickor-treaters earn fair-trade chocolate — and learn about its importance — at an education: ine onl tickets al afternoon of games and activities. Peace It’s easy! Order and Justice Center, Burlington, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 8. may's world musiC & movEmEnT: ts.org Energetic children lace up their dancing www.chandler-ar shoes for a fun class with May Poduschnick.

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Info, 527-5426. sTory TimE & PlaygrouP: Read-aloud tales pave the way for themed art, nature and cooking projects. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com. sTory TimE For 3- To 5-yEar-olds: Preschoolers stretch their reading skills through activities involving puppets and picture books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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TriCK-or-TrEaTing: Incognito kids celebrate Halloween with spooks and sweets.

Fairfax Community Library, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 849-2420.

TrunK or TrEaT: Little ones gather sweets at this family-friendly event. Games, snacks, a box maze and prize drawings round out these spooky festivities. Living Waters Community Church, Essex Junction, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 310-9666 . youTH mEdia lab: Aspiring Spielbergs learn about moviemaking with Middlebury Community Television experts. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 388-4097.

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'mEssiaH' CHorus rEHEarsals: Experienced Messiah singers join the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra in Handel's best-known oratorio. Chorus room, Spaulding High School, Barre, 7 p.m. Free; bring your own score. Info, 244-6208. world musiC PErCussion EnsEmblE: 1970s disco hits are reinvented with AfricanLatin American rhythms in "Turn the Beat Around," which features new arrangements and collaboration with the Bala Bala band.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $516. Info, 603-646-2422.

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monarCH buTTErFly Tagging: In 2007, a black-and-orange flyer identified at the nature center was recovered in Mexico. Folks catch, tag and release the migrating monarchs to help with future connections. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 3:30 p.m. $3-5; free for members. Info, 229-6206.

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grEEn mounTain TablE TEnnis Club: Ping-pong players swing their paddles back and forth in singles and doubles matches.

Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 7-10 p.m. Free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership fee. Info, 247-5913.

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'slEuTH': Plot twists and turns abound when a famous mystery writer instigates a real-life game of cat-and-mouse in Anthony Shaffer's play, presented by Northern Stage.

See calendar spotlight. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $15-60. Info, 296-7000.

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burlingTon wriTErs worKsHoP mEETing: Members read and respond to the poetry and prose of fellow wordsmiths.

Participants must join the group to have their work reviewed; see meetup.com to register (space is limited). Levity, Burlington, 6:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 383-8104.

PainTEd word PoETry sEriEs: A series highlighting established and emerging New England poets features Brenda Shaughnessy and Jon Woodward. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0750.

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FriEnds oF ilslEy library booK salE: Thousands of gently used books will be available at this multi-day event hosted by the nonprofit organization, which works to extend services and facilities. Preview sale for members only on Thursday. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4369.

business

simPlE sTEPs For sTarTing your businEss: A five-part series helps entrepreneurs reach a "go or no go" decision about launching their biz. This week's topic: "Ready to Start?" Office Squared, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $25. Info, 951-6762.

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CommuniTy sErviCE days For sEnior CiTizEns: Vermonters age 60 and over receive free automotive care, computer tips, haircuts and more. Participants may only attend one of the two days. The Center for Technology, Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 879-8152.

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danCing wiTH JanE ausTEn: Judy Chaves illuminates the significance of Jane Austen's favorite pastime as she teaches Regency-era dance etiquette and the basic steps of English country dance. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

environment

EnErgy-EFFiCiEnCy Forum: Efficiency Vermont provides detailed information on locking in energy to help municipalities save money and improve their public buildings. Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, Woodstock, 6:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 888-921-5990.

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aarP drivEr saFETy Class: Folks ages 50 and over take a refresher course on the ways of the road as they deal with the behind-thewheel challenges posed by aging. Swanton School Apartments, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $12-14; preregister; free for veterans and their family members. Info, 483-6335 .

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wEsT aFriCan danCE & drum FEsTival: World-renowned teachers and musicians join Burlington’s Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater in four days of classes and performances. Burlington City Hall Auditorium and Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 5:30-8:45 p.m. Concert tickets are $10-15; see specific class costs and a full schedule online at jehkulu.org. Info, 859-1802.

film

'EsCaPE FirE: THE FigHT To rEsCuE amEriCan HEalTHCarE': Ronald Stram of the Stram Center for Integrative Medicine hosts a screening of this 2012 documentary tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time. Village Picture Shows Cinema, Manchester Center, 6:30 p.m. $10. Info, 445-3152.

'Kids': Larry Clark's bleak, unapologetic portrait of New York City teens explores the challenges they face navigating adolescence

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AnCesTors Ceremony/dAy oF The deAd: Shared stories and photographs honor loved ones who have passed. A potluck of traditional ancestral foods follows. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 860-6203.

Covers @ home: Upper Valley bands the Flames and Loose Cannons revisit hit songs from the 1950s to today. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 603-448-0400. johnson sTATe ColleGe ConCerT BAnd: Musicians lend their airs to a community ensemble in weekly rehearsals of contemporary compositions. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 821-0504, steven.light@jsc.edu. me2/orChesTrA reheArsAl: Ronald Braunstein conducts this classical ensemble composed of musicians with mental health issues and the people who support them.

All ability levels welcome. Chill Out Center, Burlington Town Center Mall, 7:15-8:45 p.m.

Free. Info, 238-8369, me2orchestra@gmail. com.

Toni CATlin: FirsT ThursdAys: musiC in The loFT: This local singer's blend of rootsy folk-rock, Americana and pop complements local wine and food offerings. Ten percent of the proceeds benefit Food4Farmers.

Shelburne Vineyard, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8222.

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and the city streets. BCA Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 865-5355.

games

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

health & fitness

AmeriCAn red Cross Blood drive: Healthy humans part with life-sustaining pints. Norwich University, Northfield, noon-6 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400, ext. 3244.

ForzA: The sAmurAi sword workouT: Folks channel their inner warrior in an intense fitness class building strength and power.

North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $810. Info, 578-9243.

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BurlinGTon sonGwriTers: Lyricists share and critique original works. Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 7:309:30 p.m. Free. Info, 859-1822.

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The heArTs oF ruTlAnd!: Attendees peruse 30 fiberglass hearts painted and embellished by local artists before an auction benefiting disaster victims of the Rutland region. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, artwork preview at 5:30 p.m.; auction begins at 6:30 p.m. $10. Info, 775-8836.

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Friday, Nov. 9 • $15 Show: 8 pm • Doors: 7:30 pm

Book sAle: Bibliophiles of all ages find plenty of new material for their nightstands.

Proceeds benefit library collections and programming. Rutland Free Library, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

Friends oF ilsley liBrAry Book sAle: See THU.01, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

North End Studios, 294 North Winooski Ave, Burlington “Peter Mulvey is one of the most accomplished guitarists you’re ever likely to hear… utterly original… his intelligent and sometimes complex songs engage both hemispheres of the listener’s brain.”

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pAulA poundsTone: The comedian cracks the smiles with razor-sharp wit and candid humor. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $33-40. Info, 748-2600.

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CeleBrATion Myofacial Release 'seriAl lovers For mArC — FlAkes we Yoga Classes Awodey: Folks hAve known': honor the life Doula Services Champlain and work of the professor Cinse recently deceased Bonino's collecVermont artist with tion of short works, spoken words, poetry, debuted by Champlain reminiscences, music CO Theatre, explores the UR and visual art. Unitarian TE SY common lies, truths and OF TOW Church, Burlington, 5-8 p.m.

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

Info, 862-1677 or 863-3305.

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Bill mAres & riCk peyser: The authors of Brewing Change: Behind the Bean at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters share the true tale of a middle manager's dogged crusade to change the world. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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AlAn k. BeTTs: The leading climate scientist and founder of Pittsford's Atmospheric Research contributes to a three-week lecture series on climate change in Vermont. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 229-6206. donAld lineBAuGh: Drawing from his book The Springfield Gas Machine: Illuminating Industry & Leisure, 1860s-1920s, the author discusses how this virtually forgotten innovation provided light at the turn of the century.

Shelburne Farms, 5:30 p.m. $8; preregister.

Info, 985-0328. peTer BeinArT: The editor of Open Zion and author of The Crisis of Zionism speaks as part of the Meet the Press series, featuring fascinating insights from today's newsmakers.

Robert A. Jones House, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5000.

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'ChArloTTe’s weB': This production based on E.B. White's classic book brings new musical features to the farm's unforgettable animals. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $6-8. Info, 518-523-2512.

Food For ThouGhT liBrAry volunTeers: Pizza fuels teen discussion of books and library projects. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

FrAnklin sTory hour: Lovers of the written word perk up for read-aloud tales and adventures with lyrics. Haston Library, Franklin, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. lA leChe leAGue oF essex: Moms and mothers-to-be gather to discuss parenting and breast feeding. Little ones are welcome.

First Congregational Church, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 383-8544. middleBury presChool sTory Time: Little learners master early-literacy skills through tales, rhymes and songs. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4369. monTGomery inFAnT/Toddler plAyGroup: Infants to 2-year-olds idle away the hours with stories and songs.

Montgomery Town Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 527-5426. pAjAmA sTory Time: Little kids rock nightgowns and flannels as special guests read from books. Fairfax Community Library, 6:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

morning ... until he weds a sly storyteller known as Scheherazade in this enchanting production by UVM Theatre. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $7-18.

Info, 656-2094.

'Timon oF AThens': hAnover Showcasing top performances from across the pond, the National Theatre of London presents a timely production of Shakespeare's tale of consumption, death and ruin. Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-23. Info, 603-646-2422.

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Career SympoSium: Keynoter Jay Riffenbary, author of No Excuse!

Incorporating Core Values, Accountability and Balance Into Your Life and Career, inspires students at 4:30 p.m. in Cheray Science Hall. Industry panels take place in St. Edmund's Hall from 5:30-8 p.m. St. Michael's College, Colchester. Free. Info, 654-2536.

League of LoCaL HiStoriCaL SoCietieS & muSeumS annuaL meeting: History comes alive with keynote speaker Rolf Diamant and workshops covering everything from the Civil War to Tropical Storm Irene. North Universalist Chapel Society, Woodstock, 8:30 a.m. $35-50; preregister.

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dance

BaLLroom LeSSon & DanCe SoCiaL: Singles and couples of all experience levels 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, 7-10 p.m. $7. Info, 658-5225.

fairs & festivals

WeSt afriCan DanCe & Drum feStivaL: See THU.01, 12:45-8:45 p.m.

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'CHarLotte’S WeB': See THU.01, 7 p.m. enoSBurg faLLS Story Hour: Young ones show up for fables and finger crafts.

Enosburg Public Library, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. fairfax Community pLaygroup: Kiddos convene for fun via crafts, circle time and snacks. Health Room, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. georgia pLaygroup: Stories, songs and crafts offer an intermission to free play.

Georgia Elementary & Middle School, St. Albans, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. iSLe La motte pLaygroup: Stories and crafts make for creative play. Isle La Motte Elementary School, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. montgomery tumBLe time: Physicalfitness activities help build strong muscles.

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Free. Info, 527-5426. muSiCaL tHirDS Story time: Children read and rock out at this tuneful meetup.

Essex Free Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0313. preSCHooL Story Hour: As part of the ongoing "Race: Are We So Different?" exhibit, little ones learn about race and racism through literature and personal stories.

ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $9.50-12.50; free for kids ages 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

SWanton pLaygroup: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Swanton, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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firSt friDay after-party: MSR and Angioplasty Media present Montréal indiepop band the Luyas and Vermont rockers Swale. BCA Center, Burlington, 8-11:55 p.m. $7; cash bar. Info, 865-7166. gameLan gaLaK tiKa: Members of this acclaimed group perform traditional Balinese music accompanied by 1930s films of the country shot by Colin McPhee. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. $3-5; $10 per family; free for members and kids under 6. Info, 656-0920. mrt: All-new folk trio Rick Klein, Michael Corn and Tristan Henderson wield "hightension strings of possibility" in faux-folk, murder ballads and fiery mandolin tunes.

Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 5:307:30 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 388-7368. peter yarroW: The Grammy-winning folk legend of Peter, Paul and Mary performs the best of his four-decade solo career.

Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $3540; $100 includes preshow reception. Info, 877-6737. reD HorSe: John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson and Lucy Kaplansky's folk supergroup specializes in elevating the American song tradition.

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KnigHtS in itaLy SpagHetti Dinner: Community members gather over hot plates of pasta at this benefit for the local Knights of Columbus council. St. Ambrose Parish, Bristol, 5-7 p.m. $4-8. Info, 453-2488. montHLy Wine Dinner: Chef Dennis Vieira stirs up a special menu of local food designed to complement the featured pours. Red Clover Inn & Restaurant, Killington, 6 p.m. $75 plus tax and tip. Info, 775-2290.

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forza: tHe Samurai SWorD WorKout: See THU.01, 9-10 a.m. puBLiC fLu CLiniC: Adults immunize themselves against the infectious disease.

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BrattLeBoro fiLm feStivaL: An eclectic mix of 12 recent films comes to the big screen, each reflecting the unique character of the area. Latchis Hotel & Theater, Brattleboro, 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. $6.508.50; free for kids under 12 . Info, 254-8169. reeL roCK 7: Adventure hounds indulge in local craft beer and snacks while taking in the latest releases of short films featuring the superstars of the rock-climbing world.

Petra Cliffs, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $10-12. Info, 657-3872. tHe neW yorK fiLm feStivaL: Director Richard Peña shares four new works from this year's prestigious screen bash, as well as a personal favorite. Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-10 per film or $30 film pass. Info, 603-646-2422.

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RichaRd hensold: One of America's finest bagpipers plays several unusual European instruments — from the Northumbrian smallpipes to the pibgorn — in traditional, medieval and original tunes.

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occuPy centRal veRmont geneRal assembly: Citizen activists incite the change they want to see in the world. At the park next to Charlie O's, Main Street, Montpelier, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, facilitation@occupycentralvt.org.

bazaars

booK sale: See FRI.02, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Fall bazaaR: politics Handcrafted local goods CO UR and unique gifts are ofPublic debate: Election TE SY OF fered along with homemade season continues strong as WA LKOV ER GALLERY food at this benefit for the United UVM's Lawrence Debate Union Church. Baptist Building, Fairfax, 9 a.m.hosts a verbal student spar about the 2 p.m. Free. Info, 849-6313. presidential race. Room 235, Marsh Life Science Building, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m.

FRiends oF ilsley libRaRy booK sale: Free. Info, 238-8345.

See THU.01, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. indooR yaRd sale: Many families contribtalks ute items and edible treats to this massive eldeR education enRichment Fall exchange. Proceeds help send the currentseRies: In a series about current foreign events class of the Diversified Occupations policy, Vermont Public Radio senior reporter Program to Washington, D.C. Hannaford Steve Zind reflects on "Iran Today." Faith Career Center, Middlebury, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

United Methodist Church, South Burlington, Info, 382-1025.

2 p.m. $5 drop-in for all ages. Info, 864-3516. samPlings oF veRmont's best: Artisans KiRsten stoR: Castleton College's assistant and food producers demonstrate their professor of mathematics puts two and two craft and offer tastings on a weekly basis. together in "The Map-Coloring Theorem."

Their wares are for sale seven days a week.

Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael's College, Vermont Artisans Craft Gallery, Burlington Colchester, 3:15 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

Town Center, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4600.

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'angels in ameRica: a gay Fantasia on national themes, PaRt one: millennium aPPRoaches': Carol Dunne directs Dartmouth Theater in a landmark production of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prizewinning epic, set in 1980s New York. See calendar spotlight. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-19. Info, 603-646-2422. 'baby, the musical': The Marble Valley Players deliver this tuneful, Tony-nominated play about conception — and its painful, rewarding and comical consequences — right on time. Town Hall Theater, West Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $15-18. Info, 775-0903.

'RichaRd iii': See THU.01, 8 p.m. 'seRial loveRs — FlaKes We have KnoWn': See THU.01, 8 p.m. 'sleuth': See WED.31, 7 p.m. 'the aRabian nights': See THU.01, 7:30 p.m.

'Woody sed': Packed with songs, Thomas Jones' one-man show uses Woody Guthrie's own words in a memory play celebrating the musician's centennial. See calendar spotlight. Esther Mesh Room, Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $15-20; cash bar. Info, 728-6464.

words

aRcheR mayoR: The author of a Vermontbased mystery series starring detective Joe Gunther introduces his latest whodunit, Paradise City. Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 362-2200.

comedy

Paula Poundstone: See FRI.02, Bellows Falls Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $28-44. Info, 463-4766.

community

the Really big shoW Xvii: Acts from all around the state — ranging from dance to singing to acrobatics — raise funds for the United Way of Rutland County. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 775-0903.

dance

'a WoRld oF dance': The McFadden Academy of Irish Dance headlines a cabaret-style evening of fancy footwork, which also includes tap, swing, hip-hop, lyrical and Bollywood dance from local troupes. Proceeds benefit the Foundation for Alcoholism Research. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Info, 877-6737. bid & boogie With the staRline Rhythm boys: Crowds get on their feet to live honkytonk at Spring Hill School's stick-season benefit, complete with a silent auction and food.

Gate House Base Lodge, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 7 p.m. $20-25. Info, 496-2139. montPelieR contRa dance: Soft-soled steppers make moves to calling by Mary Wesley and live tunes by Ethan HazzardWatkins, Anna Patton and Julie Vaillimont.

Old Labor Hall, Barre, 8 p.m. $5-8. Info, 744-6163.

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'Unraveling and TUrning: a ClimaTe Change CabareT': Can song, dance, puppetry and comedy help save the planet? Jen Berger, Kathryn Blume, Cami Davis, Lyndsay Love and others raise awareness of the environmental crisis through varied acts of performing arts. Proceeds benefit 350 Vermont.

Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 862-8127.

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brown dogs books & gifTs birThday CelebraTion: The Chick Peas blend strings, keys and a little spice at fourth-anniversary party, complete with a photo booth.

Firehouse Plaza, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-5189. 'mahdi means savior': A speaker illuminates the benefits of organic frankincense oils directly sourced from Somalia, then hydro-distilled in Vermont. Moonlight Gifts, Milton, 4-6 p.m. Free; pregister. Info, 893-9966.

fairs & festivals

fall CrafT fair: More than 100 vendors set up shop with handmade pottery, woodwork, quilts, toys, stained glass and more. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $3; free for kids under 13. Info, 518-564-4321, johnsosr@ plattsburgh.edu. wesT afriCan danCe & drUm fesTival: See THU.01, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

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aCro yoga monTréal: Abbi Jaffe and Lori CY Flower lead participants in partner and group acrobatics with a yogic consciousness. The CMY Village Nest, Waitsfield, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $18-23;K preregister. Info, 324-1737. ameriCan red Cross blood drive: See THU.01, Green Mountain Harley-Davidson, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. fall open hoUse: Flexible folks jump on the chance to test out therapeutic, flow and restorative yoga sessions at no cost — not to mention healing massage and healthy snacks. Yoga Mountain Center, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-5302. hUnger moUnTain Co-op's food & wellness expo: Health nuts take advantage of wellness consultations, massages, local and artisan food samples, and a children's activity fair. Montpelier City Hall, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8000. mediCinal mUshrooms for healTh & viTaliTy: Dietitian and nutritionist Sylvia Gaboriault reviews the immune-boosting and disease-preventing properties of edible fungus. City Market, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $5-10; preregister. Info, 861-9700.

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ChrisTmas bazaar: Talented crafters and bakers spark the holiday spirit alongside a Christmas Café. St. Pius X Parish, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6122 or 878-5997. holiday bazaar: Handmade gift items, from knitwear to crafts to prepared foods, draw early shoppers. Congregational Church, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Donations accepted; $2 wagon ride, or $5 per family, offered from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Info, 388-7634. holiday gifT show & sale: Twelve artists open their studios and display diverse handcrafted goods for sale — including photography, mixed media, fiber art, oil paintings and more. Shelburne Pond Studios, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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'CharloTTe’s web': See THU.01, 2 p.m. enosbUrg falls TUmble Time: Kiddos bound around an open gym, burning off excess energy. Enosburg Falls Elementary School, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. hopsTop: vandana & The darTmoUTh Chinese danCe TroUpe: Ethnic traditions collide as South Asian- and Indian-inspired choreography alternates with that of student performers. Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 11 a.m.

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bUrlingTon winTer farmers markeT: Farmers, artisans and producers offer fresh and prepared foods, crafts, and more in a bustling indoor marketplace with live music, lunch seating and face painting. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 310-5172, info@burlingtonfarmersmarket.org.

Caledonia winTer farmers markeT: Freshly baked goods, veggies, beef and maple syrup feature prominently in displays of "shop local" options. Welcome Center, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3088.

Champlain islands winTer farmers markeT: Baked items, preserves, meats and eggs sustain shoppers in search of local goods. South Hero Congregational Church, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3291.

Chili Cook-off: Local chefs add some spice to an afternoon competition, complete with live music, raffle prizes and a skate jam.

Lyndon Outing Club, Lyndonville, noon-2 p.m. $5. Info, 207-240-0796. empTy bowl dinner: A simple homemade meal served in handmade pottery feeds diners and raises funds for two area food shelves. Her Majesty's Streak O'Lean provide the tunes. United Methodist Church,

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'a separaTion': A contemporary Iranian couple seeks divorce in Asghar Farhadi's sad, funny 2011 drama, which took home the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Free. Info, 443-3168. braTTleboro film fesTival: See FRI.02, noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m.

The new york film fesTival: See FRI.02, 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m.

Middlebury, 6 p.m. $25 includes bowl; additional donations accepted. Info, 388-7276. middlebUry winTer farmers markeT: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers' totes. Mary Hogan Elementary School, Middlebury, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 247-4699, gildrienfarm@ gmail.com. vermonT farmers food CenTer grand opening: Growers, specialty-food vendors and local artisans welcome shoppers and C visitors to the new home of the town's winter farmers market. Local musicians provide liveM music and volunteers address future plans for the space. 251 West St., Rutland, 11 a.m.-2 Y p.m. Free. Info, 779-1485.

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Russian stoRy time: Children up to age 5 make new friends over tunes and crafts, in addition to stories and a puppet show in Russian. English translation is available.

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

music

affiliate aRtist CollaboRative ConCeRt: Disputing the "Those who can't do, teach" theory, professional teaching artists Paul Asbell, Timothy Cummings, Miles Donahue, Dan Frostman and many others showcase their musical talents. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. alasdaiR fRaseR & natalie Haas: A Scottish fiddler and an American cellist execute explosively energetic Celtic music.

Proceeds benefit the Old Meeting House Arts Ministries Program. The Old Meeting House, East Montpelier Center, 7:30 p.m. $20-25; $50 four-ticket family pack. Info, 229-9593. buRlington CiviC sympHony: Daniel Bruce directs serious musicians in Rossini's Semiramide Overture, Leonard Bernstein's Symphonic Dances From West Side Story and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $5-15. Info, 839-9067.

ConnoR gaRvey: This singer-songwriter complements his powerful voice with both guitar and ukulele. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $3-6. Info, 388-9782. daRtmoutH sympHony oRCHestRa: Anthony Princiotti conducts the student ensemble in a symphony by Dvořák, a concerto by Krommer and Debussy's Petite Suite. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $529. Info, 603-646-2422. eleva CHambeR playeRs: In "American Roots," Central Vermont's professional string chamber orchestra celebrates our nation's greatest composers. The program includes Aaron Copland, Arthur Foote and Samuel Barber. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 244-8354. sean Hayes: The San Francisco-based singer-songwriter, whose soulful writing has garnered national attention, tours with his newest release, Before We Turn to Dust.

Goddard College, Plainfield, 7 p.m. $15-20.

Info, 322-1724. soCial band: The lively Burlington ensemble plays songs from its newest album, Those Stars, a compilation of celestial-inspired choral music that includes new works from Vermont composers, as well as 16th-century masterworks. Richmond Free Library, 7:30 p.m. $15 suggested donation. Info, 658-8488, info@socialband.org. tHe peabody tRio: A violinist, a cellist and a pianist launch the Northeast Kingdom Classical Series with sparkling and gripping works from Shostakovich, Hersant and Beethoven. South Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $6-18. Info, 748-8012.

outdoors

moonlit Wagon Rides: Explore the grounds the old-fashioned way, taking in the beauty of the season and the sky. Light snacks and activities provided. Shelburne

Farms, 5:15 p.m., 6 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m. $7-10. Info, 985-8686.

Wagon Ride Weekend: Riders lounge in sweet-smelling hay on narrated, horsedrawn routes. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $3-12; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355.

seminars

genealogy WoRksHop: Tom DeVarney provides family tree enthusiasts with procedures and tips for navigating Ancestry.com's Library Edition. Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon $5. Info, 238-5934. gReening youR sCHool: patHWays to sustainability: Members of the Vermont Green Building Network discuss how parents, teachers and concerned citizens can propel buildings toward improved efficiency and health, and reduced operating expenses.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 735-2192.

sport

noRdiC ski & snoWsHoe sWap: Coldweather athletes clean out their garages to drop off old gear, make room for new, or both. Sellers can bring their equipment to the store through Friday. Line forms at 8:30 a.m.; doors open at 9 a.m. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Cost of items.

Info, 229-9409.

theater

'angels in ameRiCa: a gay fantasia on national tHemes, paRt one: millennium appRoaCHes': See FRI.02, 8 p.m. 'baby, tHe musiCal': See FRI.02, 1:30 & 7:30 p.m. 'mini mud': Teens and tots share their talents at a stage event honoring up-andcoming performing artists. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $6-16. Info, 728-6464. 'otello': Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met in a broadcast production with Johan Botha in the title role opposite star soprano Renée Fleming as Desdemona. Semyon Bychkov conducts.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1 p.m. $10-23. Info, 748-2600.

'RiCHaRd iii': See THU.01, 8 p.m. 'seRial loveRs — flakes We Have knoWn': See THU.01, 8 p.m. 'sleutH': See WED.31, 7:30 p.m. 'sundiata: king of tHe mali empiRe': The high-energy Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater continue the West African Dance & Drum Festival with a ballet, the historical tale of a prince's ascension to the throne.

Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. $5-15; free for kids under 3. Info, 863-5966. 'tHe aRabian nigHts': See THU.01, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

words

bonnie toCHeR Clause: The author of Edward Hopper in Vermont uses slides to paint a picture of the artist's summer sojourns to our fair state. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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INdoor GardeNING: Locavores learn the steps to harvesting tender pea shoots, crunchy radishes and broccoli greens from gardening guru Peter Burke. City Market, Burlington, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 861-9700.

community

BINGo: Charitable gamers engage in a popular pastime benefiting the American Legion and community programs. Hot-dish specials and other goods will be served.

American Legion Post 59, Waterbury, doors open at 11 a.m.; “quickies” begin at noon and regular games start at 1 p.m. Call for price.

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Sacred cIrcle daNcING: No experience and no partners are necessary for these ancient and modern movement patterns set to gentle, slow, international music. Suitable for all adults, including seniors. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 978-424-7968.

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TropIcal FISh clUB oF BUrlINGToN aUcTIoN: Fish fans bid on tropical swimmers, aquarium plants and manufacturers' donations. VFW Post, Burlington, noon. Free.

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TUrkey dINNer: Community members carve the bird at an annual midday feast.

Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 11:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m., 1:45 p.m. $5-10; takeout available; reservations required. Info, 527-1121.

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deSIGN a harveST ceNTerpIece: Floral designer Vicky Dilley helps participants create unique pieces to grace Thanksgiving tabletops. Materials provided, but any additional supplies are welcomed. Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-noon. $15; preregister . Info, 985-8686.

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FreNch coNverSaTIoN GroUp: dImaNcheS: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual, drop-in chat.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m.

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NorTheaST FIddlerS aSSocIaTIoN film meeTING: Lovers of this spirited art form BraTTleBoro FIlm FeSTIval: See FRI.02, — players and the public alike — gather to noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. catch up and jam. VFW Post, Morrisville, 'For GreaTer Glory: The TrUe noon-5 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, STory oF crISTIada': Andy 728-5188.

Garcia, Eva Longoria and SocIal BaNd: See SAT.03, Peter O'Toole star in United Church of Dean Wright's 2012 Hinesburg, 3 p.m. historical drama 'vermoNT hISTory about the Cristero ThroUGh SoNG': War of the Singer/researcher 1920s. Knights Linda Radtke gives a of Columbus costumed rundown Hall, South of major state Burlington, 6 benchmarks p.m. Free; seats with accomby reservation paniment by only. Info, 859pianist Arthur Zorn.

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OF HU N coNcerT: “Pageantry” features O Ny TIN GT ON PUBLIC HARM festive and ceremonial music from food & drink around the world. Grand Maple Ballroom, commUNITy BreakFaST: Early birds Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. rise and shine for a neighborly meal. VFW Free. Info, 656-2295.

Post, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. $3-5. Info, 878-0700. outdoors harveST SWap: Participants plump up BerlIN poNd WaTerFoWl Walk: Eagletheir pantries at an exchange of homegrown eyed participants scope out the last of the handiwork, featuring canned tomatoes, season's winged migrators at this birdjelly jars, dried vegetables and tea blends. ing hot spot. North Branch Nature Center, Lakeview Union School, Greensboro, 2-4 Montpelier, 7:30-10 a.m. $5-15; free for kids. p.m. Bring items with an estimated value Info, 229-6206. of $5 (or the full value can be divided in $5

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Women's PickuP socceR: Ladies of all abilities break a sweat while passing around the spherical polyhedron. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3; for women ages 18 and up. Info, 864-0123.

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'angels in ameRica: a gay Fantasia on national themes, PaRt one: millennium aPPRoaches': See FRI.02, 2 p.m. 'meet abe lincoln!': Stephen Woods portrays the iconic president in an interactive performance after the Pomfret Drum and Fife Corps play. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 1:15-2:30 p.m. Donations encouraged. Info, 457-2295.

'RichaRd iii': See THU.01, 2 p.m. 'sleuth': See WED.31, 5 p.m. staged Reading oF 'sPaRk': MOXIE Productions breathes life into Caridad Svich's contemporary drama about the messy aftermath of a recent war. A panel discussion follows. BCA Center, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free.

Info, 371-7400.

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aRcheR mayoR: See FRI.02, Misty Valley Books, Chester, 2 p.m. Info, 875-3400. chRistina Rosalie: Mindful listeners learn about an antidote to life's fast pace from the author of A Field Guide to Now. Phoenix Books Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

Rachel caRteR: Roadtripping tips abound as the coauthor of Vermont: An Explorer's Guide shares lively travel tales and photos at a book signing with wine and beer. Spears Corner Store, Charlotte, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 425-4886.

heRbal consultations: Folks explore the art of "green" health care at a personalized, confidential clinic with faculty and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism. City Market, Burlington, 4-7 p.m.

Free; preregister by email. Info, 861-9700, info@vtherbcenter.org.

Public Flu clinic: See FRI.02, Franklin County Senior Center, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-noon. the magic oF suPeR Foods: Aisling Badger discusses the synergistic relationship nutrients, vitamins, minerals and enzymes have with the human body. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12. Info, 224-7100.

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Food dRive: Established customers bring donations in exchange for spinal adjustments during this 22nd annual event for the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. All appointments must be made by Friday, November 2nd. Drs. Marko Family Chiropractors, South Burlington, 8:45 a.m.12:15 p.m. & 2:45-6:15 p.m. Cash or nonperishable food item. Info, 863-0334.

FoRza: the samuRai sWoRd WoRkout: See THU.01, 6-7 p.m.

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NOV. 10-11 Waitsfield Ski and Skate Sale Waitsfield Elementary School Consignment drop-off: Friday, Nov. 9, 4-7 p.m.

Sale:Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and 11, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Info, 496-3643, wesskiskate. com

NOV. 23- 25 Stratton Mountain School Ski Sale Stratton Mountain Resort Consignment drop-off: Friday, Nov. 23, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Sale: Friday, Nov. 23, 3-7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $5 admission on Friday; free on Saturday. Info, 865-1165, gosms.org/skisale

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NOV. 16-18 Ski and Snowshoe Swap Trapp Family Lodge Outdoor Center, Stowe Consignment drop-off: Friday, Nov. 16, 3-7 p.m. Sale: Saturday, Nov. 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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NOV. 16-18 Okemo Ski and Snowboard Swap Okemo Mountain School Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sale: Friday, Nov. 16, 4-7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 18, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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dRoP-in stoRy time: Reading and rhyming activities help youngsters develop early-literacy skills. Essex Free Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 879-0313. imagination studio: Creative juices flow as school-age kiddos sit down to arts activities with naturalist and eco-crafter Rachel Klatzker. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. my FiRst yoga: Toddler-friendly poses meet storytelling and song in this program for kids 4 and under. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. shake youR sillies out: Tots swing and sway to music with children's entertainer Derek Burkins. JCPenney court, University Mall, South Burlington, 10:35 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. south heRo PlaygRouP: Free play, crafting and snacks entertain children and their grown-up companions. South Hero 8v-expressions103112.indd 1 10/29/12 Congregational Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Free.

Info, 527-5426. stoRies With megan: Preschoolers expand their imaginations through tales, songs and rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. sWanton PlaygRouP: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play You may be able to participate and snacks. Mary Babcock Elementary School, in a research study involving: Swanton, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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EldEr Education EnrichmEnt Fall SEriES: Author Mark Pendergrast looks at "Japan's Tipping Point: Crucial Choices in the Post-Fukushima World." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 drop-in for all ages. Info, 864-3516.

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GaStronomy Book diScuSSion: Readers gobble up mouth-watering novels about food and culture, such as this week's Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. marjoriE cady mEmorial WritErS Group: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through "homework" assignments, creative exercises and sharing. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpotter935@comcast.net.

ShapE & SharE liFE StoriES: Recille Hamrell gives prompts to trigger recollections of specific experiences, which are crafted into engaging narratives and shared with the group. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Ballroom dancE claSS: Samir and Eleni Elabd guide a dance social in swing and tango. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $14. Info, 225-8699.

'SWan lakE': Tchaikovsky's epic score propels along a battle between two swans in this Royal Ballet broadcast production, starring prima ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-18. Info, 748-2600.

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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.

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alBurGh muSic & movEmEnt playGroup: Tots form friendships over audio-physical activities. Alburgh Elementary School, 8:45-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. 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.

FairFax Story hour: Good listeners up to age 6 are rewarded with tales, crafts and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:3010:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. hiGhGatE Story hour: See WED.31, 10-11 a.m. muSic With roBErt: Music lovers of all ages engage in sing-alongs with Robert Resnik. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. richFord playGroup: Rug rats let their hair down for tales and activities.

Cornerstone Bridges to Life Community Center, Richford, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

WilliSton Story hour: Youngster ages 3 to 5 gather for entertaining tales and creative projects. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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FrEnch convErSation Group: Beginnerto-intermediate French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français.

Halvorson's Upstreet Café, Burlington, 4:306 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. pauSE-caFé FrEnch convErSation: Francophiles of all levels speak the country's language at a drop-in conversation. Mr. Crêpe, Burlington, 6:30 p.m.

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SakhioBa EnSEmBlE: Thirteen men from Tbilisi, Georgia, make good on their name — meaning "sweet sound" — through rousing polyphonic folk songs, liturgical chants, folk dances and traditional instruments. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $10-15.

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Spend Smart: Those who struggle to save learn savvy skills for managing money. City Market, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 860-1417, ext. 114, growingmoney@ cvoeo.org. tech tueSday: This e-readers and audiobook workshop covers the basics of borrowing and downloading onto a variety of devices. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295.

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peter hamlin: In "The Computer as Musician," the chair of the music department talks about his compositions melding live performance with modern technology. Room 125, Mahaney Center for the Arts, reception, 4 p.m.; talk, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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'aSk uS Who We are': Bess O'Brien shows clips from her award-winning documentary about youth in Vermont's foster care system and discusses the content. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902. claSSic film SerieS: Tom Blachly and Rick Winston introduce and spark discussion about a favorite flick from the silver screen.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m.

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herBal claSS: Folks learn how to make a comfrey-root poultice for any major closedwound injury with instructor Sage Zelkowitz.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 3-5 p.m. $1-10 sliding-scale materials fee. Info, 4263581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com.

Winning Social-media development StrategieS: The Vermont Retail Association hosts Power Shift, whose experts discuss optimum scheduling, integrating accounts and other tech-savvy implementations vital to success. Stowe Town Hall, 8:30-10 a.m. Free; pregister. Info, 839-1931.

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Burlington WriterS WorkShop meeting: See WED.31, 6:30-7:30 p.m. chard deniord & cynthia huntington: Two of the region's most esteemed poets read from new and forthcoming works.

Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295. megan mayheW Bergman: The local author's new book of short stories, Birds of a Lesser Paradise, explores moments of biological pull, when nature impacts human decisions. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m.

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Brian mohr & emily johnSon: In "Off Piste in the Northeast," these Vermont photographers share appreciation for skiing in our region and beyond through stellar stills and video footage alike. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Land Trust's campaign to protect the Bolton Valley nordic and backcountry.

Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Donations accepted; $5 per raffle ticket or $20 for five.

Info, 496-5434. erin talmage: Birds of Vermont Museum's executive director identifies the winged wonders that weather out Vermont's winter season in a discussion of birding, conservation and citizen science. Milton Historical Society, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 734-0758, miltonhistorical@yahoo.com. gretchen holBrook gerzina: In "The Brontë Myth," the Dartmouth professor looks at public perception of the literary family — and how the sisters themselves helped spark the myths. Congregational Church, Norwich, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184. katy Smith aBBott: The Middlebury College professor examines several sides of the famed "Mona Lisa" painter, in "The Original Renaissance Man: Understanding Leonardo da Vinci" including his dedication to his journals. Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 773-1860. manSour farhang: This former ambassador to the UN touches on capability, consequence and their implications — for both the Middle East and the world at large — in "The Iran Nuclear Dispute." Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. mary childerS: The author presents "Welfare Brat," referencing the ethical issues she faced when publishing her memoir of the same name, which deals with her troubled childhood and government aid. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Info, 748-8291. natalie kinSey-Warnock: In "Patchwork: Piecing Together Family History," the writer discusses the importance of stories passed between generations and displays her grandmother’s quilts that inspired her first book.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

'Sleuth': See WED.31, 7:30 p.m. 'the complete WorkS of William ShakeSpeare (aBridged)': Audiences brush up on the Bard on a comic express tour through some of the greatest stories ever told, brought to life by six actors from the fine-arts department. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 654-2536. the national circuS of the people'S repuBlic of china: Straight from Beijing, the prestigious troupe has won more than 20 international medals for its high-flying feats.

Lyndon Institute, Lyndonville, 7 p.m. $22-53.

Info, 748-2600. 'the underStudy': A smug Hollywood star and his new Broadway backup don't exactly hit it off in this Pulitzer Prize-nominated comedy about backstage rivalry, presented by Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre. Brick Box Theater, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 775-0903.

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Irwin explores the physiology of irritable bowel syndrome, then CO offers coping strategies for UR TE SY the condition and the anxiety OF TO W N HAL comedy it provokes. Vermont Center for L THEATER Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 improv night: Fun-loving participants p.m. $10-12. Info, 224-7100. play "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"-style games in an encouraging environment. Spark Arts, kids Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $7 suggested donation.

Info, 373-4703. enoSBurg playgroup: See WED.31, 1011:30 a.m. community fairfield playgroup: See WED.31, 10-11:30 milton community youth coalition a.m. meeting: Milton Elementary/Middle School highgate Story hour: See WED.31, 11:15 faculty and staff discuss the role of positive a.m. behavioral interventions and supports in may'S World muSic & movement: See shaping the success of area students. Milton WED.31, 10:30-11:15 a.m.

Public Library, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; dinner moving & grooving With chriStine: and childcare provided. Info, 893-1009.

Two- to 5-year-olds jam out to rock-and-roll WinooSki coalition for a Safe and and world-beat tunes. Fletcher Free Library, peaceful community: Neighbors and Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. local businesses help create a thriving muSic With mr. chriS: See WED.31, 10 a.m.

Onion City by weighing in on public-health parenting WorkShop: Licensed clinical and civic-engagement initiatives. O'Brien mental-health counselor Kevin Gallagher Community Center, Winooski, 6-7 p.m. Free. helps caregivers learn to foster indepenInfo, 655-4565. dence and set boundaries with their elementary, middle and high schoolers. Waitsfield crafts Elementary School, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; childmake Stuff!: See WED.31, 6-9 p.m. care provided. Info, 279-3154. open knit & crochet: Stitch and tell: Fiber richford pajama Story time: Kids up to fans work on current projects in good comage 6 wear their jammies for evening tales. pany. Kaleidoscope Yarns, Essex Junction, Arvin A. Brown Library, Richford, 4-5 p.m.

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Backyard aStronomy: hoW to identify youth media laB: See WED.31, 3:30-4:30 conStellationS: Frank Pakulski leads an p.m. evening of basic instruction on the intricacies of the night sky. Telescope viewing if music weather permits. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6-8:30 p.m. Free; children 'meSSiah' choruS rehearSalS: See 8 and older admitted with an adult. Info, WED.31, 7 p.m.

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band and singer-songwriter take the stage at a new monthly concert series hosted by MC Matt Gadouas. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $5 suggested donation.

Info, 865-1140.

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acting BEGINNERS MEISNER TECHNIQUE: Burlington (Off Center for the Dramatic Arts), noon-4 p.m., 4 consecutive Sun. starting Oct. 28. Registration still open!. Cost: $140/whole course; or $11/hr. Location: Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, 294 N. Winooski Ave., suite 116C, Burlington. Info: Carole Zucker, 425-4936, info@actingworkshops.info, actingworkshops. info. Stand up for yourself; be who you really are; lose selfconsciousness. The workshop is taught to develop the actors’ imagination, flexibility and focus. The workshop is a course on the Meisner Technique as developed at the Neighborhood Playhouse, long considered one of the finest acting schools in the U.S. Instructor Carole Zucker studied at the Playhouse and at HB Studios in New York, and taught private acting workshops to great acclaim in Montréal since the 1990s and recently at the Flynn Center. No experience necessary.

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DESIGN: ADOBE INDESIGN CS6: Nov. 6-Dec. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $185/ person, $166.50/BCA member.

Location: Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Learn the basics of Adobe InDesign, a creative computer program used for magazine and book layout, for designing text, and for preparing digital and print publications.

Explore a variety of software techniques and create projects suited to your interests. For beginners who are interested in furthering their design software skills.

DRAWING & PAINTING RETREAT W/ GAIL SALZMAN: Nov. 9-11. Cost: $850/retreat (member discount avail.).

Location: Seyon Lodge, Groton.

Info: burlingtoncityarts.org/ BCACenter. Jump-start your creative process and enjoy a weekend of drawing, painting and artistic inspiration with professional artist and educator Gail Salzman. Participants will engage in a variety of activities including spontaneous drawing and writing exercises, the artistic interpretation of the surrounding environment, and energizing group discussions.

Enjoy uninterrupted time in a contemplative environment, and be inspired.

DROP-IN: SAT. YOUTH ART STUDIO: Drop in every other Sat.: Oct. 20, Nov. 3, Nov. 17, Dec. 1 & Dec. 15, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $10/ class. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Kids ages 6-12 are invited to the BCA Center to paint, draw, sculpt and more.

Participants may work on the special project of the day or work on an individual project to take home. Parents are welcome to stay or may drop their child off.

All materials provided. No registration necessary.

PAINTING: ABSTRACT PAINTING: Nov. 8-Dec. 20, 6:30-9 p.m., Weekly on Thu. (no class on Nov. 22). Cost: $195/ nonmember, $176.50/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Explore the many exciting possibilities of abstract painting. Use the paint of your choice (water-soluble oils, acrylics or watercolor), experiment and try adding other mixed media as well. Learn from each other and discuss techniques and ideas in supportive critique.

Ages 16+.

PHOTO: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6: Nov. 1-Dec. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $215/ person, $193.50/BCA member.

Location: BCA Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Gain confidence working in Adobe Photoshop.

Uploading images into Adobe Bridge, use of Camera Raw, image-correction tools such as color and white balance correction, layers, masks, selections, retouching and much more will be covered, as well as printing on our Epson 3880 printer. No experience required.

PHOTO: PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY: Nov. 7-Dec. 5, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $175/person, $157.50/BCA member. Location: BCA Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Prerequisite: Intro SLR Camera or equivalent experience. Improve your

portrait taking skills in this hands-on class. Camera techniques, composition, the use of studio and natural light, and more will be covered. Bring your camera and memory card to the first class.

SILK-SCREEN CLOTHING DESIGN: Nov. 6-Dec. 18, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $200/person, $180/BCA member. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Ages 16+. Fashion design meets printmaking in this class! Fashion designer and silk-screen expert Amy Wild will show you how to print on jackets, leggings, skirts, pants and T-shirts. Learn to transfer and print images using hand-drawn, photographic or borrowed imagery. Includes over 30 hours of open studio. No experience necessary!

astrology INTRODUCTION TO ASTROLOGY: Nov. 5-26, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $75/4-wk. series.

Location: Jungian Center, 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: 244-7909, jungiancenter.org.

A basic course for the novice.

Study the ancient symbol system of the stars and learn how to read your own and others’ charts.

Led by Patrick Ross, P.E. THE NORTH & SOUTH NODES: A LIGHTHOUSE ON YOUR LIFE PATH: Nov. 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $45/1-day session. Location: Jungian Center, 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: 244-7909, jungiancenter.org. Learn about the crucial role of the Nodes as they clarify your Life Path.

Includes an examination of the 12 Nodal Stories as mythical prototypes. Open to anyone with an acquaintance with the houses, planets and signs. Led by Susan J. Ackerman, author and astrologer. Individual sessions optional on Sunday, November 4.

bodywork JINSHIN JYUTSU SELF-HELP CLASS: Nov. 10-11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: $250/class, early-bird special before Oct. 22. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: 658-7715, touchvt@gmail. com, touchstonehealingarts. com. Includes history, theory and practice of JinShin Jyutsu, taught experientially. Learn to work with the safety energy locks and their respective releases, the eight mudras of JinShin Jyustu, and the first-aid flows, while developing an understanding of harmonizing the attitudes of worry, fear, anger, grief and pretense.

cooking CAKE DECORATING: Nov. 5-19, 6-8 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $60/resident, $70/nonresident.

Location: Miller Community Recreation Center, 130 Gosse Ct., Burlington. Info: 864-0123, enjoyburlington.com Learn how to decorate cakes with buttercream, fondants and pretty

flowers with Miss Gladys. Miss Gladys owns the Piece of Cake bakery in Essex Junction. She has over 30 years of confectionery and cake-decorating experience. Preregistration is required.

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 5981077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $13/person for one-hour class.

No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

and pioneer in the application of the intuitive imagery process in business and other venues.

PUT YOUR HEART INTO 2013 GOALS: Nov. 3-10, 9-12 p.m.

Cost: $99/2 3-hr. classes, + workbook & personal coaching session. Location: Hawks Meadow Apartment Complex, 17 Carmichael St., Essex Jct. Info: Work-Life-Purpose, Jim Koehneke, 857-5641, jim@ worklifepurpose.com, jimkoehneke.com. Create a powerful new vision, overcome limiting beliefs and live a more passionate life! Make 2013 the year the real you shines through. Clarify your strengths, passions and purpose to guide you in developing a heartfelt vision; learn the steps in manifesting your goals; and put together a plan of action that leads to powerful results!

and experience shifting fear and chaos into love and creating the possibility of a new loving world.

Jeanne White Eagle, who healed herself from cancer through the use of sound, leads.

healing arts HEAL W/ YOUR HANDS: REIKI: Sat., 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Love offering.

Location: Venue will be sent to registrants, Middlebury. Info: Barbara Clearbridge, 324-9149, clearbridge@FeelingMuchBetter. org, FeelingMuchBetter.org. In two fascinating days of training, learn to bring energy into your hands to help yourself and others. Learn basic skills, beginning techniques, principles of the science underlying energy work and beginning Reiki (First Degree).

Lots of hands-on practice.

Optional follow-up. Satisfaction guaranteed. Instructor is Barbara Clearbridge. Limit 12 participants.

DSANTOS VT SALSA: Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m., intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m.

Cost: $10/1-hr. class. Location: Movement Studio, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt. com. Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the 652-4548 music and how to have a great flynnarts@flynncenter.org time on the dance floor! There is The Flynn Center is a nonprofit no better time to start than now!

1x1-FlynnPerfArts093009.indd 1 9/28/09 3:32:51 PM organization and believes the LEARN TO DANCE W/ A arts should be accessible to PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-wk. everyone: financial aid and class. Location: Champlain payment plans are available Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. for all classes.

253-8358 Lessons also avail. in St. Albans. education@helenday.com Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, helenday.com SONG INTERPRETATION FOR kevin@firststepdance.com, MUSICAL THEATER: Nov. 4, FirstStepDance.com. Come 3-6 p.m. Cost: $50/singer’s FALL LANDSCAPE alone, or come with friends, but tuition ($25 for observer fee).

WATERCOLOR: Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-4 come out and learn to dance!

Location: Flynn Center for the p.m. Cost: $120/1-day workshop.

Beginning classes repeat each Performing Arts, 153 Main Location: 5 School St., Stowe. month, but intermediate classes Street, Burlington. Info: 652Learn to paint the beautiful fall vary from month to month. As 4500, flynncenter.org. In musicolors in this workshop. The class with all of our programs, everycal theater, an actor’s job is to begins with a demonstration by one is encouraged to attend, and tell a compelling story through the instructor, who will explain no partner is necessary. words and music. Broadway his technique for capturing the vocal coach Bill Reed leads this essence of the subject, as well master class-style intensive as creating light and shadow. where you’ll discover ways to The class will paint for the duraTAIKO, DJEMBE, CONGAS & unearth a character’s intentions tion of the class followed by a BATA!: Location: Burlington and effectively convey them in critique. All abilities welcome Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., performance. Bring sheet music with some drawing experience suite 3-G. Info: Stuart Paton, to a memorized song. Ages 15+. recommended.

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com. Call for Thursday 9:30 a.m. conga class location. Taiko classes in Burlington begin Tuesday, October 30, with kids at 4:30 p.m., $60/6 weeks, and adults at 5:30 p.m., $72/6 weeks.

Friday 5 p.m. conga and 6 p.m. djembe classes are walk-in classes for $15/class. Drums are provided. Call to schedule your own classes!

empowerment INTUITIVE IMAGERY: Nov. 7-14, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $60 Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. Learn to harness your intuition in this proven process by peering into the future and experiencing the vast potential that is your “inner genius.” Led

by John Pehrson of Intuitive Imagery: A Resource at Work,

TEXT ANALYSIS FOR THE SERIOUS ACTOR: Nov. 3-10, 9:45-11:45 a.m., Weekly on Sat. Cost: $50/2-class series.

Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main Street, Burlington. Info: 6524500, flynncenter.org. Ever find yourself stuck while preparing for a role? Learn how to unearth the playwright’s intentions to make your acting best serve the play! Adults and teens 16+.

Teacher: Mark Alan Gordon.

healing THE HEALING POWER OF SOUND: Nov. 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: $75/seminar. Location: 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. Sound holds enormous healing potential, as well as serving to shift personal and global vibrations. Explore

herbs ART & SCIENCE OF SOAP MAKING: Nov. 7, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $35/3-hr. hands-on workshop.

Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 West Canal Street, Winooski. info: 865-4372, info@ purpleshutter.com, purpleshutterherbs.com. Join Kelley Robie in using herbs, spices, oils and other natural, nourishing ingredients to make a batch of soap. Everyone will go home with a soap sample to cut and age.

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Join us in welcoming Artspace, a national leader in creating spaces for the arts and artists, for a public presentation and discussion of an arts based revitalization of Moran and beyond.

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COMMUNITY HERBALISM CLASSES: The Magic of Super Foods w/ Aisling Badger, VCIH clinical intern, Mon., Nov. 5, 6-8 p.m.; Stress Less About IBS w/ Emily Irwin, VCIH clinical intern, Wed. Nov. 7, 6-8 p.m.; In the Witches Kitchen w/ Grace Hurley, VCIH clinical intern, Mon., Nov. 12, 6-8 p.m., $5 suggested materials fee. Cost: $10/ members; $12/nonmembers.

Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 250 Main Street, Suite 302, Montpelier.

Info: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 2247100, info@vtherbcenter.org, vtherbcenter.org. Registration required.

WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Now accepting applications for Wisdom Eight-Month Certification Program, Apr. 20-21, May 18-19, Jun. 15-16, Jul. 13-14, Aug. 10-11, Sep. 7-8, Oct. 5-6 & Nov. 2-3, 2013. Tuition: $1750; nonrefundable deposit: $250; payment plan: $187.50/ mo. Applications for Wild Edibles spring term: Apr. 28, May 26, Jun. 23, 2013. Tuition: $300. VSAC nondegree grants avail. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com. Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local wild edible and medicinal plants, food as first medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey. Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

language ASI APRENDEMOS ESPAÑOL: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

Connect with a new world. We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers lesson package. Our fifth year. Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private instruction, student tutoring, AP. See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

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(across from Conant Metal & Light), Burlington. Info: 9518900, burlingtonaikido.org.

Adult classes begin on Tuesday, November 5. This Japanese martial art is a great method to get in shape and relieve stress.

Classes for adults, teens and children. Study with Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 6th degree black belt and Vermont’s 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 JiuJitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston.

Info: 660-4072, Julio@bjjusa. com, vermontbjj.com. Classes for men, women and children.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept

no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction avail.

Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Meditation sessions on Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m. and Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. The Shambhala Cafe meets 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. 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.

MEDITATION: TOOLS FOR LIVING: Nov. 10, 9 a.m. Location: Karme Choling, Barnet. Info: 633-4417, karmecholing.org.

Relax and awaken at the same time! In this one-day workshop, learn mindfulness meditation, a simple technique for training the mind’s alertness and presence to bring flexibility and joy into daily life situations in the home or workplace.

shamanism WHAT THE SPIRITS WANT: Nov. 3, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $35/2.5-hr. workshop. Location: JourneyWorks office, 11 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: Michael Watson, 860-6203, mwatsonlcmhc@hotmail.com, journeyworksvt.com. Throughout the Northern Hemisphere people have traditionally believed the ancestors and spirits are very close during the late fall and winter months. In this workshop we will explore our relationships to the ancestors and spirits, what they may wish from us, and how we may work with and honor them.

tai chi SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, iptaichi.org. The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and

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Yang-StYle tai Chi: Wed., 5:30 p.m., Sat., 8:30 a.m. $16/ class, $60/mo. Beginners welcome. New Beginners Session starts Wed., Sep. 19, at 5:30 p.m. $125/8 classes. Location: Vermont Tai Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Turn right into driveway immed. after the railroad tracks. Located in the old Magic Hat Brewery building. Info: 434-2960. Tai chi is a slow-moving martial art that combines deep breathing and graceful movements to produce the valuable effects of relaxation, improved concentration, improved balance and ease in the symptoms of fibromyalgia.

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exploring the art of Song interpretation: Nov. 9, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $75/participants, $40/auditors. Location: Studio Three at Spotlight for Dance, South Burlington. Info: 8627326, billreedvoicestudio.com.

Alan Langdon, acclaimed acting teacher and faculty member at The Circle in the Square Theatre School in NYC, will work with students in exploring the art of song interpretation. Geared toward high school juniors/seniors auditioning for musical-theater college programs; however, anyone who is interested is welcome!

DialeCtiCal Behavior therapY (DBt) SkillS group W/ aDrienne SluSkY: Nov. 5, 6-7:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $185/6-wk. segments (insurance accepted). Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 6589440, vtcyt.com. This ongoing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group meets on Mondays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. This group consists of four six-week segments dedicated to each of the four DBT modules or skill sets: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Effectiveness.

Advanced registration and brief information session for this program are required.

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802.864.2088 Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt. com. Evolution Yoga offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: beginner, k12v-cochrans1012.indd 1 9/24/12 12v-mens052511.indd 11:59 AM 1 5/24/11 2:06 PM advanced, kids, babies, post- and prenatal, community classes, and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Breast Cancer Survivor and Alignment classes. Certified teachers, massage and PT, too.

Join our yoga community and get to know the family you choose. hot Yoga Burlington: Mon. & Wed.: 5-6 p.m; Sat. 10-11 a.m.

Cost: $14/1st 2 classes, discounted punch cards avaliable.

Location: North End Studio B, 294 N Winooski Ave, , Old North End, Burlington. Info: Hot Yoga Burlington, 999-9963, Bill@ hotyogaburlingtonvt.com, hotyogaburlingtonvt.com. Get hot-two for one offer. 95-100 degree room. Creative flow or Vinyasa style. Eclectic music. Try something different!

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laughing river Yoga: Classes 7 days/wk. Classes range from $5-$13, 10-class card $115, monthly unlimited $130.

Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington.

Info: 343-8119, laughingriveryoga.com. The time is now.

Study yoga with highly trained instructors commited to serving you. We offer Kripalu, Jivamukti, Vajra, Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Yoga Dance and more. Deepen your practice with Sunday morning intensives or one of our beautiful yoga retreats. Yoga teacher training begins January.

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What next? ManuSCript WorkShop: Nov. 14, 6-8 p.m.

Cost: $25/workshop. Location: The Writers’ Barn at Wind Ridge Publishing, 233 Falls Road, Shelburne. Info: Lin Stone, 9853091, lin@windridgepublishing. com, windridgepublishing.com.

For writers with a project that need a nudge toward the next step, whatever that may be.

Information will be given about the writing process, revision process and traditional versus self-publishing options. This might be just the thing to get you motivated to return to your manuscript with renewed enthusiasm.

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Cost: $149/session (discount available for 2 or more attendees from the same org.).

Location: Hampton Inn, 42 Lower Mountain View Drive, Colchester. Info: 324-8326, schreibertraining.com. Does your job require that you teach others because YOU know the information? Unsure how to engage adults and increase their retention? This highly interactive session provides over 15 tools for people in a training

alexanDer teChnique retreat: Nov. 30-Dec. 2, This is a summary of the repeat configuration. Location: Karme Choling, Barnet. Info: 633-2384, karmecholing.org. Focusing and Meditation: Unbinding the body, finding the felt sense.

In the deep hills of Vermont, fully explore the benefits of the Alexander Technique in the cozy but lively center of Karme Choling. Live more fully in your body, spark creativity, befriend difficult emotions in a safe environment.

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Preregistration req. Location: South Burlington Recreation/ Gold Star Dog Training, South Burlingotn City Hall. Info: Gold Star Dog Training, Deborah Helfrich, 849-2363, deb@ goldstardog.com, goldstardog. com. Basic Training/Social Skills: 6-week class covers obedience, bonding techniques and social skills. Focuses on understanding your dog and applying simple dog training concepts. Exercises are fun and positive. Beyond Basics: 5-week class teaches more advanced levels of obedience and response. Exercises are taught such that dogs at various levels benefit.

Write Your life in eight lineS: Nov. 12-19, 6-8 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $50/2part workshop. Location: The Writers’ Barn at Wind Ridge Publishing, 233 Falls Road, Shelburne. Info: Lin Stone, 9853091, lin@windridgepublishing. com, windridgepublishing. com. Popular writing instructor Sue Roupp will offer a series of prompts designed to elicit memories of the past. Participants will then narrow their collection of life stories down to a powerful and sharable 8 lines and 24 words. A creative early holiday gift for the writer on your list.

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hroughout his nearly 20-year career, Sean Hayes has been perpetually on the verge of stardom. Over the years, media outlets from National Public Radio to Paste magazine have predicted he would break out, but he never quite has. Instead, Hayes remains the consummate “songwriter’s songwriter” — a profoundly talented tunesmith who garners the admiration of a select, devoted audience that, with apologies to Built to Spill, keeps him like a secret.

On his latest album, Before We Turn to Dust, released in early September, San Francisco-based Hayes delivers another striking collection. Like the six albums that preceded it, this record is marked by wry observations, soulful melodies and palpable melancholy, all delivered in Hayes’ signature warm, warbly croon, which is somehow both forceful and fragile.

In advance of his upcoming performance at the Goddard College Haybarn Theatre on Saturday, November 3, Seven Days caught up with Hayes by phone to talk politics, why happy people love sad songs and the curious case of Kanye West.

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SEVEN DAYS: The new album boasts a somewhat surprising hip-hop influence. Where did that come from?

SEAN HAYES: I’m just really attracted to the rhythms of hip-hop. There’s something about that kind of vibe I find appealing. And it kind of comes in and out on other records throughout the years. So I think I let it creep in a little bit more when I was writing this time.

SD: Were you listening to anything in particular that informed your writing?

SH: Kanye West, for one.

SD: I’m sorry, did you say Kanye West?

SH: [Laughs] Yeah. His newer one and a lot of his older stuff, too. He’s one of those characters that’s fascinating because he’s so huge, and the perception of him becomes so strange.

SD: You’ve had some big life changes recently, most notably becoming a dad. Have those changes informed your writing at all?

SH: I think just simply by the fact that I can’t help but write mostly from where I’m at in life. I tend not to step back too far and come up with a concept or put anything in a genre of writing. It’s kind of like fast journal writing that inspires and reveals. So I think just the fact that I’m getting older changes my perspective. Family is huge.

SD: From a practical perspective, being a traveling musician doesn’t offer much in the way of job security. Do you feel trepidation when it comes to balancing the life of a family man with that of the wandering minstrel?

SH: Every day. But it was part of the equation 20 years ago, before I even had a glimmer of a family. It’s always kind of been back there in my mind. And in some ways I’ve been writing about it all that time. The song “Mary Magdalene,” which I wrote 20 years ago, is about that.

The severity of that song — I had sort of forgotten about the passion I had brewing inside me as a young man. Now, being 20 years into it, I see it differently.

SD: You wrote a song, “Fucked Me Right Up,” that ranks for me with the most crushing breakup songs ever. In fact, I’m of the opinion — and I mean this in the most flattering way possible — that no one should ever listen to it, especially if they’ve recently been dumped. Thoughts?

SH: [Laughs] I would never want to listen to a song like that if I was actually in that situation. But it comes straight from the source. I think songs like that become sort of a habit for some people … the sadness is romanticized. Or, if you’ve been through it a long time ago, you can look at it from a removed perspective.

That’s what I do when I play it now: step back from it and view it as part of the theater of life.

SD: It seems counterintuitive that we would gravitate toward sad music when we’re feeling low. But we do. Why do you think that is?

SH: I think we’re just naturally drawn to conflict. If you look at theater or film, we’re attracted to stories with drama, with struggle. It’s a tricky thing. I think there’s something about it that helps put our own drama into perspective.

SD: Are you much of a political guy?

Any thoughts on the election?

SH: I am somewhat. And I have been paying attention, kind of watching from the road. I have a love/hate relationship with politics. I feel a little manipulated at times from a media standpoint. I wonder about the grand manipulation, the debates and polls. You have your people on this side who aren’t going to change their minds no matter what happens, and you have the same thing on the other side. And then you have people on the sidelines in these strange little counties out there that are basically going to decide it. To keep it interesting, you have to come down on one side or another, which makes it seem more like a sports contest than an intellectual discussion.

Sean Hayes performs on Saturday, November 3, at 8 p.m. at the Goddard College Haybarn Theatre in Plainfield. $15/20.

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They grow up so fast.

This Saturday, November 3, the little coffee shop that could, Radio Bean, turns 12 years old. And, as has become tradition, the cozy café is celebrating by hosting every friggin’ band in town. OK, maybe not every band. But there’s a lot of ’em — 69 to be precise. (Yeah, yeah, 69. What are you, 12? Oh, right…)

I happened by the Bean last weekend and caught owner lee anderson doing his surreal, experimental noise pop thing as appalled eaGles. Between songs, he remarked to the crowd that he considered the lineup for this year’s bash the best in the hipster haunt’s history. That includes the 10-year celebration where 100 bands played the Bean’s tiny stage.

At first, I thought Anderson was taken by a fit of hyperbole, or at least whiskey. But after perusing the schedule, I’m inclined to agree with him.

(Full disclosure: There’s a rumor that one of my old bands may be

playing a short reunion set at the party.

I can neither confirm nor deny that report. But, in the interest of semitransparency, you should know that I may be involved with this year’s bash in some fashion. That is all.)

What’s striking about the lineup isn’t the star power, though there’s plenty of that. And it’s not the impressive number of acts playing. What’s remarkable is the variety of acts on display. Here’s a lineup where a hip-hop band, lynGuistic civilians, fits snugly next to acoustic songwriters such as maryse smith and ZacK dupont. Where raucous bands such as the toes, Blue Button, cave Bees and rouGh francis coexist with jazz ensemble the shane hardiman trio and R&B outfit Kat wriGht & the indomitaBle soul Band. Where a nationally known commodity, anders parKer, shares a stage with relative unknowns lowell thompson, Joe adler and anna pardeniK — and I’m equally excited for them all. It’s where a band called pooloop … well, has a name like Pooloop.

The Radio Bean birthday bash is kind of like an annual checkup for the local scene. It’s when we stick out our tongue and say, “Ah,” when we tap our knee to check our reflexes, when we turn our

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When next we meet, Americans will once again have gathered en masse to honor that most celebrated of quadrennial traditions, that unassailable cornerstone of civil liberty, that beacon of self-governmental freedom: electing a president. We the People will either be living under the regime of a Kenyanborn Muslim communist with a penchant for killing the elderly; or that of an evil, two-faced gajillionaire robot with a disdain for the poor and vaginas.

At least, that’s the choice as it’s been laid out on Facebook. America. Fuck yeah.

Of course, here in the People’s Republic, there is little drama regarding the destination of our paltry cache of electoral college points. Undoubtedly, Vermonters will once again cast our lot for Mr. Obama while we anxiously wait to see what Ohio does.

(Really? Fucking Ohio? If the voting system, and thus the fate of the free world, routinely hinges on the whims of places like Ohio and Florida, might that be a good indication that said system is fucking flawed? Fuck.)

No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, the evening of Tuesday, November 6, promises to be tense. Fortunately, our good friends the dirty Blondes have a remedy to soothe jumpy nerves: rowdy, booze-fueled freedom rocking.

As has become something of an election-night tradition, the Blondes will host a results watching party, Exit Poll, at Club Metronome in Burlington.

The show will include a pair of sets by the Blondes, bookending appearances by a number of local favorites — James KochalKa superstar, cave Bees, dino Bravo — as well as two newish acts: a one-off novelty band called mitt’s 47 and sharK victim.

(Full disclosure: Both the Dirty Blondes and Mitt’s 47 have members who work for Seven Days.)

Shark Victim is a side project of lendway’s michael clifford and drummer/vocalist Jess mateiK. Guitarist Clifford describes the act, in gestation for about a year now, as “chaos-pop.” He says the duo, which is composed solely of drums, bass, vocals and a whole lotta dirty-ass fuzz, has been hard at work this summer on a debut EP tentatively slated for a late-November release.

Clifford sent along some rough mixes, and I gotta say, I dig what I heard. It’s

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1/2 LoungE: scott mangan (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free.

Trap-O-Ween with craig mitchell, JJ Dante, Jordan, Tommy & Jory (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

CLub MEtronoME: Halloween with Twiddle, consider the source (jam), 9 p.m., $8/12.

Franny o's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

HigHEr grounD baLLrooM: Paper Diamond, the Knocks, morri$ (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $13/17.

AA. HigHEr grounD sHoWCasE LoungE: sound of urchin, Waylon speed (rock), 9 p.m., $10/12. AA. JP's Pub: Karaoke with morgan, 10 p.m., Free.

ManHattan Pizza & Pub: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

MonkEy HousE: ElectroHalloween: serotheft, the Human canvas, Kloptoscope, DJ Kanga & DJ Basics (EDm), 8 p.m., $3/58. 18+. nECtar's: Jay Burwick (solo acoustic), 7 p.m., Free. Vermont. com presents Dave Grippo Funk Band with Fattie B (funk), 8 p.m., $5. raDio bEan: irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Gowanus collective (improvisational jazz), 11 p.m., Free.

rED squarE: small change (Tom Waits tribute), 7 p.m., Free.

DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. t. bonEs rEstaurant anD bar: chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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

CHarLiE o's: Halloween Party with Amadis (metal), 8 p.m., Free. gusto's: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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City LiMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. tWo brotHErs tavErn: Halloween Dance Party (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free/$3. 18+.

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bEE's knEEs: spider Roulette (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations. tHE Hub PizzEria & Pub: Return of the Night of the Living Dead sessions (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30 p.m., $5.

Moog's PLaCE: Tall Grass Get Down Halloween Party (bluegrass), 8:30 p.m., Free.

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MonoPoLE: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free. Halloween Party with Lucid (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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CLub MEtronoME: mercies, shelly shredder, maryse smith, Hello shark (indie), 8 p.m., $8.

Dobrá tEa: Robert Resnik (folk), 7 p.m., Free.

Franny o's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

HigHEr grounD baLLrooM: stephen Kellogg & the sixers, miggs (alt-country), 8:30 p.m., $20. AA. LEvity : Open mic (standup), 8:30 p.m., Free.

ManHattan Pizza & Pub: Hot Wax with Justcaus & Penn West (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

MonkEy HousE: Wyatt, Patrick mccormick, Ryan Lee crosby (singer-songwriters), 9 p.m., $5. 18+.

MuDDy WatErs: seth Eames and Bob Wganer (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., Free. nECtar's: Trivia mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. Jimkata, the manhattan Project (electro-rock), 9:30 p.m., $5/8. 18+. o'briEn's irisH Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free. raDio bEan: Dave Fugal & Julian chobot (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Kat Wright & the indomitable soul Band (soul), 11 p.m., $3. rED squarE: DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

rED squarE bLuE rooM: DJ cre8 (house), 10 p.m., Free. rí rá irisH Pub: Trenchtown Oddities (reggae-rock), 10 p.m., Free. skinny PanCakE: Joshua Glass (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. vEnuE: Thirsty Thursdays, 7 p.m., Free.

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bagitos: colin mccaffrey (folk), 6 p.m., Donations. grEEn Mountain tavErn: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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Have Mercy Connecticut-based trio MErCiEs describe themselves as “indie beach-core

forest-pop.” And that’s just about right. Take a pinch of sepia-toned Beach Boys whimsy, a healthy dose of Dirty Projectors swagger and a little wide-eyed Fleet Foxes wonder, and you’ve got an approximation of the band’s debut full-length, Three Thousand Days. Touring in support of that record as well as a recently released EP, The Ballet, Mercies play Club Metronome in Burlington this Thursday, November 1, with locals MarysE sMitH and sHELLy sHrEDDEr.

51 Main: Vicki Hoefle (book signing), 8 p.m., Free.

City LiMits: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. on tHE risE bakEry: songwriters in the Round: Derek Burkins, Bruce Jones (singersongwriters), 8 p.m., Donations. tWo brotHErs tavErn: DJ Dizzle (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

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broWn's MarkEt bistro: Karen Krajecic and chris Grantz (folk), 7 p.m., Free.

Moog's PLaCE: Gowanus collective (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free.

ParkEr PiE Co.: Live music, 7:30 p.m., Free. riMroCks Mountain tavErn: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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MonoPoLE: Open mic, 10 p.m., Free.

MonoPoLE DoWnstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 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.

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baCkstagE Pub: Karaoke with steve, 9 p.m., Free.

CLub MEtronoME: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5.

HigHEr grounD baLLrooM: Xavier Rudd, Yeshe (singersongwriters), 7:30 p.m., $22/25.

AA. HigHEr grounD sHoWCasE LoungE: First Friday with Pamela means, DJs Precious & Llu (singer-songwriter, house), 8 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

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standups will begin a grueling twoweek battle this weekend dubbed the Funniest Comic in Vermont. The preliminary rounds will be held at Levity this Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3, with semifinals and finals taking place at Club Metronome the following weekend. The top five comics will earn the right to represent Vermont at the big event next February.

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Word on the street is that NUDA VERITAS is working on a new record that may hit our eager ears in late December.

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If you haven’t been tuning in to the second season of Seven Days’ music podcast, “Tour Date with DJ Llu,” this week would be a damned good time to start. In her latest episode, Llu sits down with BOBBY HACKNEY JR., who tells the story of the proto-punk band DEATH, which is in many ways also the story of his own band, ROUGH FRANCIS. Locals are likely to be familiar with that tale, but it’s worth revisiting, especially with Hackney, a terrifically engaging storyteller. (One more full disclosure: He also happens to be employed at Seven Days.) Plus, the episode features exclusive sneak peeks of tracks from RF’s upcoming album. Check it out this Wednesday, October 31, at 7d.blogs.com/tour_date.

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Earlier this year, Vermont was well represented at the Funniest Comic in New England competition at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. A number of our local funnymen and women advanced deep into the contest and put the rest of the region on notice that Green Mountain comedy is legit — something we’ve known for a while now. To determine who will represent the state for the 2013 contest, local

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Last but not least, ABBY JENNE AND THE ENABLERS recently began a weekly residency at — wait for it — the Olde Northender in Burlington. When asked how the Tuesday night series at one of the Queen City’s most infamous dives came to be, Jenne played coy, writing, “I’ve got high friends in low places.” No shit. You can catch the band at the ONE every Tuesday until further notice.

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Based on the talent assembling at the Bean this Saturday, I’m giving us a squeaky clean bill of health.

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JP's Pub: Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Levity : Funniest Comic in Vermont Contest: Preliminaries (standup), 8 p.m., $8.

Lift: Ladies Night, 9 p.m., Free/$3.

Marriott Harbor Lounge: Pine Street Jazz, 8:30 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 9 p.m., $5.

Nectar's: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free.

Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5.

Radio Bean: Liptak/Evans Duo (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. San Joaquin (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Andrea Nardello (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free.

Cold Chocolate (bluegrass, funk), 10 p.m., Free. Phil Yates & the Affiliates (indie rock), 11:30 p.m., Free. Wolcot (rock), 1 a.m., Free.

Red Square: DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

Red Square Blue Room: DJ Mixx (EDM), 9 p.m., $5.

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

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

Signal Kitchen: Floodwood, Aplenglow (indie folk, progressive string band), 9 p.m., $15.

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Skinny Pancake: The Amida Bourbon Project (folk rock), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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Backstage Pub: Nomad (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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

Franny O's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz, Dark Time Sunshine (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $18/20. AA. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Carbon Leaf, Aunt Martha (rock), 7:30 p.m., $16/18.

AA. JP's Pub: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., Free.

Levity : Funniest Comic in Vermont Contest: Preliminaries (standup), 8 p.m., $8.

Marriott Harbor Lounge: The Trio (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: AM & MSR Presents: Hess is More, DJ Disco Phantom, Parmaga (indie), 9 p.m., $10. 18+.

Nectar's: Keaton Simons (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free.

Dub is a Weapon, Feart Nuttin' Band (reggae), 9 p.m., $5.

Radio Bean: Radio Bean's 12th Birthday Party (every friggin' band in town), 8 a.m., Free.

Red Square: DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

Raul (salsa), 6 p.m., Free. DJ Stavros (EDM), 10 p.m., $5.

Rí Rá Irish Pub: Party Wolf (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Skinny Pancake: Tricky Britches (string band), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

Venue: 18 & Up Destination Saturdays, 8 p.m., Free.

Tabu Café & Nightclub: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

central

Bagitos: The Neptunes (rock), 6 p.m., Donations.

The Black Door: Stovepipe Mountain Band (blues-folk), 9:30 p.m., $5.

Positive Pie 2: Bert Wills & Clint Boyd (blues), 10:30 p.m., $5.

The Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room: Soulstice (reggae), 10 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

51 Main: Eight02 (jazz), 9 p.m., Free.

City Limits: Dance Party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

Two Brothers Tavern: Happy Hour: Trinity (Celtic), 4 p.m., Free. Bob McKenzie Blues Band, 7 p.m., $3. First Saturday Karaoke, 10:30 p.m., Free.

northern

Matterhorn: Aly Cat (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

Moog's Place: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 9 p.m., Free.

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Club Metronome: Voices for Burlington: Dave Grippo Funk Band, DJ A-Dog, Craig Mitchell (hip-hop, funk), 7 p.m., Free.

Sunday Night Mass: Doc Martin, Craig Mitchell, Chris Pattison, Justin REM, Haitian (EDM), 9 p.m., $10/15. 18+.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Aimee Mann, Ted Leo (singersongwriters), 7:30 p.m., $25/27.

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Monty's Old Brick Tavern: George Voland JAZZ: Tiffany Pfeiffer and Dan Skea, 4:30 p.m., Free.

Nectar's: Mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 11 a.m., Free.

Pete Sutherland and Tim Stickle's Old Time Session, 1 p.m., Free. Caroline Cotter (singer-songwriter), 5:30 p.m., Free. Tango Sessions, 7 p.m., Free. Garrin Benfield (singersongwriter), 9:30 p.m., Free.

Chain Swang Ent. Presents: Yours Truly (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

central

Skinny Pancake: Tricky Britches (string band), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

northern

River House Restaurant: Stump! Trivia Night, 6 p.m., Free.

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Club Metronome: Motown Monday with Craig Mitchell, 9 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Matisyahu, the Constellations (reggae), 8 p.m., $30. AA. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Justin Townes Earle, Tift Merritt (singer-songwriters), 7:30 p.m., $16/18. AA. Nectar's: Metal Monday: Filthy Minutes of Fame, Boatman's Lament, Iron Sword (metal), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

On Tap Bar & Grill: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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folk” stalwarts such as Joanna Newsom and Devendra Banhart, Israel’s the

Raw Men

Empire trade in a multifaceted and unpredictable sound that transcends genres, borders

and, if the band’s motto, “Happy music for sad people, and vice-versa,” is to be believed, moods. This Friday, November 2, the Raw Men Empire play at 51 Main in Middlebury.

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Green Mountain Tavern: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2.

Tupelo Music Hall: Johnny B and the Goodes (rock), 8 p.m., $15. AA.

champlain valley

51 Main: The Raw Men Empire (indie-folk), 9 p.m., Free.

City Limits: Sturcrazie (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Advance Music Singer-Songwriter Contest (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free.

Red Square Blue Room: DJ

The Black Door: MadMen3 (reggae), 9:30 p.m., $5.

On the Rise Bakery: Garrin Benfield (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Donations.

Two Brothers Tavern: Ten Rod Road (rock), 7 p.m., $3.

House Dance, 10 p.m., Free.

northern

Moog's Place: Max Weaver Band (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

Rimrocks Mountain Tavern: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Shooters Saloon: Tommy and the Tricksters (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

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Monopole: School Bus Yellow (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Bagitos: Rebecca Padula (folk), 5:30 p.m., Donations.

Therapy: Pulse with DJ Nyce

Roadside Tavern: DJ Diego (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

T. Bones Restaurant and Bar: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.

central

Monopole: High Peaks (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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

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When I asked Eric Olsen of Swale why his band’s latest release, A Small Arrival, has been more or less shelved for the past seven years, he responded that after the album was completed, the band “got caught up in an extended ticker-tape parade of sorrow and joy.” At first this seemed like an awkward and ambiguous answer. But the more I’ve listened to A Small Arrival, the more I’ve begun to understand what Olsen meant. This is one of the most genuine — and genuinely great — albums to come out of the Burlington music scene since 2005.

The songs that make up the record are either gently ambient, thoughtfully composed rockers or gut-wrenchingly beautiful piano ballads. On first listen,

the gap between these two styles seems dramatic. But the dichotomy — like a parade of sorrow and joy — is essential to Swale’s overall presentation.

At its most derivative, A Small Arrival is reminiscent of Aimee Mann’s Bachelor No. 2/Magnolia days — especially on Amanda Gustafson’s “If You Get Lost” and “Overcoat” — and, dare I say, it’s just as good. These ballads contain honest lyrics and are executed perfectly over the loneliest, loveliest keys.

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album is a tough one to write about.

With every listen, I find myself sinking deeper and deeper into these sad songs.

I’m beginning to see why this album wasn’t rush released and immediately backed by countless live performances, though it’s undoubtedly an album to stand behind. The answer to the question I asked Olsen is contained in every single track: Rushing in just wasn’t an option. These songs demanded to be worn in first.

Swale is composed of the kind of people who take in all the shit life throws at them and then just sit with it for a while. As they make clear on A Small Arrival, sometimes you just have to let life’s dramas sleep and wake with you. Or, to quote the album directly, “Bittersweet is the taste of life.”

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If you’d like to brighten your local music collection with a tune apropos of the Halloween holiday, set aside the fun-size Snickers and download Hello Shark’s “Christmas Eve.” All Hallows Eve figures implicitly in Linc Halloran’s innocent and introspective lyrics: “Today everyone is pretending to be like a monster, and I felt like one my whole life … today is the only day I feel like everyone else … everyone’s thinking about when they were children, and I felt like one my whole life.”

Having played most BTV venues and toured extensively, Halloran (guitar, vocals), Sean Hood (bass, vocals) and Alex Decato (drums) have stepped confidently and cohesively into their mellow-fi stride on their latest album, HS. Reminiscent of Pavement and Modest Mouse’s The Lonesome Crowded West, Hello Shark is a stylistically sparse ensemble. Like garage bands of the 1990s, they blend understated

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Red SquARe: industry night with Robbie J (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

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

When she’s not playing Fred Armisen’s inept housekeeper on

northern

“Portlandia,” Aimee

moog'S PLAce: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 8 p.m., Free.

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wit and efficient, melodic

cLub meTRonome: Exit poll 2012: Dirty Blondes, shark Victim, Dino Bravo, cave Bees, James Kochalka superstar, mitt's 47 (rock), 6 p.m., $2.

hooks, her newly released album, Charmer, adds yet another volume to a catalog

LeviTy : Live music open mic, 7:30 p.m., Free.

that includes classics such

monTy'S oLd bRick TAveRn: open mic, 6 p.m., Free.

as 2005’s the Forgotten Arm and a stunning 2000

oLde noRThendeR: Abby Jenne & the Enablers (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

record, Bachelor No. 2. This Sunday, November 4, Mann

on TAP bAR & gRiLL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

RAdio beAn: Gua Gua (psychotropical), 6 p.m., Free.

The West Trio (electric space trumpet), 8:30 p.m., Free. HonkyTonk sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3.

We Love You, Aimee

plays the Higher Ground Ballroom with Ted Leo of

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Ted Leo & the Pharmacists.

Red SquARe: craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free.

Red SquARe bLue Room: DJ Frank Grymes (EDm), 11 p.m., Free.

T. boneS ReSTAuRAnT And bAR: Trivia with General Knowledge, 7 p.m., Free.

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bAck To veRmonT Pub: John Gillette & sarah mittlefeldt (folk), 7 p.m., Free. chARLie o'S: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Two bRoTheRS TAveRn: Election night party, 6 p.m., Free.

Trivia night, 7 p.m., Free. monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. House Dance, 10 p.m., Free/$3. 18+.

northern

moog'S PLAce: open mic/Jam night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

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burlington area

1/2 Lounge: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free. cLub meTRonome: crawl Babies, shana Falana, nuda Veritas (rock, experimental pop), 9 p.m., $5.

FRAnny o'S: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

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JP'S Pub: Karaoke with morgan, 10 p.m., Free.

Red SquARe: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

mAnhATTAn PizzA & Pub: open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

T. boneS ReSTAuRAnT And bAR: chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

monkey houSe: Billy Wallace & the Virginia Blues (blues), 9 p.m., $5.

central

northern

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

moog'S PLAce: chicky stoltz (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free.

guSTo'S: open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

regional

necTAR'S: Kelly Ravin (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Flipped Wednesday: the Edd and guests (live electronica), 9 p.m., $5. 18+.

RAdio beAn: irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Aaron Burroughs (r&b), 7 p.m., Free.

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bAck to VErmoNt Pub, 59 Main St., Poultney, 287-4064. 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. riVEr houSE rEStAurANt, 123 Mountain Rd. Stowe, 253-4030.

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. brEWStEr riVEr Pub, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 253-2123. 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. riVEr houSE rEStAurANt, 123 Mountain Rd. Stowe, 253-4030. 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.

November 10-17, 2012

At the Shelburne Museum’s Round Barn, Shelburne, Vermont Featuring the Art of Catherine Henning Ann Winterling and Elizabeth Guth

Artist’s Reception Guest Speakers Daily Children’s Education Special Package Tours Silent Auction Raffle Rug • Refreshments

• Over 450 Works of Hooked Art • More than 20 Vendors

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giLLigAN’S gEtAWAY, 7160 State Rt. 9, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-8050. moNoPoLE, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222.

NAkED turtLE, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200. oLiVE riDLEY’S, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-324-2200. tAbu cAfé & NightcLub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-0666. thErAPY, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-561-2041.

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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.

StArrY Night cAfé, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316.

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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. thE VErmoNt Pub & brEWErY, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

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tWo brothErS tAVErN, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002.

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n 2010, when artist Katherine Taylor-McBroom and her family moved into a rental on Old Hollow Road in North Ferrisburgh, her new neighbors warned her the place might be haunted. “Something is going on in that house,” the previous renter had told them.

Taylor-McBroom brushed it off. She thought they were just trying to scare her.

Over the next year, the artist, her husband and their 2-year-old son encountered so many terrifying sounds, apparitions and other unexplained phenomena that they ended up moving out. The experience, which shook Taylor-McBroom to the core, inspired the haunting collages she produced in a series called “Paranormal Hollow.”

On a recent afternoon, Taylor-McBroom, 39, sits in the small studio in Burlington’s S.P.A.C.E. Gallery where she creates her mixed-media works. Even before the North Ferrisburgh house ordeal, she was drawn to “the other side,” she says, taking inspiration from dreams, memories and the “ghosts” of family history.

Anything can find its way into her collages: weathered book spines; an image by her favorite photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron; a green plastic butterfly plucked from the flower arrangement on her uncle’s casket. One Elvis-themed collage — Taylor-McBroom grew up in Memphis, home of the King — incorporates the gold edges of a bag of airline peanuts. She made the work on an airplane shortly after 9/11 in an effort to distract herself “because I was so terrified we were going to crash,” she admits.

Fear comes up a lot in Taylor-McBroom’s artwork. “Cry, Cry, My House: The Cleansing” (pictured), which hangs prominently in her studio, is a collaged portrait of the Old Hollow Road home. “I had to disguise [the house] because I didn’t want to piss off the landlord,” she says. She photographed the clapboard home from different angles, then combined the resulting images into one twisted, mutant structure. In the windows, faces from old photographs stare out.

Two weeks before Taylor-McBroom moved into the North Ferrisburgh house, she dreamt she was washing dishes there. In the dream, she recalls, when she looked up from the sink, an old woman in a housecoat was in the kitchen with her.

“She looked gray, like she was dead,” Taylor-McBroom later wrote.

IT FELT LIKE WE WERE BEING WATCHED ALL THE TIME. EVERYTHING JUST FELT HEAVY, FULL OF PEOPLE. KATHERINE TAYLOR-MCBROOM When she described the old woman to her neighbors, they went ashen, she says.

They told her she was describing the previous owner, whose ashes were scattered in the backyard.

Taylor-McBroom was spooked, but she and her family moved in anyway. Right away, she sensed something strange. “It felt like we were being watched all the time,” she says. “Everything just felt heavy, full of people.” Her husband noticed it too, she says, and then they began to hear things.

Footsteps. Shuffling papers. The beeping of microwave buttons. Their space heater rocking back and forth. The TV began turning itself on, flipping rapidly through channels. Doors they closed at night would be open again in the morning.

There were voices, too — laughing, crying and calling out names — says TaylorMcBroom. Sometimes, on the way downstairs from her attic studio, she’d hear someone clearing his throat behind her.

But the most frightening instances,

Taylor-McBroom says, involved her son, Henry. One afternoon while she was putting him down for a nap, she says, Henry peered around his mother’s head, as if to look at someone behind her. “Hello, baby,” he said. Taylor-McBroom froze. She told him to tell “baby” to go away. When he did, she watched as his eyes seemed to follow someone out the door.

Up in her studio, Henry sometimes became frightened and fixated on one corner of the room, Taylor-McBroom says. When they would head downstairs together, he would look back and wave goodbye, as if to someone they were leaving behind.

Then, while sitting and rocking her son, Taylor-McBroom felt someone touch her head and run fingers along the back of her chair. It was the last straw; the family moved downstairs for good — the paranormal activity seemed concentrated on the upper floors.

“My biggest fear was to wake up and see someone standing over me,” TaylorMcBroom says, motioning to another

eerie collage inspired by the experience.

Photocopied images of the artist’s hands, face and hair are arranged in a disorienting swirl as if seen through a kaleidoscope.

“I wanted to start with where the fear is,” she says. “The fear of the unknown, the touching.”

Four months after they moved into the haunted house, the family invited the Green Mountain Paranormal Society to investigate. GMPS recorded EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) all over the house, including a harrowing one in Henry’s room that sounded like “Say goodbye.”

When she consulted local psychic Michele Nappi, Taylor-McBroom began to get some answers. The home’s previous owner had left behind a half-moon table in a crawl space, Nappi explained, and the ghost was unhappy that Taylor-McBroom had moved it. Nappi came to the house to burn sage in a cleansing ceremony. She instructed Taylor-McBroom to put the table back where she’d found it and to tell the spirits to leave.

The artist did, but still, the haunting continued.

Taylor-McBroom says she has seen ghosts before. When she was 7, she swears she saw a fortysomething man with a crew-cut in a white T-shirt, holding a jar of pennies, standing behind her mother while she watched TV. “I was so terrified I couldn’t speak,” she says.

More often, she’s seen apparitions of long-gone family members, including her father, who died of a heart attack at age 36.

“My dad died when I was 16,” she says. “I refused to accept that the relationship was over after death.”

Some ghosts can be a comfort, TaylorMcBroom says; she smiles as she recalls meeting her dad in dreams. And even the menacing ghosts of Old Hollow Road were good for something. When she finally moved out of the house, Taylor-McBroom found she had the makings of a new body of collage work, guided by the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Thou art to me a delicious torment.”

Katherine Taylor-McBroom’s work is part of S.P.A.C.E. Gallery’s “The Art of Horror” show, which runs through October 31.

Visitors to S.P.A.C.E. can see works from “Paranormal Hollow” in her studio there. katherinetaylormcbroom.com

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'25th Annual Art at the Coach Barn': A retrospective of past participants in the barn exhibit, including Kathleen Kolb, Austin Furtak-Cole, Carol MacDonald and Orah Moore. Through November 4 at Shelburne Farms. Info, 985-8686.

Aaron Stein: "Food for Thought," work by the Burlington artist. Curated by SEABA. Through November 30 at Pine Street Deli in Burlington. Info, 862-9614.

Alexander Costantino: Mixed-media paintings.

Curated by SEABA. Through November 30 at Speeder & Earl's (Pine Street) in Burlington. Info, 658-6016.

Ali Baddoe: Acrylic portraits and abstract paintings inspired by travels in Haiti. Through December 14 at Community College of Vermont in Winooski.

Info, 654-0513.

Autumn Group Show: Photography, paintings, handmade paper, artist books, jewelry and sculpture by 35 Vermont artists. Curated by SEABA. Through November 30 at VCAM Studio in Burlington. Info, 651-9692.

Conrad Bakker: "Untitled Project: Seasonal Economies," hand-carved and -painted facsimiles of objects related to maple sugaring, fall foliage tour packages and vintage Vermont collectibles.

Through November 24 at BCA Center in Burlington.

Info, 865-7166.

Craig Mooney: "Reflections," cityscape, landscape and figurative paintings. Curated by West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park. November 2 through December 3 at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington. Info, 253-8943.

Dona Ann McAdams: "A View From the Backstretch," photographs and audio stories from the venerable Saratoga racecourse, produced in collaboration with the Vermont Folklife Center.

November 2 through January 26 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington. Info, 652-4510.

Eric Eickmann: "Drive By Love," new acrylic paintings. Through November 28 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington. Info, 540-0107.

Gallery Grand Opening: Artwork and artisan food and crafts by Kimberly Bombard, Karen Barry, Annalisa Parent, Ann McFarren, Chantal Lawrence, Tinka Teresa Martell, Ben Thurber and others.

Through December 31 at Vermont Artisans Craft Gallery, Burlington Town Center. Info, 863-4600.

Grace Cothalis: Mandalas, collages and works in pastels and colored pencils. Through November 27 at Vintage Jewelers in Burlington. Info, 862-2233.

John Churchman & Jerry Lasky: "Autumn Glory," photographs. Through November 30 at Shelburne Vineyard. Info, 985-8222.

Renee Lauzon: "If We Are Two, They Will Have to Believe Us," an audio installation that explores subjectivity and objectivity in accounts of violence. November 1 through 30 at Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington. Reception: Hope Works director Cathleen Wilson joins the artist in leading a discussion on culture and sexual assault.

Saturday, November 3, 3-4:30 p.m.

Info, 865-7211.

'Winners Circle': Work by the winners of the 2012 South End Art Hop Juried Show: John Brickels, Gabriel Tempesta, Paige Berg Rizvi and Nissa Kauppila.

November 1 through 30 at SEABA Center in Burlington. Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-8 p.m. Info, 859-9222.

'In the Spirit of the Season': A holiday show of member artworks priced under $200. November 2 through January 15 at Brandon Artists Guild. Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-7 p.m. Info, 247-4956.

'Autumn in the Upper Valley': Paintings by 32 members of the Vermont Watercolor Society, White River Junction chapter. Through November 14 at Zollikofer Gallery at Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction. Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-7 p.m. Info, 234-5219.

Julie Y Baker Albright: "Painted Holidays," photorealistic oil paintings of items created by other Frog Hollow artisans.

November 2 through December 31 at Frog Hollow in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-8 p.m. Info, 863-6458.

Martin Lalonde: Watercolors by the Vermont artist. November 2 through 30 at Davis Studio

Kyle 'Fattie B.' Thompson: "POP SHOTS," signed and numbered prints of pop-art designs by the local artist and DJ. November 1 through 30 at 1/2 Lounge in Burlington. Info, 865-0012.

Leah Van Rees: Landscape and seascape paintings. Through November 30 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7166.

Marmete Hayes: The late peace activist's mandala-like mosaics exhibited with posters and memorabilia from her life. Through November 1 at The Gallery at Burlington College. Info, 923-2333.

'Oceanic Art and the Performance of Life': Intricately crafted objects, including masks, textiles and weaponry from indigenous cultures of the Pacific Islands. Through May 24 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

Open Studio Weekend Show: Work by mixed-media artist Donna Kunkel, watercolorist Cindy Gage Stotz, photographer Ashley Marie Barbeau and woodworker David Scrase. Through November 15 at The Gallery at Phoenix Books in Essex Junction. Info, 872-7111.

Thornton Dial Sr.: "Thoughts on Paper," early drawings by the self-taught artist; 'Outcasts and Rebels: Prints by William Blake and Leonard Baskin': Works dealing with a range of charged political, social and religious themes;

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John Brickels: "Pipe Dreams," new steampunk wall sculptures incorporating vintage dials, meters and valves. November 2-30 at Brickels Gallery in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-8 p.m. Info, 825-8214.

Nicole Mandeville & Susan Nova: "Optasia," paintings inspired by the natural world and the magic of the universe. November 2 through 30 at The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-7 p.m. Info, 660-9005.

Brian Sweetland: Recent oil paintings of rural Vermont.

Through November 27 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Reception: Saturday, November 3, 3-5 p.m. Info, 985-3848.

'In Praise of Elders': White Cloud Living Arts Foundation presents artworks by Bill Kershaw, Myrna Lopez, Marge Benedict, Ernie Coates and Anne Cassidy.

Supported by Bristol Friends of the Arts, Merchants Bank, Living Well Care Home and the Champlain Senior Center. November 3 through 21 at McClure MultiGenerational Center in Burlington. Reception: Saturday, November 3, 4-6 p.m.

Info, 453-3690.

Peter Schumann: "Deflection Campaign Office With R&R Pillow

'From Mourning to Night: John Singer Sargent and Black in Fashion': An exhibit exploring Sargent's role in popularizing the color black in America as a choice for high fashion rather than mourning. Through December 14 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

Vanessa Compton: Mixed-media works, shown in conjunction with the 20th Annual South End Art Hop. Through November 7 at Petra Cliffs in Burlington. Info, 657-3872.

Winooski Holiday Art Market: Art, crafts and other locally made products from around the region. Open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. November 1 through December 31 at Winooski Welcome Center & Gallery. Info, info@kasinihouse.com. dug Nap: Art Affair by Shearer presents prints by the iconic self-taught Burlington artist. November 1 through December 31 at Shearer Chevrolet in South Burlington. Info, 658-1111.

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'1861-1862: Toward a Higher Moral Purpose': An exhibition exploring the experiences of Norwich University alumni who fought in the Civil War, featuring photographs, artwork, weapons and equipment, including a cannon likely used by

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Rory Jackson: Large-scale oil paintings of New England landscapes and Ghana seascapes by the artist who divides his time between Lincoln, Vt., and the beach of Cape Three Points, Ghana.

November 2 through 25 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Reception: Friday, November 2, 6-8 p.m. Info, 253-8358.

Austin Furtak-Cole: "Fantasms," paintings. November 2 through 27 at The Gallery at Burlington College. Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-7 p.m. Info, 862-9616.

'Latitude/Longitude: Weaving Themes, Assembling Stories': Reflections on identity and geographical coordinates by Bren Alvarez, Merche Bautista and Tina Escaja. November 1 through 30 at Flynndog in Burlington. Reception: Friday, November 2, 4-9 p.m. Info, 363-4746.

Toby Bartles: Black-and-white abstractions in pen and gouache.

November 2 through December 23 at Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction. The reception also serves as an opening event for the Northern Stage premiere of Sleuth; an Artisanal Cellars wine tasting and a book signing by gallery owner Stacy Hopkins, Friday, November 2, 6-8 p.m. Info, 295-0808.

'Triple Vision: Seeds of Tradition in Contemporary Photography': Work by Thea Storz, Linda Bryan and Chris Esten.

November 5 through December 5 at Quimby Gallery, Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. Reception: Friday, November 2, 6-8 p.m. Info, 626-6487.

Norwich cadets. Through April 30 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield. Info, 485-2183.

Adam Blue: "AstroExplorer," an exhibit featuring two narrative series: "Constellations for the New Millennium," a night-sky installation made up of 70 drawings; and "How the White Cube Hangs Once the Gallery Has Closed," photographs. Through November 18 at Main Street Museum in White River Junction. Info, 603-469-3255.

Anne Schaller: Recent paintings by the Northfield artist. Through November 2 at Tunbridge Public Library. Info, 889-9404.

Art Faculty Exhibit 2012: Work by Jennifer Baker, Kevin Bubriski, Jessica Cuni and Karen Swyler. Through November 10 at Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College, in Poultney. Info, 287-8398.

Barbara Leber: "Sunflowers and Skies," acrylic paintings. Through November 30 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, curator@ capitolgrounds.com.

Cameron Howard: Hand-painted floor cloths.

Through December 31 at Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. Info, 457-1298. central vt shows

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Karen Guth: "Vestiges," black-and-white photographs capturing the depopulation of Detroit. November 5 through December 7 at Living/Learning Center, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-4200.

Champlain College Faculty Exhibit: Work in a variety of media by art professors Geebo Church, Jill Madden, Marc Nedal, Toni-Lee Sangastiano and Bob Selby. Through November 24 at Black Horse Fine Art Supply in Burlington. Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-8 p.m. Info, 860-4972.

'Visions': An exhibit of black-light and horror-inspired works featuring street artists Kosbe, from Brooklyn, and Goons, a Vermont native. Through November 2 at JDK Gallery in Burlington. Reception: Last Days Press debuts its inaugural zine, "Visions Vol. 1"; DJ Turkey P spins spooky jams in the black-lit gallery; cash bar and light snacks. Wednesday, October 31, 6:30-10:30 p.m. Info, 864-5884.

Ben Aleshire: "Slow Art: Photographs & Prints," naturallight portraits made with a medium-format Mamiya twin-lens camera and hand-bound books, presented as part of an ArtLab residency. Through December 31 at BCA Center in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-8 p.m. Info, 865-7166.

for Exhausted Electorate," an exhibit by the Bread & Puppet founder. Through November 30 at Goddard College in Plainfield.

Reception: Thursday, November 1, 5-8 p.m. Info, 322-1685.

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Jason Hanasik: "Fall in Line," photographs and video projections that aim to unpack traditional Western expectations related to masculinity, social class and valor within the context of the military.

Through January 19 at BCA Center in Burlington.

Info, 865-7166.

'Red': Photographs that celebrate the color of blood, paprika and heat. Through November 18 at Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Reception: Sunday, November 4, 3-5 p.m. Info, 777-3686.

Gallery in Burlington. Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-7 p.m. Info, 425-2700.

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'Impressions of Lake Champlain and Beyond': New works by Carolyn Walton, Susan Bull Riley, Athenia Schinto, Gail Bessette, Betty Ball and Charles Townsend, plus jewelry by Tineke Russell. A portion of all sales will be donated to the Humane Society of Chittenden County. Through November 28 at Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-8223.

Joy Huckins-Noss: "The Texture of Light," oil paintings of the Vermont landscape. Through January 2 at Pompanoosuc Mills in Burlington. Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-7 p.m. Info, 229-0832.

'A Taste of the Vermont International Festival': Exotic treasures from the private collection of April Werner and Ben Bergstein, presented in conjunction with their 20th annual Vermont International Festival at the Champlain Valley Exposition.

November 1 through 30 at North End Studio A in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, November 2, 5-7 p.m. Info, 863-6713.

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Fall Group Show: Works by Nancy Dwyer, [michael smith], Ray Brown, Clark Derbes, Elizabeth Nelson and Ron Hernandez. Curated by SEABA. Through November 30 at The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

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Charlie hunter & Clair Dunn: "calvinist Gothic," plein-air paintings and photography reflecting hardships and harmony. Through november 17 at ArtisTree community Arts center & Gallery in woodstock. info, 457-3500.

Dan Barlow & SCott Baer: "Green mountain Graveyards," photographs of vermont's historic, artistic and spooky cemeteries. Through December 31 at main street museum in white River Junction. info, 356-2776. 'emergenCe': large-scale works by artists from vermont and beyond make up the inaugural exhibit in the former Fellows Gear shaper Factory building. Through november 1 at The Great hall in springfield. info, 258-3992. glen CoBurn hutCheSon: "Drawings and paintings of sculpture," works in pencil, chalk and homemade gouache on paper. Through november 30 at The shoe horn at onion River in montpelier. info, 223-5454. iriS gage: "majestic Biology," photographs of flora, fauna and landscapes. Through December 1 at Tulsi Tea Room in montpelier. info, 223-0043.

John DaviD o'ShaughneSSy: "Freedom From Dilution," paintings; 'roCk SoliD': An annual exhibit showcasing stone sculptures and other works by area artists; vaneSSa Compton: "Kingdoms in the sky," collage. Through november 3 at studio place Arts in Barre. info, 479-7069. kelly mCmullen-Fekert: "Groovy Green Designs," artworks upcycled from furniture. november 1 through January 1 at Red hen Bakery & café in middlesex. info, 496-7895. luke ianuzzi: "the naked potter," Raku ceramics by the co-owner of waitsfield's wilder Farm inn Bed & Breakfast. Through november 24 at Festival Gallery in waitsfield. info, 496-6682. lynn newComB: new works in a show titled "Anvils, Bridges and steel." Through october 31 at vermont supreme court lobby in montpelier. info, 828-3278.

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'maDe in the ShaDe: the DeSign oF Summer vaCation': examples of design excellence in swimsuits, sunglasses, fishing gear, surfboards and more. Through november 16 at madsonian museum of industrial Design in waitsfield. maggie neale: "Dances on silk," hand-painted silk hangings and stretched silk. Through november 20 at contemporary Dance & Fitness studio in montpelier. info, 229-4676. 'new work': paintings and other works by paul Bowen, Joan Kahn, celia Reisman and Fulvio Testa. Through november 18 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. info, 767-9670. ruth CopperSmith: "emergence: Assemblages of natural objects," photography. Through november 5 at Kellogg-hubbard library in montpelier. info, 223-3338.

Sam kerSon: "Unmasked," portraits in pastels. november 3 through December 1 at city center in montpelier. info, dragondancetheatre@gmail.com.

SiDney Delevante: "The whimsical world of Delevante (1894-1984)," paintings by the American artist, educator and poet. Through november 3 at nuance Gallery in windsor. info, 674-9616.

‘SlowliFe’: Time-lapse photography and videos set to an original musical score exploring the growth and movement of plants. Through november 25 at montshire museum of science in norwich. info, 649-2200. 'turning leaveS: new DireCtionS in Book artS': sculptural creations made from, or incorporating, books. Through november 10 at chandler Gallery in Randolph. info, 431-0204. 'viSionS oF plaCe: the photography oF John miller, peter miller anD riCharD Brown': work by the photographers who have each spent more than 40 years documenting the farmsteads, families and individuals of vermont. curated by the vermont Folklife center. Through november 30 at vermont statehouse cafeteria in montpelier. info, 828-0749.

Thomas Fuss Travel doesn’t get more American than the cross-country road trip. Photographer Thomas Fuss, in his show “Backroads America” at Morrisville’s River Arts Center, takes viewers on that classic coast-to-coast pilgrimage. With his Linhof

Technorama S III camera, he captures natural wonders such as Monument Valley, the arched rocks of Moab, Utah, and the California redwoods, as well as manmade attractions: Graceland, the Bonneville Salt Flats during Speed Week and the murder sites in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. But, as any road tripper knows, it’s often the obscure wonders by the side of the road that turn out to be the most remarkable. Fuss gives these in between places their due. Through January 7. Pictured: “Driveway to House of Clutter Quadruple Murders ‘In Cold Blood,’ Holcomb, Kansas.” warD JoyCe: "human landscapes," paintings and drawings that explore the forms of the city and the architecture of the human body. Through January 31 at hartness Gallery, vermont Technical college, in Randolph center. info, 728-1237. 'we are vermont Strong': Artworks created in response to Tropical storm irene, first exhibited in Randolph to commemorate the disaster's one-year anniversary. Through December 28 at Governor's office Gallery in montpelier. info, 828-0749.

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'5th annual amateur photography ConteSt anD exhiBit': more than 150 photographs on the theme "portraits," plus work by professional photographer and chaffee juried artist Tami crupi Zeman. Through november 3 at chaffee Art center in Rutland. info, 775-0356. 'artiStS oF the ForeSt': Abenaki baskets, Acadian wood carvings, birch-bark canoes, dogsleds, snowshoes, furniture and more by 13

traditional artists from the northern Forest region.

Through December 22 at vermont Folklife center in middlebury. info, 388-4964.

'China moDern: DeSigning 20th-Century popular Culture': A touring exhibit developed by california's pacific Asia museum that explores the rich tradition of chinese designs in advertising, packaging and promotional art for cinema, music, comic books, pulp fiction, fashion, games and toys; 'oliphant: eDitorial CartoonS anD the ameriCan preSiDenCy, 1968–2007': political cartoons by the syndicated artist patrick Bruce oliphant, who won the pulitzer prize in 1967. Through December 9 at middlebury college museum of Art. info, 443-3168.

'Contemporary JewelS: an oFFering': works by five artists of Tibetan heritage presented in honor of the Dalai lama's recent visit to middlebury. Through January 11 at Davis Family library, middlebury college. info, 443-5235.

el emigrante De hiDalgo, méxiCo: "imagines de mi Alma/images From my soul," paintings, drawings and sculptures by one of the anonymous artists featured in last spring's migrant farmworker project, "invisible odysseys." Through December 22 at vermont Folklife center in middlebury. info, 388-4964.

JameS vogler: "A Trail of Breadcrumbs," abstract paintings inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales. Through november 2 at walkover Gallery & concert Room in Bristol. info, 453-3188. peter wolF: "country life & Rock n Roll," a 33-year retrospective of the Jericho photographer's work, from black-and-white nature shots to a portrait of carlos santana. Through December 20 at mt. mansfield community Television in Richmond. info, 434-2550.

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Call For 2-D/3-D sUBMissioNs: Chandler Gallery in Randolph is holding a call to 20- to 30-year-old artists for a show on January 13. Submissions are due December 5. Info, janetensia@ gmail.com.

HUGE CraFt & art WEEKEND: Join 200 crafters and artists for Montpelier’s Crafts & Arts Weekend 2012.

Spaces still available for the December 8 fair. Info, daniel@ plantinghope.org. tHiNKiNG oUt oF tHE BoX: This show features art made from cardboard in all of its forms — corrugated, boxboard, tubular and more, including cardboard that is imprinted, painted or basic brown. Shape it, bond it, sculpt it, build it, wear it, bend it, mold it — use it! Deadline: December 14. Show dates: January 22 through February 22. Info, studioplacearts.com.

GiFt sHoW: Artists’ Mediums is accepting art and crafts for its three-month gift show.

Visit artistsmediums.com or call 879-1236 for more info.

Call For ENtriEs: The Vermont Folklife Center announces the 14th annual gingerbread-house competition from November 30 through December 19.

Registration due November 20. Info, 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

HoliDaY sHoW: Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington is hosting its first annual Stocking Stuffer Show beginning Friday, November 9. Deadline: November 2, 5 p.m. For guidelines and application, visit vintageinspired.net.

‘CrossiNG CUltUrEs’: A survey of Australia’s contemporary indigenous art movement from the 1970s to the present drawn from one of the world’s largest collections of aboriginal art. Through March 10 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Six- to 12-year-olds and their adult companions explore the exhibit before creating their own indigenous Australia-inspired artworks in the studio: Sunday, November 4, 12-5 p.m. Workshop: Participants explore the exhibition through observation and writing exercises, then experiment with artistic methods in the gallery. No art or writing experience necessary. Participation is limited; register by November 5. Wednesday, November 7, 7-8:30 p.m. Info, 603-646-2095.

EssEX art lEaGUE MEEtiNG: Members gather for business and social time, plus a presentation by a guest artist. Thursday, November 1, 9-11 a.m., First Congregational Church, Essex Junction.

‘MiGratioN’: Artwork and writing from Switzerland, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy and the United States addressing topics of immigration, emigration, migrant workers, refugees and visa holders. Through November 25 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Talk: “I’mmigration: Stories from Vermont Migrants,” Thursday, November 1, 6 p.m. Info, 253-8358.

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Friday, November 2, 5-8 p.m., Unitarian Church, Burlington.

Info, awodey@cmu.edu.

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‘FriENDs oF tHE art MUsEUM PUrCHasE PartY’: Museum Friends select a new work of art for the collection.

Saturday, November 3, 5 p.m., Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-2309.

DErriCK aDaMs: The New York-based artist delivers the Cameron Visiting Artist Talk.

Adams has exhibited or performed at MoMA PS1 Greater New York 2005, PERFORMA 05, Brooklyn Museum Open House, The Kitchen NYC and more. Wednesday, November 7, 4:30 p.m., Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

Info, 443-3168.

HoliDaY GiFt sHoW & salE: A dozen artists who work in the converted dairy barn open their studios to the public and sell their paintings, prints, glass, photography, fiber arts and artist books. Saturday, November 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Shelburne Pond Studios. Info, 999-4394.

‘CartooN CollEGE’: The Vermont premiere of a new documentary by Josh Melrod and Tara Wray about the Center for Cartoon Studies.

Friday, November 2, 8 p.m., Main Street Museum, White River Junction. Info, 356-2776.

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CraFtErs WaNtED! Annual holiday showcase and craft fair, on November 17, is seeking crafters and demonstrators.

Registration deadline: November 1. Info, 782-6874 or fairfaxcraftfair@yahoo.com.

‘CrEatiVE CoMPEtitioN’: Artists bring a work of any size and medium and face off in a people’s-choice competition. $8 entry fee; winner takes all.

Friday, November 2, 6-10 p.m., The Root Gallery at RLPhoto, Burlington. Info, 540-3081.

‘MaGiC laNtErN sHoW, art FilM/sHort FilM FEstiVal’: Fourteen art films by international and local artists, including Sean Clute, Molly Davies, Phil Roy, David Rocchio, Keenan Cauley and Kyle DuBois, are screened in the gazebo outside the art center. Wednesday, October 31, 5-8 p.m., Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info, 253-8358.

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Busy establishment on Church Street currently booking monthlong shows for 2013. All mediums considered.

Info, creativegeniuses@ burlington telecom.net.

First FriDaY art WalK: More than 30 galleries and other venues around downtown stay open late to welcome pedestrian art viewers. Friday, November 2, 5-8 p.m., various downtown locations, Burlington. Info, 264-4839.

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PHotoGraPHY BY DEsiGN: There are principles of design that will make a good image much better. Darkroom Gallery. Deadline: November 14. Juror: Joe Baraban. Info, darkroomgallery.com/ex36.

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tWENtYsoMEtHiNG sHoW: Chandler Gallery in Randolph is holding a call for work by 20- to 30-year-old artists for a show on January 13. Deadline: December 5. Info, janetensia@ gmail.com.

CrEatiVE CoMPEtitioN_004: Presented by the Root Gallery. $8 entry fee. People’s-choice vote; winner takes all (compounded entry money).

Limit one piece, any size, media or subject. First Friday of every month, 6-10 p.m. Vote for your favorite piece until awards ceremony at 8:30 p.m. Location: RLPhoto, 27 Sears Lane, Burlington. Info, publicartschool@ gmail.com.

VT MADE BENNINGTON ‘aFFiNitY’: Narrative POTTERY, weavings by Cyndy Barbone, WOODEN Deborah Frazee Carlson, Fuyuko Matsubara BOWLS, and Bhakti UTENSILS, Ziek. Through November 16 at AVA Gallery and Art Center CUTTING in Lebanon, N.H. The “Affinity” BOARDS, artists discuss their work: HAMMOCK Thursday, November 1, 5:30 CHAIRS p.m. Info, 603-448-3117.

COLORFUL BriaN MoHr & EMilY JoHNsoN: “Off PisteRECYCLED in the Northeast: A Celebration of GLASSWARE Northeast Skiing Adventure,” AND BOWLS a multimedia slide-show RECYCLED presentation benefitting the CEILING TILE Bolton Valley Backcountry MIRRORS AND and Nordic Lands project; presented in partnership with WALL ART the Vermont Land Trust as RESCUED part of the couple’s 8th annual WOOD “Wild People, Wild Places” series FURNITURE Wednesday, November 7, 7 p.m., Film House, Main HANDMADE, Street Landing Performing FAIR TRADE Arts Center, Burlington. Info, GIFTS AND 496-5434.

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Steven P. Goodman: "Fleeting Moments/Stolen Glances," small-scale landscape paintings that suggest a lingering impression. Through November 11 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury. Info, 382-9222.

'Sweet Life': Artwork exploring life's quiet moments by Cynthia Kirkwood, Kathryn Milillo and Jan Roy (through November 4); woody JackSon: New works by the iconic Vermont artist including paintings completed during a yearlong stay in the Italian Alps (through October 31). At Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

'Barn Paint out': Plein-air paintings of Vermont barns. Through December 28 at Jericho Center Town Hall. Info, 849-2049.

tom merwin & diane Lafontaine: "Maui Artist in Residence," Merwin's Vermont landscapes paired with LaFontaine's mixed-media works depicting Hawaiian plants. Through November 1 at Merwin Gallery in Castleton. Info, 468-2592.

caLeB Stone: Watercolors and oils by the Massachusetts artist. Through November 4 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100.

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'artiStS from howardcenter': Work by self-taught artists. Through November 28 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857. 'autumn in vermont art maSquerade': Paintings by Jane Ashley, Gary Eckhart, Evelyn McFarlane and Hunter Eddy. Through November 30 at Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-9653.

deniS verSweyveLd & auStin furtak-coLe: White statuesque sculpture by Versweyveld; process-based abstract paintings by Furtak-Cole.

Through October 28 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

Info, 253-8358. dorothy martínez: "We the People," more than 50 figurative paintings celebrating political change in America. Through November 12 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818. 'fiGurinG it out': Work by participants in River Arts' figure drawing open studio sessions. Through

January 7 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261. frank woodS: Paintings by the Montpelier artist.

Through November 25 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053.

GayLeen aiken: "A Grand View," paintings and drawings of the Vermont landscape made between 1958 and 2000. Through December 31 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857. heidi chamBerLain: "Simple Eclectic Nature," mixed-media works combining cross-stitch, linoleum-print, watercolor and monoprint techniques. November 1 through 30 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery. Info, 372-5049.

John m. miLLer: "Human/Nature," recent photographs. Through November 3 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

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'take me to the fair: an addiSon county tradition': Photographs of the 2011 fair by Markham 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.

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the other, a man takes a distant tone as he talks violence statistics. According to

Two, They Will Have to Believe Us,” a table is set up at Burlington’s Fletcher Free

an artist’s statement, Lauzon attempts to “reframe the experience of language and

Library as if in an interrogation room. One chair stands on either side, a pair of

comprehension — questioning how much we can know of our experiences while

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Judy Lowry: "In Honor of the Lowell Mountain Range," paintings of the landscape before the wind turbines. Through December 3 at Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. Info, 754-2971.

PauL GruhLer: Paintings that explore line, form and color. Through November 5 at Brown Library, Sterling College, in Craftsbury Common. Info, 586-7711, ext. 124.

thomas Fuss: "Backroads America," photographs of Americana, from Monument Valley and the California redwoods to Graceland and the murder scenes in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.

November 1 through January 7 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261.

harry orLyk: "Like Friends, Long Known," paintings of American farmland by the plein-air artist. Through November 4 at Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y. Info, 518-564-2474. kiranada sterLinG BenJamin: “Moon Ascending: Japanese Rozome Batik,” silk scrolls; BarBara BartLett: “The Art of Tea II,” mixedmedia works that incorporate tea bags. Through November 16 at AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. Info, 603-448-3117. 'once uPon a time... imPressionism: Great French PaintinGs From the cLark': A traveling exhibit of paintings by Bonnard, Corot, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Millet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley and Toulouse-Lautrec. Through January 20 at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Info, 514-285-2000.

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aLyssha csük: Photographs of the region’s operating and abandoned quarries. Through December 31 at Slate Valley Museum in Granville, N.Y. Info, 518-642-1417.

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Lisa Forster Beach: Paintings of the New England landscape by the National Watercolor Society member who lives in Stowe. Through November 18 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 899-3211.

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ome movies practically beg your mind to wander. As I sat through the soggy formula-fest that is Chasing Mavericks, I found myself contemplating a single question: What is it about the surfing movie that so resists greatness?

Think about it. Every other genre, however marginal or out of fashion — down to the humble musical and martial-arts film — has seen cinematic excellence achieved within it. What is it about sand, a board and the open sea that seems to guarantee a lack of movie magic?

Hell, I don’t know. It was just nice to think about something besides Chasing Mavericks for a couple of paragraphs. This has to rank as the least accomplished picture to be assembled by two accomplished directors, at least since the dawn of the millennium.

How is it possible for filmmakers as gifted as Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential) and Michael Apted (the Up documentary series) to combine forces and produce a movie as inconsequential as this? Well, that’s one mystery we can solve. According to my research, the two didn’t actually work together. Apted

simply took over for the final two weeks of shooting when Hanson was sidelined by illness. Of course, that leaves the mystery of why an artist of Hanson’s caliber would get mixed up with a project this silly in the first place.

You know you haven’t bought a ticket to the First Great Surfing Movie Ever Made when the opening scene features a shot of a figure swimming underwater and the voice of Gerard Butler trying not to sound Scottish while solemnly intoning, “We all come from the sea, but we are not all of the sea.”

It turns out the swimmer is Jay Moriarity, and he is of the sea. Newcomer Jonny Weston plays the real-life Santa Cruz native who gained attention by surfing big waves back in 1994, when he was just 15. Butler costars as his neighbor, a local surfing legend named Frosty Hesson. He, too, is of the sea.

Unfortunately for Jay, his dad is of the deadbeats, and his mother (Elisabeth Shue) is of the Smirnoff. That sets the stage for a by-the-numbers coming-of-age saga that obligates the teen to overcome a variety pack of obstacles before testing his mettle on the Mavericks — a near-mythical stretch of giant

waves off the coast of northern California.

Some of these obstacles are environmental. There’s the mandatory bully (Taylor Handley), for example, straight out of The Karate Kid. And a childhood sweetheart (Leven Rambin) whom Jay yearns to make his teenage sweetheart. Other hurdles are required courses at Frosty U. Jay convinces his curmudgeonly neighbor to act as his surf mentor, and the next thing he knows, the kid finds himself writing essays on topics such as “fear versus panic” and listening to the dude’s lectures on the Four Pillars of Life.

It’s all as dopey as it is derivative, and really just filler designed to build anticipation for the climactic sequence in which the now 16-year-old Moriarity gets his first crack at the Mavericks. My guess is the spectacle of these moving mountains fascinated Hanson, and that fascination drew him to this project.

That’s understandable.

What isn’t is the degree to which the moviemakers botched the job when it came time to incorporate their money shots of these awesome waters into the body of the film. The two don’t remotely match, and not just because nothing in the body is remotely awesome.

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BOARD STIFFS Weston and Butler flounder as buds who live for the big waves in this by-the-numbers biopic.

The colors, lighting and resolution are so laughably off that the feel-good final sequence might as well have been filmed in black and white. It’s a distractingly sloppy capper to a couple hours of total Hollywood corn, and an unhappy reminder of the creative wipeout Hanson’s career has unexpectedly become.

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APOCALYPSE HUH? Hanks and Berry demonstrate that the world ends not with a bang but with stars playing dress-up.

Cloud Atlas ★★★

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ith Hollywood in its current conservative mode, recycling tired franchises left and right, it’s tempting to applaud the sheer out-there-ness of Cloud Atlas. This adaptation of David Mitchell’s 2004 novel is philosophically high-minded and sprinkled with inadvertent hilarity; the phrase "Pirates of the Caribbean does postmodernism" comes to mind. So does “train wreck.” But, as Oscar-season spectacles go, Cloud Atlas is far from forgettable.

Like the novel, the film incorporates six separate stories, each set in a different era, with two in the future. This mega- (and frequently meta-) narrative is staged by three directors known for both risk taking and unevenness: Lana and Andy Wachowski (The Matrix, Speed Racer) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, The Princess and the Warrior).

Rather than presenting the tales in large sequential chunks, as Mitchell did, the filmmakers intercut them — sometimes rapidly — to emphasize the narrative parallels. Taking that principle further, the same core cast appears in each story.

Thus, for instance, in the 1850 segment, Jim Sturgess plays a Californian heir on an ill-fated Pacific voyage. In the 2144 segment, set in a dystopian “Neo Seoul,” he becomes a freedom fighter who assists in the spiritual awakening of a mass-manufactured clone (Doona Bae). The other lead roles belong to Ben Whishaw, as a penniless composer in 1936 Europe; Halle Berry, as a muckraking journalist in 1975 San Francisco; Jim Broadbent, as an amoral publisher in the presentday UK; and Tom Hanks, as a neo-primitive tribesman in postapocalyptic America.

It sounds confusing, but it isn’t, at least not to anyone who can keep up with Oscar montages showcasing the high points of a genre or an actor’s career. Cloud Atlas often feels like one of those montages: a string of climaxes with no quiet time for character development. Keeping track of the disparate stories is plenty stimulating for the viewer, but plot developments rarely transcend the level of cliché. Unlike Mitchell, who used each tale to riff self-consciously on a particular literary style, the filmmakers mostly play the conventions straight. They’re busy

drumming the overarching themes — standard stuff about karma, interconnectedness and the Golden Rule — into our heads.

The funniest and best-realized story — Broadbent’s — is also the least connected to anything else, while the tale positioned to have the strongest emotional resonance — the postapocalyptic one — is ludicrous in a more unfortunate way.

Anyone who attends community theater is familiar with the phenomenon of the resident ham, an actor with such presence that he manages to hog all the colorful roles (and wigs and accents). In the $100 million pageant that is Cloud Atlas, Hanks is that guy.

But when he’s asked to play a conflicted naïf full of pathos, dressed in rags and speaking an invented futuristic dialect, his powers are at an end. Try as he may, Hanks can’t sell the

magical realism, and his conversations with Berry in pidgin English are fiascos of Wicker Man remake proportions.

Of course, if you don’t like that story, you’ll soon be back in a better one. Cloud Atlas may be the first film epic that panders to the viewing habits of surfers and browsers without maligning their intellects. The Wachowskis and Tykwer realize that just because you watch three movies at once while checking actors’ filmographies on your iPhone doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy narratives considerably more complex than Bang!

Pow! With any luck, they’ll start a trend: I, for one, would be happy to watch next summer’s entire crop of forgettable flicks in three-hour mash-up format.

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HERE COMES THE BOOM★★ Kevin James is a teacher who turns to an unlikely career in mixed martial arts to finance a music program at his struggling school in this action comedy.

With Salma Hayek and Henry Winkler. Frank (Zookeeper) Coraci directed. (105 min, PG. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Sunset) HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA★★1/2 Award-winning animator Genndy Tartakovsky (“Dexter’s Laboratory,” “Samurai Jack”) directed this family horror comedy about Dracula’s attempts to keep his teen daughter safely in his “five-stake resort” away from humans. With the voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez. (91 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis, Palace, Paramount [3-D], Sunset, Welden) THE HOUSE I LIVE IN★★★★ Vermont-based director Eugene Jarecki investigates the connections between America’s war on drugs and its prison system in his new documentary.

(108 min, NR. Roxy, Savoy) LOOPER★★★★1/2 In a world where time travel works, a mob hitman (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) gets an assignment to kill his future self (Bruce Willis) in this sci-fi thriller from director Rian (Brick) Johnson. With Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels and Piper Perabo. (119 min, R. Palace, Roxy) THE MASTER★★★★ Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a midcentury guru who recruits Joaquin Phoenix for his new religion — or, some might say, cult — in this ambitious period drama from Paul Thomas (There Will Be Blood) Anderson.

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FUN SIZE★★ Doesn’t it suck being stuck babysitting when you’d rather be at a Halloween party with a hot guy? First-time director Josh Schwartz attempts to mash up Superbad and Adventures in Babysitting in this comedy for the snarky-teen-girl demo. With Victoria Justice, Jackson Nicoll and Chelsea Handler. (90 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Stowe)

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ALEX CROSS★1/2 Tyler Perry takes the role of James Patterson’s D.C. detective, twice embodied on screen by Morgan Freeman, in this story of the hunt for a ruthless killer, which will probably not require its star to don a fat suit or drag. With Matthew Fox and Rachel Nichols.

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CHASING MAVERICKS★1/2 Directors Michael Apted (the 7 Up series) and Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential) team up on this fact-based tale of a teenage surfer taking on a big wave. Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue and Jonny Weston star.

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Argo 2:30 (Sat only), 4:30 (Sun only), 7, 9:10 (Fri & Sat). taken 2 2:30 (Sat only), 4:30 (Sun only), 7, 9:10 (Fri & Sat).

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Paranormal Activity 4 6:20, 9:05. Argo 6:15, 9:10. Alex cross 9. taken 2 6:25.

wednesday 31 — thursday 1 ***E.t. the Extraterrestrial Thu: 8. chasing mavericks 1:15, 4, 6:40, 9:15. cloud Atlas 12:30, 4:15, 8. Fun Size 1:30, 3:35, 5:40, 7:45, 9:50. Silent Hill: Revelation 12:50, 3 (3-D), 5:10 (3-D), 7:20 (3-D), 9:30 (3-D). Alex cross 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40. Paranormal Activity 4 12:45, 2:50, 5, 7:15, 9:45. Argo 1:30, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25. Here comes the Boom 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50.

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Silent Hill: Revelation (3-D) 1:05, 3:15, 6:55, 9:15. Alex cross 1, 9:10. Paranormal Activity 4 1:30, 4, 7, 9:05.

Argo 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10.

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THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER★★★1/2 Stephen Chbosky directed this adaptation of his 1999 novel about a shy, troubled high schooler (Logan Lerman) who blooms when he joins a group of quirky friends. With Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. (102 min, PG-13. Roxy, Savoy)

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TAKEN 2★ If you thought Liam Neeson systematically eliminated every thug in the European Union in Taken — well, now he’s vacationing in Istanbul. And those thugs’ loved ones want revenge. With Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen. Olivier (Colombiana) Megaton directed. (120 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Stowe, Sunset)

PITCH PERFECT★★★ Bring It On with warbling?

Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow play members of an all-female college a capella group who go for broke in their battle with the boys. With Rebel Wilson. Director Jason Moore makes his feature debut. (112 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy)

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THE CAMPAIGN★★1/2 Two schemers plot to run a naïf (Zach Galifianakis) against an established incumbent (Will Ferrell) for a seat in Congress in this comedy from director Jay Roach. With Jason Sudeikis and Dylan McDermott. (97 min, R) FIRST POSITION★★★★ Bess Kargman’s documentary follows driven teens from disparate backgrounds who are preparing for a high-stakes ballet competition. (90 min, NR)

SAMSARA★★★1/2 Director Ron (Baraka) Fricke combines wordless footage from 26 countries into a visual spectacle intended to evoke the cyclical nature of existence. (99 min, PG-13.

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POLISSE★★★1/2 This French drama uses documentary-style realism to go inside the harrowing day-to-day workings of a childprotection unit in Paris. (127 min, NR)

SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS★★★★ Playwright Martin (In Bruges) McDonagh returns to film with a twisty drama about a screenwriter who finds himself in trouble after his friends kidnap a gangster’s beloved lapdog. Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Abbie Cornish and Woody Harrelson star. (109 min, R. Palace, Savoy)

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) TURN ME ON, DAMMIT!: A Norwegian teenager (Helene Bergsholm) navigates the minefield of crushes and sexuality in this frank coming-of-age comedy from Jannicke Systad Jacobsen. Read a web-only review this Friday at sevendaysvt.com. (75 min, NR)

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SILENT HILL: REVELATION★ A young girl (Adelaide Clemens) finds herself drawn toward a creepy alternate reality in the second film based on the horror video game series, and the first to be released in six years. Michael J. Bassett directed. With Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean. (94 min, R. Bijou [3-D], Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis, Welden [3-D])

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After responding to a call that two men were carrying items from a house before dawn, sheriff’s deputies in Manatee County, Fla., spotted the men driving by the crime scene. They had returned, the sheriff’s report noted, because “they were lost in the neighborhood and trying to find their way out.” Deputies who stopped the car noticed the stolen items and arrested Darien A. Caruso, 19, and James Hardy, 19. (Bradenton Herald)

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Police charged Mahmoud Yousef Hindi, 55, with killing one man and critically wounding another when he opened fire 1:38 PM at a homeowners association meeting in Louisville, Ky., during a dispute about the height and direction of a fence around his house, as well as a recently constructed driveway. (Associated Press) Eric Brian Pauly, 50, pleaded guilty to shooting his girlfriend to death at their mobile home in Winfield, W.Va., because she woke him up “in the middle of the night.” (The Charleston Gazette) Police in Winter Park, Fla., charged restaurant owner Quoc Trong Tran with shooting at a car occupied by two customers who complained about their meals. (Orlando’s WKMG-TV)

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Computer engineer Anirudh Sharma, 24, has invented a device to guide blind people to their destination. Dubbed “Le Chal” (“take me along” in Hindi), it links a smartphone app with a small actuator sewn inside the sole of a shoe via Bluetooth. The user tells the phone the desired destination, and voice-recognition software translates the request into electronic commands. The phone’s GPS directs the actuator when to turn, causing the shoe to vibrate on the side of the direction of the turn. The shoe also alerts the wearer of any obstacles in the path and guides the wearer around them. (The Economist)

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and other financial damage, including loss of Mr. Cutrufelli’s home, and also the dissolution of Mr. Cutrufelli’s marriage.” (Marin Independent Journal)

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When Virgin America submitted a pretakeoff safety video to the Federal Aviation Administration for review, the video showed a dog fumbling with its seat belt, with the voice-over, “For the 0.0001 percent of you who’ve never operated a seat belt before, it works like this.” Expressing concern that passengers would think dogs on flights had to wear seat belts, the FAA made the airline change the dog to a bull because bulls aren’t allowed on planes, whereas dogs sometimes are.

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Homeland Insecurity

Aviation blogger John Butler alerted travelers to security flaws in airline boarding passes that could allow terrorists or smugglers to discover in advance which security measures they will be subjected to. Butler said the bar codes of boarding passes are unencrypted, allowing anyone with a smartphone to discover any vulnerability and even modify the coded information. (The Washington Post) The number of guns found at airport security checkpoints has been rising for the past couple of years, from 1123 in 2010 to 1320 in 2011 to 1105 through September of this year. Security experts attributed the trend to two factors: an increase in gun sales and the spread of right-to-carry laws, which lead to more people showing up with weapons at checkpoints because they’re used to carrying them all the time. (The New York Times) Despite Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s assurance that advances in scanning technology would soon allow all air travelers to keep their shoes on, the Transportation Security Administration has rejected four different scanning devices aimed at letting passengers keep their shoes on after spending millions of dollars to test them.

All four failed to detect explosives and metal weapons, according to TSA official Lisa Farbstein, who said removing shoes “is going to be a part of air travel for the foreseeable future.” (The New York Times)

Wrong Rites

Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops warned believers who decline to earmark 8 percent of their income tax for the church that they won’t be able to receive the Eucharist, become godparents or receive a church burial. The religious tax option, which affects all religions, renders more than $4 billion a year unto Germany’s Catholic and Protestant churches. (BBC News)

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(april 20-May 20): What if you have a twin sister or brother that your mother gave up for adoption right after you were born and never told you about? or what if you have a soul twin you’ve never met — a potential ally who understands life in much the same ways that you do? in either case, now is a time when the two of you might finally discover each other. at the very least, taurus, i suspect you’ll be going deeper and deeper with a kindred spirit who will help you transform your stories about your origins and make you feel more at home on the planet.

Scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)

This is not prime time for you to rake in rewards, collect hardearned goodies and celebrate successes you’ve been building towards for a long time. It’s fine if you end up doing those things, but I suspect that what you’re best suited for right now is getting things started. You’ll attract help from unexpected sources if you lay the groundwork for projects you want to work on throughout 2013. You’ll be in alignment with cosmic rhythms, too. Your motto comes from your fellow Scorpio, writer Robert Louis Stevenson: “Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.”

caNceR (June 21-July 22): Conservationists are surprised by what has been transpiring in and around nepal’s Chitwan national Park.

The tigers that live there have changed their schedule. Previously, they prowled around at all hours, day and night. but as more people have moved into the area, the creatures have increasingly become nocturnal. researchers who have studied the situation believe the tigers are doing so in order to better coexist with humans. i suspect that a metaphorically similar development is possible for you, Cancerian. Meditate on how the wildest part of your life could adapt better to the most civilized part — and vice versa. (read more: tinyurl.com/Humantiger)

fall? The term may refer to the location of an extinct waterfall where a river once fell over a cliff but has since stopped flowing. Döda Fallet in sweden is such a place. “Dry waterfall” may also signify a waterfall that only exists for a while after a heavy rain and then disappears again. one example is on brukkaros Mountain in namibia. a third variant shows up in “Cliffs beyond abiquiu, Dry Waterfall,” a landscape painting by georgia o’Keeffe. it’s a lush rendering of a stark landscape near the new Mexico town where o’Keeffe lived. soon you will have your own metaphorical version of a dry waterfall, leo. it’s ready for you if you’re ready for it.

viRgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): you are getting

to where you need to be, but you’re still not there. you have a good share of the raw materials you will require to accomplish your goal, but as of yet you don’t have enough of the structure that will make everything work. The in-between state you’re inhabiting reminds me of a passage from the author elias Canetti: “His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.” your next assignment, Virgo, is to see what you can do about coalescing a few constellations.

libRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): Doctors used to believe that ulcers were caused by stress and spicy foods. but in the 1980s, two researchers named barry Marshall and robin Warren began to promote an alternative theory. They believed the culprit was H. pylori, a type of bacteria. to test their hypothesis, Marshall drank a Petri dish full of H. pylori. Within days he got gastric symptoms and underwent an endoscopy. The evidence proved that he and his partner were correct. They won a nobel Prize for their work. (and Marshall recovered just fine.) i urge you to be inspired by their approach, libra. Formulate experiments that allow you to make practical tests of your ideas, and consider using yourself as a guinea pig. sagittaRiUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): on a beach, a man spied a pelican that was barely moving. Was it sick? He wanted to help.

Drawing close, he discovered that ants were crawling all over it. He brushed them off, then carried the bird to his car and drove it to a veterinarian. after a thorough examination,

the doctor realized the pelican was suffering from a fungus that the ants had been eating away — and probably would have removed completely if the man hadn’t interfered. Moral of the story: sometimes healing takes place in unexpected ways, and nature knows better than we do about how to make it happen.

Keep that in mind during the coming weeks, sagittarius.

caPRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): a farmer in Japan found a 56-leaf clover. Well, actually, he bred it in his garden at home. it took effort on his part. Presumably, it provided him with 14 times the luck of a mere four-leaf clover. i don’t think your good karma will be quite that extravagant in the coming week, Capricorn, but there’s a decent chance you’ll get into at least the 16-leaf realm. to raise your odds of approaching the 56-leaf level of favorable fortune, remember this: luck tends to flow in the direction of those who work hard to prepare for it and earn it. aQUaRiUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The largest

bell in the world is located in Moscow, russia.

Called the tsar bell, it’s made of bronze, weighs 445,170 pounds, and is elaborately decorated with images of people, angels, and plants. it has never once been rung in its 275 years of existence. is there anything comparable in your own life, aquarius? some huge presence that has never actually been used? The time is near when that stillness may finally come to an end. i suggest you decide how this will occur rather than allowing fate to choose for you.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): are you inter-

ested in experiencing a close brush with a holy anomaly or a rowdy blessing or a divine wild card? if not, that’s perfectly oK. Just say, “no, i’m not ready for a lyrical flurry of uncanny grace.” and the freaky splendor or convulsive beauty or mystical mutation will avoid making contact with you, no questions asked. but if you suspect you might enjoy communing with a subversive blast of illumination — if you think you could have fun coming to terms with a tricky epiphany that blows your mind — then go out under the night sky and whisper a message like this: “i’m ready for you, sweetness.

Find me.”

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aRies (March 21-april 19): The data that’s stored and disseminated on the internet is unimaginably voluminous. and yet the 540 billion trillion electrons that carry all this information weigh about the same as a strawberry. i’d like to use this fun fact as a metaphor for the work you’re doing these days — and the play, too. your output is prodigious. your intensity is on the verge of becoming legendary. The potency of your efforts is likely to set in motion effects that will last for a long time. and yet, to the naked eye or casual observer, it all might look as simple and light as a strawberry.

gemiNi (May 21-June 20): i urged my readers to meditate on death not as the end of physical life, but as a metaphor for shedding what’s outworn. i then asked them to describe the best death they had ever experienced. i got a response that’s applicable to you right now. it’s from a reader named Judd: “My best death was getting chicken pox at age 13 while living in the Philippines. My mother banished me to the tV room. i was uncomfortable but hyperactive, lonely and driven to agony by the awful shows. but after six hours, something popped. My suffering turned inside out, and a miracle bloomed. i closed my eyes and my imagination opened up like a vortex. images, ideas, places, dreams, people familiar and strange — all amazing, colorful, and vibrant — flowed through my head. i knew then and there that no material thing on this earth could hook me up to the source of life like my own thoughts. i was free!”

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The Jam included 80 exhibitors — many of them companies and organizations that came to hire employees and interns. Some, like the University of Vermont's Alternative Energy Racing Organization, came to showcase their creations, and explain their efforts to other local techies.

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On Friday night, Lawrence Miller, Vermont's Secretary of Commerce and Community Development, handed out the first-ever Tech Jam awards, which were organized by the Vermont Technology Alliance and designed by Burlington artist John Brickels. The Innovation award went to MicroStrain, a LORD Company, for their new lossless, extended range wireless sensors. The Ambassador award went to the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College, for its extraordinary work with students, businesses and volunteer groups in Vermont and around the world.

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I saw You ... see me I saw you ... see me. You were with the large blonde walking a dog. when: sunday, october 21, 2012. where: clarke st. You: man. me: woman. #910734

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Dear Mistress,

I have a question about sex and my period. I am a single, sexually active, thirtysomething woman, often juggling two casual partners at once (I like to keep things interesting). Inevitably, one of the guys I’m sleeping with will proposition me when I have my period. If the proposition comes via text message, it’s easy to just say “I’m busy tonight, let’s meet up next weekend.” However, if I’m out with the guy, it’s more difficult to rebuff his advances without giving him a concrete reason — and this is where I get awkward. Do I tell him that I’m on the rag? That just seems crude! But I’m worried that if I just give him a brush-off answer — I have to wake up earlier, I’m tired, etc.

— he’ll think I’m not into him. Further, I’ve had guys say, “I don’t care, we can still do it.” I’m like, What?! These guys are not my boyfriends, and sex on my period seems too intimate. What do you think?

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ladYBIrd You’ve given me the best years of my life. I don’t always make the right choices but you always assist me with warmth and love. Stick by my side and we will fly far together. Love Always, J when: Thursday, July 26, 2012. where: in the sunshine. You: woman. me: man. #910737

What do I think? I think it’s all about what you think. If sex while Aunt Flo’s in town feels too intimate, don’t do it. Period sex can be messy, leaving you feeling vulnerable and forcing an intimacy that you’re not seeking in these casual relationships. That said, if you can shed the vulnerability with a guy who’s into it, period sex can be extremely satisfying. Many women report being at their horniest during menstruation, and orgasms are said to alleviate cramps — sure beats poppin’ ibuprofen. Just be sure to lay a dark towel down and have some wet wipes close by.

As for communicating your cycle, I’ve always been a fan of being blunt. If saying, “I’m on the rag” feels too brazen, try a simple, “It’s not a good time of the month” — which will surely get your point across. At the same time, keep in mind that you don’t have to give a good reason why you don’t want to have sex. Regardless of how many times you’ve slept with a guy in the past, you’re never obligated to put out.

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okcuPId lotsoFGluten I spied your profile last week. Very drawn to your answers and your photos. You look a little bit like a troublemaker and disappeared before I had a chance to say hello. Bird tattoos, one on each forearm ... hmmm what is the symbolism in that? If you haven’t found your match, wanna chat? when: sunday, october 21, 2012. where: okcupid. You: man. me: woman. #910738

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Time warps when we are together, stands still when we’re apart. You’ve had precision, refilling my heart. Drunk on you, is it too much? Space – time – deep breath. Making your cheeks hurt is what I want. May have missed a lifetime of your smile. If this is a dream I hope I sleep for a long, long while. when: Friday, July 20, 2012. where: Burlington. You: woman. me: man. #910739

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GIrl and GuthrIe Maybe some time we could all go for a walk and learn whether he’s an Arlo or a Woody, and maybe your name too. Signed boy and Max. when: Thursday, october 18, 2012. where: church street. You: woman. me: woman. #910735

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