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WEEK IN REVIEW

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NOVEMBER 7-14, 2012 COMPILED BY ANDY BROMAGE & TYLER MACHADO

BARACK THE VOTE

Election 2012

very Friday on Off Message, Seven Days’ politics and news blog, political columnist Paul Heintz posts the Scoreboard, a weekly tally of winners and losers in Vermont politics. Last week’s post election edition was a big one. Democrats won commandingly — in Vermont and across America — while Republicans and the super PACs that backed them were left to soulsearch about what went wrong. In Vermont, the biggest winners and losers were obvious: Every statewide incumbent won re-election, while the mostly-Republican challengers were defeated by double-digit margins. Thanks, Obama! However, Heintz took his tally a step further, examining the less obvious winners and losers. Here’s a sampling from his election postmortem. Read the Scoreboard every Friday at sevendaysvt. com/offmessage.

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Former Dubie for Gov campaign manager Corry Bliss presided over Linda McMahon’s second failed bid for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut. And former Douglas hand Jim “Mad Dog” Barnett of the Nasty Boys presided over Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown’s loss to Elizabeth Warren. The big exception: Former Deb Markowitz campaign manager Paul Tencher led Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-Indiana) to an upset victory over that crazy dude, Richard Mourdock, to take a U.S. Senate seat.

Haters can hate, but it looks like the Senate president pro tem actually picked up a seat instead of losing one, which was a distinct possibility. That said, governing a huge caucus is tough work. And Sen.-elect David Zuckerman, who Campbell alienated during the general election, will surely strive to make it tougher. Expect chaos in the Senate — even if Campbell survives a leadership challenge, which he probably will.

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week after winning a second two-year term, Gov. PETER ENROLLING NOW FOR 2013/2014 SHUMLIN presided over a game of musical chairs Tuesday, announcing the departure of several top aides and the promotion of a handful more. “I gotta tell you that some of them are decisions that folks on my staff have 16t-GrnMtnMontessori112112.indd 1 11/7/12 12:04 PM made without me. Some have been made with me,” Shumlin said, speaking at his Channel 15 the querents weekly press conference. “And theretuesdays > 3:30 pm fore, some of them are bittersweet.” In perhaps the biggest blow to his administration, Chief of Staff BILL LOFY and Channel 16 longtime political aide ALEX MACLEAN are GeOrGe stOneY: hOW FILM CAn headed for the wings. Shumlin’s chief ChAnGe LIVes energy advisor, Department of Public sunday > 8 pm Service Commissioner ELIZABETH MILLER, Channel 17 will take Lofy’s place leading the goverCALL In WIth YOur nor’s staff. questIOns: LIVe@5:25 every WeeKnIGht > 5:25 pm Lofy’s not going too far. The former national political operative will return Get MOre InFO Or WAtCh OnLIne At to that role at the Democratic Governors vermont cam.org • retn.org Ch17.tV Association, which Shumlin is poised to run next year. He’ll help the D.C.-based organization elect Democratic gover16t-retnWEEKLY.indd 1 11/12/12 2:52 PM nors — all from his Jericho home. With Lofy leaving, Shumlin said it was clear that either MacLean or Miller should succeed him. But, he said, after four years as his top political aide and two tours of duty as his campaign manager, MacLean opted to move on to the Music For Mental Health private sector. Where she’ll land, though, Ronald Braunstein, Music Director is not yet clear. The Peacham native, whose official title is deputy chief of staff and secretary of military and civil affairs, says she hopes to stay on until March. Calling her “the kid from the Kingdom,” Shumlin said, “There is no one in state government that I rely on more than Alex MacLean… That deciSaturday, Nov. 17 at 8:00 p.m. sion, I gotta be honest with you, I greet UVM Recital Hall with a heavy heart.” Performances by ME2/strings Though relatively new to Shumlin’s inner circle, Miller became highly visiwill encourage dialogue about ble during last spring’s battle over Green the importance of mental Mountain Power’s merger with Central health, raise awareness about Vermont Public Service. As Shumlin’s available health resources, energy czar, she won accolades from and help erase the stigma administration insiders for negotiating surrounding mental illnesses. concessions from the merged utility. She also drew the ire of the merger’s Tickets: many opponents, who viewed her and www.FlynnTix.org / 863-5966 Shumlin as in league with GMP. Information: Before joining the administration www.ME2orchestra.org / 238-8369 two years ago, the Yale Law School grad Sponsored by: worked in private practice in Burlington, where she lives. Her replacement as DPS commissioner is CHRIS RECCHIA, who

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currently serves as deputy secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources. Shumlin also announced the departure of Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner STEVE KIMBELL and Mental Health Commissioner PATRICK FLOOD. Both are being replaced by their deputies.

House Unrest

You’d think House Speaker SHAP SMITH (D-Morrisville) would be resting on his laurels after last week’s election expanded his party’s supermajority in the Vermont House; Democrats picked up two seats, giving them 96 of 150. But as the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus’ DAVID DELCORE first reported over the weekend, the House speaker is already facing a leadership challenge from veteran lawmaker PAUL POIRER. The Barre independent, who has served on-and-

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off in the House since 1981, says he’ll formally announce his candidacy for the speakership Wednesday morning. But he’s already campaigning hard to depose the popular Democratic incumbent. “I’m committed. Nobody ever outworks me,” Poirer says. “This year when people said, ‘You’re a shoe-in to get reelected,’ I knocked on 4000 doors.” Poirer’s complaint? “The biggest reason I’m doing this is I have just seen a steady decline in respecting minority parties,” he says. “I believe I’m going to offer an attractive alternative to those who believe we should be all-inclusive in our debates.” Poirer says he first considered challenging Smith last spring, when he and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers unsuccessfully sought to force Green Mountain Power and Central Vermont Public Service to refund ratepayers $21 million. “The fact of the matter is, Shap did everything in his power to keep that

from coming to the floor, and when it finally did, he had his minions go around to oppose it,” Poirer says. Smith contests that, arguing that opponents’ amendments were “fully vetted” by House committees and “vigorously debated” on the floor. “I don’t know why they’re frustrated,” Smith says. “Check the record. There was a full debate about it.” Poirer’s platform is principally procedural — not ideological. He says he would appoint members of minority parties to conference committees and to prominent positions in the House’s most powerful committees. And he would not limit debate on the floor. A former Democrat himself (he left the party in 2009), Poirer says he’s more liberal than Smith but plans to appeal to disaffected Republicans, Progressives and fellow independents, who collectively control 54 seats. If he can pick off all of them, he’ll still need to pull away another 22 Democrats. One advantage in his David versus Goliath fight? The House votes for its speaker by secret ballot when the legislature convenes in January, so Smith could have a harder time controlling his caucus. Rep. CHRIS PEARSON (P-Burlington), who heads the Progressive caucus, says he feels “a bit torn.” Pearson says that Poirer shares his values but adds that Smith “runs an effective chamber in many ways.” “I’m not going to make a decision quickly. I’m going to watch this one play out,” Pearson says, adding that Progressives will try to come to a consensus about whom to support. Republican Minority Leader DON TURNER (R-Milton) says that neither he nor his caucus has decided whom to support in the leadership fight. “I think it’s very unlikely anybody will beat Shap,” Turner says, “but I think it’s healthy for the process.” Turner says he agrees with Poirer that minority viewpoints are drowned out by the massive Democratic majority. He plans to invite all candidates to speak to his caucus next month. So far, no Republicans have said they’ll run for speaker. As for Smith, he’s not taking his reelection for granted. Since Saturday, Smith says he’s touched base with nearly 100 members of the House — more than half by phone — to congratulate them on

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Despite its radical redesign last summer, the Burlington Free Press lost 8 percent of its subscribers during the past six months, according to a recent Audit Bureau of Circulations report. Between March and September, weekday circulation dropped from 30,558 to 28,138 — only 26,445 of whom receive a print copy of the paper; the rest are digital subscribers. Sunday readership decreased from 38,380 to 35,299 during that same period. That’s a steeper slide than most newspapers, whose weekday circulation declined by an average of 0.2 percent from March to September. In the past five years, the Freeps has lost 15,030 of the 43,168 weekday readers it had in September 2007. That’s a 35 percent drop. The Freeps’ most recent dip in circulation might have something to do with the paper raising its home delivery price from $201 to $264 a year.

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That change took effect in June. While that strategy may seem shortsighted, it’s paying dividends for shareholders of parent company Gannett. The Virginia-based company announced last month that print revenues were up 5.6 percent over the same quarter last year — mostly due to acrossthe-board price hikes and new digital paywalls. Another local news property is undergoing ownership changes. Last week, the Texas-based television conglomerate Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced plans to acquire Burlington’s local FOX and ABC affiliates for $17.1 million. The two stations, which jointly produce local news content, are currently owned by the much smaller Smith Media, which itself is owned by Boston Ventures. A growing media company, Nexstar is in the process of expanding from 55 television stations to 71. Many of its properties — like the two Burlington affiliates it’s purchasing — include two stations in the same media market. Whether any changes in employment or content will come to the FOX and ABC affiliates is unclear. “Nothing’s been announced, but Nexstar has a good record of creating a lot of local content — content relevant to the local community,” says company spokesman Joe Jaffoni. “No changes would be even contemplated until such time that they close on the transaction.” The Burlington and Plattsburgh television market is the 97th biggest in the country. The market’s other commercial broadcast stations include the Hearst Television-owned WPTZ and the locally owned WCAX. Peter martin, whose family owns the latter station, says he’s not too concerned about the acquisition of two rival stations by another major conglomerate. “I’m not sure it makes a whole lot of difference,” he says. m

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urlington voters last week overwhelmingly approved borrowing $6 million to pay f or in f rastructure improvements on the waterfront. What will they get in exchange f or voting yes on ballot item No. 2? The so-called Waterf ront North project was billed primarily as a bikepath improvement initiative, but it also includes major expenditures to accom modate motorized vehicles. And that leaves some people lamenting the city’s transportation priorities. Altogether, Burlington is planning a $10 million upgrade to its waterf ront, one of its main tourist attractions and a significant source of revenue. Of the total, up to $6 million will come f rom the tax increment financing bond voters approved on Election Day. TIF is a mechanism that enables a city to borrow money to build or improve sewers, streets and other public inf rastructure

in a designated area, with the bond then being paid off by tax revenues generated as a result of private development on that land. Another $3 million will come f rom f ederal transportation f unds, while the final $1 million will come from a variety of public and private sources. About a third of the total money will be used for the bike path, but a significant portion of the remainder is going to facilitate motorized access to the waterf ront. Lake Street will be realigned and extended to move cars north of the existing Waterf ront Park. A portion of the six-acre chunk of land around the defunct Moran Plant will be set aside f or 125 parking spaces — 68 along a rebuilt stretch of Lake Street and the rest in a paved lot adjacent to Moran. City officials maintain the added parking will be a needed complement

to a new $950,000 skate park to be built as part of the Waterfront North project, and f or whatever f acilities may end up in the 44,000-square-foot Moran Plant, a former coal-fired power generator that ran from 1955 to 1986. But some neighbors weren’t buying what TIF bond backers were selling. Louis Mannie Lionni, a Burlington architect and urbanist, says “the wa terf ront is becoming Vermont’s biggest used-car lot.” By enabling visitors to drive directly to lake side tourist attractions, Burlington planners are promoting despoliation of one of the city’s most stunning natural features and also dem onstrating their anachronistic mindset, Lionni contends. “We should be getting rid of cars and providing much more public transportation,” he declares. University of Vermont chemistry prof essor Rory Waterman wrote in a

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localmatters Big Changes « p.14 of the city’s Community and Economic by TIF financing, the mayor notes. Development Office, noted in a memo Waterfront North will generate to Weinberger in August that “the new “substantial amounts of property tax,” parking areas will be managed with Weinberger says. In addition to eventual an intelligent parking management repurposing of Moran, private developsystem” coordinated with existing wa- ment could occur on half of the 40-acre terfront parking. Urban Reserve as well as on land east of Weinberger emphasized in an in- Lake Street, Weinberger says. And he terview two days after the election cautioned that the city will not spend that both the $3.1 million in federal all of the $6 million in voter-approved transportation funds and the $6 million TIF funds if it turns out the envisioned waterfront TIF bond will do much more infrastructure improvements can be than facilitate access for automobiles. financed for less than that sum. Some of the money finances the repair The mayor also says that a portion and upgrading of the bike path between of the TIF money will be used to fund Perkins Pier and the northern end of staff positions at CEDO. A main source the 40-acre Urban Reserve. And most of CEDO’s current funding — federal of the remainder of the funding will be Community Development Block Grants used for construction of the skate park, — has been steadily reduced in the past remediation of arsenic-laced soil where few years. That erosion has meant that Moran’s coal pile once sat, installation of “more and more of that money is going a stormwater-treatment system, burial into staff time rather than programs and of utility lines, and addition of lighting, services,” Weinberger says. walkways, trees, green To compensate, the belts and other amenities. city is taking a 7.5 per“There’s no doubt in cent cut of all the TIF my mind that this is a money it gets to help pay plan that dramatically for CEDO’s economic improves the waterfront,” development activities. Weinberger declares. This “management fee” The mayor also discould ultimately produce misses claims made $1.5 million to pay for anonymously in the additional staff in the run-up to Election Day city’s development office, that Burlington taxpayers Weinberger projects. could end up covering at While Burlington LouiS mANNiE least a portion of the $6 voters favored the waLioNNi million waterfront TIF terfront TIF by a 3-to-1 spending. margin, some city counA November 2 Front Porch Forum cilors are worried about potential privaad signed by “Concerned Citizens for tization of prime waterfront property. Burlington” — which lists only a post Four councilors — Max Tracy (P-Ward office box as a contact — went out to 2), Rachel Siegel (P-Ward 3), Vince 1600 households, warning that “despite Brennan (P-Ward 3) and Sharon Bushor what is being said, taxpayer dollars (I-Ward 1) — are sponsoring a resoluwill be spent on the Waterfront North tion to keep a redeveloped Moran Plant Project.” The authors of the anonymous city-owned and accessible to people of ad apparently reasoned that the water- all income levels. The message of the front TIF district offers scant opportu- resolution — scheduled for debate on nity for private development sufficient November 13, past Seven Days’ print to generate the amount of property tax deadline — is “the waterfront is open for revenues needed to cover the cost of the business, but not for sale,” Tracy says. TIF bond. “We don’t want people to have to pay “It’s flatly incorrect that Burlington to play on the waterfront,” Tracy says. taxpayers will end up being responsible “We’re open to a long-term lease of for this,” Weinberger says. He notes Moran, but we want the city to keep that the Waterfront TIF district, which ownership on behalf of the public,” he encompasses the area from Maple adds. “When we say ‘accessible to all,’ Street to the northern end of the Urban we don’t mean everything there has to Reserve, has already “generated far be inexpensive. A high-end restaurant more revenues than it has taken on.” The would be OK, for example, as long as new hotel now rising on Cherry Street Moran also includes, say, an affordable and development along Battery Street cafeteria.” m during the past 15 years were facilitated

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predicts. Tenants will be attracted, he says, not only by the availability of new units but also by amenities planned f or the project, including an outdoor swim ming pool, vegetable gardens and hiking trails leading to the Winooski River. An outdoor skating rink might be built as well, O’Brien adds. Brian Pine, the housing coordinator in the city’s Community and Economic Development Office, observes that controversy is to be expected f or a project of this scope — or for any development of more than a few units in Burlington. “A large project automatically generates opposition because we are a builtout city, Pine says. “A development is inevitably going to be someone’s neighbor, unlike in a rural area where there may not be any people close by.” But Pine doesn’t worry about anyone getting steamrolled by the project. “The good thing is we have a process in Burlington that gives a voice to the rights of a property owner as well as to neighbors,” he says, “so we’ll see how that plays out in this case.” m

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the S.D. Ireland works, large numbers of Winooski River and is near Centennial commuters pass through the neighbor - Brook, listed by the state as a “compro hood en route to Colchester Avenue or mised waterway,” Mahnke adds. Much of the land is unsuitable f or Williston Road. O’Brien says the addition of car traf - development owing to steep slopes and filled areas that might not support fic associated with hundreds of new housing units will be largely offset by construction, he continues. Part of the the subtraction of Ireland’s trucks and site had been used as an illegal dump until the city shut it down in the 1980s, the private vehicles of the roughly 240 plant workers. “It’s a win-win scenario,” Mahnke points out. “Erhard Mahnke is right about O’Brien suggests, adding that Grove Street would see major improvements as the environmental issues,” developer O’Brien concedes. Much of the land part of the deal. O’Brien notes that S.D. Ireland in - cannot be built upon due to “environ mental sensitivities,” he says. tends to consolidate its operations at Even so, the housing project could the S.T. Griswold f acility on Williston’s total up to 300 units because city regu Industrial Parkway that it acquired in lations allow f or construction of 16.75 2009. The Grove Street site has been units per acre on land being converted used as a yard f or contractors and as a concrete-mixing facility, O’Brien says. f rom commercial to residential use, O’Brien notes. Its industrial uses raise concerns He says S.D. Ireland, which will de about pollution at the site, Mahnke velop the project and retain ownership warns. He recalls that the city carried out a “massive environmental enf orce - of it, will have no trouble filling however ment action” against S.D. Ireland several many units it eventually builds. “This years ago relating to contamination from is going to be the go-to place for rental holding ponds. The site borders the apartments in Burlington,” O’Brien

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relatively high rents for apartments that are often in substandard condition. Erhard Mahnke, a Progressivealigned former city councilor for Ward 1, agrees “there’s a critical need for rental housing in Burlington.” That’s not a surprising assessment f rom someone who has worked as a low-income hous ing advocate for the past 25 years. What may be surprising, however, is Mahnke’s strong opposition to the Grove Street project. Emphasizing that he is speaking only as a private citizen and only about a preliminary plan, Mahnke warns that the envisioned size of the S.D. Ireland de velopment will “overwhelm” the neigh borhood where he’s lived f or nearly 30 years. The streets adjoining Schmanska Park are home to mostly lower-middleclass residents, who tend to be renters rather than owners, Mahnke says. It’s a community that’s been “under siege for many years” from a combination of air craft noise and motor vehicle traffic, he remarks. In addition to concrete trucks and employee cars traveling to and from

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Morrisville energy company means to help Vermont wean itself f romf oreign-oil de pendence with a new biof uel blending f acility that mixes recycled cooking grease with home heating oil and diesel f uel. The injection-blending plant — the first of its kind in central Vermont — enables homeowners and businesses to reduce their carbon f oot print with no added expense or invest ment in new equipment. Peter Bourne is president of Bourne’s Energy of Morrisville, which opened the biof uel f acility and vehicle f ueling station last month on Route 100. A thirdgeneration f uel dealer, Bourne says he invested in the biof uel f acility both f or its ecological and economic benefits. “We know the environment is changing, so doing this is just the right thing to do,” says Bourne, 57. “It’s also a good product, and frankly, it separates us from our competition.” Bourne’s grandf ather started the business as a f amily-owned gas station in 1947, bef ore expanding into home heating oil in the early 1970s. But with f urnaces becoming more efficient and more people heating with natural gas, sales were dropping off. So Bourne had to adapt to stay competitive. “We’re in a dinosaur business,” says Bourne. “We needed to specialize our selves in the market and have the prod ucts our customers want.” Travelers heading north on Route 100 just south of downtown Morrisville can easily spot the new facility: a tall, brown building with big, green, leaf y-looking f eet on its wall and a sign that reads, “biodiesel — Reducing your carbon footprint.” Inside is a 10,000 gallon f uel tank of B100, or 100 percent recycled cook ing oil, sourced f rom White Mountain Biodiesel of North Haverhill, N.H. White Mountain Biodiesel buys used cooking oil f rom restaurants throughout New England — including Vermont — f or $1 per gallon, then sells it to companies like Bourne’s Energy. At Bourne’s Morrisville f acility, the tank and f uel lines must be kept warm, Bourne explains, to prevent the fryer oil

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from “turning to butter” before it can be biodiesel to power all the snowcats that blended into various grades of biodiesel. groom its slopes, and the Craf tsbury Customers and delivery truck drivers Outdoor Center, which uses biodiesel to use a touch-screen computer to dial in run its snowmaking system. their desired grade. Karl Hammer owns the Vermont B5, or 5 percent biof uel, is typically Compost Company in Montpelier, which used to power f urnaces in homes and powers nearly all of its production equip businesses. B99, or 99 percent biof uel, ment, including excavators, tractors and can be used to run off-road diesel en- f ront-end loaders, with B100 biodiesel gines such as tractors and generators. Intermediate grades, such as B10 and B20, are suitable for fleet vehicles, such as buses, commercial trucks and off-road agricultural equipment. All biof uel blends burn at least as efficiently as straight diesel and home heating oil products. supplied by Bourne’s. Hammer says he But importantly, they burn cleaner uses the highest bio-blend available for his — producing 20 to 60 percent f ewer off-road vehicles for three reasons: to progreenhouse gases, according to the U.S. tect the health and safety of his workers, to Environmental Protection Agency. prevent petro-diesel f umes and aerosols Bourne’s customers now include the from contaminating his organic compost, Sugarbush Resort in Warren, which uses and to reduce his carbon footprint.

“We also get some minor financial savings, which is gravy,” adds Hammer, noting that the price of B100 is now slightly below than that of conventional diesel. Hammer’s experiences with other biodiesel suppliers is indicative of the problems that have slowed the product’s acceptance in Vermont. In the past, Hammer says, he dealt with a biodiesel firm in Winooski whose f uel gunked up his engines and cost him thou sands of dollars in repairs, replacement fuel filters and lost production time. Another supplier, the Biocardel Vermont bio diesel plant in Swanton, began producing soybean-derived f uels in 2006, thanks in part to $645,000 in low-interest loans f rom the Vermont Economic Development Authority. But Biocardel went out of business in 2010 af ter a f ederal biodiesel tax credit ex pired at the end of 2009.

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Energy Act of 2011, all heating oil sold in Vermont must be at least a B7 biodiesel blend by 2016. Miller says Bourne’s facility moves Vermont another step toward its goal of using 90 percent renewable energy sources by 2050. “Having a bioheat product that is nearly seamless to the customer with no difference in the cost is just a great step in the right direction,” Miller says. “And it’s more local than Saudi Arabia.” Not all biodiesel produced in Vermont comes from recycled cooking grease, Miller notes. According to data from the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, at least eight Vermont farms are growing oilseeds for fuel — and feed — and have the equipment to press and process them. On-farm biodiesel production capacity jumped from 271,000 gallons per year in 2010 to over 604,000 in 2011. Currently, the Morrisville roadside fuel pump isn’t opened to retail customers who drive diesel vehicles, except for those who have contracts with Bourne’s. But Bourne says he’ll eventually replace the current pump with one that allows customers to dial in their desired biodiesel blend, then pay with a credit card the way they do at any other fueling station. m

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For his part, Bourne won’t reveal what he pays for the feedstock of grease, nor the number of customers he has, saying that information is proprietary. Nor will he say what the new facility cost, except that it was “a chunk of change.” Bourne’s Energy received a $45,000 grant from the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund to help pay for it. “That was a big help,” he adds. “We wouldn’t have done it without that.” The company, which has more than 60 employees at five locations, expects to pump more than 100,000 gallons of blended fuel each year. Currently, all customers who buy home heating oil from Bourne’s Morrisville office are getting biofuel delivered to them, whether they know it or not. Liz Miller is commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Service. She says that from the standpoint of Vermont’s long-term energy plan, Bourne’s biofuel plant is hitting “two of the biggest nuts to crack:” home heating and transportation, both of which are almost entirely reliant on fossil fuels. Currently, between 60 and 70 percent of all Vermont homes are heated with oil. Since January, all home heating oil sold in Vermont must be at least 3 percent biofuel. And under the Vermont

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STATE of THEarts Seeing Spots — by Damien Hirst — at HAVOC Gallery B Y KEV I N J. K ELLE Y

amien Hirst was the f oremost ﬁ gure in a group of cheeky artrepreneurs who instigated so much media clamor in the 1990s that they became known as the YBAs (for Young British Artists.) Now 47, Hirst is no longer young. So maybe he and a f ew of his peers should now be ref erred to as RBAs (Rich British Artists). According to the Times of London , Hirst ranks as the wealthiest living British artist, with a personal fortune estimated at more than $350 million. Vermonters will have a chance to experience Hirst hype ﬁ rsthand on Friday evening when the HAVOC GALLERY in Burlington’s South End presents two of his pieces. But don’t expect to see “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living,” the 14-foot tiger shark suspended in a tank of f ormaldehyde that propelled Hirst to international notoriety. HAVOC also isn’t hosting the dissected cow and calf, likewise preserved in formaldehyde, that so appalled animalrights activists. (And a good thing, too: Vermonters enraged about GREEN MOUNTAIN COLLEGE’s recent attempt to slaughter and eat a pair of aged oxen would most likely go apoplectic at the sight of Hirst’s “Mother and Child Divided.”)

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As it is, visitors to the airy venue on Sears Lane — also the BRM DESIGN studio of metal artist BRUCE R. MACDONALD — might actually overlook Hirst’s pair of colored woodcuts, if not for the crowd that’s likely to gather around them at the reception. The small-scale, minimalist prints will prove typically controversial — not because of their visual oomph but because of their OMG price tags. “Mepartricin” measures a mere 12 inches square; “Rhodotorulic Acid” is half that size. Each consists of a single colored dot on white paper — red in one case, dark orange in the other. In the larger work, the dot touches the edges of the plane, while blank whiteness takes up most of the 6-by6-inch piece; its dot measures two inches in diameter. Yup, dot’s all, folks. With Hirst’s work, however, cost is as much the point as content. MacDonald is o° ering “Mepartricin” f or $6000 and “Rhodotorulic Acid” f or $3400. He says he expects both pieces to ﬁ nd buyers in Burlington. Then again, MacDonald might not be willing to part with them. “I’d like to hang on to one of them,” he says while seated at a big wooden table in his gallery. MacDonald, who bought the prints f rom a dealer in London f or prices he won’t

disclose, ﬁ nds “there’s something seductive about them.” It’s the pair’s “purity” that accounts for their aesthetic appeal, he suggests. It’s the signature that garners their price, however. Without Hirst’s illegible scrawl, the prints would be worth little more than the cost of materials and production. Despite his defense of the woodcuts on artistic grounds, MacDonald concedes that to most viewers they won’t look like much. “It’s not very big,” he says as he gestures to the larger of the prints. “It doesn’t weigh much. It’s just a piece of paper with some ink on it.” But “there’s only 55 of them in the world,” MacDonald continues. That’s the number of prints in each of the two editions, which helps make the show at HAVOC a special event. The limited quantity will also serve to drive up the market value of both works, MacDonald predicts. “They’re going to be worth a whole lot more money. The Chinese art market is just exploding,” he points out. The prints at HAVOC are part of Hirst’s “pharmaceutical” series, which consists of what the artist terms “spots” that resemble enlarged pills. Spot paintings that he and (mostly) his assistants made over the course of 25 years were simultaneously displayed this past winter at 11 venues

worldwide that make up the art empire of Larry Gagosian, the Donald Trump of gallerists — in scope, if not in egomania. Following the path pioneered by Andy Warhol and picked up by Je° Koons, Damien Hirst can most accurately be described not as an artist but as a showman adept at outraging traditionalists. He’s crass and clever in equal measure, and also invulnerable to criticism. Hirst ﬁ gured out early in his YBA career that there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Reviewers who expend ink reviling his work only contribute, indirectly, to his already-bulging bank account. So go to HAVOC and make your own judgments. But don’t be surprised if you wind up spending f ar more time with MacDonald’s own artwork than with the Hirsts on display. The dozen or so abraded stainless-steel “light sculptures” that overwhelm the two spot prints have a trippy, holographic e° ect that will mesmerize most viewers. MacDonald’s creations also command attention simply on the basis of their visual allure. They actually reward the time a viewer invests in looking at them. The exhibit also includes minimalist sculptures by Joël Urruty and abstract wood panels by George Peterson.

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didn’t take a spent much of her early childhood outside. 1952, when she moved to Middebury with f ormal dance class until she was That’s where she taught herself to her late husband, Wynn. As she talks about 20 years old. But she would go her book in her South Burlington apartdance. Underwood says she knew immeon to dance in the ’40s with some ment one recent afternoon, she raises her diately that she was destined to become of the earliest icons of American modern arms f requently, as if she were dancing a prof essional dancer. But her parents, dance — Ted Shawn, Martha Graham and right there at her little kitchen table. She especially her f ather, didn’t approve. At Agnes de Mille, to name a few. the time, Underwood says, looks younger than her 90 “I knew nothing, so I took notes on years, neatly dressed in a “there was only vaudeville everything,” she says of starting out in blue button-down shirt and and Busby Berkeley. Ballet the nascent modernblack pants, her silver hair didn’t come to America dance scene. Those in a stylish bob. until 1910. To dance on notes, and her diaries, stage was nasty and not At Jacob’s Pillow that were the starting point ladylike.” fi rst summer, Underwood f or the 90-year-old’s recently published met Joseph Pilates, the It wasn’t until she memoir, full of lively stories of her life on German-born inventor of lef t homef or Syracuse stage: No Daughter of Mine is Going to Be the eponymous exercise University that she was a Dancer! technique. She arrived early able to pursue her dream. Underwood was born in 1922 in Thanks to a f amily conf or her fi rst class with him Harrisburg, Pa., to a professional baseball and f ound the eccentric nection to Jacob’s Pillow S H ARRY U N D E RW OOD player f ather and an organist mother. In f ounder Pilates standing on his head. Ted Shawn, 1927, her parents su° ered a car accident in Underwood was accepted “Ach, your back is no good,” which her mother was thrown through the in 1942 into a three-week program at the he told her. “We fi x you, we fi x you.” And, windshield, her vocal cords severed. From brand-new dance school in the Berkshires. says Underwood, he eventually did. then on, Underwood and her two sisters “Ted Shawn saved my lif e, he really At the end of her fi rst summer in the were told to be quiet when they were did,” she says. “I felt free to be who I was.” Berkshires, Underwood asked Shawn if inside the house. As a result, Underwood Underwood has lived in Vermont since there was any hope of her becoming a HARRY UNDERWOOD

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“I just felt like I was in heaven,” she says. Underwood’s book, which traces her life until the mid-1950s, is at its core about “respecting who you are,” she says. “The world comes swirling at you, but you don’t let it devour you.” And six decades later, Underwood is still at it, writing dance criticism and keeping up with the local dance scene. Two years ago, she brought dancers from all over Vermont together to perform on the Flynn MainStage in a production called “Chance to Dance.” As for dancing herself, “I still try,” says Underwood, though she’s uneasy on her feet. “I could be a pole dancer,” she jokes. “But I’ll spare the world that.” She’s happy having danced as long as she has. “Fame wasn’t my quest,” Underwood says. “Being able to dance the way I wanted to was my quest.” m

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professional dancer. “In my mind, you have the talent, the beauty of face and body and the love of the art to be a fine artist of the dance,” she recalls that he told her. “I wish I could be as sure of everyone as I am of you.” Later, after getting her master’s in dance in Texas, Underwood moved to New York City with exactly $100. “I wasn’t afraid. It didn’t occur to me to be afraid,” she says of trying to make it on Broadway. But it wasn’t a smooth ride. Underwood blew her first big audition, for Oklahoma! Desperate for income, she went to the city unemployment office, but couldn’t find any work. Finally, she got a job at a restaurant — but she soon quit to pursue dancing. Underwood never doubted that dream. “It was who I was,” she says. She went a little rogue — started exploring the city on her own and wearing her hair down to dance class. One day, she stopped by the theater where Agnes de Mille was choreographing the Civil War musical Bloomer Girl. They were in the middle of private auditions. Underwood was wearing shorts, an ill-fitting sweater and no tights, but she managed to finagle herself a tryout. She was cast in one of the lead roles.

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hen RICHARD RILEY took over directing the BURLINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY f rom DAVID NEIWEEM last summer, the ﬁ rst thing he did was re-audition all 88 of its members. Many hadn’t stood f or an audition since they’d joined years, even decades, bef ore. “It was scary f or them,” admits Riley, 58, a spry Baltimore native who speaks in a slightly high-pitched voice. The move signaled Riley’s commitment to the highest level of musicianship. It’s an attitude he learned as a f reshman at Marlboro College f rom his teacher, Blanche Moyse. The Swiss-born violinist cofounded the MARLBORO MUSIC SCHOOL AND FESTIVAL in 1951, when southern Vermont was virtually devoid of classical music. Later, as a conductor, she f ormed the acclaimed Blanche Moyse Chorale entirely from local, nonprofessional singers. “Blanche trained at the highest level in the European conservatory tradition. She didn’t believe you lower your standards for amateurs,” Riley explains. Bef ore taking the BCS job, Riley recently had an opportunity to carry on Moyse’s legacy at the BRATTLEBORO MUSIC CENTER, a community-based enterprise his mentor founded in 1952, where he served as director and then chief fundraiser from 2006 to 2010. In the decades between those Moyse encounters, Riley’s lif e took an unexpected turn. After two years at Marlboro, he decided to pursue music full-time and transferred to the New England Conservatory, where he earned a degree in early music and developed as a bass singer. Riley went on to the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University f or a choral conducting degree and continued to perform as a

e° ectively but that he had missed doing so deeply. “Everyone has always known that singing conf ers astonishing health benefi ts,” Riley declares, sounding bemused that it took him 30 years to act on that advice. He soon realized that not singing regularly all those years had “really a° ected my sense of identity and vitality.” For his debut with the BCS as its fi rst new leader in 17 years, Riley has chosen a work that speaks directly to the singer-conductor’s newf ound vitality and high standards alike: King Arthur, the rarely perf ormed 1691 semi-opera by English composer Henry Purcell. This f un, mostly lighthearted piece was originally a popular Restoration-era “spectacular” — that is, a theatrical extravaganza, penned by John Dryden, in which the music was merely incidental. Riley calls King Arthur “fi rmly outside the canon of choralsociety repertoire” and admits that even he hadn’t heard of it until the 300th anniversary of Purcell’s death in 1995. The name King Arthur, of course, calls up images of the wizard Merlin and the beautif ul Guinevere. But “the story is not the one that everybody knows,” Riley says with a laugh. “The premise is totally ridiculous: An evil spirit has put Britain in a deep f reeze.” He adds, “Arthur pursues his

blind betrothed, Emmeline. Who’s ever heard of Emmeline?” Riley had to condense Dryden’s original libretto using three editions (there is no deﬁ nitive one) to arrive at a story an audience could f ollow during 90 minutes of music. It includes brief plot summaries that will be narrated by ANDREW MASSEY, the internationally known conductor currently heading the MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ORCHESTRA, who, fortuitously has a native British accent. The chorus will sing in costume; the soloists, who include the Northﬁ eld-based soprano MARY BONHAG and Richmond tenor ADAM HALL, will all sing multiple roles. With the story brought under control, audiences will be able to enjoy Purcell’s music accompanied by a 15-piece orchestra. The Baroque composer’s creation runs the gamut, says Riley, f rom “silliness to unbelievably a° ecting pathos.” To set the wintry scene, singers a° ect the sound of shivering in their voices. Yet there are also sublime moments, such as the patriotic song “Fairest Isle.” In the end, Riley says, audiences will be “knocked over by the wisdom of the music.”

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bass soloist. But, at 28, he caught pneumonia during a Christmas visit to his wif e’s f amily in Burlington, and the virus paralyzed his right vocal cord. Riley assumed he could no longer sing — at least to his own high standards as a soloist — so he turned to music management and teaching, including a nine-year stint on Cornell University’s music faculty. Then, having moved to East Montpelier f or the BCS job, he decided on a whim to try singing again in a local Unitarian church choir, “using my f unny, one-vocalcord voice,” as he puts it. To his surprise, he f ound not only that he could warble

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looked eight minutes ago. This is it — let’s keep to the quota we agreed on, OK? Once an hour, and that’s plenty.” Chuckling as she took back the phone, Nita cooed at the picture. “Look at little Clara, guys. She’s so cute, isn’t she?” Deb and Sean examined the photo and heartily seconded Nita’s assessment. As if they had a choice. Meanwhile, I was tapping along to a radio tune on the steering wheel. Sean said, “You know, guys, Jernigan here is a drummer.” “Well,” I said. “I used to be. Now I play the dashboard.” Jeff said, “I’m sure you must know that

played all over town. We never really fit in with the jam-happy Vermont hippie thing, but we still managed to get plenty of gigs.” “Well, holy shit is all I can say. I’d love to hear some tunes. I suppose somebody has put stuff on YouTube?” “Jeez, I’m not sure,” Sean replied. “That was a little after our time. When you drive us back, I’ll grab one of our CDs for ya. There’s a great picture in it. The four of us are decked out in our cavemen gear at the take-out window in front of Nectar’s. Nectar — the man himself — is looking out the window, grinning away. Man, it wasn’t easy to get him to pose for that, but he agreed at the last minute.”

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when we had go-go dancers. Sean was the songwriter and lead singer of the band Yo Yo Nipples.” “You are kidding!” I said. “I don’t think I ever saw the band, but weren’t they quite popular in — what? — maybe the turn of the millennium? Like the early 2000s? Jesus, Sean — you think you know a guy, and then this bombshell?” I could sense Sean was a little embarrassed by the revelation, which only underscored his winning Vermont modesty. Sean grew up on a Swanton dairy farm with his five brothers. Underneath, the guy was as woodchuck as they come, though he’d been in the big town of Burlington for many years, running a successful business that had nothing to do with Holsteins. “Ayup, that was me,” Sean affirmed. “We

A few hours later, when Sean graciously presented me with a CD, I experienced the ambivalence often associated with such a gift. What if I really didn’t like it? What would I say the next time I drove him? I’m a terrible liar. Perhaps owing to this apprehension, I didn’t listen to the CD for nearly a week, until I finally popped it in during a trip to Bristol. From the opening note, I was blown away. This was head-banger music — heavy and pounding. Though the genre is far from my musical sweet spot, I loved what I heard; it simply sounded great to me. And, regarding any music, as Duke Ellington once put it so eloquently: “If it sounds good, it is good.” The lyrics — written entirely by Sean,

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he tourist and business traveler are essential to the local hospitality industry, the taxi trade included. But as much as I value the out-of-towners and their wallets, week in and week out it’s my regulars — my local customers — who keep me in business. Competition is stiff in the Burlington taxi fleet; each cab operator sinks or swims on his or her ability to attract and maintain a healthy stable of regular callers. Because I’ve been at this for about a thousand years, I’ve developed just such a dependable group of customers. Two of them were sitting in the back seat as we cruised into town on a Saturday night. I’d been Debbie and Sean’s go-to cabbie for about six years. They were a fun couple — a cliché phrase, but apt in this case — at the center of what appeared to be a vast social network. When they weren’t living it up downtown, they were hosting parties at home or attending one at a friend’s place. On this occasion, Debbie and Sean were out with a neighbor couple, Jeff and Nita — the proud, if somewhat bedraggled, parents of a 4-month-old baby — their first. Papa sat next to me in the shotgun seat; the new mom sat in the back, sandwiched between Sean and Deb. This was the new parents’ first night out since the blessed event, and Nita was antsy. The connection between a mother and her newborn is visceral, something that, as a man, I doubt I’ll ever truly understand. “Oh, look — here’s another one,” Nita said, passing her cellphone over the seat to her husband. Apparently her mother — their babysitter for the night — had been sending her a continuous stream of baby photos. Taking a cursory glance at the phone, Jeff said, “Yeah, honey, our baby is gorgeous, looking very similar to the way she

according to the liner notes — were perfect as well. Penned when he was in his twenties, the tunes reflected the obsessions of many a young man: girls, partying, drinking — you get the idea. But while the subjects were banal in one sense, Sean’s simplicity, sincerity and good nature elevated the songs to a kind of poetry. I couldn’t get enough. I found myself listening to the CD constantly for the next few weeks, and playing it for my customers, the ones I thought could handle it. Above all, I was dazzled that this music had come out of Sean — the funny, rather soft-spoken guy I had known for six years. It felt like he had a secret past in which he prowled the stages and clubs of Vermont as an unleashed wild man. It was hard to square the two. A couple weeks later, Sean and Debbie called me again. I showed up at their home and left the cab as they stepped out the door. Prostrating myself on the front lawn, I gave a series of I’m-not-worthy bows, cracking Sean up. “I friggin’ love Yo Yo Nipples,” I gushed, feeling like a groupie. “I swear to you, I’ve been playing the CD nonstop. You are a rock star, brother. I mean it.” “Ayup, I guess we were pretty good,” Sean conceded, grinning. “Dude, I wish you could have been at one of our last shows, when we had go-go dancers.” “Oh, man — tell me about it.” “OK, we got these two dancing girls to appear on stage with us, topless with actual yo-yos covering their nipples. The show was awesome, man.” “It sounds unbelievable,” I said, trying to visualize that memorable evening. Sighing an old guy’s sigh, I added, “All I can say is, where is YouTube when you really need it?”m

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moon was an amenity hypotheti cally adding to the earth’s resale value, but maintained that absent any competing habitable planets this had no practical effect. As for whatever sense of well-being moonlight might impart, one could achieve comparable results with scotch. Monetary value: $0. Energy, part 2: tides. This one is almost plausible. The moon causes the tides. In most coastal regions, tidal energy is too dif f use to be harnessable, but in locations such as fjords, straits, and estuaries, where the water sluices through a channel, one might construct tide-driven generators to capture the flow’s energy and convert it to electric ity. Conservative computation of annual revenue: $31.5 billion, if — big if — tidal generators were ever built. To sadly summarize: While the theoretical value of the moon may be countless zillions, today it’s not worth jack.

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metals, but as a practical matter $13.6 quadrillion worth. they’re worth zip. Except for the usual problems. Energy. A possibly more One, we have no idea when fusion usef ul lunar resource is heliumwill become a viable energy tech3, an isotope rare on Earth but nology. Two, we lack a cost-effecrelatively abundant on the moon. tive way to collect lunar helium-3 Helium-3 is part of the solar wind and get it back to Earth. that has buffeted the solar system Moonlight. My assistant Una f or billions of years. Since the devised a spreadsheet purport moon has no magnetic field or ing to show that the replacement atmosphere to speak of, helium-3 value of moonlight, understood atoms aplenty have become em - as the cost of the energy needed bedded in its surface. to generate equivalent illumina What makes helium-3 po - tion, was $33 billion per year. I tentially important is that it’s acknowledged her ingenuity but an ideal f uel f or nuclear f usion, pointed out that, inasmuch as which some believe could gener - moonlight performed no measurate enormous amounts of clean, able work, its replacement value cheap energy. Just 40 metric tons was nil. This led Jim, the Straight of helium-3 — about what would Dope copy editor, to note that have fit in the cargo bays of two off orward-thinking economists our now-def unct space shuttles of ten impute value to intangible — could supply the world’s elec - quality-of-life factors and that as trical needs f or three months, a contributor to human well-be giving helium-3 a value of about ing moonlight could be assigned $14 billion per ton. A million-plus a value, too. tons of helium-3 are thought to I didn’t buy it. I conceded that litter the lunar surf ace — about from a real estate standpoint the

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group metals plus gold. Due to eons of asteroid impacts, the moon’s surf ace contains appre ciable amounts of these elements, which go f or upwards of $1000 per ounce. The prospect of lunar mining is compelling enough that Google is f unding a $30 million Lunar X-Prize for the first private group to land a robot on the moon, ex plore the surf ace, and send back high-res images. However, you’ve got all the problems of mining asteroids plus the f act that the moon isn’t nearly as rich in valu able metals — we’re talking parts per billion. You’d need to mine about 1300 tons of rock to col lect one troy ounce. Prices would have to rise to, well, astronomical levels f or such a venture to be profitable. I could cook up some theoretical valuation f or lunar

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ive me a break, Matt. The moon isn’t just some rock sitting out there, it’s metaphysical. It’s what watches over your first kiss on a spring night, the guide to every seaf arer drif ting on the lonely ocean who was too cheap to buy a GPS, and the thing that gives werewolves their special joie de vivre once a month. You can’t assign it a monetary value. You say: Spare me. It’s 2012 and you can assign a value to anything. Somewhere out there a 19-year-old YouTuber has just signed a Hollywood development deal based on raw footage of her fish tank. Who says you can’t monetize the moon? I acknowledge the truth of this. Let’s see. A company called Lunar Embassy, using the Brooklyn Bridge method of real estate valuation, has sold more than 2.5 million one-acre moon plots, currently priced at $19.99 each plus $1.51 “lunar tax” and $12.50 “shipping and handling” for your “deed.” Given a lunar surf ace area of 9.37 billion acres, and assuming a profit of $21.50 per acre, we’re looking at just over $200 billion in value. No wonder the com pany’s founder has warned world governments not to trespass on “his” moon and is fighting the International Monetary Fund to get a phony moon currency recognized. Too flaky for you? Let’s look at a few other schemes: Mining. The draw is the same thing that attracts asteroid prospectors, discussed previ ously in this space — platinum

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ail Scelza lef t her East Charleston home at midnight last Friday to be first in line at the Cabot Hosiery sock sale in Northfield on Saturday morning. At 4:30 a.m. — a half hour bef ore the doors opened — she’d already been waiting for two hours at the factory that sells Vermont-made socks at deep discounts over two consecutive weekends during rifle season. It’s the Green Mountain equivalent of queuing up f or the latest Apple invention. This year’s buying f renzy started two and a half hours earlier than usual — a decision embraced by the practical Vermont women gathered in the heated vestibule between the factory’s inside and outside doors at 4:45. They included Tinmouth’s Marie Regimbald, her friend Debbie Frederick of Wallingf ord — a self -described “sock-sale virgin” — and Cindy Wisniewski of Waterbury, who recognized Scelza from sock sales past.

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“This is the bomb,” said Wisniewski, who got up at 3:30 to ensure the best selection of socks. Her reaction to the suggestion that there might be extra inventory this year and perhaps some two-for-one deals? “Yessss!” she cheered with both arms outstretched over her head. By 4:50, more f olks — including a young man — had crowded into the vestibule; outside, a line of customers already extended to the parking lot. By 8:30, hundreds of cars would line the roads between the factory and Route 12, which runs through downtown Northfield. Their drivers come f or deals on dress, sport and kids’ socks. While they last, 40-pound bags go for $10. But “if you want the Darn Toughs,” Wisniewski clarified, “you gotta come early.” Her new f riends murmured in agreement. “Once you’ve worn ’em, there’s no going back.” Wisniewski was referring to the high-end hosiery brand the Northfield company launched in 2004: Darn Tough Vermont. After years of making private-label socks for pricesensitive, big-name retailers, Ric Cabot and his dad, Marc, decided to design their own.

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It would be an understatement to say that Darn Tough customers have strong feelings about their hosiery. After a lifetime of wearing socks that are too hot or not warm enough, that bunch up in boots and wear out after a single season, they can’t say enough about Cabot’s foot-hugging alternative. With the slightest encouragement, they’ll lift a pant leg to show ’em off. Appreciating Darn Tough is a two-step process: There’s the initial thrill of a firm fit with reinforcement padding in all the right places. Then there’s the long-term realization that your feet are warm but not sweating; the toe seam — if there is one — isn’t digging into your cuticles; and, wait, that favorite pair of socks you’re wearing has been kicking around for almost a decade. “They’re durable, guaranteed for life, and they fit,” says Sherman, who confesses Darn Tough is the only brand he wears unless he’s “at the end of a laundry cycle.” His first encounter with Darn Tough, soon after it launched, was at the 2004 Vermont City Marathon. Every runner received a free pair of Darn Tough’s classic running quarter socks. “Almost everyone I have introduced to the socks has become evangelical,” Sherman says. Spreading the word with passion — and a journalism

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room to design, manuf acture, package and ship at the Northfield factory — the last remaining sock mill in New England. By all measures, Cabot Hosiery’s Darn Tough Vermont is shaping up to be the state’s next global success story. “Everything that went into making them the last f olks standing on the commodity side of the business in the United States translates into building a f oundation f or a super-strong organization going f orward,” says Secretary Lawrence Miller of the state’s Agency of Commerce and Community Development. It starts with “solid quality,” he notes. “That was the anchor for Burton, for Ben & Jerry’s, f or Green Mountain Coffee Roasters — really stable, consistent quality that delights the customer.” Darn Tough’s “awesomeness” inspired Beth Halasz and Jim Fleenor to drive 600 miles from Ohio to Northfield last weekend. Fleenor said it’s hard to find the socks in Cleveland, and Cabot Hosiery doesn’t sell them online — yet. Searching f or inf ormation, Fleenor and Halasz discovered a Seven Days video about the sock sale on YouTube. They decided to drive to Vermont and “make a long weekend of it.” The couple had spent the previous night in Killington, but got up at 1:45 to arrive before the dawn’s early light. “We haven’t slept all night,” Halasz reported cheerfully. “People keep asking, ‘Are you up here to ski?’” she said. “No! We’re up here to buy socks!”

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“Best sock ever” is how Marc Sherman of Burlington’s Outdoor Gear Exchange describes the niche product that saved Cabot from bankruptcy and “redefined the top-end sock market.” Even at full price, which can run more than $20 a pair, Sherman sells twice as much Darn Tough as SmartWool at his Church Street store — as many as 600 pairs a day during the holiday shopping season. At the annual sock sale in Northfield, six weeks before Christmas, you can pick up the reject Darn Toughs — stamped “irregular” or “second” — for as little as half price. Cabot’s balance sheet suggests the brand’s popularity is not just a “buy local” phenomenon. Contracts with various branches of the U.S. military, which have an American-made requirement on large acquisitions, have been great f or business. Darn Tough’s line of no-nonsense “tactical” socks now accounts for about a third of the company’s revenue. But the growth of Darn Tough’s “specialty” line is what Cabot is banking on: Sales are up 43 percent over last year, which was up 79 percent over the year before. Customers all over the world, especially in Japan, South Korea and Canada, are discovering Vermont’s gourmet socks are worth the investment. To meet the demand, roughly 130 people — up f rom about 75 f our years ago — work three shif ts a day at Cabot Hosiery Mills. When the company constructs a 20,000-square-foot addition this spring, they’ll have more

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degree f rom the University of Colorado Boulder — is 47-year-old Ric Cabot, Darn Tough’s evangelist-in-chief . The business brain behind the brand, he descends from a short line of sock men. Cabot’s grandfather owned mills in the Carolinas and New Hampshire, back when “socks were being made here. Garments were being made here. There was cut and sew here,” he says, and textiles were considered “a viable business.” Cabot’s dad, Marc, f ollowed his own father into the business, and the two men worked together f or a while. Marc was living in Riverdale, N.Y. — where Ric grew up — working as a textiles sales rep in 1978, when he decided to buy and revitalize a def unct Northfield mill. For years, Marc commuted to Vermont to run the business. Now the 73-year-old makes the weekly trip from his home in Maine and stays Monday through Thursday in a nearby motel. Cabot employees describe him as “personable” and “a salesman through and through.” It was Marc who opened the doors for Scelza and company last Saturday morning at 5 a.m. and thanked them as they rushed into the factory. Ric showed up a few hours later. Despite having undergone double knee surgery the week before, he was also out on the floor. The younger Cabot lef t a publishing job in Manhattan to join his f ather at the factory in 1989. “I always felt that it was my destiny,” Ric says. And Vermont appealed to him. “As corny as it sounds, I like nature and being outside.” He settled in Stowe, where his wife runs a real-estate business. They have two children, ages 7 and 9. Business was good during Ric’s first decade at Cabot Hosiery. “You could be successf ul in being a good manuf acturer, in providing a quality product at the right price,” he recalls. He helped lure some of the biggest brands, including Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy, to Northfield, where the f actory produced private-label socks f or all of them. “That’s how business was done,” Ric says. “The goal was to grow bigger” on the assumption that mutual dependency would benefit both parties. But without equal ownership, he eventually discovered, “you have all that size on a very shaky, unsteady and potentially fickle foundation.” At the beginning of the new millennium, Ric says, the big clients started shopping around, playing competitors off one another to get the best possible price f or goods. As a contractor, Cabot Hosiery didn’t have many options. “You squeeze labor, you squeeze benefits. You look for any way you can to keep the machines running,” says Ric, relating a tale that could describe almost any segment of American manufacturing threatened by outsourcing. In the end, he and his dad f ound they were operating Cabot on desperation and

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some really good socks out there, but they weren’t that comf ortable, they didn’t last and they didn’t fit well,” he says. Ric envisioned a high-end sock brand that Cabot would own and f ocused “on what the proper DNA of a sock should be. “We knit something people had never put on their f eet bef ore,” he says. “It was high needle, fine gauge, density without bulk. It was form fitting.” The high-wear areas are reinf orced — the most obvious example being Darn Tough’s knee-high ski sock, which features subtle padding where the boot hits the shins and ankle bones. Ric also came up with a clever name that perf ectly conveyed the spirit of the endeavor. “Darn Tough is a lot of things: It’s Northfield, it’s the textile manuf acturing industry in the United States. I wanted to say we’re surviving and we’re going to survive. These socks are going to last, and they’re not going to be a disappointment.” To that end, he inf ormed his dad that Darn Tough Vermont socks would be guaranteed f or lif e or the customer’s money back. Ric Cabot doesn’t mind telling anybody How often does he write a check? “It’s who will listen: “I consider myself the best .003 percent of sales,” says Ric, who handles in the business.” Boastful as it sounds, the any serious complaints personally. If the claim is probably true. The younger Cabot company were doing $10 million in annual learned all about the technical aspects sales, that would work out to be $30,000 of manuf acturing f rom his dad and other in revenue checks. It’s a small price to pay experts at the f actory — people with f or a big claim that’s emblazoned on the decades of experience. But paired with his technical knowledge packaging of every single pair of socks. Ric is involved in all aspects of is a rare talent f or merchandising and communicating the Darn Tough brand, marketing, which is precisely what Cabot f rom the graphics on the catalog — the Hosiery needed in 2004. bold headline is “I like to ______ in my With f resh, third-generation eyes, Ric saw an unfilled niche in the market he Darn Tough socks” — to the intentionally slapdash ads and signage for the sock sale. and his dad knew so well: “There were

f ear. And the business wasn’t working financially, either. Sales were down — from roughly $7 to $5 million a year — and the company owed Chittenden Bank millions of dollars. When it def aulted on some loans, Ric remembers, the bankers came in f or a meeting. As they were leaving, “they backed out of the room as opposed to turning around,” he remembers. “They were like, ‘No surprises, right? No surprises?’ thinking the minute they lef t, we’d go Chapter 11.” The Cabots did just the opposite: Both took out third mortgages and reinvested in the business, “but not in the same old thing,” Ric qualifies. “That’s when I came up with Darn Tough.” In retrospect, he says somewhat reluctantly, “Almost going out of business was probably one of the best things that ever happened to me.”

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The two-f or-one deal was announced on a “sign” assembled f rom pieces of copy paper that had been taped together. Asked why the company doesn’t invest in a largescale printer, Ric says half-jokingly, “That would look too slick. “One of my f avorite things is the PR and the press,” he says. And it shows. “If a press release is too wordy or too choppy, or there’s no lede, I’ll change it,” he explains. He tells the company story with the intensity and rhetorical repetition of a campaigning politician. “We’re pulling back all the curtains. We’re pulling back all the hype. We just make socks and we do it better than anyone else,” he says. A discussion about competition turns into a lesson in brand awareness. “What three things do you want people to know about you? What makes you unique? If you don’t have three things, or 10 things, or a handf ul of things that people can remember and understand, then it’s going to be really tough to sell anything.” OGE’s Sherman agrees that Ric is “relatively serious” and can be “intense,” but “he’s got a good sense of humor. He’s a genuinely caring person.” That comes through loud and clear when Ric talks about all the jobs America has shipped overseas: “We let all those jobs go. And f or what reason?” When he talks about Cabot’s employees, many of whom are not college educated, he’s an empathetic realist. “It’s hardcore, dyedin-the-wool manuf acturing; I make no illusions about it,” Ric says. “We work hard, and we get dirty and we get sweaty and it’s frustrating.”

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What are the employee benefits On a lighter note, he adds, “And Darn beyond having a paying job in Northfield? Tough New Jersey just doesn’t have the The company recently reinstated its same ring to it.” 401(k) program and upped the match. Cabot Hosiery is planning for a future It contributes 65 percent of everybody’s with less military business. Maybe a name health insurance. change that combines the two brands into “I’m on the floor all the time, every day. Cabot Darn Tough Vermont. And Ric says And my father’s here most of the time, he’s “taking a good hard look” at online too,” Ric says. “I remind people that we sales. rely on them. I thank them for coming to The forthcoming expansion will create work. I try to make it fun and crazy and more room for the growing “specialty” weird and interesting.” side of the Darn Tough brand, which “has Nothing provides all of that more just skyrocketed” over the past four years, reliably than the sock sale, during which according to Ric. That means having socks Cabot Hosiery employees are transformed in more than 1000 sizes and varieties in from factory workers to cashiers, security stock at all times — the mill prides itself on guards and ambassadors. It’s definitely a same-day shipping. strain on the workforce: By next Sunday, But having too much inventory is when the sale comes to an end, almost every inefficient and expensive, which is why Cabot employee will have worked 14 days in Cabot just hired Brent Blevins, formerly a row and contributed to selling more than of Williston’s defunct Resolution, to 100,000 pairs of socks. improve production But the event is also planning. He’ll most a masterful exercise likely have a say in human-resource in which knitting management and public machines are making relations. Customers get men’s micro crew to see the real people mesh running socks who run Cabot — not and how many are some temps hired to shooting out colorful work the sale. And the women’s lifestyle workers get face time varieties in stripes, with the people who buy spirals, flowers and and love the products polka-dot patterns. they make. Darn Tough Donald Provoncha changes its designs normally manages the every year, many of Ric c AboT dye house, but he was which are created by running a cash register, Poppy Gall, cofounder and loving it, last Saturday. He had been in of ISIS, a women’s activewear company. a major car accident two days before, but It’s another merchandising strategy: The that didn’t diminish his enthusiasm. “This best way to get people to buy more socks is where it all comes off,” he said. “You get — that never wear out — is to make them to talk to all the people who buy our stuff.” “collectible.” Provoncha served time in jail before he The patterns are created on a came to work at Cabot seven years ago in computer, “which tells the machine to a job that paid $7.50 an hour. “They never stripe in this color, or create this polka held it against me,” he said. “I worked my dot on these needles at this time,” Ric way up, and only because they disregarded explains. “This finger goes in, this everything that happened to me in the finger goes out.” When a hundred-plus past.” knitting machines are churning out “I tell people, ‘You start here, and you socks, with dozens of colorful cones of don’t make much money, but the way yarn suspended above them, it looks you’re treated makes up for everything,’” like something out of Willy Wonka & Provoncha added. “It’s nice to know that The Chocolate Factory. Each whirring the people who own the place take pride in contraption costs $35,000. what they do. This place is great. It deserves What’s Cabot Hosiery’s secret to explode. I’d never go anywhere else.” ingredient? “If it was just one thing, anybody could do it,” Ric says. “If it was just the machines, anybody could buy that. If it were just the yarn, they could buy that, too,” he says of Cabot Hosiery doesn’t look to be going the 750,000 pounds of merino wool Cabot anywhere else, either. Ric references the sources from the U.S., New Zealand and Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, South America. “What you can’t get is 34 who burned the ships that brought him years of manufacturing in the same small, to the New World so his men would rural town. The thing that makes us the make the most of the opportunity. “That’s most successful, that nobody can buy, ever, sort of how it is here,” he says. “We are is the people who work here. That’s our committed to staying here. There are no biggest asset. “We’re in it together.” m ships leaving.”

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ne might think that, at 87, pediatrician David Toll would be basking in the glow of his golden years — or, at the very least, enjoy ing a well-deserved retirement af ter a long career spent tending the children of the Northeast Kingdom. But Toll is not your average doctor. Today his St. Johnsbury-based practice is the biggest it’s been in 61 years. He’s on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week — and doles out his home phone number just in case patients need to reach him in an emergency. “He’s a doctor of the old school,” says Rod Lauman, who met Toll as a patient in the 1960s. Later, fresh out of high school in 1975, he worked at a few of the fran chise restaurants Toll then owned in St. J. “He’s very matter-of-fact, and that’s that,” Lauman says. “You’re not going to get a lot of cozy hand holding, but a lot of people like that style. I would consider him the old New England country doctor … He’s just an icon over here.” While that breed of doctor may be hard to come by these days, Toll shows no signs of slowing down. Aside from Wednesday afternoons, which he keeps clear for paperwork and meetings, he sees patients five days a week, from eight in the morning until five or six in the evening. Toll’s office is still decorated with the original midcentury wallpaper. On a recent af ternoon, the good doctor pads around his office in a white lab coat and well-worn topsiders; the many nautical calendars and posters on his walls attest to his f ondness f or sailing. His shelves are piled high with medical textbooks and reference books. A wooden rocking horse stands in one corner. Toll’s offices occupy a rambling old house on St. Johnsbury’s Main Street, and still look much as they did when he moved into the building in the mid-’50s. The spare examination rooms sport little more than padded exam tables covered with crisp white paper. Upstairs, a few expensive electronics are the only nods to technological advances in medicine; here Toll, who was also trained in pathology, is able to run his own lab tests for his patients. David Coburn, a longtime family friend of the Tolls, puts it this way: “Dr. Toll is a person who is not taken in by all of the new and miracle findings when some sicknesses need only some good old practical knowhow.” Born in 1925, Toll grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. His parents and grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Hungary. When Toll was 16, the principal of his high school called his parents in for a chat and told them their son had learned all he could there. The message, as Toll recalls it, was this: “Your son has Toll on C All

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Toll lived off base, and every day he showed up at the gates wearing an old brown storm coat, covered in spots, which read “Nate’s Incorporated, St. Johnsbury, Vermont.” The officer’s parting words of advice were these: “Let me tell you something: Don’t ever try to work for anyone. You won’t last six weeks.” As a matter of f act, Toll hasn’t worked f or anyone else his entire life. He’s maintained a private practice, an increasingly difficult feat in recent years as more and more small clinics sell out to hospital groups. Toll says being a lone practitioner sometimes makes him feel like the odd man out, but he doesn’t let it bother him. He knows what he likes, and what he likes is practicing medicine — his way. For much of his early career, that meant making far-ranging house calls across the North Country. His patients still come f rom near and f ar: On any given day, Toll’s northernmost patients live 65 miles f rom his southernmost. He sees f amilies f rom just east of Montpelier to the border between Maine and New Hampshire. Toll did cut back a bit when his three sons were young — but only after he realized that the boys were desperate for his attention. “When my children were younger … they started having all kinds of symptoms, and I couldn’t figure it out. There didn’t seem to be anything wrong with been here long enough. We’ve called Harvard, and doctors gave Toll an unexpected revelation: Israel had them,” Toll says. “Well, they had figured out that the more doctors to go around than did some remote parts only way to my attention was to say you were sick, so they’ll take him.” that’s what they were doing.” His parents put him on an overnight train to Boston, of the United States. Now, though, he has no plans to retire. “He’ll keep That’s when a colleague at Children’s Hospital af ter which he f ound his way to Harvard Square in working until the day he drops dead, I think,” specu Cambridge. He tested out of first-year classes and by told Toll about St. Johnsbury. When he set up shop in 18 had met all the requirements for attending medical Caledonia County’s shire town, he was the only board- lates Bailey. Toll says he’ll keep going as long as his brain “lasts,” certified pediatrician in all of northeastern Vermont school. but it shows no sign of slowing. Earlier this year he fell But that was at the height of World War II, and and northwestern New Hampshire — and would f rom a horse he was riding and broke his collarbone remain so for the next 20 years. Toll’s trip to medical school was delayed by a stint as and four ribs. Not only did he put off a trip to the hos“It was unusual f or someone that well trained to a corpsman in the Navy. When the war wound down, pital until after his granddaughter’s birthday party, he the military tapped a few soldiers to head to medical leave academic medicine and come to the country,” school, Toll among them. The Navy shipped him back says James Bailey, a retired local obstetrician and gy - was back at work the next morning. Bailey speculates that the “young bucks” in the to Ohio, where he attended Western Reserve University necologist who met Toll in 1958. And Toll’s education in Cleveland. A few years later, Toll returned to Boston didn’t stop when he left school; Bailey says Toll traveled region are chomping at the bit to get a piece of Toll’s frequently to conferences and post-graduate trainings. practice when he finally does retire — but they’ll have to complete his residency at Children’s Hospital. He’d return to St. J with new tricks and techniques up to wait a while. He didn’t plan to trek north to Vermont. Instead, “I feel like everyone in my life has been so good to Toll imagined moving to Israel to minister to European his sleeve — which, months later, Bailey would begin me,” Toll says. His way of repaying that debt is to con Jews who were making their home in the new state seeing described in medical journals. after the devastating war, he recalls. He even learned But Toll is no pedant — he’s got a bit of a wild streak. tinue working — and working hard. “I really want to keep going,” he says, “as long as anyone wants me to.”m Hebrew in preparation. But a run-in with some Israeli When he was called to serve at a pediatric hospital in

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“You guys are beautif ul, keep it up!” shouts this 28-year-old f ormer f ederal legal assistant through her headset. She’s spinning her own bike on a platf orm in the neon-green, gray and black studio, a 1200-square-f oot space so new that the glue is still drying in certain spots. “I love you even if you hate me!” DeGray adds. She’s working us hard, but we don’t hate her. Because what thousands of avid Vermont cyclists actually do hate is the seasonal switch from taking long summer rides on smooth, farm-lined roads to going literally nowhere on a trainer, alone at home. While nearly every local gym offers some sort of spinning class, it’s hard to justify the cost of a health-club membership just to fight for a seat once a week. Enter

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DeGray discovered the empty space until retirement for their hobby,” she says. while driving down Pine Street last spring “I just didn’t want to wait that long. I’m and enlisted her friend, photographer already in debt with student loans, and I and part-time DJ Jonathan Couture, to thought, I can go into deeper debt and go transform it into a blend of industrial chic, to law school and be unhappy, or I can go state-of-the-art gym and hip nightclub into deeper debt and try this and at least be style. Tucked behind a wall of handsome happy — broke and happy.” blond-wood cubicles, near two artfully By the time DeGray tells us there draped changing areas, are 20 Spinner are only two songs left in the hour-long bikes, which DeGray retrofitted herself class, I’m feeling happy, too. I may even after finding them in be hooked, though I California. An electrichaven’t pushed myself chartreuse wall prohard enough to get vides a jolt of energy. the “runner’s high” “I’ve been all about that DeGray swears the green since the she feels after a tough beginning,” DeGray climb or a sprint on the explains. “The color to bike. me is just fierce energy Hurricane Sandy and happy … it’s what pushed back her ofREV is all about.” ficial grand opening REV is also all about to November 12, but the music, which in DeGray says she timed our initial class inthe debut of REV to cludes Florence & the coincide with some of Machine, Coldplay, the darkest days for Annie Lennox and Vermonters seeking Snoop Dogg. “I’m a fitness options. “It’s total music person,” great for athletes who DeGray says, and are cross-training; it’s promises theme great for novices; it’s classes ahead featurgreat if you are recoving ’80s music, disco and ering from injury,” she Lady Gaga. says. “You can tailor your DeGray coaxes us to ride to your individual let our feet find the beat, fitness level, yet you have which helps us whether the energy of the group we’re standing on our and the instructor to help pedals to ramp up for you get through the class an intense “hill climb,” and challenge yourself.” or recovering on a “flat Beyond fitness, road.” There are ocDeGray says she hopes casional happy whoops to see REV become a and hollers from my community-building fellow participants, insocial space. “I want cluding triathlete Nancy people to come here and Ovitt. She’s one of four let down their hair, leave SArAh DE GrAY other instructors whom their stress at the door DeGray has recruited to and sweat it out on my staff the various classes floor,” she says. at REV, which are held every day. Classes Indeed, as the last lines of David focus on interval training, uphill rides and Guetta’s remix of “Sweat” blast from the endurance regimens. stereo, there’s a surprising amount of While SoulCycle and Flywheel charge cumulative perspiration, considering the upwards of $30 for a class, at REV a single 30-degree temperature outside. ride is $15; a 50-ride pass costs $450, or $9 “That wasn’t so bad, was it?” DeGray per ride. There’s a 10 percent discount for asks, beaming. “You guys kicked ass!” m students, teachers and federal employees, perhaps reflecting DeGray’s recent stints in academia and law. REV Cycling Studio, 696 Pine Street, For now, she’s put those pursuits on Burlington. Open daily; hours and the back burner. “I know people who class times vary. Single ride $15; 50 for wake up at age 50 and say, ‘Shoot, I didn’t $450. Info, 585-1013. revindoor.com follow what I wanted to do,’ or they wait

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with LDS church leaders, who “disfellowshipped” her. And she writes candidly in the introduction to Polygamy in Primetime that it also didn’t do wonders f or her relationship with her ﬁ rst husband (“living with polygamists is not good for a healthy marriage!”). But she made new f riendships with a startling range of polygamous women. Most bore little resemblance to the underage brides in prairie dresses familiar from news reports about raids on Warren Je˛ s’ Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). Women in the large AUB group can and do work outside the home, dress as they choose and di-

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Liberal Vermonters have cheered on the progress of marriage rights this election season. But what would we say to a woman who sought to unite herself in matrimony to a man and another woman? We might crack jokes about group sex, accept such a union as “polyamory,” or view it as dangerous to women’s rights when associated with a patriarchal religion. But whatever we think of polygamy in America, Bennion argues, it’s not going away anytime soon. And she believes it should be legal. Bennion, 48, has been researching polygamy f or two decades. As a master’s student in 1989, she moved in with a rural Montana colony of the Apostolic United Brethren, a f undamentalist Mormon sect that still practices plural marriage as instructed by founder Joseph Smith in 1843. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [LDS] o˜ cially renounced polygamy in 1890.) Bennion would go on to publish booklength ethnographic studies of the AUB and the LeBaron fundamentalist colony in Mexico. Her ﬁ eldwork got her in trouble

vorce when they wish. Take Elizabeth Joseph, a journalist and lawyer who “relied on her co-wives to help her with child care and meal preparation.” Or the three suburban wives of Rod Williams who shared childcare duties so one could earn a business degree while another got her master’s in sociology. Or the women who, Bennion writes, “would of ten say to me that they f elt sorry f or monogamous women who were with their husbands all the time.” Such modern-style American polygamist f amilies kept a low proﬁ le until recently, when two TV shows — HBO’s “Big Love” and its reality-show counterpart, TLC’s “Sister Wives” — put them in the spotlight. Meanwhile, in 2010, a Canadian court case posed a landmark challenge to that nation’s anti-polygamy law (which was upheld in November 2011). Polygamy in Primetime responds to this new visibility with an overview of the subject that, despite occasional academic language, will appeal to general readers seeking more details than the soap operatics of “Big Love” can provide.

Bennion argues provocatively that, just as marriage-equality legislation f ollowed the advent of nuanced media portrayals of gays and lesbians, so “the decriminalization of polygamy will f ollow the recent poly media phenomenon.” Of course, there are plenty of reasons f or progressives to question the notion that polygamy is part of the “new American sexual revolution,” as Bennion puts it. Mormon plural marriage is tied to patriarchy and the o˜ cial subordination of women who have access to the privileges of “priesthood” only through men (as in mainstream LDS). The practice rests on the assumption that all f ertile women should be breeding; it relies on a high female-to-male ratio; and it has led to abuses, from the rape of teenagers to the mass expulsion of young men who threatened the ruling patriarchs’ monopoly on nubile wives. But, as Bennion points out, monogamy has sheltered abuses, too. Polygamy, she believes, will never be “the prevalent marriage structure.” Yet it seems to work f or

some, including mainstream LDS women who convert to fundamentalist sects seeking a “good man” they can’t ﬁ nd in the regular dating pool — even if they have to share him. We may assume we know why men opt for polygamy: Is a guy who maintains three wives in connected households really that di˛ erent f rom a secular serial monogamist on his third or fourth family? But why would an educated, independentminded woman choose such a situation? Bennion is happy to chat about such questions f rom her o˜ ce at LSC, where she’s taught for the past 10 years. Her previous job was at Utah Valley University, where the high birth rate led to “enormous” classes, she says. Her two daughters are graduating from the University of Vermont, and Bennion says she wouldn’t want plural marriage f or them — or f or herself. But the anthropologist, who calls herself a “gender humanist,” is fascinated by the “ways that women ﬁ nd surprising ascendancies, empowerments, autonomy” within fundamentalist cultures, she says.

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JB: I was tempted to leave my husband, but I wasn’t tempted to join polygamy. I grew to love the women. Yet there was never that urge [to join them], ’cause I knew that I could never tolerate patriarchy, ever. I believe in all the nonpatriarchal components of Mormonism, but

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The Mormon church today is very mainstream. It’s changed many of its doctrines to fit an evolving constituency, but the priesthood is still firmly in the male corner. If you’re connected to the Mormon community and you’re a liberal woman like me, you live for the day when women can have the priesthood. Allred women use the priesthood covertly to bless the children. They actually have some informal venues that give them more power than the monogamous mainstream woman.

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they’re hoarding all the women.” There are a lot of men who might at this point be interested in the alpha female. We’re opening up to new and creative sexual forms in order to deal with our socioeconomic crisis. So stay tuned. m

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o Vermonters who have even a tangential awareness of the state’s embattled small dairy f arms, the story of fi f th-generation farmer Mike Isham will sound familiar. The Isham Family Farm was once one of 14 dairy f arms lining Oak Hill Road in Williston, Isham says. Like their neighbors, his parents fi nally sold their herd after years of struggle. Isham now runs the 100-acre farm with diversity in mind: His enterprises include blueberry picking, sweet corn production, maple sugaring, hiking and skiing trails for the public. Not a single dairy farm remains on Oak Hill Road. The Ishams are not among the case studies in Vermont author Kirk Kardashian’s lucidly written Milk Money: Cash, Cows, and the Death of the American Dairy Farm, but the book explains why f arms like theirs, with f ewer than 500 cows, have a hard time breaking even in today’s dairy industry. Kardashian, who lives in Woodstock, writes that he fi rst pondered the issue during the recession in 2009. Farmers nationwide were getting paid the lowest price for their product in decades — $12 per hundredweight of milk — when they were investing $18 per hundredweight to produce it. Kardashian could see the e° ect of this on the dairy farm down the road, where he dropped o° his daughter every morning. The couple who owned the 75-cow operation had started a daycare because milk wasn’t keeping them afl oat. “I wondered how it could be that such honest, hardworking people could produce a nutritious food almost everyone consumes, and do it well, yet lose money,” Kardashian writes. Answering that question entails untangling wildly convoluted fi nancial and regulatory issues, and doing so constitutes the heart of this remarkable fi rst book. Kardashian is well-positioned to deliver an authoritative explanation of the mess. A lawyer who practiced real-estate and land-use law f or fi ve years, he now works in the communications o˝ ce of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Between 2007 and 2010, Kardashian wrote a number of wellresearched articles on the dairy industry (among other subjects) for Seven Days. To elucidate the problem, Kardashian goes back in time to trace how milk prices fi rst came under federal regulation through the 1937 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, which helped establish a minimum price processors could pay f armers f or their milk. Next came the 1949 Agricultural Act, which established a price support — that is, a guarantee that the government would buy up f armers’ surplus to keep

the price of milk high. The race to produce was on, but the government’s plan was unsustainable: To handle the excess, it started storing cheese in caves in Utah and Kansas. Today, the federal milk-marketing order is tied not to regional production costs but to, of all things, the volatile Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Meanwhile, farmers are at the mercy of fl uctuating grain and fuel prices. In such an unpredictable fi nancial environment, the way to survive is through economies of scale — essentially, adding cows — which means more milk and, ironically, lower prices. It’s a system that works to squeeze small producers like Kardashian’s daycare provider out of the market. Meanwhile, 30,000-cowf actoryf arms have become commonplace. Milk production has increased exponentially over the last 40 years, even as consumption has steadily declined. And dairy f armers, who typically work 10 to 14 hours a day, receive a galling 15 cents on the dollar for their product. In a gripping penultimate chapter, Kardashian reveals one more invisible hand fi xing prices: Dean Foods, which colluded with Dairy Farmers of America to monopolize the nation’s processing plants over the last decade. Their deals are now being exposed and challenged in court. Milk Money is a valiant attempt to cover a national industry in 250 pages. Kardashian interviews a range of Vermont f armers (with names changed), including one dual-income couple who are barely surviving and a seventh-generation dairyman who has called it quits. But he also speaks with Mexican migrant workers in California’s San Joaquin Valley, home to many huge factory farms and, as a result, the country’s most polluted air corridor. He traces dairy’s e° ects on water quality in Lake Michigan, as well as summarizing the legal status of Lake Champlain’s mitigation plan, a story that will be f amiliar to Vermonters who have been keeping up with local agricultural issues. Kardashian puts the industry in historical perspective, too. He traces the philosophy of animal rights back to Immanuel Kant; American dairy farming back to its colonial days; and dairy cows themselves back to their Miocene ancestors. While those tangents may sound a bit arcane and unnecessary, Kardashian’s recaps are witty and economical. He might have exercised more scholarly diligence in his citations, however, which are alarmingly few.

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FROM MILK MONEY ˜ e American dairy industry is a sprawling, $150 billion per year business, with reams of statistics, charts, and graphs plotting every data point imaginable. Out of that noise, two signals rise to the surface: milk price and supply. [...] ˜ e amount of milk on the market is left to the whim of farmers and the innovations that corporations and land grant colleges can put into their hands. What that means, oftentimes, is that we just have too much milk. More numbers can tell part of the story. In 1944, the United States had 25.5 million dairy cows. Today, there are about 9 million. ˜ ose midcentury cows made a total of 120 billions pounds of milk per year. ˜ e modern population pumps out 190 billion pounds. Since 1900, we’ve increased annual per-cow milk yield from roughly 3,000 pounds to 20,000 pounds — nearly a sevenfold rise. At the same time, even though the U.S. population has doubled in the past sixty years, per capita milk consumption has declined. And that is despite the vigorous efforts of the Got Milk? campaign. One effect of this overabundance of milk is that farmers’ margins are razor-thin, leaving them increasingly vulnerable to the price swings that deﬁ ne the industry. Another effect is less obvious, but more weird. People are drinking less whole milk, and, at the behest of their doctor and the USDA, they’re drinking more skim and low-fat milk. ˜ is, in turn, has left a lot of excess milk fat on the market — the raw ingredient in cheese. Instead of going through the front door, with a Got Cheese? promotion, the USDA formed a subagency called Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) in the mid-1990s to covertly push more cheese into the foods we eat. As the New York Times reported in November 2010, DMI more closely resembles a private corporation than a governmental entity. ˜ e chief executive of DMI, ˜ omas P. Gallagher, earned a salary of $633,475 in 2008, and two other ofﬁ cials made more than $300,000 each. In total, DMI has 162 employees. ˜ e budget for this marketing organ, whose goal is to put more saturated fat into American stomachs, tops $135 million per year, paid for largely by a mandatory charge to dairy farmers. Meanwhile, the budget for the USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, an advocate of healthful eating, is $6.5 million.

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Theater review: Return of the Moose ere’s a show that’s right in season. The Plainfield Little Theatre is presenting a new work by local playwright and director Tom Blachly at Goddard’s Haybarn Theatre. Return of the Moose is set in a hunting camp during deer season, so fall is the perfect time to stage it, and see it. The time may be right, but the show would benefit from some revision if it’s to hit the heights of farce Blachly intended. Red (Ron Lay-Sleeper) owns a deer camp deep in the woods. For him, it’s perf ection, with the bunk beds just so, a cook stove f or comf ort and a record of each deer season’s participants. It even smells right, and its rough hewn simplicity makes the camp an ideal escape f rom daily lif e. Red’s f riends Frenchy (Wally Malley) and Hal (Russ Brown) tromp up with him f or a weekend of hunting, bringing along a newcomer — Hal’s son, Junior (Vince Broderick). A fifth hunter is late getting to camp. Red may be the host, but Hal is the loudmouth leader of the group.

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f ather. As f or Frenchy, he doesn’t want to ruffle any feathers but has a loathing of being confined in the camp with nothing to do. This setting is promising, requiring only a trigger to place the f our men in conflict and develop their relationships. Blachly attempts to provide one in the

f orm of a moose that appears at the door of the cabin. The story calls f or the f our men to consider themselves prisoners, regarding the moose as an insurmountable menace. A true deer hunter might not find a visiting moose much of an obstacle, but these characters respond with twitchy f ear (Frenchy and Junior), unf ocused rage (Hal) and glum f rustration (Red). Blachly has written a comedy, so we can accept the dilemma as paralyzing as long as the characters command our attention with their outsize reactions. The problem is, there are only so many variations on the theme of not having an answer to Frenchy’s wail of “What do we do now?” The actors are lef t to repeat themselves, and the play stalls until some serious drinking lowers everyone’s inhibitions. A conf rontation between father and son releases tension that the two have demonstrated all through the play. It features some fine acting by Brown, whose physicality as a drunk is impressive and powerf ul. Broderick likewise digs deep, but can’t quite catapult his character from comedy

to tragedy in the narrow confines of the script. Lay-Sleeper has a nice gravity in his role, while Malley hits his comic notes by keeping his character oblivious to his own shortcomings. Dix (Drew Sy), the latecomer, provides the play’s secondact twist. Sy’s perf ormance includes a rhapsodic turn recounting his hunting exploits. The play calls f or tight ensemble acting. These are men who know how to express their bond through disparaging remarks, so the rhythms must be just right — a missed beat makes them sound either too sharp or too sweet. On opening night, there were still some rough edges to the repartee. If the actors can tighten it up, the play will reveal more in the relationships. Directing his own script, Blachly doesn’t have the benefit of a collaborator, but the experience of working with the actors may help him fine-tune his work. There’s an excellent scene in which he demonstrates the economy that great comic writing requires. It’s brief , it’s brilliant, and it gets a lot of laughs. Unfortunately, he follows it with another scene that repeats the same gag rather than building on it. Blachly wants to show the passage of time, but repetition blunts the impact of the joke instead of amplif ying it. Some sharp editing and stronger character development could fill the play’s great setting with an equally great story. Joe John created a nicely detailed set that evokes the rough-and-tumble nature of deer camp. The lighting design is bright, as comedy tends to require, though that undercuts the darkcabin-in-the-woods f eeling. Props and costumes add a nice note of Vermont realism, and one f orgives the lack of fidelity in some of the hunting rifles. Spurred by a setting of great local interest and the actors’ enthusiasm f or the project, Friday’s audience was quickly engaged in the play and eager to laugh. Watching Return of the Moose, it’s easy to root f or a local playwright, director and actors as they work to improve their craft. And it’s fun to peek inside the kind of place where so many Vermonters spend long nights each November. But the play doesn’t realize its f ull potential to reveal the f oibles, fellowship and conflicts of men confined to a cabin in the woods. m Return of the Moose. Friday, November 16, through through s unday, November 18, 7:30 p.m. at h aybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield. $10-15. info, 426-3955.

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t’s this odd mix of ammonia and deliciousness,” Suzanne Podhaizer observes as she uncoils af oil-wrapped fi let of branzino and sni° s. Once its f oil is discarded, however, all that remains is an unmistakable briny fragrance. It’s a welcome aroma on this sharp, breezy November day, when f resh snow veils the ground. We’re not in Podhaizer’s kitchen at Salt, her Montpelier restaurant, but inside the “worm parlor” at Hardwick’s Highfi elds Center f or Composting. Outside, wisps of steam curl up from towering compost piles as if the piles were exhaling into the chilly air. It’s inside one of these piles — where the internal temperature is scorching — that this fi sh just underwent a long, slow roast. Far f rom static piles of dirt, the bumpy mounds at Highfi elds obscure a f renzy of microbial activity. Twice a week, as truckloads of food scraps arrive here, the sta° doses the piles with bark, manure and other compounds. Armies of microscopic bacteria get to work breaking down the f ood: cold noodles, banana peels, all kinds of biodegradable casto° s f rom restaurants, hospitals and schools. In the process, the bacteria generate heat — so much that the depths of the largest, f reshest compost heaps regularly reach 140, 150 or 160 degrees. For Tom Gilbert, Highfi elds’ executive director, it’s a bummer to watch that heat wisp into the air. Af ter all, Highfi elds’ motto is “close the loop,” and its sta° travels the state helping communities set up their own composting programs to minimize waste. Capturing the heatf rom decomposition seems imperative. For years, the company has experimented with designs to recover this energy, which can equal 1.5 million BTUs per day at Highf ields.

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Gilbert invited a Seven Days food writer to eat a gourmet meal cooked in the pile by Podhaizer, the paper’s former food editor. Podhaizer’s practices in her restaurant and at home exemplif y how composting should work: She sends Salt’s food waste to Highfi elds, then uses Highfi elds’ compost that she helped create to f ertilize the plants she grows f or Salt’s menu. “Sometimes we see hints of mussel shells in the compost and wonders if it’s the mussels we served,” she says. For years, Gilbert and others at Highf ields have tinkered with “compost cooking,” success f ully heating cans of soup or lef tovers in the pile. He wondered how it might work for a chef. “Cooking in compost is a great way to communicate the heating potential of the technology, to help people make these direct connections,” Gilbert says. Podhaizer’s interest was piqued. So, a few weeks ago, she traveled to Hardwick f or a test run, and the pair buried a variety of f oods. Podhaizer says she was impressed that the pile proved to be its own kind of oven. “What’s interesting to me is its TO M G I L B ER T similarity to sous-vide,” she observes, ref erring to the slow-cook method of systems that would make it easier and submerging food packets in hot water. cheaper to capture heat, possibly on a “This is using a di° erent medium to get the same e° ect.” larger scale. Reading through Highfi elds’ The company has begun a $40,000 Kickstarter pitch — which includes Kickstarter campaign tof und its Compost Heat Recovery System. By late a video of environmental activist Bill November, Gilbert hopes to have raised McKibben extolling its virtues — one enough cash to fund recovery prototypes might be convinced compost could save the world. “There is so much more that that will heat Highfi elds’ o˛ ces and compost does than return nutrients outbuildings. Af ter that, he would like to the soil,” says Gilbert, who can wax to provide the most successf ul plans as philosophical about every aspect of the open-source designs. system. To illustrate just how much heat compost generates, as well as to connect Highfi elds’ work to the f ood system, THE EARTHIEST ROAST » P.52 PHOTOS: CORIN HIRSCH

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when Fischer’s next “Baker’s Challenge” dessert will take its place. When she’s asked how many weeks this arrangement might last, the baker’s voice takes on a secretive, plummy tone. “It was fun” is all she’ll share regarding her longevity in the competition. For now, Fischer is focusing on preparing holiday desserts at Cupp’s.

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at around 10 a.m. with a floppy filet of branzino, a few scallops, a sliced head of radicchio, garlic, minced red peppers and boil-in-the-bag rice. She wrapped most of the food tightly in foil and buried it near the top of one of the piles, about 14 inches deep. Gilbert then set up metal gauges so they could monitor the temperature, which was about 170 degrees when they began. After my arrival at about 2 p.m., Gilbert and Podhaizer trek back up the cOrin hirsch

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The fish’s oils are as concenTraTed and aromaTic as They would be afTer a long roasT; the radicchio has an almost smoky character, as if it took on some of the personality of the “terroir” where it cooked.

Many of the food scraps that arrive at Highfields are initially blended with bark, manure and other nutrients, then arranged in 20-foot-high, chocolatecolored, aerated piles that “cook” for a month or so. This is when they generate the most heat. Next door to the piles, inside the “worm parlor,” hundreds of thousands of wriggling earthworms in a compost-filled trough munch on scraps and create from them nutrient-dense vermicompost. We’ll be munching alongside them.

eat is one of compost’s sexier byproducts, and we aren’t wasting it on a throwaway meal. On the morning of our lunch date, Podhaizer arrived

warm, squishy pile to recover the food. Steam swirls as Gilbert digs into the pile with a shovel, pulling out foil packets one by one like long-lost treasure. A handful of compost is hot to the touch. Hot enough, apparently, to slow cook a fish filet. “This is done,” declares Podhaizer before spiriting the food inside. There she unwraps each parcel slowly, revealing well-roasted radicchio, faintly roasted garlic and — though Podhaizer had her doubts — totally cooked rice. The ribbons of radicchio are “hot enough to make my fingers uncomfortable,” Podhaizer notes. Once they cool slightly, she tosses them with

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to compost all their food scraps by 2020. Gilbert hopes that, even before then, more people will recognize the tremendous impact even the smallest decision — such as throwing away coffee grounds — can have on the landscape. “When you stand between the garbage bin and the compost bin, you’re faced with a decision,” he says. “Will your scraps go into a landfill, becoming greenhouse gases, or to an industrial agriculture system? Compost is a tool, one that has a lot of leverage.” Clearly. The worms are pooping out nutrients a few feet away, and we diners are sated from food cooked with nothing more than the heat of decomposing matter. Compost is messy, yes, but it seems almost magical. m

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as concentrated and aromatic as they would be after a long roast; the radicchio has an almost smoky character, as if it took on some of the personality of the “terroir” where it cooked. And the Arborio rice, though mushy, is a garlicky, buttery treat. No doubt our scraps will go back into the system. As Gilbert sees it, soil nutrition is finite, and “closing the loop” isn’t just a feel-good measure. “In Vermont, we really have this soft, middle-class idea of things working out. We really need to think through inputs to that system. We need to get serious, resource-wise, about the inputs needed now,” he says. Earlier this year, Vermont passed Act 148, which will require Vermonters

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VErmont Busin Ess Es for social rE sponsi Bility f all conf Er Enc E: Folks committed to financial success — as well as the well-being of employees, the environment and the community — come together in workshops, panel discussions and networking. Grand Summit Resort h otel, West Dover, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $90-100. Info, 862-8347.

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impro V night : Fun-loving participants play "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"-style games in an encouraging environment. Spark Arts, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $7 suggested donation. Info, 373-4703. r on Whit E: This cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman, formerly of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour — one of the most successful franchises in entertainment history — entertains audiences with gifted storytelling. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $44.50-75.50. Info, 775-0903.

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VErmont W EB mark Eting summit : Twelve sessions led by digital marketing speakers, including keynoter Brad Robertson, explore the integration of new and traditional media. h ilton h otel, Burlington, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. $165-190; preregister at vtwebmarketingsummit.com, includes breakfast and lunch. Info, 862-8783.

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Big oil in th E nigEr D Elta: pErsp Ecti VEs on africa oil : This panel discussion looks at how issues of environmental justice raise questions about corporate responsibility and governance. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3161.

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community cin Ema f ilm sEri Es: Solar Mamas chronicles the bright idea behind India's Barefoot College, where women from all over the world train to become solar engineers in order to bring electricity back to their communities. Kellogg-h ubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. int Ernational E Ducation W EEk f ilm sEri Es: 'h alf th E sky' : Screened in two parts, the documentary follows celebrity activists as they travel the world, making a personal impact in health care, education and economic empowerment. Fireplace Lounge. Living/Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 656-9816.

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can Dy-can E-making D Emonstration : Watch confectioners boil, pull, turn, roll and twist these sweet treats into delicious works of art, or create your own. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 11 a.m. Free to watch, $6 to make your own. Preregister. Info, 253-9591. community Dinn Er : Friends and neighbors gather for delicious fare and an evening of togetherness and holiday spirit. School District Cafeteria, 60 Normand St., Winooski, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-4565.

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Burlington go clu B: 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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acupunctur E clinic : Julie Suarez and Brooke Moen offer 15-minute introductory sessions of this alternative medicine practice that originated in ancient China. City Market, Burlington, 3-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-9700. amErican rED cross Bloo D Dri VE: h ealthy humans part with life-sustaining pints. Alice Peck Day Memorial h ospital, Lebanon, N.h ., noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400, ext. 3244. f all W Elln Ess f air : Area practitioners and vendors showcase alternative approaches to health and well-being, including chiropractic care, spiritual guidance and herbal supplements. Green Mountain College, Poultney, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 287-8376. f iVE common Barri Ers to hE aling : Alicia Feltus discusses nutrition response testing and its detection of chemical and metal toxicity, immune balances, food sensitivities and scar tissue that contribute to illness. h unger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. WED.14

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From the Inside Out Think ballerinas in tutus and you might imagine pirouettes and great leaps across the stage. Miniature ballerinas in music boxes? Just plastic dolls that spin to the cranking of a key. Orkestriska, a dancer in the humanscale music box of Orkestriska’s Box, is simultaneously both and neither of these incarnations. In a multimedia production that draws on local talent, Burlington’s Trish Denton examines Orkestriska’s psyche, along with female representation in art and society. Stop-motion animation brings the dancer’s haunting dreams to life, while original compositions from local musician Randal Pierce provide a soundtrack for silent acting and classical dance.

ORKESTRISKA’S BOX Friday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 17, and Sunday, November 18, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Black Box at Main Street Landing in Burlington. $16. Suitable for kids 7 and older. Info, 863-5966. ﬂ ynntix.org

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Herbal Support for Smoking Ce SSation : Want to rid your lungs of tobacco? Emma Merrit focuses on digestion and the nervous system, as well as teas and herbal smoking blends to support this transition. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 224-7100. 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. nia Cla SS: Blending Eastern and Western movement, concepts and philosophy into a powerful practice, this session with Suzy Finnefrock inspires health, fitness, and exploration of human potential and purpose. Burlington Dances, Chace Mill, 6:45-8 p.m. $13. Info, 522-3691.

kids

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. Cartooning Work SHop : Doodlers bring to life superheros, villains and monsters with local illustrator Will Workman. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. eno Sburg playgroup : Children and their adult caregivers immerse themselves in singing activities and more. American Legion, Enosburg Falls, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. f airfield playgroup : Youngsters entertain themselves with creative activities and snack time. Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. HigHgate Story Hour : Gigglers and wigglers listen to age-appropriate lit. Highgate Public Library, 11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. may' S World muSiC & movement : Energetic children lace up their dancing shoes for a fun class with May Poduschnick. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097.

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language

italian Conver Sation group : Parla Italiano? A native speaker leads language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.

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dark green f olk Wit H j oSH: Listeners get all folked up with funny — and sometimes dark — original songs and "green" covers. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 496-8994, gryneman@gmail.com. 'meSSia H' CHoru S r eHear Sal S: 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. Song Cir Cle : Community members chime in at a sing-along with Rich and Laura Atkinson. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 4263581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com. Student piano r eCital : This fall concert on the black-and-white keys celebrates the talents of those taught by Diana Fanning. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

seminars

bro Wn bag l un CH Work SHop : Burlington Electric's Mary Sullivan and Ravi Parikh present energy-efficient options for small businesses and the financing plans to assist with these changes. SEABA Center, Burlington, noon-1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222. out Smarting inve Stment f raud : William Carrigan, a securities examiner with the Vermont Securities Division, outlines common fraudster tactics and ways to reduce risky behavior. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790. t arot for t He Curiou S: Students drawn to the occult learn to read the stars through the cards. October Tea Room, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 651-1054. Writing about your art Work Work SHop : BCA curator DJ Hellerman leads this lecture-based workshop on successful artist statements. All creative disciplines are invited to bring current written samples. BCA Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $15; member discount available. Info, 865-7166.

sport

green mountain t able t enni S Club : Pingpong 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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'a gno Sti C pat H to Spiritual aWakening' : Religious thinkers discuss the "new mode of life" in a compelling PowerPoint presentation. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-9706, vermont@goldenrosycross.org. evelyne t rouillot : The renowned Haitian author presents "Escaping Disaster Writing," about the aftermath of the earthquake in her country and the role of female perspective. A Q&A follows the discussion. Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2835. HoWard Coffin : In "Vermont and the Civil War," the historian and author offers a very local history. St. Albans Historical Museum, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 524-3447. j ernigan pontia C: Seven Days' "Hackie" columnist shares real-life accounts from his cab and beyond in "Combating Prejudice and 'isms' on a Personal Level." Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. l aura beebe: The graduate student presents an illustrated discussion of ethnobotany and the cultural significance of food in "A Berried Geography — Fruit From the Circumpolar North." Hardwick Inn, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 472-5334. madeline kunin : The former Vermont governor discusses her newest book, The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family, at the Burlington Business and Professional Women's Contribution Awards reception. Best Western Windjammer Inn & Conference Center, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $15 includes appetizers; cash bar. Info, 238-6110. r aCHael edit H l yn CH: In "Permaculture for Everyone," the speaker shares design principles for self-sufficient ecosystems. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295. Sally ballin : At a Women Business Owners Network chapter meeting, this writer and educator

explores eliminating chemical and electronic pollution from home and work spaces in "Create Your Healthy Home this Winter." Best Western Windjammer Inn & Conference Center, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $17-20 includes lunch; preregister at wbon.org. Info, 872-2929. t om bran CHiCk: In "Case Studies in Art Conservation," the director and conservator of paintings at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center discusses the preservation of artwork in museums around the world. Twilight Auditorium, Middlebury College, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. una l ee: The Toronto-based designer-activist — who uses games and graphics to imagine more humane and sustainable systems — speaks as part of the Impractical Practicalities Series, which showcases innovators of art, technology and science. Johnson State College, Johnson, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1496.

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'Sleut H': 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. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $15-60. Info, 296-7000. 'tH e apple t ree' : The award-winning Colchester Theatre Company presents this hit Broadway musical, in which three different, yet intertwining, stories feature the likes of Adam and Eve, among others. Colchester High School, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 264-5729.

words

ben ale SHire : ArtLab's latest artist-in-residence reads from Dropped Apples, his poetry collection, at a book-release reception. BCA Center, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. book diSCuSSion : Readers analyze The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler, a collection of short stories exploring human thought and behavior. Bradford Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536. book diSCuSSion Serie S: f arm S & garden S: Bookworms rehash their impressions of Jamaica Kincaid's My Garden as part of a series about tending and growing. Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 254-5290, ext. 101. book diSCuSSion Serie S: WHat a C Hara Cter! : Voracious readers consider the lasting impact of fictional protagonists, using Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man as a guide. South Hero Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209. book diSCuSSion: Women' S l iterature : Esmeralda Santiago's American Dream celebrates the foreign-born author's dual heritage. South Burlington Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Info, 652-7076. burlington Writer S Work SHop 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, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 383-8104. greg paHl : The author of Power From the People sparks interest in renewable energy production as he lays out a guide to community resilience. Phoenix Books, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. j ared paul : A two-time Individual World Poetry Slam finalist melds activism and spoken word in an electrifying performance. Room 102, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. WHat' S next? Work SHop for Writer S: Information about the writing, revision and (self-) publishing process helps motivate wordsmiths to take their manuscript to the next step. The Writers' Barn, Shelburne, 6-8 p.m. $25. Info, 985-3091.

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community

l adie S nite : Women who ride — and those with the desire to — listen to special presentations from the Ladies of Harley, watch a fashion show and share dinner. Green Mountain Harley-Davidson, Essex Junction, 6-8:30 p.m. Free; pregister. Info, 878-4778, courtney@greenmtnharley.com.

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

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mount man Sfield S Cale modeler S: Hobbyists break out the superglue and sweat the small stuff at a miniature construction skill swap. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0765. operation C Hri Stma S CHild national Colle Ction Week : See WED.14, 4-6:30 p.m.

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'CHoo Se your adventure: a Ski ody SSey': Taking audiences from an abandoned Arctic mining town to the cliff faces of British Columbia, PowderWhore Productions' newest ski film showcases great telemark skiing all over the world. Proceeds benefit Vermont Land Trust's effort to save Bolton backcountry and nordic areas from development. Outdoor Gear Exchange, Burlington, 8 p.m. $7-10; cash bar. Info, 888-547-4327. international edu Cation Week f ilm Serie S: 'Home': Aerial footage from more than 50 countries uniquely links Earth's environmental problems in Yann Arthus-Bertrand's 2009 documentary. Fireplace Lounge, Living/Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-9816. 'miSter l onely' : A Michael Jackson impersonator falls for a woman masquerading as Marilyn Monroe in Harmony Korine's offbeat 2007 dramedy. BCA Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 865-7166. 'Water SHed: exploring a neW Water et HiC for t He neW WeSt' : This documentary — narrated by Robert Redford and co-produced by his son Jamie and UVM alum Jill Tidman — focuses on the Colorado River, now the most dammed and diverted river in the world. A Q&A and panel discussion with Jamie Redford follows. Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Wild & S Ceni C f ilm f eStival : Folks celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act by screening 10 award-winning adventure films highlighting important environmental issues. A kick-off reception and end-of-night raffle round out the affair. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 5:30-9 p.m. $10-25. Info, 223-2328, ext. 112.

food & drink

Sara H pinneo : The author of Julia's Child shares the foodie insights and inspirations behind her tale about motherhood, risk and the pressure to be perfect. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295.

games

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

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Americ An r ed cross Blood drive : See WED.14, South Burlington High School, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Forz A: The sAmur Ai sword w orkou T: Folks channel their inner warrior in an intense fitness class building strength and power. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $8-10. Info, 578-9243.

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dAvid Bordwell : The prolific and prominent film scholar gets the reels turning in "I Love a Mystery: Narrative Innovation in 1940s Hollywood Cinema." Room 216, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

l eT's TAlk Turkeys : Little ones ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions pound the trails to learn more about these wild birds — and what they eat for Thanksgiving. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 10-11 a.m. $8-10 per adult/child pair, $4 per additional child; preregister. Info, 434-3068. middle Bury 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. mon Tgomery inFAnT/Toddler Pl Aygrou P: Infants to 2-year-olds idle away the hours with stories and songs. Montgomery Town Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. music w iTh rAP h Ael : Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves to traditional and original folk music. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Teen diy : duc T-TAPe Ar T: Prom dresses, wallets, or shoes, why not? If you can conceive it, this sticky stuff with a million purposes can create it. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

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Beech conger : In "Backcountry Doctoring," the esteemed physician and author discusses It’s Probably Nothing: More Adventures of a Country Doctor, a sequel to the popular characters in his first book. Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 7-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2211. chi P dArms TAdT: The executive director of the nature center contributes to a three-week lecture series on climate change in Vermont, focusing on the environmental impact on our birds. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 229-6206.

Fr Anklin sTory h our : 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.

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mos Aic o F Fl Avors: Burmese Th Anksgiving Food : Ah Chan introduces participants to the flavors of her country with a traditional dish of lentils, squash, plantains and spices. Sustainability Academy, Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister. Info, 861-9700.

Al Burgh Pl Aygrou P: Tots form friendships over music and movement. Alburgh Family Center of NCSS, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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r eTiremen T income Pl Anning : Those looking to ensure their financial freedom learn about the key risks to its well-being and how to overcome them. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790.

Johnson sTAT e college concer T 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. ken wA ldm An: This fiddler draws on life in Alaska to create a unique performance of poems, stories and tunes. Special guest — and personal friend — Sallie Mack accompanies on guitar. Charlotte Senior Center, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 425-6212. me2/orches Tr A r eheArs Al : 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, Burlington, 7:15-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 238-8369, me2orchestra@gmail.com. universi Ty JAzz ensem Ble concer T: Classic works by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and others complement an original composition by UVM jazz faculty member Patricia Julien. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

going sol Ar w iThou T going Broke : Suncommon's Jessica Edgerly Walsh presents options to finance, lease and purchase the panels necessary to harness the sun's energy. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. l unch & l eArn: sTeven meTz : Accounts of a hypothermic ferret found in a freezer and a boa constrictor caught napping in an acoustic guitar highlight this talk by the author of Exotic Tails: a

Veterinarian's Journey. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, noon. Donations accepted. Info, 863-4214. nicko r uBin : The owner of East Hill Tree Farm digs into growing fruit trees and berry plants from an ecological perspective. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. solid Ari Ty wi Th migr AnT w orkers : Members of Migrant Justice, a statewide farm-worker organization, educate attendees as part of a speaking tour to raise awareness for their campaign for economic and human rights in the food system. St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Hardwick, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 215-939-2386.

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'As you l ike iT': Lovers, disguises and misunderstandings abound in the theater program's adaptation of this Shakespearean comedy, now set in the early part of the 20th century. Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-12. Info, 443-3168. 'gods Pell': Peo Ples Ac Ademy : The award-winning troupe brings transformational acting techniques to this classic Broadway musical, which is loosely based on the gospel of St. Matthew. Peoples Academy, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 888-4600. 'gods Pell': sT. Johns Bury Ac Ademy : Acclaimed student actors present Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak's production about the parables Jesus tells his disciples. St. Johnsbury Academy, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 748-2600.

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'The APPle Tree' : See WED.14, 7:30 p.m. 'The curious inciden T oF The dog in The nigh T-Time': Top-notch British theatrics, such as this stage adaptation of Mark Haddon's mystery novel, are broadcast around the world as part of the National Theatre Live encore series. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $10-17. Info, 382-9222. 'The unders Tudy' : 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. 'The w iz Ard o F oz' : This student production travels down the yellow brick road as budding thespians interpret the characters, songs and settings in this time-tested classic. Mount Abraham Union High School, Bristol, 7:30 p.m. $7-11. Info, 453-2333.

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mArie hA rris : The author reads from G is for Granite, A New Hampshire Alphabet Book, then shares ideas for Craftsbury's own Alphabet Project — an a-to-z list of things unique to area. Craftsbury Public Library, Craftsbury Common, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 586-9683. PAul Boisver T: Listeners get the picture as the author-photographer of Burlington: A Sense of Place offers a new perspective of the Queen City. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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Fr Anklin coun Ty ch AmBer o F commerce mixer & seminAr : Keynote speaker Dale Fisher provides the latest information on fraud protection, including how to protect your credit cards, identity, computer and home. People's Trust Company, St. Albans, 5:30-7 p.m. $5-8; $5-8; preregister. Info, 524-2444, info@forccvt.com

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While you’re tucking into your Thanksgiving dinner, turkeys in the wild are scratching up their own meal from leaf litter on the forest floor: acorns, beechnuts, beetles, spiders and worms. Brush up on more fun facts about our feathered LET’S TALK TURKEYS: Th ursday, November friends at this month’s 15, Education Barn, Green Mountain Audubon hour-long preschool Center, Huntington, 10-11 a.m. $8-10 per adultchild pair; $4 for each additional child. Info, program from Audubon 434-3068. vt.audubon.org Vermont: LET’S TALK TURKEYS. Kids learn to spot the differences between males and females, listen to their calls, and then head outside to pretend to be toms and hens themselves, building nests, hunting, hiding and roosting. Youngsters finish the session with a turkey version of the “Hokey Pokey,” shaking about their snoods, spurs and wattles.

seminars

'once uPon A mATT ress' : Budding thespians perform this award-winning musical comedy inspired by the classic fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea." Essex High School, 7 p.m. $5-8. Info, 857-7000, ext. 1011.

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Tr Ades & Jo B FAir : High school students and community members meet with potential employers to learn about job opportunities, trade apprenticeships and other entry-level positions. Students attend from 1-2:30 p.m., the public attends from 2:30-5:30 p.m. Norwich University, Northfield, Free. Info, 485-2784.

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comedy oPen mic nigh T: Yuksters goad the giggles in seven-minute time slots. Sign-ups start at 7:30 p.m.; show at 8 p.m. Espresso Bueno, Barre, Donations accepted. Info, 479-0896.

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r uTl And economic develo PmenT cor Por ATion’s 75 Th Annivers Ary gAl A cele Br ATion : Fête the past — and visions for future — with cocktails, dinner and special recognitions, including honoree GE Aviation. Area favorite Satin and Steel provide live music. Holiday Inn, Rutland, 6 p.m. $50; RSVP. Info, 7739147, info@rutlandeconomy.com. The 2012 ouTrigh T Aw Ards : WCAX anchor Darren Perron hosts this MTV-style awards show that celebrates queer youth, adults and allies in Vermont's communities with a "not-so-silent" auction and live entertainment. Burlington City Hall, 7-10 p.m. $15-20, free for ages 22 and under; cash bar. Info, 865-9677.

dance

BAllroom l esson & dAnce soci Al : Singles and couples of all experience levels take a twirl. Lesson from 7-8 p.m., open dancing from 8-10 p.m. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, $14. Info, 862-2269. english coun Try dAnce : Piano, violin and flute accompany creative expression from newcomers and experienced movers alike. All dances are taught. Introductory workshop from 7-7:30 p.m.; dance from 7:30-9:30p.m.

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Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $8-10; bring snack to share. Info, 899-2378. 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. 'the teMpest RepliCa': Dance theater Kidd Pivot reinterprets Shakespeare's magical play through a combination of street-style and classical movement. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-32. Info, 863-5966.

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ladies night at the MuseuM: Celebrate female energy on the mountain and in the community with a full line-up of "girls only" entertainment, local products, and food and drink. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum, Stowe, 6:30 p.m. $50-65; limited to 75 people; for ages 21 and up. Info, 2539911, ext. 202. opeRation ChRistMas Child national ColleCtion Week: See WED.14, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

film

'the FouRth diMension': Directors Harmony Korine, Aleksei Fedorchenko and Jan Kwiecinski play with time and space as they envision a strange new plane of existence. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 865-7166.

food & drink

aMeRiCan FlatbRead beneFit bake: A portion of pizza sales go to the digital conversion fund of Waitsfield's Big Picture Café and Theater, allowing it to continue providing a wide range of entertainment and cultural programming. Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, 5 p.m. Cost of food. Info, 496-8994. bReakFast With ChRistine plunkett, pResident oF buRlington College: Residents join the school's senior leadership for the first meal of the day to learn about current activities, ask questions or voice concerns. Burlington College, 8-9 a.m. Free. Info, 923-2335. Candy-Cane-Making deMonstRation: See WED.14, 11 a.m.

health & fitness

aMeRiCan Red CRoss blood dRive: See WED.14, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 10 a.m.2 p.m. avoid Falls With iMpRoved stability: A personal trainer demonstrates daily practices for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10 a.m. $5. Info, 658-7477.

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holiday aRt shoW & sale: Lovers of artisan wares peruse pottery, jewelry, glass works, photography, paintings and more. A kids art center and live music add to the festive atmosphere. Milton Grange, 6-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 893-2480.

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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. 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: Physical fitness activities help build strong muscles. Montgomery Elementary School, 10-11 a.m. 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.

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

music

deja-nous: Jean-Jacques Psaute fronts this ensemble, which transports listeners to the streets of Paris with classic French cabaret songs. North End Studios, Burlington, 7 p.m. $18. Info, 863-6713. FRançois CleMMons: The renowned tenor and Alexander Twilight artist-in-residence sparks a soulful and sassy evening of joyful song. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

companies

john daly: This singer-songwriter, back by popular demand, plays acoustic originals. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 482-5189. Man FoReveR: Middlebury alum/drummercomposer John Colpitts, aka "Kid Millions," joins current students to perform his obsessively percussive solo album. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 10 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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the gRiFt: The local music giants celebrate the opening of LionTone Studios — a state-of-the-art recording studio — with a blow-out concert. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $12; cash bar. Info, 382-9222. the hot Club oF san FRanCisCo: Live Gypsyjazz sounds celebrate the legacy of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. See calendar spotlight. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-25. Info, 656-4455. the sound investMent jazz enseMble: This musical group joins the Middlebury College swing dance club for an evening of spirited tunes and fast-moving feet. McCullough Social Space, Middlebury College, 9-11 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. too tall stRing band: This popular North Country band opens the 2012-13 Coffeehouse Series with a diverse repertoire of folk, roots, country, oldies, bluegrass and more. Peru Community Church, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $7-10. Info, 518-643-2735.

seminars

MagiCk & spellWoRking: Beginners and advanced practitioners hone their spell-casting craft with local author Kirk White. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 660-8060.

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holiday CRaFt FaiR: Shoppers make merry as local vendors supply crafts, baked goods, Christmas wreaths, café-style eats and treasures in the "pink pachyderm" room. Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 775-4301.

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enosbuRg Falls stoRy houR: Young ones show up for fables and finger crafts. Enosburg Public Library, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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do-it-youRselF giFts: Dana Woodruff teaches participants to make handmade, herbal presents, including lip balm and bath salts. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $10-12; half-price for kids. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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an evening With santa & MRs. Claus: Screenings of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" raise holiday cheer before everyone's favorite Christmas couple arrives for story time, fresh milk and cookies. University Mall, South Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

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Wine-tasting FundRaiseR: Supporters of the Travis Roy Foundation sample hors d'oeuvres, live music, and an array of domestic and international wines. The Atrium, The Essex Culinary Resort & Spa, 7-9 p.m. $45; tickets are limited. Info, 8792839, tasteofwinefortrf@yahoo.com.

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Chip h art : As part of the Faith Adventure Series, the speaker shares photos and personal experiences from a medical mission to Ghana. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-4435. Eld Er Edu Cation Enri ChmEnt Fall S Eri ES: In a series about current foreign policy, retired senior foreign-service office George Jaeger considers "Europe: A Continent in Transition." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 drop-in for all ages. Info, 864-3516. oFF th E Wall: inFormal diSCuSSion S about art : Assistant professor of the history of art and architecture Eliza B. Garrison shares the museum's recently acquired Book of Hours, an illustrated manuscript produced in Bruges circa 1500. A light lunch follows in the lobby. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 12:15 p.m. Free to college ID cardholders; community donations accepted. Info, 443-3168.

theater

'aS You l ik E it' : See THU.15, 8 p.m. 'God SpEll': pEopl ES aCad EmY: See THU.15, 7 p.m. 'God SpEll': St. John Sbur Y aCad EmY: See THU.15, 7:30 p.m. 'iron Will t at E': Bat Honey puppeteers Britt Juchem and Ariel Gregory use more than 50 handmade puppets to take adult audiences through strange realities — all of which depict a comic road-trip odyssey. Plainfield Community Center, Plainfield, 7 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation; contains mature language. Info, 360-870-1947. 'onCE upon a mattr ESS': See THU.15, 7 p.m. 'ork EStri Ska' S box' : Trish Denton's original production combines street performance, ballet, opera, stop-frame animation and silent acting to portray the life and dreams of a music-box dancer. See calendar spotlight. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $16. Info, 863-5966. 'rE turn o F th E moo SE': Vermont playwright Tom Blachly's farce features a group of hunters trapped in a Northeast Kingdom deer camp by a crazed moose. Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-15; parental discretion is advised due to mature language. Info, 426-3955.

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'Sl Euth' : See WED.14, 7:30 p.m. 't h E appl E t r EE': See WED.14, 7:30 p.m. 't h E butl Er did it' : The Shelburne Players present Walter and Peter Marks' thriller-comedy about the Butlers, an unusual family that suffers a loss after a strange package arrives. Shelburne Town Center, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 985-0780. 't h E Ch Err Y or Chard' : Swirling together great characters and missed opportunities, Chekhov's tragicomedy — presented by the White River Valley Players — paints a portrait of Russia at the start of the 20th century. Rochester High School, 7:30 p.m. $8-12. Info, 234-5514. 't h E muSiC man' : Will Harold Hill win over the the residents of River City, Iowa? Local actors take audiences back to 1912 as they explore this predicament in Meredith Wilson's play. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $8-12. Info, 518-932-6339.

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't h E und Er Stud Y': See THU.15, 7:30 p.m. 't h E Wizard o F oz' : See THU.15, 7:30 p.m. 't imon o F ath EnS': 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. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $12-16. Info, 518-523-2512.

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a dan GErou S niGht o F Writin G: Young writers scribble their hearts out as part of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Prizes follow. Phoenix Books, Essex, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

an Ev Enin G oF Stor YtE llin G: Participants spin tales old and new — or listen to others share. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free; for ages 10 and up. Info, 860-6203.

high-energy dances from around the world in an annual display featuring Gina Capossela and the Raqs Salaam Dance Theater. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $22-25. Info, 603-448-0400.

ar Ch Er maYor : The author of a Vermont-based mystery series starring detective Joe Gunther introduces his latest whodunit, Paradise City. Village Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 463-9404.

’80S dan CE: Nostalgic for the era of big hair and acid-wash jeans? Groove to the music of Hot Neon Magic at this benefit for the Vergennes Food Shelf. American Legion Post 14, Vergennes, 7-11 p.m. $10 and nonperishable food item; cash bar. Info, 349-6370.

bro Wn baG book Club : Bookish types get verbal about Brunonia Barry's The Lace Reader. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Cal Edonia Wint Er Farm Er S mark Et : 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. Cand Y-Can E-makin G dEmon Stration : See WED.14, 11 a.m. Capital Cit Y t hank SGivin G Farm Er S mark Et : Root veggies, honey, maple syrup and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown food, complete with a variety of holiday gift options. Montpelier High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com.

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lE arnin G unit Ed auCtion : Tech-savvy participants place mobile or online bids on hundreds of donated items to benefit the United Way. Live events include free entertainment and youth contests. St. Albans City Hall, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 527-7418.

JamES koChalka : Vermont's cartoonist laureate releases American Elf Book 4, a comic-strip autobiography full of observations both profound and lighthearted. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. l it Erar Y Salon Fundrai SEr : Mingle with authors Howard Coffin, Ernie Hebert and Katharine Fisher Britton over wine and cheese as they discuss their writing processes and latest releases. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 5:30-8 p.m. $35. Info, 457-2295.

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Champlain iSland S Wint Er Farm Er S mark Et : 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. dECad Ent dESSErt baSh : Partygoers sample a smorgasbord of mini cannolis, chocolate cake, cheeses and more at a benefit for the opera house with live music by the Champlain Brass Quintet and Chris Wyckoff. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $18-25; cash bar. Info, 877-6737, info@vergennesoperahouse.org.

Wint Er Clothin G driv E: Folks in need stock up on free, good-quality garments for the cold season. Gymnasium, Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com.

diSCov Er a World o F Gua YuSa: The Kichwa of Ecuador say the tea of this native Amazonian holly tree makes them "fully alive." Learn about this stimulating herb and its different blends. Tulsi Tea Room, Montpelier, 3-4 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 223-0043.

'Commando S Strik E at daWn': This 1942 portrayal of a widower's resistance to Nazi invasion of his Norwegian fishing village — shown on restored black-and-white 16mm film — provides audiences with a rare view of cinematic history. Temple Beth Israel, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-563-3343.

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a Walkin G t our o F th E padma Sambhava pro JECt : Taste Tibetan food and view presentations from artists who will travel to the Himalayas in the fall of 2013 to follow the story of the eighth-century saint who brought Buddhism to Tibet. Maglianero, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Donations accepted; photos for sale. Info, 249-0397.

h in ESbur G indoor S Farm Er S mark Et : Growers sell bunched greens, pickles and pasture-raised chicken among vendors of cupcakes, crafts and pottery. Hinesburg Town Hall, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 482-3848.

FElt pou Ch makin G: Learn about this art form and make a soft bag to keep from the shorn coats of the farm's sheep. Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5-6; preregister. Info, 985-8686.

middl Ebur Y Wint Er Farm Er S mark Et : 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.

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r utland Wint Er Farm Er S mark Et : More than 50 vendors sell local produce, cheese, homemade bread and other fine made-in-Vermont products at this new indoor venue. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 779-1485.

burlin Gton Cit Y art S Gara GE Sal E: Bargain hunters help others with purchases of furniture, pottery, arts and crafts supplies and more, 100 percent of the proceeds benefit the United Way and BCA scholarships. Memorial Auditorium Annex, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5355. QuEEn Cit Y Cra Ft bazaar : Repurposed wine bottles and plush fiber arts are among the items offered by 40-plus crafters, artists and designers at this biannual indie fair. Union Station, Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 233-6252.

t raditional iri Sh dinn Er : Jason Clark of Just Delicious Catering brings local ingredients to a meal of lamb stew, soda bread and more. Knotwork provide authentic tunes. Applecheek Farm, Hyde Park, 5:30 p.m. $15-30; free for kids under 5; preregister. Info, 888-9407, jdccatering.com. t ran Sition t oWn montp Eli Er potlu Ck:

Samplin GS oF vErmont' S bESt : Artisans and food producers demonstrate their craft and offer tastings on a weekly basis. Their wares are for sale seven days a week. Vermont Artisans Craft Gallery, Burlington Town Center, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4600.

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int Ernational Survivor S oF Sui CidE daY: Those who have lost someone give and receive support in this day of healing and bereavement. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, libracressey@gmail.com.

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vErmont allian CE For rE tir Ed amEri Can S Con FEr EnCE: Barbara Easterling, Wendell Potter and Anya Rader-Wallach discuss issues surrounding universal health care in "Vermont's Emerging Health Care System: What's Next?" Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 9 a.m. $10; includes lunch. Info, 223-8140.

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burlin Gton Wint Er Farm Er S mark Et : 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.

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fAir trAde hoLidAy gift fAir/serrv sALe: Humanely sourced crafts from 36 countries around the world join those made by local artisans at this presentation of unique and affordable offerings. United Church of Christ, Greensboro, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2223. hinesburg hoLidAy bAzAAr: This decades-old tradition celebrates the start of the giving season with jewelry, arts and crafts, and homemade food from local cooks. Lunch served from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. United Church of Hinesburg, Hinesburg, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 482-3352. hoLidAy Art shoW & sALe: See FRI.16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. hoLidAy CrAft fAir: See FRI.16, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. hoLidAy open house: Visitors sample Thanksgiving treats, make ornaments and decorate wreaths, while the Newport Orchestra Chamber Ensemble provides live music. Old Stone House Museum, Brownington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 754-2022. hoLidAy shoWCAse & CrAft fAir: Vendors garner shoppers' interests with a wide range of local goods — including jewelry, hand-sewn designs and maple products. Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nonperishable food items. Info, 782-6874. internAtionAL hoLidAy mArket: Vendors showcase fair trade and SERRV crafts from around the world, in addition to offerings from Heifer International, New Roots Farm and Equal Exchange. Lunch on November 17 only. United Church, Northfield, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; $5 for lunch. Info, 485-8347.

Winooski hoLidAy bAzAAr: Homemade baked beans, chili and cornbread fuel shoppers as they peruse crafts, sweet treats and more. Winooski United Methodist Church, Winooski, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 355-3139.

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sLoW oCeAns ALbum-reLeAse pArty: Bonded by their love of synthesizers and drum machines, Heloise Williams and Alexandria Hall perform "humid R&B" at their debut performance. BCA Center, Burlington, 8:30-11:55 p.m. $6; cash bar. Info, 865-7166.

outdoors

WAgon-ride Weekend: Riders lounge in sweetsmelling hay on narrated, horse-drawn 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: Ed McGuire lets familytree enthusiasts in on the best sources for accessing vital records databases in Ireland. Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $5. Info, 238-5934. vCAm ACCess orientAtion: Video-production hounds learn basic concepts and nomenclature at an overview of VCAM facilities, policies and procedures. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

sport

ChArLes edgAr memoriAL tAbLe tennis tournAment: Racquet swingers of all levels of ability attempt to put a good spin on the ball during nine separate matches throughout the day. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $5-10 to play; free to watch; preregister. Info, 247-5913.

ski/ride/skAte sALe: Ski bums upgrade winter sports gear and accessories while supporting outdoor wellness programs and a community skating rink. Drop off items on November 16 from 6-8 p.m. Cambridge Elementary School, Jeffersonville, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost of items. Info, 793-5509.

open tot gym & infAnt/pArent pLAytime: Snacks fuel feats of athleticism. Gymnasium. Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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me2/strings: 'strAuss, bArber & beethoven': Ronald Braunstein leads this string orchestra through works by three composers

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meLissA Lourie & LindsAy pontius: These panelists — of the Middlebury Actors Workshop and the Town Hall Theater, respectively — present "Why Shakespeare Today?" with director Cheryl Faraone to answer questions immediately following the 2 p.m. matinee of As You Like It. McCullough Social Space, Middlebury College, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3138.

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ski sWAp: Athletic types exchange new and lightly used cross-country skis, snowshoes and racing gear. Proceeds benefit the VTXC Racing, Team and Coaching Program. The Outdoor Center, Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost of items; equipment drop-off is Friday from 3-7 p.m. Info, 253-5719.

the big kiCker to Winter: A freestyle exhibition, films, live music, and presentations from the Flyin' Ryan Hawks Foundation and the High Fives launch the skiing and riding season in style. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 496-8994 .

CApitAL City ConCerts: A 26-piece professional orchestra takes audiences on a fantastical journey in "Perchance to Dream," which features works by Debussy, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Ravel and Mozart. See calendar spotlight. St. Augustine Catholic Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 793-9291.

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JeAnne bLACkmore: The author reads from her new picture book, How Does Sleep Come?, about a little boy whose mother’s love helps him reach the land of dreams. Phoenix Books, Essex, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

rez AbbAsi invoCAtion Quintet: The guitarist — who blends jazz with the music of his Pakistani heritage — adds world-class accompaniment to a performance of his latest album, Suno Suno, and new compositions. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966.

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turkey trot: Participants of all ages and abilities partake in a 100-yard "tot trot," a two-mile walk-run, or a 10K run. Randomly drawn prizes follow. Westford Elementary School, registration begins at 8:30 a.m., races start at 10 a.m. $10 suggested donation to benefit community-based programs. Info, 878-2902.

middLebury CoLLege orChestrA: Andrew Massey conducts the student ensemble in Chausson's Poème for violin and orchestra, Copland's Appalachian Spring and Dukas' fanfare for La Péri. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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whose lives were impacted by mental illness, in an effort to raise awareness about mental health. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-25. Info, 863-5966.

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Archer mAyor : See FRI. 16, Baker's Hallmark, Brattleboro, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 257-9546. l yn cAre W: Health-conscious, or simply curious? Join this UVM professor as he discusses his new book, Musings of a Vermont Nutritionist, A to Z: Antioxidants to Zinc. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. r eAlity f ix: In this "story slam," participants have five minutes to tell true tales — funny, serious or unusual — for prizes. This month's topic: "I was shocked." North End Studios, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $8. Info, 863-9429.

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f estive concert : The Vermont Gregorian Chant Schola lend unique voices to this program that includes organ solos from Brahms and carols sung by the congregation. St. Mary's Church, St. Albans, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 527-7775.

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ch Andler f ilm society: ' r eAr Windo W': A man who spies on his neighbors begins to suspect one of them is a murderer in Hitchcock's 1954 thriller, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7 p.m. $9. Info, 431-0204, outreach@chandler-arts.org. 'deAr pin A': Filmed at the Shelburne Farms Breeding Barn in June, Vermont choreographers stage a large-scale dance/theater tribute to the late Pina Bausch. A discussion follows with the cast and film crew. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 6 p.m. & 8 p.m. $10. Info, 279-836.

food & drink

pAnc Ake bre Akf Ast : Scrambled eggs, sausage, coffee and juice augment stacks of flapjacks for a filling first meal. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 878-8071 or 878-5923. vermont cookie l ove open h ouse : A familyfriendly environment provides sweet treats and live music by Martha Seyler and Robert Resnik. Visitors receive a 10-percent discount on pre-holiday

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Americ An r ed cross blood drive : See WED. 14, Town Hall, Irasburg, 2-7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400, ext. 3244. Avoid fA lls With FRI.16, 10 a.m.

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cApit Al city concerts : See SAT. 17, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 3 p.m. $10-20. Info, 775-0903.

't he enGlish r omAntics' : Violinists Kathy Andrew, Colleen Jennings, violist Marcia Cassidy, cellist John Dunlop and pianist Gregory Hayes join tenor William Hite in a program highlighting early 20th-century English Romantic composers. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

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Green mount Ain curlin G club : Players of all ability levels sweep the ice every Sunday throughout the season. No special equipment is needed. Green Mountain Arena, Morrisville, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $12 per game with membership; $16 per game otherwise. Info, 399-2816. l oAded t urkey rA il J Am: Shredders kick off the season with two runs through the rail park, the best of which counts toward prizes — including a frozen turkey and items from sponsors. Killington Mountain, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $20 to enter; $35 lift tickets available for participants; preregister at killington.com. Info, 422-6200. ski sWA p: See SAT.17, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. ski/ r ide/skAte sAle : See SAT.17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Women's pickup soccer : Ladies of all abilities break a sweat while passing around the spherical polyhedron. Miller Community and Recreation

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peventin G inJury t hrou Gh A better underst Andin G of your fA sci A: Irvin Eisenberg discusses how this under-researched tissue affects the body, and presents exercises for safer movement. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

f rench convers Ation Group: dimAnches : Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual, drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

biG bAd voodoo dAddy : The SoCal swing-revival band — known for hits like "Go Daddy-O" — celebrates the launch of their new CD, Rattle Them Bones. Proceeds support Child and Family Services. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7 p.m. $36.50. Info, 603-448-0400.

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t h Anks Givin G fA rmers mArket : Local favorite Last October serenade folks as they make their way through two floors of locally grown vegetables, meats, cheeses and handmade crafts. Round Barn Farm, Waitsfield, 10 a.m.2 p.m. Free. Info, 496-3081.

montpelier ch Amber orchestr A: "Fantasia" features the ensemble's principal string players performing Greig's Holberg Suite, Vaughn Williams' Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and Elgar's Introduction and Allegro. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 4 p.m. $10-15; free for kids under 10. Info, 595-0087.

tA r A mAnd Al A dAnce circle : Vermonters move in praise of the divine feminine spirit. Plainfield Community Center, 3-5 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 454-1461.

Will Ard sterne rA nd All : The historian outlines the proud military traditions of Vermont's Allen family, which run deeper than Ethan's exploits at Fort Ticonderoga. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4556, info@ ethanallenhomestead.org.

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middlebury colle Ge community chorus : Jeff Rehbach conducts students, faculty, staff and singers from across the lake in a concert celebrating the season of Thanksgiving, with a selection from Schubert as the "centerpiece." Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

children's memori Al service : Families, caregivers and community members honor the memory of youth who have died at this Vermont Children's Hospital gathering. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 847-5909.

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'in the Arms of mother eArth: l ivin G close to the lA nd' : Storyteller Annie Hawkins presides over an evening of multicultural tales, both traditional and contemporary, about people rooted to the land and informed by their environment. Refreshments and reception follow. Proceeds benefit Rural Vermont. First Universalist Parish, Chester, 7 p.m. $5-15. Info, 223-7222.

stories With meGAn: Preschoolers expand their imaginations through tales, songs and rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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r ecorder- pl Ayin G Group : Musicians produce early-folk, baroque and swing-jazz melodies. New and potential players welcome. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0030, info@prestomusic.net. sAmbAtuc AdA! open r eheArs Al : New players are welcome to pitch in as Burlington's samba street percussion band sharpens its tunes. Experience and instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017. t he ch Ampl Ain echoes : Weekly open rehearsals draw new singers looking to chime in on four-part harmonies with a women's a cappella chorus. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 6:159:15 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0398. vermont f iddle orchestr A r eheArs Als : Established members and newcomers alike fiddle around at practice time. St. Augustine Catholic Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. First rehearsal is free. Info, 223-8945, ext. 1.

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br Adford 250th celebr Ation pl Annin G meetin G: Townspeople gather to discuss ideas for honoring the unique history of the place they call home. Bradford Academy, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4423.

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mAkin G dAnces mAster cl Ass : Under the guidance of Lida Winfield, movers and shakers use improv tools and composition techniques to generate original choreography for solos, duets and a full ensemble. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 4-5:30 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 229-4676.

elder educ Ation enrichment fA ll series : Erin Talmage, executive director of the Birds of Vermont Museum, looks at it as a place where natural history meets art. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 drop-in for all ages. Info, 864-3516.

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mAr Jorie cAdy memori Al 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.

this collaborative workshop with writing prompts and art activities. The Writers' Barn, Shelburne, 1-3 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 985-3091.

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CommUniTy CinEma Film SEriES: See WED. 14, FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966. WinTEr WildlandS allianCE BaCkCoUnTry Film FESTival: Astonishing glimpses of nonmotorized recreation and environmental preservation showcase the magic of winter in the wilderness. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Land Trust's efforts to save the Bolton backcountry. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $15; cash bar. Info, 229-9409, events@onionriver.com.

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amEriCan rEd CroSS Blood drivE: See WED. 14, American Legion, Rutland, noon-6 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400, ext. 3244.

FrEnCH ConvErSaTion groUp: Beginner-tointermediate French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Halvorson's Upstreet Café, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. paUSE-CaFé FrEnCH ConvErSaTion: Francophiles of all levels speak the country's language at a drop-in conversation. Mr. Crêpe, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

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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, 8601417, ext. 114, growingmoney@cvoeo.org.

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adam BoyCE: In "The Old Country Fiddler: Charles Ross Taggart, Vermont's Traveling Entertainer," the fiddler intersperses stories of the performer's life and career with live music and humorous sketches. Old Brick Church, East Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 454-7328.

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STUnT niTE: Students from Rice Memorial High School offer four musical comedies in a stage revue on its 83rd year. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. $12-17. Info, 863-5966. 'THE god oF THE HillS': Jim Hogue stars as Ethan Allen in a compelling military history based on the Revolutionary War hero's own writings. Westview Meadows, Montpelier, 2 p.m. $8. Info, 233-1068. CO

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TUESday nigHT yoga: Michelle Chasky Weed guides practitioners through creative stretching and deliberate breathing exercises. Cold Hollow Career Center, Enosburg Falls, 6-7:15 p.m. $5; bring a mat. Info, 933-4003.

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makE STUFF!: See WED.14, 6-9 p.m. opEn kniT & CroCHET: Stitch and tell: Fiber fans work on current projects in good company. Kaleidoscope Yarns, Essex Junction, 4:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 288-9200.

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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: Touchstone Healing Arts, 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 ﬁ rst-aid ﬂ ows, while developing an understanding of harmonizing the attitudes of worry, fear, anger, grief and pretense.

building TINY-HOUSE RAISING: Cost: $250/workshop. Location: Ripton, Vermont. Info: Peter King, 933-6103. A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a 12 x 16 tiny house in Ripton, November 24 and 25. Local housing available.

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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org. Teacher bios are also available online. 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. Info: burlingtoncityarts.org. 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.

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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! 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 music and how to have a great time on the dance ﬂ oor! ˛ ere is no better time to start than now! LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-wk. class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Lessons also avail. in St. Albans. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@ﬁ rststepdance.com, FirstStepDance.com. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary.

drumming TAIKO, DJEMBE, CONGAS & BATA!: Location: Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3-G, Burlington. Info: Stuart Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@gmail.com. Call for ˛ ursday 9:30 a.m. conga class location. Friday 5 p.m. conga and 6 p.m. djembe classes are walkin classes for $15/class. Drums are provided. Call to schedule your own classes!

empowerment INTRO. TO MYSTICAL NUMEROLOGY: Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $75/workshop. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: 244-7909. Learn how to work with the energies of your birth date and name in this workshop that integrates Native American and Mayan teachings to present a totally new interpretation of the

science of numbers. Led by John Pehrson, lifelong student of numbers and author of the new book Mystical Numerology.

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 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.

herbs WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Now accepting applications for Wisdom Eight-Month Certiﬁ cation 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 ﬁ rst medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey. Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

holistic health INDIGENOUS WELLNESS: Classes begin Jan. 1, 2013 and run through winter if ﬁ lled. 9-11 a.m. 3 times weekly. Cost: $75/person for 3-day class. Location: Ravenwolf Earth Adventures, Inc., 9 Bausch Lane Hill, Chittenden. Info: 4836397, chris_laro@yahoo.com. RavenWolf Earth Adventures is a two-year study using indigenous path for holistic tutorials. Lakota focus here! Location on private land for ceremonial study. Crafting, hiking and Lakota tutorials. No new age, authentic indigenous focus only with Christopher Laro-over 20 years’ lacol wicohan. Mitakuye oyasin!

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Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certiﬁ ed 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,.

LEARN SPANISH AND OPEN NEW DOORS: Location: Waterbury Center. Info: 5851025, 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 ﬁ fth 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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martial arts AIKIDO: Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal & Light), Burlington. Info: 951-8900, burlingtonaikido. org. ˛ is Japanese martial art is a great method to get in shape and relieve stress. Adult classes meet 7 days a week. Classes for adults, teens and children. We also offer morning classes for new students. Study with Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 6thdegree black belt and Vermont’s only fully certifi ed Aikido teacher. Visitors are always welcome. AIKIDO CLASSES: New: Tues. afternoon children’s class (ages 6-12) 4:15-5:15 p.m. Starts Dec. 4. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd fl oor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 862-9785, vermontaikido.org. Aikido trains body and spirit together, promoting physical fl exibility and strong center within fl owing movement, martial sensibility with compassionate presence, respect for others, and confi dence in oneself. Vermont Aikido invites you to explore this graceful martial art in a safe, supportive environment. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CENTER: Visit website for schedule. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 3 locations, Colchester, Milton, St. Albans. Info: 893-8893, martialwayvt.com. Beginners will fi nd 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, ˛ inksafe Self-Defense. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, Julio@bjjusa. com, vermontbjj.com. Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian JiuJitsu enhances strength, fl exibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fi tness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confi dence. 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,

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction avail. Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Meditation sessions on Tue. & ˛ u., noon-1 p.m. and Mon.-˛ u., 6-7 p.m. ˛ e Shambhala Café meets the 1st Sat. of ea. mo. for meditation & discussions, 9 a.m.-noon. An Open House occurs every 3rd Fri. evening of ea. mo., 7-9 p.m., which incl. an intro to the center, a short dharma talk & socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org. ˛ rough 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. ˛ e Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

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

martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. TUNG TAI CHI CHUAN: Ongoing all-level classes: Mons., 5:30-7 p.m. Burnham Town Hall, River Rd., Lincoln. Weds., 5:15-6:45 p.m. McClure Center, 241 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Introductory Seminar: Sat., Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.-noon. McClure Center, 241 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Cost: $25. Demonstration: Sat., Dec. 1, noon. McClure Center FREE. Cost: $15/class, $50/month. Info: White Cloud Living Arts Foundation, Madeleine PiatLandolt, 453-3690, whitecloudarts@gmail.com, whitecloudarts.org. Learn the guiding principles and fundamental forms of this authentic yang style practice as both civil and martial art. Teachings include: Long Form; Qigong; Push Hands; Fast/Family Set; Knife and Sword. Cultivate harmonious flow, aligning body/mind/ spirit to renew and sustain vital life force with supreme benefit.

tarot TAROT FOR THE CURIOUS: Nov. 14, 7 p.m. Location: October Tea Room, 15 Center St. Burlington. Info: Francesca W., 651-1054, info@octobertearoom.com, octobertearoom.com. Have you always wanted to get a tarot reading but worried a “bad” card would come up? Wondering what those symbols mean? We will look at some of the cards’ meanings, how to get the most from a reading and even do a few mini-readings while we are at it.

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even Days gets more album submissions than we know what to do with. And, especially given the ease of record making these days, it’s growing increasingly di˜ cult to keep up. Still, we try to get to every local album that comes across the music desk, no matter how obscure. To that end, here are ﬁ ve albums that likely ﬂ ew under the radar of your average Vermont music fan. In some cases, they represent the outermost boundaries of local music. Others simply slipped through the cracks. But each is deserving of a listen.

KiKi’s Lost Nation, KIKI’s Lost Nation

sonic watercolors. That’s likely due to the fact that Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman produced her recording. Light, complex and brimming with Vince Guaraldi-like personality, the album is a soothing ode to the Green Mountain State. With little more than meandering piano progressions — and the occasional wind synthesizer, of course — Masako e˝ ortlessly evokes the serene natural beauty found by simply going for a walk in the countryside. masako-music.com

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In order to listen to the self-titled o˝ ering from Bedeviled Eggs, we fi rst had to borrow our friend’s 1986 Toyota Tercel, as it was the only way we could get our hands on a freakin’ cassette player. It turns out that hitting the open road — albeit at a shaky 48 mph — is a fi ne way to experience the Montpelier duo’s debut. (For those without a tape deck, or a buddy’s old ride, it is also available via digital download.) Aggressively lo-fi , these seven songs are lean and gritty, and bristle with blues-punk attitude. The White Stripes corollary is probably a little too convenient. But drummer Je˝ Thomson is something like a more precise Meg White, laying down gleef ully simple but energetic beats that smash headlong into Robert Morgan’s overdriven bass rumble. Morgan’s vocals are equally distorted as he howls on topics from life in an impossibly quaint hamlet (“Small Towne”) to unrequited love (“Want You Anyway”), all with a prickly sneer that owes as much to Charles Bukowski as Jack White. stateandmainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ bedeviled-eggs-ep

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The latest release from Ruin/Renewal, Chess Club, was originally recorded in 2006-2007, but didn’t see the light of day until earlier this year. The band is a project of Vermont-based drummer John Pritchard — a former contributor to these pages — and his brother, songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Josh Pritchard. Presumably life — family, jobs, etc. — got in the way of the duo releasing the record any earlier, which is too bad. At a brief six songs, the album is a short and undeniably bittersweet collection. Josh Pritchard sings in a sleepy baritone rasp not unlike that of Mark Kozelek in his Red House Painters days. But unlike that stark work, he surrounds himself with cozy arrangements ﬂ ecked with arcing pedal steel, atmospheric electric piano and swooning violin. Though melancholy, these songs warm like a down comf orter, bracing against a wintry chill in f ading late-afternoon light. burstandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/chess-club

If you google “apoca-decadent,” the fi rst results that come up are mostly concerning the destruction of Pompeii. We’re not entirely sure what that has to do with KiKi’s Lost Nation, who bill themselves as “Vermont’s fi rst apocadecadent band,” but whatever. Occupying a branch on the Wards’ family tree of local punk bands, KLN deliver a no-frills take on hard rock and early metal that bears many of the same no-fi trademarks as their BTV punk forebears. Less concerned with virtuoso playing than snarl and attitude, the band’s debut mix of originals and covers is seriously rough around the edges. But, as with the Wards and their various o˝ shoots, that’s just part of the fun. facebook.com/kikislostnation

Masako, Masako (SELF-RELEASED, CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

New-age music doesn’t get much play in Vermont, which is a little surprising when you consider our surroundings. Is there any landscape better suited to the sorts of pastoral compositions made famous by George Winston and his ilk? The self-titled debut from Japanese-born, Glastenbury, Vt.-based pianist Masako shares notable similarities with Winston’s

The Caring Babies, The Gold Friends (ROBOT OCTOPUS VS. ZOMBIE TEDDY BEAR RECORDS & THE CASE OF THE MISSING RECORDS, 7-INCH VINYL, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

Considering that it checks in just under ﬁ ve minutes,Gold Friends, the latest EP from Matt Mazur and Redgei’s the Caring Babies may have set a new local record for the smallest ratio of music to number of record labels involved. It’s an absurd distinction, but an oddly appropriate one. Co-released by Robot Octopus VS. Zombie Teddy Bear Records and the appealingly Hardy Boys-esque-named imprint the Case of the Missing Records, the Caring Babies’ new 7-inch is indeed an exercise in the absurd — and an absurdly entertaining one at that. Broken into four quirky, electro-pop vignettes, the EP further explores the gentler side of experimental pop ﬁ rst brought to our ears by the duo’s debut, The Gold City Singer’s Companion Forgets, released earlier this year. Like that album, the EP is a pleasing slice of unconventional pop that both provokes and charms with playful humility and an endearingly juvenile innocence. thecaseofthemissingrecords.blogspot.com

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Before we continue with this week’s installment, a brief detour. I thoroughly enjoyed sharon Van etten’s show at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge last Saturday. Or I would have, were it not for the reemergence of a particularly obnoxious strain of concertgoer: the show-talker. I haven’t had to browbeat these schmucks publicly in a while. And generally, most of the quieter shows I’ve been to lately have been free of their gabby, self-absorbed ilk. So I thought maybe, just maybe, we had turned a collective corner. I was wrong. It started during daMien Jurado’s beautifully mellow opening set and, sadly, continued right on through Van Etten’s comparatively louder but still nuanced performance. So I gotta ask: why?

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It’s hard to believe, but the end of 2012 is right around the corner. As such, I’ve begun the laborious, though enjoyable, task of going through the archives and culling candidates for this year’s “best of” lists, particularly the traditional Top 10 Vermont-Made Albums. It’s a huge task, and I’ve learned it pays to get cracking early. Typically, as the year progresses, I make note of records that I think stand a reasonable chance of making it to the year-end list. Normally, that list rolls about 15 deep by November. This year’s list already contains nearly 25 recordings, with still a little more than a month to go. So either you folks have been making some seriously great records in 2012, or I’m just going soft. I’m hoping it’s the former. Anyway, this week offers the chance to check out two bands who released records that, if they don’t make the Top 10, will certainly feature prominently in the discussion by the end of December. The first is Michael chorney and dollar General, who released a thoroughly stunning record, Dispensation of the Ordinary, earlier this year. As 7D freelance reviewer Jarrett BerMan noted in his take on Chorney’s latest, the album is a melancholy masterstroke. I’m inclined to agree. Berman cited it as a perfect cap to late-summer/early-fall nostalgia. I submit it works just as well as a soundtrack to the ebbing afternoon light of late fall and early winter. It’s a cozy yet complex album that warms like a good whiskey. You can catch Michael Chorney and Dollar General at Signal Kitchen in Burlington this Sunday, November 18, as part of Zack duPont’s ongoing listeningroom series. While you’re at it, drop by seth eaMes’ residency at Muddy Waters this Thursday, November 15, where Chorney and Eames will revisit songs from their excellent 2009 collaboration, It Disappears — a Top 10 pick that year, FYI. anachronist is likely a lesser-known commodity than Chorney, but the Montpelier band’s debut EP, Row, inspired this critic to harrowing fits of hyperbole in a review last month. And with good reason. Led by the criminally unsung Brian Clark — whose 2010 solo record, Solo Duo Trio, was an underrated gem — Anachronist

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1/2 Loung E: s cott mangan (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Rewind with DJ c raig mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free. CLub M Etrono ME: c ameo Harlot, Torpedo Rodeo (rock), 9 p.m., $5. Franny o's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. HigHEr groun D baLLroo M: Jeremy Jones' "Further" (ski film), 8 p.m., $8/10/12. AA. HigHEr groun D sHoWCas E Loung E: martha Wainwright (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., $15. AA. JP's Pub : Karaoke with morgan, 10 p.m., Free. Man Hattan Pizza & Pub : Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. nECtar's : Flipped Wednesday: the Edd, Orange Television (rock), 9 p.m., $7/10. 18+. on t aP bar & gri LL: Pine s treet Jazz, 7 p.m., Free. r aDio bEan : c herry c ase (folk), 5:30 p.m., Free. irish s essions, 9 p.m., Free. rED squar E: Kyle morgan Band (rock), 7 p.m., Free. DJ c re8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. skinny Pan Cak E: Josh Panda and Brett Lanier (rock), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation. t. bon Es rE staurant an D bar : c had Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

central

bagitos : Acoustic Blues Jam with the u sual s uspects, 6 p.m., Free. gusto's : Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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champlain valley

Man Hattan Pizza & Pub : Hot Wax with Justcaus & Penn West (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Monk Ey Hous E: Dolfish (indie), 9 p.m., $5. 18+. MuDDy Wat Ers : s eth Eames with michael c horney (singersongwriters), 8 p.m., Free. nECtar's : Trivia mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. Thunder Body, All Good Feel Good c ollective (reggae), 9:30 p.m., $7/10. 18+. o'bri En's iris H Pub : DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free. on t aP bar & gri LL: Jenni Johnson & Friends (blues), 7 p.m., Free. r aDio bEan : Dave Fugal & Julian c hobot (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. s hane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Kat Wright & the indomitable s oul Band (soul), 11 p.m., $3. rED squar E: Johnson's c rossroad (bluegrass), 7 p.m., Free. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. rED squar E bLuE r oo M: DJ c re8 (house), 10 p.m., Free. r í r á iris H Pub : Longford Row (irish), 8 p.m., Free. vEnu E: Thirsty Thursdays, 7 p.m., Free.

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bagitos : Eric Friedman (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free. tHE bLaCk Door : c omedy c lass Performance hosted by Nathan Hartswisck (standup), 8 p.m., Free. CHar LiE o's: DJ c rucible's metal Night, 10 p.m., Free. gr EEn Mountain t av Ern : Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

City Li Mits : Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

nutty st EPH's: Bacon Thursday: Dave Langevin (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Free.

on t HE r is E bak Ery : Open Bluegrass s ession, 8 p.m., Free.

t uPELo Musi C HaLL: c indy Pierce (standup), 7 p.m., $35.

tW o brot HErs t av Ern : Open mic, 7 p.m., Free.

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northern

51 Main : Taylor s mith (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., Free.

bEE's knEEs: s ilent mind (rock), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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

Moog's P LaCE: Bob Wagner and D. Davis (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., Free.

on t HE r is E bak Ery : Gabe Jarrett (jazz), 8 p.m., Donations.

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Mono PoLE: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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CLub M Etrono ME: Electrode Entertainment Presents: Orchard Lounge (electro-funk), 9 p.m., $12/15/17. Dobrá tE a: Robert Resnik (folk), 7 p.m., Free. 72 music

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Franny o's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. HaLvorson's uPstr EEt Ca Fé: Friends of Joe (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

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tW o brot HErs t av Ern : DJ Dizzle (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

bEE's knEEs: Laura Joy (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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Hide and Seek As tastemakers from Paste to Spin to Daytrotter have noted, I’d Rather Disappear Than

Stay the Same, the debut LP from Cleveland-based songwriterDoLFis H is a low-fi gem. The record crackles with gravelly

folk grit and a world-weary sensitivity that has elicited reasonable comparisons to the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle and Neil Young. This Thursday, November 15, Dolfish plays the Monkey House in Winooski.

Moog's P LaCE: s hut the Door (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free. Park Er Pi E Co.: Alan Greenleaf & the Doctor (blues), 7:30 p.m., Free. r iMro Cks Mountain t av Ern : DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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Mono PoLE: Dynomatics (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Mono PoLE DoWnstairs : Gary

Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free. oLiv E r iDLEy's : Karaoke, 6 p.m., Free. t abu Ca Fé & nigHt CLub : Karaoke Night with s assy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free. tHE ra Py: Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYc E (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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baCkstag E Pub : Justice (rock), 9 p.m., Free. CLub M Etrono ME: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. HigHEr groun D baLLroo M: macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Dee-1,

Xperience (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $20/25. AA. HigHEr groun D sHoWCas E Loung E: GriZ (EDm), 9 p.m., $12/15. AA.

Marriott Harbor Loung E: Jeff Wheel and Friends (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

JP's Pub : s tarstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Monk Ey Hous E: Anders Parker c loud Badge, s mall Houses, Anachronist (rock), 9 p.m., $8. 18+.

LiFt : Ladies Night, 9 p.m., Free/$3.

nECtar's : s eth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. FRi.16

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yet, but judging solely by the duo’s pedigree, I’ll venture to say it’s probably gonna be pretty cool. Williams has long been one of the area’s most dynamic vocal divas. And Hall, especially in the last couple of years, has developed into a fascinating artist in her own right, adored locally and beyond. So far, the only available description of the pair’s work is the rather mysterious “humid R&B.” Color me intrigued.

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the Flood, will fetch a pretty penny or two this Saturday, November 17, at the Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. Though personally, I’ll be waiting to bid until Ms. Case throws in dinner and drinks. (Call me, Neko!) Last but not least, congrats to KEVIN

BYER, the winner of the first-ever

Funniest Comic in Vermont contest, which concluded this past Saturday at Club Metronome. By winning, Byer scores some sweet prizes and cash. But most importantly, he earns the right to represent Vermont at next year’s Funniest Comic in New England competition. Byer will be joined by the remaining top-five finalists, who include TRACIE SPENCER, JASON LORBER, MARC BOUCHARD and KYLE GAGNON.

Catamount Arts received a huge boost this week when Vermont-based rock star — and bona fide ginger — NEKO CASE donated her 1960 Gibson Epiphone Texan guitar to the organization’s 28th annual benefit auction. The guess here is that the axe, which she used on her 2006 record, Fox Confessor Brings

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Listening In In this week’s episode of the Seven Days music podcast, “Tour Date with DJ Llu,” Llu sits down with COLIN CLARY, DANA KAPLAN and MISSY BLY of perennial BTV tweepop favorites the SMITTENS. Tune in and listen to the gang dish on their latest album, the secret to their longevity and how a pair of snow pants started it all. Check it out at 7d.blogs.com/tour_date.

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they, too, are fascinated by your love life, your roommate situation or whatever other topic is on your mind. You’re probably being too fucking loud. (Here’s another tip, free of charge: Cologne is best employed sparingly. Dude in the leather jacket and mom jeans, it’s time to cut back on the Drakkar Noir, chief. Sincerely, people with noses. P.S. Also, shut up.) Lest you think this is just a case of your snarky, neighborhood music critic getting his skinny jeans in a bunch, I wasn’t alone — also, I don’t wear skinny jeans. Several people I spoke to during and after the show echoed the sentiment that the crowd noise was out of control. When the prevailing take on a concert is “It was great, when I could listen to it,” there’s a problem. All we’re asking here is for a little common courtesy. By all means, enjoy yourself. Just be aware of your surroundings, considerate of your neighbors and, when necessary, shut the hell up. Because, you never know, you just might hear some good music.

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s ophistafunk, f unktion, s loe Loris (what do you think?), 9 p.m., $5. On Tap Bar & Grill : Burwick and Abair (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., f ree. r etrofit (rock), 9 p.m., f ree. r adi O Bean : Kara Kulpa (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., f ree. Kristen f ord (indie folk), 8 p.m., f ree. Andy & micah plante (singer-songwriters), 9 p.m., f ree. Kyle morgan (experimental folk), 10 p.m., f ree. Japhy r yder (progressive jazz), 11 p.m., f ree. r ed Square : perry n unn (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., f ree. Bearquarium (funk), 8 p.m., f ree. DJ c raig mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5. r ed Square Blue rOO m: DJ mario maric (EDm), 9 p.m., $5. r uBen Jame S: DJ c re8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., f ree. r í r á iri Sh puB: s upersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., f ree. Skinny pancake : Hee Hawk (jazz-folk), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation.

BaGiTOS: A f raction of a Whole: Bob Kinzel & Jean Olson (folk), 6 p.m., Donations. The Black dOOr : r usty Belle (indie folk), 9:30 p.m., $5. charlie O' S: pubcrawlers (c eltic rock), 10 p.m., f ree. Green mOun Tain Tavern : DJ Jonny p (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2. purple mOOn puB: Laura Joy (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., f ree. Tupel O muSic h all : r oomful of Blues (blues), 8 p.m., $25.

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champlain valley

51 main : Dayve Huckett (jazz), 5 p.m., f ree. Gillian Grassie (singer-songwriter, harp), 9 p.m., f ree. ciTy l imiTS: s mokin' Gun (rock), 9 p.m., f ree. On The r iSe Bakery : s helly s hredder (alt-country), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Tw O Br OTher S Tavern : s nake mountain Bluegrass, 7 p.m., $3. s peaker of the House (house), 10:30 p.m., f ree.

northern

Bee'S kneeS: mark s truhsacker and c arrie c ook (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations. mOOG'S place : r ed Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 9 p.m., f ree. The Amida Bourbon project (folk rock), 9 p.m., f ree. r imr Ock S mOun Tain Tavern : f riday n ight f requencies with DJ r ekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., f ree.

regional

mOnOpOle : maaze (rock), 10 p.m., f ree.

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Therapy : pulse with DJ n yce (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

northern

n ight Dance party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., f ree.

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Bee'S kneeS: c osa Buena (Latin), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Back STaGe puB: s turcrazie (rock), 9 p.m., f ree.

parker pie cO.: Blind Owl Band (bluegrass), 8 p.m., f ree.

clu B meTr OnOme: r etronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

pOSiTive pie: mike c arlucci (rock), 9:30 p.m., f ree.

Franny O' S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., f ree.

r imr Ock S mOun Tain Tavern : DJ Two r ivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., f ree.

h iGher Gr Ound Ballr OOm: macklemore & r yan Lewis, Dee-1, Xperience (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $20/25. AA. h iGher Gr Ound Sh Owca Se lO un Ge: s ister s parrow (soul), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA.

rO ad Side Tavern : DJ Diego (Top 40), 9 p.m., f ree.

regional

mOnOpOle : Gridline Bassline (rock), 10 p.m., f ree.

burlington area

clu B meTr OnOme: Zephrus, f loating Bridge, Hardscrabble Hounds (rock), 7 p.m., $5/7. h iGher Gr Ound Sh Owca Se lO un Ge: The s weetback s isters (country), 8 p.m., $10/12. AA. mOnkey hO uSe: Am & f riends & f amily presents: man f orever, Guardian Alien (indie), 9 p.m., $5/7. 18+.

necTar' S: mi Yard r eggae n ight with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., f ree.

s eries presents: michael c horney & Dollar General (indie folk), 7 p.m., $10.

On Tap Bar & Grill : Zack dupont (singer-songwriter), 10:45 a.m., f ree.

central

r adi O Bean : Queen c ity Hot c lub (gypsy jazz), 11 a.m., f ree. pete s utherland and Tim s tickle's Old Time s ession, 1 p.m., f ree. Jacob Green (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., f ree. Eric s ommer (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., f ree. Yankee Bangbang (indie rock), 11:30 p.m., f ree. r ed Square : r ob merkin (acoustic), 11 a.m., Donations. SiGnal kiTchen : Listening

Skinny pancake : s hanna u nderwood (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

northern

Bee'S kneeS: Jenn & John (folk), 11 a.m., Donations. r ebecca padula (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. r iver hO uSe r eSTauran T: s tump! Trivia n ight, 6 p.m., f ree.

Jp'S puB: Karaoke with megan, 10 p.m., f ree.

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marri OTT h ar BOr lO un Ge: Eight02 (jazz), 8:30 p.m., f ree.

Special Education Over a career spanning more than a decade, Chicago-based EDM trio

mOnkey hO uSe: insurrection: Dark Alternative Dance n acht: DJs Gabriel n ight, Tyrant and the Goat (EDm), 10 p.m., $5. 18+. necTar' S: mike pedersen (solo acoustic), 7 p.m., f ree. s oule monde album release, Dr. Westchesterson and special guests (organ groove), 9 p.m., $5.

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r ed Square : Tiffany pfeiffer & the Discarnate Band (neo-soul), 5 p.m., f ree. f rank Viele Band (rock), 8 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. r ed Square Blue rOO m: DJ r aul (salsa), 6 p.m., f ree. c raig mitchell (EDm), 10 p.m., $5. r í r á iri Sh puB: Green Line inbound (rock), 10 p.m., f ree. Skinny pancake : Audrey Bernstein (jazz), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation. T. BOneS r eSTauran T and Bar : Open mic, 7 p.m., f ree. venue : 18 & u p Destination s aturdays, 8 p.m., f ree.

central

BaGiTOS: s hanna u nderwood (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., f ree. The Black dOOr : A f ly Allusion (funk), 9:30 p.m., $5. purple mOOn puB: s hanna u nderwood (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., f ree. The r eServ Oir r eSTauran T & Tap rOO m: The Gulch (rock), 10 p.m., f ree. Tupel O muSic h all : Dead s essions (Grateful Dead tribute), 8 p.m., $25.

champlain valley

51 main : c hris Bakriges Trio and John s towell (jazz), 9 p.m., f ree. ciTy l imiTS: Dance party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., f ree. Tw O Br OTher S Tavern : House Dance, 10 p.m., f ree.

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have embraced a dual role: shaking dance floors at clubs and festivals the world over with bombastic mixes,

while exposing audiences to a vast array of sophisticated musical influences that include and extend well beyond the bass-heavy thrum of electronic dance music. This Thursday, November 15, the band lights up — and enlightens — Club Metronome in Burlington.

On Tap Bar & Grill : The c onniption f its (rock), 9 p.m., f ree. r adi O Bean : Less Digital, more manual: r ecord c lub, 3 p.m., f ree. s orcha merril (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., f ree. Zak Trojano (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., f ree. The s uitcase Junket (rock), 9 p.m., f ree. r usty Belle (Americana), 10 p.m., f ree. s upreme Eventually (hip-hop), 1 a.m., f ree.

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Soule Monde is the latest project from longtime co-conspirators and members of the Trey Anastasio Band, Ray Paczkowski and Russ Lawton. The result of years of collaboration and, most recently, forged in the fires of several Nectar’s residencies, the duo’s self-titled debut attempts to distill the energy and improvisational ferocity of a highly regarded live act into a record-studio setting. That can be a tall order, particularly in the groove-laden arena of progressive jazz, funk and jam music. But Soule Monde achieve a rare feat, delivering a record that honors the band’s improvisational DNA with inventive jams while taking advantage of the studio to highlight the duo’s signature compositional style. Local audiences probably don’t need to be told that Paczkowski and Lawton are two of the area’s finest players. And Soule Monde — the album — should only fortify that reputation. From the first

insistent beats of opener “Bernard,” Soule Monde are in lockstep. The strutting, ambulatory track delivers a complexity with organ and drums that many jam-oriented bands can only hope to offer with much more instrumentation. Paczkowski’s playing throughout is inspired. He teases time-honored jam conventions and then, often with little warning, detours into far more interesting terrain. On “Miss Miriam” — a seeming ode to local songbird Miriam Bernardo — he drives a spicy, Latin-flavored progression through scintillating, hairpin turns. “Bootsy Bonham” centers on a sinister Clavinet groove that blooms into exultant Hammond swells. On “The Story,”

Paczkowski sets a brooding atmosphere with simmering efficiency, playing no more or less than is called for. While Paczkowski may be Soule Monde’s melodic mastermind, Lawton’s contributions are equally critical and just as impressive. He’s the band’s backbone. But he provides much more than simply the foundation for Paczkowski’s flights of fancy. Theirs is a natural musical kinship, and Lawton plays with such an exquisite sensitivity and startling force that he becomes an integral part of the tapestry. There is a profound symbiosis here that reveals itself further with each listen. Soule Monde may still be best experienced in person; but their debut record is more than just an extension of the live act. It’s a stirring, groovy work that stands on its own as a cornerstone of Vermont’s improvisational jazz and funk scene. Soule Monde celebrate the release of their debut album with a show this Saturday, November 17, at Nectar’s. DAN BOLLES

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Kristina Stykos, The Lost Tapes 1982-1992

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Listening to these lost recordings is like sifting through a time capsule. While local audiences may be most familiar with the songwriter via her folk-centric solo work or her collaboration with Americana stalwart Bow Thayer, the record reveals a wealth of varying styles and influences. Some, like the electric-piano-driven tracks “Looking for an Angel” and “Married to Hope” sound charmingly dated — and understandably so. But regardless of their sonic clothing, these songs chart a course that helps explain how Stykos evolved into one of the state’s dynamic and fearless songwriters.

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It’s an old cliché that sometimes you need to lose something before you really appreciate what you’ve got. In considering Kristina Stykos’ The Lost Tapes 1982-1992, that sentiment proves doubly true. First, as the Vermont songwriter writes in the album’s liner notes, discovering the collection of discarded demos and unreleased tracks that had sat gathering dust in various closets over the past 30 years was like being reintroduced to old friends, and it brought back a well of emotions she had thought long-buried. And second, I, um, lost her album, which was actually released in late 2011. It recently resurfaced from behind a pile of previously reviewed albums on my desk. My suspect filing habits notwithstanding, I’m delighted the album found its way back to me and imagine it’s a feeling similar to what Stykos experienced when she began exploring her forgotten catalog.

For example, “Settle for Paradise” is a daring selection whose shifting, ethereal harmonies would seem to presage Raven, her 2011 collaboration with Windham Hill Records’ synth auteur Philip Aaberg. Ditto the fascinating “I Will Fly Home One Day,” which could be an ancestral precursor to much of the experimental pop making waves in the local scene right now. Even the more conventionally straightforward tracks, such as “It’s Hard to Believe” and “Island in the Sunrise,” while decidedly folk oriented, hint at a deeper musical curiosity that manifested later in her career. Viewed simply as a retrospective, Stykos’ Lost Tapes is a fascinating listen. But it’s more than an academic curiosity. The album is a genuinely gripping work. I can think of dozens of songwriters who would be thrilled to have written tracks as good as many of Stykos’ lost songs. Like Stykos, I’m just glad I found them again. The Lost Tapes 1982-1992 by Kristina Stykos is available at kristinastykos.com.

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cLUB DAtES

Sweet CrunCh Bake Shop: Don Tobey and mary collins (bluegrass), 10:30 a.m., Free.

Mon.19

burlington area

neCtar'S: metal monday: Razormaze, Boil the Whore, Kairos (metal), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Skinny panCake: Josh panda and Brett Lanier (rock), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation. t. BoneS reStaurant and Bar: chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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

central

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

northern

MooG'S plaCe: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 8 p.m., Free.

Charlie o'S: Lava moss (rock), 8 p.m., Free. GuSto'S: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

SUN.18 // thE SwEEtBAck SiStErS [hoNkY-toNk]

tupelo MuSiC hall: club 188 (dance), 9 p.m., $8.

burlington area

levity : Live music Open mic, 7:30 p.m., Free.

neCtar'S: JGB Tuesdays with cats under the stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. olde northender: Abby Jenne & the Enablers (rock), 9 p.m., Free. on tap Bar & Grill: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

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Monty'S old BriCk tavern: Open mic, 6 p.m., Free.

champlain valley SweetBaCk SiSterS do hark back to the glory days

of high-harmonizin’ country family bands. Though rooted in the sweet sounds of acts such as the Everly Brothers and the Judds, this sextet imbues its twang-informed tunes with a distinctly modern — and often precocious — attitude. Expect aggressive forays into rockabilly, honky-tonk and swing. This Sunday, November 18, the band plays the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington. radio Bean: Lokum (Turkish gypsy), 6:30 p.m., Free. nick Losito (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Kwesi Kankam (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk sessions (honkytonk), 10 p.m., $3. red Square: Kim and chris (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free. craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free.

red Square Blue rooM: DJ Frank Grymes (EDm), 11 p.m., Free.

Charlie o'S: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

t. BoneS reStaurant and Bar: Trivia with General Knowledge, 7 p.m., Free.

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

central

BaCk to verMont puB: John Gillette & sarah mittlefeldt (folk), 7 p.m., Free.

The Smittens Burlington's favorite bubblegum twee-pop band has been churning out catchy tunes for a decade. How do they do it? Listen here.

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This week:

Season two fueled by:

neCtar'S: Kelly Ravin (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Flipped Wednesday: Kloptoscope and Guests (live electronica), 9 p.m., $5. 18+.

red Square: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

red Square: industry night with Robbie J (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

hiGher Ground BallrooM: Dark star Orchestra (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $20/23. AA.

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

radio Bean: irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Raphael Krasnow (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free.

radio Bean: shanna underwood (singer-songwriter), 6:30 p.m., Free. Reverend Ben Donovan (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Open mic, 9 p.m., Free.

CluB MetronoMe: Damn Right!, serotheft, space Jesus (electronica), 9 p.m., $5/7/10/12. 18+.

Jp'S puB: Karaoke with morgan, 10 p.m., Free.

on tap Bar & Grill: Leno, cheney & Young (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., Free.

on tap Bar & Grill: Open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free.

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Free.

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northern

Bee'S kneeS: shanna underwood (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

MooG'S plaCe: Open mic/Jam night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

wed.21

burlington area

51 Main: Blues Jam, 8 p.m., Free. City liMitS: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. two BrotherS tavern: crazyhearse (Americana), 10 p.m., $3.

northern

Bee'S kneeS: Danny Ricky cole (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. MooG'S plaCe: Big John (blues), 8:30 p.m., Free.

regional

Monopole: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free. Lucid (rock), 10 p.m., Free. m

1/2 lounGe: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free. Franny o'S: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.,

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

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

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rooms, though, as Marius notes, “There are constant upgrades.” Doreen Kra f t, director of BCA, became a strong advocate of the group, Penney says. Fisk eventually moved on; he’s now the studio and facilities manager of Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, though rumor has it he will be returning this winter to make another sculpture. Marius came on board in 2004, Lea a year later. The trio brought Pine Street Studios to a new level: making it an LLC with a mission statement. “Now all our expenses are recorded, and we can actually keep track of what it costs to rent a space in this market,” Matt Penney, Creston Lea and Marius says. John Marious The place isn’t just a “boys’ club,” he points out. A number of female artists have passed through here, Oriana Shaplin, Abbey Banks and Sarah Jumonville among them. In rooms adjoining the shop shared by Lea and Penney, Missy Bly runs her fragrant-smelling business, CRESTON LEA Clean City Soaps. In the building’s might be the rocking chairs being built A decade ago, the city-owned garage only fi ne-art studio — away f rom the by current 25-year-old resident Andrew “was falling apart,” Penney says fl atly. “I noise and dust of the builders — Sarah Ryan creates custom artwork f or Lea’s Russell, or it might be stained glass, think the street department was using guitars. mixed-media sculpture, silk-screening it f or storage.” Enter Burlington artist “It’s been a really easy place f or me or blacksmithing. Artisans in all those Lars Fisk. He was looking f or a space to be, because I’ve known everyone for media, and more, have been nurtured in which to create a large sculpture so long,” says Ryan, 41, who met Marius here. “This has been a great opportunity (and would soon need that space to for us,” says Lea, “but it’s also been great design installations for Phish’s outdoor and Fisk when they were all students at the University of Vermont. “And it’s to help so many people.” f estivals, as well). Through his f riend so exciting when someone is doing The building, which also houses Pascal Spengemann, then curator of something in the residency space,” she ReSOURCE’s building materials center, the Firehouse Gallery, Fisk made a adds. “There’s always something new.” looks a little gnarly f rom the outside. connection with Burlington City Arts Pine Street Studios — and Though the eastern, street-side wall is and got permission to use a bay in the ReSOURCE, f or that matter — remain adorned with colorful stripes, the place Pine Street facility. He and a handful of is largely obscured from passersby by a other artisans, including Penney, o˜ ered vulnerable to the city’s potentially changing plans for that chunk of South chain-link f ence, some evergreens and to clean out the space, make repairs End real estate. But in the meantime, a ramshackle ell that is fi lled, Penney and bring it up to code — at their own there is work to be done. Guitars, says, with discarded materials. Besides, expense — in exchange f or its use as a all the signage points to the recycling studio. “We hauled away piles of trash,” bicycles and fi ne metalwork to make. Iron to pour. And a community of drop-o˜ out back. Only a towering kiln Penney recalls. industrial artists to aid and inspire. in the yard — installed last September The group also put in a new roof , f or a fi ring during the South End Art wiring and heat and “brought in Hop — and a bold metal sculpture near arts culture,” as Penney puts it. The pinestreetstudiosvt.com the entrance suggest something artf ul f ollowing year, they did the same in might be going on here. the neighboring bay and adjacent MATTHEW THORSEN

t’s a chilly morning, and the heater is blasting noisily as Matt Penney, John Marius and Creston Lea pull chairs into a loose circle among hulking machine-shop tools to talk about how Pine Street Studios came to be. Trouble is, everyone’s a little f uzzy about exact dates and the order of events — the kinds of nitpicky details a visiting reporter tries to extract. What’s irre f utable is that today the three do their work here in the f unky, 3000-squaref oot quarters just south of Curtis Lumber: Penney, 44, builds bicycles and teaches f abrication (Penney Cycles); Lea, 40, makes guitars (Creston Electric); Marius, 41, creates custom metal pieces (Champlain Metals) and hosts iron pours. And together, they provide a residency program to assist other local artisans with their own work. “We’re Burlington’s industrialarts answer to the Intervale,” Marius suggests. What Pine Street Studios o˜ ers those residents depends on their needs: It might be simply the use of tools, or a f ocused class, or the kind of researchand-development mentoring that helps an arty business get o˜ the ground. The trio seems pretty laid-back, but their collective skills have been sanctioned by the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation — that is, participants can use student loans to pay for a residency at Pine Street. Limited scholarships are available, too. Incubator space is rare in Burlington’s creative economy. All the more reason why Pine Street Studios is committed, as its website says, “to provid[ing] opportunity to artists and artisans who, otherwise, would be unable to realize ambitions.” Residents come in for twomonth stints — occasionally up to six months — generally with a speciﬁ c project in mind. “Our abiding principle in choosing residents is, if it didn’t happen here, it couldn’t happen at all,” Lea clariﬁ es. “It”

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Art ShowS

ongoing burlington area

'1st AnnuAl stocking stuffer show': local artists such as haley bishop, Jude bond, Jeannie Tucker, lisamarie Charlesworth, laura Dame and Rachel wisdomork sell their smaller-than-sixsquare-inch artworks for the holidays. Through December 24 at Vintage inspired in burlington. info, 355-5418. 'A tAste of the Vermont internAtionAl festiVAl': exotic treasures from the private collection of April werner and ben bergstein, presented in conjunction with the 20th annual Vermont international Festival at the Champlain Valley exposition. Through november 30 at north end studio A in burlington. info, 863-6713. 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. BriAn sweetlAnd: Recent oil paintings of rural Vermont. Through november 27 at Furchgott sourdiffe gallery in shelburne. info, 985-3848. 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. info, 860-4972.

cindy griffith: "newest works," paintings by the Vermont artist. Through December 31 at east shore Vineyard Tasting Room in burlington. info, 229-4326. 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.

elizABeth lemAire: "Kinetic Fragments," mixed-media works incorporating fragments of tossed-aside items. Through December 31 at block gallery in winooski. info, 578-9001.

BArBArA BArtlett: "The Art of Tea ii," mixed-media works that incorporate tea bags. Through november 16 at AVA gallery and Art Center in lebanon, n.h. The artist discusses her work, Thursday, november 15, 5:30 p.m. info, 603-448-3117. milton Artists' guild holidAy show & sAle: Member artists sell their pottery, jewelry, glassworks, photography, sculpture and paintings; food, live music and a kids' art center add to the festivities. Friday, november 16, 6-8 p.m.; saturday, november 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Milton grange. info, 893-2480. Ben Aleshire: "slow Art: photographs & prints," natural-light 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. Aleshire reads from Dropped Apples, honeybee press' third fulllength collection of poetry, made from paper recycled from egyptian cotton fabric that has been letter pressed, block printed by local artists

pechAkuchA night, Vol. 9: Artists, businesspeople and community members share ideas through rapid-fire slide-show presentations. Thursday, november 15, 6 p.m., Fleming Museum, uVM, burlington. info, 656-2090. 'Art from the eArth': An evening of nature-inspired artwork and holiday gifts for sale, plus an auction to benefit the wellness organization. Friday, november 16, 7-9 p.m., Vermont Center for integrative herbalism, Montpelier. info, 224-7100. tom BrAnchick: The director and conservator of paintings at the williamstown Art Conservation Center discusses the conservator's role in preserving the world’s art. wednesday, november 14, 11 a.m., Twilight Auditorium, Middlebury College. info, 443-3168. Austin furtAk-cole: "Fantasms," paintings. Through november 27 at The gallery at burlington College. Talk: Thursday, november 15, 3 p.m. info, 862-9616. BcA gArAge sAle: Furniture, pottery, art, craft supplies, electronics and more for sale to benefit the united way and bCA education scholarships. saturday, november 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Memorial Auditorium Annex, burlington. info, 865-5355. Joel JAnowitz: The boston-based printmaker and painter, whose work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the whitney Museum of American Art, among many other museums, gives a talk. saturday, november 17, 5 p.m., Two Rivers printmaking studio, white River Junction. info, 295-5901. terrA cottA sculpture: works in clay inspired by ovid and The Arabian Nights by students of Vermont sculptor

eric eickmAnn: "Drive by love," new acrylic paintings. Through november 28 at speaking Volumes in burlington. info, 540-0107. 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. food 4 fArmers Benefit & holidAy Art sAle: printmaker Casey blanchard sells her work to benefit a Vermont nonprofit working to build long-term food security for coffee-growing families throughout latin America. Through november 30 at studio 266 in burlington. info, 985-3037.

receptions dug nAp: Art Affair by shearer presents prints by the iconic self-taught burlington artist. Through December 31 at shearer Chevrolet in south burlington. Reception: Appetizers and refreshments by Cucina Antica, Thursday, november 15, 6-8 p.m. info, 658-1111. myrA hudson: landscape and figure oil paintings by the Royalton artist. november 16 through January 18 at Tunbridge public library. Reception: Friday, november 16, 7-9 p.m. info, 889-9404. 'the holly & the iVy': A holiday exhibition and sale of art and fine craft 12v-sovernet101012.indd 1 by local and out-of-state artists. november 17 through January 26 at nuance gallery in windsor. Reception: Refreshments by elaine's specialteas, saturday, november 17, 4-6 p.m. info, 674-9616.

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'celeBrAte': locally made pottery, scarves, paintings, journals, hobby horses, ornaments, cards, jewelry and more, on sale for the holidays. Through December 28 at studio place Arts in barre. Reception: Caledonia spirits hosts a tasting and sale, saturday, november 17, 4:30-6:30 p.m. info, 479-7069.

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.

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dAmien hirst: The gallery presents two spot paintings by the english artist alongside bruce R. MacDonald's stainless steel light sculptures, Joel urruty's minimalist sculpture and george peterson's abstract wood wall panels. november 16 through December 31 at The havoc gallery in burlington. Reception: Friday, november 16, 5-9 p.m. info, 863-9553.

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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. Through January 26 at Amy e. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center, in burlington. info, 652-4510.

'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. 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 14, 7-8:30 p.m. info, 603-646-2095.

and painter benjamin Davis. saturday, november 17, 2-4 p.m., hermitage gallery, worcester. info, 229-6297.

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crAig mooney: "Reflections," cityscape, landscape and figurative paintings. Curated by west branch gallery & sculpture park. Through December 3 at Main street landing performing Arts Center in burlington. info, 253-8943.

and hand bound. wednesday, november 14, 7-8 p.m. info, 865-7166.

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christy mitchell: "A grand petition," 1000 components comprising a single series of work that explores our desires and fears expressed through the act of prayer, filling all 160 feet of gallery wall space. Through november 30 at s.p.A.C.e. gallery in burlington. info, spacegalleryvt.com.

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Through n ovember 30 at pickering Room, Fletcher Free l ibrary, in burlington. info, 865-7211.

'Harry Potter's World: r enaissance science, Magic and Medicine' : A traveling exhibition that uses materials from the n ational l ibrary of Medicine to explore h arry potter's world and its roots in Renaissance magic, science and medicine. Through February 1 at Dana Medical l ibrary, u VM, in burlington. info, 656-0695.

'sHaPed Paintings' : w ork by Johnson s tate College art students. The show is dedicated to the late Marc Awodey, who taught at Johnson for a decade. Through December 23 at Muddy w aters in burlington. info, 635-1315. tH ornton dial sr. : "Thoughts on paper," early drawings by the self-taught artist; 'outcasts and r eBels: Prints By Willia M Blake and l eonard Baskin' : w orks dealing with a range of charged political, social and religious themes; 'f ro M Mourning to nigHt: Jo Hn singer sargent and Black in f as Hion' : An exhibit exploring s argent's role in popularizing the color black in America as a choice for high fashion rather than mourning. Through December 14 at Fleming Museum, u VM, in burlington. info, 656-0750.

‘Hooked in t He Mountains XV i’: The annual exhibit showcases more than 500 rugs and fiber-art pieces by green Mountain Rug h ooking guild members, including featured artists Catherine h enning, Ann w interling and elizabeth guth. Through n ovember 17 at The Round barn at s helburne Museum. info, 434-4517. 'iMPressions of l ake cHaMPlain and Beyond' : new works by Carolyn w alton, 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 l uxton-Jones gallery in shelburne. info, 985-8223.

'Winners circle' : w ork by the winners of the 2012 s outh end Art h op Juried s how: John brickels, gabriel Tempesta, paige berg Rizvi and n issa Kauppila. Through n ovember 30 at se AbA Center in burlington. info, 859-9222.

'in Praise of elders' : w hite Cloud l iving Arts Foundation presents artworks by bill Kershaw, Myrna l opez, Marge benedict, ernie Coates and Anne Cassidy. s upported by bristol Friends of the Arts, Merchants bank, l iving w ell Care h ome and the Champlain s enior Center. Through n ovember 21 at McClure Multigenerational Center in burlington. info, 453-3690.

Winooski Holiday art Market : Art, crafts and other locally made products from around the region. o pen w ednesday through s aturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; s unday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Through December 31 at w inooski w elcome Center & gallery. info, info@kasinihouse.com.

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Jason Hanasik : "Fall in l ine," photographs and video projections that aim to unpack traditional w estern 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.

'1861-1862: t oWard a Hig Her Moral Pur Pose' : An exhibition exploring the experiences of n orwich u niversity alumni who fought in the Civil w ar, featuring photographs, artwork, weapons and equipment, including a cannon likely used by n orwich cadets. Through April 30 at s ullivan Museum & h istory Center, n orwich u niversity, in n orthfield. info, 485-2183.

JoHn Brickels : "pipe Dreams," new steampunk wall sculptures incorporating vintage dials, meters and valves. Through n ovember 30 at brickels gallery in burlington. info, 825-8214.

ada M Blue : "Astroexplorer," an exhibit featuring two narrative series: "Constellations for the n ew Millennium," a night-sky installation made up of 70 drawings; and "h ow the w hite Cube h angs o nce the gallery h as Closed," photographs. Through n ovember 18 at Main s treet Museum in w hite River Junction. info, 603-469-3255.

JoHn cHurc HMan & Jerry l asky : "Autumn glory," photographs. Through n ovember 30 at s helburne Vineyard. info, 985-8222. Joy Huckins- noss : "The Texture of l ight," oil paintings of the Vermont landscape. Through January 2 at pompanoosuc Mills in burlington. info, 229-0832.

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Julie y Baker al Brig Ht : "painted h olidays," photorealistic oil paintings of items created by other Frog h ollow artisans. Through December 31 at Frog h ollow in burlington. info, 863-6458. karen gut H: "Vestiges," black-and-white photographs capturing the depopulation of Detroit. Through December 7 at l iving/l earning Center, u VM, in burlington. info, 656-4200. kyle ' f attie B.' tH oMPson : "pop sho Ts ," signed and numbered prints of pop-art designs by the local artist and DJ. Through n ovember 30 at 1/2 l ounge in burlington. info, 865-0012. 'l aBor of l oVe': An exhibit featuring photos of and excerpts from interviews with women who are passionate about their work, who are an inspiration to others and exemplify excellence in their field. Created by Vermont w orks for w omen in collaboration with the Vermont Folklife Center. Through December 31 at w inooski w elcome Center & gallery. info, 655-8900. 'l atitude/ l ongitude: Wea Ving tH eMes, asse MBling stories' : Reflections on identity and geographical coordinates by bren Alvarez, Merche bautista and Tina escaja. Through n ovember 30 at Flynndog in burlington. info, 363-4746. l auren Bro Wnell & Jayson argento : paintings by brownell; photos by Argento. Through n ovember 30 at Red s quare in burlington. info, 318-2438.

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l eaH Van r ees: l andscape and seascape paintings. Through n ovember 30 at Metropolitan gallery, burlington City h all. info, 865-7166. l ynn Beac H & Joyce carroll : A holiday window display created in collaboration with the l ake Champlain l and Trust. Through January 15 at The green l ife in burlington. info, 862-4150.

alyss Ha csük : photographs of the region's operating and abandoned quarries. Through December 31 at s late Valley Museum in granville. info, 518-642-1417.

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was engaged in a kind of Frog Hollow meta-project: She borrowed bowls, vases and other items from the Burlington craft center and used them as still-life subjects for her oil paintings. Both the paintings and the objects are now displayed side by side in a show called “Painted Holidays” at Frog Hollow. A former potter, Albright evidently has a soft spot for pottery, though these days she paints exclusively. “While the objects I choose to paint are often common,” she writes in an artist statement, “they manifest an uncommon beauty when the cool, north light caresses them, and the warmth of the shadows engulf them.” Through December 31. Pictured: “Nathaniel Hawthorne.” Martin l alonde : "After the h unt: l eRoy Club n ostalgia," watercolors by the Vermont artist. Through n ovember 30 at Davis s tudio gallery in burlington. info, 425-2700. nicole Mande Ville & susan noVa: "o ptasia," paintings inspired by the natural world and the magic of the universe. Through n ovember 30 at The gallery at Main s treet l anding in burlington. info, 660-9005. 'oceanic art and t He Perfor Mance of l ife' : intricately crafted objects, including masks, textiles and weaponry, from indigenous cultures of the pacific islands. Through May 24 at Fleming Museum, u VM, in burlington. info, 656-0750.

oPen studio Weekend sHoW: w ork by mixed-media artist Donna Kunkel, watercolorist Cindy gage s totz, photographer Ashley Marie barbeau and woodworker David s crase. Through n ovember 15 at The gallery at phoenix books in essex Junction. info, 872-7111. PHili P Brou : "Central Casting," paintings of veteran film extras. Through February 1 at o ffice h ours gallery in burlington. 'r ed': photographs that celebrate the color of blood, paprika and heat. Through n ovember 18 at Darkroom gallery in essex Junction. info, 777-3686. r enee l auzon : "if w e Are Two, They w ill h ave to believe u s," an audio installation that explores subjectivity and objectivity in accounts of violence.

art r esource association annual eXHiBit : w ork by central Vermont artists. Through December 9 at College h all gallery in Montpelier. info, 828-8600. Bar Bara l eBer : "s unflowers and s kies," acrylic paintings. Through n ovember 30 at Capitol grounds in Montpelier. info, curator@ capitolgrounds.com. caMeron Ho Ward : h and-painted floor cloths. Through December 31 at Collective — the Art of Craft in w oodstock. info, 457-1298. cHarlie Hunter & clair dunn : "Calvinist gothic," plein-air paintings and photography reflecting hardships and harmony. Through n ovember 17 at ArtisTree Community Arts Center & gallery in w oodstock. info, 457-3500. dan Barlo W & scott Baer : "green Mountain graveyards," photographs of Vermont's historic, artistic and spooky cemeteries. Through December 31 at Main s treet Museum in w hite River Junction. info, 356-2776. glen coBurn Hutc Heson : "Drawings and paintings of s culpture," works in pencil, chalk and homemade gouache on paper. Through n ovember 30 at The s hoe h orn at o nion River in Montpelier. info, 223-5454. 'Holiday sHoW 2012': w orks priced under $1000. n ovember 21 through January 13 at bigTown gallery in Rochester. info, 767-9670. iris gage : "Majestic biology," photographs of flora, fauna and landscapes. Through December 1 at Tulsi Tea Room in Montpelier. info, 223-0043.

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call to artists . sMall WorKs & ornaMents: Annual holiday exhibit. All artwork that fits the outlined criteria accepted. For details, submission form and more info, go to spacegalleryvt.com. rare earth photo eXhiBit: Darkroom Gallery explores how varied the landscape-photography genre can be. Deadline: December 12. Juror: William Neill. Info, darkroomgallery. com/ex37. photography By design: This Darkroom Gallery show examines the principles of design that make a good image better. Deadline: November 14. Juror: Joe Baraban. Info, darkroomgallery.com/ex36. eXposed 2013: Open call to artists and writers for the 22nd annual Exposed Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

Deadline: January 4. Info, helenday.com/exposed. MeMBers’ art shoW: All current Helen Day Art Center individual and family members are encouraged to exhibit their artwork in the Member Art Exhibit and Sale. Submit up to two current artworks; we try to accommodate all pieces submitted. Deadline: November 16. Not a member? For information on how to enter, go to helenday.com. call For 2-d/3-d suBMissions: Chandler Gallery in Randolph is holding a call for 20- to 30-year-old artists for a show on January 13. Submissions are due December 5. Info, janetensia@gmail.com. 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:

Kathleen FisKe: Landscape paintings. Through November 30 at Norman Williams Public Library in Woodstock. Info, 457-2295. Kelly McMullen-FeKert: "Groovy Green Designs," artworks upcycled from furniture. Through January 1 at Red Hen Bakery & Café in Middlesex. Info, 496-7895. 'light & space': Work by printmakers Sabra Field and Dan O’Donnell, fiber artist Karen Madden and sculptor Pat Musick. Through May 10 at The Great Hall in Springfield. Info, 885-3061.

December 14. Show dates: January 22 through February 22. Info, studioplacearts.com. 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. 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. red sQuare needs art! Busy establishment on Church Street currently booking monthlong shows for 2013. All mediums considered. Info, creativegeniuses@ burlington telecom.net.

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. '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. CENTRAL vT SHOWS

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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 w ork' : 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. Peter Schu MaNN: "Deflection Campaign Office With R&R Pillow for Exhausted Electorate," an exhibit by the Bread & Puppet founder. Through November 30 at Goddard College in Plainfield. Info, 322-1685. SaM ker SoN: "UnMasked," portraits in pastels. Through December 1 at City Center in Montpelier. Info, dragondancetheatre@gmail.com. ‘Sl owlife’ : 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. 't he Mary azaria N f aMily exhibit' : Paintings, fabric collages, wood-cut prints and books by Ethan Azarian, Melissa Knight, Jesse Azarian, Tim Azarian, Willaiwan Phonjan and Mary Azarian. November 15 through December 31 at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Info, 223-3338. t oby bartle S: Black-and-white abstractions in pen and gouache. Through December 23 at Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction. Info, 295-0808. 'ViSioNS of Place: t he Photogra Phy of Joh N Miller, Peter Miller a Nd r ichard brow N': 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. w ard 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.

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'w e are Ver MoNt Stro Ng': 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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'arti St S of the f ore St' : Abenaki baskets, Acadian wood carvings, birch-bark canoes, dogsleds, snowshoes, furniture and more by 13 traditional artists from the Northern Forest region; el eMigra Nte de h idalgo, 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. caroly N Shattuck : Works created by layering individual monoprint plates over one another to create subtle environments of color, pattern and line. Through April 1 at Brandon Music. Info, 465-4071. 'chi Na Moder N: 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; 'oli Pha Nt: editorial cartoo NS aNd the aMerica N Pre SideNcy, 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. 'coNte MPorary Jewel S: aN offeri Ng': 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.

Milton Artists’ Guild Holiday Show & Sale Nobody says you have to wait until Black

Friday to start shopping for the holidays. Get a head start this weekend at the Milton Artists’ Guild Holiday Show and Sale. More

than 20 artist members are selling their pottery, jewelry, sculpture, photography, paintings and glasswork. Look for Ann Bissonnette’s vibrant rural landscapes, Christine Porter-Holler’s playful rooster portraits and Bob Pierce’s depiction of a Nashville street musician. A reception with live music kicks things off at the Milton Grange on Friday, November 16, 6-8 p.m. The show continues all Saturday, November 17, with more music, food and art-making for kids. Pictured: “June Morning” by Ann Bissonnette.

deb r uNge: "Naturally Vermont," watercolors by the retired elementary school teacher. Through December 28 at Carpenter-Carse Library in Hinesburg. Info, 482-2878. 'iN the S Pirit of the Sea SoN': A holiday show of member artworks priced under $200. Through January 15 at Brandon Artists Guild. Info, 247-4956. Peter w olf : "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. 'SMall w ork S Show' : Paintings, drawings, photographs and mixed-media constructions — all under 14 square inches and $500 — by more than 20 gallery artists (through January 2); elle N gra Nter : Paintings by the Massachusetts artist whose work was featured on the cover of Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help (through November 30). At Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

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'arti St S f ro M h oward ceNter' : Work by self-taught artists. Through November 28 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857.

'autu MN iN Ver MoNt art Ma Squerade' : Paintings by Jane Ashley, Gary Eckhart, Evelyn McFarlane and Hunter Eddy. Through November 30 at Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-9653.

'h idde N t rea Sure S': Works by 25 deceased artists from the personal collections of gallery members; keViN f ahey & Mary S. Marti N: Paintings. Through December 30 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100.

'bar N Pai Nt out' : Plein-air paintings of Vermont barns. Through December 28 at Jericho Center Town Hall. Info, 849-2049.

Judy l owry : "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.

f ra Nk w ood S: Paintings by the Montpelier artist. Through November 25 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053. gaylee N aike N: "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. h arla N Mack : "Waking Rage: The Tank Ages," the local sculptor and mixed-media artist's MFA thesis show; half of this two-part exhibition is at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, through November 23. Through December 20 at Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson. Info, 635-1251. h eidi cha Mberlai N: "Simple Eclectic Nature," mixed-media works combining cross-stitch, linoleum-print, watercolor and monoprint techniques. Through November 30 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery. Info, 372-5049.

l iSa f or Ster 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. 'Migratio N': Artwork and writing from Switzerland, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy and the United States addressing topics of immigration, emigration, migrant workers, refugees and visa holders; r ory Jack SoN: 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. Through November 25 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. NoVeMber Show : Paintings by Sharon Fiske and Nancy Jacobus and jewelry by Larry Langlais and Barb Langevin. Through November 30 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403.

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Rosamond oRfoRd: "Elemental Matter: Rocks and Water," photographs that explore the designs, colors and patterns of the natural world. Through November 17 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 467-3701. 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; '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. 'TRiple Vision: seeds of TRadiTion in ConTempoRaRy phoTogRaphy': Work by Thea Storz, Linda Bryan and Chris Esten. Through December 5 at Quimby Gallery, Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. Info, 626-6487.

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Jen moRRis: "Enunciate," photographs inspired by the way we choose to navigate physical space and personal situation, and how these two states

intersect. Through November 16 at Drury Gallery, Marlboro College. Info, 257-4333.

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‘affiniTy’: Narrative weavings by Cyndy Barbone, Deborah Frazee Carlson, Fuyuko Matsubara and Bhakti Ziek; KiRanada sTeRling BenJamin: “Moon Ascending: Japanese Rozome Batik,” silk scrolls. 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. susan Whelihan: “Pieced Together,” piquetteassiette (broken-plate), mosaic works inspired by the rural landscape. Through November 30 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Info, 508-332-0318. m

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t last, we have confi rmation that James Bond is Batman. Or, at least, a super-something, perhaps a “Doctor Who”-style Time Lord. How else could Daniel Craig’s 2012 Bond possess and know all the nifty features of Sean Connery’s Aston Martin DB5, as he does in Skyfall? Directing the 23rd fi lm in the series, Sam Mendes (American Beauty) hasn’t tried to give his Bond the gritty minimalism of the Bourne movies. He’s embraced the general super-ness of Bond and taken his inspiration from the best superhero fl ick of recent years: The Dark Knight. It’s all here: the weary, fallible hero with a dark past; the compromised authority fi gure; the corrupt democracy in peril; the unruly populace; the unhinged villain (Javier Bardem) who ends up stealing the movie. That’s not to say that Mendes and writers Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan have stolen outright f rom Christopher Nolan. They’ve blended those motifs creatively with the Bond material, giving the plot complexity and resonance. Even when that complexity strains credibility, the result is the most entertaining 007 movie in years. Skyfall starts big, with a lengthy chase that nearly takes Bond f rom the bazaars of Turkey to the Other Side. Af ter a stunning

a dominant industry shape-shif ter the way John Hawkes has over the past decade. If you’ve seen his work in pictures such as Winter’s Bone and Martha Marcy May Marlene, you’ll be absolutely taken aback by the perf ormance he gives here. It’s a stunning departure from the dark roles he’s best known f or, and nothing short of uncanny. With only his face and voice to use as instruments, Hawkes creates a character of almost inconceivable depth and richness. When we’re ﬁ rst introduced to O’Brien, he’s 38 and working as a writer in Berkeley. Famous f or tooling around campus on his electrically powered gurney, he’s succeeded in earning a journalism degree and establishing himself as the go-to guy f or articles related to disability, in addition to becoming a published poet. Movies have been made about accomplishments f ar less signiﬁ cant than these, especially given the conditions of O’Brien’s life. Attendants assist with his most intimate needs; he types with a mouth-stick held in his teeth and must spend all but a few hours each day locked in something that looks like a cross between a co° n and a miniature sub. But The Sessions is about a di˛ erent sort

THE 38-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN Hunt and Hawkes star in a fact-based saga of sexual healing.

of achievement. Stricken by polio at the age of 6, O’Brien is “approaching his use-by date,” as he puts it to a sympathetic priest (William H. Macy), and he doesn’t f ancy the idea of going his whole life without ever knowing a woman “in the biblical sense.” Enter a licensed surrogate, played by Helen Hunt, following a few bungled attempts, Hawkes’ nerve-wracked character (not exactly a spoiler) succeeds in his aim. The actress turns in a soulful, assured performance in the role of a wife and mother who makes her living teaching men the skills they’ll need to enjoy intimacy with other women. “Unlike a prostitute,” she jokes, “I don’t want your return business.” Written and directed by Ben Lewin (who himself su˛ ered f rom polio and walks with braces), the movie o˛ ers an unusually frank

and frequently humorous meditation on the transf ormative power of connection. The fi lmmaker gives the historical record the Hollywood treatment. Lewin suggests, f or example, that things between O’Brien and surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene took a turn f or the romantic when they never actually did. But, hey, this isn’t supposed to be a documentary. For the facts of the matter, one can always hop online and read “On Seeing a Sex Surrogate,” the 1990 article by O’Brien that inspired the screenplay. For a smart and moving spin on real-life events, we now have this fi rst-rate fi lm. RICK KISONAK

REVIEWS credit sequence, he returns in f airly short order from death’s door to MI6, only to ﬁ nd it under attack. A hacker has stolen a list of undercover agents and is using it to wreak personal vengeance on boss lady M (Judi Dench). Though Bond hasn’t been cleared f or duty, M dispatches him to Shanghai to track down the attacker, assisted only by the young operative (Naomie Harris) who was responsible for his near-demise. If nothing else, Skyfall would be notable for its 77-year-old leading lady. While Dench doesn’t do much in the way of ass kicking, she gives the steely, embattled M nuances new to the character. Craig makes a ﬁ ne strong, stoic Bond, as always, with a few jarring moments of vulnerability this time around. Once Bardem makes a memorable appearance in his island lair, however, it’s hard to pay attention to his antagonist. Plenty of actors can chew the scenery, but not many can artistically masticate it into a whimsical collage of madness. Like Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds, Bardem gives this sociopath a twisted courtliness, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him up for an Oscar. Skyfall has its problems, mainly a script that favors thrilling set pieces over establishing Bond as an e˛ ective superspy. But the spectacle is worth it, particularly given that cinematographer Roger Deakins (the Coen

HOW BOND GOT HIS RIDE BACK Craig and the Aston Martin both make a triumphant reappearance.

brothers’ go-to director of photography) has made the images so liquid and painterly you may think you’re watching an art ﬁ lm. When Bond f ollows a hitman into a skyscraper, sans backup, and calmly watches as he goes about his hitman business, he may really seem to have lost his mojo. But you’re bound to be distracted from such petty issues by the scene’s amazing light e˛ ects. Like The Dark Knight , Skyfall could be viewed as a requiem f or the glorious days when the little people stayed in their place and the let heroes take charge (in stories,

anyway). Or it could just be seen as a James Bond movie that acknowledges what Bond has been f or decades — an unashamedly retro fantasy. Never mind that Casino Royale “rebooted” the franchise and presented Craig’s Bond as a fl edgling 00 agent. He still fi nds himself in occasional campy pickles (Komodo dragon encounter, anyone?); he still fi ghts villains with weird teeth; and he still likes his cool car with the ejection seats. And that’s fi ne. MARGOT HARRISON

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A LATE QUARTET: After a cellist (Christopher Walken) announces his retirement from the successful string quartet he founded, disputes break out among the other members. With Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener. Yaron Zilberman directed. (105 min, R. Savoy) LINCOLN: Steven Spielberg directs this look inside Honest Abe’s cabinet during the Civil War, as the president (Daniel Day-Lewis) works to gather the political capital to pass the 13th Amendment. Playwright Tony Kushner scripted. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field. (150 min, PG. Essex, Majestic) THE SESSIONS★★★★ In this fact-based drama, John Hawkes portrays a poet paralyzed by polio who turns to a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) so he can lose his virginity. With William H. Macy. Ben Lewin wrote and directed. (95 min, R. Palace, Savoy) THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 2: Having an insta-grow vampire daughter can be such a pain when the other vamps refuse to accept her and threaten your clan with bloody annihilation. Yes, this is finally the end. With Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, plus Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Dakota Fanning and Michael Sheen. Bill Condon (Breaking Dawn Part 1) directed. (116 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Stowe, Welden)

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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. Majestic; ends 11/15)

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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. Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic, Palace) 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. Roxy; ends 11/15) THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS★★1/2 Another loving B-movie pastiche from the Tarantino crew. Hip-hop producer RZA directed and stars in this kung fu epic about a blacksmith forced to defend his village in feudal China. Eli Roth coscripted. With Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu and Jamie Chung. (96 min, R. Majestic; ends 11/15) PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4★★ Five years after the events of the first entry in the horror franchise, Katie (Katie Featherston) pops up in suburbia and tries to start a nice, normal life as a mom who happens to have a little problem with demonic possession. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman again direct. With Kathryn Newton and Matt Shively. (95 min, R. Essex) 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) 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. Bic Picture, Bijou, Roxy, Welden)

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FUN SIZE★★ 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. Essex, Stowe; ends 11/15)

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FLIGHT★★1/2 Denzel Washington plays an airline pilot whose heroism in an emergency is questioned after certain circumstances come to light in this drama from director Robert (Cast Away) Zemeckis. With Don Cheadle and John Goodman. (139 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe)

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ARGO★★★ Ben Affleck plays a covert agent who uses a daring deception to try to rescue Americans trapped in Iran during the hostage crisis in this drama based on actual events. With John Goodman, Alan Arkin and Bryan Cranston. Affleck directed. (120 min, R. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Roxy, Palace, Stowe)

DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL★★★1/2 She launched Twiggy’s career and gave style advice to Jackie O. This documentary chronicles the late fashion editor’s storied career, which took her from Harper’s Bazaar to Vogue. (86 min, PG-13. Savoy; ends 11/15)

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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. Rob (The Fast and the Furious) Cohen directed. (102 min, PG-13. Essex; ends 11/15)

CLOUD ATLAS★★★ David Mitchell’s novel hits the screen as a fantastical epic in which the same actors play several different characters in a story spanning centuries. With Halle Berry, Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant and Susan Sarandon. Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) and Lana and Andy Wachowski (The Matrix) directed. (172 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy)

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BIG PIct URE t HEAt ER 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 4968994, bigpicturetheater.info

wednesday 14 — thursday 15 Wreck-It Ralph 5. Argo Wed: 7:15. Pitch Perfect 6, 8:15. Full schedule not available at press time. Schedule changes frequently; please check website.

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friday 16 — tuesday 20 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 1 (Fri-Sun only), 3:40, 6:40, 9:10 (Fri & Sat only). Pitch Perfect 1:30 (Fri-Sun only), 7. Sinister 4, 9:10 (Fri & Sat only). Skyfall 1:20 (Fri-Sun only), 3:50, 6:50, 9:10 (Fri & Sat only). Wreck-It Ralph 1:10 (Fri-Sun only; 3-D), 3:30, 6:30 (3-D), 8:30 (Fri & Sat only). Full schedule not available at press time.

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wednesday 14 — thursday 15 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Thu: 10. Skyfall 6:15, 9:10. Flight 6:15, 9. cloud Atlas 7. Silent Hill: Revelation (3-D) 9. Argo 6:15, 9. Hotel t ransylvania (3-D) 6:25. friday 16 — tuesday 20 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 12:45 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:20, 9. Skyfall 12:35 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:10 (Fri only), 6:15 (except Fri), 9:15. Flight 12:40 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:15, 9:10. cloud Atlas 7. Argo 12:40 & 3:35 (Sat & Sun only), 6:15, 9:05. Hotel t ransylvania (3-D) 12:45 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun only).

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wednesday 14 Skyfall 12:25, 1:15, 3:20, 4:10, 6:15, 7:05, 8, 9:10, 10. Flight 12:45, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30. Wreck-It Ralph 12:30 (3-D), 1, 2:50 (3-D), 3:20, 5:10 (3-D), 5:40, 7:30 (3-D), 8, 9:50 (3-D). cloud Atlas 12:30, 3:55, 9:25. Fun Size 7:20. Silent Hill: Revelation (3-D) 9:30. Alex cross 2:50, 9:25. Paranormal Activity 4 7:20, 10:15. Argo 1:30, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25. Hotel t ransylvania (3-D) 12:50, 5:10, 7:15.

thursday 15 ***The t wilight Saga marathon 2012 11:30 a.m. *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 10, 10:15. Skyfall 12:25, 1:15, 3:20, 4:10, 6:15, 7:05, 8, 9:10. Flight 12:45, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30. Wreck-It Ralph 12:30 (3-D), 1, 2:50 (3-D), 3:20, 5:10 (3-D), 5:40, 7:30 (3-D), 8, 9:50 (3-D). cloud Atlas 12:30, 3:55, 9:25. Alex cross 2:50. Paranormal Activity 4 12:45, 2:50, 5, 7:20, 10:15. Argo 1:30, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25. Hotel t ransylvania (3-D) 12:50, 5:10, 7:15. friday 16 — tuesday 20 *Lincoln 1, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15. *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 10 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:30, 1:15, 2:20, 3:35, 4:20, 5:25, 6:40, 7:25, 8:30, 9:45, 10:30. Skyfall 12:25, 1:15, 3:20, 4:10, 6:15, 7:05, 9:10, 10. Flight 12:45, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30. Wreck-It Ralph 12:30 (3-D), 1, 2:50 (3-D), 3:20, 5:10 (3-D), 5:40, 7:30 (3-D), 8, 9:50 (3-D). Paranormal Activity 4 10:15. Argo 7:15, 9:50. Hotel t ransylvania (3-D) 1, 3:05, 5:10. See website for details. Schedule changes frequently; call to confirm.

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

wednesday 14 Skyfall 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. Flight 1:30, 3:15, 6:15, 8:15, 9:10. The man With the Iron Fists 1:30, 4, 6:45, 9. Wreck-It Ralph 1:05 (3-D), 1:10, 3:30 (3-D), 3:40, 6 (3-D), 6:30, 8:25, 8:55 (3-D). cloud Atlas 2, 8:20. Argo 1:15, 3:45, 6:30, 9:05. Here comes the Boom 6. t aken 2 1, 6:10. Hotel t ransylvania 1:20, 3:30. thursday 15 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 10. Skyfall 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8:45. Flight 1:30, 3:15, 6:15, 9:10. The man With the Iron Fists 1:30, 4, 6:45, 9. Wreck-It Ralph 1:05 (3-D), 1:10, 3:30 (3-D), 3:40, 6 (3-D), 6:30, 8:55 (3-D). cloud Atlas 2, 8:20. Argo 1:15, 3:45, 6:30, 9:05. Here comes the Boom 6. t aken 2 1, 6:10. friday 16 — tuesday 20 *Lincoln 11:30 a.m., 1:40, 2:45, 6, 8, 9:15. *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 11 a.m., 11:55 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 2:40, 3:15, 4:10, 5:10, 6:15, 7, 8:10, 9, 9:40. Skyfall 11:15 a.m., 12:20, 2:20, 3:30, 6:05, 6:45, 8:45, 9:10, 9:45. Flight 12, 3:15, 6:30, 9:25. Wreck-It Ralph 11:10 a.m., 1, 3:25, 5:15, 6:20 (3-D), 8:50 (3-D). Argo 12:45, 3:25, 6:10.

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wednesday 14 — thursday 15 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Thu: 10. Skyfall 1, 3:50, 6:35, 9:20. Flight 1:05, 3:45, 6:30, 9:25. cloud Atlas 12:55, 4:20, 7:40. Argo 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:30. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1:15, 3:30, 7, 9:15. Pitch Perfect 1:20, 6. Looper 3:40, 8:20. friday 16 — tuesday 20 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 1:10, 3:50, 6:35, 9:20. Skyfall 1, 3:50, 6:35, 9:20. Flight 1:05, 3:45, 6:30, 9:30. cloud Atlas 8:15. Argo 1:25, 4, 6:45, 9:10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1:15, 3:30, 7, 9:15. Pitch Perfect 1:20, 3:40, 6.

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wednesday 14 — thursday 15 ***A met o pera Encore: o tello Wed: 6:30. *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Thu: 10. Skyfall 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30. Flight 12:40, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30. Wreck-It Ralph 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 12:45, 2, 3:15, 4:30, 6, 7, 8:30, 9:25 (Wed only). Samsara 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:15. cloud Atlas 12:35, 4, 7:30. Argo 1, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25. Seven Psychopaths 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20. Hotel t ransylvania 1:10, 3:35, 6:20 (Thu only). friday 16 — tuesday 20 *The Sessions 11 a.m., 1:15, 3:45, 6:50, 9:10. *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50. Skyfall 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30. Flight 12:40, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30. Wreck-It Ralph 11:15 a.m., 12:45, 1:50, 3:15, 4:20, 6:20, 8:45. Samsara 6:55, 9:15. cloud Atlas 12:35, 4, 7:30. Argo 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:25. Seven Psychopaths 1:20, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20. ***See website for details.

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wednesday 14 — thursday 15 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Thu: 10. Skyfall 7. Fun Size 7. Argo 7.

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friday 16 — tuesday 20 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 12:45 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:20, 9. WreckIt Ralph (3-D) 12:45 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:20, 9.

friday 16 — thursday 22 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 2:30 & 4:30 (Sat & Sun only), 7, 9:10. Skyfall 2:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9:15. Flight 2:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9:10.

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wednesday 14 — thursday 15 ***The challenge of Rudolf Steiner Wed: 5:30. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to t ravel 6 (Thu only), 8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 6:30, 8:45.

wednesday 14 — thursday 15 *The t wilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Thu: 10. Skyfall 5, 7:45. Wreck-It Ralph 5, 7:15 (3-D). Pitch Perfect 5, 7:15.

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

friday 16 — wednesday 21 *A Late Quartet 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6 & 8:15 (except Tue). *The Sessions 1 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30 & 8:30 (except Tue).

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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. Palace) 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)

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2 DAYS IN NEW YORK: Writer-director Julie Delpy plays a woman whose life gets chaotic when her French family comes to stay with her and her American boyfriend (Chris Rock). With Albert Delpy and Aleksia Landeau. (96 min, R)

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. Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D]; ends 11/15)

BRAVE★★★1/2 In the latest Pixar animation, set in ancient Scotland, a feisty princess decides to defy standard female roles and go all Hunger Games with her bow and arrow. Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman directed. (100 min, PG) DARK HORSE: In the latest from Todd Solondz, two depressed thirtysomethings try to make a love connection. With Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair and Christopher Walken. Read our online-only review this Friday on sevendaysvt.com. (86 min, NR)

SINISTER★★1/2 Just in time for Home Movie Day comes a scare flick about a true-crime novelist (Ethan Hawke) who watches a box of found footage and learns way too much about the history of his new house. With James Ransone and Juliet Rylance. Scott (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) Derrickson directed. (110 min, R. Bijou, Paramount)

NITRO CIRCUS 3D: THE MOVIE★★ The band of extreme-sports enthusiasts led by Travis Pastrana and featured on MTV bring their daredevil stunts involving dirt bikes and other vehicles to theaters. Gregg Godfrey and Jeremy Rawle directed. (88 min, PG-13)

SKYFALL★★★★ Sam (Revolutionary Road) Mendes directed the latest James Bond adventure, in which the superspy (Daniel Craig) faces a threat to M-16 from within. With Helen McCrory, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench and Ralph Fiennes. (143 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Welden)

THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES★★★1/2 A nouveau riche family struggles to adapt to recession living in this Sundance award-winning documentary from director Lauren Greenfield. (100 min, PG) SAVAGES★1/2 Things get very unmellow for two young pot dealers when a Mexican drug cartel abducts their shared girlfriend (Blake Lively). Oliver Stone directed. With Aaron Johnson, Benicio del Toro and John Travolta. (131 min, R)

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. Majestic; ends 11/15)

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THE WATCH★★★1/2 A bumbling batch of suburban neighborhood watchers fi nd themselves facing a real menace — from extraterrestrials — in this comedy. Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Ben Stiller, Rosemarie DeWitt and Billy Crudup star. (102 min, R)

WRECK-IT RALPH★★★★ In this animated family comedy, an old-school video-arcade villain (voiced by John C. Reilly) leaves his game on a quest for self-realization. But can he find a place in the world

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Authorities investigating the theft of President Obama’s teleprompter and podium last fall identified Eric Brown, 48, as their suspect. The equipment was recovered a few days later in Henrico, Va., but federal investigators continued their search for the culprit because the case involved the president. After an informant reported Brown had bragged about the theft and possessed items bearing the presidential seal, federal agents used tracking data in Brown’s cellphone to learn that the phone had been where the items were when they’d been stolen. (Richmond’s WTVR-TV)

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Paul Henry Cannon, 44, pleaded guilty in Waterloo, Iowa, to masquerading as a woman for four months. Cannon wore women’s clothing, was issued a driver’s license in the name of Shelia Davis, used her birthday and Social Security information, and held two jobs posing as her. He opened a bank account under Davis’s name and used it and the driver’s license to pass $600 worth of bad checks. Authorities uncovered the ruse after state troopers stopped Cannon driving 92 mph while wearing women’s clothing and issued the ticket to Shelia Davis. They later learned the car was stolen and went to arrest the real Shelia Davis, who knows Cannon, but realized they had the wrong person and nabbed Cannon. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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An Italian court convicted six scientists and a government official of manslaughter for failing to predict the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake, which killed more than 300 people, and sentenced them to six years in prison. The court also ordered Italian authorities to pay 7.8 million euros ($10 million) in damages. (CNN)

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Authorities in Akron, Ohio, evacuated City Hall after someone reported seeing what looked like a pipe bomb: a 4-footlong aluminum stick with duct tape at both ends and the word “Kaboom” written on it. The Summit County Bomb Squad determined it wasn’t a bomb. Further investigation identified it as a homemade cane belonging to James Kaboom, 66, who said he’d forgotten it at a meeting. Noting his family came from Poland, he explained his last name was shortened from Kaboomski. His actual, full legal name is Natural Hunka Kaboom. (NBC News) 2v-free.indd 3

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After British police received a report of a man carrying a samurai sword through Chorley, in Lancashire, an officer spotted a suspect and ordered him to stop. When he didn’t, the officer discharged his Taser, forcing the man to drop the object and fall to the ground. At this point, according to Chief Superintendent Stuart Williams, it “became apparent that this man was not the person we were looking for.” Instead, it was Colin Farmer, 61, a blind man using a white stick to find his way. “It felt like I was grabbing an electricity pylon,” Farmer, who has suffered two strokes, said after he was treated at the hospital and apologized to by police, who later arrested a man carrying an actual samurai sword on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly. (BBC News)

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A man who rammed into a wall at the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church in Forest Hill, Texas, apparently on purpose, got out of the car, chased the minister and beat him to death with an electric guitar. Police who found Derrick Anthony Birdow assaulting the Rev. Danny Kirk Sr. used a Taser to subdue him. Birdow became unresponsive and died in the back of the patrol car. (Associated Press)

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Police who stopped a car driving erratically in Naples, Fla., observed a bag of marijuana in the back seat and arrested passenger Vida Golac, 18, who was sitting nearest it but denied ownership. Two friends told the officer it wasn’t theirs and were allowed to leave. When jail deputies strip-searched Golac, they found more marijuana in her genitals. She insisted it wasn’t hers but that she was hiding it to keep her friends from getting in trouble. (Naples Daily News)

Chicken Little Was Right

Jennifer Cording was giving horseback riding lessons to a group of teenagers while their parents watched near Assawoman, Va., when a foot-long piece of raw chicken hit one of the students on the head. “Three objects fell out of the sky in front of us,” Cording said, “two larger and one quite small.” Avian expert Bryan D. Watts of the College of William and Mary said the chicken parts likely came from high-flying seagulls, “which we know carry chicken parts.” (Salisbury, Md.’s Daily Times)

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regarded as aphrodisiacs. Drawing on all these meanings, i’m nominating the dove to be your power animal in the coming week. you will have an excellent chance to intensify your connection with divine truths through the power of love and eros — and vice versa.

taURUs (april 20-May 20): your next assignment is to deepen and refine your relationship with your temptations. That doesn’t mean you should shed all caution and simply give in to them. rather, i’m suggesting you escape the bind that makes you feel like you have to either ruthlessly repress your complicated longings or else thoroughly express them. is there an in-between position you can find? a way you can appreciate the mysterious gift that the temptations confer and not be miserably obsessed by them? a perspective in which you’re neither tormented by guilt nor driven to compromise your integrity?

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An environmental organization in New Zealand found that the local fishing industry wastes about 70 percent of its haul. In contrast, Iceland manages to use 96 percent of every fish caught. For example, New Zealand companies throw away most of the liver, roe and heads of the fish, while Iceland has come up with ways to take advantage of all that stuff. Judging from your current astrological omens, Scorpio, I conclude that it’s crucial for you to take your cue from Iceland rather than New Zealand in the coming weeks. Be inventive, efficient and thorough in harnessing the power of all your raw materials.

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(June 21-July 22): Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is currently enough food available to feed everyone on the planet. The problem is, it’s not distributed efficiently. some people get far more food than they need, and even waste a lot of it, while less fortunate folks go hungry. i invite you to think about whether you might have a metaphorically comparable situation in your own life, Cancerian. is there a part of your psyche that’s well-nurtured but a different part that receives meager shares of love and support? are you overstuffed in one way but starved in another? The coming weeks would be an excellent time to correct such an imbalance. (More on food: tinyurl.com/HungryWorld.)

an advertisement for ceremonial shovels. i am receiving no payment from a ceremonial shovel company for suggesting that you procure a customized engraved gold digging tool for your own personal use. and i will feel fine if you don’t actually get a real one, but instead merely imagine yourself wielding a pretend version. The fact is, leo, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to do a groundbreaking ritual: to dig up the first scoop of metaphorical dirt in the place where you will build your future dream house, masterpiece or labor of love.

viRgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): i don’t think you’re

fully aware of the game you’ve been immersed in. you may even be in denial that you’re playing it. if i’m right about this, please make it a priority to acknowledge what’s going on and identify the exact nature of the game. you can’t afford to be innocent about the subterranean forces that are in motion. it’s especially important not to be too nice and polite to see the complicated truth. Please note: There’s no need to be a cynical shark — that would be as inappropriate a response as being a sweet little lamb. but you should definitely activate your jungle senses.

libRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): on reddit.com, someone asked members of the community the following: What is your best unanswerable question? among the more serious offerings were: “What is love?” “What is magic?” “Why is there something as opposed to nothing?” “What is the meaning of life?” Then there were more avant-garde possibilities: “Where do squirrels go during hurricanes?” “Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that he himself could not eat it?” “if i asked you to sleep with me, would your answer be the same as the answer to this question?” after evaluating the current astrological omens, libra, i urge you to pose your own best riddle — a query that will provide maximum stimulation as you meditate on it during the next four months. sagittaRiUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): “They will say you are on the wrong road,” said poet antonio Porchia, “if it is your own.” i suspect you may have to deal with wrong-headed badgering like that in the coming weeks, sagittarius. in fact, you could experience a surge of discouraging words and bad advice

that tries to shoo you away from the path with heart. some of the push may come from enemies, some from friends or loved ones and some from deluded little voices in your own head. i hope you won’t be demoralized by the onslaught, but will instead respond like a brave hero who uses adversity as a motivating force.

caPRicoRn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): i’m sure you’ve got thousands of practical details to attend to. your schedule may be as busy as it has been in months. but i hope you will find time to do what i consider essential to your well-being, and that is to wander and wonder. in fact, let’s make that your motto: to wander and wonder. even if it’s just for a few stolen moments between your serious appointments, allow yourself to meander off into the unknown and marvel at all the curious things you find. be on the lookout for high strangeness that thrills your imagination, for exotic pleasures that titillate your lust for novelty and for fertile chaos that blows your mind in all the right ways. aQUaRiUs

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): James Joyce was a great novelist but not much of a fighter. He picked a more imposing and athletic buddy to go drinking with, though: ernest Hemingway. if the two men encountered any alcohol-induced trouble, Joyce would slink behind his friend and yell, “Deal with him, Hemingway, deal with him!” i don’t anticipate that you’ll be in the vicinity of any bar scuffles in the coming week, aquarius. but i do think you would benefit from having a potent and persuasive ally on your side. it’s time to add some heft and clout to your arsenal of resources.

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(Feb. 19-March 20): is it possible that you have been too receptive and empathetic for your own good lately? i mean, i love how attuned you are to the ebb and flow of subtle energies — it’s one of your most winsome and powerful qualities — but i fear you may be going too far. as heroic as it might seem to be the most sensitive and responsive person in a 10-mile radius, i’d rather see you work on being more self-contained right now. That’s why, for a limited time only, i’m recommending that you turn the full force of your touchy-feely solicitude on yourself.

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aRies (March 21-april 19): in old Christian and islamic lore, the dove was a symbol of the holy spirit. The bird was considered so pure and sacred that the devil, who was an expert shape-shifter, could not take on its form. The dove had a different meaning in other traditions, however. among the ancient greeks, it had a special relationship with aphrodite, the goddess of love. in rome, its eggs were

gemini (May 21-June 20): you’re a bit like a professional jet pilot who is operating the pirate ship ride at an amusement park. you have resemblances to a top chef who’s shopping for gourmet ingredients in a seedy convenience store. in other words, gemini, you may feel slightly off-kilter or dispossessed, even though you have a lot going for you. Here’s the best possible thing you could do while you wait for the fates to show you how to make a correction: Make it your intention to feel centered, poised and at peace exactly as you are right now.

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I spy you Berl In CIty I spy you on Halloween at Berlin City. You dressed as a Beautiful Butterfly and I was the guy dressed as Bubbles the Clown that asked if you wanted a gumball. You were wearing a mask so all I could see was your eyes! I can’t stop thinking of you and your wings! Fly to me! Please meet me in Stowe. When: Wednesday, o ctober 31, 2012. Where: Berlin City. you: Woman. Me: Man. #910769

Ispya pastry We caught eyes when I was picking out my pastry at Panera. You were with two of your friends and you gave me such a nice smile it stuck with me! I have been thinking of your face ever since. I was wearing a grey sweater and a scarf. Do you remember me? When: f riday, november 2, 2012. Where: panera Bread downtown. you: Man. Me: Woman. #910758

I see you To my mystery woman - I see you. At the farmers market when I said “hi” from afar and you smiled; after work as we both shop for dinner with our sons; downtown unexpectedly at City Hall. I see you, I think of you, I need to meet you and I need to see you again. When: saturday, o ctober 27, 2012. Where: Montpelier. you: Woman. Me: Man. #910768

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ara Ms r aInBo W We suffer through darkness; clouds obscuring view; rains that make the eyes clench shut; winds compelling the overcoat to be drawn tighter; stand fast my love; soon the storm shall pass; my love for you is a rainbow; brilliant rays; shimmering colours blending and melting; arching towards green pastures; beauty never looks brighter than after tumultuous weather. When: Wednesday, o ctober 31, 2012. Where: everywhere I look. you: Man. Me: Woman. #910753

My s Helly I saw you in my life. My friend, my lover, my wife. I saw you when I woke and since then haven’t slept, afraid to miss your eyes smile to me. I want to be your hero, your knight, your prince but I have forgotten how to see. I reach for your heart and hope you have not forgotten me. When: Wednesday, o ctober 31, 2012. Where: in my life. you: Woman. Me: Man. #910756

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I married in my teens and, three decades later, became one of those divorcées without a clue about today’s dating world and sexual protocol. I met someone new, and we engaged in an animalistic rutting session. But there were some problems. I found his kissing to be like a Hoover trying to suck off my face, and I found him a little small and soft in the penis department. I know this was our first time and, honestly, I was comparing him to my ex. Any advice on how I can deal with my issues in this department? My ex was an incredible lover and fit me rather nicely, if you get my drift...

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