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ing, hindering, impeding, or blocking a person’s entry or exit from a clinic” is still in effect. She suggested that one possible change could be to make that a criminal, versus a civil, offense.

The city could also consider a “bubble,” similar to what Colorado established, Jill Krowinski of Planned Parenthood said in an interview. According to the New York Times, Colorado’s law, upheld in the Supreme Court in 2000, established 100-foot buffer zones. Within those areas, they prohibited approaching within eight feet of anyone to protest or counsel without their consent. They called it a “floating bubble.”

Krowinski told the council that more protestors have been showing up since the ruling, some with cameras, and “persistently following and engaging with patients.”

A protester, Agnes Clift, disputed that. “We are being misrepresented here,” she said. “We will continue to be there, praying and offering support and literature to people.”

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The Vermont Supremes ruled that the state can’t collect DNA samples from people who have been charged with felonies until they are convicted.

Aka: not so fast.

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Thunderstorms last week snapped trees and cut power to 20,000 Vermont homes. But what a sound-andlightning show.

That’s how much Vermont spent on health care per prisoner in 2011. A report sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts last week found that Vermont was second in the nation for prison health care expenditures, due to its aging prison population and chronic and mental illnesses.

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1. “The Chips Are Down: Does IBM Have a Future in Vermont?” by Paul Heintz. City, state and local officials are scrambling to keep Big Blue in Vermont, as the company reportedly prepares to offload its aging facilities.

2. “Where Have All Vermont’s Line Cooks Gone?” by Alice Levitt. Restaurant owners and chefs say it’s getting harder to fill entry-level culinary jobs.

3. “A Biodiesel Business is Opening in Plainfield” by Kathryn Flagg. Vermont’s first biodiesel pumping station will open this month after a prolonged battle with gas magnate Skip Vallee.

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5. “Deliver Us From Evil” by Margot Harrison. This summer exorcism flick is one Nicolas Cage short of a camp classic.

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eproductive Health Center Buffer Zone,” warned a street sign near the Planned Parenthood on Burlington’s St. Paul Street. But the warning, still posted Tuesday, was hollow. The city stopped enforcing its buffer-zone law last month, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a similar Massachusetts measure that set up a 35-foot protest-free zone.

On Monday, the Burlington City Council met for the first time since the decision and discussed potential changes to the city’s law. Councilors voted unanimously to investigate and support “legally defensible alternatives that ensure women’s safety and access to health care services,” Alicia Freese reported on Seven Days’ Off-Message blog.

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CHICKEN’S NOT A GAME

[Re “Coming Home to Roost: Burlington Updates Its Ag and Livestock Rules,” June 25]. Don’t be deceived by the hype. Raising backyard chickens sounds like a humane option, but what people don’t realize is that chicks usually come from inhumane conditions. They’re mass-produced in places where profit trumps humane treatment. For every female chick, a male rooster is ground up alive, left to languish on a “dead pile,” or improperly sexed and shipped — only to be killed, abandoned or sent to an overburdened sanctuary.

Sanctuary requests for chickens have significantly increased since the rise of backyard farming. Chickens have special needs and require veterinary care. Don’t expect to order chicks, put them in a yard and, “Hurray, free food!” Chickens are sensitive and require insulated and well-ventilated shelter. Chickens attract rodents and predators; they need protection. Veterinarians for chickens can be difficult to find and expensive. Chicks need a balanced diet and daily care; get ready to hire a chicken sitter.

Backyard slaughter: Who wants to live next door to a makeshift slaughterhouse run by hobby farmers who are likely uninformed about “humane” slaughter and lack the skills to ensure minimal suffering?

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Loved the Rokeby Museum article, as a postcard collector and also a newcomer to Vermont [Art Review: “Postcards From the Past,” July 9]. I just want you to know that I enjoy Seven Days both in print and online — especially the arts articles and the advertisements. Since we are serious about becoming part of this community, I research your paper and the Eagle, etc., about the state. I do wish you would do more articles about Rutland. Yes, it’s scruffy, but it is on the rise, and I like to hear positive stuff about Rutland, too. More positive Rutland articles might translate into more Rutland advertising — you never know.

But mostly, I appreciate your efforts and want you to know that your paper has inspired us to travel north for museums, dining and music. Please encourage your writers and advertisers to put the name of the town in the articles and ads for those too new to just know where they are talking about.

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Interesting article [“Labor Pains,” July 9]. Yes, as it states, Vermont is very expensive to live in, depressingly so, and kitchen pay is not very good, through no fault of most of the owners. Also, a lot of ads ask for “creative cooks.” Well, I’m not a creative cook, and I say that right up front. I’m a great line cook. Show me a prototype, and I’m good to go! Also, as much as I want to give local farmers the business, I don’t really care about farm-to-table. As a customer, I’ve eaten a lot of very strange “creative dishes.”

When I go out to eat, it’s generally to try something that I won’t make for myself at home, but sometimes it’s just for comfort food or to meet up with a friend, when the eating part is secondary.

Finally, working in restaurant kitchens is tiring, hot and fast. It also doesn’t involve a lot of techno stuff, which is very normal now in the younger people’s lives. Basic hard work isn’t really in a lot of their life plans. It’s a changing world. carolyn Van Vleck barre

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to be getting out to the masses about addiction. Addiction is a disease — not a choice — and certainly not the result of a lack of will power. In my time as a counselor, I have worked with hundreds of people in recovery. Most of them face tremendous guilt and shame in the aftermath of their addiction. I can assure you that if it was a matter of something as simple as will power, as your cartoon suggests, to avoid the turmoil of addiction, it wouldn’t be the epidemic that it is today. Our governor is trying to say that Vermont is setting the example of how a state deals with addiction. Let’s start with compassion! Let’s educate and inform each other so we can treat the disease and stop punishing the individual.

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‘Great Camps,’ Slopes and Condos: Tupper Lake Development Gets a Green Light

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Another North Country Town Loses a Major Employer — a Prison

BY MARK DAVIS

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For this issue, we ferried to Plattsburgh for updates on the Strand Theatre renovations (close!) and the emerging ROTA Gallery; to take a “haunted history” tour; to dine at a farm-to-table bistro; and, of course, to watch a vintage monster movie.

In Lake Placid, we visited John Brown’s farm and one of America’s last HoJos. We talked to a new ADK-focused outerwear designer and pondered really old geology at the Slate Valley Museum. We investigated the economic impacts of prisons closing in the North Country and two controversial development projects — classic conflicts in the Adirondack Park. And why do humans get to live in this “forever wild” expanse? Read on, and you will see.

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Necessary Paperwork Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He is also an undocumented immigrant.

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ov. PETER SHUMLIN outraised Republican rival SCOTT MILNE three and a half to one over the past three months, according to reports filed Tuesday with the secretary of state.

But the Democratic incumbent’s advantage in cash on hand is far more striking: Shumlin has more than a million dollars available to spend before Election Day – 50 times Milne’s $19,814.

“We just opened a bank account on Friday,” explains Milne, who entered the race last month and plans to make a formal campaign announcement next week. “I think we’re on track. Our focus over the past month has been getting our team organized and getting some structural things done.”

As usual, the vast majority of the $93,350 Shumlin raised last quarter came from corporations, lobbyists and those donating the $2,000 limit. His biggest contributors included Coca-Cola ($6,000), Montpelier lobbying firm KSE Partners ($2,000), the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation ($2,000) and tobacco giant RAI Services ($1,000).

Just weeks after the legislature adjourned in May, the gov held a Montpelier 5:16 PM fundraiser for top lobbyists and their corporate clients. According to Tuesday’s filing, Shumlin raked in at least $15,000 that day — from Casella ($2,000), ClearChoiceMD ($2,000) and the Necrason Group ($1,000), another Montpelier lobbying firm.

As for Milne, two-thirds of the $20,420 he raised came from the friends and family of one man: DAVID BOIES III, a college classmate of Milne’s who lives in Naples, Fla. Boies, two of his friends and four of his relatives each donated $2,000, Milne says.

That includes Boies’ super-attorney father and namesake, who represented AL GORE in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court battle that settled the 2000 presidential election.

“I made three calls to personal friends for money, and they came in,” Milne says.

In the race for lieutenant governor, incumbent Republican PHIL SCOTT ramped up his fundraising last quarter after former Progressive legislator DEAN CORREN cleared the Democratic field and qualified for $200,000 in public financing.

Scott raised $52,547 from 443 donors — a significant portion of which came from colleagues in the central Vermont construction and contracting industry.

Scott co-owns Middlesex-based DuBois Construction.

The incumbent now has $78,325 in the bank, compared with his challenger’s $192,035. While Corren raised $19,283 from 862 people in order to qualify for public financing, he is not permitted to raise or spend a dime more.

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Party at the ’Rents’ Though he’s got more than a million bucks in the bank, Shumlin’s hardly taking a break from the fundraising circuit.

Two weeks from now, KSE Partners lobbyist TODD BAILEY is hosting a fundraiser for the gov at his parents’ Middlesex home.

Bailey’s clients include Green Mountain Power, AT&T, Visa and Express Scripts.

Cohosting the event is TESS TAYLOR, who resigned her position as House majority whip in March to become executive director of the Vermont CURE, a single-payer advocacy group that plans to spend big on

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this fall’s political campaigns. Taylor works out of KSE’s Montpelier offices and expects to register as a lobbyist next legislative session, she says.

Should lobbyists hold fundraisers for those they’re seeking to influence?

“Gov. Shumlin is grateful for the tremendous support he’s received for his campaign and is glad to have the opportunity to visit with supporters at house parties like these,” the gov’s finance director, ERIKA WOLFFING, says, not-so-subtly dodging the question.

“I don’t see what the conflict is,” answers Taylor. “I mean, nobody’s doing that [lobbying] work right now.”

Bailey concurs. He notes that he and the ’rents held a similar fundraiser two years ago, which drew 40 to 50 people, and, “No one said anything or raised any questions then.”

Our bad.

“This is part of the process. This is how campaigns are funded,” Bailey says. “Myself and every other lobbyist in Montpelier is raising money for political candidates: governor, lieutenant governor, House campaigns, Senate campaigns. We’re directing contributions from firms, individually.

Some of our clients contribute, so we help to arrange that.”

That, says Vermont Public Interest Research Group executive director PAUL BURNS, is the problem.

Burns agrees that there’s nothing unusual about Bailey’s fundraiser — and he discloses that several of its hosts are friends of his — but he believes the system needs

POLITICS to change. That’s why VPIRG is dispatching its summer canvassers this year to build support for banning corporate and lobbyist political contributions.

“We would prefer to see lobbyists not be engaged in activities like hosting or attending fundraisers because that would result in a better decision-making process for government,” Burns says. “But until that is the rule, I understand why this happens.”

Phil & Friends Gov. Shumlin caused a mighty stir last month when he endorsed Corren for lieutenant governor over Scott, his cabinet member and erstwhile best frenemy.

The move infuriated Sen. DICK MAZZA (D-Chittenden), the Senate Transportation Committee chairman and consigliere to Shumlin and Scott.

“He should not have endorsed,” Mazza says. “I was surprised that the governor came out of the box and supported him. I think many others were surprised, too.”

A centrist who backed Republican gubernatorial candidate BRIAN DUBIE over Shumlin in 2010 before switching allegiances late in the race, Mazza has the ear of the Chittenden County political elite.

He’s invited them to an August 6 fundraiser he’s hosting for Scott in the garage behind his Colchester general store; it happens to house 11 Corvettes and a full-scale replica of a midcentury diner.

Rep. CHRIS PEARSON (P-Burlington), who recently signed on as a part-time staffer to Corren, says he doesn’t think Mazza’s move reflects the will of his fellow Democrats.

Corren is mounting a write-in campaign in August’s Democratic primary to secure the D nomination, in addition to that of the Ps. “It means you have one Democratic senator who’s a big fan of Phil Scott. No surprise,” Pearson says. “I’m not hearing about Democrats who are all climbing on board with that strategy.”

But Mazza’s not alone. At least two other Senate Democratic heavyweights now say that they, too, have Scott’s back.

“I’m certainly going to be supporting him,” says Senate President Pro Tem JOHN CAMPBELL (D-Windsor). “There’s no Democrat in the race. Dean Corren might be a nice guy, but this is one where I feel Phil has done a very good job.”

Sen. DICK SEARS (D-Bennington), the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, agrees.

“Over the years, I’ve found Phil to be a very reasonable and able leader of the Senate, in terms of presiding officer. I’m very comfortable with him,” Sears says. “I obviously want to wait until I talk to Phil [to endorse him], but it’s public now, so what the hell!”

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While Mazza, Campbell and Sears say many of their colleagues share their view, not every Senate Dem is ready to be cast in the buddy flick.

“I’d go out for a beer with [Scott] any time, but politics and friendship are different,” says Sen. Claire ayer (D-Addison). “I enjoy working with him. I would be happy to serve with him again, but I will not be voting for him.”

Why not? Though the LG has few official duties, his tie-breaking vote in the Senate two years ago nearly killed a bill allowing terminally ill patients to end their own lives — a cause Ayer had long championed. (The bill was later resurrected.) She worries that with single-payer financing on the docket next session, the lieutenant governor could again be called on to break a tie.

“We have a lot of conservative Democrats in the Senate, so what if it comes down to that?” she asks. “I couldn’t live with myself.”

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Only 1,592 American journalists spend their days haunting statehouse committee rooms, according to an exhaustive new census released last week by the Pew Research Center, and only half of those do so full-time. Compared with a 2003 tally conducted by the American Journalism Review, the number of statehouse newspaper reporters has declined by 35 percent in the past decade.

That’s a problem, says Mark Jurkowitz, associate director of the Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project, because what happens under the dome really matters.

“In many respects, partly because of the gridlock of the federal level, it seems like a lot of the important policy debates are being hashed out at the state legislative level,” he says.

Though the ranks of Vermont’s Statehouse press corps have thinned in recent decades, Pew’s study found ours to be more robust than most comparable states. Or a little less terrible, if you’re a glass-half-empty type.

Vermont has more full-time statehouse reporters per capita than any other: 13, or one for every 48,000 people. And that’s not just because we’re tiny. Our statehouse scribes outnumber those in 25 other states — including Louisiana and Colorado, which have populations that are seven to eight times the size of Vermont’s.

Pew analyzed a number of demographic factors to explain the state-by-state discrepancies but found that only population and the length of a state’s legislative session correlated to the size of its capitol press corps.

So why is Vermont doing better than its peers? Jurkowitz theorizes that Vermont’s relatively small size enables reporters to travel to the state capital. He also credits what he calls Vermont’s “vibrant media culture.”

Comparable historical data are scant, but current and former reporters say

Vermont has always punched above its weight.

When Darren allen moved to the state in 2003 to head the Vermont Press Bureau, which provides coverage for the Rutland Herald and the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, it boasted as many statehouse reporters as the Baltimore Sun, for which he previously worked. But Allen, now a spokesman for the Vermont-National Eduation Association, says he’s witnessed a serious decline.

Ditto JaCk HoffMan, who spent 20 years at the Press Bureau and is now a senior policy analyst at the Public Assets Institute.

“There’s not nearly as much coverage as there used to be and, you know, I think there should be more,” he says.

Hoffman recalls when two wire services — the Associated Press and United Press International — dispatched several reporters apiece to cover the Statehouse. UPI is long gone and the AP’s Montpelier bureau has dwindled to three permanent staffers — only one of whom, the tireless Dave GraM, regularly reports from the Statehouse.

“Everybody was trying to beat everybody else on the next little tidbit of information,” Hoffman says. “Now, people write about a story and then move on to something else. I think that’s partly due to the lack of competition.”

Despite a clear decline in the number of print reporters covering the Vermont Statehouse, the Pew report spotlights a couple of promising trends. While 86 percent of local television stations don’t send a single reporter to their state capitals, all three of Vermont’s network affiliates — WCAX, WPTZ and FOX44/ABC22 — maintain a regular presence.

Vermont is one of seven states whose largest statehouse bureau is run by what Pew calls a “nontraditional” news outlet: in our case, the online-only nonprofit VTDigger. Pew actually undercounted Digger’s current strength; it has five fulltime statehouse reporters, not three.

In recent years, Digger has made up for declining print coverage by providing content to more than a dozen news outlets, from the Valley News to the Brattleboro Reformer to the St. Albans Messenger.

But Digger founder anne Galloway isn’t boasting. She bemoans the cuts she’s seen since she got her start at the Hardwick Gazette in 1988.

“The press corps, in general, is really a shadow of its former self,” she says. “I think what we’re doing is important, but I think the Pew study rightly points out there’s still a crying need.”

BoB kinzel sees it differently. When the veteran Vermont Public Radio reporter ran a syndicated radio news service from 1981 to 2001, he says, Statehouse coverage was “very dense and very process driven.”

“I think now people are stepping back a little bit … It’s not just this oversaturation of Statehouse coverage, as it was before,” he says. “So in a way, I think it serves viewers, listeners, all sorts of folks better now.” m

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or 11 years, residents of Tupper Lake, N.Y., have wondered whether their once-bustling lumber town would play host to the largest development ever proposed within the Blue Line boundary of the Adirondack Park.

“I think there’s been a lot of people on hold, waiting for it,” says Tupper Lake Mayor Paul Maroun. “It was dragging down the economy.”

Two weeks ago, the waiting came to an end.

In a unanimous opinion, a New York State appellate court upheld state approval of the $500 million Adirondack Club and Resort, which is planned for a 6,400-acre tract of land a couple of miles south of the village center.

Over the next 15 years, the project’s developers expect to build 700 condos, vacation homes and luxury “great camps,” along with a 60-bedroom hotel. To draw visitors to a town that has long played third fiddle to nearby Lake Placid and Saranac Lake, they plan to revitalize an existing ski slope, a golf course and a marina.

“There’s a lot of things that are on the verge of really happening here,” says Maroun, a longtime supporter of the project. “There’s a sense of optimism now in Tupper Lake.”

That optimism is not shared by the small band of environmentalists who continue to fight it.

“This is not a decision that is in the long-term interest of either the ecological health or community viability of the Adirondacks,” says Peter Bauer, executive director of Protect the Adirondacks! “It is throwing open the gates of the park for wanton development, and that’s a sad fact and a bitter pill.”

The Adirondack Park Agency, which governs land use and development within the region’s six million-acre patchwork of public and private lands, conditionally approved the Tupper Lake project in January 2012 by a vote of 10-1. By then, after years of hearings and mediation sessions, several environmental groups had dropped their opposition.

One of them, the Adirondack Council, won limited concessions to reduce the project’s environmental impact and then vowed to work to strengthen the park’s land use rules via legislative action rather than fight the APA in court.

“The council is focused on lessons learned and moving forward,” says executive director William Janeway. “While disagreeing with some of APA’s decisions

State officials and Adirondack Club and Resort representatives discussing the proposal alongside Cranberry Pond in 2011

on [the Adirondack Club and Resort] and fragmentation, as a tract that had been in agreeing with others, we recognize the timber production for 100 years will now APA’s authority, limitations and priorities.” be sliced with roads, building lots and But Bauer’s group, along with the Sierra power lines,” he says. “We feel that the Club, pressed forward. They sued the APA precedent the agency enshrined and that in state court, arguing now the courts have that the agency failed enshrined is a ruinous to follow its own rules, precedent for the great communicated inapproforested backcountry priately with the develof the Adirondacks.” opers and bowed to poNow that the state’s litical pressure exercised second-highest court

by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has ruled against his who supports the project organization, Bauer and appoints most of the says he does not yet APA’s commissioners. know whether it will “Gov. Cuomo has appeal again, calling it taken the position that “a very steep hill.” the entire Adirondacks Adirondack Club should really be like and Resort partner Lake George,” Bauer Tom Lawson, who says, referring to the spent much of his T om L aw son crowded, kitschy and career developing motel-festooned town private islands in the on the park’s eastern boundary.

Bahamas, accuses Bauer and his allies of Particularly galling to Bauer and his fighting “a war of attrition.” allies are the high-end “great camps” that “If they appeal, it’s just more frivolouswould be scattered throughout the devel- ness,” he says. “They have no case. They opment, occupying lots ranging from 30 to never had a case.”

1,500 acres.

Lawson and his business partner, “This leads to classic forest Philadelphia developer Michael Foxman,

I don’t think there will ever be another project like the Adirondack Club.

I think the environmentalists always knew that.

aren’t waiting any longer. Last month, they tore down Tupper Lake’s aging marina to make room for a replacement. And in the weeks since the appellate court ruled, Lawson says, at least seven investors have signed letters of intent to purchase “great camps.”

Supporters and opponents alike say that, if anything, the decade-long regulatory delay may have helped the developers, given the upward trajectory of the real estate market.

“The timing couldn’t be better for us, because the economy has come back around,” Lawson says.

Critics of the project have long questioned its financing. They say it relies too heavily on public investment, including state Industrial Development Agency bonds, a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the town and municipal upgrades to water and sewer systems. They wonder whether, if the project stalls after the town invests in infrastructure improvements, Tupper Lakers will end up holding the bag.

Recently, Lawson says, he met with Jay Peak Resort co-owner Bill Stenger to learn whether the federal EB-5 investor visa program could play a role. It provides green cards to foreigners who invest at

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least $500,000 in qualified, jobcreating projects.

“I’m willing to look at any and all forms of financing,” Lawson says.

Now that the Adirondack Club and Resort appears to be moving forward, Tupper Lake business owners are hoping the town will be carried along with it.

Since the Oval Wood Dish factory closed its doors for good seven years ago, the town’s sole major employer has been Sunmount, a state agency that provides developmental services to the disabled. Much of the town’s population of nearly 6,000 is clustered around a sleepy village on the shores of Raquette Pond. Like most of the region, Tupper Lake’s population and school enrollment has dwindled over the decades.

Real estate agent Jim LaValley, a close friend of Lawson’s and one of the project’s most vocal proponents, says he hopes

Big Tupper Ski Area, which will see a vast expansion if Lawson’s and Foxman’s dream comes to pass. Once a vibrant family ski slope, Big Tupper has lingered in purgatory as its new owners have awaited regulatory approval.

Volunteers with a group called Adirondack Residents Intent on Saving Their Economy managed to keep the mountain open for several years, but a lack of funds resulted in its closing for the 2012 to 2013 season; it reopened briefly last winter.

LaValley points to the volunteer effort as evidence of the town’s spirit — and its dedication to reinventing itself.

“People showed up with their tractors and Brush Hogs,” he says. “There was just a huge groundswell of support.”

Adirondack Club boosters also point to the ski slope as evidence that the project does not set the dangerous precedent

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Bauer and other environmentalists suggest. Hardly a pristine patch of virgin forest, they say, this is just the sort of land that should be developed.

“You will not find a place like this that has a mountain that’s already been logged, with logging roads, with a ski center and piping and chairlifts on it that has water and sewer,” Mayor Maroun says. “It’s not a slippery slope.”

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retailers, restaurateurs and even light manufacturers will see a brighter future in Tupper Lake. Maroun envisions national chains, such as Target or Ames, setting up shop, and he is courting a conference center to be sited in the village.

LaValley himself recently cofounded a coffee and beer-brewing business and plans to open a brewpub downtown.

“The deterioration of our retail services industry has been evident for years.

We’re trying to turn the corner quickly, given the resort coming,” he says. “There’s sort of a re-creation of who we are. With the Adirondack Club, it really becomes the engine that pulls the train.”

Central to that is the resurrection of

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There are no equivalent jobs in Franklin County to replace these positions.

The area simply will not recover.

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and sentencing laws have been relaxed, New York has seen its inmate population decline and has begun shuttering prisons.

“The good news is crime is down and our prisons have fewer people in them,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told legislators during his 2014 State of the State address. “We are reducing the madness of an incarceration society and ending a system of unnecessary human and financial waste. And now we have eliminated 5,500 prison beds.”

Good news — for many. But not for Chateaugay.

“It’s a depressed area,” said Chateaugay Town Supervisor Don Billow. “There aren’t a lot of good-paying jobs here. Our young people go to college and don’t come back. It’s very significant — 111 good-paying jobs. It’s going to be affecting the whole town and the area.

They send their kids to schools, shop, pay taxes. We don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Their Town

Just north of the Adirondack Park and five miles south of the Canadian border, Chateaugay could never be described as prosperous — even in good times.

But the town exudes spirit. A welcoming sign on the side of Route 11 earnestly announces three points of local pride: Chateaugay is the oldest town in Franklin County, founded in 1799; the cheese produced at the local plant was named the best in the country in 2007; and the boys’ basketball team won a state championship in 2008.

In the village, it seems there’s a historic marker on every block — the site of Chateaugay’s oldest house, a soldiers’ cemetery. The historical society has

dutifully commemorated the town’s first foundry and tannery.

For most of its history, Chateaugay was a farming community. Old photos of downtown show dozens of cattle being herded down the main drag.

As decades passed, larger companies gradually bought up small family farms and ran them with fewer hands. Young people born into farming families began to flee, prompting more sell-offs to bigger companies.

Meanwhile, manufacturing jobs — the area once had a General Electric plant — were shipped overseas or eliminated by mechanization.

Now Chateaugay Village has 23 storefronts, 15 of which are vacant — though one of those is temporarily hosting a food pantry. Three of the eight remaining downtown businesses have been converted to cheap apartments.

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early a quarter of the residents of Chateaugay, N.Y., came to a rally at the local park.

Schoolchildren drew up posters warning that donations to their soccer leagues would plummet. And local bigwigs rented a bus and drove 200 miles south to plead their case in Albany.

Last year’s effort to save the Chateaugay Correctional Facility from state-mandated closure was a herculean one for this town of 2,700 near the Canadian border.

“It was awesome,” said Wendy Jones, who owns a Chateaugay deli and convenience store. “And it fell on deaf ears.”

Next week, New York State will officially close the prison, eliminating more than 100 jobs and an economic lifeline in one of the poorest regions in the state.

Summer visitors to the Adirondacks remember the shimmering lakes, green mountains and kitschy tourist traps. But much of the region’s economy, once reliant on timbering and farming, has in recent decades come to depend on a less romantic revenue source: housing criminals.

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many as 19 correctional facilFranklin County’s ities at one time. Some were median per capita income is built from scratch. Others $19,800, ranking it 61st out were housed in abandoned of New York’s 62 counties.

THE schools or other renovated Unemployment is higher A D I R O N D A C K buildings. than 8 percent, and 15 perThe town of Moriah, cent of its residents live in ISSUE reeling from the closure of poverty.

Gabe Lopardo used to be one of an iron mine, cheered the opening of six barbers in Chateaugay. Now, after Moriah Shock Correctional Facility, more than 50 years of running a shop which brought more than 100 jobs when downtown, he is the only men’s barber it was built in 1989.

In 1993, Chateaugay welcomed conin Chateaugay and three other nearby struction of a medium-security facility towns. He charges $10 for a haircut.

On a recent weekday, with no cus- on a former farm the state bought just a tomers in his shop, Lopardo peered out couple of miles east of the village.

Towns thought they had stumbled on his window and remembered, buildinga business that would be immune from by-building, what used to be.

“On the corner was a clothing store. economic downturns. But like family Insurance office next door. Little drug farming and light manufacturing, the store, and another one where the food inmate business has also turned out to pantry is. Two hardware stores. That be vulnerable to changing times.

The crime rate has fallen in New next big building was a little-bit-ofeverything store. We had a diner on the York and much of the country. And after years of watching prisons consume an corner, and a restaurant next to that...”

Those businesses had vanished long ever-growing chunk of state budgets to before the state decided to shut down warehouse nonviolent offenders, lawthe prison, which was seen as a last makers have relaxed sentencing guideresort to keep the town’s economy from lines for drug crimes.

Tax revenue shortfalls from the Great crumbling. Lopardo worries for the Recession forced the issue. future.

In Franklin County, Camp Gabriels “Band-Aid’s gone,” he said. “There’s not much else we can do. It wasn’t grow- closed in 2009, and Lyon Mountain ing before. It’s not going to grow. It’s not went in 2011, taking a total of more than going to attract any young people, that’s 200 jobs. People in Chateaugay watched those developments nervously, but held for sure.”

With the prison gone, the only major out hope their prison might be spared employer left in town is the McCadam because it was one of the newest in the Cheese Company plant. The company, state.

State law requires towns get a owned by a Northeast dairy giant AgriMark, offers mostly blue-collar process- one-year notice before a prison is closed. Last July, Billow got a call from ing jobs at the plant.

Cuomo’s office. Chateaugay’s days were numbered.

Crime Paid The town tried to fight back.

The Adirondacks region was an unlikely beneficiary of the national War on Drugs Residents created a 30-page glossy — a reaction to rising crime in urban pamphlet stating all the reasons that areas such as New York City in the Chateaugay needed the prison, and why 1970s. Policy makers increased penalties the state needed Chateaugay: The prison for drug offenses and hired more cops. had always operated near capacity and The federal government in 1994 pledged was more financially efficient than its millions of dollars to help build prisons peers, they argued. Planned construcfor states that enacted “truth in sentenc- tion of wind towers would reduce the prison’s utility bills. ing laws.”

Clearly concerned that 111 jobs would The result: more inmates. New York’s prison population more than doubled seem negligible to officials from larger between 1985 and 1999, from 32,000 to communities, they compared the impact to losing 6,000 jobs in Brooklyn.

72,000.

“The are no equivalent jobs in Where would all the new inmates go? Many communities resisted prison- Franklin County to replace these posibuilding proposals, for obvious reasons. tions,” the residents wrote. “The area But others around the Adirondacks simply will not recover.” rolled out the red carpet, hosting as

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Macchio was searching for a way to Tilt-a-Whirl and merry-goround aren’t even running. breath life back into his shuttered ranch That doesn’t bode well for when he came up with the zip line conthe winter, when many cept. He would have nixed the idea if it businesses are shuttered. had required clear-cutting because he’s “A ghost town is putting it mildly,” is committed to keeping the mountain how one town employee describes the intact, he said. When it comes to develresort town during the off-season. Only opment in Lake George, “I’ve never built about 4,000 people live in Lake George anything bigger than a doghouse.”

That’s not entirely true: In 2006, year-round.

Stopping short of criticizing the town, Macchio constructed a logging road up Macchio observed, “It could be more French Mountain that ran afoul of zoning classy. It should be more than what it is.” regulations. The town of Queensbury King’s Lake George RV Park is just took him to court, and he had to make outside the Blue Line. With its pools, remedial changes as part of a settlement.

According to King and arcades and fitness Lake George water center, guests aren’t keeper Chris Navitsky, asked to rough it. King the road remains illegal is proud of the ameniand the town should reties — campers can even quire Macchio to come get a cable hookup right up with a stormwaterin their RV — and he runoff plan as a condimakes a point of mention of hosting regular tioning the three miles ATV traffic. of paved roads.

King is also skeptical The main attraction, of Macchio’s plan to run he maintains, remains R al p h M acc h io S r . the zip line year-round. the nearby mountains “Macchio says … he’s and lake that for centugoing to have between 60 and 100 riders ries have lured urban dwellers north.

It worked for Macchio and his wife, a day on a Wednesday in February. It Rosalie, who honeymooned in Lake goes to show how naive he is,” said King.

George in 1959. They were still living “I wouldn’t invest a dime.”

The Lake George Chamber of on Long Island when they bought their first parcels of land on French Mountain Commerce is more optimistic but hasn’t 10 years later. His empire includes taken an official position. “We would Wild West Ranch, at the base of French welcome it and we would promote it,” Mountain, which looks to have fol- executive director Michael Consuelo lowed the boom-and-bust trajectory of said.

The zip line would span two towns, the frontier towns it mimics. Macchio bought it in 2005, but business was slow, starting in Queensbury and ending in Lake George, and it requires approval so he closed it in 2010.

“I’m a business guy,” Macchio said of from both, as well as from the Adirondack his career. When pressed, the 76-year- Park Agency. Lake George, which would old, whose accent betrays his city roots, reap most of the economic benefits, said he started in Laundromats. He still and the APA have both signed off on it.

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alph Macchio Sr., whose son starred in The Karate Kid, shares a mountain in Lake George, N.Y., with David King, the longtime owner of an RV park. For the last three years, the two men have been locked in a battle over a proposed zip line: One sees the mountaintop diversion as an opportunity to energize the summer resort town; the other believes it would deface an Adirondack peak.

Macchio owns 650 acres, including the summit, on French Mountain, and he wants to build a 3,450-foot zip line just below its rocky outcropping. Four cables — each supporting a rider — would span two 34-foot towers. People would ride up in ATVs, strap into harnesses and descend at 55 miles per hour, taking in the view.

“What makes this special is you’re like an eagle soaring over the mountain,” said Macchio.

Although the dispute has garnered national attention, in Lake George the effort to stop the zip line has been largely a one-man-affair. On his “day off” last week, King, 49, was in his office, unfurling maps and photos of French Mountain — a modest peak that is not even 1,400 feet high. Sitting under a chandelier made of antlers, he spoke animatedly about the perils of putting a “high-speed thrill ride” on top of an Adirondack mountain.

“I think there are better places for amusement rides than on the top of the one historic mountain … at the gateway to the Adirondack Park,” he said.

According to King, the mountain played a role during the French and Indian War. Some trees would have to be removed at the base of each tower to make room

for Macchio’s zip line. Others, below the first 900 feet of cable, might have to be topped for better clearance. That would scar the mountain and spoil the view for his campers, King argued. He said he’s also worried about the noise of screaming riders and ATVs. The plan’s approval could set a precedent, he reasoned, that paves the way for mountaintop roller coasters.

In 1988, King took over the Lake George RV Park from his father, who opened it in 1967. He also inherited 230 acres on French Mountain and a hiking trail that connects the campground to the peak. King said his father originally planned to mine the mountain plot but later realized it made more sense to preserve it.

“He envisioned these vistas were what would bring visitors to the Adirondacks forever.”

For years, King’s campers have walked that trail, crossing briefly onto Macchio’s property at the top to get a view of the lake. The zip line proposal puts their outdoor experience — and his father’s vision —“under attack,” King said.

Lake George straddles what’s known as the Blue Line — the Adirondack Park boundary — at the southern end of the protected area. But it’s not the boondocks. Flush with motels, Lake George is also poised to get a five-story Marriott. The House of Frankenstein Wax Museum, psychic reader shops and the pirate-themed water park make the main drag feel more like a midway than a town. Many of the shops have alliterative names: the Mohican Motel, Gooney Golf, Leo’s Lobster.

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Macchio had to tweak his proposal, minimizing the vegetation removal in order to secure the latter’s support.

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King’s not totally alone in his fight.

The Adirondack Council, an environmental protection organization, has also objected. According to its communications director, John Sheehan, the group is concerned that the sight of the zip line will “alter the wild character of one of the park’s busiest entrances.”

Macchio’s response: “We will do everything we can to hide as much as we can,” he said of the zip line, which is estimated to cost roughly $1.5 million.

“Can we make it invisible? No.” The RV park owner remains the only one taking legal action — even though “I’m not the kind of person who sues people,” King insisted. He said he believes the project skirted Queensbury’s zoning regulations, but the town denied his appeal. In May, he appealed the APA’s decision, arguing, among other things, that it improperly prioritized the project’s economic potential over its environmental risks.

If Macchio gets his way, and his zip line turns out to be a hit, King said he won’t hold a grudge. His RV park attracts as many as 43,000 visitors a year, according to King, and outside his office, the 400-plus campsites scattered across 130 acres of woodland are mostly occupied. “If it’s economically successful that will be a silver lining for me.”

Like his son Ralph’s character in The Karate Kid, Macchio has taken a coolheaded approach to his fight. “I learn to take things one step at a time. Otherwise, you go a little bit crazy.” m

Local officials brought as many brochures to Albany as they could afford to print.

“We thought we had a chance.

We worked our tail off, to try,” Billow said. “They listened, but didn’t do nothing. They sat there with poker faces.”

Worse, most of the Chateaugay inmates were removed before the one-year notice was up, and their former guards have either lost their jobs or have been reassigned accordingly. While there is no official count, locals say that some correctional officers have put their houses on the market, and others are enduring the longer commutes to other prisons, for now.

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Neatly manicured green fields sat unused behind two-story barbed wire fences last week at Chateaugay Correctional Facility. The guard posts were empty. A flagpole jangled in the gentle breeze.

A few guards milled casually in the lobby beneath a sign that read “Attitude Makes the Difference.” A prison official confirmed that inmates were no longer there, and said the few remaining workers were removing equipment.

Jones, the deli owner, said her business has already taken a huge hit. Guards used to stop by Wendy’s Quick Stop during their morning and evening commutes. So did family members visiting inmates.

They did a brisk delivery business at lunchtime.

“It was a seven-day-a-week thing,” Jones said. “You close something like that ... it’s a domino effect.

I’ve lost so much business. A lot of people stopped coming and going.”

Prospects for replacing the lost jobs are dim. Town officials are crossing their fingers for a $200,000 state grant to help them try to lure a new business to the facility, though there are few ideas of what might come.

Billow is holding out hope. Maybe crime will tick up, he said. Maybe the state will need Chateaugay again.

“It may come around,” he said.

“Some of those people they released may come back, and they may need the space.” m Contact: mark@sevendaysvt.com, 865-1020, ext. 23, or @Davis7D.

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William J. (Bill) Edwards 1967-2014, BURLINGTON

William J. (Bill) Edwards, 47, passed away at Fletcher Allen Health Care on July 8, 2014. He was born in Burlington, Vt., on January 4, 1967, to Gloria and Donald Edwards. Bill proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy, enlisting at the young age of 17. He worked as a Vermont Department of Corrections officer and as a security officer at Northlands Job Corps before his battle with diabetes no longer allowed him to work.

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daughter Beth; two beautiful grandchildren: Maddison and Emmett; his mother, Gloria (Russin) Edwards; his sister, Cindy Cabral and spouse Ed; three brothers: Donald Russin, David Edwards and partner Renee, and Ken Edwards; many nieces and nephews; and countless friends and extended family.

Visitation was held on Sunday, July 13, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main St., Winooski, Vt. A memorial service was held on Monday, July 14, at 10 a.m., at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers donations in Bill’s name may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Online condolences may be shared with the family at lavignefuneralhome.com.

Shirley Jane (Brown) Paul

1931-2014, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS Shirley J. Paul, 83, of Weatherford, Texas, formerly of Burlington and South Burlington, Vt., passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 8,

2014, due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

Shirley was born in Burlington on July 5, 1931, the daughter of Harry and Grace (Québec) Brown. She was a member of St. Stephens Catholic Church and a former member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church in South Burlington. On February 14, 1974, she married the love of her life, Kenneth Ray Paul, whom she leaves behind.

Shirley was predeceased by her parents and by her brothers and sisters: Leonard Brown and wife Evelyn, Marjorie Ellis and husband Raymond, Loretta Thomas and husband Louis, and Harry Brown Jr. and wife Kathleen. A nephew, Stephen Brown and wife Sandra, and a niece, Sandra Ellis, also predeceased her.

Shirley is survived by several nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends in both Texas and Vermont.

Visiting hours were held on Tuesday, July 15, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the LaVigne Funeral Home, 132 Main Street, Winooski, Vt. A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, July 16, at 10 a.m. at St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Church, 160 Hinesburg Road, South

Burlington. Interment will follow at Resurrection Park Catholic Cemetery. For those who wish, donations in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of Vermont, 172 North Main St., Barre, Vt., 05641 or the charity of one’s choice.

Allen Micheal Robertson 1993-2014, WINOOSKI

Allen Micheal Robertson, a star athlete with a smile that lit up the room, passed away July 9, 2014, in his home. He was 21.

He was born in Boulder, Colo., on May 21, 1993, and grew up with his aunt, father and extended family in Winooski, Vt., where he was baptized at New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church on June 9, 2002.

Allen had a strong and engaging sense of humor and often sparked laughter around

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of Burlington; and his younger cousins, whom he grew up with, Isaiah, Dante and Tabious DuBose. Significant members of his extended family are Detra Wilson, Arabia Livingston, Kahlia Livingston, and Christine, Jaada, Winston, Grace and Benjamin Longmore.

Visiting hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16 at LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main St., Winooski, and from 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, at the New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church sanctuary, 38 South Winooski Ave., Burlington. A service in celebration of his life will be held immediately following at noon. He will be laid to rest at Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, 3 Saint Peter St., Winooski, following the service.

A gathering and repast will follow at New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church. Online condolences may be shared with the family at lavignefuneralhome. com. Donations can be made via gofundme.com/bbflas.

Arrangements are under the care of LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

His light, love, laughter, and kind spirit will be greatly missed.

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He is survived by his father Allen Robertson Jr. of Winooski; aunt Adline Robertson of Winooski; mother Linda Dyke of Miami; and paternal grandfather Allen Robertson Sr. of Tuscaloosa, Ala. He is predeceased by his paternal grandmother Elizabeth Robertson.

He is also survived by a close and extended family that includes his cousins: Ronte DuBose and partner Linda Richie of Burlington, Vt.; Nadia and Vincent Mitchell of Burlington; Jamar DuBose and partner Audra Scheffert of Nashua, N.H.; Manny and Erin Robertson of Essex, Vt.; Byron “B.J.” and Sarah Robertson of Essex; Brittany Robertson of Burlington; his uncle Beverlis Robertson of Burlington; and his great-uncle Jonas Robertson of Essex; his siblings Dorothy Parker and Alexandrea Robertson, both of Miami; Joseph Parker and Charles Parker, both of Milton, Vt.; Jah-Eli Robertson

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on a tour of the renovated theater. “To be able to do that, we needed to have a space for our art gallery — we have that next door. We need to have classroom space — that’s next door. But the component that was missing was the space for our performances.”

The cultural center had its offices and educational facilities in a 1929 post office right next door to the theater.

With the official merging, the two buildings take up all of Brinkerhoff Street between Margaret and Oak. “We have a whole city block,” says board president Leigh Mundy. “The arts district.”

That May also saw Dulle’s advent as executive director. The Missouri native’s résumé includes an executive director position at Capital City Council on the Arts and an assistant directorship at the National Churchill Museum at Westminster College, both in her home state.

“She has the energy and experience

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which had fundraised to save the Strand Theatre from a tax sale in 2004, merged with the theater and rebranded it as the Strand Center for the Arts in anticipation of its reopening. “As the Strand Center for the Arts, it’s truly a multidisciplinary arts center, and that was one of the long-term goals of the organization,” explains Dulle, leading a pair of visitors

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he lobby emits new-paint smell as Jessica Dulle, executive director of the recently rechristened Strand Center for the Arts, pushes open the theater’s front doors. After more than 10 years and about $3.2 million, renovations on the 1924 Greek Revival performance hall in Plattsburgh are finally nearing completion. Though work remains to be done, the hall’s interior has reached a point where audiences could enjoy entertainment there.

The stage is finished, rows of brandnew seats line the house, and the historic wall finishings have been painted burgundy and leaf green. A stunning, tiered chandelier made of Swarovski crystals and recreated from a description in a 1920s document, hangs from the ceiling. A rare Wurlitzer organ, one of just 23 in the world, was donated and restored by community volunteers. The curtains and red-and-gold aisle carpeting have been ordered.

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urlington-born soprano Sarah Cullins and her classical-guitarist husband from Colombia, Daniel Gaviria, formed the Latin American duo 8 Cuerdas after moving to Burlington last year. The couple left behind successful careers in Bogotà as soloists and chamber musicians for what they expected to be a comparatively limited classical music scene in Vermont.

Instead, they couldn’t be busier.

Compared with Colombia, “This is much more of an interested market” for the pair’s repertory of 20th-century classical Latin American and Spanish songs, says an animated Cullins. She and Gaviria are sitting in the soprano’s teaching studio at Spark Arts in Burlington, taking turns entertaining their 3-year-old son on the piano and with a handheld screen.

8 (Ocho) Cuerdas — named for the combined number of cuerdas, or strings, on Gaviria’s guitar and in Cullins’

voicebox — has appeared at Burlington’s First Night and the Cathedral Arts series at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington, among other venues, performing folk-inflected songs by Colombian, Venezuelan, Argentinian, Brazilian and Cuban composers.

For a recent appearance in the Stowe Performing Arts series, the duo added works by Spanish composers, including collaborations of nationalistic composer Manuel de Falla and Spanish Civil War poetmartyr Federico García Lorca. 8 Cuerdas will reprise that program at their next engagement, a Salisbury

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concert in the town’s Congregational Church, not far from Lake Dunmore.

The couple says the Latin American songs have been a pleasant surprise for audiences, who come expecting something more like pop or salsa. That more familiar music is “very big — fun, loud, with maracas,” says ponytailed Gaviria, Series

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gesturing with long, perfectly rounded right-hand nails. “It’s interesting to hear from people that we’re bringing the other face of Latin America. We’re changing people’s conceptions.”

Cullins adds that Spanish guitar music is “something we’ve all heard.”

And though the duo performs mostly contemporary songs, they’re not “squeak-squawk,” she promises. Far from it; in YouTube videos, Cullins’ voice is sinuous and expressive, Gaviria’s rhythms shaped by captivating pauses.

Audiences who heard Cullins sing in June in the Opera Company of Middlebury’s hilarious production of Rossini’s The Italian Girl in Algiers already have had a taste of the soprano’s smooth legato (not to mention her perfect comic timing).

Cullins earned a professional studies degree at Mannes College the New School for Music in New York City before moving to Bogotà for 10 years. While there, she won Colombia’s national voice competition and created a new voice department at Central University.

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A 2011 impact study affirmed the Mundy and Dulle estimate that an additional $500,000 to $700,000 is point, estimating that the theater, once needed for in-house sound and light fully operational, could generate up to equipment, a stage expansion to ac- $5 million in annual revenue for downcommodate dance shows and a small town Plattsburgh in its first few years.

In the meantime, the stage is alorchestra pit, among other needs. They expect those funds to be raised within ready in use. Last year the Strand hosted a “hard hat” season while still 18 months.

Mundy notes that “most of the technically under construction. That generous companies in the area have included a sold-out screening — yes, given and given” to the project over all 958 seats — of the silent movie The the years. Henceforth, the Strand Phantom of the Opera last October, plans to look farther afield to potential a nod to the Strand’s past as a movie donors in Burlington, Lake Placid and house and an excuse to show off the newly restored organ.

Westport for support.

“We’re talking 14 years of fundraisFor the Strand’s 2014-2015 season, ing,” says Mundy, who’s led the board performances continue with a modest for five of those years. “Most of it was summer program that includes “Fête just knocking on doors, explaining de Danse” in early August. That show to this area what [the theater] would incorporates community master ballet do for it. Kind of like when the Flynn started in Burlington … The Flynn did a REnOvATiOnS » p.25

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“And classical guitar needs to be in an acoustic setting.”

A specialist in Vermont architecture — the Middlebury professor cowrote the recently published Buildings of Vermont — Andres initiated the free concert series 35 years ago to celebrate the church’s 150th anniversary. Now the steeple of the 1839 Greek Revival structure, which Andres is “absolutely convinced” was designed by Vermont Statehouse architect Ammi B. Young, needs refurbishing. The project will cost $130,000; the church has raised half through grants.

The music series’ donation fish bowls aren’t likely to add much to that fund. Its free admission policy allows local farm folks and children, among others, to enjoy quality music, Andres notes. And a summer night of Spanish and Latin American songs promises particular enjoyment. Says Andres, “I think this is going to be kind of special for us.” m

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Back home, she has sung as a soloist with the Oriana SingerS, the VermOnt Summer muSic FeStiVal and the VermOnt YOuth OrcheStra, and she teaches voice at the University of Vermont and Johnson State College.

For those unused to hearing an opera-trained voice sing Latin American music, Cullins points out that the tradition goes back to the Baroque church music that Spanish missionaries brought over in the 17th century.

Nevertheless, the couple often chooses to stray from classical’s “more strict interpretive line,” says Cullins.

The duo’s interests extend to jazz, flamenco and Latin folk music. And Gaviria, a fan of heavy metal who also plays electrical guitar, won Bogotà Has Talent with his electroacoustic guitar trio Vitart, among other competitions.

“We’ll be in our classical mindset and we’ll think, That doesn’t sound right,” says Cullins of their interpretive process.

“Then Daniel will try a different strum or bring out more flamenco rhythm.”

Salisbury Summer Performance Series organizer glenn andreS looks forward to hearing the duo in the 150-seat church, which has excellent acoustics.

“I love getting in good vocalists. They sound fabulous in there,” Andres says.

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he existence of Champ, the plesiosaur-like beast that allegedly dwells in the depths of Lake Champlain, has never been scientifically verified. But the legend of Champ was an amply sufficient “hook” for the latest film screening by Andy MacDougall, a true-blue cinephile and devotee of celluloid. He seized on the putative resemblance of Champ to the titular creature in the 1953 monster movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and showed that film last Friday evening at the Newman Center, a church near the State University of New York at Plattsburgh campus.

MacDougall believes that Champ is real — partly for cinematic reasons, it turns out. In justifying his belief, he quoted a character from the 1974 Hammer horror film Captain Kronos — Vampire Hunter, who, in rebutting a disbeliever of vampires, says, “What could be more improbable than God? Yet I believe in him.”

But the faith that MacDougall puts in the existence of this cryptid isn’t the chief reason he programmed the film as part of Plattsburgh’s 37th annual Mayor’s Cup Regatta and Festival. That has more to do with the movie’s power to emblematize the way films used to be — before they got corrupted, in MacDougall’s view, by pixels.

For him, the only true cinema is an analog cinema: no computer-generated imagery, no digital color correction and no digital projection. He projected The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, for which special-effects master Ray Harryhausen created the renowned stop-motion animation, onto a screen stretched out on the church’s altar. Everything about the event, from the movie’s animation to the clackety projector, was handmade.

MacDougall called it “the most ambitious project I’ve ever undertaken in 30-plus years of showing 16 millimeter.”

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genuine-celluloid film prints, and he’s preserved and exhibited them under a number of different banners, such as the Illegitimate Son of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and the Picture Show Man (his current incarnation, named for an obscure 1977 Australian film about itinerant movie showmen). He’d love to make a living from this passion, he said, but the dominance of digital entertainment makes that unlikely. So he’s cobbled together a series of jobs: handyman, film critic, ESL tutor. None seems to have inspired him like old cinema.

MacDougall can be dogmatic about what film is and should be. In an email, he referred to “Hollywood’s runaway overindulgence of CGI into soulless, imagination-inhibiting, attention-spanstunting insults to the memory of motion-picture special effects in the truly classic, tangible, organic sense.” But the man has a genuine feeling for the experiential qualities of film.

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very summer, about 150 violin, viola, cello and piano students descend on the University of Vermont to participate in the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival.

For four weeks, they live in the dorms and practice alone for four hours each morning in their rooms. They spend much of the rest of their time rehearsing in small chamber groups (there are 49 this year), attending their teachers’ faculty concerts and performing in the Recital Hall.

Yet the students also find time to act as ambassadors to the community for classical music. In a spate of fourthweek public performances, they show up in quartets, trios and sextets at busy Burlington hot spots such as Radio Bean, the Skinny Pancake and Muddy Waters to play for free. Three such concerts, called Classical Encounters, are upcoming this season: at the Sara Holbrook Community Center in Burlington, at Wake Robin in Shelburne and on the airwaves of Big Heavy World’s 105.9 The Radiator.

“It’s a wonderful way to get not just the festival out there but this type of

music,” comments violinist Bennett Astrove, 28, a student in the past five of the festival’s 10 seasons. “Some of the best ways we reach people are just random,” he continues, “like, they’re out getting a coffee on Church Street and they stop and ask questions” of the student musicians.

Artistic director Kevin Lawrence chose to locate the festival in Burlington beginning in 2005 precisely because the city is amenable to such random encounters. “It has a variety of people and the right kinds of venues,” he says. “Also, there’s a real audience for chamber music here.

B en n ett It’s not huge, but it’s vibrant.”

Lawrence, a violinist who chairs the string department at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, avowedly loves Burlington. He came to know it as a young Juilliard School student attending the Meadowmount School of Music, a seven-week summer music school across the lake in Westport,

N.Y. The highlight of student downtime was the occasional trip to the Queen City, he recalls.

Lawrence continued visiting Burlington during the 14 years he served on Meadowmount’s faculty. (Now in its 70th year, that school continues to thrive.)

Though he spent the following 10 summers in southern Vermont, as dean and then artistic director of the Killington

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Lawrence declares of the Burlington festival that he subsequently founded, “The idea that we can actually be here is wonderful A stro v e beyond words.”

Whether the students have time to experience Burlington outside of their Classical Encounters performances is another matter. Astrove, who will play Benjamin Britten’s second quartet at Wake Robin, enjoys “the town, the quality of the food, the beer,” but admits he doesn’t get out much.

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Classical Music “I find myself so caught up with what we’re working with here,” the violinist explains. “There’s such a wealth of richness in the music [to explore].”

Formerly Lawrence’s student, Astrove just completed his master’s at UNC and will begin playing in two regional North Carolina orchestras in the fall. He’s on the older side of the student body, a quarter of which is in high school this year, but his degree of focus isn’t unusual. GMCMF students, Lawrence notes, have already committed to becoming professionals.

To add to the intensity, Classical

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That feeling guided MacDougall’s decision to include in Friday’s event selections from Arcade Fire’s 2007 album Neon Bible. Just as he despises CGI, MacDougall loathes such sonic fripperies as the digital sound processor AutoTune; he admires Arcade Fire for their insistence on using “actual instruments.”

More than that, though, he said, “I’m trying to get across … that sense of wonder. How was Harryhausen able to summon up the superhuman patience not only to design the figures from scratch, but weeks of blood, sweat and tears that would accomplish only a small amount of footage? … The sense of wonder that is generated by [Arcade Fire] is very, very close to what I’m feeling when I’m watching Harryhausen’s stop-motion. It engulfs me, that lingering sense of wonder. It lasts.”

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ISSUE digital-free popular enterand we went with it. He’s tainment. The crowd at the done all the planning; he’s screening — fewer than 15 picked out the movies. We’re people — was smaller than just glad that he’s a part of it.”

MacDougall had hoped for, For attendees, the screenand it certainly did not skew ing was an enjoyable throwyoung. He said he regretted back; for MacDougall, it was his decision to allow the pubonly the most recent salvo in licity for the Mayor’s Cup to a lifelong battle to preserve “carry” his event. the kinds of films he grew up The weekend-long watching. Wowed at a young Mayor’s Cup events included age by monster movies on latea regatta, live music and night TV, MacDougall started An d y M a c Do u ga l l family-friendly activities, but collecting 8mm “condensathe film screening was a first. tions” — basically, repackaged When MacDougall pitched his idea to highlight reels — of his favorites. the planning committee, the members That hobby blossomed into a fullreceived it enthusiastically, said Beth blown obsession: He estimated that he owns 100 features and “a whole slew” of Carlin, assistant to Plattsburgh Mayor shorts on 16mm, as well as many articles James E. Calnon. “That’s one thing we’re trying to build on: having community of cinematic ephemera. He’s also slowly people step forward and bring things cataloguing his father’s old 8mm home to the event that we haven’t had in the movies. On Friday evening, MacDougall past,” she explained. “He suggested it, busted out an 8mm projector to show

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people were busy conversing. For them it was background music. There was another group who decided they were just going to attend to this playing, and they did.”

Whether the series has sparked more interest in classical is hard to tell, Lawrence adds. “I think it makes some impact, but actually I think the important impact is on our students, because they’re going into a world where they’ll have to be advocates for the music,” he says. To this end, Lawrence invited a star in the world of nontraditionalvenue playing, cellist Matt Haimovitz,

to speak about building audiences for classical music.

In the conundrum that is classical music today — no shortage of young, fervent professionals-in-training, while the culture as a whole seems to allot classical a shrinking niche — GMCMF serves as an interesting experiment. Vermont abounds in bucolic and small-town summer music schools: the esteemed Yellow Barn Music School and Festival in Putney, Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Point CounterPoint in Leicester and the newer Lyra Summer Music Workshop in Randolph among them. Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, with its populous locale and “heavy dose of performance,” as Astrove notes, is poised to right the musician-audience balance. m

classes and contemporary dance performances by the New Yorkand London-based Gleich Dances, New York’s MADboots Dance Company and dancer Rachel Cohen, a Plattsburgh native. A silent-movie screening of Old Ironsides (1926), with accompaniment by organist Peter Edwin Krasinski, follows on August 29.

Starting this summer, students enrolled in the Strand’s educational programs can also use the stage.

And in November, the Strand will host the inaugural Lake Champlain International Film Festival in partnership with the Plattsburgh Renewal Project. Dulle says the organizers have already received submissions from filmmakers as far away as Japan.

The new ED is also scoping out talented acts at music and performing arts festivals in New York and Montréal. News of the Strand’s revitalization, she says, has reached some members of Montréal’s artistic community.

“It’s wonderful; the artists up there know about the renovation here in Plattsburgh,” she says. “It’s just a really exciting time.” m

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Encounters requires that small groups of students who are strangers to each other achieve performance-ready cohesion within four weeks. “It’s a great pressure cooker,” says Astrove with a chuckle.

Faculty — who include Shelburne pianist Paul Orgel this year, though most come from outside Vermont — match up students in chamber ensembles ahead of time based on audition videos.

Performances expose students to the general public’s range of attitudes toward classical music, from interested to indifferent. At a recent Muddy Waters performance, recalls Lawrence, “some

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one of the condensations: a soundtrackfree print of First Men in the Moon, a 1964 adaptation of an H.G. Wells story and another Harryhausen classic.

MacDougall announced the midfilm break with one of those cheesy, semi-psychedelic intermission trailers — anachronistic, but clever and amusing. He had planned to show a second, unpublicized film after the first: the original 1954 Gojira, which was inspired

by The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. But by the time a couple of sleepy Seven Days reporters left to catch the late-night ferry, MacDougall didn’t think he’d make it a double feature after all. The audience just wasn’t there.

“CGI’s got nothing on this stuff,” he declared just before the feature began.

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bout 130,000 New Yorkers live year-round in 100 towns and villages within its boundaries. It’s the seasonal home of another 200,000 people. Luxury resorts cater to affluent vacationers who browse its boutiques and savor its terroir at elegant restaurants. And about half of its acreage is privately owned. So how does the Adirondack Park qualify as a park?

WTF? “It’s a unique place,” says Keith McKeever, spokesman for the state agency that oversees this 6-million-acre expanse in northeastern New York. The only parallels to it, adds Peter Bauer, head of an Adirondacks conservation group, are the much smaller (700,000 acres) Catskill Park, also in New York; New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, a protected, million-acre parcel that includes state and local parks as well as private lands; and coastal areas managed by public entities that allow for private development.

The Adirondack Park, established in 1892, was always intended to balance conservation with exploitation of natural resources. It’s not like the national parks owned by the federal government that prohibit private construction and industrial activities such as mining and lumbering, which do take place in the Adirondacks. When the state preserve was created, the national-park model was generally seen as being neither viable nor desirable for the Adirondacks, Bauer says. Washington was clearly not going to allocate the funds for purchasing vast tracts of private property, and no one wanted to evict the people who lived on those lands, he adds.

A Vermonter — George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) — is credited with crafting the theory that inspired the Adirondack Park. His influential 1864 book Man and Nature argued that environmental calamity would follow on the destruction of forestlands. Development had to proceed in harmony with preservation of nature, Marsh warned, or else resources would be depleted.

Public and private lands are not neatly separated in the Adirondack Park, which encompasses an area about the size of the entire state of Vermont.

Instead, the seemingly random mix resembles a “crazy quilt,” Bauer says. The state owns a 2.5-million-acre forest preserve designated as “forever wild,” and it controls the development and recreation rights on another 800,000 acres. Various

How do “forever wild” land, private landowners and municipalities all share the Adirondack Park?

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degrees of development are permitted on the privately held land in the park, depending on its environmental fragility, the potential value of natural-resource extraction and the existing residential concentration.

“Our land-use planning is densitydriven and based on natural resources,” McKeever explains. “We limit development in areas with significant environmental constraints, and we channel growth to areas of the park that can withstand it — where infrastructure is already in place.”

With private land classified in six ways — hamlet, industrial, rural, moderate-intensity use, low-intensity use and resource management — regulations can be as intricate as the pattern of public and private holdings seen on maps of the park. Conflict over use is inherent in such an arrangement, say state officials, preservationists and developers.

Battles were waged with particular intensity before and after the New York legislature’s creation of the Adirondack Park Agency in 1971. The move to empower the state to regulate development in towns inside the park represented a historic shift, McKeever points out.

Previously, New York allowed its localities to set their own zoning rules.

“The park agency’s establishment marked the first time the state was given zoning power over localities,” McKeever notes. “And some people did

lose building rights when the land was classified.”

The amazing thing about the Adirondack Park, Bauer says, is that the concept behind it actually works well in practice. “Rural areas across the country are suffering, but the Adirondacks is a fairly stable rural area,” observes the state park resident, whose home is in Lake George.

The ferocity and frequency of fights over the park agency’s jurisdiction and actions have subsided in the past couple of decades, McKeever notes. That’s in part because the agency’s critics “see that development can and does occur.”

Further, they see that failure to protect undeveloped areas would endanger the hunting and fishing that have great value to many park residents, McKeever says.

Dynamism is key to the park’s success, the regulator and the preservationist agree. The state continues to acquire land from private owners, and several thousand acres have been added to the forest preserve in recent years. “There’s not an environmentalist alive who wouldn’t say, ‘Job well done’ in regard to what we’ve achieved,” Bauer remarks.

At the same time, the park agency takes a flexible approach to land management, McKeever notes. “We don’t see it as a rigid plan,” he says. “We continually do regulatory reform.”

From an environmentalist perspective, Bauer offers a best-of-times/

worst-of-times assessment of the park’s current status. “While we’re living in what is probably the most dynamic period of land protection in the park’s history, we’re also seeing the state making it easier to develop private land in the park,” he says. The governor-appointed board overseeing the park agency now consists largely of “economic-development professionals, former local government officials and hotel owners,” Bauer observes. “It’s a body of people very supportive of development.”

To many planners outside the United States, Adirondack Park represents a model of environmental conservation in a world growing steadily more crowded and insatiable in its demands for resources. McKeever says he has hosted officials from scores of countries in recent years “who have come here to see what we’ve done.”

One of the most satisfying outcomes of these visits occurred a decade ago, he notes. “The native Altai people in Siberia in 2004 basically translated the APA [Adirondack Park Agency] Act and the state’s land-use master plan and used them to create their own park,” McKeever recounts. m

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To simplify the math, we’ll assume you’re six feet tall, two feet wide and one foot thick, moving straight down toward the helicopter’s blades feet first.

Assuming you were able to time your descent so you’d enter the plane of the rotor just as one of the blades had passed — and let’s all say it: you can’t — then if you were heading toward the very end of the blades, about 26 feet out from the center of the hub, you’d have to be traveling at 72 miles per hour to get through unscathed. OK, you say, but what if I don’t time it just right and the oncoming blade is a lot closer than I meant it to be — what’s a safe speed then? In that case, if you’re not going at better than maybe 5,900 miles an hour, I don’t think you’ll like how this thought experiment works out.

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Sphynx cats aren’t actually hairless, but rather have fine hairs that fall out early in the growing cycle.

In contrast to humans, where male pattern baldness results from scalp follicles gradually going dormant, Sphynx cats are from birth genetically incapable of growing more substantial hair.

Some might posit otherwise: The active ingredient in Rogaine is minoxidil, originally an anti-hypertension drug that relaxes blood vessels and would surely have vanished into the dustbin of medical history if more than 80 percent of patients taking it hadn’t started regrowing scalp hair. Exactly why this happens is unclear, but because it appears to increase blood flow to the scalp, minoxidil may encourage hairs to enter their growing cycles faster. Since Sphynx cats have some hair, just exceptionally fine, couldn’t regular application of Rogaine goose up their hair-growing cycle and make them, if not truly hairy, at least hairier than they are?

It’d be cruel to try to find out. Minoxidil can be used on some animals with care, and has been used to regrow hair on cats under veterinary supervision. But there’s significant risk — we ran across vet reports of cats that died after their owners simply went ahead and applied minoxidil to hairless patches. Given the danger and the likelihood that minoxidil-induced hair growth on a Sphynx cat will be minimal to nil, my advice, teacher, is to leave those kits alone.

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ow, Dave. Surely you realize this isn’t a practical plan. Let’s think about it a bit: 1. You can’t isolate the Pacific from the other oceans of the world — you’d have to soak up most of the seawater on Earth. But OK, we’ll pretend you could strategically pile the saturated sponges so they blocked water from running into the Pacific from the Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic oceans.

2. The Pacific Ocean has a total water volume of around 158,000,000 cubic miles. This may not be an easy quantity to grasp, so let’s express it in financial terms. A good surgical sponge made of polyvinyl alcohol can absorb about 14 times its own weight in water. A sponge of the size you specify can therefore absorb about 7.2 fluid ounces of water. To soak up the entire Pacific, you’ll need about 3.1 sextillion sponges, costing maybe $8 sextillion. Perhaps you can negotiate a volume discount.

3. But hang on.

Trying to stack up all those sponges will compress them to the point where more than 99 percent won’t be able to absorb any water, defeating your purpose.

4. Fear not. You’ve now cornered the world market on surgical sponges. Sell a few, buy yourself a plane ticket. Better yet, buy yourself a plane.

I’m an English teacher and have a student who wants to know if a hairless cat will grow hair if you put Rogaine on it. We assume it’s not safe, so we won’t try it, but we are still curious to know if Rogaine works for our feline friends as well as people.

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The Right is claiming that Hobby Lobby is a case about religious freedom, irrespective of the religion’s content.

Of course, that’s disingenuous. The plaintiffs protested the state’s violation of their right to abide by a particular tenet of their Christianity: the belief that life begins at conception. To pay for a method you believe ends a human life is to abet murder. Like the Court’s dissenters, I do not doubt the sincerity of this belief.

So Hobby Lobby is about health. It is

about equality. It is about religion and when life begins.

But, like all disputes over contraception and abortion, this case holds at its heart something else — something as important as life, perhaps more profound than equality, and rarely talked about when we talk about abortion: freedom.

Does the Thirteenth Amendment, banning slavery and involuntary servitude, protect women?

Can a person in possession of a womb be compelled to put her body in the service of another — in this case, a fetus?

Are women free?

Life or freedom? Willis’ article does not skirt the issue.

For the sake of argument, she says, let us concede that abortion does kill unborn people. Can a woman’s right to prevent a baby being born outweigh that baby’s right not to be killed?

Yes, she answers. She points out that not all killing is murder. Most Christians believe in just wars. Even pacifists hold out an exception for killing in self-defense. It all depends on context: “It makes no sense to discuss whether abortion is murder without considering why women have abortions and what it means to force women to bear children they don’t want.”

Willis continues: “There is no way a pregnant woman can passively let the fetus live; she must create and nurture it with her own body, in a symbiosis that is often difficult, sometimes dangerous, always uniquely intimate.”

The mother must, in other words, serve the fetus.

“However gratifying pregnancy may be to a woman who desires it, for the unwilling it is literally an invasion — the closest analogy is to the difference between lovemaking and rape.”

Abortion, she concludes, is an act of self-defense.

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Perpetually under threat of rape, they had babies they did not want, and the babies they may have wanted were not their own.

The Fourteenth Amendment, which moved freed slaves toward citizenship, reinforced women’s second-class status among persons utterly without status. It gave rights only to men over 21. Maybe that is what the Hobby Lobby majority held in its white male collective unconscious 150 years later.

After all, the folks behind the lawsuits similar to Hobby Lobby — there were at least 100, according to the National Organization for Women — are pretty much the same people who stopped the Equal Rights Amendment.

Compelling a woman to nurture a fetus for nine months does not compare to the seizure of her body for someone else’s purposes forever. But there is a connection. The Thirteenth Amendment did not succeed in freeing black people in 1865. It did not undo the double unfreedom of black women.

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“life” than the skin cells she sloughs off in the shower are life.

The conflict becomes even more radically imbalanced when you consider the Court’s ruling a few days after Hobby Lobby. Wheaton College, a Christian school, asked to be excused from following the ACA to the letter.

Religious nonprofits like Wheaton were already exempt from paying for contraceptive coverage. They just had to fill out a form, posting one copy to the insurer, which is legally bound to provide the benefit, and the other to the government, so it can enforce the law.

Wheaton’s leadership felt this requirement imposed an intolerable burden on its religious practice. And the majority of the Court — over the furious objections of its female members — agreed.

Here’s what the majority is saying: The state has a compelling interest in unburdening Wheaton of the duty to sign its name so that someone else can follow the law. And if Wheaton’s liberty not to fill out a form makes the law so cumbersome to administer that some women don’t get the birth control to which they are entitled, and those women end up with a growing life they do not want inside their bodies, well, so be it.

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arrived at John Brown’s farm with an admittedly limited knowledge of the man who, as the old song goes, “lies a-mouldering in the grave.”

That grave, not far from where visitors to Brown’s North Elba, N.Y., home now park their cars, lies in the shadow of the imposing ski-jump tower built for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Many visitors come to the farm to cross-country ski its public trails in winter and walk their dogs in summer.

Most of what I knew about Brown came from my public school education on Long Island in the 1970s: He was the fiery radical and violent abolitionist who, on October 16, 1859, raided the U.S. arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Va., to protest slavery. Ten of his men, including two of his sons, were killed in that raid.

Brown himself was hanged for treason and buried on his 244-acre family farm, now a New York State historic site just outside Lake Placid.

The timing of my visit was apropos.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It’s also the year in which the film

12 Years a Slave won three Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture.

Its main character, Solomon Northup, a free black man who wrote the memoir on which the movie was based, was born and raised in nearby Essex County, N.Y. Some have argued that, despite the passage of time, slavery’s legacy is still alive and unreconciled. Ta-Nehisi Coates, a senior editor at the Atlantic, wrote the magazine’s controversial June cover story, “The Case for Reparations.”

In it, Coates explored not only the era of slavery itself but also its more recent racist outgrowths, including lynching, sharecropping, neighborhood redlining and federal drug laws that punished blacks more severely than whites for essentially the same crimes.

The central message of Coates’ piece, as he told Bill Moyers in a May 14 PBS interview, is that this “broken social contract … is [our] heritage. It’s with us. It’s with all of us.”

So why is John Brown still portrayed and remembered today, even north of the Mason-Dixon line, as the wild-haired terrorist who helped put the blood in

“bloody Kansas”? As I came to discover, this tendency to oversimplify Brown’s life speaks volumes about our country’s complicated history with race — a history that, arguably, is still reflected in the dozen-plus state prisons that are a major economic driver of Brown’s home region. Clearly, this was a good time for a historical refresher.

Ironically, it began with a tour by a 20-year-old history buff from a former Confederate state. Emily Fitz-James, a recent college grad from Stafford, Va., was my tour guide of the Brown family home. As no other visitors were present on this rainy weekday, she took my $2 so I could check out the house — the park grounds are free — and gave me the grand tour.

Not that there’s a whole lot to see inside. Built in 1855 by John Brown’s son-in-law, Henry Thompson, the house has just three small rooms — two downstairs and one upstairs. Only one holds original furnishings, including a desk, bookshelf and cast-iron stove. Except for a couple of authentic boot jacks carved from wood, the rest of the furnishings

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are historically accurate replicas of 19thcentury objects: rocking chair, butter churn, water yoke and bed wrench — the last of which, Fitz-James eagerly noted, enabled the Brown family to “sleep tight” on their tiny straw mattresses.

The little house must have felt quite cramped, especially in winter. In all, Brown fathered 20 children, though he only lived in this house with his second wife, Mary Ann Day, with whom he fathered 13 kids. (His first wife died giving birth to Brown’s seventh.)

“Brown probably only visited six or seven times a year,” Fitz-James said, noting that the abolitionist was frequently away in Kansas with his older sons, fighting to make it a free state. Still, Brown often sent home grain, if not cash, to support his family, who struggled to survive the severe Adirondack winters.

One interesting relic on display: an itemized bill from Brown’s funeral, which lists “washing and preparing the body” and a 5-foot-10-inch coffin, as well as “removal to railroad,” “keeping the corpse on ice” and attendants at two funeral parlors, one in Brooklyn and another in lower Manhattan’s Bowery.

The exhibit also features a nowfamous photo of Brown appearing to swear allegiance to a flag. The flag bore the initials SPW, for “Subterranean Pass Way,” aka the Underground Railroad.

Once outside, I checked out Brown’s grave itself, one of three surrounded by an eight-foot, wrought-iron fence. It’s believed that, in all, 12 men are buried in the three graves. The first contains Brown’s body, his headstone protected behind Plexiglas. The second holds Watson Brown, one of his sons. The third is believed to contain the bodies of 10 other men who participated in the Harper’s Ferry raid.

Just beyond the gravesites is the only other original structure on the property: a barn, which one visitor described as she exited it as “a rather odd space.” From the outside, it looks like a normal 19th-century barn, gray and weathered. But inside it’s a modern, fluorescent-lit classroom that, on the day I visited, reeked of disinfectant.

In the front of the room, a monitor screened a 10-minute video about the history of the Underground Railroad in the Adirondacks and Champlain Valley.

Notwithstanding the barn’s somewhat antiseptic feel, here John Brown’s legacy seems very much alive. On his birthday each May, a Westport-based nonprofit group called John Brown Lives! organizes John Brown Day as a forum for current human rights and freedom issues. This year the group

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Another project started last year, called “The Correction,” is a series of presentations and community conversations about North Country prisons and the impact of former New York governor Nelson Rockefeller’s drug laws on people living in and around the Adirondack Park. Those are “people for whom coming here has not been a choice or a pleasant getaway,” Swan said.

For Swan, whose goal is to make local histories meaningful and relevant, the presence of more than a dozen state prisons — whose occupants cannot legally vote but are nonetheless counted in those counties’ U.S. Census tallies — is a “painfully ironic” reminder that John Brown’s ideals have yet to be fully realized. m

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screened 12 Years a Slave for North Country high school classes.

Martha Swan, the group’s executive director, is a Spanish teacher in the tiny Adirondack town of Newcomb, N.Y. Swan — who admits she, too, once perceived Brown as “that crazy white guy who went around killing people” — founded the group 15 years ago. Over the years, JBL has organized a variety of community events, discussions and exhibits, many of them held on the farm.

These include a traveling exhibit called “Dreaming of Timbuctoo.”

It explores an 1840s project that involved distributing 120,000 acres of Adirondack land to free black New Yorkers — 40 acres apiece — to enable them to meet the state’s then-legal prerequisite for voting. Though most of the 3,000 grantees never occupied that land, one of the communities that settled in the Adirondacks came to be known as Timbuctoo.

“We’ve never seen Timbuctoo on a map,” Swan noted, “but it’s enough of a fabled but very real place to have a poetic resonance with what that whole project was all about.”

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hat have I gotten myself into? I wondered last Saturday morning. My friend Meghan and I sat aboard a school bus that was topped with four inflated whitewater rafts and was creaking its way through the Adirondack cedars near Warrensburg, N.Y. My chin was already chafed from the strap of my yellow plastic helmet, and, before I boarded the school bus, a guide had cinched my life jacket so tightly that I could barely breathe. So far, the excursion with Wild Waters Outdoor Center felt like an elementary school trip, complete with 14 preteens chattering away at the back of the bus and a trip-safety talk from one of the river guides.

This wasn’t your average safety talk, though. Among the things we learned, as the guide brandished her paddle, was that “no one likes someone who just sticks the tip in.”

She informed us that if we were too dainty about our paddle strokes, we’d get the name Lilydipper. “And nobody wants that for a nickname,” she warned.

Half an hour after we’d hopped on the bus (and after a couple of roadside stops to cool down the overheating engine), we reached the put-in point.

It was just below a dam on the Indian River, two miles from its intersection with the Hudson River headwaters. The 17-mile stretch of river is renowned for its whitewater in the spring, when the river is high and fast from snowmelt in the mountains. By summer the current is slower and calmer.

The parking lot was filled with vans and buses from the many rafting companies that run trips on the same route.

Multicolored rafts spread across the sunny dirt lot and into a wooded clearing, ringed by bunches of life-jacketed people.

We found our blue raft and joined our tall, gangly river guide, Matthew Eager, and six other rafters: a couple from Connecticut; and a father, his two sons and a niece, up from the Albany area. The nine of us hefted our surprisingly heavy rafts and joined the line of others waiting to slide down a chute into the water.

Finally, we were off, and we practiced

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synchronized forward and backward strokes in the still inlet for a minute or two. Water ran into the holes on the floor of the boat, wetting my feet, but those holes were there for a reason: to provide an outlet for water sloshing over the boat’s side when needed.

Practice done, we launched into the first whitewater section of the day. Eager sat at the back of the boat and steered, occasionally calling out rowing instructions: Forward one. Forward two.

Back two. We didn’t need to paddle often, though; mostly, the river pushed us forward.

Ahead of us bobbed five other boats from Wild Waters Outdoor Center. We brought up the rear and carried a large first-aid kit. That was Eager’s responsibility, he joked, because his parents and siblings are all in the medical field. “So I’m basically a doctor, too,” he said.

The mid-July water was low and slow, but the river still roiled ahead of

The inflated nose bobbed almost underwater and back out again.

I might have shrieked, but I’d like to think it was mostly because of the cold water. us, and I could see the rocks agitating the water just below the surface.

Our raft bucked and dipped through the rapids, and water crashed up and over its sides. Eager steered the raft side to side, so all of us got our fair share of ice-cold splashes. That turned out to be a better wake-up call than the thin Stewarts coffee I’d downed just before boarding the school bus.

A mile or so more downriver, we entered a calmer stretch and merged onto the Hudson River, where we’d remain for the rest of the trip. The water was still slightly turbulent, but it was quiet enough to give us a chance to observe the

views. The river was 20 or 30 feet wide in most spots, and thick trees along each side formed a canyon. The trees grew out of rocks, weathered and etched with time and the water’s relentless flow.

Soon we were floating along on a glassy surface, and Eager told us we could jump overboard. The dip offered welcome relief from the burning, latemorning sun. Just downriver, a rock bisecting the water provided an ideal jumping-off point. Six or seven boats bumped up to the backside as people catapulted off the front, flipping and diving.

As we swam back to the raft, we

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Eager slipped the nose of our boat into a hydraulic — a stretch of water where the current pushes downward after it runs over a large underwater object such as a rock or a tree trunk.

It’s similar to the downward pull at the bottom of a waterfall, only shorter.

If the hydraulic is relatively weak, the guide can “surf” the boat, as Eager did, pushing the nose or side of the raft into the flow so that the boat stays still as the current tries to pull it under the water. The inflated sides of the raft keep it afloat, but almost immediately waves crashed into our boat, and water swirled up through the holes in the floor. The inflated nose bobbed almost underwater and back out again. I might have shrieked, but I’d like to think it was mostly because of the cold water.

We eventually popped out of the eddy and continued downriver. A few kayakers raced past us down the river, bobbing and weaving around our rafts and tossing through the turbid water. We skirted Soup Strainer, a large “hole” in the river where water flows fast over a rock shelf, creating a wide, short waterfall and a

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learned why our life jackets had to be buckled so tightly. To help a swimmer get back over the inflated side walls, a person on board had to grab the swimmer’s shoulder straps and yank upward, falling backward into the boat with the swimmer landing on top.

“It’s a great way to get to know each other really well,” Eager quipped. By that measure, he’s gotten to know hundreds of people over the seven years he’s been working on the river. Eager clearly knows the river well, too. Whitewater raft guides are licensed by the state; in New York, the license from the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation is specific to the river.

A few small rapids later, just after entering the Hudson River Gorge, we paddled to the shore for turkey sandwiches and water from a cooler that one of the boats had brought along. The six boats in our group pulled up on a sandy shore across from Blue Ledges — a row of cliffs towering above the thick pines.

The sun shifted in and out of the clouds and the wind picked up, making what had been a warm day suddenly very chilly. My still-wet swimsuit didn’t help matters. Meghan and I stood in the sun, soaking up the heat before we had to don our life jackets again.

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ack in 1814, Matt Boire’s greatThe tour company, which Boire runs great-great-great-great-grandwith his girlfriend, Wendy Cribb, offers father fought in the Battle of the photos as a kind of free historical Plattsburgh, a decisive repul- outreach program. It’s easy to discern sion of British forces toward the end of Boire’s enthusiasm for the subject of the War of 1812. Boire himself has lived local history by reading his exclamationin Plattsburgh all his life, part of the point-peppered posts, but he’s even more eighth generation of his family to do so. spirited when leading his ghost tours.

His roots there are deep.

Curious tourists can take “haunted” As the founder, sole full-time em- tours of cities all over the country, from ployee and chief tour guide of the sites steeped in bloody history and the Greater Adirondack Ghost and Tour occult (e.g., New Orleans) to places Company, Boire, 32, has found an ideal that wouldn’t seem to have much of an outlet for his passion for his city’s his- affiliation with the supernatural, such tory. Dressed in a period costume that as sunny San Diego. Depending on the includes a stovepipe hat and some location and proclivities of the guides, impressive sideburns, Boire leads tours these tours can tend toward the drily through his town’s historic sites, with historical or the spooky and macabre. an emphasis on the grisly and ostensibly Boire has been leading historicalsupernatural. supernatural tours When the occasion around Plattsburgh calls for it, he tells his since 2011, after having customers about his enjoyed similar attracown family history, tions in both Gettysburg which is in many ways and St. Augustine, Fla. inseparable from that of “I didn’t see any reason his hometown. “People why it couldn’t be find it really interestdone [in Plattsburgh],” ing to be on a tour with he says. His first tour, ADIRONDACK somebody whose anwhich occurred close to cestor was right there,” Halloween, was such a Boire says. “It makes it success that Boire soon come alive, like a living added more events. connection to that past.

The company now It’s one thing to read offers four regular about events, but they’re tours from April kind of static. But when through November, as you bring people out to well as private tours. a place [and tell them], Each tour, whether of ‘My ancestor was here Plattsburgh’s former 200 years ago,’ you can Air Force base or of see their expression the State University of change. It makes it real.”

New York’s Plattsburgh For Boire — who campus, emphasizes pronounces his name both local history and “Bware,” reflecting the supernatural lore. “You area’s French Canadian can’t have one without Mat t B oir e heritage — researchthe other,” says Boire, ing and promoting who admits to a belief Plattsburgh history is “a in ghosts. lifelong project.” He says that, as a kid, Aptly, he calls his tours “haunted he’d routinely pick up old books and history.” “They incorporate the parapostcards at tag sales, not really knowing normal,” he says, “but also the kind of why he was drawn to them. Now, years slightly dark aspects of the area’s hislater, he’s found a way to share those tory: murders and hangings and the treasures, posting a new historical photo sinister people who have lived here from every day on his popular Facebook page. time to time.”

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One such sinister fellow was Dr. William Beaumont, a surgeon whose research into digestion earned him the moniker “Father of Gastric Physiology.”

More ignominiously, he’s the namesake of Dr. Beaumont’s Tour of Terror, one of the company’s regular events.

Beaumont, who performed surgery for the U.S. Army in Plattsburgh during and after the War of 1812, earned his macabre reputation for his experiments with an unfortunate soldier named Alexis St. Martin. Accidentally shot in the abdomen, St. Martin managed to survive, but lived the rest of his life with an incompletely healed hole connecting his stomach with the outside world. Beaumont, knowing a medically unethical opportunity when he saw one, used St. Martin as a living opportunity to research human digestion. While his findings are still central to that field, Beaumont’s research methods were questionable at best.

In a recent phone conversation with Seven Days, Boire can barely contain his enthusiasm when recounting the story of Beaumont. More interesting to him than the doctor’s own story, though, is his significance to the history of Plattsburgh, a town in which a downtown street and a college research facility, among other things, are named for Beaumont.

Learning about the doctor’s shady experiments “is definitely an eye-opener for people, even people who’ve lived in Plattsburgh all their lives … who think maybe nothing ever really happened in little old Plattsburgh,” says Boire.

“I always enjoy seeing people light up when they make those connections.”

Indeed, he says, “One of the things we play up on the tour is ‘hidden history,’ history hidden in plain sight.”

Boire makes good on that claim. As he leads a group of about a dozen (including two Seven Days reporters) through downtown Plattsburgh on a recent

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Boire now prefers not to speak of the incident, for which he has duly served time, done community service work, and paid both restitution and a fine. In a Plattsburgh Press Republican article from 2008, Boire remarks — somewhat uncannily, given his current profession — that the incident “haunts [him] every day.”

Boire acknowledges the incident today with a discomfort that suggests he no longer sees himself as the kind of person who would commit such an act.

And his tours certainly affirm his commitment to “giving back” to his community by sharing his love for local history.

He is ebullient and sincere about bringing his city’s history to life.

Jim Kobak, from nearby Peru, N.Y., who’s all smiles during the evening tour, can attest to that. Kobak says that, though he’s been to Plattsburgh “many, many times” before, this is his first historical tour of the city — and he’s eagerly soaking up the information. “I had no idea of the old buildings’ involvement in the War of 1812,” Kobak says, “so [the tour] was very informative. It gave me a whole new perspective on the history of this city … Plattsburgh is a beautiful town, and this enhances it.” m

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evening, he proves himself an enthusiastic and professional showman. Clad not only in the stovepipe hat but a checked vest and double-breasted tailcoat, Boire brandishes a lantern in one hand and a walking stick in the other, attracting delighted stares from passersby.

When he recounts tales of the Battle of Plattsburgh, the walking stick becomes a rifle. When he relates the story of a serial killer who, according to legend, once lurked in the city’s alleys, his voice gets low and wavery as he waggles his fingers in the mock-menacing manner of 1960s TV horror-show hosts.

He earns many an admiring “wow” with his tales.

On the hour-and-a-half tour, which winds through downtown and a few nearby neighborhoods, stories about Beaumont’s medical exploits serve as a running theme. Here is the site of “the good doctor’s” former office, where he conducted his grisly experiments; these are the very streets on which he walked.

Though Boire makes mention of one or two allegedly haunted houses, the tour is much more concerned with real history than with supernatural tales. Boire is nothing so much as a performer of public history and an ambassador ofPlattsburgh’s past. He has a real talent and an evident love for his subject.

On one occasion, that keenness for history got Boire into fairly serious trouble. Six years ago, he served 90 days in prison for stealing from New York’s Clinton County Historical Association several Civil War-era military artifacts,

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outh of Lake Champlain, the macho code of the slate operations, which New York-Vermont border still require “hard work, hard work, hard blurs, with numerous roads work,” according to Shawn Camara, looping through the two states. whose family owns 36 quarries in Cultural and economic distinctions also Vermont and New York. Camara — himbecome less sharp as separations give self a burly, bearded bear of a man — led a way to connections. And cross-border museum-sponsored tour last Saturday of physical unity is nowhere more obvious the Blissville quarry in Fair Haven.

A mural transported to the Slate than in the Slate Valley, which straddles the state line as it runs 24 miles from Valley Museum from Granville’s town Granville, N.Y., in the south to Fair Haven hall likewise depicts the symbiosis of muscular workers, their power tools in the north.

The heaps of waste slate that can be and the hulking equipment used to seen from Routes 22A and 31 provide lift, move and slice big blocks of rock. visual evidence of a subterranean link Martha Levy, a painter from Woodstock, that predates by eons the division drawn N.Y., about whom little is known, creon maps. Curious travelers can find ated the roughly 30-foot-long mural in 1939 as part of a federal out how those mounds program that commisgot there, and learn sioned artists to execute about the area’s rich public works during the ethnic history, at the Depression.

Slate Valley Museum in Slate-related art is Granville. still being made today, Housed partly in a as evidenced by another relocated, 180-year-old exhibit at the museum Dutch-style barn, the in Granville. “Slate as museum presents exADIRONDACK Muse,” which remains hibits on the geology of on display through slate deposits, as well as November 7, includes on the equipment and works by 19 artists, workers in an industry many from Vermont or that remains economiNew York, who depict cally important to the or make use of the six-mile-wide valley. metamorphic material Artworks are also on in various ways. display. A permanent While artists illusexhibit offers the work trate the story of slate, of locally renowned much of the museum, photographer Neil which was established Rappaport, who reSh awn Ca mar a in 1995, is given over to corded images of the text-heavy panels that quarries and the quarrymen over a 25-year period before his detail the ethnic aspects of the valley’s death in 1998. His documentation began 175-year-old industry.

First came the Welsh. Already skilled by accident, Rappaport recounted in an introduction to a sampling of his in quarrying techniques, these immiphotos. “My car broke down next to the grants began arriving in the valley soon Evans pit [in Fair Haven], from which after slate was found there in the late the sounds of Italian opera could be 1830s. The Welsh were eager to escape clearly heard,” he wrote. “Looking over what the museum display describes as the edge, I could see a lone rock man “the low pay, feudal nature and indusshoveling rubbish, the radio in his lunch trial strife” associated with slate extracbucket playing the Saturday afternoon tion in North Wales.

Irish, Italians and eastern Europeans opera from the Metropolitan. I knew I made their separate ways to the Slate should photograph there.”

Rappaport’s shots of quarrymen in Valley later in the 19th century. And they bare-chested poses communicate the weren’t always welcomed. A section of

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the exhibit devoted to Slovak and Polish quarry workers notes, “Their peculiar names, unfamiliar religion and foreign language were subject to suspicion and ridicule.”

At its peak around 1900, the local slate industry provided employment to nearly 1,000 Vermont and New York residents in more than 200 quarries. Today, about 300 workers — many from Mexico and Central America — open the earth to gouge out multi-ton hunks of slate that they then split and polish for eventual sale as roofing and flooring materials.

Camara explained the process at length to about 50 sweating visitors during the two-hour, midday tour last Saturday. He tapped into a lode of facts about slate, noting, for example, that the moisture-laden rock is easy to split early in the morning, more difficult in the afternoon and altogether impossible

after six weeks of exposure to the air.

Temperatures of less than 10 degrees Fahrenheit likewise render the rocks forever impervious to a splitter’s efforts, Camara informed his guests.

He related the background of his company, which traces its origins to Camara’s father’s 1953 sale of Fair Haven slate to buyers in Worcester, Mass. The industry’s intensely ethnic character was highlighted, the younger Camara recounted, when his father was advised early on to present himself to potential customers as Italian rather than as Portuguese, his actual heritage.

Camara Slate Products has prospered, its co-owner said, despite daunting price competition in the past 20 years from operations in China and Brazil. A flooring panel that the Chinese sell for 40 cents costs $3 when purchased from a U.S. quarrying firm, Camara noted.

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“so it cuts the bugs’ mouths and makes it so they can’t eat. They leave those gardens alone.”

Local slate, which can keep a roof sealed for 100 years or longer, is also more durable than anything the Chinese or Brazilians can produce, he told the tour group. The 180-year history of slate mining in New York and Vermont offers a fundamental advantage over more recently established industries in other countries, Camara added. “We’ve got a deep understanding of what makes good or bad slate,” he said. “Newer operations — they just don’t have that kind of history behind them.” m

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Yet his family’s own annual sales have grown from $2 million to $13 million during the past two decades.

He attributed that success to diligence in both the quarries and the administrative office, as well as to the quality and colors of the slate pried from pits in Vermont and New York.

Nowhere else in the world can slate be found in so diverse an array of greens, grays, blacks and reds, Camara said.

A potential market also exists for some of the waste slate piled around the Blissville property. Camara said he got turned on to this possibility by a local organic gardener who visited the quarry in hopes of buying slate shards.

“What would you want that for?” he asked her.

“She told me she mixed it into the soil to keep away pests. Slate’s microscopically sharp,” Camara explained,

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en Chamberlain was born and raised in Addison County with the Green Mountains in his backyard, but what he could view from his front door really captured his imagination.

“As a child, my view was of the Adirondacks,” says Chamberlain, who eventually left for art school at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute and a sevenyear stint in California before returning to the Northeast. “When I came back, I just started exploring the Adirondacks more and more and more, and it consumed me — it was a real escape, just somewhere I could go and truly disconnect and get away from it all.”

A night or two in the woods turned into multiday paddling and hiking expeditions, until Chamberlain and his girlfriend eventually moved to Saranac Lake to be closer to the Adirondack Park.

“It’s so vast — six million acres, more than 3,000 lakes and ponds, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams,” says Chamberlain of the ADK’s allure. “I figured out I could spend my whole life here and never get to the end.”

But what Chamberlain could also never attain, he realized last winter when coming down from a hike up 4,160-foot Phelps Mountain, was a sustainable, local souvenir that he could wear to show off his passion for those peaks.

“Here I am, in my mid-thirties, I love the Adirondack Park, but what authentic thing can I purchase to show that, aside from buying a Patagonia shirt, which has nothing to do with the Adirondacks?”

Chamberlain recalls thinking. “I love Patagonia, but there’s a real disconnect.”

So he set out to create his own line of Adirondack wear.

Chamberlain was not only an illustration major at Pratt but also a longtime concertgoer and T-shirt collector. He realized that all-natural, organic cotton could be his canvas. His inks, meanwhile, would be water-based, environmentally friendly products from downstate in Hauppauge, N.Y. His designs would be inspired by ADK discoveries, from frogs and bears to sunsets and still waters.

Available in “small-batch” limited runs, each of Chamberlain’s T-shirts tells a story. Like the time when he hiked

several miles to the 250-foot OK Slip Falls in Indian Lake, recently acquired by the state from the paper company Finch, Pruyn & Co. The cascade is eye popping, but he was more concerned with the phenomenon at his feet: “thousands” of newts. “I could barely walk; I had to tiptoe because there were so many,” says Chamberlain. “So I went home and drew up a little newt.”

Less than a year after his winterhike epiphany, Chamberlain officially launched Blue Line Design & Apparel (like the Adirondacks, it has a threeletter nickname: BLD) in January. Last month, he opened a flagship store on Saranac Lake’s Main Street to sell everything from tank tops to thermals for year-round adventures. Experienced in construction, Chamberlain built much of the place himself, with reclaimed lumber racks and an in-house printing setup.

“Saranac Lake is having its own little renaissance right now, so I just really want to be part of that, and part of the community,” Chamberlain says of his decision to base the business in the village of 5,400. “Plus, it’s the final outpost before the St. Regis [Canoe Area] wilderness, which is what I like

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“If you’re wearing a BLD shirt Spreading the gospel of locally from the Adirondacks,” he says to grown goods, and how they benefit Vermonters, “it’s like eating a tomato local economies and populations, can from your garden.” m be slightly more difficult on his side of Lake Champlain, says Chamberlain.

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he amuse bouche was both unexpected and strange — a dollop of creamy pimento cheese and a couple of Ritz crackers. But the cheese, steeped in American Southern tradition, calmed and comforted, as if to say, “You’re across the lake now.

Welcome to vacation.”

So began a recent dinner at Blue Collar Bistro, a new restaurant in downtown Plattsburgh. It’s the Lake City’s first with a from-scratch, farm-to-table menu.

The project began in 2013 as a pop-up eatery at the Plattsburgh Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market. Cindy Snow wanted to bring fresh, local food to her hometown, where her family has been in the restaurant business since 1971.

She started serving Cuban and grilled-cheese sandwiches to hungry passersby and quickly earned herself a following.

In March, Snow partnered with co-owner and cochef Ben Eichenberger to open a permanent restaurant.

They’ve created a pint-size powerhouse of a place in an old storefront, tucked among the dusty junk shops on Margaret Street. Their menu is an exercise in beautiful paradox: It’s globetrotting but regional, classic but modern, aspirational but not pretentious.

Blue Collar Bistro’s menu is, first and foremost, long. So long that its many pages come clamped to a clipboard for handier perusing. Even after chatting with both chefs, I was still mystified as to how the kitchen covers that much ground in a single shift.

Despite its length, that menu is coherent. At a more egodriven restaurant, having two chefs in charge would be a recipe for self-destruction. But Snow and Eichenberger, it seems, simply like making lots of different things. In quiet, subtle ways, they coax new flavors from old ideas, and, during two recent visits, their style revealed itself as I ate my way through dish after dish.

Inspiring that kind of appetite is exactly the restaurant’s intention. Snow said she wants to keep things affordable enough that locals can visit often and eat plenty when they do. “Cindy wants people to be able to eat out three nights a week,” Eichenberger told me on a recent afternoon. Snow thinks of Blue Collar as an “everyman’s diner,” she said.

A modest bowl of poutine — studded with smoky hunks of stringy, house-pulled pork — costs you $8.

Smoothed over with just a bit of simple, savory veal gravy and melty bits of local cheese curd, the sublime piggies happily cohabitated with a crisp bowl of fries. Taking the “from scratch” mantra to the nth degree, Snow and Eichenberger make the ketchup themselves — and, yeah, it’s just ketchup, but the day I had it, it was great.

Then there were the sloppy joes ($8). Instead of the familiar ketchup-soaked beef in a bun, Snow serves a meaty mélange (chicken and pork seasoned with Asian sauces and

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The restaurant is a collaboration of two restaurant groups: SAM, PETER and PAUL HANDY, the brothers behind VERMONT TAP HOUSE; and Sam Handy’s son, also named SAM, who owns Burlington’s SCUFFER STEAK & ALE HOUSE with PAT STEWART and DON JOHNSON. “It’s basically my concept,” says the younger Handy.

“I’ve had this in my head for a long time.”

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new menu concept and will use more local ingredients.

Fans of Junior’s New York-style pizzas will still find them, but in smaller sizes. Other red-sauce dishes and pastas will be on the menu alongside Italian small plates, including a variety of crostini. Homemade pastas will include ravioli.

And with the craft-pub vibe will come matching menu items, including burgers, wings, steak sandwiches and homemade sides such as onion rings and hand-cut fries. “It’s gonna be a place where you can grab a bite to

The Belted Cow Bistro closed at the end of April, leaving Essex Junction residents wondering what could take its place. TREE BERTRAM, owner of EL GATO CANTINA in Burlington, missed the announcement. But she got a tip about the available space from two of her regular customers — the Belted Cow’s former owners, JOHN DELPHA and CAITLIN BILODEAU. Turns out, Bertram had been hoping to expand into Essex. “Essex has a lot of families, and I think our price point will fit there,” she says. The second El Gato will likely open in September, after Bertram and her crew have given the space a Mexican makeover.

Bertram says to expect a menu similar to that in Burlington, complete with authentic Mexican tacos and harder-to-find dishes such as posole and tamales. The weekly specials will also come to Essex — including

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In September, few traces will remain of the Shelburne Road KFC. The fast-food counter and plastic tables where the ghost of Colonel Sanders once flitted will be replaced by a brick interior and 25-foot maple bar.

Fountain drinks will give way to 15 local microbrews on tap, plus Vermont liquors and wines.

The man behind this transformation is none other than JUNIOR’S ITALIAN owner FRANKE SALESE, who hopes to open JUNIOR’S RUSTICO by the middle of September. While his Colchester restaurant boasts 300 seats, there will be 80 in his new location, which he says will have a

eat, grab a beer — or a couple beers. Nothing pretentious at all,” says Salese.

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They’ll be paired with various fry options, including garlic-rosemary and truffle.

Milkshakes are also part of the plan, but adult beverages get a major focus.

The restaurant’s back wall is being transformed into a vodka bar that will serve “at least 30 martinis and cocktails,” Handy says. That sophistication will be reflected on the appetizer menu, featuring cheese and charcuterie plates, fried artichokes, and hummus with mint salsa verde.

The young restaurateur has high hopes. Handy’s long-term plans include expanding beyond the Williston location. “It’s definitely something we’re thinking about,” he says. “We need to make sure we nail this first one.”

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spices, plus a bit of that glorious ketchup) with al dente round rice noodles and crisp, fresh local lettuce, Thai-wrap style.

I was so taken with the fun of spooning meat and noodles into the greens, then cradling the crunchy little wraps between my fingers like tea sandwiches, that a funny thing happened. I forgot what I was eating. In this wrap format, my mouth expected a spicy Thai larb, or choppedmeat salad, which wasn’t what I got. I was confused. The flavors were familiar and vaguely Asian, but not quite larb. When I finally placed the taste, the epiphany drew me back to Earth: It was a sloppy joe. But it was a low-carb, gluten-free update of the time-honored, working-class meal.

Suddenly I was laughing and happy.

It’s not often that a restaurant can clearly label something on the menu, then serve it in such a mind-bending way that the dish causes a professional eater to forget what she’s eating. Sometimes, when a kitchen delivers exactly what it promises, eating there is like coming to Jesus.

That may be the most striking thing about Blue Collar Bistro: It delivers. The place is affordable, as the name suggests; it sources ingredients locally, just as it claims. And, in the spirit of a bistro, it’s a convivial gathering place where folks of all stripes can share an everyday meal on any ole night of the week.

The approach seems to be working.

Even at noon on a Tuesday, most of the bistro’s seats were filled. On a recent Thursday at 6 p.m., summer student holdovers pulled up to the long, L-shaped bar as young families and trucker-hat retirees tucked themselves into antique wooden

booths. A blue velvet banquette along the wall hosted a family gathering, and evening sunlight streamed through picture windows, washing over all. On the sidewalk outside, a crowd chattered over summer meals as the sun sank behind the buildings.

That night, my husband and I ate outside, drinking seasonal beers from Lake George’s Adirondack Pub & Brewery and Magic Hat Brewing, both of which rang in under $5. Blue Collar has no cocktails, but there’s an expansive, value-focused wine list for folks looking to class it up a bit.

“I just wanna let you know, we’re out of the corned-beef Reuben,” our waiter told a neighboring table. He didn’t mention it, but that corned beef is cured in-house. Since it takes up to five days to brine, when it’s out, it’s out. I overheard people at another table saying patrons will sometimes wait five days for their Reuben fix. “That’s one of the first things we run out of,” the waiter apologized when I asked about it later.

When I finally got my paws on the sought-after sandwich ($8) weeks later, I fell hard and fast at first bite. Its tender, briny corned beef, thick-sliced and bookended by buttered, toasty rye; its zingy sauerkraut; satisfying slick of Southern-style remoulade (Snow’s family comes from the South); and subtle, sweet Swiss all add up to a sandwich worthy of a Shakespearean sonnet.

If Blue Collar’s version digressed a wee bit from what you’d expect from the classic stack, it was still exactly what a Reuben aspires to be. It was a hefty load, and eating it for lunch spoiled my dinner.

But I’ll do it again … and again, for as long as they’ll have me.

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Bistro’s bourbon butterscotch pudding ($3) was a smooth, creamy, spoonable blast from the past, flecked with fineground vanilla bean and richly saturated with buttery sweetness with just a flicker of boozy shine. If there’s a butterscotch revival brewing, this version should be the standard bearer.

The pudding really nailed dessert, but a ricotta pie ($3) held its own, too. The flaky cake aced the classic baked-ricotta texture and was imbued with lemon zest and something a little herbal: Fennel?

Juniper berry? When I spoke with the chef, I didn’t ask; sometimes wondering is more interesting than knowing.

In the best sense, Blue Collar Bistro is a place that makes you wonder. Over both my meals, and in between and after, I wondered. About the menu, about what I was eating, about new- and old-fangled cookery, and about why we eat and where it all comes from and where it’s all headed.

And how food fleshes out the flavor of so many memories.

The restaurant also seems to pose a question about two very different shores of Lake Champlain. Blue Collar Bistro is in Plattsburgh, where it’s affordable and tailored to the local palate. Could a place like this pay the rent in pricier Burlington?

If it could, the Queen City would be the better for it. But maybe this precious little café is something that Burlingtonians, with all their other amenities, will have to take that puddle-jump across the lake to enjoy.

Maybe the distance is a good thing.

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extraordinarily creamy Camembert and local apples, among others.

Find housemade feta in a salad; farm yogurt comes carrying dill in a tzatziki sauce with falafel, or plain and simple in a granola bowl. Gilman spreads cream cheese she helped produce on bagels from nearby DoGwooD BrEAD compANY. The café also offers a selection of savory popovers, quiches and other baked goodies.

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neighbors are hard at work opening a brewery (AuSABlE BrEwiNG compANY) and a farmstead butcher shop (mAcE chASm fArm).

When those are up and running, Kleinhammer says, the creamery café will bring in more of their meats and brews.

“It’s been wonderful,” Kleinhammer says of business so far. “We haven’t met our goal business-wise just yet, but we’re close, which is great for being just a month in.”

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The Reuben was a hard act to follow, but Snow’s farmers market Cuban ($7), with its thin-sliced, deli-style ham crowning a tender, marinated pork loin and garlic dill pickle, kept up pretty well. Layered into a soft panini roll, pressed to optimum crispness, it’s a fine rendition of the Floridian standard.

There’s nothing standard about Eichenberger’s chicken Marsala ($15) — a dish I rarely order. Here, though, when my waitress (who happens to be married to one of the chefs) recommended it as one of the best things on the menu, I trusted her. And, boy, it was a sight to behold.

Crisp, bacon-wrapped cutlets of meltin-your-mouth chicken — stuffed with chicken sausage, toasted squash seeds and McIntosh apples — were perched atop a heap of mashed potatoes and shrouded in savory Marsala veal demi-glace. That sauce, and the dish as a whole, was at once highfalutin and homey. Somehow it tasted like mom’s cooking — if your mom was the best cook on Earth.

A roasted half chicken ($12) was more pared down. Still, it was a succulent beast, beer-brined with spice and juniper berries for days and juicy to the core. Cut down the spine, it came served with the same basic but great mashed potatoes and unadorned vegetables. The preparation is based on a dish Snow ate in a period restaurant near Gettysburg, Penn., she said.

Yet in this, as in many dishes on the menu, chef-y nuance takes a backseat to quality ingredients.

In an era of big-name chefs pushing their big ideas on an insatiable generation of eaters, reliance on raw material is one of the bigger ideas I’ve seen carry a restaurant in a while.

Eichenberger and Snow get even more down-home and old-fashioned with dessert. When was the last time you saw butterscotch pudding on a menu? For me, it had been decades, and I hadn’t been looking to see it ever again. But Blue Collar

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he clams haven’t changed. They’re just as tender and sweet as when Greek immigrant Thomas Soffron began manufacturing them for Howard Johnson in the 1940s. For nearly three-quarters of a century, those crisp, lightly nutty-tasting bivalves have been served with tartar sauce under the descriptive trademark Tendersweet Fried Clams.

Many Northeasterners recall the crispy little critters (actually slices, not whole mini clams as many people assume) as part of their childhoods, existing in the same murky realm as Proust’s madeleine. And most will never taste them again. For a younger generation, the distinctive blue-and-orange Howard Johnson’s logo is just a period relic glimpsed on a “Mad Men” episode, where Don Draper drove all the way to Plattsburgh, N.Y., for a business meeting at HoJo. But in nearby Lake Placid, that logo and the trademark orange roof still stand strong, and the clams are a hot-out-of-the-fryer reality. There, Mike Butler carries on the work his father, Ronald, started when he helped open the restaurant in 1956. Today, the formerly 1,000-strong Howard Johnson’s chain has dwindled to two locations: the Butlers’ and one in Bangor, Maine.

On a recent Saturday, in the fading glow of the Fourth of July, the Lake Placid HoJo had attracted a respectable crowd of senior citizens to its dining room, while a few younger locals sat at the counter once reserved for ice cream.

But the restaurant isn’t always this busy.

One server pointed out that the holiday brought out more diners than usual. “The last couple years, we’ve been affected by the fact that the majority of our core customers are senior citizens and are dying off,” Butler admitted.

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Those are the customers who recall HoJo’s glory days. Howard Deering Johnson essentially invented the restaurant franchise model in 1935 when he began licensing his name and logo, as well as food products made in a central commissary. For better or worse, without Johnson, the world wouldn’t have had the

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near-universal experience of biting into a Chicken McNugget or a Whopper.

But the old-school entrepreneur was far too exacting to serve his customers pink slime. In 1965, Johnson contracted with Christian Dior to design his waitresses’ uniforms. Four years earlier, Johnson had convinced chefs Pierre Franey and Jacques Pépin to leave their posts at upscale Le Pavillon and develop new dishes for his chain.

Pépin, now better known as a TV host and cookbook author than he is for slinging burgers as a line cook at a New York HoJo (as he actually did early in his tenure), stayed on at the company for almost a decade, refining old favorites and creating new dishes. The results included a well-remembered chicken potpie and a boil-in-the-bag beef bourguignon. “Howard Johnson was all about quality,” said Butler. “There were no shortcuts.”

Butler remembers that beef stew as a favorite of the franchise days. So does server Jan Mullarney, who recalls bringing bags of

it with her whenever she visited her son out of state.

Last month, Mullarney celebrated her 49th year at the Lake Placid restaurant.

“Some guy asked if she came with the place,” Butler joked. “If they just hold with me another few years, I’d like to have a record and a big party,” Mullarney riposted.

Mullarney isn’t the only longtime employee. Another server has worked at the HoJo for 29 years. Then there’s 51-year-old Butler, who was born into the business. “I’ve worked here all through, since I was 5 years old,” he said. “I would make a quarter for buttering all the rolls.”

Butler’s father purchased the Lake Placid HoJo from its original owners two years after it opened in 1956. He was there for the glory days but also for the decline of the brand.

Mike Butler said he believes that decline was foreshadowed as early as 1959, when Howard Deering Johnson’s son, Howard Brennan Johnson, took over the company and began pushing the expanding hotel business over the restaurants. The Butler family joined the trend and opened a Howard Johnson hotel beside the restaurant. (Today it’s a Comfort Inn, managed by Mike Butler’s brother, Patrick.)

But the growth of the hotel brand ultimately didn’t bode well for the dining experience. While the senior Johnson enforced inspections of each restaurant four times a year, those inspections slowly disappeared under his son, Butler said. The real death knell for the HoJo restaurant franchises came in 1986, when Marriott International took over the hotel brand and eliminated the restaurants from its business plan.

(After several additional changes in ownership, the Howard Johnson hotels now belong to Wyndham Worldwide.)

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“Howard Johnson’s was always on a busy corner,” Mike Butler pointed out. In the past three decades, owners have found it more profitable to sell off their prime locations than to fight the progress of the American palate. When the Times Square HoJo closed in 2005, its site sold for more than $100 million.

But the Butlers are holding on in Lake Placid — and no longer paying franchise fees. “They can’t charge us a franchise fee, because there’s no longer anywhere to pay it to,” said Butler.

Without the central Howard Johnson’s commissary, how can the clams still taste the same as ever? Butler contracts out to Concord Foods in Massachusetts to make the batter for that specialty and for the brand’s famous, fluffy pancakes, he said.

In a clever move, Howard Johnson designed his breakfast items to be sold à la carte. That means those sweet, sponge-like hotcakes soak up their syrup alongside near-infinite combinations of eggs, toast and meats that include sirloin steak, kielbasa and chopped ham.

Many items, including all the seafood on the menu, come to the restaurant frozen.

Steaks, however, are hand-cut on-site.

Butler serves fire-engine-red Glazier Hot Dogs, which are made in nearby Malone.

Butler said he has friends in Burlington and has learned to appreciate the local focus of the Vermont dining scene. “Vermont does a great job with that. New York is so far behind, but a lot of newer places here are farm-to-table,” he noted. “But costeffective-wise, because we’re so big, it just doesn’t work [for us]. We’d like to [serve more local foods].”

Though he can’t afford to serve products from nearby farms, Butler does look to his neighbors to fill the drinks menu. Beers on tap include brews from Lake Placid Craft Brewing, Great Adirondack Brewing and Brown’s Brewing in Troy. Vodka and gin come from Lake Placid Spirits.

Those tipples may be refreshing, but some of us prefer ice cream to booze. And HoJo ice cream, which launched the brand back in the 1920s, was famous for its exceptionally high butterfat content and 28 seasonal flavors. Butler said his favorites were banana and blueberry; others included orange-pineapple and apple-cinnamon swirl. “[Howard Johnson] didn’t use any artificial flavors,” Butler recalled. “Chocolate was from Switzerland; walnuts were from the Pacific Northwest; vanilla was from Madagascar. It was as good as any artisan ice cream being made today.”

Sadly, those scoops are no longer on offer in Lake Placid: Production ended a quarter century ago, around the same time the brand’s fried clams, macaroni and cheese and other frozen items went the way of the dodo.

Those weren’t the only items that once appeared with the Howard Johnson brand name; Butler fondly remembers chewing gum and chocolate bars made for the store. “The only thing that he [Johnson] did that failed was a soda in the early ’70s,” he recalled. “Howard Johnson soda was not good. It was terrible. Nobody was happy with it. It tasted flat.”

Today, the Lake Placid HoJo offers a house dessert of strawberry shortcake that tastes anything but flat — or manufactured. A fluffy corn muffin, flecked with cornmeal, serves as the base for piles of fresh strawberries, cream and vanilla ice cream.

It tastes like America, an America that’s now mostly gone: A nation full of boat-like hunks of metal that stop at motor lodges for a rest and a square meal with no frills.

And for those who want to remember the mid-century trickle-down of big-city cuisine to the family roadside stop, the Lake Placid HoJo still serves those clams. “We just try to offer a fair price and a great meal,” said Butler. “We’re still plugging along.” m

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Champlain Islands Farmers Market: Baked items, preserves, meats and eggs sustain seekers of local goods. St. Rose of Lima Church, South Hero, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4122.

Middlebury Farmers Market: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers' totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 673-4158.

Newport Farmers Market: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the fresh fare supplied by area growers and producers. Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 274-8206.

Slow Food Vermont Farmers Market: Foodies learn about the origins of local meats, produce and flowers at an assembly of 10 small-scale farmers and artisan food producers. Burlington City Hall Park, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, jess@hotelvt.com.

Wednesday Wine Down: Oenophiles get over the midweek hump by pairing four varietals with samples from Lake Champlain Chocolates, Cabot Creamery and more. Drink, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $12. Info, 860-9463, melissashahady@vtdrink.com.

Williston Farmers Market: An open-air affair showcases prepared foods and unadorned produce.

New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, willistonfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.

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Bridge Club: Strategic thinkers have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. $6 includes refreshments. Info, 651-0700.

health & fitness

Acupressure for Better Sleep: Acupuncturist Joshua Singer demonstrates Chinese medicine techniques for achieving restful slumber. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

Montréal-Style Acro Yoga: Using partner and group work, Lori Flower helps participants gain therapeutic benefits from acrobatic poses.

Yoga Mountain Center, Montpelier, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Donations. Info, 324-1737.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

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All in the Family The New York Times describes Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as a “sunny new play about gloomy people.” Middle-aged and melancholy, the three siblings at the eye of this Tony Award-winning hurricane of hilarity are bound by chaos and dysfunction. The Chekhovian farce is set in motion when Masha, a waning movie star, returns home to Pennsylvania with her boy-toy, Spike, in tow. Upon their sister’s arrival, Vanya and Sonia descend into a frenzy of family drama punctuated by dire prophecies from their housecleaner.

Featuring a cast of seasoned actors, the Weston Playhouse brings this comedic masterpiece to the stage.

kids

Fizz, Boom, READ!: Cold-Blooded Critters: North Branch Nature Center staff lead kiddos up to age 7 in a science activity. A lunch follows. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

'The King and I': An English schoolteacher in Siam clashes with the King in Rodgers & Hammerstein's timeless musical, presented by the Very Merry Theatre. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon.

Free. Info, 355-1461.

Lunch Children & Teens: Local kids share a complimentary meal in a supportive environment.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 426-3581.

The Lunchbox Summer Meal Program: Youth ages 18 and under fill up on nutritious eats from a funky food truck that doubles as a mobile learning kitchen. St. Paul's Catholic School, Barton, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 334-2044.

Meet Rockin' Ron the Friendly Pirate: Aargh, matey! Youngsters channel the hooligans of the sea with music, games and activities. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

Messy Science Day!: Toddlers and preschoolers have fun with hands-on learning. Highgate Public Library, 11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-3970.

Reading Buddies: Eighth-grade mentors nuture a love of the written word in kiddos in grades K through 5. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot; limited space.

Info, 878-6956.

Wacky Wednesday: Build a Unique Structure: Future builders ages 8 and up craft a contraption to protect an egg from a three-story fall. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 12:30-1 p.m. Free with admission, $10.50-13.50.

Info, 877-324-6386.

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‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ Thursday, July 17 & Friday, July 18, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 19, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, July 20, 3 p.m., at Weston Playhouse. See website for future times. $39-52.

Info, 824-5288. westonplayhouse.org

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Pick a card, any card! When magician and mentalist Oz Pearlman takes the stage, be prepared to shake your head in awe. For more than 20 years, the internationally recognized performer has dazzled audiences and critics alike. Of his 2004 off-Broadway show, “WatchMagic,” the New York Times asserted, “even skeptical viewers are won over!” From politicians and professional athletes to celebrities and corporations, the charismatic personality leaves his mark wherever he goes. Pearlman’s popular lectures and instructional videos reflect a love of his craft and secure his standing as one of the most sought-after entertainers of his kind.

Oz Pearlman Thursday, July 17, 7 p.m., at Jewish Community of Greater Stowe. $10-20.

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Wire Sculpture: Bend it, shape it, create it!

Tinkerers ages 11 and up join Bethany Fronhofer for a creative session. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

Young & Fun Performance Series: Lake Placid Sinfonietta: Little ones wiggle, wonder and wander through the instruments while the professional orchestra performs "Superheroes!"

Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 518-523-2512.

language

English as a Second Language Class: Those with beginner English work to improve their vocabulary. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

German-English Conversation Group: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

Intermediate Spanish Lessons: Adults refine their grammar while exploring different topics.

Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

Intermediate/Advanced English as a Second Language Class: Speakers hone their grammar and conversational skills. Administration Office, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

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Just for Laughs Festival: The biggest names in comedy descend upon Montréal with gutbusting material. See hahaha.com/en for details.

Various Montréal locations, 7 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 514-845-2322.

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Career Workshop: Assessing Strengths and Goals: Andrea Gould and Cathy Hunter of the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation Outreach Program help participants evaluate skills and create individualized career-action plans. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 777-8602.

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Green Mountain Table Tennis Club: PingPong players swing their paddles in singles and doubles matches. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 6-9:30 p.m. Free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership. Info, 247-5913.

'Arsenic and Old Lace': Saint Michael's Playhouse presents the classic Broadway musical about Abby and Martha Brewster, a pair of spinster sisters with an affinity for poison. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $41-44.

Dorset Theatre Festival: 'Out of the City': A 60th birthday celebration in the country proves anything but predictable for two couples in Leslie Ayvazian's provocative comedy. Dorset Playhouse, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. $20-59. Info, 867-2223.

The Met: Live in HD Series: Melding elements of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, a broadcast production of Enchanted Island features more than 30 compositions by Handel, Vivaldi and others. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-15. Info, 748-2600.

'On the Town': Three sailors find love and adventure in New York City on a 24-hour leave from the U.S. Navy in this World War II musical, staged by the Stowe Theatre Guild. Town Hall Theatre, Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 253-3961.

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am Authors at the Aldrich: Sandor Sil ve r Katz schools foodies with The Art of m an Fermentation, winner of the 2013 James Beard Foundation Book Award. A concert in Currier Park follows. Milne Community Room, Aldrich Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550.

MaryLiz Riddle & Linda Schneck: As part of the Readings in the Gallery Series, the poet and storyteller joins the harpist for an evening of spoken word set to music. A reception follows. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

Short Fiction Writing Workshop: Stories penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members spark a dialogue among readers. Studio 266, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com. Info, 383-8104.

Stowe Free Library Giant Book Sale: Bibliophiles go wild at this annual event featuring thousands of titles up for the choosing. Porch and lawn, Stowe Free Library, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Info, 253-6145.

Writers for Recovery Workshop: Led by local author Gary Miller and documentarian Bess O'Brien, attendees put pen to paper and explore addiction, recovery and familial relationships.

Turning Point Center, Burlington, pizza, 5:30-6 p.m.; workshop, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-3150, writersforrecovery@icloud.com.

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Owl Prowl & Night Ghost Hike: Flashlight holders spy denizens of dusk on a journey to 19thcentury settlement ruins, where spooky Vermont tales await. Meet at the History Hike parking lot.

Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm.

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Jennifer Haugh: The CEO of Iconic Energy presents "Please in My Backyard: Using Creativity to Generate Interest in Renewable Energy."

Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 495-5545.

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City Hall Park Lunchtime Performances: Old-time country songs from Soaked Oat energize music lovers. Burlington City Hall Park, noon-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7166.

Community Evenings at the Farm: The Onion River Jazz Band serenade picnickers at an outdoor show. Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6 p.m. Donations. Info, 985-9551.

Craftsbury Chamber Players: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Luigi Boccherini, Rebecca Clarke and Alexander Borodin.

UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10-25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443.

Hunter Paye: The singer-songwriter kicks off the Summer Street Music Series with captivating tunes reflective of his lyrical gifts. Bradford Public Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

Sky Blue Boys: The bluegrass duo hits up the Middlesex Summer Concert Series with spirited selections. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic fare. Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand; rain location: Rumney School gymnasium, Middlesex. Free. Info, 272-4920 or 272-7578.

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One Killington Tournament: Players take a swing at a double-course tournament featuring two nine-hole rounds at Green Mountain National and Killington Golf Course. Partial proceeds benefiting Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports. Killington Golf Course, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. $55 per player; $275 per team of five. Info, 422-6700.

Wednesday RoadSpokes 101 Ride: A gentle training ride builds bike-handling skills and increases confidence and comfort on the road. Road bikes recommended. Montpelier High School, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409.

Women's Wednesday Mountain Rides: Beginner-to-intermediate pedalers cruise scenic routes. Mountain bikes suggested; helmets required. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 229-9409.

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Open Barn: Dairy lovers celebrate the passage of the Raw Milk Delivery Bill with tasty samples and farm tours. Family Cow Farmstand, Hinesburg, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4440.

business

Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Mixer: Area professionals mingle with special guests from the Franklin County Humane Society at a networking event. Westaff, St. Albans, 5:307:30 p.m. $5-8; preregister. Info, 524-2444, info@ fcrccvt.com.

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Bradford Summer Parade: Floats, antique cars, and horses and riders reflect the theme "Summertime Fun." Depot Street, Bradford, 6 p.m.

Free. Info, 768-1171.

Social Hour at the Generator: Like-minded locals network with Generator staff and learn about opportunities at the maker space. Local eats from the Dolce VT food truck round out the evening.

Generator, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, outreach@generatorvt.com.

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Rochester Contra Dance: Mary Wesley calls the steps to tunes by Pete's Posse. Musicians are welcome to join the band. Pierce Hall Community Center, Rochester, 7-10 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 617-721-6743.

Southern Vermont Dance Festival: Choreographers, dancers and musicians interpret the art form in classes, workshops, concerts and performances. See southernvermontdancefestival. com for details. Various locations, Brattleboro, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Prices vary. Info, info@southernvermontdancefestival.com.

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Feast & Field Market & Concert Series: A pastoral party features locally grown produce, homemade tacos and a mix of funk and rock by Green Room. Clark Farm, Barnard, market, 4:307:30 p.m.; concert, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3391.

Hop 2014-15 Season Sneak Preview & Tours: Upper Valley arts lovers get a look at the Hopkins Center's upcoming programming, which includes big names like Richard Goode and rising talent Cecile McLorin Salvant. Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

Mount Mansfield Scale Modelers: Hobbyists break out the superglue and sweat the small stuff at a miniature construction skill swap. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0765.

Summervale: Locavores celebrate farms and farmers at a weekly event centered on food, brews, kids activities and live music. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 660-0440.

Tea & Formal Gardens Tour: Folks explore the inn and its cottage-style gardens, then sit down to a cup-and-saucer affair complete with sweets and savories. The Inn at Shelburne Farms, 2:30-4:30 p.m. $18; preregister. Info, 985-8442.

film

'Documented': Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outs himself as an undocumented immigrant in this compelling 2013 documentary. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-2345.

'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead': Determined to lose weight and embrace a healthy lifestyle, filmmaker Joe Cross embarks on a 60-day cross-country roadtrip in his award-winning documentary.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-2600.

'Grateful Dead Beat Club': Restored footage of the psychedelic rockers' West Germany studio performance transports deadheads back to the band's legendary 1972 European tour. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

'A Place at the Table': Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush's documentary examines poverty and hunger in America, as experienced by specific children and families. A discussion follows. O'Brien Community Center, Winooski, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 847-6534.

food & drink

Fletcher Allen Farmers Market: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse, Fletcher Allen Hospital, Burlington, 2:30-5:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 847-0797.

Homebrew Fest: Fermentation fans bond over a shared love of suds. Live music and tastings round out the revelry. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7-11 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 540-0406.

Jericho Farmers Market: Passersby graze through locally grown veggies, pasture-raised meats, area wines and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-9778.

Milton Farmers Market: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Hannaford Supermarket, Milton, 4-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 893-1009.

games

Open Bridge Game: Players of varying experience levels put strategic skills to use. Vermont Room, Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 388-4095.

health & fitness

Forza: The Samurai Sword Workout: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when performing basic strikes with wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

kids

'Booked for Lunch' Series: Gooey Stories: Lit lovers in grades K and up listen to themed reads over a bag lunch. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

Craftsbury Chamber Players MiniConcerts: Little ones take in classical compositions with their adult companions. Hardwick Town House, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443.

Gary the Great: The seasoned magician dazzles kids and parents alike in "Ah! Family Magic." Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 518-523-2512.

'The King and I': See WED.16, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, noon. Free. Info, 355-1461.

Lunch at the Library: The Burlington School Food Project puts on a healthy spread for kids ages 18 and under. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

The Lunchbox Summer Meal Program: See WED.16, Gardner Memorial Park, Newport, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 334-2044.

'Mad Science Projects' Series: Fibonacci: Scientific inquiry engages students in grades 1 through 5. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

'Magic School Bus' Read Aloud: The adventures of Miss Frizzle and the gang delight children ages 4 and up. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Music With Derek: Kiddos up to age 8 shake their sillies out to toe-tapping tunes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Music With Mr. Chris: Singer, storyteller and puppeteer Chris Dorman entertains tykes and their parents. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 764-1810.

'West Side Story': Performers ages 7 through 10 stage the famed musical about two young lovers caught between rival street gangs in New York City in this Vermont Children's Theater production.

Vermont Children's Theater, Lyndonville, 7 p.m. $5.

Info, 626-5358.

lgbtq

Pride Center of Vermont Senior Women's Discussion Group: Female-identified members of the LGBTQ community consider topics of interest in a safe, comfortable setting. RU12? Community Center, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

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sunset aquadVenture: Stunning scenery welcomes paddlers of all abilities, who explore the Waterbury Reservoir in search of local wildlife. Meet at the Contact Station half an hour before start time. A-Side Swim Beach, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

'Carousel': A romance between a carousel barker and a millworker costs them their jobs in this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, performed by North Country Community Theatre. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $15-18. Info, 603-448-0400.

'Carrie, the musiCal': Based on Stephen King's 1974 novel, this gripping tale of a high school outcast with destructive powers comes to life seminars via a killer score. For ages 11 and up. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $14-16. Info, 863-5966.

ChartinG a haPPier Path in a ChaotiC world: dealinG with differenCes: dorset theatre festiVal: 'out of a ConfliCt surViVal kit: Coaches the City': See WED.16, 8 p.m. and mediators Kathleen Moore and 'foreVer Plaid': Directed by Ginny Sassaman present strategies Douglas Anderson and Chuck Miller, to better face conflict, uncertainty thespians meld humor and harand change. Hayes Room, Kelloggmonies in a musical of classic Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noonhits from the 1950s. Town Hall 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $20.

Powerful tools for Info, 382-9222.

CareGiVers: Wendy Bombard and 'les miserables': A full orchestra W N Carrie Shamel of the VNA cover selfaccompanies more than 50 local actors HA LL T care topics relevant to those responH EATE R and singers in an adaptation of Victor sible for the medical needs of their family Hugo's work about an ex-con seeking redempmembers. Grand Way Commons, South Burlington, tion in 19th-century France. Paramount Theatre, 6-7:30 p.m. $30 suggested donation; preregister.

Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 775-0903.

Info, 658-1900, ext. 3903. 'on the town': See WED.16. oPen miC niGht: Performers take the stage with talks 10 minutes or less of original music, poetry, comedy hot toPiCs in enVironmental law leCture and more. Vergennes Opera House, registration, series: Osha Davidson of Earthzine details under6:45 p.m.; open mic, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-6737. water happenings in "Changing Threats to Coral oz Pearlman: The nationally recognized mentalReefs." Room 007, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, ist and magician wows audience members with an South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1228. awe-inspiring act. See callendar spotlight. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 7 p.m. $10-20. Info, theater 253-1800. 'arseniC and old laCe': See WED.16, 8 p.m.

'Vanya and sonia and masha and sPike': 'blues in the niGht': In a show featuring the muFeaturing the hilarious interplay between three sic of Duke Ellington and others, Meredith Watson, middle-aged siblings, Christopher Durang's Tony Ashely Nease and Kathleen Keenan belt out more Award-winning adaptation of Chekhov themes than 20 songs prompted by the pitfalls of love. comes to life in this Weston Playhouse production.

Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-30. Info, See callendar spotlight. Weston Playhouse, 7:30 229-0492. p.m. $39-52. Info, 824-5288.

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Craftsbury Chamber Players: See WED.16, Hardwick Town House, 8 p.m. $10-25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443.

Green mountain Playboys: Concertgoers groove to rocking Cajun rhythms from the local band. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 426-3581. the snaz: The rising talents entertain the crowd with indie-rock tunes at a brown-bag concert.

Woodstock Village Green, noon. Free; donations accepted. Info, 457-3981. snow farm Vineyard ConCert series: Live music by the grapevines makes for a rollicking good time at this weekly shindig. Local libations and good eats complete the evening. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, grounds open, 5 p.m.; concert, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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birds by ears & eyes: Fans of feathered fliers embark on a woodland adventure bursting with birdsong. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. the Good, the bad and the really, really itChy: Hikers learn to identify poison ivy, medicinal jewelweed and other local plants. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm.

Info, 244-7103. steVenson brookwalkers: Adventure-seekers slip into their water shoes for a guided hike in and along the spring-fed stream. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

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daVid dillon & Jody GladdinG: The local poets team up for an evening of award-winning verse. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

GreG CarPenter: The Fairfax resident signs and discusses What Makes Vermont Special.

Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. meetinGhouse readinGs: Poet Jeffrey Harrison and novelist Deb Harkness excerpt selected works as part of the annual literary series. Meetinghouse, Canaan, N.H., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-523-9650. stowe free library Giant book sale: See WED.16.

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GraCe summer benefit: Pianist Ira Friedman entertains attendees, who sip cocktails, nosh on catered fare and place silent auction bids at this fundraiser for Grass Roots Art and Community Effort. Lakeview Inn, Greensboro, 6-8 p.m. $50. Info, 472-6857. women's CirCle: Those who identify as women gather for readings, discussion and activities. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 302.

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maGGie's adult fiber friday: Veteran knitter Maggie Loftus facilitates an informal gathering of crafters. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6curly2@gmail.com.

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Ballroom & Latin Dancing: Samba: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. No partner or experience required.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-10 p.m. $6-14. Info, 862-2269.

Blues Dance: Folks find rhythm at this grooving session open to all levels. No partner necessary, but clean-soled shoes are required. Champlain Club, Burlington, beginner lesson, 7:30 p.m.; dance, 8 pm. $5. Info, 448-2930.

Queen City Tango Practilonga: Dancers kick off the weekend with improvisation, camaraderie and laughter. No partner necessary, but clean, smooth-soled shoes required. North End Studio B, Burlington, beginner lesson, 7-7:45 p.m.; informal dancing, 7:30-10 p.m. $7. Info, 877-6648.

Southern Vermont Dance Festival: See THU.17, 7 a.m.-11 p.m.

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Dr. Beaumont's Tour of Terror: Ghost hunters take a macabre journey through the former stomping grounds of the 19th-century physician known for conducting gruesome experiments.

Trinity Park, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7-8:15 p.m. $5-10.

Info, 518-645-1577.

Montshire Unleashed: An Evening for Adults: Attendees sip local beer and wine as they tour the museum and participate in themed activities at this after-hours fête. Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 6-9 p.m. $14; free for members.

Info, 649-2200.

Queen City Ghostwalk: Darkness Falls: Paranormal historian Thea Lewis highlights haunted happenings throughout Burlington. Meet at the steps 10 minutes before start time. Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

Specters and Soldiers Walking Tour: An exploration of Clinton County's oldest Roman Catholic burial ground and the ruins of Fort Brown elicits thrills and chills. Old Roman Catholic Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9-10:15 p.m. $5-10. Info, 518-645-1577.

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SolarFest: New England’s renewable-energy festival celebrates its 20th year with workshops, activism and live music by Bow Thayer, Waylon Speed and others — all powered by the sun. See calendar spotlight. Forget-Me-Not Farm, Tinmouth, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. $20-50; $75 weekend pass. Info, 235-1513.

film

'The Silent Clowns': A Celebration of Silent Film Comedians With Rob Mermin: The Circus Smirkus founder comments on clips of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and others during an evening of family-friendly entertainment. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 496-5997.

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Bellows Falls Farmers Market: Music enlivens a fresh-food marketplace with produce, meats, crafts and weekly workshops. Waypoint Center, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 463-2018.

Chelsea Farmers Market: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with eggs, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 685-9987.

Five Corners Farmers Market: From local meats to breads and wines, farmers share the bounty of the growing season. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3249.

Foodways Fridays: Foodies revive historic recipes in the farmhouse kitchen with seasonal dishes featuring heirloom herbs and veggies. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

Friday Night Cookout: A rambling brook provides the ideal setting for a rain-or-shine feast of grilled meats, seasonal salads and decadent desserts.

Adamant Co-op, 5:30-7 p.m. $10. Info, 223-5760.

Hardwick Farmers Market: A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with garden-fresh fare and handcrafted goods. Atkins Field, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 755-6349.

Lyndon Farmers Market: More than 20 vendors proffer a rotation of fresh veggies, meats, cheeses and more. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 535-7528.

Richmond Farmers Market: An open-air emporium connects farmers and fresh-food browsers.

Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7514.

Truck Stop: Gourmet eats and local libations from mobile kitchens satisfy discerning palates.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

Vermont Brewers Festival: SOLD OUT. Cheers!

Live music, workshops and an abundance of craft beer make for a sipping soirée to remember.

Waterfront Park, Burlington, 5:30-9:30 p.m. $30 includes souvenir glass and 15 tasting tickets; for ages 21 and up. Info, 877-725-8849.

games

Bridge Club: See WED.16, 10 a.m.

health & fitness

Avoid Falls With Improved Stability: A personal trainer demonstrates daily practices for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5-6. Info, 658-7477.

Friday Night Zumba Fitness Flex-Fest: Folks break a sweat while grooving to Latin rhythms and simple choreography. Hammer Fit Athletic Club, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. $15; preregister; limited space. Info, 999-9748.

Laughter Yoga: Breathe, clap, chant and ... giggle! Participants decrease stress with this playful practice. Bring personal water. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373.

Yoga Consult: Yogis looking to refine their practice get helpful tips. Fusion Studio Yoga & Body Therapy, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 272-8923.

kids

Chess Club: Checkmate! Players make strategic moves and vie for the opposing king. Adult supervision required for kids 8 and under. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

DIY Robots: Tinkerers ages 3 through 8 get into the nuts and bolts of creating with paint, collage and sculpture. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Drop-In Story Time: Picture books, finger plays and action rhymes captivate children of all ages.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m.

Free. Info, 878-6956.

Free Movie Fridays: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway and Jemaine Clement voice the animated comedy Rio 2, about a family thrust into a wild adventure in the Amazon. Biker's Edge Patio.

Burke Mountain Ski Resort, East Burke, 8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 626-7300.

'The King and I': See WED.16, Staige Hill Farm, Charlotte, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 355-1461.

Lunch Children & Teens: See WED.16.

The Lunchbox Summer Meal Program: See WED.16, Pavilion Park, Island Pond, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 334-2044.

Magic: The Gathering: Decks of cards determine the arsenal with which participants, or "planeswalkers," fight others for glory, knowledge and conquest.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free; for grades 6 and up. Info, 878-6956.

Movie & Pizza Night: Cinema hounds ages 8 and up feast on slices of pie while comparing a sci-fi flick to real science. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

Music With Derek: Movers and groovers up to age 8 shake their sillies out to toe-tapping tunes. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

Summer Story Time: 'Robots': Little ones up to age 5 have fun with stories, songs and science.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

'West Side Story': See THU.17, 7 p.m.

'Wonder' Book Discussion: Former Charlotte School counselor Diane Downer explores themes of disability awareness in R.J. Palacio's acclaimed novel. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Vermont Pride Theater Festival: 'Last Summer at Bluefish Cove': Jeanne Beckwith directs an ensemble cast in a production of Jane Chambers' drama about a straight woman's encounter with a lesbian community. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $12-20. Info, 728-6464.

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Just for Laughs Festival: See WED.16.

music

Chicago Total Access: New England's premier Chicago tribute band channel the best of the multiplatinum rockers. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

City Hall Park Lunchtime Performances: Americana the beautiful! Foot-stomping tunes from Gusakov Trucking Company prove to be the perfect summertime treat. Burlington City Hall Park, noon1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble: Accompanied by a string quartet, singers belt out works by Brahms, Beethoven and others in "Heartstrings: Songs of Love Won and Lost." St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $5-20. Info, 540-1784.

An Evening With Mark and Cindy LeMaire: The duo treats listeners to an intimate show of guitar stylings and vocal harmonies. Richmond Free Library, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival: 'From the British Isles': A program of English works for the piano and strings concludes the festival's 10th season. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, pre-performance lecture, 6:45 p.m.; concert, 7:30 p.m. $25; free for students with ID. Info, 503-1220.

Summer Carillon Series: Giant bronze bells ring out as Elena Sadina performs a campus concert. Middlebury College, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

Village Harmony Teen Ensemble: Carl Linich, Natalie Nowytski and Will Thomas Rowan direct vocalists in a program of international choral music.

Guilford Community Church, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 426-3210.

outdoors

Birds By Ears & Eyes: See THU.17, 7 p.m.

Mushrooms Demystified: Fungi lovers learn about different varieties — fabulous and fearsome alike — found throughout the park. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

Water Striders I: Don your water shoes for an exploration of water power and the creatures that reside along the Stevenson Brook. Meet at the Nature Trail. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-3; free for kids under 4; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

seminars

What Can You Make With a $45 Computer?: Using BeagleBone Black, a credit-card-size computer, participants ages 12 and up create interactive, programmable objects. Logic Supply, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, lauren.lavallee@logicsupply.com.

theater

'Arsenic and Old Lace': See WED.16, 8 p.m.

'Blues in the Night': See THU.17, 8 p.m.

'Carousel': See THU.17.

'Carrie, the Musical': See THU.17, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

'A Chance Shadow': East meets West when Double Image Theater Lab employs moving objects, shadow and light to celebrate Chinese poet Xu Zhimo and Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. Sandglass Theater, Putney, 7:30-9 p.m. $13-16. Info, 387-4051.

Dorset Theatre Festival: 'Out of the City': See WED.16, 8 p.m.

'Forever Plaid': See THU.17, 8 p.m.

Fred Barnes & Sarah Stone: The jazz pianist accompanies the musical-theater veteran in a cabaret performance of standards from the 1940s to the present. Salisbury Congregational Church, 7:30-9 p.m. Donations. Info, andres@middlebury.edu.

'Les Miserables': See THU.17.

'My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra': Nearly 1,400 songs recorded by Ol' Blue Eyes distill into 56 ditties in this Depot Theatre production, directed by David Grapes. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $29. Info, 518-962-4449.

'Nothing-Is-Not-Ready': The political and apolitical movements of the not-yet-existing upriser masses come to life in a spirited show. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 525-3031.

'On the Town': See WED.16.

'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike': See THU.17.

words

Brown Bag Book Club: Bibliophiles voice opinions about R.J. Palacio's Wonder. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

Creative Writing Workshop: Lit lovers discuss works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. Studio 266, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com. Info, 383-8104.

Stowe Free Library Giant Book Sale: See WED.16.

WORD!CRAFT: Experimental Art Rhymes: Wordsmiths sound off to beats by DJ Crunchee at this mashup of hip-hop and original verse.

Municipal Building, Hardwick, registration, 6:30-7 p.m.; spoken word, 7-8 p.m.; hip-hop, 8-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 755-6336, mcmycelium74@gmail.com.

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agriculture

Garden Tour: Honeydew Homestead: Dreaming of backyard chickens? Seasoned pros Markey Read and Tim King dole out advice on a visit to their suburban plot. Email for directions.

Private residence, Williston, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $10-20.

Info, info@friendsofthehortfarm.org.

Historic Gardens in Your Own Backyard: Heirloom gardener John Forti shares tips for sourcing period plants and creating eye-catching designs. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 1 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 765-4288.

comedy

Aven's Angels Comedy Fundraiser: Ten comics deliver laugh-a-minture material to help offset medical-related travel expenses for the local toddler suffering from a seizure disorder. Adult themes. American Legion Post 03, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $15. Info, 793-3884, bobt42@hotmail.com.

community

Tri-County CAP Homeless Outreach Benefit: Live music and local eats fuel attendees for a silent auction benefiting Tri-County Community Action Programs. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 7-11 p.m. $15; BYOB with valid ID. Info, 356-2776.

dance

Southern Vermont Dance Festival: See THU.17, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.

'Tap Kids Spec-tap-u-lar': The country's top tap dancers ages 9 through 22 meld new work, live music and award-winning performances in a rousing New York Stage Originals' production. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 2:30-4 p.m. & 8-9:30 p.m. $25; limited space. Info, eleanor.c.wallace@gmail.com.

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Bike Jam: Gearheads help low-income Vermonters with repairs, while others craft jewelry out of old bicycle parts or help out around the shop. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.

Info, dan@bikerecycle.localmotion.org.

Cars and Coffee of Vermont: Auto enthusiasts talk shop over cups of joe and rides ranging from vintage motorcycles to hot rods. South Burlington High School, 7-10 a.m. Free. Info, 229-8666.

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BORDER BOARD GAMES: Players of varying experience levels sit down to nontraditional board games, including Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne. Derby Line Village Hall, 5 p.m. Free. Info, trashvacuum@ hotmail.com.

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JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL: See WED.16.

music

COUNTERPOINT VOCAL ENSEMBLE: See FRI.18, Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $20-25. Info, 760-4634.

DAVE KELLER BAND: The Montpelierbased musicians bring funky, soulful blues to the annual Essex Junction Block Party and Street Dance. Railroad Avenue, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6944.

DO GOOD FEST: Headliner Eric Hutchinson leads an all-star lineup of performers at this family-friendly fête featuring tasty eats from area food trucks. See calendar spotlight. Proceeds benefit local nonprofits. National Life Building, Montpelier, 1-9 p.m. Free; $20 parking fee. Info, info@dogoodfest.com.

INISHMORE: Energetic Celtic tunes entertain listeners as part of the JEMS Summer Concert Series. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Jay Town Green, N.Y., 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, jemsinformation@ gmail.com.

KILLINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL: Chamber musicians transport audience members across the pond in "European Impressions," featuring works by Bach, Bruch and Schoenberg. Ramshead Lodge, Killington Resort, 7 p.m. $25. Info, 442-1330.

LÉA MOISAN-PERRIER & AUDE ST-PIERRE: The versatile singer joins the prize-winning pianist for a pastoral program of pieces by Handel, Strauss, Mozart and Verdi. Horse and Carriage Barn, Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 7:30 p.m. $15-28.

Info, 928-3364.

LEWIS FRANCO & THE BROWN-EYED GIRLS: The singer-songwriter gets shoppers at the Capital City Farmers Market jumping and jiving to gypsy swing.

60 State Street, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 229-4329.

MARIACHI FIESTA DEL NORTE: Clad in traditional costumes, seasoned performers introduce audience members to the sights and sounds of Mexican culture. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

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IT ATE THE LAKE!: Nature lovers learn about the effects of invasive aquatic species, including Waterbury Reservoir's brittle naiad. Meet at the Waterbury Dam boat access. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10:15 a.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

MAKING TRACKS, SEEING SKINS & SKULLS: Outdoorsy types search for signs of fur-bearing animals and make plaster-of-Paris track casts to take home. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

seminars

3-D PRINTING, DESIGNING & SCANNING WITH BLU-BIN: Instruction in basic programs teaches attendees how to build digital models of their ideas. Blu-Bin, Burlington, noon-1:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 345-6030.

sports

GOSHEN GALLOP XXXVI: A rugged 10K tests runners' physical and mental stamina as they navigate elevations up to 2,100 feet. A barbecue follows.

Proceeds benefit Blueberry Hill Inn's post-Irene bridge rebuilding. Blueberry Hill, Goshen, 4-7 p.m. $45; preregister. Info, 247-6735.

LADIES DISC GOLF LEAGUE: Woman of all ages and skill levels aim for targets at this monthly meet-up.

Wrightsville Beach, Middlesex, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $2.50 parking fee. Info, 488-5231, gkruesi@gmail.com.

STOWE TRAIL RACE SERIES: Runners face moderate-to-challenging climbs through varied terrain in the Ranch Camp Ramble 5K and 10K. Proceeds benefit Friends of Stowe Adaptive Sports. Stowe Mountain Resort, registration, 8:30 a.m.; race, 10 a.m. $10-25. Info, 279-1079.

talks

ROB MERMIN: With pantomime, personal anecdotes and film clips, the Circus Smirkus founder honors his former teachers, legendary French mimes Marcel Marceau and Étienne Decroux.

Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 496-5997.

theater

'ARSENIC AND OLD LACE': See WED.16, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

'BLUES IN THE NIGHT': See THU.17, 8 p.m.

BREAD AND PUPPET 'COMMUNITY CIRCUS' REHEARSAL: Folks catch a glimpse of this political theater work-in-progress. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 525-3031.

'CAROUSEL': See THU.17, 7:30 p.m.

'CARRIE, THE MUSICAL': See THU.17, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

'A CHANCE SHADOW': See FRI.18.

DORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL: 'OUT OF THE CITY': See WED.16, 8 p.m.

'FOREVER PLAID': See THU.17, 8 p.m.

'LES MISERABLES': See THU.17, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

'MY WAY: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA': See FRI.18, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

'ON THE TOWN': See WED.16.

'TABLE MANNERS': A family getaway to the country goes awry courtesy of Norman, an assistant librarian, in Alan Ayckbourn's hilarious meditation on human nature. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:309:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968.

'TARZAN': An orphaned baby boy is raised by a family of African gorillas in this lighthearted musical presented by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $815. Info, 518-523-2512.

'VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE': See THU.17, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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MEET THE PIG FROM 'IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PANCAKE': Kiddos get acquainted with the title character from Laura Numeroff's best-selling children's book series. Hourly story times and face painting round out the day. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 764-1810, info@ butterednoodles.com.

SATURDAY STORY TIME: Youngsters and their caregivers listen to entertaining tales. Phoenix Books Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

RU12? WALKING GROUP: Locals make strides in a supportive environment. Meet outside the store on Cherry Street. Macy's, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free.

Info, 860-7812, walking@ru12.org.

VERMONT DRAG IDOL: Gender-bending kings, queens and in-betweens strut their sparkles and vie for the crown at this all-ages show. Proceeds benefit Outright Vermont. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. $6-15. Info, 865-9677.

VERMONT PRIDE THEATER FESTIVAL: 'THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED': A Hollywood agent struggles to keep a young actor's homosexuality under wraps in this interpretation of Douglas Carter Beane's comedy. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $12-20. Info, 728-6464.

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OWL PROWL & NIGHT GHOST HIKE: See WED.16.

ROCKIN' THE LITTLE RIVER: Visitors explore a reforested encampment and discover how the Civilian Conservation Corps saved the Winooski Valley from flooded ruin. Meet at the top of the Waterbury Dam. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

SHORE EXPLORE: Marshall Webb and naturalist Walter Poleman lead a strenuous, two-mile trek along the farm's shoreline, highlighting geological features along the way. Shelburne Farms, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $55-60 includes lunch; preregister. Info, 985-8686.

STEVENSON BROOKWALKERS: See THU.17.

TIME TRAVELS THROUGH NATURE: A GUIDED WALK: An interactive exploration tours the remains of a historic sheep farm, an old saw mill and more.

Meet at the trailhead. Mill Trail Cabin, Stowe, 10:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 253-7221.

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DJ YOGA: Improvisational beats by DJ tonybonez set the tone for an invigorating practice led by Candace Taylor. Jenke Arts, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 683-4918.

ISLE LA MOTTE 5K RACE/WALK AND FUN RUN: Runners of all ages pound the pavement on a fast, flat course along the western shore of Lake Champlain. See islelamotte.us for details. St. Anne's Shrine, Isle La Motte, registration, 7:30 a.m.; fun run, 8:15 a.m.; 5K, 8:30 a.m. $2-12. Info, 928-3434.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.16, 9-10 a.m.

SATURDAY MORNING RUN/WALK: Amateur athletes set the pace at an informal weekly gettogether. Peak Performance, Williston, 8-9 a.m.

Free. Info, 658-0949.

SQUISHY CIRCUITS!: Science lovers ages 3 up have a blast with clay while experimenting with the substance's ability to conduct electricity. Fairfax Community Library, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

'WEST SIDE STORY': See THU.17, Through 7 p.m.

WILD ABOUT TREES: Explorers ages 3 through 12 and their adult companions embark on an arboreal adventure in the forest. Mill Trail Cabin, Stowe, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7221.

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BARRE FARMERS MARKET: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, barrefarmersmarket@gmail.com.

BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: More than 90 stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172.

BURLINGTON FOOD TOUR: Locavores sample the Queen City's finest cuisine on a scrumptious stroll that stops at the Burlington Farmers Market and an area restaurant. East Shore Vineyard Tasting Room, Burlington, 12:30-3 p.m. $45. Info, 277-0180, burlingtonfoodtours@gmail.com.

CALEDONIA FARMERS MARKET: Growers, crafters and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor stands centered on local eats. Pearl Street, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3088.

CAPITAL CITY FARMERS MARKET: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods and locally made arts and crafts throughout the growing season. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958.

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: St. Joseph's Church, Grand Isle, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 434-4122.

CHOCOLATE TASTING: Sweets lovers tap into the nuances of sour, spicy, earthy and fruity flavors.

Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 448-5507.

MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: See WED.16.

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MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL CRAFT FAIR: A fundraiser for the school pairs kids activities with a wide array of handmade items by local craftspeople. Middlebury Green, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 247-3702.

SOLARFEST: See FRI.18, 8 a.m.-11:45 p.m.

STARS AND STRIPES FESTIVAL & PARADE: More than 40 crafters and vendors display their wares at this family-friendly fête featuring a patriotic procession and live music by the Crunchy Western Boys. Lyndon Area Chamber of Commerce, 10 a.m. & 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 626-9696.

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MOUNT TOM FARMERS MARKET: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Parking lot, Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2070.

NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.16.

NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET: Foodies stock up on local produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 827-3157.

NORWICH FARMERS MARKET: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land offered alongside baked goods, handmade crafts and live entertainment. Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447.

PICK-YOUR-OWN PICNIC: Locavores harvest produce, herbs and edible flowers to serve with farmstand ingredients for tasty outdoor dining, weather permitting. Green Mountain Girls Farm, Northfield, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $10-20. Info, 276-0787.

PITTSFORD FARMERS MARKET: Homegrown produce complements maple products and artisan wares at this outdoor affair. Pittsford Congregational Church, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 483-2829.

ROOT BEER FLOAT DAY: Sips of this sweet treat complement farm-to-table picnic fare from award-winning caterer Sugarsnap. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $10.50-13.50; cost of food and drink.

Info, 877-324-6386.

RUTLAND COUNTY FARMERS MARKET: Downtown strollers find high-quality produce, fresh-cut flowers and artisan crafts within arms' reach.

Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 773-4813 or 353-0893.

SHELBURNE FARMERS MARKET: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheese and local novelties grace outdoor tables. Shelburne Town Center, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2472.

TRUCK STOP: See FRI.18, parking lot.

60 Main Street, Montpelier, 4:30 p.m.

Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

VE KE LLE VERMONT BREWERS FESTIVAL: See R FRI.18, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. & 5:30-9:30 p.m.

WAITSFIELD FARMERS MARKET: Local entertainment enlivens a bustling, open-air market boasting extensive seasonal produce, prepared foods and artisan crafts. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027.

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THE GHOSTS OF THE OLD POST: Locals keep an eye out for the Lady in White while exploring Old Post Cemetery, the final resting place of more than 100 unknown soldiers. The Old Post Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9-10:15 p.m. $5-10. Info, 518-645-1577.

HIDDEN SPACES, UNIQUE PLACES: Architecture buffs tour the park's historic landmarks — including a rarely visited 1960s fallout shelter. Meet at the Carriage Barn Visitor Center. Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $4-8; free for kids 15 and under; preregister. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22.

KINGDOM COMMUNITY WIND TOURS: Folks learn about alternative energy sources on a visit to the 21-turbine wind farm. Kingdom Community Wind, Lowell, 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 744-6664.

QUEEN CITY GHOSTWALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.18.

ROCK THE ASPHALT 2!!: Car crushing and truck-o'war, oh my! Drivers rev their engines at this pedalto-the-metal showdown complete with kids activities, DJed tunes and a giant beer garden. Parking lot, Diamond Run Mall, Rutland, 11 a.m.-midnight. $10; free for spectators. Info, 772-7129.

SHRED FEST: Those looking to avoid identity theft destroy and dispose of personal documents in a secure environment. Limit of five boxes per person.

New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 9 a.m.1 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790.

THE SPIRITS OF SUNY PLATTSBURGH: From a long-forgotten graveyard to a mournful apparition, thrill seekers delve into spine-tingling mysteries associated with the college campus. Steltzer Road, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7-8:15 p.m. $5-10. Info, 518-645-1577.

UVM HISTORIC TOUR: Professor emeritus William Averyt references architectural gems and notable personalities on a walk through campus. Meet at the Ira Allen statue. University Green, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister at uvm. edu. Info, 656-8673.

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Info, 479-0896.

League of Vermont Writers: Wordsmiths discuss their work with agents at this lit fest featuring lectures by VPR's Peter Biello, author Jo Knowles and agent Katharine Sands. Hampton Inn, Colchester, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $12-160 includes meals. Info, 349-7475.

Stowe Free Library Giant Book Sale: See WED.16.

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Plant Sale: Green thumbs stock up on ornamental trees, shrubs, perennials and more at this 20th annual event. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Horticultural Farm. UVM Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, info@friendsofthehortfarm.org.

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Music, Art & Tea: Barbara Sweet and Michael Waters perform folk and Broadway numbers at a tea party featuring watercolors by Harold Aksdal and photographs by Susan Wacker-Donle. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, info@ilmpt.org.

Queen City Ghostwalk: Wicked Waterfront: Paranormal authority Thea Lewis leads a spooky stroll along the shores of Lake Champlain. Meet at the fountain at the bottom of Pearl Street 10 minutes before start time. Battery Park, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

fairs & festivals

SolarFest: See FRI.18, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

film

'Monty Python Live (Mostly)': Fans of the British cult comedy are treated to a much-anticipated reunion between the original members, who take the stage at London's famed O2 Arena. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 2:30 p.m. $18. Info, 660-9300.

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South Burlington Farmers Market: Farmers, food vendors, artists and crafters set up booths in the parking lot. South Burlington High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 207-266-8766.

Vermont Cheesemakers Festival: Fromage lovers sip vino and sample local cheeses while mingling with more than 40 artisan producers at this pastoral party. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $50; free for kids under 3. Info, 863-5966.

Winooski Farmers Market: Area growers and bakers offer ethnic eats, assorted produce and agricultural products. Champlain Mill Green, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 413-446-4684.

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Community Restorative Yoga: Tisha Shull leads a gentle practice aimed at achieving mindbody harmony. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 603-973-4163.

Community Vinyasa: Rose Bryant helps students align breath, intention and inner balance. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Donations. Info, 603-973-4163.

Dimanches French Conversation: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual, drop-in chat. Panera Bread, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 363-2431.

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Lavender Writes of Vermont: LGBT and LGBTfriendly writers hone their skills. RU12? Community Center, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, lavenderwritesofvt@gmail.com.

Vermont Pride Theater Festival: 'Farm Boys': A stage adaptation of Will Fellows' book sheds light on the experience of growing up gay on farms in rural and smalltown America. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $12-20. Info, 728-6464.

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Glenn Andres: The art historian and coauthor of The Buildings of Vermont imparts his knowledge of 19th-century Addison County architecture in a narrated slideshow. Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 877-3406.

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'Blues in the Night': See THU.17.

'Carrie, the Musical': See THU.17, 2 p.m.

'Forever Plaid': See THU.17, 2 p.m.

'My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra': See FRI.18, 5 p.m.

'Nothing-Is-Not-Ready Circus an montréal and Pageant': The political and apodl s t er Ar litical movements of the not-yet-existing C en Just for Laughs Festival: See WED.16. ter fo r t he upriser masses come to life in a passionate performance. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 2 music p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 525-3031.

Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble: See FRI.18, The 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike': See Church on the Hill, Weston, 4 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $5.

THU.17, 3 p.m.

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Russian Play Time With Natasha: Youngsters up to age 8 learn new words via rhymes, games, music, dance and a puppet show. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

Champ's Challenge for Cystic Fibrosis: Cyclists pedal eight- or 40-mile routes, while runners and walkers tackle a 5K before a lakeside barbecue luncheon. Proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, registration, 8-11 a.m.; rides depart, 9-11 a.m. $20-40; $20-30 for barbecue only; additional fundraising encouraged. Info, 310-5983.

Women's Pickup Soccer: Quick-footed ladies of varying skill levels break a sweat while stringing together passes and making runs for the goal. For ages 18 and up. Starr Farm Park, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, 864-0123.

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BTV FLEA: Market goers browse an eclectic mix of local artwork and vintage household goods. Woodfired pizza and Switchback Brewing Company tours round out the afternoon. Vintage Inspired, Burlington, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 488-5766.

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Yogic Science: Pranayama and Meditation: Mindfulness techniques focus the senses and support an asana practice. Proceeds benefit the Center for Mindful Learning. Sangha Studio, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Donations. Info, 603-973-4163.

Edward T. Clifford: From Nat Cole to Neil Diamond, the master impersonator recreates the sounds of top musical talents. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 863-5966.

Lake Placid Sinfonietta: Harpist Martha Gallagher joins the professional orchestra in "Coming Home," featuring the premiere of her composition "Ebb and Flow" alongside time-tested favorites. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 518-523-2512.

Now Playing Newport: A Vermont Music Series: The Social Band present a lively repertoire ranging from medieval and renaissance tunes to contemporary works by local composers. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Newport, 4 p.m. $10. Info, 334-7365.

Quinn Sullivan: The 15-year-old singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso defies his age with a show of blues, pop and rock. Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, 7-9 p.m. $28-33. Info, 253-7792.

Vermont Jazz Ensemble: The 17-piece group revisits the Big Band era at a benefit concert for Island Arts. Grand Isle Lake House, grounds open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. $20-25.

Info, 372-8889.

Vermont Summer Music Festival: 'An English Spring': The Oriana Singers welcome violinist Emily Popham Gillins for a program of works by Haydn, Britten and others, with orchestral accompaniment. St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. $25. Info, 658-2592.

Village Harmony Teen Ensemble: See FRI.18, St. Barnabas Church, Norwich, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 426-3210.

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Back Roads Readings: Prize-winning poet and essayist Ellen Bryant Voigt shares selected works.

A reception and book signing follow. Brownington Congregational Church, 3 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 633-4956.

Stowe Free Library Giant Book Sale: See WED.16.

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Advanced Spanish Lessons: Proficient speakers work on mastering the language. Private residence, Burlington, 5 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

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Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble: See FRI.18, Caledonia Grange, East Hardwick, 7:30 p.m. $10-16; free for kids 18 and under. Info, 441-4599.

Lyra Summer Music Workshop: Guest violinist Robin Scott interprets pieces by Mozart, Brown, Leoš Janáček and Antonín Dvořák. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10-15 suggested donation. Info, 728-6464.

Public Jam Session: Musicians of all skill levels lift each other's spirits through the process of making music. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

Sambatucada! Open Rehearsal: New faces are invited to pitch in as Burlington's samba streetpercussion band sharpens its tunes. Experience and instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

Village Harmony Teen Ensemble: See FRI.18, Grange Hall, Bridgewater, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 672-1797.

sports

Fletcher Allen Golf Tournament: Players tee off at this 25th annual benefit for the Vermont Children's Hospital. A reception follows. Burlington Country Club, 7 a.m. & 1 p.m. $300 per golfer; $1,200 per team; $40 reception only. Info, 847-4508.

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Meditations on Simplicity: A weekly class highlights ways to develop personal identity and simplify daily life. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 7-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 881-8675.

games

Bridge Club: See WED.16, 7 p.m.

Trivia Night: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Lobby, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 651-5012.

health & fitness

Birds By Ears & Eyes: See THU.17, 9 a.m.

The Magic of Moonlight in Vermont: Star light, star bright! Sky gazers and members of the Green Mountain Alliance of Amateur Astronomers to observe astral wonders free of light pollution.

Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, 8-11 p.m. Free; donations accepted; call to confirm. Info, 273-2282.

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Mime Workshop: Circus Smirkus founder Rob Mermin introduces participants ages 15 and up to techniques developed by legendary mime Étienne Decroux. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 10 a.m.-noon. $25; preregister. Info, 496-5997.

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Public Hearing: The Williston Selectboard hosts a meeting about proposed amendments to the Motor Vehicle and Parking Ordinance. Meeting Room, Williston Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0919.

Avoid Falls With Improved Stability: See FRI.18.

Monday-Night Fun Run: Runners push past personal limits at this weekly outing. Peak Performance, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0949.

Oneness Blessings/Deeksha: Attendees quiet the mind and embrace positivity at a secular energy practice. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 565-0110.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.16.

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Create-It Lab: The Power of Air: A mobile creativity laboratory gets kids in grades 3 through 6 interested in science, technology, engineering, arts and math. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

Fizz, Boom, READ!: Stories With Megan: Captivating tales entertain good listeners ages 3 through 6. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Lego Day & Movie: Tykes create mini-masterpieces with colorful blocks before a screening of The Lego Movie. Children ages 8 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Lunch Children & Teens: See WED.16.

Music With Peter: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song-and-dance moves to traditional and original folk. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free; limited to one session per week per family. Info, 878-4918.

Alice in Noodleland: Youngsters get acquainted over crafts and play while new parents and expectant mothers chat with maternity nurse and lactation consultant Alice Gonyar. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

'My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra': See FRI.18.

'Yeomen of the Guard': Part of the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, a broadcast production about unrequited love and reluctant engagements proves to be one of the pair's more emotional operas.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-2600.

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Book Discussion: 'Blue Collar America': Readers consider small-town economics in Richard Russo's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Empire Falls.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 264-5660.

Book Sale: Thousands of gently-used titles excite bookworms. Proceeds benefit the library. Rutland Free Library, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

Poetry Writing Workshop: Wordsmiths read and respond to hand-picked verse. Studio 266, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meet up.com. Info, 383-8104.

Stowe Free Library Giant Book Sale: See WED.16.

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PlEin Air WATErcolor WorkshoP: Watercolorist Libby Davidson introduces participants to the art of outdoor painting. Personal paint and brushes required. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

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crAfT YoUr Bold BUsinEss Vision: Attendees create strategies conducive to realizing personal and professional goals. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 225-5960.

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BArk for lifE of chiTTEndEn coUnTY TEAm mEETing: Locals interested in supporting the American Cancer Society learn about the annual walkathon for canines and their owners. American Cancer Society, Williston, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 233-6776.

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inTro To TriBAl BEllY dAncE: Ancient traditions from diverse cultures define this moving meditation that celebrates creative energy. Comfortable clothing required. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 6:45 p.m. $12. Info, piper.c.emily@gmail.com. sAcrEd circlE dAncE clAss: Adults practice gentle, simplified international folk dances.

Personal water required. Riverside Apartments Community Room, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, mellybock@gmail.com. sWing dAncE PrAcTicE sEssion: Twinkle-toed dancers learn steps for the lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Indoor shoes required. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

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TEA & formAl gArdEns ToUr: See THU.17.

TEch TUTor ProgrAm: Local teens answer questions about computers and devices during oneon-one sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-6 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot.

Info, 878-4918.

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gEnTlE YogA WiTh Jill lAng: Students get their stretch on with the yoga certification candidate.

Personal mat required. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. inTro To YogA: Those new to the mat discover the benefits of aligning breath and body. Fusion Studio Yoga & Body Therapy, Montpelier, 4-5 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 272-8923. niA clAss: Drawing from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts, a sensory-based movement practice inspires students to explore their potential.

North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $13. Info, 863-6713.

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ExordiUm: mYsTErioUs Things hAPPEn WiTh sciEncE!: Tykes in grades K and up discover the fun in learning. Highgate Public Library, 2:30 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 868-3970. frEsh from ThE gArdEn, good food for kids: Adventurous eaters in grades 1 through 5 pull weeds and tend to plants, then help prepare dishes made with harvested veggies. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-6956. lUnch AT ThE liBrArY: See THU.17.

PAgE To sTAgE: 'ThE dAY ThE crAYons QUiT': Thespians in grades K through 5 read a story, then develop a script, props and costumes for a brief performance. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

PoTs-n-PAns BAnd: A parade of homemade instruments teaches budding musicians up to age 5 about the science behind sound and vibration.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

PrEschool sTorY hoUr: WATErY World: Kids up to age 6 learn embark on an aquatic adventure with themed tales and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. sUmmEr sTorY TimE: Crafts and engaging narratives make for a memorable morning. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. x ThEATrE: The Burlington Parks and Recreation Open Stage Performance Camp culminates with a performance of an original play for ages 5 and up.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 865-7216.

YogA WiTh dAniEllE: Toddlers and preschoolers strike a pose, then share stories and songs.

Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 764-1810.

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BEginnEr sPAnish lEssons: Newcomers develop basic competency en español. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757. frEnch conVErsATion groUP: Beginner-tointermediate speakers brush up on their language skills. Halvorson's Upstreet Café, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

PAUsE-cAfé frEnch conVErsATion: French students of varying levels engage in dialogue en français. Panera Bread, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 363-2431.

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VErmonT PridE ThEATEr fEsTiVAl: 'ThE lArAmiE ProJEcT': Moisés Kaufman's drama examines the aftermath of the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyo. Proceeds benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7 p.m.

Donations. Info, 728-6464.

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Johnson fArmErs mArkET: From kale to handcrafted spoons, locavores fill their totes at this open-air affair featuring meats, herbs, baked goods and dining areas. Johnson Village Green, 4-7 p.m.

Free. Info, johnsonfarmersmarket@gmail.com. old norTh End fArmErs mArkET: Locavores snatch up breads, juices, ethnic food and more from neighborhood vendors. Integrated Arts Academy, H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073, oldnorthendfarmersmarket@gmail.com. rUTlAnd coUnTY fArmErs mArkET: See SAT.19, 2-6 p.m.

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gAming for TEEns & AdUlTs: Tabletop games entertain players of all skill levels. Kids 13 and under require a legal guardian or parental permission to attend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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'in ThE lighT of rEVErEncE': Featuring the Hopi, Lakota and Winnemem Wintu tribes, Christopher McLeod's award-winning documentary explores the intersection of sacred native lands with non-native people. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. knighTs of ThE mYsTic moViE clUB: Cinema hounds screen campy flicks at this celebration of offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776.

'A PlAcE AT ThE TABlE': See THU.17, 6:30 p.m.

'WE Will noT conform': A live, interactive broadcast is part of a nationwide event featuring Glenn Beck and others dedicated to eliminating the Common Core State Standards Initiative for K through 12 students. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $18. Info, 660-9300.

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"Buckwheat" Dural Jr. captures the heartbeat of Louisana with traditional tunes. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $22-85. Info, 540-0406.

Castleton Summer Concerts: Composed of members of the community KoSA International Percussion Vergennes Lions Club Charity Workshop the Renegades keep the Auction: Auctioneer Tom best at an outdoor show. Pavilion.

Broughton elicits bids on donated ck Castleton State College, 7 p.m. Free. w he antiques, household items, local prodat Z Info, 468-6039. y dec o ucts and gift certificates. Gymnasium, Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble: See FRI.18, Vergennes Union High School & Middle School, St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5-20.

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Night Live: The folk troubadour paves the way Holistic Animal Healing: Five Steps for a for the local rock ensemble at this pastoral party Greener, Healthier Pet Now: Reiki master featuring good eats. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Christine Sullivan presents ways to implement Legion Field, Johnson, 5-8:30 p.m. Free; cost of positive change surrounding food, treats and first food and drink. Info, 635-7826. aid. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Lyra Summer Music Workshop Masterclass: Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8000, Guest violinist Robin Scott shares her knowledge ext. 202. with students. Allen House Conference Room, Kingdom Community Wind Tours: See SAT.19, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, 10 a.m. $5-10 10 a.m. suggested donation. Info, 728-6464.

Middlebury College Observatory Open Music in the Park: Mango Jam introduce listenHouse: Sky gazers join Jonathan Kemp of the ers to infectious Zydeco rhythms. Knight Point Middlebury College physics department to view State Park, North Hero, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5; free for Saturn, Mars and other celestial sights through kids under 12. Info, 372-8400. state-of-the-art telescopes. Call to confirm.

Quinn Sullivan: See SUN.20, Mid's Park, Lake McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, Placid, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-524-4328.

9-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2266.

Shape Note Sing: Locals lend their voices to Valley Night Featuring Soulstice Lite: four-part harmonies at this weekly sing-along of Locals gather for this weekly bash of craft ales, early American music in the "fa-sol-la" tradition. movies and live music. Big Picture Theater, Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation; $2 Info, 525-3031. drafts. Info, 496-8994.

Strafford Common Concert Series: Outdoor performances by top musical talent make for film family-friendly fun. Strafford Common, 6-7:30 p.m.

'Monty Python Live (Mostly)': See SUN.20, $5 minimum donation. Info, 765-4009.

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Summer Bug Walks: Insect lovers grab their nets for an outing aimed at catching, observing and releasing creepy crawlers. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. $3-5. Info, 229-6206.

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Introduction to Buddhism: Senior student Larry Howe examines meditation, karma, reincarnation and other aspects of the religion. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 7-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 633-4136.

sports

Stand-Up Paddleboard Race Series: Aquatic athletes face off in a friendly competition. North Beach, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, 651-8760.

Waterbury Center State Park, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, 253-2542.

Tuesday Mountain Rides: Bicyclists of all skill levels brush up on their technique while pedaling along local trails. Mountain bikes suggested; helmets required. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409.

Women's Kingdom Trails Rides: Riders spin their wheels in a supportive environment.

Wildflower Inn, Lyndonville, 5:30 p.m. Free with Kingdom Trails day ticket or season pass. Info, 626-8448.

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Hot Topics in Environmental Law Lecture Series: Lea Swanson of the USAID examines international strife in "Resilience and Sustainable Development in Conflict-Prone Countries." Room 007, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1228.

theater

'Arsenic and Old Lace': See WED.16, 8 p.m.

food & drink

Champlain Islands Farmers Market: See WED.16.

Middlebury Farmers Market: See WED.16.

Newport Farmers Market: See WED.16.

Pop-Up Gastronomy: Exploring Sicilian Cuisine: Gourmands sample regional flavors at a multicourse al fresco feast, weather permitting.

ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6 p.m. $6575 includes dinner and a glass of wine; preregister.

Info, 877-324-6386.

Slow Food Vermont Farmers Market: See WED.16.

Wednesday Wine Down: See WED.16.

Williston Farmers Market: See WED.16.

Wine Tasting: Two Days in the Valley: New vintages from Pierre and Catherine Breton of the Loire Valley offer palate-pleasing sips. Dedalus Wine Shop, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.

games

Bridge Club: See WED.16.

health & fitness

Montréal-Style Acro Yoga: See WED.16.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.16.

kids

Color Chaos: Fun With Paint!: Toddlers and preschoolers explore vibrant hues. Highgate Public Library, 11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-3970.

Cryptozoology: Monster Hunters: An art activity with cartoonist Ericc Cram introduces kids in grades 2 through 5 to the pseudoscience about animals whose existence has not been proven.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, 878-6956.

E-Textiles: Make It Glow: Light it up! Crafters ages 11 and up sew LEDs into fabric and build simple circuits. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

Fizz, Boom, READ!: All About the Earth, Mud and Plants: Angie Barger leads little ones up to age 7 in a hands-on science activity complete with mud pies and a tea party. A lunch follows. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

Lunch Children & Teens: See WED.16.

The Lunchbox Summer Meal Program: See WED.16.

Meet Live Raptors & Reptiles: What birds and beasts live nearby? Kiddos and their parents get acquainted with local wildlife courtesy of the Southern Vermont History Museum. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

Meet Rockin' Ron the Friendly Pirate: See WED.16.

Mobile App Show & Tell: Tech-savvy tinkerers share their favorite apps with others. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

Read to a Dog: Lit lovers ages 5 through 10 take advantage of quality time with a friendly, fuzzy therapy pooch. Fairfax Community Library, 4-5 p.m.

Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 849-2420.

Reading Buddies: See WED.16.

Summer Preschool Story Time: Themed reads, puppet and activities foster a love of the written word in little ones. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

Wacky Wednesday: Youngsters ages 8 and up get creative with supplied materials and create unique structures. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 12:30-1 p.m. Free with admission, $10.50-13.50. Info, 877-324-6386.

Young & Fun Performance Series: 'David & Goliath': This brain-versus-brawn production from the Adirondack Shakespeare Company keeps theater goers on the edge of their seats. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 518-523-2512.

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English as a Second Language Class: See WED.16.

Intermediate Spanish Lessons: See WED.16.

Intermediate/Advanced English as a Second Language Class: See WED.16.

Italian Conversation Group: Parla Italiano?

A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.

Dave Keller Band: Original blues from the capital city rockers enliven a bucolic bash. Lyman Point Park, White River Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 295-5036.

A Fly Allusion: Horn-driven hip-hop and soul spice up the Middlesex Summer Concert Series.

Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic fare. Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand, rain location: Rumney School gymnasium, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 272-4920 or 272-7578.

PossumHaw: Led by vocalist Colby Crehan, the award-winning quintet delivers folk and bluegrass selections from Waiting and Watching. Hinesburg Community School, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 4822281, ext. 230.

Ryan Adams: The Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter dishes out guitar-driven rock and alt-country. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $40.75-64.75. Info, 863-5966.

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Mesmerizing Moths: When the sun sets, a woodland trek leads folks to bait stations, where they seek out different species of the nocturnal beauties. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9-11 p.m. $3-5. Info, 229-6206.

Owl Prowl & Night Ghost Hike: See WED.16.

seminars

Letting Go of Limiting Beliefs: Participants learn to identify and release restricting mindsets and embrace positive thinking patterns. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $20. Info, 540-0186.

sports

Green Mountain Table Tennis Club: See WED.16.

Women's Wednesday Mountain Rides: See WED.16.

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Bridging Cultures Open Conversation: "What is Home?" inspires a dialogue among Vermonters from the Congo, Iraq and Somalia, who share personal and cultural perspectives. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 338-4633.

Rod Northcutt: The sculptor, art professor and founder of MAKETANK presents "Isolation Busting: The Power of Socially Engaged Art-Making."

Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 495-5545.

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Vermont Pride Theater Festival: 'October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard': A youth ensemble presents a dramatic reading of Leslea Newman's poem. A discussion follows.

Proceeds benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 728-6464.

'Arsenic and Old Lace': See WED.16, 8 p.m.

The Met Live in HD Series: Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna play star-crossed young lovers from warring families in a broadcast production of Charles Gounod's Roméo and Juliette. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-15. Info, 748-2600.

'On the Town': See WED.16.

'Table Manners': See SAT.19.

'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike': See THU.17, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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Boo Blodgett: Guitar and harmonica stylings from the local performer make for family-friendly fun at the Summer Street Music Series. Bradford Public Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

City Hall Park Lunchtime Performances: The Zeichner Family presents a string-and-bow fest of traditional fiddle music. Burlington City Hall Park, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

Community Evenings at the Farm: Dan Walker serenade picnickers with a blend of Americana, roots, rock and soul. Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6 p.m. Donations.

Info, 985-9551.

Craftsbury Chamber Players: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Ravel, Bunch and Beethoven. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10-25; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443.

Authors at the Aldrich: Lit lovers join poet Jody Gladding, who excerpts Translations From Bark Beetle: Poems. A concert in Currier Park follows. Milne Community Room, Aldrich Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550.

Rhonda Ringler Cutler: The Boston-based author of The End of Bliss discusses her journey from a successful banking career to a fiction writer.

Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 253-1800.

Short Fiction Writing Workshop: See WED.16.

Stowe Free Library Giant Book Sale: See WED.16.

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skills and editing techniques used to create amazing nighttime photography. Creating light paintings, capturing star trails and beautiful photos of the Milky Way will be the goals for the class. See stars in a whole new way! Aug. 5 & 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Aug. 9, 8-11 p.m. Cost: $105/ person; $94.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

NON-TOXIC ETCHING: Join us for this weekend class with local printer Gregg Blasdel, and learn the basics of ImagOn film, a user-friendly, non-toxic etching process that reproduces a wide range of graphic techniques, from line drawing to photographic images. Includes all basic supplies; additional charges may apply for paper depending on projects. Aug. 9-10, 2-4 p.m.

Cost: $70/person; $63/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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art FIGURE PAINTING INTENSIVE: Instructor: Hunter Eddy.

Students will learn the techniques to accurately paint the human figure in oil. Working on one pose for the duration of the workshop you learn elements of proportion, gesture, rhythm, constructive anatomy, and accurate drawing. The course will then continue with a focus on color mixing and paint application. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tue.-Fri. Aug. 19-22. Cost: $265/person (members $193.50, nonmembers $215,+ $50 model fee). Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

MAKE YOUR OWN SUNDIAL: Make your own sundial and synchronize yourself with the predictable constant of time.

Participants will make a simple marble and metal gnomen style sundial marked with time indicators. Hand chisels and some power tools will be used. Open to all technical skill levels. Sat. & Sun. Aug. 2 & 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: $295/2-day class, all materials incl. Location: The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, 636 Marble St., West Rutland. Info: 438-2097, info@carvingstudio. org, carvingstudio.org.

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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org.

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PHOTO: PRINTING BOTANICALS WITH CYANOTYPE: Learn the historic cyanotype photographic process and print beautiful, rich blue botanical images in this fun, hands-on class. Students will print on fabric and various papers and will expose their prints outside in the sunshine. Paper, fabric, chemicals and botanicals will be included, but students are encouraged to bring materials. Instructor: Dan Lovell. Jul. 26, 1-5 p.m. Cost: $65/person; $58.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

PHOTOGRAPHING THE NIGHT SKY: Learn techniques needed for astrophotography. In this hands-on class, learn camera

RÉSUMÉ WORKSHOP: REGISTER NOW!: Make a first great impression with a powerful, clear and professional résumé that puts you ahead of the crowd. You can have the job you want! Let me show you the right way to find the work you love! I have been a career coach for over 20 years. Mon. Jul. 21, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $10/2-hour class (pay in cash or by check at the workshop).

Location: Williston Federated Church, 44 North Williston Rd., Williston. Info: Love Your Work Today, Jim Koehneke, 857-5641, jim@loveyourworktoday.com, loveyourworktoday.com.

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $13/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com.

DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa.

Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8

TRAVEL PHOTO 2-DAY WORKSHOP: Hone your photo skills in this travel photo workshop with professional photographer and Stowe native Paul Rogers.

Friday evening, class reviews digital camera basics and learns about photographing landscapes and culture. On Saturday, the class will visit several favorite spots in the beautiful Stowe area, preparing for future photographic explorations. Aug. 1, 6-9 p.m. & Aug. 2, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Cost: $110/members; $135 nonmembers. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday. com.

p.m.: intermediate, 8:159:15 p.m. Cost: $10/1-hr. class.

Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: 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.

Private lessons also available. Cost: $50/4week class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington.

Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, firststepdance.com.

design/build TINY HOUSE WORKSHOP: Tiny house expert Peter King will teach you how to construct your tiny house. Learn framing, sheathing and putting on a roof.

Two classes coming up: Aug. 8-10 in Burlington/Essex with ReSOURCE for $285, and Aug. 16-17 in Middlesex for $250.

Contact Vermont Woodworking School to register. Aug. 8-10.

Cost: $285/3-day workshop.

Location: ReSOURCE, 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Vermont Woodworking School, Carina Driscoll, 849-2013, carina@vermontwoodworkingschool.com, vermontwoodworkingschool. com.

empowerment LEADERSHIP CLASS FOR TEENS: Take the Lead prepares teens to understand, evaluate, communicate and think critically about today’s complex, puzzling issues.

Weekly seminars at Burlington College, deep conversations with local leaders, mentoring with inspiring adults and targeted community service. Focus on educating and strengthening emerging leadership identity. College, career preparedness. See thelargercontext.org. Apply now!

Weekly on Mon. for 2 college semesters starting Sep. 15, 4-7 p.m.

Location: Burlington College, 351 North Ave., Burlington. Info: The Larger Context, Joseph Heyer, 923-6962, joe@thelargercontext. org, thelargercontext.org.

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healing arts REIKI II: Learn three ancient, highly effective symbols that support healing in all areas of life, for yourself and others. Class provides precise instruction for application of these symbols as well as ample time for handson practice in integrating the symbols into Reiki sessions.

Reiki I and preregistration required. Fri. Aug. 1, 7-9 p.m. & Sat. Aug. 2, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $150/10-hour class. Location: JourneyWorks, 1205 North Ave., Burlington. Info: JourneyWorks, Jennie Kristel, 860-6203, jkristel61@hotmail.com, journeyworksvt.com.

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DRAW AND SIP ART WORKSHOP: Spend an evening soaking in the fun and creativity while making art and enjoying handpicked wine selections from the experts at Cork in Waterbury!

Discover your drawing talents with illustrator Evan Chismark as you’re guided through a no-stress drawing session. Each participant will complete their own masterpiece! Aug. 14, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $35/members; $60/ nonmembers. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 2538358, education@helenday.com.

THERAPEUTIC MARIJUANA PROGRAM: Do I qualify for a Vermont State Therapeutic Registry card? Classes are not sponsored or authorized by the Vermont Marijuana Registry or the State of Vermont or any state regulatory agency.

The organizers are solely responsible for the information presented. Sat. Jul. 26, noon-1 p.m. followed by Q&A. Location: Peace and Justice Center meeting room, 60 Lake Street, 1C, Burlington waterfront next to the Skinny Pancake, Burlington.

Info: Herbal Education Center, Larry Phillips, 879-6219, lphilvt@ gmail.com, vermontcompassioncenters.net.

WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Currently interviewing applicants for Wisdom of the Herbs 2014 Certification Program, Jul. 26-27, Aug. 23-24, Sep. 27-28, Oct. 25-26 and Nov. 8-9, 2014. Learn to identify wild herbaceous plants and shrubs over three seasons. Prepare local wild edibles and herbal home remedies. Practice homesteading and primitive skills, food as first medicine, and skillful use of intentionality. Experience profound connection and play with Nature. Hands-on curriculum includes herb walks, skill-building, sustainable harvesting and communion with the spirits of the plants. Tuition $1750; payment plan $187.50 each month.

VSAC nondegree grants available to qualifying applicants; apply early. Annie McCleary, director.

Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 4568122, annie@ wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com.

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wisdom. Shambhala Cafe (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Friday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt.

Sessions: Tue. & Thu. noon-1 p.m. & Mon.-Thu. 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

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Learn to Meditate: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and

tai chi Snake-Style Tai Chi Chuan: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core

yoga Burlington Hot Yoga: Try something different!: Offering creative, vinyasa-style yoga classes featuring practice in the Barkan and Prana Flow Method Hot Yoga in a 95-degree studio accompanied by eclectic music. Ahh, the heat on a cold day, a flowing practice, the cool stone meditation, a chilled orange scented towel to complete your spa yoga experience. Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15.

Go to hotyogaburlingtonvt.com.

Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: 999-9963.

Evolution Yoga: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers a variety of classes in

Laughing River Yoga: Highly trained and dedicated teachers offer yoga classes, workshops, and retreats in a beautiful setting overlooking the Winooski River. We offer classes in a variety of forms suitable for all levels. Beginners

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VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and selfconfidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and

Canine Obedience Seminar w/ Pepe Peruyero: World renowned canine trainer and behaviorist Pepe Peruyero will be joining local dog handler and trainer Paddy Reagan at Play Dog Play for an all-day seminar on canine behavior and communication. People interested in bringing their dogs can participate in a beginners’ obedience class. Jul. 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $100-150. Location: Play Dog Play Canine Care Center, 668 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Paddy Reagan, 864-9865, info@ pepedogsvt.com.

Stone Carving for Women: In this course you will learn how to simplify the challenges of working with a stone block.

Participants will experiment with a variety of tools and techniques to shape a stone and make surfaces meaningful.

Safe stone carving practices plus stone and tool sources will round out the week and leave you wanting to come back for more.

Mon.-Fri. Aug. 11-15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: $595/person incl. dinner.

Location: The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, 636 Marble St., West Rutland. Info: 438-2097, info@carvingstudio.org, carvingstudio.org.

Yoga Roots: Flexible, inflexible, athletic, pregnant, stressed, or recovering from injury or illness?

Yoga Roots has something for you! Skillful, dedicated teachers welcome, nurture and inspire you in our calming studio: Anusara, Gentle, Kids, Kundalini, Kripalu, Meditation, Prenatal, Therapeutic Restorative, Vinyasa Flow, Heated Vinyasa, Yin and more! Little Shamans Camp, weekly on Wed. through Jul. 30 for ages 5-8; Yoga in Nature Camp begins Aug. 18 for ages 5-9; Transformation Through the Chakras: A 7-Week Chakra Intensive begins Sep. 20. Location: Yoga Roots, 6221 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne Business Park. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com.

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Honest Yoga, The only dedicated Hot Yoga Flow Center: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited, $15/class or $130/10-class card, $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card.

Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington.

Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

welcome! 200- and 300-hour teacher training programs begins in September. Om. $5-14/ single yoga class; $120/10-class card; $130/monthly unlimited.

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

Info: 343-8119, laughingriveryoga.com.

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LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Connect with a new world. We provide high-quality affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers’ lesson package. Our eighth year. Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private lessons and online instruction. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

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

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

Yang-Style Tai Chi: The slow movements of tai chi help reduce blood pressure and increase balance and concentration. Come breathe with us and experience the joy of movement while increasing your ability to be inwardly still. Wed. 5:30 p.m. Sat. 8:30 a.m. $16/class, $60/mo. $160/3 mo. Location: Mindful Breath Tai Chi (formerly Vermont Tai Chi Academy and Healing Center), 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: 735-5465, janet@mindfulbreathtaichi.com, mindfulbreathtaichi.com.

a supportive atmosphere: Beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and pre-natal, community classes and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Therapeutics and Alignment classes. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class, $130/class card, $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington.

Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

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Taiko, Djembe & Congas!: Stuart Paton, cofounder and artistic director of Burlington Taiko Group, has devoted the past 25 years to performing and teaching taiko to children and adults here in the Burlington area and throughout New England. He is currently the primary instructor at the Burlington Taiko Space, and his teaching style integrates the best of what he experienced as a child growing up in Tokyo with many successful strategies in American education. Call or email for schedule.

Location: Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3-G, Burlington & Lane Shops Community Room, 13 N. Franklin St., Montpelier. Info: Stuart Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@ gmail.com, burlingtontaiko.org.

body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

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others. Dark Side of the Mountain, an ensemble led by Nocturnals drummer Matt Burr and Wagner, revived Pink Floyd for a few shows at Nectar’s in Burlington and the Rusty Nail in Stowe, and have a few more shows in the works.

On a recent Tuesday night, a bizarre mix of Frank Zappa devotees and neophytes crowded Club Metronome in Burlington to hear a faithful performance of Zappa’s seminal 1979 rock opera, Joe’s Garage. Guitarist Dan Davine tastefully channeled Zappa’s prodigal, wah-wahsoaked wailing, while the ubiquitous Wagner launched off bluesier bits such as “Watermelon in Easter Hay.” Panda executed the demanding vocal duties of the story’s protagonist with elegant poise, and other local musicians and guest actors rounded out the cast.

Under a bare bulb and dressed in a bathrobe, Nectar’s talent buyer/manager/ partner Alex Budney stood offstage as the opera’s narrator, the Central Scrutinizer.

A few days prior to his performance, Budney sat in his airy office perched above Metronome and ruminated over the city’s flourishing love affair with tribute acts. He has no qualms about tribute nights being “easier to promote” due to the built-in audiences, but he also ascribes their proliferation to the fetishization of “classic albums” and the unique talent pool in town that is skilled and willing enough to learn them.

Brett Hughes, the venerated host of the Radio Bean’s Honky Tonk Tuesday, Monoprix guitarist and more, reflected on the tribute tendency recently from a back table at Burlington’s ¡Duino! (Duende).

“I think it’s just human nature,” he said.

“We’re both sentimental and driven to crave novelty. Maybe that’s what tribute nights satisfy on some level.”

Like Budney, Hughes also attributes the cover nights to an impressive quality of musicians banding together.

“This is a town of great songs and great songwriters,” he said. “Burlington has a deeper bench and more people

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n Burlington, fans and critics applaud new and original music of just about every type. And yet audiences have been turning out en masse for something old: canonized rock albums played live in their entirety. Though bands have done this occasionally for years — think Phish’s New Year’s Eve album-oriented sets — the current local trend seems to have begun with a charitable event: Hug Your Farmer.

In 2012, in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, a group of creative and civicminded people at Select Design hosted a benefit concert at Higher Ground for the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont’s Farmer Emergency Fund. The event concurrently celebrated drummer Levon Helm, who had recently passed, in a Last Waltz-style carousel of the Band tunes.

The evening’s resounding success prompted a Rolling Stones edition of Hug Your Farmer. The Select Design crew went on to collaborate with Signal Kitchen and Zero Gravity brewery in producing seven more sold-out tribute nights, calling them the Select Sessions.

These events have presented the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Police’s Synchronicity and other classic albums. While the tributes honor past beloved bands and the album as an art form, Select Design marketer and designer Chuck Mauro says the musicians interpret, not just replicate, the material and thus also create something new. “To do it artistic justice, you can’t just copy it,” he says. The Select Sessions have included top-notch local musicians such as Lowell Thompson, Joshua Panda, Bob Wagner, Clint Bierman and others.

Other homage-paying ventures around town include Dead Set, the weekly roundtable of Grateful Dead covers at Club Metronome that consistently draws a full crowd. In Winooski, the Monkey House has hosted nights devoted to Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, the Pixies, LCD Soundsystem, Lou Reed, David Bowie and

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collaborating on greater levels. It’s never been better.”

Hughes also regards the tribute nights as a mark of “our mashup society” and “digital culture,” where exposure to the sheer quantity of music is unprecedented.

He doesn’t view tributes as a threat to originality, but said he would draw the line if musicians did abandon being “themselves” to focus more on being like other, past bands.

Tribute nights have another benefit for musicians: they can hone the technique and nuance in their playing. Dan Munzing, leader of the on-hiatus band Errands, plays in Dark Side of the Mountain and recently hosted a Flaming Lips tribute show at the Monkey House. He and his band covered Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in its entirety. Learning another band’s material, he said in a phone conversation, makes him more confident in his own songs and forces him to get outside of his knowledge of music. Munzing also appreciates the caliber and diversity of musicians with

whom he collaborates in the tributes. And, like Mauro and Budney, he sees the events as an opportunity for musicians to increase their exposure.

Munzing recognizes audiences’ hesitation to take chances on unfamiliar material as “a huge problem,” but said it’s just the reality for musicians. Regardless, he abides

by Hughes’ credo: “I would never want to do tributes to the point where it would not give me enough time to work on original music,” Munzing said.

Indeed, the originality of local bands and songwriters shows no sign of weakening against the recent upswing in album “interpretation.”

While committing the acid-drenched Yoshimi to memory, Munzing was simultaneously prepping for a tour with Ryan Power, just one of many original Burlington musicians carving out his own niche in the canon.

So tribute nights don’t necessarily indicate the downslope of a cultural zenith, as some detractors fear. People just like what they know.

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After our set, we went next door to see Adams. Immediately, a friend rushed over, excitedly waving his hands.

“Dudes, Ryan Adams just gave you guys a shout-out onstage!” he yelled.

I nearly fainted.

During his set break, we went backstage to meet Adams. After some small talk and embarrassing fawning, he invited us to hang out after the show.

And this is where things get hazy.

This was right at the peak of Adams’ hard-partying days. He’s since gotten sober, and many of the stories about him from that time were overblown, anyway. But we got after it that night.

At one point after the show we were on his tour bus smok … er, hanging out, and he looked me straight in the eye — or as straight as he could — and asked us to tour with him in Germany. We didn’t, and it was likely just sweet drunk talk on his part. But still. I think I nearly fainted again. Or maybe passed out.

As we were parting ways, Adams lightly grabbed my shoulder.

“Hey, man,” he said. “Nice song.”

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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned I had a story about a crazy evening I once spent in the company of RYAN ADAmS. Since he’ll be performing on the Flynn MainStage on Wednesday, July 23, I figure it’s a good time to pass along the abridged version. So here goes.

Once upon a time, I played in a local alt-country group called the miDDlE EiGht, a band very much influenced by the likes of early wilco, GRAm PARSoNS, the olD 97S and, of course, Mr. Adams. In particular, my songwriting style at the time was directly inspired by Adams’ old band whiSkEYtowN, as well as his 2000 debut solo album Heartbreaker — the latter of which remains on my list of “desert island” records even now.

This included, on one occasion, directly lifting a line from an Adams song in one of my own for the M8.

(At the time, songwriter me likely thought it was an homage and not outright thievery, and maybe that was true. But I think critic me woulda torn songwriter me to shreds for that transgression. Thanks, EthAN coVEY, for not doing that when you reviewed us in these pages! Moving on…)

One night, we played a gig at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge.

That same evening, RYAN ADAmS AND thE cARDiNAlS were playing the HG Ballroom. About midway through our

set, I joked with the crowd about our famous neighbor.

“You guys know Ryan freakin’ Adams is next door, right?” I said. “So what are you doing at our show?”

At that moment, a strangely familiar voice drifted down from the balcony.

“No, I’m not. I’m right here!”

It was Adams.

I was dumbstruck. And then terrified. Looking at our set list, I realized with creeping horror that the next song up was the song.

I turned to our lead guitarist, shaking my head in a panic. We can’t play this song! He grinned — smirked, really — and nodded back. We’re playing the damn song.

Sheepishly, I leaned into the mic.

“So this is awkward,” I said, and proceeded to explain the tune. After a pregnant pause — during which I seem to recall hearing a mocking, Nelson Muntz laugh, either from the crowd or our bassist — the voice once again came down from on high.

“Well, let’s hear it already!”

So we played it. And when I looked up to the balcony, Adams was gone.

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JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Ray Vega Quintet (Latin jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Acoustics Anonymous with Cricket Blue (jamgrass), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Cannonball Statman (antifolk), 4:20 p.m., free. The Grasping Straws (alt-rock), 5:30 p.m., free. Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Southern Belles (Americana), 7 p.m., free. Nexus Artists & 4Word Productions Present: Hoptronica (EDM, hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

ZEN LOUNGE: Nappy Roots Pre-Party and VT Hip-Hop Showcase, 9 p.m., $5.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Talent Quest 2014 Quarterfinals, 9 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Devil in the Woods (rock), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: In Kahootz (rock), 7 p.m., free.

ON THE RISE BAKERY: Herb & Hanson (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., donation.

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BAGITOS: Papa GreyBeard (blues), 6 p.m., donation.

Showcase Lounge in South Burlington this Sunday, July 20, with Junior Prom and Total Slacker.

CHARLIE O'S: Elle Carpenter (folk), 8 p.m., free.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Sitting Ducks (rock), 6 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Open Bluegrass Jam, 7 p.m., free.

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MOOG'S PLACE: Lesley Grant & Friends (country), 7:30 p.m., free.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL BAR & GRILLE: Canadian Tap & DJ Takeover, 7 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Cats Under the Stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 10 p.m., free.

ON THE RISE BAKERY: Gabe Jarrett & Friends SEE PAGE 5 (jazz), 7:30 p.m., donation.

FINNIGAN'S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free.

PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., free.

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JUNIPER: Abby Sherman (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: Wood & Wire, 9:30 p.m., $2/5. 18+.

PIZZA BARRIO: EmaLou (folk), 6 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: McChester (rock), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

THE PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: Doc Kaplan (singer-songwriter), 6:30 p.m., free.

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OLIVE RIDLEY'S: DJ Skippy All Request Live (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: Cody Sargent & Friends (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 11:30 p.m., $5.

MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (EDM), 10 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: "No Diggity" ’90s Night, 9 p.m., free/$5.

JUNIPER: Zach DuPont Band (indie folk), 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Blue Fox (blues), 8 p.m., free.

THE LAUGH BAR AT DRINK: Comedy Showcase (standup comedy), 7 p.m., $7.

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THE BEE'S KNEES: Jeanne Miller, Jim Daniels, Carrie Cook (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Peter Krag Trio (jazz), 4:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Meklit, Abbie Morin (jazz, singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $10. AA. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Herb & Hanson (acoustic), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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THE PUB OUTBACK: Ricky Golden (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: Victory Orchard (rock), 7 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS: Michael Howard (folk, blues), 6 p.m., donation.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Improv Comedy Night with Autoschediasm, 6 p.m., $3. Summer Salsa Series with DJ Hector, 10 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Seven Days Singles Party, 7 p.m., $5.

Funkwagon (funk), 9 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth and Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ: Turidae (Celtic, classical), 4:30 p.m., free. Turidae Trio (Celtic), 4:30 p.m., free.

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NECTAR'S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band, Funky Dawgz Brass Band (R&B), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN: Kid's Music with Linda "Tickle Belly" Bassick & Friends, 11 a.m., free. Emily Barnes (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Phil Cohen (folk rock), 8 p.m., free. Holy Sheboygan! (garbage folk), 9 p.m., free. Pocket Vinyl (piano rock), 10:30 p.m., free. And the Kids (glitter pop), midnight, free.

RED SQUARE: Greenbuch (acoustic), 5 p.m., free.

Winovo (rock), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Con Yay (EDM), 9 p.m., $5.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

RUBEN JAMES: Cooper & Lavoie (blues), 6 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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Moving on, this Wednesday, July 16 — as in the day this issue hits the streets — Zen Lounge hosts a pre-party for the upcoming NAPPY ROOTS show at the venue on August 7. But the real gist of the show is that it’s doubling as a hiphop showcase to decide which local act snags the final opening slot of the NR show, which is kind of a big deal.

Audience members will choose from SELF PORTRAIT, BOOMSLANG, MC MYCELIUM,

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We end this week’s column on a down note. The local jazz community was saddened to learn of the unexpected passing of PAUL BRANA last Thursday, July 10. Brana was a talented young trumpeter who had earned a reputation as one of the state’s brightest up-andcoming players. A public celebration of Brana’s life will be held this Thursday, July 17, at Radio Bean, where he had become a fixture sitting in with, well, just about everybody.

Our deepest condolences to Brana’s family and friends.

In festival news, Solarfest in Tinmouth is likely the marquee outdoor throwdown this weekend, but it’s not the only one. This Saturday, National Life Group will host a daylong musicand-food extravaganza, called the Do Good Fest, on the lawn of its Montpelier offices. The lineup for the inaugural festival features a crosssection of family-friendly musical fare, including appearances by locals PADULABAUM — that’s a collaboration of songwriters REBECCA PADULA and GARY DULABAUM, by the way — the GORDON STONE BAND and PATRICK FITZSIMMONS, as well Northampton-based country

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Fare thee well, SPIT JACK. The notorious local punk band will call it a career

with one last show at Charlie O’s in Montpelier this Friday, July 18, with PITY WHORES and TSUNAMIBOTS. The split comes on the heels of the band realizing they had succeeded in their four-year quest to get kicked out of every bar in Vermont. Or because vocalist MIKE TOOHEY is moving to the West Coast. I don’t recall which. Anyway, thanks for the lack of memories, SJ. It’s been a blast. I think.

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Last week, we filled you in on the upcoming EP release from ALPENGLOW on Section Sign Records. This week we’re gonna tell you about a nifty concert the band will give at Signal Kitchen in Burlington this Saturday, July 19.

Alpenglow will play live to local filmmaker JOHN DOUGLAS’ 1971 film Glacier. Shot on 16mm film, Douglas’ flick documents his travels hiking through the American West. Last week, Brooklyn Vegan released a reedited version of the film set to the band’s “Brothers in Crime,” from the aforementioned forthcoming EP. If you haven’t checked out that video yet, you really should. Alpenglow will play to the entire film at the SK show this weekend before heading out on a Northeast tour.

rockers PALE COWBOY and headliner ERIC HUTCHINSON. The last is a nationally touring songwriter who recently released his radio-friendly third album, Pure Fiction.

The festival is free, but parking is $20 per car, with proceeds benefiting Branches of Hope, the cancer patient fund at Central Vermont Medical Center’s National Life Cancer Treatment Center.

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Let’s Whisper’s second full-length album is also the last release from WeePOP! Records in London, where the band previously recorded two EPs and its first full-length album. Let’s Whisper, formed

by Burlingtonians Colin Clary and Dana Kaplan in 2003, added Brad Searles on drums in 2011 and has been a trio ever since. They’ve recorded and toured in Europe and performed at Waking Windows in Winooski last May. As Close as We Are opens with “Paperclip Chains,” a mid-tempo track that vaguely recalls Guster’s “Satellite.”

Ideal for driving down an open road, the tune sets the album’s theme of cheerful acoustics and endearing vocals from Clary and Kaplan that rise and fall easily over the instrumentals.

The album abruptly shifts into a reflective, softer gear with the second number, “Let’s Pretend.” Kaplan’s verses

have a slightly nostalgic tone, offering to redo — or perhaps erase — the past: “Let’s pretend, let’s make believe / we’re just acting out a scene / we’re just having a bad dream.” The middle tracks — “Fireworks,” “It’ll Be OK,” “A Bit of Honesty” and “Every Eight Years”— continue the lyrical melancholy yet instrumentally upbeat theme.

“It’ll Be OK” is a fitting song for running in slow motion through rain — or some other equally cinematic action.

Clary and Kaplan take turns asking, “Are you feeling brave? / ’cause I think you’re brave.” After some back and forth, Kaplan concludes, with Clary crooning in the background, “Autumn’s turning into winter / and it’ll be OK / it’ll be OK / it’ll be OK.” Against the steady clip of Searles’ drumming, the repetition of this

throwaway phrase comes off as inspiring rather than trite, infusing a bit of hope back into the record.

Following these slower tunes is the energizing seventh track, “Bastille Day.” At a zippy 1:45, this is anthemic dance pop at its best, and it powers the album toward the finish line. Clary’s whiny and irreverent lyric, “I don’t know where you are / Happy Birthday baby, I miss you / Viva la France/ I wanna dance,” may inspire listeners to follow his pithy lead and hit the floor.

The album gets quiet again with closer “Leave You Hangin’,” which showcases Clary’s winsome vocals. This track calls to mind Americana-inspired acts such as the Lumineers, with plenty of toe-tapping and sing-along potential.

At just eight tracks, As Close as We Are is short and sweet, by turns deadpan in its delivery and sentimental in its subject matter: companionship, love, confusion, frustration, acceptance and, often, everyday minutiae. From a band whose website says, “All our songs are love songs,” As Close as We Are is a thoroughly listenable and relatable indie-pop record.

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In 2011, Burlington’s Bryan Parmelee

released an excellent EP with his thenduo Parmaga, the aptly titled Ghost Pops.

That recording’s four tracks, while rooted in indie-rock archetypes, were defined by a spectral haze, both man-made and, perhaps, supernatural. The titular ghost pops were the result of a mysterious glitch in the recording process. Those phantom crackles that couldn’t be isolated and removed in post-production were left on the record because they added to the EP’s shadowy vibe.

Around the same time as Parmelee was playing musical ghostbuster, Chris Shar was working as the touring bassist for Man Man and Santigold, two acclaimed art-rock bands known for melding myriad genres and styles and employing boldly unconventional rhythmic movements.

As Pours, Shar and Parmelee’s self-titled debut LP suggests a natural union of each man’s previous musical experiences.

The eight-song album, released on new Burlington label Section Sign Records, offers no shortage of Parmelee’s signature foggy psychedelia. But the album is fortified by Shar’s inventive work on bass,

synth and, especially, drums, resulting in a recording that is at once delicate and muscular.

The album opens on “No Hiding.”

A splintering, high-toned guitar is quickly subsumed in a wash of watery synth, before Shar’s sneaky, propulsive drumwork takes hold. Parmelee drops in with vocals so airy they almost threaten to float away. But Shar’s deft rhythmic playing acts as a firm anchor, a lazily arpeggiated guitar line the tether holding Parmelee’s melody close to Earth.

Following the pleasantly disorienting electro twists of “Knuckles,” Pours open up on “Unveiled,” seemingly energized

by the closest thing to a conventional backbeat on the album. With a bright synth melody, fuzzy bass, arcing guitar and Parmelee’s most forceful vocal work, it’s one of the album’s most accessible songs. Picture Beach House backed by the rhythm section from Dirty Projectors — or Man Man, actually — and you’re in the neighborhood.

“The Alchemist” is built on a slinky groove around which Parmelee winds a SCAN T WITH L serpentine vocal melody — his falsetto SEE PA work here is particularly nifty. The ominous two-and-a-half minute drone of “Interbrood” is appropriately brooding, making the intricate and airy “Carry the Oar” a welcome relief.

Following the comparatively straightforward “Interrogatory,” Pours closes on “Boomcan.” The track is emblematic of everything the band does well — and they do lots of things well.

Parmelee’s vocal work is fragile yet self-assured, ensconced in a blissed-out haze of synth and guitar. And under it all, Shar adds a backbone with innovative percussion that becomes more intriguing upon each listen, much like the album itself.

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middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

upper valley

TUPELO MUSIC HALL: The Pat Travers Band, Don Lawson (rock), ., $40.

northeast kingdom PHAT KATS TAVERN: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont

COURTESY OF BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO

MONOPOLE: Trinity Park Radio birthday bash (rock), 10 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

Peacock NAKED TURTLE: Catfish & Bodega (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., free.

Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

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What’s in a Name? Much as you might

expect someone who calls himself, say, Bob Jazz to be pretty good at bebop, BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO, aka Stanley Dural, is simply put the country’s foremost ambassador of zydeco music. The Louisiana native is practically a living legend

burlington

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Horse Traders (rock), 6 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Retronome with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

and is widely credited with introducing zydeco’s infectious

JP'S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free.

rhythms to mainstream audiences. As the New York Times

JUNIPER: Disco Phantom (house), 9 p.m., free.

put it, Dural “leads one of the best bands in America.”

Buckwheat Zydeco appears at ArtsRiot on Tuesday, July 22, as part of the Shelter Series.

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ZEN LOUNGE: Salsa Night with Jah Red, 8 p.m., $5. DJ Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5. DJ Dakota & the VT Union (hip-hop, top 40), 11 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: John Daly Trio (folk rock), 5 p.m., free. Sideshow Bob (rock), 9 p.m., free.

ON THE RISE BAKERY: Live Music, 7:30 p.m., donation.

barre/montpelier

RADIO BEAN: Acoustic Brunch with Abbie Morin (singer-songwriter), noon, free. Bad Accent (world folk), 6:30 p.m., free. The Föhr Sessions (groove jazz), 9 p.m., free. June & the Bee (faux folk), 10:30 p.m., free. TBD, midnight, free.

RED SQUARE: Collin Craig Continuum (funk), 7 p.m., free. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa), 6 p.m., free. DJ Stavros (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Maxwell Hughes (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., $5.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Joe Moore Band (jazz), 10 p.m., free.

CHARLIE O'S: Spit Jack, Pity Whores, Tsunamibots (punk), 10 p.m., free.

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MOOG'S PLACE: Abby Sherman (acoustic), 6:30 p.m., free. Abby & Mike (acoustic rock), 9 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Barbie N Bones (rock), 9 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Nico Rivers (singersongwriter), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Cooper & Lavoie (blues), 5 p.m., free. McKenna Lee (rock), 9 p.m., free.

ON THE RISE BAKERY: Garrin Benfield (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., donation.

VENUE: Saturday Night Mixdown with DJ Dakota & Jon Demus, 8 p.m., $5. 18+.

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THE BEE'S KNEES: Herb & Hanson (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., donation.

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ZEN LOUNGE: Open Mic with Steve Hartman and Isaac French, 6 p.m., $10 donation. Electric Temple with DJ Atak (hip-hop, top 40), 10 p.m., $5.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Abby Jenne and the Enablers (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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SIGNAL KITCHEN: Glacier: A Collaboration Between Alpenglow and John Douglas (indie), 8:30 p.m., free.

BAGITOS: The Irregulars with Pete Sutherland (traditional folk), 6 p.m., donation.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Yee and Friends (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., $5.

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THE MONKEY HOUSE: Pocket Vinyl (piano rock), 5:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. Canopy, Amulus (rock), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

PIZZA BARRIO: Eric George (acoustic roots), 6 p.m., free.

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VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: The Family Night Band (rock), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Patrick Lehman (singer-songwrter), 7 p.m., free. Grippo Funk Band, 9 p.m., $5.

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BAGITOS: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Dale Cavanaugh (folk), 6 p.m., donation.

CHARLIE O'S: Persian Claws, Barbacoa (surf, rock), 10 p.m., free.

NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ: Stephen Marabito (soft jazz), 7:30 p.m., free.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Barika (ethereal dub), 10:30 p.m., $5.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Andy Pitt (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Andric Severance (Latin jazz), 9 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Pocket Vinyl (rock), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Matt Szlachetka (acoustic), 7 p.m., free. Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 9 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL BAR & GRILLE: The Woedoggies (rock), 9:30 p.m., $6.

mad river valley/ waterbury

THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Soulstice (reggae), 10 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Crazyhearse US Tour Farewell (rock), 6 p.m., $5. DJ Rob Dogg (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free.

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than Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Fusing the traditions of New Orleans second-line music with the explosive grooves of funk and bebop, DDBB have paved the way for innumerable Crescent City acts that followed, from the likes of the Rebirth Jazz Band to Trombone Shorty and beyond. This week, the band plays two Vermont shows: Friday, July 18, at the Rusty Nail in Stowe and Saturday, July 19, at Solarfest in Tinmouth.

Sutherland & Tim Stickle's Old Time Session, 1 p.m., free. The Irregulars with Pete Sutherland (traditional), 4 p.m., free. The Verbing Nouns (rock), 5:30 p.m., free. Mike Collins Jr. (soul blues), 7 p.m., free.

MON.21

RED SQUARE: Juliana Reed Band (funk-soul), 7 p.m., free.

Baron Video (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Standup Comedy Cage Match, 8 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. Fat Laughs at the Skinny Pancake (improv comedy), 7 p.m., $3.

THE PUB OUTBACK: Live Music, 9:30 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: Bravacado (rock), 8 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Colouring Walls (rock), 10 p.m., free.

NAKED TURTLE: Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

SUN.20 burlington

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Phineas Gage (folk), 3 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Sundae Soundclash (EDM), 9 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Kyle Stevens Happiest Hour of Music (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Vermont's Next Star, 8 p.m., free.

THE LAUGH BAR AT DRINK: Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 8 p.m., free.

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VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Duke Aeroplane & the Wrong Numbers (swampy blues), 2 p.m., free.

outside vermont

NECTAR'S: MI YARD Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Demus, 9 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Elle Carpenter (folk rock), 11 a.m., free. Pete

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/ Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Bear Hands, Junior Prom, Total Slacker (indie), 7:30 p.m., $12/15. AA. HINESBURGH PUBLIC HOUSE: Sunday Jazz with George Voland, 4:30 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: The Fresh & Onlys, the Shilohs (indie), 8:30 p.m., $10/15. 18+.

PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS: Eric Friedman (folk), 11 a.m., donation.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Steve Hartmann (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., donation.

northeast kingdom THE STAGE: Open Mic, 5 p.m., free.

burlington

CLUB METRONOME: Metal Monday: Uninhibitable, Fatality, 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Funkwagon's Tequila Project (funk), 10 p.m., free.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Gubbulidis (jam), 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+. Formula 5 (jam), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

JP'S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Stephen Callahan Trio (jazz), 6 p.m., free. Great Western (alt-country), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke with Funkwagon, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: The Raunchy Randos (rock), 7 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Open Mic, 9 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Karaoke with Emcee Callanova, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kidz Music with Raphael, 11:30 a.m., $3 donation.

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THE MONKEY HOUSE: Joshua Prior Tour Kickoff Party (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area MOOG'S PLACE: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

TUE.22

burlington

ARTSRIOT: The Shelter Series: Buckwheat Zydeco (zydeco), 6:30 p.m., $20/85.

CLUB METRONOME: Dead Set with Cats Under the Stars (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., free/$5.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Grieves, SonReal, Fearce Will (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $13/15. AA. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier CHARLIE O'S: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Live Music, 5 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Oliver Scanlon & Friends (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: The Jason Wedlock Show (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.

WED.23 burlington

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Loose Association (rock), 6 p.m., free.

JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Ray Vega Quintet (Latin jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Acoustics Anonymous with Cricket Blue (jamgrass), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Lotango (tango), 6:30 p.m., free. Lisa Raatikainen (acoustic), 8 p.m., free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Ellen Powell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

ZEN LOUNGE: Zensday with DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

chittenden county

BACKSTAGE PUB: Talent Quest 2014 Semifinals, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: The Oh Hellos (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Devil in the Woods (rock), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Blues Jam with the Collin Craig Trio, 7 p.m., free.

VENUE: Skid Row, Kill Devil Hill, Miss Misery (rock), 8 p.m., $27/35.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS: McKew Devitt (folk), 6 p.m., donation.

NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ: Turidae Trio (Celtic), 4:30 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth and Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Carrie Cook, Peter Lind & D. Davis (acoustic), 8 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Al 'n' Pete (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Lesley Grant & Friends (country), 7:30 p.m., free.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom THE PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: DJ Skippy All Request Live (top 40), 10 p.m., free. m

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n a brick-and-stucco building on Bridge Street in Plattsburgh, one vacant lot away from the banks of the Saranac River, an arts-and-music collective is in the throes of establishing a permanent base. Passersby may well wander right past the ROTA Gallery and Studios, which is marked only by a multicolored, sculptural sign behind the glass of the storefront’s narrow front window. Those who peer in, though, can catch a glimpse of a group of young artists’ efforts to open up creative spaces downtown.

“We used to have art parties and [music] shows in houses, and we just kind of kept getting in trouble for it,” says Catie Wurster, a 27-year-old Plattsburgh native and ROTA’s vice president.

“Eventually we were like, Oh, my God, we have to find a place where we’re not going to get into so much trouble.”

The ROTA Gallery is a nonprofit cooperative that’s hosted art shows and music events in downtown Plattsburgh for the past several years. (Its name is half of the word “alligator” spelled backward; some members recently suggested the acronym Reaching Out Through Art.) Run by a fluctuating group of 15 to 30 mostly young visual artists and musicians, the organization aims to foster a strong do-it-yourself ethos, and to “utilize recycled resources and volunteer time to maintain and develop our downtown gallery and studios

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president Jenn Allen, ROTA’s members (and some friends) carted over music equipment, a Steinway piano, a sofa, chairs and a front desk from their former Margaret Street location. Within days, the group had hung its first Bridge Street show, an exhibit of paintings in four styles by member Gharan Burton.

The ROTA Gallery reopened in time for Plattsburgh’s monthly First Weekend art-and-music fest, which this month coincided with July 4. “There was no break,” says Allen, 34. “On June 30, we were out of the old space, and on July 1 we were in here.”

On a recent afternoon, about a half dozen members were gathered in the gallery, lounging on the sofa and chat-

IT JUST FELT LIKE WE HAD A PURPOSE, AS SILLY AS THAT IS. C AT I E W U RS T E R

into a healthy, constructive art space,” according its mission statement.

Members pay $5 a year and work five hours a month in the gallery or studio space; in exchange, they get an equal vote in ROTA’s decision-making process, space to hang work and other benefits.

ROTA moved into its new quarters on Bridge Street on July 1, taking over a storefront that had long been home to a discount joint called Bargaineer Antiques. The move came after a months-long campaign to find a new location and raise funds for the transition.

“Overnight,” in the word of current

ting at the front desk. One played a few tunes on the donated Steinway.

Burton’s eclectic paintings adorned the whitewashed walls. Grouped by style, these ranged from representational landscapes to impressionistic, tiled figure paintings in blue tones.

In coming months, members will convert the back room — currently storing music equipment and unpacked boxes from the move — into three studio spaces. Plans to update the gallery end of the space include ripping out worn siding, sheetrocking and repainting the walls, and reinstalling some 1950s-era

light fixtures that were found in the space. Members and any community volunteers they can muster will do the work.

“The only way that the ROTA survives is through the collective efforts of all the members, artists and community members,” Allen says. “There’s no way that we could’ve survived this long without all of these people bringing their different talents.”

Current members credit 32-year-old Plattsburgh stonemason Tavish Costello (who was unavailable for comment) with spearheading ROTA three years ago. In 2011, as Wurster recalls, Costello threw his savings into a rented space on Clinton Street where his friends would be able to gather, create work and host events — and not get in trouble for the aforementioned house parties.

“He was the dude who put on the shows,” Wurster says. “He did everything. And people just started hanging out and going, Wow, this is really great.

There’s somewhere we can hang out that’s not a bar. It just felt like we had a purpose, as silly as that is.”

That Clinton Street space became ROTA’s first gallery.

The group incorporated as a nonprofit in 2012 under the umbrella of the Massachusettsbased Cooperative Development Institute, which provides resources and serves as a parent organization for cooperatives throughout New England and New York. The same year, ROTA moved to a unit on Margaret Street, a main drag in downtown Plattsburgh.

The gallery’s third location is at 39 Bridge Street. Three years in, the group is looking to the future with a more mature perspective, building from the foundation laid by Costello and initial members. At the beginning, Wurster admits, “It was all heart. There weren’t people with business sense at that point in time.”

ROTA’s shoestring budget comes from community donations, modest gallery sales and funds raised from benefit shows played by its members. (Wurster also regularly books nationally and internationally touring musicians looking for places to play between New York and Montréal.) But those fundraising efforts tend to arise only in times of need. “People who are interested in art and music get involved and are all volunteers,” Allen explains. “We don’t have

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f ‘THE JAy INvITATIoNAl of clAy’: The arts promoter Norte Maar returns to a new home in the North Country and presents an international exhibition of ceramics with the Jay Craft Center, curated by Plattsburgh-based potter Jackie Sabourin. Events during the three-day exhibit include pizza baking in a clay oven, and raku and pit firings. Reception: Friday, July 18, 5-9 p.m. July 18-20. Info, 646-361-8512. The Jay House/Norte Maar, N.Y.

ExHIbITIoN: An exhibit of more than 75 landscape paintings created during the local plein air festival on July 19. Reception: Sunday, July 20, 2-4 p.m. July 20-August 10. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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JEff DANzIgEr: An exhibit of artwork by the nationally published cartoonist. July 16-August 31. Info, 223-3338. Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier.

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f ‘STATE of bEINgS’: A multimedia

PAT MuSIcK: The Vermont sculptor talks about and signs copies of her new book, The Piero Affair. Chaffee Downtown Art Center, Rutland, Wednesday, July 16, 6 p.m. Info, 775-0356.

group show of work inspired by humans and human-like beings, Main Floor Gallery.

Reception: Thursday, July 24, 6-8 p.m. July 22-August 30. f rAy broWN: Paintings in series by the Johnson artist, Third Floor Gallery.

Reception: Thursday, July 24, 6-8 p.m. July 22-August 31. f SAbrINA fADIAl & PHIllIP robErTSoN: New monoprints, Second Floor Gallery. Reception: Thursday, July 24, 6-8 p.m.

July 22-August 31. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

vErgENNES ArT WAlK: Downtown galleries, libraries and businesses host visual art for this monthly event, which includes an open mic night at the opera house. Multiple locations, Vergennes, third Thursday of every month, 5-7 p.m.

ErIc DAvID lAxMAN lEcTurE: A talk by the cofounder of the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland. Chaffee Downtown Art Center, Rutland, Friday, July 18, 7-8 p.m. Info, 775-0356.

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f ‘1812 STAr-SPANglED NATIoN’: A traveling exhibit of 25 original oil paintings by contemporary artists, depicting nautical scenes from the War of 1812. Reception: Saturday, July 19, 5-7:30 p.m. July 19-September 29. Info, 475-2022. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes.

grAcE SuMMEr bENEfIT: A fundraiser to support the art organization’s 350 annual arts programs and exhibitions, featuring a cocktail reception by Mackin Edibles, music by Ira Friedman, a silent auction, prizes and more.

Lakeview Inn, Greensboro, Friday, July 18, 6-8 p.m. $50. Info, 427-6857.

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cArolyN SHATTucK: “Speaking Volumes,” a sculptural exhibit featuring pop-ups, flexagons and other unique structures by the Rutlandbased artist. July 16-August 16. Info, 468-1252.

Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

4TH ANNuAl JErIcHo PlEIN AIr fESTIvAl: More than 75 painters paint local landscapes outdoors in this annual event. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, Saturday, July 19, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Info, 899-2974.

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bcA SuMMEr ArTIST MArKET: A juried market featuring handcrafted, original fine art and crafts by local artists. Burlington City Hall Park, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Info, 865-7166.

‘STATuES of lIbErTy’: A sesquicentennial exhibit commemorates the 1864 signing, by Abraham Lincoln, of Congressman Justin Morrill’s Act creating a National Statuary Hall.

On view are photographs and interpretive descriptions of the sculptures’ notable figures, including life-size images of the statues of Abraham Lincoln, Ethan Allen, Daniel Webster and Rosa Parks. July 23-October 13. Info, 7654288. Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford.

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‘DEMoS & DESSErTS’: An afternoon of sweet treats and conversation with artist Alex Bottinelli, who will give a demonstration of assembling her unique driftwood sculptures.

Miller’s Thumb Gallery, Greensboro, Saturday, July 19, 2-5 p.m. Info, 533-2045.

f cASPIAN ArTS grouP SHoW: “Individual Perspectives,” a group show in multiple mediums by more than a dozen artists including Victoria Blewer, Elizabeth Nelson and Marion Stenger. Reception: Sunday, July 20, 4-7 p.m.

PAyNE JuNKEr: The gallery’s featured artist this month gives a workshop on how to make a metal nest. Frog Hollow, Burlington, Saturday, July 19, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Info, 863-6458. rocK rIvEr ArTISTS’ oPEN Tour: An open studios tour featuring 17 area artists. Various locations, Newfane, Saturday, July 19, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Info, 348-7865.

AlASDAIr THoMSoN: “The Identity Collection,” presentations by the artist-in-residence about an ongoing marble wedding dress sculpture project. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center Gallery, West Rutland, Wednesday, July 23, 7 p.m. Info, 438-2097.

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AlExANDEr AlExEIEff: Original 1929 signed lithographs by the Russian artist Alexander Alexeieff, exhibited with a looped screening of his 1930s animated pinboard films. Co-curated

by Cecile Starr and Susan Smereka. Through August 26. Info, 735-2542. New City Galerie in Burlington.

‘AMErIcAN PlAID’: A group exhibit of artwork focused on color (mediums are immaterial), creating a red, white and blue plaid motif on the gallery walls. Through July 26. Info, 578-2512.

The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

ANN lAbErgE: “Have a Seat,” photographs and sculpture focusing on chairs by the local artist. Through July 31. Info, 861-2340. CarShare Vermont in Burlington.

ASHlEE rubINSTEIN: “Doughnuts,” paintings of food that loves to be bad. Through July 31. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. Info, 660-9346.

Radio Bean in Burlington. ‘bEyoND MEASurE’: A group show curated

by Carleen Zimbalatti features more than a dozen artists who explore the role of geometry in their artistic processes. Through August 31. JoHANNE DurocHEr yorDAN: “Secret Garden,” floral acrylic works made with Vermont maps by the local artist. Through July 28. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

‘EMErgENcE2’: A contemporary, multimedia art exhibit featuring students, alumni and staff from the Champlain College Emergent Media Center: Erin Barnaby, Rachel Hooper, Ken Howell, Robin Perlah and Sarah Webb. bJörN ScHülKE: “Traveling Spy,” 3-D sculptures activated by motion sensors, with video surveillance and sound components, by the German multimedia artist. Through July 19.

Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington. cAMEroN ScHMITz: Drawings and paintings by the Vermont artist. Through October 31. Info, 865-7166. Courtyard Marriott Burlington Harbor. cArolE croSSMAN: Oils and watercolors by the award-winning Vermont artist. Through July 31. Info, 658-6400. American Red Cross in Burlington. cArolyN croTTy: Artwork in a variety of mediums inspired by nature. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 862-9614. The Pine Street Deli in Burlington.

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a lot of people who come and say, ‘Hey, I wanna help you guys file your taxes.’”

This year, Allen says, the group will spawn a second nonprofit — tentatively named the Phoenix — under CDI’s umbrella. It will handle bookings, events and the fundraising arm of the organization. Some members of the cooperative will remain with ROTA, focusing on the gallery and arts and education programming in the community. ROTA has already partnered with the Strand Center for the Arts and the National Alliance on Mental Illness for workshops and events, and community groups regularly use its spaces. In particular, members say, they’d like to amp up their youth programming.

“There’s really nothing to do [in Plattsburgh] when you’re a teenager,” Wurster explains. “There’s a lot to do when you’re a very little kid here; there’s a lot to do when you’re an older person here, but in between, it’s just lost. People have to go to Burlington or Montréal, or just leave here forever.”

The dust from the move has barely settled, but in the new ROTA Gallery space, members are eagerly settling in for the long haul in a unit that can be renovated and adapted to fit their needs.

Allen says their Bridge Street landlords want tenants who can actively contribute to the downtown area. “They’re working with us to succeed in the space long-term,” she says.

And the ROTA crew is optimistic about what it can bring to the city and region. “It’s a big, empty area that we could make into a much bigger arts place,” says member Emily Stajic.

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Denis Versweyveld: Paintings and sculpture focused on the interplay of shape, composition and texture in common still-life objects. Through July 31. Info, 862-1001. Left Bank Home & Garden in Burlington.

‘From Our Hearts and Minds’: A group exhibit of local artists in a variety of mediums. Through August 29. Info, 862-4584. St. Paul’s Cathedral in Burlington.

f Graziella Weber-Grassi: “Who’s Past?,” new artwork made from antique portrait photography.

Reception: Friday, August 1, 5-8 p.m. Through

call to artists ARToberFest 2014 Call for Art: Seeking visual art for Waterbury’s ARToberFest celebration of art, music and local brews. Deadline: September 14. Full details at acrossroads.org/ artoberfest/. Downtown Waterbury. Info, info. acrossroads@gmail.com.

Call to Artists for GEMS: Artists are invited to join the gallery and submit pieces to the annual exhibit of artwork in a small format, November 7 to December 28. Deadline: October 26. Specs, entry form and info at bryangallery. org. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100.

A Call to Artists of All Kinds: The Daily Planet is looking for artwork for our three rooms.

Dining Room: smaller pieces based on nature and architecture. Greenhouse: open to edgier art and photography. Bar: larger works on canvas and eclectic pieces. All styles welcome. Deadline: August 20. Please contact art@dailyplanet15. com. The Daily Planet, Burlington. Info, 862-9647.

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Call to Artists: ‘Orange (Is the New Studio)’: For the launch of our new, 1,600-square-foot studio at 208 Flynn Avenue (with an orange paint job), we’re soliciting artworks in any media on the theme of “Orange.”

Send images of artwork (1200 px min. longest side) to mail@reciprocitystudio.com. Deadline: July 18. Exhibit is August 1-25. Reciprocity Studio, Burlington. Info, 585-797-8620.

Call to Artists: Think Square: Established and emerging artists in the Chittenden East Supervisory Union school district are invited to interpret the square in artwork of any medium or size, and to submit one or two pieces for an exhibit to be hung in the Jericho Town Hall September through December. Deadline: August 15. Info and registration forms: blgreene@ myfairpoint.net or 899-2974. Jericho Town Hall.

Info, 899-2974.

Canvas Peace Project: Artists are encouraged to contribute works about the women of South Sudan for a fundraising event to take place at Burlington’s Skinny Pancake in October. More info and registration online at canvaspeaceproject. org. The Skinny Pancake, Burlington, through October 1.

Festival of the Arts Call to Artists: Seeking fine artists and artisans interested in showing and selling their work during the outdoor Festival of the Arts in Jeffersonville on August 9. Deadline: July 30. More info at cambridgeartsvt.org, or by calling Monica at 633-2388. Cambridge Arts Council.

‘Finding a Common Thread’ Call to Artists: Seeking 2-D and 3-D contemporary fiber works for an exhibit to launch in September. Mixed media acceptable. Submit up to four digital images to janetensia@gmail.com along with dimensions and description of work and artist statement. Deadline: August 29. Jury notification

by September 3. Chandler Gallery, Randolph. Info, 730-6992.

Hoodoo Voodoo: Hoodoo Voodoo, on October 25, will be an evening of fall/harvest/Halloweeninspired dance and performance art at the Rose

August 31. Info, 355-5418. Vintage Inspired in Burlington.

‘Impressions’: Fran Bull, Jordan Douglas and Cameron Schmitz explore in multiple media the markings of humankind, from the ridge patterns on fingers to trails on the landscape. Through July 20.

Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington.

Innovation Center Group Show: Works by Brian Sylvester, James Vogler, Kari Meyer, Kim Senior, Longina Smolinski, Lyna Lou Nordstorm and Gabe Tempesta on the first floor; Holly Hauser, Jacques Burke, Jason Durocher, Cindy Griffith, Teresa Davis and Tom Merwin on the second Street Artist’s Co-op. Please contact Jamie at jamieanicks@gmail.com if you would like to present your piece at this event. Rose Street Co-op Gallery, Burlington through October 1. Info, 399-7514.

Lake Champlain International Film Festival Call for Entries: The inaugural film fest is accepting short and feature-length films by students, amateurs and professionals alike.

All disciplines and genres welcome. Deadline: August 31. Entry form and other info at lcifilmfest. org. The festival will be November 15 and 16 at the Strand Theatre. Strand Theatre, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Info, 518-563-1604.

New Self-Portraits: For an exhibit titled “Mirror, Mirror,” the Darkroom Gallery in Essex is soliciting photographic self-portraits that capture “your true essence,” or your alter-ego. How does the selfie trend interact with contemporary photography? Juried by Amy Arbus. Deadline: September 3. Info at darkroomgallery.com/ex61/.

Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction.

‘A Photographer’s View of Land and Light’: Photographers are invited to join the gallery (by July 31) and submit images to a landscape-photography exhibition, September 12 to November 2. Deadline: August 29. Specs, entry form and info at bryangallery.org; click on “call to artists.” Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville.

Info, 644-5100.

‘A Portrait of Vermont’ Call to Artists: Northern Vermont artists, show your work depicting Vermonters in our next exhibit at the 99 Gallery and Center in downtown Newport.

All media welcome. Submit photos via email to dpeel@vtlink.net by August 10, or call 323-7759 for more info. Please include a brief statement of your thoughts on the subject. The 99 Gallery and Center, Newport. Info, 323-7759.

Seeking Crafters, Vendors and Artisans: “Handmade and homegrown” is the theme for the 10th annual Harvest Fair & Craft Show, benefiting the Bowen Walker Fund.

Registration deadline: September 1. For info, email PittsfordHarvestFair@comcast.net or call Elizabeth, 483-9972. Pittsford Village Green. Info, 483-9972.

Spirit Animalz: Call to artists: Send images of work you wish to be considered and a three- to five-sentence bio to oneartscollective@ gmail.com. $25 hanging fee for accepted artists.

Deadline: July 25. Burlington Beer Company, Williston.

Vergennes Call to Artists: The monthly downtown art walk seeks artists to show their works in local galleries and businesses, the third Thursday of every month through October 16. Contact info@creativespacegallery.org or visit vergennesdowntown.com/mainstreet/ vergennes-art-walk for details. Multiple locations, Vergennes, through October 1.

‘Wheel’ Call to Artists: Send submissions of your photographic discovery of the wheel to a juried exhibit: automotive images and anything else that rolls. Juror: London-based Darren Heath. Deadline: August 6 at midnight.

Submission details at darkroomgallery.com/ ex60. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction. Info, 877-3686.

floor. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington.

Jacques Burke: Paintings, sculpture and digitally enhanced photography from the Milton artist.

Mareva Millarc: Abstract paintings in oil, acrylic, ink and mixed media. Curated by SEABA. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

JB Woods: “Walking in Vermont,” colorful photographs curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s: Pine Street in Burlington.

f Julia Luckett: Photographs that capture the daily lives and struggles of Nicaraguan coffee farmers. Reception: Friday, July 18, 5-7 p.m. Through July 31. Info, 861-3155. Karma Birdhouse in Burlington.

Justin Atherton: “A Macabre Kind of Cute,” drawings and prints by local artist Justin Atherton that explore the lighter side of monsters, aliens and other creatures that enjoy cupcakes. Through July 31. Info, 318-2438. Red Square in Burlington.

Leo Hinton Retrospective: Leo Hinton, born in Bloomfield, Vt., in 1934, bounced around foster homes as a child; in adulthood, he was a barber, auctioneer and storeowner and didn’t pursue drawing until he retired. This exhibit includes his watercolors, acrylics and pen-and-ink drawings made over the last few years. In the Pickering Room. Through July 30. Info, 865-7211. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

examples made between 1790 and 1900. Beach Gallery. ‘Painting a Nation’: A showcase of the museum’s best 19th-century American paintings.

Webb Gallery. ‘Trail Blazers: Horse-Powered Vehicles’: An exhibit of 19th-century carriages from the permanent collection that draws parallels to contemporary automotive culture. Round Barn. Nancy Crow: “Seeking Beauty: Riffs on Repetition,” quilts by the acclaimed textile artist, who incorporates printmaking into her work. Hat and Fragrance Textile Gallery. Patty Yoder: “The Alphabet of Sheep,” whimsical rugs made with extraordinary, realistic sense of detail. Patty Yoder Gallery. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346.

Shelburne Museum.

Lorraine C. Manley: “Summer in Vermont,” a collection of acrylic paintings by the Milton artist.

Through July 31. Info, 862-5724. Lake Champlain Access Television in Colchester.

Maria Sengle: Illustrations with an aquatic life theme by the industrial designer and winner of Magic Hat’s Labels for Libations contest. Through July 31. Info, 658-2739. The ArtSpace at the Magic Hat Artifactory in South Burlington.

‘Perilous Pigeons’: An exhibit of artworks honoring the now-extinct passenger pigeon. Through August 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington.

Lyna Lou Nordstrom: Colorful monotypes and editioned prints by the local artist. Through July 31.

Info, 383-1505. New Moon Café in Burlington.

‘Renascence’: Works by featured artist Barbara Wagner and 17 others who explore the revival of something that has been dormant. Through August 5. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

Payne and Elise Junker: “Shadow Light,” intricately cut, decorative steel artworks by the gallery’s featured artists for July. Through July 31.

Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow in Burlington.

‘Warm Seasons’: A group show in various mediums by Jericho artists, and nonresident artists whose work connects to the town. Through August 31. Info, 899-2974. Jericho Town Hall.

Sara Bridgman: A retrospective of works by the Vermont artist. Through August 2. Info, 652-4500.

Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington.

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Shelley Vermilya: “Up Close,” photographs by the University of Vermont professor. Through July 17.

Info, 862-8261. Flying Cloud at KSV in Burlington.

Tessa Hill: Whimsical wall sculptures that celebrate the bounty of Vermont’s foraging season.

Through August 31. Info, 861-2067. Nunyuns Bakery & Café in Burlington.

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‘1864: Some Suffer So Much’: With objects, photographs and ephemera, the exhibit examines surgeons who treated Civil War soldiers on battlefields and in three Vermont hospitals, and the history of post-tramautic stress disorder. Through December 31. Arthur Schaller: “Billboard Buildings,” an exhibit of original collages by the Norwich University architecture professor. Through December 19. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield.

Amalia Elena Veralli & Anne-Marie Littenberg: “Summer’s Bounty,” photographs of vegetables printed on high-gloss aluminum by the Vermont artists. Through August 31. Info, 985-9511.

Rustic Roots in Shelburne.

‘Al- Mutanabbi Street Starts Here’: A traveling group show of book art inspired by a 2007 car bombing in a historic book-selling district of Baghdad. Through October 13. Info, 454-8311. Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College in Plainfield.

Carol Norton: “Turning In/Turning Out,” multilayered, atmospheric oil paintings depicting natural scenes. Through August 30. Info, 985-8222.

Shelburne Vineyard.

f Amanda Franz: “Contours of the Space Between,” paintings and sculpture by the Plainfield farmer and artist. Closing reception: Wednesday, July 16, 6-10 p.m. A theater and clowning workshop is at 7:30 p.m. Through July 16. Info, 454-4662.

Plainfield Community Center Gallery.

Evelyn McFarlane & Students: Oil paintings by the craft-school instructor and her students.

Through August 28. Info, 985-3648. Shelburne Craft School.

‘In a New Light: French Impressionism Arrives in America’: Paintings by Monet, Manet, Degas and other French impressionist masters from the museum’s permanent collection. Through September 1. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

Libby Davidson: Fifty plein air watercolor paintings the artist completed in a year for her 50th birthday. Monochromatic Exhibit: A group exhibit of local artists with a one-color focus.

Through July 31. Info, 879-1236. Artists’ Mediums in Williston.

‘Like No Other Sculpture Show on Earth’: Sculptures, sited outdoors, by Chris Thompson, Kevin Donegan, James Lentz, Leslie Fry, Caroline McAuliffe, Aimee Hertog, Gene Childers, Ruth Shafer, Susan Luss, Charles Bergen and SAW artists. Open Thursdays and Fridays 4-7:30 p.m. Through August 29. Info, 425-2152. Pizza on Earth in Charlotte.

‘Lock, Stock and Barrel’: The Terry Tyler collection of Vermont firearms includes 107 rare

Andy Newman: An exhibit of portrait and landscape paintings. Through August 24. Info, 728-9878. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

Cindy Griffith, Marcia Hill & Anne Unangst: Three central Vermont artists display work inspired by the area. Through July 31. Info, 229-4326. City Center in Montpelier.

Corrina Thurston: Detailed pet portraits in colored pencil, and graphite drawings. Through August 3. Info, 223-1431. Tulsi Tea Room in Montpelier.

Diana Mara Henry: Black-and-white photographs of one-room schoolhouses in Vermont by the famed photojournalist, with text by Middlebury College sociology professor Margaret Nelson.

Through October 15. Info, 828-2291. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.

DJ Barry: The Middlesex artist shows his latest stencil-and-spray-paint works. Through August 31.

Info, 225-6012. Sweet Melissa’s in Montpelier.

Eleanor Kokar Ott: “Spirit Images,” an exhibit of colored drawings. Through July 31. Info, 223-3338.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier.

Evan Chismark: Detailed pen-and-ink renderings of wildlife and whimsical illustrations of Vermont culture by the stowe artist. Through July 31. Info, 223-1151. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & winery in montpelier.

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garden sculptures made from recycled record albums, and more. Through August 29. Info, 888-1261. River Arts Center in morrisville.

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raChEl sarGEnt: “Animals in Black and white,” pencil drawings by the moretown native. Through August 1. Info, 223-7800. The green Bean Art gallery at Capitol grounds in montpelier.

‘ExposEd’ outdoor sCulpturE Exhibition: on the gallery lawn, along the recreation path and throughout downtown, curator Rachel moore has sited 20 outdoor sculptures in a variety of mediums. The 16 artists hail from New england, New York, Chicago and mexico City. In addition, writing

by David Budbill, Ariel henley and Jennifer Rickards appears on vinyl in store windows. Through october 15. ‘thE appEaranCE oF Clarity’: Artworks in black and white by Louis Cameron, sharan elran, marietta hoferer, Jenny holzer, sarah horne, Chelsea martin, Lynn Newcomb, Andreas Rentsch, suzy spence and Nan Tull. guest-curated by Amy Rahn. Through August 31. Info, 253-8358. helen Day Art Center in stowe.

tamara WiGht: “organic Form,” an exhibit of sculptural basketry. Through August 17. Info, 728-1000. hartness gallery, Vermont Technical College, in Randolph Center.

Frank Woods: Recent paintings of barns, abstract landscapes and kimonos by the montpelier artist.

Through August 22. Info, 461-5345. Lamoille County Courthouse in hyde park.

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‘in thE studio With mary bryan’: The gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary year with an exhibit of more than 100 paintings in tempera, watercolor, oil and collage by its namesake artist. Through september 7. Info, 644-5100. Bryan memorial gallery in Jeffersonville.

katiE GrauEr and niColE mandEvillE: paintings by the two artists in the gallery’s first post-renovation exhibit. Through July 18. Info, 839-5349. gallery sIX in montpelier. lyal miChEl and abEl Fillion: Figurative, narrative oil paintings and woodblock prints, respectively. Through July 25. Info, 889-9404.

Tunbridge public Library.

alExandEr volkov: Vermont landscape oil paintings by the internationally acclaimed Russian American artist. Through July 19. Info, 253-7282.

Robert paul galleries in stowe.

‘CapE ann artists in vErmont’: paintings by Donald Allen mosher, Charles movalli, T.m. Nicholas and Dale Ratcliff, inspired by Vermont landscapes.

Through september 15. Info, 253-1818. green mountain Fine Art gallery in stowe.

Elvira piEdra: “To earth, From heaven,” photographic studies in three groups — the peony tree, landscape and water — created over 13 years by the Lunenburg artist. EuGEnio lEon: “Innovate, Inspire, Aspire,” works from the local mixed-media artist include upcycles in wood, acrylic and straw;

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Craig Mooney & Henry isaaCs: “Distinctions Between Color and Light,” paintings of New England landscapes by the accomplished Vermont artists.

Through August 9. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe.

MattHew CHaney: “Unchained Art,” abstract oil pastel drawings selected from the local artist’s collection of more than 1,000 works. Through August 30. Info, 888-1261. Morrisville Post Office. nissa Kauppila: Gouache and watercolor paintings by the South Burlington artist. Through August 9. Info, 253-8943. Upstairs at West Branch in Stowe.

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eriKa lawlor sCHMidt: “The Jazz Series,” recent monoprints inspired by the American jazz era.

Through August 24. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. green Mountain waterColor exHibition: A juried show featuring area artists whose paintings range from abstract to photorealist. Through July 27. Info, 496-6682. Big Red Barn Gallery in Waitsfield.

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adrienne ginter: A solo show of hand-cut paper art by the Brattleboro artist. Through July 31. Info, 415-680-4966. Outerlands Gallery in Vergennes.

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JaMes blair: “Being There,” an exhibit of photographs by a National Geographic photographer living in Middlebury. Through August 16. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

f ‘lost gardens of new england’: An exhibit of historic drawings, watercolors, photographs and oil paintings that pay homage to the region’s rich gardening history; and contemporary outdoor sculptures by Norton Latourelle and Ethan Bond-Watts. Talk with gallery director Bill Brooks every Wednesday, noon to 1 p.m., through August 6. Through August 11. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury. peter tHoMasHow: “World of Wonder,” the second in a series of exhibits on collecting, featuring collages and acquired pieces by the Vermont physician, artist and musician. Curated by Varujan Boghosian. Through August 24. Info, 767-9670. Big Town Gallery in Rochester.

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raCHael robinson elMer: An exhibit of “Art Lovers New York” fine-art postcards, now 100 years old, by the late artist who was born at Rokeby.

Through October 26. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh. rebeCCa KinKead: A new collection of colorful oils, inspired by childhood summers in the great outdoors, from the Ferrisburgh painter. Through July 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury.

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f ‘world in your Hand’: Vivid macro floral photography by Cal Williams, and decorative majolica earthenware pottery by Leslie Koehler.

Reception: Friday, July 18, 5:30-7 p.m. Through August 17. Info, 453-4032. Art on Main in Bristol.

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gerMan art exHibit: The college celebrates its German Language School with an exhibit of works

by German artists from its permanent collection.

Martin parr: “Life’s a Beach,” images by the U.K.-based photographer and Magnum collective member renowned for capturing people in their comfort zones. Through August 10. Info, 443-3168.

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donna dodson: “Pillars of the Community,” sculptures inspired by ancient Egyptian art and Native American totem poles. Through August 24.

Info, 438-2097. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center Gallery in West Rutland. ‘farMs & food’ pHotograpHy exHibit: Thematic images by 20 amateur photographers in the gallery’s seventh annual contest, along

with work by professional photographer Lowell Klock. Through July 25. eriC david laxMan & pat MusiCK: “Pulsation,” sculpture in multiple mediums by the Vermont artists. Through July 17.

Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland. ‘floral seduCtions’: A juried exhibit of more 70 sculptures, paintings, prints and photographs with a floral theme. Through August 24. Info, 431-0204. ‘tHe roots of roCK and roll’: Artifacts from clothing to records to vintage turntables illustrate the early years of rock music, 1955 to 1964. frieda post: “Nature’s Inspiration,” vivid contemporary paintings by the Vermont artist. Through August 31. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

JuditH reilly & robin Kent: “Inside Out,” fabric and mixed-media art by Reilly and painted wood assemblages by Kent. Through August 31. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

champlain islands/northwest Cold Hollow sCulpture parK opening: Sculptor David Stromeyer opens to the public his property on which 50 large-scale outdoor metal sculptures are sited. Free, self-guided tours Wednesdays through Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m.

Visit website for directions. Through October 11.

Info, 512-333-2119. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in Enosburg Falls.

Jo anne wazny: Recent work by the Berkshire photographer, two-dimensional artist and bookmaker. Through July 31. Info, 933-6403. Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls.

f ‘taKe a seat in tHe islands’: A community art project featuring benches painted by 19 artists and placed throughout the Champlain Islands.

Silent Auction: Friday, August 15, 6 p.m., at the North Hero Community Hall. Through August 15. Info, 372-8400. Various Champlain Islands locations. ‘walK tHrougH tiMe’ grand opening Celebration: The Isle La Motte Preservation Trust and Lake Champlain Land Trust open a unique, trail-side exhibit consisting of 71 colorfully illustrated panels that showcase 4.6 billion years of evolution. Includes ribbon-cutting ceremony, live music and refreshments. Through October 31. Info, linda@ilmpt.org. Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve in Isle La Motte.

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david powell & ben peberdy: New work by the collage artists juxtaposes iconic imagery of paraphernalia from different decades with unnatural objects. Through August 31. Info, 295-0808.

Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction. eriCa venuti & niCK Milburn: “Transitions,” paintings drawing on mysticism, shamanism and magic realism; and landscapes and scrap-wood wall sculptures, respectively, by the married artists.

Through July 27. Info, brightflower79@gmail.com.

Room 007, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, in South Royalton. ‘tHe Hale street gang: portraits in writing’: Jack Rowell’s 12 black-and-white, largerthan-life photographs capture the elderly members of a Randolph writing group led by Sara Tucker. pHilip godensCHwager: Cartoon imagery and interactive sculpture as social and political commentary. Through October 10. Info, 885-3061.

The Great Hall in Springfield.

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‘road trip: aMeriCa tHrougH tHe windsHield’: Photography and paintings by six contemporary artists examine how automobiles and roads altered the American landscape. ‘see tHe usa in your CHevrolet’: Six decades of vintage car advertisements. ‘spotligHt on sMall’: Small-scale artwork by five artists: boxes

by Laura Christensen; paper collage by Adrienne Ginter; paintings by Elizabeth Sheppell; egg tempera paintings by Altoon Sultan and glass sculpture by Jen Violette. ‘your spaCe/usa’: A

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show off their quirky collages in an exhibit titled “And Then…” at the Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction. Peberdy’s one-man public-art endeavor, which he calls Deluxe Unlimited, involves sending collage art on postcards to random addresses and once earned him a visit from the FBI. Powell, a SUNY Plattsburgh associate professor of art and Underhill Center resident, creates intricate, witty, digitally manipulated collages focusing on vintage images and texts. The joint exhibit, which juxtaposes iconic advertorial imagery

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with unnatural phenomena, runs through August 31. Pictured: “Fragile” by Peberdy. “virtual road trip” featuring postcards, trivia and ephemera from all 50 states. Andrew Bordwin: “Deco Details,” silver gelatin prints of art deco architecture. JessicA PArk: “A World Transformed,” colorful, detailed architectural paintings by the Massachusetts artist, whose art is informed by her struggles with autism. Through October 26. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

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dAvid MAcAulAy: “How Macaulay Works,” an exhibit of drawings by the renowned illustrator and MacArthur “genius,” including a large illustration called “How St. Johnsbury’s Water System Works.”

Through September 30. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.

‘insecToPiA’: A group show with bugs made of copper, felt, papier-mâché and other materials.

Through August 9. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

‘TooThBrush’: From “twig to bristle,” an exhibit of artifacts and images detailing the history of this expedient item. Through December 31. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

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‘evolvinG PersPecTives: hiGhliGhTs FroM The AFricAn ArT collecTion’: An exhibition of objects that marks the trajectory of the collection’s development and pays tribute to some of the people who shaped it. Through December 20. ‘The ArT oF weAPons’: Selections from the permanent African collection represent a variety of overlapping contexts, from combat to ceremony, regions and materials. Through December 21. AllAn houser: Five sculptures by one of the best-known Native American artists are installed outside the museum in the Maffei Arts Plaza, representing his 3-D work from 1986-1992. Through May 11, 2015. Info, 603-635-7423. enrique MArTínez celAyA: “Burning as It Were a Lamp,” an installation of mirrors, paintings and sculpture by a celebrated Cuban American artist. Through August 10. Info, 603-646-2095. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.

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‘FABulous FABerGé, Jeweller To The czArs’: The most important collection outside of Russia includes some 240 precious decorative objects designed for czars Alexander III and Nicholas II by the jeweler Carl Fabergé. Through October 5. Info, 514-285-2000. ‘reMArkABle conTeMPorAry Jewellery’: Thirty Québec and international designers showcase works that illustrate new approaches and techniques to this wearable art form. Through November 30. Info, 514-285-1600.

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chArlier hunTer, BenJAMin enTner, roBerT Gold & cArolyn shATTuck: Artwork in a variety of mediums by the regional artists. Through July 16. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H.

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‘new voices, new visions: celeBrATinG A sweeT 16’: Fine art and contemporary craft including paintings by Terry Ekasala, Maurie Harrington, Ben Barnes and Maureen Russell; sculptures by Gampo Wickenheiser; collage by Ben Peberdy; jewelry by Christina Lamb; pottery by Barbara Lane; metal work by Lucian Avery; wood works by Federico Viconi; and more. Through July 20. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro.

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‘The Golden cAGe’: Photographs with audio interviews of Vermont migrant workers and dairy farmers. Through September 6. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

leslie PArke: “Everything Is Real,” paintings of real-life objects or scenes composed to accentuate the abstract qualities of reflective surfaces.

Through July 20. Info, 362-1405. Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester.

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AnnA BAker: A retrospective of paintings by the late artist. Through July 31. Info, 525-3366. The Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

ciplinary artist: “Bushes of Bennington County,” photographs from an ongoing catalog that “search for ideology in contemporary vernacular”; and “Embodied Realities,” short videos. Through July 27.

Info, 917-940-9093. Bennington Museum.

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Why? Because history appears poised to repeat itself in Iraq.

What could a story about three interconnected couples have to do with the unraveling of conditions in the Middle East? Stick with me. Liam Neeson parts the curtains in his suite to reveal a view of the Eiffel Tower.

No, we’re not watching a preview of Taken 3, which doubtless will look like fine art compared with the plodding, pointless selfindulgence we are about to endure for the better part of three hours.

Rather, Neeson plays a great writer. You can tell because there’s always a bottle next to his laptop and, every few minutes, someone mentions that he long ago won a Pulitzer Prize. His visitor is a lovely young journalist (Olivia Wilde) with a Dark Secret and mood swings in serious need of treatment. They aren’t so much having an affair as nervous breakdowns with benefits.

One minute, she’s prancing through the hallways nude and giggling. The next, she gets incensed, fills a sink and plops in the pricey watch she brought Neeson as a gift.

The couple hasn’t had a spat: Haggis just lurches arbitrarily between tones. It’s a good thing people keep bringing up that Pulitzer.

You’d never guess Neeson is a tortured genius otherwise, since the dialogue the writer-director gives him sounds like lyrics from a Robin Thicke song.

SCAN THIS PAGE SCAN PAGE THIRDTHIS RATE And that’s being generous. Haggis’YOUR attempt to resurrect the Meanwhile, in Rome, Adrien Brody plays hyperlink trope he helped popularize a decadeTEXT ago with Crash is DOA. WITH LAYAR WITH LAYAR an American who walks into a café seeking a HERE SEE PAGE 5 burger and finds the woman of his dreams. SEE PAGE 5 It’s an awful film, but could prove a firstHow could he resist this ill-tempered help her case when she goes all Led Zeppelin Roman (Moran Atias), who scowls at him ev- on one of the hotel’s rooms, the kind of ran- rate psychological weapon. I can’t imagine ery time he buys her a drink? And how could dom crap Haggis has his characters do in a anything more likely to convince an insurgent to spill the beans and rethink his polihe not withdraw his life savings and give it futile effort to break up the boredom.

What does all this pretentious intercon- tics than repeated exposure to this glacially to motorcycle-riding gangsters who’ve supposedly kidnapped her daughter, though he tinental idiocy have to do with the situation paced, cluelessly directed, insipidly written knows the woman is in on the scam? By the in Iraq? Here’s my thinking: Dubya, Cheney and amateurishly acted monument to meantime he learns she’s a prostitute to boot, well, and the gang clearly blew it with the en- inglessness.

2014 is barely past its midpoint, but, my the guy’s hooked. Love means never having hanced interrogation techniques they used on suspected troublemakers, many of whom friends, we have a winner: Paul Haggis’ latto say you’re interesting.

Back in New York, James Franco is a fa- are back on the streets of Baghdad mak- est is a lock for worst movie of the year. It’s a mous painter. Mila Kunis is his estranged ing trouble this very minute. The rap music crashing bore with the tagline “Watch Me.” Don’t. wife, a former soap star working as a cham- blasted at sleep-deprived detainees 24/7 bermaid to make ends meet while she tries to (seriously) and other mind games didn’t RI C K KI S O N AK get visitation rights after having attempted get the job done. That’s where Third Person to strangle their young son. What? It doesn’t comes in.

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Snowpiercer ★★★★★

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an you see Snowpiercer right now on your TV, laptop or phone? Yes, you can. But don’t. Anyone who feels nostalgic for the days of beautiful, bizarre science fiction should catch director Bong Joon-ho’s film on the biggest screen possible.

Stylistically, Snowpiercer is the steampunk heir to Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, full of grime, grit and tarnished elegance inspired by the Depression era. Dramatically, it replays the claustrophobic class conflict of Titanic with less romance and more bloodletting. Is it profound? Maybe not, but the film offers so many fleeting, layered fascinations for the eye and mind that it’s hard to care.

The premise, drawn from a French graphic novel, is as outlandish as they come. The year is 2031, 17 years after a device designed to stop climate change turned the Earth into a popsicle. The only humans left alive in this frozen wasteland are those who managed to board a high-speed train that circles the globe powered by a perpetual engine. Built as a luxury ride for the 1 percent, the Snowpiercer has become a modern-day ark.

Yet social distinctions persist. The film opens in the train’s tail section, where dirtcaked peons crowd into bunks and subsist on protein cubes. Inspired by cryptic messages, Curtis (Chris Evans) and his friend Edgar (Jamie Bell) plot a rebellion that could take them all the way to the front of the train. These have-nots have never seen

TRAIN IN VAIN Evans survives the apocalypse only to endure oppression and claustrophobia in Bong’s eccentric sci-fi pic.

the world of the elite passengers, only endured the ruthless decrees handed down by a deliciously despicable Tilda Swinton, who sweeps around in furs like Cruella de Vil. The director makes the smart choice to limit the viewer’s knowledge, as well, so that each successive train car is a discovery. Some offer ambushes and intricately orchestrated, ultra-violent battles; others unfold wonders and absurdities. And many add colorful characters to the international ensemble, such as a drug-addicted security expert (South Korean star Song Kang-ho) and his psychic daughter (Ko Ah-sung).

The movie’s rigidly linear structure mirrors the train itself. It also encourages our identification with Curtis, though he’s neither a particularly sympathetic nor an indelible character — despite late revelations that take Evans far from his usual straight-arrow Captain America gig.

The hero’s placeholder quality is probably for the best, because it ensures that we have mental space to absorb everything else Bong throws at us. And he throws plenty, be it exposition or character actors in juicy, small roles or battles staged to make the deaths actually matter.

Unlike other filmmakers wedded to excess (think Michael Bay), Bong gives it all a rhythm. As he showed in his monster movie The Host, he cares as much about character beats as action. Many of the characters in Snowpiercer verge on Dickensian grotesques.

Viewed individually, they lack development, yet as a group they ooze believable opportunism and desperation that keep their confinement in the train from feeling like a gimmick. Train-as-world metaphors are only slightly less hoary than ship-as-world metaphors, yet by the end, this one resonates.

Snowpiercer isn’t a heady art film for viewers who shun summer blockbusters.

Rather, it’s a movie for viewers who like what summer blockbusters promise — action, archetypes, high concepts, eye candy — while bemoaning the lack of creativity in those films’ execution. Compared with the over-test-marketed behemoths, Bong’s film takes risks — jarring stylistic shifts, startling reveals, potentially alienating information overloads — and splashes its creativity all over the screen.

But it should be a big screen. Unless you have an exemplary home theater, shrinking Bong’s world will feel as wrong as cramming humanity’s last survivors into a filthy train car.

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(101 min, R. Roxy, Savoy) liFe itselF: Steve James’ documentary recounts the life and times of the late beloved film critic Roger Ebert, with appearances from werner herzog, Martin Scorsese and others. (115 min, R. Savoy) plANes: FiRe AND RescUe: In the sequel to disney’s surprise animated hit, the little plane that fulfilled his racing dreams finds himself working with an intrepid helicopter on a squad that battles wildfires. (83 min, Pg. bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Stowe, Sunset, welden) tHe pURge: ANARcHY: In the future, the government reduces crime by setting aside one day a year for penalty-free mayhem. writer-director James deMonaco returns to the premise of his 2013 thriller for a sequel that explores Purge night in the urban jungle. with frank grillo, carmen Ejogo and Zach gilford. (103 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount) seX tApe: a long-time couple (Jason Segel and cameron diaz) make a sex tape to spice up their marriage — only to find themselves on a madcap quest to retrieve it after it disappears. Jake Kasdan (The TV Set, Bad Teacher) directed the comedy. with Rob corddry, Ellie Kemper and Rob lowe.

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tHe FAUlt iN oUR stARsHHHH two snarky teens fall in love at their cancer support group in this adaptation of John green’s best-selling ya novel from director Josh boone (Stuck in Love). Shailene woodley, ansel Elgort and nat wolff star. (125 min, Pg-13) goRe viDAl: tHe UNiteD stAtes oF AmNesiAHHH1/2 nicholas d. wrathall’s documentary profiles the late writer and political provocateur through footage from his always-lively interviews. Vermonter Jay Parini also appears. (83 min, nR) A HARD DAY’s NigHtHHHHH Richard lester’s 1963 rockumentary starring the fab four gets a digitally restored 50th-anniversary reissue. (90 min, g)

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oBvioUs cHilDHHHH a twentysomething standup comedian (Jenny Slate) finds herself jobless and pregnant after a one-night stand in this unconventional rom com from director gillian Robespierre. with Jake lacy, gaby hoffmann and david cross. (84 min, R) sNoWpieRceRHHHH1/2 director bong Joon-ho (The Host) brings us an unusual Sf epic in which a failed attempt to stop global warming has left the remnants of humanity circling the globe on a high-speed locomotive. Starring chris Evans, Jamie bell and tilda Swinton. (125 min, R) tAmmYHH Melissa Mccarthy cowrote and stars in this comedy as a woman in crisis who finds herself on a road trip with her hard-to-handle grandma (Susan Sarandon). with Kathy bates, allison Janney and dan aykroyd. ben falcone directed.

(96 min, R) tHiRD peRsoN (no stars) Paul haggis (Crash) wrote and directed this drama that traces three interlocking love stories in three cities: Rome, Paris and new york. with liam neeson, Mila Kunis, adrien brody, Maria bello and Olivia wilde. (137 min, R)

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eDge oF tomoRRoWHH tom cruise plays a soldier battling aliens in a time loop, improving his performance via do-overs that always seem to end in his demise, in this sci-fi adventure from director doug liman (The Bourne Identity). with Emily blunt and brendan gleeson. (113 min, Pg-13)

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DAWN oF tHe plANet oF tHe ApesHHHH Homo sapiens battles smart simians for control of the Earth in this sequel to the surprise hit Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which takes place one eventful decade later. with gary Oldman, Keri Russell and andy Serkis. Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) directed.

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DeliveR Us FRom evilHH director Scott derrickson (Sinister) returns with another gritty horror flick, this one about an urban cop (Eric bana) who teams up with an exorcist to fight a wave of possession cases. with Édgar Ramírez and Olivia Munn. (118 min, R)

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22 JUmp stReetHHHH1/2 In the sequel to the hit comedy 21 Jump Street, cops channing tatum and Jonah hill find themselves out of high school and going undercover at college, where conflicting interests pull them apart. with Ice cube. Phil lord and christopher Miller returned as directors. (112 min, R)

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tRANsFoRmeRs: AGe oF eXtiNctioN (no stars) The fourth film in the toy-based saga of giant shape-shifting anthropomorphized robots introduces a new human cast, with Mark Wahlberg as an auto mechanic who discovers a deactivated Optimus Prime. With Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, John Goodman’s voice and a boatload of computer graphics. Michael Bay again directed. (165 min, PG-13) WAlKiNG tHe cAmiNo: siX WAYs to sANtiAGoHHH1/2 Lydia Smith’s documentary follows a motley assortment of people as they walk a 500-mile traditional pilgrimage route through the Spanish countryside. (84 min, NR)

HANK AND AsHAHHHH A student filmmaker in Prague and a Brooklynite meet and correspond via video letters in this indie romance directed by James E. Duff. (73 min, NR) Rio 2HH1/2 A macaw family explores the wilds of the Amazon and finds itself threatened by old nemesis Nigel the cockatoo in this sequel to the 2011 animated family hit. (101 min, G) UNDeR tHe sKiNHHHH Scarlett Johansson plays an alien seductress targeting Scottish hitchhikers in this film from Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast). (108 min, R)

WAlKiNG WitH tHe eNemYHH A young man goes undercover in the SS to save his Jewish brethren in this fact-based World War II drama from director Mark Schmidt. Jonas Armstrong and Ben Kingsley star. (124 min, PG-13)

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Did you miss: THE MIssINg PICTurE In our world of omnipresent cameras, it’s hard to believe that a regime could starve and slaughter millions of people and leave little direct evidence of its atrocities on film. But that’s what the Khmer Rouge did in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Among its victims were the family of Rithy Panh, this film’s director, who was then 11 years old.

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After a 17-year-old babysitter reported a home invasion and robbery, police in Ferndale, Wash., wound up arresting the sitter, her 16-year-old boyfriend and another male suspect because the child being watched contradicted the sitter’s story. The sitter said two armed black men broke in, but 4-year-old Abby Dean declared the robbers were white and added, “They told us to get out of the house ’cause they wanted to steal stuff.”

The sitter confessed. (Fox News) Michael Shaske tried to turn a $3 winning lottery ticket into a $20,000 winner but his scheme unraveled after two Oklahoma City stores refused to pay on the bogus ticket. Shaske then took it to the Lottery Commission office, where officials immediately recognized it was two cards pasted together and notified police.

“Basically with the number of times he tried to pass the ticket, it seemed he was doing everything he could to get himself arrested,” police MSgt. Gary Knight said.

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A Dish Best Served

A teenager bitter at losing to his 17-yearold video-game opponent called 911 to have a SWAT team storm the opponent’s home in Long Beach, N.Y., by claiming that the opponent had killed his brother and mother. The 70 emergency responders found only the opponent playing Call of Duty. Investigators were unable to trace the 911 call, according to Long

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Beach police commissioner Michael Tagney, who identified Swatting as a new game where “you get points for the helicopter, for the police cars, for the SWAT team, for the type of entry. It’s very sophisticated. Unfortunately, it’s very dangerous.” (New York Daily News)

Fowl Fare

Beijing has a new museum devoted exclusively to roast duck. Located in a 10,700-square-foot facility adjacent to the city’s most famous roast duck restaurant, 150-year-old Quanjude, the museum boasts more than 500 items, including a golden duck sculpture out front and other sculptures inside showing the different steps in duck-making; a coupon from a duck sale dating back to 1901; and photographs of former Chinese leaders Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai eating duck.

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Mike Aburouman, 44, picked up a firework to light it, but instead of shooting into the air, it blew into his chest. Detroit police said Aburouman died almost instantly. (Detroit Free Press) Patrick Hughes, 26, was shooting off fireworks with some friends in McClain County, Okla., when he grabbed one of the fireworks and held it above his head. “That’s not a good idea,” his wife screamed after noticing embers falling from the firework. It then exploded and shot downward, hitting Hughes in the head and killing him. Investigators con-

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A British judge in a custody case called a father “insensitive” and ordered him to stop sending emails to his children using capital letters and large fonts because they are “equivalent to him shouting” at them. Mrs. Justice Pauffley told the father, who is banned from seeing his children, aged 13 and 9, and communicates with them by email, that he needs to learn “to make his messages appropriate and child friendly.” (Britain’s Telegraph)

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un chastised the country’s meteorologists for “too many incorrect” weather forecasts and ordered them to improve their accuracy. While reporting on Kim’s tour of meteorological facilities, the state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun included photos of a redfaced Kim lecturing cowering forecasters that accurate forecasts are needed to protect life and property from “abnormal climatic phenomenon (sic).” (CNN)

Bolivia reversed the clock on the front of the congressional building in La Paz so it runs counter-clockwise. Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca explained that the change was made to inspire Bolivians to treasure their heritage as people who “live in the south, not in the north,” and to show them they can question established norms. “Who says that the clock always has to turn one way?” Choquehuanca said, while reassuring those who “want to continue using a clock of the north, you can continue doing so.”

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A man believed to be in his 30s and wearing a Cincinnati Reds baseball cap held up five New York City banks in the same day. His 3 1/2-hour spree netted him $449. Three of the banks gave him nothing. The fourth let him have $50. Finally, the fifth bank handed over $399. (New York Daily News)

Authorities accused Freddie Alexander Smoke III of deliberately starting a wildfire that burned six square miles of forestland in Northern California.

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Mozart debuted his now opera famous Don Giovanni in Prague on October 29, 1787. It was a major production, featuring an orchestra, a chorus and eight main singers. Yet the composer didn’t finish writing the opera’s overture until less than 24 hours before the show. Are you cooking up a similar scenario, Cancerian?

I suspect that sometime in the next two weeks you will complete a breakthrough with an inspired, last-minute effort. And the final part of your work may well be its “overture”; the first part will arrive last. (P.S.: Mozart’s Don Giovanni was well-received, and I expect your offering will be, too.)

you will have to divest yourself of habits that made sense when you were struggling, but are now becoming counterproductive.

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(April 20-May 20): bananas grow in Iceland, a country that borders the Arctic ocean. About 700 of the plants thrive in a large greenhouse heated by geothermal energy. They don’t mature as fast as the bananas in ecuador or Costa rica. The low amounts of sunlight mean they require two years to ripen instead of a few months. to me, this entire scenario is a symbol for the work you have ahead of you. you’ve got to encourage and oversee growth in a place that doesn’t seem hospitable in the usual ways, although it is actually just fine. And you must be patient, knowing that the process might take a while longer than it would in other circumstances.

gemiNi (May 21-June 20): While at a café, I overheard two people at the next table talking about astrology. “I think the problem-solvers of the zodiac are Cancers and Capricorns,” said a young, moon-faced woman. “Agreed,” said her companion, an older woman with chiseled features. “And the problem-creators are scorpios and Geminis.” I couldn’t help myself: I had to insert myself into their conversation so as to defend you. Leaning over toward their table, I said, “speaking as a professional astrologer, I’ve got to say that right now Geminis are at least temporarily the zodiac’s best problem-solvers. Give them a chance to change your minds.” The women laughed, and moon-face said, “you must be a Gemini.” “no,” I replied. “but I’m on a crusade to help Geminis shift their reputations.” leo

(July 23-Aug. 22): “We must learn to bear the pleasures as we have borne the pains,” says writer nikki Giovanni. That will be apt advice for you to keep in mind during the coming months, Leo. you may think I’m perverse for suggesting such a thing. Compared to how demanding it was to manage the suffering you experienced in late 2013 and earlier this year, you might assume it will be simple to deal with the ease and awakening that are heading your way. but I’d like you to consider the possibility that these blessings will bring their own challenges. for example, you may need to surrender inconveniences and hardships you have gotten used to, almost comfortable with. It’s conceivable

your fine mind to become a liability. As much as I admire your native skepticism and analytical intelligence, it would be a shame if they prevented you from getting the full benefit of the wonders and marvels that are brewing in your vicinity. your operative motto in the coming days comes from Virgo storyteller roald Dahl: “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” suspend your disbelief, my beautiful friend. Make yourself receptive to the possibility of being amazed.

liBRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): Kris Kristofferson is in the Country Music Hall of fame now, but it took a while for him to launch his career. one of his big breaks came at age 29 when he was sweeping floors at a recording studio in nashville. He managed to meet superstar Johnny Cash, who was working there on an album. A few years later, Kristofferson boldly landed a helicopter in Cash’s yard to deliver his demo tape. That prompted Cash to get him a breakthrough gig performing at the newport folk festival. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were able to further your goals with a similar sequence, Libra: luck that puts you in the right place at the right time, followed by some brazen yet charming acts of self-promotion. scoRPio (oct. 23-nov. 21): In her poem

“Looking back,” sarah brown Weitzman writes that she keeps “trying to understand / how I fell / so short of what I intended / to do with my life.” Is there a chance that 30 years from now you might say something similar, scorpio? If so, take action to ensure that outcome doesn’t come to pass. Judging from the astrological omens, I conclude that the next 10 months will be a favorable time to get yourself on track to fulfill your life’s most important goals. take full advantage!

sagittaRius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): “There is no such thing as a failed experiment,” said author and inventor buckminster fuller, “only experiments with unexpected outcomes.”

That’s the spirit I advise you to bring to your own explorations in the coming weeks, sagittarius. your task is to try out different possibilities to see where they might lead.

Don’t be attached to one conclusion or another. be free of the drive to be proven right.

Instead, seek the truth in whatever strange shape it reveals itself. be eager to learn what you didn’t even realize you needed to know.

caPRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Architects in ancient rome used concrete to create many durable structures, some of which are still standing. but the recipe for how to make concrete was forgotten for more than a thousand years after the roman empire collapsed in the fifth century. A british engineer finally rediscovered the formula in 1756, and today concrete is a prime component in many highways, dams, bridges and buildings. I foresee a similar story unfolding in your life, Capricorn.

A valuable secret that you once knew but then lost is on the verge of resurfacing. be alert for it. aQuaRius (Jan. 20-feb. 18): beginning

in 1798, european cartographers who drew maps of West Africa included the Mountains of Kong, a range of peaks that extended more than a thousand miles east and west.

It was 90 years before the french explorer Louis Gustave binger realized that there were no such mountains. All the maps had been wrong, based on faulty information. binger is known to history as the man who undiscovered the Mountains of Kong. I’m appointing him to be your role model in the coming weeks, Aquarius. May he inspire you to expose long-running delusions, strip away entrenched falsehoods and restore the simple, shining truths.

Pisces (feb. 19-March 20): In the simplest,

calmest of times, there are two sides to every story. on some occasions, however, the bare minimum is three or more sides. Like now.

And that can generate quite a ruckus. even people who are normally pretty harmonious may slip into conflict. fortunately for all concerned, you are currently at the peak of your power to be a unifying force at the hub of the bubbling hubbub. you can be a weaver who takes threads from each of the tales and spins them into a narrative with which everyone can abide. I love it when that happens! for now, your emotional intelligence is the key to collaborative creativity and group solidarity.

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you to try his approach, Aries. Have faith that the absurdity you experience can be used to your advantage.

Howard Center currently has an urgent need for a weekend buddy for a spunky and creative 12-yearold girl as well as a full-time parent for a charismatic and motivated 8-year-old boy.

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Hooking Up With My Bestie’s Bro

Dear Hooking Up,

I get that you like this man and have been pining for him since middle school, but he’s part of your best friend’s family. That can be touchy for some people. Be aware that this might not have the happy-ever-after sort of ending you’re hoping for.

You should have told your friend that you had feelings for her brother. Maybe she suspected you had the same sort of superficial crush that all the girls on your soccer team did, but it’s too bad you were uncomfortable sharing your true feelings. If you do end up in a serious relationship with him, your girlfriend might feel like her two worlds are colliding. It could take her some time to warm up to the new arrangement. And the fact that you started hooking up with him without her knowing might feel like a double blow.

Get the first one over with and tell her right away. Your friend might be upset, but the sooner you tell her, the sooner she can begin to get used to it.

However, if she’s really not down with the relationship for some reason, you’ll have to decide what’s more important to you: fulfilling the romantic fantasy or keeping the longstanding friendship. Good friends are hard enough to find, but true romance is even harder. Which would you regret losing more? Only you can answer that.

Don’t leave it for the bro to sort out. Your friend needs to hear from you. He’s not responsible for your friendship, and you don’t need to wade through whatever family stuff is going on.

It’s also time to talk honestly with this man, if you really like him and want to explore a real relationship with him. Find out what he’s thinking and feeling. You said he’s recently separated; does he long to reunite with his wife, or is it truly over? Either way, these feelings are fresh and he might not be ready for something serious just yet. Then again, maybe he’s been fantasizing about you all these years, too. There’s only one way to find out: communicate.

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I’m in love with one of my best friend’s older brothers. I have known the family for years and have always thought he was cute. He is currently separated from his wife, and I also just became single. I’ve been seeing him out a lot more often. We hooked up once after a night of drinking, and I get the vibe that he wants us to keep seeing each other. I haven’t told my best friend, and I’m worried she’ll be pissed. Whenever our friends have said her brother is cute, she’s rolled her eyes and seemed annoyed with us.

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When: Saturday, July 5, 2014. Where: the naked turtle. You: Woman. me: man. #912282 red/StraWberrY blond berkShire runner I drove by when you were running on Watertower Road in Berkshire. Black short shorts and black sports bra. You were hauling ass and your awesome reddish-blond hair was flying all over the place. I was with coworkers and couldn’t stop to say hi. You are stunning! Let’s meet up! When: tuesday, July 1, 2014. Where: berkshire. You: Woman. me: man. #912281 ProFeSSionaliSm maintained FYI, if I have any idea that you’re wearing a certain band T-shirt under your button down, I might give it all away. #blushing When: Thursday, July 3, 2014. Where: at the office. You: man. me: Woman. #912280 ginger blueS at CherrY Street Late morning, July 3rd. You were by Winooski; your powder blue dress left little to be imagined.

Your soft complexion and strawberry hair were radiated by the sun. We shared a smile. You hopped on a bicycle and rode away. I was on a bicycle too, with red tires, and gave chase but lost you in the construction. Let’s meet. When: Thursday, July 3, 2014. Where: at the corner of Cherry and Winooski. You: Woman. me: man. #912279

7/1 CarqueSt n. WinooSki ave July 1st, you have a Honda motorcycle and went into the car parts store. Your hair is short and spikey but not a mohawk. I was on the sidewalk but don’t think you saw me. Wanted to say hi. When: tuesday, July 1, 2014. Where: Carquest, north Winooski ave. You: man. me: Woman. #912278 miSSing the mountainS It’s been over five months without you. I still miss everything about you and our life. I know eventually I’ll be stronger from all this, but for now heartbreak prevails. You made trust, and then you sure did break it, and broke me in the process. Now I might not be able to hike ever again. When: Thursday, July 3, 2014. Where: montpelier and the green mountains. You: Woman. me: Woman. #912277 SPiritual SingleS “mitakuYe oYaSin” Seeking the taoist man from Vershire who contacted me as seastargirl on Spiritual Singles.

I am no longer on that site but welcome your connection if you happen upon this I Spy! And for all you seeking love out there, I send you magic and success! When: Friday, June 6, 2014. Where: spiritual singles. You: man. me: Woman. #912276 tattooed guY at healthY living You were on break getting a bagel and a smoothie.

We made eye contact a couple of times. You are tall with dark brown/black hair and facial hair, with plugs, tattoos, wearing a white tee with black jeans. I have a lip ring, a fresh Americana roses tattoo on my right bicep, wearing a black tank and jeans. Coffee sometime? When: Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Where: healthy living. You: man. me: Woman. #912275 heated Pool matCh You with green dress and relentless trash talk; challenged me and my blind date to a best of three.

Despite your supreme awesomeness, I couldn’t insult my date by flirting. Still want to change partners? When: Sunday, June 29, 2014. Where: Three needs. You: Woman. me: man. #912274 mY WonderFul FiFi Friday night hike with a couple of friends. Who knew poison ivy could lead to something so amazing. I’ll never forget the look on your face when you saw the ring. Words can’t describe how amazingly lucky I am to have you in my life. You are my rock! I love you to Pluto and back! When: Friday, June 20, 2014. Where: in the middle of nowhere. You: Woman. me: man. #912273 Stunning mama You were sitting outside Bruegger’s on Sunday, 6/29, at about 1. My son and I passed you on the way in and out, and we had a short conversation about your daughter’s chocolate milk. She was adorable. You were too. And you weren’t wearing a ring. Care to meet for chocolate milk sometime?

When: Sunday, June 29, 2014. Where: Shelburne bagel shop. You: Woman. me: man. #912271

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