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FEDS PLAN TO CLOSE STATE EB-5 CENTER F ederal officials intend to shut down the foreign investment visa center that Vermont has run since 1997, citing poor oversight of scandalplagued projects. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services “slammed the state for failing to adequately monitor eight Northeast Kingdom development projects financed through the federal EB-5 Program,” Terri Hallenbeck reported on sevendaysvt.com. In a notice to the state, USCIS wrote, “It appears that the regional center failed to properly engage in management, monitoring and oversight for many years, as required by the program.” Gov. Phil Scott, who got word of the development last Friday, went public with it Monday. He said that he had already intended to phase out the center. His administration will argue against shuttering it immediately in favor of a gradual shutdown, according to Mike Schirling, secretary of the state Agency of Commerce and Community Development. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit in 2016 alleging that Jay Peak Resort
HEAD FOR THE HILLS Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner reportedly vacationed in Vermont last week. “Glamping” in Barnard sure beats doing time at the White House.
owner Ariel Quiros and president Bill Stenger misused $200 million in investment funds for projects in Jay, Newport and Burke. The USCIS blamed the “malfeasance” on the failed oversight of the state-run center. The agency noted that then-governor Peter Shumlin promoted the NEK projects in 2013, despite concerns that a former Jay Peak partner raised about financial irregularities. The center oversees a federal program that lets foreigners earn green cards by investing $500,000 in development projects. Private entities run most of the EB-5 centers around the U.S. EB-5 investment can continue in Vermont, state officials said, through privately run EB-5 centers. Meanwhile, Schirling and Mike Pieciak, commissioner of the state Department of Financial Regulation, said they will argue that immediate closure of the center could force some 350 foreign investors without visas to have to reapply — and could also mean developers would lose out on those investors’ funds. Read Hallenbeck’s full post at sevendaysvt.com.
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I think that firing Ryan Roy is wrong [Off Message: “Hood’s Off: Burlington White Nationalist Attended Charlottesville Rally,” August 15; Last 7, August 16]. Any person is free to think and to talk about what he or she wishes. To punish people for their beliefs or their speech violates their constitutional rights. While the Constitution protects us from government actions, and this was a private employer, it’s a slippery slope. Those of us old enough to remember the House Un-American Activities Committee see Roy’s firing in this light. Sen. Joe McCarthy persecuted people for their beliefs, which led to academics, writers and performers losing jobs and being unable to find work. Even though his beliefs and expression of them are repugnant to me, I support Roy’s right to express them. To allow him to be persecuted for his beliefs and actions threatens my beliefs and speech. Mark Kessler
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ome 400 people will gather in Randolph Center on a midSeptember Saturday to talk about economic opportunities for women. For 21 years now, Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-Vt) has sponsored this free event. Among the sessions on the agenda: Find a Career That Fits. The workshop’s description boasts, “We will dispel career myths and encourage you to broaden your thinking about your career options — including an exploration of nontraditional and trades-related careers.” Another session: Ask for More, Get More: The Art of Salary Negotiation. And another: Women’s Car Care Clinic: What You Need to Know. Really? I thought as I read the list. Is this 2017 — or 1967? Are women still dispelling career myths and wringing our hands over how often the car needs an oil change? Yes, we are. While American women have more rights and opportunities today than 20, 40 or 60 years ago, the drive for equality is stalled on a number of fronts. Vermont is, after all, a state that has never sent a woman to Congress and has elected just one female governor. We Vermonters are fond of patting ourselves on the back for our progressive ways, but perhaps we should spend more time soul-searching. Women in the Green Mountain State earn, on average, 84 cents to the $1 that men make. Yes, that’s an improvement from 73.8 cents in 1997, but it’s still 16 cents shy of bringing home the same bacon for the same work, notes CARY BROWN, executive director of the Vermont Commission on Women. Other measures show less progress. In 1972, 20 percent of computer programmers nationally were women, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. By 1990, that number had climbed to 36 percent, but by 2012 it had slipped to 23 percent. Occupational trends in Vermont have mirrored the nation’s, says TIFFANY BLUEMLE, who runs the 4-year-old Change the Story initiative, which seeks to improve the economic status of women in Vermont. U.S. Labor Department stats show that women still hold most of the prekindergarten teaching and dental assistant jobs in Vermont, while men have virtually all the carpentry duties, she notes. A decade ago, 19 percent of Vermont selectboard members were women. Today, the number has only inched up to 21 percent, Brown says. The state legislature, long touted as one of the most gender-balanced in the country, is 39.4 percent female, but the numbers
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have scarcely budged toward parity in the last couple of decades. From 1993 to 2017, the percentage of women elected to the state House and Senate increased just 1.5 percent. Bluemle, who is 56 and came of age on the heels of Title IX, has a theory about why progress has stalled. When she graduated from college in 1983, SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR had just been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and SALLY RIDE was making history as the first woman in space. Bluemle was working on Democratic presidential candidate WALTER MONDALE’s campaign. His running mate, GERALDINE FERRARO, was the first female vice presidential candidate for a major political party. It felt like equality was at hand. “It lulled many in my generation to think things had changed more than they had,” Bluemle says.
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JENNIFER CHIODO, principal owner of CX Associates, an engineering consulting firm in Burlington, has seen the same plateau in her profession. Since she graduated from Brown University in 1981 as the only woman in her class to earn an engineering degree, the number of women following her hasn’t increased, she says. “I have to say it’s surprising the ratio is still the same,” Chiodo says. That, Chiodo says, is a lost opportunity. “Engineering is a field that really has a lot of potential to affect change and to earn income you can live off,” she says. Statistics collected by Change the Story show how slow the business world — particularly big-bucks business — has been to change. The number of female-owned firms in Vermont grew by 15 percent from 2007 to 2011. But male-owned companies far dominated in revenue, generating an average of $498,374 a year, compared
to $94,695 for their female-owned counterparts. Women are poorly represented as chief executive officers and on boards of highrevenue firms. Women lead only eight of the 100 highest-grossing businesses in Vermont, Change the Story notes in a 2017 report. It would be easy to question why any of this matters or why men should care whether women succeed in business or government. One could argue, aren’t we at a point where every man and woman is on his or her own? No, Bluemle says. Vermont’s economy can’t afford to run on only half its cylinders. (You don’t have to know how to fix a car to use that metaphor.) If the number of women-owned businesses matched the number — and revenues — of male-owned firms, the state’s economy would see a $3.8 billion boost, Change the Story points out in a 2016 report. If 25 percent of the women-owned companies added an employee, Vermont would see 5,200 new jobs. “I would argue everybody has a stake in women’s well-being,” Bluemle says. DIANE DERBY, a Leahy aide who organizes his Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference, says its focus has evolved. Young female entrepreneurs have, in recent years, been asking for more sessions focused on financing startups. One workshop, Investing in Women (You Don’t Have to Be a Millionaire!), has filled to capacity, prompting Derby to add a second one. But the old standbys do well, too, she says. A second session of the salary negotiation workshop was added because of demand. Women are, after all, 16 cents behind on every dollar earned. And the workshop about how to care for your car? It seems like that should be a quick, easy lesson: Find a reliable mechanic and stick with him — or her — like glue. But Derby says the session remains popular. Perhaps even this lesson is not as easy as it should be. On Saturday, I overheard a young woman talking to her friends about a mechanic. “The last time I took my car to him, he asked me if I wanted my husband to approve the tires,” she said. Discouraging: A mechanic asked that question in 2017. Encouraging: The woman knew the query was absurd.
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have to pay up-front for the training, then get reimbursed. They also must provide a certain level of employee benefits and pay at least a $13 hourly wage. She says employers must certify that the training will be supplemental rather than routine. Hoffer says he’d like to see more of the taxpayers’ dollars help small, growing companies. But he and Goldstein agree: For that to happen, lawmakers would have to change state policy. Will they? Maybe; maybe not. Sen. MICHAEL SIROTKIN (D-Chittenden), likely the next chair of the Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee, says he hasn’t forgotten Hoffer’s 2015 memo. A newly appointed 13-member panel tasked with studying how to better coordinate the state’s workforce training programs should also ensure that those programs meet the state’s goals, he says. “It sounds to me like we could do better,” Sirotkin says.
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When ROBIN TURNAU announced last week that she was leaving Vermont Public Radio after 28 years — the last eight as president — she gave plenty of notice. Turnau alerted VPR board chair PEGGY WILLIAMS of her interest in moving on several weeks ago and will not depart until March. That’s how long Williams expects finding a successor to take. Williams, a retired college president, says the station will hire a firm to help craft a job description and conduct a national search. Williams says VPR isn’t looking for a new boss who’ll shake things up. “We have just adopted a strategic plan in the last year,” Williams says. “We’re looking for someone to keep moving in that direction.” Indeed, Turnau leaves VPR in a strong position. When she started working there in 1989, the station was raising $500,000 a year from members and had a hard time making payroll. Now, VPR raises $4.5 million a year from members. The station has built one of the strongest news teams in Vermont and just completed a $10 million building expansion in Colchester. Turnau says she still loves the job. So why leave? At 52, she says, “I want to find out what it’s like to work somewhere else. It is a leap.” m
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Program grant, state Auditor DOUG HOFFER cringed, as he has done many times over the years. “If it’s a multinational company with deep pockets, training is typically part of the cost of doing business,” Hoffer says. NSK Steering, an international firm that makes automotive steering systems, has a plant in Bennington. The money will fund the training of 325 employees. The facility’s work requires more advanced technicians, the company said in its grant application. NSK said the grant would help draw future work to Bennington but would not result directly in pay raises or new hires. Even back when he was a fiscal analyst who occasionally worked for the legislature, Hoffer argued that the state gave too much of its economic development money to large companies without assurance that Vermonters would benefit. As auditor, he pointed out flaws in the Vermont Training Program in a 2015 memo to the legislature. But his objections haven’t changed policy. His memo argued that the grant program lacked internal controls to ensure that recipients used the money to supplement, rather than replace, existing employee training. Nor could officials prove that the training led to raises. And Hoffer questioned whether the bulk of the grant money should go to the same large companies year after year. While more than 260 firms received grants, 20 claimed nearly half the money, including IBM, Keurig Green Mountain and General Electric, Hoffer’s memo said. Last year, the largest recipient of Vermont Training Program money was Imerys Talc, an international company with a plant in Ludlow. It received $160,000 of the program’s $1.7 million. JOAN GOLDSTEIN, commissioner of the state Economic Development department, defends the program. Last year, 30 percent of recipients were small businesses, she says. The list includes Maple Landmark of Middlebury, Olivia’s Croutons of New Haven and Stone Environmental of Montpelier. But helping out-of-state firms with Vermont facilities is also important, she says, since they have the opportunity to move work elsewhere. “That new contract may go to Texas,” she says. “We are constantly competing.” Very small companies would be hard-pressed to qualify for the Vermont Training Program, she says, as employers
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board composed of Rieley’s colleagues able to objectively review his plan? Williston’s conflict-of-interest policy reads: “The public official involved shall disclose to the relevant board, commission or committee, in an open public meeting, the nature of the conflict of interest, prior to any consideration of the matter.” Official minutes from past DRB meetings show that, since 2011, Rieley has recused himself at least 12 times on Finney votes and other matters. He has been absent from at least 14 meetings. But he has not reliably revealed his conflict aloud, in public, as the policy requires. He said he would do so in the future. “It’s been pointed out that we need to do that,” Rieley said. Meanwhile, Chris Snyder, Rieley’s partner at Finney, has repeatedly appeared before the board
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100-room hotel proposed for Taft Corners is the largest in more than a decade to come before the Williston Development Review Board. But the body’s chair, Scott Rieley, won’t be weighing in on whether the new extendedstay facility gets built. That’s because he’s the one who wants to construct it, and the town’s conflict-of-interest policy prohibits him from evaluating his own project. At least one fellow Williston town appointee would restrict Rieley further. “I would like to see him off the DRB,” said Mary Jo Childs, a member of the Williston Historic Architectural and Advisory Committee. Rieley co-owns the land and would be a partner in the hotel business located in a development known as Finney Crossing. The 110-acre, half-populated community on the former Foxwood horse farm is on the north side of Route 2 across from a Shaw’s grocery store. From the first sketches 17 years ago, Finney Crossing was meant to be an alternative to Williston’s suburban sprawl, marked by big-box stores and cookie-cutter cul-de-sacs. With a mix of residential and commercial structures, it aims to be pedestrian-friendly with a neodowntown feel. Finney Crossing is already home to more than 1,000 people living in apartments and townhouses. When complete, it will have at least 587 housing units and roughly 372,000 square feet of commercial space — most of which has not been constructed. The DRB approved the Finney Crossing master plan in 2007. Rieley, who was not yet the chair and owned no property there, voted yes. But, since 2011, when construction geared up, Rieley has gradually acquired pieces of Finney Crossing — and a growing financial stake. He now co-owns four apartment buildings at Finney and a fifth that is under construction, and he has approval to build two more — for a total of about 400 units. Last year, Rieley co-purchased an additional 21 acres of Finney Crossing, including the hotel site, which is now an empty field. Rieley said he has been up-front with town officials about his acquisitions and careful to recuse himself from Finney Crossing votes or deliberations. He did so on July 25 when the DRB conducted a pre-application review of the three-story hotel. Members made various design recommendations and voted 4-0 to advance the project to the full permit review. “If I thought there was a conflict, I would resign. So the answer is no, I don’t see a conflict,” he said in an interview with Seven Days last Friday at his Burlington office, where he oversees a portfolio of several hundred rental units, many occupied by college students. Childs sees it differently. In her view, Rieley’s dual roles — as a developer of the biggest construction project in Williston and leader of the board with the power to green-light it — raise some troubling questions. Are the town’s ethical guidelines, designed to prevent officials from benefiting financially from their service on town boards, being followed? Is a
to seek permits connected to buildings that Rieley owns or co-owns, without explicitly mentioning the DRB board chair’s financial interest. In 2015, Snyder appeared before the DRB several times to ask for an increase of 177 units at Finney Crossing — a sizable expansion over the roughly 356 units originally approved in 2007. Rieley recused himself from the voting but at one of the meetings joined the audience and participated in discussion — a questionable practice. Another possible misstep: Childs said Rieley lobbied hard and inappropriately for the additional apartments when her committee — which advises the DRB on the architectural merits of proposed developments — made a site visit to Finney Crossing on November 2, 2015, about a month before the extra units were approved. Meeting minutes from the committee outing confirm that Rieley spoke to the group in his role as a developer of the project. Childs said she didn’t realize he was also chair of the DRB at the time and was surprised and dismayed to discover it later. “I would like to see the DRB represent the best interests of the community and not the best interests of developers,” Childs said. The selectboard appoints volunteers to the DRB. Selectboard chair Terry Macaig said he hadn’t heard any complaints about Rieley and said that he has confidence in the citizen group — including its chair. “I think he obviously knows that he has a conflict of interest on some things, and he apparently has been recusing himself from those discussions, and I think he is carrying out his duties,” Macaig said. Town planning director Ken Belliveau also expressed confidence in Rieley. Several years ago, Belliveau said, Rieley told him he was buying into Finney Crossing. “At that time, Scott came in to talk to me and said, ‘I’m going to become partners with Chris’ … He said, ‘What do I have to do?’” Belliveau recounted. “I said, ‘You can no longer take part in any discussions pertaining to Finney Crossing. You have
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BUSINESS to recuse yourself every time.’ That’s what Scott has done.” Belliveau acknowledged that Rieley might not have been vocal enough about his conflicts, as the town requires. Like Macaig, he suggested all town officials could probably use a “reminder” about that. It’s not uncommon for people with careers in real estate to serve on town land use boards. The seven-member Williston DRB also includes an architect, John Hemmelgarn, and Peter Kelley of DEW construction. They, too, have recused themselves on votes — usually without explanation, according to meeting minutes.
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John Bendzunas, vice chair of the DRB, runs meetings in Rieley’s absence and said he takes care to be objective. Rieley doesn’t influence the discussions, he said. In considering the chair’s projects, for example, the board has on occasion asked for landscaping and architectural changes that have resulted in additional costs, Bendzunas said. “I don’t think his status as a board member has any impact on our deliberations as a board,” he said. “We rule in the best interests of the town and in the best interests of the community at large.” Macaig said the town looks “for people who have expertise in certain areas,” including land use. That realworld experience guides them to make good decisions. But appointing members with connections to development can lead to controversy. In 2015, a South Burlington resident raised concerns about PC Construction executive Art Klugo serving on the city planning commission. Klugo defended his participation and remains on the board. Last summer, a critic of the controversial Burlington Town Center redevelopment plan said
Burlington planning commissioner Yves Bradley, a real estate broker, should recuse himself from a vote related to the project. Bradley declined and defended his role. The Vermont League of Cities & Towns offers towns a blueprint conflictof-interest policy. But many towns don’t adopt or enforce such policies, observed Brian Shupe, executive director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, an environmental group. “There are cases that I’m aware of around the state where people clearly acted in their own interest,” Shupe said. “It’s more common than it should be. That’s not to denigrate the many honest volunteers.” He said he couldn’t comment specifically on Rieley’s case because he was unfamiliar with the details. “It’s not illegitimate for a developer to be on the board,” Shupe said. “You need to represent the entire community. It’s just how they act when they are on it.” He offered an example: When board members recuse themselves, they shouldn’t talk before their boards — even from the audience, because it can still influence the proceeding, he said. “A recusal means totally withdrawing from the process. Not participating, not being in the room,” Shupe said. A former town planner, Shupe serves on the DRB in Waitsfield, where he lives. Just as he brings expertise in resource management to the board, a developer might bring valuable knowledge, too, Shupe suggested. Development is a relatively new endeavor for Rieley, who has lived in Williston for roughly two decades. Until five years ago, he was a landlord who bought buildings and rented them out. He also ran a retail business. For many years Rieley and his wife, Peg, owned and operated the Alpine Shop in South Burlington before they sold it in 2011. Rieley volunteered to serve on the DRB for a simple reason: “to serve the town,” he said. “That’s about it. Give back.” Rieley said he hopes to continue to serve when his term is up in a few years. But it’s ultimately up to the selectboard, he said: “If they decide to unappoint me, that’s OK.” m
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porting a bandanna over a graying ponytail, Arthur Madeiros sat bare-chested on the northwest corner of Church and Main streets on August 16, holding a cardboard sign that read: “Homeless Anything helps.” The 50-year-old Rutland man had arrived in Burlington a week earlier, just hours before a fight among three itinerant men turned violent in City Hall Park. Police said Conner Lucas was intoxicated when he stabbed two fellow homeless men — one in the hand, the other in the neck — on August 9. Within 24 hours, Madeiros had gotten a knife of his own, for protection. He has no plans to use it, he said, but, “Of course, I’m nervous.” He’s not alone. The stabbing incident was the second in the last five months involving homeless men in downtown Burlington. In March, Louis Fortier allegedly used a knife to kill 43-year-old Richard Medina on the corner of Church and Cherry streets — in broad daylight. In addition to those violent crimes, Burlington’s elected officials have heard reports of increasingly unruly behavior among vagrants. In response, last week City Councilor Kurt Wright (R-Ward 4) drafted a resolution to create a criminal penalty for those who repeatedly commit civil “quality of life” offenses such as “public drunkenness, fighting and public urination.” At its next meeting, the council will vote on whether to refer his idea to the Ordinance Committee. The end result could be stricter penalties on the books. “It’s important for people to know that if you’re coming to downtown Burlington, there are going to be consequences if you’re going … to engage in bad behavior, get drunk, be harassing and threatening to people,” Wright said. Wright’s New North End constituents have called him over the years with concerns about homeless encampments and panhandling — but it was the stabbing and resulting media coverage that spurred him to act. Dave Hartnett (D-North District) and Jane Knodell (P-Central District) are cosponsoring the measure. It “is no silver bullet,” Knodell said — but it may be a start. “What we’re doing now is not working,” she said. Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger also welcomed Wright’s proposal. “We don’t want to be a place that just accepts a significant amount of public drunkenness, public urination and lewd behavior,” he said. The resolution asks Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo to report to the council in September “on options or initiatives the council or administration should consider.” No doubt the chief will be prepared; he’s been a vocal proponent of cracking down on petty serial offenders since he became Burlington’s top cop two years ago. The chief’s first priority is making it a criminal act to have an open container of alcohol. Second on the list is public urination. “Public possession of an open container begets intoxication; intoxication begets fighting,” the chief said. The changes would also mitigate “really lascivious and
A year after the ordinance passed, police had handed pervasive” sexual harassment on Burlington streets — usually by those who are drunk. out 66 no-trespass orders, and del Pozo said they’re still Currently, it’s illegal to drink in Burlington’s public issuing them. But the law doesn’t extend to the rest of spaces, except in Oakledge, Leddy and North Beach downtown, so it’s pushed the problem to nearby streets, parks. An open container is a civil violation — meaning, such as Cherry, Bank and Main. the carrier receives a ticket and $50 fine. Tom Dalton, the executive direcThe worst violators accumulate tor of Vermonters for Criminal Justice tickets by the dozen, according to del Reform, characterized Wright’s resoluPozo. Some will tear up a ticket once tion as the latest in a long line of policies they receive it or light it on fire in that criminalize poverty. Those behind front of the cop who issued it, he said. it are “working from a place of fear and Unpaid violations affect an individual’s missing the point about what the real credit score — which is little deterrent problem is,” he said. “This is the failure for those with no income or assets. of the drug and alcohol treatment sysOne man, a transient named Michael tems and the housing system.” Reynolds, has racked up 126 citations Councilor Max Tracy (P-Ward 2) and owes the city almost $12,000. plans to vote against Wright’s measure. “The lack of consequences is a root BU RL I N GT ON PO LI C E C H I E F “We really need to be careful about cause of what is an unfair burden on the BRAN D ON D E L P O Z O making penalties the sole focus of any rest of the community,” del Pozo said. effort to improve downtown,” Tracy Criminalization would allow police to bring a repeat offender before a judge and could result said. “Time and again, we’ve found that penalties are not effective on their own.” in jail time. “It would help just as much as a speeding ticket — and The council has tried other methods to keep misyou know how much they help,” said wheelchair-bound behavior out of downtown Burlington. An ordinance passed in 2013 allows police to issue no-trespass orders Wayne Streeter, parked near the side entrance to city that ban offenders from Church Street for one of four of- hall. A former North Carolinian, Streeter said he became fenses: public drinking, drug use, disorderly conduct and homeless after his girlfriend died and he broke his leg. He unlawful mischief. predicted Wright’s proposal would be “a waste of time, a
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Legend has it only one person took Morrisseau up on his offer. Nonetheless, in the last seven years, the number of homeless people in Chittenden County has dropped from 613 to 291. But the “point-intime count,” which happens every January, doesn’t calculate the summer population. Madeiros said he left Rutland because his girlfriend kicked him out of their apartment. “If I was going to be homeless anywhere in the state of Vermont, it’s going to be in Burlington,” Madeiros said, noting that the Queen City’s services include two free meals a day. The Salvation Army and the day-station operated by the Committee on Temporary Shelter are both reliable sources of food. He’s not worried about open-container tickets. “You think it slows me down from drinking? It doesn’t,” said Madeiros.
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The city “can say, ‘Oh yeah, we’re going to crack down on the drinking’ … But people are going to be people,” Madeiros said. “They’re not afraid of the law.” The number of open-container tickets has decreased from 453 in fiscal year 2016 to 235 in fiscal year 2017 — not because fewer people are drinking in public, del Pozo clarified. Rather, the cops “feel like it’s a waste of their time,” he said. Meanwhile, the violent crime rate has remained steady in Burlington, according to del Pozo, who noted that simple assault and “street fighting” has increased since last year. For businesses, it’s as much about perceived safety as it is about actual crime, said Kelly Devine, executive director of the Burlington Business Association: “Everyone should feel comfortable downtown.” During a meeting last week about a City Hall Park redesign, Devine added, “I’ve been harassed at the park more times than I care to mention.” Homeless advocates warn that Wright’s resolution will divide Burlingtonians. “I totally empathize with the business owners who want to have a peaceful and friendly environment. This is what we want for everybody,” said Stephen Marshall, a community service worker for the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. But alcoholism is rampant in the homeless community, he added. And Marshall should know: He spent time on the streets himself. He said “a compassionate community response,” such as treatment or support, would make more sense. m
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waste of cops, a waste of money. It’ll only target the homeless community.” People with homes have the option to drink inside, Streeter pointed out. On Church Street, diners legally enjoy booze al fresco. Burlington’s homeless shelters are selective about admitting drunken people. That’s one reason some itinerant individuals choose to sleep outside — and why Weinberger supports a year-round “wet” shelter that would accept anyone in need as long as he or she wasn’t a threat to others. Alcohol likely exacerbated the situation on August 9. A group of homeless men were “drinking beers left and right” in City Hall Park as dusk approached, according to one of the victims, Daniel John Keller II, who was back on the street last week. A fight broke out between Mark “Angel” Adams and Lucas after Adams insulted the latter’s tattoo, Keller said. Lucas cut Keller’s hand, then Adams’ throat. Keller held up his left hand to show the wound across his palm. Authorities later arrested Lucas, who has a lengthy criminal record, on a charge of aggravated assault with a weapon. Even before the fracas, though, discontent among downtown business owners had been growing. In June, Mark Mackillop, the owner of Muddy Waters coffee shop, voiced concerns at a city council meeting about the homeless who spend their days on the sidewalk near his Main Street storefront. “This panhandling has turned into more of a form of debauchery,” he said at the public forum. He listed the ways: harassment, vulgarity and drunkenness that impacts employees and customers alike. “While I understand you have concerns around compassion and tolerance, I just wonder what we’re defending at this point,” said Mackillop. Hartnett recounted an experience earlier this summer at a business in the same vicinity. He was eating at Junior’s Downtown when a homeless man entered and asked to use the restroom. When employees told him it was for paying customers only, he urinated on the floor, Hartnett recalled. Amir Jusufagic, a managing partner at the Burlington pizzeria, confirmed the incident. Burlington police have since placed metal barriers on the sidewalk there, which del Pozo said keeps people from gathering. More creative solutions to Burlington’s vagrancy problem have been proposed over the years. In 1988, Leunig’s Bistro & Café founder Dennis Morrisseau started an initiative he called Westward Ho! — he bought a one-way ticket for any homeless person willing to leave town. The effort earned Morrisseau plenty of criticism — and the attention of the New York Times.
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he average Vermonter makes about $50,000 a year. Executive directors of Vermont nonprofits make an average of $83,000, according to the group Common Good Vermont. Yet the heads of nonprofit hospitals in Vermont earn around $550,000 on average. Last year, the University of Vermont Medical Center CEO made more than $2 million. Hospital board members say their executive pay is in line with competitors and makes up a small portion of their budget. But not everyone buys that defense. “The public is struggling to pay for health care,” said Sen. Chris Pearson (P/D-Chittenden). “To see that the CEO of our hospital is getting $2 million … it’s just way out of whack with the Vermont economy.” Kevin Mullin, the state’s chief health care regulator, recently decided to spotlight the salaries of high-ranking employees at Vermont’s 14 hospitals, which are all nonprofits. “I think it might be illuminating to the public,” said Mullin, who has so far declined to weigh in on whether the pay levels are appropriate. Mullin, a former state senator from Rutland appointed in late May to chair the Green Mountain Care Board, has been collecting compensation information from each hospital. On Monday evening, the GMCB published on its website a list of approximately 100 hospital employees who earned more than $400,000 in 2016. Seven Days reviewed the documents that hospitals provided to the board. The federal tax forms, called 990s, require nonprofits to disclose compensation for their five highest-paid employees and up to 20 other key employees. Submitted to the Internal Revenue Service, the forms reflect figures from federal fiscal year 2016, which ran from October 2015 through September 2016. UVM Medical Center is the state’s largest hospital and the only academic one, so it’s no surprise that executives there are the most highly paid. The Burlington hospital’s Form 990 shows that John Brumsted, who has been CEO since 2011, made nearly $2.2 million during 2016. His salary was $979,064, but he took home more than twice that, thanks to bonuses and other payments.
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CEO Pay at Vermont Hospitals University of Vermont Medical Center....................................................$2,186,275 Dartmouth-Hitchcock*..............................................................................$1,494,669 Southwestern Vermont Medical Center.................................................. $620,368 Porter Medical Center................................................................................... $612,877 Rutland Regional Medical Center.............................................................$565,038 Central Vermont Medical Center...............................................................$503,385 Gifford Medical Center.................................................................................$470,574 Copley Hospital............................................................................................. $435,524 North Country Hospital............................................................................... $417,940 Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.................................................................. $390,731 Northwestern Medical Center.................................................................... $378,272 Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center...............................................$374,660 Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.............................................. $350,764 Springfield Hospital..................................................................................... $264,563 Grace Cottage Hospital................................................................................$124,800 *This hospital is in Lebanon, N.H. Sources: individual Internal Revenue Service Form 990 reports Reports are for federal fiscal year 2016.
That amount is up from nearly $1.7 million the year before. The medical center’s board chair, Scottie EmeryGinn, explained that the increase stemmed in part from a $340,000 retirement contribution, which Brumsted receives every three or four years. He also earned another $130,000 for exceeding performance targets. At Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon, N.H., another large academic hospital that serves many Vermonters, then-CEO
James Weinstein earned nearly $1.5 million, documents show. CEOs weren’t the only ones making large sums of money. At UVM Medical Center, president and chief operating officer Eileen Whalen made $866,692; chief financial officer Todd Keating made $859,422; and chief medical officer Dr. Stephen Leffler made $739,317. Further down the list were the thenhead of human resources, Paul Macuga ($548,356); the head of public relations,
Theresa Alberghini DiPalma ($523,892); and five doctors, four of them anesthesiologists, who earned approximately $400,000 each. (Some doctors receive additional compensation from UVM’s College of Medicine.) How can a nonprofit hospital justify this kind of pay? Emery-Ginn has a ready answer: “Our health care professionals come from a national market … In order for us to get the best people and keep the best people, we need to pay competitively.” She also noted that they preside over a large and complicated organization. The UVM Medical Center has about 7,500 employees and collects nearly $1.3 billion in annual revenue; many of its top executives also oversee five other hospitals affiliated with the medical center. Emery-Ginn cited a 2016 study as evidence that the hospital’s well-paid leaders are worth their keep. The health care services company Vizient ranked the hospital nationally as the 13th best academic medical center for quality of care. There are no clear rules that dictate how much nonprofits can pay employees. The IRS requires only that compensation be “reasonable,” which has been interpreted to mean comparable to similar organizations. UVM Medical Center has a method to meet this standard. Each year, a compensation committee made up of members of the board of trustees hires a consultant to research what competitors — Duke Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, for example — are paying. Using that information, the committee sets salaries right at the midpoint, Emery-Ginn said, because “we don’t want the salaries to get any higher than they need to.” Salary, however, is often just part of the package. Emery-Ginn said the board doesn’t allow an employee’s total compensation, including bonuses, to exceed the 65th percentile, meaning the payment must be lower than what’s provided at 35 percent of similar hospitals. The board rewards employees for meeting or exceeding benchmarks in three categories — quality of care, finances and operations — and Emery-Ginn said Brumsted exceeded every goal in 2016. At some Vermont hospitals, CEOs weren’t the highest-paid employees. A
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doctor held that distinction at the North Country Hospital in Newport, where CEO Claudio Fort made $417,940 while S. Glen Neale, an orthopedic surgeon, made $703,860. At Rutland Regional Medical Center, CEO Thomas Huebner made $565,038 while the chief medical director, Melbourne Boynton, made $1,121,987, and an orthopedic surgeon, William Lighthart, earned $995,448. Vermont’s hospitals aren’t outliers. A Wall Street Journal analysis of Form 990s found that, in 2014, 2,700 nonprofits provided seven-figure compensation packages, and three-quarters of those organizations worked in the health care sector. The president of one hospital network earned $17.6 million that year. Unions in Arizona and California have waged unsuccessful campaigns to cap hospital CEO compensation at $450,000.
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Concern about executive pay factors into a larger debate about the cost of medical care. The United States spends $3 trillion annually on health care — more than any other country — and administrative costs gobble up 20 to 30 percent of that sum. “It obviously inflates our health care costs,” Pearson said. Hospital representatives concede that executive pay is a factor, but only a small one — it makes up 1.4 percent of UVM Medical Center’s budget, according to spokesperson Michael Carrese. Pearson sees other repercussions: “When you have public-relations people at the state’s largest nonprofit hospital making half a million a year, it undermines confidence in the entire system.” It also runs the risk of stoking resentment within the hospital. “It’s difficult to hear those numbers as a nurse,” said Maggie Belensz, who works on UVM’s neurological unit. Referring to the CEO position, Belensz said, “I know it’s probably a hard job, but holy crap, it must be some miracle job,” Laurie Aunchman is a nurse at UVM Medical Center and president of Vermont Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals, a health care union. She acknowledged the need to pay competitively but said the hospital should
balance “offering someone a million dollars or 2 million dollars” with investing money in “taking care of the patient.” “We think it’s an ethical issue,” said Mari Cordes, a UVM nurse and health care activist. “That excess money could be used to improve access to health care for everyone in Vermont ... It could be used to provide support for people actually providing the frontline high-quality care.” Dr. Deb Richter, a universal health care proponent who lives in Montpelier, described executive pay at Vermont hospitals as “obscene.” It’s unlikely that the Green Mountain Care Board will try to influence pay levels at hospitals. The Vermont legislature gave the board the power to approve or reject hospital budgets, with the goal of controlling health care costs. Mullin asked for the salary information just as the board was beginning its review of proposed 2018 budgets. “I don’t think that the salaries are going to have any role in determining whether or not the hospital budgets are reasonable,” he said. “It’s just as a way of being open and transparent … It’s not like the board has any intention of trying to dictate what salaries will be.” (Mullin’s predecessor, Al Gobeille, suggested that weighing in on salary levels would be “micromanaging.”) The Form 990s are public documents, though it often takes at least several months for them to be posted on the website GuideStar, which compiles data about nonprofits. The high salaries that the board published on its website are sure to get at least some notice. Even so, the information isn’t a current snapshot — the data are now a year old — nor is it a complete picture. Since the institutions only have to supply information for about two dozen people, there’s no way of knowing whether the total number of people earning six figures — or more — is rising. Don’t expect hospitals to volunteer that information. “I would say we’re not eager to share,” said Emery-Ginn. “I think it’s uncomfortable for these people to have their salaries be [subject to] public discussion.” “It ought to make hospital leaders uncomfortable to be paying those exorbitant salaries,” Pearson responded. “Our hospitals are basically public institutions … They are quick to protect themselves as private institutions, but the fact of the matter is, a great majority of their money comes from public dollars.” m
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Patricia (Ryan) Hamilton, 66, of Bradenton, Fla., and formerly of Vermont passed on August 10, 2017, after a long illness. Patricia was born second of nine children to Gloria (Beaudoin) Ryan and James T. Ryan in Burlington, Vt. She is survived by her loving husband of 28 years, Jack E. Hamilton of Florida; daughters Sonya L. Rectenwald, Eileen (Rectenwald) Foster and Megan Luce of Vermont; stepson Trevor Hamilton of Arizona; and daughter-inlaw Rebecca Rectenwald of Vermont. She is also survived by her grandchildren Eryn Sheehan, Abigail LaRock, Sam Foster, Ayanna and Caleb Williams, and Max and Miranda Rectenwald; great-granddaughter Tanis Sheehan of Vermont; special friends Annabre and Joy (Squirrelly Girls) of Florida; sisters and brothers David Ryan of Missouri, Kathleen (Ryan) Warner of Florida, Gloria (Ryan) Mansfield of Vermont, Dennis Ryan of Arizona, Rebecca (Ryan) Capron of Vermont, and James L. Ryan of Texas; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was predeceased by her mother, Gloria Ryan; son David P. Rectenwald of Vermont; brother Michael L. Ryan of Vermont; sister Eileen (Ryan) Krause of Missouri; and nephews Craig E. (Lowe) LaCross of Texas and Jamie Ryan of Vermont. She graduated cum laude from Trinity College in 1992 with an associate’s degree in business and, after moving to Florida in 1993, worked as a credentialing manager for Manatee Glens Corporation of Bradenton, Fla., until retiring. Patricia has joined the spirit in the sky and will be forever remembered for her kindness, generosity, creativity and sense of humor. She is deeply missed by all who loved and knew her. A celebration of her life will be held in Vermont in summer of 2018.
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The Rutland Recreation & Parks Department director is moving north to do the same job in the Queen City. Mayor Miro Weinberger announced at a press conference Tuesday that Cindi Wight will start work this fall as the new director of the Burlington Parks, Recreation & Waterfront department. The city chose Wight because of her “deep experience in the field of parks and recreation,” Weinberger said. That’s 24 years, to be precise. Wight’s résumé includes time as a parks and rec director of the San Juan Islands in Washington State. From there, she headed up the same department in Middlebury. She started in Rutland in 2013. Wight will replace Jesse Bridges, who served for three years before stepping down in May to take a position at the United Way of Northwest Vermont. The Burlington City Council is scheduled to vote on Wight’s confirmation at its August 28 meeting. Pending that approval, she’ll start in Burlington “by October 1,” she said. The Le Roy, N.Y., native said Tuesday that she’s excited to get going after she wraps up work in Rutland and relocates with her husband to Burlington. Wight plans to meet with the department’s leadership team as she gradually takes on tasks from interim director Nina Safavi. The transition comes as the city rebuilds its bike path along Lake Champlain, develops a community center at St. Joseph School in the Old North End and expands its programming. For years, Burlington Parks & Rec struggled with financial difficulties and internal strife. Weinberger said those days are over. Wight promised transparency and said she would make an effort to get out from behind her desk. “I like to listen and go out in the community and be part of the community,” she said. Wight didn’t initially submit an application when the position opened. Instead, someone recommended her for the role, said Councilor Dave Hartnett (D-North District), who took part in the selection process. “She was head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to leadership [and] fitting into the community,” Hartnett said. Wight was selected from a pool of 52 applicants as part of a nationwide search. “I don’t think we’ll have any problem Monday night confirming Cindi,” Hartnett said. “I think it’s going to be a great partnership.” Cindi Wight
Burlington’s Dealer.com Lays Off 45 Employees Forty-five people were laid off Tuesday at Dealer.com, one of Burlington’s largest employers. The layoffs at the Pine Street tech company amount to about a 4 percent workforce reduction, according to company spokeswoman Alison Von Puschendorf. Employees were aware of the looming layoffs. Cox Automotive, Dealer’s parent company, announced plans last week to trim its 35,000-person worldwide workforce by approximately 3 percent — a total cut of about 950 employees. The impact on Burlington was unclear until Tuesday’s announcement. “We held discussions with those impacted today and are working closely with them during this transition,” Von Puschendorf said in Dealer.com’s Pine Street headquarters
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I sympathize with the presumption of Jerry O’Neill innocence and reluctance to jail people BURLINGTON before trial. But [“Mann Overboard? Critics Say New Vermont Judge Is Too O’Neill represented the Jon Bellis estate Lenient,” July 12] should also mention in a claim against Craig Mosher, which the necessary contract between the was resolved without filing a lawsuit. public and the judicial system. If the public loses faith that the justice system protects them adequately from offenders, WASTE NOT the rule of law is undermined. The very [Re Fair Game, July 12]: Vermont’s existence of civil society requires us to “brown rivers” — yes, this is a huge prob- balance the rights of individuals with the lem. But the difficulty is not the amount right of the public to be secure. of human waste in the water; that probSeeing offenders back on the streets reably doesn’t vary much. The problem offending again and again makes the public is that rainwater drains into the same feel insecure. sewers that go into our water treatment Dick Mills systems. The obvious solution is to start SOUTH BURLINGTON redesigning parking lots and sidewalks
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In his July 12 Hackie [“Out of my Orbit”], columnist Jernigan Pontiac refers to himself as “a person who, by nature, craves harmony with everyone who comes into his orbit. I usually find a way to positively connect with my fellow humans...” Yet, earlier in the column, he refers to his woman passenger as “chunky ... all blond hair, boobs and too much makeup.” Is referring to a woman’s breasts as “boobs” finding a way to “positively connect with my fellow humans”? Is referring to a woman as “chunky” craving “harmony” or craven body shaming? Pontiac seems to have rather odd — or perhaps I should say retrograde — ideas about fostering “harmony” in the greater Burlington community. And what do the woman’s “boobs” have to do with the story he’s telling? Absolutely nothing. So why mention it, Jernigan? Looking for cheap, degrading laughs? Sad. Michael Albertson
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The Winooski Valley Park District works hard to be a good investment for the cities and towns that support its annual operating budget [“A Funding Dispute Challenges the Winooski Valley Park District,” August 9]. Their dollars provide the financial backbone for WVPD’s system of natural areas in the lower Winooski River Valley. Each year, every dollar is multiplied many times over by support raised from private foundations and government grants for education programs, new footbridges and other onetime projects. With the invaluable support of its roster of partner nonprofits, scores of volunteers enhance WVPD’s natural areas.
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Ely was executive director of the Winooski Valley Park District from 1980 to 2010.
WHEN SCHOOL BOARDS FAIL
Your article “Policy Wonk Nicole Mace Lands in Swirling Political Storm” [August 9] overlooked the considerable damage being done to public education
The boondoggle over health insurance this last legislative session, E VSBA’s ambivalence (or hostility) to tuitioning towns, and a failure to recognize the importance of small, independent schools to many rural communities is further evidence of an arrogance that leads to bad public policy. Sadly, many of those in Montpelier have forgotten that rural is an asset, not a liability. F IL
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by the Vermont School Boards Association. As zealous cheerleaders for Act 46, VSBA is helping to do away with countless school boards, the single most important way in which our schools Nicole Mace engage with our communities. By shifting power and control over school districts to the most populous communities in Vermont, we are ensuring the closure of small schools, particularly elementary schools, in more rural areas — not on the basis of cost or quality, but by virtue of political clout. The greatest harm will be inflicted on students from our least-advantaged rural families who are best served by small schools. They and other students can look forward to longer bus rides taking them farther from home. And those small, rural towns in places like the Northeast Kingdom can look forward to losing schools that have been the heart of our civic life. The experience of states such as Maine and West Virginia makes it clear we will suffer this harm with no cost savings whatsoever.
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They monitor wildlife movement to and through WVPD lands, maintain 22 miles of footpaths, and provide community gardens for New Americans and others. The list goes on. WVPD’s outreach to schools gets young Vermonters outdoors and connected with their natural heritage. Many programs are held in member communities. In Burlington, Fanny and Ethan Allen’s restored house — built 230 years ago — is a perfect venue to give children and tourists alike a perspective of what we still have in common with our pioneering ancestors. As the owner of the Allen homestead, WVPD is ultimately the safekeeper of this priceless Vermont treasure.
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oan Kron has worn many hats during her lifetime. Costume designer. Pop-art impresario. Journalist. Contributing editor-at-large at Allure magazine. Plastic-surgery expert. Not content to rest on her laurels, in 2012 the octogenarian added another item to her lengthy résumé: film director. Take My Nose … Please!, a documentary about cosmetic surgery that was four years in the making, is 89-year-old Kron’s directorial debut. On Thursday, August 24, it will open the third annual MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL. “Being old is a tremendous advantage,” Kron says, “because, No. 1, you become wiser with age. And, No. 2, everybody underestimates you. So you cannot lose. And I’m blonde, and of course, everybody underestimates blondes.” Kron’s wry sense of humor and openness about her own experiences under the knife made her the ideal director for a film that follows two female comedians as they consider having work done for the first time. The documentary examines celebrities’ historical reluctance to discuss plastic surgery — with the notable exception of comics such as Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller. It lays bare the double standard of a society obsessed with physical appearance that also stigmatizes those who choose to alter their looks. “In Hollywood, everyone has taken the ‘Hypocritical Oath,’” Kron riffs. “That is, they deny surgery in public, and they have it in private.” Take My Nose is part of a conscious effort by MNFF’s leadership to highlight the work of women behind the camera. Other films in the festival spotlight include the closing-night selection, Swim Team, a documentary about autistic athletes from first-time feature director Lara Stolman. On Saturday night, Dana Auditorium at Middlebury College will host a screening of Alexandra Dean’s Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. The doc chronicles the career of the screen siren whose billing as “the world’s most beautiful woman” overshadowed her achievements as the coinventor of a frequencyhopping radio-wave system that served as a precursor to modern-day Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies. “I think part of what we want to do is draw attention to the fact that it’s independent film where women have the most opportunities, by far,” says MNFF artistic director JAY CRAVEN. “By hosting this type of festival, we want to recognize that and celebrate it, and do what we can to support the idea of these women filmmakers going on to have sustainable careers.” Maverick director Robert Altman, whom Craven lauds for creating “a new language in independent cinema” through his circular approach to narrative and innovative use of sound, is the subject of a twofilm tribute composed of his 1971 revisionist Western McCabe & Mrs. Miller and the 1975 satire Nashville. The Nashville screening will be followed by a discussion
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with Ferrisburgh resident ALLAN NICHOLLS — who worked with Altman in various capacities on a dozen pictures — and frequent Altman player Michael Murphy. Murphy will also participate in a Saturday morning coffee chat with Craven and fellow actor M. EMMET WALSH, who has a home in Swanton. The two thespians, whose careers briefly overlapped in 1972 on Peter Bogdanovich’s screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc?, are of that special breed of character actor whose face is instantly recognizable, but whose name often escapes even seasoned moviegoers.
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Festival producer LLOYD KOMESAR, a former Disney executive, credits the many industry connections Craven has made during his 20-plus years on the Vermont filmmaking scene with creating a kind of MNFF “family tree.” Branches of that tree include the documentary team of Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, who met in 1992 on the set of the Craven-directed Where the Rivers Flow North. The pair will receive a VTeddy Award for Sustained Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking on Sunday, following a screening of their most recent film, Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing.
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As for Kron, a Manhattan resident, she says she’s thrilled to make the trip up to Addison County. Though she’s been traveling the festival circuit since Take My Nose … Please! debuted at the Miami Film Festival in March, Middlebury will mark her first opening-night spot. “People say this never happens to a first movie. It just doesn’t happen — and especially to an old lady!” Kron says with a warm laugh. “I can’t wait to be 90 and say I’m a filmmaker. I want to be the oldest filmmaker in the world.” m
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The fest will also feature the work of a returning honoree. Marlboro native JESSE KREITZER, the recipient of last year’s inaugural VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA award for Excellence in Music Composed for Film for his short “Black Canaries,” will present excerpts from his inprogress feature Caregivers. Clips from Kreitzer’s film about eldercare, which features nonprofessional actors and blurs the distinction between fiction and documentary filmmaking, will be accompanied by a live VSO performance of an original score by Williamsville composer PAUL DEDELL. Komesar praises MNFF alumni for reaching out to other filmmakers about the festival by word of mouth. He notes that Swim Team was submitted for festival consideration at the suggestion of Amy Geller, whose documentary The Guys Next Door was a Best of Fest selection in 2016. Likewise, Jesse Nesser, the director of last year’s opening-night film, made the connection with Untouchable director David Feige, whose documentary about sexual abuse will be screened on Friday. “To have the alumni network working for us is a great thing,” Komesar says. “It’s an outgrowth of the positive nature of the festival and the hominess of it.”
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by the fire, sip herbal tea with honey, and play the guitar,” according to the rendering. Others are stationary, sustainable structures, such the home designed by MITCHELL WHITE with the help of ROLF KIELMAN, a principal architect of TruexCullins. White, who took drafting classes in high school, was primarily responsible for the final rendering. “He has a strong interest in design and making things,” Kielman said. “So I gave him a portable drafting board and pens and pencils, and he did the drawings.” White called his construction “three-sides-tothe-sun design,” noting that it is intended to capture solar heat through three greenhouse-like structures at the front. He said he’s been contemplating environmentally conscious design since high school and would like to share his ideas. “I’m thinking more that I just want to leave something for humanity,” White explained. “I’m 54; I know time flies, and I’d rather get the idea out there and not make any money than to not have the idea ever get out there.” White said he met Cannon while volunteering as a dishwasher at the Wellness Co-op in Burlington. “I was homeless last summer in the streets of Burlington,” he said. “And then, all of a sudden, the girl who runs the kitchen tells me about Alison. Alison came and interviewed me, and then we met the architect, and me and Rolf hit it off immediately.” Kielman said working with White was beneficial for him and others in his firm, as well. “You learn something from going through a process like this,” he said. “Mitch has been here every week for four months.” Some of his colleagues suggested it was “a terribly cruel process” asking people to dream up a home in which they’ll likely never live, the architect acknowledged. But he doesn’t see it that way. “Mitch felt so comfortable coming in here; he got to know people, and it reinforced [the fact] that he’s good at [drafting],” Kielman said. The experience also pointed out to him and his employees some of the obstacles to finding a stable living situation. Cannon, who observed the interviews between clients and architects, also benefited from the process. “I think the biggest thing for me was [having] the opportunity to sit down and talk to people,” she said. “[It] helped highlight the fact that people end up in these situations for a variety of reasons, and they’re all individuals with their own stories.” m Contact: sadie@sevendaysvt.com
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Burlington film series celebrating B movies that are scary, campy or (frequently) both. On Tuesday, August 29, however, the series will explore the domain of subtler horrors when it premieres South Burlington filmmaker ROB CUNNING’s “Haze.” The 45-minute film about a very bad trip on a fictional drug will precede a screening of director Chuck Russell’s cult 1988 remake of The Blob, with a Q&A sandwiched between the two, says Cinema Casualties founder DAVID ZEIDLER. While “Haze” concerns a ruinous addiction — protagonist Trent, played by Cunning, is trying desperately to piece together what he did on a bender the night before — it’s no PSA. Rather than preaching or pronouncing, the film takes the audience on a journey into a bluetinged hallucinatory realm. “I wanted to create this drug that would make someone hallucinate,” Cunning says in a phone interview. “It opened up this world of creativity. I could bring interesting visuals into real-life circumstances.” Those “interesting visuals” include scenes in which Trent is tormented by his childhood action figures — their antics filmed in stop-motion — and visited by a silent, ominous man in a top hat. Tricks of light and sound — almost all of them practical, not digital — unsettle the viewer’s sense of reality. If that sounds a little like recent episodes of “Twin Peaks: The Return,” there’s a reason for that. “David Lynch is what inspired me to go from screenwriting to actually making a film,” says Cunning. “He has proved to me that you can color outside the lines.” Cunning, 29, who owns a printingand-shipping store and studied business at the University of Vermont, says he “basically taught myself how to make a film,” drawing on books, blogs and YouTube tutorials. While he originally wrote “Haze” as a feature screenplay, he eventually “decided to adapt it into something I could do with no budget.” He’s not kidding. Made with a crew of three — Cunning, ERIC WRIGHT and JOSEPH PALUMBO — over three years, the film cost less than $500, Cunning estimates. The “haze” drug is actually “blue art sand,” he says. The blue tint came from “a really cheap editing program.” Shooting had to
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Dear Cecil,
Years ago you wrote that, despite extensive research, scientists were skeptical that ball lightning really existed. I just learned that Chinese researchers have captured it on video, proving it’s real. What’s more, I’m hearing ball lightning isn’t all that rare; it’s just that trained observers have been reluctant to report sightings for fear of ridicule. Doesn’t it stand to reason the same is true of UFOs? The search for extraterrestrial intelligence assumes that with the vast number of planets out there, intelligent life is bound to have evolved somewhere. Isn’t it logical to believe we have, in fact, been visited? —Liam Wahlborg, San Francisco unexplained flying objects and even some scientists professing their belief that UFOs were “real,” but these were anonymous responses. Peter Sturrock, emeritus physics professor at Stanford University, has said that back then many colleagues privately expressed interest in seeing high-level UFO research but figured no peer-reviewed journal would ever publish it. Things have changed since the pre-Close Encounters era, though — more on that later. To back up: The logical question you refer to, Liam, is known as the Fermi paradox. The gist is basically that given the vastness of space, it seems almost impossible that there isn’t life out there, and, given enough time, any civilization should be able to figure out interstellar travel — yet we’ve neither observed
alien life nor been visited by it (as far as the government is letting on, anyway). How come? Possible answers run the gamut from “We haven’t found them because they don’t exist” to “It’s in the nature of intelligent life to eventually destroy itself.” Humankind is doing an efficient job of creating a test case for the latter proposition, and some thinkers have linked Fermi’s paradox with climate change — we may well wipe ourselves out before we make it to Alpha Centauri. Could this be the case with every other advanced civilization? As a July article in New York magazine put it, “In a universe that is many billions of years old, with star systems separated as much by time as by space, civilizations might emerge and develop and burn themselves
tune of $100 million to search the skies for alien signals. Perhaps hoping to hedge their bet, the Breakthrough people are putting another $100 million into developing mini space probes driven by, yup, light sails. In other words, we’re way past flying saucers. An even more recent paper has addressed the Fermi paradox with this reasoning: (a) advanced civilizations will eventually go post-biological — that is, leave these meat suits behind and upload their brains to the mainframe; but (b) the continually cooling universe is still a little too hot right now for computers to run at top efficiency; therefore (c) these civilizations are in estivation (the hot-weather version of hibernation), lying dormant ’til conditions are right for optimal hardware performance. That’s why they haven’t flown over to say hi. Given the timeline on which the universe will cool to their desired range, it’s safe to say we’ll be long gone. But the authors suggest that might be no obstacle to making contact: We could figure out some way to provoke the sleeping civilizations — say, by dispatching a probe to go mess with their stuff. Can’t imagine what could go wrong with a plan like that.
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t’s true that the field of ball-lightning studies has really busted wide open since that Chinese footage emerged in 2014 — not only have we now all seen the thing, we’ve got spectrographic readings to test theories about what it actually is. So, sure, why not aliens? As you say, one prior constraint on the conversation surrounding ball lightning may well have been that, given the scant evidence for its existence, scientists were reluctant to take it seriously in public, even if they’d seen it themselves — it’d be like claiming to have spotted Bigfoot. Or, indeed, a UFO. This fear of stigma is apparently out there, or at least was. An early-’70s survey of members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics returned reports of sightings of
up simply too fast to ever find one another.” On the other hand, we might hear from Alpha Centauri yet. Earlier this year, two scientists proposed an explanation for the strange space phenomenon of fast radio bursts, fleeting but ultra-high-powered blasts picked up by radio telescopes. Adding to the already numerous theories about their origin, the new paper suggests FRBs may be “beams set up by extragalactic civilizations” to provide power to light sails — reflective panels that can be propelled through space by a stream of photons. An occupied craft, the authors argue, could travel this way at high speed with an FRB-size energy beam to push it along. This paper, we’ll note, comes out of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and was published in the highly legit Astrophysical Journal Letters, which suggests any concern about credibility problems hindering the search for alien life may be misplaced. While the stock mainstream perception of UFO believers as crackpots remains stuck in the ’70s, there’s serious scientific work being done. And serious money behind it: Check out Breakthrough Listen, a decade-long project begun in 2015 and funded to the
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CHALKING UP MY MISTAKE TO ADVANCING AGE. what you want to major in? Like, do you have a career goal?” “I sure do — biology, because I want to be a doctor. That’s all I ever wanted to be since I was a little girl.” “Now, I don’t want to scare you, but do you know about organic chemistry? That’s the class every premed student has to take, and, apparently, it’s crazy difficult. I think it’s specifically designed to weed out the wannabes from the truly determined.” “Oh, I know all about organic chem. All I can say is, I better pass it, because, frankly, I don’t have a plan B.” As we passed Gracey’s Store, Taylor said, “Are you taking me to the airport?” “Yeah, that’s what you said.” “No, I didn’t. I need to get to the Comfort Inn on, I think, Dorset Road.”
Aha! Now it all made sense. “Taylor, hang tight — I’ll be there in five minutes,” I assured her. “You won’t believe it, but another girl named Taylor was waiting for me when I got there, and I took her by accident. What are the odds?” Taylor No. 2 was a strikingly beautiful young woman from Syracuse, N.Y. After revisiting and laughing about the twoTaylor mix-up, I asked her if she knew about the biggest win in UVM men’s basketball history. “I believe it was the NCAA tournament of 2005,” I said. “UVM had a stellar team, arguably their best ever, and was seeded 13th. Syracuse was seeded fourth, and some fans thought they had a real shot at the Final Four that year. Anyway, UVM beat them — in overtime, no less! The
whole town went nuts, celebrating until the wee hours. It was a beautiful thing.” “Oh, I’ve heard a lot about that game,” Taylor said. “In fact, my dad was talking to me about it when I chose to come to school here. He’s a big fan of the Orangemen, so he considers me a traitor! Well, not really, but he did say it will be hard to know who to root for with me at UVM.” Approaching the airport, I asked, “Ya got any siblings, Taylor?” “Yes, there were three girls and then a boy. I’m the oldest.” “Wow, that’s the mirror image of my family. My sister came first, and then the three brothers. And you’re the oldest, paving the way for your siblings. That’s a big job.” “Tell me about it,” Taylor said with a laugh. When I returned home later that day, I googled “most popular girls’ names for the year 2000.” It turns out that Social Security has a website with these statistics. Sure enough, Taylor was No. 10 for that year, in between Elizabeth at No. 9 and Lauren at 11. In the future, I will remember to double-check my Taylors, I vowed. m All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.
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i. I’m at Harris-Millis dorm at UVM. Can you come pick me up to go to the airport?” “Sure thing,” I replied into my cellphone, or, more precisely, my earbud. It’s the law, and it’s a good one: no handheld devices while driving in Vermont. “Are you in the front or the back?” “I think I’m in the front.” “Well, can you see traffic from where you are, or are you looking at basketball courts?” “Basketball courts.” “OK, you’re in the back. Could I get your name?” “Taylor.” “Great. I’m Jernigan. I’ll see ya in 10, Taylor.” It was orientation time for the incoming freshmen, and I did my part: orienting Taylor to the Harris-Millis protocol. Driving over, I thought, This might be the first truly millennial class at UVM, born in the year 2000. Or would they have been born in 1999? I was too lazy to do the math. Arriving a little early (my business motto: under-promise, over-deliver), I pulled around to the back of HarrisMillis and came to a stop. On the sidewalk, a blond-haired girl wearing shorts was standing next to a single piece of luggage. “Taylor?” I called to her through the open passenger window. She nodded, and I loaded in her bag, while she, at my offer, grabbed the shotgun seat. “So, Taylor,” I said as we got under way, “where do you call home?” “I’m from Lake Tahoe.”
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ico Muhly is not big on expectations. The lazy explanation for this would be because he so frequently defies them. Muhly, 35, is a globally lauded composer whose works traverse, blend and sometimes transcend the boundaries of contemporary classical, minimalist, experimental and pop music. He’s scored films; counts Philip Glass as a friend, collaborator and mentor; and has worked with likes of Björk, Grizzly Bear, Joanna Newsome and Sufjan Stevens, to name a few. He is the youngest composer to have had an opera — 2011’s acclaimed Two Boys — commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. He has a deep and abiding love for sacred choral music.
Nixon masks and mysterious things preserved in bottles, “is the perfect cultural gem for that city,” he says. “It’s a combination of style, DIY, humor, immersive art, specific art, obsession, collection, curation. It’s all the things I try to do in my own music, just physicalized.” Muhly was born in Randolph and split his childhood years between Providence, R.I., and the Green Mountains. His parents are artists. His father, Frank Muhly, is a documentary filmmaker. His mother, Bunny Harvey, is a painter whose exhibition “Lost & Found” is on display at the MSM through September. Comparing their art to that of the Main Street Museum, Muhly says, “My mother and my father have a very similar, perverse curatorial sense. The house is filled with little collections of, like, eggbeaters and this
National and drummer James McAlister. It’s a sweeping work, sonically and thematically, whose mysteries and grandeur reflect not just the cosmos but the Greek and Roman mythology that informed the project. Muhly’s contributions to the record present almost as an anthology of his myriad musical pursuits: baroqueesque strings, droning, minimalist synths and seven bombastic trombones. “I like the old-world tonality of his music,” says Anne Decker, founder of local contemporary chamber ensemble TURNmusic. That group performed Muhly’s “Drones, Variations, Ornaments” at its first concert in 2014. “And I like his minimalist vibe, hanging out in one place but having a groove to hang on to,” she adds. “He has music that will really stretch your ears but is accessible.”
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Vermont audiences will soon discover Muhly’s earand mind-opening charms for themselves. Ahead of Muhly’s performance in White River Junction, Seven Days caught up with the composer by phone to ask him about, among other things, his childhood in Vermont, the making of Planetarium and his possible obsession with trombones. SEVEN DAYS: Your parents are both artists. How did they figure into your artistic development? NICO MUHLY: I was a relatively late bloomer as a musician. I didn’t start until I was 9 or 10. Making art was an important thing in our house. My mother does it every day. It’s part of her practice. In Vermont, particularly, it’s this endless relationship — making art in the garden, in the studio, in the house. It’s making the spaces work together. And that’s where I learned how to do that. It’s hard to describe, because one’s musical DNA isn’t ever as easy as it seems.
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and that. I look around my house, and I realize I do the same thing: I have a piece of bad taxidermy; some weird, slightly pornographic Japanese finger cot; a stuffed bird; five Bread and Puppet posters.” Muhly’s artistic output certainly reflects that eclectic curiosity. “One wants one’s music to feel like a joyful curation, a whimsical archive,” he says. His work is also, naturally, a reflection of himself. In conversation, Muhly speaks at a rapid pace; he’s excitable, bordering on frantic. He’s also deeply thoughtful, funny and sensitive. And he’s insightful on a range of topics, from sacred music to artistic process to 1980s fantasy films. “He’s ebullient,” says folk musician Sam Amidon, also a Vermont native and a longtime friend and frequent collaborator of Muhly’s. “He’s funny and overwhelming and intriguing. But he’s a communityoriented person, as well as being a force of nature.” Amidon cites Muhly’s need for friendship and community as key to understanding his artistic eclecticism. “It’s a combination of his extreme brilliance, linguistically and musically, and his desire for connection with other people,” says Amidon. “It’s not like he’s some mad genius isolated in a room somewhere. He’s so intense and so intelligent and this classic polymath. But, at the same time, he has this generosity, and he’s committed to the social element of life being reflected in his art.” There might not be a better example of that sentiment than Planetarium, the recently released album Muhly composed and recorded with his friends: indie songwriter Stevens, Bryce Dessner of indie rockers the
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Muhly’s canon is diverse and unpredictable. But the real reason this former Vermonter balks at expectations is simpler: He has little use for them. “A question a lot of people ask in advance of concerts is, ‘What can we expect?’” Muhly says in a recent phone interview from his New York City studio — shortly after a reporter, um, asked him what to expect from his upcoming concert in White River Junction. “I sometimes bristle at that one, because it’s like, ‘What the fuck are you expecting?’ I’m not going to pull an elephant out of something,” he continues. But then Muhly offers some advice: “You should expect to go to the concert, have a glass of white wine, have a great time and get the fuck out. When I go to a concert, that’s what I expect.” On Friday, August 25, Muhly and his longtime friend and collaborator violist Nadia Sirota present “Drones & Ornaments; Strings & Hammers” at the Barrette Center for the Arts. The concert is the centerpiece of a larger celebration for the nearby Main Street Museum’s 25th anniversary, which includes performances by Burlington’s anarchist street band the Brass Balagan, Boston-based Tropicália-folk duo Só Sol and Upper Valley songwriter H. Seano Whitecloud — the latter as part of a bonfire party. What is a man the Los Angeles Times has called “one of the leading classical composers of his generation” doing at a funky celebration for an even funkier museum in a small Vermont town? For one thing, the MSM is something like the embodiment of Muhly’s own creative worldview. The curiosity-style museum, whose quirky catalog includes such items as “dehydrated” cats, Richard
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about things that you’re randomly and obliquely interested in is much more productive to making music. SD: Do you thrive working on a deadline? NM: I do. I was talking to some composer friends the other day, and we all have different relationships to deadlines. I have friends who need to start the paper before it’s due, and they’ll turn out amazing, detailed work. The adrenaline soothes them. I’m the opposite. I tend to get ahead of things and then finish projects under pressure. It’s sort of like filling up your freezer with stock: You know that there is at least some option stored.
SD: Can you identify any specific ways in which it changed? NM: A good example would be “Saturn.” It’s like a club banger and much harder. Though we went out and played it recently and sort of made it a hybrid of what we’ve done live and what’s on the album. And that was fun, too. That’s the fun of working in that way, for me. Because, in notated music, the text is the text. You don’t go around making new versions of everything for a different batch of shows — the viola concerto is the viola concerto. So, it’s a luxury for me to work that way.
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SD: As a composer, what’s it like hearing other people bring your ideas to life? NM: I imagine it’s like a playwright and hearing other people do your thing. It’s exhilarating. The hardest drug I know of is the first two seconds when an orchestra plays your work. It’s a crazy feeling. And it’s a feeling I always chase. Massed sound is an amazing experience; it’s magic. SD: Are you ever disappointed? Like, “Well, that’s not what I was going for.” NM: I think because I’m also a performer, I never have that feeling of, “Oh, no, you’re messing it up!” And it’s because there are so many situations in which I do have total control. Also, I write for other people that stretch them in ways that I, as a performer, couldn’t be stretched. I haven’t taken a piano lesson since 1999. I practice, but only when I have to do something. So, one of the ways I can learn is by sitting back and watching other people maneuver through the challenges of it. SD: You’ve spoken about the idea of “vanishing,” that being invisible as a performer is one way you know
you don’t really think about how it works; you think about the experience — as opposed to a Beethoven concert. Beethoven is great. You care about Beethoven, his intent, the liner notes, the musicians. Whereas, in the Lord’s house, none of that matters.
SD: Do you have a trombone fetish? Why seven? NM: [Laughs.] No. There’s the practical reason and the funny reason. We made this piece as part of a commission. I had to be a composer-in-residence in this town in the Netherlands called Eindhoven. I was thinking about what would be kind of fun to do while playing with Dutch government money. And large, massed sound is really fun to me. So, large homophonic ensembles are something I don’t really get to play around with that often. No. 2, I thought for the boys it would be a step away from the way they normally orchestrate their music. So, for Bryce, who does many of the arrangements for the National, it’s like three or four horns and strings — it’s intricate. And for Sufjan, it’s a lot of high end, a lot of piccolo, a lot of bright, brilliant things. I thought it would be fun to take all the muscularity of the music and insist on it with the trombones. And it worked. Seven trombones is such a fabulous sound that you don’t hear often. And it’s otherworldly to me. It feels like something that you recognize, but don’t quite.
SD: Planetarium was originally conceived as a live work. How much did it change when you put it on record? NM: Enormously. It was originally conceived as this outrageous concert piece with seven trombones and a string quartet and this crazy visual element. And then, when it came time to record it, we took it deeply apart. And there was a huge lag, like six years from when we made it to when it came out. And in that time we all grew enormously as artists. So, it changed a lot, and I think that’s a good thing.
SD: I was surprised to learn that one of the inspirations for Planetarium was 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. NM: If you listen to any of those movies from that time — Labyrinth, for example — any kind of otherworldly music that happened [in the 1980s], sci-fi or fantasy, it really has that synth base. If you posit that Howard Shore’s scores for The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit are the best examples of [otherworldly film music] we have — they’re epic and symphonic and recognize the sweep of things. With the exception of Star Wars, the way we create that is
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SD: Working under constant deadline pressure, one of my biggest fears is writer’s block. Do you ever have the musical equivalent? NM: I find the pressure forces me to have an idea. Knock on wood, I’ve never experienced what I’d call traditional writer’s block, yet. I’ve had moments where I’ve been frustrated by limited time, which is why I start things so early and have sketches and permutations of the work for myself. It’s like a little gift you give yourself, in case you find yourself up against the wall. Which, of course, you will.
you’ve done your job, particularly when performing sacred music. What do you mean by that? NM: When you think about the role of sacred music — and I’m oversimplifying this — it can and should be as emotionally present in the act of worship as, for instance, a building. Yes, you can go out in a field and worship alone. But, in the Anglican tradition that I come from, it’s about having this music in a beautiful and consecrated space, with a certain amount of ritual to it. And, taken together, that should — should — equal an experience that effaces all of the individual elements and adds up to this larger-than-life experience. Three days ago, I was in Winchester, outside of London, and I popped into Evensong. There were, like, 25 people in Winchester Cathedral, which is this enormous, fabulous thing. And the music is enormous and fabulous. And
NICO MUHLY: A SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Nico Muhly’s recorded catalog is as voluminous as it is fascinating. As such, it’s hard to know where a curious listener should begin. To get you started, here are seven choice recordings highlighting both his solo works and collaborative projects.
Speaks Volumes, Nico Muhly (2006)
Muhly’s debut solo album was widely hailed as foreshadowing a sea change in modern classical and chamber music. It’s an elegant and melancholy collection of suites for small ensembles that treats electronic and acoustic instruments with equal affection.
All Is Well, Sam Amidon (2008)
Amidon’s second album, a collection of deconstructed Appalachian folk music, is remarkable in its own right. But Muhly’s contributions give it an extra layer of gothic sonic intrigue.
A Good Understanding, Nico Muhly, the Los Angeles Master Chorale (2010) This is a stirring example of what Muhly can do with a mass of voices. The album sets familiar Christian texts — and one secular piece by Walt Whitman — to compositions that merge the aesthetics and tonality of sacred choral music with modern techniques that nod to minimalist masters such as Steve Reich.
Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear (2009)
Grizzly Bear’s 2009 album was the indie-rock band’s breakout. The swirling warmth of Muhly’s arrangements on numerous tracks certainly doesn’t hurt.
Two Boys, Nico Muhly (2014) Performed by the Metropolitan Opera and released on Nonesuch Records, this album of Muhly’s acclaimed, and mildly controversial, opera is a dramatic exercise in moody minimalism.
Planetarium, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner and James McAlister (2017) One word: otherworldly. A few more: a perfect gateway to Muhly for more pop-inclined ears.
Keep in Touch, Nico Muhly & Nadia Sirota (2016)
Muhly and Sirota have been friends and collaborators since they were teenagers at the Juilliard School. Keep in Touch, recorded with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, is a tender, dizzying meditation on friendship. It’s affecting both for its opaque themes and for the brilliant construction — and performance — of its sensational viola concerto.
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SD: When I interpret what Sufjan is writing, or try to, I see the album as exploring the intersection of faith and science. It’s about Roman and Greek mythology, but also the cosmos. So it’s interesting to me that this album comes at a time when faith and science increasingly feel divorced.
NM: Half of Tumblr is dedicated to figuring out what Sufjan is talking about. I think I’m the wrong person to ask. I’m too close to the eye of the storm. But I do think that a great piece of writing is timely no matter what else is going on. It’s easy to retrofit art into a political moment, which I don’t feel is a particularly useful way to think about it. You’re more than welcome to. It’s just not part of my process. m Contact: dan@sevendaysvt.com
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SD: Sufjan has talked about how the lyrics were intentionally left open to interpretation — I think he’s used the term “word salad.” As someone who quite literally interpreted what he was writing, how much did you use the lyrics as a reference point? NM: It’s funny you say that. The way that we built [Planetarium] was so palimpsestic that sometimes the music came first, and the lyrics came way afterwards. But, for me, some of the more poignant lyrical moments helped me to play things better. For example, in “Mercury,” at the end of the beginning section before it goes
wordless, there’s a poetry that I found very [moving]: “Where do you run to, carrier friend?” It’s such a beautiful line, with so many possibilities. It’s very him but also very abstract. And it’s very Greek and very Roman. And you can picture Mercury and the helmet and the wings. When we’re playing it live, I always wait for it and always get quite moved.
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sumptuary way. But it was very human, I thought, the denuding of the Skeskis. I wanted to sympathize.
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through synthesized sounds. So, the Wagnerian realism in something like Lord of the Rings or, indeed, Star Wars is one approach to a sweeping narrative. Another is decidedly synthesized. Also, have you watched Labyrinth or The Dark Crystal recently?
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SD: What did you find out when you visited Bowling Green? PB: It’s a town that has undergone a massive demographic change since 1990. About 0.5 percent of their demographic was foreign-born back then. By 2000, it was 5 percent. By 2010, it was 10 percent. By 2015, it was 15 percent. Only a small minority of those people are refugees. A larger proportion is Latino labor migrants and other individuals who are drawn to the town because it has jobs and more affordable housing. I met a couple of African families from Vermont. They moved there not because they were unhappy but because of housing. Bowling Green is in a red state, where there were vocal opponents of resettlement. But within the town, there was a great deal of support for the refugees. There was a really interesting leadership academy that was focused on immigrants and refugees. It was focused on: How do you not simply recruit people into organizations, but how do you retain them? The city has done very good work with its local police and fire departments on things around recruitment and cultural competency training.
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SEVEN DAYS: What sparked your interest in refugee studies? PABLO BOSE: One of the reasons I’ve been interested in refugee issues for a long time is because my family, in 1946, were refugees coming from what is today Bangladesh. My family is a Hindu family, a large number of whom were killed during a massacre at the family compound. The rest came and were officially refugees in Calcutta, in India. The Partition of India plays a big role in my family history. When I was in college, I got interested in refugee issues, but a different kind of refugees. That is, people who were displaced not by a conflict but development projects.
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t his office in the University of Vermont’s Old Mill building, Pablo Bose joked that he isn’t much of an interior designer. His young daughter’s drawings were scattered about the room. A poster of Harry Potter above the door was starting to yellow. A framed single-page art print from Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days — a gift from a student — lay on the floor. Bose had taken it down to put up a whiteboard. Bookshelves held DVDs of films such as Slumdog Millionaire, V for Vendetta, Wag the Dog and Shrek 2. Tucked in Bose’s desk drawer were diaries written by his grandfather, the Islamic scholar M.L. Roy Choudhury, as he traveled through the Middle East in the 1930s through ’50s. “One day, when I actually have time, I plan to write about him,” said Bose, who was born in India but grew up in Canada. If the office décor spoke of a mélange of cultures, so does Bose’s academic work. Since January, the associate professor of geography has been on travels of his own: across the United States to examine refugee resettlement in small cities for a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Bose has also been studying resettlement policies and practices in Canada for a project funded by a UVM REACH grant. Among other cities, his travels have taken him to Bowling Green, Ky., which presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway famously — and falsely — described as the site of a massacre by “radicalized” Iraqi refugees. Conway used that claim to justify President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel and immigration, placing refugee resettlement under scrutiny. In the context of rising tensions over the role of newcomers in the U.S., Seven Days asked Bose what he has learned from his interviews with resettlement agencies and state coordinators. Bose also shared the results of the Vermonter Poll, an annual survey of about 650 households across the state conducted by the UVM Center for Rural Studies.
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PB: There was a lot of tension over earlier groups of immigrants, such as the Irish and Italians. But one of the big differences is that a lot of those groups were able to become white and become part of the mainstream. A majority of refugees today look different. And they will always look different because of race or ethnicity, and perhaps religion. SD: How might integration in smaller communities such as Vermont differ from that in gateway cities such as New York and Chicago? PB: In a lot of these smaller communities, you haven’t had the same infrastructure and services geared toward immigrants that you have in larger cities, where immigration booms were in the late 19th century. In a smaller community, you have to have a car or transportation arranged by the employer. You will not find a large group of people who are similar to you. There is not the ethnic enclave in a lot of these smaller communities. On the flip side, it might help you with integration. When you can sort of disappear into an ethnic enclave, sometimes there isn’t the same kind of pressure to try and learn English, or adapt. But you can also feel very isolated and very visible in a way that you may not want to. SD: What have you found out about the impact of refugee resettlement on small communities? PB: Time and time again, across this country, as I’ve been doing these
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interviews, for a lot of these small communities, refugees are an absolute boon. They’re bringing in skills. They’re bringing in diversity, in the best sense of that word. They’re, for the most part, young. So they represent, for a lot of communities that are aging, new businesses and new workers. If you’re a region in decline, how do you get people to come to your city? Refugees become, in a lot of ways across the country, a really good source of immigrants to places where immigrants would otherwise perhaps not go. SD: Are Europe and the U.S. really taking in the bulk of refugees? PB: Europe has faced a serious migration crisis and challenge, but not as much as Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Kenya and Uganda. The vast majority of refugees go to the neighboring countries. What we’re talking about in the U.S. is 75,000 refugees [admitted per year]. It’s a tiny drop in the bucket — an important drop, but it’s a very small number of people. Refugee resettlement has always been a very small part of immigration in the U.S. It has always flown under the radar. It’s been highly scrutinized and regulated from its outset. Congress has always been very invested in knowing who comes here, why they’re coming here. Maybe a little less so about what happens to their integration outcomes. SD: Since 2015, you’ve added refugee-related questions to the Vermonter Poll. What are they? PB: I wanted to get a sense of what the average Vermonter thinks of the refugee program. And I wanted to understand if they were supportive of people being
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brought in and at what numbers. I wanted to know where they thought refugees should go. My third question was, “Who do you think should be most responsible for successful integration of refugees?” My last question was, “What do you think is the most important element of [integration]?” SD: What do the results show, and were you surprised? PB: Support for refugee resettlement actually increased and general rejection of the program decreased significantly from 2015, when I first held the poll, to this year. I was surprised, both because of the national rhetoric and [because], locally, you have the controversy about [Syrian refugees in] Rutland. SD: To what extent do you think the poll is an accurate assessment of local sentiments about refugee resettlement? PB: This has been proven to be a fairly accurate poll over time. It has, I believe, a sampling margin of error of plus and minus four. I tend to look at other things. It’s interesting that the night after the [presidential] election, I believe, the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program had an orientation, and 150 people showed up. I do think there’s pretty strong support in general. SD: How well is Vermont doing in resettling refugees and helping them integrate? PB: One of the challenges of being in a smaller place is that, once you get used to a group who has been coming in big numbers, that group might not be coming anymore. You might have set
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up all kinds of things that serve that group. For example, there have been a lot of interesting programs set up to serve the Bhutanese [in Burlington] in the last couple of years. The Bhutanese resettlement is essentially over. And you’re pivoting back to the Congolese. That’s a challenge — how do you remain flexible in a place where you have limited resources? I think there have been real challenges in things like the schools, partly because the schools themselves are so overburdened. This is not just in Vermont but across the country. We don’t address directly the role that race plays in resettlement and integration. You’ve seen refugee students themselves come out and really criticize their treatment and things like that. SD: What is the future of refugee resettlement under the Trump administration? PB: I think it’s hard for everyone to plan. Part of that is the uncertainty of the courts. And it’s really hard with the uncertainty from the federal government. What I’m hearing from most people is, the basic understanding is that there will be 50,000 people let in next year. My own personal guess is that it will primarily be people from the Democratic Republic of Congo. You will not have a significant number of refugees coming from Muslim-majority nations. m Contact: kymelya@sevendaysvt.com
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he co-owners and founders of Green Mountain Girls Farm in Northfield say they farm relationships. To Mari Omland, 50, and Laura Olsen, 46, the concept of “relational farming” underscores the sprawling network of interconnecting systems on their land: a small, diverse hill farm nestled between the mountains off Interstate 89. It also describes the crux of the operation; Green Mountain Girls is among the better-known and morelauded farm-stay programs in Vermont. Overnight guests may hail from as near as Burlington or as far as Australia. Agritourism is a broad, burgeoning industry that brings visitors to farms and other agricultural operations. Its farm-stay sector gives guests an intimate glimpse into a farm’s ways of producing food. Farm-stay participants are invited to sleep on-site and immerse themselves in the culture of a given farmland. At Green Mountain Girls, temporary workers and guests factor into Omland and Olsen’s idea of relational farming along with the chickens, pigs and fields of summer squash. A farm stay makes visitors temporary cogs in the machinery of a functioning farm. Sort of. “We have full-time professional staff to keep the farm running,” said Omland outside the farm stand on a balmy August weekday. “We’re a small farm, but not that small.” During a farm stay at Green Mountain Girls, newbie farmers — aka the guests — can pick veggies for their own dinner, help harvest tomatoes and chat face-toface with Amelia, a mammoth but gentle Thomaston pig. Each stay starts with a guided, deep-dive farm tour courtesy of Omland or Olsen, which kicks off with a “latte on the hoof” made with Green Mountain Girls’ goat’s milk. The essence of Green Mountain Girls’ farm stay is to offer guests interaction, room and board on a working farm, at rates generally ranging from $300 to $475 per night. Visitors might learn how elderberries look and taste, hike or snowshoe the farm’s woodland trails, or take classes on how to make their own sausage and render lard for biscuits. They do not, however, have to hay the fields, work 12-hour days or manage 400 chickens. It’s not about labor as much as it is about familiarity.
Laura Olsen (left) and Mari Omland feeding Amelia Bedelia, a 600-pound sow, at their Green Mountain Girls Farm
“The point is for guests to have a multisensory experience within this ecosystem of food, animal and agriculture,” said Olsen. “We use agritourism as a means to protect and support the farm’s biodiversity. Tourism allows people to have that connection firsthand — to see those possibilities.” Omland showed this reporter the Barn Guesthouse, a recently renovated space with wide windows, a post-andbeam living room, cozy lofts, and a composting toilet. “Really, the margins
on sustainable food are slim to none,” Olsen said. “For us to make it, we needed another aspect. Tourism made perfect sense.” It helps that these farmers have a background in tourism — specifically, environmental protection through ecotourism. Omland grew up in Rutland and earned a history degree from Williams College. Olsen is a Chicago transplant with a degree in French and Russian studies from the University of Vermont. Postcollege, both grads fell into
environmental work: Omland worked for Conservation International and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, while Olsen spent time at Green Corps and the Coalition for Smarter Growth. The two met through colleagues in the environmental field and moved to Vermont in 2007 to start their own venture. “We did nonprofits for a long time,” said Olsen. “We were curious about an entrepreneurial adventure … We were curious about food and how food is raised.” How food is raised in the United States, she pointed out, is one of the crucial environmental issues of the century. “We came to sustainable farming from both an ecological perspective and a community health perspective,” Olsen said. She and Omland launched Green Mountain Girls Farm nine years ago on a wedge of hilly pasture off Loop Road. “It was a gentleman’s farm of sorts in the 20th century,” Omland noted. “We thought, What can we do well here?” continued Olsen. “We didn’t want to take an idea and force it upon a place.” The women knew diversity was key on a hill farm without much flat land. The spot boasted a remodeled barn house with bones from the 1850s. They had experience in ecotourism. And so, “The farm-stay fit was natural,” Olsen concluded. “We had an infrastructure that begged for animals and plants, but it also begged for guests.” Today, those guests bring in a third of their annual farm income. Beyond the guesthouse living room, a bright corner kitchen was ready for visitors to cook farm-raised tomatoes and bacon. Overnight guests, the farmers explained, get a breakfast basket stocked with whatever is growing outside; it might include raw goat’s milk, seasonal veggies or farm-made preserves and hot sauce. A breakfast nook in the guesthouse kitchen offered a view of mountains in the distance. The fridge held a pitcher of iced tea made with chamomile flowers that Olsen had dehydrated. Upstairs, one wide room held a queen bed with fresh linens, a daybed, plush lounge chairs and an extra, secluded sleeping nook. Below the guesthouse, the Green Mountain Girls farm stand — open 365
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everyday authentic seems to capture folks of all demographics.” Near the end of the tour, she and Olsen stopped at the crest of a hill overlooking their farm and a 180-degree panorama. The hillside was fringed with crabapple trees, hazelnut trees, oat grass, wildflowers, elderflowers and black currant bushes. Down the hill, Ramona the pig dashed across her pasture to the gaggle of piglets still lounging in the mud. “Oh, man, I love this,” said Omland, gazing at the view. m
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rub as she relayed a capacious stream of info about their “small, but not that small” strip of farmland. The women mentioned other farms — big, medium and small — in the respectful tones of those who know a tough and complicated industry. They spoke in the unrehearsed and knowledgeable way of people immersed in what they do. Their enthusiasm was apparent and contagious. Not all agritourism involves such an intimate gaze on the farm itself. Omland recalled attending an agricultural conference a couple of years ago. She entered a vast meeting hall crowded with farm displays. The room was decked out with wheels of fried dough, “pin the tail” games, machines serving powdered soft-serve ice cream, and a behemoth goat-shaped slip-and-slide. What does this have to do with me? she remembered thinking. While dunk-tank-and-cotton-candy versions of agritourism exist, Omland and Olsen opt to spotlight more quotidian aspects of workaday farm life. “Our tours and experiences show us farms are still very much in people’s hearts,” Omland said. “Whiffs of herbs crushed underfoot, soil after a rain, fruits hanging in reach and ending up in your mouth, the first potato you dig, the proud call of a hen who has just laid an egg… The
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of information, like tour guides opening new eyes to a beloved city. “Those right there” were organically handled, bio-intensive gardens and orchards; the farmers use green manures, mulching, compost and integrated pest management to nurture nutrient density in their soil. “Over here” rose a flat acre of the “three sisters,” an Iroquois label signifying the natural alchemy of corn, beans and squash. Purple and green pole beans threaded up through looming stalks of corn, while a mounded bed of summer squash sprawled in the shade below. Omland explained the arrangement: Corn provides physical support for the beans. Bacteria in the beanstalk’s roots absorb nitrogen from the air, converting it into usable nourishment for nitrogenstarved corn plants. Meanwhile, those large, prickly squash leaves work double duty, preventing weed growth with their shade and staving off pests. As they said, Omland and Olsen farm relationships. In a neighboring field, Olsen introduced two enormous, rust-red Thomaston pigs: “Meet Amelia and Ramona!” She stepped over a thick wire fence to give Ramona a belly rub. Behind Amelia, piglets bathed in mud to escape the August heat. The littlest one — Old Yeller — approached Olsen for a belly
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days a year — was brimming with August bounty. The place had the heady scent of tomatoes ready to eat straight from the flat. Beyond boxes of cucumbers, young onions and sunny crates of pattypan squash, a pantry shelf held preserved foods: dilly beans, lemon pickles, curried green tomatoes, even an heirloom Bloody Mary mix. A jar of “Tomolives” — pickled green cherry tomatoes that resembled fat Cerignola olives — sat beside pepperoncini and smooth summer salsa. A nearby freezer held lard, arugula pesto, 72-hour bone broth and pastureraised pork and poultry. Beside the farm stand is the Farmhouse Inn, a three-bedroom luxury space equipped with a gourmet kitchen, televisions, wine glasses and a flush toilet. Outside, neck-high swaths of wildflowers lined the grass trails leading to the farm below. In a word, the place looked idyllic. But Omland and Olsen are not in the business of showing guests “idyllic.” As farmers of relationships, they prefer honesty. “The idea of where food comes from can be very manipulated,” said Omland. “We’re not marketing what people want, we’re marketing what we are. We’re a multisensory experience. We don’t aim for the ideal version but the true version.” This transparency is not lost on guests, Olsen added. She spoke of a couple from Jakarta, world travelers who spoke six languages but had never picked themselves dinner. One family with three generations in tow remarked that they had no idea how “real” Vermont would be; it made myriad assaults on the senses, from the wallop of fresh basil to the dry sting of tall grass. “You feel that bug bite,” said Omland as she directed the tour toward a series of hoop houses. “That’s right, there’s a sunburn coming on. And that smell is chicken shit,” she said, pointing, “because the chickens roam in this field, too.” Omland culled a glowing orange orb from a hoop-house vine that climbed floor to ceiling. “This right here’s a Jaune Flamme tomato,” she said, handing over the apricot-size French heirloom. Intense, jammy and savory-sweet, the flesh was so fragrant that it came through the nose like a hit of spice. Olsen stood munching on sweet potato leaves nearby. “You can cook them just like spinach,” she explained between bites. The farm tour continued to a fenced-in range for the chickens. All the while, Omland and Olsen took turns introducing their farm through bursts
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n a Friday morning, Som Timsina was bleary-eyed as he straightened the vegetable baskets in his supermarket in the Old North End in Burlington. The owner of Central Market: Taste of Asia had returned the night before from a 30hour round trip to New York and New Jersey to get fresh produce and supplies. “Every 15 days I go to Boston, every week to New York City,” Timsina, 39, said, rattling off his schedule. “Sometimes I feel so tired ... doing everything ourselves.” But the affable Bhutanese man perked up when he described his store as the largest Asian grocery retailer in Vermont. “There’s no Asian store bigger than this,” he declared. Timsina and his brother-in-law, Bhakti Adhikari, opened their first Central Market in Winooski in 2011. They have since closed it to focus on their business in Burlington, which they opened in March 2014. Central Market is one of eight grocery stores in the Old North End aimed at serving New Americans; the neighborhood spans an area of about 24 acres and is home to many immigrants. To remain competitive, the store doesn’t limit itself to Asian food items — or to food items, period.
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“My plan is to make everything available all the time,” Timsina said. In short, he aims to provide a one-stop shopping experience to his community and beyond. Some of the more unusual offerings customers will find at Central Market include Arabic calligraphy wall art and a poster of the Taoist god of wealth, Caishen. They can also buy fufu mix,
a staple food in many African countries; palm-nut cream concentrate; and iPhone chargers. One of Timsina’s bestselling items is air freshener from Saudi Arabia. “The scent, everybody likes it,” he said. The Bhutanese co-owners have made a conscious effort to cater to the needs of the area’s multicultural community. For
example, Timsina makes sure his store carries white eggplant and other varieties commonly grown in Thailand, Italy, India and Africa to satisfy customers’ culinary preferences. A Nepali, Indian and Vietnamese restaurant with a small dine-in area serves those who seek sustenance on the spot. Providing good customer service is key to ensuring loyalty among customers and staying competitive, Timsina said. Like a supermarket, Central Market has aisle signs to help customers navigate the store. Timsina carries a walkie-talkie to communicate with his employees and wears a Bluetooth earpiece so he can attend to customers both over the phone and in person. He greets Somali customers in Arabic and calls them “sister,” an endearing term. In 2008, Timsina, Adhikari and their families were among the first Bhutanese refugees to be resettled in Vermont. “It was hard,” recalled Timsina. “Nobody spoke English at that time.” In their new home, they had trouble finding familiar food items such as mustard greens and family-size rice packages, he continued. Timsina’s first job was at Vermont Teddy Bear. Later, he worked as an interpreter for the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program during the day and at a hotel by night. After three years, he had saved enough money to open a grocery store in Winooski with his brother-in-law. The entrepreneurial path was a natural choice for both Adhikari and Timsina. “It’s an occupation from my ancestors. We started in Bhutan,” explained 32-year-old Adhikari, who also owns eyebrow-threading stores in the University Mall and Burlington Town Center. Timsina said he learned the trade from his father, who was a businessman in Bhutan and Nepal. Central Market arguably has the widest selection of international foods in the area. “I always find something [here] that you don’t find anywhere else,” said customer Andrew Miller, who said he hailed from the Caribbean. “Not everywhere in Burlington has international food.” Miller had stopped by the store to buy a 25-pound bag of basmati rice. “It’s $25 here,” he pointed out, adding, “You go into [another] store, and you buy a five-pound [package] and it’s $8.” He was also thrilled to find soursop, a fruit he hadn’t eaten in three years. Miller wasn’t the only customer who made an unexpected discovery that day. Gita Badami and her husband, Dinesh, came in for Indian milk-based sweets and ended up making an additional purchase — a mango. The couple lives
in Essex and used to shop at Central Market in Winooski. “Good selection here, you know,” said Dinesh, nodding toward the vegetable display. “Some of the ones you see, you cannot get anywhere [else].” Indeed, Timsina is most proud of the selection of greens and fruits at Central Market. “We sell banana flowers, banana roots, banana fruit and banana leaves,” he said. Pointing to a basket of bamboo shoots, he noted, “Hard to get around here.” Loan Ly, an employee from Vietnam, manages the vegetable section. “She’s a great worker. She knows everything,” Timsina said. He said it gives him satisfaction to serve a diverse customer base but admitted that the language barrier can sometimes be a challenge. “They speak different languages, and they don’t know [how to describe] what they’re looking for,” Timsina explained. “When they go home and taste [the item] and realize it’s not the right kind, they come back and return [it].” Faced with the difficulty of pleasing everyone, he’s found that an emphasis on customer service is the best way to retain his clientele, he said. Timsina reckoned that he hasn’t had a vacation in about five years. Although he has seven employees, he’s at the store
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While her family usually eats paratha with meat stew, she noted, they’ve also become accustomed to pairing the flatbread with Vermonters’ staple food — maple syrup. “It’s much easier [to prepare],” said Wah, chuckling. Although he learned the grocery trade from his father, Timsina said he’ll leave it up to his two young children to decide whether they want to continue the family business. For now, he hopes to expand his store. After each supply run, Timsina wishes he had more space to display his fresh produce and other food items. “I have to squeeze it all together,” he lamented. When Timsina inquired about renting the space vacated by the adjacent auto parts store, he said, he was told that location had been leased to City Market/Onion River Co-op. A City
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every day. He admitted that it’s tiring to make the weekly supply run to New York and New Jersey, but there’s no alternative. His customers want food they used to eat in their home countries, and he aims to please them: “They get everything [at Central Market] now,” he said. Paw Wah of Essex is one customer who’s remained loyal even as her shopping patterns have evolved. When the Burmese woman first arrived in Vermont in 2009, she said, she bought vegetables from ethnic stores such as Central Market. As she became more adept at using new ingredients, she expanded her range to larger supermarkets such as Shaw’s and Hannaford, and she now shops around at different ethnic stores to compare prices, she said. But the specialty items still bring Wah back to Central Market at least once a week. During her last visit, she bought a package of paratha — thin flatbread that’s a staple food for people in Burma.
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and continuing education courses in place-based ecology and farming, beginning in the fall of 2018. Specific curricula have yet to be released. The announcement coincided with a kickoff party and reunion celebrating Sterling’s 60th anniversary. Some 200 students, alums, faculty, staff and community members gathered on the town commons, many with name tags and cocktails or beers in hand. Some had traveled long distances, including Jennifer Jordan ’76, who lives in Salt Lake City, and Cortney Wright ’95, from Olympia, Wash. Two fire pits crackled amid the folding lawn chairs ringing the gazebo. When Sterling president Matthew Derr took the microphone, he noted that hosting Berry was “sort of like having the Dalai Lama visit a Buddhist monastery.” He then introduced Mary Berry, Wendell’s daughter and executive director of the Berry Center, which she founded in 2011. “At Sterling College,” she said, “I have found a place that shares our vision and hope for a better agriculture.” According to its website, the Berry Center’s central mission is “to ask and answer two of the most essential questions of our time: ‘What will it take for farmers to be able to afford to farm well?’ and ‘How do we become a culture that will support good land use?’” On a purely
practical level, the partnership will give the center the accreditation it needs to advance that program through education. The center first began offering courses in February 2012, accredited through St. Catharine College near Springfield, Ky. The Berry Farming Program, directed by Leah Bayens, espoused what it called “an education for homecoming.” When St. Catharine closed permanently in 2016, owing to what Mary Berry described as “severe economic difficulties,” the center had to regroup. Though many colleges were interested in forging a new partnership, she told the crowd, “I had many unsatisfactory meetings.” Berry added a jab at President Donald Trump: “I found a lot of college presidents who could be running for president [of the U.S.], if you know what I mean.” Derr first reached out to the Berry Center last November. At first, Berry said she was reluctant to consider partnering with a school as far from Kentucky as northern Vermont. However, Derr appears to have been persuasive. Berry not only agreed to the institutional partnership, she is now a college trustee. “It feels like we have the right mission for this particular moment in history,” said Patterson. Founded in 1958, Sterling evolved from a boys’ prep school to a nationally
CHOOL S O T K BAC we lose the qualities that make our college community so special.” If all of this sounds in line with the philosophy of the Berry Center, well, clearly the Berrys think so, too. Amyah Cezares, an incoming first-year student from Miami, found Sterling after reading Wendell Berry and googling “susLeft to right: Matthew Derr, Wendell Berry and Mary Berry tainable agriculture.” Mary Berry told Seven Days, “[Sterling’s] program is about repopulating the abandoned countryside.” According to Patterson, while TI M PAT T ER SON only 20 percent of admitted students recognized leader in environmental are from Vermont, 40 percent of alumni stewardship education. It is one of eight stay in-state to live and work. Among those who stayed is John federally recognized “work colleges” in the country, meaning students are re- Smolinsky, a 24-year-old Richford, Vt., quired to hold a job regardless of finan- native who graduated in 2014. He macial need, with their earnings credited jored in sustainable agriculture with a minor in draft horsing. Smolinsky now toward their tuition. The collaboration with the Berry lives in Stannard, where he works for Center is one of several relatively new Black Dirt Farm and runs his own cominitiatives for Sterling. The college pany, Earthbound Forestry Services. Smolinsky eagerly praised the quality launched its School of the New American Farmstead in January 2016, offering two-, of the relationships that grow between six- and 10-week programs that include students and professors at Sterling. courses in areas such as food writing — “[They] transcend into life after college,” with classes taught by esteemed critic he said, citing his draft horse professor, Rick Thomas, as an “endless resource.” Ruth Reichl — and charcuterie. Another grad who didn’t stray far is In February 2014, Sterling and the Hannah Fleischmann, who graduated Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield had joined forces. Now in 2012. Originally from the suburbs of Sterling continuing education credits New York, she is currently doing grantare available to Yestermorrow students, funded farm-to-school integration in and Sterling undergraduates can in- Tamworth, N.H. Sterling’s approach seems to be tegrate Yestermorrow programs into working: “We’ve seen a pretty dramatic their degree trajectories. Sterling also increase in prospective students,” has maintained connections since 2014 Patterson said. Just yesterday, the school with New York University’s graduate announced that the environment-foprogram in food studies. Patterson described the college’s di- cused Sierra magazine had ranked it the versified networks as a survival strategy No. 2 “Cool School” in the U.S. It’s unlikely that Wendell Berry is based on “the ecological principle of big on school rankings, but he did give interconnectivity.” “Without interconsome praise of his own on Saturday. nection,” he said, “if you’re really small, Known for both his clear manner and you’re really fragile. [But] a web of conhis reluctance to appear publicly (or nections creates resilience.” give interviews), he offered this before Sterling is small — but growing. Enrollment has been on the rise since reading two poems: “I like it here.” m
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enjamin Littenberg, MD, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Vermont, isn’t big on fiery foods. “I don’t like hot peppers; they make my nose run,” he says. “I’m just not a spicy food guy.” Nonetheless, when one of his students, Mustafa Chopan, came to him with an interest in studying the relationship between peppers and health, he gave the project the go-ahead. Says Littenberg, “[Chopan] had been reading up on inflammation, and he came across a study out of China that had associated peppers with reduced mortality.” They decided to see if they could confirm those results in the U.S., using a federal database for which a population had been interviewed and then tracked for 20 years. Sure enough, the data “showed that people who ate hot red peppers tended to live longer, and it was not a random association,” Littenberg says. Their paper, “The Association of Hot Red Chili Pepper Co nsumption and Mortality: A Large Population-Based Cohort Study,” showed that “Consumption of hot red chili peppers was associated with a 13%
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reduction in the instantaneous hazard of death.” Upon publication, the study was covered by a slew of media outlets and went viral on the internet. “It occupied the front page of Reddit for 24 hours straight,” says Littenberg. “My really good research doesn’t get that much attention.”
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diets. His recommendation: “[Hot peppers] won’t hurt you, might help you, and, if you like [them], that’s great.” The pepper harvest is in full swing, so now’s the time to buy cayenne, habañero, tabasco and bird’s-eye chiles at the market. Don’t want to risk the stinging eyes and oh-so-spicy fingertips from chopping and seeding chiles but still want to increase your capsaicin intake? Hot sauce is a perfect solution. Despite its oft-lamented dearth of authentic Mexican cuisine, Vermont boasts plenty of hot sauce producers, from farmers who sell a few bottles alongside their pickles and jams to companies that specialize in selling the burn. The heat is on at businesses such as Benito’s Hot Sauce, which puts out about 50,000 bottles per year; Butterfly Bakery of Vermont, which contracted to buy 17,000 pounds of local peppers in 2017; and Angry Goat Pepper, which has brought home numerous awards from events such as the NYC Hot Sauce Expo. We asked the owners of those three thriving artisan pepper sauce businesses a few questions about their craft.
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Jason Parker, owner, Angry Goat Pepper
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How he got into the hot sauce business: Pretty much by accident ... I first got introduced to pepper jelly in Bermuda on my honeymoon. Several years went by, and I left my corporate job and was doing the farmers market thing with chicken and eggs. The market didn’t have anything spicy, and I decided to do pepper jelly, and it took off from there. I have my production kitchen here in White River Junction, and I have a hot sauce shop. I don’t just carry my own stuff: We have spicy pickles, mustards, barbecue, salsa. What sets his company apart: In my opinion, we have better flavor and better heat. Hot sauce is such a saturated market that you have to differentiate yourself with your flavors and combinations. We get our milder RED HOT CHILE PEPPERS
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drinking [those beers] faster than we can make [them].” Friday’s event will feature live music, local food trucks and, of course, Lawson’s pours, along with the brewery’s annual Maple Tripple Ale bottle release. Heavy construction on the project will begin next Monday, August 28. If all goes according to plan, the new brewery will open to the public in autumn 2018.
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What sets her company apart: I use 100 percent Vermont-grown peppers. The only other company I know with that same commitment is Benito’s, and I would say my hot sauce is different from his in that he uses lime juice as his acidifier, and I use vinegar. I’m constantly trying out new things … Some of those experiments come and go; some become something more [regular]. I work with 10 pepper farmers. This year, I’m contracted to buy about 17,000 pounds. Last year I bought 6,500 pounds, and it wasn’t even close to enough.
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peppers from a produce dealer locally. I get all my hot peppers from a family farm in Pennsylvania. Any funny hot pepper stories? Nothing I want on the record, put it that way. They’re more the “That’s embarrassing; why did I do that?” type of story. His favorite kind of pepper right now: I actually don’t like the flavors of hot peppers myself, [but] I like the burn after it’s in the sauce. We use a lot of ghost pepper, and I like the characteristics of that one the most, because it’s a delayed heat — you get all the flavor, and the heat will kind of build slowly. Favorite sauce: My Purple Hippo Hot Sauce made with prickly pear juice and strawberry. We’ve picked up six national awards for it. It’s one of those things that’s completely outside the box. It’s deceptively sweet and fruity to begin with, and the heat kind of creeps in at the end. That sauce is what we’re known for in the industry.
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Best ways to serve his sauces: The biggest thing we do at home is tacos. We have three kids, so we make everything bland to start with, and I doctor it up from there. Has he noticed any health effects? I make more than I eat; I think I absorb more capsaicin through my skin. [But] there are numerous studies out there about the benefits.
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hot sauces. They have a high viscosity … I don’t use a lot of vinegar. Living in Vermont is great because I can source tons and tons of local vegetables. We’re working with eight Vermont farms. It’s also the fact that we go the extra mile to certifications. About a third of our product line is certified organic; it’s all non-GMO certified. Any funny hot pepper stories? I used to work for a chef at a Mexican restaurant. When he got fed up at the staff on a rough Saturday night, he’d throw chiles into a really hot cast-iron pan, so they’d immediately scorch, and a cloud would rise up from the pan. It would clear out the kitchen.
His favorite kind of pepper right now: I really like fatalii peppers. They look a lot like a yellow ghost pepper, How he got into the hot but it’s a different sauce business: variety. They’re By happenstance, from extremely having an organic chile flavorful with a garden behind my house nice, refreshing and getting into hot almost-sourness chile peppers in general. and very intense At first, I was drying them heat. They’re not Ben Maniscalco and putting them in the easy to get; they’re shaker, and then I thought not the most common. of hot sauce as a natural way to Favorite sauce: preserve them. The one that we use the most is probably What sets his company apart: the carrot-habañero [Original Naranja] When I started making hot sauce about — it’s our flagship sauce. We use local 10 years ago, everything was either organic carrots from Full Moon Farm [in generic, like Tabasco, or a novelty, blow- Hinesburg], habañero from Foote Brook your-face-off sauce. I saw a lack in the Farm [in Johnson], organic vinegar craft of creating that balance of fire and and organic lime juice, onions, sweet flavor. We make fresh vegetable purée peppers. 559 Harrel St., Morrisville, 730-6823, benitoshotsauce.com
Best ways to serve his sauces: Definitely [with] proteins like chicken, eggs, white fish, shellfish. A breakfast sandwich is a great thing to put hot sauce on. Mexican food is a big one, but I also love it on sushi. Has he noticed any health effects? I have asthma, and, believe it or not, it seems to help … I tend not to have any bouts when I’m producing, or the day after. It definitely helps the sinuses; it’s great for circulation, regulating blood pressure. But for me, I’d say respiratory health in general. You wouldn’t think that, because it makes you cough.
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How she got into the hot sauce business: By accident. I was baking, and, while the business was doing fine, my farmers market sales were really slow. I decided I needed to find a product my farmers market customers wanted to buy or find something else to do with my Saturday mornings. I started doing specials … random things [such as] compound butter, pesto, chimichurri. A lot of farmers like to grow peppers — they grow pretty easily in Vermont — but there aren’t a lot of people buying them, so there are a lot of leftover peppers. So I started [making hot sauce], and then people started really liking it … Now, it’s about 50 percent of my business.
Any funny hot pepper stories? The very first batch of hot sauce I ever made was a fun, random thing with my then-brand-new boyfriend, now husband. I had the brilliant idea that the best way to prepare the peppers was to sauté them over high heat, which created pepper gas. Now I boil them. We called that first hot sauce Cough Cough, Wheeze Wheeze. Her favorite kind of pepper right now: I work mostly with jalapeños because they grow well here. Habañero has a nice kick. Cayennes are really good; they have a richer flavor than jalapeños, but they’re really expensive. Favorite sauce: I go through phases of being all over a certain hot sauce. I really like smoked stuff, so the Smoked Onion would be my usual favorite. I’m coming out with a line of beer hot sauces: I’ve got a Heady Topper hot sauce; habañero-lime Switchback [Brewing]; peppercorn-porter with Queen City Brewery’s Yorkshire Porter; carrothopped cider with Stowe Cider’s Safety Meeting; and maple-garlic stout with 14th Star [Brewing’s] Maple Breakfast Stout. Best ways to serve her sauces: I almost always put them on eggs, pizza. I’ll use the Sriracha as a salad dressing. If I’m making ramen, I’ll definitely put hot sauce in there. I go through fits and starts … Sometimes hot sauce tastes a little too much like work to me. Has she noticed any health effects? I’ve eaten hot sauce my whole life — I had my first habañero when I was 7. I know capsaicin is supposed to have all these benefits. But, for myself, I have no idea. m Contact: podhaizer@sevendaysvt.com
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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C1140-3B 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On August 14, 2017, Energy Futures Group, P.O. Box 587, Hinesburg, VT 05461 filed application #4C1140-3B for a project generally described as the installation of a business sign on an existing building. The Project is located on 10298 Route 116 in Hinesburg, Vermont.
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The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the office listed below. The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C1140-3B”. No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before September 7, 2017, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above. Should a hearing be held on this Project and
Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5). Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 15th day of August 2017. By: Peter E. Keibel District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5658 Peter.Keibel@vermont. gov LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF BURLINGTON, BURLINGTON AND WINOOSKI HOUSING AUTHORITIES ASSESSMENT OF FAIR HOUSING The City of Burlington, along with the Burlington and Winooski Housing Authorities are soliciting input on their Assessment of Fair Housing Plan. Public comment period began on August 18, 2017. The Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) is a legal requirement that the City and Housing Authorities must complete in order to continue receiving federal housing and community development funding from the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). The AFH is an analysis undertaken pursuant to 24 CFR Part 5.152 that includes an analysis of fair housing data, an assessment of housing issues and contributing factors, and identification of fair housing priorities and goals specific to Burlington, Winooski and surrounding areas. Examples of fair housing issues include local and regional demographics related to segregation, racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, access to opportunity, disproportionate housing need, publicly supported housing, accesses to housing by persons with disabilities, and fair housing enforcement.
On Monday, September 18, at 7:00 pm, there will be a Public Hearing before the Burlington City Council to hear comments on the AFH. Other opportunities for public comment can be found online at www.burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO/Assessment-of-Fair-Housing. The public is encouraged to review the AFH, attend the Public Hearing, and comment. Written comments will also be accepted on the AFH through the close of business on 10/2/2017, at the Community & Economic Development Office, 149 Church Street, Room 32, City Hall, Burlington, VT 05401 or mesbjerg@burlingtonvt. gov.
(802)863-8300 NOTICE OF TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal/tax year(s) 2016 remain either in whole or in part, unpaid and delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner(s) of Record: Christopher Bragg Property Address: 14 Intervale Avenue Tax Account/Map Lot Number: # 044-3-090000 Deed recorded at: Volume 929 at Page 565. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington;
For more information, or information on alternative access, contact Marcy Esbjerg, Community & Economic Development Office, at 865-7171. NOTICE OF LEGAL SALE View Date: 8/31/2017 Sale Date: 9/1/2017
law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 14 day of July, 2017. ____s/n_____________ Robert Rusten Chief Administrative Officer/Treasurer/Collector of Delinquent Taxes Burlington, Vermont NOTICE OF TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal/tax year(s) 2015 and 2016 remain either in whole or in part, unpaid and delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit:
Owner(s) of Record: Peter J. Brault and so much of the lands Property Address: 82 Christopher Perkins will be sold at public auc- Home Avenue, Burlington VT. Unit #228 tion Conference Room Tax Account/Map Lot 12, City Hall, 149 Church Number: # 057-2-107Dave Daignault St., Burlington, Vermont 000 Unit #59 05401 on September Deed recorded at: 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., Volume 552 at Page 666. Easy Self Storage as shall be requisite to Reference may be had 46 Swift discharge said taxes to said deed for a more South Burlington, VT together with costs and Using the enclosed math operations as a guide, fill the grid particular description of 05403 other fees allowed by
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and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on September 14, 2017 at 12:30 o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 14 day of July, 2017.
and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on September 14, 2017 at 11:30 a.m., as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved.
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Burlington, Vermont NOTICE OF TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal/tax year(s) 2016 remain either in whole or in part, unpaid and delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner(s) of Record: Nelberta A. Brink Property Address: 19 North Street, Burlington VT. Tax Account/Map Lot Number: # 043-3-210000 Deed recorded at: Volume 353 at Page 684. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington; and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on September 14, 2017 at 9:30 a.m., as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes using thecosts and together with
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SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 14 day of July, 2017. _____s/n_______ Robert Rusten Chief Administrative Officer/Treasurer/Collector of Delinquent Taxes Burlington, Vermont NOTICE OF TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal/tax year(s) 2015 and 2016 remain either in whole or in part, unpaid and delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner(s) of Record: Raymond S. Whitten and Tamara J. Whitten and Norman A. Nolan, II and Cheryl A. Nolan Property Address: 310 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington VT. Tax Account/Map Lot
Number: # 040-2-140000 Deed recorded at: Volume 387 at Page 160. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington; and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on September 14, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 14 day of July, 2017. ___s/n______ Robert Rusten Chief Administrative Officer/Treasurer/ Collector of Delinquent Taxes Burlington, Vermont NOTICE OF TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of
Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal/tax year(s) 2015 and 2016 remain either in whole or in part, unpaid and delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner(s) of Record: John J. Pare and Raymond D. Pare Property Address: 69 Howard Street, Burlington VT. Tax Account/Map Lot Number: # 053-3-075000 Deed recorded at: Volume 927 at Page 303. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington; and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on September 14, 2017 at 12:00 p.m., as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same
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particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington; and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on September 14, 2017 at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 14 day of July, 2017. ______s/n_______ Robert Rusten Chief Administrative Officer/Treasurer/Collector of Delinquent Taxes Burlington, Vermont NOTICE OF TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal/tax year(s) 2014, 2015 and
Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. 2016 remain either in whole or in part, unpaid and delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner(s) of Record: Charles Higgs Property Address: 37 South Williams Street, Unit #223 Tax Account/Map Lot Number: # 045-2-034223 Deed recorded at: Volume 660 at Page 379. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington; and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on September 14, 2017 at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 14 day of July, 2017.
______s/n________ Robert Rusten Chief Administrative Officer/Treasurer/Collector of Delinquent Taxes Burlington, Vermont NOTICE OF TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal/tax year(s) 2013, 2014 and 2015 remain either in whole or in part, unpaid and delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner(s) of Record: Roger Duclos and Diane Duclos Property Address: 18 Turf Road Tax Account/Map Lot Number: # 023-3-155000 Deed recorded at: Volume 212 at Page 278. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington;
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and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on September 14, 2017 at 10:30 a.m., as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont this 14 day of July, 2017. _______s/n______ Robert Rusten Chief Administrative Officer/Treasurer/Collector of Delinquent Taxes Burlington, Vermont NOTICE OF TAX SALE The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal/tax year(s) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, remain either in whole or in part, unpaid and
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delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner(s) of Record: Frances and Timothy Muir Property Address: 52 North Cove, Burlington VT. Tax Account/Map Lot Number: # 021-1-031000 Deed recorded at: Volume 638 at Page 495. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington; and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on September 14, 2017 at 8:30 a.m., as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved. Dated at the City of Burlington in the County of
STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 400-516 CNCV LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC v. MICHAEL J. GODFREY AND VILLAGE AT DORSET PARK (CLUSTER C) CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OCCUPANTS OF 2403 BRAND FARM DRIVE, APT. #2403, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered January 3, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Michael J. Godfrey to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc., dated April 30, 2015 and recorded in Book 1265 Page 40 of the land records of the City of South Burlington,
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of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc. to Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC dated January 22, 2016 and recorded in Book 1306 Page 128 of the land records of the City of South Burlington for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 2403 Brand Farm Drive, Apt. #2403, South Burlington, Vermont on September 13, 2017 at 10:00AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Michael J. Godfrey by Deed of Alexandra Wynkoop of approximate even date herewith and to be recorded in the City of South Burlington Land Records. Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Alexandria Wynkoop by Warranty Deed of Frank Pichon and Norma Pichon dated December 12, 2014 of record at Book 1247, Page 111 of the City of South Burlington Land Records. Being all and the same lands and premises con-
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veyed to Frank Pichon and Norma Pichon by Warranty Deed of A&G Investments dated November 30, 1995 of record at Book 385, Page 293 of the City of South Burlington Land Records. Reference is hereby made to the Warranty Deed of Frank Pichon and Norma Pichon to Dean M. Pichon, Eric J. Pichon and Marla P. Harding dated October 4, 2007 of record at Book 797, Page 549 of said Land Records.
tions promulgated thereunder, as the same may be subsequently amended. The owner of the Apartment acknowledges prior receipt and review of a copy of said Declaration, By-laws and related documents, and covenants for themselves and their heirs, successors and assigns to be bound as set forth in said Declaration.
Apartment No. 2403 of Village at Dorset Park (Cluster C) Condominium, a Condominium established and created pursuant to a Declaration of Condominium dated February 4, 1994 and recorded in Volume 359, Pages 300-328 of the City of South Burlington Land Records, as it may be subsequently amended and re-stated. Said lands and premises are commonly known and designated as 2403 Brand Farm Drive. Reference is hereby made to a Site Plan and Floor Plans recorded in Volume 286, Pages 5455 and 56 respectively of said Land Records.
Included is an undivided 3.19 percentage interest in the common areas and facilities as set forth in said Declaration. The owner of the Apartment agrees to be bound by changes to said undivided percentage interest in common areas and facilities as set forth in said Declaration.
The Apartment is subject to and has the benefit of covenants and conditions set forth in the aforementioned Declaration of Condominium, the By-Laws of Village at Dorset Park (Cluster C) Condominium Association, Inc. and the rules and regula-
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Said lands and premises are to be used for residential purposes only.
Said lands and premises are subject to Land Use Permit #4C0746, dated February 19, 1988 and recorded in Volume 258, Page 310 of said Land Records, as amended and to Subdivision Permit #EC-4-1216 dated January 28, 1988 and recorded in Volume 258, Page 184 of said Land Records, as amended. The owner of the Apartment acknowledges that the room in the within Unit identified as “closet, 11-6 x 21-11”’ (six 9’ x 12’) on the abovereferred to Floor Plans is to be used for storage
purposes only and is not to be occupied as a bedroom. The owner of the Apartment acknowledges prior receipt and review of a copy of “The Village at Dorset Park, Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for the Community,” dated April 25, 1989, recorded in Volume 278, Page 228 of said Land Records, as amended by Amendments recorded in Volume 279 Page 224, Volume 289, Page 35 and Volume 307, Page 467 of said Land Records and covenants for themselves and their heirs, successors and assigns to be bound by the conditions set forth in said Declaration of Covenants, as amended and by the Bylaws of The Village at Dorset Park Community Association, Inc., as amended. Said lands and premises are subject to utility easements of record and to easements, covenants, and conditions set forth in and/ or referred to in the aforementioned Declaration of Condominium and Declaration of Covenants. Said lands and premises are known and designated as 2403 Brand Farm Road, South Burlington, Vermont. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to their records, and to
all deeds and records therein referred with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto, in further aid of this description. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED: August 3, 2017
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Dated at HYDE PARK Vermont this 8 day of August, 2017 /s/ Hon. Thomas Carlson Presiding Judge Lamoille Unit, Civil Division
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TERMS OF SALE: The sale will be held at the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property shall be sold AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS WITH NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND subject to all easements, rights of way, covenants, permits, reservations and restric-
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By virtue of the Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale entered on June 30, 2017, and the Power of Sale contained in a mortgage a Mortgage given by Thomas J. Scheider dated March 25, 2002, and recorded on April 2, 2002, in Volume 73, Pages 213231 of the Town of Grand Isle Land Records, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for
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NOTICE OF JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE
Being a lot of land with all buildings thereon, containing one acre, more or less, and being bounded on the south by Route 314, on the north by lands and premises now or formerly belonging to one John Reid, and on the east and west by lands and premises now or formerly owned by Ralph S. and Lucille Sheldon.
Joan Scheider, Executor of the Estate of Thomas Scheider, her successors or assigns, may redeem the Mortgaged Property at any time prior to the Sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including post-judgment expenses and the costs and expenses of sale.
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I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.
Plaintiff v. JOAN SCHEIDER, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS SCHEIDER, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST in its capacity as owner Trustee for WF 19 GRANTOR TRUST Defendants
Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Thomas J. Scheider by Limited Warranty Deed of Vermont Housing Finance Agency dated June 27, 1997 and recorded in Volume 57 at Page 249 of the Town of Grand Isle Land Records and being more particularly described therein as follows:
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Name and Address of Court: Chittenden County Probate Court 175 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401
to the mortgagor at the mortgagor’s last known address at least five days before the new sale date. The public sale may be adjourned for a period of time in excess of 30 days by agreement of the mortgagor and mortgagee or by order of the Court. Other terms to be announced at the Sale, or contact Robert Prozzo at (802)236-5628.
tions of record, title defects, environmental hazards, unpaid real estate taxes (delinquent and current), current and delinquent assessments in favor of homeowners associations, and municipal liens, to the highest bidder for cash. At the Sale, the successful bidder, other than the Mortgagee, shall pay $10,000 of the purchase price in cash or bank treasurer check. The successful bidder shall execute a purchase and sale agreement requiring payment of the balance of the purchase price within ten days of entry of the court order confirming the Sale. Before being permitted to bid at the Sale, bidder shall display to the auctioneer proof of the ability to comply with these requirements. The successful bidder, other than the Mortgagee, must sign a NO CONTINGENCY purchase and sale agreement satisfactory to Mortgagee at the Sale. Title will be transferred by the order confirming judicial sale. The person holding the Sale, may, adjourn the Sale for a period of up to thirty (30) days, from time to time until it is completed, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment, or by posting notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place at the location of the sale. Notice of the new sale date shall also be sent by first class mail postage prepaid,
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Publication Dates: 7/27/2017
the purpose of foreclosing the same, the undersigned will cause to be sold at public auction (“Sale”) at 11:00 a.m. on the 11th day of September, 2017, the lands and premises located at 38 Allen Road in the Town of Grand Isle, Vermont (“Mortgaged Property”) described as follows:
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We are a local, privately owned painting contracting business looking for experienced painters. We do small, large, high-end, interior, and exterior jobs in the Burlington and surrounding areas. Part-time and full-time positions open immediately. Must have own transportation.
Swing North Big Band has had only two principal vocalists in its 40 year history. The recently deceased “Voice of St. Johnsbury”, Don Mullally, started singing with the band in 1978 and retired in 2003. Don was succeeded by Janet Edmondson, who recently moved to Virginia. We now need to select a new vocalist who can carry on the great tradition of these two marvelous songbirds.
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Explore a career at a nationally recognized Great Place to Work® award-winning company! We’re hiring customer service representative trainees to work in our state-of-the-art call center at our main office in Berlin, Vermont. If you are a fast learner, enjoy helping people and have strong computer skills—we want you to apply. Our paid eight-week training program will introduce you to the role of a customer service representative. You will gain in-depth knowledge about our health care products and services to equip you with the information you’ll need to address our members’ questions and concerns.
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Clinician sought in Addison County School District to provide in school, direct counseling, behavioral and emotional support to children and adolescents in crisis, with severe emotional and behavioral disturbances. Master’s degree in a human services field required, license preferred, plus two to four years of relevant counseling experience. Generous benefits package available.
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Red Hen Baking Company is a bakery and café that is focused on making excellent baked goods and prepared food. We are committed to using high quality, organic ingredients and work with many local farmers to source these. We opened in 1999 and remain dedicated to both the integrity of our product and creating an environment for our employees to thrive.
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We have a full-time sandwich and salad prep position for someone with professional kitchen experience. The ideal candidate takes pride in making excellent food, works cleanly and efficiently, both independently and in a team, and thrives in a dynamic atmosphere where they must learn a wide variety of tasks. We offer competitive pay and excellent benefits including health coverage and paid time off. Please contact Randy at 223-5200 x12 or randy@redhenbaking.com
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This position is responsible for and involves all aspects of the repair, maintenance, overhaul, and service of various types of small engine equipment, heavy equipment and trucks. This position also provides general support to the operation of the landscape crews which could include fabrication, welding, on site problem solving.
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The UVM Foundation is seeking a Major Gift Programs Coordinator to provide support to UVM’s Larner College of Medicine and College of Nursing and Health Sciences major gift officers within the context of the larger Academic Health Sciences fundraising team. The successful candidate will be a highly organized, flexible, collaborative, and exceptionally gifted multi-tasker who is dedicated to getting the job done. The Coordinator reports to the Senior Director of Administration for Academic Health Sciences at the UVM Foundation.
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Administrative Assistant Part-Time Dynapower Company in South Burlington is a leading manufacturer of large custom power supplies and energy conversion systems. Our staff is dedicated to providing quality workmanship and the highest level of customer service. We offer an extensive benefits package and a pleasant working environment, as well as an opportunity for personal and professional growth. We are currently accepting resumes and applications for the following position:
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The Stowe Free Library is seeking a customer service and detail oriented individual to fill the position of Circulation Librarian and to assist in fulfilling our mission: “To Welcome, To Inspire, To Enrich the Mind.” Our cherished municipal library is located within the historic Helen Day Memorial Building in the village of Stowe, a premier fourseason resort community with a population of 4,500. The library houses a collection of 35,000 volumes and receives 140,000 annual visits.
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Gravel & Shea PC seeks an experienced paralegal to join our commercial real estate practice in Burlington, VT. The ideal candidate will have at least three to five years of title search and real estate closing experience. Candidates must have the following skills: excellent independent research and analytical skills; willingness to adapt quickly to challenging and stimulating assignments; excellent writing and communication skills; and the ability to meet deadlines. This is a detail oriented position that requires the ability to work with others both inside and outside the firm. Candidate must have a valid driver’s license. Adaptability to technology and advanced experience with Microsoft Office software is also important.
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Connor Mill-Built Homes has an immediate opening for an Architectural Production Designer. Ideal qualifications include Auto Cad proficiency along with a thorough, practical, hands-on framing background enabling the efficient production and engineering of framing and trim plans that will be used both by our production shop and by a field installation crew. Our company has a national reputation for producing exquisite historic architectural replications, so a knowledge of historic architecture is a plus, but can be learned on the job by an interested and motivated candidate. Pay is commensurate with experience and ability.
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The Burlington Housing Authority seeks a SASH Coordinator for several of its low-income Elderly and Disabled buildings in Burlington. This key-position will conduct outreach, work with a Registered Nurse and provide service coordination and direct support to residents while collaborating with many local service providers to ensure residents successfully age in place. Housing support will be provided to residents with medical, mental health, and intellectual disabilities, all with diverse needs and the ability to be creative, teamoriented and organized will be essential. Applicants must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services or related field with strong communication skills and experience working with the elderly and people with disabilities is preferred. Outstanding organizational skills are required. BHA offers a competitive salary, commensurate with qualifications and experience, as well as an excellent benefits package. Electronic submission of resume and cover letter, including salary requirements, must be submitted as a complete package by Friday, September 9, 2017 and should be sent to: Human Resources 65 Main St Burlington, VT 05401 Humanresources@burlingtonhousing.org The Burlington Housing Authority is an equal opportunity employer.
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The Department of Planning & Zoning seeks a highly motivated self-starter to join our team. This position will have variable work including assisting the public, developing and implementing long range plans, implementing permit review, and managing the department’s groundbreaking permitting software. For more info go to www.colchestervt.gov. Application deadline is September 15th. E.O.E.
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Senior Mechanic - Physical Plant Department - #S1249PO - The Physical Plant Department at the University of Vermont is seeking a Senior Mechanic to perform highly specialized skilled activities in multiple licensed trades on equipment/systems that may include electrical, fire alarm, heating, ventilating and plumbing. Provide highly skilled troubleshooting and emergency system service/repairs/preventative maintenance and installations. Access information utilizing appropriate desktop applications. Promote a work place that encourages safety within the field and in the shop. Operate University vehicle. This position reports to a Utilities Trades 2h-WingsOverBurlington-010814.indd 1 Supervisor and requires active engagement in learning and practicing principles of social justice and inclusion, environmental sustainability and delivering great customer experience. 2nd shift position (shift differential applies). Minimum Qualifications: High School Diploma; Vermont State Master Electrical or Plumbing License and 5 years’ experience in electrical or plumbing/heating trades which includes electrical or plumbing/heating maintenance and repair. Demonstrated proficiency in two or more skilled trades (such as boiler operations, HVAC, plumbing and/or controls); For Master Electrician, a Fire Alarm TQP Certification required. For Master Plumber, Over 50 Open Positions for Natural Gas Certification required. Computer skills. Driver’s License and driver check required; Specific physical Advanced Manufacturing Operators (LTS) requirements may apply based on job functions. Initial employment contingent upon successful completion of physical screening. Must wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while performing specific job tasks. Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to workplace diversity, sustainability and delivering exceptional value and great experience to customers.
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Stock Inventory Clerk - Physical Plant Department - #S1244PO - The Physical Plant Department of the University of Vermont is seeking a Stock Inventory Clerk to assist with general materials acquisition using basic knowledge of trades which include electrical, plumbing, heating, AC, refrigeration, carpentry and automotive. This position will: Receive and maintain records for incoming and outbound shipments; Prepare packages for shipment; Using appropriate software, issue stock as requested on requisitions and obtain appropriate signatures on requisitions; Be responsible for receipt, storage, distribution of materials and inventory items; Using appropriate software, perform recordkeeping, computer data entry; Drive a box truck or van for pick-up and delivery of supplies to various locations on and off campus; Assist with cyclic, special, and other inventories of bin and bulk stock; and promote a work place culture that encourages safety within the shop and in the field. This position reports to a MMW Supervisor and requires active engagement in learning and practicing principles of social justice and inclusion, environmental sustainability and delivering great customer experience. Minimum Qualifications: High School Diploma and two years related experience; Valid driver’s license and driver check required. Specific physical requirements may apply based on job functions. Initial employment contingent upon successful completion of physical screening. Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to workplace diversity, sustainability and delivering exceptional value and great experience to customers. Business Analyst - Administrative Business Service Center (ABSC) - #S1190PO - The Administrative Business Service Center (ABSC), a department within the University of Vermont’s Division of Finance, is seeking experienced analysts who possess strong financial management, communication, collaboration, organization and stakeholder management skills. Business analysts provide expert support and guidance regarding complex finance and HR functions to customers of the ABSC and serve as a primary point of contact for designated stakeholders and partner units. Areas of responsibility include budget forecasting, financial management/analysis/ reporting and detailed human resource transactions such as recruitments, reclassifications and leave management. Provide expert strategic guidance during annual budget planning and development. Provide daily oversight of transactional processing to ensure consistency, quality and timeliness. Approve and audit transactions generated by business support generalists. Provide budget and finance training as needed to stakeholders. Establish and build relationships with key stakeholders that support the ABSC’s core mission of providing consistently efficient and high-quality customer service at all times. Provide high-quality stakeholder support in a dynamic, high-volume, deadline-driven environment that includes frequently changing work and customer support demands. Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Human Resources or related field and two to four years of related financial experience. Effective communication, interpersonal, and team-collaboration skills are required. Analytical and problem solving skills are essential. Demonstrated experience and commitment to high-level stakeholder management and overall customer service required. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal.
August 30, 2017 at the Double Tree located on Williston Road in South Burlington from 3pm - 6pm Interested candidates may apply online at http://www.globalfoundries.com/about-us/careers. Job Number: 17004412 or apply online at your local Department of Labor office. Qualified applicants will be given an opportunity to participate in an interview. Advanced Manufacturing Operators (LTS) earn $14.50 to $16.31 per hour with health benefits and a 401k starting on day one of employment. Applicants must be 18 years old to apply and must successfully complete a post offer background check and drug test to be hired.
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Red Clover Family Dentistry is on the hunt for an outstanding Dental Assistant. We are seeking a community oriented individual who values teamwork and is willing to lend a hand wherever needed. This position is Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday for around 27 hours per week, with the possible option of adding some hours on Tuesdays. Benefits include a contribution toward health insurance, up to 14 paid days off per year, and paid continuing education credits. Duties include working chair-side for restorative dentistry, digital radiology, digital charting (including taking dictation during exams), lab work, sterilization, and managing the ordering and stocking of supplies. An active Vermont license with radiology endorsement and up to date CPR certification are required. Please give us a call with any questions, we would be happy to tell you more about this position! To apply, please send cover letter and resume to info@redcloverfamilydentistry.com
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Job Requirements: Must be available 2:15-6:00, Monday - Friday (1:15 on Tuesdays). Education background or relevant experience required. Ideal candidate will have a diverse knowledge of games and crafts as well as an ability to work with large groups of children while maintaining a safe and fun environment, and must love kids! The position begins August 23rd with the possibility of continuing through next summer. Apply by responding to this post by email with resume and cover letter. Contact: Lorien Leyden at Lorien@Part2Kids.com Hours: 18-40 hours a week
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Several schools in Chittenden County are looking for amazing people to join our school communities. We have openings in our afterschool program which can be combined with daytime openings for full time work! We are looking for student-centered, energetic people who are interested in participating in meaningful work each and every day. Flexible scheduling and hours along with competitive wages. Afterschool staff facilitate daily activities, supervise children, play active games and manage small groups of children. A minimum of 1 year experience in education or related field is required.
Connor Mill-Built Homes is looking for an experienced controller, preferably with manufacturing experience. This position involves leading the accounting and data gathering department in the company as well as monitoring and reporting its ongoing financial condition. The position is essential and is an integral member of the CMBH management team. We are a collaborative team of managers and employees working to maintain and enhance the company’s long-held reputation for superb quality and customer service. The position is a top-tier role in the company with commensurate compensation. Salary is negotiable depending on professional experience and demonstrated effectiveness.
Please visit connormillbuilt.com/careers for a complete job description. Accepting submissions until September 15th, 2017. Please send cover letter and resume to Jenni Euber-Mongeur, jmongeur@connormillbuilt.com.
Join the team at Gardener’s Supply Company! Gardener’s Supply is America’s leading catalog and web-based gardening company. We work hard AND offer a fun place to work, with summer bocce games, BBQs, ping-pong tournaments, employee garden plots and much more! We also offer strong cultural values, competitive wages and outstanding benefits (ranging from a tremendous discount on plants and product, to actually owning shares of the company!).
APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER: Our IT department is looking for an energetic Applications Developer to join our dynamic Technology Team. Our ideal candidate will have 3-5 years’ experience supporting and developing C# .NET solutions. Microsoft Dynamics AX (2009/2012) and X++ language skills are also very desirable. We are a 100% employee-owned company and an award winning and nationally recognized socially responsible business. Interested? Please send your cover letter & resumé to Gardener’s Supply Company, 128 Intervale Rd, Burlington, VT 05401 or to jobs@gardeners.com.
Connor Mill-Built Homes offers paid holidays, a generous benefit package, and a positive work environment and profit sharing. We believe healthy, happy employees who are valued for their dedication and commitment to providing extraordinary service and are presented with opportunities to grow, contribute directly to our company’s success.
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Join the passionate, creative, dedicated staff at CSWD to help us promote innovative and responsible waste reduction and management in Chittenden County. The ideal candidate is a compelling storyteller, able to craft written and visual campaigns across various media. You will be writing copy and producing images for brochures and websites, and publishing topical articles on a weekly basis to support marketing campaigns and District programs. You will also join the Outreach team at occasional community events, fairs, and festivals.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: answering telephones, photocopying, faxing, filing and file management and computer entry. Monday through Friday: 25 hours per week; paid hourly; no benefits.
Bachelor’s Degree and three years’ experience required, plus strong writing skills, experience with Adobe Creative Suite (including fluency in InDesign), working knowledge of WordPress, self-direction and organization skills. Photo/video and web design/ development experience a plus.
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Connor Mill-Built Homes is looking for an experienced Interior Production Designer, with major emphasis on kitchen design. Must have experience in kitchen design software. The position also includes meeting with clients to discuss and design other interior design elements such as stairs, wainscoting, chair rail and other design features that are based in historic details. A knowledge of historic architecture is valuable but not necessary, as we will teach those skills to a motivated applicant. Salary compensation is negotiable depending on experience and skill. Please visit connormillbuilt.com/careers for a complete job description. Accepting submissions until September 15th, 2017. Please send cover letter and resume to Jenni Euber-Mongeur, jmongeur@connormillbuilt.com. Connor Mill-Built Homes offers paid holidays, a generous benefit package, and a positive work environment and profit sharing. We believe healthy, happy employees who are valued for their dedication and commitment to providing extraordinary service and are presented with opportunities to grow, contribute directly to our company’s success.
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Grippin Donlan Pinkham, located in South Burlington, is one of the largest CPA firms in Vermont offering a full service of accounting and consulting services. We are looking for a reliable, well organized office manager to oversee the administrative operations.
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The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, strong bookkeeping background and previous office management experience. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and benefits package in a professional working environment. Please send cover letter and resume to: Richard Donlan, CPA Grippin Donlan Pinkham 3 Baldwin Avenue South Burlington, VT 05403 rdonlan@gdp-cpa.com
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IT Field Services Technician Be part of the IT team as a Field Services Technician, supporting our employees and multiple locations with your expertise and technical skills. A great opportunity for someone with strong technical skills to provide a stable, current, efficient and cost-effective computing environment to the agency by installing, upgrading and supporting end user computing resources across our various locations. Valid driver’s license and transportation required. Full time.
Operations Coordinator The Operations Coordinator will provide overall administrative/operational coordination at one of Howard Center’s largest sites in Burlington. He/she will oversee and ensure effective coordination with Howard Center, staff, state and local agencies, our community, clients and families. Consider this position if you enjoy coordinating within a large agency, taking the lead on projects, participating in work groups that address policy changes/practices and assisting with hiring/training/orientation of new administrative staff. Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years of administrative experience/supervisory experience required.
Outpatient Clinician/Substance Abuse Clinical Care
Looking for a Sweet Job? Our new, mobile-friendly job board is buzzing with excitement.
We have an exciting opportunity for a licensed clinician to provide care coordination and psychotherapy to a diverse set of clients. Approximately 50 percent of the position will be providing care coordination to clients receiving buprenorphine treatment through Howard Center’s new Spoke program. The remaining portion of the job will be to provide individual and/or group psychotherapy to adults, children, families and/or clients with intellectual disabilities. This is an ideal position for an applicant who wishes to work within a team of outpatient clinicians providing an array of different services to a diverse population. Master’s plus LCMHC or LICSW or LADC required. Full time.
Residential Counselor – Branches Seeking an energetic and professional individual to provide a safe environment for persons with mental health challenges living in an independent permanent housing environment. Individual will provide supportive counseling, medication management and crisis intervention as needed and help residents strengthen coping and symptom management skills. Bachelor’s degree required. Part-time position available. 30 hours/week.
Specialized Service Provider Seeking individual to provide support services for congenitally deaf-blind adults with significant mental health issues. He/she will work in the client home and in the community providing visual and auditory information needed for client to interact with others in the community. Bachelor’s degree required. Part-time 30-hour position.
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Sub-Registered Nurse – Medication Assisted Treatment Program Seeking a Registered Nurse to cover vacancies. Our nurses are responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all Nursing Dispensary operations. Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills plus strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Supervisor II – First Call for Chittenden County Join First Call for Chittenden County, Howard Center’s emergency services program, as a Supervisor. First Call responds to mental health emergencies, with the philosophy that the caller defines the crisis. Duties include internal and external training, direct clinical service, shift coverage and direct staff supervision. Master’s degree, licensed/license-eligible and leadership/supervisory experience.
Howard Center offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental and life insurance, as well as generous paid time off for all regular positions scheduled 20-plus hours per week.
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Take a virtual tour of Stowe’s burgeoning food and beverage scene at the mountain town’s flagship summer food event. Pair a glass of Vermont-grown wine or cider with local cheeses, then partake in plates by Michael’s on the Hill, the Bistro at Ten Acres, Roost, Flannel and the Restaurant at Edson Hill, among others. Then, sample wines from the world over with the thirsty oenophiles at Cork Wine Bar & Market and Stowe Wine & Cheese. Proceeds benefit Morrisville’s nonprofit Copley Hospital.
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STOWE WINE & FOOD CLASSIC: Sunday, August 27, 1-4 p.m., Topnotch Resort, Stowe. $65-75, 21+. Info, stowewine.com.
SALVATION FARMS BENEFIT: Local drinks and snacks from Vermont Bean Crafters and All Souls Tortilleria fuel an evening of live acoustic jams and education on how gleaning addresses hunger while reducing food waste. Friday, August 25, 5-7 p.m., Knoll Farm, Waitsfield. Free. Info, 8884360, salvationfarms.org.
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HEIRLOOM TOMATO DINNER: Feast on tomato salads, chicken in ragout, short ribs and tomato buckle at the Kitchen Table Bistro and Half Pint Farm’s annual celebration of summer’s beloved nightshade. Wednesday, August 23, and Thursday August 24, 6-10 p.m., the Kitchen Table Bistro, Richmond. $110. Info, 434-8686, kitchentablebistro.com.
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his is the best meat pizza I’ve ever had,” said my friend Dave, midway through a slice of Fire Tower Pizza’s Three Dog Night meatlover’s pie. Indeed, each bite was a savory fiesta of smoke and spice, marinara and mozzarella, all awash in that greasy special something only pork fat and cheese can elicit. Dave’s assessment wasn’t flippant; he’s a New Yorker, raised on Long Island with at least 100 excellent pizzerias within 20 minutes of his house. And New Yorkers have opinions about pizza. Even within families, siblings cling to disagreements about which local pizzeria serves the finest pies, how crispy the crust should be, what must go on it, etc. Nationwide, too, pizza can convert generally mild-mannered eaters into nativist zealots defending their views on which style — Chicago, New York, Detroit — constitutes a proper pie. In places lacking significant pizza heritage, diners can perhaps be more flexible with their loyalties. Even so, the most beloved pies tend to reflect something of the local character. In Vermont, you’ll often experience some of the same quirky charms on a steaming pizza pie as you will at a well-attended town meeting: In some villages, there’s diffidence about execution — cheap, fast and good enough will pass muster. In others, there’s concern — often to stupefying excess — for every little detail. Wherever you go, you’ll find a fierce sense of independence and self-sufficiency — This is how we do things here — expressed in pizza form. Regardless, the pies are always crafted with care and input from the wider community. In Elmore, John and Kristen Howell opened Fire Tower Pizza at the Elmore Store in 2014. They contracted local baker Blair Marvin of Elmore Mountain Bread to produce a straightforward white crust. For a little more than two years, they topped those crusts with fresh ingredients. Last January, the Howells sold the business to Marvin and local chef Jimmy Kalp. Marvin makes the dough using fresh-milled, whole northeastern wheat. She delivers the dough to Kalp, who takes things from there. Kalp’s résumé includes eight years as chef at Blue Moon Café in Stowe, followed by stints at Cork Wine Bar & Market, which moved into the Blue
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Moon space in 2015, and at Sauce, also in Stowe, where he honed his skills creating red sauce and other ItalianAmerican staples. After spending decades plating entrées in high-end kitchens, Kalp said working within the pizza box is liberating, in a way. “It’s limiting and freeing,” the chef told Seven Days last week, adding that the format leaves ample room for experimentation. And the experiments tend to build on each other. One day, he splashed heavy cream over a white pie. “You’d think putting heavy cream on a pizza would just sog it out,” he said, “but [the cream] reduces and becomes this awesome sauce. So, OK, now I can flavor that cream.” Then, “Let’s add some garlic and chives and fennel fronds.” Across town at Elmore Mountain Bread, Marvin and Andrew Heyn mill whole, organic grains grown in Vermont and the Northeast into crusty sourdough loaves that fly off the shelves at local
stores. Since opening the bakery in 2004, the couple has increasingly focused on working with and promoting the local grain economy. In 2015, Heyn founded New American Stone Mills after building a custom flour mill for the bakery.
THE MOST BELOVED PIES TEND TO REFLECT SOMETHING OF THE LOCAL CHARACTER.
Since then, he’s built several others for fine bakeries around the country. Artisan bread is one way to support local grain producers, whose farm practices often sidestep heavy chemical applications common at the massive grainbelt farms that supply most of America’s wheat. Pizza, Marvin told Seven Days when Fire Tower opened, is another.
“I think people really dig the fact that [we use] Vermont grain,” Kalp said. “Vermonters are proud people. It’s like, We don’t need anyone else, we can do it ourselves.” Kalp works at a hot Blodgett deck oven at the back of the store. Through a window at the counter, he’s happy to discuss the pizzeria’s grain-sourcing practices and the reasons behind them. And, spring through fall, most of the other ingredients come from Kalp’s home garden in Wolcott or from Jupiter Farm, just across the road from the store. The meats and cheeses are all local, too. But most customers really just like eating the pizza, the chef said. In high summer, when Elmore State Park draws a steady stream of visitors to town, through Columbus Day, Fire Tower’s pie count is 40 to 50 per night, Kalp said. He also sells some 50 premade pizzas per week; these are parbaked and stored in a cooler near the front door.
food+drink On a warm afternoon last week, the village went about its lazy summer business. A few families — two from nearby, another traveling in a car with New York plates — sidled up to tables on the store’s back porch. They ate overlooking Lake Elmore and the bald face of Elmore Mountain beyond. Camps along the lakeshore were silent; no boats broke the water with wake. Everything was shrouded in a breezy stillness that seemed to whisper, Shhh, just sit and let yourself enjoy this. Where the porch connected to the building through a small, enclosed room, Kalp handed hot pies through a small window, calling each order by guest name. The day’s Jupiter Farm Special (which changes according to what the farmers bring in) seemed an echo of the August scene: sunny splotches of lemon-
fine business serving premade, frozen crusts made in some midwestern factory with midwestern GMO wheat, she said. It could probably top those crusts with canned tomatoes and the sort of mozzarella that comes in 10-pound bags from who-knows-where. And it would probably be cheaper and easier to do so. But after a quiet meal immersed in blissful summer idyll, the virtues of goodness and pleasure superseded cynicism. I bit into a fresh-baked chocolate chip cookie, all buttersoaked blondie batter puffed up around generous hunks of semisweet chocolate. The cookies don’t have to be this good, I thought. Nor must the store stock fresh cheese curds and milk from Sweet Rowen Farmstead. And it doesn’t have to hand select wines
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— which you can buy and drink with your pizza — that are priced to sell and absolutely worth drinking. Then again, the Elmore Store — and Fire Tower Pizza — is the only gig in town. If it didn’t offer this community food crafted with pride and mastery and great ingredients that support other local businesses, who would? m Contact: food@sevendaysvt.com
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PRODUCE SAFETY: BEST PRACTICES FROM FIELD TO CONSUMER: A workshop geared toward smallto medium-size growers demystifies the Food Safety Modernization Act. Root 5 Farm, Fairlee, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4122.
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JEFFERSONVILLE FARMERS & ARTISAN MARKET: Live music spices up a gathering of more than 30 vendors. 49 Old Main St., Jeffersonville, 4:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, jefffarmersandartisanmarket65@gmail.com.
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GREENER DRINKS: Supporters of commonsense cannabis reform sip beverages and discuss the culture, industry and politics of the agricultural product. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@vtcannabisbrands.com.
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KNITTING & MORE: Needleworkers, including beginners, hone their skills. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.
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DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 540-8300. ‘ZERO HOUR’: An interdisciplinary meditation on the role of identity and social engagement in artistic endeavors draws on traditions of audience participation. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 496-5997.
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KINGDOM COMMUNITY WIND TOUR: Attendees are blown away by a tour of energy-producing turbines. Kingdom Community Wind, Lowell, 10-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, nicole.pidala@greenmountainpower.com.
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DOG DAY AT THE POOL: Pups splash around to raise money for the Central Vermont Humane Society. Montpelier Public Pool, 5-6:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 476-3811, ext. 110.
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CALEDONIA COUNTY FAIR: Vermont’s oldest fair celebrates the state’s rural roots with amusement rides, a children’s barnyard, agricultural shows, exhibits and musical acts. Caledonia County Fair Grounds, Lyndonville, 4 p.m. $12-30. Info, 626-8101.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘BOY’: Set in New Zealand, this 2010 comedic drama tells the story of an 11-year-old child who reconnects with his criminal father. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: Monarchs make an extraordinary journey to Mexico’s remote mountain peaks in this 2D and 3D film experience. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.50-16.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: Academy Award-nominated actress Emily Watson narrates an immersive film following a family of highly social mammals in the Kalahari Desert. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.50-16.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.
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“I don’t make fast albums,” says powerhouse pop-country singer Brantley Gilbert in his website bio. “I have to live my life, let it sink in, and then write the songs.” The result Sleep, his latest is 2017’s The Devil Don’t Sleep album of rock-infused boot-stompers drawn from real-life issues. Themes include standing up to violence against women, remembering friends lost, and letting off steam with a few beers — all served with a healthy dose of fist-pumping energy. Gilbert’s fans, known as the BG Nation, don cowboy hats and head to the Champlain Valley Exposition, where the Georgia-based songster doles out hits such as “The Weekend” and “Bottoms Up.”
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Saturday, August 26, 7 p.m., at the Coca-Cola Grandstand, Champlain Valley Exposition, in Essex Junction. $32.25-51.25. Info, 863-5966, flynntix.org.
AUG.24-27 | THEATER Dark Shadows The relationship between darkness and light shines through a full-length shadow play by Night Shade Shadow Theater. Native Vermonter Sarah Frechette and Jason Thibodeaux make up this Portland, Ore., company that continues the tradition of shadow puppetry by using light to manipulate depth and space. Their show, The Daughters of Sunset, makes its Green Mountain debut on Thursday, taking audience members along on a mother’s search into her daughter’s mysterious disappearance. Hand-cut illustrations, an original soundtrack and skillful storytelling make for a unique and cinema-like viewing experience for teens and adults.
‘THE DAUGHTERS OF SUNSET’ Thursday through Sunday, August 24 through 27, 8 p.m., at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington. $10-20. Info, 863-5966, offcentervt.com.
In the 1986 Japanese animated adventure Castle in the Sky, wealth and power await those who can unlock the secrets of a forgotten island. The only problem: The island is floating in the air, and its whereabouts are unknown. Film buffs catch this colorful flick as part of GKIDS and Fathom Events’ Studio Ghibli Fest 2017, a monthly series of anime classics shown nationwide. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the movie follows a young girl and boy as they search for the island, evading pirates, spies and the army along the way. Watch with English dubbing provided by actors such as Anna Paquin and James Van Der Beek on Sunday or Wednesday, or see it on Monday with English subtitles. ‘CASTLE IN THE SKY’ Sunday, August 27, 12:55 p.m.; Monday, August 28, and Wednesday, August 30, 7 p.m., at Palace 9 Cinemas in South Burlington. $12.50. Info, 660-9300, fathomevents.com.
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AUG.26 | FAIRS & FESTIVALS Hometown Pride browse more than 60 crafter and vendor booths. Runners can stretch their legs in the Little City Road Races, featuring fresh routes, a newly added kids’ fun run and a 15K run in addition to the standard 5K and 10K distances. Saturday, August 26, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at Vergennes City Park. Free. Info, 388-7951, vergennesday.com.
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‘MOONLIGHT’: Nominated for eight Academy Awards, this 2016 drama follows a young black man from childhood to adulthood in a rough Miami neighborhood. Snacks are provided. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. MOVIES IN THE PARK: ‘SUPERMAN’: Christopher Reeve dons his cape as the original superhero in this 1978 action movie. Back lawn, Woodstock History Center, 8:30-10:45 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: Footage of paleontological digs from around the globe tells a compelling story of scientists working as detectives to answer questions about an ancient and mysterious ocean world. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon, 2 & 4 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.50-16.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC’: Jessica Brown Findlay stars as an aspiring children’s author who finds a friend in a wealthy widower. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, 533-9075. ‘THE VIETNAM WAR’: A community conversation complements segments of a new documentary by filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Vermont History Center, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8500. ‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: A film follows a herd of large planteating species in Cretaceous Alaska through the seasons and the challenges of growing up. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.5016.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.
food & drink
BARRE FARMERS MARKET: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods. Currier Park, Barre, 3-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, barrefarmersmarket@gmail. com.
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CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: Baked items, fresh produce, meats and eggs sustain seekers of local goods. South Hero St. Rose of Lima Church, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, champlainislandsfarmersmkt@gmail.com. COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. Bring a dessert to share. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. LEDDY PARK BEACH BITES: Lakeside picnickers enjoy food-truck fare, a beer garden, kids’ activities and live entertainment. Attendees on two wheels make use of free bike valet service. No dogs, please. Leddy Park, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0123. MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. VFW Post 7823, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, middleburyfarmersmkt@yahoo.com. NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the seasonal bounty. Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 274-8206. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — think veggies, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Depot Park, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.
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WOODSTOCK MARKET ON THE GREEN: Homespun products and farm-fresh eats fill tables. Woodstock Village Green, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3555.
games
BRIDGE CLUB: Strategic players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722. DO YOU WANT TO LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE?: Players of varying experience levels put strategic
skills to use. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 223-3322. SCAVENGER HUNT: Lists in hand, community members search Bridge Street bricks for words and phrases. Call for list pick-up locations. Bridge Street, Waitsfield. Free. Info, 496-9416.
health & fitness
BONE BUILDERS: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in this exercise and prevention class. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30-8:30 & 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. BUTI YOGA: A fusion of power yoga, tribal dance and deep abdominal toning boosts the flow of energy throughout the body in a class for women. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, hayley_williams_21@hotmail.com. CHAIR TAI CHI: A fun and unique lesson leads students through low-impact moves. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 316-1510. GENTLE YOGA IN RICHMOND: Students get their stretch on with Lynn Clauer of Sound & Soul Awakenings. Partial proceeds benefit the Williston Community Food Shelf. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 11 a.m.-noon. $10. Info, 922-0516. GENTLE YOGA IN WATERBURY: Individuals with injuries or other challenges feel the benefits of a relaxing and nourishing practice. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Donations. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.
SCIENCE LOVES ART: Young’uns work their mental muscles with hands-on experiments exploring bubbles, light, color and sound. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Regular admission, $13.50-16.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386. YOGA FOR KIDS: Yogis ages 2 through 5 strike a pose to explore breathing exercises and relaxation techniques. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.
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BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.
YOGA ON THE DOCK: Healthy bodies jump-start the day at a serene outdoor practice with lakeside views. Community Sailing Center, Burlington, 7-8 a.m. $15. Info, 864-9642. ZUMBA EXPRESS: A shortened version of this guided beat-driven workout gives students a much-needed midday surge of energy. Marketplace Fitness, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-noon. $12; free for members and first-timers. Info, 651-8773.
kids
JUNIOR RANGER ROUNDUP: Little ones nurture a love for nature and become familiar with the park. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 5-6:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
seminars
AWAKENING THE HEART OF COMPASSION: A MEDITATION PRACTICE & STUDY PROGRAM: Those looking to live with wisdom and courage can join this ongoing facilitated program at any time. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Donations. Info, wellspringinsight@gmail.com.
sports
INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.
STOWE MOUNTAIN LODGE CLASSIC: Rackets in hand, top-notch players face off in a professional tennis tournament. Spruce Peak at Stowe, 1-7 p.m. $45-1,000. Info, 549-4658.
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.
SUNSET TOUR: Cyclists spin their wheels on a scenic roundtrip ride from Jeffersonville to Johnson. Locally sourced snacks keep energy levels high. Lamoille Valley Bike Tours, Jeffersonville, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $40. Info, 730-0161.
LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: Hola! Language lovers perfect their fluency. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
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SARAH PRAGER: The Quist founder chronicles LGBTQ figures from the Roman Empire to the present in her teen title Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.
GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: Triathletes, Spartan racers and other fitness fanatics FR challenge themselves to complete I.2 5| D MUS OR music Navy Seal exercises during an intense IC | L E V E N T D U N workout. Come in good shape. Private resiFind club dates in the music section. dence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $8-12; for ages 16 and CITY HALL PARK SUMMER CONCERTS: VT up. Info, 343-7160. BLUEGRASS PIONEERS: Seasoned players pick and NIA WITH LINDA: Eclectic music and movements grin during an al-fresco recital. Burlington City Hall drawn from healing, martial and dance arts propel Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166. an animated barefoot workout. South End Studio, COMMUNITY EVENINGS AT THE FARM: The Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $14; free for first-timers. Irregulars, a group of young traditional musicians, Info, 372-1721. entertain picnickers. Shelburne Farms, 6-8 p.m. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: Folks in recovery Free. Info, 985-8686. and their families enrich mind, body and spirit in an LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: all-levels class. All props are provided; wear loose WEDNESDAY CONCERT: Works by American comclothing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:30posers Marc Neikrug and Augusta Read Thomas 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. are paired with influential pieces by Mahler and SOUND HEALING: Using voice, crystal singing Bach. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-35. bowls, medicine drums, tuning forks and more, muInfo, 863-5966. sician Melinda Kinzie guides attendees on a path LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: to wholeness. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, WEDNESDAY MORNING: Composers Marc Neikrug 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, and Augusta Read Thomas let listeners in on 482-2878. their musical influences during a conversation SUNRISE YOGA: Participants of all levels enjoy with David Ludwig. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint slowing down, moving mindfully and breathing Michael’s College, Colchester, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, deeply while building strength and stamina on 863-5966. the mat. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7 a.m. Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com. outdoors WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: Individuals learn to relax and let go. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-8605.
THERE BE DRAGONFLIES HERE: Entomology enthusiasts capture and identify species during this basic introduction to the winged insects. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-4; 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, 2 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. THE MAGIC OF BIRD MIGRATION: Avian enthusiasts learn how songbirds, shorebirds and other species travel thousands of miles each year with astounding accuracy. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-4; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL BOAT TRIP ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN: STORIES OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN: Citizen scientists board a University of Vermont research and education vessel to learn about life underwater. Meet on the south side of the building. Rubenstein Ecosystem Laboratory, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 656-8504.
WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Players dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Appletree Park, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.
talks
PANEL DISCUSSION: ‘HOPES FOR HAITI’: Moise St. Louis of Saint Michael’s College leads a discussion on Haitian politics, followed by a party at artist and activist Robin Lloyd’s home with Haitian roots band Lakou Mizik. Champlain College Art Gallery, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, cthompson@ champlain.edu. TEDX BROWNELL LIBRARY: Curious minds watch TED Talk videos centered on the theme “Things Building a Better World.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.
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TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon & 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.
theater
‘THE ADDAMS FAMILY’: Witchy Wednesday Addams falls in love with a so-called normal boy in this macabre musical staged by Stowe Theatre Guild. Stowe Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $14-20. Info, 253-3961. ‘BUYER & CELLAR’: A struggling actor learns the cost of fame when he takes a day job in a superstar’s personal mall in this Weston Playhouse OtherStages production. Weston Rod & Gun Club, 7:30 p.m. $15-35. Info, 824-5288. ‘A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL’ ADULT AUDITIONS: Actors, singers and dancers throw their hats in the ring for roles in Lyric Theatre’s holiday production. Fusion 802 Dance, South Burlington, 5:45-10 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1484. ‘THE RITE OF INTERVENTION’: Depot Theatre’s page2stage reading series introduces audience members to Erin Nicole Harrington’s developing work about an individual who becomes addicted to therapy. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. Free. Info, 518-962-4449. ‘THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL’: Town Hall Theater’s Young Company elicits laughs with a comedy that takes shots at high society. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 382-9222.
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BEST OF EXTEMPO 2012: The top raconteurs from five years ago retell their finest stories for audience members who vote with donation dollars. Brookfield Old Town Hall, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3535. BREAD LOAF WRITERS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: Wordsmiths share their craft in this public event series featuring prestigious writers.
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See middlebury.edu for details. Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton. Free. Info, 443-5286. CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths focus on elements of craft while discussing works-inprogress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. SLAM! SPOKEN WORD POETRY: An open mic paves the way for a juried set at this word fest featuring youth and community poets. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, 540-0406. WRITING CIRCLE: Words flow when participants explore creative expression in a low-pressure environment. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218.
MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL: More than 80 movies grace Middlebury’s silver screens at the inaugural celebration of emerging talent. Parties, panels and happy hours round out the festivities. See middfilmfest.org for details. Various Middlebury locations. $12-80. Info, 382-9222. SUMMERVALE: Locavores fête farms and farmers at a weekly event centered on food, brews and kids’ activities, with City Market/Onion River Co-op workshops and music by Steady Betty. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, eleanor@ intervale.org.
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VERGENNES FARMERS MARKET: Local food and crafts, live music, and hot eats add flavor to summer evenings. Kennedy Brothers Building, Vergennes, 4-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-9180. WOODBELLY PIZZA POP-UP: Foodies take away wood-fired sourdough slices, farinata and other tasty eats made with local ingredients. Call ahead to order whole pies. Woodbelly Pizza, Montpelier, 4-7:30 p.m. $3-26. Info, 552-3476.
presents
WORCESTER FARMERS MARKET: Food trucks, local produce, bands and kids’ activities bring neighbors together. 52 Elmore Rd., Worcester, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 272-3309.
games
‘BEING JULIA’: Love and revenge plays out among stage actors in a comedy starring Annette Bening. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.
POKÉMON LEAGUE: I choose you, Pikachu! Players of the trading-card game earn weekly and monthly prizes in a fun, friendly environment where newbies can be coached by league leaders. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0498.
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‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.23.
SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.23.
‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23.
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‘THE PRINCESS BRIDE’: “Inconceivable!” A young woman and her true love battle the evils of a mythical kingdom to be reunited in this 1987 fairytale film. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 7:30-10 p.m. Free. Info, gmffestival@gmail.com.
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ART ON PARK: Local artisans display their wares amid live music and unique eats. Park St., downtown Stowe, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7321. NEWBERRY MARKET: Shoppers browse specialty foods, clothing, pottery, décor, collectibles and more at a weekly indoor bazaar. Newberry Market, White River Junction, 2-7 p.m. Free. Info, newberrymarketwrj@gmail.com.
business
CENTRAL VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MIXER: Area professionals network at America’s oldest private military college. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, Northfield, 5-7 p.m. $10-15; preregister. Info, 229-5711.
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POULTNEY 2020 SUMMER MEETING: Community members hear updates from the Slate Valley Trails, Poultney Food Care, Stone Valley Arts and Slate Quarry Park. The Meeting House, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-776-6675.
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DANCE, PAINT, WRITE: DROP-IN: Teens and adults create, connect, heal and grow through self-guided movement and art set to music. Expressive Arts Burlington, 12:30-2:30 p.m. $20; free for first-timers. Info, 343-8172.
GUIDED TOURS: See WED.23. JOB HUNT HELP: Community College of Vermont interns assist employment seekers with everything from résumé writing to online applications. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.
CALEDONIA COUNTY FAIR: See WED.23, 7 a.m.
‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.23.
food & drink
BARK & BREW SERIES: Pups romp around the HSCC play yard while snacks and craft beers tempt pet owners’ taste buds. Humane Society of Chittenden County, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-20. Info, 862-0135. BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOUR: Foodies sample farm-fresh eats on a scrumptious stroll dedicated to Burlington’s culinary past. Awning behind ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 1-4:15 p.m. $53.50; preregister. Info, 863-5966. DINNER AT THE ASADO: Foodies seated around an outdoor kitchen taste their way through a succession of grilled meats and summer veggies. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $50; cash bar. Info, 651-0080. JERICHO FARMERS MARKET: Passersby graze through veggies, pasture-raised meats, coffee and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, jerichofarmersmarket@ gmail.com. MILTON FARMERS MARKET: Fresh finds woo seekers of produce, eggs, meat and maple syrup. Hannaford Supermarket, Milton, 3:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009. MONTGOMERY FARMERS MARKET: Those in search of baked goods, pizza, Texas barbecue, fresh flowers, produce and meats find what they desire. Pratt Hall, Montgomery, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 326-4189. PIZZA SOCIAL: A diversified producer of veggies, lamb, chicken, eggs, maple syrup and honey plays host at a wood-fired pizza party followed by a tour of the grounds. Sunrise Farm, White River Junction, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 434-4122. ROYALTON FARMERS MARKET: A cornucopia of farm-fresh fare catches shoppers’ eyes. South Royalton Town Green, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 763-8302.
THU 7 BILL MARES & JEFF DANZIGER: 7PM THE FULL VERMONTY Book launch celebration for this political satire on Vermont in the age of Trump.
WED 13 JOANNA TEBBS YOUNG: 7PM LILIAN BAKER CARLISLE FRI 15 KEN HAEDRICH: 5-7PM THE HARVEST BAKER
CHILL SUMMER SUNSET FLOW: Hanna Satterlee guides participants through a series of slow, deep poses. Weather dependent. Sangha Studio - North in Burlington, 7:45-8:45 p.m. $10-15; free for members. Info, 448-4262. COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161. FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: A peaceful, guided meditation helps participants achieve a sense of stability and calm. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 777-8602. YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.
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TUE 19 GREEN WRITERS PRESS 7PM COMES TO BURLINGTON! SAT 23 EVERYBODY COOKS RICE 11AM Story time with City Market. Free. Phoenix Books Burlington events are ticketed unless otherwise indicated. Your $3 ticket comes with a coupon for $5 off the featured book. Proceeds go to Vermont Foodbank.
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JUNIOR RANGER ROUNDUP: See WED.23. LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Tykes up to age 5 have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.
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BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.
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Find club dates in the music section. BAND & BROWSE: Handmade arts and crafts catch audience members’ eyes as they listen to acoustic folk trio Pierces Players. The Sparkle Barn, Wallingford, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 446-2044.
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STOWE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: ‘ROSENWALD’: A 2015 documentary tells the true story of a Jewish businessman who established schools throughout the rural South. An ice cream sundae buffet follows. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 7 p.m. $10-15; free for teens. Info, edeesimonisrael@gmail.com.
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FEAST & FIELD MARKET: Locally grown produce and the soulful stylings of Quincy Mumford and the Reason Why are on the menu at a pastoral party. Clark Farm, Barnard, market, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; concert, 5:30-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 234-1645.
SHORT FILM FEST: Cinephiles view selections such as the animated “Destino” and the 2017 documentary “Jim Carrey: I Needed Color.” The Sparkle Barn, Wallingford, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 446-2044.
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FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: R&B and calypso-dancehall music is the soundtrack to an empowering sensual dance session aimed at confronting body shaming. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfitness@gmail.com.
‘SEA MONSTERS 3D: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.23.
CHAIR YOGA: Yogis limber up with modified poses. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 316-1510.
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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.
‘RIFFTRAX LIVE: DOCTOR WHO: THE FIVE DOCTORS’: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett offer wisecracking commentary on an episode of the BBC’s sci-fi adventure series. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 660-9300.
BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.
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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. $2-4; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. RIVER SAFARI: Nature lovers don water shoes and cool off while exploring a shady mountain stream. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $2-4; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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SHOEFLY TRAIL RUNNING SERIES: Runners and walkers break a sweat on one-mile, 5K and 10K excursions on Northeast Kingdom trails. See shoeflytrailrun.org for details. 5 p.m. $45 for the series; free for kids under 10; preregister. Info, julie@ shoeflytrailrun.org.
BREAD LOAF WRITERS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See WED.23. TOWN HOUSE FORUM: A reading and discussion series hosts poets Pamela Harrison and Ina Anderson. Strafford Town House, 7-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 765-4037.
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DINNER & DISCUSSION: Debby Irving, author of Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race, appears for a book signing, a meal and a conversation. YWCA Camp Hochelaga, South Hero, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $50-60. Info, 862-7520. PEACE VIGIL: Friends and neighbors come together, bringing along their signs and their hearts. Top of Church St., Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-1731.
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TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks? Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 302.
Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section.
VERMONT TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE SUNSET DINNER CRUISE: Tech-savvy professionals network over refreshments and dinner aboard the Spirit of Ethan Allen. Burlington Community Boathouse, boarding, 6 p.m.; dinner, 6:30 p.m. $30-35; preregister. Info, 735-0840.
BURLINGTON BIKE PARTY: CATS: Costumed riders spin their wheels on a themed ride through the Queen City. Personal lights are required. Meet at the northeast corner of the park at 7:30 p.m. Burlington City Hall Park, 8-10 p.m. Free. Info, burlbikeparty@gmail.com.
‘AMERICAN BUFFALO’: Dorset Theatre Festival’s revival of David Mamet’s acclaimed play takes a fresh look at a trio of out-of-luck misfits who plot the theft of a rare coin collection. Dorset Playhouse, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $39-52. Info, 867-2223. ‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.23. ‘THE CHARITY THAT BEGAN AT HOME’: St. John Emile Clavering Hankin’s comedy follows a family whose all-consuming commitment to kindness has awful and amusing consequences. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. ‘THE DAUGHTERS OF SUNSET’: A mother’s search into the mysterious disappearance of her daughter illuminates her past in a full-length shadow play by Night Shade Shadow Theater. See calendar spotlight. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, theoffcenter@gmail.com.
‘THE STORYTELLERS’: Choreographer Joy Madden and a spirited company of dancers spin a tale of heartbreak, humor and overcrowding in an Irish Catholic family. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $15. Info, joymadden@yahoo.com. STREET DANCE: Music lovers can’t help but boogie to classic rock covers by the Hitmen. Vergennes Green, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7951.
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BIKE & BREW TOUR: Electric bicycles transport suds lovers to local beer producers via scenic routes. Old Mill Park, Johnson, noon-4 p.m. $75; preregister. Info, 730-0161.
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ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspire divine connections. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011.
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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.
conferences
TREKONDEROGA WEEKEND: Fans of Star Trek geek out for special presentations, star appearances, and fireworks. Trekonderoga, Ticonderoga, N.Y., noon-10 p.m. $55; additional cost for some activities. Info, startrektour.com.
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CRAFTY CRAP NIGHT: Participants bring supplies or ongoing projects and an adventurous attitude to share creative time with other people in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. FIBER ARTS FRIDAY: Grown-up yarn lovers get together for tea and casual project time. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.
keyboard and viola, captivates listeners in celebration of the Main Street Museum’s 25th anniversary. An opening reception at the museum kicks off at 6 p.m. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $45-65. Info, 356-2776.
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BONDVILLE FAIR: The oldest continuously running fair in Vermont offers family-oriented fun. Bondville Fairgrounds, 10 a.m. $5-10; rides free with admission. Info, bondvillefair.org. CALEDONIA COUNTY FAIR: See WED.23, 7 a.m. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: Folks hit the midway for games, rides and fried food, of course. Farm animals, agricultural displays and grandstand concerts round out the fun. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-midnight. $512; $30 ride bracelet; additional fees for concerts and special events. Info, 878-5545. MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL: See THU.24.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.23. ‘MAUDIE’: Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins star in the true story of a romance between a reclusive man and his housekeeper who reaches fame as a folk painter. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:309:30 p.m. $7-9. Info, 457-3981. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.23. ‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.23.
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‘LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT’: Themes of addiction and familial dysfunction thread through Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, staged by the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. Weston Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. $15-57. Info, 824-5288.
SIT & KNIT: Adult crafters share projects, patterns and conversation. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.
BRANDON FARMERS MARKET: More than 50 local famers, specialty food producers and artisans offer up their goods. Central Park, Brandon, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 802 273-2655.
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BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOUR: See THU.24.
‘THE TAFFETAS’: Fifties hits such as “Mr. Sandman” and “Johnny Angel” pepper the Depot Theater’s staging of the story of a girl group vying for a spot on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 5 p.m. $20-32. Info, 518-962-4449.
BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Learn new moves with Ballroom Nights, then join others in a dance social featuring the waltz, tango and more. Singles, couples and beginners are welcome. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance
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, 299-1280. GREATER FALLS FARMERS MARKET: Locals break out their shopping bags for fresh veggies, baked
goods, salsa, hot sauce and relish. Hetty Green Park, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, greaterfallsmarket@gmail.com. HARTLAND FARMERS MARKET: Strollers snag scrumptious morsels and eye-catching crafts. Hartland Public Library, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, hartlandfarmersmarket@gmail.com. LYNDON FARMERS MARKET: Vendors proffer a rotation of fresh veggies, meats, cheeses and more. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, lyndonfarmersmarket@gmail.com. MANCHESTER FOOD & WINE CLASSIC: Three days of tastings, seminars, demos and outdoor adventures get taste buds working overtime. See manchesterfoodandwineclassic.com for details. Various Manchester locations. $55-135; for ages 21 and up. Info, 203-900-5566. MONTGOMERY FARMERS MARKET: See THU.24. RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET: An open-air marketplace connects cultivators and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 391-0806. ROCHESTER’S FARMERS MARKET & EXCHANGE: Locals start the weekend right with a diverse offering of produce, eggs, meat, baked goods, crafts and music. Park Row, Rochester, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 353-4620. SUN TO CHEESE TOUR: Fromage fanatics go behind the scenes and follow award-winning farmhouse cheddar from raw milk to finished product. Shelburne Farms, 1:45-3:45 p.m. $18 includes a block of cheddar. Info, 985-8686. TRUCK STOP: Mobile kitchens dish out mouthwatering meals and libations. Live music and a full bar add to the fun. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.
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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.23, 9:15 a.m. SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.23.
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ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: Folks keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. BONE BUILDERS: See WED.23, 7:30-8:30 a.m. BUTI YOGA: See WED.23, 10 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. GET OFF YOUR BUTT & HIT THE FLOOR FELDENKRAIS: Slow easy movements leave students feeling relaxed and smiling. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0186. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.23. REFUGE RECOVERY: A LOVE SUPREME: Buddhist philosophy is the foundation of this mindfulnessbased addiction recovery community. Turning Point Center, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 861-3150. SUNSET YOGA: Participants at all levels wind down with calming breath work and a slow flow on the studio roof. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10-15; free for members. Info, 448-4262. TAI CHI: Instructor Shaina shares the fundamentals of Yang Style, including standing and moving postures. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com. YOGA ON THE DOCK: See WED.23.
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ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: Little ones up to age 4 gather for read-aloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. ANIME CLUB: Konnichiwa! Fans of the Japanese cartoon style geek out over shows, kawaii crafts and tasty treats. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. BABY & TOT YOGA: Kids and caregivers stretch, wiggle, move and groove. Jericho Town Library, 3-4
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p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, sharingcircleeducation@gmail.com. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Imaginative gamers exercise their problem-solving skills in battles and adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:308:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956. JUNIOR RANGER ROUNDUP: See WED.23. LIVE ACTION ROLE-PLAY: Gamers in middle and high school take on alter egos for mythical adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. STORY TIME: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers drop in for books, rhymes, songs and activities. Winooski Memorial Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 655-6424. SUMMER STORY TIME: Little ones rise and shine with engaging narratives, puppets, songs and rhymes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.
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Find club dates in the music section. CITY HALL PARK SUMMER CONCERTS: BINGER: Elements of progressive psych rock, jazz and hip-hop thread through an outdoor performance. Burlington City Hall Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166. FRIDAY NIGHT FIRE WITH COOIE’S HOT CLUB JAZZ TRIO: An evening of standards entertains picnickers. Wood-fire pizza, fresh salads and wine fuel the fun. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery, Berlin, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1151. I LOVE THE ’90S: THE PARTY CONTINUES TOUR: Pop-music fans experience a blast from the past when TLC and Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath dole out their biggest hits. Coca-Cola Grandstand, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $32.25-275. Info, 863-5966.
seminars
MORE THAN MEDICINE: MEDICAL SYSTEMS AS MORALITY & MEANING SYSTEMS: Questions of history and philosophy underlie an exploration of plant-medicine experiences compared to conventional Western treatments. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-0595.
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DAMSELS OF DIRT WOMEN’S MOUNTAIN BIKE SERIES: Aspiring cyclists learn the basics in a pressure-free clinic with pro rider Ali Zimmer. Farmhouse Rental Shop. Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, 583-6300.
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TED TIME: Curious minds watch TED Talk videos, then discuss world issues. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 12:40 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.
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‘ALWAYS ... PATSY CLINE’: The country crooner’s friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger anchors this ArtisTree Music Theatre Festival production. The Grange Theatre, South Pomfret, 7:30 p.m. $15-25. Info, 457-3500.
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‘AMERICAN BUFFALO’: See THU.24. ‘BASIC BYE-BYE’: Subversive storylines thread through a new show by Bread and Puppet Theater. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 525-3031. ‘THE CHARITY THAT BEGAN AT HOME’: See THU.24. ‘THE DAUGHTERS OF SUNSET’: See THU.24. ‘LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT’: See THU.24.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: FRIDAY CONCERT: Listeners lean in for works by Johannes Brahms and Bela Bartók before a meetthe-artists discussion and reception. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, preconcert talk, 6:45 p.m.; concert, 7:30 p.m. $1535. Info, 863-5966.
BREAD LOAF WRITERS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See WED.23.
RED BRICK COFFEE HOUSE: Hot beverages are provided at an open mic and jam session where community members connect over music, cards and board games. Red Brick Meeting House, Westford, 7-10 p.m. Donations. Info, mpk802vt@gmail.com.
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BURLINGTON WOMEN VETERANS BOOK GROUP: Those who have served in the U.S. military connect over reading materials and lunch. Burlington Lakeside Clinic, 12:30-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 657-7092.
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WHITE FRAGILITY TALK: Attendees take steps to stay involved in conversations about racism, even when they become uncomfortable. Arrive at 3 p.m. for a PJC new volunteer orientation. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.
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Join us at Allenwood on Wednesday, September 6th at 6:30pm for a sneak peak of the new immersive narrative that tells the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never been told on film. Limited seating, RSVP required, please call 802-861-3750 for reservation. There will be a post-screening moderated discussion, and refreshments will be provided.
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NORTHERN FLYER: Four veteran Vermont musicians band together, bringing their first-rate harmonies and instrumental expertise to hard-driving bluegrass numbers. Meeting House on the Green, East Fairfield, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 827-6626.
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FLEA MARKET: Eclectic used items vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. Farr’s Field, Waterbury, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 882-1919.
ROCKIN’ THE LITTLE RIVER: TOUR OF THE WATERBURY DAM: 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. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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SKIDA’S SIDEWALK SALE: Shoppers snag skiinspired headwear and accessories at discount prices while savoring popsicles and sweet tunes. Skida Headwear & Accessories, Burlington, 10 a.m.5 p.m. Free. Info, 540-8100.
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FROGGER!: Learn to recognize slippery, bumpy amphibians by sight and sound. A-Side Beach parking lot. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103.
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‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.23.
JAZZYAOKE: Would-be crooners sing the standards backed by a live six-piece jazz band. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.
LAKOU MIZIK: The multigenerational Haitian music collective communicates messages of pride, strength and hope through song. Clark Farm, Barnard, 7 p.m. $10-25. Info, 234-1645.
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A_DOG DAY: A day of skateboarding, art and music celebrates the life and legacy of DJ Andy “A_Dog” Williams. A bone marrow drive supports those in need, and proceeds benefit the Friends for A-Dog Foundation. Various Burlington locations, 1 p.m.-2 a.m. Free. Info, info@friendsforadog.org. BACKYARD CLASSIC: Lawn games, DJed tunes and Zero Gravity libations enliven an adults-only poolside party complete with dinner by the Farmhouse Tap & Grill. Proceeds benefit the King Street Center. Burlington Tennis Club, South Burlington, 5 p.m. $75. Info, 862-6736.
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SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE: Film buffs munch on Sisters of Anarchy ice cream and other local fare while taking in a flick. Bring blankets or chairs. Fisher Brothers Farm, Shelburne, food sales begin at 5:30 p.m.; movie, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 735-0005.
BRUNCH & BOWL: Families hit the lanes to topple pins and nosh from an à la carte menu. A buildBIKE & BREW TOUR: See FRI.25. your-own Bloody Mary bar keeps BOW WOW DOG LUAU: Pups and their grown-ups in good spirits. Stowe IC T R |N A people support the Humane Society of EA Bowl, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $9.99-14.99. Info, OF VE T R IO | C O U R T E S Y Chittenden County at a pet-friendly party 253-2494. complete with brews, bratwurst, raffles and BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOUR: See photos. The Tap Room at Switchback Brewing, THU.24. Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Cost of drinks. Info, 651-4114. BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Dozens of CATERPILLAR LAB: Entomology enthusiasts get stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, a close-up view of a variety of species found in artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Vermont’s woods, fields and backyards. Montshire Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonMuseum of Science, Norwich, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. farmersmarket.org@gmail.com. Regular admission, $3-17; free for members and CAPITAL CITY FARMERS MARKET: Meats and kids under 2. Info, 649-2200. cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.25. and locally made arts and crafts. 60 State Street, GUIDED TOURS: See WED.23. Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8347. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: Baked Brainstorming leads to forming activity groups items, fresh produce, meats and eggs sustain seekfor hobbies such as flying stunt kites and playing ers of local goods. Grand Isle St. Joseph’s Church, music. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, champlainislandsfarmera.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030. smkt@gmail.com. LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complimentary CHOCOLATE TASTING: With the help of a tastconsultations on a first-come, first-served basis. ing guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. flavor profiles of four different confections. Lake Free. Info, 383-2118. Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807. OKEMO VALLEY ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAR/TRUCK SHOW: Auto enthusiasts get in gear for a highCRAFTSBURY FARMERS MARKET: Food, drink, octane exposition complete with food vendors crafts and family-friendly entertainment are on and a parade. Fletcher Farm School for the Arts & the menu at an emporium of local merchandise. Crafts, Ludlow, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $10. Info, 228-5830. Craftsbury Common, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 922-1771. SOLDIERS ATOP THE MOUNT: Reenactors take over the knoll with demos of Revolutionary War MANCHESTER FOOD & WINE CLASSIC: See FRI.25. camp life, military tactics, and colonial crafts and MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23. skills. Call for details. Mount Independence State MONTGOMERY FARMERS MARKET: See THU.24. Historic Site, Orwell, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $6; free for NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23. kids under 15. Info, 948-2000.
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‘ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW’: Actors perform along with the campy film about a newly engaged couple who travel into the depths of transsexual Transylvania. Plainfield Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $1015. Info, 249-4945.
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VERGENNES DAY: Vermont’s smallest city goes big with bandstand concerts, artisan vendors, road races, a chicken barbecue and more. See calendar spotlight. Vergennes City Park, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7951.
BIG BAND SWING DANCE/CONCERT: Green Mountain Swing get hoofers on their feet with old-school, contemporary and Latin sounds. Bring clean shoes. Capital City Grange, Berlin, 7:30-10 p.m. $10-15. Info, 496-3764.
ANTIQUES APPRAISALS: From paintings to pocket watches, collectors learn the monetary value of their items from experts. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 12:30-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.
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MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL: See THU.24.
NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET: Locavores stock up on produce, preserves, baked goods, ethnic foods, and arts and crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, alavista@myfairpoint.net. NORWICH FARMERS MARKET: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land offered alongside baked goods, crafts and live entertainment. Route 5, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447. RANDOLPH FARMERS MARKET: Locavores support area purveyors who proffer seasonal foodstuffs and arts and crafts. Gifford Green, Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, randfarmmarket@yahoo.com.
LIST YOUR EVENT FOR FREE AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTEVENT SHELBURNE FARMERS MARKET: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties grace outdoor tables. Shelburne Town Center, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4279. ST. JOHNSBURY FARMERS MARKET: Growers and crafters gather weekly at booths centered on local eats. Anthony’s Diner, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, cfmamanager@gmail.com. VERMONT CIDER CLASSIC: Imbibers sip fermented beverages from local makers at this third-annual event. ArtsRiot, Burlington, VIP admission, 4 p.m.; general admission, 5 p.m. $25-55; for ages 21 and up. Info, 540-0406. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. WAITSFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A bustling bazaar boasts seasonal produce, prepared foods, artisan crafts and live entertainment. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, waitsfieldmarketmanager@gmail.com. WINDSOR FARMERS MARKET: Locavores go wild for fruits, veggies, maple syrup, honey, eggs, meats, crafts and more. 51 Main St., Windsor, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 359-2551.
games
SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.23.
health & fitness
BACKYARD BOOT CAMP: Ma’am, yes, ma’am! Exercise expert Ginger Lambert guides active bodies in an interval-style workout to build strength and cardiovascular fitness. Private residence, Middlebury, 8-9 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. PADDLEBOARD: WINOOSKI RIVER RUN: Experienced guides lead an 8-mile aquatic excursion for families and small groups complete with lunch catered by the Spot. WND&WVS, Burlington, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $85. Info, 540-2529. 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, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. ROOFTOP BUTI: A sunset savasana closes a dynamic blend of power yoga, tribal dance and deep abdominal toning — on the studio roof! Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 448-4262.
kids
JUNIOR RANGER ROUNDUP: See WED.23. SATURDAY DROP-IN STORY TIME: A weekly selection of songs and story lines engages all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.
language
DUTCH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Planning a trip to Amsterdam? Learn vocabulary and grammar basics from a native speaker. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.
Find club dates in the music section. ALEX SMITH: The storytelling songster serves up folky strains. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 748-2600. ‘BEAUTIFUL NIGHT’: Greensboro favorite Heidi Lauren Duke, alongside special guests, lends her talents to a varied vocal program. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7 p.m. $10-25. Info, 533-9075.
ERIC GEORGE & THE LAST DIMES: The Queen City folksters provide the soundtrack to the Cider Classic after party. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $10; free for Cider Classic VIP ticket holders. Info, 540-0406. FUNKY DAWGZ BRASS BAND: An upbeat mix of New Orleans R&B, hop-hop and funk turns heads as part of the Cooler in the Mountains concert series. Snowshed Base Area, Killington Resort, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-734-9435. NEAVE TRIO: Classical compositions carry through the air at a concert supporting the Catamount Arts’ EPIC Music program. United Community Church South Building, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 748-2600.
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THE NIGHTSHADE FESTIVAL: Two stages host more than 12 local and touring musical acts. Red Barn Gardens, Williston, 2 p.m.-midnight. $15. Info, 707-291-4283. OPEN MIC NIGHT: Performers share their talents with the public. Sister Wicked, Brandon, 8-11 p.m. Free. Info, 236-3368. SOCIAL BAND: The Burlington choral group gets in tune for a program inspired by the wind, the moon and the stars. Old Round Church, Richmond, 7:30-9 p.m. $15. Info, 355-4216. TANGO! WITH COUNTERPOINT, 8 CUERDAS & CASSOTTO DUO: A variety of instrumental and vocal combinations give life to steamy Argentine songs. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8-10 p.m. $20-25. Info, 760-4634.
outdoors
ASTRONOMY DEEP SKY DISCOVERY NIGHT: Curious minds uncover the mysteries of the universe in a star-gazing session with the Green Mountain Astronomers. Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, 6:30-11 p.m. Donations. Info, 273-2282. BIRD MONITORING WALK: Adults and older children don binoculars and keep an eye out for winged wonders. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 7:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-2167. CELEBRATION OF OUR NEW TRAIL: Outdoors lovers fête a new section of path designed with beginner mountain bikers in mind. Millstone Trails, Barre, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 272-6199. GARDENING FOR BUTTERFLIES & BIRDS: Green thumbs get the dirt on attracting eye-catching creatures to their yards. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103. THE MAGIC OF BIRD MIGRATION: See WED.23. MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED: See THU.24. 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. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. THERE BE DRAGONFLIES HERE: See WED.23, 2 p.m.
seminars
VCAM’S DIGITAL EDITING CERTIFICATION: Adobe Premiere users get familiar with the most recent version of the editing software. Prerequisite: VCAM Access Orientation or equivalent, or instructor’s permission. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.
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THE DAVE KELLER BAND & JOHNNY RAWLS: The north and south make for an ideal musical pairing when Vermont’s award-winning blues artist welcomes the Mississippi soul man. Oxbow Park, Morrisville, 6 p.m. Free. Info, info@davekeller.com.
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WHOLE-BOOK APPROACH STORY TIME: Tots learn how words, pictures and book design work together to complete a narrative. Phoenix Books, Essex, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.
DADDY LONG LEGS: Rick Ceballos, David Gusakov and Matt Witten combine talents with lively and innovative folk tunes. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.
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YIN YOGA: Students hold poses for several minutes to give connective tissues a good stretch. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8-9:30 a.m. Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.
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LEAF PEEPERS HALF-MARATHON TRAINING SERIES: Runners make strides in a 10-week program with an experienced coach. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 8 a.m. $50; preregister. Info, 229-9409. RUN FOR JON: Runners and walkers make strides for the Jonathan Evans Memorial Fund, which supports North Country families with children in medical crisis. Forrence Orchards, Peru, N.Y., registration, 3:30-4:45 p.m.; run, 5 p.m. $10; $30 per family. Info, 518-643-2414.
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STRONG GROUND 5K WALK: Folks hit the trails to raise funds for the Mount Independence Coalition. Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $20 includes admission to Soldiers Atop the Mount; preregister. Info, 948-2000.
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TECH HELP: Electronics novices bring their questions and devices to a hands-on help session with a trained troubleshooter. Fairfax Community Library, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.
theater
‘THE ADDAMS FAMILY’: See WED.23. ‘ALWAYS ... PATSY CLINE’: See FRI.25, 3 & 7:30 p.m. ‘AMERICAN BUFFALO’: See THU.24, 2-4 & 7:309:30 p.m. ‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.23, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘THE CHARITY THAT BEGAN AT HOME’: See THU.24.
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‘THE DAUGHTERS OF SUNSET’: See THU.24. ‘LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT’: See THU.24, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘LOVE LETTERS’: A man and a woman revisit their 50-year correspondence in A.R. Gurney’s drama, staged by Company Be. Vermont Coffee Company Playhouse, Middlebury, 8-10:30 p.m. $10. Info, 398-2038. ‘THE TAFFETAS’: See THU.24, 8 p.m.
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WRITERS READ: Burlington Writers Workshop members share selections of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 489-5227.
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DOG DAYS OF SUMMER POOL PARTY: Canines make a splash at this pup-friendly party benefiting the Rutland County Humane Society. Northwood Pool, Rutland, 9-11 a.m. $5 per dog; donations for people. Info, 483-9171. EXCURSION TO RUM STREET: Woodstock-area residents discover local history though literature, music and a self-guided interpreted hike. See woodstockhistorycenter.org for details. Woodstock History Center, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 457-1822. GUIDED TOURS: See WED.23. NIGHT OF FIRE & DESTRUCTION: World class-monster-truck drivers rev their engines for a spectacle of stunts and car-crushing mayhem. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. $8-12. Info, 863-5966. OKEMO VALLEY ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAR/TRUCK SHOW: See SAT.26. SOLDIERS ATOP THE MOUNT: See SAT.26, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
fairs & festivals
BONDVILLE FAIR: See FRI.25. CALEDONIA COUNTY FAIR: See WED.23, 7 a.m. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: See FRI.25. JEWISH FOOD FAIR & COMMUNITY DAY: Eastern European, Sephardic and Israeli dishes fuel browsers for a mini-crafts fair and kids’ activities. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost of food. Info, 864-0218. MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL: See THU.24. UNCOMMON JAM MUSIC FESTIVAL: Kat Wright, Dwight & Nicole and the Joe Moore Band are on the bill at an open-air jamboree with local eats, a craft beer garden, lawn games and pop-up performances. Newbury Village Common, 2-7 p.m. $20. Info, 603-989-5500.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘CASTLE IN THE SKY’: Two youngsters search for a legendary floating palace in this 1986 animated Japanese adventure. Shown Sunday and Wednesday with English dubbing and Monday with English subtitles. See calendar spotlight. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 12:55 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300. ‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.23. ‘MAUDIE’: See FRI.25. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23. MOVIES IN THE RED BARN: Cinephiles view favorite flicks. A full bar and dinner service are available. Call for film info and reservations. Mary’s Restaurant, Bristol, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 902-453-2432. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.23. ‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.23.
FLEA MARKET: See SAT.26.
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CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.26.
BRUNCH & BOWL: See SAT.26.
COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, assistant@centerformindfullearning.org.
IRISH SODA BREAD DEMO: Budding bakers make hearty loaves with historian Vince Feeney. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.
conferences
RIVERSIDE GRANGE COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKET: A vibrant group of vendors deals in produce, eggs, cut flowers, handcrafted soap, wool products, baked goods and maple creations. Riverside Grange Hall, West Topsham, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, hgb111@rocketmail.com.
TREKONDEROGA WEEKEND: See FRI.25, 9 a.m.3:30 p.m.
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BALKAN DANCE PARTY: Bulgarian wedding band Kabile provide the tunes for a spirited stepping session. A potluck supper follows. Capital City Grange, Berlin, 3-6 p.m. $20. Info, 426-3210.
MANCHESTER FOOD & WINE CLASSIC: See FRI.25.
STOWE FARMERS MARKET: An appetizing assortment of fresh veggies, meats, milk, berries, herbs, beverages and crafts tempts shoppers. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 279-3444.
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STOWE WINE & FOOD CLASSIC GRAND TASTING: Wine fans, brew enthusiasts and foodies unite for an afternoon of local and global eats and libations. See stowewine.com for details. Topnotch Resort & Spa, Stowe, 1-4 p.m. $65-75; for ages 21 and up. Info, stowewineandfoodclassic@gmail.com.
masterpieces. Our Lady of the Snows, Woodstock, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 617-755-9562.
WINOOSKI FARMERS MARKET: Area growers and bakers offer prepared fare, assorted produce and agricultural products. Champlain Mill Green, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, info@downtownwinooski.org.
UKULELE MÊLÉE: Fingers fly at a group lesson on the four-stringed Hawaiian instrument. BYO uke. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.
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POKÉMON LEAGUE: See THU.24, noon-5 p.m. SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.23.
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PRYDEIN: Bagpipes give rock songs some Celtic flair. Catamount Pipe Band open this Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series concert. Dog Mountain, St. Johnsbury, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.
outdoors
BURLINGTON TREE TOURS: Outdoors lovers learn to identify common species on a moderately paced walking tour of the Queen City’s urban forest. Hilton Burlington, 10-11:15 a.m. & 7-8:15 p.m. $11.91-13; free for kids 10 and under. Info, 343-1773.
FAMILY YOGA CLASS: An all-ages class for kids and caregivers combines yoga poses and group games with exercises to calm and focus the mind. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. $5-20. Info, 448-4262.
CAMELS HUMP VIA MONROE TRAIL HIKE: Trekkers take on a difficult excursion covering nearly seven miles of ground and gaining 2,700 feet in elevation. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, kfarone@yahoo.com.
GUIDED MEDITATION & VOCAL TONING WORKSHOP: Participants tap into the healing properties of intentional soundscapes. Didgeridoo Vibroacoustics Studio, Berlin, 7-9 p.m. $25; preregister; limited space. Info, pitzquattrone@gmail. com.
HIKE RICHMOND RIDGE: A moderate outing with the Vermont Land Trust begins on conserved land in Williston. Exact directions are emailed upon registration. 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 262-1222.
TRADITIONAL YOGA FLOW: Breath accompanies each transition during a vinyasa flow focused on body awareness and self acceptance. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10:15 a.m. Donations. Info, 244-8134.
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FLEDGLINGS FIGURE IT OUT: Youngsters ages 5 through 10 spread their wings with themed challenges related to the wild and wonderful world of birds. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-3 p.m. Regular admission, $3.50-7; free for members. Info, 434-2167. PEER-LED MINDFULNESS MEET-UP FOR TEENS: South Burlington High School junior Mika Holtz guides adolescents toward increased awareness through music, movement and other techniques. Stillpoint Center, Burlington, 9-10:30 a.m. Donations. Info, 720-427-9340.
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SPANISH GROUP CLASSES: Students roll their Rs while practicing en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 2:45-4:30 p.m. $20. Info, maigomez1@ hotmail.com.
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ROCKIN’ THE LITTLE RIVER: TOUR OF THE WATERBURY DAM: See FRI.25, 11:30 a.m. WAR OF THE WEEDS! & JUNIOR RANGER ROUNDUP & SERVICE PROJECT: Adults remove invasive plant species while kiddos lend a hand to finish their Junior Ranger requirements. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-4; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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THE OVERLAND: Cyclists spin their wheels in a 49mile dirt-road bike race. Suicide Six Ski Area, South Pomfret, registration, 7 a.m.; race, 9 a.m. $95; free for riders 18 and under. Info, 291-2419. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Players dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $3; preregister at meetup.com. Info, carmengeorgevt@ gmail.com.
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ZOE’S RACE: Athletes make strides in a 1K fun run and a 5K run/walk benefiting families supported by HowardCenter Developmental Services. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 1K, 8:30 a.m.; 5K, 9 a.m. $20-40. Info, 488-6901.
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‘ALWAYS ... PATSY CLINE’: See FRI.25, 2 p.m. ‘AMERICAN BUFFALO’: See THU.24, 2-4 p.m. ‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.23, 3 p.m.
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‘THE DAUGHTERS OF SUNSET’: See THU.24. ‘THE DOMESTIC INSURRECTION CIRCUS AND PAGEANT’: Social and political themes thread through this new Bread and Puppet Theater production. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, museum tour, 1 p.m.; show, 3 p.m Donations. Info, 525-3031.
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‘LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT’: See THU.24, 2 p.m. ‘LOVE LETTERS’: See SAT.26, 2-4:30 p.m.
HARRY DRUM TRIO: Standards and original tunes get fingers snapping. Stone Valley Arts, Poultney, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, stonevalleyartscenter@ gmail.com.
‘THE ODD COUPLE’ AUDITIONS: Actors step into prospective roles in a St. Johnsbury Players production. United Community Church South Building, St. Johnsbury, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 467-3043.
MOZART CONCERT: Performers hit all the right notes in a 20th anniversary celebration of Mozart
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DIANA FANNING: The concert pianist showcases her skills on the keys. Essex Community Church, N.Y., 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 518-962-2688.
‘OKLAHOMA!’: Songs such as “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” delight fans of this spirited musical, staged by Vermont Family Theatre Mainstage Productions. Orleans Municipal Building, 2:30-5 p.m. $8-10. Info, 754-2187.
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LGBTQ FIBER ARTS GROUP: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.
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CHINESE LANGUAGE & CULTURE CLASS: Vocabulary, grammar and cultural lessons lead to lively conversation. Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.
LITTLE RIVER RAMBLE: Hikers step off the beaten path for a guided tour of the Little River Settlement archaeological ruins. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.
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AUTHOR CHAT: PowerPoint slides illustrate “Voices From the Attic,” Carleton Young’s talk about Civil War-era letters that he found in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Waterbury Municipal Building, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 244-8089. THE MOTH: Bobby Stoddard leads a themed storytelling session. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 496-5997.
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OPEN HOUSE: A center of learning, collaborating and networking opens the doors of its new facility for heart-centered members of the business community. The Holistic School of Business, Montpelier, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, kristen.aja@holisticschoolofbusiness.com.
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NEIGHBORS BUILDING A BETTER WORLD THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Area officials lay out their paths to leadership during a panel presentation and Q&A. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.
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CONTACT IMPROV DANCE: Movers engage in weight sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced by aikido and other somatic practices. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4. Info, 864-7306.
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BONE BUILDERS: See WED.23.
SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata and cha-cha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: See FRI.25.
See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘CASTLE IN THE SKY’: See SUN.27, 7 p.m. ‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.23. ‘MAUDIE’: See FRI.25. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.23.
WEST AFRICAN DANCE: Live djembe and dundun drumming drive a family-friendly class with teacher Seny Daffe of Guinea. Drop-ins are welcome. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-7 p.m. $1016. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.
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learn steps popular in the time of Jane Austen. Richmond Free Library, 7-9 p.m. $3-5. Info, 899-2378.
‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.23.
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FORGET-ME-NOTS BROWN BAG SA LUNCH: Women ages 65 and up T.2 GS E 6| GL M US education meet for a midday meal. Unitarian IC | DADDY LO N Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., CAMPUS TOUR: Potential students ages 16 noon. Free. Info, 518-561-6920. through 24 check out a facility offering free housing, meals, career technical training, high school diplomas, driver’s licenses and job placement. Northlands Job Corps Center, Vergennes, 9:45 a.m.noon. Free; preregister. Info, 877-0121.
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FIRST-TIME KINDERGARTENERS: Soon-to-be students and their parents get together for stories, activities and sharing. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.
MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498.
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MAH JONGG: Longtime players and neophytes alike compete in the popular Chinese tile game. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.
JOB HUNT HELP: See THU.24, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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ROOFTOP FLOW: Seasoned practitioners and newbies alike link breath with movement during a series of strengthening and lengthening poses. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10-15. Info, 448-4262. SEATED TAI CHI: Movements are modified for those with arthritis and other chronic conditions. Winooski Senior Center, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467. TAI CHI, SUN-STYLE LONG-FORM: Elements of qigong thread through the youngest version of the Chinese martial art. Winooski Senior Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467. VERMONT CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HERBALISM STUDENT HERBAL CLINIC: Third-year interns evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. Burlington Herb Clinic, 4-8 p.m. $10-30; preregister. Info, info@vtherbcenter.org. YOGA FLOW: An athletic Ashtanga flow combines strength, flexibility and stamina in a specific sequence of asanas linking breath and movement. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:15-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com. YOGA ON THE DOCK: See WED.23.
kids
OPEN GYM PLAY GROUP: Parents can socialize while tykes stay active with movement-centered recreation. River Arts, Morrisville, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 888-1261. PRESCHOOL MUSIC: See THU.24, 11 a.m.
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BUTI YOGA: See WED.23.
SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.23.
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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.23, 6:30 p.m. DO YOU WANT TO LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE?: See WED.23.
ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: See FRI.25.
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PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Melody makers ages 3 through 5 sing and dance into the afternoon. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 264-5660.
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SUMMER STORIES WITH THERESA: Kiddos listen to works of children’s literature read by a library volunteer. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.
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RENTAL INCOME SEMINAR: Those seeking financial freedom and security get wise to the ways of real estate investment. Preferred Properties, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 318-7654.
SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.
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ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Bring a bag lunch to practice the system of communication using visual gestures. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
music
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outdoors
DOWNTOWN HERB WALK: Herbalist Guido Masé leads a stroll through Burlington to identify common medicinal plants that populate sidewalks, parks and lawns. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-9753.
of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.
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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.25. LUNCH WITH CITY LEADERS: Montpelier parks director and tree warden Geoff Beyer joins community members for a discussion of his work, recent successes and emerging challenges. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $5-7. Info, 223-2518. TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.
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TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.23.
OPEN CRAFT NIGHT: Creative sparks fly in the studio as attendees whip out woven wall hangings and crochet, knitting and sewing projects. Nido Fabric & Yarn, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 881-0068.
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BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: Pupils get schooled in the fundamentals
‘THE ODD COUPLE’ AUDITIONS: See SUN.27.
INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Fun-loving folks learn the smooth, sexy stylings of modern swing dance. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com.
SEARCH FOR MEANING DISCUSSION GROUP: Individuals come together in pursuit of truth and personal growth. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-561-6920.
fairs & festivals
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: See FRI.25.
film
See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.23. ‘HAZE’ & ‘THE BLOB’: Local filmmaker Rob Cunning’s 45-minute flick paves the way for a screening of a 1988 horror movie about a destructive life form. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406. KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: Cinema hounds view campy features at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23.
in a 1951 romance about a man torn between two women. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘ROMAN HOLIDAY’: Audrey Hepburn graces the screen as a sheltered princess who falls for an American journalist. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.23. ‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.23.
food & drink
NORTHFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A gathering place for local farmers, producers and artisans offers fresh produce, crafts and locally prepared foods. Depot Square, Northfield, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, northfieldfarmersmarketvt@gmail.com. OLD NORTH END FARMERS MARKET: Locavores snatch up breads, juices, ethnic foods and more from neighborhood vendors. Dewey Park, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, oldnorthendfarmersmarket@gmail.com. TIKI TUESDAYS: Imbibers sip tropical cocktails mixed with Stonecutter Spirits liquor and topped with tiny umbrellas. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 4-11 p.m. Free. Info, sas@stonecutterspirits.com.
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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.23, 7 p.m. CHESS CLUB: Players of all ages put on their thinking caps in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.
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unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.
SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.23.
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BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: See THU.24. BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5-6 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. COMMUNITY YOGA: All ages and all levels are welcome to limber up in this vinyasa class. Brookfield Old Town Hall, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 276-3181.
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PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See SAT.26, 6-7 p.m. TAI CHI, LEVEL I: Beginners are introduced to sequences of slow, controlled movements. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467. YOGA FLOW: A hatha class employing a balanced combination of sustained and flowing poses promotes mindfulness. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt. com. ZUMBA: A high-energy instructor and a wide array of music keep students going strong as they dance their way to health. Marketplace Fitness, Burlington, 4:30-5:15 p.m. $12; free for members and first-timers. Info, 651-8773.
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READ TO WILLY WONKA THE VOLUNTEER THERAPY DOG: Kiddos cozy up for story time with the library’s furry friend. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:15-4:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.
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SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: Amigos ages 1 through 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinean. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. STORY TIME WITH A TWIST: Wee ones get the wiggles out with songs and narratives. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970.
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JONATHAN TORTOLANO: The accomplished cellist interprets works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Canadian composer Antoine Ouellette. Chapel of Saint Michael the .2 6 Archangel, Saint Michael’s College, CO |F T AI EE RS Colchester, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, TR &F E S TIV GE S A L S | C O L LE 654-2000.
GENTLE DROP-IN YOGA: Yogis bring their own mats for a hatha class led by Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.
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FITNESS AT ANY AGE: Strength, agility, coordination and heart-healthy exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte Senior Center, 9:15-10 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.
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DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 5:45-7 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401.
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SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.
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PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Gather on the terrace in fair weather. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.
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AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT LESSON: From reducing pain to improving mobility, this physical practice reveals new ways to live with the body. Come with comfy clothes and an open mind. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 5:306:30 p.m. $10. Info, 504-0846.
LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
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OPEN JAM: Instrumentalists band together for a free-flowing musical hour. Borrow an instrument or bring your own. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. SHAPE NOTE SING: Locals lend their voices to four-part harmonies at this weekly sing-along of early American music in the “fa-sol-la-mi” tradition. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 525-3031. SOULE INDOMITABLE: Audience members groove to soulful and exploratory jams. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-7826. STEVE LOTSPEICH: Old-time country, folk and funky kids’ music finds eager ears. Garden, Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.
theater
‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.23. ‘LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT’: See THU.24.
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ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION: Avid readers sound off on The Girls by Emma Cline. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. MUSLIM GIRLS MAKING CHANGE: A group of young wordsmiths promotes social justice through poetry. A Q&A follows. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Jericho, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3932. A ‘ULYSSES’ SUMMER: SUMMER LITERATURE READING GROUP: Ambitious readers discuss selected pages from James Joyce’s Ulysses. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.
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Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section.
bazaars
JEFFERSONVILLE FARMERS & ARTISAN MARKET: See WED.23.
community
GREENER DRINKS: See WED.23.
crafts
KNITTING & MORE: See WED.23.
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dance
DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.23.
environment
WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: See WED.23. YOGA ON THE DOCK: See WED.23. ZUMBA EXPRESS: See WED.23.
KINGDOM COMMUNITY WIND TOUR: See WED.23.
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STORY TIME WITH A TWIST: See TUE.29.
BBQ & OPEN HOUSE: Students new and old mingle with volunteers and instructors over mouthwatering fare. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 253 8358. GUIDED TOURS: See WED.23.
fairs & festivals
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY FAIR: See FRI.25. JOB FAIR: Job seekers connect with representatives from electronics manufacturer GlobalFoundries in hopes of filling open positions in Essex Junction. Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 888-807-7072.
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See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘THE BOOK THIEF’: A young girl in World War II Germany finds respite in stealing titles to share with others in this 2013 drama. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘CASTLE IN THE SKY’: See SUN.27, 7 p.m. ‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.23. ‘INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS’: A musician struggles to tame his demons in the Coen brothers’ latest flick, set in the heyday of Greenwich Village’s folk scene in 1961. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, 533-9075. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.23. ‘SEA MONSTERS 3D: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE’: See WED.23. ‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.23.
food & drink
BARRE FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23. CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23. COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.23. MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23. NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23.
VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23. WOODSTOCK MARKET ON THE GREEN: See WED.23.
games
DO YOU WANT TO LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE?: See WED.23. SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.23.
health & fitness
BONE BUILDERS: See WED.23. BUTI YOGA: See WED.23. GENTLE YOGA IN RICHMOND: See WED.23. GENTLE YOGA IN WATERBURY: See WED.23. GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: See WED.23.
NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.23. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.23.
BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.23. INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.23. INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.23. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.23.
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MONTRÉAL FETISH WEEKEND: Inhibitions run wild during six days of fantasy-themed events such as demos, workshops, parties and a fashion show. Various Montréal locations. $40-300. Info, eric@ fetishweekend.com.
music
Find club dates in the music section. CITY HALL PARK SUMMER CONCERTS: TINY MONTGOMERY: Fans of Bob Dylan catch cover tunes at an al fresco concert. Burlington City Hall Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166. JENNI LYN: Country and bluegrass tunes from Burn Another Candle get boots tapping. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $10-12. Info, 540-0406.
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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE REALLY, REALLY ITCHY: See WED.23. THE MAGIC OF BIRD MIGRATION: See WED.23. THERE BE DRAGONFLIES HERE: See WED.23.
seminars
AWAKENING THE HEART OF COMPASSION: A MEDITATION PRACTICE & STUDY PROGRAM: See WED.23.
sports
DOUBLE FIGURE 8 RACING: Drivers dodge and weave their way around a looped course, trying to avoid collision before crossing the finish line. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $10-12. Info, 863-5966. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.23.
tech
TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.23.
theater
‘THE ADDAMS FAMILY’: See WED.23. ‘AMERICAN BUFFALO’: See THU.24, 2-4 & 7:309:30 p.m. ‘BUYER & CELLAR’: See WED.23. ‘LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT’: See THU.24, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: See WED.23. VETERANS BOOK CLUB: Women who have served in the U.S. military connect over reading materials and a light dinner. White River Junction VA Medical Center, 5-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 2959363, ext. 5743.
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INTRODUCTION TO TAI CHI: Instructor Ellie Hayes offers an overview of the slow martial art passed down through generations. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain. coop.
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YOUNG WRITERS & STORYTELLERS: Kindergartners through fifth graders practice crafting narratives. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.
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YOGA FOR KIDS: See WED.23.
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SMALL-BATCH SAUERKRAUT MAKING: Clotilde Hryshko shares a system of preparing modest quantities of fermented cabbage. Brookfield Old Town Hall, 6-8 p.m. $10; preregister; limited space. Info, clotilde@gmail.com.
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ABSTRACT PAINTING: Explore the many exciting possibilities of abstract painting through a variety of fun demonstrations and exercises designed to help you open up and work intuitively. Experiment with paint of your choice (water-soluble oils, acrylics or watercolor) and a variety of other mixed media. Learn from fellow students and discuss techniques and ideas in a supportive setting. Beginners are welcome. Students are responsible for some materials (see materials list online). Thu., Nov. 2-Dec. 14, 6-8:30 a.m. No class Nov. 23. Cost: $225/ person; $202.50/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. ADOBE LIGHTROOM: Learn how to easily upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs using Adobe Lightroom. RAW file management, exposure/white balance corrections and printing high-quality archival inkjet prints on our Epson printers will be covered. Bring a Mac-compatible portable drive with your images to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Dan Lovell. Mon., Nov. 6-Dec. 11, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $275/ person; $247.50/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. ADULT WHEEL DROP-IN: Curious about the pottery wheel? Spend a Friday night with our pottery instructors learning the basics of wheel throwing with clay. This is a great introduction to our studio for those who don’t have time for an eight-week class or who just want to have fun with other beginner potters. There is a $5 additional fee per clay piece to be kept, fired and glazed. No registration necessary, but space is limited. First come first served. Groups larger than six people are encouraged to set up a private
workshop. Ages 18+. Instructors: Alex Costantino, Alissa White & Kate McKernan. Fri., Sep. 22-Dec. 15, 7:30-9 p.m. No class Nov. 10 or 24. Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members. Purchase drop-in card & get 6th visit for free! Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org. BLACK & WHITE DARKROOM: Explore the analog darkroom and learn how to properly expose black and white film, process film into negatives, and make silver gelatin prints. Class price includes film, paper and darkroom access during open-lab hours for the duration of the class. Bring your manual 35mm or medium-format film camera to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. Mon., Oct. 16-Dec. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. No class Nov. 20. Cost: $285/person; $256.50/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. COLOR FILM PROJECTS: Learn how to scan, edit and print your color film and receive feedback on your work in this introduction to working with color film in a digital workflow. Film scanning basics, editing techniques and printing on our large-format Epson archival color printers will be covered. This class will also explore ideas in contemporary photography through special readings, and we will discuss the technical, aesthetic and conceptual aspects of your work in supportive critique sessions. Tue., Oct. 17-Dec. 12, 6-9 p.m. No class Nov. 21. Cost: $360/person; $324/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org. CONTEMPORARY FIGURE PAINTING: Intermediate and advanced painters, revitalize your painting practices with a contemporary approach to the figure. Turn the page on traditional representation, using fresh color and dynamic composition to strengthen your personal expression. Work from live models each week, explore a variety of contemporary techniques with non-toxic water soluble oils and get supportive feedback in a small group environment. Figure drawing experience is
recommended. Students are responsible for some materials. (See materials list online). Wed., Sep. 20-Nov. 8, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Cost: $360/person; $324/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. DIY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES: Students will create one-of-akind Halloween costumes that will blow away those storebought costumes and impress their friends. Cut, sew and craft your way to the best Halloween ever! Basic materials are provided; please bring two ideas of what you want to dress up as and any material or old clothes to help create your costume. Students must also bring a bag lunch and snacks. Parents are invited to a costume parade at 3 p.m. Registration required. Ages 6-12. Fri., Oct. 20, 8-3 p.m. Cost: $88/person; $79.20/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org.
DRAWING: Learn a variety of drawing techniques including basic perspective, compositional layout and use of dramatic light and shadow. Students will work mostly from observation and will be encouraged to work with a variety of media including pencil, pen and ink, ink wash, and charcoal. No experience necessary. Price includes all basic drawing materials. Wed., Sep. 20-Oct. 25, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $225/ person; $202.50/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. DRAWING DROP-IN: Spend the evening with other local artists drawing a still-life or one of our experienced models. Figure model nights will be on the first and third Friday of the month; the remaining nights will feature a unique still-life set up to practice your drawing skills. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary. Ages 18+. Instructor: Carolyn Zuaro. Fri., Sep. 22-Dec. 15, 7:30-9 p.m. No class Nov. 10 or 24. Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members. Purchase drop-in card & get the 6th visit free! Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org.
DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: Explore the basic workings of the digital SLR camera and learn how to take the photographs you envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds, sensitivity ratings and exposure, and analyze the basics of composition. Bring your camera and owner’s manual to the first class. Pair with Adobe Lightroom to learn how to edit and print your images. No experience necessary. Instructor: Dan Lovell. Mon., Sep. 18-Oct. 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. No class Oct. 9. Cost: $180/person; $162/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING: Learn how to tell a compelling story with your photographs! This class will introduce participants to the process of documentary storytelling and include discussions of subject matter, composition, editing and story structure. Group discussion and critiques as well as shooting
watercolor paints. This class is a fun opportunity to make cards, holiday gift tags or art to share, since we will have the chance to print multiples once you make your block. Please bring ideas or sketches (8” x 10” or smaller) to the first class so we can get started right away! Thu., Nov. 2-16, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $114/person; $102.60/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org.
assignments, readings and writing exercises will give participants the opportunity to begin a new photographic project or refine works in progress. Film or digital photography acceptable. Prerequisite: basic camera knowledge. Wed., Oct. 4-Nov. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $180/ person; $162/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org.
EARRINGS: Come check out the jewelry and fine metals studio by making your own silver earrings. Open to all skill levels. Class includes copper and brass, silver ear wire, and all basic tools. Silver can be purchased separately. Instructor: Sarah Sprague. Thu., Nov. 9, 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: $37/person; $33.30/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING: Expand your drawing vocabulary while you discover the possibilities of abstract drawing styles and compositions. Starting with direct observation of familiar objects and natural forms, learn how to use both traditional and experimental techniques to create drawings that have a strong visual impact and wealth of personal meaning. A variety of drawing mediums and sizes will be explored, with plenty of flexibility to incorporate individual visions. Some drawing experience is recommended. Wed., Sep. 20-Oct. 25, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $180/person; $162/BCA
members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. FAMILY WHEEL DROP-IN: Explore BCA’s clay studio while hanging out with the family. Try the pottery wheel or create amazing clay sculptures while our staff gives demonstrations. There is a $5 additional fee per clay piece to be kept, fired and glazed. No registration necessary, but access to wheels is limited. Groups larger than six people are encouraged to set up a private workshop. All ages. Instructors: Alex Costantino, Alissa White & Kate McKernan. Fri., Sep. 22-Dec. 15, 5-7 p.m. No class Nov. 10 & Nov. 24. Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members; purchase drop-in card & get 6th visit free! Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. JEWELRY: Learn the basics of creating metal jewelry. Techniques covered will include sawing, piercing, filing, annealing, soldering, texturing, cold connections, basic hollow construction, ring sizing and more, so that students can create at least two completed pieces. Students will also be encouraged to explore different styles of contemporary and historical jewelry, design process, and the use of alternative materials through the studio library, the internet and on their own. Wed., Sep. 27-Nov. 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $204/person; $183.60/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org. LINOCUT: In this three-week class, students will have the opportunity to create small designs with the relief technique of linoleum block printing. We will print these one-color blocks by hand or with the printing press, and then add color by experimenting with
MIXED-LEVEL DARKROOM: Refine your analog darkroom skills and receive feedback on your work in this supportive, project-based class. Guided sessions to help you improve your printing and film-processing techniques and discussion of the technical, aesthetic and conceptual aspects of your work will be included. Bring a portfolio of recent images to the first class. Prerequisite: Black & White Darkroom or equivalent experience. Thu., Sep. 21-Nov. 9, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $330/person; $297/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org. MIXED-LEVEL JEWELRY: This is a less-structured, fine-metals jewelry class for students who would like to work on a specific project, brush up on their techniques or learn some new techniques with the aid of an instructor there to coach them. Open to all skill levels, but some experience is helpful for this open-style class. Instructor: Sarah Sprague. Wed., Nov. 15-Dec. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. No class Nov. 22. Cost: $136/person; $122.40/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org. MIXED-LEVEL WHEEL THROWING: Mixed-Level Wheel supports students across a range of skill and experience levels who have thrown on the wheel. This course is rooted in fundamentals and encourages individual projects. Demonstrations and instruction will cover centering, throwing, trimming and glazing, as well as forms and techniques determined by students. Class price includes your first bag of clay and open studio access during the weeks of your class. Additional clay is sold separately. Wheel throwing experience required. Wed., Sep. 20-Nov. 8. Option 1: 9:30 a.m.-noon. Option 2: 1:30-4 p.m. Cost: $340/person; $306/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org. OIL PAINTING: Learn how to paint with non-toxic water-soluble oils. With an emphasis on studio work, this class will begin with fun exercises. Using direct observational skills, we’ll work on still life and referencing photographs. We’ll also explore landscape. Discover a variety of painting techniques and learn how to apply composition, linear aspects, form and color theory to your
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work. Beginners are welcome. Students are responsible for some materials. (See materials list online). Tue., Sep. 26-Nov. 14, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $300/person; $270/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org. POTTERY DECALS: This onenight workshop will introduce students to the use of waterslide decals to add surface decoration to their ceramic art. Topics covered will include the history of ceramic decals, sourcing commercially printed decals, printing your own iron-rich decals, application of decals to pottery, firing and food safety. All decals and tools provided by BCA. Students are responsible for bringing their own glazed and fired pottery. Basic knowledge of working with clay is recommended. Nov. 29, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org. PRINTMAKING: This introductory class will show you a whole range of printing techniques that can be used on their own or in combination to create unique artwork. Over six weeks, you’ll be introduced to the studio’s equipment and materials and learn techniques such as block printing with linoleum, collograph (a low-relief intaglio technique) and monoprinting. Class price includes basic supplies and open studio access during the weeks of your class. Thu., Sep. 21-Oct. 26, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $255/person; $229.50/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org.
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ADULT: BEGINNER CLAY: Instructor: Rik Rolla. Learn how to throw clay on the wheel. Explore centering, throwing, trimming and glazing. Gain confidence with hands-on demonstrations and one-onone time with the instructor. Leave with several finished pieces. Gas reduction kiln and electric oxidation kiln are available for firing. Fri., Sep. 8-Oct. 20, 10 a.m.-noon Cost: $300/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd, Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648. Info@theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
ADULT: INTERMEDIATE OIL: Instructor: Dana Heffern. This course is perfect for those looking to build on their basic knowledge of oil painting. Techniques will be learned through theory and practice. Subject matter may include still life, drapery, landscape and the human figure. Level 1, Fri., Sep. 8-Oct. 20, 1 -3 p.m. Cost: $217/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
ADULT: MIXED LEVEL WHEEL: Instructor: Munemitsu Taguchi. Develop the fundamentals of wheelthrowing. Explore techniques through demonstrations and hands-on assistance. You set the pace and gain experience through guided individualized practice. Gas reduction kiln and electric oxidation kiln are available for firing, including an option to explore other firing methods. Session 1, Tue., Sep. 5-Oct. 24, 6 -8 p.m Cost: $335/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd, Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
ADULT: COLOR THEORY: Instructor: Dana Heffern. Explore advanced color theory using Munsil’s Color Theory Workbook. Gain an understanding of ambiance, atmosphere, clash, vibration and other color perceptions through guided experiments and lively class discussions. Then develop your own style with how color can create environment, mood and a sense of aesthetics. This class requires a textbook. Level 1, Fri., Sep. 8-Oct. 20, 10 a.m.-noon Cost: $217/ person; member discount avail.
ADULT: OIL PAINTING: Instructor: Brooke Monte. Develop confidence in composition, color, layering and mixing using oil paint. Designed for beginners, this class teaches how to use still-life setups to explore techniques ranging from layout and surface preparation to a variety of brush work, including wet into wet, scrubs and glazing. Materials not included. Level 1, Thu., Sep. 7-Oct. 19, 6 -8 p.m Cost: $217/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: WATERCOLOR 1: Instructor: Ginny Joyner. Learn the basics: what brushes to
BEGINNER SWING DANCE LESSONS: This four-week series sponsored by Vermont Swings will cover the basics of East Coast (six-count) swing, also known as the Jitterbug. No partner necessary. Vermont’s premier swing dance teacher, Terry Bouricius, has taught thousands of swing dancers with his fun and detailed instruction. Tue., Sep. 5-26, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $40/person for the series. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: Vermont Swings, Terry Bouricius, info@vermontswings.com, vermontswings.com. DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/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 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 355-1818, crandalltyler@hotmail. com, dsantosvt.com.
design/build TINY-HOUSE WORKSHOP: A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a 16-foot x 20-foot tiny house in Williston Sep. 2-3. Plenty of hands-on experience. Tools provided; safety glasses required. On-site camping avail. Sep. 2-3. Cost: $250/workshop. Info: Peter King, 933-6103, vermonttinyhouses.com.
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ADULT: PAINTING PRACTICE: Instructor: Neil Berger. Together we will explore painting as performance: a series of gestures more like a dance than a marathon. We will look at pictures as holistic arrangements of shapes and colors instead of ‘subject matter’ and learn to trust the intimate, awkward and natural encounter with paint. Level 1, Tue. Sep. 12Oct. 24, 10 a.m.-noon Cost: $217/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
ADULT: DRAWING FOUNDATIONS: Instructor: Misoo Filan. Learn the fundamental skills of observational drawing. Explore the technical and conceptual foundation of drawing using a variety of drawing materials such as graphite, charcoal, pen and ink. Develop personal goals while examining creative concepts through demonstrations. Materials not included. Mon., Nov. 6-Dec. 18, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $217/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
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ADULT: CLAY ALTERNATIVE FIRING: Instructor: Rik Rolla. Explore clay on the wheel in a creative, mixed-level, supportive environment. Examine properties of form function, color and glazes. Fire finished pieces in the primitive pit, the Raku Kiln with the option to explore other firing techniques. Gas reduction kiln and electric kilns are also available. Mon., Sep. 11-Oct. 23, 6 -8 p.m Cost: $300/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd, Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
ADULT: MIXED LEVEL WHEEL: Instructor: Rik Rolla. Develop the fundamentals of wheel-throwing. Explore techniques through demonstrations and hands-on assistance. You set the pace and gain experience through guided, individualized practice. Gas reduction kiln and electric oxidation kiln are available for firing, including an option to explore other firing methods. Tue., Sep. 5-Oct. 24, 10 a.m.-noon Cost: $335/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd, Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool. org.
ADULT: ACRYLIC PAINTING: Instructor: Misoo Filan. Learn fundamental acrylic painting techniques including color-mixing, paint and brush handling, composition, form, and value. This course is perfect for a beginner painter and someone who would enjoy a water-soluble paint medium. Topics we will cover are still life, landscape, portrait and oldmasters reproduction. Sat., Sep. 9-Oct. 21, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $217/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
ADULT: DRAWING: Instructor: Clark Derbes. Explore the foundation of drawing. Learn to depict objects, people, space and emotion. Using mediums such as graphite, charcoal, conte and ink, students will develop and expand drawing skills through demonstrations and one-onone instruction. Instructor will also tailor classes based on student interest. Materials not included. Level 1, Tue., Sep. 12-Oct. 24, 6 -8 p.m Cost: $217/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
use, kinds of paper and paint, color mixing, creating washes, working wet-on-wet, layering and learning that the water is in charge! A very ZEN approach to painting in watercolor, this class will work from images of landscapes and floras. Mon., Sep. 11-Oct 23, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $217/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
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THROWING SETS: In this fourweek class, students will be guided through the process of creating wheel-thrown sets. Topics will include making multiples of the same piece, stacking mugs and nesting bowls, and serving sets specific to a type of food or beverage, such as a sake bottle with matching cups or a coffee cup with saucer. This intermediate-level course is intended for students with proficiency in centering, throwing cups and throwing bowls. Thu., Nov. 16-Dec. 14, 6-8:30 p.m. No class Nov. 23.
WHEEL THROWING: This class is an introduction to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio. Students will work primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques while creating functional pieces such as mugs, cups and bowls. Students will also be guided through the various finishing techniques using the studio’s house slips and glazes. Class price includes your first bag of clay and open studio access during the weeks of your class. Additional clay is sold separately. Option 1: Wed., Sep. 20-Nov. 8, 6-8:30 p.m. Option 2: Thu., Sep. 21Nov. 9, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $340/person; $306/ BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org.
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SILKSCREEN: Expert screen printer, Aaron David, will introduce you to silkscreening and show you how to design and print t-shirts, posters, fine art and more! Students will learn a variety of techniques for transferring and printing images using hand-drawn, photographic or borrowed imagery. Students will learn how to apply photo emulsion, how to use a silkscreen exposure unit and how to print on a variety of surfaces. Students can bring their own screens or purchase one through the studio. No experience necessary! Wed., Sep. 20-Nov. 8, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $340/person; $306/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org.
ADULT: SHAKER HALL TABLE: Instructor: Ryan Cocina. Learn a comprehensive introduction to woodworking. This course explores basic principles of lumber selection, hand-tool and machinery usage, milling, joinery and finishing. You will build a Shaker-style hall table, taking the project from blueprint through completion, while gaining familiarity with the wood-shop environment. Wed., Sep. 13-Nov. 15, 6 -9 p.m Cost: $565/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.
Cost: $170/person; $153/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7157, burlingtoncityarts.org.
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with parents) Mon., Tue. & Wed. in Burlington. Wed. a.m. or Friday a.m. in Hyde Park. Thu. in Montpelier. Most classes are in the evenings or after school. Conga classes, too! Visit our schedule and register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin; Moonlight Studios, 1670 Cleveland Corners Rd., Hyde Park. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.
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MINDFULNESS FOR INTENTIONAL LIVING SEMINAR: Mindfulness applies to every area of life. It decreases symptoms of anxiety and chronic pain and promotes well-being, empathy and spirituality. Mindfulness addresses addictive dietary behaviors, calorie counting, crash dieting and fear of food. Develop resilience against disordered eating. Overcome stress and habits that disrupt the body-mind connection. Thu., Sep. 7-Oct. 12, 6:45 p.m. Preregistration required due to limited space. Cost: $95/6 weeks. Location: Community Fitness Studio at Kismet Place, 373 Blair Park Rd., Williston. Info: 448-5006, janeshustin@gmail. com, nectarnc.com. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES: A JUNGIAN PERSPECTIVE ON OUR TIME AND OUR FUTURE: This fivepart lecture series considers four questions we’re currently confronting: What’s going on? (Oct. 9) How might we cope? (Oct. 21) What’s coming? (Nov. 18) How might we thrive? (Dec. 16) Includes an experiential session (Oct. 22) on effective ways to reduce stress. Led by Sue Mehrtens and Susan Ackerman. Sep. 9, Oct. 21 & 22, Nov. 18, Dec. 16; 1-3 p.m. Cost: $75. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue Mehrtens, 244-7909.
language ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this fall. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for young children; they love it! Our 11th year. See our website or contact us for details. Starts week of September 11; 10 weeks. Cost: $225. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@ gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com. ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE: FALL SESSION: Eleven-week French classes for adults starting on Sep. 11. Morning, afternoon
and evening classes available in Burlington and evening classes only in Colchester and Montpelier. We also offer 6 or 7-week literature classes in Burlington and French for Travelers in Montpelier. We serve the entire range of students from the true beginners to those already comfortable conversing in French. See website for schedule. Location: Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region, 43 King St., Burlington. Info: Micheline Tremblay, 881-8826, michelineatremblay@gmail.com, aflcr.org.
martial arts ACHIEVE YOUR POTENTIAL: Come to Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts. Join other thoughtful, intelligent adults to learn and practice tai chi, kung fu, meditation and dynamic physical exercises. Maximize your mental tranquility and clarity, physical health and fitness, and self-confidence. For people who never thought this would be for them. Fri., 6-7 p.m. & 7-8 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.noon & noon-1 p.m.; Tue., 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class; $40/ mo. (incl. all classes offered); $5/ trial class. Location: 303 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: 355-1301, info@wxcma.com, wxcma.com. MARTIAL WAY: Colchester and Milton locations. Classes in self-defense, Karate, Kung Fu, Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi. We have 14 different age and experience levels, so the training is always age- and skill-appropriate. Beginner or experienced, fit or not yet, young or not anymore, we have a class for you! Days and evenings; see website for schedule and fees. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 73 Prim Rd., Colchester, Colchester. Info: David Quinlan, 893-8893, info@martialwayvt.com, martialwayvt.com. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy SEALs, CIA, FBI,
military police and special forces. No training experience required. Easy-tolearn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children. Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them throughout life. IBJJF & CBJJ certified black belt 6th-degree Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion. Accept no Iimitations! Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839, julio@ bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.
meditation 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 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 Sunday of each month, noon-2 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.
performing arts BILL REED VOICE STUDIO: Bill Reed Voice Studio is currently auditioning news students for the fall semester. We offer private voice lessons, workshops, master classes and more. For more information and to schedule an audition, please contact Sally Olson, managing director at sallyolson@billreedvoicestudio. com. Location: Bill Reed Voice Studio, South Burlington. Info: billreedvoicestudio.com.
photography PHOTOGRAPHER’S WORKROOM: This class on project and
portfolio development emphasizes process and practice to develop a body of work with a set intention or story. Instructor: Marcie Scudder. Tue., Sep. 19Nov. 7, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $250/person; $225/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 2538358, helenday.com.
printmaking 6TH ANNUAL STEAMROLLER PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP: Join fellow families and artists in making some BIG prints with heavy machinery at Sushi Yoshi in Stowe. A great time for all! Sat., Sep. 16 (rain date Sep. 17), 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $20/person. Location: Sushi Yoshi parking lot, 1128 Mountain Rd., Stowe. Info: Helen Day Art Center, 253-8358, helenday.com. PRINTMAKING WITHOUT A PRESS: Discover unique and experimental printing and transfer methods without a press. Combine these methods for unlimited potential. Instructor: Suzanne Siegel. Sep. 24-25, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $250/person; $225/ members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: Helen Day Art Center, 253-8358, helenday. com.
and strengthening the core 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.
well-being YOGA & RECOVERY GROUP FOR FOLKS LIVING W/ LYME DISEASE: Join as we practice gentle restorative poses suitable for all levels. Afterward, join the discussion as we share and support one another on the often confusing and isolating journey to wellness while living with lyme disease. Wear comfortable clothing. See website for info and to register. Aug. 27, Sep. 10, Oct. 29, Nov. 19, Dec. 17, 2-3:30 p.m. By donation. Location: Laughing River Yoga, The Chase Mill, 1 Mill St., Burlington. Info: laughingriveryoga.com.
psychology ALLIANCE OF THE WILLING: CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT FOR CIVIC HYGIENE, A THREE-PART COURSE: Part I: Internalizing the Three Loci of Control, Authority and Security. Learn the basics for personal and civic hygiene in this course that builds on Jung’s concepts of internal loci. This course is a pre-requisite for Part II on how to become an effective agent of change. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Wed., Sep. 6, 13 & 20; 7-9 p.m. Cost: $45. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue Mehrtens, 244-7909.
tai chi BEGINNER TAI CHI IN MONTPELIER: We practice Cheng Man-ch’ing’s “simplified” 37-posture Yang-style form. The course will be taught by Patrick Cavanaugh, longtime student and assistant to Wolfe Lowenthal, student of Cheng Man-ching and founder of Long River Tai Chi Circle. Patrick is a senior instructor at LRTTC in Vermont and New Hampshire. Starts Tue., Sep. 5, 7-8 p.m. Cost: $65/mo. Location: Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier. Info: Long River Tai Chi Circle, Patrick Cavanaugh, 490-6405, patrick@longrivertaichi.org, longrivertaichi.org. SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching
a wide variety of drop-in classes, series and workshops in Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Gentle, Vigorous, Yoga on the Lake, Yoga Wall, Therapeutics, and Alignment. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com. HONEST YOGA: Honest yoga offers practices for all levels. We just expanded to have two practice spaces! Your children can practice in one room while you practice in the other. No need for childcare. Yoga and dance classes ages 3 and up. Brand-new beginners’ course: This includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes kids classes in yoga and dance. We hold yoga teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels, as well as children and dance teacher training courses. Check our our website for dance classes and yoga summer camps! Daily classes & workshops. $50/new student (1 month unlimited); $18/class; $140/10-class card; $15/class for student or senior; or $110/10-class punch card; $135/mo. adult memberships; $99/mo. kid memberships. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Hana, South Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com. RAILYARD YOGA STUDIO: Railyard Studio welcomes you to classical yoga, meditation and healing offerings. Kundalini Yoga: Sukhpran, Thu., 9:30-11 a.m. and Sun 5:30-7 p.m. Mansukh: Thu., 7-8:30 p.m. Dharma Yoga: Tue., 5:30-7 p.m. Healings by appointment, see website for details. See website for schedule. Location: Railyard Yoga Studio, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 318-6050, railyardyoga@gmail.com, railyardapothecary.com.
women BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN IN WESTERN HISTORY: Get to know nine remarkable women ranging from 12th century Eleanor of Aquitaine to 21st century Sonia Sotomayor in this reading/discussion group. Get a discount on the nine books at Bridgeside Bookstore in Waterbury. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Sep. 7, Oct. 5, Nov. 2, Dec. 7, Jan. 3, Feb. 1, Mar. 1, Apr. 5 & May 3; 7-9 p.m. Cost: $90. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue Mehrtens, 244-7909.
yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers yoga classes for everyone from beginner to expert. Choose from
SANGHA STUDIO | NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga. Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages. Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops. Become a Sustaining Member for $60/month and practice as often as you like! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 448-4262, info@sanghastudio.org.
ThanK You 5OO times! Thank you to everyone who helped make the 500th episode of Stuck in Vermont one to remember! Seven Days’ senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger spent months writing, shooting and editing the 22-minute musical, with help from dozens of talented local artists and performers. WATCH THE EPISODE ON SEVENDAYSVT.COM AND ON THE STUCK IN VERMONT YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
MEMBERS OF THE PRODUCTION’S SIZABLE CAST AND CREW ATTENDED AN INVITATION-ONLY PREMIERE AT HOTEL VERMONT ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 17. PHOTOS: JAMES BUCK.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: HOTEL VERMONT & NEW ENGLAND FEDERAL CREDIT UNION STARRING: EVA SOLLBERGER, ALISON BECHDEL, RUSTY DEWEES, MARIANNE DIMASCIO, WOODY KEPPEL. FEATURING: CHIEF BRANDON DEL POZO, SOPHIE QUEST, MARGOT HARRISON, DARREN PERRON, SHARON MEYER, KRISTIN KELLY, THE SMITTENS, RUFUS, LOIS TROMBLEY, REUBEN JACKSON, OSCAR WILLIAMS, VICTORIA ST. JOHN, JAMES LOCKRIDGE, SOPHIA ST. JOHN-LOCKRIDGE. SOUNDTRACK COMPOSED & PERFORMED BY NATE VENET. CHOREOGRAPHY: LOIS TROMBLEY. SWAN DOJO/SPIELPALAST DANCERS: LOIS TROMBLEY, CAT MCDOUGAL, CATRINA HUGHES, JENNA GIGUERE, JESSE TAYLOR, JOSIE RAMIREZ, NINA MOLLO, ROSE BEDARD, ABI DUNKI-JACOBS.
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aiz Vargas Sandoval stands outside his rehearsal studio in Burlington’s South End smoking a hand-rolled cigarette. The stoutly built Costa Rican multi-instrumentalist is clad in earthy, natural fibers. His shirt is embroidered with images of the resplendent quetzal, a brightly plumed bird native to his home region. With ornately detailed plugs, a septum piercing, multiple tattoos and an avant-garde hairstyle — half-shaved and half-dreadlocked — Sandoval stands out among the city’s more conservatively dressed denizens. Despite his ostentatious appearance, he says he often feels like a ghost. Sandoval, 35, moved to Vermont from Costa Rica about four years ago. He’s best known in the area for fronting Mal Maiz, a collective that plays various styles of Latin American and Afro-Caribbean music. Though he’s a permanent, legal resident — he holds a green card — his status comes with few protections. “It’s like a paradox,” Sandoval tells Seven Days inside his studio while standing next to a gold-painted horse skull. His accent is strong, and so is his conviction. “I pay my taxes, but I can’t enjoy the social guarantees of this country.” Sandoval says he’s experienced prejudice and discrimination since moving to Vermont. But rather than letting bigotry sour his American experience, it fuels his art — namely his band’s forthcoming debut album, Historia de un Inmigrante (Story of an Immigrant). Mal Maiz celebrate their four-year anniversary on Friday, August 25, at Nectar’s in Burlington. Sandoval is a lifelong maker of music and visual art. He grew up in an artistically inclined household and studied arts and humanities throughout high school and college. Before moving to the United States, he freelanced as a bassist in multiple projects in Costa Rica. Sandoval also worked for Martin Professional, a company that produces concert lighting and practical stage effects. He may not have ended up in Burlington if not for a long-standing
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Ghost Story Maiz Vargas Sandoval fights prejudice and xenophobia on his debut album, Historia de un Inmigrante BY J O R D AN AD AMS
friendship between his partner, Maria Carvalho, and local soul musician Kat Wright. Wright and her husband, Lee Anderson — proprietor of Burlington’s Radio Bean, ¡Duino! (Duende) and the Light Club Lamp Shop — met up with Sandoval and Carvalho while vacationing in Costa Rica in 2013. Anderson and Sandoval hit it off immediately. “It was so easy to become friends with him,” Anderson says. “He’s such a hardworking artist. That’s something I really appreciate: when someone’s not afraid to put in a vast amount of physical effort.” Wright and Anderson lobbied for Sandoval’s move to Burlington, since he and his partner were looking to relocate
to the United States. The first incarnation of Mal Maiz was born later that year during Radio Bean’s annual birthday bash. Anderson helped Sandoval source musicians for the inaugural run. Saxophonist Jake Whitesell — who plays in Wright’s band — has been a member since day one. “It was exciting,” Whitesell writes in an email to Seven Days. “He taught us a bunch of songs [and sang] all of the horn parts to us, which we attempted to quickly figure out and memorize.” Mal Maiz officially came together over the next year with a rotating cast of seven to 10 players. Anderson granted them a weekly Monday-night residency at Radio Bean called Latin Sessions.
They mixed joropo, merengue, mapalé, rumba, batata and other rhythms with the familiar strains of jazz and funk that Burlington thrives on. But their signature style is cumbia. The Colombian genre blends indigenous and Spanish influences and dominates Central and South America. It’s a danceable, festive rhythm, incorporating brass, accordion, percussion and stringed instruments. “I try to offer a show that’s not just one thing,” says Sandoval, who primarily plays guitar. Mal Maiz are known for “cumbia-fying” popular tunes, such as Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” “We were really open to mixing things,” says Sarah Griffin, a former band member. “We all come from a variety of backgrounds.” Latin Sessions ended in late 2016, though Mal Maiz continues to gig regularly. “I’m kind of glad that [Latin Sessions] stopped,” Sandoval says. Apparently, attendees occasionally mistook it for a jam session. “People would show up with, like, a drum,” he says. “The word ‘session’ was a little confusing for people.” “Now I’m in a totally different era,” he continues. “I feel more focused. Not doing a residency gives me more time to create.” Lately, Sandoval has been fixated on his debut, which the band recorded at Concordia University in Montréal with producer Joël Denizot, a Vermont native and former employee of the Charlottebased world-music label Cumbancha. Guitarist Graham Lambert composed two of the tracks and charted the entire album. Through seven songs, Historia de un Inmigrante tells the story of an unnamed immigrant and the challenges he faces in the United States. It begins with “Country Cumbia,” in which our protagonist travels to America in search of a new life. He arrives in a city on “Cumbia Clandestino,” a cosmopolitan-sounding number that mixes klezmer scales with GHOST STORY
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Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime Seamus the Great
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STILTZ, COOL TABLE GANG, JACK CLUESTO and DJ MASHTODON, Loupo and CRUSTY CUTS, Rugger, DJ DON P, JARV, S.I.N.SIZZLE featuring KONFLIK and crew, X-RATT, the BEATNUTS and L BURNERS — aka BIG DOG and C-LOW. Out in the street, make sure to check out some public art demonstrations from Anthill Collective and Jon Young, and pop into the Friends For A-Dog Foundation’s tent to learn more about what they do and how you can help. Visit friendsforadog.org for more information.
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A-Dog’s effect on the local music community continues to grow even years after his passing. For the first time, area DJs have teamed up for a collection of free mixes called “Sunday Morning Mixes.” KYLE “DJ FATTIE B” THOMPSON organized the beat bevy. “One of my favorite things about Andy was that, nearly every time you
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We’re approaching an action-packed weekend, folks, and time is of the essence. Summer is unfortunately winding down, and one of the things I’ve always loved about Vermont life is how seasonal change puts a sense of urgency on everything. The moment I see the first hints of crimson encroach upon a verdant maple, I immediately review my bucket list of summer-only activities. Did you check off everything on yours? Specifically, did you consume enough outdoor music? If not, Saturday, August 26, should help fill the bucket. For the past three years, the Friends For A-Dog Foundation has taken a day to celebrate the life and passion of ANDY “A-DOG” WILLIAMS. Burlington’s master of turntables and skateboards passed away in December 2013 after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a rare form of cancer, in 2012. A-Dog Day is an expansive, jam-packed jubilee of skating, hip-hop music, DJ sets and a mishmash of exhibitions and tutorials.
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Before we dive into this year’s offerings, I’d like to take a minute to share a personal memory of Mr. Williams. It’s a small moment, but, from what I’ve heard from people who knew him best, a perfect illustration of the kind and friendly person he was. When I turned 21, way back in the mid-2000s, A-Dog ruled Burlington nightlife. I was working as a buyer at a buy-sell-trade clothing store in the Old North End. I knew him as a regular customer before I ever saw him work his magic on wax. Our interactions were pleasant and amicable but didn’t extend beyond business. I had no idea who he was. On the night of my 21st birthday, I headed over to the Waiting Room, a former enclave of sinful debauchery that now houses Pizzeria Verità on St. Paul Street. I didn’t know A-Dog would be spinning that night and was pleased to see a familiar face behind the decks. As I watched him intently, mesmerized by his cunning mashups, he glanced up momentarily, smiled and waved at me. Again, it was a small moment and I barely knew him. But A-dog made my
first step into club culture special. I’ll always remember that feeling of being welcomed and acknowledged. Now, on to this year’s offerings. Things get poppin’ in the afternoon over at the Andy A-Dog Williams Skatepark on Burlington’s waterfront. Feast your eyes on the tricked-out stylings of the official Mountain Dew Skate Team, Sean Malto, Curren Caples, Chris Colbourn and Jordan Maxham, while DJs RY TOAST, RUGGER and JUSTIN R.E.M. lay down fresh beats. Hip-hop group BLESS THE CHILD also perform. Oh, yeah! Remember last year when modern master of ollies and kick-flips Tony Hawk made a surprise appearance? Might this year bring an equally unanticipated superstar? We shall see. Later on, Main Street is A-Dog HQ. LOUPO and MIKE INCALCATERRA of HARDER THEY COME will teach you how to craft your own beats and mixes at SideBar. DJ REKKON and Digilog Designs lead a workshop on customizing vinyl-sleeve art at Nectar’s, while LOIS TROMBLEY and RHYTHM RIDERZ CREW instruct hip-hop and break-dancing sessions upstairs at Club Metronome. Of course, this all leads up to the evening’s music marathon. DJs and MCs are coming out of the woodwork to honor the beatific beatsmith. At Nectar’s and Metronome, you’ll hear sets from FOREST GRAY, DJ KERMITT, RIVAN C., DJ MO-T, LAISSE TOMBER, DJ REKKON,
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CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free. THE DAILY PLANET: Tom Pearo (ambient jazz), 8 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.
RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: The County Down (pub songs, Americana), 7 p.m., free. Tyler and Ryan (rock covers), 9 p.m., free.
NORTH HERO HOUSE INN & RESTAURANT: Cooie & Skip (Americana), 6:30 p.m., free.
northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
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JUNIPER: The Ray Vega Jazz Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.
MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.
LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.
NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage and Craig Hurwitz (rock), 6 p.m., free.
LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Sarah Potenza (roots, rock), 9:30 p.m., $10.
OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Completely Stranded (improv), 7:30 p.m., free.
MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Davina and the Vagabonds (jazz, blues), 8 p.m., $18/20.
NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic), 6 p.m., free. Peace in the Valley (jam), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
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RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: Reagh Greenleaf Jr. and Gypsy Reel (folk), 7:30 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: DJ Two Sev (eclectic), 4 p.m., free. Stolen Moments (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Joe Kranz (folk, blues), 9 p.m., free. The Basement Cats (indie rock), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Gneiss (jam), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Happy Folk (folk), 7 p.m., free. Fatty Shay (house), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ed Set (eclectic), 7 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Hump Night! (improv), 9 p.m., free.
MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic with Allen Church, 8:30 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE: The Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.
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SIDEBAR: Gnomedad (psychfusion), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Happy Folk (folk), 7 p.m., free.
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THE SPOT ON THE DOCK: Summer Breeze with DJ Craig Mitchell (hits), 5:30 p.m., free.
JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.
VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Rachel Feinstein (standup), 7:30 p.m., $15-27.
LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., free.
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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Aaron Lucci & the Flat Five (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Troy Ramey with Todd Michaelsen (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., $10.
HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Bonobo (electronic), 8:30 p.m., $25/28.
MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: My Mother’s Moustache (folk fusion), 10 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Quasar Valley Band, Justin Panigutti Band (experimental rock), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. PHO NGUYEN: Karaoke with DJ Walker, 8 p.m., free.
BACKSTAGE PUB: Trivia, 9:30 p.m., free.
ON TAP BAR & GRILL: B-Town (rock), 7 p.m., free.
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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Swingin’ Over Sixty Band (covers), 6 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: David Langevin (ragtime), 6 p.m., donation.
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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Stick Men featuring King Crimson’s Tony Levin and Pat Mastellotto with Markus Reuter (progressive rock), 8 p.m., $25/27. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Caribbean Night with DJ C-LOW (reggae), 5 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation. Robert Morgan (pirate chanties), 8 p.m., donation. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.
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MOOGS PLACE: Christine Malcolm (folk), 8 p.m., free.
middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Trio Gusto (jazz, gypsy swing), 7 p.m., free. 5j Barrow (folk, rock), 9 p.m., free. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Phantom Airwave (funk, rock), 10 p.m., free.
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NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Mal Maiz 4 Year Anniversary with Special Guests (cumbia, Afro-Caribbean), 9 p.m., $5.
ZENBARN: Matt Townshend (indie rock), 8 p.m., free.
CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Mike Brinkman (rock), 6:30 p.m., free.
champlain islands/northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Erin CasselsBrown (indie folk), 7 p.m., free.
outside vermont
MONOPOLE: Ladies’ Night Dance Party with Shelby (hits), 9 p.m., free. NAKED TURTLE: Vanessa Collier (blues, funk), 7:30 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco, 9 p.m., free.
RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Supersounds (top 40), 10 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Daytripper (folk), 6:30 p.m., free. Isabella’s Jazz Trio, 8 p.m., free. The Phyrg (progressive funk), 10 p.m., $5. Savage Hen (metal), 11:30 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: The Welterweights (rock, altcountry), 4 p.m., free. Sasquatch (electronic, downtempo), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house, hits), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., $5.
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JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: The Jeff Salisbury Band (blues), 7 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: DJ Disco Phantom and Friends (eclectic dance), 9 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Mitch & Devon (rock), 5 p.m., free. Locals & Company (rock), 9 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Red Barn Hayloft (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Edward Jahn (rock), 9 p.m., free.
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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: John O’Connor and Nate Williams (folk), 6 p.m., free. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: David Rosane & the Zookeepers (punk-folk), 6 p.m., free. Red Hot Juba (jazz, country), 9 p.m., free. DEMENA’S: Joe Moore (jazz), 6 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation. No Small Children (rock), 9 p.m., $5.
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CLUB METRONOME: Green Mountain Cabaret Presents: Geeks & Cheeks 5 (burlesque), 8:30 p.m., $15-30. A Con Prom After Party featuring DJ Vu (dance), 10:30 p.m., $5.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Japhy Ryder (jazz, hip-hop fusion), 8 p.m., free.
MOOGS PLACE: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., free. Drunk & in the Woods (soul, funk), 9 p.m., free.
THE SPOT ON THE DOCK: T.G.I.F. with DJ Fattie B (hits), 5:30 p.m., free.
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JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Eric George (country), 9 p.m., free.
THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING: Stone City, 6 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: The Best! (eclectic), 6:30 p.m., free. Rachel Feinstein (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $15-27.
CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Ryan Donnelly (hits), 9:30 p.m., free.
champlain islands/northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Dale & Darcy (Celtic, bluegrass), 7 p.m.
outside vermont
MONOPOLE: Adrian Aardvark (psychedelic grunge-folk), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.
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BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.
SIDEBAR: Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
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NAKED TURTLE: Mike Williams (singer-songwriter), 6:30 p.m., free. Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., free.
downtempo electronica. His first record, Animal Magic, has elements of the lo-fi
OLIVE RIDLEY’S: All Request Night with DJ Skippy (hits), 10 p.m., free.
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ARTSRIOT: Eric George & The Last Dimes (folk, Americana), 8:30 p.m., $10.
Bajka and Andreya Triana, American R&B maverick Erykah Badu, and silver-tongued
TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.
Australian crooner Nick Murphy. His latest
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BAYSIDE PAVILION: The Starline Rhythm Boys (honky-tonk, rockabilly), 6 p.m., free.
MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: Open Mic & Jam Session, 9 p.m., free.
RADIO BEAN: DJ Chia (house), 4 p.m., free. Charles Berthound (solo bass guitar), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Muchal Muesli (jazz), 11 p.m., $5. Xander Naylor (jazz), midnight, $5.
RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free.
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CLUB METRONOME: A_Dog Day 2017 (No. 4) featuring the Beatnuts, L Burners, DJ Big Dog and C-Low, X-Ratt, S.I.N.siZZle featuring Konflik and Crew, Jarv with Guest DJ, DJ Don P, Rugger, Loupo and Crusty Cuts, Jack Cluesto and Mashtodon (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $5.
album, Migration, is perfect for chilling out August 24, at the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington.
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It brings everything an outdoor show needs: power, light and a bitchin’ soundUntitled-78 system. Yardley gave me a tour while he was adding some of the finishing touches, and, let me tell you, it’s the real deal. I’m especially fond of its retro shag carpet. This party-starting paddy wagon has the cure for the rockin’ pneumonia and the boogie-woogie flu. Full info is available at Facebook.com/ nightshadekitchen.
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in an email to Seven Days, Stoltzfus describes as a “community arts and eating space.” Here’s the gist: Stoltzfus and his housemates throw semiprivate dinner parties that, in 2016, evolved into house concerts. Now that the intimate gatherings have grown in popularity and scale, they figured they’d throw down summer-style with a two-stage, outdoor fest. Sets are moderately staggered, so, assuming things run smoothly, you shouldn’t have to make any tough choices about who to see. You’ll be free to sample a little bit of everything, which includes electro R&B singersongwriter STACE BRANDT, post-rockers ENTRANCE TO TRAINS, the experimental madness of the Dead Shakers, docile folk duo CRICKET BLUE, indie rockers LITTLE SLUGGER, slacker-rock pinups J BENGOY, ’90s-inspired rockers GESTALT, indierockers JULIA CAESAR, singer-songwriter HANNAH JOY, nomadic disco-punks BISON, post-punks TALL HORSE, quirky electropop project LAPIS POP, and founders Sonic Steve and Guthrie Galileo. The whole shebang culminates in a latenight throw-down from SNAKEFOOT and friends. One super-duper-special detail is that one of the stages comes courtesy of Sonic Steve’s Jambulance, a decommissioned ambulance repurposed as a mobile concert venue.
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saw him, he had a new, free mix to give you,” Thompson writes in an email to Seven Days. “He loved making the mixes, cutting and pasting a fresh, artsy cover, and [had] a backpack full of them to hand out to friends he saw while rolling around town on his skateboard.” Thompson and company continue A-Dog’s legacy of free, shared music. Contributing include TWO RIVERS, BOBBY HACKNEY JR. (of ROUGH FRANCIS), CRAIG MITCHELL, CRE8, HEADFONZ, KERMITT, LOCAL DORK (aka MATT HAGEN and BOB WAGNER), LUIS CALDERIN, MIKE “PHILLY” FULTON, MISTER BURNS, PHATRIX, PHIL BLACKSON, RUSSELL, ZJ, STEAL WOOL, TOM BLESSNER and Fattie B himself. The mixes are streaming on SoundCloud. Check out the online version of this column to hear some!
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FINNIGAN’S PUB: The New Warden, Doom Service, Yo Ticonderoga (punk), 9:30 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: DJ Jahson (eclectic vinyl), 7:30 p.m., free.
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RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Dodg3r (EDM, hits), 10 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: AM Radio (Americana), noon, free. Will Hatch (Americana), 7 p.m., free. Joel Thetford (country), 8:30 p.m., free. The Beach Ball (eclectic), 10 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Mamdou (world), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (hits), 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.
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NECTAR’S: A_Dog Day 2017 (No. 4) featuring Cool Table Gang, Colby Stiltz, Wasted Talent, Killa Jewel, Spielpalast Cabaret, Manus, Cultural Chemistry, NYT, Fresh Patterns, DJ Rekkon, Laisse Tomber, DJ MO-T, Mercy, Rivan C, DJ Kermitt (hip-hop), 7 p.m., $5.
SIDEBAR: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Hot Box Honey (swing, Latin), 8 p.m., free. SMITTY’S PUB: The Robin Gottfried Band (rock), 8 p.m., free. THE SPOT ON THE DOCK: Reggae Brunch with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 11 a.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Rachel Feinstein (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $15-27.
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BACKSTAGE PUB: Justice (rock), 9 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: The London Souls, Con Brio (rock), 9 p.m., $15.
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MOOGS PLACE: The What Dudes (rock, blues), 9 p.m., free.
champlain islands/northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Happy Folk (folk), 7 p.m., free.
northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: The Welterweights (rock, altcountry), 8 p.m., free.
outside vermont
NAKED TURTLE: Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., free.
MONKEY HOUSE: Psychic Selves, Holy Tunics (psych-pop, post-punk), 8:30 p.m., $5.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): The Shana Stack Band (country), 9 p.m., free.
ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Cooper & Lavoie (blues), 5 p.m., free. Timothy James Blues & Beyond, 9 p.m., free.
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STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Dan Johnson (Americana), 6 p.m., free.
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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Scott Graves (acoustic), 6 p.m., free. Zeus Springsteen, Heart Shaped Rock (rock), 9 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: 5j Barrow (folk, rock), 8 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Bishop LeVay (punk), 6 p.m., donation.
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THE GRYPHON: Linda Oats, Michael Hartigan, Steve Wienert (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Game Night, 8 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., free/$3. 18+. RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Supersounds (hits), 10 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: JC Sutton & Sons (bluegrass), 1 p.m., free. Old Sky Country Band with Andrew Stearns & Shay Gestal, 4 p.m., free. Bill Dwyer (indie,
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alt-Americana), 7:30 p.m., free. Cup of Comedy: A Standup Showcase, 9 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: The Joe Moore Band (blues), 7 p.m., free. DJ David Chief (dance), 11 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Comedy Open Mic and Showcase (standup), 7 p.m., free. Junglist Lounge (drum and bass), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, $5-10 donation. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Tinder Nightmares (improv), 7:30 p.m., free. Mix Tape (improv), 8:30 p.m., free.
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MONKEY HOUSE: Boy Rex, Tyler Daniel Bean, Belly Up (indie, punk), 8:30 p.m., $5-10. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free.
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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Southern Old Time Music Jam (traditional), 10 a.m., free. Bleecker & MacDougal (folk), every other Sunday, 11 a.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Dave Keller and Johnny Rawls (blues), 5 p.m., $5. Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.
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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Pickin’ Party with Dave Clark (bluegrass), 3 p.m., free.
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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Get a Grip, Voices in Vain (hardcore), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.
RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Robbie J (dance), 7 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free.
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Eric George, Not About Nightingales (SELF-RELEASED, CD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)
Eric George and his dog, Walden, recorded Not About Nightingales in the former’s bedroom in Burlington. Physically, the album presents itself as a handstitched book of lyrics and poems, the cover imprinted with a bird and a bee. It’s a dear object to possess, and I am not sure which shelf it belongs on. It would be just at home wedged between Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman and Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins as it would between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. There is no track list to reference. When songs end, I turn the page. George sings in strides across instrumentation influenced by the traditions of folk, bluegrass and country music. Lyrically, he walks through applications of common sense, a transcendentalist in a
technocracy. The simplicity of George’s logic is soothing in a world where words fly in pestilent swarms. He explains this notion plainly on “Friends With Silence,” singing, “When I can’t find the right words / If I got nothing to say / It’s alright, I’m friends with silence/ In an old-fashioned way.” George’s wordsmithing demonstrates a desire to empower the adage, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” “Poem #3” is at least as sharp as a box cutter — and isn’t recorded. The poem stays fixed, on paper, between songs like a note stuck in a library book. The words dismantle spiritual bypassing with a warning: “Your Dharma of detachment is a notion / That floats like plastic in the middle of the ocean / Your mindfulness practice is a helpful distraction / From the sounds of fracking in your neighbor’s backyard.” The sound of Not About Nightingales is common ground. The repetition of chords reminds the listener that the western scale
has only 12 notes, and anyone can learn them. The framework of folk music is merely a starting point for conversation, a meeting place for musicians. Quite a few fine musicians contribute their talents in harmony with George’s lead on guitar and banjo. Bassist Luke Hauserman and drummer Sean Keenan form a lively rhythm section. Pete Sutherland appears on fiddle, Shay Gestal on violin and Monique Citro on cello. Erich Meisberger lends a hand on pedal steel, with Henry Finch on piano. Jocie Adams and Addie Herbert add vocal harmonies on “Thought You Had a Home” and “Not About Nightingales.” Together, they form a rich acoustic sound, mixed and mastered with clarity and balance by Jer Coons at Future Fields. The attention to detail in every aspect of the album’s creativity is loving and refined. Eric George releases Not About Nightingales with a show on Wednesday, August 23, at 7 p.m. at the Hive — that’s 412 Pine Street in Burlington. The party will include a puppet show by Camille Casemier. The album is available to stream and purchase at egeorgemusic.com.
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Guthrie Galileo lies motionless in an infinity pool, floating atop its unblemished, glassy surface. He’s acutely aware that any movement or motion he makes will disturb the water’s placid sheen. The slightest jostle will send wavelets in every direction, which inevitably reverse course back to the source of the aqueous upheaval. This is all metaphorical, mind you. The Burlington-based R&B singer-songwriter/ producer’s second album, Modern Day Ripples, is an examination of how our actions — and interactions — spread throughout the people and places we touch. He figuratively explores this with his lyrics and takes a more literal approach with fluvial field recordings and buckets of reverb. And his voice. The word
The subzero centerpiece, “Crystalline,” is a flickering, operatic juggernaut. Icy, digitally fractured bells and glassy percussion tinkle over a muffled, bubbling choir. Watery imagery returns as Galileo emphatically chants, “Crystalline / I can see your teardrops in the rain.” “Opia,” named for the inexpressible vulnerability of looking into someone’s eyes, begins as a languid piano-driven confessional before morphing into a fizzy, stuttering meditation on relationships. “Flowers,” the album’s closer, is a seemingly sedate send-off. Tranquil beach vibes give way to waves of synth and hiphop snares as Galileo implores his listeners of his primary directive: “You’ve got to give love / You’ve got to be love.” Modern Day Ripples is a dazzling exercise in deftly constructed pop R&B. It retains all of the hypnotic intoxication and sex appeal we expect from the genre, and its socially conscious message is refreshing, rather than intrusive. And, again, his voice… Modern Day Ripples is available on iTunes. Guthrie Galileo performs on Saturday, August 26, at Red Barn Gardens in Williston as part of the Nightshade Festival.
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“fluid” comes to mind. So does the phrase “Holy fucking shit.” Galileo substantially flexes his producer prowess throughout. He pulls sounds from a seemingly bottomless digital toolbox, incorporating lavish accents such as harp and steel drum to his synth and electro-beat foundation. Self-harmonization at the ends of phrases adds flair and variety as well as emphasis. “Ripples (Suite),” the wordless, spacey opener, is as angelic as it is turnt. A digital string orchestra cautiously signals a rising tide of rhythmic synths as Galileo unleashes his ascendant vocals. Things get hyper-political a mere six words into “Labor Day.” He sings, “Make a fool of a Trump supporter / Try not to get too involved with him.” In 6/8 time, the song describes and nearly re-creates the vitriol of a Facebook comment war. Galileo condemns complacency and ultimately acknowledges the futility of petty grievances in the face of the true enemy: discord itself.
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WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.
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Ghost Story « P.70 Latin rhythms. The song contains a warning: “Watch out for ‘migra,’” the Spanish slang term for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Fantasma,” a subsequent track, translates to “ghost” in English. It explores the album’s primary theme: feeling like a specter when everyone else is corporeal. “It’s how we, as immigrants, feel sometimes,” Sandoval explains. The sounds of tropical rainstorms, hooting monkeys and squawking jungle birds are looped throughout the record — all of which Sandoval recorded himself in Costa Rica. The natural sounds of his country become another instrument. While writing the album, Sandoval lost his grandfather. “Funeral Song,” a dark, reverent ode steeped in the imagery of Día de los Muertos, pays tribute. “I feel like in [Latin American] culture, we embrace our connections with
North Meets South Innumerable musicians work the bluegrass
circuit, but most of them never had the opportunity to play with the genre’s legendary creator, Bill Monroe. Even fewer can profess to have done so when they were 9 years old. But South Carolina-born JENNI LYN had the good fortune of playing a backstage duet with
Monroe at a festival when she was just a girl. As an adult, she played mandolin in the Boston-bred, Nashville-based band Della Mae and has since struck out on her own. Lyn’s debut solo album, Burn Another Candle, is a folksy slice of down-home whimsy and oldtime charm. Jenni Lyn performs on Wednesday, August 30, at ArtsRiot in Burlington.
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TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.
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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. The Brevity Thing (rock, folk), 9 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.
NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic), 6 p.m., free. The Whiskey Dicks featuring Ryan Dempsey of Twiddle (rock), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: Reagh Greenleaf Jr. and Gypsy Reel (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.
RADIO BEAN: DJ Two Sev (eclectic), 4 p.m., free. Ace (indie pop, folk), 7 p.m., free. Adriana Walsh (folk, bluegrass), 8 p.m., free. Katie Lyon (folk, rock), 9 p.m., free. Future States, Raveen (pop, psychedelic), 10:30 p.m., free.
our ancestors,” he says. “It’s a relation- and obscure subgenres not only to his ship with death that’s very different.” various collaborators but also to the city. “There wasn’t a Latin-cumbia-gypsySkulls and other Day of the Dead imagery are recurrent visual themes in punk band — something that’s like a hybrid — in Burlington,” Anderson says. Sandoval’s art. Though the album is completely re- “I think the scene was hungry for it. It corded, mixed and mastered, Sandoval is was something unfamiliar.” “He’s the best still working out bandleader that the finer points I’ve ever had,” of distribution. says Griffin. The Burlington Record Plant is “He’s clear about what’s expected, set to press 300 but he’s also copies, and the relaxed and album is tentaflexible, which tively scheduled MAIZ VAR GAS S AND O VAL is really for a September refreshing.” release. Sandoval’s Since exitimpact on Burlington’s scene is vast. He ing Mal Maiz in 2016, Griffin started was Anderson’s right-hand man during her own Latin-tinged project, Skeleton the construction of the Lamp Shop and Dancer. Sandoval’s legacy is inextricable. “Mal Maiz was my life from the later served as bartender. The master of cumbia has introduced cultural concepts second I moved to Burlington until I
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started Skeleton Dancer,” she says. “[We] definitely take elements. I got really into rumba through that band.” Sandoval considers exploring English lyrics for his next album. But right now, he feels it’s important for everything to be in Spanish as a way of elevating nonEnglish speakers. “I was having a hard time trying to [decide] if I should assume a political position,” he says. “[But] I feel like I’m voicing the immigrant movement. “As an artist, it’s really hard not to be involved in what’s happening right now,” he continues. “I try to embrace other immigrants [so] they don’t feel ashamed of where they come from.” m Contact: jordan@sevendaysvt.com
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n Jonathan Glazer’s unsettling 2013 film Under tool or talisman. The blinding whiteness, classically the Skin, an alien life form takes on the bombshell associated with angel or bride, becomes a canvas to be body of Scarlett Johansson. With a few aesthetic sullied by self-driven action. choices of its own, the ambiguously gendered The photograph “Trilobite Underground” is darker: creature then uses the appropriated costume to seduce A hooded figure in Leith’s “Trilobite Jacket” ascends and consume men. In questioning the nature of empa- a subway escalator, looking every bit the stuff of highthy, gender and the performance of being human, the brow art-house horror. The series of design drawings film is both scary and important. “Bird Girls” shows Leith’s bulbous garments made of Now on view at Burlington’s New City Galerie, the parachutes, ready to fly. five-artist exhibition “Interpose” similarly navigates the murky intersections of human, inhuman and monstrous. Lead curator Susan Smereka — assisted by gallery director Joseph Pensak and assistant curator Lydia Kern — offers an exciting convergence of contemporary talent: Kate Donnelly, Wylie Sofia Garcia, Molly A. Greene, Lucy Leith and Estefania Puerta. All have connections to Vermont. Drawings, sculptural costume, performance, Garcia also exhibits ready-to-wear installation and video coalesce in “Interpose” work; her “Origin of the World” for a sharp but tender enactment of longing dress, she writes in her statement, and confession: the longing for alternate “is a response to the shifting landrealities (that might sometimes feel scape of the female body during pregnancy.” While Leith’s demore real than this one); confessions of creating and inhabiting signs appear sleek, technical and other bodies. exact, Garcia’s visible stitching, If that sounds weak, it rough edges and lace speak to shouldn’t. Here, the art is agency improvisation and earthiness. — not just representation — and Still, “Origin” is just as utilitarits rawness can be felt in the ian, with an arsenal of tools gallery. Imagination is invencrafted into the skirt. tion; costumes are made for Garcia also sews soft, wearing. puffy, intestine-like Leith’s designs, for examforms into the exterior ple, are not only for traversof her garment. Such ing the earth but the sky and viscera appear elsesubterranean realms, as well. where in the exhibition, “Adventure Girl,” modeled on particularly in both a silver-wigged mannequin, large and small works is a white utility suit with by Puerta. “Look silver accents, laden with at Her Laughing, Installation view of "A Las Mujeres a Mi No snap-buttoned pockets for Like a Heifer to the Me Quieren y Es Porque Yo No Tengo Plata" by holding every conceivable Slaughter,” named for Estefania Puerta
Brian Eno lyrics, is an almost-five-foot-wide charcoal drawing of guts, breasts, floral motifs and speckled eggs that appear to be sprouting fur. Puerta’s organically derived entities come to vibrant, three-dimensional “life” in her fantastical installation “A Las Mujeres a Mi No Me Quieren y Es Porque Yo No Tengo Plata” (“To the women who don’t love me and it’s because I don’t have silver [money]”). In it, two hunched, charmingly grotesque, roughly life-size beings trek through a “river” constructed of blue fabrics on the floor. Their garishly painted heads and faces, made from strips of plaster gauze, seem to melt into globby, knotted bodies of stuffed nylon atop spindly legs. Spotted green papiermâché cacti grow like barnacles on their backs. Who/what are these odd creatures? Do they represent wealthy doyennes whose riches spawn their disdain? Or are they cackling fairy godmothers/Baba Yagas guiding Puerta down her penniless path? The mythology at work here may need further explanation, but it captivates regardless. Greene’s contributions fit in not only thematically but materially: Like Garcia and Puerta, she uses translucent nylon to replicate the skin. Her wall-hung “Finger Necklace” sculpture approximates digits as oversize peachy-pink cones, the longest nearly a foot, each with a bright areola-like tip. As the artist writes in her statement, “I am inventing new sensory organs.” Four of Greene’s small-scale acrylic and gouache paintings are also on view. In “Two Ladies Chatting,” her subjects’ faces are covered by or perhaps just are star-filled skies. That is, their heads appear to be helmets through which we view a nighttime constellation rather than human facial features. These skyscapes recur in many of Greene’s other drawings, including “Homing,” which features half a dozen humanoid female forms with sky faces, holding sky globes. The figures stand amid colorful, stylized ferns against a flat yellow background.
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"Finger Necklace" by Molly A. Greene
female or about being “other.” Rather, it is about the truths and deceptions that shape and defy both experiences. The works here are deep but generally not difficult to decipher or enjoy. Their disruptions are real but peaceful. They show that under the skin are not just flesh and blood but worlds upon worlds. Contact: rachel@sevendaysvt.com
INFO “Interpose,” through October 24 at New City Galerie in Burlington. newcitygalerie.org
"Two Ladies Chatting" by Molly A. Greene
CALL TO ARTISTS
‘FABRIC OF OUR LIVES: A TEXTILE EXHIBITION’: Seeking textile art that addresses the ways in
‘INFRARED: THE INVISIBLE MADE VISIBLE’: PhotoPlace Gallery welcomes submissions of infrared photographs for an upcoming exhibition to be juried by Laurie Klein. For details and to submit, visit photoplacegallery.com. Deadline: September 18. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury. Up to five photographs for $35; $6 for each additional. Info, 388-4500.
MILKHAUS ART FESTIVAL: Submissions welcome to the open artists’ competition at the fifth annual art festival on August 26. Guests will vote on the winner for the cash prize. To submit, email name, title, medium and delivery date to designtotable@ gmail.com. Deadline: August 25. Milkhaus Studios, Ferrisburgh. $8.
INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBIT: Inviting mail-art submissions with the theme “Welcome to college” for a fall exhibition at Vermont Technical College. Artists may submit an unlimited number of original works, postcards preferred. Send to: Hartness Library Mail Art, Vermont Tech, P.O. Box 500, Randolph Center, VT 05061. Deadline: September 15. Hartness Gallery, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center. Info, 728-1237. ‘MIDDLEBURY THROUGH THE LENS’: Edgewater at the Falls hosts this photo shoot on September 23. The day will open with a talk from former National Geographic photographer James Blair. The winning photographer, to be announced September 27, will be awarded a $500 gift
PENTANGLE LIGHT GARDEN: Pentangle invites individual artists and small groups from the community to create sculptures incorporating light, which will line the footpaths of the town green. This year’s event will take place September 22 and 23. Space is limited. For more info and to register, email Serena Nelson at info@pentanglearts.org. Deadline: September 5. Woodstock Village Green. Info, 457-3981. PLAINFIELD KIOSK ART: Seeking art of all kinds to be featured in upcoming monthlong exhibitions through this unique format. For details and to submit, email jennibeeart@gmail.com. Deadline is rolling. Plainfield Art Kiosk. SPA STUDIO RESIDENCY PROGRAM: Studio Place Arts invites proposals from emerging local
artists for an 11-month studio residency program that runs December 1, 2017, to October 31, 2018. Selected artist will receive a small private studio on the second floor of the visual arts center to build a new body of work for exhibition in the fall of 2018. For details and to submit, visit studioplacearts.com. Deadline: August 31. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Info, 479-7069. STEAMFEST: Seeking artists, artisans and makers working in all mediums to exhibit at indoor and outdoor venues in conjunction with this inaugural arts festival, September 29 and 30. Traditional and nontraditional artwork that explores or is influenced by science, engineering, technology and/or math, and that considers the relationship of aesthetics and experience in the 21st century will be considered. For details and to apply, visit steamfestvt.com. Deadline: September 1. Village of Essex Junction. $35; $15 for 18 and under. Info, steamfestvt@gmail.com. SWANTON ARTS SPECTACULAR: The Swanton Arts Council invites local artists and artisans to participate in the September 9 community arts festival. For more info and to sign up for a space, contact darcibenoit@yahoo.com. Deadline is rolling. Swanton Village Park. Info, 233-6864. NEW THIS WEEK
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‘DOORS & WINDOWS: OPEN & CLOSED’: Accepting submissions for upcoming exhibition to be curated by Rebecca L. Lawrence, former director of New Hampshire State Arts Council. Artists may submit up to three works in any medium and will be eligible for one of three awards of $200 each. For details and to submit, visit avagallery.org. Deadline: September 8, 11:59 p.m. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon N.H. $20. Info, 603-448-3117.
certificate to Edgewater Gallery. Photographers interested in participating must register by September 21. For details, visit edgewatergallery. com. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls. Info, 458-0098.
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CHAMPLAIN MINI MAKER FAIRE: The sixth annual maker fair invites participants and presenters for this year’s event, to be held September 23 and 24. For details and to submit, visit champlainmakerfaire.com. Deadline: August 31. McClure Education Center, Shelburne Farms. Info, 863-5956.
which we live, work, communicate and interact with the people around us. For details and to submit, email grangehallcc@gmail.com. Deadline: September 1. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center.
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BRANDON ARTISTS GUILD EXHIBITING MEMBER JURY: The Guild welcomes submissions from artists interested in joining its community of 40-plus Vermont fine artists and artisans. The gallery exhibits an ongoing selection of work from member artists, and offers rotating solo and themed group shows. For details and to apply, visit brandonartistsguild.org. Deadline: August 26, for jury review on September 9. Brandon Artists Guild. $25. Info, brandonartistsguildvt@ gmail.com.
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Donnelly’s nearly six-minute video “Engagement” offers a triangulation of sorts, capturing the living, breathing ephemerality that’s missing from the other works. In the video, an arresting, alien-like creature (Donnelly wearing her “Green Umbrella” sculptural costume) inhabits the desolate parking lot of a defunct big-box store. The anonymity of the commercial environment acts as a blank canvas where both the artist and observers can construct fantasies of a parallel — or perhaps forthcoming — universe, where beautiful green land-bound jellyfish can dwell. Smereka is keenly aware of the pitfalls of the label “women’s show,” she notes in her extended curator’s essay accompanying the exhibition. But, in any work that has something to say about embodiment, constructs of gender will be in play. Indeed, several of the artists make explicit references to female archetypes — the mother, the wild woman — in their statements. As with Under the Skin, the show is not solely about being
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BOOKWORKS FROM THE BOOK ARTS GUILD OF VERMONT: A group show by members that addresses the concept of correspondence in the modern world. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.
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‘BUTTERFLIES’: This exhibit of live butterflies explores one of Earth’s most beautiful and unique creatures. Discover their fascinating life cycle and how we can protect their place in the natural environment. Through September 4. Regular museum admission: $13.50-16.50. Info, 877-324-6386. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.
NIKKI EDDY: Paintings by the Vermont artist. August 25-November 15. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex.
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GROUP EXHIBIT: The third annual group exhibition, featuring works by Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr., Renee Greenlee, Phil Herbison, Jen Hubbard, Jean O’Conor, John Sargent, Kent Shaw, Rett Sturman and Homer Wells. Reception: Thursday, September 14, 5-7 p.m. August 24-October 20. Info, info@ riverartsvt.org. Gallery at River Arts in Morrisville.
CHRIS MAHONSKI: Overnight Projects presents “Spurious Brood,” a public installation by the Virginia-based artist that features Timex Ironman wristwatches on tree branches to create a digital chorus. More info at overnightprojects.com. Through September 1. Info, abbey@overnightprojects.com. Burlington City Hall Park.
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DAVE KENNEDY: “A Stranger Stands Here,” large-scale collaged constructions that question perception and the line between image and object. Through October 8. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.
FRANK CORSO: New landscape paintings by the
artist and musician. Reception: Wednesday, August 30, 6-8 p.m. $15. August 28-September 2. Info, 496-6350. The Pitcher Inn in Warren.
DIANA AL-HADID: An exhibition featuring the Syrian American artist’s monumental sculpture “Phantom Limb,” accompanied by large-scale wall works and Mylar drawings. Through October 8. Info, 865-7166. Burlington City Arts.
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RUTH HAMILTON: “Water, Water,” oil paintings and mixed media by the Benson artist. Reception: Friday, September 8, 5-7 p.m. August 28-September 29. Info, 468-5611. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University.
‘FROM OUR HEARTS & MINDS’: An exhibition of works by 14 local artists in the collective From Our Hearts and Minds. Through August 31. Info, 863-3403. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington.
SUSAN BULL RILEY: “Natural Affection,” paintings inspired by Vermont’s natural landscape. Reception: Friday, August 25, 5-7 p.m. August 25-October 28. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.
‘THE GIFT OF BEAUTY’: Photographs through the seasons in Vermont, Montana, Europe and beyond by Mem. Through August 31. Info, 803-343-9646. New Moon Café in Burlington.
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HILARY ANN LOVE GLASS: Works by the Burlington illustrator, printmaker, tattoo artist and winner of Magic Hat’s 2017 Art Hop Ale label competition. Through August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee in Burlington.
ART FESTIVAL: Fifth annual event featuring an open artists’ competition, makers, performers, music, food and drink. Milkhaus Studios, Ferrisburgh, Saturday, August 26, 3-8 p.m. Info, 922-5107.
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‘ART OF MAHER, INDIA: PHOTOS & STORIES TO INSPIRE’: Photographs of and taken by Indian orphans to raise money for the nonprofit U.S. Maher Friends. 7 & 9 Main Street Studio in Essex Junction, Wednesday, August 23, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Info, 318-1771. ‘BALANCE & THE PRECARIOUS’: Nicole Dagesse, with Murmurations Dance artists, develops a series of duets exploring weight sharing and balance through improvisational scores, set choreography and contact improvisation, inspired by David Stromeyer’s 2017 sculpture “High Wire Act.” Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Enosburg Falls, Saturday, August 26, 2 p.m. Info, 512-333-2119. BBQ & OPEN HOUSE: Celebrate art, community and summer with family and friends. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Wednesday, August 30, 3-5 p.m. Info, 253-8358. BCA SUMMER ARTIST MARKET: Shop handmade works by Vermont artists and artisans, in conjunction with the Burlington Farmers Market. Burlington City Hall Park, Saturday, August 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Info, 865-7166. BLUEBIRD FAIRIES: Emily Anderson offers readings using her singular oracle deck, as well as cards and other artworks. ArtsRiot, Burlington, Friday, August 25, 5-10 p.m. Info, emily@bluebirdfairies.com. ‘LOST AND FOUND’: An “art treasure hunt” instigated by Vermont artist DJ Barry, in which he places stenciled woodcuts in various locations, free to those who find them in exchange for paying it forward. Find the artist on Facebook for clues. State of Vermont, Wednesday, August 23 and 30. Info, djbarryart@gmail.com. OPEN CARVING WORKSHOP FOR STEAMROLLER PRINTMAKING: Drop in to prepare a woodblock for the September 16 steamroll printmaking event. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Saturday, August 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free with steamroller registration.
Best of the Northeast Masters of Fine Arts Boston-based artist Gabriel Sosa curates this fourth biennial of highlights from
regional emerging talent, now on view at Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center. Director Rachel
Moore was one of several jurors who whittled down more than 150 submissions to just five artists. Adriana Bianchi, Molly Dressel, Arghavan Khosravi, Nicholas Mancini and Meytar Moran were selected. Dressel is a sculptor; the remainder of the work is two-dimensional. Featuring portraits of upstate New York gun-club members (Bianchi) to fanciful paintings that mix American pop with Persian cultural motifs (Khosravi), this show is a sampling of artists to watch. Through August 26. Pictured: untitled work by Khosravi.
OPEN STUDIO: Friends new and old convene for a creative session. Expressive Arts Burlington, Monday, August 28, 3-5 p.m. $15. Info, 343-8172. PHOTO TOUR: BARNS & BRIDGES OF THE MAD RIVER VALLEY: Local barn owners and Valley Arts volunteers have organized this self-guided photo safari and tour. Free maps will be available on Saturday, August 26, at the Waitsfield Farmers Market or Sunday, August 27, at the Festival Gallery. Vermont Festival of the Arts Gallery, Waitsfield, Sunday, August 27, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Info, 496-6682. VERGENNES ARTSWALK: Browse galleries and local businesses at this after-hours event sponsored by Creative Space Gallery. Various Vergennes locations, Friday, August 25, 5-8 p.m. Info, 877-3850. WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE: ART TENT: River Arts presents creative activities for the community, including making paper flowers, beaded bubble wands, foam prints and more. Oxbow Park, Morrisville, Wednesday, August 23 and 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-1261.
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ANNE CADY: “Held by the Mountains,” colorsaturated landscape paintings by the New Haven artist. Through September 30. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington. ‘AVA & POMPANOOSUC MILLS: A CELEBRATION OF UPPER VALLEY ARTISTS’: Works by Joe Carton, Penny Koburger, Judy Laliberte, Elizabeth Mayor, Rosamond Orford and Sue Schiller. Through September 23. Info, 603-448-3117. Pompanoosuc Mills in Burlington. ‘BLACK DAWN TO MEDUSA’: A retrospective of the experimental film works, art and ephemera made by Doreen Kraft and Robin Lloyd in the 1970s, curated by Margaret Coleman. Through September 9. Info, 865-8980. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington.
INNOVATION CENTER GROUP SHOW: First floor: Austin Abbot, Kristen Watson, Pete Boardman, Rae Harrell, Robert Gold and Susie Guran; second floor: Amanda Vella, Janet Bonneau, John Metruk and Marilyn Barry; third floor: Donna Bister, Gaal Shepherd, Nicole Colella, SRMPhotography and Terry L. Mercy. Rotating shows curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington. ‘INTERPOSE’: A group exhibition curated by Susan Smereka featuring works by Kate Donnelly, Wylie Sofia Garcia, Molly Greene, Lucy Leith and Estefania Puerta. Through October 24. Info, joseph@ newcitygalerie.org. New City Galerie in Burlington. NORTHERN VERMONT ARTIST ASSOCIATION MEMBER EXHIBITION: An annual group exhibition featuring works by members of the artist collective, which was founded in Burlington in 1931. Through August 26. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.
PETER MILLER: Black-and-white images from the Vermont photographer’s new volume, Vanishing Vermonters, Loss of a Rural Culture. Reception and book launch: Friday, August 25, 5-8 p.m. Through August 28. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington. RAE HARRELL: “Still Out of My Mind,” fabric art, painting and sculpture. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. REID CROSBY: “Moments,” photographs by the Vermont artist. Through September 30. Info, 864-2088. The Men’s Room in Burlington. SEABA ‘MEMBERS ONLY’ SHOW: A juried exhibition of works by members of the South End Arts and Business Association. Through August 31. Info, 6519692. RETN & VCAM Media Factory in Burlington. ‘SYRIAN EXPERIENCE AS ART’: A group exhibition of post-Arab Spring artworks by 12 Syrian artists. Through September 1. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington.
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‘TWO LENSES’: Photography by Matthew Peterson and Vaune Trachtman, which explores the artists’ desires to study their surroundings and hit the pause button for moments of in-between. Through September 4. Info, 516-263-7335. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington. ‘VERMONT LANDSCAPE & WATER’: Paintings by Vermont artists Sean Dye, Phil Laughlin, Sandra Reese and Ken Russack. Through August 31. Info, 860-4972. Black Horse Gallery in Burlington. ‘VIBRANT VERMONT’: Paintings of the Vermont landscape by Bruce Conklin, Jennifer Hubbard, Susan Larkin, Phil Laughlin and Julia Purinton. Through October 8. Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington.
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‘BIRDING BY THE NUMBERS’: Twenty-four artworks by 23 area artists consider the relationship between ornithology and math. Through October 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. ‘CHICKENS!’: A group exhibition of chicken-themed works by local artists. Through August 31. Info, ealexander22@yahoo.com. Jericho Town Hall. DAVID SMITH: “Points of Departure,” oil paintings by the Peacham artist. Through September 9. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. DEAN & LINDA MORAN: “The Art of Marble Fabric,” textile art by the Essex Junction artists. Through August 31. Info, 878-4918. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library in Williston. ‘FLOWER POWER!’: A group exhibition of works by seniors and older adults that address the beauty and complexity of flowers. Through August 31. Info, 244-1234. Winooski Senior Center. ‘THE HISTORY OF RACING IN MILTON’: An exhibition about the town’s role as a Chittenden County stock-car-racing hot spot. Through October 31. Info, 363-2598. Milton Historical Society.
PHILIP HERBISON: “Compositions,” painted wood pieces mounted on wood panel. Through August 31. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.
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JENNI BELOTSERKOVSKY: Paintings by the Vermont artist. Through August 31. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield. KELLY HUNTER: “Planetary Gods and Goddesses,” poster-size images of many of the solar system’s newly identified planetoids, named for indigenous creator deities. Color your own and add it to the show. Through August 31. Info, kellhunter@ earthlink.net. Barre Opera House. ‘MIXING PRIMARIES’: Works by members of the Art Resource Association, including Michael Badamo, Annie Christopher, Cindy Griffith, Marcia Hill, Maggie Neale, Phillip Robertson, Jack Sabon, Joy Spontak, Frank Woods and others. SUMMER JURIED EXHIBIT: A group exhibition featuring works by 23 artists, including Jan Brough, Frank DeAngelis, Linda Di Sante, Craig Line, Maggie Neale, Susan Riley and James Secor. Juried by August Burns, Ellis Jacobson and David Schutz. Through September 8. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. RAY BROWN: Paintings spanning the six-decade career of the central Vermont artist. Through September 29. Info, 279-6403. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.
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‘SHOW 19’: An exhibition showcasing the latest works by the gallery’s 17 Vermont-based contemporary artists. Through August 26. Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier. ‘SOCIAL JUSTICE IN RACE, GENDER, IMMIGRATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT’: Twenty-one Vermont artists exhibit works addressing these themes in clay, paper, painting, stone, assemblage, metal and drawing, along with photographs by Terry J. Allen of recent marches, vigils and demonstrations plus posters, banners and signs from those events. Through October 9. Info, janetvanfleet@fairpoint. net. TERRY ALLEN: “Taking It to the Street,” color photographs of protest demonstrations in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Vermont. Sales to benefit Migrant Justice and Planned Parenthood. Through October 10. Info, tallen@igc.org. Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College, in Plainfield.
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BEST OF THE NORTHEAST MASTERS OF FINE ARTS: Fourth biennial exhibition featuring the “best of” recent or current MFA students from New England and New York, curated by Gabriel Sosa. Through August 26. Info, mail@helenday.com. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. BONNIE ACKER: “Summertime,” new landscape oil paintings by the Burlington-based artist. Through September 4. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. CHARLIE BLUETT: “Elements,” abstract-expressionist paintings by the Westfield artist. KATHLEEN KOLB: “Thin Places, Long Light,” paintings of Ireland and Vermont by the Lincoln artist. Through October 15. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. ‘EXPOSED’: The 26th annual multi-site exhibition of outdoor public sculpture, curated by Rachel Moore. Through October 21. Info, mail@helenday. com. Various Stowe locations. STOWE/SMUGGS
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f ‘CONNECTION: THE ART OF COMING TOGETHER’: An exhibition curated by Ric Kasini Kadour, publisher of Vermont Art Guide, featuring works in a variety of mediums by 17 artists who were selected through their relationships to other Vermont artists. Closing reception: Friday, October 6, 4-8 p.m. Through October 6. Info, ric@ kasinihouse.com. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.
HUNTER EDDY: “Bridging Worlds,” a solo exhibition of paintings in staged portraiture and still life, created between 2010 and 2017. Through September 29. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.
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‘BREAD & PUPPET: AN EMERGENT MOSAIC’: The sixth annual exhibit featuring works by Bread & Puppet and non-Bread & Puppet company members. Among these are portraits by Heidi Broner and paintings by Cynthia Ross, as well as photographs from participants’ archives, photos of current B&P work by Mark Dannenhauer, and a display of puppets from the touring show “The Story of the Mountain Man From Chile.” Through September 5. Info, ninots@crocker.com. Plainfield Community Center.
‘FREAKS, RADICALS & HIPPIES: COUNTERCULTURE IN 1970S VERMONT’: An exhibition that explores the influx of people and countercultural ideas to the state, from communes to organic agriculture, progressive politics to health care reform, alternative energy to women’s and gay rights. Through December 31. Info, 479-8500. Vermont Heritage Galleries in Barre.
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‘TEN’: A group show of artworks inspired by the various objects described in the old counting nursery rhyme, “One, two, buckle my shoe.” AARON STEIN: “Road Trip: Life Through the Windshield,” assemblages and constructions inspired by and made with American automobilia. GRACE AMBER: “Trash Mounds,” installations by the Vermont-born artist. Through August 24. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.
ED EPSTEIN AND GEORGE KURJANOWICZ: “A Path Well Traveled,” portraiture, landscapes and organic sculptural forms by the multidisciplinary artists. Photo ID required for entry. Through September 29. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.
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‘PIECED TRADITIONS: JEAN LOVELL COLLECTS’: Historic bedcovers gathered by the Californiabased collector and longtime friend of the Shelburne Museum. Through October 31. ‘WILD SPACES, OPEN SEASONS: HUNTING AND FISHING IN AMERICAN ART’: An exhibition exploring the visual culture of hunting and fishing in painting and sculpture from the early 19th century to World War II. Through August 23. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.
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DAVID CRANDALL & JIM MAAS: Fine jewelry and painted bird carvings, respectively, by the local artisans. JIM MAAS: Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences presents the meticulously detailed bird carvings of the retired orthopedic surgeon. Through September 30. Info, 359-5001. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock.
‘FRANK MASON IN VERMONT’: An exhibition featuring 22 paintings by the late classical realist painter and 60 paintings by students he taught in Vermont. Through September 4. ‘GENERATIONS’: A group exhibition of oil paintings by Dianne Panarelli Miller and nine of her students. Through September 4. ‘LEGACY COLLECTION 2017’: Works by 19 living and 14 deceased artists whose art continues the legacy of Alden and Mary Bryan. Through December 23. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.
‘THE FRUITS OF TIME: HEIRLOOM APPLES, THEN AND NOW’: Using photographs, illustrations, historical interpretation and compelling narratives, this exhibit explores the story of heirloom apples and shows how to bring old trees back into production. Through October 15. Free with $6 admission. Info, 765-4288. Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford.
FRED SWAN: The 24th annual exhibition of realist landscapes by the U.S. Naval Academy graduate. Through September 30. Info, 253-7282. Robert Paul Galleries in Stowe.
‘MAKING MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS’: An exhibition that explores the science behind making rhythms and harmonies heard. Through September 17. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.
SUMMER CAMP EXHIBIT: Exhibition featuring works created by children participants of River Arts summer arts programming. Through September 5. Info, 888-1261. Morrisville Post Office.
MARTHA STEVENSON: Folk art paintings by the Londonderry artist. Through August 31. Info, 295-4567. Long River Gallery & Gifts in White River Junction.
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‘BIG RED BARN ART SHOW’: The 20th annual community-sourced exhibition of works by area artists. Through September 3. Info, 496-6682. Big Red Barn Gallery at Lareau Farm in Waitsfield.
f NORI PEPE: Recent prints that reinterpret photographs. Reception: Friday, September 1, 6-8 p.m. Through September 30. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.
HOPE BURGOYNE: “Dispositions,” abstract landscapes by the Vermont artist. Through August 26. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.
‘THE PUBLIC, PERSONAL, PRIVATE & PROFESSIONAL’: A retrospective featuring more than 20 years of works by Main Street Museum’s David F. Ford and Mark E. Merrill. Through August 25. Info, 603-508-8528. Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction.
JOHNNY SWING: Sculpture, furniture and lighting in steel, including the artist’s latest work, “Wedding Gift,” an abstract, knotted form of stainless-steel rods and toasters. Through September 10. Info, 583-5832. Bundy Modern in Waitsfield.
QUILT EXHIBITION: The 31st annual event featuring textile art made by Windsor County quilters. Through September 17. Info, 457-2355. Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock.
PHOTO SHOW: The 28th annual communitysourced show featuring works by amateur and professional photographers. Through September 4. Info, 496-7722. Inn at the Round Barn Farm in Waitsfield. ‘TRANSITIONS: REALISM TO ABSTRACT’: An exhibition featuring a wide range of works by Valley Arts artists. Through October 21. Info, 496-6682. Vermont Festival of the Arts Gallery in Waitsfield.
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ANNE CADY: “See You at the Lake,” a solo exhibition of new works by the New Haven painter. Through August 27. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes. ‘ATTENTION TO DETAIL’: Representational paintings by four Addison County artists: Gayl Braisted, Mike Mayone, Catherine M. Palmer and Reed A. Prescott. Through October 1. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury. BRENDA HALL WOOD DESIGN: Works in wood by the Goshen artist and maker. Through August 29. Info, 860-480-1021. Ripton Community Church. DEBORAH HOLMES: “Coming Home,” new paintings by the Addison County artist. Through September 10. Info, 238-6607. Art on Main in Bristol. ‘DRAW ME A STORY, TELL ME A TALE’: Paintings, illustrations, photographs and completed books by 18 contemporary Vermont children’s book authors and artists. Through October 15. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury. ‘OLD FRIENDS & NEW FACES’: A group exhibition of six artists, split between the gallery’s two Middlebury locations: Kim Alemian, Philip Frey, Timothy Horn, William B. Hoyt, Woody Jackson and Homer Wells. Through August 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls. PETER BROOKE: “Land, Sea & Sky,” oil paintings on panel and canvas. Through September 10. Info, 349-0979. BigTown Gallery Vergennes.
‘La Balade pour la Paix: An Open-Air Museum’ As part of Montréal’s 375th anniversary celebrations, the Montréal
Museum of Fine Arts and McGill University have turned the street into a gallery, installing
30 sculptures and 42 photographs along the busy rue Sherbrooke. The 67 “stations” correspond to the year of the famed World’s Fair, or Expo 67. Among the monumental temporary installations are works by Alexander Calder, Wim Delvoye, Yayoi Kusama, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Niki de Saint Phalle. Get there before it turns cold. Through October 29. Pictured: “Walking Figures” by Magdalena Abakanowicz. for their ties to the Robinson family as documented in letters, account books and broadsides, which are also on view. Through October 29. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.
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GEORGE BOURET: An exhibition of original photography featuring portraits, architecture and panoramic landscapes. Through September 2. Info, elschmidt1@vermontel.net. Stone Valley Arts in Poultney.
f ‘PASSAGES & MOORINGS’: Works by Vermont artists Lily Hinrichsen, Karla Van Vliet and Susan Wilson. Reception: Friday, August 25, 6-8 p.m. Through September 30. Info, 282-2396. Castleton University Bank Gallery in Rutland. f PERSI NARVAEZ: “Afinidad/Affinity,” colorful paintings by the Peruvian artist. Reception: Friday, August 25, 6-8 p.m. Through September 30. Info, 282-2396. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.
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‘PORTALS’: An exhibition of photographs juried by Aline Smithson. Through September 9. Info, 388-4500. PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury. ‘YOURS IN THE CAUSE: FACES OF RADICAL ABOLITION’: Rarely seen historic photographs depicting 14 pre-Civil War-era abolitionists, chosen
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WARREN KIMBLE: New works by the folk Americana artist and BAG cofounder. Through August 29, 5-7 p.m. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.
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‘ART ON THE FARM’: An outdoor exhibition of sculpture curated by Edythe Wright, featuring works by Michael Barsanti, Ria Blaas, Rachel Gross, Lisa Kippen, Anne Mapplebeck, Murray Ngoima and Brenna Colt, Otto Pierce and Daniel Weiner. Through October 7. Info, info@fablefarm.org. Fable Farm in Barnard. BUNNY HARVEY: “Lost & Found,” a self-portrait of the artist told with found objects, photos, art and other miscellany. Through August 31. Info, info@ mainstreetmuseum.org. Main Street Museum in White River Junction. ‘CREATE & INSPIRE’: A group exhibition of works made by veterans and their community. Through September 1. Info, 295-9363. White River Junction VA Medical Center.
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STACY HOPKINS JEWELRY: The White River Junction designer created a special collection from talons, skulls and feet of raptors; sales benefit the rehabilitation and protection work at VINS. Through August 31. Info, 295-0808. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center in Quechee. ‘TOGETHER, CAPTURED MOMENTS IN REALISM’: Paintings by married artists Andrew Williams and Sue Lawrence, curated by Kristin Stein Saroyan. Through August 26. Info, laura.dipiazza@goddard. edu. Norwich Public Library. ‘UNBOUND VOL. VII’: The seventh annual juried exhibit of northeastern artists who explore the book as concept, form and object. Through August 26. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery in Woodstock.
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‘BELLS & WHISTLES’: An exhibition exploring the myriad forms and associations connected to these ordinary objects. Through May 1, 2018. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. ‘CROSSING TO SAFETY’: A group exhibition of works celebrating Greensboro’s storied past and present as well as investigating the long, complex history of human migration. Through September 4. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro. GLORIA BERARD ROWELL: “Vermont Visions,” an exhibit of paintings by the Walden artist. Through August 27. Info, 563-2037. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. JENNY GREEN: “Arid Lands,” watercolors of desert landscapes by the Danville artist. Through September 23. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. KAREN GOWAN: “F-Stops Along the Way,” photographs of local farm animals and landscapes. Through September 5. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.
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LUCIEN B. DAY: “A Life in Art,” a retrospective of paintings by the late Vermont artist. Through September 24. Info, 533-2045. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.
Cooker, Christina Duffy, Betty LaWhite, Karyn Lord, Caitlyn MacGlaflin, Katrina Mojzesz, Fern Strong and Belinda Whipple Worth. Through August 26. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library.
‘MEMPHREMAGOG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION: PRESERVING THE BEAUTY OF OUR WATERS’: A collaborative exhibition in honor of the 10th anniversary of the association and the art center. MAC members present a variety of new works inspired by the lake and environment. Through September 5. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts in Newport.
ERIK BAIER: “Commune,” black-and-white COLORFUL photographs of commune structures. Through TABLE LINENS September 9. HUGH TOWNLEY: “Sculpture, Reliefs BENNINGTON & Prints” by the late Vermont artist. Through September 10. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in POTTERY Rochester.
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‘HOPE AND HAZARD: A COMEDY OF EROS’: A group exhibition curated by American artist Eric Fischl featuring some 65 artists and more than 80 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures. Artists include Tracy Emin, Nicole Eisenman, Yves Klein, Jeff Koons, Robert Mapplethorpe, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Jason Rhoades, Hannah Wilke and many more. ‘READY. FIRE! AIM.’ AT HALL ART FOUNDATION: Joint exhibition curated by former BCA curator DJ Hellerman, inspired by Andy and Christine Hall’s art-collecting philosophy. DAVID SHRIGLEY: A solo exhibition of roughly 25 works by the British artist, including drawings, animations, paintings and sculpture. Through November 26. Info, 952-1056. Hall Art Foundation in Reading. JOANNE RUSSO: “Win, Lose or Draw: My Journey Through Cancer,” drawings by the Vermont artist. Through October 13. Info, info@mainstreetarts.org. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River. MARGARET SHIPMAN: ”Botanical Essence,” an exhibition of mixed-media works by the southern Vermont artist. Through August 31. Info, 875-8900. DaVallia Art & Accents in Chester. SIX NEW EXHIBITS: Mary Admasian, “Boundaries, Balance and Confinement,” mixed-media works and sculpture; Wolf Kahn, “Density & Transparency,” paintings; Nathalie Miebach: Lost Porches,” 3D woven sculptures; Barbara Garber, “Free Fall,” mixed-media installation; William Chambers, “Spaceship of Dreams,” interactive public art project; and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, “The Boomer List,” photographs. Through October 8. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
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AL HIRSCHFELD: A selection of drawings and prints by the late artist and pop-culture caricaturist. Through October 31. Info, 362-7200. Art Manchester.
‘I CHOOSE FILM’: A survey of film-based works, ranging from antique and specialized processes to hybrid “figital” (film combined with digital) innovations. Curated by Stephen Schaub. Through August 27. Info, 362-1405. Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester.
SUMMER ARTIST MEMBER SHOW: A group exhibition featuring a variety of styles and mediums. Through September 10. Info, 362-1405. Yester House Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester.
‘SCALE: MODELS TO MONUMENTS’: An exhibition DECORATIONS curated by sculptor Jim Sardonis that looks at howFUN artists create their visions for public art, shown STOCKING with maquettes created by New England sculptors. Through September 2. Info, 728-6464. Chandler STUFFERS Gallery in Randolph. FURNITURE
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NORTH BENNINGTON OUTDOOR SCULPTURE SHOW: The 20th annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, featuring works by more than 30 area artists. Through October 29. Info, alexandra.s.smith@ gmail.com. Vermont Arts Exchange at Sage Street Mill in North Bennington.
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ome movies just nail the zeitgeist, you know? It’s uncanny the way certain filmmakers have their finger so tightly on the public pulse that, even though their new release began shooting a year earlier and was written well before then, it taps into the popular consciousness on opening weekend to a practically psychic degree. The Hitman’s Bodyguard does the opposite. Can you conceive of a less appropriate moment in modern history for a tasteless, tone-deaf action laugher that mines the comic possibilities of terrorists driving trucks into crowds of innocent people and portrays allied leaders as hacks? The plot revolves around a tyrant who suggests a fictional fusion of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump — one who even attempts to obstruct justice when charges are brought against him. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to see the Mooch pop up in bonus scenes in the director’s cut. I’m genuinely impressed that a director as inexperienced and evidently talent-free as Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3) was capable of doing so much jaw-droppingly wrong. His handling of the material comes off so calculatingly, provocatively offensive as to invite comparison to a late-career
Andy Kaufman bit. Except there aren’t any laughs. Ryan Reynolds plays Michael Bryce, a formerly triple-A-rated executive protection agent who’s fallen on hard times since letting one of his clients get killed. Samuel L. Jackson is Darius Kincaid, a notorious hit man who, as fate and lazy screenwriting would have it, is also the guy who whacked Bryce’s client. When Kincaid has to be delivered safely to the Hague to testify against Gary Oldman’s ruthless Belarusian dictator, Vladislav Dukhovich, who’s Interpol gonna call? Reynolds, natch. You can fill in the blanks from there. The two start out with bad blood, but, before you know it, they’re best buds trading imitation Tarantino banter in one soon-to-bepulverized auto after another as members of Dukhovich’s militia mysteriously ambush them at every turn. Those generic chases and shoot-outs are necessary because, get this: We learn the militia tracked the pair using the signal from Kincaid’s cell. We’re supposed to believe a criminal mastermind doesn’t know how that works? Not only is all this indescribably tiresome, it’s also more than a tad sad to watch Jackson slum through such Pulp Fiction-derivative nonsense. Every scene plays like a middle-
ARMS DEAL This sight gag in which Jackson and Reynolds get all tangled up is about as clever and funny as this pinheaded picture gets.
school drama class trying to replicate the soaring flights of repartee between his Jules Winnfield and John Travolta’s Vincent Vega. Then there’s the plot’s central raceagainst-the-clock device. We’re supposed to believe that, if Kincaid doesn’t make it to the Hague by five on the dot, international law sets the genocidal maniac free. Seriously? That, ironically, is the funny thing about this comedy. Written by Tom O’Connor in 2011, The Hitman’s Bodyguard was originally a drama. In 2016 it reportedly underwent a frantic rewrite days before shooting. Hmm, that could explain a few things. Such as its scattershot narrative, overall cartoonishness
and general brain death. By the way, you needn’t feel too badly for Jackson. Personal finances didn’t force him to make this feebleminded film. More than 100 movie appearances, voice work in animated pictures and video games, membership in the Marvelverse and easy paychecks from commercials have made him the highest-grossing actor of all time. What’s in your wallet? Whatever it is, my advice is to leave it there. And wait for that director’s cut. Next to the people who made this, the Mooch looks like a frickin’ genius. RI C K KI S O N AK
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Logan Lucky ★★★★
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ight now, Hollywood pundits are chortling about how maverick director Steven Soderbergh failed to “change the film business” (in the words of a Hollywood Reporter headline). For Logan Lucky, his first film since 2013, the Oscar winner took the unusual step of devising his own marketing strategy. In a particularly egregious act of Hollywood heresy, Soderbergh even released a trailer — which he called a “throwback” in a New York Times interview — without testing it on audiences. That trailer tells us a lot about Soderbergh’s vision for the film; the era it harks back to is the 1970s, when “liberal Hollywood” routinely made amiable comedies about the white working class. For this downmarket country cousin to Ocean’s Eleven, a comedy about three siblings mounting an elaborate plan to rob a NASCAR speedway, the director concentrated his marketing on red states. Yet the intended audience failed to line up; Logan Lucky earned just $8.1 million in its first weekend. Why? Perhaps the choice of two new action comedies left theatergoers confused, or perhaps Soderbergh’s wacky, stylized trailer — which emphasizes the hillbilly characters’ relative dim-wittedness — pissed them off. Either way, Logan Lucky deserves a closer look. While it’s overlong and sometimes disjointed, this heist flick delivers genuinely likable characters, winning performances and solid laughs.
TRAILER CASH Driver and Tatum play brothers in crime — and blood — with an intricate plan to rip off NASCAR.
Channing Tatum plays Jimmy Logan, whose old football injury has just gotten him fired from his construction job at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. In need of cash so he can fight for joint custody of his beloved daughter, he decides to exploit a weakness in the speedway’s infrastructure that will allow him to, in effect, rob all the lucrative concessions simultaneously. The heist plan is ludicrously complicated, but the motley players Jimmy enlists ground the story. Adam Driver is very funny as Jimmy’s Eeyore-esque brother, Clyde, who lost
an arm in Iraq and likes to wax lugubrious about the family’s misfortune. Their speedobsessed sister, Mellie (Riley Keough), fancies herself a Fast and Furious siren. Best of all is Daniel Craig, showing crack comic timing as control-freak explosives expert Joe Bang. He has to be sprung from prison to participate in the heist, in a subplot that involves an extended, surprisingly effective “Game of Thrones” joke. Logan Lucky is a shaggy-dog story, no doubt about it, with detours that flesh out its earthy setting more than they serve its plot.
We watch Jimmy flirt with the driver of a medical van (a subtle reminder that he lacks health insurance); we cheer as an arrogant energy-drink magnate (Seth MacFarlane) gets his comeuppance. Reaching for a kind of apolitical, prounderdog populism, Soderbergh steers clear of big statements. All the characters are the brunt of good-natured ribbing, and inventive camerawork and sight gags keep things clicking along. By the time Hilary Swank shows up as a dogged FBI agent, though, the movie has already reached an emotional climax and feels like it should be over. Maybe Logan Lucky would have done better as the pilot for a prestige TV series. Its characters aren’t complex, but they grow on you, and you don’t have to enjoy NASCAR to appreciate its deep dive into the self-contained world of the speedway. Soderbergh kicked off his efforts to revive the tradition of crowd-pleasing progressive comedy with the far more successful Magic Mike. Was Logan Lucky too inauthentic to appeal to Soderbergh’s chosen target audience, or was the director’s determination to flout Hollywood marketing wisdom to blame? Perhaps the movie was simply, like the Logan family, in need of a little luck. MARGO T HARRI S O N
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NEW IN THEATERS GOOD TIME: In the wake of a bank robbery gone wrong, a young criminal (Robert Pattinson) will do anything to spring his beloved brother from Rikers Island in this indie drama from directors Benny and Josh Safdie (Heaven Knows What). With Benny Safdie and Jennifer Jason Leigh. (100 min, R. Essex, Savoy) LEAP! A country girl comes to Paris and steals another girl’s identity to fulfill her dream of being a ballerina in this animated family adventure from directors Eric Summer and Éric Warin. With the voices of Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Carly Rae Jepsen and Kate McKinnon. (89 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK: A privileged, disaffected young man (Callum Turner) becomes obsessed with his dad’s mistress (Kate Beckinsale) in this drama from director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer). (88 min, R. Roxy) WIND RIVER: Elizabeth Olsen plays an FBI agent who enlists the help of a local tracker (Jeremy Renner) to solve a murder on a Native American reservation in the directorial debut of Taylor Sheridan (who wrote Hell or High Water and Sicario). (107 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy) THE WOMEN’S BALCONY: A new rabbi introduces doubt and dissension into a devout Orthodox congregation in this hit comedy-drama from Israel. Avraham Aviv Alush and Yafit Asulin star. Emil Ben-Shimon directed. (96 min, NR. Roxy)
NOW PLAYING ANNABELLE: CREATIONHHH The killer doll from The Conjuring film series gets a backstory in this period piece from director David F. Sandberg (Lights Out). Stephanie Sigman, Miranda Otto and Lulu Wilson star. (109 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 8/16) ATOMIC BLONDEHHHH Charlize Theron plays an undercover MI6 agent investigating a murder in Cold War Berlin in this action thriller based on a graphic novel series. Veteran stuntman David Leitch directed. (115 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 8/2)
THE BIG SICKHHHHH An illness complicates a couple’s burgeoning cross-cultural romance in this fact-based indie comedy directed by Michael Showalter (Hello, My Name Is Doris). Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan and Holly Hunter star. (120 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 7/19)
DUNKIRKHH1/2 Christopher Nolan (Interstellar) wrote and directed this epic account of the 1940 battle in which Allied soldiers in France found themselves surrounded by the invading German army. With Fionn Whitehead, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy. (106 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 7/26) THE EMOJI MOVIE 1/2H In this animated flick, an emoji struggles with his natural tendency to express a full range of emotions. T.J. Miller, James Corden, Maya Rudolph and Anna Faris contributed voice talent. Tony Leondis (Igor) directed. (86 min, PG) GIRLS TRIPHHH1/2 Four long-time friends bare their souls and get a little wild at the Essence Festival in New Orleans in this comedy from director Malcolm D. Lee (Barbershop: The Next Cut). Regina Hall, Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith star. (122 min, R)
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THE GLASS CASTLEH1/2 In this adaptation of Jeannette Walls’ best-selling memoir, Brie Larson plays a young woman contending with a family of itinerant dreamers and schemers. With Woody Harrelson. Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12) directed. (127 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 8/16) THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD 1/2H In this action comedy from director Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3), Ryan Reynolds plays a straitlaced bodyguard assigned to protect a top hitman (Samuel L. Jackson) so he can testify in an important case. With Gary Oldman. (118 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 8/23) AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWERHHH1/2 A decade after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore returns in this documentary with an update on what we are and aren’t doing to fight climate change. Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk directed. (98 min, NR) KIDNAPHH1/2 Halle Berry plays a mom who decides not to leave the fate of her abducted son to law enforcement in this thriller from director Luis Prieta (Pusher). With Sage Correa and Chris McGinn. (94 min, R)
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BABY DRIVERHHHH Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz) wrote and directed this action thriller about a young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) trying to leave the biz. With Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm and Kevin Spacey. (113 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 7/5/17)
DESPICABLE ME 3HH1/2 Gru (voice of Steve Carell) is tempted to return to his supervillain ways after meeting his long-lost twin brother in the continuation of the hit family animation series. Eric Guillon, Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin directed. (90 min, PG)
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LADY MACBETHHHHH A young woman forced into marriage discovers unexpected routes to power in this psychosexual drama set in rural 19th-century England. With Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis and Paul Hilton. William Oldroyd directed. (89 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 8/9)
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LOGAN LUCKYHHH1/2 Director Steven Soderbergh returns to the heist shenanigans of his Ocean’s 11 series, only this time the heisters are working-class siblings hoping to rip off a NASCAR speedway. Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough and Daniel Craig star. (119 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 8/23)
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LANDLINEHHH1/2 Set in 1995, this indie comedy from Gillian Robespierre (Obvious Child) examines one messed-up family in New York through the eyes of a teen. With Jenny Slate, Jay Duplass, Abby Quinn and John Turturro. (97 min, R)
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THE DARK TOWERHH In this adaptation of Stephen King’s eight-book fantasy/Western mash-up series, Idris Elba plays the Gunslinger who battles a mysterious Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey). Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) directed. (95 min, PG-13)
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MARQUIS THEATRE Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com
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48 Carroll Rd. (off Rte. 100), Waitsfield, 496-8994, bigpicturetheater.info
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BIJOU CINEPLEX 4 Rte. 100, Morrisville, 888-3293, bijou4.com
wednesday 23 — thursday 24 The Dark Tower Dunkirk The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Wonder Woman friday 25 — tuesday 29 Schedule not available at press time.
93 State St., Montpelier, 229-0343, fgbtheaters.com
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ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER
21 Essex Way, Suite 300, Essex, 879-6543, essexcinemas.com
wednesday 23 — thursday 24 Annabelle: Creation Atomic Blonde The Dark Tower Despicable Me 3 Dunkirk The Emoji Movie The Glass Castle The Hitman’s Bodyguard Kidnap *Leap! (Thu only) Logan Lucky The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Spider-Man: Homecoming friday 25 — wednesday 30 Annabelle: Creation Atomic Blonde Despicable Me 3 Dunkirk The Glass Castle *Good Time The Hitman’s Bodyguard *Leap! Logan Lucky *Wind River
MAJESTIC 10
190 Boxwood St. (Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners), Williston, 878-2010, majestic10.com
wednesday 23 — thursday 24 Annabelle: Creation Baby Driver The Dark Tower Despicable Me 3 Dunkirk The Emoji Movie The Glass Castle The Hitman’s Bodyguard Kidnap *Leap! (Thu only) Logan Lucky The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Spider-Man: Homecoming *Wind River (Thu only) Wonder Woman friday 25 — wednesday 30 Annabelle: Creation The Dark Tower Despicable Me 3 Dunkirk The Glass Castle The Hitman’s Bodyguard *Leap! Logan Lucky The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Spider-Man: Homecoming *Wind River Wonder Woman
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature **RiffTrax: Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (Thu only) *Wind River (Thu only) Wonder Woman
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Annabelle: Creation Atomic Blonde The Dark Tower Dunkirk Girls Trip The Hitman’s Bodyguard *Leap! Logan Lucky The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature **Studio Ghibli: Castle in the Sky (dubbed) (Sun & Wed only) **Studio Ghibli: Castle in the Sky (subtitled) (Mon only) *Wind River Wonder Woman
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SUNSET DRIVE-IN
155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800, sunsetdrivein.com
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241 North Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com
The Hitman’s Bodyguard & Baby Driver Annabelle: Creation & The Dark Tower The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature & Spider-Man: Homecoming Wonder Woman & Dunkirk
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Annabelle: Creation Wonder Woman
The Hitman’s Bodyguard & Baby Driver Kidnap & Annabelle: Creation The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature & Spider-Man: Homecoming Wonder Woman & Dunkirk
PARAMOUNT TWIN CINEMA
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THE SAVOY THEATER 26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0598, savoytheater.com
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WELDEN THEATRE
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PALACE 9 CINEMAS 10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 864-5610, palace9.com
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Annabelle: Creation Atomic Blonde Despicable Me 3 Kidnap The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Wonder Woman
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MAUDIEHHH1/2 Sally Hawkins plays Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis in this biopic that explores her hard-scrabble life with her husband (Ethan Hawke). Aisling Walsh (“Fingersmith”) directed. (115 min, PG-13) MOKAHHH1/2 A grieving mom (Emmanuelle Devos) stalks the couple she believes killed her son in a hit-and-run in this Swiss drama from director Frédéric Mermoud. With Nathalie Baye and David Clavel. (89 min, NR) THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATUREHH Surly the squirrel (voice of Will Arnett) and his animal friends must stop the plotting of a nefarious mayor in this family animation sequel. With Katherine Heigl and Maya Rudolph. Cal Brunker directed. (91 min, PG) SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMINGHHH1/2 In the latest Marvel flick, Tom Holland plays the teenage webbed crusader in an adventure set after the events of Captain America: Civil War. Jon Watts (Cop Car) directed. (133 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 7/12)
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETSHH Director Luc Besson (Lucy) gives his usual wacky touch to this sci-fi epic based on a French graphic novel series, about two 28th-century agents (Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne) solving a mystery. (137 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 7/26)
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WONDER WOMANHHHH The Amazon princess (Gal Gadot) gets an origin story to explain her transformation into a DC Comics staple in this rare female-centric superhero film, directed by Patty Jenkins (Monster). (141 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 6/7)
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What I wish for you is a toasty coolness. I pray that you will claim a messy gift. I want you to experience an empowering surrender and a calming climax. I very much hope, Virgo, that you will finally see an obvious secret and capitalize on some unruly wisdom and take an epic trip to an intimate turning point. I trust that you’ll find a barrier that draws people together instead of keeping them apart. These wonders may sound paradoxical, and yet they’re quite possible and exactly what you need.
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(May 21-June 20): The coming weeks will be an excellent time to cruise past the houses where you grew up, the schools you used to attend, the hot spots where you and your old friends hung out, and the places where you first worked and had sex. In fact, I recommend a grand tour of your past. If you can’t literally visit the locations where you came of age, simply visualize them in detail. In your imagination, take a leisurely excursion through your life story. Why do I advise this exercise? Because you can help activate your future potentials by reconnecting with your roots.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): One of my favorite Cancerian artists is Penny Arcade, a New York performance artist, actress and playwright. In this horoscope, I offer a testimonial in which she articulates the spirit you’d be wise to cultivate in the coming weeks. She says, “I am the person I know best, inside out, the one who best understands my motivations, my struggles, my triumphs. Despite occasionally betraying my best interests to keep the peace, to achieve goals or for the sake of beloved friendships, I astound myself by my appetite for life, my unwavering curiosity into the human condition, my distrust of the status quo, my poetic soul and abiding love of beauty, my strength of character in the face of unfairness, and my optimism despite defeats and loss.” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Witwatersrand is a series of cliffs in South Africa. It encompasses 217 square miles. From this area, which is a
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Psychologist James Hansell stated his opinion of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud: “He was wrong about so many things. But he was wrong in such interesting ways. He pioneered a whole new way of looking at things.” That description should provide good raw material for you to consider as you play with your approach to life in the coming weeks, Libra. Being right won’t be half as important as being willing to gaze at the world from upside-down, inside-out perspectives. So I urge you to put the emphasis on formulating experimental hypotheses, not on proving definitive theories. Be willing to ask naïve questions and make educated guesses and escape your own certainties. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re entering a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll be likely to receive gifts at a higher rate than usual. Some gifts could be big, complex and catalytic, though others may be subtle, cryptic or even covert. While some may be useful, others could be problematic. So I want to make sure you know how important it is to be discerning about these offerings. You probably shouldn’t blindly accept all of them. For instance, don’t rashly accept a “blessing” that would indebt or obligate you to someone in ways that feel uncomfortable. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I invite you to eliminate all of the following activities from your repertoire in the next three weeks: squabbling, hassling, feuding, confronting, scuffling, skirmishing, sparring and brawling. Why is this my main message to you? Because the astrological omens tell me that everything important you need to accomplish will come from waging an intense crusade of peace, love and understanding. The bickering and grappling stuff won’t help you achieve success even a little — and would probably undermine it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stockbrokers
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the coming days, maybe you could work some lines from the biblical “Song of Solomon” into your intimate exchanges. The moment is ripe for such extravagance. Can you imagine saying things like, “Your lips are honey,” or “You are a fountain in the garden, a well of living waters”? In my opinion, it wouldn’t even be too extreme for you to murmur, “May I find the scent of your breath like apricots, and your whispers like spiced wine flowing smoothly to welcome my caresses.” If those sentiments seem too flowery, you could pluck gems from Pablo Neruda’s love sonnets. How about this one: “I want to do with you what spring does to the cherry trees.” Here’s another: “I hunger for your sleek laugh and your hands the color of a furious harvest. I want to eat the sunbeams flaring in your beauty.”
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A reader named Kameel Hawa writes that he “prefers pleasure to leisure and leisure to luxury.” That list of priorities would be excellent for you to adopt during the coming weeks. My analysis of the astrological omens suggests that you will be the recipient of extra amounts of permission, relief, approval and ease. I won’t be surprised if you come into possession of a fresh X factor or wild card. In my opinion, to seek luxury would be a banal waste of such precious blessings. You’ll get more health-giving benefits that will last longer if you cultivate simple enjoyments and restorative tranquility.
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SEAWEED PURCHASE I was behind you in line. An item you were purchasing wouldn’t scan. You left the line and deprived me of my chance to use my pickup line. I noticed you, too! When: Sunday, August 20, 2017. Where: Healthy Living Market & Café. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914079 BEACH BLONDE SPOTTED SINGLE DAD Spotted handsome single dad at Elmore Beach in the afternoon. You were wearing an orange shirt, baseball cap and sunglasses, chasing your curlyhaired toddler. I didn’t spy a wedding ring. I was the blonde on the beach in the blue-and-white bikini with a friend — I brought my son later. I was too shy to say hello. Coffee? When: Monday, August 14, 2017. Where: Elmore State Park. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914078 VERDEFORREST Saw your profile, so I know you frequent this section. When: Thursday, August 10, 2017. Where: Seven Days personals. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914077 9ENUF FROM KEESEVILLE! You sent me a message on Zoosk. This is a long shot, but if you see this, I hope you’ll respond! It’s time to dust off my chaps. I’m the shy, goofy, kind lady. When: Thursday, August 10, 2017. Where: Zoosk. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914076
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IN A TENT Rainbows and sand. Ice cream and booze. Turquoise queen in a tub. What a great time we had! Let’s go back again when the families go home. Ladies only! When: Saturday, August 5, 2017. Where: Ptown!. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #914075 MAGENTA OCTOBER QUEEN This is a good week, and I wouldn’t shave my legs for anyone else. Let’s get together again soon, take off our bras, have a campfire and eat a loaf of bread. You are too much of everything good. I love you. When: Wednesday, August 9, 2017. Where: backyard. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #914074 LOCAL SUPERHERO I see you everywhere around town. We have lots of mutual friends. You are very involved in improving our community, and that makes you even more attractive than your beard and tattoos, if that’s possible. I think you’re the coolest. When: Tuesday, August 8, 2017. Where: everywhere, Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914073
DSO IN DA KINGDOM Heya. We danced near the front in sweet moonlight. You are Shelly and sweet like da moon. Be great to hear from you. When: Saturday, August 5, 2017. Where: Jay Peak. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914072 SUNNIVAH AT WALMART A true beauty! When: Sunday, August 6, 2017. Where: Walmart, Williston. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914071 CHURCH STREET AND “SO LOVED” Curious to meet the dashing red-bearded fellow I encountered twice this evening. I was wearing a black-and-white T-shirt (swans!) and smiling. We left 2 Church Street at the same time, and you paused to enjoy and photograph the “You Are So Loved” mural across from Ben & Jerry’s with your wonderful black dog. Want to get a cone? When: Monday, August 7, 2017. Where: Church Street and the “So Loved” mural. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914070 YOU ON AN AWKWARD DATE? You were with a guy and had that first-date look. You gave me a glance that made me think you wished it was with me. Or was that just my hope? You: thin, jeans rolled up, tank top. Me: tall, blue tee, shorts, with my nephew and sister. Want to see if our first date is fun? When: Friday, August 4, 2017. Where: corner near A Single Pebble. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914068 WOMAN AT GREEN RIVER RESERVOIR When I picked up my kayak and the front hatch swung open in my face, I exclaimed, “Oh, come on,” and you said, “That’s the kind of day I’m having!” I hope your day got better out on the water; it was a pretty spectacular day to be out. Go paddling sometime? When: Wednesday, August 2, 2017. Where: Green River Reservoir. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914067
INSIDE OUT You thought I sat in gum. My skirt was inside out. You made me smile and turned my day around. Thanks. You’re handsome. Hope we meet again. When: Monday, July 31, 2017. Where: Northfield Mobil. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914062 INTENSE ENCOUNTER, AA IN BURLINGTON Tall, confident, at-ease man with bright blue eyes that encountered mine when I sat down next to you at AA. Was it just me, or did we have some intense energy? When: Saturday, July 22, 2017. Where: AA Burlington church. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914061 BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN AMERICAN We both were walking up the street. You were eating ice cream. We talked a little about how beautiful it was out, but you were the one that was really beautiful. I should have asked you for your number. You seemed truly sweet. Maybe you’ll see this and respond. I hope to hear from you. When: Saturday, July 29, 2017. Where: Pearl Street. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914060 CITY MARKET. YOU WEARING ALL BLACK. About 10 p.m. at the parking lot. You were wearing black yoga pants; a tight, black, thin jacket; black hair; and black eyeliner. You got into what looked like a black mini SUV-type vehicle. You were parked next to me, and I was the guy getting on the motorcycle next to you. We exchanged several eye glances. When: Friday, July 28, 2017. Where: City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914058 CUTIE AT PADDLEBOARD RENTAL I was looking at you and noticed you looking at me. Between 5:30 and 6:45 p.m. You: short dark hair, handsome, tall, wearing pants. Me: athletic, short dark-blond hair, glasses, low black tank top, shorts. Wasn’t sure if you were single or not, so kept on walking. If you are free, let’s enjoy a beverage by the water or rent some paddleboards. When: Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Where: Blanchard Beach/Oakledge Beach, Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914057
CHERYL You stepped to the side of the trail and said “That’s all I can give you.” I immediately thought to ask for a kiss. I’m kicking myself for not doing so. When: Friday, July 28, 2017. Where: Little Haystack. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914065
ROUTE 15 DO-SI-DOUBLE You: black Subaru, backward baseball cap, shades. Me: silver Audi, blond hair, shades. We played catch-me-ifyou-can from Winooski to Essex in our cars, then you passed me at Five Corners — you did a double take. I stayed on 15; you took a right onto 2. Want to do that double take again? When: Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Where: Route 15. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914056
COSTCO EYE CANDY You: a very attractive guy wearing a white T-shirt pushing an orange cart with a lot of sausage. :) Me: the 6’ tall woman who realized I was borderline stalking you down every aisle. Resorted to the frozen section to cool off! When: Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Where: Costco. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914064
TIRED FROM MILKING THOSE COWS To the cutest, sweetest, most delightful cashier, looking sleepy-eyed from being up so early to milk those happy UVM cows: If I were a little younger, I’d take you out for ice cream myself! When: Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Where: Healthy Living Market & Cafe. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914054
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ASK ATHENA Dear Athena,
I think I’m in love with my stepbrother. His father has been married to my mother since we were teenagers. We are both single, and I think it’s because we both love each other. I don’t know what to do or if this love can be possible. What should I do?
Signed,
Dear Family Love,
Family Love
Part of me is ironically singing “It’s a Family Affair” by Sly and the Family Stone, and the other part of me is just like, No! This might fly if you were characters on “Game of Thrones,” but it’s not going to work in the real world. I can understand how you could have feelings for him. You’re single — maybe you’re lonely — and you’ve known each other forever. Your parents fell for one another, so it’s not impossible to see how their kids could easily connect. And he might seem like a safe choice. There would be no work involved, no awkward get-to-know-you phase. You wouldn’t even have to introduce each other to your parents. But, honey, if that’s the story you’re telling yourself, you need to write a new one. You haven’t explained whether you have evidence of him reciprocating your feelings, but I don’t recommend inquiring. In fact, unless your parents break up, this is not — and never will be — viable romantic relationship territory. You know that expression “Don’t shit where you eat”? Yeah, I hate it, too. But it sums up my point here very neatly. Maybe you think he’s your one true love, but it can never work with him. Acting on this impulse would break bonds with the most important people in your life. Imagine how your parents would react to learning that their children are lovers. And suppose your relationship goes horribly wrong — what would family get-togethers be like? How would you possibly keep your dating drama from polluting family waters? It’s hard enough to get along with relatives. Don’t turn one into your boyfriend. Shake up your life a little to curtail this crush. Take yourself on a getaway, talk it out with a therapist, create an online dating profile — do whatever it takes to stay away from brother dearest. Someone else is out there for you, I promise. But you need to look beyond your literal backyard.
Yours,
Athena
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