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1. “Environmentalist Bill McKibben Dumps Dunne for Minter” by Terri Hallenbeck. After Matt Dunne changed his position on wind power, the founder of 350.org dropped his endorsement. 2. “Tapping Into the Adirondacks’ Growing Craft Beer Market” by Julia Clancy and Hannah Palmer Egan. Vermont’s not the only place where craft beer is booming. 3. “Bueno y Sano Adds Location in South Burlington” by Suzanne Podhaizer. The restaurant’s owners are opening a seventh location. 4. “Dunne’s New Wind Stance Draws Criticism — and Surprising Praise” by Terri Hallenbeck. Matt Dunne sparked both ire and support when he said that if towns reject wind projects, he’d ensure they aren’t built. 5. “In Negative Turn, Dunne Ties Minter to EB-5 Scandal” by Paul Heintz. The Democratic candidate for governor went on the attack against rival Sue Minter.

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o more than two hours after Gov. PETER SHUMLIN announced in June 2015 that he would not seek reelection, BILL MCKIBBEN sent me an unsolicited email saying he hoped former senator MATT DUNNE would run. “I thought he was the right guy last time,” the Ripton environmentalist wrote, referring to Dunne’s unsuccessful 2010 bid. “And it seems doubly clear this time. We could be doing great things in this state, not just treading water.” On Sunday, just nine days before the Democratic gubernatorial primary, McKibben wrote again — this time to say he’d “made a mistake.” Two days earlier, Dunne had issued a Friday afternoon press release “clarifying” that he believed a host community should be able to veto a large-scale wind project by town-wide ballot. Though the Hartland Democrat had previously expressed support for local buy-in, McKibben saw the move as “an about-face.” “If at this point in this saga anyone still gives a flying fish who I’m voting for, that would be SUE MINTER,” McKibben wrote, referring to Dunne’s principal opponent, adding that “there’s something to be said for consistency in public life.” It was a stunning blow. The Vermonter with perhaps the most credibility on climate change was accusing his former candidate of having none. Fellow environmentalists quickly piled on. By Tuesday, the Vermont Conservation Voters, which had previously decided to stay neutral, threw its support behind Minter. Dunne’s “change in position,” VCV political director LAUREN HIERL argued, would “undermine” the state’s new renewable energy siting law. Minter herself called it “an 11th-hour flip on a very important issue.” “It makes me wonder why he is making this change, and certainly I want to be a candidate who people can depend on — to commit to a policy position and commit to it even when it’s a difficult one but is in the public good,” she said. Dunne denied he’d made a switcheroo. “I see this more as a clarification than as a significant change, although I certainly articulated it in stronger language than I had before,” he said Monday, adding, “I regret that it took some people by surprise.” Flip-flop or not, Dunne had a bigger problem on his hands: the perception

that he’d issued his clarification for cynical political purposes, not substantive reasons. Included in his press release was a highly unusual quotation from a third rival, former senator and ambassador PETER GALBRAITH, an ardent foe of ridgeline wind. “Matt Dunne has consistently shown that he listens to Vermonters,” Galbraith said in the statement, praising his opponent for taking “a big step” in the right direction. Both men denied they’d struck a deal. But both admitted they’d spoken the day before Dunne sent his release. “We first talked about the whole thing on Thursday and his approach to wind,” Galbraith said. Asked if he or his staff had encouraged Galbraith to drop out of the race, Dunne would only say, “I’m not going to comment on those kinds of conversations.” It would make sense if Dunne made such an appeal. He and Minter appear to be running a close race, while Galbraith lags behind. After spending more than $200,000 on mass media, the self-funding ex-diplomat pulled his television

that Dunne is too clever by half — and as slick as Shumlin. They wouldn’t be wrong about that.

Haterade Lt. Gov. PHIL SCOTT briefly awoke from his somnolent gubernatorial campaign Monday to scold his Republican primary opponent, BRUCE LISMAN. During a debate that evening on Vermont PBS, Scott accused the retired Wall Street banker of taking “the low road” by airing a series of “deceitful” and “false” television ads during their race for the GOP nomination. “That’s not the Vermont way,” Scott said. Corny and clichéd as the expression is, the LG has a point. Lisman has invested more than $1.8 million — much of it out of his own pocket — in a slash-and-burn campaign unbefitting of the office he seeks. As of Tuesday, he’d spent more than $835,000 on TV, radio, print and mail, mostly designed to trash an honorable public servant. While there have been kernels of truth in Lisman’s hit pieces — that Scott’s ex-

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advertising off the air last week — a tacit admission of defeat. “Let’s see: It costs money,” Galbraith said when asked why he’d gone dark. “I am pursuing the election in the most effective way possible with the resources that are available.” He would not, Galbraith insisted, drop out. Nor would he stick with Dunne for long. “I don’t even know what Matt Dunne’s stance is anymore,” Galbraith said Tuesday. Dunne’s last-minute appeal to antiwind voters could yet bear fruit — particularly in a low-turnout primary. They are, for sure, a motivated bunch. But it risks alienating a broader constituency that thinks wind should be in the mix. Worse yet, it risks reminding Vermonters of the age-old perception

cavation company has made millions off state contracts, for example — most have relied on innuendo, exaggeration and outright falsehoods. The notion that Scott’s hoping to raise taxes on drivers? False. That he wholeheartedly supported single-payer health insurance? Ridiculous. That he’s been working hand-in-glove with Shumlin to spend, spend, spend? Total bullshit. Saddest of all is that Lisman refuses to recognize what he’s doing. “They’re not negative ads,” he insisted Tuesday to Seven Days. “These are informational ads.” Actually, what they are is an embarrassment — to Lisman and to those who have chosen to work for him. They seem to have forgotten that when the campaign is over next Tuesday — and Lisman has flushed his millions down the toilet — he

will still own the lies he’s sown. And so will they.

Donald Duck, Pt. 7 Speaking of embarrassing, Lisman — who once described himself as a lifelong Democrat — still can’t figure out whether to support Republican DONALD TRUMP for president. “I’m simply watching to see how the campaign unfolds,” he said Tuesday. Here’s how it’s unfolding, Bruce: In the past week, Trump has invited Russia to hack rival HILLARY CLINTON’s emails, said that those facing sexual harassment in the workplace should “find another career” and denigrated the Muslim parents of an American soldier killed in Iraq. Since those parents, KHIZR and GHAZALA KHAN, assailed the GOP nominee last Thursday at the Democratic National Convention, Trump has repeatedly slurred their Islamic faith. Though many Republican politicians have denounced those comments, Lisman offered a meandering response when asked about them. “What I’ve said was, even when he says the right things and we’re fascinated by it, we’re sometimes dismayed by other things he says that seem inappropriate,” he told Seven Days, employing his favored first-person plural. Asked again, Lisman clarified that he was, in fact, displeased with the remarks. “Just on Mr. Khan and his wife, I found it completely dismaying that he would say it,” the ex-banker said. “I was as stunned and surprised as anyone else.” But not stunned enough to condemn Trump. Asked if the comments would keep him from supporting the Republican nominee, all Lisman would say is, “I hope he restrains himself and doesn’t say things like that.” Don’t we all.

Bernie Bomb For all his talk of a “political revolution,” Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) has been strangely silent about the election going on back home. After endorsing Rep. CHRIS PEARSON’s (D-Burlington) state Senate campaign in May, Sanders has kept his nose out of Vermont political affairs. Maybe he had something else going on? That changed Tuesday when Sanders endorsed Sen. DAVID ZUCKERMAN (P/DChittenden) for lieutenant governor, calling him “one of the outstanding members of the legislature.” Zuckerman, a longtime

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find themselves in vogue. And since he took over as speaker in 2009, Smith has — cautiously and incrementally — converted many of those from cause to law. (Ram, the third candidate in the race, is somewhere in between, but public opinion polls suggest she hasn’t made the sale.) La Mer Zuckerman’s and Smith’s differing Natura Bissé “Chris Pearson is a good approaches to politics have made theirs a more interesting Bobbi Brown friend of working race than the gubernatorial, Trish McEvoy people and of mine.” which is admittedly more Laura Mercier important. – Sen. Bernie Sanders SkinCeuticals Here’s another reason it’s more interesting: Unlike the three Democrats running for governor, the LG candidates all currently serve in the legislature. That means they’ve all had to defend real records on the issues Corner of Main & Battery Streets, of the day. Don’t like school district Burlington, VT • 802-861-7500 consolidation? Tell it to Smith. Don’t P e a r s o n F o r S e n a t e .com www.mirrormirrorvt.com wanna legalize marijuana? Tell it to Zuckerman. Pearson for Senate, 12 Brookes Ave, Burlington VT 05401 Gretchen S. Bailey, Treasurer. Even the candidates agree about how they differ. “The people are ahead of the politi8/17/15 Untitled-14 10:18 AM 1 7/25/16 1:32 PM cal folks,” Zuckerman said in an inter-8v-MirrorMirror081915.indd 1 view. “Ultimately, my approach is about organizing.” Said Smith, “I think it’s important to raise issues, but I also think it’s important to get them done.”

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A month after the Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus dropped from daily publication to four times per week, the family-owned papers appear to be struggling to pay the bills. Sources say that writers aren’t being reimbursed for expenditures — and freelancers aren’t being paid at all. One columnist, who declined to be named, recently departed the papers after waiting three months for a check. Editor-in-chief ROB MITCHELL, whose family owns the papers, and publisher CATHERINE NELSON promised meetings Friday and Monday to address the situation, but both were canceled. Neither of the bosses responded to requests for comment. m

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ust three blocks from the hip bars and restaurants in Winooski’s resurgent downtown, a neighborhood displays signs of poverty and neglect. Many homes northeast of the traffic circle have peeling paint, slumping stairwells, and small overgrown lawns littered with plastic toys and other discarded junk. Police shone a bright light on the area two weeks ago at a press conference attended by federal and state law enforcement officials. Hours earlier, they announced charges against eight people living in a three-block stretch of Malletts Bay Avenue that also hosts Winooski’s library, a YMCA and a community center that provides services to teenagers. The accused weren’t drug dealers, but a group of people that authorities have labeled “facilitators” — Vermonters

who open their homes to out-of-state drug sellers and provide them with housing, transportation and a place to sell to local addicts, often in exchange for drugs or money. Police said the eight people arrested represent a dangerous, easily overlooked element in the fight against opiate abuse. In court documents, federal prosecutors said the alleged Malletts Bay Avenue facilitators “exacerbated the scourge of heroin and crack cocaine in Chittenden County” and turned their apartments into a “warehouse” or “retail storefront” for drugs. “The great majority of the drug dealing that we see in Vermont doesn’t take place through anonymous interactions in darkened corners. It runs through the houses, apartments, and condos of the Vermonters who facilitate,” U.S. Attorney Eric Miller told Seven

Days. “The successful illegal drug trade requires … addicts and … facilitators who put out-of-state dealers in touch with what they need to be successful.” The cops touted the Onion City investigation, which involved nearly half of the homes in the neighborhood, as a major blow to local drug distribution. Each of the Winooski Eight faces a 20year maximum sentence for a charge of making their home available for drug distribution. That’s too much, according to Vermont Defender General Matt Valerio, who suggests that this particular drugbusting strategy is more about public relations than improving public safety. Valerio says that many facilitators are addicts themselves who need treatment — not jail time. In recent years, policy makers and cops across Vermont have drawn a line:

Drug dealers are to be targeted and punished with long sentences, while drug addicts should be diverted from the criminal justice system and sent to treatment.

LAW ENFORCEMENT Facilitators fall into a gray area that, not surprisingly, is a subject of some debate. Police tend to view facilitators as high-value targets that, in some cases, may be harder to replace in the supply chain than the dealers who work with them, according to Miller. He explained, “If you’re going to utilize the facilitator from out of state, you need to build a relationship of trust and dependence.”

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ran a sprawling heroin and cocaine distribution ring out of the Malletts Bay Avenue apartments between July 2014 and September 2015. Villanueva had been convicted of two counts of drug distribution, assault and attempted robbery in New York when police arrested him in Vermont last September. On June 6, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine. His plea agreement is under seal, and he’s expected to be sentenced in October.

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Villaneuva’s St. Albans facilitator, Sarah Ellwood, was arrested at the same time he was. According to a court affidavit, Ellwood told investigators that she used heroin daily and stole from Villanueva’s personal stash to feed her habit. While Ellwood awaited trial earlier this year, authorities twice released her from jail to live in residential substance

abuse facilities. But both times, she violated her conditions of release — she tested positive for opiate use on one occasion and was kicked out of a treatment center for violating house rules — and returned to prison. Ellwood pleaded guilty on July 19 and is awaiting a November sentencing hearing. Valerio said he would support the strategy of targeting drug facilitators — but only if authorities focus on treating those who are drug addicts. “It depends on how the cases are disposed of,” Valerio said. “If they use the power of the federal criminal system to identify the kingpins and deal with them one way and they allow others to have sentences that result in expungement or probation, then it may be a useful thing, as long as the tenets of treating addicts as a public health problem as opposed to a criminal problem are held.” Many of the people arrested in the Winooski raid are themselves drug users with histories of petty crime; Miller acknowledged that none was known to be violent and, while declining to discuss specifics, said he would consider sentences that result in treatment for some of the accused facilitators. Gentes’ criminal record consists of driving with a suspended license and a drug possession charge that was dismissed. Trieb had a “substance abuse problem in the past,” according to federal court documents, while Gentes, Weber, Korf, Little and Rivard all struggle with opiate addiction, according to federal court records.

In 2015, Hackney and Rivard both faced eviction proceedings after failing to pay their share of rent — less than $200 — in the apartments, which were mostly paid for by the Burlington Housing Authority. Rivard had struggled with drug and mental health issues. Last week he appeared in U.S. District Court, in a federal-green jumpsuit, for a hearing. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kunal Pasricha said his urine tests had shown him to be drug-free in recent months. The prosecutor agreed to release Rivard from jail pending his trial, he said, “based largely on the steps he has taken to get help.” Rivard turned to his family members in the gallery, cracked a large smile and gently pumped his fist. The very next day, a little brownskinned girl sang as she strolled past some of the apartments on Malletts Bay Avenue. A boy carried a snack pack into the community center, where he met up with a few buddies. Sitting on the sidewalk outside one of the targeted apartments, a Winooski resident who would identify himself only as Tyler said that the neighborhood was well-known as an easy place to score drugs. Tyler said he doubted the arrests would have much impact. “They let it go on, do a big sweep, then everybody is scared for a few months,” Tyler said. “And when that’s gone, someone else comes in.” m Contact: mark@sevendaysvt.com, @Davis7D or 865-1020, ext. 23

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Police fighting drug-related crime in Rutland recognized that particular problem some time ago. In 2015, Troy Gibbs got popped for allowing out-ofstate dealers to work out of his Summer Street apartment — he went to federal prison for 18 months for it. Michael Petruccelli got four years for letting a Cottage Street home that he managed and lived in become a hub of heroin and cocaine dealing. Winooski Police Chief Rick Hebert supports a similar strategy in Chittenden County’s smallest city, which is the first U.S. home for many refugee families from Somalia, Vietnam, Bhutan and other countries. “The biggest concern is that this is happening in close proximity to children and a public space,” he said of the troubled Malletts Bay Avenue neighborhood, which is just around the corner from the Winooski police station. “In the past, there were few or no consequences for residents allowing drugs to be sold from their homes,” Hebert said. “We are hoping that through this collaboration on both the state and federal [level], people will understand that if you allow someone to sell drugs from your home that you will also be held accountable for their actions.” The eight people charged — Aja Trieb, 33; Cory Barnier, 27; Takorian Hackney, 31; Kerry Rivard, 36; Rachel Gentes, 37; Sarah Little, 47; Anne Weber, 32; and Tracy Korf, 53 — allegedly helped one of the biggest dealers in Vermont, according to court documents. Michael “Unc” Villanueva, a Bronx native, allegedly

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man walking on the bike path called out to a gaggle of camera-toting reporters waiting outside the Moran Plant. “Are they tearing it down?” he asked the media types gathered there on July 21. He wasn’t the only one wondering where things stand with Burlington’s dormant coal-fired electric plant, which is supposed to be transformed into a cultural landmark. At that midsummer press conference, Mayor Miro Weinberger confirmed to reporters that the city and its chosen developers, New Moran, were dissolving their memorandum of understanding. But he also announced that he is giving the group one last shot: It has until November 11 to convince him the plan can work. “There’s a real chance this can get done,” Weinberger maintained. On Twitter later that day, people were skeptical, suggesting outlandish alternative proposals under the hashtag #badmoranideas. Among them: a Phish museum, an indoor bungee-jumping complex, a shooting range and a mayoral mansion. What does the dissolution of the MOU really mean for Moran? Burlington city councilors have different assessments. “I definitely still think it’s still viable,” said Adam Roof (I-Ward 8), one the project’s biggest cheerleaders on the council. “My opinion is, it’s not going to work,” said Dave Hartnett (I-North District). Kurt Wright (R-Ward 4) suggested the answer is somewhere in between: “I don’t want to say it’s over, but I would say we are nearing life-support time.” Two and a half years have passed since voters approved a proposal to rehab the industrial relic on the Burlington waterfront into an events space and year-round marketplace with food and art. The idea came from an unconventional team: a pair of recent University of Vermont graduates, Tad Cooke and Erick Crockenberg, and their more senior partner, Charlie Tipper. They dubbed their effort New Moran. Burlingtonians weighed in on Town Meeting Day 2014. At Weinberger’s direction, the ballot question clearly spelled out that if the project didn’t work out, the city would knock the brick building down. There was no mention of a deadline.

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Previous administrations had left it even more open-ended. In 2005, voters rejected then-mayor Peter Clavelle’s plan to put a YMCA fitness center in Moran. Three years later, they approved mayor Bob Kiss’ proposal to turn it into an ice-climbing gym and children’s museum. Little visible progress had been made four years later, when Weinberger, a former developer, canned the Kiss plan, calling it “the most complicated financial deal I have seen in my 15-year career specializing in complex public-private projects.” But Weinberger’s chosen proposal has gotten complicated, too. Since winning voter approval, New Moran has missed city-imposed deadlines and failed to pass the administration’s litmus test — proving that their plan is, in fact, financially viable. Until it’s convinced, the city, which owns the building, won’t pitch in $6.3 million in tax-increment financing. The New Moran team recruited supporters who’ve collectively pledged $4

million, but it decided to stop asking for donations last December until it had addressed the administration’s concerns about its lack of development experience and the absence of committed tenants for the project. This spring, New Moran brought on Redstone as a partner. Following the development company’s advice, it scaled back the project from $34 million to $20 million, eliminating a glassed-in maker space that would not have been a big moneymaker. Not long afterward, Redstone began working with the owners of Higher Ground — the same entity New Moran had been trying to land as an anchor tenant for its event space — to create a 1,500-person music venue in Winooski. Calling it a conflict of interest, Weinberger asked Redstone to withdraw. Next came the July 19 news that the city and New Moran were scrapping their MOU. Signed in the summer of 2014, that document established an

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exclusive relationship between the city and New Moran. It was meant to lay the groundwork for a development agreement that would have been inked in March 2015. At the July 21 press conference, Weinberger told reporters that the dissolution of the MOU allows the city to start figuring out how much it will cost to tear down the building — and what could replace it. It also frees up the city to court other developers to complete the project. Weinberger made it clear that “We’re not going back to square one,” meaning any new developer must adhere to the basic proposal — an events space with food and art components — that voters approved. The mayor also emphasized that he wasn’t cutting ties with New Moran. City Council President Jane Knodell (P-Central District) said she hopes that New Moran “will be able to present a viable project.” But, she adds, “It’s hard to deny that terminating the MOU makes it harder for them to do that.” Referring to Weinberger’s announcement, she

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are only so many people that have the experience to guarantee a project of this size and complexity,” he said, noting that he doesn’t see a conflict of interest because they’re now contemplating a different kind of venue than what Redstone and Higher Ground are working on in Winooski. Erik Hoekstra, Redstone’s development manager, said the firm is willing, but he isn’t sure if the city would agree to the arrangement. During a separate interview, Weinberger sounded open to

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the idea — “I welcome the New Moran team continuing to explore that,” he said. In the meantime, Hoekstra is still advising the team informally. He said he thinks New Moran still has a shot, but any proposal it puts forth will likely be “less ambitious.” One possibility: complete what Hoekstra calls a “modest first phase” that would make the building habitable in order to demonstrate that the New Moran team can get something done. “It has to be funded with effectively free money,” Hoekstra said, explaining

that the project is unlikely to generate revenue to repay would-be investors, and philanthropic sources are less reliable. “Given that we have a fairly small community in Burlington and we have some major fundraising initiatives going on with the [Community] Sailing Center and the YMCA and a number of other very worthy projects in the community, the capacity … is somewhat limited.” For anything to happen, Hoekstra said, “New Moran and the City of Burlington and the community and the private sector — everybody has got to get together with a very pragmatic and collaborative approach. It can’t be an approach where everyone is in their own corner looking out for their own interests.” Where does that leave Weinberger? “Politically speaking, I think the mayor might be in a tight spot, because there’s still a portion of people who live in Burlington who want it revitalized,” Hartnett said. That includes Knodell. “My own view is, it would be a collective failure if we end up tearing that building down,” she said. “It has the opportunity to be a real landmark project that will attract people to the waterfront year-round.” To its credit, New Moran has cultivated support from a wide range of people. Its Champions Council includes 46 people, including Bill Truex, cofounder of the TruexCullins architecture firm, UVM president Tom Sullivan and Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s.

“New Moran has been very lucky to have a great collection of donors who really see the future of the building,” said Paul Bruhn, executive director of the Preservation Trust of Vermont and a member of the Champions Council. Cooke said the group has spent several hundred thousand dollars on the project since September 2013, including annual $33,000 salaries for both him and Crockenberg. A number of engineers, architects and other professionals have been working pro bono. But inaction, too, has a cost. Although the city has not spent any real funds on Moran, it has set aside millions that could be building or fixing something else, such as Memorial Auditorium. The longer the project remains in limbo, Burlington officials say, the more it undermines public confidence and the city’s goal to revitalize the northern waterfront. Weinberger pointed out all the projects near the Moran Plant that are either complete or in progress: the skate park, bike path renovations, a new sailing center and a marina. “I think you can see signs all around us that we are making good on what the voters wanted to happen here on the northern waterfront.” But, he continued, “Clearly we’re not going to fully succeed at this historic effort of rebuilding the northern waterfront without resolving the future of the Moran building.” m Contact: alicia@sevendaysvt.com

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continued, “In a way, it’s trying to have it both ways … by ending the relationship but still saying we’re giving them a chance to make it work.” The city will make a final decision about whether Moran gets redeveloped or torn down by late 2016 or early 2017, Weinberger said. Despite the setback, Cooke argues that the new time limit could actually help New Moran’s cause. “We are really confident that we’ll succeed,” he said during an interview Thursday. Getting tenants to commit has been difficult — the lakeside location is a tough sell in the winter — and Cooke hopes a firm deadline proves motivating. To date, neither tenants nor funders have wanted to be the first to sign on, Cooke said. “Everyone says it takes two to tango, but this project takes five to tango.” Perhaps their biggest challenge is finding economically viable tenants that also comply with the Public Trust Doctrine. Enshrined in the state constitution, it requires that filled lands along the lake serve a public purpose. Condos, for instance, would be out of the question. New Moran is still talking with the owners of Higher Ground, hoping to convince them to operate a smaller event space that would be less musicoriented than what they have planned for Winooski. Finding a developer partner is also crucial — the city won’t agree to any deal without it. Cooke said New Moran still wants Redstone in that role. “There

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r. Ed Haak gripped his surgical instruments and pushed four tiny rods into the flesh of his “patient” — a hunk of raw pork. The tenderloin substituted for a human arm at a training last Friday in Burlington, where the physician and three other doctors learned to implant Probuphine, a new tool in the battle against heroin and prescription-drug addiction. When inserted into the upper arm of a patient, the implant is designed to quell heroin cravings for a full six months. The rods dispense continuous doses of the opiate-addiction recovery drug buprenorphine into the body and can be replaced with new implants after six months. Implanted patients obviously can’t sell or trade oral doses of buprenorphine — a practice called “diverting” drugs, which officials say is a major problem. Nor can they leave buprenorphine pills or dissolvable strips in places where children might find them. Some children have become seriously ill, and in rare cases died, after ingesting buprenorphine. That risk convinced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to fast-track a review of Probuphine. It approved the drug in May. Probuphine is the first implant version of buprenorphine, one of the most common addiction-treatment drugs, which currently generates more than $1 billion in sales annually under the brand name Suboxone. At the Hilton hotel, the doctors hunched over their tenderloins and carefully inserted the matchstick-size rods with an applicator. Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, which sells Probuphine, brought in Pennsylvania physician Marc Landsberg to lead the training. He guided the docs through the steps — injecting a local anesthetic, covering the skin with a sterile drape, and inserting and removing the rods. “Great hands!” Landsberg told one physician, as the man sutured an incision in the pork. With practice, implanting or removing the rods can be done in 15 to 30 minutes in an office setting. The minor procedure is comparable to implanting contraceptives. Haak attended the training, which is required for physicians to prescribe

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Probuphine, in order to stay current with emerging treatments. But he isn’t sure how successful the new delivery system will be. “We’ll see,” said Haak, who works at Northern Tier Center for Health in St. Albans. “This is part of the toolbox.” Few, if any, local physicians have prescribed Probuphine yet. Blue Cross Blue Shield covers the drug in Vermont, but the implant has not been approved in the state for Medicaid reimbursement. For now, Probuphine is not offered at the state’s network of opioid treatment centers, which currently dispense methadone or buprenorphine to 3,100 mostly low-income people. Barbara Cimaglio, Vermont deputy commissioner of health, said Probuphine might be available at the state’s clinics down the road. But at a cost of about $5,000 for a six-month implant, it’s significantly more expensive than other options. A six-month course of buprenorphine in pill or dissolvablestrip form runs $1,800. Methadone, for addicts with heavier opiate habits trying

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to manage withdrawal symptoms, is actually cheaper than “bupe.” But the state clinic price for six months — $2,970 — includes the cost of counseling and physician care. If the rollout of Probuphine goes smoothly, “I think it would be a gamechanger, because people would be able to get help and be stable without having to spend days upon days going to clinics,” Cimaglio said. “They could get on with their life.” But there’s a downside to that independence. Cimaglio cautioned that successful recovery usually comes only when counseling and social supports accompany medically assisted treatment. “We don’t want people to think that this is just a magic answer. Most of the folks that are coming into the publicly funded treatment system have pretty complex lives. We want to make sure that we’re not giving people false security that this is something that, all by itself, is going to be a miracle.” Vermont has expanded funding to double its capacity to treat addicts, but

more than 200 people are currently on the waiting list — in Chittenden County alone. Opioid overdose deaths aren’t abating, either. Annual fatalities increased from 41 to 76 between 2010 and 2015, according to the Vermont Health Department. Twenty-four people died in the first three months of this year. Patients of all ages show up daily at the Howard Center Chittenden Clinic on San Remo Drive in South Burlington to manage their addictions. On a recent drizzly Monday morning, a young mom arrived in a rusting SUV and walked into the clinic, carrying a baby in one arm and holding her little girl’s hand in the other. A gaunt young man emerged from the doors and offered a friend a cigarette to share. An older woman headed inside leaning on a cane. Some of the clients looked worn and haggard; others were neatly dressed. Several patients said they had heard about the implant and were cautiously interested. Others, including Todd Wells, a dishwasher who lives in North Hero, said they would hesitate to try it. He was

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at the clinic for buprenorphine, which struggled with a drug problem for years he has taken for five years to combat a and said he went in and out of treatment, Percocet addiction. He said the idea of and once jail, for possessing heroin and an implant makes him uncomfortable, dealing. The former sheet metal worker and he worries about losing the flexibil- and day laborer said he lives on disity of adjusting his dose. ability due to a back accident. Percocet “I’d have to talk to somebody that’s prescriptions for his back pain led to his done it,” Wells said. “I would be like, heroin addiction, he said. ‘How does it feel?’” Addiction made his life a mess, but Ideally, he’d like to taper off bu- things are looking up: Nolan said he has prenorphine altogether but said he been heroin-free for 19 months, thanks needs the regular doses to feel good. to another go at treatment, this time After taking it, he said, “I’m not tired. with assistance from the Chittenden I’m not depressed.” Clinic’s Burlington site on South It’s inconvenient to go to the clinic, Prospect Street, and methadone. but Wells said he’d soon be receiving Nolan tried buprenorphine on previhis buprenorphine via a take-home pre- ous quit attempts — but wasn’t ready scription from his primaryto give up heroin, so he care doctor. He used to get sold much of his bupe on it that way, but the doctor the street. Nolan said he’s ordered him back to the sunot ready to taper off the pervised setting because he methadone. “I’m in hopes admitted to drinking alcothat I wouldn’t have to be on hol, which can be dangerous it forever, but if I am, I am,” when mixed with opiates. he said. “It’s still better than With Probuphine, treatjust hitting the streets.” ment providers see the He isn’t interested in potential to curb the abuse Probuphine — buprenorof treatment drugs. “Addicts phine did not ease his back VERMONT will always find a way to pain, but methadone does, DEPUT Y HEALT H C OMMISSIONER alter whatever it is they have he said. Still, Nolan said BARBARA to get high,” said Dr. Patricia he’s glad to see more apC IMAGL IO Fisher, the medical director proaches being developed to for case management at the help people with addiction. University of Vermont Medical Center Heroin withdrawal is like the flu — in Burlington. “With the implant,” she times 10, he said: “You feel like you have noted, “you can’t do that unless you’re been run over by a Mack truck, being going to take it out of your arm somehow.” dope sick.” Corrections data show that in fiscal For 17 months, Nolan went to the year 2016, contraband opiates were Chittenden Clinic daily to get his methfound at least 347 times in Vermont pris- adone dose. Because of his compliance ons, well ahead of other types of drugs. with the program, Nolan was allowed Many of the opiate cases involved bu- two weeks ago to switch to a monthly prenorphine, said Vermont Department methadone pill prescription. of Corrections Commissioner Lisa “If you stay clean and sober, you can Menard. have somewhat of a life,” Nolan said. “It’s clearly an opioid that seems to Others at the Turning Point Center, be fairly available for people to divert,” including executive director Gary De she said. Carolis, are watching the Probuphine Why? It’s easy to hide: Dissolvable rollout with interest. Vermont has a oral strips can be tucked behind a post- long way to go to beat the opioid probage stamp, sewn into a pants hem or lem, according to De Carolis. “It seems hidden in a stack of legal papers. as brutal as it was a couple of years ago,” Many inmates who battle persistent he said. “We lose a lot of people.” addiction are looking for something — Probuphine could be helpful, he said, anything — to help. though taking addiction-recovery drugs On the outside, the Turning Point indefinitely inhibits self-awareness. Center in Burlington draws people They can have a dulling effect that prefor 12-step meetings, restorative yoga, vents people from doing the introspecmeditation and even acupuncture to aid tive work necessary to understand why recovery. Last Wednesday afternoon, a they veered into addiction in the first dozen were hanging out at the second- place, De Carolis said. floor space on Bank Street, playing “If you don’t face that, it’s like the cards, sharing snacks and talking. boulder in the middle of the road,” he At the front desk, volunteer John said. “You’re not going to get very far.” m Nolan greeted visitors. The beefy, friendly 50-year-old Burlington resident Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com

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Advocates Consider Suing to Restore Vermont GMO Law With the flick of a presidential pen late Friday afternoon, Vermont’s GMO labeling law suffered an early demise. Less than a month after the state law took effect, a newer and less aggressive federal law nullified it. What does it all mean? To begin with, store owners and food manufacturers who scurried to make sure that foods containing genetically modified organisms were labeled can chill. But they might not want to toss those labels just yet. Organizations that helped get Vermont’s law passed are considering challenging the federal statute in court. “VPIRG and a number of organizations around the country are looking at what options we have,” said Falko Schilling, consumer and environmental advocate for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group. Andrea Stander, executive director of Rural Vermont, said her organization is part of those talks. “More specifics will likely emerge in the next few weeks,” she said. Attorney General Bill Sorrell said his office looked into suing the federal government to protect the state’s GMO labeling law but opted against it. His office spent the last two years creating rules and answering manufacturers’ questions about a law that was in effect just 29 days. “It’s a very bitter pill,” he said of the law’s nullification.

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Vermont House Appropriations Chair Faces Primary Race In Montpelier, Rep. Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero) holds a powerful position as chair of the House Appropriations Committee, with a fair bit of say in what programs get how much state money. She’s also a potential candidate to be the next House speaker. Back home in South Hero, she’s in the middle of a competitive primary and the target of criticism that Grand Isle County doesn’t get its fair share of resources. Johnson, 45, is one of four Democratic candidates seeking two seats in the August 9 primary. The winners face two Republicans in the November election. In 14 years as a House member, Johnson has faced competition in previous elections but never before in a Democratic primary. “I’m campaigning like any other election,” she said. Andrew Julow, 38, a North Hero school board member who operates his own computer software company, said he’s running because the time is right for him and because one of the incumbents, Rep. Bob Krebs (D-South Hero), is retiring. But discontent over Grand Isle’s representation in Montpelier is driving others. For Ben Joseph, 74, a retired state judge who lives in North Hero and serves on its selectboard, the list of gripes starts at the Grand Isle County Courthouse. Gov. Peter Shumlin proposed closing it last year. Joseph said it didn’t happen because Sen. Dick Mazza (D-Grand Isle) intervened. Evan Hill, 65, of Isle La Motte, agrees with Joseph. A just-retired family court case manager and former town clerk and treasurer, she said that she has a lot of knowledge about how state government works. Her take: It’s too top-heavy. The district includes South Hero, North Hero, Grand Isle, Isle La Motte, Alburgh and a portion of West Milton.

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At his home in Windsor, Gonthier — who makes a living doing voiceovers and video production — has built 955 feet of track for his trains. He runs a website for railroad hobbyists called the Rail Channel. Moving on, we passed a 3D printer that was very slowly churning out maker faire swag, then a display of adorable hand-felted creatures. Another booth offered buckets of dirt-cheap “Technorubble,” including beat-up laptops, cables and other used electronics that inventors might use for parts. My daughter lingered at a booth

where kids were creating robots out of paper plates, paper clips, simple motors and batteries. Two of the robots had markers for feet. Joni got them moving on a large piece of paper and watched in awe as they drew colorful squiggles all by themselves. We made our way to an intriguing display of dioramas. Their creator, LOU SCOTT, is an 80-year-old retired New York City ad man

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rones were flying and bots were battling on Merchants Row when my family and I arrived in Rutland last weekend. We’d come for the Mini Maker Faire, a show-and-tell exhibition of DIY inventors and homegrown creations. This wasn’t my first such event. I’ve attended the Champlain Mini Maker Faire, which since 2012 has filled Shelburne Farms for an annual weekend with local hackers, innovators, robotics teams and other outside-the-box thinkers. And homemade rockets. And ham radios. In an effort to explain to my 2-yearold daughter, Joni, where we were going, I said, “We’ll see some drones. And robots. And definitely lots of blinking lights.” This was Rutland’s second annual Mini Maker Faire. Both times, organizers — including the Rutland Economic Development Corporation, Castleton University and Champlain Mini Maker Faire producer DOUG WEBSTER — paired it with the Sidewalk Sale Days, a bustling street fair that draws thousands of visitors. Which meant bouncy castles and bubble machines and throngs of people in the hot sun. Under one of the tents that enclosed the fair, the buzzing of drones lured us to our first booth. STEVE MERMELSTEIN, a professional drone pilot and photographer, was displaying his fleet of unmanned aircraft. The biggest and most impressive took him nine months to build. It’s equipped with a camera and can fly for up to an hour before needing to be recharged. Beside his booth, kids were learning to fly much smaller drones inside a net. “We’re trying to get the community into the hobby,” said Mermelstein, who is part of the Northern New England Drone User Group. He handed me his card, which read, “Promoting the use of civilian drone technology for the benefit of humanity.” Farther into the tent, I discovered three model train cars big enough to sit on. Kids climbed onto the spinning seats mounted on one car, while the trains’ creator, AARON GONTHIER, lifted a lid to reveal a 500-watt motor. Like many of his motors, this one came from a used electric scooter he ordered online from China.

who now lives in Chittenden. He told me he has built 230 politically charged tableaux featuring animal figurines and other found objects. Scott hates war, admires Stephen Hawking and worries about endangered big cats. In his installation titled “The Giraffe, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence,” a robot giraffe with gears on its feet lifts its long neck through tree branches. In the accompanying description, Scott writes, “It has been predicted that within 25 years, robots will be

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able to outperform the human mind. Couple this level of computational power with the imagery of virtual reality — then you must ask, ‘Why do we need anything real?’” Scott serves on the board of the Greater Rutland Makerspace, which is due to open next winter, because “I want to give back,” he said. The operations committee, which includes members from REDC and Castleton University, is still nailing down a location, but the nonprofit will offer 3D printers, laser cutters, a metal shop and a woodshop. Members will have access to tools, work space, classes and workshops. Like many of the maker faire participants, Scott is excited to see the makerspace become a reality. “It’s good for the economy,” he said. “It’s good for everyone.” TYLER RICHARDSON, REDC’s assistant director, sees the makerspace as a way to create local jobs, especially for young Vermonters who might otherwise leave the state. “It’s an up-and-coming way to build businesses,” he said. Richardson was hired earlier this year as part of a new partnership between REDC and Castleton University that addresses the question: How do we keep our young people here? And then there was a robot battle. DAN BISBEE, a member of the FOUNDRY, a makerspace in Lyndonville; and NIRAV SHAH, a member of Burlington’s LABORATORY B, each operated a foot-tall spiderlike robot. Shah’s, called Fluffy, was equipped with a camera, a one-watt laser and a penguin head wearing a top hat and monocle. Bisbee’s, called Yuri, was more bare bones but had a more powerful two-watt laser. With Bisbee and Shah at the controls, the robots walked, somewhat awkwardly, around a course filled with black balloons. Their goal was to pop as many as possible by shooting them with the lasers. Beside the action, Lab B members taught a beginner’s soldering course. Across the street, one could see MICHAEL DIVOLL, the Santa Claus lookalike who owns Michael’s Toys on Merchants Row, engaging in a more traditional style of making: creating a wooden sign with a hammer and chisel.

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ow would the first two human beings have understood the world? In Extracts From Adam’s Diary (1904) and Eve’s Diary (1906), Mark Twain imagined an Eve who looks up at her second night sky and is distressed to find that the moon has “got loose” and slid away. “It should have been fastened better,” she writes in her diary. Adam, meanwhile, grumbles in his, “This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about.” One might imagine that Twain’s take on the Biblical story is a romp from beginning to end. After all, the great American humorist was allergic to religion. But

Twain wrote Eve’s Diary two years after the death of his wife of more than three decades, Olivia Langdon. Eve is his touching tribute to “Livy,” as he called her. A true humanist, the first woman is a chatterbox who is thrilled with everything she finds in Eden, a curious soul determined to puzzle out the world through scientific discovery. That figure resonated deeply with Marshfield composer EVAN PREMO when, a decade ago, he discovered Twain’s texts combined into a single edition by editor Michael Mojher, who followed Twain’s intent to alternate the two diaries’ entries. At that point, Premo was an undergraduate composition-and-bass student

at the University of Michigan. A commission from the nearby Pine Mountain Music Festival became his 2007 chamber opera The Diaries of Adam and Eve, which was also performed at the university that year and at the 2010 Pine Mountain fest. This weekend, it is being revived for a Vermont premiere, with three performances in Randolph and Warren. When he composed Diaries, Premo says, he had in mind his future wife, voice performance major MARY BONHAG. The two had met on the first day of classes and become inseparable. Premo had already written other works for Bonhag, a soprano, to sing with piano accompaniment, as well as pieces for

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composer and an assistant professor in the fine arts department at Johnson State College, focusing on digital media; Larsen is an assistant professor in Champlain College’s Division of Communication and Creative Media. Arising from their shared involvement in media and electronic art, their forthcoming installation will transform data about Lake Champlain into digital visualizations. The two are gathering statistics from the Burlington International Airport office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “In order for us to drink the water, it’s tested and it’s treated,” Larsen said in a recent phone conversation. “It becomes seen through a lens of data — that’s a big theme we’re working on for the installation.” For him and Clute, Water Bar is a social, experiential component of their larger inquiry, which Larsen describes as questioning “the limitations of seeing the world as a set of data points.” Each artist is interested in how we perceive water scientifically versus more spiritually — i.e., not as a resource to be measured and analyzed but as a mysterious, life-giving entity. As Larsen put it, “I think our feelings about water always kind of exceed what we can know about it factually.” In the early phase of their

collaboration, Clute said, news of the public drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich., dominated headlines. He remembers thinking, Gosh, we’re so lucky to be living in a state where that’s not really an issue. “The funny thing is,” he continued, “as we looked at it a little more closely, we realized it’s an issue everywhere and not just Flint.” At about the same time, the Bennington area’s PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) contamination came to light. Water bars have popped up around the country precisely to challenge the idea that clean drinking water is a relevant issue only “somewhere else,” or in “problem areas” such as the economically depressed Flint. Earlier this year, Water Bar & Public Studio opened its doors in Minneapolis, becoming the country’s first established water bar. According to its website, the project “began in 2014 as a public art pop-up, a bar that serves local tap waters and is staffed by water researchers, sustainability educators, activists, artists and other community residents.” Water at the Studio is free, too. This is a crucial distinction between those who run water bars as a public art and service and highly criticized water entrepreneurs such as those who opened New York’s Molecule in 2012,

Water: You drink it, but have you tasted it? You touch it, but have you felt it? You look at it, but have you really seen it? These are questions posed by Vermont artists SEAN CLUTE and AL LARSEN in anticipation of their “Water Bar” event this Friday, August 5, at Burlington’s PINE STREET STUDIOS. The Water Bar will begin just as the city’s monthly First Friday Art walk wraps up. Attendees can sample a selection of six Vermont waters, free of charge — from Burlington’s municipal tap water to the water used by Stowe’s von Trapp Brewing. Consider it an interactive public art event at the intersection of conservationist inquiry, artisan culture and social practice. The unconventional tasting serves as a prelude to a collaborative installation by Clute and Larsen that will debut in September as part of BURLINGTON CITY ARTS and SHELBURNE MUSEUM’s “Of Land and Local” initiative. Now in its fourth year, the multivenue and multimedia project asks artists to address environmental and ecological themes with site-specific works. This year’s theme, “Watershed,” is particularly poignant, as August 2016 marks the fifth anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene. Clute and Larsen were only acquaintances until last February, when former BCA curator DJ Hellerman encouraged them to work together. Both are college instructors: Clute is a

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offering filtered tap water for $2.50 a pop. Besides water, this Friday’s Water Bar in Burlington will feature H2Orelated artworks by Vermont artists CASEY ENGELS, REBECCA SCHWARZ and OTTO MULLER. Engels will have on view large, hand-drawn “data maps” that reflect her personal experiences with water. Schwarz will show “LandEscape Drop,” an illuminated sculpture that uses upcycled plastic to mimic the shapes of plankton. “We’re not serving any bottled water, by design,” said Larsen. “[Schwarz’s] piece represents the commodified, consumer side of the drinking-water experience.” The event will be set to George Brecht’s “Drip Music (1962),” as performed by Muller, a composer and Goddard College faculty member. Brecht was a significant member of the avant-garde Fluxus movement of the 1960s and ’70s, and his “Drip Music” presents the sounds of water as musical compositions. With tastings, sculpture and performance, the evening promises to be a well-rounded representation of local artists’ approach to a critical natural resource — though, as Larsen said, “Mostly we’re going to be drinking water.” — RACHEL ELIZABETH JONES

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bass, wind ensemble and other chamber combinations. But Twain’s texts gave him a more personal way to honor her. “Eve’s curiosity and wonder about the world matches Mary’s so much,” says Premo, who founded SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC with his wife when the couple moved to Vermont. (The Diaries performances will wrap up Scrag’s sixth season.) “Mary takes time with every flower, looks at everything with reverence and spirituality. In so many ways, Mary was Eve.” The Diaries of Adam and Eve was written for soprano, baritone and an onstage quartet with a participatory role (at one point, the first violinist stands up to impersonate the serpent). In Vermont, as at the work’s Pine Mountain premiere, Bonhag will sing Eve, and the New York City-based Aeolus Quartet will play. A student group at the 2007 performance, Aeolus has since established an international performance circuit, won many prizes and completed a graduate residency at the Juilliard School.

Baritone Matthew Morris, Bonhag’s colleague from her graduate days at Bard College, will sing Adam. The revival’s director is Edwin Cahill, Morris’ partner and frequent collaborator at voice and opera festivals in Israel, Italy and around the U.S. Staging promises to be more involved than the ladderfor-an-apple-tree sparseness of the premiere, but still scaled to chamber opera. Premo says Bonhag helped him pare Twain’s writings down to their essence for the 70-minute work. In the first of two acts, Eve mistakes Adam for a reptile, and Adam moves from annoyance to recognizing Eve’s beauty and the pleasure of her company. It ends with the sound of an apple crunch. In the second act, “After the Fall,” Cain is born and mistaken for a fish by his father. Abel follows; the two grow up. Soon the parents have to come to terms with their second son’s death, and the opera ends with Eve’s death. “The Moon Got Loose” is one of

the opera’s central arias — though Premo hesitates to use the genre’s traditional word for a song for solo voice. “Stylistically, [Diaries] is a hybrid, somewhere between opera, musical theater and operetta,” he says. Some passages are spoken. Premo and Bonhag say they were partly inspired to revive the work by Brookfield composer ERIK NIELSEN, who successfully revived his opera A Fleeting Animal for a Vermont tour last fall and is now planning to bring it to several surrounding states. But the couple also knew they would eventually share the work with their dedicated Scrag audiences. “We’ve wanted to bring it to Vermont ever since we moved here,” says Premo. “It’s so much a part of our history.” Bonhag adds that she wants to reprise Eve not just because “she’s such an exuberant character,” but because the work “transports me back to a very special time in my life and in my

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A visit to the Montpelier City Clerk’s Office provided more answers. Deputy City Clerk Crystal Chase helped me navigate the city’s labyrinthine land records, which are organized not by property location but by the names on the deeds. Soon I was combing the city database looking for the island’s previous owners. When I mentioned my quest to Aaron Fuller, who was researching wastewater permits on the computer terminal beside me, he knew immediately which house I was talking about. “You mean ‘the shack,’” said Fuller, who’s fished the North Branch countless times. He remembered that building being used as an animal shelter but knew nothing else about its history. Because Montpelier’s computer database only goes back to 1993, Chase and I were soon pawing though the city’s old card catalogs, which are reminiscent of pre-digital-age libraries. The cards directed us to oversize ledgers containing century-old mortgage and deed records, some of which were recorded with fountain pens in calligraphic script. Eventually, Chase located a deed dated April 17, 1929, which indicated that Myrtha Haggett of Montpelier had sold “a certain island in the North Branch” to Frederick Benson of Montpelier for $50.

The deed refers to no house or structure on the island. Coincidentally, that same ledger contained an IOU indicating that Benson had borrowed money from Chase’s grandparents. She immediately called her father, Gary Lamell. The 71-year-old, who now lives in Middlesex, grew up on Portal Road in Montpelier, not far from the river. Lamell not only remembered the island cottage but knew the “Mr. Benson” who lived there. “An old foreign gentleman. I almost think he was German,” Lamell speculated in a subsequent phone interview. “He’s the one that built it. Lived there quite a while.” Benson let his parents, who were dairy farmers, graze their cows on his land on the east side of the river, Lamell recalled. He related a boyhood memory of Benson using a cable car and ropeand-pulley system to haul himself to and from the island, which had no footbridge in those years. Lamell couldn’t remember what Benson did for a living, only that Benson wasn’t a farmer. “I don’t remember him having a job. Maybe he came over here with money,” he said. “’Course, he lived kind of frugal.” Records from the 1930 U.S. Census confirm that a Frederick Benson, 51, lived in Montpelier that year. He was a widower, born in Minnesota in 1879,

whose parents were from Sweden. Census records confirm that Benson didn’t live on a farm and note that he could read and write. He may also have gone by the name Ivar F. Benson, a person who is recorded as having been born on December 25, 1879, and having died in April 1965. A later deed we discovered conveyed ownership of the island from the estate of Ivar Benson to the Central Vermont Humane Society on September 8, 1965. Erika Holm, director of operations for the East Montpelier-based animal shelter, confirmed that the old house on the North Branch island was the Central Vermont Humane Society’s original home 51 years ago. The shelter struggled financially in its early years, but by 1975 it had built more spacious quarters. After its move, the island cottage remained vacant and fell into disrepair. As to why Benson built his house in the middle of a river that had claimed the lives of 55 Vermonters just two years earlier, one can only speculate. Perhaps the man born on Christmas Day was a lifelong optimist. m Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com

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egular visitors to Wrightsville Reservoir in Montpelier may have spotted a long-abandoned house situated in a most precarious location: on a tiny island in the North Branch of the Winooski River. The small white structure, with its corrugated metal roof and missing windows and doors, sits about a half mile downstream of Wrightsville Dam and hasn’t been occupied in decades. Longtime Montpelier residents said they think it’s been there at least a half century. “I have driven by it a million times and always wondered, WTF?” wrote John Kerin in a recent email. Kerin, who’s lived in and around Montpelier his entire life, recalled a footbridge leading to the island until the 1990s. “Who would build a little house in the middle of the river?” he asked. Answer: a Swedish American widower who was born on Christmas Day. Here’s how I found him. First I checked out the terrain. The ramshackle house doesn’t exactly catch the eye, especially at this time of year, surrounded by overgrown vegetation. To get a look, one must paddle the river or bushwhack through the steep riverbank along Elm Street, just south of Mill Road. I chose the latter. The house is probably more visible from the eastern shore, but that’s part of 54-plus acres of private property owned by Matthew Gannon of New York City, according to city records. Neither the current deed nor the property map references the island house. No one answered Gannon’s listed phone in Montpelier, and no one was home when I stopped by his house, tucked in the woods on the river’s east side. Meg Walbridge, who’s lived across the river on Mill Road since the early 1970s, said the island house has been there since she moved in; she’s heard it survived the Great Flood of 1927. If true, that would be an impressive accomplishment. Wrightsville Dam, completed in 1935, was built in response to Vermont’s worst natural disaster. The flood killed 84, including 55 in the Winooski River basin alone, and claimed countless buildings.

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A friend says all of the drinkable water on the Earth has passed through dinosaur kidneys. What do you think? Jerry Lodriguss A friend claimed that all water on Earth is “old” water, billions of years old. I countered that water is a product of combustion and therefore “new” water is continually being created. Also, water decomposes through methods such as electrolysis. How likely is it that the majority of water molecules on the planet are the same bonding of hydrogen and oxygen atoms from billions of years ago? Bill B.

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ust guessing, Jerry: Would this friend happen to be about 8 years old? I ask because it sounds like he or she may be among the nearly 140,000 viewers of a graphically eye-catching video posted last May by Curious Minds, a YouTube channel aimed at sparking children’s interest in science, entitled “Have you drunk DINOSAUR PEE?” To address your more genteel rephrasing of this inquiry requires that I give Bill and his friend an answer about the age of water, but it also points us toward a third, even bigger question: What is water, anyway? To get this out of the way: Yes, dinosaurs apparently did urinate. For years, scientists figured that dinosaurs, like most of their avian descendants, evacuated liquid and solid waste in a

single stream from an orifice called the cloaca. But in 2002 paleontologists in Colorado found preserved, amid a cluster of dinosaur footprints, a 10-foot-long, 5-foot-wide and 10-inch-deep “bathtub-shaped depression” — the result, they concluded, of some primeval liquid-splashing-in-sand event, and the first genuine evidence to suggest that at least some dinosaurs must have produced urine separately, as ostriches do. Now, no one thinks actual dinosaur tinkle drips from our faucets, or even (I hope) that any trace particle of dinosaurs’ waste has lingered in our water supply for the 66 million years since their extinction. In fact, author-reporter Charles Fishman was making a point about the resilience of the water cycle, which naturally

filters out such impurities, in his 2011 book The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, when he devised the bold claim that his press materials simplified thus: “The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex.” The reasoning behind Fishman’s assertion (and, later, Curious Minds’) is straightforward enough. Though nearly 1.4 billion cubic kilometers of water exists on Earth, and pretty much always has, 96.5 percent of that is seawater. Only 11 million cubic kilometers is fresh, much of which is locked away as groundwater or in glaciers. That leaves only 93,000 cubic kilometers of water available for beverage use. The age of the dinosaurs lasted 135 million

years, more than enough time for them to consume all the potable water that evaporated and precipitated across the globe. And what goes in, of course, must come out. But how much of the water we drink today existed back then for dinosaurs to guzzle? Fishman says, “No water is being created or destroyed on Earth.” Well, that’s clearly untrue. Destroying water is pretty easy — high-school chem teachers do it all the time, using just an electrical current; as Bill notes, the process of electrolysis splits water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen gases. As for creating water, it’s a regular function of a society that burns as much fossil fuels as ours does. When hydrocarbons combust, the products include carbon dioxide, to our ecological dismay, but also — picture jet contrails here — water. Combustion produces about only 10 cubic kilometers of water per year, though, and humans have been burning fossil fuels at a significant rate for less than a century. To say our energy usage has created 1 percent of the available drinking water on Earth in that time would be an exceedingly generous estimate. So Curious Minds isn’t off base in saying that “the total amount of water on Earth has been fairly constant.” The fact remains: There

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ep. Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero) was making phone calls to voters last month when one of them, asked about the Vermont lieutenant governor’s race, proudly responded: “I already know who I’m voting for. I’m voting for Hillary,” meaning Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Candidates up and down the ballot for state offices in Vermont say it’s been tough to compete for the public’s attention this summer against the presidential race and the lure of vacation fun. Voters, at least so far, seem to have little bandwidth left for state politics. “I’ll say, ‘I can use your support August 9th,’” Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Scott recounted. “They’ll say, ‘What’s August 9th?’” August 9 is the date of the state’s earliest-ever primary election, when Vermonters will begin making a crucial decision about who will be their next governor, following the retirement of Democrat Peter Shumlin. Voters are poised — first by winnowing the field in the primary election and then by picking a governor in the November general election — to choose someone who arguably will have more direct impact on their lives than the next president will. “It’s huge,” said Chris Graff, a former journalist who covered Vermont politics for decades. “Governors really matter in Vermont.” Graff said he is surprised when people he encounters can’t identify the three Democratic candidates for the job. “I find very, very

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few who know the primary is August 9,” he added. When Vermonters pick a new governor, that person tends to stick around. Shumlin has held the job for six years. His Republican predecessor, Jim Douglas, stayed eight. Before that, Democrat Howard Dean served 11. Voters will hand a fair bit of power to November’s winner. The governor hires the honchos who run state government: commissioners, secretaries, board members, judges. Newly anointed leaders will write a state budget that part-time legislators tend only to tinker with. Those decisions reflect priorities in an overarching vision. “In Vermont, the governor’s greatest power is the power to set the agenda,” Graff said. As an example, he pointed to the late

Republican governor Richard Snelling. “He vetoed every bill that came to him to raise the drinking age to 21,” Graff said. As soon as his successor, Democrat Madeleine Kunin, was elected, Graff said, “the drinking age went to 21.” Although access to booze isn’t likely to come up during the next governor’s term, the new officeholder will exert significant influence on other issues. The next governor will determine how the state meets the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s demands to clean up Lake Champlain. The same person is likely to decide whether to lead, or to halt, a push for gun control. Feel strongly either for or against wind power? The next governor will have considerable say over whether the

state sees another large turbine project. Love or hate the state’s new school district consolidation law? The new governor will drive the decision to stick with, alter or abandon it. Among the candidates, there are explicit differences on those burning issues and others. Some divide along party lines — the Dems want gun control and legalized marijuana; the GOP candidates don’t. Stances on other issues vary within each party. Those who vote in the Republican primary will choose between two candidates: PHIL SCOTT, a 58-year-old excavation company owner from Berlin who has been lieutenant governor for six years, and BRUCE LISMAN, a 69-yearold retired Wall Street executive from Shelburne who has never held elected office and portrays himself as the outsider. Three candidates are competing in the Democratic primary: SUE MINTER, a 55-year-old former state transportation secretary and state representative from Waterbury; PETER GALBRAITH, a 65-yearold former diplomat and state senator from Townshend; and MATT DUNNE, 46, of Hartland, a former Google manager and state senator. One of the above will steer the state into the future, and the selection process begins next Tuesday. Here are seven reasons to brush off the beach sand, shake off the Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hangover and head to the polls to pick Vermont’s next helmsman — or -woman.

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On the national political stage, presidential candidate Sanders advocated for a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage by 2020. He succeeded in getting that figure inserted into the Democratic Party platform. Back home in Vermont, the Democratic candidates for governor are following his lead. “No one should work 40 hours a week and live in poverty,” declared DUNNE. He said he’d go for $15 an hour within five or six years. So would GALBRAITH, who said he’d push for $12.50 immediately. MINTER is headed in the same direction but said the timing for $15 will depend on an analysis of its impact. The two Republicans disagree with the Democrats that a significant increase in the minimum wage will help the economy. Without any new legislation, the state’s current $9.60-an-hour minimum wage is slated to increase to $10 next year and $10.50 in 2018. A Vermont Public Radio poll last week indicated strong support for increasing the minimum wage, as 71 percent of respondents backed the idea. A 2014 report from the legislature’s economist warned, however, that raising the wage to $12.50 would cost 3,200 jobs. SCOTT noted that in 2007, when he was a state senator, the legislature agreed to settle the perennial minimum wage debate by tying annual increases to the Consumer Price Index. “I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea,” Scott said, arguing that the best way to increase wages is to invigorate the economy. Republican rival LISMAN agrees, though he called for increasing the earned income tax credit, characterizing that as a more effective financial boost for low-income Vermonters.

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As advocates for reducing Lake Champlain pollution gathered for a vigil in Burlington’s City Hall Park on July 21, James Ehlers of Lake Champlain International commented, “We’ll see if any politicians show up.” None of the candidates for governor did, though all contend that the lake’s future health is key to the state and concede that they must meet the strict — and expensive — goals the federal EPA has issued for the state to reduce the lake’s phosphorous. In 2013, the state estimated that the work would cost $156 million a year for 10 years, but there are no hard numbers on how much federal and other outside money will be available to help. Treasurer Beth Pearce is expected to produce a report on financing later this year. Ehlers said that even though Vermont is required to meet the EPA requirements, he worries whether the next governor could try to “play chicken,” challenging a new president’s resolve to enforce the standards. If voters peel away the layers, they will find differences among the candidates on the issue. Their philosophies shed light on their overall views about taxes and spending. “I’m not sure it can be newfound money,” said SCOTT, who has argued throughout the campaign that Vermont lacks any new taxing capacity. But spending for the lake will be near the top of his list in the state’s existing $5.5 billion budget, he promised. Other candidates disagree with Scott that existing revenues can cover the still-unknown cost. “It’s going to require new taxes,” GALBRAITH declared, arguing that the first source of revenue should be from those generating the pollution. MINTER, DUNNE and LISMAN all said they would issue varying types of bonds to generate new money to pay for lake cleanup. Ehlers said his organization also supports bonding.

MINTER launched a television ad last month in which she declared she “won’t back down” from pursuing background checks on all gun sales. The ad was remarkable in the context of Vermont politics. In firearms-friendly Vermont, which boasts some of the least restrictive gun laws in the country, such a stance has long been considered political suicide. “I’m pleased to be speaking on this issue that really has not been given voice in this state,” Minter said. She took up the mantra after a November shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood. “I wasn’t expecting it would be such a forefront issue. It has become one because we’ve had tragedy after tragedy.” Democratic rivals DUNNE and GALBRAITH have since joined in, also calling for background checks. Galbraith said he would also push for a ban on assault-style weapons. In the past, however, both got A ratings from the National Rifle Association, Minter pointed out. “This isn’t an election-year conversion for me,” she said. All three candidates plan to attend a rally this week at the Statehouse at which Senate Majority Leader Phil Baruth (D-Chittenden) will announce legislation seeking universal background checks. Whether that bill makes it to the next governor’s desk is unclear, but voters will have a clear choice on the issue in the November general election. Republicans SCOTT and LISMAN oppose any change to state gun laws.

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Opponents of a proposed wind turbine development on a Swanton hilltop beat a path to Montpelier this past session to fight for more say in siting such projects. They won a partial victory when lawmakers created a system by which towns may establish plans for where wind turbines and solar fields can be located. But the deeply divisive debate rages on: Some see wind as the type of locally produced, clean energy the state needs; others argue that turbines scar the landscape and torment neighbors with sleep-depriving noise. Depending on who is elected governor, Vermont may have seen its last wind project. “I’m calling this election a referendum on wind,” said GALBRAITH, who stands apart from his Democratic rivals in seeking to halt all new industrial-scale wind development in the state. While a governor needs legislative approval to alter state energy policy, whoever is elected will have a lot of influence on the outcome. Just a month after taking office, the governor will appoint a new chair of the Public Service Board, a position with considerable power in approving energy projects. “I will not appoint anyone to the Public Service Board who will approve wind,” Galbraith said. LISMAN and SCOTT, the two Republicans, also want to stop wind development at least temporarily while rejiggering the permitting process. Neither said, however, that the issue should be a litmus test in appointing a PSB chair. Democrat DUNNE came out with a revised policy on wind siting last Friday that supporters of wind consider an almost-ban on future projects. It lost him the support of environmentalist Bill McKibben of Ripton. “If a town says no to a large industrial wind project, I would use all the power of the governor’s office to ensure that is the end of the project,” Dunne said. “I will ensure that no means no.” MINTER, meanwhile, is not exactly championing new wind projects, but she supports the option. McKibben is now on her side. “Wind is a part of the solution,” Minter said, while calling for a more customer-friendly Public Service Board. “I will be looking to hire someone who understands communities in Vermont.”

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For decades, the five pint-size school districts in Grand Isle County have discussed merging. This year, pushed by the state’s new Act 46 consolidation law, at least some of them will vote on the issue in November. Despite angst in some corners of the county that the law threatens local control and school choice options, North Hero School Board member and legislative candidate Andrew Julow said the state needs to stick with the law and let it work. “I would like to see it stay as is,” he said. Right in Julow’s own town, fellow legislative candidate Ben Joseph noted that the law has South Hero residents worried about their beloved school. “They shouldn’t be forced” to merge, he said. Fans and foes of Act 46 will want to scrutinize the gubernatorial candidates closely. None of the candidates appears poised to leave the law as is, but each varies on what he or she would ditch. LISMAN is its biggest critic. Though his own community of Shelburne voted overwhelmingly in June to merge, he said, “It’s a bad piece of legislation. I believe in its repeal.” He said he would instead push for regional education districts, under which communities could keep their local boards if they choose. Lisman is advocating for a different mandate, requiring districts to adhere to a minimum class size. “In five years, we want to get to — pick a number. We expect them to get there. I don’t think it’s a bad mandate.” The other candidates would stick with Act 46, though with significant modifications. GALBRAITH and DUNNE both said they would make consolidation voluntary. SCOTT would keep the Act 46 consolidation plan in place, but he wants communities with school choice to be able to retain it and for districts to keep the savings they generate by merging. MINTER said her focus would be on loosening the time frame the law requires for school districts to consolidate. “I do think we need greater flexibility,” she said.

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When he called for free tuition at public colleges, presidential candidate Sanders made the issue of rising student debt part of a national debate. All three Democratic candidates for governor are following suit with college tuition plans of their own. GALBRAITH’s is the most generous. He would spend $28 million to pay tuition for Vermonters to attend the state colleges. He’d raise the money by eliminating $26.5 million in targeted tax breaks, $2 million in corporate subsidies and $1.1 million in sales-tax exemptions on items such as airplane parts. “If I had nothing to spend the money on, I would end those,” he said, arguing that the breaks unfairly benefit the wealthy. MINTER would spend $6 million the first year and $12 million a year thereafter to pay for two years of Vermonters’ tuition at the Community College of Vermont or Vermont Technical College. She’d raise the money by expanding the bank transfer fee charged to large banks. “Four out of 10 kids stop education out of high school,” she said. Her goal, she said, is to decrease that number to 25 percent by 2025. DUNNE said his plan would cost somewhere between Galbraith’s and Minter’s. He proposes paying off the debt for students who join AmeriCorps, Peace Corps or the military for two years after college. “We need to focus our resources on ensuring that Vermonters can benefit from one of our excellent in-state institutions and walk away without the crushing burden of college debt,” Dunne said. The two Republicans are dubious. “Nothing’s free,” LISMAN said. “I think they’re treating a symptom. The state college system needs to become more self-sufficient.” “I think we’re struggling now to pay for pre-K to 12,” SCOTT said. “In time, as we restore the vitality of our economy, we’ll have more money at our disposal.” Then, he said, Vermont should increase its nearlylowest-in-the-nation financial support for state colleges.

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Some of Shumlin’s worst moments as governor have been health care related, including technical problems that created nightmares for users of Vermont Health Connect, the state’s health insurance exchange. Not surprisingly, every candidate claims to have a remedy: He or she would do a better job of hiring the right people to work out the glitches. For voters, judging candidates on this issue comes down to weighing who can really make it happen. “Fix the damn website,” DUNNE declared at a June candidates’ forum in Burlington, arguing that he has “actually done the kind of IT work that is necessary.” Dunne said he has the required experience from his time as head of AmeriCorps, working at a Vermont software company, the last eight years he’s spent as manager of community affairs for Google and a stint on the Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical center board. At the same June forum, MINTER declared that she is uniquely qualified to solve the problems. “I’m the only candidate who has worked in the legislature and run state government and made it function well even in a crisis,” she said, referring to six years as deputy secretary and then secretary of the Agency of Transportation. GALBRAITH, a former diplomat, ambassador to Croatia and two-term state senator, argued that he knows how to find the best people to assess whether Vermont Health Connect can be fixed for an affordable price in a timely manner. “If open enrollment doesn’t go smoothly in 2017, it’s gone,” he said of the exchange. In that case, he would move to the federal exchange or a multistate group. LISMAN, a retired Wall Street banker, said he would move to the federal exchange as soon as possible, although he acknowledges there are costs and logistical challenges associated with that. Still, he insisted, “I think it’s going to save a lot of money.” Speaking last week to the Rotary Club of Burlington, SCOTT emphasized his work as lieutenant governor, reaching out to colleagues in other states looking for alternatives to the exchange. “I’ve been talking with Connecticut,” he said, indicating that his first step would be to look at joining that state’s exchange. “Their health connect actually is working.”

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ike Bald tries not to use war terminology to describe his work of invasive plant removal. It’s a resolution made difficult by the sheer magnitude of the task he faces. Royalton-based Bald spends his days crisscrossing the state digging, chopping and pulling myriad nonnative species: Japanese knotweed, chervil, giant hogweed, Japanese barberry and, for now, lots of wild parsnip. “I wake up every day heavily outnumbered,” he says. “Every night, I’m the last one standing.” Bald sits on the tailgate of his pickup truck, exchanging his Birkenstocks for rubber work boots, and talks with a reporter. The 50-year-old is wiry, with a boyish confidence and the unquenchable energy necessary for someone who works dawn to dusk removing the state’s most persistent plants. Bald is the sole proprietor of GotWeeds?, which he established in 2011 to perform organic removal of nonnative species. Private landowners, businesses and municipalities contract him to survey a site, determine tactics and approach, and return each year to remove the undesirable plants manually. Still, he doesn’t refer to his work sites as battlefields.

“It’s not about good plants or bad plants. It’s not about war,” he says. “I want to make people appreciate that landscapes are healthiest and most resilient when they have strong biodiversity.” Bald currently has 50 clients, including King Arthur Flour, Stowe Land Trust, the Town of East Montpelier, Randolph Area Community Development Corporation, the Lake Champlain Land Trust and many private landowners in Vermont, as well as half a dozen sites in New Hampshire and a few in Massachusetts. All told, Bald patrols, works, manages and protects more than 700 acres. He notes matter-of-factly that Green Mountain Power removes invasives from about double that area, using four teams of workers, herbicides, and substantially more money and equipment. Some two dozen harmful invasive plants are establishing themselves across the state, according to the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Elizabeth Spinney, the invasive plant coordinator with the department, says she can’t quantify the geographic area affected by those species. But she can point to the environmental effects: Buckthorn is so prevalent across the southern Champlain Valley,

she says, that “you almost don’t have a functioning forest.” Chervil, once thought to grow along the edges of fields, is now present in Green Mountain National Forest. For his part, Bald divides the state into three geographic sections: North of Interstate 89, he says, invasives can be conquered with the deployment of early detection strategies. Between Route 4 and I-89 lies what he calls “the current hot zone” — where invasives can be controlled with prompt, thorough work. South of Route 4, invasive populations are extensive enough to require a longterm plan to contain, rather than eradicate, the plants. Bald believes he’s the only individual in Vermont whose primary vocation and mission is organic plant control. “Lots of people do invasive species work,” he clarifies. “But apparently no one has ever pulled it all together and quantified it in meaningful ways.” He approaches his work scientifically, analyzing the terrain and environment at a site and tracking his methodology and progress in a spreadsheet. What’s more, he’s turned the task into paid employment. “That’s where perhaps I’m unique,” Bald says, “trying to demonstrate just exactly what it costs

in dollars and time to get either an eradication or an effective containment.” Bald, a Philadelphia native, found his calling via a circuitous route. After earning a biology degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1988, he served four years in the Army; he was a combat engineer in Germany, determining positioning and plan of attack for U.S. troops as they helped facilitate the fall of the Berlin Wall. Bald credits the army with teaching him “how to look at terrain” and “where and how to fight the battle,” he says. He studied three semesters in Germany after his service, then returned to the U.S. to marry and have two sons. (He has since divorced.) All told, Bald has lived in 23 places and held an assortment of occupations, including travel agent, firefighter and stay-at-home dad. He began to work with invasive plants when he joined the U.S. Forest Service in Vermont in 2002, managing riverbank habitat and patrolling the White River for trout. It wasn’t until 2010 that Bald started contemplating self-employment, after he asked the Nature Conservancy of Vermont for its notes on a five-year project to remove Japanese knotweed. There were no notes. No one had visited the site for the final two years of the project. So, in 2011, Bald went into business. Initially he distributed business cards at area farmers markets and sold T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Got Weeds? Get Mike.” He established a website and blog. These days, Bald gets most of his clients by word of mouth. Though business was slow in the beginning, he now has as many clients as he can handle. Bald charges between $295 and $350 per day, based on the risk involved. A full day of eradicating wild parsnip on a site that also has poison ivy and barbed wire, for example, would cost a landowner more than a Japanese knotweed infestation. When Bald arrives at a site, he considers tactics, such as halting plant expansion at “gates and choke points.” From there, his work is all manual — digging or pulling or cutting the plants. He uses no herbicides or chemicals. Initially, Bald visits a site up to a dozen times a year, then cuts back his visits as he gains control. He disposes of uprooted plants in the road — root-first, to prevent seed dispersal — or simply piles them on the ground to dry. Even if they re-root, he’ll pull them easily. Bald says he’s still frustrated by what

he sees as a lack of governmental efforts to limit the spread of invasives. Virtually no state money is allocated to control terrestrial plants beyond what goes toward work done on state land, confirms Spinney. Furthermore, when landowners call state workers or agencies for help with a problem with nonnative plants, they’re transferred to the Vermont branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It’s possible to get federal money to manage invasives on private land, Spinney says, though she notes that government contractors use herbicides. “In Vermont, there’s some good energy but a lot of antiquated mindsets, a lot of inertia,” Bald charges. Getting rid of invasives requires dedication and plenty of manual labor, he adds. Bald works seven days a week, often until eight in the evening, from early March until the ground freezes in mid-December. In February he prunes apple trees, and he takes January off as his “month of healing,” he says. Bald works alone, rain or shine. “It’s fun. It’s crazy fun. I love it,” he says with a nonchalant shrug. “People have asked me if I’m OCD,” he adds. “I say, ‘No, I’m just happy to be out here.’” He is also meticulous. Bald keeps track of the plants he pulls, logging the results in a vast spreadsheet. He averages between 2,000 and 3,000 pulls a day — though his personal best is 4,970 parsnip plants in nine hours at a Brownsville Christmas tree farm. Bald dresses carefully to avoid mishaps on the job: loose pants and T-shirt to shield him from heat and wasp stings, rubber gloves (leather can retain poison ivy oil), a hat and, under it, a bandana that falls loosely along his neck to deter bugs. His rubber boots protect him from thorns, poisons and irritants. Exposure to wild parsnip and sunlight causes blistering burns, chervil can irritate the skin, and many of his work sites contain poison ivy. In the cab, Bald always keeps a copy or two of The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption and the Control of Our Food Supply by MarieMonique Robin. The book is his bible

and manifesto, fueling his passion for biodiversity and his distrust of corporate food. One Friday morning, Bald walks to a site a quarter mile down the road from his Royalton home. He became friends with landowner Sue Cain after he saved her chicken coop by lashing the structure to a tree during Tropical Storm Irene. The following year, Cain, 76, hired Bald to remove the Japanese knotweed that the flooding had swept up onto the bank. She had worked to fend off the chervil previously, but, “I’ll be honest, it was intimidating,” she says. Cain was one of Bald’s first clients. Now, after five years, the 75-foot stretch of riverbank is clean, its rocky beach giving way to grasses, black-eyed Susans and daisies. Bald used to come here eight to 10 times a year. Now he patrols the land only a couple of times in the summer, pulling small Japanese knotweed plants and the occasional parsnip. “I saw that he had the dedication to do what he had in his head to do,” Cain says of her decision to hire him. “It seems like it’s paid off.” Despite his successes, Bald has no employees to expand his business; he hasn’t been able to find “anyone who can make it past lunchtime,” he laments. He isn’t worried, though, basing his succession plan on educating not an individual but the public at large. Toward that end, Bald continues to teach and build public engagement. He lobbies in the Statehouse on environmental issues and on behalf of local farmers, and gives occasional talks to the public. “I’m trying to remove some of the hopelessness,” he says. Oddly enough, Bald has a lingering affection for the plants he tries so hard to kill. He’s currently pressing and drying a giant hogweed leaf in his attic — and plans, one day, to transform it and other pressed invasives into an art display. m

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ast week I found myself sprawled beside a wrecked gasoline tanker, my arms and head covered in third-degree burns, blood dripping down my nose and glass shrapnel buried in my back. Meanwhile, a pregnant teenager across the road was going into labor. And then the lightning started. My adventure had begun at 7:45 a.m. last Friday in the parking lot of Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho. There I joined 19 other volunteers participating in the first day of Vigilant Guard. The 10-day, $570,000 exercise is the largest mass-casualty drill ever held in Vermont. It involves more than 5,000 participants from more than two dozen federal, state and local agencies, including Vermont’s Army and Air National Guards, 16 area hospitals, the Department of Homeland Security, the American Red Cross, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our jobs would be to serve as mock casualties, complete with makeup, costumes, prosthetics and acting parts, all of which help simulate the gory realism of an actual disaster. It’s one thing for emergency responders to role-play a single-site disaster using mannequins. It’s quite another to stress-test them with multiple scenes of mayhem spread over miles, each populated by actors outfitted with authentic-looking wounds and howling in pain. My group was an eclectic mix of local thespians, comedians, makeup artists, high school and college students, volunteer firefighters, and retired military vets. Some had read about the job on Craigslist, others in the Seven Days story I wrote several weeks ago about E-9, the Colorado Springs, Colo., company contracted by the feds to provide logistical support to Vigilant Guard. E-9 works these federally mandated drills all over the country and pays its extras well. While we waited, one woman yawned. “I’m not a morning person,” she said sleepily. “For 80 bucks and zombie makeup, I am,” countered Nichole Magoon, a Champlain College staffer who does improv at the Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington. “I’m kind of hoping for my intestines to hang out.” At 8 a.m., a white cargo van pulled up, and out climbed Paul Ghiozzi and Charlie Vasseur, both with E-9. The two knew each

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other in the U.S. Marine Corps and served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. I’d interviewed Ghiozzi, a ’96 Norwich University grad now living in Las Vegas, a few weeks ago by phone. He greeted me with a smile and firm handshake. Ghiozzi wore a black polo shirt and baseball cap turned backward, both of

which bore the E-9 logo and motto: “Make It Happen!” His forearms were covered in tattoos: One depicted the M-4 rifle he carried into combat; the other read “Zombie Apocalypse.” Clearly, Ghiozzi loves his job. Ghiozzi and Vasseur loaded us into the back of the windowless, seatless van, like human traffickers smuggling undocumented workers across the border. As we made the short drive to Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, where Vigilant Guard was being staged, the actors made small talk, mostly about AMC’s “The Walking Dead” and other popular TV series. Isaiah Gilbert of Huntington, the only African American in our van full of Caucasians, helped break the ice. “Y’all know I’ll be the first to die. No need to sugarcoat it,” he quipped. At the entrance to Camp Ethan Allen, we got out so the guards could check our IDs, scan us with metal detectors and tag us with fluorescent green wristbands. We returned to the van, which joined a long, slow-moving convoy of military vehicles headed toward the drill site. We disembarked at a large, open-air tent that contained bins of clothing E-9 had bought from Goodwill. Staffers instructed us to strip down to our bathing suits, bag our regular clothes and pick out something comfortable to wear. I chose a ratty pair of navy shorts and a World Wrestling Entertainment

T-shirt that I couldn’t wait to rip. Several younger women opted for tighter-fitting garb, which they shredded strategically with scissors for the obligatory sexy disaster-chic look of every Hollywood zombie flick. Next, we waited in line for makeup. I watched Phalesia Pilkington, an awardwinning makeup artist from Peoria, Ill., create bloody gashes on the shaved head of Bob Holmes. A retired Massachusetts National Guardsman, Holmes spent two years in Iraq, then six months on security detail at Guantánamo. Today, he’s 80 percent disabled, mostly due to post-traumatic stress disorder, he explained. “Are these radiation burns?” he asked. “All day is radiation,” Pilkington answered curtly. “This stuff comes off, right?” “Eventually,” she deadpanned. Once Holmes looked sufficiently gruesome, he got up, and I took his place. Pilkington had an impressive tableau of stage makeup and prosthetics laid out for modeling various wounds and conditions. She quickly scanned a roster of the casualties still needed, then grabbed me a laminated card on a lanyard. Using a Sharpie, she scrawled “severe radiological” on it, then got to work. Pilkington, who’d worked previous E-9 disaster drills with Ghiozzi in Illinois, exuded the brassy, no-bullshit attitude you’d expect from someone charged with embedding glass shards in your back. She devoted a solid half hour to getting my head and shoulder wounds looking just right before she cut me loose. It was readily apparent that our mock disaster involved a radiological incident, such as a dirty bomb or nuclear blast. Additionally, some of us were prepped for the other injuries that invariably accompany disasters. Nearby, I overheard Vasseur reviewing the casualties they still required. “Chain-saw operator, cut leg,” he said, checking off the list. “Car accident, leg crush, still alive. Truck crash, burned.” At 10:40 a.m. Ghiozzi shouted, “Who wants to be pregnant?” Kaity McSalis, of St. George, stepped forward. Someone handed her a prosthetic baby bump, and several women packed it with clothes to make her look further along. “Do you have any children of your own?” one woman asked. “No, I’m 18!” she replied.

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As my fellow actors hammed it up and took selfies, I perused a row of rubber cadavers sprawled on the grass. Unlike store mannequins, these faux corpses cost $1,000 and weigh 175 to 200 pounds apiece. There was even a CPR dog mannequin for role-playing a rescue-dog tragedy. Despite the playful mood, I found something vaguely unsettling about watching a pair of National Guardsmen load corpses into the back of an open-bed truck. I was fairly certain that somewhere nearby, body bags were stockpiled for the real deal. At 11:25 a.m., Vasseur loaded six of us, including the pregnant teen, into the van and followed a soldier driving an ATV up a dirt road into the woods. We bounced along for nearly 10 minutes before stopping at a checkpoint. “This is Village One,” the awaiting soldier said. “Kid in the well?” “Nope. Not with us,” Vasseur answered. We drove on. At the next stop, Vasseur turned to us and asked, “Lacerated leg?” “That’s me!” shouted a teen from Middlebury. “Have fun,” I said. We drove on, past a wrecked pickup with a bloody cadaver poking through a shattered windshield. Farther on, we passed a mock police checkpoint with an authentic-looking road sign written in English and Arabic — acquired, perhaps, in Iraq or Afghanistan.

“All in!” she yelled back. “Screaming hysterically.” At 12:30 p.m., a helicopter buzzed overhead, and I assumed the exercise was under way. We watched and waited. And waited. And waited. At 1:24 p.m., a truck approached. I got back into position on the trailer, pretending to be injured. I could hear radio chatter as the truck turned around, presumably to assess our predicament. I started moaning, trying to attract rescuers. Nothing. I tried again, louder. From the corner of my eye, I spotted a soldier examining the tanker through binoculars. Moments later, he drove away. 1:50 p.m. A light rain began falling. I huddled beneath the trailer to stay dry. 2:28 p.m. The rain stopped. More vehicles passed without halting. As the heat and humidity set in, the dried blood on my forehead melted and ran into my eyes. “I think all the glass in your back fell out,” McSalis informed me, en route to the toilet. At 3:20 p.m., the sky rumbled with thunder, then opened up in a deluge. I climbed into the truck’s cab beside the cadaver to wait it out. Five minutes later, two soldiers in a minivan picked us up. “Called on account of lightning,” one announced nonchalantly. En route, we passed rows of decontamination tents surrounded by light stanchions. Back at the actors’ tent, we found most of our group wolfing down sandwiches and sodas. Most of them hadn’t been rescued, either, though a handful had been triaged and hosed down before the storm started. Jane Schlossberg, who’d gone through decontamination, claimed that the staffers used real radioactive canisters to trip the hazmat teams’ radiation detectors, though I couldn’t confirm it. “I hear tomorrow it’s the plague,” she announced hopefully. Later, Pilkington called out the name of each actor, and Ghiozzi handed them $80 in cash before they climbed into the van for the drive back to the school. Initially, I was disappointed to miss out on the full “disaster experience.” Then it dawned on me: This was probably how day one of a real disaster felt. I hadn’t had dozens of rescuers tending to my wounds, as helicopters hovered overhead and a Red Cross worker draped a silver rescue blanket over my shoulders. Instead, I got a glimpse of what some victims of Hurricane Katrina or the Orlando shooting experienced. Had this been an actual emergency, I’d be dead. I came away with the harsh truth that a woman in labor and a burn victim may not be the highest priorities in a disaster, especially when bigger storms are brewing elsewhere. m

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Each character has a secret, and each is terrific at lying to conceal it. A construction of fast-paced scenes catapults the characters from indulgence to indulgence, even as they steel themselves against sarcasm or social disappointment. But Rebeck’s satire cuts deeper, and each character is forced to make a painful adjustment when life deals a blow they can’t duck. It isn’t easy for a playwright to direct her own work, but Rebeck excels. She consistently gives the actors room to make the humor bigger than her words alone, and one imagines that a rich Kristine Nielsen and Elizabeth Evans collaboration underlies this premiere. Rebeck’s dialogue comes from close observation, as do her choices for movement. Characters lean, strut or prance in wobbly high heels toward the next party with arresting intensity. As Henry, Josiah Bania has a keen eye for comfort, stretching out his legs and looking for his next drink. He’s self- with head bobbing and fingers pointing absorbed and stylish to a fault, but Bania in the air, looking for a party. Is she ever. equips him with a heart, as well. Elizabeth Nielsen’s playful willingness to show Evans, as Mae, is a spirited presence who Rene’s every insecurity is positively seems to be saying exactly what she means exhilarating. Katie Paxton gives the in a world where no one else ever does. Waitress’ confessional remarks to the David Turner plays Charles as a man audience a wonderful freshness. too fascinated by other people to fall Each member of the design team prey to world-weariness, but he’s none- contributes to a dazzling experience for theless confident that he’s seen it all. the audience. Scenic designer Narelle He’s a delight. Nilanjana Bose defines Sissons created a stunning cubic void Katrina by giving her two sides: a bitter in Dorset’s big proscenium stage, with adult and a disappointed child who can’t high white walls that take on color from grow up. the startling, acidic lighting by Michael To play Reg, Brian Dykstra tunnels Giannitti. Most scenes are anchored with straight to the heart of a man who’s so just two or three furnishings, and some brutally rich he need never mind his décor rigidly shuttles in on little tracks. manners. Dykstra’s all-in performance Sound designer M.L. Dogg supplies is bold and unforgettable. As Lyle, Brent the dance-pop sonic backdrop, music with Langdon has a knack for the little smiles the current formula for pure pleasure. Barbara A. Bell’s costume design capthat suggest this man can fit in anywhere. When he doesn’t quite, Langdon tures all that is hip and much that is inmakes us wonder how many layers this secure about life in the fashion forefront. Rene, who complains, “I look so fat in onion really has. The only word for Kristine Nielsen’s everything,” is at war with her clothes performance as Rene is “knockout.” She and in thrall to them, and Bell shows makes her first entrance flouncing in us why. The men never wear socks and

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lays can succeed on the strength of a single element, such as one actor’s sparkling performance, or on the merits of the text. Dorset Theatre Festival’s world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s The Way of the World hits a veritable stage jackpot. This is theater at its finest and funniest. Eight talented actors, a smart and sexy script, insightful direction, and imaginative design all combine for an evening of great wit and physical comedy. From the first sight of a martini glass held up for a refill and the first sound of pop music showing off the bass in Dorset’s speakers, the audience is drawn into the indulgent languor of summer among the rich. The very rich. Rebeck boldly lifts some plot points from William Congreve’s 1700 Restoration comedy The Way of the World and deposits them in the modernday Hamptons. Congreve’s aristocrats become today’s 1 percent, and the heartless negotiations of marriage contracts become callous hookups. A £6,000 dowry is a $600 million inheritance, raising similar questions about a wooer’s real motivations. The parallels fall away eventually, not least to accommodate modern manners and sexual freedom, but in essence both plays concern the limitations of pleasure and the need for cunning alliances. Rebeck’s story is modern, yet it offers timeless proof that heartbreak brings out the very best in people, and the very worst. Henry, without family money, has set his sights on Mae, who has much to recommend her, none of it quite as eye-catching as her inheritance. Henry misplays his hand, however, and falls out of Mae’s good graces after bedding Rene, Mae’s 50-ish aunt, in a drunken escapade. This leaves Henry at the mercy of the acerbic Charles, his gay friend who’s quick to relish others’ misfortunes. Their social set includes the coarse Reg, an aging partier whose wealth confers endless frat-boy summers; and Reg’s older cousin Lyle. Mae’s frenemy Katrina does her share of sleeping around and proves susceptible to Reg’s unrefined charms. As these characters roam from restaurants to boutiques to bedrooms, a Waitress who’s holding down six jobs is always there to serve them.

EIGHT TALENTED ACTORS, A SMART AND SEXY SCRIPT, INSIGHTFUL DIRECTION, AND IMAGINATIVE DESIGN COMBINE FOR AN EVENING OF GREAT WIT AND PHYSICAL COMEDY. always wear shirts that pose the trick question: “How much does a simple gray T-shirt cost if a guy like Henry is wearing it?” Reg appears with a different watch in every scene. Each stitch tells a story, down to the Waitress’ everchanging attire, a parade of black and white apparel designated by her various employers to prove her subservience. The set’s void is a comment on the vacuity of self-satisfied people, but it’s also a painful reminder of their life’s work — they ache to fill it, and merchandise is all they have. The trick of the play, though, is that you’ll laugh without malice, and even with a little pity, at people who can’t quite put love and money in the right order. m Contact: alex@sevendaysvt.com

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political leader is both a person and a symbol. Observers will fill that vessel with meaning, often projecting their own highest hopes or greatest fears on a ruler. In Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare looks at the private sides of public men, examining their motives for seizing political power and the fragility of government itself. The Vermont Shakespeare Festival production uses bold staging to portray four quintessential politicians. In 45 BC, Julius Caesar, whose conquests have won over the people of Rome, stands at his peak, apparently still content to share power with the Roman senate but capable of assuming the role of a dictator. Mark Antony has such singleminded commitment to his political goals that he’ll use any means necessary to achieve them. Cassius, the smart realist, has put aside illusions, and hope itself, to let pragmatism steer him. And Marcus Brutus, the idealist who envisions a noble government, compromises his honor to stop what he fears Caesar will become. The play is about the impact of events on a large populace, and, to create that scale, director Jena Necrason employs imaginative theatrical staging. She moves all the characters forcefully and tricks the

audience into seeing a six-actor ensemble as a citizen mob or a vast army by shifting them in swirls and eddies that seem to magnify their numbers. The events that animate these hordes result from individuals wrestling with each other or their scruples. Cassius leads a conspiracy to assassinate Caesar, and shares his rationalization with Brutus during a ferocious and foreboding storm. Necrason keeps an apocalyptic tempest pulsing through sound and lighting effects, while the characters engage in dark scenes of persuasion and internal reflection. The bloody deed and its immediate aftermath receive a formal, stylized presentation in this production. Suspense is never the point, only intensity, and, as Caesar falls amid slow, choreographed dagger stabs, the actors make the killing a ritual more than a murder. The conspirators have not thought past this moment, and Caesar’s ally, Antony, steeps himself in plans for vengeance on the killers. For the funeral speeches, Necrason places Brutus and Antony high above a rabid crowd that switches its allegiance under the power of each orator. Rome before Caesar was in turmoil, and, after his death, it’s in civil war. A

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NECRASON STAGES THE PLAY IN THE ROUND AND FREQUENTLY MOVES THE CHARACTERS IN CIRCULAR PATTERNS, HINTING AT AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF CHANGING POLITICAL POWER.

of changing political power. Platforms with Roman banners are set at four points around the stage’s circle. Geometrical movement for the stylized formality of public life contrasts with the realistic emotion of private exchanges. Presenting a play in the round has risks and rewards. It’s easy for spectators to be conscious of the audience beyond the actors or to be taken out of the play by a poor vantage point. Necrason frequently repositions the actors to compensate, but that tactic can sometimes entail motion for motion’s sake, undercutting the natural build in a scene. When the show moves to the University of Vermont’s Royall Tyler Theatre this week, the audience’s high angle on the stage will reduce distractions that arose in the open-air staging at Shelburne Museum. The rewards of a play in the round include a sense of participating in an event, and the novelty of immersion. We experience the latter when Necrason positions soldiers at a distance from the stage, letting their cries enlarge the field of action and engulf the audience. Producing the play in 2016 gives viewers a chance to look for parallels to this election season. Don’t look to Shakespeare to validate contemporary opinions. His views probably differed sharply from the American impulse to oppose any potential for tyranny. By 1599, when the play was written, the pope had declared Elizabeth I an illegitimate queen, and her secret service had foiled multiple Catholic conspiracies to murder her. Shakespeare, who flourished under Elizabeth’s patronage, by no means equated all monarchs with tyrants, and the Elizabethans in general prized the maintenance of social order over upheaval. Each viewer brings his or her own perspective to this story of a Roman political assassination, easily manipulated crowds and statesmen who can make ends justify the means. Shakespeare presents the bloody facts and tortured logic, and this production gives them vigorous life. m

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triumvirate of Antony, Octavius Caesar and Lepidus governs, with predictable infighting. All that keeps them together is a common enemy, as Cassius and Brutus have raised armies in hopes of reestablishing a Roman republic. The true victims of the tragedy, Cassius and Brutus, will die in the chaos they’ve unleashed. In this skillful staging, a mere 14 actors play all 35 speaking roles, and women take on several male parts, including those of Brutus and Antony. Each performer understands Shakespeare’s language keenly enough to deliver the meaning to an audience with insight and clarity. Christina Delaine gives Brutus a male swagger and has a vocal register deep enough to help the audience forget about the gender switch. Delaine’s best work comes in a hot-tempered quarrel with Cassius on the eve of battle. In a play that largely consists of cold ideas, this humanizing occasion for anger and reconciliation releases real heat. Wayne Tetrick, as Cassius, has a dignified bearing and superb concentration on his scene partners. Tetrick’s diction and emotional range are impressive, and he hits the bull’s-eye of Cassius’ envy of Caesar. Focused more on Cassius’ cunning than on his desperate hunger for power, Tetrick’s performance is deliberately reserved. Paul Ugalde makes Caesar regal, fully comfortable with power. This Caesar is no longer the gritty commander of armies but an assured political animal. Maggie McDowell emphasizes Antony’s youthful energy, the qualities that the conspirators use to belittle him as a carouser. In the funeral speech, McDowell wisely starts without sarcasm and waits for the Roman crowd to be drawn in, then takes firm hold to turn them against the conspirators. Garrett Kimberly and Mark Roberts both handle multiple roles, distinguishing their characters with physical and interpretive precision. Ceara Ledwith plays Portia, Brutus’ wife, with a chilling mix of fatalism and desperation. As Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia, Veronica Lopez is earthy and direct. Left to right: Mark Roberts, Garrett Kimberly, Wayne Tetrick, Necrason stages the play in Christina Delaine, Julia Zephir and Elizabeth Callahan the round and frequently moves the characters in circular patterns, hinting at an endless cycle

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very culture has its fried-food tradition. In the American South, families gather for buttermilk fried chicken, fish fry and crisped okra; in Japan, street stands and bars offer crackling tempura fish and vegetables. Meanwhile, the English sup on fish and chips, and the French tête-à-tête over frites. Here in Vermont, we have snack bars. Mimicking New England’s coastal clam shacks, these often serve lobster rolls and fried clams or scallops — also, franks, burgers, fries and ice cream in every imaginable form and flavor. For years, Seven Days published an annual snack-bar roundup, proving that food writers enjoy a grease-trap lunch as much as the next person. A few years back, we ditched that tradition to focus on food trucks and other summer snacks. But in the interim, several summer spots have reinterpreted what a snack bar can be. And so, as this hot, dry summer inevitably tips toward fall, we crisscrossed the state to sample some of Vermont’s less common roadside eats. Our stops included casual spots opened by chefs who usually work in upscale kitchens, a farmstand food truck and a rolling smokehouse. Because if you’re going to load up on grease, carbs and sweets, do it in a way that’s tasty and interesting.

French fries, the Vietnamese sausage, fried chicken sandwich and lobster roll at Honeypie

Food & Wine magazine and the New York Times. Wesley and Chloe Genovart opened their casual spot in a perfectly retro gas station with white tile and rust-accented metal as décor. The fare they serve is a testament to the care they put into sourcing and preparing each ingredient. All the sausages they offer — such as the long, skinny one in the Vietnamese sandwich, which comes on a hot dog roll with pickled carrots, cilantro, kimchi and mayo — are homemade. Burger meat is ground daily. The chicken sandwich, creamy with herb-laced buttermilk dressing, is both perfectly familiar and perfectly rendered. The lobster roll, with big chunks

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of tender Maine lobster meat doused in clarified butter, is a summery standout, tangy with lemon juice and accented by shaved celery. And, of course, there’s dessert. Using a base from the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, the staff concocts ice cream flavors in-house. Classics such as coffee, chocolate and Oreo accompany modern takes such as salted caramel and strawberry-buttermilk. In this writer’s opinion, though, one offering is all you need to round out the back-to-the-future dining experience at Honeypie: a milkshake with chewy flecks of malt that swoop up the extra-long straw. It’s great fuel for any road trip.

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From the outside, Berda’s looks like a typical snack bar. Sporting an American flag and a sign offering a discount to all military service members, the white trailer operates at the busy Five Corners intersection in Essex Junction and deals in the usual fare, but with inventive twists. On one steamy summer day, the window is closed, though it’s past the eatery’s posted 11 a.m. opening. When I wander around to the side in search of someone, a staffer tells me — with RAISING THE BAR

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hot-smoked “pit ham,” and soon they’ll add corned beef and pastrami. Coppola sous-vide cooks other meats, including maple-bourbonbrined turkey breast and torched roast beef, and makes condiments from scratch. Most of the breads come from Northfield’s LA PANCIATA bakery. Coppola has put a new focus on take-home items such as prepared salads, local cheeses, charcuterie, marinated chicken, cut-to-order local steaks and,

on Fridays, fresh oysters, which can also be shucked and slurped on-site. “We want to facilitate Untitled-78 people cooking better at home,” Coppola says. “I cut a three-inch steak for someone the other day and, I have to tell you, that looks pretty epic.” Morse Block is now open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Coppola expects to expand his hours as the business finds its sea legs.

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the name HOME PLATE for their Waitsfield restaurant because they’re baseball fans, although all three of them are. The trio wanted to let people know that their eatery — which opened earlier this summer in the old Phantom space in the Mad River Green Shops — offers unpretentious homestyle fare, such as spaghetti and meatballs, steaks, and burgers. What the name doesn’t tell you is that the comfort food is made from scratch in-house, with lots of local ingredients. Steaks — which, in true American style, come with a trip to the salad bar — arrive from nearby farms such as NORTH HOLLOW FARM and NEILL FARM. Pork may come from VON TRAPP FARMSTEAD’s whey-fed pigs. ASHLEY WOODS, a baker and a caterer who founded and later sold the VERY SMALL DONUT COMPANY, makes all the baked goods, including sesame-seed buns for the burgers, fruit pies and fresh naan, which is served with hummus or alongside falafel. Chef TRISTAN STOUGHTON, an alum of the much-lauded PITCHER INN, crafts the savory food, bringing a fine-dining ethos to a restaurant that

isn’t fancy, Woods says. Stoughton’s bailiwick includes items such as summer rolls served with spicy cilantro soy sauce, barbecue sauce for the BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger, and a curry of the day. He also makes the dressings for the salad bar. Diners can wash it all down with Vermont beers on draft, a French press of VERMONT COFFEE or SPEEDER & EARL’S coffee, or an ice cream float.

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a straight face — that they’re “a little behind and need to catch up.” The food is worth the wait. The pepper-jack-stuffed Juicy Lucy burger, made with meat from Templeton Farm in East Montpelier and served on a soft, seeded roll, is just right. It’s complemented by fries cooked golden in duck fat, plus a Berda’s specialty: wonton wrappers stuffed with cream cheese, jalapeños, cheddar and bacon, served with a side of real maple syrup. That last item is a perfect segue into dessert: a waffle cone filled with scoops of maple-bacon Island Homemade Ice Cream. Berda’s owner Cory Charles says he’s dedicated to using farm-fresh ingredients in as many dishes as possible; to that end, he’s perpetually inventing new and exciting offerings. During my visit, he experiments with cornmealcrusted fried green tomatoes from Dean Brigante’s Farm Stand in Colchester. The slices are crisp on the outside, bursting with juice and slathered in aioli. Also on the menu are summer movie nights, with family-friendly offerings such as The NeverEnding Story and The Wizard of Oz projected on the side of the truck.

Armed with a four-year degree in culinary arts and service management from Paul Smith’s College, Tyler has cooked for his entire professional life. “I started as a dishwasher when I was 17,” he says over the phone. “You name it, I’ve pretty much done it.” In 2009, Tyler was heading to a different job when he came to a dead stop on 22A. As he waited for a rally of Americade motorcyclists to buzz by, an idea surfaced: A food trailer would do well on this long strip of highway flanked by mountain views. “That got the ball rolling,” Tyler says. He bought his barbecue trailer soon after. “Not a lot of people were doing [barbecue] around here at the time,” he adds. “At least not doing it right.”

of creamy, sweet-corn pudding. It’s literally finger-lickin’ good. Potential burger toppings include pickled onion, watercress, horseradish and pork roll. But you might want to order the signature kimchi burger, with the spicy cabbage mixed right into the meat. Vegetarians can get a falafel burger or a Caprese sandwich with local mozzarella, tomato and basil. Co-owned by chef Charlie Menard of the nearby Inn at the Round Barn Farm, Canteen is a destination in itself. The scenic surroundings — rich in opportunities for blueberry picking, shopping, hiking and dips in swimming holes — are the icing on the cake.

509 Village Square, Waitsfield, 496-6003, canteencreemee.com

Of all the snack joints in all the towns in all the world, Canteen Creemee Company in Waitsfield might just be the most creative in its use of soft-serve. Its opening menu offered a concoction of ice cream studded with pieces of cake, covered in white-chocolate-and-oliveoil dip and dotted with fondant flowers. When I visit, there’s a fresh blueberry creemee in a waffle cone with blueberry preserves, lemon drizzle and cookies. A maple variation comes topped with a veritable cloud of maple cotton candy. Happily, the savory fare is just as exciting as the sweets. Crisp-coated fried chicken, ordered by the piece, comes with the diner’s choice of sauces, including Sriracha butter, tangy apricothoney mustard and an umami bomb of a Korean barbecue sauce made with fermented bean paste. No matter which sauce you choose, the chicken gets a side

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The right way to barbecue, he explains, entails masterminding an alliance of timing and temperature. Tyler familiarized himself with that balance during north-south cross-country road trips, pulling over at barbecue joints that simultaneously provided satiety and inspiration. At Willie’s BBQ, hungry passersby can stoke their appetites with snackbar mainstays such as onion rings, fries and housemade slaw — or venture into the realm of smoke and heat. Sauces and marinades are made from scratch, as is the rotating roster of weekly specials. This week, Tyler is psyched about the candied maple baby back ribs: rivets of meat marinated in maple syrup for two days and grilled until the meat is shellacked and spoon tender. Then there’s the brisket, which is “just about the best thing you can have when it’s cooked properly,” Tyler says. “Done right, it’s heaven.”

3608 Route 22A, Fair Haven, 558-6340

On a strip of grass beside Route 22A, a jet-black trailer called Willie’s BBQ emits plumes of smoke from a grill hitched to the back. There, William Tyler slow-cooks rib racks, pulled pork, half chickens and slabs of brisket over a wood fire, Thursday through Sunday.

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(g) Designated streets with no time limit metered parking: The following streets or portions of streets are hereby designated as no time restriction metered parking zones: (1) - (10) As Written. (11) On the south side of Cherry Street beginning in the first parking space west of Church Street and extending 180 feet west. (12) On the south side of Cherry Street beginning 60 feet west of Saint Paul Street and extending 100 feet west.

12-1 No parking except vehicles loading or unloading. No person shall park a vehicle at the following locations unless engaged in loading or unloading the vehicle: (1) - (20) As Written. (21) [On the south side of King Street in the first space west of South Champlain Street.] On the west side of South Champlain Street beginning 10 feet south of the King Street crosswalk and extending 30 feet south. (22) – (52) As Written.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DESIGN & ENGINEERING SERVICES WAITSFIELD POCKET PARK DR-IG-2012WAITSFIELD-00069 The Town of Waitsfield is seeking a qualified consultant to provide engineering and design services for the development of the Waitsfield Pocket Park. The project involves design, permitting, and construction of a public pocket park in Waitsfield Village, along the Mad River, adjacent to the historic 1833 Big Eddy Covered Bridge. The .05 acre site, owned by the Town, was left vacant after Tropical Storm Irene destroyed the historic building at 50 Bridge Street. A goal is to avert future flood damage through the creation of a durable, attractive, floodable park. The project is being funded with the aid of a Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Relief 2 (CDBG-DR2) grant and municipal funds. Responses are due no later than 12:00pm, Friday, August 19, 2016, at the Waitsfield Town Office, 9 Bridge Street, Waitsfield, VT 05673. The envelope or e-mail subject line should include the statement “Waitsfield Pocket Park Engineering.” Contact Town Administrator Valerie Capels at (802) 496-2218, ext. 14 or by email at townadmin@ gmavt.net for more information. E.O.E. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LOCAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES WAITSFIELD POCKET PARK DR-IG-2012WAITSFIELD-00069 The Town of Waitsfield is seeking a qualified consultant to provide local project management services for the development of the Waitsfield Pocket

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be represented by an 6/27/16 10:56 CW-Nedde2-062216.indd AM 1 /s/ Debra J. attorney, and you may Brunell_________ be entitled to have an Debra J. Brunell, Regattorney appointed by ister the Court; and cc: Kurt M. (2) If you fail to respond Hughes, Esq. within 20 days after service and, in the case of an alleged father, fail STATE OF VERMONT to file a claim of paterSUPERIOR COURT nity within 20 days after CHITTENDEN UNIT service unless a claim CIVIL DIVISION of paternity is pending, DOCKET NO. 139-2-15 you may not appear in CNCV or receive further notice Ocwen Loan Servicing, of the proceeding for LLC, adoption or terminaPlaintiff tion and your failure v. to respond will result Andrew D. Terry, Blythe in termination of the & Taylor, Precourt relationship of parent Investment and child between you and the minor unless the Company, LLC and Occupants residing at proceeding for adoption 922 North Williston is dismissed. Road, Williston, Vermont, Defendants Pursuant to 15A V.S.A. § 3-401 and 3-402, you are NOTICE OF SALE hereby notified that a Petition for Adoption of the minor has been filed. By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale The petitioners therein contained in a certain request that they be mortgage given by permitted to adopt the Andrew D. Terry to Mortminor. You must file a gage Electronic Registrawritten appearance in the adoption proceeding tion Systems, Inc., as nominee for GMAC Bank with the Court within 20 dated March 21, 2003 days after service of this notice in order to partici- and recorded in Volume 349, Page 459, which pate in the proceeding mortgage was assigned and to receive further to Ocwen Loan Servicing, notice of the proceedLLC by an instrument ing, including notice dated July 2, 2013 and for the time and place recorded on July 10, 2013 of any hearing. Please in Volume 502, Page 347 note that you will not be of the Land Records of permitted to appear in the Town of Williston, or receive further notice of which mortgage the of the proceeding for adoption unless you also undersigned is the present holder, for breach of respond to the Petition to Terminate in the man- the conditions of said mortgage and for the ner described above. purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Dated at Burlington, Public Auction at 11:30 Vermont this 19th day of A.M. on August 16, 2016, July, 2016. at 922 North Williston

mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 A.M. on August 23, 2016, at 415 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Edward A. Gay and Regina E. Gay a/k/a Regina Gay by Warranty Deed of Arnold E. Barron and Evelyn E. Baron, dated June 15, 1959, of record in Volume 158, Page 426 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington.

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Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time Fernando Cresta of sale, with the balance 802-343-1305 (cell) due at closing. The sale 802-651-6888 (office) is subject to taxes due fcresta@neddere.com and owing to the City of Burlington. The sale is also subject to post-sale redemption rights of the United States of America Lobe, Fortin, Rees & Road, Williston, Vermont of Housing AM Cykon, PLC 6/24/16 11:13Secretary all and singular the 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 and Urban Development. premises described in South Burlington, VT said mortgage: The mortgagor is 05403 entitled to redeem the Attorney for Plaintiff To Wit: premises at any time Being all and the same prior to the sale by payland and premises STATE OF VERMONT ing the full amount due conveyed to Andrew D. SUPERIOR COURT under the mortgage, Terry by Warranty Deed CHITTENDEN UNIT including the costs and of Kevin P. McDermott CIVIL DIVISION expenses of the sale. dated May 26, 2000 and DOCKET NO. 318-3-15 recorded on May 30, CNCV Other terms to be 2000 in Volume 120 at announced at the sale CIT Bank, N.A. f/k/a Page 384 of the Town of or inquire at Lobe, OneWest Bank, N.A., Williston Land Records Fortin, Rees & Cykon, Plaintiff 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. v. Terms of Sale: 307, South Burlington, Bruce E. Donovan, $10,000.00 to be paid in VT 05403, (802) 660Administrator of the cash or cashier’s check 9000. This sale may be Estate of by purchaser at the time cancelled at any time Regina A. Gay a/k/a Reof sale, with the balance prior to the scheduled gina Gay,United States due at closing. The sale sale date without prior of America, Secretary of is subject to taxes due notice. and owing to the Town of Housing & Urban Development, Midland FundWilliston. Dated at South Burlinging, LLC and Occupants ton, Vermont this 21st residing at 415 Flynn The mortgagor is day of July, 2016. Avenue, Burlington, entitled to redeem the Vermont, premises at any time CIT Bank, N.A. f/k/a Defendants prior to the sale by payOneWest Bank, N.A. ing the full amount due NOTICE OF SALE under the mortgage, By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. including the costs and Lobe, Fortin, Rees & By virtue and in execuexpenses of the sale. Cykon, PLC tion of the Power of Sale 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 contained in a certain Other terms to be South Burlington, VT mortgage given by announced at the sale 05403 Regina A. Gay a/k/a or inquire at Lobe, Regina Gay to Unity Fortin, Rees & Cykon, Mortgage Corporation 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. STATE OF VERMONT d/b/a The Reverse 307, South Burlington, SUPERIOR COURT Mortgage Company VT 05403, (802) 660CHITTENDEN UNIT dated November 17, 1997 9000. This sale may be CIVIL DIVISION and recorded in Volume cancelled at any time DOCKET NO. 460-5-15 578, Page 149, which prior to the scheduled CNCV mortgage was assigned sale date without prior CIT Bank, N.A. f/k/a to OneWest Bank, N.A. notice. OneWest Bank, N.A., n/k/a CIT Bank, N.A., by Plaintiff an instrument dated Dated at South BurlingFebruary 23, 2012 and re- v. ton, Vermont this 12th Bruce E. Donovan, Adcorded on March 5, 2012 day of July, 2016. in Volume 1165, Page 566 ministrator of the Estate of George P. Marchacos, of the Land Records of Ocwen Loan Servicing, United States of America the City of Burlington, LLC Secretary of Housing of which mortgage the & Urban Development, undersigned is the presBy: Grant C. Rees, Esq. United States of America ent holder, for breach of Department of Treasury the conditions of said 802-310-5718 (cell) gbutterfield@neddere.com

– Internal Revenue Service and Occupants residing at 26 Tanglewood Drive, Colchester, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by George P. Marchacos to Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation dated February 14, 2008 and recorded in Volume 606, Page 567, which mortgage was to OneWest Bank, N.A. by an instrument dated August 13, 2014 and recorded on October 2, 2014 in Volume 767, Page 588 of the Land Records of the Town of Colchester, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of said conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9 a.m. on August 23, 2016, at 26 Tanglewood Drive, Colchester, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to George P. Marchacos by Quit Claim Deed of Dean Marchacos dated November 9, 2007 and recorded November 15, 2007 in Volume 600, page 353 of the Town of Colchester Lane Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Colchester. The sale is also subject to post-sale redemption rights of the United States of America Department of Treasury – Internal Revenue Service. The sale is also subject to post-sale redemption rights of the United States of America Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 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 or inquire at Lobe, Fortin, Rees & Cykon, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802)6609000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled

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THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 0101657 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DR. OR 48 INDUSTRIAL DR., WILLISTON, VT 05495, WILL BE SOLD ON AUGUST 18TH 2016 TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF GERALYN SHELVEY. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur.

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WARNING SPECIAL MEETING CHAMPLAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT #14 September 7, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. The legal voters of the Champlain Valley School District #14 (the “District”), comprising the voters of the Towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St George, and Williston, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, VT, on September 7, 2016, in Room 160 of the School, at 6:00 p.m. to conduct the following business: Article 1: To elect a temporary presiding officer and clerk from among the qualified voters. Article 2: To adopt Robert’s Rules of Order or other rules of order to govern the parliamentary procedures of this and subsequent meetings of the District. Article 3: To elect the following officers to serve from their election and qualification for one year or until the election and qualification of their successors: • Moderator • Clerk • Treasurer Article 4: To determine and approve compensation, if any, to be paid District officers. Article 5: To establish a date of the annual meeting. Article 6: To establish provisions for the pay-

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Planning and Permitting Administrator The City of St. Albans, Vermont, is accepting applications for a Planning and Permitting Administrator. As many know, this is an exciting time for St. Albans. The City is engaged in numerous initiatives to preserve what we love about our community and develop what we can to further the quality of life in our neighborhoods and the economic vibrancy of our historic downtown.

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Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice is currently seeking a

RN CENTRAL CARE COORDINATOR Are you an RN seeking new opportunities in an office setting? Are you creative? Would you enjoy the challenge of coordinating an innovative program? Telehealth programs are expanding in home health – become a member of the fastest growing provider sector in health care!

elopment and implementation of a proactive business and collaboration with many community providers. Candidates must have a Master’s degree Rehabilitation Counseling, Psychology or Special nt with inthe goals Counseling, and mission ofSocial theWork, Department of Education, and special conditions apply. Good computer skills are required. NOTE: There is one as wellposition as maintaining consistent communications open for which we are recruiting at two levels (Counselor I and II) so applicants ols. This position isofresponsible forwish alltotourism media should apply for each the levels for which they be considered. If you meet qualifications to apply for both levels you will need to submit an application for both ut-of-state; press release development; pitching targeted positions. Reference job posting #619679 for Counselor I, and #619723 for Counselor II. egionalForand national media; development of press more information, contact: Will Pendlebury, Regional Manager, via e-mail: william. pendlebury@vermont.gov or at (802) Full time, Classified itineraries; management of 786-5865. media Status: contact lists; andpermanent position. Location: Rutland. Application deadline: August 9, 2016. nternational public relations initiatives. The Director h the Agency of Commerce executive team in the AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER I tive travel trade and business recruitment plan. This Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets e Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. The Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets is seeking an engineer to assist farmers with

CVHHH is seeking an accomplished care coordinator to manage a statewide TelAssurance Program for the Bi-State Primary Care Association. This position is full-time (40 hours per week) based at CVHHH. The Central Care Coordinator is responsible for maximizing components of health care services for patients across Vermont with chronic and acute medical conditions. The aim is to improve patients’ clinical outcomes and health care experience by:

Our nurses, rehab specialists andand social • Providing telephonic assessment, education, support deliver patient-centered • workers Increasing patient adherence with treatment medicine plans in a better place for care: the home.

• Intervening early to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations and ER visits

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on–farm improvements designed to improve agricultural water quality. Provide technical assistance through a combination of agricultural, civil, environmental and structural engineering principles and practices through the Agency’s Best Management Practices financial assistance program. Familiar with earthwork, reinforced concrete, storm and wastewater handling/treatment, as well as water quality and pollution prevention efforts is preferred. Successful applicants will be able to adapt their technical knowledge and skills to the agricultural field.

onstrate strong oral and written skills; have a BA in ted ﬁeld; have a minimum of ﬁve years of relevant work e knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry.

• Coordinating with other care coordinators throughout Vermont

Hospice & Palliative Care RN (Full-time)

• Engaging Community Resources to improve patient Home Care RN (Full-time) functioning

Minimum Requirements: Vermont licensed with Occupational Therapist (Part- RN or Full-time) three to five years’ practice as an RN, preferably in case management. communication, assessment, Physical Strong Therapist (Part- or clinical full-time) and technical skills; triage skills a plus.

information,of contact Rob Achilles at rob.achilles@vermont.gov. es and For a more minimum three references should be Reference Job ID #619654. Location: Williston. Status: Full time. Application deadline: August 14, 2016. et, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community onal Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofTo apply, you must use the online job application at careers.vermont.gov. For questions related to your red. Salary $45,000 - $50,000. application,range: please contact the Department of Human Resources, Recruitment Services, at 855-828-

To apply this position: Contact HR atfor hr@cvhhh.org or call (802) www.cvhhh.org/sevendaysjobs. 224-2233 for more information or to apply.

6700 (voice) or 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service). The State of Vermont offers an excellent total compensation package and is an EOE.

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PART-TIME, PERMANENT We are looking for morning bakers in our busy Shelburne store. Some basic baking experience needed. Some weekend availability. Stop by our store on Route 7 for an application or call 802-985-2000 for more information.

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Two positions open, average 29.5 hours/week for retail sales associates at dynamic resale store in Middlebury.

Security Guards

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

WATERFRONT DIVISION Pay Grade: $12.00 – $14.00/hr.

This position is responsible for providing a high level of security service to Burlington’s Waterfront, including both marinas and campground, to ensure the safety of patrons and property. Full weekly shifts range from a start time 2000-2300 to end time of 0400-0700 depending on location. Guards are needed now until October 14. If you are interested in the criminal justice field, this is a fantastic opportunity. The successful candidate will understand the importance of public safety and possess strong customer service skills. Download an application: enjoyburlington.com/about-us/ employment-opportunities/

Call or email akaeding@burlingtonvt.gov, 802-540-0229 The City of Burlington will not tolerate unlawful harassment or discrimination on the basis of political or religious affiliation, race, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, disability, HIV positive status or genetic information. The City is also committed to providing proper access to services, facilities, 3:59 PM and employment opportunities. For accessibility information or alternative formats, please contact Human Resources Department at 865-7145.

This is a regular full time position in the Burlington Police Department that receives, records, and processes emergency and non-emergency requests for police, fire and ambulance assistance, and dispatches units appropriately; responds to routine inquiries or referrals. Monitors radio traffic and operates computer systems required to complete the task; provides communications link between police/ fire/ambulance response units and outside public service agencies. In addition this position acts as an internal routing unit, receiving calls from the public, other City departments, etc., and directs the call to the appropriate Police Department personnel. If interested visit our website: burlingtonvt.gov/hr and send resume, cover letter, City of Burlington Application and Civilian PHI by August 8, 2016 to:

HR Dept., 200 Church Street Burlington, VT 05401.

Successful applicants will WOMEN, MINORITIES AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. EOE. be energetic, enthusiastic, EOE. WOMEN, MINORITIES AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. professional, detail oriented. Solid cash 8/1/165v-CityofBurlEMERGENCY080316.indd 2:24 PM 1 8/1/16 3:44 PM handling and customer 5v-BurlingtonParksRecSECURITY080316.indd 1 services skills required.

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SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Join Champlain Housing Trust’s Mission Driven, Social Enterprise Oriented Financial Team! Lead our efforts in financially overseeing owned properties, partnerships, and fee managed properties. Assure that timely and accurate financial reports are produced. Support the Finance Director in assuring that CHT’s corporate financial activity is managed accurately and effectively.

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7/21/16 3:01 PM CHT has created this new position to assist the Finance Team in overseeing

the accounting functions for our diverse portfolio of affordable housing serving Northwest Vermont.

Do you love cheese, wine and gourmet foods?

Come join our team and become a cheesemonger, sell wine, run a register, create gourmet food baskets and more! We offer competitive pay, great employee perks, a four day work week and a fun working environment. Bright personalities welcome to apply. Send resume to

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Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree with emphasis in accounting or finance; three years of management/supervisory experience in accounting/ financial management or equivalent experience. Knowledge of software systems and real estate document/corporate records keeping preferred. Must be able to manage multiple priorities in a busy work environment; possess excellent communication, analytical, organizational and computer skills; exercise sound judgment; and take initiative in solving problems. A commitment to social and economic justice and the limited equity model of property ownership is required. CHT is a socially responsible employer offering a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Our excellent benefit package includes health insurance, vacation, holiday, sick leave, 403(b), disability, life insurance and training. As well as the opportunity to grow with us. Submit a cover letter and resume by August 12th to Human Resources, Champlain Housing Trust, 88 King Street, Burlington, VT 05401 or email HR@champlainhousingtrust.org. No phone calls, please. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - CHT is committed to a diverse workplace and highly encourages women, persons with disabilities, Section 3 residents, and people from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to apply.

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Come work at VPR, named by Vermont Business Magazine as one of the best places to work in Vermont for the fourth year in a row!

Highway Heavy-Duty Truck Driver/Equipment Operator

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Vermont Public Radio is seeking an experienced Broadcast Engineer who will support VPR’s mission and audience by ensuring readiness of VPR’s transmission and interconnect systems. Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and follow-up skills are essential to succeed in this role. You will work with a dedicated and curious team of people who take what they do very seriously and also appreciate a good sense of humor. We expect you to possess five years of relevant experience in RF, computer networking and digital audio technology. An Associate’s degree in electronics or related field, Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) certification, and knowledge of FCC rules and regulations are also desirable. This position involves extensive travel to transmitter sites within Vermont and nearby areas and may require working evening or weekend hours.

The Town of Essex Public Works Department is receiving applications for full time employment as a Heavy Duty Truck Driver/Equipment Operator Level 1, 2, 2A or 3. A good driving record is required as well as a CDL license for Level 2 and above; winter plowing experience is preferred. The salary will be set within the existing job classification system depending on experience and qualification. Information on the position and application requirements can be obtained from Chris Stoddard at the Town of Essex Public Works offices, 5 Jericho Road, Essex Junction, VT, 05452 or by calling 1-802-878-1344. The position is open until filled. EOE.

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Vermont Public Radio provides an essential and trusted independent voice for news, information, music and cultural exploration for the people of our region. Visit digital.vpr.net/vpr-mission for our mission statement and you will find a full job description in its careers section.

HEALTH CARE & REHABILITATION SERVICES of SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT

To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and completed VPR job Application to careers@vpr.net; no phone calls, please. Open until filled.

A Community Mental Health Agency Serving Windham and Windsor Counties

Children’s Outpatient Clinicians I/II

Director of Individual Giving Vermont Public Radio has an exciting opportunity for a full-time, detail oriented, self-starter who believes in the mission of public radio. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Development & Marketing, this position works to secure charitable support for annual operations as well as specific strategic initiatives of the organization. The Director of Individual Giving will lead and manage VPR’s major giving program to help meet the revenue needs of the organization. Over time, the position will also assume responsibility for the strategy of the individual giving at all levels.

HCRS is proud to offer one of the best benefits packages in the area. Our benefit package, coupled with competitive salaries, allows us to attract and retain the best staff you may ever work with. The high caliber of our staff creates an environment of excellence, making HCRS a great place to work and helping us make a positive difference in our community.

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree and at least five years of development experience. Management experience is preferred and familiarity with Raiser’s Edge is a plus. Significant travel throughout the VPR listening area is required. Visit digital.vpr.net/vpr-mission for our mission statement and you will find a full job description in its careers section. To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and completed VPR job Application to careers@vpr.net; no phone calls, please. Open until filled. VPR IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Full time 37.50hrs/wk positions are available in the Hartford and Springfield areas. This position will provide child and family clinical services with a focus on family outreach and engagement, screening and assessment, case formulation and brief family-based treatments. 3-5 years’ experience working with kids with SED and/or ASD. The ideal candidate will have experience in family and community systems, outcomefocused interventions as well as an understanding of integrated treatment approaches including trauma, developmental, and substance abuse issues. Very dynamic and high-paced environment. Clinical Master’s degree with license is preferred.

Please send resume and letter of interest via our WEBSITE at hcrs.org, by email to employment@hcrs.org, by fax to 802-886-4530, or by mail to: HCRS - Attn: HR Recruitment 390 River Street Springfield, VT 05156 Equal Opportunity Employer

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Discover the many sides of AAA.

CAREGIVERS NEEDED! Resident Care Assistants (RCAs) Licensed Nursing Assistants (LNAs) Med-Techs

WE’RE HIRING Ask about our Sign-On Bonus

The Residence at Shelburne Bay is currently seeking to hire experienced Resident Care Assistants (RCAs), Licensed Nursing Assistants (LNAs) and Med-Techs to join our growing family. We look for compassionate, dedicated and hardworking individuals that will contribute to a positive experience of our staff and residents. Our residents are our family and our staff is part of that family. Commitment to scheduled task and work is a must. We provide excellent training and continuous education for all of our staff. Other excellent benefits apply.

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There’s a side of AAA that many people don’t always see. More than great travel discounts and roadside assistance, we’re a company that can offer you a variety of career opportunities. Now Hiring Insurance Agents & Insurance Sales Trainees:

Currently we are seeking to fill the following openings:

We are looking for talented and enthusiastic individuals to become part of our Field Sales Insurance Team. AAA offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k and Pension.

OVERNIGHTS

11 PM – 7 AM - Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays EVENINGS

3 PM – 7 PM; 3 PM – 9PM and 3PM – 11 PM - Monday through Sunday

If you’re a “take charge” individual with some sales background and want to learn more about what AAA has to offer, apply online at AAA.com/careers.

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7 AM – 3 PM - Saturday and Sunday This is an excellent opportunity to become a full time member of our residence and enjoy the great times providing care for our residents. All applicants who upon hire successfully complete the 90 day probation can be nominated for a promotion and to be signed up for a Med-Tech training. To apply, send your resume today by emailing Bianka LeGrand, Reflections Director at blegrand@residenceshelburnebay.com or call 802-985-9847 ext. 1139.

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Academic and Family Programs Manager

Public Programs Manager

Education Assistants

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Customer service professional responsible for answering claims-related questions from physicians, hospitals, and other medical providers that participate in Vermont Medicaid. Two years or more of previous customer service experience preferred. Excellent verbal presentation skills required. Previous medical or medical billing experience is a plus, but not necessary.

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The Education Team at Shelburne Museum has exciting new opportunities for enthusiastic and motivated educators. Join the full-time, year-round staff of a spectacular Vermont landmark, and bring your experience, innovation, and creativity to a department that serves a diverse audience with a broad range of engaging programming.

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In a Services job at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, you’ll build the future—one big idea at a time. Ready to unleash your professional potential? You’ll use your experience and knowledge to provide technical services and develop IT business solutions. And you’ll help drive our growth as a technology leader. If solving the world’s biggest challenges sounds like the right career path for you, consider these Services job opportunities, and join us at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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DATA AND APPLICATION SUPPORT SPECIALIST Join the team at award-winning Smugglers’ Notch Resort!

Career Center University of Vermont Applying an understanding of the UVM Career Center’s mission and activities (uvm.edu/career), the Data and Application Support Specialist is an essential member of the Career Center’s operations team. The position manages a database, produces reports, maintains the website, and supports staff in a variety of administrative and customer service tasks. Must have an Associate’s degree, 1-3 years’ related experience, and a demonstrated commitment to diversity. For further information and to apply, search uvmjobs.com for position #004309. Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until suitable candidates are found. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

Our Risk Safety Manager oversees the safety of all guests and employees at the resort. Responsibilities include developing and implementing general safety policies, risk management procedure and training programs to minimize accidental loss; handling worker’s compensation claims; and maintaining compliance with OSHA requirements. The Risk Safety Manager also chairs the resort’s multi-department Safety Committee that reviews safety programs and goals at the resort. The Risk Safety Manager reports weekly to the resort’s operational and executive teams. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree and two years related experience and/or training. Required skills include the ability to write reports and procedures and effectively communicate with resort staff and guests, as well as required agencies and insurance providers.

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Serving Franklin & Grand Isle Counties

Our Behavioral Health Division is hiring Come see what makes NCSS a great place to work by joining a team who sets the standard of excellence!

CURRENT POSITIONS

*Crisis Bed Program Support Staff Intensive Case Manager Mobile Outreach Clinicians *Outpatient Team Leader *Outpatient Therapist – Children/Youth *Residential Support Staff Social Work Care Coordinator *Sign on Bonus offered for selected positions. A comprehensive beneﬁts package is offered to full-time employees, including: medical, dental, life, disability, 403b, vacation, and professional development time. “Creating a Stronger Workforce, one employee at a time” Please visit our website, ncssinc.org, for position details, application links, additional listings and to learn more about NCSS! Our clinic is located close to Interstate 89 and is a 30 minute commute from Burlington.

STATE LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN Vermont Legal Aid seeks an individual to direct its Long Term Care Ombudsman Project and to serve as the State Long Term Care Ombudsman (SLTCO). The SLTCO will supervise a staff of six ombudsmen located in Legal Aid Offices throughout the state. The SLTCO provides support to the local ombudsmen on a wide range of legal issues including guardianship, public health care programs, and the rights of persons receiving long-term care services in Vermont. In addition, the SLTCO will analyze, comment on, and monitor the development and implementation of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and other government policies and actions that pertain to longterm care facilities and services and to the health, safety, welfare, and rights of residents, and to recommend any changes in such laws, regulations, and policies. Applicants must have at least ten years of legal or relevant experience and demonstrated expertise in long-term care services and supports or other direct services for older persons or persons with disabilities; consumer-oriented public policy advocacy; leadership and program management skills; and negotiation and problem solving skills. The SLTCO must have the organizational skills, commitment to social justice and temperament needed to balance direct supervision of the local ombudsmen with the demands of playing a leading role in advocating for systemic change in Vermont’s long-term care system before the legislature and administrative agencies. The position can be based in either Burlington or Montpelier and requires travel throughout the state. Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to work as part of a team are required. Starting salary is $65,000+ D.O.E. and excellent fringe benefits. Send cover letter, resume, references and writing sample as a single PDF with the subject line “SLTCO Application 2016” by August 3 to Eric Avildsen, Executive Director c/o edavis@vtlegalaid.org We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building cultural competency in order to effectively serve our increasingly diverse client community. We encourage applicants to share in their cover letters how they can further this goal.

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PASTRY COOK/BAKER Full-time positions in a busy bakery-café. Must have professional experience and weekend availability.

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Burlington, Vermont. Manage patient oral and maxillofacial diseases and disorders, including diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving all aspects of hard and soft tissues of the mouth. Reply to: Champlain Valley Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 118 Tilley Valley Dr. #102 South Burlington, VT 05403

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Vermont’s premier continuing Care Retirement Community seeks a member to join our housekeeping team. Housekeepers work collaboratively to support residents who live independently as well as those who live in residential care. Housekeepers are critical to the wellbeing of residents and the quality of the Wake Robin environment. Candidates must have housekeeping or industrial cleaning experience. Wake Robin provides highly competitive wages and a full range of benefits for you and your family, 20 days of vacation, and a retirement package. If you have high standards of service and a strong desire to learn, please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to: HR, (802) 264-5146.

EXPERIENCED OFFSET PRESS OPERATORS EXPERIENCED PLANT PURCHASING AGENT/ COST ACCOUNTING CLERK Interested candidates should send a resume to:

Bertek Systems 133 Bryce Boulevard Fairfax, VT 05454 Attn: Human Resources, or email Amy at akimball@berteksystems.com.

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WAKE ROBIN IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

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The Vermont Brewers Association is hiring their second fulltime employee ~ Festival and Marketing Manager.

Responsibilities include data entry and report generation from database, assistance in collection of data for and assembly of progress reports including annual surveys of our participants, historical research, collection of information in response to inquiries from NIH, State officials and UVM administrators, and assurance of compliance of VGN and its subcontractors with federal grant requirements. Provide assistance to our baccalaureate faculty in logistics of proposal development, including budgets, use of federal submission portals, IRB requirements and compliance. This is a grant funded position to support the Vermont Genetics Network state-wide program.

The Festival and Marketing Manager will lead the VBA team in the design, coordination and management of VBA events, including but not limited to the Vermont Brewers Festival, the implementation of a winter brewers’ festival and a week-long celebration of Vermont beer each May. This position will work with the Executive Director and the VBA Board of Directors to discuss strategies and ideas for improving VBA events, marketing and outreach initiatives and event-driven member services. The Festival and Marketing Manager will also be responsible for creating and curating social media content.

Bachelor’s degree and one to three years of related experience required. Proficiency with software applications used to support office functions and Internet resources. Knowledge of database system design and report generation required. Effective interpersonal, organizational, time management and communication skills. Ability to plan and prioritize multiple tasks with different time lines and bring several projects to convergence at the same time. Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team or independently.

With direction from the Executive Director, the Festival and Marketing Manager will be responsible for reporting and tracking the financial requirements and budgeting for all events; coordination of all marketing, promotion and outreach to event attendees while managing vendors working on multiple event initiatives. Minimum of 10 years of experience in event planning, project management and resource allocation is desired. This is a full-time position that will require flexibility to work evenings and weekends as required. Traveling to occasional Association events and meetings will also be required. Office is based in Burlington, Vermont.

Knowledge of grant proposal preparation for NIH and NSF including budget construction, compliance with IRB requirements, federal grant submission portals, and aspects of NIH grant progress reporting is desirable. Applications will only be accepted through the UVM job site, posting number S790PO, uvmjobs.com/.

A full job description can be found at vermontbrewers.com/career-opportunities/.

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CALL CENTER LEAD The job description of a call center lead involves overseeing a group of agents as they assist customers on the phone or via email. The supervisor handles customers with unusual requests or customers who are unhappy with products, services or the efforts of the agent. A call center lead spends time on the call ﬂoor with agents and is available to agents for assistance at all times.

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Services at Hewlett Packard Enterprise In a Services job at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, you’ll build the future—one big idea at a time. Ready to unleash your professional potential? You’ll use your experience and knowledge to provide technical services and develop IT business solutions. And you’ll help drive our growth as a technology leader. If solving the world’s biggest challenges sounds like the right career path for you, consider these Services job opportunities, and join us at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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Part-time Executive Director

The Heineberg Community and Senior Center, Burlington, seeks a part-time executive director who is well-versed on senior citizen programming philosophies, trends and practices. As the public face of the organization you will handle press releases, communicate with the media and develop promotional materials. Responsibilities include: seeking grants through numerous private and public funding sources, developing and coordinating Center’s services and activities, recruiting and supervising volunteers, engaging with community agencies, creating a budget, and collaborating with the Board.

Request for Proposals Change Management Consultant

The Heineberg Community and Senior Center in Burlington, seeks an experienced consultant to work with its Board; to assess and update as needed current operational practices, policies and procedures; facilitate the Board in setting strategic goals; and support the Board’s efforts to establish and put in place an appropriately sized staffing model using both paid and volunteer staff. Please put RFP or Executive Director in subject line of email to heinebergcsc@gmail.com to request a full job description and process for application. Deadline for completed application is August 15, 2016.

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Our Drivers are dedicated professionals who support the public by providing a vital service to the communities we serve. Green Mountain Transit is looking for Part-time Bus Drivers with excellent customer service skills, great driving records and a positive team attitude. For more information on this position and others please visit us at gmtaride.org. A CDL B with Passenger Endorsement is required and GMT will help excellent candidates obtain one if necessary.

Executive Director Green Mountain Farm-to-School seeks a dynamic, passionate, experienced nonprofit leader who will grow our efforts to strengthen local food systems in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. The Executive Director will lead GMFTS by managing the finances, staff, programs, and structure required to enact GMFTS’s mission.

Starting wage is $14.49, with a minimum commitment of 15 hours per week.

Complete job description at www. GreenMountainFarmtoSchool.org. To apply, send a resume, cover letter, and professional writing sample to jobs@gmfts.org. Deadline 08/31/2016.

To apply for this position, please download an application from gmtaride.org and submit it in one of the following ways:

GMFTS is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply."

Via email to: jobs@cctaride.org. Via fax to (802) 864-5564, Attn: HR Via mail to: GMT 15 Industrial Parkway Burlington, VT 05401, Attn: HR.

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Providing innovative mental health and educational services to Vermont’s children and families.

SHIPPING, WAREHOUSING, AND RECEIVING Ferguson Water Works is currently seeking a Warehouse Associate in our Colchester, VT location. RESPONSIBILITIES - Prepare orders for shipment, receive and stock incoming material, assist in providing customer service at sales counter as needed. QUALIFICATIONS - A background in Warehouse operations and logistics, including shipping, receiving, delivery, and inventory, is preferred. Working knowledge of safety regulations and procedures. Product knowledge or the ability to quickly learn it. General computer skills for basic data entry. Ability to operate a fork lift. Valid drivers license. BENEFITS As a large, successful company who prides itself on its stability, Ferguson is able to offer a competitive benefits package which includes the following: medical (four plans to choose from), dental, vision, disability, retirement savings with company match, paid leave (holidays, vacation, sick, personal, and floating holidays), recognition programs, community involvement opportunities, and work week of Monday to Friday.

“Make a difference in the life of a child!”- NFI Vermont, a leader in specialized trauma and adolescent development, is looking to expand our team of innovators. Full-time and part-time positions available. Competitive wages, training opportunities, flexible work schedules and family-oriented culture. Excellent benefits with tuition reimbursement offered for 30 or more hour employees.

FT AND PT COMMUNITY INTEGRATION SPECIALIST Sign On Bonus Offered! White River Program and Community Based Services

The ideal candidates will be skilled communicators, have a desire to help kids and families and have the ability to provide respectful role modeling. Responsibilities include working individually with children and adolescents with mental health challenges both in the community and in their homes. Ideal candidates must have a bachelor’s degree, be able to work afternoon and evening hours, have a valid driver’s license, and reliable transportation. If interested, please visit our website nfivermont.org/nafinfi/careers.aspx for desired locations and how to apply.

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The Arlington School, St. Johnsbury, VT

Send resumes to: bill.potter@ferguson.com The Company is an equal opportunity employer as well as a government contractor that shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), which prohibits discrimination against qualified protected Veterans and the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(A), which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability.

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ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain is a dynamic, nationally acclaimed, lake aquarium and science center committed to engaging diverse public audiences in creating a healthier Lake Champlain. The Annual Giving Coordinator will support the Development Department through the solicitation and stewardship of annual giving prospects, database management, gift coordination, letter and grant writing to ensure a growing and renewable base of support for our mission driven nonprofit organization. ECHO seeks a self motivated, creative and energetic candidate who has demonstrated experience in fundraising; brings a passion for ECHO’s mission; has a Bachelor’s or higher level degree; and thrives on continuous improvement and change. For a full job description go to: echovt.org/jobs. ECHO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes resumes from individuals who will contribute to our diversity. Send resume and cover letter to jobs@echovermont.org titled Annual Giving Coordinator. Application Deadline: Wednesday, August 17, 2016.

The Arlington School is looking for an administrative assistant. We are an approved independent high school providing an educational environment for students whose academic, emotional, and/or vocational needs are met in a small, community focused and therapeutic environment. Responsibilities include managing business accounts, maintaining office systems, equipment and supplies, answering telephones, greeting visitors, and filing. Candidates must be self-directed, flexible, show initiative, enjoy working in a collaborative, have a positive attitude and possess excellent communication skills. Knowledge of computer programs and the ability to learn complex data systems is key. This position has part-time hours every day during the school year and limited time on school breaks and summers. Please submit resume and letter of interest to sarahclark@nafi.com.

CORNERSTONE SCHOOL HIRING St. Johnsbury, VT

Cornerstone School is looking for a Classroom Behavior Interventionist and a FT Program director. We are an approved independent school, managed by NFI of VT, serving students in grades K - 8 who are struggling with emotional and behavioral regulation skills. Be part of our developing clinical team! To learn more about these positions and how to apply, visit our website nfivermont.org/nafinfi/careers.aspx.

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NFI is looking for homes with a sense of humor, flexibility and possess conflict resolution skills. Applicants must be welcoming to new people in their homes and have a willingness to advocate and work as a team. If you are interested but might not be able to commit every day, we also are seeking respite providers who might take in a child a couple nights a week. Respite and foster parents are paid a stipend based on a daily rate. All applicants must be 21 years of age or older. If interested, please visit our website nfivermont.org/nafinfi/careers.aspx for desired locations and how to apply.

FT, PT, AWAKE OVERNIGHT AND RELIEF RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS Hospital Diversion Program, Allenbrook, Shelburne House

Counselors provide supervision and support to youth, as well as provide a sense of safety and security. The ideal candidate would have a bachelor’s degree in a related field, superior interpersonal skills, and experience working with adolescents struggling with emotional/behavioral difficulties. Please visit our website nfivermont.org/nafinfi/careers. aspx for more information.

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Vermont Creamery, a small specialty creamery with 30 years of successful business, is now hiring for several positions as follows:

MILK HAULING SPECIALIST W/CDL/TANKER ENDORSEMENT QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN PRODUCTION WORKERS Good starting wage based on experience. Benefit package includes medical insurance, retirement plan, vacations/paid holidays, training program and cheese privileges. Mail or stop in for an application at: Vermont Creamery, PO Box 95, 40 Pitman Road, Websterville, VT 05678 or apply online at: jobs@vermontcreamery.com.

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The Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont seeks to hire a full-time Mitigation Investigator or Assistant Mitigation Investigator in our Burlington, Vermont office. The Office provides defense services to indigent persons in federal criminal cases under authority of the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A.

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The Mitigation Investigator or Assistant Mitigation Investigator assists attorneys by investigating, analyzing, developing, and presenting mitigation; gathers and summarizes social history records; conducts interviews with witnesses with relevant knowledge about the client’s early childhood development, education, medical and mental health histories; develops pretrial, sentencing, and supervision plans; and develops and maintains relationships with clients, their families, local social service providers, and pretrial and probation officers.

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We are looking for motivated, responsible individuals. Must be able to work independently, possess a positive attitude, be capable of lifting up to 50 pounds and have a clean driving record. We offer a competitive wage along with benefits. Apply in person or online at Farrell Vending Services 405 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401 farrellvending.com.

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HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR COTS is seeking a Human Resources Director to lead and manage the human resource and staff development functions for 50+ employees. This is an exciting opportunity for a senior human resources professional to join a dynamic agency. Reporting to the Executive Director, the HR Director is a member of the senior leadership team and serves as a partner in developing HR strategies to support the priorities of the organization. The position includes: recruiting and onboarding; salary and benefits administration; employee relations and performance management; and ensuring compliance with all state and federal employment laws and regulations.

Two years investigation/mitigation experience (e.g. criminal defense, journalism, mental health, social work) and excellent verbal and written skills required. College degree strongly preferred. Strong organizational skills and computer proficiency required. Ability to travel extensively, including overnight and out of state.

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Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications within a range from $48,968 to $80,481. The position offers benefits including health and life insurance. Salary is payable only by Electronic Funds Transfer (direct deposit). The successful candidate will be subject to an FBI background check as a condition of employment. (This position is in the excepted service and does not carry the tenure rights of the competitive civil service.)

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Electronically submit a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to Kristen Bures, Administrative Officer, at kristen_bures@fd.org. Contact information for the references should be included.

Requirements include bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five to ten years’ related Human Resources experience, master’s degree preferred. Successful candidates will possess a positive track Electronic applications must be received by August 8, 2016. record of implementing strategic initiatives; strong analytical ability; ability to relate to people at all levels of an organization; THE OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR THE DISTRICT excellent communication skills; knowledge of federal and state OF VERMONT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. policies affecting human resources; experience with recruitment and hiring processes; demonstrated ability to have difficult conversations; ability to maintain confidentiality; ability to work independently and as a positive member of a collaborative team;8t-OfficeoftheFederalPublicDefender072716.indd 1 7/25/16 and a commitment to the COTS mission.

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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Director of Innovation

Play a key role in Howard Center’s strategic leadership team in this newly created position designed to ensure the Agency delivers on its commitment to provide results-driven services that best meet client and community needs. Lead evaluation, development, planning, and operationalization of new entrepreneurial programs. Job ID# 3380

Building Cleaning Services Specialist - Floater This full-time, benefits-eligible floater position will complete special projects and fill in for employees who are on vacation or not working a specific day. Flexible schedule required. Examples of essential functions are: disinfects and cleans garbage and trash cans and changes bags daily, washes and sanitizes bathroom fixtures daily with germicidal solution, wet mopping, and cleaning spaces. Special projects include shampooing carpets, stripping and waxing floors, washing windows as needed, and performs other cleaning duties as specified by supervisor. Job ID# 3377

MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES Case Manager – HUB Provide services to patients which are comprehensive in nature, enabling the Chittenden Clinic to provide enhanced services to clients that are coordinated and address medical and psychosocial issues. Work with treatment providers and community support groups with the goal of coordinating care and referrals. Will provide family and individual support, facilitate educational groups, carry a small caseload, and attend staff meetings. Full-time regular position with a starting salary of $33,150.00. BA degree required. Job ID# 3259

Case Manager – Safe Recovery Provide case management and specialized intervention services to people who inject drugs, or who are at high risk of injection drug use. This includes assessment, service coordination, risk reduction knowledge and skill development. Minimum of high school diploma required. Job ID# 3340

Community Outreach Worker The candidate’s primary responsibility is the delivery of street-based outreach services to persons who are homeless and/or with psychiatric disabilities and/or with substance abuse/intervention needs. This is a 30-hour benefits-eligible position with a Monday to Friday schedule. Job ID# 3389

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Administrative Program Assistant - Safe Recovery The candidate’s is responsible for the program’s grant compliance, data management and grant reporting, including implementation of our structured system for program evaluation. Part-time position; BA degree required. Job ID# 3341 Clinician – Substance Abuse – Medication Assisted Therapy The candidate will provide individual, group and family counseling and health home services to patients dependent on opioids. Work with treatment providers and community support groups with the goal of coordinating care and referrals. Implement and maintain clinical records addressing treatment plans and progress in treatment. Assist in developing and carrying out clinic policy and procedure. LADC strongly preferred. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position with a starting annual salary of $39,000. If licensed, additional $750 per year stipend added to base pay. Job ID# 3234

DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES Employment Consultant – Project Hire Help individuals with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorders find and maintain meaningful employment. Assist clients in obtaining employment by providing assessments, supporting resume and cover letter writing, practicing interview skills and applying for positions. Develop supports for the job site to help individuals succeed in their newfound jobs and provide ongoing support to assist employers and clients in maintaining satisfying long-term employment. $16.11 per hour. Job ID# 3366

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. For more information, please visit howardcentercareers.org. Howard Center is an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants needing assistance or an accommodation in completing the online application should feel free to contact Human Resources at 488-6950 or hrhelpdesk@howardcenter.org.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR Are you strongly committed to sustainability, a strong writer, highly organized, skilled with spreadsheets, open to learning new skills and interested in working for a growing socially responsible business in Burlington, VT? Cx Associates, a consulting firm specializing in engineering for high performance buildings, has an entry-level position in our downtown Burlington office. The person in this position undertakes a wide variety of tasks that require strong organizational skills, excellent communication skills, solid management skills and a desire to learn. We offer a strong team environment where staff are highly valued and respected, flexible work schedules, excellent benefits, the opportunity to address climate change through your work, training and job growth.

Exciting full-time position open for a stellar sales professional in an established high end boutique. We are looking for an engaging and outgoing personality to complete our sales team! Position has tons of growth potential in the areas of business, marketing, merchandising and buying! If you want a career in retail and fashion, have sales experience and a fabulous attitude, we want to meet you! Must have flexible availability- nights and weekends are a must! Competitive pay, bonuses and incentives. Please apply in person with your resume and cover letter detailing your related experience and interests to: ECCO, 81 CHURCH STREET, BURLINGTON, VT

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HOME CARE SCHEDULER (full-time) CVHHH serves the central Vermont community with comprehensive, compassionate and patient-centered care at home. Since our founding in Montpelier over 100 years ago, we have continued to provide the highest-quality care while embracing new technologies, spearheading innovating pilot programs, expanding our services, and partnering with a growing network of local providers. All candidates must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer. A post-offer, pre-employment background check will be required of the successful candidate.

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Vermont Care Partners is hiring a new Mental Health Services Director to provide leadership to our community-based non-profit provider network on mental health and substance use disorders including: current research, best practices, program trends, public policy, data analysis, regulation and legislation. Provides support to mental health program directors throughout the state and serves as a liaison to state government. Advocates on mental health and substance use disorders at state and federal levels. Develops, coordinates and supports training and public education.

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ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Canon Solutions America is a Canon U.S.A. Company providing integrated systems technology that comprise one of the strongest solutions portfolios in the document management industry. If you are goal oriented, have an interest in technology, and are an outgoing person who enjoys selling, this may be the position for you! Canon Solutions America offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, commissions, monthly and quarterly bonus opportunities, travel allowance, medical, dental, vision, 401(k) Savings Plan, profit sharing, opportunity to earn incentive trips, success sharing, tuition reimbursement, vacation, and much more!

Full time position with competitive compensation. Master’s degree in the mental health, social work, public policy or related field plus at least 2 years of experience required preferably in program management, policy development, government relations. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, organizational and analytical skills required.

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Do you have a passion for the mission of the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf ? The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity / Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf (CEFS) has an opening for a Volunteer Coordinator. As the largest direct service emergency food provider in Vermont, the CEFS serves over 12,000 people each year. The Volunteer Coordinator oversees a comprehensive program for volunteer recruitment, orientation, placement, training, management, and recognition for CEFS. The work will require a flexible schedule and have a field component; evening and weekend hours will be required.

Send resumes to: lswift@csa.canon.com. Canon Solutions America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. EOE Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans

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BOOKKEEPER The Town of Essex, Vermont is seeking a Bookkeeper to perform a variety of duties related to finance. Responsible duties requiring accounting knowledge, judgment and decision making while working in accordance with established procedures. Requires considerable attention to detail and accuracy in the maintenance of financial records. Assists with and performs entire payroll process when necessary. Inputs accounts payable invoices and acts as backup for weekly accounts payable processing. Duties also include filing of payroll taxes with various agencies, reconciling accounts, posting of cash receipts, use of Excel spreadsheets and filing and scanning. Associate’s degree in accounting with municipal accounting courses, and computer experience. Three years’ experience in bookkeeping in a responsible position, preferably in municipal government; or any equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum starting salary is $45,718 DOE, plus excellent benefits. Position open until filled. Apply with cover letter, resume and three references to: Patrick Scheidel, Town Manager, 81 Main Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452 or via email to dfisher@essex.org.

LNA Training Program Offered Wake Robin, in partnership with Vermont MedEd, is happy to announce our LNA training program. Wake Robin is Vermont’s premier retirement community and ranks among the top 100 nursing homes in the country; an award due in large part to our excellent staff and facility. Our goal is to provide training and employment opportunities consistent with Wake Robin’s unique brand of resident-centered care. If you have at least 2 years’ experience in caregiving, wish to grow your skills among the best, and begin your career as an LNA, contact us. Next session starts in September 2016. Please send resume and cover letter via email to hr@wakerobin.com. For additional information see our employment page at www.wakerobin.com. EOE

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Production Manager We're looking for a motivated, reliable and organized Production Manager to join our growing team in Bristol, VT. The Production Manager will oversee the day-to-day operations of our 10,000 square foot woodshop. Requirements include production planning, sourcing, inventory management, quality control, team management, and goal setting. Requirements include college degree, proficiency with technology, 3-5+ years’ management experience, and a positive attitude. Competitive salary and benefits.

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Student Financial Services Counselor - Office of Student Financial Services - #S795PO - The Office of Student Financial Services is seeking a Student Financial Services Counselor to work with students at UVM providing accurate advice about financial aid, billing and payment of tuition and fees, and methods available to settle financial obligations. Responsibilities include providing exceptional customer service to students, parents, and the campus community regarding student finances at the University of Vermont. Individual must have excellent communication skills, commitment to professional growth and development, and the ability to be flexible and function efficiently in fast-paced environment. Candidate must possess a genuine interest in supporting a broadly diverse campus community. Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in business/accounting or related field and two to three years related experience required. Demonstrated commitment to exceptional customer service and two years customer service experience in financial aid or in the financial services industry required. Desktop application and office automation skills required. Verbal and written communication skills required including the ability to effectively communicate through difficult and emotional interactions with students and parents regarding personal financial challenges. Ability to function in fast-paced environment using time management and organizational capabilities. Familiarity with IRS documentation, previous employment in a higher education setting, and experience with student information systems highly desirable.

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Farm Business Educator – Extension - #S796PO - The University of Vermont Extension seeks a Farm Business Educator to deliver business management education to owners and managers of commercial farms. The position will focus on business analysis, financial planning and outreach education programs. A Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, economics or a closely related field and at least 3 years of experience in agricultural development is required. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity of the institution and deliver high quality outreach programs to a broad audience. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. The position is located in Berlin, Vermont. This is a grant funded position that starts at 0.80 FTE with the option to increase over time.

Vermont Legal Aid seeks an experienced attorney to direct its statewide Office of the Health Care Advocate with a staff of 12, as Vermont’s Chief Health Care Advocate. Responsibilities include extensive legal, legislative and administrative advocacy; supervision and support of individual advocacy provided through its hotline, and policy advocacy in rate setting, regulatory and legislative forums; coordination of health care advocacy and policy work with other VLA projects and partners; grant management including application writing and reporting; and overall responsibility for the statewide office.

Sr. Event Production Specialist - #S656PO - The University of Vermont Conference and Event Services is seeking a Sr. Event Production Specialist. Reporting to the Production Coordinator, serve as the lead Production staff person. Perform delivery/storage/set-up/breakdown for events at the University campus. Provide functional supervision of 3 full-time and 20-30 temporary and/or student staff including training, reviewing work, and reporting performance deficiencies. Provide leadership and direction for events. Anticipate needs; assist customers/guests; interact in a courteous and efficient manner; multi-task; and problem-solve. Perform custodial duties and general maintenance associated with events. Minimum Required Qualifications: High School Diploma and two years of experience in hospitality/event services and sound systems required. Effective interpersonal and organizational skills and experience working effectively in teams and independently. Valid driver’s license, or ability to obtain and driver’s check required. Initial employment contingent upon successful completion of physical screening: ability to lift 70 lbs. and push/pull 80-100 lbs., climb ladders and work in inclement weather when outdoors. Demonstrated ongoing commitment to workplace diversity, sustainability and delivering exceptional value and great experience to customers.

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at 590 East Main Street in Hyde Park. “We had great reception at [the festival],” says Powell. “We had a big line at our booth — everybody was really supportive.” The brewers note that the forthcoming brewery will be in good company, located just a few towns over from beer hubs such as the ALCHEMIST and LOST NATION BREWING. “We’re happy to be in proximity to all these guys,” Scarlata says. “We’re excited to be a part of that mecca.” Scarlata and Powell were avid solo homebrewers before meeting through their wives almost five years ago.

“The desire to own our own business, plus the passion for craft brewing, peaked when we came together,” Powell says. “[The brewery] was a natural occurrence — a no-brainer.” The duo has gutted and reconstructed a former slaughterhouse in a building shared with ReSOURCE VT, turning the space — equipped with handy floor drains, notes Powell — into a microbrewery and tasting room. The brewery’s décor will merge industrial metal with wooden accents, such as the pièce de résistance: a slab of old maple transformed into a glossy, split-level bar.

Except on special food-truck weekends, in-house snacks will be of the pretzel and potatochip variety — beer is the focus. Tap rotations include a double IPA with a strong malt backbone and a smooth black ale flecked with hop notes and licorice. The Ava Miel, named for Powell’s late copper-hued French mastiff, is amber ale conditioned with honey from KALP FAMILY FARM in Elmore. Those and more beers will be available for taproom tastes and growler fills Friday through Sunday.

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On an average weekend day, about 500 people stop at Cajun’s Snack Bar. That’s impressive for any small restaurant but outrageous in Lowell, where the population hovers around 700. Jane and Leo “Cajun” Boutin opened Cajun’s in 1999 with a menu of seafood, burgers, ice cream and snacks. In 2009, the Boutins’ son and daughter-in-law, Jason and Amanda Boutin, took over. Looking to distinguish Cajun’s from similar spots in the area, the younger Boutins started serving some of the Acadian foods that Jason had grown up eating at home, including fried catfish, crawfish, frog’s legs and alligator. Slowly, the menu grew to more than 100 items. “We’ve been evolving to more of a seafood restaurant from a traditional snack bar,” Jason Boutin tells Seven Days, noting that his lobster rolls (hot or cold), fried clams and scallops are as popular as the bayou specialties. As for that alligator, it’s more popular than one might expect: Boutin says he goes through 1,000 pounds of “tail sirloin” each season and now works with several purveyors to ensure a steady supply. On the receiving end, the golden, breaded nuggets look like fried clams. Their crunchy crust gives way to white meat that’s a little chewy and reptilian in texture; the taste is somewhere between catfish and poultry, with a hint of chile pepper spice. Boutin says he was surprised — but not too surprised — that the unconventional snacks became so popular. “Part of it’s the novelty of getting something new and unique,” he says. “But the other part of it is that the food tastes good. There’s a reason the Cajuns were eating it.”

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Eddie Seadale can’t sit still. “I’m just gonna do this,” he says, bending over to wipe down a table while chatting with a reporter. Seadale is trim and clean-cut, with the spark-plug energy and easy chatter of someone who’s been serving food for decades. As we talk, he jumps up to check an order, to greet a guest or to shoo away his cat, who’s making eyes at a visiting dog. Seadale and his wife, Lorie, purchased the River’s Edge Farm Stand just off the Interstate 91 exit ramp in Barton

three years ago, after selling their nearby restaurant the Parson’s Corner. Last summer, they added a seasonal food trailer called the Copper Plate to their farm-business. “I have restaurant experience,” Seadale says. “That’s how I make my living.” Though the menu changes daily, it revolves around seafood and sandwiches, such as a turkey-cheddar melt with cranberry sauce and a steak-and-cheese sub with mayo, peppers and onions,

which Seadale says he’s been making “on and off since 1983.” Seadale builds weekend fare around a Friday seafood delivery from Maine. Crispy haddock sandwiches, fried shrimp po’boys, and whole-belly clams and scallops come served over fries. I snack on a sloppy joe sandwich stuffed with tangy pulled pork, accompanied by a mountain of those same hand-cut fries. Farmstand produce factors largely into the menu, too. The Seadales grow

organic fruits and vegetables — including greens, squash, blueberries and flowers — in the gardens and greenhouses out back. They buy other ingredients from local farms, wildcrafters (you may find chanterelles or other wild mushrooms if you’re lucky) and producers. Everything’s labeled with its source. Seadale admits that he’s moved away from his original plan to serve more of his own garden produce. “We don’t have the resources to grow all that we thought we would,” he says, noting that gardening is labor-intensive and time consuming. “But we do what we can.” On a muggy late July afternoon, I sink my teeth into a hot ear of corn on the cob, slathered with butter. Each firm, fresh kernel explodes with a pop, then gives way to a wash of buttery sweetness. “Is this from nearby?” I ask, assuming the affirmative. “It’s from Québec,” Seadale says. “You know that that’s local, right?” — H.P.E.

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doesn’t dole out Scooby snacks, nor does he play a sidekick role. “The food business is in my blood,” says Desrochers. “My grandfather Felix owned a hot-food truck in St. Johnsbury called the Yellow Cab Lunch in the ’30s; he sold things like hot dogs, popcorn, ice cream bars and cigarettes.” Desrochers followed his grandfather’s lead and has dedicated most of his professional life to feeding locals. He spent 17 years turning dough at the Swanton House of Pizza before opening Shaggy’s, a central feature of the community since it began business 15 years ago. Standing in line early on a Friday evening, one realizes it’s no mystery why Shaggy’s is a neighborhood hub. As the queue meanders across the front lawn at five, the chatter is loud and amiable. Shaggy’s seems to be the spot for communal catching up. “I love the Shaggy’s Sherbert,” one customer says, referring to the snack bar’s concoction of black raspberry ice cream, orange soda and lemonade blitzed into a dense shake. Other

diners go for the French fries, hand-cut potatoes plunged in hot oil until they reach that sublime moment of crispy edges and creamy flesh. The menu includes the usual burgers, chicken tenders and onion rings, too. But an aroma more tantalizing than fryer oil emerges from the depths of Shaggy’s kitchen. The smells of baked bread and hot cheese waft to the front counter, betraying the presence of thick, Sicilian-style pan pizzas bubbling in the back. Desrochers says he makes the dough from scratch each morning, along with the homemade tomato sauce integral to a Shaggy’s pie or an order of mozzarella sticks. The secret to the sauce? “If he told ya, he’d have to kill ya,” says Stacey Desrochers as she and Joe, her husband and business partner, tackle the orders flowing into the kitchen. The couple met when Joe worked at the House of Pizza — “I’d go in as a customer and had a crush on him,” Stacey says. She wields a 16-inch knife to slice a crisp-bottomed pizza for an awaiting family of three, who wave to the Desrochers through a window. Outside, the picnic tables are beginning to fill up, and yet more cars are turning toward the bright-orange snack bar. Come to think of it, it’s the same color as the lettering on ScoobyDoo’s Mystery Machine.

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TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 12 & 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AWARENESS MONTH PRESS CONFERENCE: Mayor Miro Weinberger and the local chapter of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom hold a press conference to commemorate the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Burlington City Hall, 2:15-3 p.m. Free. Info, 355-3256.

WAGON RIDE WEDNESDAYS: Giddyap! Visitors explore the working dairy farm via this time-tested method of equine transportation. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

art

LIFE DRAWING: Pencils fly as a model inspires artists to create. Bring personal materials. The Front, Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 839-5349.

‘ORIENTED’: Three Palestinian friends explore their national, sexual and cultural identities in the 2015 documentary. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 6:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 860-8632345., ext. 6.

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SIDEWALK SALE: Bargain hunters scour the streets for deals from area shops. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5384.

business

FRESHTRACKS ROAD PITCH: Business professionals ride motorcycles from town to town to hear pitches from budding entrepreneurs. See roadpitch.co for details. Various Vermont locations. Free. Info, 923-1504.

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KNITTERS & NEEDLEWORKERS: Crafters convene for creative fun. 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. ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE CLASS: Val Medve leads beginners in the social dances popular in the time of Jane Austen. Richmond Free Library, 7-9 p.m. $3-5. Info, 899-2378.

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HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: Ride in style while learning fun facts about the Queen City in themed tours exploring history, brew culture and even haunted houses. See trolleytoursvt.com for details. 1 College St., trolley stop, Burlington, 10 a.m., noon, & 2 & 6 p.m. $8-18; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 497-0091. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE OBSERVATORY STARGAZING OPEN HOUSE NIGHT: Stargazers scour the skies for clusters and nebulae. Call to confirm. Observatory, Middlebury College, 9-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2266.

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CELEBRATE YOUR FARMER SOCIAL: Farm-fresh pizza fuels a celebration of agriculture. Willow Brook Farm, West Danville, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 592-3214. COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. Bring a dessert to share. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. LEDDY PARK BEACH BITES: Lakeside picnickers enjoy food trucks, a beer garden, kids’ activities and entertainment. Attendees on two wheels enjoy free bike valet service. No dogs allowed. Leddy Park, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Cost of food. Info, 864-0123. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: A diversified bazaar celebrates all things local — think produce, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty products. Depot Park, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.

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This weekend, the American Museum of Fly Fishing is doing its part to honor the tradition of angling with a full-blown Fly Fishing Festival. The sport is imbued FLY FISHING with more art than athleticism, as evidenced by the often- FESTIVAL elaborate flies that anglers tie to lure their prey from lakes Saturday, August 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and rivers. Newbies and veteran fly-tiers alike can learn at American tips and tricks from experts in the craft of tying flies in Museum of workshops. You can even get schooled in how to make the Fly Fishing in official fly of Vermont, the Governor Aiken bucktail! Food- Manchester. Free. Info, 362truck fare, local vendors, casting demos and free museum 3300. amff.org admission all day sweeten the catch.

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Musical Madness Strap in for a boisterous performance of traditional French Canadian music by the Québec folk group De Temps Antan. The three-person powerhouse puts its original spin on traditional modes of the past and takes audiences along for a wild ride as it does. Expect close harmonies on fiddle, guitar, accordion and bouzouki — and fiendish rhythms that make it hard to stay seated. Called “Honkytonk Québécois folklore with lots of stomp” by Popmatters, the group gets toes tapping on the Dartmouth Green on Thursday.

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Thursday, August 4, 5:30 p.m., at Dartmouth Green, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. hop.dartmouth.edu

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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.

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EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: Guided practice and group conversation with Yushin Sola cultivate well-being. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 7:308:30 p.m. $14. Info, 299-9531. FABULOUS YOGA OUTSIDE: Music accompanies an upbeat, community-oriented class with John McConnell that celebrates the joy of being alive, outdoors. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $15. Info, 540-0406. INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees absorb Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694.

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Don’t Forget This week, across the state, Vermonters are stopping to remember the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. The Burlington chapter of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom is sponsoring three events to help draw attention to past atrocities, as well as the desire to affect meaningful change to nuclear policy in the future. The last of the lineup, a screening of the documentary The Ultimate Wish, uses archival footage of the bombing of Nagasaki and testimony from survivors of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster to point out connections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Power down at the BCA Center for the short film.

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Shortly after Tom Murphy graduated from college, he moved to Stowe to become an acrobatic skier. Soon, he found that his talents were better suited for the stage. The slapstick comic, who’s toured the globe and taught at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College and the Boston University Theater Institute, elicits laughs with familiar ploys. Expect unicycles, ladders and lots of tumbles. As Lawrence Van Gelder wrote for the New York Times, “Some people practice standup comedy. Tom Murphy belongs to the fall-down school … He does practically nothing right. That’s why he is funny.” Get ready to laugh your socks off during his Thursday performance in Stowe.

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NIA WITH LINDA: Eclectic music and movements drawn from healing, martial and dance arts propel an animated barefoot workout. South End Studio, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $14; free for first-timers. Info, 372-1721.

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DOROTHY’S LIST BOOK CLUB: Readers ages 8 through 11 weigh in on Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. MEET FARM-TO-BALLET DANCERS: Aspiring dancers connect with costumed ballerinas. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

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MINI CONCERT: CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: The group excerpts its evening performance of classical compositions. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443. READING BUDDIES: Kids in grades K through 5 join teen mentors to stay sharp with stories. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956. SCIENCE LOVES ART: Young ’uns of all ages explore transdisciplinary activities such as bubbles, prisms, watercolors and more. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 & 2 p.m. $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. SUMMER GARDENING PROGRAM: Young gardeners take up their trowels and tend to the beds, then cook with the fruits of their labor. Highgate Public Library, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. TODDLER TIME: Puzzles, puppets, stories and art supplies entertain tots ages 4 and under. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. WEDNESDAY WACKTIVITY: MINI GOLF: Kids ages 5 and up take a swing at an indoor course. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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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, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. BEGINNER RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Learn the basics of the Eastern Slavic tongue. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-6:45 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

HILTON DIER: The renewable energy consultant introduces attendees to the principles of using the sun for power. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4964. RANDY ARCHER: S’mores fuel a fireside talk called “Gold Panning and Vermont’s Gold Rush of 1855.” Milton Historical Society, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2598.

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‘ALMOST, MAINE’: The Stowe Theatre Guild puts on John Cariani’s comedy about the residents of a remote town and their midwinter adventures in and out of love. Stowe Town Hall Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $15-25. Info, 253-3961.

‘ANNIE GET YOUR GUN’: The Mirror Theater stages Irving Berlin’s classic musical comedy starring Tony Award-nominated performers Marla Shaffel and Kathryn Meisle. Theater on the Green, Greensboro, 2:30-5 p.m. $20. Info, 533-7487.

‘DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT’: Opera North enacts the comedic story | BA E U N JO DAN’S BL CONCERTS IN THE PARK: THE DIXIE SIX: of the poor Swiss soldier Tonio who falls in The toe-tapping Dixieland band gets bodies love with the foundling Marie. Lebanon Opera moving while the Mama Dog’s food truck dishes House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $15-88. Info, 603-448-0400. out delectable fare. By the playground, Hinesburg ‘PETE ’N’ KEELY’: The St. Michaels’ Playhouse Community School, 6:30 p.m. Cost of food. Info, performs the comical tale of a television news 482-2894. couple reunited for a TV special — with hysteriCRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: World-class cal results. McCarthy Arts Center Gallery, Saint musicians explore classical compositions by Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $35.50-44.50. Milhuad, Brahms and others. Elley-Long Music Info, 654-2281. Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, ‘PLAYING WITH FIRE’ & ‘OVERRULED’: Living Room 7:30 p.m. $10-25; free for kids under 12. Info, Theatre produces the one-act comedies by August 800-639-3443. Strindberg and George Bernard Shaw, respectively. DAVE KELLER BAND: Blues and soul collide in a Historic Park-McCullough, North Bennington, 7:30 performance from the Montpelier-based musip.m. $30. Info, 442-5322. cian. Currier Park, Barre, 7 p.m. Free. Info, info@ ‘THE WAY OF THE WORLD’: The contemporary redavekeller.com. telling of William Congreve’s masterpiece follows a HOP ON THE BANDWAGON: Live music, local food kindhearted heiress who’s fallen under the spell of vendors and a tiny artisan market fuel a feel-good, a no-good party boy. Dorset Theatre, 2 p.m. & 7:30 outdoor concert series organized by the Monkey p.m. $18-49. Info, 867-2223. House. Bring a chair or blanket. The Barn at Lang ‘WITH WOMEN’ & ‘U.S. AND THEM’: A double bill Farm, Essex Junction, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 316-1210. features Isadora Snapp’s piece on giving birth and LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND: The fourAmia Cervantes’ multimedia dance documentary time Grammy Award-winning country musician about the lives of undocumented immigrants, brings his 14-piece band to the Queen City. Flynn respectively. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25-80. Info, Warren, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 496-5997. 863-5966. M

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CITY HALL PARK CONCERT SERIES: THE VT BLUEGRASS PIONEERS: The local pickers deliver acoustic tunes. Burlington City Hall Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166.

ERIC HANSON: The conservation biologist presents “Ecology and Geology of Vermont: The Shaping of Our Landscape.” Woodbury Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-5710.

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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.

BETHANY CONNER: The young singer entertains an outdoor audience with her powerful pipes. Maple Street Park, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 662-0877.

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: Draw in the good vibrations of gongs, bowls and didgeridoo — a relaxing sonic massage to get you through the week. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $15. Info, 510-697-7790.

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INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757. INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Participants take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

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

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INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Fine-tune your ability to dialogue in a nonnative language. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:457:30 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

MORNING FLOW YOGA: Greet the sun with a grounding and energizing class for all levels. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: A stretching session for all ability levels builds physical and mental strength to support healing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

seminars

THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS: AWAKENING FROM WITHIN: An open discussion on life’s discoveries connects participants. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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BIKE BUM RACE SERIES: Mountain bikers of all ages, riding solo or in teams of up to five, tackle the Snowshed trails. An after-party with raffle prizes helps athletes cool down. Killington Resort, 2-5 p.m. $25-100; preregister. Info, 775-1928. BURLINGTON HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: Beer hounds of legal age earn sips with an invigorating jog and high-impact game of hide-and-seek. See burlingtonhash.com for details. Various Burlington locations, 6:30-9 p.m. $5; free for first-timers. Info, bh3@burlingtonhash.com. FRISBEE CHALLENGE: Pam Quinn and Brendan McLane teach families how to play Frisbee golf. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. See meetup.com for details. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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WRITING CIRCLE: Prompts lead into a 30-minute free write and sharing opportunities in a nonjudgmental atmosphere. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

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FRESHTRACKS ROAD PITCH: See WED.3.

comedy

RON WHITE: The Grammy Award-nominated comedian relays stories from his life in a hysterical fashion. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $6585. Info, 775-0570. TOM MURPHY IN METAMURPHOSIS: The entertainer incites laughs with his slapstick routine. See calendar spotlight. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $20-35. Info, 760-4634.

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COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Residents chew the fat over the values of space and community growth.

The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

dance

CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASS: Instruction for individuals of varying ability levels is tailored to each mover’s unique style. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $5; free for first-timers. Info, 863-6713. QUÉBÉCOIS DANCE CLASS: Revels North artistic director Nils Fredland teaches basic French Canadian social dancing. Dartmouth Green, Hanover, N.H., 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2010.

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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE BIKING TOUR OF BURLINGTON: Bring your bike and learn about rain gardens, pervious pavement, green roofs and more as a part of the “Get to Know Our Watershed” series. Local Motion, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 656-8504.

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FEAST & FIELD FARMERS MARKET: Locally grown produce and music by Pete’s Posse are on the menu at a weekly pastoral party. Fable Farm, Barnard, 4:30-8 p.m. $10-40. Info, 999-3391. HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: See WED.3. LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources. Essex Free Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, lllessexvt@gmail.com.

fairs & festivals

FRANKLIN COUNTY FIELD DAYS: A four-day Vermont tradition, this old-time fair includes midway rides, a demolition derby, live music and much more. See franklincountyfielddays.org for details. Airport Rd., Highgate, $10; free for children under three feet tall. Info, 527-1026. SUMMERVALE: Locavores fête farms and farmers at a weekly event centered on food, brews and kids’ activities, with music by Mal Maiz. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 660-0440.

film

‘CITY LIGHTS’: Rob Mermin offers an introduction to Charlie Chaplin’s comic masterpiece. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 525-3031. CLASSIC MOVIES IN THE RED BARN: ‘THE BIG COMBO’: A police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating a deadly crime boss in this 1955 flick. Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek, Bristol, 8-10 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2432. ‘WILD HOGS’: Middle-aged friends take a breather from their stressful jobs by taking to the road on motorcycles in this 2007 film. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOUR: Gourmands rewind to when farm-to-table was a reality rather than a luxury in a two-mile tour of the Queen City featuring snack stops at five restaurants. Awning behind ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 1 p.m. $48; preregister. Info, 863-5966. COCKTAIL PARTY: Themed libations please palates at a weekly sipping session complete with shuffleboard. Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury, noon-8 p.m. Cost of drinks; BYO food. Info, 388-3000. TASTE/MAKER: STONECUTTER SPIRITS & VERMONT CREAMERY: Sample tastes of locally produced beverages and snacks. Common Deer, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 497-0100.

games

CHITTENDEN COUNTY CHESS CLUB: Checkmate! Strategic thinkers make calculated moves as they vie for their opponents’ king. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 324-1143.

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health & fitness

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161. DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 7:15-8:30 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401. 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. GIRLS RIDE OUT: Bikers take a relaxed, twowheeled tour around town accompanied by boombox tunes. Old Spokes Home, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4475. MID-SUMMER BOOTCAMP EXTRAVAGANZA: Power up with a high-intensity interval workout involving body weight and calisthenics. Private residence, Middlebury, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $8. Info, 343-7160. MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: Seekers clear their minds and find inspiration and creativity in a guided practice. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

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DROP-IN YOUTH GARDEN SESSION: Cultivators of all ages dig into educational programming at the leafy veggie plots. Northwest Rutland Community Garden, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 779-5550. HARRY POTTER PARTY: Celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with various themed activities. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. MINI CONCERT: CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: The group excerpts its evening performance of classical compositions. East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443. PLAINFIELD PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Tykes ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS YOUNG ATHLETES PROGRAM: Children ages 2 through 7 with and without intellectual disabilities strengthen physical, cognitive and social development skills. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-6956.

DRUMMING CIRCLE WITH BENNICENT AGBODZIE: Percussionists ages 5 and up explore traditional music, dance and arts of Ghana. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. DUPONT BROTHERS: Finger-style guitar work and accomplished vocals distinguish the Americana artists at an outdoor concert. Bayside Park, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5640. GUTHRIE GALILEO: The California band delivers alternative hip-hop jams. Waterfowl and Keif Catcher open. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406. KAVA EXPRESS: A book sale and barbecue fuel an evening shindig in the gazebo. Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Cost of food. Info, 426-3581. MAPLE TREE PLACE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: CHICAGO TOTAL ACCESS: The group helps listeners get in the groove at this outdoor event. Maple Tree Place, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-9100. OPEN MIC: Players, poets and storytellers test their talents onstage. Jericho Town Library, 6:308:30 p.m. Free; BYOB; preregister to perform. Info, jerichoopenmic@gmail.com. RED TAIL RING: Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo play musically imaginative folk tunes in haunting harmony. Huntington Public Library, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 434-4563. SARAH NEUFELD: The violinist and composer draws her bow for numbers from her new album, The Ridge. Ballard Park, Westport, N.Y., 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 518-962-8945. SUMMER NOONDAY CONCERT: Soprano Ellie Gebarowski-Shafer, cellist Rev. Kim Hardy, baritone Jack DesBois and organist George Matthew Jr. perform a classical program. Middlebury St. Stephen’s on the Green Episcopal Church, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7200.

sports

BURLINGTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB: Mixedgender teams lace up for games of two-hand touch. You don’t need to be a pro to play, just bring cleats and a water bottle and learn a new sport. Fort Ethan Allen Athletic Fields, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonrugbyevents@gmail.com.

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he 2016 Daysies award winners have been announced this week — see the magazine inserted in this issue. Once again, Seven Days readers have let their voices be heard regarding just who is the best of the best in local food, services, arts and entertainment, and more. As always, the results were a mix of perennial winners and new favorites. Some awardees were surprises. Others most certainly were not. That was again largely true in the music categories, with a couple of notable exceptions — Kat Wright unseating Grace Potter as the state’s best vocalist, for instance. Overall, you folks are a bit predictable. Hey, you like what you like. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Still, I can’t help but feel for the scores of equally deserving artists who, through no fault of their own, stand little chance of cracking the Daysies. The solution? Invent new awards. So I hereby present the second annual Seven Dandelions. These are honorary honors handpicked by yours truly and designed to shine a spotlight on some other worthy local musicians. I recommend you check them out as well as the perennial faves. The awards do come with some caveats, though. For starters, by “honorary honors,” I mean “fake.” Winners will receive no plaque or certificate — though if you want to go pick a dandelion to wear in your hair, I won’t stop you. Also, while these faux awards are based on actual Daysies categories, I reserve the right to tweak them as I see fit. Or completely change them. Or ignore some categories. You can do that when your name is in the award. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, to be considered for a Dandelion, artists cannot have been a finalist for or won a Daysie in the related category this year. So, for example, Francesca Blanchard can’t win the best vocalist Dandelion because she was nominated for that Daysie. But if I chose to, I could consider her in the best instrumentalist category. Get it? And, by the way, these are not legacy awards. I’m taking into consideration only what an artist or group has done in the past 12 months, which places an emphasis on album releases and live performances. Without further ado, your 2016 Seven Dandelions…

BEST VOCALIST

Chorney, Matt Hagen, Matteo Palmer, Urian Hackney

NOMINEES: Caroline Rose, Kelly Ravin, Tiffany Pfeiffer, Mark Daly, Nicole D’Elisa, Steph Heaghney

AND THE WINNER IS: Matteo Palmer

This is an especially challenging category because it’s so difficult to compare AND THE WINNER IS: Tie. players in such Nicole D’Elisa and disparate styles. Steph Heaghney Palmer gets the nod I’m hedging a here because, well, bit here with he’s ridiculous. a tie. Sultry Mentored by famed and soulful, acoustic guitarist Heaghney is and Windham Hill simply one of the Records founder Will most promising Ackerman, Palmer Nicole D’Elisa young local vocalists plays with sensitivity to come along in years. and skill that most players Whether fronting the never master in a lifetime. And neo-soul and hip-hop outfit here’s the scary part: The kid’s barely Smooth Antics or collaborating with out of high school. electronic producer SnakeFoot, she’s captivating. D’Elisa is similarly versatile as the front woman for both Grundlefunk and Nico Suave and the Bodacious Supreme. She’s also a NOMINEES: Little Bruce Junior, Michael bombastic presence. Catch her singing Chorney, Eric George, Kelly Ravin, Led Zeppelin sometime and tell me Billy Sharff, the DuPont Brothers she’s not on the short list of the area’s AND THE WINNER IS: The DuPont Brothers most dynamic singers.

BEST SONGWRITER

BEST INSTRUMENTALIST Brett Lanier, Tyler Mast, Colin McCaffrey, Rob Morse, Michael

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not always the case with 1990s music. “Bomb” is still an atomic blast. “Horse” is still so weird and gloomy. “Falling in and Out of Sleep” — a staple on nearly every mixtape I made between 1995 and 2000 — still breaks my heart. I’m not sure why there’s been such a resurgence of interest in that era of local music lately — the 20-year thing is no doubt partly responsible. And I don’t know if it will continue. But I really hope it does. I’d certainly be first in line if the likes of the FAGS, CONSTRUCTION JOE, HUFFY, ROCKETSLED, INVISIBLE JET, WIDE WAIL, ZOLA TURN, CHIN HO! or any number of other ’90s BTV favorites reunited. (Hint, hint.) Cheers, Envy. And thanks. Envy at the Monkey House

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I’d been transported back to my youth. It was like I was an awkward teenager again worshipping at the altar of Toast. And you know what else? Envy were genuinely good. To be sure, there were some rusty moments — forgivable after a 21year absence and only two practices to prepare. But, by and large, they sounded every bit as big, buzzy and urgent as I remember. And the material has more than stood the test of time —

It’s early August, and though the snow won’t fly again for at least a few more weeks, it’s a busy weekend at après-ski hot spot the Rusty Nail in Stowe. On Friday, August 5, the BLACK CROWES’ CHRIS ROBINSON brings his solo-ish project CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD to the Aspen of the East. (See the spotlight on page 64.) And on Saturday, August 6, a local institution celebrates a big anniversary with a blowout bash featuring two of the coolest bands ever to call Vermont home. SOUNDBITES

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Before we dig into the news of the week, I’d like to begin with a flashback. Actually, a flashback to a flashback. If you’re a regular reader, or if we’re friends in real life or on social media, you’re probably aware of just how giddy I was about the ENVY reunion that took place at the Monkey House last Thursday, July 28. If you weren’t aware: I was really, really giddy about it. I came of age in and around the 1990s Burlington rock scene, and it was a deeply formative period for me, personally, musically and, eventually, professionally. Had I not been exposed to so much great music at Club Toast and 242 Main as a teenager and young adult, I strongly doubt I’d be writing this column right now. Envy, along with so many other bands of the era, were a critical part of that growth for me. So it was an absolute joy to see them live again — especially since I missed out on the reunion of my other all-time local-band love, the PANTS, 10 years ago. From the moment the opening strains of “Bloodboy” filtered through the speakers to the final ringing notes of the The Platters evening’s last song — inexplicably, a cover of

PRINCE’s “Purple Rain” — I felt as though

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BEST HIP-HOP ARTIST OR GROUP

UnKommon

Mister Burns, Ler Stevens, UnKommon, Jarv, Bar None the Best

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meaningless. So I’ve simplified it to acknowledge great songwriting, whether as a solo artist or for a band. Either Sam or Zack DuPont could qualify for this Dandelion on his own, as evidenced by the brothers’ brilliant 2016 album, A Riddle for You. That they work together so fluidly hardly seems fair.

BEST AMERICANA ARTIST OR GROUP NOMINEES: Old Sky, Kelly Ravin, Dan Johnson, Kristina Stykos, Cricket Blue, Brett Hughes AND THE WINNER IS: Kelly Ravin

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Speaking of meaningless terms: Americana! This catchall phrase has become shorthand for anything with a hint of twang, from country to bluegrass to folk and even indie folk. While his band Waylon Speed has been enjoying a bit of a hiatus, the dusky-voiced Ravin has dedicated himself to becoming a serious blue-collar bard. He gigs almost nightly and released one of the most stirring twangy solo albums of the last year, County Tracks.

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lemme explain: There is just so much crossover in the Daysies versions of this category — best jazz/blues artist/group and best funk/R&B artist/group — that Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band won both Daysies. As the saying goes, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em … together. So I’m handing this hybrid award to Tyler Mast & Paradise Divide for their artfully groovy hybrid of jazz, funk, rock and roots music. (Watch next year for a new award: Best angry letter to the editor about the Seven Days music editor.)

BEST ROCK ARTIST OR GROUP Pistol Fist, Vultures of Cult, Villanelles, Iron Eyes Cody, the High Breaks, Violet Ultraviolet, Binger, Carton

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AND THE WINNER IS: Villanelles

There could be two or three times as many nominees in this category, and I could make a case that all would be deserving — which is a testament to just how strong local rock is right now. But the return of indie darlings Villanelles with not one but two great releases in the past year, and an increasing number of live performances, has been a very pleasant development in the scene.

BEST JAZZ/BLUES/FUNK/R&B ARTIST OR GROUP NOMINEES: Hot Box Honey, Tyler Mast & Paradise Divide, Tiffany Pfeiffer, Mal Maiz, Soule Monde, Grundlefunk, Nico Suave & the Bodacious Supreme AND THE WINNER IS:

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I fully admit that this is a sentimental pick based on the passing of beloved local DJ and rapper Ryan Morin — aka BP — earlier this year. But UnKommon’s 2016 record Back in the Building, released the week of Morin’s death, was remarkable not just for being a very good local hip-hop album. Also because it gave a glimpse of the MC that Morin was about to become. BP was widely acknowledged as a tremendously talented DJ. But he had dedicated himself to becoming a better rapper, and it shows on the album. Don’t be surprised if his pals, the Aztext family, occupy this spot next year — or take the Daysie, for that matter — when they release new material centered on Morin’s writing.

BEST LOCAL MUSIC CHAMPION Tim Lewis, Jim Lockridge, Luke Awtry, Girls Rock Vermont

NOMINEES:

AND THE WINNER IS: Tim Lewis

All of these folks are deeply deserving. Lockridge has been a constant and compassionate voice for the scene, piloting Big Heavy World for 20 years. Girls Rock Vermont is ensuring that in the next generation of VT rockers, women will equal, if not outnumber, men. And Awtry has probably been the most active shutterbug in town lately, shooting great photos at concerts seemingly every night. But when was the last time you were at a show and didn’t see Lewis? The man is everywhere — including hosting a great local-music radio show on WBKM. It would be hard to find anyone who cares more about the local scene. m

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VTJF, which runs this Friday and Saturday, August 5 and 6, at River Garden in downtown Brattleboro, is a combo music, booze and food festival highlighting Jamaican jerk food, rum and reggae. The fest’s slogan is “Eat. Drink. Be Irie … Jerk.” (OK, I made up that last part.) Food and rum take center stage on Friday; the bulk of the music is on Saturday. Among the highlights are reggae acts the FEAR NUTTIN BAND, HEIRLOOM SEEDS, TEFLON and EVERTON BLENDER — those last two both backed by CRUCIAL FIYA. Also on the bill are the TEMPO INTERNATIONAL STEEL BAND, the African roots band SAMBA LOLO and the all-female Haitian roots act ZILI MISIK, the last of whom are also playing ArtsRiot in Burlington this Friday — see the spotlight on page 68. For more info, visit vermontjerkfest.com.

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Checking in on the festival beat, this weekend marks the return of the Vermont JerkFest. And, yes, it’s taking every ounce of strength I have not to make a string of incredibly bad jokes. Deep breaths, Bolles. And stop snickering.

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In other festival news, this weekend sees the most phonetically challenging fest of the summer: the Ottauquechee Musicfest in Quechee on Saturday, August 6. The festival has two components — and lots of syllables. The first is a free event on the Quechee Green, featuring all manner of local food vendors and artisans. There’s also a full slate of local and regional music, though the specific

lineup had not been announced as of press time. In the evening, the main event takes place at the Quechee Ski Area and features the JOSH LOGAN BAND, fronted by JOSH LOGAN of “The Voice” renown and — here’s the really cool part — classic Motown bands the PLATTERS and the DRIFTERS. (Ask your parents, kids.) Visit quecheeclub.com for more info.

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I’m not even sure how this is possible, since I’ve been drinking the stuff since I was 16 … er, 21, but Otter Creek Brewing is celebrating 25 years in the beer biz this weekend. [Note from the Seven Days legal team: It is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to consume alcohol. Please drink responsibly.] To honor the occasion, the company has lined up formerly local art-rock sensations RUBBLEBUCKET and formerly local glitterPopsicles AND THE KIDS. ATK have been here fairly recently — just last month, in fact. And Rubblebucket cofounders KALMIA TRAVER and ALEX TOTH have been around with side projects — Traver with KALBELLS at Waking Windows and Toth with both his art-punk outfit ALEXANDER F and as part of an all-star tribute to the late DAVID BOWIE with KIMBRA a few months back at the Full Moon Masquerade. But we haven’t heard from Rubblebucket in quite a while, at least not since Traver and Toth uncoupled romantically earlier this year. Fans will be delighted to know that situation didn’t spell the end for the band. Now, I know what you’re thinking: The Rusty Nail is a bit of a hike from the Queen City. That’s true. But good news! A booze bus is departing from Nectar’s in Burlington that will take you safely to and from the show. Happy anniversary, Otter Creek. Now bring back Stovepipe Porter already.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Shake My Nerves (rock), 6 p.m., free.

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THE DAILY PLANET: Zack DuPont (folk), 8 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

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JUNIPER: Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quinteto, 8:30 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 7 p.m., free. Strangers by Accident, Justin Bartlett (indie folk), 9:30 p.m., free. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Disco Phantom, Invisible Homes, 6 p.m., free. Metal Monday Presents: Skeletonwitch, Surf Sabbath, Barishi, 9:30 p.m., $13/15. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Ethan Tischler (folk), 6 p.m., free. Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Josh Buckley (country), 9 p.m., free. Woodhead (rock), 11 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Jack Pines (rock), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. SIGNAL KITCHEN: Pinegrove, Sports, Half Waif, Tyler Daniel Bean (indie), 7:30 p.m., $12/14. AA.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Nothing But Thieves, Unlikely Candidates, Weathers (rock), 7:30 p.m., $0.99. AA.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Riley & Friends (rock), 7 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA’S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: The Ramblers (country), 8 p.m., free. PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. HATCH 31: Bristol Folk Session, 6 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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BAYSIDE PAVILION: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., free.

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PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD is basically a glorified

solo project for Robinson, best known as the front man for famed American rockers the Black Crowes. While that may have been the case early in CRB’s tenure, recently the group has taken a more collaborative turn. Each of the band’s two previous albums exhibited a shift toward groupthink writing and arranging. And its new record, Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel, is truly a collective work. It was born of heady jam sessions in a remote northern California cabin, resulting in the purest distillation of what Robinson terms “cosmic California music” to date. Touring in support of the new record, CRB play this Friday, August 5, at the Rusty Nail in Stowe.

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p.m., free. Matt Hagen (eclectic), 10:30 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Christie Belanger & Evening Darling (indie-folk), 8 p.m., free. Ethan Snyder & Mike Wilber Duo (jazz), 10:30 p.m., free.

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NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: Mountain Ride, Ryan Taylor Band, 9 p.m., $2/5. 18+.

ARTSRIOT: Waterfowl, Keif Catcher (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. AA.

RADIO BEAN: Shawn Byrne (folk), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. La Satoria (world, folk), 11 p.m., free.

NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Radio Flyer (rock), 6 p.m., free. CHURCH & MAIN: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: The Lightning Strike Series with host Tre’ Banks, Khary, Ler Stevens (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. THE DAILY PLANET: Hot Pickin’ Party (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free. DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free. FINNIGAN’S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup comedy), 8

RED SQUARE: Tyler Mast & Paradise Divide (art groove), 6 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (house), 10 p.m., free. DJ Cre8, 10 p.m., free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Kermit (top 40), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Some Hollow (folk), 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Improv Jam, 6 p.m., free. Short Jam (improv), 6:30 p.m., free. Napoleon (improv), 7:30 p.m., $5. Daily Grind (improv), 9 p.m., $5.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Northern Exposure: Mike Brewster, Sleep All Summer, Band of Ghosts, Amaal Abdelrahman (rock), 8:30 p.m., $6. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Heavy Necker, Barishi, King Buffalo (metal), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., free. PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: Country DJ, 9 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Colin McCaffrey & Friends (Americana), 6 p.m., donation. LA PUERTA NEGRA: Greye’s Band, Sara Grace and Andy Sootes (rock, soul), 8 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: BYOV Thursdays, 3 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Dan and Willy Lindner (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free.

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Unmuttered, the debut from Middlebury’s Jinxbox, captures a spirited, out-of-the-box quality. The indie trio’s first record displays subtle lyricism, deftly arranged synthesizers and piano, and an inventive vocal experiment in the use of octaves that suggests a great deal of musical curiosity. The album is a culmination of work over the past year and finds the band drawing inspiration from all aspects of life. Micah Rubin (drums, piano, synthesizer and synth bass), lead vocalist and ukulele player Zara London-Southern, and keyboardist Alex Kite share songwriting duties. Loneliness and alienation are key themes throughout, as is family. On “New World” and “Grey Eyes,” Rubin borrows lines from his dad’s poetry. The band says film scores inspired other tracks, including “Effect.” Jinxbox produce and mix their own samples, embedding them in a shifting array of synth sounds. London-Southern’s voice is tripled in octaves, adding to the band’s ethereal aesthetic. On “New World,”

jarring synthesizers echo in an otherworldly way, evoking outer space. London-Southern’s vocals collide like a meteor — or three — with the celestial instrumental backdrop. However, sometimes Unmuttered is simply too muddled. On opener “Hidden,” lyrics are hard to discern amid the clutter of synth and organic sounds. But when Jinxbox find the right balance, the results are impressive. Synthesizers are prominent throughout “William Henry.” The tempo and beat recall Eiffel 65’s hit “Europop,” in which synthesizers take on a life of their own. On “Grey Eyes,” London-Southern’s pretty vocals

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song rides mostly on its musicality, and the lyrics seem like an afterthought. But even as the EP’s Achilles’ heel, the song is still enjoyable. MV’s strongest original, “When I Sing,” again showcases the duo’s signature harmonies. Hypnotic vocals, oddly reminiscent of Gregorian chant, render reverent lyrics. “When I sing alone, / all of the birds come home. / When I sing alone, / all of the house unfolds,” the Tischlers intone. “When I Come Home” is a Broadway-esque slow build to a theatrical, soaring finale. One of the EP’s strongest vocal performances, the song is the perfect closing track, touching on the themes of home and belonging that tie the whole EP together. When the Tischlers sing, “Nowhere to run, / I’ve had enough running,” they bring the listener home with them. The January Project is an uneven debut and at times sounds derivative. But Maiden Vermont don’t pretend to be anything they aren’t. They’re at their best when they play to their strengths — musicianship and a disarming vulnerability. And those surprising moments of abandon when their voices soar make it worth a listen for any indie-folk fan. The January Project by Maiden Vermont is available at soundcloud.com/maidenvermont.

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polish of some of their more commercial counterparts — comparisons to Bon Iver or Ben Howard seem inevitable. But that sweet spot of tight orchestration and vulnerable vocals is exactly where their charm lies. “Without Even Trying” skews more toward jazz than the rest of the EP; it struggles to find its feet until the chorus and those harmonies come in. Again, the

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Sibling duo Maiden Vermont cover familiar territory for fans of indie folk on their debut EP, The January Project.. It’s hard to move a foot in Vermont without tripping over an indie band, but Ethan and Jacob Tischler’s combination of intriguing harmonies, jazzinfluenced orchestration and stripped-down, reedy vocals will win over those who need to freshen up their Spotify playlists. The album opens with “In Motion,” a wistful track delivered in an Avett Brothers-style croon. The lyrics are fairly stock-in-trade for the genre — a melancholy love song — but the song’s careful crescendo lends poignancy to what could collapse into cliché. The violin part in particular shines and fleshes out the sound of the track. The Tischlers choose an oft-covered favorite for the EP’s second song, Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” This is one of their strongest performances, in part because of the brilliance of Cohen’s original lyrics. The two lure the listener with deceptive simplicity. But the track also showcases Maiden Vermont’s biggest strength: their raw, organic harmonies. They lack the

are strong and steady. Here, guest instrumentalist Emily Sunderman’s violin surges above rippling piano. It’s haunting and beautiful. “Me Time” is a cheeky ode to favorite things. “I love my movies and I love my cat / And I love my pineapple smoothies that I make when I feel fat,” sings London-Southern over charming uke strums. The slowest song of the bunch, “Weight in Gold,” is also one of the most powerful with its simple, repetitive refrain, “You’re in control.” Ghostly, high-pitched vocals, heavy bass and a cascading piano color “Homegrown.” The song builds to a punchy chorus that’s punctuated by in-your-face lyrics: “Stubborn devotion to blind emotion, vision is clouded, passion is clear.” London-Southern gives us a commanding performance on the simple, slow ballad “Bloom.” Unmuttered is ambitious in its sonic variety and experimental nature. Though not always on the mark, it shows great promise for a young band with room to grow and explore. Jinxbox’s Unmuttered is available on soundcloud. com/jinxbox.

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51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: The West Road Rockers (rock), 7 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: Bike Night with Mike Brinkman (rock), 6:30 p.m., free. Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold, 9 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Summer Salsa Series with DJ Hector, 9 p.m., free. Untitled-5 1

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NAKED TURTLE: Turtle Thursday with 95 Triple X (pop), 9 p.m., NA.

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

UNCOMMON GROUNDS COFFEE AND TEA: Bryan Parmelee, Wren Kitz (indie), 8 p.m., free.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Pleasuredome (rock), 6 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Nick DiPaolo (standup), 7:30 & 10 p.m., $20.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Ethan Snyder & Mike Wilber Duo (experimental jazz), 8 p.m., free. DJ Scott Cohen (techno), 10 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Ben Balivet (free folk), 7 p.m., free. Caroline O’Connor (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. The Snaz (rock), 10 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

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NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Mal Maiz (cumbia), 9 p.m., $5.

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ARTSRIOT: Zili Misik, Emma Back (world), 8:30 p.m., $8. AA.

JUNIPER: Eric George (country), 9 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Art Herttua & Ray Carroll (jazz), 6 p.m., donation.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Gina Sobel (folk), 6:30 p.m., free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: The Willoughbys (folk), 5:30 p.m., free. Viva and the Reinforcements (rock), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

RED SQUARE: Chris Page (folk), 4 p.m., free. Supergoat (rock), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Austin Jones, Trophy Wives, Run 2 Cover, Curses (pop), 7 p.m., $15/20. AA.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Patty & Jeff (rock), 5 p.m., free. Phil Abair (rock), 9 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Mad Rant (alt-folk), 6 p.m., free. Builder of the House (folk rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Dryfter (rock), 10 p.m., free. Barika (ethereal dubscape), 11:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: D Jay Baron (house), 9 p.m., $5.

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WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 9 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Doom Service, Be Agressive, Let’s Go (punk), 9 p.m., free. LA PUERTA NEGRA: 41 Prospect (rock), 9 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. John Lackard Blues Band, 9 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Sara Grace (soul), 7 p.m., free.

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RIMROCK’S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Otter Creek 25th Anniversary Party: Rubblebucket, And the Kids (art rock, indie), 8 p.m., $15/20.

RUSTY NAIL: Chris Robinson Brotherhood (rock), 9 p.m., $23/30.

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MOOGS PLACE: DJ Two Rivers (top 40), 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Gary Wade (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Cooie DeFrancesco (blues), 7 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

TOURTERELLE: Francesca Blanchard (folk), 7:30 p.m., $12.

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TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: The Resurrectionists, Crazyhearse (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

MONOPOLE: Plattsburgh Home Team (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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NAKED TURTLE: The Tricksters (rock), 10 p.m., $5.

MONOPOLE: Trinity Park Radio (rock), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free. NAKED TURTLE: Movin’ On (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Jeremy Hill (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: The Remedy (rock), 6 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Colin Lenox & Kay Raynor (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., free. Space Echo with Jahson Deejay (house), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Julia Beerworth and Friends (folk), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Francis Cannon (folk), 7 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Nectar’s Bluegrass Jam, 7 p.m., free. Zach Deputy/Ryan Montbleau Cruise After Party: Grundlefunk, Lands (funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. RADIO BEAN: Lawrence Trailer (folk), 7 p.m., free. Devin (folk), 8 p.m., free. Anna Pardenik (folk), 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul, 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5. RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): The Resurrectionists (rock), 8 p.m., free. SMITTY’S PUB: Glenn & Max (rock, soul), 8 p.m., free.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Rock of Ages (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: King Me (rock), 7 p.m., free.

SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: DJ Steve B (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. ESPRESSO BUENO: Miranda Moody Miller (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation. FEMCOM (standup), 8:30 p.m., free.

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THE GRYPHON: Linda Oats and Shane Hardiman (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., $3.

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THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland & Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session, 1 p.m., free. Morning Bear (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. James Hearne (folk), 7 p.m., free. 41 Prospect (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Severed Fingers, And How!, Silent Piece (rock), 10 p.m., free.

An Evening of Mozart, Bartók, and Crumb — D. Thomas Toner & Nicola Cannizzaro, percussion; David Feurzeig, Paul Orgel, & Sylvia Parker, piano . . . . . 9/24 Le Vent du Nord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/30 Aritmia: Merima Ključo, accordion; Miroslav Tadić, guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/7 Guy Mendilow Ensemble — Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . 10/15 Pacifica Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/21 Las Cafeteras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/28 Lavrova Primakov Piano Duo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/4 Mike Daisey — Khan and the Whale: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11/9+10 The Wrath of Moby Dick ATOS Trio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11/18 The Rose Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/1+2 A Cape Breton Holiday Concert with Còig . . . . . . . . . 12/9 Taylor, Chapin & EVA, featuring Livingston Taylor and Tom Chapin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/27 Orion Weiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/3 Nordic Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/10 Rhythm Future Quartet, with Frank Vignola, guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/17 . . . 2/24 Vincent Ségal, cello & Ballaké Sissoko, kora Jenny Scheinman’s Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait — documentary film with live music . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/10 Ladysmith Black Mambazo ETHEL — Blue Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/24 Beatrice Rana, piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 /31 Stefon Harris, vibraphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/13 Bumper Jacksons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/21 Three Women and the Truth — Eliza Gilkyson, Gretchen Peters, & Mary Gauthier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/28

RED SQUARE: Greenbush (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Scene Jam (improv), 5:30 p.m., free. LGBTQLOL (standup), 7:30 p.m., free. Open Mic (standup), 8:30 p.m., free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/Open Mic, 8 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: The Alkis (rock), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Dave Richardson (folk), 6 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Kelly Ravin (country), 6:30 p.m., free. Live Band Rock & Roll Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Oxbow Music Festival Pre Party: Beg Steal or Borrow, Lesley Grant Band (country), 5 p.m., $5.

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THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Silver Bridget (musical saw), 7 p.m., free. SuGaR (rock, soul), 7 p.m., free.

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WHAMMY BAR: Kristina Stykos and Davey Davis (folk), 7 p.m., free.

THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Rowan (Celtic folk), 7 p.m., free.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Graziona, Schofield & Slim (blues), 5 p.m., free. Cyn City (rock), 9 p.m., free.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: The Woedoggies (country), 3 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Andriana Chobot (folk, jazz), 4 p.m., free. Left Ear Trio (blues), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Swimmer (rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Sky Choice (folk), 6 p.m., free. Troy MIllette (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., free. BUMF (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Latin Sessions with Mal Maiz (cumbia), 10 p.m., free.

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(jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Ecto Cooler (rock), 10 p.m., free.

an all-female ensemble from Boston, fuse a raft

RED SQUARE: The Shady Trees (rock), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

of influences that reflect the band members’ individual heritages and our collective global consciousness. West African rhythms collide with their syncopated Caribbean and South American

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

counterparts; breezy reggae joins Afro-Cuban melodies along with American blues and jazz. Zili Misik play on Friday, August 5, at ArtsRiot in Burlington. Songwriter EMMA BACK opens.

THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Shake the Band (rock), 7 p.m., free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Kelly Ravin (country), 5:30 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Peter Ayres (jazz, soul), 11:30 a.m., donation.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Trivia, 8:30 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

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PHAT KAT’S TAVERN: Jay Natola (solo guitar), 9 p.m., free.

Breakfast and Friends (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., $5. 18+.

LA PUERTA NEGRA: Salsa Lessons with Dsantos, 6:30 p.m., $12.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Dana Barry, 9 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Stephen Callahan Trio (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Soggy Po Boys (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

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RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT, 8 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

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WED.10

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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NECTAR’S: Bi-Weekly Blues Jam with Collin Craig & Friends, 7 p.m., free. 21st Annual Jerryfest: Blues for

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Sleep All Summer (indie folk), 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Godfather Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

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LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Mike Martin (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 7 p.m., free. Ryan Montbleau (folk), 9:30 p.m., $10. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

HATCH 31: Bristol Folk Session, 6 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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BAYSIDE PAVILION: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., free.

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PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Still Kickin (rock), 6 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Hannah Lebel Sendoff Spectacular (funk, soul), 11 p.m., free.

THE DAILY PLANET: Eric George (country), 8 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Eva Rawlings (folk), 6 p.m., free. Andrew O’Keeffe (folk), 7 p.m., free. Vinegar Creek Constituency Trio

NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

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JUNIPER: Ray Vega and Friends (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Yaima (world, downtempo), 8 p.m., free.

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JP’S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Peter Ayres & Guests (blues, folk), 6 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

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PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Joshua Glass (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Wildlife Music Collective (house), 10 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Jason Wedlock (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Lesley Grant (country), 8 p.m., free.

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CLAIRE’S RESTAURANT & BAR, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053 MATTERHORN, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198 MOOGS PLACE, Portland St., Morrisville, 851-8225 PIECASSO PIZZARIA & LOUNGE, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411 RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593 THE RUSTY NAIL, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245 STOWEHOF INN, 434 Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722 SUSHI YOSHI, 1128 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4135 SWEET CRUNCH BAKESHOP, 246 Main St., Hyde Park, 888-4887

BIG PICTURE THEATER & CAFÉ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209 BAR ANTIDOTE, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555 CITY LIMITS, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919 HATCH 31, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774 TOURTERELLE, 3629 Ethan Allen Hwy., New Haven, 453-6309 TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002

RUTLAND AREA

HOP’N MOOSE BREWERY CO., 41 Center St., Rutland 775-7063 PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS/ NORTHWEST

BAYSIDE PAVILION, 15 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 5240909 CHOW! BELLA, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405 SNOW SHOE LODGE & PUB, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456

UPPER VALLEY

BREAKING GROUNDS, 245 Main St., Bethel, 392-4222

NORTHEAST KINGDOM

JASPER’S TAVERN, 71 Seymour La., Newport, 334-2224 MARTELL’S AT THE FOX, 87 Edwards Rd., Jeffersonville, 644-5060 MUSIC BOX, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533 PARKER PIE CO., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366 PHAT KATS TAVERN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064 THE PUB OUTBACK, 482 Vt. 114, East Burke, 626-1188 THE STAGE, 45 Broad St., Lyndonville, 427-3344 TAMARACK GRILL, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., East Burke, 626-7390

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ASIAN BISTRO, 25 Winooski Falls Way #112, Winooski, 655-9800 BACKSTAGE PUB, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494 GOOD TIMES CAFÉ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444 HIGHER GROUND, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-9212 CAPITAL GROUNDS CAFÉ, 27 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800 CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820 ESPRESSO BUENO, 248 N. Main St., Barre, 479-0896 GUSTO’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919 KISMET, 52 State St., Montpelier, 223-8646 LA PUERTA NEGRA, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 613-3172 MULLIGAN’S IRISH PUB, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545 NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ, 41 State St., Montpelier, 552-8105 POSITIVE PIE, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453 RED HEN BAKERY + CAFÉ, 961 US Route 2, Middlesex, 223-5200 THE SKINNY PANCAKE, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 262-2253 SWEET MELISSA’S, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 225-6012 THREE BEAN CAFÉ, 22 Pleasant St., Randolph, 728-3533 WHAMMY BAR, 31 W. County Rd., Calais, 229-4329

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THE CENTER BAKERY & CAFÉ, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500 CORK WINE BAR & MARKET, 1 Stowe St., Waterbury, 882-8227 HOSTEL TEVERE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222 PURPLE MOON PUB, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422 THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827 SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202

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242 MAIN ST., Burlington, 862-2244 AMERICAN FLATBREAD, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999 ARTSRIOT, 400 Pine St., Burlington, 540 0406 AUGUST FIRST, 149 S. Champlain St., Burlington, 540-0060 BARRIO BAKERY & PIZZA BARRIO, 203 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 863-8278 BENTO, 197 College St., Burlington, 497-2494 BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 854-4700 BREAKWATER CAFÉ, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276 BRENNAN’S PUB & BISTRO, UVM Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington, 656-1204 CHURCH & MAIN RESTAURANT, 156 Church St. Burlington, 540-3040 CLUB METRONOME, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563 THE DAILY PLANET, 15 Center St., Burlington, 862-9647 DOBRÁ TEA, 80 Church St., Burlington, 951-2424 DRINK, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463 EAST SHORE VINEYARD TASTING ROOM, 28 Church St., Burlington, 859-9463 THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL, 160 Bank St., Burlington, 859-0888 FINNIGAN’S PUB, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209 THE GRYPHON, 131 Main St., Burlington, 489-5699 HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012 JP’S PUB, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389 JUNIPER, 41 Cherry St., Burlington, 658-0251 LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759 LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP, 12 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346 MAGLIANERO CAFÉ, 47 Maple St., Burlington, 861-3155 MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB, 167 Main St., Burlington, 864-6776 MUDDY WATERS, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466 NECTAR’S, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771 RADIO BEAN, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346 RASPUTIN’S, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324 RED SQUARE, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909 RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401 RUBEN JAMES, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744 SIGNAL KITCHEN, 71 Main St., Burlington, 399-2337 SIDEBAR, 202 Main St., Burlington, 864-0072 THE SKINNY PANCAKE, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188 THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING, 160 Flynn Ave., Burlington, 651-4114 VERMONT COMEDY CLUB, 101 Main St., Burlington, 859-0100 THE VERMONT PUB & BREWERY, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500

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ixteen artists and one poet contribute to this year’s “Exposed” exhibit, presented by the Helen Day Art Center and patrons/ collectors Petra and Stephen Levin. As the outdoor sculpture show has done for the previous 24 years, this one displays works along Main Street/Route 100 in Stowe Village and for a short distance along its recreation path. At each stop, a sign offers the title of the work, the artist’s name and a phone number to call for brief audio commentary on the piece. One might expect the silver anniversary of “Exposed” to be more spectacular than previous iterations. It is not. This year’s exhibition is slightly larger, with 20 sculptures by those 16 artists; by comparison, last year’s show presented 17 works by 13 artists. And fewer than half of the 2016 selections could be called spectacular. Burlington poet Ryan Walsh’s “The Pines” suitably speaks to our place in nature, but its presentation — vinyl lettering on store windows — is nearly obscured by the merchandise behind the glass. That said, “Exposed” reannounces itself subtly, offering mains an engaging focus for viewers the pleasant surprise of a stroll through downtown discovery? Ideally, a site serves Stowe, and this year’s show the art, and vice versa, so that a is not without moments of dialogue of some kind emerges wonderment. For accidental between the two — and, by exviewers of the exhibition, tension, provokes the viewer to finding artwork in unexdo some thinking. Collectively, pected quarters is part of the “Cone” by Jaehyo Lee “Exposed” does all these things, point. but some of its individual pieces Aside from being weatherdo none of them. worthy, sculpture installed The gently sloping lawn outdoors must satisfy two criof Helen Day Art Center is a teria: It must possess intrinsic veritable showcase, with little merit as an artistic creation visual distraction and plenty of and be suitable or functional room to walk around a work and in its siting. Most of the pieces view it from all sides. All three in “Exposed” pass the first test, of David Tanych’s rusted-steel having pleased the show’s outpieces have the advantage of this of-state jurors. siting. His works are ordinary Curator Rachel Moore faced the bits of hardware writ large — very greater challenges of the second large. “Stack of Nails” features test: Can the sculpture stand up three of the titular items, perhaps to the inherent distractions of the 12 feet tall, leaning against each outdoors, particularly on a busy other tepee-style. Tanych’s street? Alternatively, does a piece “work” because it “Wing Nut” underscores

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WORKS ON THE REC PATH ARGUABLY HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY INVITE VIEWERS INTO THE CONVERSATION.

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the playfulness of this scale; just as tiny things are always cute, so the preposterous enlargement of normally small things can be hilarious. Speaking of playful — and outsize — Rob Hitzig’s “Pick ’Em Up” may have the most ingenious siting of all: on the tower of the building that houses the gallery and town library. A reference to pick-up sticks, the piece consists of a dozen narrow, brightly painted lengths of wood that overlie one another in the spatter pattern of the childhood game. But the assemblage that would normally have been dropped on a table or floor is here frozen in place and attached to a highly unlikely vertical surface. It behooves visitors to remember to look up. Across the street, Mark Chatterley’s “The Watchers” commands attention both for its sheer skill and because it is slightly creepy. Made of high-fired clay, the installation includes a serene male figure in lotus position surrounded by six “stacks” of three figures each, sitting on one another’s shoulders like acrobats.

Chatterley readily conjures thoughts of surveillance with this enigmatic piece, but the central figure may represent stalwart protest. Two masterful pieces that take charge of their Main Street locations — and viewers’ attention — are “Cone” by Korean artist Jaehyo Lee and “Demeter” by Stowe sculptor Christopher Curtis. Both are tall and exquisitely made. “Cone” has been placed in front of I.C. Scoops but has nothing to do with ice cream. Lee sliced and chopped wood into flat paramecia shapes and end pieces, then bent, lacquered and arranged them to conform to the conical shape, which adheres to a steel armature. Curtis, co-owner of West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park on Mountain Road, scores once again with an astonishing assemblage of metal and stone. “Demeter” is a graceful swoop of stainless steel anchored to a granite base; it somehow holds a partially polished 900pound boulder in its middle, as if the latter were speared. The juxtaposition

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of textures and defiance of gravity illustrate what Curtis calls in his artist statement “Beauty and peril — an intriguing combination.” Works on the rec path arguably have the best opportunity to engage with the environment, particularly when they invite viewers into the conversation. Three works here do that very well and in completely different ways. Jonathan Waters’ “Looking In Looking Out #1 & #2” is deceptively simple. Two large-scale steel rectangles literally frame the views behind them but also successively frame each other, then overlap, then separate as the viewer moves past. These pieces address perception and perspective in both literal and metaphorical ways — and evoke our shifting viewpoints as we move through the world. With the simple title “Carbon,” Theodore Ceraldi reveals the agenda of his striking sculpture: It addresses the destruction of Earth’s forests. A dozen vertical steel rods, painted red

Grouped along the rec path like so many mushrooms, the ears tilt toward the sky. Yet Porter suggests they are not listening for, say, celestial messages, but for the words of passersby. The ears “thrive on the whispers, gurgles and songs of the life forms around them,” he writes in a tongue-in-cheek statement, “beckoning those within range to utter their heart’s desires into the ears of these attentive fronds.” Porter’s big green ears are refreshingly funny, an arresting but nonthreatening presence in an otherwise bucolic landscape. “The Great Earscape” reminds us not to take ourselves too seriously. Historically, “Exposed” has not often confronted viewers with uncomfortable questions or big statements. Instead, it has simply taken advantage of the area’s natural beauty to turn the walkable downtown into a summertime gallery. To be sure, normalizing the presence of art in everyday places elevates a quotidian experience to a more thoughtful

CALL TO ARTISTS CREATIVE COMPETITION: For this artist competition and exhibit during monthly First Friday, artists may drop off one display-ready piece in any medium and size to Backspace Gallery, 266 Pine Street in Burlington, between noon and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 3, and Thursday, August 4, and between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday. Entry $8. During the First Friday reception, 5 to 9 p.m., viewers can vote on their favorite work; the winning artist takes home the collective entry money. The work remains on view for the duration of the exhibit. More info at spacegalleryvt.com. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, first Wednesday of every month. Info, 578-2512. DIGITAL ART INSTALLATION: Seven Days seeks submissions of interactive digital art installations for its annual Tech Jam job fair on October 21 and 22. Size is negotiable. Interested artists may send a brief explanation of the project, digital images if available and a resume to corey@sevendaysvt. com. Deadline: September 16. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction. Info, 865-1020, ext. 36. ‘THE ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT’: Seeking submissions of portrait photography that employ the surrounding environment to enhance the subject’s narrative. Exhibition to be juried by art writer Shana Nys Dambrot. For details and

‘EYES THAT CAN SEE’: Seeking photographs made in Vermont for an upcoming exhibition curated by Burlington photographer Monika Rivard. Artists may submit up to five photographs to eyesthatcansee.vermont@gmail. com. Deadline: October 1. New City Galerie, Burlington. Info, eyesthatcansee@gmail.com. FUNCTIONAL AND FUNKY ART: Middlesex juried artists collective is accepting new applications from artisans who work in wood, bird houses or garden art, clocks, mobiles and whimsical functional works of all kinds. To submit, email photos of your submissions

INFO “Exposed,” through October 15 at Helen Day Art Center and various locations in Stowe. helenday.com

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS: Artists and craft persons are invited to submit proposals for three public mural projects at City Market’s second store. For specifications and to submit, visit citymarket.coop/southend. Deadline: September 12. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington. Info, 861-9700. VIDEO INSTALLATION ART: New yoga studio at Railroad Apothecary seeks video installation art to screen during First Friday Art Walks and Art Hop. Deadline: August 22. To submit, email sukhpran@gmail.com. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington. August 5-22. Info, sukhpran@ gmail.com.

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f STELLA MARRS: “In Her Shoes,” a solo exhibition of new painting, drawing and multimedia works by the Burlington artist. Reception: Friday, August 5, 5-8 p.m. August 5-October 25. Info, joseph@ newcitygalerie.org. Info, 355-5440. New City Galerie in Burlington.

f AUSTIN SCRIVENS: Illustrations by the Vermont artist. Reception: Friday, August 5, 6:30-8 p.m. August 5-September 30. Info, 865-6227. Uncommon Grounds Coffee and Tea in Burlington. f ETHAN AZARIAN: “Finished or Unfinished,” an exhibition of paintings including works from the artist’s “Not So Famous Cities” series. Reception: Wednesday, August 3, 4-7 p.m. August 3-September 1. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington. f JAMES BENOIT: “City Limits,” an exhibition of black-and-white photographs of Burlington architecture and landmarks. Reception: Saturday, August 6, 6 p.m. August 6-September 10. Info, 448-3350. Phoenix Books, Burlington. NORTHERN VERMONT ARTIST ASSOCIATION MEMBERS’ SHOW: A group exhibition featuring approximately 75 works in painting, drawing, sculpture, pastel and more by 40 artist members.

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f ‘WOMEN IN THE MEN’S ROOM’: Collaborative exhibition featuring sculptures by Susan Raber Bray, Leslie Fry and Riki Moss, and paintings by Janet Fredericks and Pamela Murphy. Reception: Friday, August 5, 6-8 p.m. August 5-September 30. Info, 8642088. Artspace 106 at the Men’s Room in Burlington.

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CASEY ROBERTS: Sparsely detailed, natureinspired cyanotype drawings. August 5-31. Info, 617-842-3332. Walker Contemporary in Waitsfield.

f DAVID GARTEN: “La Habana Te Llama — Havana Is Calling You,” an exhibit of 25 new images from the photographer’s post-normalization trips to Cuba. Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Reception: Saturday, August 6, 6-8 p.m. August 3-September 5. Info, 496-5516. David Garten Photo in Waitsfield. NEW THIS WEEK

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‘MAN IN THE LANDSCAPE’: Seeking submissions of images addressing humans’ impact on Earth, for an exhibition to be juried by Brett Erickson. For details and to submit, visit photoplacegallery.com. Deadline: August 15. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury. $30 for up to five images; $7 for each additional. Info, 388-4500.

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LABELS FOR LIBATIONS: Artists are invited to submit their designs to be featured on the next can of Art Hop Ale. Visit magichat.net/ seaba for details and to submit. Deadline: August 29. Magic Hat Artifactory, South Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

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to thebuzz@thehivevt.com with “Attention Nancy” in the subject line. Deadline: August 3. The Hive, Middlesex. Info, 595-4866.

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EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE: Curators Abbi Jaffe, Amanda Franz, Amy Königbauer and Hanna Satterlee seek experimental acts for a September 2 event. Works in dance/movement, music/sound, participatory/happenings, film and storytelling will be considered. Participating artists will be given two to 15 minutes to present their work; pieces that last the length of the show will also be considered. Submit proposals to aekoenigbauer@ gmail.com. Include description of work (max. 500 words), work sample and list of materials needed. Deadline: August 8, 8 p.m. The Everything Space, Montpelier, Through August 8. Info, 313-969-6158.

f THE ARTIST’S FAMILY: “The Artist’s Family,” a group art exhibit and dance performance exploring the wild and varied subject of family. Reception: Friday, August 5, 7-9 p.m., with performance by curator Joy Madden at 7:30 p.m. August 5-31. Info, joymadden@yahoo.com. Rose Street Artists’ Cooperative and Gallery in Burlington.

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and arranged in a tepee-style circle, both support and penetrate a thick log with a burnt surface. Ceraldi describes it best: “This piece calls attention to the destruction by elevating a 144-year-old white cedar log, cut in the Northeast Kingdom, to a sacrificial state … indicative of omnipotent human intervention.” Torin Porter reaches out to humanity itself with audacity and humor. “The Great Earscape,” made of fiberglass, papier-mâché and PVC pipe, consists of seven gigantic ears painted Shrek green.

to submit, visit darkroomgallery.com. Deadline: August 10. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction. $29 for first five images; $5 for each additional. Info, 777-3686.

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JEREMY LEE MACKENZIE: “Hidden Blueprints,” an exhibition of scroll woodcuts designed during the artist’s prison sentence. Reception and artist talk: Saturday, August 6, 3:30 p.m. August 5-21. Info, 496-3065. Waitsfield United Church of Christ.

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‘THE EFFECTS OF BIRDSONG ON SHIFTING STRATA’: Paintings and poems by Tom Merwin and the Artists of the Forty-Seven Main Street Group. Reception: Sunday, August 7, 1-3 p.m. August 5-27. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. ‘EFFERVESCENCE’: The 2016 juried showcase features 26 artists working in diverse media, from wood and ceramics to anime-style illustration, landscape photography and abstract collage. Reception: Friday, August 19, 5-7 p.m. August 6-September 24. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. ‘WONDERING SPIRITS’: Sculptures by Nora Valdez, Rick Rothrock and Bart Shigeru Uchida. Reception: Friday, August 12, 6 p.m. August 10-September 10. Info, galleries@castleton.edu. Info, 468-1266. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

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CAROL LIPPMAN: “A Path to the Unconscious,” new prints made using solarplate etching technology combined with collagraph and other printmaking media. Reception: Friday, August 5, 6-8 p.m. August 5-September 30. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

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ANN YOUNG: “The F Train,” paintings by the Barton artist. Reception: Friday, August 5, 5-8 p.m. August 5-September 30. Info, 323-7759. The 99 Gallery and Center in Newport.

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‘EAST MEETS WEST’: A wide range of works inspired by the landscapes and lore of the American East and West, referencing pervading myths of the American frontier and the ever-diminishing freedoms of Native Americans. Reception: Saturday, August 6, 4-6:30 p.m. August 6-October 13. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro.

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LIFE DRAWING/PAINTING: Join fellow artists for drop-in figure drawing. All mediums welcome. Chairs are available, but BYO easel. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Thursday, August 4, 7-9 p.m. $12. Info, 839-5349. ‘MODES OF CONDUCTION’ OPENING: Overnight Projects opens this summer exhibition of sitespecific installation by German artists Vesko Gosel, Peter Miler and Viktoria Strecker. Moran Plant, Burlington, Saturday, August 6, 5-8:30 p.m. Info, overnightprojects@gmail.com. OPEN STUDIO: JOHN CASWELL: The White River Junction artist opens his studio to share and sell affordably priced posters featuring artwork and inspirational messages. John Caswell Studio, White River Junction, Saturday, August 6, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and Sunday, August 7, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Info, 291-3231.

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Floating World,” an exhibition of vibrant color images. Reception: Saturday, September 24, 6 p.m. Artist talk at 7 p.m. August 6-October 30. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

TALK: STEPHANIE ROBISON: The August sculptorin-residence discusses her new work, methods and aesthetic. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Wednesday, August 10, 7 p.m. Info, 438-2097.

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spotlighting work by Kevin Raines. Reception: Friday, August 5, 5-7 p.m. August 5-30. Info, 518-963-8309. Adirondack Art Association Gallery in Essex, N.Y.

ART EVENTS ART IN THE PARK: Local artists and makers display their wares in metal, glass, clay, fiber and more at this festival featuring artist demos, live music, food vendors and kids’ activities. Main Street Park, Rutland, Saturday, August 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, August 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 775-0356. FIRST FRIDAY ART: Dozens of galleries and other venues around the city open their doors to pedestrian art viewers in this monthly event. See Art Map Burlington at participating locations. Friday, August 5, 5-8 p.m. Info, 264-4839. HYDE NIGHT OUT: Visitors enjoy extended museum hours, with the opportunity to hear sculptor Victoria Palermo’s lecture “Shelter From the Storm: Interactions With Contemporary Sculpture.” The illustrated talk covers the process behind her work on view, “Camp Iris,” as well as trends in contemporary sculpture. RSVP recommended. The Hyde

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OPENING: SCAVENGER STUDIO: Stacy Hopkins of Scavenger Gallery celebrates the opening of her new jewelry studio, housed in a 1750s blacksmith shop. Scavenger Studio, Hartland Four Corners, Wednesday, August 10, 6:30-8 p.m. Info, scavenger. gallery@gmail.com.

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TALK: WILLIAM HOSLEY: The preservationist offers his illustrated lecture “New England Impressions — Art and the Making of Regional Identity, 1885-1950.” Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, Sunday, August 7, 2 p.m. Info, 765-4288. ‘TATTOO TWO’: Second annual exhibition event featuring live models showing their tattoo art and sharing their stories. Bennington Museum, Friday, August 5, 5-8 p.m. Info, 447-1571. WATER BAR: Sean Clute and Al Larsen kick off their “Of Land and Local” collaboration with this tasting event, which features six single-source Vermont waters. Otto Muller performs a rendition of George Brecht’s “Drip Music 1962,” and Casey Engels and Rebecca Schwarz exhibit water-related sculptural works. Pine Street Studios, Burlington, Friday, August 5, 8-10 p.m. Info, alarsen@champlain.edu.

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‘60 PAINTINGS BY THE ART TEAM BILLYBOB’: An exhibition of works by William Coil and Robert Green. Closing reception: Friday, August 5, 5-8 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

‘AMAZING GRACE’: A group exhibition celebrating the past 40 years of Grass Roots Art and Community Effort, which is committed to developing and promoting self-taught artists. Artists include Gayleen Aiken, Larry Bissonnette, Merrill Densmore, Dot Kibbee, Roland Rochette, Curtis Tatro and others. Through September 3. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington.

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CARL RUBINO: “From the Bark of a Single Tree,” abstract macro-photography images of compositions found on the bark of a tree on a tiny island in the Adirondacks. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

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CATE NICHOLAS: “First Vision,” the artist’s first solo photography exhibition. Through August 7. Info, 540-8333. Sequoia Salon in Burlington. CHARLIE HUDSON: “Not Really,” a solo exhibition of layered, landscape-inspired paintings by the Australian American artist. Through August 30. Info, 864-5884. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington. DICK BRUNELLE: New abstract paintings in watercolors acrylic and mixed media. Through August 31. Info, 651-8834. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington. DJ BARRY: “The Leftovers,” paintings and prints by the Middlesex stencil artist. Through August 31. Info, 658-4771. Nectar’s in Burlington. ‘FIXED/FLUXED’: In recognition of the Seven Below Arts initiative, this group exhibition brings together 11 former residents for an initiative meant to “de-emphasize the gallery space as a place for fixed, final products, and reposition it as a place for transitory work and evolving ideas.” Through October 1. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

JENNIE KRISTEL: “Summer Reflections and Visions of Home,” monoprints exploring the realms of home and water. Reception: Friday, August 5, 5-8 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 373-5030. Brickwork Art Studios in Burlington. MICHAEL BUCKLEY: “Coffee, Tea and You,” an exhibition of works by the late Vermont artist made using those beverages. Through August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee, Pine Street, in Burlington. MIMI MAGYAR: “Obsessive Compulsive Dzines,” an exhibition of works in graph paper and ink. Through October 31. Info, 301-938-8981. Revolution Kitchen in Burlington. PAM STEEG: Photographs from the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Through August 31. Info, pamsteeg@gmavt. net. Info, 651-4114. The Tap Room at Switchback Brewing in Burlington.

sculptor. “Shapes, lines and openings repeat and reinvent themselves in a progressive continuity.” A large selection of Wrend’s Calder-esque wall-mounted and freestanding sculptures is currently on view in a solo exhibition at Morrisville’s River Arts. The artist renders aluminum into strong geometric compositions with playful color slight hint of ’80s fashion design. Through September 5. Pictured: “You Rascal You.” ‘RUN! JUMP! FLY! ADVENTURES IN ACTION’: A traveling exhibition created by the Minnesota Children’s Museum allows visitors to engage in strength, coordination, balance and endurance training exercises in their own adventure stories. Through September 11. Info, 864-1848, ext. 120. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. ‘A SLICE OF LIFE: EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES & SNIPPETS OF AN ARTIST’S LIFE’: A group exhibition featuring works in a variety of mediums that offer a glimpse of the artist’s life, from the most intimate to the most public moments. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington. TODD R. LOCKWOOD: “Portraiture Reimagined,” an exhibition of “cinema portraits,” a convergence of portrait photography, cinema and writing. Through September 3. Info, 860-2700, ext. 8980. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington.

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‘ARTIFACT’: An exhibition of images by 41 photographers — three from Vermont — whose images in some way address relics of the past. Reception: Friday, August 5, 5:30 p.m. Through August 14. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. ‘BEING PRESENT’: A group exhibition featuring the work of 25 of artists currently represented by the gallery, offering a visual and contextual reflection on its 25th year. Through September 13. Info, 9853848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. ‘GRANDMA MOSES: AMERICAN MODERN’: This exhibition co-organized with Bennington Museum showcases more than 60 paintings, works on paper and related materials by Anna Mary Robertson Moses, aka Grandma Moses, alongside work by other 19th- and 20th-century folk and modern artists. Through October 20. DOMINIQUE EHRMANN: “Once Upon A Quilt,” an exhibition of 16 quilts by the Québec-based fiber artist. Through October 31.

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GEORGE SHERWOOD: “Wind, Waves and Light,” an outdoor exhibition of eight large-scale, stainless steel kinetic sculptures. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum. ‘IN LAYERS: THE ART OF THE EGG’: A group exhibition of 20-plus artists whose works focus on the beauty, biology and essence of eggs. Through October 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington.

f LINDA & DEAN MORAN: “The Art of Marbled Fabrics,” an exhibition featuring nearly two dozen works of hand-marbled fabrics. Reception: Sunday, August 7, 3-5 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 878-6956. Brownell Library in Essex Junction. LYNN ANN POWERS: Watercolors of stained-glass windows, representing changing seasons and traditional designs. Through September 30. Info, 879-4988. Village Green Florist in Essex Junction. MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM: The Granville photographer exhibits images taken on trips to Europe and England during the 1970s, as well as images from coastal Maine, Vermont, New York and provinces of Canada. Through August 31. Info, 767-3844. Healthy Living Market & Café in South Burlington. PLEIN AIR EXHIBITION: An exhibition of paintings created during the Jericho Plein Air Festival. Through August 7. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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AMANDA AMEND: “Viajes (Travels),” watercolors by the Vermont artist. Through August 26. Info, 828-0749. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. ‘NOTES OF COLOR’: Works in a variety of mediums and styles by members of the Vermont Art Resource Association. Through September 16. ANN SARCKA: An exhibition of prints, acrylic paintings and photography. Through September 16. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. ‘BIG ART, BOLD VISION’: An exhibition curated by Janet Van Fleet featuring enlargements of works by 16 artists in mall windows. Artists include: Rosalind Daniels, Anna Dibble, Janet Fredericks, Jessa Gilbert, Steven P. Goodman, Wendy James, Mark Lorah, Mickey Myers, Maggie Neale, Elizabeth Nelson, Adelaide Murphy Tyrol, Arthur Schaller, Jayne Shoup, David Smith, Kathy Stark and Frank Woods. Through November 26. Info, janetvanfleet@fairpoint.net. Info, 229-4151. Berlin Mall.

JULIANA CASSINO FECHTER: “Landscape: An Emotional Place,” an exhibition of paintings of local trees and environments. Through September 10. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield. MICHAEL SMITH: “¿Hungry?” paintings of foods such as Wonderbread, chicken and blueberry pie. Through November 1. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli in Barre.

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‘EXPOSED’: The 25th annual outdoor sculpture exhibit, featuring Korean artist JaeHyo Lee, among other works by local and national artists. Through October 15. MOLLY DAVIES: “Beyond the Far Blue Mountains,” a remastered digital projection of the original 16mm “three-screen fairytale.” Through November 13. PAT STEIR: An exhibition of prints and drawings by the world-renowned New York painter, accompanied by video of the artist by Molly Davies. Through November 13. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. JUDITH WREND: “Sculpture,” a solo exhibition featuring outdoor, freestanding interior and wallmounted pieces that explore light, space, color and reflection. Through September 5. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

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CAROL O’MALIA: “Intermission,” paintings of summer scenes. Through August 13. CHARLIE HUNTER: “Rail Town Noir,” paintings of railyard scenes. Through August 6. DAVID STROMEYER: “Visions in Steel,” a selection of large outdoor sculptures and smaller interior works, presented in collaboration with Cold Hollow Sculpture Park. Through September 9. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe.

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SUMMER SHOW: Works from four contemporary Vermont artists: Arista Alanis, Molly Davies, Sebastian Sweatman and Craig Wiltse. Through September 5. Info, sebsweatman@gmail.com. Vermont Contemporary Art Space in Stowe. SUSAN BULL RILEY, ERIC TOBIN, KAREN & JACK WINSLOW: An exhibition of paintings by the Vermont artists. Through September 7. Info, 644-8183. Visions of Vermont in Jeffersonville.

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f AMY HAGBERG & MICHELLE SAFFRAN: “Meditating Memory,” an exhibition in which the photo-based artists and friends explore a visual inquiry into the persistent force of memory and the manifestation of time. Reception: Friday, August 12, 6-8 p.m. Through September 17. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury. 308 PINE ST #101 • BURLINGTON, VT 05401 • 802.660.9005

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RENÉE BOUCHARD: “Kaleidoscopic Pathos,” an exhibition of paintings that address landscape and human experience. Through September 30. Info, 223-5811. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

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TOM WIES: “Elusive Element,” an exhibition of photographs taken over the last four years in Scandinavia, Serbia, Ireland and sites across the United States, featuring landscapes, portraits and abstractions of nature. Through September 30. Info, 223-5811. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

‘ROBERT DOUGLAS HUNTER AND HIS STUDENTS’: An exhibition of 24 paintings by the artist popularly considered “Dean of the Boston School of Painting,” as well as more than 50 works by students. Through September 5. ANDREW ORR AND HIS STUDENTS: Landscapes by the Vermont artist and workshop students, including Janet Bonneau, Nancy Calicchio, Julie Davis, Peggy DuPont, Fiona Cooper Fenwick, Barbara Jensen, Mary Krause, Julie McGowan, Howard Mitchell, Dan Pattullo, Kari-Unn Paye, John Richards, Jody Siegle and Linda Van Cooper. Through September 5. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

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‘IMPRESSIONS’: An exhibition of works by members of Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, including Lois Beatty, Maureen O’Connor Burgess, Patty Castellini, Janet Cathey, Rachel Gross, Sheri Hancock-Tomek, Victoria Shalvah Herzberg, Judy Lampe, Carol Lippman, Elizabeth Mayor, Emily Parrish, Nori Pepe and Nancy Wightman. Through September 9. Info, 371-4100. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

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f HERBERT A. DURFEE JR.: Black-and-white photographs taken in Europe in the early 1950s by the late Burlington physician. Reception: Friday, August 5, 7-9 p.m. Through October 31. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex.

‘SOFT BOMB BARRE’: An array of fiber art installations placed throughout downtown, including a pop-up weaving studio. Through August 27. Info, 479-7069. Various Barre locations. SUMMER ART SHOW & SLOW-POUR COFFEE: Second summer exhibition of works by the collective’s 15 artists, and a celebration of new in-gallery specialty coffee bar Tremolo. Through August 27. Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier.

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‘VISIONARY CONSPIRACY’: An exhibition of fiber art by 14 members of the Vermont chapter of the Surface Design Association. Through August 27. GLORIA LYNN: Paintings, sculptures and fiber art by the Williamstown artist and family members. Through August 27. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

ROGER WEINGARTEN: “Nightsong With Parasol,” more than 80 digital prints and sculpture incorporating metamorphosis, history and humor. Through August 16. Info, 595-5252. Center for Arts and Learning in Montpelier.

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ANNELEIN BEUKENKAMP: A solo exhibition of watercolor paintings by the Burlington artist, produced by Valley Arts. Through October 10. Info, 496-6682. The Bridges Vermont Resort & Tennis Club in Warren. BILLY BRAUER: A solo exhibition spanning five decades of the Vermont artist’s career, including paintings and etchings from the 1960s. Through September 5. Info, 583-5832. Bundy Modern Gallery in Waitsfield. FRANK COVINO RETROSPECTIVE: An exhibition of paintings by the late artist and teacher, who painted and taught verdaccio technique in the Florentine style of the Old Masters. Through September 3. Info, 496-6682. Festival Gallery in Waitsfield. ‘PHOTO SHOW AT THE ROUND BARN’: The 27th annual community-based exhibition featuring works from amateur and professional photographers. Through September 5. Info, 496-7722. Joslyn Round Barn in Waitsfield.

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‘ADDISON COUNTY IN PROFILE: SILHOUETTES FROM THE SHELDON ARCHIVES’: An exhibit of rarely displayed silhouettes of early residents of Addison County, from the 1800s to 1900s, including many prominent and accomplished personalities. Through September 3. ‘PEDALING THROUGH HISTORY: 150 YEARS OF THE BICYCLE’: In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the first pedal bicycle patent, this exhibition showcases the extensive bicycle collection of Glenn Eames, which traces the evolution of the bicycle through today. Through October 16. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

f HOMER WELLS: A solo exhibition of landscapes created with automotive paint on aluminum by the Monkton artist, originally trained as a sign maker. Reception: Thursday, August 4, 5-7 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery Mill Street in Middlebury.

‘IMAGINED REALITIES’: An exhibition of photographs meant to evoke alternate realities, juried by Tom Chambers. Through August 5. Info, 388-4500. PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury.

p.m. Through August 31. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery Merchants Row in Middlebury.

and W. David Powell. Through August 31. Info, 2950808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

KLARA CALITRI: Objects and paintings by the prolific nonagenarian whose work is informed by her Austrian heritage and inspired by living things. Through August 6. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

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BETH MILLER: “This World Is Exactly What I Wanted,” a solo exhibition of works that integrate beauty, reverence, innocence and grief. Through August 6. Info, galleries@castleton.edu. Info, 468-1266. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

POLLY FORCIER: “Early American Decoration,” a retrospective exhibition of stenciled and painted objects by the local stenciling expert, including replicas of different types of hand-decorated early American objects. Through October 31. Info, 6490124. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center.

BILL WOLFF: Exhibition of wood sculpture, influenced by the Japanese traditional process of yosegi zukuri, in which multiple pieces of partially hollowed wood are assembled together. Through August 21. Info, 438-2097. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center Gallery in West Rutland.

‘UNBOUND VOL. V’: Sixth annual juried exhibition of book art by artists working in New England and New York, opened in tandem with Bookstock Literary Festival. Through August 27. Info, 4573500. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery in South Pomfret.

CAROLYN SHATTUCK: “Unstill Lifes,” an exhibition of oil-on-canvas paintings and mixed-media works on clayboard. Through September 30. Info, 773-1801. Rutland City Hall.

‘WINNERS AND NOT’: An exhibition hosted by the Bradford Historical Society includes a large display of vintage political posters, buttons and pamphlets from state and federal elections. Through October 31. Info, 222-4423. Bradford Academy.

f ‘MARK OF THE MACHINE’: A group exhibition of works in a variety of mediums by past and present members of Generator maker space. Reception: Friday, August 5, 5-8 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow in Middlebury. ‘PAUL STRAND IN VERMONT: 1943-1946’: An exhibition of 25 works taken in Vermont, just after the renowned artist’s return to still photography following almost a decade of filmmaking. Through August 7. Info, 443-3168. ‘PERSEVERANCE: JAPANESE TATTOO TRADITION IN A MODERN WORLD’: A traveling exhibition featuring full-scale photographs exploring the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing, as represented by seven renowned tattoo artists. Through August 7. Info, 443-5258. Middlebury College Museum of Art. ‘PORTRAITS IN ACTION’: A multimedia exhibition pairing portrait photography and audio interviews to share the work of pioneers in renewable energy, environmental conservation and land-use planning. Through August 6. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. ‘QUAKER MADE: VERMONT FURNITURE, 18201835’: Furniture made by Monkton Quaker Stephen Foster Stevens, exhibited alongside account books, diaries, documents, photographs and other personal ephemera. Through October 30. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.

f RORY JACKSON: “All in One County,” an

exhibition of landscapes throughout Addison County, from the mountains of Lincoln to the edge of Lake Champlain. Reception: Friday, August 12, 5-7

‘SOLIDS AND SURFACES’: Handcrafted furniture by Richard Haver and painted landscapes by Grace Mellow. Through August 30. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

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‘COURAGEOUS SPEECH’: An exhibition of works by 27 member artists, along with text that examines each artworks’ relationship to an issue about which the artist feels strongly. Through August 31. Info, 528-5222. 10 S. Main St. in St. Albans. NORTHERN VERMONT ARTIST ASSOCIATION: An exhibition of artworks by NVAA members in a variety of mediums. Through August 6. Info, 524-3699. Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery in St. Albans. ‘SWEET HARMONY BY THE LAKE’: Intergenerational art show opening featuring inspirational flags created by island schoolchildren, seniors, community members and gallery artists. Through October 16. Info, 378-4591. Grand Isle Art Works.

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‘ART ON THE FARM’: Exhibition curated by Edythe Wright featuring sculpture by Lela Keen Jaacks, Lily O’Hara, Steve Read, Ian Campbell Swordy, Linda Treash and Brooks Wright. The show is a collaboration with the Fable Collective farmers, who have created a path through the fields of four family farms. Thursdays. Info, edythe.f.wright@gmail.com. Fable Farm in Barnard. ‘BIRDS ARE DINOSAURS’: An exhibit that traces the evolution of birds from dinosaurs, featuring skeletons, lifesize replicas and hands-on activities. Through October 31. Info, 359-5000. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center in Quechee. ‘THE BIRDS’: The fourth annual exhibition of collages and prints by Ben Peberdy of Deluxe Unlimited

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ERIC AHO: “Toward a Bright Opening,” solo exhibition of landscapes by the Saxtons River painter, whose recent works incorporate a prominent void, hole or portal. Through October 10. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. GEORGIA LANDAU: “Real and Imagined Works in Paint and Clay,” an exhibition of works by the Montpelier artist. Through August 28. Info, 5632037. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. KARI MEYER: “Honest Skies,” landscape paintings chronicling “the evolving beauty of the seasons.” Through August 9. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. ‘MIRROR/MIRROR’: An exhibition reflecting upon the looking glass and all that it contains, from telescopes to magic tricks, disco balls to dentistry, fashion to psychotherapy, myth to superstition. Through May 1, 2017. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. PHYLLIS J. HAMMOND: A retrospective of works by the late Newport artist and author of Traveling With Wildflowers: From Newfoundland to Alaska. Through September 10. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport. ‘X-RAY VISION: FISH INSIDE OUT’: A traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution featuring 40 large-scale digital prints of X-rays of several species of fish. Through June 1. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.

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AYN HANNAH: “Mapping With Stitches,” new textile art quilts combining layered fabric with thread “drawing.” ERIC BOYER: “Convergence,” sensuous sculptures made from wire mesh. Through August 31. Info, 257-4777. Gallery in the Woods in Brattleboro. ‘UNION STATION: GATEWAY TO THE WORLD’: An exhibit of images and stories of Brattleboro’s Union Station, home of BMAC, to mark the 100th

Charlie Hudson In “Not Really” at Burlington’s Karma

Bird House Gallery, the Australian American, Vermont-based painter deftly uses his signature technique of layering abstract lines and shapes to present a Burlington-in-facsimile. Hudson starts these works with photographs of local buildings (such as the Merchants Bank alleyway or the Winooski

building that houses Scout & Co.), but then deviates and improvises. Sometimes he even adds nonexistent geographic features. “After the initial line painting is there,” he says, “I have my fun and do my thing with it.” The 74 ART

resulting scenes will be eerily familiar to those accustomed to the Queen Cityscape — almost like the real thing, but not really. Through August 30. Pictured: “Entrance,” acrylic on birch board.

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anniversary of its opening. Through October 23. ‘UP IN ARMS: TAKING STOCK OF GUNS’: A group exhibition considers the enormous physical, psychological and symbolic power of guns in the U.S. Artists include Liu Bolin, Linda Bond, Kyle Cassidy, Madeline Fan, Susan Graham, Jane Hammond, Don Nice, Sabine Pearlman and Jerilea Zempel. Through October 23. JAMIE YOUNG: “Chaos and Light,” a solo exhibition of paintings depicting several species of vines covering trees all over New England. Through October 23. PHILIP J. CALABRIA: “The Stilled Passage: Photographs of Unrestored Ellis Island,” photographs of the historical immigration passageway. Through August 29. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

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JON GREGG: “Evolving a Mark,” paintings by the Vermont Studio Center cofounder. Through August 14. Info, 251-8290. Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro.

NORTH BENNINGTON OUTDOOR SCULPTURE SHOW: The 19th annual exhibition of works from 37 sculptors from throughout New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Through October 23. Info, 201-9839062. North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show.

‘LANDSCAPES AFTER RUSKIN: REDEFINING THE SUBLIME’: An exhibition curated by American artist Joel Sternfeld, who uses Victorian scholar John Ruskin’s work as a departure point for contextualizing contemporary renderings of landscapes and nature. Works are by Joseph Beuys, Katherine Bradford, Christo, Gustave Courbet, Naoya Hatakeyama, Anselm Kiefer, Raymond Pettibon, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Ruff, Ai Wei Wei, David Wojnarowicz and more. This show also serves as the world debut of Sternfeld’s 2016 film London Bridge. Through November 27. Info, 952-1056. Hall Art Foundation in Reading.

f ROBERT MCBRIDE: “Colorfully Informed,” abstract

paintings by the Bellows Falls artist. Reception: Thursday, August 4, 5:30-7 p.m. Through August 26. Info, 869-2960. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River.

DAVID BREWSTER: “Quixotic Encounters,” a 20-year retrospective of alla prima (wet-on-wet) oil paintings. Through October 3. Info, 362-1405. Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester. ‘MILTON AVERY’S VERMONT’: Works the American modernist created based on his summers spent in southern Vermont during the mid-1930s through the mid-1940s. Through November 6. MARK BARRY: “Something About Summer,” an exhibition of paintings based on images of the everyday life the artist creates with family and friends. Through October 2. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

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BUNNY HARVEY: “Fully Involved,” a solo exhibition of semiabstract landscape paintings. Through September 11. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery at BALE in South Royalton. ERIKA LAWLOR SCHMIDT: A solo exhibition of recent works, some inspired by the first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, N.Y., and featuring collages of American furnishings with repurposed paper doilies and stitched thread. Through August 13. f PETER FRIED AND CELIA REISMAN: “Painting in the Neighborhood,” an exhibition of artworks depicting built landscapes. Reception: Saturday, August 6, 5-7 p.m. Through September 4. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. ‘A JOURNEY ACROSS BOUNDARIES’: A group exhibition curated by artists Angelo Arnold and Gowri Savoor, featuring works by Arnold, Galen

Cheney, Jason Galligan-Baldwin, Karen Henderson, Liz Kauffman, Rachel Moore, Savoor, Jason Swift and Mary Zompetti. Through September 5. Info, 778-0334. Chandler Gallery in Randolph. ‘QUARTETS’: An exhibition of monoprints, block prints and paper collage by Janet Cathey and Kristen Johnson. Through September 3. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library. ‘THE VLS COMMUNITY’: A group exhibition featuring works by Vermont Law School students, alumni, staff and spouses. Through August 13. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

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‘DÜRER & REMBRANDT: MASTER PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. DORRANCE KELLY’: An exhibition of prints including 29 engravings and woodcuts by German printmaker Albrecht Dürer and 35 etchings by Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn, as well as 18 contemporary works by Hendrick Goudt, Lucas van Leyden, Aegidius Sadeler and Lucas Cranach. Through October 2. ‘THE HYDES & REMBRANDT’: An exhibition tracing the efforts of Louis and Charlotte Hyde’s quest to secure a painting by the Dutch master. Through October 2. VICTORIA PALERMO: “Camp Iris,” an interactive, sitespecific installation featuring A-frame structures with transparent, colored acrylic walls, inspired by the architecture of traditional Adirondack getaways. Through September 5. Info, 518-792-1761. The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y. EDMUND ALLEYN: “In my studio, I am many,” a retrospective showcasing nearly 50 works, including paintings, drawings, films and technological pieces, by the late Québécois artist. Through September 25. LIZ MAGOR: “Habitude,” a nonchronological survey of sculpture and installation produced by the Canadian artist, called “the most influential sculptor of the past 30 years.” Through September 5. LIZZIE

FITCH AND RYAN TRECARTIN: “Priority Innfield,” a “sculptural theater” containing four movies and an ambient soundtrack presented in five pavilions. Through September 5. Info, 514-847-6226. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. JEANETTE FOURNIER: “The Art of Nature,” watercolors of the natural world by the self-taught artist. Through August 31. Info, 603-745-2141. Jean’s Playhouse in Lincoln, N.H. ‘JURIED SHOW AWARD WINNERS’: Work in a variety of mediums by Barbara Bartlett, Nira Granott Fox, Erick Hufschmid and Jessie Pollock. ‘TAKE ANOTHER LOOK: AGING WITH DIGNITY’: An exhibition featuring 30 images of Enfield and Lebanon community members taken by photographers Jodi Austin and Robin Roche; also, short films portraying the challenges to and resilience of aging residents in the Upper Valley. Through August 19. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. ‘PARTNERS IN DESIGN’: An exhibition spotlighting a crucial, though little-known, aspect of the development of American modern design: the collaboration of Alfred H. Barr Jr., the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Philip Johnson, MoMA’s first curator of architecture. Through August 21. ‘POMPEII’: Nearly 200 archaeological artifacts, including bronze and marble statues, mosaics, frescoes, decorative arts and objects from daily life, offer a glimpse into the life of the once-thriving city in the Roman Empire. Through September 5. ‘TOULOUSE-LAUTREC ILLUSTRATES THE BELLE ÉPOQUE’: More than 90 prints and posters from the famed artist’s lithographic career. Through October 30. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. ‘PLUMAGE: THE FINE ART OF FEATHERS AND FRIENDS’: An exhibition featuring the avianthemed paintings of Allen Blagden and carvings of Al Jordan. Through August 12. Info, 518-523-2512. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y. m

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he computer stuff will interest anyone into such things.” So observed Roger Ebert upon the release of The Net, almost 20 years to the day before that of the social media thriller Nerve. What a difference a couple of decades makes. The late critic possessed a formidable intelligence, but, every now and then, he could miss the point. The silly-but-sortof-prescient Sandra Bullock vehicle wasn’t significant for its updating of Hitchcockian tropes, as Ebert maintained. It was significant because it was the first movie to make the internet a character. “Anyone into such things” is a phrase that couldn’t be used in the same context today. Virtually everyone is connected by “computer stuff.” And few filmmakers understand this stuff better than Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the team behind Catfish, a 2010 documentary that stumbled on a web phenomenon so icky and transfixing it became a verb. And, of course, a reality show. Catfish began as a movie about the life of Joost’s brother — yawn — and wound up a digitalage-defining milestone after the person with whom he’d developed an online romantic relationship turned out not to be who she claimed.

Here, the filmmakers don’t rely on digital serendipity but on a surprisingly gripping script by Jessica Sharzer, based on Jeanne Ryan’s 2012 YA novel. Emma Roberts stars as Vee, a Staten Island high school senior and apparent wallflower. She lives in the shadow of BFF Sydney (Emily Meade), a popular airhead who’ll do anything for attention. This includes playing Nerve, a semi-legal online game in which players accept increasingly dangerous dares in exchange for money from thousands of watchers. As the risk level rises, so does the payoff. Determined to break out of her good-girl rut, Vee signs up without telling her mother (Juliette Lewis — can you believe Juliette Lewis is playing a mother? Where did the time go?). From the point of view of smartphone screens, we watch as dares come in, money is instantly deposited in bank accounts, and the number of each player’s followers rises and falls. Since these are the same screens the game’s watchers see, the gimmick has the clever effect of turning the audience into complicit voyeurs. Things start harmlessly enough. Vee’s first dare is to kiss a stranger. She’s drawn to a young man in a diner reading a copy of To the Lighthouse. (Along with her bank account, the game has mined her online iden-

NET GAIN In the latest from the team that gave us Catfish, young people become obsessed with an app that rewards players for taking risks.

tity and helped itself to her Facebook profile, in which she lists Woolf’s novel as her favorite.) The hunky bookworm turns out to be fellow player Ian (Dave Franco). The pair embarks on a night in the city, accepting ever more perilous and profitable challenges. At one point they careen down the midnight streets doing 60 on Ian’s motorcycle, with him blindfolded while Vee steers by leaning left and right. Things get darker as the sun begins to rise. Ian, we learn, has a secret past with Nerve. A creepy competitor (rapper Machine Gun Kelly) stalks Vee and draws blood. Masked watchers line the streets, streaming

the increasingly violent final innings of that day’s game. The film comments thoughtfully on the way anonymity can enable cruelty. Citizen Kane it isn’t, but Nerve is decidedly tough to turn away from. It’s preposterous but propulsive and never less than compelling in its perception of current digital culture and the craving for instant fame wrought by reality TV. Think “Fear Factor” meets The Hunger Games. This is a dazzling, dizzying summer surprise, a thriller tailormade for the age of Snapchat, Instagram and a presidential campaign run on tweets. RI C K KI S O N AK

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n the indie drama Captain Fantastic, countercultural guru Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen) orders his six kids never to use the word “interesting.” It’s weak and undescriptive, he points out — rightly. But perhaps “interesting” is the best word for this film that waffles between giving the audience a feel-good experience and doing justice to its own deeper, more provocative themes. Ben is the kind of rugged idealist every Vermonter will recognize. The film opens deep in the forests of Washington State, where he and his wife, Leslie (Trin Miller), have raised their brood in isolation from modern society. The kids kill their own food, scale mountains without a blink and revere the writings of Noam Chomsky, as Dad has taught them. But there’s trouble in this new Eden: Mom is missing. Leslie has been in an institution receiving treatment for severe depression, and, just a few scenes in, Ben learns that she has committed suicide. In a raw and wrenching scene, he breaks the news to the kids. They want to attend their mother’s funeral — which means braving the wilds of “normal” America. It’s a strange and daring pretext for a road-trip movie. Did Leslie suffer solely from a dearth of serotonin (as Ben insists), or did the family’s demanding lifestyle exacerbate her problems (as the lone rebellious kid [Nicholas Hamilton] insinuates)? Why did Ben and Leslie choose this life in the first

CHEAPER BY THE HALF DOZEN Mortensen displays his unconventional brood in a quirk-heavy scene of Ross’ promising but uneven indie.

place, and what did it mean to each of them? We never find out. First-time writer-director Matt Ross raises cogent questions about the price of iconoclasm, only to let them wither away so the movie can focus on, well, cuteness. With six kids ranging from tykes to teens, all schooled in leftist academic rhetoric and not shy about repeating it, there’s a lot of potential for cloying laughs here, and Ross too often steers the film in that direction. While some of the young actors bring skill and nu-

ance to their roles (especially George MacKay as the eldest son), they’re too often used as punch lines in a broad culture-clash comedy. Pronouncements such as “This house is a vulgar display of wealth” might indeed come easily to youngsters schooled in Chomsky, but not nearly as regularly as they do here. As an ensemble, the children too rarely seem relaxed or believable as siblings — perhaps because they’re being used as devices to highlight both their own absurdity and that of mainstream culture. Mortensen, by con-

trast, plays Ben as textured, thoughtful and occasionally self-doubting, rather than as a cardboard patriarch. Mocking the mainstream is a bold choice on Ross’ part, yet he never reconciles the film’s dominant tone of celebration and uplift — “Isn’t this wacky family awesome?” — with its grimmer moments. Leslie’s dad (Frank Langella) represents everything Ben hates, but he makes a few good points about what kids need. So does a doctor who reminds Ben that, by pushing his progeny to their physical limits, he sometimes endangers their lives. Quirk runs rampant in Captain Fantastic, but the film needs more of the resonant emotional notes that, say, the best Wes Anderson movies achieve. People raised apart from society do tend to be different in fascinating ways, but their oddness is shaggy and anarchic; it can’t be slotted easily into appealing categories such as “adorable kid talking like a professor.” In some ways, the film stays true to Ben’s dissenting vision — for instance, the family remains proudly, unapologetically atheist. In other ways, Captain Fantastic mainstreams that vision into something that could, without too many changes, become a rollicking network sitcom. Toss in a few neighbors with whom the teens can flirt awkwardly, give the littlest kids anticorporate catchphrases, and you’d have “The Survivalists Next Door.” Which would certainly be “interesting.” MARGO T HARRI S O N

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21 Essex Way, #300, Essex, 879-6543, essexcinemas.com

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

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MARQUIS THEATRE Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com

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

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241 North Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com

Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678. stowecinema.com

Ghostbusters (2D & 3D) Jason Bourne Star Trek Beyond (2D & 3D) thursday 4 — thursday 11 Jason Bourne Star Trek Beyond (2D & 3D) *Suicide Squad (2D & 3D)

SUNSET DRIVE-IN

155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800. sunsetdrivein.com

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WELDEN THEATRE

104 No. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com

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Jason Bourne *Suicide Squad

wednesday 3 — thursday 4 Ice Age: Collision Course (2D & 3D) Star Trek Beyond (2D & 3D)

MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMA

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222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456, merrilltheatres.net

wednesday 3 — thursday 4 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Café Society Captain Fantastic Ghostbusters Jason Bourne Star Trek Beyond friday 5 — thursday 11 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Café Society Captain Fantastic *Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party Jason Bourne

THE SAVOY THEATER 26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0509, savoytheater.com

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NERVEHHHH Emma Roberts stars as a teenager playing a high-stakes game of truth or dare with a worldwide online audience in this adaptation of the YA thriller by Jeanne Ryan. With Dave Franco and Emily Meade. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish) directed. (96 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 8/3) THE SECRET LIFE OF PETSHHHHH What do pets get up to when their owners are away? Plenty of shenanigans, this animated family comedy suggests. Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate and Albert Brooks contributed their voice talents. Chris Renaud (Despicable Me) and Yarrow Cheney directed. (90 min, PG; reviewed by R.K. 7/13)

KEANUHHH1/2 Comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele play a pair of friends who must impersonate drug dealers to rescue a stolen kitty cat. (98 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 5/4) THE LOBSTERHHHH1/2 In a dystopian society where singletons must find partners within 45 days or face transformation into “beasts,” Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz play people attempting to win the Mating Games. Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth) directed. (119 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 6/8)

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STAR TREK BEYONDHHH1/2 Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) helms the latest installment of the nouveau version of the SF franchise, in which the Enterprise encounters a new enemy in the far reaches of space. With Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Idris Elba. (120 min, PG-13)

NOW ON VIDEO THE BRONZEHHH Director Bryan Buckley made this comedy about a gymnast with an international bronze medal (Melissa Rauch) who has become a bitter, washed-up adult. (108 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 3/23)

MOTHER’S DAYH1/2 Director Garry Marshall (New Year’s Eve) returns to the realm of misty-eyed, holiday-themed ensemble comedy with this tale in which three generations of women do the bickering-and-bonding thing. (118 min, PG-13)

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REAL FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY AUGUST 4-10

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): August is

Adopt-a-Taurus Month. It’s for all of your tribe, not just the orphans and exiles and disowned rebels. Even if you have exemplary parents, the current astrological omens suggest that you require additional support and guidance from wise elders. So I urge you to be audacious in rounding up trustworthy guardians and benefactors. Go in search of mentors and fairy godmothers. Ask for advice from heroes who are further along the path that you’d like to follow. You are ready to receive teachings and direction you weren’t receptive to before.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22) You’re not doing a baby chick a favor by helping it hatch. For the sake of its well-being, the bird needs to peck its way out of the egg. It’s got to exert all of its vigor and willpower in starting its new life. That’s a good metaphor for you to meditate on. As you escape from your comfortable womb-jail and launch yourself toward inspiration, it’s best to rely as much as possible on your own instincts. Friendly people who would like to provide assistance may inadvertently cloud your access to your primal wisdom. Trust yourself deeply and wildly.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I apologize in ad-

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s your lucky

day! Spiritual counsel comparable to what you’re reading here usually sells for $99.95. But because you’re showing signs that you’re primed to outwit bad habits, I’m offering it at no cost. I want to encourage you! Below are my ideas for what you should focus on. (But keep in mind that I don’t expect you to achieve absolute perfection.) 1. Wean yourself from indulging in self-pity and romanticized pessimism. 2. Withdraw from connections with people who harbor negative images of you. 3. Transcend low expectations wherever you see them in play. 4. Don’t give your precious life energy to demoralizing ideas and sour opinions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hear you’re growing weary of wrestling with ghosts. Is that true? I hope so. The moment you give up the fruitless struggle, you’ll become eligible for a unique kind of freedom that you have not previously imagined. Here’s another rumor I’ve

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Could it be true

that the way out is the same as the way in? And that the so-called “wrong” answer is almost indistinguishable from the right answer? And that success, at least the kind of success that really matters, can only happen if you adopt an upside-down, inside-out perspective? In my opinion, the righteous answer to all these questions is “Yes?!” — at least for now. I suspect that the most helpful approach will never be as simple or as hard as you might be inclined to believe.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your strength

seems to make some people uncomfortable. I don’t want that to become a problem for you. Maybe you could get away with toning down your potency at other times, but not now. It would be sinful to act as if you’re not as competent and committed to excellence as you are. But having said that, I also urge you to monitor your behavior for excess pride. Some of the resistance you face when you express your true glory may be due to the shadows cast by your true glory. You could be tempted to believe that your honorable intentions excuse secretive manipulations. So please work on wielding your clout with maximum compassion and responsibility.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Did you

honestly imagine that there would eventually come a future when you’d have your loved ones fully “trained”? Did you fantasize that, sooner or later, you could get them under control, purged of their imperfections and telepathically responsive to your every mood? If so, now is a good time to face the fact that those longings will never be fulfilled. You finally have the equanimity to accept your loved ones exactly

as they are. Un-coincidentally, this adjustment will make you smarter about how to stir up soulful joy in your intimate relationships.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may

experience a divine visitation as you clean a toilet in the coming weeks. You might get a glimpse of a solution to a nagging problem while you’re petting a donkey or paying your bills or waiting in a long line at the bank. Catch my drift, Capricorn? I may or may not be speaking metaphorically here. You could meditate up a perfect storm as you devour a doughnut. While flying high over the Earth in a dream, you might spy a treasure hidden in a pile of trash down below. If I were going to give your immediate future a mythic title, it might be “Finding the Sacred in the Midst of the Profane.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’ve worked

hard for many years to dismantle my prejudices. To my credit, I have even managed to cultivate compassion for people I previously demonized, like evangelical Christians, drunken jocks, arrogant gurus and career politicians. But I must confess that there’s still one group toward which I’m bigoted: super-rich bankers. I wish I could extend to them at least a modicum of amiable impartiality. How about you, Aquarius? Do you harbor any hidebound biases that shrink your ability to see life as it truly is? Have you so thoroughly rationalized certain narrow-minded perspectives and judgmental preconceptions that your mind is permanently closed? If so, now is a favorable time to dissolve the barriers and stretch your imagination way beyond its previous limits.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you linger-

ing at the crux of the crossroads, restless to move on but unsure of which direction will lead you to your sweet destiny? Are there too many theories swimming around in your brain, clogging up your intuition? Have you absorbed the opinions of so many “experts” that you’ve lost contact with your own core values? It’s time to change all that. You’re ready to quietly explode in a calm burst of practical lucidity. First steps: Tune out all the noise. Shed all the rationalizations. Purge all the worries. Ask yourself, “What is the path with heart?”

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vance for the seemingly excessive abundance of good news I’m about to report. If you find it hard to believe, I won’t hold your skepticism against you. But I do want you to know that every prediction is warranted by the astrological omens. Ready for the onslaught? 1. In the coming weeks, you could fall forever out of love with a wasteful obsession. 2. You might also start falling in love with a healthy obsession. 3. You can half-accidentally snag a blessing you have been half-afraid to want. 4. You could recall a catalytic truth whose absence has been causing you a problem ever since you forgot it. 5. You could reclaim the mojo that you squandered when you pushed yourself too hard a few months ago.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When a parasite or other irritant slips inside an oyster’s shell, the mollusk’s immune system besieges the intruder with successive layers of calcium carbonate. Eventually, a pearl may form. I suspect that this is a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming days as you deal with the salt in your wound or the splinter in your skin. Before you jump to any conclusions, though, let me clarify. This is not a case of the platitude, “Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.” Keep in mind that the pearl is a symbol of beauty and value, not strength.

caught wind of: You’re getting bored with an old source of sadness that you’ve used to motivate yourself for a long time. I hope that’s true, too. As soon as you shed your allegiance to the sadness, you will awaken to a sparkling font of comfort you’ve been blind to. Here’s one more story I’ve picked up through the grapevine: You’re close to realizing that your attention to a mediocre treasure has diverted you from a more pleasurable treasure. Hallelujah!

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