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1. The Gun: How I Bought an AR-15 in a Five Guys Parking Lot, by Paul Heintz. Thirty-nine hours after the Orlando nightclub shootings, Paul Heintz bought a semiautomatic rifle in a South Burlington parking lot — for $500 cash.

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3. Dykes to Watch Out For: Pièce de Résistance, by Alison Bechdel and Pamela Polston. For the first time since 2008, Bolton cartoonist Alison Bechdel inked a new “Dykes to Watch Out For” strip.

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1. Bernie Sanders Buys a Summer Home in North Hero, by Sasha Goldstein. Fresh off the campaign trail, the Vermont senator bought a home in the Champlain Islands.

2. Suspected Wrong-Way Driver in Crash That Killed Five Teens Faces Charges, by Alicia Freese. Police brought charges against Steven Bourgoin two days after he allegedly drove a truck the wrong way on Interstate 89, hitting multiple cars and killing five teens.

3. Sanders Breaks His Silence on Trump’s Election, by Sasha Goldstein. Hours after Hillary Clinton conceded the election, Bernie Sanders said he’d work with the presidentelect — under certain conditions.

4. Thousands to Descend on Green Mountains for Rainbow Family Gathering, by Alicia Freese. The Rainbow Family of Living Light held its annual gathering in the tiny Rutland County town of Mount Tabor.

5. Trump Issues Nearly 20,000 Tickets to Flynn Event, by Terri Hallenbeck. Donald Trump’s campaign issued free tickets for his January appearance at the 1,400-seat Burlington theater.

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I want to thank Amelia Devoid for [Live Culture: “Playtime: 242 Main — Farewell to the Boys’ Club,” December 2]. It touched on a topic that I think about and observe often with regard to loud music and popular culture but hadn’t in the context of 242 Main.

The piece was well-balanced, with praise of positive influences and other females in attendance and critique of the systemic gender bias of bands presented, as well as the pervasive violence that is a by-product of live loud music and environments with high concentrations of testosterone. The few times I attended 242 were mostly in the company of female punk and metal fans who hadn’t discussed these notions.

I would like to point out a similar allages venue that is also closing its doors this week — ROTA Gallery & Studios in Plattsburgh, N.Y. It was started by male and female artists and managed mostly by females in the last few years, while hosting myriad differently gendered musicians and artists for the five years of its existence.

It was not without its problems but did make an effort toward gender equality, from my perspective as a 34-year-old white male. I would like to hear more accounts from females who attended during its five-year run.

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The community should support Police Chief Brandon del Pozo and business owners’ concerns regarding “Serial Shoplifters Target Burlington Stores” [December 7]. Ron Redmond, executive director of the Church Street Marketplace Department, correctly observed, “What we’re doing now doesn’t seem to be working.”

One problem is that offenders get “cattleherded” through a system of standardized protocols. Overlooked in plea negotiations are conditions such as earning a GED or diploma. This issue ought to be discussed in every case where an offender does not have a GED or diploma.

Another solution involves pursuing untapped resources. For instance, those involved with juvenile delinquency cases ought to consider “Giving Back: Introducing Community Service Learning: Improving Mandated Community Service for Juvenile Offenders,” a free, downloadable manual.

We successfully introduced this in Caledonia and Orleans counties.

Service learning should also be considered for adult offenders. In one case we engaged a high-risk drug offender in service learning, which involved journal writing, yoga and writing an essay to at-risk teen girls.

Three years later, she has not reoffended.

Observing a correlation between wellness and recidivism, we brought wellness to the plea bargain table. Many offenders have chronic health issues the system fails to address, which is why plea negotiations should

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include the Healthier Living Workshop, a free wellness course with a curriculum developed by Stanford University. Intertwined in all of this is the need for a tougher response to chronic offenders, such as work crew, home confinement and jail — all with a dose of service learning.

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Luna is a former deputy state’s attorney.

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[Re “Doyle’s Departing the Statehouse, but His Disciples Are Stepping Up,” December 14]: I am amazed that in a newspaper owned, published and largely edited by women, in an article by a savvy female columnist, no one thought to take notice of the fact that all but one of Sen. Bill Doyle’s “disciples” mentioned — and for whom he “hound[ed] his colleagues” to provide internships — are white males. And the one exception, Susan Sweetser, merits a mere half sentence of acknowledgement.

It should be no surprise, I suppose, that Doyle spent his 48 years as a very active recruiter for the Old Boys’ Club. It is, however, disappointing that neither Terri Hallenbeck nor any editor made the observation.

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Opiate-addicted patients are seven times more likely to die of an overdose when not on MAT. The surgeon general’s report on addiction showed that MAT is well supported in evidence but underutilized due to lack of prescribing providers and negative stigma. Vermont has been the only state in New England to see a decrease in overdose deaths since 2013 due to the hub-and-spoke model. We have seen an increase in available treatment options and more openings in the hubs with more providers prescribing MAT as part of a general practice. This model offers comprehensive addiction treatment with a collaborative team approach and wraparound mental health, addiction and medical services, including primary care, smoking cessation, birth control, vaccinations and STD testing.

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How to handle the comment section is a consideration for Seven Days — it can’t trace trolls, but it can censor ill-advised comments made by their advertisers. Fair enough; it’s a media business, not a media charity — and a damn good one that serves our Vermont-ocracy admirably.

I’m a public advocate for the cannabis cause and cofounded a media outlet, Heady Vermont, that dives further into cannabis questions. I live with those consequences (more traffic tickets than free weed thus far), but for all past, present and future sensei stakeholders, the call is for unity in the cannabis community.

I’ll take the hit and, via this letter, pass the peace pipe to the gardening goliaths, because in order for all Vermonters to enjoy greater liberty as patients, consumers or professional participants in the nation’s fastest-growing industry, this cause must stay higher than our own interests, personal or professional.

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The capital city knows how to party — just look at the lineup for New Year’s Eve Downtown Montpelier. Festivities such as a 5K run, a magic show and a dazzling display of fireworks culminate in a blues-filled bash at City Hall, hosted by guitarist Dave Keller (pictured).

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A Walk in the Woods Vermont State Parks welcomes winter warriors of all ages to stride into 2017 with First Day Hikes. Outdoor adventurers start the New Year on the right foot by embarking on a variety of easy-to-moderate guided excursions at parks around the state. Leashed dogs are welcome, so feel free to bring Fido.

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What better way to say “deuces” to 2016 than with dolled-up drag queens, nonstop music and a midnight toast? Pop-Up! Queer Dance Party presents New Queers Eve, an 18-andup shindig propelled by hip-hop, pop, house and beat-driven club bangers spun by Burlington’s own DJ Llu and DJ Rob Douglas.

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Snow Globe While some see winter weather as an opportunity to snuggle up indoors with a good book and a hot drink, others take the opportunity to dive headfirst into the great outdoors. Selections from the DC Adventure Film Festival offer the best of both worlds by taking viewers on a virtual global tour of skiing from the comfort of their seats.

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Party Animals Queen City pop band Madaila has a thing for throwing larger-thanlife parties, such as their 2016 Halloween barn burner Madaila: The Scream. Now the Spandex-clad quintet presents Madaila: The Secret, turning Higher Ground Ballroom into a two-night dance-athon with special guests Arc Iris, Jeff Beam, smalltalker and LuxDeluxe.

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Four vocal soloists join more than 120 members of the Green Mountain Mahler Festival orchestra and chorus to breathe new life into Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Under the direction of conductor Daniel Bruce, the ensemble charms classical connoisseurs in Colchester and Stowe.

Proceeds from Sunday’s concert benefit the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program.

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Men of Their Word Fans of offbeat books flock to Phoenix Books Burlington, where Box Brown and James Kochalka offer up their latest page-turners. Magical hot dogs and snowflake princesses inhabit Kochalka’s Elf Cat in Love, and Brown’s Tetris: The Games People Play uses the electronic pastime as a gateway into an examination of the role of games in culture.

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Golden Anniversary The Clara Martin Center marks 50 years of providing behavioral care services with a showcase of artistry by friends of mental health. Held at Chandler Center for the Arts, Celebrating Creativity in Mental Health, Wellness and Recovery features visual art, selected readings and a performance by Me2/Orchestra.

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Strike a Pose Active bodies team up for a 12-hour marathon of yoga and meditation Yogathon. At least one yogi from each team must during Here to Be: Yogathon be on the mat throughout this epic stretching session while area teachers lead classes of different styles to support Sangha Studio’s outreach programs.

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n the night of the Iowa presidential caucuses last February, I struck up a conversation in a Des Moines ballroom with a national political reporter covering Sen. BERNIE SANDERS’ (I-Vt.) campaign. When I described what I do for a living, he asked me with a sympathetic smile, “Doesn’t it get boring covering politics in such a small state?”

I was baffled by the question. In the five years I’ve worked for Seven Days — and the four and a half I’ve written Fair Game — boredom is a condition I have yet to encounter.

In this age of congressional paralysis, the real public-policy action is taking place in statehouses across the country. Here in Vermont, we still have a functioning government, capable of contemplating the thorniest of questions: What is the meaning of marriage?

When is it acceptable to end one’s own life? What is the value of human labor?

Is medical care a fundamental right?

In this little state, citizen legislators ask and answer these questions in open committee rooms and legislative chambers. When we disagree with their conclusions, we give them an earful at the farmers market — or vote them out in the next election.

Covering this ecosystem and the eclectic characters that populate it has been fascinating and rewarding at every turn. Here, one can still practice journalism by getting to know and getting to grill those who make the decisions — and not just rely upon press releases, flacks and tweets. The right follow-up question or public records request can still break open a story and change the course of a debate.

I forget exactly how I responded to that reporter in Iowa, but I remember what I was thinking of his beat: Isn’t it boring following the same politician for months at a time, listening to the same stump speech three times a day and racing a hundred others for the same scrap of a scoop?

It was a thrill to witness Sanders’ near-victory that night and to cover what I could of his presidential campaign. I was grateful for the opportunity. But I also yearned to return to the Statehouse beat, where my reporting was more likely to break new ground.

That night at the Holiday Inn Des Moines-Airport, every major news

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outlet in the country was present. But how many had sent reporters to cover the issues driving the Sanders insurgency: economic inequality, political corruption and the ravages of climate change? How many had explored the anger, distrust and economic malaise that would hand DONALD TRUMP the Republican nomination and, ultimately, the presidency?

The press has spilled plenty of ink since last month’s elections wondering why voters wanted to nuke the system.

But the answer is profoundly obvious: We haven’t paid enough attention to the struggles Americans face.

EVEN HERE IN PERFECT LITTLE VERMONT, ACCESS AND INFLUENCE ARE STILL FOR SALE.

THEY JUST COST LESS. As I hand off Fair Game and move on to a new reporting assignment, I hope to do what I can to chronicle those struggles. I want to explore the inequities in our economy and learn how we might address them. I want to spend more time on investigations and less time at press conferences. I want to write about poverty, drug addiction and homelessness.

I’m grateful to my bosses at Seven Days — particularly cofounders PAULA ROUTLY and PAMELA POLSTON — for entrusting me with this storied column, whose previous authors taught me much of what I know about Vermont politics. How many people get to spend their working hours hectoring governors, courting arrest at campaign fundraisers and buying an assault weapon just to prove a point?

Just as much, I appreciate the bosses’ willingness to let me try something new at Seven Days — an institution still willing and able to invest in compelling journalism.

Our political coverage will be in good hands: Veteran Statehouse reporter TERRI HALLENBECK will be in Montpelier this winter with ALICIA FREESE, who has spent the past three years covering Burlington for Seven Days. I’ll continue to serve as political editor and will be joined in that

role by CANDACE PAGE, who spent more than three decades writing and editing for the Burlington Free Press.

JOHN WALTERS, a political blogger and former public radio journalist, will take over Fair Game. In his work at Green Mountain Daily and then the Vermont Political Observer, he has written with a strong voice, a perceptive take and a provocative, combative style. These are attributes that should serve him well in his new role at Seven Days.

I admit that the weekly political column sometimes feels like an anachronism. In this age of push notifications, hot takes and half-cocked opinion, who wants to wait until next Wednesday to read yesterday’s news?

But I think the political columnist still has a vital role to play: to connect the dots, call out the bullshit, comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

Politicians have more tools than ever to bypass the news media and broadcast their propaganda unchallenged and devoid of context. A nervous and depleted press corps too often picks the path of least resistance, transcribing rather than challenging.

We need journalists who can tell the story behind the story, explaining not just the what but the why.

Walters has his work cut out for him.

Vermont has a lot going for it. Its small scale and historical geographic isolation have fostered a political culture that is more thoughtful, honest, caring and close-knit than others. But Vermont exceptionalism only goes so far. Our politicians may serve us better than others, but they are still politicians. And we are all still humans who lie and cheat and steal and kill, as humans do.

Our high self-regard often gets us into trouble. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve witnessed Vermont legislators arguing that we don’t need tight restrictions on campaign fundraising because they’re all just so darn honest.

Of their own small-dollar reelection races, they say, “Well, Coca-Cola’s not buying my vote.” What they fail to recognize is that in our contests for attorney general, governor and U.S. senator, those with financial stakes in the business of government throw money around with reckless abandon. Even here in perfect little Vermont, access and influence are still for sale. They just cost less.

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We cherish our tradition of the citizen legislature, which has indisputably stifled the rise of a professional political class. But we are too often blind to the challenges it brings: Its part-time schedule and meager compensation makes it difficult for all but the wealthy and retired to serve.

Those who still must make a living occasionally take jobs with organizations seeking to influence the legislature — and don’t always disclose it. Because we don’t provide our legislators with sufficient support staff, lobbyists fill the void with their own sets of “facts” and prewritten bills.

We imagine ourselves on an island, safe from the perils that plague our nation’s politics. But the U.S. Supreme Court’s dismantling of the campaignfinance regimen has brought the super PAC to our fair shores, too. As Vermont’s 2016 gubernatorial race demonstrated, the influx of outside money does nothing but make our elections dumber and meaner.

Our next governor, Republican PHIL SCOTT, will end a six-year period of Democratic dominance, but his election should not signal that we have a thriving multiparty system.

The Democrats still have a lock on the Vermont House and Senate, along with every other statewide office.

While the Vermont Progressive Party has made steady gains, the Vermont GOP remains anemic. Every election cycle, countless incumbents go unchallenged. That does not make for a healthy democracy.

Just as important as electoral competition is dogged oversight from a vibrant press corps. Since taking over Fair Game in May 2012, I’ve chronicled with distressing regularity how many talented reporters and editors have left or been forced out of the profession.

Once-great institutions, such as the Free Press and the Rutland Herald, have become shadows of their former selves.

To be sure, there are still signs of life. Nontraditional outfits, such

as Seven Days, VTDigger.org and Vermont Public Radio have labored to fill the void. And in the past year, two sets of newspaper investors have bought up two Vermont media companies: one that operates the Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and one that runs the Brattleboro Reformer, Bennington Banner and Manchester Journal. With any luck, they will fulfill their promises to invest in real journalism and the humans who produce it. We should reward them with our support if they do.

I fret about the health of Vermont’s statewide press corps, but I worry more about the towns and cities that can no longer count on a healthy local newspaper. How many selectboards and city councils meet without a reporter in the room? How many businesses operate without scrutiny? How many wrongs are never righted? What are the stories we will never read?

In my time writing Fair Game, more than a few have accused me of cynicism. I hope it is true that I have been skeptical, probing and tough; I’m pretty sure that’s my job. But I would argue that the true cynics are those who don’t believe we can do better: the journalist who declines to cover a vexing societal ill because it’s never going to change, or the politician who takes corporate cash because everybody else is doing it.

I wouldn’t do what I do if I thought we were incapable of change — of working out the kinks in this beautiful, flawed democracy. I cling to the perhaps naïve notion that when we are armed with good information, we tend to make good decisions. I continue to believe that we can do better, and I hope that we will. m

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The 2016 race for Vermont governor could have had a different outcome — and I’m not referring to whether Democratic candidate Sue Minter stood a chance against governorelect Phil Scott.

A year ago this month, House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown) sat down with Seven Days and talked about his difficult decision to give up his bid for Vermont’s top job when his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.

“It was something I really wanted to do, that the family was all in on. My supporters were all in,” he said.

“It is hard to shift gears that quickly, but it was so clearly the right decision to make.”

As recently as last winter, with his wife on the mend, Smith considered rejoining the governor’s contest.

“I thought a lot during the session about whether I could get back in that race,” he said this month. “I couldn’t raise the kind of money necessary or put together a team and put forth that kind of a sustained effort.”

Ultimately, in May, he opted to run for lieutenant governor and mounted a less vigorous campaign than expected. Smith lost the Democratic primary to eventual general-election winner Sen. David Zuckerman (P/D-Chittenden).

Smith said he’s confident he made the right decisions, given the circumstances. And between those decisions, he said, he didn’t dwell on what might have been.

“I stopped thinking about whether I could have won,” he said.

The press conference is typically a staged and staid affair. A well-briefed politician stands at a podium, delivers perfectly on-message, prescripted remarks and answers a few questions before a flack yanks him or her out of harm’s way.

Sometimes, however, a press conference goes totally off the rails.

Moments after Sen. Norm McAllister (R-Franklin) was suspended from the Vermont Senate last January over allegations of sexual assault, he walked out of the Statehouse and headed for his truck. A pack of reporters, me included, followed him out the door, asking him about the day’s unprecedented proceedings.

The senator should have kept walking. But here’s the thing about McAllister: He loves to talk. That’s why every time I called him about his legal troubles, the conversation would start with him telling me his lawyer had instructed him to keep his mouth closed — and end with him doing the opposite.

The same happened that January day. McAllister paused on a sidewalk outside the Statehouse and started yapping. He kept answering our questions until we somehow ran out of them.

In one characteristic exchange, WCAX-TV’s Kyle Midura asked, “Did your attorney give you any advice as to whether to speak today?”

“Not to talk to you guys!” McAllister responded, laughing hysterically.

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Of course, no one can know what a four-person Democratic primary would have been like instead of the three-candidate race we witnessed. If Smith had won that, would he have fared better against Scott than Minter did?

Asked this month to dwell on it just briefly, Smith indulged. Scott, better known to statewide voters after six years as lieutenant governor, was going to be tough for any Democrat to beat, he said.

“With the benefit of hindsight, if anybody was going to win, they would’ve had to run the equivalent of a straight flush,” Smith said. “Everything would have had to break right.”

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came tumbling down; a state senator was suspended for alleged sexual assault; Burlington battled over a tall mall; a bunch of Vermonters ran for office; and Donald Trump won the White House?

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Sen. Norm McAllister grinning at Paul Heintz (far right) after his suspension from the Senate

It wasn’t terribly funny. The senator had been charged with serious wrongdoing — allegations he vigorously disputed — and he had just become the first senator in state history to face suspension.

There’s a reason lawyers tell their clients to keep quiet. As anyone familiar with their Miranda rights knows, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

At his impromptu press conference, McAllister discussed not only the politics of his suspension but key details in his criminal case. He proceeded to contradict an earlier statement that he had engaged in consensual sex with one of his accusers. That particular exchange, initiated by Vermont Public Radio’s Peter Hirschfeld, would eventually lead to a prosecutor subpoenaing the radio reporter — even though half of the political press corps had also witnessed it.

After 15 minutes, the scrum of reporters began to dissipate, retreating to the Statehouse to write their stories.

“I think I’ve answered every question you guys wanted,” McAllister said, looking pleased with himself.

“Well, maybe not all of them.”

He turned to me and cracked a joke about a subpoena I had recently received to testify in his case.

“Could I ask you—” he began, pretending to interview me. “Oh, never mind. I know you’ve gotta take the Fifth [Amendment] or whatever.”

I stared back at him and didn’t say a word.

“You’re not even smiling about that one,” he said with a laugh. “Thanks, guys!”

McAllister walked away from us and headed to his truck. The press conference, it seemed, was over.

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After a long day covering the Vermont legislature last January, I received an unexpected phone call as I hopped in my car outside the Statehouse. It was a booker for MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.” He was frantically searching for a guest for that night’s program to discuss the Burlington Police Department’s preparations for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Vermont.

Evidently, he’d tried everyone else in town and had reached the bottom of the booking barrel.

I tried to turn him down. It was 8:20 p.m. There was no way I could make it to the Burlington studio he’d booked in time for a 9 p.m. hit — particularly given the car troubles I was experiencing. Plus, I was in no shape to go on live TV: I was exhausted and hungry, and I knew nothing about the segment’s topic.

But the booker was desperate.

“Just drive,” he said. “And we’ll figure it out.”

As I sped up Interstate 89, I called a handful of Burlington-based reporters — from Seven Days, WCAX-TV and Vermont Public Radio — to see if they could do it. I struck out. My colleague Cathy Resmer insisted I could make it to the studio in time, so I asked her to help me prep by reading me a few news stories about the Trump-ocalypse.

Meanwhile, my rusty old Volvo was making a racket. The bolts on my front left tire were coming loose. “Thump, thump,” they complained. “Thump, thump.”

As I closed in on Burlington, the booker was calling me every five minutes to monitor my progress.

“Still driving,” I’d say. “Still don’t know if I can make it.”

“Thump, thump. Thump, thump.”

At around 8:54 p.m., my car started wobbling dangerously as I sped down Main Street, past the University of Vermont. I took a right on South Willard Street and made it a couple more Paul Heintz’s injured hand blocks. This is a really bad idea, I thought.

“THUMP, THUMP. THUMP, THUMP.” I pulled over, grabbed my jacket and started sprinting — left on Loomis Street, right on School Street, right on Hyde Street.

I took a shortcut that would lead me to the back of the parking lot at North End Studios, my destination, not realizing that a chain-link fence stood in the way.

Like the lamest superhero ever (B-list Cable Man?) I tried to leap the fence, but I succeeded only in cutting my hand and wounding my pride. On my second attempt, I climbed onto the hood of a parked SUV and jumped again, this time with more success. I landed in the snow, looked up and saw producer Kevin Hurley standing outside the studio.

“That you, Paul?” he asked. “You’re right on time.”

I followed Hurley inside, huffing and puffing. He sat me down in front of the camera and mic-ed me up. I looked down at my hand and realized that the cut was deeper than I’d thought. As the show went live, I clasped my hands together and tried to avoid bleeding all over my pants.

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SKETCHIEST REPORTING ACCOMMODATIONS “Bern Force One: On the Road and in the Air With Sanders” “Inside a Las Vegas Casino Caucus” Covering a presidential campaign is not as glamorous as it sounds, particularly when you’re doing it on the cheap. From my first foray to Iowa in September 2014, I learned that reporting on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) White House aspirations would involve plenty of rental-car counters, gas-station pizza and dismal motel rooms.

Over the next two years, I became a Priceline connoisseur, seeking out the best deal I could find in whatever Podunk town I found myself to cover Sanders. I learned a thing or two: If you’re traveling across Wisconsin, avoid the Baraboo Campus Inn Motel. In South Carolina, the Rock Hill Howard Johnson is particularly scary. And if you’re looking to stay near Philadelphia International Airport, I’d recommend the Essington Red Roof over the Motel 6.

There were a few bright spots: The Holiday Inn Des Moines-Airport, where Sanders held his caucus-night celebration, has a decent cafeteria and a luxurious — by Iowan standards, at least — indoor pool. Good thing, given that I didn’t leave the place for 36 hours as I reported on Sanders’ near-victory, then pulled an allnighter writing a cover story.

No doubt the strangest place I stayed on the campaign trail was the Luxor Las Vegas. I was surprised when Priceline informed me that the famous pyramidal

complex was the cheapest place on the Las Vegas Strip.

I soon learned why. After 23 years in action, the Luxor’s former glory had long since faded. I can still smell the sweet stench that permeated its lobby-casino — and hear the 24-hour hum of slot machines, stale music and drunks, all fully audible from my second-floor room.

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Winter sunshine warmed the town of Pomfret on the February day I walked into the local library in hopes of meeting someone who knew the late Pope John Paul II’s translator and special friend, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, who once resided nearby.

Within minutes, my prayers were answered. In came Eleanor Pizzani, a retired nurse who lives next door to the library. Yes, she had met Tymieniecka several times before her death in 2014. Yes, she knew how to get to Oak Ledge Farm, where the pontiff visited Tymieniecka and her family in the 1970s. And yes, she would be happy to take me there.

We journalists talk to strangers all the time, or at least try to. Sometimes they snub us. Sometimes they want to help but don’t have useful info. Then there are strangers such as Pizzani — knowledgeable, connected and a human GPS. We loaded ourselves into my dusty Toyota and set out in the snowy landscape. The road curved along riverbeds, climbed past hilltop farms. We chatted easily about the town, our grown children, newspapering. After 20 minutes, she directed me to turn onto a dirt road I would have missed on the first pass, and the second, too. We bounced up the rutted track, and Pizzani immediately recognized the modest farmhouse. We knocked on the door together and, thanks to the icebreaking skills of my trusty guide, were soon chatting all about Tymieniecka with another one of her acquaintances who answered the door.

After the interview, I drove Pizzani back to the library and thanked her profusely. The truth is, a stranger helped me report my story, and now she’s getting some credit.

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Of course, everything about reporting from Vegas was bizarre — from the Nevada State Democratic Party caucus I covered inside the New York New York Hotel & Casino to the Elvis impersonator who told me he was backing Donald Trump. I even had a near-death experience when I hitched a ride to Sanders’ concession speech with VTDigger.org’s Jasper Craven, who blew a red light or two and drove alarmingly close to Sanders’ motorcade.

At least I blended in with the crowd: Before setting out for Vegas, I shaved my beard into the sketchiest mustache I could muster — and wore a vintage pleather jacket throughout my Nevadan journey.

— P.H.

2016backstory STORY I WISH I DIDN’T HAVE TO KEEP WRITING “Police Killing of Mentally Ill Man Raises Questions — Again” In hindsight, the deadly March confrontation between Burlington police officers and 76-year-old Ralph “Phil” Grenon seemed almost inevitable.

Grenon, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, had been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial on criminal charges in 2009. In the months before his death, neighbors called police repeatedly to say he was yelling, threatening them and appeared to be hallucinating.

When police went to his downtown Burlington apartment on March 21, Grenon brandished a knife and refused to surrender. After a five-hour standoff, Grenon charged at heavily armed police with two large knives. They fired a stun gun, and, when that failed to subdue Grenon, Officer David Bowers shot him to death.

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For years throughout Vermont, similar confrontations between police and the mentally ill have resulted in deaths and injuries.

In November 2013, just a few miles north of Grenon’s home, Burlington police fatally shot New North End resident Wayne Brunette in similar circumstances. Brunette, who a police dispatcher said was experiencing a “mental health issue,” charged police with a shovel.

The questions in the aftermath of these incidents never seem to get answered. How could the mental health system allow a person to deteriorate to the point where they become violent and police are summoned? Could police have calmed the situation before the fatal confrontation? Should law enforcement’s use-of-force rules change?

“It seems like every six months or so, someone with a severe mental illness is being severely injured or killed by police,” said a weary A.J. Ruben, the veteran attorney for Disabilities Rights Vermont, after the Grenon shooting. “And we hear every month that the mental health system is in crisis. The story is the same.”

In the weeks after Grenon’s death — and the announcement that Bowers had acted lawfully in killing him — people made the usual calls for more help for the mentally ill and for greater patience from police.

But if history is any guide, our 2017 year-in-review issue is likely to feature a similar story.

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BIGGEST REPORTING REGRET “Fraud Cases Against Jay, Burke Owners Allege ‘Ponzi-Like’ Scheme” I’ll never forget it. Reporting a story in March 2012 — a month after I started at Seven Days — a source told me in an off-the-record conversation that a massive expansion at Jay Peak was part of what this person called “a Ponzi scheme.”

I worked the angle as best I could, but I got nowhere.

The story I ended up writing that spring outlined oversight issues within the federal EB-5 investment visa program — the vehicle through which Jay Peak’s owners funded the development. And it quoted a former Jay partner and an industry blogger raising serious questions about the operation.

But there was no mention of a Ponzi scheme.

More than three years later, in July 2015, I traveled to the resort again — this time to interview Jay Peak president Bill Stenger about a series of damning developments at the resort, which had been well-chronicled by VTDigger.org. I thought I’d get an hour with Stenger, but he gave me the whole day. We drove from Jay to downtown Newport to Northeast Kingdom International Airport to Burke Mountain Resort and finally back to Jay. For every question I asked, Stenger had a ready answer. By the end of the day, my notebook was full, and I had no idea what to think. I remember telling a colleague a few days later that I wouldn’t be surprised if everything Stenger had said was true — and I wouldn’t be surprised if everything he said was false.

In the end, I was just as surprised as most Vermonters when WCAX-TV reported the night of April 13, 2016, that a massive law enforcement operation was under way at Burke Mountain. The next day, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had filed civil charges against Stenger and Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros, alleging more than $200 million in fraud.

It had all been, the SEC wrote in charging documents, “a Ponzi-like” scheme.

My source had been right — and I had missed the story.

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FAKEST-SOUNDING NEWS THAT WASN’T “Wealthy Mormon Buys Up Vermont Land for Massive Settlement”

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Utah engineer David Hall wants to build a 20,000-person settlement on 5,000 acres in four tiny, rural towns in Vermont. His inspiration: an 1833 blueprint drawn up by the Mormon church founder Joseph Smith. Hall had chosen these towns because they surround Smith’s birthplace.

Seven Days found out in March, when a local librarian discovered that Hall had purchased roughly 900 acres in the area — and broke the story on a local news site, Daily UV. She put me in touch with Hall, and he immediately emailed back with his home address, cellphone number and a one-line message: “Share with anyone.”

Word spread quickly to the towns that would be transformed by Hall’s so-called NewVistas project — including Tunbridge, where I grew up.

When I called Hall, he patiently fielded my questions for nearly an hour. He explained how his father had made a fortune by inventing a synthetic diamond used for drilling, and he was using proceeds from selling the family company to fund his futuristic endeavor. It was bizarre listening to someone who sounded completely rational describe high-tech toilets capable of measuring the sugar content in urine.

Later, Hall came to Vermont to meet some of his critics in person. At a regional planning commission meeting in Woodstock, I watched the white-haired man in a crisp white dress shirt tell a local farmer that Vermont should transition to a hydroponic farming model, similar to what’s used for marijuana cultivation.

Concerned residents — some even convinced Hall is crazy — have since formed a nonprofit called Alliance for Vermont Communities to fight the future development and preserve local farmland. Town planning commissions are talking about establishing density limits.

I called Hall again on December 14 to see how things were going on his end. The 69-year-old entrepreneur

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He repeated his assurances David Hall that it will be decades before a NewVista community is created in Vermont. But within 15 years, he wants to build some apartments here, starting near the Vermont Law School in South Royalton.

He’s working on a prototype in his hometown of Provo, and when it’s complete, he and his wife plan to move into one of the 400-square-foot units. “I’ll be an early guinea pig,” he promised.

For now, his Green Mountain State public relations tour is on pause.

“The more I communicated, the madder they got,” he said. “I’m not really that bad a guy, I think.”

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UNLIKELIEST STORY “A Second Chance: A Vermont Sheriff Risks His Career by Hiring a Sex Offender” When he learned that a “high-risk” sex offender had moved into his jurisdiction, Lamoille Sheriff Roger Marcoux Jr. was alarmed — and annoyed. Timothy Szad had served a 13-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a young boy in Rockingham. Media coverage of his release prompted vigilante-style reactions. After a failed crosscountry search for a new home, Szad ended up in Hyde Park, where he knew no one. Outraged residents demanded that the elected sheriff do something.

Marcoux came up with an improbable solution: In hopes of keeping an eye on Szad and also giving him a purpose, he hired the sex offender. Under the supervision of one of his deputies, Marcoux contracted Szad and his roommate to renovate a run-down building that the department had purchased in Hyde Park to serve as a new office.

Seven Days documented their collaboration in April.

Both men feared the story could provoke a backlash — or even violent reprisals. Instead, Marcoux and Szad have welcomed dozens of officials who were curious to see their project up close. Johnson State College students made them the subject of a class project. Marcoux, along with this reporter, accepted an invitation from a prison ministry to speak to inmates inside Vermont’s Southern State Correctional Facility.

Since the story ran, Szad, with the help of Marcoux and others, managed to get a driver’s license, arrange for a bank loan — no easy thing, since he had no credit — and buy his own pickup truck.

At Marcoux’s urging, Szad allowed the sheriff’s department to install a GPS unit inside the truck, to protect Szad from community members who might make false reports — it has happened — and to keep tabs on him.

Szad says he feels a little more comfortable with every passing day. While he once talked of leaving Vermont and starting over somewhere warmer, alone, now he says he’ll probably stick around.

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But his struggle to adjust to his peculiar brand of small-town notoriety continues.

“It’s still a little weird in the world after 13 years of incarceration,” Szad said. “You can get so used to a routine …

When you get out in the world, you have to fend for yourself. It’s still hard to get used to everything. Sometimes I feel the eyes upon me in the community — people recognize me. It still feels weird … a lot of times.”

Sheriff Roger Work on the building Marcoux Jr. should be wrapped up in the coming weeks. But the sheriff’s department owns other nearby buildings in need of repair. And there is lawn care, maintenance, mechanical work on the cruisers — Szad may turn into a long-term contractor for the department.

“He continues to impress us with his work ethic, and we just think he’s in a good place in his life,” Marcoux said. “When you peel everything back, Tim wanted this to work. Tim deserves the credit.”

In the end, though, Marcoux may have been more impacted by their relationship. The sheriff, a Republican with a traditional law-and-order outlook, has found a new calling: helping recently released inmates. He talks excitedly about potential programs he could house in the buildings Szad is busy repairing.

Could he convert one into some kind of halfway house for long-term inmates — including violent sex offenders such as Szad — to help them find work and gain a foothold in society?

Female inmates, who are often saddled with childrearing responsibilities, are notoriously difficult to help — could he get a state contract to house a few families affected by incarceration?

“So many ideas have come out of this,” Marcoux said.

“Having to figure a way to protect my community from Tim, I had to readjust my thinking and do the best I could.”

— M.D.

MOST TIME SPENT ON LEGISLATION THAT WENT NOWHERE “Smoked: Why the Pot Legalization Bill Failed” Gov. Peter Shumlin wanted Vermont MAY lawmakers to legalize marijuana in 2016 — before any other New England states did.

He found an ally in Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Sears (D-Bennington), who gave his committee an end-of-January deadline and rocketed a bill through the Senate by February 25.

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members spent more time debating pot than on any other legislation — without producing a thing.

To refresh your medium-term memory, here’s a history of last session’s pot progress in headlines — all blog posts I wrote!

• “Senate Revises Marijuana Bill, Moves it to the House,” February 25 • “A Divided House Judiciary Committee Ponders the Pot Bill,” March 16 • “Shumlin Disses Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization Plan,” March 28 • “House Panel May Write Its Own Marijuana Bill,” April 5 • “House Considers Decriminalizing Small-Scale Pot Cultivation,” April 7 • “House Panel Backs Scaled-Back Marijuana Bill,” April 8 • “House Panel Puts Marijuana Legalization Back in Play,” April 15 • “In Stealth Move, Senate Sends Pot Legalization Back to House,” April 27 • “Vermont House to Vote on Marijuana Legalization After All,” April 29 • “House Poised to Vote on Decriminalizing Homegrown Pot,” May 2 • “House Defeats Senate Marijuana Legalization Bill,” May 3 • “House Douses Marijuana Legalization, Cultivation,” May 3 • “Bid for Marijuana Legalization Referendum Fails in Senate,” May 5 • “Lawmakers Plan Off-Session Marijuana Discussions,” May 6

The pot debate will be back in 2017. Spurred by the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts and Maine, House Judiciary Committee chair Maxine Grad (D-Moretown) said she’s more open to the idea. Now it’s governor-elect Phil Scott who is sounding reluctant.

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STORY WITH THE LONGEST LEGS “Right in Rutland: Will Mayor Chris Louras Fall on His Sword for 100 Syrians?”

Rutland Mayor Chris Louras was in political JUN hot water when Seven Days profiled him in June. The Republican-turned-independent had quietly made arrangements to resettle 100 Syrian refugees in the city — without informing some key players. A number of aldermen attacked Louras for a lack of transparency, and he faced an angry backlash fueled by nativist rhetoric and ignorance about the refugee process.

But Louras held firm — even when opponents called for a citywide vote on the resettlement plan.

“The people that have concerns about process, the people that say they have concerns about process, my issue with that is ... the other option would have been voting on allowing people to come into our community,” said Louras, whose paternal grandfather emigrated from Greece to the U.S. “And we don’t do that in America.”

Meanwhile, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was on the campaign trail, promising to ban all Muslim refugees from entering the country.

I bumped into Louras in Rutland’s Coffee Exchange Café in late September and mentioned that I was surprised that the refugee debate showed no signs of abating. We at Seven Days had thought we caught him at the height of it, I said.

“I know!” Louras said. “Me, too.”

Two months later, Trump became the president-elect.

That hasn’t made the Rutland mayor’s job any easier.

“The constant and unabated nature of the rhetoric around refugee resettlement, I think, is a direct result

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of the language our president-elect … was using in the summer,” said Louras. “It gave people the license to continue with that dialogue.”

Louras, who is up for reelection next year, said he has no idea how Trump’s win will affect Rutland’s plans.

The first Syrian refugees are still scheduled to arrive in January.

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MOST EXPENSIVE STORIES “The Gun: How I Bought an AR-15 in a Five Guys Parking Lot” “Courting Disaster: An Erosion of Press Protections in Vermont” JUN

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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Journalism ain’t free.

Especially when I’m spending Seven Days’ hard-earned

advertising dollars!

This year I managed to blow plenty of dough in the service of filling these pages. So, which story was the most expensive?

Well, there was that time in June when I bought an AR-15 in a South Burlington parking lot to show how easy it was to avoid a criminal background check. I can still see the bemused look Seven Days business manager Cheryl Brownell gave me when she handed over an envelope stuffed with $500 cash.

At first I thought we might be able to resell the weapon after I reported my story — and, you know,

make a little scratch off the deal. Then I realized it might not be wise to market a potentially stolen firearm.

In the end, we turned it over to the Queen City Police Foundation, care of Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo.

With any luck, Seven Days can at least deduct the expense as a charitable contribution.

Far more expensive than “The Gun” was our coverage of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) presidential campaign. In 2016 alone, we spent more than $9,500 on plane tickets, motel rooms, rental cars, mileage, freelance photographers and two very expensive days ($2,087.57) on Sanders’ chartered Eastern Airlines Boeing 737. Those figures don’t include the salaries of the many reporters and editors who pitched in on the project.

Even those stories were cheap compared to our coverage of Sen. Norm McAllister’s (R-Franklin) legal travails.

Six months after the Vermont State Police arrested the Franklin farmer for sexual assault, a county prosecutor delivered subpoenas for three Seven Days staffers. She hoped to question us under oath about the reporting we’d done on the McAllister allegations — and get her mitts on our tape recordings, notebooks and emails.

We fought back, hiring Gravel & Shea’s Robert Hemley to argue that the move was an unconstitutional abrogation of our press freedoms. The prosecutor eventually dropped news editor Matthew Roy’s subpoena, and a state judge quashed mine. Reporter Mark Davis wasn’t quite so lucky. But before he could be called to the stand at a June trial, the prosecution’s case fell apart.

By then, Seven Days had already forked over more than $15,000 in legal bills to protect us from this prosecutorial overreach.

We may not have seen the last of the Franklin County Courthouse. McAllister faces a second trial in January — and Davis is on the witness list.

— P.H.

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“A Reporter Gathers With the Rainbow Family” The Seven Days staff is chock-full of tattooed, leafy-substanceenjoying lefties and some experienced campers and hikers, and I am … none of those things. So it was to the sound of more than a few snickers that I departed the newsroom last June and headed into the woods to commune with the Rainbow Family of Living Light, a leaderless collection of hippies and lost souls who congregate annually to celebrate peace and nature.

For their 2016 gathering, which was expected to attract up to 20,000 people, the group had chosen the Green Mountain National Forest in tiny Mount Tabor. The diehards spend a month in the woods, setting up a sprawling encampment where everything is free and everyone is expected to pitch in.

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I set up my tent in a patch of woods a half mile into the encampment — strategically distant from the nearest hand-dug latrine and drum circle — and spent hours meandering the threemile U-shaped trail, along which small camps and kitchens were beginning to come to life.

What did I learn?

Honestly, I’m still not entirely sure.

But here’s a partial list: I learned that law enforcement sees fit to maintain a heavy, if friendly, presence at Rainbow camps, even though the only crimes being committed involve a drug that many states are rushing to legalize.

I learned that when Rainbows ask to see your asshole, they are really asking if you are an undercover cop. And, I learned, as I invariably do on almost every story, that most people are decent and willing to meet you halfway, or even further, if you just extend yourself a little.

Most of my fellow campers called me “brother,” greeted me with hearty calls of “welcome home” and tried their damnedest to explain what the hell they were doing in Vermont — even after I told them I didn’t have any cigarettes.

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BEST ROAD TRIP WITH A GAME WARDEN “Sharp Decline in Vermont’s Moose Herd Raises Questions About Hunting” Moose have come dangerously close to my car windshield on more than one occasion, but I don’t blame them for it. I always find it interesting to write about the strangelooking, lumbering creatures, whether it’s a confused moose bedding down in Burlington’s Hill Section or an albino moose shot by a teenage girl from Rutland. So in July I set off for the Northeast Kingdom to find out why their population is dwindling in Vermont.

No moose appeared the day I drove through the remote logging roads of the Nulhegan Basin, a vast, wild tract of land close to the Canadian border. But being in a truck with Vermont game warden Randy Hazard for an afternoon gave me a glimpse of his working life, not all of which made it into my story.

For instance, I’ve always wondered: How do wardens working solo get 1,000 pounds of dead moose off the road after a collision in the middle of the night?

Hazard, a strapping former marine, was more than happy to show me his system for removing moose roadkill, which he employs some dozen times a year, despite the shrinking of the herd. Wearing a sidearm and badge, he climbed into his truck’s flatbed to demonstrate.

Hazard showed how he nailed together old highway signs to create a wooden plank that serves as a ramp when he’s hauling in a moose. Then he pointed to a small, motorized truck-bed winch and pulled out a length of cable. To this he attaches chains, including a loop for the moose’s neck. Once the loop is secured, he hits a switch and the winch reels in the cable. Slowly, the moose is pulled up the ramp and into the truck.

Sometimes the meat winds up being served at game dinners — after Hazard drives it to a butcher who doesn’t mind taking deliveries 24-7.

On my accident-free, two-hour drive home, in the waning light of a midsummer evening, I looked at the woods in a different way.

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“Burlington’s Top Cop, Brandon del Pozo, Aims to Rewrite Policing” Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo had agreed to let me ride along with him on a Friday night. The mission: checking on foot patrol officers around the city. As we got into his black unmarked SUV, the chief clarified that the Coke and Snickers in the cup holder were not his — the previous passenger had left them behind.

I was profiling del Pozo, who at that point was about a year into the job. Quotable, opinionated and comfortable with reporters, he had already been in the news — a lot. I was hoping to see a different side of him.

Right away, del Pozo noticed splattered bugs on his windshield.

The Burlington police chief was not about to be seen driving a car with bug splatter. So we drove down Riverside Avenue to Newton’s Carwash — never mind that it had started to rain — while del Pozo rattled off crime figures like a statistician. When we got there, he couldn’t remember the code Burlington police punch in, ATM-style, to get their cruisers cleaned.

He called his deputy Jan Wright on speakerphone.

No answer. He called another deputy. No answer. He dialed a third number. Striking out again, he said, “Just bear with me here.” Not exactly the responsiveness you’d expect from Vermont’s biggest police force.

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I began to wonder how many people he’d call before giving up — and how much of my ride-along would be squandered at the car wash.

Finally, on the fourth try, someone picked up and told del Pozo the password. We drove through, emerging bug-free on the other side.

Del Pozo looked over at me with my notepad on my lap and said in a sardonic tone, “You can write: We went though a car wash while it was raining. Chief was upset about the bugs on his windshield.”

Try as I might, I couldn’t find a way to fit it into the story, but it was too amusing to keep to myself.

— M.W.

— A.F.

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A week and a half before the August 9 primary election, an email showed JUL up in my inbox.

“Matt Dunne Releases Renewable Energy Siting Policy” was the headline on a press release from one of three Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for governor.

Interesting, I thought. I was in the middle of writing a story about their views on a variety of issues, including energy siting. I’d spoken to Dunne about it just days earlier.

Would this new statement change anything?

I got as far as the first bullet point and knew it changed everything.

“As governor, Matt’s policy on energy siting will be,” it declared: “Large-scale ridgeline wind projects should only take place with the approval of the towns where the projects are located. As governor, I will ensure that no means no.”

This might sound innocuous to the uninitiated, but renewable energy advocates had just fought tooth and nail against legislation that would have allowed towns veto power over projects. To them, the notion is out-of-bounds, off-limits. And Dunne, a candidate trying to cast himself as a climatechange-fighting liberal Bill McKibben enviro, had gone there.

I was so stunned that I almost missed the next surprise in the press release. Fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Galbraith, an avowed enemy of wind energy, was praising Dunne’s stance. It was an almost-endorsement of his rival.

Dunne had made two mistakes: He misjudged how strongly some of his most prominent supporters felt about town votes on wind projects. And he locked arms with the ever-crafty Galbraith.

As Dunne desperately tried to soften his statement — insisting that he wouldn’t actually give towns full veto power — Galbraith readily told anyone who would listen that that’s exactly what Dunne was talking about.

I forwarded the press release to environmentalist Bill McKibben, who had encouraged Dunne to run for governor.

“Bill: Wondered what you think of Matt Dunne’s wind policy,” I wrote, deliberately staying neutral about its content.

The Ripton founder of 350.org responded two days later — with a 1,000-word essay. He was withdrawing his endorsement of Dunne.

It got worse.

“If at this point in this saga anyone still gives a flying fish who I’m voting for, that would be Sue Minter,” McKibben said of Dunne’s other Democratic rival. Two days later, the Vermont Conservation Voters dropped its neutral position in the race and also endorsed Minter.

Dunne never saw it coming. “People had a much stronger reaction than I expected,” he told Seven Days. “The language around this is very, very tricky.”

On August 9, Minter won the Democratic primary by a gaping 13 percentage points.

She might have been headed for victory anyway, but that email on a Friday afternoon in late July made sure of it.

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MOST AWKWARD MOMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL “TV T.J. Donovan: The Likely Next AG Pushes Criminal Justice Reform” I had been on the campaign trail with Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan for 12 hours — through staff meetings, court hearings, interviews and a political rally — and was really hoping the “day” was wrapping up at 8 p.m. on a Friday in September.

But he wasn’t done and announced plans to grab a quick beer at a bar in Killington. It took the Democratic candidate for Vermont attorney general an hour to work the room.

After that, we hit the road. Whytnee Bush, Donovan’s sole paid campaign staffer, took the wheel.

“Can we be off the record now?” Donovan asked in the direction of the backseat, where I was hunkered down for the long drive back to Burlington.

He had already answered every question I had planned to ask and many more that I threw at him because he was stuck with me. It was so dark that I couldn’t even see my notebook, which contained more material than I could ever use.

So I agreed.

We had barely pulled onto nearby Route 4 before Donovan took control of the car stereo and cranked tunes from his favorite rock band, the Tragically Hip. Donovan began singing along, as loud as his perpetually scratchy voice would allow, and air drumming with so much energy that it looked like he might have a seizure.

As we wound our way north on Route 7 through the rural blackness, Donovan

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occasionally paused to tell stories of listening to the band with his buddies in college, or to wax poetic on the importance of enjoying life after a full day of hard work.

He teased Bush about her taste in music.

But mostly, for two hours, Donovan sang his ass off, completely aware that 1) he has a terrible voice; 2) a reporter tasked with writing a lengthy profile of him was in the backseat; and 3) it was only a couple of months before an Election Day that he hoped would give his political career a turboboost. No one thinks Donovan plans to make attorney general his final political job.

We often criticize our politicians for being robotic, for sanding down their rough edges. Say what you will about Donovan — and many say a lot — but nobody can accuse him of that. It was, for me, the most honest moment of Election 2016.

It took some negotiation, but Donovan later agreed to let me use the anecdote.

— M.D.

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“No Return: Loss of a Redemption Center Complicates ‘Canner’ Lives” When I got the assignment to cover the closing of Burlington’s biggest redemption center and its impact on local “canners,” it seemed pretty straightforward: Talk to the owners of Burlington Beverage; ask some collectors how they’re coping without it; and check in with alternative places to see if they’re getting more business.

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Sorting bottles and cans at Winooski Beverage Center

I studied the city’s recycling routes and set out at 6 a.m. on a Tuesday in the Old North End. Cans were everywhere during the two hours that I biked; canners were not. I ran into the same four over and over again, and they didn’t seem to understand my questions or pantomiming.

After several similar early-mornings quests, we hired a Bhutanese translator. One full week after my first foray, I picked him up in my car at 7 a.m. We crept along at 15 miles per hour, pulling over and accosting any canners we encountered. Several chatted with us, but I still needed more material.

That didn’t come for three more days, when, on Friday afternoon, the news gods took pity on a sleepdeprived, curb-sitting reporter.

I heard the rattling and clattering before I saw Birdman pushing his shopping cart down the middle of Murray Street. The eccentric Jamaican is a longtime “recycler,” as he calls it. He said he was in a hurry (though his pace suggested otherwise) and didn’t have a phone.

But he gave me his address and suggested that I come over later, if I wanted.

It was an unseasonably hot October day, and I had planned to spend the evening playing bocce with some friends at Oakledge Park. But I couldn’t miss this opportunity, so I biked downtown to Birdman’s place instead.

When I arrived at his jam-packed second-floor studio, he was wearing army shorts with a red purse slung over his bare chest. He had on two baseball caps, one facing forward, the other backward.

Birdman ushered me toward his bathroom, which was barely big enough for both of us. I hesitated. He seemed offended, so in I went. From there, we climbed through the open window and out onto a fire escape lined with unruly plants.

As we looked out over Burlington, he talked at length in a thick island accent — about horticulture. It took a while, but I managed to steer the conversation to canning and the redemption center. Finally.

— A.F.

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“Too Soon: Could the Suicide of a Burlington Artist Have Been Prevented?”

The moment Serenity Bolt opened the door of her apartment, I was struck by how much she resembled her late sister Darshana, with the same swirls of luxurious dark hair and porcelain skin.

She beckoned me in, offered me a seat and poured two cups of fragrant tea. We talked for two hours that rainy October night about the suicide of her 31-year-old sister, a much-loved Burlington artist. In that conversation I realized that Serenity, 36, was looking out for her little sister — even in death.

It got me thinking about my own sister, Maura, my dearest friend and most reliable confidant. She is one year older, my “Irish twin” in a family of five children born in quick succession.

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We competed, of course — for friends, clothes and time on our family’s sole telephone. But more often, we were in harmony, literally, with her soprano and my second soprano voice echoing around the house, to the annoyance of our three brothers and the delight of our mother.

And although Maura is just a little bit older, she has long been the big sister to count on. I can’t imagine losing such a cherished bond.

So it stirred me to see how Serenity was looking after Darshana by asking questions about Vermont’s patchwork mental health care system, which she believes failed Darshana.

As Serenity talked, I realized how deep their friendship went: back to Darshana’s first scrawled drawings and Christmases, grade school and college, young adulthood and joint adventures in far-flung places such as Peru. When Serenity gave birth to her first child in 2015, Darshana cut the umbilical cord. Now death had cut the cord between the sisters.

Or had it? No, I concluded. Serenity’s apartment evoked Darshana in photographs and in her sketches and paintings. There was something else, too.

On the mantle sat a small, smooth stone — a very significant stone, Serenity explained. After Darshana’s death, the Bolt family gathered on Cape Cod to cast some of her ashes in the ocean at sunset. The waves washed over Serenity’s ankles and deposited the brown, sparkling stone at her feet. When Serenity reached for it, she saw that the stone was shaped like a heart.

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SO MUCH TO SAY The year in cheers and jeers from Seven Days commenters

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n axiom of modern journalism is, “Never read the comments.” Such sections often turn into nasty scrums of name-calling and disses.

Well, we here at Seven Days do read the comments, and our contributors generally stay on topic and provide good context, perspective and arguments to stories. They also point out the occasional error — thanks for that!

This year, we logged more than 5,600 comments on the thousands of news stories, music reviews, features and other content we create week in, week out. In honor of that, we’ve rounded up our favorite comments of the year from sevendaysvt.com. Some were zany, interesting or just made us LOL. None of the original spelling, punctuation or grammar has been corrected here, and most of the authors are identified by user names — not real ones. We’ve spared you the ongoing online debate about that.

We’re taking a break for the holiday — there’s no paper on January 4 — but the Seven Days website never sleeps or takes a vacation! So keep the comments coming. Thanks again for weighing in. m

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If you don’t have children, never get sick, and don’t grow old you’ll be fine under Trump Posted by Sarita Austin, December 1

If he were really legit his middle name would be Aron.

Ed. note: The King’s middle name was Aaron.

Re: “Drink Up: Scout & Company in Winooski,” November 12

This article is surely satire.

Nothing could possibly be this pretentious otherwise.

Posted by Leonard Bast, November 15

Ed. note: It’s hard out there for a food writer!

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There is no excitement anywhere like a First Baptist Church chicken pie supper. Come prepared for thrills and laughs.

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Re: “A ‘Witch-In’ Targets Trump,” November 3 I bet not ONE of these women is a Wiccan. We. Do. Not. HEX. If we did, I’d hex these hags for defaming my religion. I resent this, and not just a little bit - and shame on you, Seven Days, for promoting this bigoted crap.

Posted by kestrel9000, November 4

Ed. note: This one needs no commentary.

Re: “Know Your GMOs: Vermont’s Labeling Law Takes Effect,” July 1

I’d like to offer you some wine to go with your GMO cheese.

The added bonus is you have to eat it in another state.

Ed. note: Just be careful what pasture you picnic in!

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This is the best fucking band that has ever existed

Re: “WTF: What Happened to Burlington’s Pay Phones?” January 20

There’s a pay phone outside the Fletcher Free Library. Saw someone using it yesterday.

Posted by Dr. Mindbender, January 27

Ed. note: Guess we found the one person still using a pay phone in 2016!

Re: “Mr. Mikes Pizza Opens SideBar,” May 3

I ate Mister MIke’s pizza the other day for the first time in nearly 25 years. Did you know that it’s just as bad when you’re a drunken 19 year old with a fake ID as it is when you’re a sober 42 year old? It’s true!

Posted by Dr. Mindbender, May 6

Ed. note: COLLEGE! So many memories — er, drunken blurs.

Re: “Rep. Peter Welch Calls Democrats’ 25-Hour Gun Sit-In ‘Very Effective,’” June 23

Saddest headline of 2016, right here.

Posted by Justin Boland, June 24

Ed. note: Remember, folks, he wrote this in June.

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Re: “Zuckerman Apologizes for 2013 Remark About Vermont Air Guard,” October 25

But who does Bernie’s dry cleaner endorse?

Zuckerman should at least apologi ze for this year’s farm share. I got like 2 cucumbers the entire summer and I don’t remember getting any peas. Too busy campaigning I guess.

Posted by Mt.Philo, July 29

Ed. note: Admit it, you guys loved reading all things Bernie this year.

Posted by Mt.Philo, October 25

Ed. note: What, no mention of Zuck’s

Re: “Vermont Legislators Admit to Cheating the System. Are They Justified?” February 3, 2010 If I were to steal from my employer because I thought I wasn’t being paid enough I would be charged with embezzlement and fired. In politics that would make me a candidate for higher office.

Re: “Tremolo Coffee Shop Pops Up in Montpelier,” July 12

Someone is seriously complaining that the ice cream has almond milk in it? My gluten free home brewed yoga beer is both dairy free and nut free.

Posted by Mark Lade, February 17

Ed. note: [Sings] You can’t always get what you waaaant.

Ed. note: This is a strange conspiracy theory but … OK!

Posted by The Oracle, July 12

Ed. note: Get it? There are lots of hipster coffee shops!

Re: “Hunting Foes Want to Snare Seats on Vermont’s Fish & Wildlife Board,” October 12

Ed. note: Don’t try this at home.

Re: “New Performance Venue Planned in Thriving Downtown Winooski,” May 19

I live a block from the proposed venue. You can park in my driveway for $20.

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Ed. note: Entrepreneurism!

Do we really know for certain that he bought this at a private sale?? No evidence, no sale slip, etc, etc. Could be a made up story to further the liberal agenda. Wish I’d know about it, I’d buy it in a minute.

Posted by Ron Minor, June 20

Finally. A hipster coffee shop!

Posted by Kurt Eckert, October 27

Re: “Sugar High! Ben & Jerry’s Non-Dairy Frozen Desserts,” February 16

ponytail?

Re: “The Gun: How I Bought an AR-15 in a Five Guys Parking Lot,” June 15

Let me look into my crystal ball: In the future I will have to get written permission from some tree hugging, vegan, from NJ before I can give lead poisoning to the cute little squirrel who’s chewing a hole in the side of my house.

Posted by Paul Jones, October 13

Ed. note: Probably!

If you really want to impress us you should pick up a TERRORIST at the Five Guys parking lot and deliver him to BPD! Posted by Lawrence Thurber, June 16

Ed. note: Sure, we’ll get right on it.

So you intentionally set up a legal gun buy to make it look sinister.

Great job, you are a attention seeking dipshit.

Look at me look at me!!!

Over here!!! Look what I can do!!!! Asshat.

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or an event with the confrontational name “Wrecking Ball: F**k 2016,” last Saturday’s “cabaret” of performances at OFF CENTER FOR THE DRAMATIC ARTS in Burlington was surprisingly low-key. Conceived in Toronto in 2004 and designed to produce “professional calibre theatre that is responsive to world events,” the Wrecking Ball concept seemed tailor-made for progressive Vermont theater artists. In fact, Canadian citizen Laura Roald offered the most engaging presentation — a humorous, slide-supported argument for why we shouldn’t all move to Canada (despite its hunky and feminist PM, Justin Trudeau).

Chances are good that the next four years will offer plenty of opportunities for Wrecking Ball to return, and for artists of every stripe to practice the art of protest in various formats. Not to mention the raising of consciousness and funds — Saturday’s event benefited the ACLU. In fact, Vermont artists have already started that activism work, whether in response to the recent presidential election, the Dakota Access Pipeline standoff in North Dakota, police violence against African Americans, the ongoing threats to women’s health care access, or other abrogations of human rights at home or abroad. There’s a lot to choose from when it comes to causes.

Artists the world over have long had a role in trying to effect change — indeed, some seem particularly energized by an opportunity to fight the power. And, as a recent article in Hyperallergic put it: “If we’re going to protest continuously for four years, we might as well keep it aesthetically interesting.” Another piece in that newsletter schooled readers on how to reignite the art of making a statement.

Meantime, Robert Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts, has declared, “The arts have always been used as a healing force, and we have seen the power of art to affect people’s thinking.”

Other arty actions around the U.S. include a “Not My President’s Day” initiative on February 20. A coalition of theater artists calling themselves Bad and Nasty — remember “bad hombres” and “nasty woman” in the Trump lexicon? — is encouraging “radical inclusive, disruptive, provocative, ridiculous, enraged and engaged work” in every state. Another effort that activists are trying to get off the ground — adopting the hashtag #J20 — involves an art-world strike on inauguration day. That is, “mass absenteeism” from galleries, museums, theaters and other art institutions.” It’s not clear what such a move would accomplish.

Closer to home, longtime theater artist DAVID SCHEIN has a better idea.

He told Seven Days, “I’ve always had an ear and eye for political theater.

These days are reminding me of those days — when we feel that the most dangerous government around is our government.” When he heard about Not My President’s Day, Schein said, he decided to adapt Alfred Jarry’s absurdist play Ubu Roi, which satirizes greed, power and their attendant evils, “and just get down and dirty.”

The updated version, which Schein is writing with Vermont poet SETH STEINZOR, will be called Trumpuboo Roi: King Turd Revisited and will be performed at FlynnSpace in Burlington. Schein added, “There’s going to be a lot of political art — I’m kind of excited and rejuvenated by this.”

MELISSA LOURIE, artistic director of MIDDLEBURY ACTORS WORKSHOP, had already been planning a full stage production of American Radical, a play about women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, for March — women’s history month. Since the election, she noted, the play feels “more relevant than ever.”

Vermont is home to the grandfather of arty political protest, PETER SCHUMANN, founder of BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER. The troupe has not relaxed its vigilant stance against the powerful and the corrupt for the past halfcentury, and certainly won’t now. According to B&P’s LINDA ELBOW, members of the troupe plan to attend the Women’s March on Washington on January 21. And Schumann, she said, “is now trying to do Insurrection Masses every Sunday afternoon through the winter.”

For this last arts column of 2016, we scanned the arts community for issue-specific activities, scheduled for now and in the near future. We divided these efforts into several categories: artist-created merchandise; visual messages; performances designed to raise awareness; and benefit shows. What follows is a sampling. We expect more to come.

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PURCHASING POWER Raise Your Fist EBONY NYONI, leader of the local chapter of the national Black Lives Matter movement, along with SHELA LINTON and EMMA REDDEN, designed a fierce 802-centric rendition of the original Black Panthers raised-fist symbol.

To help raise awareness and funds, Burlington’s GREEN DOOR STUDIO and members of the band GANG OF THIEVES helped the group print the logo on T-shirts, which are available in the BLM Vermont online store.

In recent weeks, the shop has expanded as a platform for not only BLM wares but an array of local artists who are donating a portion of their sales to the cause. Their offerings include a print of a quote from former Black Panther

Assata Shakur, designed by JABARI JONES and printed by JASMINE PARSIA; ceramics

by REBECCA D’AGOSTINE and JRD MUDWORKS; and custom upcycled sweatshirts from ALANA REDDEN. blacklivesmattervermont.com

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Ruby Electra, ‘Snatch the Patriarchy’ T-Shirt said that, on election night, she was gripped with the desire to paint vaginas on “everything.” Instead, the 26-year-old bartender, artist and personal assistant to RADIO BEAN owner LEE ANDERSON designed a T-shirt emblazoned with an artfully articulated vaginal unit and the slogan “Snatch the Patriarchy.” Printed by Burlington’s UNKNOWN ARTS, it’s sold in men’s and women’s sizes through Electra’s website for $25, and she donates 50 percent of the proceeds to Planned Parenthood.

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The term “public art” encompasses any work sited in a public space with permission. Because unapproved art such as graffiti is considered illegal, it’s often executed rapidly and minimally. Two examples we’ve noted recently in Burlington are the massive, hastily scrawled blue letters spelling “Save the World” on the Pearl Street side of East West Café; and the “Make America Nice Again” stenciled in black on the sidewalk by the downtown Rite Aid. These anonymous contributions to our built environment serve as uplifting reminders of the power to speak one’s truth in the face of judgment — whether it comes from local law enforcement or the president-elect.

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In late November, ANTHILL COLLECTIVE members BRIAN CLARK and SCOTTIE RAYMOND, along with ADAM “WING NUT” HINEMAN of the TACO TRUCK ALL STARS, road-tripped south for Miami Art Week. They made a pit stop to warm up at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, and left their mark with a simple “NO DAPL” [No Dakota Access Pipeline] piece in the school’s “Free Expression Tunnel.”

Once in Miami, the trio set to work decking out a door at the Concrete Beach Brewery with what Raymond called a “water mandala.” Initially, the group had proposed a work that showed overt solidarity with Standing Rock — but, as Raymond put it, the brewery powers-that-be “weren’t in love with it.” So the collective adapted, toning down the message. Still, at the end of a threeday painting spree, they emblazoned their mural with a ribbon declaring, “Mni Wiconi,” or “Water is life” in Lakota — a battle cry of those in opposition to the pipeline.

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[The] dove represents peace and also immigration because the dove is a bird and often migrates [to] places for warm weather to live… The hands show that our community welcomes everyone, protects them and ensures that they are in a safe place.

Next, the students will work with a graphic designer to finalize the symbol. They hope to raise enough money to reproduce it on pins and T-shirts for sale, with proceeds going to local organizations. They also hope local businesses will print the symbol on posters and hang them in their shop windows.

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Burlington sketch comedy troupe STEALING FROM WORK commonly packs a feminist punch in its pee-your-pants funny skits. Its next show, in February, might have a little extra edge. “We started writing 10 months ago,” said MARIANNE DIMASCIO, a primary creator of the group’s material with ANGIE ALBECK. “But the stuff we touched upon recently has to do with race and privilege and white people not doing enough to contribute to the dialogue about racism.” Like similar theater artists, “We think about how to use satire to move people to think,” DiMascio added. The presidentelect’s obsession with Twitter presumably inspired the title of SFW’s latest show.

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Now, postelection, the group will join the All Affected Coalition (“pronounced aaaccccckkkk!!!!!!,” according to its Facebook page) to stage a “Public Panic Attack” — so no one need panic alone.

Group member and Middlebury College associate professor LAURIE ESSIG told Seven Days, “So often when women have responded to the illogic of masculinist governments or societies, they’ve been marked as hysterical, crazy [and] panicked. We thought that being panicked at this moment was the correct response.”

Referencing historical notions of acceptable femininity and hysteria, the group will riff on the 1950s housewife by donning purple dishwashing gloves, and it encourages other attendees to do the same.

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French playwright Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi so outraged Parisian audiences that its first production opened and closed in one day — in 1896. More than 120 years later, little has the power to shock onstage, yet the work remains at least unsettling. Perhaps that’s because an absurdist play about power and greed is still so damned relevant — much like Macbeth. This update of Jarry is also darkly funny. Burlington actor David Schein and writer Seth Steinzor are “totally changing the text” and producing it in conjunction with the national movement Not My President’s Day. Said Schein, “I’m just writing new text to fit the new circumstances.”

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The best activist art demonstrably changes people’s lives. That’s exactly what the GREEN MOUNTAIN MAHLER FESTIVAL’s seventh annual holiday performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 aims to do. Ticket sales for the concerts — December 30 in Stowe and January 1 in Colchester — will go to the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program to help New Americans.

This is the first time the community orchestra has chosen a repeat beneficiary. In the past, the event has given an average of $5,000 to community organizations ranging from the Vermont Family Network to the Visiting Nurses Association, according to GMMF’s founder, DANIEL WEISS. Last year’s concert raised $7,000 for the VRRP. “In the current political climate, it seemed a good idea to continue with that,” said guest conductor DANIEL BRUCE. Given the current attitudes toward immigrants, Weiss added, “we want as a community to support this, and this is one way of doing that.”

Last year’s donation from GMMF made a definite impact. Said VRRP director AMILA MERDZANOVIC, “We were able to get winter boots for all families arriving during the winter months, both adults and children.” Donated boots are never enough, she explained, adding, “We were able to get rice cookers, pots and pans, knives and picture dictionaries.”

In addition to helping the broader community, the GMMF’s Beethoven’s 9th tradition also creates one. Many musicians are former Vermonters or college students visiting family for the holidays, and the chorus comes from all over the state, said Weiss, who is a bass player.

Then there is the music. Beethoven’s last symphony, which turns poet Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” into a choral declaration, is a powerful and moving tribute to brotherhood. “It’s an anthem of freedom and hope and joy,” said Bruce. “When everyone is apprehensive about the future, I see this performance as giving hope.”

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Dear Cecil,

I keep hearing about the bright future of gene editing, specifically involving something called CRISPR. I’ve seen claims that it could cure cancer and most genetic diseases, maybe even prolong life to infinity and beyond. Is this kooky futurist crap, or maybe something that’ll be too expensive for mass distribution?

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he experts predicting cancer cures are the relatively sober, realistic ones, Julia — we’ve got CRISPR teams living the sci-fi dream, sticking preserved mammoth genes into elephant cells. The CRISPR-Cas9 editing process still looks like the revolutionary development it’s been touted as over the last four years, and research hums along at a remarkable pace.

Still, some of the more dramatic projections surely won’t pan out, and those that do will have to overcome all kinds of stumbling blocks — biological, ethical, legal, ecological and, yes, financial.

Let’s catch everyone up on what we’re talking about. The immune systems of certain bacteria use DNA sequences called CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), containing genetic material collected from viruses the bacteria have been exposed to. When one of these viruses attacks again, the matching CRISPR segment

gets copied to an RNA molecule (remember from bio class? Like DNA, but just one strand?) that tracks down and binds to the virus’s own DNA, allowing a specialized enzyme called a Cas (CRISPR-associated) protein to cut the DNA and disable the virus.

So in CRISPR-Cas9 editing, researchers create guide RNA sequences that match parts of whatever gene they want to alter and use them to essentially program Cas enzymes to go make cuts at the desired spots, adding or removing DNA as needed. This turns out to be easier, cheaper, more precise and more flexible than previous gene-editing methods, and since late 2012 scientists everywhere have been putting CRISPR to ambitious use.

Researchers in Pennsylvania used it to cure hemophilia in mice, with major implications for other genetic disorders. At UC Davis, they’re getting ready to create a modified pig that will grow a (presumably transplantable) human pancreas inside it.

Just two months ago, in the first such test on an actual person, Chinese oncologists introduced CRISPR-edited immune-response cells into a lung cancer patient.

As one might guess with such a pervasive and powerful new methodology, critics have raised concerns about the safety of performing CRISPR editing on human genes. Chief among cited risks is what’s called off-target effects, in which the guide RNA gets confused by multiple similar DNA strings and the wrong gene gets edited; even when the enzyme finds and cuts the correct DNA, it can still dart off and snip some other segment too. The resulting potential for cellular mayhem is serious: A mistargeted edit could activate (e.g.) a gene causing cancer. Efforts to identify and minimize off-target trouble spots are complicated by the fact that each person’s genome is different and may contain more repeated segments than is typical.

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The field of embryonic gene editing is both more promising and more ethically troubling.

We may soon be able to correct genetic problems or add immunities in utero, but such prenatal tinkering refuels perennial fears of creating designer babies, customized for attractiveness or intelligence.

CRISPR-edited genes may also head out into the ecosystem: Scientists anticipate being able to quickly wipe out pest species (mosquitoes being the classic) using something called a gene drive, which would cause a sterility mutation to spread through the population much more quickly than ordinary heredity could manage.

The low cost of CRISPR research democratizes the research process but thereby increases the likelihood of error by a careless team, and it’s not like there’s much regulation to keep mavericks in line. There are more restrictions on the embryo modification front: Some countries ban it outright, or permit it only for research; others have spelled-out but unenforceable guidelines. A year ago, scientific bodies in the U.S., the UK, and China called for a moratorium on making any heritable changes to human DNA. Since then, though, Swedish and British biologists have begun CRISPR-based research on healthy human embryos;

the understanding is that these won’t be brought to term, but given such obvious potential for clinical benefit this may be a tough door to keep closed.

With scientists predicting that competition between China and the U.S. for CRISPR supremacy will become the fiercest scientific rivalry since the space race, it’s unlikely that either government will want to set up too many regulatory hoops for scientists to leap through. On the other hand, there’s existing intellectual property law. Wherever billions of dollars are at stake, lawsuits proliferate — competing researchers are now battling over CRISPR-related patent claims in U.S. federal court, and they won’t be the last.

And though the research itself may be cheap, any resulting medical treatment likely won’t be. In recent SEC filings, two CRISPR research firms stated that their investors’ profits will hinge on the availability of insurance coverage for their still-developing procedures.

That’s no hypothetical concern — insurers have been reluctant to cover medical procedures tailored to individual patients.

The biggest obstacle to the life-altering breakthroughs that CRISPR may yield could well be our kludgy health care system. Those designer babies ain’t gonna pay for themselves.

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Death of a Malibu Here’s the thing about my taxi, a 2010 Chevy Malibu: It has not served me well.

I can’t reconstruct the thought process that led to my purchasing it a couple of years ago. It was small, underpowered and tinny. My regular customers put up with it because, well, they like me and they count on my dependable service.

In any event, the vehicle was at 115,000 miles, and I planned to go another year before putting it out to pasture. But then there was what I call the “shudder.”

For months, the transmission would shudder when ascending hills at high-

IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THIS MOVE, AND I PULLED THE TRIGGER. way speeds. I’m far from a mechanic, but I can read the signals my car is sending, and I knew this was not good.

I had scheduled a look-see at Shearer Chevrolet to follow my return from Montréal. So I dropped my taxi off, placed the key in the overnight key box and rendezvoused with my brother for the ride home.

I normally don’t activate my phone until 10 or 11 a.m., but the following morning I switched it on early to take the call from Shearer with the diagnosis.

When the call came, it was the worst possible news. The transmission specialist, I was told, had taken the car on a test drive to try to replicate the symptoms I had described. On Van Sicklen Road in Williston, the transmission died.

“It neutralized out” was how he put it, which sounded like something the Special Forces would do to terrorist targets. Including the substantial labor of

remove the taxi meter, taxi light and all the other stuff from the car’s various nooks and crannies. Bye-bye, Malibu.

Now I was in a bind. The economics were stark: No taxi equals no income.

Normally, the transition from one taxi to the next is a well-choreographed process that takes a few months. This time, I would need to act within days, particularly since I was booked with Christmas travelers and partygoers over the upcoming weeks. I had to decide, and immediately, what type of vehicle to search for and get on with it.

The taxi vehicle of choice for Burlington cab owners — the “standard,” as it were — is the minivan. This is because most of us do a lot of airport work, which necessitates room for multiple passengers, often with substantial luggage. I have, until now, resisted the minivan. I thrive on zipping around town, and there’s no zipping in a minivan.

On the other hand, driving sedans has limited me to four passengers (or five, if they really like each other). Many times I’ve turned down work because of the seating limitations. Likewise, I’ve had to decline certain airport runs owing to the limited trunk space.

For years, a trusted colleague has encouraged me to make the move to a minivan. “I’ve tried ’em all,” she told me.

“The best by far is the Toyota Sienna.”

Some quick internet research confirmed her assertion. I showed up at Heritage Toyota the next day and hooked up with Phil, a genuinely lovely guy who put the lie to the “car salesman” stereotype. And Phil had just what the doctor ordered: a red 2013 Sienna with only 17,000 miles. I took it out for a spin.

It was like captaining the starship Enterprise — everything digital, controls and features up the wazoo. None of that particularly appealed to me, but what did was the smooth, solid ride. And the roominess: With three rows of seats, I could accommodate up to seven passengers. Plus, the hatchback lifted to reveal enough luggage space to move the Kardashians.

Buying this vehicle was a financial stretch for me. I would have to finance a good chunk of the purchase price. But it was time to make this move, and I pulled the trigger. Forty-eight hours after the death of the Malibu, I was back on the road.

My regular customers love, love, love the new wheels, so that’s gratifying. And, truth be told, I’ve grown too old for zipping. m All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.

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Stowe is home to some of the state’s wealthiest homeowners, or often secondhomeowners, so Leslie’s autobiography was a window for me into how the other half lives. (Well, more 1 percent than half.)

Traversing Pont Champlain (the Champlain Bridge, en anglais) is a personal nightmare. And I don’t mean this (only) metaphorically: I literally have had nightmares about this crumbling gateway into Montréal. After decades of delayed maintenance, the province finally bit the bullet and undertook construction of a replacement bridge with a scheduled opening in two years. Until then, the nightmare continues with a hodgepodge of repairs and lane closures.

Oh, did I mention that it was snowing and rush hour? I nearly asked Leslie to stop conversing so I could better focus on the road, but I found her voice soothing and helpful to my concentration.

Thinking ahead, we had built in plenty of extra time, so, despite the conditions, we arrived at Trudeau more than two hours before her scheduled departure. Whew! The ride back to Burlington was easier, as the snow had let up and it was now past rush hour.

Still, I let out a sigh of relief when I crossed the border back into America.

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installing a new transmission, the repair would cost $4,000. I absorbed the news stoically, telling the specialist I’d think about it and let him know shortly.

Hanging up, I gave silent thanks to my guardian angels. I had safely completed a Montréal round trip with a transmission that was, it turned out, on its very last legs. I could easily have broken down, perhaps on Pont Champlain — my nightmare scenario! Dodging that bullet could be a lucky coincidence, but I believe a benign force is watching out for me.

Regarding the repair, there wasn’t much to think about. To spend that much on this vehicle would epitomize throwing good money after bad. I called Shearer back and told them it was a no-go. I would find somebody to buy the car and tow it off the lot within a couple of days. Later that day, I showed up to

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aij Wadley-Bailey was the kind of fearless and charismatic person who could win over an audience. Seven Days creative director Don Eggert remembers gatherings in the late 1990s where the exuberant LGBT and antiracism activist would warm up the crowd. “She loosened people up and invited them to participate,” he recalled.

She might break the audience into sections and assign each group a sound to make or words to say. Eggert

remembers an LGBT event at the First Unitarian Universalist Society at the top of Church Street where WadleyBailey, a lesbian, instructed one group to say “bull dagger,” elongating the U in bull. Another group was assigned the term “big old queen.”

Wadley-Bailey played conductor, giving the audience their cues.

Terms that might have been used as insults were transformed into a kind of music. “Each of the rhythms kind of came together to make a spokenword song,” Eggert explained. “She

said, ‘Look what happens when all of our voices come together. Isn’t it beautiful?’”

Wadley-Bailey died on August 18, 2016. She’s one of eight individuals we chose for our annual end-of-year feature on Vermonters who died during the past year. Others include a doctor who helped reform Vermont’s health care delivery system, a drummer who gave his final performance a few weeks before his death, a renowned potter who worked in an isolated Northeast Kingdom town

and a centenarian who grew up on a dairy farm and met her husband at a square dance.

None of these individuals is famous — like Prince or David Bowie or any of the other celebrities who departed in 2016 — but each Vermonter led a life that was remarkable in its own way. Together, their profiles reveal the wide and wonderful variety of people who, by birth or by choice, have made this state their home. It’s quite a chorus.

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“Can you imagine what he saw over his lifetime?”

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Leo Abair, February 16, 1918-June 21, 2016 As Lake Champlain swelled to historic levels in the spring of 2011, 93-year-old Leo Abair sprang into action.

The decorated military man directed family members, friends and neighbors as they built a buffer to save his lakeside home from rapidly rising floodwaters and whipping winds.

“Ever the commander, the Colonel stood at his post in the sunroom and oversaw the operation for three weeks until the water finally subsided,” recalled daughter Marilee Abair Cain.

The Colchester property was a dream home, nicknamed “Broadlake,” that Leo bought with his late wife, Mary. They’d wanted a place to gather with their nine children — a clan that has grown to include 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Leo, a quintessential patriarch of the “greatest generation,” who lived through the Great Depression and World War II, died at Broadlake this summer at the age of 98.

He was the youngest of eight, born in Winooski in more modest circumstances at the family home on Weaver Lane, which was back then a dirt road behind the Winooski Block building. His parents’ first vehicle was a horse and buggy.

“My father provided us with food; he raised a garden, chicken and cows,” Leo recalled in a 2012 interview with his grandson, Matt Ketcham, for a school project.

“That was our food for the year. My mother would can all of the vegetables we didn’t use, and that would be our supply for the winter. Milk was such a commodity back then that we didn’t drink it ourselves; we sold it to the neighbors.”

Leo met Mary Elizabeth Leddy in 1935 and, according to family legend, told a friend, “That’s the girl I’m going to marry.” They wed in 1942, before he left home to serve in the Army Air Corps.

Abair family

Leo had gotten his pilot’s license as a civilian. The army recruited him to fly small, unarmed single-engine planes — known as “L-birds” — behind enemy lines in the Philippines to help direct artillery fire. His wartime heroics earned him a Silver Star for valor; he also

received an Air Medal for meritorious service for his actions under fire during the Battle of Manila.

Like many of his generation, Leo didn’t talk much about the war after returning from overseas. But he translated his flying skills into a career with the Vermont Army National Guard, becoming the outfit’s first pilot. He stayed on flight status to earn an extra paycheck and, over the years, served as state maintenance officer before rising to chief of staff to the adjutant general. He retired in 1977 with the rank of colonel. Leo later helped found the Vermont State Guard, an all-volunteer organization that assists the National Guard. He retired from that as a major general in 2000.

Bill Keogh, who was a member of Leo’s Vermont National Guard staff, remembers his boss as a leader and a good delegator. “He was easy to work with,” said Keogh, 86. “He didn’t tell you how to do something or how not to do something — he just said do it.”

Leo oversaw a burgeoning brood at home.

“Everybody knew he was a big-deal military man,” said

“She was always very feisty and fiery.”

Paij Wadley-Bailey, January 7, 1939-August 18, 2016

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The night Barack Obama was elected president, Paij Wadley-Bailey got down on her knees in front of the television set and exclaimed, “We did it! I can’t believe we did it. This is history right here!”

She was watching the returns that night at the home of friends in Worcester. One of them, Sara Baker, recalled the occasion in an email.

Paij was a black lesbian who dedicated her life to social and political activism and welcomed a wide range of people into her sphere. The election of Obama was, for her, a significant milestone and a joyful occasion, according to Baker, a teacher in Moretown.

“Paij wanted the world to celebrate diversity,” Baker wrote. “Really celebrate it — not just tolerate it.”

Paij ended her life on August 18 at the age of 77 — swallowing a “potion,” to use her word, in her Montpelier home. She obtained it using Vermont’s “death with dignity” law, which allows a person who is terminally ill to hasten death. Complications from diabetes had forced her to undergo daily dialysis treatment, which she did for about a year. After stopping treatment, she lived for two more months before deciding it was time to die.

Paij donated her body to medical science, and asked Baker to accompany her remains from Montpelier to the University of Vermont Robert Larner College of Medicine in Burlington.

“She was a woman who believed that our lives are selfdirected,” said her daughter, Denise Bailey, a lawyer who lives in Montpelier. “We fight for our rights. We support the people we love. She planned her death to include as many people who loved her as possible.”

Paij was born Panchita Anne Wadley on January 7, 1939, in New Haven, Conn. She grew up in that city, one of six siblings in a family of activists. Her father worked in a factory; her mother raised the kids and cleaned houses. The Baptist church was a central feature of the family’s life.

Paij married as a young woman and had four children of her own before separating from her husband, Richard Bailey.

In the mid-1970s, she moved to central Vermont to study social ecology at Goddard College. Paij found her niche and stayed, said Denise, her oldest child.

In Vermont, she came out as a lesbian, recognizing an identity she always knew was hers, she told her daughter. Coming out was a matter of finding an “affirming community.”

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son Alan. “But at home, he was just Dad, running herd on nine kids.”

A lifelong piano player, Leo instilled a love of music in his children, several of whom pursued musical careers. Singer and songwriter Phil Abair, the youngest, plays keyboard and bass guitar. He’s the leader of his own band and has appeared onstage with members of Phish. He said both he and his father performed aboard the steamboat Ticonderoga: Leo as a teen when the ship cruised Lake Champlain, and Phil decades later for a wedding at the Shelburne Museum, where the boat now resides on land.

Leo and Mary moved to their Colchester home in 1971, then spent winters in Florida after Leo retired.

Broadlake became the family’s place for summertime fun, holidays, birthdays and all sorts of outdoor events — including, of course, beachside concerts.

“It was the gathering place — every Sunday, pretty much,” said Alan. “We’d all end up out there and end up around the piano, usually, before the day was done.”

Mary, described by daughter Marilee as Leo’s “companion and dearest friend for 75 years,” died in 2008. “They were high school sweethearts,” said granddaughter Molly Abair. “It was a lifelong love affair.”

As a widower, Leo played golf, visited Florida, filled out crossword puzzles, and hosted family and friends. Long an early adopter of new technology, he used Skype, Facebook and games such as Words With Friends to stay in touch with faraway loved ones.

“It was really amazing to see him stay up to speed on all that changing technology,” said Molly. “Can you imagine what he saw over his lifetime?”

Before his death, Leo arranged for his family to retain ownership of his lakeside home so they can continue to gather there. His greatest legacy, Leo’s kin agree, was the close-knit family he left behind.

“Papa and Grammy are profoundly missed, but the fond memories they left us outnumber the grains of sand on Broadlake beach,” Molly said. “The truth is, we are all better people for having them in our lives.”

Not everyone was supportive. “Her life was not easy, because of discrimination against people of color and against lesbians,” Denise said. “My mother was very outspoken, so she called racism out whenever it occurred.

She got a reputation for that.”

Yet in a rural, predominantly white state, Paij touched and befriended scores of people through the life she made as a teacher, community organizer, singer, board member and activist. A 20-minute walk through Montpelier could take 90 minutes if you were walking with her mother, her daughter recalled. Everyone wanted to stop and talk to her.

“She was one of the most fun people I know,” said Denise. “She was always very feisty and fiery. If she had an idea, she could organize something in half an hour.”

Paij’s work encompassed a range of issues and organizations. She cofounded the Vermont’s Anti-Racism Action Team and its Reading to End Racism program; she was the first coordinator of the LGBTQA Center at the University of Vermont; she was a board member of the Peace & Justice Center in Burlington and Vermont Access to Reproductive Freedom; she did antiracism trainings with the RU12? Community Center (the precursor to Pride Center of Vermont); and she was active with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the Raging Grannies.

Paij’s activism is best understood as a whole and cohesive endeavor, suggested Rachel Siegel, executive director of the Peace & Justice Center. “Those groups don’t seem disparate to me, including all the work she did around queer rights. It’s all connected in that it’s anti-oppression work.”

In classrooms and workshops, Paij was adept at facilitating discussions centered on issues that can be particularly challenging to address, said David Shiman, emeritus professor of education at UVM. “Paij could engage and challenge people around racism issues in a way that would draw people in, rather than push them away,” he said.

About a dozen years ago, Paij helped organize an event that honored Juneteenth and Stonewall. The dual celebration marked the 1885 commemoration of the end of slavery and the 1969 Greenwich Village uprising that helped galvanize the gay rights movement.

The event featured a big soul-food dinner in Burlington City Hall Auditorium.

“We wanted to make sure people understood that people of color had been standing with queer people for generations, and that it’s important for queer people to also stand with people of color,” said Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, a philanthropic adviser at the Vermont Community Foundation and former director of RU12?.

“She was an amazing teacher for a generation of young activists,” he said.

Last summer, Paij planned one final event — a celebration of her life that took place outside her apartment building the day before she died.

The last song to play was Patti LaBelle singing “Over the Rainbow.” Wadley-Bailey danced to the song in the garden. Then she danced her way inside and upstairs to home.

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“He could talk about anything, from politics to how your coat was made.”

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Jordan Smith, June 5, 1984-March 4, 2016 Lamoille Ambulance Service EMTs Matt Lucier and Jordan Smith were partnered on a busy 24-hour shift.

The phones were off the hook with unusual calls — fights and drunks and psychiatric meltdowns. En route to an incident, Lucier looked out the window, wondering why the night had gone mad. A huge moon lit up the sky.

“Oh, it’s a full moon,” he said, turning to Jordan. “Must be why people are acting so crazy.”

“Nope,” Jordan said, grinning. “It’s not a full moon.”

Lucier pointed to the sky.

“Not full,” Jordan repeated. “It’s a waning gibbous.”

Lucier assumed Jordan was bullshitting. They argued for 20 minutes until Lucier’s iPhone confirmed that it was, in fact, a waning gibbous.

Jordan just nodded, with a told-ya-so grin.

That’s when Lucier realized something all who knew Jordan learned early on: You don’t win arguments with Jordan Smith. When the Groton native took an interest in something — astronomy, rare-breed chickens, raising goats — he studied it with fervor. Even on topics he knew little about, he’d talk anyone under the table.

“Everything that guy ever told me sounded true,” recalls Scott “Stetty” Lavertu, who worked with Smith at the Groton Volunteer Fire Department — one of several fire-and-rescue units Jordan was part of over the years. “He could talk about anything, from politics to how your coat was made.”

Lavertu was part of the search party that looked for Jordan on March 4, after he went out for a late-night snowmobile romp and didn’t return. Lavertu and fellow firefighter Phillip Palmer — who had known Jordan his whole life — followed snowmobile tracks to a hole in the ice on Ricker Pond, where the 31-yearold had released his final breath.

It was a sudden and tragic end to a life that friends, family and colleagues describe as “out of the box” and “not fitting the mold.”

Even before Jordan was born, Brent and Pam Smith sensed that their fourth and youngest son would be different.

“There was something about him,” Brent said, speaking with Seven Days earlier this month. “I think you had the

same feeling,” he added, looking across Stabilization Team) Squad ambulance the table at his wife. service, which Jordan was leading at Pam nodded. Jordan grew from a the time of his death. precocious chatterbox child into an Indeed, Jordan worked with lots impertinent teen, wellof people in his various known to school and professional stints as a local authorities. His cook, car salesman and parents thought, Maybe electrician. Emergency “different” means he’ll services were one conend up in jail. stant in his life — family Jordan never wound was another. up behind bars — he As a creative jackhad run-ins with the of-all-trades, Jordan law but managed to talk could have built a life D O R O TH Y K NO T T himself out of some 15 anywhere. But he chose speeding tickets. to live a mile from his And if he was happy parents and across the to contradict anyone, Jordan did so road from his brother, Aaron Smith. with disarming spirit and a ridiculous, When he met Sara Bissell in 2002, he unforgettable laugh. “Jordy could committed instantly and ferociously. work with anybody,” recalled Dorothy The couple married in 2005 and Knott, a member of the Groton- remained together through several Ryegate volunteer FAST (First Aid homes and dozens of hobbies and jobs.

JORDY COULD WORK WITH ANYBODY.

In September 2015, Jordan parlayed his experience as a journeyman electrician into a teaching job at River Bend Career & Technical Center in Bradford. “When he got [that] position, he’d found his home,” his father recalled. “He’d found exactly what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.”

Jordan’s good-humored empathy for all made him a great mentor. It also helped him recruit new members for the FAST Squad. He knew that recruiting youth was vital to ensure effective emergency services in his aging community.

At River Bend, 17-year-old Lilian Colby recalled meeting Jordan on a break between classes. “I was getting a soda from the vending machine,” she said, “and I see this guy cantering down toward me.” Who is this person? she thought.

Before she could ask, Jordan introduced himself. “I’m on the FAST Squad,” he said. He’d heard she wanted to join but was intimidated by the group’s older, longtime members.

“Don’t worry,” he said, “We’ll protect you.”

A few days later, Colby asked for an application. Fast-forward a year, and she’s one of the squad’s most dedicated volunteers.

At Lamoille Ambulance, Lucier credits Jordan with his career. “He’s probably the reason I’m still an EMT,” Lucier said. He recalled falling behind on paperwork on a busy shift.

Afterward, Jordan spent hours guiding him through the reports, clarifying the process with a mantra: “His big thing was KISS — ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid.’”

Jordan’s friends and colleagues continue to look to him for advice — in Groton and beyond, cars bearing “What would Jordy do?” bumper stickers recall his unflappable approach to work and life. Now, when faced with a tough situation, Lucier asks himself that question.

The answer is always the same: “He’d handle it with a smile on his face and a positive attitude,” Lucier said. “And then it’s like, OK, let’s give that a shot.”

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“She had a working childhood, but she was always a kid at heart.”

Katholyn Covey Boyd, April 16, 1916-August 29, 2016 Katholyn “Kay” Boyd spent all 100 of her years in Vermont. Her life story illustrates many of the changes that have taken place over the last century as the state has shifted from a place filled with one-room schoolhouses and smallscale dairy farms to a landscape dotted with ski resorts and ravaged by Tropical Storm Irene.

The youngest of 10 children, Kay grew up on her family’s dairy farm in West Brattleboro. Her education stopped after the eighth grade. She met her husband, Verne Boyd, at a local square dance and moved with him to his family’s farm in Wilmington, two towns over. The couple raised two children, Carl and Ada. “We were basically a subsistence farm,” Carl explained. “They lived with what they had. They didn’t owe anybody any money; all the bills were paid; we had a place to live and plenty to eat.”

Bronchial asthma, also known as “farmer’s lung,” limited Verne physically most of his life, so Kay picked up the

slack. She milked cows, cut hay, drove tractors, loaded hay bales, and boiled sap for syrup to sell.

“It was a tough life and required a lot of effort on her part,” recalled Carl.

“But she was always there. I never heard her complain.”

In fact, Kay retained a whimsical, mischievous spirit — her obituary described her as “an incurable prankster.”

“She had a working childhood,” said Carl, “but she was always a kid at heart.”

Kay loved dressing up for Halloween, he noted, assembling outfits from the trove of clothes and items collected in their old farmhouse. For reasons no one entirely understood, she would sometimes bust out her costume again on Thanksgiving.

And she enjoyed tormenting her young nieces and nephews when they visited. At night, they were always a little

nervous about setting out on the barely illuminated walkway to the Boyds’ outhouse — when they had to go, Kay would scurry into the attic, open a window, drop a boot behind them and laugh when they ran away terrified.

When kids gathered in the yard in the summer to play hide-and-seek, a sole front porch light illuminating the rural blackness, they could always count on Kay to enter the fray.

And though some farmers, desensitized by owning livestock, have little interest in household pets, Kay doted on a menagerie of cats and dogs. Among her favorites were a terrier named Vickie and a black cat — jokingly called Misery — that had six or seven toes on each of its front paws.

Money was always tight, but the Boyds made sure their son had a car when he was a teenager and was able to go to college.

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Osman Bulle Ibrahim, January 1, 1949-October 3, 2016 This fall, while attending a wedding in upstate New York, Osman Bulle Ibrahim fell ill. His relatives say the 67-year-old Somali Bantu elder — known among his community as Osman Bulle — was rushed to the hospital when he returned to Burlington on October 2. He died early the next day, leaving behind his wife, Halima Yarrow, and five children.

No obituary appeared in the newspapers, but, as news of his death spread through the Somali Bantu community in the U.S., approximately a thousand mourners offered their condolences. Some traveled to Vermont from across the country to pay their respects. For about a week, his family and neighbors in Burlington’s Old North End put up visitors from as far away as Arizona and Texas.

Most of these out-of-state visitors had known the Bantu leader since they were refugees in Kenya.

Osman’s teenage son, Abdisalan, doesn’t remember much from that time. The Burlington High School senior was only 6 years old when his family resettled in Vermont in 2004. He’s heard about those years, though, and calls his father “a great man” and “a leader.”

Khadija Osman, an older relative, remembers more of his legacy. “He used to help people come to America,” she explained through an interpreter.

Osman Bulle was born in Somalia’s Middle Juba state. A high school graduate, he worked for the department of agriculture. When civil war broke out in 1991, the Bantu, an ethnic minority who had long

faced discrimination and marginalization, bore the brunt of the violence. Osman was among those who fled to the Dagahaley refugee camp in the Kenyan town of Dadaab.

Dagahaley was divided into blocks, with some 500 people living in each one. Osman was one of several block leaders. He attended meetings, distributed food and goods, and solved disputes.

“He was like a village leader,” said Mohamed Abdi, former executive director of the Somali Bantu Community Association of Vermont.

The people in charge of the blocks were usually chosen based on one of three criteria: level of education, ability to speak English and leadership skills, Abdi said. Osman spoke little English, but he knew how to lead and held the position for a decade.

“I grew up under his leadership,” Abdi noted.

Daniel Van Lehman, who was a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees field officer in the Dagahaley camp between 1992 and 1994, said discrimination against the Bantu by the Somali clan continued in Kenya. As a block leader advocating for Somali Bantu human rights and protection, Osman would likely have been threatened or subjected to intimidation, he noted.

“Many Bantu just kept their heads down and just got by in the camps,” he wrote in an email. “Bantu representatives like Osman needed courage to carry out their work.”

Despite the harsh living conditions at the camp, Osman demonstrated his entrepreneurial skills and thrived. He ran a small restaurant where people could drink tea and eat samosas. His nephew, Noor Bulle, said Osman was generous with his customers and never demanded payment. Osman later opened a convenience store in the camp that sold candies, sugar and tea.

His most pivotal role was helping Somali Bantu to be considered for resettlement to the U.S., a process that started in 2000. Osman was the conduit between the camp leadership, the UNHCR and international agencies, and his community.

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Former Burlington Police chief Mike Schirling, director of BTV Ignite and soon-to-be secretary of the state’s Agency of Commerce, described Osman as “a bridge” between Vermonters and their new Somali Bantu neighbors. As a community elder, Osman “helped to build relationships and understanding on topics that are often complex,” Schirling wrote in an email. “That kind of work builds trust and helps to enhance community safety.”

Mohamed Muktar, one of the hosts of the weekly news program “Somali Bantu TV,” remembered Osman as a “storyteller.” When the elder was at the broadcast studio, he shared stories about life in Somalia and the history of the Bantu people.

He urged Muktar to continue his work as a journalist, reporting and commenting on Somalia’s current affairs. He would say, “Don’t stop.

It’s going to benefit the younger generation.”

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The elder conveyed accurate information about the process to his people. He made sure they got to their interviews on time and were notified of the results. He encouraged families to learn conversational English and attend orientation classes. For those who failed their interviews, he fought for them to be given a chance to reapply, Abdi recalled.

The Somali clan tried to bribe Osman, said Noor. They wanted him to allow them to falsely claim Somali Bantu identity so that they could be considered for resettlement. But he said his uncle held his ground.

Osman used to tell them, “No, this is for my people. This is an opportunity for my people. I don’t need your money.”

He continued to be an advocate for his people after he moved to the Green Mountain State. In addition to working at IBM, Vermont Teddy Bear and, later, Walmart, Osman attended meetings with police chiefs and other community leaders to discuss the social challenges that the Bantu face.

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“Her only strategy was to listen to her inexorable inner creative voice.”

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Karen Karnes, November 17, 1925-July 12, 2016 In 1998, potter Karen Karnes lost nearly everything.

A kiln fire burned down her studio and the home she shared with her life partner, Ann Stannard, in the small Orleans County town of Morgan.

For her 2008 documentary Don’t Know We’ll See: The Work of Karen Karnes, Berkeley filmmaker Lucy Massie Phenix captured the artist sifting through the charred remains. In one powerful scene, Karen opens the kiln to reveal fired pots that survived the conflagration. “It’s just how I was hoping it would look,” she says.

Not that there was any doubt her work would endure.

Collectors of her pottery include the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. During her long career, Karen garnered a Tiffany fellowship and a medal of excellence from the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston, among other accolades.

Governor Howard Dean listed them on her 1997 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.

She and Stannard rebuilt their home in Morgan; Karen died there this summer at age 90.

Phenix said that Karen’s pottery expressed fundamental humanity. “I always felt that her pots were really true,” said the filmmaker, “that there was something unforced and un-self-conscious. They were just [an] outgrowth of something in her.”

Karen’s artistic drive emerged early. The daughter of Russian and Polish garment workers and union organizers, she grew up in the United Workers Cooperative Colony, aka the “Coops,” in the Bronx.

On her own, she applied and was accepted to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.

“She just kept making and following her own inspiration,” Stannard said. “She was never influenced by other people or what they wanted or needed.”

Karen began working with clay after meeting her future husband, David Weinrib, at Brooklyn College.

In the late 1940s, the couple lived and made ceramics in a tent in Strasburg, Pa., and then traveled to Sesto Fiorentino in Tuscany.

One piece Karen made in Italy appeared in a recent nationally touring exhibition, “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957.” Karen and Weinrib were potters-in-residence at that North Carolina experimental art school from 1952 to 1954, working alongside artists Josef and Anni Albers, John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Robert Rauschenberg, among many others.

“Karen’s work is a perfect marriage of Asian aesthetics and fidelity of material, a quietness, with a

“My dad’s No. 1 phrase was, ‘Rock-and-roll never forgets.’”

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really modernist sense of form and purpose,” said Massachusetts potter Mark Shapiro, who edited A Chosen Path: The Ceramic Art of Karen Karnes. “I think she might be one of the really great examples of those two tendencies in postwar culture.”

Karen was also an early pioneer of salt-glaze and wood-firing techniques. Her organic works certainly differ from the abstract-expressionist sculptures of her Black Mountain contemporary Peter Voulkos.

“There were a lot of men of that period who were the loudest guys in the room,” Shapiro noted. “Karen was always really quiet — and yet she was at the forefront.”

And she didn’t succeed through political maneuvering or ladder climbing. “Her only strategy was to listen to her inexorable inner creative voice,” he said. “It’s a very moving and unusual thing.”

As Black Mountain College began to dissolve in the mid-’50s, Karen cofounded the Gate Hill Cooperative in Stony Point, N.Y., and remained there 20 years.

During that time she gave birth to her son, Abel, and separated amicably from Weinrib. Karen supported herself and Abel by selling her pottery.

In 1979, she and Stannard, a British artist, moved with several friends to Danville, Vt., and homesteaded off the grid. In 1983, the two women established their own studios and home in Morgan, where Karen worked, read and generally kept to herself. “Karen was a very inner, silent kind of person,” Stannard said.

Though she never taught formally, Karen was an influential mentor. “She was very important to young students — young women particularly,” Stannard noted.

“She didn’t do teaching as such — she earned all her living through her clay. [But] she would give them a lot of time when she met them at shows or craft fairs. And people would come to the house to speak with her.”

Karen was a role model not only for women. “We took courage from her,” Shapiro said. “She stood for some kind of artistic fierceness and integrity that we all aspire to [but] can’t quite embody. She never let anything stand in the way of her work.

“She was a feminist icon, as far as I’m concerned,” he added. “But she would never say it. She just did it.”

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The term “celebration of life” is often a euphemism for “funeral.” For drummer Mike Witham, stricken with terminal esophageal cancer, it was a way to announce his final show.

Held at the Barre nightclub Gusto’s, “Mike Witham’s Celebration of Life While Still Living” on Sunday, September 25, was equal parts rock concert and Irish wake — with the notable exception that the deceased was not yet dead. Mike made an unusual entrance — the 65-year-old lifelong Vermonter was rolled in on a red Radio Flyer wagon with lit sparklers in his hands. And there was a loud rock band playing.

“It was surreal,” said Mike’s daughter, Jessie Foster, of the party. “There was a lot of love. But there was a lot of sadness, because we knew we were getting toward the end.”

Foster is the only daughter among the drummer’s five children from his two wives. She estimates that between 150 and 200 people attended.

Many had been Mike’s bandmates at various points over the years, including members of the Guys, the Fantastix, the Cheever Brothers and his most recent outfit, Donna Thunders and the Storm, to name a few. Other notable local musicians in attendance were country singer Tim Brick, rebel rocker Jimmy T. Thurston, drummer Jeff Salisbury and bluesman Ray “Blind Man” Burke, among many others.

“My dad’s No. 1 phrase was, ‘Rock-and-roll never forgets,’” said Foster. “Rock-and-roll doesn’t forget. We came together to celebrate him and good music. That’s what musicians know how to do.”

And it’s exactly what they did. The party featured a 50-50 raffle to benefit cancer research and a presentation to Mike of cymbals signed by attendees. But the centerpiece of the evening was the epic, nightlong jam session onstage. And the highlight was when Mike overcame the physical debilitation from his disease to man the kit one last time.

He managed to play a handful of tunes that night — no small feat for someone in the very last stages of cancer. At one point, Foster noticed her father uncharacteristically lagging behind the beat, clearly tiring. She ran to the back of the bar to grab his good friend and longtime collaborator, guitarist Kurt Pearson, and ushered him to the stage.

“Kurt plugged in and it was like a surge of energy,” recalled Foster. All of a sudden, Mike was back in the pocket. “My dad’s face lit up and he got right back on beat,” she said, adding that, at the end of the tune, he begged, “One more, one more!”

“It was like putting a wilting flower in a vase

“He really believed in his patients and took time to listen to them.”

Dr. Henry Michael Tufo II, July 5, 1939-October 19, 2016

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Henry, who died October 19 at age 77, played a seminal role in reforming Vermont’s health care delivery system, first at the University Health Center, which he led for 24 years, then at health care software company IDX Systems. But throughout his career at the highest echelons of Burlington’s medical establishment, Tufo remained committed to his first love: treating patients.

He continued to do so until his diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in 2008.

“Henry believed that it was impossible to stay on top of the psychological and systemic side of things unless you were in touch with patients,” said journalist and health policy analyst Hamilton Davis, the doctor’s longtime patient and friend. “He was determined to do that, and no one ever could talk him out of it.”

Henry was born in Chicago on July 5, 1939, to Italian immigrants. Early on, he seemed destined for a career on the stage, performing in school plays and, later, in radio and television shows including “The Gene Autry Show,” “Super Circus,” “One Man’s Family” and “Hawkins Falls.”

However, his father’s sudden death from a heart attack when Henry was 12 inspired him to become a doctor.

When Carleen and Henry met in 1963, she said neither was looking to get married.

“It took him five dates to kiss me,” she recalled. “Six months later, we were engaged.”

Henry enlisted voluntarily in the Army Medical Corps during the Vietnam War, after completing his residency at the University of Illinois. He served stateside until his honorable discharge in 1971.

According to Carleen, Henry’s stint in the Army taught him that medical tests were useless if the results were lost or if physicians didn’t follow up on patients.

From then on, she said, he dedicated himself to ensuring that patients “didn’t fall through the cracks.”

In 1970, the University of Vermont College of Medicine recruited Henry to establish one of the first integrated health systems in the country. There, he adopted a holistic, patient-centered approach to care; patients could see and comment on their own medical records, which were written in simple laymen’s terms.

“As a practitioner first and foremost, Dr. Tufo … always put the patient, the family and their needs above all else,” said Brumsted.

Often, those needs came before those of Henry’s own family. His wife and kids said it was commonplace to wait for him to come home — or to join him on medical calls.

“I spent more nights sitting in cars in front of people’s houses, or in the emergency room, or in the priest’s room,” Carleen recalled.

“That’s just the way it was,” added Tufo’s son, Henry Michael III. “Dad was busy doing these things for his patients, and we just had to be patient.”

Henry’s daughter, Gabriella “Gabe” Tufo Strouse, insisted they weren’t jealous of their dad’s patients. “We knew how much he loved them, and he was also so present with us,” she said.

Gabe has fond memories of racing wheelchairs up and down the halls of the hospital with her brother. Once her dad arrived home, the family had dinner together almost every night. Tufo would then read to his kids, often falling asleep by their sides.

Though as children Gabe and Henry Michael couldn’t fully appreciate the importance of their father’s work, after his death Gabe said she was overwhelmed by the outpouring of sympathy from his former patients.

“To this day, people come up to me and say, ‘Your father saved my life,’” Gabe noted. “He really believed in his patients and took time to listen to them.”

As for Henry’s own diagnosis of Parkinson’s, he “basically approached it as a challenge,” said his son.

Just weeks before his death, Henry met with Davis at the former’s summer cabin on Thompson’s Point in Charlotte, where they talked health care policy for more than two hours. Though Henry was deeply fatigued, Davis said his mind was as sharp as ever.

It’s a sad irony that what ultimately claimed Henry’s life was a lymphoma, diagnosed too late for treatment.

Gabe said it was the only instance when she felt cheated out of time with her dad.

“At the end, when he retired,” she recalled, “he said, ‘It was a great ride.’ And I believe that.”

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of water,” said Donna Moran, the lead singer of Donna Thunders and the Storm. “He just sprung back to life.”

“Music can really revive a person,” said Foster.

She called the party Mike’s “last moment of fame.”

“It let him know what he meant to a lot of people,” she said. “And not everybody has the opportunity to do that. He paved the way for a lot of musicians. And they told him that.”

Mike was a fixture in the central Vermont music community for decades, having played his first gig at age 11. He ran a music shop, Witham Music, out of his home in Barre for 35 years. He taught drums and played in countless bands. He was also an artist and an avid collector of everything from old parade drums — some dating back to the late 1800s — to World War II memorabilia. His collection was so impressive that Moran describes his house as a museum.

“He was a borderline hoarder,” Foster joked.

“Oh, and he collected hats. So many hats.”

“No one had style quite like Mike,” said Moran.

“He would describe himself as an entertainer,” said Foster, when asked to characterize her dad. “He was an artist through and through. He walked to the beat of his own drum, and he created that beat.”

It seems he did, even posthumously.

Mike went to the great gig in the sky, drumsticks in hand, on October 17. His memorial service was held on October 29 at the First Presbyterian Church in Barre. It was called, fittingly, “The Final Curtain Call.” And here, too, Mike made an unusual entrance.

“He said he wanted to be late to his own funeral,” explained Foster with a laugh. To oblige the request, she and the family waited a few minutes past the funeral’s appointed start time. Just when mourners were beginning to get fidgety, they brought Mike’s ashes into the sanctuary — carried inside a snare drum.

Carleen Tufo always told family and friends she’d never marry a doctor. That is, until a junior medical student walked into her patient’s hospital room — she was a pediatric nurse in Chicago at the time. The med student discovered that the boy, who was about to undergo surgery, had a heart murmur. Even the doctors had missed it. Had the surgery proceeded, the defect likely would have killed him.

“That’s when I realized he was brilliant,” recalled Carleen of Henry Michael Tufo II, who became her husband of nearly 53 years.

Colleagues, patients and friends remember Dr. Tufo as a gifted diagnostician of difficult medical problems, whether afflicting individual patients or the entire health care system. Trained in an era when physicians were often disparaged for becoming administrators — as University of Vermont Medical Center CEO John Brumsted put it, “going to the dark side” — Henry considered it “almost a duty” for physicians to assume those leadership roles.

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The China Syndrome A look back at 2016, America’s last year as No. 1 at the movies

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K: If there’s one thing we all can agree on, I suspect, it’s that 2016 has been a seriously bizarro year. The election. Need I say more? And, speaking of surreal: The movie industry will make more money in 2016 than ever, even though ticket sales across the country continued their fiveyear-long free fall. Who’s the president of the Motion Picture Association of America these days — David Blaine?

The explanation is a development that’s gotten surprisingly little mainstream coverage. While Americans have been distracted by the media’s focus on Russia’s covert hacking, the Chinese very openly have been carrying out a plan to take over the world of entertainment. Dalian Wanda Group, a firm closely aligned to China’s Communist Party, is well on its way to achieving its goal of “build[ing] a real movie empire” by consolidating U.S. film studios and movie theater chains under one parent company.

In 2012, DWG bought AMC Entertainment, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S. It acquired Legendary Entertainment, the producer of The Dark Knight trilogy, earlier this year. With the purchase of Carmike Cinemas, Dalian Wanda will

have amassed the largest chain in this country by the end of the year.

In 2016, China built an average of 27 new movie screens per day, surpassing the U.S. with 40,475 screens total.

Last year, China’s box office revenue increased by almost 50 percent; next year, it is projected to top that of the U.S., making China the largest movie market in the world. Oh, well. It was nice being No. 1.

How does all this explain the fact that Hollywood is making more money while selling fewer tickets at home? The answer is that moviemakers are jumping through Communist Party hoops so they can sell tickets over there. Even a microscopic slice of the Chinese pie is worth billions to Hollywood annually. The country’s urban middle class — those most likely to be filmgoers — is growing rapidly and already roughly equivalent to the entire U.S. population.

You know what that means. Movies are going to be increasingly tailored to Chinese tastes and to appeal to the party’s self-image. It’s already happening.

The 2012 remake of Red Dawn originally featured Chinese soldiers invading an American town. Producers changed the invaders into North Koreans. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a record-breaking hit

here, didn’t do nearly as well in China, likely because it lacked Asian talent. It’s no coincidence that this year’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story features major Asian stars. Not to mention martial-arts sequences.

Spoilers ahead: Awards contender Arrival was adapted from the novella “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang.

Guess what — there’s no handsome Chinese general who saves the world in the latter. One may wonder if the makers of the movie created the character to ingratiate themselves with that overseas demographic.

Yes, one wacky year indeed. I wish those filmmakers luck with the Communist Party — and at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards. As of last month, the Chinese own that, too.

MH: The trend of courting audiences overseas is certainly real — and is probably contributing to making Hollywood movies bigger, stupider and louder, given that subtleties don’t translate as easily as kicks, punches and explosions.

Still, I can’t say I detected much covert Communist Party ideology in this year’s films. I was happy to see more women and people of color in leading roles and behind the camera — a pattern I hope continues.

Most Stellar Performance RK: I can’t understand why Miles Teller isn’t receiving more awards consideration for his all-in portrayal of Vinny Pazienza, the Rhode Island fighter who made the comeback of all comebacks in the ’80s. He’s amazing in Bleed for This, conveying the agony and unbridled joy in every baby step.

Michael Keaton inexplicably flew under the radar as well, but his work in The Founder is finely calibrated and firstrate from start to finish. Casey Affleck is extraordinary in Manchester by the Sea and will probably walk away with most of the season’s best-actor hardware. But, in all honesty, I don’t think I enjoyed a 2016 performance more than I enjoyed the one Michael Shannon gave as the dying Texas detective in Nocturnal Animals. Is he way underrated or what?

MH: I’ve been a Michael Shannon fan for a while; he was also outstanding this year in Midnight Special, and probably deserves a special award for the sheer out-thereness of his recent political rants. (The man is, let’s just say, not a Donald Trump fan.)

But I was most enthralled by Rebecca Hall playing troubled newscaster Christine Chubbuck in Christine — a complex,

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thoughtful portrayal that raises questions about how we live our lives on film today.

Amy Adams also deserves recognition for giving Arrival its emotional punch.

Most Annoying Performance RK: Well, the entire cast of Suicide Squad comes to mind. But, narrowing it down to a single performer, I’d have to say Susan Sarandon in The Meddler and Sally Field in Hello, My Name Is Doris were about as annoying as screen legends got in the past year. Of the two, I’d have to give Field’s performance the edge as the more cloying. Just painful to watch.

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Worst Comedy RK: A Hologram for the King is Tom Hanks’ biggest flop, but, incredibly, even lamer comic efforts graced the multiplex this past year. Keeping Up With the Joneses was exceptionally fetid. As were Zoolander 2 and the aforementioned Hello, My Name Is Doris and The Meddler. I’m going to go with Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, however, because a film really has to reek to make Forbes’ list of the year’s biggest box-office flops when it has the multitalented Tina Fey going for it.

MH: Nine Lives, the movie that ensures Kevin Spacey will always have “voice of a CGI cat” on his résumé. The only funny thing about it: Christopher Walken crooning the phrase “poopy box.”

RK: This is a close one. Hail, Caesar! is the Coens on autopilot. On the other hand, Live by Night, Ben Affleck’s

MH: Maybe I was good at managing my movie expectations this year, because I didn’t have any huge letdowns. But Hail, Caesar! was underwhelming, Allied and Miss Sloane bored me, and La La Land was a little tinnier and less magical than I’d hoped. Maybe I need to see it on the big screen.

Biggest Surprise RK: David Mackenzie. Ring a bell? I wasn’t familiar with the name, either. Then I saw the British writer-director’s Hell or High Water. Now I won’t soon forget it.

MH: Swiss Army Man, a high-concept film about a whiny hipster and his flatulentcorpse friend that I somehow found both funny and touching. Mileage may vary!

Film So Forgettable I Didn’t Remember Seeing It Until Compiling This YearEnd Review RK: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. What’s to remember about

MH: The Infiltrator. How could I be bored by a movie combining Bryan Cranston, period wear and drug busts?

I’m a huge “Breaking Bad” fan! But this poorly structured biopic was all style and no suspense.

Best New Name to Watch in Front of the Camera RK: Lion’s pint-size superstar Sunny Pawar is this year’s Jacob Tremblay (Room). Just 6 when he was discovered, the first-time actor effortlessly carries the fact-based film’s first half as young Saroo Brierley, separated from his family for 25 years when he fell asleep on a train.

Pawar was attending a school for disadvantaged children in Mumbai when director Garth Davis put out an India-wide casting call. Ironically, the U.S. initially denied Pawar a visa, separating him from his film family when the time came to promote the picture. Now 8, he wouldn’t appear to pose a serious threat. Except, of course, to other prepubescent thespians.

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directorial follow-up to Argo, never even gets off the ground. An unbelievably hokey, stilted, overlong dud.

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MH: I’m not entirely sure Toni Erdmann is a comedy, or what it is. But two

absurdist scenes in this German film about a dad trying to connect with his workaholic daughter made me laugh harder than almost anything else this year. With any luck, we’ll see the movie in Vermont one day.

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RK: What a strong year it was for this category, from the animated metaphysics of Sausage Party to Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising to the indescribably delicious Hunt for the Wilderpeople to Kevin Hart: What Now? to Todd Solondz’s weird and wonderful Wiener-Dog. Even kids’ films like The Secret Life of Pets were groundbreakingly funny this year. But, looking back, I don’t believe it got better than Central Intelligence. It’s one of the smartest dumb comedies ever made.

Who would’ve guessed that former wrestler and Fast & Furious regular Dwayne Johnson is really a giant, muscle-bound teddy bear gifted with terrific comic instincts and boundless reserves of sweetness? Not me.

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MH: The Shallows had potential as a fun summer thriller, but it was essentially a one-woman show in which Blake Lively was outacted by a sassy seagull. Her stagy, self-conscious delivery grated almost as much as Jesse Eisenberg’s in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He can do so much better.

this lazy, repetitive and predictable anti-laughfest? Little, other than that it managed to assemble likable and entertaining personalities and somehow generate zero movie magic. What Mike and Dave really needed was better, more imaginative material.

movies The China Syndrome « P.49 Lane lights up the sprawling narrative of American Honey with her daredevil energy.

But I would feel remiss if I didn’t also mention the scene-stealing performances of some animal “actors” enjoying their first and probably last moments in the spotlight: Sully the seagull in The Shallows, the seven kittens who played Keanu, and the billy goat named Charlie who menaced his owners with satanic energy in The Witch.

Best New Name to Watch Behind the Camera RK: To my mind, this is a tie between Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) and Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals). Jenkins seems like the newer name, but both have directed two feature films. In other respects, the pair has little in common. Other than undeniable genius.

MH: I’ll be watching both of them, for sure. And, if you weren’t watching Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos after Dogtooth (2009), you definitely will be after this year’s The Lobster, if only to see what kind of bizarre satirical provocation he can possibly serve up next. Please stay weird!

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Most Inexplicable Hit RK: I’m unclear on just how Suicide Squad made the list of the year’s 10 topgrossing films. It’s a mirthless, moronic mess. The action is a been-there-donethat yawn, the obligatory wisecracks fall flat and the CGI work looks like outtakes from Ghostbusters. The original. The latest addition to the DC Entertainment universe may have sold tickets and set records, but one thing it definitely didn’t do is entertain.

MH: Right above Suicide Squad on that list we find Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, 151 minutes of operatic macho posturing relieved by the occasional scene so ridiculous it’s fun. One can only hope next year’s Wonder Woman will take itself a little less seriously.

Most Inexplicable Flop RK: The words “Beatles” and “flop” aren’t often seen in the same sentence, but somehow Ron Howard’s totally fab The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years wound up No. 169 on Box Office Mojo’s 2016 list. Which makes it floppier than Max Steel, The Brothers Grimsby, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and

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MADE THE LIST OF THE YEAR’S 10 TOP-GROSSING FILMS. Snowden — all on that Forbes list of the year’s biggest bombs. Help!

MH: While not mega-bombs, Laika’s beautiful animation Kubo and the Two Strings (No. 58) and Shane Black’s comedy The Nice Guys (No. 69) — featuring a hilarious Ryan Gosling turn as a numbskull — should have connected with bigger audiences. Catch them on video or streaming.

Freshest, Most Creative Screenplay RK: Easy: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Ariel Shaffir’s Sausage Party.

Animated grocery items finding God, smoking weed and engaging in a graphic climactic orgy — need I say more?

MH: It doesn’t get much fresher than Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou’s screenplay for The Lobster, which starts as a dystopian satire of online dating culture, then flips around to mock militant singletons, then asks if there’s any way human beings can engage with the concept of romantic love that doesn’t make them ridiculous.

Most Formulaic, Cliché-Infested Screenplay RK: La La Land. Yes, I realize Damien Chazelle’s musical is a critical darling and Oscar favorite. That doesn’t mean it isn’t the hokiest two hours and eight minutes to dance into a cineplex in the past 12 months.

Gabby struggling jazz pianist falls for aspiring actress in modern-day Tinseltown.

Highest cliché count of the year by far.

MH: The screenplay for The Accountant,

by Bill Dubuque (The Judge), packs in so many clichés that I guess you could say it ends up exhibiting a kind of twisted brilliance.

Super-genius martial-arts expert with autism! Dogged federal agents

with emotional baggage! Talky hit man!

Dozens of increasingly silly twists! All of this somehow combined in a single film that makes less and less sense as it goes on!

Best Movie With No Movie Stars RK: Barry Jenkins’ moving, masterful Moonlight doesn’t have a familiar face in it, yet it ranks among the year’s most accomplished works of cinema.

MH: With any luck, Mahershala Ali, who plays the loving mentor in that film and also appears in the forthcoming Hidden Figures, is on his way to stardom.

Another starless film I enjoyed was the dread-inducing period piece The Witch.

Worst Movie With an All-Star Cast RK: This is a tight race, what with starstudded duds like Live by Night and Hail, Caesar! stinking up the year, but I’ve got to give it to Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply by a nose. Everybody and his uncle are in this movie, from the great Paul Sorvino and Candice Bergen to Martin Sheen and Matthew Broderick. Too bad there’s so little of interest for them to do.

MH: The biggest problem with Allied was also its megastar: Brad Pitt, who didn’t turn on the charisma — or anything else, really — in his role as a dashing Canadian pilot. Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan and others also felt wasted in the increasingly draggy film.

Whom We’d Like to See More of at the Movies RK: Ellen Burstyn plays a bitter invalid who hides behind huge black sunglasses and renames the titular canine Cancer in Wiener-Dog. It’s a dark riot of a performance and a reminder of what a powerful, versatile actress she is. It

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would be nice to see her get something besides bit parts.

MH: Still very much a leading lady at 63, Isabelle Huppert is scarily mesmerizing as an alpha female in Paul Verhoeven’s new thriller Elle. It’s one of the performances of the year. I know she’s in tons of French movies, but it would be nice to see some of those films on American screens for a change.

Whom We’d Like to See Less of at the Movies RK: Back around the time of Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010), I noted in a review that Werner Herzog seemed slightly nuttier than usual. The filmmaker has always been tremendously eccentric, but, since then, he’s become increasingly daffy and prolific. Herzog made three movies this year, two of them documentaries. One is about volcanoes.

The other is about the internet. Each features stunning imagery, challenging subject matter and jolting, quasiblithering digressions. For the sake of his legacy, I’d like to see him give it a rest.

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2. Adjoining property owners and others: May participate as parties to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the ten criteria.

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ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION #4C1297 AND HEARING 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On December 5, 2016, G and C Properties, LLC, 316 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 and 316 Flynn, LLC, 210 College Street, Suite 201, Burlington, VT 05401 filed application #4C1297 for a project generally described as the redevelopment of an urban lot into a four-story mixed use building containing two ground floor commercial spaces and 30 apartments, along with 34 surface parking spaces.

The Project includes the demolition of an existing commercial building.

The Project is located at 316 Flynn Avenue in Burlington, Vermont.

Copies of the application and plans for this project are available for inspection by members of the public during regular working hours at the District #4 Environmental Office. The application can also be viewed at the Natural Resources Board web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number above.

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 9th day of December, 2016.

BY: Peter E. Keibel, District #4 Coordinator, Natural Resources Board 111 West Street, Essex Jct., VT 05452

This Project will be evaluated by the District #4 Environmental Commission in accordance with the 10 environmental criteria of 10 V.S.A., § 6086(a).

A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, January 9, 2017 at 9:30AM at the Essex Junction District Office of the Agency of Natural Resources, 111 West Street, Essex Junction, Vermont. A site visit will be held before the hearing at 8:30AM at the site. Directions to the site: meet in parking lot at corner of Flynn Avenue and Pine Street.

The following persons or organizations may participate in the hearing for this project:

1. Statutory parties: The municipality, the Untitled-26 1 municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission, any adjacent municipality, municipal planning commission or regional planning commission if the project lands are located on a town boundary, and affected state agencies are entitled to party status.

2. Adjoining property owners and others: May participate as parties to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the ten criteria.

3. Non-party participants: The district commission, on its own motion or by petition, may allow others to participate in the hearing without being accorded party status.

If you plan on participating in the hearing on behalf of a group or organization, please bring: 1) a written description of the organization, its purposes, and the nature of its membership (T.10, § 6085(c)(2)(B)); 2) documentation that prior to the date of the hearing, you were duly authorized to speak for the organization; and 3) that the organization has articulated a position with respect to the Project’s impacts under specific Act 250 Criteria.

If you wish further information regarding participation in this hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the address below before the date of the first hearing or prehearing. If you have a disability for

which you are going to need accommodation, please notify this office at least seven days prior to the above hearing date.

If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above.

Copies of the application and plans for this project are available for inspection by members of the public during regular working hours at the District #4 Environmental Office or at the Natural Resources Board web site (www. nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number above (“4C1297”).

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 8th day of December, 2016.

BY: /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5662 stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov

ACT 250 NOTICE 6/6/16 4:34 PM MINOR APPLICATION #4C0887-1R-K 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On December 12, 2016, The Snyder FC Commercial Properties, LLC, 4076 Shelburne Road Suite 6, Shelburne, VT 05482 and Rieley Properties, LLC, P.O. Box 4279, Burlington, VT 05406 filed application #4C0887-1RK for a project generally described as the construction of multi-family residential buidlings A1, A2 and A3, (179 housing units) related site improvements, stormwater facilities and segments of Holland Lane and Curtis Lane. The Project is located on Holland Lane in Williston, Vermont.

The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications.

Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the office listed below.

The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C0887-1R-K”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before January 19, 2017, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below,

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If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above.

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1. Statutory parties: The municipality, the municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission, any adjacent municipality, municipal planning commission or regional planning commission if the project lands are located on a town boundary, and affected state agencies are entitled to party status.

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ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION #4C0994-1 AND HEARING 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On December 6, 2016, Allen Brook Development, LLC, c/o Al Senecal, South Burlington, VT 05403 filed application #4C0994-1 for a Project described as a five phase mixed use development on three parcels at full build-out to consist of 40,925 sf of retail space, 11,725 sf of restaurant space, 20,110 sf of office space and 206 dwelling units. Current application is for approval of Phase I (19,795 sf retail space, 6,225 sf of restaurant space, 10,110 sf of office space and 46 dwelling units) and partial findings for subsequent phases on all Criteria except 1(B), 4 and 8. The Project is located at 6180 Williston Road, in Williston, VT. This Project will be evaluated by the District #4 Environmental Commission in accordance with the 10 environmental criteria of 10 V.S.A., § 6086(a).

The following persons or organizations may participate in the hearing for this project:

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Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your

Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above.

Should a hearing be held on this Project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by January 19, 2017.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5).

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 15th day of December, 2016.

By: Peter E. Keibel District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street

Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5658 Peter.Keibel@vermont. gov ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C1298, 4C0400-22 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On December 7, 2016, Vermont Electric Power Company and VT Tranisco, LLC (“VELCO”), 366 Pinnacle Ridge Road, Rutland, VT 05701 and Chittenden Waste District (“CSWD”), 1021 Redmond Road, Williston, VT 05495 filed application #4C1298, 4C0400-22 for a project generally described as the construction of a 43 ‘x 75’ x 21’ building for storage of two mobile substations; storage area for poles, mats and other electrical appurtances; all accessed by a 24’ wide driveway across an easment on land owned by CSWD. The Project is located on Redmond Road in Williston, Vermont.

The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications.

Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the office listed below.

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No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before January 12, 2017, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hear-

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Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above.

Should a hearing be held on this Project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by January 12, 2017.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party

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Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 14th day of December, 2016.

By: Peter E. Keibel District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5658 Peter.Keibel@vermont. gov STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 821-8-15 CNCV WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. v.

JOHN P. MCGOVERN III A/K/A JOHN P. MCGOVERN, MICHELLE A. BRILL A/K/A MICHELLE A. MCGOVERN, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND PRIDE ACQUISITIONS, LLC OCCUPANTS OF 154 PLATTSBURG AVENUE, BURLINGTON, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the

Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 28, 2016 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by John P. McGovern III and Michelle A. Brill a/k/a Michelle A. McGovern to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated February 13, 2007 and recorded in Book 989 Page 430 of the land records of the City of Burlington, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 154 Plattsburg Avenue, Burlington, Vermont on January 9, 2017 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: EXHIBIT A TO MORTGAGE DEED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 154 PLATTSBURG AVENUE, BURLINGTON, VT PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to John P. McGovern, III and Michelle A. Brill, n/k/a Michelle A. McGovern by Warranty

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Deed of Gregory Lee Paulman and Renee Lisa Hart Paulman dated May 16, 2002 of record in Volume 735, Page 84 of the City of Burlington Land Records and being more particularly described as follows: A lot of land with buildings thereon situated on the westerly side of Piattsburg Avenue, the dwelling house thereon being known and designated as 154 Piattsburg Avenue.

Said lands may be leased or glebe land and subject to an annual rental.

Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned instruments, the records thereof and the references therein contained, all in further aid of this description.

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which

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TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED : November 22, 2016 By: /S/Rachel S. Jones, Esq. Rachel Jones, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 NOTICE: THE LAW FIRM OF BENDETT & MCHUGH, PC IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF

YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY WHICH DISCHARGED THIS DEBT, THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, BUT ONLY ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY STATE OF VERMONT LAMOILLE UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURTDOCKET NO: 224-11-14 LECV WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF BANC OF AMERICA ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 20067, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-7 v.

GWEN B. STEVENS AND ARTHUR J. MCCABE, TRUSTEE OF THE RICHARD EARLE FAMILY TRUST DATED DECEMBER 19, 1975 OCCUPANTS OF 1186 PUCKER STREET, STOWE, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

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est of George K. Stearns in and to said lands and premises were conveyed to Elinor E. Stearns (now known as Elinor Earle) by Warranty Deed of George K. Stearns, dated April 8, 1988 and recorded at Book 161, Page 16 of the Stowe Land Records.

Pursuant to Warranty Deed from Elinor Earle to Elinor Earle and Gwen B. Stevens, dated December 28, 2003, and recorded in Book 552 at Page 73 of the Stowe Land Records, Elinor Earle became vested with a ninety-nine percent (99%) undivided interest and Gwen B. Stevens became vested with a one percent (1%) undivided interest in said lands, and premises, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. Said lands and premises consist of the dwelling structure known as Candlelight Cottage, together with land and outbuildings thereon, situated at 1186 Pucker Street in Stowe, Vermont.

To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to George K. Stearns and Elinor E. Stearns by Quitclaim Deed of The Merchants Bank, dated January 8, 1976 and recorded at Book 79, Pages 66-68 of the Stowe Land Records; all right, title and inter-

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances,

unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED : December 7, 2016 By: /S/ Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 NOTICE: THE LAW FIRM OF BENDETT & MCHUGH, PC IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.

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ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY WHICH DISCHARGED THIS DEBT, THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, BUT ONLY ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 250-3-12 WNCV JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION v.

LYNN ANN ROUTHIER OCCUPANTS OF 21 STERLING HILL ROAD, BARRE, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered April 7, 2016 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given

by Lynn Ann Routhier to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, using Inc. actingthe solely as

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This conveyance is made subject to and with the benefit of any utility easements, public rights-of-way, spring rights, easements for ingress and egress, and rights incidental to each of the same as may appear more particularly of record; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not reinstate any such encumbrance previously extinguished by the Marketable Record Title Act, Chapter 5, Subchapter 7 of Title 27, Vermont Statutes Annotated. If it should be determined that all or a portion of the conveyed lands and premises are Vermont perpetual lease land, then same are conveyed as such.

Meaning and intending hereby to convey the lands and premises more commonly known as 21 Sterling Hill Road, so-called, in the Town of Barre, Vermont.

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED : December 7, 2016 By: /S/ Rachel Jones, Esq. Rachel Jones, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 NOTICE: THE LAW FIRM OF BENDETT & MCHUGH, PC IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY WHICH DISCHARGED THIS DEBT, THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, BUT ONLY ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY

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Being all of the same lands and premises conveyed to Thomas J. Bailey and Sheila B. Bailey, husband and wife,

by Warranty Deed of Duane E. Wheeler, Jr. and Lisa A. Wheeler, husband and wife, dated August 23, 1993, and recorded on August 26, 1993, at Book 134, Pages 844-845 of the Barre Town Land Records.

Reference hereby is made to the aforesaid deeds and their records and to the deeds and records cited therein for a further and more particular description of the land and premises hereby conveyed.

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nominee for Sidus Financial, LLC, dated August 18, 2009 and recorded in Book 241 Page 752 of the land records of the Town of Barre, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association dated February 29, 2012 and recorded in Book 259 at Page 263 of the land records of the Town of Barre for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 21 Sterling Hill Road, Barre, Vermont on January 24, 2017 at 10:30 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

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by Elinor E. Earle and Gwen B. Stevens to Bank of America, N.A., dated July 14, 2006 and recorded in Book 653 Page 300 of the land records of the Town of Stowe, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Bank of America, N.A, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee for the holders of the Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2006-7 Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-7 dated December 28, 2006 and recorded in Book 879 Page 324 of the land records of the Town of Stowe for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1186 Pucker Street, Stowe, Vermont on January 19, 2017 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

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NOTICE: THE LAW FIRM OF BENDETT & MCHUGH, PC IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY WHICH DISCHARGED THIS DEBT, THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED

Pursuant to the requirements of 24 V.S.A. §4444(b):

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Post & browse ads at your convenience. the following areas in the City of Burlington: • ZA-17-09: This amendment applies to all zoning districts and areas of the City.

List of section headings affected: • ZA-17-09: This amendment applies to PART 5 Conditional Use & Major Impact Review, Section 3.5.1 Purpose, Section 3.5.2 Applicability, Section 3.5.3. Exceptions; and Section 3.2.1(d) PreApplication Neighborhood Meeting.

The full text of the Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance and the proposed amendment is available for review at the Department of Planning and Zoning, City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or on the department’s website at www.burlingtonvt. gov/pz.

Statement of purpose: This amendment is proposed to the Burlington CDO as follows: • ZA-17-09: The purpose of this amendment is to create varying thresholds that trigger Major Impact Review, based on the location of the proposed development project, rather than the current on-size-fits-all approach.

Geographic areas affected: the proposed amendments are applicable to

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Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over

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DATED : November 16, 2016 By: /S/ Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

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.

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Reference is hereby had to the above mentioned deed and the record thereof and to all former deeds and their records for a more particular description of the premises.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale.

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In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered September 1, 2015 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Shir-

Being the lands and premises conveyed to James H. Maynes and Thomas M. Cosgrove as tenants in common,

by Warranty Deed of Harold R. Thompson and Edna M. Thompson dated February 1, 1974 and recorded in Book 71, Page 594 of the Town of Hartford Land Records, and further described as follows:

the said mortgage above described.

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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

To wit: Being the lands and premises conveyed to Earl L. Swasey and Shirley E. Swasey, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, by Warranty/Executrix’s Deed of James H. Maynes and the Estate of Thomas M. Cosgrove by and through its Executrix Marguerite Cosgrove, dated January 25, 1990 and recorded in Book 163, Page 117 of the Town of Hartford Land Records, and further described as follows:

Being a parcel of land situated on the east side of said highway and beginning at the southeast corner of land now or formerly of Everett and Dorothy Potter; thence southerly following the same course as the easterly line of said Potters to land now or formerly of Levi and Elsie Fielder; thence westerly along the northerly line of land of said Fielders to the highway; thence northerly along the easterly line of said highway a distance of 250 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of land of said Potters; thence easterly along the southerly line of land of said Potters to the point and place of beginning. A portion of said premises is subject to an easement to the United States of America.

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STATE OF VERMONT WINDSOR UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 630-11-14 WRCV WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. v.

BRADLEY SWASEY, COEXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF EARL L. SWASEY, CAROLYN DUNCAN, COEXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF EARL L. SWASEY, THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPANTS OF 1398 QUECHEE HARTLAND ROAD, QUECHEE, VT OCCUPANTS OF: 1398 QUECHEE HARTLAND ROAD, QUECHEE (HARTFORD) VT

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ley E. Swasey and Earl L. Swasey to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated March 10, 2006 and recorded in Book 401 Page 172 of the land records of the Town of Hartford, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1398 Quechee Hartland Road, Quechee (Hartford), Vermont on January 18, 2017 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

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Support groups meet to provide assistance and information on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

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ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUP 1st Monday monthly, 3-4:30 p.m.

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If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531.

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Marketing and Events Coordinator We are looking for someone who can help us promote events in our region to visitors and plan great networking opportunities for our members. If you are creative, have strong communication skills, enjoy building relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders and love paying attention to details, we want to hear from you. A full job description is available online at vermont.org/opportunities.

Sales and Marketing Assistant The Vermont Convention Bureau, a division of the Chamber, is seeking a parttime (20 hours per week) team member to support their efforts to attract meetings and events to Vermont. Position requires great customer relations skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and ability to multi-task.

Database experience a plus. A full job description is available online at vermont.org/opportunities.

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Aurora North Software, Inc. is a Burlington, VT based software company developing customized legal software and providing related consulting services. We develop and implement core systems at some of the country’s most prestigious law firms.

ANSI has an immediate opening for a F/T Financial Systems Analyst with a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or Accounting and 2+ years of related experience with significant accounting and analytical responsibilities, supporting client and project management teams with data-driven reporting. Analyst will provide comprehensive data management and analysis of internal financial information and its integrated role with operational planning and execution. System and database knowledge will be required to aggregate managed data for system advancement and reporting to be delivered to department directors, senior managers, and the finance department. This data will assist in accomplishing the goals of the organization’s strategic plan. Plan and prepare ad hoc cost accounting reports, and other periodic analytic reports related to cost, projects, and products. Respond to requests for management information, using data mining tools as necessary. Retrieve data from various accounting and finance applications. Develop accurate and meaningful reports for use of client and project management. Assist in preparation of annual revenue and statistical budgets.

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CONNECTIONS BUYER KSV is a full service digitally integrated advertising agency. Our mission is to build, optimize and manage powerful and efficient campaigns. With experience in both branding and direct response programs, we tailor media programs to achieve the objectives of our clients.

KSV is looking for a Connections Media Buyer. You will be tasked with creating innovative, productive and well negotiated media buys across a mix of media channels for our clients. This is an exciting role in an ever changing media landscape.

Sales & Marketing Coordinator

Job Description: The Connections Buyer is responsible for all media buying functions for assigned KSV clients. This includes, but is not limited to the execution of Connections plans and monitoring and optimizing of media buys. He/she acts as the primary link of media information internally between the Connections Planner, the Client team and the Systems Group and externally with media partners.

Seven Days is seeking a full-time Sales & Marketing Coordinator to fill a rare vacancy on our successful sales team. If you’re smart, personable and organized – and eager to work with an innovative, entrepreneurial staff – we’ll want to talk to you. You should have excellent communication skills, incredible customer service skills, the ability to be selfmotivated but also a team player, and have a positive attitude. Demonstrated mastery of social media and digital marketing for business will be crucial as you will be tasked with helping generate revenue and create new online products. You will also assist with events on some evenings and weekends.

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Aurora North Software, Inc. is a Burlington, VT based software company developing customized legal software and providing related consulting services. We develop and implement core systems at some of the country’s most prestigious law firms.

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ANSI has an immediate opening for a F/T Bookkeeper with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and/or 2+ years of related experience. Bookkeeper will support our financial department with data entry, A/R, A/P, and general administration. Skills and abilities required include experience and competency with accounting software, specifically QuickBooks. The ability to work independently and be self-motivated and organized. Skills in Microsoft Office with an emphasis on Excel spreadsheets are required as well as strong analytical and communication skills, ability to handle multiple projects, and a proven focus on accuracy and attention to detail. The ideal candidate is, hard working goal driven, proficient with technology, and possesses excellent customer service skills. The ability to successfully interact with co-workers is essential.

The plant master electrician will be responsible for all electrical maintenance for our manufacturing facility in Colchester, VT. Primary responsibilities are to install, troubleshoot, and repair all electrical devices and equipment to minimize production downtime and plant maintenance costs. The plant electrician will also help maintenance with its plant mechanical needs, responsibilities, and duties. You will also work with new machinery and equipment installations wiring the power supply and conduit to and between machines and equipment, using hand tools and test equipment.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY: The master electrician maintains production and quality by ensuring the operation of electrical systems, apparatus, and electrical and electronic components of facility, machinery, and equipment.

Our employees describe the work environment as fairly intense, fast-paced, tightly run, and fun. Aurora offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. If you have a passion for perpetual improvement, enjoy a diversity of projects, relish autonomy, and play well with others, we’d love to hear from you.

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We offer a very competitive salary, profit-sharing, 401(k), benefits, vacation, and a great work environment. Please submit your resume and or cover letter to hr@champcable.com or mail to 175 Hercules Dr. Colchester, VT 05446.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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STARR FARM is hiring!

Sign On Bonus up to $2500 for Nurses and LNAs

RNs LPNs LNAs Dietary Aide PART-TIME

Full Time and Part Time available We Hire New Grads!

Walk In Interviews Welcome!

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Clinical Assistant (MA/LPN/LNA)

This is an immediate opening! Wellness Practice in Colchester, VT is seeking a full time, experienced clinical assistant. We’re looking for a team player that is detail oriented, energetic and can work independently in a very busy office. EMR, IM, EKG & phlebotomy skills are required! Experience in scribing and IVs are a plus.

Please send your resume with cover letter and 3 professional references to preventivemedicinevt @gmail.com.

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GROCERY BUYER (F/T) Plan, purchase, and merchandise local, natural, organic, and conventional products. Organization, attention to detail, good communication skills and prior experience in food retail in co-op, natural foods, or small store setting required.

Resume: PO Box 239, South Royalton, VT 05068 or soromarket@gmail.com (ATTENTION: GENERAL MANAGER) by January 6.

More info: Adam Smith 802.763.2400.

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GIRLS’ PROGRAM COORDINATOR This 40 hr/week position operates out of the Barre office to support and implement a diverse array of programs for young women ages 11-20. We are looking for someone with demonstrated experience in program coordination; excellent administrative and communication skills; and experience working with young people. This is a year-round, regular position with a salary starting at $35,360 plus an excellent benefits package. Travel around northern Vermont required. VWW is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity of the organization and deliver programs to a broad audience. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal.

For a more complete job description please go to vtworksforwomen.org/about/employment/jobs. To apply, please e-mail resume, cover letter, and three references to jobs@vtworksforwomen.org; application deadline is January 9, 2017. No calls or faxes, please.

VWW is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Want seasonal work making a difference in young people’s lives?

The Arbors at Shelburne: A Benchmark Senior Living Community is focused entirely on serving people living with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and all memory related diseases.

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Director The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont has an opening

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for a new Director of its renowned Engineering Institute.

This residential week on a college campus gives Vermont’s high school inventors and tinkerers a chance to immerse themselves deeply in topics ranging from robotics and electrical engineering to sustainable energy and biomedical engineering. The position includes flexible hours and flexible location except for the week in residence with students. Most staff return each year. For a full job description and to apply, see giv.org/jobs.

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We offer competitive wages and benefit package.

Must mention this ad and accept full time day shift employment to receive the sign on bonus.

Please call and ask for Alysha to schedule an interview or stop in to complete an application and on-the-spot interview.

The Arbors at Shelburne Attn: Alysha Curtis 687 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT 05482 802-985-8600 acurtis@benchmarkquality.com

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INVESTIGATOR POSITION – PRISONERS’ RIGHTS OFFICE

Apply in person or online at Farrell Vending Services 405 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401 farrellvending.com.

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In search of a leader who will help design alternative payment models and will provide financial management for OneCare Vermont Accountable Care Organization and the UVM Health Network’s, Accountable Care Services department.

Qualified Candidates Will Have: A Bachelor’s or Master’s level degree in finance, business  administration, accounting or economics. CPA is preferred.

10-15 years of progressively responsible financial experience.  At least 4-6 years in a leadership role.  5-8 years of experience in the health care industry (preferably in  Managed Care or Accountable Care).

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The state of Vermont has approximately 2000 inmates serving prison sentences, and the Prisoners’ Rights Office is assigned to every complaint that inmates make about their experience either in the criminal justice system or within the prison system. PRO investigators visit the correctional facilities in Vermont and out-ofstate on a regular basis to meet with clients. They also respond to inmate letters and phone calls, and handle issues ranging from inmate disciplinary complaints, concerns regarding mental health and medical treatment, the struggle to find housing, and interpersonal conflicts within correctional facilities. The position requires a high degree of independence and confidentiality, as well as the ability to work well with department staff, Department of Corrections employees, and others.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and four years of professional investigation or case work, or experience as required by the Defender General. Additional work experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree on a six months per semester basis.

Entry-level, PG 22 position starting at $21.29 per hour. Full State benefits. Position is Exempt but covered by the ODG/VSEA bargaining agreement. A full job description is available on the Defender General web page under Employee Resources.

Please email resume and cover letter by January 13th to Mary Deaett, HR & Program Administrator at mary.deaett@vermont.gov.

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CHITTENDEN SOUTH SUPERVISORY UNION

BUS DRIVERS Immediate Openings!

The Chittenden South Supervisory Union has immediate openings for Regular Route Drivers for the 16-17 school year.

Great starting salary and benefits.

Contact Ken Martin.

Call 922-4975 or kmartin@cssu.org for more details.

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IT SYSTEMS DEVELOPER III

Job Description:

Vermont Psychiatric Experienced professional sought the Vermont Department of Tourism Agencytooflead Natural Resources & Marketing’s public and trade relations eff orts.

This mission-critical Are you a proven Software Developer motivatedposition in having Care Hospital is designed to generate positive tourism-related coverage Vermont the an impact on how Vermont reviewsof and managesinthe environmental, social and fiscal consequences of major national and international marketplace.

The Director of Communications is developments in Vermont? The Agency of Natural responsible for the development and implementation of Vermont a proactive business Resources andand Natural Resources is interested outreach plan consistent with the goals mission of theBoard Department of in hearing from you! consistent communications Tourism and Marketing as well as maintaining Exciting Opportunities for Experienced via social networking tools.

This position is responsible forNurses all tourism media The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Information Technology Apply to join our team today.

Division press (ANR IT) and thedevelopment; Natural Resources Board targeted (NRB) is relations in-state and out-of-state; release pitching Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital (VPCH), aan 25energetic, bed state-of-the-art, progressive looking creative Software Developer tourism story ideas to regional andfor national media; development offacility pressto design, providing excellent care in a recovery-oriented, safe, respectful environment has immediate develop, and deploy a new .Net system to support Natural familiarization trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists;the and openings for Registered Nurses Resources on all shifts.Board Act 250 application, data, and document support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives. The Director JOIN US! management processes.

Theexecutive candidate team will work in a project also don’t collaborate Agency of Commerce in the There’s a side of AAA that manywill people always Offering starting pay with basedthe on environment experience.

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Also new sign retention bonuses and educational opportunities. ason, well as ANRand IT staff to create detailed requirements position will report of Tourism & Marketing. assistance, we’re a company that can offer you a to the Tuition reimbursement and Commissioner loan repayment assistance may be available forinterfaces, eligible program and functional specifications, storyboard user Discover the many sides of AAA.

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deploy .NET applications, manage a thorough testing process,

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Candidates must: demonstrate oral written skills; haveinformation, a BA in contact and strong train users in and the new system.

For more Now Hiring:Public Whether you areor a nurse seeking a career path ormark.garrand@vermont.gov. looking for youof can make a work Relations related fiMark eld; have a minimum of afichange, ve years relevant Garrand at Reference Job Insurance Agents and Insurance Agent Trainees difference in the changing landscape of mental health care, there’s a rewarding opportunity ID #620295.

Location: Montpelier.

Status: Full time/Limited experience; demonstrate knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry. service. Application deadline: January 4, 2017.

in Montpelier, Vermont at VPCH.

All Things Considered VPR has an exciting opportunity for the right person to host All Things Considered, report news and produce interviews.

Untitled-41 This position is an integral part of VPR’s statewide news, programming and digital network in a strong media market. Successful candidates thrive in a high energy environment.

They possess high quality on-air delivery, the ability and inclination to quickly respond to news events, and the initiative to explore the whole Vermont story through conversation. A commitment to advancing public radio journalism and public service in a shifting media environment is essential. Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in a related field, 3-5 years of broadcast experience, demonstrated excellence in news reporting, and a strong digital presence.

Find the full job description and application process at vpr. net/careers.

Resume, writing samples and a minimum of three references should be To apply, you must use the online job application at careers.vermont.gov.

Apply Online at www.careers.vermont.gov We offer competitive compensation, benefits submitted to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency Community For questions relatedof to Commerce your application,and please contact the Department packages and paid training.

Development, OneII National Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501.

In- and out-ofPsychiatric Nurse – ReferenceLife Job Opening ID# 617611 of Human Resources, Recruitment Services, at 855-828-6700 (voice) state travel will bewith required.

Salary range: (TTY/Relay $45,000 - $50,000.

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The of Vermont Registered Nurses general or and/or psychiatric nursing experience areState encouraged to is an equal Learn more about what AAA has to offer. apply!

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For more information, please contact Kathy Bushey at 802-505-0501 or Kathleen.bushey@vermont.gov

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We’re hiring:

Lead Vehicle Donation Processor We’re looking for a person to provide day-to-day supervision of the vehicle placement process in GNG’s Burlington, VT office. The Vehicle Donation Processor works with donors to ensure vehicle donations happen in an efficient and professional manner, schedules repair work, works with vendors and partner garages, and manages all related paperwork. A working knowledge of cars and car repair is highly desirable. Must have superior customer service, attention to detail, a valid driver’s license and clear motor vehicle driving record.

This is a great opportunity to work in a meaningful environment empowering others.

Ready To Go Drivers We’re looking for personable drivers to safely transport our clients and their children in Morrisville. Must have a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

If you enjoy being part of a fast-moving team, apply today by emailing a resume and cover letter to nhjobs@ascentria.org.

Ascentria Care Alliance is an equal opportunity employer.

VPR IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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TOWN OF SHELBURNE

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

The Town of Shelburne seeks a full-time Maintenance Technician. This position is predominately a physical-labor intensive job and is primarily responsible for the ongoing care, maintenance, upkeep and appearance of Shelburne-owned and/or managed facilities. The position may require working overtime hours on nights and weekends, and requires being on-call 24/7 during winter months.

A complete job description is available at shelburnevt.org/237/Human-Resources.

Please submit a resume or a Town of Shelburne Employment Application along with three (3) professional references by January 4, 2017 to Susan Cannizzaro, Human Resources Coordinator, Town of Shelburne, P.O. Box 88, Shelburne, VT 05482 or electronically to scannizzaro@shelburnevt.org.

THE TOWN OF SHELBURNE OFFERS AN EXCELLENT WORK ENVIRONMENT AND BENEFITS PACKAGE, AND IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

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Champlain Community Services Champlain Community Services is a progressive, intimate, developmental services provider agency with a strong emphasis on self-determination values and employee & consumer satisfaction.

Will meet in Colchester area Email midvtdecres@gmail.com for more information or call (802) 349-9391

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Community Inclusion Facilitators: Provide one on one inclusion supports to an individual with an intellectual disability or autism.

Help folks lead fulfilling lives, reach their goals and be productive members of their community. We are currently hiring for several positions with comprehensive benefit packages. Send your resume and cover letter to staff@ccs-vt.org. ccs-vt.org

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The following positions are excellent opportunities to join a distinctive developmental service provider during a time of growth.

Shared Living Providers: Provide residential supports to an individual in your home. Generous stipend, paid time off (respite), comprehensive training and supports are provided.

We are currently hiring for a variety of situations. For more information, contact Jennifer Wolcott, jwolcott@ccs-vt.org or 655-0511 ext. 118.

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Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital

NURSE EDUCATOR

Exciting Social Worker Position

Vermont Psychiatric Psychiatric Care Care Hospital Hospital (VPCH), (VPCH), aa 25 25 bed bed state-of-the-art, state-of-the-art, Vermont progressive facility facility providing providing excellent excellent care care in in aa recovery-oriented, recovery-oriented, safe, safe, progressive Vermont Psychiatric Care a 25 bedworker state-to respectful environment environment has has anHospital immediate(VPCH), opening for for social worker to join join respectful an immediate opening aa social of-the-art, progressive facility providing our multi-disciplinary multi-disciplinary clinical treatment team. excellent care in our clinical treatment team.

a recovery-oriented, safe, respectful environment has an This position position involves involves significant significant collaboration with hospital staffwill of other other This collaboration with hospital staff of immediate opening for a Nurse Educator whose work disciplines, and and community community providers providers involved involved in in the the formulation formulation and and disciplines, improve patient and enhance recruitment and retention of implementation of acare a comprehensive comprehensive treatment plan for for patients. patients.

The ideal ideal implementation of treatment plan The staff.

Responsibilities include providing employee orientation, candidate will will have have experience experience in in both both aa hospital hospital and and community community setting, setting, and and candidate have strong strongof interpersonal and communication communication skills. Experience Experience or interest interest have interpersonal and skills. or oversight the preceptor program, providing needed trainings in trauma trauma informed carean or open open dialogue appreciated. appreciated.

Licensure or in care or dialogue or for directinformed care staff, educational career pathLicensure for Mental eligibility for for licensure licensure within within six six months months is is required. required. eligibility Health Specialists, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

The salary salary rangeat forwww.careers.vermont.gov this position position is is $48,713.60-$76,169.60 $48,713.60-$76,169.60 and and has has full full state state The range for this Apply Online employee benefit benefit package. package. employee

Nurse Educator –Job Opening ID# 620099 For more more information, information, contact contact Becky Becky Moore Moore at at rebecca.moore@vermont.gov rebecca.moore@vermont.gov For

For more information, please contact Scott Perry Apply online online at at www.careers.vermont.gov www.careers.vermont.gov Apply at 802-828-2961 or scott.perry@vermont.gov Reference Job Job Opening Opening ID# ID# 618303 618303 Reference

For questions questions related related to to your your application, application, please please contact contact the the Department Department of of Human Human For Resources, Recruitment Recruitment Services, Services, at at 855-828-6700 855-828-6700 (voice) (voice) or or 800-253-0191 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay (TTY/Relay Resources, Service). The The State State of of Vermont Vermont offers offers an an excellent excellent total total compensation compensation package package & & isis an an Service).

Equal Opportunity Opportunity Employer.

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children with autism and other disabilities. We provide residential programs, day support, special education, and employment services in partnership with families and in collaboration with public and private health, human service, education and other government agencies.

The Payroll Systems Administrator reports to the Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for processing bi-weekly payroll for our Vermont office as well as reconciling, supporting and collaborating with payroll teams from our state operations in Maryland, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Duties include: bi-weekly processing of payroll, importing data into the general ledger, reporting and record keeping, 403(b) administration, year-end processing, tax & garnishment filing and overall data integrity.

Experience with Ultipro and Great Plains software packages a definite advantage. We are also looking for: 3- 5 years of payroll processing experience, a bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field, high level Excel skills and a track record of reliability and professionalism.

Join us in a fabulous and friendly working environment in our Berlin, VT office. We offer great benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability and retirement plans. We also offer tuition reimbursement, educational opportunities and much more.

Visit our website for more information: www.ippi.org.

If interested, please submit your resume and cover letter to: employment@ippi.org.

The New School of Montpelier We are a small, independent school serving unique children and youth. We are recruiting dedicated individuals to join our diverse staff in this exciting and challenging work.

Positions start immediately.

Para-educator/ Student Supervisor This is a one-on-one paraeducator position supporting students in the development of academic, communication, vocational, social and selfregulation skills. Settings may include classroom, one-on-one environments and the community. Must possess good communication/ collaboration skills.

An associate’s degree or five years’ experience after high school preferred. Candidates must have a valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle.

Criminal record checks will be conducted for final candidates.

Submit a resume to: The New School of Montpelier 11 West Street Montpelier, VT 05602 or email to: ddellinger@nsmvt.org

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We’re Hiring. Join Our Team!

Located in beautiful Plainfield, VT, we have three benefit-eligible position openings:

E-Commerce Store Manager

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT & CLERK TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

City Market has an exciting new position to develop our new E-Commerce program! The E-Commerce Store Manager will work with outside consultants and stakeholder groups to create City Market’s new online ordering system, including options for both delivery and instore pick-up of groceries. This new position will work with our Director of Operations to create and execute an e-commerce platform that is user-friendly, meets the needs of customers and offers appropriate products, delivery and pick-up options for our diverse community.

Full-time, Benefit-Eligible

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SPECIALIST

Printing Sales Representative

Full-time, Benefit-Eligible

HOUSEKEEPER

Full-time, Benefit-Eligible

Quality-oriented commercial printing firm seeks highly motivated sales person to Goddard College is committed to creating a college representative of a diverse global join our sales team. If you are community and capable of creating change. To that end, we are actively seeking interested in Graphic Arts and applications from qualified candidates from groups currently underrepresented in our institution for this position. have excellent communication skills, sales experience (printing sales helpful) and deal well with detailed information, 4t-GoddardCollege12212816.indd 1 12/19/16 12:53 PM send resume to Queen City Printers Inc. 701 Pine Street Burlington VT 05401 Position descriptions and application instructions are available here: goddard.edu/about-goddard/employment-opportunities.

The right candidate will have at least 5 years’ combined experience with e-commerce, marketing and customer service as well as a demonstrated ability to review and assess analytics to evaluate and improve processes. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required. City Market offers a competitive wage and benefits package, product discounts and much more. Apply online today!

More information and online application at www.citymarket.coop/jobs

or info@qcpinc.com.

Technical Solutions Specialist

Vermont

PCC is looking for a talented, energetic Technical Solutions Specialist to join our company. We are an award-winning provider of software solutions for pediatric practices.

State of Vermont

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Our Technical Solutions Specialists provide a broad range of technical services to our clients. Responsibilities include providing telephone support, performing remote system administration, researching system improvements and traveling Vermont to client sites to install servers, networks and perform upgrades.

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Psychiatric PART-TIME PHYSICIANS You will develop enduring relationships with pediatricians andCare Hospital their office staff while you support their servers and networks.

This position requires a blend of technical expertise and exceptional customer care and communication skills.

Department for Children and Families – Disability Determination Services Would you enjoy stable, challenging work on a schedule that meets your needs in a collegial office environment where you use your clinical expertise to provide medical consultation to disability adjudicators?

Exciting Opportunities for Experienced Nurses Candidates should have two or more years of professional, clientAre you looking for an opportunity for a new or supplemental part time career outside a clinical facing IT experience including Linux and Windows system setting while expanding youra 25 knowledge of unusual, potentially disabling conditions and their Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital (VPCH), bed state-of-the-art, progressive facility administration, TCP/IP networking, good security practices, providing excellent care in a recovery-oriented, safe, respectful environment has immediate treatment? and comfort with hardware configuration and installation. openings for Registered Nurses on all shifts.

The Vermont Disability Determination Services is seeking to contract with part-time physicians

with current, Vermont licensure orsalary D.O.)range: to provide consultation services in Offering starting pay basedunrestricted on experience.

Psychiatric Nurse II(M.D. annual $52,839review andnew assessment of medical caseand fileseducational for disability applications. $82,524. Also offering sign on, retention bonuses opportunities.

As a Benefit Corporation, we place high value on client, Tuition reimbursement loan repayment assistance may be available for eligibleDetermination Office Training is and provided, and the work is performed at the Disability employee and community relationships. Our company offersapplicants. in Waterbury, VT on a flexible schedule during regular work hours with no patient care

a friendly, informal, and professional work environment. PCC responsibilities.

Whether you are a nurse seeking a career path or looking for a change, you can make a offers competitive benefits as well as some uncommon perks.difference inFor thedetails, changingquestions, landscape of mental health care, there’s acontact rewarding opportunity and application materials, DDS Director Trudy Lyon-Hart at 802-

at VPCH. 241-2464 or Trudy.Lyon-Hart@ssa.gov PCC is located in the Champlain Mill in Winooski, VT. To learn more about PCC, this position, and how to apply, please visit our All at applications must be received no later than 4:00 PM Friday, January 13, 2017.

Apply Online www.careers.vermont.gov website at pcc.com/careers. The deadline for submitting your For more details regarding theID# Medical Psychiatric Nurse II – Reference Job Opening 617611Consultant position go to application is January 9, 2017. vermontbusinessregistry.com/Bid.aspx?BidID=19126

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Registered Nurses with general and/or psychiatric nursing experience are encouraged to apply!

The Stateplease of Vermont an equal employer and offers an excellent total compensation package.

For more information, contact is Kathy Busheyopportunity at 802-505-0501 or Kathleen.bushey@vermont.gov For questions7t-VtDeptHumanResourcesPHYSICIANS12212816.indd related to your application, please contact the 1Department of Human Resources, Recruitment Services, at 855-828-6700 (voice) or 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service). The State of

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DENTAL HYGIENIST

We are seeking a dental hygienist with excellent clinical and organizational skills and a warm, easygoing personality.

Providing innovative mental health and educational

services to Vermont’s children and families.

Come join our friendly, dedicated practice.

Two-three days per week.

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“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.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

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Arlington School

MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES Clinician - Substance Abuse Chittenden Clinic Provide individual, group and family counseling and health home services to patients dependent on opioids in the context of an outpatient opioid treatment program. Seeking applicants with experience counseling clients with co-occurring disorders (individually and in a group settings), knowledge of substance abuse treatment imperative and experience preparing high quality clinical documentation. LADC or AAP preferred. Positive attitude is essential, as well as ability to collaborate with team members and community resources. Early-morning shift. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position with a starting annual salary of $41,008.50. Must be mental health license-eligible or licensed, and those who are already licensed in a mental health discipline will receive an additional $2,000 to the base pay (prorated for part-time positions). Job ID# 3576

Laboratory Technicia Chittenden Clinic This part-time position is for a male lab technician. This position requires oversight of urine drug screens at our Burlington location in addition to data entry. Early-morning hours apply (5:45-11).

The person in this position must possess good communication skills, positive attitude and attention to detail. $15.00 per hour.

Job listing #3628

For more information, please visit howardcentercareers.org.

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-plushours-per-week.

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.

The Arlington School in St. Johnsbury, VT, managed by NFI, is an approved independent school that serves students in grade 8- 12 who need an alternative setting to traditional high school and may require therapeutic supports. We are seeking a collaborative and compassionate leader for our program. The Director is responsible for leading the program, partnering with LEAs, community providers and overseeing the daily management and operations of the school, which includes clinical and educational services. We are looking for a candidate who would enjoy working in a collaborative and community oriented environment. Candidates must have experience in a clinical or education setting, working with families, collaborating with community based teams, and supervising staff. Experience working with systems like PBIS is a plus. Master’s Degree in Counseling or Education required. This is an 11 month position with a full-time, full year salary. NFI offers a generous tuition reimbursement program. To apply please send your resume, a letter of interest and the names of three references to: Suzanne Masland, Regional Director, suzannemasland@nafi.com. Deadline: 12/21/16.

THERAPEUTIC CASE MANAGER St. Albans

The NFI St. Albans wraparound program is seeking a therapeutic case manager to provide comprehensive clinical services to youth and families. The ideal candidate would be a flexible, outside the box thinker to provide trauma informed care while interacting with multi-stressed systems. The case manager is responsible for collaborating with teams and families to develop and guide treatment; this includes providing clinical supervision within the WRAP micro-team. NFI provides excellent training opportunities, clinical supervision and a comprehensive benefits package. Master’s degree in social work, counseling or related field preferred. Send resume and cover letter to kristenlococo@nafi.com.

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Coordinators work directly with children and families involved with DCF, who experience multi-system issues, including substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental health challenges. Responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating large meetings, teaming with community service providers, creating treatment plans through collaboration with DCF, and parent education. We are looking for candidates with strong communication and documentation skills, who work well in a team setting. Experience with Family Time Coaching, Family Safety Planning and Family Group Conferencing preferred. Bachelor’s degree and/or two years’ experience in related field required. Please submit cover letter and resume to tessisimmons@nafi.com.

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Make a difference in the life of a child! NFI is seeking Vermont homes to support children in need. A sense of humor, flexibility and willingness to work as a team are essential. We are also seeking weekend respite providers. If you are a VT home in the Greater Hartford Area or in Chittenden or Franklin counties, please contact Jodie Clarke at 658-3924 x1028 or email jodieclarke@nafi.com.

COMMUNITY INTEGRATION SPECIALISTS Community Based Services

CBS is committed to empowering youth by providing family based treatment through innovative, diverse and community integrated methods. CBS is seeking full time community integration specialists to join our talented team of mental health professionals.

Responsibilities include working individually with children and adolescents with mental health challenges both in the community and in their homes. The opportunity to bring personal interests/hobbies to share with youth is encouraged. 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. Please send a cover letter and resume to brandiecarlson@nafi.com.

PROGRAM CLINICIAN FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY Diagnostic Assessment Program

The NFI diagnostic and assessment program (DAP) is seeking a program clinician to guide a comprehensive trauma informed assessment process. DAP provides 60-90 day community based assessments, determining an appropriate level of mental health supports for children and families to maintain within the community. The program clinician will be responsible for guiding the assessment process, conducting assessment interviews, working with a dynamic NFI team, completing clinical documentation and working with community partners to coordinate services. This is a full time position which includes a comprehensive benefits package and multiple training opportunities. A master’s degree in social work, mental health and/or psychology is preferred. NFI is an equal opportunity employer. Please send resume and cover letter to brandiecarlson@nafi.com.

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MH: Did Ben Affleck really have to play two solitary, angsty larger-than-life heroes this year? Has no one noticed that tortured interiority isn’t really his skill set? Could we give it a rest with the tormented-superhero-type characters in general?

Best Documentary RK: O.J.: Made in America has the awardsseason momentum, but the far superior work in my book is Ava DuVernay’s 13th.

Titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which outlawed

— the three-hour director’s cut — than one second more of Suicide Squad.

MH: The Huntsman: Winter’s War was a spin-off of the 2012 hit Snow White and the Huntsman. You could say it’s loosely based on the Snow White legend, only with more fight choreography, double evil queens and no Snow White. None of that made much sense on the screen, either.

Worst Picture RK: Did it get worse than Miles Ahead and I Saw the Light? If it did, I didn’t get the memo. How anybody managed to make such boneheaded baloney out of the stories of these two musical geniuses is beyond me. Let’s call it a tie.

MH: Religious faith has inspired many great films, but God’s Not Dead 2 isn’t one of them. Was it necessary for this message drama to misrepresent secular culture as bizarrely and egregiously as it did? Or for the actors to deliver such painfully wooden performances?

I tried to keep an open mind, but this travesty made me long for an artistically compelling defense of Christianity like Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita.

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RK: Is Zoolander a franchise? I suppose it doesn’t matter. The sequel lost so much money nobody would touch a third installment. Max Steel was going to be a franchise but tanked so badly there won’t even be a sequel. That zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes probably didn’t help. At any rate, I’d rather watch Zoolander Meets Max Steel

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MH: Moonlight is like an unforgettable ballad playing after a summer storm. I really enjoyed the chilly, twisty conceits of Nocturnal Animals and Elle and would love to see dark adult thrillers make a comeback. But my warmer side loved the mournfulness, wonder and hope that suffused Arrival. I’ve been rooting for director Denis Villeneuve since Prisoners, and he fulfilled his promise with this speculative story that suggests perhaps we should try to communicate with “others” before we attack them.

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RK: Manchester by the Sea, Hell or High Water, Paterson and Moonlight are all truly great movies (Fences is not), but nothing I saw this year impressed me more than Nocturnal Animals. Fashion mogul Tom Ford’s second foray into filmmaking doesn’t merely fulfill the promise of 2009’s A Single Man. It establishes the writer-director as an artist on par with Hitchcock, Sorrentino or Lynch. Plus, it has Michael Shannon.

In 2016, it didn’t get better than this.

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Counter Service Is Cool Now I’m not sure how I feel about ordering fancy food from someone behind a register. But if it’s the only way to access the warm, bacon-laced rabbit stew hidden inside buttery pastry at White River Junction’s Piecemeal Pies, I’ll do it. And I don’t mind standing in line if it results in Monarch & the Milkweed’s obsession-worthy smoked-bluefish sandwich or — during a freezing winter — a steaming bowl of bone broth at newly opened Beau Butchery + Bar in Montpelier. Sometimes it is nice to just order, pay, sit and eat, without having to talk to a waiter.

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ooking back on 2016 conjures visions of fake news, resurgent white nationalists, Russian hackers and — love him or hate him — president-elect Donald Trump. All of which is to say, this year has given many Americans reasons aplenty to eat (or drink) their feelings.

Here in Vermont, this dramatic and unusual turn around the sun brought a few tasty reasons to celebrate. We could start with the continued proliferation of good coffee: Singlesource artisan roasts appeared in new cafés such as Burlington’s Onyx Tonics Specialty Coffee, Essex Junction’s Nomad Coffee, Stowe’s PK Coffee and Montpelier’s Tremolo Coffee.

Meanwhile, upscale chefs continued to play with high-end/lowbrow cookery.

While I don’t love that concept, Burlington’s Monarch & the Milkweed, Morrisville’s Niche at Rogue Artisans Café, Jamaica’s Honeypie and Waitsfield’s Canteen Creemee Company all proved that it can be great when executed with precision.

Other restaurants expanded on their strengths, spinning off new enterprises around single items. In Shelburne, Archie’s Grill moved across Shelburne Road — then, this summer, took advantage of the empty adjacent space and started serving its housemade ice cream at the Scoop to great fanfare.

In Washington County, the guys from Barre’s Cornerstone Pub & Kitchen jockeyed their popular burger menu into a patty joint in Northfield and put a food truck on the road.

In Waterbury, Park Row Café reworked its entire concept around the success of its burger and smoothie menus; in early summer, the casual café rechristened itself Buddy’s Famous Burgers.

What did we love, hate and wish we’d never have to see again? Read on for the Seven Days spin on the good, the bad and the ugly of eating in Vermont, circa 2016.

Let’s start with a little ambivalence, shall we?

BEST NEW BAR Drifters

It took a while for Queen City residents to discover Drifters, which opened in the former Psychedelicatessen space in the Old North End in June.

But slowly word got around that chef-partner Andrew Ryan’s inexpensive, religiously local fare was worth a visit. From the $5 cans of Citizen Cider to the housesmoked bacon that appeared in a recent duck-broth ramen dinner special, everything on the menu is made from scratch and top quality. And — most crucially for a neighborhood bar — the fun, laid-back vibe makes you want to stay and stay.

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Barbecue This was perhaps the best year in memory for smoked meats in Vermont. In June, Chris Simard (formerly d/b/a the Lazy Farmer) opened Pork & Pickles BBQ in Essex Junction. Two weeks later came Roaster’s BBQ in Milton, where demand for Trevor Leroux’s smoked ribs, pulled pork and roast beef was so robust that he almost immediately exhausted all his local meat sources and had to start bringing in hogs from out of state.

As the year wore on, the meaty wave kept right on mounting. In September, St. Albans’ 14th Star Brewing partnered with Smokin’ Butt’s Bar-B-Q to bring rib sandwiches and pulled-pork tacos to the drinkers at its bar. That paved the way for Mill River Brewing, which will open with brews and barbecue elsewhere in town in 2017.

By October, Elmore-based Black Diamond Barbecue & Catering was offering slow-roasted pork, smokedshrimp mac and cheese, and craft cocktails at its tiny Morrisville storefront.

Add to that Back Road BBQ: Based in Cabot, the whole-hog rolling smoke shop drove circles around north-central Vermont all summer. Then there’s the new 20-line crowler bar and beer retail shop at Big Fatty’s BBQ in White River Junction. Carnivores, we’ve had ourselves a fine year, indeed.

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To get to Growler Garage’s original South Burlington location, you had to wrestle with traffic on Williston Road and Dorset Street before pulling into a bare-bones storefront that seemed better suited for a car wash or tire shop. You could snack on pretzels or peanuts as the Garage’s beer-geek staff guided you to a pint you could love, but if you were actually hungry, you were out of luck.

In July, owner Liam O’Farrell packed up shop and moved to 30 Main Street in Burlington, where Noonie’s Deli had closed a few months earlier. By October, he’d enlisted Winooski’s Our House Bistro to supply food: gooey mac and cheese peppered with hunks of Buffalo chicken (and crowned with an electricorange chicken wing), burgers stacked with everything from pulled pork to cucumber slices, and an array of other dishes from the restaurant’s menu of “twisted comfort food.”

Ample patio seating at the Garage’s new location catches summer breezes off the lake; it’s an easy walk from downtown. And there’s shuffleboard and cornhole, which lead me to my next supper superlative…

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In downtown Burlington, the Archives opened in March; with its impeccable 24-line draft list and dozens of vintage games, it’s a fun spot to hang even if pinball isn’t your thing.

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Kingdom Crust For years, a franchise pizzeria held down the St. Johnsbury corner where Hastings Street merges with Route 5. When the franchise closed in July, Mike Heath reopened the place as Kingdom Crust. Now everything in the from-scratch kitchen is 100 percent GMO-free; the shop’s goal is to source 90 percent of its ingredients from in-state producers and to buy organic whenever possible. A 16-inch extra-large cheese pie is still only $13 and crisp and blistery. And don’t get me started on the deliciousness that is the chicken-bacon-ranch sandwich…

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Buffalo Bleu, Cornerstone Burger In February, Cornerstone Pub & Kitchen opened a burger joint on East Street in Northfield beside what is now Good Measure Brewing, which (finally!) opened its tasting room earlier this month. Whenever I go to Cornerstone, which is admittedly not often enough, I get the Buffalo Bleu burger. It’s a juicy six-ounce Angus (or, for $3 extra, New England beef ) patty, tucked inside a brioche bun that’s overflowing with a melty mess of wing sauce, diced pickled jalapeños and bluecheese crumbles. It’s awesome, and I’d like to eat one right now.

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Casa Aguilera Trading Company As the sun set on my final writing day of 2015, I issued a year’s-end plea for 2016: “Will some ángel de Dios start making authentic — like really authentic — Mexican food in this state?”

I didn’t expect an answer.

But in May that angel appeared in the form of Manuel Aguilera, who opened Casa Aguilera Trading Company in St. Johnsbury. The SoCal native had been selling homegrown salsas and chips around the Upper Valley since 2014, and when he moved to the Kingdom, he went all-in on a permanent location.

At Aguilera’s Eastern Avenue cantina, the tortilla chips are thin and crispy; the rolled taquitos crackle before giving way to chile-tinged crumbled chorizo. Palm-size tacos arrive in sets of three and are street-food simple. One day this summer, I sampled orange-marinated cubed pork that had been flash-fried and then scattered with cilantro and diced onion, with salsa and spicy pickled veggies on the side.

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From the list stocked with delicate Greek wines to the firm and rustic handmade pastas to the slow-roasted lamb scattered with herbs just picked from the kitchen garden, I loved Shelburne’s Taverna Khione. In 2015, I loved it enough to name chef Marc Provencher the year’s best new Vermont chef. Provencher’s food was bold and daring — though sometimes imperfect — and his restaurant was distinct and unforgettable amid a sea of restaurants serving burgers, mac and cheese, and poutine.

In an email earlier this month, Provencher seemed to attribute Taverna’s late-fall closure to location. He may have a point: The former Café Shelburne spot, just south of Shelburne Village, was just too far afield for me to visit that often. But Provencher has vowed to return in a new location. “I’ve been supporting Greece with my restaurants for the last 10 years and will continue to do so in 2017,” he wrote, then added that he’ll “reveal the next plans [for] the Taverna” just as soon as he sells the space at 5733 Shelburne Road.

Which begs my next question: Anyone looking to open a restaurant in Shelburne?

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Just a few Vermont growers have cultivated cereal grains since the early 1980s. Recently, though, as climate change has brought a trend of warmer, often drier summers, newer farms have planted their fields Vermont-grown oats with wheat, rye, oats, spelt and dry corn. Since 2013, Mad River Distillers has made whiskey and brandy with local corn and apples, respectively. In Barre, forthcoming Old Route Two Spirits is gearing up to craft whiskey and gin using 100 percent Vermont-grown grains. But the biggest props go to Cabot’s Hooker Mountain Farm Distillery, which opened its tasting room earlier this month. There, farmers Kempton and Carrie Randolph distill spirits from entirely homegrown grains, potatoes, produce and herbs. The spent grains double as pig feed; those pigs root up the fields and redeposit the grains in the soil. How’s that for a closed loop?

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Using his mother’s homestyle Mexican cooking as a point of departure, Aguilera makes everything in-house, from the long-simmered mole in a wintry chicken stew to the fruity aguas frescas that cool the heat of a summer day.

Consider also the excellent south-of-the-border snacks from Randolph-based food truck Ana’s Mexican Loncheria, the Cuban fare at Hardwick’s Havana 802, the Salvadoran fusion at Burlington’s Esperanza Restaurante, and the local, organic heirloom-corn tortillas from All Souls Tortilleria and Vermont Tortilla Company, and 2016 starts to look very generous when it comes to Latin American eats.

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That restaurant opened in November with 48 craft beers on tap, big burgers and entrées such as barbecued quail.

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George Lambertson, ArtsRiot When it comes to food service, ArtsRiot has burned through more than a few business models. But in late 2014, the

Burlington art space installed George Lambertson in the back of the house and endowed him with broad creative freedom. Since then, the high-strung, often restless chef has transformed his kitchen into a multipurpose, multitasking antidote to culinary boredom.

Early this year, Lambertson switched from a mostly static menu to a dailychanging bill of fare anchored by a few approachable standbys (popcorn chicken, a fantastic burger). Which means the Sichuan raw-beef salad you find one day may give way to blistered mackerel with pork belly and potatoes the next.

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In 2014, the Pub became the Burke Publick House, where a bomber Vermont beer list complements

2015 brought Foggy Goggle Osteria’s rustic Italian food and pizzas, courtesy of former Trout River Brewing owner Dan Gates. The 2016 additions of Café Lotti (pastries, cold-brew) and Auntie Dee Dee’s Homemade Vt Baked Goods have breakfast covered, and the mountain has gained two new venues, too.

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Star-Crossed Lovers The story of “Layla and Majnun” is one of unrequited love.

Adopted by Muslim, Sufi and Hindu storytellers over the centuries, the narrative has inspired poems, paintings, plays and a 1908 opera by composer Uzeyir Hajibeyli. Mark Morris Dance Group and Silk Road Ensemble with singers Alim Qasimov and Fargana Qasimova bring the chamber opera — considered to be the first of its kind in the Muslim world — to life with a fusion of Eastern and Western instruments. A bold backdrop and 16 dancers make this interpretation a feast for the eyes as well as the ears.

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KNITTING & MORE: BROOMSTICK LACE: Needleworkers of all skill levels learn the popular crochet technique. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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.

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NURSING BEYOND A YEAR MEETUP: Breastfeeding parents connect over toddler topics such as weaning and healthy eating habits. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-8228.

ONE-ON-ONE GENEALOGY HELP: Folks familiar with family-tree fact-finding take their research to the next level with individualized help. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 1:30-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-5124.

RUTLAND DEATH CAFÉ: Men and women discuss issues related to the end of life. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 7-9 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 353-6991.

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

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VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — think veggies, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: Delicious, local fare is accessible to both newbies and foodies at a year-round emporium of prepared foods, baked goods, produce, seafood, meats and cheeses. Woodstock Farmers’ Market, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3658.

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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.

EVERY WEDNESDAY, EVERYONE TAI CHI: Beginners and longtime practitioners alike improve balance, posture and coordination through the Chinese martial art. Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Donations. Info, 862-8866.

GENTLE TAI CHI: Madeleine Piat-Landolt guides students in a sequence of poses with an emphasis on relaxation and alignment. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

GINGER’S FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Students get pumped with an interval-style workout that boosts muscle strength, cardiovascular fitness, agility, balance and coordination. Middlebury Municipal Gym, 7-8 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

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INTRODUCTION TO TAI CHI: Instructor Ellie Hayes offers an overview of the slow martial art passed down through generations. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

Saturday, December 31, 4 p.m.-midnight, at various St. Johnsbury locations. $1020. Info, info@ firstnightstj.com. firstnightnorth.org

LUNAR YOGA/PILATES: Female-identifying students empower and tone the feminine mind, body and spirit. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 10:30-11:45 a.m. $10. Info, 779-0444.

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.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: Physical and mental strength improve as the result of a stretching session for all ability levels. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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.

TAI CHI FOR ALL: Shaina Levee instructs attendees wearing loose, comfy clothing in moving meditation.

Jericho Town Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 899-4686.

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

ZUMBA: Lively Latin rhythms fuel this dancefitness phenomenon for all experience levels.

Vergennes Opera House, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 349-0026.

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INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees absorb Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free.

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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.

Friday, January 6, 8 p.m., and Saturday, January 7, 2 and 8 p.m., at Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. $27-70.

Info, 603-646-2422. hop.dartmouth.edu

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CIRQUE MOTHER AFRICA Tuesday, January 3, 7:30 p.m., at Flynn MainStage in Burlington. $15-36. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org

In keeping with the First Night tradition of a substance-free celebration focused on the arts, both St. Johnsbury and Burlington welcome the Year of the Rooster in style with full rosters of familyfriendly entertainment.

For the 24th year, St. Johnsbury hosts the Northeast Kingdom’s largest showcase of the arts.

While the newly renamed First Night North in St. Johnsbury offers nearly 100 shows by 340 performers ranging from comics and

storytellers to poets and puppeteers, music is the main attraction. Folk, rock, jazz, bluegrass, sacred, classical and pop tunes ring out courtesy of players such as Kingdom All Stars, Milkbone, Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing, and Tritium Well. Though the air on December 31 is almost certain to be chilly, temperatures rise when Phoenix Bazaar light the night with an incendiary outdoor fire show.

Over in the Queen City, the young and the young at heart can be a part of First Night Burlington, the longest-running New Year’s Eve celebration of its kind in the country. Kid-friendly features include performing arts classes, music,

crafts, high-flying antics by Circus Smirkus and short films presented by Vermont International Film Foundation. Grown-ups can get into the groove with live music at venues all across the city’s downtown area. Jazz fans, take note: Vermont’s nationally known pop-jazz quartet Kilimanjaro makes a rare Green Mountain State appearance at Flynn MainStage. Finally, folks can revel in the first moments of 2017 with a midnight fireworks display on Church Street.

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Saturday, December 31, 11 a.m.-midnight, at various downtown Burlington locations. $5-42 First Night button; free for kids under 3; some shows require additional $5 tickets. Info, 863-6005. firstnightburlington.com

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Character Gordon Ashberry has found his way into three of writer Xu Xi’s novels. Now he’s at the center of the Hong Kong native’s 2016 work of fiction That Man in Our Lives. When Gordon, XU XI Saturday, December who has a penchant for all things Chinese, goes 31, 7-8 p.m., at missing, a colorful cast of characters aims to College Hall Chapel, track him down. The result is a story that Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Publishers Weekly writes “demonstrates Montpelier. Free. the far-reaching Info, effects of politics 828-8600. and culture on the vcfa.edu smallest, most personal aspects of our lives.” The novelist and essayist shares her gift for words at a public reading as part of Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA in Writing winter residency.

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In the Bantu language of the Xhosas, khayelitsha means “new home.”

It is also the title of Cirque Mother Africa’s high-energy stage show set to hit the Flynn MainStage. Worldclass performing artists from seven African nations including Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe carry out this rhythmic exploration of the daily hustle and bustle of the South African township. Through thunderous percussion, jaw-dropping acrobatics, eyepopping costumes, and a combination of traditional movement and modern break dancing, Khayelitsha exudes the positive energy and hopeful spirit of its namesake.

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THE BOLSHOI BALLET’S ‘THE NUTCRACKER’: Denis Rodkin leaps and bounds across the stage as the Nutcracker Prince in this on-screen production.

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

Info, 748-2600.

CHRISTMAS AT THE FARM: Families celebrate the holidays 19th-century-style with ornament making and baked treats. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $4-14; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355.

GIANT PUBLIC MENORAH LIGHTING: Friends and families gather ’round an oversize candelabrum for singing, latkes and doughnuts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, draizy@chabadvt.org.

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JAQUITH YOUNG WRITER’S WORKSHOP: Would-be wordsmiths develop skills, offer encouragement and brainstorm story ideas in a three-part series.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 426-3581.

KIDS’ DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Experienced and novice players take on challenges to defeat enemies in this pen-and-paper role-playing game.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:45 p.m.

Free. Info, jmuse@colchestervt.gov.

LEGO FUN: Creative kids in grades K and up build unique structures with brightly colored pieces. Kids under 5 require adult supervision. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

RICHMOND STORY TIME: Lit lovers ages 2 through 5 are introduced to the wonderful world of reading.

Richmond Free Library, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Engrossing plots unfold into fun activities for tots up to age 6. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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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.

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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: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

Sat., January 14, 7:30 pm Barre Opera House 20-time Grammy-winner Member, Downbeat Hall of Fame 42 Recordings, 3 Gold Records sponsored by:

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RECYCLED PERCUSSION: Keeping a beat on industrial junk, power tools, buckets and more, the group delivers a jaw-dropping performance.

Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 4 & 7:30 p.m. $29.50.

Info, 603-448-0400.

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DECEMBER HORSE-DRAWN RIDES: Giddy up! Horses trot folks over snow-covered open fields in sleighs or wagons, depending on the weather. Rides leave every half hour. Shelburne Farms, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $810; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 985-8442.

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‘FLIP FLY FUN!’: Nimble Arts jugglers, acrobats, aerialists and clowns serve up a stunning display of physical skills for the whole family. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $20-48. Info, 760-4634.

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WRITING CIRCLE: Prompts flow into a 30-minute free-write and sharing opportunities without judgment. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 4-5 p.m.

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TAI CHI FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH: Moving and standing postures focus on the core, pelvic floor, back and legs.

Pre- and postnatal participants are welcome. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:15 p.m. $10. Info, 779-0444.

OPEN STUDIO: Friends new and old convene for a creative session. Expressive Arts Burlington, 12:302:30 p.m. $15. Info, 343-8172.

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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.

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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.

FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: R&B and calypso-dancehall music is the soundtrack to an empowering sensual dance session aimed at confronting body shaming. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfitness@ gmail.com.

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CHANUKAH AT THE U-MALL: Latkes, crafts and photo opportunities pave the way for a menorah lighting. University Mall, South Burlington, noon.

Free. Info, draizy@chabadvt.org.

CHRISTMAS AT THE FARM: See WED.28.

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BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP: Parents connect while kids up to age 3 enjoy toys, stories, challah and juice. Social Hall, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, grace@ohavizedek.org.

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

JAQUITH YOUNG WRITER’S WORKSHOP: See WED.28.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Half-pints have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

DANCE, PAINT, WRITE: DROP-IN: Teens and adults create, connect, heal and grow through self-guided movement and art set to music. Expressive Arts Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $20; free for first-timers. Info, 343-8172.

STUFFED ANIMAL SLEEPOVER: Youngsters’ favorite toys spend a night amid the stacks, then are reunited with their owners over breakfast the following day. Fairfax Community Library, 5-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 849-2420.

POSTNATAL SELF-EMPOWERMENT: Mothers and babes-in-arms circle up for a reflective session centered on embracing one’s self and family amid the chaos of daily life. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $10-20. Info, 829-0211.

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TECH TUTOR: Teens answer questions about computers and devices during one-on-one sessions.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-6 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

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DC ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL: Ski and snowboard flicks from around the world delight thrillseekers. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 760-4634.

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UVM MEDICAL CENTER FARMERS MARKET: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 2:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 847-5823.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY CHESS CLUB: Checkmate!

Strategic thinkers make calculated moves as they vie for their opponents’ kings. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 324-1143.

POKÉMON LEAGUE: I choose you, Pikachu! Players of the trading-card game earn weekly and monthly prizes in a fun, friendly environment where newbies can be coached by league leaders. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0498.

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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.

CORNWALL FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Interval training helps participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Cornwall Volunteer Fire Department, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: Seekers clear their heads, finding inspiration and creativity. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

THURSDAY PLAY TIME: Kiddos and their caregivers convene for casual fun. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

DECEMBER HORSE-DRAWN RIDES: See WED.28.

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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal.

Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.

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BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Learn new moves with Ballroom Nights, then join others in a dance social featuring waltz, tango and more. Singles, couples and beginners are welcome. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance social, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-14; $8 for dance only. Info, 862-2269.

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspire divine connections. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011.

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WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28, 9:15 a.m.

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ACRO YOGA: Beginners bring a friend or come solo to this acrobatic practice utilizing counterbalance, weight stacking, alignment and cooperation. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:15-6:45 p.m. $10. Info, 779-0444.

ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

BEGINNERS’ TAI CHI: Interested individuals learn slow-set, tai chi gong, moving and standing postures, and basic techniques. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 779-0444.

FELDENKRAIS WITH GILLIAN FRANKS: A movementcentered class with instructions such as “Do less” and “Rest” renders participants rejuvenated. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 7-7:45 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

FITNESS FLOW YOGA: All types of athletes can build strength, increase flexibility and prevent injuries with a moderate-to-vigorous vinyasa flow.

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Colchester Health & Fitness, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $15; free for members. Info, 860-1010.

LAUGHTER YOGA: Breathe, clap, chant and giggle!

Both new and experienced participants reduce stress with this playful practice. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

NIA WITH REBECCA: An expressive workout combining dance, martial arts and healing arts strengthens the mind, body and spirit. Shelburne Town Hall, 8:309:30 a.m. $16; free for first-timers. Info, 489-6701.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28.

REIKI: Touch activates the body’s natural healing abilities, aiding people in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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CHRISTMAS AT THE FARM: See WED.28.

kids

ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: Little ones up to age 4 gather for read-aloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

EARLY-BIRD MATH STORY TIME: Books, songs and games put a creative twist on mathematics.

Community Room, Richmond Free Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING FOR TEENS/TWEENS: Seasoned players and beginners bring their cards and their friends for an afternoon of casual gaming.

Turner Toys & Hobbies, Essex Junction, 4-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 233-6102.

PLAY GROUP: Crafts and snacks amuse young’uns up to age 5. Doty Memorial Elementary School, Worcester, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, moonsong148@hotmail.com.

STORY TIME: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers drop in for books, rhymes, songs and activities. Winooski Memorial Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

VACATION MOVIE: Popcorn and beverages accompany a popular film. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

music

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAHLER FESTIVAL: A full orchestra, chorus and soloists perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under the direction of Daniel Bruce. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 760-4634.

outdoors

DECEMBER HORSE-DRAWN RIDES: See WED.28.

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CHOCOLATE TASTING: With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the flavor profiles of four different confections. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

health & fitness

GINGER’S FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.28, 8-9 a.m.

AGRICOLA FARM CENONE NEW YEAR’S DINNER: A traditional Italian feast features multiple courses made with farm-fresh ingredients. Agricola Farm, Panton, 7 p.m.-1 a.m. $30-100; preregister. Info, 504-430-8265.

CHRISTMAS AT THE FARM: See WED.28.

DAVE KELLER BAND NEW YEAR’S EVE EXTRAVAGANZA: The Capital City counts down to midnight amid soul and blues notes, drinks and desserts from Sweet Melissa’s, a ball drop and a toast.

Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. $12-15; free for ages 17 and under. Info, 229-0492.

DRINK, DANCE & DAZZLE NYE PARTY!: A midnight champagne toast tops off a year-end bash boasting sweet and savory snacks and live music by Roy and the Wrecks. The Barn at Lang Farm, Essex Junction, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. $40; cash bar. Info, 316-1210.

FIRST NIGHT BURLINGTON: Folks of all ages cap off 2016 with circus arts, music, dance, comedy and fireworks at this substance-free fête. See firstnightburlington.com for details. See calendar spotlight. Various downtown Burlington locations, 11 a.m.-midnight. $5-42 First Night button; free for kids under 3; some shows require additional $5 tickets. Info, 863-6005.

FIRST NIGHT BURLINGTON: ‘A CELTIC CELEBRATION’: Traditional and contemporary music and dance delight lovers of all things Celtic. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5-22 First Night button plus $5 ticket. Info, 863-5966.

FIRST NIGHT BURLINGTON: CIRCUS SMIRKUS: The stage becomes a big top for young wire walkers, aerial artists, acrobats and others. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, noon & 2 & 4 p.m. $5-22 First Night button plus $5 ticket. Info, 863-5966.

FIRST NIGHT BURLINGTON: KILIMAJARO: The legendary pop-jazz group reunites for a Queen City concert. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5-22 First Night button plus $5 ticket. Info, 863-5966.

FIRST NIGHT BURLINGTON: RAY VEGA: Vermont’s Grammy Award-winning trumpeter steps into the spotlight with a fiery recital. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 4 & 5:30 p.m. $5-22 First Night button plus $5 ticket.

Info, 863-5966.

FIRST NIGHT NORTH IN ST. JOHNSBURY: Dozens of performances pepper a citywide celebration of the arts that ends with a dazzling fireworks display.

See firstnightnorth.org for details. See calendar spotlight. Various St. Johnsbury locations, 4 p.m.midnight. $10-20. Info, info@firstnightstj.com.

NEW QUEERS EVE: Sets by DJ Llu, DJ Rob Douglass and drag acts propel an epic year-end bash. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 9 p.m. $12-15; for ages 18 and up. Info, 877-987-6487.

NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT: Patti Casey, Tom MacKenzie, William Lee Ellis and others hit all the right notes at a benefit for the Old Round Church.

Richmond Congregational Church, preconcert dinner, 5-7 p.m.; concert, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $10. Info, 434-4565.

NEW YEAR’S EVE DOWNTOWN MONTPELIER: Family and friends kick off 2017 with a 5K run, a performance

by Marko the Magician, fireworks and a guitar-heavy concert by Dave Keller. Various Montpelier locations, 2 p.m.-1 a.m. Prices vary. Info, 223-9604.

NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH SINKANE: Revelers usher in 2017 with feel-good, funk-infused Sudanese pop.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 9 p.m. $30-35. Info, 540-0406.

NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH THE GRIFT: Partygoers wet their whistles with Otter Creek Brewing beers while eclectic originals and humorous covers keep the dance floor full. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 9 p.m. $15-18; cash bar. Info, 382-9222.

NYE AT HOTEL VERMONT: Fueled by hors d’oeuvres and dessert, partygoers get down to tunes by the Phil Abair Band and DJ Cre8. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $79.50; for ages 21 and up. Info, 863-5966.

outdoors

BIRD MONITORING WALK: Adults and older children don binoculars and keep an eye out for winged wonders. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 8-9 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

XU XI: The author of That Man in Our Li es shares her gift for the written word. See calendar spotlight.

College Hall Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8600.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions.

Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10.

Info, assistant@centerformindfullearning.org.

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FREE BOOT CAMP CLASS: Active bodies get a jump on their New Year’s resolutions by building up strength and fitness. Middlebury Municipal Gym, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 343-7160.

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RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28, 4:305:45 p.m.

ZUMBA FITNESS: High-spirited students dance toward health in an easy-to-follow fitness program set to red-hot international music. North End Studio A, Burlington, 9 a.m. $8-10. Info, 777-7032.

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music

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAHLER FESTIVAL: See FRI.30, Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 3 p.m. Info, 863-5966.

outdoors

FIRST DAY HIKES: Vermont State Parks open their gates to adventurers who kick off the New Year with family-friendly treks. See vtstateparks.com for details.

Various locations statewide. Free. Info, 249-1230.

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BURLINGTON WOMEN’S POETRY GROUP: Female writers seek feedback from fellow rhyme-andmeter mavens. Email for details. Private residence, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, jcpoet@bellsouth.net.

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ADULT AERIAL DANCE CONDITIONING: With or without previous experience, folks forge strength, grace and confidence in the air. North End Studio B, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $15. Info, 863-6713.

ADULT CONTEMPORARY DANCE: A weekly class crescendos with expressive phrases of movement.

North End Studio B, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $12.

Info, 863-6713.

CONTACT IMPROV DANCE: Movers engage in weight sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced by aikido and other somatic practices. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4. Info, 864-7306.

SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata and cha-cha.

North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.

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INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: Brainstorming leads to forming activity groups for hobbies such as flying stunt kites and playing music. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030.

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ADULT COLORING: Grown-ups pick up colored pencils for a meditative and creative activity. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918.

DECEMBER HORSE-DRAWN RIDES: See WED.28.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.28, North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m.

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Info, 540-0406.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28, 10:45 a.m.

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SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m.

Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28, 7 p.m.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498.

health & fitness

DISCUSSION GROUP: MEATLESS DIET: A conversation about animal-friendly eating habits satisfies hungry minds. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

NIA WITH SUZY: Drawing from martial, dance and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potential. South End Studio, Burlington, 7 p.m. $14. Info, 522-3691.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.28, North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28.

WEEKLY MEDITATION GROUP: Reflection, prayer and quiet art-making support positive energy for the self and for the world. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 6:15-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-6203.

ZUMBA: See WED.28.

kids

KIDS’ AERIAL FABRIC DANCE CLASS: Adventurous youngsters ages 7 through 12 learn to hang, climb and spin on silks in a high-flying class for all experience levels. North End Studio B, Burlington, 3:15-4:15 p.m. $15. Info, 863-6713.

STORIES WITH MEGAN: Lit lovers ages 2 through 5 open their ears for exciting tales. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

TEENS’ & TWEENS’ AERIAL FABRIC DANCE CLASS: Adolescents use suspended silks to integrate ground and sky with seamless transitions. North End Studio B, Burlington, 4:15-5:15 p.m. $15. Info, 863-6713.

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ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

music

GUITAR CLASS: Notes ring out at a six-string lesson for folks in recovery. Instruments are available. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

MONDAY NIGHT COMMUNITY KIRTAN: Instruments are welcome during call-and-response chanting of mostly Sanskrit mantras in the bhakti yoga tradition. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Donations. Info, bpatoine@aol.com.

seminars

BASIC BIKE MAINTENANCE & DIY FLAT REPAIR: Riders get their gears turning during a lesson on bicycle anatomy, vocabulary, functions and fixes.

Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 863-4475.

Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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REMEDIES FOR EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING & ENDOCRINE BALANCE: A variety of holistic healing tools help calibrate hormones and foster healthy emotional bandwidth. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

business

RENTAL INCOME SEMINAR: Those seeking financial freedom and security get wise to the ways of real estate investment. Preferred Properties, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 318-7654.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.30.

PUBLIC HEARING: Community members comment on the proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2018 and other topics. Williston Town Hall, 8 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-0919.

PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING: Locals pipe up at a discussion on possible sidewalk or recreation path projects. Williston Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-0919.

TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

crafts

OPEN CRAFT NIGHT: Creative sparks fly in the studio as attendees whip out woven wall hangings and crochet, knitting and sewing projects. Nido Fabric & Yarn, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 881-0068.

dance

BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: Pupils get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Fun-loving folks learn the smooth, sexy stylings of modern swing dance. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome.

Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

film

‘ED WOOD’: Tim Burton’s 1994 drama portrays a troubled movie director focused on fulfilling his dream.

Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018.

KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: Cinema hounds view campy features at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776.

food & drink

PENNYWISE PANTRY: On a tour of the store, shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats.

City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9757.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28, 7 p.m.

theater

health & fitness

words

CLEAR THE SUBCONSCIOUS KUNDALINI YOGA: Students cast off negativity in favor of renewal, love, clarity and intuition. Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $14. Info, 318-6050.

MONDAYS AT THE IMPROV: Emerging entertainers express themselves through theater games and acting techniques for onstage and off. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373.

JERICHO PARMS: Coming-of-age essays from the collection Lost Wax examine the intersection of life, art and memory. College Hall Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8600.

MONDAY NIGHT POETRY WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths analyze creative works-in-progress penned by

BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5-6 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 5:45-7 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401.

FITNESS FLOW YOGA: See FRI.30, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

ZUMBA WITH ALLISON: Conditioning is disguised as a party at this rhythm-driven workout session.

Swan Dojo, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 227-7221.

kids

FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Players ages 5 and up sit down to bouts of friendly competition. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

‘EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: MANET FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, LONDON’: A film gives art hounds an up-close look at the portraiture of Edouard Manet. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 11 a.m. $5-10. Info, 382-9222.

dance

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.28.

film

CLASSIC FILM SERIES: Movie lovers view cinematic masterpieces. Call for details. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-5290.

food & drink

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.28.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

FAMILY YOGA DANCE: The young and the young at heart move and groove in a personalized class.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-6:45 p.m. $10. Info, 779-0444.

games

LEGO CHALLENGE: Burgeoning builders tackle construction tasks with colorful blocks. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

health & fitness

SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: Amigos ages 1 through 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinian. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

language

BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Parla Italiano?

Language learners engage with a fluent speaker in an informal training. Jericho Town Library, 6-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 899-4686.

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue.

New Moon Café, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 363-2431.

music

OPEN JAM SESSION: Musicians follow the flow and explore sound together. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

talks

PATHWORK LECTURES DISCUSSION GROUP: A road map to self-acceptance points participants toward a genuine love of self, others and the divine. Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, South Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 658-9440.

theater

CIRQUE MOTHER AFRICA: Artists from countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania inspire awe with an extravaganza of dance, percussion and acrobatics. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-36. Info, 863-5966.

words

CREATIVE NONFICTION WORKSHOP: Folks give feedback on essays, poetry and journalism written

by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

STORYTELLING VT: Locals tell true tales before a live audience. Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, deenastories@gmail.com.

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DROP-IN QUILTING STUDIO: Adult and teen needle-and-thread enthusiasts work on patchwork projects. River Arts, Morrisville, 10 a.m.-noon.

Donations. Info, 888-1261.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Healthy donors give the gift of life. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-733-2767.

EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: See WED.28.

EVERY WEDNESDAY, EVERYONE TAI CHI: See WED.28.

GENTLE TAI CHI: See WED.28.

GINGER’S FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.28.

INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.28.

LUNAR YOGA/PILATES: See WED.28.

NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.28.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.28.

TAI CHI FOR ALL: See WED.28.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: See WED.28.

ZUMBA: See WED.28.

kids

READ TO A DOG: Book hounds ages 5 through 10 curl up with a good story and a furry friend. Fairfax Community Library, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 849-2420.

RICHMOND STORY TIME: See WED.28.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.28.

YOGA FOR KIDS: Yogis ages 2 through 5 strike a pose to improve balance and flexibility. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

language

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.28.

GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.28.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.28.

music

SONG CIRCLE: Singers and musicians congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes.

Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m.

Donations. Info, 775-1182.

seminars

INTRODUCTION TO THE ASTROLOGICAL BIRTH CHART: Jeremy Thomas examines the relationship between astronomical happenings and the human experience. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

sports

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8:15-9:30 p.m. $3; preregister at meetup.com. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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ANNELISE ORLECK: The labor historian orates the origin of an antipoverty program run by poor mothers in the 1970s as part of the First Wednesdays series. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

ELIZABETH MORRISON: Zen Buddhism is the focus of the First Wednesdays series talk “Zen, Past and Present: Where Did it Come From and Where is It Now?” Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

JOHN P. KEENAN: The First Wednesdays series lecture “Buddhism and Christianity” captivates listeners. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902.

PAUL VINCENT: The Keene State College professor provides context for a historical event in “The Voyage of the St. Louis and American Refugee Policy,” a First Wednesdays series speech. Norwich Congregational Church, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

PAUL WHALEN: “Face to face With the Emotional Brain” explores how the human mind interprets facial expressions as part of the First Wednesdays series. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

THOMAS DENENBERG: An illustrated First Wednesdays series lecture paints a portrait of the artist Grandma Moses. Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 773-1860.

words

J. KATES: Language lovers listen in on a presentation by VCFA’s visiting translator. College Hall Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 828-8600.

RICHARD MICHELSON: The poet behind More Money Than Go shares selected verse. College Hall Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8600.

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

WRITING CIRCLE: See WED.28.

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POSTNATAL SELF-EMPOWERMENT: See THU.29.

health & fitness

food & drink

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

FELDENKRAIS WITH GILLIAN FRANKS: See FRI.30.

games

FITNESS FLOW YOGA: See FRI.30.

CHITTENDEN COUNTY CHESS CLUB: See THU.29.

POKÉMON LEAGUE: See THU.29.

health & fitness

etc.

ASTROLOGY MEET-UP: Beginners and advanced practitioners alike come together to talk and share resources on the study of celestial bodies. Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-6050.

LAUGHTER YOGA: See FRI.30.

CORNWALL FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See THU.29.

REIKI: See FRI.30.

FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: See THU.29.

holidays

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: See THU.29.

kids

NORTHERN BRONZE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE: Familiar tunes such as “Deck the Halls” and “Feliz Navidad” fill the air during the program “Bells Merrily a’Ringing.” Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $8-12. Info, 372-5415.

PJ STORY HOUR: Little ones dress for bed and wind down with tales and treats. Fairfax Community Library, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

kids

language

DINOMAN DINOSAURS!: Curious minds embark on a trip through the Mesozoic era with an exploration of fossils. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:454:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

TAI CHI FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH: See THU.29.

BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP: See THU.29.

FRENCH CONVERSATION: Speakers improve their linguistic dexterity in the romantic tongue. Bradford Public Library, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

music

COUNTERPOINT: The Lamoille Union High School Chorus accompanies the vocal ensemble in a joint concert. Lamoille Union Middle & High School, Hyde Park, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 540-1784.

ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: See FRI.30.

EARLY-BIRD MATH STORY TIME: See FRI.30.

MUSIC WITH ROBERT: Sing-alongs with Robert Resnik hit all the right notes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

PLAY GROUP: See FRI.30.

STORY TIME: See FRI.30.

seminars

music

sports

PALMER STREET COFFEEHOUSE: DANA & SUE ROBINSON: Original and traditional folk music finds eager ears. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 518-561-6920.

STRESS BUSTING & OTHER COPING SKILLS: In the first installment of a three-part series, Linda Mahns suggests tips for managing life’s twists and turns without tension. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

words

dance

IMMUNITY & ALLERGIES: Drawing on the tradition of Tao, holistic health care provider Baylen Slote shares tools for alleviating chronic symptoms. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28.

community

ORIENTATION FOR MENTORING PROGRAM WITH PLAY IN THE WILD! & VERMONT REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: Volunteers learn about opportunities to help empower youth to reach their full potential. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 2.

BEGINNERS’ TAI CHI: See FRI.30.

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: See THU.29.

OPEN STUDIO: See THU.29.

HOMESHARE VERMONT INFORMATIONAL SESSION: Folks who have a room to spare speak with staff and learn the ins and outs of the program. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625.

ACRO YOGA: See FRI.30.

ACUDETOX: See FRI.30.

FREE AIKIDO CLASS: An introduction to the Japanese martial art focuses on centering and finding freedom while under attack. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 6-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 951-8900.

COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: See THU.29.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28, 9:15 a.m.

UVM MEDICAL CENTER FARMERS MARKET: See THU.29.

art

FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: See THU.29.

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LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources. Essex Free Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, lllessexvt@gmail.com.

BOX BROWN & JAMES KOCHALKA: The offbeat authors offer up their new works, Tetris: The Game People Play and Elf Cat in Love, respectively. Phoenix Books Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

BURLINGTON WRITERS WORKSHOP NEW MEMBER WORKSHOP: Newcomers learn about opportunities to get involved with the group, and review works of fiction, nonfiction or poetry. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

RECITE!: Rhyme-and-meter masters regale listeners with original and chosen poetry at this monthly meet-up. Mon Vert Café, Woodstock, 5:30-7 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 457-299-7073.

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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.30.

dance

DANCE, PAINT, WRITE: DROP-IN: See THU.29.

BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: See FRI.30.

HUMAN RESOURCES LUNCH & LEARN: Suzanne Ellis of Ellis HR facilitates a monthly program delving into hot topics in the human resources profession. Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Office, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 773-2747.

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: See FRI.30.

food & drink

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

ANDERS PARKER & CLOUD BADGE: Alt-rock numbers from Theres A Blue Bird In My Heart ring out.

The Welterweights open. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0406.

seminars

PARENTING IS ABOUT THE PARENT!: Family therapist Kimberly Hackett empowers moms and dads to lead and grow alongside their child. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

theater

‘LAYLA AND MAJNUN’: Mark Morris Dance Group and Silk Road Ensemble join forces for a rare Western appearance of this chamber opera love story. See calendar spotlight. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $27-70. Info, 603-646-2422.

NEW WORKS NOW 4.0 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL: A showcase of plays-in-progress features readings of scripts

by Elizabeth Heffron, Marisa Smith and Tasha GordonSolmon. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 296-7000.

words

FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths offer constructive criticism on works-in-progress by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

SAT.7 art

PAINT A PINT: Imbibers tap into their creativity by decorating a pint glass, then filling it with mead.

Colchester’s Mead Hall, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $23; preregister; limited space. Info, bmeeartdesign@gmail.com.

dance

BURLINGTON WESTIE FIRST SATURDAY DANCE: Hoofers hit the dance floor for a themed evening of blues and West Coast swing. North End Studio A, Burlington, introductory lesson, 6:30 p.m.; workshop, 7 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $7-10. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com.

etc.

CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS & RECOVERY: The Clara Martin Center marks its 50th anniversary with an art show opening, selected readings and a performance by Me2/ Orchestra. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 6:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 728-6464.

INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: See SAT.31.

JANUARY WEEKENDS: Folks visit jersey cattle, draft horses and sheep, and tour a restored 1890 farm house for a pastoral blast from the past.

Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

PALM READING: A professional interprets the lines of the hands during an evening complete with a lecture and refreshments. King Family Trading Post, Johnson, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, palmreading82@gmail.com.

film

WARREN MILLER’S ‘HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE’: Big names in skiing and snowboarding tackle daunting peaks around the globe in this tribute to all things snowsports. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $16. Info, 760-4634.

food & drink

CAPITAL CITY WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Root veggies, honey, maple syrup and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown food.

Montpelier City Hall, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8347.

CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.31.

ST. JOHNSBURY FARMERS MARKET: Growers and crafters gather weekly at booths centered on local eats. St. Johnsbury Welcome Center, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free. Info, cfmamanager@gmail.com.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

WINDSOR FARMERS MARKET: Locavores go wild for fruits, veggies, maple syrup, honey, eggs, meats, crafts and more. Windsor Welcome Center, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 359-2551.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

health & fitness

AIKIDO 101: ADULT INTRODUCTORY CLASS: A mental and physical workout is in store for those who learn the basics of the Japanese martial art.

Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 12:45-2 p.m. $15. Info, 951-8900.

GINGER’S FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.28, 8-9 a.m.

HERE TO BE: YOGATHON: Teams take on 12 hours of yoga and meditation to support Sangha Studio’s outreach programs. Hilton Burlington, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. $20-35 per team member plus funds raised; $10 for drop-in classes. Info, 448-4262.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28, 10:45 a.m.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See SAT.31.

TRADITIONAL AQUARIAN SADHANA: Sukhpran Kaur leads a practice consisting of Kundalini yoga, meditation and mantra music. Light breakfast follows. Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 5-7:30 a.m. Free. Info, 318-6050.

holidays

TWELFTH NIGHT CELEBRATION: A chapel environment enhances an evening of song, dance, instruments and prose. Snow date: January 8, 4:30 p.m. Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Donations.

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GRACE EXPLORATION PLACE FOR CHILDREN: A pancake breakfast prepares pupils for Bible-themed stories, songs, crafts and games. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 878-8071.

music

JUKEBOX: A WAREHOUSE CHAMBER MUSIC PROJECT: Composer Matt LaRocca curates this concert series presented by ArtsRiot and Vermont Symphony Orchestra. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-0406.

outdoors

MYSTERY TRIP: Hikers embark on a moderate surprise excursion. Contact trip leader for details.

Free; preregister. Info, 355-4135.

seminars

VCAM ORIENTATION: Video-production hounds master basic concepts and nomenclature at an overview of VCAM facilities, policies and procedures.

VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

theater

BRANAGH THEATRE LIVE IN HD: ‘THE ENTERTAINER’: A broadcast production of John Osborne’s musical conjures the seedy glamor of post-war Britain’s music halls. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $23. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘LAYLA AND MAJNUN’: See FRI.6, 2 & 8 p.m.

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘NABUCCO’: Biblical stories are the basis of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, broadcast on the big screen.

Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 12:55 p.m. $23. Info, 775-0903. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, preshow talk, 11:45 a.m.; show, 1 p.m. $10-24. Info, 382-9222. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $26-29. Info, 603-646-2422.

NEW WORKS NOW 4.0 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL: See FRI.6.

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POETRY EXPERIENCE: Rajnii Eddins facilitates a poetry and spoken-word workshop aimed at building confidence and developing a love of writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

SUN.8 art

ART CHURCH: Experienced artists and newbies alike deepen their reverence for the creativity within through meditation and a silent work session. Arrive 10 minutes before the start time. Expressive Arts Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $20. Info, 343-8172.

bazaars

ANTIQUES MARKET: The past comes alive with offerings of furniture, artwork, jewelry and more at this ephemera extravaganza. Canadian Club, Barre, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138.

comedy

JOHNNY PEERS & THE MUTTVILLE COMIX: The Ringling Bros. Clown College graduate and his canine companions inspire gut-busting laughter. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 2 p.m. $10-20. Info, 382-9222.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: See SUN.1.

crafts

SEWING SUNDAYS: Needle-and-thread enthusiasts mend pants, alter garments and complete current projects at an open stitching session where machines

and basic notions are provided. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 1-4 p.m. Donations. Info, 253-8358.

dance

UPPER VALLEY INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: Creative movers learn diverse routines rooted in Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, and the Mediterranean. Bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 3-6 p.m. $4-8. Info, 436-2151.

etc.

JANUARY WEEKENDS: See SAT.7.

food & drink

KNIFE SHARPENING & CUBAN SANDWICHES: Dull blades, be gone! Jim Cunningham of JRC Knife Sharpening whets cutting tools while customers dig into fresh-pressed sammies. Chef Contos Kitchen & Store, Shelburne, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $4-5 per knife; $15 for a sandwich. Info, 497-3942.

NORTHFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A gathering place for local farmers, producers and artisans offers fresh produce, crafts and locally prepared foods. Plumley Armory, Norwich University, Northfield, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, northfieldfarmersmarketvt@gmail.com.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

games

POKÉMON LEAGUE: See THU.29, noon-5 p.m.

SHRINERS SUPER BINGO: Cash prizes reward players who fashion five in a row. Robert E. Miller Expo Centre, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $30 for 12 cards. Info, 434-2055.

health & fitness

NIA WITH SUZY: See MON.2, 9-10 a.m.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28, 4:305:45 p.m.

ZUMBA FITNESS: See SUN.1.

holidays

AUTHENTIC ETHIOPIAN NIGHT: CHRISTMAS DINNER: Mulu Tewelde and Alganesh Michael serve up traditional African dishes. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 4:30-10 p.m.

Cost of food and drink; preregister. Info, 540-0406.

CHRISTMAS TREES FOR THE GOATS: Drop off your decoration-free boughs, then come face-to-face with the farm’s goats while sipping hot chocolate.

No wreaths, please. Pine Island Community Farm, Colchester, 9 a.m.-noon. Donations. Info, pineislandfarmvt@gmail.com.

NORTHERN BRONZE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE: See FRI.6, Essex St. James Episcopal Church, 3-5 p.m.

kids

‘BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR & OTHER TREASURED STORIES BY ERIC CARLE’: Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia brings the children’s author’s characters to life through black-light puppetry. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m. $13-23. Info, 603-646-2422.

language

DIMANCHES FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

SPANISH GROUP CLASSES: Students roll their Rs while practicing en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 2:45-4:30 p.m. $15. Info, maigomez1@ hotmail.com.

lgbtq

LGBTQ FIBER ARTS GROUP: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

music

NAREK ARUTYUNIAN: The Armenian-born clarinetist hits all the right notes. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 3 p.m. $12-22. Info, 775-0903.

NORTHEAST FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION MEETING: Lovers of this spirited art form gather to catch up and jam. VFW Post 792, Montpelier, noon-5 p.m.

Free; donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 728-5188.

language

UKULELE MELEE: Fingers fly at a group lesson on the four-stringed Hawaiian instrument. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m.

Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

GUITAR CLASS: See MON.2.

outdoors

BRAKES WORKSHOP: Come to a complete stop!

Cyclists learn the ins and outs of different slowing devices over free pizza. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-4475.

BUTLER LODGE VIA NEBRASKA NOTCH HIKE: Adventurers take on a moderate 6.2-mile snowshoe trek gaining 1,700 feet in elevation. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, 899-9982.

sports

WOMEN’S PICKUP SOCCER: Swift females of varying skill levels shoot for the goal. For ages 18 and up. Rain location: Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center. Soccer fields, Leddy Park, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; $3 for rain location. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

theater

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘NABUCCO’: See SAT.7, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $26-29. Info, 603-646-2422.

NEW WORKS NOW 4.0 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL: See FRI.6, 2 p.m.

words

SHORT STORY MEGAPHONE: Community members take turns reading acclaimed works of short fiction aloud in a weekly series. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-2:15 p.m. Free. Info, shortstorymegaphone@gmail.com.

MON.9 art

OPEN STUDIO: See THU.29, 3-5 p.m.

dance

ADULT AERIAL DANCE CONDITIONING: See MON.2.

ADULT CONTEMPORARY DANCE: See MON.2.

CONTACT IMPROV DANCE: See MON.2.

ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See MON.2.

music

MONDAY NIGHT COMMUNITY KIRTAN: See MON.2.

seminars

theater

LOST NATION THEATER AUDITIONS: Singers, actors and movers ages 15 and up showcase their skills for roles in the company’s 2017 season.

Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 6-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@lostnationtheater.org.

MONDAYS AT THE IMPROV: See MON.2.

words

MONDAY NIGHT POETRY WORKSHOP: See MON.2.

TUE.10 art

CELEBRATE THE ARTS NIGHT: Student artwork, fashion and engineering demos give way to music and theater performances at this family-friendly ode to creative pursuits. Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, abowker@cssu.org.

OPEN ART STUDIO: Seasoned makers and firsttimers alike convene to paint, knit and craft in a friendly environment. Bring a table covering for messy projects. Swanton Public Library, 4-8 p.m.

Free. Info, swantonartscouncil@gmail.com.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.30.

TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: See TUE.3.

crafts

OPEN CRAFT NIGHT: See TUE.3.

dance

SALSA MONDAYS: See MON.2.

BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: See TUE.3.

etc.

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: See TUE.3.

SOCIAL GATHERING: See MON.2.

SWING DANCING: See TUE.3.

games

etc.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28, 7 p.m.

health & fitness

LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:15-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-3000. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 720-272-8841.

NIA WITH SUZY: See MON.2.

film

MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: See MON.2.

LYME DISEASE PREVENTION & BIOMAGNETIC PAIR THERAPY: Health coach Alicia Feltus teaches participants natural methods for staving off symptoms of the pesky infection. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See MON.2.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28.

ZUMBA: See WED.28.

kids

BABY LAP TIME: Babes up to 24 months experience color, sound and movement through stories, songs, bounces and rhymes. Richmond Free Library, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

KIDS’ AERIAL FABRIC DANCE CLASS: See MON.2.

STORIES WITH MEGAN: See MON.2.

TEENS’ & TWEENS’ AERIAL FABRIC DANCE CLASS: See MON.2.

PUZZLED PINT: Wordplay and logic lovers tackle tricky problems on puzzledpint.com, which unlocks the location of a Tuesday night get-together with even more puzzles. Various downtown Burlington locations, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 363-0232.

‘HARVEY’: A middle-aged man’s sanity comes into question when he insists that he has an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit for a friend in this 1950 laugh riot.

Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018.

KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: See TUE.3.

food & drink

A MOSAIC OF FLAVOR: CONGOLESE BEEF STEW & UGALI: Martha Mlebinge demonstrates how to prepare traditional dishes from her native country.

McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 5:307:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister. Info, 861-9753.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

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SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: See TUE.3.

games

language

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28, 7 p.m.

BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See TUE.3.

health & fitness

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: See TUE.3.

ACUPUNCTURE TALK & CLINIC: Jennifer Etheridge pinpoints the perks of acupressure for wellness before attendees take part in group auricular acupuncture treatments. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, lecture, 2:45-3:15 a.m.; clinic, 3:15-4:45 p.m. Free; $10 for treatment; for ages 50 and up. Info, 223-2518.

BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See TUE.3.

CLEAR THE SUBCONSCIOUS KUNDALINI YOGA: See TUE.3.

DE-STRESS YOGA: See TUE.3.

FITNESS AT ANY AGE: Strength, agility, coordination and heart-healthy exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte Senior Center, 9:15-10 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

FITNESS FLOW YOGA: See FRI.30, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: See TUE.3.

ZUMBA WITH ALLISON: See TUE.3.

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CHILDREN’S UNDERGROUND FILM SOCIETY: Monthly movie screenings encourage viewers of all ages to think critically about artful cinema. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 5:30 p.m. $5. Info, 496-8994.

FAMILY YOGA DANCE: See TUE.3.

LEGO CHALLENGE: See TUE.3.

PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: Imaginations blossom when kids up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

SEWING CLUB: Needle-and-thread neophytes complete a fun project focused on basic skills and safety. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: See TUE.3.

music

business

BOOST SALES WITH LOW-COST MARKETING: Service professionals and entrepreneurs pick up tips on attracting clients and banking bucks. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 522-8498.

BURLINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY AUDITIONS: Vocalists vie for spots in the organization’s spring concert, featuring “A German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms. See bcsvermont.org for details.

Free; preregister. Info, bcssingerz@gmail.com.

dance

OPEN JAM SESSION: See TUE.3.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.28.

OPEN MIC: Singers, players, storytellers and poets entertain a live audience at a monthly showcase of local talent. Wallingford Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 446-2872.

seminars

10 PRACTICAL POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY TOOLS YOU CAN USE TO MAKE 2017 A HAPPIER YEAR: Practical tools travel out of the research lab and into participants’ lives with the promise of a positive year ahead. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

MEDICARE & YOU: AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDICARE: Members of the Central Vermont Council on Aging clear up confusion about the application process and plan options. Central Vermont Council on Aging, Barre, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-0531.

theater

LOST NATION THEATER AUDITIONS: See MON.9, 5-8 p.m.

kids

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RICHMOND STORY TIME: See WED.28.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.28.

YOGA FOR KIDS: See WED.4.

language

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.28.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.28.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.28.

food & drink

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.28.

music

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.28.

SONG CIRCLE & CIRCLE SONGS: Heidi Wilson leads an evening of vocal expression. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:45-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.28.

seminars

health & fitness

EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: See WED.28.

EVERY WEDNESDAY, EVERYONE TAI CHI: See WED.28.

GENTLE TAI CHI: See WED.28.

GINGER’S FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.28.

CHARACTER & BEING: Robert Kest demystifies the organizing dynamic that lies at the core of psychological and spiritual unfolding. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

sports

INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.28.

LUNAR YOGA/PILATES: See WED.28.

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.4.

NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.28.

words

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.28.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.28.

TAI CHI FOR ALL: See WED.28.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: See WED.28.

ZUMBA: See WED.28.

LEGO CLUB: Kiddos ages 6 and up snap together snazzy structures. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

HUCK GUTMAN: The University of Vermont professor offers a dual portrait of the writer and the war in “Walt Whitman and the Civil War” as part of the First Wednesday series. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: See WED.4.

WRITING CIRCLE: See WED.28. m

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ADOBE LIGHTROOM: Learn how to easily upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs using Adobe Lightroom.

RAW file management, exposure, white balance corrections and more will be covered. Bring a Mac-compatible portable drive with your images to the first class. Instructor: Dan Lovell.

Wed., Jan. 25-Mar. 1, 6-9 p.m.

Cost: $275/person, $247.50 for BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Digital Media Lab, lower level, Burlington.

BLACK & WHITE DARKROOM: Explore the analog darkroom and learn how to properly expose black and white film, process film into negatives and make silver gelatin prints. Cost includes a darkroom membership for the duration of the class for outside of class printing and processing and all supplies. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. Tue., Jan. 24Feb. 28, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $285/person, $256.50 for BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Community Darkroom, Lower Level, Burlington.

CONTEMPORARY FIGURE PAINTING: Recharge your figure painting practice with a contemporary approach to the figure.

Use fresh color and dynamic composition to strengthen your personal expression. Work from live models each week, explore new techniques, and get supportive feedback in a small group environment. See materials info during online registration.

Instructor: Gail Salzman. Wed., Jan. 25-Mar. 15, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Cost: $360/person, $324 for BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., 3rd-floor classroom, Burlington.

DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: Explore the basic workings of the digital SLR camera and learn how to take the photographs you

envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds, sensitivity ratings, and exposure, and analyze the basics of composition.

Bring your camera and owner’s manual to the first class. Note: no class February 20. Instructor: Dan Lovell. Mon., Jan. 23-Mar. 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $180/ person, $162 for BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Digital Media Lab, lower level, Burlington.

GLAZE CHEMISTRY: This twohour lecture will pull back the curtain to reveal the science behind this mysterious process.

We will cover families or types of glazes, the breakdown of components in a glaze, common and less common raw materials, and the basics of what you can do to start making and troubleshooting your own glazes. Instructor: Sarah Camille Wilson. Tue., Jan. 31, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., LBG Room, second floor, Burlington.

LIFE DRAWING DROP-IN: Spend the evening with other artists drawing one of our experienced models. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper.

Note: No class February 20 and no registration necessary.

Instructor: Julia Berberan. Mon., Jan. 30-Mar. 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., 3rd floor classroom, Burlington.

LINOCUT: In this three-week class, students will have the opportunity to create small designs with the relief technique of linoleum block printing. We will print these one-color blocks by hand, and then add color by experimenting with watercolor paints. Instructor: Katie Loesel. ° u., Jan. 26-Feb. 9, 6-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $90/person; $81/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., third floor classroom, Burlington.

MIXED-LEVEL DARKROOM: Refine your analog darkroom skills and expand your artistic vision. Guided sessions to help you improve your printing and film processing techniques.

Discussion of the technical, aesthetic and conceptual aspects of your work will be included. Instructor: Mary Zompetti. ° u., Jan. 26-Mar. 2, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $260/person; $234/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Community Darkroom, lower level, Burlington.

OIL PAINTING: Learn how to paint with nontoxic, water-soluble oils through fun exercises and studio work. Discover a variety of painting techniques including composition, linear aspects, form and color theory.

This supportive class is a balance of studio time, group discussion and informal critique. See materials info during online registration. Instructor: Linda Jones. Tue., Jan. 17-Mar. 7, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $280/person, $252 for BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., 3rd floor classroom, Burlington.

PRESCHOOL ART DROP-IN: This popular drop-in program introduces young children and parents to artistic explorations in a multimedia environment that is both creative and social.

Participants will create paintings, sculptures and prints with a variety of changing projects to keep everyone engaged!

Parents must accompany their children. All materials provided.

No registration necessary. Ages 6 months to 5 years. ° u., Jan. 26-Mar. 30, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: $6/child; $5/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., third floor classroom, Burlington.

WATERCOLOR: This class will focus on observational painting from still life, figure, landscape and photos. Students will paint on watercolor paper and will gain experience with composition, color theory, layering, light and shade. No experience necessary. See materials info during online registration. Instructor: Marc Nadel. Wed., Jan. 25-Mar. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $225/ person, $202.50 for BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., 3rd-floor classroom, Burlington.

February 6, with Learn to Sew I. Learn machine basics and fundamental sewing techniques. Follow up with our Learn to Sew II class on Monday, February 13, to continue building your sewing repertoire. Leave with finished projects and inspiration. Register today! Mon., Feb. 6 & 13, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $106/2 3-hour classes, materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 8810068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

ME & MOM (OR DAD!) SEWING: Children ages 7 to 13 and an adult are welcomed into our studio space for a fun three-hour, learn-tosew date! Neither child nor parent need any experience to attend.

Both will be working on their own machine and will complete their own project by the end of class. Sun., Jan. 15, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $105/1 3-hour class, materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 8810068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

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KNITTING FOR BEGINNERS I: In this three-part class, learn the basics of knitting while making your very first hat! Begin with swatching a gauge and casting on. Learn to knit and purl in the round on a circular needle. Complete by switching to double pointed needles to decrease and bind off.

Wed., Jan. 11, 18 & 25 6-8 p.m.

Cost: $108/3 2-hour classes, materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St. Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@ nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

LEARN TO SEW SERIES AT NIDO: Take our two-part Learn to Sew series beginning Monday,

ADULT: ADVANCED OIL PAINTING: Instructor: Sage Tucker-Ketcham. Designed to help traditional oil painters develop their skills to make more dynamic and complex oil paintings. Students will focus on developing a series of works and learn from demos and discussions about professional practice. Previous experience in oil painting is necessary to attend this course. ° u., Jan. 19-Mar. 23, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $310/ person, member discount avail.

Location: ° e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: BEGINNER WHEEL: Instructor: Rik Rolla. This course is great for beginners looking to learn the fundamentals of basic wheel-throwing techniques. You will learn how to center, throw, trim and glaze. After crafting your pottery on the wheel, Rik will guide you to create finished pieces for the electric oxidation kiln. Fri., Jan. 27-Mar. 17, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $335/ person, member discount avail.

Location: ° e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: HAND-BUILDING: Instructor: Sarah Ahrens.

Beginner students, as well as advanced, come together in creating hand-built sculptural forms in clay. With guidance from the instructor, students design and build projects based on individual interest, utilizing various ceramic construction techniques and surface treatments. Students will use the electric oxidation kiln. ° u., 10 a.m.-noon, Jan. 19-Mar. 16; no class ° u., Mar. 2. Cost: $335/ person; member discount avail.

Location: ° e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world-famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 355-1818, crandalltyler@hotmail. com, dsantosvt.com.

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com.

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phenomenon of Donald Trump to the climate crisis. Melding Jung’s perspectives with the ideas of 9 experts, this course considers how we might best move forward as we grapple with the challenges ahead. Led by Sue Mehrtens, author of C.G. Jung’s Wisdom for Our Time. Thu., Jan. 5, Feb 2, Mar. 2; 7-9 p.m. Cost: $90/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

drumming DJEMBE & TAIKO: Classes in Burlington, Hyde Park and Montpelier. Drums provided.

Classes for adults (also for kids with parents) Mon., Tue. & Wed. in Burlington. Wed. a.m. or Fri. a.m. in Hyde Park. Thu. in Montpelier. Most classes are in the evenings or after school.

Conga classes, too! Visit our schedule and register online.

Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin; Moonlight Studios, 1670 Cleveland Corners Rd., Hyde Park. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

SHOULDERS & CHEST SERIES: The Awareness Through Movement lessons in this 6-week series will help to lift and open the chest, improving movement and range of motion in your upper spine, neck, ribs and shoulders. Learn to take the weight off your shoulders & chest! Same series starts in Middlebury Jan. 8 and in Richmond Jan. 11. For more info and testimonials, please visit vermontfeldenkrais.com. Thu. starts Jan. 12, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Cost: $90/6-week series; $20/ drop-in class. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., Burlington. Info: Uwe Mester, 7353770, info@vermontfeldenkrais. com, vermontfeldenkrais.com.

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JUNGIAN PERSPECTIVES ON CURRENT EVENTS: In our transitional time, Carl Jung offers many thoughtful insights into what’s going on now, from the

STONE WALL WORKSHOPS: Our introductory workshops for homeowners and tradespeople promote the beauty and integrity of stone. The

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one-day workshop focuses on basic techniques for creating dry-laid walls with an emphasis on stone native to Vermont.

Workshops are held inside warm greenhouses. Space is limited.

Schedule details and registration information at website. Sat., Jan.-Mar., 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Cost: $100/one-day workshop.

Location: Red Wagon Plants, 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd., Hinesburg. Info: Queen City Soil & Stone, Charley MacMartin, 318-2411, macmartin@igc.org, queencitysoilandstone.com.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY I: Learn the basics of digital photography: camera operations, proper image exposure, file types, file editing and preparation of files for web or print. Tue., Jan. 17, 24, 31 & Feb. 7, 14, 21, 9:30 a.m.noon. Cost: $150/person; $125/ members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe.

Info: 253-8358, education@ helenday.com, helenday.com.

CHANGE YOUR LIFE: Come to Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts.

Join other thoughtful, intelligent adults to learn and practice Tai Chi, kungfu, and Chinese internal and physical exercises. Maximize your mental tranquility and clarity, physical health and fitness, and self-confidence. For people who never thought this would be for them. Weekly: Fri., 6-7 p.m. & 7-8 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-noon & noon-1 p.m.; Tue., 6-7:30 p.m.

Cost: $15/1-hour class; $50/mo. (incl. all classes offered); $5/ trial class. Location: 303 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts, 355-1301, info@wxcma.com, wxcma.com.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a Martial Arts Combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy Seals, CIA, FBI, Military Police and Special Forces. No training experience required.

Easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children.

Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them thoroughout life. IBJJF & CBJJ Certified Black Belt 6th Degree Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil! A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion. Accept no Iimitations!. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839, julio@ bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

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BILL REED VOICE STUDIO: Bill Reed Voice Studio is currently auditioning new students for private lessons & classes. Please contact Sally Olson, managing director, for more information.

Location: Bill Reed Voice Studio, 1967 Spear St., S. Burlington. Info: sallyolson@billreedvoicestudio. com, billreedvoicestudio.com.

psychology ARCHETYPAL PSYCHOLOGY: Learn how to apply myths, legends, fairy tales and other archetypal sources in this course that introduces Carl Jung’s brand of psychology. Multiple exercises are supplemented with readings

by Jung, Hillman, von Franz, Edinger and other Jungians.

Led by Sue Mehrtens. Wed., Jan. 4, 11, 18 & 25 (Feb. 1, snow day), 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person.

Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

tai chi SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

women MY LIFE ON PURPOSE: Decide that this year will be your best year yet and create it “on purpose.” Setting intentions is nice, goals are good, vision boards, crystals, cards and sage sticks are fun, but are you making it

yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers yoga classes for everyone from beginner to expert. Choose from a wide variety of drop-in classes, series and workshops in Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Gentle, Vigorous, Yoga on the Lake, Yoga Wall, Therapeutics, and Alignment.

Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here.

Cost: $15/class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/community classes.

Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com.

HONEST YOGA: Honest yoga offers practices for all levels.

We just expanded to have two practice spaces! Your children can practice in one room while you practice in the other. No need for childcare. Yoga and dance classes ages 3 months and up. Brandnew beginners’ course: This includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes, kids classes in yoga and dance, pre- and postnatal yoga.

We hold yoga teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels, as well as children and dance teacher training courses. Daily classes & workshops. $50/new student (1 month unlimited); $18/ class; $140/10-class card; $15/ class for student or senior; or $110/10-class punch card; $135/ mo. adult memberships; $99/ mo. kid memberships. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Hana, South Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

RAILYARD YOGA AND DANCE: Prosperity Kriyas, Jan. 1, 5:30-7 p.m. with Sukhpran. Aquarian Sadhana Jan. 7, 5-7:30 a.m. (free) with Sukhpran. Clear the Subconscious Series starts Jan. 3 with Sukhpran. Astrological Dreamwork (New!) with Janis starts Jan. 12 and 13. Intro to Kundalini starts Jan. 12 with Mansukh. Life Force Dance: Fri., 5-6 p.m. with Silvia. See website for schedule. Location: Railyard Yoga Studio, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 318-6050, railyardyoga@gmail.com, railyardapothecary.com.

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LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are

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happen? Decide to light this year on fire and learn how to outsmart life’s curveballs and you’ll never look back. Ladies only! Jan. 14-15, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $197/person. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., Burlington. Info: 518-528-9958, info@anianderson.com, anianderson.com/live.

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FRENCH CLASSES IN Z NEW YEAR!: French classes this winter will get your brain sparking! Wingspan Studio’s Madame Maggie provides dynamic group and private lessons. Fluent French speaker, longtime instructor, lived in Paris and West Africa. Intermediate: Mon., Jan. 9-Feb. 20, 5:30-7 p.m.

Beginner: Thu., Jan. 12-Feb. 23, 5-6:30 p.m. Advanced beginner: Thu., Jan. 12-Feb. 23, 6:45-8:15 p.m. Starting Jan. 9, multiple levels. Cost: $175/7-week session, 1.5-hour class. Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. Info: Maggie Standley, 233-7676, maggiestandley@gmail.com.

AIKIDO WORKSHOP & CLASSES: Discover the dynamic, circular martial art of aikido. Learn how to relax under pressure and how aikido cultivates core power and flexibility. Sat. workshop for adult beginners. Daily classes for adults, families and youth.

Membership is for unlimited classes. Sat., Jan. 7, 12:45 p.m.

Cost: $15/workshop for adult beginners; see website for daily classes. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Benjamin Pincus, 6th dan Shidoin, 4858428, dojo@burlingtonaikido. org, burlingtonaikido.org.

connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Cafe (meditation and discussions) meets the first Sat. of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Sun. of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun., 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

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ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this winter.

Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring.

You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for young children; they love it! Our 11th year. See our website or contact us for details. Starting Jan. 23. Cost: $225/10-week group session. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 648 Spruce Haven Rd., Waterbury Center.

Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

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LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Come alone or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Private lessons also available. Cost: $50/4week class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington.

Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, firststepdance.com

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hen you want to know what music you should listen to, it’s wise to turn to the folks who make the music you love and see what they’re into.

So, we asked some denizens of Vermont’s music community to share their picks for the best local and nonlocal music of 2016. And since this year has been depressing AF on so many levels, we also asked them to recommend a song from any year that gives them solace, comfort or hope. Here’s what they told us.

Mister Burns, the Lynguistic Civilians

LOCAL ALBUM: Gang of Thieves,

LA: The New Siberians, Black

The Falling Season COMFORT SONG: Fink, “Looking Too Closely”

NA: Slingshot Dakota, Break

Britt Shorter,

Caroline O’Connor,

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LA: Tyler Daniel Bean, On

Blue + White

CS: Gneiss, “Piano in Every

Room”

Steady Betty, singer-songwriter

Days Soon to Pass NA: Pinegrove, Cardinal CS: Whitney, “No Matter Where We Go”

LA: Violet Ultraviolet, Pop City

Craig Mitchell,

Mark Daly, Madaila

DJ, Planet 96.7, Operation Prince LA: Navytrain, Souls NA: Maxwell,

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Born to Be Loud

NONLOCAL ALBUM: Masta Ace,

BLACKsummers’night CS: Prince, “Purple Rain”

Sarah Matthews, Polite Society

LA: Tyler Daniel Bean, On

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Tim Lewis,

Days Soon to Pass NA: Gillian Carter, Dreams of Suffocation CS: Mansions, “Tangerine”

NA: Solange, A Seat at the

Table

CS: Bon Iver, “Holocene”

LA: Kat Wright, By My Side NA: Frank Ocean, Blonde

CS: Solange, “Cranes in the Sky”

Justus Gaston,

Sad Turtle, the Mountain Says No LA: Jane Boxall, Field Notes

NA: A Tribe Called Quest, We

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2016,” he continues tearfully, before excusing himself to vomit.

At the Higher Ground Ballroom, local psych-pop phenoms MADAILA not only sell out their two-night NYE party, “The Secret,” they oversell it. By a lot.

HG co-owners ALAN NEWMAN and ALEX CROTHERS consciously ignore the club’s capacity limits as thousands descend on the South Burlington venue and drink every last drop of booze on the premises.

“After the way this year went, who cares?” says Newman of their brazen defiance of the fire code. “Smoke ’em if you got ’em,” he continues, lighting a joint by the back bar. Then, staring at a

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Matisyahu Alec Benjamin

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Yonas, Healy, Mase Well

Laurie Berkner

Family-Friendly Matinees: 11am & 2pm

Lost Nation Brewing welcomes

Dead Sessions

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Crizzly, Virtual Riot

FRI 1.20

Josh Dobbs

SUN 1.22

Datsik

Brickdrop, Swimmer

Rocketsled

Jesus Nut, From the Ground Up, Hemlock Verdict

Stephen Lynch: The My Old Heart Tour

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The close of a year is a natural time for reflection. It is also a time to look ahead.

So, as has become Soundbites tradition, let’s gaze into the crystal disco ball and get a feel for what’s in store for the Vermont music scene in 2017.

Important note: These predictions, while they may be loosely based in a nugget of reality, are not meant to be taken seriously in any way, shape or form. In the many years we’ve been running this bit, not a single one of our prognostications has come true. Why? Because these are jokes, people. With that in mind…

Social scientists declare New Year’s Day 2017 as the most hungover day in Vermont history. The working theory is that New Year’s Eve revelers, following a year beset with all manner of cultural and political tragedy, drown their frustrations in an ocean of booze to an unprecedented degree.

“How is it fair that DONALD TRUMP is still alive but we lost PRINCE, BOWIE, LEONARD COHEN and ALAN THICKE?” says one obscenely hammered partier at Nectar’s in Burlington, where the RENEGADE GROOVE and locals RUMBLECAT are playing a bash dubbed “Alien Invaders! A Cosmic New Year’s Disco Party.” “Fuck

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far-off point in the distance, he mutters, “Alan Thicke, man…”

Leading up to the Madaila shows, there had been rampant speculation about just what, exactly, was the band’s big secret. New songs? Maybe some new members? Another band name change? As it turns out, the Secret is the name of a new ultraliberal underground news zine published by keyboardist and outspoken political activist ERIC MAIER. “You just can’t trust any major media outlets right now to be as virulently leftwing as the times demand,” he explains.

“Also, I think this is what Alan Thicke would have wanted.”

On Friday, January 6, in Washington, D.C., the United States Congress voids the presidential election of Donald Trump. In a shocking turn, lawmakers cite a litany of grave concerns about Trump, ranging from his innumerable financial conflicts of interest to increasing evidence of Russian influence on the election to his general douchebaggery.

“The guy really is a fucking idiot,” says Sen. JOHN MCCAIN (R-Ariz.). “And I know from idiots. After all, I once chose SARAH PALIN to be my running mate.”

In Burlington, local protest punk duo NODON, who formed in direct response to Trump’s presumed presidency, announce they are retiring.

“I think our work here is done,” says front man TRISTAN BARIBEAU, dusting off his hands. He hints at a new band in the works, YAYBERNIE. In April, exactly one year after local DJ and rapper RYAN MORIN — aka BP — passed, his old group, the AZTEXT, release

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NA: Pill, Convenience

CS: Eric Bachmann, “Mercy”

Dan Smith,

CBRASNKE, Tyler Daniel Bean LA: Noodle, White Wax

NA: Kvelertak, Nattesferd

CS: James Vincent McMorrow, “I Lie

Awake Every Night”

Brian Nagle,

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LA: Banana Schlitz, Sports & Milk

NA: Sonny & the Sunsets, Moods Baby

Moods CS: Marvin Gaye, “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)”

Michael Roberts,

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Cancer Year NA: John K. Samson, Winter Wheat CS: Land of Talk, “It’s Okay”

Forrest Brandt, Polite Society, the Bloomers

LA: Rumblecat, ’Til the Neighbors Shout NA: William Bell, This Is Where I Live

CS: Doyle Bramhall II, “Mama Can’t Help You”

Gary Lee Miller,

contributing writer, Seven Days LA: Kelly Ravin, Bonneville NA: Lydia Loveless, Real

CS: Bob Dylan, “Visions of Johanna”

CS: Parquet Courts, “Outside”

Brian Clark, Anachronist

Ben Cobane, Doom Service

NA: Twin Peaks, Down in Heaven

NA: Cass McCombs, Mangy Love

LA: Kelly Ravin, Bonneville

LA: Get a Grip, Endless

CS: Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”

CS: Hot Water Music, “Drag My Body”

Alex Budney,

NA: Every Time I Die, Low Teens

Bryan Parmelee, musician/

producer

LA: SnakeFoot & Steph Heaghney, All Gifted/Trouble EP NA: Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool CS: Sampha, “Plastic 100°C”

LA: Kat Wright, By My Side

LA: Seth Yacovone, Shovel Down;

Dave Keller, Dave Keller Band

LA: Apartment 3, Apartment 3

Brian Mital, Nectar’s

Savage Hen, the High Breaks

NA: Bruno Mars, 24K Magic CS: Brian Eno, “1/1”

Reuben Jackson, host, “Friday Night Jazz,” Vermont Public Radio

Nectar’s, Seth Yacovone Band

LA: The High Breaks, Droppin’ Off With … the High Breaks ; Sad Turtle, Ruthless & Toothless NA: Aaron Neville, Apache CS: Rolling Stones/Old and in the Way, “Wild Horses”

Matthew Hall,

Bren, Marco Polio, Comrade Nixon

LA: Phonix Dark, Cashmere Phoenix NA: S. Ayton, Slow Lose

CS: Catherine Warwick, “Pollyanna (I Believe in You)”

Kyle Thompson, DJ Fattie B

Jeremy Gartner,

CS: A Tribe Called Quest, “Melatonin”

LA: Kat Wright, By My Side; Madaila, Traces NA: A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service CS: Prince, “Purple Rain”

Charlie Frazier,

Matt Harpster, guitarist

LA: Barishi, Blood From the Lion’s Mouth

Blues for Breakfast, 106.7 WIZN

LA: Dave Keller, Right Back Atcha; Seth

NA: Esperanza Spalding, Emily’s

Sad Turtle, Savage Hen, Burning Monk

NA: Meshuggah, The Violent Sleep of

Reason CS: The Dillinger Escape Plan, “Limerent Death”; Toto, “Rosanna”

Ver Sacrum

LA: Wren Kitz, For Evelyn

NA: Daniel Lanois, Goodbye to Language CS: Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster

and Panaiotis, “Lear”

Jason Cooley,

Live at

LA: Wren Kitz, For Evelyn; The Path, Our

Matthew Hagen,

Matthew Hastings, Saturday Jan. 14, 7:30 pm

Doom Service, Polite Society, Screaming Skull

CS: Hiss Golden Messenger, “Heart Like a Levee”

Madaila, Traces; Kat Wright, By My Side NA: A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From 12/14/16 11:10 AM Here … Thank You 4 Your Service An evening CS: No particular song, but the music of of thought[New Orleans’ radio station] WWOZ provoking discussion [90.7] FM, Lil Dickey and Jah’s riddims have pushed me through this year.

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LA: Sam Moss, Fable

Tyler Daniel Bean,

Blue Button, Banana Schlitz

LA: Vultures of Cult, Pastoral

NA: Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial CS: Minnie Riperton, “Les Fleur”

LA: Kat Wright, By My Side

NA: A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From

Here … Thank You 4 Your Service

Yacovone Band, Shovel Down NA: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Let Me Get By CS: Anything from Michetti, Heady Metal

Abbie Morin,

LA: Sad Turtle, Ruthless & Toothless

D+Evolution

CS: Cat Stevens, “Peace Train”

André Maquera, West Street Digital

singer-songwriter

LA: Ben Patton, The Chantry

NA: Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, A

CS: Jeff Beck, “Right Now”

LA: Henry Jamison, The Rains

Man Alive CS: Lucy Dacus, “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore”

Ian Senesac,

CBRASNKE, Tyler Daniel Bean LA: Loupo, Enigma

NA: Destrage, A Means to No End

NA: Jeff Beck, Loud Hailer

Eric Maier,

Madaila, Future Fields

LA: Willverine, Show Up Late

NA: Childish Gambino, Awaken, My Love!

CS: PWR BTTM, “West Texas”

CS: Tyler Daniel Bean, “Year of the Snake”

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of being the music editor has been how it’s exposed me to music I might not otherwise have sought out. The job has JOSH a way of broadening your horizons.

I imagine that will be true of my new role, as well. But you’ll still see my NEXT WEEK byline in music stories occasionally. I THU 5 | FRI 6 | SAT 7 mean, somebody has to write the fake rockstar interviews, right?

As for the music section, I’m leaving it in good hands. Jordan is smart, GARY talented, ambitious and dedicated. I think the local scene will benefit from his voice and perspective. If I didn’t believe that, I wouldn’t leave the position. I’m keenly aware of the role TUES | $4 DRAUGHT / CLASSES the 7D music editor plays in the music WED | OPEN MIC / STANDUP SHOWCASE community. I feel a personal stake in THURS + SUN | STANDUP HEADLINER / IMPROV SHOW making sure my successor succeeds.

FRI + SAT | STANDUP HEADLINER The last 10 years have been genuinely transformative for me. I’ve grown as a writer and a person in ways I wouldn’t have dreamed possible. I’ve (802) 859-0100 | WWW.VTCOMEDY.COM been able to interview some of the 101 main street, BurlingtoN most influential and famous musicians in the world. And I’ve covered many more who work in relative obscurity. Untitled-61 1 12/16/16 4:58 PM I’ve fallen in love with bands, people and places. I’ve cried over the loss of dear friends in our close-knit music community. I’ve laughed, a lot. In short, I have taken more from this job than I could ever return. It’s been a hell of a run, and I can only hope that you’ve enjoyed it half as much as I have.

Thanks for reading.

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My Revenge at 242 Main

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FAMILY. The record is largely based

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in Morin’s own writings and on his unique DJ style. It is widely regarded as the best hip-hop album ever made in Vermont. There’s actually no joke here.

I can’t wait to hear that album.

Finally, in September, Burlington city officials unveil an ambitious plan to restore the decrepit Memorial Auditorium. The plans include renovating the gymnasium into a legitimate multiuse space for sporting events and major concerts, as well as upgrades for beloved basement punk club 242 Main.

Additionally, the city announces that the local nonprofit Big Heavy World will serve as the city’s official music office. Among the organization’s new duties is running 242 Main.

“That’s pretty neat,” says BHW founder JIM LOCKRIDGE. “I had only been petitioning the city for Big Heavy to be the music office for, like, 20 years. Man, time flies.”

Throughout its 30-year history, 242 Main had bounced around from one city department to another. Most recently, the club operated under the watch of the Fletcher Free Library.

“That didn’t make sense, even to us,” says a library representative of being tasked with managing 242. “Why would you put people who ‘shush’ other people for a living in charge of the loudest program in the city?”

that this Soundbites column will be my last. After nearly 10 years serving as Seven Days’ music editor, I am moving on to a new position at the company and handing the Music Guy scepter to our current assistant music editor, JORDAN ADAMS. It has been a distinct pleasure and privilege to occupy this chair in what I genuinely believe to be the most dynamic and exciting period in the history of Vermont music. The exponential degree to which the scene has grown and evolved over the past decade is astonishing. That’s a credit to the innumerable talented, visionary and passionate people who make the scene go — musicians, club owners, promoters and fans alike. I feel honored to have been able to tell their stories and share their music with you.

So why leave?

My passion for local music has not diminished. If anything, it’s only deepened since I took this gig. But after almost a decade, I increasingly find that I would like to tell other stories, too.

And, to be perfectly honest, a part of me is giddy over the notion of simply being a fan again. After all, that’s how I fell in love with local music to begin with.

At this point you might be wondering, What’s next, Dan? Great question.

For myself, the short answer is this: I don’t know, exactly — though I’m staying at 7D. In the short term, I’ll explore some other interests — sports, comedy and social activism, to name a few. I expect that over time those interests will expand and evolve into new areas. One of my favorite aspects

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Imperfect 10 Recapping the best Vermont-made music of 2016 B Y D A N BOL L ES

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ere’s a dirty little secret: There is no such thing as pure objectivity in arts criticism. Oh, sure, that’s the ideal, and something every decent critic, regardless of field, strives to attain. But we’re all ultimately products of our own tastes, biases and perspectives, no matter how much we try to suppress them in the service of neutrality.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the year-end best-of list.

Tradition dictates that I choose the 10 “best” Vermont recordings of 2016. But here’s the problem: That’s an impossible task — especially given the brilliant variety and sheer volume of excellent music made in the Green Mountain State over the past 12 months. You could make many lists of 10 great albums and present a compelling case for each.

But choose I must. So, here are 10 albums that spoke to me for any number of reasons and stood out as representing the best Vermont had to offer in 2016. But, as you are about to read, they are not the only deserving candidates.

As always, the local rock scene served as a barometer for the health of the music community at large. And a number of newer acts made their mark, suggesting that the immediate future is in good hands.

Among these, LITTLE SLUGGER longed for perfect days with nostalgic pop bliss. With two EPs, 1881 teased forthcoming action — and Brit pop. The provocative, proggy SAD TURTLE were real and spectacular. J BENGOY fanned old flames with indie jangle. IRON EYES CODY cast a steely gaze on saints and sinners.

LUMINOUS CRUSH were both luminous and crush-worthy. ORANGE JULIANS became an object of our affection. REDADMIRAL were, in fact, admirable and quirky.

RUMBLECAT riled up the neighbors.

Not that our older friends were resting on their laurels. Funk-rockers GANG OF THIEVES loudly claimed their birthright. Indie vets ANACHRONIST discovered their soul in the lost and found. The NEW SIBERIANS returned, after an extended hiatus, as colorful as ever.

Ditto VILLANELLES, whose indie-rock hearts are still blue. VIOLET ULTRAVIOLET built this city on pop. BINGER quieted skeptics with smart jams. SQUIMLEY AND THE WOOLENS made us hungry for pork chops. WAYLON SPEED side-project LUTHER went self-reflective on an eponymous debut. HENRY JAMISON braved the elements. BANANA SCHLITZ did a body good with a sporty jaunt. SETH YACOVONE dug deep. COPOUTS got drunk, as Irish punks do. In the Upper Valley, CARTON luxuriated in modern comforts and distortion. And DEREK AND THE DEMONS grew up, at least a little.

The closing of 242 Main dealt the heavy-music scene a blow. But you’d never know it by the amount of great punk, metal and hardcore records that assaulted our ears. Metal heroes BARISHI

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Newcomers were plentiful in the 802 this year. LOKI dreamed big. TATLOCK went astral. JINX INC. cut deep. BAR NONE THE BEST defined the Green Mountain sound. Producer ES-K teamed up with heavy hitters from afar. Another producer, SNAKEFOOT, sought the American dream — and gave us an EP with soul siren STEPH HEAGHNEY. It was a comparatively quiet year from the Americana fold. But the quality of local twang more than made up for lean quantity. EASTERN MOUNTAIN TIME brought it all home. DAVID ROSANE & THE ZOOKEEPERS put a bit of the city in the country. OLD SKY got blue. CRICKET BLUE got mythological. DAN JOHNSON was magic.

SARAH MUNRO & MARK LEGRAND tamed demons and tigers. BOW THAYER stripped down. And BANJO DAN kept pickin’ and grinnin’.

In jazz, soul and blues, TYLER MAST & PARADISE DIVIDE introduced us to “artgroove.” SOULE MONDE smashed the world with their own arty grooves.

Experimental ensemble the LE DUO boogied down. Chanteuse TIFFANY PFEIFFER felt the classic-jazz love. And DAVE KELLER came back better than ever with a soulful, and soul-affirming, gem.

Old friends in new places remind us that you can always come home again.

Fabled songwriter SAM MOSS proved as mystical as ever. Percussionist JANE BOXALL took notes from the field.

BLAHVOCADO got hurt and said goodbye.

ALPENGLOW continue to shine brightly.

TOMMY ALEXANDER gave us good news. And AND THE KIDS demonstrated that sharing truly is caring.

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roared. Hardcore phenoms CBRASNKE caught up. SINK OR SWIM found sincerity.

SCREAMING SKULL howled on cross-country collaboration. DOOM SERVICE delivered a goofy prophecy. SAVAGE HEN savaged local lore. VULTURES OF CULT went long.

BETTER THINGS got worse, in a good way.

And TYLER DANIEL BEAN soothed our darkest days.

Heavy music was revitalized across the lake, too, thanks largely to new punk label Rat Pâté Records. The Plattsburgh, N.Y., imprint gave us snarling, lo-fi offerings from MARCO POLIO, COMRADE NIXON and BREN, and more are on the way. Unaffiliated with that label but also from the Lake City, CRITICAL PRICKS turned out to be nice guys with really loud guitars.

For local hip-hop, 2016 was both fascinating and tragic. The untimely passing of rapper and DJ RYAN MORIN, aka BP, devastated the community. Released days after he left the building, BP’s final album with UNKOMMON revealed a profound wealth of burgeoning artistic talent and promise. In a similar way, a tribute compilation to the late, great DJ A-DOG offered both comfort and incredible music.

Longtime scene heavyweights LYNGUISTIC CIVILIANS proved grateful for their existence, even amid doubt over how much longer they’ll exist.

Fortunately, a righteous solo effort from LC cofounder MISTER BURNS suggests that the LC’s parts are nearly the sum of their whole. Another scene vet, S.I.N.SIZZLE, made a moving statement on his solo debut.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Jeff Salisbury Band (blues), 9 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Brett Hughes’ 2016 Last Gasp (country), 9 p.m., free.

LA PUERTA NEGRA: Joe Moore (jazz), 6 p.m., free. DJ Bay 6 (dance party), 9 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation.

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. Doctor Rick, S.O.B. Mobile (rock), 9 p.m., free/$5.

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MOOGS PLACE: Dead Sessions Lite (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., $5.

RUSTY NAIL: Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band with smalltalker, 8 p.m., $20/25.

RADIO BEAN: Zack DuPont (folk), 8 p.m., free.

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RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Dale & Darcy (traditional, Americana), 7 p.m., free.

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Erin CasselsBrown (indie folk), 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

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

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

Socially Irresponsible (sketch comedy), 9 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, Spiritual Rez, 7:30 p.m., $20/22.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Paint & Sip with Liz Lawson, 6 p.m., $40.

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

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MOOGS PLACE: Christine Malcolm (folk), 8 p.m., free.

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

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

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FINNIGAN’S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Polite Society (rock), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

with 95 Triple X (hits), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Lovewhip (rock), 7 p.m., $5.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup comedy), 8 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Left Eye Jump (blues), 7 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry, 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Standing Rock Benefit with the Conniption Fits, Twisted Knickers (acoustic), 7 p.m., free.

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

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Sabouyouma (West African fusion), 8 p.m., free. WRUV Presents Friend Zone Live featuring DJ Peaches (eclectic), 10:30 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Italian Session (traditional), 6 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. The Tenderbellies (bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., $2/5. 18+.

SWEET MELISSA’S: David Langevin (piano jams), 6 p.m., donation.

RADIO BEAN: Arthur Leon Adams III (indie pop), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Night Animals (funk, pop), 11 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Danny Coane & His Bluegrass Buddies, 7 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Joe Moore Band (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Mohan (blues, folk), 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bow Thayer (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Short Jam (improv), 6 p.m., free. Josh Gondelman (standup), 7 p.m., $15/20. The Daily Grind (improv), 8:45 p.m., $5.

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LA PUERTA NEGRA: Davidian/ Morse Family Band (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $6.

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middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Da.Root (hits), 9 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Vultures of Cult, Siding Spring, Kyoty (metal), 8:30 p.m., $8.

CLUB METRONOME: Latin Night with DJ Jah Red (salsa), 8 p.m., $5. Friday Night Mi Yard with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 10 p.m., $5.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Brett Hughes (country), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

Soule Monde, Mister F (funk), 9 p.m., $7.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Hailey Ward (folk, pop), 7 p.m., free.

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

SIDEBAR: Revibe (rock), 10 p.m., free.

THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING: Robin Gottfried Band (rock), 6 p.m., free.

JASPER’S TAVERN: Nix Mix DJ (hits), 9 p.m., free.

PARKER PIE CO.: NEKaraoke, 7:30 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Ausable Branch (acoustic), 10 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: All Request Night with DJ Skippy (hits), 10 p.m., free.

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burlington

ARTSRIOT: Sinkane, the High Breaks, DJ Disco Phantom (funk, indie), 9 p.m., $30/35.

CLUB METRONOME: Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

FOAM BREWERS: Local Dork (vinyl DJs), 11 a.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Josh Gondelman (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15/20.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Moar Mead & Big White (house, hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Madaila: The Secret, Arc Iris, Jeff Beam (electro-pop), 9 p.m., $20/25.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Jeezum Crow (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Freevolt (jam), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nerbak Brothers (blues), 5 p.m., free.

Cyn City (rock), 9 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Milo White (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: The Renegade Groove Presents Alien Invaders: A Cosmic Disco New Year’s Party with Rumblecat (funk), 9 p.m., $10.

RADIO BEAN: Steph Pappas Experience (roots), 5 p.m., free.

Barbacoa (surf), 10 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Jake Whitesell and Mike Hartigan (jazz), 3 p.m., free. The Full Cleveland (yacht rock), 6 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Sticks & Stones (rock), 9 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Shane Murley & the Apothecarians (folk), 8 p.m., $10.

SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: Nightrain (rock), 8 p.m., $10.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Twisted Knickers (folk), 6 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke on the Edge of ’17, 9 p.m., free.

LA PUERTA NEGRA: Dave Porcello Pop Up Dance Party with Surprise Performance, 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: The Guano Loco New Year’s Eve Show (glam rock), 9:30 p.m., $5/10.

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MOOGS PLACE: Dead Sessions Lite (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $10.

RUSTY NAIL: Into the Mystic, Sammich (Van Morrison tribute), 8 p.m., $20/25.

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northeast kingdom JASPER’S TAVERN: Wound for Sound DJ (hits), 9 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Strangled Darlings (alt-folk), 9 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland & Tim Stickle’s Old Time Music Session (traditional), 1 p.m., free.

A Tangled Web, Kelsey and the Screaming Hearts (indie rock), 10 p.m., free.

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SIDEBAR: SideBar Sundays (eclectic), 6 p.m., free.

THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Scared By Dolls (rock covers), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation.

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CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Annual New Year’s Eve Bash with DJ Earl (hits), 9:30 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Bleecker & MacDougal (folk), 11 a.m., free.

OUR 34TH ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S EVE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS SWEET MELISSA’S: Kelly Ravin (country), 6:30 p.m., donation.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Godfather Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

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

SWEET MELISSA’S: Open Mic, 7 p.m., donation.

middlebury area

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free.

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

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: John Lawton (roots, rock), 6 p.m., free.

Coalition for a Livable City Benefit featuring Charlie Messing (Americana), 7 p.m., donation. Joe Adler (folk), 8 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Family Night (open jam), 10:30 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Jazz & Fondue, 7 p.m., free.

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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 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Zodiac Sutra, the Richard Panthers Trio, Pissant (rock, experimental), 8 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. A Clever Ruse (Phish tribute), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RED SQUARE: The Eames Brothers Band (blues, rock), 7 p.m., free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Kelly Ravin (country), 6 p.m., free. Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Pine Street Jazz, 9 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Mark Daly Solo Residency (pop covers), 9:30 p.m., $5/10.

MONKEY HOUSE: Anna Reese (pop, R&B), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

stowe/smuggs

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. Ramcore, Let’s Go and Special Guests (rock, punk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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

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

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THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: StorytellingVT, 7:30 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Giovanina Bucci (acoustic pop), 9:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., $3/5.18+.

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (hits), 8 p.m., free. DJ David Chief, 11 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

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

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

United We Standup (political comedy), 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

RED SQUARE: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 7 p.m., free. Pop Rap Dance Party, 10 p.m., free.

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

chittenden county ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

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

middlebury area TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

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

outside vermont MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

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barre/montpelier

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MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold, 9 p.m., free.

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outside vermont

NAKED TURTLE: Turtle Thursdays and Ladies’ Night with 95 Triple X (hits), 10 p.m., free.

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OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry, 9 p.m., free.

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burlington

ARTSRIOT: Anders Parker and Cloud Badge, the Welterweights (alt-rock), 8:30 p.m., $8.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: The DuPont Brothers (folk), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: The Brother Brothers, Cricket Blue (folk), 9 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic dance), 10 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bow Thayer (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

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SIDEBAR: Seth Yacovone (blues), 6 p.m., free. Ron Stoppable (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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

*Circus Smirkus • Michael Chorney & Hollar General • Daby Touré

Counterpoint • DJ Joel Najman & A ‘50s Sock Hop • The Starline Rhythm Boys A2VT • Lyric Theatre Company • The Bluegrass Gospel Project Cricket Blue • The Brothers The Sock Gaviria-Andreas Guitar Duo PLUS FLYNN, Counterpoint • DJDuPont Joel Najman & A•‘50s Hop • The Starline Rhythm Boys Cricket Myra Blue •Flynn, The DuPont Brothers • TheSeverance Gaviria-Andreas Guitar Duo PLUS featuring Dave Grippo, Andric & Bobbie Duncan

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RADIO BEAN: Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Mamma’s Marmalade (bluegrass), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

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RADIO BEAN: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. The Solars (indie folk), 11:30 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Short Jam (improv), 6 p.m., free.

Gary Gulman (standup), 7 p.m., $15. Daily Grind: Syndi Zook (improv), 8:45 p.m., $5.

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

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NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. The Whiskey Dicks featuring Ryan Dempsey of Twiddle (flaccid rock), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Ryan Sweezy (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Chris and Luke (rock), 5 p.m., free. The Youngest Sun (funk, jam), 7 p.m., $5.

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

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

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Hailey Ward, Band of the Land (indie folk), 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Gary Gulman (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 7 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Orange Julians, Photoreceptor (electropop), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Sam & Dylan (rock), 5 p.m., free. The Tricksters (rock), 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

LA PUERTA NEGRA: Joe Moore (jazz), 6 p.m., free. DJ Bay 6 (dance party), 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation.

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RUSTY NAIL: Blues for Breakfast with Beg, Steal or Borrow (Grateful Dead tribute), 8 p.m., $10.

champlain islands/northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Jesse and Dave (indie rock), 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER’S TAVERN: Funk ’n Roll (classic rock), 9 p.m., $5.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: All Request Night with DJ Skippy (hits), 10 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Jukebox: A Warehouse Chamber Music Project (neo-classical), 6:30 p.m., donation.

CLUB METRONOME: Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

outside vermont

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Jazz & Fondue, 7 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Zach Nugent (acoustic rock), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Milton Busker & the Grim Work (alternative folk-pop), 8 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

WED.11

NECTAR’S: Small Change (Tom Waits tribute), 7 p.m., free. Dino Bravo, Stolk, the Parts (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

burlington

CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Brian Dolzani (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

Midwestern Medicine (rock), 11:30 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Ray Vega and Son De Los Montes (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Mark Daly Solo Residency (pop covers), 9:30 p.m., $5/10.

RED SQUARE: Zach Rhodes (soul, gospel), 5 p.m., free.

Strange Changes (rock), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (hits), 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Smithfield Boulevard (indie), 7 p.m., free.

Sunshine Supermen Boston’s freshest indie-folk quintet, the

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Dyado (folk), 7 p.m., free.

demo,” the newly minted “Old K.B.” showcases the band’s impeccable pop proclivities

SMITTY’S PUB: Dave Keller Solo (blues), 8 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Gary Gulman (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

chittenden county

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Danny Coane and His Bluegrass Buddies, 7 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Trou Millette (acoustic), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Mitch & Friends (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., free. Locals & Company (folk), 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

middlebury area

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

champlain islands/northwest

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Ryan & Slim (rock), 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER’S TAVERN: DJ Loud (hits), 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Brooke Annibale (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free.

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burlington

NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., free/$3. 18+.

SOLARS,

have but one single floating around the internet. Revived from a “decades-old

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. Ramcore, Let’s Go, Coquette (farewell show) (rock, punk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Lizard Woman, KiefCatcher (indie punk), 10:30 p.m., free.

and bodes well for forthcoming material. Singer-songwriter Miles Hewitt describes

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (hits), 8 p.m., free. DJ David Chief, 11 p.m., free.

the song as an ode to the “patron saint of unfulfilled beachside romance.” The track

SIDEBAR: Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

builds from bouncy piano chords to a near-psychedelic barrage of choral harmonies and blaring trumpet. Hewitt’s gauzy vocals recall the British Invasion’s golden era. Catch the Solars on Thursday, January 5, at Radio Bean in Burlington.

PIZZERIA VERITÀ: Jazz Brunch with the Paul Asbell Trio, 11:30 a.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Acoustic Brunch with Clara Byrne (singersongwriter), 11 a.m., free. Maple Street Six (eclectic jazz), 1 p.m., free. Andrew Stearns (country), 4 p.m., free. S.O.B. Mobile (progressive funk), 10 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.

Life of the Party (improv), 7 p.m., $5.

barre/montpelier

SWEET MELISSA’S: Kelly Ravin (country), 6:30 p.m., donation.

outside vermont

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free.

SIDEBAR: Family Night (open jam), 10:30 p.m., free.

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

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 7 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 7 p.m., free. Pop Rap Dance Party, 10 p.m., free.

6 p.m., free. Maribyrd (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., free.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Kelly Ravin (country), 6 p.m., free. Motown Monday, 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

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

stowe/smuggs

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

northeast kingdom

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

MON.9

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free.

THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Orange Julians (electro-pop), 9:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Poor Eliza with David Simmons (acoustic pop),

NECTAR’S: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., $3/5.18+.

SIDEBAR: Blackout Barbie & SVPPLY (hip-hop, hits), 10 p.m., free.

chittenden county MONKEY HOUSE: Cringe! A Night of Hilarious Humiliation (live storytelling), 8 p.m., $3/8.

18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

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

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Godfather Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

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

SWEET MELISSA’S: Open Mic, 7 p.m., donation.

middlebury area

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

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

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

Fun & Game Show (standup competition), 8:30 p.m., free.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Gyyps, Yonas, Healy, Mase Well (hip-hop), 7:30 p.m., $12/15.

MONKEY HOUSE: Rosedale, Mr. Doubtfire (rock), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

barre/montpelier WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER’S TAVERN: Blues Jam, 7 p.m., free.

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

outside vermont MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

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

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, 524-0909 SNOW SHOE LODGE & PUB, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456 TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405

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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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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 CITIZEN CIDER, 316 Pine St., Burlington, 497-1987 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 THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL, 160 Bank St., Burlington, 859-0888 FINNIGAN’S PUB, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209 FOAM BREWERS, 112 Lake St., Burlington, 399-2511 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, 8633759 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 SPEAKING VOLUMES, 377 Pine St., Burlington, 540-0107 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

HINESBURGH PUBLIC HOUSE, 10516 Vt., 116 #6A, Hinesburg, 482-5500 JAMES MOORE TAVERN, 4302 Bolton Access Rd. Bolton Valley, Jericho,434-6826 JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN, 30 Rte., 15 Jericho, 899-2223 MONKEY HOUSE, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563 OAK45, 45 Main St., Winooski, 448-3740 ON TAP BAR & GRILL, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309 PARK PLACE TAVERN, 38 Park St., Essex Jct. 878-3015 ROZZI’S LAKESHORE TAVERN, 1022 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342 SHELBURNE VINEYARD, 6308 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-8222 STONE CORRAL BREWERY, 83 Huntington Rd., Richmond, 434-5767 SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL, 733 Queen City Park Rd., S. Burlington, 863-2909 WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Winooski, 497-3525

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ermont has no shortage of artists or art exhibits — in fact, it’s only slight hyperbole to say that original work is on display wherever there are walls throughout the state. Granted, we can’t see every exhibit. But collectively, the arts writers of Seven Days bear witness to a great deal of creative output over a year. While we admired many others, here are our subjective favorites from 2016’s crop.

“Things Best Forgotten”

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Our favorite art exhibitions of 2016

This exhibition of contemporary ceramic works pushed against definitions of fine art and craft, and even challenged “restrictive habits of categorization in a larger sense,” Rachel Elizabeth Jones wrote in her review. In addition, each of the 10 artists put forth individual agendas in their work. The most overtly political pieces were by Roberto Lugo and Jessica Putnam Phillips. Philadelphia-born Lugo teaches ceramics at Marlboro College and describes himself as a rapper, poet, activist and educator. Nearly all of those roles came through in his astonishing works, such as “Black Centuries Vase,” featuring black and white historical figures. Putnam Phillips’ wall-hung ceramic plates, meanwhile, explored the intersection of gender and modern warfare. These and other remarkable works found a balance between playfulness and gravity and, without dismissing the legitimacy of artisanal pottery, gave us a broader experience of the age-old medium.

Detail of “Portrait (Monster Beauty)” by Kathleen Schneider

Curator Rachel Moore has presented quite a few notable exhibitions this year — the bold, athletic works of Pat Steir come to mind. But the group exhibit “Intimacy + Materiality,” a

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Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, January 22 to April 10; helenday.com

Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley’s glass-plate lantern slides

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Shelburne Museum, January 23 to May 30; shelburnemuseum.org

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meditation on textiles and associated concepts of femininity and labor, was particularly visually and intellectually compelling. From the suggestively plump, pink trapunto wall sculpture “It’s Not That Simple,” by Burlingtonbased Wylie Sofia Garcia to the biomass-like-crochet sculpture “Pelt,”

by Brooklyn artist Emily Barletta, the works employed traditionally female textile techniques to create strong visual narratives. As Rachel Elizabeth Jones wrote in her review, Moore deftly used the mediums “to express deeper connections — in this case, between fiber and physicality.”

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The works amassed by curator Carolyn Bauer could hardly have been more diverse, or more engaging — a Monet impressionist haystack and a video game, tiny black-and-white etchings and oversize color photographs, 3D works and film, and much more. All addressed, of course, the subject of winter, particularly the manifestations of water: frozen, liquid, gaseous. The moods shifted, too: Within one exhibit, viewers could variously feel amused, contemplative, awestruck, fascinated and alarmed. A video of melting ice and a soundscape of glaciers calving provided an ominous overlay. Plenty of beauty was on display, as well, not least

in the always-wondrous photographs of Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley. Those who sought a representation of winter’s psychological darkness could find it in, of all things, surprisingly sinister snow globes.

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“Traveler” by Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz

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BigTown Gallery, Rochester, February 24 to July 9; bigtowngallery.com

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f ANNE CUMMINGS: Works created from the artist’s convictions about caring for the environment and the need to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Reception: Friday, February 3, 5-7 p.m. January 1-February 28. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

With a sharp eye, gallery owner and curator Anni Mackay assembles quality shows again and again, with little fanfare. This exhibition brought together works by seven mature artists with or without strong Vermont ties: Varujan Boghosian, Pat dipaula Klein, Helen Matteson, Ira Matteson, Nicholas Santoro, Hugh Townley and John Udvardy. Mackay told Seven Days that the show grew from her efforts to archive the oeuvre of late Thetford artist Helen Matteson. With more than 60 works, she crafted a light and airy display that moved gracefully between wood and stone, intricacy and starkness, motion and meditation.

ONGOING SHOWS

STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ART THERAPY EXHIBIT: A group show of artworks created to raise awareness about domestic abuse and relationship violence. January 3-25.

Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

CHRISTY MITCHELL: “IRL,” a mixed-media exhibition that uses photography, sculpture and digital works to present the artist’s trials of dating in the digital age. FRANK DEANGELIS: “Heartrocities,” paintings created in the past seven months by the Burlington artist. Through December 31. Info, 578-2512. The Backspace Gallery in Burlington.

f TWINFIELD STUDENT ART SHOW: An exhibition of the semester’s works by media and painting students, including charcoal drawings, pastels and acrylics. Reception: Thursday, January 12, 6 p.m.; reading from Twinfield students at 7 p.m. January 10-February 25. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield.

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Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, February 10 to May 22; flemingmuseum.org

‘SCULPTURAL ARCHITECTURE’: An exhibition of student work from Jim Butler’s fall class ART180, featuring intricate houses made from balsa, hardwoods, foamcore and fused glass.

Each is built to fit an actual site on campus by combining practical approaches of architectural thinking with the philosophical freedoms of studio art. January 10-17. Info, 433-3168.

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BAHAR BEHBAHANI: “Let the Garden Eram Flourish,” an exhibition of paintings, installation and video inspired by the Iranian artist’s contemplation of identity. January 5-March 12. Info, 603-646-2426.

Hood Downtown in Hanover, N.H.

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ESSEX ART LEAGUE MEETING: Monthly business and social time for members, followed by an artist presentation. First Congregational Church Essex, Essex Junction, Thursday, January 5, 9-11 a.m. . Info, jdbeebo@yahoo.com.

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DOK WRIGHT: “Sammada Photographs,” largescale images on canvas. Through December 31.

Info, 864-2088. Artspace 106 at the Men’s Room in Burlington.

GRAPHIC DESIGN CAPSTONE SHOW: Senior graphic design students exhibit a diverse group of projects representing the culmination of their concentration. Through December 31. Info, cthompson@champlain.edu. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington.

HOLIDAY MARKET: A selection of artwork and handmade gifts for the holiday season. Through January 4. Info, 777-7777. ONE Arts Center in Burlington.

KEVIN MONTANARO: An exhibition of highly detailed works meant to convey the spectrum of human emotions. Through January 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee, Pine Street, in Burlington.

LYNN CUMMINGS: Paintings in a wide variety of styles by the local artist. Through March 31.

Info, 651-9692. RETN & VCAM Media Factory in Burlington.

‘MAKE NICE’: A group exhibition of works by Iskra Print Collective students Jordan Carrell, Kelly Chamberlain, Colleen Clark, Todd Cummings, Teal Dogget, Elisa Freeman, Mikey LaViolette, Lisa Rader, Lauren Riegelman, Sasha Ross Becker, Jamie Tam, Kim Williamson, Jessica Wood and Jill Zborovancik. Through December 30. Info, 864-5884. Karma Bird House in Burlington.

MARC FONTAINE: “45 Years Later,” an exhibition of photos representing the artist’s return to photography. Through January 1. Info, 540-8333. Sequoia Salon in Burlington.

‘OF LAND & LOCAL: WATERSHED’ AT BCA: The fourth iteration of the annual exhibition features new site-specific and place-based works relating to the Vermont landscape, presented by Shelburne Farms and Burlington City Arts. Exhibiting artists include Sean Clute, Cameron Davis, Al Larsen, Rachel Moore, Michael Zebrowski, John Douglas, Casey Blanchard, Galen Cheney, Mark Reamy and Gail Salzman. Through January 14. Info, 865-7166.

BCA Center in Burlington.

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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, January 6, 5-8 p.m. Info, 264-4839.

COLLEEN MURPHY: “Alternate Realities,” a series of photographs and painted diptychs that explore the contrast between objective and subjective views of objects and spaces. Through January 13.

Info, 658-5731. The Daily Planet in Burlington.

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‘CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS AND RECOVERY’: The Clara Martin Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, showcasing the talents of those who recognize mental health as an essential part of overall well-being. The Me2 Orchestra, a classical music organization for people with mental illnesses and those who support them, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, Saturday, January 7, 6:30 p.m. $10 advance; $15 at the door. Info, 728-6464.

CAROLINE BICK: Photographs by the University of Vermont studio art major. Through December 31. Info, 865-6227. Uncommon Grounds Coffee and Tea in Burlington.

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CELEBRATE THE ARTS NIGHT: Students share their creative work, including visual arts, fashion design, theater and engineering design, as well as jazz band and chorus performances, Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, Tuesday, January 10, 6-9 p.m. Info, 482-7142.

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While the concurrent and thoroughly enjoyable exhibit “Pop Art Prints” filled the museum’s large East Gallery, Samuel Bak’s smaller show in the modest Wolcott Gallery was a powerful art-history excursion of a different order. Born in 1933, Bak is a Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor who now lives in Massachusetts. This abbreviated retrospective spanned his childhood in the Vilna Ghetto and contemporary times.

Aside from several early, darkly expressionist works, the exhibit was dominated by paintings. Bak’s stunning works combine exquisite, fine-brush technique and a palette of contrasting ochre and turquoise accented with rich jewel tones. While the subject matter — buildings reduced to rubble, smokestacks, Jewish symbols — represents destruction and sorrow, Bak’s works are also beautiful: unfathomable devastation bathed in golden light. The exhibit did more than memorialize a gruesome chapter in human history; it was “as fresh as today’s news of another terror attack,” I wrote at the time. To which we might now add: as fresh as Aleppo.

LIFE PAINTING SESSION: Join Billy Brauer to draw and paint from live models, who generally hold one pose for two hours. BYO materials; all media welcome. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Thursday, December 29, 7-9 p.m. $12. Info, 839-5349.

‘IN THE DETAILS’: A group exhibition of works by 17 Vermont artists: David Ambrose, Emily Barletta, Mel Bernstine, Halsey Chait, Cathy Cone, Jonathan Cowan, Denise Driscoll, Lori Ellison, Patricia Fabricant, Jeanne Heifetz, Karen Henderson, Taney Roniger, Jessica Rosner, Gowri Savoor, Lynda Schlosberg, Oriane Stender and Carleen Zimbalatti. January 1-31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

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IN RESIDENCE: DUG NAP: The Burlington artist makes himself available to customers to talk about his work and sign prints. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery, Burlington, Friday, December 30, 1-6 p.m. Info, 863-6458.

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ONGOING SHOWS

‘OUT OF DARKNESS TOWARDS LIGHT’: New mixed-media works by Lily Hinrichsen and Karla Van Vliet, each depicting their journey from the mysteries of darkness to the illuminations of light. Through December 31. Info, lilyhinrichsen@ gmail.com. Flynndog in Burlington.

‘Grandma Moses: American Modern’ Shelburne Museum, June 18 to October 30; shelburnemuseum.org

Challenging the line historically drawn between modern and “folk” art, this academically rigorous exhibition reexamined the legacy of Anna Mary Robertson Moses, aka Grandma Moses. The show made use of the Bennington Museum’s Moses public collection — the world’s largest — to place the Vermont painter’s signature rural landscapes alongside works by such artists as Joseph Cornell, Helen Frankenthaler, Miriam Schapiro and Andy Warhol. “Our goal from the beginning,” Bennington curator Jamie Franklin told Seven Days in July, “was to make people understand that Moses wasn’t this random phenomenon.” In his catalog essay, Shelburne executive director Tom Denenberg posits the postwar fascination with an idyllic rural America as a major factor in shaping the reputation of the beloved American popular artist.

SALLY LINDER: “White Magnetism,” an exhibition of paintings and drawings inspired by the artist’s visits to the Arctic. Through April 1. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington.

f ‘SMALL WORKS’: A group exhibition of works in a variety of mediums measuring 12 inches or smaller. Reception: Friday, January 6, 5-9 p.m. Through January 28. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

STEVE MANN: “Faces of the Family Room,” portraits of families from Burlington’s Family Room Parent Child Center. Through January 31.

Info, nellishee@gmavt.net. Burlington City Hall.

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“Bennington, 1945” by Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses

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STEVE SHARON: Paintings by the local artist.

Through December 31. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

VERMONT PHOTO GROUP: “Framed,” a group exhibition of images featuring the various realities of frames within frames, taken by 13 Vermont photographers. Through December 31.

Info, 434-5503. Mirabelles Café in Burlington.

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‘THE BLUES’: Exhibition of works incorporating the color blue. Through December 31. Info, 899-4936. Jericho Town Hall.

HARALD AKSDAL: “Landscape Portraits and Other Things,” drawings inspired by the artist’s admiration for the natural world. Through December 31.

Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

‘IN STILLNESS’: A juried exhibition of still life photographs, selected by Burlington artist Diane Gabriel. Through January 1. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.

PETER FRIED: Oil paintings inspired by underrepresented elements of Vermont’s landscape and built environment. Through February 28.

Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

SAMANTHA HANDLER: More than 30 works that reflect on the human experience of living, by the Shelburne artist who has stage IV cancer.

Through January 29. Info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in Shelburne.

‘Modes of Conduction’

At just about a year old, the curatorial initiative Overnight Projects, headed by Abbey Meaker and Sarah O Donnell, achieved a major coup. It enlivened Burlington’s decrepit coal plant with works by three Germany-based artists: Vesko Goesel, Peter Miller and Viktoria Strecker. After just nine days of working on-site, the artists debuted their conceptually sophisticated works to the public. Together, the installations — which changed over the course of the exhibition — brought the plant alive while reflecting on its ghostly obsolescence. The artists achieved this goal in part through the use of ephemeral materials, from Goesel’s delicate silver fabric to Strecker’s detritus-like Plexiglas to Miller’s re-enchantment of a schoolroom overhead projector.

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Moran Plant, Burlington, August 6 to 28; overnightprojects.com

SUSAN RABER BRAY AND JOHN RIVERS: “The Natural World and Its Muse,” an exhibition of sculptures and paintings by the Vermont artists.

Through December 31. Info, 985-3819. All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne.

‘TREASURE THE SMALL’: A group exhibition focused on small and affordable original art, featuring more than 25 regional fine artists.

Through January 31. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

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‘CELEBRATE!’: Annual local arts celebration featuring a wide variety of art and crafts created by more than 75 SPA member artists. Through December 30. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

FIBER ART EXTRAVAGANZA: An exhibition featuring rug-hooked creations by the Champlain Island Fiber Bees and upcycled Christmas sweater stockings from Nancy Gadue. Through December 31. Info, 223-1981. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.

‘FREAKS, RADICALS & HIPPIES: COUNTERCULTURE IN 1970S VERMONT’: An exhibition that explores the influx of people and countercultural ideas to the state, from communes to organic agriculture, progressive politics to health care reform, alternative energy to women’s and gay rights. Through December 30. Info, 479-8500. Vermont Heritage Galleries in Barre.

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‘IN PRAISE OF WATER’: Goddard College artists approach the theme of water from multiple

perspectives: aesthetic, ecological, social, political, spiritual and contemplative. Artists include Richard Ambelang, Susan Buroker, Kate Egnaczak, Dan Goldman, Tom Hansell, Seitu Jones, Phillip Robertson, Cynthia Ross, Sharon Siskin, Ruth Wallen and Nanci Worthington. Through April 9.

Info, 322-1604. Goddard Art Gallery, Pratt Center, Goddard College, in Plainfield.

IRIS GAGE: Handcrafted botanical art by the apothecary owner. Through December 31. Info, 223-0043. Grian Herbs Apothecary in Montpelier.

MICHAEL STRAUSS: “Making Thought Visible,” an exhibition of paintings in watercolor, oils, acrylic, pastel and ink by the Vermont artist and University of Vermont instructor, who investigates drawing and painting as a form of problem solving. Through January 13. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

NITYA BRIGHENTI: “Vermont Streetscapes,” watercolors exploring the atmosphere and shadow aspects of tonal painting. Through December 31.

Info, 229-9060. Coffee Corner in Montpelier.

PRIA CAMBIO: “And Somewhere Else There’s a Beach,” beachscape paintings and drawings by the Vermont artist. Through April 8. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli in Barre.

‘SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST’: An exhibition of paintings by visual artist Kathleen Kolb and poetry by Verandah Porche.

Through December 31. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

‘SHOW 14’: An exhibition featuring the latest works of the collective gallery’s growing membership of local, contemporary artists. Through January 28.

Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier.

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ERIC TOBIN & MARILYN JAMES: “Two Views of Vermont,” interpretations of the local landscape.

Through December 31. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

KENT SHAW: “Retro Looks,” an exhibition of works by the Elmore photographer. Through January 3.

Info, 888-1261. Morrisville Post Office.

MEMBERS ART SHOW: An eclectic group exhibition featuring the works of art center members, shown among 13 community-decorated evergreen trees and a Hanukkah display of menorahs, games and dreidels. Curated by Amanda Marquis and Chiyomi McKibbin.

Through December 31. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

MICKEY MYERS: “One of a Kind,” an exhibition of pastel monoprints guest-curated by Kelly Holt.

Through January 2. Info, 888-1261. Gallery at River Arts in Morrisville.

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AXEL’S HOLIDAY GROUP EXHIBITION: The annual group exhibition features works by Vermont artists Kelly Holt, Christian Magnani, Marilyn Ruseckas, Gerald K. Stoner, Athena Petra Tasiopoulos and Larry Weinstein. Through January 7. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

‘DIVERSITY’: Works by local artists in a variety of mediums, curated by Valley Arts. Through December 31. Info, 583-2922. The Bridges Vermont Resort & Tennis Club in Warren.

JOHN DEMPCY: An exhibition of abstract works inspired by the artist’s engagement with quantum physics. Through January 21. Info, 617842-3332. Walker Contemporary in Waitsfield.

JUDY DODDS: A retrospective exhibition featuring works in a variety of mediums, including handdyed and woven fabric, appliqué and quilted wall hangings, and hooked rugs by the octogenarian artist. Through December 30. Info, 496-6682.

Vermont Festival of the Arts Gallery in Waitsfield.

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JACKSON GALLERY HOLIDAY SHOW: Unique and affordable works made by 22 regional art-

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ists. Through December 31. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

‘MORE LIGHT’: An exhibit of small works by Anne Cady, Bonnie Baird, Cameron Schmitz, Katie Loesel, Pamela Smith, Rebecca Kinkead and Sobelman Cortapega. Through January 15. Info, 877-2173.

Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

‘SEVEN ARTISTS FOR OUR SEVENTH BIRTHDAY: A SMALL WORKS SHOW’: Works on view from Amy Brnger, Irma Cerese, Michael Egan, CJ Hockett, Sara Katz, Hannah Sessions and Patty Sgrecci. Through December 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls.

‘WOODEN WONDERS’: Celebrating Vermont’s history as a wood manufacturer, this exhibition features a variety of historical toys. ‘WORLD CHALLENGES’: Planned before the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, this exhibition features works addressing climate change and the global refugee crisis. Works by Vermont artists Chuck Herrmann and Sarah Ashe are included, along with a selection of Syrian textiles from local collector Sansea Sparling. Through January 14. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

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ALL MEMBER EXHIBITION: Annual show of works by the center’s member artists, both professional and novice. Through January 26. Info, 775-0356.

Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

DIANE FITCH: “Interiors,” paintings of complex spaces that attempt to capture a nonstatic viewpoint. Through January 7. Info, 282-2396.

Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

‘THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON: MY FAVORITE THINGS’: Artist guild members share works, including framed original art, giclée prints, jewelry, wood, clay, mixed media and glass, as well as handmade ornaments. Through January 31. Info, 247-4956.

Brandon Artists Guild.

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‘DINOSAUR REVOLUTION’: An interactive maze and hands-on learning experience that investigates all things dinosaur. Through January 1. ‘MAKING MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS’: An exhibition that explores the science behind making rhythms and harmonies heard. Through September 17. Info, 649-2200.

Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

RIA BLAAS: “To Rustle,” an exhibition of the Sharon artist’s latest sepia paintings, wooden sculpture, bowls and oil paintings. Through January 31. Info, scavenger.gallery@gmail.com. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

TWO RIVERS PRINTMAKING: Hand-pulled prints by studio members that explore ambition and redemption, and the magic and passion of Macbeth and A Christmas Carol. Through December 31. Info, 295-5901.

Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction.

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‘FROM LUMINOUS SHADE’: Painter Margaret Lampe Kannenstine, poet Guiseppe Ungaretti and translator Ann McGarrell take viewers on a journey from despair to renewal, as they mourn the untimely passing of their sons. Through January 8.

Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

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WINTER MEMBER SHOW: Affordably priced paintings and photography by local artists. Through January 1. Info, 362-1405. Yester House Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester.

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BRENDA GARAND: “Touching at a Distance,” sculptures and paintings made with cold-rolled steel, flood clay, wool from the Johnson Woolen Mills, porcupine quills, walnut ink and black felt paper. Through January 15. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery at BALE in South Royalton.

‘FIGURATION’: An exhibition of paintings by Randolph artist Mark Goodwin and Contoocook, N.H., artist Lucy Mink-Covello. FULVIO TESTA: “Landscape and Figure,” watercolor paintings by the Italy-born painter. Through February 14. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

LOUIS C. CHAP: A retrospective exhibition of commercial art, paintings and other works by the late Stockbridge artist. Through February 18. Info, 7637094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

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DIANNE SHULLENBERGER: An exhibition of works by the Vermont artist. Through December 31. Info, vtdianne@hotmail.com. Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon, N.H. ‘INNER SOUL: THE SCULPTURAL WORK OF LAWRENCE J. NOWLAN JR.’: Figurative works by the late sculptor. Through December 31. Info, 603-4483117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. MONTRÉAL BIENNIAL: ‘THE GRAND BALCONY’: Works by 50 contemporary artists from 23 countries, including specially commissioned pieces by Éric Baudelaire, Valérie Blass, Nicole Eisenman, Janice Kerbel, David Tretiakoff and Luc Tuymans.

Through January 15. Info, 514-847-6232. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. ‘SHE PHOTOGRAPHS’: An exhibition featuring 70 works by 30 contemporary women photographers, including Nan Goldin, Catherine Opie, Kiki Smith and Marnie Weber. Through February 19. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. m

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‘ARTISTS OF THE MOHAWK HUDSON REGION’: Eightieth annual exhibition, featuring 126 works by 106 regional artists. Guest-curated by Michael Oatman. ‘TRANSFORMING THE HYDE: THE FEIBES & SCHMITT GIFT’: An exhibition featuring works from the newly accessioned 160-piece collection donated by Werner Feibes and the late James Schmitt. The show expands the museum’s focus to include postwar nonobjective and abstract art.

Through December 31. Info, 518-792-1761. The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y.

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2017 EEC rates $0.01400/kWh $0.01192/kWh $0.00866/kWh

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Current EEC rates $0.00979/kWh $0.00871/kWh $0.00699/kWh

2017 EEC rates $0.00905/kWh $0.00811/kWh $0.00642/kWh

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‘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. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

‘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 & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.

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TWO RIVERS HOLIDAY PRINT SHOW: Annual group exhibition featuring prints by artist members that demonstrate a variety of printmaking techniques, from relief to solar plate. Through December 31.

Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

9 short appointments (approximately 20 minutes each)

‘WHEELBARROW ART’: An exhibition of works including oil paintings, prints, T-shirts, gourd art and more. Through February 28. Info, patchworkbake@hotmail.com. Info, 472-9933. Hardwick Inn.

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SETH HARPER GOODWIN: “Images of the Soviet Union, 1988,” an exhibition of photographs documenting the waning days of the former USSR. Through January 13. Info, 649-1184. Norwich Public Library.

Researchers at the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health are looking for women who are currently pregnant to participate in a study on health behaviors and infant birth outcomes.

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‘PORTRAIT OF A FOREST: MEN AND MACHINE’: An exhibition of contemporary photographs by Weybridge photojournalist George Bellerose, shown alongside archival photographs and commentary from the logging and forest products community. Through December 31. Info, 334-1966.

MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

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GUEST ARTISTS: The gallery welcomes master knitter Rachel Kahn, illustrator Zoë Tilley Poster, polymer clay jeweler Mindy Jackson-Jefferys and woodworker Detlev Hundsdorfer. Through December 31. Info, 235-9429. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock.

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Hood Downtown, Hanover, N.H., September 16 to December 11; hoodmuseum. dartmouth.edu

‘White Noise Now Presents: Salt’

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This unique multimedia performance was a collaboration of movement artist Erika Senft Miller, light artist Craig Winslow and sound designer Miles Dean.

The group, collectively called White Noise Now, created a riveting production in an unconventional industrial location: the salt shed owned by Vermont Railway at the southern end of Battery Street. Winslow projected threads of light into the belly of the building, focusing the audience’s gaze on the performers who swirled and contorted among them. Dean’s sonic landscape created a mesmerizing dream world. Senft Miller tied it all together with choreography that used the entire space, including the massive salt pile that fills half the building. In short, it was a rapturous affair, leaving the witnesses eager to see more from this trio.

“Mourning Cloth” by Sabrina Leonard

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Performance in the salt shed

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The New York-based French photographer’s surreal images made up the first of 10 shows scheduled for the Dartmouth College Hood Museum of Art’s temporary gallery while the campus institution undergoes renovations.

Soulier’s work — examinations of childhood and imagination, inspired by Russian

nesting dolls and algorithms of pattern — places elaborately dressed children in equally elaborate, fantastical miniature sets. In addition to shooting the tableaux, Soulier made each element in her scenes by hand. By playing with scale, “Soulier challenges our eyes, our brains and even our sense of what is real,” Meg Brazill wrote in her review. “The persistence of that questioning — what is true, what is false? — grips us long after we exit through the gallery’s glass doors and back into the real world.”

‘Awaken’

Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, November 14 to 20; jsc.edu

Created before November’s presidential election, this collaborative exhibition organized by Underhill artist Sabrina Leonard was a strong, focused rebuke to racial injustice and white apathy in America. The show’s central element was the “Mourning Cloth,” a massive shroud sewn together by community volunteers, who disassembled donated pillow covers, dyed them black and reassembled them. Both the exhibition’s title and the use of ordinary linens arose from Leonard’s engagement with African American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me. The book uses metaphors of sleeping and waking — related to the idiom “being woke” — to grapple with the sometimes violent policing of black and brown individuals. In addressing racialized violence through the simple, meaningful process of creating a memorial, Leonard broke free from the tendency of political art shows to traffic in vagueness.

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BCA Center, Burlington, January 22 to April 9; burlingtoncityarts.org

Three artists — Nurjahan Akhlaq, Seher Shah and Aqsa Shakil — have lived in multiple cities around the globe, including in the U.S. As their names suggest, each originates in South Asia. While that region of the world is fraught with geopolitical significance, the ruminations of this trio of women were personal. Mixed-media paintings, collage and a dreamy short film awash in tragedy overlaid foreign elements with the universal poignancy of memory and loss.

‘To China and Back’

River Arts, Morrisville, March 3 to May 2; riverartsvt.org

‘Portraiture Reimagined’

‘Fully Involved: Bunny Harvey Paintings’

Champlain College Art Gallery, Burlington, June 23 to September 3; champlain.edu

White River Gallery at BALE, South Royalton, June 25 to September 11; balevt.org

In “Portraiture Reimagined,” Burlington photographer Todd R. Lockwood indulged his long-held love for large-scale, exacting black-and-white head shots. But this

The “thrum of a Vermont summer” was omnipresent in Bunny Harvey’s newest and “most fearless” works. Even this tiny gallery space could not limit the multiple sensations that her paintings — particularly

“Sweet Spill” (left) and “Fabricate” by Cal Lane

BCA Center, Burlington, April 15 to June 25; burlingtoncityarts.org

“Verges” by Bunny Harvey

artwork will be published in Vermont Art Guide #3. To apply, complete this form: kasini.submittable.com/submit/72308/ art-of-winter. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington. Through December 30. Info, 578-2512.

THE DAILY PLANET: Seeking local artists to display work for two-monthlong shows. Send samples of work with dimensions to art@dailyplanet15.com.

Deadline is rolling. The Daily Planet, Burlington. Info, art@dailyplanet15.com.

‘FOLLOWING THE RULES / BREAKING THE RULES’: Seeking art in any medium by local artists for an upcoming show juried by Glen Coburn Hutcheson, Kathleen Kolb and Tom Slayton.

The theme is “We live by rules. Some rules are personal; some are societal; others are merely artistic.” Works must be made within the last five years.

Deadline: December 30. T.W. Wood

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‘Sargent to Basquiat: University of Vermont Ulumni Collections’ A unique, ambitious exhibit featuring 64 artworks by 45 artists, “Sargent to Basquiat” had one unifying thread: All its pieces were loaned from the private collections of UVM alumni. What might have been a sprawling and disjointed exhibition benefited greatly from the curatorial vision of museum director Janie Cohen. Her placement of individual works suggested — and invited viewers to discover — commonalities between them.

It was an engaging romp through 20th-century art.

Gallery, Montpelier, Through December 30. $25 for three submissions; $10 for each additional. Info, 262-6035.

GODDARD ART GALLERY: Seeking proposals for solo, group and/or theme shows for the upcoming spring and fall seasons. Proposals should be sent to artcommittee@goddard.edu, and should include a description of the proposal, works, name of artist(s), contact information, three to five images (JPEG) not to exceed 3MB in total. Images should be numbered and titled with last name. Deadline: January 31. Goddard Art Gallery, Pratt Center, Goddard College, Plainfield. Info, 322-1604.

‘THE HEART SHOW’: Seeking visual artists to participate in the first annual heART Show and auction, to benefit SPECTRUM Youth & Family Services.

Artists working in all mediums are

invited to create an original piece using a provided 10-by-9-inch heart-shaped surface. $15 entry fee. To submit and for more info, visit rusticrootsvt.com/ heart-show. Deadline: December 31.

Rustic Roots, Shelburne. Info, 985-9511.

‘LE PAYSAGE’: Seeking submissions of landscape photography for an upcoming exhibition to be juried by Sandrine Hermand-Grisel. For details and to submit, visit darkroomgallery. com. Deadline: Wednesday, December 28, 11:59 p.m. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction. $29 for five images; $5 for each additional. Info, 777-3686.

TEACHING ARTISTS: Across Roads Center for the Arts seeks artists looking to share their knowledge with a central Vermont audience through ongoing workshops. For more information and to submit a proposal, email info. acrossroads@gmail.com. Deadline:

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December 31. Grange Hall, Waterbury Center. Info, 244-4168.

‘UNDER CONSTRUCTION’: Seeking wall-based and sculptural works, as well as artist books, with a particular emphasis on unusual or nontraditional materials, for a springtime exhibition exploring the processes of building and design. Deadline: January 27. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

VART: Seeking submissions of contemporary visual art in all mediums for new art magazine Vart. All works must be made in Vermont within the past seven years. Interested artists should send four portfolio samples, a one-paragraph artist bio and an artist statement, or an anti-artist statement. Email submissions to armpriester@hotmail.com, ATTN: Kenelle, Vart submission and artist name in subject line. Label images with artist’s name, title, date, medium, dimensions, editions and artist’s email.

Include artist contact info within email body. Through December 31. Info, armpriester@hotmail.com.

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“The Black Star (10)” by Seher Shah

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‘ART OF WINTER’: Vermont Art Guide and the S.P.A.C.E. Gallery seek works for an exhibition of Vermont art that trades on themes of winter. All mediums are welcome in works that express winter as a landscape and/or approach the season from a psychological, emotional or conceptual viewpoint. A selection of

Layered, dynamic desert photographs

by Tunbridge artist Sage Lewis appeared as part of the BCA Center exhibition “Fixed/Flux.” The works evidenced strong but not overbearing engagement with contemporary landscapes, both actual and technological.

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4TH ANNUAL OPEN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: Resident Vermont photographers are invited to submit one to three ready-to-hang works in any subject matter for an exhibition February 3 to March 31. Prizes will be awarded in several categories. Artists may drop off their works on Friday, February 3, between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station, Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

Vermont Metro Gallery, Burlington, July 1 to October 1; burlingtoncityarts.org

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‘Fixed/Flux’

Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, September 22 to December 16; flemingmuseum.org

‘Traditional Culprits’

In her exhibit “Traditional Culprits,” sculptor Cal Lane bridged a number of dichotomies — masculine and feminine, heavy and light, industry and fine art.

five large-scale ones — seemed to emit.

Reviewer Meg Brazill cited “the whir and buzz of insects, the hum of farm machinery, the smell of freshly mown hay and manure, and the feel of wind blowing across skin.” The Tunbridge artist’s semiabstract paintings took us on an intoxicating journey.

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In “To China and Back,” Middlesex artist Galen Cheney presented works created during and following an artist residency in Shenzen. A fierce and ever-evolving painter, Cheney explored collage and work on and with paper. The latter manifested in riotous assemblages of torn and cut-up bits that practically leapt off their twodimensional surfaces. Cheney strove for and achieved a dynamic coalescence of materiality and unfettered technique.

exhibition had one crucial difference from past ones: The subjects, while gazing intently at the camera, also moved. On an 80-inch video monitor, Lockwood looped short films of 10 subjects — he dubbed them “cinema portraits” — in which each listened and reacted to his or her own recorded voice. The process was high-tech; the effect, for viewers, intensely intimate.

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‘Navigating Memory: Exploring Space’

Siting just four works in plasma-cut steel in the front gallery and a room-filling, powdery installation in the back, curator DJ Hellerman gave this exhibit room to breathe and gave viewers plenty of space to interact with the nexus of hard edges and unexpected delicacy.

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can be realized through a patient, faithful, dogged accumulation of the imperfect.” To live up to the promise of this motto, make damn good use of every partial success.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

As I was ruminating on your astrological omens for 2017, I came across a wildly relevant passage written by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. It conveys a message I encourage you to memorize and repeat at least once a day for the next 365 days. Here it is: “Nothing can hold you back — not your childhood, not the history of a lifetime, not even the very last moment before now. In a moment you can abandon your past. And once abandoned, you can redefine it. If the past was a ring of futility, let it become a wheel of yearning that drives you forward. If the past was a brick wall, let it become a dam to unleash your power.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Even if you don’t think of yourself as an artist, you are always working on a major art project: yourself. You may underestimate the creativity you call on as you shape the raw material of your experience into an epic story. Luckily, I’m here to impress upon you the power and the glory of this heroic effort. Is there anything more important? Not for you Leos.

And I trust that in 2017 you will take your craftsmanship to the highest level ever.

Keep this advice from author Nathan W. Morris in mind: “Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece, after all.”

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Play your wisdom tricks and crack your wisdom jokes and erupt with your wisdom cures.

The world needs you to be a radiant swarm of lovable, unpredictable wisdom! Your future needs you to conjure up a steady stream of wisdom dreams and wisdom exploits! And please note: You don’t have to wait until the wisdom is perfect. You shouldn’t worry about whether it’s supremely practical. Your job is to trust your wisdom gut, to unleash your wisdom cry, to revel in your wisdom magic.

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(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Naturalist John Muir regarded nature as his church. For weeks at a time he lived outdoors, communing with the wilderness. Of course he noticed that not many others shared his passion. “Most people are on the world, not in it,” he wrote, “having no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them — undiffused, separate and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone, touching but separate.” Is there anything about you that even partially fits that description, Aquarius? If so, I’m pleased to inform you that 2017 will be an excellent year to address the problem. You will have immense potential to become more intimate and tender with all of the component parts of the Great Mystery. What’s the opposite of loneliness?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Seven Chilean poets were frustrated by their fellow citizens’ apathy toward the art of poetry. They sarcastically dramatized their chagrin by doing a performance for baboons. Authorities at the Santiago Zoo arranged for the poets’ safety, enclosing them in a protective cage within the baboons’ habitat. The audience seemed to be entertained, at times listening in rapt silence and at other times shrieking raucously. I’m sure you can empathize with the poets’ drastic action, Pisces. How many times have you felt you don’t get the appreciation you deserve?

But I bet that will change in 2017. You won’t have to resort to performing for baboons.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): French painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) turned out to be one of the supremely influential artists of the 20th century. But he was still struggling to make a living well into his thirties. The public’s apathy toward his work demoralized him.

At one point, he visited his dealer to reclaim one of his unsold paintings. It was time to give up on it, he felt, to take it off the market.

But when he arrived at the gallery, his dealer informed him that it had finally been bought — and not by just any art collector, either. Its new owner was Pablo Picasso, an artist whom Matisse revered. I think it’s quite possible you will have comparable experiences in 2017, Virgo. Therefore: Don’t give up on yourself!

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, “A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect.” Let’s amend that thought so it’s exactly suitable for your use in 2017.

Here’s the new, Taurus-specific version: “A messy, practical, beautiful type of perfection

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I hope you will be as well-grounded in 2017 as you have ever been — maybe even since your past life as a farmer. I trust you will go a long way toward mastering the art of being earthy, practical and stable. To do this right, however, you should also work on a seemingly paradoxical task: cultivating a vigorous and daring imagination — as perhaps you did in one of your other past lives as an artist. In other words, your ability to succeed in the material world will thrive as you nurture your relationship with fantasy realms — and vice versa. If you want to be the boss of reality, dream big and wild — and vice versa.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In accordance with your astrological omens for 2017, I’ve taken a poem that Shel Silverstein wrote for kids and made it into your horoscope. It’ll serve as a lighthearted emblem of a challenging but fun task you should attend to in the coming months. Here it is: “I’ve never washed my shadow out in all the time I’ve had it. It was absolutely filthy I supposed, so I peeled it off the wall where it was leaning and stuck it in the washtub with the clothes. I put in soap and bleach and stuff. I let it soak for hours. I wrung it out and hung it out to dry. And whoever would have thunk that it would have gone and shrunk, for now it’s so much littler than I.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Donatello was a renowned Italian sculptor. His favorite piece was “Lo Zuccone,” a marble statue of the Biblical prophet Habakkuk. As Donatello carved his work-in-progress, he addressed it. “Speak, damn you! Talk to me,” he was heard to say on more than a few occasions.

Did the stone respond? Judging from the beauty of the final product, I’d have to say yes. One art critic testified that “Lo Zuccone” is a “sublimely harrowing” tour de force, a triumph of “forceful expression” and “one of the most important marble sculptures of the 15th century.” I suspect you will have Donatello-like powers of conversation in 2017, Aries. If anyone can communicate creatively with stones — and rivers and trees and animals and spirits and complicated humans, for that matter — it’ll be you.

(May 21-June 20): Gemini gymnast Marisa Dick has created a signature move that has never been used by any other gymnast. To start her routine, she leaps up off a springboard and lands on the balance beam doing a full split. The technical term for this bold maneuver is “a change-leg leap to free-cross split sit,” although its informal name is “the Dick Move.”

The International Federation of Gymnastics has certified it in its Code of Points, so it’s official. During the coming months, I expect that you will also produce oneof-a-kind innovations in your own sphere.

you to hear as you prepare for 2017. My sense is that in the past few months, your true self has been making its way back to the heart of life after a time of wandering on the outskirts.

Any day now, a long-silent bell will start ringing to herald your full return. Welcome home!

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SUCCESFUL, HAPPY AND ACTIVE LOOKING I am a successful and happy entrepreneur. Would love to find a great lady to share my time and successes, as well as hers. Not looking to take care of someone and don’t need to be taken care of. Just a kind, romantic and sexy lady would work.

If this is anything that interests you, send me a note. duke7487, 65 GNARLY CHARLIE I am looking for the one person I cannot live without. The one person, regardless of what has happened in the past, I cannot forget. The one whose kiss, whose hug, whose voice made all the difference. There is nothing I want more than to just make up with you, no matter what it takes. EmpireStateOfMind, 25 A WORKING TITLE I am looking for somebody who is creative and enjoys crafting/making and also is up for an occasional hike or other outdoor fun. When I go to the movies, I tend to favor comedies the most and really enjoy standup. Clyde, 35, l TIME FOR FUN I am fit, intelligent, caring, have a good sense of humor and, of course, am humble, too. All of these I hope to find in my partner. Hope to hear from you soon. itistime, 46, l EASYGOING SMARTASS I prefer to be smiling and laughing. I want the affection and passion that come with a healthy relationship. Flatlander06, 47

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DRAMA-FREE FUN I am looking for drama-free fun. It can be kinky or it can be vanilla, depending on my and partner’s desires. I am clean, DD-free, good looking. dramafreeefun, 46, l LOOKING FOR OLDER WOMAN College boy looking to play. timlincl, 20 HORNDOG Hello, I’m a hardworking guy looking for my soul mate and or a playmate. I’m in decent shape and am ready to go all night. Will exchange pics. Asianguy, 32 LET’S BE WARM THIS WINTER Simply enough, the cold is coming and there is one way to stay warm that rises above the rest. Let’s be fun and naughty and make some heat. Looking for a happy, playful sort. Let’s start some casual and repeatable fun! kumquatguy, 39, l DISCREET, ONGOING FUN BREAST PLAY Discreet, ongoing fun with a sexy man. Breast play, nipples, erotic oil massage. Our little secret. Multiple cummer here! vermonter15, 29 LOVE TO SWALLOW DICK JIZZ My downfalls are no teeth and I’m disabled, but know this: I know how to worship a man’s cock ‘til it will drive you so crazy you can’t stand it. I don’t bottom but will rim your ass. swallowyourmeat, 50, l VT FUN WITH LIKE PROFESSIONALS Seeking like-minded professionals around the Burlington area for fun, discretion and spice. Skihat, 40

HIGH-SEAS ADVENTURE Hi! We’re a couple in our mid-thirties setting sail on a new adventure, looking for a couple or woman to share some vanilla but delicious time with. We love mountains and the ocean. You: smart, political, sensual.

Good food, good fun. Want to hop aboard? dorkyNsincere, 35, l KINKY COUPLE LOOKING TO SHARE As the title says, we are a kinky couple looking to meet another fun and adventurous couple to have fun with and share our bed. We are new to this, so we would be looking to meet for drinks first to see if there’s chemistry and then let things go where they may. KinkyCoupleVt, 38 2HOTLOVERS Committed couple looking for exciting times with other respectful and discreet people. We are new to this but by no means shy. Very open to different experiences and situations.

She is a sexy, tall, athletic girl, and he is burly, handsome and well built.

Looking for ongoing adventures with the right person(s). heyo112, 27, l YOUNG, OUTDOORSY, OPEN-MINDED! We are an outdoorsy young couple ready to explore more sexual experiences. We are interested in making sexual connections with a woman as well as couples play and MMF/FFM adventures! We love having sex out in the woods, by the river or atop a mountain.

Let’s go camping and see how we can please each other! Bring your party tent! DiosaSabrosa, 29, l SOMEWHAT CURIOUS We’re a young professional couple, looking to see if anyone is out there with similar interests. We’re fairly low-key, looking to grab a drink first to see if there’s any chemistry. vermontcpl, 26, l YOUR FACE OR MINE? Sexy couple seeks ladies only to join us for threeway fun. Available together and separately. See our online ad for more details and to contact us. 121447, 48, l

My man wants to pee on me. I’ve never done it before.

Is it dangerous for him? What can happen?

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Dear to Pee,

To Pee or Not to Pee

Props to you guys for exploring your kinkier sides and keepin’ it fresh. Well, maybe in this case “fresh” isn’t the right word…

Peeing on someone isn’t “dangerous,” but it’s certainly not the cleanest of sex acts. Urolagnia, sexual excitement associated with urine, is a fairly common fetish and nothing to be concerned about — as long as you’re down with posing as a human urinal.

That’s your call. Not to suggest that your guy equates you with such a place — or vice versa, if you decide to switch it up. Just sayin’.

Really, the thing to consider is where to perform the act. May I suggest the shower? It’s got a drain for easy cleanup and a showerhead for rinsing. Bear in mind, urine is a collection of your body’s waste. No matter how much a golden shower arouses you both, you might want it off your body almost as soon as it makes contact. On the other hand, some sources suggest that urine is sterile and nontoxic and can even help athlete’s foot. Multitasking foreplay? Why not?

Side note: According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American household uses up to 300 gallons of water per day. Seventy percent of that occurs indoors, so you’d be conserving water by peeing in the shower. Yay for uncovering the environmental benefits of your sex life!

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HEY, LOOKING TO EXPLORE OK, here goes. I would consider myself a nice, caring and considerate guy in my everyday life. I love who I am, and, at the same time, I want to experience other sides of me. I love the idea of power dynamics, because I get to lose myself in the caricature. Billy5690, 32, l

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JOSTLING AT THE GYM I can tell you’re new to the gym because there is so much bounce and sway in your step!

Although I’d love to see you thin, the thought of your busty and curvy body sitting on my face makes me sway in my pants! I’d love to see you use a jump rope sometime! Jostle and bounce on me! When: Thursday, December 15, 2016.

Where: YMCA. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913797 SHELBURNE ROAD PRICE CHOPPER Standing in line at the express checkout.

Brunette, great smile, sexy voice, short, black jacket. You bought three bottles of wine. As you went to leave, one fell to the floor. You were not to happy but were very cute in your reaction. They let you get another one. I was in the same line behind you. Meet and talk? When: Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Where: Price Chopper. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913796 BLUEBIRD TAVERN BEAUTY You worked at Bluebird Tavern circa 2012 to 2014. You have long brown hair and very fair skin. Your movements are graceful, especially those of your hands. Several times I thought we shared wonderful eye contact. I’ve since left Vermont, and even though it’s been more than two years since I’ve seen you, your ethereal beauty still haunts me. Who are you? When: Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Where: Bluebird Tavern. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913795 PINK CHRISTMAS TREE To that tall gentleman who reached for my pink tree: Thank you. Thank you for looking for a fluffier tree. I forgot to ask your name because your smile got me distracted. You had a pen tucked behind your ear. If you are interested, I would like to get to know you. —Asian Chic, Christmas aisle. When: Saturday, December 10, 2016. Where: Walmart, Williston. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913793

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WAITING FOR AAA WITH TEA You (Sasha) just got back from a run. My friend and I were stranded in your driveway with a flat tire. You go to VCIH and made me tea. How were the cookies we left? We shared a few words and a few minutes.

I’d like to meet you again. Thanks for making my day. Hope you read the I-Spys. —Lance. When: Saturday, December 10, 2016. Where: County Road, Montpelier. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913792 TANGLED IN YOUR SCARF After my friend snuck into your photo, you skipped off down Church Street, losing your scarf in the process. In retrospect, I should’ve exchanged it for your number instead of the hug. Your friend mentioned you’re single; maybe next time we can both grab a drink? When: Friday, December 9, 2016. Where: outside Rí Rá. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913791 BTV TO DCA You: seat 10A? Me: seat 11F on a December 2 flight to D.C. We both laughed when they called every boarding group at once. You let me go ahead of you in line. Are you from here? Want to meet up? When: Friday, December 2, 2016. Where: airport. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913790 REMEMBER PLAYING POOL AT FINNIGAN’S Hi there, K. Remember playing pool at Finnigan’s and talking about sex the entire time? I may have given you the wrong number (by accident). Hit me back. When: Saturday, December 3, 2016. Where: at/on a pool table. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913789 YOU’RE FAT, I’M FAT My favorite Butterball! You jiggle when you giggle, and it’s hot! I get sweaty when you smile, and a little hungry ... Hungry for you and a sausage dinner! We’ve always talked about using some food in the bedroom! Drizzle your sauerkraut on me! When: Thursday, December 8, 2016. Where: U-Mall food court. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913788 HEY SLR162!

It’s been a couple of years. Did not know if you were still in Vermont. Could I interest you in coffee sometime? When: Friday, February 7, 2014. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913785

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CITY MARKET WAITING IN LINE The lines were really long, and I finally started a convo with you. You were supercute, but I can only remember your smile. We chatted a bit.

You’re in grad school at UVM. Then I spilled a bag of cashews on the floor and said, “Oh, no.

I’m that guy!” Hope to see you again! When: Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Where: City Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913786 I SPY WITH MY EYES I spy with my brown eyes the gratefulness that I have that we spoke the other night, Sweaty P. I spy the mutual happiness that we both shared. I spy myself still missing you. I spy myself pleasing you in every single way. Call me, Sweaty P. When: Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Where: everywhere. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913783 LOST AND GONE You don’t know how far you’ve gone or recognize who you’ve become. When’d you grow to be so hard? Sick of playing my part... When: Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Where: the gay parade. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913782 SATELLITES ARE SPINNING ...around me like a cloud of golden dragonflies, “Earth’s awaking” lit up by your brilliant face eternal for an instant. Would love to hear you sing with Sam Rivers’ tenor sax in “2 Pieces of 1” or some of the more haunting “For Children” pieces of Béla Bartók. No doubt you’d smoke it. When: Thursday, December 1, 2016. Where: Shaw’s, Montpelier. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913781 NOT A BAJAN GIRL What a mess. You are a mess, your heart is a mess, your spies are usual — empty words and nothing else. No next time; too late.

When: Saturday, December 3, 2016. Where: somewhere. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913780 PACSUN 15 YEARS AGO Fifteen years ago, you were at the U-Mall PacSun. You bought shoes from me while we talked for hours. You were a nanny then. We met again, by chance, at Rasputins. You asked why I hadn’t asked you out. I was in an unhappy relationship and couldn’t pursue anything while I was living with her. I ended that but never saw you again.

When: Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Where: PacSun. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913779 BRUNETTE BEAUTY AT LAMP SHOP At the Rachel Reiss show last Friday: short dark curls, bright eyes, red tights! I figured you were with one of the three dudes or one other lady at the corner table. When I saw you leave on your own, I wished I’d introduced myself. I would love to meet you! I hope you find this and take a chance.

When: Friday, December 2, 2016. Where: the Lamp Shop. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913778 JULIE, MIDDLEBURY, SAT., DEC. 3, 2016 You introduced yourself as Julie. We shook hands as I said my name was Michael. I had the rottie on a leash. I should have asked you for coffee or something. Saw you again later near Carol’s walking along with a man on crutches. We exchanged smiles. That’s when I realized we had a connection.

Should have at least asked to see you again.

When: Saturday, December 3, 2016. Where: Middlebury. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913776

KUBRICK Your profile helped me listen to some old favorites.

Thanks! Coffee sometime when you’re in the neighborhood? When: Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Where: iSpy. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913768 MT. HUNGER HIKE We crossed paths — you were with your dog, and we shared a laugh about my description of the hike. We parted ways at that point, but something has been nagging me since — I wish we could have talked a bit more. Let me know if I can motivate you for a drink. When: Saturday, November 19, 2016. Where: Mt. Hunger. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913765

ONE ELIZABETH AKA BETSY There’s a chance I might be who you’re looking for, but who knows how many of us AKAs are out there. If you’re who I think you are, I can’t get you out of my head, either. Hit me up and we can see how serendipitous this path-crossing is. When: Friday, December 2, 2016. Where: somewhere. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913775

HAND LOTION AT CITY MARKET To the fine lady whom I shared a moment with while picking up my favorite moisturizer. I laughed at myself for providing a demo of how I put it on (back of hands first). Smiles were shared as we each sought relief from dryness. You have a nose ring; I have a ponytail. Maybe our paths can cross again?

When: Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913763

MAILBOX CANDY FAEREY I found the chocolate that you left in the box.

You have other sweet treats I prefer to candy.

Hotel New Hampshire still seems like it’s worth a shot. When: Sunday, November 27, 2016. Where: my mailbox. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913774

BEEP AT BARRIO My beep made you pause at the door that afternoon. It was meant for my friend, but it would have been nice to talk to you, too... When: Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Where: Barrio Bakery. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913762

SCOUT & CO., WINOOSKI, 12/2 You were in line ahead of me this morning. We both seemed a bit sleepy waiting for a jolt of caffeine. I think you ordered a warm chai. You were wearing a wool skirt, red leggings and had a GMAA jacket on. Want to go for a run? Then chai? When: Friday, December 2, 2016. Where: Scout & Co.. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913773

STEAL YOUR FACE GREEN EQUINOX Me: impatient, in a hurry, rushing, honking, needless energy put on you. You: a light, a reminder, my teacher. Deep gratitude for you and your grounded response and allowing me the opportunity to be humbled and move on into my day with appreciation, slowing, breathing and hope knowing souls like you are out there. When: Friday, November 18, 2016. Where: corner of Prospect and Main. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913761

LOST BAJAN GIRL This spy is long overdue; for that I must apologize.

I am deeply sorry I have let this long go by without being able to explain myself. I need you to know that my silence has absolutely nothing to do with anger, but perhaps the opposite. Very thankful we have not completely lost touch. I hope you are truly happy. When: Friday, January 1, 2016. Where: here and there. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913772 BUCHI DRINKER, YELLOW RAINCOATER Tag, you’re it. ;) Check your message on here. I’ll be at Shelburne Farms on Saturday or Sunday. I typically walk down to the lake. When: Thursday, October 27, 2016. Where: Healthy Living Market & Café. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913771 FEATHER THE BARTENDER You blond bombshell. I just love your creative nicknames. I hope you see this and realize how much I appreciate your fine bottom. “You do you, boo boo” boop boop. When: Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Where: the Reservoir.

You: Woman. Me: Woman. #913770 THE REZ You: blond, attitude, impeccable customer service, my work wife. Our squabbles and fun times will be missed. Keep on keeping on, Heather. When: Tuesday, November 29, 2016.

Where: work. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913769 ARE YOU MY CAT MOM? You got out of your car and looked up at me in the window. You had on those sexy Frye boots and flipped your beautiful hair out of your goddess-like face. I was standing in the window with my Costco shirt, chubby grin and holding up a cat for you to see. You are my everything.

Butch + Babe’s date soon? When: Monday, November 28, 2016. Where: in front of the big blue house. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913767 MAN AT MYER’S BAGEL’S, BURLINGTON I spied a friendly and outdoorsy-looking man. You were wearing a bright blue jacket and hat. I was sitting in the corner comfy chairs with a friend.

We both looked several times, so I thought I’d take a chance on this long shot. Love to have a chance to chat it up with you! When: Sunday, November 27, 2016. Where: Myer’s Bagels, Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913766

KEEPCALM I have seen your profile and have attempted to contact you several times with no reply back.

Are you not seeing or getting my messages?

I would really like to get to know you. Don’t know what else to do. Giving this a try and being hopeful this will work. When: Thursday, November 3, 2016. Where: Seven Days Personals. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913760 I SPY A YEAR GONE BY I spy with my eye my soul mate: 5’5 with sweet green eyes. I spy you picking up the phone and righting a wrong. I spy getting lost in each other. I spy both of us finally happy together. I spy Sweaty P getting everything that she has ever wanted. I spy you giving me the chance you promised. When: Tuesday, November 22, 2016. Where: Daily Planet/Shaw’s/basement bar. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913759

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