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Lymarie Deida holds her daughter, Solmarie Carrillo, as she speaks about her husband, Alex Carrillo, at a rally in Boston on Monday.

That’s how much money Coventry officials have reported missing from town coffers.

It’s the latest development in a yearslong saga of suspected embezzlement.

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Hackers stole the information of 180,000 unemployed Vermonters who used America’s Job Link Alliance.

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4. “Walters: Leahy, Sanders & Welch Take Hardwick By Storm” by John Walters.

When Vermont’s congressional delegation convened in Hardwick last weekend, it was more like a rock concert than a “town meeting.”

5. “Vermont Inmate No. 144711 Is a 90-YearOld Veteran” by Mark Davis. None of the professionals involved in his case thinks Emery Woodall Jr. should be in prison.

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Vermont’s three-member congressional delegation held a joint town hall in Hardwick. Finally, some constituent face time.

GOING DOWN SWINGING

A Derby man accused of domestic assault didn’t want to go to jail without a fight, cops said. Vermont State Police troopers responding to a 911 complaint about a domestic disturbance last week were met by 19-year-old Timothy Christopher, who “aggressively charged troopers” swinging not one but two metal baseball bats, police said.

Christopher struck out when cops tackled him, hauled him off to jail and charged him with multiple offenses.

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A Rutland County sheriff’s deputy responded Friday to several drivers’ 911 complaints of a man swerving all over the road near Wallingford. When the deputy spotted the suspect’s vehicle, she turned on her lights and sirens and turned around to pursue. The driver dutifully pulled over to the right — and promptly ran over a mailbox. Terence Lennon, 62, of Ossining, N.Y., refused a roadside breath test and was arrested for suspected DUI.

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3. “Burlington Man Upbeat After Injuring His Spine on Ski Slope” by Molly Walsh.

The 30-year-old newly elected Burlington school board member isn’t sure if he’ll ever walk again.

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State police in Middlesex appear to have busted up a fraudulent retail return ring operating throughout New England. Cops first caught on last Sunday, when they heard about a speeding gold Toyota sedan passing other cars on the shoulder. Shortly thereafter, workers at the Agency of Transportation garage in Williamstown found an abandoned car matching the same description. Inside it, officers found some $4,000 worth of stolen Walmart merchandise.

Meanwhile, police found the people who had been in that vehicle, all of whom gave fake names, walking down Route 64. Cops learned that Johnnie Hammond, of Providence, R.I., would allegedly direct his crew to steal things like “bed sheets, pillow cases, bicycle parts and school supplies” and then return them at different Walmart stores in Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Hammond, 41, was held in lieu of $10,000 bond and faces six different charges.

BEETS THE REST

Vermonters search for the magenta root vegetable online more than any other food, according to delish.com. There’s always next year, Gilfeather turnip.

2. “The Media Bern: Sanders Keeps Vermont Press at Arm’s Length” by John Walters.

As the Vermont junior senator’s national profile has risen, his availability to local media has gone in the opposite direction.

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In the courtroom within the John F. Kennedy Federal Building, the protesters outside could be heard, Katie Jickling reported.

“They’re a little distracting,” remarked Judge Paul Gagnon.

“They’re exercising their First Amendment right,” replied the trio’s lawyer, Matt Cameron. “I appreciate the energy myself.”

Gagnon set bond for Balcazar and Palacios at $2,500 each. But the judge viewed Carrillo as a threat to public safety, owing to a DUI arrest last year, though that case was dismissed. Gagnon ordered Carrillo be held without bond. Upon hearing his decision, Deida wept quietly in the courtroom.

Deportation proceedings against all three will move forward and could take months or longer.

Meanwhile, Migrant Justice chalked up a small victory Tuesday: The Vermont-National Education Association presented its Cesar Chavez Human and Civil Rights Award to Migrant Justice leaders during a gathering also held to welcome Palacios and Balcazar back to Burlington.

UVM plans to offer liberal arts classes to inmates in Vermont state prisons. Every prof’s dream come true: a captive audience.

1. “Pizzeria Verità to Buy Trattoria Delia and Sotto Enoteca” by Sally Pollak. The owners of the traditional Italian pizza spot expect to take over the two neighboring establishments in April.

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Life has been bewildering and exhausting for 21-year-old Lymarie Deida since her husband, Cesar Alex Carillo, 23, got picked up on immigration charges. Deida, who is a U.S. citizen, was pregnant with her and Carrillo’s second child the day Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested him two weeks ago.

The following weekend, she fell ill and headed to a hospital, where she miscarried, she told Katie Jickling of Seven Days. She said she was still determined, though, to fight Carillo’s deportation.

Her husband, meanwhile, was being held in a New Hampshire detention center. He had company: Within days of his arrest, ICE also picked up his cousin, Enrique Balcazar, 24, who was imprisoned with him. Balcazar’s girlfriend, Zully Palacios, 23, was also arrested and detained in the same facility.

The arrests of the three, all of whom are affiliated with Burlington-based Migrant Justice, set off protests from St. Albans to Montpelier. On Monday, demonstrators headed to Boston, where the three appeared before a federal judge who considered setting bond.

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GIVE BERNIE A BREAK

Since last November, Sen. Bernie Sanders has had a full plate of national issues challenging our democracy to deal with. I hope the Vermont media can cut him some slack on the issue of availability [Fair Game: “The Media Bern,” March 22].

My confidence in Bernie and Vermont’s entire congressional delegation is nearly 100 percent. If we could clone them to “take over” the rest of the country, the U.S. would be a much better place.

Steve Justis

(add an additional $9,156 to that amount for his new third residence).

The national average for adjusted income in 2014 was $65,000, with a tax bracket of 14.7 percent. So “progressive” Bernie paid a lower tax rate than people with income less than one third of what he earned.

Bernie avoids the Vermont media because they ask tough questions, the answers to which would show a side of the senator that he does not want voters to see.

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I was not surprised to learn of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ antipathy to Vermont media organizations [Fair Game: “The Media Bern,” March 22]. The senator does not like people or organizations that hold him accountable for double standards.

Bernie complains about too many fat cats gaming the system, while owning three homes and flying around the country (generating tons of greenhouse gases) promoting his new book, Our Revolution.

In 2014 Bernie declared income of $215,271, an amount that placed him in a 28 percent tax bracket. However, after deductions, his tax bracket was only 13.5 percent. His deductions included $8,946 for “meals” and $14,843 for real estate taxes

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[Re WTF: “Do Stores in Burlington Town Center Have to Recycle?” March 1]: I was the L.L.Bean shopper who was told by the salesperson that she could not recycle all the paper materials stuffed into all the shoes they sell. We both griped a bit about this situation as we pulled stuffed paper out of the toes of several pairs of boots. She said that she and a couple of coworkers sometimes took home big bags of packing paper so the paper did not end up in the Dumpster.

L.L.Bean’s reply to Seven Days was that the shopper — that’s me — was “misinformed.” In fact, on that particular day at least, L.L.Bean was not fully adhering to the Universal Recycling Law. That salesperson, who seemed competent in every other way, was not planning to recycle the

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[Re Soundbites, March 15]: It was unnecessary to say that the artists in Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on the Green appeal to an older demographic. If relevant, one could then make the same statement but include a different demographic for the Monkey House, ArtsRiot or Higher Ground’s Williston Road location. A music venue will stage events for fans that enjoy the experience and will pay for it. Who that is shouldn’t matter as long as the tickets sell.

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In “Legal Pot Bill Clears Key Committee in Vermont House” [Off Message, March 22], Terri Hallenbeck describes Gov. Phil Scott as wanting to delay progress on marijuana legalization until a roadside test can determine THC impairment.

That might sound great, but scratch the surface and you’ll find that Scott is playing games with roadside safety.

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Last week’s Fair Game column [“Media Bern,” March 22] misquoted VTDigger.org reporter and editor Mark Johnson and inaccurately described a phone conversation he had in August 2016. It was with Jane O’Meara Sanders. The column also erroneously described Sen. Bernie Sanders’ media appearance schedule. He is no longer a weekly guest on “The Thom Hartmann Program.”

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On behalf of all the sane people in Vermont, I would like to thank the Drug Enforcement Administration and all agencies that successfully shut down the heroin dealer and his distributor, making Vermont safer and cleaner [Off Message: “Walters: Nothing to See Here, Say Senators,” March 23]. We all have to work together to win this war on opium. Many of these addicts we have are supported by state programs, which do not solve the problem.

I suggest addicts sign a do-not-resuscitate form and donate their organs to people who want to be participants in this world.

This would really help the organ banks across America. If you see heroin or suspicious activity, please help the DEA and local law enforcement to stop this crap.

I wrote this because of the heroin idiot in Berlin who tried to steal the car that three teen girls were in [Last 7, “Po-Po Platter,” March 22].

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[Re Fair Game: “The Calm and the Storm,” March 8]: The budget is clearly the central issue of this year’s legislative session.

While there is still too much partisan bickering, there is good news in that the House Appropriations Committee, largely by adopting suggestions from the governor, has narrowed the budget gap from $72 million to $18 million.

Gov. Phil Scott was elected mainly due to his pledge to create no new taxes and fees, and this should be respected. His proposal for greater funding for preschool and higher education by level-funding K-12

educational costs was roundly rejected and, unless he proposes new options for covering the cost, should no longer be considered this year.

At the same time, Democrats have a majority in the Senate and the House, and voters have given them the right and responsibility to take the lead on what priorities will be funded this year within the framework of no new taxes and fees.

It is time they step up to the plate.

Vermont is blessed with talented leaders from both parties. It is time to stop the blame game and get on with crafting a budget that best meets the overall good of our state and is within our financial means. Hard work and compromise from both sides will be needed, but it can be done.

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I hope that L.L.Bean renews its effort, evaluates to see if all departments actually recycle and/or retrains employees. Or should Chittenden Solid Waste District check out L.L.Bean’s shoe department to ensure compliance? Maybe this salesperson was an anomaly. There is no question that L.L.Bean is supposed to recycle/wants to recycle/has policies about recycling. But do they?

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President Donald Trump has called journalists “among the most dishonest people on Earth” and “the enemy of the people.” His term “fake news” has come to mean anything people don’t want to hear.

But there’s a silver — OK, metal — lining in all of these Trumpian attacks on the press: Everyone now seems to have an opinion about it. For the first time

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A Campus Fracas Tests Student Journalists

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Journalism 101?

UVM Brainstorms a New Program

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BY SASHA GOLDSTEIN

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Dreamland Author Explains U.S. Opiate Nightmare

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DailyUV Aims to Reboot News Coverage

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Waitsfield Shop Creates New Niche With Old Movies

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Mixed Signals

The Media Issue: How Will Vermont PBS Spend its $56 Million Windfall?

BY MARK DAVIS

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BY RACHEL ELIZABETH JONES

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Promises To Keep

The Media Issue: Why Vermont Journalists Are Pushing for a ‘Shield Law’

BY KEN PICARD

BY JULIA SHIPLEY

BY MARK DAVIS

On Air — and Hair

The Media Issue: Author Eva McKend breaks new ground on WCAX

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The Media Issue: Can a retired Massachusetts judge save southern Vermont’s newspapers?

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Food: Lisa Strausser talks wine, women in the industry and what we’ll be drinking next

62 Stuck in Vermont: Polly Lynn and Jason Mikula run the Mountain Times, a free weekly newspaper in Killington. We followed the recently married pair as they visited with friends and advertisers — and took an afternoon ski break.

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in decades, Americans are being forced to think about journalism — and what this country would be like without it.

Newspaper subscriptions — in print and online — have risen sharply in the months since the U.S. presidential election. Ditto donations to organizations that defend journalists, such as the ACLU. Competing media outlets are standing up for each other.

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ALL WEEK: APRIL 21-30 Foodies compete against one another in a statewide Instagram scavenger hunt. The challenges will be announced at the start of Restaurant Week, and the participants will have one week to complete the tasks. The winner will receive a pair of tickets to the Vermont Cheesemakers Festival and the Seven Daysies Awards Party. Details to come at vermontrestaurantweek.com.

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Big Brother In January, National Public Radio reported that sales of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 had jumped nearly 10,000 percent since Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration. Cinephiles in Burlington and Woodstock can see the film adaptation starring the late John Hurt as Winston Smith, a government employee who rebels against a repressive regime.

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The number 1,008 is sacred in Hinduism. It’s also the number of images in photographer Catherine Jansen’s book of snapshots from her many trips to India. On view at the University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art, the exhibition “Catherine Jansen: 1008” includes the shutterbug’s images — unlabeled for a free-flowing viewing experience — plus projections and ambient sound recorded in the field.

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For the last three-plus years, the online media outlet has occupied a curious bit of journalistic real estate, cranking out articles with a tangibly conservative slant.

Oh, pardon me. “Free-market, limited-government sort of perspective,” says LOU VARRICCHIO, Vermont Watchdog bureau chief. “If you want to define that as ‘conservative,’ so be it.”

Well, let’s see here. Recent stories have referred to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “notoriously heavyhanded enforcement”; characterized the Vermont House’s attempt to conduct an election recount as a plot “to reverse the victory” of the Republican candidate; accused the Scott administration of an “intimidation” campaign against a conservative critic; asserted that Vermont was beset by “years of overspending” by the state; and painted S.79, a mild countermeasure against federal immigration policy, as “obstructing immigration enforcement” and promoting “a sanctuary attitude, regardless of what’s explicitly stated.”

Huh. I guess that “sanctuary attitude” part of the bill must have been written in invisible ink.

So yeah, conservative, Tea Party, far right, free-market, limited government (except when it comes to immigration?) … choose your own descriptor.

To be fair, Varricchio doesn’t try to mislead anyone. He’ll flat-out tell you that Watchdog has an agenda. He makes no bones about the fact that his operation is funded, entirely, by the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity — part of what the Center for Media and Democracy calls a “right-wing web” of nonprofit organizations including the American Legislative Exchange Council and the State Policy Network, all funded by politically active corporations and billionaires such as the Koch Brothers.

The Franklin Center was founded in 2009. One of its projects has been the establishment of state bureaus for reporting on policy debates — from its own perspective. Or, as LAUREL PATRICK, the Franklin Center’s director of communications and media outreach, wrote in an email, “We are committed to creating non-partisan journalism primarily focused on waste, fraud, and abuse at the state and local government level.”

I hear dog whistles.

At the moment, the center has seven

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active bureaus in states ranging from Florida to Arizona to Ohio. Vermont is its only outpost in the Northeast.

Vermont Watchdog opened for business in late 2013 with one staffer. It now employs two full-time reporters, Varricchio and EMMA LAMBERTON, plus freelancer MICHAEL BIELAWSKI. It doesn’t sell advertising or raise money from instate donors, it claims, instead depending entirely on the Franklin Center.

Which is more than a little ironic.

This “free-market” publication doesn’t even try to make it as a capitalistic enter-

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prise. Instead it relies on subsidies from an out-of-state nonprofit. The Franklin Center espouses “limited government” principles from the tax-shielded, government-regulated status of a nonprofit.

It’s impossible to say where the Franklin Center gets its money because it’s all funneled through two “investment” funds: Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund, according to the CMD. These entities allow big-money donors to effectively launder their contributions so they’re not on the record as backing any particular cause. Or, as Varricchio puts it, Watchdog is insulated from donors who might try to throw their weight around.

Not that any weight-tossing is necessary. The staffers at Vermont Watchdog are comfortable with their mission. True believers, you might say.

“Personally, I think limited government is a good thing,” Varricchio says.

In Vermont, he adds, “It’s gotten out of control.”

Varricchio has been a journalist or writer almost his entire adult life. He started at a small paper near Philadelphia, did communications work for high-tech companies, worked a 10year gig as spokesperson for Champlain College and lived out West, where he earned a master’s degree in space science. After returning to Vermont, he ran the Addison Eagle (now the Vermont Eagle) until the end of 2016. He joined Vermont Watchdog in January.

Between leaving Vermont and coming back, he spent three years producing a public television series funded by NASA that focused on climate change. Which

looks a bit paradoxical now, considering that Vermont Watchdog routinely poohpoohs climate issues and renewable energy.

Point is, Varricchio brings solid reporting chops to the job, as well as an unabashed point of view. But is what he’s doing actually journalism?

“Sure, why not?” he says. “What I do is journalism. I report, and I may pick up on things that other reporters don’t.” In fact, most Watchdog stories will quote people on all sides of an issue — although the folks who agree with Watchdog routinely get most of the space.

DAVID MINDICH, professor of media studies at St. Michael’s College, agrees with Varricchio — sort of. “It’s journalism,” he says. “It’s partisan journalism.”

Both men point to an American tradition of partisan reportage. The idea of journalistic objectivity, Mindich notes, didn’t really spread until the mid-19th Century. Later giants of journalism, such as Hearst and Pulitzer, weren’t above using their power to push an agenda.

And, Mindich adds, “We still see things like Fox News and certain programs on MSNBC to be partisan.”

Which is fine by Mindich as long as it’s clearly labeled as such. For example, I have a point of view and make no bones about it, but Seven Days makes sure to describe my writing as that of a political columnist — not one of its straight-news reporters.

On the Vermont Watchdog website, the viewpoint is impossible to miss.

It might be different, though, if you came across a Watchdog story nestled in the news columns of your local newspaper. The organization invites any publication to use Watchdog content free of charge. The only requirement is giving credit to the source.

“There’s a vibrant weekly newspaper presence in our state,” says Varricchio.

“Our plan in the future is to try to get into more of those weekly papers and provide them — provide us with an avenue, but also be those papers’ eyes in Montpelier.”

For Mindich, the idea rings some alarm bells.

“You wouldn’t want that content to be picked up by, let’s say, the Hardwick Gazette or Rutland Herald and put forth as a piece of nonpartisan journalism,” he says. “You’d want it to be on the opinion page, or labeled as partisan.”

But principle doesn’t put food on the table. “It is a very difficult time for journalism and for small local papers,” says Mindich. “The worry is a local paper

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strapped for cash will make compromises that it shouldn’t.”

Seven Days sought information from Varricchio and the Franklin Center about Vermont Watchdog’s online readership and which newspapers have carried its stories. Varricchio professed not to know the answers. In an emailed reply, Patrick failed to answer questions about audience metrics and claimed to lack complete information about newspaper placement.

As for Vermont Watchdog itself, well, it’s out there for one and all to see. In a virtually limitless online marketplace of ideas, having a free-market voice isn’t in itself a bad thing.

It’s just one more reason, in the age of the internet, to keep your eyes open and your critical judgment engaged.

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Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) made another swing through his home state last Saturday. The biggest event of the day was a town meeting in Hardwick with the rest of Vermont’s congressional delegation: Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-Vt.) and Congressman PETER WELCH (D-Vt.).

Before Hardwick, Sanders stopped at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier to speak to members of the VermontNational Education Association, the teachers’ union. Afterward, he paused in the lobby, where an NBC News producer had arranged a brief on-camera interview. I couldn’t help wondering how far she and her cameraman had traveled just to get a few Bernie-isms on tape.

Sanders was fitted with a lapel microphone as Your Correspondent and VTDigger.org’s ERIN MANSFIELD stood by.

The producer asked him about the previous day’s failure of the Republicans’ health care plan.

Sanders talked about “a real victory” for the people, slammed the bill and expressed willingness to work with Republicans on “good legislation to improve Obamacare.”

Then the producer asked if the defeat diminished President DONALD TRUMP’s political influence.

“That’s an inside-the-Beltway gossip question,” he huffed, changing the subject to infrastructure.

Then I jumped in.

“Are you concerned with the potential for—” “You are?” Sanders interrupted.

“JOHN WALTERS from Seven Days.”

“Yeah.”

“Are you concerned with the potential for the executive branch taking action to torpedo the Affordable Care Act?”

“Yeah, well this is a problem,” Sanders replied. “If you have a president who apparently is wishing and hoping that the health care program, which provides health insurance to tens of millions of our people, fails, and if he uses his political power to make it fail, that is a terrible thing to do.”

Mansfield grabbed the opening. “Can you say how—” “You are with?”

“Vermont Digger.”

“Yeah.”

“Can you say how Trump’s budget will affect the Department of Labor and workers?” Mansfield asked.

“Look, Trump’s budget is a — if you were a greedy billionaire and you wanted it all, that’s what Trump’s budget looks like,” Sanders replied, and then charged into a litany of talking points: “tax breaks for the wealthy,” “the military industrial complex,” and the decimation of programs “for the lowest income and most desperate people in this country.

“You’ll excuse me, I have to—” “Can I ask one more question?” the NBC producer begged. Sanders assented.

And how did she use her last chance?

She repeated her earlier “has this defeat weakened the President?” thing.

Sanders yanked at the microphone, which dropped inside his sweater. “No, that’s media issues,” he growled. “That doesn’t interest me.” He fumbled with the microphone cord. “It’s not a question of victory or defeat for Trump. Who cares? The question is — I’m sorry — the question is—” “There’s a microphone down there somewhere,” the NBC producer interjected.

“Souvenir,” I offered.

“I don’t know where it is,” said Sanders.

An NBC staffer located it in the senator’s pocket.

The microphone emancipated, Sanders unloaded the Full Bernie: a moment with echoes of his famous “your damn emails” line from the presidential campaign.

“That’s just inside-the-Beltway stuff.

Who cares whether it strengthens or weakens? That’s a game. That’s the Red Sox versus the Yankees. I don’t care about that. What you should care about, this was a disastrous piece of legislation.

It should have been defeated. It was defeated. Let’s see what they bring up next.”

And that’s the thing about the junior senator from Vermont. He doesn’t give a damn about political gamesmanship.

That, I think, is at the heart of his appeal: He cares about winning the issues, not the game.

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undreds of Middlebury College students rose to their feet and began to boo and jeer inside the McCullough Student Center. Will DiGravio stood up, too, and filmed them with his iPhone.

The 19-year-old sophomore, the de facto social media editor for the school’s Middlebury Campus newspaper, had been tasked with live-streaming a lecture by author Charles Murray. The scholar was there to speak about his 2012 book Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010, though he’s better known for a controversial tome he wrote 18 years prior called The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life.

Students had planned for days to protest Murray’s March 2 appearance, and the Campus sent four editors and two photographers to cover the event.

Another three editors went to watch as students.

DiGravio used the Periscope app to stream the scene online so anyone could see how students at the liberal arts school would greet the right-leaning Murray, whose research has been critiqued for its attempts to link social inequality to genetics.

The answer was soon evident: not well. Students turned their backs, chanted loudly, waved signs and yelled as Murray waited patiently at the

lectern. About 20 minutes after he first appeared, Murray and college staff relented. He and Allison Stanger, an international politics and economics professor who’d signed on to moderate the lecture, moved to a room where they could talk alone and live-stream the discussion.

DiGravio’s 43-minute video of the ruckus, which he later uploaded to YouTube, has since been viewed more than 123,000 times. It broke new ground for the Campus, which hadn’t made much use of video before this episode went viral.

“As a consumer of news, I love seeing that you had these campus reporters having the foresight to Periscope the event, and then be able to still do the shoe-leather reporting and produce a great print newspaper,” Campus faculty adviser Matt Jennings told Seven Days.

Murray’s appearance was, for the Campus, a major journalistic test, the equivalent of a midterm. Its performance, covering a story that went national, shows how college newspapers are changing — and not changing — in the digital age.

Middlebury doesn’t have a formal journalism program, but the 112-yearold, 1,500-circulation Campus still comes out every Thursday. Roughly 35 student editors are involved in assembling each issue.

Stories come from a stable of writers — it’s open to anyone enrolled — who pitch ideas.

The students learn by doing. “We are pretty much on our own,” said Campus editor in chief Ellie Reinhardt, a senior. She was a first-year student when she started writing for the paper. Although Reinhardt has no interest in a journalism career — she has considered other media fields — former Campus staffers have gone on to work at outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.

Unlike those media outlets, the Campus relies heavily on submitted opinion pieces. It appears more committed to sharing information and ideas than hard-hitting reportage.

“It’s the old country store,” said Jennings. “That a print newspaper in the 21st century is serving that role, I think, is terrific.”

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But there was a big miss, too, in the Campus coverage of the Murray incident: The night of the address, after he and Stanger repaired to a quiet, private room to talk, Alex Newhouse, a features editor, and other student reporters hung around, getting more color from the scene and speaking with students.

Protesters were milling about, still trying to disrupt the interview. At least one person pulled a fire alarm, and people banged on the windows.

Just before 7 p.m., Newhouse and managing editor Christian Jambora — the last journalists on the scene — decided to leave together and get a quick bite to eat.

Ten minutes later, they returned to find police cars outside the hall. They had missed the crucial moment when Murray and Stanger left the building. A group of protesters, some of whom were masked, confronted them, pushing and shoving the two.

“Definitely something I’m going to regret for a while,” a frustrated Newhouse said of missing the action.

“This was really the first time I’d attempted to cover something like this. It’s a learning experience. You do take away from that. You really gotta be committed to staying there the whole time and seeing it through.”

By the next morning, other outlets, including the Addison County Independent and Seven Days, had reported on the confrontation, relying on an account from Bill Burger, the college’s vice president for communications. Burger described the crowd as a violent mob that injured Stanger and then surrounded a car as Burger, Stanger and Murray tried to leave campus.

Stanger, who published her own version of events in the days after the incident, injured her neck and suffered a concussion.

National stories appeared in the Washington Post and the New York Times, and on conservative websites that gloated over the irony of left-leaning, supposedly open-minded college kids disrupting a speech. Think pieces and op-eds in the Atlantic and the Daily Beast, among others, scolded the students for failing to engage in open dialogue. Middlebury College administrators promised an investigation and disciplinary action.

The day after the speech, DiGravio updated the Campus’ online story about the disrupted lecture with comments Burger made to the Independent about the violent confrontation and Stanger’s injury. The update promised more in the next print edition.

But the student editors did not rush to do any original reporting for the Campus website. They opted to be thorough in

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“They’ve continued to print their news gathering to ensure they had sufficiently examined all elements of the editorials in a thoughtful way — that is, not rehashing things that have story before publishing anything more.

Newhouse and Reinhardt defended already been said,” Jennings, the adviser, told Seven Days. “It’s tracked the decision.

“That’s our role here: We are the the conversations I hear on campus, student newspaper,” said Reinhardt. which reflect the complexity of the “We’re not a national organization situation.” breaking news; we’re the student In last week’s editorial, the newsnewspaper who has access to those paper blasted the administration student voices. How can we make sure for its lack of transparency in its we’re not just feeding into this media investigation. A bill, detailed in the coverage that feels almost Campus’ March 9 issue, has been proone-sided?” posed in the Student Government The next Thursday, Association to revamp campus March 9, Newhouse policy for inviting speakers. and Reinhardt’s Dwight Garner, a former 2,400-word opus Campus editor and a 1988 — it had been whitMiddlebury grad who is now tled down from a literary critic for the New 6,000 words — ran York Times, watched on page 1, above DiGravio’s Periscope Ellie Reinhardt the fold. “Charles live-stream of the Murray Visit Provokes Murray incident Uproar,” the headline “through my blared. Subhead: “Organized fingers, cringprotest derails speech, campus ing.” The paper faces deep divisions.” should pursue “As the student newspaper, it every angle on would have been pretty easy to just Alex Newhouse the story, he said, cover the student side of the story,” and its reporting said Reinhardt. “And we tried really should outpace whathard to make sure we were unbiased ever the college president and had both narratives in this.” is telling the community.

The story jumped inside, as did two “Right now is a chance for the other front-page stories about the in- Campus to really distinguish itself, and cident. In the same issue, the Campus Middlebury, by covering the shit out of dedicated an unprecedented six pages this and not covering up or doing public to opinion pieces and letters to the relations or advertising,” Garner said. editor examining and reflecting on what Even if the rest of the world had happened. seems to have moved on, the In a break from tradition, the stu- paper intends to do just that, dents did not publish an editorial be- according to Reinhardt. At least cause the editors could not reach con- one story about Murray’s visit has sensus, according to Reinhardt. Rather appeared in every issue since the fiasco, than in-depth analysis, the opinion sec- and likely will for the foreseeable future. tion, with its 15 pieces, allowed students Reinhardt’s looking forward to a little and members of the academic commu- comic relief in the upcoming April Fools’ nity to chime in with their thoughts and Day edition. Too soon? critiques of the incident.

“I think people are processing what “We leverage the relationships we happened. How do we respond to it?” have with students,” said Newhouse. “No said Reinhardt. “What actions do we other news site has that. We are pretty take now?” unique in the fact that, if something hapThose questions dominated the pens at Middlebury, we can talk to the weekly editorial meeting on a recent people involved. We know their names; Monday night, suggesting that the we can go reach out to them.”

Campus editors can agree on one thing.

Letters on the topic continue to trickle “Student journalism still matters,” in, though at a slower pace. One on said DiGravio. “You still need students March 16 expressed “disappointment in on the ground really understanding an those disgraceful actions” at the Murray issue, dealing with the story for multiple lecture. Some 270 Middlebury students, weeks, exploring the nuances of it, befaculty, parents and alumni — including cause that’s something that the national former White House press secretary Ari media doesn’t capture — the nuanced Fleischer and former Vermont governor views of the student body.” m Jim Douglas, now an executive-in-resiContact: sasha@sevendaysvt.com dence at Middlebury — signed the letter.

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Streeter recently contacted a variety of journalism scholars, most of whom are former reporters, to elicit ideas on how a university should train newshounds of the future. “The answers were all over the map,” he recounted.

“A few said, do nothing: Just teach them to think, read and write, and then let them learn the mechanics of journalism on the job.” According to a point of view shared by many dissident practitioners, academic journalism programs are actually an impediment to producing quality journalism. Formal education in the craft can impart a formularized model that “stifles creativity and insight and encourages an uncritical, get-somequotes-and-call-it-a-day approach,” Streeter noted.

Most of the scholars he contacted, however, suggested, “we should try to do it all.” That would involve teaching students fundamental journalism skills as well as the art of critical thinking.

Streeter said that Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, director of research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, told him a program at UVM should encourage its participants to be “serious, principled, high-minded hustlers.”

Nothing has been decided about how to structure a UVM journalism offering, its advocates emphasize.

Financing, course content, teaching positions and other big issues remain

unresolved. A hazily envisioned “transdisciplinary” journalism program would not be launched until 2018, at the earliest, and may be phased in over several subsequent years, said Rob Williams, a UVM prof who teaches media-related courses in the school’s community development and applied economics department.

UVM President Thomas Sullivan supports the effort to develop a journalism program. “Its strength lies in the emphasis it places on developing both students’ intellectual and analytical abilities through giving them strong content knowledge in specialty areas,” Sullivan said in a prepared statement, “and building on their written and oral

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But the university is at least informally committed to satisfying those students who, Streeter said, “are hungry for journalism skills and the opportunity to participate in the public dialogue.”

As evidence of that yearning, Williams noted that his journalism courses are “packed” and that student involvement in campus media outlets “trends ever upwards.”

communication skills across a range of digital platforms so they can communicate that specialized knowledge clearly and in contemporary forms.” This twin emphasis, he added, “sets the program apart.”

It wouldn’t be an entirely new venture for the university. UVM already offers a major and minor in film and television studies, along with a

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he University of Vermont is aiming to start a journalism program — if it can figure out what journalism will be in the coming years and the best ways of teaching a craft that’s experiencing an identity crisis.

“There’s no consensus, in academia or among journalists, about how to do that, no consensus about how journalism is best practiced, disseminated or taught, or even about what journalism is,” said Tom Streeter, a UVM sociology professor. He’s a member of a “somewhat fluid” in-house group that’s been discussing for nearly a year the possibility of launching a UVM journalism program.

The internet, and the new forms and definitions of news it has spawned, has upended the long-standing understandings of media mavens. And the conceptual chaos appears to be intensifying as President Donald Tweet trumpets “fake news” and his mouthpieces spew “alternative facts.”

“The uncertainty is huge,” Streeter observed in an email message. “Do we need more objectivity? Or should journalists instead just lay their cards on the table and be clear about their points of view while getting their facts straight?

And of course nobody knows how journalism will be paid for in the future, or how it will be organized. If someone tells me they know exactly what will be going on in 10 years, I stop listening.

Anything is possible.”

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course in documentary production taught by Oscar-nominated nonfiction filmmaker Deb Ellis. UVM alumna Gail Sheehy, a prominent journalist and author, is leading on-campus workshops this spring. Chris Evans, a colleague of Williams’, also teaches newswriting courses while serving as faculty advisor to student media organizations, including the Vermont Cynic. In the past decade, that 134-year-old campus newspaper has won two national awards from the Associated Collegiate Press.

“We’re not looking to compete with larger, well-established journalism programs — Columbia, Berkeley, Missouri and such — but we are looking to develop something new,” Evans said.

A UVM journalism program probably wouldn’t be a competitive threat to the well-established Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts Department just an interstate exit away at Saint Michael’s College, said its chairwoman, Traci Griffith. “We’re not similar institutions,” she commented. “A student looking to go to the state’s largest higher-education institution isn’t going to come to St. Mike’s. But for someone looking to be one of 15 or 20 in a class and have personal interaction with their professors, they’ll come to St. Mike’s.”

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“What UVM may do isn’t clear,” Griffith added, “but what we do is everchanging, ever-evolving in response to what’s happening in journalism. We make room for many.” And St. Mike’s students respond with the same enthusiasm that Streeter sees in UVM undergrads, according to Griffith. Nearly 200 of her college’s 2,000 students are either majoring or minoring in journalism, making it the fourth-largest department on the Colchester campus.

At UVM, Evans suggested, innovation might take the form of equipping students in existing departments with “foundational journalism skills” and multimedia capabilities so they can report to a broad public on their areas of expertise.

“The idea is more ‘journalism and …’ rather than journalism alone,” Streeter explained. And Evans added: “It should be a pretty exciting smorgasbord for new students.”

The university currently offers academic credits to students who work on the Cynic and on-campus TV and radio stations. “We’ll continue to give students space to develop their skills in real-world situations — a working newsroom, TV station or radio station — where students set the agenda,” Evans said. “The only difference would be that many students in the journalism major might have more formal training before they walk into student media offices.”

Formal training in the traditional basics of journalism would be the right way for UVM to proceed, suggested Taylor Dobbs, a 26-year-old reporter for Vermont Public Radio. His first stories appeared in the Water Tower Tower, an alternative student publication at UVM. But he left the university after two years because it had no journalism program.

He got a degree in his desired field from Northeastern University.

Dobbs urged UVM to teach “ethics, interviewing, First Amendment rights, news sense, public interest, openrecords laws.” Those are valuable skills he learned at Northeastern and honed in internships, he said. That immersion in mechanics and conceptual rudiments “will serve me in any journalism job, no matter the medium,” Dobbs predicted.

Disclosure: Kevin Kelley worked as an adjunct professor in journalism at St. Michael’s College from 1995 to 2014.

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PEOPLE ASK ME, “WHY ISN’T GOVERNMENT DOING MORE?”

I TELL THEM, “WHY IS GOVERNMENT DOING IT ALL?” S A M Q U I N O N ES

SEVEN DAYS: Do you believe progress has been made over the past few years in understanding and fixing the opiate crisis?

SAM QUINONES: I think we’ve come a significant distance from when I was writing my book in 2013 and 2014.

The problem then was, nobody was recognizing it. Families in general didn’t want to talk about their loved ones getting addicted and how they died. There was a silence that covered this and allowed it to spread. And a lot was happening because doctors — and not traffickers — were the main engine behind the growth of the problem.

That has changed significantly, and people are now talking about it in very forthright ways. I view that as a big advance. We’ve got politicians paying very close attention to this, you’ve got media covering it far more closely, and you’ve got government agencies with budgets to combat this. All of that is very good.

We’re still a long ways from … solutions.

There is no one solution to this problem, and these drugs are extraordinarily addictive and very costly to treat.

We opened up a Pandora’s box when it came to opioids and it is very, very hard to close that box again.

SD: What impact have greater awareness and prevention efforts had on the supply side of the opiate problem?

SQ: This is a supply story: We started this with a massive supply of narcotic pain pills prescribed as if they were somehow virtually nonaddictive, and that created a massive new market for opiates of one kind or another. It just so happens we are very close to Mexico, and Mexico has a very sophisticated drug-smuggling infrastructure. Their heroin is cheaper than any heroin we have ever seen in the U.S. … Nowadays we have very sophisticated Mexican traffickers expanding their operations into heroin and very aggressively going into the market.

SD: Some say the failed War on Drugs demonstrated that it’s impossible to adequately reduce the supply of drugs, and therefore most of our efforts should be focused on the demand side — that is, treatment.

What do you think?

SQ: I’m not sure I agree with that.

Doctors need to reassess how they prescribe these drugs. Nobody yet has been able to explain to me the reason

why, after surgery, millions of Americans get 30 or 60 days’ worth of pain pills for pain that’s going to last two or sometimes three days. That’s a change that needs to happen immediately. Right now dentists give out millions of pills a year for extracting wisdom teeth. Five million people get their wisdom teeth out a year. Most go home with a bottle of pills that far, far exceeds what they need. We’ve been doing that everywhere in this country. You’re talking about a massive supply.

Until we address supply, it will be impossibly expensive to treat our way out of this. It does require a balanced approach. Educating doctors and maybe prosecuting a few who don’t get the point, that’s one way. And there’s also treatment. But when you get out of treatment, it’s like Russian roulette.

Everybody relapses.

SD: I talk to a lot of people in both law enforcement and health fields who, in private moments of candor, express extreme frustration and skepticism about all of this. Are they justified?

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wo years ago, the United States set the grimmest of records: More than 50,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, 75 of them in Vermont. Opiate addiction has taken hold — and destroyed lives — in some of the remotest regions of the country. In his best-selling book, Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, former Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Quinones explains how and why. His chilling and well-researched investigation, which won a National Book Critics Circle award, is widely considered the definitive account of the epidemic’s origins.

The 2015 book weaves together two narrative threads: the motivation and migration of a group of Mexican drug dealers to small U.S. cities, where they sell heroin like pizza; and the comparable salesmanship of the pharmaceutical industry in regard to doctors, many of whom overprescribe highly addictive painkillers. Dreamland shows how the confluence of the two profit-driven forces created a lucrative market of American opiate addicts. Included in the analysis are ill-equipped small-town governments that have had to deal with the horrific consequences.

Because the situation has gotten worse, not better, since the publication of Dreamland, Quinones has been traveling the country, speaking to doctors, social workers, cops and lawmakers about his research. The Missouri State Medical Association is hosting him four days before he delivers a public lecture on April 5 at the University of Vermont. He’s got a gig the day before, too, at Burlington City Hall as part of Mayor Miro Weinberger’s book group.

“The opioid epidemic is the city’s top public safety challenge, and Dreamland tells the stunning story of how we got here as a country. It’s critical that Burlingtonians understand this terrible epidemic as we continue the urgent, long-term effort needed to turn the crisis around,” said Weinberger, who selected the book last fall when he discovered Quinones was coming to UVM. In anticipation of his visit, Seven Days caught up with the Los Angeles resident before his most recent trip to Mexico.

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government who were, in fact, the first and only people to be fighting this problem — coroners, state health departments, cops, prosecutors, ER doctors, nurses, jailers. People ask me, “Why isn’t government doing more?” I tell them, “Why is government doing it all?” The private sector that created this problem in the first place has been noticeably absent in funding treatment, in going to doctors and saying, “Ratchet way down the use of our drugs. Don’t prescribe 60, prescribe eight, and we’ll find ways of working with you so it’s not a problem for you economically.” When one major sector of the economy that we have exalted as the great efficient job-creating sector … is completely absent, then, yes, this will be a very difficult thing to address.

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cheaper, far more easy to smuggle, and we don’t need a plant. You can make spectacular profits off very small amounts of fentanyl. The risk is, if you do it poorly, everybody dies. You drift into a heroin overdose. With fentanyl, it’s more like minutes or seconds, and your body shuts down. That’s what makes it very scary for the people who are using it.

SD: Our state’s attorney here in Burlington has created a commission to study the idea of opening a safe injection site, as Seattle has done. What do you think of safe injection sites?

SQ: Anything that promotes heroin as the opiate of choice is a bad idea in my opinion. It’s the last thing we should be promoting.

We have a legal … clean, cheap opiate out there that can be used. It’s called methadone. It will be tethered to your neck for a long time, you will not have a normal life, you will never be able to be far away from it, but … you use it once and you don’t think about a dope addiction the rest of your day. I don’t recommend methadone.

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SQ: I favor legalizing marijuana, but only under certain circumstances and only low-potency marijuana. This entire problem started because we had a massive supply coast to coast of legal drugs, and so I would say people ought to be very careful of what kind of legalization of drugs they are proposing.

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SD: We’ve started to see a few lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opiate epidemic, including the city of Everett, Wash., suing Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin.

But nothing on the scale of the legal attacks on Big Tobacco in the 1990s. Do you think that will eventually happen?

SQ: I’m not sure if it’s coming or not; you’d have to talk to state attorneys general. What I think has happened is, the previous legal theories that have been used to pursue these lawsuits have not worked. The city of Everett has a new theory … that Purdue Pharma was tracking pharmacists and physicians and knew some … had very heavy prescribing [rates.]

It took a long time for tobacco to be sued, too.

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att Alexander is first to admit he’s an unlikely character to try to revolutionize Vermont’s local news scene. For one, he’s never held a job at a newspaper. The Illinois native is an attorney by trade.

But Alexander, 50, doesn’t worry about his lack of journalistic experience. In fact, he prides himself on it. He says fresh perspective is exactly what’s needed to rejuvenate a largely stagnant industry.

When Alexander built DailyUV.com, a website for local news in the Upper Valley, he designed it to be many of the things that newspapers are not. The White River Junction-based company operates a site produced by its readers, featuring user-generated content and self-published blogs.

Alexander eschews editorial control.

There are no proofreaders or editors.

Because it’s more of a platform for community engagement than a news source, he expects, even embraces, imperfection. Eleven of the company’s staff members today are web developers; only one is a full-time writer.

DailyUV is an evolving repository of blog posts and event listings, where a reader would be just as likely to find an article on a car crash or a movie review as artsy photos of ice-encrusted branches and snow-topped mountains.

It features old ski boots for sale and local choral events. One recent post discussed the pitfalls of shopping for bras.

Alexander likes the hodgepodge.

“We’re making something no one’s ever done before,” he said. Of long-term plans, he added, “We have no idea what it’s going to look like.”

The Norwich resident launched Subtext Media and its product, DailyUV, in March 2014. The company rented a basement room in the Main Street Museum, down the street from its current digs, and the six original employees squeezed in. They launched a simple WordPress blog and published content from local listservs.

DailyUV was based on an experimental model for tech start-ups, said Mark Travis, a longtime editor and reporter who has been with the company from the start: “Take the minimum viable

Mark Travis, left, and Watt Alexander of Subtext Media

product you can, the smallest step you can, and then put it in front of users.”

Sometimes, that brought disastrous results. Early on, the site crashed frequently. The bloggers published inconsistently, so users didn’t always find fresh content to read.

Three years later, however, the effort is more robust. Subtext Media has grown to include 20 staff members, with developers working from as far afield as Utah and Toronto. They update content daily, post on social media and email newsletters. Fifty-three bloggers self-publish on the site. They start as volunteers and work their way up to earning five cents a page view.

In January, the site tallied 292,704 page views by 54,116 users. That’s nearly triple the traffic it had a year ago.

Becca White, a 22-year-old Hartford selectboard member, checks the site daily.

On Fridays, she plans her weekend using Mitzi Cunningham’s regular “5 Upper Valley Weekend Events” post.

“I’m like, thank God there’s something like that,” she said.

The site is more useful than Facebook, she added. “It’s nice when I see articles written by people in town for people in town,” she said. “I’m more likely to feel like I’m reading something that pertains to me.”

Occasionally, White also contributes.

She blogs for the site as part of her job at SunCommon, and the company pays DailyUV for her posts to appear. They are credited to “SunCommon: Becca White,” and, at the end, they read: “This blog is written and sponsored

by Suncommon.com.”

The site has no formal conflict-ofinterest policy but has turned down some potential bloggers, Travis said.

Some “mission-driven” ones, such as a fitness trainer blogging about wellness, are allowed to blog but aren’t paid. Generally, that’s a no-no in the newspaper business. “Our approach to that, in keeping with everything else, is fundamentally experimental,” Travis said.

During an interview in mid-March, Alexander sat in a bright meeting room with views of the Connecticut River.

He’s loquacious, and he gesticulated as he launched into his pitch with the enthusiasm of a salesman and the fervor of an evangelist.

Alexander spent more than a decade working as a copyright attorney in the music industry. He stopped taking new clients in 2006, after witnessing massive record companies crumble under the pressure of the internet. “I saw a lot of well-funded and smart and interested people completely fail,” he said.

Believing the print media industry was approaching the same precipice, Alexander figured his experience could prove helpful.

In 2012, he treated Travis, then the publisher of the Valley News, to lunch at a White River Junction café. He asked about Travis’ work and the challenges posed by the internet, and he proposed a possible collaboration with the Valley News.

Alexander envisioned a platform, he said, that would partner with local media outlets to reflect the life of the community and serve as “a digital analog to their physical lives.” Digital outlets

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had “failed the small-scale mom-andpop world,” Alexander asserted.

“Within 10 minutes, Mark got the idea,” Alexander said.

The two met off and on for the next 18 months. Then Travis left the Valley News to spend a year at its sister publication, the Concord Monitor, but said he was frustrated by “economic realities.”

“I reached the point where I was better suited to imagine and create a new kind of future,” he said.

Alexander spent much of 2013 attending newspaper conferences around the country, asking questions. He reached out to potential partners, including newspapers.

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posts in 2016, its No. 1 story was “First Baptist Church in Lebanon Consumed

by Fire,” which had 21,160 reads. Travis was surprised to find that DailyUV’s top story, “West Leb woman dragged beneath tractor trailer in WRJ,” got more views — 22,766.

“We’ve got a pretty plausible model,” Alexander said. “At what point can it make money? We really have no idea.”

Several local print papers have come around to Alexander’s way of thinking. Tim Calabro, editor and publisher of the Herald of Randolph, agreed to let DailyUV post archived feature stories on the site, in exchange for the exposure and the blogger pay rate.

He views his participation as support for an experimental approach to local news. “I don’t think anyone really understands the way for news media to make money on the internet,” he said. “They have a novel approach to all this stuff, and that’s where our future is. This is the time to try it.”

As part of that approach, DailyUV staff has adopted a work culture that is more Silicon Valley than Spotlight. Their company Bible is The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, a required read for every new employee. Workers have embraced the handbook on entrepreneurism, judging from how often they use “lean” as an adjective for anything working efficiently.

Inside Subtext Media’s roomy offices are lots of whiteboards covered with scribbled ideas and sticky notes.

Climbing plants and 1950s theater posters from Alexander’s mother’s attic decorate the open space.

Every day at 9 a.m., the employees gather for a “stand up” to share what they

want to accomplish. When challenges arise, they appoint a “lean UX team” — aka user-experience team — made up of members with diverse skillsets to brainstorm solutions.

Teams are named after beers. Travis’ team, Sierra Nevada, has been tasked with improving the markets page. It’s the equivalent of a newspaper’s classified section, where users can buy or sell items or post help wanted ads.

Jennifer Sensenich, the company’s social media manager, is also on that team.

The 23-year-old was impressed with DailyUV’s experimental approach when she took the position last August. For example: While testing her Facebook marketing assumptions, Sensenich discovered that Upper Valley readers were checking their social media feeds as early as 5 a.m.

She’s adjusted her posting schedule accordingly. “The demographics in the Upper Valley are so different than anywhere else,” she said. “I guess this is an early town.”

DailyUV is hoping to double its page views in the next few months, Travis said.

But for Sensenich, success is about more than metrics on a spreadsheet. She wants people to discuss DailyUV with their friends, to see it as integral to small town life in the Upper Valley.

“It’s more like a feeling in the community,” she said. “Our success is more proving that people value us.” m Disclosure: Katie Jickling is a former employee of the Herald of Randolph, and is also a former intern and freelancer for the Valley News.

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“I saw it as a complementary platform to what’s done in print,” he said. “I still do.”

From the beginning, he encountered resistance.

“We listened, but … the business model that Subtext has is not aligned with our journalistic standards,” said Dan McClory, publisher of the Valley News and chief financial officer for Newspapers of New England, its owner.

Unlike DailyUV, for example, traditional media outlets vet reporters and check facts, spelling and grammar.

In the end, Newspapers of New England walked away. “We feel like the Valley News is the dominant news source,”

McClory said. Partnering with DailyUV would mean “scrapping everything we’ve done,” he added. “We didn’t see how we could complement each other.”

Alexander believed such responses spelled doom for print journalism. “I’ve been surprised how small they’ve made their world,” he said. “A lot of that is the stress of the economic reality they’re dealing with.”

Travis, the former newspaperman, understood McClory’s perspective. “If I were sitting at the Valley News, I would still see this as too high a risk,” he said.

Alexander found investors more receptive. He raised enough capital — he wouldn’t say how much — from family, friends, and professional contacts to incorporate and launch in March 2014.

Investors still keep the company afloat. Revenues from ads and digital marketing services cover the cost of the content, but not the company’s operating costs or salaries.

Alexander wouldn’t disclose DailyUV’s annual budget or investor returns. But he said he’s raised “millions of dollars. Our access to capital is substantial.”

Most Vermonters had never heard of the company until March 2016, when blogger Nicole Antal caught wind of a Utah man’s proposed development project during her day job as a librarian.

Antal used DailyUV to break the news of the utopian NewVistas development, a story that state and national publications quickly picked up. At the time, the 15,011 views it got “blew out the doors as far as traffic expectations,” Alexander said.

It’s kept growing. When the Valley News published its top 10 most-read

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Legalization in Limbo After House Democrats Pull Pot Bill

As a marijuana legalization bill was about to face a vote on the floor of the Vermont House Tuesday afternoon, Democratic leaders pulled the plug and agreed to send it to committee for further debate.

The move means House leaders were unable to muster the votes to pass the legislation. Whether that kills the bill for the year or not is a matter of speculation.

“It’s not dead,” said Eli Harrington, an East Burke resident who had been lobbying for legalization.

“That kills it,” muttered Rep. Sam Young (D-Glover), also a supporter.

“We believe the bill needs some more time and some more vetting,” said House Majority Leader Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington). “I’m not going to push it out there if it needs more time.”

The legislation, H.170, would legalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana and the personal cultivation of two mature and four immature plants. It’s based on a system in place in Washington, D.C. It would not permit the sale of marijuana.

The bill is now destined for the House Human Services Committee, whose chair, Rep. Ann Pugh (D-South Burlington), refused to say Tuesday how she had planned to vote that day.

All morning Tuesday, supporters and opponents of the bill were lobbying House members for votes. “They’re hard to nail down,” Harrington said.

Both sides expected a close contest, but by midafternoon, supporters appeared to have lost confidence that they could prevail. They calculated that it would be better to keep the bill alive in committee than to have it defeated on the House floor.

Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Sears (D-Bennington), who supports a more comprehensive legalization scheme, took Tuesday’s House action as a serious setback.

“I think it’s very unlikely this year there’s going to be any legalization,” Sears said. “I think they sent it [to committee] to lie for the rest of the session.”

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New Burlington School Board Member Injured in Ski Accident Newly elected Burlington School Board member Ryan McLaren is unsure whether he will walk again in the wake of a March 17 ski accident that damaged his spinal cord.

Despite a tough prognosis, 30-yearold McLaren was upbeat Monday in a telephone interview from the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston where he is undergoing physical therapy.

“I am OK. I am as good as I possibly Ryan McLaren, left, and could be,” McLaren said. fiancée Adrienne Shea He expressed gratitude for all the love and support he has received from family, friends and his fiancée, Burlington lawyer Adrienne Shea.

“I have a really amazing support network that is keeping me fairly motivated and positive,” said McLaren, who works as an outreach coordinator in the office of Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt).

The accident, at Mad River Glen in Fayston, was a fluke. McLaren sustained a “burst fracture” to his L1 vertebrae in his lower back.

“In terms of the end game, no one really knows,” he said. “There’s no telling where I could end up and when, in terms of ambulatory function and all that stuff.”

The accident happened on a beautiful day at the mountain. The skies were blue, and there was plenty of fresh snow after Winter Storm Stella, which dumped 30 inches in Burlington.

McLaren was skiing with his brother, a doctor who had come up from Boston for the weekend. His brother’s wife was to attend Shea’s bachelorette party, planned for the next day, in advance of their late May wedding.

McLaren skied off a ledge and dropped only three or four feet, he said. He landed on both skis in what seemed to be plenty of snow. He quickly felt searing pain.

“Once I hit the snow, I immediately went to the ground basically,” he said, and from “pain more than anything, I fell over to my side.”

McLaren is an assistant boys lacrosse coach at Burlington High School. The North Avenue resident was elected to the Burlington School Board March 7 without opposition. He spoke with board president Mark Porter Monday morning and plans to serve by telephone initially.

Meanwhile, his fiancée has been sleeping on a futon at the rehab facility in Boston and helping out with all kinds of logistical tasks, as well as providing emotional support. “It’s a lot,” McLaren said. “I’m a very lucky man.”

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Vermont LG Becomes Part of Shen Yun’s Massive Marketing Blitz The Shen Yun dancers have officially left the building — but not before roping Vermont Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman into providing the international dance troupe with a glowing endorsement.

Unbeknownst to Zuckerman, the company quickly incorporated a television “interview” he gave after a performance into Shen Yun’s massive marketing machine.

In a phone interview Monday, Zuckerman explained that Shen Yun Performing Arts invited him to welcome the company to Burlington for its March 25 evening show at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. The Flynn provided him with a ticket to attend, according to Zuckerman, who said he plans to reimburse the theater.

Zuckerman went on stage to introduce the troupe and presented Shen Yun representatives with an official “certificate of appreciation” for “their contribution to the arts and culture.” Zuckerman, who said he knew little about Shen Yun prior to the performance, described it as “an interesting combination of art and religion.”

Last week, Seven Days wrote about the company’s enormously expensive and ubiquitous marketing campaign and the political underpinnings of the New York-based dance troupe, which was founded by members of Falun Gong, a Chinese religious movement. Some have described it as a cult.

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For his part, Zuckerman said was unaware of any of the politics or controversy surrounding Shen Yun. Zuckerman said that a TV crew, which he assumed was part of the dance company itself, interviewed him at the Flynn. The Chinese interviewer asked him very “leading questions” about the show and “the whole divine stuff,” which Zuckerman characterized as “an orchestrated set-up.”

“I began to get a little more wary when those questions were coming my way,” he noted. Zuckerman said he tried to steer his remarks back to the artistic components of the show. As he put it, “I appreciated the art form. I wasn’t as enthusiastic about the religious overtones.”

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Matt’s significant career shift to social services changed not just his own life but the lives of many in Burlington. Over his years in the restaurant business, he had learned how to talk to anyone and everyone, and that gift served him well on the street. He navigated the social strata of downtown, from the homeless and mentally ill to merchants and store employees to police and his coworkers. He formed genuine relationships with people from whom others often turned away. They could always count on him to be there.

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He is survived by his loving partner of 27 years, Sheryl Bellman; his stepson, Max Blasdel, and his fiancée, Rachel Ann Fealk, of Portland, Ore.; sister Libby Warren and her husband, Kenneth, of Merrimac, N.H.; sister Mandy Heller and her husband, Dick, of Newton, Mass.; brothers in spirit Richie and Paul Garcia of Martha’s Vineyard; and many, many friends in Vermont, Martha’s Vineyard and Negril, Jamaica.

A paving brick on Church Street is dedicated to “Matt Young, a friend to all.” He was a rock star to many who will miss him terribly.

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The Street Outreach program became nationally known and was replicated in other cities. Matt earned multiple awards for his services — including a 2009 United Way Community Impact Award. On behalf of his team he accepted the Coveted Badge Award from the Burlington Police Department in 2014 for “significant contributions to the safety and wellbeing of the Burlington community.”

Aside from his job, Matt loved good food and wine and made a wonderful linguine alle vongole, among other dishes enjoyed by family and friends. He was a devoted Patriots fan. He also loved playing golf and going to Jamaica for vacation every winter, which he did with Sheryl for 22 years.

At age 68, Matt passed on Thursday, March 23, of complications from melanoma.

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Matthew Henry Young was born on May 1, 1948, in New York City, the son of Leo and Shirley (Stein) Young. He had two sisters, Mandy and Libby. Matt grew up on Long Island and at age 13 asked to go to boarding school.

He went to Blair Academy in New Jersey, where he made lifelong friends, and later graduated from Alfred University with a degree in English.

Matt briefly attended the New England School of Law in Boston, then got a job managing Dom’s, a high-end northern Italian restaurant on Commercial Street. It was a move that changed the course of his life. Matt had been fascinated from

an early age by what was happening in the kitchen and had long wanted to run a restaurant. He stayed at Dom’s for seven or so years.

Matt finally opened his own restaurant, the Ocean Club, on Martha’s Vineyard in 1979. Influenced by the cuisine at Dom’s, his place became famous for its innovative gourmet food. It was also the go-to cool spot, frequented by locals as well as the island’s famous summer residents, including Lillian Hellman, John Belushi, Carly Simon, Jackie Onassis, William Styron and many others. Going to the Ocean Club meant having a good time — some said it was “like an event” — and the restaurant became legendary. Matt was the designer of it all.

In 1985, some investors approached Matt asking him to open a second restaurant.

And he did: the Cambridge Ocean Club in the Charles Hotel. During the time that he ran it, a local magazine named Matt one of Boston’s 100 most eligible bachelors.

But flying back and forth between the two locations became too much, and back injuries derailed Matt twice.

According to his family, Matt had always said that if things got too complicated in his life, he would move to Vermont. (He had worked at a summer camp in Marlboro and had fond memories of the Green Mountain State.

Plus, at the Ocean Club he had met some fun-loving girls from Burlington.)

In 1989, Matt arrived in Vermont with an offer to manage a restaurant.

Instead, he took a job bartending at another one.

Soon, this bachelor would meet the woman who captured his heart, Sheryl Bellman. They soon became inseparable. The year they both turned 50 — in 1998 — they decided to get married.

Sheryl suggested that Matt get a job at VocRehab, because he could teach people how to work. A professional degree was unnecessary: As Matt liked to say, nothing trains you better for social work than being a bartender.

Then, he moved on to a psychiatric hospital diversion program and excelled at it. He did it the way he did everything: very nicely.

He liked to cook for people and become close to them.

When the Howard Center received a grant to open a shelter, Matt worked there for several years.

In 2000, he was hired to start and lead a Street Outreach Team to deal with myriad problematic behaviors in downtown Burlington.

For the next 16 years Matt worked tirelessly, out on Church Street nearly every day regardless of weather.

He handled social problems at the most basic street level: He developed trusting relationships, engaged the disenfranchised, helped people in need and set some

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he acclaimed Italian pianist Beatrice Rana leads a life of constant international travel.

That’s what one might expect of a soloist who won, at the age of 20, the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition’s silver medal and audience award. In fact, after Rana stops in Burlington this Friday for a performance with the University of Vermont LANE SERIES, she’ll continue on to Saint Paul, Minn.; San Francisco, Calif.; Aix-en-Provence, France; Tokyo, Japan; and beyond.

But in Burlington, the 24-year-old pianist, who lives in Rome, Italy, when not traveling, will be treated to a reminder of home. That’s because a sponsor of her concert is the VERMONT ITALIAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, a Chittenden County-based nonprofit with about 150 members. A bevy of Italian-culture fans and Italian speakers from the club — some native, some students of its language classes — will shout “Brava!” at the UVM Recital Hall concert and offer dolci to attendees at a reception with Rana afterward.

Expect homemade Italian pastries, gelato, fresh fruit and “maybe even

some red, white and green balloons,” says BILL CIMONETTI. The part-time South Burlington resident sits on the board of VICA; his paternal grandparents emigrated from the Trentino region and settled in Readsboro in the 1890s.

Cimonetti is also a longtime supporter of the Lane Series and belongs to its Piano Consortium — a group of donors that helps to bring in top pianists. He facilitated VICA’s support for Rana.

Her program, meanwhile, is not Italian but German: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations. This was a surprise for Lane Series artistic director NATALIE NEUERT after hearing the “passion and polish” of the pianist’s first Lane performance, in 2013, as a newly minted Cliburn winner. “I expected she would bring a piece with big dynamics,” Neuert says.

Rana won the silver playing works by Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin and Alexander Scriabin, and her recordings include an album of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s first and Sergei Prokofiev’s second piano concertos.

Those last works’ sweeping and dramatic expressive statements contrast

stylistically with the complex architecture of Bach’s Goldberg. The 1741 work was written for harpsichord, an instrument with no dynamic range.

But Goldberg has become a rite of passage of sorts for keyboardists since Glenn Gould recorded it in 1955 at the age of 22. Beginning and ending with a simple, melodic aria, the work progresses through 30 variations on the aria’s bass line in a highly inventive but structured manner. Every third variation, for example, is a canon.

The work requires intense technical precision combined, in some variations, with speed — Gould’s 1955 rendition has been described as “insanely fast.” When played on piano, it often requires the hands to cross while pursuing independent melodic developments. (Bach wrote some of the variations for two-manual harpsichord, an instrument whose configuration of two stacked keyboards doesn’t require those acrobatics.)

While Rana’s technical elegance has been noted at every turn, critics have described her interpretation of Goldberg, in concert and on her most recent CD,

as “wholly individual” — in tones of both admiration and frustration.

That kind of assessment can only come from deep knowledge of the piece, however. Goldberg is enjoyable and astonishing on first listen, especially when played by someone of Rana’s caliber.

This is a rare chance to see a Cliburn winner a second time, notes Neuert, who brings in all three winners after every competition. (The Cliburn occurs every four years.) Only one other, Stanislav Ioudenitch, has returned to the series. “We would happily bring back Olga Kern,” she adds of the 2001 gold winner, “but she is one of the ones who has become a superstar, and she is out of our range now.” Rana’s career is similarly taking off.

Neuert notes that partnering with VICA on the concert may help bring in audience members unfamiliar with the Lane and even with classical music. And, she adds, it will put Rana at ease.

“She’s really Italian, culturally,” says Neuert. “She grew up in this small Italian town. I know it will be fun for her to have Italian speakers around.”

VICA’s mission is to bring awareness of Italian culture to Vermont — “everything from pizza to opera,” says vice-president DAVID USHER. Over the last few years, the group erected three historic markers on the corners of the former Italian neighborhood in downtown Burlington. It funds a scholarship program that has helped teachers and opera singers study in Italy. The club also organizes summer bocce socials and trips to the OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY’s productions — the ones in italiano. It hosts weekly lunches at area Italian restaurants and an annual dinner. (Bonus: VICA’s website has a recipe page.) And members are proud to count among their ranks Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT), whose mother was Italian.

Fêting Rana may be more about hospitality than education for the group.

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A watercolor class, a poetry clinic, a Pilates class set to invigorating tunes: These are among the diverse activities taking place on any given night at RIVER ARTS. But on a recent evening, Morrisville’s arts and community center opened its doors to a brand-new event: AMP Night. The acronym stands for art, music and poetry.

“We wanted to create an event that brought a mix of people together to celebrate creativity and experience a spectrum of artistic disciplines,” said DOMINIQUE GUSTIN, River Arts’ executive director.

Added TAMRA HIGGINS, founder and program director of Jeffersonvillebased SUNDOG POETRY CENTER, and AMP’s co-curator: “Let’s not sit alone in our own little farmhouses — let’s come together. The arts are capable of impacting and changing people’s lives.”

ALEJANDRO ANGIO and his catering service, EL HORNERO, offered attendees Argentinian empanadas before they climbed to the second floor of the 1847 former school building. There, they encountered the “A” — the walls were adorned with 20 paintings by Morrisville artist TED ZILIUS in an exhibit titled “Sad and Jazz.”

Event curators welcomed some two dozen audience members and introduced the night’s three presentations: music by BEN COSGROVE, a reading by Vermont poet laureate CHARD DENIORD, and a brief talk about art

by Zilius.

Clad in jeans and a plaid shirt, Cosgrove, 29, sat behind a keyboard and issued a torrent of landscapeinspired melodies to the rapt listeners.

Next, deNiord read a suite of his poems, which were rich in natural imagery, as well as verses that paid homage to his late mentors and predecessors, Ruth Stone and Hayden Carruth.

Last, Zilius spoke about his acrylic works. Those with somber hues, he said, document his period of grief for a lost friend; the paintings with brilliant splashes of color illustrate his subsequent return to playfulness and joy.

River Arts and Sundog have similar missions — to offers arts experiences as a means of fostering and enriching

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communities. So it seemed natural for the two organizations “to synergize,” as Gustin put it, and thereby potentially reach a wider audience.

Gustin and Higgins had collaborated once before, when they cohosted a publishers’ fair at River Arts in 2015. In addition, Higgins had hosted a kindred series in Jeffersonville from 2013 to 2015 called Delectable Delights, which featured Vermont poets and musicians along with local food.

When Gustin approached Higgins to enquire about another collaboration, the two decided to redesign and expand that program.

Coincidentally, in 2013, another tri-genre series was founded in Franklin County called CELEBRATION OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS. Founded by BECCA and BOB CUMMINS, each event, held at the INN in Montgomery Center from April to September, showcases works by three different artists each time.

During the final interlude of the evening at River Arts, the artists took questions from the audience.

Morrisville resident and fiction writer CATHERINE BOUDREAU asked them how they were influenced by other artistic disciplines. DeNiord offered his endorsement of 19th-century essayist Walter Pater’s sentiment that “all art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.” Zilius revealed that he dances around his canvas, listening to music, as he makes his paintings.

And Cosgrove, who’d brought copies of his nonfiction chapbook, Seven Essays, to sell alongside his CDs, said that music provided a way to “think through” not just poetry and paintings but everything — from a town to a mountain range.

Zilius’ paintings will be on view until May 9. In the meantime, April’s AMP will bring CLAIRE DOLAN of Glover with a new cantastoria; FARMSONG, a group of ag-oriented singers from the Northeast Kingdom; and Montpelier poet KERRIN MCCADDEN, winner of the inaugural Vermont Book Award in 2015.

Gustin said she had observed that River Arts’ concerts, readings and art openings often drew completely different audiences. She and Higgins expect that, with AMP Night, both event and attendance will be greater than the sum of its parts.

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arlier this month, political newcomer GENESE GRILL attempted to unseat Burlington City Council President JANE KNODELL (P-Central District), a University of Vermont economics professor. Back in January, the independent activist, artist and writer told Seven Days that she intended to “try to run her campaign like a work of art.”

Though her quest was unsuccessful, Grill, 51, remains a cultural force in Burlington’s Old North End. She’s planted herself at the nexus of art, politics and philosophy through her role as editor of 05401PLUS, a monthly publication that launched last June. Published and bankrolled by retired architect and longtime Burlington resident LOUIS MANNIE LIONNI, 84, the free magazine goes by mail to some 750 people, Lionni estimated in a phone interview, and is distributed at local businesses.

Both the title and stark, text-heavy aesthetic signal that 05401PLUS is an offshoot of 05401, a magazine that Lionni

has published periodically since 1995.

According to its masthead, 05401PLUS is “synthesizing the problematics of utility and beauty” in the Lake Champlain bioregion.

In practice, that means its content runs the gamut. Features have included poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke and Turkish writer Cemâl Süreya, a Grill-penned eulogy for Burlington artist Darshana Bolt, and comic illustrations by cartoonist and activist MICHELLE SAYLES. There’s also a polemic of sorts against tax increment financing in Burlington by former Seven Days political columnist SHAY TOTTEN. INFINITE CULCLEASURE of Parents and Youth for Change authored a commentary on the lack of transportation for students in the Winooski School District.

Artist MARIE DAVIS contributed grainy photos of busted cars in the woods.

Despite this eclectic range, the themes of PLUS heavily skew toward urban development and the politics of the built environment, in Burlington and at large. Indeed, a primary mission of

Grill, Lionni and their various contributors seems to be placing local development in broader contexts of historical and philosophical shifts — with a decidedly progressive slant. “[Burlington] is becoming more sterile, more cold,” Grill said. Prior to her city council campaign, she was a core member of the South End Alliance, a group that actively — and successfully — opposed the city’s proposed rezoning of the arts district.

“So much was happening so fast since [Miro] Weinberger [became mayor],” Grill said. “Nobody could really keep up.”

Grill and Lionni have known each other since their respective involvement with now-defunct Burlington College, where she was on the faculty and he was a board member. The seed of 05401PLUS was planted in their minds, Lionni suggested, by the 2015 Save Open Space-Burlington efforts to keep land previously owned by the college open to the public.

“I saw a tremendous growth in people’s consciousness,” Lionni said.

“[There was] a startling amount of intelligence that was blossoming that would be good to capture in hard copy. That was part of what moved us to act on 05401PLUS.” Among PLUS’ frequent contributors are retired sociology professor and Progressive activist Charles Simpson, who lost his own run for a city council seat (South District); architect and VERMONT DESIGN INSTITUTE principal DIANE ELLIOTT GAYER; and playwright and librarian EMER POND FEENEY. Simpson, Gayer and Grill have all been involved with the Coalition for a Livable City. The activist group formally coalesced in 2015, and most recently opposed the proposed development of the Burlington Town Center. CLC received attention this past January when Mayor Weinberger referred to the organization as a “reactionary fringe.”

PLUS maintains no pretense of journalistic objectivity. “We’re very biased,” Grill admitted. “[But] we try to have different kinds of biases.”

The December issue features a lessthan-glowing letter to the editor from Jeffersonville resident Diane Wood. She writes, “At first I was intrigued by the possibility of your publication to provide profound and unique creative writings, until I realized that it is only pretentious intellectualism trying to disguise your propaganda platform.”

Asked about Wood’s statement, Lionni said, “We’re always grateful for [any] response, whether it’s critical or laudatory.” He continued, “It’s not a propaganda magazine, so I thought it was important to include that person’s letter.”

Lionni also conceded, “You could characterize the magazine as having a sociopolitical intent — but I think that’s true of every magazine, whether it’s explicit or not.”

Though some may, like Wood, dismiss PLUS as too intellectual, too lofty or too politically motivated, it undeniably fills a niche in the hyper-local media landscape — albeit one that’s hard to categorize. It seems to be part op-ed collection, part creative writing and art zine, and part ongoing treatise on alternative urbanism and community building.

For his part, Lionni hopes that both 05401 and 05401PLUS will “give people a sense of how real problems have not only socioeconomic dimensions but also an artistic dimension.

“Certainly Genese’s strength is that she combines an artistic vision with a social commitment,” he added. “That’s why she’s the editor.”

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online. When Montpelier’s Downstairs Video went out of business in 2015, he purchased the closeout inventory. “[I was] desperate to keep the store alive,” Rayfield said, “as a business, and as a place for the community to buy cards and maps and listen to me talk.”

Rayfield’s collection of titles is pretty impressive for a small shopkeeper. By comparison, a 2016 AllFlicks report claimed that streaming giant Netflix had approximately 6,500 titles.

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“Coming here,” she continued, “there’s that oldschool feeling of being able to look … pulling out the box to read, holding it in your hand. I like that stuff.”

Laker reminisced with her companion about two nowdefunct Burlington video-rental spots: Marco’s and Waterfront Video.

Rayfield said he began offering movie rentals in 2013. Currently, a rental is $2 per movie for three days.

Or, customers can buy a frequent-user card and get 13 movies for $20 — a baker’s dozen, Rayfield said. And he doesn’t charge late fees.

“A quarter of the business used to be music,” he said.

“Mostly CDs. It died overnight.” Building from his own collection of roughly 300 films, Rayfield then began to offer titles at the shop. He started hunting for movies

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n the era of abandoned movie-rental storefronts, RICK RAYFIELD has made a bold move. The Fayston resident and former neuroscience professor has managed the TEMPEST BOOK SHOP in Waitsfield since 1986. In recent years, he’s been buying up lots of movies — both on VHS tapes and DVDs. Now, a solid portion of Tempest is home to more than 4,800 titles to rent the old-fashioned way.

During Seven Days’ visit, Rayfield appeared to be doing a healthy business — in less than an hour, three customers returned movies and rented new ones. On a Tuesday afternoon.

JENNIFLOWER LAKER of Warren returned her borrowed copies of Pineapple Express and one of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. She’s been renting movies from Rayfield since moving to the area from Burlington three years ago. “Rick was my first friend,” Laker said. “It’s so nice to have somebody to talk to about movies.”

But who has a VCR anymore, anyway? Part of Rayfield’s business plan has been to convert his mountain of VHS tapes — which he stores in a barn on his property — to DVD format, using his “little black box.” At his most efficient, he said, he can transfer three movies a day. He also offers this service to customers, along with converting LPs and cassettes to CD, through his sideline Romeo Romeo Audio Video.

Is this legal? Rayfield is confident that it is. In the store, he has taped a piece of paper that says, “Arghh …

Pirates, are we?” It delineates seven pointers/explanations about the legality of his trade. “The Federal courts said we have the right to make an archival tape,” Rayfield explained, “[but] you can’t own it forever if you own it on VHS.” Casey Rae, former Seven Days music editor and the author of the forthcoming Music Copyright in Practice: An Authoritative Guide, writes in an email that the primary “issue is reproduction and format shifting, which is … considered ‘fair’ for private uses. But here, the reproduction is for commercial exploitation of the reproduced works (assuming the works are still under copyright). This is where the liability would be, though it is difficult to imagine motion picture studios seeking damages.”

Either way, a visit to Tempest makes it clear very quickly that what Rayfield is offering is not “just” movies, or even movies and books. It’s the experience.

Sporting a loosened polka-dotted bowtie, Rayfield looks every bit the quirky shopkeeper. On Saturdays, he sells homemade bread. Lionel trains circle the interior of the store. He even can replace your watch batteries.

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hat’s in a name? Everything, according to some readers who’ve responded to Seven Days stories online, at sevendaysvt.com.

Like many media outlets, Seven Days requires readers to create an account on our website before submitting a comment online, but we allow them to post anonymously. We won’t print a letter to the editor without a full name and town of residence, but online commenters are free to be whoever they want to be, so long as they keep the conversation civil.

Vermont Public Radio has a similar policy. Its commenters are required to register with the third-party platform Disqus, but the station doesn’t enforce a real-name policy on its website, or on its weekday call-in radio show “Vermont Edition,” noted Jonathan Butler, VPR’s director of digital services. “There are plenty of times when someone has something sincere, authentic and valuable to say, and they just won’t tell you their name,” he explained.

Seven Days’ online comments are moderated by a group of digital staff and editors who see everything posted to the site. As part of this team, I can attest that, over the past few months, numerous commenters have focused not on our articles but on the identity of the people responding to them.

Take, for example, the Off Message blog post “Burlington Mall Opponents Sue to Get Vote Result Tossed,” published on November 21, 2016. The first to comment was a reader who goes by the screen name “knowyourassumptions.”

“We love democracy!” this individual wrote sarcastically. “Until our side loses at the ballot box. Then we sue. This is the very definition of sore losers. D’ya think the pathetic communist wannabes at [Coalition for a Livable City] would be embracing and defending the results of this very same vote if they had won it?”

This comment caught the attention of Vermont state Auditor Doug Hoffer, who replied, “I’m curious why ‘knowyourassumptions’ doesn’t use his or her real name. If that was required, the author might be less inclined to use tired ad hominem phrases like ‘pathetic communist wannabes.’”

A spat over anonymity dominated the rest of that comment thread.

A similar debate erupted in the comments below “Tall Mall Looms Over Central District Council Race,” a news story from February 8. In it, Burlington resident Maggie Standley urged Seven Days to change its policy allowing anonymous comments.

“Pls 7 Days,” she wrote, “require commentators to use their actual names as does VTDigger.”

But would that raise the level of discourse on our website? Better serve democracy? Keep people from insulting each other?

Our comment-moderation team doesn’t think so.

For starters, real-name policies are nearly impossible to enforce. VTDigger.org makes a valiant effort. An editor reads and approves each comment before it’s visible to the public, said founder and editor Anne Galloway. When editors spot a suspicious commenter, they do some sleuthing on Google. “When you research someone’s name and the only

reference is to a comment on Digger, you know you’re onto something,” she said.

Even so, Galloway admitted, “We can’t always guarantee that people are using their real names.”

Comment moderators at WCAX-TV and the Burlington Free Press said the same thing. Both wcax.com and burlingtonfreepress.com make commenters log in using a Facebook profile. The social networking site stipulates that users must register with a real name, but not everyone does. “Technically, we don’t have anonymous comments,” said Burlington Free Press reader engagement editor Aki Soga.

“That said, you could be Bozo the Clown and create an account and comment.”

WCAX digital media manager Matthew Monahan also noted that anonymity isn’t necessarily the problem.

He said he’s deleted plenty of vicious or racist comments from people posting under their real names, especially on stories about immigration and heroin.

“It’s like, ‘Wow, you’re my neighbor?

This doesn’t feel like Vermont,’” he said.

Making commenters use their real names won’t change the fact that some of them express racist views. And realname policies can actually have negative consequences, according to research published by the Coral Project.

A collaboration of the Mozilla Foundation, the New York Times and the Washington Post, the Coral Project creates open-source software and best practices to help newsrooms navigate the online world. Seven Days has participated in its events and offered input on its projects.

In January, the Coral Project published “The Real Name Fallacy,” an article by MIT Media Lab PhD candidate J. Nathan Matias. He disputes the idea that removing anonymity improves community behavior — and, he argues, “forcing real names in online communities could also increase discrimination and worsen harassment.”

“Gender- and race-based harassment are only possible if people know a person’s gender and/or race, and real names often give strong indications around both of these categories,” he writes.

Matias also cites a 2016 study that found 43 percent of online harassment victims have changed their contact information, and 23 percent disconnected from online networks to protect themselves. “One study on the reddit platform found that women, who are more likely to receive harassment, also use multiple pseudonymous identities at greater rates than men,” he writes.

Marginalized people, Matias suggests, are particularly at risk of being harassed. In liberal Vermont, that category can include conservatives.

Reached via email, “knowyourassumptions” — who has left 478 comments on the Seven Days site over the past three years — expressed “fear of being attacked/assailed for saying anything critical of the Bernie/progressive/ politically correct orthodoxy that dominates in Vermont and is, in my view, intolerant of and hostile to any criticism.”

All the comment moderators reached for this story agreed that hosting online conversations is time-consuming and challenging — because the technology and best practices are constantly changing, and because people say things online that they’d never say in person.

All of us interact with our regulars at some level, and delete comments that violate our guidelines. But most believe that giving readers a place to talk about stories is, as Soga said, “a really vital part of journalism.”

Comment moderation “is a messy thing,” he added. “It’s kind of like democracy, right?”

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Hosts of “Charlie + Ernie + Lisa in the Morning!” on WVMT 620AM ERNIE FARRAR: I don’t do that. You’ve got to be smart for the smartphone and I’m not smart enough to have one of those. And I don’t make the big bucks that these guys do, see?

SD: Ernie, have you always had that great radio voice or did you have to work at it?

EF: No, I bought it at Fishman’s on Church Street. I was at the hospital the other day and this woman said, “What a great voice. Gee, you oughta be in radio.”

SD: You’re on the air at six in the morning. Do you ever get used to getting up that early?

LN: I have two personalities: Night Girl and Morning Girl. And they do not like each other. But you get used to it a little bit. And weekends are so great. But I can’t sleep past seven o’clock anymore.

CP: I can’t sleep in anymore. It’s also a killer because you want to end the night early — or you have to, anyway.

LN: I don’t. I’m a sports fan, so last night I was up until 11:30 watching Kansas.

And it kills me, but I love my sports.

EF: I love mornings. It’s nice and quiet.

But when I started, I was only 20 years old. I didn’t want mornings; I wanted to go out at night.

SD: How do you keep things civil on air?

CP: I’m very protective of our guests.

Any time you have a politician on, they’re opening themselves up to somebody calling in and ambushing them. If that happens I shut them down right away.

Even if I don’t like the person’s politics, you don’t get personal, you don’t do namecalling or make accusations you can’t back up. I think because of that, we’ve gotten respect from politicians from all parties.

SD: You do like to have fun with Bernie Sanders, though.

CP: We’ve gotten a lot of material from Bernie. He hasn’t been on the show in about nine years. But, honestly, that’s good. Because we got a shtick out of it: “How come he doesn’t wanna come on the show?” So, we do make fun of him a lot, and I don’t know if we could do that if he came on the show.

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SD: Charlie and Ernie, politically you lean more conservative. And Lisa, you lean more liberal. How do you navigate that dynamic?

LN: We differ sometimes on things. But we also agree on a lot. Half of my friends are conservative. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be friends.

CP: That’s what makes it interesting to listeners. It’s a perfect formula. If it’s just somebody preaching the same perspective, you’re not hearing the other side. And that’s boring. So we try to present both sides.

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LISA NAGLE: I’m a trained geriatric social worker, so I can deal with both of them. Also, I worked in the school system for years, so I can deal with the fart jokes.

But for me it was a dream. I was always really interested in [radio] but never had the training for it. I’ve learned a lot from both of them. Charlie is a great interviewer and is quick-witted. Ernie gets me my coffee every morning.

CP: Listeners are very protective of the show and sometimes don’t like changes.

So at first it was a little rough.

LN: It was. There was a woman who didn’t like me and she would just trash me on Facebook, like, every day. I’d never experienced that before.

EF: Charlie and I had been together for years. It was the first civil union. But we had the chemistry. And when you add the third person, no matter who it is, there is a learning curve.

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CHARLIE PAPILLO: You’re never not prepping. Especially now (holds up his smartphone), you’re always connected.

You’ve got to stay on top [of ] what’s happening and think about how it’s going to affect our show tomorrow, what are we going to talk about, what are people interested in. You’re constantly reading and watching.

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t’s become tradition that guests of “Charlie + Ernie + Lisa in the Morning!” bring food to the hosts.

For example, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger always comes with donuts when he stops by the News Talk 620 WVMT studio at the end of a dirt road in Colchester. Others have offered sandwiches, lobster and prime rib. One guest served up roast woodchuck.

But when Richard Simmons visited the studio some years ago — before his self-imposed exile from public life — the flamboyant celeb brought something different: sloppy, wet kisses.

“We were taking a picture in the booth, and so I whispered to [Simmons] to give Ernie a big kiss just before the shot,” says host Charlie Papillo. Ernie is cohost Ernie Farrar, the 73-year-old “Dean of Vermont Broadcasting,” who recently celebrated his 50th anniversary at the station. But Simmons had another idea.

“We took the shot and [Simmons] muckles on to me,” Papillo, 61, recalls with a laugh.

“Thank goodness, greyhounds,” Farrar injects with an eye roll. His voice sounds just as rich and raspy-smooth off air as it does on the popular morning talk show.

Papillo and Farrar teamed up in 1998 to start “Charlie & Ernie,” which touches on everything from local and national politics to sports and food. Lisa Nagle, 54, joined 10 years later, adding not just comedic wit — and a penchant for celeb gossip — but a moderate liberal balance to the more conservative viewpoints of her cohosts.

The show attracts a wide range of Vermont guests, including politicians, musicians and journalists. Seven Days political columnist John Walters is on every Wednesday morning at 8:10 a.m.

CEL has landed some big-name interviews, too, including singer Michael McDonald, comedian Bill Cosby (before the rape allegations) and the occasional randy celebrity fitness guru.

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Dear Cecil,

Not so many years ago, when you went to the movies, the opening credits just concluded with “produced by,” then “directed by.” Now you’ll see three or four different company logos, two or three executive producers, a batch of regular producers, and maybe even some coexecutive producers or coproducers. What do they all do?

— Craig Blouin first belongs to the distributor who got the film into theaters.

Next comes the production company, the entity that sees to it that a film gets made — or, quite possibly, a series of production companies, listed in order of size or degree of involvement in the project.

Among the smaller fish may be one of the many boutique agencies formed by top actors or directors, who seek scripts that interest them and then market the projects to larger companies or studios. Following these corporate names come those of the individual producers, in all their glorious variety.

That stock mental image you have of an old-school movie executive — colossal desk, cigar, multiple phone lines? That was supposed to be a producer, the figure who essentially runs the whole production. (Here, at least, the title makes sense.) The producer (no modifiers, just plain “producer”) disburses money, supervises the artistic calls (which may include hiring a director and securing a script),

and has ultimate control over the day-to-day administrative operations that go into making a movie. Theoretically, the producer also has final say over what we see on the screen, to many a director’s chagrin.

But, again, today a film rarely has just one producer, meaning these responsibilities have to get divvied up somehow; feel free to picture whatever behind-the-scenes Hollywood carnage you like.

The producers have someone impatiently peering over their shoulders, too. The executive producer supervises their work on behalf of the folks ponying up funds for the film, which could mean a studio, a production company, independent financiers of various sorts or some combination.

Someone with this title might also be the person who secured the rights to a film’s underlying source material. In TV, confusingly, “executive producer” often designates an auteur type — someone who created or scripted a series. But in film, it’s mainly about keeping the

idea of a “producer’s mark.”

Anyone who wants the lowercase letters “p.g.a.” after their name in the credits must in fact handle production duties as spelled out by the guild: They have to play a role in script selection and casting, and spend significant time on set.

The big push to establish this mark began after Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture in 1995 and five whole people showed up onstage to collect their trophies — a skeleton crew by today’s standards.

You don’t need the PGA’s nod to produce a film; the carrot the guild dangles in front of producers and studios, though, is that you can’t qualify for the major awards, including the Best Picture Oscar, without their stamp of approval.

Sometimes, of course, that’s not much leverage. Last October, studio head Dana Brunetti complained on Facebook that he’d been denied a producer’s mark for his role in making the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker. Which might smart, but let’s face it: he wasn’t exactly bound for the Dolby Theatre stage anyway.

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wing to some very well-documented envelope trouble, this year’s Academy Awards telecast ended with an unusually large throng of humans onstage. But even a glitch-free Oscars now closes with a sizable gaggle of some of the least recognizable people in the room — the producers — trooping up the aisle to receive the biggest award of the night. You’re right, of course: production credits on a typical film have ballooned in the past quarter century as filmmaking has gotten ever pricier. Between 1994 and 2013, according to film-industry data analyst Stephen Follows, the average number of producers per movie climbed from 5.8 to 10.1 — though the 2013 figure was surely skewed by Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which made movie-biz headlines with its whopping 41 producers. But who exactly are all these cooks stirring the broth we gulp down at the multiplex each summer?

Let’s start with that barrage of preliminary logos. The

machine running smoothly and thus protecting investor cash.

Financing a modern bigbudget picture requires multiple revenue sources, though, and investors love public recognition. That, my child, is where coexecutive producers come from. They may poke their noses in periodically to see how their money’s being spent, or maybe they just want to see their names up there at the premiere. These folks are not to be confused with coproducers, who do take an active role in the production. A coproducer is in many cases the screenwriter, or at the very least someone who played a significant role in revising the script.

While many of these titles are doled out at the whim of the film’s powers that be, some have been defined by professional filmmaking organizations. The Writers Guild of America, for instance, makes the call about who can be billed as coproducer. And after struggling for years to set criteria for earning a producer credit, in 2012 the Producers Guild of America convinced most major industry players to accept the

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The review then goes on to bolster this claim, through bits of summary followed by sarcastic commentary, without offering any outside opinions, points of view or perspectives. If you’re so sure of what your own opinions are, why do you even have to share them?

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One morning on my way to work a few weeks ago, I popped into a coffee shop to grab a copy of Seven Days. I knew what I was looking for. A member of our art group had promised that she would share a comic unlike any that she has shared before — about health care. [“Rachel Lives Here Now,” March 8] moved me to tears.

Our bimonthly gatherings function as a support group of sorts. Most recently, we have talked about what deems a person valuable in society. The unfair

expectation to become part of the conventional workforce marginalizes a huge chunk of our population: those who have experienced trauma and may struggle with some social environments; anyone with a physical disability; or those for whom the “system” has just plain never worked. Artists are just a fraction of these people.

As artists, we struggle to make ends meet, to feed ourselves. So many of us are dependent on the subsidies that have been stigmatized all our lives. I have talked to artists making less than $10,000 a year who opt out of these programs because they feel they are “undeserving.”

I was so proud that my friend took a risk to share our sentiments in such a shocking style. It was like a stop sign alerting us of one of the many pieces of our community we take for granted, one that would not be available without Medicaid. A familiar and funny comic for a moment draws back the curtain to reveal the raw, personal truth about our art community.

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[Re “Size Wise: In Burlington, Upward Growth or ‘Vertical Sprawl’?”

February 22]: Burlington Town Center developer Don Sinex, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and project architect Jesse Beck claim to be affordable housing advocates and Pine Street corridor champions. But if they truly wanted 55 units of affordable housing, they would build 55 units of affordable housing instead of 215 luxury condos. The same goes for extending Pine Street.

And why does Burlington Planning Director David White fear zoning regulations when it comes to infill development but didn’t seem to mind putting ballot measures 3 and 4 before the public in November?

Why is our mayor, a supposed civil servant, an outspoken supporter of a private development project? The mayor should support the will of the people, not work to influence the outcome of a ballot measure.

If Beck thinks “Burlington ... needs to grow up,” maybe he should move to New York City, among whose “adult” buildings he might be more comfortable.

The fact of the matter is that this project has been sold to the public as an economic windfall, an environmental win and a social equalizer when it is a profit machine for a few wealthy developers and architects — and maybe a quid pro quo for Weinberger once his mayoring days are over.

Finally, consider the mayor’s description of the mall as “a win for the environment.” Sure, it may not make the environment worse than status quo, but no steel-reinforced concrete is ever a win for the environment.

This is privatizing our commons, pure and simple. If Weinberger, Sinex, Beck and White would stop lying about how this helps Burlington, maybe a real debate could ensue.

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rdinarily, when Rutland Herald reporter Susan Smallheer goes to court, she brings the tools of her trade: a pen, a notebook, and perhaps a camera or tape recorder. But on August 4, 1992, the veteran journalist was warned to arrive at Vermont District Court in White River Junction with nothing more than a toothbrush — the only personal item she’d be allowed to take with her to jail.

Smallheer said she didn’t know it at the time, but the Department of Corrections had already set aside a cell for her. Held in contempt of court for defying a judge’s order to testify in a criminal case, she faced not just potential jail time but a fine of $2,000 a day.

Prosecutors and the defense attorney wanted Smallheer to disclose what she had learned in a jailhouse interview with Charles Gundlah, a recently recaptured prison escapee suspected of having a role in the murder of a Newfane music teacher.

“It was a fishing expedition,” recalled Smallheer, who said she was “absolutely” prepared to go to jail rather than divulge off-the-record information from a source. Why? “Because my life as a reporter would have been over if I had to testify for the prosecution,” she explained. “No one would trust me … But to say I wasn’t nervous [about going to jail] would be a lie. I was.”

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Ultimately, Smallheer avoided the jail cell. The prosecutor dropped her as a witness, and the Vermont Supreme Court later vacated her contempt citation and fines — although not before the Rutland Herald had spent more than $30,000 in legal fees defending her. The justices didn’t rule on the broader question of whether it was constitutional for courts to compel a reporter to breach the confidentiality of a source.

Smallheer is not the only Vermont journalist to have faced that harrowing choice. Over the years, some reporters have acquiesced to subpoenas in criminal and civil cases. Others have fought them vigorously — even as Vermont Supreme Court decisions have narrowed the protections that reporters believe the U.S. Constitution affords them.

Last week, the Vermont Senate took the first step toward restoring some of that media privilege, unanimously passing a “shield law” at the urging of journalists and the Vermont Press Association. If the bill, S.96, becomes a law, it would protect news gatherers from having to reveal confidential sources or to turn over their work product — notebooks, recordings, unpublished photos and videotapes — to police, prosecutors or defense attorneys.

Journalists contend that when the legal system coerces them into testifying, it makes them appear

to be acting as an investigative arm of law enforcement. As a consequence, they lose the independence they need to carry out their constitutionally protected role of holding government accountable.

The shield law privilege, which is similar to the privacy protections afforded to lawyers, priests, doctors and mental health professionals, is never absolute. In states that have such a law — Vermont is among the handful that don’t — judges still have authority to override the privilege when they find a critical and compelling justification for doing so.

That generally happens when the information sought can prove the guilt or innocence of the accused.

Why is the Vermont Press Association advocating for a shield law now? Earlier this month, Seven Days reporter Mark Davis offered lawmakers a chilling example of what can happen when the protection doesn’t exist.

As Davis explained in an interview, in August 2016 U.S. Attorney Eric Miller announced an aggressive initiative to pursue so-called drug “facilitators” — Vermonters, primarily women, who open up their homes to out-ofstate drug dealers. After covering the campaign in a blog post, Davis recalled, he found himself thinking the story deserved deeper exploration.

His theory was that the facilitators, whom the campaign portrayed as public enemies and profiteers, were actually drug addicts who were being exploited by the interstate drug trade. Subsequent interviews with individual facilitators supported that thesis.

After WCAX broadcast several minutes of riot footage, then-Chittenden County State’s Attorney Robert Simpson subpoenaed all 44 minutes of videotape with the goal of identifying potential suspects. The station refused to comply, and the case was appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court.

Hemley, who didn’t represent WCAX in that case, said that while the Supreme Court paid “lip service” to St. Peter in its decision, it essentially weakened the ability of reporters to claim journalistic privilege. The fact that the WCAX reporters had witnessed criminal activity while performing their jobs didn’t, as he put it, “immunize them” from the responsibilities all citizens have to testify.

As Vermont’s justices wrote, “We cannot seriously entertain the notion that the First Amendment protects a newsman’s agreement to conceal the criminal conduct of his source, or evidence thereof, on the theory that it is better to write about crime than to do something about it.”

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While the WCAX case dealt a serious blow to journalistic privilege, Hemley said, that decision applied specifically to a criminal investigation. Reporters’ attorneys could still argue that in civil matters, with less at stake, the rights of the journalist should prevail. That argument wasn’t challenged until the 2007 case Spooner v. Town of Topsham.

In Spooner, Hemley explained, reporter Hank Buermeyer attended a public meeting in Topsham, where the town selectboard was looking to hire a new road foreman. Selectboard members emerged from an executive session and stated publicly that they hadn’t selected James Spooner because they thought he was too old for the job.

A week later, the Journal Opinion, a weekly newspaper in Bradford, published Buermeyer’s story. Like others in the room, he had heard the board members’ remarks and reported them verbatim. When Spooner read the story, he sued the town for age discrimination, and his attorney subpoenaed Buermeyer.

Hemley, who handled that case for the Journal Opinion, moved to quash the subpoena and won the case at the trial court level. But when the case was appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court, the justices ruled that the reporter had to testify, even though he was not the sole witness. Why? “Because he took notes,” Hemley said. “He was considered very credible, and the plaintiff was entitled to have the most credible witness of his choosing.”

Hemley called that decision “problematic if you’re a believer in the strength of a strong First Amendment and the importance of news gathering.” In effect, forcing reporters to testify can deter them from publishing certain kinds of news — or, in the case of Davis’ drug facilitator story, from reporting it at all.

Fortunately for Davis and Smallheer, their respective employers had the financial resources to defend them in court. The same was true of longtime Burlington Free Press

reporter Mike Donoghue, who said he’s been subpoenaed 18 times and compelled to testify in court at least twice.

In all of those cases, Donoghue said, the Free Press funded his defense. But he pointed out that most of Vermont’s four dozen non-daily news outlets, many of which operate as nonprofits, lack the financial wherewithal to mount a vigorous defense.

“I’ve always said that I would never give up a source, but I never got to the point where I was threatened with jail or a fine,” Donoghue added. “I worry about small weekly or even daily newspapers where somebody is told that they have to testify or go to jail or be fined $1,000 a day.”

Thus far, opposition to the Vermont shield law bill has been limited. Neither the Vermont Bar Association nor the Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has taken a position. Defender General Matt Valerio, who oversees Vermont’s public defenders, hasn’t formally weighed in on the bill either, though he said he personally believes in the value of shield laws.

“There are times when the constitutional rights of defendants to prepare a defense are going to override the statutory right of the press to maintain confidentiality,” Valerio said. “But that’s something the court would weigh on a case-by-case basis. In general, I don’t think [ journalists’] sources should just be open to anybody’s demands.”

For his part, John Campbell, executive director of the Department of State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs, said he supports the concept of a shield law.

“Neither I nor the other state’s attorneys I’ve spoken with want or expect the media to act as our deputies or investigators,” Campbell said. However, he expressed concern that, in an age when “everyone with access to a computer can create a blog in a matter of minutes,” criminals may try to hide behind reporters’ shield law protections.

If shield laws have had a detrimental effect on the ability of prosecutors to do their jobs, there’s little evidence of it, suggested Gregg Leslie, legal defense director for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group.

Leslie said he knows of no data or study showing that shield laws make prosecutions more difficult. As he put it, “We’re not seeing great miscarriages of justice by any means because reporters aren’t testifying.”

That certainly held true in Smallheer’s case. Two years after her own brush with jail time, her source, Gundlah, was convicted for his role in the music teacher’s murder.

As she noted, the prosecution built its case against him without her testimony.

Looking back, Smallheer is still heartened by the support she got from strangers. She vividly recalled pumping gas one day when a mechanic at the station recognized her face from the news coverage.

Smallheer expected the mechanic to give her grief for not cooperating with the prosecution. “Instead,” she recalled, “he said to me, ‘Don’t give in. Don’t become part of the prosecution.’ That was so gratifying.” m

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But even as Davis reported that story, he found himself hesitant to pursue it because of the consequences he faced from a past one. He was one of three Seven Days journalists who, along with a Vermont Public Radio reporter, had been called to testify under subpoena in a sexual assault case against Norm McAllister. Davis had interviewed the then-state senator from Franklin County on his Highgate farm as he awaited trial.

In the end, Davis didn’t have to choose whether to testify; the charges against McAllister were dropped on the very day Davis was scheduled to take the stand. As he put it, “I’m very grateful that I didn’t have to make that decision.”

But Davis said that experience had a chilling effect on his willingness to take on a second controversial story that could lead to another subpoena. When it dawned on him that “I can get these people into a lot of trouble,” Davis said, he shut down his reporting on the so-called drug facilitators.

“I think that’s a really important story to tell, and the public would really benefit from a fuller understanding of who those [facilitators] are,” he added. “But I felt that I could not responsibly report it, because of my experience with McAllister and the lack of legal protections for journalists.”

Both Davis and Smallheer were represented by Bob Hemley, an attorney with the Burlington law firm Gravel & Shea. In the past 40 years, Hemley has defended virtually every print publication in Vermont that’s been slapped with a subpoena — roughly two dozen cases, he estimates.

In that time, he said, he’s seen the courts steadily erode journalists’ legal protections.

Hemley, 70, began practicing law in Vermont in 1976, just two years after the Vermont Supreme Court issued its first ruling on the question of journalistic privilege.

In 1974’s State v. St. Peter, the court was asked to decide whether a WCAX-TV reporter, John Gladding, could be compelled to testify about his foreknowledge of a police drug raid that took place in Rutland. As the court noted at the time, the case was unusual in that it was the defendant’s attorney who was seeking Gladding’s testimony, while the prosecution defended Gladding’s right to protect his source.

In its decision, the high court cited a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision from two years earlier. In Branzburg v. Hayes (1972), the federal justices ruled that the First Amendment does not grant unlimited protection to journalists who’ve witnessed criminal activity.

In St. Peter, Hemley explained, the Vermont Supreme Court essentially agreed with Branzburg: News gatherers, the court wrote, have a “qualified privilege” that can be overcome only by demonstrating that three conditions have been met. First, the information being sought must be relevant and material to the party’s case; second, there must be a “compelling and overriding interest” — that is, the guilt or innocence of the defendant; and third, the information must not be available from another source.

“For years after St. Peter,” Hemley explained, “we successfully challenged subpoenas issued to reporters primarily on the grounds that there was always an alternative source or that the alternative sources haven’t been fully exhausted.”

But two cases in recent years dramatically altered the legal landscape, Hemley said. The first case originated in the early morning hours of October 21, 2004, when University of Vermont students celebrating the Boston Red Sox’s historic victory over the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series turned violent. Rioters knocked down signs and lampposts, overturned vehicles, broke windows, and set fires, causing about $30,000 in damage.

Mixed Signals How will Vermont PBS spend its $56 million windfall?

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t’s not unusual for journalists from other media outlets to stroll through the doors of Vermont PBS. The station’s flagship local news program, “Vermont This Week,” features three different state reporters every week, and the station accommodates other members of the fourth estate when it hosts candidate debates during election season.

But on a Friday morning in midFebruary, reporters convened at the Colchester studios for a press conference Vermont PBS called in order to discuss an unusual topic: itself.

The announcement was cryptic, but at a time when media outlets across the

country are struggling with declining ad revenue, unexpected press conferences aren’t usually a positive sign.

Instead, the station dropped a bombshell — of good news. Participating alongside dozens of other stations in a Federal Communications Commission auction, Vermont PBS had sold one of its four broadcast licenses for $56 million.

In a small state like Vermont, that is an eye-watering sum. It’s nine times more than Vermont PBS’ annual operating budget of $6 million, and more than double the combined assets of the state’s leading nonprofit news orgs, Vermont Public Radio and VTDigger.org.

The windfall positions Vermont PBS

as the most financially secure media outlet in the state. If it wanted — and it doesn’t, according to president and CEO Holly Groschner — the station could afford to buy several of Vermont’s daily newspapers.

So what is the channel best known for “Sesame Street,” “Downton Abbey” and other nonlocal shows going to do with all that dough? Will it make the best use of its big break?

“I think that Vermont PBS for the last 25 years has been sleepy,” said Bill Schubart, an author and media observer who has chaired the boards that oversee VPR and VTDigger, among other roles. “I think it has relied on an aging

viewership … and it’s not a long-term strategy.”

Schubart said he hopes the station uses the money to bolster its news offerings, through original productions and collaborations, and is cautiously optimistic that Groschner is up to the challenge.

“She will explore with her people and with possible partners a technical architecture and a content strategy that brings her into the news business,” Schubart said.

The station’s leaders say they recognize the enormity of the opportunity — Groschner pledged, “more local content, more studio-made content, more

airs with regularity is the half-hour “Outdoor Journal.” In 2013 came the light-hearted “Makin’ Friends with Ryan Miller,” in which the Guster frontman, who had recently moved to the state, tried to, well, make friends. VPBS occasionally runs locally produced documentaries and short-run shows, such as the six-episode food program, “The Local Motive,” produced in partnership with Skinny Pancake and other area businesses.

Groschner said there are no plans to hire any news professionals, but she is open to collaborating with other media outlets.

She seems far more excited about empowering residents to generate their own content, aka citizen journalism.

She suggested Vermont PBS could pay for fiber connections to connect studios across the state so locals could hold forums or discuss programs the station airs, such as its forthcoming documentary about pollution in Lake Champlain.

Those viewers turn to it for more than just news and syndicated programs, Groschner pointed out.

Vermont PBS partners with Vermont Head Start to teach parents of preschoolers in low-income areas how to use PBS content as a learning tool. The station broadcasts a statewide high school poetry contest and airs footage from Burlington’s Discover Jazz Festival to bring first-rate music to viewers across the state.

“We serve different segments of the population with different services and products,” Vermont PBS Board chair Patricia Gabel said. “Those viewers captivated by ‘Downton Abbey’ and the well-resourced content we get from the BBC and other places think of us in one way. The families who can’t afford

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childcare for their children but want to have education programming watch different parts of our broadcast and online offerings. They think of Vermont PBS in a different way.”

Groschner said station officials forecast that the $56 million is more like $50 million. That’s accounting for the engineering and equipment upgrades required to preserve its coverage area.

Planning and executing the sale came with a cost, too. More difficult to calculate — but Vermont PBS is doing it — is the anticipated reaction of private donors, who comprise 80 percent of the station’s revenue. Groschner and company are concerned those donors might feel less generous as a result of the windfall from the sale.

The money won’t get deposited into the station’s coffers until the end of the year, but that won’t delay plans to hire a handful of digital producers, technical experts and marketing employees, Groschner said. The board also intends to bring on a consultant to shepherd a

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“The new model for the new time is: The community creates the stories,” Groschner said. “The goal is to envision a world where Vermonters have a platform where they’re engaging in content about things that matter. In the past, broadcasting was one-way. Today, we envision a world where two-way conversations happen. We need to find a way to create a forum for Vermonters to participate.”

When asked to provide an example of a station that has done what she imagined, Groschner said, “There are none.”

But Groschner’s ideas sound a lot like what Vermont public access television stations have been doing for decades. Jess Wilson, executive director of the Burlington station Regional Educational Television Network, said Vermont PBS reached out before the spectrum sale was announced and pledged to use some of the money to collaborate on more projects.

“The more the better is the way we would look at it,” Wilson said.

Founded in 1967 and originally owned by the University of Vermont, Vermont PBS reaches into New Hampshire and New York and has a sizable following in the Montréal area.

six-month public feedback process that will include a series of public meetings.

The goal is to have recommendations ready by November.

By that time, the station will also have a better idea of what it can expect from Washington, D.C. Roughly $1 million — or 16 percent of the station’s budget — comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the federally funded nonprofit that provides money to public media outlets across the country.

President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating federal funding for CPB. Vermont PBS gets 4 percent of its annual revenues, or $270,000, from the state. Gov. Phil Scott proposed in January to level fund the station. But after the February spectrum sale announcement, he said he wanted to re-evaluate the appropriation — and perhaps cut it altogether.

On Monday, the Vermont House Appropriations Committee approved a budget that would eliminate the state’s contribution.

Groschner has testified in the Statehouse to preserve state funding and participated last week in a press conference with other local groups, including the Vermont Arts Council, Fletcher Free Library and the Shelburne Museum — all of which might lose funding under Trump’s spending plan.

“We are here for you. Please be here for us,” Groschner said during the press conference.

She argues that governments should still feel an obligation to support the station’s mission and that the spectrum proceeds should not have to be spent filling holes in the annual operating budget.

Groschner, who earns $122,000 a year, was serving as general counsel for the Vermont Telecommunications Authority when she was hired in December 2014 after the ouster of her predecessor, John King. The CPB fined the station $15,000 for holding secret meetings to discuss allegations against King, which divided loyalties among the station’s 37 staffers.

Presiding over a more peaceful time at Vermont PBS, Groschner said that being the “steward of the FCC proceeds” is perhaps the most important challenge of her career.

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community content, more content” — but at the moment, they are still light on specifics.

“We have a huge obligation to the community to give them a place where they can get truthful information and come together,” Groschner said. “My obligation isn’t just to the money or to the station, it’s to serve the culture and economy of Vermont. And the underserved.”

Vermont PBS was one of dozens of television stations across the country to participate in the ongoing FCC airwave auction. In response to the boom in mobile internet usage, the U.S. government is encouraging the reallocation of radio signals on the airwave spectrum from broadcast to wireless carriers.

AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are among the wireless heavyweights forecast to spend as much as $60 billion buying up signals. A former FCC chairman called it a “once-in-a lifetime” chance for stations like Vermont PBS. As news of the huge sale prices has spread, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, Free Press, is pressuring stations across the country to invest the proceeds in meat-and-potatoes local journalism.

“It’s important because we’ve seen over the last 10 years thousands of local news jobs being lost, and as a result people aren’t getting the news and information they need to participate in local civic life,” said Tim Karr, spokesman for the organization, which has one million members and has opposed media consolidation.

Free Press has focused its lobbying efforts on New Jersey, which just reaped $325 million from the spectrum sale. It is urging the state to set aside a good chunk of that money to produce local news and support local journalists.

Vermont PBS, Karr said, could consider doing the same thing in any number of ways: “better resources for requesting public records, more local journalists to watchdog the local statehouse and city halls.

“They could create their own consortium of local news organizations,” Karr continued, “and maybe partner with a couple universities and create some sort of a fund that would support not just their own work but the work of others in the community.”

But that would be a big departure for Vermont PBS, which claims 17.6 million broadcast and website views in 2016, down from 18.2 million in 2015. The station doesn’t employ any full-time journalists, and its shelf of locally produced content is pretty bare.

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or two years, WCAX-TV anchor Eva McKend appeared on air with wavy chestnut-colored tresses.

When she delivered the 11 p.m. newscast this past January 13, her hair was a mass of free-spirited dark brown curls.

“What happened to Eva’s hair?” someone asked on the WCAX website. Another viewer told McKend she looked like she’d been rolling in hay backstage. A number of people wrote in via email and Facebook to say she looked beautiful.

Broadcast journalists — female ones, in particular — are accustomed to receiving unsolicited fashion advice from strangers.

But for McKend, who is the only black television anchor in Vermont, the feedback about her hair has a freighted significance.

McKend is already an outlier. She’s a woman of color living in an overwhelmingly white state and working in an industry that lacks diversity. In 2016, people of color made up 23 percent of the staff in television newsrooms nationwide, according to the Radio Television Digital News Association.

And there’s a history of black female reporters facing backlash for how they wear their hair. In 1971, Melba Tolliver, a New York TV reporter, covered the wedding of Richard Nixon’s daughter with a short Afro — against the wishes of her editors, who tried to persuade her to wear a wig.

They edited her out of the footage. More recently, in 2012, Rhonda Lee, a meteorologist at a local TV station in Louisiana, was fired for responding to a Facebook post criticizing her Afro.

It’s still rare for black broadcasters to wear their hair naturally on TV. In that context, McKend’s gesture is more than a style choice. Although she says it was a personal decision both to wear a wig — it’s cheaper than a weave, which can cost as much as $800 — and to take it off, her unveiling qualifies as a cultural statement.

“In the professional realm, we have this standard, and I’m deviating from the standard. I’m shaking things up,” McKend acknowledged. “I have a unique blessing and burden, and that comes with being the only black person at any of the three stations in the state.”

Spunky 27-year-old McKend has already expanded WCAX’s editorial horizons.

She’s reported stories about the first hijabwearing Norwich University cadet, alleged racial profiling by the Bennington police,

and one of the oldest African Americanowned farms in the state. She’s also gained a reputation for asking tough questions and putting political leaders on the spot. Her boss, WCAX executive producer Roger Garrity, describes her as “fearless.”

Curtiss Reed Jr., executive director of the Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity, summed up McKend’s approach: “If people are going to judge her by her hair, they have totally missed out on her journalistic excellence. She has a nose for news — particularly news that resonates for communities of color around the state.”

Vermont is a long way from the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where McKend grew up. Her mother, who works in sales, and her father, a retired carpenter from

student newspaper, “According to Eva,” in which she wrote about race and identity.

A central theme: “Many black women become plagued by the notion that what is white is what is beautiful.” While studying abroad in England, McKend hosted a radio show called “The Politics of Race in London,” conducting on-the-street interviews with strangers.

McKend won a full scholarship to Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, where she obtained her master’s. She entered the job market with a résumé that included internships at CNN, NBC Philadelphia, and Essence and Ms. magazines.

When a paying job came up in the Catskills, at a 24-hour cable channel that

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Guyana, separated when she was young.

McKend lived with her mother but stayed close to her father.

From kindergarten through 12th grade, she attended the private Birch Wathen Lenox School on full scholarship. During high school, McKend hounded her classmates to participate in monthly conversations about diversity.

“I would post flyers all over school. I would try to engage white kids at lunch: ‘Listen, you really got to go to this thing, man.’ People would see me coming and roll their eyes,” she recalled. After a while, however, some kids started showing up.

McKend, a self-described “social butterfly” who was elected student council president her senior year, wasn’t always at ease in school. “As a black woman in that white setting, I just had a lot of self-esteem issues,” McKend said. When she asked a white guy to the prom, he said he would get back to her. “He never did,” she noted.

McKend went on to Swarthmore College, where she majored in English literature and minored in black studies and religion. She started a column in the

required her to report and shoot her stories, McKend went for it. She hated lugging around heavy camera equipment but relished holding sometimes-corrupt local politicians accountable. “They called me a pit bull,” she recalled. She had been there for two years when a couple of friends — both WCAX alumni — urged her to apply for an anchor position at Vermont’s largest station.

In January 2015, then-news director Anson Tebbetts hired McKend as a morning anchor. Tebbetts recalled being impressed with her reporting portfolio: “It was investigative, hard news … She’s not just doing weather, not just standing in a snowbank.” Also important: “She wanted to come to Vermont.”

McKend, who’d spent seven summers at a summer camp near the White Mountains in New Hampshire, was enticed by Vermont’s outdoor offerings. She was also excited to score an anchor slot at such a young age: “You’re getting the opportunity to be the face of your station,” she said.

At WCAX, McKend cohosts “The :30,” a live evening interview show that airs at

5:30 p.m.; and anchors the 11 p.m. newscast, working from 2 p.m. to midnight. Her role on “The :30” includes taking part in lighthearted, borderline-ludicrous stunts such as wielding an ax and completing an inflatable obstacle course.

She embraces the silly assignments, according to her cohost, Keith McGilvery.

But, he said, “Eva is best known for her hard news strengths.”

The Obama White House appears to have noticed. Last summer, a few days before then-vice president Joe Biden visited Burlington, White House press staff emailed McKend asking if she wanted an exclusive interview.

During the five-minute sit-down, she seemed at ease with her celebrity guest.

U.S. senators don’t unnerve McKend, either. In a live interview last fall, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) tried to skirt her question about his role in promoting the Northeast Kingdom EB-5 visa projects, which had ended in scandal. McKend interrupted: “But do you feel responsible for this?” She also pressed Leahy about campaign contributions he’d received from Mylan after the company drastically increased the price of its EpiPens.

In March 2016, McKend confronted then-presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as he exited the polls after voting in the Vermont primary. She had previously done a story about Vermonters of color who were critical of the junior senator.

“You’ve been making the case to voters of color throughout the country,” McKend said, “but back here at home, black Vermonters are really concerned you have not addressed some of their issues—” An irked Sanders interrupted: “Well, I don’t accept that. I think my record on civil rights is as strong as any member of the United States Congress, and I’m proud of that record.”

It wasn’t the first time McKend brought up race with people in power. One month before the Sanders encounter, the Vermont Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Shamel Alexander, who had been imprisoned for heroin possession, concluding that Bennington police had searched him because he was black.

In covering the story, McKend interviewed Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette in his office. Toward the end, she asked the key question in the most direct way possible: “Was Shamel Alexander

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While WCAX has been supportive, McKend said — unlike other stations, it doesn’t impose rules regarding appearance — the anchor isn’t beyond second-guessing herself.

Appearance matters in television, and the medium demands uniformity, she noted. “That’s what we’re told in the industry. You’re supposed to look the same.

Don’t confuse the viewers.”

Since going natural, McKend has heard from some of her black journalist mentors in bigger media markets. “Out of concern for the health of my career, they say things like, ‘We know you’re discouraged. We know things are hard right now … but going natural is not the answer. You’re only going to make it harder for yourself.’”

Griffith agreed that McKend’s choice comes with risks. “It declares her difference. It declares her blackness,” she observed. “I’m proud of her for doing it for herself,” Griffith said. “Whereas a white reporter may be able to blend and fade into a crowd, Eva will always stand out.” m

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from Vermonters has been positive; parents have thanked her for setting an example for their children.

“Especially being black in Vermont, I want to be a role model. I want little black girls in the community to look up to me and think they can be on television, too,” McKend said.

At times, that can be a burden. “None of my white colleagues have parents coming up to them in the City Market telling them, ‘What you’re doing with your hair is really making an impact on my child,’” McKend noted. “It’s such an honor, but it’s a lot to have to carry.”

She wonders: What will those viewers think if she decides to wear a wig, or a weave, again?

McKend is currently in South Africa, volunteering with a nonprofit that hosts media workshops for students in a Cape Town township. That country is also still coming to terms with black hair, she noted.

Case in point: Students of color at the Pretoria High School for Girls have been protesting rules that prohibit them from wearing their hair naturally.

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McKend has always been drawn to the subject of beauty as it relates to women of color. In one of her college columns, she wrote, “Black women continue to have minimal representation in the media especially in all of our diverse hues, hair textures and body types.

We all know that we very rarely see darkskinned women, full-figured women and women who sport their God-given hair.”

One reason she originally pursued a career in television, McKend said, was to “challenge traditional perceptions of beauty.” Wearing the wig at WCAX, “in a way, it felt like I was not being my authentic self,” she said, but she didn’t feel ready to lose it.

Then, this January, after getting dumped by her boyfriend, McKend decided to take the wig off. “I was just like, ‘I want to be free. I need to shed the weight. I need to shed the pain.’”

“Everybody seems to have an opinion about it,” she said, with good-natured exasperation. “I get 10 emails a day about how I changed my hair.”

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racially profiled?” Doucette, looking uncomfortable in his chair, adamantly denied it.

McKend regularly reports on immigrants and refugees, and has spotlighted a number of artists and musicians of color.

“She takes on stories that would be ignored otherwise,” said Traci Griffith, an associate professor of media studies at Saint Michael’s College. “She’s definitely playing a role in this market in particular.”

Garrity agreed. “I think Eva has added a perspective to our newsroom that was possibly lacking, not overtly or intentionally,” he said.

Not everyone appreciates the addition, however. “I have also heard complaints that she does too many of that type of story,” Griffith said.

“I am aware of the fact that sometimes, because I like those issues, it will be a lot of me covering those issues,” McKend said.

She sometimes passes story tips and ideas along to colleagues, she noted: “I realize just because I’m interested in these issues surrounding people of color, doesn’t mean I have to do them all.”

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“It’s like winning the lottery,” the vice president for news told Seven Days at the time. “We spent 21 years or so under corporate ownership. To return to local ownership again is a dream come true, not only for us but, I think, for our communities.”

Over the previous two decades, a series of national newspaper chains had squeezed every penny they could out of New England Newspapers, Inc., a once vibrant group of papers that includes the Massachusetts daily Berkshire Eagle; the Vermont dailies Brattleboro Reformer and Bennington Banner; and the Vermont weekly Manchester Journal. After multiple rounds of newsroom layoffs and the steady outsourcing of business and production jobs, the papers had become thin and lifeless.

But last spring a retired judge from Stockbridge, Mass. — backed by a retired newspaper executive and two wealthy bankers with second homes in the area — scooped up the papers and pledged to rebuild them.

“By taking these locally, I think we do have an opportunity to reinvigorate them and make them more responsive to their respective communities,” the former judge, Fredric Rutberg, said at the time.

Nearly a year later, Rutberg and his partners have started to deliver — particularly at the group’s flagship paper, the Pittsfield, Mass.-based Eagle.

The new owners have since hired about two dozen new employees — some of whom are doing work previously performed at corporate design hubs in Connecticut and classified advertising call centers in Michigan. They have launched redesigns of the papers’ print and online products, replacing the cookie-cutter look favored by the previous owners. Most importantly, they have expanded the Eagle’s newsroom with the creation of an investigative reporting team.

“This is a dream that came true,” Rutberg said last week.

That may be so for the Eagle, his local newspaper, but change has come more slowly at the company’s southern Vermont papers, which the investors were initially uninterested in buying.

David Gartenstein, the outgoing chair of the Brattleboro Selectboard, said he was thrilled last May when the Reformer’s ownership changed hands.

But a year later, Windham County’s sole daily newspaper has just one dedicated, full-time reporter — down from two last year and five a decade ago.

“With only one reporter, the depth and robustness of the coverage has yet to be redeployed,” Gartenstein said.

“They made a lot of promises,” said Chris Lenois, a morning host at Brattleboro’s WKVT-Radio. “But you’re not really seeing a change editorially.”

Rutberg and his newly hired publisher, Alan English, maintain that they are just as committed to their Vermont papers as they are to the Eagle — and Moran says he’s in the process of recruiting a second Brattleboro reporter.

“It’s early, right?” said English, who left his post as president and publisher of the Times of Shreveport, La., to help reinvigorate the New England papers.

“We’re taking steps to build those teams back up at this very minute.”

Given the bleak state of journalism in southern Vermont — far from the state’s Montpelier-Burlington media corridor — even the company’s competitors are willing to cut the new owners some slack.

“I mean, you’ve gotta be either crazy or brave — or both — to buy a newspaper in this day and age, but they seem committed to it,” said Randy Holhut,

a former Reformer editor who now works for the Commons, a nonprofit Brattleboro weekly. “It’s going to take a lot of time to undo the 20 years’ worth of damage done by the previous owners.”

The Judge On Nantucket in the summer of 2014, Rutberg and his wife attended a lecture

by Time magazine columnist Joe Klein.

“He said almost offhandedly that democracy requires citizenship and citizenship requires the town square,” Rutberg recalled. “When he said that, my mind focused immediately on the Berkshire Eagle.”

Four decades earlier, when he first moved to western Massachusetts to practice law, the young attorney had found the Eagle to be “required reading” in town.

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“If it was in the paper, you were Rutberg declined to disclose the expected to know it,” he said. “It lost terms of his group’s purchase of NENI, some of its luster over the years, due to which closed in May 2016 — and he has absentee ownership.” given conflicting signals about his apWhen he saw Klein speak, the petite for expansion. A press release anPittsfield and Great Barrington dis- nouncing the deal promised “a substantrict court judge was approaching the tial number of new hires for positions in Massachusetts judiciary’s mandatory re- the newsroom.” But in an interview with tirement age of 70. But he still had plenty Seven Days the next week, he appeared of energy and was looking for a second to walk that back, saying, “Reporters act. Rutberg resolved to buy the Eagle can act more efficiently.” and make it the town square once more.

“I’m not committing to anything His timing was fortuitous. Alden right now,” he said at the time.

Global Capital, a New York City hedge fund, was looking to unload some 75 The Veteran daily newspapers and 100 non-dailies it owned through Digital First Media, Among the first people Rutberg which was then the second largest consulted when he decided to pursue newspaper chain in the nation. When NENI was Martin Langeveld, who had a deal to sell the whole company to spent most of his career at the company.

“He told me, ‘Save your money,’” the another hedge fund fell through in May judge recalled.

2015, Rutberg approached Alden about “For a while I tried buying just the Eagle. to talk him out of it,” The judge had some Langeveld said. “I would hefty financial backing send him articles about the from two bankers with latest numbers in the insecond homes in the dustry, about the declines Berkshires: former Visa of circulation and declines president and Citigroup of advertising. I said, ‘Why executive Hans Morris and would you want to buy M&T Bank chair and CEO into this business?’”

Robert Wilmers. Rounding When Langeveld first out the group was Stanford went to work for the Eagle Lipsey, a retired publisher in 1978 — selling adverwho has since died. tising for its short-lived “Each of these guys UpCountry Magazine — the have said on different occapaper was one of the best of sions that they never, ever its size in the nation.

A few wanted to own a newspayears earlier, it had won a per,” Rutberg said, referring RAN DY HOLHU T Pulitzer Prize for editorial to Morris and Wilmers. writing.

“Except this newspaper.”

“It was a great company Their business plan was simple: to work for,” Langeveld said.

Attract more readers and advertisers But after 104 years in the same family, by investing in the quality of the papers Colorado-based MediaNews Group swaland the local journalism they produce.

“If we don’t cover what Donald lowed it up in 1995 and launched the first Trump did today, people will find that in a long series of layoffs and cost-cutting out,” Rutberg said. “But if we don’t cover exercises. The situation only worsened what happened at the city council meet- after a 2010 bankruptcy and subsequent ing, the likelihood of the general public merger with Digital First Media. In July learning about it or understanding it is 2015, following the failed hedge fund sale, markedly reduced. That’s why we’re DFM cut hundreds of jobs throughout the company, including about a dozen in focusing so much on local.”

Northeastern University School of New England.

“Their game is to squeeze as much Journalism professor Dan Kennedy money out of them on their way down thinks that’s a winning formula — at so that their investment is worthwhile,” least for now. said Langeveld.

He lost his own job “A lot of these smaller papers that as publisher of the Reformer in 2008 really are focused on the community can be sustainable if they can operate when the position was merged with the without debt,” said Kennedy, who is equivalent one at the Banner.

Rutberg ignored Langeveld’s advice, working on a book about a new genpersuaded him to join NENI’s board eration of media moguls. “If they’re not and, last July, installed him as interim trying to squeeze an outrageous profit publisher of all four papers. For the margin out of them, these papers can still do very well.”

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next five months, Langeveld worked to rebuild the news outlets whose deconstruction he had witnessed years earlier.

The challenges were immense. The company had to quickly replace the business and design functions that DFM and MNG had centralized over the years. At the same time, it moved a printing press from Brattleboro to Pittsfield, Mass., launched an ambitious redesign and switched to a larger, heavier paper stock.

According to Langeveld, investment in the company’s infrastructure inspired a previously demoralized staff.

“People who have been with us are rising to the challenge of doing stories that they wouldn’t have had the opportunity to do under Digital First,” he said, adding that they were no longer expected to “just get out a paper every day and fill it up with something.”

According to Moran, “I actually think we’re working harder now because I think expectations are higher.”

Last fall, the papers hired former Daily Hampshire Gazette editor Larry Parnass to helm a new, three-member “Eagle Eye” investigative reporting team. They have charged their editorial page writers with penning more locally focused editorials and taking a more “activist” stance. They relaunched UpCountry Magazine. And they even bought a drone to take aerial photographs of news events.

The community — at least in the Berkshires — appears to have taken notice. Local luminaries, such as the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, journalist Linda Greenhouse and author Simon Winchester, have joined the paper’s volunteer advisory board.

“The feeling is that readership has stabilized, and we’re starting to see some growth,” Langeveld said.

But as he and Rutberg readily admit, the future remains uncertain.

Throughout the industry, print advertising revenue continues to decline — and digital has yet to fill the gap. Meanwhile, younger readers are less likely to subscribe to a local print daily.

“What we face is what everyone’s facing: How do you convince the next generation of readers that you should pay for content?” Rutberg asked. “People who are used to getting it for free have to be shown it’s in their best interest to pay.”

So, is Langeveld finally convinced that his colleagues can make NENI sustainable in the long run?

“I think that’s where the jury is out,” he said. “That is the experiment in this case.”

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The Servant With Three Masters After 16 years in the newspaper business and three reporting for the Reformer, Mike Faher was one of the dozen NENI employees laid off in July 2015. A month later, the Commons and the statewide nonprofit VTDigger.org hired him as a shared employee.

Digger, an online-only outlet based in Montpelier, was hoping to expand its presence in southern Vermont. And the Commons — formerly a monthly, liberal rag produced by Reformer refugees — was establishing itself as the weekly paper of record in Windham County.

Its circulation was approaching 10,000, while the Reformer’s had dropped to about 5,000.

In an interview that fall, Commons editor Jeff Potter explained that the paper was expanding, in part, to prepare “for what looks like a potential demise of the daily newspaper.”

That demise never came. On the contrary, after Rutberg and his partners swooped in to save the Reformer — and the Commons faced its own financial crisis — the daily offered last fall to pay a portion of Faher’s salary. Now the reporter works for three different news outlets, two of which compete head-to-head.

“It’s extremely unusual,” conceded VTDigger founder Anne Galloway. “But it seems to have worked out beautifully.

All three papers seem to be getting what

they need — and we’re just glad that Mike is still down there.”

According to Faher, it can be challenging to serve so many masters, but he wonders whether such arrangements may be a solution to the industry’s woes.

“When everybody’s sending a reporter to the same event, why not — if you can collaborate and still retain your identity as a media outlet — why not do it?” he said.

Then again, when news outlets choose to collaborate rather than compete, the reader isn’t always served, because there are fewer reporters on the beat, and those that remain don’t face as much pressure to deliver results.

Holhut, the Commons’ news editor, argues that while Rutberg and his partners have talked a big game about investing in journalism, in Windham County they have mostly relied on freelancers and Faher. When one of two dedicated reporters left the Reformer last year, she was not replaced.

“They’re putting out the illusion that there’s more stuff in the paper,” Holhut said. “But, in terms of actual Reformer content, there’s not that much new.”

According to Moran, of the two dozen hires the new owners have made, only 10 work in the papers’ newsrooms — and that counts six new designers and copy editors.

In Bennington, the Banner has added two reporting positions in the past year.

One of them, currently filled by former Banner managing editor Jim Therrien, is also shared with VTDigger.

Ed Woods, who left his post as NENI publisher last July, still lives in Bennington. He says he understands that the new owners’ “first priority” is to bolster the Eagle — “the product that generates the most profit and covers the market where they all live.”

“As a Vermont reader, I look forward to seeing the expansion in print content that they’ve already offered in Massachusetts,” Woods said.

Rutberg acknowledges that he still has to make the case to his Vermont readers that they’re better off with him than they had been with the chains.

“It’s a challenge to show the people in Bennington and Brattleboro that we are making the same efforts there that we’re making in Pittsfield,” the former judge said. “Our commitment is the same. It’s just a little more of a challenge for us to deliver.”

Moran, for one, still feels like he won the lottery.

“We’ve come a long way in a short period of time, and we certainly have a ways to go, I think, before any one of us is satisfied,” he said. “But to be able to say that we are better today than we were a year ago is a mighty fine thing to be able to declare in the newspaper business these days.” m Disclosure: Paul Heintz worked at the Reformer from February 2007 through March 2008.

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pie just out of the oven, its crust golden and streaked with red where the fruit filling has bubbled over. A toddler, hands smeared with dirt, holding up a worm. A Technicolor bowl of ramen featuring the yellow of softboiled egg yolks, a sprinkling of green scallions and fatty broth reflecting the light.

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tures for any followers to see. Each image can be hashtagged so that those interested in its topic — whether architecture, snowflakes or cute puppies — can find it.

Many of those hashtags indicate that the subject of the photo is delicious. As of February 22, more than 168,375,343 images had been tagged as #food.

Given the number of possible tags for edible items — #dinner, #yum and so on — that’s clearly a lowball estimate.

Instagram is cooking!

For this week’s Media Issue, we’ve assembled a gallery of work posted by three of Vermont’s finest food-and-ag Instagrammers. Carey Nershi, otherwise known as @careynotcarrie, is a book designer and photographer. Kate Spring, posting as @goodheartfarmstead, is a writer who runs a nonprofit vegetable operation in central Vermont with her

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GEORGE LAMBERTSON: A year, year and a half [ago]? I might have been a little bit late to the game with that — realizing its importance. But, seeing the feedback and results, now I can’t live without it.

You give [followers] that inside window into what’s happening. What’s new. What’s fresh.

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GL: Facebook sucks. We’ve ruined it. On [Instagram], there’s a lot more entertainment value, a lot more personality and a lot less fucking politics.

Part of it is this silly, egotistical thing … How do you get people to click the [like] button? There’s no way people can say it doesn’t tickle you when they do.

[Instagram is] very inspiring. It’s supposed to be artistic; it’s supposed to be beautiful; it’s supposed to be edgy. I don’t think everything has to be so perfectly curated. I don’t care if I swear a little bit. I don’t care if it offends you.

SD: How would you describe your feed?

GL: Color. I love color. When I look at a dish, I think, What does this need, colorwise? What could I incorporate that would make it visually appealing?

You want to represent yourself beautifully; you want to attract people to your restaurant. I think it’s best when something’s happening, and the light hits it; you catch it, give it a little tweak, and boom.

I don’t filter; I edit. It’s been this incredible social study for me, seeing thousands and thousands of pictures; you learn what works.

SD: Anything else?

GL: [Instagram] connects you to chefs. It connects you to farms. Being inquisitive, being competitive; it scratches a lot of those itches. It’s so beneficial to the industry. You can connect to this person who has a cookbook and who you think is unapproachable. They’re just dudes.

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Now, the couple is gearing up to debut a second Our House, in Plattsburgh, N.Y. They chose the city after considering Hanover, N.H., and Boston, Mass.

Pearsall and Barch hope to open by the end of April and expect that the Lake City will be a great place to do business. “[The city of Plattsburgh] is looking to revitalize the whole downtown,” Pearsall

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teat-tugging duel. “We have 30 adorable Jersey milking cows that we milk twice a day, and it is never that easy,” they wrote in a letter to Nintendo earlier this month. “We also think that you guys look pretty slow.”

Turns out, team Nintendo was game for battle — reps from the company arrived in Vermont on Tuesday morning and will face off with farmers midday on Wednesday. “It’s taken us totally by surprise,” Remp told Seven Days on Monday. “We’re talking of nothing else.”

And will the game go both ways? Will the farmers sit for a game of virtual milking against the gamers? “Oh, yeah,” said Remp. “It’s happening.”

What’s more, dozens of national media and gaming outlets have picked up the story in a surprise press bonanza for the farm — and for Nintendo.

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in Woodstock, where they’ll see who (farmer or gamer) can coax the most milk from a cow in a set amount of time.

What the — huh?

Nintendo’s highly anticipated new Switch console hit the market earlier this month. Along with snazzy updated versions of The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario, new games included a collection of simple mini-games in which players challenge each other to menial tasks such as … a virtual milking contest.

Using a handheld controller, players mock-milk by caressing controller buttons in a smooth, wavelike movement. An on-screen udder rewards correct caresses with a gush of virtual milk as the game’s clock runs down to zero. Whoever’s “cup” runneth with the most milk at the end of the trial wins!

At Billings Farm, a historic landmark and working Jersey-cow dairy, farmers caught wind of the game, which has been an unexpected hit. In a stroke of marketing brilliance, farm manager ALAYNA PERKINS and marketing manager TOM REMP challenged Nintendo to a real, live,

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I didn’t want to [do Instagram]; it was already a lot [keeping up with other social media, but] all of my food friends from the blog world were on IG, and I was like, “I need this.”

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KATE SPRING: In the fall of 2015, when I got my first iPhone. I started at first to see what it was all about …

I’ve always loved taking photos, and I found out that IG offered a fun and powerful way to share photos [with] a larger audience.

SD: How would you describe your feed?

KS: Beautiful, joyful inspiration. I think the world needs more positive reinforcement in general. I see beauty and joy as a way of waking us up to what’s possible.

We are a vegetable farm, but I love sharing photos of flowers we grow for our CSA member you-pick field. I also love photos that show the movement of life on the farm. From firing up the pizza oven to harvesting in the field, I think seeing the human interaction with the land is a key part of what we do.

SD: Anything else?

KS: Even though we as a society are glued to our phones so much, I’ve found that people are still seeking beauty and connection.

SD: You’re a professional photographer. Anything to say about that?

CN: I have a freelance day job doing book layout and design. The photography I do on the side [is] for funsies. I take on clients I already love anyway. I work very heavily with Vermont Creamery, the Red House [Vermont maker of canvas bags and other goods], Food52 [a blog and online kitchen shop] — they’ve been a big supporter of mine since back in the day. I tend to like working with people I already have a connection with. There’s no way for me to properly represent a brand without it being authentic to me, also. m Contact: podhaizer@sevendaysvt.com COURTESY OF CAREY NERSHI

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SD: In your opinion, how is it different from other social media?

KS: To me, IG is like a mini-blogging platform that puts beauty forward.

The visual aspect is really powerful and has the ability to grab people’s attention. But I found that once I started writing captions that gave a look into our life on the farm in a more real and vulnerable way, mixed with humor from time to time, the amount of engagement went up.

SD: In your opinion, how is it different from other social media?

CN: It felt so much more conversational [than Facebook] but really visually driven, which I like. A little bit looser.

A little bit more casual. It fits me much better.

SD: How would you describe your process and your style?

CN: I do a little post-processing in [Adobe Photoshop] Lightroom. I like playing around with color in images. A lot of them tend to be cooler tones — a blue to neutral feel; that’s about it.

You wouldn’t necessarily get this from my Instagram, but my absolute favorite thing to shoot is probably people working with food … a chef sprinkling cheese on something or sprinkling on salt. I like shooting something in its natural state.

It’s more relaxed. With food styling, you have total control, and, if you can’t get it right, it’s on you. [When shooting candid], if you don’t get the shot, it’s like, “Oh, it just wasn’t meant to be.”

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ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION #4C0558-5B AND HEARING 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 3, 2017, James and Karen Bellis, 51 Arbel Street, Kfar Vradim, Israel 25147 filed application #4C0558-5B for a Project described as partial review of Criterion 8(A) addressing proposed onsite and offsite mitigation required in previously approved Partial Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order #4C0558-5A. The Project is located on Southview Drive, in Richmond, 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).

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It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows: That Appendix A, Comprehensive Development Ordinance, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Section 3.2.1, Pre-Application Conferences, and Article 3, Part 5, Conditional Use and Major Impact Review, to read as follows:

Sec. 3.2.1

Pre-Application Conferences

(a) – (c) As written. (d)

Pre-Application Neighborhood Meeting:

A Pre-Application Public Neighborhood Meeting shall be required for all development involving the construction of five (5) or more dwelling units and/or ten thousand (10,000) s.f. or more of gross floor area of non-residential development projects requiring review under Major Impact (Sec. 3.5.2 (b)) in order to allow neighbors to become aware of potential development projects at an early stage of a development’s conceptual design and for applicants to take into consideration neighborhood comments and concerns.

Procedures and requirements regarding matters including but not limited to scheduling, location, public notice, and documentation shall be set forth by the department of planning and zoning.

PART 5. CONDITIONAL USE AND MAJOR IMPACT REVIEW Sec. 3.5.1 Purpose These conditional use regulations are enacted to provide for a more detailed consideration of development proposals which may present a greater impact on the community, based on either the nature of the proposed use and/or the overall scale of the proposed development, in order to ensure that Additionally, it is the intent of these regulations through the creation of a major impact review: (b) To ensure that projects of major significance or impact receive a comprehensive review under established criteria; and, (c) To ensure that the the anticipated impact of such developments on the city’s natural, and physical character, and fiscal resources and city services and infrastructure are adequate to accommodate mitigatedthe impact of such developments, both individually and cumulatively.

Sec. 3.5.2

Applicability

(a)

Conditional Use Review: As written.

(b)

Major Impact Review: In addition, Major Impact Review shall be required for the approval of all development involving any one or more of the following: Zoning Districts Downtown Mixed Use

Neighborhood Mixed Use, Institutional, Enterprise,

ResidentialMedium Density, Residential – High Density

ResidentialLow Density

RCO-A, RCO-C, RCO-RG, UR

Dwelling Units

Creation of fifty (50) or more dwelling units.

Creation of twenty-five (25) or more dwelling units.

Creation of ten (10) or more dwelling units.

Creation of five (5) or more dwelling units.

NA

Land Subdivision

NA

NA

Creation of ten (10) or more lots.

Creation of five (5) or more lots.

NA

Non-residential or Mixed Use Development

A development footprint1 of fifty thousand (50,000) s.f. or more, or the creation of one hundred thousand (100,000) s.f. or more of gross floor area.

A development footprint1 of twenty thousand (20,000) s.f. or more, or the creation of forty thousand (40,000) s.f. or more of gross floor area.

A development footprint1 of eight thousand (8,000) s.f. or more, or the creation of fifteen thousand (15,000) s.f. or more of gross floor area.

A development footprint1 of five thousand (5,000) s.f. or more, or the creation of ten thousand (10,000) s.f. or more of gross floor area.

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1. The construction of five (5) or more dwelling units or the creation through adaptive reuse, substantial rehabilitation or conversion of ten (10) or more dwelling units; 2. The creation of five (5) or more lots; 3. The construction or substantial rehabilitation of fifteen thousand (15,000) s.f. or more of gross floor area of nonresidential development; 4. Land disturbance involving one (1) acre or more; 5. Site improvements involving fifty (50) or more parking spaces; 6. Site improvements and land development on parcels that contain designated wetlands as regulated pursuant to Article 4, or natural areas of state or local significance as identified in the municipal development plan; 7. Site improvements and land development on parcels seeking a waiver under Sec. 5.4.9 - Brownfields; or 8.

In addition, Major Impact Review shall also be required for Mmultiple projects undertaken by the same applicant or responsible party within any consecutive twelve (12) month period on the same property or on aadjacent property within 1000 feet of the subject property that in the aggregate equal or exceed the above criteria.

Sec. 3.5.3 Exemptions Neither Conditional Use and nor Major Impact Review shall not apply be required forto applications involving one or more of the following: (a) Temporary structures that do not otherwise involve a conditional use; (b) Substantial rehabilitation that does not expand the floor area of an existing building or the structural capacity of existing development; (c) Projects that do not result in a change of use or increased parking demand; and, (d) Subsurface site improvements including but not limited to underground utility lines and subsurface drainage ways; and, (e) Projects where the scope and authority of municipal regulation is limited by statute pursuant to 24 VSA 4413.

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY HERBICIDES The New England Central Railroad will spray its right-of-way for weed control, using track mounted highrail truck sprayer with a spray pattern totaling 20 feet wide, measured ten (10) feet to each side of the track centerline. Select portions of the right-of-way may be sprayed to a 40-foot width. Public crossing quadrants will be sprayed to a width not exceeding the property line of the railroad. New England Central Railroad’s right-of-way passes through the following townships in the State of Vermont: Alburg, Swanton, St. Albans, Georgia, Jericho, Williston, Milton, Colchester, Essex Jct., Winooski, Burlington, Richmond, Bolton, Duxbury, Waterbury, Middlesex, Montpelier, Berlin, Northfield, Roxbury, Granville, Braintree, Randolph, Bethel, Royalton, Sharon, Hartford, Hartland, Windsor, Rockingham, Bellows Falls, Westminster, Putney, Dummerston, Brattleboro, and Vernon.

Spraying will take place on or about May 15, 2017. A request for permission to use herbicides has been submitted to the State of Vermont Commissioner of Agriculture.

The following herbicides will be applied in liquid form: Razer Pro, Esplanade 200 SC, Opensight, Garlon 3A, Alligare MSM 60, Rodeo, Aquaneat.

Landowners along the right-of-way who have private water supplies or other sensitive areas should contact Grover Engineering, Huntington, Vermont, at (802) 434-2989.

For further information or complaints, contact the Vermont Department of Agriculture, 116 State Street, Montpelier, VT, phone (802) 828-2431.

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A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, April 10, 2017 at 9:15AM at the Essex Junction District Office of the Agency of Natural Resources, 111 West Street, Essex Junction, Vermont. A site visit will be held at 8:30AM at the site of the mitigation land (Heading from Richmond Village, follow Huntington Road and take first right after junction of Huntington Road and Hillview Road, #2961, follow this driveway and park at the end before the logging road).

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

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.

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 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. 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 March, 2017.

BY: /s/Stephanie H. PM 3/27/17 3:11 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 MINOR APPLICATION #4C0388A-6D 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 9, 2017, Brunswick, LLC, c/o Pomerleau Real Estate, P.O. Box 6, 69 College Street, Burlington, VT 05402 filed application #4C0388A-6D for a project generally described as the construction of a 3,500 sf addition to an existing day care facility and the addition of 12 parking spaces. The Project is located on 644 Blair Park Road (Lot #17 of Blair Park subdivision) 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 “4C0388A-6D”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 10, 2017, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

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

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

Should a hearing be held on this Project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 10, 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).

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Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 13th day of March, 2017.

By: Peter E. Keibel District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5658 Peter.Keibel@vermont. gov ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0528-11E 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 13, 2017, Catamount-Malone/ Hinesburg, LLC., c/o Larry Williams, 210 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401 filed application #4C0528-11E for a project generally described as a change in use of 5,200sf to a local brewery in building #1 with the addition of landscaping and sidewalks. The Project is located on 10516 Hinesburg Road in Hinesburg, 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 “4C0528-11E”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 13, 2017, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless

the Commission holds a public hearing.

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

Should a hearing be held on this Project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 13, 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 17th day of March, 2017.

By: /s/Peter E. Keibel 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 #4C0550-18A 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 14, 2017, Smith Brothers of Hinesburg, LLC, 382 Hercules Drive, Suite 4, Colchester, VT 05446 filed application #4C0550-18A for a project generally described as construction of a two-story, 50,000 s.f. building along with 92 parking spaces for Vermont Sports Car. The Project is located on merged Lots 3 and 4 of Catamount Industrial Park (13 Gonyeau Road) in Milton, 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

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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 “4C0550-18A”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 14, 2017, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

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

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

Should a hearing be held on this Project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 14, 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).

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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

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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BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD TUESDAY APRIL 18, 2017, 5:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Burlington Development Review Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday April 18, 2017 at 5:00pm in Contois Auditorium, City Hall.

1. 17-0822HO; 300 Main Street, Unit 2 (RH, Ward 8E ) Adam Grundt Request for a home occupation for a psychotherapy office.

(Project Manager, Mary O’Neil) 2. 17-0875CA/CU; 269 North Winooski Ave (NMU, Ward 2C) Paul Schnabel Request to demolish and remove old garage and add a parking space.

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NOTICE OF LEGAL SALE View Date: 4/13/2017 Sale Date: 4/14/2017 Brian Lovejoy Unit #313 Brian Lovejoy Unit #76 Easy Self Storage 46 Swift Street South Burlington, VT 05403 (802)863-8300 NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE LIEN SALE MALLETTS BAY SELF STORAGE, LLC 115 HEINEBERG DRIVE COLCHESTER, VT 05446 Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid.

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to reduce the amount Said sales will take place of waste managed at 3/27/17 rr-Cook-032217.indd 10:12 AM 1 on 4/14/17, beginning at the facility from 40,000 10:00am at Malletts Bay tons per year to 2,000 Self Storage, LLC, (MBSS, tons per year. The SWMP LLC)115 Heineberg Dr, has prepared a Draft Colchester, VT 05446.

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Units will be opened for viewing immediately This Notice of Apprior to auction. Sale plication has a public shall be by sealed bid comment period lasting to the highest bidder. fifteen (15) days from Contents of entire storthe date of the latest age unit will be sold as newspaper publication. one lot. The winning bid Based on this duramust remove all contion and the publicatents from the facility tion dates, the public at no cost to MBSS, LLC comment period ends on the day of auction. on April 15, 2017. At MBSS, LLC reserves the the conclusion of the right to reject any bid comment period a final lower that the amount Certification will be isowed by the occupant or sued without convening that is not commercially a public informational reasonable as defined by meeting; unless a writstatute. ten request for said meeting and extension of the public comment NOTICE OF SOLID period, signed by 25 resiWASTE FACILITY dents of the municipality AMENDMENT wherein the facility is Vermont Agency of located, is received by Natural Resources the Secretary within the Department of Environ15 day public comment mental Conservation period.

Waste Management Program The Application is available for review at the Burlington Area ConWilliston Town Clerk’s struction and Demolition Office and at the SWMP Recycling Facility office at 1 National Life Drive – Davis 1, MontpePublic Notice is hereby lier, Vermont, between provided that the Waste 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Management Program Monday through Friday.

(SWMP) of the Agency of Natural Resources has Comments regarding the received an adminisapplication and written tratively & technically requests to be placed on complete Facility Minor the mailing list should Amendment Request be directed to: (Application) from Casella Waste Management, Jeff Bourdeau (jeff.bourInc. to process asphalt, deau@vermont.gov) bricks and concrete for Waste Management recycling purposes at it’s Program storage, transfer and re1 National Life Drive – cycling facility located at Davis 1 1496 Redmond Road in Montpelier, Vermont Williston, Vermont. The 05620-3704 Application also seeks Phone: (802) 522-0131

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NOTICE TO VOTERS FOR APRIL 4, 2017 WARD 2 RUNOFF ELECTION BEFORE ELECTION DAY: CHECKLIST POSTED: at Clerk’s Office by Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

If your name is not on the checklist, then you must register to vote.

SAMPLE BALLOTS will be posted by Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE: There is no deadline to register to vote. You will be able to register to vote on the day of the election.

You can register prior by visiting the city clerk’s office or going online to olvr.sec.state.vt.us.

REQUEST EARLY or ABSENTEE BALLOTS: You or a family member can request early or absentee ballots at any time during the year of the election in person, in writing, by telephone, email, or online at mvp. sec.state.vt.us. The latest you can request ballots for the April 4, 2017 Ward 2 Runoff Election is the close of the City Clerk’s office on Monday, April 3, 2017. (Any other person authorized by you who is not a family member must apply in writing or in person for a ballot for you.)

WAYS TO VOTE YOUR EARLY BALLOT: • You may vote in the city clerk’s office before the deadline.

• You may take your ballot out of the clerk’s office and return it in same manner as if the ballot were received by mail.

• You may have a ballot mailed to you, and mail

or deliver it back to the clerk’s office before Elec3/20/17 11:06 AM tion Day or to the polling place before 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. • If you are sick or disabled before Election Day, you may ask the town clerk to have two justices of the peace bring a ballot to you at your home. (Ballots can be delivered on any of the eight days preceding the day of the election or on the day of election.)

ON ELECTION DAY: If your name was dropped from the checklist in error, or has not been added even though you submitted a timely application for addition to the checklist, you can fill out a new registration form. ! If the clerk or Board for Registration of Voters does not add your name, you can appeal the decision to a superior court judge, who will settle the matter on Election Day. Call the Secretary of State’s Office at 1-800439-VOTE (439-8683) for more information.

If you are a first time voter who submitted your application to the checklist individually by mail and did not submit the required document, you must provide a current and valid photo identification, or a bank statement, utility bill, or government document that contains your name/current address.

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the Regional Planning in the Planning and Commission, affected Zoning Office, (City HW-Post-032917.indd 1 state agencies, and adHall, 149 Church Street, joining property owners Burlington), between the and other persons to the hours of 8:00 a.m. and extent they have a par4:30 p.m. ticularized interest that Participation in the may be affected by the DRB proceeding is a proposed project under prerequisite to the right the 10 criteria. Non-party to take any subsequent participants may also be appeal. Please note that allowed under 10 V.S.A. ANYTHING submitted to Section 6085(c)(5). the Planning and Zoning office is considered pubDated at Essex Junction, lic and cannot be kept confidential.

Vermont this 27th day of This may not be the final March, 2017. order in which items will be heard. Please By: Peter E. Keibel view final Agenda, at District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board www.burlingtonvt.gov/ pz/drb/agendas or the 111 West Street office notice board, one Essex Jct., VT 05452 week before the hearing 802-879-5658 for the order in which Peter.Keibel@vermont. items will be heard. gov

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No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 20, 2017, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets

the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

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

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

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

The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C0837-10”.

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0837-10 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On March 23, 2017, Robert Mack Jr., 3358 Greenbush Road, Charlotte, VT 05445 filed application #4C0837-10 for a project generally described as deposition of fill materials from Vermont Agency of Transportation Route 7 project in Charlotte.

The Project is located on Route 7 in Shelburne, Vermont.

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(Accessible by TDD) If you believe that any of your voting rights has been violated, you may file an Administrative Complaint with the Secretary of State’s Office, 128 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05633.

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If you have witnessed actual or attempted acts of discrimination or intimidation in the voting process, you may report this to the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice at (800) 253-3931.

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• Give your name and, if asked, street address to the election official in a loud voice.

• Wait until your name is repeated and checked off by the official.

• An election official will give you a ballot.

• Enter within the guardrail and go to a vacant voting booth.

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3/13/17 WARNING RUNOFF ELECTION WARD TWO The legal voters of Ward Two of the City of Burlington are hereby notified and warned to come and vote at a runoff election, pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2682b, on Tuesday the 4th day of April, 2017 between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the voting place hereinafter named, for the purpose

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of electing ward officers PMwit: as follows: 6/27/16 12:15 To Land Situated in the WARD TWO – One Town of Bristol in the Inspector of Election for County of Addison in the a three-year term.

State of VT The following is designated as the polling BEING ALL AND THE place: SAME LAND AND PREMWARD TWO – at the H.O. ISES AS CONVEYED TO Wheeler School (InteDAVID A. LAVORNIA BY grated Arts Academy), 6 WARRANTY DEED, OF Archibald Street.

GEORGE L. ERWIN DATED 09/23/2009, AND REThe polls open at 7 CORDED 09/24/2009 IN o’clock a.m. and close BOOK 131 PAGE 280 OF at 7 o’clock p.m. for the THE TOWN OF BRISTOL purpose of a runoff elecRECORDS, AND IN SAID tion to elect one Ward Two Inspector of Election DEED DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: for a three-year term.

The only two candidates are Adrian Burnett and Andrew Champagne. /s/ Bob Rusten, Chief Administrative Officer Publication Dates: Seven Days, March 29, 2017 Burlington, Vermont STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 3-1-16 ANCV QUICKEN LOANS INC. v.

DAVID A. LAVORNIA OCCUPANTS OF 21-23 SOUTH STREET, BRISTOL, VT

BEING ALL LAND THE SAME LAND AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO GEORGE L. ERWIN

BY WARRANTY DEED OF MICHAEL E. BURKE AND DONNA H. BURKE DATED MARCH 10, 1988 AND RECORDED IN VOLUME 64, AT PAGE 5 OF THE TOWN OF BRISTOL LAND RECORDS BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

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

BEING ALL AND THE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO MICHAEL E. BURKE AND DONNA H. BURKE, HUSBAND AND WIFE,

BY DEED OF EDWARD P. BURKE AND MIRIAM K. BURKE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, DATED MAY 12, 1973, RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF BRISTOL LAND RECORDS IN BOOK 42, PAGE 267, AND THEREIN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered September 2, 2016, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by David A. Lavornia to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., dated July 3, 2012 and recorded in Book 139 Page 278 of the land records of the Town of Bristol, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by

‘BEING ALL AND THE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES, TOGETHER WITH DWELLING HOUSE CONVEYED TO EDWARD P. BURKE AND MIRIAM K. BURKE BY WARRANTY DEED DATED 27 JANUARY 1951 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 34, PAGE 144 OF THE BRISTOL LAND RECORDS. ALSO A JOINING PARCEL OF LAND CONVEYED TO EDWARD P. BURKE AND MIRIAM K. BURKE

BY FRANK A. LAROSE AND MARY A. LAROSE

BY WARRANTY DEED

DATED 20 FEBRUARY 1963 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 37 PAGE 328 OF THE BRISTOL LAND RECORDS. THE LANDS AND PREMISES CONVEYED HEREIN ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ‘PARCEL #1: THE FRANK C. KING PLACE, SOCALLED, AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS; ON THE NORTH BY THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID RIVER STREET; ON THE EAST

BY LAND AND PREMISES OF EDWARD P. BURKE AND MIRIAM K. BURKE; ON THE SOUTH BY LAND OF OR FORMERLY OF CARL J. & KATHERINE ALDRICH; ON THE WEST

BY LAND AND PREMISES OF OR FORMERLY OF CARL J. AND KATHERINE F. ALDRICH, KNOWN AS THE CORA PAIGE PLACE, SO-CALLED. PARCEL #2: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID RIVER STREET, SAID POINT BEING AT THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LAND OF THE HEREIN GRANTORS, AND THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF LAND OF THE HEREIN GRANTEES, THENCE IN AN EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE SAID SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID RIVER STREET 20 FEET, THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT APPROXIMATELY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF CARL J. AND KATHERINE F. ALDRICH, THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID ALDRICH LAND 20’ FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF LAND OF THE HEREIN GRANTEES, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID BURKE LAND TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID RIVER STREET AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING. BEING PART AND PARCEL OF THE LAND AND PREMISES DESCRIBED IN A WARRANTY DEED FROM JOHN T. AND CAROLYN TUDHOPE TO FRANK A. AND MARY A. LAROSE, DATED 20 APRIL 1956, OF RECORD IN BRISTOL LAND RECORDS IN VOLUME 35 AT PAGE 319.’

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED INSTRUMENTS, THE RECORDS THEREOF, THE REFERENCES THEREIN MADE, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE RECORDS AND REFERENCES, IN FURTHER AID OF THIS DESCRIPTION. Being the same property

conveyed to David A. Lavornia , by deed dated September 23, 2009 of record in Deed Book 131, Page 280, in the County Clerk’s Office.

Commonly known as: 2123 South Street, Bristol, VT 05443 Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

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

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

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within 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: March 23, 2017 By: /s/ Rachel K. Jones 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. 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 ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT

DOCKET NO: 85-5-14 ANCV WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. v.

GARY P. FRENCH, VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF TAXES AND DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OCCUPANTS OF: 117 Davis Road, Hinesburg and Monkton, 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 May 10, 2016, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Gary P. French to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Primelending, a Plainscapital Company, dated November 23, 2010 and recorded November 30, 2010 in Book 130 at Page 387 of the land records of the Town of Monkton and recorded December 8, 2010 in Book 215 at Page 786 of the land records of the Town of Hinesburg, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Primelending a Plainscapital Company, its successors and assigns to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated February 20, 2012 and recorded in Book 135 at Page 197 of the land records of the Town of Monkton; same Assignment dated November 13, 2012 and recorded November 19, 2012 in Book 229 at Page 218 of the land records of the Town of Hinesburg, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 117 Davis Road, Monkton, Vermont (property is located in towns of Monkton and Hinesburg) on April 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Gary P. French

by Warranty Deed of Alan D. Blaise and Laura J. Blaise dated January 20, 2009 and recorded on January 22, 2009 in Volume 121, Page 193 of the Monkton Land Records and recorded on February 5, 2009 in Volume 202, Page 2

of the Hinesburg Land Records.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Alan D. Blaise and Laura J. Blaise by Warranty Deed of Philip R. and Paula K. Fortin dated May 17, 1983 and recorded on June 3, 1983 in Volume 37, Page 361 of the Monkton Land Records, and recorded on September 17, 1986 in Volume 59, Page 525 of the Hinesburg Land Records.

The property contains 14.1 acres, more or less, and is commonly known and designated as 117 Davis Road, Monkton, 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 by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within 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: 2/15/2017 By: /s/ Bozena Wysocki Bozena Wysocki, 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

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, BUT ONLY ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN RE: E.J. VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT FAMILY DIVISION DOCKET NO. 79-2-16 CNJV Notice of Hearing TO: Jason Elder, father of E.J., you are hereby notified that a hearing to consider the termination of all your parental rights to E.J. will be held on April 6. 2017 at 8:30 am., at the Superior Court of Vermont, Family Division, Chittenden County, Costello Courthouse, 32 Cherry St. Burlington, Vermont. You are notified to appear in connection with this case. If you do not respond and fail to appear on the above date, all rights to your child may be terminated without further notice. /s/ A Arms Superior Court Judge Date: 3/15/2017 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR

COURT DOCKET NO: 409-415 CNCV U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST v.

STACY M. KATON AND JOHN J. KATON OCCUPANTS OF: 116 Woodbury Road, Burlington, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Amended Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered December 28, 2016 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Stacy M. Katon and John J. Katon to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Sterling National Mortgage Co., Inc., dated March 21, 2008 and recorded in Book 1035 Page 58 of the land records of the City of Burlington, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic

Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Sterling National Mortgage Co., Inc. to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association dated August 1, 2012 and recorded in Book 1185 Page 224, (2) Assignment of Mortgage from JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development dated July 24, 2014 and recorded in Book 1258 Page 562 and (3) Assignment of Mortgage from Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust dated March 11, 2015 and recorded in Book 1273 Page 321, all of the land records of the City of Burlington, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 116 Woodbury Road, Burlington, Vermont on April 20, 2017 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: 1-00449739 A certain piece of land in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of

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Vermont, described as follows, viz: BEING a lot of land with all buildings thereon, situated on the Northerly side of Woodbury Road, the dwelling house thereon being known and designated as No. 116 Woodbury Road, said lot having a frontage thereon of Sixty (60) feet and a depth of One Hundred Fifty (150) feet.

PARCEL No. 028-1-213000 Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

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

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

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The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a 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: 2/15/2017 By: /S/Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bozena Wysocki, 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

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OF A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY STATE OF VERMONT FRANKLIN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 308-7-15 FRCV PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION v.

CHRISTIE L. TRAVIS AND RUSSELL S. TRAVIS OCCUPANTS OF 168 -170 LAKE STREET, ST. ALBANS, 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 July 13, 2016 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Christie Travis and Russell S. Travis to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, dated May 8, 2009 and recorded in Book 232 Page 209 of the land records of the City of St. Albans, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of a merger with National City Bank dated December 31, 2008, for

breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 168 -170 Lake Street, St. Albans, Vermont on April 26, 2017 at 1:30 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Russell S. Travis and Christie L. Travis by Warranty Deed of Peter J. Harvey and Stacey M. Harvey of even date and to be recorded prior to the recording of this instrument in the City of St. Albans Land Records.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Peter J. Harvey and Stacey M. Harvey by Warranty Deed of Glenn Rocheleau dated May 20, 2005 and recorded in Volume 193, Pages 197 of the City of St. Albans Land Records.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Glenn Rocheleau by Warranty Deed of Harold R. Herbert and Constance H. Fielding, Trustees of the Gerturde Allard Hebert Revocable Trust dated May 25, 2001

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and recorded in Volume 55, Pages 464-465 of the City of St. Albans Land Records.

All of the lands and premises, together with all buildings thereon, located at 170 Lake Street, in the City of St. Albans, Vermont and being all of the lands and premises conveyed to Armand Ubald Hebert (deceased) and Gertrude Allard Hebert (deceased), husband and wife, by Warranty Deed of Charles H. Allard and Constance Allard dated December 30, 1943 and recorded in Book 22, Pages 277-278 of the St. Albans City Land Records.

Reference is made to a boundary line agreement between the City of St. Albans and Gertrude A. Hebert dated January 9, 1990 and recorded in Book 72, Page 436 of the St. Albans City Land Records.

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

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

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within 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.

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DATED : March 20, 2017 By: /s/ Rachel K. Jones 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. 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 FRANKLIN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 522-1215 FRCV USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK v.

DOUGLAS C. GREIG AND KRISTEN GREIG OCCUPANTS OF 58 SNOWCREST ROAD, FAIRFAX, VT

In accordance with the Amended Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered February 15, 2017 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Douglas C. Greig and Kristen Greig to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for USAA Federal Savings Bank, dated November 6, 2010 and recorded in Book 209 Page 20 of the land records of the Town of Fairfax, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for USAA Federal Savings Bank to USAA Federal Saving Bank dated April 13, 2011 and recorded in Book 244 Page 73 of the land records of the Town of Fairfax for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 58 Snowcrest Road Fairfax, Vermont on April 19, 2017 at 1:00 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: The land and premises subject to this Security Instrument are all of the land and premises conveyed to Douglas C. Greig and Kristen Greig by deed from Gregory A. Parker and Carol J. Parker dated June 21, 2006 and recorded on July 12, 2006 in Book 178, Page 605 of the Land Records of the Town of Fairfax, County of Franklin and State of 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 by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within 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 : March 17, 2017 By: /S/Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT LAMOILLE UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 159-6-07 LECV THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWALT, INC. ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006OC6 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OC6 v.

DONNA LYNN PELLEGRINI, WALKER CONSTRUCTION, INC. AND OCCUPANTS OF 301 SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD, JOHNSON, VT OCCUPANTS OF 301 SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD, JOHNSON, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered January 16, 2006 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Donna Lynn Pellegrini to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., dated April 27, 2006 and recorded in Book 111 Page 482 of the land records of the Town of Johnson, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to The Bank of New York Mellon fka Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWALT, Inc. Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OC6

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Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-OC6 dated June 20, 2007 and recorded in Book 116 Page 387 of the land records of the Town of Johnson for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 301 Sleepy Hollow Road, Johnson, Vermont on April 19, 2017 at 2:30 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being a part of the same land and premises conveyed to Marquis E. Houle by warranty deed of Ted Stepanek and Sharron Stepanek Mason, dated September 20, 1995 and recorded in Book 74, Pages 402-403 of the Johnson Land Records. Said land and premises are depicted on a certain survey map entitled “A Theodolite & E.D.M. Survey and Subdivision of Lands Belonging to Marquis S. Houle, Johnson, Vermont, Scale 1”=50’” prepared by Gove Land Surveyors, Inc. as follows: Lot 2 Being a parcel of land consisting of 3.28 acres of land, or less, and beginning at a point marked by an iron pin, which point marks the northeastern most corner of the property herein conveyed and the southeasterumost corner of Lot 1; Thence proceeding along the boundary line of Lot 1 and Lot N 38° 31’ 58” W a distance of 290.05 feet to an iron pin in the ground; Thence proceeding along the boundary line of Lot 1 and Lot N 38° 31’ 58” W a distance of 304.32 feet to an iron pin in the ground; Thence proceeding along the boundary line of Lot 1 and Lot N 38° 31’ 58” W a distance of 107 feet to an unmarked point in the center of the Lamoille River; Thence turning and proceeding along the centerline of Lamoille River in a general southwesterly direction a distance of 243 feet along the centerline of the Lamoille River to an unmarked point; Thence turning and proceeding S 390 02’ 55” E a distance of 114 feet along the boundary line of Lot 2 and Lot 3 to a point marked by an iron pin set in the ground; Thence turning and

proceeding 8.39 02’ 55” E a distance of 240.43 feet along the boundary line of Lot 2 and Lot 3 to a point marked by an iron pin set in the ground on. the easterly boundary of the right of way to Lots 2 and 3; Thence turning and running S 39 02’ 55” East a distance of 232.00 feet along the boundary line of Lot 2 and Lot 3 to point marked by an iron pin set in the ground, which point marks the southeasternmost corner of the property herein conveyed and the northeasternmost corner of Lot 3; Thence turning and proceeding N 59 25’ 54” E a distance of 141.82 feet to an iron pin found in the ground on the northerly boundary of a 50’ right of way in favor of Edigio; Thence proceeding N 59 24’ 15” W a distance of 82.10 feet to the point and place of beginning.

Menaing and intending to mortgage Lot 2 of the same premises conveyed to the herein named mortgagor(s) by deed recorded with Johnson Town OfficeLand Records in Book 121, Page 96.

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

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

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

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within 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 : March 17, 2017 By: /s/ Rachel K. Jones

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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 COURT DOCKET NO: 237-1215 LECV U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2016 SC6 TITLE TRUST v.

JAMES MERLI AND TINA MERLI OCCUPANTS OF 399 CODY WOODS ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, 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 June 16, 2016 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by James Merli and Tina Merli to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., dated November 19, 2007 and recorded November 26, 2007 in Book 324 Page 426 of the land records of the Town of Cambridge, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. dated September 29, 2008 and recorded in Book 339 Page 13, (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP dated December 24, 2008 and recorded in Book 340 Page 302; (3) Corrective Assignment

of Mortgage from Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP to Christiana Trust, a division of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but as Trustee of ARLP Trust 3 dated September 22, 2014 and recorded in Book 403 Page 210, and (4) Christiana Trust, a division of Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but as Trustee of ARLP Trust 3 to U.S. Bank National Association as Legal Title Trustee for Truman 2016 SC6 Title Trust dated September 6, 2016 and recorded in Book 424 Page 169, all of the land records in the Town of Cambridge, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 399 Cody Woods Road, Cambridge, Vermont on April 19, 2017 at 12:00 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Daniel Scott Lemire by Warranty Deed of Lamoille River Development, LLC which deed is dated June 18, 2001 and recorded in Book 203 at Pages 451453 of the Cambridge Land Records.

Being all of Lot No. 3 depicted on a survey entitles “M. Page Marsh.

Jr. and Roberta S. Marsh.

Town of Cambridge.

Vermont”, dated December 15, 2000, prepared by Harold N. Marsh, Licensed Land Surveyor, and recorded in Map Slide 170A of the Cambridge Map Records which survey shall govern this description in the event of any question or ambiguity.

Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to James M. Merli and Tina Merli by Warranty Deed of Daniel Scott Lemire which deed is dated on or about even date herewith and to be recorded herewith in the Cambridge Land Records.

This conveyance is made subject to and with the benefit of highway easements, utility easements, easements for ingress and egress, water and pipeline rights, if any, and rights incident to each of the same as may appear more particularly of record, provided that this paragraph shall

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not reinstate any such encumbrance previously extinguished by the Marketable Record Title Act, Subchapter 7, Title 27, Vermont Statutes Annotated.

Reference is hereby made to the abovementioned deed and its records, and to the reference therein contained, in further aid of this description.

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

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

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

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within 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: March 17, 2017 By: /s/ Rachel K. Jones 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

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 243-1215 LECV NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC v.

ANTHONY L. PULCASTRO OCCUPANTS OF 1966 STEBBINS ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

be sold at Public Auction at 1966 Stebbins Road, Cambridge, Vermont on April 12, 2017 at 12:00 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: All that certain parcel of land situated in the Town of Cambridge, County of Lamoille, State of Vermont, described as follows: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed by Warranty Deed of Catherine Urban to Anthony L. Pulcastro dated 09/21/2007, recorded on 10/01/2007 at Book 323, Pages 100 to 101, Cambridge Land Records; being 1.95 acres with dwelling and improvements located thereon at 1966 Stebbins Road, Cambridge, Vermont.

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

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

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

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered November 29, 2016 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain The mortgagor is mortgage given by entitled to redeem the Anthony L. Pulcastro to premises at any time Bank of America N.A., prior to the sale by paydated March 9, 2010 and ing the full amount due recorded in Book 360 under the mortgage, Page 329 of the land Being the same property including the costs and records of the Town of expenses of the sale. as more fully described Cambridge, of which Other terms to be anin Deed Book 323 mortgage the Plaintiff nounced at the sale.

Pages 100-101, Dated is the present holder, by 09/21/2007 Recorded virtue of an AssignDATED : March 6, 2017 10/01/2007 in Lamoille ment of Mortgage from By: /S/Rachel K. Jones, County records.

Bank of America N.A. to Esq. Nationstar Mortgage, Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Reference is hereby LLC dated August 29, Bendett and McHugh, PC made to the above 2013 and recorded in 270 Farmington Ave., instruments and to the Book 394 Page 277of Ste. 151 records and references the land records of the Farmington, CT 06032 contained therein in Town of Cambridge for further aid of this debreach of the condiscription. tions of said mortgage STATE OF VERMONT

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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.

and DT Holdings LLC and the name of the surviving limited liability company is Ditech Financial LLC. Of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:30 A.M. on April 11, 2017, at 14 Chrisemily Lane, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Heather N. Olsaver and Douglas E. Olsaver by Deed of Shane Reeves and AnneMarie Reeves dated October 16, 2009 and recorded October 20, 2009 in Volume 383, Page 494 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton.

NOTICE OF SALE

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Rees & Hayes, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 6609000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice.

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Douglas E. Olsaver and Heather N. Olsaver to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mortgage Financial, Inc. dated October 16, 2009 Terms of Sale: and recorded in Volume $10,000.00 to be paid in 383, Page 497 of the cash or cashier’s check Land Records of the by purchaser at the time Town of Milton, which of sale, with the balance mortgage was assigned due at closing. The sale to Green Tree Servicing is subject to taxes due LLC by an instrument and owing to the Town dated June 9, 2015 and of Milton. The sale is recorded on June 24, also subject to post-sale 2015 in Volume 456, redemption rights of the Page 540 of the Land United States of America Records of the Town of Secretary of Housing Milton. Effective August and Urban Development.

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NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Brent Burns a/k/a Brent D. Burns and Cristin Burns to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc. dated October 30, 2013 and recorded in Volume 909, Page 289, which mortgage was assigned to Quicken Loans Inc. by an instrument dated July 28, 2015 and recorded on August 7, 2015 in Volume 939, Page 693 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 P.M. on April 18, 2017, at 323 River Road, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Brent Burns and Cristin Burns by instrument of approximate even date herewith and to be recorded in the Town of Essex Land Records.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex.

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Rees & Hayes, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 6609000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice.

Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 16th day of March, 2017.

Quicken Loans Inc. By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Rees & Hayes, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 339-3-17CNPR In re estate of Robert A. Zeno.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of late of Robert A. Zeno, late of Milton, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate.

All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

Date: 3/24/2017 /s/ Lisa Zeno

Signature of Fiduciary Lisa Zeno Executor/Administrator: 27 Warren Road Milton, VT 05468 LMK2372@gmail.com Name of publication Seven Days Publication Dates: 3/29/2017 Name and Address of Court: Chittenden County Probate Court PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 343-3-17 CNPR IN RE THE ESTATE OF CHARLES F. COOK LATE OF SHELBURNE, VERMONT NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the Estate of Charles F. Cook, late of Shelburne, Vermont.

Barbara D. Cook has been appointed as Executor to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be forever barred if it is not

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Last Day for Written Questions – April 12, 2017 by 2:00 pm. All written questions should be directed to Isaac Wagner at piwagner@comcast. net.

Bidding Documents -Bid invitation notification will be made in the Vermont Bid System http://www. vermontbidsystem.com/ , Seven Days, and the Valley Reporter. Bid documents and drawings will be issued electronically to prime contractor bidders, through Drop Box. Each prime contractor interested in the project will be invited to join the Drop

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Address of Probate Court: Vermont Superior Court Probate Division, Chittenden Unit 175 Main Street, P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402

representatives from the prime contractor are not present at this meeting.

Project Completion – All construction activities must be substantially complete no later than June 30, 2017.

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Pre-Bid Meeting – An on-site MANDATORY Pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday, April 6th at 11:00 am at the project location at 50 Bridge St. Bids will not be accepted if

Project Start – Construction is expected to commence as soon as practicable following the notice to proceed, but not later than May 15, 2017.

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Seven Days P.O. Box 1164 Burlington, VT 054021164

Bid Documents Issued – March 29, 2017.

Notice of Contract Award – NOA shall be made by April 26, 2017.

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Women and minority owned businesses, small locally owned businesses, and Section 3 businesses are encouraged to apply.

Davis-Bacon Requirements -This project is subject to Davis-Bacon requirements. A prevailing wage rate sheet, reporting form, and other requirements will be part of the bid package for prime contractors to review. All bidders shall incorporate these requirements into their base bid.

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The project consists of roadway/sidewalk, site, and landscape improvements to an area located at 50 Bridge St., which prior to Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, was the location of a small barber shop/photo studio building. T he site has since been used as an unimproved park along the Mad River and adjacent to the Mad River Path and Bridge Street retaining wall and Covered Bridge abutments. The Site consists of an approx. 0.05-acre Town-owned parcel of land which contains the remains of a concrete foundation from the former building and a concrete retaining wall, and is in the floodplain.

All approvals have been obtained.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project is funded through a Community Development Disaster Recovery Block Grant through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Town of Waitsfield.

Box folder. Bidders may print and reproduce the drawings as necessary for bidding and construction.

All reproduction costs are the responsibility of the bidder and selected contractor. Questions and bid document requests should be directed to Isaac Wagner at piwagner@cocmast.net .

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Address: Paul Frank + Collins P.C. One Church Street, P.O. Box 1307 Burlington, VT 054021307 Telephone: (802) 6582311

LOVETT PARK IMPROVEMENTS

Public Bid Opening – Bids are due at the date and time indicated above, at the location indicated above where they will be opened and read aloud. Bids shall be sent via US Mail to the Waitsfield Town Office, attention “Isaac Wagner - Lovett Park Bid”, or by hand delivery to the Town Office.

Bid Location – Waitsfield Town Office, 4144 Main St. Waitsfield, VT

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All portions of this project will be awarded to a single prime contractor.

Bids Due – April 19, 2017, 2:00 pm.

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/s/ John H. Draper, IV, Esq. Attorney for Barbara D. Cook, Executor of the Estate of Charles F. Cook

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The project will require close coordination between local businesses and the Town of Waitsfield in an effort to minimize business and traffic disruption in this busy section of the village.

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THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNIT 0104265 LOCATED AT 28 ADAMS DR. OR 48 INDUSTRIAL DR., WILLISTON, VT 05495, WILL BE SOLD ON APRIL 13TH TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF AMY THIBAULT. Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur.

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MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations. Third Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington. Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@aol.com.

NAMI CONNECTION PEER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS Bennington, every Tue., 1-2:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Thu., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Berlin, second Thu. monthly, 4:30-6 p.m., Central Vermont Medical Center; Newport, first Wed. of the month, 6-7:30 p.m., St. Mark’s Church, 44 2nd St.; Rutland, every Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; St. Johnsbury, every Thu., 6:30-8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 47 Cherry St. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges.

NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6 p.m., Community Health Center, Riverside Ave., Mansfield Conference Room; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m.

Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89);

Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room D; Springfield, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., HCRS (café on right far side), 390 River St.; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr.; White River Junction, last Mon. of every mo., 5:45 p.m., VA Medical Center, William A. Yasinski Buidling.

If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt. org or 800-639-6480.

Family Support Group meetings are for family & friends of individuals living mental illness.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live w/ out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury.

NAR-ANON BURLINGTON GROUP Group meets every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (small room), 191 Bank St., Burlington. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend. Info: Amanda H. 338-8106.

NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans.

Info: stpaulum@myfairpoint.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@comcast. net.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step fellowship for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc.

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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you promise you’ll only have one more but then you eat the whole bag? Have you tried every diet possible and nothing works? There is hope. Come to an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and find out about a 12 step program of recovery. There is a solution! Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Suite 200, Burlington. Weekly on Thursdays, 7 p.m. Info: Elise, 302-528-6672. OA Big|Book Solution Group of Burlington.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you worry about the way you eat? Overeaters Anonymous may have the answer for you. No weigh-ins, dues or fees.

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Temple Sinai, 500 Swift St., S. Burlington. Info: 863-2655.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre Tue. 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Sat. 8:30-9:30 a.m., at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info, Valerie 279-0385. Meetings in Burlington Thurs.

7:30-8:30 a.m., at the First United Church, 21 Buell St. Info, Geraldine, 730-4273. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sun., 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the Johnson Municipal Building, Rte. 15 (just west of the bridge). Info, Debbie Y., 888-5958. Meetings in Montpelier occur every Mon., 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info, Joan, 2233079. Steps to Food Freedom Meetings in Morrisville occur every Sat., 10-11 a.m., at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 888-2356. Big Book Meetings in Morrisville occur every Tue., 6 p.m. at the North Central Recovery Center (NCVRC), 275 Brooklyn St. Info: Debbie, 888-5958.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step. Sat., 9-10 a.m. Turning Point Center, 182 Lake St., St. Albans. Is what you’re eating, eating you? We can help. Call Valerie, 825-5481.

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Every Tue. & Thu., 4 p.m. G.Y.S.T. PYNK (for young women) meets weekly on Wed., 4 p.m.

Location: North Central Vermont Recovery Center, 275 Brooklyn St., Morrisville. Info: Lisa, 851-8120.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group for female identified survivors of intimate partner violence, including individuals who are experiencing or have been affected by domestic violence. The support group offers a safe, confidential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover. In support group, participants talk through their experiences and hear stories from others who have experienced abuse in their relationships.

Support group is also a resource for those who are unsure of their next step, even if it involves remaining in their current relationship.

Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m.

Childcare is provided.

Info: 658-1996.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS This support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. The group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586.

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COMING OFF PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION MUTUAL SUPPORT GROUP Through sharing experiences and resources, this group will provide support to individuals interested in coming off psychiatric medications, those in the process of psychiatric medication withdrawal or anyone looking for a space to explore their choices around psychiatric medication use. The group is also open to those supporting an individual in psychiatric medication withdrawal.

12-1:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Pathways Vermont, 125 College St., 2nd floor, Burlington.

Contact: Cameron Mack cameron@pathwaysvermont.org or 888 492 8218 x 404.

DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 399-8754. You can learn more at smartrecovery. org.

more about issues and concerns. Our sessions are supportive, informal, and confidential. Meetings are held at 5:30 PM, the second Thursday of each month at Pride Center of VT, 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, in Burlington. Not sure if you’re ready for a meeting? We also offer one-on-one support. For more information, email rex@ pridecentervt.org or call 845-705-5816.

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CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org.

DECLUTTERERS’ SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe two or three of us can get together to help each other simplify.

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Property Manager MEDICAL PROFESSIONS CO-TEACHER STARTING 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR For position details and application process, visit schoolspring.com, job # 2761835 or send cover letter, resume, certifications, and three letters of recommendation to: LEEANN WRIGHT, DIRECTOR NORTHWEST TECHNICAL CENTER 71 SOUTH MAIN STREET ST. ALBANS, VT 05478-2274

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Established firm seeks experienced person to manage senior living community in Chittenden County. This position is parttime, 25 hours-per-week, Monday-Friday.

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Please forward cover letter and resume by email to: Stephanie Casavant, Vice President, Coburn & Feeley Property Management: scasavant@coburnfeeley.com.

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SUMMER STAFF Preferred candidates will have a minimum of 2 years experience working with groups of school aged children in a social setting and be versed in a variety of activities to offer. Staff must be able to work in a high energy setting, multitask, and be creative and active. Pay based on experience/education $10 - $14. Summer dates June 21 – August 11.

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ATTORNEY PRIMMER PIPER EGGLESTON & CRAMER PC, a full service law firm with offices in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Washington, DC, seeks an experienced attorney to join our busy captive insurance practice. This position is based in our Burlington, Vermont, office and will focus on a wide range of services associated with the planning, formation, operation and dissolution of single parent and group captive insurance companies. Candidates with at least three years of corporate, financial and/or regulatory experience are preferred. Ideal candidates will possess excellent academic and legal credentials.

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DESKTOP AND NETWORK TECHNICIAN, BURLINGTON VT OFFICE Primmer, a New England-based law firm with offices in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Washington, DC, seeks an experienced professional to join our busy Information Technology team. This technician will provide help desk support and end user training within a Windows environment and will assist with network monitoring and maintenance, including the physical infrastructure. Required technical proficiencies include an in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, Windows operating systems, network infrastructures and desktop virtualization products. A working knowledge of legal-specific applications (e.g. WorkSite, Juris) is a plus. Qualified candidates will possess a college degree (AA or BA) and at least 2 years’ experience with networked systems in a business environment. The ideal candidate will also possess a solid work ethic, strong communications skills at both technical and non-technical levels and a commitment to solution based support working directly with users. Some flexibility in work schedule and interoffice travel required.

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Client Systems Administrator Mobile Outreach Clinician & Crisis Clinician

PCC is looking for a talented, energetic systems administrator to join our company. We are an award-winning provider of software solutions for pediatric medical practices.

This position provides a broad range of technical services to our clients across the US. Responsibilities include providing telephone support, performing remote system administration tasks, researching and developing system improvements and traveling to client sites to install servers, networks and perform upgrades.

Be part of an exciting initiative to prevent psychiatric hospitalizations, reduce high medical utilization, and prevent unnecessary arrests and incarcerations. We have openings on both our Mobile Outreach and Crisis Teams to provide 24/7 outreach and crisis services in Franklin and Grand Isle counties.

Seeking individuals with a Master’s Degree or a Bachelor’s Degree with relevant clinical experience. Crisis work requires teamwork with multiple providers, law enforcement and other agencies in the community. It is essential for candidates to have the ability to work under pressure and maintain a positive attitude in a constantly changing atmosphere. Some positions have set office hours and do not require being on call. Positions offer excellent benefits, a flexible work schedule and supervision towards licensure is available. Possible Sign-On Bonus! Our clinic is located close to Interstate 89 and is a 30 minute commute from Burlington.

Candidates should have two or more years of professional, client-facing IT experience including Linux and Windows system administration, proficiency in TCP/IP networking, good security practices, and comfort with hardware configuration and installation. Experience with server virtualization is desirable.

This position requires a blend of technical expertise and exceptional customer care and communication skills. You will develop enduring relationships with pediatricians and their office staff while you support their servers and networks.

As a Benefit Corporation, we place high value on client, employee and community relationships. Our company offers a friendly, informal, and professional work environment. PCC offers competitive benefits as well as some uncommon perks. PCC is located in the Champlain Mill in Winooski. To learn more about PCC, this position, and how to apply, please visit our website at pcc.com/careers. The deadline for submitting your application is April 2, 2017.

If you are a fit for this incredible opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

For more detailed information, including contact information for applying, please visit www.ncssinc.org.

LIFEGUARD Certified lifeguard needed for summer program $14 per hour.

Dates June 21 – August 11 One day a week.

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OUR B2B CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM IS EXPANDING to become a full-time Manager position depending on the skill Starting wage of $14-$16 Join a collaborative team to execute and set and interests of the successful candidate. Because this is a per hour plus benefits; see lead order fulfillment activities for B2B customers new position, there is a unique opportunity to influence the https://goo.gl/2IzdXj for a short and long-term direction of this program. at Keurig Green Mountain full job description and The Compost Facility Operator/Manager will be primarily • Handle order-entry, EDI transactions, and application instructions. responsible for the day-to-day operation of an aerated static order-management for assigned pool of pile composting facility. This includes but is not limited to: accounts creating compost recipes, operating heavy equipment, • Support Sales, Marketing, Product Supply addressing contamination, record keeping and reporting, and Logistics on order-management issues moving finished product. Start immediately.

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DELI FOOD SERVICES MANGER The Littleton Food Co-op has an opening for a full-time Food Services Manger for our Deli department that does over $1 million in annual sales. The following experience is required: • Above the top Customer Service Skills • 5+ years’ supervisory or management skills • Knowledge of innovative, quality food production and food safety • Computer and math proficiency Visit our website for a complete job description: littletoncoop.com.

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

Independent Insurance agency in Northern Upper Valley seeks motivated full time commercial lines agent with experience. If you are a currently licensed insurance agent with commercial lines experience either with an agency or for a carrier and are looking for a change please forward a letter of interest and resume.

“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.

Community Integration Specialists SIGN ON BONUS 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

Community Skills Workers St. Albans NFI-St. Albans is looking for energetic, empathetic, patient, and nurturing Community Skills Workers to join our team of skilled mental health professionals! You must be motivated to help children and families make positive changes in their lives and have prior experience working with youth and/or families in the fields of Social Work, Psychology, or Education. This position involves providing treatment-based activities to clients in a variety of community and home-based settings and hours are on an as-needed basis, including weekend opportunities.

A reliable vehicle and valid driver’s license is required.

Please send resume and cover letter to NFI-St. Albans, tessisimmons@nafi.com. You can also call 524-1700 ext.108.

Family Engagement Specialist St. Albans 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. This full-time position with a $500 sign on bonus requires a Bachelor’s degree and/or two years’ experience in related field. Please submit cover letter and resume to tessisimmons@nafi.com

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Short term AmeriCorp position with a National Leader in Affordable Housing Champlain Housing Trust’s HomeOwnership Center is seeking a Shared Equity Coordinator for the summer. This dynamic 3 month position requires a Bachelors degree or related work experience, proficient computer and writing skills and a commitment to community service. Experience in housing, teaching, or banking is a plus. Position starts June 1, 2017 and ends August 25, 2017.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Visit www.vhcb.org/americorps/menu_events/positions for full details and an application. Questions? Contact Barbara or Jaclyn at 862-6244 or Toll-free 877-274-7431.

Saint Michael’s College is looking for an experienced and culturally competent Associate Director of HR with a solid understanding of employment law, employee relations, diversity and inclusion, employee engagement and labor relations to join the HR team and support approximately 500 employees. The successful candidate will have worked as a professional in the HR field for 5 years or more. Experience with designing and delivering cultural competency and employment training programs is a significant plus. This is a full-time, yearround position that reports to the Director of Human Resources.

Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k), generous paid time off, employee and dependent tuition benefits, and discounted gym membership.

EQUAL OPPORTUNIT Y EMPLOYER - COMMIT TED TO A DIVERSE WORKPLACE.

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An offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR

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Saint Michael’s College is seeking applications for a Custodial Supervisor. This person will be a key member of the custodial management team overseeing approximately 15 of the 30+ custodial staff members. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, management skills and cleaning knowledge. High school diploma plus some post-secondary education, work experience, or specialized training with 3-5 years of custodial related experience and a minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience required.

Therapeutic Recreation Assistant

Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k), generous paid time off, employee and dependent tuition benefits, and discounted gym membership.

Full-Time Our Therapeutic Recreation Assistant plans and implements individual and group based therapeutic recreation programs for our residents. We seek candidates with prior experience designing and initiating activities that focus on age appropriate sensory, auditory, and physical activities programming for seniors. Candidates with a bachelor’s degree in therapeutic recreation services, psychology, human services, or prior experience with providing recreational programming for senior populations highly preferred.

Wake Robin offers an excellent compensation and benefits package and an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting.

An offer of employment will be contingent upon the successful completion of a background and driving record check and a pre-employment physical screening.

LICENSURE COORDINATOR Saint Michael’s College is seeking to fill a vacancy in its Education Department for the 10-month position of Licensure Coordinator. The primary responsibility of this position is to oversee and coordinate licensure programs for students interested in obtaining a Vermont educator’s license. Additionally, the Coordinator teaches two courses per year in the Graduate Program, advises, and assists in graduate course scheduling. A master’s degree and minimum of 3 years of teaching experience at the master’s level or comparable experience in education required.

Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k), employee and dependent tuition benefits, and discounted gym membership.

Interested candidates please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to: HR, (802) 264-5146.

An offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

WAKE ROBIN IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

For full job descriptions and to apply online go to:

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Programs For Aspiring and Experienced Educators

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delivery of Newspapers to retail stores. Not a contract route, paid by the hour, vehicle provided. Must be 18, with a clean VT Driver’s Lic.

UPPER VALLEY EDUCATORS INSTITUTE AND UPPER VALLEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Currently Enrolling

Contact Burlington News Agency, 655-7000, for more information.

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Tuesday, April 4, 4:30-6:00 PM UVEI/UVGSE 194 Dartmouth College Highway (Route 4) in Lebanon, NH Can’t Attend? Contact Us to Schedule a Personal Appointment

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Construction Superintendent D.E.W. Construction and our affiliate MacMillin Co. is a prominent construction manager in Northern New England who is seeking an experienced Superintendent.

We are looking for dedicated individuals who want to work for a company committed to their people and passionate about providing the best construction services in the marketplace. Our current annual volume for 2017 and 2018 is projected to be $140 to $170MM; this includes work in NH, VT and NY which is managed out of our Williston, VT and Keene, NH offices. We are looking to add motivated individuals in your area who will support our continued growth. We offer a flexible environment which values work/ life balance and a great overall compensation package. Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance, 401K plan, generous paid time off including sick/ personal leave, wellness programming, and community service opportunities.

The Upper Valley Educators Institute is accredited by ACCET. The Upper Valley Graduate School of Education Is approved by the NH DOE Higher Education Commission.

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The qualified individual must possess strong leadership and communication skills and a comprehensive knowledge of all on-site responsibilities, including but not limited to planning, safety, quality assurance, and coordination of manpower and subcontractors, daily communication with owners, scheduling, work activities and material deliveries.

Knowledge of or experience with computers, specifically Microsoft Office and project management software, is a plus.

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Community Health Team Social Worker BURLINGTON, VERMONT

DEW is defined by its 100+ individuals and our success is a direct result of their hard work and commitment. If you would like to become a valued member of our dynamic team, you may fax, email or send your resume to the address below.

Attn: Human Resources Department DEW Construction Corp.

277 Blair Park Road, Suite 130 Williston, VT 05495 Email: careers@dewcorp.com Fax: 802-872-0707

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Are you a forward thinking Clinical Social Worker who wants to directly impact how people navigate their health care?

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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HEAD START

CASE AIDE Case aide needed for Franklin County Public Defender’s Office, St. Albans, VT. Must be able to work independently and as part of a legal team. Full-time permanent PG15 position with State benefits. Starting pay: $14.75/hr. Previous office and direct client service experience (or appropriate coursework) required.

Full job description available under Employee Resources at: http://defgen.vermont.gov.

EOE.

PRESCHOOL TEACHER

HEAD START IS EXPANDING!

(Richford Elementary)

Provide developmentally appropriate environment and experiences for preschool children in a Head Start classroom, and home visits for families. Assist families in accessing medical and dental care for preschool children, and help parents address family needs and goals.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related education field and VT educator’s license with Early Childhood Education Endorsement, classroom experience, and experience in curriculum planning and implementation, child outcome assessment, and working with children with special needs required. Ability to demonstrate excellent teacher-child interactions as reflected in CLASS scores (to be conducted). 40 hours per week, approx. 42 weeks per year (summer layoff). Starting wage upon completion of 60-working day period: $21.38 per hour. Health plan and excellent benefits.

EARLY HEAD START INFANT/TODDLER EARLY CARE ADVOCATE (YMCA St. Albans & Addison County PCC, Middlebury)

Provide or support center-based care of infants and toddlers so as to enhance their physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development; provide social service visits for families to support parents in the care, nurturing and coordination of health services for their infants and toddlers; and help parents address family needs and goals.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related education field and relevant work experience including training in infant and toddler development or a bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, family services, counseling or related field, and relevant work experience including training in infant and toddler development. Also preferred are experience in curriculum planning and implementation, child outcome assessment, and working with children with special needs. 40 hours per week, full year. Starting wage upon completion of 60-working day period: CA R I N G P E O P L E WA N T E D 4v-OfficeDefenderGeneral032917.indd.indd 13/27/17 3:37 PM $18.32–21.38 per hour, depending upon qualifications. Health plan and excellent benefits.

Email resume and cover letter by Friday, April 17th to mary.deaett@vermont.gov.

EARLY CARE ADVOCATE POSITIONS (Sustainability Academy, Burlington and Milton Elementary)

Home Instead Senior Care, a provider of home helper services to seniors in their homes, is seeking friendly and dependable people.

CAREGivers assist seniors with companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, personal care, errands, safety presence and more.

Part-time, flexible scheduling, including: daytime, evening, weekend and overnight shifts currently available. Higher pay for weekend shifts. No heavy lifting.

Apply online at: www.homeinstead.com/483 or call us at 802.860.4663

Provide developmentally appropriate environment and experiences for preschool children in a Head Start classroom, and home visits for families. Assist families in accessing medical and dental care for preschool children, and social service support for families.

ASSISTANT TEACHER POSITIONS (One position in St. Albans, one position in Swanton)

Assist the classroom team in planning and implementing a developmentally appropriate environment and experiences for preschool children in a Head Start classroom.

QUALIFICATIONS: Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field and relevant work experience. Ability to demonstrate excellent teacher-child interactions as reflected in CLASS scores (to be conducted). 40 hours per week, approx. 42 weeks per year (summer layoff). Starting wage upon completion of 60-working day period: $17.73–21.38 per hour, depending upon qualifications. Health plan and excellent benefits.

FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALIST POSITIONS

(One position in St. Albans, one position in Swanton) Assist families in accessing medical and dental care for preschool children. Provide social service support and home visits for families and help parents address family needs and goals. Assist the classroom team in providing a developmentally appropriate environment and experiences for preschool children in a Head Start classroom.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s Degree in social work, human services, family services, counseling or a related field. Experience in early care and education settings preferred. Knowledge of local agencies and services available to address the needs of families, and knowledge of early care and education services. 40 hours per week, approx. 42 weeks per year (summer layoff). Starting wage upon completion of 60-working day period: $18.32–21.38 per hour, depending upon qualifications. Health plan and excellent benefits.

Successful applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; skills in documentation and record-keeping; proficiency in Microsoft Word, e-mail and internet; exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic, motivated, and have a can-do, extra-mile attitude. A commitment to social justice and to working with families with limited financial resources is necessary. Clean driving record and access to reliable transportation required.

Must demonstrate physical ability to carry out required tasks. Please specify position and location, and submit resume and cover letter with three work references via email to: hdstjobs@cvoeo.org. No phone calls, please.

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QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related education field or bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, family services, counseling or related field.

Also required are classroom experience, experience in curriculum planning and implementation, child outcome assessment, and working with children with special needs. Ability to demonstrate excellent teacher-child interactions as reflected in CLASS scores (to be conducted). 30 hours per week, approx. 42 weeks per year (summer layoff). Starting wage upon completion of 60-working day period: $18.32–21.38 per hour, depending upon qualifications.

Health plan and excellent benefits.

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Nurses Wanted

Chittenden Homeless Alliance Coordinator The Chittenden Homeless Alliance has a unique and interesting part-time position (20 hours per week) open for a detail oriented, consensus building, people-person to provide support to the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance's mission to end homelessness in our community. In a cooperative arrangement, this new position will be based at Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA), located in downtown Burlington VT. The Chittenden Homeless Alliance Coordinator will support the work of the Alliance under the direction of its Steering Committee.

Specific responsibilities, as well as desired job knowledge and experience, are detailed in the job description which can be found at VHFA.org under Careers. Bring your organizational and "IT savvy" skills to our groundbreaking collective impact approach and be a part of this critical change process.

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NEW JOBS POSTED DAILY!

The Residence at Shelburne Bay is a premiere Senior Living Community and are currently looking to expand our nursing team! We are looking to hire a Full-Time Day Nurse & a Full-Time Overnight Nurse.

$3000 Sign On Bonus!

Competitive wages and benefits including tuition reimbursement, medical, dental & vision for full time employees. Bonuses will be paid out after six months of employment. Must mention this ad in interview to be eligible.

VHFA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND IS COMMITTED TO A DIVERSE WORKPLACE. WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE WOMEN, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE RACIAL, ETHNIC AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS TO APPLY.

Call us to learn more (802) 985-9847 185 Pine Haven Shores Road Shelburne, Vermont 05482

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The Arbors at Shelburne is a Benchmark Senior Living community focused on caring for individuals with memory related diseases. We offer competitive wages and benefit packages. Tuition reimbursement, Bonus opportunities, Team focused workplace. We seek to hire loving, mature team members who are passionate about care for the following positions:

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This position offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, which can also be found at VHFA.org. Please send cover letter, resume, salary requirements and references to the Human Resources Department at hr@vhfa.org by Friday, April 7, 2017.

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If you are interested in any of these positions, please submit a cover letter and resume to:

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The Arbors at Shelburne Attn: Human Resources 687 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT 05482 802-985-8600 | phurteau@benchmarkquality.com A BENCHMARK ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY, EOE.

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ARE YOU RELIABLE? A QUICK LEARNER? Looking for an applicant who has strong people skills, the ability to multi-task and be a team player. Optical experience is a plus, but will train the right person. Must be pleasant, energetic and dependable.

Please send resume and cover letter to chromaoptics@gmail.com.

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WINDOWS & DOORS BY BROWNELL is seeking self-motivated carpenters with varying skill levels to join our company installing Marvin Windows and Doors.

Attention to detail, pride in workmanship and the ability to work on a team are all necessary to be successful here. Candidates should be professional and customer service oriented and must exhibit either carpentry skills or the desire to learn.

Experience in residential remodeling is helpful.

EPA Lead certification is welcomed.

These full time, year round positions offer competitive wages, benefits and paid time off.

Applicants should forward a resume and cover letter or come into the showroom at Windows & Doors By Brownell, 800 Marshall Avenue, Williston and ask for Marcy to fill out an application. jobs@wdbrownell.com

Burlington Glass in South Burlington is seeking an Experienced or Apprentice Glazier to join their team.

• Handle and install a wide range of products including shower & tub enclosures, mirror, replacement windows, storefront, tablework, and auto glass.

• Have the ability to work with hand tools, have the willingness and aptitude to learn new skills in a fast paced business, and work within a team dynamic. A valid driver’s license, the ability to lift 50+ lbs, and a great attitude are required. Those candidates with previous glazing, construction or carpentry experience are encouraged to apply.

• Competitive hourly wage, health and dental availability, 401(k) savings availability, vacations and holidays.

Apply in person or send resume/application to: info@burlingtonglass.com.

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ECHO JOB OPENINGS

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ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain is a dynamic, nationally acclaimed science and nature center committed to engaging diverse public audiences in creating a healthier Lake Champlain.

ECHO is currently seeking three self motivated, creative and energetic individuals to join our team. For full job descriptions go to echovt.org/jobs.

Best Place to Work

ANNUAL GIVING & MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR

This full-time position will support the Development & Communications Department through the solicitation and stewardship of annual giving prospects, database management, gift coordination, letter and grant writing to ensure a growing and renewable base of support for our mission driven nonprofit organization.

Environmental Services Technicians Needed

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

This part-time position will assist the fundraising and outreach efforts of our Development & Communications Department by providing administrative services in order to ensure effective, efficient operations and consistent data entry.

$3,000 SIGN-ON BONUS plus a new higher starting wage and shift differentials!

The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center is seeking Environmental Services (EVS) Technicians to join our team! EVS Technicians work together with the most advanced technology to maintain the hospital at the highest standards for cleanliness and infection prevention.

Full-time positions, training provided.

Learn more and apply online today: UVMHealth.org/CVMC/Jobs

EARLY CHILDHOOD SCIENCE CENTER EDUCATOR

This part-time position supports the Youth Programs Manager to develop and deliver programs for the remaining 18 months of a two-year, grant funded Early Science Learning Initiative. The assistant educator is responsible for delivering science programs to preschool children ages 2 to 6 years old, managing systems and materials related to programming, and working collaboratively to develop and implement early science learning curricula.

ECHO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes resumes from individuals who will contribute to our diversity. Send resume and cover letter to jobs@echovermont.org with job title in the subject line.

EOE.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Equal Opportunity Employer

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Teachers and Substitutes Ascension Childcare, a 5 STAR child care center with a strong connection to children and families of all abilities and backgrounds, is looking to add teachers and substitutes to our team of early educators. We have a strong commitment to play; learning in beautiful indoor spaces, outdoor classrooms and trails as a part of everyday learning.

Candidates must be reliable, respectful, caring, patient and have a great sense of humor. Ability to lift 50 pounds and diaper changing are a must. Previous experience is desirable, we will train the right candidate.

We offer competitive wages, generous time off and are committed to staff development and professional growth through coaching and mentoring. Interested candidates should email resume, cover letter and 3 letters of reference to aschildcar@myfairpoint.net or mail to Ascension Childcare, 2386 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne, VT 05482.

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Transportation Position

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Are you looking for a rewarding experience that helps people be independent and lead a fulfilling life? Champlain Community Services and the Way2Work Program is seeking a part-time team member to provide employment transportation to individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism. The ideal candidate understands the value of inclusion and has the desire to support their community in an area of great need. If you are interested in joining our person-centered team, please send your resume and cover letter to Michelle Paya at mpaya@ccs-vt.org.

Shared Living Provider

CCS is seeking applicants to provide home supports to a kind, humorous gentleman who enjoys being involved in the community and in social settings. The ideal candidate will be patient, flexible and have strong interpersonal and communication skills. This position includes a generous stipend, ongoing supports, respite and a comprehensive training package. Contact Jennifer Wolcott at 655-0511 x118 for more information.

Community Inclusion Facilitator

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Provide one-on-one inclusion supports to a young, active individual who enjoys being creative, socializing with others and working.

This 32 hour per week position is fully benefited and is a great opportunity to work in a fun, supportive environment. Send your resume and cover letter to Karen Ciechanowicz at staff@ccs-vt.org

Oversee the efforts of the Vermont Genetics Network (VGN) Professional Development and Education (PDE) Core to support scientific research and curriculum enhancement at our Baccalaureate Partner Institutes (BPIs). Work with Baccalaureate Partner Coordinators to design, oversee and organize annual grant writing workshops and professional development events.

As a member of the Outreach Team, work with faculty and staff from the VGN core facilities (Microarray, Bioinformatics, and Proteomics) to expose faculty and undergraduates in the State of Vermont to scientific technology and resources using hands-on experiences through workshops. These experiences increase the knowledge and the skills of faculty and undergraduate science students within the state, helping them in their scientific career development.

Organize and oversee the call for applications from Vermont faculty, review of the applications, and notification of awards. Administer intern programs for at large Vermont Interns and those at the Baccalaureate Partner Institutions. Provide faculty development support, perform assessment of the Core, and liaison with institutions, state and community groups, and NIH grant managers. Reports to VGN Director.

Master’s degree in an area of Biology, Chemistry, or related biomedical sciences and a minimum of three years of research related experience required. An understanding of liberal arts institutions in higher education is essential. Experience with undergraduate students and program administration required. Effective organizational, interpersonal and communication skills required. vgn@uvm.edu uvmjobs.com Please apply online at uvmjobs.com/postings/23893 Company Name: University of Vermont Company Website: vgn.uvm.edu

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Supervisor II – First Call for Chittenden County

Make a difference in Vermont’s small businesses!

Join First Call for Chittenden County, Howard Center’s newly integrated crisis program, as a Supervisor II. The Supervisor II position has a Sunday - Thursday schedule (daytime hours) and assists in the daily operations and oversight of the program. This includes internal and external training, direct clinical service, community relations, shift coverage, assisting with triaging and resource utilization, and direct staff supervision. MA degree, experience, and license required. Job ID# 3815

Howard Center offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental and life insurance, as well as generous paid time off for all regular positions scheduled 20-plus hours per week.

For more information and to apply, please visit our website howardcentercareers.org.

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

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CAMP DUDLEY AT KINIYA

Community Capital of Vermont (CCVT) is a non-profit, alternative lender focused on economic and community development. Working statewide, our mission is to help small businesses, start-ups, and lower income entrepreneurs prosper through the provision of flexible business financing. CCVT’s loans are accompanied by advisory services in support of our borrowers’ long-term business success.

Athletics Instructor - Tennis & Team Sports Our tennis program caters to players of all levels during organized group lessons and also offers the opportunity to play freely or in an all-camp tournament. Ability to work in support of lacrosse, softball, soccer, and basketball, is required for this role.

Ceramics Instructors This role includes creating curriculum and teaching basics of ceramics to beginners and more experienced youth. Familiarity with and maintenance of relevant equipment, including a kiln, is required. Maintaining a clean, safe and organized studio with the help of the youth expected.

Interested in applying?

Please contact Kat Nelson kat@campdudley.org

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Camp Dudley at Kiniya summer camp for girls, ages 9.5 to 15, located in Colchester is seeking teamoriented individuals to join our team in a beautiful outdoor location. Secondary role as a positive role model for young women in a community dedicated to leadership development.

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CCVT seeks a professional with great listening and communication skills, along with 5-7 years of experience in business ownership, management, and/or coaching to join our Business Advisory Services (BAS) group. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Business Advisor (BA) delivers borrower-specific, post-loan technical assistance. The BA works directly with borrowers, draws on personal business experience, and assists business owners in establishing sound business structures, systems, and processes. The BA encourages effective financial management; clear sales and marketing strategies; and scaled production, delivery, and operational planning, practices, and capacity. QuickBooks ProAdvisor certification, demonstrated QuickBooks experience, and/or willingness to become a QuickBooks ProAdvisor is strongly preferred. This is a full-time position (37.5 hours) with benefits.

Summer Instructors

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$2000 SIGN ON BONUS

The Arbors at Shelburne is a Benchmark Senior Living community focused on caring for individuals with memory related diseases.We offer competitive wages and benefit packages. We currently have openings for:

LICENSED NURSING ASSISTANTS full or part time on all shifts

Please call to schedule an interview or stop in to complete an application.

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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATIONEMPLOYER& ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE Director of Communications Tourism Marketing:

Department of Aging and Independent Living The Employer Account Representative will provide business outreach and employer engagement for the Creative Workforce Solutions (CWS) initiative within the Agency of Human Services. Employer Account Representative will serve as a liaison between area service agencies and local/regional employers to develop Experienced professional sought to lead the Vermont Department of Tourism relationships that will lead to employment opportunities for job candidates. The Employer Account Representative will work with employers to identify job &hiring Marketing’s public and relations efforts.

This mission-critical position openings and to promote the of CWS candidates.

Typical job trade duties would include developing relationships with employers, facilitation of the local CWS is designed to generate positive tourism-related coverage of Vermont Employment Team, development of workshops and presentations for employers and job candidates, labor market analysis and maintenanceinofthe our Salesforce national and international marketplace.

The Director of Communications is CRM system to track outreach activities. For more information, contact Hugh Bradshaw at hugh.bradshaw@vermont.gov or call (802) 241-0319. Reference Job ID# 621014. Status: Full Time. Location: for St. Albans.

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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION – ASSITIVE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS Tourism and Marketing as wellSPECIALIST as maintaining consistent communications

Department of Aging and Independent Living via social networking tools. This position is responsible for all tourism media The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is seeking two candidates to fill the role of Assistive Technology (AT) Access Specialist, which will support youth in relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; pitching targeted transition. The AT Access Specialists will provide statewide services for the duration of a 5-year grant funded research project. The project, Linking Learning tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press to Careers, will measure the efficacy of enhanced services, which include career consultation, access to dual enrollment courses, work-based learning, and AT familiarization andcomprehensive itineraries; management of work-sites, media contact lists;andand support for youth with disabilities.

The Specialists trips will provide onsite AT services in schools, training programs higher-education support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives.

The Director settings. The focus of the support will be on transition goals and students’ success post-graduation from high school. These services will include consultation; will also collaborate Commerce executive team in the assessment; delivery and installation of AT tools; supervisionwith of AT the trials; Agency and support of of teams in implementing AT and accommodations across settings. The position involves working asdevelopment a team with VR Career Transition Counselors, employment staff, educators, employers, andplan. related This service providers. ofConsultants, a proactive travel trade and business recruitment Experience in transition planning for youth with disabilities, assistive technology, and assessment are key.

Each AT Specialist will cover one half of the state, position will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. so frequent travel is required. For more information, contact: Amber Fulcher at amber.fulcher@vermongt.gov or call 802-279-3150. Reference Job ID# 621061. Status: Full Time, Limited Job Service.Description: Location: Statewide. Application Deadline: April 9, 2017.

Tourism & Marketing: Director of Communications

Candidates must: demonstrate strongto oral and skills; have a BA in Experienced professional sought lead thewritten Vermont Department of Tourism or public relatedand field; have a minimum of This five years of relevant work &Relations Marketing’s trade relations efforts. mission-critical position BUSINESS ANALYST II Public experience; demonstrate knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry. is designed to generate positive tourism-related coverage of Vermont in the Agency of Human Services international marketplace.

Director of Communications is human We have an exciting and challengingnational opening for aand Business Analyst II in Williston, Vermont. YouThe will have the opportunity to improve the health and Resume, writing samples and a minimum of three references should be services provided to the citizens of the State of Vermontfor by ensuring that solutions meet the needs of Vermonters. Youof will areas ofbusiness business process responsible the development and implementation a identify proactive improvement, create technical and business process documentation, support and the inform decision makers, and bridge the gapCommunity between business of needs submitted to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency of Commerce outreach plan consistent with goals and mission ofand the Department and solution implementation requirements.

Job Requirements: You must be proficient in using a BA’s tools and techniques to manage business analysis Development, OneMarketing National Life Drive, Montpelier,consistent VT 05620-0501.

In- and out-ofTourism and as well as maintaining communications activities; elicit, analyze, and manage requirements; evaluate solutions; and contribute to strategic analysis of business processes.

You must possess excellent via social tools.

This position is responsible for all tourism media state travel will networking be required.

Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000. communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

You must be competent in technical writing, business modeling, and organizing information.

Experience relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; pitching targeted with MS Visio and UML or other formal modeling languages is a plus. For more information, contact Robert John Maddock at (802) 233-9757 or email tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press robert.maddock@vermont.gov Reference Job ID #621106. Location: Williston. Status: Full Time. Limited Service – Exp. 07/31/17 which may be extended. familiarization trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and Application Deadline: April 05, 2017. support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives. The Director also collaborate with the Agency of Commerce executive team in the IT SYSTEMS DEVELOPER III will development of a proactive travel trade and business recruitment plan. This Agency of Natural Resources position will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing.

Are you a proven Software Developer motivated in having an impact on how Vermont reviews and manages the environmental, social and fiscal consequences

of major developments in Vermont? The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Board is interested in hearing from you! The Vermont Candidates must:(ANR demonstrate strong oralBoard and(NRB) written skills; a BA in Software Agency of Natural Resources Information Technology Division IT) and the Natural Resources is looking for an have energetic, creative Public related field;Resources have aBoard minimum of five years ofdocument relevant work Developer to design, develop, and deploy a newRelations .Net system toor support the Natural Act 250 application, data, and management demonstrate knowledge Vermont’s tourism industry. processes. The candidate will work inexperience; a project environment collaborating with NRB and Act of 250Vermont stake holdersand as well as ANR IT staff to create detailed requirements and functional specifications, storyboard user interfaces, program and deploy .NET applications, manage a thorough testing process, and train users in the new system. For more information, contact Mark Garrand at mark.garrand@vermont.gov.

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To apply, you must use the online job application at careers.vermont.gov. For questions related to your application, please contact the Department of Human Resources, state will be (TTY/Relay required.

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The Town of Bristol is seeking highly motivated candidates for the position of Town Administrator. Bristol (pop. 3894) is a steadily growing, vibrant community located in Central Vermont’s Addison County.

The Selectboard is seeking an individual with strong business and financial management skills, ability to oversee 11 full-time, 4 part-time employees and 35 paid on call fire fighters, administer approximately $3.27 million in general operating and other funds, experience in economic development, grant writing, growth and planning issues. Knowledge of municipal process and municipal experience are a must. A detailed job description is available at bristolvt.org. Salary is commensurate with experience. Minimum of four years of municipal experience, Incident Command System training and degree, preferably in business or finance, are preferred.

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SSG Advisors’ HR Department is seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual with recruitment experience and other relevant experience in international development to join its talent acquisition team. The ideal candidate will be able to recruit individuals for positions identified on proposals and current SSG projects covering a wide variety of subject matter areas. S/he will also lead headquarters and US-based staff recruitment. SSG is an award-winning frontier market solutions firm based in Burlington that helps a variety of donor, commercial and investor clients around the world to catalyze lasting impact.

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It’s spring — right? Regardless of what Mother Nature has to say about it, Misery Loves Co.’s fourth annual maple season show must go on.

Sweeten up a Winooski Wednesday with maplelaced cocktails courtesy of Stonecutter Spirits and social-hour finger snacks.

Then, head to MLC’s intimate dining room to feast upon salty-sweet maple teriyaki, rustic Québécois tourtières and glazed pheasant, among other earthly delights.

FOURTH ANNUAL SUGAR SHACK: Wednesday, April 5, 6-11 p.m., Misery Loves Co., Winooski. $65; reservations required. Info, 497-3989; miserylovescovt.com.

SUGARING SUNDAY: Learn the old-fashioned ways of gathering, boiling and bottling maple sap.

Attendees meet in the church parking lot and carpool to West Hill Sugar Orchard. Sunday, April 2, 11:45 a.m., United Church of Christ, Warren. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

BEN & JERRY’S FREE CONE DAY: The Church Street scoop shop is still closed for renovations, but free ice cream lives on in Waterbury, Rutland and at the University of Vermont Davis Center. Tuesday, April 4, statewide. Free. Info, benjerry.com.

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brewer MIKE GERHART is joining HILL FARMSTEAD BREWERY. While at OCB, he modernized the company’s oeuvre, shifting its brewing program from old-school and malt-driven to the lighter, hop-forward suds that now dominate the market. Gerhart also led an expansion effort, finished last year, which made the brewery Vermont’s largest by volume.

His shoes will likely take some time to fill — the brewer’s bearded face, orange Volkswagen bus and Bernese mountain dog have become central to the company’s imagery since its 2014 re-brand. But the Middlebury brewery seems confident in its remaining brew staff and has yet to name a replacement. “Mike leaves a super-talented, driven and passionate team

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If there’s anything more American than apple pie, it might be slugging down a beer while watching a baseball game.

This summer, viewers at Vermont Mountaineers games will be able to swig in style, thanks to a new beer garden at the Montpelier ball field, just off Route 12. It’s a joint project of the team and the folks at THREE PENNY TAPROOM. According to TPT co-owner SCOTT KERNER, the spot will be “pretty straightforward” and will offer “beer and cider in a can,” and maybe wine.

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explained. “There’s gonna be a lot of growth here.”

In Plattsburgh, the menu will feature the same tried-and-true offerings, plus food and drink specials that reflect the local flavor. “We’re not going to reinvent the wheel,” he said.

Pearsall believes that the success of Our House was a result of listening to what community members wanted and giving it to them. And they’ve found a winning recipe: “We didn’t have mac and cheese on our menu when we opened, and now we have 30,” he noted. “It’s all about what’s going to keep the bills paid and the doors open.”

If the pair have their way, New York State will be just the beginning of their expansion. As they get older, they hope to take on fewer catering gigs and continue to replicate their popular concept. Why does it work?

“It’s playful, not dumbed down or pompous,” said Pearsall. “People spend money where they’re comfortable.”

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LISA STRAUSSER: I’m one of a team of four or five people that do national sales, so I travel a lot — a couple times a year to France or Italy. Those are buying trips.

We bring customers and drive around for a few weeks to visit all the domains.

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n a chilly March afternoon, Lisa Strausser loads up a padded, rolling wine case from the back of her Audi in downtown Burlington. “I always overpack,” she says as she shuffles bottles in and out, on a quest for the right mixture.

Strausser, 57, is the New England sales manager for Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, a renowned California-based importer of French and Italian wines.

Today she’s meeting with Jeff Baumann, the beverage director for Monarch & the Milkweed, and Paul Sayler, the brewmaster of Zero Gravity Craft Brewery.

Baumann and Sayler will taste wines for the Great Northern, a restaurant on Pine Street that’s set to open in early May and will have a raw bar. Among other bottles, Strausser has brought them a salty Muscadet, an Italian Grüner Veltliner and a Kuentz-Bas Riesling that, she notes, “makes my mouth water.”

Normally, Strausser says, she would have a meeting like this with a sales representative from one of the companies she wholesales to — such as Vermont Wine Merchants or Farrell Distributing.

But after decades of working in the Vermont restaurant industry, she’s personally familiar with the players and their needs.

Strausser got her start in the foodand-beverage biz working for the Perry Restaurant Group — at the Sirloin Saloon in Shelburne and Manchester, as well as at Sweetwaters in Burlington — as a part of the management team.

She was a partner at the now-defunct O Restaurant on Burlington’s waterfront. Strausser then moved on to New Hampshire-based beverage distribution company g.housen. She joined Kermit Lynch in 2014. Seven Days met up with the oenophile to learn more about her job.

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Massachusetts, in Boston. But I cover all the New England states. I’m gone more than I’m home.

SD: You were just on a trip, correct?

LS: I was in Italy, but I started in Paris and ended in Rome. If you drew a line from Rome over to the Adriatic coast, I visited pretty much that entire northern region of Italy.

It was amazing. But you’re in and out of a different hotel every night. I had lunch in Venice one day and ended up in Parma for dinner.

There’s really great food, amazing wines — we hiked up into these vineyards way in the mountains. Corsica was insane. It was my first time there.

SD: What kind of training did you need to get to this point in the wine business?

LS: Years of restaurant work, managing restaurants from a young age, and being around people in my early

twenties that were really passionate about wine. And when I met [my husband, Jay Strausser], as well, he was also into wine. We’d have wine groups where we’d meet on Friday nights and taste things. We still have those people in our life even today.

I’m not a trained sommelier, [though] that’s kind of the trend now. It’s being around it, being passionate about it, loving food and wine and that whole world. It’s all I’ve ever done.

SD: So people are gravitating toward sommelier training?

LS: Oh, yeah, and definitely in the cities.

Everyone wants to have a sommelier degree. But it was really rare for people to have a Master of Wine back in the 1980s, and very few women. It’s always been a male-dominated business.

SD: Is that still true?

LS: No, I think you see more and more women.

SD: When did that begin to change?

LS: Jancis Robinson is probably one of the most famous — she’s written a lot of books. So, maybe [in] the 1990s or the early 2000s. But the trip I was just on, I was the only woman. None of the buyers were female. So, it’s still like [the rest] of life: It’s male-dominated. All my bosses are men.

SD: Are you conscious of that as you’re navigating these relationships?

LS: No. I’ve worked with men — being one of the only women in the field — for a long time. When I worked for Tony Perry and the Perry Restaurant Group, I was one of the first females ever trained as a manager [in 1981]. He didn’t even have women waiting on tables. Women were hostesses and cocktail waitresses. So I’m used to it.

SD: How many vineyards did you visit on this last trip?

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O P E N 7 DAY S A W E E K LS: Not as many as the normal January trip to France, where you literally taste 1,200 wines in two weeks. It’s insane. In Italy it was less, because we spent more time with each vigneron in their vineyards, learning about their farming practices and their [families].

So, around 600.

SD: Is that different from what you were doing with g.housen?

LS: Not really, because I’ve always wanted to know the story behind the wine. For me, that connects the dots to where it comes from. But because I work for Kermit [now], I need to know intimately the people who are

wines that are higher acidity — earthy. I love lighter-bodied reds that you can chill in the summer. I love Beaujolais; it’s one of my favorite regions for wine. I love the white wines of Corsica, the vermentino. I could drink those all day long.

I don’t have a favorite, but I have a style: I like to know that my wine comes from someone, is farmed with loving care for the environment — organically — and that it’s as pure and natural as possible.

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making the wine that I’m selling.

Because they are families — generation after generation of family members making wine the same way. It’s really fascinating.

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LS: Corsica. [It has] amazing snowcapped mountains and white sandy beaches, all in the same vista. And beautiful vineyards. And it’s not overrun with people. It’s beautiful, and the wines are amazing. m

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LS: Within the Kermit Lynch portfolio, Corsica is an emerging wine region that [we’ll] be exploring. It’s fascinating — an island that was once Italian, now is French, and there’s a long history of Italian viticulture.

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SD: What kind of wines do you like to drink?

LS: I like wines that represent the sense of place — where it’s from. I hate wines with new oak. I tend to gravitate toward

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SD: You must have an encyclopedic knowledge.

LS: It’s hard sometimes. I have all these notebooks [from each trip], and if there’s something I haven’t tasted in a while, I’ll go back and review my notes from the trip.

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SD: Can I go with you?

LS: I know. A lot of people are like, “Can I just come carry your suitcase?” But I try to tell people, “It’s really hard. It’s not easy. You’re at the first appointment at eight o’clock in the morning, and you’re in the car driving to appointments all day long. Then you get back to the hotel at 6 p.m. and usually have 10 minutes to go to your room, use the bathroom, and then, oftentimes, you’re back into a meeting area in the hotel tasting wines of people you didn’t get to visit.”

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performance and a press conference with legislators follow at the Statehouse Cedar Creek Room. Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 658-1414.

NONVIOLENT ACTIVISM 101: Community members explore strategies for addressing oppression without the use of physical force. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $15-20; free for people under 25; preregister; limited space. Info, 863-2345.

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HOMESHARE VERMONT INFORMATION SESSION: Folks who have a room to spare speak with staff and learn the ins and outs of the program.

HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, 4-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625.

dance

A CONTEMPORARY EVENING: Bolshoi Ballet principals, soloists and corps de ballet move to masterful choreography in a broadcast performance.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-18.

Info, 748-2600.

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.

education

GET BETTER GRADES ... GET HYPNOTIZED!: Procrastinators become more motivated, organized and time-effective through hypnosis. Green Mountain Hypnosis, Hanover, N.H., 4-5 & 6-7 p.m. $25; preregister; limited space. Info, 566-0464.

environment

CLEAN WATER DAY: Eco-minded folks advocate for improving water quality. A student musical

film

‘DREAM, GIRL’: A documentary film showcasing ambitious female entrepreneurs inspires viewers to think big. A Q&A follows this screening benefiting the Vermont Women’s Fund. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 388-3355, ext. 301.

‘RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS & THE SCIENCE OF HOPE’: This 2016 documentary looks at the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences and ongoing health problems. A panel discussion complements the screening. Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2356.

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THE ART & SCIENCE OF KOMBUCHA: Nutritionist Suzanna Bliss provides step-by-step instruction for making the beneficial fermented tea. Participants take home a starter culture. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $5-10; preregister. Info, 861-9753.

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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COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. Bring a dessert to share. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

TURKISH CULTURAL DAY: Vermonters get a taste of Turkish culture with authentic fare and an informative exhibit. Cedar Creek Room, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 448-0458.

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COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE COMMUNITY LEADERS TALK: Area residents get the scoop on current CEDO issues and engage in a Q&A session. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 658-3585.

CAREER FAIR: Students discover full-time, parttime, summer and volunteer opportunities while networking with employers from various industries. Bring a résumé. Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-5080.

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MAKE A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT: Springtime designs take shape with help from Sharon Niquette of Buds & Roses. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space.

Info, 878-4918.

‘ARTS AND CULTURE — WHAT IS YOUR STORY?’: Burlington playwright Joy Cohen leads an exploration into the ways in which humans use creativity to construct identity, community and social justice.

Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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Every few years, the national Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program sponsors a talk at Saint Michael’s College with the goal of raising the bar for intellectual discourse among scholars, faculty, students and community members. This year, that visiting scholar is Princeton University’s John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor in Physics, William Bialek. According to a St. Mike’s press release, the theoretical physicist’s nationally recognized research “contributes to the understanding of coding and computation in the brain.”

Curious minds converge at the college for Bialek’s talk — which is geared toward a general audience — entitled “More Perfect Than We Imagined: A Physicist’s View of Life.”

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WILLIAM BIALEK Tuesday, April 4, 5:30 p.m., at Roy Event Room, Dion Family Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester. Free. Info, 654-2000. smcvt.edu

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If you’ve been waiting for the perfect opportunity to break out that Captain America costume, you’re in luck. This weekend, the creators of Vermont Comic Con present the inaugural Green Mountain Comic Expo, where comic-book fans can come together to celebrate their fandom. The two-day family-friendly affair features guest artists, gaming sessions, a kids’ panel and multiple performances by the Nerd Magician, who infuses his comic magic show with elements of pop culture. To top it all off, KITT, the intelligent Trans-Am from the 1980s TV show “Knight Rider” and the fictional time machine TARDIS of “Doctor Who” fame are in the building.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN COMIC EXPO Saturday, April 1, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, April 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Barre Civic Center. $10-20. Info, 310-7296. greenmtncomicexpo.com

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MADE IN VERMONT MARKETPLACE Saturday, April 1, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, April 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. $5-6; free for kids under 12. Info, 863-8038. madeinvermontmarketplace.com

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Vermont Virtuosi swing into spring with their latest chamber music program, “April Cool.” Flutist Laurel Ann Maurer, violinists Letitia Quante and Jane Kittredge, violist Paul Reynolds, and cellist Jon Dunlop hit all the right notes in works by Mozart, Ravel, Jacques Hétu and others. The players, under Maurer’s artistic direction, also premiere a new piece for piccolo and string quartet by Green Mountain State composer David Gunn. Vermont Virtuosi perform for audiences in Montpelier and Burlington this week, continuing what they describe on their website as their commitment to “providing exceptional chamber music concerts free of charge to the public.”

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From specialty foods and spirits to furniture and clothing, Vermont-made products are in a league of their own.

Now in its fourth year, the Made in Vermont Marketplace brings more than 125 makers and manufacturers from around the state to one location to showcase their wares. For two days, the Champlain Valley Exposition is transformed into an emporium of Green Mountain State goods, where shoppers can browse booths and come face-to-face with the people behind the products. Customers who need a hand carrying all of their new purchases should snap up a raffle ticket or two; each hour, a drawing rewards a lucky winner with a Vermont Flannel tote bag.

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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 and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $14. Info, 299-9531.

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.

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.

TODDLER TIME: With activities ranging from Legos and Play-Doh to stories and snacks, little ones and their caregivers find plenty of ways to play. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 745-1391.

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.

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.

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BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7211.

Burlington, 8:15-9:30 p.m. $3; preregister at meetup.com. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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‘A FREE PRESS AND OUR DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF FAKE NEWS, ALTERNATIVE FACTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA’: Experts in journalism and political science sound off in a moderated forum presented by the League of Women Voters of the Northeast Kingdom and the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.

LIAM MCKONE: The author presents on the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization for Civil War veterans. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

PATRICK DESBOIS: This year’s hard-hitting Rabbi Wall Lecture is titled “The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews.” Roy Event Center, Dion Family Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

SHARKS & BREWS: Biologist Lindsay Graff takes a bite out of misconceptions about the sharptoothed marine species with photos, videos and stories while listeners tip back cold beverages.

Funds raised support the Gills Club. The Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 229-9409.

TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS: The naturalist and activist who has been published in the New Yorker and the New York Times speaks up for ecological consciousness and social change. Roy Event Center, Dion Family Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees absorb Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 472-6694.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery.

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

MAKING AN HERBAL FIRST AID KIT: ALTERNATIVES TO ANTIBIOTICS & THE ER: The second class in a three-part series covers the treatment of infections without the use of prescription drugs. Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $25. Info, 540-0595.

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.

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.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: Hola!

Language lovers perfect their fluency. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

WEB DEVELOPMENT FOR SENIORS: A seminar serves up basic information about internet sites and tools with the aim of creating web applications for area nonprofits. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 985-5124.

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.

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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.

STEM CLUB: Inquisitive kids embark on challenges in science, technology, engineering and math.

Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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

Info, 372-1721.

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LEGO CHALLENGE: Kids tackle construction tasks with colorful blocks. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1391.

BONE BUILDERS: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in this exercise and prevention class. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30-8:30 & 9:15-10:15 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

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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TAI CHI CLASS: Folks renew body, mind and spirit by learning Yang-style long-form postures, qigong, partner practice and yin/yang principles. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15.

Info, 453-3690.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT NURSING STUDENT VISITS: Presentations on different types of healthy lifestyles promote well-being. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free.

Info, 658-3585.

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HALF WAIF: Brooklyn’s Nandi Rose Plunkett cites Tori Amos as an influence behind her synthpop stylings. Hoan and Ivamae open. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $10-12. Info, 540-0406.

SYMPHONY NH: A family-friendly concert titled “Picture This” sparks imaginations. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 10 a.m. $4-10. Info, 603-448-0400.

VERMONT CHORAL UNION: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with a repertoire inspired by centuries of classical a cappella choral music. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 828-2228.

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BASIC ESTATE PLANNING: Lawyer Michael Caccavo elucidates the process of protecting personal propWORKSHOP ON LIVING ’ erty and providing for posterity.

F RI NA .3 1 | C HI THEAT HEALTHIER: Community members Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 ER | ‘M A DE IN ages 18 and up who are living with ongop.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. ing conditions such as diabetes, heart disease or DIVORCE WORKSHOP: Those experiencing the end anxiety learn to better manage their wellness in a of marriage build self-confidence and gain financial six-week seminar. United Way of the Adirondack control. South Burlington Community Library, 7-8 Region, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1:30-4 p.m. Free; preregp.m. Free. Info, 662-4923. ister. Info, 518-564-3371.

WHAT EVERY PARENT NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT YOGA NIDRA: THE YOGA OF DEEP RELAXATION: MARIJUANA: An interactive presentation prepares Savitri Devi Dasi leads students into a state of caregivers to talk openly with kids about cannabis. deep meditation, which brings profound calmLibrary, Burlington High School, 6:30-8:30 p.m. ness, quietness and relaxation. Bring a blanket Free. Info, 652-0997. and something comfortable to lie on. Cavendish Gallery, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, sports 206-557-9850.

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School,

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‘GROUNDED’: Northern Stage presents a onewoman examination of America’s transition to drone warfare. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $15-55. Info, 296-7000.

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WRITING CIRCLE: Prompts lead into a 30-minute free write and sharing opportunities without judgment.

The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

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ARUN GANDHI: Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson follows in his grandfather’s footsteps with “A Legacy of Love,” a message of nonviolence. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m.

Free. Info, 654-2000.

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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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NEWBERRY MARKET: Shoppers browse specialty foods, clothing, pottery, décor, collectibles and more at a weekly indoor bazaar. Newberry Market, White River Junction, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 299-0212.

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COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Area residents chew the fat over the values of space and community growth. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-4928218, ext. 303.

COMMUNITY FORUM: Folks ask questions and offer input regarding the university’s new status as a tobacco-free campus. 1787 Room, Campus Center, Castleton University, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 468-5611.

RUTLAND REGIONAL DOWNTOWN MIXER SERIES: Rutland Regional Medical Center president Tom Huebner updates community members on heath care reform. Food and conversation follow.

Chittenden Building, Rutland, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 747-3634.

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‘DANCING UPHILL’: 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Paul Besaw directs UVM students in a program of works by faculty and special guests.

Mann Hall Gymnasium, University of Vermont Trinity Campus, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 656-2094.

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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VERMONT GREEN BUILDING GALA: Industry professionals, enthusiasts and Vermont Green Building Network members and friends convene for an evening of live music, mouthwatering fare and the Vermont’s Greenest Building Award ceremony. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. $20-35; cash bar. Info, 735-2192.

WATER MATTERS: Charlie Baker from the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission emcees an evening dedicated to issues in the LaPlatte River watershed. Hinesburg Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 513-470-7554.

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BUTTERFLIES & BIDDING: A Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce silent auction offers an opportunity to network over appetizers and sweet treats in a pavilion of live butterflies. Funds raised benefit area organizations. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $10-15. Info, 863-3489.

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.

MATH & COOKIES: Brainiacs with an affinity for arithmetic socialize over games, coffee, tea and treats. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

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.

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION: Attendees fête females with a visit to a salt cave, group meditation and an address from Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center owner Eileen GennetteCoughlin. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, kiki@ fucciassociates.com.

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FRANKLIN REGION CAREER & JOB EXPO: Job seekers network with more than 60 potential employers from throughout Vermont. Collins-Perley Sports Complex, St. Albans, noon-3 p.m. Free. Info, 782-1924.

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‘ARC OF JUSTICE: THE RISE, FALL AND REBIRTH OF A BELOVED COMMUNITY’: Jericho resident Bob Robbins hosts a screening of this short documentary centered on a Georgia farming community and its struggle to gain control of their land and their lives. Jericho Town Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4686.

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‘BEING MORTAL’: A panel discussion follows a screening of this 2015 episode of PBS’ “Frontline,” which delves into doctor-patient relationships near the end of life. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, refreshments, 5:30 p.m; film, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

‘THE LOCAL MOTIVE’: A six-part PBS series digs into aspects of Vermont’s local food system.

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

Info, 748-2600.

‘MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE’: Interviews with the likes of Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and Common offer insight into the life and work of the late poet and author. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, cpizer@ vermontpbs.org.

‘TI LAURENT’: A boy seeks stability in this 2015 comedy shown in Creole with English subtitles.

A Q&A with director John Rasmussen follows.

Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5-8; free for Vermont International Film Foundation members. Info, 660–2600.

food & drink

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.

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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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CHAIR YOGA: Yogis limber up with modified poses. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 316-1510.

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: A peaceful, guided meditation helps participants achieve a sense of stability and calm. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 777-8602.

1:30-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, pdricker@ comcast.net.

lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20.

Info, 324-1757.

TAI CHI BEGINNER CLASS: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: FRENCH: Bag lunches in hand, attendees brush up on their linguistic abilities. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 448-4262.

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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.

LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Captivating narratives pave the way for crafts and activities for youngsters ages 3 through 6. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

READ TO ARCHIE: Budding bookworms join a friendly therapy dog for entertaining tails — er, tales. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6956.

A NEW TAKE ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Herbalist Guido Masé delves into natural remedies for keeping the blood-pumping organ ticking.

Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $20. Info, 540-0595.

UKULELE KIDS!: Musical munchkins play instruments and dance to favorite children’s songs.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:45 a.m.

Free. Info, 865-7216.

TAI CHI: Personal trainer Denise Ricker leads seniors in meditative movements. All ages are welcome, though this class is geared toward an older population. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier,

BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided

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JEREMY KITTEL BAND: Bow in hand, the fiddle phenomenon fuses elements of jazz, Celtic, classical and electronic styles in an onstage display of virtuosity. Casella Theater, Castleton University, 7 p.m. $12-18; free for faculty, staff and students with ID. Info, 468-1119.

LOW CUT CONNIE: Front man Adam Weiner pounds the black and white keys to highly danceable rock-and-roll tunes. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $12-14. Info, 540-0406.

NOONDAY CONCERT: Anne Severy directs the cool cats of the Middlebury Union High School Jazz Ensemble in works by John Coltrane, Jimmy Van Heusen and Dave Brubeck. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on the Green, Middlebury, 12:15-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 388-7200.

OPEN MIC NIGHT: A relaxed and supportive atmosphere allows aspiring performers ages 16 and up to debut their musical talents. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3500.

PAT DONOHUE: Fans of “A Prairie Home Companion” lend their ears to the fingerpicking guitarist who played on the National Public Radio program for more than 20 years. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7:30 p.m. $20-33.

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FAMILY-TO-FAMILY: The National Alliance on Mental Illness builds understanding between individuals struggling with psychological health and their loved ones. Call for details. 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 876-7949.

PARENTING WORKSHOP SERIES: Northwestern Counseling & Support Services counselors present “Substance Abuse Prevention: Supporting Healthy Decisions During the Teen and Tween Years (and What to Do if You Spot Trouble).” Fairfax Community Library, 6:15-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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‘CAPTIVE WILDLIFE AND THE LAW’: Vermont Law School’s Animal Law Society presents a series of lectures and panel discussions highlighting legal and ethical issues related to confined species.

Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, williamlowrey@ vermontlaw.edu.

DAGNY HOFF: Central Vermont Council on Aging’s Medicare expert presents “Welcome to Medicare,” a complete overview of the federal health insurance program for seniors along with programs for people with lower incomes. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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MARK BREEN: The meteorologist and contributor to Vermont Public Radio’s “Eye on the Sky” looks at the past, present and future of Vermont weather.

Martha Jane Rich Theater, Thetford Academy, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 785-2068.

ROUNDTABLE — ‘BOUGHT IN AMERICA: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS’: What can puppets teach humans about ethics, consumerism and global powers? Artists and faculty members consider this question in conjunction with Wakka Wakka Productions’ performance of Made in China.

Room 41, Haldeman Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2010.

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‘THE DROWSY CHAPERONE’: The Spaulding High School Drama Club presents a Tony Award-winning musical parody of 1920s jazz shows, as seen through the eyes of a passionate fan. Spaulding High School, Barre, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 476-4811.

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EVE SCHAUB: The local writer chronicles her family’s commitment to keeping a clean house in Year of No Clutter: A Memoir. Phoenix Books Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $3; limited space. Info, 448-3350.

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PEACE VIGIL: Friends and neighbors come together, bringing along their signs and their hearts. Top of Church St., Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-1731.

comedy

UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE TOURING COMPANY: The famed comedy troupe elicits big laughs with provocative sketches and absurd improv.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 & 9:30 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

MAGGIE’S FIBER FRIDAY FOR ADULTS: Veteran knitter Maggie Loftus facilitates an informal gathering of crafters. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6maggie2@myfairpoint.net.

dance

BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Learn new moves with Ballroom Nights, then join others in a dance social featuring the waltz, tango and more. Singles, couples and beginners are welcome. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance social, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-14; $8 for dance only. Info, 862-2269.

CHAKRA DANCE: A combination of meditation, visualization, movement and breath-work increases energy. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 7-8:15 p.m. $10-15. Info, 448-4262.

‘DANCING UPHILL’: 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: See THU.30.

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.

‘TEMPLE OF DREAMS: A NIGHT OF DANCE, MUSIC AND ART’: The Edd Trio, Zoo Logic and DJ Rob Ticho provide the soundtrack to a contemporary and hiphop dance performance replete with fire props and eye-catching costumes. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $10-12. Info, 540-0406.

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14TH STAR 11 BRAVO PRE-LAUNCH PARTY: Music

by DJ Pat Doherty propels a bash benefiting the Josh Pallotta Fund. VFW Post 6689, Essex Junction, 5-10 p.m. $10. Info, 233-0630.

AARP TAX HELP: Professionals offer advice and answer questions as Tax Day approaches. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 658-3585.

HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY’S ANNUAL MEETING: Animal lovers elect officers and celebrate the work of volunteers and community partners. Hilton Burlington, 8-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-0135.

‘THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SOUND’: Radio producers Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett present a live version of their National Public Radio program, which encourages listeners to process the world using their ears instead of their eyes. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 382-9222.

food & drink

FRIDAY PERCH FRY: Plates of crispy, golden-brown fish satisfy seafood lovers. VFW Post 309, Peru, N.Y., 5-8 p.m. $10. Info, 518-643-2309.

TAPAS & LIBATIONS: Gourmands choose three small plates paired with beverages and live music

by Albert Joy. Pauline’s Café, South Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $25. Info, 803-862-1081.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.29.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.29, 9:15 a.m.

health & fitness

ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification.

Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

BONE BUILDERS: See WED.29, 7:30 a.m.

FITNESS FLOW YOGA: All types of athletes can build strength, increase flexibility and prevent injuries with a moderate-to-vigorous vinyasa flow.

Colchester Health & Fitness, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $15; free for members. Info, 860-1010.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.29.

REIKI: Touch activates the body’s natural healing abilities, aiding people in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

TAI CHI ADVANCED CLASSES: Attendees keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3322.

HILARY HAHN: SOLD OUT. Pianist Robert Levin accompanies the Grammy Award-winning violinist in works by Bach, Mozart and Schubert. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $10-50. Info, 603-646-2422.

ROBERT RESNIK: The host of Vermont Public Radio’s “All the Traditions” doles out toe-tapping numbers. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

WINTER WINE DOWN MUSIC SERIES: Locals welcome the weekend with live music

by Rebecca Gardener, award-winning wine and mouthwatering eats.

Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, 6-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 372-9463.

kids

ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: Little ones up to age 4 gather for readaloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

talks

ABBY SNARSKI, CHRISTINA ROOT & PETER VANTINE: F ALL-AGES STORY TIME: IL AT M Past meets present when a RN | ‘S Babies, toddlers and preschoolTE ON IN panel discusses the effect of ITA O I D ’ | CO A ers participate in finger plays and R C UR TE SY O F PU BLI French colonization on the Algerian action rhymes. Brownell Library, Essex population throughout history and Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. modern-day islamophobia in France and the U.S. BIG & MESSY — ART SPACE: Process, not product, Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region, is the focus of this parent-child creative sesBurlington, 6:30-8 p.m. $5-10; free for AFLCR memsion with open-ended art stations. River Arts, bers. Info, 793-4361.

Morrisville, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 888-1261.

EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: Boğaç DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER AWARD BOOKS Ergene captivates history buffs with “The Rise and VOTING PARTY: Students who have read five or Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Consequences more Dorothy Reads titles can cast a ballot for of its Decline.” Faith United Methodist Church, their favorite book. A trivia challenge and an ice South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516. cream sundae party tops off the fun. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1391. theater |

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crafts

FREESTYLE DANCE FITNESS: Jumps, flips, spins, kicks and squats set to high-energy music help students shake awake their chi. Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $14. Info, railyardyoga@gmail.com.

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MAD DASHES GOLDSPRINTS INDOOR BICYCLE RACE SERIES: Pedal pushers break a sweat while going head-to-head in stationary cycling competitions.

Brio Coffeeworks, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Donations; $25-99 for the season. Info, 508-246-4315.

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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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.

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.

music

AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH BANJO DAN LINDNER & FRIENDS: Banjo Dan and Willy Lindner of the Sky Blue Boys pick and strum ballads, vintage country numbers and Civil War-era songs during two sets with special guests. Bliss Room, Saint Albans Museum, 7 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 527-7933.

ANNEMIEKE MCLANE: Birds, bees and flowers inhabit the pianist’s program “Garden Tour,” featuring pieces by Debussy, Rachmaninov and others.

United Church of Strafford, 7-8:30 p.m. Donations.

Info, 765-9904.

BEATRICE RANA: Energy and warmth shine through the award-winning pianist’s recital of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” presented as part of the UVM Lane Series. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5-35. Info, 656-4455.

CHOCOLATE & CHANTING: A KIRTAN SHABBAT: Drums, harmonium and other instruments accompany call-and-response singing. Bring percussive instruments and a nut-free chocolate treat to share. Havurah: The Addison County Jewish Congregation, Middlebury, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5760.

DAYMARK: The trio channels the Irish American dance halls of the 1920s and ’30s via fiddle, guitar and flute. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

GUY DAVIS: The guitarist revives acoustic blues traditions in original and classic compositions.

Unitarian Universalist Church, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 775-0903.

‘THE ARSONISTS’: Saint Michael’s College students take the stage with Max Frisch’s explosive comedy exploring the idea of the innocent bystander.

McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

‘THE DROWSY CHAPERONE’: See THU.30.

‘GROUND HOG OPRY’: Woodchuck Theatre Company cures cabin fever with a zany production full of Vermont flavor. Thatcher Brook Primary School, Waterbury, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 244-6150.

‘GROUNDED’: See WED.29.

‘MADE IN CHINA’: The Obie Award-winning Wakka Wakka Productions puppet troupe weaves themes of human rights, consumerism and AmericanChinese relations through an inventive musical comedy. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $1035. Info, 603-646-2422.

words

PUN-OFF: Competitors of all ages garner giggles and groans with creative plays on words. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8 p.m. Free; preregister to compete. Info, 878-6955.

READING & BOOK SIGNING: Grace Gershuny, author of Organic Revolutionary: A Memoir of the Movement for Real Food, Planetary Healing and Human Liberation, gets to the root of organic farming. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.

SPRING USED BOOK SALE: Avid readers browse a wide range of titles. Wheeler House, South Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

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agriculture

FRUIT TREE PRUNING WORKSHOP: Horticulturalists get tips for arboreal upkeep.

Dress for going outside. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

OPEN HOUSE: A tour of expansive greenhouses grants horticulture enthusiasts access to hardy

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plants and ready-to-eat salad greens. Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg, open house, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; greenhouse tour, noon. Free. Info, 482-4060.

PRUNING & GRAFTING FRUIT TREES: Mike Hebb helps orchard owners and home horticulturalists prep apple trees for spring. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 1-4 p.m. $20; preregister.

Info, 765-4288.

art

INTRODUCTION TO FAIRY & DEMON DRAWING WORKSHOPS: Artist Emily Anderson shares her “other-handed” drawing technique in a fun atmosphere where process is the priority. Bluebird Fairies, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $20. Info, emily@ bluebirdfairies.com.

LEGACY WORKSHOP: Creatives and collectors pick up procedures for securing their artistic legacy beyond their lifetime. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 644-5100.

bazaars

‘LE JUNQUE DU JOUR’: Items ranging from collectibles to furniture to art supplies find new homes at this April Fool’s Day junk sale. MAC Center for the Arts, Newport, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 334-1966.

MADE IN VERMONT MARKETPLACE: From wine and specialty foods to crafts and more, a trade show offers a wide variety of local products. See calendar spotlight. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. $5-6; free for kids under 12. Info, 863-8038.

comedy

APRIL FOOLS COMEDY SHOW: Al Madrigal, a longtime correspondent for “The Daily Show,” has audience members in stitches with his fast-paced lyrical storytelling style. Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $5; free for UVM students; preregister. Info, upb@uvm.edu.

UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE TOURING COMPANY: See FRI.31.

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dance

BARNARTS COMMUNITY CONTRA DANCE: Fueled by a potluck dinner, hoofers put their best foot forward when following calls by Delia Clark. Barnard Town Hall, 6 p.m. $5-10; BYOB. Info, 234-1645.

CONTRA DANCE: Ron Blechner calls the steps at a spirited social dance with music by Dave Langford and Eric Eid-Reiner. Capital City Grange, Berlin, instruction session, 7:35 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $5-9. Info, 249-7454.

‘DANCING UPHILL’: 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: See THU.30, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

EDCAMP VERMONT: Educators create the day’s schedule and address current topics at a learner-driven “unconference.” Centerpoint School, Winooski, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-0416.

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BARRE OPERA HOUSE ANNUAL GALA: ‘APRIL FOOLS PARTY’: Supporters enjoy drinks, laughs and good friends at a themed dinner and silent auction.

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‘ME AGAIN’: A pastor gets more than he bargained for when he wishes for a different life in this 2012 comedy starring David A.R. White and Ali Landry. Washington Baptist Church, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 565-8013.

‘SONITA’: This 2015 documentary follows a young Afghan woman who finds her identity through hiphop music. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 3 & 5 p.m. $5-11; preregister. Info, 457-2355.

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CAPITAL CITY WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Root veggies, honey, maple syrup and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown food. City Center, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 793-8347.

HOPS ON THE SNOW BREWFEST: Regional beers are best sipped slope-side at a mountaintop fest featuring fresh-from-the-grill and barbecue fare.

Courtyard, Jackson Gore Inn, Okemo Mountain Resort, Ludlow, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; $15 for four samples; $3 for additional sample tickets; for ages 21 and up. Info, 228-1600.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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health & fitness

YOGA & HERBS FOR SPRING REJUVENATION: Health nuts embrace the spirit of renewal with a yoga and herbalism session exploring the connection between plants and movement. Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 2:30-4:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 540-0595.

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Palace 9 Cinemas

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WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.29.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

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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.

HERBAL MATERIA MEDICA: ALL ABOUT YARROW: From treating ailments to aiding in clairvoyance, Guido Masé explores the myriad uses for this feathery-leaved plant. Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 1-2:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0595.

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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.

SUGAR ON SNOW & DOUGHNUTS: Have a sweet tooth? Satiate it with mouthwatering morsels bursting with maple flavor. Groton Historical Society, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 243-0199.

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‘BEING HUMAN’: Robin Williams stars in this 1994 comedy as a man who lives four lifetimes. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

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14TH STAR 11 BRAVO LAUNCH PARTY: Live band Bad Horsey entertain revelers at this celebration supporting the Josh Pallotta Fund. 14th Star Brewing Co., St. Albans, 4-10 p.m. Free. Info, 233-0630.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN COMIC EXPO: Comic-book fans let their geek flags fly during two days of workshops, panels, vendors, gaming and special guests.

See calendar spotlight. Barre Civic Center, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $10-20. Info, 310-7296.

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LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complementary consultations on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Legal Services Law Line of Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 863-7153.

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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.

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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HEART & HOME: CELEBRATING INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS: A community dinner, presentations and a screening of the short documentary Arc of Justice: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of a Beloved Community honor of Fair Housing Month.

North End Studios, Burlington, 5:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com.

Costumes are encouraged at this benefit for the opera house. Barre Elks Club, 6 p.m. $75. Info, 476-8188.

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BOOK SIGNING: Pajamas are encouraged at a storytelling party with children’s author John Churchman and sheep dog Laddie. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 496-6055.

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.

GOOD BEGINNINGS OF CENTRAL VERMONT BABY & CHILD EXPO: Expectant parents and families with small children connect with vendors offering products and services ranging from midwives and doulas to early education. See gbcvexpo.com for details. Berlin Elementary School, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $8; free for kids. Info, 595-7953.

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.

SATURDAY DROP-IN STORY TIME: A weekly selection of songs and storylines engages all ages.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

VERMONT STEM FAIR: Students in grades 5 through 12 display projects related to science, technology, engineering and math. Bartoletto Hall, Norwich University, Northfield, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Info, rmilius@norwich.edu.

WHOLE-BOOK APPROACH STORY TIME: Tots learn how words, pictures and book design work together to complete a narrative. Phoenix Books Essex, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

WINGED PREDATORS OF THE SKY: Games for kiddos and their chaperones explore the relationship between feathered fliers and their prey. A themed craft and live birds round out the fun. Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-noon. $10-12 per adult/child pair; $5-6 per additional child; preregister. Info, 985-8686.

THE DAVYDOV-FANNING DUO: Longtime collaborators Diana Fanning and Dieuwke Davydov showcase their virtuosity in a program for piano and cello.

Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

EMMA’S REVOLUTION: Music meets social justice on acoustic folk numbers from the duo’s new album Revolution Now. First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $18-22. Info, genebergman26@gmail.com.

MONTPELIER CONCERT CRAWL: Music fans sip fine wine and feast on gourmet fare at this three-part performance hosted by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra. Various Montpelier locations, 6-9 p.m. $60. Info, 477-3499.

BRINGING YOUR ANCESTORS TO LIFE: Lillian Robinson demonstrates ways to find and share family stories in engaging ways. Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $5. Info, 310-9285.

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WORD: Toolbars, menus and icons, oh my! A computer whiz teaches techniques such as copying, pasting, and formatting text and pictures. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

VERMONT BOOK SALE: More than 300 volumes about Vermont by Vermont authors are featured at an emporium of used books. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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MADE IN VERMONT MARKETPLACE: See SAT.1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

VFW AUXILIARY FLEA MARKET: Bargain hunters browse gently used goods. Funds raised benefit veterans and their families. Burlington VFW Post, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 578-5995.

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‘STAND UP, SIT DOWN & LAUGH’: Series veteran Josie Leavitt delivers punch lines with fellow yuksters Hillary Boone, Marlon Fisher, Tim Bridge and Mike Thomas. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.

Info, 863-5966.

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FUNNY TWUNNY 20K: Runners tell jokes and answer riddles to unlock sections of roughly 20K and 20-mile courses. Sleepy Hollow Inn Ski & Bike Center, Huntington, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $40. Info, 398-7486.

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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‘THE ARSONISTS’: See FRI.31.

‘THE DROWSY CHAPERONE’: See THU.30, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘GROUND HOG OPRY’: See FRI.31.

‘GROUNDED’: See WED.29, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘LIKE ANY OTHER WOMAN’: A historical drama staged by University of Vermont’s University Players tells the true story of a 19thcentury woman struggling to be a mother, wife and politician.

Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 2 & 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, uplayers@uvm.edu.

BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. $6; free for first-timers; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020.

fairs & festivals

GREEN MOUNTAIN COMIC EXPO: See SAT.1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

film

‘LEFT BEHIND: VANISHED: NEXT GENERATION’: A 15-year-old girl is forced to take on adult responsibilities after a billion people OV ‘MADE IN CHINA’: See FRI.31.

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O | CO URTESY ‘IDOMENEO’: Ancient Greek stories inInfo, 565-8013. spired Mozart’s first operatic masterpiece, which ‘OFF THE RAILS’: A 2016 documentary turns the is now broadcast to the silver screen. Catamount camera toward a man with Asperger’s syndrome and Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $16-25. Info, his sometimes-problematic love for transit. Town 748-2600.

Hall Theater, Middlebury, 2 p.m. $12. Info, 382-9222.

‘OUTERBRIDGE, CLOCKWORK MYSTERIES’: Magicians Ted and Marion Outerbridge dazzle audience members with a spellbinding display of illusion, complete with an elaborate Victorian time machine. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $20-45. Info, 760-4634.

POP-UP PLAYS: Time flies when playwrights, directors and actors have just 24 hours to create and perform six short works. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 382-9222.

words

BENEFIT BOOK FAIR: Avid readers pick up new page-turners, then the retailer donates a portion

Armory, Norwich University, Northfield, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, northfieldfarmersmarketvt@gmail.com.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.29, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

games

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SUPER BINGO: Players fashion five in a row to raise funds for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Sheraton Burlington Hotel, South Burlington, 1 p.m. $50 for 18 cards. Info, 343-9767.

POKÉMON LEAGUE: See THU.30, noon-5 p.m.

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ALL-VERMONT GATHERING OF TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION MEDITATORS: Those who have learned Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s technique for deep mental relaxation keep their mantra in mind during group meditations and lectures. Green Mountain College, Poultney, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $35 includes lunch; preregister. Info, jsmith@tm.org.

NIA WITH SUZY: Drawing from martial, dance and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potential. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.29, 4:305:45 p.m.

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.

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THE BATTLE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD: Bands from University of Vermont and Saint Michael’s College duke it out for the chance to play at this year’s Waking Windows music festival. All proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5; preregister to perform. Info, emmyclinch@ comcast.net.

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ANAÏS MITCHELL & SAM AMIDON: Two artists take the stage for an evening of original songs infused with American folk traditions. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10-35; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 728-6464.

SHELBURNE FARMS LOOP HIKE: Outdoorsy types stretch their legs on an easy walk. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, 355-4135.

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VERMONT PRIDE THEATER AUDITIONS: Armed with prepared monologues, head shots and résumés, thespians vie for spots in the seventh annual Vermont Pride Theater Summer Festival. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, margonomy@gmail.com or gardngal@hotmail.com.

THE WELTERWEIGHTS: Telecasters in tow, Lowell Thompson and Kelly Ravin grab listeners’ attention with alt-country and rock-and-roll songs sung in harmony. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $315. Info, 388-9782.

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.

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Free. Info, 881-9153.

POEMCITY: KICKOFF CELEBRATION: Poet laureate of Vermont Chard deNiord and teens from the Young Writers Project share works of written word. The Capitol Jazz Quartet set the mood. The Gallery at Lost Nation, Montpelier, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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SPRING FLING: Singer Taryn Noelle and pianist Dan Boomhower kick off Jazz Appreciation Month with a lively concert. Music lovers can wet their whistles with beer and wine from the Stowe Street Café.

Bridgeside Books, Waterbury, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $10; cash bar. Info, 244-1441.

LORRAINE MANGIONE: The coauthor of Daughters, Dads and the Path Through Grief: Tales From Italian America draws connections between culture and relationships. A book signing follows. South Burlington Community Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

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CHOCOLATE DEMO: Artist Emily McCracken gives cacao a wow factor when creating an Easterthemed sculpture. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 864-1807.

of sales to the General Stannard House restoration fund. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, 893-6791.

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SOCIAL BAND: The Burlington choral group gets in tune for the lunar-inspired program “Jewel of the Night: Musical Reflections on the Moon.” Richmond Free Library, 7-9 p.m. $15. Info, 355-4216.

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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.

COMFORT FOOD FOR A CAUSE: Diners get their fill of familiar fare, plus music, door prizes and a raffle. All proceeds benefit Dinners With Love. Campus Center, Castleton University, 4-7 p.m. $30. Info, 465-1027.

NORTHFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A gathering place for local farmers, producers and artisans offers fresh produce, crafts and locally prepared foods. Plumley

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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‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR.’ AUDITIONS: Actors ages 7 through 18 throw their hats into the ring for roles in an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s whimsical tale of a curious girl who falls down a rabbit hole.

Peru Primary School, N.Y., noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, adirondackregionaltheatre@hotmail.com.

PEER-LED MINDFULNESS MEET-UP FOR TEENS: South Burlington High School junior Mika Holtz guides adolescents toward increased awareness through music, movement and other techniques. Stillpoint Center, Burlington, 9-10:30 a.m.

Donations. Info, 720-427-9340.

language

‘DIMANCHES’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlezvous 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.

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CHAMBERWORKS: RARE COMBINATIONS: Dartmouth College faculty musicians hit all the right notes in classical compositions for mezzosoprano, bassoon and piano. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

COMMUNITY SONG CIRCLE: Singers of all ages and abilities lift their voices in selections from the Rise Up Singing and Rise Again song books. Center for Arts and Learning, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 595-5252.

GREEN MOUNTAIN YOUTH SYMPHONY SPRING CONCERT: The repertory, concert and senior orchestras present a varied program of international music and familiar tunes. Barre Opera House, 2 p.m. $5-15; free for kids under 5. Info, 476-8188.

GREGORY DOUGLASS: The New England pianist doles out alternative and pop numbers from 2016’s My Hero, The Enemy. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $10-15. Info, 748-2600.

JAYME STONE’S FOLKLIFE PROJECT: From Creole calypsos to Appalachian dance tunes, the ensemble pays tribute to field recorder Alan Lomax. WalkOver Gallery and Concert Room, Bristol, 7 p.m. $20-25.

Info, 453-3188, ext. 2.

NORTHEAST FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION MEETING: Lovers of this spirited art form gather to catch up and jam. VFW Post 792, Montpelier, noon-5 p.m.

UNDERGROUND PARKING ($) LIST YOUR EVENT FOR FREE AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTEVENT Free; donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 728-5188.

SOCIAL BAND: See SAT.1, First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m.

VERMONT VIRTUOSI: See SAT.1, First Baptist Church of Burlington, 3 p.m.

seminars

SUGARING SUNDAY: Curious minds learn oldfashioned methods of gathering, boiling and bottling maple sap. Attendees meet in the church parking lot and carpool to West Hill Sugar Orchard.

Warren United Church of Christ, 11:45 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

sports

‘LIKE ANY OTHER WOMAN’: See SAT.1, 2 p.m.

SHAOLIN WARRIORS: Ancient Chinese traditions live on in a theatrical display of martial arts.

Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 4 p.m. $30-40. Info, 775-0903.

words

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.

POEMCITY: POETS PULLING PRINTS: Following readings by Cora Brooks and Elena Georgiou, rhyme-and-meter enthusiasts make mementos with one of the studio’s antique printing presses.

May Day Studio, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Free; $5 for a print. Info, 223-3338.

MON.3 OPEN STUDIO: See THU.30, 3-5 p.m.

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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.

VERMONT ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY: NORTHERN LIGHTS: Stargazers meet to discuss celestial subjects. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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, 6:307:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-9757.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.29, 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.

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BONE BUILDERS: See WED.29, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

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.

MEDITATION FOR A SANE & PEACEFUL WORLD: Those needing respite from the intensity of today’s world find a quiet place for reflection and prayer. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 6:15-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-6203.

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PRESERVING NUTRITION: Home cooks sharpen their skills in the kitchen during a four-part educational series. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, jen@pathwaysvermont.org.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.29.

TAI CHI: Experienced fitness teacher Denise Ricker leads participants in the slow martial art passed down through generations. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 1:30-2:15 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, pdricker@comcast.net.

TAI CHI: See THU.30.

TAI CHI ADVANCED CLASSES: See FRI.31.

VERMONT CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HERBALISM STUDENT HERBAL CLINIC: Third-year interns evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. Burlington Herb Clinic, 4-8 p.m. $10-30; preregister. Info, info@vtherbcenter.org.

ZUMBA: Lively Latin rhythms fuel this dance-fitness phenomenon for all experience levels. Vergennes Opera House, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 349-0026.

kids

‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR.’ AUDITIONS: See SUN.2, 6-8 p.m.

BABY LAP TIME: Babes up to 24 months experience color, sound and movement through stories, songs, bounces and rhymes. Richmond Free Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

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.

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CONTACT IMPROV DANCE: Movers engage in weight sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced by aikido and other somatic practices. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4. Info, 864-7306.

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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.

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JACK MAYER: History hounds hear a discussion of the local author’s novel Before the Court of Heaven, based on the true story of fascist assassin Ernst Werner Techow. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 253-1800.

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CAMPUS TOUR: From culinary arts to carpentry to office administration and beyond, prospective students ages 16 through 24 learn about trade training programs. Northlands Job Corps Center, Vergennes, 9:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 877-0121.

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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.

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WEST AFRICAN DANCE: Live djembe and dundun drumming drive a family-friendly class with teacher Seny Daffe of Guinea. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-7 p.m. $10-16; preregister. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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BRUCE S. POST: The environmental historian’s multimedia presentation “Three Poems and a Parkway” tells of how Vermont almost became home to a major national park in the 1930s.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 2 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918.

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SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata and chacha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.

PLAY UNITED DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT: Take aim! Coed teams of adult players heave foam balls at the competition in a round-robin format to support the United Way of Northwest Vermont.

Collins-Perley Sports Complex, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $240 per team; preregister; free for spectators. Info, 861-7816.

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OPEN GYM PLAY GROUP: Parents can socialize while tykes stay active with movement-centered recreation. River Arts, Morrisville, 9:30-11 a.m. Free.

Info, 888-1261.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Captivating narratives pave the way for crafts and activities for youngsters ages 3 through 6. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

ROBIN’S NEST NATURE PLAYGROUP: Outdoor pursuits through fields and forests captivate little ones up to age 5 and their parents. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Donations. Info, 229-6206.

SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: Amigos keep busy in an interactive class with Constancia Gómez. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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.

[INSERT TITLE HERE]: Teens in grades 6 though 12 share any and all creative works in this uniquely named group. Soothing background music and brain food keep motors running. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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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.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Bring a bag lunch to practice the system of communication using visual gestures.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

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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.

POEMCITY: FEEDING THE SOUL — POETRY & FOOD: A locally sourced supper and readings by published wordsmiths feed body and brain. Down Home Kitchen, Montpelier, supper, 6 p.m.; reading, 6:45 p.m. $10; additional cost for drinks and dessert.

Info, 223-3338.

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SHAPE & SHARE LIFE STORIES: Prompts from Recille Hamrell trigger recollections of specific experiences, which participants craft into narratives. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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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.

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.

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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.

KATHLEEN LAVOIE: “Danger and Research in a Mexican Sulfur Cave” captures listeners’ interest. 30 City Place, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-5279.

‘EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: I, CLAUDE MONET’: Drawing on more than 2,500 letters, this film paints a portrait of the influential impressionist artist. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 11 a.m. $5-10. Info, 382-9222.

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome.

Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

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TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.29.

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MONDAYS AT THE IMPROV: Emerging entertainers express themselves through theater games and acting techniques for onstage and off. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373.

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MONDAY NIGHT POETRY WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths analyze creative 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.

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ED ASNER: ‘A MAN AND HIS PROSTATE’: The actor known for his role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” uses an unwanted surgery as fodder for a one-man comedy. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $40.

Info, 775-0903.

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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.31.

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.

INFORMATION SESSION: PROGRAMS FOR ASPIRING & EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS: Those looking to enter or advance in the field of education learn the ABCs of UVEI’s approach. Upper Valley Educators Institute, Lebanon, N.H., 4:30-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 603-678-4888.

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CRAFTING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEXT QUARTER CENTURY: People who are passionate about creating a resilient community come together to share their vision and develop projects with Burlington Permaculture. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonpermaculture@gmail.com.

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WASTE WARRIOR TRAINING: Eco-minded individuals complete this interactive orientation with a team of friendly operatives that brings recycling and composting to Chittenden County events. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8100.

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‘1984’: The late John Hurt stars in a cinematic interpretation of George Orwell’s novel about a man who rebels against a totalitarian society. Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 457-3981.

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.

‘WELCOME TO VERMONT: FOUR STORIES OF RESETTLED IDENTITY’: A 2013 documentary focuses on the lives of forcibly displaced people in search of the American Dream. A discussion with director Mira Niagolova follows. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

‘WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?’: Bette Davis and Joan Crawford star in a 1962 psychological thriller about an aging actress who holds her paraplegic sister captive. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018.

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BEN & JERRY’S FREE CONE DAY: Sweets lovers line up for complimentary scoops. Ben & Jerry’s Factory, Waterbury. Info, 882-2034. Ben & Jerry’s, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, noon-8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-8188.

BENEFIT BAKE: Pizza lovers dine on slices in support of Mobius, Vermont’s Mentoring Partnership.

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donated. American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, 5-11:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 658-1888.

THE NO-FUSS KITCHEN: MINIMAL-WASTE COOKING: Home cooks learn creative ways to use commonly discarded food parts in a hands-on class with City Market’s Meredith Knowles. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 861-9753.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.29, 7 p.m.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Players sit down to bouts of friendly competition. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

TUESDAY NIGHT BINGO: Participants cover squares and dip into refreshments. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 6 p.m. $5 per card. Info, 223-3322.

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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.

movements and directed attention. Wear loose, comfy clothing. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0950.

FITNESS FLOW YOGA: See FRI.31, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

GENTLE DROP-IN YOGA: Yogis bring their own mats for a hatha class led by Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 264-5660.

GETTING READY FOR AN ACTIVE SUMMER: 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.

PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery.

Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free.

Info, 861-3150.

REMEDIES FOR ANXIETY & SLEEP: Acupuncturist Baylen Slote draws on elements the Tao tradition to help restless participants catch some Zs. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain. coop.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See SAT.1, 6-7 p.m.

SA S T.1 HT |M DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and IG STRETCH & SIP YOGA WITH LIVE E U SI C | T HE W ELTER W challenging class lets healthy bodies MUSIC: Tunes by Ousmane energize unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, participants for a flow yoga practice suitable 5:45-7 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401. for all levels. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7:15 p.m. $15-20. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

FELDENKRAIS: AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: Whether you consider it relaxing TAI CHI BEGINNER CLASS: See THU.30. exercise or active meditation, this experience can ZUMBA WITH ALLISON: Conditioning is disguised reduce pain and increase mobility. Sacred Mountain as a party at this rhythm-driven workout session.

Studio, Burlington, 9:30-10:30 a.m. $15; free for Swan Dojo, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 227-7221. first-timers; preregister. Info, 735-3770.

kids

LIBRARY ELEMENTARY EVENT PLANNERS: Middle schoolers brainstorm fun activities for younger students. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

MUSIC & MOVEMENT: Infants through preschoolers sing and swing to the beat. River Arts, Morrisville, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 888-1261.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Melody makers ages 3 through 5 sing and dance into the afternoon.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 264-5660.

PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: FEELINGS: Imaginations blossom when kids up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:3010:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

READ TO A DOG: Tots share stories with a lovable pooch. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

READ TO DAISY: Budding bookworms join a friendly canine for ear-catching narratives. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

READ TO WILLY WONKA THE VOLUNTEER THERAPY DOG: Kiddos cozy up for story time with the library’s furry friend. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:15-4:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

SEWING CLUB I: Needle-and-thread neophytes stitch together new skills. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: See MON.3, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

STORY TIME FOR BABIES & TODDLERS: Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets arrest the attention of children and their caregivers. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:10-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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STORY TIME FOR PRESCHOOLERS: Picture books, songs, rhymes and early math tasks work youngsters’ mental muscles. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

TODDLER STORY TIME: Good listeners up to 3 years old have fun with music, rhymes, snacks and captivating tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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‘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.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue.

New Moon Café, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

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SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m.

Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

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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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LEARNING ABOUT NONVIOLENCE: Participants of all ages explore nonviolence through discussion, song and excerpts of the short documentary Mighty Times: The Children’s March. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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THE ART OF INCLUSION SYMPOSIUM: THE AGILE NONPROFIT: Accessibility is the focus of a day of professional development for nonprofit managers, directors and board members. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $65-75; preregister.

Info, 828-5425.

VERMONT TOURISM SUMMIT: A gathering of industry professionals features workshops, social events and keynoters Jason Dunkel and Mara Gorman. See vttourismsummit.org for details.

Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa, 8 a.m. $10300. Info, 865-5202.

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KNITTING & MORE: FOUR NEEDLE TUBE SOCKS: Needleworkers of all skill levels pick up new techniques while working on projects. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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NEWS & BREWS: Citizens chat up Vermont business people and policy makers over cups of joe.

Generator, Burlington, 8-9 a.m. Free. Info, 540-0761.

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CLASSIC FILM SERIES: Movie lovers view cinematic masterpieces. Call for details. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-5290.

‘LIFE, ANIMATED’: A panel discussion follows a screening of this 2016 documentary in which a family overcomes challenges with the help of Disney movies. Sheraton Burlington Hotel, South Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 488-6912.

food & drink

MULE LOVES MAINE: Beer buffs sip suds from the Pine Tree State. Mule Bar, Winooski, noon-11 p.m.

Cost of drinks. Info, 399-2020.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.29.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.29.

health & fitness

BONE BUILDERS: See WED.29.

JACK MAYER: See SUN.2, Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2211.

EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: See WED.29.

MAYOR’S BOOK GROUP: Joined by author Sam Quinones, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger leads a community discussion of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, jredell@ burlingtonvt.gov.

GENTLE TAI CHI: See WED.29.

POETRY CLINIC: Writers keep their pens and minds in motion with generative exercises and respectful critiques. River Arts, Morrisville, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, 888-1261.

TAI CHI CLASS: See WED.29.

SPRING LITERATURE READING SERIES: Ambitious readers cover selected pages from Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. 110 Main St., Suite 3C,

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COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHOOL: W. KEMPER ALSTON: The professor of medicine talks toughto-beat germs in “Battle of the Bacteria: Antibiotic Resistance and the Evolution of Superbugs.” A Q&A follows. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 847-2886.

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BROGAN MORTON: “Catch the Wind Where Renewable Energy & Bat Conservation Meet” considers issues facing the wind industry with respect to the nocturnal winged species. Shelburne Farms, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-8686.

WILLIAM BIALEK: “More Perfect Than We Imagined: A Physicist’s View of Life” looks at phenomena ranging from the development of an embryo to perception and decision making. See calendar spotlight. Roy Event Room, Dion Family Student Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

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THE FUSION FACTOR IN INDEPENDENT ARAB MUSIC: Known for blending traditional Arabian poetry with jazz and rock fusion, Saudi Arabian musician Diya Azzony performs and discusses the growing influence of alternative Arabic music across the Middle East. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-2343, ext. 3.

OPEN JAM SESSION: Musicians follow the flow and explore sound together. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

FRIDAY, APRIL 7, SUNSET BALLROOM AT THE COMFORT SUITES, SOUTH BURLINGTON

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BRAD MEHLDAU: From classical music to pop tunes, the jazz pianist draws on a wide range of influences for his expressive improvisations. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-50. Info, 603-646-2422.

Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

EVERY WEDNESDAY, EVERYONE TAI CHI: See WED.29.

GINGER’S FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.29.

INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.29.

NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.29.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.29.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT NURSING STUDENT VISITS: See WED.29.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: Draw in the good vibrations of gongs, bowls and didgeridoos — a relaxing sonic massage to get you through the

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WORKSHOP ON LIVING HEALTHIER: See WED.29.

YOGA NIDRA: THE YOGA OF DEEP RELAXATION: See WED.29.

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DOROTHY’S LIST BOOK CLUB: Readers ages 8 through 11 express likes and dislikes about Escape From Baxter’s Barn by Rebecca Bond. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 264-5660.

LEGO CHALLENGE: See WED.29.

LEGO CLUB: Kiddos ages 6 and up snap together snazzy structures. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

RICHMOND STORY TIME: See WED.29.

SEWING CLUB II: Stitchers build upon their skills with Karin Hernandez. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.29.

TODDLER TIME: See WED.29.

YOGA FOR KIDS: Yogis ages 2 through 5 strike a pose to explore breathing exercises and relaxation techniques. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.29.

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.29.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.29.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.29.

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GEORGE CLANTON: Pop hooks propel tunes from the 2015 album 100% Electronica. Negative Gemini open.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $8-10. Info, 540-0406.

JUNYA IWATA: The solo piano recital “Two TwentyTwos” is the culmination of the student musician’s independent study work. Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free.

Info, 443-3168.

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.

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.29.

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ARTIST TALK: ‘PERFORMANCE AS ACTIVISM’: Tap dancer Michelle Dorrance and singer Toshi Reagon reflect on their roles in carrying on cultural traditions.

Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2010.

CAROL BERRY: The First Wednesdays series lecture “Vincent Van Gogh and the Books He Read” looks at ways in which authors such as Charles Dickens and George Elliot influenced the painter’s life and art.

Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 388-4095.

DAVID HACKETT FISCHER: In the First Wednesdays series address “Paul Revere’s Ride: A New Look at an Old Story,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian looks at the actual events of April 18, 1775. Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

JANE CARROLL: The Dartmouth College professor shares her expertise in “Reformation and Response: What Luther Did to Art,” a First Wednesdays series lecture. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

SAM QUINONES: The author of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic addresses audience members as part of the Mark L. Rosen Lecture Series. A signing and reception follow. Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4324.

THE SPARK OF CREATIVITY: CONVERSATION SERIES: Fran Stoddard moderates a discussion between artist Rebecca Schwarz and Integrated Arts Academy’s Judy Klima, who consider the topic “Fostering Creativity.” All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8686.

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A COMIC EVENING OF READERS’ THEATER: Lit lovers listen, laugh and take part in two short comedies by Christopher Durang. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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BOOK SALE: Bibliophiles bag gently used books, CDs, DVDs and puzzles for all ages. Rutland Free Library, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

JAY PARINI: The Vermont wordsmith regales lit lovers with a First Wednesdays series reading and discussion of his New and Collected Poems: 19752015. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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WEDNESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB: Avid readers exchange ideas and opinions about Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze worksin-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.

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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPENDING – WHY WE BUY: Dusty Young of GreenPath Financial Wellness talks dollars and sense in a seminar centered on the factors that influence buying behavior. VSECU, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 800-371-5162.

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LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S FOR EARLY-STAGE CAREGIVERS: Professionals share strategies for safe, effective and comfortable care. University of Vermont Medical Center Memory Program, Colchester, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-272-3900.

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WILDLIFE TRACKING FOR KIDS & ADULTS: Nature lovers keep their eyes peeled for signs of woodland species during an outdoor expedition. Jericho Town Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 899-4686.

INNER WORLDS: HUMAN ECOLOGY & THE MICROBIOME: Clinical herbalist Emma Merritt leads an exploration into the connection between wellness and the vitality of the human microbial ecosystem along with fermented foods that support good health. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $12-15. Info, 224-7100.

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DAVID MACAULAY: An overview of his current projects and challenges rounds out the author and illustrator’s First Wednesdays series talk “Life in the Studio.”

Rutland Free Library, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ‘HEDDA GABLER’: Ruth Wilson plays the dramatic title role in an on-screen production of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s tale of an aristocratic newlywed who confronts the banality of married life. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $23. Info, 603-646-2422.

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Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m.

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THE MOONLIGHTERS BIG BAND: The Farmers Night Concert Series continues with a repertoire ranging from soft rock to swing. House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

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ADULT: DRAWING: Instructor: Misoo Filan. Learn fundamental skills of observational drawing.

Explore technical and conceptual foundation of drawing using a variety of drawing materials such as graphite, charcoal, pen and ink. Develop personal goals while examining creative concepts through demonstrations, including drawing from a model in the final class. Materials not included.

Mon., Apr. 3-Jun. 5, 10 a.m.-noon, no class Apr. 24 or May 29. Cost: $258/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

BLACKSMITHING 1: Instructor: Robert Wetzel. Using a forge, you will learn basic blacksmith techniques from building and maintaining a fire to hammer control. Students will create hooks, pokers and small leaves during this two-day workshop. Sat. & Sun., May 27-May 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $235/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

WORKSHOP: BRANCH TO SPOON: Instructor: Rob Palmer.

Learn to carve spoons from locally sourced green wood using hand tools and traditional Swedish carving methods at Rokeby Museum. Learn to identify appropriate species of wood for carving spoons and other utensils. Learn about the anatomy of a spoon and carving safety and techniques. Sat. Jun. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $160/ workshop; incl. materials & a set of carving tools to take home.

Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

BEGINNER SWING DANCE LESSONS: Learn the basics of swing and jitterbug with Vermont’s premier swing dance teacher, Terry Bouricius, in this four-week series. This swing style is also called East Coast Swing. No partner necessary.

Includes free admission to DJ’ed open practice sessions that follow each lesson at 7:30 pm.

Tue., Apr. 4, 11, 18 & 25, 6:30 p.m.

Cost: $40/person for the series.

Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: Vermont Swings, Terry Bouricius, 864-8382, terrybour@gmail.com, vermontswings.com/classes.php.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com.

DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 355-1818, crandalltyler@hotmail. com, dsantosvt.com.

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.

distilling CRAFT DISTILLING: This training brings students in direct contact with a variety of processes involved in building, operating

and working in a distillery and the distilling industry. An emphasis is placed on production of highquality spirits from local ingredients and how to bring these successfully to market. May 15-20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. training. Location: Vermont Tech Ag Institute, 124 Admin Dr., Randolph Center. Info: 728-1525, mwillard2@vtc.edu, vtc. edu/ag-course/craft-distillingprofession-vermont-experience.

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 Friday a.m. in Hyde Park. Thu. in Montpelier. Most classes are in the evenings or after school. Conga classes, too! Visit our schedule and register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin; Moonlight Studios, 1670 Cleveland Corners Rd., Hyde Park. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

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LOOKING DEEPER: AN INTENSIVE FOR ADVANCED IMPROVISORS: These intensives at UVM are designed to support and strengthen the skills and community of practicing contemporary dancers and dance-makers. This series has received support from the University of Vermont Lattie F. Coor Endowment and the Humanities Center. Instructor: Susan Sgorbati. Sun., Apr. 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: $44/one; $80/ weekend. Location: UVM’s Mann Hall Gymnasium, 208 Colchester Ave., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

MUSIC TOGETHER WITH ALISON MOTT: Bring your babies to fiveyear olds and join Alison in singing, dancing and playing drums, bells, shakers and triangles.

The whole family makes music together in these joyful classes, based on the recognition that all children are musical. Join a community of families sharing songs, instrument play, rhythm chants and movement in a relaxed, playful non-performance-oriented setting. Mon., Apr. 3-Jun. 12, 9:3010:15 a.m. or 10:30-11:15 a.m. Cost: $136/10 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

food BEING IN MOVEMENT: ENHANCING POTENTIAL & EXPRESSION: These monthly workshops facilitate a lively interplay between inner connectivity and outer expressivity to enrich and embody your life and movement practice. April 7 session: Movement as Metaphor.

Instructor: Sara McMahon. Fri., Apr. 7, 5:45-7:45 p.m. Cost: $25/ person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

IMPROVISATION LABORATORY: These intensives focus on improvisation skills and movement’s relationship to self, others and the elements of space and time.

This series has received support from the University of Vermont Lattie F. Coor Endowment and the Humanities Center.

Instructor: Lida Winfield. Sat., Apr. 8, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: $44/ one; $80/weekend. Location: UVM’s Mann Hall Gymnasium, 208 Colchester Ave., Burlington.

Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

INTRO TO ACTING: Leave your inhibitions behind and join this supportive and freeing romp into your most spontaneous and truthful self. Learn theater exercises, improvisations, and an accessible way to approach theatrical text, in class, that can lead to greater confidence and ease of expression. Let’s begin to uncover the mysteries of the actor’s process and your own creative potential!

Instructor: Alex Nicosia. Thu., Apr. 6-May 18, 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: $160/7 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main

SAUSAGE & BACON: This training will cover sausage making and smoking. Day one: participants will learn how to fabricate primals for production, trim for sausage, grind and stuff. Day two: participants will learn how to brine, dry-cure and smoke bacon, hams, pastrami and sausages. Participants will bring meat home with them each day! Apr. 19 & 20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $375/ class & lab. Location: Vermont Tech & Mad River Food Hub, 151 Mad River Canoe Rd., Waitsfield, Vermont. Info: Vermont Tech Ag. Institute, 728-1525, mwillard2@ vtc.edu, vtc.edu/ag-course/ sausage-and-smoking-spring.

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ABSTRACT PAINTING FOR TEXTILE ARTISTS: Instructor: Jane Davies. Become familiar with acrylic materials, techniques and composition in relation to how they may help in your textiles work. Tue.-Fri., Apr. 18-21, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $500/person; $475/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe.

Info: 253-8358, education@ helenday.com, helenday.com.

herbs WISDOM OF THE HERBS 2017: Learn to identify local wild herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees over three seasons. Experience plant-spirit communication and the camaraderie of a group of

fellow plant-lovers. Hands-on curriculum includes sustainably harvesting and making herbal home remedies and eating wild foods.

Open to beginners. Currently interviewing applicants. Starts Apr. 22 & 23; 1 weekend monthly through Nov.; 10 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Cost: $1,750/eight-weekend series; $250 deposit; payment plan: $187.50 per mo. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, 1005 County Rd., East Calais.

Info: Annie McCleary, 456-8122, annie.mccleary@gmail.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com/ wisdom.html.

kids KIDS ROBOTIC CLASSES: Register online for classes at Generator maker space. Homeschool Biomimicry for ages 7-12: study birds and create inventions based on flight. Girl, Make It! for ages 9-15: students will work with provided kits to engineer robot creations. Lego Obstacle Bots for ages 7-12: students will learn what it takes to build a robot.

Starts Apr. 14; no class week of spring break. Cost: $100/6 weeks; 1 hour per week. Location: Generator Maker Space, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: Robots For

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Kids Too, Christine Braun, 7354924, info@r4k2.com, r4k2.com.

language SPANISH CLASSES BEGINNING SOON: Join us for adult Spanish classes this spring. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for young children; they love it! Our 11th year. See our website or contact us for details. Starts Apr. 3-6. Cost: $225/10 weekly classes of 90+ minutes each. Location:

Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

martial arts ACHIEVE YOUR POTENTIAL: Come to Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts. Join other thoughtful, intelligent adults to learn and practice Tai Chi, Kung Fu, meditation and dynamic physical exercises.

Maximize your mental tranquility and clarity, physical health and fitness, and self-confidence.

For people who never thought this would be for them. Fri., 6-7

p.m. & 7-8 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.noon & noon-1 p.m.; Tue., 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $15/1-hour class; $50/ mo. (incl. all classes offered); $5/ trial class. Location: 303 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: 355-1301, info@wxcma.com, wxcma.com.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: 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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SPRING IN VERMONT PHOTO WORKSHOP: Spring in Vermont is one of the most magical times to be outdoors exploring the landscape with a camera.

The streams are full, leaves are bursting and the fields are exploding with green. During this intensive weekend photography workshop, we’ll explore and photograph some of the most stunning Vermont landscapes.

Fri., May 26, at 3 p.m.-Sun., May 28, at 4 p.m. Cost: $695/ weekend intensive workshop.

Location: Comfort Inn & Suites, Montpelier. Info: Green Mountain Photographic Workshops, Kurt Budliger, 272-5328, info@ kurtbudligerphotography.com, greenmtnphotoworkshops.com.

video GREEN SCREEN VIDEOS AND ANIMATION: Interested in an imaginative way for you to be transported into a scene from a novel, a work of art or the midst of an historical event? During this workshop you will learn the basics of applying two apps — Do Ink Green Screen and Do Ink Drawing and Animation — to tell compelling visual stories with whimsy, creativity and flair.

Thu., Mar. 30, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: $35/person. Location: RETN & VCAM Media Factory, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: 654-7980, learn@retn.org, retn.org.

voice EASTER RISING: Do you love to sing songs of protest, passion and celebration in glorious, uproarious harmony? Then lend your voice to Easter RiSING: Songs of Resistance & Social Change, a singing workshop with visiting choral activist Kirsty Martin. Kirsty will be sharing an eclectic musical repertoire both contemporary and classic, radical and reflective, clarion call and celebration: songs that evoke and encourage progressive change. Sat., Apr. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $50/advance; $60/ door. Location: Trinity Methodist Church, 137 Main St., Montpelier.

Info: John Harrison, 778-0881, johnmarkharrison@gmail.com.

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INTRODUCTION TO DREAMWORK: Learn how to work with your dreams, connect to your inner life and empower yourself in a safe, supportive setting. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author. Apr. 4, 11, 25 & May 2, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person.

Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

HEALTHIER LIVING W/ PAIN: If you suffer from long-lasting (chronic) pain from an injury, surgery or health condition you are not alone. About 100 million Americans are living with chronic pain. That is more than are living with diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined! But there are many things you can do to manage your pain, and we can help.

Learn ways to reduce pain, deal with related issues like having trouble sleeping and more. Family members and caregivers welcome, too. Six Wed., starts Apr. 26, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CD & Healthier Living w/ Pain book incl. Location: The Miller Recreation Center, 130 Gosse Court, Burlington. Info: UVM Medical Center, 847-2278, selfmanagement@uvmhealth.org.

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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

NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga.

Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages. Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops.

Become a Sustaining Member for $60/month and practice as often as you like! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Caitlin Pascucci, 448-4262, sanghastudiovt@gmail.com, info@sanghastudio.org.

RAILYARD YOGA STUDIO: Railyard offers classical yoga, meditation and healing classes.

Clearing Subconscious Kundalini Yoga Series with Sukhpran: first 3 Tue. in Apr., 7:30-9 p.m. Women’s Teachings for Radiance, Health and Invincibility with Sukhpran: Sat., Apr. 15, 4-6 p.m. Kundalini Yoga (new time!): Thu., 7 p.m., with Mansukh. Dharma Yoga: Tue., 5:30 p.m., with Amy. Life Force Dance: Fri., 6-7 p.m., with Silvia. See website for schedule.

Location: Railyard Yoga Studio, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 318-6050, railyardyoga@gmail. com, railyardapothecary.com.

YOGA TRAINING: VT, COSTA RICA: First, see the good. 200-hour yoga teacher trainings. We offer both on-campus and international immersion trainings that are open to the community. Complete your training one weekend per month over a nine-month period at UVM, OR enjoy two weeks in Costa Rica and two weeks in Vermont. Unveil your greatness. See website for schedule. varies. Location: Athletic/Rec Complex at UVM, 97 Spear St., Burlington. Info: UVM Campus Recreation, 656-4485, campus.recreation@uvm.edu, go.uvm.edu/yoga.

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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

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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. Brand-new beginners’ course: This includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes, kids classes in yoga and dance, and 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.

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JUNG ON THE FATHER: Our experience of a father (or lack thereof) can color our whole lives, impact our careers, how we define success and how we relate to masculine energies. Learn why this is and how to work with your inner “father imago” in this course full of exercises, readings and discussions. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Apr. 12, 19, 26 & May 3; 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person.

Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington.

Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

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1/2-DAY MINDFULNESS MEDITATION RETREAT: A half-day meditation retreat led by Savitri Devi Dasi. The retreat will offer a guided somatic mindfulness practice to connect with the breath and physical body, walking meditations (inside and outside, weather permitting), and a special singing-drum offering by soundhealer Tim Danyliw of Vermont Singing Drum. Participants are asked to bring a cushion, blanket & something comfortable to lie on during their practice. All are most welcome regardless of their ability to donate for retreat cost.

No experience necessary. Sat., Apr. 1, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $30/ suggested donation. Location: All Souls Interfaith Gathering, 291 Bostwick Farm Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 206-557-9850, devi.dasi. savitri@gmail.com.

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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: 8647902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

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ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: This program teaches two forms of massage: amma and shiatsu. We will explore oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, yin yang and five-element theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology are taught. VSAC nondegree grants are available. NCBTMBassigned school. Begins Sep. 2017. Cost: $5,000/600-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Scott Moylan, 288-8160, scott@ elementsofhealing.net, elementsofhealing.net.

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Cafe (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Sunday of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

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I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT WHAT WE’RE DOING IS

KIND OF STUPID AND DOESN’T REALLY MAKE SENSE.

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George Clanton on vaporwave, rebranding and his record label, 100% Electronica

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ew York City-based electronic pop artist George Clanton has become one of the most prominent figures in the niche genre vaporwave, despite his complicated relationship with the descriptor. The cultish style was born on the internet in the early 2010s. Sonically, its hallmarks include ’80s-inspired, day-glow synths and spacey, down-tempo beats. Tracks are typically paired with tripped-out, remixed visuals that draw upon ’80s and ’90s pop and consumer cultures.

Clanton took a risk with his newly formed record label, 100% Electronica. The imprint was originally conceived as a launch pad for his own work and that of his girlfriend and label cofounder Lindsey French, who performs as Negative Gemini. But, shortly after its inception in 2015, Clanton decided to begin reissuing obscure albums that had either never been released on vinyl or were out of print and prohibitively expensive.

His reissues of Australian duo Surfing’s 2012 album Deep Fantasy and German duo Software’s 1988 album Digital-Dance sold out almost instantly.

Clanton recently dropped his previous moniker, Mirror Kisses, in favor of his own name. While his music may have commonality with vaporwave’s instrumentation, Clanton’s only conscious attempt at

the genre was his former side project, ESPRIT 空想.

Vaporwave is almost exclusively an instrumental genre, which Clanton defies with robust, syrupy vocals.

He co-headlines a show with Negative Gemini on Wednesday, April 5, at ArtsRiot in Burlington. Seven Days caught up with Clanton by phone and discovered that, while he has the fashion sense and business acumen of a city slicker, Clanton speaks with a mild southern accent that betrays his Virginian country roots.

SEVEN DAYS: Tell me about the process of getting something reissued.

GEORGE CLANTON: It’s kind of different every time.

You just have to figure out who owns the music. At that point, you just draw up a simple contract and tell them how much — or, [the owner] tells me how much [they] want to get paid. And then I run the numbers, and if we can do it, then we do it. It’s not as complicated as you might think.

SD: What are some holdups you’ve experienced trying to reissue something?

GC: There’s some Japanese pop that I really want to put out. These records are just so hard to find. That’s

kind of how I come up with what I would want to put out. If I want the record, and I can’t get it, then that seems like it’s a good reason to try to put it out.

The Japanese labels, big and small, seem to be really hesitant to deal with me. It’s probably because I don’t have a very professional system set up to handle that kind of thing.

SD: Do you have any contacts in Japan who could assist you?

GC: I do, but [it’s] also a record label. And I don’t want to give them my brilliant ideas.

SD: Your label is still pretty young. Have you been able to pick up any tips and pointers from similar labels?

GC: It’s hard to say. I think most people would say that what we’re doing is kind of stupid and doesn’t really make sense. And it’s not a good way to build a label or get any excitement. Typical labels are interested in releasing as much as possible and having brand-new, unheard-of artists. Their passion is to find an artist that no one’s heard of yet and say, “Hey, I found this.” Which is cool, but that’s not my interest.

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Remember last week when I mentioned that Waking Windows had finalized its lineup? I spoke too soon! It turns out that the lineup wasn’t so final after all.

A spring two-night event, dubbed “The Battle for Planned Parenthood,” pits a selection of Burlington-area college bands against each other for a chance to claim a slot at this year’s festival. All

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April 3, 2016, was a dark day for the Vermont music community — and the greater community as a whole. It was on this day that RYAN MORIN, better known to some as DJ BP, unexpectedly passed away. Morin was a staple of the local hip-hop community, having been a member of projects such as the LYNGUISTIC CIVILIANS, the AZTEXT FAMILY and, most recently, UNKOMMON. This coming Monday, April 3, marks the anniversary of his passing. To celebrate his life and legacy, a number

of Morin’s friends and colleagues present “B.P.M.: A Night for Ryan Morin” at Club Metronome. The night features a strong lineup of Vermont’s finest hip-hop talent. Furthermore, it’s a fundraiser for the newly established Ryan Morin Scholarship Fund.

Once fully funded, the scholarship will cover the cost of one camper’s tuition at Camp Dudley at Kiniya, the girls’ summer camp in Colchester, where Morin once worked as a counselor. Since this year’s summer season is nearly upon us, the

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scholarship will bolster a camper’s tuition for 2018. This is the first fundraising event for the scholarship, and a series of similar events is scheduled to take place over the next year.

The show features performances from the AZTEXT FAMILY (LEARIC, PRO, KIN and TRUTH), CULTURAL CHEMISTRY (Learic, Truth, MR. BURNS of the Lynguistic Civilians, DJ KANGANADE of SELF PORTRAIT, ZACH CRAWFORD of SKYSPLITTERINK and JAMIE BRIGHT of SILENT MIND), S.I.N.SIZZLE, BLESS THE CHILD (HUMBLE, RAJNI, TRANSPLANTE, ENTRICUTT, ES-K and D MITCH), JARV, Self Portrait (TRONO, RICO JAMES and DJ Kanganade) and DJs MIKE FULTON, FATTIE B and CRAIG MITCHELL. Local spray-can artists from ANTHILL COLLECTIVE bring their graffiti skills into the mix, creating murals and smaller pieces to be auctioned off during the evening.

Local screen-print collective UNKNOWN ARTS serves up some limited-edition T-shirts, featuring designs from WARREN STICKNEY, aka Truth. All proceeds go to the scholarship fund.

Given that the event falls precisely on the anniversary of Morin’s passing, the performers plan to leave space for remembrances. Expect to hear tracks featuring the departed MC throughout the night, even during live sets from Cultural Chemistry and the Aztext family.

I recently spoke with SCOTT LAVALLA, aka Mr. Burns, who told me they’ll handle Morin’s verses by interjecting prerecorded tracks, similar to the way A TRIBE CALLED QUEST handled their recent appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” which paid tribute to recently fallen member PHIFE DAWG. Morin and the rest of the Aztext Family were in the midst of putting together a new record when he passed.

It’s still in production, but a new cut called “Good Weather” from the forthcoming LP is set to drop on the day of the benefit. Check out theaztext. com for access to the new single. While there’s no firm release date yet for the album, the group hopes to share it by spring of 2018.

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CLUB DATES NA: NOT AVAILABLE. AA: ALL AGES.

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ARTSRIOT: Half Waif, Hoan, Ivamae (electronic), 8:30 p.m., $10/12.

Wunderkinds Hard-edged indie-rock trio

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., $5.

VUNDABAR are known for high-energy performances

and impromptu stage antics. Example: cake-pop-eating contests. Post-punk and garage-rock anthems fuel the two-time Boston Music Awards nominees’ 2015 album, Gawk. A recently released music video for Gawk

CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free.

bonus track “Shuffle” reveals guitarist/vocalist Brandon Hagen’s high-minded concepts surrounding the

THE DAILY PLANET: Chris Page and Collin Cope (blues, soul), 8 p.m., free.

intersection of vanity and modern communication. Catch Vundabar on Friday, March 31, at Signal Kitchen in

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Mike Martin (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

HALYARD BREWING CO.: Brightbird (folk), 7 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND: HyperglowU, Vermont! (EDM), 8 p.m., $28/35.

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

MONKEY HOUSE: The Battle for Planned Parenthood featuring Aves Coop Quartet, Umbel, the Onlys, LizRd Women, Spunhouse, Sead (rock), 8 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. Soule Indomitable, Soule Monde (funk, jazz), 9:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: The County Down (traditional Irish), 7:30 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: King Me (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., free. A House on Fire (rock), 9 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: The Hubcats (rock, folk), 7 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: NoMad Stories (tribal, jazz), 7 p.m., free. Melanie Sraka-Chaunce (of the Siren and the Waves) (jazz), 9 p.m., free. Who Loves You, Ouzkxqlzn, Teenage Halloween, Sleeping Ing (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (hits), 8 p.m., free. DJ David Chief, 11 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Bison, Gutherie Galileo, Orange Julians (discopunk), 10 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Hannah Fair (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

The Best! (standup), 8:45 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

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

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SIGNAL KITCHEN: Vundabar, Horse Jumper of Love, the Snaz (indie), 8 p.m., $13/15.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

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SIDEBAR: Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Mark Normand (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

Burlington. HORSE JUMPER OF LOVE and locals the SNAZ open.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Tom Pearo with Dave DeCristo and Shay Gestal (acoustic, ambient jazz), 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Jeanne & Jim (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

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

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: DJ Fattie B (hits), 9 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Low Cut Connie (indie), 8:30 p.m., $12/14.

CLUB METRONOME: Chauncey’s Get Wet 2gether Super Jam featuring members of Twiddle, Kung Fu, Turkuaz, Teddy Midnight (jam), 8 p.m., $7/10.

18+.

THE DAILY PLANET: The Hot Pickin’ Party (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free.

DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Masefield, Perkins and Bolles (acoustic jazz, bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5-10. Friend Zone Live featuring DJ Peaches (dance party), 10:30 p.m., $5-10.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Dr. No (funk, rock), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Primate Fiasco (jam), 9:30 p.m., $2/5. 18+.

PHO NGUYEN: Karaoke with DJ Walker, 8 p.m., free.

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RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: Rob Benton (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bow Thayer (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Justin LaPoint (folk), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. The Stash! Band, the Brother Brothers Band (bluegrass), 11 p.m., $5-10.

MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

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

RED SQUARE: Gneiss (jam), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Giovanina Bucci (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Yo! BTV Raps #7 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Gina and Jeff (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Short Jam (improv), 6 p.m., free. Mark Normand (standup), 7 p.m., $15.

The Daily Grind (improv), 8:45 p.m., $5.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Trivia, 9:30 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Burlington Showcase with Doctor Rick, Kudu Stooge, Cosmosis Jones (rock), 8 p.m., $10.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Mono Malo (rock), 7 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier SWEET MELISSA’S: Dave Langevine (ragtime), 6 p.m., donation.

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MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic), 7 p.m.,

free. Open Mic & Jam Session, 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic with Allen Church, 8:30 p.m., free.

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BIG PICTURE THEATER AND CAFÉ: Bruce Sklar and Jeremy Hill (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

GREEN MOUNTAIN LOUNGE AT MOUNT ELLEN: Guy Burlage Band (folk, rock), 2:30 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: Eric George (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold (hits), 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Blinie (hits), 9 p.m., free.

rutland/killington PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Start Making Sense (Talking Heads tribute), 8 p.m., $15.

northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Lefty Yunger Blues Band, 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry, 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Cash’d Out: A Tribute to Johnny Cash, 9 p.m., $20.

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Jake Whitesell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: The Medallions (disco, funk), 9 p.m., $10.

FOAM BREWERS: The Lowell Thompson Band (alt-country), 8 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Big Sweater (acoustic), 7 p.m., free.

Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Crushed Out (rock, surf), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Wild Adriatic, the Atlantic Effect (rock), 9 p.m., $7.

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

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Bad Accent (folk), 6:30 p.m., free. Justin Golden and Moosetrap (blues, folk), 8 p.m., free. The Rupert Selection (progressive rock, psychedelic), 10:30 p.m., $5. Astrocat (punk, psychedelic), midnight, $5.

RED SQUARE: Sweet William & Sugar Cone Rose (swing), 5 p.m., free. Crooked Coast (rock), 7 p.m., $5. Craig Mitchell (house, hits), 11 p.m., $5.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Matt Olson (Americana), 6 p.m., free. Bone Factory (bluegrass), 9 p.m., free.

LA PUERTA NEGRA: Joe Moore (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Barika, Satta Sound (West African, psychedelic), 10 p.m., $5.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation.

stowe/smuggs

MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: Dark Horse (country, rock), 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., free. DJ Two Rivers (eclectic), 9 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: 12th Annual Ski Bum Prom with DJ Craig Mitchell (’60s and ’70s rock), 6 p.m., $15.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Conrad F. Bell Benefit featuring Aliendog, Twist of Fate, Victim of Metal (rock), 8 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Folks Up in Treetops (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $3.

rutland/killington PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Hot Date (rock covers), 8 p.m., free.

champlain islands/northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Shane Murley Band (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

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Of course, they wouldn’t let just anyone judge this. The first night’s panel of local celebrity judges includes PHIL YATES (PHIL YATES & THE AFFILIATES), TATE KAMISH (WRUV), EMILY CLINCH (WWPV), ALI FOGEL (the Monkey House) and TOM SHAHAN (LITTLE SLUGGER). Yates, Clinch and Kamish remain judges for night two, joined by DAN KIRK (WRUV) and ROB LIU (ArtsRiot).

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I caught the MEDALLIONS’ set at Club Metronome last Friday night. The zany time travelers (who are definitely not MADAILA) delivered a high-energy set of ’90s jams including BRITNEY SPEARS’ “Baby One More Time,” SUGAR RAY’s “Fly,” and WILL SMITH’s “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It,” among others.

During their rendition of R. KELLY’s Untitled-7 “Ignition Remix,” I was reminded of a lyrical mystery I’ve never been able to figure out. At the beginning of the song’s second verse, Kelly raps, “Now it’s like ‘Murder, She Wrote’ / Once I get you out them clothes.”

Could someone please tell me in what way getting someone “out them clothes” is in any way like ANGELA LANSBURY’s famous detective TV show, “Murder, She Wrote”? I mean, I guess I could just Google it myself, but where’s the fun in that?

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May’s Waking Windows festival.

The first battle happens on Friday, March 31, at the Monkey House in Winooski. UVM bands include AVES COOP QUARTET, UMBEL, the ONLYS and LIZRD WOMEN — the last of which also has members from Champlain.

SPUNHOUSE and SEAD represent St. Mike’s.

Battle No. 2 takes place the following night, Saturday, April 1, at ArtsRiot in Burlington. St. Mike’s bands include SEVEN LEAVES, COSMOSIS JONES and NICE GUY EDDY. The UVM contingent features FULL WALRUS, 2%, KUDU STOOGE and ANOTHER SEXLESS WEEKEND. (I haven’t seen Another Sexless Weekend yet, so know very little about them. But, my God, that’s one of the best band names I’ve heard in a long time.)

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proceeds go to support the Planned Parenthood umbrella organization.

Here’s the gist: Bands play 15-minute sets, with 15-minute intermissions between them. Local comedian TIM BRIDGE emcees each night and fills the void between sets with standup. Bridge performs weekly at the Vermont Tim Bridge Comedy Club with long-form improv comedy troupe the UNMENTIONABLES. Though it was originally intended to feature bands from Middlebury and Champlain colleges, as well as the University of Vermont and Saint Michael’s College, only bands from the latter two schools are participating. The winning band from each night scores a slot at this

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The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival recently unveiled another chunk of its 2017 lineup. Newly announced participants include ROBERT CRAY, TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE, SULLIVAN FORTNER TRIO, PETER BRÖTZMANN & HEATHER LEIGH, CAMILA MEZA QUARTET, DOM FLEMONS DUO, JANE BUNNETT and MAQUEQUE, BASSDRUMBONE and the VERMONT/NEW YORK COLLECTIVE featuring VICTOR LEWIS, WILL SELLENRAAD, RAY VEGA and ROB MORSE.

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MONOPOLE: Ampevene (progressive rock), 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.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): The Pillsbury Slow Boys (blues), 9 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: The Battle for Planned Parenthood featuring Seven Leaves, Full Walrus, Cosmosis Jones, 2%, Nice Guy Eddy, Another Sexless Weekend, Kudu Stooge (rock), 8 p.m., $5.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Paul Asbell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

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JUNIPER: Gordon Goldsmith (folk), 9 p.m., free.

Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. She cut her first record, This World Is Not My Home, shortly

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Larkin O’Reilly (folk), 7 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

thereafter. A recently released collection of live recordings, Hallelujah I’m a Dreamer, features her

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: DJ Moar Mead (house, hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

country back catalog with arrangements they developed on the road. Amy LaVere performs with

NECTAR’S: The Whiskey Geese (acoustic rock, blues), 7 p.m., free.

Formula 5, Mister F, Phantom Airwave (jam), 9 p.m., $5.

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RED SQUARE: Andy Lugo (rock), 5 p.m., free. The Cornerstone (reggae), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

ESPRESSO BUENO: Roan Yellowthorn (indie piano), 7:30 p.m., free. FEMCOM (standup), 8:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (hits), 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Andy Pitt (blues), 6 p.m., donation. Stovepipe Mountain Band (Americana, folk-rock), 9 p.m., donation.

SIDEBAR: Jordan_b and Suze_k (eclectic funk), 7 p.m., free. Luis Calderin (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Mob Barber (jazz fusion), 8 p.m., free.

SMITTY’S PUB: The Growlers (rock), 8 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Mark Normand (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Cooper & Lavoie (folk), 5 p.m., free. Shake the Band (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Kung Fu, Consider the Source (funk), 8:30 p.m., $12/15.

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

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Justin Panigutti (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: H.O.P.E. Works Benefit Brunch with Craig Mitchell (disco), 11:30 a.m., free.

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The two reinvent selections from LaVere’s darkly poetic folk and

Will Sexton on Saturday, April 1, at Charlie-O’s World Famous in Montpelier, and Sunday, April 2,

RADIO BEAN: Catherine King (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Hannah Daman and the Martelle Sisters (alt-folk), 8 p.m., free.

LollaBALLfoolza featuring Arc Iris (electronic, experimental), 9 p.m., $5-10.

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JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Amy LaVere with Will Sexton (Americana), 8:30 p.m., free.

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MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: The Mountain Says No (rock), 9 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Kat Wright (soul), 8 p.m., $12/15.

mad river valley/ waterbury

GREEN MOUNTAIN LOUNGE AT MOUNT ELLEN: Cruise Control (blues, reggae), 3 p.m., free.

middlebury area

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

rutland/killington

PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB: Hot Date (rock covers), 8 p.m., free.

champlain islands/ northwest

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: John Smyth and Jenn (folk, blues), 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Dr. No (funk, rock), 10 p.m., free.

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FOAM BREWERS: Collin Cope & John Abair (folk), noon, free.

NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., free/$3. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland & Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session (traditional), 1 p.m., free. Logan Calliano (acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. King Arthur Junior (acoustic rock), 8 p.m., free. Amy LaVere with Will Sexton (Americana), 9 p.m., $5-10. Kali & Ancestors in Training (folk-pop), 10:30 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Jack Bandit and Friends (EDM), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, $5-10 donation.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: College Improv Throwdown!, 8 p.m., $5.

House Boat! (improv), 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 7 p.m., donation.

mad river valley/ waterbury

GREEN MOUNTAIN LOUNGE AT MOUNT ELLEN: Mount Ellen Seasonal Closing Party with the Detonators (funk, rock), 3 p.m., free.

outside vermont

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Nick Moss Band (blues, jazz), 7 p.m., $15/18.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free.

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burlington

CLUB METRONOME: B.P.M.: A Night for Ryan Morin featuring the Aztext Family, Cultural Chemistry, S.I.N.siZZle, Bless the Child, Jarv, Self Portrait and DJs Mike Fulton, Fattie B and Craig Mitchell (hip-hop), 8 p.m., $5.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Get a Grip, Cbrasnke, Ghastly Sound (hardcore, punk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Andrew of the North (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Jesse Taylor (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free. The Tenderbellies (bluegrass), 9 p.m., free. Crafter, Cold Shoulder (hardcore, punk), midnight, free.

SIDEBAR: Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 7 p.m., free.

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REVIEW this Erin Cassels-Brown, Northern Lights, Vol. 1 (FUTURE FIELDS, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

Making the leap from working a day job and playing music on the side to becoming a full-time musician can be both a validating and terrifying experience.

Winooski-based singer-songwriter Erin Cassels-Brown recently took the plunge after a career in carpentry and solar panel installation.

Fortunately, he’s in high demand. If you peruse local club schedules, you’ll see his name listed at venues all over the state.

Aside from performing solo, he’s a member of the newly assembled local rock supergroup the Welterweights. Previously, he performed with Burlington’s Little Slugger and now-defunct projects the North End Honeys and You Know Ono. The songwriter appears on records from all three, but Northern Lights, Vol. 1 is Cassels-Brown’s debut as a solo artist.

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longingly or ruefully is uncertain. Then, “And there’s the cocaine, telling me what to do / Every time I’m getting over you.”

“The Cops Took My Sweetheart Last Night” is a tragic, northern gothic tale of drug-addled desperation whose lyrics almost read like a police report: “There’s a hole in our screen door / from her .44.”

“Four Walls, a Door and a Window” follows like a postscript, seemingly told from the perspective of the aforementioned jailed sweetheart.

Producer Colin McCaffrey’s steel guitar imparts an icy air of desolation, mirroring LeGrand’s tortured prose.

Wrong Turn closes on “I Don’t Sing in Barrooms Anymore,” a classically styled cut that could pass for a Waylon Jennings outtake. Here, LeGrand adopts the persona of a singer who sees the world passing him by and doesn’t much seem to mind. LeGrand does still sing in barrooms, of course. But the tune has a sage, lived-in quality that only comes with real experience. We’re fortunate LeGrand shares his, wrong turns and all.

Mark LeGrand plays Sweet Melissa’s in Montpelier every Friday. Wrong Turn is available a few doors down Langdon Street at Buch Spieler Records.

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stitches the EP’s scant five songs together with frayed threads of perdition and redemption, coupling simple, efficient language with an equally plainspoken delivery. His gentle, slightly nasal rasp is soothing, evoking the easy charms of Willie Nelson or John Denver. It’s a familiar tone that almost masks the turbulence in his writing.

The title track opens the record, setting up the thematic narrative of bad decisions against a backdrop of bright, 1970s-style country. It’s replete with punchy fiddle, ringing guitar and loping drums. LeGrand paints a lively, lustful scene. But he knows better than most that dire actions have dire consequences. “And soon there will be hell to pay,” he warns.

While LeGrand is often brutally honest, it’s rarely clear how much of his writing is autobiographical. “Everytime I’m Getting Over You” seems to come closest. “There’s the whiskey and there’s the glass / There’s the pipe, waiting for the match,” he sings, though whether

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sings, “All my friends / Keep telling me the skies will clear / Might be blue skies somewhere / But they’re sure as hell not around here.” While his defeatism is obvious, the song’s lightness and brevity make it feel like a passing cloud.

“Bad Bad News” shrugs off the EP’s melancholy aesthetic but remains in line with the songwriter’s country-western lust. A chicken-pickin’ guitar line bubbles over shuffling drums, giving way to loose hi-hats as he careens into the chorus: “Bad bad news / That much I know / And I never give love enough time to grow / So we’re burning too fast / Like a firecracker ready to blow.” The song is straight out of a Texas county fair; you can almost hear unruly yahoos shouting “yeehaw” as it blares from an ancient, outdoor PA system.

Northern Lights, Vol. 1 is but a taste of Cassels-Brown’s repertoire. In fact, this selection comes from the back end of his oeuvre, penned when he was still installing solar panels. His dynamic vocal presence and insightful prose suggest he was ready to be a full-time troubadour even then.

Northern Lights, Vol. 1 by Erin CasselsBrown is available at iTunes. He plays every Tuesday at Hatch 31 in Bristol.

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Mark LeGrand has been sober for close to 30 years. But, even decades later, those bleary nights seem to linger around him.

In fact, they might be the Montpelier songwriter’s most seductive muse. Over several locally acclaimed albums — most recently including Tigers Above and Tigers Below, a 2016 duo project with his wife, Sarah Munro — LeGrand has turned to the shadows of his past for inspiration.

That a country singer would view the world through the distorted lens of an empty bottle is hardly revelatory.

But given the benefit of distance and perspective, LeGrand cuts his tales of damnation with a chaser of compassion.

It’s a heady cocktail, equal parts sweet and bitter, stirred to perfection on his latest EP, Wrong Turn.

Particularly in his later years, LeGrand has become a storytelling craftsman. He

Madaila’s Willoughby Morse produced the EP at his studio, Future Fields, and provides all instrumentation other than Cassels-Brown’s guitar.

The 22-year-old writes and sings with weariness more common to someone who’s carried life’s burdens for many more years. But a sense of contentment balances his grim folk and country ballads. Cassels-Brown takes influence from greats such as Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, both in his precocious lyrics and grizzled delivery.

Cassels-Brown’s former North End Honeys bandmate Hannah Fair provides fierce harmonies on “Athena,” the EP’s opener. The simple strummer finds Cassels-Brown taking emotional stock of bygone romances and life choices. As the song unfolds, synth strings and layered lead guitar envelop the duo’s intertwined yearnings.

“Virginia, Bring Me Light” drips with reverb and glowing, airy choir. A fingerpicked guitar melody treads lightly under a chorus of Cassels-Brown’s voice as he

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chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Kelly Ravin (country), 6 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier SWEET MELISSA’S: Showboat Open Mic (standup), 7 p.m., donation.

stowe/smuggs

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

northeast kingdom

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Luxotica Lounge Cabaret (burlesque), 10 p.m., $8.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Digisaurus (electro-pop, rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Tuesday Bluesday Monthly Blues Jam with Colin Craig and Friends, 7:30 p.m., free. Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., $3/5.18+.

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: The Cooked Jacks (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (hits), 8 p.m., free. DJ David Chief, 11 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Hannah Fair (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Cam Will (folk), 7 p.m., free. Blackout Barbie & SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

SIGNAL KITCHEN: James McMurtry (solo), Kelly Ravin (folk, rock), 7:45 p.m., $25/28.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Atlas Genius, Night Riots (alternative), 7 p.m., $28/30.

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

THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

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SIDEBAR: Wavey Wednesday (EDM), 10 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 7 p.m., free. DJ Aras (dance), 8 p.m., free. Pop Rap Dance Party, 10 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

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Bassett (acoustic rock), 9 p.m., free. Digisaurus (electro-pop, rock), 11:30 p.m., free.

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

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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WED.5 // ATLAS GENIUS [ALTERNATIVE] RADIO BEAN: Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Aaron Lucci & the Flat Five (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: DJ Jessbro Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Nancy Smith (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., donation. Open Mic, 7 p.m., donation.

middlebury area

HATCH 31: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson (country), 7 p.m., free.

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

outside vermont

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Jazz & Fondue, 7 p.m., free.

Wave of Success « P.62 SD: Do you have any upcoming reissues?

GC: My next record that’s coming out — I’m just going to arbitrarily choose April 7 — you can get on the used market for $10. I can’t afford to sell a record that cheap. I’m just printing it because it’s one of my favorite — if not my very favorite — albums of all time. And I’m just going to put it out. We’ll see what happens. That’s the kind of thing my friends tell me is kind of a bad idea.

SD: What is it?

GC: I can’t say.

SD: You can’t tell me?

GC: No. I love the surprise of the dayone announcement.

SD: In an interview with NSS Magazine, you referred to your earlier projects as being “specific and limiting.” Can you elaborate on that?

GC: I was specifically talking about

Frenemies Australian alternative pop duo

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home studio that would eventually produce their certified gold single, “Trojans.” Self-

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

Vinyl Fantasy with Alex Budney (vinyl, eclectic), 8 p.m., donation.

described as “indietronic,” their dance-rock energy fuses modern alternative sensibilities

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

with stone-cold bass, crackling synths and heavy club beats. Their sophomore album,

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pub cover band in Adelaide. Weekly performances allowed them to save money for the

Inanimate Objects, reveals a softer side on tracks such as “Friends With Enemies.”

They’re currently in the midst of a massive, 47-date tour of North America. Check out Atlas Genius on Wednesday, April 5, at the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington.

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Mirror Kisses, I think. When I came up with that name, I was 18 years old, and I was making what I called my serious music: shoegaze-y guitar stuff I made on the computer. But no one really liked it.

Then I got really into [the] Human League. I made a song that sounded like them and played it for a couple of my friends, and they thought it was hilarious but also awesome. I thought, Well, this is a lot easier for me to do because I’m pretending to be someone else, and I’m singing about stuff that’s not necessarily relevant to me. You know, like singing about a bunch of sexy stuff when I can’t get a girl to pay attention to me.

But then, with time, the music got less and less ’80s copycat. So I decided to start fresh with my own name. I think that the name change was a big help in the way that people perceived the music.

SD: Speaking of which, I’m still a little confused about where you stand in relation to vaporwave.

GC: People define it so differently.

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The serious artists in vaporwave don’t call themselves [that], but everyone else [does]. The album that I released

by Surfing — that’s a quintessential vaporwave album. But they don’t like to be called vaporwave, and they never really knew what that was.

I definitely felt like I was fully a part of it at one time, when all that was happening in 2011 or 2012. Now there’s a new wave of people making music that’s very similar, and I’ve kind of stayed the same. I tag my stuff as vaporwave. It’s a great way to find people who are going to listen to your music. But also there is a ton of people who say, “Oh, this isn’t vaporwave. This is garbage. Why is this guy singing?”

haircuts are dope. The dialogue is bad, but the way that they look is really sick.

SD: You seem to love the movie Hackers. What’s the deal?

GC: That movie is the future that I wish the present day was. It touches all the right places. Everybody looks fucking cool in it. Their clothes are sick and their

Contact: jordan@sevendaysvt.com

SD: Are you a fan of karaoke?

GC: I hate karaoke.

SD: Really? That surprises me, because you have intense karaoke energy in the “Bleed” video.

GC: No. If you want me to sing, you have to pay [for] a ticket. That’s my position on karaoke.

SD: What’s something you could never live without? And it can’t be related to making music.

GC: Fried potatoes. I get really crazy and irritable if I don’t have them. I have some kind of French-fry addiction. m

INFO George Clanton and Negative Gemini play on Wednesday, April 5, 8:30 p.m. at ArtsRiot in Burlington. $8/10. AA. artsriot.com

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“Catherine Jansen: 1008,” Fleming Museum of Art B Y PA MEL A P O LST ON

poverty. And she does so without passing judgment.

The Pennsylvania-based artist spends several months in India each year and has been there more than 25 times.

Her beautifully packaged book opens vertically and presents seven horizontal photos per spread, top to bottom, with no captions. Similarly, the typical museum wall text for images is absent in the Fleming exhibit.

It appears that Jansen wants us to experience these scenes much as she did initially: happening upon them in her early morning walks, being open to whatever presented itself. For her it was a spiritual practice in this land where nearly everything is considered sacred.

This, at least, is how Jansen describes her MO in one of several videos prepared for “1008” by the museum’s Chris Dissinger.

Ensconced at stations around the gallery, the three- to five-minute videos facilitate a greater immersion into the exhibit’s content and Jansen’s methods.

But she doesn’t spell everything out; “1008” is not meant as a National Geographic-style documentary. Instead, Jansen has found a most extraordinary and intimate way to pull viewers into the images — that is, to make you “[feel] the energy of the place and the experience, rather than just how it looks,” as she puts it. Looking at her photos can be disorienting. In one video, the photographer pulls back the curtain on how she achieves this effect.

First, Jansen says, she approaches her subjects cinematically by taking many pictures from every possible angle. (And always, she notes, she asks permission first.) After she uploads the images to her computer, the digital magic begins. Using Photoshop, Jansen “pieces the images together to make the edges go in or out.” The

SOME PHOTOS SEEM TO JUXTAPOSE CONTENTS THAT

THE MIND BELIEVES DO NOT BELONG TOGETHER.

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he first thing to know about “Catherine Jansen: 1008,” a current exhibition at the University of Vermont’s Fleming Museum of Art, is what that numeral means. A sacred number in Hinduism, it corresponds to the 1,008 names for Lord Shiva. And it happens to be the number of photographs that Jansen included in her artist book, titled simply 1008, which in turn inspired and informed this exhibit.

You needn’t know any of Shiva’s monikers — or, really, anything about Hinduism — to engage with the exhibition “1008.” But you will most certainly leave it in wonderment. Mystery abounds here. Jansen calls it an “experiential, nonlinear journey.”

The photographs of “1008,” as you might guess, were taken in India. Call it deep India — almost timeless — with not an iota of modernity in sight. To a viewer who has never visited that vast subcontinent, the content of Jansen’s images is almost unfathomably exotic. In a city (Varanasi, perhaps?) plaza, a circle of offerings placed around the trunks of two ancient trees dominates the foreground; stone steps lead precipitously up to a building that dissolves into a blur. A naked holy man with dreadlocked hair and ash-powdered skin drapes his penis around a long rod as a snake curls around his body. Cows roam freely in streets. A young elephant trainer shares a sweetly affectionate moment with his beast.

Children cavort in packs, faces brightly painted for the spring festival of Holi.

More offerings. More holy men. More time-worn, crumbling infrastructure.

With “1008,” Jansen creates a montage in which humans and animals share a backdrop of dusty landscape and vivid color, profound spirituality and abject

ART SHOWS Photos: Catherine Jansen

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BARBARA BLOOM: Conceptual artist’s books accompanied by texts from print scholar Susan Tallman. April 4-May 21. Info, 656-0750.

Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont in Burlington.

EMILY MITCHELL: Narrative paintings by the Richmond artist. April 1-June 30. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

GROUP EXHIBITION: Works that meaningfully engage with issues of advocacy, justice and community building. Reception: Friday, April 7, 5-7 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

JOHN ROSE: “Grace Within the Contours,” minimalist sculpture by the internationally acclaimed West Coast artist. Reception: Friday, April 7, 5-8 p.m. April 3-May 23. Info, 863-9553.

The Havoc Gallery in Burlington.

REVIEW effect is akin to a panorama — particularly because her prints are long horizontals.

But they lack the logic of a single scan.

In many of the photos, the edges blur, as if from dreams; some seem to juxtapose contents that the mind believes do not belong together. For instance, in an interior scene a young man sits on what might be a bed with an old woman — his grand-

round boulder — considered sacred, of course — perches at the edge of a sandcolored cliff. Children play beneath it as a goat reclines in its shade. Again, the perfect composition of the shot was happenstance, the photographer says.

So was the gorgeous setting she came across one night: a simple offering of natural objects and colorful dyes ar-

JURIED STUDENT ART EXHIBITION: Second annual showcase of works by 34 students, selected by a jury of visiting professionals and faculty members. Mediums include photography, 3D modeling, painting, digital illustration, filmmaking and graphic design. Award ceremony: Wednesday, April 5, 5 p.m. March 30-April 15. Info, cthompson@champlain.edu.

Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington.

ROBERT WALDO BRUNELLE JR.: A series of paintings of Winooski’s concrete bridge, painted throughout the year by the local artist. STEVE SHARON: Abstract paintings by the local artist. April 1-May 31. Info, 651-9692.

VCAM Studio in Burlington.

STEPHEN BEATTIE: Digital photographs by the local artist. April 1-May 31. Info, 651-9692. RETN in Burlington.

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‘BODY/IMAGE’: A group exhibition juried

by Gary Samson featuring photography that presents the human body as subject. Reception: Sunday, April 9, 3-5 p.m. March 30-April 23. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.

Contact: pamela@sevendaysvt.com

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JO MACKENZIE: “Moments,” watercolor paintings on paper featuring domestic interiors and florals. Reception: Thursday, April 13, 4-7 p.m. April 5-June 30. Info, 828-0749.

Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

MARIA ANGHELACHE: “From Nature to Abstract,” pastel and acrylic works on paper and canvas. Reception: Thursday, April 13, 4-7 p.m. April 3-June 30. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

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DAVID CRANDALL & JIM MAAS: Fine jewelry and painted bird carvings, respectively, by the local artisans. Reception: Saturday, April 1, 3-5 p.m. April 1-30. Info, 235-9429. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock.

ART EVENTS 52 KIDS BENEFIT: Shop drawings by an array of local designers and architects in support of the nonprofit that supports young students in the Ugandan town of Kamuli. Contributors include Ben Allred, Terry Boyle, Bryan Burke, Andrew Chardain, Tom Cullins, Bev Eichenlaub,

SALE: ‘LE JUNQUE DU JOUR’: A junk sale to benefit the center’s continued arts programming. MAC Center for the Arts, Newport, Saturday, April 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Info, 334-1966.

TALK: BARBARA BLOOM & SUSAN TALLMAN: The artists offer a lecture in conjunction with current Fleming Museum exhibition “The Collections of Barbara Bloom.” Williams Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, April 5, 5:10 p.m. Info, 656-0750.

TALK: CAROLINE WELSH: The Hyde Collection curator discusses the current exhibition of watercolors and drawings by Allen Blagden.

The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls N.Y., Thursday, March 30, 6:30 p.m. Info, 518-792-1761.

TALK: ‘HIGHLIGHTS IN THE GALLERY OF ASIAN ART’: Middlebury College curator of Asian art discusses important works in the Fleming collection, ranging from Chinese ritual funerary bronzes to lively Japanese woodblock prints. The talk is followed by a walk in the gallery. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, March 29, noon. Info, 656-0750.

TALK: SHANE LAVALETTE: The New York-based photographer speaks about his current exhibition, “One Sun, One Shadow,” and his professional practice as part of the Artist at Work series. BCA Center, Burlington, Wednesday, March 29, 6-7:30 p.m. Info, 865-7165.

TALK: THE HISTORY OF COMICS: Center for Cartoon Studies cofounder James Sturm speaks in conjunction with the current Edward Koren exhibition. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Thursday, March 30, 7 p.m. Info, 257-0124.

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4TH ANNUAL OPEN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: Group exhibition of images by 44 Vermont photographers. Through March 31.

Info, 490-6547. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

AARON SCOT INGHAM: The artist behind Bent Nails Studio shows his works and furniture made from found and salvaged materials.

Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Info, 595-4148. Burlington Town Center.

‘ART OF WINTER’: A juried group exhibition of works by 26 artists addressing themes of winter, curated by Christy Mitchell and Ric Kasini Kadour. The show is accompanied by an “exhibition-in-print” of works by 19 artists in Vermont Art Guide #3. Through April 1. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

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“Catherine Jansen: 1008” is on view through May 21 at the Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington. Catherine Jansen gives a gallery talk on Thursday, April 6, 6 p.m.

Free with admission. flemingmuseum.org

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MILTON ART CENTER & GALLERY SOFT OPENING: The new community art space opens to the public. Milton Art Center & Gallery, Saturday, April 1, noon-7 p.m. Info, 355-6583.

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ranged on stone alongside the Ganges.

Overhead, a cloud-mottled full moon bathes the scene in silvery light.

The culminating feature of “Catherine Jansen: 1008” is a veritable offering for viewers: In a gallery room closed off with a curtain, all 1,008 photographs are projected, each for a few seconds at a time, in a continuous loop. Ambient sounds that Jansen recorded in her journeys — men singing, children at play, marketplace chatter — emanate gently from a speaker.

It’s worth taking your time to sit and absorb this; to meditate, as Jansen has done for so many years, in this strange, sensual and wondrous place.

LEGACY WORKSHOP WITH MARY FILLMORE AND MICKEY MYERS: This workshop introduces artists, collectors and their families to methods and procedures for securing their artistic legacy beyond their lifetime.

Complimentary 40-page workbook included.

Registration required by March 24. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, Saturday, April 1, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Info, 644-5100.

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mother? — while to their left, a calf peers curiously around a curtain. The tiled room beyond it might be for cooking or washing.

What rivets attention in this and many other images are eyes — of human or creature. And that speaks to another technique that Jansen consciously employs. Women, she says in a video, tend to take more close-up images, while men are more inclined toward the broader view of landscape. She surmises it’s a vestige of gender-specific hunter and gatherer roles from thousands of years past. But Jansen brings the near and far together in many of her works, producing what she calls “intimate immensities.” One example of this is a shot of a holy man she encountered sitting crosslegged in the Himalayas: Bedecked with turban and necklaces, he looks out with an arresting gaze while a sweeping valley falls away behind him.

In what may be Jansen’s most astonishing landscape photo, an enormous

LAINEY RAPPAPORT: A display about frogs by “The Vermont Frog Lady.” April 1-30. Info, laineyrapp@yahoo.com. Info, 878-6955.

Brownell Library in Essex Junction.

‘ARTS AND CULTURE: WHAT’S YOUR STORY?’: Join community members to investigate personal cultural heritage and the ways in which we use the arts to create identity, community and social justice. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Wednesday, March 29, 6 p.m. Info, 865-7211.

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JANE SANDBERG: “Another Perspective,” watercolors and stained-glass work by the Jericho artist. Reception: Friday, March 31, 5-7 p.m. March 31-May 31. Info, 434-2550. Mt. Mansfield Community Television in Richmond.

Greg Gossens, Rolf Kielman, Brian Mac, Michael Minadeo, Ted Montgomery, Judith Selin and Keith Wagner. TruexCullins Architecture & Interior Design, Burlington, Friday, March 31, 5-8 p.m. Info, 658-2775.

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‘ART-CADE’: The Cardboard Teck Instantute celebrates its 11-year anniversary with an exhibition featuring its award-winning cardboard pinball game system, the PinBox 3000, as well as playable versions customized by Vermont artists. Through March 30. Info, audrie@thekarmabirdhouse.com. Info, 861-3155. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington.

the Museum of Glass’ “Kids Design Glass” program,

artists, from Emmaline Cook’s “Sir Three

‘FIBER EXPRESSIONS’: Textile and fiber artworks by 14 area artists. Through March 31. Info, 656-4200.

Living/Learning Center, University of Vermont in Burlington.

Violette (glass).

JUDE DOMSKI: “The shape of water,” recent works by the Vermont photographer. Through April 1. Info, 917-399-7120. Brickwork Art Studios in Burlington.

LYNN CUMMINGS: Paintings in a wide variety of styles by the local artist. Through March 31. Info, 6519692. RETN & VCAM Media Factory in Burlington.

LYNNE REED: “Interiors,” abstract paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 31. Info, 233-6811.

Indigo in Burlington.

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Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. Modeled after

‘IMBIBE: DRINKING IN CULTURE’: An exhibition using an eclectic selection of drinking vessels to investigate the complex social, physical and aesthetic experience of liquid consumption.

CATHERINE JANSEN: “1008,” an exhibition of the photographer’s images of India, including digital prints and projections as well as ambient sound from field recordings. Through May 21. Info, 656-8582. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont in Burlington.

JACQUES BURKE: Mixed-media works by the Vermont artist. Through April 30. Info, 859-9222.

The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

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of fantastic beasts, and they’re now on view at the

BMAC invited drawing submissions from K-6

‘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. Through March 31.

Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

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BELCATE SCHOOL, HOWARD CENTER ARTS COLLECTIVE & GUESTS: Works by the Vermont artists. Through April 1. Info, aforguites@ howardcenter.org. Info, 865-7211. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

‘GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT’: Burlington artists Rose C. Hebert and Sarah Ingraham show new works. Through April 6. Info, 865-6223. Cavendish Gallery in Burlington.

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‘MOMENSION’: A sculptural environment made primarily from glass, metal and clay by Vermont artists Bech Evans, Alissa Faber and Patrick O’Shea.

Through April 25. Info, joseph@newcitygalerie.org.

Info, 355-5440. New City Galerie in Burlington.

‘THE PAST PRESENT’: Works by Molly Bosley and Athena Petra Tasiopoulos, who use metaphorical objects to explore humanity and unpack our relationship to the past. Through April 8. Info, 865-7166.

Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center in Burlington.

PETER KATZ: Mixed-media works by the self-taught Burlington artist. Through May 31. Info, 658-6016.

Speeder & Earl’s Coffee (Pine Street) in Burlington.

RIK CARLSON: “Celebrate Your Ride: The Passion & The Art,” photographs of automobiles and automobilia by the Vermont artist. Through March 31. Info, 881-3821. Noyes Auto & Tire Service in Burlington.

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.

SHANE LAVALETTE: “One Sun, One Shadow,” a photographic series of the American South by the Burlington native, informed by the rich history of southern music: bluegrass, old time, gospel and blues. WYLIE SOFIA GARCIA: “With My Voice, I Am Calling You Home,” a new body of work featuring

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students last fall. Twenty designs were selected to be rendered in living color by professional glass Scoops” to “Alien Mutated Germ” by Curtis Plausky. If these things come to life any more, we’re in for trouble. Through June 18. Pictured: ‘The Abomible Dust Cloud’

by Morgan Elizabeth Beenen (design) and Jen

paintings and lenticular prints that embody themes of domesticity, meditation and personal place-making. Through April 8. Info, 865-7166.

Burlington City Arts.

ELLIOT BURG: “Sunset Park, Brooklyn,” black-andwhite images by the Middlesex photographer.

Through April 20. Info, 272-4920. Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier.

‘A SHOW OF HANDS’: The fifth annual exhibition of 100 wooden hands, decorated by local artists and community members including Aaron Barton, Megan J. Humphrey, Liz LeServiget, Jess Polanshek and Jon Young. The works will be auctioned to raise funds for HANDS, a local nonprofit providing food for older adults in Vermont. Closing reception and auction: Thursday, March 30, 6-8:30 p.m. Through March 30.

Info, 651–8834. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington.

‘FOLLOWING THE RULES, BREAKING THE RULES’: A group exhibition of 25 works by 20 artists in pastel, acrylics, oils, photography and sculpture.

Artists include Nitya Brighenti, Hasso Ewing, Cindy Griffith, Lysa Intrator, Joyce Kahn, Hannah Morris, Maggie Neale, Dan Neary, Jack Sabon, Sarah Spletzer and Ann Young. NORTHERN VERMONT ART ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION: A group exhibition of works by NVAAE members. Through April 28. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

WARREN KIMBLE: “Bits & Pieces: Assembled Antique Elements,” an exhibition of sculptural assemblage by the Vermont artist and collector.

Through March 31. Info, 863- 6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

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‘THE ART OF CARTOONING’: An exhibition organized by Vermont Comic Creators, which represents more than 100 cartoonists and illustrators. Through April 15. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

“BACKSTAGE PASS: ROCK & ROLL PHOTOGRAPHY”: An exhibition featuring more than 300 photographs, many rarely seen by the public, of famous rock-and-roll and jazz greats including Miles Davis, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, David Bowie, Prince and the Beastie Boys. Through May 7. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

GABRIELLE T. REGISTRE: “Down to Earth,” a travel-inspired exhibition of new paintings based on photos taken from an airplane. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through April 6. Info, 865-7296.

Burlington International Airport in South Burlington.

‘KALEIDOSCOPE’: A group exhibition of works by local artists. Through March 31. Info, ealexander22@ yahoo.com. Jericho Town Hall.

KATE LONGMAID: “Freedom Speak,” an exhibition of portraits with graffiti-like phrases and slogans that merge the artist’s interest in capturing individual identities and political realities through image and voice. Through May 31. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

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‘SHOW 16’: An exhibition of recent works by the collective gallery’s Vermont contemporary artists.

Saturdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Fridays, 5-8 p.m. . Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier.

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‘FREAKS, RADICALS & HIPPIES: COUNTERCULTURE IN 1970S VERMONT’: An exhibition that explores the influx of people and countercultural ideas to the state, from communes to organic agriculture, progressive politics to health care reform, alternative energy to women’s and gay rights. Through December 31. Info, 479-8500. Vermont Heritage Galleries in Barre.

‘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 15. Info, 322-1604. Goddard Art Gallery, Pratt Center, Goddard College in Plainfield.

‘STATION TO STATION’: Paintings by Art2D2 Industries and Babelon Williams inspired by apophenia (perceiving patterns or connections in meaningless data), and which incorporate mixed media including antique text, childhood books, film stills and random materials from the artists’ youths. ‘UNDER CONSTRUCTION’: An exhibition of works made by joining two or more dissimilar mediums, such that one plus one equals more than two. Assembled by director Sue Higby and guest curator Mark Waskow. JAMES SECOR: ‘#nomophobia,’ paintings about phones, lives and memories by the Vermont artist. Through April 15. Info, 479-7069.

Studio Place Arts in Barre.

JOELEN MULVANEY: “Piranha Bark,” an exhibition of recent paintings by the Barre artist. Through March 31. Info, 479-1931. Barre Opera House.

KATHY STARK: “... and the journey continues...,” abstract collages from five distinct series spanning the artist’s career from the 1980s to the present.

Through March 30. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

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LARK UPSON: “Lark Upson Portraits and a Call to Action,” an exhibition of paintings featuring posed models and endangered species. Through March 31. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

LINDA MIRABILE: “Avian Inspired,” paintings of birds and bird life. Through March 31. Info, moetown52@comcast.net. Info, 371-4100. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

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.

STEPHEN M. SCHAUB: “From Far Away,” works by the Pawlet artist that share narrative fragments through unique material combinations and customized photographic processes. Through March 31. Info, 828-5657. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

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CAROLYN MECKLOSKY: “Women, Beasts and Dreams,” vibrant acrylic paintings by the Waterville artist and arts instructor. TED ZILIUS: “Jazz and Sad,” mixed-media works created through a process of collage and dance by the Vermont artist.

Through May 9. Info, 888-1261. Gallery at River Arts in Morrisville.

DOROTHY SIMPSON KRAUSE: “A Matter of Time,” an exhibition of mixed-media works and UV-cured flatbed prints that address the increasing threats to Earth’s ecosystems. Through April 29. Info, 881-0418. 571 Projects in Stowe.

HOPE SHARP: “Dance Improvisations,” a thesis exhibition by the graduating MFA student, who created her large-scale oil paintings while watching dancers perform live hip-hop, jazz, ballet and other movements. Reception and artist talk: Wednesday, March 29, 4 p.m. Through March 31. Info, 635-1247.

Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College.

‘LAND MARKS: JANET FREDERICKS & MICHAELA HARLOW’: The two Vermont artists explore abstract landscapes on macro and micro scales in a variety of mediums, pushing references to the natural environment behind graphic mark-making.

KRISTA HARRIS: “Retracing My Steps,” a solo exhibition of richly layered, gestural abstract paintings by the Colorado artist. Through May 30.

Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe.

LEGACY COLLECTION: An exhibition featuring 23 living and 12 deceased artists whose works continue the legacy of Alden and Mary Bryan, founder and namesake of the gallery. Through April 2. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

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CALL TO ARTISTS ‘ART WORKS!’: Seeking submissions of art that invites viewers to engage and interact with the work, including manual interactive devices, electronic installations and kinetic sculpture. To submit and for details, visit studioplacearts.com. Deadline: April 28. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members, $10 nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

‘100 DAYS OF SPACE FOR CREATIVITY’: Inspired to act by the potential call to defund the arts on a federal level, Backspace Gallery offers a free and open space for artists to work while processing reactions to the current political climate. Thursday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., through April 29, artists are invited to meet with gallery director Christy Mitchell to pitch ideas on using the venue for displaying, creating, speaking or performing work. Email ideas to spacegalleryvt@gmail. com or show up during open gallery hours for more information. The Backspace Gallery, Burlington.

Info, spacegalleryvt@gmail.com.

‘BELLS & WHISTLES’: Seeking artists and contributors for the museum’s upcoming 2017 exhibition consisting of or relating to all aspects of bells and whistles. May include bells for cows and sheep, bellhops, alarms and timekeepers, as spiritual or musical instruments, jingle bells, etc.

Contributions may be personal artifacts accompanied by individual narrative, raw ideas for displays, fully realized art objects or theoretical writings and research. To contribute, or for more info, contact Clare Dolan via museumofeverydaylife.org. Deadline: May 5. The Museum of Everyday Life, Glover.

Info, claredol@sover.net.

CATHEDRAL SQUARE AUCTION: Cathedral Square Senior Living in Burlington seeks donations of works by local artists for its April 12 silent auction at Hotel Vermont. Donations of art in any medium may be dropped off Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the center’s front office. Work should be labeled in an inconspicuous location with the name of the donor and artist, the donor’s phone number and the work’s estimated value. Deadline: March 31. Cathedral Square, Burlington. Info, 859-8880.

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‘CHICKENS!’: Established and emerging artists are invited to submit one or two pieces of 2D artwork in any medium for a May-August exhibition. Works must depict one or more chickens; roosters OK. Register by April 15: call 878-8887 or email blgreene@myfairpoint.net. Jericho Town Hall. Info, 878-8887.

‘THE COLOR OF LIGHT’: Seeking submissions of works in oil, acrylic and watercolor by emerging and established artists (ages 18 and older) from the New England states, plus New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Works selected by jurors Claudia Fiks and Andrea Rosen will be included in a June exhibition. Works must be ready for professional display and ready to hang, and all accepted works must be for sale. Cash prizes will be awarded: $1,000 for best in show, $500 for second place and $250 for third. For details, guidelines and submission form, visit edgewatergallery-vt.com/ juriedshow2017. Deadline: April 3. Edgewater Gallery on the Green, Middlebury. $20 per entry, up to three entries per artist. Info, 989-7419.

GREEN STATE GARDENER MURAL: Seeking artist proposals for an outdoor mural in Burlington’s South End. The selected artist will receive $8,500 for time, materials and installation costs. For details and to submit, visit burlingtoncityarts.org and look for “Green State Gardener RFP” in the Exhibitions tab. Deadline: March 31. Green State Gardener, Burlington. Info, 865-5356.

‘LIGHTS! CAMERA! AUCTION!’: Seeking tax-deductible donations of art, beautiful and useful things, amusements, experiences and events for this annual auction to benefit Town Hall Theater and its programming. To contribute, contact Magna Dodge at magnadodge@gmail.com. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, Through May 22. Info, 462-3898.

‘MAP/ART’: The Vermont Center for Geographic Information seeks submissions for an exhibition to be installed May 1-30. The show aims to highlight creative approaches to using maps to illustrate Vermont, and to encourage understanding of place in the Green Mountain State. For details and to submit, visit vcgi.vermont.gov/blog/artshow/call_for_submissions_2017. Deadline: April 3, 3 p.m.

Vermont Statehouse Cafeteria, Montpelier. Info, leslie.pelch@vermont.gov.

RUTLAND COUNTY AUDUBON WILDLIFE ART SHOW: Inviting visual artists working in any medium to submit up to three works to be included in an art show featuring nature and wildlife, May 26-June 11. Scenic landscapes will not be considered. Works need not be for sale. For details and to submit, contact birding@rutlandcountyaudubon.org. Deadline: May 22. Stone Valley Arts, Poultney.

Info, birding@rutlandcountyaudubon.org.

SOUTH END ART HOP: Registration is now open for the 25th annual South End Art Hop, to take place September 8-10. For details, visit seaba.com/art-hop. Deadline: June 16. SEABA Center, Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

VART: Seeking contemporary visual art made in Vermont for a forthcoming print magazine. All work must be made in Vermont within the past seven years; all mediums welcome. To submit, send four portfolio samples, a one-paragraph artist bio and statement to armpriester@hotmail.com with Attn: Kenelle, “Vart submission,” and artist name in the subject line. Label each image with artist’s name, title of work, date, medium, dimensions, editions (if applicable) and artist’s email. Include contact info in body of email. Deadline: April 15. Various locations statewide. Info, armpriester@ hotmail.com.

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ZEN CENTER ART SHOW: Seeking art submissions in any medium for the Zen Center’s third annual art exhibition to be held May 4-5. To submit, send a photograph or description of the work, accompanied by dimensions, price and artist’s statement, to uppervalleyzencenter@gmail.com.

Deadline: April 10. Main Street Museum, White River Junction. Info, 603-448-4877.

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‘TEN’: Seeking submissions of artworks inspired by the old counting nursery rhyme, “One, two buckle my shoe…” For the full rhyme, details and to submit, visit studioplacearts.com. Deadline: June 2.

Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members, $10 nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

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SOLO & SMALL GROUP SHOWS 2018: Inviting proposals for upcoming exhibitions. To submit, send a brief written statement about yourself or the artist group and what you want to accomplish with a show, as well as a CD or DVD with eight to 12 images of representative work. Label carefully with name, medium, size, price and date of your work. Mail submissions to 201 N. Main Street, Barre, VT 05641. Deadline: June 9. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members, $10 nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

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OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND INVITATION: Shelburne Pond Studios invites Vermont artists and artisans to join their venue in the Vermont Craft Council Spring Open Studios Weekend on May 27 and 28. For details and application, email Katharine Stockman at kastockman@aol.com. Deadline: April 15. Shelburne Pond Studios. $35. Info, kastockman@aol.com.

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that focus on activating the space through environmentally conscious projects, in conjunction with her Spruce Peak artist residency.

Through April 8. Info, 253-8358.

Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

PHOTOS BY MARIE LAPRÉ GRABON: Photographs by the Vermont artist.

Through June 30. Info, 635-7423.

Dream Café in Johnson.

VERMONT LANDSCAPES: An exhibition of 38 artworks by 20 artists, featuring landscapes in oil, watercolor, pastel and acrylics, curated by Bryan Memorial Gallery.

Through June 30. Info, 644-5100.

Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park.

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AMY ROSS: “Butterfly Effect,” works in graphite, watercolor, walnut ink and collaged paper that envision hybrid flora and fauna. Through March 31. Info, 617-842-3332.

Walker Contemporary in Waitsfield.

‘THE BOOK AS ART’: Nine women artists explore the possibilities of the book as art. Cocurated by visual artist Marilyn Gillis. Through April 8. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

‘A Show of HANDS’

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Approximately 100 hands currently adorn the restaurant walls and will be auctioned off to raise money for Helping and Nurturing Diverse Seniors (HANDS), a Chittenden County nonprofit that distributes food to area elders. Contributing artists include Aaron Barton, HANDS founder Megan J. Humphrey, renowned folk artist Warren Kimble, Liz LeServiget, Jess Polanshek and Jon Young. The live auction is Thursday, March 30, 6-8 p.m. Pictured: customized hand by Kimble.

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‘AMERICAN FACES: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF PORTRAITURE AND IDENTITY’: An exhibit that brings together 90 portraits from more than 20 collections, exploring and explaining Americans’ 300-year fascination with images of themselves.

Through April 30. Info, 443-6433. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

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‘TOWN BY TOWN’: Works by Carolyn Enz Hack that explore how traditional landscape paintings can incorporate history and time into their imagery.

Through May 7. Info, 244-6606. White Meeting House in Waterbury.

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‘THE COLOR OF LIGHT’: A group exhibition juried

by Arthur Meyerson, displaying the work of 35 photographers from around the world. Through April 8. Info, 388-4500. PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury.

DELSIE HOYT: “Re-imagine the Braided Rug,” an exhibition of innovative textiles by the West Fairlee artist. Through April 29. STANLEY HORACE LYNDES: “Family Traits: Art, Humor and Everyday Life,” an exhibition exploring family identity through the artist’s cartoons, caricatures, carved objects and fiber arts. Through May 12. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

‘FOCUS ON THE SHELDON: FIVE-POINT PERSPECTIVE’: Photographs of objects from the Sheldon’s collection by local artists Suki Fredericks, Paul Gamba, Kate Gridley, Kirsten Hoving and Eric Nelson. Through May 13. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

enduring fascination with the Acropolis. Through April 23. Info, 443-5007. Middlebury College Museum of Art.

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DICK KIRBY: “Metal Madness,” a solo exhibition of artist-designed steel works, including lamps, weathervanes, candleholders and coat racks.

Through April 30. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

PHOEBE STONE: “Still Life With Universe,” an exhibition of recent large-format pastels and oils that address the subject of still life, the quotidian and our mysterious relationship with the universe.

Through March 31. Info, 282-2396. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University.

‘PRELUDE TO SPRING: BOTANICAL ART IN VERMONT’: Works by Vermont artists Bobbi Angell, Susan Bull Riley and Stephanie Whitney-Payne.

Through April 1. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

‘RELEASE & REACT’: Works by 16 artists from Brush Strokes Studio, East Mountain Mentoring Artists and the Vermont Abstract Connection. Through March 31. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

‘THE SHE PROJECT – PART I’: An interactive exhibition exploring what women of all ages experience as they cope with the pressure to maintain a youthful appearance at any cost, by Vermont multidisciplinary artists Mary Admasian and Kristen M. Watson. Closing Reception: Friday, June 16, 5-8 p.m. Artist talk: 7 p.m. Through June 24. Info, galleries@castleton.edu. Castleton University Bank Gallery in Rutland.

‘GLASS ART: MOLTEN COLOR AND FROZEN FORMS’: Glass sculpture by Alyssa Oxley, hand-blown glass

by Bud Shriner, and glass jewelry and objects by Micaela Wallace, as well as works by emerging glass artists Anne Hulvey, Mary Ellen Jeffries, Cherie Marshall, Lori Pietropaoli and Christie Witters.

Through May 7. Info, info@creativespacegallery.org.

Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

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GRACE MELLOW: “Not for Show,” an exhibition of figurative drawings by the Rutland-born, New York City-based artist. Through April 9. Info, 877-2173.

Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

GLORIA KING MERRITT: “Take Flight,” photorealistic digital paintings on canvas that capture singular moments of birds in flight. Gallery open by appointment. Through May 1. Info, 436-2200.

VermontArts.Gallery in Hartland.

‘UNTOUCHED BY TIME: THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS FROM PERICLES TO PARR’: Early archaeological publications, antiquarian paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, books and more that represent

DOUG MASURY: “As If — Weavings From Oz,” handwoven art objects including Indonesianinspired wall hangings, African-style headdresses and hand-dyed bamboo scarves. Through March 31.

Info, 603-795-4909. Long River Gallery & Gifts in White River Junction.

‘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.

‘SPIRIT OF ODANAKSIS’: Ten members of the 14-year-old art collective, named for the Abenaki term for “little village,” show works in oil, watercolor, pastel, multimedia, photography and prints.

Artists: Gail Barton, Le Liu Browne, Becky Cook, Helen Elder, Anne Webster Grant, Linda Laundry, Anne Rose, Jonathan Rose, Susan Rump and Jo Tate. Through May 10. Info, 295-3118. Zollikofer Gallery at Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction.

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KELLY DOYLE: “Improbable Surfaces,” an exhibition of mixed-media works that transform existing materials. Through April 22. Info, 748-0158.

Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

KENT SHAW: New images by the Vermont photographer. Through April 10. Info, 525-3366.

Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

MARIE LAPRE’ GRABON: Selected drawings and paintings by the Vermont artist. Through June 3.

Info, 578-8809. 3rd Floor Gallery in Hardwick.

‘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.

ROSIE PREVOST: “Under the Surface,” nearly 30 sepia or selenium-toned, silver-gelatin prints that explore the idea of visual metaphor by using historic techniques. Through April 29. Info, 7482600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury.

‘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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‘GLASSTASTIC’: Glass sculptures inspired by children’s drawings of imaginary creatures. CLAIRE VAN VLIET: “Ghost Mesa,” lithographs of rock formations printed on a variety of handmade papers and collaged with pulp paintings and marbled papers. EDWARD KOREN: “Seriously Funny,” works by the Brookfield-based New Yorker cartoonist. MARY WELSH: “Appearances &

Reality,” collages that use art historical and pop-culture sources, among others. PAUL SHORE: “Drawn Home,” drawings of every object in the artist’s home, inspired by Audubon’s project to draw all the birds of North America. SOO SUNNY PARK: “Luminous Muqarna,” an immersive sculptural installation based on muqarnas, ornamental vaults found in Islamic architecture, especially mosques.

Through June 18. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

DIANNE SHULLENBERGER: “Personalities of Nature,” an exhibition of natural object collages, colored pencil drawings and fabric collages.

Through April 6. Info, 985-3819. All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in West Brattleboro.

‘SIGNS OF LIFE’: An exhibition featuring the works of married artists Roger Sandes and Mary Welsh. Through April 21. Info, 258-3992. The Great Hall in Springfield.

manchester/bennington

‘ART FROM THE SCHOOLS’: Students from more than 20 local schools exhibit their artwork. Through April 2. Info, 362-1405. Yester House Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester.

RENÉE BOUCHARD: “We the People,” new paintings and sculptures by the college artist-in-residence.

Through April 7. Info, 447-4041. Southern Vermont College Gallery in Bennington.

randolph/royalton

JASPER TOMKINS: “Expansions,” colorful acrylic paintings by the award-winning author and illustrator. Through April 30. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery at BALE in South Royalton.

YOUTH ART MONTH: An exhibition of paintings, drawings and other artwork created by 50 South Royalton School elementary, middle and high school students. Through April 14. Info, 763-7094.

Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

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AMY BALKIN AND LUIS DELGADO-QUALTROUGH: Works by two artists who use big data to inform their practice. San Francisco-based conceptual artist Balkin presents her poster essay “The Atmosphere: A Guide.”

Delgado-Qualtrough’s “10 Carbon Conundrums” series of prints constructs a conversation across time between two fictional characters contemplating human impact on the Earth. Through May 28. Info, 603-646-2426 |. Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. ‘CHAGALL: COLOR & MUSIC’: An exhibition exploring the importance of music to the Russian-French artist, presenting 400 works including paintings, sculptures, maquettes, gouaches, stained-glass windows, photographs, films, costumes and puppets. Through June 11. Info, 514-285-2000.

Montréal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, QC. INGO GÜNTHER: “World Processor,” more than 50 illuminated plastic globes featuring data mapped by the artist and journalist. Through May 28. Info, 603-646-2426. Hood Downtown in Hanover, N.H.

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Julieta has been called a departure for the filmmaker, who’s known for his bold visuals and fascination with family and LGBT themes. It certainly is, if by “departure” we mean a really dull and convoluted movie as opposed to a good one.

How badly did Almodóvar blow it? The picture lacks one meaningful or believable storyline despite being based on three stories

by Nobel laureate Alice Munro. Sarah Polley (Away from Her) made a better film in 2006 out of just one. And she’d never directed a feature before!

The plot. I suppose this can’t be put off any longer. The story lurches back and forth in time, a device employed with more grace in much of Munro’s writing. In the present, Emma Suárez plays the title character, a middle-aged woman who has decided to relocate from Madrid to Portugal. But she changes

her mind following a chance encounter with an old friend of her estranged daughter, who, she learns, is living in Switzerland. Julieta instead moves into the building where she had raised her daughter in hopes of being contacted. While waiting, she writes her life story in a long letter that then takes the form of flashbacks.

Adriana Ugarte plays the younger incarnation of the character and — since we’re suddenly in the ’80s — suggests a low-energy Melanie Griffith. On a train one night, a stranger takes a seat across from her and attempts to strike up a conversation. This inexplicably propels her into the bar car, where she meets another stranger. His name is Xoan (Daniel Grao) and, because he’s younger and better looking, she strikes up a conversation with him. It’s interrupted moments later when the train screeches to a stop — after running over the man from her compartment. That night, Julieta and Xoan have sex and, we later learn, conceive the aforementioned daughter.

From that point, Almodóvar’s script does little beyond amassing an absurdly long list of coincidences and tragedies.

Movie critic law prohibits revealing more; suffice it to say that virtually every character either personally meets with dire mis-

TRAIN WRECK Almodóvar’s 20th feature takes a stab at Sirkian melodrama but fails to gain narrative steam and eventually goes off the rails.

fortune, looks on as tragedy befalls a loved one or both.

The director takes mindless melodrama to mathematically impossible extremes. For example, in a late scene, present-day Julieta is hit by a car as she crosses the street. By the movie’s standards, this is the equivalent of a having a bad hair day. The incident is forgotten in a matter of minutes. A fate that, I fear, awaits the once-great director’s new film, as well.

Fun fact: Far more interesting than the auteur’s 20th screen creation is the reason you haven’t heard more about it. Originally planning a festival tour to mark the milestone, Almodóvar canceled all media

appearances last April when his name appeared among those leaked as part of the Panama Papers. That scandal revealed the identities and financial dealings of countless celebrities and world leaders who had set up shell corporations through Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. Seeing his name in this who’s who of shadies (Vladimir Putin, cartel bosses from Colombia and Mexico, not to mention Donald Trump), left the poor guy on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Julieta is now streaming on Amazon and iTunes.

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hould you wish to precisely parse the difference between Life and Gravity, a film with which it has a great deal in common, you can reduce it to a single detail: Remember the scene in which Sandra Bullock’s character sheds a deep-space tear and it hovers in her zero gravity craft, a glistening CGI globule? Well, imagine a movie in which things go so much worse that the floating globules are drops of human blood. Screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have done exactly that.

The pair’s most recent creation was the delectably unhinged Deadpool, so perhaps it’s no surprise to find Ryan Reynolds among the six astronauts aboard the International Space Station, on which most of the movie is set. He plays a wisecracking engineer.

The balance of the awfully good cast consists of Ariyon Bakare (naïve microbiologist), Jake Gyllenhaal (ex-military doctor battling PTSD), Olga Dihovichnaya (the crew’s allbusiness Russian commander), Hiroyuki Sanada (proud papa who watches his baby’s birth on an iPad 493), and Rebecca Ferguson (CDC scientist whose expertise is in quarantine protocols).

Turns out, that last specialty is a good thing to have on board. The mission, we learn after a few introductory minutes of scene-setting technical jargon, is to check out Martian soil samples, which are reported to contain a history-making microscopic organism. This is such good news that children

INTELLIGENT LIFE Espinosa’s space ensemble piece proves the smartest and most immersive sci-fi thrillride since Alien.

on Earth hold a contest to name the unicellular passenger. For the rest of the film, it’s referred to as Calvin.

The name grows increasingly incongruous over the course of events that, in the skillful hands of Swedish director Daniel Espinosa (Child 44), accelerate into the most imaginative, terrifying sci-fi thrillride since Alien. You just know Bakare’s char-

acter is way too trusting when he reaches his protective gloves into the lab and gets all touchy-feely with the innocent-looking thing in the petri dish and it bends to meet his finger. And then extends cute little tentacles to clutch it. Aww. Then, in an instant, wraps itself around his hand like a blood pressure cuff from hell and squeezes it to a bloody pulp. Good thing the scientist

didn’t leave a surgical knife where Calvin could grab it and slice his way out of those gloves. Oops.

Lots of dumb mistakes are made over the next hour and a half. That’s how horror movies work. Characters have to go into the basement. But Espinosa doesn’t make any mistakes, and neither does Calvin. The angry amoeba is unstoppable, growing ever larger, faster and smarter. It seems determined to take down its keepers and confiscate their ship. If an Oscar were given for most creative kill, Life would be a lock. The picture is a symphony of breathtaking visuals, courtesy of cinematographer Seamus McGarvey (Nocturnal Animals), and breathless, relentlessly inventive action.

The final act ranks with movie history’s most mind-blowing. Don’t let anyone ruin it for you. Just make it your mission not to miss this instant creature-feature classic. It’s so good, you can only marvel that, in this day and age, a studio green-lit this big-budget movie. And you have to wonder what this cinematic sorcerer will do for his next trick, in which he’ll reteam with Gyllenhaal for the true story of an international team fighting an even more threatening foe: ISIS. Given what Espinosa has achieved with science fiction, can you imagine what he’ll make out of real life?

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THE BOSS BABY: Babies and puppies not only talk in this animated kids’ comedy from DreamWorks — they’re at war. Alec Baldwin voices the scheming, suit-wearing title character; Steve Buscemi the nefarious CEO of Puppy Co. With Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow and Tobey Maguire, too. Tom McGrath (Megamind) directed. (97 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Welden) GHOST IN THE SHELL: Based on the acclaimed Japanese manga by Masamune Shirow, Rupert Sanders’ futuristic sci-fi thriller stars Scarlett Johansson as a cyborg counterterrorist confronting mind-hack attacks — and her own twisted past. (106 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount) THE SENSE OF AN ENDING: Memory-related mysteries abound when a letter forces a senior (Jim Broadbent) to reckon with his past — specifically, his long-ago first love (played by both Freya Mavor and Charlotte Rampling). Based on the novel by Julian Barnes; directed by Ritesh Batra.

(108 min, PG-13. Roxy, Savoy) THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE: Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh play Antonina and Jan Zabinski, the real-life Warsaw Zoo caretakers who rescued humans as well as animals during the Holocaust — unnervingly right under the nose of a Nazi zoologist (Daniel Brühl). Niki Caro (Whale Rider) directed. (124 min, PG-13. Roxy)

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LIFEHHHHH Things go very wrong as a space station crew examines humanity’s first sample of Martian life in this sci-fi thriller from director Daniel Espinosa (Child 44). Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal star. (103 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 3/29)

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MOONLIGHTHHHH1/2 This acclaimed drama from director Barry Jenkins tells the story of a young African American growing from boy to man in a rough part of Miami. (111 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 11/23) POWER RANGERSHH The popular ’90s superpowered action series for kids gets a new filmic incarnation, directed by Dean Israelite (Project Almanac). Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott and RJ Cyler star. (124 min, PG-13) THE SHACKH1/2 In this adaptation of the Christian bestseller, coscripted by Vermonter John Fusco, a father suffering from severe depression (Sam Worthington) receives a summons to meet God in a shack. With Octavia Spencer and Tim McGraw.

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GET OUTHHHH Writer-director Jordan Peele (“Key & Peele”) swerves from comedy to socially conscious horror with this thriller about a young African American (Daniel Kaluuya) who senses something very wrong at the home of his white girlfriend’s folks. With Allison Williams, Lakeith Stanfield and Bradley Whitford. (103 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 3/1)

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIEHH A breakout star of The LEGO Movie gets his own animated showcase.

With the voices of Will Arnett (as the Caped Crusader), Jenny Slate, Channing Tatum and Ralph Fiennes. Chris McKay directed. (104 min, PG; reviewed by R.K. 2/15)

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BEAUTY AND THE BEASTHHH1/2 Disney reworks the 1991 animated hit with this live-action musical featuring the original songs and Emma Watson as the book-loving girl forced into imprisonment in the castle of the dreaded Beast (Dan Stevens).

Bill Condon (Mr. Holmes) directed. (129 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 3/22)

THE LAST WORDHH A notorious curmudgeon (Shirley MacLaine) sets out to craft her own perfect obituary with the help of a reporter (Amanda Seyfried) in this comedy-drama from director Mark Pellington (I Melt With You). (108 min, R)

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PATRIOTS DAYHHHHH Director Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) re-creates the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the manhunt that followed in this drama starring Mark Wahlberg. (133 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 1/11)

20TH CENTURY WOMENHHHH Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Greta Gerwig play three women finding themselves in 1970s Southern California in this comedy-drama from director Mike Mills (Beginners). (118 min, R) FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMHHH1/2 In this prequel of sorts to the Harry Potter series, writer Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) explores New York’s underworld of witches and wizards in 1926. (133 min, PG-13)

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REAL FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY assailed him with vortexes of blistering mud, flaming ice and howling rocks. Happily, Buddha glided into a state of wise calm and triumphed over the mayhem. He converted his nemesis’ vortexes into bouquets of flowers and celestial ointments. What does this have to do with you?

In accordance with current astrological omens, I hope you will emulate Buddha as you deal with your own initiatory tests. APRIL FOOL! I wasn’t completely honest. It’s true you’ll face initiatory tests that could prod you to a higher level of wisdom. But they’ll most likely come from allies and inner prompts rather than a diabolical adversary.

AQUARIUS JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

If you were a passenger on a plane full of your favorite celebrities, and the pilot had to make an emergency landing on a remote snowbound mountain, and you had to eat one of the celebrities in order to stay alive until rescuers found you, which celebrity would you want to eat first?

APRIL FOOL! That was a really stupid and pointless question. I can’t believe I asked it. I hope you didn’t waste a nanosecond thinking about what your reply might be. Here’s the truth, Aquarius: You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when the single most important thing you can do is ask and answer really good questions.

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(May 21-June 20): Since I expect you’ll soon be tempted to indulge in too much debauched fun and riotous release, I’ll offer you a good hangover remedy. Throw these ingredients into a blender, then drink up: a thousandyear-old quail egg from China, seaweed from Antarctica, milk from an Iraqi donkey, lemon juice imported from Kazakhstan and a dab of Argentinian toothpaste on which the moon has shone for an hour. APRIL FOOL! I deceived you. You won’t have to get crazy drunk or stoned to enjoy extreme pleasure and cathartic abandon. It will come to you quite naturally — especially if you expand your mind through travel, big ideas or healthy experiments.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to legend, Buddha had to face daunting tests to achieve enlightenment. A diabolical adversary tempted him with sensual excesses and

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Endangered species: black rhino, Bornean orangutan, hawksbill turtle, South China tiger, Sumatran elephant, and the Leo messiah complex. You may not

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Race through your yoga routine so you have more time to surf the internet. Inhale doughnuts and vodka in the car as you race to the health food store. Get into a screaming fight with a loved one about how you desperately need more peace and tenderness. APRIL FOOL! A little bit of self-contradiction would be cute, but not that much. And yet I do worry that you are close to expressing that much. The problem may be that you haven’t been giving your inner rebel any high-quality mischief to attend to. As a result, it’s bogged down in trivial insurrections. So please give your inner rebel more important work to do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Research shows that a typical working couple devotes an average of four minutes per day to meaningful conversations. I suggest you boost that output by at least ten percent. Try to engage your best companion in four minutes and 24 seconds of intimate talk per day.

APRIL FOOL! I lied. A ten-percent increase isn’t nearly enough. Given the current astrological indicators, you must seek out longer and deeper exchanges with the people you love. Can you manage 20 minutes per day?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In a way, it’s too bad you’re about to lose your mind. The chaos that ensues will be a big chore to clean up.

But, in another sense, losing your mind may be a lucky development. The process of reassembling it will be entertaining and informative. And, as a result, your problems will become more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. You won’t really lose your mind.

But this much is true: Your problems will be more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. That’s a good

thing! It may even help you recover a rogue part of your mind that you lost a while back.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You say

that some of the healthiest foods don’t taste good? And that some of your pleasurable diversions seem to bother people you care about? You say it’s too much hassle to arrange for a certain adventure that you know would be exciting and meaningful? Here’s what I have to say about all that: Stop whining. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, there will soon be far fewer reasons for you to whine. The discrepancies between what you have to do and what you want to do will at least partially dissolve. So will the gaps between what’s good for you and what feels good, and between what pleases others and what pleases you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You should begin work on a book with one of the following titles, and you should finish writing it no later than April 28: “The Totally Intense Four Weeks of My Life When I Came All the Way Home” ... “The Wildly Productive Four Weeks of My Life when I Discovered the Ultimate Secrets of Domestic Bliss” ... “The Crazily Meaningful Four Weeks When I Permanently Anchored Myself in the Nourishing Depths.”

APRIL FOOL! I lied. There’s no need to actually write a book like that. But I do hope you seek out and generate experiences that would enable you to write books with those titles.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You now have an elevated chance of finding a crumpled onedollar bill on a sidewalk. There’s also an increased likelihood you’ll get a coupon for a five-percent discount from a carpet shampoo company or win enough money in the lottery to buy a new sweatshirt. To enhance these possibilities, all you have to do is sit on your ass and wish really hard that good economic luck will come your way. APRIL FOOL! What I just said was kind of true, but also useless. Here’s more interesting news: The odds are better than average that you’ll score tips on how to improve your finances. You may also be invited to collaborate on a potentially lucrative project, or receive an offer of practical help for a bread-and-butter dilemma. To encourage these outcomes, all you have to do is develop a longterm plan for improved money management.

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APRIL FOOL! Everything I just described is only metaphorically true, not literally.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Hire a promoter to create gold plaques listing your accomplishments and hang them up in public places. Or pay someone to make a thousand bobble-head dolls in your likeness, each wearing a royal crown, and give them away to everyone you know. Or enlist a pilot to fly a small plane over a sporting event while trailing a banner that reads, “[Your name] is a gorgeous genius worthy of worshipful reverence.” APRIL FOOL! What I just advised was a distorted interpretation of the cosmic omens.

Here’s the truth: The best way to celebrate your surging power is not by reveling in frivolous displays of pride, but rather by making a bold move that will render a fantastic dream ten percent more possible for you to accomplish.

be able to do much to preserve the first five on that list, but please get to work on saving the last. It’s time for a massive eruption of your megalomania. APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating for effect. There’s no need to go overboard in reclaiming your messiah complex.

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RE: FELL FOR A NARCISSIST I don’t know you but feel compelled to respond. I also discovered my relationship was a mirage created by a manipulative narcissist. You’re right; your life will never be the same — it will be even better. I know. My life without that vermin is incredible! Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. Hang in there. When: Friday, March 24, 2017.

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You: Woman. Me: Woman. #913914 IF YOU FOLLOW... ...the trail of acorn tops, you will find the field of ashes have been replaced by forget-me-nots. Under strands of starlight I will be waiting for you, knowing that love is when you take my hand, cook my eggs, and bring me wooden spatulas and wind-up pigs.

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Where: on Moretown Mountain. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #913913 SWEET PERFECTION I rounded the corner and saw you standing there. It was then I knew you were mine. You make me feel something I didn’t know was possible.

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HONEY AT HOME I finally caught up to you after being away. I missed you so much. Your smile was just the perfect sight after being away from home. Will you always be mine? All my love. When: Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Where: in the kitchen.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #913911 MIKE, YOU PLOWED MY DRIVEWAY You said to “pay it forward.” What a wonderful thing to do for someone you don’t know. I want to make you dinner to thank you again. I too believe in karma. Black truck and a smile that was alluring. I am the blonde in Essex who has noticed you often when you plow and mow next door. When: Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Where: Essex.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #913908 MCGILLICUDDY’S, ST. PATRICK’S DAY, ESSEX JUNCTION You: beautiful blonde in corner of the bar with a large group wearing green shirts. Me: guy on the other side of the bar. We smiled back and forth.

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Where: McGillicuddy’s, Essex Junction.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #913906 RUMINATING SHOPPER It was approaching 10 p.m. I was standing in the foyer wearing a blue denim jacket, looking at the bulletin board. You (slim, attractive, meditative) passed by, and on your way out you picked up a free newspaper, paused and smiled at me. I was shy and tongue-tied. Ever since, I’ve been thinking about what I could’ve said.

When: Saturday, March 18, 2017.

Where: City Market/Onion River Co-op.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #913905 WILL YOU BE MY MULTITOOL You unlocked the knife case and my heart when you fingered through the features of a multitool and spoke passionately of the benefits of a well-honed blade. I like your tightly coiled ringlets. Will you bury your blade in mine? When: Sunday, March 19, 2017. Where: OGE. You: Man. Me: Woman. #913904 SATURDAY MORNING GROCERY SHOPPING You were wearing a red-and-black flannel jacket, tall and handsome. I was wearing a long gray winter jacket, long wavy brown hair. It seems like we passed each other in each aisle, but my shyness got the best of me. When: Saturday, March 18, 2017. Where: Hannaford.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #913903 CHECKING OUT THE FABRIC! You were looking at bark cloth. I wonder what you are looking for? You smiled at me. You are a very pretty blonde with short hair and a light blue hat. I was wearing a black ball cap and a brown Carhartt jacket. See you at ReSource again soon? When: Monday, March 13, 2017. Where: ReSource, Barre.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #913902 JESS/JESSICA FORMERLY AT IBM Jess, you had a white car. I gave you a jump-start one afternoon after work. You used to walk with your mom during lunch. I regret not getting your number. I hope you see this. I would love a second chance to ask you out for coffee or something. When: Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Where: IBM. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913900 MUCK LUCKY? Your beauty and smile caught me by surprise in the produce section.

We talked about our greens and Minnesota. We were both in puffies.

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can steam some veggies together sometime? When: Monday, March 13, 2017. Where: City Market/Onion River Co-op. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913899 LADY NAMED KARA A deaf man is looking for a lady named Kara. We met at City Market on February 28. Just looking for a friend. When: Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Where: City Market/Onion River Co-op.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #913898 JOE “How Love burns through the Putting in the Seed: On through the watching for that early birth / When, just as the soil tarnishes with weed, / The sturdy seedling with arched body comes / Shouldering its way and shedding the earth crumbs.” —Robert Frost. When: Sunday, March 12, 2017. Where: the Button Factory.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #913897 FROM A FIELD OF ASHES... ...we arose, and, bedecked in your knitted masterpieces and handcrafted tokens of your affection, I join you where midnight sheds its dark coat. If I follow the trail of acorn tops, will I find you at the end of it? For you, would I part with my plush pets, seduced by more than your savory scones and brilliant beaded bracelets. When: Thursday, March 9, 2017. Where: the capital and beyond.

You: Woman. Me: Woman. #913896 HATS, SANDERSON AND THE COLD I was looking for a warm hat and found warmer company at Downtown Threads. I brought you coffee but wanted to talk more about books. I could be your Ward. When: Saturday, March 11, 2017. Where: Church Street.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #913895 TELL ME ANOTHER STORY I’m ready to get to know you (LOL, it only took me six months). I want to go on walks and drink wine and look at the stars and tell you things I’ve never told anyone else before. I don’t want to stop seeing you; I want to see you more. I just have to get up the courage. When: Thursday, March 9, 2017. Where: my warm house.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #913894 BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WITH COOL COMPUTER You and I were doing work. You were sitting next to me. I asked what kind of computer you were using. I should’ve asked your name, at least.

You’re beautiful. When: Thursday, March 9, 2017. Where: Muddy Waters.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #913893 VSECU QUEEN BEE The VSECU teller situation isn’t as personal as at most banks. With that said, I wish it was! You are way too beautiful to just be on the screen! I wish I had the guts to send you my number in the capsule! I look forward to depositing every week. Give me a wink next time, and I’ll send my number through!

When: Thursday, March 9, 2017. Where: VSECU. You: Woman. Me: Man. #913892

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ASK ATHENA Dear Athena,

I’m 19 years old and I haven’t had sex yet, nor anything too special! But I’ve been with a really amazing guy for some time now. I performed oral sex for the first time, and he didn’t ejaculate because he didn’t want me to get scared or something. The oral sex didn’t last long ’cause I used my hands, too, but here’s my question: I’ve read that you don’t need a condom for oral sex and it’s better not to swallow any semen. I know that my partner is clean and healthy.

Do I need to use a condom next time if I don’t let any semen touch my mouth? I’m kinda worried because we didn’t use any condoms last night, but it lasted only for a couple of minutes. I’ll be waiting for your answer! Thank you very much!

Sincerely,

Dear Greek Girl,

A Greek Girl

Good for you for wanting to be safe and informed.

When it comes to taking care of your health and wellbeing, you must be your own advocate.

You say your partner is clean and healthy, but you’re still worried. Do you trust him or not? If he’s had other sexual partners but hasn’t been tested, your concern is warranted. You should know that unprotected oral sex and intercourse can put you at risk for the following: gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, crabs, HIV and hepatitis.

According to Dr. Jake Deutsch, a veteran ER doctor and contributor to GQ magazine: “Herpes and genital warts are the most easily transmitted STIs, and your partner doesn’t have to have an outbreak for you to catch them … Eighty percent of people carry the herpes simplex virus (like cold sores), the most commonly transmitted STI from oral sex; 50 percent of sexually active people have genital warts caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which, when orally transmitted, is thought to be a cause of head and neck cancers.”

So, don’t leave it to chance — ask your guy to get tested before you take things any farther. If he has been tested and the coast is clear, then by all means go down on him sans condom. Swallowing is always optional, but as long as your partner is STI-free, you don’t need to worry about getting semen in your mouth.

If you decide to go all the way with him, though, you should absolutely protect yourself from an unwanted pregnancy. Planned Parenthood is a great place to start — you’ll get what you need in the way of birth control, and the staff can answer any lingering questions you have about safe sex.

Sex is fun, but it’s also serious business.

Communicate and take precautions now so you can focus on the fun part later!

Yours,

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