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Gov. Phil Scott crashed his stock car last Sunday at Thunder Road during his first race as a sitting governor. So much for that “security” detail.

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he Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its facial-recognition program last Thursday after a civil rights group complained about it.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont contends that the program, which launched in 2012, had been barred by a 2004 statute forbidding the DMV from setting up “processes for identifying applicants for licenses … that involve the use of biometric identifiers.”

Gov. Phil Scott told the Agency of Transportation to put the program on hold while the state conducts a legal review.

Attorney General T.J. Donovan’s office will handle the inquiry.

“The ACLU raises good concerns,” Donovan said. “The privacy concerns are, in addition to the legal question, the most pressing matter.”

An ACLU attorney welcomed the news.

“We are very glad to hear that the DMV, governor and the attorney general have heard our concerns, taken this seriously and are halting the program as we asked,” ACLU attorney Jay Diaz said. “The program is illegal, dangerous and violates Vermonters’ privacy.”

As Seven Days’’ Mark Davis reported last week, documents obtained by the ACLU show that the DMV shared its database of driver’s license photos with local, federal and out-of-state law enforcement.

The DMV has 2.7 million images of people who have applied for driver’s licenses and other IDs in Vermont. Facialrecognition technology enables the DMV to scan for people who might have duplicate identities, which the department says helps prevent fraud.

In October, Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology reported that 117 million Americans are in facialrecognition databases. Its report, The Perpetual Line-Up: Unregulated Police Face Recognition in America,, revealed the Vermont DMV was sharing info with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders won’t be the graduation speaker St. Johnsbury Academy next weekend. He’ll be in Europe, pushing his book and picking up after the president.

2. “Trumpatized? Prominent Vermonters Reveal Their White House Worries” by Paul Heintz. Should we be worried about Donald Trump’s presidency? Prominent politicos weighed in.

3. “Work Begins on Crafting New Vermont Marijuana Bill” by Terri Hallenbeck. Gov. Phil Scott sent the pot bill back to the legislature with some recommendations on how to change it.

4. “Meet Burlington’s Newest Online Music Publication and Production Company” by Jordan Adams. Noise Ordinance is finding local talent, creating studio-session videos and presenting events in the Burlington area.

5. “Middlebury College Disciplines 67 Students for Murray Protests” by Sasha Goldstein. The school says it has issued sanctions ranging from “probation to official college discipline“ for students who disrupted a March lecture.

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A soapy scrum of 346 people gathered in Hardwick last Saturday to break the Guinness World Records’ mark for the most people simultaneously washing dishes by hand.

The number is unofficial, cautioned organizer Bethany Dunbar, but it surpasses the previous record of 300 set last year in the Philippines.

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as possible — even random passersby — to the event area in Atkins Park for washing. Middlebury-based Vermont Soap threw in some cleaning supplies and a free bar of soap to every scrubber.

Dunbar said it’ll take 12 to 15 weeks for Guinness to look at videos, pictures and other documents needed to certify that Hardwick, population 3,000-something, is indeed top of the heap.

The best part? No dishes broke, and they’ll serve as a “plate library” that others can borrow for zero-waste events. They’re already booked for one on June 10, Dunbar said.

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So who dreamed up breaking such a bizarre record? According to Dunbar, it was Tom Gilbert, one of the nonprofit’s board members and the owner of Black Dirt Farm. The center aims to host zero-waste events — meaning nothing ends up in the landfill — so Dunbar solicited the community for reusable plates and got 400 dishes, from “dollar-store-type picnic plastic plates to Wedgwood and antique china.”

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TRUMP = TITANIC

In your excellent piece “Trumpatized” [May 24], you omitted the answer given by Bruno Latour in his May Harper’s magazine article “The New Climate.”

Latour suggests we imagine the firstclass billionaire passengers on the Titanic spotting the iceberg looming ahead, and, rather than sounding the alarm, they stealthily climb into the lifeboats, lower them and row away.

He uses the phrase “terrible conflagration” to describe what the other passengers do when they notice they have been abandoned and left to drown.

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I thought the cover of your last issue depicting President Donald Trump was in bad taste [“Trumpatized,” May 24]. Trump is working very hard to create jobs, make America safe and reduce the overwhelming national debt. Vermonters should support him. Your depiction of him was unfair and offensive.

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[Re Ask Athena, May 17]: I am overwhelmed with dismay at the advice Athena gives to “Crazy in Love,” who

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asks what she should do with the love she can’t deny for her best friend ... who is partnered with and parenting a child with another best friend. I read through Athena’s response with a vague sense that she was being too supportive of the idea. But it wasn’t until the last paragraph that I exclaimed out loud, “What???” She writes: “Clearly his current relationship was not meant to last if he was susceptible to falling in love with you.”

If you’ve been married for a while, you know that falling in love with other people is exactly what committed partnership sets you up for. It is practically guaranteed that, sometime during the duration of your life partnership, you will fall for someone else. Especially when you have a baby together. So to encourage Crazy in Love to proceed is ill advised. What this person needs to think carefully about is a lifetime of seeing her ex-friend, the mother of her love’s child.

She needs to think about what it feels like to have your heart broken in this way by two best friends. It is traumatizing and will not go away with patience and support, as Athena suggests. I know. I’ve broken someone’s heart like this, and, 27 years later, I still regret it. My advice: Go on a long trip. Cut ties. Come back in six months and see what’s happened.

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[Re “Skin in the Game,” May 10]: If you are at all aware of Craftsbury, you’ll know it’s a small town in the heart of the Northeast Kingdom. About six or seven years ago, a young lady appeared, joined the volunteer fire department, and started farming and sign painting — and tattooing. Cori Jean Sanders of Kingdom Ink has won over this town with her demeanor and service, but mainly with her talent.

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The new rules and current weird doctor’soffice vibe regarding opioid painkillers has left chronic pain sufferers out in the cold [“Do No Harm: New Rules Discourage Overprescribing Opiates,” April 26]. I’ve been living in Vermont for a year and a half and haven’t found a doctor in the state yet. The first one let me explain my entire medical background before announcing that there were no prescriptions of that nature in my medical records, none listed at all. She hadn’t bothered to read my medical file but labeled me a pill seeker. Then came more denials, even after reading through eight-plus years of chronic pain history and prescriptions. I got utterly absurd suggestions such as, “Have you tried ibuprofen?”

And no alternatives suggested — just, basically, “tough shit.” Massage therapy is the only thing that has ever helped me, and insurance refuses to pay for it. They’d rather shove a $10 bottle of pills my way than shell out $90 twice a month for a massage. Now the pills are being taken away, too.

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Terri Hallenbeck’s article on the supposed waning clout of unions in Vermont touched on a topic that is also directly related to Vermonters’ concerns about Trumpism [“A Near Miss in Montpelier Suggests a Union’s Clout Is Waning,” May 24]. Gov. Phil Scott’s attacks on unions are

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[Re Off Message: “Scott Vetoes Marijuana Legalization in Vermont,” May 24]: Gov. Phil Scott wants to keep Vermont in the dark ages. He says he wants to take it slow?

How many years has it been since they have been trying to pass a marijuana bill

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[Re Feedback: “Rethinking Reimbursements,” May 24]: Last week’s letter to the editor states: “Vermont physicians in independent practice aren’t the only ones getting gypped by the insurance companies.” The 11th word in it is considered a racist term. I think the editorial staff at Seven Days should be aware of this word, as it is as offensive as other racist slurs that the paper doesn’t publish.

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directly related to the agenda being pushed nationally by the ultra-right-wing GOP and its sycophantic cohorts in the Democratic Party. The fact that other Vermont workers — union or not — are not flooding their legislators’ offices with calls and marching in the streets is somewhat shameful. The issue at play is not unions versus the rest of Vermont’s workers; it’s anti-worker organizations sponsored by billionaire business people against all working people. Those working Vermonters who begrudge other Vermonters who work hard to keep their union strong are ensuring their own impoverishment in the name of envy. Those who wish they had a union to represent them can begin that process by supporting the teachers’ unions in Vermont in their fight against Scott and his corporate antiunion sponsors.

Strong and democratic unions really do make working people’s lives better.

Politicians who tell you otherwise are not representing the interests of those of us who draw a paycheck. They are representing those who want to shrink that paycheck and put the difference in their pockets.

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May 19]: If Donald Trump’s presidency teaches nothing else, it should illustrate that while you can run on mere slogans, you can’t govern by whim. Major policy changes need to be made with great care involving participation, study, facts, attention to detail and regard for unintended consequences.

Whether or not it’s a good idea, a single statewide teacher health care plan is a major change with many critical details, not only for teachers and our kids, but for the entire state economy. It should definitely be considered, but the critical details would need to be worked out in advance by teachers, school board members and legislators together.

To try to capture credit for savings currently in the works and propose such a change at the end of the session is a desperate shoot-from-the-hip move that is entirely irresponsible. It is also disrespectful to the people and processes of both education and legislation. Both are understandably exasperated.

Lowering property taxes for education is necessary, but it can’t be done through simple fiat, with a threat to hold one’s breath or by shuttering state government.

It will take hard work and a genuine plan, not just a last-minute notion.

that will work? Why are opiates and alcohol legal? Pot is a lot less dangerous than those things. Wake up, Scott, and smell the roses! Hopefully the ones who passed the pot bill will override it.

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Ghost Town Center: The Dying Days of Burlington’s Downtown Mall

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Report Card: Studied to Death by the Vermont Legislature

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Shoulder Room: Route 7’s Gains Cause Some Pains

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In April, the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump’s proposed Environmental Protection Agency cuts would “shrink spending by 31 percent … and eliminate a quarter of the agency’s 15,000 jobs.” A panel of state and federal policy experts weighs in during a conversation titled “Vermont’s Environment and the Trump Administration: What’s Coming and What Can We Do About It?”

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t was a moment that exposed our nation’s ambivalent attitude toward marijuana.

As he announced last Wednesday that he would veto a pot legalization bill, Vermont Gov. PHIL SCOTT unintentionally revealed the hypocrisy at the heart of the debate. While rejecting the measure, Scott acknowledged that he has “a lot of friends” who smoke marijuana. That prompted the Vermont Press Bureau’s NEAL GOSWAMI to ask whether those friends should be getting civil violations.

“Maybe. I don’t know,” the governor replied. “I think we’ve backed off on l oc al, fr es h, ori gi nal that. I don’t think anybody’s receiving—” “I think plenty of people are still receiving civil violations,” Goswami interjected.

“This [bill] would prohibit that, right?” Scott said.

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Actually, you might. Vermont decriminalized marijuana in 2013, and the immediate result was a sharp uptick in civil violations. In the first year of decriminalization, according to the Associated Press, police cited twice as many people for marijuana-related offenses as they had the previous year, when possession of small quantities was a criminal offense. Goswami was right: Plenty of people are getting ticketed for pot.

At issue last Wednesday was S.22, a marijuana legalization bill passed by the Vermont legislature four weeks ago after years of debate. It would allow cultivation and possession of small quantities of cannabis and create a commission to identify a path toward full legalization.

Even as Scott vetoed the bill, he claimed Celebrating the work of it only needed a few fixes. Those could John Brickels easily be accomplished, he asserted, during a scheduled two-day legislative and Wendy James session starting on June 21.

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Indeed, Scott left reporters wondering what his terms were for signing a legalization bill. He read an outline of his objections and demands, but he declined to give specifics.

“Not today,” he said. “But if there’s a willingness for the House to move forward, for the Senate to move forward … we’ll provide those [specifics] and work with them.”

In other words, you go first.

Legislative leaders reacted to the veto with more than a little puzzlement, given the limited nature of Scott’s objections. Throughout the session, they say, the administration stuck to its broad opposition and never dealt in specifics.

“They were not participating,” said Rep. MAXINE GRAD (D-Moretown), chair of the

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House Judiciary Committee, where much of this year’s deliberation took place. “I would have very much liked to have heard this type of testimony in the room.”

Scott acknowledged that he was caught off guard by the passage of S.22.

“It was a bit of a surprise, to be perfectly honest with you,” he said. “As you know, it came together in the last three or four days … We did not have an opportunity at that point to weigh in. It may be a miscalculation on my part. I thought we were going to have the discussion next year.”

It’s hard to imagine previous administrations being guilty of such an oversight. But even if you take Scott’s reasons at face value, why weren’t his people tracking the issue closely and weighing in at every opportunity? Marijuana legalization was on the front burner throughout the 2017 session.

Still, Scott does make a valid point about the pitfalls of fast action.

“Typically, when a bill goes through the House or Senate, it goes through the other body and then you’re able to make some changes that would make the bill better,” he said.

Perfectly reasonable, except that this is the guy who produced, in late April, a

plan to overhaul the bargaining process for teacher health insurance benefits — and insisted on legislative action almost immediately. I guess fast-tracking is OK when it’s a bill you support.

In expressing his willingness to negotiate changes in S.22, Scott drew a tenuous distinction between allowing personal use of marijuana and legalizing it totally.

“What you do behind closed doors in your own home, as long as you’re not affecting others — the innocent, so to speak — is OK,” he said. Which assumes that what you do at home will stay at home. Throughout the marijuana debate, Scott has insisted on a roadside impairment test for cannabis — but he apparently doesn’t care if such a test is included in S.22. His only demand is for tougher penalties for those who smoke in a vehicle when children are present.

Scott makes accommodating noises to full legalization. He sees the momentum in nearby states and in Canada. “We have to recognize the vast amount of support there is in moving forward with some form of the use of the substance,” he said.

But his opposition to a fully regulated marketplace, which would be outlined by the commission established in S.22, remains unchanged. He would insist on a reliable roadside test for driver impairment, which doesn’t exist, and an impairment threshold for drivers, which has yet to be determined. He also wants the commission to produce “a detailed estimate of the general fund revenue required for the adequate regulation, enforcement, administration, education and prevention recommendations it shall make.”

I guess he’s tired of hearing about all the tax revenue and jobs that would be created by a legal marketplace.

At this point, action on S.22 during the upcoming two-day session appears unlikely. The legislature will have to tackle the budget and teacher health care bargaining. There seems to be no appetite for extending the session, and passing a new version of S.22 in two days would require suspension of legislative rules. The House Republican minority would have to assent to that, and Scott won’t try to persuade them to do so.

“I’m not twisting arms one way or the other on that one,” Scott said.

House Republican leader DON TURNER (R-Milton) isn’t twisting arms either.

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“I’ve been consistent and my caucus has been consistent on how we approach rules suspensions,� he said. “We talk about it, and then we vote on it.�

Turner himself opposes legalization, and he’s just fine with putting off the issue until 2018. “I see no reason why we don’t just deal with it in January, when we can allow the proper vetting,� he said.

That would be a disappointment to legalization supporters. “I am willing to take the governor at his word that he wants to get this done,� said DAVID SILBERMAN, an attorney from Middlebury and pro bono advocate of legalization. “If he means it, he’ll find a way to get it done. If he doesn’t mean it, he won’t find a way to get it done.�

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observed. “Back in my early days, it was very much reliant on pledge drives.

They are still part of our fundraising menu, but only about 20 to 25 percent of our revenue comes from pledge drives now.�

Most of the rest comes from major donors, corporate underwriters and roughly 13,000 monthly donations.

That’s a lot to manage. In the early days, public radio was a tugboat; now it’s a battleship.

Undoubtedly, running a $9 million organization is a complicated task. But in a time when other news media are in serious decline, how is VPR using its vast resources to pick up the slack?

The news department lists 22 names, a substantial quantity. But many of them are working on productions that have little to do with news. In terms of actual reporters covering actual beats, Turnau estimates that VPR employs the equivalent of six and a half people.

It’s fair to wonder if that’s enough, when serious journalism is in short supply and VPR is putting out stuff such as “VPR CafĂŠ,â€? “Art Hounds,â€? “Awesome Etiquetteâ€? and “But Why,â€? its curiouskids podcast. That’s only a sampling of its long list of lifestyle-y programming.

There’s nothing wrong with lighter fare, but in terms of VPR’s public-service mission, the balance seems to be off. “I think we do a lot of hard news, but we do it in a different way,� Turnau argued. But she also recognizes the need to do more. “We’re going to invest more in investigative reporting,� she said. “We recognize that the landscape is changing in Vermont, and we want to be even stronger in the area of holding people accountable and making sure that we can dig deeper.�

Still, VPR occupies some priceless real estate, both as a nonprofit and as a news outlet. There isn’t room for another, competing service. And in the words of Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben, “With great power comes great responsibility.�

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Vermont Public Radio’s recently released annual report reveals a healthy organization that’s burning through a whole lot of money.

How much? Try $8.9 million in fiscal year 2016. And that doesn’t include VPR Next, a capital campaign that’s raised nearly $10 million over three years for a recently completed facilities upgrade and a “news and programming innovation fund.�

Those figures may induce slackjawed astonishment among Vermont nonprofits. But VPR is an expensive operation to maintain. Just ask CEO ROBIN TURNAU. “We’re not like a WBUR in Boston, for instance,� she explained. “They have one FM radio station. We have 26. We have a classical network and a news and information network. It’s costly to do business in our beautiful state.�

Let’s try a more pertinent comparison. New Hampshire Public Radio covers similar terrain. It has a total of 13 stations and serves a population more than twice as large as VPR’s.

In fiscal year 2016, NHPR spent $7.3 million.

VPR’s money supports an organization that’s grown by leaps and bounds from the early days of public radio. That means more reporters, more producers ‌ and a lot more fundraising staffers.

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rowds swarmed the Church Street Marketplace last Tuesday, navigating outdoor café tables, street vendors, slow-moving tourists and window shoppers.

Steps away, a ghost town. Inside the so-called Burlington Town Center, the sound of jazzy Muzak filled deserted, fluorescent-lit hallways lined with empty storefronts. Unoccupied massage chairs awaited patrons who seemed unlikely to materialize. Even a coin-operated race-car ride bore an apologetic “out of order” sign.

Bookended by Church Street and Macy’s, the city’s three-block mall is in limbo. Its owner, Don Sinex, has all of the permits required to break ground on a controversial redevelopment of the shopping plaza — as soon as this summer.

But opponents have a different plan. Represented

by Burlington attorney John Franco, various groups of city residents have launched a trio of legal challenges and are promising to keep submitting appeals until all of the options have been exhausted.

Now storefronts that only months ago housed American Eagle, J. Crew, and Journeys are vacant, their dark exteriors covered with brown paper. The building’s remaining occupants, meanwhile, are still trying to attract customers while contending with general uncertainty about when construction might actually begin. The result is a disemboweled retail relic with little foot traffic — a far cry from the cutting-edge urban renewal project that wowed Vermont shoppers when it opened in 1976.

Of approximately 60 available storefronts in today’s mall, only 25 are occupied — and that includes L.L.Bean and Macy’s, neither of which is part of the redevelopment. The number is down from 36 last November and 43 in 2014, according to the Burlington Town Center website.

Similar shopping emporiums are closing all around the country — no indoor mall has been built since 2006, according to ABC News.

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option to move their wares to storefronts closer to the Church Street entrance. In the first phase of construction, the mall entrance to Macy’s will be blocked off while wreckers and bulldozers raze the vacated western section of the shopping plaza. From start to finish, the redevelopment is scheduled to take three years.

As Tuesday morning advanced, the east side of the mall grew livelier. Patrons

toting briefcases entered Starbucks from its Church Street entrance, and, as they left, coffees in hand, their muffled conversations trickled into the mall lobby.

Across the way, Rebecca Stowell and Tookie Mai washed the already-glistening windows of Five Guys.

The fast-food burger joint replaced A Cuisine, a locally owned conveyor-belt sushi restaurant, which closed last fall after a short run. Five Guys is the newest addition to the Town Center and the only other store that faces pedestrianheavy Church Street. Since the May 17 opening, business has been “steady,” said Stowell.

She said she wasn’t worried about the stability of her new job. If the Five

Guys owners anticipated an issue, she said trustingly, “then they wouldn’t have opened it, you know?”

It’s been nearly three years since Sinex announced the redevelopment. A New York developer with Vermont ties, he’s earned the backing of Mayor Miro Weinberger, Burlington city councilors of all political persuasions and several environmental groups. Last November, Burlington voters approved two mallrelated ballot measures, including $21.8 million in tax-increment financing to pay for infrastructure along newly opened stretches of Pine and St. Paul streets.

Sinex received the go-ahead from the city’s design advisory board, conservation board and, finally, in mid-March, the permits from the Development Review Board.

The campaign against the reenvisioned mall, which includes buildings of up to 14 stories, started early on. As presented, Franco said, “the project is too big and does not deal with the problems it’s going to create.” Six months ago, Franco helped the Coalition for a Livable City challenge the wording of the TIF ballot question that Burlingtonians approved — but a judge dismissed three parts of the four-part suit in mid-May. In March, after the Queen City’s Development Review Board greenlighted the project, Franco appealed the decision on behalf of 57 plantiffs, including some CLC members. He argued that the plans do not include enough parking to accommodate the increased occupancy.

The project is out of scale with the surrounding area, the appeal stated, and does not comply with the city’s own zoning regulations.

“This was not just a Hail Mary. There were serious appeals here,” said Franco, who pointed to a judge’s decision earlier this month that found his claims were not “tenuous or frivolous.”

Legal appeals are a “long tradition in Vermont,” he added. They’re also a necessary component of a thorough review process; Franco maintains that the Development Review Board never considered his parking concerns in their discussions.

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“It’s a complicated project, and with complications come delay and controversies,” said Brian Shupe, executive director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council. The VNRC opposed the project early on because it had too much parking, Shupe added, but with changes to the plan, it finally endorsed the development.

Still, he said, “there’s a right for folks to have due process.”

What about those whose livelihoods depend on the mall?

One saleswoman, folding shorts behind the counter of the women’s clothing store Francesca’s, said she expected to start a job search within the coming weeks. “They don’t tell us anything,” said the woman, who declined to give her name and didn’t define “they.”

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“I think it’s going to be a hot mess for the next two years,” she added.

Upstairs, Sameen Mohideen said he’s hoping to move Saraz, an Indian clothing and jewelry store, to a shop in the front of the mall. He ticked off the businesses that have left around him: “Hollister, American Eagle, Famous Footwear, J. Crew…” he trailed off.

“It’s weird to be here alone,” said Mohideen, who has owned his store for a dozen years. “It feels like we’re abandoned.”

Sinex exhibited a determined enthusiasm during an interview in his fourthfloor offices at 101 Cherry Street, above L.L.Bean. “I’m confident as time goes by, we’ll win,” he said, leaning forward at a conference room table. He was eager to list the project’s many benefits: affordable housing, economic payback and fewer commuters, to name a few.

Still, he doesn’t feel any of it resonates with locals. “The 14 stories — that sinks in,” he said wryly.

The ongoing litigation, though, means Sinex has yet to secure the majority of the financing for the $225 million project. In April, he announced that his company, Devonwood Investors, along with New York-based Rouse Properties, would combine to put up about $75 million in a joint venture agreement.

The remaining funds are expected in the form of a $150 million construction loan.

Sinex has provided mixed messages about when the cash will come

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he Vermont legislature rejected Gov. Phil Scott’s plan to merge the liquor department and lottery commission earlier this year, opting instead to study the matter. Rather than raise the minimum wage, it created a study committee.

An attempt to regulate tile drains — underground irrigation pipes that can be a conduit for pollution — also turned into a study.

And that’s just scratching the surface. According to a Seven Days analysis, lawmakers ordered up 68 reports and studies during the recently concluded legislative session. That has some wondering whether it’s time — and money — well spent.

“I find it very frustrating that any time there’s an issue that can’t get resolved, the solution always seemed to be a study or some other term for the same thing,” said House Minority Leader Don Turner (R-Milton).

Lawmakers acknowledge their penchant for commissioning reports, which can be a compromise between doing something and doing nothing — a way to appease advocates for a particular cause without angering opponents.

The problem, critics say, is that too often these special reports serve no practical purpose.

“Frankly, people joke, ‘Are any of these reports read?’” said Sen. Jane Kitchel (D-Caledonia), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

“Sometimes a study comes back to you, and you scratch your head and say, ‘Why did we ask for this?’” admitted Sen. Dick Sears (D-Bennington), who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Lawmakers say they have tried to reduce the number of summer studies, but still the stack grows higher.

No comprehensive record exists, so Seven Days created one by searching the 99 bills that passed both chambers this year for such terms as “study,” “report,” “working group,” “task force,” “commission” and “council.” We excluded any straightforward requests for specific information that could be delivered verbally or as part of an already-established report. When the legislature created a committee and then assigned it a report, we counted that just once.

So what were lawmakers eager to explore? The 68 commissioned reports focused on such topics as Airbnb, health information technology, suicide, sexual assault evidence kits, impartial policing, independent schools, workers’ compensation and waterway cleanup.

The 2018 state budget alone calls for 17 new reports; an economic development bill contains nine; and a measure “relating to insurance and securities” includes five.

Most commonly, the legislature orders state agencies to create the reports. In other cases, lawmakers carry out studies themselves as part of temporary summer committees, or they delegate the job to a group of stakeholders. On occasion, the legislature creates permanent commissions, whose responsibilities inevitably include annual reports.

Seven Days’ list does not include the many recurring studies and existing commissions that predate the 2017 session. According to the governor’s office, Vermont

has accumulated more than 180 permanent commissions, which range from highly active ones, such as the State Board of Education, to the obscure, such as the Vermont Racing Commission — established in 1959 to regulate horse-race gambling.

Of course, some studies generate important results.

Many of the state’s landmark laws were preceded by studies, including same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, universal prekindergarten and paid sick leave. Rep. David Deen (D-Westminster) argues that study committees and the reports they produce are especially important for a part-time legislature with limited professional staff.

“Because we are a citizens’ legislature, there are issues that come to us that we have never thought about in our entire lives,” Deen said. “We need a mechanism to be able to look at issues in depth.”

Rep. Oliver Olsen (I-Londonderry) agrees. “I actually see a lot of value in study committees,” he said, suggesting that the “more relaxed, focused environment” makes them more productive. “These committees are working without the distractions that we typically see in the legislative session … You don’t have all the hustle and bustle. You don’t have lobbyists coming in and out of the committees.”

From her perch as Appropriations chair, Kitchel acts as a sort of study gatekeeper. She also defends them. “I know studies are often code for ‘delay.’ Sometimes they are, in fact … gathering information and data necessary to make informed decisions,” she said.

Sears sees value in a task force his committee created this year to address complaints about the state’s alimony laws, which haven’t been updated in decades.

Composed of lawyers, judges, alimony payers and recipients, the group is supposed to recommend changes to the statute. “To get them together would take an entire session,” Sears said.

On the other hand, when asked about a report to determine whether the state should continue to require a front license plate on vehicles, he responded with sarcasm: “I think that’s just a terribly important thing … I hope it’s exhaustive.”

Some studies, Sears noted, “are really [ just] kicking the can down the road.” He suggested that the creation of a Mental Health Crisis Response Commission this year was merely a way to postpone difficult funding decisions.

Sometimes the process repeats itself. Last year, the legislature called on the state treasurer to identify funding sources to clean up the state’s waterways. This year,

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lawmakers reviewed the report and then created a working group to recommend funding sources. There was little else to do in a political environment hostile to new taxes and fees. (The legislature also created a seven-member advisory council to oversee the new six-member water funding working group.)

Similarly, for three years in a row lawmakers have asked for reports on the difference in pay rates between hospital-affiliated doctors and independent ones. Still, they’ve gotten no closer to the goal of “pay parity.”

“I quite honestly think we ask for way too many reports,” said Sen. Jeanette White (D-Windham), who chairs the Senate Government Operations Committee.

“I think many of those reports go unread,” Olsen observed. “Do I read every report that’s been produced? No. It’s just not practical.”

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If lawmakers have trouble reading the reports, how do the people producing them manage?

Summer study committees carry a known cost, in addition to legislative staff time. Lawmakers are paid a per diem rate of $141, plus mileage and food expenses, which average about $73 a day, according to a 2017 memo from the Joint Fiscal Office. The six lawmakers assigned to the minimum wage study committee will meet five times, costing roughly $6,420.

Occasionally, members of the public get paid for their participation — $50 a day, plus expenses — or the study group gets its own appropriation. In 2017, most study committees were asked to make do without additional pay.

State employees get assigned the most work by far. Sixty-four of the 68 reports require their participation, which adds to their regular duties.

Even so, current officials are loath to protest the workload.

The Department of Environmental Conservation, for example, picked up five new report assignments this session, according to Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Ellis. Adding in seven annual reports and one biennial one, the DEC will have 14 reports due in 2018 — a light load compared to the 33 it has to deliver this year.

“I actually think the legislature is pretty mindful of the demands they’re

putting on the agencies,” said Ellis, who previously served in the House. “From my sense, they really don’t request reports on a whim.”

But, as Sen. Claire Ayer (D-Addison) noted, “Nobody complains to us because we’re the lawmakers.”

Former officials tend to be more blunt. “They can direct us to do stuff, and sometimes they do it without regard to what our workflow is and what our capacity is,” said Deb Markowitz, who led the Agency of Natural Resources under former governor Peter Shumlin.

“It’s very easy for a legislative committee to say, ‘Oh, just do a study and report back to us.’”

Susan Bartlett, who served as a state senator before going to work in the governor’s office and later in the Agency of Human Services, agreed. “They don’t realize how much time and energy is required to do these reports,” she said.

“We were just buried in them at times,” recalled Doug Racine, who led the Agency of Human Services under Shumlin. “Oftentimes we were being asked to create data we didn’t have … and we didn’t have the ability to [collect] with our IT system.”

“The legislature has a right to ask for information. I would never quarrel with that,” Racine said. But, he continued, “Can we look at these things once in a while and ask, ‘Are they still adding value?’”

Lawmakers contend that they already do that — or at least try to.

Kitchel’s panel reviews any report that comes with an explicit cost and has pushed to consolidate committees with similar missions. That appears to have cut down on legislative study committees.

Former senator Kevin Mullin, who resigned last week to join the Green Mountain Care Board, has noticed a difference. In past years, he said, “I would go up there [to the Statehouse] in the summertime, and half the legislature would be there.”

This year, only nine of the new reports require lawmaker participation.

The House and Senate government operations committees also periodically try to weed out superfluous studies and commissions. But, said White, “It doesn’t always happen, and sometimes it’s very informal.”

Once created, commissions are difficult to eliminate. White said her committee ran into resistance when it wanted to get rid of the Vermont Racing Commission. Betting on horse racing is illegal in Vermont, but the commission

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yellow-clad road worker flagged a dozen cars to a stop last Thursday while excavators gouged out earth and shrubbery along the east side of Route 7 in Charlotte.

The vehicles waited in the spring drizzle for about seven minutes. Such delays have become familiar to regular commuters as a $20 million, three-mile road reconstruction and shoulder-widening project stretches into its second summer.

The holdups are a temporary inconvenience. But the physical changes to the route through pastoral Chittenden County are permanent. Hundreds of trees have been felled and stretches of private land bulldozed to widen the corridor so that it looks less like a narrow country byway and more like what it really is: a commuter highway that carries 13,500 cars a day through Charlotte.

The work is widening the ribbon of asphalt from roughly 28 feet to 42 feet — but there will still be just two lanes, one northbound and one southbound.

What’s changing are the road shoulders, where drivers can pull over for the cops or to change a flat tire. These will expand from narrow strips barely big enough to accommodate a bicycle to eight-foot-wide ones to conform with federal highway safety standards.

Half of the project is already done, from the Ferrisburgh-Charlotte town line north to State Park Road, which leads to Mount Philo.

The remaining section, now under construction, will terminate just before the biggest intersection in town, at Ferry Road, where people turn off Route 7 to catch a boat to Essex, N.Y. Jim Amblo The project is on budget and on schedule for completion in July 2018, according to Vermont Transportation Agency project manager Ken Upmal. But not everybody is applauding it.

“They spent a lot of money on this thing that didn’t have to be spent.

Ridiculous,” said Jim Amblo, 82, coowner of Tarry-Ho Miniature Horses farm on the west side of Route 7 in Charlotte.

Last summer VTrans workers chopped down five towering sugar maples on Amblo’s property, he explained glumly, pointing to a log pile.

That was all that remained of the

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granddaddy trees he first tapped for syrup when his family acquired the property circa 1948.

The life-size model horse that once stood sentry on his lawn overlooking the highway is now leaning against a garage, a casualty of a recent powerful windstorm.

Amblo feels off-kilter, too.

He dislikes the way workers graded the bank in front of his old white farmhouse, he said as he looked out from under the bill of his striped farm cap at the traffic whizzing past.

The new driveway the state built for him is steeper than Amblo expected, he said, and difficult to ascend in a truck loaded with hay bales for his 26 miniature horses. He regrets accepting a state payment of $4,500 for an easement.

The state has agreed to adjust the grade of the driveway, but Amblo said the project marred the landscape for no good reason.

“It might be progress, but not for me … It’s a shame,” he said.

Duker Bower has a different view.

Just to the north of Amblo’s property, at the dangerous intersection of Route 7 and State Park Road, the innkeeper and artist welcomed the project — especially because it includes a small tunnel that will allow pedestrians and cyclists to cross underneath the busy highway.

The flashing yellow light that once warned motorists approaching that perilous spot has been replaced with a turning lane.

“I think it’s wonderful,” said Bower, co-owner of the Inn at Charlotte B&B. He, too, gave up some trees to the con- Joe DePaolis struction last summer but said the benefits outweigh the losses. “I actually kind of like the way it’s opened up,” Bower said about the views, adding: “It is safer and better.”

He’s eager to use the approximately $150,000 tunnel, which is scheduled to be completed next year.

The new underpass, or half of it, was visible last Thursday in a large pit. The

concrete box is shaped like a freight train car but with a sloped entrance. The 96-foot-long tunnel is being installed in two precast pieces, the first on the east side of the road currently being reconstructed.

Joe DePaolis, a contractor who is the chief inspector of the project, pointed to the crushed stone on the tunnel floor — meant to provide traction to walkers and bikers. An enormous excavator sat near the pit, and engineers and construction workers scurried around the site to work on the grade and drainage system.

GPS satellite data helps them to build with precision.

“It’s not Fred Flintstone construction anymore,” said DePaolis. “It’s been thought out.”

The new tunnel will make it easier for cross-country skiers, cyclists and pedestrians to travel a proposed seven-mile gravel recreation path called the Charlotte Town Link Trail, intended to connect the eastern and western parts of town. Right now, only about two miles of the route are complete, in

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TRANSPORTATION fragments, on both sides of the road. But the trail’s supporters hope one day to expand and link sections so that people can take it from Mount Philo, a popular hiking destination with commanding Lake Champlain views, to the Charlotte Town Beach. In March, town voters approved $40,000 toward the trail project.

Currently, a section of unpaved trail near the underpass is lightly trod — the outline faint in a lush, grassy meadow.

That’s because, up until now, it has deadended at a stream of cars on Route 7, said Bower, the innkeeper. Cars shoot past at highway speeds; the posted limit is 50 miles per hour.

“There’s no easy way to cross,” he said.

The tunnel is a step toward a trail system that Charlotte badly needs for both adults and children, Bower said. “You can’t do anything without getting them in a car,” he said. “This gives them an opportunity to go across town with a bicycle.”

Margaret Russell, cochair of the Charlotte Trails Committee, is also a big

fan of the underpass. “We’ve been waiting for this for years,” she said.

The loss of trees is noticeable along the stretch of road that has been completed, Russell allowed. “Driving through there, it’s stark,” she said. “I

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think it’s going to take a while to get used to it, and I’m sorry for the homeowners directly involved.”

But the new shoulders will be much better for cyclists and motorists, she said.

“It’s a very dangerous section of road, and they are making it safer,” Russell said.

“It’s a huge project, and a necessary one,” said commuter Jason Farrell. “It’s crazy how tight that corridor was with bikes. It used to scare the hell out of me.”

He drives north from Vergennes to drop off his daughter at Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington and then heads to work in Essex. Farrell said he’s experienced occasional construction delays but “nothing extraordinary.”

Route 7 runs the length of western Vermont, from Highgate in the north to Pownal in the south. Most of the 176-mile artery is already widened to federal standards, with eight-foot shoulders. Another shoulder-widening and reconstruction project is under way this summer about 40 miles south of Charlotte, in Brandon and Pittsford.

Traffic on the corridor, also known as the Ethan Allen Highway, thickens as it nears Burlington and peaks at 40,800 vehicles a day by the Interstate 189 onramp in South Burlington. That’s as

heavy a load as on many stretches of Interstate 89, which has the highest traffic volume in the state.

The state upgrades arterial roads such as Routes 2 and 7 with standard shoulders when conditions and funding allow, said Bruce Nyquist, director of highway safety at VTrans.

Plenty of narrow country roads with little or no shoulder will stay that way. “We’re not widening everything,” Nyquist said.

That’s no comfort, though, to Amblo, who shook his head as he gazed at the young replacement maple trees that workers planted in his front yard. He won’t live to see them produce any sap worth collecting, he said, and recognizes no advantage to the road widening. In fact, he said, it might entice people to speed.

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shoppers. “It is tall,” she said of the proposed towers. in. He told reporters in December, and Richmond moved to Burlington just then in April, that the financing would a month ago, but in her previous town be set “within weeks.” Now, six weeks — Rockland, Maine — a five-story hotel later, he said he has “four to five” bid- spurred similar opposition. It was built, ders interested in putting up the funds. “and it’s fine,” she said. “You can get But the legal tie-ups are costing him. used to anything.”

No one’s interested in Jason Robinson, the forking over $150 million owner of LeZot Camera to $180 million while Shop, moved from a Church there are pending court Street studio in October appeals, Sinex said.

2016 to a space in the mall; In court documents, he supported the redevelSinex has claimed that opment project from the he’s losing $270,000 every start and wanted to be at month that construction is ground zero — precisely delayed.

100 steps from the front If Sinex manages to door, he said, and close to finance the project, he is alwhat would become a new lowed to proceed with conback door, where St. Paul struction, despite efforts to Street would cut through slow it down. But a ruling the existing building. in Franco’s favor could Robinson has a loyal cliforce Sinex to dismantle S A M E E N M O H I D E E N entele that seeks him out; any progress that’s been people come from as far as made. And if the case is apMaine for camera equippealed to the Vermont Supreme Court, ment and photo printing, he said. But it could drag on for months, even years.

Robinson, who supported Sinex ahead Until the legal affairs get sorted, it’s of November’s vote on mall-related business as usual at the Town Center. ballot measures, said he’s worried about On the mall mezzanine last week, other shop owners who are losing foot passersby grew to a steady stream as traffic and don’t know what will happen midday approached. French-speaking — nor when.

Québécois walked by, paying little The waiting “is bad for downtown; attention to their surroundings as it’s bad for us in the mall,” Robinson said they streamed toward Church Street. with exasperation. “We emptied out Families strolled, clutching Macy’s this thing so we can do work, and now bags. A line formed for burgers, fries there’s no work to be done — for what and shakes at Five Guys. reason?”

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continues to this day with a three-member board chaired by Burlington businessman and political insider Harlan Sylvester.

White herself isn’t immune to the temptation. “I’m going to try to talk Tim into letting [the Senate Government Operations Committee] meet five times this summer to talk about law enforcement,” she noted, referring to Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe (D/P-Chittenden).

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White acknowledged that her line of inquiry — how to address inconsistent police coverage across the state — has already been studied about a dozen times dating back to 1974.

“What’s happened is that a report will be done, and you read the report and say, ‘Oh, my God, this is going to make half the law enforcement in the state mad,’” White explained. This time, she pledged, “We’re just going to tackle it even if we make people mad.” !

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for different audiences earned him the reputation of being an out-of-the-box thinker. It was during this time as a consultant that he introduced one of his clients, Xerox, to the idea of underwriting special programming for television, resulting in such groundbreaking programs as “Roots,” “Nicholas Nickelby,” “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and “Queen of the Stardust Ballroom,” to name a few.

The overwhelming success of Xerox Presents led

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1933-2017 Franklin Garfield Marshall Jr., a true storyteller like the raconteurs of old, left this life on May 20, 2017, as he preferred to live it: in his house on Lake Champlain, surrounded by those he loved and with a glass of red wine by his side.

Frank was born and presumed stillborn on August 1, 1933, to Franklin Garfield Marshall and Ada Winn Marshall in Springfield, Mass. When the infant was discovered alive hours later, the heat from a nearby radiator was credited with reviving him. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Frank grabbed the following 83-plus years with both hands, until the cancer that he had staved off for several years finally had the last word.

Frank embarked upon his professional career in New York armed only with his wits and a singular ability for writing prose. Hanging out a shingle with Phil Bloom, he launched the firm of Marshall and Bloom, writing position papers and making industrial films for corporate clients.

Frank’s ability to translate complex concepts

to the formation of his own production company —Reeves Communication — which produced a string of successful shows such as “Electric Company,” “Sesame Street,” “Kate & Allie” and “That’s Incredible!” At the same time, he served as the creative force and executive producer for Mobil Oil Corp.’s “Masterpiece Theatre” and “Mystery” productions, including “The First Churchills,” “Elizabeth R,” “I, Claudius,” and “Edward & Mrs. Simpson.” “Upstairs, Downstairs” which was aired in 1974, became an immediate sensation, winning numerous national and international awards.

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even Days writers can’t possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, a charm of hummingbirds. So this monthly feature is our way of introducing you to five books by Vermont authors. To do that, we contextualize each book just a little and quote a single representative sentence from, yes, page 32.

Inclusion here implies neither approval nor derision on our part, but simply: Here are a bunch of books, arranged alphabetically by authors’ names, that Seven Days readers might like to know about. !

Good Naked: Reflections on How to Write More, Write Better, and Be Happier Joni B. Cole, University Press of New England, 208 pages. $19.95.

Writers need to rewire their brains toward the positive because if we don’t, sooner or later we are likely to decide that the pain and effort of capturing our stories on the page aren’t worth it, even when we know writing is one of the most worthy things we can do.

Do you yearn to write the “great American novel” but can’t seem to get beyond a page? Are you eager to have your work critiqued with “brutal honesty”? Are you convinced you’ll never be a writer if you don’t write every single day? For aspiring authors who have absorbed these common attitudes, JONI B. COLE, founder of the WRITER’S CENTER OF WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, has some straight — and often funny — talk.

Part craft book and part self-help, Good Naked advances the radical thesis that being nice to themselves — and their peers — might actually help writers write more and better.

Drawing on her ample workshop experience, Cole, who also teaches at Dartmouth College, offers common-sense advice for getting words on the page. Just as our naked bodies shouldn’t be a source of shame, she suggests, neither should our rough drafts, which reveal the “creative process in all its shining glory.”

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The Farm in the Green Mountains

Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer, New York Review of Books Classics, 256 pages. $15.95.

We fell asleep late, because in this third snowy night a new sound had come: the sliding of the compact masses of snow off the roof and the dull thundering roar of the snow that slid off and piled up in front of the ground floor windows like a glacier.

Operatic Divas and Naked Irishmen: An Innkeeper’s Tale

Nancy R. Hinchliff, She Writes Press, 240 pages. $16.92.

The streets and even the sidewalks were frequently littered, and unsavory-looking characters lurked around every corner — homeless people and drug addicts, as well as an occasional prostitute or two.

This just might be the perfect year for the reissue of The Farm in the Green Mountains. Originally published in German in 1949 (and translated in 1987), it tells the story of the Austrian-born author’s flight from Germany to America with her husband in 1939. He was a satirical playwright whose jabs at the Nazi regime were not wholly welcomed.

She was an actress, secretary and late-blooming writer. After their exile from Germany and Austria, the couple landed in New York, then Vermont, where they settled on an old farm with an assortment of domestic animals. For seven years, they found refuge in the pastoral location and the physical labor it demanded of them. Chopping wood, mending pipes and growing vegetables became acts of survival and solace. Herdan-Zuckmayer’s account of those years began as a collection of letters to her in-laws and became a bestseller in postwar Germany. This edition includes an introduction by author Elisa Albert, who says that, reading Farm shortly after the election of Donald Trump, she found it “just the right book at just the right time.”

In this passage from her memoir, describes the historic Louisville, Ky., neighborhood where, at the age of 64, she purchased an elegant Victorian hoping to turn it into a bed-and-breakfast.

A retired schoolteacher with little relevant experience, she nonetheless ended up running her inn for two decades, gathering plenty of stories along the way. From rehab nightmares to unhelpful help to eccentric guests (the title alludes to two particularly memorable ones), Hinchliff weathered plenty of misadventures. An independent-minded, lifelong urbanite who minces no words — “Moving to Vermont,” she writes, “was like moving to a third-world country for me” — she tells her tales in brisk, readable chapters. Each one includes a delicious-sounding recipe from Hinchliff ’s B&B repertoire.

Hinchliff launches her book on Tuesday, June 13, 7 p.m. at Phoenix Books Essex.

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BOOKS

Unexpected Grace

Ruth Porter, Bar Nothing Books, 616 pages. $20.60.

City on the Verge: Atlanta and the Fight for America’s Urban Future Mark Pendergrast, Basic Books, 352 pages. $30.

Atlanta was officially incorporated as a city in 1847, when a circle with a one-mile radius was drawn from the Zero Mile Post to define its boundaries.

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Over the past 11 years, RUTH PORTER of Adamant has produced three enormous novels — each a meticulously observed study of life in rural Vermont, each selfpublished with professional design and presentation. Together, The Simple Life, Ordinary Magic and Unexpected Grace form a graceful triptych, a rebuke to stereotypes of the state. In Grace, which opens in 2010, Porter traces the fortunes of two middle-aged couples living cheek-by-jowl on what was once a single property. Sam and Bonnie Martel are struggling farmers with deep roots in the land, while Richard and Alyssa Bradshaw are whitecollar transplants “from away.”

But none of that matters when Sam loses his job, or when Alyssa receives a frightening diagnosis.

The novel’s disparate characters support one another through thick and thin — until Tropical Storm Irene enters the scene. While Porter unabashedly takes her time with her tale, evoking novelists of another era, she offers strong emotional payoffs. And readers will be impressed by the breadth of the author’s knowledge, whether she’s detailing the slaughtering of pigs or the wanderings of the human heart.

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With beginnings as a “makeshift railroad junction” named Marthasville, America’s biggest southeastern city has come a long way. In his new volume, Colchester-based author — and Atlanta native — MARK PENDERGRAST argues that the city has reached a key historical moment. At the center of Pendergrast’s analysis is the BeltLine, a grassroots revitalization effort to create an interconnected 22-mile loop of streetcars, trails and parks encircling downtown. Offering both an account of Atlanta’s tumultuous history and an anatomical breakdown of the BeltLine project so far, Pendergrast situates City on the Verge within the larger context of urban America’s future. A must-read for urban-planning junkies, it should also appeal to those interested in community building and the oft-charged politics of the built environment.

Pendergrast celebrates the book’s release on Thursday, June 1, 7 p.m. at Phoenix Books Burlington.

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hite River Junction will serve as the hub of the Vermont film world this week, when moviegoers and local filmmakers converge in the Upper Valley for the 13th annual WHITE RIVER INDIE FESTIVAL. The 2017 edition of WRIF comprises 20 feature films and 15 shorts, with themes of cultural identity, labor exploitation and the injustices of the criminal justice system forming the core of the four-day program.

The fest begins on Thursday, June 1, with a pair of midcentury American classics. Salt of the Earth (1954), a drama surreptitiously edited during the McCarthy era by a group of blacklisted Hollywood pariahs, chronicles a strike led by Mexican American workers at a New Mexico mining company. It’s followed

by Border Incident, a film noir from 1949 that tackles illegal immigration and migrant labor issues in a taut thriller format.

“What I find fascinating is the tie-ins to contemporary issues of human trafficking and the U.S.-Mexican border,” says WRIF board president MICHAEL BEAHAN. “It turns out that a lot of things have not changed in a long time, and issues that were critical in the early ’50s, with migrant workers being exploited and trafficked back and forth across the border, [are] all still happening today.”

First-year WRIF board member GERD GEMÜNDEN, a Dartmouth College professor, says he selected Border Incident for both its aesthetic audacity and its political relevance during the early innings of the Trump administration, which has prioritized the fortification of the United States’ border with its southern neighbor.

“I think it’s a topical film in many ways, but I think it’s also — just on a filmmaking level — it’s really an interesting film, especially the cinematography by John Alton,” Gemünden says. “It’s just really stunning.”

The marquee Friday and Saturday evening festival slots are occupied by movies from two Norwich-based filmmakers.

The Hanji Box, written and directed by NORA JACOBSON, is about a mother who experiences a cultural awakening during a trip to New York City’s Koreatown, following an argument with her adopted Korean daughter.

It premiered last fall at the VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Burlington.

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Jacobson, who serves as vice president of the WRIF board of directors, is currently writing a sequel to the film. The follow-up focuses on the adopted daughter’s journey to her birth country, and her relationship with a fellow expatriate adoptee. Jacobson notes in an email to Seven Days that if she’s able to secure financing, she’ll shoot the film in South Korea, with actress Natalie Kim likely reprising the daughter role.

The Saturday night WRIF spotlight is It’s Criminal + Broken, a documentary about a Dartmouth College course called “Inside Out: Prison, Women and

Performance.” Created by professors PATI HERNANDEZ and IVY SCHWEITZER, the class brings together students and female prisoners for a theatrical collaboration that dramatizes the inmates’ experiences. Hernandez and Schweitzer will join director SIGNE TAYLOR for a postscreening discussion that will also include a current Dartmouth student and two former inmates featured in the film.

“I think a lot of times incarcerated women are pretty powerless, and they’re pretty silenced,” Taylor observes. “I think the camera was really an important part of giving them voice and validity.”

Taylor will be part of a Saturday afternoon panel discussion called “How Do You Fund Your Film?”

Funding her $100,000 documentary wasn’t easy, she says. Taylor finished shooting It’s Criminal in 2010, but it took another six years of sporadic fundraising — relying mostly on small grants from local foundations — for her to complete postproduction.

The finished film delves into the socioeconomic disparity between students at a prestigious Ivy League college and prisoners at a rural jail in Unity, N.H. The majority of the inmates are addicts who were jailed for minor drug-related offenses. Many were victims of abuse. Most couldn’t afford bail, so they pleaded guilty just to expedite their time behind bars. One young woman hasn’t even been sentenced yet finds herself waiting months in jail for her court date.

After witnessing firsthand the therapeutic effects of the theater collaboration, Taylor believes that the U.S. prison system doesn’t do nearly enough to incorporate arts and education into the rehabilitation process. It’s a sentiment she shares with Schweitzer.

“Prisons could become educational institutions, because education is the strongest hedge against crime and poverty,” the professor states in the film. “Send them back into the communities a better person than [when] they left — that would be the ideal prison.”

Formerly held in April, WRIF moved into the warm-weather months as the result of a partnership with NORTHERN STAGE, whose BARRETTE CENTER FOR THE ARTS now accommodates screenings after the theater company finishes its season. Beahan hopes the success of the annual festival can be parlayed into year-round programming through an initiative called WRIF 365.

Although no specific events have been penciled in for the fall, Beahan says he’s had discussions with JAY CRAVEN about a potential event highlighting the filmmaker’s adaptations of the stories of Howard Frank Mosher, the acclaimed Northeast Kingdom author who died on January 29.

“The festival’s great … but people [have] only heard about us for four days out of the year,” Beahan says. “A lot of times, films come up that are timely, and you don’t want to wait until June and the festival to show them.” !

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progress and invites performers and audience members to give feedback.

The title of Friday’s performance is a double entendre that references both the president’s social media fixation and the chirp of birds, a reminder of environmental concerns made more pressing by the administration’s dismissive approach to climate change. And while the content will surely be political, the organizers hope it will also be playful.

One of the main tenets of the series is a motto of Wennberg’s: “More sandbox than soapbox.” Byrne says she interprets that as, “Let’s not speak from a preaching position; let’s encourage people to play with the theme.”

Wennberg concurs.

C L ARE “We didn’t want to be heavy-handed,” he says. “We want people to come and be able to enjoy themselves at the performance, and raise awareness on some level. But we didn’t provide a lot of guidance to the artists [about] what we want — just a few cues, and [it’s] up to them to show what they want to show.”

How that will play out remains to be seen. For her part, Byrne plans on portraying an iteration of her long-standing White Witch alter ego, a goddess archetype with varied manifestations. Last year, Byrne performed as the White Witch in the collective DANCE TRAMP at

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Wennberg says he won’t perform at this event but likely will in the future.

“I’m just helping pull it all together,” he says, noting that the next theme will probably be immigration.

Other performers in “Tweet!” include Byrne’s former student SARAH MACDONALD, acoustic rock outfit the BREVITY THING, SETH JARVIS, and comedy musical duo FISH AND CHIPS. Although the event is free, donations will benefit Audubon Vermont.

“The point of the evening,” Alec Julien concludes, “isn’t so much to bemoan what’s wrong with the world but to make art that gets us all talking about what’s wrong with the world, what’s right with the world and how we can make the world a more beautiful place.” !

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the FLYNNSPACE. That version of the character executed “a horsey ballet,” Byrne told Seven Days at the time.

She hints that this version of White Witch might present as male. “I’ll be manifesting White Witch to deal pretty directly with the Oval Office,” Byrne says.

“She gets done what needs to get done.”

She also hints that the piece, with accompanying music by Julien, will have an ecological bent. “[The White Witch is] a pruner [in this performance],” Byrne says with a sly smile.

The audience can expect the character to be dramatic.

Byrne calls the White Witch a destroyer and creator similar to the Hindu goddess Kali, known as both a demon killer and a BYRN E liberator of souls.

For his act, Julien is pulling together an improvisatory musical trio. “The bass player, JEREMY HARLOS, and I have a background in free jazz, and we’ll be drawing on that to create an interesting canvas for the spoken-word talents of PATRICIA JULIEN,” the guitar player and typographer says.

Patricia, a University of Vermont professor, jazz flutist and Julien’s wife, will read selected posts from the president’s Twitter account. “We’ll be trying to bridge the gap between scary and funny,” she remarks, “which is something many of us are doing on a daily

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fter the election of Donald Trump last November, artists — and many others —wondered: How do I respond? The more than 95,000 people who voted for Trump in Vermont likely celebrated. But, back in December, Seven Days staff wrote about responses from a few artists who were less than ecstatic with the outcome.

Their works ranged from vagina-themed T-shirts to sprawling street art.

The artistic impulse to address the current tumultuous political state has hardly abated. A new entry, ARTISTS’ IMPERATIVE, is an event series intended to continue the collective commentary.

This Friday, June 2, the inaugural affair — titled “TWEET!” — takes place at Maglianero in Burlington.

Film producer MARC WENNBERG is the primary instigator of Artists’ Imperative. The 51-year-old artist says, “[After the election,] I just felt like it was important for me to do something, important to my soul.” Not wanting to go it alone, Wennberg reached out to choreographer CLARE BYRNE and musician ALEC JULIEN for help.

“I had the initial idea,” Wennberg says, “but then I spoke with Clare, and she really helped to shape it into what it is now, which is quarterly events organized around a theme where we invite different artists to share work on that theme.”

Byrne was a good choice. The University of Vermont dance professor has experience organizing ongoing events: For eight years, she’s been bringing artists and performers together for Eat My Art Out, an intimate, thriceyearly event that showcases works in

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Dear Cecil,

What’s the difference between service animals, emotional support animals and therapy animals? I know service animals can accompany their owners anywhere, but does that apply to emotional support animals and therapy animals, too? Are these animals required to be licensed or registered in some way?

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mericans spend a whole lot of time griping about oppressive government regulations — hell, we’ve got a whole political party dedicated to stripping ’em off the books.

But if you say you use a service dog, guess what? That’s that. No one can ask for your papers. No local government can require you to register the animal. It sounds too civilized to be true — which is why, naturally, there are folks in business selling unneeded certifications.

A service animal is an animal trained to assist a disabled person by performing specific tasks: They guide the blind, signal the hearingimpaired, pull wheelchairs and so on. Their use is governed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, which allows anyone requiring the assistance of a service animal to bring that animal into any public accommodation without discrimination — a cabbie can’t shake his head and speed off when he sees your furry

companion, and that hip new restaurant can’t hide you both behind a screen in the back.

The term “service animal” sounds broader than it really is; what we’re talking about here is pretty much just dogs. ADA regulations currently exclude all other creatures, except one: If a dog is a bad fit for you (due to allergies, say, or religious constraints), a miniature horse may be used instead — providing that it’s suitably housebroken, that the mesmerizing cuteness of a tiny horse won’t create a safety hazard, etc.

Of course, there are some restrictions. A service animal that flips out on duty can get you both tossed out on the street, and the ADA won’t object. A server doesn’t have to bring a snack or water bowl when you’re dining out with your dog. And while local governments can’t compel you to register your service animal as a service animal, they can, of course, require licensing, vaccinations and all the other basics of animal ownership.

Crucially, though, the law doesn’t require you to justify your service animal’s presence with documentation or by disclosing medical specifics; all anyone can ask you is whether it is, in fact, required because of a disability and what task it’s trained to do. This means that anyone, theoretically, could claim their dog is a service animal. Presumably, some level of civic responsibility, or just self-respect, prevents the sighted from pretending to be blind so they don’t have to leave their dogs outside the bank.

An emotional support animal doesn’t do the same kind of clearly visible work as a service animal — it’s a companion that provides therapeutic benefit for those suffering psychiatric woes. With ESAs, the major issue isn’t where you’re allowed to bring them, but where they’re allowed to live.

Under the Fair Housing Act, a “reasonable accommodation” must be made for folks with a physical or mental disability who need the assistance of an

animal. Basically, even if I have a no-pets rule in my building, I’m still legally required to allow you to live with your ESA if you have a disability that entitles you to one; you just have to provide a note from your doctor (or social worker, or some other professional) certifying that you have a need for the animal.

While you can’t take your emotional support animal anywhere you want, the Air Carrier Access Act does allow you to bring it to the airport and onto the plane. Unlike a service animal, an ESA can also be a cat or most any other species, though since an ESA mustn’t impose an undue financial burden on the landlord by doing damage to property or requiring increased insurance, you might have a harder time setting up household with your rambunctious emotional support mongoose.

“Service animal” and “assistance animal” are legal classifications. That’s not the case with therapy animals. These tend to be plain old pets that some institution — a hospital, a nursing home, or, increasingly,

a college or university where student fretting goes into overdrive at exam time — will invite in to cheer, soothe or otherwise distract the residents. Access to therapy animals isn’t protected by law, so whoever’s hosting them can make their own rules.

Just because hotels and movie theaters can’t ask you to show paperwork for your service animal doesn’t mean plenty of websites out there won’t be happy to send you some anyway. Certain of these sites simply offer free-of-charge documentation that may make your use of a service animal less hassle-ridden — surely not every maître d’ out there has gotten the relevant memo, after all. But others might charge you $60 or so for a badge, vest or photo ID. If this doesn’t sound any more useful than those astronomic registry services that allowed you to “name” a star after your beloved grandma, well, I won’t argue. And let’s be realistic: No matter what badge or vest you put on him, people are still going to want to talk about your miniature horse.

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“Yup, I’m on my own, which is not the best thing.”

I was driving the group from the Pour House (I’ve always loved the pun) to On Tap, located at Five Corners in Essex Junction. “You gonna be around later tonight?” Arnie asked when we pulled into the bar’s parking lot.

“Most definitely,” I replied. “Call me when you need me.”

For the next few hours, I continued working, driving my usual combination

“Fabulous idea,” Brodie agreed.

“Jernigan, what’s open this late? Is the McDonald’s on Williston Road 24 hours?

That’s on the way.”

“Yup, it is,” I confirmed, and steered the vehicle toward Mickey D’s. Years ago, I remember, they used to have a sign in front of each store boasting “millions served.” In short order, the number reached “billions,” before, I believe, the company dropped the sign altogether when the total surpassed 100 billion.

WE COULD SEE THROUGH THE WINDOW THAT BRODIE WAS IN DEEP CONVERSATION WITH A DIMINUTIVE OLDER LADY. of regular customers, who call in for service, and random people off the streets, who either hail me from the curb or catch me at a taxi stand. Downtown was buzzing — it being graduation weekend for UVM — but the “random” category of fares was down significantly from past years. The decrease was due to that dreadful four-letter word: Uber. In common with every city where Uber has established service, Burlington has seen its traditional cab industry devastated.

It’s like the fucking plague, the Hackie Black Death. Not that I’m bitter.

At 1:30, Arnie called from On Tap for the return pickup home, and I hustled out to Essex. When the trio entered the cab, I could see they hadn’t skimped on the tap: All three were nicely lubricated, particularly Brodie.

“I am hungry!” Amy announced.

“What say you, guys? Let’s stop for some food.”

Speaking personally, I’ll take Al’s French Frys any day of the week, misspelling and all.

We pulled into McDonald’s, and Brodie entered the joint with Amy, while I waited in the cab with Arnie. “Not getting any food?” I asked him.

“Oh, I’m getting food. Amy’ll pick me up a Number Three. That’s my jam. So, you know Brodie for years, I guess? He is the most generous dude, isn’t he? The kind of guy, you get in a jam, you can call at three in the morning and he’ll come running, not a moment’s hesitation.”

“I know that to be true,” I said. “I’ve witnessed it myself. Check it out — what the heck is he up to now in there?”

From where we were parked, we could see through the window that Brodie was deep in conversation with a diminutive older lady. “I wonder what that’s about?” I said. “I mean, I know Brodie talks to everybody.”

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ook at you, Jernigan — you’ve grown a beard.”

“Yeah, and it’s mostly white. I’ve gone full geezer, brother. You don’t like the way it looks?”

“No, it’s not that. It’s just that I can’t kiss you anymore.”

“Well, that settles it, then — it’s coming off.”

I was sitting next to Chris Brodowski, a 20-year customer. I don’t know how I pulled up his given name, because I can’t remember the last time I heard anyone use it. The man is universally known as “Brodie.” And “universally” aptly evokes Brodie’s profile in the Burlington community: Everybody seems to know him and consider him a friend. He’s just a big, and bighearted, guy.

“Jernigan, have you met my friends back here? Arnie and Amy?” I pivoted in my seat to make eye contact with the couple. “Great to meet ya,” I said.

“Same here,” Arnie said. “Brodie’s told us many a story about you. I guess you’ve rescued his sorry ass more than a few times through the years.”

“Ain’t that the truth,” I said with a chuckle.

“Well, you don’t need to worry about him tonight, because we’re babysitting the big galoot,” Amy informed me. “You know how he gets when Gracie is away — slightly unhinged.”

“Where’s Grace this weekend?” I asked Brodie.

“She’s up in Québec City for a hockey tournament with our eldest. He’s become, like, a real athlete. He’s formidable on the ice, man. Truly.”

“I have no doubt. Your mom got the two younger kids?”

Amy returned with her bagged food for her and her man. “What’s holding up Brodie?” Arnie asked her.

“Well, you won’t believe it — or, actually, maybe you will. He’s finishing up with his new friend. I think he just gave this random woman all the money in his wallet.”

A couple of minutes passed, and Brodie stepped into the shotgun seat.

“Jeez Louise, Brodie — how much money did you give that lady?” Arnie asked.

“Oh, so Amy told ya? I don’t know — about 180 bucks.”

Arnie shook his head. “And what, pray tell, prompted that?”

“She was telling me about her life.

She commutes every day up to St. Albans to work at the Peerless Clothing warehouse. Her weekly check is, like, $381.

She shares a one-bedroom apartment with her grown son, who has some kind of special needs.”

“So you gave her all the cash in your wallet?” Arnie asked. He was incredulous.

“I don’t know,” Brodie replied. “I thought she could really use the money.”

“Brodie, my man,” I said, “when you get to the pearly gates, you are going through the speed-pass lane, no questions asked.”

“Oh, and Arnie,” Brodie said, turning in his seat, a big, crooked grin on his face.

“I’m afraid you’re gonna have to cover this cab fare. I don’t have any money on me.”

Arnie and Amy laughed. “Sure thing, big fella,” Arnie said. “We got you covered.” !

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It seems that jazz is perpetually on the verge of being “over.”

Or, to borrow a phrase often uttered by Reuben Jackson, host of “Friday Night Jazz” on Vermont Public Radio: “Jazz is the greatest music nobody ever gave a damn about.”

That quote originates from Jackson’s father — and was slightly sanitized by the radio DJ. But recent numbers reveal the truth in that sentiment. Nielsen, the global data and information company, noted in its 2016 U.S. Music Year-End Report that jazz makes up only 1 percent of total audio consumption.

Jazz has rarely been mainstream. But, once in a while, a figure comes along who reinvigorates the genre and ignites interest beyond the hepcat set. Saxophonist, composer and free-jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman did it in the 1960s.

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, along with the so-called Young Lions of jazz, energetically ushered in a new age of jazz classicism in the early 1980s. Miles Davis practically reinvented the genre every few years. More recently, mavericks such as Robert Glasper and Jason Moran have sparked attention. But figures that resonate widely with younger audiences are scarce in the modern era.

Enter Kamasi Washington. The saxophonist, composer and bandleader is being hailed by aficionados and neophytes alike as a bold new voice in jazz — and, in certain quarters, an outright savior of the genre.

Washington and his band, the Next Step, headline the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival on Wednesday, June 7, at the Flynn MainStage in Burlington.

“For a long time, I wondered if anyone would come along who could really connect with this next generation,” says John Gennari, a University of Vermont associate professor of English, jazz scholar and author. In his view, Washington is “a serious musician” who has the “kind of magnetism and charisma and cultural-political ambitiousness and presence” to do the job.

Washington burst onto the scene in 2015 as if from nowhere. Though the 36-year-old has been playing music his entire life, only in the last two years has he become a household name — or as close to one as a jazz musician can be in the 21st century. As UK website the Independent pointed out, his debut album, The Epic, sold more than 70,000 copies in its first six months. That’s a rare feat for a modern jazz record.

The buzz about Washington began with his contributions to acclaimed rapper Kendrick Lamar’s third album, To Pimp a Butterfly. Tracks such as the bebop/slam poetry hybrid “For Free?

(Interlude)” place his work front and center.

Critics barely had time to catch their breath between To Pimp a Butterfly and The Epic — the first was released in March 2015, the second just two months later. (Washington had previously selfreleased a few albums, but those are largely unavailable.)

At nearly three hours and three discs, The Epic is aptly named. Its 17 tracks comprise a beastly lot of funk, free jazz, Afrobeat, bebop, swing and R&B. Basically, every descriptor even remotely

it echoes the deep lineage of the likes of Sun Ra, John Coltrane and African American church music.”

But the miracle birth of a new jazz icon is not simply because of Washington’s appeal to genre enthusiasts; it’s because listeners who had never particularly cared for jazz like him.

“I’ve had experiences where people say, ‘I hated jazz before I heard you guys!’” Washington told Pitchfork in a 2015 piece titled “A New Standard: Kamasi Washington’s Modern Jazz Revolution.” So, how did he do it?

For starters, Washington is brilliantly talented and has been a dedicated student of music since he could walk and talk — verifying Gennari’s “serious musician” assessment. As for firing up young

A TURN OF PHRASE Whether he’s remaking the word or not, Washington is reluctant to use it in describing his own music.

“I look at the word ‘jazz’ as just a term that’s applied to help people recognize music that has a similar background,” he says in a recent phone call, adding that the same can be said of the term “blues.”

“The blues is a cultural musical staple,” he explains. “It’s a feeling. It’s an idea. It’s something that is one of the major foundations of African American music in a very abstract way.

“You listen to someone like John Coltrane [and] what he’s doing, [and] if you really have a deep understanding of the blues, even when you look at stuff

For a long time, I wondered if anyone would come along who could really connect with this next generation.

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like Coltrane’s Interstellar Space, you can still hear [it],” Washington continues. “But he’s not really playing the blues the same way [as] someone like Muddy Waters. He just has a shared experience with Muddy Waters. And that blues is like the foundation of the musical expression of our experience.”

Washington was born in Los Angeles in 1981, and his own experiences help to explain how his musical expression became so varied and dynamic. He was raised in a musical family: His mother,

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folks, releasing a jazz album on über-hip label Brainfeeder is bound to garner some attention. And the political statements implicit in Washington’s music are timely. Throw in family associations, industry connections and a little serendipity, and his arrival at the forefront of a new jazz guard makes perfect sense.

As National Public Radio’s Patrick Jarenwattananon put it in a 2015 review, the saxophonist and his associates “remake the word ‘jazz’ in the image of their own generation.”

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jazz-adjacent has been attached to this musical odyssey. Aside from the core band of 10 or so musicians, the record boasts a 20-piece choir and 32-piece orchestra.

Its wordless vocal swells and sensational strings add an eerily cinematic quality to the sweeping opus.

Reaction to the album was overwhelmingly positive from both critics and fans. As Mark F. Turner opines in his review for the website All About Jazz, “As fresh as anything in recent years, The Epic feels like a throwback to the past as

Valerie, is a flutist; his father, Rickey, also plays flute but primarily focuses on saxophone. A close family friend, Ronald Bruner Sr., is a session musician.

The latter two played with megastars such as the Temptations and Diana Ross.

Bruner’s sons, Stephen, Jameel and Ronald Jr., are all musicians, too. Bassist Stephen, better known by his moniker Thundercat, prominently appears alongside Washington on To Pimp a Butterfly and The Epic, and just released his third studio album, Drunk.

After showing advanced academic and musical aptitude at a young age, Washington attended the distinguished Academy of Music and Performing Arts at Alexander Hamilton High School in West LA. Meanwhile, Reggie Andrews, a teacher at Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy, began cherrypicking the most talented music students from all over the city to participate in what would be called the L.A. Multi School Jazz Band. Among them was Washington, whose father had once been a student of Andrews’.

The MSJB received quite a bit of attention, which opened doors. Through the band, Washington met influential collaborators such as Terrace Martin, Miles Mosley, Cameron Graves and Ryan Porter. That experience essentially laid the groundwork for what eventually became the West Coast Get Down, a loosely associated group of musicians that, over the next several years, collaborated, developed techniques and recorded the sessions from which The Epic was born.

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Shortly after enrolling at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999, Washington was tapped to accompany Snoop Dogg on an upcoming tour. Former Fishbone guitarist Marlon Williams was serving as the rapper’s musical director and recruited the saxophonist on the recommendation of Martin, who had already joined the touring band, the Snoopadelics.

Unlikely as it seems, in playing alongside the Doggfather, Washington learned a new way of looking at music.

“When I started playing with Snoop, the perception was that [it] was going to be easy,” he says. “It wasn’t huge chords or long-form songs that have five sections [or] crazy-hard technical passages.

But the [execution] of these seemingly simple passages was very detailed.”

Washington explains that it’s all about phrasing — the way that the notes are shaped and intoned.

“The phrasing changes how you feel the music,” he says. “It can make you seem a little crazy to people who don’t hear music that way.”

In a phone call, Burlington-based saxophonist Brian McCarthy expands on the concept.

“When you’re dealing with American popular music, whether it’s jazz or current pop music, it’s all the same 12 notes,” he says, adding that the musical theory behind nearly all modern pop is practically identical.

“Jazz has a particular way of speaking — the language, the syntax,” McCarthy continues. “If you’re going to be a jazz musician, you need to speak that language. Same thing with R&B, hip-hop, blues, funk — these things have a syntax about [them], if you think of music as an abstract language.”

In a sense, Washington’s placement in Snoop’s band was a crash course in musical communication, which years later benefited his turn as a bandleader.

He refers to it as a “microscopic” view of music.

“I think all of us in the West Coast Get Down adopted that idea,” he says.

“It’s not just about what you play, it’s about how you play it.”

ESSENTIAL EPIC The impetus for The Epic came when Washington and his associates in the West Coast Get Down finally decided to lay down some material they’d honed during a residency at Piano Bar in Hollywood. In December 2011, they recorded a whopping 192 songs.

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Washington claimed 45 as his own; 17 of them formed The Epic.

“There was a cohesiveness,” he says of those cuts. “They were on the same team. The 17 songs I picked were the ones that really captured the essence of the song in the way I wanted it to.”

The Epic is somewhat of a concept album, though a prominent part of its narrative is something that Washington ascribed to it after it had been recorded.

In a lengthy 2016 feature by Adam Shatz in the New York Times Magazine, Washington tells the story of a series of interconnected dreams that center on a mythical mountain.

At its base lies a village in which a group of young warriors live. Atop the mountain sits a gate, which a fierce guard protects. The warriors challenge the gatekeeper one by one, and each is defeated except for the last, who proves himself worthy of becoming the new guard. Eventually,

he plans to bring the tale to life in the form of a graphic novel.

It seems to mirror, metaphorically speaking, how Washington and his West Coast Get Down brethren have come up in the LA jazz scene. As Shatz points out in his article, “Jazz celebrates youthful originality, but it also prizes respect, even reverence, for the music’s founders.”

The Epic’s grand mythology could be related to this sense of obligation.

“I love John Coltrane. I love Charlie Parker. Before I tapped my own voice in music, their voices inspired me,” Washington says. “I think that’s inherent in a musician who loves music — there’s going to be a reverence for those who came before them.”

But Washington is unconcerned with proving a foundational knowledge of the genre.

“I look at music as being self-expression,” he says. “I just make the music that I hear in my head.

“You’re trying to interpret this thing that’s really abstract [and] a bit beyond you,” he continues. “But you hear people before you that have interpreted some of these messages in their own way. But, what they did — what Charlie Parker played — isn’t what I’m trying to do.”

That doesn’t mean, however, that Washington is afraid to walk in his predecessors’ footsteps. Three tracks on The Epic are not wholly original compositions. There’s a rendition of Ray Noble’s “Cherokee,” a reinvention of Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune” and a composition called “Malcolm’s Theme,” which lifts text from actor Ossie Davis’ eulogy of Malcolm X. The song also includes a sample from a 1965 speech given by the late humanrights activist.

Washington’s rendition of “Clair de lune” struck a chord with VPR’s Jackson.

He uses the track as the theme song to his “Friday Night Jazz” program.

“When I first heard it, I thought, God, this is bigger than Obama,” Jackson glibly tells Seven Days during an interview near his home in Winooski.

“There is a challenge inherent in recording something that’s been done a lot,” he notes. “How do you make it interesting for yourself, your band and for the audience?”

Jackson breaks down how Washington was able to create such a striking version of a piece he’d heard a million times before.

“It retains [a] dreamy kind of atmosphere,” Jackson explains. “You hear the intro, which is quite similar to any standard, classical recording of it. And then suddenly you’ve got that slow backbeat.

The groove is there. It’s got a little more sweat in the arrangement. It retains that sensuality. It’s kind of wistful.”

Jackson is an accomplished critic with past bylines in his hometown Washington City Paper and the Washington Post, as well as acclaimed jazz pubs such as Jazziz, JazzTimes and All About Jazz. For 20 years he was the curator of the Duke Ellington Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Jackson is cautiously optimistic that Washington might be more than just a passing fancy, though he points out an unfortunate trend regarding such figures.

“It’s funny,” he says. “The fact that so many young people are interested in him is considered almost like a negative.”

Jackson goes on to explain the paradox: Jazz critics and aficionados of a certain age lament young people’s lack of interest in jazz. But then, when someone comes along like Washington, whose boldness and ubiquity is somewhat unparalleled at the moment, they exclude him.

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you have to adjust and move them a little bit. But as you do that, you get them to come together, and it’s the most beautiful way to make music, in my opinion.”

After he’d composed and recorded the music, Washington’s sister, Amani, created five abstract paintings to accompany the suite’s first five movements: “Desire,” “Humility,” “Knowledge,” “Perspective” and “Integrity.” In the installation, several mounted screens display the paintings as Washington’s music plays through a sound system.

Barcelona-born A.G. Rojas, who’s noted for his video work with hip-hop duo Run the Jewels, directed an art film to accompany the movement’s final piece, “Truth.” Unlike the first five audio-visual components, which can only be seen at the Whitney, the final piece was released on YouTube in April.

Through the film’s locations and people, even the manner in which they are shot, viewers see a world teeming with difference and beauty. An intimate gathering of women feels vaguely funereal. Two men engage in an intense wrestling bout that looks more like modern dance than a fight. A young boy washes his face. Ethereal shots of the beach are bathed in blue light. Meanwhile, the musical themes from the first five movements converge.

“I tried to extend myself beyond what I normally do,” Washington says of Harmony of Difference.

Washington will undoubtedly continue to challenge himself, and his growing legion of admirers. Whether or not he’s truly the next jazz icon is, predictably, a debated subject. And he’s certainly not the first to be burdened with that label and its attendant expectations. But UVM’s Gennari thinks the musician is a good bet to lead the genre’s new generation.

“Washington represents an amazing breakthrough [in] the way that he’s inserted himself into popular culture,” the scholar says, adding that he was surprised when his students began buzzing about the saxophonist.

Usually, it’s him who’s trying to get his students excited about up-andcoming artists.

“There really hasn’t been a figure since John Coltrane,” insists Gennari, “who has created the kind of broadbased cultural excitement associated with the jazz tradition.” !

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Washington’s latest work is a highconcept, multilayered piece called Harmony of Difference. The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City commissioned it as part of its 2017

really diverse. Most of the cultures from around the world have some kind of representation here. That’s always been super cool to me. So I was thinking, Maybe I should deal with that.”

Trump’s victory in November sealed the deal for Washington. Diversity and difference would be the foundation for his new project.

The masterwork in the piece is a sixmovement suite, also called Harmony of Difference. He’ll release it as an EP at some point this summer, on yet another hip indie label: Young Turks.

“I use a lot of counterpoint [in my music],” Washington says, explaining that many of his songs — bass lines, chord changes and all — are actually built upon three melodies.

“It kind of mirrors the same thing that’s going on with society,” he says. “The melodies have their own agenda. And then when you try to put them together,

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Biennial, which is regarded as one of the most prestigious art exhibitions in the world. The installation is on view through June 11.

“At first, I was thinking of how I can mix a few of the things that I’m interested in into one thing,” Washington says. “I’ve always been into film, comic books, fantasy — stuff like that. I was playing around with different ideas of how to combine those things.”

Around the same time, the reality that Donald Trump might become the Republican nominee for president began to set in. “[It] stopped being a joke and started becoming a real thing,” he says.

As Trump turned immigration into his flagship issue, Washington began to articulate what the piece should be about.

“All of a sudden it was like the diversity that exists in this country … was being portrayed [as] a problem,” he says.

“I grew up in Los Angeles, and it’s really,

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“No, not him,” Jackson says, feigning indignity.

If there’s a breakaway pop hit on The Epic, it’s “The Rhythm Changes.” At slightly less than eight minutes, it’s one of the shortest cuts on the album. On it, vocalist Patrice Quinn sings, “Our love / Our beauty / Our genius / Our work / Our triumph / Our glory / Won’t worry what happened before me / I’m here.”

She undoubtedly sings of the black experience. In a piece for the FADER, writer Greg Tate associates Washington, Lamar and others in their sphere as the musical voices of the Black Lives Matter movement. While Washington was not the one to declare it, he does see his very existence as a representation of that movement.

“This idea of police brutality and the fact that it’s treated as not a big deal is something I’ve dealt with my whole life,” he says.

Washington grew up during a time of mounting racial tension in LA. He was 10 when taxi driver Rodney King was brutally beaten by police following a car chase. Caught on video, the incident sparked local riots and international outrage.

“You’re a kid who’s never done anything, and you see a police officer.

You don’t feel safe,” he says, recalling his youth growing up in South Central.

“You feel like something bad is going to happen to you.”

As the Independent’s Phil Johnson described him, in person Washington is a “large, slightly shambling figure.” But he exudes intensity, even in photographs.

“I’ve been a large African American male since I was 12,” Washington says.

“And so I understood that I was looked at as a threat, for no reason. I was a straight-A student. [I] spent most of my time in my room practicing saxophone — but I’m a threat.”

Aside from The Epic’s dream-fantasy narrative, the album could be seen specifically as a declarative statement about Washington’s experience as a black American, especially considering that the penultimate track is an ode to Malcolm X. “My music is a reflection of who I am and where I’ve come from,” he says.

“And so I am the Black Lives Matter movement, essentially.”

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ay 28 is the start of birthday season in the Cohn family.

This was the date, in 1992, when Samuel Mariano Cohn, the family’s middle son, was born.

“Birthday season” is what his mother, Diane Mariano, calls this time of year.

Next up is the birthday of Gabe Cohn, who will turn 22 on June 9. The oldest Cohn son, Max, was born on June 17, 1988. He’s almost 29.

When each Cohn baby was born, their father, John Cohn, made a big banner from sailcloth to announce the birth. He hung each celebratory sign from the 65-foot-high bell tower of the family’s home in Jonesville, a big converted schoolhouse. The signs read, in turn: Meet Max. See Sam. Greet Gabe.

This past Sunday, family and friends gathered to honor and remember Sam, who died at age 14 in a traffic accident.

He would have been 25. Twice a year since his death — on Sam’s birthday and on the November day when he died — the Cohns hike up Bolton Mountain.

“I think we connect with Sam outside more,” Mariano said. “And we needed to go climb the mountain he loved.”

Sixteen people and eight dogs took that Sunday hike. The group included Sam’s brother Gabe and childhood friends who are now young men. Sam’s grandmother, 83-year-old Judy Cohn, traveled from the Boston suburbs for the occasion.

“Since Sam died, John and Diane have done everything they possibly can to keep his spirit alive,” Judy said.

“And they have. They took a lovely little 14-year-old and kept his spirit going.”

This was the 19th hike for Sam on Bolton Mountain, where the family has trekked in deep snow in November and in May’s warm spring sunshine. Though it was Memorial Day weekend, Gabe spotted a patch of snow on the mountain and scooped up a handful to make a snowball.

He remembered the time Sam kept him company, and made him laugh, when he broke his wrist snowboarding at Bolton Valley. Gabe shrugged off the mishap, noting that he got his first stitches at age 2 — the result of going down a slide headfirst.

“I think I’m at 68 stitches,” he said.

“It’s only been that style since.”

Gabe and Silas Wells, who was a friend of Sam’s, talked on the hike about

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the band in which Sam played drums, Black Night Vengeance. Sam, who looks like a rock star in photographs, also played guitar — an instrument he loved. As part of their son’s legacy, the Cohns established the Sam Cohn Musical Soul Annual Guitar Giveaway, which presents a guitar or bass each year to a student at Mount Mansfield Union High School. Kids and teachers at MMU nominate students to win the instrument.

“We pick at random,” John said. “So Sam can choose.”

Walking up Bolton Mountain, John wore his son’s childhood backpack, a yellow L.L.Bean model with “SAM”

stitched on it. In the pack were totems for Sam: a couple of cans of Red Bull and a mortar firework.

After taking a sip of the energy drink on the mountaintop, John and Gabe walked a few hundred yards past the summit to a rickety fire tower in the woods. They climbed the structure and set off the firework, lighting up the cloudy afternoon sky in a quick burst of sparks.

The birthday commemoration continued into the evening at the Cohns’ home, where about 40 people gathered.

John purchased the converted schoolhouse in 1982, not long after he moved to Vermont for his work as an electrical engineer at IBM. He and Diane, also an

engineer, met at the tech company and have been married for 30 years.

For the party, Diane baked two carrot cakes — Sam’s favorite — and decorated them with flowers from her garden. The family grilled hot dogs and burgers. Friends brought salads, guacamole and cookies.

Adults congregated in the kitchen.

Kids played on a trampoline. Young adults, some of them friends since childhood, sat outside and caught up. Kevin Cafferky, a friend of Sam’s who grew up a mile away, said he used to go to the Cohns’ house after school.

“I don’t knock on the door,” Cafferky said. “I just show up. And every time, it’s home.” The annual gathering for Sam,

Friends making SamStones from clay beneath a glass emblem bearing Sam’s name

in his view, is about consistency and connection.

“The freshness of Sam’s death isn’t always present,” Cafferky said. “But the connections endure. They keep going.”

On the annual occasion, he said, he thinks about the boyhood he shared with Sam and the cool things kids do when they’re given the freedom to explore and make their own fun.

“Sam was a kid who was allowed to grow up and be a kid,” Cafferky noted.

LIVES John and Diane showed visitors their SamStones — smooth, flattish rocks about two inches across engraved with Sam’s name. The Cohns shape them from clay, stamp them with Sam’s name and samstones.org, and fire them in a friend’s kiln. Diane estimated the family has made and distributed about 8,000 SamStones. They have been placed and found around the world.

She keeps a basketful to send to people who request them using an

Judy Cohn and her grandson Gabe drinking a Red Bull toast

online form — strangers to the family who have heard about the Cohns’ custom. Envelopes with SamStones are waiting to be mailed to Louisiana, Texas and England.

People might find a SamStone “randomly” in the Winooski River, Wells said.

“Or you can just come here and load up.”

For Diane, SamStones signify “a moment [that says] life is pretty precious.”

Before darkness fell, the Cohns opened more cans of Red Bull, poured

John Cohn at his home in Jonesville

the drink into paper cups and passed them around for a toast to Sam. They thanked people for being with them.

“Happy birthday, Sam,” John said.

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ccording to photographer Dee Kalea, her subjects routinely praise her for capturing their essence. That may be because, over nearly 50 years of shooting the biggest names in jazz and Latin music, she has developed an inimitable and empathetic style. The training Kalea received from her mentor, famed jazz photographer Herb Snitzer, certainly played a role, as did the decade she spent in Los Angeles honing her professional skills.

But there’s an even more compelling explanation for the Plainfield resident’s ability to transfer the souls of masters such as Tito Puente, Sonny Rollins and Nina Simone from stage to film: She grew up with them.

“Thelonious Monk often woke me up playing my mother and Ornette a tune on ‘my’ beat-up old upright piano at 3 a.m.,” writes Kalea, 65, in her artist biography.

“Ornette” would be Ornette Coleman.

In addition to being a free-jazz pioneer and one of the most famous and influential musicians in jazz history, the late saxophonist was Kalea’s stepfather. Her mother and aunt were among the first women to work professionally in New York City’s music industry. The former was Ray Charles’ personal assistant; the latter worked with famed producer Quincy Jones.

As a result, Kalea spent a good portion of her 1960s childhood in New York City nightclubs such as the Village Gate, the Five Spot Café and the Village Vanguard — the last of which she refers to as “my first babysitter.” By extension, that would make Coleman collaborators such as bassist Charlie Haden and trumpeter Don Cherry something like her uncles.

“I was raised with these people and have intimate stories of them on their own time, not on the stage or in the recording studio,” Kalea says in a recent interview at Seven Days’ office.

On Friday, June 2, Kalea will share many of those stories, and photos, at a pop-up exhibit at New City Galerie in Burlington.

Titled “New York City 1964-Present,” it is the first of three such showings this summer. This one coincides with the opening night of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, though it is not affiliated with the fest. The exhibit will feature a slide show narrated by Kalea, as well as live acoustic jazz music and a silent auction featuring silver prints autographed by some of the musicians she’s shot.

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Proceeds from the auction will help Kalea present her photos in her first professional gallery exhibit. While her work has been featured on album covers and used for publicity — and, she says, has drawn interest from the Smithsonian

Institution and the Library of Congress — Kalea has never had a proper showing of her jazz photographs.

Why unveil them now?

“My passion is to share the humanity of these musicians,” Kalea explains, adding

that she plans to speak with jazz scholars and students about the personal side of her subjects. “There are people dedicating their lives to studying the historic music of these now-departed figures in music,” she continues. “And they’ve never heard anything like the stories I have to tell.”

One such tale concerns Miles Davis.

Though an undeniable genius, the Prince of Darkness was also a volatile man, as famous for his temper as for his trumpet.

One of Kalea’s best shots is a side profile of Davis onstage at the Hollywood Bowl in LA, doubled over and blaring his horn. The shot is as notable for Davis’ exaggerated posture as for Kalea’s proximity to him. How did she get that close?

“I just asked him,” she says with a chuckle. “If I hadn’t, he might have blown up at me.” Davis appreciated the photo so much, he later autographed a print of it.

Kalea, who no longer shoots professionally, says a key aspect of her photographic method was to be as unobtrusive as possible. She rarely used a flash and never shot with a motor-driven camera, which could be distracting because of its whir. She made sure to respect the boundaries not only of the performers but of the audience, she says, striving to remain unseen.

“There is nothing more offensive than a photographer standing right in front of a crowd,” she opines. (Kalea declined to allow a photo of herself to run with this article, perhaps further evidence of her desire to focus on her subjects.)

Kalea says she often waited interminable intervals to get just the right shot before clicking the shutter. One example, and one of her favorites, is a photo of Steve McCall. The drummer is seen muting a cymbal with one hand, huddled over the kit with his head cocked and mouth slightly agape. The shot came at the end of a nearly 20-minute drum solo, during which McCall’s limbs were a frenzied blur. Kalea waited, and then waited some more. The photo evokes an exhausted release after an almost climactic moment.

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years, until his 2012 retirement, Thomas hosted the weekly jazz show “Jazz With George Thomas” on Vermont Public Radio. “She has that kind of perception; she catches them at moments that many people wouldn’t even notice,” he adds.

“She’s connected in a way that many photographers would never be able to achieve.”

“There was no superstar adulation from me, which is why they were comfortable with me,” Kalea says. That, in turn, afforded her a remarkable level of access and enabled her to capture candid moments — such as drummers Art Blakey and Billy Higgins sharing a laugh on a ragged couch in a dingy greenroom.

“Blakey was like a big brother to me,” Kalea says.

“She seems a part of it and is able to respectfully present the musicians in her

photographs in a way that captures the joy, captures the energy, captures the humor, often,” Thomas attests.

Kalea cast her lens on more intimate moments, too.

“I have a photo of Ornette the night John Coltrane died,” Kalea says. She recalls that Coleman was unable to get the night off from his regular gig at the Village Vanguard. “He was grieving his friend. But they wouldn’t let him out of his contract.”

Kalea notes that, for most of her career, she wasn’t shooting famous musicians.

That’s because most of her subjects weren’t yet the legends they would become — in some cases, only after they died.

Many of Kalea’s photos have a subtle grittiness that counters the mythology surrounding such figures as Count Basie, Charles Mingus and Lena Horne. Details such as an empty mic stand, battered cymbals or a badly scuffed piano humanize her portraits of some of the most famous musicians who ever lived.

The best example is a resplendent photo of Sarah Vaughan. The famed vocalist’s shoulders are hunched and her eyes closed as she finishes a phrase and withdraws from the mic — which is held together with duct tape.

“Sarah Vaughan told me, ‘I can hear that note in that photograph,’” Kalea says.

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ary Kay Blouin felt like she was living in a state of perpetual exhaustion. After a couple of falls on pavement in the last two years left her with a traumatic brain injury — while she was recovering from Lyme disease — the Middlesex woman says she woke up every morning experiencing headaches, memory loss, brain fog, digestion problems, and joint and muscle pain.

“I felt like I was wearing this gray blanket, a kind of heavy, exhausted [and] dull existence,” recalls Blouin, who is co-owner of the candy store Delish Montpelier’s Sweet Shop.

But last winter, Blouin found significant relief from her symptoms after undergoing an unconventional form of therapy with Dr. Grace Johnstone, a chiropractor in East Hardwick for the past 24 years. In January 2014, Johnstone began offering hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT, to patients suffering from ailments that weren’t responding to medication or other forms of treatment.

Initially, Blouin says, her symptoms worsened slightly after her first hourlong session inside the hyperbaric chamber. But, after three weeks of treatments two or three times a week, she says, she felt renewed energy and mental clarity for the first time in months.

“I didn’t remember the last time I’d felt like myself,” she says. “It was shocking that nobody was talking about this.”

HBOT involves exposing patients to concentrated levels of oxygen at higherthan-normal atmospheric pressure in order to, as Johnstone puts it, “enhance the body’s natural ability to heal.” By increasing the pressure, she explains, HBOT boosts the body’s ability to absorb oxygen, provides anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects, speeds the body’s ability to repair itself, and boosts the immune system.

HBOT isn’t new technology. The Irish physicist and inventor Robert Boyle first experimented with it in the mid-1600s; clinical applications started a couple of centuries later. By the mid20th century, physicians were using hyperbaric chambers to treat medical emergencies brought on by undersea diving, such as gas embolisms and decompression sickness.

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Dr. Grace Johnstone at her clinic in Montpelier

Today, HBOT is standard for more than a dozen serious medical conditions, including carbon monoxide poisoning, radiation and thermal burns, crush injuries, severe anemia, and persistent diabetic wounds.

In the last 10 to 15 years, practitioners including Johnstone have begun using HBOT for ailments other than the 14 for which it’s currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Such “off-label” uses, which are legal but require a doctor’s prescription, are given to patients with dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease,

stroke, traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder, among other conditions.

HBOT has also entered the realm of sports rehabilitation and general wellness. Elite athletes such as golfer Tiger Woods, Olympic gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps and NBA star LeBron James reportedly have used it to recover more quickly from injuries and speed recuperation after major competitions.

Hyperbaric chambers were once found only in major hospitals and cost several thousand dollars for a single session. But they have found their way into

small alternative health clinics and spalike settings around the country, usually for a fraction of the price that hospitals charge. In cities such as New York and San Francisco, a single hourlong session in a hyperbaric chamber can run as much as $300. By contrast, Johnstone’s Community Hyperbaric offers package deals for hourlong sessions for as little as $45.

In Vermont, medical doctors as well as doctors of osteopathy, naturopaths and chiropractors can write a prescription, though insurance typically covers only FDA-approved applications.

In March 2016, Community Hyperbaric opened a second office, in Montpelier. Located in a converted house on River Street, the interior looks more like a therapist’s office than a medical facility. A steady hiss of venting air emanates from behind French doors, where two white, soft-sided hyperbaric chambers are located.

One, about the size of a large pool table, is roomy enough for a patient to recline. The other, a smaller chamber designed for sitting upright, is better suited for a patient in a wheelchair or someone who needs an assistant nearby.

In either chamber, the patient breathes concentrated oxygen through a mask or nasal cannula.

Despite HBOT’s fast-growing popularity elsewhere in the country, the technology is still largely unknown and unavailable throughout Vermont.

Some in the state’s medical community, including staff at the Vermont Medical Society, said they were unaware that it’s now being offered outside of traditional hospital settings.

Several local physicians contacted for this story said they’d heard about HBOT’s off-label uses. However, most expressed skepticism about its curative properties, noting the dearth of peerreviewed research in the United States to validate its purported benefits.

Dr. Peter Moses, a gastroenterologist at the University of Vermont Medical Center, was asked about recent research claiming that HBOT may help patients with ulcerative colitis. Moses finds such claims dubious.

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covers the cost of treating multiple sclerosis with mild HBOT. Some of the most promising results, she notes, have been in the field of neuroscience, especially among patients with multiple concussions or strokes, or who have undergone brain surgery for cancers. Johnstone cites studies done overseas showing that HBOT can increase the brain’s neuroplasticity, or ability to heal, grow and regenerate blood vessels and neural connections.

“We’re just seeing tremendous response … and what’s amazing is that we’re seeing this even years after the stroke or concussion,” she adds. “That’s very unique to this treatment.”

Even if many Vermont physicians haven’t heard about HBOT or scoff at it, patients are starting to ask about it.

Dr. Katherine Wayman is an assistant professor of neurology and a headache medicine specialist at UVMMC. She says that, after a half dozen of her patients reported positive experiences with HBOT and “many more” inquired about it, she attended one of Johnstone’s presentations “with an open mind,” then reviewed the medical literature herself.

While Wayman emphasizes that there hasn’t been enough research on HBOT for her to feel comfortable prescribing it to patients, she acknowledges that, anecdotally, those with mild TBI, chronic post-traumatic headaches or persistent post-concussion syndrome have gotten relief from some symptoms.

Wayman’s litmus test for this or any other alternative therapy is: “Is it safe?

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“As safety goes,” she adds, mild HBOT is “probably safer than crossing the street.”

Johnstone first discovered HBOT after she contracted Lyme disease in July 2012, which led to meningitis and radiculoneuritis, which is inflammation of one or more roots of the spinal nerves.

After a month of intravenous antibiotics and multiple trips to the emergency room, her Lyme symptoms reemerged.

“It was completely incapacitating for me. I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t read.

I couldn’t drive,” recalls Johnstone. She didn’t return to work for more than a year.

Then Johnstone met a woman whose daughter had Lyme and suffered from unexplained seizures. They had an HBOT chamber in their home and, in April 2013, offered Johnstone an opportunity to try it.

“For me, the first time [using HBOT], I could tell this was helping my brain,” she recalls. Johnstone’s earache, which she’d had for nine months, disappeared immediately, and she says she felt much more relaxed. “For me, it was the beginning of getting my life back,” Johnstone says.

She eventually took out a bank loan and bought herself a hyperbaric chamber — for $21,000. Since then, the price has dropped considerably. One of the two in her Montpelier office cost $7,500; online, some sell for as little as $3,800.

Although hyperbaric therapy is still “vastly underutilized” in the United States, Johnstone says, much of the industrialized world considers it mainstream medical therapy. In the UK, for instance, the National Health Service

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disorder] or for nearly any systemic disorder, for that matter,” Moses writes via email. “This is a technology that has been searching for a clinical niche for some time.”

Similarly, Dr. Joe McSherry, a UVMMC neurologist, reports that he isn’t aware of HBOT’s off-label uses but characterizes it as “a fairly harmless placebo.”

But Johnstone, a doctor of chiropractic who holds a national certification in undersea and hyperbaric medicine, begs to differ. She’s been researching HBOT for more than three years, including how it’s used elsewhere in the industrialized world. She asserts that American physicians’ misunderstandings or misgivings about HBOT stem from the fact that American medical schools teach little or nothing about mild (lower-pressure) hyperbaric therapy.

Traditional hyperbaric chambers, Johnsone explains, typically use 100 percent pure oxygen at pressures as great as 2.4 ATA, which is nearly two and a half times the average atmospheric pressure at sea level. By contrast, mild HBOT — the kind she uses — applies just 1.3 ATA, with 90 to 95 percent oxygen content.

(Normal dry air is 21 percent oxygen.)

Using lower pressures and oxygen concentration reduces the dangers of fire and explosion associated with 100 percent oxygen delivered from pressurized tanks. It’s also more effective in treating certain conditions, Johnsone says, while minimizing the risk of complications typically caused by high-pressure hyperbaric therapy, including lung or sinus damage, vision loss, and oxygen toxicity.

HBOT has a good safety profile with few risks of complications. And, as she points out, “This is a patient population that is really suffering and [has] very few treatment options.”

As for HBOT’s affordability, Johnstone is trying to address that, too. Earlier this year, she partnered with the Brain Injury Association of Vermont to set up a nonprofit organization, Hyperbaric Vermont, which aims to make HBOT more accessible to Vermonters. Though the BIA-VT hasn’t formally endorsed HBOT, “That doesn’t mean we don’t think it’s useful,” says executive director Trevor Squirrell. “I think it has its uses … and it’s helping people.”

One of those people is “Ann,” a 67-year-old East Hardwick woman who, in July 2016, was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease. She requested anonymity to protect her privacy.

“For the next eight months, it was just a nightmare,” Ann says. She became very weak and had double vision, and her eyelids drooped. Because she had trouble swallowing, she suffered a severe drop in weight and lost control of her bodily functions. “I was in bad shape … I really thought I was dying,” she says.

For months, Ann took the meds her physician had prescribed but says they only worsened her condition. One night in December, she started vomiting, had severe abdominal pain and ended up on the bathroom floor. The next day, against her physician’s advice, she stopped taking her meds entirely.

In January, Ann tried HBOT at Community Hyperbaric for the first time. She says her doctor at DartmouthHitchcock medical center “poohpoohed” it, and her husband, a retired surgeon, seemed skeptical. Still, Ann started going three times a week. By late February, she saw promising results.

“It was just a few weeks, and I started taking big steps toward feeling better,” Ann reports. Today, she says she continues to improve and says that even her doubting husband is convinced of HBOT’s value.

“It was absolutely a miracle for me,” she says. “I have my life back ... and I don’t think I’d be here today if I hadn’t stopped the medicine and taken this route.” !

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n a Sunday morning in May, in a space decorated with flower arrangements at Burlington’s Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, some 25 people were preparing themselves to chant “hu.”

“Just sit comfortably; close your eyes; take a minute to open your hearts,” cleric Michelle Josselyn. The mostly middle-aged adherents, who sat in rows of straight-backed chairs, fell into silence.

Then the group began a resonant, musical drone that rose and fell like a melodic swarm of insects: “Huuuuu.” The chant lasted about seven minutes before the voices finally trailed off. “May the blessings be,” Josselyn concluded.

The attendees, practitioners of the New Age religion Eckankar, had come from as far as Middlebury, Stowe and Alburgh to the monthly Light & Sound worship service. They are some of the 56 practicing Eckists around the state.

Eckankar — “Eck” or “Ek” for short — is a Hinduism-based faith, according to Bill Elberty, head of the Vermont chapter. This coming September, more than 100 Eckists from around the region will flock to Burlington for a weekend conference titled “How to Survive Spiritually in Our Times.”

Eck devotees come to meetings and sing the hu to pursue spiritual freedom, Josselyn explained, as souls seeking their true identities and pursuing a deeper awareness of God. “All of us are on a journey, whether or not we understand it, whether or not we like it,” she said.

In conversation, the group tosses around phrases such as “soul travel” and “Eck master” and espouses the power of dreams and visions. Members’ religious backgrounds differ, as does their degree of involvement; some are recovering atheists or Catholics, while others are practicing Buddhists.

“Everything is acceptable; nothing [is] wrong here,” Josselyn said.

Eckankar was founded — or “rediscovered,” as practitioners would say — in 1965 by a Kentucky man named Paul Twitchell. A journalist, gym teacher and spiritual seeker, he came upon the faith while studying religion in the Himalayas, according to Eckankar teachings.

Twitchell had considered Catholicism, various Eastern religions and Scientology before he declared himself an Eck master — that is, a man who has “realized” God and can help bridge the gap between human souls and the divine.

And so the practice was born. Twitchell chose the name “Eckankar,” a Hindu word that means “coworker with God.” The practice emerged in the midst of the countercultural movement of the 1960s. Scholars have dubbed the surge of interest in Asian religions during that era America’s “third great awakening,” according to Erica Andrus, a senior lecturer in the religion department at the University of Vermont.

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Eckankar cleric Amanda Amend (center), leading the group at a community chant

Eck “is still embraced as an alternative to hierarchical, mainstream, church-based religions,” she said. “It appeals to people who want to have a kind of religion that they can engage in [in] a physical way, by chanting, meditation, in the way that many Americans look to eastern religions.”

Eckists believe that God, or “Sugmad” — considered an “it,” not a “he” or “she” — is present in each of us. The Eck, or Holy Spirit, guides us toward “self-realization and God-realization.” Adherents also embrace ideas of karma and reincarnation.

Eckankar has evolved over the years. Originally, it was referred to as the “ancient science of soul travel,” and later as the “religion of the light and sound of God,” explained Ben Callaghan, spokesperson at the Eck world headquarters in Minneapolis. This year, Eck took on the new label “path of spiritual freedom.”

“It’s a living teaching,” Callaghan said. “It’s about: How do we present ourselves to meet the consciousness of the day?”

Currently, the group follows, but does not worship, the Minneapolis-based Harold Klemp as the Living Eck Master, one who has achieved “Mahanta,” or the “highest state of consciousness,” according to the Sunday service program. (The program also advised that Mahanta is one of a litany of words trademarked

by Eck.) Vermont’s Eckankar group has been meeting regularly in Burlington for hu chants, worship and scriptural studies since the late 1960s, according to Callaghan.

Worldwide, the practice claims “tens of thousands” of adherents, Callaghan said, though the organization

doesn’t keep track of exact numbers because “growth isn’t the focus.”

Once followers choose to become members — for a suggested donation of $60 a year — they receive discourses in the mail each month, which they discuss in groups or read on their own.

Vermont is the least religious state in the union, according to a 2017 Gallup poll. Nonetheless, individual spiritual practices can blossom in this climate, Andrus said. “[Religions like Eckankar] can really thrive in a place like Vermont, or Burlington particularly,” she said. “Burlington has this history of being countercultural on one hand, but also that New England sense of ‘you do your thing, I’ll do my thing,’ ‘live and let live.’”

Eckists say they’ve found a receptive audience for their message. Although they don’t proselytize, the local group has grown over the past decades, approximately doubling in the last 20 years, according to Elberty. Last week, a woman approached Josselyn in the supermarket, she recalled during her Sunday remarks. The stranger asked Josselyn which vitamins to buy, then broke down sobbing.

“I don’t know what is attracting me to you; I just had to talk to you,” Josselyn recalled the woman saying.

That attraction, Josselyn added, “was not me. Somehow the spiritual forces touched her for a reason.”

For Elberty, head of the Vermont group, Eck provides a chance to find spiritual fulfillment on his own terms.

The Woodstock-based lacrosse coach and educator grew up as the son of mostly agnostic academics,

a “hyperactive boy” who craved spiritual connection. At 14, he started visiting churches on his own. “I’ve never been satisfied with someone else’s explanation of the truth,” Elberty said.

After college, while living in upstate New York, he dreamt he had to read a book by Paul Twitchell, The Tiger’s Fang.

While he’d never heard the title until it appeared in his dream, he said, a housemate had the book on hand. Intrigued by what he read, Elberty hitchhiked two hours to Rochester, N.Y., to attend an Eck service.

He’s been practicing ever since.

For him, Elberty said, Eck serves as an “exploration of spiritual freedom and truth in whatever shape the individual needs.”

On a Tuesday in May, eight Eckists gathered in a small room up a curving flight of stairs on College Street for a spiritual discussion. The room was brightly lit and cheery, as if compensating for the topic of the evening — death.

Eck clergy member Molly Orshoff, who sported a mass of blond ringlets and a mellifluous voice, facilitated the hour-long discussion of “what lies beyond the veil.”

The group setting fostered intimacy; attendees shared stories about the loss of a spouse, a friend’s suicide, the imminent death of a parent.

“Embrace the mystery,” one woman urged.

Eckists hold to teachings of karma and reincarnation, though it’s not taught dogmatically. “We all need to address these questions about death or life after death,” Orshoff said. “No one’s going to be able to answer it for us.”

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Eck retains traces of Hinduism and eastern spirituality; contemplation and meditation are embraced. Pictures of bearded spiritual leaders with names such as Fubbi Quantz and Shamus-i-Tabriz hang on the walls.

According to Eck teachings, these were the forerunners of the current Living Eck Master.

After the discussion came the requisite hu chant — “a sacred sound,” Orshoff explained, most likely for the benefit of a baffled-looking reporter. “It’s a spiritual exercise that can help us in the process of looking within.”

Orshoff came to Eck after growing disillusioned with her Catholic upbringing, she said. As a child, she asked a nun how she could become a saint like the ones she had read about. The nun replied, “That’s for the saints; that’s not for us,” Orshoff remembered, adding, “There was always a spiritual need in me.”

Eckankar is not without controversy. In the past, detractors have claimed that Twitchell plagiarized some of his religious writings and fabricated some of his experiences. David Lane, a professor at Mt. San Antonio College in California, has asserted that Twitchell copied large portions of his books from Sant Mat teacher Julian Johnson and other religious teachers without attribution. In his 1983 book The Making of a Spiritual Movement: The Untold Story of Paul Twitchell and Eckankar, Lane disputes that Twitchell visited India and points to instances where the Eck founder fabricated

teachings and embellished his own biography.

The accuracy of historical accounts of the Eck religion may not be what matters most to the faithful, Andrus said. “Whatever they’re doing is clearly meeting some people’s needs in the community in a way that they feel is authentically fulfilling,” she added.

Nancy Fuller, a 64-year-old from Alburgh, has found contentment in the practice, she said. She met her husband, Fred, at an Eck seminar and now practices daily spiritual exercises in addition to attending Eck services.

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HICKEN AND BEER,” announces a bold blue sign on the side of the building at 176 Route 5 in Fairlee. While the label gives passersby an inkling of what they might find inside, it’s a little deceiving: Samurai Soul Food is neither a chicken joint nor a beer bar.

Chef-owners Kelden Smith and John Hessler opened the place the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration in January. Before that, the cooks had worked together at the Worthy Burger in South Royalton. Hessler’s résumé includes time at Black Krim Tavern in Randolph, as well as years working in Chittenden County’s club scene.

Before opening Samurai Soul Food, Smith and Hessler told Seven Days they were going to cook what they liked to eat — Chinese food, fried chicken, Tex-Mex. They hoped their restaurant could become a community stronghold in a town where the 1,000-odd fulltime residents rarely eat out. They’d serve beer and wine but not bother with spirits; guests would order at the counter, and servers would bring their food to them.

Huh, wondered this reporter, a bornand-bred local. It seemed a little too weird, maybe, to work in a town where the only culinary successes in living memory have been a Greek pizza place and a summer snack bar.

Yet from day one the place was packed. Locals responded with a mix of astonishment and gratitude. Word circulated through the rural towns along the Connecticut River: Have you eaten at Samurai Soul Food? The food was good! It was fun to hang out there. It wasn’t crazy expensive! The chefs bought ingredients from our neighbor-farmers.

Crowds have continued to file in every Tuesday through Sunday evening, filling the 35 seats pretty much until the kitchen closes.

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A MIX OF ASTONISHMENT AND GRATITUDE. “It’s been nonstop since the day we opened,” Hessler confirmed, standing near the register toward the end of his shift last week. “And not just the people you’d expect.”

If you’re from here, odds are you’ll run into someone you know. At first glance, Samurai Soul Food seems to cater to a youngish crowd, but you’re just as likely to bump into your aging uncle — or your cousin and her young family — as you are to clink glasses with a 30-year-old hipster.

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began wholesaling allorganic, made-daily maki in area storefronts and co-ops. Chances are, it’s headed for a store near you.

After JASON LUTZ and his wife, SARAH, welcomed a newborn daughter earlier this year, Sarah started craving sushi, Lutz recalled via phone last week. But the couple keeps a strict organic diet and couldn’t find organic sushi anywhere. So Lutz found organic nori, rice and fillings and started rolling maki himself.

Lo and behold, the sushi was good — good enough to sell. Lutz teamed up with friend and entrepreneur FRED JOHNSON and rented space from VERMONT SOY at its Hardwick plant. The Lutzes began selling maki, first to Hardwick’s BUFFALO MOUNTAIN FOOD CO-OP & CAFÉ, then to other stores in their area. In the past few weeks, they’ve expanded to retailers in Stowe and Chittenden County.

“I realized that the end product is all about ingredients,” Lutz said. While traditional Japanese restaurants generally sell very fresh fish, he went on, the other ingredients

are “the cheapest they can get.”

By contrast, everything in a Vermont Sushi Factory roll is organic, from the jasmine rice to the accompanying tamari packet. A tofu roll pairs Vermont bean curd with sweet potato and scallion, while a salmon roll combines wild fish with sprouts, local cream cheese and cucumber.

Also worth noting: All the fish is fully cooked.

“Food safety is one concern,” Johnson said, but it’s also a matter of broadening the product’s appeal: “If you look at market feedback, the No. 1 reason people say they don’t like sushi is because it’s raw fish.”

If all goes well, Johnson and Lutz hope to open a brick-and-mortar takeout spot. For now, you can find Vermont Sushi Factory rolls at Montpelier’s HUNGER MOUNTAIN CO-OP and UNCOMMON MARKET & DELI, at COMMODITIES NATURAL MARKET in Stowe and Winooski, at Williston’s NATURAL PROVISIONS MARKET, and in a handful of smaller shops.

summer of 2003 as a crêpe cart on Burlington’s Church Street, will open a branch in early June at one of Vermont’s premier locations: Shelburne Museum.

BENJY ADLER, who owns the business with his brother, JONNY, said the crêpe restaurant and affiliated vendors will form a local food court at the museum, including a kiosk serving Skinny Pancake crêpes; a CHUBBY MUFFIN snack shack offering burgers, hot dogs and panini; and a creemee stand.

“We will embellish on the Chubby Muffin [creemee] program to capture that Vermont creemee mystique,” Benjy Adler said, referring to his café in Burlington’s Old North End. The nature of the museum space is well suited to creating a dining area with discrete options, as opposed to building a Skinny Pancake restaurant there, Adler said. “It’s a big space, which is why we said we want to create an experience here. We felt we needed to diversify.”

Shelburne Museum will be the Skinny Pancake’s ninth location, including the Church Street cart. The seasonal business will complement Skinny outposts at Sugarbush Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort, and keep an estimated $50,000 in the local food economy, Adler said.

“The location has historically sourced all of its food straight off the distributor truck,” he said. “We can redirect that purchase power locally.”

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Baby’s Got Sauce « P.42 The décor is part bachelor pad, part tiki bar, part hazy college dorm room.

But the room isn’t clouded with bong smoke, and the bathrooms are impeccably clean. Strings of chile-pepper lights glow red against bamboo-lined walls.

Posters depict a young Bruce Lee, circus polar bears on teeter-totters, clowns. An overhead television plays silent anime films. Languid goldfish swirl around the rocks and plastic plants inside a long tank near the door. Tibetan prayer flags adorn the doorways.

At tables and a small bar, guests can sip blends of sparkling wine, sake and juice. A glass of iced rosé splashed with blueberry juice tastes like a classed-up wine cooler in pink ombré — pale pink at the top of the glass gives way to a deep berry hue toward the bottom.

Patrons can also choose from a list of half a dozen well-curated local beers, such as frequent rotations from Fiddlehead Brewing, River Roost Brewing, Lost Nation Brewing and others. Nonalcoholic options include an electric-pink fruit punch and Jamaica (hibiscus) tea.

The food strikes a balance between irresistible street eats and modern farmto-table comfort fare, without relying on the same old overdone tropes — poutine, mac and cheese — that you’ll find on many a casual menu. Several dishes look half Asian or half Mexican; the best ones succeed by being neither.

Take the tuna nachos ($10): Crunchy fried wonton strips serve as the chips; hunks of blushing raw tuna add meaty heft. Shredded cabbage, carrots and peppers dressed in sweet soy and sesame

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On June 8, a farmers market will debut just off Route 12 in Worcester. Located on property privately owned by entrepreneur KYLE DEVITT, the

He was midway through a bowl of Party Animal fried rice ($14), one of several pitch-perfect Chinese-American plates that Smith and Hessler have spun into cool, modern classics. Beneath a neat arrangement of Korean barbecue chicken, spicy pickles and an egg fried soft, a mound of rice was fried with diced carrots and peas and crumbled local pork.

It wasn’t what you’d get at your neighborhood takeout spot, but the core of the dish captured exactly that salty, umami allure.

One table over, a friend of mine hunched over an old eight-bit table video game, nibbling a beef and broccoli special ($13) between rounds of Pac-Man. That dish packed all the sesame-sweet satisfaction I’d expect from my downtown wok. Except that the beef was from nearby Almanac Farm, mindfully raised by farmers known to the restaurateurs; the sauce was homemade, not glugged out of a half-gallon jug. The broccoli was fresh and crunchy.

I looked around, a bit surprised that nearly every seat was still full at 9 p.m. on a Thursday. Guests bobbed their heads to a Talking Heads tune, which drifted across the room at a tolerable volume.

“I’m not sure I would have predicted the success of a place like this,” I said to my friend at the neighboring table.

“Apparently, people around here have been craving something like this.”

“Totally,” he said, looking up from the game. “This is exactly what Fairlee needed.” !

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John Hessler putting the finishing touches on some spring rolls

stand in for iceberg lettuce, while pickled ginger adds the sour kick that brined olives or sliced jalapeño peppers would bring to a Mexican plate. Splatters of orange tiger mayo — the kind you might find atop a spicy tuna roll — take the place

of cheese or sour cream. Mexican? No. Japanese? Vaguely. Delicious? Oh, yes.

Across the table, spider plants in plastic pots were suspended from a metal bar like coat hangers, adding a botanical touch and framing my husband’s head.

weekly ThursdayLeft to right: Worcester Farmers Market organizers evening event will Kyle Devitt, Amanda Franz and Ryan Leclerc combine grocery shopping with food trucks and live music.

During the week, the spot will serve as a drop-by farmstand, Devitt said, offering wares from a mix of area producers.

Devitt said he aims to create a kidfriendly place where community members application process and can gather to enjoy food and regulations common at many conversation, purchase local well-established markets. ingredients without driving For instance, some markets to Montpelier, and sell their mandate that farm owners wares sans the competitive remain on-site a certain

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percentage of the time. Devitt isn’t into it. “If they don’t want to take half a day to come, set up and break down, we still want their produce represented,” he said.

If the farmer can’t afford to send a staffer, either, “We’ll pick up produce from five or six locations and sell it all at the same booth,” Devitt added, “so that people get a well-rounded shopping experience.”

Devitt is still seeking vendors, but noted that GOOD

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Devitt himself won’t be vending, although he hopes to in the future. “I don’t have anything to sell at this point,” he said. “There are plenty of farmers in the area. I want to provide the space so that they have a place to come together.”

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t’s spring, and the fragrance of lilacs fills the air.

Their flowers offer a rare and delicious scent, but are they good enough to eat?

Chances are, consuming the tender blossoms has never crossed your mind — unless you’re Melissa Hoffman of SHO Farm. On a recent day in the “permaculture food lab” on her 1,296-acre property in Huntington, lilac blossoms spilled from a dish onto a table, ready to be processed into an infusion that would be blended with apple cider. Beside the lilacs was a mold-covered wheel of cheese made from Hoffman’s own pine-nut milk.

Those are just two of the surprisingly appealing concoctions she has made from plants. In Hoffman’s lab, which evokes a wholesome version of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, she spends her days turning the plethora of wild and cultivated edibles that grow on the property — from pine nuts to chaga mushrooms to goldenrod — into sustenance, with as little waste as possible.

“This food is free, for a lot of us,” Hoffman said. “But [using] it takes time and knowledge.”

That knowledge is Hoffman’s stock in trade. She doesn’t sell the results of her experiments at the local farmers market — or anywhere. But this June, she’ll open her lab to an inaugural small group of students seeking to produce their own creations.

Born in Michigan, Hoffman, 54, has a background in journalism and filmmaking. She is executive director of the Foundation for a Sustainable Future, which purchased the former Teal Farm in 2003. The property was originally designed to support sustainable crops and edible landscaping — cornerstones of the permaculture movement — with the assistance of Moretown’s Whole Systems Design.

SHO Farm has leased that land from the foundation since 2003, and Hoffman’s wife, Shawn Smith, joined her in running the farm in 2010. Smith and Hoffman also run Earth Asset Partnership, a consulting business that focuses on “investing in no-kill permaculture systems and land-based businesses,” according to its website.

The entrance to SHO Farm is a long sweep of wooded driveway shaded by a canopy of tree boughs.

Past the point where one might expect to have made a wrong turn into endless forest, the trees open into a lush, sloping field.

There stands a trio of meticulously maintained buildings made of weathered wood. One of them — a barn trimmed in white and red and topped with a weathervane — is Hoffman’s lab.

Plenty of people play around with food, but few do it to the extent that Hoffman does. Her lab is a wild collection of old and new, with a classic woodstove standing beside a gas stove, and a collection of stainless-steel racks and tables evoking a commercial restaurant kitchen. Surfaces are lined with glass jars

Acorn jelly in a basswood leaf

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displaying raw materials — 20 different types of dried mushrooms, for instance — and the products she’s created from them. A fridge and freezer are stuffed with her handiwork — chive-bud capers, lacto-fermented gooseberries, richly flavored shiitake mushroom stock.

A dedicated vegetarian who is nearly vegan, Hoffman derives most of her nutrition from plant products, with the exception of a little honey and duck eggs from birds Smith raises on the property. By experimenting, she said, she has vastly expanded her diet. As she put it, her work is “about transforming plants. There’s such a spectrum of flavor out there that we don’t even know about, in our woods, on our field edges.”

She also aims to fuse food and medicine, “making what’s used medicinally into the food itself, so the food becomes the medicine, and there’s no separation between the two,” she said.

To spread her findings, Hoffman is writing a book. And, starting on June 24, she’ll be bringing a small group to the food lab for a class called the Food Experience at SHO, which is “about bringing global possibilities to perennial and ethical food systems,” she said. She and her students will explore “what’s possible for a regional cuisine that is mentored by our global history.”

A philosophy major in college who once lived in a Buddhist monastery in Korea, Hoffman describes herself as one who is dedicated to a form of consumption that regenerates the landscape. By deriving food from

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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 to change the zoning district on Fletcher Place from Institutional to Residential Medium by amending Map 4.3.1-1 Base Zoning Districts, Map 4.4.4-1 Institutional ZoningDistricts, Map 4.4.5-1 Residential Zoning Districts and Map 8.1.3-1 Parking Districts to read as follows:

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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

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 June 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

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No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before June 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.

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).

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before June 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.

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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 “4C0150-2”.

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 June 14, 2017.

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 “4C0288-9D”.

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0150-2 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On May 16, 2017, Buttermilk, LLC, 5430 Waterbury-Stowe Road, Waterbury Center, VT 05677 filed application #4C0150-2 for a project generally described as the construcion of a 3,610 sf mixed-use building with 10 residential units, catering kitchen, retail space and office space, new parking area.

The Project is located on 74 Jolina Court in Richmond, Vermont.

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.

[CONTINUED] allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5).

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 24th day of May, 2017.

By: /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5662 stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0325-4 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On May 17, 2017, Rhino Foods, Inc., 79 Industrial Parkway, Burlington, VT 05401 and Zoo Holdings, LLC, 79 Industrial Parkway, Burlington, VT 05401 filed application #4C0325-4 for a project generally described as the construction of

two building additions, totaling 14,400 sf, to an existing 29,000 sf facility, pave an existing parking area, construct a new parking lot, access drive and associated sotrmwater facilities.

The Project is located on 79 Industrial Parkway in Burlington, 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 “4C0325-4”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before June 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.

need accommodation, please notify us by June 14, 2017.

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.

By: Peter E. Keibel District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5658 Peter.Keibel@vermont. gov

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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 23rd day of May 2017.

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #4C0329-3J-3 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6093 On May 22, 2017, The Miller Realty Group, LLC, 599 Avenue D, Williston, VT 05495 filed application #4C0329-3J-3 for a project generally described as the subdivi-

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sion of the combined lot (formerly Lots A and B of the Saxon Hill Industrial Park) into two lots. The Project is located on Allen Martin Drive in Essex, 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 “4C0329-3J-3”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before June 16, 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.

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).

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.

By: Peter E. Keibel District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5658 Peter.Keibel@vermont. gov

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 June 16, 2017.

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 25th day of May 2017.

BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017, 5:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Burlington Development Review Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday June 20, 2017 at 5:00pm in Contois Auditorium, City Hall.

1. 17-1097CA/MA; 79 Industrial Parkway (ELM,

Ward 5S) Zoo Holdings, LLC Construct two building additions, 14,200 sf of building footprint, paving of an existing parking lot, construction of a new parking lot, access drive, and stormwater system, and associated site grading.

(Project Manager: Mary O’Neil) 2. 17-1085CA; 85-87 Pearl Street (D, Ward 3C) 77-87 Pearl Street LLC Change of use of existing building from diner to dog training facility.

(Project Manager: Ryan Morrison) 3. 17-1103AP; 383 College Street (RH, Ward 8E) Astra Burlington LLC Appeal of a zoning violation #334211 for conversion of a multi-use 5 office and 12 residential unit structure to a 14 residential unit building with commercial use, exterior signs and site plan alterations. (Project Manager: Jeanne Francis) 4. 17-1117CA/CU; 426 South Winooski Avenue (R1, Ward 6) Scott Mapes Demolish existing detached garage and replace with new detached garage with accessory dwelling unit.

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS (Project Manager: Scott Gustin) 5. 17-1191CA/HO; 55-57 Howard Street (RL, 5S) Patrick J. McHenry Home occupation for medical office/acupuncture office. Exterior construction; new doors, new window trim, expand porch, new lights. (Project Manager: Ryan Morrison).

Plans may be viewed in the Planning and Zoning Office, (City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Participation in the DRB proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Please note that ANYTHING submitted to the Planning and Zoning office is considered public and cannot be kept confidential.

This may not be the final order in which items will be heard. Please view final Agenda, at www.burlingtonvt.gov/ pz/drb/agendas or the office notice board, one week before the hearing for the order in which items will be heard.

REMOVE ALL CONTENTS FROM THE FACILITY WITHIN 72 HOURS OF BID ACCEPTANCE AT NO COST TO EXIT 16 SELF STORAGE. EXIT 16 SELF STORAGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY BID LOWER THAN THE AMOUNT OWED BY THE OCCUPANT. EXIT 16 SELF STORAGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ANY UNIT FROM THE AUCTION SHOULD CURRANT TENANT BRING HIS OR HER ACCOUNT CURRANT WITH PAYMENT PRIOR TO THE START OF THE AUCTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE SELF STORAGE UNITS LISTED BELOW WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION BY SEALED BID. NAME OF OCCUPANT UNIT SIZE GARELNABI – 5 X 10 RYAN – 10 X 15 DELGADO – 10 X 25 GATTI – 10 X 10 PARISELLA – 10 X 10 HIGGINS –10 X 30 VANETTEN – 10 x 10 VANETTEN -10 X 10 MORALES – 10 X 20 TAYLOR – 10 X 20 ANAIR – 10 X 10 ANAIR – 10 X 10 AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE: SATURDAY JUNE 17, 2017 AT 9:00 AM EXIT 16 SELF STORAGE 295 RATHE RD COLCHESTER, VT. 05446

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.

UNITS WILL BE OPENED FOR VIEWING IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE AUCTION. SALE SHALL BE BY LIVE AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. Name of Occupant StorCONTENTS OF THE age Unit ENTIRE STORAGE UNIT WILL BE SOLD AS ONE Goeffrey D. Tessier Unit LOT. #103 ALL WINNING BIDDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO Said sales will take place PAY A $50.00 DEon 6/9/17, beginning at NOTICE OF SELF STORPOSIT WHICH WILL BE 10:00am at Malletts Bay AGE LIEN SALE REFUNDED ONCE UNIT Self Storage, LLC, (MBSS, EXIT 16 SELF STORAGE IS LEFT EMPTY AND LLC)115 Heineberg Dr, 295 RATHE RD BROOM SWEPT CLEAN. Colchester, VT 05446.

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Vermont Superior Court Family Division Docket No. 173-5-16 Cnjv ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION Based upon the motion filed by The Department for Children and Families through their attorney dated May 3, 2017 and the accompanying affidavit, the Court finds that service of process of a genetic testing order and notice of the continuation of the termination of parental rights proceeding, cannot, with due diligence, be made upon Timothy Oakes, putative father of Z.O.

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Executor/Administrator: 26 Eastman Farm Road Burlington, VT 05408 802-862-7607

Date: 5/3/17 /s/ Alison Arms

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 593-5-17CNPR In re estate of David L. Kost.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of David L. Kost late of Burlington, 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: 5/22/2017 /s/ Maury Kost Signature of Fiduciary

BY JOSH REYNOLDS

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MICHAEL P. GRIFFIN A/K/A MICHAEL GRIFFIN OCCUPANTS OF: 54 WELLINGTON STREET, BARRE, VTDefendants MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 30, 2017 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Tracy E. Griffin Michael P. Griffin to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as a nominee for First Horizon Home Loans, a Division of First Tennessee Bank National Association, dated June 15, 2007 and recorded in Book 240 Page 207 of the land records of the City of Barre, 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 a nominee for First Horizon Home Loans, a Division of First Tennessee Bank National Association to First Horizon Home Loans, a Division of First Bank National Association dated January 28, 2009 and recorded in Book 250 Page 989 and (2) a Corrective Assignment of Mortgage from First Horizon Home Loans, a Division of First Bank National Association to The Bank of New York, Mellon, as Trustee for First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-FA5 dated September 24, 2015 and recorded in Book 294 Page 276, both of the land records of the City of Barre for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 54 Wellington Street, Barre, Vermont on June 13, 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 Tracy E. Griffin and Michael P. Griffin by Deed of Robert G. Manley and Wendy T. Manley of approximate even date herewith and to be recorded in the City of Barre City Land Records.

Said lands and premises being more particularly described as follows: Being all and the same

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT WASHINGTON UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET # 773-12-15 WNCV THE BANK OF NEW YORK, MELLON, AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST HORIZON ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-FA5 Plaintiff v.

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I have been appointed to administer this estate.

All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period.

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Name and Address of Probate Court: Chittenden Unit- Probate Court 175 Main Street Burlington, VT 05402

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Units will be opened for viewing immediately prior to auction. Sale shall be by sealed bid to the highest bidder.

Contents of entire storage unit will be sold as one lot. The winning bid must remove all contents from the facility at no cost to MBSS, LLC on the day of auction.

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lands and premises conveyed to Robert G. Manley, Wendy T. Manley and Julie A. Clemons

by Warranty Deed of Julwen, LLC dated July 16, 2004 and recorded at Book 214, page 974 of the City of Barre Land Records. The interest of Julie A. Clemons was conveyed to Robert G. Manley and Wendy T. Manley by Warranty Deed dated February 17, 2006 and recorded at Book 229, Page 436 of said land records.

Being parcel No. 2 in a Warranty Deed from Julie A. Clemons, Robert G. Manley and Wendy T. Manley to JULWEN, LLC dated October 24, 2003 and recorded at Book 207, Page 565 of the Barre 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.

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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 (60) days after the date of sale.

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Other terms to be announced at the sale.

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Any age. No athletic experience needed.

Call Penni or Linda at 999-5478, info@ dragonheartvermont. org, dragonheartvermont.org.

AL-ANON For families & friends of alcoholics. For meeting info, go to vermontalanonalateen.org or call 866-972-5266.

ALATEEN GROUP New Alateen group in Burlington on Sundays from 5-6 p.m. at the UU building at the top of Church St. For more information please call Carol, 324-4457.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Daily meetings in various locations. Free.

Info, 864-1212. Want to overcome a drinking problem? Take the first step of 12 & join a group in your area.

ALL CANCER SURVIVORS Join the wellness classes at Survivorship NOW, created by cancer survivors for survivors of all cancers. Benefits from lively programs designed to engage and empower cancer survivors in our community. Email: info@ survivorshipnowvt.org.

Call Chantal, 777-1126, survivorshipnowvt.org.

ALTERNATIVES TO SUICIDE Alternatives to Suicide is a safe space where the subject of suicide can be discussed freely, without judgment or stigma. The group is facilitated by individuals who have themselves experienced suicidal thoughts/ feelings. Fletcher Free Library, 235 College St., Burlington. Group meets weekly on Thursdays, 1-2:30 p.m. Info: makenzy@ pathwaysvermont.org, 888-492-8218 x300.

ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION SUPPORT GROUP This caregivers support group meets on the 3rd Wed. of every mo. from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Office, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 128, Williston.

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

They emphasize shared experiences, emotional support, and coping techniques in care for a person living with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Meetings are free and open to the public. Families, caregivers, and friends may attend. Please call in advance to confirm date and time. For questions or additional support group listings, call 800-272-3900.

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

Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline 800-272-3900 for more information.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE & DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP Held the last Tue. of every mo., 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Birchwood Terr., Burlington. Info, Kim, 863-6384.

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS W/ DEBT? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Anonymous. Sat., 10-11:30 a.m., Methodist Church at Buell & S. Winooski, Burlington.

Contact Brenda, 338-1170.

BABY BUMPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings.

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

Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531.

BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Meets every other Mon. night, 6-7:30 p.m., & every other Wed., 10-11:30 a.m., in the Conference Center at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Berlin. The group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Info, Ginny Fry or Jean Semprebon, 223-1878.

BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP IN ST. JOHNSBURY Monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Wed. of every mo., 1-2:30 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., St. Johnsbury. The support group will offer valuable resources & info about brain injury.

It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure & confidential environment. Info, Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 800-639-1522.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets the 3rd Thu. of the mo. at the Unitarian Church ramp entrance, 1:302:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed. montly at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m. Colchester Evening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Brattleboro meets at Brooks Memorial Library on the 1st Thu. monthly from 1:15-3:15 p.m. and the 3rd Mon. montly from 4:15-6:15 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. montly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m.

Call our helpline at 877-856-1772.

BURLINGTON AREA PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP People with Parkinson’s disease & their caregivers gather together to gain support & learn about living with Parkinson’s disease. Group meets 2nd Wed. of every mo., 1-2 p.m., continuing through Nov. 18, 2015.

Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne.

Childcare is provided.

Info: 658-1996.

FAMILIES, PARTNERS, FRIENDS AND ALLIES OF TRANSGENDER ADULTS We are people with adult loved ones who are transgender or gender-nonconforming.

We meet to support each other and to learn 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.

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.

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FCA FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Families coping with addiction (FCA) is an open community peer support group for adults 18 & over struggling with the drug or alcohol addiction of a loved one.

FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. Weekly on Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Turning Point Center, corner of Bank St., Burlington. (Across from parking garage, above bookstore). thdaub1@ gmail.com.

HEARTBEAT VERMONT Have you lost a friend, colleague or loved one by suicide? Some who call have experienced a recent loss and some are still struggling w/ a loss from long ago.

Call us at 446-3577 to meet with our clinician, Jonathan Gilmore, at Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main St. All are welcome.

G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING) Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction?

Find support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington.

Please call for date and location. RSVP graspvt@gmail.com or call 310-3301.

G.Y.S.T. (GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER) GYST creates a safe & empowering community for young men & youth in transition to come together with one commonality: learning to live life on life’s terms.

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.

GRIEF & RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP 1st & 3rd Wed. of every mo., 7-8 p.m., Franklin County Home Health Agency (FCHHA), 3 Home Health Cir., St. Albans. 527-7531.

INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS SUPPORT GROUP Interstitial cystitis (IC) is recurring pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in the bladder & pelvic region & urinary frequency/urgency. This is often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. We are building a Vermontbased support group & welcome you to email bladderpainvt@gmail. com or call 899-4151 for more information.

KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS The Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. The program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact sherry. rhynard@gmail.com.

opportunity to gain information on how to better cope with feelings & experiences that surface because of the trauma they have experienced. Please call SafeSpace 863-0003 if you are interested in joining.

MALE SURVIVOR OF VIOLENCE GROUP A monthly, closed group for male identified survivors of violence including relationship, sexual assault, and discrimination. Open to all sexual orientations.

Contact 863-0003 for more information or safespace@pridecentervt.org.

MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS Do you have a problem with marijuana? MA is a free 12-step program where addicts help other addicts to get & stay clean. Ongoing Tue. at 6:30 p.m. and Sat. at 2 p.m. at Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., suite 200, Burlington.

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THE MEMORY CAFÉ The Memory Café is where people with memory loss disorders and their care partners can come together to connect and support one another. Second Saturday of each month, 10-11:30 a.m. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier.

Info: 223-2518.

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); Montpelier, every Fri., 2-3:30 p.m., Another Way, 125 Barre St.; Newport, first Wed. of the month, 6-7:30

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HEARING VOICES GROUP This Hearing Voices Group seeks to find understanding of voice hearing experiences as real lived experiences which may happen to anyone at anytime. We choose to share experiences, support, and empathy. We validate anyone’s experience and stories about their experience as their own, as being an honest and accurate representation of their experience, and as being acceptable exactly as they are.

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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

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.

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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.

989-3234, 425-3612.

DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE WomenSafe offers free, confidential support groups in Middlebury for women who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. Art For Healing. Six-week support group for people who have experienced domestic or sexual violence.

Childcare provided.

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery meetings are for anyone with struggles with hurt, habits and hang ups, which includes everyone in some way.

We welcome everyone at Cornerstone Church in Milton which meets every Friday night at 7-9 p.m. We’d love to have you join us and

CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy and associated medical conditions. It’s mission it to provide the best possible information to parents of children living with the complex condition of cerebral palsy. cerebralpalsyguidance.com/ cerebral-palsy/

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life! This confidential 12-Step recovery program puts faith in Jesus Christ at the heart of healing. We offer multiple support groups for both men & women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction & pornography, food issues, & overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex. Info: recovery@ essexalliance.org, 878-8213.

CELIAC & GLUTEN-FREE GROUP Every 2nd Wed., 4:30-6 p.m. at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@ gmail.com.

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.

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BURLINGTON – STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Offering a weekly drop-in support group for female identified survivors of intimate partner violence. We offer a safe, confidential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover. Call us at 802-658-1996.

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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 (cafĂŠ 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-AON 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.

OPEN EARS, OPEN Untitled-6 10:38 AM 1 MINDS4/17/17 A supportive community discussion circle which thrives on mutuality and connection. Everyone welcome. The Pathways VT Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Weekly on Fri. 1-2 p.m.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step fellowship for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc.

Tue., 7 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct. All are welcome; meeting is open. Info: Felicia, 777-7718.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you worry about the way you eat? Overeaters Anonymous may have the answer for you. No weigh-ins, dues or fees.

Mon., 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Temple Sinai, 500 Swift St., S. Burlington. Info: 863-2655.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre 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

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Nice backyard has a garage and drive way.

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(NCVRC), 275 Brooklyn St. Info: Debbie, 888-5958.

PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP This group meets on the second Tuesday, 10-11:30 a.m. of the month at Pillsbury Homestead Senior Community Residence at 3 Harborview Rd., St. Albans in the conference room next to the library on the first floor.

Wheelchair accessible.

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PEER ACCESS LINE Isolated? Irritable?

Anxious? Lonely?

Excited? Bored?

Confused? Withdrawn?

Sad? Call us! Don’t hesitate for a moment.

We understand! It is our choice to be here for you to listen. Your feelings do matter. 321-2190.

Thu., Fri., Sat. evenings, 6-9 p.m.

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-8 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence?

General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS, ACNS-BC, 274-4990, vmary@aol.com.

QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFE The Queen City Memory CafĂŠ offers a social time & place for people with memory impairment & their fiends & family to laugh, learn & share concerns & celebrate feeling understood & connected. Enjoy coffee, tea & baked goods with entertainment & conversation. QCMC meets the 3rd Sat. of each mo., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Thayer Building, 1197 North Ave., Burlington. 316-3839.

QUEER CARE GROUP STUTTERING SUPPORT Fsbo-Metcalf-051017.indd 12:15 PM 1 GROUPS This support group is for6/27/16 If you’re a person who adult family members stutters, you are not and caregivers of queer, alone! Adults, teens & and/or questioning school-age kids who youth. It is held on the stutter & their families 2nd Monday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. are welcome to join one of our three free at Outright Vermont, 241 North Winooski Ave. National Stuttering Association (NSA) This group is for adults stuttering support only. groups at UVM. Adults: For more information, 5:30-6:30, 1st & 3rd email info@outrightvt.

Tue. monthly; teens org. (ages 13-17): 5:30-6:30, 1st Thu. monthly; QUIT TOBACCO GROUPS school-age children Are you ready to be (ages 8-12) & parents tobacco free? Join our (meeting separately): FREE fi ve-week group 4:15-5:15, 2nd Thu. classes facilitated by monthly. Pomeroy our Tobacco Treatment Hall (489 Main St., Specialists. We meet UVM campus. Info: in a friendly, relaxed burlingtonstutters.org, atmosphere. You burlingtonstutters@ may qualify for a FREE gmail.com, 656-0250.

8-week supply of Go Team Stuttering! nicotine replacement therapy. Contact us SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP at (802)-847-7333 or For those who have QuitTobaccoClass@ lost a friend or loved UVMHealth.org. one through suicide.

Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 N. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION NEW Main St., Wallingford, ENGLAND 446-3577. 6:30-8 p.m.

Support group meeting the 3rd Tue. of ea. mo. held 4th Tue. of the mo., 6:30-8:30 p.m.

SUICIDE HOTLINES Williston Police Station.

IN VT Info, Blythe Leonard, Brattleboro, 257-7989; 878-0732.

Montpelier (Washington County Mental Health SEX & LOVE ADDICTS Emergency Services), ANONYMOUS 229-0591; Randolph 12-step recovery group.

(Clara Martin Center Do you have a problem Emergency Service), w/ sex or relationships?

800-639-6360.

We can help. Ralph, 658-2657. Visit slaafws.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR org or saa-recovery.org WOMEN for meetings near you. who have experienced intimate partner abuse, SEXUAL VIOLENCE facilitated by Circle SUPPORT (Washington Co. only).

HOPE Works offers Please call 877-543free support groups to 9498 for more info. women, men & teens who are survivors SURVIVORSHIP NOW of sexual violence.

Welcome, cancer Groups are available for survivors. Survivorship survivors at any stage NOW has free wellness of the healing process. programs to empower Intake for all support cancer survivors to groups is ongoing. If you move beyond cancer are interested in learn& live life well. Regain ing more or would like your strength & to schedule an intake balance. Renew your to become a group spirit. Learn to nourish member, please call our your body with exercise office at 864-0555, ext. & nutritious foods. Tap 19, or email our victim in to your creative side. advocate at advocate@ Connect with others sover.net. who understand the challenges you face. Go

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to survivorshipnowvt. org today to sign up. Info, 802-7771126, info@ survivorshipnowvt.org.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE — BURLINGTON Who: Persons experiencing the impact of a loved one’s suicide. When: 1st Wed. of each mo., 6-7:30 p.m.

Location: Comfort Inn, 5 Dorset St., Burlington.

Facilitators: Myra Handy, 951-5156 or Liz Mahoney, 879-7109.

Request: We find it important to connect with people before their first meeting. If you can, please call one of the facilitators before you come. Thank you!

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE If you have lost someone to suicide and wish to have a safe place to talk, share and spend a little time with others who have had a similar experience, join us the 3rd Thu. at the Faith Lighthouse Church, Rte. 105, Newport (105 Alderbrook), 7-9 p.m. Please call before attending. Info: Mary Butler, 744-6284.

THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS Burlington Chapter TCF meets on the 3rd Tue. of ea. mo. at 7 p.m. at 277 Blair Park Rd., Williston; for more info, call Dee Ressler, 598-8899.

Rutland Chapter TCF meets on the 1st Tue. of ea. mo. at 7 p.m. at Grace Congregational Church, West St., Rutland; for more info, call Susan Mackey, 446-2278. Hospice Volunteer Services (HVS) also serves bereaved parents w/ monthly peer support groups, short-term educational consultations & referrals to local grief & loss counselors. HVS is located in the Marble Works district in Middlebury. Please call 388-4111 for more info about how to connect w/ appropriate support services.

TOGETHER IN RECOVERY 5/8/17 10:18 AM Community members with a friend or family member affected by Opioid use are invited to come for support, discussion and encouragement.

Chittenden Clinic, 75 San Remo Dr., So. Burlington.

Every third Tuesday of the month, 5:30 p.m. Info: 488-6456, jspagnuolo@ howardcenter.org.

VEGGIE SUPPORT GROUP Want to feel supported on your vegetarian/ vegan journey? Want more info on healthy veggie diets? Want to share & socialize at veggie potlucks, & more, in the greater Burlington area? This is your opportunity to join with other like-minded folks. veggy4life@gmail. com, 658-4991.

WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FAHC. Led by Deb Clark, RN. Every 1st & 3rd Tue., 5-6:30 p.m. Call Kathy McBeth, 847-5715.

YOGA FOR FOLKS LIVING WITH LYME DISEASE Join as we build community and share what works on the often confusing, baffling and isolating path to wellness while living with Lyme disease. We will have a gentle restorative practice suitable for all ages and all levels from beginner to experienced, followed by an open group discussion where we will share what works and support one another in our quest for healing. By donation.

Wear comfortable clothing. March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4. 2-3:30 p.m. More information at laughingriveryoga.com XA – EVERYTHING ANONYMOUS Everything Anonymous is an all encompassing 12-step support group.

People can attend for any reason, including family member challenges. Mondays, 7-8 p.m. Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., Burlington. Info: 777-5508, definder@ gmail.com.

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The Conservation Planner will assist small farm owners who are in the process of conserving farmland to complete necessary easement documentation as well as help farms with previously conserved farmland by assessing water quality concerns, providing technical assistance, and supporting implementation of Best Management Practices.

Desired qualifications include: Bachelor’s degree in natural resources, agriculture, soils or agronomy or 5-10 years of practical experience in the above fields; knowledge of agriculture, agricultural conservation and diversified agricultural practices; advanced experience with and knowledge of digital map development and interpretation; familiarity with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) conservation planning process preferred. This position will be housed in the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Middlebury field office with frequent travel in Addison and Rutland Counties. Starting wage is $16 to $18 per hour based upon experience.

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

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Crothers Environmental Group is seeking full-time Abatement Workers. No experience necessary.

We will train and pay for licensure for the right person(s). Starting pay is $12 per hour for non experienced workers, $15 per hour for experienced/licensed workers.

Position based in Morrisville but will service entire State of Vermont and Northern New Hampshire with a company-owned vehicle. Clean driving record required.

FINANCE DIRECTOR The Vermont Arts Council, based in Montpelier, is looking for a director of finance. This position serves as chief financial officer and oversees the administrative operations of the organization. The director of finance will play a critical role in collaborating with senior management in strategic decision making as a new strategic plan is launched.

This is an opportunity for an experienced financial professional to bring their skills and expertise to a unique organization -- the only state arts council which is also a 501(c)(3). Candidates seeking a part-time position with autonomy, the chance to broaden their skill set and impact, the opportunity to work with a creative team, and with the ability to use their variety of financial, administrative, and communication skills are encouraged to apply.

Please email your interest to heather@ crothersenvironmental.com.

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NFI Vermont is seeking a part time experienced Human Resources Assistant to work 30 hours a week. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, team-oriented 5v-VtArtsCouncil053117.indd and will possess excellent communication skills. Primary duties include coordination of personnel paperwork with our 17 programs regarding hiring and benefits information, coordination of the agency training calendar, payroll timesheet entry and assisting the Human Resource Manager, with administrative support. Must be detail oriented and be able to multi-task in a fast paced environment. Microsoft Office computer skills required. Experience in Human Resource Management a plus.

Please send resume and cover letter to: Amy Whittemore, Human Resource Manager, 30 Airport Road, South Burlington, VT 05403 or AmyWhittemore@nafi.com.

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The Hospital Diversion Program of NFI VT is seeking a full time Residential Counselor. Hospital Diversion provides crisis stabilization, clinical consultation, individual treatment and discharge planning in a small, safe residential setting. Counselors provide supervision and support to youth, as well as provide a sense of safety and security.

Superior interpersonal skills and ability to function well in a team atmosphere a must. B.A. in psychology or related field required. Position is full-time with a comprehensive benefits package. Please e-mail resume and cover letter to: AnnePeterson@nafi.com

providing care that puts the patient first. We are offering a $3000 sign-on bonus for full-time positions.

Wanting to get back into the work force? Our friendly, family oriented dental practice in South Burlington is seeking a mature, personable receptionist. Computer and phone skills desired. Office experience is preferred, but we are willing to train the right person! We are hiring for a 3-4 day flexible work week.

▪ We have full-time openings in Burlington, South Burlington and Williston. We have an 8 hour a week opening in Berlin and a per diem opening in our Resource Pool.

▪ Must be a LPN, currently licensed in Vermont. Experience in Primary Care or Family Medicine strongly preferred. Must have excellent customer service skills.

▪ We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits including a 403b retirement plan and tuition reimbursement.

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The Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield inspires people to create a better, more sustainable world by providing hands-on education that integrates design and building skills as a creative, interactive process.

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SEMESTER PROGRAM DIRECTOR Yestermorrow Design/Build School is seeking a new Semester Program Director. This position is temporary and runs from early August to mid/late December (dates negotiable). The Director is lead instructor and supervisor for the Yestermorrow/ UMass Semester in Sustainable Design/Build, a 15-credit, 16-week program (8/19-12/8/17) for up to 15 undergraduates and recent graduates, based in Waitsfield. Started in 2011, the Semester Program is focused on the collaborative design and construction of a single, high-performance, year-round structure for a real client. The curriculum includes four credit-bearing courses, consisting of lectures, seminars, discussions, studio time, and jobsite work. The Director is responsible for delivering the academic curriculum, leading and guiding the design/ build process, supervising the faculty team (a co-instructor and teaching assistant), and teaching the students how to develop and structure the design/build process collaboratively and constructively for themselves. The Director is also cross-listed as UMass Amherst faculty; MArch or BArch required.

For more information please visit http://bit.ly/2qkf15P or contact eric@yestermorrow.org. Position open until filled; preference given to applications received by June 16.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The ermont rts Council seeks an experienced executive director to lead the organization into the next stage of its organizational development.

The executive director is responsible for the overall management of the Council including budgeting, financial planning and asset management, grant compliance, fund development, fiscal management, and program oversight.

The executive director reports to the board of directors and supervises the sta . ince 1 5, the Council has been the state s primary provider of funding, advocacy, and information for the arts in ermont.

Funded primarily by the state, the ational ndowment for the rts, and private donations, the Council awards grants to artists, arts organizations, and communities and supports the creative sector through technical support, learning opportunities, and promotional assistance.

For more information go to vermontartscouncil.org/about-us/employment.

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VermontMake Department a difference.of Labor DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH Chief Nursing Officer (Nursing Administrator)

As the Chief Nursing Officer for the Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital (VPCH), you will be responsible for supervising nurses and nurse managers, facilitating the design and delivery of patient care, recommending strategies to improve services, and contributing to outcomes related to recovery-focused patient care and environment of care goals. VPCH, located in Berlin, VT, is newly constructed and fully accredited to serve some of the state’s most acute inpatients who are under the care and The right job can open opportunities for you to grow, excel, and reach your full custody of the Commissioner of Mental Health. We are in search of a nurse administrator who creates a positiveWorking and collaborative possesses management to assure potential. for the work Stateenvironment of Vermontand allows yousound the freedom andskills creativity that operations comply with practice and accreditation standards, as well as all applicable statuto use your skills and enthusiasm in an enormous array of disciplines to keep tory regulations.

As part of the senior leadership team, you will actively recruit and guide staffthis in promoting a recovery-oriented, person-centered inpatient treatment environment.

Vital skills for this one of the best states in the country to live and work. position include a broad knowledge of health care systems and planning, supervisory and budgeting competencies, communication, creativity, critical thinking and effective problem solving acumen.

The work is not only challenging and fulfilling, it’s rewarding on many levels — Qualifying applicants must have either a Bachelor’s or Master’s of Science Degree in Nursing and current licensure, experience identified.

Interested applicants should provide a letter bothright professionally andopportunities socially. And our outstanding benefits package, The job with can relevant open forwith you to grow, excel, and reach your fullof interest and resume specifying experience and unique qualifications relevant to this senior managedesigned to meet your health financial needs, you you’ll the flexibility to be potential.

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Line Chef ▪ The Line Chef is responsible for the preparation of cold and hot food items in quantity for patients, employees, visitors and catering requisitions. Must have knowledge of weight and measures conversion, cooking and baking vocabulary and food prep techniques.

▪ Must have at least one year of experience in quantity food preparation and a high school diploma or GED. Culinary degree preferred as well as experience in a lead role.

▪ Full-time and per diem positions available. We offer a competitive wage, excellent benefits including health insurance, paid time off, retirement plans and tuition reimbursement.

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Museum Director Rokeby Museum, a National Historic Landmark Underground Railroad site, seeks Director to oversee all operations including exhibits, public and educational programs, collections care, and all matters relating to the museum’s property and facility. For detailed information, please visit: www.rokeby.org/museum-director-search

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Are you interested in joining our medical team? We are now hiring nurses (RNs and LPNs) at our Berlin, Vermont location. We offer competitive pay, benefits, and have positions open for per diem, part time and full time.

Opened in 2012, Popolo is a community restaurant serving Italian-inspired farm-to-table cuisine in historic Bellows Falls, Send resumes to: recruiting@baymark.com. baartprograms.com VT. We’re offering generous compensation and benefits for an inspired and experienced2h-BAART051717.indd 1 5/12/17 professional, someone anxious to make a mark on the culinary culture of Vermont, and who has fine dining experience and kitchen management skills. You can learn about this position on Champlain Community Services our website at popolomeanspeople.com

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with a strong emphasis on self-determination values

Selectboard Administrator Looking for a GREAT summer job?

Brown Ledge Camp has some options for you!

NURSES – RN OR NP

Whether you have been a nurse for some time, or are just graduating, we would enjoy speaking with you. Our nurses work as a team sharing duties. Our campers are an active, well population. We are in search of two nurses to fill out our health center staff.

HORSEBACK RIDING INSTRUCTORS

2017 will be the 91st riding season at Brown Ledge. We have two positions to fill to complete our 11 person riding staff, and are looking for riders who have a background in H/J or Eventing and have experience teaching.

ARCHERY INSTRUCTOR

Interested in any of these positions?

We would enjoy hearing from you!!!

COLLEGE STUDENTS ENCOURAGED TO APPLY!

COMMUNITY INCLUSION FACILITATORS Provide one on one inclusion supports to help individuals lead fulfilling lives, reach their goals and be productive members of their community. We currently have several positions with comprehensive benefit packages. Send your application and cover letter to staff@ccs-vt.org.

SHARED LIVING PROVIDER Carpentry Jobs Construction Jobs Manufacturing Jobs

If you would like to submit a resume or letter of interest email bill@brownledge.org

CCS is seeking a Service Coordinator with strong clinical and organizational skills to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a fast-paced, team-oriented position and have demonstrated leadership. This is an excellent opportunity to join a distinguished developmental service provider agency during a time of growth. Send your cover letter and application to Elizabeth Sightler, esightler@ ccs-vt.org.

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CASE MANAGEMENT

Email calais.townclerk@gmail.com for job description, pay and benefits.

Phone 802 456-8720.

RIFLERY INSTRUCTOR

Do you have a background in riflery? Do you have experience instructing riflery? Have you ever been on a riflery team?

and individual & family relationships.

Assist Selectboard based on your business or municipal experience and your ability to research, analyze, communicate, write grants, coordinate benefits.

Are you an archer who can teach archery? Archery is a serious, well attended activity by archers of all levels at BLC.

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Provide residential supports to an individual in your home or theirs. A generous stipend, paid time off (respite) and comprehensive training & supports are provided. We are currently hiring for a variety of situations. Contact Jennifer Wolcott, jwolcott@ccs-vt.org or 655-0511 ext. 118 for more information.

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HARWOOD UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT

2017-18 SCHOOL YEAR

Program Coordinator Center for Women & Enterprise Vermont All interested applicants should sent cover letter and resume to Daria Kreher, daria.kreher@gmail.com.

Go to www.cweonline.org for full job description.

EOE 5/26/17 Interim Nonprofit Manager

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SCHOOL NURSE The Harwood Unified Union School District is seeking a full time school nurse for the 2017-18 school year.

The candidate should have a minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, be licensed as an RN, have or be eligible for VT Agency of Education endorsement as a school nurse, and be CPR, AED, and First Aid certified. Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience with school or community/family centered nursing experience preferred. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, emergency health care, implementation of student health plans and health counseling, and education to students, families, and staff. Applicant should be fluent and/or comfortable working with an electronic data system.

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Interested candidates should apply via schoolspring.com job #2773019 by submitting a letter of interest, resume, transcripts, proof of license, and 3 letters of reference OR if this is not possible, apply directly to: Laura Titus Washington West Supervisory Union 340 Mad River Park, Suite 7 Waitsfield, VT 05673 ltitus@wwsu.org POSITION OPEN UNTIL FILLED. EOE

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Environmental Services Job Fair!

An innovator. A team player. A dynamic leader.

A social justice advocate. A champion.

A visionary. A game changer.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS Environmental Services Worker II & III (varied shifts, FT&PT) Lead Environmental Services Worker Day Supervisor (FT)

DATE: Tuesday, June 6 TIME: 8am - 1pm LOCATION: Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, Maple Suite

Chief Executive OďŹƒcer

Bring your resume, interview with hiring leaders on site Meet Environmental Services team members Assistance with our online application will be available

Ready to lead the team? sovt.info/careers

Job Fair attendees who are hired may be eligible for a SIGN-ON bonus up to $3,000!

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Tourism & Marketing:VERMONT Director of Communications STATE REHABILITATION COUNCIL COORDINATOR

The Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) Job Description: CRT Team Leader Experienced professional sought to lead the Vermont Department of Tourism

The Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) & Marketing’s public and trade relations efforts. This mission-critical position The Community Rehabilitation and Treatment Team (CRT), seeking an individual to coordinate the Vermont State is designed to generate positive istourism-related coverage of Vermont in the is seeking a strong clinician who is highly organized and Rehabilitation Council (SRC).

This is an ideal opportunity for national and international marketplace.

The Director of Communications is energetic. The CRT program serves individuals with severe an individual seeking part-time, home-based self-employment. and implementation of a proactive business mental illness. The team leader responsible will work closelyfor withthe thedevelopment CRT The SRC and helpsmission DVR oversee the Department implementationofof vocational outreach goals of the Program Manager and the CRT Leadershipplan Teamconsistent to provide with the Tourism and Marketing maintaining consistent communications safe and clinically sound services for individuals enrolled in as well as rehabilitation services in the State of Vermont. The SRC the program. Must work in a supportive role networking with the Program via social tools. This includes positionpeople is responsible for all tourismdisability media with disabilities, employers, Manager to ensure responsible relations administrative oversightand of the in-state out-of-state; press release development; pitching advocates, community providers and State staff.targeted The SRC CRT Program; will provide both administrative clinical tourism story and ideas to regional and national media; development of press Coordinator must be a well-organized and self-directed supervision to direct line staff; and coordinate with State familiarization trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and individual, good administrative skills,Director and a willingness and Community Resources. Strong supervisory experience support for Vermont’s international publicwith relations initiatives. The is essential. Knowledge of Evidence Base Practices is a plus. to travel frequently, primarily within the State of Vermont. will also collaborate with the Agency of Commerce executive team in the Master’s Degree, licensed or license eligible and minimum of 2 Experience in working with people with disabilities development a proactive travel trade and business recruitment plan. Thisis a plus. years relevant experience required.

This position isof eligible for a position report to isthe of Tourismon&DVR Marketing.

For more information or the SRC please go to www. sign-on bonus. Our clinic is located close to will interstate 89 and a Commissioner vocrehab.vermont.gov or www.vtsrc.org. short commute from Burlington and surrounding areas.

Candidates must: demonstrate strong oral and written skills; have a BA in two-year, contracted position, with an option If you are a fit for this incredible opportunity, Public Relations or related field; This haveis aa minimum of five years of relevant workfor renewal two additional years. we’d love to hear from you. demonstrate knowledge experience; of for Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry.

For more detailed information, including contact For more information on this position or to submit a bid information for applying, pleasewriting visit Resume, samples and a minimum of three references should be proposal please go to: www.vermontbusinessregistry.com and www.ncssinc.org. submitted to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community bids look for “Coordination of the Vermont State Development, One National Life under Drive,open Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofRehabilitation Council.” state travel will be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000.

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FIREFIGHTER/ PARAMEDIC The Williston Fire Department has one (1) fulltime opening for a Career Firefighter/Paramedic.

Minimum qualification is a current CPAT certification at the time of hire. This is a vacant position with an immediate start date available.

Visit willistonfi re.com to view the full job posting.

Mail resume and cover letter by June 9, 2017 to Williston Fire Department, Attn: Chief Morton 645 Talcott Road, Williston, Vermont, 05495.

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SASH Data Systems Manager

a place they’ll love.

Full Time: If you have experience in data and population health and are passionate about improving the delivery of health services in Vermont to improve lives, this opportunity may be just what you are looking for!

Cathedral Square, the Statewide Administrator of the SASH® (Support and Services at Home) model, is looking for a Data Systems Manager for oversight of the SASH data reporting systems; report generation for internal and external purposes and collaboration with the SASH leadership team in development of quality metrics and model outcomes demonstration. This position is responsible for the systems management for SASH staff statewide in the primary SASH database as well as other third party collaborative software platforms in which the SASH network participates.

Go to cathedralsquare.org and sashvt.org websites for more information. Submit cover letter and resume to jobs@cathedralsqure.org. EOE

Ambulatory RNs Sign on bonus up to $6,000 We are looking for great Ambulatory RNs who are passionate about providing care that puts the patient first!

Opportunities exist in our ambulatory, patientcentered Primary Care Medical Homes, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Transplant, Urgent Care and other specialty areas.

We offer competitive pay, flexible day schedule and great benefits (including tuition reimbursement).

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Legal Advocate STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (formerly Women Helping Battered Women) is seeking: Part-Time Legal Advocate: 20 hours/week to provide legal advocacy services to those who have experienced domestic violence. Legal and/or social service experience required.

Criminal background checks required. Pro-rated benefits.

Full job description at stepsvt.org/jobs. Resume & cover letter by June 9 to employment@stepsvt.org.

No phone calls please.

EOE. PEOPLE OF COLOR, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

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Senior Accountant

BSD has an immediate opening for an experienced Senior Accountant. This position is responsible for maintaining the District’s finances in accordance with GASB generally accepted accounting principles. The Senior Accountant supports the Director of Finance in all elements related to the fiscal operations of the District. The successful candidate will exhibit strong communication skills, attention to detail, the ability to meet deadlines, and a willingness to be part of a team.

New England Federal Credit Union, Vermont’s largest Credit Union with 7 branch locations, is a growing organization committed to excellence in service, convenience, and simplicity.

NEFCU offers a stable, supportive, high-standards work environment, where employees are treated as key stakeholders. Please visit our website, www.nefcu.com, to learn more about the great opportunities and benefits that exist at NEFCU.

An account degree and public sector accounting experience preferred, (particularly in a school setting), but other combinations of education and experience will be considered. Candidate will demonstrate a strong knowledge of GASB’s generally accepted principles, be highly proficient in use of technology, especially Excel & accounting software, be experienced preparing & analyzing financial statements. The ability to consistently meet deadlines is a must.

Salary: $65,000 - $80,000 annually, commensurate with qualifications.

Apply: www.bsdvt.org

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Branch Manager Williston

New England Federal Credit Union is looking to hire an experienced and dynamic leader to manage its largest branch, located on Harvest Lane in Williston, Vermont. The successful candidate will be dedicated to meeting the requirements and expectations of their internal customers (members); establishing and maintaining effective professional and interpersonal relationships; cultivating success of their direct reports by motivating, mentoring and managing staff performance, and dealing with challenges and opportunities in a fair, consistent and timely manner. The NEFCU branch manager is responsible for providing and modeling superior service; developing and deepening financial relationships, and ensuring the integrity of daily operations in a full-service branch office. The successful candidate will demonstrate a complete understanding of our members’ financial needs and the various solutions NEFCU offers. The successful candidate will be a self-confident, collaborative motivator, with exceptional communication skills. An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree is preferred. Also, two years of banking and/or lending is required.

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Director of Financial Education Williston

NEFCU is also looking to hire a Financial Education Director to develop and grow our financial education programs for our members and the communities in which we serve. The successful candidate will use a curriculum-based approach to deliver the optimal education experience. The Financial Education Director will identify and develop key performance metrics that reflect the mission and strategy of our organization while promoting awareness of our financial education program and partner offerings. Qualified candidates will possess strong management competencies, critical thinking skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience from which necessary experience and expertise were acquired. This position will be based out of our Williston location.

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Key Position

Controller Mount Snow has a great opportunity for a talented Controller to join our team. We are enjoying an exciting period of substantial redevelopment; our future looks bright‌and busy! You will be responsible for the company’s financial plans and policies, its accounting practices, controls, the maintenance of its fiscal records, budgets, capital planning and the preparation of financial reports. You will lead and develop your finance teams and provide consultation, analysis and training to senior leadership, management and staff. CPA and/or MBA preferred as well as SOX compliance experience.

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New World Tortilla is seeking to fill a key full time position at our location on Pine Street in Burlington. This is a fast paced counter service restaurant. Sundays and Holidays off. Prior kitchen experience is a must.

Join a progressive, non-profit Human Services agency, trusted for providing high quality care and treatment to people in need.

New leadership opportunities have been created as part of the agency’s active evolution to best serve our community. These include:

Email your resume and cover letter to mike@newworldtortilla.com or drop it off at 696 Pine Street.

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The Energy Co-op of Vermont is a full-service fuel dealer that helps its 2,000 members cut fossil fuel use and invest in eďŹƒciency and renewables. Our new General Manager will lead this work.

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Work with the Board of Directors to implement the Co-op’s strategic plan.

Lead financial management, planning, budgeting and marketing.

Oversee the Co-op’s management team.

Lead the Co-op’s business development initiatives in fuel deliveries, HVAC, energy efficiency and renewables.

Howard Center is an Equal-Opportunity Employer. Applicants needing assistance or an accommodation in completing the on-line application should feel free to contact Human Resources at 488-6950 or hrhelpdesk@howardcenter.org

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QUALIFICATIONS • • • • •

Howard Center’s competitive benefits package can increase your total compensation by over 30%.

Benefits in these roles include medical, 401(k), generous time off starting at 36 days of combined time off in your first year, and more!

Superb leadership and management skills with proven ability to motivate employees to reach common goals.

Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

At least five ZFBSs experience in financial management, budgeting and planning.

Ability to think strategically. Experience with high-level strategic planning.

Knowledge of HVAC, fuel dealer, energy efficiency and renewables businesses, especially in Vermont.

For a full job description and to learn more about the Energy Co-op, visit www.ecvt.net/gm.

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The Co-op is an equal opportunity employer, offers attractive salaries, an interesting and supportive work place and exceptional employee benefits.

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Engaging minds that change the world

Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions.

This opening and others are updated daily.

Executive Assistant to President - #S1083PO - Position Overview: Reporting directly to the President, provide administrative support, accommodating shifting priorities in a highly-charged environment. Perform a variety of administrative tasks to facilitate President’s ability to effectively lead the University. Use judgment in problem resolution and prioritization of issues and concerns directed at the President. Use discretion regarding disclosure and dissemination of sensitive information to internal and external constituents. Provide administrative support to the President’s spouse when applicable. The University-wide scope, and confidential/ sensitive nature of the activities of the office, are essential aspects of the position.

Minimum Requirements: Associate’s degree in related field and eight years related experience required. Experience supporting a senior level administrator in a complex work environment required. Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, database, and relational database applications. Detail oriented. Ability to use keyboard with speed and accuracy. Experience with transcription required. Effective organizational, time management, recordkeeping, and logistical skills required.

Communication skills, both oral and written, required. Demonstrated multicultural competency and a commitment to recruit a diverse student population. Experience in higher education desirable.

For further information on this positions and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802-656-2248; telephone #802-656-3150. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily.

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The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications, from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

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ESTIMATOR Curtis Lumber Company is looking for an Estimator at our Williston location.

Some of the responsibilities include: • Provide excellent customer service • Prepare, review, and distribute estimates for various projects within required time frame.

• Use expert judgment to interpret codes & standards, design processes, specifications and

drawings.

Curtis Lumber Co. is one of the largest and fastest growing building materials companies in the country and is committed to delivering top-notch service while promoting a positive work environment. Curtis Lumber Co. offers competitive salary, excellent benefits package. 2-3 Years of Industry/Estimator Experience is preferred. To apply, please visit our employment page at www.curtislumbercareers.com.

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Dynapower Company in South Burlington is a leading manufacturer of large custom power supplies and energy conversion systems. Our staff is dedicated to providing quality workmanship and the highest level of customer service. We offer an extensive benefits package and a pleasant working environment, as well as an opportunity for personal and professional growth. We are currently accepting resumes and applications for the following positions:

Digital Marketing Specialist Electronic Technician Spare Parts Specialist

For the full job description and to apply, go to dynapowerenergy.com and click on “employment.” EOE

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DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH

Description: DATABASE Job ANALYST

Chief Executive Officer (Hospital Administrator) Experienced professional sought to lead the Vermont Department of Tourism The Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital (VPCH) is seeking Marketing’s Vermontpublic and trade relations efforts. This mission-critical position Join VBT and Country Walkers, an&award-winning, a Chief Executive Officer for a state-run inpatient, 25-bed, to generate positiveacute tourism-related coverage of Vermont in the based active travel company, andis bedesigned part of our high care hospital. As our hospital administrator, you will national and international marketplace.

The Director of Communications is performing, international team. Positively impacting people’s balance day-to-day operations with leadership in the state’s responsible for the development and implementation of a proactive business lives through active travel experiences is what we’re all about! recovery focused model of care. VPCH, located in Berlin, outreach plan consistent with the goals and mission of the Department of VT, is newly constructed and fully accredited to serve some We’re seeking a Database AnalystTourism for our Williston, VT office. as well as and Marketing maintaining consistent communications the state’s most acute inpatients who are under the care This is a key role in the Marketingvia department that supports tools. Thisofposition social networking is responsible for all tourism media and custody of the Commissioner of Mental Health. We are the team with data, reports and analytics derived from and our POS relations in-state out-of-state; press release development; pitching targeted in search of a dynamic and involved hospital administrator software and CRM to drive company decision-making. tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press to provide both senior-level management and mission-driven familiarization trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and leadership for the 178 classified and contract employees of Responsibilities: support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives.

The Director the hospital. The hospital’s new leadership will build upon will also collaborate with the Agency of Commerce executive team in the • Utilize strong technical skills (SQL, database and excel) to an existing recovery-oriented, person-centered treatment development of a proactive travel trade and business recruitment plan.

This provide analytical and database support environment that routinely collaborates with two other high position will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. acuity regional inpatient hospital providers and a strong •

Perform analysis on customer and product data through a multi-channel lens

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Candidates must: demonstrate strong oral and written skills; have a BA in health treatment agency providers. Experience in senior Run standard and ad hoc reports that support business Public Relations or related field;level havehealth a minimum of five years of relevant work care operation requirements and/or current questions based on data requests/needs experience; demonstrate knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry. certification/licensure as a hospital administrator are preferred applicant qualifications. Qualifying applicants

Qualifications:

Resume, writing samples and a with minimum of three references should be lived mental health experience and recovery are Attention to detail and accuracy are critical for Sweet, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community submitted toskills Kitty encouraged to apply. Interested applicants should provide success; knowing how to QC your work to minimize Development, One errors National Life aDrive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofletter of interest and resume specifying experience and is essential state travel will be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000. unique qualifications relevant to this senior management Ability and aptitude for learning new computer programs

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Inquiries or submission of interest may be directed to the attention of Commissioner Melissa Bailey by mail at address 280 State Drive NOB 2, Waterbury, VT 05671-2010 OR by email to: Jennifer.Rowell@vermont.gov.

Recruitment for this position will be ongoing until filled.

Applicants may submit their cover letter, salary requirements and resume to:

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Director of Marketing and Business Development The Stern Center for Language and Learning (SCLL) is seeking an innovative and results-driven Director of Marketing and Business Development charged with extending the reach of SCLL’s mission in Vermont and on a larger platform. This key leadership role will develop and execute business development strategies to realize revenue growth, pinpoint ways to penetrate new markets, cultivate productive partnerships, and implement marketing initiatives to promote robust brand recognition. Qualified candidates will have an MBA or master’s degree in marketing, education, or related field with three years of progressive leadership experience.

We invite you to learn more about us and the position at sterncenter.org.

To apply, email your resume to Emily Dawson, HR Manager at edawson@sterncenter.org.

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TEACHERS Join our growing childcare centers.

Now offering benefits!

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Maintenance Technician CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Join Champlain Housing Trust’s Property Management team in Burlington and serve the affordable housing needs of a diverse group of people. Perform a variety of maintenance tasks including painting, cleaning, light maintenance, grounds maintenance and snow removal. Experience in carpentry, plumbing, jobs.sevendaysvt.com electrical, grounds maintenance required. Should be self-motivated, work independently and as part of a team, be prevention-minded and committed to a membership-based model of community controlled and permanently affordable housing. Reliable transportation and criminal background check required.

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Director of Communications and Brand Strategy

CHT is a socially responsible employer offering a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Our benefit package includes training, health insurance, vacation, holiday, sick leave, 403(b), disability and life insurance.

Submit a cover letter and resume by May 22nd to Human Resources, Champlain Housing Trust, 88 King Street, Burlington, VT 05401 or email HR@champlainhousingtrust.org. No phone calls, please.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - CHT is committed to a diverse workplace and highly encourages women, persons with disabilities, Section 3 residents, and people from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to apply.

The director of communications and brand strategy is a leader in the organization, managing external and internal communications including public relations, brand management, advertising, social media and print publications.

The director works with executive and senior leaders in government relations, community relations and marketing to oversee strategy, creation and design of the company’s key messaging. The position also leads a team of communications and brand strategists including writers, graphic designers, managers and other communications department personnel. The director of communications and brand strategy serves as a consultant to business leaders and project managers across the company and leads corporate initiatives and IT projects that specifically relate to communications and brand strategy.

Systems Engineer

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Overview - Systems Engineer (SE) is responsible for refining, executing, and improving monitoring, maintenance and security routines that ensure maximum uptime of internal networks and public service infrastructure. This individual will work closely with the Core Operations and Development Teams to research, acquire, implement and maintain the software and hardware systems required to serve our customers and staff. The SE needs to have a clear understanding of our production software and hardware systems in order to evaluate and maintain performance standards in a timely and methodical manner.

This role will also include designing and implementing innovative solutions to challenges.

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A bachelor’s degree with specialized knowledge of journalism or communications is required, master’s degree or equivalent strongly preferred. Working knowledge and understanding of art and graphic design principals and trends, electronic production techniques, marketing communications, journalism and public relations is essential. At least five years of progressive experience in communications, journalism, public relations, advertising or other related field is desired.

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Understands existing network and application architecture.

Provisions, maintains, patches, and retires infrastructure resources, including servers, databases, and utilities.

Participates in team on-call or escalation procedures and can resolve basic issues.

Uses out-of-the-box tools to instrument and monitor systems; works well with the monitoring philosophy espoused by the team.

Has comfort working with live production systems, may rely on teammates before taking actions.

Proactively identifies risks for production issues and works with stakeholders to resolve.

Takes responsibility and accountability for customer-impacting performance of systems on which they work.

Has a willingness to learn existing systems and can be self-driven in implementing new ones with guidance.

Maintains infrastructure documentation, updating procedures and processes as network evolves.

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Acts as resource for supporting internal company tools, troubleshooting and performing maintenance as needed.

Performs hands-on development work as needed to build and improve tools for efficient company operation.

Supports teammates with software and hardware issues as member of internal Help Desk team.

Email cover letter & resume to jobs@readingplus.com

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POLISHED CONCRETE PRODUCTION APPRENTICE VERMONT ECO-FLOORS

STORMWATER TECHNICIANS

Opportunity to join a small, innovative polished concrete business with a dedicated staff. Projects include regional and national award-winning commercial and residential projects throughout New England.

The State of Vermont Agency of Transportation is hiring two Stormwater Technicians to work in its Water Quality Unit providing technical, permitting, and administrative support to agency personnel, and coordinating regulatory compliance under various Stormwater Management and Environmental Protection Rules, Regulations, and Programs at a professional level for the Maintenance & Operations Bureau’s Environmental Program.

View detailed job description and minimum qualifications as well as apply online (only) for this position, (AOT Stormwater Technician I, Job Opening # 621346), on or before 6/11/17, by visiting the Department of Human Resources Website (DHR) humanresources.vermont.gov/careers; click on “Job Seekers”, search for job posting and apply online following the instructions. If you would like more information about this position, please contact Craig Digiammarino at 922-4681.

Must be hardworking and friendly with a positive attitude, proactive, self-motivated, and able to communicate with management and co-workers. Mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, and willingness to learn the complex craft of polished concrete.

Email resumes to: contactus@vermontecofloors.com Website: www.vermontecofloors.com

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Budget and Financial Manager Develop program budgets and manage financial performance for agency programs. Responsibilities include budget development, performance monitoring, financial and operational analysis, costing, grant and contract management, providing general business and operational guidance, and collaborating with program and agency leadership to effectively manage financial performance. Manage budgets and advise business leaders. Must have three to five years’ experience. Full-time, benefits-eligible position. This and other new opportunities available in Finance Department as agency integration continues. Job ID# 3921.

Sub-Registered Nurse – Medication Assisted Treatment Program

Maintenance Specialist

ID# 3677.

Provide both routine and complex maintenance support services to multiple sites throughout the state. This job is accountable for accomplishing tasks in the building trades including but not limited to electrical, plumbing, carpentry, painting, HVAC, equipment servicing, risk management and relocation.

Candidate should have three to five years’ experience in general maintenance.

Valid driver’s license required. Full time, benefits eligible. Job ID# 3885.

Substance Abuse Clinical Care Coordinator Provide care coordination for clients receiving buprenorphine treatment through the new Pine Street Counseling Spoke, ensuring clients receive coordinated care addressing Home Health Services. Full time. Benefits eligible.

Master’s required. Must have LADC or LCMHC or LICSW. Job ID# 3851.

Seeking a Registered Nurse to cover vacancies. Our nurses are responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all Nursing Dispensary operations. Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills plus strong interpersonal and communication skills. Job

Team Leader – START Full-time position available for a creative and innovative individual to lead a program staffed by individuals who have experience with mental illness. This program provides support services to adults in psychiatric crisis in a variety of settings, including clients’ homes, venues in the community, and at crisis stabilization facilities with the goal being to help clients avoid requiring a higher level of care placement. Bachelor’s degree required as well as past experience in the human services field working with individuals with serious mental illness and in crisis situations. Past supervisory experience is preferred.

Valid Vermont driver’s license, a registered vehicle, and vehicle insurance that meets at least Vermont minimum standard of coverage. Job ID# 3963.

Howard Center offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental, and life insurance, as well as generous paid time off for all regular positions scheduled 20 plus hours per week.

For more information, please visit howardcentercareers.org.

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

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Looking for a change?

Join our Team!

OUTPATIENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Staff Nurse (LPN or RN)

Seeking a full-time Outpatient Program Coordinator to provide psychotherapy as well as clinical oversight to the outpatient team in a community mental health setting. Responsible for triage and assignment of new clients and maintaining program wait list while providing clinical supervision and other administrative duties. Master’s degree and licensure required.

3-5 years’ experience including supervisory experience.

Full-Time Evenings Unique opportunity on Wake Robin’s evening shift for the right nurse.

Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community seeks a dedicated nursing professional with a strong desire to work within a community of seniors. Wake Robin provides high quality nursing care in a fast paced residential and long-term care environment, while maintaining a strong sense of “home.” Wake Robin offers an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting.

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Interested candidates please email a cover letter and resume to hr@wakerobin.com or complete an application online at www.wakerobin.com. Wake Robin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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join MHM Services/Centurion of Vermont and MHM/Centurion of Vermont is proud to be the provider of comprehensive es from around the state to learn more about healthcare in the Healthcare!

Vermont Department of Corrections.

Correctional

We have the following opportunity: Wednesday, August 24 • 6 pm J. Morgans Steakhouse

Primary Care Physician

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We are seeking a primary care physician (10 hours in Swanton and 20 Hosted by: hours per weekFisher, So. Burlington) Stephen MD to provide general primary care services to bothMHM/Centurion, male and femaleVTpatients correctional facilities.

Medical Director for Dept. in oftwo Corrections Lori Poirier, RN, CCHP Includes intake, yearly exams, chronic and acute care services.

Regional Manager for MHM/Centurion of Vermont

Join the Correctional Medical Community and provide services to the underserved.

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We’re searching for several Sales & Service Specialists to join our call center team. These individuals will be on the phone with customers, building relationships and representing our company in ways that reflect our core values. He/she will contribute to average order size and strive for customer satisfaction on sales as well as service calls. Our ideal candidate will have previous service and sales experience and exceptional communication skills as well as the ability to research solutions to customer problems or to answer questions. These positions are full-time, benefit eligible, with two off-season layoffs: mid-winter and mid-summer thru early fall - totaling 24 weeks.

We are a 100% employee-owned company and an award winning and nationally recognized socially responsible business. Interested? Please send your cover letter & resumé to Gardener’s Supply Company,  Intervale Rd, Burlington, VT  or to jobs@gardeners.com.

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Join the team at Gardener’s Supply Company!

Gardener’s Supply is America’s leading catalog and web-based gardening company. We work hard AND offer a fun place to work with summer bocce games, BBQs, ping-pong tournaments, employee garden plots, and much more! We also offer strong cultural values, competitive wages and outstanding benefits (ranging from a tremendous discount on plants & product, to actually owning shares of the company!).

CALL CENTER SALES & SERVICE SPECIALIST:

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Equal Opportunity Employer

The Charlotte Congregational Church, UCC is seeking a new Director of Music Ministry.

Primary responsibilities: accompanying congregational singing, leading Thursday night rehearsals with the choir, and conducting the adult choir for our Sunday morning worship services and for other occasional services.

We are looking for someone who is classically trained, has eclectic musical tastes, inspiring energy, is eager to collaborate with guest musicians and is committed to having music be an integral part of the church’s spiritual life.

This part time position is available starting June 12, 2017.

Please send a cover letter and resume to: Rev. Susan Cooke Kittredge, charlotteucc@gmavt.net Or to Rev. Susan Cooke Kittredge, The Charlotte Congregational Church 403 Church Hill Road, Charlotte, VT 05445.

Church office: 802-425-3176.

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America’s premier innovator, designer and manufacturer of high performance wire and cable with a 60-year history of providing solutions to the toughest problems in the world’s most extreme environments. We excel at developing customized products, utilizing our crosslinked irradiation technology, that meet power, signal and data transmission needs— no matter how demanding the challenge—while exceeding standards for quality, durability and safety.

Food Service Manager The Lake Champlain Waldorf High School seeks a food service manager for our school year hot lunch program, 29 hours a week.

Our well-established food service program follows a Farm to School model – utilizing primarily organic and local food.

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (INTERNAL)

The ideal candidate will be committed to creating a varied menu and cooking healthy fresh food, have experience planning, cooking, and serving 40 plus meals a day.

The internal customer service representative, via phone and email, will manage customer accounts, interface with customers, outside sales reps., and internal departments. You will create sales quotes, enter, review, and track orders, handle customer inquiries, facilitate design reviews for new products, and much more. Must be a team player working collaboratively with many internal and external customers in providing quality service.

Requirements are: a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, excellent math skills, prefer several years of customer service/account management, excellent communication skills, reliable, well organized with special attention to details, be able to work in a fast paced environment, and proficient with Microsoft Office. Work hours are weekdays 8am–5pm.

Compensation is $16 per hour. For our employment application, please send an introductory letter of interest to ahall@lakechamplainwaldorfschool.org

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SENIOR STAFF / COST ACCOUNTANT

Preschool Director: The Center Director is responsible for daily operations in accordance with state licensing regulations and Kids & Fitness operating policies. He/ she will help oversee the curriculum, market the program, manage personnel, and execute the company’s high standards of excellence.

Practical experience in the following: • 4 year accounting and or finance degree.

At least 4 years’ experience in accounting, ERP systems or running a business.

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This position requires an extensive knowledge of childcare management and early education. In addition, the Center Director is responsible for maintaining control of the administrative, operational, financial, and logistical functions of the facility. Other requirements include excellent English verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to evaluate and solve problems in a professional manner.

The ideal candidate will have strong administrative and supervisory skills, a passion for providing quality care and education to children, and a talent for building relationships with families and staff.

We are ISO & TS certified, offer excellent benefits and wages.

Equal Opportunity Employer Email resume and or cover letter to hr@champcable.com

Compensation: $40,000-$50,000/year and $1,000 sign on bonus to right candidate!

or mail to 175 Hercules Dr. Colchester, VT 05446 Attn: HR Dept.

NO PHONE CALLS!

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Great opportunities now available at the EDGE Kids & Fitness Preschool!

This position is responsible for general accounting duties to include month end close, creating financial package, general ledger activity, account reconciliation and financial analysis. Also cost accounting related issues, systems, and controls. Perform cycle counts and other inventory functions. Other responsibilities are assisting with budgets/forecasts and analyzing inventory usage.

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Compensation: $11-$15/hr. commensurate with experience and education, plus benefits

Our new, mobile-friendly job board is buzzing with excitement.

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We have an exciting and challenging opening for a Business Analyst I. You will have the opportunity to improve Experienced professional sought to lead the Vermont Department of Tourism the health and human services provided to the citizens of the State of Vermont by ensuring that solutions meet & Marketing’s andYoutrade relations efforts.

Thisimprovement, mission-critical position the needs public of Vermonters. will identify areas of business process create technical and business is designed to generate positive tourism-related coverage of Vermont in theand process documentation, support and inform decision makers, and bridge the gap between business needs implementation requirements.

Job Requirements: You must possess excellent communication,isfacilitation, nationalsolution and international marketplace.

The Director of Communications and interpersonal skills. You must be competent in technical writing, business modeling, and organizing responsible for the development and implementation of a proactive business information. Experience with MS Visio and UML or other formal modeling languages is a plus. Education and outreach plan consistent with Analysis the goals and mission of the Department of Preferred: Experience: 1-2 years of Business or Information Technology experience at a professional level.

TourismAssociate’s and Marketing well as maintaining consistent communications or Bachelor's as degree in an IT-related subject.

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via social ThisJohn position responsible tourism media For networking more information, tools. contact Robert Maddock is at (802) 233-9757 or for emailall robert.maddock@vermont.gov.

Job ID #621385.

Location: Williston.

Status: Full Time.

Limited Service – Exp. 07/31/17,targeted which may be relationsReference in-state and out-of-state; press release development; pitching extended.

Application Deadline: June 7, 2017. tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press familiarization trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and supportHEALTH for Vermont’s international relations initiatives. The Director DEPARTMENT DIVISIONpublic ADMINISTRATOR will alsoDepartment collaborate with the Agency of Commerce executive team in the of Health development of athat proactive and business recruitment plan.

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Local Health is seeking a business operations Tourism & Marketing: Director of Communications positiontowill report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. join our management team.

The Division Administrator brings the business perspective to inform decision making across the division. The person in this position oversees the administrative, fiscal and operational functions Job Description: of the division encompasses collaboration the and business office onskills; budget management, development Candidates must:that demonstrate strongwith oral written have a BA in Experienced professional sought to lead the Vermont Department ofgrant Tourism and management of division policy, guidelines and procedures, supervision of administrative staff, and Public&Relations or related fi eld; have a minimum of fi ve years of relevant work Marketing’s public and trade relations efforts.

This mission-critical position contract administrator and represents the division on a business and operations workgroup for projects that result experience; demonstrate of Vermont andcoverage Vermont’s department wide impact. knowledge The ideal candidate will be able to navigate complex issues with the goalindustry. of is indesigned to generate positive tourism-related oftourism Vermont inoffering the solutions to improve division operations. national and international marketplace. The Director of Communications is Resume, samples and a minimum of threeorreferences should bebusiness Forwriting more information, contact Allison Reagan at 802-652-4190 email allison.reagan@vermont.gov.

Reference responsible for the development and implementation of a proactive Job ID # 621358.

Location: Burlington.

Status: Full Time.

Application Deadline: June 5, 2017. submitted to Kitty Vermont Agency Commerce outreach planSweet, consistent with the goalsofand mission ofand theCommunity Department of Development, OneMarketing National Life Drive, Montpelier, consistent VT 05620-0501.

In- and out-ofTourism and as well as maintaining communications via social networking tools.

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CAPITAL MARKETS relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; pitching targeted Department of Financial Regulation tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press We have an exciting and challenging opportunity for an individual with experience in the areas of capital formation, familiarization trips and offerings itineraries; management ofposition mediainvolves contact lists; corporate finance and securities in our Securities Division. This the review andand analysis support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives.

The Director of securities offerings filed with the Division to ensure compliance with disclosure requirements. This position also supports Division’s mission to protect investors while maintaining fair, executive orderly and efficient and helps will alsothe collaborate with the Agency of Commerce teammarkets in the facilitate capital formation options for small business.

This position is based in Montpelier and occasional in state development of a proactive travel trade and business recruitment plan. This and out of state travel may be required.

Requirements Juris Doctor (JD) degree or a Master's degree in business position will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing.

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experience; demonstrate knowledge Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry.

For more information, contact William R. Carrigan at of william.carrigan@vermont.gov.

Reference Job ID#621420.

Location: Montpelier. Status: Full-Time. Application Deadline: June 7, 2017.

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Resume, writing samples and a minimum of three references should be submitted to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, One National LifeatDrive, Montpelier, VT related 05620-0501.

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The state travel will be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000.

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and equally wonderful. Also called sea buckthorn, seaberry is considered a “superfruit,” is well suited to Vermont’s climate, and has medicinal properties as well as culinary value.

“It’s an exciting thing to imagine these amazing, productive and hearty plants growing here, and [to be] able to do all of these different things with them that we love, that our palates love,” Hoffman said.

While Smith and Hoffman promote permaculture ideals, they don’t aim for complete self-sufficiency at SHO Farm. “We want to circulate our money with our neighbors who are growing really high-quality food … [to support] the network of regional growers,” said Hoffman. So they buy from other Huntington producers, such as nearby vegetable farmers and Running Stone Bread — and sometimes from farther afield, as long as the farmers are “doing restorative work,” she said.

Ironically, modern technology — especially the recipes and research she finds on the internet and the connections it allows her to forge with food producers all over the world — makes it possible for Hoffman to explore ancient food-processing methods, such as making wild-fermented miso in the Korean tradition.

A hanging basket near the door holds bricks of dried, fermented Siberian pea shrub fruits. Soon she’ll place the bricks in a brine with charcoal and chiles to continue fermenting.

The bricks will become a paste that can be stirred into soups and salad dressings, and the liquid by-product will be a thick, salty concoction approximating soy sauce.

Like visitors to Willy Wonka’s famous domain, guests at SHO Farm are likely to leave with a whole new attitude. Trees and plants that had seemed merely scenic now read as food sources.

The blossoms on those shrubs would make a fantastic nectar to drink. That tree bears nuts that could be roasted and eaten. The edible mushrooms on a fallen branch don’t go unnoticed.

And those lilacs in a vase on your dining room table? Maybe you can blend some of them into apple cider and enjoy their perfume all year round. !

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the forest that dominates the property, she pointed out, rather than cutting it down for cultivation, she and Smith can protect animal habitat and avoid soil erosion.

Another of her credos is using nearly every part of each plant — “stacking functions,” as Hoffman puts it — to maximize the benefits of both cultivated and wild flora. From mushroom pulp, for example, she makes tan-colored paper.

Pine trees provide numerous edibles: She uses immature cones to make syrup, collects the pollen and boils the needles to make tea. She turns pieces of the pine fatwood into charcoal, then into the soap that sits in slices on a dish by the sink. Pleasant-smelling, it lathers into rich bubbles in warm water.

One of Hoffman’s most exciting experiments — inspired by others’ recipes, she said — is creating wheels of “blue cheese” from nut milks. So far, she has crafted rounds made from cashew milk, pine, and a mixture of pine and hazelnut. Inoculated with Penicillium roqueforti, just like Stilton and Gorgonzola, the wheels develop moldy blooms on the outside and blue veins in the interior. One was blanketed in green and blue mold, while another had turned pure black.

Depending on the wheel’s age and the nut that was used to make the milk, slices of the “cheese” might be creamy or crumbly. The ones with hazelnut caused a slight burn in the back of the throat, not unlike a peppery olive oil.

Although one of the trio was overaged — Hoffman is still seeking the sweet spot, she said — the other two would have been delectable spread on crackers or served with a selection of seasonal fruits.

Proof of Hoffman’s skill is all over the lab. A bit of acorn jelly drizzled with soy sauce and chives and wrapped in a basswood leaf wouldn’t have been out of place in a fancy Japanese restaurant.

Plenty of people make homebrewed cider, and much of it is, to be kind, a little funky. Hoffman’s brew had plenty of yeasty notes but was pleasant and well-rounded.

She had turned black locust, a plant that bears incredibly fragrant flowers, into a jar of syrup. Sweet but not cloying, it captured the flowers’ perfume.

A cup of bright-orange seaberry juice was lightly sweetened with just enough maple syrup to take the edge off the tart juice. It was like a richer, more viscous version of lemonade. A spoonful of savory seaberry sauce infused with garlic and thyme was markedly different

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PLANT SALE: Green thumbs take their pick of more than 300 varieties of certified organic seedlings including veggies, herbs, dye plants and flowers.

Arc of the Eye Organic Farm & Nursery, Brookfield, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3839.

art

follows. Stowe Free Library, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-6145.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: Academy Award-nominated actress Emily Watson narrates an immersive film following a family of highly social mammals in the Kalahari Desert. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. & 1 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.5016.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

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dance

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: Baked items, fresh produce, meats and eggs sustain seekers of local goods. South Hero St. Rose of Lima Church, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, champlainislands farmersmkt@gmail.com.

CONTEMPORARY BALLET, LEVEL 2: Dancers take their skills to the next level with a dedicated instructor. North End Studio C, Burlington, 1:30-3 p.m. $10. Info, 310-467-5879.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats.

Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 540-8300.

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GREENER DRINKS: Supporters of commonsense cannabis reform sip beverages and discuss the culture, industry and politics of the agricultural product. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, info@vtcannabisbrands.com.

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STITCH & B!TCH DROP-IN EMBROIDERY SESSIONS: Needle-and-thread enthusiasts explore the history and politics of fiber arts through projects and discussions. Generator, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $9-10; preregister. Info, 540-0761.

BEGINNER CONTEMPORARY BALLET CLASS: Developing dancers find their footing in a level-one lesson. North End Studio C, Burlington, noon-1:30 p.m. $10. Info, 310-467-5879.

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GUIDED TOURS: A historic Gothic Revival house opens its doors for hourly excursions. Self-guided explorations of the gardens, exhibits and walking trails are also available. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $6; free for kids 14 and under. Info, 828-3051.

film

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: Monarchs make an extraordinary journey to Mexico’s remote mountain peaks in this 2D and 3D film experience. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon & 2:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.50-16.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

‘MAKING A KILLING: GUNS, GREED AND THE NRA’: Personal stories from people affected by gun violence pepper this 2016 documentary. A discussion

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BARRE FARMERS MARKET: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods. Currier Park, Barre, 3-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, barrefarmersmarket@gmail.com.

‘RED VELVET’ Sunday, June 4, 3-5:30 p.m., at Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester. $10 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 877-874-1911. vermontshakespeare.org

COMMUNITY POTLUCK: Locals join the Essex Area Senior Center in celebrating Older Americans Month with shared eats and live entertainment by Sergio and the Mansfield Rat Pack. Maple Street Park, Essex Junction, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister; bring a dish to share. Info, 876-5087.

Open House Preservation Burlington, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the city’s historic resources, opens the door to the past with its annual self-guided tour of eye-catching Queen City homes. Maps in hand, history buffs and architecture aficionados hoof it to several notable Hill Section abodes to feast their eyes on features such as stately columns and an expansive wraparound porch. In a nod to Burlington’s agricultural past, the tour also showcases the Intervale Center’s 19thcentury farmhouse and two historic barns. Here, folks who need to refuel after all that walking can nosh on American Flatbread pizza baked in an on-site wood-fired oven.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. Bring a dessert to share. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

LEDDY PARK BEACH BITES: Lakeside picnickers enjoy food-truck fare, a beer garden, kids’ activities and live entertainment. Attendees on two wheels make use of free bike valet service. No dogs, please.

Leddy Park, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0123.

SALAD LUNCHEON: Homemade fare fills diners’ bellies. Takeout is available. Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, St. Albans City, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 524-4870.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — think produce, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Depot Park, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.

WOODSTOCK MARKET ON THE GREEN: Homespun products and farm-fresh eats fill tables. Woodstock Village Green, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3555.

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HOMES TOUR Saturday, June 3, noon-4 p.m., at various Burlington locations. $20; free for kids under 16. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org

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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In 1833, English actor Edmund Kean collapsed onstage at London’s Theatre Royal while portraying Othello. Taking over the lead role in Shakespeare’s tragedy was black American actor Ira Aldridge. In her 2012 drama Red Velvet, playwright Lolita Chakrabarti offers a fictionalized account of Aldridge’s story and the challenges he faced as a black actor during a time of racial unrest. Award-winning thespian Jolie Garrett (pictured) stars as Aldridge in a staged reading of the play presented as part of the Vermont Shakespeare Festival’s Salon Series. A postshow discussion explores the concept of artistic identity as it relates to social, aesthetic and political struggles.

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Women’s Work “Don’t ever underestimate the impact you can have, because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” This was former first lady Michelle Obama’s message to an audience in Soweto, South Africa, in 2011. Oakland, Calif., labor historian Peter Shapiro seems to be on the same page in his 2016 book Song of the Stubborn One Thousand: The Watsonville

Canning Strike, 1985-87. In it, Shapiro describes how a group of women with almost no organizing experience won an 18-month strike against a major California frozen food company in the 1980s. The author covers the strike’s current-day implications, particularly for immigrants, women and labor unions, during a discussion in Calais.

PETER SHAPIRO Tuesday, June 6, 7 p.m., at Maple Corner Community Center in Calais. Free. Info, 454-1080. maplecornercc.org

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Saturday, June 3, Brocklebank Craft Brewing tasting, 5 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m., at Strafford Town House. $20-25.

Info, 768-0525. atthetownhouse.org

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hristmas comes early for fans of Dwight & Nicole when the Vermont blues-rock band previews its upcoming album, Electric Lights, at the Strafford Town House.

Recorded in Brooklyn with Grammy Award-nominated producer Joel Hamilton — he’s also worked with the Black Keys and Aaron Neville, among others — the fresh LP is due this fall. Vocalist Nicole Nelson, guitarist and singer Dwight Ritcher, and drummer Ezra Oklan serve up soulful numbers to benefit the venue’s steeple restoration project. A beer tasting with Brocklebank Craft Brewing and a rollicking opening set by Thunderbolt Research kick off the concert.

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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.

GENTLE YOGA: Students get their stretch on with Lynn Clauer of Sound & Soul Awakenings. Partial proceeds benefit the Williston Community Food Shelf. Isham Family Farm, Williston, 11 a.m.-noon. $10. Info, 922-0516.

GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: Triathletes, Spartan racers and other fitness fanatics challenge themselves to complete Navy Seal exercises during an intense workout. Come in good shape. Private residence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $8-12; for ages 16 and up. Info, 343-7160.

INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees absorb Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 472-6694.

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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ZUMBA EXPRESS: A shortened version of this guided beat-driven workout gives students a much-needed midday surge of energy. Marketplace Fitness, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-noon. $12; free for members and first-timers. Info, 651-8773.

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kids

LEGO CHALLENGE: Kids tackle construction tasks with colorful blocks. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1391.

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.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Engrossing plots unfold into fun activities for tots ages 6 and younger.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 426-3581.

TEDDY BEAR PICNIC: Kiddos bring their cuddly companions and their appetites to a “beary” special story time. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-3970.

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.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: Folks in recovery and their families enrich mind, body and spirit in an all-levels class. All props are provided; wear loose clothing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

language

SUNRISE YOGA: Participants of all levels enjoy slowing down, moving mindfully and breathing deeply while building strength and stamina on the mat. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7 a.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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Colchester, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-272-3900.

PILATES: Active bodies utilize core strength, build body awareness, improve posture, gain stamina and alleviate pain with this innovative system of exercise. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:15-8:15 a.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

RESTORATIVE GENTLE YOGA: Individuals with injuries or other challenges feel the benefits of a relaxing and nourishing practice. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $10. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

TAI CHI CLASS: Yang-style long-form postures, qigong, partner practice and yin/ yang principles lead to physical and mental renewal. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15.

Info, 453-3690.

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.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery.

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

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: Hola!

Language lovers perfect their fluency. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

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FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES 2017: Artists from across generations and continents converge in Montréal for 15 days of dance and theater shows. Various Montréal locations. $144-333 for packages; prices vary for individual shows. Info, 514-844-3822.

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.

ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: The world’s most offbeat performers convene FR I for live music, theater performances .2 | K VINYASA YOGA: Salutations, S’ N I P I D S | ‘ M A RY P O P and everything in between. See standing poses, seated poses, backmontrealfringe.ca for details. Various Montréal bends and inversions are on the agenda locations. Prices vary. Info, 514-849-3378. in a class for all experience levels. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:45-6:45 p.m. $10. Info, 244-8134.

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

WEIGHT-LOSS WORKSHOP: An informative seminar empowers participants to make healthy choices. Wellspring Chiropractic Lifestyle Center, Shelburne, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9850.

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Gallery, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 206-557-9850.

YOGA NIDRA: THE YOGA OF DEEP RELAXATION: Savitri Devi Dasi leads students into a state of deep meditation, which brings profound calmness, quietness and relaxation. Bring a blanket and something comfortable to lie on. Cavendish

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ELEMENTAL QUEENSHIP: Linda River Valente uses the tarot to illuminate paths to power and sovereignty. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, info@ hungermountain.coop.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD AUDIO AND E-BOOKS: Library cards and personal devices in hand, lit lovers learn to access electronic reading materials. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S FOR LATE-STAGE CAREGIVERS: Professionals provide strategies for safe, effective and comfortable care. University of Vermont Medical Center Memory Program,

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8:15-9:30 p.m. $3; preregister at meetup.com. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

talks

AN EVENING WITH SUSAN CLARK: Research and anecdotes about local democracy illustrate “Beyond Polarity: Stories of Civil Civic Dialogue.”

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.

MERCEDES DE GUARDIOLA: An open house and tours of VSARA precede the Dartmouth College senior’s talk “Blood Has Told: The Push for a Eugenical Solution in the Green Mountain State.”

Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Middlesex, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2363.

tech

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.

community

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.

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FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: R&B and calypso-dancehall music is the soundtrack to an empowering sensual dance session aimed at confronting body shaming. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfitness@gmail.com.

SWING DANCE: Beginners work their brains and bodies in an easy-to-follow class. A postlesson practice session keeps dancers on their toes. Vergennes Opera House, class, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; practice session, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 475-2349.

environment

KINGDOM COMMUNITY WIND TOUR: Attendees are blown away by a tour of energy-producing turbines. Kingdom Community Wind, Lowell, 1011:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, nicole.pidala@ greenmountainpower.com.

UPPER VALLEY JAVASCRIPT MEETUP: FreshAir Sensor’s Anani Sawadogo demonstrates how physical devices connect to web applications with event-driven JS through a machine-to-machine connectivity protocol. FreshAir Sensor, Lebanon, N.H., 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 282-3368.

TAKE A STAKE IN OUR LAKE: Environmentally conscious community members mingle with representatives from more than a dozen organizations dedicated to protecting Lake Champlain.

Family-friendly activities and free eats complete the evening. St. Albans Bay Park, 4-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-8504.

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‘CHARLOTTE’S WEB: THE MUSICAL’: Fingersnapping songs thread through Zack’s Place Theater Guild’s interpretation of E.B. White’s heartwarming barnyard tale. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981.

‘DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE’: A woman confronts her assumptions about the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world in a BarnArts production of Sarah Ruhl’s imaginative comedy.

Barnard Inn Restaurant and Max’s Tavern, 7-8:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 234-1645.

words

T. NAMAYA: The poet, humorist and storyteller takes the floor with excerpts from his book Celebrate Life: Viva La Vida. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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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POLLINATOR GARDENS: Green thumbs get the dirt on attracting bees, birds, butterflies and bats with Evergreen Gardens owner Carol MacLeod.

Waterbury Public Library, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

art

OPEN STUDIO: Friends new and old convene for a creative session. Expressive Arts Burlington, 12:302:30 p.m. $15. Info, 343-8172.

bazaars

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.

business

MIX & MINGLE: Members of the capital city’s business community network over cocktails and light fare. Langdon Street Tavern, Montpelier, 5-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-9604.

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.

FEAST & FIELD MARKET: Locally grown produce and folksy strains from the Bobs are on the menu at a pastoral party. Clark Farm, Barnard, market, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; concert, 5:30-8 p.m. Donations.

Info, 234-1645.

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.31.

LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources. Essex Free Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, lllessexvt@gmail.com.

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.

QUEEN CITY BICYCLE CLUB MONTHLY RIDE: Women, queer and trans folks empower one another on a group excursion complete with glitter and a giant boom box. Wear a helmet and rock front and rear bike lights. Old Spokes Home, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4475.

fairs & festivals

VERMONT DAIRY FESTIVAL: Cows and their cream take center stage at this four-day celebration, complete with baking competitions, a cow plop contest, live entertainment and the annual Milk Run. Lincoln Park, Enosburg Falls, 6 p.m. Prices vary; most events are free. Info, vermontdairyfestival.com.

film

‘CHASING TRANE: THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY’: A 2016 film focuses on the man behind the groundbreaking jazz music. Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.31.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.31.

WHITE RIVER INDIE FESTIVAL: A cinematic celebration pairs award-winning features, documentaries and classics with panels, parties and special guests. See wrif.org for details. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 3:30-8 p.m. $5-75.

Info, 478-0191.

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food & drink

JERICHO FARMERS MARKET: Passersby graze through veggies, pasture-raised meats, coffee and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, jerichofarmersmarket@ gmail.com.

ROYALTON FARMERS MARKET: A cornucopia of farm-fresh fare catches shoppers’ eyes.

South Royalton Town Green, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 763-8302.

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FRENCH CONVERSATION: Speakers improve their linguistic dexterity in the Romantic tongue.

Bradford Public Library, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

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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.

health & fitness

BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

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 Town Hall, 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.

YOGA PILATES THERAPY: A class for beginners is tailored to suit the needs of students looking to improve their posture and overall well-being.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $10.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

kids

LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

language

ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: See WED.31.

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ROCK CITY: Barre’s one and only rock-and-soul chorus harmonizes to tunes from the ’60s through the ’00s. Proceeds benefit YouthBuild. Barre Elks Club, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 249-0414.

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seminars

Opening reception Sunday, June 4th 6-7:30pm

ASTROLOGY 101: Students expand their horizons in a class covering planets, zodiac signs, the houses, the aspects and more. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, silvia@ theastrologyoffice.com.

Catered by Hardwick Street Cafe

Exhibit on view June 2nd- July 25th, 2017

sports

ADULT RACING LEAGUES: Paddlers unleash their inner competitor in a five-week dragon-boat racing tournament. No experience required. Community Sailing Center, Burlington, 6 p.m. $75. Info, 999-1634.

FREE AIKIDO CLASS: An introduction to the Japanese martial art focuses on centering and finding freedom while under attack. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 6-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 951-8900.

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ALLAN MACKEY: Music lovers look at the impact of the Beatles’ 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, on the culture of the time. Bring period memorabilia for show-and-tell. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

HOT TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW LECTURE SERIES: Pamela Vesilind of Vesilind Law Firm sounds off in “Moving Beyond the Presidential Turkey Pardon.” Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1371.

SPRING 2017

‘WOOF! WHAT IS THE DOG SAYING?’: A canine communication and safety lecture demystifies Fido’s body language. Sign up a week in advance.

Williston Central School, 6-7 p.m. $5 per family; preregister. Info, 876-1160.

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tech

Reardon Classroom, Medical Education Center, UVM Campus; 6:00 –7:30 pm

June 6

TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks? Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 302.

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‘DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE’: See WED.31.

Robert Macauley, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director, Clinical Ethics

‘INTO THE WOODS’: Classic Grimm characters get entangled in the darker side of fairy tales in Lost Nation Theater’s staging of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical. Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $10-35. Info, 229-0492.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ‘WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?’: Sonia Friedman Productions presents a broadcast staging of Edward Albee’s dramatic examination of a middle-aged married couple. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600.

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BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20.

Info, 324-1757.

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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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VERGENNES FARMERS MARKET: Local food and crafts, live music, and hot eats add flavor to summer evenings. Kennedy Brothers Building, Vergennes, 4-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-9180.

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.

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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.

‘TRANS-WHAT?’: A student-made documentary explores the highs and lows of transgender and genderqueer kids in the Vermont education system.

Proceeds benefit Outright Vermont. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, eva.rocheleau@gmail.com.

An Evening of Comedic Storytelling To Benefit Central VT Council on Aging Friday, June 9, 7:30pm Barre Opera House

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MARK PENDERGRAST: City on the Verge: Atlanta and the Fight for America’s Urban Future, a 2017 book exploring issues of race, education, public health and community, makes its Vermont debut. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

PAGE BURNER READING SERIES: Local writers share original works. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 540-0406.

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.31.

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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.

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION: A fun-filled festival of music and theater performances welcomes the community to Greensboro’s new gathering place for the arts. See highlandartsvt.org for details. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 533-9075.

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Free; preregister. Info, 457-299-7073.

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.

‘TWEET!’: Music, dance, spoken word and comedy come together in a themed display of creative resistance. Maglianero, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m.

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events past, present and future. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

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SPRING OPEN ARTISTS SHOWCASE WEEK 1: A double bill of new works by area theater artists spotlights the Vermont Playwrights Circle’s Ten Fest West and The Birth of Love: The Ballad of Miro Weinberger by Joe O’Brien. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $8-12. Info, theoffcenter@gmail.com.

professionals. See veoc.org for details. Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, registration, 7:30-8:30 a.m.; conference, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $100-160. Info, info@veoc.org.

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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.

business

VERMONT EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP CONFERENCE: Keynoter Marjorie Kelly shares her expertise with business owners and economic development

film

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: IC L ‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: |S IE CR Jubilant motions with the Green AR AG See WED.31.

OF Y MO S Mountain Druid Order inspire divine E T UNT AI N M USI C | C O UR ‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2’ connections. Christ Episcopal Church, IN 3D: Chris Pratt stars as a member of a Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011. ragtag group of superheroes in this 2017 adventure ‘THE NIGHTINGALE’S SONG’: Special guests flick. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-9:45 p.m. join the Adirondack Dance Company for the $10-11. Info, 457-3981.

Plattsburgh premiere of a performance piece based ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.31. on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, WHITE RIVER INDIE FESTIVAL: See THU.1, 6 N.Y., 7 p.m. $10-13. Info, 518-335-7385. p.m.-midnight.

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BRANDON FARMERS MARKET: More than 50 local famers, specialty food producers and artisans offer

up their goods. Central Park, Brandon, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 802 273-2655.

CHELSEA FARMERS MARKET: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with eggs, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 299-1280.

GREATER FALLS FARMERS MARKET: Locals break out their shopping bags for fresh veggies, baked goods, salsa, hot sauce and relish. Hetty Green Park, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, greaterfalls market@gmail.com.

HARTLAND FARMERS MARKET: Strollers snag scrumptious morsels and eye-catching crafts.

Hartland Public Library, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, hartland farmersmarket@gmail.com.

LYNDON FARMERS MARKET: Vendors proffer a rotation of fresh veggies, meats, cheeses and more.

Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, lyndonfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

‘MANGIARE!’: AN ITALIAN FEAST PUCCINI WOULD LOVE!: Audience members fuel up for Middlebury Opera Company’s performance of Il Trittico with a themed feast. The Diner, Middlebury, 5 p.m. $40; cash bar; preregister; limited space. Info, 382-9222.

RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET: An open-air marketplace connects cultivators and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 391-0806.

SUN TO CHEESE TOUR: Fromage fanatics go behind the scenes and follow award-winning farmhouse cheddar from raw milk to finished product.

Shelburne Farms, 1:45-3:45 p.m. $18 includes a block of cheddar. Info, 985-8686.

TRUCK STOP: Mobile kitchens dish out mouthwatering meals and libations. Live music and a full bar add to the fun. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.31, 9:15 a.m.

ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: Little ones up to age 4 gather for read-aloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: Folks keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3322.

BONE BUILDERS: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in this exercise and prevention class. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30-8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

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.

FREESTYLE DANCE FITNESS: Jumps, flips, spins, kicks and squats set to high-energy music help students shake awake their chi. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $14. Info, railyardyoga@ gmail.com.

QI GONG: Those ages 65 and up are the priority in a beginner-level class complete with seated modifications. Waterbury Public Library, 11-11:30 a.m.

Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 244-7036.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.31.

TAI CHI: Instructor Shaina shares the fundamentals of Yang Style, including standing and moving postures. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $10.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

BABY YOGA: Infants and their grown-ups get flexible with poses such as happy baby, flying baby and dancing baby.

Jericho Town Library, 3-4 p.m.

Free; preregister; limited space.

Info, sharingcircleeducation@ gmail.com.

BIG & MESSY — ART SPACE: Process, not product, is the focus of this parent-child creative session with openended art stations. River Arts, Morrisville, 10 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 888-1261.

SUMMER STORY TIME: Little ones rise and shine with engaging narratives, puppets, songs and rhymes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES 2017: See WED.31.

ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: See WED.31.

music

ALICE’S FAULT: Three-part harmonies enliven a wide variety of musical styles.

Palmer Street Coffeehouse, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 518-561-6920.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ MAGIC: THE GATHERING: FESTIVAL: World-class musicians Decks of cards determine the F RI pack Queen City venues in a celebraN .2 | M arsenal with which participants, or U SIC | VIS H T È tion of the genre. See discoverjazz.com “planeswalkers,” fight others for glory, for details. Various downtown Burlington locaknowledge and conquest. Brownell Library, Essex tions. Prices vary. Info, 863-7992 or 863-5966.

Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: PINK ‘MARY POPPINS’: A drab family gets a visit from a MARTINI: It’s cocktail time! Attendees are transmagical nanny in this beloved musical presented ported by the ensemble’s retro-inspired blend of by the Stowe Dance Academy and Mad River Dance jazz, cabaret and lounge music. Flynn MainStage, Academy. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson Burlington, 8 p.m. $25-60. Info, 863-5966.

State College, 6 p.m. $16-20. Info, 253-5151.

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.

FREE MUSIC FRIDAY: MAL MAIZ: Latin music fills the room and gets dancers grooving to the sounds of the Burlington band. Skeleton Dancer open.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406.

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.

GREENFIELD PIANO ASSOCIATES: Members make the keys dance to water-inspired works by Chopin, Ravel, Debussy and others. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 864-0471.

MICHAEL ZSOLDOS ENSEMBLE: Cool cats tap their toes to jazzy numbers featuring pianist Miro Sprague. North Universalist Chapel Society, Woodstock, 8-9:30 p.m. $15. Info, 457-3981.

SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC: “Scenes From a Novel” highlights Hungarian sounds. Green Mountain Girls Farm, Northfield, supper, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 7:30 p.m. $10-20 for supper; donations for concert; preregister; limited space. Info, 505-9840.

VISHTÈN: A trio of multi-instrumentalists weaves together traditional and contemporary sounds with fiddle, guitar, accordion, harmonium, bodhrán, jaw harp and more. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10-35; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 728-6464.

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RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BENEFIT GOLF TOURNAMENT: Teams tee off to benefit the home away from home for families with ill children.

Champlain Country Club, Swanton, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. $100. Info, 862-4943.

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DAVID SAPERSTEIN: The rabbi and scholar in residence touches on timely topics in “Being the Hands of God: Social Justice.” Congregation Shir Shalom, Woodstock, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-4840.

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‘DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE’: See WED.31.

‘IL TRITTICO’: Professional singers and the Opera Company of Middlebury Orchestra stage Puccini’s collection of three one-act operas. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $55-80. Info, 382-9222.

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RALLY FOR TRUTH: Activists make their voices heard as part of a nationwide movement to restore faith and accountability to the American government. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, twaszazak@gmail.com.

agriculture

PLANT SWAP: From fruits to flowers, cultivators exchange garden starters at a horticultural happening hosted by the Swap Sisters. Caledonia Grange, East Hardwick, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, swapsisters@gmail.com.

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ANNUAL BOOK, BAKE & PLANT SALE: Homemade treats sustain shoppers as they leaf through bargain-priced publications and greenery. Essex Free Library, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0313.

FLEA MARKET: An eclectic mix of used items vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. Farr’s Field, Waterbury, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 882-1919.

Barre City B.O.R. Arena, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, beyondthedog97@gmail.com.

CENTRAL VERMONT HUMANE SOCIETY WALK FOR ANIMALS: Humans show support for their four-legged friends on a two-mile excursion through downtown Montpelier. Leashed dogs are welcome to trot along. Montpelier High School, registration, 9 a.m.; walk, 10 a.m. Donations. Info, 476-3811, ext. 110.

CHITTENDEN COUNTY STAMP SHOW: First-class collectibles provide a glimpse into the postal past at this annual assembly hosted by the Chittenden County Stamp Club. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, laineyrapp@yahoo.com.

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.31.

HOMES TOUR: History comes alive on a selfguided walking tour of notable Queen City abodes.

Proceeds benefit Preservation Burlington. See calendar spotlight. Various Burlington locations, noon-4 p.m. $20; free for kids under 16. Info, 863-5966.

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.

LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complementary consultations on a first-come, firstserved basis. Legal Services Law Line of Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 383-2118.

LIVING WALL ART: A FUNDRAISER FOR INFERTILITY AWARENESS: A GRANNY’S ATTIC BOUTIQUE screening of the 2016 docuSALE: Take-home treasures mentary Vegas Baby paves catch customers’ eyes. the way for an expressive Fellowship Center, Peru activity involving air plants, Community Church, 9 a.m.-4 colored sand and rocks. Arrive p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-6263. at 3:15 p.m. to register on-site.

LULAROE FUNDRAISER: Studio SxB, Winooski, film, 3:30 SA T.3 Y L I | M U S IC | L O W L Consultants sell cute and comfy p.m.; craft, 5 p.m. $25; limited space. clothes to benefit the Farm to Ballet Info, bmeeartdesign@gmail.com.

Project. Centerpoint School, Winooski, 11 a.m.-3 SIP TO SUPPORT HOUSING: Imbibers tip back p.m. Free. Info, lularoekellylavery@gmail.com. cider samples, nosh on appetizers and rock out

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OPEN HOUSE: Those seeking memory care, nurse oversight and other forms of support explore the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties Adult Day Program. VNA Adult Day and Memory Care Program at Essex, 9-11 a.m.

Free. Info, 860-4407.

crafts

ADULT COLORING: Grown-ups pick up colored pencils for a meditative and creative activity. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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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.

CONTRA DANCE: Bob Isaacs calls the steps at a spirited social dance with music by Nor’Easter.

Capital City Grange, Berlin, instruction session, 7:35 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $5-9. Info, 249-7454.

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‘DANCING FROM A TO Z’: Students of Miss Jackie’s Studio of Dance show their stuff in a program of ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern and more.

Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 1 & 7 p.m. $18-28.

Info, 775-0903.

‘PETER PAN’: Fans of J.M. Barrie’s classic children’s fantasy take a trip to Never Never Land in this Moving Light Dance production. Barre Opera House, 7 p.m. $15-20. Info, 476-8188.

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CAWS 4 PAWS PET EXPO: Toys, clothes, boarding, food and training are just a few of the animal products and services offered by dozens of vendors.

to live music by Greenbush. A silent auction and a raffle round out this benefit for the Addison County Community Trust. The Woodchuck Cidery, Middlebury, 6-9 p.m. $12-15. Info, 877-2626.

TAKE STEPS IN THEIR SHOES: Teams and individuals don purple shoes and pound the pavement to raise awareness and money for Steps to End Domestic Violence. The momentum continues with a silent auction and storytelling. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $35. Info, 658-3131.

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: A screening of Nicolette Krebitz’s 2016 drama Wild gives way to a dance party with DJ ShaR4. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 9:30-11:55 p.m. $5-10; BYOB. Info, 281-3785.

fairs & festivals

ADAMANT BLACKFLY FESTIVAL: Revelers celebrate the springtime insect with live music, mouthwatering fare, a parade, a fashion show and more family-friendly fun. Adamant Co-op, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 223-5760.

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION: See FRI.2, 9 a.m.

PEACE FEST: Two stages host talent from the Northeast and Canada such as Atlas Bloom and Hannah Fair amid visual art, a food court and vendors. The Woods Lodge, Northfield, noon-10:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 279-6473.

VERMONT DAIRY FESTIVAL: See THU.1, 9 a.m.

film

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.31.

‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2’ IN 3D: See FRI.2.

‘I CALLED HIM MORGAN’: Jazz fans get an inside look at the relationship between the late trumpeter Lee Morgan and his wife, Helen, who shot him in 1972. Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas, Burlington, 5 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.31.

LIST YOUR EVENT FOR FREE AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTEVENT WHITE RIVER INDIE FESTIVAL: See THU.1, 9 a.m.11:30 p.m.

food & drink

BREAKFAST BUFFET: A scrumptious buffet-style spread offers scrambled eggs, vegetable quiche, home fries and onions, baked beans, ham, cornbread, fruit salad, and beverages. Isle of Patmos Masonic Lodge, South Hero, 7:30-11:30 a.m. $5-10; free for kids 2 and under; preregister for takeout.

Info, 777-6316.

BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Dozens of stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlington farmersmarket.org@gmail.com.

CAPITAL CITY FARMERS MARKET: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, and locally made arts and crafts. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8347.

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: Baked items, fresh produce, meats and eggs sustain seekers of local goods. Grand Isle St. Joseph’s Church, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, champlainislandsfarmersmkt@ gmail.com.

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.

COLD-BREW 101 WITH BRIO COFFEEWORKS: Care for a cup of joe — on ice? Java lovers check out a roasting facility and learn methods for extracting iced coffee. Brio Coffeeworks, Burlington, 10 a.m.noon. $5-10; preregister. Info, 861-9757.

CRAFTSBURY FARMERS MARKET: Food, drink, crafts and family-friendly entertainment are on the menu at an emporium of local merchandise.

Craftsbury Common, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 922-1771.

MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. VFW Post 7823, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, middleburyfarmersmkt@yahoo.com.

NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the seasonal bounty. Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 274-8206.

NORWICH FARMERS MARKET: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land offered alongside baked goods, crafts and live entertainment. Route 5, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447.

RANDOLPH FARMERS MARKET: Locavores support area purveyors who proffer seasonal foodstuffs and arts and crafts. Gifford Green, Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, randfarmmarket@ yahoo.com.

SHELBURNE FARMERS MARKET: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties grace outdoor tables. Shelburne Town Center, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4279.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.31, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

health & fitness

BACKYARD BOOT CAMP: Ma’am, yes, ma’am!

Exercise expert Ginger Lambert guides active

YIN YOGA: Students hold poses for several minutes to give connective tissues a good stretch.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8-9:15 a.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

kids

BIG TRUCK DAY: Little ones get behind the wheel of emergency and service vehicles for a day of high-fueled fun complete with live music, food and a raffle. Proceeds benefit Robin’s Nest Children’s Center. St. Joseph School, Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $10 per family. Info, 864-8191.

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CRAZY T-SHIRT WORKSHOP: Fashionistas ages 10 through 13 get creative with cotton tops. MAC Center for the Arts, Newport, 10-11 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 334-1966.

FAMILY SCIENCE PLAY DAY: A themed workshop, games, bubble play, movement activities and a crafting station stimulate young minds. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Regular admission, $13.50-16.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

‘MARY POPPINS’: See FRI.2.

SATURDAY DROP-IN STORY TIME: A weekly selection of songs and story lines engages all ages.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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TEEN DE-STRESS DAY: Adolescents kick back with a movie marathon, board games, coloring pages and crafts while escaping end-of-school-year chaos. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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.

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BENEFIT IN DRAG: A star-studded night of drag and burlesque supports Relay for Life. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10-60. Info, 540-0406.

THIS WE E K FERMENT IT! Cultured Veggies & Kraut

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THE APHASIA CHOIR: Twenty-one local stroke survivors access the undamaged hemispheres of their brains in an inspiring musical performance that transcends their language disorder. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7223.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.2.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: ROBERT CRAY: The blues man brings his time-tempered sound to a Vermont stage. The Vermont All State Jazz Band open. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25-60. Info, 863-5966.

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Typhoon of Tenderness

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ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: See WED.31.

‘50 YEARS AGO: A BEATLES CELEBRATION’: Fans of the Fab Four rock out when the Contois School of Music Band honors the 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $20-35. Info, 760-4634.

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WAITSFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A bustling bazaar boasts seasonal produce, prepared foods, artisan crafts and live entertainment. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, waitsfieldmarket manager@gmail.com.

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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ST. JOHNSBURY FARMERS MARKET: Growers and crafters gather weekly at booths centered on local eats. Anthony’s Diner, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free. Info, cfmamanager@gmail.com.

MAHA SADHANA: A compilation of the main components of yoga promotes well-being, mental stillness and compassion. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $25. Info, 318-6050.

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RHUBARB FESTIVAL: Pucker up! This terrifically tart perennial flavors sweet and savory dishes served alongside plants and books for sale.

Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 388-8080.

DEMO-HAWAII BODYWORK TRAINING: Zenbarn Studio and Lotus Mountain Retreat team up to bring the aloha sprit to Vermont with teacher Kumu Wayne Kealohi Powell. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 505-1688.

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NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET: Locavores stock up on produce, preserves, baked goods, ethnic foods, and arts and crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, alavista@myfairpoint.net.

bodies in an interval-style workout to build strength and cardiovascular fitness. Private residence, Middlebury, 8-9 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

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DEB BRISSON & THE HAY BURNERS: Backed by her band, the vocalist moves effortlessly between rock, folk and country selections from Heart Shaped Stone. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

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DWIGHT & NICOLE: The soulful trio serves a mashup of folk, blues, pop, jazz, gospel and reggae. Thunderbolt Research open. See calendar spotlight. Strafford Town House, Brocklebank Craft Brewing tasting, 5 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. $20-25.

Info, 768-0525.

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POETRY EXPERIENCE: Rajnii Eddins facilitates a poetry and spoken-word workshop aimed at building confidence and developing a love of writing.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

LOW LILY: Traditional influences and modern inspiration meld in the band’s American folk music.

Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $3-15. Info, 388-9782.

SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC: See FRI.2. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 426-4024.

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BURLINGTON TREE TOURS: Outdoors lovers learn to identify common species on a moderately paced walking tour of the Queen City’s urban forest.

Hilton Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $11.91-13; free for kids 10 and under. Info, 343-1773.

PLANT SALE: See WED.31.

bazaars

FLEA MARKET: See SAT.3.

NATIONAL TRAILS DAY HIKE: Martial mavens hoof it on a guided trek into Revolutionary War history. Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 2-3:30 p.m. $5; free for kids under 15. Info, 948-2000.

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TREK TO TASTE: Healthy bodies enjoy guided or solo tramps of varied length while snacking on eats from local producers. Park in the Billings Farm & Museum overflow lot. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Free. Info, 457-3368, ext. 222.

COLCHESTER CAUSEWAY 5K & 15K RACE: Scenic views and diverse wetlands surround athletes at this fundraiser for the maintenance and improvement of the causeway. Airport Park, Colchester, 8:30-11 a.m. $25-30; preregister. Info, 264-5640.

GIRLS ON THE RUN VERMONT NORTHERN 5K RUN/WALK: Program participants and their families pound the pavement in the culmination of the 10-week, confidence-boosting curriculum. Robert E. Miller Expo Centre, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, registration, 8:30 a.m.; 5K, 10 a.m. $1030. Info, 246-1476.

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DAVID SAPERSTEIN: “Religion in Contemporary Politics,” delivered by the rabbi and scholar in residence captivates listeners. Congregation Shir Shalom, Woodstock, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 457-4840.

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LULAROE VSA VERMONT FUNDRAISER: Sartorially savvy shoppers spruce up their spring wardrobes with stylish garments. VSA Vermont, Essex Junction, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 355-9999.

sports

‘DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE’: See WED.31, 4:30-6 & 7-8:30 p.m.

‘INTO THE WOODS’: See THU.1, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

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BREAD LOAF ORION ENVIRONMENTAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: Professional wordsmiths converse on their craft.

See middlebury.edu for details. Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton. Free. Info, 443-5286.

KYLE CHADBURN & DRIVING WHEEL: Hailing from the Northeast Kingdom, this singer, songwriter and guitarist gets fans on their feet with his Americana, blues and rock stylings. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $20. Info, 873-3022.

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.

23rd Annual Walk for the Animals & 5K Doggie Fun Run

BOOKS ON THE BALCONY: Lit lovers browse pageturners at this benefit for library programs. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 388-4095.

BREAD LOAF TRANSLATORS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: Linguists cross language barriers in this public event series featuring prestigious writers. See middlebury.edu for details.

Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton. Free. Info, 443-5286.

seminars

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AN EVENING WITH GOOD FOLK: John Gailmore, Susie Smolen and Cobalt Tolbert fill the venue’s upper floor with delightful sounds to raise funds for Exit 4 Open Space. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 728-6464.

LIMBO LOUNGE & THE WEST AFRICAN DJEMBE ENSEMBLE: Audience members can’t help but move to rhythm and sounds from around the globe. West Rutland Town Hall, 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 747-3448.

Spielpalast Cabaret

SPRING OPEN ARTISTS SHOWCASE WEEK 1: See THU.1.

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.

dance

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.

MILONGA: Live music by Tango Norte propels an Argentinian social dance. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 3-7 p.m. $1022. Info, 457-3500.

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CANCER SURVIVORS SOCIAL: Those who have beat the disease mingle over healthy, local hors d’oeuvres amid stunning scenery. The Inn at Shelburne Farms, 2-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 343-1383.

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.31.

JEREMY’S RIDE: Motorcycle riders rev up for a road trip to benefit Relay for Life of Chittenden County.

A barbecue lunch follows. Green Mountain HarleyDavidson, Essex Junction, registration, 9 a.m.; ride, 10 a.m. $22 per bike; $10 per additional rider. Info, teamjeremy@hotmail.com.

MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE: Tours of the puppet collection and a show in the Paper Maché Cathedral start the summer season off right. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, open house, 2-5 p.m.; show, 4 p.m. $10. Info, 525-3031.

THE WISE SECRETS OF ALOHA & GRAND OPENING CEREMONY: Kumu Kealohi imparts aspects of Hawaiian culture along with a traditional blessing ceremony for the retreat’s new sun lodge. A potluck

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fairs & festivals

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION: See FRI.2, 5-9 p.m.

VERMONT DAIRY FESTIVAL: See THU.1, 7 a.m.

film

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.31.

‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2’ IN 3D: See FRI.2.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.31.

WHITE RIVER INDIE FESTIVAL: See THU.1, 10 a.m.9:30 p.m.

food & drink

CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.3.

STOWE FARMERS MARKET: An appetizing assortment of fresh veggies, meats, milk, berries, herbs, beverages and crafts tempts shoppers. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 279-3444.

WINOOSKI FARMERS MARKET: Area growers and bakers offer prepared fare, assorted produce and agricultural products. Champlain Mill Green, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

Info, info@downtownwinooski.org.

NORTHEAST FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION MEETING: Lovers of this spirited art form gather to catch up and jam. Canadian Club, Barre, noon-5 p.m. Free; donations of nonperishable food items accepted.

Info, 728-5188.

PHIL OCHS SONG NIGHT: Sonny Ochs, sister of the topical American troubadour, hosts a tribute concert featuring Greg Greenway, Reggie Harris, Tom Prasado-Rao, Pat Wictor and Paul Miller. Bethany United Church of Christ, Montpelier, 7-9:30 p.m. $15-20; preregister. Info, 454-7334.

PINK MARTINI: See FRI.2. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $45-60. Info, 775-0903.

SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC: See FRI.2, Warren United Church of Christ, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 426-4024.

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CAMEL’S HUMP VIA MONROE TRAIL HIKE: Outdoor adventurers tackle a difficult trek covering nearly seven miles of ground and gaining 2,700 feet in elevation. Contact trip leader for details. Free; reregister. Info, 899-9982.

EARLY BIRDER MORNING WALK: Avian enthusiasts search for winged species. Bring tick repellent, binoculars and good walking shoes. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 7-8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-2167.

games

ONION RIVER RACE & RAMBLE: Paddlers zip down the Winooski River to benefit conservation efforts. See winooskiriver.org for details. Various Richmond locations, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. $15-25 includes lunch; limited space. Info, 882-8276.

POKÉMON LEAGUE: See THU.1, noon-5 p.m.

health & fitness

BODY LOVE SLOW FLOW: A yoga class with Brandy Oswald of Body Love Tribe leaves students feeling good on and off the mat. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. $10-15.

Info, 448-4262.

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SPANISH GROUP CLASSES: Students roll their Rs while practicing en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 2:45-4:30 p.m. $20. Info, maigomez1@ hotmail.com.

FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES 2017: See WED.31.

ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: See WED.31.

music

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.2.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: SULLIVAN FORTNER TRIO: Hailing from New Orleans, the pianist balances tradition and innovation. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

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‘IL TRITTICO’: See FRI.2, 2 p.m.

‘INTO THE WOODS’: See THU.1, 2 p.m.

‘RED VELVET’: As part of its Salon Series, the Vermont Shakespeare Festival presents a staged reading of Lolita Chakrabarti’s play based on actor Ira Aldridge. See calendar spotlight. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 3-5:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 877-874-1911.

words

BREAD LOAF ORION ENVIRONMENTAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See SAT.3.

BREAD LOAF TRANSLATORS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See SAT.3.

LES COWBOYS FRINGANTS IAM LOUVE (ARIANE MOFFATT, MARIE-PIERRE ARTHUR, AMYLIE, LAURENCE LAFOND-BEAULNE, SALOMÉ LECLERC AND MANY SPECIAL GUESTS)

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.

JON KATZ: The New York Times best-selling author pulls from the pages of his 2017 book Talking to Animals: How You Can Understand Animals and They Can Understand You for an engaging discussion. Phoenix Books Misty Valley, Chester, 4 p.m.

Free. Info, 875-3400.

TIKEN JAH FAKOLY PHILIPPE BRACH K.O.K.A. (KARIM OUELLET & KING ABID DJ SET)

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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.

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BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: BARIKA: The horn-driven, Burlington-based band brings West African grooves to a lively performance.

Lakeview Garage, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-7992.

‘DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE’: See WED.31, noon-1:30 p.m.

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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.

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TRADITIONAL YOGA FLOW: Breath accompanies each transition during a vinyasa flow focused on body awareness and self acceptance. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10:15 a.m. $10. Info, 244-8134.

CLAIRE BELLANTI: References to the English author’s novels and letters punctuate “You Can Get a Parasol at Whitby’s: Circulating Libraries in Jane Austen’s Time.” Morgan Room, Aiken Hall, Champlain College, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 343-2294.

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SENIOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT: U-32 Middle/High School students lend locals a hand with chores ranging from gardening to house painting. Call to request service. Various Washington County locations, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 2290321, ext. 5991.

dance

CONTACT IMPROV DANCE: Movers engage in weight sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced by aikido and other somatic practices. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4. Info, 864-7306.

SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata and chacha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.

WEST AFRICAN DANCE: Live djembe and dundun drumming drive a family-friendly class with teacher Seny Daffe of Guinea. Drop-ins are welcome.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-7 p.m. $10-16. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

education

CAMPUS TOUR: Potential students ages 16 through 24 check out a facility offering free housing, meals, career technical training, high school diplomas, driver’s licenses and job placement. Northlands Job Corps Center, Vergennes, 9:45 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 877-0121.

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REIKI OR TAROT SESSIONS: Claire Whitaker consults her cards or offers energy healing in 30-minute or one-hour sittings. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $30-60; preregister.

Info, 318-6050.

VERMONT ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY: ‘LET’S GO TO MARS, AN EXCITING TRIP TO THE RED PLANET’: Stargazers meet to discuss celestial subjects.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6955.

film

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.31.

‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2’ IN 3D: See FRI.2.

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‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.31.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.31, 6:30 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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ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: See FRI.2.

ASHTANGA YOGA: An athletic flow combines strength, flexibility and stamina in a specific sequence of asanas linking breath and movement.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:15-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.31.

SEATED TAI CHI: Movements are modified for those with arthritis and other chronic conditions.

Winooski Senior Center, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

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TAI CHI, SUN-STYLE LONG-FORM: Elements of qigong thread through the youngest version of the Chinese martial art. Winooski Senior Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

VERMONT CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HERBALISM STUDENT HERBAL CLINIC: Third-year interns evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions.

Burlington Herb Clinic, 4-8 p.m. $10-30; preregister.

Info, info@vtherbcenter.org.

ZUMBA: Lively Latin rhythms fuel this dancefitness phenomenon for all experience levels.

Vergennes Opera House, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 349-0026.

kids

‘ANNE OF GREEN GABLES’: An 11-year-old girl wins over her new family, school and neighbors in an adaptation of L.M. Montgomery’s novel, brought to life by ArtsPower. Barre Opera House, 10 a.m. $7.50; preregister. Info, 476-8188.

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.

Middlebury, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, redfloatboat@gmail. com.

words

BREAD LOAF ORION ENVIRONMENTAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See SAT.3.

BREAD LOAF TRANSLATORS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See SAT.3.

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.

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.

‘TO REVISION AND BEYOND!’: A POETRY CRAFT SERIES: Wordsmiths examine the practice of perfecting poems in a three-part Burlington Writers Workshop class. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

[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.

Info, 264-5660.

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language

ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

driver who gets caught up in a mystical conflict in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018.

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.31.

KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: Cinema hounds view campy features at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.31.

food & drink

NORTHFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A gathering place for local farmers, producers and artisans offers fresh produce, crafts and locally prepared foods. Depot Square, Northfield, 3-6 p.m. Free.

Info, northfieldfarmersmarketvt@gmail.com.

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. Info, 861-9757.

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business

RENTAL INCOME SEMINAR: Those seeking financial freedom and security get wise to the ways of real estate investment. Preferred Properties, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 318-7654.

community

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.31, 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.

TRIVIA NIGHT: IF YOU DON’T KNOW, NOW YOU KNOW: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. A DJ set and prizes sweeten the deal. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0406.

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.

CO-OP CONVERSATION COMMUNITY FORUM: Shoppers hear a draft recommendation regarding updates to the co-op’s member discount program.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 5-6:30 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 262-3242.

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FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.2.

BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: See THU.1.

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.

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.

FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES 2017: See WED.31.

ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: See WED.31.

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BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.2.

OPEN CRAFT NIGHT: Creative sparks fly in the studio as attendees whip out woven wall hangings and crochet, knitting and sewing projects. Nido Fabric & Yarn, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 881-0068. dance

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: PETER BRÖTZMANN & HEATHER LEIGH: Saxophone meets pedal steel in an unlikely combination. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

MONDAY NIGHT COMMUNITY BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING KIRTAN: Instruments are & FUSION DANCING: Pupils get welcome during call-and-reI TU schooled in the fundamentals of ZZ E .6 IC O | TALK sponse chanting of mostly Sanskrit S | JO E M I N partner dance. North End Studio B, mantras in the bhakti yoga tradition.

Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonSacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. westie@gmail.com.

Donations. Info, bpatoine@aol.com.

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: PALAVER STRINGS: Classical masterworks and folk Fun-loving folks learn the smooth, sexy stylings melodies alike are on this Boston-based ensemble’s of modern swing dance. North End Studio A, program “Simple Gifts.” Heartbeet Lifesharing, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@ Hardwick, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 472-3285. gmail.com.

SAMBATUCADA OPEN REHEARSAL: Newbies SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiare invited to help keep the beat as Burlington’s ment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, samba street-percussion band sharpens its sound.

Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome.

Instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 448-2930.

862-5017.

seminars

INNER GUIDANCE: A workshop hosted by Eckankar encourages folks seeking insight into life’s challenges to connect with their internal source of truth. Rutland Free Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 800-772-9390.

tech

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.31.

theater

‘THE CRUCIBLE’ AUDITIONS: Thespians throw their hats into the ring for roles in the Middlebury Community Players’ production of Arthur Miller’s retelling of the Salem witch trials. Town Hall Theater,

environment

‘VERMONT’S ENVIRONMENT AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: WHAT’S COMING AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?’: A panel of environmental experts examines the statewide implications of Environmental Protection Agency rollbacks.

Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 454-1621.

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health & fitness

DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 5:45-7 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401.

FITNESS AT ANY AGE: Strength, agility, coordination and heart-healthy exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte Senior Center, 9:15-10 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

FITNESS FLOW YOGA: See FRI.2, 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.

HATHA FLOW YOGA: A balanced combination of sustained and flowing poses promotes mindfulness. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:45 p.m.

Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

HEALING THE WOUNDS OF LOVE: Mantra meditation with Sukhpran Kaur brings positive change.

All levels are welcome. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $17. Info, 318-6050.

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 ALLERGIES & IMMUNITY: Baylen Slote of Black Turtle TCM suggests natural tools such as dietary recommendations and acupressure points for strengthening the body’s defense system. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@ hungermountain.coop.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See SAT.3, 6-7 p.m..

STRETCH & SIP YOGA WITH LIVE MUSIC: Tunes

by Ousmane energize participants for a flow yoga practice suitable for all levels. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7:15 p.m. $15-20. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

‘BANG! THE BERT BERNS STORY’: Filmmaker Brett Berns turns the lens toward his music-producer father in a 2016 documentary. Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas, Burlington, 6 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

SUMMER FLOOR HOCKEY LEAGUE: Men and women aim for the goal in a friendly setting for all ability levels. Mater Christi School, Burlington, 7:159:15 p.m. $5; $55 for the full season; preregister.

Info, gbfloorhockey@gmail.com.

‘BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA’: Kurt Russell stars in this 1986 action comedy as a hard-boiled truck

TAI CHI, LEVEL I: Beginners are introduced to sequences of slow, controlled movements. South

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Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

Mountain Retreat, Bolton, 7 p.m. $22. Info, 434-6500.

ZUMBA: A high-energy instructor and a wide array of music keep students going strong as they dance their way to health. Marketplace Fitness, Burlington, 4:30-5:15 p.m. $12; free for members and first-timers. Info, 651-8773.

MILTON COMMUNITY BAND REHEARSAL: Brass, wind and percussion players are welcome to join the ensemble as it hones its skills in preparation for upcoming recitals. Milton Middle School, 7-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1398.

ZUMBA WITH ALLISON: Conditioning is disguised as a party at this rhythm-driven workout session.

Swan Dojo, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 227-7221.

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.

kids

sports

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.

ADULT RACING LEAGUES: See THU.1.

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STITCH & B!TCH DROP-IN EMBROIDERY SESSIONS: See WED.31.

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business

VERMONT CLIMATE ECONOMY BUSINESS NETWORK MEET-UP: Eco-minded professionals rub elbows while munching on appetizers and connecting with special guests. Union Station, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $10-15; cash bar. Info, 828-5670.

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CO-OP CONVERSATION SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION: Shoppers hear a draft recommendation regarding updates to the co-op’s member 12v-threebros053117.indd 1 discount program. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 262-3242.

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HOME SHARING INFO SESSION: Locals get upto-date details on home-sharing opportunities in Vermont. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625.

crafts

KNITTING & MORE: BABY SOCKS: Needleworkers of all skill levels stitch coverings for tiny tootsies.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 264-5660.

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dance

BEGINNER CONTEMPORARY BALLET CLASS: See WED.31.

CONTEMPORARY BALLET, LEVEL 2: See WED.31.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.31.

environment

THU 1 7PM

MARK PENDERGRAST: CITY ON THE VERGE

TUE 6 7PM

BILL SCHUBART: LILA AND THERON

KINGDOM COMMUNITY WIND TOUR: See THU.1.

Vermont book launch!

Book launch celebration.

THU 15 7PM

ROSEMARY GLADSTAR: HERBAL HEALING FOR MEN

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.

SAT 17 11AM

GREGORY THE TERRIBLE EATER

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LISA CASSELL-ARMS: SEASONS IN A VERMONT VINEYARD

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FORMAL GARDEN STROLL: Visitors move at their own pace while exploring breathtaking blossoms.

Shelburne Farms, 1-3 p.m. $10. Info, 985-8686.

GREENER DRINKS: See WED.31.

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.31.

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.31.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.31.

Book launch, with light fare and door prizes from City Market, Zack Woods Herb Farm, Burlington Herb Clinic and Railyard Apothecary.

Story time with City Market. Free.

Book launch, with light snacks inspired by the cookbook and wine by Shelburne Vineyard.

food & drink

BARRE FARMERS MARKET: See WED.31.

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: See WED.31.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.31.

NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: See SAT.3.

Burlington events are ticketed unless otherwise indicated. Your $3 ticket comes with a coupon for $5 off the featured book. Ticket proceeds go to Vermont Foodbank!

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.31.

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WOODSTOCK MARKET ON THE GREEN: See WED.31.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.31.

TUE 13 7PM

health & fitness

GENTLE TAI CHI: See WED.31.

NANCY HINCHLIFF: OPERATIC DIVAS & NAKED IRISHMEN Book launch celebration for this innkeeper’s tale.

GENTLE YOGA: See WED.31.

GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: See WED.31.

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TANYA LEE STONE: The question “Why are 62 million girls globally not being educated?” drives the book Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time. A Q&A session follows an author talk.

Waterbury Public Library, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

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BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: CAMILA MEZA QUARTET: Bilingual lyrics complement jazz guitar and Latin rhythms. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

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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BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.2.

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.

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COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHOOL: ROBERT MACAULEY: A faciliPRESCHOOL MUSIC: tated discussion of Paul Melody makers ages 3 Kalanithi’s book When through 5 sing and dance Breath Becomes Air delves into the afternoon. Burnham into unexpected death and RT Memorial Library, Colchester, 5K S how individuals wish to be re|G N R IR L E 11:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, membered. Carpenter Auditorium, TH SO OR N TH E R U N V ER M ON T N 264-5660.

Given Medical Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: MONKEY 656-0728.

BUSINESS: Imaginations blossom when kids up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Fairfax HOT TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW LECTURE Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, SERIES: Michigan State University’s Jim Chen 849-2420. commands attention with “Anthropocene Environmental Law.” Oakes Hall, Vermont Law READ TO WILLY WONKA THE VOLUNTEER School, South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, THERAPY DOG: Kiddos cozy up for story time with 831-1371. the library’s furry friend. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:15-4:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, JOE MINICOZZI: In the first installment of the 264-5660.

“Let’s Talk Progress: A Conversation for a Better Burlington” speaker series, the economist uses simSEWING CLUB I & II: Needle-and-thread neophytes ple math to guide the reshaping of urban spaces. stitch together new skills. Fairfax Community Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Library, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, Arts Center, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free; preregister.

849-2420.

Info, john@vermont.org.

SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: Amigos ages 1 through ‘WHAT IS A MEMORY CAFÉ?’: Janet Nunziata and 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Jess Clarke answer queries about a social gatherConstancia Gómez, a native Argentinean. Fletcher ing for people with memory loss and their care Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, partners. Coffee and breakfast treats keep energy 865-7216. high. Winooski Senior Center, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, TODDLER STORY TIME: Good listeners up to 3 years 655-6425. old have fun with music, rhymes, snacks and captivating tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, words 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

BILL SCHUBART: The award-winning author launches his latest title, Lila & Theron. Phoenix language Books Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native BREAD LOAF ORION ENVIRONMENTAL WRITERS’ speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstrucCONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See SAT.3. tured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

BREAD LOAF TRANSLATORS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See SAT.3.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance lanCREATIVE NONFICTION WORKSHOP: Folks give guage over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, feedback on essays, poetry and journalism written Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregisPAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchter at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. language fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue.

Gather on the terrace in fair weather. Burlington HOWARD NORMAN READING: The National Book Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, Award finalist excerpts his latest novel, My Darling 363-2431.

Detective. A Q&A and book signing follow. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of 229-0774. hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barPETER SHAPIRO: The journalist takes lessons from riers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. history in a discussion of his 2016 title Song of the Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

Stubborn One Thousand: The Watsonville Canning Strike, 1985-87. See calendar spotlight. Maple Corner Community Center, Calais, 7 p.m. Free. Info, montréal 454-1080.

FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES 2017: See WED.31.

A ‘ULYSSES’ SUMMER: SUMMER LITERATURE READING GROUP: Ambitious readers discuss selected pages from James Joyce’s Ulysses. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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HERBS & FOODS TO SUPPORT HYPOTHYROIDISM: Health coach Marie Frohlich steers students toward natural strategies for relieving fatigue, dry skin, depression, insomnia and other symptoms.

Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. $5-7; preregister. Info, info@ hungermountain.coop.

INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.31.

INTRO & DEMO OF THE BODY TUNE-UP: USING APPLIED KINESIOLOGY: No experience is necessary to participate in a fitness method combining aspects of Hawaiian and Chinese medicine. Lotus Mountain Retreat, Bolton, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 434-6500.

VERMONT PBS KIDS WRITING CONTEST: STORY TIME PARTY: Local contestants read original narratives aloud in a celebratory atmosphere. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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.31.

NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.31.

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.

PILATES: See WED.31.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.31.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.31.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.31.

RESTORATIVE GENTLE YOGA: See WED.31.

SUNRISE YOGA: See WED.31.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT NURSING STUDENT VISITS: See WED.31.

VINYASA YOGA: See WED.31.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: See WED.31.

YOGA NIDRA: THE YOGA OF DEEP RELAXATION: See WED.31.

ZUMBA EXPRESS: See WED.31.

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DOROTHY’S LIST BOOK CLUB: Readers ages 8 through 11 express likes and dislikes about Tod Olson’s Lost in the Pacific, 1942. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

SEWING CLUB I & II: See TUE.6.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.31.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.31.

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‘THE CAMOUFLAGE CLOSET’ SCREENING & MEETUP: Footage filmed by LGBTQ veterans includes firsthand accounts of trauma and recovery in this 2013 short documentary. The Freight House, White River Junction, 7-9 p.m. $5; free for veterans. Info, 281-8108.

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FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES 2017: See WED.31.

ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: See WED.31.

music

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.2.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: DOM FLEMONS DUO: Percussive banjo playing pleases fans of the Carolina Chocolate Drops cofounder.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 6 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

considers how settlers’ determination to create a unique society has fared over time in “American Exceptionalism Revisited.” Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: KAMASI WASHINGTON: Described by National Public Radio as “changing the way people think about jazz,” the celebrated saxophonist wails on numbers from his forthcoming EP, Harmony of Difference. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25-60. Info, 863-5966.

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DEOBRAT MISHRA: The celebrated player and composer plucks the strings of the sitar. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 7-9:30 p.m. $22.

Info, 985-3819.

seminars

OPEN HOUSE: Hourlong sessions at the center for information technology networks, training and support cover topics such as process management, ransomware and staff development. Vermont Panurgy, South Burlington, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 800-974-1115.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.31.

theater

‘THE CRUCIBLE’ AUDITIONS: See MON.5.

AWAKENING THE HEART OF COMPASSION: A MEDITATION PRACTICE & STUDY PROGRAM: Those looking to live with wisdom and courage can join this ongoing facilitated program at any time. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Donations. Info, wellspringinsight@gmail.com.

LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER’S: Professionals share strategies for safe, effective and comfortable care. University of Vermont Medical Center Memory Program, Colchester, 5-7 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 800-272-3900.

talks

‘TYPHOON OF TENDERNESS’: Actor, writer and storyteller Dennis McSorley delivers a one-man show that traces a life from success to darkness and despair.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 540-0406.

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BOOK SALE: Thousands of gently used titles, CDs, DVDs and puzzles find new homes. Rutland Free Library, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

BREAD LOAF ORION ENVIRONMENTAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See SAT.3.

BREAD LOAF TRANSLATORS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See SAT.3.

ANNELISE ORLECK: The labor historian orates the origin of an antipoverty program run by poor mothers in the 1970s. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

WEDNESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB: Avid readers exchange ideas and opinions about A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

BILL LADABOUCHE: The former teacher gets race fans fired up with “The History of Catamount Stadium.” Community Room, Milton Town Offices, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2598.

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze works in progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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acting FILM ACTING CLASS: Learn a simple, powerful, scene analysis technique, proactive choice and heightened connection. Develop and hone the skill to remain present and vital through multiple takes of a scene and embrace all that you are to become an acting dynamo in this six-week film scene study class. Every Wednesday, May 10-Jul. 26, 6:309:30 p.m. Location: Waterbury Festival Rehearsal Space, Waterbury Center. Info: Richard Waterhouse, rikwala@gmail.com.

astrology ASTROLOGY AT RAILYARD: Private one-hour astrology readings: Sun., 1-3:30 p.m., must preregister. Astrology 101: Thu., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Know Your Natal Chart Workshop: Jun. 4, 4-6 p.m.

Embodied Dream Work private sessions with Janis: Fri., contact studio for appointment. See website for schedule, details and registration. Location: Railyard, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 318-6050, railyardyoga@gmail. com, railyardapothecary.com.

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camps SUMMER DAY CAMP: Come be a part of a great summer day camp! Fishing, swimming, biking on trails, playing outdoor games, horseback riding, paddleboat racing and other fun activities. For boys and girls ages 7 to 16. Jul. 1721, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $100/suggested donation. Location: God’s Vision Retreat, 175 Sweet Hollow Rd., Sheldon. Info: Matt Luneau, 315-952-5005, GodsVision.net.

clinical hypnosis AGE REGRESSION: BACK TO THE CAUSE(S) OF THE PROBLEM(S) AND HELP HEALING!: Motivation Hypnosis Training & Education Programs in collaboration with the Northeastern Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NMSCH) is offering both a Basic and an Advanced Age Regression ASCHapproved workshop (20 hours/ CEUs) with Maureen Turner, MEd, LCMHC, RNBC, LCSW. Both workshops will address using Age Regression Techniques research to treat ADHD and Comorbids: addiction, anxiety, depression, OCD, ODD and PTSD. Fri.-Sun., Jun. 23-25. Cost: $500/ person; incl. manual. Payment plan available. Location: Turner Farmhouse, 24 Turners Lane,

Isla La Motte. Info: 658-2140, motivationhypnosis.com.

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ADULT: INTRODUCTION TO ACRYLIC: Instructor, Misoo Filan.

Learn fundamental acrylic painting techniques including color mixing, paint and brush handling, composition, form, and value.

Perfect for a beginner painter and someone who would enjoy watersoluble painting. Some of the topics we will cover are still life, landscape, portrait and old masters reproduction. 8 weeks, Thu., 6 -8 p.m., Jul. 13-Aug. 31. Cost: $248/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd, Shelburne. Info: The Shelburne Craft School , 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: METALS 1: This class will focus on jewelry design, small sculpture or functional art.

Students will complete several practice pieces before designing and creating wearable finished pieces out of sterling silver. There will be weekly demonstrations, including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, texturing, jump rings, forming and soldering techniques.

Instructor: Sarah Sprague.

Summer 2017: 6 weeks, Wed., 5:30 -8:30 p.m., Jun. 21-Aug. 2, no class Jul. 5. Cost: $265/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

BASKET WEAVING WITH TRACIE QUIRION: Instructor Tracie Quirion has been weaving baskets for seven years. She has recently started teaching basket-weaving classes to share her love of this traditional craft with others. This beautiful berry basket is perfect for beginners and perfect for picking summer berries. All materials are included in the class fee. This

class is recommended for adults.

Please register online. Sat., Jun. 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $65/person; $60/members. Materials incl.

Location: Milton Artists’ Guild Art Center & Gallery, 199 Rt. 7, Milton.

Info: Christina Lesperance, castlegarden_vt@yahoo.com, miltonartistsguild.org.

a flower-obsessed grower with more than 15 years of experience in the flower world. Sun., Jun. 4, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $40/ person. Location: Red Wagon Plants, 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd., Hinesburg. Info: Julie, 482-4060, julie@redwagonplants.com, redwagonplants.com.

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DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for a 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.

ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this summer.

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. For details, call 585-1025 or visit spanishwaterburycenter. com. Weekly classes start June 19. Cost: $225/10 classes of 90+ minutes each. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.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.

drumming DJEMBE & TAIKO: Classes in Burlington, Hyde Park and Montpelier. Drums provided.

Classes for adults (also for kids with parents) Mon., Tue. & Wed. in Burlington. Wed. a.m. or Fri. a.m. in Hyde Park. Thu. in Montpelier.

Most classes are in the evenings or after school. Conga classes, too!

Visit our schedule and register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin; Moonlight Studios, 1670 Cleveland Corners Rd., Hyde Park.

Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko. org.

gardening GROW YOUR OWN CUT FLOWERS, PART 1 WITH NINA FOSTER: Have you always wanted to have a lush, flowery cutting patch? If so, this is the workshop for you! We will be diving into all the wonderful parts of growing your own cut flowers. The workshop will be led by Nina Foster,

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE: TWO SUMMER SESSIONS IN BURLINGTON: NEW: The Alliance Française is offering two summer sessions: one starting on June 14 and a second starting on July 26 in our Burlington location.

These two 5- or 6-week sessions offer courses at all levels, from French for Travelers to literature and conversation classes. We will also offer classes in Montpelier.

See website for schedule.

Location: Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, 43 King St., Burlington. Info: Micheline Tremblay, 881-8826, michelineatremblay@gmail.com, aflcr.org.

martial arts ACHIEVE YOUR POTENTIAL: Come to Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts. Join other thoughtful, intelligent adults to learn and practice tai chi, kung fu, meditation and dynamic physical exercises. Maximize your mental tranquility and clarity, physical health and fitness, and self-confidence. For people who never thought this would be for them. Fri., 6-7 p.m. & 7-8 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-noon & noon-1 p.m.; Tue., 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $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.

MARTIAL WAY: Colchester and Milton locations. Classes in self-defense, Karate, Kung Fu, Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi. We have 14 different age and experience levels, so the training is always age- and skill-appropriate.

Beginner or experienced, fit or not yet, young or not anymore, we have a class for you! Days and evenings; see website for schedule and fees. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 73 Prim Rd., Colchester, Colchester. Info: David Quinlan, 893-8893, info@martialwayvt. com, martialwayvt.com.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a Martial Arts Combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu selfdefense curriculum is taught to Navy Seals, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces. No training or 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 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.

massage 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 fiveelement theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology are taught.

VSAC non-degree grants are available. NCBTMB-assigned school. Begins Sep. 2017. Cost: $5,000/600-hour program.

Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Scott Moylan, 2888160, scott@elementsofhealing. net, elementsofhealing.net.

meditation A TASTE OF MINDFULNESS: Sign up for a four-week series to learn and practice Mindfulness Meditation. You will: learn mindfulness practices known to reduce stress, receive guided recordings to practice at home and discover ways to incorporate mindfulness into your daily life. Roz Grossman MA is a certified trainer in the MindfulnessBased Stress Reduction program. May 31 & Jun. 7, 14 & 21, 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $90/1 & 1/2-hour class. Location: Stillpoint Center, 7 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: Mindful Stress Relief, Roz Grossman, 233-2461, roz@mindfulstressrelief.net, mindfulstressrelief.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 Café (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.

shamanism FSS: THE WAY OF THE SHAMAN Originated by Michael Harner, this is the basic workshop of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and is the prerequisite for all foundation workshops

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and training courses. Taught by longtime FSS faculty member Nan Moss, this workshop is a comprehensive introduction to core shamanism. Shamanic cosmology, helping spirits, journeys, divination, healing! Sat. & Sun., Jun. 17 & 18, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Cost: $225/2-day workshop.

Location: Shaman’s Flame workshop space, 644 Log Town Rd., Woodbury. Info: Peter Clark, 802456-8735 peterclark13@gmail. com, shamansflame.com.

tai chi SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers yoga classes for everyone from beginner to expert. Choose from a wide variety of drop-in classes, series and workshops

in Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Gentle, Vigorous, Yoga on the Lake, Yoga Wall, Therapeutics, and Alignment. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/ community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

HONEST YOGA: Honest yoga offers practices for all levels.

We just expanded to have two practice spaces! Your children can practice in one room, while you practice in the other. No need for childcare. Yoga and dance classes ages 3 months and up.

Brand-new beginners’ course: It includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes, kids classes in yoga and dance, pre- and postnatal yoga.

We hold yoga teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels, as well as children and dance teacher training courses. Daily classes & workshops. $50/new student (1 month unlimited); $18/class; $140/10-class card; $15/class for student or senior; or $110/10-class punch card; $135/ mo. adult memberships; $99/ mo. kid memberships. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Hana, South Burlington. Info: 497-0136,

honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

IYENGAR YOGA: A classical approach to yoga. Our experienced teachers offer classes for all levels, ages and abilities, as well as prenatal classes and yoga therapy for injuries. Iyengar yoga focuses on uniting the body, breath and mind through attention to alignment. Precision. Rigor.

Depth. Experience the Iyengar difference. 10 weekly classes; See website for schedule. Cost: $16/90-minute class. Location: Iyengar Center of Vermont, 294 North Winooski Ave., suite 212B, Burlington. Info: Rebecca Weisman, 379-7389, rebecca@ IYCVT.com, iycvt.com.

LAUGHING RIVER YOGA SCHOOL: Are you a yoga teacher or seeking to be one? We offer a renowned 200-hour teacher training program to get you started, as well as a continuous flow of trainings designed specifically for yoga teachers. The learning never ends! Check out our website for dates and topics. Daily classes, 200- and 300hour teacher trainings. Cost: $65/first month of unlimited classes; workshop and training prices vary. Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: 343-8119, laughingriveryoga.com.

RAILYARD YOGA STUDIO: Railyard offers classical yoga, meditation and healing offerings. Maha Sadhana Dharma Yoga Workshop with Lyn and Amy: Jun. 3, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sound Healing with Melinda: Wed., May 31, 7-8:30 p.m. Basics of Intuitive Tarot with Claire: June 3, 3-5 p.m. Healing the Wounds of Love with Sukhpran: June 6, 7-8:30 p.m. Dances of Universal Peace (Sufi): Jun. 11, 1:30-4 p.m. See website for schedule. Location: Railyard Yoga Studio, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 318-6050, railyardyoga@gmail.com, railyardapothecary.com.

SANGHA STUDIO | NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga.

Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages. Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops. Become a Sustaining Member for $60/ month and practice as often as you like! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: 448-4262, Info@ sanghastudio.org.

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he antiseptic set of a local TV news show is an awkward venue for hip-hop. But the bright lights didn’t seem to faze Burlington rapper S.I.N.siZZle. When WCAX-TV booked him last year, he opted to deliver his dynamic track “Rock Out,” complete with howling soul hooks from vocalist Stacy Campbell.

“See, I’ve been waiting for a long time / to hit the stage, make it all mine,” S.I.N. raps on the chorus.

True, indeed.

That cut comes from S.I.N.’s latest album, Winters in Vermont. It’s a statement of purpose, a manifesto advising that, after years of hustling to help build Vermont’s hip-hop scene, the rapper is ready to take his place at its forefront.

The WCAX appearance might as well have been a breaking news bulletin to that effect. The rapper’s conviction and charisma shone through the screen. The clip was passed around on social media for months, helping new fans to find one of Burlington’s most respected but overlooked hip-hop figures.

“I feel like that was a big moment,” S.I.N. says in an interview with Seven Days. “That was when I realized a lot of people who don’t know me are getting an introduction.”

Even more will get to know him soon. The rapper opens for Arrested Development at Burlington’s Waterfront Park on Saturday, June 10, as part of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. The initiation of wider audiences to S.I.N.’s music is overdue. But, in reality, he’s been hiding in plain sight.

When S.I.N. — whose given name is Edwin Nana Owusu — first arrived in Burlington as a University of Vermont student in 2001, Vermont hip-hop was in a very different place. The Loyalists were just getting started, and seminal groups such as the VT Union and the Aztext hadn’t even formed yet. At the time, the epicenter of the scene was Eye Oh You and their residencies at Red Square.

That group featured Konflik, MC Fattie B and the iconic DJ A-Dog, the last of whom has become the patron saint of Vermont hip-hop since his passing in 2013. The crew was always keen

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to spotlight new talent and immediately saw the potential in young S.I.N. “They would let me get on the mic with them all the time,” S.I.N. says, recalling his introduction to Burlington.

Since then, he’s done more than 300 shows. And S.I.N. has been one of the go-to local opening acts when serious hip-hop is coming though town. Given any opportunity to perform, he generally delivers home runs. Whether opening at Higher Ground for the likes of the WuTang Clan and Planet Asia or headlining at the FlynnSpace, as he did last fall, S.I.N. leaves it all onstage every time.

Born in Ghana in 1981, he grew up in New York City before coming to Vermont. A natural at networking, S.I.N. has been an integral part of Burlington’s rap scene since he arrived. One of his first major projects was the King of VT rap battles, which he envisioned not as a competition but as a means to showcase local talent.

“I realized we all needed a new way to grab people’s eye,” S.I.N. explains. “It wasn’t really about proving who the king of the mountain was; it was a new way for all of us to showcase our talents. And it was fun.”

The battles were also a turning point for Vermont hip-hop.

“It really helped everyone get to know each other,” confirms rapper Learic, head of the Aztext family and occasional rap-battle champion himself.

“My first-ever battle was against him, which I barely won,” Learic recalls of a competition at Burlington’s Manhattan Pizza & Pub, circa 2009. However, S.I.N. would get his revenge in a 2015 battle at the now-defunct Zen Lounge. Friendly rivalry aside, Learic credits S.I.N. as a mentor and positive force in Burlington, a sentiment that is widely shared.

“He is an important artist in our community,” says Anthill Collective artist Scottie Raymond. “[S.I.N.] has done a lot of work in helping raise awareness for nonprofits and played a significant role in the lives of a lot of younger performers who look to him for support, knowledge and guidance.”

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This coming weekend, Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4, is a genuine fustercluck. Try your best to keep your FOMO in check as you pick and choose where to be and when.

Our friends at BDJF describe SOUL UNDERSTATED, featuring vocalist/ songwriter MAVIS “SWAN” POOLE, as “one of the rarest discoveries in music since Motown.” Catch them at the City Hall Park stage on Saturday. In the evening, you’ll want to head over to Juniper to hear a gaggle of hometown heroes pay tribute to saxophonist WAYNE SHORTER. The lineup includes JAMES HARVEY, RAY VEGA, ROB MORSE, BRIAN MCCARTHY and GEZA CARR. On Sunday, the top level of the Lakeview Parking Garage is the place to be — and not just for youths looking for a chill spot to get high. Take in the stunning views as psychedelic West African ensemble BARIKA blow your damn mind. Afterward, you can keep the Afro-funk vibes flowing with SABOUYOUMA back at the Top Block Stage.

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Ah, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. Much like the lilacs that precede its arrival, the fest’s sweetness and ubiquity are matched only by its ephemeralness. It’s here, it’s everywhere and then it’s gone — so you’d be wise to get out there and appreciate it while you can.

Before we dive in, I’d like to share one of my favorite memories of BDJF. It’s also kind of embarrassing.

Good thing I’m into the whole selfdeprecating thing.

Allow me to set the scene: The year was 1997. My middle school’s jazz band was set to perform on the top block of Church Street as part of the festival’s school band performances. When I discovered that its repertoire included an instrumental version of the theme from the James Bond film Goldfinger — the one SHIRLEY BASSEY famously sang — I begged our band teacher to let me sing it. He agreed, and I was stoked.

So there I was, a 14-year-old boy mired in the depths of puberty, clad in my finest color-block silk shirt, crooning a torch song written for a Welsh diva.

In my head, I was straight-up fabulous.

However, I think it’s safe to say the whole thing just didn’t land. To wit: It’s hard for a voice-cracking, pimple-faced goon to sound coquettish, try as he might. It was my first and last performance at BDJF.

But enough about the past. Let’s take a look at the present.

This year’s top headliners are nothing short of ridonkulous: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, DIANA KRALL, TERENCE BLANCHARD & THE E-COLLECTIVE, PINK MARTINI, TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE. And let’s not forget about KAMASI WASHINGTON. The tenor saxophonist, composer and bandleader is the subject of this week’s cover story. Flip back to page 30 to get the full scoop.

You could spend up to $300 to catch all of the aforementioned artists. But if dropping three bills is not in the cards for you right now, you’re in luck — free shows greatly outnumber ticketed ones during the 10-day fest. Here’s a day-byday summation of a few totally fresh and free shows during the first week of BDJF. Visit discoverjazz.com for a full list of events, venues and stages.

On Friday, June 2, Burlington’s MAL MAIZ provide thumpin’ cumbia grooves during the weekly Truck Stop at ArtsRiot, along with ska-reggae-punk outfit SKELETON DANCER. Meanwhile, you have two chances to catch the northern swamp-rock stylings of MATT LORENZ’s one-man band the SUITCASE JUNKET: a late afternoon show at the Downtown Transit Center and an early evening show at the City Hall Stage on the Church Street Marketplace. Stick around for the eclectic Afrobeat brass collective the BRIGHTON BEAT. Finish

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music Winter Is Coming « P.64 Part of what makes the album so reThe camera loves him, too.

Last month, he sat in on the Fox 44 markable is the balance between slickly show “Morning Brew” to show off the commercial product and heartfelt, new music video for his single “Never lyrical hip-hop. Radio-ready rap singles Scared.” S.I.N. was calm and genuine, are seldom as brutally honest as “Never at ease with hosts Brittney Hibbs and Scared” or “Think Back” — the latter a perfectly executed tribMegan Carpenter. The ute rap to some fallen video itself nearly stole friends, including A-Dog. the show, though.

“I really cut it down Created by Trezise to the very best tracks,” Productions, an upS.I.N. explains of the and-coming video outfit S .I .N .S I Z Z L E record. “I was very fobased in Burlington, it’s cused on how to package a cinema-quality piece of and present my ambition, work. Featuring sweeping drone shots and carefully composed you know? But I also wanted to make DSLR work, the shoot took place during people know it’s all authentically me.”

The summer of 2017 is looking like a miles-long hike through the woods on the summer of S.I.N. In addition to the a flawlessly frozen Valentine’s Day. “Jumping around on a frozen lake jazz fest gig, he’s been booking a long when you can’t swim is probably not lineup of shows locally and beyond and the best idea,” S.I.N. says, chuckling. promises more music is on the way. But The results were well worth the risk. in his typically humble fashion, S.I.N. Indeed, it’s one of the best-looking rap views his own momentum as an opvideos Vermont has ever seen. And it’s portunity to build a bigger platform to evidence that S.I.N. is going all in on his introduce Vermont artists to the world.

“I feel very free,” he says. “I don’t feel music, a development that has been a like I’m a traditional rapper. I don’t feel long time coming.

The reinvention of S.I.N. could be pigeonholed by any one style. I’m an traced back to 2015, when he incorpo- artist before anything.”

Years after helping to give S.I.N. his rated his Green Mountain Music Group and started getting more serious about start, Fattie B very much agrees. “It’s event promotion. But the real turning been an honor to watch him grow,” he says. “I’d say the scene is better because point was probably his last mixtape.

Most mixtapes are rushed affairs. Yet of him. He did it the right way: by earnwhen S.I.N. dropped Living in Sin early ing it.” ! last year, it sounded more like a warning Contact: music@sevendaysvt.com shot. His flow was more focused than ever, and the songs were richly detailed and often intensely personal. The proj- INFO ect made it clear he was gearing up for Winters in Vermont is available on iTunes and Spotify. S.I.N.siZZle opens for Arrested something big.

Development on Saturday, June 10, at 5 Winters in Vermont delivers on that p.m., at Waterfront Park in Burlington. $35. promise. It’s a short but potent set. sinsizzle.com

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Why is he hanging up his hat? Short answer: Nature calls — literally. Though anyone who’s worked with Shorter can attest to his dedication to Vermont’s THU 8 music scene, his true passion lies with our furry and feathered friends. A student of veterinary medicine, his NEXT WEEK pursuit of higher education dictates a move to the Boston area. Shorter has ADAM been accepted into the prestigious Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and hopes FRI 9 | SAT 10 to eventually work directly with wildlife populations and conservation efforts.

Since its formation in late 2013, SSR dropped a series of eclectic vinyl TIM releases, such as APARTMENT 3’s self-titled debut and WREN KITZ’s For Evelyn. If you haven’t added any of the label’s titles to your collection, the time to act is now — Shorter plans to liquidate SSR’s entire stock.

(802) 859-0100 | WWW.VTCOMEDY.COM In his FB statement, Shorter thanked 101 main street, BurlingtoN “everyone who bought a record, downloaded music, hosted an event, attended a show, booked a band, wrote Untitled-4 1 5/29/17 an article, reviewed an album, designed a poster, liked a post, shared music with a friend, and on and on.”

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June 7: JONATHAN SCALES FOURCHESTRA. Steel drums add tropical flair to the band’s innovative rock-jazz fusion at the Top Block Stage. Downhill at the Skinny Pancake, artist-in-residence HANNAH FAIR reinvents her weekly set for a special one-off tribute to various ladies of jazz, with support from the CHRIS VON STAATS BAND. And that’s only a fraction of BDJF offerings. We’ll be checking in on the festival’s remaining days next week.

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Light Club Lamp Shop and Radio Bean, respectively; Foam Brewers hosts the PAUL ASBELL JAZZ QUARTET; the TIFFANY PFEIFFER QUARTET lights up Red Square, while the WHITESELL BROTHERS take over the City Hall Stage directly across the street. QUEEN CITY HOT CLUB fill Leunig’s Bistro & Café with sizzling gypsy jazz, and groovy R&B quartet TOP BRAHMEN swing by the Skinny Pancake.

By the time Tuesday, June 6, rolls around, you might feel the urge to mix it up a bit. After all, you’ve been going at it nonstop for more than four days.

ArtsRiot hosts a special jazz edition of its regular trivia night. Or maybe you’re craving something truly “out there.” If so, the LE DUO has you covered with their off-center brand of improvisational free jazz.

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CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free.

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THE DAILY PLANET: Seth Yacovone (blues), 8 p.m., free.

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JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

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JUNIPER: Ellen Powell Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

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

Panini Group, known for its

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Willverine (electro-pop, soul), 9:30 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. Sammich, Other Brothers (jam), 9 p.m., free/$5.

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RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: The County Down (Celtic, eclectic), 7:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: The Brevity Thing (rock, folk), 7 p.m., free. Tiny Montgomery (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Carissa Johnson, Vanessa Silberman, the Love Dimension (rock), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Zach Rhoads Trio (rock), 6 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Jesse Taylor TBC (folk), 7 p.m., free. A-Ra$ (hits), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Hannah Fair (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Dale & Darcy (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

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TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bow Thayer (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Annual JazzFest Kickoff with Grippo Funk Band, DJ Rekkon, 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. Cosmonautz (acoustic blues, funk), 1 p.m., free. Top Brahman (R&B, soul), 2:30 p.m., free. Haley Katrin (folk, rock), 4 p.m., free. Samara Lark (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. Ivamae (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., free. Triage (jazz), midnight, $5.

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RED SQUARE: Hagen/Snyder Do Oh (improvisational, experimental), 4 p.m., free. Steady Betty (reggae, rocksteady), 7 p.m., $5.

Craig Mitchell (house, hits), 11 p.m., $5.

such as The Lion King and Hair, she moved into the pop sector after Panini made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

The multilingual chanteuse mainly

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., $5.

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

inclinations, though her latest single,

SIDEBAR: Shane Murley Band (folk), 7:30 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

“Something on Your Mind,” takes a deep dive into the realm of acid house.

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JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Irish Jam Session, 7 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Hannah & Maggie (folk, pop), 9:30 p.m., $5-10.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Dr. No (funk, rock), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. The Atlantic Effect, the Kenny Brothers Band, the Mangroves (rock), 9:30 p.m., $2/5. 18+.

PHO NGUYEN: Karaoke with DJ Walker, 8 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: C.K. Flach (indie folk), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Senhit (pop), 11 p.m., $5.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: King Arthur Junior (solo acoustic), 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier SWEET MELISSA’S: David Langevine (ragtime), 6 p.m., donation.

WHAMMY BAR: Dave Keller (blues), 7 p.m., free.

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MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: Open Mic & Jam Session, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Noah Young Trio (jazz, funk), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic with Allen Church, 8:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold (hits), 9 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Super Stash Bros. (’90s and ’00s covers), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): EmaLou & the Beat, Phineas Gage Project (soul), 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Short Jam (improv), 6 p.m., free. Brian Posehn (standup), 7:30 p.m., $15.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Trivia, 9:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Da.Root (hits), 9 p.m., free.

champlain islands/northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: North Country Trio (country), 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Asa Morris & the Mess, the Mountain Carol (rock), 10 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry, 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Cringe! (storytelling), 8:30 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Pine Street Jazz with Jody Albright, 8 p.m., free.

SMITTY’S PUB: Hi-Note Karaoke, 8:30 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Brian Posehn (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Broods, Michl (electro-pop), 8:30 p.m., $20/22.

AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Noah Young Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Leno, Cheney and Young (rock), 7 p.m., free.

ARTSRIOT: Mal Maiz Free Music Friday with Skeleton Dancer (Cumbia), 8:30 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: The Willoughby’s (Americana), 5:30 p.m., free. Future States, sleeping in, Burglary Years (psychedelic), 9 p.m., free.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Noah Jarrett Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: A Very Special Friday Night Mi Yard (reggae), 10 p.m., $10/12. 18+.

FOAM BREWERS: Japhy Ryder (hip-hop, jazz), 9 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Chris Peterson and Friends (jazz), 9:30 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Dayve Hucket (jazz), 11 a.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 2 p.m., free. Jenni Johnson & the Jazz Junketeers, 8 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Myra Flynn (neo-soul), 6 p.m., free.

Julian Chobot Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free. Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 9:30 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Congress Funk, 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Avery Cooper Quartet (jazz), 5 p.m., free. Seth

MULE BAR: DJ Steal Wool (hits), 5 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Duo (rock), 5 p.m., free. Phil Abair Band (rock), 9 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Billy Claxton (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: DJ Von Hauer (eclectic dance), 9 p.m., free.

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DEMENA’S: Joe Moore (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

ESPRESSO BUENO: My Mother’s Moustache (folk), 8 p.m., free.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Josh Panda & the Hot Damned (rock, soul), 10 p.m., $5.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation.

WHAMMY BAR: Kris Gruen (indie folk, storytelling), 7 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., free.

middlebury area

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Blinie (hits), 9 p.m., free.

champlain islands/northwest DURTY NELLY’S IRISH PUB: Cooie Sings (Americana, blues), 6:30 p.m., free.

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: TJ Connection (blues, rock), 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Good Time Charlies (jam), 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): Toast (soul, funk), 8:30 p.m., free.

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AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Left Ear Trio (jazz, funk), 8:30 p.m., free.

ARTSRIOT: 2nd Annual Benefit in Drag (drag), 7 p.m., $10-60.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Queen City Quintet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

THE DAILY PLANET: Tom Pearo (ambient jazz), 6 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: The Music of Wayne Shorter with James Harvey, Ray Vega, Rob Morse, Brian McCarthy and Geza Carr (jazz), 9:30 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Thea Wren (jazz), 10 a.m., free. Lewis Franco & the Missing Cats (jazz), 2 p.m., free. Will Patton Ensemble (jazz), 5 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Cody Sargent Group (jazz), 6 p.m., free. Michael-Louis Smith (jazz, funk), 8 p.m., $5-10. Eames Brothers Band (blues, rock), 9 p.m., $5-10. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Moose Crossing (jazz, funk), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Small Change: A Tribute to Tom Waits, 7 p.m., free. Jaw Gems, Moonchild, Mob Barber (drip-hop, ratchet jazz), 9 p.m., $10.

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Dodg3r (EDM, hits), 10 p.m., free.

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Burlington-based soul band smalltalker are not as idle and awkward as their name suggests. The group’s debut EP, Walk Tall, bustles with the virtues of communication and confidence, affable skills that keep this band connected. The four-song EP credits an ambitious lineup of 10 core musicians, plus two rotating members. Although smalltalker have only a handful of recordings, the band’s live performance is already well embraced, earning them a season full of festival

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flawless falsetto vocals from guitarist Nico Osborne. The brass section moves fluidly in and out of the track while almost imperceptible sparkles of guitar and keys hover in the background, creating a lush and dynamic field.

Toward the end, the song breaks down for a Wurlitzer solo by keyboard wiz Danny Whitney. His licks sound like they streamed out of a time machine, before gracefully receding as the tune lingers on in a beautiful vocal section.

“Uncle Milt’s Mediation Room” references the unusual practice space that brought the band together. It’s an instrumental interlude instructed by J Dilla’s laid-back style, featuring Jacob Ungerleider on reverb-washed keys. The track is an opportunity for the listener to catch a breather, but it seems like a sentimental inclusion — and a missed opportunity for a vocal freestyle by one of the band’s supremely talented singers.

The EP culminates with “Cassius,” a song that calls upon Muhammad Ali’s birth name and spirit of resistance.

Rolling hand drums and a bluesy bass riff with ’90s radio-soul vibes set the scene. When the rest of the band enters, the piece moves into conversational jazz terrain. Rob Debruyn offers a downright sultry sax solo before the song rises into a triumphant victory lap of the chorus.

Throughout, vocalist Stephanie Heaghney’s pen is as sharp as her tongue as she leads the track with fierce power, backed by Claire Sammut’s controlled soprano. Heaghney’s lyrics electrify the band’s purpose, elevating smalltalker’s sound from catchy yet slightly derivative to penetrating and inspiring.

Walk Tall by smalltalker is available at smalltalker.bandcamp.com.

Sorry. I’m just trying to establish my ability to stomach the saccharine and eye-rolling cliché lyrics and aesthetic of ’90s kinda-rock. Because for all of that, I just can’t quite get behind what Vermont’s Some Hollow are playing on Green.

The EP is the group’s first after forming last year. Some Hollow aren’t a bad band by any means. Front man Jason Lee has a distinctive, evocative voice — not to mention the ability to pen a sugary hook. Drummer Josh Morse holds it down well. And whenever Aidan Lenihan chimes in on the pedal steel, it is incredibly lovely.

But Some Hollow have also managed to make an album that panders to some of the most nauseating aspects of pop music. Green’s five songs all go straight for the gooiest part of the heart. Any one of these tracks could find itself on a CW network show and be just fine.

That’s the sort of territory Some Hollow stray into here, and I just can’t forgive it.

“Roses are red, violets are cool / I’m just so happy being here with you,” Lee sings on “Roses,” the album’s third track. And that’s where I gave up trying to find positives in the lyrics. The writing is just so heart-on-sleeve, not to mention unimaginative, that the effect is to cheapen Lee’s genuinely excellent voice. That’s at least true on the EP. When I saw Some Hollow live a little while back, they had what seemed a

more experimental side than what they present on record.

If Some Hollow are shooting for mass appeal, then certainly there are positives to the EP. The production is crisp, and the band is easily able to handle the arrangements. If the band’s songs are cheesy, they’re equally catchy, so it wouldn’t surprise me to see them get some radio play. And that in itself is respectable.

This brand of pop is startlingly hard to write and play, requiring a balancing act of art and commerce. So I salute the band for being able to do it. Yet none of that will make me love Green.

Download Green by Some Hollow at somehollow.bandcamp.com and see if I’m just being an icy-hearted curmudgeon.

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I can dig some truly cheesy shit. I’ve been to a Better Than Ezra show, and not only did I genuinely like it, I still retroactively think it was cool. I don’t hate the Gin Blossoms in any way, shape or form, and I finally feel OK admitting that publicly: I don’t hate the Gin Blossoms, you guys.

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Walk Tall opens with “Looking.”

A warm wave of organ and vocal harmonization leads into a burst of brass and a soul-rocking bass line. In contrast to this self-assured start, bassist and vocalist Mike Dondero admits, “I try to play it cool / it turns out I’m not so smooth.”

Silky and precise, the sound heavily evokes Steely Dan’s tight party grooves. The band carries itself like a sustainable commune, each member holding space for each other’s talent to shine.

“To Change” enters with popping funk bass, danceable percussion and

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RADIO BEAN: The Lady Bits (singer-songwriter), 12:30 p.m., free. Russel James Pyle (folk), 1 p.m., free. Tim Haufe Duo (folk, soul), 2:30 p.m., free.

Micromasse (Afrobeat, jazz), 4 p.m., free. Dan Stuart (singersongwriter), 6:30 p.m., free. Tom Heyman (singer-songwriter), 7:15 p.m., free. Isabella’s Jazz Trio, 8 p.m., free. Vinegar Mother (rock, soul), 9:30 p.m., free.

Japhy Ryder (hip-hop, jazz), 11:30 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: Ellen Powell Trio (jazz), 4 p.m., free. Kwame Binea Shakedown (funk, rock), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

Kiwi Connection Before the dust settled from New Zealand pop star Lorde’s meteoric rise in 2013, fellow countrymen BROODS dropped their weighty single “Bridges.” Aside from their homeland connection,

the brother-sister duo enlisted producer Joel Little for their debut cut — he famously cowrote and produced Lorde’s initial EP. The pulsing, yearning track was a promising introduction to Broods’ majestic brand of pop. The duo’s

Now, the emotions are bigger, the hooks are bolder and they’re primed to dominate

AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Whitesell Brothers Quartet (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free.

in South Burlington. MICHL opens.

CLUB METRONOME: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

FOAM BREWERS: Local Dork (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. The Matt Wright Project (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Quintet (jazz), 4 p.m., free. Flynn (The Myra Flynn Band) (neo-soul), 7 p.m., free.

SMITTY’S PUB: The Hubcats (folk-rock), 8 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Yes Darling (Americana), 7:30 p.m., free. Dwight Ritcher (roots), 9 p.m., $5-10.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Brian Posehn (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: David Rogers (acoustic), 9:30 p.m., free.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Thea Wren (jazz), 10 p.m., free.

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

MISTER SISTER: Funhouse with DJs Chia and Rob Douglas (house), 9 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: dreambeaches (alternative), 9 p.m., free.

MULE BAR: DJ Luis Calderin (hits), noon, free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Jeff & Danielle (rock), 5 p.m., free. Full Circle (rock), 9 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Orange Julians (electro-pop), 7 p.m., free.

SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: DJ Craig Mitchell (hits), 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

ESPRESSO BUENO: Stefani Capizzi (folk, country), 7:30 p.m., free. FEMCOM (standup), 8:30 p.m., free.

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WHAMMY BAR: Mark LeGrand and the Cadillac Twins (country), 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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the dance floor. Catch Broods on Friday, June 2, at the Higher Ground Ballroom

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bow Thayer’s Ode to Sun Ra, 8 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: VT Coverband Showcase featuring Mirage, the Chin Hippies, Rehab Roadhouse, 8 p.m., $10/12.

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saturated synths, EDM embellishments, confessional lyrics and sweeping refrains.

SIDEBAR: Myra Flynn (neo-soul), 7 p.m., free. Luis Calderin (hits), 10 p.m., free.

FOUR QUARTERS BREWING: Mixed Methods (DJ) (eclectic), 1 p.m., free.

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

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RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (hits), 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

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NECTAR’S: Sabouyouma (Afrofunk, jazz), 5:30 p.m., free.

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

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Jam Man Entertainment (hits), 9 p.m., free.

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TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Ryan & Slim (rock, blues), 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: The Wagar Brothers (folk, Americana), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Derek Burkins with the Milo White Band (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

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THE DAILY PLANET: Paul Asbell & Clyde Stats (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: Dale & Darcy (Americana), noon, free. Top Brahmen (R&B, soul), 5 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Timothy James (jazz), 10 a.m., free. Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 1 p.m., free. The Whitesell Brothers Quartet (jazz), 4 p.m.,

free. Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 7 p.m., free.

chittenden county

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Tiffany Pfeiffer Trio with Mike Martello and Jeremy Hill (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Game Night, 8 p.m., free.

MULE BAR: Julian Chobot (jazz), 4 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Ethan Snyder Trio (jazz), 6 p.m., free. 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. Joni Mitchell Tribute by Dawna Hammers, 3:30 p.m., free. High Summer (jazz, groove), 6:30 p.m., free. Five Bar Connection (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Jack Rack & the Standback (rock, jazz), 10:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Ira Friedman Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ David Chief (dance), 11 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, $5-10 donation.

Red Hot Juba (jazz, country), 6 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Knucklepuck (improv), 7:30 p.m., $5. Hot Popsicle (improv), 8:30 p.m., free.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Sam Armstrong (jazz), 1 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Navytrain (neo-Americana), 8 p.m., $3/8.

18+.

SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: New Orleans Jazz Brunch with DJ Craig Mitchell, 10 a.m., free.

Myra Flynn (neo-soul), 8:30 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free. Pickin’ Party with Dave Clark (bluegrass), 3 p.m., free.

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reading), 8 p.m., free. Eric Reeves Ensemble (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Greenbush (jazz, rock), 5:30 p.m., free. Metal Monday “Anti-Jazz” Show featuring Gorcrow, Lightcrusher, Surf Sabbath, 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Logan Colliano (acoustic blues), 2 p.m., free. Art Herttua and Ray Carroll Jazz Duo (jazz), 3:30 p.m., free. Aaron Lucci & the Flat Five (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free. Andrew of the North (folk), 7 p.m., free. Steady Betty (reggae, rocksteady), 8:30 p.m., $10. Gnomedad (hip-hop, funk), 10:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Tiffany Pfeiffer Quartet (jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Robbie J (dance), 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Top Brahmen (R&B, soul), 7 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: Paul Asbell Jazz Quartet, 7 p.m., free.

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LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: The Whitesell Brothers Quartet (jazz), noon, free. Trio Subtonic (funk, soul), 4 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Kelly Ravin (country), 6 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Andriana Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Lamp Shop Lit Club (open

SCOUT & CO. (WINOOSKI): Julian Chobot (jazz), 4 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Jamie Hamburg (rock, blues), 4 p.m., free. The le duo (free-jazz, experimental), 5 p.m., free. Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Cody Sargent Group (jazz), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

RED SQUARE: Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ Aras (dance), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: SVPPLY (hip-hop), 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Helen Hummel (folk), 7 p.m., free. Ron Stoppable (hits), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): The Sidewinders (blues, jazz), 7:30 p.m., free.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Slaughter to Prevail, Widowmaker, Voices in Vain (metal), 6:30 p.m., $10/13.

MONKEY HOUSE: Tall Friend, Gestalt, June Gloom (indie), 8:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Bob Gagnon (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free. Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: DJ Jessbro Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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HATCH 31: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson (country), 7 p.m., free.

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

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ARTSRIOT: Typhoon of Tenderness (storytelling), 7:30 p.m., $15.

RADIO BEAN: NoMad Stories (jazz, psychedelic), 3 p.m., free.

Thea Wren (soul, jazz), 6 p.m., free. Ensemble V (free-jazz), 7 p.m., free. Trio Subtonic (funk, soul), 8:30 p.m., free. Nate Reit, Jake Whitesell Quintet (jazz), 10:30 p.m., $5.

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

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CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: EmaLou & the Beat (soul), 7 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

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ROTARY PARK: Sabouyouma (Afro-funk, jazz), 6 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: The County Down (Celtic, eclectic), 7:30 p.m., free.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Young Artist Night featuring Jerry Ulichny Quartet of UVM School of Music (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: The Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quinteto, 7 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Trio Subtonic (funk, soul), noon, free.

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MISTER SISTER: Godfather Karaoke with Wolfie, 9 p.m., free.

AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Paul Asbell Jazz Quartet (jazz), 7:30 p.m., free.

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

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SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Phil DaRosa (roots, folk), 6 p.m., $510. Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Diane Cluck (folk), 8 p.m., $5-10. Ryan Monbleau (Americana), 9:30 p.m., $5-10.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

LGBTQLOL (standup), 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. Ian Greenman (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., free. Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Presents Sidewalk Chalk with Special Guests Yonrico Scott and Friends (hip-hop, soul), 9 p.m., $12/15. 18+.

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p.m., free. Mike Martin & Trio Gusto (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Smokestack Lightning, Hellascope, Ghastly Sound (metal), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Hannah Fair and Chris Von Staats Band ‘Ladies of Jazz’ Tribute, 8 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.

BAR ANTIDOTE: Cooie Sings (Americana, blues), 7 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.

outside vermont MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bow Thayer (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., free. !

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CLAIRE’S RESTAURANT & BAR, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053 CORK WINE BAR & MARKET OF STOWE, 35 School St., Stowe, 760-6143 MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX, 87 Edwards Rd., Jeffersonville, 644-5060 MATTERHORN, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198 MOOGS PLACE, Portland St., Morrisville, 851-8225 PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411 RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593 THE RUSTY NAIL, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245 STOWEHOF INN, 434 Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722 SUSHI YOSHI, 1128 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4135

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BIG PICTURE THEATER & CAFÉ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994 THE CENTER BAKERY & CAFÉ, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500 CORK WINE BAR & MARKET, 40 Foundry St., Waterbury, 882-8227

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 3888209 BAR ANTIDOTE, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555 CITY LIMITS, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919 HATCH 31, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774 TOURTERELLE, 3629 Ethan Allen Hwy., New Haven, 453-6309 TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002

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

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BAYSIDE PAVILION, 15 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909 SNOW SHOE LODGE & PUB, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456 TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405

UPPER VALLEY

BREAKING GROUNDS, 245 Main St., Bethel, 392-4222 WINDSOR STATION RESTAURANT & BARROOM, 26 Depot Ave., Windsor, 674-4180

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BIG JAY TAVERN, 3709 Mountain Rd., Montgomery, 326-6688 COLATINA EXIT, 164 Main St., Bradford, 222-9008 JASPER’S TAVERN, 71 Seymour La., Newport, 334-2224 MARTELL’S AT THE FOX, 87 Edwards Rd., Jeffersonville, 644-5060 MUSIC BOX, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533 PARKER PIE CO., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366 PHAT KATS TAVERN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064 THE PUB OUTBACK, 482 Vt. 114, East Burke, 626-1188 THE STAGE, 45 Broad St., Lyndonville, 427-3344 TAMARACK GRILL, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., East Burke, 626-7390

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David Powell reaches into his unique reservoir of scientific, historical, literary and visual references for an exhibit at the White River Gallery @ BALE in South Royalton. Titled “The Golden Era of the New Dawn & other distractions,” the show of 32 collage and print works is on view through July 1.

Powell’s fascination with science is playful, but his work also speaks to the lack of that interest in contemporary culture.

“I am increasingly interested in the 19th century, when knowledge was shared and scientific pursuit was part of a holistic ‘natural philosophy,’ not a narrow search for new weapons or drugs,” he writes in an artist statement.

“We have lost much of our childlike wonder and awe for a universe that presents us with new marvels. The need to quantify existence has become a shackle to science and education.”

Powell himself is in no danger of losing his sense of wonder and awe.

He brings viewers along for the ride through his seemingly limitless collection of images from old books, magazines, maps, postcards and other ephemera, which he repurposes as exquisitely executed collages and prints. His skillful cutting, imaginative assemblage and other techniques make each image a seamless whole. In Powell’s hands, disparate elements coalesce into something new and mysterious, a sum greater than the individual parts.

“Globalization the Prequel,” for example, overlays old maps with grids in a collage of four large “globes” and numerous smaller ones. The effect is that of an imaginary world, but labels in bold imply otherwise. Rosebud and Miles City, for instance, actually exist in the lower 48 states. The former name has multiple potential references: the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the mysterious dying utterance in Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, the bud of a rose, a term of endearment. The work inspires thoughts about the world before the era of globalization, yet presents more questions than answers.

If mystery appeals to humans generally, mystery in art has a special appeal; it gives people the opportunity to enter an endless loop of satisfaction as they

IN POWELL’S HANDS, DISPARATE ELEMENTS COALESCE INTO

SOMETHING NEW AND MYSTERIOUS.

ruminate on what they see. Such mystery is here in spades.

A Georgia native, Powell received his BFA in painting from the University of Georgia and an MFA in visual art from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Currently he is an associate professor of art at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Powell’s work has been exhibited in Massachusetts, Illinois, New York and Vermont and forms part

of numerous university and private collections.

Among the many achievements in Powell’s decades-long graphic arts career was his award-winning cover for Eat a Peach, the Allman Brothers Band’s third studio album. Powell found inspiration for it in a couple of vintage postcards he purchased at an Athens, Ga., drugstore; one depicted a huge peach on a truck, the other a watermelon on a

railcar. Such strong graphic images continue to appear and resonate in Powell’s work today.

Words and wordplay contribute another dimension to his work, often imbuing his images with humor and providing clues to his intention. That wordplay can be maddening and charming in equal measure; it’s not always easy to grasp Powell’s meaning or to determine if he intends any meaning at all.

In the small gallery, curator Dian Parker has superbly organized groupings of two to four works each, arranged in various ways. The most visually arresting is a trio of painted wood panels whose titles are palindromes. The phrases “Bird Rib,” “DNA Land” and “Lion Oil” are incorporated into the works, too.

“Lion Oil” calls to mind the advertising labels that once appeared on wooden boxes of produce or other goods. The words “lion oil” in capital letters dominate the top of the work; a corked brown bottle of “Lion Oil” fills the lower portion. This visual gives traction to the idea that there is such a thing as lion oil and conjures the powerful image of a lion in the viewer’s mind.

“DNA Land” (acrylic and carbon transfer on wood panel) and “Bird Rib” (assemblage and acrylic on wood panel) are less specific but still tease the imagination. The latter piece incorporates a circular proportional scale that covers a painting/collage of a bird skeleton, which is not to scale.

Solving the riddles in Powell’s work might lead to a better understanding of it, but the artist doesn’t seem to demand that of his audience. Puzzles are fun whether you solve them or not.

Grouped together are “Portrait of the artist as a young boy,” “Daddy” and “Innocence.” Created in 2013, all three collages evoke youth. “Innocence” consists of a baseball, a pair of boy’s black-and-white Buster Brown shoes, and a dinner fork. “Daddy” uses generic icons — a saw, a hat and an accounting sheet — to signal a grown man from a child’s perspective.

A standout in the exhibit, “We Are on a Mission” incorporates pen and ink and calligraphy. A bit of ornamental paper adds a decorative element. An ancient

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ALEX COSTANTINO: “Character Witness,” vibrantly colored figurative works by the Vermont artist. June 1-5. PETER RICHARDS: “A Hair in the Stars and Grass,” abstract paintings by the Vermont artist. Reception: Friday, June 2, 5-9 p.m. June 2-July 1. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

! DANIEL SCHECHNER: “Defining America,” a series of photos taken in Vermont. Reception: Friday, June 2, 6-9 p.m. June 2-July 4. Info, 865-6223. Cavendish Gallery in Burlington. ! FESTIVAL OF FINE ARTS: An annual exhibition of juried works by 29 Vermont artists.

Reception: Friday, June 9, 5-8 p.m.; awards ceremony, 7 p.m. June 1-30. Info, 859-9222.

Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington. ! ‘HERE TO THERE’: A “farewell” exhibition of works by married artists John Brickels and Wendy James, longtime exhibitors at Frog Hollow who are moving out of state. Reception: Thursday, June 1, 5-8 p.m. June 1-30. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

Opposite: “Globalization the Prequel,” right: “Lion Oil,” below: “Betsy Ross”

HILARY ANN LOVE GLASS: Works by the Burlington illustrator, printmaker, tattoo artist and winner of Magic Hat’s 2017 Art Hop Ale label competition. June 1-August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee, Pine Street, in Burlington.

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! SEABA ‘MEMBERS ONLY’ SHOW: A juried exhibition of works by members of the South End Arts and Business Association. Reception: Friday, July 7, 5-8 p.m. June 1-August 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

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! ELIZABETH MAYOR: Dimensional woodcut prints by the Hanover, N.H., artist. Reception: Friday, July 7, 6-8 p.m. June 2-July 31. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

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CEILIDH GALLOWAY-KANE: “Portraits of Place,” an exhibition of works by the East Hardwick artist. June 4-July 9. Info, 563-2037. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick.

! ‘CREATIVE CONFLUENCE: OUT OF THIS LIGHT, INTO THIS SHADOW’: An exhibition of works created over three decades by members of the Caspian Arts organization. Reception: Sunday, June 4, 6-7:30 p.m. June 2-July 25.

Info, 533-9075. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

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! MARTHA ELMES: An exhibition of layered, scissor-drawn works made from reclaimed art garnered from the artist’s years of teaching.

Reception: Friday, June 2, 6-8 p.m. June 2-July 31. Info, 603-869-9900. Maia Papaya in Bethlehem, N.H.

ART EVENTS CRAZY T-SHIRT WORKSHOP: Kids ages 10 to 13 are invited to turn a cotton T-shirt into a personalized, wearable artwork. Preregistration required. MAC Center for the Arts, Newport, Saturday, June 3, 10-11 a.m. Info, 334-1966.

‘WILD SPACES, OPEN SEASONS: HUNTING AND FISHING IN AMERICAN ART’: An exhibition exploring the visual culture of hunting and fishing in painting and sculpture from the early 19th century to World War II. June 3-August 23.

Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.

ESSEX ART LEAGUE MEETING: Monthly business and social time for members, followed by an artist presentation. First Congregational Church Essex, Essex Junction, Thursday June 1, 9-11 a.m.

Info, jdbeebo@yahoo.com.

! ‘ART WORKS’: A group exhibition of art that invites viewers to engage and interact, including kinetic sculptural works and small installations. ! ‘ARTCADE’: An exhibit of artist-customized PinBox 3000s, presented by the Cardboard Teck Instantute. ! CHRIS JEFFREY: “Color & Movement,” painted assemblages and a light installation by the Montpelier artist. Reception: Thursday, June 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m. June 6-July 8. Info, 479-7069.

Studio Place Arts in Barre.

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! NORTHERN VERMONT ARTISTS ASSOCIATION JUNE JURIED SHOW: Works by more than 50 artist members of Vermont’s oldest arts organization. Reception: Sunday, June 4, 2-5 p.m.; awards ceremony, 3:30 p.m. June 4-July 1. Info, 644-8183. Visions of Vermont Art Galleries in Jeffersonville.

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! ‘THE COLOR OF LIGHT’: A juried group exhibition of works addressing the theme “the color of light,” curated by Andrea Rosen of the Fleming Museum. Reception: Friday, June 9, 5-7 p.m. June 1-30. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

JAZZ PORTRAIT POP-UP: An exhibition and silent auction of portraits of musical legends taken by Dee Kalea of Creative Music Photography. The show features signed original silver prints of artists including Count Basie, Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Sarah Vaughan, Horace Silver and more.

New City Galerie, Burlington, Friday, June 2, 5-8 p.m. Info, dee@creativemusicphotography.com.

LYNA LOU NORDSTROM: “Embracing Change,” a reception and studio moving sale by the Burlington printmaker. Brickwork Art Studios, Burlington, Friday, June 2, 5-8 p.m., and Saturday, June 3, 2-5 p.m. Info, 310-6579.

‘NINE BY NINE’ CLOSING AUCTION: An auction of the nine 12-by-12-inch titles, made by Heidi Broner, Sally Duval, Wendy James, Irene Lederer LaCroix, Carol MacDonald, Dianne Shullenberger, Ellen Spring, Daryl Storrs and Ulrike Tessmer.

Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery, Burlington, Wednesday, May 31, 6 p.m. Info, 863-6458.

NVAA JURIED SHOW: The 86th annual juried group exhibition of works by members of the Northern Vermont Artist Association.

Reception: Sunday, June 4, 3-5 p.m. Visions of Vermont, Jeffersonville, June 4-30. Info, 644-8183.

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! ‘DEAR WILD ONES’: An exhibition of naturethemed paintings and sculptures by Rebecca Kinkead and Eben Markowski, respectively.

FIRST FRIDAY ART: Dozens of galleries and other venues around the city open their doors to pedestrian art viewers in this monthly event. See Art Map Burlington at participating locations. Friday, June 2, 5-8 p.m. Info, 264-4839.

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“The Golden Era of the New Dawn & other distractions” by W. David Powell, on view through July 1 at White River Gallery @ BALE. Opening reception on Saturday, June 3, 4 to 6 p.m. balevt.org/white-river-gallery

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! ‘SHIFTING LANDSCAPES’: First annual group exhibition of works by area artists. Reception: Friday, June 2, 6-9 p.m. June 2-4. Info, 326-2386.

Montgomery Center for the Arts.

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civilization — art, philosophy, architecture and literature.

For Powell, however, the metaphor most likely refers to an idealized state when human beings were pure and free from suffering. Or perhaps to a time when scientific learning and achievement were held in high regard? Either way, a visit to his exhibition presents a golden opportunity to find out. !

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! ‘WILD FIBERS’: A group exhibition of works

by Vermont members of the Surface Design Association. Reception: Friday, June 2, 5-7 p.m.

June 2-July 9. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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Asian schooner appears to hover on the horizon, looking very much like a line drawing. What seems to be handwritten kanji (Japanese writing using Chinese characters) fills the bottom of the piece.

A series of tiny vertical ink lines erupts from the writing, possibly hinting at fire, deforestation or devastation. “We Are on a Mission” is less surreal than some of Powell’s other works, yet highly evocative.

Powell’s title for his exhibit could be a play on the “Golden Age” — the classical term for a period of perceived greatness, used by different nations to refer to different eras. The Golden Age of Greece (circa 500 to 300 BC), for example, created the building blocks of

Reception: Friday, June 9, 5-8 p.m. June 1-July 9. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

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OPEN HOUSE: BLUEBIRD FAIRIES’ ART STUDIO: Artist-inspirationalist Emily Anderson demonstrates her fairy and demon drawings and offers uplifting fairy card readings. Bluebird Fairies, Burlington, Friday, June 2, 5-8 p.m. $8 for a reading.

Info, 238-4540.

TALK: MARY WELSH: BMAC curator Mara Williams speaks with Welsh about the works currently on view in “Appearances & Reality.” Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Thursday, June 1, 7 p.m. Info, 257-0124.

TALK: ‘WILD SPACES, OPEN SEASON’: A lecture in conjunction with the opening of the new exhibition.

Reservations required. Shelburne Museum, Saturday, June 3, 4-5 p.m. Info, 985-3346.

‘WORK IN PROCESS’: Works by Sam Handler, Brooke Monte and Lynne Reed. The Box, Burlington, Friday, June 2, 5-9 p.m. Info, 233-6811.

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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. Through June 1. Info, 595-4148. Burlington Town Center.

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‘ALNOBAK: WEARING OUR HERITAGE’: An exhibition of recent works by contemporary Abenaki artists paired with historic garments, accessories, photographs and prints that reflect previous generations. Organized by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in partnership with the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association. Through June 17. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington.

— as in a mnemonic, or memory-jogging device. Named for German art historian Aby Warburg’s Mnemosyne Atlas, this experimental

exhibition at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts places modern and ancient European works alongside contemporary art by 14 artists from Canada. Characterized by the institution as a “free-association game” that “reinvents past codes,” the show encourages a widelens approach to visual culture and art history. Or, as curator Geneviève Goyer-Ouimette puts it, the show is “a playful invitation to visitors to build bridges between contemporary works and art from the past through aesthetic associations.” Through May 20, 2018.

Pictured: “Lingering in Time’s House (Vanitas)” by Dan Brault (left), and “Vanitas” by N.L. Peschier.

Through May 31. Info, 862-8679. Brickwork Art Studios in Burlington.

JUSTIN HOEKSTRA: “Heavy Smile,” a solo exhibition of large-scale abstract paintings by the former BCA artist-in-residence. Through July 9. Info, 865-7166.

Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington.

‘BUTTERFLIES’: This exhibit of live butterflies explores one of Earth’s most beautiful and unique creatures. Discover their fascinating life cycle and how we can protect their place in the natural environment. Through September 4. Regular museum admission, $13.50-16.50. Info, 877-324-6386. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

‘NINE BY NINE’: Nine 12-by-12-inch titles, made by Heidi Broner, Sally Duval, Wendy James, Irene Lederer LaCroix, Carol MacDonald, Dianne Shullenberger, Ellen Spring, Daryl Storrs and Ulrike Tessmer. Tiles are accompanied by additional works by each of the artists. Through May 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

‘THE COMBINATION’: Black-and-white photographs taken by Elliot Burg of UVM senior and dedicated amateur boxer Ali Watson. Through June 1. Info, eburg4@gmail.com. Livak Fireplace Lounge and Gallery, Dudley H. Davis Center, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

‘PAPER VIEW’: Iskra Print Collective showcases works made during its spring 2017 classes, featuring prints by Liza Cowan, Diane Culotta, Will Gebhard, Serdar Gizer, Julius Higgins, Yeshua Hill, Michelle Hobbs, Jabari Jones, Meryl Kremer, Ada Leaphart, Macy Margolin, Kate Robinson, Jeremy Smith and Danielle Vogl. Through June 16. Info, 516263-7335. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington.

EMILY MITCHELL: Narrative paintings by the Richmond artist. Through June 30. Info, 859-9222.

SEABA Center in Burlington.

‘FACING AN EPIDEMIC’: A multimedia exhibition campaign with works by Ed Kashi, Tom Laffay and Aubrey Roemer that seek to raise awareness about and support Nicaraguan sugarcane workers impacted by occupation-related health hazards.

Through May 31. Info, 656-9511. Center for Cultural Pluralism, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

GALEN CHENEY: “Street Level,” a solo exhibition of abstract works with inspiration drawn from Arabic script and urban graffiti. Through June 12. Info, cthompson@champlain.edu. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington.

‘HERE STILL’: Portraits by Vermont painters Kate Longmaid, Nathaniel J Moody and Corrine Yonce.

Through July 25. Info, joseph@newcitygalerie.org.

New City Galerie in Burlington.

HOWARD CENTER GROUP EXHIBITION: An exhibition of works by members of the Howard Center Arts Collective and students from the Bellcate School. Through June 1. Info, aforguites@ howardcenter.org. Flynndog in Burlington.

IAA FAMILY PORTRAIT PROJECT: Family portraits taken by BCA photographer Michelle Saffran, alongside family stories written by Integrated Arts Academy students. More than 145 family portraits are also on display at Fletcher Free Library, North End Studios, Barrio Bakery, Chubby Muffin and Nunyuns. Through May 31. Info, 864-8475.

Burlington City Hall.

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‘Mnemosyne’ Mnemosyne was the goddess of memory in Greek mythology and the source of the word “mnemonic”

JANN LABELLE-PRINCE: “60 Years of Painting,” a retrospective of works by the Vermont artist.

‘PASSED PRESENT FUTURE’: A group exhibition of sculpture, painting, mixed media and photography that grapples with the subject of time. Artists are Paul Higham, Brooke Monte, Sarah Smith and Julie Ward. Through June 30. Info, asm.exhibitions@ gmail.com. RL Photo 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.

‘READY. FIRE! AIM.’: A group exhibition that explores the psychology of impulsive action and strategic thinking, in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation and inspired by Andy and Christine Hall’s collecting philosophy. Through July 9. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

ROBERT WALDO BRUNELLE JR.: “The Old Neighborhood,” paintings inspired by vintage photographs of Rutland, as well as colorful kinetic sculptures. Through July 31. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing 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.

Through May 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

VISUAL ART IN SEVEN DAYS:

‘VERMONT LANDSCAPE & WATER’: A group exhibition featuring seasonal landscapes by Vermont artists Sean Dye, Phil Laughlin, Sandra Reese and Ken Russack. Through July 29. SARAH BUNKER: A solo exhibition of works in acrylic, oils pastels, graphite and collage. Through June 15. Info, 860-4972. Black Horse Gallery in Burlington.

! SENIOR ART SHOW: “Class of 2017” artworks from Mount Mansfield Union, Champlain Valley Union, Burlington, South Burlington, Essex and Colchester high schools. Closing reception: Wednesday, May 31, 6-7 p.m. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

STEPHEN BEATTIE: Digital photographs by the local artist. Through May 31. Info, 651-9692. RETN in Burlington.

‘STRENGTH IN NUMBERS’ ANNUAL SHOW: Works

by Vermont art teachers, who meet monthly to share work and support one another in their artistic practices. Through July 30. Info, dorseyhogg@ gmail.com. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

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‘CHICKENS!’: A group exhibition of chicken-themed works by local artists. Through August 31. Info, ealexander22@yahoo.com. Jericho Town Hall.

‘THE HISTORY OF RACING IN MILTON’: An exhibition about the town’s role as a Chittenden County stock-car-racing hot spot. Through October 31. Info, 363-2598. Milton Historical Society.

JANE SANDBERG: “Another Perspective,” watercolors and stained-glass work by the Jericho artist.

Through May 31. Info, 434-2550. Mt. Mansfield Community Television in Richmond.

‘PIECED TRADITIONS: JEAN LOVELL COLLECTS’: Historic bedcovers gathered by the California-based collector and longtime friend of the Shelburne Museum. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346.

Shelburne Museum.

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.

! ‘PERCEPTIONS MADE FINER’: A group show

featuring the work of Carolyn Enz Hack, as well as

ART LISTINGS AND SPOTLIGHTS ARE WRITTEN BY RACHEL ELIZABETH JONES. LISTINGS ARE RESTRICTED TO ART SHOWS IN TRULY PUBLIC PLACES.

Bonnie Acker, Robert Bent, Jeri Lynn Eisenberg, Kevin Fahey, Betsey Garand, Philip Hagopian, Shane Harris, Karen Henderson, Kathleen Kolb, Beth Pearson, HM Saffer, Jessica Scriver, Alexis Serio, Carolyn Shattuck, Jozie Furchgott Sourdiffe, Phoebe Stone and Shiao-Ping Wang. Reception: Friday, June 2, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through July 18.

Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

WENDY BREEDEN: Watercolors, collage and charcoal drawings by the Stowe artist. Through June 30. Info, 864-2088. Salon Salon, Winooski.

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‘A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER’: Alaskan landscape paintings by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol and photographs by Richard Murphy. Through July 7. ! VERMONT PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION: A group exhibit of images by members of the VPP, a branch of Professional Photographers of America. Reception: Thursday, June 1, 5-7 p.m. Through June 30. Info, 262-6035.

T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

DJ BARRY: “The Leftovers,” stencil and spray-paint designs by the Vermont artist. T. NAMAYA: “100 Flowers of Peace,” poetry banners based on the poem of the same name, which has been translated into 109 languages. Through May 31. Info, 223-3338.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier.

‘FINDING YOURSELF IN VERMONT’: The Vermont Center for Geographic Information presents a group exhibition of artworks featuring maps of Vermont. Through June 3. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Statehouse Cafeteria in Montpelier.

‘FREAKS, RADICALS & HIPPIES: COUNTERCULTURE IN 1970S VERMONT’: An exhibition that explores the influx of people and countercultural ideas to the state, from communes to organic agriculture, progressive politics to health care reform, alternative energy to women’s and gay rights. Through December 31. Info, 479-8500. Vermont Heritage Galleries in Barre.

HARRIET WOOD: A retrospective of abstract paintings by the Marshfield artist. Through June 16. Info, 454-8311. Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College, in Plainfield.

JAMES LUND & JENEANE LUNN: Paintings in watercolor and pastel by the couple, who have

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Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli in Barre.

JAYNE SHOUP: Pastels of the Vermont artist’s rural neighborhood. Through May 31. Info, 223-1981. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.

JO MACKENZIE: “Moments,” watercolor paintings on paper featuring domestic interiors and florals.

Through June 30. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

MARIA ANGHELACHE: “From Nature to Abstract,” pastel and acrylic works on paper and canvas.

Through June 30. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

‘SHOW 17’: Latest works by members of the Vermont-based contemporary artists’ collective gallery. Through June 10. Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier.

‘SPRING FOUR-WARD’: Watercolors by Vermont Watercolor Society members Lisa Forster Beach, Annelein Beukenkamp, Gary C. Eckhart and Robert O’Brien. Through June 2. Info, 279-6403. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

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‘FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION … WE ARE HERE!’: An exhibition of photos, narratives and documents belonging to JCOGS members and their families, giving testimony of their families’ lives before, during and after World War II. Through July 31. Info, 253-1800. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe.

INAUGURAL SHOW: The new Morrisville gallery space celebrates its grand opening opening with an exhibition of works by Marie LaPre’ Grabon, Kathleen Johanna Lovell and Jude Prashaw. Through June 9. Info, kathleenjlovell@gmail.com. Pretty Lights Gallery in Morrisville.

KINDER ARTS END-OF-YEAR EXHIBITION: Works including group murals, mobiles and paintings produced by children enrolled in the River Arts Kinder Arts Program during the 2016-17 school year. Through June 2. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

‘LEGACY COLLECTION 2017’: Works by 19 living and 14 deceased artists whose art continues the legacy of Alden and Mary Bryan. Through December 23.

‘TRAVELLING ARTISTS’: A group show of more than 100 artworks by 60 artists from their travels around the world. Through June 25. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

PHOTOS BY MARIE LAPRÉ GRABON: Photographs by the Vermont artist. Through June 30. Info, 635-7423.

Dream Café in Johnson.

‘THRU OUR EYES’: Photography by youth, staff and board members of Laraway Youth & Family Services.

Through May 31. Info, 635-2805. Laraway Youth & Family Services in Johnson.

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‘INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: MOTORCYCLES’: Classic motorcycles and cars along with related motoring art and motorabilia at the Bauhaus modern building in the woods. Through July 9. Info, 583-5832. Bundy Modern in Waitsfield.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Call for entries to the 2017 AVA Gallery and Art Center’s juried summer exhibition. Slideroom deadline is June 1. Deadline for preregistration for hand-delivered submissions is June 15.

Details: avagallery.org/category/exhibitions/ calls-for-artists. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon N.H. $20 for slideroom; $30-40 other. Info, 603-448-3117.

FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: The Cambridge Arts Council invites artists, artisans and vendors to register for this ninth annual summer arts festival, to be held Saturday, August 12. To register, visit cambridgeartsvt.org/fota. Deadline: August 1. Downtown Jeffersonville. $40 booth fee; $25 for students. Info, 633-2388.

FIRST NIGHT NORTH: Performing artists of all kinds are invited to take the stage at St. Johnsbury’s 25th annual New Year’s Eve festival of the arts. To receive an online application form, send a blank email to jsprout@ catamountarts.org with “First Night 2018” in the subject line. Rolling deadline. Various St. Johnsbury locations. Info, 633-3043.

‘LAND AND LIGHT AND WATER AND AIR’: Welcoming submissions for this annual fall juried exhibition of Vermont and New England landscape paintings. For details and to submit, visit bryangallery.org. Deadline: July 14. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville.

Info, 644-5100.

RIVER ARTS INVITATIONAL: Accepting submissions of work for the upcoming water-power-themed group exhibition. All work should be ready to hang and measure at least 20 by 20 inches in size. To apply, send an artist’s statement or proposal (up to two pages), CV and images or video to gallery@ riverartsvt.org. For image and video specs, visit riverarts.org. Deadline: June 15. Gallery at River Arts, Morrisville. Info, 888-1261.

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Deadline: June 9. Studio Place Arts, Barre.

Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

SOUTH END ART HOP: Registration is now open for the 25th annual South End Art Hop, to take place September 8 to 10. For details, visit seaba.com/art-hop. Deadline: June 16.

SEABA Center, Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

‘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 for nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

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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.

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‘ART ON THE WATER’: In collaboration with the Shelburne Craft School, April Cornell invites artists to apply to participate in a oneday event on July 16. She will select 15 artists to exhibit their works alongside her own. For details and to submit, email info@theshelburnecraftschool.org. Deadline: June 5, midnight.

April Cornell, Burlington. $15 application; $50 exhibitors’ fee. Info, 985-3648.

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THE RIVER WORKS PROJECT COMMUNITY SURVEY: River Arts invites the community to learn about, give feedback and share ideas concerning the upcoming public art installation, “River Works.” Viewers are encouraged to share their stories of the Lamoille River and Oxbow, present questions about the area, as well as thoughts about the project. Info gathered will be used to inform the final art installations.

Through June 15. Info, 888-1261. Morrisville Post Office.

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PATRICIA DE GOGORZA: “Sunrise,” a retrospective of the sculptures, prints and paintings of the northern Vermont artist. Through June 6. Info, 456-8940.

Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson.

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! KELLY HOLT: “Raconteur,” an exhibition of experimental photography and mixed-media works that suggest narratives of energy in urban environments. Reception: Friday, June 23, 6-8 p.m.

Through June 24. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

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‘THE BAKER’S DOZEN’: A selection of works by BigTown artists, both new and long-established, in a show dedicated to longtime gallery friend and supporter Varujan Boghosian. Through July 23.

Info, 349-0979. BigTown Gallery Vergennes.

‘THE DAMES’: Oral history recordings and photographic portraits featuring 13 members of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Vermont. Through August 19. Info, 388-4964.

Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

ELAINE ITTLEMAN: Large, bold and colorful abstract landscapes by the Shoreham artist.

Through June 25. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

JOE BOLGER: Addison County landscapes by the Shoreham painter. Through May 31. Info, 458-0098.

Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls.

KATE GRIDLEY: “A Few True Things,” still-life paintings that consider objects and their personalities by the Middlebury artist. Through May 31. Info, 989-7419.

Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

‘LOST & FOUND’: Mixed-media and watercolor works

by Vermont artists Pat Laffin and Gail Martin. Through June 1. Info, 453-6309. Tourterelle in New Haven.

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‘SABRA FIELD, NOW AND THEN: A RETROSPECTIVE’: An exhibition exploring the depth and diversity of the artist’s six decades as a printmaker, in conjunction with her 60th Middlebury College reunion. ‘THE LOVINGS, AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT: PHOTOGRAPHS

BY GREY VILLET’: Twenty photographs drawn largely from the photographer’s germinal 1965 LIFE magazine photo essay telling the remarkable love story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Loving. ‘YOUNG AMERICA: ROY LICHTENSTEIN AND THE AMERICA’S CUP’: An exhibit recounting the history of the pop artist’s 1994 commission to design the hull for the yacht competing in the following year’s America’s Cup. Through August 13. Info, 443-3168. Middlebury College Museum of Art. STEVEN JUPITER: “After the Flood,” a new series of 10 monochrome photographs of a Vermont forest flooded with spring snowmelt. Through July 30. Info, 917-686-1292. Steven Jupiter Gallery in Middlebury.

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Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

ELIZABETH MICHELMAN: “Notes From the Underground,” a site-responsive exhibition featuring video, collage, acrylic ink paintings and interactive sculpture by the Brookline, Mass., multimedia artist. Through June 2. Info, 282-2396.

Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

‘THE SYRIAN EXPERIENCE AS ART’: Eleven Syrian artists address the ongoing crisis in their home country. Through June 24. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret.

‘FISH, FOWL & FLOWERS’: An exhibition of wildlife woodcarving by William Barnard and floral photographs by Richard Conrad. Through June 27.

Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

‘BELLS & WHISTLES’: An exhibition exploring the myriad forms and associations connected to these ordinary objects. Through December 31. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

NORMA MONTAIGNE: “Splash of Color,” paintings by the Vermont artist. Through July 2. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

‘IN THE KINGDOM OF THE ANIMALS’: An exhibition featuring a wide range of works expressing reverence for the animal world. Through July 9. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro.

! ‘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.

MARIE LAPRE’ GRABON: Selected drawings and paintings by the Vermont artist. Through June 3.

Info, 578-8809. 3rd Floor Gallery in Hardwick.

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‘ART ON THE REFUGE’: Two-dimensional works by 20 artists depicting the variety of species and habitats found in the refuge. Through July 21. Info, 868-4781.

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton.

‘THE LIQUID EDGE: POLAR REGIONS’: Photographs

by Massachusetts-based photographer Sarah Holbrook and soapstone carvings by Emil Socher of St. Armand, Québec. Through June 5. Info, 355-2150. GreenTARA in North Hero.

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DAVID CRANDALL & JIM MAAS: Fine jewelry and painted bird carvings, respectively, by the local artisans. Through September 30. Info, 235-9429.

Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock.

! ‘GOD & PONY SHOW’: An exhibition of

collages and prints by W. David Powell and Deluxe Unlimited. Reception: Friday, June 2, 5-7 p.m.

Through July 12. Info, 922-3915. Zollikofer Gallery at Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction.

LILI MAYOR: “Woodcuts Reworked,” prints by the Hanover, N.H., artist. Through July 4. Info, 295-4567.

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.

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‘RECYCLE INTO SPRING II’: A group exhibition of works made from recycled, upcycled and salvaged materials

by MAC artist members. Through June 3. Info, 3341966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

SEAN FRANSON: “Know Thyself,” digital works by the Vermont artist. Through June 1. Info, 748-8141.

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury.

architecture, especially mosques. Through June 18.

Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

‘DISTANT THUNDER’: Artwork by Gil Perry and writing and illustrations by Charles Norris-Brown.

Through June 16. Info, 869-2960. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River.

TORIN PORTER: “Before Words,” an exhibition of steel sculptures by the Glover artist. Through June 18. Info, 251-8290. Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro.

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PAT ADAMS: “Gatherum of Quiddities,” a survey of abstract paintings spanning the artist’s decadeslong career. Through June 18. Info, 447-1571.

Bennington Museum.

VERMONT GLASS GUILD: A group exhibition of works by guild members. Through July 2. Info, 3621405. Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester.

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‘FRANCES & FRIENDS’: Fiber crafts, paintings, photographs and drawings by six South Royalton area artists. Through July 14. Info, 763-7094.

Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

SUE TESTER: New photographs of local landscapes and wild creatures by the Vermont artist. Through June 26. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

HUGH TOWNLEY: “Sculpture, Reliefs & Prints” by the late Vermont artist. Through September 10. !

MARCUS RATLIFF: “The Ladies Room,” new works by the Vermont collage artist. Reception and artist talk: Sunday, June 11, 4 p.m. Through July 1. ROSAMUND PURCELL: Photographs from the documentary film about the artist, An Art That Nature Makes. Through July 29. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

‘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.

‘THESE GREEN MOUNTAINS’: Works in a variety of mediums created by local artists and artisans, including David Hurwitz. Kristen Johnson and Sue Schiller. Through June 17. Info, 431-0204. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

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! W. DAVID POWELL: “The Golden Era of the New Dawn & Other Distractions,” collage and prints by the Vermont artist. Reception: Saturday, June 3, 4-6 p.m. Through July 1. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery at BALE in South Royalton.

‘SEEN AND UNSEEN’: A group exhibition of works that invite deep looking. Through June 13. Info, 748-0158.

Northeast Kingdom Artists Guild in St. Johnsbury.

‘HOPE AND HAZARD: A COMEDY OF EROS’: A group exhibition curated by American artist Eric Fischl featuring some 65 artists and more than 80 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures.

Artists include Tracy Emin, Nicole Eisenman, Yves Klein, Jeff Koons, Robert Mapplethorpe, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Jason Rhoades, Hannah Wilke and many more. ‘READY. FIRE. AIM!’ AT HALL: Joint exhibition curated by former BCA curator DJ Hellerman, inspired by Andy and Christine Hall’s art-collecting philosophy. DAVID SHRIGLEY: A solo exhibition of roughly 25 works by the British artist, including drawings, animations, paintings and sculpture. Through November 26. Info, 952-1056.

Hall Art Foundation in Reading.

‘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 popculture 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

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‘AMERICAN ARTISTS IN EUROPE: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION’: An exhibition of works by American artists who were inspired by their travels, including Frank Duveneck, Leonard Freed, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer and Elihu Vedder. Through June 11. Info, 518-792-1761.

The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y. ‘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. ‘MNEMOSYNE’: An exhibition pairing ancient and modern European works with contemporary art by artists from Québec and Canada. Through May 20, 2018. Info, 514-285-2000.

Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

JANET FREDERICKS: “The Anthill Drawings,” works by the Vermont artist. JOSEPH MONTROY: Recent works by the sculptor. STEPHEN PROCTER: “Presences,” works by the Brattleboro ceramicist.

Through June 9. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. !

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Modern, Waitsfield’s midcentury architectural gem, welcomes summer in style with a selection of motors and sleek machinery, industrial lighting by Johnny Swing and paintings from Michael Craig-Martin, Kirk Dunnan and Peter Voorhees. If the names Ducati, Laverda and Moto Guzzi mean anything to you, you won’t want to miss this one. If motorcycles aren’t your thing, take in Swing’s dramatic sculptural light fixtures

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etflix takes its incursion into historically Hollywood-held territory to the next level with War Machine, a $60 million military satire starring Brad Pitt, written and directed by David Michôd (Animal Kingdom) and adapted from Michael Hastings’ 2012 best seller The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan.

The largest-scale production yet from the internet behemoth, the film appears certain to take new ground.

It’s a thematically dense, tonally complex work to which some viewers may require time to acclimate. Fortunately, between its accessibility with the flick of a clicker and its running time topping two hours, that shouldn’t prove a problem. The investment pays off with a singular, surprisingly affecting film experience.

War Machine is based on a book spawned by one of the most seismic pieces of journalism since Watergate: Hastings’ 2010 Rolling Stone article “The Runaway General.” A profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal (head of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan) and his hard-partying inner circle, it reported remarks the career soldier made disparaging the Obama administration and resulted in his removal. One might expect the movie’s

take on McChrystal and the military to be critical. In fact, it’s insightful, sympathetic and borderline affectionate.

Pitt gives a quirky, multifaceted performance as Gen. Glen McMahon. He plays the four-star force of nature as a human cartoon, underscoring his disconnect from reality. The White House knows the war is a lost cause.

McMahon’s real job is to wrap it up and put as positive a bow on it as possible. But he goes rogue, embracing the notion that the war can be won through counterinsurgency.

Scoot McNairy provides the narration, playing a young journalist standing in for Hastings. There’s something slightly eerie about his work here, particularly if you knew Hastings, which I’m happy to say I did. The writer’s family moved to Vermont when he was 16. He spent part of each year here, and we met in 2012. I found Hastings one of the gentlest, most generous souls I’d ever encountered. He died in a ghastly car crash the following year. Something in McNairy’s look and manner of speech channels him uncannily.

Michôd’s script covers a lot of ground and shifts nimbly between dark comedy and dead-eyed satire. Then there are the battle scenes. They’re some of the most sobering in recent cinema.

ALLIED Pitt’s latest was pushed back so as not to jeopardize the award-season prospects of his 2016 World War II epic, which bombed.

The film performs a valuable service by revisiting the Rolling Stone piece. Reading it today, it’s impossible to detect anything remotely meriting the treatment meted out by a prickly president. McChrystal enjoyed a drink and seeing his staff have a good time.

Occasionally he exercised his right to free speech and said what he thought about his bosses. Look at the mess they’ve made in the Middle East. Think he may have had a point?

I asked Hastings’ wife, Elise Jordan, for her takeaway. “Thanks for watching the film,” she wrote via email. “Michael’s work endures because he pointedly raised difficult

questions and refused to provide easy answers. I’m glad this film brings his work to a wider audience.”

The final scenes pack unexpected emotional power, and the closing sequence is a blast of pure brilliance. This is a movie with a most unusual mission: to mock the madness of modern war, to rewrite a recent chapter in American history and to repair the reputation of a most unusual man. It may be the craziest thing you’ll see this year, but I suspect that, long before it’s over, you’ll surrender to its bizarre charm.

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t’s not often that I find myself struggling to find enough to say about a film. But The Lovers, the latest from writer-director Azazel Jacobs (Momma’s Man, Terri), is an oddly empty little movie. It takes a juicy premise and two fine actors — including the too-scarce, alwayswelcome Debra Winger — and fails to do much with them. Some will call this artistically rigorous restraint; I call it a missed opportunity.

On the plus side, this is a comedy (sort of ) about romance in late middle age that feels genuinely, unapologetically adult. Granted, the premise would work just fine in a fluffy Nancy Meyers flick: Mary (Winger), who has been living in an unhappy marriage with a guy on the side, finds herself unexpectedly falling back in lust and love with her husband, Michael (Tracy Letts). But romance doesn’t transform Mary into a giggly teenager prone to embarrassing pratfalls, as so often happens in more commercial movies of this ilk. While her mood does improve, she remains a little mournful and remote, like a woman who’s lived long enough not to put much stock in any passing passion.

Mary and Michael both have lovers of long standing who are eager to monopolize their affections. Both have also (independently) promised those lovers they’ll come clean and end the marriage right after an impending visit from their touchy adult son (Tyler Ross).

WINE AND PINE Winger and Letts play a loveless couple who abruptly rediscover the magic in Jacobs’ indie.

Then one morning, Mary and Michael wake up face-to-face, and something sparks between them. Has an old passion been rekindled? Have they become such strangers to each other that their reunion holds the allure of the unknown? Or are they merely, on some level, looking for a reason not to commit to the new relationships in which they’re embroiled?

Jacobs leaves all those possibilities open, largely by underscripting the film. As

played by playwright Letts (August: Osage County), Michael shows the most personality on screen; prickly and self-deprecating, he has a testy relationship with volatile ballerina Lucy (Melora Walters) even before he starts “cheating” on her with his wife. It’s easy to see why he’d have second thoughts about starting a new life with a possessive prima donna.

Mary’s extramarital relationship, by contrast, hasn’t been fleshed out at all. Her

hunky writer boyfriend (Aidan Gillen) seems like a generically swell guy; the only hint of discontent is a scene in which she falls asleep listening to him read his own prose aloud.

Falling asleep isn’t a surprising response to anything in this exceedingly low-key film.

The music by Mandy Hoffman, which suggests a rollicking vintage Italian sex comedy, pops up sporadically to supply an incongruous burst of energy. But the lives on screen remain resolutely drab.

Perhaps what The Lovers needs is the verbal verve of a screenplay from the likes of Noah Baumbach or Husbands and Wivesera Woody Allen — someone who really gets the ways in which couples drive each other crazy. When Jacobs tries to steer the film into high drama territory, it just gets soapy.

Mary and Michael’s son is a borderlineoffensive caricature of a whiny, clingy millennial, and every scene with him drags the movie down.

By the time The Lovers reaches a gently ironic conclusion, it feels like a faux European character study made without the psychological acumen that underlies real European character studies (the good ones, anyway). Exciting as it is to see Winger in a lead role on the big screen, The Lovers doesn’t draw forth her famous smoldering energy — or have much of its own.

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NEW IN THEATERS BANG! THE BERT BERNS STORY: The little-known songwriter and producer behind several mammoth 1960s hits is the subject of this documentary directed by Brett Berns and Bob Sarles. (94 min, NR. Roxy)

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)

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE: In this DreamWorks animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s best-selling kids’ series, two fourth graders hypnotize their grumpy principal into believing he’s a superhero. With the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms and Nick Kroll. David Soren (Turbo) directed.

(89 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Sunset) CHASING TRANE: THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY: Celebrities such as Denzel Washington weigh in in director John Scheinfeld’s exploration of the musician’s worldwide influence.

(99 min, NR. Roxy) CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY: Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor) directed this documentary about activist Jane Jacobs’ efforts to save New York City’s historic features from redevelopment in the 1960s. (92 min, NR. Savoy) I CALLED HIM MORGAN: This documentary from Kasper Collin explores the events leading to the scandalous murder of jazz musician Lee Morgan by his common-law wife, which occurred during a gig in 1972. (92 min, NR. Roxy)

BORN IN CHINAHHH This DisneyNature documentary traces the fates of three animal families — pandas, monkeys and snow leopards — in the wilds of China. John Krasinski narrates. Chuan Lu (City of Life and Death) directed. (76 min, G)

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THE BOSS BABYHH1/2 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. Tom McGrath (Megamind) directed. (97 min, PG) DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAULHH In the fourth comedy based on Jeff Kinney’s tween book series, young Greg (Jason Drucker) schemes to change the destination of a family road trip. With Alicia Silverstone and Tom Everett Scott. David Bowers again directed. (90 min, PG)

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THE LOST CITY OF ZHHHH James Gray (The Immigrant) directed this biopic about Col. Percival Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam), who, in the 1920s, claimed to have discovered the ruins of an advanced civilization in the Amazon. With Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller. (141 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 4/26) THE LOVERSHH1/2 Debra Winger and Tracy Letts play an unfaithful married couple who unexpectedly find themselves falling back in love with each other in this comedy from writer-director Azazel Jacobs (Terri). (94 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 5/31)

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KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORDHH The legends of the early English monarch’s upbringing and rise get a gangster-film treatment in this new rendition from director Guy Ritchie. With Charlie Hunnam as Arthur, Jude Law, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey and Djimon Hounsou. (126 min, PG-13)

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2HHH1/2 Marvel’s light-hearted saga of a regular dude who joins up with a team of misfits to save the galaxy continues, as Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and his friends attempt to learn about his origins. With Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Sylvester Stallone.

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ALIEN: COVENANTHHH1/2 In Ridley Scott’s prequel to Alien and sequel to Prometheus, a ship full of 22nd-century colonists happens on a supposedly uninhabited planet emitting a mysterious distress signal. In space, will anyone hear them scream? Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Billy Crudup star in the SF horror flick. (122 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 5/24)

GIFTEDHHH A child prodigy (Mckenna Grace) becomes the object of a custody battle between her uncle and grandmother, who have different ideas about raising her, in this drama from director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer). With Chris Evans and Lindsay Duncan. (101 min, PG-13)

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WONDER WOMAN: The Amazon princess (Gal Gadot) gets an origin story to explain her transformation into a DC Comics staple in this rare female-centric superhero film, directed by Patty Jenkins (Monster). With Robin Wright, David Thewlis and Connie Nielsen. (141 min, PG-13, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

EVERYTHING, EVERYTHINGHH1/2 A girl (Amandla Stenberg) whose allergies keep her house-bound risks everything for romance with the boy next door (Nick Robinson) in this adaptation of the YA bestseller by Nicola Yoon. Stella Meghie (Jean of the Joneses) directed. (96 min, PG-13)

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“The most intense moments the universe has ever known are the next 15 seconds,” said philosopher Terence McKenna. He was naming a central principle of reality: that every new now is a harvest of everything that has ever happened; every fresh moment is a blast of novelty that arises in response to the sum total of all history’s adventures. This is always true, of course. But I suspect the phenomenon will be especially pronounced for you in the near future. More than usual, you may find that every day is packed with interesting feelings and poignant fun and epic realizations.

This could be pleasurable but also overwhelming. Luckily, you have the personal power necessary to make good use of the intensity.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Life is in the

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Nobody likes to be scrutinized or critiqued or judged. But we Crabs (yes, I’m one of you) are probably touchier about that treatment than any other sign of the zodiac. (Hypersensitivity is a trait that many astrologers ascribe to Cancerians.)

However, many of us do allow one particular faultfinder to deride us: the nagging voice in the back of our heads. Sometimes we even give free rein to its barbs. But I would like to propose a transformation of this situation.

Maybe we could scold ourselves less and be a bit more open to constructive feedback coming from other people. Starting now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The lion’s potency, boldness and majesty are qualities you have a mandate to cultivate in the next three weeks.

To get in the righteous mood, I suggest you gaze upon images and videos of lions. Come up with your own version of a lion’s roar — I mean actually make that sound — and unleash it regularly. You might also want to try the yoga posture known as the lion pose. If you’re unfamiliar with it, go here for tips: tinyurl.com/ lionpose. What else might help you invoke and express the unfettered leonine spirit?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?” French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan posed that question. I invite you to put it at the top of your list of hot topics to meditate on. In doing so, I trust you won’t use it as an excuse to dispar-

age your companions for their inadequacies.

Rather, I hope it will mobilize you to supercharge your intimate alliances, to deepen your awareness of the synergistic beauty you could create together, to heighten your ability to be given the universe by those whose fates are interwoven with yours.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): From my study of the lost prophecies of Nostradamus, the hidden chambers beneath the Great Pyramid of Cheops and the current astrological omens, I have determined that now is a favorable time for you to sing liberation songs with cheeky authority ... to kiss the sky and dance with the wind on a beach or hilltop ... to gather your most imaginative allies and brainstorm about what you really want to do in the next five years. Do you dare to slip away from business as usual so you can play in the enchanted land of what if? If you’re smart, you will escape the grind and grime of the daily rhythm so you can expand your mind to the next largest size.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “On some hill of despair,” wrote poet Galway Kinnell, “the bonfire you kindle can light the great sky — though it’s true, of course, to make it burn you have to throw yourself in.” You may not exactly feel despair, Scorpio. But I suspect you are in the throes of an acute questioning that makes you feel close to the edge of forever.

Please consider the possibility that it’s a favorable time to find out just how much light and heat are hidden inside you. Your ache for primal fun and your longing to accelerate your soul’s education are converging with your quest to summon a deeper, wilder brilliance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re

in a phase when you have the power to find answers to questions that have stumped you for a while. Why? Because you’re more openminded and curious than usual. You’re also ready to be brazenly honest with yourself.

Congrats! In light of the fact that you’ll be lucky at solving riddles, I’ve got three good ones for you to wrestle with. 1. Which of your anxieties may actually be cover-ups for a lazy refusal to change a bad habit? 2. What resource will you use more efficiently when

you stop trying to make it do things it’s not designed to do? 3. What blessing will you receive as soon as you give a clear signal that you are ready for it?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A typical Capricorn cultivates fervent passions, even to the point of obsession. Almost no one knows their magnitude, though, because the members of your tribe often pursue their fulfillment with methodical, business-like focus. But I wonder if maybe it’s a good time to reveal more of the raw force of this driving energy than you usually do. It might humanize you in the eyes of potential helpers who see you as too strong to need help. And it could motivate your allies to provide the extra support and understanding you’ll need in the coming weeks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In accor-

dance with the astrological omens, I invite you to carry out a flashy flirtation with the color red. I dare you to wear red clothes and red jewelry. Buy yourself red roses. Sip red wine and savor strawberries under red lights. Sing Elvis Costello’s “The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes” and Prince’s “Little Red Corvette.”

Tell everyone why 2017 is a red-letter year for you. For extra credit, murmur the following motto whenever a splash of red teases and pleases your imagination: “My red-hot passion is my version of high fashion.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “If you want a puppy, start by asking for a pony,” read the bumper sticker on the Lexus SUV I saw. That confused me. Would the owner of a Lexus SUV be the type of person who didn’t expect to get what she really wanted? In any case, Pisces, I’m conveying a version of this bumper-sticker wisdom to you. If you want your domestic scene to thrive even more than it already does, ask for a feng shui master to redesign your environment so it has a perfect flow of energy. If you want a community that activates the best in you, ask for a utopian village full of emotionally intelligent activists. If you want to be animated by a focused goal that motivates you to wake up excited each morning, ask for a glorious assignment that will help save the world.

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mood to communicate with you rather lyrically. Here are just a few of the signs and portents you may encounter along with theories about their meaning. If you overhear a lullaby, it’s time to seek the influence of a tender, nurturing source. If you see a type of fruit or flower you don’t recognize, it means you have a buried potential you don’t know much about, and you’re ready to explore it further.

If you spy a playing card in an unexpected place, trust serendipity to bring you what you need. If a loud noise arrives near a moment of decision: Traditionally it signifies caution, but these days it suggests you should be bold.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your body is holy and magic and precious. I advise you not to sell it or rent it or compromise it in any way — especially now, when you have an opening to upgrade your relationship with it.

Yes, Taurus, it’s time to attend to your sweet flesh and blood with consummate care. Find out exactly what your amazing organism needs to feel its best. Lavish it with pleasure and healing. Treat it as you would a beloved child or animal. I also hope you will have intimate conversations with the cells that compose your body. Let them know you love and appreciate them. Tell them you’re ready to collaborate on a higher level.

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I’ve never given head. I think it might be gross, but I want to do it to my partner. My partner has a nice dick, so I’m glad about that. Help! Is it gross or boring?

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Good for you for wanting to try something new.

No matter how awkward it may feel at the start, experimentation can strengthen the bond between you and your partner. And expanding your sexual repertoire is always a good thing!

That said, it’s OK to be nervous; your guy probably is, too. Start by asking him what he likes — getting a little direction will take the pressure off of you. If your partner has a hard time giving pointers, here are some handy tips to consider: • You’re worried that it might be “gross,” so start your adventure in the shower together. The fun foreplay is a sexy way for your partner to freshen up first. Know that you can always tell him to bathe before you go down on him. If he wants it badly enough and is supportive of making you feel comfortable, he’ll gladly do it.

• Have a spoonful or two of honey before heading south. It’ll get your salivary glands going, and you’ll reap the added bonus of the lingering sweet taste.

• Make sure you’re in a comfortable position. If your neck is twisted and your knees are stiff, you’re going to be distracted and uncomfortable. Get into a position you can be happy in for a while, ’cause who knows how long your sweetie will last!

• Take your time: You don’t have to rush through the experience or take all of him in your mouth at once. It’s OK to take a break. Change up your technique when you get tired — you can use the “vacuum method” (yes, sucking like a vacuum) or try more tongue. Your hands can help, too. It’s not a race or a test of endurance.

• Never feel obligated to swallow. That choice is up to you! If your partner insists either way, call it quits on blow jobs ’til he smartens up. No part of giving head should ever feel like an actual job.

• Remember, you’re in control. Some people see a blow job as an act of submission — you’re usually on your knees, after all. But, really, you’re the one calling the shots here. Connect with your dominating side and play up the role. It can be empowering and fun.

• Going down on someone is never boring when your partner is willing and eager to return the gesture, so why not take turns? After all, oral sex is best shared with someone who’s got your back — or, in this case, your front!

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Monday, July 24, 7 pm

Christine Malcolm Band

Poets & Prophets

Saturday, July 22, 8 pm

Old Mozo Days: Mary Chapin Carpenter Christine Malcolm Wednesday, August 2,Band 7:30 pm Saturday, July 22, 8 pm

Banjo Dan’s Bluegrass Revue with Bob Amos Old Mozo Days: Mary Chapin Carpenter August 2, 7:30 pm &Wednesday, Catamount Crossing Friday, 11, 8 pm Revue with Bob Amos BanjoAugust Dan’s Bluegrass Catamount Crossing & Mozo Days: Old Del & Dawg, Songs

Friday, August 11, 8 pm Friday, August 18, 7 pm Old Mozo Days: Del & Dawg, Songs & Stories

& Stories

Friday, August 18, 7 pm

Peak Films

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