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THE LAST WEEK IN REVIEW NOVEMBER 16-23, 2016 COMPILED BY SASHA GOLDSTEIN, MATTHEW ROY & ANDREA SUOZZO

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That’s how many write-in votes Amos Colby and John Noble each received in the Essex County high bailiff race, which led to a first-place tie. Neither man wants the job, but a judge rejected their plea to settle the tie with a coin flip.

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A 25-year-old Cambridge woman found herself in a heaping mess of trouble last week for some alleged unauthorized snacking at a local gas station. Police say a buzzed Brittanie Desautels entered the Jolley Convenience Store in Jericho, then helped herself to some wine and chips without paying for them fi first.

When confronted by police, Desautels allegedly got “belligerent” and spit in an offi officer’s face. Desautels was subsequently arrested and charged with retail theft, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer with bodily fl offi fluids.

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Matthew Wyman of Chester pleaded guilty last week to two counts of misdemeanor unlawful mischief after the 31-year-old logger admitted to illegally taking a large maple and yellow birch from the Proctor Piper State Forest in Cavendish last spring, then selling the trees to a local lumberyard. State fish and wildlife wardens were able to identify the taken timber in the lumberyard, cut samples and matched them precisely to stumps in the state forest. Wyman’s brother, 33-year-old Joey Wyman, is awaiting trial next month on a similar charge of felony maple felling after he allegedly dropped trees on private property, then sold them to a nearby mill. Authorities never recovered that wood.

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POLITICAL ANIMAL

Gov. Peter Shumlin killed a five-point buck while hunting last weekend. Who says pols don’t shoot straight?

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Ordinarily it’s a police canine that tracks down the fugitive.

But Vermont State Police got an unlikely assist last week from a feline informant in nabbing 27-year-old Erica Fitzgerald, who was wanted on multiple offenses in New Hampshire and Vermont. Police say they found Fitzgerald, who stashed herself underneath a house on Route 7 in Salisbury, after “a housecat was found meowing at the siding near her hiding spot.”

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Winooski Mayor Seth Leonard echoed the sentiment.

“We’ve had reports of folks having fear and not feeling like they can move around the community freely, and, unfortunately, that’s a by-product of the rhetoric on the national level,” Leonard said. “We’ve got enough local issues, so this is a practical way of saying we’re not the immigration police and it’s not something we’re going to be concerned with as we provide municipal services.” ° e Winooski City Council voted Monday night to start a process to make Winooski a sanctuary city. ° at would put it in the company of cities such as New York, San Francisco, Providence and Los Angeles, all of which have pledged to retain their sanctuary status —˝even though Trump is threatening to withhold their federal aid.

“We’ve taken a number of steps previously that have made clear we really value diversity here in Winooski,” Leonard told Seven Days. “It’s not something we just allow but something we value and treasure and think is an important part of our community.”

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he election of Donald Trump has left many immigrants feeling uneasy. During his campaign, the president-elect pledged to deport undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes and to build a wall along the Mexican border. Some guest workers in Vermont have asked whether it’s safe to send their children to school, according to officials at the local advocacy group Migrant Justice. ° e response? Officials in refugee-friendly Winooski and Burlington are taking steps to turn their respective communities into sanctuary cities. ° e designations would essentially codify what is already policy: Police and other city officials delivering services would not, in the usual order of business, question people about their immigration status.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger announced his support for the designation in an interview last ° ursday on Vermont Public Radio. “Our practices have been consistent with cities that consider themselves sanctuary cities, and what I think it is time for now, given the uncertainty in the community, is for us to take that step and to formalize our practices into policy,” he said.

PANTRY RAID

The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf says donations this year are well below normal.

Calling all turkeys.

1. “Media Note: Four Reporters, Producers Leaving WCAX” by Paul Heintz. Several WCAX-TV employees are moving on, and the station is hiring people to fill all of their jobs.

2. “Weinberger: Burlington to Seek Status as ‘Sanctuary City’” by Katie Jickling. ° e Burlington mayor said he wants the city to codify its immigrant-friendly commitment.

3. “Stuck in Vermont: UVM Flash Mob at the Airport” by Eva Sollberger. On a recent weekend, travelers through Burlington International Airport got to see a surprise dance performance.

4. “Brooke Scatchard Introduces the Fat-Bike Ski” by Katie Jickling. ° ere’s a new way to get around in the wintry woods.

5. “Why Many Northeast Kingdom Voters Chose Trump” by Mark Davis. ° ough the majority of Vermont voters picked Hillary Clinton, some Northeast Kingdom towns went for Donald Trump.

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FEEDback READER REACTION TO RECENT ARTICLES

GREAT HIRE

So thrilled to read yet another interesting article by Seven Days reporter Kymelya Sari [Live Culture: “Abenaki Women Share Heritage with Champlain College Community,” November 17]. It is great to see the paper expanding its regular coverage of the many peoples and cultures of Vermont. Sari is a talented reporter with a fresh voice. Her hiring could not have come at a more important moment. We all will benefit from her insights as she expands Seven Days’ coverage of New American, Native American and groups that are not “other” but of us.

Lisa Cannon

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CRASH COINCIDENCE?

[Re “View From the Cockpit,” October 19]: Isn’t the Vermont Air National Guard pilot/instructor in this article the same Lt. Col. John Rahill who crashed a civilian plane on Savage Island just a few weeks ago, then apparently failed to report the accident to local authorities [“National Guard Pilot Crashed Plane, Left Local Police in the Dark,” September 22]? His irresponsible actions resulted in a costly and very dangerous emergency response.

Yet VTANG allowed him to return to work, continuing to pilot the F-16s over our skies and instructing others, even while the investigation is ongoing? This is frightening

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for Vermonters living in the military flight path.

Also, wasn’t it the same Lt. Col. Chris Caputo (VTANG’s F-35 integrator) who deliberately withheld F-16 noise metrics from the consulting firm tasked with developing noise contour maps of the airport, saying he did not think it would be in VTANG’s “best interest” and would “only add to the confusion of the ignorant SOBs that are fighting the F-35 beddown”? This is indeed frightening for Vermonters who believe in transparency, accountability and obeying the laws.

To clarify, those “SOBs” are everyday Vermonters trying to save their health, safety, property values and quality of life from the projected damaging impacts of the flawed F-35 stealth bombers.

The F-35 basing will irrevocably change Vermont’s landscape and bring economic hardship to our region due to loss of property values. Combined with the health impact, including on the brain development of young people, there are no bells or whistles that the F-35 boondoggle could deliver that will ever make this basing a good idea for Vermont.

Michele Palardy

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Editor’s note: Last week the National Transportation Safety Board released its first “factual report” on the Savage Island crash. Seven Days wrote about it in a November 16 web story entitled “Emergency Landing Practice Led to Lake Champlain Island Crash.”

WEEK IN REVIEW

KEEP IT CLINICAL

I have a different view than the reader who objected to the story about Darshana Bolt’s suicide. [Feedback: “Insensitive Suicide Story,” November 9; “Too Soon,” October 26]. I prefer clear, concise, emotionally detached description when it comes to human suffering, I think, because each reader can interpret and make conclusions of their own volition. Also, coroner-speak, if you will, somehow makes me able to hear or read without turning away. I didn’t enjoy reading about the Holocaust, but it was important to do so. I nearly passed up the story on our community’s loss of Bolt and was glad I did not.

Here’s another example of coroner- or medical-speak being helpful. Some years ago, a superstar athlete of color was accused of assaulting a woman in his hotel room. Knowing most victims’ accounts or accusations aren’t borne of malice but that we also like to see our superstars torn down, I was stuck until reading the phrase in a court transcript that injuries and bruising to her inner thighs were consistent with resisting assault. He had said they had “consensual sex.” My decision making was complete.

That I would have nothing to do with supporting that athlete or team means little, if anything. What is meaningful, I think, is that when his name comes up, I tell people why I object to his glorification or even noteworthiness. If they insist on defending him, that quote is often the silencer.

Jim Peabody Jr.

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And yes, we do have people in their fifties and up working on the paper — including both founding editor-publishers, in fact.

SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES

[Re “About Time? New Overtime Rule Worries Vermont Employers,” November 9]: Finally the U.S. government has recognized the need for an increase in the salary threshold for overtime eligibility. For too long, organizations have profited off the backs of overworked and underpaid staff.

However, for many small businesses and nonprofit organizations, the increase in threshold poses an age-old dilemma: How can one balance an ever-shrinking budget with an ever-increasing demand for services? When asked to provide additional compensation for currently uncompensated overtime, many small businesses and nonprofits will need to triage which services can be provided. This is why it is vital that the government of Vermont continues to support these agencies and hardworking Vermonters.

As Vermont transitions under new leadership, I point to two of the priorities outlined in governor-elect Phil Scott’s election platform. In order to keep working families in Vermont — and build the state’s economy through innovators and entrepreneurs — it must be more affordable. We must hold Scott and the legislature accountable to these priorities and ask that he support small businesses and nonprofits as they rise to meet the overtime eligibility thresholds.

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Sometimes I think Seven Days is trying to discourage those older than 50 from reading the paper. Have you staff members in this age category? The font size of the print paper is so small that it makes it very difficult to pick up the paper and read it. Yes, even with glasses!

I realize that a larger font will mean more paper or perhaps fewer articles, but please consider adjusting your font type.

I searched the archives and see this has been mentioned before, so perhaps it is already being addressed. I sure hope so! I love Seven Days, and I’m in my late fifties. Don’t lose me and others like me! I love reading an “old-fashioned” newspaper.

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LOOKING FORWARD

NOVEMBER 23-30 VOL.22 NO.11

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NEWS 14

Peak Power: Burlington Electric Draws Vermont’s Top Brass

ARTS NEWS 22

Can a Scandal-Tainted Hotel Save Q-Less Burke Mountain?

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BY MARK DAVIS

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In the Trump Era, Does Vermont Need More Abortion Options?

Loom Love: A Visual Impairment Doesn’t Hold This Weaver Back

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Bars and Beyond: Shipping Containers Inspire a DIY Venture

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COLUMNS + REVIEWS

Acting Globally

Culture: Vermont nonprofits work the world over in hopes of improving it

BY KATIE JICKLING, KYMELYA SARI & MOLLY WALSH

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Valley of the Dollies

Film: A burgeoning film scene makes waves on the banks of the Connecticut River

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Manual for a Movement?

Book review: Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In, Sen. Bernie Sanders

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

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Fair Game POLITICS WTF CULTURE Side Dishes FOOD Soundbites MUSIC Album Reviews Art Review Movie Reviews Ask Athena SEX

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BY LUKE BAYNES

BY RACHEL ELIZABETH JONES

Excerpts From Off Message

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FEATURES

BY RACHEL ELIZABETH JONES

BY ALICIA FREESE

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‘Dykes to Watch Out For’/Cartoon Catharsis

BY ALISON BECHDEL & PAMELA POLSTON

BY KATIE JICKLING

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Funny Business

Business: From dildos to patriotic beer gear, a Williston man has the novelty market covered

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Eleventh-Hour Feast

Food: Five fail-safe fi anksgiving treats for last-minute cooks and dinner guests

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Stuck in Vermont: Eva Sollberger asks Vermonters what they're thankful for this season, and finds out why they give food and money and volunteer their time to help those in need.

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Every Day Is a Holiday

Music: How to party like Andrew W.K.

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CONTENTS 9

A R T E M I S

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Small Business Saturday SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Support your local businesses this season!

Play the Go Rutland Pop-in Shop Contest & you could win over $500 in prizes!

Santa’s Arrival, Tree Lighting & Movies SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 • DEPOT PARK • 6 :30 PM

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Help us light up downtown’s first planted Christmas tree then meet Santa at The Paramount Theatre where we’ll be screening a double feature of Alvin & The Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas and A Charlie Brown Christmas at 7 PM.

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wenty-one years ago, when House Speaker RALPH WRIGHT (D-Bennington) unexpectedly lost reelection to his House seat, Democrats went to a floor vote in January to decide who should replace him in the powerful position. It was a hard-fought battle.

MICHAEL OBUCHOWSKI, a Democrat from Rockingham, prevailed 78-70 in a secretballot vote over fellow Democrat PETER MALLARY of Newbury.

Obuchowski, who is now commissioner of the Department of Buildings and General Services, served six years as speaker. Mallary finished his term but never ran again. He still lobbies legislators on social services issues.

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150-member chamber. Technically, the full House will choose the next speaker January 4, but because Democrats hold 82 of the 150 seats, the candidate they pick in December is a shoo-in.

The next speaker will be a newbie among newbies, as the House, Senate and governor’s offices will all have new leaders in 2017.

Some observers give Copeland Hanzas the edge, owing to her experience as House majority leader over the last two years.

She also had more time to help members with their own elections this year, because she was unopposed in both the primary and the November 8 general election.

Historically, that’s how speaker candidates earn goodwill.

Copeland Hanzas said Monday that Conquest’s move has prompted more

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BEFORE THEIR DECEMBER 3 CAUCUS. members to reveal their choices. “I believe I am ahead,” she said. “I can’t say how far ahead.”

But Johnson, who faced primary and general election challenges for her own seat, has made a strong push for the post since winning reelection.

“I’m having great conversations with people,” Johnson said. She is known in the Statehouse for her musical abilities — piano playing and choir conducting — as well as for guiding the House through writing a state budget bill.

As Appropriations chair for the last two years, she’s earned a reputation as a patient negotiator who yearns for unanimous votes on her bipartisan panel.

Johnson’s main pitch is that she wants all House members to alter the way they look at state programs, by evaluating their effectiveness with data and prioritizing those that deliver maximum bang for the buck. “We haven’t historically had that culture,” she says.

Sullivan, the Burlington rep, is backing Johnson. “This woman has amazing skills — her ability to listen, to work across the

aisle — she seems to have it all,” Sullivan says.

Copeland Hanzas owns the Local Buzz coffee shop in Bradford. She is known in the Statehouse for holding her own at lawmakers’ Friday morning pickup basketball games, as well as for herding the Democratic caucus.

While Copeland Hanzas always seems to sport a smile, she also lives up to the superlative bestowed upon her at Bradford’s Oxbow High School class of 1988: “most likely to have an opinion.”

In running for speaker, she points to her experience helping members reach decisions on tough-to-solve topics. “The hard work it takes to prepare for difficult issues is something I very much enjoy,” she says.

Deen, longtime chair of the House Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee, is backing Copeland Hanzas. “She worked really hard over the last couple years and has grown in her leadership position and worked really hard in getting people elected,” Deen says.

Whether Copeland Hanzas or Johnson prevails, the winner will be the third woman to hold the office in state history. GAYE SYMINGTON (D-Jericho) got the gavel in 2005.

Fifty-two years before that, South Burlington Republican CONSUELO BAILEY became the first female speaker of the House. The Senate has never elected a female president pro tempore. Vermont’s has had one female governor: MADELEINE KUNIN. The new speaker’s right-hand person will also likely be a woman. Rep. JILL KROWINSKI (D-Burlington) is the only candidate so far to replace Copeland Hanzas as majority leader. Krowinski, who was an aide to Symington before winning her own seat, has toiled in the lower ranks of House leadership for the last several years.

Could be her turn.

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Going into this month’s election, House Minority Leader DON TURNER (R-Milton) held out hope that if enough Republicans, independents and conservative Democrats won election this November, an alternative candidate would have an outside chance of becoming House speaker.

“That didn’t happen,” Turner concedes.

But Turner still plans to come up with a candidate to challenge whoever the Democrats nominate. “It may not be a Republican,” he says, unwilling to offer any names. “I’m working on a lot of people.”

Smith was elected to four two-year terms as speaker, and Turner says it was a mistake for Republicans not to run

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opponents against him. “Even if we lose, at least people understand that it was not unanimous,” he says.

Meanwhile, House Republicans elected their slate of officers at a dinner on the Wednesday after Election Day. Members picked Turner as minority leader. The caucus, dominated by white men over 50, also added a little age and gender diversity to its leadership team.

Rep. PATTY MCCOY (R-Poultney) will join Rep. BRIAN SAVAGE (R-Swanton) as coassistant minority leader. And the party named two members to help them: Reps.

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Election recounts this week in several House races made two things clear: Every vote really does count; and the state may need a more systematic approach when it’s called on to redo election math.

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DAVID ZUCKERMAN, the Progressive/ Democratic lieutenant governor-elect from Hinesburg, wasted no time in picking his staff — of one — after his November 8 election victory.

MEG POLYTE of Burlington, who was Zuckerman’s campaign manager, will be his chief of staff. Polyte is a longtime Vermont Progressive Party activist. She ran ANTHONY POLLINA’s 2008 gubernatorial campaign, Zuckerman’s state Senate campaigns in 2012 and 2014, and DEAN CORREN’s 2014 campaign for lieutenant governor.

Zuckerman says he’s still working out what issues he’ll champion — and how. Last Friday, he met with departing Republican Lt. Gov. PHIL SCOTT, who is moving to the governor’s office, and with Statehouse curator DAVID SCHUTZ. Zuckerman and Scott talked about maintaining a good rapport; he and Schutz talked office décor.

Schutz asked what kind of art might suit the new LG. Zuckerman told him he’d like a historic Vermont farm painting that includes cows and something that depicts a historic labor protest. “He wants to have a picture that reminds him of his connection to workers,” Polyte says.

Here’s another way to look at it: When Zuckerman is sworn in as the highestranking Progressive ever to hold office in Vermont, the Ps will finally have their own digs in the space-strapped Statehouse.

The party also picked up members in the both the House and Senate. “It’s a significant change,” Zuckerman notes.

He insists, though, “The door will be open to everybody.”

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SARAH BUXTON (D-Tunbridge) and former Republican representative DAVID AINSWORTH of Royalton each came out with 1,000 votes.

Amazingly, it’s not the first time.

Six years ago, Buxton also ran against Ainsworth and won by one vote — also decided by recount. “This is kind of crazy,” she said Monday, clearly exasperated.

After the ballots had been run through tabulator machines, representatives of both parties looked them over by hand in search of write-ins or other oddities.

(Apparently, filling in a circle is more challenging for some voters than others.)

Buxton picked out two ballots on which, she argued, the intent was unclear. Those two ballots were sent off to a judge’s chambers for review.

On Tuesday, Buxton’s lawyer, Rep. WILLEM JEWETT (D-Ripton), filed a motion with the court asking for another recount — this one by hand.

Jewett acknowledged the irony. Three years ago, he and Buxton were in the legislature when it decided that all recounts should be done by tabulators rather than by hand.

The logic was that tabulators are both faster and more accurate.

“Tabulators are better at counting than humans, but there are apparently limitations,” Jewett says.

It will be up to the judge to decide whether to grant the new recount or rule on the two wayward ballots. If the vote ends up tied after all that, state law calls for another vote within three weeks. That would be right around Christmas, Jewett notes — not exactly prime election time.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State JIM CONDOS was trying to keep tabs on the recounts from afar. His office is not in charge of them; under Vermont law, the state courts are. In New Hampshire, that responsibility falls to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Having the courts oversee recounts means that staffers unfamiliar with election processes conduct them, and the processes vary by county, Vermont Republican Party executive director JEFF BARTLEY notes. It’s been infuriating to follow, he says, and he’d like to see a more systematic approach.

On this count, Jewett agrees.

Condos, too. He says he plans to ask legislators to set a more specific recount protocol.

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arren Springer, 36, has landed some plumb political jobs: with the National Governors Association, in Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) office and, most recently, as Gov. Peter Shumlin’s chief of staff.

Last month, Springer announced his next career move — to the Burlington Electric Department.

He’s just the latest up-and-comer to beat a path from the halls of power to BED. Within the last few years, the municipal utility has filled four key

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leadership positions with employees formerly connected to the Statehouse and Burlington City Hall.

In July 2014, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, a Democrat, appointed Republican Neale Lunderville to serve as the department’s interim general manager — then cemented the deal in March 2015. Lunderville had previously served as secretary of the state agencies of transportation and administration for former governor Jim Douglas. Under Shumlin, he was in charge of cleaning up after Tropical Storm Irene. Right now, he’s moonlighting, leading governorelect Phil Scott’s transition team.

Last year, Lunderville hired Jim Reardon, who had served 30 years with the state, including a decade as commissioner of finance and management, to be BED’s director of finance. He also hired Mike Kanarick, formerly Weinberger’s campaign manager and chief of staff, as communications director.

What’s the appeal?

“You wouldn’t expect it,” Lunderville conceded before launching into his pitch: “But you also wouldn’t expect to have a utility that’s 100 percent renewable to have not raised rates since 2009,” he said, jabbing his hands in the air for emphasis. “We are a different kind of place.”

At least one thing has changed at BED since the days when former mayor Peter Clavelle, a Progressive, ran the People’s Republic of Burlington. “I do think it’s a

engagement and communications — nearly twice his previous salary as the mayor’s chief of staff. Reardon is getting around $130,000. Although that’s more than his Montpelier salary, he said it’s less than he would make in a comparable position in the private sector.

Lunderville earns $142,263 — double his salary under Shumlin.

When it comes to pay, BED salaries have to be competitive within the utility industry, said Weinberger. But the util-

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bit ironic that Neale Lunderville, who’s working for the Republican governor, is now managing one of the state’s largest socialist enterprises,” said Clavelle. “But best I can tell, he’s doing a good job managing a socialist enterprise.”

In a separate interview, Lunderville quipped, “Who’d have believed they’d let a Republican run it?”

Clavelle offered a reasoned explanation for the aggregation of political elite at BED: It’s a stable, mission-driven organization that attracts good people and pays well.

Each of the four men got a raise — and a long, complicated title — when he joined BED. Springer will oversee five departments starting January 9 as manager of strategy and innovation and chief operating officer. He’ll earn just less than $160,000 — $35,000 more than he made as Shumlin’s chief adviser.

Kanarick’s salary is $127,000 as the director of customer care, community

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ity is not just throwing money around.

“We’ve dramatically reduced the management costs, compared to the system I inherited as mayor,” he added.

With 19,600 customers, BED is the state’s largest municipal utility. It has also made a national name for itself. In 2014, Burlington became the first city in the country with electrical power sourced from 100 percent renewable energy. The department draws from Georgia Mountain Community Wind, solar panels, the McNeil Generating Station in the Burlington Intervale and the Winooski One Hydroelectric Plant to light up the Queen City.

It recently embarked on a 10-year project to make Burlington a net-zero city — one that generates as much renewable power as it consumes overall, including what’s used for transportation. The electric department will lead the citywide effort, Lunderville said, by increasing efficiency, reducing demand

and building local renewable energy generation.

Last week, Politico magazine hailed the department as a “utility ready to pioneer.”

BED’s a natural fit for workers seeking an innovative culture within the public sphere, Lunderville said. “A lot of utilities have been described in a lot of ways I can’t repeat — and a public utility inside of a government apparatus is one that would be arguably really slow,” he said. “We’re not like that.”

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Lunderville practically glowed as he showed off its electrical board, a wall-size screen of the city’s electric connections and transmission grid.

When a squirrel bit through a line north of downtown last month, the board allowed workers to configure the system and restore power within eight minutes, he bragged. “I love this stuff — it makes me a little giddy,” he said.

As the Pine Street office emptied out at 7 p.m. last Wednesday, Lunderville planned to switch gears and spend the remainder of the evening working on a “transition” task: helping to craft the state’s next budget. But if Scott offered him a job in the administration, he said he’d turn it down.

“At the state level, I was like, ‘Wow, I’m making a difference,’” he said of his former jobs in Montpelier. “At a municipal level, you see your impact day to day.”

BED’s ability to attract politically connected talent is not a new phenomenon.

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Barbara Grimes was Lunderville’s predecessor as general manager of BED, and a power broker in her own right.

Grimes served as a Burlington representative in the House for four terms until then-governor Howard Dean appointed her in 1992 to leadership positions within the Agency of Commerce and later the Department of Labor.

Rep. Mary Sullivan (D-Burlington) took a 14year break between stints in the legislature to serve as communications director for BED. Tom Lyle, BED’s program and policy analyst, formerly served on the Public Service Board.

Kanarick’s theory is that talent attracts talent.

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“We aren’t looking at the profit end of things; we’re looking at serving the ratepayers, who are basically the taxpayers,� Springer said. “That’s a humongous structural difference. I’m certainly someone who’s oriented toward public service, and a public utility position fits my strength.�

The public service extends after hours, too. “We have Little League coaches, people on school boards and selectboards,� Lunderville said. “Folks here value being involved in the community.� BED has a team in Burlington’s annual dragon boat races. One day last year, line workers donned pink helmets to call attention to breast cancer.

What do reformed political operatives bring to BED? Although the vast majority of the utility’s employees don’t have government experience, those who do have some applicable skills: negotiating bureaucracy and

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building coalitions, for example, said Gabrielle Stebbins, chair of the Burlington Electric Commission, which oversees BED. “If you’ve worked with folks for 10 or 20 years, you have a certain level of trust,� she said.

When Lunderville started on the job, BED and community groups had already been working for years to find ways to harness waste heat from the McNeil plant, Stebbins said. But they lacked a strategy. It was Lunderville who suggested requesting proposals from companies, advancing an initiative that had “hit a brick wall year after year,� Stebbins recalled. A firm named Corix will present a strategy next June.

Lunderville said he and Weinberger speak almost every week.

Relationships and alliances forged in politics can also help the utility’s team do its bidding in Montpelier. “A great deal of the success of BED is a result of its ability to work with state government, with legislators, and with state regulators,� Weinberger said, highlighting the department’s involvement in discussion surrounding the 2016 net-metering bill and new requirements for renewableenergy siting.

Springer advocated for those same things as a Sanders staffer, and he played a key role in pushing through the net-metering bill that became law last spring.

Of course, BED is not the only Vermont utility that hires politicos.

Green Mountain Power, the state’s biggest utility, has attracted its share of former public servants turned employees, including former House Natural Resources and Energy Committee chair Robert Dostis; former House majority leader Lucy Leriche, who is currently the state’s secretary of commerce and community development; Bob Rogan, who worked for Dean before he became chief of staff for Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.); and, for a brief period in 2011, Lunderville.

Lunderville had been at BED for a little less than a year when Shumlin announced in June 2015 that he would not seek reelection. He said then that he’d consider running for governor if Scott didn’t step up.

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he most sought-after businessman in the Northeast Kingdom works out of a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., office, visits Vermont every couple of months and offers awkward flatlander talk about “leaf-changing season.”

But at the September opening ceremony of the Burke Mountain Hotel & Conference Center, Michael Goldberg, the “receiver” a federal judge appointed to manage and eventually sell the ski resorts at Jay Peak and Burke, was the man everyone wanted to congratulate — if they could find him. As Gov. Peter Shumlin and other officials cut a large red ribbon and shook hands, Goldberg stood awkwardly at the rear of the crowd, avoiding television cameras and well-wishers as best he could. When Shumlin dragged him in front of the press later that day, Goldberg ignored the governor’s jokes about becoming a “Vermonter.” Unable or unwilling to try his hand at spin, Goldberg earnestly told reporters: “We need good coverage.”

Goldberg is mopping up a colossal mess made by the two men who headed Burke — and its sister mountain, Jay Peak. In April, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges against Florida businessman Ariel Quiros and Northeast Kingdom native Bill Stenger, accusing them of running a $200 million “Ponzi-like” development scheme. Since then, much of the focus has been on Jay Peak, the duo’s first and biggest project.

But as the winter nears, it is Burke Mountain, nestled in a tiny village east of Lyndonville, which faces a more uncertain future. Locals and industry experts view the 116-room hotel as the ski area’s last, best shot at long-term survival — if the new lodge can be integrated without detracting from the mountain’s signature charm.

Goldberg acknowledged that Jay Peak has long been on more stable footing. But with the dogged insistence of a publicrelations professional, he asserted that Burke’s first-ever hotel will finally allow the smaller mountain to thrive.

“Jay has a lot more history and historical operating numbers,” Goldberg said. “We don’t know how Burke will do, because we have no historical numbers to judge it by.

We know we make money in Jay.” Burke could make money, too, Goldberg predicted, “if we have good snow.”

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Burke isn’t the brightest star in Vermont’s skiing firmament. It is a long drive from populous Chittenden County, from which skiers can get to the elite resorts of Stowe, Sugarbush and Killington. Out-of-state skiers lured to the NEK often opt to continue another 30 miles north to the larger, more acclaimed Jay Peak.

Burke has always been an overgrown locals’ mountain, attracting loyal residents and some out-of-town devotees who revel in the high-quality skiing. Burke has six lifts, 50 trails and some of the best glade skiing in Vermont, without the crowds — or frills — of the bigger-name places.

It has had just enough fans to keep the mountain running — most of the

time — but never enough to place it on firm financial footing. Industry observers said it needed a hotel.

“The down-home, easily-accessiblebecause-there-weren’t-crowds feel is great for the skier loyal to the mountain, but it doesn’t serve the long-term sustainability of any ski area in Vermont,” Ski Vermont president Parker Riehle said. “For years we always said about Burke, ‘It’s a great place to ski, but there’s no place to stay.’ It was almost a tagline for them.”

Burke Mountain has gone bankrupt twice, in 1990 and 1999. It may not have survived without the presence of Burke Mountain Academy, a private school for elite ski racers that produced 2014 gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin and dozens

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of other Olympians since it opened in 1970. Most of the school’s 66 students, in grades 8 through 12, live at the academy.

The school has provided a reliable income base and, over the years, a core of deep-pocketed alumni and their families who remain devoted to the place.

Its most influential benefactor is Donald Graham, whose children attended the academy in the 1970s.

Founder of a Pennsylvania investment management conglomerate with $3.5 billion in annual revenue, Graham bought Burke on behalf of the academy in 1999 to keep the school going. He held on to the property until 2005, when the academy sold it to the Florida-based real estate developer Ginn Company.

Graham said that Goldberg has positioned the mountain for the future.

“We couldn’t speak more highly of him and his conduct. What he says is what he does, and what you see is what you get,” Graham said. “And that’s not always the case with all receivers. He seems to have a clear interest in the success of Burke Mountain Academy and the mountain in the long term. He’s willing to do his best. A lot of receivers just get their paycheck and flip it.”

Quiros bought Burke in 2012 from a subsidiary of Ginn, which struggled during the Great Recession. He and Stenger had already built a new hotel and aquatic center at Jay Peak using funding provided by the federal EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program that gave foreign investors who contributed $500,000 a clear shot at citizenship.

Bolstered by their success at Jay, Quiros and Stenger planned to use the same financing method to build a hotel, a tennis facility and an aquatic center at Burke.

Quiros paid $7.2 million for the mountain in what Stenger told Vermont Business Magazine was a debt-free deal.

Only the hotel got built. It has two wings connected by a timber-framed lodge, and it looks much like Jay Peak’s Tram Haus Lodge. Tucked halfway up the mountain, just down the slope from the midmountain express lift, it offers breathtaking views of the glacier-carved Willoughby Gap in nearby Westmore.

Although it feels generic and a little antiseptic, the hotel is aiming for that sweet spot between fancy and functional. There’s plenty of wood paneling and granite in the new lodging complex.

It has an arcade, an outdoor pool, a small

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On November 10, the snow guns were silent, and the wide brown trails were bare, except for a few white dollops that appeared to be melting. Last week, Burke was advertising a combination deal for a Thanksgiving meal and a lift ticket — “if” the mountain is open Tuesday. Goldberg said it won’t be.

Earlier this month, the resort failed to pay a $441,000 tax bill to Burke Town Hall. Goldberg has pledged to make the town whole after the resort receives a $13.3 million settlement with Citibank, which allegedly bears some responsibility for failing to properly monitor Quiros’ finances. (Stenger settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission in September and agreed to cooperate in its ongoing case against Quiros.)

Goldberg said he plans to sell the resorts in the spring or summer. He is noncommittal about whether Jay and Burke will be sold separately or as a package, and repeatedly hinted that he will likely be unable to recover all of the $60 million that foreign investors shelled out for Burke.

A federal judge must approve any sale, and Goldberg, tasked with recouping as much investor money as possible, will be under intense pressure to accept the highest bid, regardless of who it comes from. At the same time, there are rumblings about imminent announcements involving the Burke Mountain Academy that could put the mountain on stronger financial footing.

Goldberg might be able to get more money by selling the resorts separately.

But Graham said Burke could have a better chance at long-term prosperity if it were sold with Jay, allowing the future owners to share management and achieve economies of scale.

“My job is singularly focused to make that hotel a success, because that will benefit the investors, the community, the employees,” Goldberg said. “I’d like nothing better than to have people in the community feel we came in and did the right job and did our best. I think it’s going to end up in the hands of a skilled hotel operator — more skilled than Mr. Quiros.”m

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fitness room, a pub and an all-season, 5,000-square-foot banquet space for weddings and events. The restaurant is scheduled to open once the snow starts flying.

The other noticeable change at Burke: The hated Qs are gone.

When he bought the mountain, Quiros rechristened the place “Q Burke” — after himself. Then, like a dog marking its territory on neighborhood trees, Quiros stamped every sign and piece of stationary with a Q. Burke regulars regarded the move as nothing less than defilement.

Q was a representation of the attitude and disrespect for the community,” Graham said, pointing out that alienating locals — in a state known for supporting locavore ventures — was just bad business.

In another nod to Burke’s history, Goldberg’s team has indicated that it will abandon Quiros’ plan to demolish the beloved, ramshackle midmountain lodge, where skiers trudge across plywood floors and cram into wooden tables to throw back beers between runs. It’s within view of the new hotel but has a contrasting retro vibe.

Regulars have responded. Local bookings went a long way to filling the hotel to capacity for the first few weekends after it opened. Goldberg said reservations and revenues thus far are “significantly beating” estimates.

“The analogy is, a family member is in trouble and … you’re there to support them, because it is so crucial,” said Tim Tierney, executive director of Kingdom Trails, an East Burke-based nonprofit that promotes mountain biking in the region. “It’s family up here. Most people moved here at one point because of Burke Mountain.”

On a recent Thursday night, the hotel’s Gap Pub felt more like a neighborhood watering hole than a resort eatery. Couples sat at the bar chatting about their weekend hiking plans as kids interrupted them, asking for money to play arcade games. Friends greeted each other while awaiting dinner tables.

But there are still reasons for concern. Goldberg and other Burke officials talked a big game about getting the

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s residents of one of the most pro-choice states in the nation, Vermont women seeking abortions may be less worried about president-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to choose anti-abortion judges, support a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and cut federal funds for Planned Parenthood.

But even in Vermont, abortion — one of the most common surgical procedures for women — has never been included in mainstream medical care. Women seeking early-term surgical abortions rely on three Vermont Planned Parenthood clinics. To get a legal, late-term abortion, they often have to leave the state.

Only now, 43 years after Roe v. Wade, is the University of Vermont Medical Center, the state’s largest hospital, quietly starting to change its long-standing policy of performing abortions only when they are “medically necessary” — meaning the mother’s health is at risk or something is wrong with the fetus. Currently, only two other hospitals serving Vermont women acknowledge providing abortions.

“Abortion isn’t treated like any other medical procedure, so it faces unique challenges — which is bullshit, in my mind,” says UVM med student Emily Ryan.

She’s a member of Vermont Access to Reproductive Freedom, a nonprofit that helps local women arrange and pay for abortions.

Even if the 1973 decision were overturned, Vermont would almost certainly uphold a woman’s right to abortion. Unlike a number of other states, it has no laws requiring waiting periods or parental consent. Private insurers and the state Medicaid program cover the procedure, although using federal Medicaid money is prohibited.

But knowing that choice in Vermont is almost entirely dependent on Planned Parenthood, which is under renewed attack, reproductive health advocates argue that it’s time to expand access to abortion services in the state.

Around the time of Roe v. Wade, the UVM Medical Center’s board decided that the hospital wouldn’t provide elective abortions unless the need wasn’t being met elsewhere, according to Dr. Ira Bernstein, chair of UVM’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. Physicians in the UVM health system are willing to prescribe the abortion pill, but, with only occasional exceptions, the hospital refers women seeking elective surgical abortions to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.

“We didn’t feel as though we wanted to be in a position to compete around the basic service of elective termination,” said Bernstein.

That position is out of character for an institution that competes with independent medical practices in almost every other specialty.

And why does the hospital compete with Planned Parenthood when it comes to conceptive services, but not on abortion? Fear of the controversy appears to

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play a role: “From a historical perspective, I don’t think anybody could believe that, in terms of social implications and the balance of what’s going on in any community, that those are equal, relative to whether or not you’re going to get picketers outside or other issues,” Bernstein said.

Although Bernstein did not mention it until specifically asked, the hospital may start providing surgical abortions in a clinic setting as early as next summer.

Other hospitals remain more reluctant.

“Quite a few years ago as a board, a decision was made not to do abortions here unless it were an emergency,” says Gifford Medical Center’s medical director, Dr. Louis DiNicola. Like Bernstein, DiNicola, a prochoice pediatrician who’s worked at the Randolph hospital for 40 years, makes the case that offering abortions at Gifford is not necessary. “We are not afraid to do things that we feel will benefit our community if there is a strong community need. I’m not hearing from anyone that we have that kind of community need or desire.”

DiNicola also acknowledged, “I think there is always a philosophical component. I don’t think you can ever say it’s only a medical decision.”

Dr. Kym Boyman, who owns the independent Vermont Gynecology practice in South Burlington, disagrees: “In general, there really is no appropriate patient care reason to restrict access to a safe and legal procedure,” she said, when asked whether hospitals should provide the service.

Four Vermont hospitals — Copley, Northwestern Medical Center, Central Vermont Medical Center and Mt. Ascutney — do not perform elective abortions. On the other end of the spectrum and across the Connecticut River in New Hampshire, DartmouthHitchcock confirmed that it will terminate unwanted

pregnancies for Vermonters in the Upper Valley.

At Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, spokeswoman Laura Ruggles responded, “It’s legal, so why wouldn’t we offer it?”

Most of the other Vermont hospital spokespeople equivocated when asked about abortion access.

A Rutland Regional Medical Center spokesperson said Planned Parenthood usually provides those services; spokespeople for Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and Porter Medical Center said they don’t have policies addressing abortion.

Even more mysterious: Jared Jewett, a spokesperson for North Country Hospital in Newport, declined to answer the question, citing concerns about the “security and safety of our patients and staff.”

Seven Days found only one independent provider that acknowledged performing abortions — and the entity didn’t want to be identified.

This inclination to keep abortion services on the down-low suggests Vermont women may not know there are any options outside of Planned Parenthood.

Not a single hospital shows up in a Google search for abortions in Vermont.

Vermont Department of Health stats support that theory. In 2012, Vermont clinics performed 1,215 abortions compared to 29 in hospitals and 29 in private doctor’s offices.

Vermont is not unique in this regard. After Roe v.

Wade, 100 ob-gyn professors nationwide signed an open letter urging independent obstetricians and hospitals to start providing abortions. The plea went unheeded: Today, 90 percent of U.S. abortions take place in freestanding clinics.

In Vermont, Planned Parenthood operates those facilities. The nonprofit provides the “abortion pill,” a medication that can be used to induce abortion for

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women who are up to 10 weeks pregnant, at five of its health centers, but it provides surgical abortions at only three — in Burlington, Rutland and White River Junction.

“We have been working really hard to expand access around abortion care in this state in a couple different ways,” said Jill Krowinski, vice president of education and Vermont community affairs at PPNNE. The organization is training more nurse practitioners to perform abortions, and it recently worked with state officials to ensure Medicaid re-

ONLY NOW IS THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER QUIETLY STARTING TO CHANGE ITS LONG-STANDING POLICY ON PERFORMING ABORTIONS.

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imbursement for nurse-midwives who provide the service.

Geography can be a barrier in Vermont. Krowinski noted that in rural areas such as the Northeast Kingdom, where public transportation is lacking, “there’s not easy access to abortion providers.”

Planned Parenthood provides abortions to women who are up to 19 weeks pregnant. That covers most cases — 92 percent of abortions take place during the first 13 weeks.

Getting an abortion after 19 weeks becomes significantly more difficult; the number of willing providers shrinks, and costs increase. Although it’s legal up until 24 months, most Vermont women must travel to another state to get the procedure.

Planned Parenthood refers these patients to hospitals in and around Boston, New York, Atlanta and Albuquerque.

Some women can’t afford it, and travel adds to the cost. Vermont Access to Reproductive Freedom tries to help women who don’t have insurance or don’t want to use it because they’re concerned family members will find out. First-term abortions generally cost about $500; late-term abortions can exceed $10,000. “We have more calls than we can fund, usually,” said Ryan.

Planned Parenthood is widely praised for its reproductive health services, which go far beyond abortion. But the high-profile nature of the organization makes patients coming in for appointments easy targets for antiabortion protesters and proselytizers.

“Creating a very physical, very separate place for people to go when they have ‘that thing done to them’ — to me, it’s an obvious problem,” Ryan said.

Libby Day, a third-year medical student, got pregnant while on birth control in 2012 and sought out the abortion pill at Planned Parenthood. She said she was happy with the care she received and encountered “only two protesters” on her way in. Still, she said, “I hope in the future that it’s more normalized and that it can happen with a physician or nurse practitioner that you know and are comfortable with.”

She and Ryan both suggested that bringing abortion into hospitals and doctors’ offices would reduce stigma in a couple of ways. On a practical level, it would provide a more discreet setting for women seeking abortions. It would also send a message — that abortion is no different than other medical procedures.

PPNNE would happily relinquish its de-facto monopoly, according to its medical director Donna Burkett, who said such a change would give “patients broader access and more choices for that procedure.”

Mary Beerworth, executive director of the Vermont Right to Life Committeee, doesn’t buy it. She doubted that Planned Parenthood, which she calls the “Abortions-R-Us” of Vermont, would actually embrace competition. But knowing that abortion will likely remain legal here, she said she’d prefer if primary care physicians handled the procedure. At least they’d be familiar with a patient’s medical history, she noted. The goal of her group, she added, is to give women “balanced and real choices.”

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Abortion Options « P.19 Limited options affect not just women seeking abortion but the medical students who want to learn the procedure. The only formal education UVM offers its students is an hourlong lecture in the second year of med school. “If you’re interested in cardiothoracic surgery at UVM, you can just email the cardiothoracic surgeon and probably get invited to the OR and get to see a procedure,” said Ryan, who’s considering becoming an ob-gyn. In her experience, that kind of access doesn’t exist for people interested in becoming abortion providers.

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It will be up to Republican Phil Scott to fi l a pivotal legal position once he takes the governor’s office in Janua y.

Current Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan will be sworn in as Vermont’s new attorney general around the same time, leaving vacant his Chittenden County post with two years remaining on the term.

There had been whispers that Don van could officia ly resign his current position in the coming weeks, affording Gov. Peter Shumlin, a fellow Democrat, the chance to name his replacement.

But in an interview with Seven Days, Donovan said he wouldn’t do that.

“I do not anticipate resigning early,” Donovan said.

“I’m going to respect [Scott’s] role and his authority. It’s his decision. At the end of the day, Phil Scott just won a mandate. Vermonters trust Phil Scott and I trust Phil Scott to make the right decision for this office as we l.”

Donovan said he hoped to discuss the issue with Scott in the coming weeks.

The Chittenden Coun y State’s Attorney’s Office is y far the largest of its kind in Vermont, with 24 staffers and more than 5,000 annual cases. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) used it as a springboard to higher office, and now Don van is making his leap.

Candidates to replace Donovan include his handpicked top deputy Bram Kranichfeld, along with deputy state’s attorney Sarah George and Colchester attorney Ted Kenney.

Kenney ran for the office against Don van in the 2006 Democratic primary.

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A few hundred members of the Vermont Air National Guard will deploy overseas in the coming weeks on an open-ended mission under the command responsible for Middle East combat operations.

The “sho t notice” deployment of members of the 158th Fighter Wing will likely last a “few months,” Major General Steven Cray said Tuesday. The airmen wi l report to U.S. Central Command — which is responsible for the Middle East, Northern Africa and Central Asia — and is overseeing the fight against the Islamic State Vermont officials were recently notified a dep y order could come before Christmas. Confirmation came Monday night, Cray said.

The 158th Fighter ing has 1,100 members. Roughly 100 are already deployed overseas on other missions, officials said The latest depl yment of the Green Mountain Boys will include F-16 fighter pilots as well as maintenance, intelligence and support crew.

Cray and others declined to give specifics on the deployment, citing security concerns and Third from le t: Major General Steven Cray rapidly unfolding plans.

“I asked [Vermont guard personnel] to find a way to say ‘ es,’” said Col. Patrick Guinee. Within hours of the request, the VTANG had enough volunteers to fulfi l its mission, he added.

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and governor-elect Phil Scott attended the press conference announcing the deployment, which will likely be ongoing as president-elect Donald Trump takes office in Janua y. Trump has offered few specifics about his future milita y strategy.

“The American people chose him, so we’ e got to hope for the best,” Welch said in response to a reporter’s question. “He doesn’t have any experience. Let’s hope he gets some good advice.”

When Brittany Dunn left Montpelier on Saturday to travel to North Dakota, she brought with her 125 pounds of meat in coolers, along with other food supplies, on the chartered bus. The 31- ear-old volunteer coordinator from the Vermont-based environmental organization 350.org traveled to the Oceti Sakowin Camp to express solidarity with the anti-pipeline movement.

UVM does have an arrangement with Planned Parenthood in which the school pays the nonprofit to host residents. But Planned Parenthood has trouble accommodating everyone. “In New England we are fortunate to have a lot of students and residents who are very interested in learning this procedure,” said Burkett. “On the flip side of that, there is, across the region, a shortage of clinical training opportunities.”

Day, who intends to specialize in gynecology, said she’d have to travel to an out-of state hospital to learn how to terminate a pregnancy in the second trimester.

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Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe started the campaign in April to protest the construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline wi l transport crude oil from the Bakken oil fields in No th Dakota to Patoka, Ill. Nearly 200 tribes have offered support to the Standing Rock Sioux, according to National Public Radio.

Among them is the Elnu band of the Abenaki tribe, according to Melody Brook, the vice chair of the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs.

“We’ve never seen indigenous-led action of this magnitude, and I want to be able to support that,” Dunn told Seven Days last week.

Opponents of the project, who call themselves water protectors — not protesters — worry that the pipeline will leak into the Missouri River, which holds cultural, spiritual and environmental significance for the tribe. They also sa the proposed route cuts through sacred burial grounds.

Dunn and her colleague Abby Mnookin had been thinking about traveling to North Dakota separately before deciding to coordinate the bus trip. They spent a week planning it and fi led all 51 seats. The group wi l return to Vermont on Sunday, November 27.

MacAfee, a physician who did her residency at UVM and completed a family planning fellowship at the University of Michigan.

The medical school is applying for a grant from the Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning, which gives universities money to support abortion training for ob-gyn residents.

If it gets the money, MacAfee aims to establish a training program by next summer. That means UVM would provide a wider range of services to patients, including elective abortions, at an outpatient clinic.

MacAfee noted that “while I love and support Planned Parenthood and

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have worked for them … I do recognize the stigma that is placed on them and want women to understand that they have another option.”

She told Seven Days that within the Women’s Services division, which includes UVM’s ob-gyn clinics, some physicians are already occasionally doing elective abortions for current patients, but she acknowledged that this is “not a very well-known fact.” In the future, she said, “We will be more open about that.”

She added, “I want women to feel supported, even more so in this political climate.” m Contact: alicia@sevendaysvt.com

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Rutland, attended Rutland public schools, University of Vermont and UVM Medical School, and served his country as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps.

In his high school and college years, he became a champion tennis player and won the state tennis championship along with his lifelong friend Bill Pratt, whom he always said carried them to their many trophies.

Art was also an avid skier and golfer and treasured memories of his hole in one and his 73 at Rutland Country Club. He and Bill, along with Henry Pratt and Bill Brislin, formed not only a regular golf foursome but also a barbershop quartet that was equally entertaining.

Dr. Wolk volunteered countless hours, offering free care to many patients over the years, believing medical care was a right and not a privilege. He took care of children suffering from tuberculosis at the Pittsford Sanitarium, children at the Brandon Training School and state mental hospital in Waterbury, fellow officers in Okinawa and later Korea, children with polio at the Caverly Preventorium, children with disabilities at what later became the Vermont

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Having lived the fullest of lives, characterized by selfless compassion and unbridled caring for his patients, family and friends, Dr. Arthur Wolk passed away on „ ursday, November 17, 2016, awash in the love of family members amazed by the grace, courage and dignity of his departure, symbolic of how he lived his life. His enduring gift to his family and the Rutland community was that of a kind, wise, vibrant, patient and generous man who was always able to think and act outside himself. „ e inscription under his picture in the 1937 Rutland High School yearbook: Whatever the task, Art does it and does it well.

He always did the right thing, even and especially when no one was watching.

He was born on October 4, 1919, in Rutland, Vt., the youngest of three sons to Alice and Hyman Wolk. His parents were born in Europe and emigrated in the late 19th century to escape religious persecution, making their home in Rutland after the turn of the century, as did so many immigrants before and since.

Dr. Wolk lived for the past eight years at the Gables at East Mountain in Rutland Town with his wife, Florrie, the love of his life, whom he married in 1948. „ eirs was a marriage for the ages. He leaves his three sons Tom (Debbie), Dave (Lyn) and Brad (Caren), 16 grandchildren, eight greatgrandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and a large extended family. Several family members, including two of his sons, three grandchildren, a niece and a nephew, followed him in the medical profession.

His parents, his brothers Morry and Sid, their wives, and his daughter-in-law Diane predeceased him.

Dr. Wolk grew up in

Achievement Center, and made multiple house calls to patients near and far, often in the middle of the night.

He was a Rutland pediatrician for 42 years.

Dr. Wolk helped to start the first daycare center in Rutland in the 1950s.

He served as chair of the Vermont chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, president of the Rutland Country Club, president of the Medical Staff at what now is the Rutland Regional Medical Center and chair of the Rutland County Medical Society.

He was honored by many organizations, including the Vermont State Medical Society and the UVM College of Medicine.

A new Meditation Center at RRMC, offering peace and serenity to patients, their families, hospital staff and the community, was recently dedicated in honor of Arthur and Florrie Wolk.

Special gratitude is extended to Dr. Coombs, Dr. Bullock, Dr. Eisemann, the amazing nurses and caring staff at RRMC and the Pines, and the wonderful extended family at the Gables. „ e life of Dr. Arthur Wolk was full of abundant kindness, deep wisdom and genuine humility, a perfect combination of head and heart.

He would prefer no donations or flowers in his memory, just the wonderful memories.

A nondenominational celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at 4 p.m. at the Casella „ eater at Castleton University, with a reception to follow at the President’s Home.

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n JANE MCDOUGAL’s Burlington apartment, a storage tub and an oversize heavy-duty tote bag hold hundreds of the fiber artist’s place-mat-size weavings. After working on her loom for months, McDougal shows her work publicly just once a year, at the Women’s Festival of Crafts. The annual artisans fair, to be held at the Burlington Town Center this weekend, is in its 27th year.

McDougal has participated for eight.

The weaver, now 61, was born legally blind. Her yarn works are delightfully unpredictable concoctions of color and pattern. Sometimes dozens of colors alternate throughout a single piece; sometimes large fields of one or two colors dominate. Iridescent metallic yarns electrify some of her works. Whatever the pattern, McDougal makes informed choices — she discerns what yarn she’ll use, and how a weaving looks, by holding it very close to her eyes.

Her process, and her textiles, are closely related to Saori weaving. When Misao Jo founded this freestyle handweaving movement in Japan in 1968, she bucked the pressure to create technically “perfect” works. Above all else,

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“I really don’t think about my disability,” McDougal said. “I just do what I have to do, and that’s it.”

She’s been weaving for 36 years, using a loom that her brother, NICK MCDOUGAL, gave her. “I had a few teachers

that showed me how to do it,” Jane said, “and ever since I’ve been doing it on my own.”

Her brother helps by wrapping the warp in the loom, and friend and local artist HILARY ANN LOVE GLASS uses a sewing machine to secure the weavings’ edges.

McDougal’s loom occupies a corner

of her apartment. Across from it, mountains of yarn that friends and family have brought her sit in tabletop bowls and plastic bins. Before using the yarn, McDougal wraps it into tight spheres, which make the weaving process go much more smoothly, she said. Her cat, August, isn’t the type to trifle with the yarn — when he was a kitten, she trained him to lie down at her verbal and clapping command.

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At last year’s Women’s Festival of Crafts, McDougal’s weavings lay stacked atop a folding table, priced at two for $15. Interested shoppers should leave plenty of time to sort through the many options. For those who want to use the weavings as place mats, McDougal advised that they should be washed by hand and left to air dry.

“I make them [to use] at the dinner table,” McDougal said, “[but] you can put them on the wall if you want to.”

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“I can’t really say how much time [I spend weaving],” McDougal observed.

She has plenty of other interests, evidenced by her library of large-print history books and stacks of CDs. “I’ve been reading politics since I was 12 years old,” she said.

A “professional dishwasher by trade,” as she put it, McDougal retired from her job at South Burlington High School this year.

Gesturing to her apartment, she said, “I got basically everything I want.”

McDougal pointed out that “weaving is a very ancient art,” and she delighted in explaining that “Not too many people know where their clothes comes from.

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“Instead of just a white tent, “ Katz said, “it’s a bad-ass bar.”

He estimates that the rental fee will run $750 to $1,000. Katz will drive the container to a site, he says, either with a truck or an in-the-works custom trailering system, and then hand it over to professional caterers and bartenders.

Because he does not plan to buy or sell alcohol himself, he doesn’t need to obtain a liquor license. When not in use, the bar will be kept at a South End storage facility.

The bar will weigh an estimated 7,000 K ATZ pounds. When it’s in operation, one of its long sides will hinge open on the ground to form a sort of deck. The interior of the container will hold a long, U-shaped bar at which guests can sit.

Electricity will come from an ordinary outlet or a generator, and plumbing will be hooked up either to pre-existing infrastructure or to a holding tank.

Katz has a longtime interest in the creative reuse of shipping containers.

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GROSSMAN’s PETER KATZ stood nearby in front of his 20-foot-long shipping container. In May, the Jeffersonville-based 43-yearold lost the job he’d had since 2006 doing independent siteacquisition research for Vital Site Services in Somerville, Mass.

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To augment Newman’s backing of $5,000, Katz has launched a GoFundMe page with the goal of raising $10,000.

Crowdsourced funds will be put toward finishing the bar prototype and starting a second one, he explained. “With a little luck,” Katz wrote in an email, “I’m hoping to turn this venture into a sustainable career.”

As the father of three children — twin 12-year-old boys and a 15-year-old daughter — Katz hopes to show them that “it’s possible to be successful doing something that you love and makes you happy,” he wrote, “as opposed to the ‘normal’ nine-to-five jobs our society seems to mandate.”

Eventually, Katz said, he’d like to see his sons join the venture — so far, his daughter has zero interest. And he hopes the business will be lucrative enough to help cover the cost of college for all three kids.

Katz’s enthusiasm for turning the “blank canvas” of a shipping container into something cool is infectious. “I want people to freak out,” he said. “I want people to see the possibilities of what you can do with these things.”

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“I’ve been waiting for it to happen up here,” Katz said. “Where the hell is the container bar in Vermont? I haven’t seen it.”

But he’s not the only Vermonter who sees potential in reclaimed shipping containers. Katz, who maintains a studio at Burlington’s GENERATOR, worked with the maker space’s director, LARS HASSELBLAD TORRES, to craft a business plan. In September, Katz presented the mobile bar in a FreshTracks Road Pitch session at the CHAMPLAIN MINI MAKER FAIRE. Afterward, Burlington entrepreneur ALAN NEWMAN (Magic Hat Brewing Company, Seventh Generation) approached him and agreed to fund Katz’s prototype unit.

The bar is already slated to serve at some 13 festivals next summer, Katz said, an arrangement orchestrated by Newman and Higher Ground business partner ALEX CROTHERS. But the scope of Katz’s project goes far beyond a single container. “I don’t want to do just bars,” he said. In the future, he envisions turning shipping containers into tiny homes, which he

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o visit a certain part of Richford, you might have to break the law of gravity. According to Sir Isaac Newton, objects fall. No exceptions. But if Franklin County lore has a flicker of truth to it, perhaps not.

A stretch of dirt road off Route 105 near East Richford is known as “Richford’s Mystery Spot,” according to local chroniclers of the weird such as Joseph A. Citro.

The “mystery” is that gravity in this spot reputedly likes to behave in an unorthodox manner. For example, cars are said to roll uphill. WTF? These oddities aren’t unique to the Green Mountain State. Various places around the U.S. manifest the same puzzling phenomenon. There are two “mystery spots” in the Massachusetts towns of Greenfield and Harvard, for instance, and one in Middlesex, N.Y., on the awesomely named Spook Hill Road.

Citro reported that he couldn’t locate Richford’s mystery spot. Years ago, in a brown and bleak November, I made my own attempt.

A friend and I traveled up potholed Route 105 into real Vermont backcountry — a landscape of century-old barns, pastureland marked by the toothpick remnants of harvested corn rows, and farmhouses with sagging rooflines.

The mystery spot is aptly named, I discovered when we turned east out of Richford village toward the looming form of Jay Peak, because it’s no easy place to find. The night before, I had consulted the state atlas and decided that the most likely location was the East Richford Slide Road.

It’s an otherwise unexciting gravel road that follows the Canadian border, swerves over it a few times and then brings you back to Route 105.

According to Citro in Weird New England: Your Travel Guide to New England’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets, the late Dolph Dewing of Franklin was the first person to report experiencing the mystery spot’s effects. Dewing told his friends about it, then brought a busload from the Franklin Senior Center to witness the phenomenon.

In October 1985, County Courier reporter Nat Worman accompanied Dewing to the spot and watched as he stopped his 1979 Dodge and revved it to prove it was in neutral. After about 60 seconds had passed, the car began rolling uphill, accelerating gradually from 10 to 15 mph.

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My friend and I weren’t so lucky on that windy November day. We parked our car in several places along the rural road and waited. Nothing happened.

Sitting beneath border skies as the sun shone off the hood of my friend’s Chevy, I wondered if Dewing had been fooled by some sort of optical illusion. Was it really antigravity? Or magnetism? Or a hoax?

Researching later on, I found answers closer than I expected — and rooted in the rational. Physicists have investigated a bunch of “mystery spots” around the globe, some with equally evocative names such as “gravity hills” and “gravity roads.”

They claim that what baffles tons of spectators is actually an optical illusion.

“Gravity hills” and the like are places where the geography of the surrounding land makes a downhill slope appear to go uphill. Obstructions on the horizon help create this illusion by robbing us of the reliable reference points we use to determine which way is up. The mind, in short, is tricked.

In a 2006 Science Daily article, Brock Weiss, a physics professor at Penn State Altoona, checks out a gravity hill in Bucks County, Pa., and concludes that this local oddity isn’t that odd. “You are, indeed, going downhill even though

your brain gives you the impression that you’re going uphill,” Weiss explains.

Using GPS, the investigators demonstrated that the hill’s starting point had a greater elevation than its ending point, despite appearances to the contrary.

I wasn’t thinking about any of that when we tried to find the spot. We only stopped on parts of the road that appeared to run uphill, and the only direction the car rolled was backward.

Just as I was pretty much convinced I could put this in my “mystery solved” pile, Linda Collins of the Richford Historical Society reintroduced some uncertainty. I was referred to her by the town offices, where the clerk had no idea what I was talking about.

“Oh, yeah, I know about the hill. I think it’s called a ‘gravity hill.’ I learned about it when I was researching the UFO sightings in town,” said an amused Collins.

Back in the 1970s, she related, a few Richford residents reported seeing strange moving lights over town.

Wanting to chronicle the frenzy for the Burlington Free Press, Collins made phone calls, which led her to a government facility in Boulder, Colo. She referred to it as “the strange things facility,” because “I don’t remember what

they were called — it’s been so long since I’ve talked about this!”

According to Collins, the feds told her that a singular magnetic pull or gravitational force in the Richford area had the potential to “attract things.”

They didn’t specify what things. “You know, government secrecy? They were probably doing some testing or something and didn’t want that getting out to the public,” Collins said.

Later on, she learned of the “mystery spot” phenomenon. Does the historical society get many inquiries about it? I asked.

“No one up here really knows that much about it,” Collins said with a laugh. “It was such a small deal when it happened. Lots of folks in town now don’t really know a lot about our history anymore.”

Does Collins agree with physicists that the mystery spot is an illusion? Or is there something weird happening with gravity in Richford?

Her verdict: “Well … I mean, I don’t know what to tell you. Richford is a weird town.” m

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Dear Cecil,

With the Russians getting cocky and the Chinese itching to sow their expansionist oats, I’m starting to have ˜ e Day After dreams again.

I live about two hours from a primary target; if a nuclear exchange took place one morning while I was at the office, what signs would let me know that something horrible had happened, and in what order would they take place?

Chris Blair enchilada here: not some piddly North Korean warhead with just enough oomph to cross the Pacific, but a full-on thermonuclear conflict like Reagan used to joke about. For old times’ sake, we’ll assume our adversaries are the Russians and that their plan is, as in the 1980s, to achieve maximum devastation by detonating a one-megaton warhead about a mile and a half above the target — which (working from your two-hours figure) we’ll say is a population center a little more than 100 miles away from where you’ll be watching the show.

Taking some of the zing out of this scenario is the existence of the Wireless Emergency Alert system, which in a highstakes situation enables the White House to send out a geographically targeted heads-up via the cell network. Assuming the scary new Russian missiles are still trackable by radar,

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and that @realDonaldTrump doesn’t tweet the news first (“BIG mistake from loser Russians. Launching nukes?

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So let’s further imagine you’re off the grid when the missiles are launched. If you’d gone camping for the weekend and weren’t getting any signal, how soon would you begin to suspect there might be a lot less civilization for you to eventually return to?

Well, from 110 miles out, anything less than around 8,000 feet up — i.e., about a mile and a half off the ground — would be hidden by the curvature of the Earth, meaning you might or might not see a flash right at the horizon. (Ideally you wouldn’t be looking with binoculars, or your retinas could get zapped.)

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t would have been easy to read this question as merely a dark but diverting hypothetical until, oh, about the time the results started rolling in on election night. In January we’ll hand the nuclear codes over to a guy who’s said he’s OK with an Asian nuke race and who couldn’t explain the nuclear triad if you drew him a picture. Meanwhile, his autocratic idol Vladimir Putin has just previewed a new fall line of intercontinental ballistic missiles that TASS says can flatten Texas in record time. We can only hope some sage adviser will steer the president-elect back toward the conventional wisdom on using nuclear weaponry, namely “Don’t.” Me, I’m already nostalgic for the days when civilization seemed less likely to end with a bang than a whimper.

But let’s press on. I take it you’re asking about the whole

the range covered by a techdisabling electromagnetic pulse (discussed here a few years back when EMP was the terror du jour for ninnies like Newt Gingrich); if you were in a running car, the dash lights would maybe flicker a bit. So you might have a feeling something big was going on, but you wouldn’t be able to tell just what.

The next few seconds would clear up any ambiguity. A fireball would rapidly expand to a diameter of maybe 6,000 feet, continuing to grow as it rose into the air from the point of detonation — clearly visible above the horizon, in other words. Within a minute or so, a miles-high cloud of hot gases, water vapor and atomized debris would form and begin to flatten into the characteristic mushroom shape, confronting even the most optimistic of viewers with the severity of the situation.

What would make the experience particularly eerie, though, is that none of the effects of the blast would reach you. At ground zero, the drastic change in air pressure would

level buildings, and winds of hundreds of miles per hour would flay human flesh already scorched by third-degree radiation burns. But the blast wave and associated winds would peter out within 15 miles or so, sound waves would probably be damped down beyond detection en route, and an aerial explosion wouldn’t trigger any kind of tremor you might feel out in your neck of the woods.

The apocalypse you’d witness would be still and silent.

The big question is: What do you do next? You can’t stay out in the wild forever (depending on prevailing winds at various altitudes, fallout could be drifting your way within 16 hours in any case), and there’s no imagining the chaos that awaits you back in town. The human aftermath would likely hit your area hard, with busloads of refugees from the ruined city taxing medical and social services. And that’s not even to mention the long-term effects of radiation, or the skies darkening with soot in an early hint of the possible nuclear winter to come. Sweet dreams, Chris.

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y accident of birth, Americans live in one of the most prosperous nations in the world. Those of us fortunate enough to reside in Vermont have that going for us, too. Life may not feel like a royal flush, but, compared to the cards dealt to most of Earth’s inhabitants, we are lucky indeed. Most people in the world aren’t complaining about travel delays and Facebook algorithms; they’re looking for food, water, shelter and, on a really bad day, urgent medical care.

An obvious solution to the worldwide refugee crisis: Make it better for people where they are so the risks of leaving outweigh the benefits.

Some nonprofits in Vermont strive to do just that. From the comfort of the Green Mountains, these organizations stretch to the farthest reaches of the globe to help people who, through no fault of their own, lack what we take for granted. Here Seven Days reporters profile a sampling: Rutland-based Pure Water for the World distributes water filtration systems in Haiti and Honduras, where, in some places, dirty water is the only kind available.

From Waterbury, the Himalayan Cataract Project dispatches eye doctors across the globe to perform a simple surgical procedure that reverses blindness.

Williston-based Grounds for Health screens women in developing countries at risk of contracting cervical cancer — before they become statistics.

Those women are seven and a half times more likely to die of the disease because they don’t have access to health care.

Fledgling but no less earnest: New Burlingtonian Cleophace Mukeba recently created the Ibutwa Initiative to help shunned victims of sexual assault in the Congo; his mother died as a result of violence there.

These local efforts attempt to correct just a few of many global injustices. They also serve to remind us that, regardless of whether America is “great” enough, its citizens have a lot to be thankful for.

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A Williston org screens for cervical cancer in coffee regions In June 2012, nurse practitioner Ellen Starr arrived at the foothills of the Mount Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania, exhausted after a bumpy, two-hour car ride. She and a colleague from Williston-based Grounds for Health were supposed to supervise a local health care provider they had trained to perform cervical precancer screenings.

But no “patients” showed up, and the visitors were perplexed. Another individual — a local health promoter — later told them why.

Starr recounted: “Word got out in the community that a woman would go in, lie down on the table, spread her legs, the nurse would … insert her hand in her vagina, take hold of her uterus, pull it out, treat it or test it, and shove it back again.”

The health promoter and a priest quickly spread the word that none of those rumors was true. Soon enough, women began arriving for tests.

Starr said the incident illustrates the crucial role that community leaders play in aiding the mission of Grounds for Health, which aims to reduce cervical cancer among women in the developing world. It works closely with public health authorities and coffee cooperatives to train local doctors, nurses and community health promoters.

The nonprofit coordinates screening and treatment services in areas where the disease is prevalent.

One of the original employees at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters — now Keurig Green Mountain — founded the organization, as a result of a shrewd observation in the field. Daniel Cox was visiting a Mexican coffee cooperative in 1995 and had brought along a friend. Retired obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Francis Fote noted that the women there were dying of cervical cancer at an alarming rate.

Caused by the sexually transmitted HPV virus, cervical is the second most common cancer in women living in less developed regions, according to the World Health Organization. Since the women lack access to screening, cervical cancer often escapes detection until it has advanced and women are exhibiting symptoms.

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Cleophace Mukeba is a self-confessed “mother’s boy” and feminist. Growing up in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he helped his mother with household chores.

“I wanted her to let me do [them] so that she can rest,” Mukeba said.

Today, the 49-year-old Vermonter lives in Burlington and works as an interpreter. He is also the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Vermont Ibutwa Initiative (VIBI). Mukeba established the organization in 2011 in memory of his mother, who was killed during civil unrest months before the First Congo War started in 1996. He is a New American looking to make a difference in his old home.

Ibutwa means “renaissance” in Lega, one of the dialects spoken in South Kivu. The nonprofit g es a new lease on life to Congolese women and girls who were victims of sexual violence during the country’s protracted civil war.

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“Women in Congo are living in a maledominated culture,” Mukeba said. “Nobody thinks that women deserve a second chance.”

VIBI operates in Uvira and Kamanyola villages. It helps 33 families, including 110 children. Women head most of the households.

Victims receive medical treatment and financial help to start small businesses. The nonprofit also pays for the children’s schooling and uniforms.

VIBI receives most of its funding from churches and private donors in Vermont. “One hundred dollars can send a child to school for a year,” Mukeba said.

The nonprofit employs three in-country Congolese.

Kangele Bin Kazembe is the field coordinato . Pelagie Missasa runs the sustainable livelihood program, helping the women plan their budgets and manage their profits. Emmanuel Lwitela is the director of Ibutwa Clinic in Uvira.

Since its inception, Mukeba’s nonprofit has faced challenges. Its medical supervisor died during childbirth last year. One of the women in Kamanyola was so successful in her pig-raising project, he noted, that a jealous villager poisoned her sow.

“It’s tough because it consumes most of my time,” Mukeba said of the work. But he remains undeterred because he’s seen how women and children have been able to turn their lives around.

“I’m trying to do what I can do for them,” Mukeba said. “We’ll get to where we’re supposed to be.”

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By then, their chances of getting proper treatment for the late-stage disease are poor — hence the high fatality rate: Nearly a quarter-million women in low-income countries die of cervical cancer every year, compared to 35,514 everywhere else, according to the WHO’s ICO Information Centre on E LL E N S TAR R HPV and Cancer.

Fote urged his younger friend to start a screening clinic.

“Doc, I’m a coffee guy,” Cox said he replied.

Fote told him: “Well, you have contacts.”

GMCR and Ben & Jerry’s were among the first to front funds for Grounds for Health when it started in 1996.

Spanish-speaking volunteer clinicians from the U.S. provided training to local health professionals and read the screening tests.

About four years in, Cox hit a wall. We’ve either got to expand and hire someone full time, or we ought to close shop, he remembered thinking in 1999, after he’d left GMCR and started his own business, Coffee Enterprises. Cox went with the former option, and Grounds for Health hired its first executive director.

Its third, Guy Stallworthy, joined the nonprofit in mid2014, bringing more than 30 years of experience in health and development.

Today, the organization operates in Ethiopia, Kenya and Peru. The group has worked in Mexico, Nicaragua and Tanzania, too. It has screened more than 70,000 women and treated about 5,000 of them. It has also trained nearly 460 health care providers.

We’re not done until every woman in our target age group has actually been screened.

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Stallworthy said it makes financial sense to keep the number of U.S.-based staff small — it’s currently five — and to train on-site health providers to do the screenings. “It’s all about having greater impact and building capacity,” said Stallworthy. He noted that projected expenditures for this fiscal year are approximately $700,000.

Starr, who is the project’s clinical director, agreed with his assessment. “This is not missionary work. This is not the great white hope coming into Africa and saying, ‘Here, let us provide you services,’” she said. “The [local health] ministries need to be on board, both philosophically and financially.”

Grounds for Health now focuses on sub-Saharan Africa because the need there is great. And it’s able to start “from more of a clean slate,” said Starr. The African countries where it’s working either don’t have cervical cancer prevention programs or have nascent ones that align closely with the nonprofit’s.

Primarily serving women ages 30 to 49, the group uses a visual inspection program. A health care provider rests a cotton swab soaked in vinegar on the cervix for about two minutes. He or she then removes it and evaluates the cervix, looking for white spots that have been made visible by the vinegar. Many U.S. health care providers use the same simple technique.

If a woman tests positive, she can be treated with cryotherapy. This involves freezing potentially precancerous cells with carbon dioxide. Both the screening and cryotherapy are done on the same day, so the woman is tested and treated in one visit.

That makes it more convenient for the cooperatives, which are “wonderful champions” of the work that the nonprofit does and often provide transportation for the patients, Starr noted.

“They want their workers to stay healthy,” she pointed out.

At Stallworthy’s urging, the organization is looking to move into other agricultural industries such as flowers, cocoa and tea, as well as garment factories. Workers in those industries are usually women with limited access to health care, he noted.

“Living in a globalized world, we’re all benefiting from access to products at a cheap price,” said Stallworthy. “It is incumbent on us to realize the inequities that lie behind them as consumers and companies.” In this case, that’s in the realm of women’s health.

“We’re not done until every woman in our target age group has actually been screened,” Starr promised.

Innovation is also a priority for Grounds for Health.

Since spring 2015, the organization has been using a handheld cervicography device developed by Tel Avivbased startup MobileODT. In-country coordinators take pictures of a cervix with the device and upload the images to a cloud system. From her office in Williston, Starr reviews the images and gives her assessment to colleagues in the field. But Wi-Fi connectivity in subSaharan Africa can be unreliable, so it doesn’t always work.

Today Cox, 67, lives in Shelburne and sits on the nonprofit’s board of directors. His main job, he said, is to support the organization by leveraging his contacts in the coffee industry, which continues to be its main source of funding. Grounds for Health has since received some aid from the U.S. government and gets corporate support, too.

Looking back, Cox is amazed by how much the organization has achieved. “I had a little piece in doing the right thing, and it feels pretty good,” he said.

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climbed Mount Everest and become the fourth man to crest the highest peak on each of the seven continents. A thrill seeker, Tabin also held the singular distinction of participating in the first-ever bungee jump.

The doctors’ partnership started badly: When Tabin first offered to help Ruit, the Nepalese ophthalmologist sent him to one of country’s most inhospitable regions during the monsoon season, certain that the heat and insects would weaken his resolve.

But Tabin persisted and eventually won Ruit over. From the start, the two focused on making the operation affordable for the poor. But, regardless of income, “Everyone pays something,” Heintz said.

Ruit had already developed and simplified the cataract surgery routine, but he couldn’t reduce the cost of the intraocular lens — at $200, it was far out of the price range of most Nepalese patients.

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So when the pair started Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in 1994 in Nepal, it included a lens factory. The institute designs and produces intraocular lenses for between $2.50 and $5 — “with no dip in quality,” Heintz clarified. The eye center has since evolved into a 33,000-square-foot facility, complete with a training center, surgical suites and clinical offices.

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Eyesight for the blind was once a messianic promise. This week, assembly-line cataract surgeries will restore the vision of 1,200 Ethiopians over eight days, courtesy of Waterbury’s Himalayan Cataract Project.

The work qualifies as a miraculous undertaking, asserted ophthalmologist Geoff Tabin. “We’re restoring not just sight, but life,” he said.

In 1994, eye doctors Tabin and Sanduk Ruit established a small clinic to perform low-cost cataract surgeries in Kathmandu, Nepal. More than two decades and 567,000 eye operations later, HCP is strategizing ways to take on a challenge of near biblical proportions: to restore sight to 18 million people with curable blindness around the globe.

On Monday, Tabin and a team of local doctors set up shop in Mekelle in northern Ethiopia, where patients had gathered from around the region. In one sugergery after another, Vermont-trained Tabin will inject a local anesthetic and cut a tiny, self-sealing incision in the eye wall. He’ll remove the cataract, easing out the hard protein deposits that have formed behind the iris, insert a clear plastic intraocular lens and bandage the eye. The surgery, which costs $25 per eye, lasts all of seven minutes.

Not surprisingly, the pair of eye doctors operating in far-flung locales has attracted plenty of media attention. Over the decades, their Himalayan Cataract Project has been featured in a slew of national and international publications.

A “60 Minutes” segment is scheduled to air before the end of the year.

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uncompromising dedication of the founders: Tabin and Ruit perfected a simple surgical procedure and brought it to more than 6.6 million patients in a dozen countries in Asia and Africa. They send out community workers to round up the afflicted and guarantee treatment regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.

The post-op footage is pretty compelling, too. In a video from an Ethiopian clinic, delight borders on hysteria as nurses strip eye bandages from the faces of hundreds of patients, one by one.

They blink, dazed, at their first glimpses of sunlight in years. Patients whoop and clap, embrace loved ones, and throw their arms around the nurses.

“It’s pure joy, the singing, dancing, crying,” said Job Heintz, CEO of the organization.

He contends that the procedure is “definitely the most cost-effective surgery” in the world. On the day after, 80 percent of patients can see well enough to pass an American driver’s test. Studies have shown that HCP’s $25 cataract operation has the same success rate as that of the $1,200 ultrasound one used in the U.S. — 99 percent.

Tabin and Ruit crossed paths serendipitously and found themselves united by a shared desire to improve lives in every corner of the world.

Born in Olangchung Gola, Nepal — one of the most remote villages in the country — Ruit worked his way up from poverty, attending school in India at age 8 and eventually gaining admittance to prestigious medical schools in India and Europe. When Ruit surveyed Nepal in 1989, not a single ophthalmologist was performing cataract surgeries in the country of 24 million people.

Tabin, who holds degrees from Yale, Oxford and Harvard, met Ruit while he was trekking in Nepal. He had already

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Doctors Sanduk Ruit and Geoff Tabin examining a cataract patient in Nepal

The HCP, the American partner and benefactor of the organization, was “born out of the rib of Tilganga” the following year, Heintz said. It grew slowly. When Heintz came on as the first employee in 2003, Tabin still “ran it out of the back of his Honda Civic in a cardboard box,” Heintz recalled. They based the budding organization in Waterbury, not far from the University of Vermont Medical Center, where Tabin practiced.

The project first rented office space in the old Methodist parsonage on Main Street, and workers crammed into a single room for $150 a month. HCP’s leaders pride themselves on keeping administrative and overhead costs around 10 percent — even now, with an annual budget approaching $10 million.

The organization, which has 11 staff members, operates with a combination of public funds, private donations and grants. Heintz noted that Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) work on the Senate Appropriations Committee led to more than $1 million granted through USAID last year to support the effort.

Tabin moved to Utah in 2006, but HCP has maintained its Waterbury headquarters. People know Tabin here, said chief operating officer Emily Newick.

From the beginning, “There’s been the legacy of a number of grateful patients that have been committed donors,” she said. They include Vermonters Tabin treated when he was an ophthalmologist at UVMMC. With the right support, Heintz said he believes that the organization is poised to repeat the accomplishments of the last 20 years — over the next five.

The MacArthur Foundation recently launched its 100&Change competition to award a single grant of $100 million to be spent over five years. “Of course we applied for it,” Heintz said.

HCP has the infrastructure in place to expand exponentially, Tabin said.

As it has in Ethiopia and Ghana, HCP establishes itself in a country and builds partnerships with local NGOs or hospitals, or the government. The nonprofit trains and equips doctors and nurses to perform en masse surgeries, which lowers the cost per procedure.

It’s a model that could work anywhere, Heintz said, even in the most inhospitable environments. “We’ve developed the systems to get to those places. It’s now just a question of scale,” he said. “This is a public health crisis we can win.”

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and Central America, some of whom are U.S. citizens going back to help their countries of origin. Andre was 4 when his family left Haiti for New York City.

After the devastating 2010 earthquake that displaced more than 1 million people in his native country, he realized he wanted to assist in the recovery effort.

At 45, with a master’s degree in business, Andre returned to Haiti three years ago. He was shocked to see firsthand that many residents are forced to use dirty water, leading to diarrheal illnesses that keep children out of school and adults out of work. Some die as a result.

“Until you experience it, you never really understand the magnitude of the problem,” Andre said. What keeps him going? In his view, “We are making a difference. I see it. I feel it. I live it.”

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Now Meub makes regular trips to Honduras and Haiti, where Pure Water employs some 35 full- and parttime people, almost all of them local residents. There are just three staffers in Vermont, counting Meub. The trio works from her Rutland home, where it gets occasional input from Meub’s husband, Bill, a Rutland lawyer, and the couple’s two Portuguese water dogs.

The work is disheartening at times.

Meub has seen dead bodies on the side of the road in Honduras and observed “elbow-to-elbow” poverty in Haiti’s Cité Soleil slum. In her efforts to bring aid supplies into both countries, she has tangled with an ever-changing array of tariffs and customs rules. Sometimes ships laden with goods sit waiting in port for months; other times they are promptly allowed to unload. Taxes are unpredictable.

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Truck-delivered water is for sale in some of the communities where Pure Water works, but it isn’t always clean and many people can’t afford to pay the price.

The beauty of biosand filter technology, which is used in many developing countries, is that it’s relatively easy for people to maintain once they’ve been trained.

“We don’t want to give them something that, if it breaks, they don’t have the replacement part or they don’t have money to repair it,” said Pure Water executive director Carolyn Meub. “We use a very simple technology.”

“They are just capricious. You don’t know what it’s going to be from one time to the other,” Meub said.

Much of her work involves allocating the organization’s $1.1 million annual budget and deploying volunteers, sometimes Vermonters, to work on Pure Water projects in Haiti and Honduras.

Fundraising is constant. As soon as one grant comes in, it’s time to find another, Meub said, and that’s just the nature of the job. “It’s dynamic. It’s challenging. I love it,” she said. Then she added, “It gives me gray hair.”

Earlier this month, Pure Water won a $75,000 grant under the Chick-Fil-A Foundation’s True Inspiration Award program. The money will help fund water, sanitation and hygiene programs at schools in the rural Honduran municipality of Trojes.

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Hurricane Matthew brought destructive winds and rain to Haiti when it hit the island nation in early October.

The second punch was an outbreak of cholera, spread by contaminated water, which continues to plague the southern part of the country.

Mario Andre of Vermont-based Pure Water for the World traveled to the hard-hit southern port city of Les Cayes last week to distribute emergency supplies. He was overwhelmed.

“We only had enough chlorine tablets and buckets for 50 families, but 500 showed up,” the organization’s field director explained by phone from Haiti.

“What I witnessed is the desperation of the people.

“Clean water is life. That’s our motto,” Andre said of the nonprofit’s goal to bring safe water to Central America and the Caribbean.

Since it was founded in 1999, Pure Water has raised millions of dollars to distribute home water-filtration systems to residents of Haiti, Honduras and other countries that lack consistently safe water supplies. The Rutland-based organization also leads education in schools and municipalities on hand washing, sanitation techniques and other measures that help reduce the spread of waterborne diseases such as cholera.

It responds to emergencies, such as the disaster-aid effort in Les Cayes, and is involved in building water infrastructure, including a gravity-set mountain pipeline project under way in rural Honduras.

But the bulk of Pure Water’s work is to provide families with biosand waterfiltering kits, which help remove bacteria, pathogens and suspended solids using a straightforward system of buckets, gravel and sand. The raw materials to build each filter cost about $80. With the education on use and repairs that Pure Water provides, the total cost per unit comes to about $300.

Many of the people the nonprofit helps live in deeply impoverished rural areas without municipal sewer and water purification systems, or the means to install safe home wells and septic systems. Some draw water directly from rivers where people wash clothes, bathe and defecate; others collect it in cisterns that contain residue from bird droppings and dead animals, or shallow ground wells that are contaminated by pollutants and bacteria.

How did a global nonprofit take root in Rutland?

It started with dentist and Brattleboro Rotary Club member Peter Abell, who made a medical service trip to El Salvador in 1994. He quickly realized that many of the illnesses he observed there were caused by untreated water, as well as poor hygiene and sanitation.

Rotarians volunteered to help with filtration and other water projects, and the effort eventually outgrew their organization to become a stand-alone nonprofit.

Meub stepped up to run it in 2003.

The Rutland native had already been an aide to the late U.S. senator Robert Stafford (R-Vt.), helped organize Vermont’s 1991 state bicentennial celebration and worked at a few nonprofits. At 51, she was ready to expand her horizons into the global humanitarian realm.

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n a recent Saturday morning, a covered wagon sat on the side of a dirt road that bisects a harvested cornfield in Bedell Bridge State Park in Haverhill, N.H. Lanterns, canteens, and assorted pots and pans hung from the sides of the wagon, which sported a metal stovepipe for good measure. The faces of the occasional motorists who crept past and rubbernecked at the wooden conveyance invariably displayed puzzled curiosity.

It was day three of a six-day film shoot.

“Little Beeri’s March” is a loose adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s 1939 antiwar play Mother Courage and Her Children, about a peasant family that tries to profit by selling its wares during the Thirty Years’ War. John Griesemer of Lyme, N.H., wrote the screenplay and is codirecting the film, which is being shot in widescreen black and white.

“Little Beeri’s” is set in the fictional country of Bolostoknivjia during an unspecified era. It’s a musical, with all of the dialogue and song lyrics spoken and sung in unsubtitled Bolostoknivjian — a madeup language that sounds like a mélange of various Slavic tongues. Codirector Whittaker Ingbretson said the movie’s visual style was inspired by the films of Andrei Tarkovsky and Ingmar Bergman.

In particular, he cites the influence of Bergman’s stark 1957 classic The Seventh Seal, which was set during the Black Death period of the 14th century.

This one-of-a-kind project is just one product of an urbane filmmaking scene thriving incongruously in the pastoral setting of the Upper Valley, with the Bradford-based Cohase 48 Hour Film Slam as its focal point. Founded in 2010 by Newbury resident Richard Waterhouse, the slam competition has proved to be a fertile incubator for local film talent.

The bulk of the “Little Beeri’s” company — most of whom are in their twenties or thirties — consists of veterans of the contest. “Little Beeri’s” shares its cast and characters with “Journey to the American Cinema,” an award-winning nine-minute short created for the slam by the film team Now Shooting. The earlier short was codirected by Ingbretson and Evan Marsh; Griesemer wrote the story and served as assistant director.

For “Little Beeri’s,” Griesemer and Ingbretson also recruited members of

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rival film slam teams. Crew members Drew Peberdy and Chico Eastridge are part of Team Malone. Assistant director Liam O’Connor-Genereaux — whose feature-length rock opera Zephyr premiered in May at the White River Indie Festival — is from a team called WalrusDice Productions.

Waterhouse, who also founded the Green Mountain 48-Hour Film Slam in Montpelier, said he’s pleasantly surprised by how successful the Bradford event has been in connecting Upper Valley filmmakers of all ages. “It brought together a lot of people that may never have known that each other existed,” he said.

Griesemer, who will turn 69 next month, compared the current youth movement in Upper Valley cinema to his experiences as a young theater actor in the 1970s. In those days, he moonlighted with the Parish Players in Thetford while working as a reporter for the Valley News.

“Nobody could make movies [in the 1970s], because nobody could afford the equipment,” he recalled. “But everything flipped with video and digital technologies, and now everybody’s making movies

and hardly anybody’s making theater anymore.”

On the morning Seven Days visited the makeshift film set of “Little Beeri’s,” the cast and crew were busy preparing for one of the movie’s most important sequences.

It’s a crane shot of the approaching wagon that introduces the family and its imposing matriarch, played by Griesemer’s wife, 67-year-old Faith Catlin.

Griesemer noted that everyone involved with the shoot was participating on a volunteer basis. “People have taken vacation to do this, so they’re a pretty devoted bunch,” he said.

The company’s members hail from various small towns near the Connecticut River in Vermont and New Hampshire. Its overall spirit is one of selfless collaboration, with cast and crew wearing as many hats as needed. Ingbretson also served as director of photography. Marsh constructed the wagon in addition to playing the father of Little Beeri, who’s portrayed

by Marsh’s 18-year-old cousin, Deric Farris. Composer Matt Summers doubled as a foot soldier. Digital media specialist Eastridge performed various grip duties.

He was also tasked with making peanutbutter-and-jelly sandwiches.

On a movie with a $2,000 budget, using an actual film crane in that key introductory shot was out of the question. The solution involved suspending Ingbretson from the boom of a bucket truck with a rope-and-pulley system.

Three wranglers slowly lowered him as the wagon approached, and the camera shifted from a long shot to a close-up of Catlin. In a manner typical of Brecht’s practice of epic theater, the actor then broke the fourth wall and sang a bawdy marching tune directly to the camera.

The company had made three unsuccessful attempts at the tricky shot before darkness fell on the previous day. At 10:14 a.m., after more than two hours of prep work, the scene was set for another one.

“Roll fog,” O’Connor-Genereaux ordered into a walkie-talkie. As smoke wafted from the wagon’s stovepipe and an abandoned barn in the distance, the AD barked, “Action, everyone.”

The wagon approached, and the wranglers lowered Ingbretson, the camera harnessed to his torso. Griesemer started Summers’ music track, which resembles a

Your Vermont home for custom design and jewelry repair since 1975. cross between Eastern European Romani music and Weimar-era cabaret songs.

The wagon hit its mark, and Catlin belted out “Mother Beerishma’s Song,” which begins: “Bodroyov in slopsin / Kondittor ron boskin / Belonga par onzoy domo ooff.” According to the script, that translates as “Drop your cocks / And pick up your socks / Your sergeant calls to you.”

Cut. Griesemer and Ingbretson huddled under a blanket to watch the digital rushes on the camera screen. The verdict: Catlin was briefly underlit and the song started too late. Time for another take.

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With the lunch hour fast approaching, O’Connor-Genereaux informed Griesemer and Ingbretson that they had time for just one more attempt at the “Little Beeri’s” opening crane shot. Any further tries would force them to drop a different shot from the film altogether.

Take five had again been foiled by poor music synching. Take six was nearly perfect, but Catlin briefly moved out of the light.

The wagon was rolled into its starting position. The actors took their places.

The fog machines started billowing.

“Action!” the assistant director called.

This time everything clicked.

Griesemer started the music earlier. The lighting never faltered. Catlin sang her heart out.

“It will work,” Griesemer announced to no one in particular when the scene ended.

There was no time for backslapping, though. O’Connor-Genereaux told the codirectors they had five minutes to plan the next shot.

Griesemer knelt and began tracing lines in the dirt. Using pebbles as stand-ins for the actors, he and Ingbretson blocked the scene, which involved the pickpocketing of a soldier. In less than five minutes, they had their shot, and the “Little Beeri’s” cast and crew marched down the road to the next camera setup. m

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The past year has been a busy and creative period for Griesemer and Catlin.

On November 10, season one of their web series “Parmalee” went live. It’s a dark comedy about the small-town scandal that erupts after a webcam accidentally captures footage of a local suicide. A group of teens posts the clip online, and it goes viral.

Griesemer codirected the series and served as head screenwriter. Catlin handled the bulk of the producing duties, while Waterhouse codirected; both also played supporting roles. Matt Bucy, a prominent real estate developer in White River Junction, was director of photography and editor.

The quartet literally formulated the story at Griesemer and Catlin’s kitchen table. “It used to be that maybe knocking over gravestones was the worst that a bunch of knucklehead kids in a small town might do,” Griesemer said. “And now it can be something like this, which is less physical damage but can have way more horrible implications.”

Bucy noted that season one of the series was originally conceived as four distinct episodes. He edited them into a single piece for exhibition at this year’s White River Indie Festival, where “Parmalee” played to a full house.

“One of the great things about doing local films is that, for every person you engage in the film, they’ll bring, like, five people to watch it,” Bucy said with a laugh.

Waterhouse, who teaches film acting at Brown University, said he was particularly impressed with the community engagement of Lyme, where a good chunk of the series was shot.

“All of Lyme just basically opened themselves up to us because of John and Faith,” Waterhouse said. “Lyme was our studio, so that was just incredible. I mean, the police department would, like, pull up in a car when we needed one.”

The “Parmalee” pilot was shot on a $6,800 budget, mostly self-funded

by the filmmakers. The cast includes Waterhouse’s husband, Dan Butler, who’s perhaps best known for his role as macho sports-radio host Bulldog Briscoe on the TV series “Frasier.” Norwich resident Gordon Clapp, who appeared as a detective in all 12 seasons of “NYPD Blue,” plays the police chief of the fictional Vermont town of Parmalee.

Season one ends in cliff-hanger fashion, with several narrative threads left hanging. Griesemer estimated it would take a minimum of $10,500 to start production on a second season. Just in case benefactors emerge, he’s already begun writing scenarios.

Bucy is skeptical that season two will ever get off the ground.

“I would be shocked if it happens,” he said, citing doubts about fundraising prospects. But, he quickly added, “If John and Faith are game,” and the money materializes, “I’ll definitely be there to shoot it and work on it.”

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Book review: Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In, Sen. Bernie Sanders

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ll books have lags between writing and publication, but rarely has that delay weighed as heavily on a book as it does in the case of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In. The senator’s political autobiography and wonkapalooza — a follow-up to his 2015 Outsider in the White House — covers events up until late September of this year. That timetable permitted publication in mid-November, probably reflecting Sanders’ desire that his radical agenda be included in national conversations while a moderate Democrat — Hillary Clinton — prepared to assume the presidency.

That’s not how things turned out, of course. And Donald Trump’s shocking victory profoundly affects perceptions of the recently released tome by the former presidential candidate.

More than half of the book is devoted to detailed examinations of issues the socialist senator has long emphasized, among them economic injustice, “horrendous trade policies,” affordable health care and higher education,

climate change, social protections, and corporate control of mass media.

Sanders’ prescriptions for change would have read like a set of (somewhat) realistic aspirations with Clinton in the White House. On the threshold of the New Dark Age, however, they come across as high-minded fantasy.

Readers will be left yearning for a Sanders analysis of why Trump won (an issue he addressed in a subsequent speech), along with, perhaps, a rant on the illegitimacy of an outcome in which the “loser” gets 48 percent of votes cast and the “winner” gets 46.7 percent. The book offers militant Bernie bros no guidance on how to play their Sisyphean roles during the next four years, either.

The cramped publication schedule of Our Revolution lends it a rushed quality. There’s no index — and, still more

unfortunately, Sanders’ prose reads like a speech transcript. Because no ghostwriter was involved, the book does have an authenticity of voice; it’s a prime display of the senator’s characteristically compelling, and hectoring, tone.

Members of Sanders’ audience familiar with his Vermont political career and presidential campaign won’t find any revelations in Our Revolution. The book does, however, include a few interesting spins within its standard narrative.

Sanders emphasizes his Jewish identity in a passage in the book’s brief section on his Brooklyn childhood, titled “How Do We Turn Out the Way We Do?” Most of his father’s family perished in the Holocaust, he notes, and “I remember crying whenever I saw photos in a book on the destruction of the Jews.”

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to that calamity in Germany, Sanders makes an unintentionally eerie reference to “the rise to power of a rightwing lunatic in a free election.”

This narrative also provides a tellingly psychoanalytic take on how financial struggles at home affected Sanders and his older brother, Larry. “There were arguments and more arguments between our parents. Painful arguments. Bitter arguments. Arguments that seared through a little boy’s brain, never to be forgotten.”

Sanders’ political education was furthered by the 1957 departure to Los Angeles of his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers. Owner Walter O’Malley’s “devastating decision to rip the Dodgers out of Brooklyn in order to pursue greater profits on the West Coast was, I suspect, one of my first observations regarding the deficiencies of capitalism.”

We’re informed, too, of the lifechanging significance of a summer Sanders spent at a camp in upstate New York as a 13-year-old. “It turned out that I really liked country living,” he writes.

“I doubt very much that I would have ended up in Vermont, one of the most rural states in the country, if I hadn’t gone to Scout camp.”

Sanders’ romantic life in young adulthood merits a few sentences. After marrying University of Chicago classmate Deborah Shiling in 1964, he recounts, he spent $2,500 of the “bit of money” he

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BOOKS inherited from his father to buy 85 acres of woodland in Middlesex, Vt. By 1968, he was divorced from Shiling and living with Susan Mott, whom he had met while working at a Head Start program in New York. “On March 21, 1969, our son, Levi Noah Sanders, was born in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont.”

Then the autobiographical part of the book briskly moves on to the author’s

TWO PASSAGES FROM OUR REVOLUTION I learned a lot living in Stannard. I learned about the beauty of walking on quiet dirt roads, seeing deer in the fields, and finding paths that led to the remains of old farmhouses that had not been occupied for decades. I learned about the friendships established when you live in an isolated community—five miles from the nearest store or gas station. People need people, and that developed a different type of community than I had previously known.

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million donors, he earned 13 million votes in the Democratic primaries and caucuses, carrying 22 states and winning 46 percent of pledged delegates to the nominating convention. He accomplished all this, he rightly points out, by contrasting his revolutionary messages with the more-of-the-same positioning of his party and the Clintons’ powerful political machine.

Sanders’ book, like his campaign, is a purely domestic affair. Amid all his speeches and page after page, chart after chart devoted to issues, there is almost nothing about foreign policy. Sanders does criticize Clinton’s poor judgment on momentous matters such as voting for the War in Iraq. But he’s silent on what a President Sanders would have done about ISIS, China, Africa and Israel/Palestine.

One final criticism: Our Revolution is an ill-advised title for both the book and the movement Sanders leads. The possessive case might be read as excluding anyone who was not already on board.

And such an approach is especially wrongheaded in the time of Trump, when it’s essential to unite all who can be united.

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political career — and stays there.

Again, a lot of what Sanders relates regarding his mayoral years in Burlington will present no surprises to Vermont readers, perhaps even those born after he took office in 1981.

This account, however, omits mention of the Alden Plan for waterfront development that pitted Sanders in a losing fight against Burlington’s green left.

The book’s section about his decision to run for president likewise contains no news, and much of it reads like a monotonous travelogue. It’s a potted tale, except for the confession that his wife, Jane, “was not enthusiastic about the idea of a presidential campaign.

Never was.”

Jane gets a happy ending of sorts, however, in a subsection of the book that might have been titled “Breakfast at Denny’s.” One Sunday morning at Denny’s in South Burlington, Sanders recalls, a customer thanked the senator for helping him procure veterans’ benefits and urged him to run for president. Like Truman Capote’s Holly Golightly gazing into Tiffany’s display window, Jane suddenly had her eyes on the prize. “Jane started crying,” her husband writes. “She now knew what we had to do.”

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ou wouldn’t guess James Becker’s profession by looking at him. He’s got an approachable yet rugged aesthetic — a full, lightly groomed beard, outdoorfriendly apparel and an easy smile. The 35-year-old’s business is distributing mainstream and adult novelties, and it is booming.

Becker owns an operating company called Gizmocup, which in turn has stakes in a few other companies co-owned by his New Jersey-based partners. He manages his various daily tasks — relationships with factories, buyers and sellers — from the comfort of his home in Williston.

One of the companies Becker co-owns is FancyPants FunTime, all of whose products were conceived by Becker and his cohorts. They sell their novelties to wholesalers and retailers across the country. Silliness is a theme in their inventory: One item is a plastic pizza pocket designed to be worn around the neck. Because you never know when you’ll crave a slice of pizza.

Another company Becker co-owns is called Wells Trading. If the name is nondescript, the merchandise isn’t. Wells specializes in bachelor, bachelorette and “sex party” novelties, such as a Skinny Me Strap-On — a wearable dildo marketed as especially useful for first-time anal sex — and penis- and breast-shaped gummy candies.

Four years ago, Becker and his wife moved to Vermont from Miami to provide “the best possible life for our kids,” says the father of three. They live in a refurbished cabin, volunteer year-round at New Village Farm in Shelburne, raise meat birds and spend almost every day together.

Before living the dream in Vermont, Becker made a living as a product liability defense lawyer in Florida. “I was defending the designers, distributors and manufacturers of products that were involved in deadly or catastrophic injury,” he says. “It was stressful; there were a lot of pressures in that job. It was intellectually rewarding … [but] it just wasn’t fun.”

So when he was assigned a contract that was, as he puts it, “portable,” Becker took the opportunity to relocate his family. The contract ended after a year, and he applied to local law firms to no avail. “It was a wake-up call for me that I

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needed to focus on other things,” Becker says. “I wouldn’t change [that].”

For supplemental income, he took a remote job with some former classmates from Rutgers University who were sourcing and reselling electronics — specifically, GPS units and cameras. Becker helped build their business, but eventually the group realized that selling tech just wasn’t viable.

“Electronics — that’s an industry that’s very susceptible to trends, and also to competition,” Becker explains. Manufacturers and other resellers were always outperforming, driving prices down and coming out with newer products. So he and his partners pivoted to selling mainstream and adult novelties. “There was some overlap in our buying base, and my partners had been previously involved in that industry as well, so they knew people,” Becker says of the leap.

Gizmocup’s best sellers in the mainstream market are traditional prank items, he notes: stink bombs, fart bombs, fake dog doo-doo. Why focus there? “For us, it’s low-risk, moderate investment, but very few upset customers,” Becker says.

“My buyers never complain to me about a case of spoiled fake dog doo-doo.” For the

most part, people know what they’re getting when they purchase novelty items, he adds.

With the adult products, things get a little more … interesting. And penis oriented. Because, apparently, that’s what bachelorettes enjoy at their parties. Penisthemed gummies, penis shot glasses, penis necklaces, penis straws — you name it, there’s probably a priapic version of it, and Becker is probably selling it.

Some of the phallic items, such as the straws, glow in the dark. Because “you don’t want to lose that at the club,” Becker says with a grin. “I can’t speak to the motivation,” he adds, “but I can speak to the demand. People love it.”

Becker’s brain operates this way: He sees a demand, and he meets it. Consider his beer koozies, aka insulated can holders. Becker designs them, has them manufactured in China and markets them through the FancyPants FunTime brand.

He has a spinach can koozie (à la Popeye), a paper-bag-themed koozie and a Huy Fong Sriracha koozie, which will soon hit the market.

In light of recent events, Becker is working on a new product: the most patriotic koozie ever created. The item is, as he

puts it, “in response to loving America.”

This koozie will bear the images of 365 flags — one for each day of the year — and two bald eagles holding M16 rifles, with George Washington in the middle. The final touch is the slogan: “America: Great Since 1776.”

Some might consider that a tasteless appropriation of right-wing imagery for financial gain, but to Becker it’s just another opportunity to support the life he loves. “It’s a function of our society that [the M16] exists,” he comments, “and the people that are buying my ‘most patriotic koozie ever’ appreciate that aspect of our society.”

As for Becker, he’s got plenty of appreciation for the community he’s found in Vermont, and for the setup that allows him to do business remotely — selling primarily to large companies out of state.

“The things that I’m focusing on with my dealings here,” Becker says, “are treating people nicely, trying to be involved with the community and being present.”

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ast week in these pages, Suzanne Podhaizer offered tips and tricks — gleaned from her years as chef-owner of Montpelier’s Salt restaurant — to help holiday hosts minimize their pre-feast stress. But in most families, preparing Thanksgiving dinner takes a village. Grandma knows she can count on Aunt Anne to bring the bean casserole, while sister Kristine invariably supplies the pies.

While hosts inevitably do most of the heavy lifting, those of us who sup at someone else’s abode must often do a little legwork, too. Maybe you’ve been asked to contribute a predinner snack or side dish; perhaps you’re responsible for salad, dessert or bread. But maybe you missed the memo until now. Or perhaps you put off preparing anything in favor of banging out your workweek in three days.

Whatever the reason for your holiday food emergency, we’re here to help. Below are five feast-y saves, ranging in complexity from fancy popcorn to easy bread pudding, which you can prep in half an hour or less.

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When KISMET chef-owner CRYSTAL MADERIA and butcher JULES GUILLEMETTE reopen the doors of 207 Barre Street in Montpelier later this month, they’ll straddle the gap between café service, retail and takeout. Their new venture, BEAU BAKERY + BAR, will be at once a butcher shop, delimarket, café and bar.

“This’ll be more of a classic European-style deli,” Guillemette tells Seven Days.

Sandwiches stuffed with local meats and seasonal vegetables will be available to go or to eat in-house. The same goes for bone-based and vegetarian broths, which guests will be able to load up with noodles, braised meats and fermented vegetables.

Guillemette’s experience includes making deli meats for the FARMHOUSE GROUP’s erstwhile Guild Fine Meats deli-butcher shop and managing the kitchen at VERMONT SMOKE & CURE. The butcher will stock Beau’s meat cases with hand-cut beef, pork and poultry,

purchased as whole animals or sides from Vermont farms such as LAPLATTE RIVER ANGUS FARM, VON TRAPP FARMSTEAD and MAPLE WIND FARM. To drink, the new spot will offer Prohibition-style cocktails that showcase Vermontmade spirits and build on Kismet’s bar program, which Maderia has been fine-tuning for the past several years. The duo will also pour natural, organic and biodynamic wines by the glass and — once a second-class liquor license goes through — sell them in the retail section.

That shop will also offer chef-quality kitchen tools and vintage cookware, serving-ware and utensils.

Maderia says to expect a constantly changing array of edibles, ingredients and implements. “So you could come three times a week and find something [new] each time,” she says, adding that each day’s spread will offer eats for both omnivores and vegetarians.

And, most importantly, Maderia adds, “It’ll always be delicious.”

as soon as he receives his labels, most likely next week. The next features lichen and turkey-tail mushrooms. Then comes a three-sisters combo with beans, squash and corn.

Wunderkammer is not a brewery but a distribution company, notes Gletsos, who is keeping his full-time gig. “I gather my ingredients and brew here [in Greensboro] as an employee of Hill Farmstead and sell to [Wunderkammer],” he explains. “I’m looking to have fun, not necessarily to be a brewery owner. If I can keep it light, that will keep it creative, too.”

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then add salt and pepper to taste.

Scoop into endive boats or romaine hearts and top with fresh, thinly sliced radishes.

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For every person you need to serve, you’ll need a fist-size portion of winter squash — two medium delicata or one large butternut, buttercup or red kuri will feed four to six people. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Split the squash in half and scoop out the seeds. Place a hefty pat of butter or coconut oil in the cavity of each squash, plus half a cup or more of maple syrup.

Place cavity-side up in a baking pan and bake 30-45 minutes or until squash softens. (Large Hubbards or butternuts may take longer.) Allow to cool, then scoop the flesh away from the skin and into a large bowl. Mash until the squash reaches mashed-potato consistency, then add salt, more butter and maple to taste.

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Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and coat a 2-quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray or vegetable shortening. In a large bowl, whisk 1 cup maple syrup, 3/4 cup milk, 1/2 cup half-and-half, 6 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add 8 cups cubed bread (crusts removed) plus 1 cup soft, chopped dates (pitted). Stir to combine, breaking up clumps of dates. Transfer to the baking dish, cover with foil and bake 45-50 minutes or until the center starts to puff. Remove foil and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of turbinado (raw) sugar (optional). Increase heat to 350 and bake another 15 minutes or so until the top is golden and crusty. Cool 20 minutes before serving.

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COOKING GOTCHA DOWN? On your way home Wednesday evening, grab a ready-made Thanksgiving miracle.

Burlington: City Market/Onion River Co-op At the hot bar or in plastic to-go containers from the grab-and-go cooler, find sour-cream mashed potatoes, garlic-sesame braised local chard, apple-fennel cornbread stuffing green bean casserole and marshmallow sweet potatoes, along with a dozen other soups, salads and sides. Also, pies from local vendors including Champlain Orchards, Krin’s Bakery, La Strada Bakery and others.

Sides, grab-and-go, $3.49-8.99 per pound; hot bar, $7.99 per pound; pies: $6.99-21.99.

South Burlington: Healthy Living Market & Café From the prepared foods department, snag from-scratch pies (pumpkin, apple, pecan and maple cream, among others) and sides such as herbed stuffing, roasted yams and mashed butternut squash or potatoes. Pies, $18-20; sides (pints and quarts), $6-18.

Jeffersonville: The Farm Store In mid-October, this market moved to a new space at 168 Main Street, just up the street from its former address. Though awaiting permits for its commercial kitchen, the shop is well stocked with Vermont cheeses and meats to populate a last-ditch appetizer spread. It’s also abundant in pies, dinner rolls and breads from Eastman’s Bakery in Fairfax and gluten-free choices from Jeffersonville’s Aunt Kaky’s Kitchen. Traditional fi lings include pumpkin and apple, while peachraspberry, caramel-nut and chocolate cream round out the more unusual offerings. Pies, $14-20.

Montpelier: Hunger Mountain Co-op Earlier this month, the co-op launched a pie program. Daily shoppers can now fin pastry crusts brimming with local and organic fruits, nuts and other fi lings. Thi week’s pies include blueberry, pecan, apple and pumpkin. In addition, Wednesday’s hot-bar menu will supply Thanksgivin standards such as mashed potatoes and mushroom-onion gravy, along with steamed kale, broccoli and savory corn pudding. Pies, $15-20; hot bar, $8.59 per pound.

Newport: Newport Natural Market & Café; Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center At Newport Natural, find pints and quarts of apple-cranberry stuffing, garlicky mashed potatoes, turkey and gravy, along with other autumnal hot-bar fare. A few doors down inside the Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center, Jocelyn & Cinta’s Bake Shop offers dozens of pies ranging from apple and pumpkin to unconventional options such as blueberry, coconut cream, lemon meringue and mint. Sides, Newport Natural, $5.9912.99 per pound; pies, Jocelyn & Cinta’s, $12-14.

White River Junction/Hanover and Lebanon, N.H.: Co-op Food Stores Upper Valley residents can swing by any of the Co-op Food Stores’ three locations for predinner snacks such as artichoke dip, veggie-and-dip platters and ready-made shrimp cocktail. Sides include mashed local potatoes, buttery spiced winter squash, green beans almondine and cranberryorange relish, along with turkey, gravy and stuffing. Sides, $3.99-7.99 per pound.

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Economic Development Corporation, received a $25,000 Building Communities Grant from the state’s Regional Economic Development program.

The grant will support the Shacksbury crew’s expansion and relocation to a new tasting room in the Kennedy Brothers building in Vergennes. And, adds co-owner COLIN DAVIS, it will help them buy a brand-new apple press.

“The ACEDC is fantastic at what they do,” Davis continues.

“Without them, we never would have known about this grant, let alone applied for it.”

Shacksbury lovers will see the new apple press in action when the cider makers open their doors in summer 2017.

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Also on Tandem’s winter schedule are visiting-chef takeovers, including a family-style Eritrean/Ethiopian meal by chef ALGANESH MICHAEL and a Polish dinner from well-known pierogi maker LUIZA BLOOMBERG. On December 2, a Chocolate Walk holiday event will feature more than two dozen Vermont craftspeople, and, on December 23, Tandem will host its first Lumen Festival pig roast, fronted by LUKE STONE of CLOUD 9 CATERERS. To keep track of the goings-on, visit Savouré Soda’s Facebook page or join the Tandem mailing list.

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for happenings such as TANDEM NIGHT MARKET, a Thursday evening summer farmers market.

And it’s a production kitchen for its owners, craft soda maker JESS MESSER of SAVOURÉ SODA, JAM AND PICKLE and caterer LAUREN GAMMON of NOMADIC CHEF CATERING. Gammon and Messer aren’t hibernating this winter — instead, they’re organizing a wealth of events to busy the community through the holidays and into the New Year. “The Vermont craft-food scene and its viability is endlessly fascinating to me,” says Messer, “both as intellectual exercise and a real-world enterprise.” The point of Tandem, she says, is to highlight small-scale local producers in a malleable communal space.

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hen Shiel Worcester graduated from high school, her plan was to be a nurse. Her mother, a nurse by profession and a cook by passion, was “perhaps the influence there,” she says over coffee at Maglianero Café in Burlington. We’re talking on a chilly Tuesday the week before Thanksgiving, a holiday that, for many bakers, ends a weeklong twilight zone of rolled piecrusts, peeled apples and pumpkin filling.

Worcester spent eight months at Pace University in New York City “before realizing nursing wasn’t what I wanted to do,” she says. She moved back to her hometown of Cabot, where “the easiest job I could get at the time was in the kitchen.” Thus Worcester embarked on what would become an enduring pastry profession. Her first gig was at Rainbow Sweets, the European-style bakery in Marshfield.

“I enjoyed what I was doing there,” she recalls. “Well, I had no idea what I was doing, but I liked it.”

Chef Shiel Worcester AGE: 28 POSITION: Baker-owner of Jam Bakery LOCATION: Burlington CUISINE TYPE: American-style pastry with a

creative twist EDUCATION: New England Culinary Institute, Baking and Pastry Arts

Worcester opted to pursue her burgeoning passion in pastry school, a training environment, she remarks, where it’s “OK to try new things and screw them up.” A NECI degree in baking and pastry arts led her to an internship at the now nationally famed Momofuku Milk Bar, a New York City bakery that perfects classic techniques while giving them a creative spin. Think corn cookies and grapefruit pie.

After a year in New York, Worcester moved to Burlington. There she gained a couple years’ experience on the pastry team at Hen of the Wood — completing a trio with Andrew LeStourgeon and Amanda Wildermuth, the Hen alumni who now front Burlington’s Monarch & the Milkweed. In January 2014, Worcester launched a Kickstarter campaign to start her own business, a mobile eatery called Jam Bakery. She raised nearly $7,000 by 2015, enough to purchase and remodel the ’97 Ford Econoline she currently uses as the Jam Bakery storefront.

Perhaps you’ve spotted the van at events such as ArtsRiot’s Truck Stop, or

SELECTED EXPERIENCE: baker, Momofuku Milk Bar, New York City; pastry chef, Hen of the Wood, Burlington; baker, Sweet Simone’s, Richmond.

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scones and biscuits; seasonal Pop-Tarts; buckwheat brownies; Chocked Full cookies (oats, raisins, coconut, chocolate, peanut butter, honey-roasted peanuts); ˜ anksgiving pies, including apple-almond, honey-chai and gluten-free pecan

pulling up to local hubs such as Onyx Tonics Specialty Coffee, Nomad Coffee and Maglianero Café to drop off weekly pastry deliveries. Worcester caters weddings, too.

In a brief break from holiday baking, she sat down with Seven Days to talk Thanksgiving staples, Vermont food finds and the importance of “the why.”

SEVEN DAYS: You come from a culinary background — your dad was a chef at Sarducci’s [Restaurant and Bar in Montpelier] for almost two decades. Why pastry?

SHIEL WORCESTER: Pastry initially started out as another creative outlet for me. That [creative drive] led me to wondering about the science behind it

— the reason bread takes longer to mix than cookies, for example, or why you’ll mix something for 10 minutes instead of five. Once you know the science and technique behind [baking], all these doors open up. But you need to know “the why” first: why you do a certain technique in a certain sequence. Once you know how to make ice cream well, then you can play with recipes. Training and basic knowledge opens those doors to be[ing] creative.

SD: What’s specific to Jam Bakery’s take on baked goods?

SW: I loved working [at] Hen, but fine dining has never really been my thing. For me, I like going back to your really basic cookies, pies, cakes — that sort of thing. Not overthinking things, but doing something really well and then expanding on it. What Andrew [LeStourgeon] does is great — it looks great, it tastes great. But I’m also not that fussy. I like misshapen croissants. I like slightly burnt, chewy edges. That’s my aesthetic. That’s attractive to me.

Going into [Momofuku] Milk Bar … there are so many classic things twisted to taste unique and amazing. The corn cookies are one of my favorite desserts of all time. There’s “cereal milk” soft-serve.

It’s like somebody got really stoned and decided to whip up a bunch of food.

Being in New York is different than Vermont. [In New York], people are actively looking to try new, different things in food. Here, I think many people turn to the classics. At [Truck Stop], the thing I sold most was chocolate chip cookies.

And that’s great. It’s a staple. Maybe I’m mixing my hundredth batch of chocolate chip cookies, but it’s going to be a great batch of chocolate chip cookies.

SD: How else is the Vermont food world distinct?

SW: Growing up, my parents lived off the land. They built their own house, had a huge garden, apple trees, a weekly drop-off with a ton of vegetables.

Here, you can source food right from your neighbor. You can have a close relationship with the people you supply from. I get my eggs from Beth [Whiting] at Maple Wind Farm; she’s wonderful, and her eggs are wonderful, as well.

In Vermont, you get to know so many people just from sourcing ingredients.

There are amazing ingredients at your fingertips, and you build this network of people. That’s half the fun for me, and I don’t think other places are like that.

SD: If you left Vermont tomorrow, what Vermont things would you miss most?

SW: Eggs from Maple Wind Farm.

The experience of going to “pick your

food+drink own.” Every summer, my mom and I pick blueberries at a small family farm called Brown’s Beautiful Blueberries in Craftsbury. In the fall, we go to Burtt’s Apple Orchard in Cabot. And I’d miss bread. I’m a fan of O Bread Bakery’s seeded baguette. Also, Bohemian Bakery has this lemon-rosemary bread with salt on top … I could eat loaves of bread in one sitting.

SD: What did you eat growing up?

SW: We had a lot of food from the garden. We had chickens and goats, and my mom sometimes made goat cheese.

She loves to cook, and my dad’s worked in restaurants all my life. Occasionally, my mom would let us pick out one kind of junk food. My go-to was something like Gushers. Those things aren’t even close to being fruit-flavored.

Until recently, I didn’t realize or appreciate my upbringing in food: to eat food grown outside your home, to have your own animals. I didn’t know how special that was then. Because my parents loved to cook, we would always sit down together for dinner. Food was always a gathering place.

SD: What are three foods that make life worth living?

SW: Good bread. Scones. And vegetables — I’m surrounded by butter and sugar all day long, but I love vegetables. I love carrots and raw, shaved beets.

Or roasted beets. Thinly sliced, salted cabbage. At the end of the day, I like to shred every fresh vegetable I have and make it into a salad.

For more information on Jam Bakery, visit jam-bakery.com.

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Whisk for another 30 seconds. Using a spatula, fold in the buckwheat flour until you can no longer see it. Spread the brownies into the prepared pan and sprinkle with Maldon salt.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Allow the brownies to cool completely before cutting them. I like to cut the brownies into eight “bars.”

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SD: Do you think it’s important to have female mentors?

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SD: Whom do you look up to in the culinary world?

SW: There are many people. A woman I worked with at Milk Bar started her own pie shop in Detroit called Sister Pie. [Baker-owner Lisa Ludwinski] started four years ago, making pies from her parents’ home. This past year, she had a spread in Bon Appétit magazine.

Since beginning her business, she went from one employee to 20. She’s gotten great recognition for what she’s doing.

Seeing another female kick ass makes me happy.

[Another mentor] is definitely Joanne Chang [owner of Flour Bakery and Café in Boston]. One of the first cookbooks I bought was hers. Everything she creates is relatively basic but solid.

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SW: Tons of pies, of course. We’ll have a lot of vegetarian dishes, and the usual things from our childhood, like stuffing. I can eat an embarrassing

amount of cranberry sauce, which my mom makes from scratch every year. There’s mashed potatoes with caramelized onions in them. And pies. I’ll probably make all the pies I’m selling for the holidays. I love the pecan pie — I make mine with an oat crust — and custard pies, like the honey chai. I make a homemade chai spice and steep the blend overnight in the cream that goes into the custard.

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KNITTERS & NEEDLEWORKERS: Crafters convene for creative fun. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

health & fitness

EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: Guided practice and group conversation with Yushin Sola cultivate well-being. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 7:308:30 p.m. $14. Info, 299-9531.

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GENTLE TAI CHI: Madeleine Piat-Landolt guides students in a sequence of postures with an emphasis on relaxation and alignment. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Healthy donors give the gift of life. VFW Post 792, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Bristol St. Ambrose Parish, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-733-2767.

CAREER SERVICES: A Community College of Vermont job-hunt helper assists employment seekers with everything from résumé writing to online applications. Winooski Memorial Library, 1-4 p.m.

Free. Info, 655-6424.

NURSING BEYOND A YEAR MEETUP: Breastfeeding parents connect over toddler topics such as weaning and healthy eating habits. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-8228.

RUTLAND DEATH CAFÉ: Men and women discuss issues related to the end of life. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 7-9 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 353-6991.

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COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. Bring a dessert to share. ˜ e Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m.

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EVERY WEDNESDAY, EVERYONE TAI CHI: Beginners and longtime practitioners alike improve balance, posture and coordination through the Chinese martial art. Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Donations. Info, 862-8866.

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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VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — think produce, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: Whether you’re a foodie or a newbie, delicious, local fare is accessible to all at a year-round emporium of prepared foods, baked goods, produce, seafood, meats and cheeses.

Woodstock Farmers Market, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 457-3658.

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BRIDGE CLUB: Strategic players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722.

GINGER’S FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Students get pumped with an interval-style workout that boosts muscle strength, cardiovascular fitness, agility, balance and coordination. Middlebury Municipal Gym, 7-8 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees absorb Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 472-6694.

LUNAR YOGA/PILATES: Female-identifying students empower and tone the feminine mind, body and spirit. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 10:30-11:45 a.m. $10. Info, 779-0444.

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

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.

PERSONAL BEST RUNNER’S CIRCUIT: A small-group training class prepares athletes to meet their goals and avoid injury. Your Personal Best Fitness, South Burlington, 5:45-6:30 p.m. $15. Info, 658-1616.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: Physical and mental strength improve as the result of a stretching session for all ability levels. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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

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Green Mountain State women are a talented bunch. This weekend, dozens of local ladies put their creativity on display at the 27th annual Women’s Festival of Crafts, transforming Burlington Town Center into an emporium of unique handiwork. Those looking to buy local this holiday season can browse handmade wares ranging from jewelry to artwork to housewares to herbal products and beyond. With two days to shop from more than 80 craftswomen, patrons can bag one-of-a-kind gifts and maybe pick up a little something for themselves. Visit womensfestivalofcrafts.com for a list of participating artisans.

WOMEN’S FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS Saturday, November 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, November 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Burlington Town Center. Free. Info, meganjhumphrey@gmail.com. womensfestivalofcrafts.com

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND Friday, November 25, through Sunday, November 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock.

Regular admission, $4-14; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355. billingsfarm.org

Throwback Thanksgiving After a modern-day feast of turkey, family and football, folks can turn back the clock and take in the sights, smells and sounds of a traditional 19th-century Thanksgiving celebration. Woodstock’s Billings Farm

TAI CHI FOR ALL: Shaina Levee instructs attendees wearing loose, comfy clothing in moving meditation.

Jericho Town Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 899-4686.

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Jingle All the Way What better way to embrace the spirit of joy and goodwill than with a holiday-themed train ride to support Ronald McDonald House Charities of Burlington, Vermont? For the fourth year, festive families can climb aboard the Jingle Bell Express for a round-trip excursion, departing from Burlington’s Union Station and chugging along to Charlotte. Activities and treats such as caroling, storytelling, goodie bags, and visits from Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman make spirits bright, and appearances by Madison Cota, Miss Vermont USA, and Kelsey Golonka, Miss Vermont Teen USA, add some sparkle. The event benefits the home-away-from-home for families of kids seeking treatment at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital.

JINGLE BELL EXPRESS Saturday, November 26, and Sunday, November 27, 10 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m., at Union Station in Burlington. $25; free for kids 2 and under in laps. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org

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Step right up! Whether you’re a die-hard patron of the circus arts or simply looking for a little escapist fun, the members of 2 Ring Circus have you covered. Set against a soundtrack of big-band anthems and Great American Songbook standards, four high-flying performers present the program Cirque Le Jazz. Audience members are in awe as the New York City-based troupe defies gravity with aerial stunts and acrobatic feats.

Expect music, dancing and plenty of laughs, too. Two stagings give folks ample opportunity to feast their eyes on this dynamic and daring combination of circus arts, vaudeville and musical theater.

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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 ellness Collective, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $15. Info, 510-697-7790.

ZUMBA: Lively Latin rhythms fuel this dance-fitnes phenomenon for all experience levels. Vergennes Opera House, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 349-0026.

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MAGIC: THE GATHERING FOR TEENS/TWEENS: Seasoned players and beginners bring their cards and their friends for an afternoon of casual gaming. Turner Toys & Hobbies, Essex Junction, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 233-6102.

ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING: First through sixth graders get extra help in reading, math and science.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-8 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

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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.

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LGBTQ GENDER-FREE SQUARE DANCE CLASS: Folks with a twinkle in their eye and in their toes bring a water bottle and a sense of humor to a stepping session for all abilities. No partner necessary. Social Hall, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5-10; free for first timers. Info, dance@together.net.

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‘PROM QUEEN: THE MUSICAL’: Ontario teenager Marc Hall’s real-life battle to bring his boyfriend to prom plays out onstage in a heartfelt new work.

Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 8 p.m. $51-65. Info, 514-739-7944.

seminars

WINTER BIKING WORKSHOP: Those who wish to cycle year-round learn the ins and outs of staying safe, warm and comfortable on two wheels. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-4475.

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WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. See meetup.com for details. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8-9:30 p.m. $3; $50 for season pass. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

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WRITING CIRCLE: Prompts flow into a 30-minute freewrite and sharing opportunities in a judgment-free atmosphere. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 4-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: R&B and calypso-dancehall music is the soundtrack to an empowering stepping session aimed at confronting body shaming. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfit ness@gmail.com.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Engrossing plots unfold into fun activities for tots up to age 6. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’: Northern Stage interprets this timeless holiday classic about Ebenezer Scrooge and a trio of ghosts. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $14-64.

Info, 296-7000.

LEGO FUN: Tinkerers in grades K and up create unique structures with geometric pieces.

Youngsters under 5 require parental supervision.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6956.

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‘ROOM’: A mother and son must acquaint themselves with the outside world after escaping from captivity in this 2015 drama. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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TAI CHI FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH: Moving and standing postures focus on the core, pelvic floo , back and legs. Pre- and postnatal participants are welcome. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:15 p.m. $10. Info, 779-0444.

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COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER: Neighbors rub elbows over a spread of turkey and all the fix ings. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free; preregister for delivery. Info, 229-9151.

SWEETWATERS THANKSGIVING: The Church Street restaurant serves up a hot, homemade meal. A coat giveaway beginning at 9 a.m. provides winter attire to those in need. Sweetwaters, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-9800.

THANKSGIVING DAY FLOW OF GRATITUDE: Yogis celebrate the spirit of gratitude with an energizing vinyasa flo . Sangha Studio, Downtown Burlington, 9:30-11 a.m. $10-15. Info, 448-4262.

THANKSGIVING DAY YOGA: Participants donate or raise funds for Hunger Free Vermont, then get their stretch on with Rachel de Simone. Evolution Physical Thera y & Yoga, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $20. Info, 864-9642.

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BURLINGTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB: Veterans and new players lace up for practices and games on mixed-gender teams. Bring personal cleats, a mouth guard and a water bottle. Fort Ethan Allen Athletic Fields, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonrugbyevents@gmail.com.

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community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal.

Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.

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FIBER ARTS FRIDAY: Grown-up yarn lovers get together for tea and casual project time. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

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BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Learn new moves with Ballroom Nights, then join others in a dance social featuring waltz, tango and more. Singles, couples and beginners are welcome. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance social, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-14; $8 for dance only. Info, 862-2269.

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspire divine connections. Auditorium, Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.23, Essex Cinemas & T-Rex Theate , Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. St. Edward the Confessor, Derby Line, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

BLACK FRIDAY SEX TOY POP-UP SHOP: Rocket Erotic presents a wide range of kinky products for purchase. Ondine Salon, Montpelier, 2-10 p.m. Free.

Info, 249-4945.

CAREER SERVICES: See WED.23.

kids

ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: Little ones up to age 4 gather for read-aloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

EARLY-BIRD MATH STORY TIME: Books, songs and games put a creative twist on mathematics.

Community Room, Richmond Free Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

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.

food & drink

ANDREW WK: The musician and speaker makes a stop on his 50-state “The Power of Partying” tour to present an intimate discussion looking at the intensity of life.

ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $20-22. Info, 540-0406.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.23, 9:15 a.m.

health & fitness

ACRO YOGA: Beginners bring a friend or come solo for this acrobatic practice utilizing counterbalance, weight stacking, alignment and cooperation.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:15-6:45 p.m. $10.

Info, 779-0444.

ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

BEGINNERS’ TAI CHI: Interested individuals learn slow-set, tai chi gong, moving and standing postures, and basic techniques. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 779-0444.

BLACK FRIDAY FLOW: Holiday stress melts away during a discussion and an invigorating vinyasa practice. Sangha Studio, Downtown Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $10. Info, 448-4262.

FELDENKRAIS WITH GILLIAN FRANKS: A movement-centered class with instructions such as “Do less” and “Rest” renders participants rejuvenated.

The ellness Collective, Burlington, 7-7:45 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

NIA WITH REBECCA: An expressive workout combining dance, martial arts and healing arts strengthens the mind, body and spirit. Shelburne Town Hall, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $16; free for first-timers.

Info, 489-6701.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.23.

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‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’: See WED.23, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

HOLIDAY EVENTS: Live ice carving, horse-drawn trolley rides, mini train excursions, live performances and costumed characters keep spirits high. See shopmtp.com for details. Maple Tree Place, Williston. Free. Info, 391-8000.

‘AUTUMN PORTRAITS, SIDE BY SIDE’: Interchanging narratives tell the story of a single character in Eric Bass’ award-winning puppet show, performed with his daughter Shoshana. Sandglass Theate , Putney, 7:30-9 p.m. $13-16. Info, 387-4051.

CIRQUE LE JAZZ: Circus arts, musical theatre and vaudeville fuse in this high-flying pe formance by 2 Ring Circus. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 3 & 7 p.m. $20-45. Info, 760-4634.

‘ROZENCRANTS AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD’: Main Street Arts presents Tom Stoppard’s comedy that expands upon two of Hamlet’s minor characters. Next Stage Arts Project, Putney, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 869-2960.

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OPEN SPACE: AN IMPROVISATIONAL LABORATORY: Artistic students, faculty and community members try out ideas during an hour of silent experimentation, followed by an hour open to musicians. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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WOMEN’S FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS: Handmade wares by more than 80 local female artisans reflect a wide array of creative skills. See calendar spotlight.

Burlington Town Center, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, meganjhumphrey@gmail.com.

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ADULT COLORING: Grown-ups grab colored pencils for a meditative and creative activity. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

CRAFT FAIR & LUNCHEON: Homemade wares and a mouthwatering meal satisfy shoppers. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7943.

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FOURTH SATURDAY SWING DANCE: Participants put their best foot forward at a session set to jazz, big band and contemporary music. Indoor shoes are required. Champlain Club, Burlington, beginner lesson, 8 p.m.; dance, 8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.

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NORWICH CONTRA DANCE: Folks in clean-soled shoes move to music by Wild Asparagus and calls from George Marshall. Bring snacks to share. Tracy Hall, Norwich, beginner walk-through, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8 p.m. $10-15; donations for seniors; free for kids under 16. Info, marthadmcdanielmd@gmail.com.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.23, Essex Cinemas & T-Rex Theate , 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-733-2767.

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THANKSGIVING WEEKEND: A 19th-century celebration transports families back in time with horse-drawn wagon rides, traditional fare and themed activities. See calendar spotlight. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Regular admission, $4-14; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355.

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DECK THE HALLS: Families tap into the holiday spirit with decorated trees, musical performances, themed crafts and more. Shelburne Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular museum admission, $5-10; free for active military and kids under 5. Info, 985-3346.

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REIKI: Touch activates the body’s natural healing abilities, aiding people in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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FITNESS FLOW YOGA: All types of athletes can build strength, increase flexibili y and prevent injuries with a moderate-to-vigorous vinyasa flo .

Colchester Health & Fitness, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $15; free for members. Info, 860-1010.

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MAGIC: THE GATHERING FOR TEENS/TWEENS: See WED.23.

FRIDAY WINE-DOWN: Locals welcome the weekend with live music from Fitzgerald and Bade, palatepleasing wine and mouthwatering eats from Cook Sisters Catering. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 324-5563.

COCKTAIL PARTY: Themed beverages please palates at a weekly sipping session complete with shuffleboard. Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury, noon8 p.m. Cost of drinks; BYO food. Info, 388-3000.

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Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

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.

COCKTAIL PARTY: See FRI.25, noon-6 p.m.

UP-CLOSE WITH SLED DOGS: Animal lovers come face-to-face with the huskies of the October Siberian Sled Dogs team. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. & 12:30 & 2 p.m.

Regular center admission, $11.50-14.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. Mary Hogan Elementary School, Middlebury, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, middleburyfarmersmkt@ yahoo.com.

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INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL: Home footage of witty kitties from around the globe delights feline lovers. Town Hall Theate , Middlebury, 2 & 5 p.m. $5-10. Info, 382-9222.

WARREN MILLER’S ‘HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE’: Big names in skiing and snowboarding tackle daunting peaks around the globe in this tribute to all things snowsports. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 4:30 & 7:30 p.m. $18-21. Info, 603-448-0400.

‘WOODSTOCK’: A documentary shown as part of the Woodstock Vermont Film Series chronicles the groovy 1969 music festival. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 3 & 6:15 p.m. $5-11. Info, 457-2355.

‘YOGA HOSERS’: Two teenage girls gang up to stop the uprising of a group of sinister bratwurst in Kevin Smith’s latest release. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 760-4634.

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CHOCOLATE TASTING: With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the fla or profiles of four di ferent confections. Lake

KATIE WEBSTER: Sugary treats sustain home cooks at a book signing for Maple: 100 Sweet and Savory Recipes Featuring Pure Maple Syrup. Phoenix Books Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23.

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NORTHERN VERMONT SCRABBLE CLUB: Wordsmiths use lettered tiles to spell out winning combinations. Panera Bread, Barre, 1-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 524-1801.

‘A CHIPMUNK CHRISTMAS’ & ‘A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS’: Families gear up for the season of giving with these two animated holiday favorites. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 775-0903.

SATURDAY DROP-IN STORY TIME: A weekly selection of songs and narratives engages all ages.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m.10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’: See WED.23, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

SNAKES, LEGOS & GAMES: Scaly species from 802 Reptiles, a Lego Iron (Chef) Builders construction competition and board game bouts equal familyfriendly fun. Turner Toys & Hobbies, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 233-6102.

DECK THE HALLS: See FRI.25.

HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR: Artisans offer one-of-a-kind wares to the delight of seasonal shoppers. Georgia Elementary & Middle School, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 578-8043.

HOLIDAY EVENTS: See FRI.25.

JINGLE BELL EXPRESS: Festive families climb aboard for a round-trip ride to Charlotte. Keep your eyes peeled for Santa and Frosty! See calendar spotlight. Union Station, Burlington, 10 a.m. & 1 & 3 p.m. $25; free for kids 2 and under in laps. Info, 863-5966.

MAPLE VIEW FARM ALPACAS HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: Visitors learn about the animals and their luxurious coats, visit the mill and see fiber dem onstrations. Maple View Farm Alpacas, Brandon, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 247-5412.

PERSONAL BEST RUNNER’S CIRCUIT: A smallgroup training class prepares athletes to meet their goals and avoid injury. Your Personal Best Fitness, South Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $15. Info, 658-1616.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.23, 10:45 a.m.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.23, North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m.

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ALBANY BERKSHIRE BALLET’S ‘THE NUTCRACKER’: Local dance students join members of the Albany Berkshire Ballet in Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic.

Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3 & 7 p.m. $19-42.50.

Info, 863-5966.

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BIRD MONITORING WALK: Adults and older children don binoculars and keep an eye out for winged wonders. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 8-9 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

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TREE LIGHTING & SANTA’S ARRIVAL: Branches are illuminated to mark the start of the holiday season.

See rutlandvermont.com for details. Downtown Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-9380.

VCAM’S DIGITAL EDITING CERTIFICATION: Adobe Premiere users get familiar with the most recent version of the editing software. Prerequisite of VCAM Access Orientation or equivalent, or instructor’s permission. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 651-9692.

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THANKSGIVING WEEKEND: See FRI.25.

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WHOLE-BOOK APPROACH STORY TIME: Tykes learn how words, pictures and book design work together to complete a narrative. Phoenix Books Essex, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

GRACE EXPLORATION PLACE FOR CHILDREN: A pancake breakfast prepares pupils for Bible-themed stories, songs, crafts and games. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 878-8071.

‘JACK AND THE BEANSTALK’: Magic beans and giants meet onstage in No Strings Marionettes’ puppet production. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 11 a.m. $6. Info, 728-6464.

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AUDI FIS SKI WORLD CUP: Superstars of snow sports hit the slopes for the women’s giant slalom and slalom races. See killington.com for details.

Killington Resort. Free; $350 for V.I.P. tickets. Info, 800-621-6867.

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‘AUTUMN PORTRAITS, SIDE BY SIDE’: See FRI.25.

‘ROZENCRANTS AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD’: See FRI.25.

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Meet & greet with Jay Peak managers to review job opportunities at the resort. Light appetizers and sandwiches will be served as these job fairs fall during dinner time.

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• Free winter season pass for employee AND their immediate family • Deep discounts on waterpark day passes • Up to 50% off at resort restaurants and retail shops • Lift ticket and waterpark day pass discounts to share with friends and family

Thursday, November 24TH / 2-8pm Alice’s Table Buffet Adults: $21.95 / Kids: $11.95 Featuring items like:

VT Roasted Turkey • Maple Glazed Ham Farmers Salad • Dessert Table

Howie’s Served Dinner Adults: $19.95 / Kids: $12.95 Featuring items like:

GIVE AWAY: All those attending the job fair can enter to winter new winter gear, a lodging stay at the resort, lift tickets, waterpark passes and more.

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their families. VFW Post 309, Peru, N.Y., 9 a.m.noon. $10. Info, 518-643-2309.

ANTIQUES MARKET: The past comes ali e with offerings of furniture, artwork, jewelry and more at this ephemera extravaganza. Canadian Club, Barre, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138.

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WOMEN’S FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS: See SAT.26, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions.

Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10.

Info, assistant@centerformindfullearning.org.

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WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

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, noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0498.

MAPLE VIEW FARM ALPACAS HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: See SAT.26.

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DIMANCHES FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

DYNAMIC QIGONG: Breathing, stretching and meditative motions enhance health and well-being.

Charlotte Congregational Church, 5-6:30 p.m. $1015. Info, 238-2637.

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.23.

BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3-6 p.m. $6; free for first-timers; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.23, Essex Cinemas & T-Rex Theate , 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

CELEBRATION OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS: Be they artists, musicians, poets or comedians, three creatives share original and thought-provoking work in an intimate setting. The Inn, Montgome y Center, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 326-4391.

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LOUISE ROOMET TURKEY LANE TURKEY TROT: Runners, walkers and dogs make strides along scenic course. Proceeds benefit the Hinesburg Land Trust. Turkey Lane & Lewis Creek Road, Hinesburg, registration, 11:45 a.m.; walkers, 12:45 p.m.; runners, 1 p.m. $15-25. Info, arconord@gmavt.net.

NIA WITH SUZY: Drawing from martial, dance and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potential. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691.

WARM VINYASA: Hanna Satterlee helps yogis heat up from the inside out in a 90-degree room. Tapna Yoga, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. $15. Info, 651-8979.

ZUMBA FITNESS: High-spirited students dance toward health in an easy-to-follow fitness program set to red-hot international music. North End Studio A, Burlington, 9 a.m. $8-10. Info, 777-7032.

holidays

ALBANY BERKSHIRE BALLET’S ‘THE NUTCRACKER’: See SAT.26, 1 p.m.

‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’: See WED.23, 2 p.m.

COCKTAIL PARTY: See FRI.25, noon-4 p.m.

DECK THE HALLS: See FRI.25.

SUNDAY BREAKFAST: Rise and shine! Pancakes, scrambled eggs, corned-beef hash, sausage gravy and biscuits await. Proceeds benefit eterans and

HOLIDAY EVENTS: See FRI.25.

JINGLE BELL EXPRESS: See SAT.26.

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THANKSGIVING WEEKEND: See FRI.25.

language

SPANISH GROUP CLASSES: Students roll their Rs while practicing en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 2:45-4:30 p.m. $15. Info, maigomez1@ hotmail.com.

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LGBTQ FIBER ARTS GROUP: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 860-7812.

music

PETER YARROW: One third of ’60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary takes the stage. Town Hall Theate , Middlebury, 7 p.m. $45-60. Info, 382-9222.

UKULELE MELEE: Fingers fly at a group lesson on the four-stringed Hawaiian instrument. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m.

Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

community

OPEN HOUSE: Visitors find out what the facili y has to offer amid refreshments and entertainment.

Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 5-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-2518.

dance

ADULT AERIAL DANCE CONDITIONING: With or without previous experience, folks forge strength, grace and confidence in the ai . North End Studio B, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $15. Info, 863-6713.

ADULT CONTEMPORARY DANCE: A weekly class crescendos with expressive phrases of movement.

North End Studio B, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $12.

Info, 863-6713.

CONTACT IMPROV DANCE: Movers engage in weight sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced y 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.

sports

AUDI FIS SKI WORLD CUP: See SAT.26.

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SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The No th Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m.

Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

TEENS’ & TWEENS’ AERIAL FABRIC DANCE CLASS: Adolescents use suspended silks to integrate ground and sky with seamless transitions. North End Studio B, Burlington, 4:15-5:15 p.m. $15. Info, 863-6713.

film

CINÉ SALON: SIDNEY LUMET’S SMALL UNIVERSES: Big stories play out in small spaces in 1957’s 12 Angry Men and 1974’s Murder on the Orient Express. Mayer Room, Howe Library, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-643-4120.

MAH JONGG: Longtime players and neophytes alike compete in the popular Chinese tile game.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:45 p.m.

Free. Info, 264-5660.

health & fitness

CLEARING THE SUBCONSCIOUS KUNDALINI YOGA SERIES: Students cast off negativity during this awareness-based practice with Sukhpran Kaur.

Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $14. Info, 318-6050.

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.23.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.23.

THE SUBTLE SERIES: YOGA FOR HEALING: Gentle movements enable the free flow of energy in the body and mind, especially for those experiencing sickness, injury or fatigue. Railyard Apothecary and Yoga Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. $14. Info, 318-6050.

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VERMONT CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HERBALISM STUDENT HERB CLINIC: Third- ear interns evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions.

Burlington Herb Clinic, 4-8 p.m. $5-10; preregister.

Info, info@vtherbcenter.org.

ZUMBA: See WED.23.

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GUITAR CLASS: Notes ring out at a six-string lesson for folks in recovery. Instruments are available. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

seminars

DO IT BY BIKE: AFFORDABLE SOLUTIONS FOR MAKING YOUR BIKE MORE UTILITARIAN: Pedal pushers prepare their two-wheeled vehicles for carrying everything from computers to pets in all types of weather. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4475.

sports

PICKUP DODGEBALL: Coed groups of adult players drop in and heave balls at the competition. Orchard School, South Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $5. Info, 324-3036.

theater

MONDAYS AT THE IMPROV: Emerging entertainers express themselves through theater games and acting techniques for onstage and off. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373.

words

BOOK GROUP FOR ADULTS: The B ys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown inspires an intelligent dialogue. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581 MONDAY NIGHT POETRY WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths analyze creative works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

BABY LAP TIME: Babes up to 24 months experience color, sound and movement through stories, songs, bounces and rhymes. Richmond Free Library, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

‘THE MOTH’ STORYTELLING PERFORMANCE: FlynnArts student raconteurs debut true tales.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; limited space.

Info, 863-5966.

CRAFT FOR KIDS: Half-pints ages 5 and up pour their energy into unique projects. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 264-5660.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN BOOK AWARD READER’S CLUB: Teens chat about Vango by Timothée de Fombelle.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

KIDS’ AERIAL FABRIC DANCE CLASS: Adventurous youngsters ages 7 through 12 learn to hang, climb

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SAMBATUCADA! OPEN REHEARSAL: Newbies are invited to help keep the beat as Burlington’s Brazilian-style street-percussion band sharpens its tunes. Instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See. WED.23, North End Studio A, Burlington.

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ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

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.

PERSONAL BEST RUNNER’S CIRCUIT: See WED.23.

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STORY TIME & CRAFTS WITH CAITLIN: Engaging plots complement seasonal creative projects. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 955-5124.

MONDAY NIGHT COMMUNITY KIRTAN: Instruments are welcome during call-and-response chanting of mostly Sanskrit mantras in the bhakti yoga tradition. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Donations. Info, bpatoine@aol.com.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.23, 7 p.m.

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ROBIN’S NEST NATURE PLAYGROUP: Outdoor pursuits through fields and forests captivate tykes up to age 5 and their parents. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Donations. Info, 229-6206.

FORGET-ME-NOTS BROWN BAG LUNCH: Women ages 65 and up meet for a midday meal. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., noon.

Free; BYO lunch. Info, 518-561-6920.

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LUMINARIES & LANTERNS: Students craft lamps that will line downtown sidewalks during First Night St. Johnsbury. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 3:45-5:15 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, 748-2600.

CIDER MONDAY: Small businesses tempt shoppers with hot apple-based beverages. Phoenix Books Essex, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111. Phoenix Books Rutland, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Info, 855-8078.

Phoenix Books Burlington, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Info, 448-3350. Phoenix Books Misty Valley, Chester, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 875-3400.

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art

HEALING ARTS FOR WOMEN: Creative sessions encourage recovery through games, expression, movement and companionship among survivors of trauma. Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 685-3138.

business

UNDERSTANDING CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT: New business owners bank tips for handling their money during the first ears of operation. Valley.

Works, Waitsfield, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $20; preregiste .

Info, 391-4872.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.25.

TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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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.

PAINT IT YOURS: Creative types use paint, glitter and other supplies to put a personal twist on pieces of thrift-store art. Kids under 12 require adult supervision. ReSOURCE, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. $10. Info, 658-4143.

dance

BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: Pupils get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Fun-loving folks learn the smooth, sexy stylings of modern swing dance. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com.

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.23, President’s House, Castleton University, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

ANNUAL MEETING & DINNER: Longtime trustee Glenn Andres is the guest of honor at a gathering complete with a meal and remarks by Karl Lindholm. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, 5:30 p.m. $50; cash bar; preregister. Info, 388-2117.

‘DAZED AND CONFUSED’: Texas high school students kick off summer in style in Richard Linklater’s cult classic, set in 1976. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018.

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‘MEET THE PATELS’: Dating becomes a family affair when an Indian-American man who enters into a love triangle with his dream woman and his parents. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.23, 7 p.m.

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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.

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‘KEEPERS OF THE GAME’: Families follow an all-Native girls’ lacrosse team on their journey to a championship title in this 2016 documentary presented by the Greater Burlington Women’s Forum. A discussion follows. Burlington High School, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, btvwomen@ gmail.com.

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BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 5:45-7 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401.

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FELDENKRAIS: AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: Whether you consider it relaxing exercise or active meditation, this experience can reduce pain and increase mobility. Bring a blanket and wear warm, cozy clothes. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 9:30-10:30 a.m. $15; free for first-timers. Info, 735-3770 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.25, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

GENTLE DROP-IN YOGA: Yogis hit the mat for a hatha session led by Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 264-5660.

LENGTHEN & TONE BOOT CAMP: Dancers enjoy conditioning specifica ly for their art form with a mix of yoga, pilates, ballet barre and resistance training. Chase Dance Studio, Flynn Center, Burlington, 5:40-6:55 p.m. $15. Info, slowell@ flynncente .org.

NIA WITH REBECCA: See FRI.25.

PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery.

Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

TAI CHI CLASS — YANG STYLE: Beginners master basic postures and strengthening and balancing exercises. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 847-814-9503.

TREAD & SHED: Active bodies take to treadmills and elliptical machines for a motivating group workout. Your Personal Best Fitness, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $15. Info, 658-1616.

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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.

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FAMILY YOGA DANCE: The oung and the young at heart move and groove in a personalized class.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-6:45 p.m. $10. Info, 779-0444.

LEGO CHALLENGE: Burgeoning builders tackle construction tasks with colorful blocks. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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MAGIC: THE GATHERING FOR TEENS/TWEENS: See WED.23.

‘PETER RABBIT’: Enchantment Theatre Company brings Beatrix Potter’s characters to life through fantastical masks, whimsical puppets, stunning scenery and original music. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 6 p.m. $15-25. Info, 863-5966.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Melody makers ages 3 through 5 sing and dance into the afternoon.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: FARM ANIMALS WITH FARMER VIRGINIA: Imaginations blossom when young’uns up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

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READ TO DAISY: Budding bookworms join a friendly canine for ear-catching narratives.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6956.

STORY TIME FOR BABIES & TODDLERS: Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets arrest little

tykes’ attention. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:10-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

TODDLER STORY TIME: Good listeners up to 3 years old have fun with music, rhymes, snacks and captivating tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

language

BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20.

Info, 324-1757.

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics engage in dialogue en français.

Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 363-2431.

music

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHORUS: Vocalists with and without experience get in harmony for a holiday chorus that will perform at a Christmas concert and informal local events. St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 505-9595.

JAZZ COMBOS PERFORM: Student and adult musicians get toes tapping. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 863-5966.

OPEN JAM SESSION: Musicians follow the flo and explore sound together. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

seminars

STRENGTHS-BASED HAPPINESS: Joy-seekers learn to let their unique qualities lead them to success and satisfaction. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

sports

BURLINGTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB: See THU.24.

talks

IDEAS ON TAP: ‘EXPLORING GRAPHIC NOVELS’: Professor Daniel Fogel facilitates a discussion weaving literature, history and culture. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 262-1356.

WILLIAM TORTOLANO: The professor considers culture in “The Jewish Communi y in Italy.” Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

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ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION: Lit lovers read into The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

BOOK RELEASE PARTY & READING: Will Marquess shares passages from his collection of stories, Boom-shacka-lacka. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 4:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 654-2000.

CRAFT SESSION: CREATIVE NONFICTION: Wordsmiths give feedback on memoir, essays and journalism written by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

SEAN MORAN: Grease is the word when the actor, singer and dancer reminisces over his stint on the silver screen in The Dia y of a Movie Greaser: Remembering Grease From Start to Finish.

Pierson Library, Shelburne, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

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CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION: Environmentally conscious community members join Vermont Institute of Natural sciences for a heated conversation on global politics and climate change. Upper Valley Food Co-op, White River Junction, 6-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 359-5000, ext. 245.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.23, President’s House. U.S. Army Reserve, Rutland, noon-6 p.m.

BURLINGTON DEATH CAFÉ: Individuals meet for a thought-provoking and respectful conversation about death and dying. All Saints Episcopal Church, South Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8984.

CAREER SERVICES: See WED.23.

GIRLS’ RIDE OUT: WRENCH NIGHT: Femaleidentifying cyclists come first at a drop-in bike-repair shop where questions are welcome.

Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-4475.

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USING SUGAR SUBSTITUTES FOR FAVORITE HOLIDAY RECIPES: Home cooks learn to use Stevia, licorice root, dates and more to sweeten festive treats. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $10-12; preregister.

Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

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KIDS’ DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Experienced and novice players take on challenges to defeat enemies in this pen-and-paper role-playing game.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:45 p.m.

Free. Info, jmuse@colchestervt.gov.

ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING: See WED.23.

RICHMOND STORY TIME: See WED.23.

STEM CLUB: Inquisitive kids tackle challenges in science, technology, engineering and math. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.23.

YOUNG WRITERS & STORYTELLERS: Kindergarteners through fi th graders practice crafting narratives. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

‘ALL OF ME’: Bess O’Brien’s latest documentary explores the lives of people consumed with eating disorders. A discussion follows. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981

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‘THE ENDURANCE’: Viewers are frozen in suspense during the 2000 retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.23.

SOIRÉE CINÉ: ‘GABRIELLE’: A young woman confronts prejudice and her own physical limitations in this 2013 drama shown in French with English subtitles. Room 111, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2000.

LGBTQ GENDER-FREE SQUARE DANCE CLASS: See WED.23.

WARREN MILLER’S ‘HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE’: See SAT.26, Town Hall Theate , Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $15-18. Info, 382-9222.

food & drink

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.23.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: See WED.23.

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health & fitness

EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: See WED.23.

EVERY WEDNESDAY, EVERYONE TAI CHI: See WED.23.

GENTLE TAI CHI: See WED.23.

GINGER’S FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.23.

INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.23.

LUNAR YOGA/PILATES: See WED.23.

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.23.

PERSONAL BEST RUNNER’S CIRCUIT: See WED.23.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.23.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.23.

TAI CHI FOR ALL: See WED.23.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: See WED.23.

ZUMBA: See WED.23.

holidays

‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’: See WED.23, 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

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JAZZ VOCAL ENSEMBLE & TUESDAY COMBO: Jazz classics from the Philadelphia music scene get heads bopping. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

SONG CIRCLE: COMMUNITY SING-ALONG: Heidi Wilson leads an evening of vocal expression.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:45-8:15 p.m.

Free. Info, 426-3581.

THETFORD CHAMBER SINGERS: “For Each of Us” contains seasonal choral selections spanning fi e centuries. United Church of Strafford, 7 p.m. $8-15.

Info, 870-6362.

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sports

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.23.

SELLING TICKETS? Wyld Lyfe: A Benefit Concert for 350VT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, ARTSRIOT, BURLINGTON

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JULIE MOORE: The Stone Environmental Inc. engi neer gets to the bottom of nutrient and sediment losses in the Lake Champlain basin. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 4-5:15 p.m.

Free. Info, leslie.kanat@jsc.edu.

LOUIS DEROSSET: The professor schools listeners with “The Social Determinants of Reference, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Metaphysics.”

Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3166.

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VETERANS’ BOOK GROUP: Those who ha e served their country join Michael Heaney for a discussion of texts. South Burlington Veterans Center, 5-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 862-1806.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, ARTSRIOT, BURLINGTON

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, ARTSRIOT, BURLINGTON

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CYBER SECURITY WORKSHOP: Attendees learn how to safeguard their systems and networks against viruses, hacking and other threats.

Beaulieu Place Conference Rooms, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce, Berlin, 7:30-9 a.m. $20-25; preregister; limited space. Info, 229-5711.

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WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: CHAPTER FOCUS: Folks give feedback on selections of up to 40 pages 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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LOST NATION THEATER’S ‘IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY’: Five actors and a sound effects wizard interpret the story of a down-andout man who meets his guardian angel. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-15; free for kids under 11 with a paying adult. Info, 229-0492.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.23.

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classes THE FOLLOWING CLASS LISTINGS ARE PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. ANNOUNCE YOUR CLASS FOR AS LITTLE AS $13.75/WEEK (INCLUDES SIX PHOTOS AND UNLIMITED DESCRIPTION ONLINE). SUBMIT YOUR CLASS AD AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTCLASS.

astrology ASTROLOGY AT RAILYARD: Planetary Gods and Goddesses Coloring Book talk with author Kelley Hunter on new planets, Dec. 4, 1-3 p.m. Astrology meetup first ° u. of every month starts Dec. 1, 7-8:30 p.m. 30-minute astrology readings every Sat. 1-4 p.m. Location: Railyard, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: Railyard, 318-6050, railyardyoga@gmail.com, railyardapothecary.com.

craft GARDEN BASKET MAKING: Learn the art of basket weaving. Create a harvest basket (14” L x 11” W x 10” H w/ handle) for yourself or to give as a gift! Cost: $50/person.

Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington Garden Center, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505.

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ADULT: ABSTRACT PAINTING: Instructor: Brooke Monte. Create a visual language through abstract form, space and color. Explore techniques using a variety of mediums, including charcoal, pastel, acrylics or oils. Learn glazing, dry brush, acrylic transfers and textured impasto while discovering the basics of color theory, sacred geometry, pattern, scale and brush work. Cost: $248/person; member discount avail.; you purchase materials. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: INSTRUCTED LIFE DRAWING: Instructor: Misoo Filan. Practice the traditional art of drawing the human figure in a supportive and respectful atmosphere. With a life drawing model present ever other week, learn how to capture the human form in varying mediums and further develop your drawing skills. All abilities are welcome. Cost: $288/ person; member discount avail.; you purchase materials. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 9853648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: SHAKER HALL TABLE: Instructor: Chris Ramos. A comprehensive introduction to woodworking, this course explores basic principles of lumber selection, hand-tool and machinery usage, milling, joinery and finishing. You will build a Shaker-style hall table, taking the project from blueprint through completion, while gaining familiarity with the wood shop environment. Cost: $565/person; member discount avail. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage Tucker-Ketcham, 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: INTRO TO INK: Instructor: Misoo Filan. Learn the fundamental skills of ink drawing. Explore technical basics through observational drawing, still life, landscape and abstract design concepts.

Gain confidence with composition and surface manipulation by trying out different kinds of ink and discovering new ways to create with the medium. Materials not included. Cost: $248/person; member discount avail.; you purchase materials. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: STAINED GLASS: Instructor: Sarah Sprague. ° is class will teach you the copper-foil

ADULT: METALS 1: ° is 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. ° ere will be weekly demonstrations, including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, texturing, jump rings, forming and soldering techniques.

Instructor: Sarah Sprague. Cost: $427/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/ person for 1-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout.

Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com.

DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa.

Trained by world-famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! ° ere is no better time to start than now! Cost: $12/1hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave.,

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: $50/4-week 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 Friday a.m. in Hyde Park. ° u. in Montpelier. Most classes are in the evenings or after school. Conga classes, too! Visit our schedule and register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin; Moonlight Studios, 1670 Cleveland Corners Rd., Hyde Park. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

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BEING IN MOVEMENT: ENHANCING POTENTIAL & EXPRESSION: ° ese monthly workshops facilitate a lively interplay between inner connectivity and outer expressivity to enrich and embody your life and movement practice. Upcoming Session: Creating Landscapes.

Instructor: Sara McMahon. Cost: $25/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

LOOKING DEEPER: AN INTENSIVE FOR ADVANCED IMPROVISORS COPRESENTED BY UVM’S DANCE PROGRAM: ° ese intensives at UVM are designed to support and strengthen the skills and community of practicing contemporary dancers and dance-makers. UVM students are eligible for funding through the UVM Lattie F. Coor Endowment and the Humanities Center. For advanced contemporary dancers. Curator: Hannah Dennison. Cost: $66/person, or $120 to pair w/ Improvisation Laboratory on Sat. for a full weekend of dance. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 6524548, flynnarts.org.

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ADULT: CLAY HANDBUILDING: Instructor: Sarah Ahrens. Explore hand-built sculptural forms in clay. Design and build projects based on individual interest. Learn construction techniques and surface treatments. Supportive group discussions inform the creative process and technical skill sets. Gas reduction kiln and electric oxidation kiln are available for firing. Cost: $335/person; member discount avail. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 9853648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: PORTRAITURE: Instructor: Misoo Filan. ° is class guides students through the creation of portraits from life and from photographs using basic drawing and paint media. Students will gain hands-on experience with a wide variety of materials and techniques, including painting with a model in the final class. Cost: $258/person; member discount avail. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

WORKSHOP: TEXTURES IN JEWELRY: Instructor: Sarah Sprague. ° is workshop focuses on introducing textures to surface design. Students will learn how to use the rolling mill, create a sampler of textures and create a final silver pendant ready to wear. Cost: $163.50/person; member discount avail. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 3551818, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

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LEARN TO SEW SERIES AT NIDO: Take our two-part Learn to Sew series beginning Mon., Dec. 5, with Learn to Sew I. Learn machine basics and fundamental sewing techniques. Follow up with our Learn to Sew II class on Mon., Dec. 19, to continue building your sewing repertoire. Leave with finished projects and inspiration. Register today! Cost: $106/2 3-hour classes; materials incl. Location:

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ADULT: DRAWING: Instructor: Misoo Filan. ° is class will focus on fundamentals of observational drawing skills. Students will acquire the technical and conceptual foundation to develop their personal vision. Students will gain hands-on experience with a wide variety of drawing materials and drawing techniques, including drawing from a model in the final class. Cost: $258/person; member discount avail. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: PAINTING IN OIL: Instructor: Brooke Monte. Develop confidence in composition, color, layering and mixing using oil paints. Designed for beginners.

Students will use still life setups to explore techniques ranging from layout and surface preparation to a variety of brush work, including wet into wet, scrubs and glazing. Materials not included.

Cost: $248/person; member discount avail.; you purchase materials. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

stained-glass method pioneered

by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Begin with a project that introduces you to pattern selection and creation using different types of glass, and cutting and fitting glass pieces, then learn how to foil and solder. Cost: $365/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage Tucker-Ketcham, 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

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KIDS’ HOLIDAY SEWING WORKSOPS: Looking for a kids’ class full of creativity, making and fun? Nido’s Kids’ Holiday Sewing Workshops offer beginners the basics of sewing while constructing fun projects. Learn how to thread/use a sewing machine and create basic stitches to craft holiday gifts from zipper pouches to bracelets and accessories. Ages 9-13. Cost: $58/1 3-hour class; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St. Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@ nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

MAKE IT SEW! SERIES AT NIDO: Interested in widening your sewing machine skills beyond basic hemming? ° is four-week sewing series will introduce beginner sewers to several new machine skills and develop the foundation to move forward with solo projects.

Participants will create a drawstring bag, apron, zip pouches and more. Nido has kids’ classes, too!

Cost: $220/4 3-hour classes; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@ nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

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LEATHER BRACELETS: Participants will learn how to create leather bracelets using scraps of leather. You’ll have time to create something for yourself and gifts for your friends and family. Cost: $25/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington Garden Center, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505.

Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 8810068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

ADULT: COLOR THEORY: Instructor: Dana Heffern. Explore advanced color theory using Munsill’s Color ° eory Workbook.

Gain an understanding of ambience, atmosphere, clash, vibration and other color perceptions through guided experiments and lively class discussions. ° en develop your own style with how color can create environment, mood and a sense of aesthetics. Cost: $248/person; member discount avail.; you purchase book & materials. Location: ˜ e Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

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IMPROVISATIONAL LABORATORY COPRESENTED BY UVM’S DANCE PROGRAM: † ese intensives focus on improvisation skills and movement’s relationship to self, others, and the elements of space and time. UVM students are eligible for funding through the UVM Lattie F. Coor Endowment and the Humanities Center. Instructor: Hannah Dennison. Cost: $66/ person, or $120 to pair w/ Looking Deeper on Sun. for a full weekend of dance. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

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meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: † rough 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. † e Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Sat. of each month, 9 a.m.-noon.

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LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Connect with a new world.

We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers’ lesson package. Our 10th year. Personal instruction from a native speaker.

Small classes, private lessons and online instruction. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location:

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy Seals, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces.

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Ages 6 & up. Reservations get priority but aren’t necessary. Email, call or text. Cost: $55/cup or vase; $30/paperweight. Location: Zug Glass Studio, 168 Dickerman Hill Road, Tunbridge. Info: Zug Glass Studio, Janet Zug, 738-9602, zugglassstudio@gmail.com, zugglass.com.

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veryone has something that makes them feel joyful, connected and alive. It might be running, painting or blowing up tree stumps.

Whatever it is, hard-rocker and motivational guru Andrew W.K. calls that “partying.” In his own words, partying means “taking something you’re thankful for and showing it some sort of worshipful appreciation, in a very enthusiastic, energized way.”

If you get super jazzed about, say, antiquing, even that can be partying, apparently.

It’s been 15 years since W.K. crashed onto the scene with his debut album, I Get Wet. Its blunt-force-trauma power chords, shocking album cover and repeated use of the word “party” laid the groundwork for his musical career and persona. After several years of doing the rockstar thing, W.K. added performance art, “happenings” and speaking engagements to his wheelhouse.

W.K. is currently in the midst of a lengthy, somewhat unconventional 51-date speaking tour, titled “The Power of Partying.”

Audiences in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., ask him about his secular-spiritual philosophy or any other topic they wish.

W.K. has stated that the talks have no structure and he doesn’t use any prepared notes. His Vermont stop is on Friday, November 25, at ArtsRiot in Burlington.

W.K.’s music career has been somewhat dormant in recent years.

He has a long-awaited album in the works, which he hopes to release in 2017 — if the “party gods” cooperate. He has made countless media appearances, including interviews on Fox News, hosting the live-action Cartoon Network reality show “Destroy Build Destroy” and even reporting weather on a regional Oklahoma TV station. In 2014, W.K. started a traditional advice column in the Village Voice, which ended last year. He currently writes a more open-format column for Vice magazine.

In April 2016, he announced the formation of the Party Party, a legitimate political entity, based on W.K.’s values and philosophy. The presumption was that, if it were to catch fire, W.K. himself would end up on the November ballot as a third-party presidential candidate. However, the Party Party was dismantled after being sued by an organization with the same name.

Throughout his endeavors, W.K. has always surrendered himself to the party gods. Through serendipity and a willingness to take any opportunity that comes to him, he’s become a cultural icon.

Seven Days caught up with W.K. by phone in the middle of his tour.

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is a Syrian immigrant and leader of the classical Arabic ensemble GRUP ANWAR. If you haven’t checked out the band’s monthly Tuesday gig at Radio Bean in Burlington, I strongly recommend it — the next is December 20. You won’t hear music like it anywhere else in town. While you’re there, maybe grab a copy of the group’s new album, A Syrian Journey: From Damascus to Burlington.

Speaking of Grup Anwar, the band performed last weekend as part of the ongoing New Voices Series at the FlynnSpace in Burlington, which features a cross-section of New American musicians living in Vermont.

Curated by Saint Michael’s College music professor WILLIAM ELLIS, the series began in October with Ghanaborn rapper S.I.N.SIZZLE, West African refugee all stars A2VT and vocalist BENNY NDUWAYO, the last a refugee from Tanzania. The series continues in February with musicians from the Vermont Hindu Temple and local didgeridoo players PITZ QUATTRONE and ROBIN HANBRIDGE. The series concludes in April with the local Somali Bantu band WALINJA and Tibetan vocalist and dramyin master MIGMAR TSERING.

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For the past several years, I’ve used the Thanksgiving week column to highlight some of the things I’m personally thankful for in the local music scene, or that we should collectively take a moment to appreciate. Originally, that conceit was born of necessity.

Music-wise, the upcoming weekend is traditionally one of the slowest of the year. So stepping back for a wide-angle view is a way to eat up some newspaper real estate in a lean week.

Over the years, though, the Thanksgiving column has become more than an exercise in fluffing word counts. It’s now one of my favorite annual pieces to write. Instead of not having enough stuff to write about, I’ve since encountered the opposite issue: 1,200 words are not nearly enough to praise all of the good that happens in Vermont’s music scene.

For many this year, Thanksgiving comes against a backdrop of uncertainty, if not outright fear. I wrote last week about how finding solace in the aftermath of the election was a tall order. The same holds true for feeling grateful when so much seems so wrong.

But, as with last week, I think it’s vitally important to try. If nothing else, it will serve as a reminder of what’s at stake in the years ahead. With that in mind…

I’m thankful to be part of a community that cares. Last week, I told you about MYCELIUM MC, a local rapper who helped

to organize a Standing Rock benefit in conjunction with Central Vermont Stands With Standing Rock. I’m happy to report that the show took in $4,200 for the cause. It was such a success that Mycelium is planning a similar event in Burlington, possibly as soon as midDecember. We’ll have more details on that show as they become available.

(It is not a coincidence that we’re leading the Thanksgiving column with an item about supporting disenfranchised Native Americans.

Remember that time they fed and sheltered a group of weary immigrants who had washed up on their shores looking for a better life? Maybe it’s time we finally repay that kindness, eh?)

I’m thankful to be part of two cities, Burlington and Winooski, that are giving strong consideration to officially proclaiming themselves as sanctuary cities. Especially given the promise of the incoming president to pull federal funding from such cities, that’s a strong statement of our civic values. It has implications in music, too.

You’ll find excellent immigrant and refugee musicians throughout Vermont’s music scene. For example, ANWAR DIAB AGHA. A world-renowned composer and master oud player, Agha

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It’s not every small city that can boast the quantity and quality of musical options that Burlington-area residents almost take for granted. So, to the folks at Higher Ground Presents, Nectar’s Presents, Waking Windows Presents, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, ArtsRiot, Signal Kitchen, the Monkey House, and other booking entities and clubs and festivals, thank you.

Of course, none of what they do — or what I do — would be possible if not for another key group: you. If you didn’t support music in Vermont, all of these efforts would be moot. There wouldn’t be incredible concerts to attend, and I wouldn’t have anything to write about.

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I’m thankful that, for the last three and brightest names in reggae to the decades, Burlington has been home to Queen City. For example, Jamaican 242 Main, the oldest all-ages punk club reggae star KABAKA PYRAMID, who plays in the country. The club’s future is in Nectar’s on Saturday, November doubt as the city tries to figure out what 26, in celebration of Mi Yard’s 10th the hell to do with “Moran on Main,” anniversary. (See the spotlight on page aka Memorial Auditorium. But it’s hard 68.) to overstate how critical the basement Speaking of anniversaries, I’m club has been as a cornerstone of the thankful for the Vermont Comedy Club, local music scene. Tune in next week which celebrated its first anniversary for details on the “last” show at 242. earlier this month. In the year since it I use quotations there because I’m opened, VCC has brought in some of also thankful for the efforts of some, the hottest up-and-coming standup and most notably led by Big Heavy World improv comedy talent in the country. founder JIM LOCKRIDGE, to engage the It’s also given an increasingly vibrant city in finding ways to keep 242 Main local comedy scene a place to call home around. Burlington is a city that prides and to grow. What NATALIE MILLER and itself on supporting the arts. They are NATHAN HARTSWICK have built at VCC fundamental to our civic identity. So is one of the true feel-good stories of I’ll go ahead and add my voice to the the year. Actually, looking back on it, growing chorus of those who hope that it might be the only feel-good story of city government recognizes what a 2016. unique and valuable resource 242 Main I’m thankful I had an opportunity has been, and can be, for a segment of to interview SHARON young artists who otherwise might be JONES, which I did in overlooked.

2010. Like so many of I’m thankful for Mi Yard Reggae her fans, I was deeply Night at Nectar’s. True, you might saddened to hear of her not find me at the weekly Sunday untimely passing last residency all that often — hey, it’s a week. She was truly school night. But that’s not really one of a kind, and I’m the point. For 10 years, the honored to have Mi Yard DJs BIG DOG and been able to speak JAHSON have created an with her about outlet for fans of irie her music. island music The reason to hear some I could talk of the best with Jones, of the genre and countless and its myriad other musical offshoots. Reggae Night is a greats over the staple of the Burlington club years, is because scene. Not only that, but Mi Burlington is Yard have been responsible blessed with Sharon Jones for bringing some of the best passionate

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FOAM BREWERS: Joe Moore Band (jazz, blues), 6:30 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Steve Waud (Americana), 8 p.m., free. DJ Fattie B (mashup, hits), 10 p.m., free.

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

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Bad Year. It’s a somewhat ominous and prescient title, in light of recent national events — though it’s doubtful that was the band’s intention.

Carraway’s 2014 self-titled EP was full of the kind of guitar-heavy, angsty pop-punk that topped the alternative charts in the late 1990s.

This sound is ever present on the lead single, “Last Night.” Recently, the band unveiled The Bad Year’s second single, “I’ve Come to Love.”

Its pulsing pop beat suggests new avenues. Check out Carraway’s album release party on Saturday, November 26, at the Monkey House in Winooski. Locals BETTER THINGS and GRAND open.

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

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free. Justin Panigutti (acoustic rock), 10:30 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. Waltz Wednesday featuring Jiggawaltz, Ampevene (rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Erik Sievert (acoustic), 8 p.m., free. Joe Goodrow Trio (blues-rock), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Sammich (funk, jam), 7 p.m., free. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (hits), 11 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Rowan (celtic), 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

Fatty Shay and Friends (mashup), 10 p.m., free.

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

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Next Gen Showcase (standup), 9 p.m., free.

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

SWEET MELISSA’S: UMLAUT (Tex-Mex kraut-rock), 8 p.m., donation.

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

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MOOGS PLACE: Christine Malcolm and David Langevin (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

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CORK WINE BAR & MARKET (WATERBURY): George Walker Petit (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

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

HATCH 31: Bristol Folk Session, 6 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: The Jester Jig (rock), 7 p.m., $5. Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

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

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

MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

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

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

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

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

SIDEBAR: Jamell (R&B), 7 p.m., free. DJ .iNC (mashup), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bow Tha er (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

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OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry, 9 p.m., free.

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: George Petit (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Latin Friday Night (salsa), 9 p.m., $5.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Jazzou Jones (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

2Kdeep Presents Good Times (house, techno), 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Zach Nugent (acoustic rock), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

Bon/Fire: A Tribute to AC/DC, Chasing Days, 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m.,

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Andrew W.K.: The Power of Pa tying (motivational speaking), 8:30 p.m., $20/22.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Big Jay Oakerson (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free.

Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Mike Gordon (rock), 8:30 p.m., $25.

MONKEY HOUSE: DJ Disco Phantom and Friends (eclectic dance), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Shane’s Apothecary (rock), 5 p.m., free.

The Hitme (rock), 9 p.m., free.

PARK PLACE TAVERN: Full Circle (rock), 9 p.m., free.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: DJ Dakota (R&B, hits), 9 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Sara Grace (acoustic soul), 6 p.m., free. Talking Doctor (rock), 9 p.m., free.

ESPRESSO BUENO: Bueno Comedy Showcase (standup), 8:30 p.m., $6.

LA PUERTA NEGRA: Joe Moore (jazz), 6 p.m., free. Jazzyaoke (live jazz karaoke), 7:30 p.m., $5.

DJ Bay 6 (house), 10:30 p.m., free.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Black Friday with Mr. Yee and Bossman (hip-hop, reggae), 10 p.m., $5.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation. Blue Fox and the Rockin’ Daddys (blues), 9 p.m., $5.

WHAMMY BAR: Kelly Ravin (country), 7:30 p.m., free.

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

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

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CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Toast (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Blinie (eclectic), 9 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER’S TAVERN: Classic Rewind (country, rock), 9 p.m., $5.

PARKER PIE CO.: NEKaraoke, 7:30 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: All Request Night with DJ Skippy (hits), 10 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Sad Turtle, the Mangroves, the Snaz (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Andrew Moroz (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Danny LeFrancois (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Funhouse featuring DJ Chia (house, techno), 10 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Rowan (Celtic), 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Jen Kearney (soul, funk), 8 p.m., free.

Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Lux (rock), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Mi Yard 10th Anniversary Celebration with Kabaka Pyramid & the Bebble Rockers and DJs Big Dog and Jahson (reggae), 9 p.m., $10.

RADIO BEAN: Steph Pappas Experience (roots rock), 6 p.m., free. Barbacoa (surf), 11 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: George Petit & the House Band (jazz), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul, 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: J’Beau (indie, electro), 6 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (mashup), 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Big Jay Oakerson (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Phill ‘n the Blanks (country, rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Quadra, Phil Abair Band, Mr. French (rock), 8 p.m., $12/15.

MONKEY HOUSE: Carraway, Better Things, Gran (alternative, punk), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Timothy James Connection (folk), 5 p.m., free. Locals & Company (blues-rock), 9 p.m., free.

PARK PLACE TAVERN: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

LA PUERTA NEGRA: Michael Louis Smith Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., donation.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Andy Pitt (blues, folk), 6 p.m., donation.

John Lackard’s Blues Band, 9 p.m., $5.

WHAMMY BAR: Bird Full of Trees (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Blackwolf (acid blues), 9 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Seth Yacovone’s Real Old & Insane Donkey: A Tribute to Neil Young & Crazy Horse, 8 p.m., free.

SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Brooklyn Circle (modern jazz), 3 p.m., free.

SMITTY’S PUB: Ryan & Slim (rock), 8 p.m., free.

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When a band’s name includes a particular year, like the 1975, Night Terrors of 1927 or the Chain Gang of 1974, it’s fun to speculate as to what event from that year is so significant to its members. Take Burlington’s 1881. Are they super-psyched about the birth year of Pablo Picasso?

Maybe they really dig the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral. Or maybe they’re just stoked on the incorporation of Phoenix, Ariz. Whatever the reasoning, the band is keeping it top secret.

Camera is the second EP that 1881 have released in 2016, following Lights, which came out in April. The band’s third EP is due in 2017 — perhaps titled Action, if they follow the pattern. Camera extends the band’s lust for UK pop established on Lights. Feisty guitar riffs, gentle organ and layered harmonies recall the warmth of late 1960s/early ’70s acts such as the Beatles and the Monkees. The production is finessed with a bright, modern aesthetic,

landing near the sound of such bands as Supergrass or Super Furry Animals.

“Nightingale” starts things off at a hearty clip. As fingerpicked guitar scales repetitiously ascend over galloping drums, it seems that a new love is blossoming for lead vocalist and songwriter Rob Slater (“Out of nowhere she just flew over to me / Like my own private show / Straight out of a fairy tale”). Then he’s reminded of previous romantic failure, in part a result of his own selfishness (“Cuz my last love left too fast / Once I turned her into me”).

Minor chords add uncertainty to “Shortcuts,” which calls out a person who’s relying on external forces to quell inner turmoil (“All the money that

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about Sad Turtle’s debut studio offering — particularly given song titles such as “JFK Lady Lab” and “Johnny Razor’s Totally Normal Candy Store.” It isn’t so, however.

For one thing, every song title on the record is a “Seinfeld” reference. (“Feats of Strength,” anyone?)

More importantly, the album fosters an emotionally resonant tone. There’s an adventurous — one could even argue optimistic — drive that often lands the material firmly in the epic. Yes, tracks such as “Giddyup!” would be excellent bong-hit and video game soundtrack material. But even here, clear-eyed soul is at the core of the song, and emotional acuity helps the tune land its punch. The same could be said of much of the album.

Ruthless & Toothless continues a recent trend of excellent-sounding albums coming out of local studios. The band cut the record at Ryan Cohen’s Robot Dog Studio, which also produced last year’s well-received Black Rabbit LP, Red Flannel Hash, among other recent gems. Cohen expertly captures Sad Turtle’s quirky power, and the band sounds laser-sharp on every track.

Ruthless & Toothless by Sad Turtle is available at sadturtleband.bandcamp.com.

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occasionally float around. More often than not, though, the duo drives like a bullet train. It’s a formidable base from which to work. The guitars and keys use that foundation to venture forth, such as on “The Art of Vandalay,” which features snarling call-and-response riffs from Gaston and Fried. When Sad Turtle settle into this mode, as they do throughout the album, the resulting music can seem like a conversation in an alien language, but one whose emotional intent is universally understandable.

The knock on instrumental rock is that it can occasionally be detached or, worse, the product of some dudes who learned weird time signatures and like to write songs about anime. At first glance, one might be forgiven for thinking that

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Burlington’s Sad Turtle describe their sound as “instrumental music for people who don’t like instrumental music.” As a lover of music that doesn’t muck around with vocals, I’m not sure where that puts me on that spectrum. But Sad Turtle’s new record, Ruthless & Toothless, is a lovely, pristine chunk of goodness equally characterized by its muscular drive and an atmospheric, glassy sheen. Its gossamer web of melodies and sonic colors spins out of the interplay between guitarist Justus Gaston — who also plays drums for local rockers the Mountain Says No — and keyboardist Mike Fried.

Much like post-rock outfits Battles and Ratatat, Sad Turtle’s primary tack is finding a groove and pulling at it like taffy.

The LP’s opener, “Bidets and Confused,” storms out of the gate with its chest jutted out. Gaston and Fried ride atop Jeremy Gartner’s excellent drumwork to craft what almost could be some lost superhero theme song, reminiscent of one of the Police’s great B-sides, “Omegaman.”

Gartner partners up with his old Wave of the Future compatriot and bassist, Jake Styles, and the two have an easy rapport.

They twist and turn, bob and weave,

you earn / Is spent on tools / That get you through the day / By killing your concerns”).

Guitars take a backseat to organs on “Dead End Street.” Its clever chord progression circles around just as it seems it will resolve, tying the song’s sentiment into its architecture. The slow-burning “Adam and Eve” rounds out the EP, using the classic biblical reference as a metaphor for the pursuit of something Slater knows to be forbidden. It’s also possible that there is no metaphor, and the song is a straight musical rendition of the famed fall of humankind.

One final thing to notice about the number “1881” is its perfect symmetry, both on the horizontal and vertical axes.

Once the third EP is released, it will be interesting to hear all three side by side by side. Might there be some symmetry?

What secrets might possibly be revealed?

There’s nothing like the intrigue of something that comes in threes.

Camera by 1881 is available for download at 1881.bandcamp.com.

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

HATCH 31: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 7 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $10.

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NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., $3.

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THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: JC Sutton & Sons (bluegrass), 1 p.m., free. Old Sky Country (Americana), 4:30 p.m., free. Cup of Comedy: A Standup Showcase, 8:30 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Megan Rice (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Scene Jam (improv), 5:30 p.m., free. Big Jay Oakerson (standup), 7 p.m., $20/27.

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SUGAR HOUSE BAR & GRILL: Vermont’s Next Star (open mic), 8 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Southern Old Time Music Jam (traditional), 10 a.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free.

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (open jam), 10:30 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Jeddy, Kudu Stooge, Seven Leaves (rock, jam), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Kelly Ravin (country), 6:30 p.m., donation.

Live Band Karaoke, 8:30 p.m., donation.

RADIO BEAN: Adam Wolf (indie), 7 p.m., free. King Arthur Junior (acoustic rock), 9 p.m., free.

Latin Sessions with Mal Maiz (cumbia), 9:30 p.m., free.

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

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Family Night (jam), 9 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Burlington Songwriters Group, 7 p.m., free.

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

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MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Giovanina Bucci (singersongwriter), 9:30 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Open Mic, 7 p.m., donation.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Kelly Ravin (country), 6 p.m., free. Motown Mondays with Craig Mitchell and Fattie B, 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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

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

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

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THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Cam Will (folk), 7 p.m., free. Blackout Barbie & Svpply (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Jazz Night, 7 p.m., free.

chittenden county ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

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

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CORK WINE BAR & MARKET (WATERBURY): Chad Hollister (rock), 7 p.m., free.

middlebury area

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

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OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Jazz & Fondue, 7 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Godfather Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 7 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Abby Sherman (solo acoustic), 7:30 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN: Abigail Lapell and Dina Sipas (alt-folk), 7 p.m., free. Zachary DuPont (folk), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

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THE DAILY PLANET: Silver Bridget (saw folk), 8 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Devon McGarry (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. DJ Learic (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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

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

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Jesse Dee Residency (soul), 9:30 p.m., free. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. Zach Deputy (soul, funk), 9 p.m., $12/15.

Waltz Wednesday featuring Jiggawaltz, Lord Electro, Dokowala (DJ set) (rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Sten Bowen (indie rock, neo-classical), 7 p.m., free. Green Mountain Boys (bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., free. Chris Colepaugh & the Cosmic Crew (rock), 11 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Chris Page & Co. (folk), 7 p.m., free. DJ KermiTT (hits), 11 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Rants and Raves with Tim Dillon (standup), 9 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Turkuaz, the New Mastersounds (power-funk), 9 p.m., $20/22.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: William Fitzsimmons, Laura Burhenn (rock), 7:30 p.m., $15/17.

MONKEY HOUSE: Saxsyndrum (experimental, electronic), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Paint ‘n Sip with Liz Lawson, 6 p.m., free.

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

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Every Day Is a Holiday « P.62 SEVEN DAYS: Can you clarify your “party” philosophy a bit more?

ANDREW W.K.: I was drawn to the word “party” because I thought it was easy to grasp in terms of this idea of celebration and activated gratitude — taking your gratitude from out of your mind and into the world in some sort of physical action. I’m trying to amplify that situation and enlarge it beyond perhaps something like the weekend, or a holiday, and consider the event of being alive as worth celebrating.

SD: How do drugs and alcohol play into your take on partying?

AWK: I never mention drugs and alcohol in my song lyrics, but I also don’t frown upon [them]. Partying [isn’t] an escape from life, [it’s] a way of diving deeper in. It’s easy to block out the fact that you’re even alive at all. If you look at life as something of a burden, or as something to get through, then you tend to look for those moments of release or escape. I’m trying to build a mind-set that’s looking at the chance to exist as something worth celebrating every day. Every moment that we haven’t died is a major miracle.

SD: A lot of people are feeling overwhelming despair as a result of the election. What would you say to someone asking how to deal with the current state of affairs?

AWK: The human imagination gives us the ability to extract goodness even from the most potentially upsetting situations. [We can] do that in spite [of ], or to spite, those forces that would otherwise be looking

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

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HATCH 31: Bristol Folk Session, 6 p.m., free.

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Winged Migration After years of performing under the moniker

MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

the Mynabirds, LAURA BURHENN recently released her first tracks with her own name. She

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

had used a pseudonym, Burhenn said, because it was easier to hear people say, “I hate

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the Mynabirds,” than “I hate Laura.” In 2013, she was the touring keyboardist for the Postal Service during that band’s hotly anticipated revival tour. While Burhenn’s work as the Mynabirds was known for its retro-pop and electro tendencies, her new work leans toward folk and chamber-pop. Burhenn performs on Wednesday, November 30, at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington, supporting WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS.

to thwart our efforts to persevere. These are great opportunities to soldier on toward goodness, and to live those values that you may be frustrated that others are not living. It can be very emotionally satisfying to lash out at other people when they don’t do what you wish they would do. But that energy is probably better spent trying to develop those virtues within oneself, and to shine as much light as possible in the darkness.

SD: What if someone’s version of party is unsavory?

AWK: I’m sure there are people out there that have fun doing all kinds of things that you or I wouldn’t consider to be good or fun. There are people out there whose version of party would involve murdering other people.

I hold out hope that the very nature of humanity is based on overcoming that kind of animalistic, primal urge to benefit oneself. If you’re truly celebrating life, it’s harder to disrespect other people’s value as a human being if we’re celebrating the whole phenomenon as something beautiful and worth fighting for.

SD: What do you say to people who think voting for a third-party candidate is tantamount to throwing one’s vote away?

AWK: I understand what they’re saying. Voting for the lesser of two evils is not what democracy is supposed to be about. The situation has developed to a point, through extraordinary efforts by the two major parties, to [ensure that] voting for a third party is essentially throwing your vote away. We should be able to vote for who we would most want to be [president], and having this tyrannical domination by a binary system is ultimately not benefiting everybody. At some point, we

have to break away from that, and it’s not going to be a painless process.

SD: You’ve made countless media appearances in a variety of roles. Is there a particular role or platform you’ve always wanted to tackle?

AWK: I like hosting a lot, and the studio environment.

I would love to do something on the Food Network.

Food has something inescapably uplifting and primal in it that everybody can relate to. But I’m not a cook, so there’s the problem there.

SD: Really? You don’t have one thing you make really well?

AWK: Does macaroni and cheese count?

SD: Absolutely!

AWK: OK, there you go. I can make microwave burritos, scrambled eggs, [a] glass of water. Any glass of any beverage — I can prepare that pretty well.

SD: What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given, and who was it from?

AWK: A painter once told me, “Never let go of anger and resentment and frustration. Those [feelings] can be the most motivating.” I’ve often felt very conflicted and guilty about those bad feelings, that they were somehow underdeveloped and immature, and that I should not feel them at all. If you can use them to propel yourself into some kind of action, then you should really cherish them. m

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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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BIG PICTURE THEATER & CAFÉ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994 THE CENTER BAKERY & CAFÉ, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500

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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ASIAN BISTRO, 25 Winooski Falls Way #112, Winooski, 655-9800 BACKSTAGE PUB, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494 GOOD TIMES CAFÉ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444 HIGHER GROUND, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777 HINESBURGH PUBLIC HOUSE, 10516 Vt., 116 #6A, Hinesburg, 482-5500

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

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CORK WINE BAR & MARKET, 40 Foundry St., Waterbury, 882-8227 HOSTEL TEVERE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222 PURPLE MOON PUB, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422 THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827 SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202

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Tanya Chaly, McCarthy Art Gallery, Saint Michael’s College B Y KEV I N J. K ELLE Y

“Reservoir”

Detail of “Inhaling the Spore”

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n the time of climate change, the relationship between cause and effect can get murky. One group of absolutists blames humankind for any and all disruptions in the natural world, while another denies any human agency whatsoever. Little space is left for admissions of uncertainty.

Consider the case of the worldwide colony collapse among honeybees.

Some scientists suggest that warming temperatures may be responsible, along with a new class of pesticides that makes the pollinators more susceptible to parasitic diseases. Yet, as the New York Times reported last year, “Nobody knows with certainty why honeybee deaths are rising.”

The decline in population might have nothing to do with humans’ impact on the environment. After all, mass die-offs occurred in the animal kingdom long before Homo sapiens came along, and they could continue long after our species has left the scene. But then again…

Tanya Chaly’s poignant display of drawings at Saint Michael’s College prompts viewers to contemplate the conundrum of whether humans are

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INFO “Complex Contingencies” by Tanya Chaly, on view through December 9 at McCarthy Art Gallery, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester. smcvt.edu

causing the mutations she depicts or whether indifferent Mother Nature is, once again, just doing her thing.

Titled “Complex Contingencies,” the show encompasses scores of skillful, straightforward renderings of insects, birds and amphibians. Sheets of various dimensions are accompanied by several hand-size compositions mounted behind glass and enclosed in wooden frames. These smaller, elegantly presented pieces are grouped on two walls of the McCarthy Art Gallery in patterns resembling mechanical illustrations of molecular structures, emphasizing the theme of genetics.

Chaly provides no interpretive commentary in the form of text panels, apart from a brief introductory statement. In it, the New York City-based artist describes the show’s contents as a “scientifically assembled display of biodiversity.” Chaly adds, matterof-factly, “The viewer will discover pathologies and disease, parasitic infections and mutations.”

She also describes her assemblages of drawings as “forensic suites,” a term that suggests the artist is engaged in

crime-scene investigations. If so, she isn’t revealing the results. And that ambiguity, along with exacting draftsmanship in a tradition that includes Albrecht Dürer and John James Audubon, accounts for the strength of “Complex Contingencies.”

Chaly doesn’t tell viewers what to think — or even what they’re seeing.

Despite her opening warning of the horrors that await, no obvious maladies or malformations afflict many of the insects depicted here. Maybe an entomologist would see right off what’s wrong with these bugs, but untrained eyes probably won’t notice anything amiss.

In other pieces, however, mutations are immediately apparent. A section of the show subtitled “The Future Eaters” features a salamander, front toes missing, crawling in pitiable isolation across a white expanse. And something is terribly wrong — tumors, perhaps — with the hindquarters of a spring peeper that’s included

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in another part of the show under the ominous heading “Paradigms and Harbingers.”

The charcoal, graphite and pastel drawings hung individually in the gallery feature faintly visible puncture marks in sizable or multiple patterns, similar to those seen in Australian Aboriginal art. Chaly was born in Sydney, so she may well be familiar with, and influenced by, such geometric abstractions. The punctures also suggest an invasive presence that attracts little attention as it inflicts its wounds. The titles of some of the drawings identify the ghostly, flowery forms they depict as spores or algal blooms.

Chaly, who was awarded a residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2013, is the sort of artist who favors the subtle over the blatant.

Her art whispers rather than shouts.

And while she

refrains from tendentious messaging, Chaly is working in a political context — accentuated by the outcome of the presidential election — that will lead many in her audience to assume that human actions, and inactions, are rendering ecosystems dysfunctional.

Anyone alarmed by climate-change denier Donald Trump’s accession to the world’s most powerful office won’t find solace in this show. Which may be a compelling reason to go see it.

Contact: kelley@sevendaysvt.com

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HARALD AKSDAL: “Landscape Portraits and Other ˜ ings,” drawings inspired by the artist’s admiration for the natural world. Reception: Sunday, November 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m. November 27-December 31. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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HOLIDAY POP-UP GIFT SHOP: Annual marketplace highlighting local Vermont artists, including works and gifts by Phyllis Chase, Anne Davis, Cindy Griffith, David Kaczynski/ Khaos Jewelry, Barbara Leber, Phillip Robertson, Joan Smith and Janice Walrafen. November 29-December 24. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

KATIE RUNDE: “Etudes,” drawn and painted portraits, still lifes and photorealistic scenes.

Reception: Friday, December 2, 4-7 p.m.

November 28-December 27. Info, 828-3291.

Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

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SELMER: “Orchestrating the Truth,” a thesis exhibition of puppets and abstract expressionist paintings. ˜ ursday, Reception: Th December 1, 3-5 p.m.

November 28-December 9. Info, 635-1224. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College.

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Above: “Inhaling the Spore (detail — Caterpillar with parasitoid infestation)” Below: “New Frog”

SILKSCREEN PRINTS: Works by students of Hedya Klein’s ART318 class. November 29-December 6. Info, 443-3168. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

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PUTNEY CRAFT TOUR: ˜ e 38th annual event celebrates area artists and artisans, featuring open studios and handmade works by 22 working blacksmiths, glassblowers, potters, jewelers, weavers, woodworkers and more. Various Putney locations, November 25-27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info, 387-4032.

TALK: ‘WHAT WE KNOW (AND DON’T KNOW) ABOUT SAMUEL WOOD GAYLOR’: Curator Andrea Rosen discusses new discoveries about the elusive figure, including his role in elaborate artists’ costume balls, his folk art collecting and his connections to the Fleming collection.

Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, November 30, noon.

Info, 656-0750.

WOMEN’S FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS: ˜ e 27th annual event features wares from more than 80 local artists and artisans. Burlington Town Center, Saturday, November 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, November 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, meganjhumphrey@gmail.com.

ONGOING SHOWS burlington

‘ACROSS THE LAKE’: An exhibition of works by alumni of Plattsburgh State University of New York. ˜ rough November 29. Info, 922-3915. RL Photo in Burlington.

ART HOP GROUP SHOW: An exhibition featuring works by more than 30 local artists. ˜ rough November 30. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

THE ART HOP WINNERS’ CIRCLE: Selected works highlight winners John Douglas, Larry Bissonnette, Cara Lai FitzGibbon and People’s Choice winner Robert Gold. ˜ rough November 30. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

CAROLINE BICK: Photographs by the University of Vermont studio art major. ˜ rough December 31. Info, 865-6227. Uncommon Grounds Coffee and Tea in Burlington.

CHRISTY MITCHELL: For her solo show “IRL,” the artist takes the leap from speaking to strangers online to meeting “in real life,” and documents the process through photography, video, collage and mixed-media compositions taken from the computer screen. ˜ rough November 26. Info, 578-2512. ˜ e S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

‘DIRECTORS’ DIGRESSIONS’: An exhibition of works presented by two prominent Vermont arts leaders: Janie Cohen, director of the Fleming Museum of Art, and Sara Katz, assistant director of Burlington City Arts. ˜ rough

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‘FIGURATION’: An exhibition of paintings by Randolph artist Mark Goodwin and Contoocook, N.H., artist Lucy Mink-Covello. Reception: Saturday, December 17, 3-5 p.m. FULVIO TESTA: “Landscape and Figure,” watercolor paintings by the Italy-born painter. Reception: Saturday, December 17, 3-5 p.m. November

‘PAINT IT YOURS’: Customize and improve upon an existing piece of artwork of your choice, using paint, glitter and other supplies. Children under 12 must be supervised by an adult.

ReSOURCE, Burlington, Tuesday, November 29, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. $10 donation. Info, outreach@ resourcevt.org.

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HOLIDAY SHOW: Works by more than 100 guild member artists and artisans, including ornaments, tableware, wool and silk scarves, painting, photography, jewelry, and more.

November 25-January 6. Info, 748-0158.

Northeast Kingdom Artists Guild in St. Johnsbury.

HOLIDAY ARTISAN BOUTIQUE & SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY: Local artists and artisans share their work with the community in time for the holidays. Bridgeside Books, Waterbury, Saturday, November 26, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Info, 244-1441.

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‘MAKING MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS’: An exhibition that explores the science behind making rhythms and harmonies heard. November 25-September 17.

Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

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SABRA FIELD: An exhibition celebrating the new PBS documentary on the renowned Vermont printmaker, featuring more than 20 framed prints.

November 22-January 15. Info, 253-7677. Stowe Craft & Design.

25-February 14. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

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December 31. Info, lilyhinrichsen@gmail.com.

Flynndog in Burlington.

THE POPPYCLOCK COLLECTIVE: Collaborative mixed-media works by Burlington artists Haley Bishop Rockwood and DeAnna Kerley. Through November 30. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee, Pine Street, in Burlington.

November 26. Info, 652-4510. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington.

DOK WRIGHT: “Sammada Photographs,” large-scale images on canvas. Through December 31. Info, 864 2088. Artspace 106 at the Men’s Room in Burlington.

‘SARGENT TO BASQUIAT: UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT ALUMNI COLLECTIONS’: An exhibition of works on loan that span the late 19th to the early 21st centuries and represent some of the most influential s yles of the last 130 years. Through December 16. Info, 656-8582. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont ,in Burlington.

‘GAME PROGRAM’: Works by alumni in game art, design, programming and production work featuring concept art, playable game media, panel discussions and workshops. Through December 8. EBEN MARKOWSKI: “Gravity,” a life-size steel sculpture of a female Asian elephant inspired by the tragedy of the global ivory trade. Through December 10. JOE MANLEY: “Plug/Unplug,” an exhibition of the Champlain game design professor’s clustered ceramic wall sculptures, brought to life by digital projection mapping. Through December 10.

Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington. Info, cthompson@champlain.edu.

STEVE SHARON: Paintings by the local artist.

Through December 31. Info, 859-9222. The G lery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

VERMONT WATERCOLOR SOCIETY: The Burlington St. Albans hub of the statewide art organization shows new works by members. Through N vember 30. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington.

FRANK DEANGELIS: “Atrocities,” works by the artist who began painting just seven months ago. Through N vember 26. Info, 578-2512. The Backspace Gallery in Burlington.

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‘THE BLUES’: Exhibition of works incorporating the color blue. Through December 31. Info, 899-4936.

Jericho Town Hall.

HOLIDAY MARKET: A selection of artwork and handmade gifts for the holiday season. Through January 4. Info, 777-7777. ONE Arts Center in Burlington.

‘GREEN: A FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION’: An exhibition of images incorporating the color that we associate with money, the environment, aliens, revitalization and rebirth, juried by Sarah Elise Abramson. Through December 4. Info, 777-3686.

Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.

INNOVATION CENTER EXHIBITION: Works curated

by SEABA in a variety of mediums. First floor: Ke ley Taft, Kristen Watson, Littlest Penguin Photography, Rae Harrell, Robert Gold and Stephen Zeigfinger; second floor: Amanda ella, Janet Bonneau, John Metruk, Marilyn Barry and Pete Boardman; third floor: Donna Biste , Gaal Shepherd, Nicole Colella, SRMPhotography and Terry L. Mercy. Through November 30. Info, 859-9222. The Inn vation Center of Vermont in Burlington.

JOHN BRICKELS: An exhibition of new architectural clay works by the Essex Junction artist. Through November 27. Info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in Shelburne.

TANYA CHALY: “Complex Contingencies,” an exhibition of “forensic suites” of detailed and individually framed drawings of biodiversity by the New York artist. Upon close inspection, the works reveal pathologies, disease, parasitic infestations and mutations. Through December 9. Info, bco lier@ smcvt.edu. McCarthy Art Gallery, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester.

KATHARINE MONTSTREAM: “Snow Daze,” new snowscape paintings in watercolor and oil. Through December 1. Info, 862-8752. Montstream Studio in Burlington.

‘KEN RUSSACK: URBAN STUDIES 101’: Oil paintings on canvas of buildings and houses of Burlington’s neighborhoods. Through December 2. Info, 864 5884. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington.

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‘BIG ART, BOLD VISION’: An exhibition curated by Janet Van Fleet featuring enlargements of works by 16 artists in mall windows. Artists include Rosalind Daniels, Anna Dibble, Janet Fredericks, Jessa Gilbert, Steven P. Goodman, Wendy James, Mark Lorah, Mickey Myers, Maggie Neale, Elizabeth Nelson, Adelaide Murphy Tyrol, Arthur Schaller, Jayne Shoup, David Smith, Kathy Stark and Frank Woods. Through N vember 26. Info, janetvanfleet fairpoint.net. Berlin Mall.

LONGINA SMOLINSKI: “Reflection,” new work that presents the artist’s emotions through color while reflecting on the beau y of Vermont landscapes.

Through December 4. Info, 999-4848. Brickwork A t Studios in Burlington.

MARC FONTAINE: “45 Years Later,” an exhibition of photos representing the artist’s return to photography. Through Janua y 1. Info, 540-8333.

Sequoia Salon in Burlington.

‘OUT OF DARKNESS TOWARDS LIGHT’: New mixed-media works by Lily Hinrichsen and Karla Van Vliet, each depicting their journey from the mysteries of darkness to the illuminations of light. Throug

at Trinity College, the Norwich-based professional photographer traveled to the former USSR on a two-week trip led by Ashkenazi Jewry historian Samuel D. Kassow. “It was one of the most memorable trips I’ve ever taken,” Goodwin says, “rich with history and full of photographic opportunity.” Taken in Leningrad and Moscow as well as Tbilisi, Georgia, and Vilnius, Lithuania, Goodwin’s images demonstrate a vernacular sensibility, focusing on the region’s citizens — particularly children — as they move through city streets in a state on the verge of dissolution. Through January 13.

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‘IN PRAISE OF WATER’: Goddard College artists approach the theme of water from multiple perspectives: aesthetic, ecological, social, political, spiritual and contemplative. Artists include Richard Ambelang, Susan Buroker, Kate Egnaczak, Dan Goldman, Tom Hansell, Seitu Jones, Phillip Robertson, Cynthia Ross, Sharon Siskin, Ruth Wallen and Nanci Worthington. Through April 9, 2017. Info, 322-1604. Goddard Art Gallery, Pratt Center, Goddard College, in Plainfield IRIS GAGE: Handcrafted botanical art by the apothecary owner. Through December 31. Info,

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‘FREAKS, RADICALS & HIPPIES: COUNTERCULTURE IN 1970S VERMONT’: An exhibition that explores the influx of people and countercultural ideas to the state, from communes to organic agriculture, progressive politics to health care reform, alternative energy to women’s and gay rights. Through December 30. $5-20. Info, 479-8500. Vermont Heritage Galleries in Barre.

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‘OF LAND & LOCAL: WATERSHED’ AT BCA: The fourth iteration of the annual exhibition features new site-specific and place-based works relating to the Vermont landscape, presented by Shelburne Farms and Burlington City Arts. Exhibiting artists include Sean Clute, Cameron Davis, Al Larsen, Rachel Moore, Michael Zebrowski, John Douglas, Casey Blanchard, Galen Cheney, Mark Reamy and Gail Salzman. Through Janua y 14. Info, 865-7166.

BCA Center in Burlington.

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MATT DOUGLAS: “Pets in Tiny Hats,” a series of screen prints that explore the contrast between domesticated companions and small headgear.

Through N vember 30. Info, 651-4114. The ap Room at Switchback Brewing in Burlington.

‘CELEBRATE!’: Annual local arts celebration featuring a wide variety of art and crafts created by more than 75 SPA member artists. Through December 30. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

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223-0043. Grian Herbs Apothecary in Montpelier.

f MARY ADMASIAN: “Shadowlands,” an exhibition of paintings, small sculptures and assemblages. Photo ID required for entry into the gallery. Reception: Friday, December 2, 4:30-7 p.m.

Through December 30. Info, 828-5657. G vernor’s Gallery in Montpelier. f MICHAEL STRAUSS: “Making Thought

isible,” an exhibition of paintings in watercolor, oils, acrylic, pastel and ink by the Vermont artist and University of Vermont instructor, who investigates drawing and painting as a form of problem solving.

Reception: Friday, December 2, 6-8 p.m. Through January 13. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

‘SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WORKING FOREST’: An exhibition of paintings by visual artist Kathleen Kolb and poetry by Verandah Porche. Through December 31. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

‘SHOW 13’: An exhibition of recent works by the 15 artist members of the collective gallery.

Through N vember 26. Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier.

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ERIC TOBIN & MARILYN JAMES: “Two Views of Vermont,” interpretations of the local landscape.

Through December 31. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

KENT SHAW: “Retro Looks,” an exhibition of works by the Elmore photographer. Through Janua y 3.

Info, 888-1261. Morrisville Post Office

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AXEL’S HOLIDAY GROUP EXHIBITION: The annual group exhibition features works by Vermont artists Kelly Holt, Christian Magnani, Marilyn Ruseckas, Gerald K. Stoner, Athena Petra Tasiopoulos and Larry Weinstein. Throug January 7. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

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MIKA INGERMAN: “Primped and Pugnacious: A Fusion of Fish and Fashion,” a multimedia series by the Burlington illustrator that explores male bio-ornamentation and the aesthete’s experience.

Through N vember 30. Info, 453-3280. The Bristol Bakery and Café.

‘PERSONAL NARRATIVE’: An exhibition juried by photographer Susan Burnstine featuring images that represent an exploration of self through symbolism, metaphor and personal stories.

Through N vember 25. Info, 388-4500. PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury.

‘POST POP: PRINTS OF KEITH HARING’: An exhibition of select, limited-edition prints on loan from the Keith Haring Foundation. Throug December 11. Info, 443-3168. Middlebury College Museum of Art. ‘SEVEN ARTISTS FOR OUR SEVENTH BIRTHDAY: A SMALL WORKS SHOW’: Works on view from Amy Brnger, Irma Cerese, Michael Egan, CJ Hockett, Sara Katz, Hannah Sessions and Patty Sgrecci. Through December 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls.

‘WOODEN WONDERS’: Celebrating Vermont’s history as a wood manufacturer, this exhibition features a variety of historical toys. Through January 14. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

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‘THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON: MY FAVORITE THINGS’: Artist guild members share works, including framed original art, giclée prints, jewelry, wood, clay, mixed media and glass, as well as handmade

on Friday, December 16, during a fundraising event for the Winter Dance Gala. Artist must be able to be present at this event. For consideration, submit link to film to hannasatt@gmail.com.

Deadline: December 1. Lost Nation Theate , Montpelier.

‘FOLLOWING THE RULES / BREAKING THE RULES’: Seeking art in any medium by local artists for an upcoming show juried by Glen Coburn Hutcheson, Kathleen Kolb and Tom Slayton. The theme is “ e live by rules.

Some rules are personal; some are societal; others are merely artistic.”

Works must be made within the last fi e years. Deadline: December 30. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier. $25 for three submissions; $10 for each additional.

Info, 262-6035.

GINGERBREAD CONSTRUCTION COMPETITION: Gingerbread enthusiasts of all ages and abilities are invited to submit a structure relating in some way to the theme “animal kingdom.” Entries outside of the theme are welcome and included. Family and group entries are welcomed. Professional chefs may participate, but their creations will

‘DINOSAUR REVOLUTION’: An interactive maze and hands-on learning experience that investigates all things dinosaur. Through Janua y 1. Info, 649-2200.

Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

GUEST ARTISTS: The ga lery welcomes master knitter Rachel Kahn, illustrator Zoë Tilley Poster, polymer clay jeweler Mindy Jackson-Jefferys and woodworker Detlev Hundsdorfer. Through December 31. Info, 235-9429. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock.

MARGARET JACOBS: “Lost and Found,” an exhibition of sculpture honoring Native American symbols and spirituality, made from materials including deer hair, porcupine quills and leather.

Through N vember 30. Info, scavenger.gallery@ gmail.com. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

SARAH SMITH: An exhibition featuring the results of the artist’s self-imposed challenge to draw and post one drawing every day for a year. Through November 30. Info, 356-2776. Main Street Museum in White River Junction.

SETH HARPER GOODWIN: “Images of the Soviet Union, 1988,” an exhibition of photographs documenting the waning days of the former USSR. Through Janua y 13. Info, 649-1184. Norwich Public Library.

SUE SCHILLER & NANCY WIGHTMAN: “It Takes Two,” new hand-pulled prints including traditional etchings, collagraphs and 3D multiplate prints.

Through N vember 30. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

‘THROUGH THE EYES OF LITTLE VILLAGE’: Landscapes of the Upper Valley by members of the artist group Odanaksis (Abenaki term for “little village”): Jo Tate, Susan Rump, Jonathan Rose, Anne Rose, Anne Hartmann, Anne Webster Grant, Helen Elder, Alexandra Corwin, Becky Cook and Gail Barton. Through December 10. Ha tland Public Library.

KYLE GRAY: Photographs taken around the world.

Through December 20. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

‘MIRROR/MIRROR’: An exhibition reflecting upon the looking glass and all that it contains, from telescopes to magic tricks, disco balls to dentistry, fashion to psychotherapy, myth to superstition.

Through May 1. Info, 626-4409. The Museum o Everyday Life in Glover.

‘PORTRAIT OF A FOREST: MEN AND MACHINE’: An exhibition of contemporary photographs by Weybridge photojournalist George Bellerose, shown alongside archival photographs and commentary from the logging and forest products community.

Through December 31. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

‘X-RAY VISION: FISH INSIDE OUT’: A traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution featuring 40 large-scale digital prints of X-rays of several species of fish. Through June 1. Info 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.

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‘FROM LUMINOUS SHADE’: Painter Margaret Lampe Kannenstine, poet Guiseppe Ungaretti and translator Ann McGarrell take viewers on a journey from despair to renewal, as they mourn the untimely passing of their sons. Through Janua y 8.

Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

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

TWO RIVERS PRINTMAKING: Hand-pulled prints by studio members that explore ambition and

not be included in the judging. No kits allowed. Submitted creations will be on display December 14-23. Deadline: December 10, 3 p.m. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland. $15. Info, 775-0356.

‘IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS’: Seeking photography of life’s “little” moments for an upcoming exhibition to be juried by Denise Letendre Bach, Lowell Snowdon Klock and Norma Montaigne.

Deadline: December 2. Compass Music and Arts Center, Brandon. Info, 247-4295.

JEWELERS AND FUNCTIONAL ARTISTS: Seeking work by local artists and artisans for the upcoming holiday season. Interested artists should email photos of work and/or a link to their website to thebuzz@thehivevt. com. Deadline: December 1. The Hi e, Middlesex. Info, 595-4866.

‘KALEIDOSCOPE’: Established and emerging artists are invited to submit one or two pieces of two-dimensional artwork in any medium for an upcoming exhibition scheduled for January through March. The work must reflec whatever kaleidoscope means to the artist, and it must be able to be hung on a wall. Registration deadline:

December 16. Jericho Town Hall. Info, 878-8887; blgreene@myfairpoint.net.

MARKET STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT: The ci y seeks to commission an artist to deliver and install a new, original, permanent and site-specific piece of a t as part of the Market Street Reconstruction Project.

The budget for the selected a tist is $46,000. For a copy of the Request for Qualifications, please email Ilona Blanchard at iblanchard@sburl.com or call 846-4107. Deadline: December 16, 10 a.m. South Burlington City Hall.

‘ROUND & AROUND’: Seeking art in a variety of mediums that pays homage to circles, spheres and endless loops.

Deadline: December 10. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members; $10 nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION: Seeking work for an upcoming, nonjuried exhibition open to all artists and mediums. All work must measure 12 inches or smaller in all directions, before framing. $5 entry fee per submission. Deadline: November 29.

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TEACHING ARTISTS: Across Roads Center for the Arts seeks artists looking to share their knowledge with a central Vermont audience through ongoing workshops. Deadline: December 31. Grange Hall, Waterbury Center. Info, 244-4168; info.acrossroads@gmail.com.

‘UNDER CONSTRUCTION’: Seeking wall-based and sculptural works, as well as artist books, with a particular emphasis on unusual or nontraditional materials, for a springtime exhibition exploring the processes of building and design. Deadline: January 27. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members; $10 nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

‘A WORLD FREE OF VIOLENCE’: Seeking art that represents the theme for an upcoming exhibition hosted by Steps to End Domestic Violence. All submissions must be wall-ready, including wiring on the back of each piece. Interested artists should submit an image of work for consideration and other details to janices@stepsvt. org. Deadline: December 12. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station, Burlington. Info, 658-3131.

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‘BLOOM AND DOOM: VISUAL EXPRESSIONS AND REFORM IN VIENNA 1900’: Exhibition of works by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and other members of the Viennese Secession, which illuminate how these individuals rejected the traditional academic system and turned to new means of expression.

Through December 11. Info, 443-3168. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

‘SURFACE EXPRESSIONS’: Fourteen Vermont members of the international Surface Design Association present works in fibe , textiles and mixed media in two and three dimensions. Through December 9. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland.

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JUDY DODDS: A retrospective exhibition featuring works in a variety of mediums, including hand-dyed and woven fabric, appliqué and quilted wall hangings, and hooked rugs by the octogenarian artist.

Through December 30. Info, 496-6682. ermont Festival of the Arts Gallery in Waitsfield

MICHELLE TURBIDE: “Fragments,” a collection of colorful acrylic paintings featuring narratives inspired by nature and dreamscapes. Through December 1. Info, 244-6606. Waterbury Congregational Church.

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HOLIDAY MARKET: Annual event featuring a wide array of gifts made by local artists and artisans.

Through December 21. Info, 431-0204. Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph.

‘WALKING DOHA’: Photographs of Doha, Qatar,

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LOUIS C. CHAP: A retrospective exhibition of commercial art, paintings and other works by the late Stockbridge artist. Through Februa y 18. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

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‘ARTISTS OF THE MOHAWK HUDSON REGION’: Eightieth annual exhibition, featuring 126 works by 106 regional artists. Guest curated by Michael Oatman. ‘TRANSFORMING THE HYDE: THE FEIBES & SCHMITT GIFT’: An exhibition featuring works from the newly accessioned 160-piece collection donated

by Werner Feibes and the late James Schmitt.

The show expands the museum’s focus to include postwar nonobjective and abstract art. Throug December 31. Info, 518-792-1761. The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y.

WINTER MEMBER SHOW: Affordably priced paintings and photography by local artists. Through January 1. Info, 362-1405. Yester House Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester.

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BHAKTI ZIEK: “Lexicon,” a solo exhibition of works by the Randolph-based weaver and fiber a tist.

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‘SHE PHOTOGRAPHS’: An exhibition featuring 70 works by 30 contemporary women photographers, including Nan Goldin, Catherine Opie, Kiki Smith and Marnie Weber. Through February 19. ‘THE BLACK SUN OF MELANCHOLY: MONSTERS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS, FROM GOYA AND BLAKE TO REDON AND MUNCH’: Drawings and lithographs by 16 romantic artists who delved the depths of their imaginations to evoke strong feelings in the beholder.

Through December 11. Info, 514-285-1600. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

BRENDA GARAND: “Touching at a Distance,” sculptures and paintings made with cold-rolled steel, flood cla , wool from the Johnson Woolen Mills, porcupine quills, walnut ink and black felt paper. Through Janua y 15. Info, 498-8438. White

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DIANNE SHULLENBERGER: An exhibition of works by the Vermont artist. Through December 31. Info, vtdianne@hotmail.com. Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon, N.H.

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he boxing movie is a paradox.

Here’s a sport that’s never been less relevant. Its glory days are a half century in the rearview. Muhammad Ali is a beloved shadow. George Foreman’s a walking infomercial. Mike Tyson makes Hangover movies and a fool of himself on Broadway. Nobody cares about boxing anymore, and nobody cares less than Hollywood’s prime demographic — the 18to 24-year-olds. They don’t even play boxing video games anymore.

So how is it that boxing movies arrive with the regularity of dystopian YA franchises? Some critics have speculated that their appeal lies in their ability to balance prestige with populism. Those commentators may be on to something. After all, no great fighter has ever come from the 1 percent.

Everyone loves to see a gutsy underdog defy the odds, and they probably always will.

Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa, Russell Crowe’s Jimmy Braddock, Mark Wahlberg’s Micky Ward. To that card, add Miles Teller’s Vinny Paz. Written and directed by Ben Younger (Boiler Room), this is the fact-based story of Vinny Pazienza, a working-class Rhode Island fighter who defied the odds more times in more ways than any other character ever

to lace up on the big screen.

By the way, is Teller not the last actor you’d expect to pull off the role of a cocky, sex-crazed Italian American pugilist? When the filmmaker approached him, Whiplash hadn’t even been released, so the casting qualifies as borderline visionary. And, just as Younger knew he would be, Teller is a knockout. He nails the hometown hero’s accent, fighting style and goofball charm.

Early on, in a sequence set in the late 1980s, Paz (he had his name legally changed) loses his lightweight title by gambling in a Vegas casino the night before a match. His father — played by the great Belfast-born Ciarán Hinds — sends him to work with legendary trainer Kevin Rooney, one of the ringmasters responsible for Tyson’s rise.

For the fun of it, check your watch the first time Rooney walks on screen. Then see how much time passed before you recognized Aaron Eckhart in the role. Talk about a transmogrification. Forget the receding hairline and paunch; the actor somehow made himself shorter!

The boxer and trainer’s relationship is the film’s heart and soul. First Rooney intuits that Paz shouldn’t lose weight, but rather use it and move up a class. Over protests from his large, loud Catholic family, Paz stuns every-

REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAZ Teller gives the performance of his career in the role of a real-life Rhode Island fighter who didn’t know when to quit.

one by taking the junior middleweight title from Gilbert Delé. Then, out of nowhere, fate deals the “pride of Providence” a blow that nobody gives him a chance of getting up from. En route to a casino in 1991, Paz suffers a head-on collision and his neck is fractured.

Doctors don’t expect him to walk again.

If what happened next weren’t in the record books, no studio would have touched this tale. But it is. And it’s the comeback story to end all comeback stories.

Vinny is just arrogant enough to figure medical science doesn’t apply to him. With a metal halo brace bolted into his skull, he secretly resumes training, eventually enlisting

Rooney. Their covert regimen is a touching blast to behold. Teller convincingly conveys the agony and unbridled joy in every baby step. When, incredibly, Paz not only returns to the ring 13 months after the accident but also takes a new title in a higher weight class, how can you not be in his corner?

The answer: You can’t. Bleed for This may have taken a beating at the box office over the weekend, but don’t count it out. A movie this raw and real will find its following. It’s that rarest of beasts — a Cinderella story that’s the farthest thing possible from a fairy tale.

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t a pivotal moment in Moonlight, a character fires up a jukebox with Barbara Lewis’ classic “Hello Stranger.” The slow-burn ballad spools out into the room — transforming its mundanity into something floridly romantic and saying the words that the two men on screen can’t say.

That scene encapsulates what’s magic about Barry Jenkins’ indie drama. Set in the projects of Miami, Moonlight isn’t a film of ideas but of fragile, captured moments. And it gives full weight to each of them as it tells the unconventional coming-of-age story of Chiron, played as a child by Alex Hibbert, as a teen

by Ashton Sanders and as an adult by Trevante Rhodes.

Based on a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, that story is uncommon in our multiplexes — though not unprecedented — because Chiron is black, gay and poor. It’s unconventional in a deeper sense, too, because he doesn’t come of age in the ways that movies have trained audiences to expect.

Early on in the film, the withdrawn, bullied young boy finds a mentor, Juan (Mahershala Ali), who tells him to find his own way and not let others define his identity. It’s a standard message for a genre that typically affirms the power of self-determination.

And Chiron does, in some ways, determine his own fate, transforming himself from a kid dismissively nicknamed “Little” into an adult who commands respect. In the pro-

MIAMI BLUES No one walks off into the sunset in Jenkins’ intimate film, which tells an unorthodox coming-of-age story in three chapters.

cess, though, he arguably loses as much as he gains.

That’s partly because Chiron’s world defines manhood as physical and emotional “hardness.” It’s a familiar motif in movies about the inner city, but Jenkins doesn’t populate his film with stereotypes. Juan is a drug dealer, but also a gentle, enlightened surrogate dad, and his scenes with Chiron are heartbreaking.

Chiron’s mom (Naomie Harris) is a junkie, but she also wants to do right by her son. When

her hands tremble and he lights her cigarette for her, the wordless communication speaks volumes about bonds nothing can undo.

Jenkins’ filmmaking choices call attention to themselves. From the long, swooping opening shot of a drug corner to the use of Mozart on the soundtrack, this is a vision of urban grit filtered through an unabashedly artistic sensibility. In general, though, those bold choices aren’t random flourishes but ones that serve the story. In a scene where Chiron’s mother

is jonesing, for instance, Jenkins uses jagged camera movements and mounting and receding waves of background noise to pull us into her headspace. Briefly, we’re in a horror movie — the jangling chaos that is Chiron’s everyday life.

We need that artistry to bring us into Chiron’s headspace, too, because Moonlight is the rare coming-of-age film with a protagonist so introverted that he seldom reveals himself, even to the viewer. (The last similar movie I can recall was Jane Campion’s 1990 biopic An Angel at My Table.) What the three actors who play Chiron lack in physical resemblance they make up for with eerily similar body language: averted eyes, hunched shoulders, palpable discomfort. The defensive posture of the boy tells us everything we need to know about the aggressive posturing of the man — a disguise that grants him power but not satisfaction.

Viewers who seek an uplifting message in Moonlight will be disappointed; the film doesn’t offer any kind of soothing balm for our troubled times. What it does offer is a powerful affirmation of its characters’ complex humanity, with all the beauty and sorrow that entails.

When Lewis’ song snakes out of that jukebox, it transfigures the world around it, painting everything in new colors — much like the fleeting radiance for which Moonlight is named. For all the film’s darkness, audiences may emerge glowing a little, too.

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NEW IN THEATERS ALLIED: In this World War II drama directed by Robert Zemeckis (The alk), an army intelligence officer (Brad Pitt) begins to question the nature of his passionate relationship with a French resistance fighter (Marion Coti lard). (124 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace)

CERTAIN WOMENHHHH Kelly Reichardt (Meek’s Cutoff) directed this adaptation of three short stories by Maile Meloy, about women facing challenges in small-town Montana. Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern star. (107 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 11/9)

MOANA: A young girl (voiced by Auli’i Cravalho) who longs to escape her small island enlists the aid of the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) in the latest Disney family animation, with songs cowritten by Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda. Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermai ) directed. (113 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Stowe, Welden) RULES DON’T APPLY: Warren Beatty wrote and directed this romantic comedy, set in 1958, about an aspiring actress and a chauffeur who both work for the reclusive millionaire Howard Hughes, played

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ARRIVALHHHH1/2 In this sci-fi mystery from director Denis Villeneuve (Sicario), Amy Adams plays a linguist who must find a way to communicate with aliens before their sudden, unexplained presence causes global war. With Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. (116 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 11/16) BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALKHH1/2 In this drama from director Ang Lee, a young soldier (Joe Alwyn) is fêted as a hero on his return from Iraq, but lacks the words to describe what he experienced. With Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund and Chris Tucker. (110 min, R)

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SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:

Despite your sign’s reputation, you Sagittarians don’t always require vast expanses to roam in. You aren’t ceaselessly restless, on an inexhaustible quest for unexpected experiences and fresh teachings. And no, you are not forever consumed with the primal roar of raw life, obsessed with the naked truth, and fiercely devoted to exploration for its own sake. But having said that, I suspect that you may at least be fli ting with these extreme states in the coming weeks. Your keynote, lifted from Virginia Woolf’s diary: “I need space. I need air. I need the empty fields round me; and my legs pounding along roads; and sleep; and animal existence.”

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Or almost free! Or let me put it this way: You could become significantly freer if you choose to be — if you exert your willpower to snatch the liberating experiences that are available. For example, you could be free from a slippery obligation that has driven you to say things you don’t mean. You could be free from the temptation to distort your soul in service to your ego. You might even be free to go after what you really want rather than indulging in lazy lust for a gaggle of mediocre thrills. Be brave, Gemini.

Define your top three emancipating possibilities and pursue them with vigor and rigor.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Have you been feeling twinges of perplexity? Do you find yourself immersed in meandering meditations that make you doubt your commitments? Are you entertaining weird fantasies that give you odd little shivers and quivers? I hope so!

As an analyzer of cycles, I suspect that now is an excellent time to question everything.

You could have a lot of fun playing with riddles and wrestling with enigmas. Please note, however, that I’m not advising you to abandon what you’ve been working on and run away.

Now is a time for fertile inquiry, not for rash actions. It’s healthy to contemplate adjustments but not to initiate massive overhauls.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness

they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves,” writes psychoanalytic writer Adam Phillips. Where do you fit on this scale, Leo? Whatever your usual place might be, I’m guessing that in the coming weeks you will approach recordbreaking levels in your ability to handle your own aliveness. You may even summon and celebrate massive amounts of aliveness that you had previously suppressed. In fact, I’ll recklessly speculate that your need to numb yourself will be closer to zero than it has been since you were 5 years old. (I could be exaggerating a bit; but maybe not!)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you periodically turn the volume down on your mind’s endless chatter and tune into the still, small voice within you? Have you developed reliable techniques for escaping the daily frenzy so as to make yourself available for the Wild Silence that restores and revitalizes?

If so, now would be a good time to make aggressive use of those capacities. And if you haven’t attended well to these rituals of self-care, please remedy the situation. Claim more power to commune with your depths.

In the coming weeks, most of your best information will flow from the sweet darkness.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of your vices could at least temporarily act as a virtue. In an odd twist, one of your virtues may also briefly function like a vice. And there’s more to this mysterious turn of events. A so-called liability could be useful in your efforts to solve a dilemma, while a reliable asset might cloud your discernment or cause a miscalculation.

I’m riffing here, Libra, in the hopes of stimulating your imagination as you work your way through the paradoxical days ahead. Consider this intriguing possibility: An influence that you like and value may hold you back, even as something or someone you’ve previously been almost allergic to could be quite helpful.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Between now and the solstice on December 21, you will have extraordinary power to transform into a more practical, well-grounded version of yourself. You may surprise yourself

with how naturally you can shed beliefs and habits that no longer serve you. Now try saying the following affirmations and see how they feel coming out of your mouth: “I am an earthy realist. I am a fact-lover and an illusion-buster. I love actions that actually work more than I like theories that I wish would work. I’d rather create constructive change than be renowned for my clever dreams.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet,” said George Bernard Shaw, “you had best teach it to dance.” This advice is worthy of your consideration, Capricorn. You may still be unable to expunge a certain karmic debt, and it may be harder than ever to hide, so I suggest you dream up a way to play with it — maybe even have some dark fun with it. And who knows? Your willingness to loosen up might at least alleviate the angst your skeleton causes you — and may ultimately transform it in some unpredictably helpful way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “No pain, no

gain” is a modern expression of an old idea. In a second-century Jewish book of ethics, Rabbi Ben Hei Hei wrote, “According to the pain is the gain.” Eighteenth-century English poet Robert Herrick said, “If little labor, little are our gains: Man’s fate is according to his pains.” But I’m here to tell you, Aquarius, that I don’t think this prescription will apply to you in the coming weeks. From what I can surmise, your greatest gains will emerge from the absence of pain. You will learn and improve through release, relaxation, generosity, expansiveness and pleasure.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The less egotistical you are, the more likely it is that you will attract what you really need. If you do nice things for people without expecting favors in return, your mental and physical health will improve. As you increase your mastery of the art of empathy, your creativity will also thrive.

Everything I just said is always true, of course, but it will be intensely, emphatically true for you during the next four weeks. So I suggest you make it a top priority to explore the following cosmic riddle: Practicing unselfish ness will serve your selfish goals

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Creative people are at greater risk,” said psychiatrist R.D. Laing, “just as one who climbs a mountain is more at risk than one who walks along a village lane.” I bring this to your attention, Aries, because in the coming weeks you will have the potential to be abundantly creative, as well as extra imaginative, ingenious and innovative. But I should also let you know that if you want to fulfi l this potential, you must be willing to work with the extra tests and challenges that life throws your way. For example, you could be asked to drop a pose, renounce lame excuses or reclaim powers that you gave away once upon a time.

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Among his many collaborators have been David Byrne, David Bowie, U2, Coldplay, Laurie Anderson, Grace Jones and James Blake.

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My partner and I have great sex (we’ve been together for 10 years). What turns me on is her telling me about her past experiences, which she has reluctantly done. I would like to hear more stories. When asked, she says she is not good at storytelling. How can I convince her the stories are great and turn me on? How can I make her more comfortable with the process? Not trying to expose any specific people.

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Thanksgiving is fast approaching. In spite of — or perhaps because of — all the sad, scary things going on in the world right now, I’m trying my best to note the things for which I am grateful. And I’m grateful for this question. I hear a lot of love and appreciation for your other half in it, and it’s the breath of fresh air I needed today. Thank ou.

It sounds like your partner is a little shy of being the center of attention. Maybe she feels pressured to make her stories over-the-top racy. The solution to her performance anxiety? Relaxation. Make sure she feels super comfortable whenever you’d like her to start dishing out these sexy old deets.

Next time you’re in a relaxed setting — a lazy morning in bed, maybe, or sitting close together in a dark bar — gently ask her questions about these past encounters. Tell her when her answers get you revved up. Encourage the simplest of details, and reassure her that it doesn’t take much to make you want her — you love her, and her openness turns you on.

You must consider, too, that she may not want to be an open book. She has every right to keep her memories to herself. If that’s the case, invite her to make up scenarios or share fantasies. And share yours, too — an exchange is a lot more appealing than being put on the spot. It might even lead to roleplaying, which is fun!

One more thought: Try responding to her sex talk with an exciting oral presentation of your own. Next time she’s “storytelling,” go down on her — if she’s into that, of course. It might just provide incentive for repeat performances. And remember, there’s nothing wrong with reruns every now and then!

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When: Friday, October 28, 2016. Where: Koto, Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #913727

‘I’VE EARNED MY SPOT’ Should’ve surrendered my space; I was hopeful they were leaving. Could’ve started a conversation, if I wasn’t awestruck every time I see you.

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