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“They’re often the last people you see as you leave the store, and it’s a dynamic job that requires a lot of skill and personality and, obviously, some speed. It’s a fun event and fun for the public, as well.”

Sponsors supplied the 216 pounds of packaged food used during the event; afterward, the items were donated to the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, according to Sigrist.

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toward college tuition, is the latest in a long line of skilled Green Mountain State baggers.

The Vermont winner came in second in Vegas two years ago, while last year’s state winner came in fifth, Sigrist said.

Champine thinks her experience beating out the best in Vermont will serve her well in February.

“I was nervous being onstage in front of all those people, but I didn’t let that get the best of me,” Champine said. “Once I started bagging, I kind of just forgot about it.”

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Danby woman took home the title of Vermont’s best grocery bagger Saturday at the University Mall in South Burlington. Brooke Champine beat out 11 other contestants for the chance to compete for a $10,000 top prize at the national championship in Las Vegas in February.

“I’m pretty pumped!” Champine, an 18-year-old employee at the

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Champine dazzled the judges by expertly filling two grocery bags with about 35 items in just 54.25 seconds. Judges, including local TV personalities Stewart Ledbetter, Cat Viglienzoni and Staci DaSilva, also considered contestants’ style, attitude and appearance. The Vermont Retail & Grocers Association organizes the annual event.

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Vermont’s unemployment rate dipped to 2.9 percent, its lowest level in nearly 17 years. That’s good news for workers.

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“Gerrymandering can be a little bit hard to explain,” Dibble said. Making it into a puzzle with a grid of squares, on the other hand, makes it “very easy to understand very quickly.”

This inventive work earned GameTheory the 2017 Tech Jam Innovation Award, presented at a Friday afternoon reception during the Jam. The prize is a statuette of the Tech Jam spaceman mascot, handcrafted by clay artist John Brickels.

“We’ve been going to the Tech Jam forever,” Dibble said.

“I always thought it was the coolest trophy ever.”

Seven Days, the Vermont Technology Alliance and BTV Ignite presented three other awards. The Startup Award went to educational e-portfolio tool Protean, Jake Blend won the Newcomer Award, and Norwich University assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering David Feinauer won this year’s Ambassador Award.

GameTheory’s chief operating officer, Shannon Mitchell, was on a panel discussing socially responsible tech companies — one of the event’s 11 talks and workshops. More than 1,600 job seekers, career changers, students and community leaders attended the 2017 Jam. Find more information about the Tech Jam and a list of the 2017 exhibitors at techjamvt.com.

A Shaftsbury man is accused of writing a bad check to buy $840 worth of maple syrup. A fraud conviction is a steep price to pay for 20 gallons of “liquid gold.”

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urlington-based GameTheory was one of four award winners over the weekend at Seven Days’ 11th Vermont Tech Jam. GameTheory founder and CEO Marguerite Dibble grew up in Landgrove. During her junior year at Champlain College, she started a video game studio, Birnam Wood Games. After graduating in 2012 with a bachelor’s of science in game art and animation, Dibble stayed put rather than move to Silicon Valley. Her gaming group created several Android and iPhone titles, including Pathogen.

In 2014, she re-branded her effort as GameTheory and refocused on a new mission — offering “gamification” and consulting services to nonprofit and corporate clients around the globe.

Today, Dibble’s team of 10 works out of the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies space in downtown Burlington. GameTheory’s projects include an image-based smartphone app that helps deliver mental health services to refugees, and a new embeddable HTML 5 widget that explains gerrymandering, the politically motivated redrawing of congressional districts. The latter is timed to coincide with Gill v. Whitford, a case currently under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.

A South Hero woman pleaded not guilty to that many counts of animal cruelty after authorities allegedly found 80 dead animals in her home and another eight barely alive.

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Forgive me for being skeptical of Seven Days’ cheerleading of the tech industry [Tech Issue, October 18]. I just moved here from the San Francisco Bay Area, and I saw firsthand the economic devastation it has wrought there. The Bay Area has become unaffordable for countless people — and the tech industry, with its flood of quick money and its army of fawning politicians, is a big part of the reason.

When tech employees move into a neighborhood, rents go up to accommodate what they can afford. Tech companies negotiate tax breaks with local governments to build in lower-income neighborhoods, and property values and rents go up. San Francisco and Oakland are becoming much whiter and less diverse, as the interconnectedness of class and race inequality means that the people leaving are much darker skinned than the people moving in. And that’s not even getting into the often-toxic internal culture of the tech industry.

Yes, there is much good that computers can do for our lives, but we have to control the tech industry and not allow it to control us. We have to demand that these companies commit to workers’ rights including unions, living wages, full benefits and greater diversity. And we need to tax the tech industry in order to fund more rent control and affordable housing.

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I read “Electrical Surge” [October 18] with interest but found no mention of two issues that have been on my mind for a while.

First, as the number of EVs increases, we will use more electricity. Right now we seem to have enough, but if more is needed (with the necessary transmission lines), where will we get it?

Second, EVs don’t use gasoline. Gasoline taxes are the major funding source for highway infrastructure maintenance. Fewer gas-powered vehicles mean less revenue.

Should there be a tax on electricity used to power EVs to offset this? If so, how will it be collected? Public charging stations are easy; software can calculate the tax. But home charging is harder. An ID chip in the car?

A chip in the charger? Maybe an annual assessment at inspection time based on mileage? It’s great not to burn fossil fuels on the road, but EV users still use the roads and need to pay their share of the maintenance.

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[Re “Down to the Wire: Accusations Fly in Burlington Telecom Negotiations,” September 26]: I volunteered on Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger’s initial campaign and was seduced by the promise of a “Fresh Start” in Burlington and a commitment to transparent, democratic, communityoriented government.

Instead, we’ve gotten a lack of community involvement with Burlington Telecom — and, frankly, most of the projects under Weinberger — an unwillingness to bring transparency and civilian oversight to our police department, and big-city money in our small political town. To invest $10,000 for a city council race, and $120,000 for a mayoral race, is out of the reach of the vast majority of Burlington residents.

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Not long ago, the mayor called others and myself, a preschool teacher in the Old North End, reactionary for opposing what we saw as significant flaws in the mall project proposal, including a separate entrance for low-income residents!

Let me ask you: What is more reactionary than a cloistered group of wealthy men and business interests working together to ensure that the city fits their interests first and benefits them first, as opposed to working families and children in poverty? Both the Burlington Business Association and the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce just happen to support the mayor’s telecom choices.

Knowing this, is it a coincidence the mayor won’t support a higher minimum wage and paid family and medical leave, a strengthening of the livable wage ordinance?

It turns out a “Fresh Start” meant “The Same Old Story.”

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or not mentioned. For seven years — three under the title “Teva Girls” — Roots and Trails has offered workshops, camps, retreats, wilderness trips, ritual support and Shabbatons to multi-age and -gender faith groups, empowering people to reconnect with Earth, each other and divinity. While grounded in Earth-based Judaism and with humbling acknowledgment of operating on stolen First Nation land, Roots and Trails weaves nature awareness with Jewish mystical practices. Founder Kohenet Yepeth Perla facilitates programs through spacious time in nature, meditation, creative prayer, Divine Feminine honoring and oralwritten Torah investigation. Roots and Trails empowers participants to reconnect with their wholeness as planetary members in service to the world.

Another aligned Vermont organization is Burning Bush Adventures, founded and facilitated by former Outward Bound instructor Rabbi Howard Cohen. Burning Bush Adventures has guided canoe, crosscountry skiing, camping and dogsled trips offering close encounters with God and Judaism, involving Torah and liturgical study, prayer, song, meditation and Shabbat celebration since 1990.

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Cleaver Attack Stuns Vermont’s Bhutanese Community

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Sound and Fury

n October 18, a prominent opponent of large-scale wind energy issued a press release to Vermont media that made some pretty serious charges against a lot of prominent people who don’t agree with him.

MARK WHITWORTH, president of Energize Vermont, depicted the “wind industry” as “one of the most corrupting influences in Vermont,” accused members of the legislature of taking orders from wind interests and claimed that “old-line environmental groups” had been “subverted” by the industry. Energize Vermont is one of two local groups opposed to largescale wind; the other is Vermonters for a Clean Environment.

The occasion for this eruption is a set of proposed wind turbine sound rules developed by the state Public Utility Commission. As they stand, the rules would limit turbine noise to 42 decibels during the day and 39 at night; they would also establish minimum setbacks between turbines and nearby structures. The rules are currently under review by the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, a clear majority of whom have serious reservations about the PUC’s work.

They believe the decibel levels are too low, and they question the need for a setback requirement. (The committee may issue a final decision at a hearing set for Thursday at the Statehouse.)

Given lawmakers’ reservations, Whitworth and his allies are wary.

They see the rules as acceptable, if not ideal, and don’t want any changes. And Whitworth’s accusations reflect that mind-set. He believes that large-scale wind is a social and environmental menace — which means that anyone who supports it must be corrupt or unenlightened.

Or part of a cabal. “I disagree with the course of action that REV, VPIRG, VNRC, VCV, CLF, Iberdrola, Vestas, Nordex and DAVID BLITTERSDORF are promoting,” he wrote in an email after declining a phone interview. That’s a remarkable statement, lumping together those “old-line environmental groups” (Renewable Energy Vermont, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Vermont Natural Resources Council, Vermont Conservation Voters and the Conservation Law Foundation) with a Vermont renewables developer and three international corporations.

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— except for Whitworth and his allies — have abandoned their principles and chosen to put Vermont’s habitats and communities at risk. And why? The only explanation Whitworth can see is money; he speculated that the groups are doing the bidding of faceless, deeppocketed donors.

WHITWORTH BELIEVES THAT LARGE-SCALE WIND IS A SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MENACE. “That characterization is baseless and silly,” says VNRC executive director BRIAN SHUPE, who adds that he is “not aware of any wind developer that supports VNRC’s policy and advocacy work.” However, he would see nothing wrong with accepting such donations, “but there would be no strings attached, as is the case with all our members.”

VPIRG and VCV do not disclose information about donors, and the Internal Revenue Services does not require them to do so. This is also true of Energize Vermont and thousands of other nonprofit interest groups.

VPIRG executive director PAUL BURNS acknowledges accepting donations from wind interests, but he says there’s no quid pro quo. Quite the reverse: It was VPIRG’s pro-renewable stance that came first, not the donations. “We have supported renewables, conservation and efficiency throughout our 45-year history,” he says.

Which is a point lost on Whitworth, who asked, “Why are the old-line environmental groups promoting wind instead of environmental conservation?”

As Burns notes, the groups say they promote both. And they see large-scale wind as a necessary part of Vermont’s response to climate change.

An October 12 LCAR hearing saw three Democrats take the lead in questioning the PUC rules: state Sens. MARK MACDONALD (D-Orange) and GINNY LYONS (D-Chittenden) and Rep. MIKE YANTACHKA (D-Charlotte). Or, as Whitworth wrote in his press release, they engaged “in a chaotic policy-making effort that exceeds the committee’s authority and expertise.”

The latter is a key point, because LCAR’s authority is narrow; it doesn’t consider the wisdom of a rule but only

whether it’s within the bounds of legislative intent.

Lyons says that’s exactly what the committee is doing. “LCAR is asking all the questions it needs to, so we know the rule is consistent with legislative intent,” she says. “Asking pointed questions is part of the process.”

In his email exchange with me, Whitworth accused LCAR members of having been “coached by lobbyists” at their October 12 meeting. This appears to center on a hallway conversation between Burns and Lyons, which raised suspicions among anti-wind onlookers. In fact, both Burns and Lyons say they were discussing an unrelated press conference scheduled for later that day — not the wind rules.

Whitworth does little to help his cause by claiming a widespread conspiracy among politicians, developers and environmental groups alongside arguments about mountaintop disturbance, wildlife habitat and turbine sound.

The root cause of all this alleged chicanery, according to Whitworth, is the wind industry’s political generosity. “The industry has poured money into political campaigns,” says his press release, without providing any specifics — which can easily be found on the Secretary of State’s Office website.

A check of campaign finance reports for the 2015-16 cycle showed that Yantachka apparently received no wind money, MacDonald received $250 from the Vermont Renewable Energy Political Action Committee and Lyons got $250 from Blittersdorf. That’s all.

Did that $250 influence MacDonald?

“Heavens no,” he says. “I support renewable energy. I have for years.”

To his credit, Whitworth answered my questions at length, and I appreciate his participation. He’ll probably be unhappy with this column; he believes that I’m biased in favor of wind. And yes, I have followed the issue for years, and I have found the arguments of the “old-line environmental groups” to be persuasive.

But my point here is not about the substance of the wind debate. It’s about irresponsible rhetoric and the damage it does to one’s credibility.

I will share one other quote provided by Whitworth in one of his emails that displays a profound bleakness of vision. It was written by novelist JONATHAN FRANZEN and published in the New Yorker:

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“The Earth as we now know it resembles a patient whose terminal cancer we can choose to treat either with disfiguring aggression or with palliation and sympathy. We can dam every river and blight every landscape with biofuel agriculture, solar farms, and wind turbines, to buy some extra years of moderated warming. Or we can settle for a shorter life of higher quality, protecting the areas where wild animals and plants are hanging on, at the cost of slightly hastening the human catastrophe.”

So … we give up? We ignore any opportunity to evade the apocalypse and hold tightly to the untainted remnant as the darkness envelops us all? How inspiring.

Given the scope of the opioid crisis, it’s fair to ask why the DEA seems to have given the industry more wiggle room, but the statistics do not reveal an overt connection with the 2016 law.

Welch professes a desire to get to the bottom of the whole mess. “I have suggested that we have the whistleblower testify before the [House Energy and Commerce] Committee,” he says. “His accusations need to be aired.

We need to satisfy ourselves that we’re not doing harm.”

Welch acknowledges that the Post/“60 Minutes” story explored some real, systemic problems in government, including the flood of money that engulfs the Capitol. Even Welch is not immune: According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Vermont’s lone congressman has received $136,000 from pharmaceutical and health product companies over the past 12 years.

“Campaign finance, the revolving door [between public service and industry] — there’s a lot of cynicism,” Welch says. “The pharmaceutical industry does have great influence in Washington. I can see why this story was pursued, but whether they got it right remains to be seen.”

It also remains to be seen whether Welch got it right.

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Sad day at the shop today. One of Vermont’s best journalists — and one of the stalwarts of the Seven Days news team — is leaving the profession.

Statehouse reporter TERRI HALLENBECK will step away from the daily grind on November 3 and start a new job 10 days later as assistant director of donor relations at Middlebury College.

“After 31 years in journalism and 13 years on the same beat, it’s natural to seek new opportunities,” she says. “I’m ready for a change.”

Hallenbeck didn’t ask her colleagues if they’re ready for a change.

“I’ll never forget how many legislators thanked — and congratulated — me when we hired Terri three years ago,” says PAULA ROUTLY, Seven Days publisher and coeditor. “She was fair, they wanted me to know.

We Seven Days editors soon had additional adjectives to describe Terri, including thorough, accurate, dogged, hardworking … Three decades after she started working as a journalist, she still really cares about the people she covers.”

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Congressman PETER WELCH (D-Vt.) got swept up in a political flurry last week for his part in enacting a 2016 law that wasn’t the least bit controversial. At least it wasn’t until the Washington Post and CBS’ “60 Minutes” published a report asserting that the law is hamstringing the Drug Enforcement Administration’s efforts to limit the illicit distribution of opioids.

According to whistleblower JOE RANNAZZISI, a former DEA official, the law limited the agency’s authority to issue “immediate suspension orders” blocking questionable drug shipments.

The bill’s lead sponsor, Congressman TOM MARINO (R-Pa.), had been President DONALD TRUMP’S choice to head the DEA. In the story’s wake, Trump scuttled the nomination. The story also raised uncomfortable questions for Marino’s cosponsors — including Welch, who immediately called for fresh hearings on the law and said that, if necessary, he would support its amendment or repeal.

But now, there are questions about the Post/“60 Minutes” report itself.

One of its key pieces of evidence is a dramatic decline in the issuance of immediate suspension orders, from 65 in 2011 to six so far this year. But, according to DEA statistics, that decline actually took place before April 2016, when the bill became law. In 2014 there were only eight such orders, and the annual total has remained in single digits ever since. That’s a heck of a trick, having the effect precede the cause.

The DEA has a number of tools in its bag, including suspension orders, letters of admonition, civil fines, criminal penalties and memoranda of understanding. Recent years have seen a decline in the more confrontational methods and an increase in the more cooperative approaches.

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t’s not every day that two drag queens sashay up to the door of the Varnum Memorial Library in Jeffersonville, a village within the small Lamoille County town of Cambridge, for story hour.

On a Saturday afternoon last month, the flamboyantly dressed Justin Marsh, aka “Emoji Nightmare,” and “Nikki Champagne” — real name Taylor Small — read to a crowd of 70 adults and children ranging in age from infant to octogenarian.

Marsh had pitched Drag Queen Story Hour to the small-town library, hoping he and Small would open some eyes about diversity and inclusiveness.

But the library’s event announcement on Front Porch Forum days before the September 23 program enraged some community members, highlighting an apparent cultural divide in the 3,800-person town nestled below Smugglers’ Notch.

“You have got to be kidding me!” vented Ray Saloomey on the online neighborhood forum, two days after the announcement. “Sexuality — be it straight, gay or anything else — does not need to be force fed to children that couldn’t even define it! It looks like the national insanity has finally hit Jeffersonville!”

A San Francisco nonprofit dreamed up the gender-bending initiative two years ago. The concept is simple: Drag queens read books to children in a school, library or bookstore.

“DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive and unabashedly queer role models,” RADAR Productions writes about the program on its website.

“In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress-up is real.”

Dozens of drag queens across the country stepped up to hostess events in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City, most of which have gone smoothly. One exception was an October 14 occasion at the Michelle Obama Public Library in Long Beach, Calif.

Detractors, including a conservative political candidate, publicly objected in advance of the story hour. After it, they criticized the queen for showing up in a demon outfit that they claimed scared the children.

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Friends encouraged Marsh, a 28-year-old who started dressing in drag nearly three years ago, to bring the program to Vermont. He and Small decided to approach libraries in smaller communities “to reach folks that it might not normally reach,” before reading in cities such as Burlington, he said.

There’s also the fact that Marsh grew up in Cambridge and has served on local community boards. He ran for the Vermont House in 2012 and, in March, campaigned unsuccessfully for a seat on the Cambridge Selectboard. Emoji

Nightmare has marched in the town’s Fourth of July parade.

Varnum director Christy Liddy welcomed the duo. “We’re a library,” she told Seven Days last week. “We’re in support of inclusive programming.”

Established in 1938, the Varnum serves Cambridge and the surrounding small towns of Belvidere, Waterville and Fletcher. Cambridge supports it with about $55,000 in funding each year. The nonprofit Crescendo Club Library Association, which oversees Varnum operations with its own board of trustees, pays the remaining portion

of the budget. The Varnum is part of the HomeCard Library system, which allows cardholders to check out materials from more than 20 libraries in and around Chittenden County.

Liddy posted the library’s Drag Queen Story Hour notice on the Cambridge Front Porch Forum, where it appeared along with notices about a bear sighting, snowshoes for sale and a plea for help stacking hay. Almost immediately, Saloomey weighed in. A woman who has since asked for anonymity called the event an “atrocity” and “nothing short of child abuse” for the way it “confuses” kids. Liddy heard from other detractors directly.

On Front Porch Forum, a different group of community members expressed its support. One woman wrote that she’d be bringing her 13-month-old daughter. Another made donations to two Vermont gay rights organizations spurred by those speaking ill of the event. Others sent encouraging messages to Marsh and the library staff.

“How great is it that we live in a town that shows by example and ‘lives acceptance,’ so no one has to ‘learn acceptance,’” Karen Smith wrote. “Dressing up is fun, reading is fun and the library is fun — this is just plain fun!”

At his day job at a marketing agency in Jeffersonville, the 5-foot-11 Marsh sports combed brown hair, pierced ears and long, painted nails. He’s gay and uses the pronouns he and him. But when Marsh transformed into Emoji Nightmare for the library event, he donned a faux denim dress with tassels; a bolo tie; a belt; a big, red curly wig; long eyelashes; faux snakeskin boots with kitten heels; pantyhose; a corset; and plenty of makeup.

The persona is an act, said Marsh, who described drag performers as “female illusionists” and his “cowgirl” look as a mix of country singers Wynonna Judd and Reba McEntire.

“You can still tell it’s me — but I look totally different,” Marsh said.

Small, 23, a transgender woman and resident of Winooski, teetered along on six-inch heels and wore a sequined onesie with a tight top and feathery bottom. She topped off the look with “big, voluminous blond hair — like, think Dolly Parton.”

The two had read earlier the same day to kids at the Richmond Free Library.

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how the community would react. “Now, no one dare say anything that doesn’t 100 percent agree, because they’re afraid they’ll look like social Luddites or whatever.”

At the packed Varnum, Emoji Nightmare and Nikki Champagne read A Big Guy Took My Ball, I Have a Right to Be a Child and the gay-themed children’s book, King & King. They led a glamorous version of “If You’re Happy and You Know It” as well as songs about saying hello and goodbye that incorporate sign language. The craft activity?

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Everything about that reading went without a hitch, Marsh said — including the community discussion in advance of it. Seven adults and six kids attended.

But Marsh said he was nervous about his hometown event, especially after seeing the comments from people such as Saloomey, the first to respond to the announcement.

A resident of nearby Bakersfield, Saloomey has owned Madonna Auto Repair, just down the road from the Varnum, for more than 25 years. He told Seven Days that he tries to keep his opinions to himself but couldn’t hold back when he saw the event listing.

“It’s not like I’ve got problems with adults and their preferences,” Saloomey said. “My whole problem was that two o’clock on a Saturday afternoon targets children who don’t even know what

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to accept a drag queen,” he reasoned.

“But for a kid, who hasn’t known necessarily that there’s a ‘right’ or a ‘wrong’ to gender, we were just two storybook characters come to life to read to them.”

The number of tween and teenage boys in attendance surprised Marsh.

One boy was preparing to play a fairy godmother in a school play and came to ask the duo for advice.

“He was like, ‘I’m expecting this role, and I want to do it justice. Should I do it like a drag queen and really vamp it up?’” Marsh recalled. “And we were like, ‘Yeah!’”

One patron approached Liddy after the event to say he’d boycott the library until it issued a public apology for hosting Drag Queen Story Hour.

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half of this is about. Do we really need to confuse their identity of things any more than they already are growing up?

All of a sudden, somebody’s daddy is wearing a dress.”

Saloomey said he was heartened to receive several emails from other townspeople who thanked him for publicly opposing the event. He said some told him they were too afraid to speak out.

“I’m in a point in my life when I really don’t give a shit,” Saloomey said.

A number of those who used their names on Front Porch Forum have since changed their minds about being identified. One woman claimed she “received many hate emails from the LGBTQ community.” A second, who suggested that the drag queens undergo background checks before mingling with children, said she was similarly bombarded. One emailer called her a “closed-minded bitch.”

“It used to be the other way around,” opined Saloomey. “No one talked about being gay ’cause they were afraid” of

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Seven Days inquiry has found that some Vermont public officials routinely conduct government business on private phone and email accounts. Public records requests sent to 18 local and state officials last month showed that some rely exclusively on their personal accounts.

Last Friday, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that those accounts are subject to the state’s Public Records Act. Transparency advocates celebrated the justices’ unanimous ruling, which reversed a lower court decision. In light of Seven Days’ finding, the high court’s action affirms the public’s right of access to government communications that are taking place through unofficial channels.

American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont attorney Lia Ernst called it “a major win for all who care about government transparency and accountability.” But, she noted, “public officials — and the public — are best served

when public business is done on public accounts.”

The debate over what’s private and what’s public came to the fore locally in 2016, when lawyer Brady Toensing, vice chair of the Vermont Republican Party, sued then-attorney general Bill Sorrell, a Democrat, for refusing to search a private email account for messages exchanged with lobbyists. Siding with Sorrell, Vermont Superior Court Judge Robert Mello ruled last February that those private accounts weren’t subject to the state’s public records law.

After Toensing appealed, the Attorney General’s Office, now led by T.J. Donovan, moderated its stance, no longer insisting that private accounts were entirely exempt from the public records act. Instead, it argued that officials didn’t have to search their private accounts in response to public records requests unless the requester could demonstrate that such documents existed. Donovan’s argument hinged on

the assumption that officials are unlikely to use their personal accounts for public business.

To test that assumption, Seven Days sent a slew of public records requests to government officials in September — after Mello’s ruling but before last week’s Supreme Court decision. They included three local officials, six legislators, three statewide officeholders and six state employees working under Gov. Phil Scott. Seven Days asked for all communications relating to public business that were sent or received on their personal accounts during a two-week period last month.

Only Alburgh Selectboard chair Tyler Gotshall refused our request outright, citing Mello’s ruling. Ten officials, including Donovan, acquiesced with a caveat: They said they were providing the records as a courtesy, not because they were legally obligated.

Others handed over their records without any qualifications.

Sixteen of the 17 officials who complied with our request had documents relating to government business on their private accounts. In most cases, the communications were mundane — an email to arrange a meeting or a text to say someone was running late.

But the records revealed that people at the highest level of state government have consequential discussions with one another through private channels.

Officials said they use personal accounts either inadvertently or out of a desire for convenience, not secrecy. Motives aside, they do it all the time.

Mental Health Commissioner Melissa Bailey texted her boss, Secretary of Human Services Al Gobeille, on his personal phone as they scrambled one evening to find a hospital bed for a psychiatric patient.

Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe (D/P-Chittenden) used his personal email account to contact the Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets about a

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controversy surrounding a Charlotte hops farm. He had questions about the regulation of pesticides and herbicides.

Also via personal email, Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman asked members of the Vermont congressional delegation for an update on hurricane-struck Puerto Rico.

Colchester Selectboard chair Nadine Scibek used her personal email to communicate with the town manager about a controversy over plowing private roads.

They exchanged drafts of a document answering residents’ frequently asked questions about plowing policy.

Had the Supreme Court not struck it down, Mello’s decision would have cut off the public’s right of access to all of this information, and more.

Vermont law doesn’t prohibit the use of personal accounts for official work, but the practice is generally frowned upon because of security concerns and the importance of preserving public records.

“Employees with state email accounts shall not routinely use personal email accounts to conduct state business,” reads the Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual, which applies to all state employees.

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But quarantining the personal from the public can be tricky, and most officials said they occasionally slip up and send something from the wrong account. Even those most disciplined about using their government email can’t prevent others from sending messages to their personal accounts. Some officials’ email addresses and numbers were widely distributed before they took government posts.

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A number of state officials told Seven Days that they had always assumed texts and emails concerning government business and exchanged on their private accounts were public documents.

“I do think that no matter whether it’s our private email or a state email, if I am conducting business as a state official, that should be public record,” said House Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero.)

“If it’s public, it’s public, regardless of where it lives,” said Sen. Jeanette White (D-Windham), who chairs the Senate Government Operations Committee.

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The VLCT recommends that officials forward emails about government business received in their private accounts to an official one before responding. What about the public servants — primarily at the local level — whose posts don’t come with an official email account?

The VLCT advises those individuals to create separate accounts for government business.

Phones present more of a challenge.

Juggling both a personal and a stateissued cellphone has been a “nightmare,” Gobeille said. “I’ve been trying to migrate people over to my state phone.

I’m probably 85 percent there.” (This reporter only had his personal number and reached him that way.)

Others have decided not to bother with the hassle of maintaining multiple devices. Zuckerman relies exclusively on his personal phone. Secretary of State Jim Condos said he also uses his own phone. None of the 180 state lawmakers are issued cellphones. Local government officials are even less likely to receive such devices.

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Rep. Maida Townsend (D-South Burlington), who chairs the House Government Operations Committee, said lawmakers are “encouraged as much as possible to do all of our state-related business on our legislative accounts.”

The Vermont League of Cities and Towns makes the same recommendation to municipal officials.

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bout 60 people gathered at the Elmwood Meunier Funeral Home in Burlington’s Old North End on October 18 to mourn the violent death of Yogeswari Khadka, a 32-year-old woman who was killed a week earlier just a few blocks away. Bhutanese business owners, an elementary school teacher, mental health professionals and staffers from organizations that provide services to refugees were among those who attended the wake, where Khadka’s open casket was on display in the Hindu tradition.

Some wore purple ribbons in support of domestic violence awareness.

Khadka’s husband, Aita Gurung, allegedly hacked her to death with a meat cleaver. He used the same weapon to seriously injure his motherin-law, Tulasa Rimal, 54.

Chandra Sharma, secretary of the Green Mountain Bhutanese Organization, read Khadka’s obituary aloud in Nepali: name, date of birth, date of death, where she lived, the names of family members. Basu Dhakal, president of the Bhutanese-led Vermont Hindu Temple, translated the just-the-facts account into English for the benefit of non-Nepali speakers.

Later, a convoy of vehicles accompanied Khadka’s body to a crematorium in South Burlington, where a Buddhist monk conducted funeral rites in an adjoining function room. Gurung’s family is Buddhist; Khadka’s family is Hindu. Bhutanese of all faiths, including Christians and Kiratis, were represented.

So was the Burlington Police Department.

Dedicated domestic violence investigator Nikki Moyer attended the service.

“Everybody is shocked,” Dhakal told Seven Days a few hours before the funeral. “Not only the Bhutanese living in Vermont, but everybody in the United States.”

A confluence of factors — alcohol abuse, mental illness, problems adjusting to a new culture and environment — may have contributed to the attack. But trying to understand what made Gurung snap is complicated because many Bhutanese people don’t talk openly about their personal problems. Even Khadka’s father, who lived with the couple, couldn’t say for sure if the husband and wife were having marital difficulties.

Gurung’s younger brother, Suk, has a bit more insight. On the last day of September, he visited Gurung at his Burlington home during Dashain, a religious festival that the Nepali Bhutanese community celebrates.

But the joyous occasion took a dark turn when Gurung told his brother that he was ill and didn’t have long to live, according to Suk. Alarmed, Suk suggested to his now-deceased sisterin-law that she check Gurung into a “mental rehab.”

But Khadka reassured Suk that her husband was taking medication.

“He doesn’t like to take medication, but I’m forcing him,” Khadka said, according to Suk. Two weeks later, on October 12, Gurung allegedly killed his wife in broad daylight. The brutal, bloody attack spilled outside the family’s Hyde Street home,

“Our mothers and sisters have been affected by it, and they don’t speak up,” he said.

Traditionally, Bhutanese families don’t seek help for domestic problems because they’re concerned about family honor and prestige, explained Bidur Dahal, secretary of the Vermont Hindu Temple. “They don’t go outside and seek help unless it’s critical,” he added. Going to the police, he continued, would be a last resort.

There is a reason for the mistrust of police among the Bhutanese community, Dahal explained. In the early 1990s, the Bhutanese king expelled about 100,000 Bhutanese citizens of ethnic-Nepali origin, also known as Lhotsampa, from the country. The army and police committed atrocities against the Nepali population, which included torture, killing and rape, according to Dahal.

The Lhotsampa fled to Nepal, where they lived in squalid and overcrowded refugee camps for about two decades. There, the Nepali police “were not friendly with the people,” said Dahal. “They never spoke nicely.

They were always arrogant.”

Khadka and Gurung — and her parents, Khadka and Tulasa Rimal — lived in close proximity in one such Nepali camp. But they were separated two years ago, when the younger couple came to Vermont as part of U.S. refugee resettlement efforts.

The Rimals arrived in January 2017. Two months later, they moved in with their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter.

Khadka and Gurung used to get into physical fights when they were in Nepal, according to Khadka Rimal, 59. He never saw that happen in Vermont but said the young couple quarreled.

“We don’t know what was happening in their room,” Rimal said through an interpreter. “Sometimes, it seemed like they were having a physical fight. But they never told us what was going on.”

Rimal did say Gurung had become a “regular drinker” in the U.S. “He always wanted beer,” Rimal said of Gurung. “If the beer was not at home, he would constantly bother Khadka.”

According to Rimal, Gurung’s cleaver attack on Khadka happened after she refused to “bring beer.”

Rimal’s wife was injured as she tried to shield their daughter.

Rimal also explained that several days before the attack, Gurung had wanted to go to work with Khadka, though the older man did not know why.

She left without him, and Gurung went to the police to tell them that he was a “criminal” and “terrorist” because he was living off his wife’s income. Nepali society is patriarchal, and the man is expected to be the breadwinner.

Police confirmed that on the day in question, Gurung entered an Old North End deli and said he needed the police because he had committed an act of

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where neighbors and passersby tried to intervene before police arrived and arrested the 34-year-old suspect. Gurung has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder and is in custody, awaiting mental competency and sanity evaluations.

“I never thought that was going to happen,” Suk told Seven Days through an interpreter. He said he learned of the crime from Gurung’s father-in-law, Khadka Rimal, who is now caring for his 8-year-old granddaughter. She was at an after-school program when her mother was slain.

Suk said his brother’s mental health issues predated the incident. He said Gurung tried to hang himself in 2015, a few months after arriving in the U.S. with his wife and daughter. Gurung also once confided that he felt anxious and heard voices, even when no one was around. But, eventually, Gurung stopped sharing his feelings with his brother and became withdrawn.

“I know he has a mental problem,” Suk said.

Gurung’s personal struggle was likely exacerbated by cultural issues. “I personally have been involved with other families in the Bhutanese community to talk about mental health and domestic violence,” said Dhakal, a registered nurse at the University of Vermont Medical Center.

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domestic violence the previous day and was having mental health issues.

Officers investigated, searching the couple’s Old North End home for signs of violence. They also interviewed Khadka at the Shelburne Road hotel where she worked, Police Chief Brandon del Pozo said. Khadka said her husband could be “slipping off his meds,” del Pozo said. She said she didn’t think Gurung had committed a crime against her the night before, and she had no visible injuries.

Gurung, meanwhile, asked police to take him to the UVM Medical Center, and they did, according to del Pozo.

A spokesperson from the medical center declined to discuss Gurung’s hospital stay, citing federal privacy statutes. Del Pozo has said the attack occurred shortly after Gurung, who was voluntarily admitted, asked to leave the hospital. Khadka came and picked him up, according to the police chief.

Officer Moyer said there were no pending criminal charges against Gurung prior to the cleaver attack.

Speaking broadly, she said she’s noticed that Bhutanese men accused of domestic violence frequently also abuse alcohol.

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By Suk’s account, Gurung, who worked in construction in Nepal, had been looking forward to being resettled in the U.S. But his behavior changed just a few months after he arrived in Vermont.

“He didn’t talk about how hard life in the United States was,” Suk said. “But he just started feeling scared of people.”

Mental health screening is part of the medical assessment that all refugees undergo overseas before being resettled, said Martha Friedman, the refugee health and health equity coordinator at the Vermont Department of Health.

Once they’re in Vermont, they undergo another round, Friedman said.

A group of physicians conduct the evaluation based on the standards set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Studies have shown a high prevalence of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, somatization and traumatic brain injuries in refugees,” the CDC says on its website.

Bhutanese refugees in particular seem prone to self-harm, according to Jonah Meyerhoff, a doctoral student of clinical psychology at UVM. CDC data from 2012 show that the suicide rate among Bhutanese refugees resettled in the U.S.

is 20.3 per 100,000 — nearly double that of the rest of the U.S. population.

Gurung was hospitalized for a couple of weeks after he tried to end his life in November 2015, according to Suk. After being discharged, Suk added, Gurung found it hard to hold a steady job.

At one time, he had been doing seasonal work at Shelburne Farms. Son Gurung, Suk’s mother-in-law, worked with Gurung there and recalled that he was very quiet. “He was such a nice guy in Nepal … I don’t know what changed him,” she said.

At a previous job — at a coat factory in St. Albans — Gurung didn’t talk to anyone, avoided eye contact and would sometimes cry, a coworker told Dhakal.

“Everybody was scared to ask, so nobody spoke to him,” Dhakal said, recounting what he had been told.

Khadka had participated in some events organized by the Vermont Hindu Temple, Dhakal said, and some Bhutanese business owners in the Old North End knew her. There was no indication — from the people Seven Days interviewed — that she ever sought professional help. Connecting Cultures, CLEAVER ATTACK

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A South Burlington teenager will likely avoid prison time and spend five years on probation after pleading guilty last Friday to threatening to kill South Burlington High School students and staff in April.

Josiah Leach, 19, appeared briefly in U.S. District Court in Burlington and agreed to the plea deal.

Federal prosecutors and Leach’s defense attorney recommended that Leach be sentenced to time served and five years on probation. Judge Geoffrey Crawford accepted the agreement, and Leach will be formally sentenced in February.

Leach faced a five-year maximum sentence on a charge of threatening by means of interstate commerce. He spent 10 days in prison — after his arrest and when he was found to have violated his conditions of pretrial release.

He published a kill list online, prompting days of school lockdowns and inflaming a community bitterly divided by a debate about the school’s Rebels mascot. Leach, who is African American, was charged with making threats to

kill students and staff in retaliation for the decision to drop the nickname.

Leach did not have any weapons and did not take any steps to carry out his threats, authorities said.

He told Crawford that he is undergoing mental health counseling and working at a local Denny’s restaurant.

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Tensions High at Lake Carmi Meeting Water-quality meetings about the Lake Carmi watershed have become strained in recent months, leading a state official to request the presence of game wardens at one last Thursday night. The two wardens were in full uniform, which customarily includes a firearm.

The Lake Carmi Implementation Team meets monthly, bringing together state and local officials and interest groups in an effort to create a cleanup plan for a lake that’s been overcome this year with blue-green algae blooms.

“The last three meetings, there’s been a very spirited crowd,” said Emily Boedecker, commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation. “In a situation where I and the team members were feeling challenged, I asked for the wardens to be present.”

She denied that there had been any threats against her or anyone else; it was just that “we had not been able to get our important work done.” Wardens will be present at future meetings, she said.

Judy McLaughlin, a member of the Lake Carmi Camper’s Association who attended the meeting, said the presence of armed officers generated whispers among the crowd. She said the wardens told people they were there to provide “protection and enforce the agenda” and had orders to “cuff, remove and cite anyone who disrupted the meeting.”

During a public comment period, McLaughlin said, Boedecker was quizzed about the wardens, and her response

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indicated that state officials felt threatened.

“What?” said McLaughlin, recalling the scene. “Threatened when talking to people about the most polluted lake in the state?”

Boedecker claimed that “it’s not unusual” for wardens to attend such meetings.

Not so, said James Ehlers, executive director of Lake Champlain International and a Democratic candidate for governor, who was not present at the Carmi meeting.

“I’ve been to hundreds of water-quality meetings, and I’ve never seen game wardens on hand,” he said.

McLaughlin acknowledged that the September meeting had been “loud,” with people often interrupting and talking over each other. But she said there’s a great deal of frustration with the implementation team’s lack of progress.

According to court documents and attorneys’ comments in court, Leach has long been a troubled kid. He told authorities that he “felt his life was over” and that “he had been treated as a joke, and he wanted the community to feel as he felt,” prosecutors said in court earlier this year.

Leach did not have a criminal record but previously served two stints on juvenile probation for undisclosed offenses. He had been involved in school fights and had run away from home several times.

Leach, who has spent his entire life in Burlington and South Burlington, suffers from anxiety, depression and other mental health woes. His father was abusive father, Leach’s attorney, Elizabeth Quinn, said during a court hearing earlier this year.

have spoken out or wrote letters of support started saying, ‘No, [the backlash is] not right.’’

Liddy heard from other librarians, too.

“If even one child in your community left your Drag Queen Storytime with a better understanding or higher level of comfort with LGBTQ+ persons, then your library has done its job,” wrote Megan Estey Butterfield, a children’s librarian at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. “I urge you to continue programming with this part of your community in mind.”

The duo’s next Drag Queen Story Hour is scheduled at Fletcher Free on December 16.

Small said she didn’t care if protesters showed up.

“Drag queens have always been on the front lines of creating social change.

So if this is going to bring awareness that diversity is awesome and cool, and kids should be seeing diverse faces who are just going to read to them, like, great — bring on the picketers!” Small said. “I hope they come inside and listen to us read about a pig that found a ball.” !

That frustration was heightened by this summer’s massive algae blooms, which severely limited recreational use and turned the surface of the lake into a slimy green mess.

The October meeting was more orderly, which allowed state officials to reclaim the agenda. But to McLaughlin, it sounded like a ”‘canned’ presentation. I felt like we were back to square one, outlining basic points.”

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 85 percent of the nutrients feeding the algae blooms are from agricultural sources. According to McLaughlin, the implementation team has done little to nothing about farm runoff in its two years of existence.

“Lake Carmi is in a bowl with agriculture all around it,” said McLaughlin. “If agriculture is the problem, why do you come up here and talk about [other sources]?”

Boedecker said the team is following an orderly process. “Each member of the team has tasks to complete,” she said. “The algae blooms are a terrible situation. They highlight the need to do everything we can.”

But the supply of patience has pretty much dried up around the shores of Lake Carmi. Tensions are high, and trust in state officials is low.

McLaughlin and her neighbors refer to Lake Carmi as “ground zero” for Vermont’s water pollution problems. Ehlers agrees with that assessment and labels it a cause for great concern.

“If we can’t clean up a 1,200-acre lake,” he said, “how can we address Lake Champlain, which is 635 square miles?”

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As for Gurung? “We don’t know anything about this gentleman,” Dhakal said.

Since the attack, community members have rallied around the surviving family members. The manager at the hotel where Rimal works started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the family. Dahal praised Chandra Sharma and his wife, Purnima, for taking Rimal and his granddaughter into their home even though they didn’t know each other. Rimal’s wife was discharged last week and is now recuperating at the Sharma home. She has started to eat “a little bit of food,” and the visiting nurses are treating her wounds, said Rimal.

“It’s very important that we help this family transition out of this,” Dhakal said. !

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n recent months, visitors to Monkton and passersby may have noticed a curious juxtaposition: Beside an unassuming, dilapidated barn on the Bristol-Monkton Road, a gleaming, space-age pseudo-geodesic dome has appeared. What looks at first like an oversize nugget of chrome turns out to be “D# Echo,” one of the recent additions to the WILLOWELL FOUNDATION’S GORDON SCULPTURE PARK, which celebrated its official opening over the weekend.

Spearheaded by Willowell founder and director MATT SCHLEIN, the park has been in the works for many years.

During the opening celebration, Schlein explained to Seven Days that one new work has been added roughly every year since 2012. The five installations stand peppered along a mown path that winds through the Willowell campus.

The property is also home to the Walden Project, an alternative education program for students at Vergennes Union High School, and a variety of land-based educational programs.

Schlein said he sees the park as an extension of Willowell’s work, which is based on the concept of consilience, an effort to unite diverse disciplines in pursuit of harmonious existence.

In the fall of 2012, celebrated Mexico City and New York City artist Marela Zacarías worked with community members to construct the park’s inaugural sculpture, “Azimuth.” While Zacarías is perhaps best known as a muralist, here she incorporated sculptural elements appropriate to her site: two defunct nine-foot-long pieces of silo siding. She arranged the curving metal pieces in an S-shape that suggests the infinity sign and painted each of the four surfaces in bright geometric patterns — inspired by a pyramid in Xochicalco, Mexico, Zacarías writes in her statement.

The most recent additions to the park are “D# Echo” and a work from the Mobile Mural Project. The former is an immersive audio installation by BRIAN RAYMOND and NICK CAMPOLO, which debuted in Winooski at Waking Windows 2016. Sensors inside the structure react to visitors’ movements, triggering prerecorded sounds. The work sits in the Willowell parking lot, just across from the path’s entrance, which is marked by a primitive wooden arch.

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and Ethiopian street artist and performer Behulum Mengistu, the 16-by-4-foot painting uses mythological symbolism to share themes of friendship and cross-cultural connections. A deer, representing northeastern North America, is shown making an offering to a walia ibex, considered the symbol of Ethiopia.

From 2014 to 2015, Burlington artist and activist GENESE GRILL and Monkton artist GRACE CORBETT worked to install a permanent “walking book” in the park.

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Housed on sturdy cedar frames under a small roof, the oversize panels feature storybook renditions of excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Walking.”

The project was initially conceived by Corbett, a Walden Project student; two of the “pages” are tucked in the cedar grove that harbors the Walden campus.

Off in the distance is “Phi,” an installation by local artist ETHAN MITCHELL. Composed of six small metal panels welded on posts and staggered across a mound of earth, the work creates an

optical illusion related to the golden ratio.

Visitors will likely encounter other, impromptu artworks as well — after all, Willowell is a place for creative experimentation. As Schlein said of the sculpture park, “At its best, it helps people envision possibilities.” !

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Winning the award had Green honored, humbled, giddy and overwhelmed — at times he could hardly finish a sentence. His delight in the company’s achievements this year was palpable, as was his anticipation of next year’s programming.

“I’m really excited about JAGFest this year,” Green said of JAG Productions’ new-play festival. “Last year, it was an idea that we had to execute really quickly. This year, we’re going to be putting on work that no one has ever seen before, and all the playwrights will be here developing their pieces.”

JAG Productions, which is based in Woodstock, will also mount a play about Billie Holiday, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, by Lanie Robertson.

The NETC award represents favorable recognition from the larger theater community that an unlikely pairing — African American theater in rural Vermont — is having a notable impact. Green holds on to that idea. “The world is crazy,” he laments, “but doing this work is the one thing that anchors me. With everything going on out there, I’m just going to focus on my community. That’s all we can really do right now.”

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It’s been a big inaugural year for Upper Valley theater company JAG PRODUCTIONS. Since its inception in 2016, the company has produced August Wilson’s Fences, a classic American play, and the Vermont premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy, a contemporary play.

The company has also mounted a play festival, featuring lectures, discussions and readings of new works by emerging playwrights. All of these productions had a common theme, which is the heart of JAG Production’s mission: to celebrate and elevate black theater artists.

It seems this ambition has paid off: JAG Productions is a recipient of the 2017 New England Theatre Conference Regional Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Theater. Other recipients this year include Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Arts for Teens in Massachusetts and Warner Stage Company in Connecticut.

The awards have been granted since the 1950s for regional companies that, in the view of the NETC board, show exemplary work.

Though the awards are annual, they have been inconsistently bestowed: Between two and six recipients have received it each year. But one thing is certain: It flatters those who receive it.

“We’re just babies; I don’t know if we deserve this!” founder and producing artistic director of JAG Productions JARVIS ANTONIO GREEN told Seven Days by phone. “But I’ll take it,” he quickly added.

It’s true, the award is generally given to more established companies. As an example, VERMONT YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS received the award in 2004, when it was 11 years old. But sometimes innovative, immediate work cannot be ignored.

In a statement describing each of the award winners, NETC said of JAG Productions: “They are the ONLY company trying to bring African American theater to Vermont, and they have used lots of means of outreach … to bring understanding to a state mostly lacking in diversity.”

As Green put it in an August 2016 interview with Seven Days, “Let’s face it, Vermont is mostly white.”

That has not stopped him from galvanizing local black artists or attracting others from across the

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SEVEN DAYS: Did you know Robbie Leppzer before being interviewed for the documentary?

ARNIE GUNDERSEN: We didn’t know him at all. In 2010, [Robbie] heard about this march of activists going from Brattleboro to Montpelier in the middle of winter and said, “I’ve got to film this.” In the middle of that march came [news of ] the [VY] tritium leak, which threw Maggie and me into the political firestorm in Montpelier. Robbie was there for it all, shooting film.

SD: Then what happened?

AG: Then came Fukushima, and Robbie said, “Can I come up to Burlington?”

He spent five days at our house filming everything and became like a fly on the wall. Then came my university tour in Japan in September 2012. Robbie said, “Can I go?” We said, “You can go, but we’re not paying for it.” He got some incredibly powerful footage in Japan, none of which [is in] the film. But that’s the decision you have to make as an editor.

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hen Louisiana-based Entergy announced, on August 28, 2013, that it would close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power station at the end of 2014, the decision marked the end of a 40-year fight over nuclear energy in Vermont.

During VY’s final years, independent filmmaker Robbie Leppzer was there to document the nuke plant’s death throes and the subsequent battle over its radioactive legacy. This week at the Vermont International Film Festival, the award-winning director premieres his film, Power Struggle. Massachusettsbased Leppzer spent five years following the citizen activists and elected officials who took on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and one of America’s largest nuclear energy companies.

Seven Days discussed the film with two of its main protagonists: nuclear-engineer-turned-industry-whistleblower ARNIE GUNDERSEN and his wife, MAGGIE, of Burlington’s Fairewinds Associates and its nonprofit arm, Fairewinds Energy Education. Both have been longtime critics of VY and Entergy and gained international acclaim in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 2011.

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MAGGIE GUNDERSEN: I love the title he chose, Power Struggle, because it’s really about the power of the people to be heard and have a say about what’s producing energy in their community, versus the Nuclear Regulatory Commission citing federal law and refusing to recognize local stakeholders.

It’s democracy in action.

AG: Robbie’s got several protagonists.

Maggie’s and my story as nuclear whistleblowers is woven throughout the film, but he’s got that group of older women from [the Shut It Down Affinity Group] and [former state

representative] TONY KLEIN. The “power struggle” line comes from [former state attorney general] BILL SORRELL. While he’s being filmed he says, “It’s a real power struggle.”

SD: I understand you’ve become celebrities in Japan.

MG: Under Fairewinds Associates, we published a best-selling book together with a Japanese lawyer and writer, called Fukushima Daiichi: The Truth and the Way Forward.

AG: “The truth” refers to the accident, and “the way forward” is about an

alternative energy future in Japan. I just got back from Japan, where I spent two weeks doing research with Dr. Marco Kaltofen from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It was his first time to Japan, but he’s been to Chernobyl and a few other disaster areas. He turns to me and says, “Traveling with you is like traveling with Santa Claus. Everybody knows you!”

SD: Are you disappointed that the Japan trip isn’t in the film?

AG: Actually, I think the film is more politically poignant now because it talks

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about citizens speaking truth to power.

The film isn’t a nuclear film. It’s about anybody in the United States speaking truth to power.

MG: It’s also about fracking and plastics in our water supply. It’s about toxic waste dumps, oils spills and what that’s done to the Gulf of Mexico.

AG: It could be Florida. It could be California. It could be Montana. It’s really about citizens taking control of their future.

SD: What’s your role now with Vermont Yankee?

AG: I’ve been retained by the New England Coalition [on Nuclear Pollution, as an expert witness]. Vermont Yankee can and should be decommissioned.

But to choose NorthStar, a company with no experience [in nuclear decommissioning] that wants to try a technique that’s never been tried before, this concept called “rubblization.” Basically, they want to grind the radioactive concrete and leave it on-site. I have some real reservations about that.

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Rising from the seedling bed, Nurse Jenkins tells me basil eases heartache. Yes, and I’ll get through winter with a pail, a dish and spoon.

Why can’t love be simple?

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Power Struggle premieres at the Vermont International Film Festival on Sunday, October 29, 3:30 p.m., at Main Street Landing Black Box Theater in Burlington. Director Robbie Leppzer speaks in a post-screening discussion panel that includes the Gundersens and former state representative Tony Klein, moderated by author and journalist David Goodman. $5-10. See vtiff.org for full film festival schedule.

The collage effect can be overwhelming, but this collection has an emotional payoff, much like Chagall’s work — or at least, it feels like it does.

These poems are slippery. They pivot through time periods and artistic styles.

While at times it’s hard to keep up with Lusk’s references, the ride is an experience to be savored. !

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A century later I am waiting for Love to walk out of the woods playing an accordion, singing instructions for the dance. In this world hands must be told what to do, though they appear made for grasping and letting go.

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AG: It’s a film that makes you proud to be a Vermonter. That it happened in Vermont wasn’t a coincidence, but can it happen anywhere? The answer is yes. !

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This volume is broader in its associations than Vermeer, although it does contain a number of poems inspired by specific paintings. Lusk dips a brush into the well of history’s characters, as well as his own past, and uses those varied shades to craft a glittering new portrait.

The effect is simultaneously exhausting and enthralling. Take “Call It Fondness,” described as “after” the French-Russian modernist painter Marc Chagall. Not only does the poem invoke the artist’s visually fractured style in its wordplay and structure, but it also references The Book of Kells, American craft woodworker George Nakashima, Standard & Poor’s financial services and musician Barry Manilow as supporting actors.

That poem reads more like Chagall than Lusk in that it’s colorful, surreal and painterly. The author manages to be more direct, while still bouncing through the past, in poems like “Going Up.” That piece, which opens the second section, approaches the concept of love through the ridiculous:

Readers will hear the writer’s derision in that “yes,” especially if they’re accustomed to the cold climes of the Northeast. A garden herb could as easily mend a broken heart as three utensils could suffice to get us through the winter.

The poet goes on to cite two examples of faith tinged with the ridiculous: Bathsheba Bowers, a 16th-century Quaker who believed God would save her from death; and the Millerites, who wore their Ascension robes on hilltops, trying to bring their cows with them to heaven. “Who did we think made those angel prints in the snow?” Lusk asks, suggesting that such gestures are as beautiful as they may be absurd. “Why could we not have fallen on our backs and let our bodies also find a fitting elevation?” Why can’t we — collective humanity or the pair of broken lovers implied by the opening — give in to that blind belief and embrace something greater than ourselves?

The poem closes with a sweetly sad stanza that feels about as universal as anything in this collection:

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MG: That was part of the whole problem with Vermont Yankee when it was operating. They sent all the money to [Entergy’s headquarters in] Louisiana and weren’t investing properly in the plant. They never put money into the decommissioning fund, and that’s really frightening, because this will be a toxic legacy that will be left on the banks of the Connecticut River to migrate into the air and groundwater.

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ANIEL LUSK’s newest volume of poems, The Shower Scene From Hamlet,, spans a thousand years, a handful of visual art genres and a veritable encyclopedia of historical characters.

While the journey can be exhausting — as most are — it is well worth it.

The title provides a few clues to how the reader might approach this latest from the Pushcart Prizewinning Burlington poet and essayist. The invariable first response is often: “I’m not sure I remember a shower scene in Hamlet.”

That’s not for lack of close reading; at no point in the Shakespeare play do Hamlet and Ophelia hop into a tiled box and tilt their heads under an artificial downpour before returning to their respective dramatic unravelings. No showers are found in the play — unless you count Act 4, Scene 5, in which an increasingly insane Ophelia offers Queen Gertrude a song that mentions “true love showers.”

No, it’s not that the reader has missed something. Rather, Lusk seems to be inviting us to reexamine characters from literature or history and to contemplate their unknowns, to consider the moments that might not have made it into Hamlet or other volumes.

The collection’s title ascribes value to the dusty corners of history, the odd stories and daily habits of painters, conquerors and prophets. It suggests that their lives were full of shits and showers in addition to the honors and achievements we typically tie to their names.

With that in mind, know that Shakespearean drama isn’t the only genre you’ll be called to reconsider if you crack open this collection. The poems are divided into two sections, the first titled “The Artist’s Model” and the second “Footnotes to the Millennium.”

The latter takes its name from Felipe Fernández-Armesto’s Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years, which Lusk notes contributed abundantly to his work. The former looks back to Lusk’s previous publication, The Vermeer Suite, which paired poems with paintings that inspired them.

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represents the crucifixion of Jesus at Calvary, where he and two thieves were sentenced to death.

Jared Carter, assistant professor at Vermont Law School, sees the crosses’ purpose as “to advertise a religion, essentially,” he says by phone. But he acknowledges the question is a complex one.

Whether the cluster of crosses exceeds the limit depends on how one assesses their size.

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raveling along Route 66, many a Vermonter has noticed three large, freestanding crosses on a hillside in Randolph. They’ve been there a while: Bisbee’s hardware store manager Ken Smith says he helped erect the structures about 20 years ago on the property of the then-newly built Green Mountain Gospel Chapel.

But are the crosses benign expressions of faith, or do they violate Vermont’s billboard law, which outlaws advertisements on public roadways?

One of our Randolph readers wrote to ask: WTF? Passed in 1968, Vermont’s landmark billboard law helps keep the state’s scenic byways, well, scenic. Maine, Hawaii and Alaska are the only other states to have adopted similar legislation.

Statute 10 V.S.A. 495 aims to reduce visual clutter on Vermont’s roadways, and it works. Travelers invariably note the difference when passing from Vermont into New Hampshire or New York.

While aesthetics played a part in the law, so did economics.

Vermont’s landscape is a major tourist attraction, so why cover it with advertisements?

Today, the only signs permitted on or visible from government highways are those erected by the state to direct safe traffic flow — with a few exceptions listed in 10 V.S.A. 494, such as signs for park-and-rides, fairgrounds and expositions, and hand-painted murals specifically related to downtown centers. In total, 17 circumstances can exempt a sign from the billboard law. The language of most of those exemptions refers specifically to signs, not to advertorial media, nor to crosses.

So, is a large, freestanding cross — or a set of three — a form of advertisement for the Christian religion or for the Green Mountain Gospel Chapel?

Chapel pastor David Dube says no. “I don’t know about [them] as advertisements,” he says in a phone interview.

“They’re just a symbol like any other cross on the church.”

Except these crosses aren’t on a church, but rather above the church and easily visible to passing motorists. Dube notes that, biblically speaking, the placement of three crosses in close proximity

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Crosses on the hillside in Randolph

If the public crosses did qualify as advertisements, their legality would depend partly on their placement. Are the crosses on the highway right of way, or “on-premise,” meaning on the property of the business in question?

The Green Mountain Gospel Chapel owns 5.5 acres in the crook of land between Hebard Hill Road and Route 66.

While the crosses are close to the road, Dube says they are on church property.

Tammy Ellis, senior manager for the Vermont Agency of Transportation, confirms in an email that “[an] area supervisor measured […] the crosses, [and ...] it is highly likely that they are outside of the state right of way, which is generally 24’9” from centerline.”

According to another state statute (10 V.S.A. 493), on-premise signs may be erected if they are “advertising activities conducted on the property,” but they cannot exceed 150 square feet.

Dube says he’s not sure, but estimates the crosses measure about eight by four feet. Based on her own height, this reporter would put them at roughly 12 feet tall with arms four feet wide. They appear to be made of traditional 4-by-4 wooden beams, which (confoundingly) actually measure 3.5 by 3.5. The frontfacing plane of one cross measures roughly five square feet, putting the combined planes of all three crosses at just under 15 square feet, well below the limit.

Measuring the rectangular area surrounding each cross gives a higher result, however. Three 4-by-12-foot rectangles comprise 144 square feet. If we add the space between the crosses, the actual three-cross area could approach or exceed the 150-square-foot limit.

If one holds that: a) a publicly visible Christian cross is an advertisement for the faith; b) the advertisement is on

church property; and c) the on-premise advertisement exceeds 150 square feet, the crosses could be illegal.

Alternatively, one could argue that a publicly visible Christian cross is nothing more than a sculptural representation of a biblical story meant to reinforce the faith of existing practitioners, rendering further argument moot.

“There’s arguments on all sides,” Carter says, “and lots of questions.” He suggests that passersby may not have drawn attention to the issue for fear of inciting a debate centered on freedom of religion and speech. “If it doesn’t fit nicely into an exemption,” he continues, the reluctance to challenge the crosses “could be the state feeling nervous about enforcing the rules against the church, because [they might be] impinging on the religious freedom of the church. But I’m just speculating.

“If I represented the church,” Carter continues, “and the state tried to enforce that provision against me, I [might] very well argue that Vermont’s billboard law violates my constitutional rights and that they’re enforcing this against the church, which is protected under state and federal constitutions.”

But, he reiterates, “It’s a complicated issue,” citing the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which holds that while the government can’t discriminate against religious institutions, it also can’t give them preferential treatment.

To John Dunleavy, assistant attorney general at VTrans, by contrast, the question looks pretty simple. “I don’t think that it’s an issue we would attempt to regulate under the billboard law,” he says.

Unless our petitioner takes it to the Travel Information Council in the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, the body charged with enforcing the billboard law, the case of the three crosses will remain unsolved.

In the meantime, enjoy the view. !

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Dear Cecil,

I’m curious if the idea of artificially altering hurricanes’ strength has any scientific validity.

I seem to recall that the Navy gave it a try in the ’70s, but that’s based on hazy memories of 11th-grade science class.

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could seed a hurricane with something that would cause the supercooled water to cohere into raindrops — dry ice, silver iodide, even just dust — this would release pent-up heat energy and disrupt the wall of thunderstorms that define the hurricane’s eye, thus slowing down the vortex of wind.

In practice, a few attempts showed signs of success, but further analysis suggested that the hurricanes would’ve powered down on their own.

The project, meanwhile, raised the ire of Fidel Castro, who accused the U.S. of trying, essentially, to weaponize the weather. Admittedly there’s something a bit Strangelovian in the image of Navy fighter-bombers dumping chemical canisters into a hurricane. Couple that with an amped-up name like Stormfury, and I’ll grant that it all seemed a bit nuts.

Well, that was then.

Now, consider the escalating costs of rebuilding American cities after more intense and more frequent hurricanes, well

into the tens and hundreds of billions of dollars a pop — since 1980, the U.S. has spent $1.2 trillion on weather-related disasters. Consider, too, the compounded human misery.

I’d submit we’re past the stage where nutty-sounding ideas can be dismissed out of hand.

And the science behind some of these schemes is sound enough, including Stormfury-style seeding — nobody’s talking about nuking hurricanes anymore.

(Well, almost nobody: PreKatrina, one Air Force general was heard asking, “I’ve got the bombs to drop. Where do I go?”

Cooler heads generally view any combo of radioactive material and unpredictable high-speed winds as a nutty idea gone too far.) Currently, two proposals have gained some buzz and, just as important, some funding.

Proposal 1. Marine cloud brightening, conceived by the British scientists John Latham and Stephen Salter, would use a fleet of pilotless yachts to spray microscopic droplets of seawater into clouds in

it’s still cheaper than endless rebuilding.) There’s the good old “playing God” argument, of course, which is more of a philosophical hang-up. But, frankly, God’s got nothing on American tort law, which is where the real obstacles to weather modification reside. As one Atlantic article put it, “The problem isn’t the science. It’s the lawyers.”

Picture it: A category 5 hurricane’s headed straight for New Orleans. Science intervenes, it wobbles off course and, as a category 3 or 4, hits Houston, now a city of two million plaintiffs. And that’s if the storm stays in U.S. waters. Say it makes landfall in Mexico — now you’ve got a full-blown (as it were) international incident.

Then there are even bigger concerns. Altering rainfall in the Atlantic via cloud brightening, for instance, could change weather patterns in South America, potentially drying up the Amazon rain forests. With the Salter Sink, meanwhile, we can only imagine what cycling that much ocean water around will do to the local ecology. You can computer-model this stuff all you want, but at some point somebody will have to pull the trigger and cross their fingers.

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ou’ve done your teacher proud, Homie: For a decade starting in the early 1960s, the Navy collaborated with the U.S. Weather Bureau on a hurricane-deterrence project called Stormfury. That wasn’t our first rodeo, though.

Back in 1947, the government had tried to weaken a hurricane off the Atlantic coast by dropping dry-ice pellets on it from military planes. How’d it go? Well, the storm was heading out to sea prior to intervention, but then abruptly reversed course and struck land north of Savannah, Ga. Likely a coincidence, it turned out, but you see how the optics weren’t exactly encouraging.

Fifteen years later, Project Stormfury sought to apply roughly the same scientific principle, replacing the dry ice with silver iodide. Storm clouds typically contain a lot of supercooled water — H2O molecules below the freezing point that nonetheless don’t form ice.

The thinking went that if you

hurricane-forming regions, causing them to reflect more sunlight back into space. This was originally dreamed up as a response to global warming; holding up a mirror to the sun, basically, would help restrain runaway temps down here.

Hurricanes thrive on heat, so marine cloud brightening (possibly combined with seeding) might dial them back, too.

Proposal 2. Salter, meanwhile, is behind another plan called the Salter Sink, a floating structure that uses the power of waves to pump warm water from the ocean’s surface down a 200-yard tube to mix with the colder water below. Since, again, hurricanes rely on warm water for energy, positioning a few hundred sinks in the storm-breeding stretches of the Atlantic could have a literally chilling effect on their occurrence. The concept’s still in its early days, but it’s received backing from the likes of Bill Gates, if that gives any sense of how plausible it looks on paper.

Scientifically legit though these ideas may be, they’ve got critics. A chief objection is the allegedly impractical scale you’d need to enact such projects on, and the daunting associated costs. (Proponents counter that

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n his quest to reunite with his wife, who’s trapped in the underworld, Orpheus enters the stage from a high platform and slides down two long aerial silks suspended from the ceiling. Before Eurydice’s untimely death, the newlyweds had celebrated their love by dancing on the silks in acrobatic fashion, a feat of daring rarely seen in a stage play.

These scenes from Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, a retelling of the Greek legend, were performed in 2015 by Lost Nation Theater in Montpelier. Director Eric Love strayed from the script by expanding the women’s chorus and using the aerial silks as visual metaphors, both for love and for the chasm between the underworld and life on earth.

Many conventional theater buildings wouldn’t support such an innovative staging. But this Eurydice was performed in a room with 25-foot ceilings: the former gymnasium of Montpelier’s 1911 city hall. Since 1989, Lost Nation Theater has repurposed the space as a professional theater and arts center, progressively transforming its black-box-like environs. Today, the company performs a mix of comedies, dramas, classics and contemporary works — such as a new adaptation of Sense & Sensibility, which just wrapped — and smaller productions, including an annual Halloween party, the Poe Spooktacular.

This year, LNT turned 40. Numerous local and regional awards testify to its achievements. And, despite

internet and video streaming and the proliferation of competing local arts events, it is thriving.

What’s the company’s secret?

No single factor explains LNT’s endurance. Too many different elements, both visible and invisible, go into the productions it has staged over the decades: creative stage design, professional and nonprofessional actors from Vermont and elsewhere, and a supporting cast of volunteers, downtown business owners and city personnel committed to LNT’s success.

“That was a real nice culminating moment,” KRI S W E I R says founding artistic director Kim Bent about Eurydice. In his view, the production exemplified the company’s commitment to building long-term relationships. Love had worked as an actor for many years before making his directorial debut with the play. (He’s currently director of education at Northern Stage in White River Junction.)

Scenic and lighting designer Clay Coyle had worked with

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LNT on and off since 2001. The costume designer was a New York City-based colleague of Love’s. The core cast had worked with LNT many times before. Finally, “The chorus of nine teenage women was comprised primarily of youth who had worked their way up through the LNT Conservatory,” says Bent.

“The original question [we asked ourselves] was, ‘How do you support a resident theater company?’” he continues. “We don’t have the population base, and only the largest communities in the nation can do that.

So the next best thing is to gradually, over time, develop a network of folks that you work with. And that really does start to pay off at some point.”

To be sure, LNT’s networking has paid off in countless ways. But what Bent may be too modest to say is that the two most essential ingredients of LNT’s success are himself and producing artistic director Kathleen Keenan, who also happens to be his wife. The two are performance professionals committed to high-quality theater, education and community service in central Vermont.

“They’re both so willing to keep learning and growing, and that amazes me about them,” says former production stage manager Kris Weir of the couple at LNT’s helm. “They’re open to change and new ideas, and that’s always welcome at the company.

“Their skill sets complement each other,” she adds. “It’s the pairing of the two of them that can move mountains.”

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A sixth-generation Vermonter and native of Braintree, Bent is soft-spoken with a gentle, easygoing manner.

He earned a BA in theater at the University of Vermont, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and received a master’s degree in theater from Long Island University. From 1971 to ’74, he was a member of the Iowa Theater Lab, a renowned improvisationbased, nonverbal experimental group that performed in the U.S. and Europe.

“I grew up in Vermont, I appreciated Vermont, but I went through a long process of trying to get away,” says Bent. “I was really into a more esoteric, idealistic idea of theater, something other than simple narrative storytelling.”

theater and dance-theater companies in New York City and performed off- and off-off-Broadway and at Lincoln Center. As a singer-songwriter, she played at clubs, including Gerde’s Folk City.

Keenan moved to Vermont for love, she says, and married Bent in 1988. Shortly thereafter, LNT began its residency in Montpelier City Hall.

The city had lost money on the space during the 1988 residency of New York-based Atlantic Theater Company, says Keenan. But the city manager had grown to like the idea of a resident theater company and put out a call in Variety. LNT applied and won the contract.

“I had just moved up from New York,” says Keenan, “and I remember doing the math: We only need 40 people a night!, thinking, How easy is that going to be?”

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Leading this reporter on a tour of LNT headquarters, Bent and Keenan head upstairs, where the front end of the balcony is crammed with racks of costumes, furniture, set pieces and props from more than 25 years of shows. Every nook and cranny holds organized chaos.

“This plywood silhouette back here is the gunslinger,” says Bent, “and right behind him is Lil. [They’re] from the first show that Kathleen and I did together in 1984.”

Keenan smiles and notes how easy it has been to create ambience for kids’ programming “with all of this stuff.” During one show that used items from 15 different productions, she enjoyed declaring to students: “This is older than you are!” she recalls.

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When 18 people attended LNT’s first show, “I realized I wasn’t in New York anymore,” she says.

LNT produced five shows annually, on average, from its first season in 1989 through its fifth. In 1993, the company finally reached the 40-person-per-night mark and broke even financially, Keenan says.

“Kim’s commitment to Vermont and making professional theater possible in such a rural state is commendable,” she adds. “It’s quite the quixotic quest … to do professional theater in the smallest state capital in the nation.”

Many forces have conspired to make that quest viable, including the relationship that LNT and the City of Montpelier have forged. In exchange for free rent, LNT manages and maintains the City Hall Arts Center (the entire second floor of the building) year-round and has spearheaded many restorations. In the 1990s, Bent and Keenan participated in the City Hall Auditorium Improvement Committee to secure funding — including a city bond issue that passed in 1995 — for painting, balcony reinforcement, a sprinkler system, window

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Bent returned to Vermont in the mid-’70s, but it wasn’t until he became aware of poet-playwright David Budbill’s work that he felt inspired to embrace more traditional theater.

“At that point, David was going around reading his poems, these big, long poems that were essentially portraits of Vermonters, like Antoine, the French Canadian logger,” Bent recalls. “Hearing him read really turned my mind around about the possibilities of theater … to the value of doing plays that already existed and, in particular, the value of creating stories right out of your own personal experience.”

Bent founded LNT as a nonprofit professional touring company based in Bristol in 1977. In the early years, he created plays for adults and children, did school residencies, and built connections with artists in Burlington and beyond.

Keenan, an energetic woman with sparkling eyes and a hearty laugh, met Bent at Long Island University, where she earned a BA in theater and music. After graduating, she directed and composed music for

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Bent and Keenan in Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 1989

treatments, a permanent lighting grid attached to the ceiling and other improvements.

“We got really ambitious at that point because, for the first time, we didn’t have to rebuild our own lighting grid every summer [at the start of the theater season],” says Bent. “We could put a lot more energy into playing around with the audience-stage relationships.”

He and Keenan experimented with theater-in-theround and theater on two sides to discover how best to use the space.

Inspired by those early renovations, LNT collaborated with the city to invest $132,000 in improvements to the center from 2001 through 2016. Of that amount, the city contributed $12,000, LNT worked with the city to win $43,700 in cultural facilities grants from the Vermont Arts Council, and LNT raised the remaining $76,300. The improvements have included lighting upgrades, a new sound system, high-quality wireless devices for patrons with hearing difficulties, proscenium curtains and new cushioned theater seats on risers in three-quarter round — the seating arrangement Bent and Keenan ultimately preferred.

“We want an intimate audience-actor relationship as our theater experience, so sometimes the actor is no farther from you than where I’m standing right now,” says Keenan from three feet away.

“There’s not a bad seat in the house,” says Burton Dunning of Burlington, a season-ticket holder and former LNT board member. The main floor holds 150 seats, with 50 more in the balcony.

“It’s a really unique and interesting space to get to work in,” says Weir. “Being able to adapt the space to what you need — or what you want to have, or a director’s vision — is a dream come true. Is it a lot of work?

Absolutely. Is it worth it? Every single time.”

As LNT and the city have upgraded and improved the physical space, the company has been able to present larger and more complex productions, from Shakespeare dramas and comedies to Stephen Sondheim musicals. Since 2010, LNT has averaged 13 shows per April-to-October season, giving more than 100 performances each year.

“We’ve been season-ticket holders; we’ve probably seen every show they’ve done,” says Dunning’s wife, Susan Plunkett-Dunning, who served on the original LNT board and now volunteers in other capacities.

“I’m very impressed,” she adds. “They started with nothing at their theater in city hall, and they built an incredible program.”

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According to its website, LNT “dedicates itself to staging stories about the hopeful possibilities of human interaction, to education, and to realizing the powerful potential of theater to transform people and communities.” That may sound lofty and vague, until you see a show or talk with the people involved.

“It’s so much fun to do every year,” says Taylor Stevens, a teenager who participates in LNT’s youth programming.

“LNT brings variety and challenge to the arts scene in Montpelier,” writes his grandmother Carolyn Stevens by email.

She’s an LNT volunteer and avid patron.

“It’s a pleasure to have access to the diverse productions — everything from light musical comedy to Shakespeare.”

Indeed, Bent and Keenan choose what they call an “eclectic” season every year based on many factors, including their own interests, staff recommendations, public requests and their choices of people with whom they want to work again. “[The season] is going to have a classic play in it, a new play, a musical, a drama, a comedy and a Shakespeare,” says Bent. “That’s a conscious decision.

At one point, we surveyed our audience, and they confirmed that they appreciate that [diversity].”

“We’re really proud of our ability to do quality productions on both ends [of the spectrum],” says Keenan. In the 2016 season, “We went from Hairspray to RED. Hairspray was this cast of 25 — a big dance show, big spectacle, bursting our theater at its seams. RED … was two actors and intense, intimate drama — really heady stuff.”

The LNT directors also choose plays that challenge audiences to contemplate real-world issues. “I’m a big believer of art for art’s sake, theater for theater’s sake, but also for what it can do for us as a community and as a society and as people,” notes Keenan. “Empathetic understanding is something we are in desperate need of.”

She cites their 2001 production of Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters’ First 100 Years as an example of an LNT show with a social message. The Tony Award-winning play, based on the lives of two African American sisters, heralds their achievement of success and happiness against overwhelming odds.

Actors, crew and community members participated in pre- and post-performance discussions, including a panel with multi-award-winning director and playwright Emily Mann, who adapted Having Our Say from the book of the same title.

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“It was the perfect balance of community engagement, outreach, education, excellent theater [and bringing] together many groups on issues of race and racial equality and discrimination here in Vermont,” says Keenan. LNT often collaborates with other organizations and nonprofits whose missions can be served through interaction with theatergoers.

Those efforts have paid off. Since 2010, LNT has received an Excellence in Theater Special Award from the New England Theatre Conference, recognition as “one of the best regional theaters in America” from the New York-based Drama League, and numerous readers’ choice awards from the BarreMontpelier Times Argus and Seven Days.

Whether prodding audiences to think in new ways or entertaining them with slapstick comedy, LNT shows its commitment to quality in its status as a professional company. In contrast with community theater, in which most participants volunteer their time, professional companies pay actors and the creative team. If the actors are members of the U.S. Actors’ Equity Association, their compensation and working conditions must follow union requirements.

LNT hires both equity and non-equity actors, from Vermont whenever possible, but also holds auditions in Boston, New York City and beyond.

“I feel like the talent pool they draw is very high,” says equity actor Maura O’Brien, who has appeared with LNT since 1999. “I think they are phenomenal in their casting, and they work really hard to find the right people for the roles.”

O’Brien notes that many urban-based equity actors return to Vermont year after year to perform with LNT and describe it as their “home away from home.” Bent and Keenan, she says, “trust their actors, allow actors to bring in their own ideas, and create a place where actors can play and experiment.”

Dunning recalls that, years ago, actors called LNT a “love company,” a term of endearment meaning they loved working with and being part of it. Former stage manager Weir had just such an experience.

“When you work with Kathleen and Kim, you come away feeling like you’re part of the family,” she says. “That’s one thing that has [stayed] with me, and one of the reasons why I keep coming back.”

While doing graduate studies in arts administration at Boston University, Weir has consulted for LNT and returned to Montpelier to visit. “Being with Kim and Kathleen feels like home,” she adds. “You’ll find that actors and [theater] technicians will say the same thing.”

ACT III: VERMONT SPIRIT Besides nurturing cast and crew, Bent and Keenan work to enrich the city and state where they live and work. That enrichment takes many forms, including plays that tell quintessential Vermont stories and a theater-education program for children and teens.

In 2005, Bent realized a dream when LNT premiered his play Stone, billed as “the glorious and gritty story of the people who shaped Barre’s granite heritage.” He and Keenan believe that, by presenting plays about Vermont and Vermonters, they help educate the community about its past and present.

In 2015, LNT presented Stone again, in collaboration with the Vermont Granite Museum, to raise awareness of local history. In 2007, it staged David Budbill’s Judevine, a poetic, earthy, emotional portrait of rural Vermont. In honor of Budbill, who died in 2016, LNT revived the play earlier this year.

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The company also produced But Your Honor: Deane Davis Remembered, which traced the life of the former Vermont governor; and Lyddie, Bent and Keenan’s adaptation of Katherine Paterson’s novel of the same name. In the latter, a 19th-century Vermont teen works in Massachusetts textile mills to save the family farm.

“I thought it was really neat that they were doing [the Vermont plays], and it felt kind of like our own,” says Montpelier City Manager Bill Fraser, who regularly attends LNT shows.

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here. So some of these historical pieces are really interesting. These are the roots that I’m living in.”

If LNT sometimes speaks to Vermonters’ past, its engagement with present-day patrons is evident on city hall’s cozy second floor. The lobby walls serve as a gallery for exhibiting local artists’ work, a concession stand serves food and beverages before shows, and café tables with tablecloths and flowers invite sitting and relaxing.

“On the one hand, ooh, it’s so pretty, it’s lovely, and it’s elegant,” says Keenan.

“And yet it’s very comfortable. We’re not precious, so I think that spirit is important.”

LNT’s presence in the city is a boon to adults and youth alike. From 1991 through 2001, Bent and Keenan ran a drama program at Montpelier High School, playing a more extensive role in local education than is common for theater companies. In 2002, they created the LNT Conservatory for students ages 6 to 20 to learn about acting and theater production.

The conservatory runs summer camps at introductory, intermediate and intensive levels, as well as a camp during February vacation. The camps enroll about 50 youths annually, and hundreds more attend the performances created by participants, says Bent. Aspiring performers and theater technicians come primarily from central Vermont, though a few come from out of state, as well.

Taylor Stevens lives in Virginia but attends the LNT Conservatory for two weeks each summer. “I’ve seen Taylor’s confidence grow along with his work ethic — he takes his roles seriously and values the collaboration with other actors and tech people,” writes his grandmother Carolyn Stevens. “LNT’s directors and staff are supportive of the young players, and a real community develops among the kids. Taylor stays in touch with some friends from LNT through the winter.”

Many children attend the summer productions, gaining exposure to “the immediacy of live performance,” adds Stevens, a Montpelier resident.

Fraser’s youngest son attended LNT Conservatory when he was in elementary and middle school and performed in two season shows alongside adult actors. “I think it was great for him,” says the city manager. “When they put young people in the main shows, the big shows, they treat them like cast members, and there’s a responsibility.

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For Weir, who worked for LNT from 2012 to 2015, the company’s contribution to theater education is just as vital for adults. She developed new skills and learned to mentor students there. “They hold space in a way that no other organization in Montpelier does,” she says.

“There’s not another … place for theater technicians, for theater designers, for theater directors, for musicians who enjoy playing in performance pieces of that nature.”

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ACT IV: DOLLARS AND SENSE Fraser is quick to describe how Montpelier has benefited from LNT’s presence. First, he cites economics: Theatergoers often patronize local restaurants, stores and hotels. But the social benefits strike him as equally important. “It adds to the vibrancy of the community … Many residents go [to the shows],” he says. “Many people consider this one of the nice things about living here in a small community like ours.”

He notes that Bent and Keenan live in town, contributing to Montpelier as residents as well as professionals.

The contract between the city and LNT was negotiated annually when the company first took up residence, but it now rolls from year to year with only minor adjustments. “We’ve ironed out the terms over the years,” says Fraser.

“Not only are we receiving a service for what they do — that is, managing and maintaining the space for us — but it’s bringing art and live professional theater to downtown. The [city] council years ago made the decision that that was a benefit to the community.”

“We have a very good relationship with the city,” affirms Keenan.

Fraser initially didn’t want to discuss his son’s acting work with LNT for fear of sounding biased, but it seems difficult to find anyone in Montpelier who hasn’t engaged, directly or indirectly, with LNT. Among those are nearly 50 organizations and businesses that underwrite or support the company, such as Capitol Copy, which has provided LNT with unlimited free printing for the past 15 years.

“I receive more positive comments from customers about our LNT sponsorship than any other advertising or other sponsoring we do,” writes Capitol Copy owner Glenn Sturgis by email.

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The in-kind support of local businesses is key to LNT’s continued solvency, says Dona Bate, who has worked with LNT since 1991 in many roles, including board member, fundraiser and bookkeeper. In fiscal year 2017, the company’s cash budget was nearly $300,000,

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including direct income from sales and fees, indirect income from grants and gifts, and expenses incurred for shows, education programs and personnel, Bate says. The value of in-kind donations was nearly $340,000, including printed

playbills and season brochures, food and beverages, information technology services, and housing for out-of-state cast and crew members in Montpelier residents’ homes.

These figures have been consistent since 2010, Bate says, despite the rising costs of doing business, including insurance, travel and wages. She notes that, while Bent and Keenan have “done an excellent job” of working within the budget, that task requires increasing ingenuity. Since the 2008 recession, corporate sponsorships have become more difficult to procure, and matinée attendance by school groups has dropped precipitously, in part because of reduced travel budgets, she observes.

It’s also harder to get people to attend shows, despite the many discount and free ticket opportunities. “It’s not enough to produce a wonderful show with an incredible set, costumes, lighting,” says Bate. “You have to spend a whole extra sphere of energy and time to get people to come in the door, and that’s a huge drain on limited resources and personnel.”

Yet Bate, Keenan, Bent and LNT’s fans remain optimistic.

“Their productions now are as good or better than anything they’ve ever done,” says Dunning.

“One of the reasons for our longevity and our success is, we have just been

so blessed with the people who we’ve worked with,” says Keenan. “They’re very dedicated and creative people who know how to do a lot with a little. It’s not just us who are putting in the long hours and providing the sweat equity to make things happen.”

In addition to more than 100 community volunteers who step forward annually to help, Keenan cites actors and technical crew who have volunteered their services. For example, after charging LNT a fee for a few years, Corinth costume designer Lois Jackson donated her services for six more years until she retired. “That’s one of the reasons we could do these beautiful things in 1993 when we had no money at all,” Keenan says.

ACT V: SETTING THE STAGE Bent is now in his sixties, Keenan in her fifties. They have begun to consider succession planning, and their primary goal is to increase the cash budget from $300,000 to $500,000. “To buy the level of expertise that you would need to keep [LNT] going is more expensive than what the budget currently supports,” says Bent. Another option, he adds, is “finding someone who has grown up with the company and understands what it is and wants to keep it going on that basis.”

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that can make five-year pledges to the company.

Either way, Bent and Keenan are determined to continue the work they love — which, right now, means they’re planning the 2018 season. Former board member Dunning likens their work to a pebble dropped in water.

“Earning a living and entertaining people doing the things you want to do — it’s like the perfect job,” says Dunning.

“You don’t get rich at it, [but] you do what you do very well, and you get that reward. And because of that, you’re making these waves.”

LNT’s work ripples out to affect not only audience members and students, he says, but also their friends and families.

And that ripple effect is key to the enterprise, as the couple sees it. Regarding their eventual successors, Bent says, “I think anyone coming in is going to have to appreciate the symbiotic relationship that we have here with the community, and appreciate that’s really what makes it work.” !

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Asked whether they would like to retire or phase themselves out at some time, Bent quips, “Well, Kathleen is fond of pointing out that she is substantially younger than I am.”

Keenan bursts out laughing.

“I can leave for a while, and eventually she’ll run it,” he adds.

“You are forever on staff, babe,” Keenan responds, “one way or another.”

If sharing a demanding business is stressful for them, it isn’t apparent; during an interview, the long-married pair banters with ease. “We work together separately,” jokes Bent, who writes grants and plays and handles the technical aspects of the theater.

“Kim is the vision guy, for sure,” says Keenan. She composes music, handles musical production, and oversees marketing and administration. Both of them direct and act; they make season and casting decisions together.

When looking to LNT’s future, Bate shares the goal of increasing the cash budget, but for a slightly different reason. She wants to add two new staff positions, for marketing and fundraising. Noting that Bent and Keenan work “24-7 year-round, wearing too many hats,” Bate says she would like to see the theater flush enough financially to let the directors focus on the shows and educational programs. Toward that goal, she wants to identify new sponsors

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“Those types of situations, they have a permanent effect on your psyche,” said Keomanyvanh, now 42. “You’re already feeling different and alienated enough, and then you have a traumatic experience such as that.”

Today, Keomanyvanh works for the City of Burlington as the community development specialist for public engagement at the Community and Economic Development Office. Through her work with programs such as the city’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative, she strives to develop relationships with various constituencies and communities in Burlington and to make the city more inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

“It’s important not to minimize where people are coming from,” said Keomanyvanh, “especially if they’re coming from a totally different country and worldview.”

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estimates that 30 Laotian families currently live in Vermont.

When Keomanyvanh arrived in St. Johnsbury, the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program was only nascent, the state’s ethnic diversity nearly nil.

Keomanyvanh recalls a deeply alienating experience. Residents hurled racial epithets at them, both she and her father remembered. Her classmates made fun of her lunch of dried fish and sticky rice, and she wasn’t allowed to attend slumber parties. She had to translate school documents for her parents. “I felt bad,” recalled her father. “I [was] shy because I [didn’t] know.”

She and her sister struggled to adjust to the new culture, Keomanyvanh said: “We started from a different starting point ... We had to do a lot of legwork to catch up, to fit in; how to act, how to present yourself.”

Her parents had to adapt, too. “They started adopting more American ways and understanding about American culture,” she said. For instance, after their church sponsor warned them that it was against the law for them to leave the youngsters at home, her parents hired a babysitter whenever they traveled to Boston to stock up on Lao food supplies. “I’ve always taken care of my little sister,” said Keomanyvanh. “I thought they were going overboard.”

Along with acculturation, Keomanyvanh said, her parents had to

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Both had witnessed people being killed during the war. “My dad would have nightmares ... We could hear it,” she continued. Once, her mother thought a store assistant was trying to hurt her when his broom brushed her feet. In such situations, “You don’t know how to help your parents,” Keomanyvanh said.

While the newcomers were alienated from Vermont life in many ways, their sponsors gave them a certain social capital, Keomanyvanh recalled. “Growing up, I did have connections, because my sponsors were upper-middle class,” she said.

Keomanyvanh’s parents took her education seriously, but it was her sponsors who impressed on her the importance of a college education. In those days, Keomanyvanh said, refugees from Southeast Asia had low college-going rates compared with immigrants from Japan, Korea and China, as well as high gang activity. When it came to the stereotype of the Asian American “model minority,” “Those realities weren’t there,” she said.

Keomanyvanh studied for three years at Trinity College and the University of Vermont before moving to North Carolina with her father. By then, her parents had divorced. There she married, had two daughters and completed her degree in anthropology.

In North Carolina, Keomanyvanh found a larger population of Laotian families who helped her develop a

greater appreciation for her roots. She instilled the same pride in her two daughters, giving them names that reflected their Laotian heritage: Savun (heaven) and Lani (princess). At the same time, she acknowledges, she deliberately chose names that would be easier for English speakers to pronounce than her own.

“You know what makes me angry?” she asked, recalling her own experiences. “When people don’t even try.”

Even if someone mispronounces her name as “fet,” she continued, “at least you tried.”

Keomanyvanh moved back to Vermont in 2007, believing her children would get a better education here. She remarried, completed a master’s degree in public administration at UVM, and worked in human services at Champlain Community Services and the United Way of Chittenden County. In 2016, she got her current job at city hall.

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“I’m proud of my kids,” said Keomanyvanh’s father, who also now lives in Vermont. His daughter, likewise, said she’s proud of him. Although her father didn’t have a high-paying job when she was a child, he founded the Lao association, a form of informal civic engagement that Keomanyvanh described as just as important as attending neighborhood planning assemblies.

Her personal experience drives Keomanyvanh, as a public administrator, to ensure that oft-marginalized voices are heard in Burlington. To that end, she works through frameworks such as the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative, which began as a national nonprofit founded by president Barack Obama to promote equity for young men and boys of color.

Mayor Miro Weinberger launched the city’s version of the initiative in 2014 to address opportunity gaps in employment and education faced by youths of color of all genders. One of its upcoming efforts is the Pathways to College and

Career Fair, to be held Friday, November 3, at Champlain College, which aims to improve first-generation American students’ access to higher education.

“A lot of what My Brother’s Keeper is about is working together … and [aligning] our resources,” said Keomanyvanh.

During the summer, Keomanyvanh and her AmeriCorps assistant, Beth Awhaitey, launched the three-week Pathway to Lead program at Burlington High School as part of My Brother’s Keeper. One participant was Hawa Adam, a member of the slam poetry group Muslim Girls Making Change, who said the program introduced her to internship and job opportunities, connecting her with the community resources she needs as a high school senior and activist. Adam later got an internship with CEDO, during which she worked on its Neighborhood Buzz, a twice-monthly email newsletter for Burlington residents.

With Keomanyvanh’s help, the teen also learned about “the little things that make up the big world,” she wrote in an email. “There’s an understanding of being on time, getting the work done and looking good that comes with it all.”

Awhaitey credited Keomanyvanh with making her first experience working in local government a good one, saying that “she explained things clearly” and “really helped me expand my experience in different areas.” After completing her AmeriCorps service, Awhaitey took a part-time position with CEDO. As a mother of two teenagers, Keomanyvanh said the most challenging part of her job is being away from her family. “When you do outreach and engagement, it’s not nine to five,” she said. But she enjoys the social aspect of the job, saying, “I’m a person that gets energized by people.”

Even when she was younger and hated being different, Keomanyvanh said, her Lao identity was the one constant in her life. Now she’s toying with the idea of joining the Peace Corps when her children are older. For her, serving abroad could be a form of homecoming. “I would be interested more in going back to Southeast Asia, where I would have an understanding of how to work with the community,” she said.

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ike Halloween’s safe little glimmer of menace, Edward Gorey’s stories provide an ironic perch from which to peer at the creepy, decadent and dark. Stephen Currens adapted Gorey’s work for the stage, and Burlington’s Saints and Poets Production Company has added puppets to the cabaret-style musical. The result is a quirky entertainment that captures Gorey’s sinister whimsy. Gorey Stories is now playing at the Off Center for the Dramatic Arts.

Bringing Gorey to the stage begins with the premise that his stories, and not his hauntingly composed triumphs of crosshatched illustration, are the attraction. His surrealistic fables make offhand mention of perilous circumstances, spiked with nutty details that never explain anything yet always command attention.

Currens collects 18 stories with minor abridgment and adds charming mockopera musical accents by David Aldrich.

The biggest license Currens takes is reeling off six of the stories within the frame of a seventh, allowing the oddball novelist who appears in one story to struggle with “writing” the others. Currens’ largely faithful treatment of the text is entertaining, but there’s a reason this adaptation closed quickly on Broadway: Translating Gorey to the stage adds little and leaves out a lot.

But the inventive Saints and Poets have found a vigorous way to enliven the adaptation. Kevin Christopher has directed and designed the show to incorporate puppets, ending with an animated sequence using Gorey’s artwork.

Eight actors form a delightfully impassive ensemble, narrating or enacting the weird tales with the same unsettling composure that the illustrations imply.

Gorey’s deadpan depictions sit at the edge of horror, framed to leave the corpse or the murderer just out of view.

Christopher stages “The Willowdale Handcar” to create a similar effect. For no particular reason, three people take a trip on a handcar along a railway, passing various hideous disasters described by an expressionless narrator. A cast

member trails by with little signs that reproduce Gorey’s original illustrations, making the distant miseries appear like glimpses on a journey.

At first, the narrative thread in the handcar story may tantalize the viewer to expect an ending that brings the odd images into coherence. Gorey’s humor depends on crushing such dreams and mocking conventional storytelling.

Because his style evokes the sentimental narratives of the 19th century but generally ends stories in ambiguity, the joke is the juxtaposition of the overwrought with the under-delivered.

THE ACTORS DART BEHIND WALLS AND REVEAL ONLY THEIR SUGGESTIVELY FROLICSOME ARMS AND LEGS. The ensemble includes several strong singers, and the group as a whole produces heavenly harmonies. Musical director Nate Venet plays keyboards and finds all the romantic humor in Aldrich’s score.

Since Gorey’s stories contain little dialogue, the stage presentation is generally structured with a narrator and several actors enacting events, with or without puppets. Much in Gorey’s style, these enactments are often confined to single, emblematic gestures or references to offstage action. The set includes a rotating Victorian wall, projection screen, and reproductions of a Gorey urn and settee.

The staging often turns on the halfhidden. The unseen reaches a peak in “The Curious Sofa,” an emotionless narrative of wild debauchery, recited without expression and enacted for the imagination. The actors dart behind walls and reveal only their suggestively frolicsome arms and legs.

Gorey’s visual tone is detached, and what happens to his characters may be macabre but is always viewed from a dispassionate distance. This production

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makes reckless disregard for misery a central feature. The eight performers aim everything directly at the audience, and the artificiality of theater coats every gesture.

Cael Barkman pastes on a spectacular mustache to portray a suffering novelist and magnifies all her characters’ emotions with bold recoils of surprise or lunges of frustration. Kaitie Bessette’s roles include children able to annihilate others with weapons-grade side-eye.

Andriana Chobot is especially good playing doomed eagerness, and Patricia Julien inhabits her flapper costume with airy enjoyment of cigarette holder and upper-class disdain.

Karlie Kauffeld narrates several pieces and lets a sweater and calm voice conjure Mister Rogers even as her text catalogs menace after menace. Stella Pappas is brilliant at leaving her own expression locked in innocence while her puppet characters commit heinous acts.

Erika Polner’s bright eyes and boater hat show she’s at home in society and perfectly oblivious to peril. Syndi Zook, whose singing voice is divine, sneaks menace into her roles as trustworthy grandmothers and imposing matriarchs.

The puppets, designed by Chris Caswell, Meghan Dewald and Christopher, include a nattily attired hand puppet couple, plus shadow puppets that put Gorey’s recognizable art on a projection screen in silhouette. In “The Doubtful Guest,” two people operate a beaked creature that arrives at a grand mansion and engages in odd behaviors.

One puppeteer’s gloved hands serve as feet and keep the creature prancing on long, hinged limbs; the other steers the

birdlike body into unsettling encounters with members of the household.

An animated sequence by Jess Wilson, Alec Julien and Lori Roberts renders Gorey’s “The Gashlycrumb Tinies” as GIF-like movies built from the original illustrations. It’s a rhyming alphabet that initially seems as soothing as Mother Goose, but every letter stands for a child who died an absurdly dreadful death.

Costume designer Catherine Alston works with a palette of grays and blacks to summon Gorey’s pen and ink. Like Gorey, Alston spans Edwardian and 1920s styles and lets dress become the extent of personality.

Gorey’s humor combines meticulous drawings of vacant Victorians, text that juggles archaic vocabulary and unseen terror, and a graphic presentation that maroons the characters in vaguely hostile spaces. This show’s puppets, costumes and set pieces channel his visual style, while the ensemble renders his accounts of misery, eroticism and brutality with the weirdly unflappable tranquility of his stories. The play grants permission to laugh at horror and to see how easily the ominous can pierce the veneer of normalcy. !

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ary Mack admits that she got into standup comedy “probably for all the wrong reasons.” The comedian was born in Minnesota and grew up in Wisconsin, the youngest of six children — “so no one ever listened to me,” she tells Seven Days. People are listening to her now.

Mack and her distinctive midwestern twang have been heard on podcasts such as WTF With Marc Maron and radio shows such as “The Bob & Tom Show” and American Public Media’s “Wits.” As a voice-over actor, she’s appeared frequently on “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” on the Cartoon Network’s late-night program Adult Swim. She voiced Dylan, the lead character of the short-lived late-night cartoon “Golan the Insatiable” on Fox. But Mack is most in her element as a standup comedian. In that capacity, she’s popped up on the national TV comedy shows “Last Comic Standing” and “Live at Gotham” and made the late-night talk show rounds.

Mack, who often tours with her husband, fellow comedian Tim Harmston, and their dog, Dingo, has an inviting conversational style. Calling herself a “folk humorist,” she tends to root her comedy in homespun stories about growing up in a tiny heartland town. But her pleasant midwestern charm can obscure the subtle bite and outright goofiness of her material.

Equally charming (and goofy) are the songs she plays during her sets on mandolin — and sometimes clarinet.

Mack’s unique combination of wit, style and music has landed her gigs at some of the most prestigious comedy events in North America, including Montréal’s Just for Laughs festival, the Andy Kaufman Award, the JFL NorthWest in Vancouver and the SF Sketchfest in San Francisco.

Mack and Harmston — and possibly Dingo — will perform five shows in three nights this week at Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington: Thursday through Saturday, October 26 to 28.

Mack recently spoke with Seven Days by phone from a thrift shop, where she was doing “serious business.”

SEVEN DAYS: You are a self-described “folk humorist.” What is that, exactly?

MARY MACK: Well, when I started, I wasn’t really talking about what I would see other comics talking about. I would talk about things that I’m concerned about, like, you know, the fair. Or, am I gonna get goats someday? Important issues.

SD: I grew up in the country, too, so I totally get that.

MM: Some comics, I still don’t know what they’re talking about in Los Angeles. But I also started out playing acoustic instruments, folk songs. So [folk humorist] seems to be the right description for me, as far as my point of view and where I grew up.

And, you know, I’m not a moron.

At least I don’t think I am — maybe I’m flattering myself. But I read and keep myself up on issues and vote my own way. And that’s how it used to be where I grew up, and I’m really proud of that. But now Minnesota and Wisconsin have fallen victim to the talons of cable news.

SD: That’s one way of putting it, I suppose.

MM: People cheer for the news like they cheer for football. And the repercussions have been seen in Wisconsin, and [the state] has really slipped, especially in terms of education.

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SD: Maybe that’s good marital advice for struggling couples: Go on a comedy tour together.

MM: Oh, I don’t know. It was rough the first time we tried it. But then it gets easier. And we tour with the dog, who sometimes comes onstage with me.

Dingo is supposed to be in charge of me, but Tim tried to make him into a real dog. So Dingo is conflicted. The person with the most prevalence on these tours is Dingo. He’s trying to please too many people at one time.

SD: Oh? Do tell.

MM: [Laughs.] Yeah, so our band was really scattered and unorganized.

Confused, mostly. So I had to stall for time a lot onstage in between songs.

And so I’d just make up these stories in between songs. And pretty soon people started saying, “Well, I kinda like the talking better than the songs,” which is the worst thing you can hear. You can’t hear anything worse as a band than “We really like your talking.”

Then my roommate just started signing me up for [comedy] open mics, and I loved it. I didn’t have to carry anything. There was no drama. Because we always owed money at the end of the night because we would outdrink our bar tab.

SD: Well, you were a polka band.

MM: I know. It was all about the beer.

But, yeah, [comedy] was just easier. I was also teaching middle school band at the time. And when I went onstage [to do standup], it was so quiet, because I don’t think people were laughing very much. And I just didn’t care. I was so happy people were quiet and not yelling or hitting each other like [at the middle] school. So I just kept doing [comedy] because of that. So it was probably for all the wrong reasons. I couldn’t believe people would listen to my silly stories. I still can’t. !

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SD: Do you prepare differently for voice acting than you do for traditional acting?

MM: Cartoon acting is so fun. No wonder everybody wants those gigs.

You don’t have to put makeup on. You get to do so much improv. But I don’t really have a great answer aside from that, in cartoon acting, I don’t have to make my eyes be the size of a normal person’s eyes like I do acting on camera.

That’s my main goal. Otherwise I look like a crazy person, and that’s the honest truth.

SD: You were a serious clarinetist with two music degrees. How did you go from that to standup comedy?

MM: I had a degree in performance and a master of fine arts in conducting. But the shortest way to explain it is that I went to grad school in Nashville, and I started a polka band down there. And at the time, maybe not even now, polka wasn’t that popular in Nashville.

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SD: So, I ask because [Packers quarterback] Aaron Rodgers is now out for the season, and there’s been some chatter about the team signing Colin Kaepernick. How would you feel if they signed him?

MM: At least it would be something to watch! We don’t have hardly any starting line left, so at least there would be some excitement. The Packers stay out of

SD: I’m pretty sure you guys will have a hotel room in Burlington, so Tim should be psyched.

MM: Totally. But it’s really good.

You’re so busy touring that you don’t really have time to fight, so it’s a safe place for us.

SD: That’s an extra step fiction writers don’t have, I guess.

MM: Exactly! I feel like you could write fiction and cure yourself that way. I just keep making myself worse.

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SD: So you’re a football bigamist.

MM: Yes!

SD: You tour with your husband. But you also have a joke about dreading your three-week honeymoon because you love Tim, just not all in a row. So how is it being on the road with him?

MM: It’s pretty good. He really likes it when I don’t make us tour with the camper, which I used to do. And we tour with our dog, too. I think he’s just elated that I don’t make him set up the camper for every show, so he’s keeping his mouth shut.

SD: You’re working on a book. Is it fiction or nonfiction?

MM: I have been trying to write a book, but it takes forever. I don’t know how people write books. It’s nonfiction, so I have to keep going to therapy, which is why it takes so long.

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SD: Not to digress, but you mentioned football. Based on your Twitter feed, I can’t tell if you’re a Minnesota Vikings fan or a Green Bay Packers fan. You can’t really be both, can you? And I promise there’s a point to the question.

MM: So, growing up, we only had Minnesota channels, so of course I liked the Vikings. But I went to college in southern Wisconsin, and I started liking the Packers. And my husband is an extreme Packers fan.

So he said it’s sacrilegious to like both of them and that I would probably go to hell.

the drama altogether, which is kind of frustrating sometimes.

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The flavored latte took off in a big way, and an entire pumpkin spice industry followed. And then, predictably, came the backlash. In a New York Times op-ed printed on October 17, former food critic Frank Bruni asked, “Will Pumpkin Spice Destroy Us All?” The piece equates the pumpkin spice phenomenon with the worst aspects of America, including its current president. Bruni does not, however, take the golden opportunity to refer to the commander in chief as “Trumpkin spice.”

Haters have their own Facebook group and hundreds of anti-pumpkin spice memes, ranging from the slyly clever to the baldly vulgar. In the latter category is a picture of a pumpkin spice condom, accompanied by the text “picking up white girls just got easier.”

And that, at their core, is what the pumpkin spice haters love to hate: the cultural icon of the “basic bitch,” a youngish woman who sports leggings, does yoga, Instagrams her every meal (mostly yogurt with different mix-ins), loves Ryan Gosling and drinks the crap out of pumpkin spice lattes. It’s a holier-than-thou reaction from people who drink Pabst Blue Ribbon (but only ironically), wear bad sweaters (ahem, ironically) and also love Ryan Gosling, because who doesn’t, really?

But there may be other reasons to be concerned about the prevalence of pumpkin spice. “It [flies] in the face of everything that’s good in the food and drink world,” says Aaron Wisniewski, who, with his brother, Sam, co-owns Alice & the Magician Cocktail Apothecary. Their Burlington company manufactures elixirs and aromatic mists that are designed to add intense bursts of flavor to cocktails but can also be used to enhance coffee beverages and food.

Last week, A&M released its newest product, which it bills as “the anti-pumpkin spice.” It’s a Chinese fivespice “aromatic mist” with notes of star anise, clove, cinnamon, ginger and Sichuan peppercorn.

What’s wrong with pumpkin spice? For one thing, the progenitor latte is simply unhealthy, Wisniewski points out: “It’s fat, it’s sugar … Having the word ‘pumpkin’ in there gives the impression that it’s real food.”

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n a Thursday evening in October, the entrance to the South Burlington Trader Joe’s boasts a display of pumpkins — oval, round, big, small. Far from perfunctory nods to the season, these are harbingers of what’s to come.

Inside the market, lovers of “pumpkin spice” will find a nutmeg- and ginger-scented heaven. For haters, the ambience ranks somewhere between the third and fourth circles of hell. For those not up on their Dante, those are the circles representing gluttony and greed.

Trader Joe’s aisles currently offer at least 31 pumpkin products — easily identified by their orange packaging — including Pumpkin O’s cereal, Pumpkin Spice Rooibos, and brown-rice crackers made with pumpkin purée, yeast extract and “cream flavor.” At the Hannaford across the way, the deli sells pumpkin-spiced ham, pumpkin-spiced coffee and pumpkin-spiced creamer, in case you need a double dose in your cup. Downtown at City Market/Onion River Co-op, by contrast, the pumpkin spice presence is nearly nada.

To understand the ocher phenomenon that grips America’s grocery shelves and coffee shops in October, it helps to have a little background. Most of the spices we associate with pumpkin pie — cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger — come from Asia and Africa. Transported to Europe on the Silk Road, they have a history intertwined with colonialism and the roots of globalization.

Squash, by contrast, originated in Central America.

Hence, it wasn’t until European explorers arrived in the Americas that cinnamon kissed its first pumpkin. On the inaugural Thanksgiving, the Puritans and Wampanoag may have supped on a pumpkin that had been filled with spiced milk and roasted in the fire. Be that fact or speculation, pumpkin pie is an integral part of a modern Thanksgiving dinner.

In the 1950s, McCormick began selling a blended “pumpkin pie spice.” In 2003, according to the Starbucks website, a team of product developers seeking the next big autumn flavor came together to fork up pumpkin pie and drink espresso. They figured out how to combine the two, and the pumpkin spice latte was born.

In its purest incarnation, a 16-ounce grande with whole milk and whipped cream, the drink weighs in at 420 calories, with 50 grams of sugar. Its flavor comes from “pumpkin spice sauce” (which contains sugar as the first listed ingredient, pumpkin purée as the third) and “pumpkin spice topping” featuring the classic spices.

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Those who use that service will be able to sell their goods at the market, which currently sources from more than 20 producers. Bone stocks local items such as meat, dairy, eggs, plenty of jams and condiments, fresh veggies, and crafts, plus some products from out of state.

Lemon juice from Italy flies off the shelves, she said.

Bone raised the money for her down payment on the building by hosting farmto-table dinners, offering a lifetime membership to the store and running a GoFundMe campaign. “It’s a good feeling,” she said of her success. “It feels like the community wants us here.”

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LISA OSORNIO and MATT GRESS, owners of the 3-year-old TIGHT SQUEEZE COFFEE SHOP on College Street in Burlington, are moving on east. The pair are the new proprietors of MOOSE MUCK COFFEE HOUSE in Colebrook, N.H., right on the Vermont border, which they will run as a full-service food and coffee operation.

“We really want to make it a community spot,” said Osornio. “We have big plans to have music there and fun stuff like that” — including games, a small library and a piano for patrons to play.

Meanwhile, back in Burlington, Tight Squeeze has a new owner: MICHAEL LUCEY, owner of Burlington Hostel and a partner in DRIFTER’S on North Winooski Avenue.

The transition should be seamless, Lucey said; Osornio and Gress will finish up on Sunday, and Lucey and his team will open the shop on Monday morning.

“It’s a beautiful little spot they’ve put together,” he said.

“They’ve done a great job of setting the place up and building the business.”

The busy entrepreneur took on the new project partly for its synergy with his existing operations. “We have coffee in the morning at the hostel,” Lucey explained.

“But a lot of our customers are looking for more than Folgers’ drip.”

Now he can send them to nearby Tight Squeeze. Down the road, Lucey also plans to sell food from Drifter’s kitchen, such as breakfast sandwiches, at the coffee shop.

The timing of the transition is impeccable, Osornio noted: “Our block has grown so much since we moved in.

We’re hitting higher numbers this year than we ever have. It’s a really nice time to pass it on.”

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After 17 years of running a dumpling cart on Church Street Marketplace, HONG YU has opened a shop — HONG’S CHINESE DUMPLINGS — at 77 Pearl Street in Burlington.

She’s now selling her signature dumplings in the corner space with big plateglass windows that formerly housed Radio Deli.

“I really love Church Street,” said Yu, 59. “But I’m older now. It’s hard on the body to be outside.”

Hong’s Chinese Dumplings had a soft opening last week and officially launched on Saturday. That day the shop served 1,400 dumplings, according to cook JOHN CAMPANELLI, who goes by “Camp.”

“It’s a lot of rolling,” Camp said of his job. “You have to have strong hands and strong shoulders.”

The restaurant’s opening was aided by a GoFundMe campaign that raised more than $10,000 from about 300 people. A board on one wall displays the donors’ names. “I am so grateful,” Yu said. “Everybody is so sweet, everybody is so lovely, to help me keep going.”

On the facing wall hangs a chalkboard menu with options that will be familiar to customers of the cart: chicken-and-pork

dumplings, veggie dumplings, crab-and-cream cheese dumplings. Three dumplings go for $5.55, with portions and prices increasing to eight dumplings for $13.32. Over the winter, Yu plans to add traditional soups and noodle dishes, but dumplings will remain the mainstay of the menu.

The shop is open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with plans to extend hours of operation to seven days a week until 8 p.m., Camp said. He hopes the addition of staff will make that possible as soon as next week.

“It’s very, very busy,” Camp said, noting that he wakes every morning happy to go to work.

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And, he continues, the pumpkin spice explosion contributes to what he calls the “Jolly Rancher effect.” Over time, people come to think that a watermelon Jolly Rancher is what watermelon tastes like, while the real fruit — with less sugar and fewer chemicals — seems to pale by comparison. “The end consumer is so disconnected from the food system,” Wisniewski says. “It’s disheartening that two-thirds of people buying [pumpkin spice lattes] don’t know what a clove or a cinnamon stick looks like …

You could put pumpkin spice on a turd and sell it.”

Back at Trader Joe’s, a blond woman running the register says that even though it’s not yet Halloween, she’s already a little tired of pumpkin spice.

The staff had a tasting of pumpkin spice products at the end of September, and they’ve been doing big business in orange goodies ever since. “It’s really popular,” she says.

At Hannaford, at 10 p.m., the pumpkin muffins and pumpkin doughnuts in the bakery case are sold out, unlike many of the other flavors. In the deli, a young man wearing a beard net slices up some pumpkin-spiced ham. It’s a hot item, he says, though he hasn’t tried it.

Pumpkin spice may be “basic,” but so are a lot of good things, and let’s acknowledge that there are plenty of reasons to love the combination. The flavor of winter squash happens to marry beautifully with the flavors of aromatic spices. Chefs know that: Honey Road in Burlington serves a roasted-squash-andyogurt spread sprinkled with spices.

The sample menu posted on Hen of the Wood’s website includes winter squash fritters with honey. Who wants to bet there are some spices in those fritters?

Those flavorings have practical roots, too. Historically, spices such as cinnamon and cloves were used as preservatives; both have antiseptic properties and help prevent spoilage. “Without refrigeration, you could use those spices to preserve perishable foods [such as] meat,” says Wisniewski.

Over time, the “pumpkin pie” blend of spices became associated with comfort, the holidays and delicious foods that we only cook for family gatherings. While their practical value has faded, they now bear the weight of our memories and our hopes for the future.

“It becomes symbolic,” Wisniewski says. “And then it gets co-opted.

[Starbucks et al.] capitalized on people’s subconscious response to those flavors.”

let’s enjoy pumpkin spice but keep it in its place, alongside kneaded kale salads, endives, roasted cauliflower and apple cider.

Hey, you know what’s really good with apple cider? A little sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice. !

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You can make this dish with any winter squash you like. Many varieties such as kabocha, buttercup, carnival and sweet dumpling are arguably more flavorful than pumpkin.

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For the vinaigrette:

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1/4 cup roasted winter squash purée 1 cup sunflower oil 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 1/2 shallot bulb, minced 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon salt 10 grinds black pepper 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon allspice

For the roasted pepitas:

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1 cup raw pepitas (pumpkin seeds) 1 tablespoon sunflower oil sprinkling of salt sprinkling of pepper

For the salad:

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mesclun or spicy lettuce mix vinaigrette pepitas Jasper Hill Farm Bayley Hazen Blue cheese, crumbled dried cranberries or slices of apple

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When it comes to this adored and reviled food trend, we don’t have to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

We can dislike the corporatization of holidays, seasons, gourds and the food system even as we enjoy a well-made slice of pumpkin spice cake or a plate of nutmeg-laced squash ravioli with wilted spinach and a nice cream sauce.

Here’s another cliché for you: Variety is the spice of life. At the tail end of the harvest season, we have the opportunity to feast on all kinds of produce before the long slide into winter’s beets, cabbage and rutabaga. So

Make the vinaigrette: In a blender, purée all ingredients. Taste for seasoning. Does it need more salt? Is it tangy enough, or could it use more vinegar? A bit more spice?

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ans Rozendaal’s birthday fell on a Thursday this year, which made September 7 — the day he turned 9 — extra fun. Thursday is the day the Rozendaal family and their farm crew have dinner together at their farm, Rockville Market Farm in Starksboro. For Hans’ birthday, his mother made taco salad and baked a triple-layer chocolate cake.

A week later, though it was no one’s birthday, the farm team prepared and shared another festive meal: Tenzin Tsamchok from New York City, who works for the farm, made dumplings and dipping sauces. With help from two Guatemalan farmworkers, he put together a northern New England farm meal with roots in his Tibetan ancestry.

“Cooking is a beautiful thing,” Tsamchok said on a recent Thursday evening at the farm as he cooked eggplant and corn and cut vegetables for salsa. “It’s a way to everyone’s heart. It’s a way to bring a smile to people’s faces.”

The Thursday dinners are also a way for farm owners Eric and Keenann Rozendaal and their crew and kids to spend time together at the end of a busy week and before the weekend markets begin. The family and their employees take turns cooking.

They eat in the Rozendaals’ house or on the grass by the grill. They might spread the farm feast on a table in the packing room, tossing a Frisbee before the meal, kicking a soccer ball after. Occasionally, they go out for burgers and beer.

“We’ve just said, ‘Let’s have a time when we’re not all working where we can share food together and chill out a little bit,’” Keenann explained. She works on the farm and as a registered nurse in the cardiology unit at the University of Vermont Medical Center.

The bilingual meals, at which Eric and Tsamchok speak English and Spanish, bring together the Vermont family with men from distant parts of the world.

Food, of course, is a magical connector.

Its appeal is greatest when the meal is made with ingredients grown by the people who are cooking and eating it.

“Good chefs, when they cook, I think it speaks to who they are,” said Pete Fortuna, who grills gorditas at the farm’s stand at the Burlington Farmers Market. Fortuna was talking between

Family and farmworkers celebrating Hans Rozendaal’s ninth birthday at Rockville Market Farm

bites of a fabulous taco dinner made by Tsamchok. “I think this [dinner] shows Tenzin’s personality. You can get a look at who he is.”

Rockville Market Farm is a 108-acre organic farm on conserved land in Starksboro. The diversified farm that Eric started in 2001 — after five years at Burlington’s Intervale — is perhaps best known for two products: eggs and butternut squash. The eggs, from 1,000 laying hens, are marketed as Eric’s Eggs.

The squash, 100,000 pounds of it per year, leaves the farm in a few forms: as a whole vegetable; peeled, sliced and packaged; or as the main ingredient in butternut-squash doughnuts.

Rockville also has a presence in New York City, where for five years the farm has been a vendor at prepared-food markets. This range of endeavors is possible, Eric said, because of his crew.

“Keenann and I feel like we won the lottery,” he said. “They’re family.”

Rockville has employed foreign farmhands through the federal H-2A visa program — which permits seasonal agricultural workers on U.S. farms (see sidebar) — since Hans was born. Three days before Hans’ birth, Walter Pec

Farm dinner made by Tenzin Tsamchok of Rockville Market Farm

Ticun arrived from Guatemala to work at the farm.

“I always say I got two sons in one week,” Eric said.

Walter, then 19, arrived on a chilly September night with another young worker. Keenann made a giant pot of chicken soup for the pair, cooking with farm-raised chickens and vegetables.

“I remember them being scared of the dogs,” she said.

Now 28 and an annual member of the crew, Walter is comfortable with

farm dogs and close to the family. He lives with his coworker, his 21-year-old brother, Marvin, in a bunkroom on the ground floor of the farmhouse. Their quarters are equipped with a kitchenette and flat-screen TV. Over the years, Walter has adopted some Vermont ways: eating at the Bobcat Café & Brewery in Bristol, drinking Green State Lager and Super Session, and cliff-jumping at Bartlett Falls in Bristol. He sports a tattoo of Vermont on his upper right arm.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4442 and §4444, notice is hereby given of a public hearing by the Burlington City Council to hear comments on the following proposed amendment to the City of Burlington’s Comprehensive Development Ordinance (CDO): ZA-18-01 plan BTV: Downtown Code The public hearings will take place on Monday, November 13, 2017 during the Regular City Council Meeting which begins at 7:00 pm in Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington, VT. Pursuant to the requirements of 24 V.S.A. §4444(b): Statement of purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to establish a new Article 14-planBTV Downtown Code that will regulate all development in the Downtown and Waterfront district, emphasizing the intended physical form, character of place, and compatibility of uses. This amendment replaces all existing

SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS regulations pertaining to development in the Downtown, Downtown Waterfront, Downtown Transition and Battery Street Transition zoning districts.

Geographic areas affected: This amendment applies to all parts of the downtown and waterfront area presently in the Downtown, Downtown Waterfront, Downtown Transition and Battery Street Transition zoning districts.

The amendment also applies to 300 and 702 Lake Street.

List of section headings affected: This amendment establishes a new Article 14: planBTV: Downtown Code, which replaces all current provisions regarding the Downtown, Downtown Waterfront, Downtown Transition and Battery Street zoning districts, and amends other sections to include the appropriate references to the new article, including the following sections, maps tables, and figures: o Article 3, Applications, Permits, and Project Reviews: • Part 2, Applications and Permits, amends Sec. 3.2.1 (a), Administrative

Conference, Sec 3.2.2, Application Types and Submission Requirements, Sec 3.2.2 (e), Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) Level III Application, Sec. 3.2.3, Modification of Submission Requirements, Sec. 3.2.7 (a), Administrative Authority; • Part 4, Site Plan and Design Review, amends Sec. 3.4.2 (b); • Part 5, Conditional Use and Major Impact Review, amends Sec. 3.5.2 (b), Major Impact Review o Article 4, Zoning Maps and Districts: • Part 3, Zoning Districts Established, amends Sec 4.3.1, Base Districts Established, subsection (a) and Sec. 4.3.2, Overlay Districts Established, subsections (f) and (g), striking subsection (h); • Part 4, Base Zoning District Regulations, Sec. 4.4.1 Downtown Mixed Use District, strikes subsections (a) 1-3 and 5; adds new subsection (a) 1; and renumbers Subsection (a) 4; amends Sec 4.4.1 (b), Dimensional Standards and Density and Sec 4.4.1 (c) Permitted and Conditional Uses; amends Sec 4.4.1 (d), District Specific Regulations, amending subsections 1 (including, but not limited to

striking subsection A, Ground Floor Residential Uses Restricted) and 2 and striking subsection 4, Building Height Setbacks (including, but not limited to subsections A, Principal View Corridors, B, Church Street Buildings and C, Side Street Building Height), and subsection 6, Residential District Setback, renumbering, and amending subsection 7, Development Bonuses/Additional Allowances (including, but not limited to striking subsection A, Inclusionary Housing, and B, Senior Housing); • Part 5, Overlay Zoning District Regulations, amends Sec 4.5.1 (b) (1) A o Strikes Sec 4.5.8 Downtown Mixed Use Core Overlay (DMUC) District in its entirety o Article 6. Development Review Standards, amends Sec. 6.0.1 Intent and Citywide Development Principles o Article 7, Signs: • Part 2, District Regulations, amends Sec 7.2.3 Signs in Mixed Use Districts; Sec 7.2.4(c) 3.

A., Canopies Marquees and Awnings; • Part 3, Sign Plans, amends Sec 7.3.2 Applicability o Article 8, Parking, Part 1, General Requirements,

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amends Sec 8.1.12 (b) Downtown Street Level Setback and Sec 8.1.15 (a) Parking Waivers o Article 9, Part 2 Housing Preservation and Replacement/Demolition and Conversion amends Sec 9.2.2, Applicability o Article 11, Part 1 Planned Unit Development, amends Sec 11.1.3 General Requirements and Applicability o Amends Sec 13.1.2, Definitions o Strikes the Downtown (D), Downtown Waterfront (DW), Downtown Transition (DT) and Battery Street Transition (BST) districts and all use provisions associated with these districts from Appendix A-Use Table o Amends Map 4.3.1.-1 Base Zoning Districts, Map 4.4.1-1 Downtown Mixed Use Districts, Map 4.4.5-1 Residential Zoning Districts, Map 4.4.5-2 Waterfront RM Height Exceptions, and Map 4.5.1-1 Design Review Overlay o Strikes Map 4.5.8-1 Downtown Mixed Use Core Overlay (DMUC) District o Amends Table 4.4.1-1 Dimensional Standards and Intensity and Table 4.4.1-2 Maximum FAR and Building Heights with Bonuses

o Strikes Table 4.5.8-1 Downtown Mixed Use Core Overlay (DMUC) District Dimensional Standards o Amends Table 7.2.1-1 Sign Regulation Summary o Amends Table 9.1.8-1 Inclusionary Zoning Percentages o Amends Table 9.1.12-1 Density/Intensity Allowance Table o Strikes Figure 4.4.1.1 Principal View Corridor Upper Story Setbacks, Figure 4.4.1.2 Measuring Height Limits for Church Street Buildings, and Figure 4.4.1.3 Side Street Building Height Setbacks Article 14 Section Headings: o Preamble: A PlaceBased Approach to Zoning o Section 14.1: Purpose and Applicability o Section 14.2: Regulating Plan o Section 14.3: Specific to Form Districts o Section 14.4: Specific to Building Types o Section 14.5: Specific to Private Frontage Types o Section 14.6: Applicable in all Form Districts o Section 14.7: Administration and Procedures o Section 14.8: Glossary

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT FAMILY DIVISION DOCKET NO. 287-1015 CNJV IN RE: B.L.T. ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION Based up the motion filed by Christena Obregon, the attorney for the juvenile, dated October 20, 2017, and the prior testimony provided to the Court on June 8, 2016, August 1, 2016, and October 18, 2017, the Court finds that service of process cannot, with due diligence, be made upon Ashley Thibault, mother of B.L.T.

It is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that notice of a hearing to create a permanent guardianship for B.L.T., the child of Ashley Thibault, will be held on November 27, 2017 at 3:30 p.m., at the Chittenden Superior Court of Vermont, Family Division, 32 Cherry Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401, shall be published for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation reasonably calculated to give notice to Ashley Thibault. A copy of this order shall be mailed to Ashley Thibault if her address can ever be determined.

Dated at Burlington, Vermont, this 23rd day of October, 2017 By: A. Arms Superior Court Judge STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 1338-9-17CNPR In re estate of Roberta L. Davis.

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

Date: 10/11/2017 /s/ Andrew Davis Signature of Fiduciary Andrew Davis Executor/Administrator: 222 North Road Milton, VT 05468 Name of publication Seven Days Publication Dates: 10/25/2017 Name and Address of Court: Chittenden Probate Court PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 054020511

NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Roberta L. Davis late of Milton, VT.

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT LAMOILLE UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET # 215-11-15 LECV FILED OCT. 3, 2017 VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT LAMOILLE UNIT HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED NOTEHOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-3 Plaintiff v.

DEBORAH A. JENKINS A/K/A DEBORAH A. FENNELL AND LARRY FENNELL A/K/A LARRY M. FENNELL OCCUPANTS OF: 22 Log Cabin Drive, Jeffersonville, VT Defendants SUMMONS & ORDER FOR PUBLICATION THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO: Larry Fennell a/k/a Larry M. Fennell 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you.

A copy of the Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is on file and may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this court, Lamoille Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, 154 Main Street, Hyde Park, Vermont. Do not throw this paper away. It is an official paper that affects your rights.

2. PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM. Plaintiff’s claim is a Complaint in Foreclosure which alleges that you have breached the terms of a Promissory Note and Mortgage Deed dated July 25, 2006. Plaintiff’s action may effect your interest in the property

described in the Land Records of the Town of Cambridge at Volume 312, Page 468. The Complaint also seeks relief on the Promissory Note executed by you. A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Lamoille, State of Vermont.

3. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 41 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail the Plaintiff a written response called an Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published, which is 20. You must send a copy of your answer to the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s attorney, Loraine L. Hite, Esq. of Bendett and McHugh, PC, located at 270 Farmington Avenue, Ste. 151, Farmington, CT 06032.

You must also give or mail your Answer to the Court located at 154 Main Street, Hyde Park, Vermont 05655.

4. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint.

If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer.

5. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT GIVE YOUR WRITTEN ANSWER TO THE COURT. If you do not Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published and file it with the Court, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the complaint.

6. YOU MUST MAKE ANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF IN YOUR REPLY. Your Answer must state any related legal

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claims you have against 10/2/17 FSBO-Rowe091317.indd 1:14 PM 1 THE CONTENTS OF the Plaintiff. Your claims STORAGE UNIT 01against the Plaintiff are 04179 LOCATED AT called Counterclaims.

28 ADAMS DR. OR If you do not make your 48 INDUSTRIAL DR., Counterclaims in writing WILLISTON, VT 05495, in your answer you may WILL BE SOLD ON OR not be able to bring them ABOUT NOVEMBER up at all. Even if you have 9TH , 2017 TO SATISFY insurance and the insurance company will defend THE DEBT OF PONCHO you, you must still file any TROTMAN. Any person claiming a Counterclaims you may right to the goods may have. pay the amount claimed due and reasonable ex7. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. penses before the sale, in You may wish to get legal which case the sale may help from a lawyer. If you not occur. cannot afford a lawyer, you should ask the court clerk for information TOWN OF WESTFORD about places where you DEVELOPMENT REVIEW can get free legal help.

BOARD Even if you cannot get NOTICE OF PUBLIC legal help, you must still HEARING give the court a written Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. Answer to protect your Chapter 117 and the rights or you may lose Westford Land Use & Dethe case. velopment Regulations, the Development Review ORDER Board will hold a public hearing at the Town OfThe Affidavit duly filed fices, VT Route 128, at 7:15 in this action shows that pm on Monday, November service cannot be made 13, 2017 in reference to with due diligence by any of the method provided in the following: Rules 4(d)-(f), (k), or (1) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that service of the Summons set forth above shall be made upon the defendant, Larry Fennell a/k/a Larry M. Fennell, by publication as provided in Rule[s] [4(d)(1) and] 4 (g) of those Rules.

This order shall be published once a week for 3 weeks beginning on October 17, 2017 in the Houston Chronicle, a newspaper of the general circulation in Harris County, Texas, and in the Seven Days, a newspaper of the general circulation in Jeffersonville, VT, and a copy of this summons and order as published shall be mailed to the defendant Larry Fennell a/k/a Larry M. Fennell, at 17007 Hillswind Circle, Spring, TX 77379.

Dated at Hyde Park, Vermont this 3rd day of October, 2017. /s/ Hon. Thomas Carlson Presiding Judge Lamoille Unit, Civil Division

Preliminary Plat, Final Plat, PUD & Master Plan Public Hearing for 2 Lot Subdivision – Owner: David & Lynn Gauthier Applicant: Town of Westford (172 acres) on Brookside Road in the Village, Rural 10, Form Based Code Overlay & Water Resource Overlay Zoning Districts.

This is a proposal to subdivide a designated open space lot, which includes a community wastewater reserve area, from Lot 3 (a previously approved deferred development lot).

For information call the Town Offices at 878-4587 Monday–Friday 8:30am– 4:30pm.

Matt Wamsganz, Chairman Dated October 25, 2017

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support groups AHOY BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS Join our floating support group where the focus is on living, not on the disease. We are a team of dragon boaters. Learn all about this paddle sport & its health-giving, life-affirming qualities.

Any age. No athletic experience needed.

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

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

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Daily meetings in various locations. Free.

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

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

Call Chantal, 777-1126, survivorshipnowvt.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contact Brenda, 338-1170.

BABY BUMPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings. If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531.

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

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

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

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets

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

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

Call our helpline at 877-856-1772.

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

Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: 888-763-3366, parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org, parkinsonsvt.org.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life with this confidential 12-Step, Christ-centered recovery program. We offer multiple support groups for both men and women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction and pornography, food issues, and overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Junction.

Info: recovery@essexalliance.org, 878-8213.

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

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

Info: 893-0530, Julie@ mccartycreations.com.

CELIAC & GLUTENFREE GROUP Last Wed. of every month, 4:30-6 p.m., at Tulsi Tea Room, 34 Elm St., Montpelier. Free & open to the public!

To learn more, contact Lisa at 598-9206 or lisamase@gmail.com.

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

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

DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 399-8754. You can learn more at smartrecovery. org.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group for female identified survivors of intimate CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE partner violence, Cerebral Palsy Guidance including individuals is a very comprehensive who are experiencing or informational website have been affected by broadly covering domestic violence. The the topic of cerebral support group offers a palsy and associated DECLUTTERERS’ safe, confidential place SUPPORT GROUP medical conditions. It’s for survivors to connect Are you ready to make mission it to provide with others, to heal, and improvements but find the best possible to recover. In support it overwhelming?

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psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. The group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586.

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

We meet to support each other and to learn more about issues and concerns. Our sessions are supportive, informal, and confidential. Meetings are held at 5:30 PM, the second Thursday of each month at Pride Center of VT, 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, in Burlington. Not sure if you’re ready for a meeting? We also offer one-on-one support. For more information, email rex@ pridecentervt.org or call 802-238-3801.

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

FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. Weekly on Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Turning Point Center, corner of Bank St., Burlington. (Across from parking garage, above bookstore). thdaub1@gmail.com.

once a month on Mondays in Burlington.

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

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

Every Tue. & Thu., 4 p.m. G.Y.S.T. PYNK (for young women) meets weekly on Wed., 4 p.m.

Location: North Central Vermont Recovery Center, 275 Brooklyn St., Morrisville. Info: Lisa, 851-8120.

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

FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS This support group is a dedicated meeting for G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF family, friends and comRECOVERY AFTER A munity members who SUBSTANCE PASSING) are supporting a loved Are you a family one through a mental member who has lost a health crisis. Mental loved one to addiction? health crisis might Find support, peer-led include extremethe states, Complete following puzzle by support group. Meets

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HEARING VOICES GROUP This Hearing Voices Group seeks to find understanding of voice hearing experiences as real lived experiences which may happen to anyone at anytime. We choose to share experiences, support, and empathy. We validate anyone’s experience and stories about their using the experience as their own,

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HELLENBACH CANCER SUPPORT Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107.

People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support.

INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/PAINFUL BLADDER SUPPORT GROUP Interstitial cystitis (IC) and painful bladder syndrome can result in recurring pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in the bladder/pelvic region & urinary frequency/ urgency. These are often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. For Vermont-based support group, email bladderpainvt@gmail.com or call 899-4151 for more information.

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

For further info, please contact info@vcsn.net.

LGBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace offers peer-led support groups for survivors

of relationship, dating, emotional &/or hate violence. These groups give survivors a safe & supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, & offer & receive support.

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

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

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

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

861-3150.

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

Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier.

Info: 223-2518.

MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations. Third Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington. Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@aol.com.

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

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

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Thayer Building, 1197 North Ave., Burlington.

316-3839.

QUEER CARE GROUP This support group is for adult family members and caregivers of queer, and/ or questioning youth. It is held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 6:30-8 p.m. at Outright Vermont, 241 North Winooski Ave. This group is for adults only. For more information, email info@ outrightvt.org.

QUIT SMOKING GROUP Do you want to quit smoking? Join us every Tuesday, 5-6 p.m., at the Castleton Community Center, 2108 Main St., Castleton. We can help you with the skills to stay quit and nicotine replacement products. Info: 802-747-368, scosgrove@ rrmc.org.

QUIT TOBACCO GROUPS Are you ready to be tobacco free? Join our FREE five-week group classes facilitated by our Tobacco Treatment Specialists. We meet in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. You may qualify for a FREE 8-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy. Contact us at (802)-847-7333 or QuitTobaccoClass@ UVMHealth.org.

SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND Support group meeting held 4th Tue. of the mo., 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Williston Police Station.

Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732.

SEX & LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step recovery group.

Do you have a problem w/ sex or relationships?

We can help. Ralph, 658-2657. Visit slaafws. org or saa-recovery.org for meetings near you.

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

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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre Tue. 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Sat. 8:30-9:30 a.m., at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info, Valerie 279-0385. Meetings in Burlington Thurs.

7:30-8:30 a.m., at the First United Church, 21 Buell St. Info, Geraldine,

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step. Sat., 9-10 a.m.

Turning Point Center, 182 Lake St., St. Albans.

Is what you’re eating, eating you? We can help.

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

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

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

730-4273. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sun., 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the Johnson Municipal Building, Rte. 15 (just west of the bridge). Info, Debbie Y., 888-5958.

Meetings in Montpelier occur every Mon., 5:306:30 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info, Joan, 223-3079. Steps to Food Freedom Meetings in Morrisville occur every Sat., 10-11 a.m., at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 8882356. Big Book Meetings in Morrisville occur every Tue., 6 p.m. at the North Central Recovery Center (NCVRC), 275 Brooklyn St. Info: Debbie, 888-5958.

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NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans.

Info: stpaulum@ myfairpoint.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@comcast. net.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you promise you’ll only have one more but then you eat the whole bag? Have you tried every diet possible and nothing works? There is hope. Come to an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and find out about a 12 step program of recovery. There is a solution! Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Suite 200, Burlington. Weekly on Thursdays, 7 p.m. Info: Elise, 302-528-6672. OA Big|Book Solution Group of Burlington.

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NAR-ANON BURLINGTON GROUP Group meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (small room), 191 Bank St., Burlington. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend. Info: Amanda H. 338-8106.

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NAMI CONNECTION PEER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS Bennington, every Tue., 1-2:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Thu., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Montpelier, every Fri., 2-3:30 p.m., Another Way, 125 Barre St.; Newport, first Wed. of the month, 6-7:30 p.m., St. Mark’s Church, 44 2nd St.; Rutland, every Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; St. Johnsbury, every Thu., 6:30-8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 47 Cherry St. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults living with mental health challenges.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live w/ out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org.

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NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6 p.m., Community Health Center, Riverside Ave., Mansfield Conference Room; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m.

Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room D; Springfield, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., HCRS (café on right far side), 390 River St.; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr.; White River Junction, last Mon. of every mo., 5:45 p.m., VA Medical Center, William A. Yasinski Buidling. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt. org or 800-639-6480.

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT HOPE Works offers free support groups to women, men & teens who are survivors of sexual violence.

Groups are available for survivors at any stage of the healing process.

Intake for all support groups is ongoing. If you are interested in learning more or would like to schedule an intake to become a group member, please call our office at 864-0555, ext.

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STUTTERING SUPPORT GROUPS If you’re a person who stutters, you are not alone! Adults, teens & school-age kids who stutter & their families are welcome to join one of our three free National Stuttering Association (NSA) stuttering support groups at UVM. Adults: 5:30-6:30, 1st & 3rd Tue. monthly; teens (ages 13-17): 5:30-6:30, 1st Thu. monthly; school-age children (ages 8-12) & parents (meeting separately): 4:15-5:15, 2nd Thu. monthly.

Pomeroy Hall (489 Main St., UVM campus. Info: burlingtonstutters.org, burlingtonstutters@ gmail.com, 656-0250. Go Team Stuttering!

SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide.

Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 N. Main St., Wallingford, 446-3577. 6:30-8 p.m. the 3rd Tue. of ea. mo.

SUICIDE HOTLINES IN VT Brattleboro, 257-7989; Montpelier (Washington County Mental Health Emergency Services), 229-0591; Randolph (Clara Martin Center Emergency Service), 800-639-6360.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Circle (Washington Co. only).

Please call 877-5439498 for more info.

SURVIVORSHIP NOW Welcome, cancer survivors. Survivorship NOW has free wellness programs to empower cancer survivors to move beyond cancer & live life well. Regain your strength & balance. Renew your spirit. Learn to nourish your body with exercise & nutritious foods. Tap in to your creative side.

Connect with others who understand the challenges you face. Go to survivorshipnowvt. org today to sign up.

Info, 802-777-1126, info@ survivorshipnowvt.org.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE — BURLINGTON Who: Persons experiencing the impact of a loved one’s suicide. When: 1st Wed. of each mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Location: Comfort Inn, 5 Dorset St., Burlington. Facilitators: Myra Handy, 951-5156 or Liz Mahoney, 879-7109.

Request: We find it important to connect with people before their first meeting. If you can, please call one of the

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SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE If you have lost someone to suicide and wish to have a safe place to talk, share and spend a little time with others who have had a similar experience, join us the 3rd Thu. at the Faith Lighthouse Church, Rte. 105, Newport (105 Alderbrook), 7-9 p.m. Please call before attending. Info: Mary Butler, 744-6284.

THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP The Compassionate Friends international support group for parents, siblings and families grieving the loss of a child meets every third Tuesday of the month, 7-9 p.m., at Kismet Place, 363 Blair Park Rd., Williston. Call/email Jay at 802-373-1263, compassionatefriendsvt@ gmail.com.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meeting. Hedding United Methodist Church, Washington St., Barre.

Wed., 5:15-6:15 p.m.

For info, call David at 371-8929.

VEGGIE SUPPORT GROUP Want to feel supported on your vegetarian/ vegan journey? Want more info on healthy veggie diets? Want to share & socialize at veggie potlucks, & more, in the greater Burlington area? This is your opportunity to join with other like-minded folks. veggy4life@gmail.com, 658-4991.

WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FAHC. Led by Deb Clark, RN. Every 1st & 3rd Tue., 5-6:30 p.m. Call Kathy McBeth, 847-5715.

YOGA FOR FOLKS LIVING WITH LYME DISEASE Join as we build community and share what works on the often confusing, baffling and isolating path to wellness while living with Lyme disease. We will have a gentle restorative practice suitable for all ages and all levels from beginner to experienced, followed by an open group discussion where we will share what works and support one another in our quest for healing.

By donation. Wear comfortable clothing.

March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4. 2-3:30 p.m. More information at laughingriveryoga.com

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YOUR TRUSTED LOCAL SOURCE. SEVENDAYSVT.COM/JOBS North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church We are looking for a part time Choir Director and Piano Player. Contact Pastor Kim Hornung-Marcy, nfumc@gmavt.net, or call 802-425-2770.

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Seeking a Live-in Shared Living Provider to support a 30-yearold man who enjoys taking walks, playing music, helping others and participating in hands-on activities. This individual is seeking a roommate to share a furnished, centrally located home in Essex Junction. (2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, washer/dryer and convenient 1t-NorthFerrisburgUnitedMethodistChurch102517.indd 10/23/17 12:20 1 PM off-street parking.) The right provider will have strong boundaries, clear communication and the ability to provide ongoing supervision in support of building independent living skills. This would be an ideal opportunity for a peer-aged professional or graduate student.

We are a small, independent school serving unique children Compensation: $40,000 tax-free annual stipend and generous respite and youth. We are recruiting budget.

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dedicated individuals to join our diverse staff in this exciting and challenging work.

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Interested candidates, contact TStPeter@howardcenter.org or call 802-488-6506.

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This is a one-on-one, paraprofessional position supporting students in the development of academic, communication, vocational, social and self-regulation skills.

Settings may include classroom, one-on-one environments and the community. Must possess good communication/ collaboration skills.

An associate’s degree or five years experience after high school preferred. Candidates must have a valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle.

Criminal record checks will be conducted for final candidates.

Submit a resume to: The New School of Montpelier 11 West Street Montpelier, VT 05602 or email to: ddellinger@nsmvt.org No phone calls, please!

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Open your accessible home to a delightful 37 year old gentleman who is in need of evening and weekend overnight respite. A clean, safe and caring environment as well as an extra bedroom is required. Weekends and days are flexible with generous pay available for both hourly or 24 hour shifts. A portable ramp is available for individuals who have a limited number of stairs at their home as well as a wheelchair accessible van.

The ideal candidate will be kind, compassionate, and comfortable with assisting with daily living skills.

Contact Pam at 802-324-7012 if you are interested in this opportunity.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Vermont-NEA is seeking a highly qualified Administrative Assistant/Receptionist to provide administrative support to our professional staff.

In addition to the specific qualifications below, this position requires exceptional interpersonal skills, careful attention to detail, proofreading abilities, excellent oral and written communication skills, strategic thinking, conference planning, managing multiple ongoing projects and a commitment to confidentiality, all within the context of a highly professional and advocacy-oriented membership organization.

Specific qualifications: This is not an entry-level position.

BA or higher degree preferred; at least 3 years’ experience in administrative/assistant capacity; appreciation for the role of labor unions and for the work of public school educators; advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.

Paralegal experience a plus, but not a requirement.

To apply, send a cover letter and resume, including names and contact information for at least 3 references to Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont-NEA, at 10 Wheelock Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602, or electronically to kferguson@vtnea.org by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 6, 2017.

Temporary Position to cover maternity leave of our current RN Position will begin in December.

This position provides nursing assessments as required for the educational environment, maintains records of prescribed medications and orders for administration, obtains and tracks compliance of school immunization records, triages illnesses and injuries during the school day and provides relevant and required trainings for staff- teaching health classes. RN with current Vermont license required. Hourly - 35 hours per week.

Must have excellent interpersonal skills; strong administrative and nursing assessment skills; previous school nurse experience preferred.

Willingness to use own vehicle when needed to visit off site educational programs, must have a valid driver’s license and excellent driving record, and have access to a safe reliable insured vehicle. E.O.E. Send a letter of interest/resume to WCMHS, Personnel, P.O. Box 647, Montpelier, VT 05601. Email to personnel@wcmhs.org or fax to 802-223-8623.

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Part-time Child Care Position Robin’s Nest Children’s Center is seeking a flexible, energetic, caring individual to work with infants, toddlers and preschoolers in our playbased care and learning program.

This position is a great opportunity to develop as an early care professional while working in a supportive, high-quality setting. Primary responsibilities will include group supervision, initiating engaging child activities and team collaboration.

Interested candidates please send a cover letter, resume and 3 references.

rnchildrensctr@aol.com robinsnestchildrenscenter.org.

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CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER The Sexual Assault Crisis Team and Safe Passage Shelter is recruiting for a Chief Operating O cer who will lead this not for profit agency into the future. The agency provides gender inclusive emergency shelter and transitional housing, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, crisis services, and prevention education to address sexual violence in the broader community.

Our services are designed to meet the needs of all survivors and are also available to all non-o ending family members. Safe Passage Shelter accepts all genders cis and trans .

The Chief Operating O cer needs to have a grasp of the issues surrounding sexual violence, human tra cking, and the needs of the survivors. The COO will direct the work of the paid and volunteer sta and be the liaison to other organizations.

A person skilled in both direct service or advocacy, human resource, fundraising, accounting, and legal implications of our work would be ideal.

The COO answers to the Board of Directors and works closely with the President of the Board. Candidates should possess compassion and tenacity. Those with an advanced degree in social work, legal degree, SANE N, or other systems leadership would be preferable. Previous experience with sheltering would be a very helpful.

The Sexual Assault Crisis team and Safe Passage Shelter is an

AM Line Cook, PM Line Cooks, Sous Chef AM Line Cook Looking For Someone to work the Lunch Shift, Making Sandwiches, Pan Sauces, Temping and Some Egg work. Being involved in Menu Planning For Lunch. Hours are 9 to 5 which are unheard of in the Chef World.

Great Pay, Matching 4o1k, Health Benefits and Seasonal/Goal oriented Bonuses. Needs minimum of 5 years’ experience and be professional.

PM Line Cook Looking for Professional, Grounded, Quick Learner, Problem Solver to work on the fast paced Hot Line. Grill/Sauté experience is a MUST. At least Five Year’s experience a MUST. Great Pay, Matching 401k, Health Benifits and Seasonal/Goal oriented Bonuses. Chance to grow.

Self Motivated.

Also Taking Resumes For Back Of House Management/Sous Chef.

Must have experience with Managing a Team, Professional, Problem Solver, Leader, Experience with Ordering, Menu Development, Organizational skills a Must, Minimum of 50 hours a week, Great Salary, Vacation/Sick Pay, Matching 401k, Health Benefits and Seasonal/Goaloriented Bonuses. Minimum of 5 Year’s experience in Management a must.

Yankee Farm Credit, a e ual opportunity employer and does not discriminate. leading provider of credit and financial services to the Send resume and cover le er to agricultural community in moonstorm4@aol.com.

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Summit Property Management Group seeks full-time

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The Senior Accountant prepares financial statements and reports, maintains and reconciles accounts and provides training and direction to others related to accounting practices. Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; a minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar function or role, or an equivalent combination of education and experience to perform the essential functions of the job.

CPA preferred.

To apply, please visit

yankeefarmcredit. balancetrak.com.

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Property Manager for apartments in Burlington, VT. Job duties include rent collection, maintenance coordination, budgeting, reporting, leasing/showing apartments, tenant relations, administration, vendor relations, and overseeing one employee. Candidate MUST be OK with working independently and have the ability to manage time and multi-task. Ideal candidate will be attentive to details, have the ability to make decisions and be accountable, friendly and accommodating, organized, intelligent, confident, willing to tackle challenges and solve problems.

Property management, accounting, and affordable housing experience is ideal. Knowledge of HUD and LIHTC programs a plus. Computer skills are required including proficiency in the Microsoft Suite; MRI and SharePoint are a plus. Candidates will live no further than 45 minutes from Burlington, Vermont. All final candidates will be required to take a job placement assessment.

Benefits include IRA and health insurance contribution, paid time-off, long term disability, cell phone. Salary commensurate with experience, starting at $45,000. All final candidates will be required to take a job placement assessment.

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AmeriCorps VISTA Positions Available!

SerVermont currently has multiple AmeriCorps VISTA positions available beginning November 27, 2017. Host sites include Capstone Community Action in Barre, Alliance for Community Transformation in Bennington, Vermont Youth Conservation Corps in Richmond, and Senior Solutions in Springfield.

The SerVermont VISTA Project places members in oneyear terms at organizations and state agencies across the state that fight poverty and increase opportunity for low-income individuals. Our VISTAs gain professional development experience while building capacity for host site organizations through activities like fundraising, volunteer management, program development, and outreach. To learn more about specific opportunities, please click the link and search for VISTA positions available in Vermont. www.my.americorps.gov/mp/ listing/publicRequestSearch.do.

You will be able to view listings and submit your application through our online system.

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Brand Marketing Manager Keurig Green Mountain Job Fair Positions Available: Production Technicians, Maintenance Technicians, & Material Handlers Date: November 1 & 2, 2017 Time: 4:30-8:00pm

Join our team as the first dedicated brand and marketing team member. As Brand Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing a marketing plan, ensuring consistent brand usage, and expanding the national profile of the Kelly Brush Foundation. You will work closely with the Executive Director and entire team to hit established organizational goals while also having the opportunity to bring your own initiative, ideas, and personality to the organization. You will work closely with agencies, contractors, and freelancers to develop video, photo, and print assets.

Above all, we are looking for a team player. You will need to be committed to the mission, ready to roll up your sleeves, and willing to pitch in to do anything when necessary, however trivial, in a dynamic and growing organization.

Location: 30 Gauthier Drive Essex, VT - Breakroom Keurig Green Mountain is hiring Production Technicians, Maintenance Technicians, & Material Handlers at our Essex, VT location. Job seekers with experience in the following are encouraged to attend:

Basically we need a rock star. Will it be you?

About the Kelly Brush Foundation We are dynamic and growing Burlington, VT–based non-profit inspiring and empowering people with spinal cord injuries to be active. We directly assist individuals and partner with organizations around the country to help people live their own active lifestyles. We also work closely with the alpine ski racing community to improve safety on the hill. We were founded in 2006

by Kelly and her family after Kelly sustained a spinal cord injury while racing in an NCAA alpine ski race.

• Manufacturing operations and production • Equipment maintenance • Material handling, storage, and fulfillment Job fair attendees will be entered into a raffle for a free Keurig K- Select brewer and a Variety Pack of K-Cups.

Send resumes to: zeke@kellybrushfoundation.org

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Finance Associate Population Media Center (PMC) is seeking an eager finance or accounting professional who’s ready to help build a sustainable planet with equal rights for all, one spreadsheet at a time.

Us: PMC uses mass media to promote social and cultural change by addressing the interconnected issues of the rights of women and girls, population, and the environment. Our programs empower people to live healthier, more prosperous lives and live sustainably with the world’s renewable resources.

You: You are adaptable to working in a rapidly changing office environment and culture. You are excited by opportunities to tackle new projects and for professional growth. The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years’ finance/accounting experience, BS in Accounting/Business Administration.

Why Work For Us: Our tight-knit team is energized by our mission and empowered with autonomy and creativity in their day-today work. PMC offers its employees a competitive salary and excellent benefits including paid time off, health and dental insurance, and a generous employer 401(K) contribution.

Visit populationmedia.org/jobs for more information. Send cover letter and resume to pmc@populationmedia.org.

Review of applications to begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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Middlebury College seeks an Associate Director of Annual Giving to develop and manage volunteer engagement as well as several reunion classes. The Associate Director of Annual Giving plays an important role in contributing to the dollar, participation and donor society goals of Annual Giving and the Advancement Office as a whole. The ideal candidate will be highly collaborative and a skilled problem solver, have excellent written and oral communication skills, advanced knowledge of current trends and technologies within the development field, and a valid driver’s license. Bachelor’s degree required along with 5 or more years of experience in development, extensive volunteer management experience, and 3 or more years of experience managing programs and teams. To view the full job description and apply online, please visit: http://apptrkr.com/1106254

Middlebury College employees enjoy a high quality of life with excellent compensation; competitive health, dental, retirement, and vision benefits; and educational assistance programs.

EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability

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Engaging minds that change the world Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. This opening and others are updated daily.

Academic Srvcs Professional - Center for Academic Success #S1350PO - Provides direct service and advocacy to TRIO/SSS students; works under the guidance of the TRIO/SSS & Advising Center Program Manager to develop and to deliver academic success programs for eligible students; mentors SSS students and serves as liaison to other support services on campus especially the SAS office; and works collaboratively with the other TRIO/SSS Coordinator to complete all grant requirements. Under the direction of the TRIO/ SSS & Advising Center Program Manager, creates and implements programming that supports student academic success; social integration and acclimation to college for participants, including presentations; and initiatives for special populations within the SSS community. Assist to create and carry out the Center for Academic Success’ mission, which includes a commitment to multiculturalism and inclusion.

Bachelor’s degree AND one year of experience in a higher education setting working directly with students; OR, any equivalent combination of experience and/ or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved. Experience developing and implementing successful programs. Familiarity with TRIO programs and the unique needs of TRIO students is encouraged.

Must have a demonstrated commitment to diversity, social justice, and multiculturalism; ability to work well with people; and the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Desirable Qualifications: Familiarity with TRIO programs and the unique needs of TRIO students is desirable. Experience developing and implementing successful programs. The Coordinator organizes special events for the TRIO/SSS program, as needed.

For further information on this position and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802-656-2248; telephone #802-656-3150. Applicants must apply for position electronically.

Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Applications, from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

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Do you like the smell of BBQ? Do you enjoy the pace of a busy dinner service? Do you want to work in a scratch kitchen serving locally sourced produce and meats?

If so, Pork and Pickles BBQ might be right for you. There is also room to grow your career with us, as we have developed a great reputation around town over the past year of being open, and have a sister catering company, Lazy Farmer.

Requirements: • Minimum of one year of line cook experience • Positive “can do” attitude • Weekend availability • Work well under pressure Nice to have: • Some culinary training • Passion for cooking food with integrity If interested please drop off a resume or send us one. porkandpicklesbbq@ gmail.com Salary: $14.00 to $17.00 /hr

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Probation Services Specialist

Building a community where everyone participates and everyone belongs.

Direct Support Professional Champlain Community Services is looking for compassionate individuals to provide one on one support to help people realize dreams and reach their goals. We are currently offering a variety of positions that include a comprehensive benefit package, competitive wage and a supportive work environment. This is an excellent job for applicants entering human services or for those looking to continue their work in this field.

Send application and cover letter to Karen Ciechanowicz at staff@ccs-vt.org.

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District of Vermont at Burlington (CL-24/25) $36,026 - $64, 718 Full Time Permanent U.S. Probation is accepting applications for a full time Probation Services Specialist. This is not a law enforcement officer position and is not on a career track to becoming an officer. This position will provide specialized technical, administrative and case management support to probation officers in a wide range of areas, including gathering criminal histories from a variety of sources and reporting this information to investigating officers; coordinating with collateral agencies; and providing support for administrative caseloads. In addition, this position may provide backup for the Data Quality Analyst. Starting salary range is from $36,026 - $64,718 (CL 24 to CL 25), depending on qualifications. For further information and application instructions visit:

www.vtp.uscourts.gov/career-opportunities.

Deadline for complete applications is the close of business, November 3, 2017.

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Seasonal Positions We have immediate openings in our manufacturing department for long-term, full-time & part-time seasonal employment. We will have other opportunities available throughout our company for days, early evening, and weekend shifts.

No experience is necessary; we will train you.

Manufacturing

Are you a Professional Cook who wants a regular schedule?

Join our Team!

Full Time Position Available Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community, is adding members to our team of Cooks. Wake Robin provides a fine dining experience with a focus on farm-to-plate freshness, and a work environment that is hard to find in the restaurant industry.

• We work from scratch, not from a box.

• 40% of our produce is local/organic.

• Innovative on-site protein butchering and smoking.

• Manageable schedule ending in early evening.

• Superb kitchen facilities with excellent benefits.

Customer service reps Warehouse Apply in person.

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Our cook will have experience producing high quality soups, sauces and entrees from scratch, demonstrate experience in all aspects of cooking from grilling to sautéing, and strong attention to the quality of food consistency quality and delivery.

Interested candidates please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to: HR, (802) 264-5146.

WAKE ROBIN IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

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VERMONT-NEA STAFF POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Vermont-NEA is seeking to fill its UniServ Director position to serve local Associations in Addison and Rutland counties. We are accepting applications until Monday, October 30 (or until the position is filled), and we will interview finalist candidates soon thereafter. Starting date is approximately January 1, 2018.

Please send application letter, resume, two or three writing samples, and names/contact information of three references to Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont-NEA, 10 Wheelock Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602-3737. Direct phone and email inquiries to (800) 649-6375 or kferguson@vtnea.org.

Duties include assisting local educator unions with organizing, collective bargaining, and grievance processing around working conditions and professional issues, engaging with Association members, and participating in some anticipated policy advocacy activities. Our UniServ staff constitute half our professional staff and work in concert with our organizing, legal, communications, program benefits, and professional development personnel.

The successful candidate will have unusually strong and broad skills, including: unlimited dedication to the interests of both public education and public school educators in Vermont; excellent interpersonal skills both with groups and with individuals; extensive ability to work collaboratively as well as individually; thorough working knowledge of employee rights as well as education and labor laws and processes; appreciation for the role of labor unions; excellent oral and written communication skills; understanding of public policy issues and trends affecting public education and educators; interest and involvement in political action activities as they relate to public education and educators; good computer, math, and typing abilities; a willingness to work many evenings and some weekends on Association business; and adaptability.

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Information Technology Technician The Champlain Valley School District (CVSD) has an opening for an Information Technology Technician. The IT Tech is part of a Network Services team that works in dynamic K-8 and High School school environments with both students, staff and faculty.

Seasonal Distribution Center

Holiday Job Fairs

We have SEASONAL positions thru DECEMBER

Requirements for the position include maintaining and troubleshooting computers, projectors and printers, assisting users with device logins and applications. The successful candidate will be excited about working in a school environment and enjoys working with technology.

Tuesdays, 3:00–5:30 PM October 31 & November 7 DISTRIBUTION CENTER: Catamount Industrial Park 947 Route 7 South, Milton, VT 05468 Job Hotline: 660-3JOB

Download our job application TODAY and bring the completed form to our job fair!

Interested candidates should submit a Letter of Interest and Resume to Mike Kanfer, Director of Network Services at mkanfer@cvsdvt.org. (Electronic submissions are preferred.)

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Director of Education and Prevention Services

Train to be a

DIGITAL CLIENT ADVISOR Best Place to Work

YOU WILL GET… • Eight weeks of core education at no cost (unpaid) • Potential to earn college credit • One year state-registered apprenticeship • Students who successfully complete the eight-week core education are guaranteed employment with DealerPolicy.

Starting wages: • $15/hour after successfully completing the education program Performance-based increases: • $16/hour after 6 months • $17/hour plus commission after one year Employer-specific benefits may include*: • Healthcare, Dental

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Environmental Services Technicians Needed

YOU WILL LEARN… • • • • • • •

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An EVS Technician is similar to a housekeeper, but with the added expertise to prevent the spread of infection.

We protect patients, families and guests by using state-of-the-art technology to disinfect and monitor all areas of the organization to the industry standards.

Education Specialist (20 hrs/wk)

Full-time positions with:

*Benefits subject to change in 2018

EXCELLENT BENEFITS

GENEROUS PAID TIME OFF

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for working nights, evenings, and weekends

No prior experience needed; on the job training provided.

Per diem positions also available.

Your Growth is Our Growth: No experience required!

Apply online before December 4, 2017 at: www.vthitec.org The ITAR Program (Information Technology Apprenticeship Readiness) is a partnership of:

The ITAR Program is funded in part by a grant from the Vermont and U.S. Departments of Labor.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

HOPE Works is seeking a passionate antioppression educator to help achieve our mission of ending sexual violence in Chittenden County.

Provide violence prevention workshops and trainings in middle school, high school, campus, and professional settings, coordinate community events and outreach, supervise staff and volunteers.

HOPE Works is seeking a passionate educator to provide violence prevention workshops and trainings in middle school, high school, campus, and community settings, assist with events and outreach.

See hopeworksvt.org for details, email resume and cover letter by 11/6 to elle@hopeworksvt.org.

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LEAP AmeriCorps members serve with non-profit organizations in Caledonia, Orleans, and Essex counties delivering STEM education to youth. LEAP is recruiting for positions starting immediately: Farm to School Coordinator with GMFTS (full time), (2) 4-H STEM Program Assistants with UVM Extension (part time), the Cobleigh Library Bookmobile (part time), and a variety of shorter term afterschool and early literacy positions. Members earn a bi-weekly Living Stipend, an Education Award to pay for college or student loans, and many other benefits national service provides. Contact Program Director Rose Reynolds to learn more: (802) 626-6706, or view listings on the AmeriCorps website to apply.

Driver

We are looking for a person to join our team as a part time non-CDL driver and warehouse worker. 3 to 4 days per week delivering cut flowers and supplies in the Vermont and New York area along with some in house work of processing flowers and orders as needed. Start time would be 7am. Nonsmoking environment.

Could be perfect for a retired person too!

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Construction Laborer: Looking for safety-minded commercial construction laborers. Ability to climb ladders, lift up to 70lbs, understand traffic control and provide basic labor support as required. General understanding of commercial construction a plus. High school diploma/GED preferred, reliable transportation a must.

Send resumes to: frontdesk@icvvt.com

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At Systems & Software our mission is to provide the best-in-class Customer Information System (CIS) to the utility market. Our R&D team is essential as we continuously develop and enhance our solutions to keep pace with complex customer requirements and the latest technology standards. As an engineering manager for Systems & Software, your role will be to lead a small team of engineers while also contributing as a technical resource yourself.

Your Experience Includes: 5+ years as a Full Stack software developer working with a combination of the following technologies: (Java, JavaScript, C, C#, C++, PL/SQL, TSQL, Python, Perl, SOA & MVC Architecture). 2+ years as a Team Lead or Resource Manager. We are an agile development organization utilizing industry standard software development tools such as Jira, Git, Docker, Slack, and Confluence to manage our iterative design, build, test, and deploy process. Any experience with these tools is an asset.

This position is full-time and on-site at our beautiful office in Williston. All full-time employees are eligible for our terrific benefits program, which includes an annual bonus, full health/dental/ vision coverage, 401k contribution, generous vacation and family leave, free Friday breakfasts, access to our workout facility, assortment of free hot beverages, a lifestyle rewards annual spending amount and a wide variety of social and cultural events.

To find out more about this position and apply online please visit:

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Vice President Commercial Banking - Chittenden County

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Experienced plow driver wanted.

No equipment necessary. Must have strong knowledge of commercial plowing & salting.

Must be dependable, have flexible schedule and clean driving record.

Applications are invited for a temporary part-time (20 hours a week) administrative assistant position for the Graduate Program for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Applicants should have strong administrative assistant skills, be detail-oriented, and be motivated to contribute to the successful operations of a close-working team.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT MATESOL PROGRAM

Northfield Savings Bank is seeking a commercial lending professional to join our team in Chittenden County. As the largest bank headquartered in Vermont, Northfield Savings Bank is growing throughout our service area from north of Burlington to south of Bethel. We are presenting this opportunity to a proven relationship builder to be a key contributor to a unique mutual institution with a strong 150-year history and a promising, independent future.

Qualifications of the successful candidate will include: High level commercial credit skills; minimum five years’ experience developing and managing a commercial portfolio; knowledge of Chittenden County market; track record of collaborating in a multibusiness line team environment; bachelor’s degree; self-directed work ethic.

Northfield Savings Bank offers a competitive compensation and benefits program and a supportive culture that promotes personal growth. Our company – backed by a cohesive management team and board – continues to invest in people, programs, facilities, and technology to ensure long-term impact in service to our Champlain Valley and Central Vermont communities.

If you are interested in exploring a career with Northfield Savings Bank, we would like to hear from you. Please address your confidential inquiry to: Donna Austin-Hawley Sr. Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer Northfield Savings Bank 60 Wright Avenue Williston, VT 05495 Email: donna.austin-hawley@nsbvt.com Subject: VP – Commercial Banking Inquiry Equal Opportunity Employer/Member FDIC

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BUILDING MAINTENANCE The Colchester Department of Public Works seeks a highly motivated self-starter to join our team.

This position is responsible for performing general maintenance, including snow removal, and repairs on Town buildings. For more information about this position go to www.colchestervt.gov/Jobs.aspx.

If you wish to apply please send a completed job application, cover letter and resume to the Human Resources Department at Town of Colchester, ATTN: Human Resources, 781 Blakely Road, Colchester VT 05446 or email slabarge@colchestervt.gov.

Application deadline is November 10, 2017. E.O.E.

NEW JOBS POSTED DAILY! Nurse Manager

This full time exempt position, based in Burlington, reports to the Local Motion Board of Directors while overseeing and coordinating statewide activities within the mission of the organization. The Executive Director leads a team of twelve year round employees, many seasonal employees, and an incredible group of 200 volunteers.

Responsibilities include leading advocacy efforts for the bike and pedestrian community in Vermont; cultivating collaborative relationships with external stakeholders throughout Vermont, including the business community, local and state government, foundations and other nonprofit/ community groups; leading the implementation of the Board-approved strategic plan; fostering a supportive, creative and exciting internal work environment for staff; overseeing the management of all Local Motion programs to enhance their effectiveness, financial position, and visibility; maintaining and growing Local Motion’s funding sources; and ensuring compliance with all contractual and legal requirements.

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Deadline to apply is November 17, 2017.

LOCAL MOTION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Monday-Friday days or evenings.

Send resume and cover letter to HR@wakerobin.com or visit our website. www.wakerobin.com, to complete an application.

YOU’VE STUDIED. YOU’VE TRAINED. YOU’VE MENTORED OTHERS. NOW IT’S YOUR TIME TO LEAD.

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Our new, mobile-friendly job board is buzzing with excitement.

Local Motion, a statewide non-profit organization with a mission to bring walking and biking within reach of all Vermonters, seeks a dynamic Executive Director to lead the organization. Founded in 1999 to reconnect the Island Line Rail Trail from Burlington to the Lake Champlain Islands, the organization’s mission has expanded to help communities across Vermont become more bicycle and pedestrian safe, inviting, and sustainable.

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The successful candidate will demonstrate experience and capability in providing the following services to a well established consulting firm: Office organization & administration, public relations, human resource oversight, business promotion via social media, and quality assurance for our services. For a more complete job description, visit our website: viscc.com/jobs or contact us: office@viscc.com; 802-658-6100.

SALES & MARKETING MANAGER Champlain Orchards is currently seeking a full-time Sales and Marketing Manager.

This position reports directly to the owner and will work closely with senior management.

Full job description and application available at champlainorchards.com/ employment

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of Waitsfield 10/19/17 12:30 PM and Champlain Valley Telecom, a Vermont based telecommunications solutions provider, is seeking a qualified individual to join our staff in Hinesburg, Vermont:

INTERNET SUPPORT ASSOCIATE Responsibilities include providing high-quality moderately complex technical support to Green Mountain Access customers, supporting all broadband transactions, which include service orders, general service, and technical support questions via telephone, live chat, mail, and office contacts. Also responsible for reconciling concerns regarding customer accounts and/or documentation of broadband service related troubles, as well as the sale of appropriate products and services. Qualified applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent, as well as a minimum of three years of “help desk” and technical support experience, possessing a solid understanding of concepts, practices, and procedures associated with information technology technical support. Additionally, advanced internet skills and knowledge regarding e-mail, web hosting, broadband and wireless connectivity required along with advanced knowledge of a variety of broadband platforms including fiber-to-the-premise, ADSL, and VDSL. Sophisticated knowledge of both hardware and software applications is desirable, including knowledge of a variety of mobile, wireless, and streaming devices and their corresponding operating systems (i.e. iPhones, Android devices, iPads, tablets, Roku, Chromecast, sling devices, etc.). Additionally, strong interpersonal skills necessary to maintain productive relationships with customers in resolving service questions and marketing new services is also required. EOE. Please submit letter of interest, resume, and application to the address below. No telephone calls please. Job applications can be found on our website: www.wcvt.com under “Company.”

Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom Attn: Human Resources PO Box 9, 3898 Main Street Waitsfield, VT 05673 Fax: (802)496-8342 Email: wcvtjobs@wcvt.com

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Curious about Therapeutic Foster Care?

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We’re looking for a leader for our high-volume, growing transportation program that provides individuals and families with access to work, job training and childcare. The program manager provides oversight to staff and drivers while maintaining program performance.

Vehicle Processor

The Vehicle Donation Processor works with donors to ensure vehicle donations happen in an efficient and professional manner, schedules repair work, works with vendors and partner garages, and manages all related paperwork. General knowledge of cars is highly desirable. Must have superior customer service, attention to detail, a valid driver’s license and clear motor vehicle driving record.

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We’re looking for personable drivers to safely transport children to childcare in and around Burlington. Must have a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

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Burlington School District’s Property Services/Transportation Department has immediate openings for the following positions:

Second Shift Licensed Electrician/ Maintenance Worker Required qualifications would include a minimum of five years’ previous experience as a licensed electrician.

Full time position, M-F, 2:00-10:30 PM

School Bus Aide/Backup Bus Driver This person will also be the backup school bus driver in the event the regularly scheduled driver is not available. CDL Bus Endorsement is a requirement for permanent employment; however, BSD will offer training and support for an individual to receive any such required school bus licensure.

Director of Business Strategy

The Permanent Fund is seeking a director of business strategy who will develop and implement a business engagement strategy that supports the Permanent Fund’s mission “to ensure that every Vermont child has access to high quality and affordable early care and education by 2025” and its initiatives, Vermont Birth to Five and Let’s Grow Kids.

The director of business strategy will work to galvanize Vermont’s business sector to become a key actor in the effort to develop a high-quality, affordable early care and learning system that supports Vermont’s families and helps businesses to thrive. This person will also provide capacity support to the Early Childhood Business Council.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record as a respected collaborator within multi-sector initiatives in Vermont. Experience with corporate community leadership and human resources highly desired.

This person must be based in Vermont and able to work from the Permanent Fund’s offices in Burlington, VT on a regular basis. For more information, please visit the Jobs and Opportunities page at www.permanentfund.org.

Full time, school year ONLY position.

Temp Evening Custodian Full time TEMP position, M-F, 2:30-11 PM

All positions must be able to pass a background check. EOE To apply, visit www.bsdvt.org and click on “Careers” for current listing of employment opportunities.

To apply, please send your resume, a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications, and contact information for three references to Elizabeth Wareing (elizabeth@letsgrowkids.org) by November 1, 2017.

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OPG REGIONAL SUPERVISOR – MIDDLEBURY The Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living seeks a passionate person to protect and monitor the legal and human rights of individuals under court-ordered guardianship. The position requires supervision of several Public Guardians. You will also cover a caseload of individuals with developmental disabilities or age-related cognitive impairments who require assistance with critical decision making in several life domains. For more information, contact Jackie Rogers at 802-828-3623 or email jackie.rogers@vermont.gov.

Job ID: 622239. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: 10/29/2017.

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES DIVISION - WATERBURY The Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) has an exciting position to support a system of person-centered, individualized, community-based services for people with developmental disabilities. The DDS Specialist performs consultative, administrative, technical and planning work and works with provider agencies in the northern half of VT. We seek a person with professional experience in developmental disabilities services, special education or human services. For more information, contact Amy Roth at 802-241-0306 or amy.roth@vermont.gov .Reference Job ID #622217. Status: Full-time.

Application Deadline: 10/30/17.

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The Client Services Coordinator

Armistead Senor Care, a premium provider of in-home, non-medical caregiver services, is looking to add a compassionate, detail oriented, and reliable person to our team. The Client Services Coordinator is a key member of our team and responsible for helping Armistead retain long-term clients as well as caregivers.

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• Can change gears easily using timely decision making.

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VSAC is seeking a VSAC Outreach Counselor to provide career and college readiness services at 3 schools in Northwest Vermont, Enosburg Middle & High Schools, Montgomery & Berkshire Schools (middle school students only). This position has an immediate start date, and is part time (60%) with the option to increase to full time. A Master’s degree in counseling, education or related field is preferred along with experience working with youth in educational settings. The ideal candidate will have experience working with youth; have an understanding of the socioeconomic and academic needs of first generation, modest income students and families; have excellent communication and organizational skills; an ability to work independently; and a working knowledge of adolescent development, career development, post-secondary options and financial aid. The successful candidate will create a curriculum plan that includes the full spectrum of career and college planning services and will have skill working with students in groups and one on one. Presentation skills are essential, as is establishing a good rapport with middle and high school students, area schools, agencies and college personnel. Familiarity with school systems is preferred. Must have a valid driver’s license verified by a Motor Vehicle Record Report, a willingness to travel up to 1,200 miles a month, a properly inspected, registered, and insured motor vehicle for business use and must provide own workspace when working away from VSAC offices.

Candidate must also successfully complete a criminal background check. This is a grant funded position that is contingent upon continued grant funds. VSAC offers a dynamic, professional environment with competitive compensation and generous benefits package.

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Agri-Mark has a full-time immediate opening for a THIRD SHIFT (12am-8am) Maintenance Mechanic Technician to work in our Middlebury, VT facility. Flexible work schedule required, including rotating weekends, and working scheduled holidays.

Preferred candidate will have a journeyman’s electrical license and/or strong PLC experience. Mechanical background is a must. Strong welding experience is preferred. Must be able to work both independently and as a team member. Excellent troubleshooting and maintaining plant equipment in a food production environment.

Position provides 40+ hours per week, paid leave and holidays.

Offers a competitive starting wage and excellent benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), pension plan, and much more. Apply in person, by email to ajacobs@agrimark.net or send your resume with cover letter to:

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TOWN OF HIGHGATE PART TIME ZONING ADMINISTRATOR The Town of Highgate is seeking qualified applicants for the position of PART TIME ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. 1620 hours per week. A complete job description and employment application can be found at www.highgatevt. org or by contacting the municipal offices at 8685002. To apply, please send a letter of interest, resume, list of references (3 personal/3 professional), and employment application to Highgate Town Clerk, Wendi Dusablon at wdusablon@ highgatevt.org or PO Box 189, Highgate Center VT 05459. NO LATER THAN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2017 by 4:30pm.

Manager of Federal Housing Programs The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board is seeking a Manager of Federal Housing Programs to oversee the day-to-day administration of the HOME Program, the National Housing Trust Fund, Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS, and other federally funded housing programs. Familiarity with federal housing policy and regulations as well as the role of non-profits in the affordable housing delivery system is desired. Experience working with nonprofits, state and federal agencies, and federally funded housing programs is important. Qualifications include experience supervising staff and building and maintaining relationships with state and federal partners; spreadsheet, database, and word processing skills; writing and communication skills; ability to meet deadlines; strong attention to detail; and the ability to be flexible and innovative. Full-time position with comprehensive benefits. Job description at: vhcb.org/employment.html Please reply by November 8 with letter of interest, résumé and references to: Laurie Graves [laurie@vhcb.org].

We are looking for a recruitment process coordinator in the Department of Surgery at the University of Vermont.

Associate’s degree in a related field and 3-5 year’s experience.

Advanced proficiency in various computer applications: word processing, Outlook, database management. Excellent communication skills necessary. Must be able to prioritize multiple responsibilities and manage a large workload within tight deadlines. Ability to work independently to plan, organize, prioritize, schedule, coordinate and make decisions relating to assigned tasks. Very strong customer service orientation with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills.

Previous experience in higher education or a health care setting, experience taking direction from multiple people highly desirable.

You must apply online at: www.uvmjobs.com/postings/27179.

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Chittenden County Opioid Alliance

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JOB FAIR Spare Time Colchester is looking for Vibrant, Smart, Engaging, Fun Loving Rock Stars.

If you qualify, please come meet us at 215 Lower Mountain View Dr. Colchester, Vermont

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Friday, October 27th 3pm - 5pm or Saturday, October 28th 10am – noon Come check out our state of the art Family Fun Entertainment Center and our open FT/PT/ weekend positions.

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All applicants must be 16 yrs +.

On behalf of the Chittenden County Opioid Alliance, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) is seeking to hire a full-time executive director to reduce the burden of opioid use disorders in Chittenden County using a collective impact approach.

The Chittenden County Opioid Alliance is a unique commitment from key state, local government, and non-profit leaders to put forth a comprehensive, mutually reinforcing approach to reducing opioid abuse and the ancillary burdens they bring to our community. CCRPC is the regional planning agency for the Burlington, VT region and is providing backbone support to the Chittenden County Opioid Alliance.

The ideal candidate is a high-energy individual who has strong interest and knowledge in project management, collective impact, and substance abuse prevention, treatment, and/or recovery systems. The person should be a collaborative, enthusiastic, and positive person who has strong experience in facilitating and aligning efforts among diverse organizations and individuals under one structure. The individual selected must be a self-starter, able to work independently and stick to deadlines Bachelor’s Degree in public health, public administration, public policy, social work, criminal justice, executive leadership, or related field with preference given to a candidate with a Master’s Degree. Minimum of ten years’ experience in a governmental, for profit or nonprofit organization delivering human service/health care, education or other public services, at least one of which will have been in a supervisory capacity. Strong experience in process and meeting facilitation required. Certificate in project management or the ability to demonstrate commensurate work experience is preferred. Experience in community development work, public relations, program development and evaluation, and strategic planning is desired.

Please send a letter of interest and resume (with references and contact information) to Charlie Baker, Executive Director, at: cbaker@ccrpcvt.org. See the full job description at: www.ecosproject.com/chittenden-county-opioidalliance/news-and-resources. No phone calls please. The position will remain open until filled. Interviews will begin in late October. Applicants should be available for an interview.

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DENTAL ASSISTANT Centurion, a partnership between MHM Services and Centene Corporation, is a leading provider of healthcare services to correctional facilities nationwide.

Centurion of Vermont is proud to be the provider of healthcare services to the Vermont Department of Corrections.

We are currently seeking a full time Dental Assistant at our 2 facilities, Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington and Northwest State Correctional Facility in Swanton. The position is full time, 34 hours per week.

Under direct supervision, the Dental Assistant assists the dentist and/or dental hygienist in chair-side dentistry in a correctional setting.

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Burlington’s premier vegetarian restaurant is looking for an organized, experienced cook with a familiarity with vegetarian cuisine, a passion for food and creating edible art.

Generous salary. Full time, 5 day work week.

Please send your resume to info@revolutionkitchen.com or bring it into our space at 9 Center Street in Burlington.

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ARCh Program Leader Offer leadership, supervision, expertise and risk assessment as the ARCh Program Leader. The ARCh Program serves children and adults up to the age of 22 who have an intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder or an emotional/behavioral challenge. Consider this position if you have a master’s degree and meet the standard to be a Qualified Developmental Disability Professional (QDDP).

Successful applicant will have three years of human services experience with at least two years working with individuals with developmental disabilities, along with supervisory experience.

Crisis Assessment Clinician – First Call for Chittenden County Provide high-quality assessment to children and adults experiencing a mental health emergency.

Clinicians are mobile throughout Chittenden County responding to homes, schools, the hospital, police departments and other community locations. Master’s in a mental health field required, license or licensure track strongly preferred. This is a full-time position with alternative hours. Inquire for details.

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Registered Nurse – Medication Assisted Treatment Program Seeking a part-time Registered Nurse. Our nurses are responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all Nursing Dispensary operations. Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills plus strong interpersonal and communication skills.

SUB – Registered Nurse – Medication Assisted Treatment Program Seeking subs to cover vacancies. Our nurses are responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all Nursing Dispensary operations. Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills plus strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Team Lead – Park Street Program, Rutland Ensure that the highest quality of care is provided at all times at the Park Street Program, a residential treatment program in Rutland, Vt., specializing in therapy for adolescent males who have engaged in sexually harmful behaviors. Supervise a team of direct care staff, offer leadership within the milieu and provide guidance during crisis situations. The successful candidate has a bachelor’s degree, experience working in a residential facility and is able to effectively model how to work with highly traumatized youth.

Triage Clinician – First Call for Chittenden County Provide high-quality phone-based support to youth and adults experiencing a mental health emergency.

Assess and categorize incoming calls to determine response and urgency and respond appropriately.

Master’s in a mental health field required, license or licensure track strongly preferred. This is a fulltime position with alternative hours. Inquire for details.

Howard Center offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental and life insurance, as well as generous paid time off for all regular positions scheduled 20+ hrs/week.

Please visit our website, www.howardcentercareers.org. Enter position title to view details and apply.

Howard Center is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants needing assistance or an accommodation in completing the online application should feel free to contact Human Resources at 488-6950 or HRHelpDesk@howardcenter.org.

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HELPING HANDS About 450 documented foreign farmworkers are employed in seasonal agricultural jobs in Vermont every year, according to Chance Payette, a Vermont Department of Labor program monitor and advocate. The workers are eligible for employment in Vermont (and other states) under the H-2A visa program, which the federal government established in 1952.

The mandated salary for these workers in Vermont is $12.38 an hour. In order to hire seasonal foreign labor, an employer must first seek American workers for the positions. For a Vermont farm, that means advertising in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York.

Paul Mazza, a produce farmer in Chittenden County, has employed H-2A workers for more than 20 years.

He says he can’t get U.S. workers to fill the jobs.

“You put them out in the field, and they’re gone within an hour,” Mazza said. “If you want to try it, come on down in the spring.”

Mazza employs 22 men from Jamaica with H-2A visas, he said.

They trim berries, plant corn, and pick apples and berries.

“They’re awesome,” said Mazza, whose farm is based in Essex.

“Without them I’d be nothing, and everyone else would be, too. And food prices would be even higher, plain and simple.”

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and some sleep, he’s up at 4 on Friday morning to make 1,200 doughnuts.

Then he heads back to the city in the afternoon in his loaded truck to run the markets.

“It’s beautiful,” Tsamchok said of farm life. “Every day I’m learning something new, which is always good: in terms of cooking, in terms of growing food, in terms of meeting people.”

Amid the new experiences, Tsamchok has found something familiar: a landscape that reminds him of his childhood home in India. “I did five hours’ drive only,” he said, “and I’m home.”

Walter and Marvin will head back to Guatemala soon, with plans to return to Rockville next spring. By then, Walter will be a father; his wife is expecting a baby in November.

Walter was just a kid when Keenann welcomed him to the farm with a pot of soup. Next month, when his daughter is born, he will name her Keenann Yolanda. !

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Walter works on the farm six months per year. The past three years, Marvin has worked with him — the two come from a family of 10 siblings in Sacatepequez Santiago. Eric, who served in the Peace Corps in Guatemala for two and a half years, speaks with them in Spanish.

“It gives these guys peace of mind, knowing they have a boss who can communicate with them,” Keenann said. “Having these guys here, the two of them, it’s like four employees, [given] the quality and quantity of work they do.”

Walter and Marvin work 12 hours a day, six days a week, cutting back to 11 hours a day as the season ends. After a five-minute meeting with Eric at 6 a.m., the farmhands are off to work the fields — planting, weeding, harvesting, plowing. The pair also performs various duties to prepare for the markets in Burlington and New York.

One evening in early October, Eric pointed to wooden bins that held 4,800 pounds of butternut squash. Walter and Marvin had harvested the vegetables in a few hours before supper. The brothers’ production and the quality of their work doesn’t falter from the first hour of the day to the last, Eric said.

“The farm runs itself, for sure, because of them,” Eric said. “It’s a nice combination: Tenzin runs New York.

These guys run the farm. And I do the oversight.”

Eric said he pays a consultant $1,000 annually to handle the paperwork required to employ the Pec Ticun brothers through the H-2A program. By contrast, he found Tsamchok on Craigslist.

Tsamchok, 37, lives in Queens. He moved from India to New York City when he was 16 and has cooked in restaurants there for about 20 years. He was driving a cab when he saw Eric’s Craigslist ad looking for a person to run Rockville’s weekend markets in Brooklyn.

Tsamchok was interested in a job that allowed him to move around, he said, and where he’d learn a new skill: growing things. He drives to Starksboro from New York midweek to work on the farm and often cooks the Thursday meal.

“He’s like an Italian mother,” Eric said. “The cooking came with the package.”

Eric is an appreciative recipient, according to Tsamchok: “The cooking is not Eric’s field,” he said. “But the eating is.”

Tsamchok said he loves to cook with food grown on the farm and is fascinated to learn about seeds and soil from Eric. After the Thursday dinner

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They say that opposites attract, but the two protagonists in Neil Simon’s classic comedy The Odd Couple might beg to differ. Oscar is a slobby sportswriter, but his oldest friend, Felix, is an uptight neat freak. Mismatched as they are, the two men become roommates after Felix’s soon-to-be ex-wife kicks him to the curb. The St. Johnsbury Players raise the curtain on their fall production of this gut-busting play, which inspired successful television and movie adaptations, including the 1968 hit film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. This school production, directed by Jan Clausing, is suitable for all ages.

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ALL-AGE PEACE TEAM FOCUS GROUPS: The Peace & Justice Center explores the idea of forming a collective of individuals to de-escalate conflict on Burlington streets. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2345.

art

Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section.

business

COMMERCE BUSINESS EXPO: Business leaders network at a trade show featuring more than 30 exhibitors. Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce, Berlin, 5-7 p.m. $10-15. Info, 262-0138.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR BUSINESS’ FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: This workshop demystifies income statements, balance sheets and cash flow documents. Center for Women & Enterprise, Burlington, 9:30-11:30 a.m. $20; preregister. Info, 391-4870.

community

GREENER DRINKS: Supporters of commonsense cannabis reform sip beverages and discuss the culture, industry and politics of the agricultural product. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@vtcannabisbrands.com.

OPEN HOUSE: Those interested in homesharing mingle with staff over cider and pie. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5625.

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KNITTING & MORE: TWO-NEEDLE MITTENS: Needleworkers of all skill levels pick up new techniques while working on projects. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

dance

CONTACT IMPROV: Movers engage in weight sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced by aikido and other somatic practices.

The Everything Space, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. $510. Info, 232-3618.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats.

Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 540-8300.

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NURSING BEYOND A YEAR MEET-UP: 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.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

‘BEST OF RIFFTRAX LIVE: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD’: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett offer wisecracking commentary on the classic 1968 horror flick. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 660-9300.

‘E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL’: Sci-fi fans watch Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic about a boy who befriends an alien. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6-8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 533-9075.

‘EXTREME WEATHER 3D’: A National Geographic film takes viewers to the front lines of powerful storms, widespread fires and rising waters.

Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

Celebrity Support The LGBTQ-supportive Samara Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary in dramatic fashion. Alison Bechdel, the Vermont cartoonist laureate and author of the graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, will be a special guest alongside Broadway actress Beth Malone. The two women step into the spotlight to discuss the creation of the Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of Fun Home, in which Malone, who will also regale theater lovers with several songs, portrayed Bechdel. Admission includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres and plenty of star power.

‘THE HEALTHCARE MOVIE’: Vermont Physicians for a National Health Program executive board member Marvin Malek participates in a discussion after a screening of this 2011 documentary. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550.

VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Cinephiles keep their eyes glued to the big screen at this annual showcase of international, independent and local flicks. See vtiff.org for schedule and details. Various Burlington locations. $5-10 for individual films; $75-200 for packages. Info, 660-2600.

‘THE VIETNAM WAR’: History buffs preview segments of a new documentary by filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. A panel discussion follows. St. Albans Historical Museum, 7-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 527-7933.

‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: Moviegoers follow a herd of planteating dinosaurs in Cretaceous Alaska through the seasons and the challenges of growing up in a prehistoric world. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, WED.25

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Friday, October 27, and Saturday, October 28, 7:30-9:30 p.m., at St. Johnsbury School.

See website for additional dates. $6-10. Info, 467-3043, stjohnsburyplayers.org.

DEATH CAFÉ: Folks meet for a thought-provoking and respectful conversation about death, aimed at accessing a fuller life. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 7-9 p.m. Free; donations accepted.

Info, 353-6991.

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Friday, October 27, 5-7 p.m., at BCA Center in Burlington. $50.

Info, 388-3355, vermontcf.org.

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Return Trip Vermont classical music lovers may recall the Heath Quartet from their 2016 stint as the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series’ first quartet in residence. The United Kingdom-based foursome, formed in 2002, returns to the college with a new second violinist and a varied repertoire program. Violinists Oliver Heath and Sara Wolstenholme, violist Gary Pomeroy, and cellist Christopher Murray bring their bow-and-string mastery to works by Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn and 20th-century composer Michael Tippett. Professor Larry Hamberlin primes listeners with a preshow lecture in Room 221.

HEATH QUARTET Friday, October 27, preconcert lecture, 7 p.m.; concert, 8-10 p.m., at Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. $6-28. Info, 4433168, middlebury.edu.

Maintaining Traditions

Saturday, October 28, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at Edmunds School Gymnasium in Burlington. Free. Info, 999-4012, vermonttibet.org.

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According to the Tibetan Association of Vermont, there are currently 160 Tibetans living in the greater Burlington area. Established in 1993, TAV aims to preserve and promote Tibetan culture. To this end, the nonprofit organization welcomes community members to its annual Vermont Tibet Festival, where they’ll find traditional eats, handicrafts and artwork in the Edmunds School Gymnasium.

Song and dance performances round out this 15th annual function that TAV describes in a press release as “our chance to share with our neighbors and friends a little of our rich, ancient culture.”

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food & drink

BURGER & BEER: Boyden Farm beef and craft brews help patrons beat the midweek slump. Mary’s Restaurant, Bristol, 5-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink.

Info, 453-2432.

COMMUNITY MEAL: Diners dig into a hot lunch.

United Church of Johnson, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 635-1247.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

DINE STOWE: From fine-dining establishments to cafés, participating restaurants showcase their offerings for a fixed price. See gostowe.com for details. Various Stowe locations, 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. $20.17 fixed price. Info, rachelp@gostowe.com.

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

games

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.

SCAVENGER HUNT: Lists in hand, community members search Bridge Street bricks for words and phrases. Call for list pickup locations. Bridge Street, Waitsfield. Free. Info, 496-9416.

health & fitness

BUTI YOGA: A fusion of vinyasa yoga, plyometrics and dance is set to upbeat music. Bring water and a towel. Women’s Room, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10.

Info, 829-0211.

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GENTLE YOGA: Individuals with injuries or other challenges feel the benefits of a relaxing and nourishing practice. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8:309:30 a.m. Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: Triathletes, Spartan racers and other fitness fanatics challenge themselves to complete Navy Seal exercises during an intense workout. Come in good shape. Private residence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $8-12; for ages 16 and up. Info, 343-7160.

KETTLEBELL & CORE: Fitness fans bring water and ball-shaped strength-building weights for a killer workout. Cambridge Community Center, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 644-5028.

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.

PREMA AGNI & MINI RISING STAR HEALINGS: Delyn Hall promotes wellness with powerful drop-in energy healing sessions for adults and kids alike.

Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 1:30-3 p.m.

Donations. Info, 495-9435.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: Folks in recovery and their families enrich mind, body and spirit in an all-levels class. All props are provided; wear loose clothing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

RESILIENCE FLOW FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY TBI: Individuals affected by a traumatic brain injury practice poses in a six-week LoveYourBrain Yoga introductory class. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 3:30-5 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, 448-4262.

SUNRISE YOGA: Participants of all levels enjoy slowing down, moving mindfully and breathing deeply while building strength and stamina on the mat. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7 a.m.

Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

UPBEAT YOGA: Instructor John McConnell leads a fun-spirited stretching session. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $14. Info, 318-6050.

WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: Individuals learn to relax and let go. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-8605.

ZUMBA EXPRESS: A shortened version of this guided, beat-driven workout gives students a much-needed midday surge of energy. Marketplace Fitness, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-noon. $12; free for members and first-timers. Info, 651-8773.

holidays

GHOST WALK: POINTED HAT: Brave souls seek ghosts, spirits and other apparitions on a spooky bus tour. Arrive 10 minutes before the start time.

Burton Snowboards, Burlington, 7 p.m. $32.50. Info, 863-5966.

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‘THE HOCKEY SWEATER: A MUSICAL’: Ice takes center stage in a family-friendly theatrical tribute to one of Montréal’s great passions. Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 8 p.m. $52-66. Info, 514-739-7944.

‘THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW’: Hot patootie! An all-star Montréal cast stages the cult-classic sci-fi musical. MainLine Theatre, Montréal, 8 p.m. $1825; for ages 18 and up. Info, 514-849-3378.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

AMOS LEE: The Philadelphia singersongwriter dives into soulful numbers from 2016’s Spirit.

Mutlu open. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $45-65. Info, 775-0903.

TRICK-OR-TREATING: Sugary snacks make for happy children. Rí Rá the Irish Local & Whiskey Room, Burlington. Free. Info, 860-9401.

BENEFIT CONCERT FOR QUINCY MERLIN: Local bands Promised Land and Rick Redington & the Luv use their talents to raise funds for the family of a Claremont, N.H., boy who was the victim of an apparent attempted lynching.

Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, 6-8 p.m.

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HERBALISM CLASS SERIES FOR TEENS: Young adults deepen their awareness of global natural medicine traditions. Wild Faith Herb Farm, South Burlington, 3:30-5:30 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, wildfaithherbfarm@gmail. com.

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878-6956. $20; preregister; limited space. Info, mark.sustic@ SCIENCE & STORIES: BONES: Wee ones play and gmail.com. work their mental muscles when learning about WORLD MUSIC PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE: Hafiz skeletons. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Shabazz directs a full band in a beat-driven Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Regular admission, $11.50celebration of the cycle of the seasons. Spaulding 14.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, 877-324-6386.

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $9-10.

STORY TIME: Children are introduced to the Info, 603-646-2422. wonderful world of reading. Richmond Free Library, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Engrossing plots unfold into fun activities for tots ages 6 and younger.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 426-3581.

STORY TIME FOR PRESCHOOLERS: Picture books, songs, rhymes and early math tasks work youngsters’ mental muscles. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

WEDNESDAY STORY TIME: From timeless tales to new adventures, books transport tots to another world. Phoenix Books, Essex, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

YOGA FOR KIDS: Yogis ages 2 through 5 strike a pose to explore breathing exercises and relaxation techniques. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

language

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7211.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery.

Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola!

Language lovers perfect their fluency. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

seminars

CBD 101: A workshop demystifies the history, medicinal properties and legal status of a cannabinoid found in hemp plants. AroMed Aromatherapy, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, lauren@aromedofvt.com.

DIY INCENSE MAKING WORKSHOP: Students learn the history of the sweet-smelling substance and make small take-home samples. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $5.

Info, 224-7100.

HERBAL FIRST-AID CARE: Students learn ways to cultivate and utilize plants in treating injuries and illnesses. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 6:308:30 p.m. $25. Info, 540-0595.

University of Vermont, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 656-3166.

tech

INTRODUCTION TO HTML5 & CSS3: Tech-savvy students in this four-part workshop learn the base language supporting all web pages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 865-7217.

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

theater

‘A DOLL’S HOUSE’: Faced with blackmail, a wife and mother must choose her path in a Northern Stage production. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. $15-59. Info, 296-7000.

‘FUN HOME’: SOLD OUT. Cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel is the basis of this award-winning musical about viewing one’s parents through grown-up eyes, put on by Vermont Stage.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $35-44.50. Info, 863-5966.

words

ADULT STORYTELLING EVENT: MOTH-STYLE: In seven minutes or less, raconteurs spin true tales on the theme of “celebration.” Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 482-2878.

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths focus on elements of craft while discussing works-inprogress 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.

PICTURE BOOKS FOR GROWNUPS: Adults explore the genre often reserved for children. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

WRITING CIRCLE: Words flow when participants explore creative expression in a low-pressure environment. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218.

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REGIONAL FARM-TO-SCHOOL MEETING: Locavores gather to build connections with peers and farmto-school practitioners. Refreshments are provided.

Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-4769.

art

Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section.

bazaars

NATURAL MARSHFIELD: Wildlife experts uncover the wonders of the local environment. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

NEWBERRY MARKET: Shoppers browse specialty foods, clothing, pottery, décor, collectibles and more at a weekly indoor bazaar. Newberry Market, White River Junction, 2-7 p.m. Free. Info, newberrymarketwrj@gmail.com.

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WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Athletes dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $3; $50 for unlimited pass; preregister at facebook.com.

Info, 864-0123.

talks

DAVID POSES: Hope and honesty thread through the speaker’s account of his experiences as a recovering addict. Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, emcsocialwork@gmail.com.

PATRICIA RILEY: “Creating Music: What Children From Around the World Can Teach Us” strikes a chord. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building,

THE ART OF NETWORKING: Businesspeople pick up tips for making the types of connections that can open doors. Center for Women & Enterprise, Burlington, 4:30-6:30 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 391-4870.

conferences

INNOVATION SPACES CONFERENCE: Informational sessions zero in on aspects of co-working spaces, maker spaces, incubators and accelerators.

Castleton University, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, info@thinkvermont.com.

dance

FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: R&B and calypso-dancehall music is the soundtrack to an empowering sensual dance

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session aimed at confronting body shaming. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfitness@gmail.com.

environment

GREATER MIDDLEBURY CLIMATE ECONOMY INITIATIVE COMMUNITY MEETING: Area residents come together to choose priorities and line up for action. American Legion Post 27, Middlebury, 6:309 p.m. Free. Info, 225-6393.

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GHOST WALK: GHOSTS & LEGENDS: Vermont’s queen of Halloween, Thea Lewis, tells the ghostly tales that inspired her book Ghosts and Legends of Lake Champlain. Meet 10 minutes before the start time. Battery Park, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

JOB HUNT HELP: Community College of Vermont interns assist employment seekers with everything from résumé writing to online applications.

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 745-1393.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

‘EXTREME WEATHER 3D’: See WED.25.

VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: See WED.25.

‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.25.

food & drink

COMMUNITY LUNCH: Farm-fresh fare makes for a delicious and nutritious midday meal. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 309.

DINE STOWE: See WED.25.

‘NEW ENGLAND COOKS’: Foodies form a live studio audience for a taping of this taste-bud-tempting TV show featuring guest Peter Roscini Colman from Vermont Salumi. Central Vermont Television, Barre, 7-8:30 p.m. $18. Info, 476-1087.

TASTE OF ART: Local wines, ciders and beers pair perfectly with cheeses and chocolates. BCA Center, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $55; cash bar; preregister.

Info, dcaulo@burlingtoncityarts.org.

games

POKÉMON LEAGUE: I choose you, Pikachu! Players of the trading-card game earn weekly and monthly prizes in a fun, friendly environment where newbies can be coached by league leaders. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0498.

SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.25.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Healthy humans part with life-sustaining pints. SHAPE Fitness Center, Johnson State College, noon-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 635-1471.

BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: A peaceful, guided meditation helps participants achieve a sense of stability and calm. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 777-8602.

POWER YOGA IN WILLISTON: Individualized attention ensures that poses burn in all the right ways. Kismet Place, Williston, noon-1 p.m. $12. Info, 343-5084.

REST & UNWIND: Grounded postures, long holds and essential oils are part of a spa-based yoga class benefiting Story Yoga. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 448-4262.

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YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 448-4262.

holidays

‘GOREY STORIES’: Off-kilter characters from the work of Edward Gorey inhabit this Saints and Poets Production Company musical. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

SPOOKY STORIES WITH LINDA COSTELLO: Hairraising tales get tykes into the spirit of the season.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:15 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6956.

kids

BABY TIME: Books, rhymes and songs are specially selected for tiny tots. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:15-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

ESSEX COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS OPEN HOUSE: Refreshments, tours, student artwork, and staff meet and greets shine a light on all that youth programs have to offer. Essex CHIPS & Teen Center, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6982.

FAMILY STEAM NIGHT: Parents and tots get hands-on with activities in science, technology, engineering, art and math. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

KIDS’ CARTOONING CLUB: Aspiring artists ages 8 through 12 create their own comics in a six-week program. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

MUSIC WITH PETER: Songs for children and families fill the air. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 899-4962.

THE OWL — SILENT PREDATOR OF THE NIGHT: A presentation for ages 5 and up separates fact from fantasy regarding the majestic bird. Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 877-2211.

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Registration for Spring starts October 24th.

PRE-K ART PLAY: Children let their imaginations run wild during a free-form paint-and-canvas session. Caregivers must stick around. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Info, 253-8358.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Tykes up to age 5 have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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CHAIR YOGA AT SANGHA STUDIO — NORTH: Whether they’re experiencing limited mobility, chronic pain or emotional challenges, attendees can participate in this modified practice. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 2-3:15 p.m. Donations.

Info, 448-4262.

HEALING THROUGH YOGA: Anyone with a history of cancer and their care providers are welcome in this stretching session focused on maintaining energy, strength and flexibility. Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.

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BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. Winooski Senior Center, 6:45-8 p.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon.

North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

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CORNWALL FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Interval training helps participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Cornwall Town Hall, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

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WOODBELLY PIZZA POP-UP: Foodies take away wood-fired sourdough slices, farinata and other tasty eats made with local ingredients. Call ahead to order whole pies. Woodbelly Pizza, Montpelier, 4-7:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 552-3476.

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Info, 878-4918.

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THURSDAY PLAY TIME: Kiddos and their caregivers convene for casual fun. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

UKULELE KIDS: Musical munchkins play instruments and dance to favorite children’s songs.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:15 a.m.

Free. Info, 865-7216.

language

BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20.

Info, 324-1757.

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‘THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW’: See WED.25.

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HERBAL REMEDIES & AUTISM: Caregivers and indi9/22/17 12:42 PMviduals with autism learn how natural treatments can lead to balance between the nervous, digestive and immune systems. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $20-25. Info, 540-0595.

SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY OF AYAHUASCA & THE PATH OF PLANT DIETS: A talk investigates how traditional practices of the Shipibo-Conibo people in the Peruvian Amazon can translate through modern adaptations for Westerners. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 8:30-10 p.m. Donations.

Info, 540-0595.

tech

TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks? Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 302.

theater

‘A DOLL’S HOUSE’: See WED.25, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘FUN HOME’: See WED.25.

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‘GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS’: Presented by the Middlebury College Department of Theatre, David Mamet’s dark comedy focuses on five desperate salespeople aiming to make a quota. Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 2-4 & 7:30-9:30 p.m. $6-15. Info, 443-3168.

words

COMMUNITY DRAMATIC READING: Under the leadership of Vermont Humanities Council scholar Geof Hewitt, locals lend their voices to Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir Brown Girl Dreaming. Steele Room, Waterbury Municipal Building, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 244-7036.

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DANIEL MILLS: Historical fiction fans file in for a talk on the author’s new novel, Moriah. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

GROWING A POEM FROM IDEA TO LITERARY ART: Aspiring wordsmiths explore the musicality of language in the second of a three-part series.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

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LUNCH WITH LOCAL AUTHORS: Writers Daniel Mills, Jason Chin and Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees talk shop over a midday meal. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 482-2878.

POETRY OPEN MIC: Wordsmiths deliver original verse at this celebration of the written word hosted

by Bianca Amira Zanella. Phoenix Books, Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 855-8078.

WRITING YOUR POEMCITY POEM: GROWING A POEM FROM IDEA TO LITERARY ART: Three evenings of practice prepare penmen and -women for transforming thoughts, stories and feelings into works of verse. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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PEACE VIGIL: Friends and neighbors come together, bringing along their signs and their hearts. Top of Church St., Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-1731.

agriculture

PUBLIC TOUR: A 45-minute trek introduces community members to the food-systems nonprofit’s programs, such as the Intervale Food Hub and Intervale Conservation Nursery. Intervale Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, carolyn@ intervale.org.

art

Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section.

bazaars

10 minutes early. Democracy sculpture, 199 Main St., Burlington, 6 & 8 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

PSYCHIC MEDIUM: JOANNE GERBER: Audience members are in awe as the channeler uses her gift for communicating with the spirit world.

Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $30-35. Info, 775-0903.

SAMARA FUND 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Cartoonist Alison Bechdel and actress Beth Malone discuss the creation of the Tony Award-winning play, Fun Home. See calendar spotlight. BCA Center, 5-7 p.m. $50. Info, 388-3355.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

‘EXTREME WEATHER 3D’: See WED.25.

VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: See WED.25.

‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.25.

RUMMAGE SALE: Gently used items delight bargain shoppers. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 433-1706.

food & drink

business

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER: Suppertime sleuths enjoy a mouthwatering meal and crack a killer case.

The Stowe Inn & Tavern, 7-9:30 p.m. $45; preregister. Info, 253-4030.

SPEED MENTORING CLINIC: Experts elucidate business-related topics such as marketing, sales and zoning during rapid-fire meetings. Center for Women & Enterprise, Burlington, noon-4 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 391-4870.

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.

SINGLE ADULT VOLLEYBALL/GAME/PIZZA NIGHT: Social butterflies serve, set, spike and snack at a fun-filled gathering. Essex Alliance Church, 6-9 p.m. $5; preregister. Info, 999-5291.

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CRAFTY CRAP NIGHT: Participants bring supplies or ongoing projects and an adventurous attitude to share creative time with other people in recovery.

Turning Point Center, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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.

SIT & KNIT: Adult crafters share projects, patterns and conversation. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

dance

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

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

education

PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL: High school students immerse themselves in one of five tracks — theater, technical theater, dance, concert band or choral ensemble — then perform for their peers.

Johnson State College, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-635-2356.

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BIKE & BREW TOUR: Electric bicycles transport suds lovers to local beer producers via scenic routes. Old Mill Park, Johnson, noon-4 p.m. $75; preregister. Info, 730-0161.

GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: Local historian Thea Lewis treats pedestrians to tales of madmen, smugglers, pub spirits and, of course, ghosts. Arrive

DINE STOWE: See WED.25.

NIGHT OUT AT THE CLUSE: Diners dress to impress for a five-course meal supporting CarShare Vermont. Penny Cluse Café, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $100. Info, 861-2340.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.25, 9:15 a.m.

SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.25.

health & fitness

ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification.

Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: Folks keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3322.

BUTI YOGA: See WED.25, 10-10:45 a.m. & 6-7 p.m.

FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: Aches and pains, be gone! The physically challenged to the physically fit increase flexibility and body awareness with this form of somatic education. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $10. Info, 560-0186.

FRIDAY NIGHT POWER YOGA: Practitioners get their sweat on during a full-body, flow-style stretching session. Kismet Place, Williston, 5-6 p.m. $12.

Info, 343-5084.

KUNDALINI YOGA: Mantras, meditation and breathing techniques meet in the practice known as “the yoga of awareness.” Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, noon-1:30 p.m. $14. Info, 318-6050.

LIVING RECOVERY: Folks overcoming substance abuse move, breathe and make positive change in a moderately paced flow yoga class. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.

QIGONG: Students are schooled on the ancient Chinese health care system. Waterbury Public Library, 11-11:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.25.

REFUGE RECOVERY: A LOVE SUPREME: Buddhist philosophy is the foundation of this mindfulnessbased addiction-recovery community. Turning Point Center, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 861-3150.

TAI CHI AT WATERBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY: Instructors demonstrate the moving meditation passed down through generations. Waterbury Public Library, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

TAI CHI AT ZENBARN STUDIO: Instructor Shaina shares the fundamentals of Yang style, including standing and moving postures. Zenbarn Studio,

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Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. Donations. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

holidays

FELTED JACK-O’-LANTERN: Children ages 8 and up transform wool into festive creations. Milton Art Center & Gallery, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $15-19; preregister.

Info, castlegarden_vt@yahoo.com.

‘GOREY STORIES’: See THU.26.

HERBAL CLASS SERIES FOR KIDS: Magic, potions and fairies appear in every installment of this plant-based learning experience. Wild Faith Herb Farm, South Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $15; preregister.

Info, wildfaithherbfarm@gmail.com.

LIVE ACTION ROLE-PLAY: Gamers in middle and high school take on alter egos for mythical adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6956.

STORY TIME: Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets work youngsters’ mental muscles. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 878-6956.

HALLOWEEN WILDLIFE FESTIVAL: An all-ages bash boasts crafts, games and a walk along a trail lit by jack-o’-lanterns.

Edward F. Kehoe Green Mountain Conservation Camp, Castleton, 5-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 265-2279.

HALLOWEEN YOGA: Joined by their caregivers, costumed babes and tykes up to age 5 stretch, wiggle, move and groove. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

STORY TIME: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers drop in for books, rhymes, songs and activities.

Winooski Memorial Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

Champlain Mill, Winooski, 6-10:30 p.m. $5. Info, fear@hauntedmillvt.com.

NIGHTMARE VERMONT: Enter if you dare!

Seasoned actors and a high-tech crew create creepy characters and dazzling visual effects at this interactive haunted house for ages 13 and up.

Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7-11 p.m. $13-15. Info, tickets@nightmarevermont.org.

PRE-HALLOWEEN FILM EVENT: Film archivist Andy MacDougall shows an eclectic compilation of creepy clips. The Champlain Wine Company, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. Donations. Info, serious_61@yahoo.com.

‘STRANGER THINGS’ HALLOWEEN PARTY: Themed cocktails, Haymaker Bun goodies and buckets of candy are on the menu at a shindig inspired by the popular Netflix program. Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 388-3000.

VAMPIRE MOVIE NIGHT: Cinephiles sink their teeth into films about fanged creatures of the night.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Imaginative gamers exercise their problem-solving skills in battles and adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:308:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956.

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‘THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW’: See WED.25.

SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF MONTRÉAL: Cinephiles take their pick of 19 award-winning films from Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the United States and Canada. Cinéma de Sève, Webster Library, Concordia University, Montréal. $7-10; $30 for festival pass. Info, 514-620-4182.

music

Find club dates in the music section.

HEATH QUARTET: A rich repertoire program includes pieces by Haydn, Tippett, Bach and Mendelssohn. Professor Larry Hamberlin delivers a preshow lecture at 7 p.m. in Room 221. See calendar spotlight. Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8-10 p.m. $6-28. Info, 443-3168.

NOBUNTU: SOLD OUT. Five women from Zimbabwe find perfect harmony in a powerful a cappella choral concert presented as part of the UVM Lane Series. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, preshow talk, 6:30 p.m.; show, 7:30 p.m. $5-30. Info, 80-656-4455.

RED BRICK COFFEE HOUSE: Hot beverages are provided at an open mic and jam session where community members connect over music, cards and board games. Red Brick Meeting House, Westford, 7-10 p.m. Donations. Info, mpk802vt@gmail.com.

talks

ANNIE TIBERIO CAMERON: Slides add color to “Touring Kenya,” a talk about the country’s land and people. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 229-6202.

EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: Vermont Public Radio president and CEO Robin Turnau shares her knowledge in “Public Media in a Time of Disruption.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

‘GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS’: See THU.26.

‘JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT’: The Champlain Valley Union High School Theatre Program present Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famed musical based on the Bible story of Joseph. Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 7:30-9:15 p.m. $8-10. Info, 482-6991.

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‘THE ODD COUPLE’: Two divorced men become roommates in Neil Simon’s classic comedy staged by the St. Johnsbury Players. See calendar spotlight. St. Johnsbury School, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $6-10.

Info, 467-3043.

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‘ROBERT FROST: THIS VERSE BUSINESS’: Theatergoers get up close and personal with the poet in a Northern Stage production starring Emmy Award-winning actor Gordon Clapp. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $15-59.

Info, 296-7000.

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DANIEL LUSK: The Pushcart Prize-winning poet reads at the launch of his new collection, The Shower Scene From Hamlet. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths offer constructive criticism on works in progress by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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LIVE STORYTELLING: Shutterbug Ethan Hubbard reflects on Vermonters he has met and photographed with a rolling slide show of images as a backdrop. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4964.

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Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section.

bazaars

FLEA MARKET: Eclectic used items vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. Farr’s Field, Waterbury, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 882-1919.

RUMMAGE SALE: See FRI.27, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

education

FALL OPEN HOUSE: Potential students scope out the institution included in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges Rankings 2017 list of most innovative schools. Champlain College, Burlington, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-2727.

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BIKE & BREW TOUR: See FRI.27.

DAY OF THE MORGAN OPEN BARN: Equine enthusiasts experience horses, a photo booth and kids’ crafts as part of a national event honoring the Morgan breed. William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, N.Y., noon-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-846-7121, ext. 120.

GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.27.

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.

LEAGUE OF LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETIES & MUSEUMS ANNUAL MEETING: The theme “Weaving a Historical Web: Bringing Community & Collections Together” informs a keynote panel followed by a full day of workshops. Lyndon State SAT.28

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COCOA CAMPAIGN: FAIR & ETHICAL CHOCOLATE FOR KIDS: A conversation adapted for youngsters ages 7 and up delves into the dark side of the chocolate industry. Arrive at 11:30 a.m. to participate in a PJC new volunteer orientation. Peace & Justice Store, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

TRANSGENDER VOICE ORIENTATION WORKSHOP: Health care providers and members of the transgender community and their families become familiar with a UVM therapy group. Chittenden Bank Room, Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3131.

‘FUN HOME’: See WED.25, 7:30 p.m.

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BE WHO YOU ARE: A CONCERT FOR KIDS: Vermont folk singer Jon Gailmor regales mini music lovers with humorous and thought-provoking songs.

Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 10-11 p.m. $7. Info, 728-6464.

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‘DRACULA’: Essex Community Players take a bite out of Bram Stoker’s spellbinding story of a vampire in search of new blood. Essex Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m. $14-18. Info, tickets.essexplayers@gmail.com.

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WITCHES BREW BASH: Revelers tip back local libations at a fright fest featuring karaoke, corn hole, costume contests and DJ sets by Disco Phantom.

ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 8 p.m.-midnight. $25. Info, paul@eventmoguls.com.

YOGA STORY TIME: Mini yogis ages 2 through 5 engage their bodies with active movement. Richmond Free Library, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

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TRUNK-OR-TREAT & PUMPKINS IN THE PARK: Young’uns use provided tools to carve pumpkins and enjoy refreshments by a bonfire before seeking treats from organizations that set up in the park.

BYO pumpkin. Bombardier Park West, Milton, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4922.

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LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complimentary consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 383-2118.

MODEL ENGINEERING SHOW: Gearheads view the work of New England model engineers and machinists. American Precision Museum, Windsor, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $5-10. Info, 674-5781.

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MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. VFW Post 7823, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, middleburyfarmersmkt@yahoo.com.

GANG OF THIEVES MASQUERADE BALL: Costumes are encouraged at a concert of funky tunes from Born to Be Loud. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30-11 p.m. $12-15; cash bar. Info, 877-6737.

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER: See FRI.27.

‘GOREY STORIES’: See THU.26, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET: Locavores stock up on produce, preserves, baked goods, ethnic foods, and arts and crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, alavista@myfairpoint.net.

GORY DAZE 5K: Participants have a scream in this run/walk, during which costumes are optional.

Dothan Brook School, White River Junction, 11 a.m.1 p.m. $35. Info, 698-8661.

NORWICH FARMERS MARKET: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land offered alongside baked goods, crafts and live entertainment. Route 5, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447.

HALLOWEEN DANCE: Revelers groove to music by Joe River Mobile DJ to support a scholarship fund.

Fraternal Order of Eagles, Vergennes, 7-11 p.m. $1015. Info, 877-2055.

ST. JOHNSBURY FARMERS MARKET: Growers and crafters gather weekly at booths centered on local eats.

Anthony’s Diner, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free. Info, cfmamanager@gmail.com.

GILFEATHER TURNIP FESTIVAL: Foodies fête Vermont’s state vegetable with live music, vendors, a the whole family can Enjoy farmers market and a turnip contest. Various Montpelier City Hall Arts CenterWardsboro locations, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; $20HALLOWEEN in advance or $25 day of/door FOR GROWN-UPS TICKETS: $2 for parking. Info, WHOLE FAMILY CAN ENJOY (802) 229-0492 info@friendsofSpooky PoeTHE Performance | Costume Contest | Decadent Desserts

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PBS PLATTSNERD 2.0: Comics fans get a kick out of vendors, artists, gaming and a cosplay competition at this celebration of geekdom. Champlain Centre, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $4-40; free for kids 12 and under.

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TIBET FESTIVAL: The Tibetan Association of Vermont presents a day of traditional food, crafts, songs and dance. See calendar spotlight. Edmunds School Gymnasium, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-4012.

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BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Dozens of stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonfarmers market.org@gmail.com.

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FRANZISKA UHL POOL TOURNAMENT: Players rack ’em up to help send Franziska Uhl to Florida to compete in the U.S. Amateur Championship.

Vermont Pool & Bar, South Burlington, noon-9 p.m. $20. Info, 651-0111.

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SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.25.

‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.25.

To be led by Grandmaster Fu Wei Zhong, 13th lineage holder of the Emei Qigong Buddhist Tradition and prominent Grandmaster of Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

‘EXTREME WEATHER 3D’: See WED.25.

VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: See WED.25.

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‘PATERSON’: Adam Driver portrays a bus driver and aspiring poet in urban New Jersey. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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TRACEY MEDEIROS: The author signs copies of her tastebud-tempting title The Vermont NonGMO Cookbook: 125 Organic and Farm-toFork Recipes From the Green Mountain State.

King Arthur Flour Bakery & Café, School and Store, Norwich, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 800-827-6836.

CAPITAL CITY FARMERS MARKET: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, and locally made arts and crafts. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8347.

CHOCOLATE TASTING: With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the flavor profiles of four different confections. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

DINE STOWE: See WED.25.

GERMAN DINNER: Friends and neighbors sit down to a traditional spread of sauerbraten, mashed potatoes, carrots, green beans, apple salad and desserts. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Jericho, 5 & 5:30 p.m. $5-13; preregister. Info, 899-3932.

GRAND OPENING: Imbibers celebrate Shacksbury cidery’s new tasting room at a sweet soirée with games, music, a food truck and cellar tours.

Shacksbury Tasting Room, Vergennes, noon-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 458-0530.

LALITHA’S CUISINE: Eat-in and take-out fare features a fusion of Indian, Chinese and Malay flavors.

BEAU Butchery + Bar, Montpelier, 5-9:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 522-0325.

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FALL SALE & DEMO DAY: Health nuts find tempting deals along with free gifts, raffles, samples and product demonstrations. Greene Mountain Nutrition & Smoothies, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 662-5910.

FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: See FRI.27, Kismet Place, Williston, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-0950.

FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Ma’am, yes, ma’am! Exercise expert Ginger Lambert guides active bodies in an interval-style workout to build strength and cardiovascular fitness. Middlebury Recreation Facility, 8-9 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

SLOW FLOW YOGA WITH LIVE AMBIENT GUITAR: Jazz musician Tom Pearo sets the mood for spacious stretches and gentle restorative postures.

Sangha Studio — North, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 448-4262.

YIN YOGA: Students hold poses for several minutes to give connective tissues a good stretch. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8-9:30 a.m. Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

holidays

BARKTOBER HALLOWEEN BASH: A canine costume party serves up beer, hot dogs, raffles and a photo booth to benefit the Humane Society of Chittenden County. Woof! The Tap Room at Switchback Brewing, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Cost of drinks. Info, 651-4114.

FESTIVAL OF PUMPKINS: Hundreds of jack-o’lanterns light up the park with dynamic designs.

Festivities begin at dusk. Rotary Park, Winooski.

Free. Info, 777-1621.

HALLOWEEN EXPRESS: A kid-focused party paves the way for a spirited round-trip train ride to Shelburne. See halloweenexpressvt.com for details.

ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. $25-29 includes same-day admission to ECHO. Info, 872-9000, ext. 111.

HALLOWEEN IN WINOOSKI: More than 1,000 pumpkins illuminate Rotary Park while family-friendly fun including tunes by DJ Disco Phantom, games and refreshments put smiles on faces. See winooskivt. org for details. VSAC Building, Winooski, 5-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 655-6410.

HALLOWEEN MASK-MAKING WORKSHOP: Aspiring artists ages 9 through 14 fashion false faces. MAC Center for the Arts, Newport, 10-11 a.m. $2; preregister; limited space. Info, 334-1966.

HAUNTED LIBRARY: Brave souls see witches, ghosts, goblins and monsters. Isle La Motte Library, 6-10 p.m. Free. Info, 370-2148.

THE HAUNTED MILL: See FRI.27.

HORSES FOR HOPE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION: Equine enthusiasts support the American Cancer Society at an afternoon of pony rides, trick-or-treating, games and a luminary ceremony. Enniskerry Farm, Colchester, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $5. Info, eploof@ ewsd.org.

NIGHTMARE VERMONT: See FRI.27, 2-6 & 7-11 p.m.

‘THE POE SPOOKTACULAR’: Lost Nation Theater’s ode to the master of macabre is drawn from some of his best works. A costume contest and dance party complete the freaky fun. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. $20-25. Info, 229-0492.

PUMPKIN CARVING PARTY & AUTUMN CELEBRATION: Folks bearing a dish to share transform orange squash into works of art. BYO pumpkins and tools if possible. Montgomery Center for the Arts, 3-6 p.m. Donations. Info, joesebvermont@ gmail.com.

SPOOKY STORIES BY FLASHLIGHT: Not-too-scary tales bewitch kiddos. Phoenix Books, Rutland, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 855-8078.

SPOOKYVILLE VERMONT: Youngsters have fun at a frightful yet family-friendly show. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $8-10.

Info, info@spookyvillevermont.org.

STORYTIME SATURDAY: Tykes sit tight for Zip! Zoom! On a Broom by Teri Sloat and Boo! Haiku

by Deanna Caswell, then get their fill of themed healthy foods. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 448-3350.

THURSTON HOWLOWEEN BASH: Jimmy T and the Cobras make a special appearance at country singer Jamie Lee Thurston’s hair-raising affair. The Whitcomb House Bed & Breakfast, Essex Junction, 6:30-11 p.m. $25; cash bar. Info, 899-2417.

TRICK OR TREAT & HILARY ANN LOVE GLASS TRUNK SHOW: Kiddos come for the candy while adults snag grab bags and browse artwork for sale.

Birdfolk Collective, Winooski, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, 497-0582.

TRUMPKIN SMASHING & WITCH-IN: Dressed as their most powerful, feminist selves, activists ward off forces of evil and patriarchy. Top of Church Street, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, lessig@middlebury.edu.

WITCHFEST: Witches, wizards and friendly mortals celebrate the harvest season with live harp and guitar stylings, a potluck dinner, herbal mocktails, and an open mic session. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 6-11:45 p.m. $3. Info, 540-0595.

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kids

THE BORDERLANDS: Storytellers, musicians and poets await whimsical wanderers on a guided forest foray with a Snow White theme. Groups leave every 15 minutes. Treewild, Shelburne, 1-5 p.m. $10-15. Info, treewild.inc@gmail.com.

FAMILY ART SATURDAY: Creative projects inspired by a current exhibition ignite the imaginations of kids and caregivers. Burlington City Arts, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

HARRY POTTER CLUB: Wizards, witches and Muggles mingle over discussions, trivia, crafts and games inspired by J.K. Rowling’s best-selling series. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6956.

KIDS’ NITE OUT: The SUNY Plattsburgh women’s basketball team entertains youngsters ages 5 through 13 with games, sports, movies and crafts.

Memorial Hall. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6-9 p.m. $10. Info, 518-564-4147.

SATURDAY STORY TIME: Timeless tales and new adventures spark imaginations. Phoenix Books, Burlington. Info, 448-3350. Phoenix Books, Essex.

Info, 872-7111. 11 a.m. Free.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER: Two youths try to save their town by bringing back its ghosts in A Properly Unhaunted Place. Phoenix Books, Rutland, 4 p.m.

Free. Info, 855-8078.

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Huntington, 8-9 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

seminars

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

Info, 651-9692.

WINTER PREPARATION FOR YOUR VEHICLE: Drivers plan ahead for the the cold-weather months. Waterbury Public Library, 10 a.m.-noon.

Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

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talks

WILLIAM EDELGLASS: “The Genealogy of Happiness: From Aristotle to Positive Psychology” puts smiles on listeners’ faces. Westview Meadows, Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-1068.

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BURLINGTON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Conductor Yutaka Kono leads local musicians in the program “Celebration of Women in Music.” University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-30.

Info, 863-5966.

CARPENTERS TRIBUTE CONCERT: Vocalist Sally Olson lends her powerful pipes to top hits by the famed musical duo, such as “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Close to You.” Enosburg Opera House, 7 p.m. $15; cash bar. Info, 933-6171.

JOHN FUNKHOUSER QUARTET: The wildly inventive foursome led by an acclaimed jazz pianist interweaves original compositions with improvised grooves. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

STUDIO STOMP WITH THE FUNKY CRUSTACEANS: An eight-piece band with a horn section keeps the dance floor full. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 533-9075.

VERMONT MOZART FESTIVAL CHAMBER PLAYERS: Musicians charm classical connoisseurs with the composer’s Prussian Quartets.

Burlington Country Club, 7 p.m. $15; free for kids.

Info, 598-9520.

BIRD MONITORING WALK: Adults and older children don binoculars and keep an eye out for winged wonders. Birds of Vermont Museum,

‘DRACULA’: See FRI.27, 2 p.m.

‘FUN HOME’: See WED.25, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS’: See THU.26.

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD: ‘DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE’: An on-screen production captures the comedy and mysticism of Mozart’s fairy-tale opera. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, noon. $10-23.

Info, 775-0903.

NATIONAL THEATER LIVE: ‘PETER PAN’: Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily and Captain Hook hit the silver screen in a broadcast production of J.M. Barrie’s classic children’s fantasy. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 2-5 p.m. $10-20. Info, 457-3981.

‘THE ODD COUPLE’: See FRI.27.

‘ROBERT FROST: THIS VERSE BUSINESS’: See FRI.27, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

words

REFUSING SILENCE: Sarah Bartlett, founding codirector of Writing Inside VT, hosts a writing workshop for survivors of domestic violence.

Center for Women and Gender. Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, womenwritingvt@gmail.com.

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bazaars

FLEA MARKET: See SAT.28.

LULAROE FUNDRAISING EVENT: Consultants sell cute and comfy clothes to benefit the Josh Pallotta Fund. 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans, 11 a.m.-3 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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MAGPIE: Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner bring their powerful voices to a varied program of traditional tunes, vintage blues and folk classics.

Vermont Tree Goods, Bristol, 7-9:30 p.m. $20. Info, 453-5982.

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DARTMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Guest flutist Luciano Tristaino hits all the right notes in Saverio Mercadante’s Flute Concerto in E minor.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $10-20.

Info, 603-646-2422.

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INTRODUCTION TO POWERPOINT: Those new to the program practice making slide shows, charts, footers and animation. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217.

SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF MONTRÉAL: See FRI.27.

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ADULT INTRODUCTION TO TENNIS: Rackets in hand, newcomers get a feel for the sport.

Cambridge Community Center, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $15. Info, 644-5028.

YOUTH TENNIS CLINCS: Kiddos ages 6 and up build their skills on the court. Cambridge Community Center, 10:15 a.m.-11:15 p.m. $10. Info, 644-5028.

‘THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW’: See WED.25.

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PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER ANNUAL MEETING: Like-minded attendees learn about the work of PJC staff and volunteers. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, program@pjcvt.org.

crafts

BLACK PHOENIX ALCHEMY LAB OCTOBER LUNACY EVENT: Follow your nose! Attendees experience perfume artistry by sampling limitededition fragrances. Bennington Potters North Inc, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, rosesontheskulls@ gmail.com.

dance

BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. $6; free for first-timers; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020.

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GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.27, 7 p.m.

TROPICAL FISH AUCTION & SHOW: Fans of finned species bid on a variety of breeds, aquatic plants, fish food, aquariums and supplies. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 372-8716.

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TRADITIONAL YOGA FLOW: Breath accompanies each transition during a vinyasa flow focused on body awareness and self acceptance. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10:15 a.m. Donations. Info, 244-8134.

holidays

ALL-VEGAN EARLY THANKSGIVING: Diners dig into a full-service, gluten-free meal created by Pingala Café & Eatery. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. $75. Info, 540-0406.

AUTUMN ONION 5K: Kids, adults and grown-ups with strollers work up an appetite for candy at this race through downtown Montpelier. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 9 a.m. $5-15; preregister. Info, 229-9409.

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SPOOKY HOLLOW HAUNTED MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE: Cyclists saddle up for an eerie fat-tire excursion full of frightening surprises. Sunny Hollow Natural Area, Colchester, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, h2o119906@yahoo.com.

‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.25.

FU WEI ZHONG: The prominent grandmaster of qigong and traditional Chinese medicine leads a public wuji gong moving meditation practice.

Burlington Friends Meeting House, 1-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 233-6377.

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PUMPKIN PARTY: Games, crafts, pumpkin decorating and more are part of an ooky-spooky Halloween celebration. Enosburg Opera House, 2-4 p.m. $3-5.

Info, 933-6171.

TRUNK-OR-TREAT: Boils and ghouls seek candy in a well-lit area with parental supervision, crafts and games. Saint Albans Moose Lodge #1090, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 527-1327.

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MIDDLEBURY SPOOKTACULAR: Little ghosts, ghouls and goblins gather for games, music, doughnuts and a trick-or-treat parade down Main Street. Middlebury Town Green, 1 p.m. Free. Info, nanciedunn@aol.com.

VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: See WED.25.

SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.25.

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HEALTHY HALLOWEEN SNACKS FOR KIDS: Home cooks whip up pretzel-and-cheese broomsticks, clementine “pumpkins,” and other festive yet nutritious eats. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

‘SYMPHONY OF WHALES’: A HALLOWEEN FAMILY CONCERT: Spooky selections and a musical narration of Steve Schuch’s book A Symphony of Whales, performed by members of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, captivate costumed kiddos. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 2 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 873-3022, ext. 205.

POKÉMON LEAGUE: See THU.26, noon-5 p.m.

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HAUNTED HAPPENINGS: Children don playful duds to trick-or-treat on the museum grounds.

Shelburne Museum, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $7; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 985-3346.

‘POWER STRUGGLE’: Seven years in the making, the 2017 documentary chronicles the grassroots political battle to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. A filmmaker discussion follows. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 3:30 p.m. $510. Info, 660-2600.

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HALLOWEEN EXPRESS: See SAT.28.

‘EXTREME WEATHER 3D’: See WED.25.

CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.28.

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FESTIVAL OF PUMPKINS: See SAT.28.

SPOOKY SANGHA: A playful mixed-level flow yoga class gives way to dancing, socializing and, of course, candy. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 8-9:15 p.m. $7-15. Info, 448-4262.

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

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A FAMILY HALLOWEEN: A seasonal soirée comes complete with pumpkin carving, doughnuts-on-astring, wagon rides and costume parades at noon and 2 p.m. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $4-15; free for kids in costume accompanied by an adult. Info, 457-2355.

DANCE, SING & JUMP AROUND HALLOWEEN DANCE: Traditional music enlivens an afternoon of intergenerational dancing taught and called by Liz Benjamin and friends. Wear a costume that is comfortable for moving. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 3-4:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation; free for kids. Info, 223-1509.

KIDS’ DANCE WORKSHOP: Movers and shakers hit the studio for a fun-filled class. McClelland Hall, Johnson State College, ages 5 to 7, 4-5 p.m.; ages 8 to 12, 5-6 p.m. $15. Info, atf11210@jsc.vsc.edu.

PEER-LED MINDFULNESS MEET-UP FOR TEENS: South Burlington High School junior Mika Holtz guides adolescents toward increased awareness through music, movement and other techniques. Stillpoint Center, Burlington, 9-10:30 a.m.

Donations. Info, 720-427-9340.

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CHINESE LANGUAGE & CULTURE CLASS: Vocabulary, grammar and cultural lessons lead to lively conversation. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

DIMANCHES FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlezvous français? Native speakers and students alike practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 363-2431.

SPANISH GROUP CLASSES: Students roll their Rs while practicing en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 2:45-4:30 p.m. $20. Info, maigomez1@ hotmail.com.

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‘THE HOCKEY SWEATER: A MUSICAL’: See WED.25, 2 p.m.

‘THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW’: See WED.25.

SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF MONTRÉAL: See FRI.27.

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music

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CONCERT FOR PUERTO RICO: Music lovers rock out for a cause. Shrewsbury Community Church, 3-5 p.m. Donations. Info, joanaleshire@vermontel.net.

THE FRETLESS: Four string players bring a fresh approach to folk music. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 4-6 p.m. $15. Info, 457-3981.

seminars

PROSPECTIVE FACILITATOR GATHERING: Community-minded folks learn the ABCs of leading the activism center’s educational programs. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2345, ext. 6.

SAI MAA DIKSHA TRAINING: Open-minded individuals are trained in a hands-on technique for initiating the process of enlightenment. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free.

Info, 495-9435.

sports

FUN RUN: Runners go the distance on a four-mile loop at this fundraiser for the Mount Mansfield Union High School travel club. Wheeler Field, West Bolton, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $15-20. Info, 858-1721.

WOMEN’S PICKUP SOCCER: Swift females shoot for the goal. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3; $50 for unlimited drop-in pass. Info, 864-0123.

talks

SONAM WANGCHUK: The engineer gets gears turning with “Innovation Amidst Adversities: Social and Technical Innovation to Improve Life Through Education in Trans-Himalayan Deserts.”

St. Johnsbury Masonic Temple, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2372.

theater

‘A DOLL’S HOUSE’: See WED.25, 5 p.m.

‘FUN HOME’: See WED.25, 2 p.m.

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ROBERT MADRYGIN & KATHERINE ARDEN: The Vermont authors share passages from their respective novels, The Solace of Trees and The Bear and the Nightingale. Phoenix Books, Misty Valley, Chester, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 875-3400.

art

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dance

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.

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CAMPUS TOUR: Potential students ages 16 through 24 check out a facility offering free housing, meals, career technical training, high school diplomas, driver’s licenses and job placement.

Northlands Job Corps Center, Vergennes, 9:45 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 877-0121.

EVERYONE’S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN CLIMATE ACTION: Panelists frame the current context of climate action in Vermont. An audience

JOB HUNT HELP: See THU.26, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section.

100% of sales of WhistlePig and Landshark Lager will be donated during the month of October.

‘EXTREME WEATHER 3D’: See WED.25.

‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.25.

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ALTON BROWN LIVE: Science, food and music meld in the culinary stage show “Eat Your Science.”

Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $48-136. Info, 863-5966.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.25, 6:30 p.m.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8.

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ADVANCED SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Elements of qigong thread through the youngest version of the Chinese martial art. Winooski Senior Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: See FRI.27.

BUTI YOGA: See WED.25.

HERBAL CONSULTATIONS: Clinical interns from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. Burlington Herb Clinic, 4-8 p.m. $10-20; preregister. Info, 244-7100.

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS FOR SENIORS: Attendees choose the topics for group-driven discussions offering accurate information and helpful resources. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 316-1510.

QIGONG: Basic movements and fundamental breathing principles engage participants. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 505-1688.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.25.

SEATED TAI CHI: Movements are modified for those with arthritis and other chronic conditions. Winooski Senior Center, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

YIN YOGA: See SAT.28, noon-1:15 p.m. $10.

holidays

HALLOWEEN STORIES & PUMPKIN PAINTING: Kids in PJs or costumes bring their favorite stuffed animals for themed tales, a craft and bedtime snacks. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

NORTHWEST NIGHTMARES HAUNTED HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE & COSTUME CONTEST: Cinephiles celebrate Halloween with locally made short horror flicks. Welden Theatre, St. Albans, 6:30-9 p.m. $8. Info, 825-6212.

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DOROTHY READS BOOK CLUB: Eager readers in fourth grade and above voice opinions about It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.

LAB GIRLS: Aspiring scientists learn through hands-on experiments and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

LEGO ROBOTICS: Building and programming keep youngsters engaged. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-4:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

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GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.27, 7 p.m.

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WEST AFRICAN DANCE: Live djembe and dundun drumming drive a family-friendly class with teacher Seny Daffe of Guinea. Drop-ins are welcome.

Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-7 p.m. $10-16.

Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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CONTACT IMPROV: See WED.25, Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4.

Info, 864-7306.

Q&A completes this community gathering.

Danforth Pewter Workshop and Store, Middlebury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2328.

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PAJAMA STORY TIME: Picture books await PJ-clad kiddos. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC: See THU.26, 11 a.m.

ROBIN’S NEST NATURE PLAYGROUP: Outdoor pursuits through fields and forests captivate little ones up to age 5 and their parents. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Donations.

Info, 229-6206.

STORIES WITH MEGAN: Lit lovers ages 2 through 5 open their ears for exciting tales. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Bring a bag lunch to practice the system of communication using visual gestures.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

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THE PATH TO SUCCESS FOR THOSE IN RECOVERY: HOW TO GET ON TRACK WITH FULFILLING WORK: Regardless of life circumstances, individuals gain the tools to get their careers back on track. Holistic School of Business, Montpelier, 6:308 p.m. Free. Info, 255-5960.

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BUSINESS PLANNING: GETTING STARTED: Entrepreneurs prepare to take the plunge in a 10-week course covering everything from funding to marketing. Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Office, 6-9 p.m. Free for Rutland residents; preregister.

Info, 391-4871.

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TRACY JACKSON: Hailing from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the associcommunity ate professor covers risk factors for and manageFEAST TOGETHER OR ment of chronic pain in FEAST TO GO: See FRI.27.

“Opioids and Chronic Pain: TUESDAY VOLUNTEER SU Cultural Myopia and the Big NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch N.2 9| G Picture.” Davis Auditorium, Medical HE A ON in around the shop by organizing LTH & I ZH E W FITN ESS | FU Education Center Pavilion, University of parts, moving bikes and tackling other Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 8-9 a.m. projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied Free. Info, 656-9266. by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8

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IN STITCHES: A CRAFTING CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: Friends toil away at knitting, crocheting and other types of projects. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 244-4168.

music

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.25.

SAMBATUCADA! OPEN REHEARSAL: Burlington’s samba street band welcomes new drummers.

Neither experience nor instruments are required.

8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 862-5017.

BOOK DISCUSSION: B.I.G. (BIG, INTENSE, GOOD): Readers looking for a challenge share opinions on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment Norwich Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 296-2191.

Find club dates in the music section.

dance

STUDENT PERFORMANCE RECITAL: UVM music students showcase their skills on various instruments. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

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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.

BEGINNING LINDY HOP CLASS SERIES: In weekly sessions, hoofers learn the foundation of the swingdance style developed in the 1920s and ’30s. Dropins require instructor approval. Champlain Club, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, seetherhythm@ yahoo.com.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASS: Movers infuse technique with improvisation, composition and play. Champlain Club, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. $15.

Info, hannasatt@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.

MOVEMENT FOR ACTORS: All experience levels are welcome in a lesson with the artistic director of Alexandra Beller/Dances. Room 232, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 443-3168.

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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DANCE, PAINT, WRITE: DROP-IN: Creative people end their day with an energetic meditation, music, movement, intuitive painting, free writing and destressing. Expressive Arts Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $15. Info, 343-8172.

GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.27, 7 p.m.

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MINDFUL EATING WORKSHOP SERIES: Foodies digest techniques for bringing consciousness, control and peace to mealtimes. The Everything Space, Montpelier, 11 a.m.-noon. Donations. Info, 598-9206.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.25, 7 p.m.

CHESS CLUB: Players of all ages put on their thinking caps in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere.

Pierson Library, Shelburne, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

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TIKI TUESDAYS: Imbibers sip tropical cocktails mixed with Stonecutter Spirits liquor and topped with tiny umbrellas. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 4-11 p.m. Free. Info, sas@stonecutterspirits.com.

POWER YOGA IN WILLISTON: See THU.26.

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OLD NORTH END FARMERS MARKET: Locavores score breads, juices, ethnic foods and more from neighborhood vendors. Dewey Park, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, oldnorthendfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.

BEGINNER/ INTERMEDIATE SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

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‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.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.

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT LESSON: See FRI.27, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Info, 504-0846.

PRENATAL YOGA: Moms-to-be prepare their bodies for labor and delivery. Women’s Room, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $15. Info, 829-0211.

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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.

KUNDALINI YOGA: See FRI.27, Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 7-8:15 p.m. $14. Info, 318-6050.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See SAT.28, 6-7 p.m.

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50/50 POWER/YIN YOGA: Physical therapist Kyle McGregor designed this class to address the needs of cyclists and those with a sedentary lifestyle. Kismet Place, Williston, 4-5 p.m. $12. Info, 343-5084.

FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT: See FRI.27, Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 9:30-10:30 a.m. $15; free for first-timers. Info, 735-3770.

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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.

SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.25.

DHARMA YOGA: Students at all levels are welcome to hit the mat. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 5:30-6:45 p.m. $14. Info, 318-6050.

TUESDAY NIGHT BINGO: Participants cover squares and dip into refreshments. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

DROP-IN GENTLE HATHA YOGA: Folks bring their own mats for a mindful stretching session with Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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HALLOWEEN FACE PAINTING: Trick-or-treaters get customized makeup to match their costumes.

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

Info, 878-6956.

THE HAUNTED MILL: See FRI.27.

JACK-O’-LANTERN CONTEST: Judges choose a winner from a variety of previously submitted carved pumpkins. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5 p.m. Free.

Info, 745-1391.

TRICK-OR-TREAT OPEN HOUSE: Little lit lovers embrace the Halloween spirit with a scavenger hunt, treats and free books. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393.

TRUNK-OR-TREAT: Tots are transported from London to Neverland to meet Captain Hook, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell. Food, games, crafts and sweets round out the fun. Church of the Rock, St. Albans, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 524-9644.

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CREATIVE TUESDAYS: Artists exercise their imaginations with recycled materials. Kids under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

LEGO CHALLENGE: MARBLE RUN: Kids ages 8 through 11 tackle construction tasks with colorful blocks. Waterbury Public Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: SPIDERS & OTHER CREEPY CRAWLERS: Imaginations blossom when kids up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 849-2420.

STEAM TUESDAYS: Creative activities are based in science, technology, engineering, art and math.

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

Info, 878-6956.

STORY TIME FOR BABIES & TODDLERS: Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets arrest the attention of children and their caregivers. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:10-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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BUSINESS ENGLISH CLASS: Nonnative speakers with intermediate to advanced proficiency broaden their vocabulary with industry jargon and idioms.

Administrative Conference Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 865-7211.

‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Meet in the back room. ¡Duino! (Duende), Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 430-4652.

SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m.

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

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‘THE HOCKEY SWEATER: A MUSICAL’: See WED.25, 8 p.m.

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Find club dates in the music section.

OPEN JAM: Instrumentalists band together for a free-flowing musical hour. Borrow an instrument or bring your own. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-4928218, ext. 300.

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SAW-WHET OWL BANDING: Outdoorsy types clad in warm clothing seek the seldom-seen pint-size species. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 229-6206.

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PICKUP PICKLEBALL: Beginners and seasoned players get their hands on paddles and plastic balls to play the game that combines elements of tennis, badminton and Ping-Pong. Cambridge Community Center, 7-9 p.m. $5. Info, 644-5028.

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MOVEMENT FOR ACTORS: See TUE.31.

GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: See WED.25.

education

KETTLEBELL & CORE: See WED.25.

WALK-THROUGH WEDNESDAY: Attendees learn the ABCs of the independent educational institution through a campus tour and a Q&A. Orchard Valley Waldorf School, East Montpelier, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 456-7400.

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HENRY SHELDON MUSEUM OF VERMONT HISTORY ANNUAL MEETING & DINNER: Friends of the museum gather for a meal and a talk by Middlebury College professor Shalom Goldman. Kirk Alumni Center, Middlebury College, 5:30 p.m. $50; preregister; cash bar.

Info, 388-2117.

ZUMBA EXPRESS: See WED.25.

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HERBALISM CLASS SERIES FOR TEENS: See WED.25.

STORY TIME: See WED.25.

WEDNESDAY STORY TIME: See WED.25.

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‘CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND’: Cosmic visitors come to Earth in a 1977 sci-fi film. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 6-8:30 p.m. $5.

Info, 533-9075.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Movie buffs screen a diverse selection of independent films from around the world. Strand Center Theatre, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7-10:10 p.m. $10 for all-access pass. Info, 518-288-5950.

TOURNÉES FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: Shown with English subtitles, Fatima centers on an Algerian single mother working to support her teenage daughters in France. Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, lclerfeuille@smcvt.edu.

‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D’: See WED.25.

food & drink

BURGER & BEER: See WED.25.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.25.

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DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.25.

RESILIENCE FLOW: Individuals affected by a traumatic brain injury drop in for a specialized stretching session. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 3:45-5 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262.

YOGA FOR KIDS: Yogis ages 2 through 5 strike a pose to explore breathing exercises and relaxTALKS | MICHAEL M ation techniques. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

NEWS & BREWS: Citizens chat up Vermont busilanguage nesspeople and policy makers over cups of joe.

Generator, Burlington, 8-9 a.m. Free. Info, 540-0761.

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.25.

RAY PADGETT: Burlington Free Press reporter Brent Hallenbeck engages the author of Cover Me: The DUTCH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Planning a trip Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time to Amsterdam? Learn vocabulary and grammar in conversation. Live performances by local musibasics from a native speaker. Fletcher Free Library, cians follow. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3.

Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, bheeks@ Info, 448-3350. yahoo.com.

VERMONT SPECIALTY FOOD ASSOCIATION FALL GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community MEETING: Attendees network with other Green members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Local Mountain State food producers who share the viHistory Room. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, sion of promoting the state’s specialty eats. Holiday 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

Inn, South Burlington, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $15-50.

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See Info, 839-1930.

WED.25.

GREENER DRINKS: See WED.25.

CONTACT IMPROV: See WED.25.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.25.

WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: See WED.25.

‘REAL BOY’: A panel discussion and a Q&A augment a screening of this 2016 coming-of-age documentary about a young transgender man. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, 488-6910.

SIX QUESTIONS FOR GREAT TEAMS, GREAT ORGANIZATIONS & GREAT LEADERS: Adviser Joe Fusco challenges board members and leadership staff to form a framework for success. Common Good Vermont, Burlington, noon-1:30 p.m. $25. Info, 862-1645.

NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.25.

UPBEAT YOGA: See WED.25.

WED.1 Find visual art exhibits and events in the art section.

GENTLE YOGA: See WED.25.

SUNRISE YOGA: See WED.25.

‘EXTREME WEATHER 3D’: See WED.25.

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BUTI YOGA: See WED.25.

CHITTENDEN COUNTY STAMP CLUB MEETING: First-class collectibles provide a glimpse into the postal past at this monthly gathering.

GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-4817.

CREATIVE NONFICTION WORKSHOP: Folks give feedback on essays, poetry and journalism written

by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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‘LE CORSAIRE’: A grand romance plays out against dramatic scenery in a broadcast performance by the Bolshoi Ballet. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-18. Info, 748-2600.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.25.

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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.25.

CAROLINE ALEXANDER: “Translating Homer and the Art of Writing” captivates lit lovers as part of the First Wednesdays series. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

AN EVENING WITH RYAN LEAF: Presented by the Clinton County District Attorney’s Office, the former NFL quarterback scores with a discussion about mental health issues and opioid addiction.

Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse, N.Y., 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-565-4770.

GRAZIELLA PARATI: The First Wednesdays series speech “The Roots of Fascism”identifies similarities and differences in the regimes of Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco. Trinity Church, Rutland, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

HUCK GUTMAN: Lovers of verse listen up for “William Carlos Williams: America’s Most Revolutionary 20th-Century Poet,” delivered as part of the First Wednesdays series. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

ILAN STAVANS: A celebrated literary critic shares observations his incarcerated students have made about Shakespeare’s tragedy in the First Wednesdays series talk “Hamlet in Prison.”

Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 334-7902.

JACOB EDGAR: In “When the Spirit Moves Me: Music and Religion From Africa to the Americas,” the ethnomusicologist examines ways in which the interaction between African song and spirit continues today. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, noon. Regular admission, $3-10; free for members, faculty, staff, students and kids 6 and under. Info, 656-0750.

JANE BECK: The Vermont Folklife Center founder sheds light on why individuals share narratives in “Catching People’s Stories.” Refreshments follow.

Milton Historical Museum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2598.

MICHAEL MOSS: The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us sounds off in the 2017 George D. Aiken Lecture. Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2085.

PATRICK HICKEY: With the aid of slides, the Waterbury resident relays his experiences working with the U.S. Navy submarine Alvin. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

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REEVE LINDBERGH: Reflecting on four decades of her mother’s musings, the author and daughter of aviator Charles presents “Rowing Against Wind and Tide: The Journals and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh.” Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

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RICHARD WOLFSON: Scientific minds mull over the First Wednesdays series lecture “Einstein in a Nutshell.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

SONG CIRCLE: Singers and musicians congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes.

Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m.

Donations. Info, 775-1182.

ROBERT SIEGEL: Listeners tune into “Considering All Things ...,” a First Wednesdays series talk by the National Public Radio host. Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center, Middlebury College, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 388-4095.

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LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.25.

‘THE HOCKEY SWEATER: A MUSICAL’: See WED.25, 1 & 8 p.m.

Find club dates in the music section.

HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING: Naturalists take notes on preserving and preparing plants for the purpose of healing in a three-part class. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 540-0595.

HERBAL SALVE-MAKING WORKSHOP: Instructor Ceres Porter empowers attendees to create a basic wound-healing formula. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, 224-7100.

sports

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.25.

talks

ANDREA VILLANTI: Tobacco use is the hot topic of a talk by the University of Vermont associate professor. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 4-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1327.

SHORT FICTION WORKSHOP: Readers give feedback on stories penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. Jensen Beach teaches. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

WRITING CIRCLE: See WED.25. !

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DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING: The full-day workshop will cover proposal writing, producing a trailer or sizzle reel, planning your production, and some basics on visual storytelling. Come with a pre-planned project or story, or feel free to learn the basics and find your story out in the world after the workshop. Fri., Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $95/six-hour class. Location: Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury, Info: Bob Hooker, 388-4964, bhooker@vermontfolklifecenter. org, vermontfolklifecenter.org.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington, Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com,

ayurveda AYURVEDA INTEGRATION PROGRAM: This 200-hour training is ideal for yoga teachers, counselors, therapists, body-workers, nurses, doctors, wellness coaches, herbalists and anyone wanting to improve their own health and the health of their family. We will focus on integrating Ayurveda as lifestyle medicine for chronic disease, longevity and prevention.

Kripalu School of Ayurveda approved, continue your education to become an Ayurvedic health counselor by transferring these hours to the Kripalu program.

See our website for more details.

One weekend (Sat. & Sun.) per month, Feb.-Nov., 2018, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 200-hour training (payment plan avail.). Location: Ayurvedic Center of Vermont, Williston, Info: 872-8898, ayurvedavt@comcast.net, ayurvedavermont.com.

DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now!

Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Info: Jon Bacon, 355-1818, crandalltyler@hotmail. com, dsantosvt.com.

LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Come alone or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Private lessons also available. Cost: $50/4week class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington, Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, firststepdance.com.

drumming DJEMBE & TAIKO: Classes in Burlington, Hyde Park and Montpelier. Drums provided.

Classes for adults (also for kids with parents) Mon., Tue. & Wed. in Burlington. Wed. a.m. or Fri. a.m. in Hyde Park. Thu. in Montpelier. Most classes are in the evenings or after school.

Conga classes, too! Visit our schedule and register online.

Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin; Moonlight Studios, 1670 Cleveland Corners Rd., Hyde Park, Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

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THE EVERYTHING SPACE: Skillful and accessible somatic education curated by Abbi Jaffe and Amanda Franz.

Join us for Re-Embodiment Training, Being TraumaInformed Training, ContactImprov Foundations Series, Mindful-Eating, PlaybackTheater, Contact-Improv Jams, Bodies-in-Wild Retreat, CoMotion-Dance for Families, SomaticMovement Series, DanceConnect, Shake-It-Off, Monthly Community Practices of Resilience with Potluck, private sessions and more.

Trauma-Informed. Everyone welcome. Schedule a private session most days of the week, or register for a class, training or series. Location: The Everything Space, 64 Main St., 3rd Floor, Montpelier, Info: Abbi Jaffe, 318-3927, abbi.jaffe@gmail.com, theeverythingspace.com.

ACHIEVE YOUR POTENTIAL: Come to Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts. Join other thoughtful, intelligent adults to learn and practice tai chi, kung fu, meditation and dynamic physical exercises. Maximize your mental tranquility and clarity, physical health and fitness, and self-confidence. For people who never thought this would be for them. Fri., 6-7 p.m. & 7-8 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-noon & noon-1 p.m.; Tue., 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class; $40/mo. (incl. all classes offered); $5/trial class.

Location: 303 Flynn Ave., Burlington, Info: 355-1301, info@wxcma.com, wxcma.com.

family PARENTING YOU WORKSHOPS: Does your child push your buttons? Are you parenting defensively? Parents, you are definitely not alone! Discover the secrets to empowered parenting. Hint: It’s not about your child. Children benefit by how well parents know and take care of themselves.

Kimberly Hackett, MA, LMHC is a parent coach, educator and writer who has developed a new model of parenting focused on parent leadership and personal growth. Space is limited. Nov. 18, 9 a.m.-noon, Burlington.

Cost: $25/person. Location: Info: KimberlyHackett.com.

healing arts ‘BEING TRAUMA INFORMED’ TRAINING: Join a community of professionals to learn and receive support. Abbi and Amanda are known for their depthful embodied curriculum. Learn about your body, what’s happening in the nervous system during a traumatic incident, how trauma is released and how resilience is grown. This training will support you in your efforts to create accessible trauma-informed spaces, classes and private practices.

Wed., 3-5 p.m. Cost: $320/8-week series of 2-hour classes; 16 hours total. Location: The Everything Space , 64 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Montpelier, Info: Abbi Jaffe, 318-3927, abbi.jaffe@gmail.com, theeverythingspace.com.

hypnosis TWO CLINICAL HYPNOSIS WORKSHOPS: BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS AND INTERMEDIATE SKILLS & APPLICATIONS OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS: Eligible: licensed health and mental health clinicians and graduate students of same disciplines. CEUs (pending): LCMHC’s, nurses, psychologists, social workers. American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) approved. Sponsored by

Northeastern Mountain Society for Clinical Hypnosis (nmsch. org). Nov. 10-12, 9:15 a.m.-5 p.m.

Location: Jackson Gore Inn, Okemo Mtn., Ludlow, Info: 3388040, hypnovations.com.

language 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 11th 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: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center, Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

SPANISH CLASSES: Learn the basics of Spanish from pronunciation, basic vocabulary and situations. Beginners, intermediate, AP Spanish, Spanish conversation and Spanish literature. We speak and practice Spanish in class, and you learn quickly. We are experienced native Spanish teachers and we make learning fun. Fall classes begin Thu., Oct. 19. Location: Williston, Info: 9171776, constanciag@gmail.com.

MARTIAL WAY: Colchester and Milton locations. Classes in self-defense, Karate, Kung Fu, Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi. We have 14 different age and experience levels, so the training is always ageand skill-appropriate. Beginner or experienced, fit or not yet, young or not anymore, we have a class for you! Days and evenings; see website for schedule and fees. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 73 Prim Rd., Colchester, Info: David Quinlan, 893-8893, info@martialwayvt. com, martialwayvt.com.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Brazilian jiujitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian jiujitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy SEALs, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces. No training experience required.

Easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children.

Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them throughout life.

IBJJF & CBJJ certified black belt sixth-degree Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion. Accept no Iimitations! Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston, Info: 598-2839, julio@ bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself.

The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Cafe (meditation and discussions)

meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Sunday of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

spirituality RAVEN MEDICINE/RAVEN MAGIC: Come to the sacred space of the Lightheart Sanctuary, sacred space nestled in the forest, to explore the Magic and Power of Raven. We’ll learn fascinating facts about the smartest of songbirds. We’ll journey to a drumbeat into the Spirit of Raven to receive guidance, wisdom, healing for greater health and happiness. Sat., Nov. 4, 1-5 p.m. Cost: $44/class Location: Lightheart Sanctuary, 236 Wild Apple Rd., New Haven, Info: Lightheart Healing Arts, Maureen Short, 453-4433, maureen@gmavt.net, Lightheart.net.

tai chi BEGINNER TAI CHI IN BURLINGTON: At Long River Tai Chi Circle, we practice Cheng Man-ch’ing’s “simplified” 37 posture Yang-style form. The three pillars of our study are Form, Sensing Hands and Sword.

Patrick is a senior instructor at Long River in Vermont and New Hampshire and will be teaching the classes in Burlington. Starts Oct. 4, 8-9 a.m. Open registration through Oct. 25. Cost: $65/ mo. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, Info: Long River Tai Chi Circle, Patrick Cavanaugh, 490-6405, patrick@longrivertaichi.org, longrivertaichi.org.

SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

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& Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington, Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

well-being MINDFUL EATING 4-WEEK WORKSHOP: Learn mindful eating practices to bring more awareness, ease and peace to your eating and your relationship with food. Learn to listen to your body’s signals, understand and tame cravings, savor and truly enjoy your food, bring kindness to your body and your emotions, and be more grateful. 4 Thu., starts Oct. 26, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Cost: $60/4 1-hour workshops ($15/workshop). Location: 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, Info: Eating with Grace/Anya Raven Hunter LICSW, 233-6116, ahunter@sover. net, eatingwithgrace.com.

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4-16 CEs avail. ($100-$350).

Location: Lake Morey Resort, 1 Clubhouse Rd., Fairlee, Info: 5520217, education@amta-vermont. org, amta-vermont.org.

YOGA & RECOVERY GROUP FOR FOLKS LIVING W/ LYME DISEASE: Join as we practice gentle restorative poses suitable for all levels. Afterward, join the discussion as we share and support one another on the often confusing and isolating journey to wellness while living with Lyme disease. Wear comfortable clothing. Sign up or find more information at

WELLNESS RETREAT WITH CES!: Earn CEs from George Russell, Cynthia Wood, Annie Powell and Dale Montelione Grust during a November weekend getaway!

Topics include scoliosis, orthobionomy, hip and knee pain, dermatology, and therapeutic anti-aging face and neck treatments. Join us for a fun, soothing, relaxing and educational weekend with discounted rates! Register at

Laughingriveryoga.com. Oct. 29, Nov. 19, Dec. 17, 2-3:30 p.m. By donation. Location: Laughing River Yoga, The Chase Mill, 1 Mill St., Burlington.

yoga CLAUDIA WELCH: WOMEN’S HEALTH: Join a one-day workshop focused on women’s health with internationally renowned Dr. Claudia Welch, author of Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life. Learn how emotions and lifestyle impact our health.

Learn ways for replenishing and maintaining optimal wellness. Learn tangible tools for balancing our hormones. For women of all ages. Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $95/one-day workshop. Location: Eastern View Integrative Medicine, 185 Tilley Dr., S. Burlington, Info: Eastern View Mental Health, Carmen Walker, 793-6655, carmenmaronwalker@gmail.com, easternviewvt.com.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers yoga classes for everyone from beginner to expert. Choose from a wide variety of drop-in classes, series and workshops in Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Gentle, Vigorous, Yoga on the Lake, Yoga Wall, Therapeutics, and Alignment. Become part of our yoga community. You

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are welcome here. Cost: $15/ class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/ community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington, Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

HONEST YOGA: Honest yoga offers practices for all levels.

We just expanded to have two practice spaces! Your children can practice in one room while you practice in the other. No need for childcare.

Yoga and dance classes ages 3 and up. Brand-new beginners’ course: This includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes, and kids’ classes in yoga and dance. We hold yoga teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels, as well as children and dance teacher training courses. Check our our website for dance classes and yoga summer camps! Daily classes & workshops. $50/new student (1 month unlimited); $18/ class; $140/10-class card; $15/ class for student or senior; or $110/10-class punch card; $135/ mo. adult memberships; $99/ mo. kid memberships. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Hana, South Burlington, Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

SANGHA STUDIO | NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga. Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages. Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops. Become a Sustaining Member for $60/month and practice as often as you like! Daily.

Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, Info: 448-4262, info@ sanghastudio.org,

develop supports in your life to keep you on track toward your goals. Sober Yogis is designed to support your yoga practice and enhance your recovery. Participants of all ages and levels of fitness in sobriety may participate. Mindfulness practices continue to gain notoriety for their ability to assist individuals in recovery with retaining sobriety.

Participants take yoga class five days and attend one group therapy session per week. Those who complete this over 8 weeks will receive a month of unlimited yoga. The teaching staff will guide you through the practice with care and accuracy. Sober Yogis offers rolling admissions.

Watch Ted Talk “On the Mat to Recovery” by Sara Curry.

Cost: $200/8 weeks. Location: Queen City Bikram Yoga, 40 San Remo Dr., South Burlington, Info: 489-5649, info@ queencitybikramyoga.com, queencitybikramyoga.com.

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am deathly afraid of spiders. I feel sick at the very presence of an eight-legged creep in my general vicinity, indoors or out. The fear stems from watching the film Arachnophobia when I was in second grade. My parents were overprotective and had only just started letting me watch PG-rated movies; PG-13 flicks would normally have been out of the question. But, one day, our neighbors had rented the spider-centric Jeff Daniels black comedy for their son, who was the same age as my older brother. My folks were distracted with a large home renovation project and uncharacteristically gave me the green light to watch the movie with the older boys.

A quick synopsis in case you haven’t seen it: Some jacked-up spiders run amok in a small, northern California town and kill a bunch of people — but, like, in a funny way. It’s definitely not a horror movie.

However, being the sheltered 8-year-old that I was, it was the most terrifying thing I’d ever watched. I was utterly traumatized.

For months afterward, I couldn’t sit on the couch because I knew that there were spiders hiding between the cushions. I couldn’t drink opaque liquids because of a particular scene involving a glass of milk. Every itch, tickle or otherwise corporeal sensation sent me into a tailspin because I thought there were spiders crawling on me. All of this from a boy who used to pick up daddy longlegs and let them walk around on his arm.

My terror extended well into my late teens. Eventually I learned to manage the fear — and also finally understood that it was irrational. (To wit: Arachnids rarely attack people.) Spiders still wig me out, but I can function around them. I even re-watched Arachnophobia when I was in my early twenties. I laughed.

We all have plenty of rational fears, and rightly so.

But it’s our irrational frights that perhaps unnecessarily hold us back, whether they are common terrors like the dark, clowns and spiders or more unique aversions such as, say, shaving your beard. Side note: Irrational fears also tend to be more fun.

Having fear on the brain with Halloween just days away, Seven Days recently polled local musicians and scenesters about their most absurd anxieties. We found that they ran the gamut from the comparatively mundane to the, well, manscaping. The hope is that by reading about these folks’ irrational fears, you might gain a little power over yours.

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DIANE JEAN REILLY,

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I am completely freaked out by uneven, asymmetrical circles. I have been reduced to tears looking at a sea sponge. I’ve thrown up out of a moving vehicle because other passengers were passing around photos of a beehive.

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I recall lying on my front lawn as a child and suddenly feeling as though 1,000 grasshoppers had leapt on me at once. Their prickly legs dug into my skin, and I was overtaken with a paralysis that has yet to be matched.

[Then] I came across deep-fried grasshoppers and figured if I can eat my fears, I have the ultimate power over them. I learned earlier this summer, while darting away from a hoppy visitor in the tall grass at Oakledge Park, that was not the case.

I have an irrational fear of sharks. They are remarkable and beautiful creatures, and, thanks to [Jaws author] Peter Benchley, I can’t get into anything much larger than a well-chlorinated kiddie pool. But I still love Shark Week [on the Discovery Channel] … from the safety of my couch.

MATT HAGEN,

THE HIGH BREAKS, LOCAL DORK

I’m afraid to shave my beard. I’d have to remeet a lot of people and respond to reactions of shock and possibly anger if people don’t like my chin — not to mention answering over and over the age-old question of, “Why?”

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I’ve heard some people complaining about Halloween falling on a Tuesday this year. Folks mostly whined that it’s a school night or that they have to work early the following morning, which is totally understandable. But I actually prefer a midweek All Hallows’ Eve. When the horrific holiday lands on a weekend, it generally means that costume parties and themed events are all crammed into one or two nights. You have to make more than a few tough decisions, which inevitably ratchets up the FOMO. But when Halloween falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, the devilish debauchery can stretch into a nearly weeklong affair.

That’s certainly the case this year, with hellacious happenings on tap from Friday, October 27, through Halloween proper on Tuesday, October 31. While it’s nice not to have every event squeezed into a couple of evenings, the extended howliday means there’s more to choose from overall, which can be overwhelming. So here’s a not-at-all comprehensive list of spooktacular events worth your time this Halloweekend.

On Friday, check out the latest happening from nomadic, artist-run exhibition initiative Overnight Projects: Portland, Maine, collective HI TIGER present “She Feared Nothing” at the former KeyBank building in Winooski. Hi Tiger director and founder DEREK JACKSON refers to the live music and performance art piece as “a loosely conjoined Afrofuturist opera.” The multidisciplinary experience examines the intersections of sci-fi media, ’90s advertising, queer and brown-skinned peoples, and contemporary music production aesthetics. While not specifically Halloween-themed, the piece should be transformative at the very least.

Also on Friday, but in Burlington: Ska and reggae-tinged (and aptly named) band SKELETON DANCER break it down at Radio Bean, while Sunday Night Mass sets up shop at Club Metronome for a night of house and techno beats called Boo Thang. The latter features DJs GRECO, HARDER THEY COME and JUSTIN R.E.M. versus HAITIAN, members of the MITTELTONER collective, and JOSH DOBBS. Saturday is a real fustercluck. Tuned In Collective hosts its first event, The Witching Hours, at Maglianero Café in Burlington. If you aren’t familiar with Tuned In, it’s a burgeoning group of female, transgender and gender nonconforming musicians who seek to shift and redistribute power in Burlington’s music scene. The eclectic lineup includes AM RADIO, AMELIA DEVOID, SHAWN COREY and LAUREN COSTELLO, DJ CRYSTAL JONEZ, GESTALT, and JULIA CAESAR. (One thing to know about this show: There’s a three-drink maximum.

Responsible consumption is the name of the game, and it will be enforced.)

Meanwhile, just down the street at Foam Brewers, Noise Ordinance presents All Souls Night. New York City psychrock band — and BTV expats — the VACANT LOTS headline, with support from local cumbia ensemble MAL MAIZ and the brand-new neo-soul supergroup JUPTR. The last is composed of members of MADAILA, SMOOTH ANTICS, SMALLTALKER and GRUNDLEFUNK. Also on Saturday, Addison County folks might consider gettin’ kinda fancy for GANG OF THIEVES’ Masquerade Ball at the Vergennes Opera House. Meanwhile, metal and hardcore fans in the Mad River Valley should contemplate rocking the eff out with STREAM DEVILS, MISANTHROPE, ABADDON, the PATH and PSYCHIC WEIGHT at the Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern in Warren.

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CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Danger Management presents When Brass Attacks featuring Abstractivve, Jawz, D Fuego, Italics (electronic), 9 p.m., $8.

THE DAILY PLANET: Silver Bridget (saw-folk), 8 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Paul Asbell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

(Americana, country), 8:30 p.m., free. Anna Lombard and Kenya Hall (indie soul, funk), 9 p.m., free. The Space Cats (jam), 10:30 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bow Thayer (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

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The GREEN MOUNTAIN CABARET is known for its bold and

RED SQUARE: Bob McKenzie Blues Band, 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

unconventional take on the classic art of burlesque.

SIDEBAR: Hotel Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

are the hallmarks of the eclectic, coed troupe. GMC’s

Inclusivity, body positivity and all-around goofiness

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic and Improv Jam, 7 p.m., free.

dancers, the Sugar Shakers, dazzle audiences with

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saucy and sultry presentations. And this time around,

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

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Bad Suns, Hunny, QTY (indie), 7:30 p.m., $20/22.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Algiers (soul, postpunk), 8 p.m., $13/15.

figures from horror films and literature make an

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Lina Tulgren, the Onlys (shoegaze, rock), 8 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

Green Mountain Cabaret struts onstage on Saturday,

NECTAR’S: Kelly Ravin (country), 7 p.m., free. HalloWEEN Wednesday featuring Members of Tar Iguana, Grundlefunk, Swimmer, Barika (Ween tribute), 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Open Mic, 7:30 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: Reagh Greenleaf Jr. with Gypsy Reel (folk, Irish), 7:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: DJ Two Sev (eclectic vinyl), 4 p.m., free.

Art Herttua (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Christopher Gregory

barre/montpelier DEMENA’S: Antoine Dufour (acoustic, fingerstyle guitar), 7 p.m., $15-20.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

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

references into its performances, could recognizable appearance? There’s only one way to find out. The October 28, at Club Metronome in Burlington.

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MOOGS PLACE: Jim Charonko (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

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

outside vermont MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Completely Stranded (improv), 7:30 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: And The Kids (punk), 8:30 p.m., $12/15.

THE DAILY PLANET: The Hot Pickin’ Party (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free.

DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop, soul), 6 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

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

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Cricket Blue, Brightbird (indie folk), 7 p.m., free. Good Lord the Liftin’ (blues, jazz), 9:30 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: The Space Cats (jam, funk), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Root Shock, Nina’s Brew (reggae), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

PHO NGUYEN: Karaoke with DJ Walker, 8 p.m., free.

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I’m horrifyingly afraid of falling up. I don’t really trust gravity. When I’m faced with a wide-open field or open-beach vista, I literally have an out-of-body experience that feels like I’m going to fall into the sky and have a heart attack.

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I am occasionally overcome by the fear that I will be framed and convicted for a crime I did not commit. In my anxietyfueled fear spiral, the crime is usually murder. I would credit the Serial podcast, but the fear started way before that.

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I’m afraid of bugs. I once flung a butter knife at a woman because bees kept swarming around my waffles. The knife had fallen in my lap, and as I swatted an oncoming bee the knife flew and hit her. She swore at me. Then they moved me inside.

I have a lot of fear surrounding certain foods. I’ve never eaten a taco. I’ve never had chili. I’ve never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I don’t know why. It’s irrational.

LLU MULVANEY-STANAK,

DJ, WRUV 90.1 FM, WBTV-LP 99.3 FM

Elevators: Sure, they’re convenient, but they are basically steel cages of death — or at least a forced panic room if they get stuck. I hate ’em, and I go out of my way to avoid them, even if I have gear to load in. To avoid the ride, I shove my DJ gear in the elevator, punch the floor button then race up the stairs. I always lose.

SEAN HOOD,

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I’m a huge fan of standup comedy.

But I’m absolutely terrified of being addressed by a comedian during a show. I go so far as to time my arrival at comedy venues so I won’t be seated too close to the stage. There are times when the performer is someone I truly respect and admire, but the idea of interacting

with them in front of an audience makes me feel like I am going to faint.

RYAN CLAUSEN,

Hayley Jane and the Primates

I am terrified of sending the wrong email to the wrong person — whether it’s inappropriate, containing confidential [information], etc. Then Gmail came out with the “undo” button for sending emails, which has lowered my anxiety greatly.

MAX GUYTON,

Emma Cook & Questionable Company

I grew up in the woods of Massachusetts, so naturally I’m terrified of the dark.

The fear wasn’t even so much from what could be there, but not knowing what was there.

HANNAH FAIR,

singer-songwriter

I think squirrels are Satan’s offspring.

Every time a squirrel runs in front of me, a little piece of me dies. Squirrels are terrifying.

TOM PEARO,

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Sometimes, when taking a shower or going to the bathroom, I become afraid that someone is going to come into my house and murder me. I frequently leave the bathroom door open in order to quell this fear.

FRANCESCA BLANCHARD, singer-songwriter

My biggest irrational fear: getting a letter in the mail that says, “Hey. We caught you. We know you’re a fake.

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“I’ve spent the last five years or so doing what people are maybe trying to do from [ages] 25 to 30: [finding] the thing that they’re going to stick with,” the 23-year-old tells Seven Days in a recent interview. “I’m realizing I haven’t done a lot of exploring. So now I’m trying to have a little fun.”

Though Morse plays lead and rhythm guitar with the soulful psychpop quintet, drums are actually his first love. By his own estimation, he’s been tap-tap-tapping away since he was only 3 years old.

“Recently, I’ve been realizing how much more I like playing drums than playing guitar,” he says.

That should be obvious to anyone who’s ever seen Morse drum with local alt-country supergroup the WELTERWEIGHTS. As he rambunctiously flogs his kit alongside singersongwriters LOWELL THOMPSON, KELLY RAVIN and ERIN CASSELS-BROWN, the giddy grin plastered across his usually stoic face is a dead giveaway.

So what’s next for Morse? If you made it to the street festival Madaila on Main 2.0 in September, you probably saw him locked in with his new official post: keeping time with CAROLINE ROSE. You might also catch him rocking out with PAPER CASTLES, HAMMYDOWN or HENRY JAMISON. Aside from personal satisfaction, Morse says drumming exclusively should allow him more time and space to work on his own writing and composing — and, he hopes, it won’t exhaust his artistic vitality.

“I can just practice drums and play the shows,” he says. “[But] with guitar, I’m like, ‘Is there anything else I could be doing? Is there a different tone I should be working on in this song?’ It takes up a lot of creative energy that’s not really that well spent.”

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And that brings us to Tuesday, the unholy night itself. Madaila headline the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington. It’s a sort-of sequel to their legendary 2015 Halloween bash, The Scream. NAVYTRAIN and SPENCER ALBEE add support.

The poster for the event re-creates the promotional images for WES CRAVEN’s Scream 2. In the film, horror nerd RANDY MEEKS (JAMIE KENNEDY) outlines some rules for horror sequels, most notably that the body count is always bigger and the death scenes are more elaborate. Those statutes may or may not translate to the show. However, in an email to Seven Days, keyboardist ERIC MAIER reveals that the band plans to unveil some brandnew material. Oh, and…

Despite Morse’s departure, Madaila will remain a five-piece. WALKER DAVIS ALLEN (NICO SUAVE AND THE BODACIOUS SUPREME) is stepping in to fill the group’s Willoughby-shaped hole. He’ll make his NEXT WEEK debut at HG on Tuesday.

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RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: Tyler and Ryan (rock covers), 9 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: DJ Chia (house), 4 p.m., free. Nathan Michaud (instrumental, adult contemporary), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Five of the Eyes (progressive rock, funk), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: Roy and the Wrecks (rock), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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FOAM BREWERS: Noise Ordinance presents All Souls Night featuring the Vacant Lots, JUPTR, Mal Maiz (indie), 9 p.m., $15/17.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Cricket Blue (indie folk), 9 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: The Terror Ball featuring Nico Suave and the Bodacious Supreme, DJ Taka (funk), 10 p.m., $5.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Into the Great Wide Open: A Tribute to Tom Petty, 8 p.m., $20/23.

MAGLIANERO: Tuned In Collective presents the Witching Hours featuring Julia Caesar, Gestalt, Shawn Corey and Lauren Costello, Amelia Devoid, AM Radio, DJ Crystal Jonez (indie), 8 p.m., $10-20.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Trivia, 9:30 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: City of the Sun, Siding Spring (indie), 7:30 p.m., $10/12.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: The Red Newts (rock), 10 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: The Big Sway, Humble Hero (rock), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

NECTAR’S: Melissa Plett (altcountry), 7 p.m., free. The Funky Knuckles, Annie in the Water (soul, funk), 9 p.m., $5.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Adam McMahon Trio (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: King Arthur Junior (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free.

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Jeff Wheel (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Danse Nocturne: An Evening of Gothic Burlesque (burlesque), 8 p.m., $15/20. Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Mary Mack, Tim Harmston (standup), 7 p.m., $15-27.

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Saturday, October 28, at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington. SURF ROCK IS DEAD open.

SIDEBAR: Kudu Stooge, Adventure Dog (funk, rock), 10 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Miss Jubilee’s Curious Bingo Night, 9 p.m., donation.

SWEET MELISSA’S: David Langevin (ragtime), 6 p.m., donation.

WHAMMY BAR: Kava Express (covers), 7 p.m., free.

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MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: Open Mic & Jam Session, 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic with Allen Church, 8:30 p.m., free.

THE RESTAURANT AT EDSON HILL: Thursday Night Music Series (eclectic), 6:30 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: The Mountain Carol, Goodfight (indie, electropop), 9 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco, 9 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Boo Thang featuring Greco, Harder They Come, Justin R.E.M. vs. Haitian, Mitteltoner, Josh Dobbs (house, techno), 9 p.m., $10/15.

SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Anthony Santor Trio (jazz), 5 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: DharmaSoul (soul, folk), 8:30 p.m., free.

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JUNIPER: Shane Murley Band (Americana), 9 p.m., free.

LOCALFOLK SMOKEHOUSE: Open Mic with Alex Budney, 8:30 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: Troy Millette and Dylan Gombas (acoustic), 8 p.m., free.

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JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: A/B Duo (instrumental, eclectic), 7 p.m., free. Maria Neckham, Loosh (indie), 8:30 p.m., free. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: The Good Morning Gills (rock), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

Revibe, Wurliday (jam), 9 p.m., $7.

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Supersounds (hits), 10 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. DJ Ryan Kick (eclectic), 4 p.m., free. Amerykanka (Eastern European a cappella), 7 p.m., free.

Karyn Ann (acoustic, indie soul), 8:30 p.m., free. Skeleton Dancer (ska, rumba), 10 p.m., $5. El Malo (Latin funk-rock), 11:30 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: Sweet William and Sugar Cone Rose (swing), 4 p.m., free. Dave Keller (blues), 7 p.m., free. DJ Craig Mitchell (house, hits), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., $5.

SIDEBAR: Sharkat (house), 7 p.m., free. Dave Villa (EMD), 10 p.m., free.

SOCIAL CLUB & LOUNGE: Día de la Reina Muerta (dance party, drag), 11:30 p.m., $5.

THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING: Mitch & Devon (rock), 6 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Mary Mack, Tim Harmston (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15-27.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Start Making Sense: Talking Head Tribute, 8:30 p.m., $12/15.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Mipso, Lula Wiles (Americana, folk-rock), 8 p.m., $12/15.

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JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Claire (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

EL TORO: Carol Ann Jones (country), 6:30 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Manus, Lazerdisk and Berk Visual, HC (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

MOOGS PLACE: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., free. Kind Bud’s Kind Dubs (rock, jam), 9 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Leno, Young & Cheney (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., free. The Tricksters (rock), 9 p.m., free.

BUSTIN BELLY GRILL & DELI: Black Out (hits), 8 p.m., $5.

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STONE CORRAL BREWERY: The Hubcats (rock), 7 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: The Tenderbellies (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Edward Jahn (experimental), 9 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Chicky Stoltz (Album Release) (blues), 6 p.m., free. Screwtape Letters (rock), 9 p.m., free.

DEMENA’S: Joe Moore (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

ESPRESSO BUENO: Bueno Comedy Showcase (standup), 8:30 p.m., free.

GUSTO’S: Elizabeth Renaud (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. The Complaints (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): The House Band’s Halloween (rock), 10 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Halloween Weekend Bash with Toast (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HATCH 31: The Big Pick (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Karaoke with DJ Chauncey, 9 p.m., free.

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SNOW SHOE LODGE & PUB: Cooie Sings (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

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RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Dodg3r (EDM, hits), 10 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: The Terror Ball featuring Nico Suave and the Bodacious Supreme, DJ Taka (funk), 10 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: The Joe Moore Band (blues), 3 p.m., free. Radio Flamingo (covers), 7 p.m., $5.

Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (hits), 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

SIDEBAR: DJ Ryan Kick and Friends (eclectic), 7 p.m., free.

SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Unleash the Lion (Pearl Jam tribute), 9 p.m., free.

SMITTY’S PUB: J&M Boutique (rock), 8 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Mary Mack, Tim Harmston (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15-27.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Justice (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Goblin, Morricone Youth (progressive rock), 8:30 p.m., $25/28/65.

MONOPOLE: Goose (funk, folk), 10 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Black Kids, Surf Rock Is Dead (indie), 8:30 p.m., $10/12.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation.

MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Ben Slotnick and Friends (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: VT Bluegrass Pioneers, 7 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: All Request Night with DJ Skippy (hits), 10 p.m., free.

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The gents behind Color Study seem to be carving out a niche for the recording studio, record label and artist management company as a go-to creative space for folktronica artists. For instance, Boston duo Tall Heights tracked multiple sessions at the boutique shop in Goshen.

More recently, Burlington’s Henry Jamison recorded and produced his debut LP, The Wilds, with Color Study’s Ethan West and Spencer Kelley. (Fun fact: Jamison and Tall Heights toured together in May.) The narrative surrounding Jamison is that he is the progeny of many celebrated writers, including George Frederick Root, who famously penned the Civil War-era anthem “The Battle Cry of Freedom.”

While that’s certainly notable, it’s not exactly interesting, nor does it have any real bearing on who Jamison is as a songwriter generations later. Fortunately, The Wilds should give curious listeners a pretty good idea.

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song, yet he seems to cherish the memory. “What was I supposed to say to her? / In the grocery aisle / In the airconditioning,” he repeats.

“Through a Glass” is split in two: a shapeless, dreamy introduction and an aw-shucks electro-country ballad. Jamison sings of a woman, “But she weren’t mine, and I weren’t hers,” before telling us, “She was talking to a 6-foot-5 marine / Who was living out of his truck / She said, ‘He is veryUntitled-3 fragile’ / I said, ‘I don’t give a fuck.’” It’s Jamison at his most flippant, standing out against his more subdued deliberations.

Fans of the folksier side of the man’s duality will love “Black Mountain.” The Appalachian lullaby begins as a campfire song before unfurling into a grand work of layered strings and roiling percussive elements.

Fans of all things precious and pristine will lovingly add Jamison to their music library. Several cuts are a bit interchangeable, but that only adds to the record’s overall meditative palette.

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The 10 tracks here reveal a lot of growth.

Attack the Vampire is packed with experiments.

But perhaps the most remarkable is Boomslang’s incorporation of guest artists for the first time.

The album leads with “On and On.” The track is a collaboration of Boomslang and the Precepts, the latter a melodic Burlington rap project featuring rhymes from Learic (the Aztext, Cultural Chemistry) and music from Jer Coons and Eric Maier (Madaila, Future Fields). It’s a single-worthy start — and a high point that’s matched by “Xmas in Vegas,” on which Boomslang’s Sed One trades bars with Maiden Voyage over catchy funk loops.

Sed One has a serious set of batteries.

The insistent energy of tracks such as “Anybody Listening,” “Acetylene” and album closer “Razors” makes it crystal clear he’s been carrying shows solo for a long time now. His style cleaves toward an earnest ’80s revivalism: straightforward and strong. While that approach fell flat

a few times on the duo’s first LP, it never stops working this time around.

Boomslang’s production style is still fun, inventive stuff. The gravitational center of the album is producer JL’s tasteful, thumping drum FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 sequencing, which lays a foundation for 7:30 PM, UVM RECITAL HALL layers ranging from spaghetti Western Pre-Show Talk with Artists in Hall at 6:30 soundtracks to glam metal to house music. $40 ADULT $5 STUDENT Boomslang stay true to the omnivorous roots of hip-hop throughout the album, S P O N S O R E D B Y : and it never once sounds forced.

Attack the Vampire is the work of a creative team hitting its peak. Boomslang remain as playful and eclectic as ever, but their sound is more honed. Both HERE’S WHAT’S COMING UP: Sed One’s flow and JL’s production are more restrained and mature. Between Semer Ensemble: Rescued Treasure . .11 / 13 this newfound focus and the outstanding Van Cliburn Silver Medalist, Kenneth Brogerg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 / 17 mixing work, this could be the album that launches Boomslang out of Montpelier and into an unsuspecting hip-hop universe.

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Anyone who knows them will tell you this: Montpelier hip-hop duo Boomslang are great guys. It’s no secret they’ve got a reputation across the state for being supportive, professional and a blast to work with. Vermont Public Radio even ran a feature on them recently, highlighting the fact that they do profanity-free sets.

Indeed, you won’t find a single cuss word on Boomslang’s latest LP, Attack the Vampire.

Based on that press, then, you could be forgiven for assuming the duo’s music would be Walt Disney soft. You’d be wrong, though. The Boomslang aesthetic is as hardcore as it gets: a crushing wall of sound propelling a high-energy, highvolume motormouth as he destroys the microphone. This music is not an invitation to party — it’s more of an order.

As on Boomslang’s eponymous debut album, it ain’t hard to tell that the material here has been honed at live shows. This is, first and foremost, a two-man demolition unit, dedicated to hip-hop as performance.

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What is most obvious throughout these gorgeously produced 12 tracks is that Jamison lingers, most often on seemingly immaterial moments, memories and places. This could be a nonstarter for fussy listeners. His musings and recollections seem so utterly real and personal that they can be more alienating than inviting and sometimes fail to convince us that his self-seriousness is warranted.

But there’s a lot to love about this record, too. The songwriter masterfully plays every instrument, including synths/ keys, drums, guitar and banjo. He and sonic wizards West and Kelley sculpt a symbiotic fantasyland where organic meets synthetic.

Jamison’s James Blake-esque electroquietude wouldn’t be as savory without the levity of his banjo pickin’.

“The Jacket” begins with a pulsing, widespread bass synth and simple drum machine kick. As his fingerpicked acoustic guitar dances in, Jamison describes a paralyzing moment. He leaves a breadcrumb trail of clues that hints it’s a breakup

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MONKEY HOUSE: Apartment 3 (Final Show), Sleeping In, Clever Girls (garage-punk), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

iconic rock band Sonic Youth announced their disbandment in 2011, fans let out a

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Fender Benders (rock), 5 p.m., free.

Sticks and Stones (rock), 9 p.m., free.

collective sigh. It may have been the end of an era, but at least some of the group’s

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— for example, his latest record, Electric Trim. Filmmaker Fred Riedel chronicled the making of that album in his new

GUSTO’S: DJ Guy Miller (hits), 9 p.m., $3.

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guest appearances from Wilco’s Nels Cline, singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten, author Jonathan Lethem and others. Ranaldo performs on Wednesday, November 2, at

mad river valley/ waterbury SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN: Halloween Bash featuring Stream Devils, Misanthrope, Abaddon, the Path, Psychic Weight (metal, hardcore), 7 p.m., $5.

ZENBARN: Gnomedad (psychfusion), 10 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Halloween Weekend Bash with DJ Earl (hits), 9:30 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: The Horse Traders (covers), 9 p.m., $3.

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MONOPOLE: The Cycles (rock, jazz), 10 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Blue Fox (blues), 9 p.m., free.

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WHAMMY BAR: Claire Byrne and Ted Looby (folk), 7 p.m., free.

EL TORO: Jim Charonko (folk), 6:30 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Parakeets, Pistol Fist (doo-wop, psych rock), 9 p.m., free.

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OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Glass Onion (covers), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Karyn Ann (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., free.

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FOAM BREWERS: The Dead Shakers (experimental), noon, free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Game Night, 8 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., free/$3. 18+.

ArtsRiot in Burlington, with local indie rockers

SIDEBAR: Comedy Open Mic and Showcase (standup), 7 p.m., free. The Tins (EP Release), Full Walrus, Entrance to Trains (indie), 10 p.m., free.

Bison, Jessica Rabbit Syndrome (indie), 7:30 p.m., $5-10.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, $5-10 donation.

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., free.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Dopapod, the Motet (progressive rock, dance), 9 p.m., $18/22.

RADIO BEAN: Low Down Brass Band (funk, soul), 8 p.m., free.

The LC (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Robbie J (dance), 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 8 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Improv Class Show, 7 p.m., free.

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chittenden county

SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONKEY HOUSE: Living Hour, Amelia Devoid (dream-pop), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Pickin’ Party with Dave Clark (bluegrass), 3 p.m., free.

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RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Supersounds (hits), 10 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Doctor Rick, Great Blue (rock), 9 p.m., free/$5.

18+.

RADIO BEAN: JC Sutton & Sons (bluegrass), 1 p.m., free. Young Tradition Vermont (folk), 4 p.m., free. CC Ryder (folk-rock), 7 p.m., free. Derek Russell Fimbel (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free.

Cup of Comedy: A Standup Showcase, 9 p.m., free. Kluster Phunk (jam), 10:30 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free. Diane Cluck, Sam Moss (folk), 10 p.m., $8.

RED SQUARE: DJ David Chief (dance), 11 p.m., free.

PINE STREET STUDIOS: Mischief Night 2017: Strange Ranger,

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Metal Monday #234 featuring NOS4A2, Savage Hen, 9 p.m., free/$5.

A screening of Hello Hello

Hello precedes the show.

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VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Possessed! Comedians Channel Other Comedians (standup), 7 p.m., free.

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

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CLUB METRONOME: Jonwayne, Danny Watts, EMV and Loupo (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $13/15.

FOAM BREWERS: Local Dork (eclectic vinyl), 6 p.m., free.

THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

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

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Nico Suave Presents ‘Scary as Funk,’ 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Zach Nugent’s Dead Disco (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., $10/15.

RADIO BEAN: DJ Lee J (eclectic), 4 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Jukebox George & the Last Dimes, 10 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE: Brickdrop (funk), 6 p.m., free. DJ A-RA$ (dance), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: SVPPLY (hip-hop), 7 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Seth Yacavone (blues), 7 p.m., free. Blackout Barbie & SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Madaila, Navytrain, Spencer Albee (rock, electro-pop), 8:30 p.m., $18/23.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Grouplove (indie), 8 p.m., $29.

MONKEY HOUSE: The Full Cleveland (yacht rock), 9 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free.

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

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Bishop LaVey (acoustic punk), 6 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: The Tsunamibots, Atomic Whirl, DJ Honeycut (surf-punk), 9 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: A Chris Lyon

Halloween (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., free.

Traffic (funk, rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

mad river valley/ waterbury

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: Reagh Greenleaf Jr. with Gypsy Reel (folk, Irish), 7:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

RADIO BEAN: DJ Two Sev (eclectic vinyl), 4 p.m., free.

Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

Dallas Higgins (folk, indie), 9 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: Great Blue (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

HATCH 31: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson (country), 7 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Karaoke with DJ Chauncey, 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

RED SQUARE: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Hotel Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Nina’s Brew (blues, soul), 7 p.m.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic and Improv Jam, 7 p.m., free. Songs in the Key of Slink (improv), 9 p.m., $5.

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burlington

ARTSRIOT: Lee Ranaldo, Swale (rock), 8:30 p.m., $15.

CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: The Ray Vega Latin Jazz Ensemble, 8:30 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. TWAIN, Buck Meek (of Big Thief) (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Hayley Jane (Solo) (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Halloween Hangover featuring Adventure Dog, Northeast

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: John Lackard Blues Jam, 8 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

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

middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

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

outside vermont MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free. !

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MAD RIVER VALLEY/WATERBURY

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CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS/ NORTHWEST

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UPPER VALLEY

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NORTHEAST KINGDOM

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 MUSIC BOX, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533 PARKER PIE CO., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366 THE PUB OUT BACK, 482 Route 114, East Burke, 626-1188 TAMARACK GRILL, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., East Burke, 626-7390

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OLIVE RIDLEY’S, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-324-2200 PALMER ST. COFFEE HOUSE, 4 Palmer St., Plattsburgh, N.Y. 518561-6920 THE SKINNY PANCAKE, 3 Lebanon St., Hanover, N.H., 603-277-9115

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-9212 BUCH SPIELER RECORDS, 27 Langdon St., Montpelier, 229-0449 CAPITOL GROUNDS CAFÉ, 27 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800 CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820 DEMENA’S, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 613-3172 ESPRESSO BUENO, 248 N. Main St., Barre, 479-0896 GUSTO’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919 KISMET, 52 State St., Montpelier, 223-8646 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 BAKING, 961 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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GREEN MOUNTAIN LOUNGE AT MOUNT ELLEN, 102 Forest Pl., Warren, 583-6300 HOSTEL TEVERE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222 LOCALFOLK SMOKEHOUSE, 9 Route 17, Waitsfield, 496-5623 SHEPHERDS 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 ZENBARN, 179 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-8134

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AMERICAN FLATBREAD, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999 ARTSRIOT, 400 Pine St., Burlington, 540 0406 AUGUST FIRST, 149 S. Champlain St., Burlington, 540-0060 BARRIO BAKERY & PIZZA BARRIO, 203 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 863-8278 BATTERY STREET JEANS, 115 College St., Burlington, 865-6223 BENTO, 197 College St., Burlington, 497-2494 BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 854-4700 BRENNAN’S PUB & BISTRO, UVM Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington, 656-1204 CITIZEN CIDER, 316 Pine St., Burlington, 497-1987 CLUB METRONOME, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563 THE DAILY PLANET, 15 Center St., Burlington, 862-9647 DOBRÁ TEA, 80 Church St., Burlington, 951-2424 DRINK, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463 ETHAN ALLEN PUB/PHO NGUYEN, 1130 North Ave., Burlington, 658-4148 THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL, 160 Bank St., Burlington, 859-0888 FINNIGAN’S PUB, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209 FOAM BREWERS, 112 Lake St., Burlington, 399-2511 THE GRYPHON, 131 Main St., Burlington, 489-5699 HALF LOUNGE, 136.5 Church St., Burlington JP’S PUB, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389 JUNIPER, 41 Cherry St., Burlington, 658-0251 KARMA BIRD HOUSE’S UPPER ROOST, 47 Maple Street, Burlington, 343-4767 LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759 LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP, 12 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 6609346 MAGLIANERO CAFÉ, 47 Maple St., Burlington, 861-3155 MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB, 167 Main St., Burlington, 864-6776 MUDDY WATERS, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466 NECTAR’S, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771 PINE STREET STUDIOS, 339 Pine St, Burlington RADIO BEAN, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346 RASPUTIN’S, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324 RED SQUARE, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909 RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401 RUBEN JAMES, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744 SIGNAL KITCHEN, 71 Main St., Burlington, 399-2337 SIDEBAR, 202 Main St., Burlington, 864-0072 THE SKINNY PANCAKE, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188 SMITTY’S PUB, 1127 North Ave., Burlington, 862-4300 SOCIAL CLUB & LOUNGE, 165 Church St., Burlington SPEAKING VOLUMES, 377 Pine St., Burlington, 540-0107 SPEAKING VOLUMES, VOL. 2, 7 Marble Ave., Burlington, 540-0107 THE SP0T ON THE DOCK, 1 King St., Burlington, 540-0480 THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING, 160 Flynn Ave., Burlington, 651-4114 VERMONT COMEDY CLUB, 101 Main St., Burlington, 859-0100 THE VERMONT PUB & BREWERY, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500

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“Of Land & Local: Watershed,” BCA Center and Shelburne Farms

BY RAC H E L E L I Z ABE T H J ON E S

REVIEW

Detail of “Protection From the Wind” by Elliott Katz

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n Vermont, a show dedicated to art inspired by the local landscape — or by a particular natural element or feature — is no rarity. But “Of Land & Local” is the state’s highest-profile showcase of work that relates to ecology in a decidedly contemporary fashion.

The exhibition, a collaborative initiative of Burlington City Arts and Shelburne Farms, is now in its fifth year; it’s open at both sites briefly. (The show at the Shelburne Farms’ Coach Barn closes on October 29, while that at BCA closes in January.)

“Of Land & Local” was initially conceived by former BCA curator DJ Hellerman as a fusion of Vermont’s celebrated environmental and agricultural economies with its perhaps less celebrated cultural scene. Indeed, when BCA launched the very first show in 2013, it benefited from a marketing partnership with the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing.

This year’s iteration is part two of a two-part “Watershed” theme. With Heather Ferrell now at BCA’s curatorial helm (aided by outgoing assistant curator Ashley Jimenez), what stands out most is the influx of works that have no immediate connection to the state. Five of the show’s 16 artists are based elsewhere, mostly in New England, and only one of these, Brooklyn-based Lynn Sullivan, has created a site-responsive work.

Here in the heart of fierce state pride, whether “new blood” appeals or repels is up to the individual viewer. Whatever your bias, this tweak in exhibition parameters undeniably moves the premise of the show from “water in Vermont” toward “water,” in Vermont.

Sullivan’s breathtaking installation “Slip, Shift or Spill,” at the Coach Barn, exemplifies another trend in the show: water serving as a proxy for ecology at large. Sullivan has suspended eight panels of white Tyvek from the center of the ceiling in the barn’s adjoining carriage house. She has cut the outline of a particular species of tree from each;

provides a fitting context for the debut of “Unlawning America: A Call to Inaction,” the latest cause espoused by his Society for a Re-Natural Environment. At both sites, Collier has borrowed from science fair and academic conference aesthetics to mount multimedia installations that explain the environmental benefits of abandoning lawn care: namely, conserv-

WHAT STANDS OUT MOST IS THE INFLUX OF WORKS THAT HAVE NO IMMEDIATE CONNECTION TO THE STATE. these tree shapes, barely attached at the bottom of the Tyvek sheets, spill across the barn’s cobblestone floor on alternating sides. The effect is ghostly, conjuring death, portals and questions about roots.

Saint Michael’s College assistant professor Brian Collier is another artist whose work extrapolates the concept of “nature” from water. “Of Land & Local”

ing energy and fostering biodiversity and pollinator-friendly environments.

Among Collier’s plant specimens and educational texts is a simple and oddly captivating split-screen video.

On one side, the camera focuses on the tranquil movements of a butterfly on a stalk of milkweed, or on Queen Anne’s lace swaying in the wind. On the other, a

“Slip, Shift or Spill” by Lynn Sullivan

regular Joe in shorts operates a massive lawn mower, mowing pass after pass.

Which is prettier?

In the same vein of explicit activism are images from Standing Rock Indian Reservation taken by Dummerstonbased photographer and Marlboro College professor John Willis. Part of his larger “Mni Wiconi, Water Protectors” series, he took these photographs in multiple visits to the South Dakota Oceti Sakowin water protector camp during last winter’s Sioux-led protest movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Photography is further represented

by Don Ross, James Scheuren and Mary Zompetti. Ross’ crystalline, painterly landscapes interrogate the quarry as a sublime scene of human intervention. The pools of stagnant water at the bottom of these quarries serve to mirror the rock planes downward to infinity. A newcomer to Burlington, Scheuren took the city waterfront as the subject of his series “Everyone Whispers Under the Stars,” a mixture of portraiture and abstracted lake- and mountainscapes.

Zompetti’s “The Lasting Memory of Water” takes a more experimental and cosmic approach. This grid of digital prints features 18 images that Zompetti made by placing water and various specimens from Lake Champlain on 4-by-5-inch negatives. The diversity of forms that she captures negates any notion of water as a given. By engaging with alternative photographic processes and emulating scientific specificity, Zompetti evokes the element’s mystical properties. She accompanies the work with her “Field Notes,” a booklet cataloging each object photographed, the

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exposure time (anywhere from one hour to 19 days) and the type of camera used.

Other exhibition highlights include works by Hope Ginsburg, Georgie Friedman, Elliott Katz, Nancy Winship Milliken and Naoe Suzuki. Both Virginia-based Ginsburg and Bostonbased Friedman exhibit large-scale video installations. Ginsburg’s “Land Dive Team: Bay of Fundy” occupies the entire second-floor gallery of the BCA Center, while Friedman’s “Sea Like a Mirror” projects crashing, splashing water onto the City Hall Park-facing side of the building from 5 to 11 p.m. nightly.

Out at the Coach Barn, Katz has constructed “Protection From the Wind,” a striking site-specific installation drawn from the Japanese tradition of byōbu, or decorative screens often adorned with representational paintings. This one is made of lengths of donated saffroncolored fabric stretched over wooden frames. A rectangular hole in each panel provides a uniquely framed view of Shelburne Farms’ stunning waterfront.

Shelburne-based Milliken’s “Intensive Rotational Grazing” is likely to be one of the exhibition’s most divisive works. Composed of seven floor-toceiling canvas panels, the work displays the muddy hoofprints of cows in transit at Shelburne’s Bread & Butter Farm. If you can stomach the exhibition label that refers to mud as “earth pigment” and describes the “collaborative process between farmer and bovine,” then you may appreciate how the panels capture

“The Lasting Memory of Water” by Mary Zompetti

the traces of a distinctively Vermont process while referencing the slick urban aggression of abstract expressionism.

Massachusetts-based Suzuki’s “Flow” brings a touch of interactivity to the exhibition. Guests are invited to use an on-site typewriter to describe their relationship to water. In exchange for their contribution, they are invited to remove someone else’s from the wall.

Some artists, Suzuki among them, have works displayed at both the BCA Center and the Coach Barn. Particularly in cases of comparable works, such as Willis’ photographs and Collier’s installations, this arrangement can be a bit disorienting; it’s unclear whether the sites are meant to be in dialogue with, or rough approximations of, each other.

As in previous years, “Of Land & Local” seems to vacillate among being a call to action, a collection of earthy meditations and a sort of general BCA missive on ecologically themed art in Vermont. It’s no small feat to organize a cohesive show around topics as broad as water and the watershed environmental circumstances in which we find ourselves today. Here, though, a diversity of works that is meant to feel expansive can get a little murky. !

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INFO From the "Mni Wiconi, Water Protectors" series by John Willis

‘THE ART SHOW’: Artists are invited to enter one work, in any size and medium, to this community-sourced exhibition and competition. Works must be dropped off on Friday, November 3, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. First Friday visitors will vote on a People’s Choice award; winner will receive half of entry proceeds. Works will remain on view through November 24. RL Photo, Burlington, Through November 3. $10. Info, clarkderbes@gmail.com.

CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS HOLIDAY MARKET: The Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph invites craft artists, fine artists and producers of specialty food items to submit work for consideration for the annual marketplace, November 17 through December 24. Complete application at chandlergallery.weebly.com.

Deadline: October 27. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph. Info, 355-5557.

‘JEEZUM CROW, IT’S NOVEMBER!’: Lyndonville Downtown Art Revitalization Team invites all artists, sculptors and makers in all mediums to create work focusing on our entry into the transitional month of November. Work could include our unofficial state bird, the Jeezum Crow, as well. Art will be exhibited all month in various locations throughout the village of Lyndon, with an Art Walk brochure indicating exhibit locations. For details and to submit, email melmelts@yahoo.com. Deadline: October 27.

MEMBERS’ ART SHOW: Helen Day Art Center is accepting entries for its Members’ Art Show, on view through December. This exhibition is inclusive of all current Helen Day members. Call or visit helenday. com to learn about membership and submission guidelines. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. October 30-November 11. By donation. Info, 253-8358.

MONKEY HOUSE HOLIDAY POP-UP SHOP: Artisan vendors are invited to apply to participate in this fifth annual happy-hour

‘PLEASED TO MEET YOU!’: This 2018 show will bring to life fantastical, imaginative creatures and beings of the nonhuman variety, whether based on folklore, ancient myths, wild imagination or a memorable dream. Any medium welcome. Deadline: February 2, 2018. For more info and submission guidelines, see studioplacearts. com. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

RIVER ARTS PHOTO CO-OP PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST: Welcoming photography submissions from all photo enthusiasts involved with the River Arts Photo Co-op. Contest participants must attend at least one Photo Co-op meeting to qualify. Each photographer may enter up to three digital photographs. For details and to submit, visit riverartsvt.org. Deadline: December 17. River Arts, Morrisville.

Info, 888-1261.

SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS: Vermont students in grades seven through 12 are invited to submit art and writing entries to this prestigious national recognition initiative for teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent. For details, visit brattleboromuseum. org or email sarah@brattleboromuseum.org. Deadline: December 14.

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

VERMONT DANCE ALLIANCE TEE: Artists are invited to design a new T-shirt for the Vermont Dance Alliance, inspired by the motto “Bringing Dance to Life!” To submit, email your full name and design to info@vermontdance.org. Deadline: November 13.

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CITY HALL PARK INTEGRATED PUBLIC ART PROJECT: Burlington City Arts is issuing a Request for Qualifications from artists or artist teams to join the project design team to integrate art and narrative into the stormwater and green infrastructure systems within City Hall Park. Find the full RFQ at burlingtoncityarts.org. Deadline: November 10. Info, skatz@burlingtoncityarts.org.

ISLAND ARTS GALLERY: Inviting artists interested in showing works at the community gallery to submit materials. Applications must include an artist statement and/or biography, medium, and up to five high-quality digital images. Accepted artists will receive a monthlong exhibition in 2018. Interested artists should email maryjomccarthy@gmail.com. Deadline: October 31. Island Arts Gallery, North Hero.

ONE TAYLOR STREET REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT: The City of Montpelier is seeking proposals from a Vermont artist or team of artists for a major public art installation. Elements of Montpelier’s history and ethos should be key inspirations for the work. To view the request for proposals, visit montpelier-vt.org. Deadline: November 1. Montpelier City Hall. Info, kcasey@montpelier-vt.org.

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‘TELL ME’: There are currently 6,909 living languages. What do the connected sounds and symbols of words suggest for the visual arts? Artists are invited to submit proposals for diverse languages and letterforms (real or invented), new communication technologies, and more for a Tower of Babel. Deadline: April 6, 2018. For details, see studioplacearts.com. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 479-7069.

‘GOLDEN’: Submissions relating to aging, broadly conceived, are invited for a January exhibition.Traditional and nontraditional media, 2D and 3D works, and small installations are welcome. Deadline: December 9. For details and to submit, see studioplacearts.com.

Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members; $10 for nonmembers.

Info, 479-7069.

marketplace. To apply, email amywild15@gmail.com. Deadline: November 3. Monkey House, Winooski. $25.

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THE BURLINGTON BEAT: The Burlington Beat invites submissions for its second online issue, including art, poetry, prose and more. The first issue and submission guidelines can be found at burlingtonbeat.com. Deadline: October 25. Info, theburlingtonbeat@ gmail.com.

FESTIVAL OF TREES AND LIGHT: TREE DECORATION PROPOSALS: Artists, artisans and master crafters are invited to submit a tree-decorating proposal for this annual holiday event. To submit, send a proposal including sketches or examples of work to Amanda at gallery@helenday.com. Deadline: October 27. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe.

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TASTE OF ART: A unique tasting experience celebrating the local themes of the exhibition “Of Land & Local” — featuring local wine, cider and beer, cheeses, food, and chocolates — is a fundraiser for the Burlington City Arts Educational Fund. BCA Center, Burlington, Thursday, October 26, 6-9 p.m. $50. Info, 865-7166.

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‘FRAME, FOCUS, CLICK’: Photographs by participants of VSA Vermont’s course in digital photography, taught by Alexandra Turner in the spring of 2017. November 1-30. Info, 238-5170.

Penny Cluse Café in Burlington.

TRICK OR TREAT & HILARY ANN LOVE GLASS TRUNK SHOW: The local artist offers for sale realistic pen-and-ink illustration, prints, and etchings that depict real and imagined creatures.

Birdfolk Collective, Winooski, Saturday, October 28, 4-8 p.m. Info, 497-0582.

! ‘MAPPING EXPERIENCE’: Art Shape Mammoth presents this group exhibition featuring nine artists who consider self-exploration and the documentation of experience through manipulating materials. Reception: Thursday, October 26, 5-7 p.m. October 26-November 26. Info, 656-4200.

University of Vermont Living/Learning Center in Burlington.

WILLISTON COMMUNITY PEACE PROJECT ART UNVEILING: Art created by community members that shows what brings them peace. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, Wednesday, October 25, 6-7:30 p.m. Info, 878-4918.

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! ‘NEW AMERICAN REALISM’: Paintings by Heidi

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Broner and August Burns. Reception: Thursday, November 2, 5-7 p.m. October 31-December 22. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

25TH ANNUAL SOUTH END ART HOP ORIGINAL JURIED WINNERS CIRCLE SHOW: Works by winners of the South End Art Hop juried show, selected by New York gallerist Asya Geisberg: Jeffrey Robbins, Eleanor Lanahan and Teresa Celemin, with people’s choice winner Patrick Krok Horton. Through November 30.

Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

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! CINDY GRIFFITH: “Magic in the Landscape,” paintings by the Vermont artist. ! LIZ NELSON: “ĺsland í Maí: Iceland in May,” paintings inspired by the country’s raw and dramatic landscape.

Reception: Thursday, October 26, 5-7 p.m. October 26-December 29. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

ART HOP GROUP SHOW: An exhibition of works by more than 35 area artists. Through November 30.

Info, 859-9222. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

BILLYBOB: Works by the art team consisting of William Coil and Robert Green. Through October 31.

Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

! ‘ONE HUNDRED SOMETHINGS’: An exhibition

of 100 small drawings, photographs and digital works created by 34 Lyndon State College students.

Reception: Thursday, November 9, 4-6 p.m. October 27-November 17. Info, 635-1481. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College.

CORRINA THURSTON: “Animals in Colored Pencil,” more than 30 works by the wildlife artist Corrina Thurston. Through October 26. Info, 383-1505. New Moon Café in Burlington.

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DANA TALMO & GRACE WILSON: An exhibition of works by the local artists. Through October 31.

Info, 865-6223. Cavendish Gallery & Collective in Burlington.

! PAUL BOWEN: “Bridge Wharf Raft” the first

solo exhibition of works in wood by the Vermont sculptor. Reception: Saturday, October 28, 5-7 p.m.

October 25-December 2. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery Vergennes.

‘DARK MATTER’: Annual exhibition featuring works relating to the unseen, the existential and the dark, juried by Christy Mitchell. Through October 28. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

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! PAUL BOWEN IN ROCHESTER: See above listing.

Closing reception: Saturday, December 2, 5-7 p.m.

October 25-December 2. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

ART EVENTS 60-PLUS ART GROUP: A free meet-up for folks 60 or older who’d like to be creative and make art in a social environment. River Arts, Morrisville, Thursday, October 26, 10 a.m.-noon. Info, 888-1261.

ARTIST TALK: JOHNNY SWING: The artist, metalworker and furniture designer discusses his work and process. Chaplin Hall Gallery, Northfield, Friday, October 27, 4 p.m. Info, 485-2886.

ARTIST TALK: SUSAN OSGOOD: The artist speaks about her work in conjunction with “Mapping the Unknown.” Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, Saturday, October 28, 5 p.m. Info, 251-8290.

BLUEBIRD FAIRIES: Emily Anderson offers readings using her singular oracle deck, as well as cards and other artworks. ArtsRiot, Burlington, Friday, October 27, 5-10 p.m. Info, emily@bluebirdfairies.com.

HI TIGER: ‘SHE FEARED NOTHING’: Overnight Projects hosts the Portland, Maine-based art collective for a one-and-a-half-hour performance inspired by science fiction, 1990s advertising, queer culture, brown skin, blond tips and contemporary production trends in popular music. KeyBank, Winooski, Friday, October 27, 6-9 p.m. Info, abbey@ overnightprojects.com.

‘LOST AND FOUND’: An “art treasure hunt” instigated

by Vermont artist DJ Barry, in which he places stenciled woodcuts in various locations, free to those who find them in exchange for paying it forward. Find

25th Annual South End Art Hop Original Juried Winners Circle Show As the exhibition’s rather clunky title indicates, this show at the SEABA Center in Burlington features the prize-

winning works selected by juror Asya Geisberg during this year’s Art Hop. The New York gallerist was charged with jurying submissions from local artists and welcoming three into the winner’s circle. “Cellar Dwellers” (pictured) by Jeffrey Robbins won first prize, “Captain’s Workshop” by Eleanor Lanahan won second and “Onward” by Teresa Celemin came in third. Robbins’ drippy, trippy cartoonish watercolor — which emanates a force much larger than its 15-by-22-inch dimensions — is reminiscent of works by renegade pop artist Peter Saul. Through November 30. the artist on Facebook for clues. Various locations statewide, Wednesdays, October 25 and November 1.

Info, djbarryart@gmail.com.

TALK: ‘A STORY OF ART: GIFTS AND BEQUESTS FROM CHARLES MOFFETT ‘67 AND LUCINDA HERRICK’: Carrie Anderson, assistant professor and exhibition curator, speaks about the works on view, accompanied by students who helped to organize the show. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Friday, October 27, 12:30 p.m. Info, 443-3168.

TALK: ‘UNLAWNING AMERICA: A CALL TO INACTION’: In conjunction with “Of Land & Local: Watershed,” artist Brian Collier discusses his

project demonstrating the positive environmental impact on water, soil and wildlife when lawns are allowed to grow with little or no maintenance. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, Wednesday, October 25, 6 p.m. Info, 865-7166.

TALK: ‘WHY DO THE GODS LET THIS HAPPEN? VODOU IN THE 21ST CENTURY’: Donald J. Cosentino, professor emeritus of world arts and cultures at the University of California-Los Angeles, discusses how Haitian Vodou has been impacted by adversity. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, October 25, 6 p.m. Info, 656-0750.

FALL EXHIBIT: ONE Arts and ArtShape Mammoth present works in a range of disciplines by Ann Barlow, Wendy Copp, Barbee Hauzinger, Winnie Looby, Lyna Lou Nordstrom and Ted Wimpey.

Through October 31. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington.

‘HERBERT BARNETT: VERMONT LIFE AND LANDSCAPE, 1940-1948’: An exhibition that reexamines the contribution of this midcentury modernist painter through the subject matter and time period in which his distinctive style found its greatest expression: Vermont landscapes of the 1940s. Through December 15. ‘SPIRITED THINGS: SACRED ARTS OF THE BLACK ATLANTIC’: An exhibition featuring objects from the Yoruba religion of West Africa, as well as Haitian Vodou, Cuban Santería, Brazilian Candomblé and Caribbean Spiritism. These faiths emerged from the practices of enslaved Africans who blended their ancestral cultures with that of their captors. Through December 16. Info, 656-0750. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

INNOVATION PLAYGROUND EXHIBIT: An exhibit celebrating lifelong play and its role in sparking technological, social and artistic innovation in our community. Features giant blue blocks, virtual galaxies, a cardboard spaceship and a fully equipped maker space. In partnership with Champlain College Emergent Media Center and Generator.

Through January 15, 2018. Free with admission or ECHO membership. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

IVAN KLIPSTEIN: Original drawings of the Old North End, created for the artist book Emerald Moon Over Dirty Lake. Through October 31. Info, 863-8278.

Barrio Bakery in Burlington.

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LAUREN STORER: “The Magic of Cuba,” photographs taken in Cuba in March 2017 by the local photographer. Through November 26. Info, 503-7666. Black Horse Gallery in Burlington.

NORTHERN VERMONT ARTIST ASSOCIATION: An exhibition of works by association artist-members.

Through October 31. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington.

OASA DUVERNEY: Large-scale, dimensional graphite drawings by the Brooklyn-based artist.

Curated by artist and UVM associate professor Mildred Beltré Martínez. Through November 5. Info, 656-2014. Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

‘OFF THE WALL’: Works by more than 20 members of the Milton Artists Guild. Through October 31.

Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington.

! ‘PHISH IN THE NORTH COUNTRY’: An exhibition of posters and show flyers to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the WaterWheel Foundation, the charitable partnership of Phish and their fan community. Gallery talk with Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro: Saturday, November 4, 1-3 p.m. Through December 30. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington.

STEVE SHARON: Abstract paintings by the Vermont artist and musician. Through October 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee in Burlington.

UVM ALUMNI SHOW: Fifth annual showcase of works by former students. Through November 1.

Info, 656-3131. Livak Fireplace Lounge and Gallery, Dudley H. Davis Center, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

VIKTORIA STRECKER: “Inversion,” an evolving, site-specific installation made using a 3D pen by the Dusseldorf-based artist. Reception: Thursday, October 26, 5-7 p.m. Through November 4. Info, dheffern@champlain.edu. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington.

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‘BIRDING BY THE NUMBERS’: Twenty-four artworks by 23 area artists consider the relationship between ornithology and math. Through October 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington.

‘THE HISTORY OF RACING IN MILTON’: An exhibition about the town’s role as a Chittenden County stock-car-racing hot spot. Through October 31. Info, 363-2598. Milton Historical Society.

KATRA KINDAR: “The Inside Outcome,” watercolor paintings by the local artist. Through October 31. Info, 985-8922. Village Wine and Coffee in Shelburne.

CRAIG MOONEY: “Green Mountain State of Mind,” paintings of pastures, cities and seascapes.

Through December 29. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

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‘EXPLORERS OF NORWICH’: An exhibition exploring the lives of Norwich University alumni who shaped and changed the U.S. during the mid-19th and early 20th centuries. Through June 30, 2018. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield.

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‘FABRIC OF OUR LIVES’: An exhibition featuring a wide variety of textile art by regional artists.

Through November 21. Info, grangehallcc@gmail. com. Grange Hall, Berlin.

‘FREAKS, RADICALS & HIPPIES: COUNTERCULTURE IN 1970S VERMONT’: An exhibition that explores the influx of people and countercultural ideas to the state, from communes to organic agriculture, progressive politics to health care reform, alternative energy to women’s and gay rights. Through December 31. Info, 479-8500. Vermont Heritage Galleries in Barre.

INTEGRATED ARTS ACADEMY FAMILY PORTRAIT PROJECT: Portraits of IAA families taken by photographer Michelle Saffran, accompanied by stories written by students. Through December 1.

Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

JENNI BEE: Ink drawings and “fuzz monsters” by the local artist. Through October 31. Info, 229-9416.

Montpelier City Hall.

MARGE PULASKI & HELEN RABIN: Paintings and studies by the Vermont artists. Through November 3. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield.

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NICK NEDDO: “Primeval Pigments,” works created using primitive skills from tools and materials including fibers, furs, berries, beeswax, mud, sticks and stones. Through December 29. Info, 828-0749.

Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

NIKKI EDDY: Paintings by the Vermont artist.

Through November 15. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex.

RENÉ SCHALL: “New England Stone Portraits,” paintings of rocks by the Vermont artist. Through December 15. Info, 476-2131. Morse Block Deli in Barre.

‘SHOW 21’: The collective gallery showcases the latest works by its contemporary artist members, as well as drawing, printmaking and sculpture

by Alisa Dworsky. Through November 18. Info, 552-0877. The Front in Montpelier.

‘SKETCHES IN PERFECTION’: Paintings and sketches by Thomas Waterman Wood. Through October 27. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

STEVE SHARON: Vermont Contemporary Art Space presents large, abstract color paintings by the Burlington mixed-media artist and musician.

Through December 15. Info, 468-4888. Goddard Art Gallery, Pratt Center, Goddard College, in Plainfield.

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WENDY SOLIDAY: “As I Pass By,” pastel paintings by the East Montpelier artist. Through November 18. Info, 371-4100. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

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‘OF LAND & LOCAL: WATERSHED’ AT SHELBURNE FARMS: The fifth annual collaboration of the BCA Center and Shelburne Farms, featuring works by 16 new and returning artists who are continuing last year’s focus on watershed. Through October 29. Info, 865-7166. McClure Education Center, Shelburne Farms.

‘ROCK SOLID XVII’: An annual showcase of stone sculpture and assemblage by area artists. ATHENA PETRA TASIOPOULOS: “Amended,” stitched collages by the recipient of the 2016-17 SPA studio residency. MOLLY BOSLEY: “We’re All Fine Here,” contemporary papercut works. Through November 4. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

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‘PIECED TRADITIONS: JEAN LOVELL COLLECTS’: Historic bedcovers gathered by the Californiabased collector and longtime friend of the Shelburne Museum. Through October 31. ‘SWEET TOOTH: THE ART OF DESSERT’: An exploration of the American appetite for sweets and its impact on modern visual culture. Through February 18, 2018.

Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.

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‘IMPRESSIONS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN & BEYOND’: New paintings by Helen Nagel, Ken Russack, Athenia Schinto and Carolyn Walton. Through December 30. Info, 985-8223. Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne.

THOMAS WATERS: “Changing Seasons,” an exhibition of oil paintings inspired by the natural world. Through November 12. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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‘EL YUMA: CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART’: An exhibition of work by contemporary Cuban artists examining images, histories and fantasies about the United States. Curated by Sachie Hernández and A.D. Guerra. Through December 15. Info, 6542536. McCarthy Arts Center Gallery, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester.

PHIL HERBISON: Assemblages of wood created intuitively by the Stowe artist. Through January 28, 2018. Info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in Shelburne.

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abstract paintings of Richard Weis. Through October 28. Info, 287-8398. Feick Arts Center, Green Mountain College, in Poultney.

YVONNE STRAUSS: Whimsical folk paintings in acrylic and watercolor, inspired by the natural landscape and its woodland creatures. Through October 31. Info, 223-1981. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.

‘NETWORKS: THE CRACKERJACK ART OF CHUCK WELCH AND THE FE’MAIL’ CONSPIRACY’: Mail art contributed by Chuck “The Cracker Jack Kid” Welch and hundreds of artists from more than 20 countries, as organized by Tara “Sinclair Scripa” Verheide. Through November 8. Info, 504-358-3137.

Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University.

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‘ART OF THE SELFIE’: An exhibition featuring work

by Andy Warhol, Suzy Lake, Carrie Mae Weems, Marina Abramovic, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and emerging artists who explore the expression and transformation of self-images and identity. Curated

by Sarah McCutcheon Greiche. MICHAEL ROCCO RUGLIO-MISURELL: “Enough to Divide a Room,” a solo exhibition of recent sculptures and prints by the Berlin-based artist. Through November 11. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

NORMA JEAN ROLLET: “Portraits of the Vermont Landscape,” paintings by the Middlebury artist.

Through October 31. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

RICHARD WEIS: “The Figure,” drawings by the Vermont artist. Through December 15. Info, vtalleygallery@gmail.com. The Alley Gallery in Rutland.

SUSAN BULL RILEY: “Natural Affection,” paintings inspired by Vermont’s natural landscape. Through October 28. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

‘LAND & LIGHT & WATER & AIR’: Annual juried exhibition featuring more than 100 landscape paintings by New England artists. Through November 5. ‘LEGACY COLLECTION 2017’: Works by 19 living and 14 deceased artists whose art continues the legacy of Alden and Mary Bryan.

Through December 23. DENNIS SHEEHAN: A solo exhibition of more than 20 of the artist’s landscape paintings. Through November 5. Info, 644-5100.

Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

champlain islands/northwest MIMI MAGYAR: Hand-created graphic artwork by the Vermont artist. Through December 31. Info, 326-3269. The Black Lantern Inn & Brewpub in Montgomery.

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‘VERMONT LANDSCAPES’: A group exhibition featuring 38 paintings by 18 artists, curated by Bryan Memorial Gallery. Through December 30.

Info, 644-5100. Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park.

HOOKED FIBER ARTS: Hand-hooked rugs designed by regional fiber artists, showcasing a contemporary approach to a traditional American craft. Through November 27. Info, 333-9607.

Pompanoosuc Mills Showroom in East Thetford.

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JOHNNY SWING: Works by the internationally recognized artist and designer. Through October 27. Info, 485-2886. Chaplin Hall Gallery, Norwich University.

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MARTIN BROMIRSKI: Paintings by the Vermont artist. Through November 17. Info, 241-2400. Pete’s Greens Waterbury Farm Market in Waterbury Center.

‘WAXING ARTISTIC: ENCAUSTIC AND COLD WAX

BY THREE ARTISTS’: Works utilizing wax by Alice Cheney, Kate Fetherston and Kathy Stark, demonstrating three different approaches to the medium. Through October 27. MICHELLE SAFFRAN: “Anonymity of In-Between: Body, Place and Time,” photo-based installation works. Through November 11. Info, msaffran@gmavt.net. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

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her own photographs with family snapshots, creating a nostalgic environment about

‘THE ART OF WORD’: Mixed media, collage, installation and paintings by six Bristol artists: Rachel Baird, Reagh Greenleaf Jr., Lily Hinrichsen, Basha Miles, Annie Perkins and Karla Van Vliet.

Through November 30. Info, kvanvlie@middlebury. edu. ARTSight Studios & Galleries in Bristol.

‘BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN’: An exhibition of three Vermont artists who use live natural materials in their works: Krista Cheney, Aurora Davidson and Susan Goldstein. Through November 12. Info, 338-6607. Art on Main in Bristol.

‘DRAW ME A STORY, TELL ME A TALE’: Paintings, illustrations, photographs and completed books by 18 contemporary Vermont children’s book authors and artists. Through January 13, 2018.

Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

ETHAN HUBBARD: “Driving the Back Roads: In Search of Old-Time Vermonters,” a retrospective of the photographer’s work in Vermont. Through January 6, 2018. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

! GWEN MARSTON: “Rose & Pomegranate,”

quilts by the celebrated artist, author and teacher.

Reception: Friday, October 27, 5-8 p.m. Through November 26. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

‘A STORY OF ART’: GIFTS AND BEQUESTS FROM CHARLES MOFFETT ’67 AND LUCINDA HERRICK: Organized by assistant professor of art history Carrie Anderson and her students, this eclectic selection of drawings, photographs, paintings and sculpture tells a story of artistic production from its conception to its afterlife. ‘LAND & LENS:

“Anonymity of In-Between: Body, Place and

Time,” at Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury, is the Vermont artist’s first-ever installation. Here, Saffran expands upon her practice of combining and reworking home, memory and movement through time. Saffran writes, “Standing on the threshold between reimagination and materiality, the installation … speaks to the dislocation of self that happens when the place of memory clashes with the memory of place.” Through November 11. Pictured: installation detail.

PHOTOGRAPHERS ENVISION THE ENVIRONMENT’: A comprehensive survey of photographs drawn primarily from the museum’s collection, featuring some 70 images that address environmental appreciation, concern or activism. Through December 10. Info, 443-3168. Middlebury College Museum of Art.

‘YOURS IN THE CAUSE: FACES OF RADICAL ABOLITION’: Rarely seen historic photographs depicting 14 pre-Civil War-era abolitionists, chosen for their ties to the Robinson family as documented in letters, account books and broadsides, which are also on view. Through October 29. Info, 877-3406.

Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.

LYN DUMOULIN: “Places of the Heart,” watercolors by the Middlebury artist that reflect her passion for nature and outdoor activities. Through November 12. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

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‘THE SOVIET CENTURY: 100 YEARS OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION’: Highlights from the museum’s holdings of Russian art, including photographs, luxury items by Fabergé and a recently acquired Soviet poster. Through December 10. Info, 443-5258. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

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FACULTY EXHIBIT: Pottery, photography, paintings, prints and more by Jennifer Baker, Kevin Bubriski, Valerie Carrigan, Christine Schultz and Karen Swyler. Through October 28. Info, 287-8398. Feick Arts Center in Poultney.

JOAN CURTIS: “Living With the Earth,” three collections of paintings by the Brandon artist.

Through October 31. Info, galleries@castleton.edu.

Rutland City Hall.

KERRY FURLANI & RICHARD WEIS: Sculpture and slate carvings by Kerry O. Fulani and figurative

ART LISTINGS AND SPOTLIGHTS ARE WRITTEN BY RACHEL ELIZABETH JONES. LISTINGS ARE RESTRICTED TO ART SHOWS IN TRULY PUBLIC PLACES.

LANDARTLAB 2017: An exhibition of site-specific work by Mary Admasian, Ethan Ames, Barbara Bartlett, Brenna Colt, Charlet Davenport, Nera Granott Fox, Susie Gray, Rachel Gross, Margaret Jacobs, Marek Jacism, Jay Mead, Mary Mead, Murray Ngoima, Tracy Penfield, Otto Pierce, Cristina Salusti and Jeffrey Simpson. Curated by Jay Mead and Meg Brazill, this is an extension of SculptureFest; both sites connected by a walking trail. Children are welcome. Pets must be on a leash. Through October 31. Info, 457-4552. King Farm in Woodstock.

‘THE LIGHT AROUND US’: An interactive, educational exhibition exploring the physics of light and how we see it. Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich. Through May 2, 2018. Free with museum admission. Info, 649-2200.

LOIS MASOR BEATTY & MAUREEN O’CONNOR BURGESS: Prints by the local artists. Through November 30. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

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‘BELLS & WHISTLES’: An exhibition exploring the myriad forms and associations connected to these ordinary objects. Through May 1, 2018. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

‘BORDERLINES’: Four Northeast Kingdom artists reflect on gender, culture, politics and the environment: mixed-media collages by Vanessa Compton, acrylic paintings by Chuck Trotsky, illustrated books

by Anna Weisenfeld and sculptural installations by Gampo Wickenheiser. Through November 26. Info, 533-9097. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro.

‘BOREAL FEAST’: A group exhibition of paintings, collages, photographs, sculptures, textiles and more that examine the fantastic and highlight the beauty of northern forests. Through October 31. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro.

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ART SHOWS

CECELIA KANE: “A Year of Forgetting,� a selection of new paintings mapping a year of daily mental lapses. Through December 1. Info, 592-3216.

Peacham Town Library.

BARBARA ACKERMAN: “Personal Geography,� new mixed-media works by the Bennington artist.

Through November 28. Info, 447-6388. Southern Vermont College in Bennington.

STEVE MALSHUK: “The People of Chhattisgarh, India’s Crown Jewels� documentary photographs by the Newport native. Through November 4. Info, 3341966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

‘GRANDMA MOSES: AMERICAN MODERN’: An exhibition that reconsiders the work and legacy of Anna Mary Robertson “Grandmaâ€? Moses within the framework of the artist’s contemporaries and cultural milieu. Through November 5. ‘PHOTOGRAPHS BY LAURA GILPIN AND HER CIRCLE: GERTRUDE KĂ„SEBIER, CLARENCE H. WHITE, AND CLARA SIPPRELL’: Early 20th-century photographs by the noted photographer and her friends and acquaintances. Through December 30.

Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

W. DAVID POWELL: “Curiosities of History and Science in the Old World and New,� collages, digital prints, tapestries, paintings and assemblages by the Underhill artist and professor. Through November 18. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

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‘HOPE AND HAZARD: A COMEDY OF EROS’: A group exhibition curated by American artist Eric Fischl featuring some 65 artists and more than 80 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures.

Artists include Tracy Emin, Nicole Eisenman, Yves Klein, Jeff Koons, Robert Mapplethorpe, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Jason Rhoades, Hannah Wilke and many more. ‘READY. FIRE! AIM.’ AT HALL ART FOUNDATION: Joint exhibition curated by former BCA curator DJ Hellerman, inspired by Andy and Christine Hall’s art-collecting philosophy. DAVID SHRIGLEY: A solo exhibition of roughly 25 works by the British artist, including drawings, animations, paintings and sculpture. Through November 26.

Info, 952-1056. Hall Art Foundation in Reading.

! COMMUNITY ART SHOW: An exhibition of works in diverse mediums by local artists.

Reception: Thursday, October 26, 5:30-7 p.m.

Through November 19. Info, info@mainstreetarts. org. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River.

TERRY JOHN WOODS: “Line of Horizon,� works by the designer and author of New Farmhouse Style, Summer House and Farmhouse Modern. Through October 31. Info, 875-8900. DaVallia at 39 North in Chester.

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AL HIRSCHFELD: A selection of drawings and prints by the late artist and pop-culture caricaturist. Through October 31. Info, 362-7200. Art Manchester.

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AUTUMN EXHIBIT: Artworks by South Royalton School students. Through November 8. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton. ‘FROM GREEN TO FALL’: The Clara Martin Center’s second annual art and poetry show celebrating creativity in mental health, wellness and recovery.

Through November 5. Info, 728-9878. Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph.

JOHN F. PARKER: Sculptural assemblage works by the veteran designer and homebuilder. Through December 31. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery @ BALE in South Royalton.

MEGAN MURPHY: “In the Garden,� paintings in watercolor and mixed media. Through October 31.

Info, 685-2188. Chelsea Public Library.

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KIRA’S GARDEN: An outdoor juried exhibition of sculpture. Through August 23, 2018. MARY HART: “Hours,� an exhibition of works by the Portland, Maine, artist. Through November 10. ROBYN WHITNEY FAIRCLOUGH: Recent floral paintings by the Vermont artist. Through November 10. VIVIEN RUSSE: “Lumen,� paintings by the Portland, Maine, artist. Through November 10. Info, 603-448-3117.

AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. ‘LA BALADE POUR LA PAIX: AN OPEN-AIR MUSEUM’: An outdoor public exhibition featuring 67 “stations� along rue Sherbrooke with sculpture and photographs by international world-class artists. Through October 29. Info, 514-285-2000.

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‘MNEMOSYNE’: An exhibition pairing ancient and modern European works with contemporary art by Canadian artists. Through May 20, 2018. MERYL MCMASTER: “In-Between Worlds,â€? photographic self-portraits that explore the combination and transmutation of bicultural identities and cultural histories. Through December 3. Info, 514-2852000. MontrĂŠal Museum of Fine Arts. ‘RESONANT SPACES: SOUND ART AT DARTMOUTH’: Seven sound commissions by internationally recognized artists Terry Adkins, Bill Fontana, Christine Sun Kim, Jacob Kirkegaard, Alvin Lucier, Laura Maes, Jess Rowland and Julianne Swartz. Through December 10. Info, 603-646-3661. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. ‘VISUAL SWAY: POLITICAL ART FROM THE COLLECTION AT PLATTSBURGH STATE ART MUSEUM’: An exhibition exploring the intersection of art and politics guest-curated by Jason Miller. Through November 3. Info, 518-564-2474.

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‘IN-SIGHT EXPOSED’: An exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of this program, featuring images by In-Sight students curated by Rachel Portesi. Through January 8, 2018. ‘TOUCHSTONES, TOTEMS, TALISMANS: ANIMALS IN CONTEMPORARY ART’: An exhibition exploring the deep connections humans have with animals, both domestic and wild, with works by Walton Ford, Bharti Kher, Colleen Kiely, Stephen Petegorsky, Shelley Reed, Jane Rosen, Michal Rovner, Rick Shaefer and Andy Warhol. Through February 11, 2018. ‘YOUR SPACE: FLIGHTS OF FANCY’: Images of iconic artworks inspired by birds, from Leonardo’s sketches of flying machines to Ai Wei Wei’s design for the Olympic stadium in Beijing, assembled by education curator Linda Whelihan. Through February 11, 2018. ANILA QUAYYUM AGHA: “Shimmering Mirage,� a sculptural light installation inspired by Islamic architecture. Through March 10, 2018. ROGER SANDES: “Constellations,� a new series of kaleidoscopic works featuring the artist’s colorful, patterned paintings surrounded by secondary manipulations of these originals. Through January 8, 2018. Info, 257-0124.

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

NORTH BENNINGTON OUTDOOR SCULPTURE SHOW: The 20th annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, featuring works by more than 30 area artists.

Through October 29. Info, 442-5549. Vermont Arts Exchange at Sage Street Mill in North Bennington.

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boney old guy in sagging drawers, cowboy boots and a hat watering a cactus plant. Not a classically dramatic image for a movie poster. But then, the old guy happens to be Harry Dean Stanton. And the movie was conceived by friends as a vehicle for celebrating the iconic actor. All things considered, the graphic is picture-perfect.

Stanton was 89 when he shot Lucky and died at 91, a couple of weeks before it hit theaters. Few actors, however great, get a sendoff as funny, touching and loving as this one.

It’s clear in every frame that the star realized what a gift he’d been given.

The directorial debut of actor John Carroll Lynch (Fargo), the picture does a lot with a little. As Stanton’s buddy Charles Bukowski was fond of saying, “Genius may be the ability to say a complicated thing in a simple way.” Collaborating with their subject, allowing him to weave details from his life into their script, screenwriters Drago Sumonja and Logan Sparks come stunningly close to meeting that standard.

Lucky opens with shots of the Arizona desert; not long after, it follows the title character as he traverses the terrain on one of his daily pilgrimages into town. This, of course, is a reference to the opening scene of

Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas (1984), in which Stanton gave the performance of which he claimed to be most proud. Instead of a hawk, we glimpse a tortoise shuffling through the brush. Its name is President Roosevelt. More on that shortly.

Lucky lives a life defined by simple routine: coffee and a crossword at the diner, TV in the afternoon, then Bloody Marias at Elaine’s after dark. The barflies include the owner (Beth Grant), her husband, Paulie (James Darren), and the dapper Howard, played with obvious affection by David Lynch. The talk leapfrogs among philosophy, religion and the distressing disappearance of Howard’s pet tortoise and lifemate. “He affected me!”

Over 88 minutes, the cycle repeats, with several standout moments. After a fall, Lucky visits his doctor (Ed Begley Jr.), who advises him not to quit smoking. He declares Lucky a “scientific anomaly” endowed with the rare opportunity to live as long as he has and remain cogent enough to “witness what you’re going through, examine it ... and accept it.”

Tom Skerritt reunites with his Alien castmate as a vet who swaps stories one morning in the diner. Lucky tells a few about his days in the Navy (all true). Skerritt appears convincingly haunted as his character recalls

FOND FAREWELL The directorial debut of actor John Carroll Lynch offers a tender send-off for one of the greatest who ever lived.

landing on Okinawa and watching the Japanese throw their children off cliffs to save them from mistreatment by the marines.

When Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described the five stages of dying, she left out a big one: listening to Johnny Cash in the middle of the night. The director is not so careless. A scene in which “I See a Darkness” plays as Lucky ponders the future says it all.

This is a wistful, wise and fearless film.

The writing is remarkable, each performance a compact marvel. Tim Suhrstedt’s lensing elevates the ragged landscape to the

level of a character as weather-beaten as its star. Almost.

Stanton’s career spanned from Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man (1956) to Cool Hand Luke (1967) to “Big Love” (2010) to this year’s “Twin Peaks: The Return.” Without a minute to spare, the movie’s creators tailormade him the role of a lifetime. We who get to witness his final lead performance are the ones who should count ourselves lucky.

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t’s difficult to enjoy a disaster movie about extreme weather in the wake of a summer of extreme weather. Difficult, too, to enjoy a film premised on the reality of climate change without getting distracted by bitter thoughts about the current political climate. None of that is Geostorm’s fault. What is its fault is that it utterly fails in its one apparent aim: to provide a silly disaster-based diversion.

Dean Devlin, who wrote and produced Independence Day and Godzilla, makes his feature directorial debut with this tale of geoengineering gone wrong. Setting numerous scenes on the International Space Station, he and cowriter Paul Guyot seem to have hoped to combine the terrestrial destruction of ID4 with the vertiginous wonders of Gravity. Instead, they give us a meat-and-potatoes conspiracy thriller with predictable twists, stock characters and an all-too-parsimonious serving of catastrophe.

Geostorm takes place in the near future, when extreme weather has finally induced humanity to take climate action. Because this is a movie, that means encasing the Earth in a nifty-looking network of satellites that control the weather.

In the venerable disaster-movie tradition of hunky scientists, Gerard Butler plays hunky satellite designer Jake Lawson. Fired from the project for being too much of a maverick, he cedes command to his younger brother, Max (Jim Sturgess), a schmoozy State De-

WAVE OF DISCONTENT Rio falls prey to weather tampering in an over-the-top scene that is, sadly, not representative of Devlin’s dull disaster film.

partment official. But three years later, two satellites go on the fritz, zapping Afghanistan with a flash-freeze and turning Hong Kong into an inferno. Jake is sent to the ISS to find the problem, while Max and his Secret Service agent girlfriend (Abbie Cornish) begin to uncover a high-level conspiracy.

Could the malfunctions have something to do with the impending transfer of power over the satellites from the U.S. to an international committee? Such geopolitical questions take a back seat to far less compel-

ling personal ones: Will Jake return safely from space to hug his precocious daughter (Talitha Bateman)? Will the two brothers stop snarking on each other and bond long enough to save the planet?

Schmaltzy character arcs are disasterflick boilerplate, so we could forgive them if only Geostorm had more disasters. For better or worse, these movies exist to feed viewers’ appetites for grand-scale digital destruction: national monuments laid waste, whole continents in ruins.

But when it’s time for Devlin to bring the main course, he just keeps offering us amuse-bouches. One brief glimpse of tornados in Mumbai or beach babes freezing in Rio, and then we’re back to Washington, D.C., skulduggery or brotherly bickering.

The film keeps teasing us with global spectacle only to return us to scenes of people sneaking around offices or tensely videoconferencing. And it’s not smart enough to make any of that interesting.

Geostorm only had one job: to make us feel the gut-wrenching, existential terror of weaponized weather. That shouldn’t be hard; watching the Weather Channel is already a pretty scary experience. But the movie doesn’t present enough of the on-theground, facing-death perspective to fill us with dread. It doesn’t even have the saving grace of so many disaster movies: camp. The closest the script comes to self-awareness is a throwaway line that seems designed to explain why Butler and Sturgess keep flubbing their American accents.

What Geostorm does have is an anti-jingoist, pro-internationalist thrust that feels practically daring these days — at least until one takes into account the indispensability of international box office to Hollywood’s bottom line. Neither that nor anything else is a reason to weather this tempest of tedium.

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NEW IN THEATERS 9/11: Former Vermonter Martin Guigui directed this drama about five people trying to escape from an elevator in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. With Charlie Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Geena Gershon and Luis Guzmán. (90 min, R. Roxy) JIGSAW: The villain of the gruesome horror series has been dead for a decade, but someone appears to be carrying on his work in this belated sequel to Saw 3D: The Final Chapter. With Matt Passmore and Tobin Bell. Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers) directed. (91 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace)

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GEOSTORM 1/2 Humanity learns that using geoengineering satellites to combat climate change was not such a smart move in this disaster flick directed by Independence Day producer Dean Devlin. Abbie Cornish, Gerard Butler and Jim Sturgess star. (109 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 10/25) HAPPY DEATH DAY In this horror twist on Groundhog Day, a girl must relive the day of her murder until she figures out whodunit. Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard star. Christopher Landon (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse) directed. (96 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 10/18)

MARSHALL: Chadwick Boseman plays Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, in this biopic from director Reginald Hudlin (House Party). With Josh Gad, Kate Hudson and Sterling K. Brown. (118 min, PG-13. Roxy)

IT 1/2 Half of Stephen King’s horror novel, about a gang of misfit kids fighting a monster that takes on the likeness of a creepy clown, comes to the big screen. Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Bill Skarsgård star. Andy Muschietti (Mama) directed. (135 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 9/13)

PETER AND JOHN: Vermont’s Jay Craven wrote and directed this 2015 period drama based on Guy de Maupassant’s novel000 about two brothers who fall in love with the same woman. With Jacqueline Bisset, Christian Coulson and Diane Guererro. (110 min, NR. Savoy)

KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE In the sequel to the hit Bond-esque satire Kingsman: The Secret Service, the very British secret agents find themselves forced to ally with a parallel organization in the U.S. Taron Egerton and Colin Firth star.

Matthew Vaughn again directed. (141 min, R)

SUBURBICON: Matt Damon plays a family man who spirals into a criminal life after a home invasion in this satirical thriller directed by George Clooney and cowritten by Joel and Ethan Coen. With Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac. (104 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace)

THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE In the second spin-off of The LEGO Movie, a team of teen LEGO ninjas is tasked with defending their island from evil. With the voices of Dave Franco, Justin Theroux and Kumail Nanjiani. Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher and Bob Logan directed the family animation. (101 min, PG)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE: University of Vermont alum Jon Kilik produced this drama about Iraq War veterans reintegrating into civilian life, directed by American Sniper screenwriter Jason Hall. Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole and Amy Schumer star. (108 min, R. Essex, Majestic)

LUCKY The late, lamented Harry Dean Stanton played a 90-year-old atheist Navy veteran confronting his mortality in this indie drama from actor-turned-director John Carroll Lynch. With David Lynch and Ron Livingston. (88 min, NR; reviewed by R.K. 10/25)

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THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US 1/2 Two strangers (Idris Elba and Kate Winslet) stranded in the wilderness by a plane crash fight to survive in this drama from director Hany Abu Assad (The Idol). With Beau Bridges and Dermot Mulroney.

(103 min, PG-13)

THE FOREIGNER Jackie Chan plays a businessman who seeks help from a British government official (Pierce Brosnan) to bring to justice the terrorists who killed his daughter.

Martin Campbell (Green Lantern) directed the action thriller. (114 min, R)

MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE The Mane 6 must use the magic of friendship to save Ponyville in this family animation. With the voices of Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenoweth and Liev Schreiber.

Jayson Thiessen directed. (99 min, PG)

PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN 1/2 Psychologist and Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans) wasn’t content with just one wonder woman, suggests this biopic. With Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcote. Angela Robinson (Herbie Fully Loaded) wrote and directed. (108 min, R)

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ONLY THE BRAVE 1/2 Elite firefighters combat a wildfire in this biographical drama that sounds all too relevant to today’s headlines. Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and Jeff Bridges star. Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion) directed. (133 min, PG-13)

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BLADE RUNNER 2049 1/2 Ryan Gosling plays an LA cop tracking down a long-missing slayer of androids (Harrison Ford) in this sequel to the landmark 1982 sci-fi film. With Dave Bautista and Robin Wright. Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) directed. (163 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 10/11)

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MARK FELT: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE 1/2 Liam Neeson plays the whistleblower who helped precipitate the Watergate scandal under the moniker “Deep Throat” in this biopic from director Peter Landesman (Concussion). With Diane Lane and Martin Csokas. (103 min, PG-13)

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BATTLE OF THE SEXES Steve Carell and Emma Stone play Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in this comedy-drama about their historic 1973 tennis match. With Andrea Riseborough and Natalie Morales. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) directed. (121 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 10/11)

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

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wednesday 25 — thursday 26 Blade Runner 2049 Happy Death Day It Kingsman: The Golden Circle Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Victoria and Abdul

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THE SNOWMAN Detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) seeks a missing woman in this adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s crime novel, directed by Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). With Rebecca Ferguson and Chloë Sevigny. (119 min, R) STRONGER Jake Gyllenhaal plays Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, in this biographical drama directed by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express). With Tatiana Maslany and Miranda Richardson. (116 min, R) VICTORIA AND ABDUL This historical drama from director Stephen Frears (Philomena) traces the friendship between Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and a young Indian clerk (Ali Fazal). With Tim Pigott-Smith and Eddie Izzard. (112 min, PG)

NOW ON VIDEO ANNABELLE: CREATION The killer doll from The Conjuring film series gets a backstory in this period piece from director David F. Sandberg (Lights Out). (109 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 8/16)

THE EMOJI MOVIE 1/2 In this animation, an emoji struggles with his natural tendency to express a full range of emotions. Tony Leondis (Igor) directed. (86 min, PG)

AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER 1/2 A decade after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore returns in this documentary with an update on what we are and aren’t doing to fight the terrifying specter of climate change. (98 min, NR) PERSONAL SHOPPER Kristen Stewart plays a young woman in Paris trying to make contact with her deceased brother in this Palme d’Or-nominated thriller from director Olivier Assayas. (105 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 5/10) WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 1/2 Simian patriarch Caesar (Andy Serkis) must face his demons and confront the formidable Colonel (Woody Harrelson) to avenge his kind. Matt Reeves again directed. (140 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 7/19)

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“You never sing the same song twice,” said chanteuse Billie Holiday. “If you sing it with all the same phrasing and melody, you’re failing your art.” That’s an extreme statement, but I understand what she was driving at. Repeating yourself too much can be debilitating. That includes trying to draw inspiration from the same old sources that have worked in the past. I suggest you avoid this behavior in the coming days. Raise Holiday’s approach to a universal principle. Fresh sources of inspiration are available! Halloween costume suggestion: a persona or character unlike any you’ve ever imagined yourself to be.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Yes, We Have No Bananas” is a silly novelty song that became a big hit in 1923. Its absurdity led to its wide use for humorous effect. For example,

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the next two

weeks, you may have to navigate your way through careless gossip, distorted “facts,” superficial theories, hidden agendas, fake news and official disinformation. To prevent problems in communication with people who matter, take advantage of the Halloween spirit in this way: Obtain a bicycle helmet and cover it with aluminum foil. Decorate it with an Ace of Clubs, a red rose, images of wrathful but benevolent superheroes and a sign that says “No Bullshit Allowed.” By wearing this crown, you should remain protected. If that’s too weird for you, do the next best thing: Vow to speak the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and ask to receive the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Watch out for a fake pizza-delivery driver who’s actually trying to issue you a legal summons. Be careful you don’t glimpse a blood-red sky at dusk in case it’s a prophetic sign that your cellphone will fall into a toilet sometime soon. Beware of the possibility that a large bird carrying a turtle to its nest may accidentally drop its prey into a rain puddle near you, splashing mud on your fancy clothes. JUST KIDDING! All the scenarios I just described are stupid lies.

The truth is, this should be one of the most worry-free times ever. You’re welcome, of course, to dream up a host of scary fantasies if you find that entertaining, but I guarantee that they’ll be illusory. Halloween costume suggestion: an indomitable warrior.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What is the material object you want most but don’t have? This is

an object that would serve your soul’s highest purposes, although not necessarily your ego’s. Here’s another question: What evocative symbol might help keep you inspired to fulfill your dreams over the course of the next five years? I suggest that you choose one or both of those things to be the inspiration for your Halloween costume.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Did you get a chance to go to circus school when you were a kid? How about magic school? Or maybe detective school or time-travel school or superhero school? Probably none of the above, right? Much of your education revolved around what you had to learn rather than what would be fun to learn. I’m not saying it was bad that you were compelled to study subjects you felt ambivalent about. In the long run, it did you good. But now here’s some sweet news, Virgo: The next ten months will be a favorable time to get trainings and teachings in what you yearn to learn. Halloween costume suggestion: a student.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Now is an excellent phase in your cycle to scour bathrooms, scrub floors, shampoo carpets and wash windows. But the imminent future will be an even more favorable period to purify your motivations, tonify your emotions, purge your less-than-noble agendas, calm down your monkey mind and monkey heart, disinfect the moldy parts of your past, and fact-check the stories you tell about yourself. So which set of tasks should you focus on? It may be possible to make great strides on the second set as you carry out the first set. But if there’s not enough time and energy to do both, favor the second set. Halloween costume suggestion: a superhero who has wondrous cleaning powers — King Janitor or Queen Maid.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): How can

you enjoy the lavish thrills of rebirth later unless you die a little inside now? It’s the trickiest phase of your cycle, when your energies are best used to resolve and graduate from the unfinished business of the last ten months. I suggest that you put the past to rest as best as you can. Don your funniest sad face, and pay

your last respects to the old ways and old days you’ll soon be leaving behind. Keep in mind that beauty will ultimately emerge from decay.

Halloween costume suggestion: the mythical phoenix, which burns itself down, then resurrects itself from its own ashes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There are no such things as magic healings and miraculous redemptions and impossible breakthroughs. Right? Hard evidence provided by science precludes the existence of exotic help coming from spiritual realms. Right? Well, no. Not right. There is, in fact, another real world that overlaps the material world, and it operates according to different laws that are mostly imperceptible to our senses. But events in the other real world can have tangible effects in the material world. This is especially true for you right now. Take advantage!

Seek practical answers and solutions in your dreams, meditations, visions and numinous encounters. Halloween costume suggestion: white-magic sorcerer or good witch.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many years

from now, in your last hours on earth, you will have visions that show you how all the events in your life were crucial to your life story. You will understand the lesson that was provided by each twist and turn of your destiny. Every piece of the gigantic puzzle will slip into place, revealing the truth of what your mission has been. And during that future climax, you may remember right now as a time when you got a long glimpse of the totality. Halloween costume suggestion: the happiest person on Earth, the sovereign of all you survey, the wise fool who understands yourself completely.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You might be able to pass for normal, but it will be better for your relationship with yourself if you don’t. You could try to tamp down your unusual urges and smooth your rough edges, but it will be smarter to regard those urges and edges as fertile raw material for your future happiness. Catch my drift? In the coming weeks, your main loyalty should be to your idiosyncratic intelligence.

Halloween costume suggestion: the beautiful, interesting monster who lives in you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): I share Vincent Van Gogh’s belief that “the best way to know life is to love many things.” But I also think that the next twelve months will be an inspiring time for you to be focused and single-minded in your involvement with love. That’s why I encourage you to take an approach articulated by the Russian mystic Anne Sophie Swetchine: “To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.” Halloween costume suggestion: a lover celebrating a sacred union with the love of your life, with God or Goddess, or with a symbol of your most sublime ideal.

on the kids’ TV series The Muppet Show, puppets made out of fruits and vegetables sang parodies of the tune. That’s why I find it droll that the “No Bananas” songwriters stole part of the melody from the “Hallelujah Chorus,” the climax of classical composer George Handel’s religious oratorio Messiah. I’d love to see you engage in comparable transmutations, Taurus: making serious things amusing and vice versa. It’s a time when you can generate meaningful fun and playful progress through the art of reversal. Halloween costume suggestion: a tourist from Opposite Land or Bizarro World.

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Where: “Rachel Lives Here Now.” You: Man. Me: Man. #914155 BEST FIRST DATE, MOOGS PLACE It started awkwardly at a friend’s wedding and proceeded to become the best first date I’ve had! I passed your test on the deck, and you far surpassed mine: Dead Sessions, dancing, smiles and a best friend for life. Will you be there with me “when I paint my masterpiece”? When: Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Where: Moogs Place. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914154

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SHOPPING BAG SIZZLER We ain’t talking about the burger here, folks. We’re talking about the fine piece of meat em part time. I asked for jalapeños. You said, for me, anything. Be my lunch lady. Grind my beef. Give me extra ranch on the side. I like my hot sauce hot and my burger rare. When: Monday, October 16, 2017. Where: Shopping Bag. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914153 TRADER JOEY Trader Joey, where did you go?

My grocery trips have become mundane. Come back! When: Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Where: Trader Joe’s, South Burlington.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914152 SERVER AT THE RESERVOIR My buddy and I were seated just behind the greeting podium, around 12:30 to 1 p.m. I was wearing a black baseball cap with “Maui” embroidered on it. When you brought our food out, we had a brief repartee about the fries, and you smiled.

I wish I had asked for your number, because I sensed a connection between us. When: Saturday, October 14, 2017.

Where: the Reservoir, Waterbury.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914151

SATURDAY MORNING NEW YORK TIMES READER You: dark-haired, New York Timesreading iced-coffee drinker. Me: flannel-wearing (surprise, right?), Mac-using guy sitting across from you.

Coffee sometime? When: Saturday, October 14, 2017. Where: Shelburne.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914150 BANSHEE OF MY HEART Your black dog runs around OGE like you run around my mind. Your small stature is like the fairy folk. You haunt my heart on this Friday the 13th. I hope an apparition of you appears in my sleep. I hope you wail but don’t kill the desire in my heart.

When: Friday, October 13, 2017. Where: OGE. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #914149 BECKY AT THE DOG PARK Do you co-parent Chloe, or are you a single dog mom? Didn’t have the tennis balls to ask you that when we met. We should get our dogs together again. " When: Friday, October 6, 2017. Where: Starr Farm Dog Park.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914148 YOU LEFT ZENBARN TOO SOON You: handsome man with a beautiful smile leaving right before Session Americana started up. Me: girl talking to my friends standing by the door. You caught my eye as you walked by and smiled. Would love to see that smile again. When: Thursday, October 12, 2017. Where: Zenbarn, Waterbury. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914147 BECCA IN BETHEL Wonder Woman superstar! From better blocks to pop-up universities and puppet theaters, your energy and organizing acumen inspire the creative placemaker in me. Want to apply for a grant together? When: Saturday, October 1, 2016. Where: Bethel.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914146 EVERYDAY WOODS-LOVING GUY We passed each other last week on Mount Hunger, then again on Camel’s Hump this week. You were with a cute little dog.

I wish I would have at least introduced myself. Up for a hike? When: Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Where: Camel’s Hump.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914145 FOREVER IN MY MIND, CM Just seeing your name makes everything melt away. We left on a bad note. I wish we could have had more to say. The cemetery walks and late-night grilled cheese aren’t enough for me, but I will try to survive. I’ll love you to the end of sexy space. When: Saturday, October 11, 2014. Where: Montpelier.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914144

SPOT ON THE DOCK So excited to run into you outside of Verità. Wish I could have kept your attention longer, but happy to have chatted a bit. Can we meet again? When: Friday, September 22, 2017. Where: Spot on the Dock.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914143 DANCING AT ROBIN SUNQUIET CONCERT? You were dancing at the Robin Sunquiet concert a few Saturdays back. You were wearing a black T-shirt and jeans with a flannel shirt tied around your waist.

You were burly with thick arms and a beard. We locked eyes a few times, and you smiled at me. I had a brown dress on and turquoise earrings. When: Saturday, September 30, 2017. Where: Nectar’s.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914142 SNAPPING TURTLE RESCUE IN WATERBURY A long shot, but did you help move a snapping turtle off Route 2 heading into Waterbury? I was impressed — I was too scared to touch the turtle. Maybe we can go paddling and see where turtles are supposed to be. What color was my kayak, or what color were my seat covers you liked? When: Sunday, October 8, 2017. Where: Waterbury.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914141 BAR, AMERICAN FLATBREAD You: sitting at the bar with your friend at around 7:30. Cute, black hair, fit, simple.

Me: standing near the bar waiting for table with friends. I was the third wheel in trio. Wishing I would have said something, but alas, being a third wheel requires committed engagement. If you’d like to connect for a chat, that would be great. When: Sunday, October 8, 2017.

Where: American Flatbread, Burlington.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #914140 SUNDAY SHOPPER AT HEALTHY LIVING I first noticed you in the produce aisle, and we later lingered together in the beer aisle. We checked out next to each other, and I wish I would have made conversation. I was with my teenage daughter, and you were with your two sons. When: Sunday, October 8, 2017.

Where: Healthy Living Market & Café.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914139 WOMAN AT JOAN SORIANO CONCERT We both thought we knew each other from somewhere, and neither knew where. I saw you dancing bachata and saw you again as I was leaving. You have brown hair and, I think, were wearing a black top. Perhaps we could meet, figure this out and dance together over dinner.

When: Saturday, October 7, 2017. Where: Joan Soriano concert, UVM Recital Hall. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914138 BEETLES AT STOWE BREW FEST? Me: staying cool in one of the chairs in the shade of the expo tent with a male friend who is not my boyfriend. You: Beetles (?) shirt talking to some other people in the slice of shade. We locked eyes a few times before you and your friend moved on. Want to seek cover together? When: Saturday, July 29, 2017. Where: Stowe Brewers Festival.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #914136

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ASK ATHENA Dear Athena,

I am married (constantly working on the “happily” part). Recently, out of the blue, a man from my past reached out to me. We have what feels like unfinished business. He expressed regret for ending our (online-only) relationship. Now it has me filled with questions, and I can’t stop thinking about it.

It turns out (through online stalking … oops) that he has a girlfriend to whom he proposed shortly after reaching out to me. Ultimately, this whole reconnection has made me feel more thankful for my husband and realize how much I love him for the man he is. Is it OK not to tell my husband about any of this? Do you think this man from my past was just nervous about proposing and was trying to tie up loose ends first?

Sincerely,

Dear D L T G,

Dying to Let This Go

It’s 2017. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t stalked an ex’s Facebook or Instagram. It used to be that, if you were thinking about an old flame, you might do a casual drive-by of their apartment, hoping to see them — preferably in a heap of distress from longing for you. Now you can check in on anyone with a few simple clicks of your curious little fingers. But you have to be careful not to cross the line between curiosity and straight-up sketchiness.

Marriage is based on a firm commitment to be honest and faithful, always and forever. And that includes sharing the uncomfortable, vulnerable bits.

Someone from your past reached out to you — why not tell your husband? Is it because you wanted to explore what could still happen with your ex? If that’s the case, he’s what you need to let go of. You’re married, and you’re trying to be happy. Right? Don’t let your ex confuse you.

You say this experience has helped you realize how lucky you are to have your husband. Don’t you think he’d like to hear that? Personally, I would hate to learn that my life partner was getting romantic professions of love and regret from someone and keeping it from me. So be truthful with him. He may have questions, but talking them through can bring you closer together.

It’s OK to explore the parts of yourself that need attention — but you don’t need to wander off the path of your partnership to do so. This kind of endeavor need not be secretive, even if it is just for you.

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