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I really enjoyed your Halloween issue — in particular, Ken Picard’s article about Tom Lavigne [“Mourning Star,” October 31] was quite interesting and very well written. But there was one small part of the story that was inaccurate. Tom’s older brother was not the founder of WIZN FM. Arty Lavigne was part of the original staff. It was longtime area radio broadcaster Russ Kinsley who founded “The Wizard” and chose the call letters to go with the moniker. Richard Longfellow was the other founding partner and financial backer. The entire building process was initiated in 1980 and the station went on the air in November of 1983. Diane Desmond

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In last week’s Fair Game column, Rep. Paul Poirier’s name was misspelled. Also in that issue: The article headlined “A Morrisville Company Turns Used Fryer Grease Into Heat and Power” stated incorrectly, “Since January, all home heating oil sold in Vermont must be at least 3 percent biofuel.” In fact, the Vermont Energy Act of 2011, which created new standards for ultra-low-sulfur heating oil that take effect in 2014 and 2018, requires heating oil to be blended with biodiesel only after New Hampshire, New York and Massachusetts adopt substantially similar standards.

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[Re Poli Psy, November 14]: Judith Levine’s paean to the speed, efficiency and, well, financial size of big government in its ability to respond to disaster is correct in every regard but terribly unbalanced. As Vermonters well know from our encounter with Irene last year, we could not have fully recovered without a massive influx of federal assistance — though the Meals Ready to Eat that I helped unload from National Guard helicopters were a poor substitute for the gourmet meals that the chef at Rochester’s Huntington Inn was preparing every evening for the entire community. What her apologia ignores, however, is that such federal assistance can be either well organized or disastrous bureaucratic nightmares (as was the case with Katrina) and is an after-the-fact response to problems in which the federal government is largely complicit. FEMA, under Obama, may be better able to help mitigate climate-change disasters, such as Superstorm Sandy and her 14-foot ocean surge, but his administration’s support for fracking and the Keystone Pipeline designed to carry Canadian tar-sands gunk is the proximal cause of rising seas and terrifying storms. According to the world’s leading climatologist, James Hansen of NASA, it means “game over for the planet.” The right insists we don’t need government to protect us from ourselves. But if we need government to protect us from the effects of government policies, then it appears we’re stuck with a self-justifying, monster bureaucracy whose necessity is due to its own failure to protect the public welfare and the commonwealth. robert riversong Warren

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THE MEAT ISSUE This concept came about at an editorial meeting in which we realized

there are a lot of good local stories about meat besides the Thanksgiving bird. That is, about the raising and killing of animals, and new trends in the foodstuffs we make of them. Kathryn Flagg goes on the road with an itinerant Vermont butcher, and explores the controversial — and sometimes illegal — emergence of on-farm slaughter. Alice Levitt visits the new Vermont Whey Fed Pigs company and learns why dairy in porky’s diet is so good. Corin Hirsch contributes tongue-in-cheek profiles of four Vermont studs, and hunts down the people and places behind the charcuterie trend. Speaking of hunting, that’s just what reporter Paul Heintz did with Gov. Peter Shumlin this week. No lives were lost.

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St. Michael’s Custodians Vote to Unionize in College’s First-Ever Labor Victory

BY ANDY BROMAGE

One Homeowner’s Creative Clutter Stirs Controversy in South Burlington

BY ANDY BROMAGE

Ben Cohen Has a Plan to Purge Money from Politics: Stamp It Out

BY KEN PICARD

20 A New Film, and a OneHanded-Piano Expert, Explore the Parameters of Handicap BY AMY LILLY

20 App Review: FrenchEnglish Dictionary BY MICHAEL GARRIS

Senior Portrait

Holidays: Giving as good as it gets

12 Fair Game

Open season on Vermont politics BY PAUL HEINZ

30 A Kinder Kill

Meat: Skipping the

slaughterhouse is increasingly popular — and sometimes illegal BY KATHRYN FLAGG

24 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot We just had to ask... BY KEN PICARD

27 Work

34 Hog Wild

Vermonters on the job

Meat: Vermont Whey Fed Pigs

is creating a meat-industry niche BY ALICE LEVIT T

BY KATHRYN FLAGG

45 Side Dishes Food news

Meat: The journalist and the

governor go a-hunting

BY CORIN HIRSCH & ALICE LEVIT T

65 Soundbites

Music news and views

BY PAUL HEINZ

40 Studs of Vermont

Meat: Meet four of the state’s busiest barnyard breeders

BY DAN BOLLES

91 Mistress Maeve

Your guide to love and lust BY MISTRESS MAEVE

BY CORIN HIRSCH

42 Screaming Eagles

BY PAMELA POLSTON

Fans at Finnigan’s Pub

Film News: Palace 9 Becomes Merrill Theater

BY DAN BOLLES

Meat: Taste Test: Guild & Company BY ALICE LEVIT T

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

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64 Fish Tales

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Lincoln; The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

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˜ e Wow Factor In the tradition of vaudeville, the Acrobats of Cirque-Tacular bring a little bit of everything to the stage. With the strength of athletes and the grace of dancers, aerialists support themselves using only brightly colored silk curtains. Illusionists and jugglers dazzle, while contortionists bend and twist into the extremes of human capability. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 54

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WHODUNIT? Questions within questions; a play within a play. Audiences and actors alike ﬁ nd themselves in a maze of murder and mayhem in ˜ e Butler Did It (pictured). ° e catch? All the central characters are named Butler. Walter and Peter Marks’ thriller-comedy ponders this conundrum with overthe-top performances that try to make sense of what is happening, and who is behind it all.

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Traditional Tunes & Grooves Damascus Kafumbe, native Ugandan, musicologist and Middlebury professor, knows his instruments — be it piano and trombone or adungu (bow-harp) and endingidi (tube-ﬁ ddle). He brings East Africa to his students, and over the course of the semester they become the Middlebury African Dance Music Ensemble. ° e group uses song, dance and musicmakers such as panpipes and rattles to share its newfound knowledge. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 58

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A Suite Tradition In what has become a cherished holiday event, the Albany Berkshire Ballet brings ˜ e Nutcracker to Vermont for the 38th year. When the clock strikes midnight, toys come alive, a Christmas tree grows to astonishing heights and characters from enchanted lands appear. More than 130 local dancers join professionals on stage to bring this story to life. SEE CALENDAR LISTINGS ON PAGES 54 AND 55

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Kid Koala, aka Eric San, seemingly does it all — including dressing up in a koala bear costume while spinning records. ° e DJ/graphic novelist/shortﬁ lm maker brings his “12 bit Blues Vinyl Vaudeville Tour” to Higher Ground in a show that features his masterful mixing, dancing girls, parlor games, giant robots and even a puppet show.

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MOVABLE FEAST ‘Tis the season for tryptophan comas and not being able to button your pants. Looking to counteract all those slices of pumpkin pie? Hightail it to turkey trots in Barton, Hinesburg, Warren and Woodstock. Each beneﬁ ts a community cause — and your waistline. Nowthat’s something to be thankful for. SEE CALENDAR LISTINGS ON PAGE 50, 51 AND 53

A piano has 88 keys, and playing it with two hands is diffi cult enough. After losing his right arm in World War II, Paul Wittgenstein successfully did so with just one hand. His story fascinated fi lmmaker Michael Beyer, who directs All in One Hand: ˜ e Pianist Paul Wittgenstein , as well as Richard Bidnick, a leading authority on the subject, who shares the fi lm and his knowledge at Montpelier’s Kellogg-Hubbard Library. SEE STORY ON PAGE 20

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he race to run the Vermont Senate next term is getting a little crowded. Sen. DIANE SNELLING (R-Chittenden) tells Fair Game she’ll be joining Sen. ANN CUMMINGS Spinning (D-Washington) in challenging incumbent Senate President Pro Tem JOHN Strength Training (D-Windsor) for the upper CAMPBELL Pilates • Yoga chamber’s top leadership spot. Cardio • Weights “I think that there was a lot of disSauna satisfaction and frustration with the *Free classes with membership! way the Senate operated in the last session, and I would say mostly because of Check out our process — not because of disagreements HOLIDAY MEMBERSHIP about certain issues,” Snelling says. SPECIAL! First appointed to the Senate in 2002 by then-governor HOWARD DEAN to replace her mother, BARBARA SNELLING, the Hinesburg Republican has won reelection five times since in Vermont’s most populous county. Could a GOPer — even one as mod29 Church St., Burlington, VT 05401 • 802-651-8773 erate as Snelling — run a 30-member www.marketplacefitness.com Senate dominated by 23 Democrats and Progressives? “I really think that if you have a 8v-MarketplaceFitness112112.indd 1 11/14/12 4:08 PM strong majority caucus, there isn’t really any reason you have to say [partisan affiliation] is part of the pro tem’s job,” Snelling says. In recent days she’s been circulating a proposal to colleagues that would re-imagine the pro tem’s office to focus on creating “a predictable and positive work environment in the Senate.” The leaders of each party would “bring forward their top priorities for Senate action” and then each senator would vote on which issues should be included in the body’s agenda. “I think there’s a lot of interest in having a conversation about good process,” she says. “How that happens and who makes it happen are different issues.” Cummings, who announced last month that she, too, would challenge Campbell, says she and Snelling see eye to eye on the need for change. “I think we share a lot of concerns about how the Senate ran last year,” Cummings says. “I think she’s trying to bring attention to those concerns, and she has viable solutions that I think the Senate should consider.” Though both are challenging Campbell, Snelling and Cummings wouldn’t necessarily run head to head. That’s because the Democratic caucus will vote first — possibly as soon as next week — on whom the party will support 12 FAIR GAME

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for the pro tem position. As a Republican, Snelling would likely not be a contender in that contest. The winner would then face Snelling and all other comers in a vote before the full Senate in January. Both Cummings and Campbell say they believe they have the votes within the Democratic caucus to secure its nomination. “One of the things I can do is count pretty well,” Campbell says. “So I feel confident that I have the numbers. Of course, unless someone’s not being on the up and up.” Says Cummings: “It’s close. It’s very close. I think I may actually have the votes — but I don’t count anything until the votes are counted.”

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Snelling is a touch more circumspect about her chances. “I don’t know that I have support. That’s why I think it’s maybe more about the principles I’m trying to get discussed,” she says. “I know it’s a big leap, and I know many people have already promised their votes to John.” One X-factor is exactly who will be permitted to cast a vote in the Democratic caucus. Though Campbell shut out Progressive/Democratic Senate candidates during the campaign season, he now says he’s inclined to let Sen.-elect DAVID ZUCKERMAN (P/D-Chittenden) and Sen. ANTHONY POLLINA (P/D-Washington) take part in party deliberations. “As long as they want to caucus with us, the two Progressives, that’s fine with me,” Campbell says. “Let’s move on.” But he’s not sure whether three Republicans who also secured the Democratic nomination — Sens. PEG (R/D-Rutland), KEVIN MULLIN FLORY (R/D-Rutland) and BILL DOYLE (R/DWashington) — will get a vote in the caucus. If they do, it could tilt the race his way, as many Republican senators support Campbell. “We got elected as Republicans and Democrats, so I believe we are entitled to vote in either caucus,” Flory says. Though Snelling, a fellow Republican, has now entered the race, Flory says she’s still in Campbell’s camp — at least for the time being.

“So far I haven’t found any reasons not to support John,” she says.

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Ever since the biographer-boinking Gen. DAVID PETRAEUS got caught with his pants down, the four-star fornicator has become a cause célèbre for internet privacy proponents. They say law-enforcement officials’ raiding of email accounts belonging to Petraeus and his, um, associates points to the pressing need to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Passed in the internet stone age of 1986, ECPA allows law-enforcement officials to access emails that are more than 180 days old without a judge’s approval. They simply have to swear in an administrative subpoena that those racy emails you sent to a Tampa socialite are, like, totally relevant to an investigation. Vermont’s own Sen. PATRICK LEAHY has been pushing for years to update the law by requiring authorities to obtain a search warrant before snooping around email accounts — and to notify targets of such snooping within three days. Even before the Petraeus affair broke, he’d scheduled a markup in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, to move such legislation forward. All of which makes a story published Tuesday by CNET political reporter DECLAN MCCULLAGH that much more surprising. Citing unnamed sources, McCullagh wrote that Leahy’s amendment “has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law.” McCullagh reported that Leahy “dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns,” allowing more than 22 federal agencies to continue electronic snooping without a warrant and letting law-enforcement agencies do so in “emergency” situations. Not so, says Leahy’s office. In a series of tweets Tuesday afternoon, Leahy (or, more likely, his staff ) wrote, “Ideas from many sources always circulate b4 a markup 4 disc., but Sen. Leahy does NOT support such an exception for #ECPA search warrants.” “No, it’s not accurate,” Leahy spokesman DAVID CARLE says of the CNET story. “The whole point of his bill is to require a search warrant for the government to access email stored with a third-party service provider under ECPA.”

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A brewing battle over a nonbinding resolution has some Burlington city councilors worried Mayor Miro Weinberger is planning to sell off the waterfront property housing the Moran Plant. But, Weinberger says, “We are at the beginning of the process. The fix is not in.” Since the coal-fired power plant was shuttered in 1986, city officials have sought to find a new use for the publicly owned asset. This summer, Weinberger scrapped predecessor bob Kiss’ plans for Moran and issued a request for new proposals to revitalize the property. That prompted a coalition of Progressive, Republican and independent city councilors to bring forward a resolution last week outlining four guiding principles for development. Among them? Retaining “full or majority ownership by the City of the Moran Plant building” and seeking to lease, not sell the property. That drew protests from council Democrats and from Weinberger. The mayor says the resolution could tie the city’s hands by sending “a message that limits the number of people that we get coming to the table. A possible party that would only be interested in some kind of proposal involving a change of ownership may be discouraged.” After a heated debate over the measure last Monday, councilors adjourned before determining the resolution’s fate. It’s set for a rehearing at next Monday’s meeting. “I’m not really sure I understand the tying-of-the-hands argument, because it’s advisory. It’s a guiding principle,” says Councilor Karen Paul (I-Ward 6), who supports the resolution. “I don’t believe it ties people’s hands.” “If this one document that’s advisory only turns off a particular tenant or owner, perhaps that tenant or owner wouldn’t be a good fit anyway,” says Councilor Paul Decelles (R-Ward 7). “So I’m dumbfounded about why there is so much opposition against this — unless Miro already does have someone lined up to purchase it.”

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Weinberger says that’s not the case — though he says he’s “open to everything at this point.” “I think it’s probably unlikely we would end up selling this property,” he says. “On the other hand, there are structures one could envision — all sorts of scenarios involving some sort of change in ownership on some piece of it.” Councilor Max Tracy (P-Ward 2), a leading agitator in favor of the resolution, argues that if Weinberger doesn’t agree with the principles included in it, “Then he’s not the visionary mayor that a lot of people thought he was.”

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St. Michael’s Custodians Vote to Unionize in College’s First-Ever Labor Victory B y A ndy B R O MA g E

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n the same day that University of Vermont staffers voted overwhelmingly against unionization, a small group of custodians at St. Michael’s College made labor history. For the first time in the Catholic college’s 108-year history, a group of its employees opted last week to f orm a union. Custodians decided 18 to 17 in favor of organizing as an affiliate of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Once certified by the National Labor Relations Board, the vote means the workers will be able to bargain collec tively f or a contract governing wages, benefits and grievance procedures. Pro-union custodians said they wanted to unionize f or several reasons. They claimed pay increases in recent years have been minimal to nonexistent. Af ter several years of recession-related pay f reezes, this year’s 2.5 percent across-the-board increase f or St. Michael’s employees amounts to $9 per week — after taxes — for the 35 custodi ans, whose wages start at $11.50 an hour. In addition, the college recently switched health plans — from Blue Cross Blue Shield to Cigna — costing workers more in co-insurance and deductibles. Custodians complained, too, that pen sion contributions have been inconsis tent. And lastly, the custodians wanted a binding grievance procedure to give workers an avenue to appeal disciplinary actions exacted by their managers. Assisting in the organizing effort was the St. Michael’s student group SLAM, short for Student Labor Action Movement, which hosted biweekly “coffee breaks” for custodians to offer them pizza, coffee and soda. Meeting with night-shift custodians during their scheduled breaks meant the undergrads had to convene at 5 a.m. — a time when some college students are just going to bed. On the night bef ore the vote, SLAM held a rally for custodians at two in the morning — again, to coincide with their break — attended by some 40 students. To pro-union custodians and the students who supported their drive, the union vote represented a victory for the school’s stated values of “truth, justice and charity.” Among them is custodian Graham Lebel, a 10-year employee of

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St. Mike’s. His grandparents were union members at the Colt’s firearms factory in Hartf ord, Conn., and his mother works as a unionized teacher. He’s come to believe that “unions do good things.” “I want people to work in an environment where they’re not terrified of their boss,” Lebel said during an interview with custodians and students after work last week. “I want it so that they’re able to plan how much their contributions will be to health insurance and pensions, so they can figure out three years ahead what their income is going to be.” Lebel and f ellow custodian Pratit Gurung, a Nepalese immigrant who has worked at the college since 2011, started organizing workers last February with the goal of unionizing all physical-plant employees — f rom HVAC to mainte nance and grounds crews. But when it became apparent that a majority of those workers didn’t favor unionization, Lebel and Gurung narrowed the goal to one they thought they could achieve: union izing the three dozen custodial workers who clean bathrooms, mop stairwells and wax floors.

Mark LaFountain was initially skeptical about signing onto the union drive. He first encountered St. Mike’s as a kid in 1968. Watching college basketball games in Burlington’s Memorial Auditorium, he said he “got totally hooked on this place.” LaFountain worked f or years as an independent distributor of snack f oods — seven days a week, 14 hours a day. Af ter selling that business, he applied for a job at St. Michael’s, but, at $11.50 an hour, he said he couldn’t afford to accept the offer. “After a while, they came back and offered a little more and said there was a chance f or advancement, so I took it,” LaFountain said, before adding, “There’s no real chance f or advance ment, though.” That’s a concern f or SLAM, f ormed six years ago by student activists to pressure the college to bring its policies in line with its Catholic values. The group’s first campaign was aimed at ridding the school store of clothing made in sweat shops. Later, it helped custodians win the right to wear shorts in the summer. In advance of the union vote, it circu lated a petition supporting their right

to organize, gathering signatures f rom 10 percent of the 2000-person student body and 27 faculty members. “A Catholic college like St. Mike’s embodies certain social values,” said Jerry Carter, a senior sociology major f rom Mashpee, Mass. “It’s very important to treat with respect and dignity the people who work here. It’s important to pay them a livable wage and to ensure they have a healthy work environment. As of now, they’re not getting that.” “Unless you count pork-chop day,” said custodian Tom Kingston, another organizer of the union drive, referring to a yearly meal served to custodial workers. “And don’t forget hot-dog day,” added LaFountain. In an email to faculty, staff and students, St. Michael’s president John J. Neuhauser wrote that the vote “reveals a clear division but does not change the fact that we are a community … The college also has a strong record of support through every means possible f or the people who work here and make this a vibrant, caring, successful community.”

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Michael New, the college’s vice president of human resources, said St. Michael’s respects everybody’s right to choose when to join a union, adding, “The culture at this college speaks to that right.” New said St. Mike’s does have a grievance procedure and that wages are “as good as or better than similar jobs in the area.” Workers get four weeks of paid time off when they start — in addition to Christmas week and six paid holidays, New added. For now, the custodians are focused on negotiating a contract to address wages, benefits and grievance procedures. But they see other “low-cost or no-cost changes” that could improve their work situation. One idea is for the college to pay custodians a fee — perhaps $2 — each time a supervisor calls their personal cellphones. Similarly, custodians suggest the college might reimburse workers for use of their private vehicles on campus. A third idea is to increase the amount of vacation custodians can roll over each year, from three to six weeks. Greg Callahan, a New Hampshirebased AFSCME organizer, cautioned that the new union shouldn’t expect any sudden improvements. Typically, first contracts are about “preserving what they already have, then we try to build from there,” he said. “It’s a process. It takes time. But just to have a grievance process is going to be a huge improvement for them.” Anti-union custodians see a number of worrying “repercussions” stemming from unionization. In a flyer distributed to colleagues before the vote, St. Michael’s custodians Ann Michaud and Paul Shaw warned that pay increases and better benefits will lead to tuition increases, which in turn will result in lower student enrollment. Lower enrollment equals layoffs. “SMC will eventually have no choice but to outsource your job to a staffing agency,” the pair wrote to fellow custodians. Custodian John Waldron voted “no” in last week’s union election. But

he doesn’t believe the worst-case scenarios predicted by Michaud and Shaw, describing their claims as “garbage.” Waldron suspects the custodians simply won’t get the pay increase they’re after — or, if they do, every other St. Michael’s employee will get the same benefit. “I think the college is going to have a very difficult time giving one small group a big pay raise and not giving it -Franke & Staff to everybody else,” he said, noting that’s OFF STOREWIDE how the recent 2.5 percent raise went Black Friday & down. Meanwhile, union dues amount to a payroll deducSmall Business Saturday tion. “I think, in that Shop local! sense, we’re going to Colchester be paying a price.” Burlington (Exit 16) (Downtown) Waldron works Gift 85 South Park Drive Certifica 176 Main Street tes! night shifts cleaning Pizzeria / Take Out Pizzeria / Take Out Delivery: 655-5555 the campus student Delivery: 862-1234 Casual Fine Dining Mon-Sat 10-8, Sun 11-6 center, Alliott Hall, Reservations: 655-0000 Cat Scratch, Kinght Card & C.C. Cash Accepted The Bakery: 655-5282 and he’s the only 4 0                     custodian on duty 802 862 5051 www.juniorsvt.com Friday nights. That S W E E T L A D YJ A N E . B I Z means he gets a lot of “emergency calls” to 1 11/22/11 1:44 PM clean up “vomit and8v-sweetladyjane112112.indd 1 11/16/12 8v-juniors112311.indd 11:31 AM stuff.” Still, Waldron said St. Michael’s is one of the best employers he’s had, noting the generous vacation policy and medical and dental plans. The college didn’t let a single employee go during the recession. “I was laid off from IBM, laid off from two other jobs in the last 10 years,” said Waldron, who has worked at St. Mike’s for a year and a half. “There’s lots of companies that have gone out of business. Energizer just shut down up in St. Albans. This is not an easy time and, to me, the individuals at St. Michael’s have fared way better than most anyone.” Graham Lebel agreed that he and other St. Mike’s custodians could have it far worse. “I could be cleaning toilets for Monsanto,” he quipped. Meanwhile, Carter and student activists are already envisioning their next organizing drive. One potential target: the privately contracted cafeteria workers employed by Sodexo. Carter said they endure “some of the worst working conditions on campus.” m

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on Hadley Road — two blocks o˜ Route 7 — a year and a half ago and immediately put his own stamp on the property. He turned his front lawn into a vegetable garden. He bought a 104-yearold upright piano and lugged it upstairs so f riends could entertain. He also parked two boats and several cars he’s fi xing up — all legally registered — on his property and on city streets and the publicly owned green space. Linnebur says he wants to be neighborly and can move the cars to clear a path to the woods. That’s the easy part. But he says, “I’m the council, as nervous laughter erupted not sure what to do about the aesthetic in the meeting room. “I would suggest di˜ erence.” He likes the mix of artists that after the meeting we could all hug and musicians that live and hang out at each other, touch each other.” Without missing a beat, City Council his place and hates the idea of having a Chair Rosanne Greco shot back, “That’s tidy, manicured yard without any “junk.” “I came home one day and this amazthe fi rst time anyone’s ever said they ing accordion player was on my f ront wanted to hug us. But then, you’re from steps playing,” he recalls. “And I’m like, Burlington.” this is so awesome!” In an interview three days earlier, Last summer, Vermont Joy Parade Aleshire was more serious about what he sees as the motivation underlying the dis- performed at a neighborhood block party pute. The situation isn’t about green space, and barbecue f or residents of Meadow and Hadley roads, and Linnebur said it parking or access to woods, Aleshire surwent over smashingly. In light of that, he mises; it’s about “middle-class fear.” “Adam Linnebur and his housemates was surprised that his neighbors would take their concerns to city hall instead of aren’t doing anything illegal, but they engaging him directly. do have tattoos, ride motorcycles, plant At Monday’s meeting, Greco recomgardens, play music, drive around in mended the neighbors fi nd a solution painted buses and take part in a style of together and o˜ ered the assistance of vibrant community that is more commonly found in [Burlington’s] Old North the city’s mediation specialist. “We’re not a mediation board,” Greco End,” he said. said. “We can pass ordinances ... but it But some neighbors reject the takes neighbors coming together and hippies-versus-squares narrative. “The speaking amongst yourselves.” whole thing of f raming this as between Linnebur is in the process of soundconventional and bohemian really chaps proofi ng his garage so neighbors don’t my hide,” Orchard Road resident Laurel hear bands practicing or artist f riends Williams told the council. “It’s about manners and recognizing boundaries. This is a using his power tools. He f eels positive about resolving the dispute but says he public good and should remain as such.” Added Demers, “This is not a lifestyle can only compromise so much. “I’m within my rights as a property kind of issue. We’re kind of a bohemian neighborhood, too. There’s a pretty live- owner,” Linnebur said. “I’m not going to get rid of all my stu˜ because people and-let-live attitude.” Linnebur bought his split-level house don’t want to look at it.” Vermont Joy Parade’s tour bus

Another neighbor asked the council to amend city ordinance to make parking on public green spaces illegal. Paul Demers of Meadow Road said Linnebur has essentially annexed public land f or private use, allowing numerous friends to camp in cars and in tents pitched on the right-of-way. He worries that sets a bad precedent for the city. “It’s surprising that someone who claims to have really great community values would just grab something that is everybody else’s and claim it for their own,” said Demers, who circulated the petition to the council.

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One of Linnebur’s f riends, poet and Vermont Joy Parade cornet player Ben Aleshire, said the band would soon be moving the tour vehicle, a converted school bus named Zeitgeist Apparatus II. Then he lightened the mood with a profession of love. “I don’t know you, but I love you and I think you’re beautif ul,” Aleshire told

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dam Linnebur thinks of his South Burlington home as an artist’s oasis — a f reewheeling hangout f or musicians, poets and perf ormers of all varieties. But some of his neighbors are complaining that Linnebur has allowed this suburban section of town to become an unlicensed campground f or his tattooed and scru˜ y friends. The dispute has become something of a culture clash, with South Burlington homeowners on one side and Linnebur and his bohemian buds on the other. On Monday night, the city’s elected o° cials stepped in the middle to mediate. At issue is a city-owned right-of-way at the end of Hadley Road adjacent to Linnebur’s property. Linnebur has allowed the green space to become a parking lot for multiple vehicles, the biggest of which is a vegetable-oil-powered tour bus owned by the Burlington-based band Vermont Joy Parade. Detractors say the vehicles have hampered pedestrian access to wooded walking paths behind Rice Memorial High School and are creating “quality of lif e” problems for the neighborhood. But the disgruntled neighbors never brought their gripes to Linnebur; they took them directly to the city’s public works, police and zoning departments. O° cials at all three told the complainants that Linnebur’s parked cars and rambling abode weren’t breaking any laws, codes or ordinances. So 23 homeowners signed a petition asking the South Burlington City Council to “take whatever steps are necessary to remedy this situation.” On Monday, the matter went bef ore the council f or a public airing that was alternately heated and humorous. Frustrated neighbors told councilors they felt uncomfortable weaving through the used-car lot outside Linnebur’s home to get to the walking paths. “I f eel like I’m trespassing,” one woman said.

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money has been used to spread messages. An internet-based campaign — Where’s George? — has marked more than 215,000,000 dollar bills with its web address, wheresgeorge.com, and encourages anyone discovering the marked currency to document it by location and serial number. People have been tracking George’s whereabouts since December 23, 1998. Stephen Justino, an attorney who provided a legal opinion to the Stamp Stampede, argues that stamping U.S. currency is actually a form of “expressive conduct” protected by the First Amendment, in part because it’s content-neutral. In other words, it doesn’t advertise a particular business or political party. Nor do the stamps alter the bill’s denomination or render it “unfit to be reissued.” In fact, because the goal of Stamp Stampede is to keep the money in circulation, Justino suggests that the government would find it “extremely difficult” to win a criminal conviction. Practically speaking, Cohen adds, the U.S. Secret Service, which enforces federal laws about currency defacement and counterfeiting, has “much bigger fish to fry.” Why is Stamp Stampede pushing to amend the constitution and not simply pass new campaign finance laws that can pass constitutional muster? As Cohen explains, Citizens United was built on a series of federal court rulings, including one that said money is a form of protected free speech and others that grant corporations legal “personhood.” Since corporations are legally “people” and money is a form of free speech, courts have held that corporations are free to spend unlimited sums to influence elections. “Some people think that all we need to do is overturn Citizens United and everything will be fine. That’s not true,” Cohen adds. “You overturn Citizens United and you go back to pre-Citizens United, when money was still corrupting politics. So we need to go deeper.” To do so, he contends, requires eliminating the right of corporate personhood altogether. But not everyone agrees with Cohen’s reasoning. James Leas is a South Burlington patent attorney, engineer and social-justice activist. Leas is known to many Vermonters for his 2003 townmeeting-day resolutions calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, as well as those proposing the impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Leas also drafted many of the town ballot items that called for the closure of Vermont Yankee when the nuclear power plant’s license expired earlier this year.

As Leas points out, hundreds of constitutional amendments have been proposed since the Bill of Rights was ratified 221 years ago but only 17 have been adopted. Pushing for one to end corporate personhood, Leas says, is “a wild goose chase” that will do nothing to get corporate cash out of elections. Corporate personhood is “irrelevant to Citizens United,” he argues, because that decision did not address the rights of corporations. It had to do with the right of all citizens to hear from an information source, and “it didn’t matter if the source is human, animal, plant, machine or corporation.” Leas contends that there are faster, easier and more effective ways to negate the effects of Citizens United, including passing new campaign finance laws that specifically restrict the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction over the law itself — a concept already in the Constitution in Article 3 Section 2.

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to promote a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood. “Actually, it is unfortunate that the campaign against Citizens United has been derailed that way because it makes it much harder to address it when people are aiming in the wrong direction,” he adds. “End corporate personhood, and you’d still have Citizens United.” While he acknowledges that amending the Constitution is a daunting task, Cohen disagrees with Leas that it would take too long. The 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, was first proposed in 1967 by the California Teachers’ Association. Mid-Vietnam War, the slogan was: “old enough to fight, old enough to vote.” The amendment was finally ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures in 1971. Cohen believes a corporate personhood amendment could be similarly fast-tracked. As for the effectiveness of the Stamp Stampede message itself, Cohen admits to one problem: more people reach for credit and debit cards these days over cold, hard cash. “That’s been kind of a major problem,” he admits, “although there are still hundreds of millions of pieces of paper currency in circulation.” m

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ccasionally, a musician grappling with an injury can end up making a permanent impact on his or her ﬁ eld. Such was the case of Paul Wittgenstein, an Austrian pianist f rom a wealthy f amily (his younger brother was Ludwig, the philosopher) who lost his right arm in World War I. Undaunted, Wittgenstein started commissioning the most renowned composers of the day — including Benjamin Britten, Sergei Prokoﬁ ev, Maurice Ravel and Richard Strauss — to write pieces f or lef thanded piano. Many of these works turned out to be such masterpieces that they entered the piano repertoire and are regularly played by two-handed pianists. RICHARD BIDNICK happens to be one. He’s not a concert pianist; the Pennsylvania-born New Jerseyite moved to Vermont in July to become the new director of the KELLOGG-HUBBARD LIBRARY in Montpelier. But he began studying piano at age 11 and has continued to play. Bidnick is one of several pianists featured in a 2010 German-Austrian documentary about Wittgenstein, entitled All in One Hand: The Pianist Paul Wittgenstein , which

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First came Katrina, then Irene and now Sandy. M.J. DAVIS, a conservator based in the Northeast Kingdom, has helped salvage and restore works of art in the aftermath of all three wicked storms. Davis traveled to Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in 2005 to work on sculptures belonging to a library whipped by Katrina’s winds and drenched by the hurricane’s floodwaters. Last year, she chronicled some of the damage Irene inflicted on Vermont cultural institutions. Now she’s answering hotline calls from artists and gallery owners hit hard in New York and New Jersey. Davis performs this rescue work under the auspices of the American Institute for Conservation, which fields emergency response teams that assess and help restore art collections ravaged by disasters. “I don’t think people realize how many galleries or artists have been affected by Sandy,” Davis says from the studio in her Newark, Vt., home. “There have been hundreds and hundreds. It’s really tragic.” A plea for aid might typically come from “someone who’s pretty much a starving, young artist whose life work is in her flooded basement,” Davis says. One of the 50 calls she fielded in the first 10 days of November came from the Nicolaus Koni Foundation in Oceanside, Long Island. Even though this repository of sculptures by a native of Hungary is situated four miles

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otorists traveling south on I-89 near Middlesex in recent weeks may have noticed the appearance of a large green sign along the roadside that reads, “Mad River Byway Exit 9.” What is the Mad River Byway? A new way into Warren? A Circ-like superhighway to Sugarbush? A Big Dig to Buel’s Gore? None of the above, reports John LaBarge, program managerf or the Vermont Byways program at the Vermont Agency of Transportation. While the byway signage is new, the Vermont Byways program is not. Vermont has participated in the federal government’s scenic-byways program since the mid1990s. Vermont’s first and only national scenic byway — the Connecticut River Byway — was designated in September 2005. In all, Vermont has nine statedesignated byways, with a tenth being added in the Northeast Kingdom next month. OK, but what’s a byway? As LaBarge explains, it’s a secondary road or state route that runs through small towns, villages and cities. Part educational program, part marketing campaign, the byway program aims to get travelers off the gas pedal and into local towns and villages where they can explore Vermont’s unique culture, history and scenery — and, in the process, swipe their credit cards at local businesses. For newcomers to Vermont, LaBarge says, the byway program offers “onestop shopping, so they know where they can go, what they can see, what they can do and where they can stay.” For example, the 36-mile Mad River Byway, which includes stretches of Routes 100, 100B and 17, winds through Middlesex, Moretown, Waitsfield, Buel’s Gore, Fayston, Warren and Granville, most of it along the Green Mountain National Forest. Visitors to the Mad River Byway website can find hiking trails, bike paths, ski resorts, fishing spots, golf courses and other things to do. The site also lists restaurants and lodging. LaBarge points out that the byway program can also be used to promote interest-specific travel routes and itineraries, such as the locations of microbreweries, wineries, historic sites

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and specialty cuisines. Eventually, he predicts, each byway will have its own mobile app and/or podcast. The beauty of the program, LaBarge adds, is that it’s driven almost entirely by local, grassroots efforts. A road is designated as an official byway only after citizens and businesses get their town’s officials to apply. Moreover, he says, the byway program is “about recognition, not regulation.” So a state or f ederal byway designation cannot be used in Act 250 hearings or to override local zoning ordinances. Towns can opt out of the program at any time and have no financial burdens imposed upon them. And, while historic preservation plays a role, LaBarge says, a byway designation puts no regulatory restrictions on communities. LaBarge, who’s overseen the Vermont Byways program f or six years, says it’s been a big success. The website now logs about 25,000 hits per year, most of which come from major markets within easy driving distance of Vermont, such as Montréal, Boston and New York City. But the program also gets brochure requests f rom as f ar away as Europe, Asia and Australia. What’s the f uture of the byways program? The bad news, LaBarge says, is that Congress didn’t f und the national program for the next two years. However, Vermont Byways will soon become part of the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing, which will allow it to promote for-profit entities such as Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory,

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Cold Hollow Cider and smaller businesses. LaBarge won’t oversee the program for much longer, but he says he’s “loved every bit of it. I look at a handful of local people and what they can get done, and it’s just amazing.”

peaking of getting things done — or not — several readers have asked what is up with the Kmart plaza on Shelburne Road in South Burlington. For more than a decade, the half-vacant shopping center, which once housed a drug store, supermarket, movie theater and various smaller retailers, has become little more than a bypass for drivers to avoid traffic lights on Route 7. Why has a seemingly prime chunk of commercial real estate, with easy access to the interstate and downtown Burlington, remained mostly empty since Bill Clinton was in office? Turns out, the plaza is owned by Hanna f ord Bros. Company f o Scarborough, Maine, which is itself a

subsidiary of the Delhaize Group, a food retailer based in Brussels, Belgium. With its tenant, Kmart, holding a long-term lease and a newer Hannaf ord store less than a quarter-mile away, the company has little motivation to redevelop the land. “We don’t have any plans [f or the property] at this point,” says Hannaford spokesperson Eric Blom. Sandy Dooley, who’s been on South Burlington’s city council since 2007, suggests that the council has been “most unhappy” with the situation f or years, but is largely powerless to do anything about it. Ditto for South Burlington’s planning and zoning administrator Ray Belair. “We know that eventually, hopefully, it will be redeveloped,” Belair says. In the meantime, “It is what it is and we don’t have any control over it.” m Outraged, or merely curious, about something? Send your burning question to wtf@sevendaysvt.com.

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prepared to do battle, the Alban dictator Mettius Fufetius realized whichever side won would be so weakened that the neighboring Etruscans would likely swoop in and finish off victor and vanquished alike. So he pitched the Roman commander on the idea of single combat. What emerged was even more remarkable: triple combat. By unlikely coincidence, each army had a set of triplet brothers — the Horatii of Rome and the Curiatii of Alba Longa — who agreed to face off. In short order two Horatii were killed while all three Curiatii sustained injuries. The remaining Horatius then strategically retreated, picking off the Albans one by one when they came after him. Then, we’re supposed to believe, the Albans said

to the Romans: OK, you win. Livy later reports a likelier tale of single combat circa 361 BC involving the Romans and the Gauls. The two armies were camped on opposite banks of a river when a Gaul of “extraordinary stature” approached the bridge between them and taunted the Romans, calling for the bravest to come out and fight. An average-looking Roman named Titus Manlius rose to the challenge and administered a fatal shellacking to his oversized opponent. The Gauls freaked and ran. The Roman polymath Poseidonius tells us that as of 100 BC or so, the Gauls were still at it: When opposing tribes lined up for battle, often the bravest or most foolhardy warriors would strut before their enemies, brag and

to build a church in exchange. Deal, said the Virgin, whereupon Mstislav threw his opponent to the ground and stabbed him to death, surely not what the Lady had in mind. However, Mstislav did build the church. For an example of single combat that may have actually occurred, it’s hard to beat the one between King Naresuan of Thailand and Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma during the battle of Nong Sarai on January 18, 1593. Apparently not liking the odds for his army, Naresuan suggested to Minchit Sra that they settle things personally with a duel on their war elephants. The prince agreed, and the armies formed a ring around the belligerents with their own war elephants, surely a sight to see. After a protracted battle, the older king killed the young prince and went on to conquer much of southeast Asia. Why isn’t single combat more common? Because, as Machiavelli pointed out in his commentary on Livy, it’s stupid if anything important is at stake. A safer method, used to advantage during the Cold War, was proxy warfare, in which each side armed the combatants in a remote battle zone. If your favorites got annihilated, too bad, but at least you minimized casualties on the home front. Today the need is less urgent, but the practice lives on. It’s called the NFL.

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here are plenty of stories, not so many documented cases. But you can see the appeal. Many a warrior nervously awaiting battle has thought: I’m as into violence as the next guy. But I wish it were more of a spectator sport. The most famous accounts of single combat are legendary, in multiple senses of the term: Paris versus Menelaus, David versus Goliath. It’s known to have occurred in some tribal societies, including the Maori, the Tlingit, and aboriginal cultures in Australia and Brazil. But these are minor disputes, not epic battles. One well-known story of champions deciding a war involves the Horatii. As told by the Roman historian Livy, early Rome was at war with the nearby city of Alba Longa. As the two armies

generally behave like assholes till somebody on the other side challenged them to single combat. Sometimes the result satisfied the collective bloodlust, and everybody went home happy; sometimes it made things worse. We hear little more about single combat till 1016 AD, when Edmund Ironside of England and the invading Canute of Denmark were repeatedly hurling their armies at each other with great loss of life but no definite results. According to one dubious 12th-century account, this ended when the weary English nobles, asked to prepare for yet another goround, told the king: You want to win this one so bad, bubba, fight it yourself. Both leaders agreed, and they duked it out till Canute suggested calling it a draw, whereupon the two ruled their kingdoms together. One more legend, this one from Russia: When Prince Mstislav fell upon the Kasogi tribe of the northern Caucasus in 1022, their leader, Prince Rededya, challenged his opponent to single combat. They decided to wrestle, which ended up not going well for Mstislav. He prayed to the Virgin Mary for help, promising slug signorino

Dear cecil, I’m currently reading Polybius’ Rise of the Roman Empire and stumbled on a quote that begs for elaboration. In book VI, Polybius offhandedly remarks, “many Romans have volunteered to engage in single combat so as to decide a whole battle.” Has this ever actually happened? Have two armies gathered on a battlefield prepared to slaughter each other, only to have the outcome decided by a single sword fight between two grunts?

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SD: What’s your favorite work to do on the job? TT: I like doing gas piping. It’s one of the lost arts in the trade, where you’re actually threading black iron pipe. It’s where a trade is still a trade.

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SD: What’s the difference between hiring a self-employed tradesman and a larger company? TT: There are bigger companies out there, and the small, one-man-band type of shows, like me, actually need those larger companies out there for bidding power. I can bid on the same boiler job or the same renovation and actually come in lower and still provide the same amount of service. When

SD: What are some warning signs that homeowners should keep an eye out for? TT: Noises are the first thing. Hot water or the heat takes too long to get there, or it’s sporadic or delayed. A thermostat may not be working, or it’s an old farmhouse and maybe a mouse chewed the wire. Toilets do lose their flush over time. If your toilet’s 15 years old, you’re right on the cusp. It comes down now to saving people money, giving them the comfort and empathizing with them. If people flick on the lights and don’t have light, or turn on the water and have cold water, or turn on the heat and don’t have heat, they’re going to call somebody. m

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SD: I’ve heard gas stoves are something of a specialty for you. What should customers consider when they’re in the market? TT: The area to heat. Are they putting it in a basement, where looks aren’t important? Or are they putting it in a brand-new kitchen addition? It all

SD: Does working with gas ever make you — well, a little nervous? TT: It’s one of those things; it’s just like everything — you have to be methodical. I’m very comfortable working with gas. There are some handymen out there that do gas work that shouldn’t be doing gas work, and that’s when stuff goes boom. It’s not rocket science, but there is some education behind it. And just because you’re licensed doesn’t mean you know what you’re doing. It’s just like driving a car.

you come to see me, and I give you a bid, you see me through the whole process. I come and, look at it, give you a number, do the work, and if there’s an issue, you see me. I’ve got a ring of [customers’] keys in my truck. I’ve got more key codes for garages than I can even remember. That’s good, to be able to have that trust with customers.

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SEVEN DAYS: Why is this such a busy time of year for you? TOM TURCHIN: I always tell my customers or potential customers, “If you need any service work, try to do it before August.” But they always wait until that cold snap, and they turn their system on, and it doesn’t work, or it works kinda, or there’s a leak. One example: The attorney general for the state of Vermont is a good customer of mine, and he went to turn his heating system on, and it doesn’t work. I went over there to do work on it and come to find out he’s going to need a new boiler. He’s mulling it over.

depends on what their ambiance is, and what their likes are. Sometimes it comes down to dollars; sometimes it comes down to what works for them.

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his time of year, Tom Turchin’s phone is ringing off the hook. Why? The master plumber and heating specialist is a go-to guy for clients whose toilets stop flushing, boilers stop boiling, or stoves won’t fire. At a time of year when homeowners want to crank up the heat, Turchin is one of the guys people call when something goes wrong. The cold season is “crazy,” he says. “I could be changing out a toilet in the morning, fixing a boiler in the afternoon, replacing a f aucet, doing service work on a fireplace.” When Seven Days snagged an in terview with the plumber earlier this month, Turchin had already put in 22 straight days of work — and his schedule didn’t show signs of slowing down any time soon. Turchin got his start in plumbing as a fresh-faced high school graduate who jumped straight into the Navy. There, he spent four years working on steam pro pulsions and boilers. “I was never very good at school, so to speak,” he says, “but I was always good with my hands.” He’d wanted to be an electrician but learned at boot camp that he was colorblind — which ruled out working in the colorcoded world of high-voltage wiring. Now Turchin is licensed as a master plumber and is an expert in propane

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elcome to the holiday season — and to the Seven Days holiday guide to gifts. Every Wednesday during the holidays, we’re o˜ ering ideas for just about everyone on your list. For greater variety, a di˜ erent writer weighs in each week: same set of recipients, unique presents of mind. (Note: Some of these recipients may be ﬁ gments of our imaginations.) And what do we want this year? Just for you to shop local, please and thank you.

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I’ve got a stylish pal who’s expecting in early spring. Mall maternity wear simply won’t do. How to deal? Take her shopping f or a f lowing, EastWest-f usion dress at April Cornell. The Indian Ruby dress allows plenty of room f or mom and baby-on-board but has enough quirky, subcontinental charm to help her look sophisticated at the theatrical perf ormances and ethnic restaurants we f requent together. $180.

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My mother and baby Jesus have almost the same birthday, so we celebrate them together. Unlike our Lord and Savior, Mom spent her young adulthood in France and Switzerland. She’s always eager for reminders of that golden age, so this year we’re hopping the border to celebrate à la française. What better way than with a f our-course, prix-ﬁ xe dinner at L’Oeuf, an antique-ﬁ lled inn, chocolatier, ice-cream parlor, co˜ ee roastery, gourmet store and elegant French country restaurant, just 40 minutes f rom Burlington? $38.75 per person.

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Grandmother

Grandma is simply mad about New York Times f ood writer Mark Bittman, but she lit up when I talked about my recent 1930s dinner party. She can taste the Burlington of 1939 — the year the Women’s Service League of St. Paul’s Cathedral began collecting recipes — thanks to the league’s book, Out of Vermont Kitchens, available anew f rom the Vermont Historical Society. Maybe she’ll make me some Christmas Salad, which calls for lemon gelatin and ground “nut meats.” $15.95. Vermont Historical Society, Barre, 479-8500. vermonthistory.org

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She’s a science geek, but also has a soft spot for crafting. Burlington artist Emily Stoneking must have had our little sister in mind when she came up with her series of hand-knit anatomical specimens. Best of all, Stoneking’s aKNITomy Etsy shop also o˜ ers DIY kits with everything sister needs to make her very own dissected frog, including “blue yarn for intestines and red yarn for extra bloody detailing.” $39.95. aKNITomy, etsy.com.

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My little bro is as otaku as it gets. From “Iron Chef ” to Death Note, if it’s Japanese, he’s bound to like it. How can I go wrong with two short plays, “Sayonara” and “I, Worker,” which f eature live perf ormers and robots acting sideby-side? He’ll be amply prepared f or when the machines ﬁ nally rise. $25. Japanese Robot Android Human ° eater, Friday, February 22, 2013, 8:00 p.m., FlynnSpace. ﬂ ynntix.org

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or Monte Winship — “pushing 59,” stout and jovial and a well-known itinerant butcher in southern Vermont — it was business as usual on a mid-November Monday morning. With a reporter in tow, he’d taken the back roads to Spoon Mountain Farm in Middletown Springs in his black Ford F-150, admiring the views and chatting about the history of old farms along the way. Having left his .22 rifle behind in the cab, he knocked on the door of the little white farmhouse and said his good mornings to the Lewis family, who milk about 25 Jerseys at their organic dairy. But it wasn’t milk on the menu today — it was meat. Winship, who has been butchering animals in Vermont since his boyhood, was here to dispatch a beefy steer destined for the dinner table. “Hi, girls,” Winship said to the doe-eyed Jerseys as he followed longtime friend and farmer Toby Lewis to the corral near the house. Lewis and his adult daughter, Bess, spent a few moments cornering the steer in the corral, sending the gaggle of a dozen or so cows hustling this way and that. “You might want to come in here, too, Monte. Join the party,” Lewis called, so the butcher, a second halter in hand, slipped into the pen. Lewis sprang into action at an opportune

moment, and soon they had a halter over the steer’s head; the animal went still and calm as Bess and Toby Lewis leaned heavily against his sides. “He’s in good shape, Toby,” said Winship, appraising the 2-year-old animal — a Jersey-Hereford cross that Lewis nicknamed a “Jerf ord.” Out of the ring, the steer went a little stubborn, reluctant to move down the dirt road to the barn, but Bess and Lewis urged him along. “That’s a good boy,” Lewis said in a low, pleasant tone. “What a good boy.” Soon enough they had him alongside the rear of the barn, at the top of a slight incline and out of sight of most of the herd. Winship pulled the .22 from his truck and loaded two bullets. “Not that I thought I’d have to shoot him more than once,” he said later, “but better safe than sorry.” “He’s going to go down quick,” Lewis warned Bess. Winship raised his rifle, pointing the barrel directly at the steer’s forehead, and pulled the trigger. Just like that, the steer collapsed, as if his legs had turned to jelly beneath him. Winship slit his throat next, and the cow’s thick, red blood began its slow trickle down the hill. “No fuss, no muss,” Winship said.

Monte Winship lowers a freshly slaughtered steer into the bed of his pickup truck as farmer Toby Lewis operates the John Deere

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t the Lewis farm in Middletown Springs, Winship worked in the open air. First he rolled the massive steer onto its back and propped up the animal with a steel bar. He stepped into rubber boots and strapped on a long, black rubber apron. He filled a bucket with soapy water, which he used to splash his hands and instruments every f ew minutes. Though Winship admitted, “You’re not in a controlled environment” on the farm, he said he always does his best to keep his tools clean. Before beginning the heavy work of skinning, gutting and cleaning the carcass, Winship rolled the steer’s long tail between his toe and the grassy ground. He always tests the tail because an old butcher once taught him that a cow’s tail is especially sensitive. “It takes a while for the nerves to let go,” Winship said. Though the animal was certainly dead, involuntary muscle reflexes meant it could still land a powerful kick if Winship wasn’t careful — just like the old saying about a chicken with its head cut off. “It’s the dead ones that always hurt you the worst,” he said, adding that he’s seen muscles “dancing” on beef that has hung in a meat locker for hours. “Usually I take the tongue out first,” he continued, slicing the f oot-long muscle f rom the animal’s head and tossing it into a plastic bag lining another bucket. Here he would collect some of the vitals — tongue, heart, liver — for adventurous diners. The feet followed, removed at the joints to make the severing easier and then tossed aside. Winship has been butchering at least one animal every year on the Lewis farm for the past 35 years. “When you go, there won’t be many people doing what you’re doing,” said Toby Lewis, who sat on the grass near the butcher, looking on while Winship worked.

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He’s including a small slaughter room and meat-cutting facility. “I’m finding out that it is expensive,” says Conquest, who has a small beef herd of about 21 cows. He can’t separate the cost of the slaughter facility from the overall cost of rebuilding his barn, but he does say it’s greater than he had anticipated. But Conquest, who has also done some itinerant slaughter work, adds that the new facility makes the most sense for what he hopes will become a substan tial part-time business. “For me, it probably comes down to comf ort and cleanliness,” he says. “You can set it up so it’s an easy work environment. You’re not out in the elements, and you’re not trying to jury-rig something to make it work. It’s just easier.” Conquest and Stander want to see a pilot project that would make available basic floor plans and designs for on-f arm f acilities. And the state is on board. Earlier this year, the Vermont Agriculture Development Board recommended a similar plan. “A lot of producers f elt like the cost of that [f acility] would just be prohibitive,” says Chelsea Bardot Lewis, the senior agricultural development coordinator at the ag agency. The pilot project would not only nail down costs but give producers a blueprint for moving forward. Bardot Lewis still calls commercially inspected meat processing the “gold standard” in Vermont, but she ac knowledges that, for small producers with direct relationships with their consumers, legal on-farm slaughter could be a better business model. “It’s a nice stepping stone,” she says. “Selling halves and quarters is a really great way for small producers to be profitable, and if we can get more consumers to think about buying meat that way, that’s fantastic.”

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hat used to be the routine manner of acquiring meat for many Vermont farm families — raising and slaughtering an animal at home — is today a choice that borders on countercultural. Individuals are free to raise and slaughter meat for their own fami lies’ consumption, but to buy or sell meat that has been slaughtered like the Lewises’ steer is illegal, and it’s hard to pretend otherwise. Meat processed at custom cutting shops, as this steer will be, leaves the shop wrapped in butcher’s paper stamped “Not for Sale.” Yet f armers, butchers, meat inspectors and ag advo cates all say there’s a thriving underground market f or meat slaughtered on farms instead of in slaughterhouses. “What we hear, we figure, is the tip of the iceberg,” says Randy Quenneville, section chief for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture’s meat-inspection unit. For farmers, on-farm slaughter can be a way to make a little extra money, hashing out deals under the table with friends and family. And some consumers are choosing this route — despite its illegality — f or any number of reasons, from taste preferences to philosophical beliefs about how animals should be raised and killed. “[A f armer might] have a bunch of people over f or dinner, and everyone says, ‘Oh, this is fantastic. Can I buy some?’” explains Andrea Stander, director of the advo cacy group Rural Vermont. “If they want to be legal, they have to say no.” But that leaves f armers — especially small-scale pro ducers — f acing something of a conundrum. Shipping animals to a slaughterhouse is expensive. Slaughterhouses are slammed during the times of year when many producers want to process their meat, typically the fall. In some cases, Stander says, “people are booking slaughter dates literally before the animals are born.” There’s more to the choice than just convenience. Stander says some f armers — and consumers — much pref er killing an animal in the low-stress environment of the farm where it was raised to loading it onto a truck and shipping it to a slaughterhouse. Rural Vermont has pushed hard for laws that would allow on-farm slaughter, and helped pass a 2008 bill that would allow customers to purchase living livestock, which the farmer would then raise and slaughter on the farm. At the time, it seemed like a loophole that might loosen on-farm regulations. But the state ag agency, after consulting with the feds, said the law would threaten Vermont’s standing with the USDA. Stander maintains the state wasn’t asking the right questions and didn’t push hard enough at the federal level. “We have been arguing all along that they didn’t get a definitive answer from the USDA,” she says. “They didn’t really go to bat for this law.” Quenneville says that’s just not true. “We definitely got a definitive answer from USDA,” he says. Federal guidelines dictate that if f armers want to sell and butcher an animal on-farm, they must, at the very least, use a “custom” slaughter f acility. That doesn’t have to be f ancy — basi cally, it boils down to a sanitary room that has hot and cold water as well as washable floors, ceilings and walls. Quenneville says the state could f ace serious conse quences if it ignores USDA rules and allows f armers to butcher meat on farms and sell it to whomever they like. The USDA could yank its f unding f or Vermont’s meatinspection program and step in to enforce federal rules. With advocates and regulators at a standstill on the issue, a few farmers are looking into the USDA-sanctioned option of building small, custom slaughter facilities. Chip Conquest, a legislator and farmer from Wells River, is re building his barn after a fire destroyed it several years ago.

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A Kinder Kill « p.31 “Do you want this fat for the birds?” Winship asked, as he began the long cut down the steer’s stomach. Before long, he was ready to hoist the animal up on two hooks dangling from the bucket of Lewis’ John Deere tractor. A foul-smelling liquid gushed out and rushed down the hill. Winship didn’t balk. He moved around the animal methodically, loosening its hide from the body with quick flashes of his knife. The animal’s fat — yellow, owing to its Jersey genes — gleamed in the mid-morning sun. When he finished splitting the steer’s belly, an enormous pile of innards — four stomachs and a curling mass of intestines — rested on the ground beneath the carcass. Winship stepped in among them and continued his work.

t’s not just inspectors who are skittish about on-farm slaughter. Some farmers take offense at the idea, too. Among them is Arthur Meade, who used to skirt the rules and allow Muslim customers to slaughter their animals in the Koranprescribed halal fashion on his Morrisville farm. He straightened out after some run-ins with the state, and became the first farmer in Vermont to build a custom slaughter facility on his farm. Now he, and other farmers who rent his facility, can sell customers a live animal and then kill it legally on-site. Meade alleges that there’s a “tremendous amount” of underground meat sales. The more time he spends in the meat industry, he says, the more he believes in the importance of the food safety rules that govern slaughter regulations. He worries that if a consumer got sick after eating illegally processed meat, the news would give a black eye to all producers. “The first time we have a massive failure in the system where people are sickened, it’s going to kill us,” Meade says. “To do this will cripple a lot of good people.” Plus, he has a financial stake in the industry. Meade says it’s just not fair when another farmer undercuts his prices by ignoring the rules. So when he heard about a farmer allowing illegal on-farm kills during the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha in October, Meade filed a complaint with the meat-inspection unit at the Agency of Agriculture. A few years ago, after his new facility was up and running, Meade could sell 40 or 50 animals for that feast holiday. This year, he sold two — a change he blames on illegal farmyard slaughter. The complaint resulted in an ag agency investigation, which is still under way. Meade says he only filed the complaint after first approaching the farmer and offering to help explain the regulations. “I just want everybody to play in the same sandbox,” he says. Meat inspectors admit it’s impossible to clamp down on illegal slaughter unless they receive such complaints. The state doesn’t even keep a registry of

itinerant butchers, so no one can be sure who is providing the service. What’s more, Quenneville says, it’s difficult to catch illegal slaughter in the act. If an inspector stumbles on an on-farm slaughter, and the farmer says the animal is for his or her personal use, it’s hard to prove otherwise. “We’re not the enemy,” Quenneville says. “I always tell everybody, ‘I would rather you put your money into your facility than pay it to us in fines.’” Those fines can be steep, starting near $1000 in administrative penalties alone for each violation, and rising to as much as $25,000 for subsequent violations after warnings. “We don’t want that money,” Quenneville says. “We want you to invest that in your business.” In fact, Quenneville is eager to help farmers navigate the complex regulations regarding raising and processing meat. As a meat inspector, he admits that custom slaughter and processing facilities don’t make him as comfortable as a fully inspected and regulated slaughterhouse. “It’s always been a kind of buyer-beware situation,” Quenneville says. But he sees the bare-minimum requirements as a big step up from unregulated on-farm slaughter — a situation where an animal might be processed in open air, hanging from the bucket of a tractor. “They think that is just as clean, but they have no way to control those flying insects, or the milk truck driving 40 miles an hour down the dirt road spitting dust up in the air, and the wind, and the rain,” Quenneville says.

y the end of the morning, Winship had transformed the steer into a skinned carcass — not the living, breathing animal it had been two hours earlier, but not quite a supermarket steak, either. He cut the carcass in half lengthwise with a reciprocating saw run off an extension cord from the barn, but left the two halves joined at the shoulder. Lewis kicked the John Deere into action and slowly rumbled toward Winship’s Ford. Winship explained that he liked waiting to make the final cuts until the tractor was poised above the truck — otherwise, two swinging halves of meat, each more than 300 pounds, could leave a smaller tractor “tippy.” This time, though, that wasn’t much of a concern. “That tractor could hold up an elephant,” Winship said. With the carcass still dangling in the air, Winship and Lewis unspooled a roll of heavy plastic wrapping and lined the deep truck bed. Then Winship severed the last bonds at the cow’s shoulder, and, as Lewis lowered the massive halves into the truck, the butcher made his final cuts — slicing through meat and fat and connective tissue to render the carcass into four hulking quarters. He folded the edges of the plastic around the quarters and covered

BLACK FRIDAY 20% OFF Storewide the meat with a few clean, faded sheets — place, and the old Clark Norton farm. In to let it breathe, he said. the ’70s, it was “a lot of pigs, a lot of pigs,” “It’s all over but the crying,” Winship he recalled. added. When Winship’s three sons were But the mood on the farm was far from teenagers, he used to take on lots of somber. Lewis’ wife and adult daughter poultry jobs, bringing the boys along to ambled out to visit with the butcher. earn spending money. All along, he said, “It just looks so small now in the back his work had been mostly for backyard of the truck,” Bess Lewis said, peering into farmers. the truck bed. She remembered Winship In Fair Haven, Winship backed his visiting the farm when she was a little girl, truck right into the meat-cutting shop and the sense of horror and fascination attached to Theresa and Tom Fitzgerald’s she felt in those days about the process of house on 2nd Street. Tom, 77, was wearing slaughtering animals. Winship was always a Marine Corps ball cap and a white jacket. kind to her, she recalled, dutifully teachWinship and the Fitzgeralds fell into ing her about the parts of the animal’s a practiced routine: Winship pulled the body as he plucked them, still warm, from quarters to the edge of the truck and a carcass. snagged them with a large metal hook; “This cow didn’t even know to be Theresa operated the winch that hoisted afraid,” she said a few minutes later. the meat from the truck bed. They “That’s the nice thing weighed each half — about Monte. He 311 and 326 pounds, always has such a calm respectively — and Tom presence.” Fitzgerlad stamped Depending on how each quarter with a blue far he travels, Winship “Not for Sale” label. In charges between $50 five or six days’ time, and $75 to slaughter a the meat would be cut, cow and transport it to frozen, packed and a custom meat-cutting ready to truck back to shop. He also takes the the Lewis farm. “That’s animals’ hides; after a nice clean job, Monte,” cramming the steer’s Tom said approvingly. thick, heavy hide into a Winship said he large bag at the Lewis thought about opening farm, he told me he could a slaughterhouse as a sell it for perhaps anyounger man, and, a other $20 to a fur buyer few years ago, the state in New York. approached him with Winship first took a similar proposition. up itinerant slaughter But now it’s too late work as a young newfor him — at nearly 60, lywed trying to make he’s no longer game for ends meet, but he said the risk and investment it was no get-rich-quick of starting a business. c h E l S E A B A r Do t l E w i S proposition. On this Winship admitted the particular morning, the work is hard — tough on task required him to schlep from his home the fingers, in cold weather and physically in Clarendon Springs down to the Lewis demanding — but he’s determined to keep farm in Middletown Springs, then over with it as long as he’s able. to Fair Haven to deposit the quarters at “I don’t want to be one of those guys Tom’s Custom Meat Cutting Shop. All in who fishes all day and drinks beer all all, it took between four and five hours night,” he said. — and at 3 p.m., Winship would start his Winship described the work in prosaic eight-hour shift at the General Electric terms — “not the most pleasant job in the plant in Rutland, where he’s worked for world” — but said he likes to be outside 32 years. and work with farmers. “I don’t think too After a morning with Winship, it was much about the killing part of it. You can’t hard not to suspect that he was in the dwell on it.” slaughter business, at least a little bit, for He respects the animals, he added, and more than just the money. He was a talker, prides himself on working quickly, effiand, after packing up the steer, he spent a ciently and cleanly. Does he care whether long time leaning against his pickup, gab- the farmers he serves sell their meat on bing with the Lewises about old friends the underground market? “It’s like that and neighbors. old saying: If you don’t know, you don’t As he took the back roads to Fair have to lie about it,” Winship remarked. Haven, Winship had a story about every He takes the “don’t ask, don’t tell” apother farm along the road, not to mention proach, he said, just trying to do right by every meat cutter who worked in this part his customers and the animals. of the state. There was Stanley Baker’s “It’s honest work,” Winship said. “It “cut-up shop” in Ludlow, and the Tarbell keeps me out of trouble.” m

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he pigs at von Trapp Farmstead in Waitsfield are having a pizza party. Their keeper, Ignacio Villa, is throwing them crust after crust of day-old Red Hen Baking Co. pies. The brown, 9-month-old hogs — mixes of Duroc, Old Spot and Tamworth breeds — run f or pieces of the local bread with the enthusiasm of canines in a disc dog competition, sans the high-flying moves. The pigs’ diet also includes spent grains left over from the brewing process at Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Warren. Clearly, these animals are eating well. But the foundation of their food pyramid isn’t the customary grain — it’s dairy. Meet the porkers behind Vermont Whey Fed Pigs, an emerging meat company run by Villa. Af ter their pizza appetizer, the animals are ready for their main course of whey byproducts from the production of the Farmstead’s organic cheeses, including its popular flagship product, Oma. Villa, a lif elong f armer, is working with the von Trapps and other cheese producers to help raise pork for his company, officially launched earlier this year. According to Villa, the diet leads to a better-marbled, more flavorful and more tender hog. But, perhaps more importantly, the practice of f eeding whey provides an answer to two longtime agricultural stumpers: what to do with whey byproducts, and how to give pigs protein without including soy or animal matter and the environmental and health concerns that come with them. “The concept is totally organic in that you’re trying to close the loop,” Villa explains. “This is a very safe way of integrating a byprod uct into the feed of the animal, and they grow very well and very beautifully, and they taste very good.” Villa also markets whey f eeding to f armers as a way to till fields. He demonstrates by pointing out one rolling hill at von Trapp Farmstead overlooking Camel’s Hump. It’s covered in green grass dotted with stones uncovered by the snuffling hogs. The area right next to it, untouched by the pigs and their nutrient-rich manure, remains desolately brown. Villa, 54, first worked at the von Trapp farm just after graduating f rom high school in his native Colombia, before the family’s cheesemakers, Sebastian and Dan von Trapp, were born. They began making Oma in 2009. About six months later, Villa, who was then working at a farm in Ohio, approached them with his business idea. He’s quick to point out that the concept of feeding whey to pigs is not a new one. The flutelike troughs Villa uses, with openings for porcine heads to pop in for a drink, are a Colombian design. In Parma, Italy, whey resulting from the manufacture of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese has long been part of the region’s thriving economy of prosciutto and other cured pig meats. Villa hopes to achieve a similar synergy in Vermont. The von Trapps have now fed pigs their whey for several years, as has the Kehler f amily, which owns Jasper Hill Farm and the Cellars at Jasper Hill, where Oma and many other Vermont cheeses are aged. So far, most of that pork has ended up on the cheesemakers’ plates or those of their employees, but Villa has a further-reaching goal. He has begun creating guidelines not just for whey-fed pigs but for Vermont whey-fed pigs. With rules in place for

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are like, ‘It’s cheap f ood; let’s pump ’em f ull of whey,’” Colman says. His concern that f armers might neglect grain feeding entirely is not unfounded, given the recent 20 percent spike in grain costs. Colman says he’s tasted whey-fed pork that was “wet and moist and kind of flaccid,” but he hopes establishing a protocol will eliminate this possibility in Vermont. For now, Colman is happy to buy 10 Jasper Hill pigs from Villa that will be slaughtered next month. But they will generate only about 600 pounds of sausage, a drop in the bucket f or Vermont Salumi, which sells at local markets, online and at the small stand Colman attached to his kitchen at Cate Farm in Plainfield. What he doesn’t use in his sausages, he sells as butts, shoulders and other fresh cuts. Razionale says the five-year plan at Jasper Hill includes building a f acility f or on-site slaughter, processing and aging. The f arm’s leadership is currently looking f or the right person to spearhead the project, she notes. Another idea on the horizon is a line of sausages that combines the farm’s pork with chunks of its cheese. While such value-added products will best serve the luxury market, Villa and company are also aiming at home cooks on a budget. Sebastian von Trapp points out that private customers can buy a half or whole pig for $6 or $7 a pound. All they need is plenty of freezer space: A whole swine will most likely have a 225-pound hanging weight. Dan von Trapp believes Vermont Whey Fed Pigs and the forthcoming “Vermont whey fed” label will eventually carry the same Vermont cachet as the state’s cheeses. The official designation is “something that will follow us, even when we’re dead and gone. It’s something that will still be utilized,” he says. The perfect pairing on hors d’oeuvres plates — fine cheese and cured meat — could turn out to be just as de lectable for Vermont agriculture. m

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Some of those businesses have already tasted the dif f erence in whey-f ed meat. The butcher shop at Healthy Living Market in South Burlington has bought Villa’s animals and sold them from the case as chops and sausages. Adam Longworth of the Common Man in Warren says that, though his menu is usually cut driven, he bought his first half pig to support Villa. He soon or dered a second. Longworth and his team were excited by the tender meat, which is similar to that of milk-f ed veal. “It’s really well received with our guests,” Longworth says. “They’re happy that we’re using it.” He notes that his popular whey-fed dishes have included jalapeño-cilantro-and-olive sausages, house bacon and roasted loins. But Longworth was especially pleased with the ham he brined and aged himself . When compared with versions he’s made with conventionally raised local pork, the chef says, “The ham is much more palatable off the whey-fed pig. It’s the f at content of it. [Villa] says 60 percent of its diet is whey.” Another of Villa’s clients is looking forward to the farmer’s promised wheypercentage guidelines. Pete Colman of Vermont Salumi joined Villa and the V Ill A von Trapps on a trip to Italian wheyfed farms earlier this year. They visited small, local businesses, but also factory farms that use the method — the furthest thing possible from the decentral ized system that Villa imagines in Vermont. “I think the danger in whey f eeding is when f armers

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everything from the percentage of whey in a pig’s diet to slaughter weight, Villa hopes soon to be able to label and sell meat marked as “Vermont whey f ed,” much like the official “Vermont Maple” designation, both in and beyond the Green Mountains. But even af ter the guidelines have been solidified and approved, and his company has attained its goal of USDA certification, Vermont Whey Fed Pigs will still have a long way to go. Twenty pigs from von Trapp Farmstead will be slaughtered this year — not yet enough pork to create a movement. One en couraging sign: Katrina Razionale of the Cellars at Jasper Hill says her stock of swine has more than doubled recently. “We expanded our cheese produc tion, so we had surplus whey. It kind of made sense,” she says of stepping up meat production to match that of cheese. “If we’re doing all this work for 40 pigs, 90 isn’t a big difference, as far as doing the chores.” Willow Hill Farm in Milton sells whey-f ed pigs independently of Villa’s small consortium, but Villa is work ing to recruit other cheesemakers, such as Spring Brook Farm in Reading and Consider Bardwell Farm in West Pawlet, to join the company. Ig NAc Io Producing pigs year-round is a key part of the model, but the eventual goal is to have monthly or even weekly slaughters. That would allow Vermont Whey Fed to sell plenty to restaurants, markets and value-added producers, both in and out of state.

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t started with a taunt. I was walking to my car through a South Burlington parking lot af ter covering Gov. Peter Shumlin’s fi rst press conference since winning reelection the day before. Not far behind me, the governor was talking about hunting, as he often does. “Hey, Heintz, you don’t hunt. Do you?” Shumlin yelled over to me. Before I could come up with a clever retort, the governor answered his own question. “Nah, you don’t hunt,” he said. “You’re a Dartmouth hippie.” My manhood challenged, I wanted to contradict him. But, well, he had a point. Lamely, I stammered that, no, in fact, I don’t hunt — but that I’d love to learn. At that, Shumlin made the kind of promise any good politician might: He said he’d take me out hunting one of these days and show me how it’s done. Yeah, right, I thought. Five days later, I was riding shotgun in Shumlin’s Dodge Ram pickup truck along the back roads of East Montpelier. It was three days into rifl e season, and the governor had fi nagled an afternoon o˛ after speaking at a Veteran’s Day ceremony in Burlington. Of course, he wasn’t exactly o˛ the clock. For Shumlin, this was an opportunity to demonstrate that, despite his blue-state politics, he’s a red-blooded American. Though he may fi ght f or gay marriage and single-payer health care, that don’t make him no weak-kneed liberal. No, sir. He’s a gun-totin’ Vermonter with an A rating from the National Rifl e Association. He’s the kind of guy who pronounces neither the “n” nor the “t” in either “hunting” or “Vermont.” The kind of guy who likes to kill shit and eat it. And this reporter, who hails from the wilds of suburban Connecticut? I was just along for the ride. “I’ve been huntin’ since I was 11. I love to hunt,” Shumlin said, with one hand on the wheel. “Pre-governor, I would always try to take three or four days o˛ and try to get fi ve days of solid hunting. If you can take fi ve days, you can get a deer. Now, with this job, I’m lucky to get a patch of six hours or fi ve hours.” My tape recorder rolling, I fi gured now was the time to ask any hard-hitting questions I might have — bef ore the demands of hunting trumped those of journalistic inquiry. Now was the time to make absolutely sure that Shumlin was the real deal — not some varmint-hunting Mitt Romney or goose-hunting John Kerry. Given my complete and utter ignorance of the sport, it was a mission for which I was particularly ill suited. “Um, when was the last time you bagged a deer?” I asked, hoping I’d used the right term. “Three years ago? Four years ago? It’s been a while,” the governor said. “I usually hunt on my f arm down in Putney. I’ve been there all my life, and I know it very well. I got a beautiful eight-pointer. I actually had it mounted. I don’t usually do that, but it was such a beauty.” Silence. And then he continued. “I think there are two things to hunting. One is luck.

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With the late afternoon sun fading, we decided to spend the last half hour of daylight laying low on opposite sides of the hill ahead of us. Now was the time, Shumlin said, that the deer would be stirring. It was our last chance to bag a trophy buck, whose rack we’d have to saw in half so that it could be displayed in both the offices of Seven Days and on the fifth floor of the Pavilion Office Building. Alone now, I settled into position beside a crumbling, moss-covered stone wall. From this vantage point, I had an unobstructed view of a narrow, bowl-shaped valley. Were any deer to wander my way, I’d have a clear shot — so long as I could figure out how to fire my rifle. By now, though, killing seemed beside the point. Hunting, it seemed to me, was simply another excuse to get outside and away from those who hassle you. Unless you make the dubious decision to take your hasslers with you — be they shifty politicians or pesky reporters. A cool breeze picked up. The sun dropped lower in the sky. My butt fell asleep. Finally, Shumlin reappeared from over the hillside. “We better get outta here before the game warden catches us,” he said. Indeed. Then we’d have ourselves a front-page story. As we retraced our steps back to the road, a bushy, white tail — and then another — leapt up in the distance, bounding away from us at top speed. Shumlin raised his rifle and aimed, but didn’t fire. It was too dark to take a shot, and the deer had a head start on us. They’d been waiting there all along — not more than a hundred yards from where I’d been sitting. Sneaky bastards. And so our hunting expedition came to an end. We had no venison to show for it, but both governor and reporter emerged from the woods unscathed. That alone was trophy enough for me. m

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Odocoileus virginianus we were stalking. Shumlin grabbed his gun and peered through the trees. He spotted the source of the noise and beckoned for me to stand up and take a look. It was a flock of turkeys. Shortly thereafter, Shumlin decided it was time to make a move. Following his instructions and his lead, I took off along the ridgeline and then down its leftward slope. The governor was moving in a similar direction, but we left a space of 50 or 60 yards between us. I mimicked his pace, pausing every few steps to look and listen for our elusive prey. In the distance, Shumlin bobbed and weaved through the forest. He had a certain bounce in his step, like a boy freed from the boredom of the classroom and let loose to roam the woods. Now and again I’d lose sight of his orange vest as he dipped behind a hillside or disappeared behind a tree. When we came upon the plastic tubing of a sugar bush, Shumlin picked up a severed line and pretended to gnaw on it, imitating the bear he said was responsible for the damage. Alluding to his infamous encounter last spring with a few bird-feederbaited bears outside his Montpelier home, I joked that, rather than hunt for deer, we really ought to be seeking revenge against the black bears. He didn’t laugh. Not far past the sugar bush, we came upon another hunter’s perch, which had a commanding view of the woods below. We paused, rifles at the ready, and scanned the landscape. Nothing. Down a steep slope, we reached a section of road not far from where we’d parked. The land across the road was posted, but I recognized the owner’s name. It was that of an old friend of Shumlin’s, with whom he’d recently — and quite famously — gone in on a 182-acre land deal. Though he hadn’t mentioned it when we parked earlier in the afternoon, it was clear we were hunting in Shummy’s backyard.

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Bull Name: Harvey Home Head Waters Farm, Newbury Breed: Red Devon bull Age: 4 Weight: 1600 pounds or, as farmer Sam Calley puts it, “A bull of huge dimensions and middle disposition.” offspring: “Five fine calves,” notes Calley. Favorite food: Hay, grass or anything that grows in a pasture.

t urk EY courtship ritual: Unknown, as Harvey is “quite discreet.” other stats: In the fields, Harvey is quite a gentleman, sharing his pasture freely with others. His owners like to believe Harvey enjoys his hillside existence. “We don’t know if he appreciates the views over the mountains, but we think and hope he has one lucky life,” Calley writes.

Name: Mr. Tom, aka “My Spanish Black” Home Earthwise Farm and Forest, Randolph Breed: Spanish Black turkey Age: 1 1/2 Weight: 25 pounds offspring: “Quite a few,” says farmer Lisa McCrory. Favorite food: Grain and grass, bugs (when he can find them), and berries.

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— ever dark and pleasantly dank — is crammed with Eagles fans clad in greenand-white jerseys and hats, ignoring the bright light leaking in through the front windows. The scene isn’t unusual for a Sunday at this bar, but still, it’s a special day for local Eagles fans. First, because the divisional showdown with the rival Dallas Cowboys could be a turning point in what has been, to this point, a disastrous Eagles season. Second, it is the annual Eagles Tailgate Party. Chips, dip, cheese, dip, crackers and still more dip dominate the pool table in the back of the bar. Outside the back door, burgers and dogs cook on a smoking grill. In the adjacent alleyway, fans play cornhole in increasingly competitive fashion. Inside and out, Finnigan’s mirrors the pregame scene played out in the parking lots of NFL stadiums around the country every Sunday.

The bar’s numerous flat-screen TVs reveal that the third quarter has just begun in most of the day’s one o’clock games. The Eagles and Cowboys are slated for a 4 p.m. start, so many in the Finnigan’s crowd mill about, their eyes on various games or checking their fantasyfootball scores on smartphones. On one screen, other Eagles rivals, the New York Giants, are throwing up all over themselves against the lowly Cincinnati Bengals — a development that delights the Eagles contingent, who gleefully mock Giants quarterback Eli Manning. After an ugly Manning interception, one fan starts a sarcastic slow-clap from the back of the room. I smile, wondering where the hell that Eli Manning was in the Super Bowl last February against the Pats.

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On this day, he’s brought his two young sons along, both clad in Eagles gear. He greets another semiregular, local author and attorney Tom Simon. “No kids today, Tom?” he says. “No, the wife took them hiking,” Simon responds, nodding to the brilliant sunshine just beyond the bar’s façade. “That’s practically un-American,” jokes Manley, grimacing. When the game starts, the entire Eagles contingent huddles around a single TV at the front of the room — a tradition dating back years, according to Manley. Philly gets off to a good start as beleaguered QB Michael Vick leads the team to a score on the opening drive. But, as has been the case most of the year, things turn sour quickly. Vick, a lightning rod for criticism — these days more for his poor play than his dog-fighting ring — is knocked out of the game, literally. He’s sidelined by a concussion, forcing the team to turn to untested rookie Nick Foles. “Hey, maybe this will be our Mo Lewis moment,” offers one optimistic fan to the suddenly quiet bar. He’s referring to the New York Jets linebacker who knocked the Patriots’ starting QB, Drew Bledsoe, out of a game in 2001. Bledsoe’s backup was an unknown sixthround draft pick named Tom Brady. If Lewis hadn’t nearly killed Bledsoe on that play, Brady, now in the midst of a Hall of Fame career that includes three Super Bowl wins, would likely never have played. The Mo Lewis moment never comes. Foles plays poorly, surrendering a late interception and losing a fumble, both returned for touchdowns by the Cowboys. The Eagles lose, effectively ending any hope of salvaging their season. As fans file out of the bar, the mood is somber, though not without a few light moments that any downtrodden sports fan can understand. “Ah, fucking Eagles,” says one fan to another, placing a hand on his friend’s shoulder. “Yeah,” the friend replies, shaking his head. Then he looks up, smiling. “See you next week?” “Well, of course.” m

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and shorts, Joe Manley — I know, right? — stands by the bar, chatting with Finnigan’s owner Terry Suskin, a Giants fan. Suskin is clearly chagrined by his team’s performance, but takes the Eagles fans’ gentle ribbing in stride. “Terry, I’m surprised you let these guys hang out here,” I say, nodding toward Manley. “Oh, they’re not so bad,” Suskin says. “At least they’re not Redskins fans.” That line elicits a smile from Manley. Even Eagles and Giants fans can find common ground when it comes to hating the Washington Redskins. Manley, a Philly-area transplant, organized the tailgate party. A professor of video-game design at Champlain College, he’s been watching Eagles games at Finnigan’s since 1999. It’s not unusual for local bars to have loose fan affiliations. Ruben James on Main Street is known as home to a modest — and, generally, sad — group of Buffalo Bills fans. Manley says that when he first started showing up more than a decade ago, Finnigan’s was populated by Pittsburgh Steelers fans. So how did it become the Eagles bar? The fans organized. Manley says a small but dedicated crew of displaced Eagles fans began showing up for games every week and soon outnumbered their Steelers counterparts. Over time, they got to know each other and exchanged email addresses to discuss the team. As the virtual list expanded from 30 to more than 100 people, the crowd at Finnigan’s swelled. “We get people who have been told by bartenders at other bars that this is the Eagles bar,” Manley explains. “A lot of them keep coming back.” The tailgate party, now in its fifth year, is the culmination of that social network. For important games — and especially when the Eagles aren’t on broadcast television — Manley says more than 50 Eagles fans will descend on the bar. Even for lesser games, some 30 regulars show up. Manley, to his wife’s “mild displeasure,” almost never misses a game. “It’s really only about 16 days a year,” he says. “That’s not a huge commitment.”

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urlington-area diners have been waiting f or the perf ect steak. Dry aged, well marbled and ideally seasoned, the woodgrilled ribeye at Guild & Company is just that. The slab of beef I tasted recently at the new Williston Road restaurant — created by the team behind downtown’s Farmhouse Tap & Grill — was cooked slightly beyond my requested medium rare, but it was juicy and otherwise near perf ect. Still, I lef t wondering, was the steak worth its $40 price tag? At the infamously pricy, No. 1-rated Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn, steak f or two is $75.90. At Guild, a ribeye à deux is $80. Of course, the local version is from a grass-fed animal raised in upstate New York or Vermont, which is probably not the case with the “USDA Prime” at old-school Peter Luger. It’s not hard to fi nd an even pricier steak in New York City, but, all the same, Guild’s costly cuts may not be what meat-loving Vermonters had in mind. Still, there is plenty to like. When the steakhouse opened in South Burlington last month, diners discovered that the f ormer Ground Round quarters had been transformed into one of Vermont’s fi rst urban-style restaurants. Kitchen, Restaurant + Bar Specialists, a company based in both Burlington and El Cerrito, Calif., not only made it over but created a space that makes guests feel transported f rom chain restaurant to hip, big-city destination. The Ground Round fl oor plan remains, but the new design e˛ ectively updates the traditional old-boys’-club look of a steakhouse with a slick, modern sheen. Walls are covered in vintage meat-cut charts that include steaks with f oreign or antiquated names such as “chump” and “best breast.” An open kitchen allows diners to see a hive of activity that, on a recent Friday, appeared to include no f ewer than 10 cooks. Fireplaces roar in both the barroom and the elegant extra room used for private parties or weekend overfl ow. The barroom is divided f rom the main dining room by a soaring wall, designed

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Thankfully, this is still Vermont, and no Mme. Peepee lurks about expecting a tip. For luxury, care and class, Guild is hard to beat locally. At times during our initial visit, however, odd touches f rom the kitchen or the servers mitigated the glow. First, we were sent one amuse-bouche f or our table of three.

Dividing the tiny portion of chopped mushrooms was like slicing a bean three ways. Similarly, we also received just two pieces of crusty Red Hen Baking Co. bread. (Interestingly, when I returned later with a single companion, we got three slices.) Quantity was an issue again when we ordered the Butcher Board, a regular special on the menu at Guild. A plate with two meats (or just one on my second visit) lef t me wishing f or more variety. I generally expect at least three choices on a charcuterie board, especially f or $18. Perhaps the cured-meat o˛ erings will improve when the f ulltime processing f acility f or Guild Fine Meats opens in Winooski. Still, butcher Frank Pace worked his magic on what was available. The beef bologna was speckled with big chunks of pure, snowy f at. As a kid, I dreaded kosher bologna in place of the “real” pork version. Pace’s ably seasoned sample did not disappoint. And his pâté de campagne was one of the best I’ve ever had. The ﬂ avorf ul slurry of pork was unconventionally dotted with spicy slivers of jalapeño, but the jewel in the middle was a single, unground chunk of toothsome meat. It was a welcome addition alongside grilled, buttery bread, pickled onions and zippy house mustard. All entrées come with a salad for the table in a colorful Le Creuset bowl. Our seasonal treat included tender delicata squash, beets and toasty pepitas mixed with greens in tangy vinaigrette. One of my dining companions complained that the squash and beets seemed not to have been seasoned bef ore being added to the salad. My issue was the occasional tooth-jarring grit in the otherwise delicious salad. Sandy veggies were only a problem in the salad, but the lack of seasoning persisted in the main course. Each entrée includes the choice of one side, also served in cheery Le Creuset crocks. Of the garlic-roasted broccoli, polenta f rom Nitty Gritty Grain Company and steak frites, only the last had enjoyed the kiss of a saltshaker. The polenta tasted

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Where tacos are concerned, sometimes people simply can’t wait. On Monday, November 19, gas lines were still being installed at BLACkBACk puB AnD FLyshop, but that wasn’t going to stop JoEy nAgy and co. from opening the mAD tACo in the space the next day. Last spring, Nagy and business partner sCott kErnEr stepped into Blackback for a pint — and hit on the idea of making it their third Mad Taco location. Blackback has previously served its customers stEBu sushI and pizzas from LA strADA BAkEry, but with those off the menu, the time was right for a new food purveyor in the pub owned by lawyer and beer aficionado rICk BInEt. There was a stumbling block, says Nagy: “We just ran into the hood issues. It’s what it always is: getting the hood, getting the permitting.” The Montpelier location of the Mad Taco runs without a ventilation hood, but within the next couple of weeks, the Blackback outlet will have a full kitchen, more like that of the flagship Mad Taco in Waitsfield. Until then, the Mad Taco team is pulling out CrockPots and panini presses to satisfy customers who have waited all summer. “Buzz is huge, and we’ve waited too long,” Nagy says. “We’re sorry about the delay, and we’re getting it open.” For the first week or two, customers will be able to choose from 10 or 15 menu items, including Mad Taco standards such as carnitas and chicken tacos, burritos and tortas. When the kitchen is completed, the staff will prepare closer to 20 items, including seafood from Wood Mountain Fish and slow-cooked local meats such as porchetta and ribs. Those are sure to make fine pairings with the six beers from hILL FArmstEAD BrEWEry currently on tap at Blackback’s 25-seat bar, along with a selection of other local and international brews. Mad Taco at the Blackback will serve from 3 to 9 p.m. daily until the kitchen is completed, and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. afterward. Between regular dinner hours and the bar’s closing at 2 a.m., the kitchen will continue to send out street-food specialties, including pupusas, empanadas and tamales. Is the Mad Taco chain complete at last, or would Nagy consider future expansion? He says he would — to Burlington or Winooski.

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High Steaks « p.44 like plain, slightly gummy cornmeal. Even the fries were a minor misfire. Steakhouse frites should have a tender middle and crisp jacket. These folded flaccidly as I lifted them from their dish. I greatly enjoyed the citrusy house steak sauce, even at an extra $3. It was even better on the fries than the pleasantly acidic homemade ketchup that came with them. As noted earlier, the steak itself was excellent. Some of the price is warranted by the fact that the meat is dry aged. Compared to wet aging, this laborious process leads to more loss from liquid weight, which leeches out, and from external mold that must be trimmed off before the delectable remaining meat is ready for the grill. Though cheaper, the wet-aging process often results in a mushy chunk of meat. Still, other entrées at the Guild seemed more reasonably priced. One friend tried the gnocchi special with short ribs. The dumplings were pillowy and enrobed with a gutsy, flavorful sauce. However, she found that the chopped meat included connective tissue among the tender, tasty, braised strands. Rubbery flesh was again a problem with the porchetta. The pork roasts rotated seductively on a spit in the open kitchen. But what should have been a roll of meltingly fatty, luscious pork belly around tender loin was almost inedibly chewy. The process did, however, render the loin extra tasty, and the meat’s brown jus was delicious. I hoped to find fewer missteps when I returned a few days later to try the bar menu and, for the most part, I did. A cup of fennel and mushroom soup was hearty and flavored with a deliciously herbaceous tarragon mascarpone. The licorice-flavored leaves made an even stronger impression in the steak tartare. The cylinder of finely chopped, raw meat from LaPlatte River Angus

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Farm looked traditional, but was an appealing deconstruction of steak with Béarnaise sauce. Tarragon and raw egg mixed with the meat in a manner that was surprisingly comforting and familiar — what I grew up eating with steak, but raw. Finely chopped garlic and fried capers added a distinct tang that brightened the whole plate. The meat’s platform of potato rösti was also delicious, though it could have been warmer. Open-faced sandwiches, called tartines, are the main event on the bar menu. Since we’d already tried both steak and porchetta, we skipped them in favor of a pair of vegetarian sammies. The Mushroom & Chèvre is a cousin to the eponymous dish at Hen of the Wood at the Grist Mill in Waterbury — Guild chef-partner Phillip Clayton’s former stomping grounds. This version was spread with Does’ Leap chèvre, then piled with a mix of wild mushrooms. On top, a poached egg was a little too liquid-y to serve as a perfect sauce as intended, but was still a fun addition. The Beets & Blue, too, had the right idea but didn’t reach tartine nirvana. Underseasoned beets reared their

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Multicultural breakfasts and lunches have come to East Montpelier. On November 1, VanEssa O’nEIll and DEna COx opened MaMas’ MEltIng POt at 4723 Route 2, inside Plainfield Hardware. Though soup and sandwiches are the main draw, O’Neill has been preparing specials to rep her Puerto Rican heritage, including paella, Cubanos and stuffed potato balls called papas rellenas. Nori rolls are available in vegetarian or quirky, meatflaunting combos such as a recent special of ham, carrot and cucumber. The Mamas serve homestyle American dishes, too, such as meat loaf with mashed potatoes, and many of

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mixture betrayed just a subtle whisper of maple. The flavor blossomed with each bite and didn’t need the crunchy biscuit on the side to complete it. That cookie was indicative of a trend we experienced at Guild: Nearly every dish seemed to need one element more — or less — to achieve perfection. In savory cases, just a shake of salt would have done the trick, but none is provided on the tables. In the end, though, the steak is the thing, and chef Joe Chmielewski clearly has a way with it. With just a few tweaks, Guild & Company could be the steakhouse of local carnivores’ dreams. m

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pretty little red heads once again. A sticky dressing of reduced cider added a nice hint of sweetness on both the sandwich and its side of arugula, but only the few bites dotted with Jasper Hill Farm’s Bayley Hazen blue cheese had enough salt to awaken other flavors. Both paired well with the cocktail I tried from the “Temperance” menu. Zelda’s Choice, presumably named for Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald, was based on a golden syrup of ginger and pear made by bar manager Michael Buonocore. With bubbles to spare from both tonic and soda, the concoction didn’t need alcohol to provide a refreshing kick. The drink was gone by dessert time, when we tried the maple pot de crème that a server recommended. One of these thick, rich delights, served in a miniature Ball jar, was enough for two already packed bellies. The sweet

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he warren of shiny, steel-gray rooms in the Mad River Food Hub doesn’t look like the center of a movement. Architectural 4445 Main St., Isle La Motte, 928-3091 plans are taped to the walls, the rooms are Located at South End Cafe, 4.5 mi. from the causeway bare, and fluorescent lights dangle from hallhomeplace@fairpoint.net the ceiling at odd angles. However, this place is poised to become an incubator for fatty and funky flavors, “Best Japanese Dining” 12v-hallhomeplace112112.indd 1 11/14/12 4:06 PM and for a growing food niche. Come — Saveur Magazine winter, according to plan, Vermont-grown pigs will arrive and, after a months-long process of butchering, drying and aging, emerge as tasty hunks of dry-cured pork. Following beer and cheese, will Vermont’s next wave in fermented foods be dry-cured meats? Charcuterie can fetch premium prices that could potentially be a boon to Vermont farmers and food producers, not to mention lovers of salami. “There’s a very exciting opportunity 112 Lake Street for Vermont,” says Jeff Roberts, an author, Burlington food and agriculture consultant, and adjunct professor at the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier. This summer, Roberts interviewed more than a dozen retailers around the country to from 11 am study the market viability of Vermont drycured meats. He found that with the rising Chef-owned and operated. popularity of local foods and small-scale Largest downtown parking lot production, dry-cured meats are ready to Reservations Recommended take off. “In some ways, the cured-meat SEVEN DAYS

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community resembles where the artisan cheese world was 25 years ago,” he says. Commissioned by the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board’s Farm Viability Program, Roberts’ study resoundingly endorses dry-cured local meats as an untapped market for Vermont farmers and producers. Humans have been salting, smoking and preserving meat for thousands of years in caves, dark basements, near their hearths or even in the wind. In the New World, European immigrants kept those traditions alive — think of the salami hanging in old-school Italian delis. Over the last 10 years or so, another charcuterie revival has been quietly taking place: chefs obsessed with producing their own house-cured charcuterie plates. At the same time, prices for dry-cured meats have skyrocketed; some cuts, such as prosciutto, fetch upward of $15 per pound. Yet as charcuterie has become more popular, it’s also come onto the radar of health inspectors. That’s a mixed blessing: bad for chefs who were making it on the sly, great for those who want to exploit dry-cured meat as a commercial product. Roberts, who has been tracking the emergence of cured meats for a decade, recalls an article in Food Arts magazine five or six years ago that profiled chefs who

were doing their own curing. “Right in the middle of the article, it said that chefs were sourcing their meats from Vermont. I said, ‘Damn, we’re sending out great carcasses and someone else is doing the value-added.’” That added value comes, in part, from the cumbersome process of turning out charcuterie — from sourcing quality meat and curing it with salt to creating a spot with the perfect temperature and moisture for long periods of aging. “Humidity, temperature and air speed. You try to manipulate those three conditions to create the slow and steady curing of meat,” says Pete Colman of Vermont Salumi, who helped design the Waitsfield incubator space and will be its first tenant. Colman is deeply steeped in the salumi tradition, having learned from family and friends during regular visits to Italy. He’s been producing local-meat sausages for nearly two years, but since curing has always been a regulatory dead zone, he’s only done it for his own consumption. “It can be done in the basement without any fancy equipment,” Colman says. In fact, he’s aging some prosciutto in his cellar right now. With food-hub founder Robin Morris, manager Jacob Finsen and architect Kathy Meyer, Colman helped design a “swabable” curing space with far more precise

food Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing came out in 2005, it further cracked open the process for Chamberlain and others. “That book inspired a lot of people. Until then, [curing] was a mystery,” recalls Chamberlain. At American Flatbread in Waitsfield, Chamberlain makes sausage, house-cured bacon and pepperoni. The last, studded

from his kitchen are earthy, rich and sublime, the summer sausage tinged with hints of coriander and pepper. Chamberlain is modest, but his expertise trickles out as he talks about making his summer sausage. Of his starter culture, he says, “When I wake it up, I wake it up in good beer” (such as Trout River ale). After he adds it to the ground and seasoned

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with fennel, “undergoes a quick ferment and is heavily smoked,” he says, on a smoker rigged up with a turn-of-thecentury woodstove, which Chamberlain fills with apple and birch wood. He then ages the pepperoni inside the restaurant’s cooler. At home, it’s another story. The curls of homemade coppa and slices of lamb summer sausage that Chamberlain shares

meat, he lets the mixture ferment for four days in the refrigerator, and then regrinds the meat before stuffing it into casings. After a brief drying period, he smokes the sausage for four hours, then cures it at room temperature for four more days. “It’s not heavy on seasoning. It’s all about technique,” Chamberlain says. Use too high a temperature when you smoke, he says, and “you’ll melt the fats.” “[Charcuterie] takes time and serious patience. You lose 30 percent of the meat’s weight [during drying and aging], so it’s also a lot of work. You can’t just wing it,” Chamberlain observes. At the food hub, he plans to make salami, dry sausages and “muscles” such as prosciutto and coppa. Morris couldn’t be more pleased with those plans. The food hub spent $80,000 on the curing room — partially funded with a USDA grant — in hopes that it would help birth a new industry. “The more value you put into a piece of meat, the more value you can get back to the farmer,” he points out. “Curing is the pinnacle of meat.” Though the food hub also holds a cooler, freezer, meat-processing room and kitchen, the curing room “was a much more complex facility to put together,” Morris says. It includes its own processing area, dehumidifying closets and two aging

rooms where different cuts will spend from four to 13 weeks. “We really want this to be an opportunity for Peter [Colman] and people like him,” he adds. In Winooski, Frank Pace is putting the final touches on his dry-curing house, which will serve Guild & Company and other eateries in the Catamount Hospitality family — and perhaps , eventually, retail. “We’ll do salami, coppa — it’s pretty much unlimited,” says Pace (though prosciutto and saucisson sec are not on the agenda). Pace buys whole animals and sees charcuterie as a vital link in the farm-to-plate, nose-to-tail ethos. “It’s part of this ‘whole pork’ picture,” he says. “We’re trying to value-add whole animals to the end for restaurants. Each part plays a very important role.” Pace expects to be curing by January 1. As both rooms swing into action, producers might hit an unexpected road bump, though: a paucity of pork. “The barriers for Vermont will be getting quality meat,” says Roberts. “If you want Vermont pork, there’s a problem. There just isn’t enough of it.” For now, Pace is getting pork from Vermont Heritage Grazers in Bridport. Colman is sourcing from Meeting Place Pastures in Cornwall and Deer Run Farm in Danville, as well as the whey-fed pigs of Ignacio Villa. Chamberlain purchases pigs from Gaylord Farm in Waitsfield. Roberts says Vermont pork is in high demand by out-of-state producers, too, so a crunch could come quickly. “One of the people I spoke with [for the report] said, ‘You know, we’re all buying from the same people,’” he recalls. “On the one hand, it’s an opportunity in that Vermont farmers could start producing hogs to specification.” Colman, who has worked on piecing together a diverse network of farms for his supply, isn’t worried yet; he just seems thrilled with the possibilities of what’s become his life’s passion. “This,” he says of the cured-meat revolution, “is sort of a dream come true.” m

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controls than a basement can offer. There, he’ll smother local, pasture-raised pigs with sea salt to make guanciale, coppa, lonza, pancetta and salami, which will age for weeks, sometimes months. Even then, it can be a tricky, unpredictable process. After months of waiting for meat to age, “you don’t really know until the very end” if all the work will result in something edible, Colman concedes. Those very qualities that lend the meats flavor — long air-drying time, the growth of flavor-laden bacteria — can also send shivers down the spines of meat inspectors. All of that house-cured salami and speck that diners were noshing on five years ago? Much of it was technically illegal. Now regulators are paying attention, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking to certify the burgeoning curing facilities. For his project, Roberts interviewed a chef in Providence who had been doing his own house curing for years. “He told me, ‘I knew I was skating along a very thin line,’” Roberts recalls. Roberts is happy about the Waitsfield facility, as well as the new dry-curing rooms at the Winooski meat-processing plant for Guild & Company. “This is a very healthy step, an important step,” Roberts says. “If we’re going to do this, let’s do it right.” The “magic” of fermented foods is countered in some ways by the HACCP plan, or study of hazard analysis and critical control points. HACCP plans are standard food-industry documents that attempt to minimize risk, but they’re cumbersome for dry-cured meats. “It’s challenging; it’s kind of a living document, and they change with the facility,” says Colman. “But we’re confident we’re going to do OK.” A few miles down the road from the food hub, Ethan Chamberlain is putting together his own plans for the new curing room. When he worked in the kitchen of Zuni Café in San Francisco in the early aughts, Chamberlain got hooked on the house curing that went on there; he’s been learning, curing and smoking ever since. When Michael Ruhlman’s seminal book

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Thanksgiving Dinner aT The grafTon inn: A member of the Vermont Fresh Network, the inn maintains much its fall harvest in a cold cellar, which complements other local ingredients in this three-course gourmet meal. Grafton Inn, 1-8 p.m. $25-50; preregister; hourly seating from 1-6 p.m; view menu at graftoninn.com. Info, 843-2231.

Thanksgiving luncheon aT The sTowe inn & Tavern: Cancer survivors and their immediate families enjoy a complimentary meal offered through H.U.G.S., a local nonprofit which provides support for cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers. Extended family and guests welcome for a nominal charge. The Stowe Inn & Tavern 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Cost of food and drink; preregister at 249-0812.

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Thanksgiving aT alice's Table: Guests feast on an all-you-can-eat buffet dinner of roasted turkey, stuffed sole, beef stroganoff, vegetable dishes and assorted desserts. Jay Peak Resort, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $18-28; kids 5 and under pay their age; preregister. Info, 327-2323. Zack's Place Turkey TroT: Walkers and runners cover ground on a handicap-accessible 5K course to benefit this community enrichment center for people with disabilities. Woodstock Elementary School, 10 a.m. $25-30 and nonperishable food-item donation. Info, 457-5868.

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PoDs for The PulPiT crafTs fair: Chief Noda brings music to the ears of shoppers as they check out the creative works of 45 juried craftspeople. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 603-653-5344. PuTney crafT Tour: Attendees view one-of-akind wares from more than 25 area artists at the Putney Inn before embarking on a back-roads adventure that takes them from studio to studio. Various locations, Putney, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 387-4032 .

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ballrooM lesson & Dance social: Singles and couples of all experience levels take a twirl. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, lesson from 7-8 p.m.; open dancing from 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 862-2269. MaD robin conTra Dance: Folks in clean, soft-soled shoes move and groove to music by Malcolm Sanders and Brian Perkins in traditional New England social dances. All dances are taught. First Congregational Church, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $5-20. Info, 503-1251. Queen ciTy Tango Milonga: No partner is required for welcoming the weekend in the Argentine tradition. Wear clean, soft-soled shoes. North End Studio B, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $7. Info, 658-5225.

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health & fitness avoiD falls wiTh iMProveD sTabiliTy: A personal trainer demonstrates daily practices for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10 a.m. $5. Info, 658-7477.

holidays ausTin burbank: The local author signs books from his Tinmouth Pond Series, including A Grandson's Journey to Santa Claus, There's a Bit of Santa Claus in Everyone and Santa Claus's Destiny. Poultney High School, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-361-9473.

saMPle The season: Visitors taste the farm's award-winning cheddar, chat with cheesemakers and peruse artisanal gifts, each of which speaks to Vermont tradition. Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 985-0328. Thanksgiving weekenD: Families celebrate Turkey Day 1890s-style, with horse-drawn wagon rides and traditional fare. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355. universiTy Mall MiDnighT MaDness: Early shoppers take to the stores at this annual overnight event that drew 24,000 deal-seekers last year. University Mall, South Burlington, 12 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

THE NUTCRACKER: Saturday, November 24, 3 & 7 p.m; Sunday, November 25, 1 p.m. Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, $21-35. Info, 863-5966, flynntix.org

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Jump-start the holiday season with a performance of THE NUTCRACKER. Full of dancing candy canes and the Sugar Plum Fairy, the classic two-act ballet satisfies everybody’s Christmas craving. Kids love the larger-than-life gingerbread soldiers and the Nutcracker’s battle against the evil Mouse King. And adults appreciate one of Tchaikovsky’s most famous compositions, brought to life by the student performers of the touring Albany Berkshire Ballet. Like most sweet dreams, it’ll be over before you want it to be.

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kids Preschool sTory hour: As part of the ongoing "Race: Are We So Different?" exhibit, little ones learn about race and racism through literature and personal stories. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $9.5012.50; free for kids ages 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386. Turkey Day clinic: Drive to the hoop! Youngsters and teens work on their skills with players and coaches from the St. Michael's men's basketball team. Ross Sports Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 9 a.m.-noon. $15 per day or $25 for both days; for kids 7 to 18. Info, 654-2739.

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Ascension PArish AnnuAl crAft fAir: This showcase of homemade goods includes ceramics, wooden products, knitted items, quilts and a variety of tasty eats. Georgia Elementary & Middle School, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 524-2607. country crAfters crAft fAir: The area Lions Club sponsors this annual showcase of creative, handmade goods, which features more than 80 vendors, a bake sale a and Christmas auction. St. Johnsbury Academy, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PoDs for the PulPit crAfts fAir: See FRI.23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

WooDstock film series: Preteen "lovers" run away together in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, and a colorful cast of characters — played by Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton and Tilda Swinton — follow them in hot pursuit. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 3 p.m. $5-11. Info, 457-2355.

food & drink cAnDy-cAne-mAking DemonstrAtion: See WED.21, 11 a.m. miDDlebury Winter fArmers mArket: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers' totes. Mary Hogan Elementary School, Middlebury, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 247-4699, gildrienfarm@gmail.com. PittsforD Winter fArmers mArket: Area vendors move indoors, bringing with them a variety of local food, preserves, maple products, artwork, jewelry and crafts. Lothrop Elementary School Gym, Pittsford, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 483-2218. rutlAnD Winter fArmers mArket: More than 50 vendors sell local produce, cheese, homemade bread and other fine made-inVermont products at this new indoor venue. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 779-1485. smAll business sAturDAys: sPeciAltyfooD ProDucers tAste testing: Attendees sample Vermont Sundae Sauce, Green Mountain Mustard, Trudell Family Farm maple syrup and

Putney crAft tour: See FRI.23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Women’s festivAl of crAfts: This celebration of female creative energy features a wide range of offerings, including mosaics, felt art, handcrafted books, jewelry and more from local artists. Burlington City Hall, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7528.

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'Pickin‘ for Pies': Grass Fed Bluegrass provide the tunes, while the town's famous bakers supply homemade pies at this benefit concert to raise funds for town hall renovations. West Rutland Town Hall, 6:30 p.m. $9-10. Info, 438-2204.

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Sy o montPelier contrA DAnce: SoftF GR A SS FE D BL U EG R A S S more while mingling soled steppers make moves to calling by with the local artisans and David Kaynor and live tunes by the Homegrown growers behind the flavors. Vermont Artisans Chestnuts. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, introCraft Gallery, Burlington Town Center, 8 a.m.-9 duction/refresher at 7:30 p.m.; dance starts at 8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4600. p.m. $4-8; bring dessert to share. Info, 225-8921.

thAnksgiving shAke-off DAnce PArty: Participants of all ages groove to live music from four DJs at this benefit for Vermont Access to Reproductive Freedom, which provides women in need with funding for abortion services. Union Station, Burlington, 7 p.m.-1 a.m. $10-100 suggested donation; cash bar. Info, 355-3910. 'the nutcrAcker': The Albany Berkshire Ballet presents this holiday classic with lavish sets and scenery, a score by Tchaikovsky, and 130 local dance students. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. $19-40. Info, 863-5966. 55 Main St, Suite 3 Essex Junction • 802-879-1802 • www.champlainObGyn.com 6h-champlainobgyn112112.indd 1

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Balkan folk danCing: Louise Brill and Larry Gordon organize people into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. No partner necessary. Burlington Dances, Chace Mill, 3-6 p.m. $6 donation. Info, 540-1020, dance@together.net.

saraH Jo Willey & a.m. dezotelle: The author and illustrator, respectively, host a holiday open house and book launch party for Lullaby for Birds, which tells children a story through a poem. Creative Muse Floral Design, Enosburg Falls, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 933-4403. turkey day CliniC: See FRI.23, 9 a.m.-noon.

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Bird-monitoring Walk: Early risers scout out feathered wings above. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 8-10 a.m. Free; preregister; bring your own binoculars. Info, 434-2167, museum@birdsofvermont. org.

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Wagon-ride Weekend: Riders lounge in sweet-smelling hay on narrated, horse-drawn routes. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $3-12; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355.

seminars introduCtion to digital video editing: Final Cut Pro users learn basic concepts of the editing software. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 651-9692.

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'sCrooge': No Strings Marionette Company brings traditional puppet theater to this classic holiday tale with 15 large-scale marionettes costumed in Victorian attire. See calendar spotlight. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 11 a.m. $6. Info, 728-6464.

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language frenCH Conversation group: dimanCHes: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual, drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

music greg ryan: This multi-instrumentalist — and elder member of the father-son duo They Might Be Gypsies — changes things up with a solo performance of folk music and singing. Antebellum Instruments, Rochester, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 767-4015.

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montpelier antiques market: Lovers of all things yesteryear peruse offerings of furniture, art, toys, books, photos and ephemera from the New England area. Elks Club, Montpelier, 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138.

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megan priCe: The writer behind the popular Vermont Wild books — which celebrate adventures of the state's fish and game wardens — signs and discusses the first three volumes of the series. Phoenix Books, Essex, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

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arCHer mayor: The author of a Vermont-based mystery series starring detective Joe Gunther introduces his latest whodunit, Paradise City. Bartleby's Books, Wilmington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 464-5425.

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CaBaret nigHt WitH JoHn Cassel: This pianist and singer, known for his improvisational talent, is joined by bassist Will Patton from 6-8 p.m., followed by vocalist Taryn Noelle, from 8-10 p.m. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe. Free. Info, 253-8511.

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MusiC WiTh raPhael: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves to traditional and original folk music. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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ginny sassaMan: The experienced mediator and founder of the Happiness Paradigm shares her expertise in "Nurturing Happier Relationships." Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-10, preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. Keys To CreDiT: Money-unwise? Learn the basics of the important, but often confusing, world of credit, including how it is established and improved. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 8601417, ext. 114.

sport CoeD aDulT DoDgeball: Players break a sweat chucking and sidestepping foam balls at this friendly pickup competition. Orchard School, South Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $5. Info, 598-8539.

talks elDer eDuCaTion enriChMenT Fall series: UVM professor of geology Paul Bierman considers "Vermont Landscape Changes: The Buildout of the Interstate Highway System." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 drop-in for all ages. Info, 864-3516.

words gasTronoMy booK DisCussion: Readers gobble up mouth-watering novels about food and culture, such as this week's The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. MarJorie CaDy MeMorial WriTers grouP: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through "homework" assignments, creative exercises and sharing. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpotter935@ comcast.net.

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siMPle sTePs For sTarTing your business: A five-part series helps entrepreneurs reach a "go or no go" decision about launching their biz. This week's topic: finance. Frank Mahady State & County Courthouse, Middlebury, 6-9 p.m. $25. Info, 951-6762.

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'sTanD uP, siT DoWn anD laugh': Series veteran Josie Leavitt delivers punchlines with fellow yuksters Sally Stevens, Kyle Gagnon, Ben Orbison and Patrick Tracy. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966.

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green DrinKs: Activists and professionals for a cleaner environment raise a glass over networking and discussion. Lake Lobby, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0188.

saMbaTuCaDa! oPen rehearsal: New players are welcome to pitch in as Burlington's samba street percussion band sharpens its tunes. Experience and instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

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verMonT FiDDle orChesTra rehearsals: Established members and newcomers alike fiddle around at practice time. St. Augustine Catholic Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. First rehearsal is free. Info, 223-8945, ext. 1.

ProsPeCT sT./Pearl sT./ColChesTer ave. inTerseCTion sTuDy: Attendees discuss traffic congestion, safety, and pedestrian and bicycle travel in and around this busy crossroads. McClure Conference Room, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-1794.

film 'ruMi reTurning: The TriuMPh oF Divine Passion': Folks screen a 2007 biopic about the life of this esteemed Persian poet. Rev. M'ellen Kennedy leads postfilm discussion at this evening of poetry, food and companionship. First

Universalist Church, Barre, 5:15-8 p.m. Free; bring a dish to share. Info, 479-0114.

linguistics — en français. Halvorson's Upstreet Café, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

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pAuse-CAfé frenCh ConversAtion: Francophiles of all levels speak the country's language at a drop-in conversation. Mr. Crêpe, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

Chess Club: Pawn pushers of all ages strategize to better their games. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 6:30-8 p.m. Free; bring your own board and pieces; kids under 9 must be accompanied by an adult. Info, 518-268-9219.

health & fitness AmeriCAn red Cross blood drive: See WED.21, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, noon-6 p.m. steps to Wellness: Cancer survivors attend diverse seminars about nutrition, stress management, acupuncture and more in conjunction with a medically based rehabilitation program. Fletcher Allen Health Care Cardiology Building, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2176. thAunA Abrin: The naturopath presents "Special Diets for Special Needs," which specifies four eating plans for developmentally delayed and special-needs children. La Quinta Inn and Suites, St. Albans, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted; preregister. Info, laura.weber@vtfn.org. tuesdAy night yogA: Michelle Chasky Weed guides practitioners through creative stretching and deliberate breathing exercises. Cold Hollow Career Center, Enosburg Falls, 6-7:15 p.m. $5; bring a mat. Info, 933-4003. Wellness & AlternAtive mediCine leCture series: Jane Buchan, certified in emotional freedom techniques, presents “Clearing Stress With Energy Medicine and Energy Psychology,” in which she shares tools to help balance the whole person. Library and Learning Center, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1308.

kids After sChool CrAft: fimo ClAy sCulptures: Creative tykes shape this pliable substance into masterpieces of their choosing. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister; for kids 6 and up. Info, 849-2420, fairfaxlibrarian@gmail.com.

CreAtive tuesdAys: Artists engage their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. fAirfAx story hour: Good listeners up to age 6 are rewarded with tales, crafts and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

riChford plAygroup: Rug rats let their hair down for tales and activities. Cornerstone Bridges to Life Community Center, Richford, 1011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Williston story hour: Youngsters ages 3 to 5 gather for entertaining tales and creative projects. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

frenCh ConversAtion group: Beginner-tointermediate French speakers brush up on their

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Kelley mArKeting meeting: Marketing, advertising, communications, social media and design professionals brainstorm ideas for local nonprofits over breakfast. Nonprofits seeking help apply online. Room 217, Ireland Building, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:45-9 a.m. Free. Info, 865-6495.

comedy improv night: See WED.21, 8-10 p.m.

crafts mAKe stuff!: See WED.21, 6-9 p.m.

environment energy-effiCienCy forum: Efficiency Vermont provides detailed information on locking in energy to help municipalities save money and improve their public buildings. Northeastern Vermont Development Association, St. Johnsbury, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-921-5990.

film 'All in one hAnd': Richard Bidnick — a leading scholar on piano concertos for the left hand alone — presents this documentary based on the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein. A discussion follows. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. sustAinAble film series: The award-winning documentary Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and businesspeople who are reinventing our food system. Allen House Conference Room, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 728-1677. 'the invisible WAr': This documentary from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick breaks open one of the most underreported stories of our generation as it paints a startling picture of the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. A discussion follows. Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 8.

food & drink CAndy-CAne-mAKing demonstrAtion: See WED.21, 11 a.m.

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Alison Cerutti & elizAbeth reid: In "Film and Fantasia," this pianist-violist duo present the music of Shostakovich, Beethoven, Hummel and Vermont composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz. St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free; bring a bag lunch. Info, 864-0471.

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health & fitness AmericAn red cross Blood drive: Healthy humans part with life-sustaining pints. Moose Club, St. Johnsbury,noon-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400, ext. 3244. meditAtion & discussion: See WED.21, 7-8 p.m. niA clAss: See WED.21, 6:45-8 p.m.

kids BABytime PlAygrouP: Crawling tots and their parents convene for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 658-3659. enosBurg PlAygrouP: Children and their adult caregivers immerse themselves in singing activities and more. American Legion, Enosburg Falls, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. FAirField PlAygrouP: Youngsters entertain themselves with creative activities and snack time. Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. HigHgAte story Hour: See TUE.27, 11:15 a.m.

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music WitH mr. cHris: Rug rats raise their voices to original and traditional sing-alongs with local musician Chris Dorman. There are games to play, too. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 497-7217.

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Book discussion series: WHAt A cHArActer!: Voracious readers consider the lasting impact of fictional protagonists, using Willa Cather's My Ántonia as a guide. South Hero Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209.

st. AlBAns PlAygrouP: See WED.21, 9-10:30 a.m. youtH mediA lAB: Aspiring Spielbergs learn about movie making with Middlebury community television experts. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 388-4097.

language itAliAn conversAtion grouP: Parla Italiano? A native speaker leads language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.

music clint BlAck: This multiplatinum country star — with five Academy of Country Music awards and 13 numberone singles to his name — lights up the stage with original songs. See calendar spotlight. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 7 p.m. $29-95. Info, 748-2600.

JAzz vocAl ensemBle & tuesdAy comBo: This varied program presents songs by Co UR TES Stevie Wonder, Vince Guaraldi, NS Y oF CTIo KINGD montgomery PlAygrouP: Little oM CoUNTY PR oDU Josef Zawinul and Johnny Mercer's ones exercise their bodies and their minds translations of Joseph Kosma. UVM Recital Hall, in the company of adult caregivers. Montgomery Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. Town Library, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

environmentAl & HeAltH sciences lecture series: Vermont Geological Survey's Jon Kim lends his knowledge in “Acquiring Groundwater Temperatures in Vermont Through Modern Well Logging Techniques.” Room 206, Bentley's Bakery & Café, Danville, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1327, Leslie. Kanat@jsc.edu.

Burlington Writers WorksHoP meeting: See WED.21, 6:30-7:30 p.m. cAmille cusumAno: The author of The Last Cannoli: A Sicilian American Family Comes of Age Through the Ancient Power of Storytelling joins a discussion via Skype from San Francisco. Italian refreshments served. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

JAn FeldmAn: The political-science professor addresses increasing concerns about women's legal, social and economic rights in "Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution: Will Democracy Betray Women?" Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3166.

Jenny lAnd: The local author discusses her new novel The Spare Room, which depicts Vermont in the mid-19th century and a young girl whose life is changed upon learning about slavery and the Abolitionist movement. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

lee rosenBAum: The writer behind the famed CultureGrrl blog and The Complete Guide to Collecting Art discusses industry relationships in "Critical Mass: How Reviewers Influence Museums (and Vice Versa)." Twilight Auditorium, Middlebury College, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

PAinted Word Poetry series: A series highlighting established and emerging New England poets features Prageeta Sharma and Jeffrey McDaniel. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0750. m

theater middleBury AFricAn dAnce & music ensemBle: Damascus Kafumbe directs this ensemble in an end-of-semester concert featuring a wide range of East African instrumental, vocal and dance repertoire. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8-10 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. sHAolin WArriors: This fully choreographed production dazzles audiences with feats of strength, coordination and grace that integrate Zen philosophy into Shaolin Kung Fu. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15-46. Info, 863-5966.

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moving & grooving WitH cHristine: Two- to 5-year-olds jam out to rock and roll and world-beat tunes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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TINY-HOUSE RAISING: Cost: $250/workshop. Location: Ripton, Vermont. Info: Peter King, 933-6103. A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a 12 x 16 tiny house in Ripton, November 24 and 25. Local housing available.

fi tness NIA: Tues./° urs./Sat. 8:30 a.m. Cost: $13/1-hour class. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St, Burlington. Info: Rebecca Boedges, 922-2400, rboedges@hotmail.com, rebeccaboedges.com. Mind/ body fi tness that will change your life! Joyful movement for the body and soul. Fusion fi tness that incorporates dance, martial arts and the healing arts with a focus on joy. Love your body, love your life! Join me.

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herbs drumming TAIKO, DJEMBE, CONGAS & BATA!: Location: Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3-G, Burlington. Info: Stuart Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@gmail.com. Call for ° ursday 9:30 a.m. conga class location. Friday 5 p.m. conga and 6 p.m. djembe classes are walk-in classes for $15/class. Drums are provided. Call to schedule your own classes!

empowerment INTRO. TO MYSTICAL NUMEROLOGY: Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $75/workshop. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: 244-7909. Learn how to work with the energies of your birth date and name in this workshop that integrates Native American and Mayan teachings to present a totally new interpretation of the science of numbers. Led by John Pehrson, lifelong student of numbers and author of the new book Mystical Numerology. OPEN HEART WORKSHOP: Dec. 7-9. Fri., 7-10 p.m. Sat. & Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $150/3 days. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: 244-7909. Learn new communication skills and ways to deal with conﬂ ict in this experiential workshop that offers deeper self-conﬁ dence,

WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Now accepting applications for Wisdom Eight-Month Certiﬁ cation Program, Apr. 20-21, May 18-19, Jun. 15-16, Jul. 13-14, Aug. 10-11, Sep. 7-8, Oct. 5-6 & Nov. 2-3, 2013. Tuition: $1750; nonrefundable deposit: $250; payment plan: $187.50/mo. Applications for Wild Edibles spring term: Apr. 28, May 26, Jun. 23, 2013. Tuition: $300. VSAC nondegree grants avail. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool. com. Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local wild edible and medicinal plants, food as ﬁ rst medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey. Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

language LEARN SPANISH AND OPEN NEW DOORS: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Ctr. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail. com, spanishwaterburycenter.com. Connect with a new world. We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers’ lesson

package. Our ﬁ fth year. Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private instruction, student tutoring, AP. See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

martial arts AIKIDO: Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal & Light), Burlington. Info: 9518900, burlingtonaikido. org. ° is Japanese martial art is a great method to get in shape and relieve stress. Adult classes meet 7 days a week. Classes for Adults, Teens and Children. We also offer morning classes for new students. Study with Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 6th degree black belt and Vermont’s only fully certifi ed Aikido teacher. Visitors are always welcome. AIKIDO CLASSES: New: Tues. afternoon Children’s Class (6-12 yo) 4:15-5:15 p.m. Starts Dec. 4. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd fl oor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 862-9785, vermontaikido.org. Aikido trains body and spirit together, promoting physical fl exibility and strong center within

fl owing movement, martial sensibility with compassionate presence, respect for others, and confi dence in oneself. Vermont Aikido invites you to explore this graceful martial art in a safe, supportive environment. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CENTER: Please visit website for schedule. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 3 locations, Colchester, Milton, St. Albans. Info: 893-8893, martialwayvt.com. Beginners will fi nd a comfortable and welcoming environment, a courteous staff, and a nontraditional approach that values the beginning student as the most important member of the school. Experienced martial artists will be impressed by our instructors’ knowledge and humility, our realistic approach, and our straightforward and fair tuition and billing policies. We are dedicated to helping

every member achieve his or her highest potential in the martial arts. Kempo, Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, Wing Chun, Arnis, ° inksafe Self-Defense. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, Julio@bjjusa. com, vermontbjj.com. Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian JiuJitsu enhances strength, fl exibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fi tness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confi dence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certifi ed 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction avail. Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Meditation sessions on Tue. & ° u., noon-1 p.m. and Mon.-° u., 6-7 p.m. ° e Shambhala Cafe meets the 1st Sat. of ea. mo. for meditation & discussions, 9 a.m.-noon. An Open House occurs every 3rd Fri. evening of ea. mo., 7-9 p.m., which incl. an intro to the center, a short dharma talk & socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr. org. ° rough the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. ° e MEDITATION

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cards avaliable. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N Winooski Ave, Old North End, Burlington. Info: 999-9963, hotyogaburlingtonvt.com. Hot Yoga Burlington offers creative vinyasa style yoga featuring practice in the Barkan Method Hot Yoga TM in a 95 degree heated studio accompanied by eclectic music. Try something different!

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will also seek to understand our life journeys as opportunities for bringing healing to the generations.

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n the fi nal days of summer, musician Ben Maddox sent me the longitude and latitude f or God’s Little Brown Church in Alburgh, where he suggested we meet the next morning. He had recently become enamored with capturing the wild fi sh of Vermont on his Canon ELPH, which he’d waterproof ed with a $20 Polaroid case, and he invited me to join him on a scuba-diving excursion. Maddox would later edit the resulting footage into a collection called “I See Fish People,” overlaying each video with a song by his band, local art-rock trio Farm. When I pulled up to the church, Maddox, clad in board shorts and sunglasses, was standing outside with a cocktail knife in one hand and a clam in the other. He had shaved the mustache portion of his Abraham Lincoln-esque f acial hair to accommodate his snorkel mask. He suggested I do the same, and dug around in his Toyota’s glove compartment for a razor. But the search was in vain, my mustache spared. We drove into Alburg Dunes State Park, and Maddox pulled from his trunk an infl atable Calypso raft, a homemade weight belt — two 2-pound dumbbells tied onto an old leather belt — and half of a yellow strap once used for towing cars. He intended to sink a tripod to the bottom of the lake to keep his camera still despite the choppy waves. Maddox strapped on the weight belt, jury-rigged his camera to the tripod with a piece of plastic ripped from a DVD case and disappeared underwater. “Nothing against fi shing,” he said later, “but it’s just some dude … on a boat.”

ast week all three members of Farm — which includes Joshua Givens and Jedd Kettler — were sitting in an assembly line in their studio, folding the liner notes of their new, self -titled album into 200 jewel cases. Since their inception in 2005, Farm have evolved into a kind of musical specter. They’ve released three beautif ully written and recorded albums to an eager f an base. The upcoming f ull length is likely to meet high expectations. But Farm show no enthusiasm f or playing anywhere beyond their Enosburg Falls practice/recording space — aka the Cave of Legends — located in the basement of

Maddox’s record store and café, the Flying Disc. “This is it f or now,” Kettler explains. “Our priority is writing and recording.” And, of course, fi lming fi sh. Farm members say they decided not to schedule any shows in support of the new CD because of the distractions of playing live. The essentially leaderless band’s complex arrangements often require members to swap instruments — and vocal duties — for each song. In a live setting, that becomes a sort of choreography. “Getting ready for a show, for us, can be a big a˛ air,” Kettler says. “It really becomes like putting on a play.” “And at other times, we can’t hear ourselves because of the screaming chicks,” Givens jokes. “It’s hard to be the sexy band.” Instead of squealing f angirls and ringing cash registers, Farm’s songs now accompany high-defi nition images of yellow perch in slow motion and the skeletons of white suckers and muskellunge on a DVD. Farm have also compiled f ootage of themselves tooling around Enosburg streets, swinging lanterns and suitcases, leaping over gravestones, and trading animal pelts. They’ve used this footage in music videos, including one f or the new album’s centerpiece, an unsettling musing on death by Kettler called “When It’s Time.” Taking drags f rom a hand-rolled cigarette, Kettler refl ects on that song: “When you die, it’s not about you. It’s about the people you leave behind. My funeral is really their funeral.” “When It’s Time” is one of Givens’ favorites of the 11 tracks that made it onto the album. The songs the band eliminated will join Farm’s deep catalog of near-perfect rejects, the best of which they plan to compile on an album called Beer Run. “Beer Run is the hot dog of Farm albums,” Givens says. “It’s still edible.” Farm also release their music through an online service called Rumblefi sh, which makes songs available to home-movie makers without risk of copyright infringement. Maddox says the band earns a f ew hundred dollars a year that way, though the true reward is discovering where their

Farm, R to L: Joshua Givens, Ben Maddox, Jedd Kettler

INSTEAD OF SQUEALING FANGIRLS AND RINGING CASH REGISTERS,

FARM’S SONGS NOW ACCOMPANY HIGH-DEFINITION IMAGES OF YELLOW PERCH IN SLOW MOTION AND THE SKELETONS OF WHITE SUCKERS AND MUSKELLUNGE. songs end up. For instance, a guy in Germany who fi lms himself driving through tunnels used their song “Bad Oasis.” Farm’s writing process is unconventional, too. Sitting in the recording studio in f ront of an af ghan embellished with a bull and bullfi ghter, Kettler explains how Farm recorded several di˛ erent approaches to each song before they knew the new album was complete. After months of adding and removing layers of sound, Givens says, the takes they arrived at “feel defi nitive.” “It’s the most same-y of all f our [albums],” Kettler says, refl ecting on Farm’s unif ying theme of sleep and the subconscious. “It certainly doesn’t bore us.”

ack on the beach, Maddox caught his breath. He successfully sank the tripod, though the waves muddled

the process. We drove up the road to a place called Mim’s Landing in search of calmer waters. Af ter swimming through meters of muddy, shallow water without discovering a single fi sh, Maddox suggested we keep our bodies — except for our fl ippers — absolutely still. We did, and schools of colorful species began to emerge from the sunken weeds. He held up his camera and sank into the vegetation to capture the last shot of the afternoon. When we got back into the car, Maddox put on Farm’s album. “Yeah, man,” he said, satisfi ed with the dive and his new video fodder. “Just swimming around is a little boring to me.” “I See Fish People” is available on DVD at the Flying Disc in Enosburg Falls. Farm will be released on Tuesday, December 4. farmtheband.com

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material consumerism, decomposition and positive use of waste.” Well, shit. On a similar tip, I’m thankful to live in a place where people really do care about helping their community. For example, local rockers near north, seaMus the great, KinKy creature and BoMBardier to Pilot, who join forces on Friday for a Toys for Tots bennie at Nectar’s. So if you do find yourself among the shopping masses this Friday, pick up an extra Bayblade Destroyer Dome Set or Bounce Bounce Tigger, would ya? I’m thankful for my old lady. I’m thankful I got to interview weird al this year. I rarely get starstruck, but that was kind of a dream come true. Though I do wonder how he’s taking the recent news that Hostess, the makers of Twinkies, is going out of business. I’m thankful for the incredible doctors and staff in the cancer center at Fletcher Allen Health Care. I love you, mom. I’m thankful for the independent promoters who have emerged in recent years to augment an already strong scene with an influx of incredibly hip, nationally touring talent. And I’m thankful the idea crosses genre

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Of the 51 Soundbites columns I write every year, the Thanksgiving-week column has become one of my favorites. Initially, it used to terrify me because, traditionally, there ain’t much news to pass along this week. Even considering my considerable powers of bullshitting — finely honed in high school English classes — teasing out two or three minor news items that would barely register a blip in most weeks was a stretch. So a few years back, I stopped trying. I decided to use the column to express appreciation for things I’m thankful for or that we should, as local music fans, collectively acknowledge — and maybe tie in a little news along the way. It’s become a nice tradition, and I genuinely look forward to it each year. So, without further ado, and because there is a lot to be thankful for this year, here is A Very Soundbites Thanksgiving. This should go without saying, but it’s always good to say it anyway. I’m thankful for family and friends, both old and new. And Buckley. Good boy. Speaking of old friends, I’m thankful our old pal Bryan McnaMara will be bringing his recently dormant hip-pop ensemble strength in nuMBers out of hibernation this weekend. I’m equally thankful the show is at the greatest bar in the world, Charlie O’s in Montpelier, this Friday, November 23. (See? I told you we’d sneak in some news.)

I’m thankful we live in an age when musicians can connect with their fans so easily though vehicles such as Facebook, Twitter and Bandcamp. It’s never been easier to seek out great music — or, I suppose, more overwhelming. But that’s a good problem to have, isn’t it? And no, this doesn’t mean I’ll write about your friggin’ Kickstarter campaign. But I’m psyched you have one! Let me know how it turns out. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m thankful swale finally released A Small Arrival this year. I’m also thankful I couldn’t review it due to a conflict of interest. Rare is the local album I can allow myself to experience solely as a fan. It was a refreshing reminder of why I do this job in the first damn place. And BTW, Swale will be at Mildred Moody’s Full Moon Masquerade at Club Metronome this Wednesday, November 28, with Mildred Moody, errands, Building Blox, Po’ tree Boo! K, songs & stringstruMents, atlas Joint and, as always, the huMan canvas. I’m thankful not everyone gets schnookered into the Black Friday thing — which, disgustingly, actually starts on Thanksgiving Day this year. I’m also thankful that we live in a place where people actively campaign against such blatantly cynical consumerism. For example, PoolooP, who offer an alternative, dubbed Brown Friday, on November 23 at Radio Bean. The band bills the show as promoting “non-

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Even so, we still won’t get to everything that’s come out in 2012. I find that pretty incredible and a testament to the wealth of talent here. Bringing it back around to you, the readers, it’s also a testament to the support those artists have. I’m able to do what I do because there’s an audience hungry for local music and interested in the stories behind it. And for that, I thank you.

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From its sepia-tone packaging to the syncopated swirl of antiquated sounds found within — including a Jew’s harp — everything about In the Lobby evokes nostalgia. But this isn’t a novelty record or a self-indulgent trip down memory lane. Bratcher recreates these 18 tunes with meticulous attention to detail matched by his obvious affinity for them. Whether spitting ribald tales of infidelity (“She Ain’t Rose” by Gary Vincent and Ken Gray) or cooing breezy, Hawaiian, guitar-laced ballads (“Diamonds Don’t Mean a Thing” by

Shadric Smith), Bratcher breathes vitality into the music; it’s a credit to both his considerable abilities and the timelessness of his source material. The aforementioned Smith tune, for example, is relatively newer, but sounds as though it were written generations ago. Much of the album’s Victrola quality can be attributed to Bratcher, who sings with a naturally theatrical bent. But equally critical is the cadre of local backing musicians who populate Bratcher’s would-be hotel lobby, from Anna Patton’s jubilant clarinet work and producer Gus Zeising’s playful sax to Kevin Maul’s steel and dobro, and Robert Resnik on jug and the aforementioned Jew’s harp. All combine to make In the Lobby a fascinating and thoroughly entertaining homage to a bygone era. In the Lobby by Billy Bratcher is available at nimbitmusic.com/ billybratcher.

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Most local music fans likely know Billy Bratcher as the stand-up-bass player for rockabilly stalwarts the Starline Rhythm Boys. He’s manned that post for more than a decade, holding down a slaphappy low end and penning cheeky tunes for the honky-tonk trio with his signature winking style. On his latest solo record, In the Lobby, Bratcher steps away from the whiskey-soaked ramblings of his main gig and delivers a treasure trove of classic tunes from the vaudeville and ragtime eras. As he explains in the album’s liner notes, these songs served as his formative influences. He first heard many of them on crackling 78s by artists with colorful names such as Jelly Roll Morton, Wilton Crawley and Emmett Miller — and others whose contributions to early American popular music have been lost in time. (How many younger listeners even know what a 78 is?)

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that harks to the heyday of classic bluegrass. Schrag’s performance on the ballad “A World We Once Knew” is particularly sweet, backed by swooning, high-lonesome harmonies. The album, which was recorded live, has a casual appeal akin to a back-porch pickin’ session. With no overdubs or other studio chicanery, performance blemishes are left intact. But rather than distracting from the otherwise exceptional performances found within, occasional sour vocal notes or instrumental clams add a human character. Though it’s tempting to wonder what the band could accomplish taking full advantage of a studio setting, Live at Stu Stu Studio is a living, breathing work. The record succeeds as both a snapshot of a talented group in the midst of an evolving musical relationship and, more importantly, as an undeniably likable listen. After the Rodeo open for Darol Anger, Grant Gordy, Karl Doty and Joe Walsh this Sunday, November 25, at the Richmond Free Library.

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DJs Rob Douglas & Veena (retro dance), 11 p.m., Free. Backstage PuB: The hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., Free. cHuRcH & MaIn RestauRant: Night Vision (EDM), 9 p.m., Free. cLuB MetRonoMe: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5. FRanny o's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. HIgHeR gRound BaLLRooM: Quadra, Mr. French, Sideshow Bob (rock), 8 p.m., $12/15. AA. HIgHeR gRound sHowcase Lounge: Fall Fiesta with DJ Two Rivers (dance), 8 p.m., $18/20. AA. JP's PuB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., Free. LevIty : 4 by 20 Show: Josie Leavitt, Raymond Waymond, phil Davidson, Carmen Lagala, Rohit Kohli (standup), 9 p.m., $8. MaRRIott HaRBoR Lounge: Cooper & Lavoie (blues), 8:30 p.m., Free. Monkey House: pooloop (rock), 9 p.m., $5. 18+. nectaR's: Live Music, 9 p.m., $5. on taP BaR & gRILL: The Real Deal (r&b), 9 p.m., Free. RadIo Bean: Kip de Moll (blues), 5:30 p.m., Free. Of the Mountains

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central

BagIToS: Tony Mason (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Free. The Black dooR: Live Music, 9:30 p.m., $5. chaRlIe o'S: Bill Shafer & Friends (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. Stereofidelics, Concrete Rivals (rock), 10 p.m., Free. PoSITIVe PIe 2: Quiet Lion, Tommy Alexander & Alanna Grace Flynn, Kelly Ravin (rebel folk), 10:30 p.m., $5. The ReSeRVoIR ReSTauRanT & TaP Room: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 10 p.m., Free. TuPelo muSIc hall: Mo' Combo (blues), 8 p.m., $15.

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cITy lImITS: Dance party with DJ earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. Two BRoTheRS TaVeRn: Neutral Ground (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

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1/2 lounge: Family Night Open Jam, 10:30 p.m., Free. necTaR'S: Metal Monday: elder, Vultures of Cult, Vaporizer, Savage Hen (metal), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. on TaP BaR & gRIll: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free. RadIo Bean: Open Mic, 9 p.m., Free. Red SquaRe: Industry Night with Robbie J (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. RuBen JameS: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

moog'S Place: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 8 p.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: TBD, 10 p.m., Free. cluB meTRonome: What's Good with potbelly (funk), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. hIgheR gRound BallRoom: Kid Koala, Adira Amram & the experience (hip-hop, eDM), 8:30 p.m., $15. AA. leVITy : Live Music Open Mic, 7:30 p.m., Free. monkey houSe: Neighborhood watch Residency: Zack dupont & Tim Sharbaugh (singer-songwriters), 9 p.m., Free. Neighborhood watch Residency: Zack dupont & Tim Sharbaugh (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. monTy'S old BRIck TaVeRn: Open Mic, 6 p.m., Free. necTaR'S: JGB Tuesdays with Cats Under the Stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. olde noRThendeR: Abby Jenne & the enablers (rock), 9 p.m., Free. on TaP BaR & gRIll: Trivia with Top Hat entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. RadIo Bean: Honky-Tonk Sessions (honkytonk), 10 p.m., $3. Red SquaRe: Craig Mitchell (house), 7 p.m., Free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free. Red SquaRe Blue Room: DJ Frank Grymes (eDM), 11 p.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: N'goni Trio with Craig Myers (world music), 9:30 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. monkey houSe: Crowd Control with Colin Ryan and pat Lynch, Adam Cook, Mule, Melissa Moran, pierre "the Beast" Vachon (standup), 7 p.m., $8. 18+. necTaR'S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free. RadIo Bean: Spinster Spins 78s, 11 a.m., Free. Saloon Sessions with Brett Hughes (country), 1 p.m., Free. Butterfly Starpower & Ka Boom Boom (rock), 4 p.m., Free. Trio Gusto

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Bee'S kneeS: Open Mic, 7:30 p.m., Free. chow! Bella: The Best Little Border Band (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. maTTeRhoRn: Slickbitch (rock), 9 p.m., $5. moog'S Place: Farmboy (rock), 9 p.m., Free. PaRkeR PIe co.: Don't Call Me Betty (altcountry), 8 p.m., Free. PoSITIVe PIe: Blue Fox (blues), 10 p.m., Free. RImRockS mounTaIn TaVeRn: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. RoadSIde TaVeRn: DJ Diego (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

(gypsy jazz), 5 p.m., Free. Benjamin Franklin (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Free. Ryan Fauber (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. 350VT.org Benefit with Zack dupont (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free. Hack the planet: Future punk Lounge with T. Krush & DJ Dead's Dad Club, 11 p.m., Free.

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central

Back To VeRmonT PuB: John Gillette & sarah mittlefeldt (folk), 7 p.m., Free. chaRlie o's: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. Whammy BaR: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

TWo BRoTheRs TaVeRn: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Free. monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

northern

Bee's knees: max Weaver (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. moog's Place: Open mic/ Jam Night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell (retro), 10 p.m., Free. scott mangan (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., Free. cluB meTRonome: mildred moody's Full moon masquerade with swale errands, the Human canvas, Building Blox, songs & stringstruments, 9 p.m., $5/7. FRanny o's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. higheR gRound BallRoom: Never shout Never, man Overboard, mod sun, me Like Bees (rock), 6:30 p.m., $20/22. AA. higheR gRound shoWcase lounge: souljazz Orchestra, Zongo Junction (funk), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. AA. JP's PuB: Karaoke with morgan, 10 p.m., Free.

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BagiTos: Acoustic Blues Jam with the usual suspects, 6 p.m., Free. gusTo's: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley ciTy limiTs: Karaoke with Let it Rock entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. on The Rise BakeRy: Open Bluegrass, 8 p.m., Free. TWo BRoTheRs TaVeRn: Two Brothers comedy challenege (standup), 9:30 p.m., $3.

northern

Bee's knees: steve Hartmann (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. moog's Place: cloud people (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free.

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Tue.27 // kid koala [hiP-hoP, edm]

Step Right Up Among the most accomplished and sought-after turntablists of his generation,

Vinyl Vaudeville Tour, is a sensory mashup. The multimedia cabaret features puppets, dancing girls, games of chance and, of course, robots — the last being characters from his recent graphic novel. Oh, yeah, and bombastic dance music. This Tuesday, November 27, Koala brings his sideshow to the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington.

The Smittens Burlington's favorite bubblegum twee-pop band has been churning out catchy tunes for a decade. How do they do it? Listen here.

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manhaTTan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. necTaR's: Flipped Wedensdays with the edd, Higher Organix (live electronica), 9 p.m., $5. 18+. on TaP BaR & gRill: Ryan Hanson Band (rock), 7 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Red squaRe: DJ cre8 (hiphop), 10 p.m., Free. starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 7 p.m., Free. skinny Pancake: Josh panda and Brett Lanier (rock), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation. T. Bones ResTauRanT and BaR: chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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big PicturE thEAtEr & cAfé, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. thE bLAck Door, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 225-6479. brEAkiNg grouNDS, 245 Main St., Bethel, 392-4222. thE cENtEr bAkErY & cAfE, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500. cAStLErock Pub, 1840 Sugarbush Rd., Warren, 5836594. chArLiE o’S, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. ciDEr houSE bbq AND Pub, 1675 Rte.2, Waterbury, 244-8400. cLEAN SLAtE cAfé, 107 State St., Montpelier, 225-6166. cork WiNE bAr, 1 Stowe St., Waterbury, 882-8227. ESPrESSo buENo, 136 Main St., Barre, 479-0896. grEEN mouNtAiN tAVErN, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935. guSto’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. hoStEL tEVErE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222. kiSmEt, 52 State St., Montpelier, 223-8646. kNottY ShAmrock, 21 East St., Northfield, 485-4857. LocAL foLk SmokEhouSE, 9 Rt. 7, Waitsfield, 496-5623. mAiN StrEEt griLL & bAr, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. muLLigAN’S iriSh Pub, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545. NuttY StEPh’S, 961C Rt. 2, Middlesex, 229-2090. PickLE bArrEL NightcLub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. thE PizzA StoNE, 291 Pleasant St., Chester, 875-2121. PoSitiVE PiE 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453. PurPLE mooN Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. thE rESErVoir rEStAurANt & tAP room, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827. SLiDE brook LoDgE & tAVErN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202. South StAtioN rEStAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1736. tuPELo muSic hALL, 188 S. Main St., White River Jct., 698-8341. WhAmmY bAr, 31 W. County Rd. Calais, 229-4329.

northern

bEE’S kNEES, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. bLAck cAP coffEE, 144 Main St., Stowe, 253-2123. thE brEWSki, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. broWN’S mArkEt biStro, 1618 Scott Highway, Groton, 584-4124. choW! bELLA, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. cLAirE’S rEStAurANt & bAr, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053. coSmic bAkErY & cAfé, 30 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0800. couNtrY PANtrY DiNEr, 951 Main St., Fairfax, 849-0599 croP biStro & brEWErY, 1859 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4304. grEY fox iNN, 990 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8921. thE hub PizzEriA & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. thE LittLE cAbArEt, 34 Main St., Derby, 293-9000. mAttErhorN, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. thE mEEtiNghouSE, 4323 Rt. 1085, Smugglers’ Notch, 644-8851. moog’S PLAcE, Portland St., Morrisville, 851-8225. muSic box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. oVErtimE SALooN, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357. PArkEr PiE co., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366. PhAt kAtS tAVErN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064. PiEcASSo, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411. rimrockS mouNtAiN tAVErN, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593. roADSiDE tAVErN, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 660-8274. ruStY NAiL bAr & griLLE, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. ShootErS SALooN, 30 Kingman St., St. Albwans, 527-3777. SNoW ShoE LoDgE & Pub, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456. SWEEt cruNch bAkEShoP, 246 Main St., Hyde Park, 888-4887. tAmArAck griLL At burkE mouNtAiN, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., E. Burke, 626-7394. WAtErShED tAVErN, 31 Center St., Brandon, 247-0100. YE oLDE ENgLAND iNNE, 443 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-5320.

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“Vestiges: Images of the Depopulation of Detroit” by Karen Guth, Living/Learning Gallery

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iewed through the lens of Burlington photographer Karen Guth, Detroit appears to be another American city savaged by a super storm. Actually, it’s an unnatural disaster that has bef allen her f ather’s hometown. In 29 spare and eloquent shots, Guth records the af termath of policy decisions that brought about the deindustrialization and depopulation of what was once the world’s car-making capital. Fittingly, all the photos in “Vestiges: Images of the Depopulation of Detroit” are black and white. There’s not much color to be captured on Detroit’s deserted streets and in its crumbling buildings, but Guth’s austere aesthetic has the e˜ ect of intensifying the show’s mournful mood. Each image is also devoid of human beings and almost all other signs of life. That, too, seems an appropriate choice f or a chronicle of a metropolis turned necropolis. Visitors to the University of Vermont’s Living/Learning Gallery will encounter scene after scene of boarded-up houses, desecrated churches and derelict f actories, and libraries, classrooms and auditoriums strewn with debris. It’s sad to see what’s become of large swaths of Motown, but looking at Guth’s photos is nevertheless a pleasurable experience. She ﬁ nds beauty amid the wreckage.

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By f ocusing on shattered columns and toppled pillars, Guth manages to inf use Detroit’s f orsaken automobile f actories with the nobility of ancient Greek ruins. The content may be chaotic, but the form is classical. That doesn’t mean coolly unemotional, however. As Guth states in a wall text introducing the show, “I was compelled to take my camera and photograph what I was feeling: anger, sadness and utter disbelief.”

“Home Interior”

with hosannas now gives visual expression to Shakespeare’s “bare, ruin’d choirs.” In the apse of a neo-Gothic church, gra˛ ti has been scrawled where the altar used to be. Columns in the nave of the same church appear to have been gnawed away, as though some monster had been trying to get at tasty bits embedded in the stone. Books and sports trophies remain oddly undisturbed on the shelves of an otherwise ransacked library. A poster

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INTENSIFYING THE SHOW’S MOURNFUL MOOD. Her demonstratively personal attachment to the subject matter stems from the time Guth herself lived in the Detroit area. She had moved from New York City in the late 1990s to a place not far from where her father was born. That address now designates a vacant lot. As Guth recounts in her statement, her f ather had regaled his daughter with f ond memories of 5-cent seats at Tiger Stadium, which was demolished in 2009. But the Detroit she found was “a city of sports arenas and o˛ ce buildings juxtaposed with urban decay beyond anything I could ever imagine.” ˝A chapel that must once have rung

pasted to the side of a bookcase lists instructions for a “Take-Cover Drill.” Given the appearance of this bombed-out room, it’s easy to imagine the library patrons taking cover from an actual attack rather than engaging in a mock exercise. In a similar scene, textbooks are still neatly stacked in a classroom that looks like it was grazed by a tornado. The title on the books’ seams — The American Nation — is too deliciously ironic to have escaped Guth’s notice. But the metaphor is a bit blunt; we don’t need so explicit a prompt to get the intended inference. Detroit looks nothing like best-of-everything Burlington. There’s no equiva-

lent here of the long stretches of cracked pavement leading nowhere. The Queen City’s surf aces don’t dissolve into puddles the size of ponds. And you won’t see empty houses standing side by side in formerly intact working-class neighborhoods. Wrong. All of this is indeed visible in Vermont’s only metropolitan area. The unused road lined with weeds and bare trees looks a lot like the leg of the Southern Connector that was built some 25 years ago but has never carried tra˛ c. Guth’s ﬂ ooded lane resembles the section of the waterfront bike path near the Moran Plant a day or two after even a moderate rainfall. And those hollow-eyed homes with o˛ cial-looking signs a˛ xed to their exteriors? Why, it’s as though Guth were shooting streets near the Burlington International Airport, where houses purchased by the airport with f ederal f unds now silently await the wrecking ball. “Vestiges” is an apt title for this show. “It Can’t Happen Here — Could It?” would have worked, too. K EV I N J . K EL L EY

“Vestiges: Images of the Depopulation of Detroit,” photographs by Karen Guth. Living/Learning Center Gallery, next to Fireplace Lounge, second ﬂ oor of Commons Building, University of Vermont, in Burlington. Open 1-8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekends. November 25 through December 7. uvm.edu/llcenter

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'1st AnnuAl stocking stuffer show': local artists such as haley bishop, Jude bond, Jeannie Tucker, lisamarie Charlesworth, laura Dame and Rachel wisdomork sell their smaller-than-six-squareinch artworks for the holidays. Through December 24 at Vintage inspired in burlington. info, 355-5418. 'A tAste of the Vermont internAtionAl festiVAl': exotic treasures from the private collection of April werner and ben bergstein, presented in conjunction with the 20th annual Vermont international Festival at the Champlain Valley exposition. Through november 30 at north end studio A in burlington. info, 863-6713. AAron stein: "Food for Thought," work by the burlington artist. Curated by seAbA. Through november 30 at pine street Deli in burlington. info, 862-9614. AlexAnder costAntino: Mixed-media paintings. Curated by seAbA. Through november 30 at speeder & earl's (pine street) in burlington. info, 658-6016. Ali BAddoe: Acrylic portraits and abstract paintings inspired by travels in haiti. Through December 14 at Community College of Vermont in winooski. info, 654-0513. Austin furtAk-cole: "Fantasms," paintings. Through november 27 at the gallery at burlington College. info, 862-9616. Autumn group show: photography, paintings, handmade paper, artist books, jewelry and sculpture by 35 Vermont artists. Curated by seAbA. Through november 30 at VCAM studio in burlington. info, 651-9692. Ben Aleshire: "slow Art: photographs & prints," natural-light portraits made with a medium-format Mamiya twin-lens camera and hand-bound books, presented as part of an Artlab residency. Through December 31 at bCA Center in burlington. info, 865-7166. BriAn sweetlAnd: Recent oil paintings of rural Vermont. Through november 27 at Furchgott sourdiffe gallery in shelburne. info, 985-3848.

christy mitchell: "A grand petition," 1000 components making up a single series of work that explores our desires and fears expressed through the act of prayer, filling all 160 feet of gallery wall space. Through november 30 at s.p.A.C.e. gallery in burlington. info, spacegalleryvt.com. cindy griffith: "newest works," paintings by the Vermont artist. Through December 31 at east shore Vineyard Tasting Room in burlington. info, 229-4326.

dAmien hirst: The gallery presents two spot paintings by the english artist alongside bruce R. MacDonald's stainless-steel light sculptures, Joel urruty's minimalist sculpture and george peterson's abstract wood wall panels. Through December 31 at the havoc gallery in burlington. info, 863-9553.

receptions 'inspired By gruppe': work by members of the northern Vermont Artists' Association. november 23 through December 23 at emile A. gruppe gallery in Jericho. Reception: nVAA member Robert brunelle Jr. gives a talk, at 1:30, about the history of the association. sunday, november 25, 1-4 p.m. info, 899-3211.

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the outlined criteria accepted. For details, submission form and more info, go to spacegalleryvt.com. rAre eArth photo exhiBit: Darkroom gallery explores how varied the landscape-photography genre can be. Deadline: December 12. Juror: william neill. info, darkroomgallery.com/ex37. exposed 2013: open call to artists and writers for the 22nd annual exposed outdoor sculpture exhibition at helen Day Art Center in stowe. Deadline: January 4. info, helenday.com/exposed. cAll for 2-d/3-d suBmissions: Chandler gallery in Randolph is holding a call for 20- to 30-year-old artists for a show on January 13. submissions are due December 5. info, janetensia@gmail.com. thinking out of the Box: This show features art made from cardboard in all of its forms — corrugated, boxboard, tubular and more,

cAll for entries: The Vermont Folklife Center announces the 14th annual gingerbread house competition from november 30 through December 19. Registration due november 20. info, 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org. creAtiVe competition_004: presented by the Root gallery. $8 entry fee. people’s choice vote; winner takes all (compounded entry money). limit one piece, any size, media or subject. First Friday of every month, 6-10 p.m. Vote for your favorite piece until awards ceremony at 8:30 p.m. location: Rlphoto, 27 sears lane, burlington. info, publicartschool@gmail.com.

food 4 fArmers Benefit & holidAy Art sAle: printmaker Casey blanchard sells her work to benefit a Vermont nonprofit working to build long-term food security for coffee-growing families throughout latin America. Through november 30 at studio 266 in burlington. info, 985-3037.

dug nAp: Art Affair by shearer presents prints by the iconic, self-taught burlington artist. Through December 31 at shearer Chevrolet in south burlington. info, 658-1111.

gAllery grAnd opening: Artwork and artisan food and crafts by Kimberly bombard, Karen barry, Annalisa parent, Ann McFarren, Chantal lawrence, Tinka Teresa Martell, ben Thurber and others. Through December 31 at Vermont Artisans Craft gallery, burlington Town Center. info, 863-4600.

eric eickmAnn: "Drive by love," new acrylic paintings. Through november 28 at speaking Volumes in burlington. info, 540-0107.

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donA Ann mcAdAms: "A View From the backstretch," photographs and audio stories from the venerable saratoga racecourse, produced in collaboration with the Vermont Folklife Center. Through January 26 at Amy e. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center, in burlington. info, 652-4510.

elizABeth lemAire: "Kinetic Fragments," mixed-media works incorporating fragments of tossed-aside items. Through December 31 at block gallery in winooski. info, 578-9001.

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crAig mooney: "Reflections," cityscape, landscape and figurative paintings. Curated by west branch gallery & sculpture park. Through December 3 at Main street landing performing Arts Center in burlington. info, 253-8943.

'34th AnnuAl putney crAft tour': Twenty-eight artists and craftspeople open their studios to the public; maps available at the putney inn and putneycrafts. com. Friday through sunday, november 23-25, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., various locations, putney.

ninA BoVAsso: The new York City-based artist, known for her cartoon sensibility, absorption in popular culture and keen design sense, gives a talk called "Traveling in a wider Circumference," wednesday, november 28, 5:30 p.m., williams hall, uVM, burlington. info, 656-2014.

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'migrAtion': Artwork and writing from switzerland, greece, the netherlands, italy and the united states addressing topics of immigration, emigration, migrant workers, refugees and visa holders. Through november 25 at helen Day Art Center in stowe. Artists ian Deleon and Kara stokowski perform: Thursday, november 22, 6 p.m. info, 253-8358.

Arts fundrAiser show: easily portable and affordable works of art by students, faculty and local artists; proceeds benefit Johnson state College's Visual Arts Center. november 26 through December 15 at Julian scott Memorial gallery, Johnson state College. Talk: Tuesday, november 27, 10 a.m. info, 635-1251.

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'iMpreSSionS of lake chaMplain and Beyond': New works by Carolyn Walton, Susan Bull Riley, Athenia Schinto, Gail Bessette, Betty Ball and Charles Townsend, plus jewelry by Tineke Russell. A portion of all sales will be donated to the Humane Society of Chittenden County. Through November 28 at Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-8223.

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Jane ann kantor: Abstract acrylic paintings. Through December 31 at Fiddlehead Brewing Company in Shelburne. Info, 318-2225.

Julie y Baker alBriGht: "Painted Holidays," photorealistic oil paintings of items created by other Frog Hollow artisans. Through December 31 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Info, 863-6458.

JaSon hanaSik: "Fall in Line," photographs and video projections that aim to unpack traditional Western expectations related to masculinity, social class and valor within the context of the military. Through January 19 at BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. John BrickelS: "Pipe Dreams," new steampunk wall sculptures incorporating vintage dials, meters and valves. Through November 30 at Brickels Gallery in Burlington. Info, 825-8214. John churchMan & Jerry laSky: "Autumn Glory," photographs. Through November 30 at Shelburne Vineyard. Info, 985-8222.

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Joy huckinS-noSS: "The Texture of Light," oil paintings of the Vermont landscape. Through January 2 at Pompanoosuc Mills in Burlington. Info, 229-0832.

karen Guth: "Vestiges," black-and-white photographs capturing the depopulation of Detroit. Through December 7 at Living/Learning Center, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-4200. kathryn Milillo: "Barns and Landscapes," paintings, giclée prints and notecards by the Vermont artist. Through January 30 at Left Bank Home & Garden in Burlington. Info, 862-1001. kyle 'fattie B.' thoMpSon: "POP SHOTS," signed and numbered prints of pop-art designs by the local artist and DJ. Through November 30 at 1/2 Lounge in Burlington. Info, 865-0012.

'laBor of love': An exhibit featuring photos of and excerpts from interviews with women who are passionate about their work, are an inspiration to others and exemplify excellence in their field. Created by Vermont Works for Women in collaboration with the Vermont Folklife Center. Through December 31 at Winooski Welcome Center & Gallery. Info, 655-8900. 'latitude/lonGitude: weavinG theMeS, aSSeMBlinG StorieS': Reflections on identity and geographical coordinates by Bren Alvarez, Merche Bautista and Tina Escaja. Through December 30 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 363-4746. lauren Brownell & JaySon arGento: Paintings by Brownell; photos by Argento. Through November 30 at Red Square in Burlington. Info, 318-2438. leah van reeS: Landscape and seascape paintings. Through November 30 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7166.

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Lynn Beach & Joyce carroLL: A holiday window display created in collaboration with the Lake Champlain Land Trust. Through January 15 at the Green Life in Burlington. Info, 862-4150. Martin LaLonde: "After the Hunt: LeRoy Club Nostalgia," watercolors by the Vermont artist. Through November 30 at Davis Studio Gallery in Burlington. Info, 425-2700. nicoLe MandeviLLe & SuSan nova: "Optasia," paintings inspired by the natural world and the magic of the universe. Through November 30 at the Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. Info, 660-9005. 'oceanic art and the PerforMance of Life': Intricately crafted objects, including masks, textiles and weaponry, from indigenous cultures of the Pacific Islands. Through May 24 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. 'PerSonaL StyLe': A juried exhibit of photography by Vermont high school students. November 22 through December 9 at Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686. PhiLiP Brou: "Central Casting," paintings of veteran film extras. Through February 1 at Office Hours Gallery in Burlington. renee Lauzon: "If We Are Two, They Will Have to Believe Us," an audio installation that explores subjectivity and objectivity in accounts of violence. Through November 30 at Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington. Info, 865-7211. 'ShaPed PaintingS': Work by Johnson State College art students. The show is dedicated to the late Marc Awodey, who taught at Johnson for a decade. Through December 23 at Muddy Waters in Burlington. Info, 635-1315. thornton diaL Sr.: "Thoughts on Paper," early drawings by the self-taught artist; 'outcaStS and reBeLS: PrintS By WiLLiaM BLake and Leonard BaSkin': Works dealing with a range of charged political, social and religious themes; 'froM Mourning to night: John Singer Sargent and BLack in faShion': An exhibit exploring Sargent's role in popularizing the color black in America as a choice for high fashion rather than mourning. Through December 14 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

WinooSki hoLiday art Market: Art, crafts and other locally made products from around the region. Open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Through December 31 at Winooski Welcome Center & Gallery. Info, info@kasinihouse.com.

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'hoLiday ShoW 2012': Works priced under $1000. Through January 13 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. iriS gage: "Majestic Biology," photographs of flora, fauna and landscapes. Through December 1 at Tulsi Tea Room in Montpelier. Info, 223-0043.

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kathLeen fiSke: Landscape paintings. Through November 30 at Norman Williams Public Library in Woodstock. Info, 457-2295. keLLy McMuLLen-fekert: "Groovy Green Designs," artworks upcycled from furniture. Through January 1 at Red Hen Bakery & Café in Middlesex. Info, 496-7895.

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'Light & SPace': Work by printmakers Sabra Field and Dan O’Donnell, fiber artist Karen Madden and sculptor Pat Musick. Through May 10 at the Great Hall in Springfield. Info, 885-3061. Luke ianuzzi: "The naked potter," Raku ceramics by the co-owner of Waitsfield's Wilder Farm Inn Bed & Breakfast. Through November 24 at Festival Gallery in Waitsfield. Info, 496-6682. Myra hudSon: Landscape and figure oil paintings by the Royalton artist. Through January 18 at Tunbridge Public Library. Info, 889-9404. Pat SWyLer: "Serenity," ceramic figurines. Through December 14 at Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College, in Poultney. Info, 287-8398.

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Peter SchuMann: "Deflection Campaign Office With R&R Pillow for Exhausted Electorate," an exhibit by the Bread & Puppet founder. Through November 30 at Goddard College in Plainfield. Info, 322-1685.

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SaM kerSon: "UnMasked," portraits in pastels. Through December 1 at City Center in Montpelier. Info, dragondancetheatre@gmail.com. ‘SLoWLife’: Time-lapse photography and videos set to an original musical score exploring the growth and movement of plants. Through November 25 at Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. Info, 649-2200.

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'the hoLLy & the ivy': A holiday exhibition and sale of art and fine craft by local and out-of-state artists. Through January 26 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor. Info, 674-9616. 'the Mary azarian faMiLy exhiBit': Paintings, fabric collages, wood-cut prints and books by Ethan Azarian, Melissa Knight, Jesse Azarian, Tim Azarian, Willaiwan Phonjan and Mary Azarian. Through December 31 at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Info, 223-3338.

BarBara LeBer: "Sunflowers and Skies," acrylic paintings. Through November 30 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, curator@ capitolgrounds.com.

toBy BartLeS: Black-and-white abstractions in pen and gouache. Through December 23 at Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction. Info, 295-0808.

'ceLeBrate': Locally made pottery, scarves, paintings, journals, hobby horses, ornaments, cards, jewelry and more, on sale for the holidays. Through December 28 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

'viSionS of PLace: the PhotograPhy of John MiLLer, Peter MiLLer and richard BroWn': Work by the photographers who have each spent more than 40 years documenting the farmsteads, families and individuals of Vermont. Curated by the Vermont Folklife Center. Through November 30 at Vermont Statehouse Cafeteria in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. CENTRAL VT SHOWS

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theodore kaye: Photographs from central Asia, including landscapes, images from daily life and scenes from buzkashi, a fierce version of polo on horseback. November 23 through January 27 at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-0141.

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'1861-1862: toWard a higher MoraL PurPoSe': An exhibition exploring the experiences of Norwich University alumni who fought in the Civil War, featuring photographs, artwork, weapons and equipment, including a cannon likely used by Norwich cadets. Through April 30 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield. Info, 485-2183.

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dan BarLoW & Scott Baer: "Green Mountain Graveyards," photographs of Vermont's historic, artistic and spooky cemeteries. Through December 31 at Main Street Museum in White River Junction. Info, 356-2776.

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Bruce Oliphant, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1967. Through December 9 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-3168. 'contemPorary JeWelS: an offering': Works by five artists of Tibetan heritage presented in honor of the Dalai Lama's recent visit to Middlebury. Through January 11 at Davis Family Library, Middlebury College. Info, 443-5235. deb runge: "Naturally Vermont," watercolors by the retired elementary school teacher. Through December 28 at Carpenter-Carse Library in Hinesburg. Info, 482-2878. 'in the SPirit of the SeaSon': A holiday show of member artworks priced under $200. Through January 15 at Brandon Artists Guild. Info, 247-4956. Peter Wolf: "Country Life & Rock N Roll," a 33year retrospective of the Jericho photographer's work, from black-and-white nature shots to a portrait of Carlos Santana. Through December 20 at Mt. Mansfield Community Television in Richmond. Info, 434-2550. 'Small WorkS ShoW': Paintings, drawings, photographs and mixed-media constructions — all under 14 square inches and $500 — by more than 20 gallery artists (through January 2); ellen granter: Paintings by the Massachusetts artist whose work was featured on the cover of Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help (through November 30). At Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. 'the autumn camPuS': Large-scale oil paintings of the college campus; SilkScreen ShoW: Work by printmaking students. November 27 through December 6 at Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Info, 443-3168.

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'Artists From HowArdCenter': Work by selftaught artists. Through November 28 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857. 'Autumn in Vermont Art mAsquerAde': Paintings by Jane Ashley, Gary Eckhart, Evelyn McFarlane and Hunter Eddy. Through November 30 at Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-9653. 'BArn PAint out': Plein-air paintings of Vermont barns. Through December 28 at Jericho Center Town Hall. Info, 849-2049. FrAnk woods: Paintings by the Montpelier artist. Through November 25 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053. GAyleen Aiken: "A Grand View," paintings and drawings of the Vermont landscape made between 1958 and 2000. Through December 31 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857. HArlAn mACk: "Waking Rage: The Tank Ages," the local sculptor and mixed-media artist's MFA thesis show; half of this two-part exhibition is at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, through November 23. Through December 20 at Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson. Info, 635-1251. Heidi CHAmBerlAin: "Simple Eclectic Nature," mixed-media works combining cross-stitch, linoleum-print, watercolor and monoprint techniques. Through November 30 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery. Info, 372-5049. 'Hidden treAsures': Works by 25 deceased artists from the personal collections of gallery members; keVin FAHey & mAry s. mArtin: Paintings. Through December 30 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100. Judy lowry: "In Honor of the Lowell Mountain Range," paintings of the landscape before the wind turbines. Through December 3 at Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. Info, 754-2971. noVemBer sHow: Paintings by Sharon Fiske and Nancy Jacobus and jewelry by Larry Langlais and Barb Langevin. Through November 30 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403.

rory JACkson: Large-scale oil paintings of New England landscapes and Ghana seascapes by the artist who divides his time between Lincoln, Vt., and the beach of Cape Three Points, Ghana. Through November 25 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. tHomAs Fuss: "Backroads America," photographs of Americana, from Monument Valley and the California redwoods to Graceland and the murder scenes in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood; 'FiGurinG it out': Work by participants in River Arts' figure drawing open studio sessions. Through January 7 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261. 'triPle Vision: seeds oF trAdition in ContemPorAry PHotoGrAPHy': Work by Thea Storz, Linda Bryan and Chris Esten. Through December 5 at Quimby Gallery, Lyndon State College in Lyndonville. Info, 626-6487.

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AlyssHA Csük: Photographs of the region’s operating and abandoned quarries. Through December 31 at Slate Valley Museum in Granville, N.Y. Info, 518-642-1417. 'CrossinG Cultures': A survey of Australia's contemporary indigenous art movement from the 1970s to the present drawn from one of the world's largest collections of aboriginal art. Through March 10 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2095. 'onCe uPon A time... imPressionism: GreAt FrenCH PAintinGs From tHe ClArk': A traveling exhibit of paintings by Bonnard, Corot, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Millet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley and Toulouse-Lautrec. Through January 20 at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Info, 514-285-2000. susAn wHeliHAn: "Pieced Together," piquetteassiette (broken-plate) mosaic works inspired by the rural landscape. Through November 30 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Info, 508-332-0318. m

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LAW OF THE LAND Spielberg’s latest chronicles Lincoln’s hook-or-crook campaign to pass the 13th Amendment.

Lincoln ★★★★★

his was always going to be a significant fi lm. Its central character, after all, is among the most mythologized human beings who ever lived. Its director is responsible for some of the biggest, most popular movies ever made. And its star is arguably the fi nest actor on the face of the earth. By no means, though, was Lincoln guaranteed to be a great fi lm. I’m happy to say it is. And not necessarily f or the lof ty reasons a lot of reviews have suggested. Critics sometimes overintellectualize, and I’ve read reviews of this movie that left the impression one would practically need an advanced degree in history or political science to properly appreciate its subject matter. Nothing could be further from the truth. While Steven Spielberg’s latest portrays an extraordinary man contending with extraordinary circumstances, it’s very much a story about politics as usual. The term “gridlock” might not yet have been coined in the mid-1860s, but the phenomenon was already very much a fact of life on Capitol Hill. Inspired by Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 2005 bestseller Team of Rivals: The Politi-

cal Genius of Abraham Lincoln , Spielberg’s remarkable movie isn’t a biopic in the traditional sense. Rather than recount the events of its subject’s lif e, the picture conveys his essence through a brilliant delineation of a single pivotal chapter — his improbable campaign to outlaw slavery forever by shoving the 13th Amendment down the throat of an uncooperative Congress. We’re accustomed to the cliché of a solemn, brooding Lincoln, so one of the ﬁ lm’s revelations is just how much fun he had being the 16th president of the United States. Daniel Day-Lewis is almost otherworldly in the role. He doesn’t so much play the great man as channel him, and the actor makes a point of putting Lincoln’s fondness for mischief and humor at the forefront of his interpretation. The Lincoln we meet here isn’t merely capable of telling folksy stories and salty jokes, however. He’s capable of bending rules, even breaking laws to get the job done. For every public display of impassioned oratory, we witness a dozen deals and countless bribes. In the hands of screenwriter Tony Kushner — a Pulitzer-winning playwright — the race

to pass the bill bef ore the Civil War draws to a close (so the Conf ederate states won’t be able to vote against it) becomes a thing of back-room beauty. Never before in American cinema have politics and poetry combined to make such spellbinding bedfellows. The ﬁ lm comes close to ﬂ awlessness. Complementing the immensely magnetic perf ormance by Day-Lewis and Kushner’s exceptional script are Janusz Kaminski’s beautif ully muted camerawork and Rick Carter’s production design, which conjures a rough-hewn Washington still only a step or two up from a frontier town. Lincolnalso has more f abulous supporting turns than you can shake a stovepipe hat at. They include Tommy Lee Jones at his most cantankerous as abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens; David Strathairn as William Seward, Lincoln’s secretary of state and en-

forcer; and James Spader having a high time playing a mustachioed scoundrel hired to buy votes for the bill — along with others too numerous to list. But you can’t review this movie and not give particular consideration to the most curious, controversial member of its cast. Sally Field was either going to be an inspiration or a total disaster in the role of Mary Todd Lincoln, and I’m sort of shocked to report she pulls it o˛ . I can’t imagine the ﬁ lm working nearly as well without her. Field is utterly convincing as a woman who’s smart, tough and haunted equally by the memory of her deceased son and the sense that the man she married is not entirely of this world. RICK KISONAK

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 ★★★

’m here to tell you that heads get twisted o˛ in the fi nalTwilight movie. Many heads, in many creative ways, without a drop of blood — this is a PG-13 fi lm, af ter all. Those decapitations, tidy as they are, could help account f or the relatively hef ty proportion of males — 21 percent — who joined the massive audience for Breaking Dawn Part 2 last weekend. That’s the highest-ever fi gure for the series, according to Box O˝ ce Mojo. Do guys — and movie critics — just hate romance? Let’s hope not. But movies that devote long stretches of screen time to two characters gazing or glaring at each other tend to come o˛ a bit inert to viewers who feel no pressing investment in that relationship. Like pornography, or gory horror fl icks, Twilight fi lms play to an audience that wants to see variations on the same thing (Edward staring into Bella’s eyes) over and over and over. All that repetition leaves fans dizzy and nonfans antsy. So director Bill Condon and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg deserve credit for playing up everything that actually happens or even could have happened in the second half of the fourth installment of Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling series. The fi lm’s long middle is

still a slog, but the beginning and ending are loud and weird enough to supply solid entertainment. The weirdness is built in.Breaking Dawn Part 1 ended with Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) literally torn apart by her unborn child, whom its immortal father (Robert Pattinson) delivered by emergency C-section using his teeth. He then assisted our heroine in rising triumphantly f rom her deathbed as a vampire — one who, at the opening of Part 2, looks ready for a night of clubbing. Her eyes gleaming with blood lust (courtesy of red contact lenses), the glammed-up Bella leaps f rom tree to tree, eats mountain lions and arm wrestles with her erstwhile other love interest, Jacob the werewolf (Taylor Lautner). The shirt-averse lad abandoned the rivalry when he realized he was actually destined to be mated to Bella’s infant daughter. What? Ew! That’s also Bella’s reaction. But she soon has bigger problems, as her miracle child sprouts rapidly into a tween (Mackenzie Foy) and attracts the rage of the Volturi, an Italian vampire clan devoted to scenery chewing. When you want to def eat slumming thespians, you need more slumming thespians. So our brave family of vamps enlists a veritable UN of the undead, played

AMPED VAMP Stewart ﬂ exes her biceps against Lautner in the ﬁ nal installment, but her acting muscles remain underused.

by overqualifi ed actors who deliver colorful lines in colorf ul accents, to f ace o˛ against a howlingly silly Michael Sheen and an icy Dakota Fanning. It’s all fun and games until somebody loses a head, right? In the fi nal act, the fi lmmakers unleash Sheen, the digital e˛ ects team and their imaginations to deliver a scene that even resolute nonfans can relish. It’s a long time coming, but then, so was the end of this “saga.” (And rumor has it more Twilight fi lms are now in the works.) The makers of the fi ve fi lms did a classy job, respecting the material and its fan base

while throwing reluctant viewers some bones: attractive visuals, the occasional self -aware joke and a handf ul of memorably bizarre moments. They did not succeed in converting this critic to the cause of their gorgeous, morally pure, eternally young, incredibly wealthy protagonists, who still strike me as waxy mannequins better suited to monarchist propaganda about the glorious court of Louis XVI. But, hey, it’s f antasy, not reality. And it’s over. MARGOT HARRISON

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tHE pERKS oF BEiNG A WAllFloWERHHH1/2 Stephen Chbosky directed this adaptation of his 1999 novel about a shy, troubled high schooler (Logan Lerman) who blooms when he joins a group of quirky friends. With Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. (102 min, PG-13. Roxy) pitcH pERFEctHHH Bring It On with warbling? Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow play members of an all-female college a capella group who go for broke in their battle with the boys. With Rebel Wilson. Director Jason Moore makes his feature debut. (112 min, PG-13. Big Picture) tHE SESSioNSHHHH In this fact-based drama, John Hawkes portrays a poet paralyzed by polio who turns to a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) so he can lose his virginity. With William H. Macy. Ben Lewin wrote and directed. (95 min, R. Palace, Savoy) SKYFAllHHHH Sam (Revolutionary Road) Mendes directed the latest James Bond adventure, in which the superspy (Daniel Craig) faces a threat to M-16 from within. With Helen McCrory, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench and Ralph Fiennes. (143 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Welden)

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A lAtE QUARtEtHHH1/2 After a cellist (Christopher Walken) announces his retirement from the successful string quartet he founded, disputes break out among the other members. With Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener. Yaron Zilberman directed. (105 min, R. Savoy)

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RiSE oF tHE GUARDiANS: Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and other childhood icons team up, Avengers-style, to combat a world-threatening menace in this DreamWorks family animation. With the voices of Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law. Peter Ramsey directed. (97 min, PG. Bijou [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis, Palace, Paramount [3-D])

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Sagittarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Your redesigned thrust vectoring matrix is finally operational. Love those new nozzles! Moreover, you’ve managed to purge all the bugs from your cellular tracking pulse, and your high-resolution flux capacitor is retooled and as sexy as a digitally remastered simulation of your first kiss. You’re almost ready for takeoff, Sagittarius! The most important task left to do is to realign your future shock absorbers. No more than a week from now, I expect you to be flying high and looking very, very good.

aRies (March 21-april 19): “Don’t think about

gemini (May 21-June 20): let’s talk about

the Decision. i’m referring to the Choice you have been dancing around and fretting about and analyzing to death. by my estimate, there are at least 15 different solutions you could pursue. but just seven of those solutions would meet the requirements of being intelligent, responsible, and fun. of those seven, only four would be intelligent, responsible, fun and enduring. of those four, only two would be intelligent, responsible, fun, enduring and the best for all concerned. i suggest you opt for one of those two.

canceR (June 21-July 22): i’m not neces-

sarily asserting that you need to edit yourself, Cancerian. only you can decide that. but i will state unequivocally that if there is in fact any editing needed, now would be a good time to do it. you will have extra insight about what aspects of your life might benefit from being condensed, corrected and fine-tuned. it’s also true that the rectifications you do in the coming weeks will be relatively smooth and painless. so look into the possibilities, please. should you calm your blame reflex? Downsize a huffy attitude? shed some emotional baggage?

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(July 23-aug. 22): How many times have you been in love, leo? Just once or twice? or have you dived into the depths of amorous togetherness again and again over the years? Whatever the case may be, i bet you have strong ideas about the nature of

passionate romance and profound intimacy. That’s natural and normal. but i’m going to ask you to temporarily forget everything you think you know about all that stuff. i invite you to become innocent again, cleansed of all your mature, jaded, hopeful and resentful thoughts about the game of love. in my astrological opinion, there’s no better way for you to prepare for what will come next.

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(aug. 23-sept. 22): a medical research journal reported on a british woman who accidentally swallowed a felt-tip pen. it lay there in her stomach for 25 years. When surgeons finally removed it, they were surprised to find it still worked. i am not suggesting that anything remotely as exotic or bizarre will be happening to you, Virgo. i do suspect, though, that you will soon have an experience with certain metaphorical resemblances to that event. For example, you may retrieve and find use for an element of your past that has been gone or missing for a long time.

libRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): “sapiosexual” is a relatively new word that refers to a person who is erotically attracted to intelligence. Urbandictionary.com gives an example of how it might be used: “i want an incisive, inquisitive, insightful, irreverent mind. i want someone for whom philosophical discussion is foreplay. i want a sapiosexual.” in the coming weeks, libra, i suspect you will be closer to fitting this definition than you’ve ever been before. The yearning that’s rising up in you is filled with the need to be stimulated by brilliance, to be influenced by wisdom, to be catalyzed by curiosity. scoRPio

(oct. 23-nov. 21): in 2007 the band White stripes did a tour of Canada. one of their final gigs was outdoors in st. John’s, newfoundland. They came on stage, played one note — a C-sharp — and declared the performance over. it was the briefest rock show in history. Judging from the current astrological omens, scorpio, i’m thinking it would be a good time for you to do some almost equally pithy things. you have the potential to be extremely concise and intense and focused in all you do. i urge you to fulfill that potential. Pack every speech, gesture and action with a concentrated wealth of meaning.

caPRicoRn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The plot twists will be intriguing. The actors may be unpredictable, even erratic. blossoming and decay will be happening simultaneously, and the line between wisdom and craziness could get blurry. There’s not nearly enough room in this little horoscope to describe the epic sweep of the forces working behind the scenes. are you willing to confront uncanny truths that other people might regard as too unruly? are you brave enough to penetrate to the depths that others are too timid to look at, let alone deal with? i hope you are, Capricorn, because that will give you the power to ultimately emerge from the drama with your integrity shining and your intelligence boosted. aQUaRiUs

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Psychologists have done studies that suggest we subconsciously adopt the qualities of fictional characters we read about or see in movies. That’s not a problem if those characters are smart, ethical, highly motivated people whose ideals are similar to ours. but if the heroes of the stories we absorb are jerks who treat others badly and make messes wherever they go, our imitative urges may lead us astray. right now is a crucial time for you to be extra careful about the role models you allow to seep into your imagination. you’re especially susceptible to taking on their attributes. i say, be proactive: expose yourself intensely to only the very best fictional characters who embody the heights you aspire to reach.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): “The fates guide

him who will; him who won’t, they drag.” so said the ancient greek philosopher seneca, and now i’m passing it on to you. it’s an excellent time for you to think about the issue. ask yourself: Have you been cooperating with fate so that it has maximum power to shepherd you? Have you been working closely with fate, giving it good reasons to consistently provide you with useful hints and timely nudges? or have you been you avoiding fate, even resisting it out of laziness or ignorance, compelling it to yank you along? spend the next few weeks making sure your relationship with fate is strong and righteous.

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making art, just get it done,” said andy Warhol. “let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” i encourage you to adopt that mini-manifesto for your own purposes in the coming weeks, aries. if you’re not an artist, simply substitute the appropriate phrase for “making art.” it could be “creating interesting relationships,” “exploring exotic lands,” “changing corrupt political institutions,” “fixing environmental problems,” or even “making money.” The main point is: Focus on doing what drives your quest for meaning, and forget about what people think of it.

(april 20-May 20): a Jungian writer whose name i have unfortunately misplaced made the following observations: “in a man’s psyche, the unconscious is experienced as chaotic, filled with violent and irrational processes of generation and destruction. but to a woman’s psyche the unconscious is a fascinating matrix of sacred images and rituals which in their wildly contradictory meanings express the secret unity of all life.” after analyzing the astrological omens, i suspect that you taurus men now have an unprecedented opportunity to experience your unconscious as women do. as for you taurus women: you have the chance to get a vivid, visceral understanding of how true this description of the female unconscious is.

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When I went to my boyfriend’s parents’ house for Thanksgiving last year, I had a religious experience, literally. His family is very religious (like a crucifix in every room, and his mom goes to church daily), and he had a hard time having sex in their home. When his mom and dad left the house to go shopping, I managed to convince him to have sex, but he wouldn’t do it in his childhood bed — he made us do it on the floor. I am a very sexually free person, and he usually is, too. Seeing him feeling ashamed about having sex was a turn-off and a little disturbing. I felt physically and emotionally distant from him for a while after our trip. Now, we’re preparing to fly back for Thanksgiving this year, and I’m not looking forward to it. I get that he wants to be respectful of his parents, but what about respecting our relationship?

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There’s a reason why many of us live an airplane ride away from our parents, and this Thanksgiving be thankful you only make this trip once a year. Believe me, I understand the need to get laid, but try being a bit more sensitive to his needs over the holiday. Shacking up in a childhood bedroom can be loaded, especially if the room comes complete with a lifetime of religious rearing. Have a talk before you get on the plane. Rather than being holiday adversaries, you and your man have to work together like mashed potatoes and gravy. Let him know that his resistance to being intimate with you last Thanksgiving really put a cramp in your cranberry sauce. Let him know that while you wish to be respectful of his parents’ home and values, you still want to maintain a level of physical closeness with him. This doesn’t mean you have to perform porn-star-style sex on the Thanksgiving buffet, but it does mean you expect some affection and intimacy during your trip. Here’s where the fun comes in: If he’s not up for sex at his parents’ house, challenge yourselves to find alternatives. Take a ride in the car and get down in the backseat. Find a motel and spend a couple of hours alone. Or, if you’re feeling the spirit of the holidays, get lost at a Christmas tree farm and get back to nature, if you know what I mean. Just be mindful of the pine needles — they get everywhere!

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