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in six years. It’s because we are uniquely positioned — in the heart of Burlington’s creative economy — to serve as a matchmaker between cool companies looking for trainable workers and young people who want to stay and earn a good living in Vermont. The Jam also gives us a reason to seek out stories from the tech sector; there are lots of them. Many of the inventors and entrepreneurs we write about aren’t looking for publicity — like the Tarrant brothers, whom Ken Picard profiles in “Market Share” on page 38. Their company, MyWebGrocer, is one of many that sell products and services primarily outside the state. Meanwhile, a growing number of Vermont companies are focused on the local landscape — mapping it, that is. Kathryn Flagg explores that growing tech trend in her story, “There’s a Map for That,” on page 42. Seven Days’ digital media manager Tyler Machado created a mapping tool of his own last weekend during Hack VT, a 24-hour hackathon MyWebGrocer hosted at the Mill. He wrote about his coding marathon, and his new farmers market finder, in “How to Hack It in a Hackathon,” on page 44. The competitive spirit that inspired the hackathon also drives the video game design students at Champlain College, most of whom are of the XY variety. Associate publisher Cathy

Resmer talked with three of the school’s female programmers and designers about gaming with the guys. “She Got Game” is on page 35. Didn’t know there was such a lively gaming community in Vermont? Then you probably don’t know about Blu-Bin, Poultney’s new 3-D print shop, either. In this week’s Whiskey Tango Foxtrot column, on page 22, Megan James explains WTF a 3-D printer is and how it works. Tech’s in the news, too. When the Burlington Police Department got tired of shelling out money for software updates, Chief Mike Schirling created a cheaper, more efficient DIY solution that is saving the city — and now, the state — tons of money. Ken Picard investigates on page 18. What happens to local jobs when Vermont tech companies sell to out-of-state ones? Kevin J. Kelley does the due diligence on page 16. We hope reading this issue inspires you to check out the Vermont Tech Jam on Friday and Saturday, October 26 and 27, at the Champlain Mill. The big brick building has seen a lot of history over the years. Now, for a glimpse of the future…

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inooski’s Champlain Mill is a powerful symbol of local industry. Back in the early 1900s, hundreds of Vermonters toiled away at rows of water-powered looms — that were very high-tech in their day — weaving worsted woolen cloth. After an incarnation as a shopping mall, the Mill today is a high-tech hub of a different kind: home to some of the state’s fastest growing information technology companies. Gone are the child workers of yesteryear, replaced by well-paid, techsavvy graduates of Vermont colleges and universities. Appropriately, the transformed Champlain Mill — which has evolved from textile to tech-style — is hosting the Vermont Tech Jam this weekend. More than 75 innovative Vermont companies and organizations will pack the place, showcasing their wondrous wares and scoping out potential employees. You might wonder why Seven Days, a local media company, organizes the Vermont Tech Jam — our fifth

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Spin City Ninjas, werewolves and bearded ladies swarm Burlington this weekend, but fear not: The third annual Halloween Bike Ride (pictured) boasts a “shared streets, not scared streets” theme. Hop on your banana seat for this rolling costume parade of spooks and spokes, with an after-party at Maglianero. See calendar listing on page 61

Team Edward Before donning fake fangs for Halloween, take a minute to remember nature’s real-life vampires: bats. The second annual Bat Awareness Week celebrates these bloodsuckers while raising awareness about the white-nose syndrome that’s decimating their populations. Slide-show talks, bat socials and themed cocktails catapult these caped crusaders into the spotlight.

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Tornado Alert You may know the Wiyos as Brooklyn’s charmingly retro Americana outfit. But their latest record, Twist, is indeed a turn for the new. Loosely based on The Wizard of Oz, the album is a whirlwind of psychedelic rock and creepy, carnival-style sounds. Catch these “fabulously skilled and inspired kooks,” as the Los Angeles Times calls them, at a benefit for the Summit School. See calendar listing on page 60

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ifteen days before Vermont voters head to the polls, endanCosmetologist or Spa Therapist! gered State Treasurer BETH PEARCE finally got serious Monday about holding on to her job. In a commanding debate performance followed by a stinging press conference, the incumbent Democrat systematically rebuffed a litany of charges from Republican opponent WENDY WILTON. And for the first time this campaign season, Pearce took the fight to Wilton, calling the Rutland City treasurer a hyper-partisan flip-flopper who fails to understand the position for which she’s running. Receive a $10 Haircut It’s about damn time. *with valid College ID Consider this Act III of Pearce’s campaign to keep the post to which she was Must present AD to redeem Offer combine with other promotions. appointed in January 2011. Haircut* Cannot Valid till December 31, 2012 In Act I, Pearce and her Democratic allies figured she’d prevail against a all services performed by instructor-supervised students similarly unknown Republican if the Visit us at : 1475 Shelburne Rd South Burlington, VT two kept a low profile in a year in which www.obriensavedainstitute.org President BARACK OBAMA, Sen. BERNIE Call Admissions at 802-658-9591 x 3 SANDERS and Gov. PETER SHUMLIN drove Vermont liberals to the polls. Act II came in September, when 8v-obriens102412.indd 1 10/25/10 2:46 PM Pearce’s campaign realized a conservative super PAC called Vermonters First planned to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on television ads and direct mail supporting Wilton’s candidacy. In response, Pearce’s campaign went into fundraising overdrive, eventually pulling in enough cash to buy $60,000 worth of airtime. But as Wilton went aggressively negative — criticizing Pearce for renting instead of buying a home, falsely accusing her of earning a “D-” in transparency and ginning up a cockamamy overtime “scandal” — the incumbent stayed relentlessly positive. And, true to her reputation, she remained breathtakingly boring: focusing on the critically important, but utterly unsexy, issue of protecting Vermont’s triple-A bond rating. “Beth wanted to talk about her job,” says Democratic Party chairman JAKE PERKINSON. “But I think that the reality of any campaign is people are gonna focus on what’s interesting and, unfortunately, what’s interesting is controversy. Wilton recognized that.” Wilton may have, but as recently as last Thursday, it appeared Pearce hadn’t. As the Rutland Republican continued to lob accusations at the incumbent, Pearce summoned the Democratic chairwomen of the legislature’s four taxing and spending “money committees” for

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a Statehouse press conference. They talked up Pearce’s record — but not one of them would take on her opponent. Asked after the press conference why she wasn’t fighting harder, Pearce told reporters, “I’m not going to get into negative politics … I want to run on the issues, and I think voters ultimately will respect that.”

Fighting Back

Five days later, Pearce took to the same podium in the stately Cedar Creek Room of the Statehouse. This time she came alone — and with a very different message. “There’s been a lot of personal attacks and misinformation out there,” she began. “I wanted to take the opportunity to set the record straight and to get us back on focus about what the issues are.”

BETH PEARCE CALLED WENDY WILTON A HYPERPARTISAN FLIP-FLOPPER WHO FAILS TO UNDERSTAND THE POSITION FOR WHICH SHE’S RUNNING.

And then she opened up her campaign’s opposition research file and let loose. Under Wilton’s fiscal stewardship, Pearce argued, Rutland has failed to address its unfunded pension liability and drew criticism from auditors for incomplete financial statements. Pearce said her opponent failed to understand how credit-rating agencies evaluate Vermont’s fiscal standing. And she took issue with Wilton’s recent characterizations of herself as a nonpartisan agnostic who has never weighed in on Shumlin’s single-payer health care plan. After putting on her reading glasses, Pearce read a comment Wilton posted last December on the conservative blog Vermont Tiger, in which the Rutlander wrote that Shumlin “must be reading from the Sandernista [sic] playbook as he proposed a huge stealth tax increase on Vermont’s middle class” through health care reform. “By the time everyone will have figured out what a fiscal disaster this will be for the state of VT, Mr. Shumlin will

have replaced retiring Sen. Leahy or Sanders,” Wilton wrote at the time, “and he will likely be seeking a federal bailout for Vermont’s folly — which he created! What a plan!” Calling Wilton’s words “partisan politics at its worst,” Pearce said they would hinder her challenger’s ability to make the state’s case before the big three credit-rating agencies. “For me, the bottom line is that when you make statements like this, how can you take Vermont’s case to Wall Street and defend our bond rating?” Pearce asked. “It appears my opponent has been unable to leave her ideological baggage at the door.” Pearce made her toughest attack of the day earlier Monday during a debate on WDEV’s “The MARK JOHNSON Show.” When Wilton touted the fact that she had moved Rutland off the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank’s “watch list,” Pearce pounced. “Rutland is back on the monitoring list at the bond bank. They were in 2007, and they are back on the monitoring list for the bond bank,” Pearce said during the morning debate. “So that is not something that’s a step forward. That’s a step backwards.” After a brief pause, Wilton said, “Well, first of all, that’s news to me. Because [Vermont Municipal Bond Bank executive director] BOB GIROUX has not called me to say that we’re on the monitoring list. So until I talk with him, I guess I would say I don’t have a comment at this point.”

The Final Straw

Pearce campaign manager RYAN EMERSON says the decision to go negative has its roots in a television ad Wilton first aired last week. In it she falsely claims that the state treasurer’s office earned a “D-” in transparency from U.S. PIRG, a national good government group. (See this week’s Fact Checker on page 21). “We have dealt with a slew of untruthful information that she has repeated in literature and debates and now she’s airing on TV,” Emerson says. “We felt that now it’s time to put our foot down and say, ‘Enough is enough.’” Since the start of the campaign, Wilton has pushed the envelope of truth and decorum. As Seven Days and VTDigger.org found last month, Wilton has repeatedly exaggerated her role in restoring Rutland’s fiscal health, earning a “mostly false” ranking in a previous Fact Checker.

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additional details about the treasurer’s overtime figures — except to say that Pearce rewards her allies and punishes her foes. And while Pearce declined to address the mostly anonymous accusations, her boss at the time, former state treasurer JeB spaulding, defended her, saying, “I would just say Beth Pearce didn’t do anything that I wasn’t fully aware of and fully supportive of.”

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Allow me to be the first reporter in Vermont to admit that I am in no way qualified to judge whether Beth Pearce is a good state treasurer. I have a hard enough time balancing my own checkbook. And consider me guilty of Perkinson’s charge: I’m far more interested in covering the latest Wilton accusation than I am in Vermont’s nearly impeccable bond rating, for which Pearce can rightfully take a lion’s share of the credit. But I consider myself a decent judge of integrity. And one thing I’ve found during this campaign is that Pearce appears to have a lot of it and Wilton does not. Wilton proved this once again Monday when she held her own counter-press conference on the lawn of the Statehouse and responded to Pearce’s new charges. Though she has spent the entire campaign slinging mud in Pearce’s direction, she claimed she hasn’t accused the incumbent of a thing. “Mine aren’t charges,” she said. “Mine are questions.” And though Wilton made her name pre-campaign by poking holes in the supposed financing of Shumlin’s health care plan, now she’s claiming she has never been against single payer. When reporters showed her what she herself wrote in Vermont Tiger’s comments section, the Rutland city treasurer claimed she’d never made them. “I don’t know where that came from,” Wilton said. Asked again, she said, “I do not recall that I have ever said that.” So you’re saying you’ve never been against single payer or Shumlin’s singlepayer plan? “That’s correct.” m

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Last month, she piled on Pearce for declining to buy a house in Vermont, arguing that as a renter, she has shown no commitment to the state’s propertytax system. Wilton’s campaign manager, Bradford Broyles, subsequently suggested that Pearce may be renting because she plans to move back to her native Massachusetts “when [her] tour of duty is over.” For the past two weeks, Wilton has been sounding the alarm over what her campaign has called “an overtime scandal.” In overwrought language, Wilton and Broyles have emailed missive after missive to reporters accusing Pearce of “padding select employee pensions” in an act of “gross mismanagement.” In a letter to the state auditor calling for an investigation, Broyles went so far as to allege “some form of collusion in violating the Retirement System’s salary ‘spiking’ law” — a pretty serious charge, which drew a sharp rebuke from the generally sedate Burlington Free Press editorial board. “Without offering any evidence other than conjecture, this tactic comes across as nothing but a mean-spirited attack from a candidate whose primary leverage is to drag down her opponent with innuendo rather than to run on her own merits,” wrote Free Press Executive Editor Mike Townsend. The gist of Wilton’s claim is that between FY2010 and FY2012, overtime in the state treasurer’s office jumped from $82,000 to $104,000 — and one employee earned $32,000 in overtime pay for working 1132 additional hours. True. But what Wilton fails to mention is the cause for that overtime: The office was understaffed at the time — thanks to a few high-level retirements and transfers — and the employee in question was covering for others. Because there were fewer employees on the job, total payroll actually dropped during the same period from $2.1 million to $1.95 million — and that includes the additional overtime. In making her case, Wilton has repeatedly invoked the testimony of seven alleged “whistle-blowers” — all current and former Pearce employees — who apparently uncovered the “scandal.” Wilton’s campaign provided the names and numbers of four of them and Seven Days spoke with three — but only one, skip perkins, would speak on the record. Perkins, a 13-year veteran of the treasurer’s office whose position was eliminated in 2009, spoke extensively about what he viewed as Pearce’s “bullying” behavior when she served as deputy treasurer. But neither he nor the other two former employees provided

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wo of Vermont’s most successful homegrown tech companies recently sold to out-of-state interests. But their founders, as well as outside analysts, suggest that the takeovers could actually do more for Vermont employees, host communities and the state’s economy than if they’d stayed locally owned. Williston-based MicroStrain and Milton-based Ascension Technology Corporation completed buy-out deals this summer with companies based in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, respectively. MicroStrain CEO Steve Arms says he agreed to sell the company he founded in 1987 to LORD Corporation, in part to ensure it had the capital and expertise necessary for continued growth. “Once a company reaches between $10 million and $20 million in revenues, it needs to bring in new investment in order to reach higher levels,” says Arms, a University of Vermont grad who built the company around his own invention: a tiny sensing device that measures stress levels in everything from knee implants to helicopters. He sold the business for an undisclosed sum. Ascension, a manufacturer of electromagnetic tracking systems for medical applications, was sold to Roper Industries, a $2 billion conglomerate, for a price that also remains private. Jack Scully, who stayed on as managing director of the company he cofounded 26 years ago, says the sale “is giving us the resources we need to play more effectively in the medical arena.” “It might have taken us five years to get there on our own,” says Scully, a St. Michael’s College graduate. “Now it’ll be more like two years.” One big plus: Both companies will stay put in Vermont and no job cuts are planned. In fact, MicroStrain’s new owners may actually add to the company’s workforce of 58 full-time employees and 14 interns, Arms suggests. And LORD has an in-house program that provides financial assistance to full-time employees who continue their education

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in their respective fields. The company reimburses 75 percent of tuition and fees upon successful completion of up to two courses per semester. “LORD is very enlightened in that way,” Arms says. Ascension’s “14 highly qualified engineers” — part of a roughly 40-person workforce — helped ensure that Roper won’t be moving the business out of state, Scully says. Roper has renewed the lease on Ascension’s space in Milton’s Catamount Industrial Park, in part because those dozen-plus engineers “are not about to leave Vermont,” Scully explains.

An additional benefit of the Roper takeover, Scully says, is that “the benefit package is going to get bigger in the new year” for Ascension employees. Arms says he was motivated to sell the privately held MicroStrain mainly by his obligation “to bring value to shareholders.” He chose LORD over other potential buyers because “it’s a major aerospace company owned by universities, including MIT, that offered a perfect fit for our products.” LORD cares at least as much about its innovation ethic as it does about its quarterly reports, Arms says. The internship and training programs

developed by MicroStrain, which LORD will be carrying on, are important, Arms says, because there’s a shortage of talented techies in Vermont. That assessment is seconded by Rich Tarrant, the cofounder of IDX, a medical software designer that is ranked as the state’s most successful homegrown high-tech company. “Vermont doesn’t have good tech training programs,” says Tarrant. Selling IDX to GE Healthcare six years ago for $1.2 billion gave the former IDX access to world-class brain power, Tarrant notes. Transferring ownership of a Vermontbred business to an out-of-state corporation can have negative outcomes too, of course. “The granddaddy of them all,” in the view of economic analyst Jeff Carr, was Ben & Jerry’s. The “one percent for peace” set-aside established by the local ice cream moguls “turned into .00001 percent” following Ben & Jerry’s sale to Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch multinational, notes Carr, president and economist of Williston-based Economic & Policy Resources. Another example Carr cites is Dwight Asset Management, a Burlington investment house purchased earlier this year by Goldman Sachs. Goldman is moving all but a few of Dwight’s operations to Manhattan and cutting loose about half of its 100-member workforce in the process. Lawrence Miller, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, says the formation, growth and eventual sell-off of any company — not just tech firms — can be seen as a natural evolution. It’s capitalism in action, he observes. “Putting up barriers to companies being bought would be a mistake as well as unfeasible,” he says. A moral consideration has to be made as well. “People who have put their hearts and souls into a business deserve to be able to do what they want with it,” Miller maintains. “These sorts of transactions do represent risks to employees, communities and the entrepreneurs themselves,”

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Miller acknowledges. “But if a company recounts. “People who didn’t like to has a good management team, they tend work in that new atmosphere started to stay here.” their own companies,” he says, adding It’s probably naive to assume that that Winooski-based Marathon Health everything will remain the same under is the child of ex-IDXers, including new ownership, especially when the himself. Tarant currently serves as new owner is far bigger than the busi- chairman of the board of the company ness it has bought. “Change is inevitable he launched in 2005. in these circumstances,” Carr points Today, GE Healthcare remains in the out. “Sometimes it’s good, sometimes South Burlington headquarters built for not so good.” IDX. While the company employs fewer For Ascension, takeover by a Fortune Vermonters than when it was IDX, 1000 corporation has put stresses on the Tarrant says the highly skilled employaccounting and administration units, ees who were let go had few problems Scully reports. “There was a fear we’d finding work. They were “instantly emget steamrolled by their regulations, but ployable,” he says. that hasn’t really happened,” Scully says. Takeovers can also change a comOnly that Ascension’s pany’s culture, and accounting unit is now that’s a big reason why feeling pressure from another highly succorporate HQ to close cessful Vermont tech the books at exactly firm, Winooski-based the end of the month, BioTek, has spurned he adds. It used to be offers from would-be that a few days might buyers. pass before monthly “We’ve had a accountings were good team working finalized. together here for a Scully, 65, says the long time,” says Adam new Ascension owners Alpert, vice president asked him to remain of BioTek, a manufacin a position of power turer of instruments in following the takeover, the life sciences field. which did lead to the “There’s a core culture L AWrEN cE mILLEr retirement of comhere, a commitment to pany president and shared values, a sense cofounder Ernie Blood. In fact, Scully that this is how we operate.” got a promotion, from vice president Adam and his brother, CEO and presfor marketing to managing director. ident Briar Alpert, have not lacked for He consequently feels no diminution chances to make scads of money by sellof authority at Ascension and says he ing the business to a big-name, out-ofagrees with the direction in which the state company. Their “top-of-the-list” company is going. reason for rejecting those offers, Adam Meanwhile, loss of control over the Alpert says, is that “we’re passionate business he started meanwhile proved about the business and how we do it. unpalatable to MicroStrain’s Steve Arms, “We do think there’s opportunity who resigned from the firm a month for BioTek to keep growing, to become after its August purchase by LORD. “It the best firm of its kind — not just for was different for me to go into the office its shareholders, but for its employees and have it not be my company,” Arms and all who benefit from having a sucsays. “Being in charge of things is what cessful business in Vermont,” Adam I enjoy.” Alpert says. Arms promises that he will go on to Remaining independent, he adds, launch another venture at some point. allows a company to seek new busiAnd that would fit a pattern, Miller says. ness anywhere in the world. “If it’s no “Original investors who sell their longer independent, a company faces businesses may go on to start new en- limitations as well as some potential terprises,” the state economic develop- advantages. It can wind up competing ment chief says. “And that can be really with other aspects of a big corporation good for Vermont.” and can have its focus blurred.” Some employees may also decide For now at least, BioTek is staying they’d rather take a chance as entrepre- locally owned. “It’s worked out well neurs than remain at a company that’s for us,” Adam Alpert says. “That might become more cautious and impersonal or might not be the right option for following its sale to a megabusiness. another company. A lot depends on the That’s what happened with several intentions of the acquirer. It’s not like employees at the former IDX, Tarrant there’s any general rule.” m

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wo and a half years ago, Burlington Police Chief Mike Schirling realized his department was at a digital crossroads. His cops were spending more than a third of their time on paperwork and data entry — writing reports on crime when they could be out fighting it. The department’s archaic records management system, called New World, made analyzing crime stats and patterns extremely difficult and time-consuming. When and where were crimes most likely to occur? What were their causes? What were the trends from one year to the next? Most of the time, Schirling couldn’t say. So Schirling sent out a formal request for information in search of the system he wanted. When he couldn’t find one he liked, he sat down and designed it himself. The result was Valcour, BPD’s integrated dispatch and records management system, which went live on October 1, 2011. An avid sailor, Schirling named the system after Valcour Island in Lake Champlain, the site of a historic naval battle in October 1776. The web-based system is easy to use and easy to modify. And with an up-front cost of $85,000, plus $2000 in annual maintenance costs, it’s a fraction of the price of earlier systems. Schirling is now making Valcour’s open-source software available to police agencies around Vermont at the bargain-basement, onetime cost of $125, plus $17.50 for each additional officer who uses it. Compare that to the $18 million the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles has paid Hewlett-Packard for a system that still doesn’t work. Out on the campaign trail, state auditor candidate Vince Illuzzi is calling for greater scrutiny of taxpayer-financed IT expenditures in state government. “We wanted something that was simple, intuitive, easy to use and platform independent, so we didn’t have to worry whether we’re using a PC, somebody’s iPhone or iPad, a new Android device, Internet Explorer or Firefox,” Burlington’s top cop explains. “And, it

needed to be lower maintenance and lower cost.” The department’s prior software was the fourth records management system BPD had purchased in 20 years. At the time it was adopted in December 2001, New World was an improvement over its predecessor, Spillman, the system currently in use by about 90 percent of Vermont’s law enforcement agencies. But New World was big, bulky and inflexible. Worse, it couldn’t perform many of the functions BPD wanted, such as generating up-to-the-minute reports on when, where and why crimes were occurring. It was also costly: BPD was spending $100,000 a year to maintain the system — a significant strain on the department’s budget. Deputy Chief Jennifer Morrison helped design and implement Valcour. She cops to having “zero” experience designing software, but says the genius of Valcour is its simplicity. At any given

time, an officer or dispatcher can log into the system and see a dashboard showing everything that’s happening in the city — and neighboring jurisdictions — including every officer on duty, every call for service, who’s involved and what’s occurring. A few months ago, Schirling says an epidemiologist at the Vermont Department of Health called to ask whether police could quantify the impact of opiate abuse in Burlington. Using Valcour, BPD created a new check box for officers to indicate whether an incident involves alcohol, opiates, domestic violence and/or a mental health issue. As a result, police can now search their database for all calls — not just arrests — involving opiates. That data can also be sorted by type of crime, location, date and other fields. With Valcour, critical data such as the address an officer responds to, the crime under investigation and the person charged are entered into the system only once. Under the old system, an officer

had to re-enter every previous piece of information each time there was a new development. For example, when a person was arrested, an officer had to re-enter the address to which he or she responded. Now, once a person or address is in the system, it automatically pops up whenever someone begins to enter it — similar to a Google search. Schirling reports that Valcour has reduced officers’ paperwork by as much as 50 percent, saving not only time but money. With 65 officers in his patrol division doing half as much data entry, “That’s 10 bodies over the course of time we won’t have to grow. That’s a savings of millions of dollars.” Another colossal cost savings: platform independence. Currently, Burlington cops use Panasonic Toughbooks, rugged laptops specially designed for emergency providers. But with all the various accessories, those units cost almost $6000 per officer. BuRLingTOn pOLiCE

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“Now, we can do exactly the same thing with an iPad or some other tablet for $500,” Schirling says. “Giant cost savings.” Morrison notes that when BPD needed to update the New World and Spillman systems, “Our IT team had to touch every single piece of hardware and device.” To add even one new field or drop-down menu to the system required six months and cost $5000. With Valcour, Morrison says, those modifications can be done almost instantaneously — and at virtually no cost. But Valcour’s biggest selling point for Schirling is its user-friendliness. Prior systems required officers to undergo multiple days of training before they could use them, and even then mistakes were still common. But Schirling was insistent that Valcour be “simple, intuitive ... sort of Google-esque.” When the BPD beta-tested Valcour last year, Schirling handed tablets to Burlington officers and sent them into the field — with no training whatsoever — reasoning that, “If you can order a vacation or buy a pair of shoes online, you can operate Valcour.” BPD hired CrossWind Technologies, a California-based software company, to build the system, but BPD retained ownership of the original source code, which it licensed to the state of Vermont. As a result, any law enforcement agency in the state that wants to adopt Valcour can do so with only a minimal upfront investment. Already, the South Burlington and Winooski police departments are using it. By January 1, the Colchester Police Department, University of Vermont Police Services and the Department of Motor Vehicle’s enforcement division are also expected to switch over. Other law enforcement agencies, including Middlebury police, have also expressed interest. What are other cops saying about Valcour? Captain William “Jake” Elovirta is chief of motor vehicle safety for the commercial vehicle enforcement unit at the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles. Elovirta’s 30 sworn officers are responsible for conducting

roadside inspections of commercial trucks, buses and other vehicles. One feature Elovirta likes about Valcour is the one-time data entry, which quickly “populates” data such as a truck or carrier name into the system when an officer is doing an inspection, issuing a citation or conducting a post-crash investigation. He estimates that function alone knocks six to 10 minutes off the time of a typical one-hour truck inspection. That might not sound like much, but with his officers doing 7000 inspections each year, it represents a huge savings. Valcour’s reporting capabilities are also a big selling point, he says. The system allows supervisors to see, in real time, how many inspections each officer has done, how many warnings, tickets, responses to accidents and so on. They can also query the database at any time and generate reports about when and where accidents are most likely to happen. Valcour allows Elovirta’s officers to upload photos and videos of postcrash inspections from their iPhones, information that can later be used in court cases. “If we can do that with all 14 state’s attorneys,” he says, “all that would be available in the case file. That would be huge.” Winooski Police Chief Steve McQueen says Valcour is “light-years” ahead of Spillman, Winooski’s previous system. “With Spillman, I always said, it was full of data but no information,” McQueen says. “Getting information out of it was next to impossible.” Whereas before, McQueen says he spent hours, if not days, generating crime reports to post on the department’s website, today he can do it in minutes. McQueen also points out that the state is currently exploring the development of an e-ticketing system, which would allow citations to be issued electronically at roadside. Valcour already does that, McQueen points out, and the state can have the sytem for free. “We don’t have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, on HewlettPackard or anyone else, to design our systems for us. That’s ’90s thinking. Mike has proven it can be done.” m

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technology that comes along that has the potential to change the world,” says McNaney of 3-D printing. “I think — actually, I know — that this is that kind of technology.” McNaney says he’s gotten a lot of use out of his own 3-D printer at Filabot headquarters. He designed and printed a cellphone case for his girlfriend, and even printed some parts of the Filabot itself. He’s also worked with area farmers to print the plastic part that connects electric-fence wiring to fiberglass poles. “Those parts are always breaking because a cow steps on it or something,” says McNaney. “Say a cow does break it, [the farmer] could run the broken piece through Filabot and make another one.” “Right now, I see this huge price tag … discouraging them,” Riley says. But with companies like MakerBot now selling affordable home printers, and community hubs such as UVM and Blu-Bin offering access to the public, the cost is sure to come down. When it comes to future uses of 3-D printing, “The sky’s the limit,” says Riley. “Sending a printer up to the moon to start printing colonizable space? Or just going to your local automotive dealer and printing off spare parts? You just want to put it in the hands of the people and see what they do with it.” m

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n important but previously overlooked chapter of Vermont art history is now coming to light, thanks to a stroke of serendipity on the internet. BONNIE TOCHER CLAUSE, a Philadelphia writer, was browsing eBay for posters to decorate the second home she and her partner, the now-retired judge MIKE HOGAN, had built in South Royalton in 2005. Clause happened on a reproduction of a watercolor by Edward Hopper entitled “Barn and Silo, Vermont.” Intrigued that the artist famed for his scenes of urban isolation had depicted such a rural setting, Clause scoured an authoritative Hopper biography and the definitive catalog of his work. She soon learned that one of the most popular American painters of the 20th century had in fact composed about three dozen watercolors and drawings during visits to Vermont between 1927 and 1938. Clause also noticed — much to her amazement — that most of the places Hopper painted were within a few miles of her home in the White River Valley. It wasn’t that Hopper mavens weren’t aware of his Vermont landscapes. They were even better acquainted with other rural scenes Hopper had painted that show up today as illustrations in many calendars — lighthouses and clapboard houses in Maine and Cape Cod, for example. But the Vermont compositions had never been studied as a body of work unto itself. Fast-forward to the publication last month of Clause’s Edward Hopper in Vermont by University Press of New England. In a 214-page book that includes color plates of almost all of Hopper’s Vermont watercolors, Clause closely examines not only these pieces but also the circumstances of their creation. The result is an engaging work of scholarship that reads at times like a detective story. “We drove along the White River with Xerox copies of the paintings taped to the dashboard, Mike behind the wheel and me in the passenger seat, shooting pictures with my digital camera,” Clause writes. The art sleuths were looking for the exact sites Hopper had painted 70 to 80 years earlier. There is a goose-bumpy quality to the couple’s search. “I could imagine the Hoppers tracing the same path,” Clause daydreams in her book,

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“Edward driving and Jo beside him, sketching what caught their eyes as potential subjects for paintings.” Hopper and his wife, Josephine, a painter who subordinated her own career to his, first came to Vermont in 1927 as day-trippers from a New Hampshire artists’ colony. Then, in 1937 and again in 1938, the couple stayed for a month on a South Royalton farm that accommodated tourists.

The watercolors painted during those sojourns have characteristics familiar to Hopper fans. No human figures are to be seen in any of his Vermont renderings, although some include features of the constructed environment: a sugarhouse, a steel bridge, a rickety fence, farm outbuildings, distant roof lines. Trees and meadows are always the dominant elements. In composition, if not in mood, these pieces can be seen as rural

counterparts to Hopper’s well-known oil paintings of unpeopled streets, such as “Early Sunday Morning.” To Clause, however, Hopper’s Vermont is a much more relaxed place than Hopper’s Manhattan. “There’s a certain peacefulness, a sense of quiet — but not silence — in the Vermont pieces,” Clause says in a telephone interview. “They speak of contemplation.” Clause adds that these works can be seen as distinctive products of an artist who was “very lonely and interior oriented.” The Vermont paintings, as much as those Hopper produced in New York, Maine and Cape Cod, “come from deep inside himself,” Clause says. Hopper made use of a Vermont palette, capturing the yellow-greens of early autumn, she points out. Northern New England light pervades these pieces, just as interior lighting underlies the impression made by “Nighthawks” and other Hoppers that have entered the American art canon. The Vermont watercolors have lately acquired a special poignancy, Clause notes. A couple of years ago, she and Hogan were indeed able to find a number of the spots that Hopper had painted. At that point, they looked the same as they had in 1937 and 1938 — “a tribute,” Clause writes, “to the apparent persistence of the pristine Vermont landscape. “Alas,” she interjects, “this claim can no longer be made.” Flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene left the banks of the White River “barren expanses littered with mud, silt, boulders and debris, the landscape that was once green or golden now turned to monochrome gray.” Hence Hopper’s evocations of the White River Valley can now be read as historical records in addition to being savored as artistic expressions. And next summer, all Vermonters will have an opportunity to see them. Working with MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART director RICHARD SAUNDERS, Clause is serving as consultant to a show entitled “Edward Hopper in Vermont” that will open at the museum on May 23.

Edward Hopper in Vermont by Bonnie Tocher Clause, University Press of New England, 214 pages. $35.

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moment than Proust, that explorer of involuntary memory through madeleines and music. In his textual experiments, Simone says, Proust “saw himself as a literary Debussy.” The writer also revered Debussy’s music, hiring musicians to play the composer’s quartet for him in his cork-lined music room and listening to performances of Debussy’s opera Pelléas et Mélisande 12 times by théâtrophone — a kind of telephone connected to the theater. The attraction was that Debussy was doing something entirely new in music — as his compatriot was attempting with literature. “Debussy is the first composer we consider to have a sensibility that we call modern,” Orgel explains. The composer’s innovative harmonic progressions, freedom with form and unpredictable rhythms broke all the rules. They also earned him the label of “Impressionist,” though Debussy himself rejected such classifications. The concert on Thursday, November 1, will explore how the composer turned music in a new direction. As Orgel tells it, it took a while for Debussy to break ranks with a century and a half of Germany-centered tradition and throw Wagner — then the most popular composer by far — out the window. The concert won’t include Debussy’s early, more familiar works, such as “Clair de lune,” the melodic third movement of Suite Bergamasque that’s endlessly popular with piano students. Instead, the program showcases his post-1900 chamber works for various combinations of piano, harp, flute, cello, violin and viola, including three rarely performed sonatas Debussy wrote during the First World War, just before he died. This is the period, says Orgel, when Debussy’s “whole

manner of composing is not about themes and melodies but motives — fragmentary ones — and color. It’s about the balance of sounds and colors.” Orgel will open the concert with an 1888 Eric Satie piece to offer an origin story for Debussy’s use of parallel and nonfunctional harmony. The first group of Debussy pieces follows a theme of ancient Greece, including a piano prelude called “Danseuses de Delphes” and a flute solo named for the myth of Syrinx. The latter will be played by Karen Kevra, founder of Capital City ConCerts in Montpelier. The sonatas — which “go in a new direction [from classical Greece]” and are “very free in the form they take,” Orgel says — feature rebeCCa Kauffman on harp, vermont symphony orChestra first cellist John Dunlop, and the acclaimed violinist and violist Arturo Delmoni. PAu l OR g El These compositions may not seem as radical today as they did when they premiered. So it’s worth keeping in mind — as Simone’s students will — the other groundbreaking leaps into the modern Debussy witnessed. Those include, notes the English professor, “the emergence of the telephone, radio, film, psychology and atomic physics.” Like Freud, Einstein and Proust, Debussy was looking for “ways to grapple with, express and embrace the newness of the world around him.” Posterity speaks for his success. m

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(D-Washington-Chittenden 1), a crew of artists and a handful of mental-health-related nonprofits have collaborated on an art installation and closing ceremony at the former hospital. It will be held this weekend in the Vermont State Office Complex’s 4 South building, which was once a library and, before that, a ward, Stevens says. The doomed hospital building itself is off limits because of FEMA constraints. “The state is trying to make the argument that it is not safe,” Stevens says. Inspired by an installation by artist Anna Schuleit at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, Stevens — a self-described “theater person” — took it on himself to direct what he likens to a play. “I’m trying to keep my artist hat on,” he says. “I’m not doing this as a state rep. I just thought it needed to be done.” He’s hoping people will come, talk and share their thoughts, good and bad, about the former hospital. A speakerphone will be available for anonymous comments. “People will bring different concepts to the memory of the place,” Stevens says. “We did a lot of things here; not all are good, not all are bad.” Attendees will be able to walk through creative displays of “historical material, a sound installation by [Burlington artist] JENN KARSON and preflood photographs of the hospital by NEIL DIXON.” Some of those photos are inside the Brooks, or “B” Building, whose first floor “had the most difficult patients,” Stevens explains. Dixon’s photo “Door 101” (pictured) shows the entrance to that ward, its cold steel, locks and alarms conveying the harsh reality of maximum security. Dixon is the proprietor of YANKEE IMAGING in Montpelier, a business that creates architectural and archival images. Stevens credits the state’s buildings and general services department and state curator DAVID SCHÜTZ with supporting this project. The Vermont Association for Mental Health & Addiction Recovery is its fiscal agent. Stevens notes he expects “further input” from a group called Vermont Psychiatric Survivors. “Patients are not all on the same page” about the state mental hospital and the treatment they received there, he says. “Some of them want a truth commission.” However the next chapter of mental health care in Vermont unfolds, some of its stark history will be aired this weekend, perhaps giving some participants a funereal sense of closure. And, chances are, the phrase “going to Waterbury” will take on new meaning for a town united by devastation and energized by rebirth.

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ashington County could be the next Silicon Valley. Or at least the next Montréal. Since last winter, a group of gaming industry vets has been meeting with the Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation and local legislators to discuss growing the digital economy in Central Vermont. One of the chief techies behind the effort is Jackie Joy Weyrauch, currently content manager at ORCA Media in Montpelier. Weyrauch is new to Vermont, having fled after two years in what she calls the “golden handcuffs” of giant Montréal game manufacturer Electronic Arts. She now lives in East Calais with her husband, photographer Peter Weyrauch. Despite her résumé, Jackie Weyrauch isn’t a programmer or even a gamer. Name She started in the Jackie Joy music and film biz Weyrauch and spent 10 years as the in-house TowN sound designer and Montpelier dialogue specialist at Insomniac Games, Job the Burbank studio Owner behind classics and sole such as Disruptor, proprietor, the Spyro the Dialogue Dragon series and, Dame; content most recently, the manager, Resistance series. ORCA Media In other words, she’s the one who pairs human voices with the animation, sometimes before there’s even a character sketch to use as a template. No longer associated with a studio, Weyrauch now works as a freelance contractor in addition to her job at ORCA Media, casting and directing voice actors for some of the top names in the $74 billion gaming industry. Also a consultant and a union-regulations expert, she’s beginning to show Vermonters how to get their voices into the action. Weyrauch sat down with Seven Days in her ORCA office to discuss casting games, telecommuting and why Vermont could be the next big thing in the gaming world.

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SEVEN DAYS: What makes you the Dialogue Dame? JACKIE JOY WEYRAUCH: After 15plus years making video games, I became a specialist in all things dialogue, sound effects and localization. Now I’m able to do it on my own and do it in Vermont, because Vermont rocks. SD: Localization — what’s that? JJW: Localization is where you ensure that every territory’s dialogue is covered correctly — Spanish for Spain versus Mexican Spanish — and is not offensive and matches the movies [game visuals] exactly and that the actors are cast appropriately. Even though I don’t understand the language, I can tell by their inflection and performance if it’s a good match. SD: Speaking of localization, how do you cast games while living in Vermont? JJW: I send [Los Angeles casting agents] a character breakdown. They send me the [recordings of auditions], and I can make my suggestions to teams on who I think are the best actors. ... Most of us communicate via email these days. That can be done at 11 p.m., so the time difference isn’t really an issue. SD: How has the gaming industry changed since you started? JJW: Every time there’s a new platform [gaming console], it changes because there’s so much more that it can do. What you can do has dramatically increased. What hasn’t [changed] is finding a way to make the most out of what you’ve got and decreasing the files to as little as possible, where you’re not losing quality but are covering everything that’s happening — you’re telling a much bigger story. SD: Have you lent your own voice to your productions? JJW: I did. I’m not a good actor, but I’ve got a good ear, and I know what’s believable and what isn’t because of my love for movies. My talent is finding it. SD: How is voicing a video game character different from doing voiceover narration or advertisements? JJW: I think it’s harder. I’ve had the opportunity to work with celebrities

who are on camera who cannot perform without someone to act off of. So a voiceover actor has to be able to really lose themselves and be able to put themselves in the mind-set of an environment that doesn’t exist. One of the tricks I’d use if I were doing a war game is to put war sound effects in their cans [headphones]. As they were doing their lines, they felt like they were in battle. If you can do voice-over, you can do anything. SD: Has motion capture — which digitizes footage of real human bodies into animation — superseded classic voice-over? JJW: No, it’s making it so much better. The trick is hiring a talent who can do the physical action, who can also do the voice work. I’ve been involved in projects where we did it completely wrong: We’d just hire someone to do the physical action, then have a voice actor mimic them based on their motion. It really doesn’t work. It has to grow, because motion capture is becoming the wave of the future. It makes such a huge difference.

SD: Why do you think Washington county is a spot ripe for game development? JJW: My belief is we have this abundance of resources two hours north of us — talent that may not really be happy in Montréal that we can lure to Washington County to grow a digital economy here. I’ve gone through cycles of PlayStation 1, 2 and 3. It may not be the console, multimillion-dollar games people want to be working on here; [in Vermont,] it may be more people working to make social games and mobile games. We have the opportunity to nurture and grow the next Insomniac Games. Why not? m Dialogue Dame, dialoguedame.com. Jackie Joy Weyrauch and other Vermont digital economy leaders will host an open house on January 13 at noon at Local 64 in Montpelier. “Work” is a monthly interview feature showcasing a Vermonter with an interesting occupation. suggest a job you would like to know more about: news@sevendaysvt.com.

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To see that change in action, look no further than Burlington-based Champlain College, which is turning out newly minted female game designers, programmers, animators and creative media managers. Champlain has one of the top 10 video game design programs in North America, according to the Princeton Review and GamePro Media. But the program is still a male-dominated one — of Champlain’s 379 game program students, just 32 — 8.4 percent — are women. Game program director Amanda Crispel, a former Brøderbund Software staffer who helped create the classic kids’ game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, notes that the percentage of women in the program is below the industry average. She’s been purposefully trying to increase it by reaching out to female high school students. The female students at Champlain seem unfazed both by the harassment they’ve experienced in online games and by their status as trailblazers in their field. We spoke with three of them to find out what they love and what drives them crazy about gaming. For the record, they all said they like and get along with their male classmates. “One underclassman got a little sassy with me,” remembers Champlain grad Marguerite Dibble, “and he regretted it.”

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Age: 22 Hometown: Landgrove, Vt., a Bennington County town of fewer than 200 residents Major: Game Art and Animation, Class of 2012 — she graduated in May Occupation: Founder and president of Birnam Wood Games, a game design studio, and Offshoot Studios, which produces commercial projects for clients. She works with three of her former classmates — all guys. Story behind the name of her new gaming studio: In Macbeth, the English army uses branches from the trees in Birnam Wood to camouflage itself in a stealth assault. The Birnam Wood website likens that army to video games: “The unsuspected force steadily forging a name as the next artistic media format.” Favorite games: Dibble doesn’t have much time to play, but she enjoys the sci-fi first-person shooter game Half-Life and classic real-time strategy games such as Civilization 5. “You slowly build an empire over the course of 1000 years,” she explains. “It’s really fun. When I get some extra cash, I’m going to buy Dishonored. It’s an assassination game that takes place in some futuristic whaling town. I’m pretty stoked about that.” Why study video games? Dibble wanted to double major in film and video games, but she quickly discovered she’d have to choose between the two. She picked games because they combine “the storytelling elements of literature” with “a complex, userdesigned experience.” Plus, she says, “I like the humility of video games. It’s not an aggressive media experience. It’s like saying [to a player], ‘I made this, and you’ve got to define it yourself.’” What drives her crazy about her field: The misconceptions about who plays video games. “Most people don’t realize that women between the ages of 35 and 45 make up a market twice the size of boys under 18. And people over 50 play more games than people under 18. That’s shocking to a lot of people.” Stories of in-game harassment: When she was younger and playing online games, “I got a lot of crap,” Dibble

says. When they found out she was a girl, other players would say things like, “Can you post a naked photo?” She thinks the climate has improved but points out that she doesn’t play online games as much anymore. Current professional project: The Offshoot team is working on an interactive brainstorming game for Michael Jager of JDK Design; he’s planning to use it in a presentation to the New England Museum Association. pHoTos: mAT T HE Recent avatar: Dibble wT Ho Rs one to use in En made The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — a warrior mage with half her head shaved. She describes her in-game alter ego as “very lovely. Very hardcore. She looks like what Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones would look like if she worked at an ’80s nightclub in a harsh part of town.”

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Age: 19 Hometown: Pleasantville, N.Y. — a small town on the outskirts of New York City Major: Game Art and Animation, class of 2015 Why she likes games: “You feel like you’re part of the story, as opposed to a movie.” What drives her crazy about her field: People crusading against violent video games. “There are definitely violent video games, but I haven’t met anyone who went out and hurt someone because of them,” she says. “Movies are really violent. I don’t understand why video games get all the hate. I think that video games are unfairly targeted.” Game with a good female character: “I’d recommend Mirror’s Edge,” she says. In the single-player actionadventure game, a young woman named Faith Connors must save her sister, Kate, who has been framed for murder. Using parkour, climbing and leaping techniques, Faith navigates the streets and rooftops of their dystopian metropolis, evading enemies. “Faith is not an overly sexualized character that is just there as eye candy — she’s a very real, strong woman and is one of the greatest heroines in games out there,” Wagner says. Stories of in-game harassment:

“I’ve been kind of looked down on,” Wagner says of her experiences playing multi-player online games. “When people hear your voice, and they hear you’re a girl, it’s just like, ‘Shut up, you’re a girl.’ It’s really immature.” And, she adds, “Everybody gets very angry, very fast.” As a result, she says, “I tend not to play online games.” Dream job: “I would love to be a character animator. I really enjoy the beauty of the human body, and the motion it creates.” Recent avatar: For Fallout, she made one who “has really rough, dark hair and really detailed features,” says Wagner. “I gave her a bit of a rounded face, and green eyes. I wanted to make her normal and not way out there. My ideal armor is full body armor with just one arm uncovered. It looks very makeshift. The game is postapocalyptic, after a nuclear war, so everybody’s just wearing whatever they can find. It definitely fits that look.” What her parents think of her career path: “My mom and dad like to brag that I’m doing this.”

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Age: 22 Hometown: Chittenden, Vt. — a rural town in Rutland County Major: Game Programming, Class of 2013 — one of just three women in the 100-student program What she loves about video games: escaping into the stories and the characters. “Some of the worlds developers create are so extensive and detailed,” she says. “It’s like a book or a movie.” And, Trzcinski adds, “It’s a good stress reliever. When you’ve had a hard day, you can just go around and kill things — in a nongenocidal way.” How she approaches game play: Some people rush through games, eager to solve the puzzle and get to the end. Not Trzcinski. “I’m a completionist,” she says. When she starts a new game, she makes charts and lists of the levels and various objectives so she doesn’t miss any of the details. She hunts for “Easter eggs,” little messages or inside jokes left behind by the designers. “It’s what I like to do,” she says. What drives her crazy about games: “Bad mechanics, characters that are not

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well thought out,” she says. “And, unfortunately, these tend to be female characters, because they’re just the arm candy for the male characters.” A time when she felt awkward being the only woman in the room: Trzcinski studied last year at Champlain’s Montréal campus. An instructor there tasked her group with creating a video game satirizing the over-the-top characterizations in comic strips, telling them, “I want lots of tits and ass.” “At first, I was a little shocked that he had asked for that,” she recalls, then points out in the instructor’s defense that he was trying to make fun of the way comic books depict women. “We made it as tasteful as we could,” she says. Recent programming accomplishment: Trzcinski used a flocking algorithm to make a group of orcas swim around each other. “It’s usually birds, but I figured that was overdone, so I used orcas,” she explains. “It’s really cool to see something you’ve been working on for so long, all this code, coming together. It just comes to life before your eyes.” Recent avatar: Trzcinski doesn’t play many games that require avatars, but she created one for XBox live. “I kind of just made a little mini version of me,” she explains. “It looks like the cartoon version of me — long hair, glasses, jeans and a T-shirt.” How her parents reacted to her major: They were “a little dubious” about it at first, Trzcinski says, but after she showed them that “programmers make a good chunk of change,” and explained that the skills she’s learning will be useful across various fields, they came around. Dream job: She hasn’t thought about it too much. “I would love to work on a AAA title game that gets a lot of fans, having my name in the credits and getting to be part of it,” Trzcinski muses, referring to a bigbudget game project. Right now, though, she says, “I just want to get my first job.” m

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he fifth-floor reception area of MyWebGrocer in Winooski was packed with reporters, TV cameras, local techies and other dignitaries last week as Jerry Tarrant stepped up to the microphone to introduce Gov. Peter Shumlin. The governor chose MyWebGrocer as the venue for his press conference, ostensibly to promote Information Technology Month, last weekend’s Hackathon and this weekend’s Vermont Tech Jam expo and job fair. Two-and-a-half weeks before the election, Shumlin also probably liked the idea of aligning himself with a successful, hightech firm that’s growing jobs in Vermont — and few companies are doing that as

successfully as MyWebGrocer. Founded 12 years ago by brothers Jerry, Rich and Brian Tarrant, the online shopping and marketing firm has been on a hiring streak lately. In 2012 alone, the company added 60 new employees, bringing its workforce to a grand total of 180. Two of those employees — both earlobe-plug-sporting young men — spoke at last week’s press conference. The company has more than two dozen Champlain College grads on staff. MyWebGrocer now occupies two floors and 50,000 square feet of the historic Champlain Mill it purchased and renovated in June 2011; the company plans to keep much of the building vacant to allow for future growth as it expands

in Europe, New Zealand and elsewhere around the world. According to Brian, the brothers envision the Champlain Mill eventually becoming a technology hub for all of Chittenden County. Jerry, the oldest Tarrant brother, ran last week’s press conference. Although he still looks like the pro hockey player he once was — Jerry, 46, skated with the New York Rangers, Calgary Flames and Ottawa Senators organizations — he usually cedes the center ice to his younger brother, Rich Jr., 45, who’s the CEO and public face of MWG. If he hadn’t been traveling that week, Rich Jr. would probably have been at the podium. The three brothers — all equal

partners in MWG — have a working relationship that is not unlike the dynamic of a sports team. Each seems to approach his role with drive and determination but also with an egoless appreciation of what other key players bring to the game. Jerry, MWG’s chief financial officer, is often credited with hatching the idea for MyWebGrocer. But neither he nor his brother Brian, 42, is listed on the company’s website as part of the senior management team. “For MyWebGrocer, Rich is the CEO, and Brian and I respect that,” Jerry explains. “A company has to have a captain and a leader.” MWG’s no-star approach may also be

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a reaction to the high-profile intensity of he Tarrant siblings grew up on Ledge the man who spawned these three sons Road in Burlington’s Hill Section. All — and two daughters, neither of whom is three boys attended Rice Memorial High involved in the family business. Patriarch School in South Burlington, and later, the Richard E. Tarrant Sr. cofounded IDX University of Vermont. Systems of South Burlington and later Like their dad, an all-American basketsold the health care software company to ball player at St. Michael’s College who General Electric in 2005 for $1.2 billion. was drafted by the Boston Celtics, they A year later, he ran for the U.S. Senate on were all competitive college athletes. Rich the Republican ticket and lost badly to and Brian played hoops together at UVM then-Rep. Bernie Sanders in what is still under then-head coach Tom Brennan considered to be the most expensive state- (Rich was team captain); Jerry skated for wide race in Vermont history. UVM’s hockey team before going pro in Privately held, MyWebGrocer isn’t the U.S. and Europe. required to report its revenue figures, They followed their father into busithough Jerry says the ness, too, but not on his company has been growcoattails — or his line ing at an annual rate of of credit. Brian says 40 percent for the last Tarrant Sr. wouldn’t let five years. By its own any of his kids work for choosing, MyWebGrocer him at IDX, nor would isn’t included in Vermont he let them invest in Business Magazine’s IDX stock once the comannual “Book of Lists,” pany went public. The which ranks Vermont latter precaution, Jerry employers by size, revexplains, was in part enues and growth rate. to avoid accusations of As Rich puts it, “There insider trading. is very little value in “We were raised disclosing those metrics learning that you had publicly.” to earn it on your own BriAN tArrANt Jerry agrees, saying and don’t expect any he and his brothers handouts,” Brian recalls. “don’t like to call too “I had a lawn-mowing much attention to ourselves.” business in fifth grade and he Paul Plunkett, a senior vice wouldn’t even let us mow the president at Hickok & Boardman lawns over there.” of Burlington, has been providAll three brothers earned ing commercial insurance to the their business degrees at UVM Tarrant brothers since 1994, when before going their separate ways, they founded their first joint albeit briefly. In 1993, Brian headed venture, Amicus Healthcare to San Diego, where he says he Living Centers, for patients played a lot of volleyball, tended with dementia. bar and began exploring proissue “These are very modest inspective business avenues in a dividuals who want to fly under the radar,” field then in its infancy: assisted living. Plunkett says. “At the end of the day, it’s In those years, Brian says, specializednot about them. It’s about MyWebGrocer. care facilities for patients with Alzheimer’s That’s their emphasis.” and other forms of dementia were still Indeed, while many family-owned somewhat rare. As Brian recalls, a lot of partnerships fail due to sibling squabbles, developers who were building nursing the Tarrant brothers thrive by divvy- homes made the mistake of treating them ing up management duties according to as real-estate ventures rather than what each of their respective strengths: Jerry they actually are: health care facilities. Not is the numbers guy. Rich is the CEO and surprisingly, many went bankrupt. chief salesman. Brian is the manager of Around that same time, Brian’s older the physical plant and is the behind-the- brother, Rich, was working in New York scenes strategist. City at a brokerage firm handling health “We work really well together. A lot care properties such as hospitals and nursof families don’t,” says Brian. “Sure, we ing homes. It was there, Brian says, that have our quibbles every now and then, but Rich gained unique insights into assessing mostly we’re arguing around the margins. the value of such facilities, knowledge that It’s always been a democracy with us.” ultimately proved useful when the brothRich echoes that sentiment. “The com- ers launched Amicus. petition is to win and be successful as an “We had the idea that we could provide organization, not to compete with each assisted living better than the alternatives other within the organization,” he says. that were out there,” says Jerry, who spent “We work hard at reminding employees his hockey off-season educating himself that MWG is one team.” about long-term health care. “What we all

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Jerry recalls. “All you have to do is drive down the I-93 corridor and all you see are billboards: ‘Has your loved one been hurt in a nursing home?’” By the time of the dotcom boom, in the late 1990s, the brothers were eyeing the internet for their next business opportunity but were unsure on a specific area of focus. After about six months of kicking around ideas, Brian recalls, Jerry mentioned online grocery shopping. Initially, Brian says, the brothers assumed they were too late to get into that business — until they did some research. What already existed was Webvan, an online credit and grocery delivery business, which went belly up in 2001 in what’s mATThEw ThoRsEn

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At its peak, Amicus had about 300 employees and 300 beds at five facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut. While Jerry and Brian ran the business, Rich founded Nationwide Health Care Advisors, which handled mergers and acquisitions of similar properties. The Tarrants put a lot of sweat equity into their facilities. “We were talking to each other on Christmas Eve making sure we had good coverage,” Jerry says of the staffing challenges. “You don’t get that at the big corporations.” Brian adds, “It was a lot of 3 a.m. phone calls.” Ultimately, Amicus proved unsustainable for the Tarrant team. Brian says he was spending too much time on the road at the expense of his family back in Vermont. For Jerry, it was the litigious nature of the health care industry that ultimately turned him off. “Everything was about liabilities,”

considered one of the biggest dotcom flops in history. According to Brian, Webvan had a terrible business model. The company built its own warehouses and delivery fleets in an industry notorious for low profit margins. MyWebGrocer took the opposite approach. Its concept was to let the supermarket chains manage their own infrastructure while MWG would become the online grocery shopping — or OGS — software company supporting their sales. In 2000, the Tarrants founded MyWebGrocer with help from Tim Kenney, a high school friend who had worked at IDX. At the time, Kenney was CEO and founder of a Vermont software company called NYBOR Corporation. While none of the Tarrants “wade into the weeds” of writing computer code, Kenney describes Rich as a “product designer” who plays an active role in quality control.

As Brian tells it, they approached Kenney with the idea for MWG and negotiated a deal with him to do create a mockup demo. They sold the software to their first client, Geissler’s Supermarkets in Connecticut, before the system was even up and running. Because Kenney built it all at a discounted rate, “we gave him shares,” Brian says, admitting, at the start, “It was all a bit of smoke and mirrors.” Today, Kenney is chief operating officer of MyWebGrocer, now the nation’s largest provider of digital grocery services. Its clients include some of the biggest names in the supermarket industry, including Kroger, A&P, Winn-Dixie, Albertson’s and Price Chopper. Kenney’s take on the Tarrants? While they’re aggressive, he says, they’re also “business conservative, which is the reason why they’re able to achieve this kind of growth without gigantic sums of extra capital coming in.” In short, he adds, they run a profitable business that grows only as their profits do. “That was the philosophy at IDX,” Kenney adds, “and I think it’s the philosophy here.”

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After living through the experience of their father’s bruising senatorial campaign of 2006, none expresses any desire to run for elected office. “It was hard,” Jerry admits. “You went from having a dad that everyone liked when he was the president and CEO of IDX, which was a large employer and gave a lot of money to charity.” (Tarrant Sr. has been a generous philanthropist, especially to higher ed, as evidenced by the buildings at Champlain College and St. Michael’s College that bear his name.) “Then as soon as he ran as a Republican, he was the devil to half the state. That’s a hard thing to take.” Or, to explain to his kids, apparently. Rich sounds equally soured on electoral politics. “I would not say that our political system is conducive to making tough decisions or getting anything done,” Rich says, “with the exception of re-election, which seems to drive all decisions in politics.” To date, none of the brothers has tried too hard to sway the political process with his checkbook. Unlike their father, who’s donated more than $25,000 to the Republican Party and several of its candidates since 2007, the younger Tarrants don’t appear in any hile Tarrant Sr. recent Federal Election had no finanCommission filings. Prior cial involvement in to that, Brian and Rich getting MWG off the each gave $1000 to GOP ground, he has served House candidate Martha as a reliable soundRainville, and Jerry doing board for ideas. nated $1000 to the 2004 According to Kenney, Bush-Cheney campaign. it’s not uncommon to Another paternal see the elder Tarrant path that doesn’t appeal BoB B loch in the office. His own to the Tarrant brothers: company, Marathon taking their company Health, which provides health care to public. When asked if there’s an IPO in large, self-insured businesses and munici- MyWebGrocer’s future, Jerry is unequivopalities, is right downstairs, on the fourth cal: “God, no!” he says, remembering all floor of the Champlain Mill. the stress his father experienced after IDX All three sons say their father’s input went public. has been invaluable to their success. “The pressure he felt of letting down “My favorite line of his, ‘The harder investors, letting down friends and people you work, the luckier you get.’ That’s in the community ... It’s a lot of preswhat I believe in,” says Jerry. “I’m not sure,” he says. “He couldn’t tell them if super smart, but I feel like I can outwork he was going to miss a number. And you’ll anyone.” miss a number eventually, unless you’re Others are less modest about the sib- cheating.” lings’ smarts. Of course, there’s no reason to cheat “I think the world of those guys,” says when you’re winning. And from the looks Bob Bloch, director of the Bring Your Own of it, the Tarrants have every reason to be Business program, which helps young en- all in — and enjoying — the game. m trepreneurs at Champlain College develop their businesses. “It’s unusual for a second generation to reach the same level of sucMyWebGrocer is hosting the Vermont cess as their dad, but they’ve really made Tech Jam, Friday and Saturday, their mark as entrepreneurs.” October 26 and 27, at the Champlain Mill in Winooski. Info, techjamvt.com. There are two areas in which the Tarrants are not likely to follow Rich Sr.

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ill Morris had a hunch any mention of “legislative reapportionment” would put the average Vermonter to sleep. But when the city of Burlington set out to redraw its ward boundaries earlier this year, Morris was uniquely positioned to make it more engaging — with maps. The cartographer behind GeoSprocket built an online tool that allowed city residents to pencil in the boundaries of Burlington’s neighborhoods as they saw them. Where did the Old North End give way to the Intervale? Where did the Hill Section start and the downtown district end? His premise was that Burlington didn’t really know where its distinctive neighborhoods began and ended — and he figured those boundaries, both formal and informal, had consequences for city services, politics and identity. Thanks to Morris’ mapping tool, 120 Burlingtonians were able to add feedback about their neighborhood boundaries to this important but arcane civic rite. The map made TECH the process not only more engaging, but also more democratic, and the results of the project are being included in the package of statistics, voter turnout patterns and various scenarios city councillors are considering. It’s a good example of the radical shift underway in the field of digital mapmaking. Even 10 years ago, mapping software was still incredibly expensive and difficult to use. Maps cost tens of thousands of dollars to make, and to share them, you had to print and distribute hard-copy versions. That’s all changing very quickly. The maps of today are mobile, intuitive and fueled by a rapidly expanding

catalogue of data to which laypeople — sometimes unknowingly — contribute. What does that mean for Vermont’s map enthusiasts? From natural resource applications to civic engagement, new mapping technology is changing the way we do business. Crowd-sourced maps can pinpoint areas of significant damage after natural disasters. Better mapping technology is helping farmers mitigate pollution and giving scientists better tools for managing the environment. “The evolution is pretty phenomenal,” says David Healy, vice president of Stone Environmental in Montpelier. Vermont’s well poised to take advantage of new technology in the field. Back in the 1980s, the state recognized the utility of geographic information systems — commonly called GIS. The technology combined cartography, statistical analysis, and data collection and storage. That put Vermont ahead of the curve, says Leslie Pelch, the outreach coordinator for the JAM Vermont Center for Geographic Information. In issue 1988 the state tasked VCGI with collecting geographic data in an attempt make sure individual projects and companies weren’t duplicating efforts. It worked. Today VCGI — an agency started by the state that now runs as a public nonprofit — holds an enormous catalogue of local data sets, ranging from health and human services to climate information. For a long time that data was primarily in the hands of trained experts working on complex, sometimes buggy software. The software got stronger and the tools more portable, but even as recently as five or six years ago most GIS required expensive proprietary software. “GIS, it was clear at that point, was the realm of

mAppiNg grEENEr pASturES can high-tech maps chart the course for a cleaner, healthier environment? Absolutely, says David Healy of stone Environmental. He joined the company in 1995 to start the Gis application group; before that, he assisted in starting the state’s Gis program, which evolved into VcGi. Healy has since helped stone make a name for itself by tackling complex environmental resourcemanagement problems with the help of sophisticated, often custom-built mapping tools. For instance, stone built an online map of endangered species habitats. Farmers who want to apply commercialgrade Round-Up have to consult the website before getting permission to apply the pesticide. They can zoom in on their field or farm, make sure there aren’t any sensitive plants or animals there and then proceed with their work. “That’s the beauty of the web,” says Healy. “Everybody has access to the tool for a very specific, targeted use.” Another stone project focused on the Lake champlain watershed. They spent two years modeling phosphorous runoff — a problematic nutrient linked to lake pollution and algae blooms — in the Mississquoi basin. Mapping technology has evolved to the point where analysts can pinpoint the exact field causing spikes in phosphorous runoff. This meant the Friends of northern Lake champlain could help a farmer identify the specific location of the problem instead of condemning the entire operation. it also enabled nonprofits and government agencies to spend their resources more judiciously when fighting pollution. “They’re not giving money out helter-skelter,” says Healy. “it’s the first time i’ve seen applied science converted into action.”

The ubiquity of new apps, online tools and DIY maps may make cartographers out of hobbyists — but cartographic expertise is by no means obsolete. Crowd-sourced data, for instance, feels “very out of control to GIS people,” says Pelch. After decades of being the authoritative sources on data collection and management, she calls the technology shift of the last few years “a culture change. It’s letting go, which is very difficult.” That, argues Bill Hegman, a GIS specialist and teaching fellow at Middlebury College, is actually a good argument for continuing to train specialists. “Tools are only as good as the data behind them,” says Hegman. He points out that with a lot of new maps or apps, it’s hard to trust or verify that data. He argues the world still needs trained geographers versed in the

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sometimes complicated, messy and technical analysis that goes on behind the scenes of even the user-friendliest online maps. Another concern is privacy; geographically-specific data is tied up in online and cellphone interactions such as text messages, Facebook updates and Twitter posts, and increasingly companies are “mining” that data for advertising. “I think folks are correct to be very cautious,” says Morris. “We as a society, we as a technology-based world, we’re leaving behind data tracks that can be used and be mapped, and we don’t even know it sometimes.” Morris admits those trails could potentially be used for good or evil, though he tends to be generally optimistic. “This is not a new question,” says Hegman. He saw concerns crop up 20 years ago, when the state of Vermont started digitizing parcel maps for individual towns. Some landowners worried that Big Brother was suddenly tracking individuals and ownership. When it comes to privacy, Hegman says, “We need to continue to scrutinize it.” In general, mapping enthusiasts seem more interested in imagining the frontiers for their fast-changing industry than in parsing the privacy debate. Which begs the

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question: What is coming next in a field that’s already seen such rapid growth? Hegman thinks the next big wave of change will likely involve LIDAR — short for Light Detection and Ranging — that uses laser pulses to measure everything from wind potential to tree health and digital elevation. The remote sensing technology can collect incredibly detailed information that once required far more legwork. Now, Hegman says, a developer has to send a surveying team out to carefully map the contours and elevation of a potential subdivision — a costly proposition. Soon a small airborne drone outfitted with LIDAR technology will take care of that same job more quickly and affordably. In fact, the Vermont Electric Power Company already uses LIDAR in the field — for instance, to identify vegetation that might be growing too close to their transmission lines. Similarly, Stowebased Utility Risk Management Corporation uses LIDAR-equipped helicopters to predict changes in infrastructure along power lines due to load, temperature and other factors. Healy predicts we’ll soon see GIS put to use for more real-time information. Imagine, he says, a map that tracks migrating whales and adjusts shipping channels accordingly to protect endangered species. Closer to home, he suspects a time will come when VTrans can alert drivers about higher-than-usual rates of deer or moose hits along a section of road. He thinks more cities will put their crime data on public maps with real-time updates. Such innovations could lead to specific, targeted solutions to problems for which taxpayers and businesses now pay dearly. Moving forward, is there a place where amateur mapmakers and GIS specialists can meet? Most experts can picture it; just don’t ask them for the coordinates. m

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specialists,” says Morris, the GIS consultant behind the Burlington neighborhoods map and a champion of what he calls the “democratization” of mapping. That started changing with MapQuest and the 2005 launch of Google Maps. Later that year, Google released the even more powerful and comprehensive Google Earth — an event Pelch calls the “Google Earth revolution.” For the first time, she says, your average web user could build his or her own map online without any sort of expert training. That opened the floodgates. Now there are a number of opensource mapping tools online ranging from fairly user-friendly options, like Google, to sophisticated tools such as the Quantum GIS project. John Van Hoesen, an associate professor of geology and environmental studies at Green Mountain College, calls this shift from proprietary software to tools for the everyman “neo-geography.” Van Hoesen directs GMC’s new Community Mapping Lab, where community members bring real-world problems to GIS students. Together, they have made maps tracking local issues such as potential milfoil growth in Lake St. Catherine, food deserts in Rutland County and the migration routes of black bears and bobcats from the Adirondacks to the Green Mountains. “Historically the community member would come in to me and say, ‘We need help,’ and then me, as the person with the GIS background, would say, ‘Okay,’” explains Van Hoesen. But he acknowledges an explosion of technology in the last six or eight months has altered that dynamic. “With these tools, and Google Earth and Google Maps are included in this, people can go out and make their own maps … that they don’t need an expert for anymore.” The possibilities are seemingly endless. A teacher in Montpelier equipped his students with handheld GPS units and helped them map, identify and then eradicate invasive weeds. A tech-center instructor is using similar technology to monitor a sugar bush: His class will plot the locations of individual trees, monitor sap amounts and sugar count and then track any special treatments applied to areas of the sugar bush.

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emember college — specifically, the all-nighters powered by energy drinks and junk food? A “hackathon” is kind of like that. A bunch of computer programmers with an array of skills get together, and each one tries to build something within 24 hours — sleep deprivation be damned. MyWebGrocer hosted Vermont’s first hackathon in 2011; it has since evolved into a larger event called HackVT. Last Friday night, more than 100 participants on 32 teams were tasked with an open-ended mission: employ Vermont data to make something useful for the state. The data sources ranged from government statistics on labor trends to an index of Vermont beers. You could use them to create a mobile app, a desktop website, whatever — anything for “the benefit of Vermont.” Having covered the event as a journalist last year, I decided to switch teams and try my hand at “hacking” this time around. In the interest of full disclosure — and of ensuring that this piece isn’t just one long humblebrag — I should mention that my creation, a website for mobile devices to help users find farmers markets in Vermont, received an honorable mention and netted me a giant check for $250. The winning group, Team Datamorphosis, built a web app that visualizes business openings and closings over time on a map, broken down by sector and location. It was a fascinating example of how digital platforms let us visualize data and stories in new ways. Here are some of the things I learned at my first hackathon:

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self-diagnose and correct just about anything. In lieu of an owner’s manual for the internet, this works pretty well: Google (or Bing, whatever) your problem, and you’ll find no shortage of solutions from the great online developer communities, such as StackOverflow or the WordPress forums. Countless blog posts and videos provide tutorials and solutions to common issues, too. Prime example: The Google Maps application programming interface (API) allows web developers to insert Google Maps centered on a given location. Like most Google products, it’s absurdly simple, even for me as an amateurish developer — but it wasn’t playing nicely with my site, developed in WordPress and jQuery Mobile. It took a little effort to find a workaround that functioned correctly, but I stumbled across one on my third Google result. The trick I needed wasn’t included in Google’s official documentation, but a

fellow coder I found online forged his own way, and it worked for me, too. Even when you’re working on a project alone, like I was, the internet always has your back. Just google it.

Stay away from the Red Bull. Seriously. That shit is bad for you. Not only did I eschew all energy drinks during the hackathon, but I didn’t drink any coffee, either, committing a sacrilege against both coding and journalism in the process. Instead, I drank the equivalent of several bottles of cold water over the 24 hours. The subsequent hourly pee breaks provided ample opportunity to clear my mind as well as my bladder. Get up, walk around, do jumping jacks, go outside for some fresh air; a refreshed mind yields long-term productivity that more than

makes up for the time away from your computer. Did I mention the HackVT swag bag? Every participant got one, and among the branded T-shirts, gadgets and trinkets was a hearty acorn squash. Geeks are not known for wise dietary choices, but good on HackVT for trying to change that. A healthy coder is a good coder.

Get some sleep.

Staying up for 24 hours in the name of creation is a romantic idea, but science says sleep is good for you. I’m sure the HackVT participants dozing off at their desks would agree. Fortunately for me, I don’t live far from the Champlain Mill, so I got to sleep in my own bed for about five hours early on Saturday morning. (I had planned to leave the hack space an hour earlier than I did, but I was on a roll for a while there.) When I arrived back at the Mill around 8:30 a.m.,

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Here’s the wonderful thing about making stuff on the internet: No matter what’s vexing you, someone else has inevitably had this problem before. And there’s almost always more than one way to fix it. A computer is great at telling you something’s wrong — or just refusing to do what you think you told it to do — but it’s not so good at telling you why something went awry. Luckily, there are great resources penned by real live humans to help you

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I was working much faster, and more productively, than I was at 2 a.m. It’s tough to stay focused when you’re sleep deprived.

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My goal in entering HackVT wasn’t to win anything — I only dabble in code as part of my day job, so my expectations were low. I just thought it would be a fun way to learn some new skills and practice old ones. What I failed to consider was that not every skill can be learned through cramming. My initial ideas — a virtual version of the Vermont brewery passport, a vaguely defined app for sorting out politi-

computer rather than any actual humans. I have to be in a headphones-on zone with nothing to distract me. (See earlier tip about drinking lots of water. Without the bathroom breaks, I would never be able to pull myself away from the screen.) Despite the mind games that coding plays with you, the end result of the creation process is incredibly satisfying. When the project you’ve been building is finally live and functional, after innumerable false starts and detours, the feeling of accomplishment is amazing. Like any achievement, it only comes at the end of a long, hard road. The difference is that when you’re programming, the struggles are not physical, or even mentally taxing in the traditional way. You have to trick

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I once heard an artist — Vermont native Jonathan Harris — say working with computer code messes with your mind. When I’m working on a code-intensive digital project, I find myself thinking differently — but not in the way those old Apple commercials had in mind. I get much more antisocial, preferring to interact with my

yourself into thinking in a way that our brains are not generally wired to do, no matter how rational we think we are. It’s a fun, if exhausting, game to play with yourself. Coding seems like magic to some people, especially to those who aren’t tech savvy. I’ll admit that it feels somewhat magical to see a jumble of letters, semicolons and bracket symbols turn itself into a smooth, functional app on my iPhone. But this loses sight of the fact that computers are dumb; they only do what humans tell them to. Building a digital application isn’t the most tangible form of construction, but it’s still hard work done by people. At the end of the ’thon, when tired, yawning hackers presented their projects to other tired, yawning hackers, the human element was clear. HackVT rounded up and showed off some of the talented, innovative people who make up Vermont’s rapidly growing tech sector. Just imagine what they can do on a full night’s sleep. m

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cal contributions — involved complicated programming tricks in which I didn’t have enough expertise. By midnight Friday, I realized I’d have to change course to produce something that actually worked by the end of the hackathon. Coming up with groundbreaking ideas is the easy part, but seeing them through to the end is harder. Greatness takes time, and 24 hours isn’t much. It’s a perfect window of time, however, to take things that you already know, add one or two small new skills, and come up with something simple and effective. My farmers market mobile site does pretty much one thing: It shows you where to find farmers markets. But I was happy with how well it did that one thing, even if more features could still be added. Ideas can evolve, even after the hackathon. When time is of the essence, start with one healthy seed.

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Cabot Clothbound Cheddar: a firm and slightly crumbly cheddar that is wrapped in muslin and aged for at least 10 months at the Cellars at Jasper Hill. It’s buttery, grassy and slightly nutty, with a caramel-like sweetness on the finish. Twig Farm Goat Tomme: Semisoft and supple, this raw goat’s milk cheese is shot through with faintly barnyard-y goat flavors, as well as with nuts and a hint of mushrooms. Cobb Hill Ascutney Mountain: a firm, raw cow’s milk cheese that combines fruity notes with wisps of grass. The brightest of the bunch.

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Von Trapp Farmstead Oma: This creamy, dandelion-hued cheese tastes like the love child of an earthy goat tomme and a Brie, though it’s made with raw cow’s milk and has hints of hay and almonds.

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Bonnieview Farm Coomersdale: This is a pungent, semifirm number made from raw sheep’s milk, with tons of character — it has subtle notes of wool and a just-after-therain earthy funk. Green Mountain Blue Cheese Gore-DawnZola: A crumbly and tangy cheese that combines stinky, moldy blue veins with ample flavors of roasted nuts, salt and acid.

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Citizen Cider bRosé: This salmon-colored, fizzy cider is low in acid but high in effervescence. Its base ingredients of apples and blueberries are layered with faint but bright notes of cherry, cranberry, pear and quince. Champlain Orchards Vermont Sparkling Ice Cider: a deep-gold, sweet hard cider made from McIntosh and Empire apples, with very fine bubbles that lend satisfying texture. Hints of ginger, honey and smoke make it fun to drink. Eden Vermont Ice Cider Heirloom Blend: The 2011 vintage of this perennial cider — formerly known as Calville Blend — was just released last month. Its mélange of apples renders a full-bodied, off-dry cider with hints of pears, honey, roasted almond and muscat, with a tart but caramel-like finish. Farnum Hill Semi-Dry Cider: The brightest of the ciders, this has a gentle mousse, only the barest hint of sweetness, pungent herbal and citrus notes and a vein of minerality. Domaine de Lavoie Le Poiré de Lavoie: A silky pear ice cider from Québec that has a lemony hue and vibrant notes of citrus and flowers woven together with caramel and honey.

airing food with fermented drinks is one of the simplest and most accessible blisses in life. Elements in each can mirror, highlight or even smother the strong qualities — or imbalances — of the other. Pairings can render a meal more delicious than the sum of its parts, taking tasters on a sensory and intellectual magical mystery tour. One of the keys to a successful pairing is choosing items produced in the same geographic area: Think oysters and Muscadet, mussels and Belgian ale … or, in Vermont, hard cider and cheese. Cider, both soft and hard, has long been part of New England’s liquid landscape and was once a major presence on tables in these parts. After falling into obscurity for more than a century, hard cider is having a welcome renaissance. Veteran manufacturers such as Eden Ice Cider Company have been joined by a tide of artisanal cider makers producing styles ranging from still and sweet to dry and fizzy. Variations are constantly being unearthed and reclaimed, such as Citizen Cider’s dry rosé cider called bRosé (made with apples and blueberries), which is so versatile with food that it could seamlessly replace wine at the table. Acting on the assumption that cider and cheese are natural BFFs in northern climes, I spent a few afternoons pairing the two, and it was a blast, as well as illuminating. If you simply

tasted a spread of these cheeses one after another, you might find some very similar in texture and style. But sampling shards of each cheese against cider (or even beer or wine) throws their individual personalities into sharper relief, coaxing out grassy or nutty notes or making them taste saltier or creamier. Given the sheer number of local cheeses, the pairing possibilities are nearly endless, but I chose six cheeses and five ciders to play around with. Here are the pairings that most pleased my palate:

Citizen Cider bRosé plus Green Mountain Blue Cheese Gore-Dawn-Zola or Cabot Clothbound Cheddar At first sip, bRosé may be mild in flavor, but its personality asserts itself against food. The cider’s fruity flavors make it a natural foil for cheeses with a lot of character, and its effervescence can slice through salty cheese with precision. bRosé blunted the salt of the Gore-Dawn-Zola and coaxed out the cheese’s nuttier notes. It also made the Cabot Clothbound Cheddar seem creamier than it actually was. But the best matches with bRosé were some morsels I dragged out of my fridge in a pairing frenzy — namely feta, Parmigiano-Reggiano and, best of all, fatty, spicy saucisson sec.

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After dismantling an outdoor deck to comply with city zoning codes, owner OMER ALICIC opened SOFIA’S PIZZERIA last weekend on the corner of St. Paul and Maple streets in Burlington. The bread and butter of Sofia’s offerings are thincrust, 99-cent cheese slices, but other pies are topped with the likes of smoked beef and soujuk — a dry, spicy Turkish sausage. The rest of the menu is an eclectic mix of plates, ranging from calzones to beef- and cheese-stuffed bureks to jalapeño peppers stuffed with cabbage to an appetizer plate loaded with ajvar relish, olives, feta, smoked beef and soujuk.

BRIDGE STREET BUTCHERY TO OPEN IN WAITSFIELD

“It’s going to be a culinary mecca,” Jeff Lynn says of Bridge Street in Waitsfield. He’s not wrong. The complex straddling Bridge and Main streets was already shaping up to be a miniature version of Mario Batali’s Eataly, with VEGETARIAN MINT RESTAURANT AND TEA LOUNGE; Italian comfort-food eatery PEASANT; bakery and ice cream shop the SWEET SPOT; and WAITSFIELD WINE SHOPPE just across the street. With the addition of BRIDGE STREET BUTCHERY in the first week in December, the effect will be complete. The butcher shop will be located at 40 Bridge Street, next door to Peasant, the former home of chef JASON GULISANO’s GREEN CUP CAFÉ. Gulisano, who has moved on to meat cutting at the ROYAL BUTCHER in Randolph, is not affiliated with Bridge Street Butchery. However, his parents, SAM and BARBARA GULISANO, are Lynn’s landlords.

weathered that lengthy wait, two Vermont restaurants — CROP BISTRO & BREWERY in Stowe and WHETSTONE STATION RESTAURANT AND BREWERY in Brattleboro — are poised to begin brewing by late fall. At Crop, head brewer WILL GILSON says the new Bavarianbuilt, 8.5-barrel system has arrived in town and will be installed in the pub room within a few weeks. Gilson says the staff is “crossing our fingers” that beer will flow by mid-December. “We’ll have a standard beer — a session beer — then a number of rotating, eclectic, more challenging beers,” says Gilson, who has brewed for more than 20 years in Utah, Wyoming, New Hampshire and Vermont. A lover of German styles, Gilson envisions a likely lineup including ales, lagers and German wheat beers.

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work the couple did to restore the complex following its near-destruction by the wrath of Irene. “The Gulisanos probably should have had the building condemned,” Lynn says. “But they’ve been working tirelessly to restore it to its former glory. [The space] is beautiful and pristine.” Most likely, the meat will be, too. Lynn says his focus will be on local cuts from growers, including BOYDEN FARM in Cambridge and NEILL FARM in Waitsfield, which made the transition from dairy to meat earlier this year. The meatcutter also expects to use high-quality, sustainable flesh from a few nonlocal companies such as Niman Ranch. Seafood will come exclusively from WOOD MOUNTAIN FISH. “It’s the nicest stuff you can get anywhere in Vermont, and [ETHAN WOOD] works with producers and fishermen who are responsible,” says Lynn. The chef will make six to eight different homemade sushi rolls every day — currently available nowhere else in the Mad River Valley — as well as nigiri sushi and sashimi. In summer, Lynn will have a full raw bar; he envisions customers taking their seafood to picnic outside by the Mad River. Other prepared foods will include sandwiches made from Boar’s Head, house-roasted and imported specialty meats. Cheeses, most of them local, will be available on sandwiches or sliced to take home. It’s just one more delicious sign that post-Irene Waitsfield is rebounding. — A .L.

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Dessert wine is a classic pairing for blue cheese, so it’s no surprise that the slightly honeylike Eden Ice Cider made Gore-Dawn-Zola taste like it was on steroids. A pairing with Cabot Clothbound Cheddar made the cider seem silky and the cheese saltier, while the Bonnieview Farm Coomersdale pairing was discordant. Eden Ice Cider found its best match in Ascutney Mountain, which it transformed into a superlatively complex cheese: Hints of caramel and lemon peel overlaid each other, while the cheese softened the cider’s edges and brought out its sweetness.

Surprisingly, this cider fought the Gore-Dawn-Zola every step of the way and wilted against some of the other cheeses. However, the Twig Farm Goat Tomme was a clear match — it made the cider’s flavors explode, highlighting previously hidden tannic and savory qualities that balanced its sweetness. For its part, the cider rendered the Twig Farm a melting, scrumptious, almost alpine treat. The

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Ixnay on the Gore-Dawn-Zola — this pear cider was just OK with Twig Farm and pretty good with the Coomersdale. But when I paired a few sips with the Oma, this thinnish cider became both

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It was gratifying to discover that almost every cider paired best with a different cheese, indicating a degree of nuance that speaks to the artistry and individual terroirs of local cider and cheese makers. Though the Oma was the perfect fit for at least two ciders, the Clothbound Cheddar was the most versatile cheese — it made almost nothing taste disagreeable, and generally brought out the best in whatever it touched. Twig Farm had so much character that it seemed to want to be on its own; only the Champlain Orchards Sparkling Ice Cider didn’t interfere with its expression. While some of these products may seem alike to the casual taster, pairing highlights their subtle differences and suggests that, at least in the culinary world, soulmates do exist.

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This cider faltered against the GoreDawn-Zola and Coomersdale, performed decently but not stunningly with the Clothbound Cheddar and Twig Farm and absolutely sang with the Oma, coaxing out the cheese’s citrusy notes and taking on airy and light qualities.

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crisper and earthier, while the cheese morphed into a nuttier and creamier version of itself. The Clothbound Cheddar was a hit, too, quickening the cider into something fresh and almost saline.

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hen food snobs talk about “tasting the terroir” in a locally sourced meal, they usually mean a farm. In chef Jonathan Gilman’s kitchen, the “terroir” might just as easily be a local woodland floor. Fir needles are among the ingredients the new chef has brought to Caroline’s Fine Dining in Jericho. When Caroline’s opened in 2010, Chef Joseph Ianelli sought to create a hidden gem that would compete with fine-dining destinations such as Hen of the Wood at the Grist Mill and the Kitchen Table Bistro. But when Suzanne Podhaizer reviewed the restaurant for Seven Days that year, she felt lukewarm about the high prices and less-than-ideal ingredients. Now, with Ianelli relocating to the West Coast, Gilman has stepped in, and he comes with no formal training but plenty of bona fides. The University of Vermont graduate worked for the state’s Secretary of Agriculture, Charles Ross, before transferring his efforts to Massachusetts kitchens. His fiveyear plan was to rise to the position of executive chef or open a restaurant, both of which he did at Boston comfort food temple Church. Last year, Gilman earned the restaurant a Boston Magazine Best of Boston award. When he heard of Ianelli’s departure, Gilman jumped at the chance to return to the Green Mountains. On September 5, he took over at Caroline’s and its more casual sister restaurant, the Village Cup. While both restaurants already belonged to the Vermont Fresh Network, Gilman has taken their menus several steps further in a locavore direction — he even makes the American cheese on the Village Cup’s burger from scratch. I headed to Caroline’s last week to see if Gilman had brought the restaurant any closer to becoming a fine-dining destination. On a Tuesday night, only a few parties filled the staidly appointed space. A very young, formally dressed hostess led us to our table in a side room just large enough for two. She waited until we were both seated before handing us our menus clipped to heavy wooden boards. Our outgoing server arrived to fill our water glasses and show us the drink

menu, dominated by Vermont beers and international wines. We stuck to water and required countless refills, all of which the server or our hostess provided wordlessly and immediately. Throughout the meal, we felt pampered without being suffocated. That was lucky, as we were already overwhelmed by our dinner options. Roasted pheasant with spaetzle and pickling-spice vinaigrette? Braised rabbit with black-peppercorn pappardelle, baby carrots, Brussels-sprout leaves and cave-aged cheddar? Our server helped us find our way through the appealing menu of Vermont-grown ingredients. The hostess brought triangles of crusty, homemade white bread shrouded in an artfully swirled napkin. Herbed butter was topped with chunky pearls of Himalayan pink salt, large and saline enough to set off a salt bomb anywhere they landed. I tried to avoid them, hoping they weren’t indicative of Gilman’s seasoning of his dishes.

Gilman’s entrées are lustily rustic, hearty and served in larGe portions not usually associated with fine dining. The first specimen was a starter of pan-seared halloumi. Best known to Americans as the cheese in flaming Greek saganaki, halloumi is similar to mozzarella in texture, but a combination of goat and sheep’s milk lends it a more acidic, barnyard-y flavor. Griddled outside, with a bouncy texture within, the cheese was delicious but needed more acid to cut through the salt. The accompanying salsa verde made from Granny Smith apples was a beautiful green color, but it lacked the necessary tang to do the job. Sweet curls of fried parsnip were a welcome addition. Next came a $12 combination of three cured meats. Before Gilman started at

Caroline’s, he told me he hoped a serious charcuterie program would convince younger foodies to make the drive to Jericho. This sample was easy to share and paired with caper berries; boozy, nutty Fiddlehead Brewing Company beer mustard; and heavily vinegared blueberry compôte. The pâté de campagne was just as it should be: sturdy but yielding, porky and sweetened with tiny onions. A semi-crisp jacket of bacon added salt and a chewy crunch. The duck rillettes were a little sloppy, even for me. The fat was slightly melted, making it difficult to scoop the duck onto the quartet of crostini that came on the plate. My recommendation would be to cut the fat — literally. Just

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Not only was it huge, it was delicious. Braised just to the point of requiring no knife, the meat burst with pork flavor. The jus wasn’t as arboreal as I’d hoped, but had a light taste of rosemary. Eaten individually, the fir needles tasted like the familiar herb but with a subtler, more vegetal flavor. The waxy, surprisingly large fingerlings were also understated, with just a kiss of hay-inflected smoke. Meaty chunks of acorn squash added a hint of sweetness, which mitigated the mineral earthiness of tender hen-of-the-woods mushrooms. Perhaps the choice of fungus was an intentional challenge to a more established restaurant. If so, Gilman has fired a well-placed first shot. Vermont-Raised Lamb Meatballs defied their simple name. Meltingly tender, utterly ungamy lamb was speckled with almost microscopic squares of carrot, lending the meatballs an unexpected hint of sweetness. That paired splendidly with the blackberry mead in which the meat was braised — sweet and fruity with a touch of booze. Whole

berries enhanced the flavor and added a fun snap. The meatballs were piled on a serving of creamy polenta surrounded by a wall of slightly crisp kale. A hefty heap of grated ricotta salata topped the dish, creating a blanket of flavor like a fresh snowfall. Though our entrées made us just about due for the vomitorium, we were so enjoying ourselves that we charged on to dessert. How could we not, when “Cider Doughnut” Bread Pudding was one of the options? I had to see what was behind the mystery quotation marks. The answer was that, instead of being served as a mound of custard, the pudding was rolled into five Munchkinsized doughnut holes. Despite their delicious cinnamon-apple flavor, the tiny “doughnuts” had little room for the squishy center that creates true breadpudding magic. These mini-doughnuts formed a wreath around clothbound-cheddar ice cream, which likewise disappointed me. While Gilman surmounted the likely textural challenges of the endeavor, I struggled to taste nutty, tangy aged cheese in the frozen dessert. Big flavor was no problem for Chocolate and Chiles. Apparently sized for two (or for one greedy chocolate lover), the dessert featured two triangles of smoked-chocolate semifreddo divided by a round almond tuile that rose from the plate like the morning sun. The smooth, ganache-like chocolate was as smoky as promised, flecked with high-cacao-content chunks that further intensified its flavors. What was described as a topping of “ancho chile mousse” was texturally more like a thick crème anglaise. But it packed a pleasant burn that made it hard not to finish both slabs of the dessert. Luckily, I exercised some control and gave myself leftovers to look forward to. That won’t be the last of my Caroline’s experience. Gilman refers to his menu not as seasonal, but as “evolving,” meaning it’s constantly changing. So while diners may not be able to count on trying those fir needles on any particular visit, they’re likely to find new dishes that exemplify great value and a creative take on the locavore movement. It looks like Caroline’s is finally shaping up to be the destination its owner envisioned. m

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enough to hold together the meat would be perfect. Slices of pork belly were simple but delectable. A thick strip of what was essentially lardo or salo gave way to tender but hearty streaks of meat. Eaten on bread, it felt and tasted very much like smalec, the Polish pork-belly-dotted fat spread. But what of those fir needles? They came in the braising jus of an entrée called the Forest Braised Pork Shank, along with hay-smoked fingerling potatoes. (Black River Produce supplied both the local Douglas fir needles and the hay.) Reading those unlikely ingredients on the menu, diners could be forgiven for expecting Gilman to produce tiny, segregated squares of food on oversized, oddly shaped chargers. Full of surprises, the chef offers quite the opposite. His entrées are lustily rustic, hearty and served in large portions not usually associated with fine dining. At $22, the enormous pork shank felt like a steal.

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ENERGY-EFFICIENCY FORUM: Efficiency Vermont provides detailed information on locking in energy to help municipalities save money and improve their public buildings. Cole Hall, Shaftsbury, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-921-5990.

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A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE STONEY: HOW FILM CAN CHANGE LIVES: A panel discussion with video excerpts honors the late documentary filmmaker, known as the "father of publicaccess TV." Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3966, ext. 16, morourke@cctv.org. POSTSECRET LIVE: Frank Warren, the founder of an online mail-art project in which people send in postcards containing their deepest secrets, shares inspiring and funny stories in a multimedia presentation. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. Free; tickets required. Info, 656-2076.

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VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: This annual screen fest of independent, international and Vermont-made films thrills cinema nuts with a 10-day lineup. Various Chittenden County locations, noon-9 p.m. Various prices; see vtiff.org for schedule and locations. Info, 660–2600, info@vtiff.org.

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NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the fresh fare supplied by area growers and producers. 246 Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, sargentsbearnecessities@gmail.com. STOWE RESTAURANT WEEK: With cuisine praised by Gourmet, Bon Appetit and Wine Spectator, Vermont's quintessential ski town hosts its second annual celebration of local fare. Various locations, Stowe, noon. $15-35 per prixfixe menu. Info, 253-7321.

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Last January, the protagonists of The Intergalactic Nemesis vanquished sludge monsters from outer space. But their quest to quell interplanetary apocalypse isn’t over, and the second installment of this “live-action graphic novel” arrives at the Flynn on Friday. The cosmic crisis this time? A rising robot army hell-bent on global destruction. Actors and a Foley artist deliver a live soundtrack to this campy comic-book adventure, which plays out on a two-story screen. Here’s hoping our heroes can save the universe at least once more — ’cause rumor has it book three is already in the works.

‘THE INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS: BOOK TWO: ROBOT PLANET RISING’ Friday, October 26, 8 p.m., at Flynn MainStage in Burlington. $15-35. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org

OCT. 18-21 | THEATER Circle of Life Disney cited Shakespeare’s Hamlet and biblical stories as the inspiration for 1994’s The Lion King. But ancient African oral traditions have long told of another “Lion King” — Sundiata Keita, the fearless founder of the Mali empire. It’s the latter tale — also one of a king’s son and his courageous rise to the throne — that is celebrated by Burlington’s Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater this week. As the prelude to the West African Dance and Drum Festival, running November 1 through 4, the troupe’s brandnew ballet sums up the epic account of fate and destiny through pounding percussion and joyous movement.

‘SUNDIATA: KING OF THE MALI EMPIRE’ Saturday, October 27, 2 p.m. (children’s matinee) and 8 p.m. (full-length ballet), and Saturday, November 3 (full-length ballet), 8 p.m., at Burlington City Hall Auditorium. $5-15; free for kids under 3. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org

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OCT. 25-28 | HOLIDAYS Do You Dare? Staged in vacant homes near the Burlington International Airport, Nightmare Vermont is a chillingly realistic take on the haunted-house genre. This interactive Halloween event — described as “walking through the movie Resident Evil, only live” — draws on the local talent of the Green Mountain Performing Arts Studio, professional dancer E-Knock (aka Ernest Phillips) and a top-notch technical crew. The production channels creative energy into a sinister storyline, integrating well-rehearsed characters, live stage combat and dance. Since partnering with the South Burlington Rotary four years ago, this unique blend of theater and fear has raised more than $30,000 for the community.

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rums, horns, bass — these are a few of the sounds that emerge from Adam matta’s lips. Better known as the Human Beatboxer, the virtuosic vocal percussionist has been called “absolutely unbelievable” by Mother Jones. Armed with only a microphone, matta is the master of synched beats and turntable scratches — but he doesn’t limit himself to hip-hop, as his recent work with old-time string band carolina chocolate Drops attests. He’ll mouth off even more when joined by violinist Julianne carney, guitarist Eyal maoz and woodwind player Ned Rothenberg on Thursday. ADAm mAttA & FRiENDS

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Burlington go CluB: Folks gather weekly to play the deceptively simple — and highly strategic — Asian board game. Uncommon Grounds, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free; bring a set if you have one. Info, 860-9587, dfelcan@yahoo. com.

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Meditation & disCussion: Powerful energies arise from this participant-led session, which chases 30 minutes of meditation with a brief reading and discussion. Inspired Yoga Studios, Jay, 7-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 988-0449.

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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. 'Bull run': Readers Theater cast members stage Paul Fleischman's moving Civil War drama. Memorial Hall, Essex, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. 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. Frankentoys With tina logan: Stuffed animals and dolls, beware! Crafty young 'uns repurpose old toys into little monsters. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. highgate story hour: Gigglers and wigglers listen to age-appropriate lit. Highgate Public Library, 11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970.

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May's World MusiC & MoveMent: Energetic children lace up their dancing shoes for a fun class with May Poduschnick. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. MontgoMery PlaygrouP: Little ones exercise their bodies and their minds in the company of adult caregivers. Montgomery Town Library, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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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. MusiC & MoveMent PlaygrouP: Youngsters tune in for six weeks of song, dance and fun with instruments. St. Albans Free Library, 10:1511:45 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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st. alBans PlaygrouP: Creative activities and storytelling engage young minds. NCSS Family Center, St. Albans, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. story tiMe & PlaygrouP: Read-aloud tales pave the way for themed art, nature and cooking projects. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@gmail.com.

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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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around tales — and, possibly, tails. Ainsworth Public Library, Williamstown, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 433-5887. story tiMe For 3- to 5-year-olds: Preschoolers stretch their reading skills through activities involving puppets and picture books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. 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.

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italian Conversation grouP: Parla Italiano? A native speaker leads a 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.

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doCtor gasP, the toes, the shandies: Local and regional artists deliver New England folk, Halloween-themed songs and more in the gallery. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, 7 p.m. $3-10. Info, 518-314-9872. heliand Consort: Aptly named, the reed trio's "Winds Take Flight" fall tour soars from lighthearted, 20th-century French masterworks to a sultry habanera to a traditional arrangement by Vermont composer Dennis BáthoryKitsz. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 735-3611. 'Messiah' Chorus rehearsals: Experienced Messiah singers join the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra in Handel's best-known oratorio. Chorus room, Spaulding High School, Barre, 7 p.m. Free; bring your own score. Info, 244-6208. straight no Chaser: Harmonies fly as the male a cappella group reinvents modern pop songs. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $34.50-44.50. Info, 863-5966. verMont syMPhony orChestra string Quartet halloWeen FaMily ConCert: 'a syMPhony oF Whales': A musical narration of Steve Schuch’s eponymous book tells the story of gentle giants stranded in the Siberian Sea and the heroic efforts to free them. Special spooky selections are also played before a parade of costumes. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Call for price. Info, 864-5741, ext. 10. ying Quartet: Having graced the stages at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House, classical music's esteemed foursome performs the first of six concerts in the Burlington Beethoven Cycle. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, preconcert lecture, 7 p.m.; concert, 8 p.m. $35; buy tickets online at burlingtonensemble.com. Info, 598-9520.

outdoors

MonarCh ButterFly tagging: In 2007, a black-and-orange flyer identified at the nature center was recovered in Mexico. Folks catch, tag and release the migrating monarchs to help with future connections. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 3:30 p.m. $3-5; free for members. Info, 229-6206.

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reza raMazani & PatriCk Walsh: In "Current Issues in Economics: A Critical Assessment of the Candidates' Economic Plans," these professors critique Obama and Romney's platforms, respectively, with a focus on taxes, deficits, jobs and trade. A Q&A follows. Farrell Room, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

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Green Mountain table tennis Club: Ping-pong players swing their paddles back and forth in singles and doubles matches. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 7-10 p.m. Free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership fee. Info, 247-5913.

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brian Mohr & eMily Johnson: The Vermont-based adventurer-photographers offer a multimedia slide show, "Two Wheels, Two Planks — Pedal-Powered Skiing in Arctic Norway," about their human-powered travels. Joslin Memorial Library, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5434. Christopher steiner: The director of the museum-studies program at Connecticut College holds nothing back in "Censorship 2.0: Museums in the Participatory Age." Twilight Auditorium, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. DaviD Govatski: In "Land Above the Trees: Alpine Areas of the Northeast," the naturalist looks at glacial forces and plant and animal adaptations related to our "islands in the sky." Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2436. katherine C. Donahue: The anthropology professor presents "The First Summer Cruise of the Revenue Cutter Bear, Alaska and Siberia 1886," about the famed ship sent to the Arctic to rescue the failed Greely Expedition. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295. kelley hunter: How are the star cycles affecting your daily life? The internationally known astrologer and mythologist gives the latest on cosmic news for 2012 and beyond. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

sanDra steinGraber: This acclaimed ecologist takes a personal, yet scientific look at controversial issues in "From Food to Fracking: Human Health and the Environment." Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0907.

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Matt riGney: An avid fisherman dives into a photo- and video-enhanced discussion of his new book, In Pursuit of Giants: One Man's Global Search for the Last of the Great Fish. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 388-2061.

comedy

CoMeDy for a Cause: Four regional standups bring on gut-busting laughter at a benefit for the Franklin County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Chow! Bella, St. Albans, 7-8:30 p.m. $15; for ages 18 and up. Info, 524-2444, info@ fcrccvt.com.

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1st anniversary party: Bring a dish to share at the one-year celebration of this metaphysical bookstore. Attendees peruse natural products for spiritual and physical healing, and participate in a costume contest. Nature's Mysteries Books & Beyond, Lyndonville, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 626-8466. book & bake sale: Owners and collectors meet for tea and a special afternoon sale, before a weekend of homemade treats and books at minimal cost, with movies and vinyl records also available. St. Luke's Church, St. Albans, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 524-6212. CanDleliGht viGil & survivor speakout: Community members hold a ceremony to honor those who have lost their lives to domestic violence, before walking silently up Church Street to the Unitarian Universalist Church, where they can share stories in a healing space. Burlington City Hall, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3131.

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key4woMen foruM: Betsy Hubbard and Debra Jasper, cofounders of Mindset Digital, help Vermont nonprofits learn to engage clients, donors and large online audiences. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 3-6 p.m. $15; preregister at key. com/womensforum. Info, 865-5202.

crafts

woMan's Craft Group: Inventive females work on artful projects at a biweekly meetup. Essex Alliance Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 238-2291.

dance

arGentine tanGo: Instructor Albert Pantoja teaches the intricacies of this dance style, which originated in the culturally mixed suburbs of Buenos Aires and has since dazzled quick-footed participants worldwide. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 7-9 p.m. Free.

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verMont CoMprehensive enerGy plan foruM: Eco-conscious folks learn about the goal to use renewable sources to meet 90 percent of the state's total energy needs by 2050. Colchester High School, Colchester, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2328, ext. 118.

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verMont venture network: Entrepreneurs, investors, government agencies, service providers and others attend a networking forum with remarks by special guests. Hilton Hotel, Burlington, 8-9:30 a.m. $15 for nonmembers. Info, 658-7830.

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arCher Mayor: The author of a Vermontbased mystery series starring detective Joe Gunther introduces his latest whodunit, Paradise City. Norwich Book Store, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1114.

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peGGy & Murray sChwartz: The coauthors of The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus look at the life, work and legacy of the trailblazing African American dancer/choreographer. Harmon Periodical Reading Room, Davis Family Library, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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chess group: Novice and expert players compete against real humans, not computers. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $2. Info, 324-1143.

hogwArts reADing society: Potter-heads and fantasy fans discuss magical and mysterious reads. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4097.

BAt AwAreness week: Calling all caped crusaders! Just in time for Halloween, slide-show lectures, preschool programs, bat facts and more educate Vermonters about the white-nose syndrome affecting our nocturnal insect eaters. Various locations statewide, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Various prices; call for details; proceeds benefit bat research through the Nongame Wildlife Fund. Info, 279-5762, annemariekeppel@gmail. com.

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MiDDle school plAnners & helpers: Lit lovers in grades 6 to 8 plan cool projects for the library. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:304:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

'Brooklyn Brothers BeAt the Best': An underachieving singer-songwriter and his unlikely new bandmate tour the country while searching for self-actualization in Ryan O'Nan's 2011 comedy. Room L207, Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0796. 'DeAr pinA': Filmed at the Shelburne Farms Breeding Barn in June, Vermont choreographers stage a large-scale dance/theater tribute to the late Pina Bausch. A discussion follows with the cast and film crew. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 279-836.

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Archives Month open house: History buffs participate in behind-the-scenes tours, view exhibits and chat with staff at this event highlighting the best of yesteryear. Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, MIddlesex, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2308.

Burlington wAlk/Bike council Meeting: The all-volunteer advisory council to the City of Burlington considers infrastructure improvements and policy changes for pedestrian and pedaler transportation — and celebrates both by organizing events and activities. Room 12, 1:42 PMBurlington City Hall, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-2700.

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'riFFtrAx live: BirDeMic: shock AnD terror': Former members of the Emmynominated cult classic “Mystery Science Theater 3000” reunite on the big screen to fire off wisecracking commentary on this "thriller" in the pantheon of so-bad-it's-good cinema. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $12.50. Info, 864-5610. verMont internAtionAl FilM FestivAl: See WED.24, noon-10 p.m.

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Discoveries in wine: Oenophiles explore the vineyards of Tuscany in a tasting tour complete with local cheese and fresh-baked bread. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6 p.m. $25; preregister; must be at least 21 years of age with valid ID. Info, 872-7111. sAuerkrAut, three wAys: Jason Frishman takes participants through the lacto-fermentation process with several vastly different recipes, including Central American curtido made with pineapple vinegar. Sustainability Academy,

Fitness hulA-hooping: Hula-Hoopers wiggle their hips in a cardio workout aimed at improving coordination, balance and stamina. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 255-8699. MeDicinAl roots: Herbal education coordinator Cristi Nunziata details the healing benefits of traditional root beer, burdock stir-fry, ginger jam and kava cocoa. City Market, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister. Info, 861-9700.

MiDDleBury preschool story tiMe: Little learners master early-literacy skills through tales, rhymes and songs. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4369. MontgoMery inFAnt/toDDler plAygroup: Infants to 2-year-olds idle away the hours with stories and songs. Montgomery Town Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

puBlic Flu clinic: Adults immunize themselves against the infectious disease. Franklin County Home Health Agency, St. Albans, 2-4:30 p.m. $35 for recipients without coverage. Info, 527-7531.

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, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

holidays

reAD to A Dog: Bookworms share words with Rainbow, a friendly Newfoundland and registered therapy pooch. Fairfax Community Library, Fairfax, 3-4:15 p.m. Free; preregister for a 15-minute time slot. Info, 849-2420.

nightMAre verMont: Well-rehearsed actors and a seasoned technical crew bring engaging characters and cinema-level visual effects to this interactive haunted house for ages 13 and up. See calendar spotlight. Picard Circle, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $10-15; see nightmarevermont.org for tour-departure times. Info, 888-830-0888. the hAunteD Forest: Good-natured thrills and chills await visitors at this spooky take on outdoor theater. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $12.50; $8.50 for children's matinee on October 27, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; see website for tour-departure times. Info, 238-0923.

kids

AlBurgh plAygroup: Tots form friendships over music and movement. Alburgh Family Center of NCSS, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. creepy crAwly crAFts: Imaginative artists in grades K and up fashion Halloween-themed creations. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-3:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. Fletcher tuMBle tiMe: Exuberant youngsters find an outlet for all of that energy. Gymnasium, Fletcher Elementary School, Cambridge, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. FrAnklin story hour: Lovers of the written word perk up for read-aloud tales and adventures with lyrics. Haston Library, Franklin, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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ADAM MAttA & FrienDs: This human beatboxer and vocal percussionist collaborates with fellow artists on a mash-up of hip-hop, rock, electronica, jazz, Middle Eastern music and video imagery. See calendar spotlight. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. $1025. Info, 603-646-2422. BAttleFielD BAnD: "Forward with Scotland's past" is the motto of this preeminent Celtic group, known for reviving and building upon the country's great musical heritage. Tunbridge Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 431-3433. heliAnD consort: See WED.24, Monahan Academic Commons, Lyndon Institute, Lyndon Center, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted Johnson stAte college concert BAnD: Musicians lend their airs to a community ensemble in weekly rehearsals of contemporary compositions. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 821-0504, steven.light@jsc.edu. leo BlAnco trio: All the way from Venezuela, this jazz pianist and his crew have shared the stage with major players, from Chucho Valdés to Pat Metheny. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $12; $27 includes early-bird dinner special; BYOB. Info, 465-4071.

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Burlington Town Center Mall, 7:15-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 238-8369, me2orchestra@gmail.com.

seminars

Tech Lab: Computer snafu? Experts answer questions and navigate the way to tech-savvy solutions. Bradford Public Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536, bradfordpubliclibrary@gmail. com.

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brian Mohr & eMiLy Johnson: See WED.24, Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; $5 raffle. Jane WiLLiaMson: In "War Before the War: Radical Abolition in Antebellum America," the Rokeby Museum director discusses the wave of antislavery thinking that swept the country — and the state — in the 1830s. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 388-2117. 'PearL PriMus: Life, Work & Legacy': Students of the history of modern dance explore the impact of the late dancer, choreographer and underappreciated icon. Room 126, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 11 a.m.12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. PeTer DiaManDis: In “Creating an Age of Abundance,” this keynote speaker examines basic human needs and the powerful technologies able to meet them. Plumley Armory, Norwich University, Northfield, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2633.

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'counT DracuLa': Audience members wear black cloaks and bare their fangs for this bloodthirsty adaptation of Bram Stoker's infamous novel, presented by the Friends of the Opera House. Enosburg Opera House, 7 p.m. $7-10. Info, 933-6171.

cross-country adventure via tandem bicycle. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. oPen Mic/PoeTry nighT: Readers, writers, singers and ranters pipe up in a constructive and positive environment. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 518-563-0494, rotagallery@gmail.com. PeTer giLberT: Vermont Humanities Council's executive director considers Americans' capacity to think for themselves in his new book, I Was Thinking ... Travels in the World of Ideas. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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VerMonT anTique exPo & saLe/essex crafT & fine arT shoW: Crazy for collectibles? Thousands scout out vintage items and artisan displays at this grand affair combining two favorite events. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, noon-6 p.m. $8 includes reentry on all days; free for kids under 12; food donations accepted for the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. Info, 878-5545.

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book & bake saLe: See THU.25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dinner & conVersaTion WiTh frienDs: Involved citizens discuss the arts in our community over delicious fare as part of National Arts and Humanities Month. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 6:30 p.m. $25. Info, 443-3168.

conferences

VerMonT Tech JaM: Seven Days organizes the sixth annual gathering of Vermont's most innovative companies at this unique job fair and expo. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5684, techjam@sevendaysvt. com.

film

VerMonT inTernaTionaL fiLM fesTiVaL: See WED.24, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

sToWe resTauranT Week: See WED.24, noon. The PennyWise PanTry: On a tour of the store, shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. City Market, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-9700.

health & fitness

PubLic fLu cLinic: See THU.25, CarePartners Adult Day Center, St. Albans, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

harVesT carniVaL: Children ages 2 to 12 and their parents celebrate autumn's spookiest holiday with candy, prizes, costumes and games. Tarrant Student Recreational Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 5-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 654-2536. haunTeD casTLe frighT nighT: Hair-raising sights and sounds make this Halloween tour PG-13 and plenty spooky. Wilson Castle, Proctor, 7-11 p.m. $8. Info, 773-3284.

friDay eVening Dance sociaL: Kick up your heels in a half-hour mini lesson before the dance floor opens up for costumed swing. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $10-15. Info, 598-6757.

'The LasT of The haussMans': Showcasing top performances from across the pond, the National Theatre of London presents a live broadcast of Stephen Beresford’s touching, yet sometimes savage, portrait of a family that’s losing its grip. Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-23. Info, 603-646-2422.

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.

giLberT neWbury: Fairfield's author of Pedal to the Sea recaps his family's

sTargazing session: Sky watchers see the moon and planets like never before through the library's Celestron NexStar telescope. Rain/ cloud date: November 9. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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nighTMares on coLLege sTreeT: TWisTeD TWiLighT: A disturbed doctor performs gruesome operations at Green Mountain Theater Group's haunted house for the daring. Noble Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $7-10; kids under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Info, 249-0414.

ThrockMorTon Manor haunTeD hayriDe & sPook WaLk: Thrill seekers find terror and fright on a 100-acre farm. Proceeds benefit the Conrad F. Bell Memorial Fund. Route 7, Ferrisburgh, 6 p.m. $5; not recommended for kids under 13. Info, 373-9322.

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'a MiDsuMMer nighT's DreaM: The '40s MusicaL': Meddling fairies and a bungling troupe of thespians collide in a 1940s diner in this musical adaptation by Very Merry Theatre's teen actors. Very Merry Theatre, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 355-1461. aDDison cenTraL Teens haLLoWeen Dance: Teens don clever disguises for a fullout fright frolic with nonstop tunes. Town Hall FRI.26

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reDsTone haLL haunTeD house: Be prepared to scream as you tiptoe through twists and turns that bring all of your childhood fears into a nightmarish reality. Redstone Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7-11 p.m. Free with canned good donation. Info, 656-3000. The haunTeD foresT: See THU.25, 7-11 p.m.

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queen ciTy ghosTWaLk: Darkness faLLs: Chills and thrills await as paranormal historian Thea Lewis recaps the city's dark and twisted past. Meet at the steps, Burlington City Hall Park, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. $13.50; arrive 10 minutes before start time. Info, 863-5966.

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'haMLeT': Lost Nation Theater presents the Bard's action-packed tale of political turmoil and family vengeance in Denmark. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492.

'u.s. Drag': Produced by the theater and dance departments, Gina Gianfriddo's biting coming-of-age comedy concerns two young women who move to Manhattan seeking love, happiness and unwarranted lives of stardom — and the lessons that they learn along the way. Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8-10 p.m. $6-12. Info, 443-3168.

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PuMPkin gLoW: Fire flickers within handcarved orange orbs at this candlelit affair featuring a costume parade, tunes by Nate Gusakov, a reading of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, mulled cider and doughnuts. Town Green, Bristol, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5885.

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'greaTer Tuna': Two actors create the entire population of Tuna, Texas, in a laugh-out-loud show brought to life by Middlebury theater students. Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $4. Info, 443-3168.

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holidays

nighTMare VerMonT: See THU.25, 7 p.m.

baLLrooM Lesson & Dance sociaL: Singles and couples of all experience levels take a twirl. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; open dancing, 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 862-2269.

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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.

sTePfaMiLies: unTangLing bLenDeD faMiLy reLaTionshiPs: Internationally recognized expert Patricia Papernow examines the five major challenges created by this familial setting. Topics include how to help children handle new emotions and coexisting amicably with an ex-spouse. Kurn Hattin Homes, Westminster, 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $125. Info, 721-6913.

'grease': The theater program presents the original high school musical, the 1950s tale of those "summer days driftin' away, to uh-oh those summer nights." Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 7:30 p.m. $6-8. Info, 482-6991.

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Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $7; $5 with costume. Info, 382-9222. Drop-In Story Time: Picture books, finger plays and action rhymes captivate kids of all ages. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. Dungeons & Dragons: Imaginative XP earners in grades 6 and up exercise their problemsolving skills in battles and adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. Enosburg Falls Story Hour: Young ones show up for fables and finger crafts. Enosburg Public Library, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Fairfax Community Playgroup: Kiddos convene for fun via crafts, circle time and snacks. Health Room, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Family Movie: 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits': Pirate Captain and his oddball band of buccaneers aim for the Pirate of the Year award in this animated comedy voiced by Hugh Grant and Salma Hayek. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. Isle La Motte Playgroup: Stories and crafts make for creative play. Isle La Motte Elementary School, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. 'Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted': African animals on their way to the Big Apple disguise themselves as a traveling circus in this 2012 animated adventure. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Montgomery Tumble Time: Physicalfitness activities help build strong muscles. Montgomery Elementary School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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Musical Thirds Story Time: Children read and rock out at this tuneful meetup. Essex Free Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0313. 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, $9.50-12.50; free for kids ages 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386. Spooky Stories: Ghastly tales read aloud by Linda Costello send shivers down kids' spines. For grades 2 and up. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-4:15 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. Swanton Playgroup: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Swanton, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Toddler Yoga & Stories: Tykes up to age 5 stretch it out in simple exercise and reading activities. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:15 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

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Café Chorinho: Selections of Brazil's version of ragtime — including a performance by New York City quartet Choro da Manhã — are interspersed with anecdotes and history. United Church of Hinesburg, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 373-0808. Champlain Philharmonic: Classical music lovers flock to this season opener featuring violin virtuoso and Vermont favorite Mary Rowell playing works by Felix Mendelssohn. Rutland Intermediate School, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 595-0087. Heliand Consort: See WED.24, Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7 p.m.

Kevin Kenner: Recognized by the International Chopin Piano Competition at age 17 for his performances of the Polish virtuoso, this gifted musician has since won critical acclaim worldwide. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-27. Info, 863-5966.

glass-bat sales benefit the Nongame Wildlife Fund. AO! Glass, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 279-5762, annemariekeppel@gmail. com.

Paul Lewis: Hailed as “arguably the finest Schubert interpreter of his generation” by Gramophone, this pianist performs major compositions by the Austrian composer in the finale of this five-concert series at the college. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8-10 p.m. $6-25. Info, 802-443-3168.

Samplings of Vermont's Best: Artisans and food producers demonstrate their craft and offer tastings on a weekly basis. Their wares are for sale seven days a week. Vermont Artisans Craft Gallery, Burlington Town Center, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4600.

Starline Rhythm Boys: This popular Vermont band's spirited country and juke-joint sounds get folks two-steppin' the night away. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $13-19; cash bar. Info, 728-6464.

seminars

Wicca 101: Modern-witchcraft newbies learn about the history and traditions of this naturebased religion with local author Kirk White. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, Burlington, 6:308:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 660-8060.

talks

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Vermont Antique Expo & Sale/Essex Craft & Fine Art Show: See FRI.26, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

community

Blue Jean Ball: Franklin County Home Health's annual fundraiser goes "pink" with food, music and dancing to raise breast-cancer awareness. Proceeds provide money and care to under- or uninsured people. American Legion, St. Albans, 6 p.m. $45. Info, 527-7531. Book & Bake Sale: See THU.25, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Elder Education Enrichment Fall Series: In a series about today's foreign policy, journalist and author Barrie Dunsmore considers "The Emerging Middle East." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 drop-in for all ages. Info, 864-3516.

Community Advocacy Training: Professionals looking to join the human-service field learn about domestic and sexual violence, legal advocacy, and local community agencies at this informational networking workshop. Community College of Vermont, Morrisville, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 888-2584, knelson@clarina.org.

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'Count Dracula': See THU.25, 7 p.m. 'Grease': See THU.25, 7:30 p.m. 'Greater Tuna': See THU.25, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. 'Hamlet': See THU.25, 8 p.m. 'La Farce de Maître Pathelin': New York's Theatre de la Chandelle Verte delivers a performance — entirely in French and full of wordplay and physical comedy — of this medieval farce. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. 'The Intergalactic Nemesis: Book Two: Robot Planet Rising': Evil creatures from outer space threaten to attack in this liveaction graphic novel, with real actors and a masterful sound-effects whiz. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-35. Info, 863-5966. 'The Last of the Haussmans': See THU.25, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $1016. Info, 518-523-2512.

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Caragh M. O'Brien: The future is messed up. Readers find yet another dystopian world — à la Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games — in this author's award-winning YA series, the Birthmarked trilogy. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. Henry Rollins: This former Black Flag frontman-turned-outspoken-activist travels to each of the 50 states with "Capitalism," which addresses all things wrong — and occasionally right — with America today. Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $25-28. Info, 888-512-7469.

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Bat Awareness Week: Glass Bat Cave: Talented glassblowers create winged wonders right before your eyes. Partial proceeds of

Craft & Vendor Fair: Start your holiday shopping early by purchasing baked goods and offerings such as quilts, handbags and jewelry to benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and Relay for Life. American Cancer Society, Williston, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost of items. Info, 872-6316.

dance

Human Rights Fiesta & Dance-a-thon: Feast on an authentic Mexican dinner, then boogie down to a mariachi band and DJs at this benefit for the Vermont Workers' Center and Migrant Justice. Prizes for best villain or human-rights hero costume. North End Studios, Burlington, 6 p.m.-2 a.m. $25 suggested donation; free for kids under 12 and dance-a-thon participants; low-income rates available . Info, 595-1671. Montpelier Movement Collective: Sneak a peek at the creative process as choreographers and dancers unveil works-in-progress and welcome feedback. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation to the artist-in-residence program. Info, 229-4676.

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Bat Awareness Week: See THU.25, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Bat Awareness Week: Batty Echolocate: Youngsters flap their wings during stories and crafts at 11:30 a.m., and Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department bat specialist Scott Darling delivers slide-show lectures at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington. Regular admission, $9.50-12.50; free for kids ages 2 and under. Info, 279-5762, annemariekeppel@gmail. com. Potluck Birding: Avian aficionados share a meal and their favorite birding images. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 5:30-9 p.m. Donations accepted; presenters should sign up for a time slot. Info, 434-2167. Queen City Ghostwalk: Darkness Falls: See FRI.26, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Vermont Tech Jam: See FRI.26, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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'Beau James': Just in time for election season, folks screen Bob Hope in this 1957 biopic about colorful — and slightly corrupt — Jimmy Walker, the New York City mayor from 1926 to '32. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-563-1604. 'Kinyarwanda': Part of the Woodstock Film Series, this award-winning portrait of Rwanda's 1994 genocide tells a compelling story of human resilience. Producer Darren Dean makes a special appearance. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 3 p.m. $5-11. Info, 457-2355. 'Knuckleball!': Ricki Stern's exploration of baseball’s most inexplicable, unteachable pitch catches up with two of its current masters: Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey. Discussion and Q&A with the director follows. Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422. 'Legend of Aahhhs: A True Fable': Filmmaker Greg Stump's first ski movie in 10 years captures the exhilarating history of freeskiing from 1920s Germany to today. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 760-4634. 'Oxhide II' Screening & Discussion: Writerdirector Liu Jiayin used nine fixed camera positions to document her family in real time as they clear a worktable, prepare dumplings on it and eat them. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, screenings at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.; director’s discussion at 5 p.m. Info, 443-3168. Vermont International Film Festival: See WED.24, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Traditional Québécois Dance & Dessert Soiree: Lausanne Allen calls 19th- and 20thcentury dances from northeastern Canada while musicians play a variety of tunes. Soft-soled shoes are required, but no partner or experience is necessary. Newcomer instruction at 7:30 pm. Old Labor Hall, Barre, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 225-8921.

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Capital City Farmers Market: Fresh produce, pasteurized milk, kombucha, artisan cheeses, local meats and more lure buyers throughout the growing season. Live music and demos accent each week's offerings. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket. com.

Wisdom of the Herbs School Open House: Folks interested in wild plants, holistic health and sustainable living learn about the school's nature-based experiential programs with director Annie McCleary and naturalist George Lisi. Tulsi Tea Room, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool. com.

Burlington Farmers Market: More than 90 stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 3105172, info@burlingtonfarmersmarket.org.

Chicken & Biscuit Dinner: Fill your belly and converse with neighbors at this feast of classic, cold-weather comfort food that brings back memories of Grandma's kitchen. First

fiND SElEct EVENtS oN twittEr @7dayscalendar Congregational Church, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $10; $5 for kids under 12. Info, 862-5010. ChiCken Pie SuPPer: Poultry is prominent at a fundraiser for the congregation. United Church of Hinesburg, 5 p.m. $6-10; free for kids under 5; call for reservations. Info, 482-3352. hineSburg indoorS FarmerS market: Growers sell bunched greens, pickles and pasture-raised chicken among vendors of cupcakes, crafts and pottery. Hinesburg Town Hall, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 482-3848. middlebury FarmerS market: Crafts, cheeses, breads and veggies vie for spots in shoppers' totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 989-6012. newPort FarmerS market: See WED.24, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. northweSt FarmerS market: Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5821.

storytelling, live animals, skits and sugary snacks. VINS Nature Center, Quechee, 5:30-8 p.m. $3-8; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 359-5000, ext. 223. nightmare vermont: See THU.25, 6 p.m. nightmareS on College Street: twiSted twilight: See FRI.26, 7 p.m. PlattSburgh roller derby: night oF the rolling dead: Zombies on wheels? The North Country Lumber Jills are out for blood — and brains — as they take on the Black River Rollers in this season closer. Costumes encouraged. Plattsburgh Gym Complex & Fitness Center, N.Y., 6 p.m. Free for kids under 6; 13 and under $5; $10-12. Info, 518-324-7709. PumPkinS in the Park: Community members come together with costume races, spooky stories, a pumpkin cook-off, jack-o'-lanterns and of course, trick-or-treating. Various locations, Vergennes, 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 877-6737.

norwiCh FarmerS market: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land, not to mention baked goods, handmade crafts and local entertainment. Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447, manager@norwichfarmersmarket.org.

redStone hall haunted houSe: See FRI.26, 7-11 p.m.

rutland County FarmerS market: Downtown strollers find high-quality fruits and veggies, mushrooms, fresh-cut flowers, sweet baked goods, and artisan crafts within arms' reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813.

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annual halloween tour: Kids of all ages explore the spookily decorated museum and get creeped out on a Victorian Gothicliterature-themed tour. Noyes House Museum, Morrisville, 1-5 p.m. Donations . Info, 888-7617.

halloween Parade & FeStival: Costumed creatures trick-or-treat at participating downtown restaurants and stores before and after a noon promenade. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7596.

haunted CaStle Fright night: See FRI.26, 7-11 p.m.

hootS & howlS: This family-friendly event educates as it thrills with guided tours along trails lit by jack-o'-lanterns — complete with

halloween Party: Revelers of All Hallows' Eve play dress up for a themed afternoon of snacks and crafts. Gym, Fletcher Elementary School, Cambridge, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. halloween Storytime: A reading of Patrick McDonnell's The Monsters' Monster kicks off spooky stories. Kids lead a costume parade around the store and indulge in sugary offerings. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. harveSt Party: Activities and crafts make the most of the foliage season. Enosburg Falls Elementary School, Enosburg Falls, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. kidS Fall FeSt: Youngsters tap into the spirit of Vermont's iconic season as they carve pumpkins, bob for apples, listen to live music and more. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 1-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-8994 . north hero tumble time: Kiddos hit up exercise stations around the gym. North Hero Elementary School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. read to a theraPy dog: Kids in grades K and up share tales with Sara, a chocolate lab who loves to listen. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. SPooky Saturday: The Cat in the Hat strikes a pose with costumed kiddos in front of a special-effects TV action scene. A bounce house, balloon animals, arts, crafts and concessions enliven this Halloween outing for kids up to grade 5. Vermont Public Television Studio, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $1 per child; free for accompanying adults; children's-book donations accepted. Info, 800-639-3351.

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hiStoriC lakeview Cemetery tour: One of Burlington's most majestic and spirited graveyards comes to life in this educational exploration of its grounds. Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. $10-15. Info, 522-8259.

doll & me maSquerade ball beneFit: Girls ages 3 to 12 dress in their best and don masks to attend a formal tea, luncheon and ballet presentation with their friends — both human and toy. Church of the Rock, St. Albans, 12-2 p.m. & 3-5 p.m. $18; registration required. Info, 393-8655.

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haunted houSe: Mummies in straight jackets lead participants through dimly lit high school hallways, with scary characters waiting at every turn. Lake Champlain Waldorf High School, Charlotte, 6:30-10:30 p.m. $8-10; for ages 12 and up. Info, 985-2827.

'a midSummer night'S dream: the '40S muSiCal': See FRI.26, 6:30 p.m.

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hannah houSe halloween danCe: Costumes are optional, but fun is a definite at this spirited gathering to benefit services and programs for parenting teens and young adults. American Legion, White River Junction, silent auction starts at 7:30 p.m.; band starts at 8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 234-9653 or 603-448-5339.

throCkmorton manor haunted hayride & SPook walk: See FRI.26, 6 p.m.

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halloween baSh: Folks come in frighteningly clever costumes with the hopes of winning a 2012-13 Burke season pass at this 12th annual benefit for the Lyndon Food Shelf, with music by the Starline Rhythm Boys. Tamarack Grill, East Burke, 8 p.m. $5 with food donation; $10 otherwise. Info, 626-7390.

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music

Arnowitt-CleAry JAzz Duo: "176 Keys," a two-piano performance, raises funds for classical pianist Michael Arnowitt's 50th Birthday Gala Concert. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $20 suggested donation. Info, 279-5279 . Arturo Delmoni: Called “an enormously gifted musician and an impeccable violinist" by Yo-Yo Ma, this performer has graced audiences worldwide with his stylish, elegant approach to classical masterpieces. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $26.50-32. Info, 728-6464.

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DAyve HuCkett: This affiliate artist presents original music and unique covers on classical, steel string and electric guitars. Music department chair Peter Hamlin and student Laura Heaberlin join the performance. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. HeliAnD Consort: See WED.24, Puffer United Methodist Church, Morrisville, 7:30 p.m. ingriD miCHAelson: With a knack for crafting beautiful, idiosyncratic songs, this charismatic artist who graced the cover of Billboard Magazine as "the new paradigm" in the music industry performs her acoustic fall tour. Lebanon Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $39.50. Info, 603-448-0400. kAliCHstein-lAreDo-robinson trio: After three decades together, this pianist, violinist and cellist, respectively, continue to dazzle audiences with their repertoire in the first of Vermont Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks Series. A free discussion at 7 p.m. precedes the concert. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $9-59. Info, 863-5966. musiC worksHop witH tHe wiyos: Master the art of modern vintage at an instrumental class with this New York City-based band. Summit School, Montpelier, session for kids, 4:30 p.m.; session for adults, 5:30 p.m. $10-25; preregister. Info, 917-1186.

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tHe wiyos: The New York City band's late-20th-century upbringing melds with a vintage sensibility in their newest album, Twist. Noble Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $8-15. Info, 917-1186. viCious intent, long CAt: Local and regional artists deliver North Country death metal and thrashCO UR punk in the gallery. ROTA TE SY Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 OF BRI AN G ELTNER p.m. $3-10. Info, 518-314-9872.

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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.

seminars

CelebrAting HilDegArD oF bingen: Presenter Lindsey Warren explores the illuminations, poetry and music of this true renaissance woman, newly honored as a Doctor of the Church. 480 Hogback Road, Cambridge, 10 a.m.-noon. & 3-5 p.m. Donations accepted; bring a dish for the potluck lunch. Info, hildegardworkshop@gmail.com. FinDing liFe purpose: For inDigos, CrystAls & otHers: Intuitively inclined folks explore their place in the world with life strategist Cornelia Ward. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 660-8060. 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. open meDiA worksHop: Professional or novice film editors learn about various programs for mixing and enhancing all of their video assets into a single project. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

sport

tHe kingDom CHAllenge: A point-to-point half marathon and 5K in Lyndonville and St. Johnsbury, respectively, travels along hills, covered bridges and scenic back roads. Various Northeast Kingdom locations, half marathon registration, 7-8 a.m.; race starts at 8:30 am; 5K registration, 8-9 a.m.; race starts at 9:30 a.m. $2-45; call for exact location. Info, 626-8511.

talks

mArk kiyimbA: The activist and reverend of the New Life Kampala Unitarian Universalist Church offers a look at harrowing oppression in "The Struggle for African/Ugandan LGBT Rights." First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free; bring a drink or hors d'oeuvre to share at post-talk reception. Info, 862-5630, ext. 24. 'tHe Future oF Film: Convert or Die': This panel discussion focuses on how changing to digital projection — the cost of which predicts the closure of 10 to 30 percent of small- town theaters within the next few years — will affect local filmmakers and audiences. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. $5-10. Info, 660–2600.

theater

'Count DrACulA': See THU.25, 7 p.m. FAll Fling 2012: The a cappella Dartmouth Aires — who nabbed second place on NBC's "The Sing-Off" last fall — join North Shore, Sheba and the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble in a collaborative piece. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $3-10. Info, 603-646-2422.

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'Grease': See THU.25, 7:30 p.m. 'Greater tuna': See THU.25, 8 p.m. 'Hamlet': See THU.25, 8 p.m. 'OtellO': HanOver: Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met in a broadcast production with Johan Botha in the title role opposite star soprano Renée Fleming as Desdemona. Semyon Bychkov conducts. Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $1029. Info, 603-646-2422. 'OtellO': lake Placid: See above listing, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 1 p.m. $12-16. Info, 518-523-2512. 'OtellO': st. JOHnsbury: See above listing, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1 p.m. $10-23. Info, 748-2600. 'sundiata: kinG Of tHe mali emPire': The high-energy Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater kick off the West African Dance & Drum Festival with a ballet, the historical tale of a prince's ascension to the throne. See calendar spotlight. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. $5-15; free for kids under 3. Info, 863-5966.

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celebratiOn Of WritinG: Workshops and readings precede the release of the Young Writers Project's Anthology 4. Guests include award-winning author Katherine Paterson and entertainer Rusty DeWees. Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Donations appreciated; limited space available; register at youngwritersproject.org/signup. Info, 324-9538. JOe citrO: Vermont's resident ghost expert shares weird and spooky New England folklore. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. reality fix: Raconteurs spin true tales, funny or serious, on the subject of "I was shocked." North End Studios, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $8. Info, 863-9429.

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queen city GHOstWalk: darkness falls: See FRI.26, 7 p.m.

fairs & festivals

arts & aPPle festival: Got a sweet tooth? Folks take in the work of local artisans and archival photos from the Westford Historical Society over a slice of homemade pie. Brick Meeting House, Westford, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost of food and drink; raffle tickets available. Info, 872-9683.

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afternOOn tea & etiquette demOnstratiOn: Conduct yourself as the English do at this exploration of the world's second-most popular beverage. Learn how to brew the perfect cup, pour graciously and host a proper cup-and-saucer party. Governor's House, Hyde Park, 3 p.m. $25; reservations required. Info, 888-6888.

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holidays

a family HallOWeen: Parents and their offspring sample doughnuts-on-a-string, carve pumpkins, listen to creepy tales, press cider, go on wagon rides and strut their stuff in a costume parade. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $3-12; free for children in costume and accompanied by an adult. Info, 457-2355.

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autumn OniOn 5k cOstume race: Runners in holiday getup stretch their legs in anticipation of the scariest day of the year. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, registration opens at 8:30 a.m.; race starts at 10 a.m. $15; proceeds benefit the Dirt Divas program of Vermont Works for Women. Info, 229-2409. freaky 5k: Take to wooded hills, open meadows and dark forests in this spooky race to benefit the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps. Relax postrace with refreshments and prizes, including one for best costume. West Monitor Barn, Richmond, kids run a shorter course at 9:15 a.m.; timed race starts at 10 a.m. $25-35. Info, 434-3969. HallOWeen bike ride: Costumed cyclists, skateboarders and in-liners wheel their way through downtown and the Old North End, ending at Maglianero for a postride party. Burlington City Hall Park, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 363-3804. Haunted HaPPeninGs: Jedis, Klingons and Wookiees unite! A sci-fi themed trick-or-treat session celebrates aliens of all ages and other creative costumes with engaging activities. SUN.28

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native nut WOrksHOP: Participants go nuts for information about area trees that produce hard-shelled plant fruits. Elmore Roots Nursery, Wolcott, 1-3 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 888-3305.

israeli fOlk dancinG: Movers bring clean, soft-soled shoes and learn traditional circle or line dances. Partners not required. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:25-9:30 p.m. $2; free to first-timers. Info, 888-5706, portico@ stowevt.net.

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tHea leWis: From otherworldly inhabitants in the islands to phantasms of our bloodiest historic battles, the author of Ghosts and Legends of Lake Champlain highlights our region's supernatural tendencies. Phoenix Books Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

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Shelburne Museum, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $5; free for members and kids under 2; nonperishable food donations encouraged. Info, 985-3346. Middlebury Spooktacular: Residents in disguise gather for music, games, dancing and costumes, prior to a legendary witch leading a children's trickor-treat parade. Town Green, Middlebury, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 377-3557.

Community Church, Ripton, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 388-1634.

Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. $3-10. Info, 518-314-9872.

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circuMburke challeNge: This annual endurance mountain bike and running event brings participants through a rarely experienced corner of the Northeast Kingdom. Proceeds help maintain the Kingdom Trails network. Burke Mountain Ski Resort, 10 a.m. $3550. Info, 626-0737. woMeN'S pickup Soccer: Ladies of all abilities break a sweat while passing around the spherical polyhedron. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3; for women ages 18 and up. Info, 864-0123.

NightMare VerMoNt: See THU.25, 6 p.m. NightMareS oN college Street: twiSted twilight: See FRI.26, 7 p.m. the hauNted ForeSt: See THU.25, 6-9 p.m.

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SuNdayS For FledgliNgS: Youngsters go avian crazy in hiking, acting, writing or exploring activities. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-3 p.m. Free with museum admission, $3-6; free for members; preregister. Info, 434-2167, museum@birdsofvermont.org. truNk 'r treat: In a playful twist on going door to door, kids visit decorated cars to ask for candy. Games, snacks and an inflatable obstacle course complete the fun. Daybreak Community Church, Colchester, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 338-9118.

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, 864-5088.

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buddy guy: This critically acclaimed pioneer of the Chicago blues named as one of Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" brings his animated live concert to the stage. Lebanon Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $49-69. Info, 603-448-0400. chaMplaiN philharMoNic: See FRI.26, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4 p.m. $10-15. FiNeSt kiNd: Vermont fiddler Peter Sutherland and singer Deb Flanders join this longstanding Canadian trio at the "Get Out of Debt" benefit for the Champlain Valley Folk Festival. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 877-850-0206. FuNdraiSiNg coNcert For the barNard geNeral Store: The Gospel Four, Jack Snyder & Co. and Sen. Dick McCormack, among Vermonters, donate their time and talent in 20-minute segments to support the purchase of this iconic building. Silver Lake Chapel, Barnard, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 234-9688. heliaNd coNSort: See WED.24, Brandon Music, Brandon, 3 p.m. $15. Info, 265-4071.

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politics

eric daViS: In "The 2012 Elections in Vermont," this political science professor considers how local and national election outcomes, and Supreme Court decisions, affect the state.

theater

'greaSe': See THU.25, 2 p.m. 'haMlet': See THU.25, 2 p.m. iNSide the box: This teaser performance for Orkestriska's Box, set to debut in November, uses a score by Burlington-based musician Randal Pierce, along with various mediums, to tell a wordless story. Chace Mill, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Donations . Info, 324-9433. 'otello': haNoVer: See SAT.27, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. 'political leaF peepiNg': Modern Times Theater, the Dollywagglers and Clare Dolan celebrate fall foliage with music, puppetry, circus arts and sourdough-rye sustenance. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 2-4:40 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 525-3031.

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thea lewiS: See SAT.27, Phoenix Books, Essex, 2 p.m.

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eco-FrieNdly opeN houSe: Passionate about sustainable building? Gain valuable knowledge at a live demonstration of a renovation-inprogress of 1950s and ’60s construction. 5 South Rd., South Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 238-2123.

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bat awareNeSS week: See THU.25, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. QueeN city ghoStwalk: darkNeSS FallS: See FRI.26, 7 p.m.

FaMily prograM halloweeN potluck: Don costume and bring a dish to share at this LGBTQA family event. Activities include cider doughnuts on a string, pumpkin decorating, an eyeball hunt and a haunted office. RU12? Community Center, Winooski, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 860-7812.

kids

drop-iN Story tiMe: Reading and rhyming activities help youngsters develop early-literacy skills. Essex Free Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0313. highgate pajaMa Story tiMe: Kiddos outfitted for sleep listen to bedtime tales at the library. Highgate Public Library, 6 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. iMagiNatioN Studio: Creative juices flow as school-age kiddos sit down to arts activities with naturalist and eco-crafter Rachel Klatzker. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. MuSic with raphael: See THU.25, 10:45 a.m. My FirSt yoga: Toddler-friendly poses meet storytelling and song in this program for kids 4 and under. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097. Shake your SillieS out: Tots swing and sway to music with children's entertainer Derek

Burkins. JCPenney court, University Mall, South Burlington, 10:35 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. South hero playgroup: Free play, crafting and snacks entertain children and their grownup companions. South Hero Congregational Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. 'Star warS' club: May the Force be with fans as they share their favorite moments from the flicks. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 4:305:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. StorieS with MegaN: Preschoolers expand their imaginations through tales, songs and rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. SwaNtoN playgroup: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Mary Babcock Elementary School, Swanton, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

music

recorder-playiNg group: Musicians produce early-folk, baroque and swing-jazz melodies. New and potential players welcome. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0030, info@prestomusic.net. 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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Street Treats Trick-or-treating in the daytime isn’t quite as spooky as going from house to house at night, but there are some real advantages to the annual COSTUME PARADE sponsored by Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace: Temps are warmer; trickor-treating store to store is safe and efficient; and your witches and wizards get to show off their dress-up duds in the daylight. Best of all, it’s the Saturday morning before Halloween.

film

'the laSt MouNtaiN': A town fights to protect a mountain from a major coal-mining operation in Bill Haney's documentary, an official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Allen House Conference Room, Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 728-1677.

CHURCH STREET TRICK-OR-TREATING: Saturday, October 27, Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., parade at noon. Free. Info, 863-1648, churchstreetmarketplace.com.

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dance

VermonT Fiddle orChesTra rehearsals: Established members and newcomers to this nonprofit community ensemble fiddle around at practice time. St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. First rehearsal is free. Info, 223-8945, ext. 1.

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outdoors

eVening Fall Wagon ride: Horse-powered transportation allows cider sippers to take a scenic twilight loop through the fields and woodlands. Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, rides leave at 6 p.m., 6:35 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. $7-15; free for kids under 3. Info, 985-8686.

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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: St. Michael's College professor emeritus William Tortolano looks at "The WPA: Depression and Great Art." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 drop-in for all ages. Info, 864-3516. hudson Taylor: This prominent former NCAA champion wrestler draws on several years of civil and LGBT rights activism in “Allyship: Becoming a Champion for Inclusion on Your Campus.” McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 6 p.m. & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. roberT grandChamp: Dressed in army fatigues, the Civil War historian and author talks about the life, uniform and equipage of a Vermont soldier circa 1861-'65. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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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baT aWareness Week: See THU.25, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. baT aWareness Week: baT-blessing Ceremony: Bring a candle and make a wish for these fly-by-night creatures with Fearn Lickfield of the Green Mountain Druid Order. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 279-5762, annemariekeppel@gmail.com. Queen CiTy ghosTWalk: darkness Falls: See FRI.26, 7 p.m.

food & drink

beneFiT drinks: Say "cheers!": Ten percent of the night's sales benefit the Peace and Justice Center. Drink, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Cost of drinks. Info, 863-2345, ext. 8. ruTland CounTy Farmers markeT: See SAT.27, 3-6 p.m.

health & fitness

publiC Flu CliniC: See THU.25, Fairfield Community Center, 10-11:30 a.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.

holidays

FesTiVal oF pumpkins: Hundreds of glowing jack-o'-lanterns light the way for costumed characters at this Halloween and trick-or-treat kickoff. Smith Park, Winooski, festivities begin at dusk. Free. halloWeen double FeaTure: Island of Lost Souls and The Rocky Horror Picture Show bring hair-raising — and sometimes downright campy — scenes to the big screen. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 540-3018.

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8:30-9:30 Spinning** 9:45-10:45 Lean ‘n Strong 11:00-12:00 Kripalu Yoga (demo)

sCienCe & sTories: baTs: Kids have aha! moments regarding these endangered caped crusaders. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $9.50-12.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

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8:30–9:00 CT 30 (demo) 9:30–10:30 Vinyasa Yoga 10:45–12:00 Long Ride **(75 min. spin) **call to reserve your bike

sTory hour: Three- to 5-year-olds craft during tale time. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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sTory Time For babies & Toddlers: Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets arrest the attention of kids under 3. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:10-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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language

FrenCh ConVersaTion group: Beginnerto-intermediate French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Halvorson's Upstreet Café, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088. pause-CaFé FrenCh ConVersaTion: Francophiles of all levels speak the country's language at a drop-in conversation. Panera Bread, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

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donald deWey: In conjunction with a new exhibition of editorial cartoons, the author lectures on "American Political Cartoons: Their Impact on Political and Social Events, and on the Spread of Ethnic and Racial Stereotypes." Room 221, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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'animal Farm': Revolution has broken out on Manor Farm — humans are banished and the animals have claimed their independence — but can they resist corruption? The National Players perform their adaptation of George Orwell's provocative allegory for grades 5 to 12. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. $8. Info, 863-5966.

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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.

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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.

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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.

presChool sTory hour: From fables to fa-la-las, kids up to age 4 strengthen their reading skills with Mrs. Rogers. Sarah Partridge Community Library, East Middlebury, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4097.

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energy-eFFiCienCy Forum: See WED.24, Town Hall, Townshend, 6:30-9 p.m.

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feStival of puMpkinS: See TUE.30, 6:30 p.m. ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center

halloween at the MaC Center: It’s trick-ortreat time again. Young folks receive non candy treats such as coloring booklets and crayons, while older youth don festive wristbands. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery, Newport, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 802-334-1966.

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BaBy tiMe playGroup: See WED.24, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Bat awareneSS week: whoo'S out at niGht: Three- to 5-year-olds learn about bats, owls and other nocturnal critters that aren't afraid of the dark. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5-8. Info, 229-6206.

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MovinG & GroovinG CoStuMe party: Ghosts, ghouls and other outrageously outfitted kids shake a tail feather to seasonal tunes. Recommended for ages 2 to 5, but all are welcome. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

kiDS CoStuMe party: Masquerading trickor-treaters earn fair-trade chocolate — and learn about its importance — at an educational afternoon of games and activities. Peace and Justice Center, Burlington, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 8. May'S worlD MuSiC & MoveMent: See WED.24, 10:30-11:15 a.m.

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Story tiMe for 3- to 5-year-olDS: See WED.24, 10-10:45 a.m. triCk-or-treatinG: Incognito kids celebrate Halloween with spooks and sweets. Fairfax Community Library, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. trunk or treat: Little ones gather sweets at this family-friendly event. Games, snacks, a box maze and prize drawings round out these spooky festivities. Living Waters Community Church, Essex Junction, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 310-9666 . youth MeDia laB: See WED.24, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

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halloween orGan ConCert: A dramatic lights show and vocals from the University Concert Choir and Catamount Singers enliven organist David Neiweem's spooky musical selections. Costumes encouraged. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2295. 'MeSSiah' ChoruS rehearSalS: See WED.24, 7 p.m. worlD MuSiC perCuSSion enSeMBle: 1970s disco hits are reinvented with African-Latin American rhythms in "Turn the Beat Around," which features new arrangements and collaboration with the Bala Bala band. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-16. Info, 603-646-2422.

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DESIGN: ADOBE INDESIGN CS6: Nov. 6-Dec. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $185/ person, $166.50/BCA member. Location: Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Learn the basics of Adobe InDesign, a creative computer program used for magazine and book layout, for designing text, and for preparing digital and print publications. Explore a variety of software techniques and create projects suited to your interests. For beginners who are interested in furthering their design software skills.

JINSHIN JYUTSU SELF-HELP CLASS: Nov. 10-11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $250/class, early-bird special before Oct. 22. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: 658-7715, touchvt@gmail. com, touchstonehealingarts. com. Includes history, theory and practice of JinShin Jyutsu, taught experientially. Learn to work with the safety energy locks and their respective releases, the eight mudras of JinShin Jyustu, and the first-aid flows, while developing an understanding of harmonizing the attitudes of worry, fear, anger, grief and pretense.

DRAWING & PAINTING RETREAT W/ GAIL SALZMAN: Nov. 9-11. Cost: $850/retreat (member discount avail.). Location: Seyon Lodge, Groton. Jumpstart your creative process and enjoy a weekend of drawing, painting and artistic inspiration with professional artist and educator Gail Salzman. Participants will engage in a variety of activities including spontaneous drawing and writing exercises, the artistic interpretation of the surrounding environment, and energizing group discussions. Enjoy uninterrupted time in a contemplative environment and be inspired. DROP-IN: SAT. YOUTH ART STUDIO: Drop in every other Sat.: Oct. 20, Nov. 3, Nov. 17, Dec. 1 & Dec. 15, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $10/ class. Kids ages 6-12 are invited to the BCA Center to paint, draw, sculpt and more. Participants may work on the special project of the day or work on an individual project to take home. Parents are welcome to stay or may drop their child off. All materials provided. No registration necessary. PAINTING: ABSTRACT PAINTING: Nov. 8-Dec. 20, 6:309 p.m., Weekly on Thu. (no class on Nov. 22). Cost: $195/nonmember, $176.50/BCA member.

Location: 135 Church St., Burlington. Explore the many exciting possibilities of abstract painting. Use the paint of your choice (water-soluble oils, acrylics or watercolor), experiment and try adding other mixed media as well. Learn from each other and discuss techniques and ideas in supportive critique. Ages 16+. PHOTO: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6: Nov. 1-Dec. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $215/ person, $193.50/BCA member. Location: Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Gain confidence working in Adobe Photoshop. Uploading images into Adobe Bridge, use of Camera Raw, image-correction tools such as color and white balance correction, layers, masks, selections, retouching, and much more will be covered, as well as printing on our Epson 3880 printer. No experience required. PHOTO: PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY: Nov. 7-Dec. 5, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $175/person, $157.50/BCA member. Location: Digital Media Lab, Burlington. Prerequisite: Intro SLR Camera or equivalent experience. Improve your portraittaking skills in this hands-on class. Camera techniques, composition, the use of studio and natural light, and more will be covered. Bring your camera and memory card to the first class. SILK-SCREEN CLOTHING DESIGN: Nov. 6-Dec. 18, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $200/person, $180/BCA member. Fashion design meets printmaking in this class! Fashion designer and silk-screen expert Amy Wild will show you how to print on jackets, leggings, skirts, pants and T-shirts. Learn to transfer and print images using hand-drawn, photographic or borrowed imagery. Includes over 30 hours of open studio. No experience necessary! Ages 16+.

cooking SATURDAY MORNINGS W/ CHEF TONY: Potato Gnocchi, Two Sauces: Sat., Oct. 6, 10 a.m.-noon. Pumpkin Ravioli: Sat., Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-noon. Pasta Fagioli: Sat., Oct. 20, 10 a.m.noon. Vegetarian Cannelloni: Sat., Oct. 27, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $35/class. Location: South Village, 130 Allen Rd. East off Spear St., S. Burlington. Info: Tish DiRuocco, 861-7600, td@ southvillage.com. Now you can work side by side with this colorful award-winning Italian chef, taste the results of your labor and leave with a recipe you will enjoy for years to come. You may opt for a single class or take them all, but don’t miss this fabulous opportunity!

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 5981077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $13/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout! DSANTOS VT SALSA: Mon. evenings: beginner class 7-8 p.m., intermediate 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $10/1-hr. class. Location: Movement Studio, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt. com. Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now!

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LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-wk. class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Lessons also avail. in St. Albans. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, FirstStepDance.com. Come HEAL W/ YOUR HANDS: alone, or come with friends, but REIKI: Sat., 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; come out and learn to dance! Sun., 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Love 652-4548 Beginning classes repeat each offering. Location: Venue flynnarts@flynncenter.org month, but intermediate classes will be sent to registrants, The Flynn Center is a nonprofit vary from month to month. As Middlebury. Info: Barbara 1x1-FlynnPerfArts093009.indd 1 9/28/09 3:32:51 PM organization and believes the with all of our programs, everyClearbridge, 324-9149, cleararts should be accessible to one is encouraged to attend, bridge@FeelingMuchBetter. everyone: financial aid and and no partner is necessary. org, FeelingMuchBetter.org. payment plans are available In two fascinating days of for all classes. training, learn to bring energy into your hands to help yourTAIKO, DJEMBE, CONGAS & self and others. Learn basic ACTING TECHNIQUE & BATA!: Location: Burlington skills, beginning techniques, IMPROVISATION: Oct. 25-Dec. 6, Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., principles of the science 5:45-7:15 p.m. Cost: $115/6-wk. suite 3-G, Burlington. Info: underlying energy work and series. Location: Flynn Center Stuart Paton, 999-4255, beginning Reiki (First Degree). for the Performing Arts, 153 spaton55@gmail.com. Lots of hands-on practice. Main Street, Burlington. Info: Montpelier Djembe class at Optional follow-up. Satisfaction flynncenter.org. Expand your Guitar Sam’s, Thursdays, Oct. 11 guaranteed. Instructor is abilities using time-tested and 18, 6:30-8 p.m., $18/class Barbara Clearbridge. Limit 12 approaches informing modern (lots of drums available!). Call participants. theater, from Stanislavsky to for Thursday 9:30 a.m. conga Uta Hagen. Improvisational exclass location. Taiko classes in ercises encourage spontaneity, Burlington begin Tuesday, Oct. quick thinking and free play with 30, with kids at 4:30 p.m., $60/6 others. Learn to trust yourself, weeks, and adults at 5:30 p.m., as you propel your confidence $72/6 weeks. Friday 5 p.m. conboth onstage and in life to a new ga and 6 p.m. Djembe classes level. Teacher: Susan Palmer. are walk-in classes for $15/class. Ages 16+. Drums are provided. Call to COLLEGE PREP: AUDITION: schedule your own classes! Mondays Oct. 29-Dec. 5 (no

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Everyone goes through a slump from time to time, and Patrick Fitzsimmons is no exception. Facing a creative block last winter, the Vermont-based songwriter and former member of 1990s folk-rock outfit From Good Homes spent a week writing one song a day. He promised, regardless of what came out, to share his daily ditties with his long-distance girlfriend via Skype. The results of that self-imposed pressure became the foundation of Fitzsimmons’ sixth full-length album, Hope Is. While not quite a diamond, Hope Is sparkles. The record finds Fitzsimmons in a cheerier mood than he was on his last effort, 2008’s So Beautiful So Blue, and the optimism of the new album’s title manifests immediately. Stylistically, the bouncy strains of album opener “Here for You” are similar to the upbeat folk-pop fare Fitzsimmons has long

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continues to build until we get to “Wash8v-JehKuluDance102412.indd 1 It Down,” a moody, ethereal track that sounds like what might happen if the Bottle Rockets commandeered Explosions in the Sky. We’ll call it postcow-punk. (And yes, I just invented the term. You’re welcome.) From there, Thompson Gunner get back to the business of kicking ass. “California’s Burning” is classic, four-on-the-floor cow-punk. “The Cure” is an homage to the Boss, with a Springteenian lyrical sensibility. “Rutland Song” isn’t likely to grace any tourism board ads for RutVegas, but it’s a hard-rocking, bittersweet ode. The album closes with supernatural flair in “Devils Work” and “Ghosts in the Trees.” The former is a beautifully anguished ballad — and, at six and a half minutes, a bit of an epic. The latter reprises the atmospheric feel AG Jeans of “Wash It Down,” with a touch of Paige Denim 7 for All Mankind gothic psychedelia — imagine if Cormac Citizens of Humanity McCarthy wrote a song for the Doors. Joe’s Jeans It’s a curious, harrowing and immersive DL 1961 finish to a fascinating debut. J Brand Station Wagons & Empty Parking True Religion Lots by Thompson Gunner is available at thompsongunner.bandcamp.com. Ecco Clothes

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Word on the street is that local altcountry phenoms Split Tongue Crow are on hiatus to “focus on other projects,” to which the local twanglovin’ scene responds: “Uh-oh.” That seemingly innocuous little phrase is bandspeak for “We’re seeing other people.” And it can be a death knell. Here’s hoping STC are the exception to the rule. But if they’re not, one of the aforementioned “other projects,” Thompson Gunner, should prove far more than consolation. Rutland’s Thompson Gunner sound like a mix of STC, the underrated Bristol-based band Cash Is King and the late local alt-country act Will. But, while those bands trade in generally melodic rock, country and indie fusion, Thompson Gunner are grittier. Their dark, brooding aesthetic has more in common with Social Distortion and Uncle Tupelo than with Gram Parsons or the Jayhawks. Vocalist Caleb Thomas seems cut from a similar vocal cloth to Social D’s

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Rusty Nail: Halloween Bash with pleasuredome (rock), 9 p.m., Na.

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MoNopole: capital Zen Halloween party (rock), 10 p.m., Free. olive Ridley's: H (rock), 10 p.m., Na. tabu Café & NightClub: all Night Dance party with DJ toxic (top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

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1/2 louNge: DJ cre8 (house), 10 p.m., Free. higheR gRouNd ballRooM: Eric Hutchinson, Jessie payo (rock), 7:30 p.m., $25/27. aa. NeCtaR's: mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free. Radio beaN: Bohemian Blues Quartet, 11 a.m., Free. saloon sessions with Brett Hughes (country), 1 p.m., Free. trio Gusto (gypsy jazz), 5 p.m., Free. so sól (tropicalia), 7:30 p.m., Free. corey allen staats (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. 350Vt.org Benefit, 10 p.m., Free. townshend Revenue, 11:30 p.m., Free.

central

bagitos: sunday Brunch: Jay(KOH) (jazz), 11 a.m., Donations. south side taveRN: spit Jack, stone Bullet (punk), 9 p.m., Free.

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bee's KNees: David Langevin (piano), 11 a.m., Donations. steve Hartmann (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. RiveR house RestauRaNt: stump! trivia Night, 6 p.m., Free.

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1/2 louNge: Family Night (rock), 10:30 p.m., Free. Club MetRoNoMe: mildred moody's Full moon masquerade: Kat Wright & the indomitable soul Band, the Human canvas (soul), 9 p.m., $5/7.

Radio beaN: Zack dupont (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Free. The West trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Honky-tonk sessions (honkytonk), 10 p.m., $3. Red squaRe: The Woedoggies (blues), 7 p.m., Free. craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free. Red squaRe blue RooM: DJ Frank Grymes (EDm), 11 p.m., Free.

NeCtaR's: metal monday: Witch mountain, Vaporizer, savage Hen, 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

t. boNes RestauRaNt aNd baR: trivia with General Knowledge, 7 p.m., Free.

oN tap baR & gRill: Open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free.

central

Radio beaN: Victor & penny (antique pop), 6:30 p.m., Free. Open mic, 8 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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burlington area

1/2 louNge: Booty trap stripper Rap with JJ Dante & Jordan (trap), 10 p.m., Free. Club MetRoNoMe: J Boog and Hot Rain, DJs Big Dog and Demus (reggae), 9 p.m., $12/15. levity : Live music Open mic, 7:30 p.m., Free. MoNKey house: Exhumed, Vektor, Vaporizer, Boil the Whore (metal), 9 p.m., $10. 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+. oN tap baR & gRill: trivia with top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

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baCK to veRMoNt pub: John Gillette & sarah mittlefeldt (folk), 7 p.m., Free. ChaRlie o's: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

two bRotheRs taveRN: trivia Night, 7 p.m., Free. monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

northern

Funken Masters Featuring members of the Breakfast, Deep Banana

Blackout, Raq and Jazz is Dead, KuNg fu are a supergroup of rogue jazz, jam and funk assassins. Together they practice a kind of musical martial arts that is as danceable as

the hub pizzeRia & pub: Jive Farmer (jam), 9:30 p.m., Free.

Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26.

it is deadly. This week, the band plays a two-night stand at Nectar’s in Burlington on

Moog's plaCe: Open mic/Jam Night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

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1/2 louNge: scott mangan (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. trap-O-Ween with craig mitchell, JJ Dante, Jordan, tommy & Jory (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Club MetRoNoMe: Halloween with twiddle, consider the source (jam), 9 p.m., $8/12.

Jp's pub: Karaoke with morgan, 10 p.m., Free. MaNhattaN pizza & pub: Open mic with andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. MoNKey house: ElectroHalloween: serotheft, the Human canvas, Kloptoscope, DJ Kanga & DJ Basics (EDm), 8 p.m., $3/58. 18+.

fRaNNy o's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

NeCtaR's: Jay Burwick (solo acoustic), 7 p.m., Free. Vermont. com presents Dave Grippo Funk Band with Fattie B (funk), 8 p.m., $5.

higheR gRouNd ballRooM: paper Diamond, the Knocks, morri$ (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $13/17. aa.

Radio beaN: irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Gowanus collective (improvisational jazz), 11 p.m., Free.

higheR gRouNd showCase louNge: sound of urchin, Waylon speed (rock), 9 p.m., $10/12. aa.

Red squaRe: small change (tom Waits tribute), 7 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

t. boNes RestauRaNt aNd baR: chad Hollister (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

central

bagitos: acoustic Blues Jam with the usual suspects, 6 p.m., Free.

northern

bee's KNees: spider Roulette (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations. the hub pizzeRia & pub: Return of the Night of the Living Dead sessions (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30 p.m., $5.

ChaRlie o's: Halloween party with amadis (metal), 8 p.m., Free.

Moog's plaCe: tall Grass Get Down Halloween party (bluegrass), 8:30 p.m., Free.

gusto's: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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champlain valley

City liMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

MoNopole: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free. Halloween party with Lucid (rock), 10 p.m., Free. m

two bRotheRs taveRN: Halloween Dance party (top 40), 10 p.m., Free/$3. 18+.

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Lynguistic Civilians Voted best unsigned band in Vermont and best hip-hop act by Seven Days readers.

Season two fueled by:

thU.25, fri.26 // KUNg fU [fUNK]

bee's KNees: Bruce Jones (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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bAck to VErmoNt Pub, 59 Main St., Poultney, 287-4064. 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. riVEr houSE rEStAurANt, 123 Mountain Rd. Stowe, 253-4030. 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.

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bEE’S kNEES, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. bLAck cAP coffEE, 144 Main St., Stowe, 253-2123. brEWStEr riVEr Pub, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 253-2123. 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, 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. riVEr houSE rEStAurANt, 123 Mountain Rd. Stowe, 253-4030. 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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giLLigAN’S gEtAWAY, 7160 State Rt. 9, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-8050. moNoPoLE, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222. NAkED turtLE, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200. oLiVE riDLEY’S, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-324-2200. tAbu cAfé & NightcLub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-0666. thErAPY, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-561-2041.

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51 mAiN, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209. bAr ANtiDotE, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555. brick box, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570. thE briStoL bAkErY, 16 Main St., Bristol, 453-3280. cAroL’S huNgrY miND cAfé, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. citY LimitS, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. cLEm’S cAfé 101 Merchant’s Row, Rutland, 775-3337. DAN’S PLAcE, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774. gooD timES cAfé, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. ND’S bAr & rEStAurANt, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774. oN thE riSE bAkErY, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-7787. South StAtioN rEStAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1730. StArrY Night cAfé, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316.

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1/2 LouNgE, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. 242 mAiN St., Burlington, 862-2244. AmEricAN fLAtbrEAD, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999. AuguSt firSt, 149 S. Champlain St., Burlington, 540-0060. bAckStAgE Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. bANANA WiNDS cAfé & Pub, 1 Market Pl., Essex Jct., 879-0752. thE bLock gALLErY, 1 E. Allen St., Winooski, 373-5150. brEAkWAtEr cAfé, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. brENNAN’S Pub & biStro, UVM Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington, 656-1204. citY SPortS griLLE, 215 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 655-2720. cLub mEtroNomE, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. DobrÁ tEA, 80 Chruch St., Burlington, 951-2424. frANNY o’S, 733 Queen City Park Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. hALVorSoN’S uPStrEEt cAfé, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. highEr grouND, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777. JP’S Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. LEuNig’S biStro & cAfé, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759. LEVitY cAfé , 9 Center St., Burlington, 318-4888. Lift, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. mAgLiANEro cAfé, 47 Maple St., Burlington, 861-3155. mANhAttAN PizzA & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 864-6776. mArriott hArbor LouNgE, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 854-4700. moNkEY houSE, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. moNtY’S oLD brick tAVErN, 7921 Williston Rd., Williston, 316-4262. muDDY WAtErS, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466. NEctAr’S, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. o’briEN’S iriSh Pub, 348 Main St., Winooski, 338-4678. oN tAP bAr & griLL, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. oNE PEPPEr griLL, 260 North St., Burlington, 658-8800. oScAr’S biStro & bAr, 190 Boxwood Dr., Williston, 878-7082. PArk PLAcE tAVErN, 38 Park St., Essex Jct. 878-3015. rADio bEAN, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. rASPutiN’S, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. rED SquArE, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. rEguLAr VEtErANS ASSociAtioN, 84 Weaver St., Winooski, 655-9899. rÍ rÁ iriSh Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. rozzi’S LAkEShorE tAVErN, 1022 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342. rubEN JAmES, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. SigNAL kitchEN, 71 Main St., Burlington, 399-2337. thE SkiNNY PANcAkE, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188. t.boNES rESturANt AND bAr, 38 Lower Mountain Dr., Colchester, 654-8008. VENuE, 127 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. thE VErmoNt Pub & brEWErY, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

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Thornton Dial Sr. at Fleming Museum, University of Vermont

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hornton Dial Sr. had never heard of Jackson Pollock or Robert Rauschenberg until critics began likening his work to theirs. Working in artistic isolation throughout his life, Dial has developed an entirely original style as a creator of enormous assemblages and, more recently, of sexually charged watercolors. About 50 examples of his achievement in the latter medium are on display at the University of Vermont’s Fleming Museum in a show called “Thornton Dial, Sr.: Thoughts on Paper.” It’s a coup for a Vermont venue to have landed an exhibit of works by an idiosyncratic African American artist from the Deep South. These days, anything by Dial is a hot commodity. The Fleming show coincides with a favorably reviewed retrospective of his work that originated at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and has traveled to New Orleans; Charlotte, N.C.; and, soon, Atlanta. Dial was born into poverty in rural Alabama in 1928. Like many African Americans of that time and place, he received no formal schooling and can barely read or write. Raised by his great-grandmother, Dial tended crops as a young child. He moved to Bessemer, Ala., near Birmingham, at age 12 and spent most of the next 40 years working in a metal fabrication plant until it shut down. After hours, Dial was a garage artist who built dense towers and intricately layered horizontal constructions using whatever he could find: discarded plastic toys, tree branches, animal bones, buckets, rope and other junk. Dial found artistic inspiration in the “yard shows” — arrangements of found objects — that are common in some black neighborhoods in the South. He worked in obscurity until the late 1980s, when William Arnett, a white collector and art historian from Atlanta, took notice. Dial has been riding a skyrocket to fame ever since; some of his pieces now fetch six figures at auction. In the early ’90s, he began composing watercolors, reportedly in response to a critic’s comment that Dial didn’t know how to draw. The Fleming show, which presents a small sampling of

He calls Dial “one of America’s most remarkable living artists.” That may be so, but the evidence offered by Dial’s watercolors alone does not substantiate such a claim. For one thing, the show is off-puttingly repetitive. The pieces are similar in size and identical in medium, with little stylistic variety. Dial’s swirling female figures are almost always accompanied by animals — fish, tigers or roosters — sinuously coiled around one another, often in suggestive poses. It doesn’t help that the show’s wall panels employ academic jargon in analyzing Dial’s work. They interpret many of the pieces as examinations of male-female dichotomies. Dial is cast in the role of a sexual politician exploring the power dynamics between men and women — but that seems too far a stretch. They are right on, by contrast, in pointing out the sexualized content of many of the watercolors. But viewers don’t need a wall panel to tell them that. If the image of a woman touching a cock doesn’t convey it, the title of one of the show’s most salacious pieces makes it obvious: “Ladies Know How to Hold a Rooster.” In another piece called “Laying Down With the Tiger” a woman reclines, legs splayed, as a jungle cat hovers above her. Dial might simply be out for a good time. Some viewers may not see a grouping of his loosely sketched women as “seductive mermaids” — the description given on a wall panel — but most will notice that Dial never omits a breast reference, usually as semicircles with big, red dots. There’s nothing somber about his rainbow arrays of watercolors, which celebrate sensuality more than they deconstruct gender roles. Not every visitor to the show will come away a Dial fan. But most will move from piece to piece with appreciative smiles.

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CURATOR BERNIE HERMAN CALLS DIAL “ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST REMARKABLE LIVING ARTISTS.”

THAT MAY BE SO, BUT THE EVIDENCE OFFERED BY HIS WATERCOLORS ALONE DOES NOT SUBSTANTIATE SUCH A CLAIM. the hundreds of works on paper that Dial produced in a few years, confirms that he lacks art school training. Each piece includes one or more elongated female face with features drawn as if by a child. Art arbiters have categorized Dial as an outsider or folk artist because of his lack of sophisticated technique. But that

pigeonholing has rankled his admirers, according to New York Times reporter Carol Kino. Reviewing a Dial show, Times critic Roberta Smith cited “the growing uselessness of the distinction” between untrained and trained artists. Bernie Herman, curator of the show that has come to the Fleming from the University of North Carolina’s Ackland Art Museum, agrees.

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“Thornton Dial Sr.: Thoughts on Paper,” at Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington. Through December 14. uvm.edu/~fleming

Art ShowS

ongoing burlington area

'25th AnnuAl Art At the CoACh BArn': A retrospective of past participants in the barn exhibit, including Kathleen Kolb, Austin Furtak-Cole, Carol MacDonald and orah Moore. Through november 4 at shelburne Farms. info, 985-8686. 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. ABBey MeAker: "The unseen," color and blackand-white photography. Through october 30 at Vintage inspired in burlington. info, 488-5766. 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. AliSon BeChdel: "Dykes, Dads and Moms to watch out For," artwork spanning the Vermont cartoonist's career, including drawings from "Dykes to watch out For," Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic and Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama. Through october 27 at Amy e. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center, in burlington. info, 652-4510. 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. BriAn JenkinS & phoeBe hAzen low: Jenkins' photos taken at local music venues; low's multimedia explorations of her dreams and memories. Through october 31 at nectar's in burlington. info, 658-4771. ChAMplAin College FACulty exhiBit: work in a variety of media by art professors geebo Church, Jill Madden, Marc nedal, Toni-lee sangastiano and bob selby. Through november 24 at black horse Fine Art supply in burlington. info, 860-4972.

ConrAd BAkker: "untitled project: seasonal economies," hand-carved and -painted facsimiles of objects related to maple sugaring, fall foliage tour packages and vintage Vermont collectibles. Through november 24 at bCA Center in burlington. info, 865-7166. dAn higginS: "puerto Cabezas," photographs taken in puerto Cabezas, nicaragua, over a 28-year sistercity program with burlington. Through october 31 at north end studio A in burlington. info, 863-6713.

eriC eiCkMAnn: "Drive by love," new acrylic paintings. Through november 28 at speaking Volumes in burlington. info, 540-0107. FAll group Show: works by nancy Dwyer, [michael smith], Ray brown, Clark Derbes, elizabeth nelson and Ron hernandez. Curated by seAbA. Through november 30 at The innovation Center of Vermont in burlington. info, 859-9222.

'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. uVM english professor Daniel Mark Fogel gives a talk called "Jamesian illuminations of sargent's world: The Art of Fiction and Fictions of Art”: wednesday, october 24, 6 p.m. info, 656-0750. roBert CoMpton: A 40-year retrospective featuring fountains, hanging aquariums, large urns, sake cups, pitchers and housewares displayed

'going to wAterBury: An Art inStAllAtion': photography by neil Dixon, sound by Jenn Karson, lighting by Jeffrey e. salzberg, floral sculpture by ned Davis, interviews by David goodman, technical direction by Jeff Tolbert, and archival photography and artwork by former Vermont state hospital residents. saturday, october 27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., waterbury state office Complex. info, 244-4164. 'MAgiC lAntern Show, Art FilM / Short FilM FeStivAl': Fourteen art films by international and local artists, including sean Clute, Molly Davies, phil Roy, David Rocchio, Keenan Cauley and Kyle Dubois, are screened in the gazebo outside the art center. wednesday, october 31, 5-8 p.m., helen Day Art Center, stowe. info, 253-8358.

'FelineS, FeAtherS & FuSed glASS': oil paintings of birds by lydia littwin; paintings of cats by Teresa Davis; and fused-glass pieces by Alyssa oxley. Through october 31 at Davis studio gallery in burlington. info, 425-2700. 'Frog holloween': Artwork inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales by John brickels, wendy James, Kerin Rose, Amy Felske, Mark Dabelstein, irene lederer lacroix, Robin Kent and erik Rehman. Through october 31 at Frog hollow in burlington. info, 863-6458. 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.

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'5th AnnuAl AMAteur photogrAphy ConteSt And exhiBit': More than 150 photographs on the theme "portraits," plus work by professional photographer and Chaffee juried artist Tami Crupi Zeman. Through november 3 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. A special reception for Zeman: saturday, october 27, 2-4 p.m. info, 775-0356.

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MArMete hAyeS: The late peace activist's mandala-like mosaics exhibited with posters and memorabilia from her life. Through november 1 at The gallery at burlington College. The college's director of civic engagement, sandy baird, as well as hayes' family and friends, give brief remarks: Friday, october 26, 5-7 p.m. info, 923-2333. 'viSionS': An exhibit of blacklight and horror-inspired works featuring street artists Kosbe, from brooklyn, and goons, a Vermont native. october 31 through november 2 at JDK gallery in burlington. Reception: last Days press debuts its inaugural zine, “Visions Vol. 1”; DJ Turkey p spins spooky jams in the black-lit gallery; cash bar and light snacks, wednesday, october 31, 6:30-10:30 p.m. at JDK gallery in burlington. info, 864-5884.

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gudrun kleiSt-reynA: sculptures and embroidered fashions. Through october 31 at salaam and the Men's store in burlington. info, 658-8822. '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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deniS verSweyveld & AuStin FurtAk-Cole: white statuesque sculpture by Versweyveld; process-based abstract paintings by Furtak-Cole. Through october 28 at helen Day Art Center in stowe. Furtak-Cole discusses his work: Thursday, october 25, 6 p.m. info, 253-8358.

BriAn Mohr & eMily JohnSon: "Two wheels, Two planks — norway," a multimedia slide-show presentation of the photographers' recent bicycle-powered skiing trip through norway’s arctic region, presented as part of the couple's 8th annual "wild people, wild places" series. wednesday, october 24, 7 p.m., Joslin Memorial library, waitsfield; Thursday, october 25, 6:30 p.m., onion River sports, Montpelier. info, 496-5434.

'we Are verMont Strong': Artworks created in response to Tropical storm irene, first exhibited in Randolph to commemorate the disaster's one-year anniversary. Through December 28 at governor's office gallery in Montpelier. Reception: wednesday, october 24, 3-5 p.m. info, 828-0749.

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dok wright: "The love of light," photographs. proceeds benefit Vermont CARes. Through october 31 at Artspace 106 at The Men's Room in burlington. info, 864-2088.

Figure drAwing And CoMpoSitionAl Study SeSSion: instructor Mark Merrill provides live models and still-life compositions suitable for any medium. Artists bring their own supplies and equipment. Thursday, october 25, 7-9:30 p.m., Main street Museum, white River Junction. info, 356-2776.

'Five FAll FridAyS': sip wines from lincoln peak Vineyard while taking in the current exhibit. part of a weekly series of receptions and wine tastings hosted by waitsfield galleries. Friday, october 26, 5-8 p.m., Madsonian Museum of industrial Design, waitsfield. info, 598-4819.

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'diSCovery in our everydAy world': photographs by adults who took local photographer Dawn o’Connell's VsA Vermont "Can Do Arts Class." Through october 31 at penny Cluse Café in burlington. info, 655-4606.

'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. Curator stephen gilchrist leads a tour: saturday, october 27, 2 p.m. info, 603-646-2095.

together for the first time. Curated by Frog hollow. Through october 31 at 152 Cherry street in burlington. The potter discusses his work: Thursday, october 25, 6 p.m. info, 863-6458.

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Chepe CuAdrA: Ceramic works that address our fragmented relationship with Mother nature. Through october 31 at block gallery in winooski. info, 373-5150.

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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. Jessa Gilbert: "in Real Time," a collection of watercolors, drawings and paintings through which the artist investigates different ways of capturing movement. Through october 27 at skinny pancake in burlington. info, 845-532-6533. JoHn CHurCHman & Jerry lasky: "Autumn glory," photographs. Through november 30 at shelburne Vineyard. info, 985-8222. JoHn meinen: "Roadways and pathways," photography. Through october 31 at new City galerie in burlington. info, 735-2542. Joy HuCkins-noss: "The Texture of light," oil paintings of the Vermont landscape. Through January 2 at pompanoosuc Mills in burlington. info, 229-0832. Justin atHerton: prints and paintings of monsters, fiends and other ghoulish creatures that spring from the artist's twisted imagination. Through october 31 at Red square in burlington. info, 318-2438. katHarine montstream: "l'art de paris," paintings from the burlington artist's recent trip to the City of light. Through october 31 at seAbA Center in burlington. info, 859-9222. 'lake studies: underwater explorations in Contemporary art': paintings, photographs, fiber art, sculpture and a site-specific installation inspired by Daniel lusk's book of poetry Lake Studies: Meditations on Lake Champlain. Through october 26 at Flynndog in burlington. info, 363-4746. 'latitude/lonGitude: weavinG tHemes, assemblinG stories': Reflections on identity and geographical coordinates by bren Alvarez, Merche bautista and Tina escaja. Through october 31 at living/learning Center, uVM, in burlington. info, 656-4200.

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leaH van rees: landscape and seascape paintings. Through november 30 at Metropolitan gallery, burlington City hall. info, 865-7166. lynda mCintyre & Joan Hoffman: Mcintyre's mixed-media work, skyway; hoffman's oil landscapes, gates 1-8 and escalator. Through october 31 at burlington Airport in south burlington. info, 865-7166. '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. open studio weekend sHow: work by mixed-media artist Donna Kunkel, watercolorist Cindy gage stotz, photographer Ashley Marie barbeau and woodworker David scrase. Through november 15 at The gallery at phoenix books in essex Junction. info, 872-7111. 'red': photographs that celebrate the color of blood, paprika and heat. october 25 through november 18 at Darkroom gallery in essex Junction. info, 777-3686. robin laHue: "october Moon," paintings that showcase the mysticism of the moon and trees. Through october 27 at barnes & noble in south burlington. info, 485-7770. seCond annual alumni art exHibit: A student-curated exhibit featuring work in a variety of media by alumni from as far back as the class of 1946. Through october 25 at livak Room, Davis Center, uVM, in burlington. info, 201-919-2947. 'snow mobiles: sleiGHs to sleds': early, experimental snowmobiles, machines from the ’60s and ’70s, and today’s high-powered racing sleds, as well as horse-drawn sleighs; 'man-made Quilts: Civil war to tHe present': Quilts made by

Marc Awodey Memorial “I do not try to be profound,” wrote Burlington artist Marc Awodey of his

paintings. “My only concern is to make pictures that work.” Awodey, a painter, poet, writer, musician, activist and numismatist, who taught at several local colleges, reviewed art for Seven Days, and made countless other contributions to the local art scene, died suddenly last week. To celebrate his life and work, the community is invited to a memorial, Friday, November 2, 5-8 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Burlington. The program will include spoken words, poetry, reminiscences, live music and a display of art. Attendees are invited to bring their own artwork — and any Awodey pieces they own — to hang at the ceremony. For more info, or to sign up to perform, email Steve Awodey at awodey@cmu.edu or Peg Tassey at pegtassey@gmail.com. Pictured: “Church Street.”

men; elizabetH berdann: "Deep end," miniature watercolor portraits on pre-ban and prehistoric mammoth ivory; 'time maCHines: robots, roCkets and steampunk': Toys, textiles and art representing the golden age of sci-fi, the 1930s to ’50s, as well as work by contemporary artists and designers. Through october 28 at shelburne Museum. info, 985-3346. terry findeisen: still-life and landscape paintings. Through october 27 at left bank home & garden in burlington. info, 862-1001.

'tHe art of Horror': A variety of local artwork that explores the beautiful side of decay, the finer points of bloodletting and that special something inside a depraved mind. Through october 31 at s.p.A.C.e. gallery in burlington. info, spacegalleryvt.com. 'tHe return of tHe oCtober podGe': paintings and prints by Michael Tonn, brooke Monte, Jason osterhaut, stephanie holman Thwaites, Adrian Tans, Mattew Douglas and Kristen l'esperance. Through october 31 at Dostie bros. Frame shop in burlington. info, 660-9005.

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. Through December 14 at Fleming Museum, uVM, in burlington. info, 656-0750. vanessa Compton: Mixed-media works, shown in conjunction with the 20th Annual south end Art hop. Through november 7 at petra Cliffs in burlington. info, 657-3872.

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'WindoWs and Mirrors: reflections on the War in afghanistan': A traveling exhibit of large-scale paintings that memorialize Afghan civilian casualties, and drawings by Afghan high school students. Through October 31 at The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. Info, 863-2345.

the Gallery Has Closed," photographs. Through November 18 at Main Street Museum in White River Junction. Info, 603-469-3255.

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anne schaller: Recent paintings by the Northfield artist. Through November 2 at Tunbridge Public Library. Info, 889-9404.

'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. adaM Blue: "AstroExplorer," an exhibit featuring two narrative series: "Constellations for the New Millennium," a night-sky installation made up of 70 drawings; and "How the White Cube Hangs Once

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alyssha csük: Photographs of the region's operating and abandoned quarries. Through December 31 at Slate Valley Museum in Granville. Info, 518-642-1417.

art faculty exhiBit 2012: Work by Jennifer Baker, Kevin Bubriski, Jessica Cuni and Karen Swyler. Through November 10 at Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College, in Poultney. Info, 287-8398. Brent gould: "Angels, Sneakers and Wheels,” digital photography. Through October 28 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, curator@ capitolgrounds.com.

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caMeron hoWard: Hand-painted floor cloths. Through December 31 at Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. Info, 457-1298. charlie hunter & clair dunn: "Calvinist Gothic," plein-air paintings and photography reflecting hardships and harmony. October 27 through November 17 at ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery in Woodstock. Info, 457-3500.

Through his oil portraits of motorcycles, John David O’Shaughnessy explores notions of identity and self. Each sweet ride the artist paints has been customized, blinged out or otherwise enhanced by its owner, reflecting the unique personality he writes on his website, explore the concept of “desire as an unfulfilled state of being, and the way our culture often defines human value through objects, and individuality through the mass-produced are part of his show “Freedom From Dilution” at Studio Place Arts in Barre through November 3. While you’re there, check out SPA’s other two exhibits: “Rock Solid,” a group show of contemporary stone sculptures; and “Kingdoms in the Pictured: “Scoot.”

lois Beatty: New monoprints made with collagraphic and solar-plate printing techniques. Through October 31 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901. lynn neWcoMB: New works in a show titled "Anvils, Bridges and Steel." Through October 31 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-3278. 'Made in the shade: the design of suMMer Vacation': Examples of design excellence in swimsuits, sunglasses, fishing gear, surfboards and more. Through November 16 at Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design in Waitsfield. Maggie neale: "Dances on Silk," hand-painted silk hangings and stretched silk. Through November 20 at Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier. Info, 229-4676. 'neW Work': Paintings and other works by Paul Bowen, Joan Kahn, Celia Reisman and Fulvio Testa. Through November 18 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670.

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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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glen coBurn hutcheson: "Drawings and Paintings of Sculpture," works in pencil, chalk and homemade gouache on paper. Through November 30 at The Shoe Horn at Onion River in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454.

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'eMergence': Large-scale works by artists from Vermont and beyond make up the inaugural exhibit in the former Fellows Gear Shaper Factory building. Through November 1 at The Great Hall in Springfield. Info, 258-3992.

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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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'PEOPLE AND PLACES OF GODDARD: 150 YEARS OF SHARED HISTORY': Photographs tracing the history of Goddard College, from its 1863 birth as the Goddard Seminary in Barre to its current location in Plainfield. The pop-up gallery is open Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, noon-3 p.m. Through October 26 at 54 Main Street in Montpelier. Info, 322-1685. 'ROCK SOLID': An annual exhibit showcasing stone sculptures and other works by area artists; VANESSA COMPTON: "Kingdoms in the Sky," collage; JOHN DAVID O'SHAUGHNESSY: "Freedom From Dilution," paintings. Through November 3 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

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RUTH COPPERSMITH: "Emergence: Assemblages of Natural Objects," photography. Through November 5 at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Info, 223-3338.

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SIDNEY DELEVANTE: "The Whimsical World of Delevante (1894-1984)," paintings by the American artist, educator and poet. Through November 3 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor. Info, 674-9616.

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'TURNING LEAVES: NEW DIRECTIONS IN BOOK ARTS': Sculptural creations made from, or incorporating, books. Through November 10 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 431-0204.

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'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.

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WARD JOYCE: "Human Landscapes," paintings and drawings that explore the forms of the city and the architecture of the human body. Through January 31 at Hartness Gallery, Vermont Technical College, in Randolph Center. Info, 728-1237.

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by the cultures of Europe, South America and North America. Through October 31 at The Drawing Board in Montpelier. Info, 223-2902. '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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CALL TO ARTISTS CALL TO ARTISTS: Island Arts Gallery in South Hero is calling artists to show their works in 2013. Contact maryjomccarthy@gmail.com by October 26. MINIATURES: Island Arts Gallery in South Hero is featuring a show of miniatures in all mediums. Works must be 5 by 7 inches or smaller for the December 2012 show. Submit digital images to Sarah Robinson at bearsnotice@ gmail.com by October 29. GIFT SHOW: Artists’ Mediums is accepting art and crafts for its three-month gift show. Visit artistsmediums.com or call 879-1236 for more info. CALL FOR VENDORS: The Old North End Art Market is accepting applications from artist, artisans, crafters and food vendors for November 10 and December 8 shows. Info, oldnorthendartmarket.com. CRAFT FAIR: The MVU afterschool programs are hosting a Craft Fair/Vendor Show on November 20. For more info, call Heather Tuck, 868-7311, x174. 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. TWENTYSOMETHING SHOW: Chandler Gallery in Randolph is holding a call for work by 20- to 30-year-old artists for a show on January 13. Deadline: December 5. Info, janetensia@ gmail.com. CULTUREHALL NEW ARTISTS: Culturehall, a curated online resource for contemporary art,

invites artists to submit work to an open application call. To apply, visit culturehall.com/ apply.html. HOLIDAY SHOW: Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington is hosting its first annual Stocking Stuffer Show beginning Friday, November 9. Deadline: November 2, 5 p.m. For guidelines and application, visit vintageinspired.net. CALL FOR CRAFTERS: Ascension Church in Georgia is looking for crafters for its craft fair on November 24, 9 a.m.3 p.m. Contact Sue Renaud, at 524-2607. PHOTOGRAPHY BY DESIGN: Darkroom Gallery. Deadline: November 14. Juror: Joe Baraban. There are principles of design that will make a good image much better. Info, darkroomgallery.com/ex36. VERMONT HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHERS: Darkroom Gallery seeks photos by students. Send submissions to Ken Signorello, submissions@ darkroomgallery.com. RED SQUARE NEEDS ART! Busy establishment on Church Street currently booking monthlong shows for 2013. All mediums considered. Info, creativegeniuses@burlington telecom.net. ART STUDIOS IN SOUTH END: The South End Arts District has so much to offer! Working artist studios opening soon at various price points and locations. Application link: bit.ly/VhGP1q. OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS: Selection and application for art events in Basel, Venice and London. Visual artists will have their own stand in Basel or Venice. Info, galeriazero.info/ program.html. CALL TO ARTISTS: The Fletcher Free Library is looking for local, talented painters,

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'ARTISTS OF THE FOREST': Abenaki baskets, Acadian wood carvings, birch-bark canoes, dogsleds, snowshoes, furniture and more by 13 traditional artists from the Northern Forest region. Through December 22 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964. 'CAMERA WORK: STIEGLITZ, STEICHEN, STRAND, AND COMPANY': An exhibit highlighting three luminaries of American photography — Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and Paul Strand — and featuring issues of Steiglitz's pioneering journal Camera Work, which was published between 1903 and 1917. Through October 28 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-3168. 'CHINA MODERN: DESIGNING 20TH-CENTURY POPULAR CULTURE': A touring exhibit developed by California's Pacific Asia Museum that explores the rich tradition of Chinese designs in advertising, packaging and promotional art for cinema, music, comic books, pulp fiction, fashion, games and toys; ‘OLIPHANT: EDITORIAL CARTOONS AND THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY, 1968-2007’: Political cartoons by the syndicated artist Patrick 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.

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EL EMIGRANTE DE HIDALGO, MÉXICO: "Imagines de mi Alma/Images From My Soul," paintings, drawings and sculptures by one of the anonymous artists featured in last spring's migrant farmworker project, "Invisible Odysseys." Through December 22 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964. JAMES VOGLER: "A Trail of Breadcrumbs," abstract paintings inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales. Through November 2 at WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room in Bristol. Info, 453-3188. LIZA MYERS: "Nesting Instincts," acrylic paintings depicting ancient stone engravings paired with the wild creatures they represent. Through October 31 at Brandon Artists Guild. Info, 247-4337. PETER WOLF: "Country Life & Rock N Roll," a 33-year 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. ROBERT GOLD: "Into the City," photographs of New York City and Boston that have been altered both digitally and with pens and acrylic paints. Through October 31 at Carol's Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury. Info, 388-0101. STEVEN P. GOODMAN: "Fleeting Moments/Stolen Glances," small-scale landscape paintings that suggest a lingering impression. Through November 11 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in

photographers and sculptors for an October/November exhibition. Info, 355-5485. CRAFTERS WANTED! Annual holiday showcase and craft fair, on November 17, is seeking crafters and demonstrators. Registration deadline: November 1. Info, 782-6874 or fairfaxcraftfair@ yahoo.com. NEW SPACE SEEKS FINE ART: Seeking 2-D art for Burlington location for one- to three-month rotation beginning now. Please email three JPEG submissions, artist website and a brief description of the work to anna@eastshorevineyard.com. CALL TO ART OWNERS: Bryan Memorial Gallery requests the submission of privately owned fine art by deceased artists for exhibition and sales in its galleries this fall. Info, info@ bryangallery.org or 644-5100. RESTAURANT ART: Hang your work in a fine-dining atmosphere. Chow!Bella Restaurant and Twiggs @ Chow!Bella are looking for artists to exhibit their work on a three-month rotation. Chow!Bella is located at 28 North Main Street in St. Albans. If interested, email Wendi Murphy, wcmurphy06@ hotmail.com, with at least two images of your work or your web address. No charge to hang; no commissions. 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.

Middlebury. Info, 382-9222. 'SWEET LIFE': Artwork exploring life's quiet moments by Cynthia Kirkwood, Kathryn Milillo and Jan Roy (through November 4); WOODY JACKSON: New works by the iconic Vermont artist including paintings completed during a yearlong stay in the Italian Alps (through October 31). At Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. 'TAKE ME TO THE FAIR: AN ADDISON COUNTY TRADITION': Photographs of the 2011 fair by Markham Starr, plus 19th- and early-20th-century fair posters, ribbons, photographs and other ephemera from the Sheldon collection. Through November 10 at Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. Info, 388-2117. 'THE DELIGHT OF DECOYS': A bird decoy for each of the 25 years the museum has been open. Through October 31 at Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. Info, 434-2167. TOM MERWIN & DIANE LAFONTAINE: "Maui Artist in Residence," Merwin's Vermont landscapes paired with LaFontaine's mixed-media works depicting Hawaiian plants. Through November 1 at Merwin Gallery in Castleton. Info, 468-2592.

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'ARTISTS FROM HOWARDCENTER': Work by self-taught artists. Through November 28 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857.

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as a peace activist, a community organizer, a human-rights advocate and a woman of faith. But she was also an artist. The cofounder of the Burlington chapter of the Catholic peace organization Pax Christi USA, Hayes found a creative outlet in gathering stones for mosaics from the beaches of Lake Champlain’s Butler Island. Hayes’ mandala-like mosaics, which incorporate symbols of early Christianity, are on view at the Gallery at Burlington College, along with posters and other memorabilia from her life as an activist. At a reception at 5 p.m. on Friday, October 26, the college’s director of civic engagement and Hayes’ family and friends will speak about her legacy. Through November 1. Pictured: a Hayes mosaic.

'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. BIFFIE GALLANT: "A Touch of Glass," stained glass, jewelry and mixed-media panels in silver, copper and glass. Through October 31 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery. Info, 489-4023.

CHARLIE HUNTER & SUSAN ABBOTT: "Vermont: A Place Apart," new paintings of the Vermont landscape. Through October 31 at West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943.

DOROTHY MARTÍNEZ: "We the People," more than 50 figurative paintings celebrating political change in America. Through November 12 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818.

‘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. Info, 253-8358. OCTOBER SHOW: Works in ink and watercolor by Harald Aksdal, paintings on silk by Kitten Ellison, mixed-media works by Tinka Martel and abstract paintings by Longina Smolinski. Through October 31 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403.

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PAUL GRUHLER: Paintings that explore line, form and color. Through November 5 at Brown Library, Sterling College, in Craftsbury Common. Info, 586-7711, ext. 124.

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.

SAM THURSTON: "Poem Drawings," the artist's response to the poetry of William Carlos Williams, Geoffrey Chaucer and others. Through October 31 at Montgomery's Café in Newport. Info, 334-2626.

'HARVEST TIME': Works that reflect the fall colors by Ellen Powell, Jim Holzschuh, JoAnn Flanagan, Tausha Sylver, Sarah Rosedahl, Russ Fellows, Jeri Canfield and Doug Hoppes, among others. Through October 31 at Grand Isle Art Works. Info, 378-4591.

STOWE VERMONT PLEIN AIR OCTOBERFEST 2012: Artists spend two days capturing the fall foliage, then present the results in a group exhibit. Through October 28 at Galleria Fine Arte in Stowe. Info, 253-7696.

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FRANK WOODS: Paintings by the Montpelier artist. Through November 25 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053.

ROSAMOND ORFORD: "Elemental Matter: Rocks and Water," photographs that explore the designs, colors and patterns of the natural world. Through November 17 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 467-3701.

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'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.

LISA FORSTER BEACH: Paintings of the New England landscape by the National Watercolor Society member who lives in Stowe. Through November 18 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 899-3211.

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'CURTAINS WITHOUT BORDERS': Large-scale photographs documenting the history of painted theater curtains in Vermont. Through October 30 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261.

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.

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CALEB STONE: Watercolors and oils by the Massachusetts artist. Through November 4 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100.

JOHN M. MILLER: "Human/Nature," recent photographs. Through November 3 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

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SIMON SAYS The former crime reporter helps Jarecki explain how America became the "jailingest" nation on the planet.

The House I Live In ★★★★

ugene Jarecki’s new documentary works so perfectly as a companion piece to Why We Fight (2005) that he could have called it Why We Jail. A devastating dispatch from the front lines of America’s war on drugs, the film tracks the rise of the prison-industrial complex as masterfully as the Vermont-based filmmaker’s previous work took on its older military-industrial cousin. The common thread? A government that systematically misleads the public (WMD, anyone?) for the financial benefit of private interests. There’s big money, the filmmaker has observed, in sending the country’s lower class off to war, just as there are enormous profits to be made from sending the poor and powerless to prison. The end result of the war examined here is, in many ways, the same. What’s changed is the propaganda. Jarecki takes us back to the opening salvo, Richard Nixon’s 1971 pronouncement that “America’s Public Enemy No. 1 in the United States is drug abuse,” and moves forward in time from there. He notes the ways in which Democrats and Republicans alike have been saying pretty much the same thing ever since. In the more than 40 years since

Nixon’s declaration, we’re informed, the war on drugs has cost a trillion dollars and countless lives, but yielded absurdly little in the way of societal good. Drug use is undiminished. Drug quality has improved. So the question is: Why does the government continue to wage this war? The writer-director enlists a variety of experts — academics, doctors, law enforcement officers, judges and politicians — to suggest an answer, and intersperses their interviews with illuminating archival footage. Among the most compelling talking heads is David Simon, who worked as a crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun before creating such TV dramas as “The Wire.” Simon calls the United States the “jailingest” nation on the planet, pointing out that we account for 25 percent of the world’s prison population even though we’re home to just 5 percent of its people. Mass incarceration, the film reveals, has become a self-sustaining, highly lucrative industry, and America’s drug laws have come to function largely as a means of fueling it and controlling the lower class. Two of the picture’s most harrowing statistics: 56 percent of those in jail for drug crimes are African

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Americans; half a million of this country’s incarcerated are behind bars for nonviolent drug offenses. The film features interviews with several such individuals and, in the process, drives home the draconian nature of America’s drug laws, in particular the recently implemented system of mandatory minimum sentences. Aside from helping to make the operation of private penitentiaries immensely profitable, the filmmaker suggests, it’s difficult to see what good these penalties could possibly do. Jarecki employs a clever technique: Again and again, he introduces a film subject and keeps him or her on camera just long enough to register as a type — a gruff prison guard, a no-nonsense judge, etc. Then he comes back to those individuals later in the film and reveals them to possess anti-drug policy stances we never would have guessed

they held. In one of the picture’s most affecting passages, a judge bemoans his obligation to give a young, nonviolent black offender 40 years. He attempts to override the system and recommends a more humane sentence, but the system overrides him. The most startling use of this technique involves the man who declared the war in the first place. Nixon’s the last person many would suspect of having nuanced, compassionate views on the subject. But Jarecki doubles back to remind the viewer that, in contrast to the current approach, two-thirds of the Nixon administration’s drug-fighting budget was dedicated to treatment. Now, there’s a quaint idea: helping people rather than warehousing them. RICK KISONAK

MARGIN OF TERROR Newton has a penchant for webchatting in dark rooms in the latest addition to the horror franchise.

Paranormal Activity 4 ★★

hat does the blockbuster Paranormal Activity series have in common with European art cinema? The willingness to bore the audience. Found-footage films in the Blair Witch Project tradition distinguish themselves from regular ol’ scare flicks by establishing a baseline of normality so numbingly mundane that the smallest deviation is terrifying. When they work, these movies create a mood of existential dread through sheer monotony. We know the director wouldn’t extend this shot of a teenage girl’s empty room for a full minute unless something bad was going to happen there. So when? That’s essentially the same principle that drives Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse toward its dark conclusion — albeit much, much, much more slowly. Not all horror fans are as patient as art-house goers: When I saw the first Paranormal Activity, the theater was full of grumbles of “That’s it?” when the credits rolled. Yet here we are, five years later,

witnessing the release of Paranormal Activity 4, and nothing much happens in this installment that didn’t already happen in Nos. 1 through 3. Existential dread, it seems, is a cash cow. The fourth film in the saga of the Demonic Presence That Stalked Some People Incredibly Slowly opens with footage from the end of Paranormal Activity 2, in which possessed Katie (Katie Featherston) abducted her sister’s baby and vanished into the night. In Paranormal Activity, it was clear that the demon wanted Katie, but not why; the sequel gave her the job of snatching a firstborn son, per a deal her forebears had made with the supernatural entity. Those threads are drawn out further in PA 4, but not in terribly logical directions. After the recap, we launch into footage shot five years later by a suburban teenager in Nevada, Alex (Kathryn Newton), who notices untoward things happening after a strange, sullen neighbor kid (Brady Allen) comes to stay with her family. The new-

comer introduces Alex’s little brother (Aiden Lovekamp) to his imaginary friend Toby (the demon’s alias throughout the series), and soon things are going bump in the night. Alex enlists her boyfriend (Matt Shively) to set up laptops in each room for surveillance, and the usual shenanigans commence. Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who took over the series with PA 3, seem to be nearly out of ideas for their lowtech scarehouse. Among this installment’s innovations are the frequent use of webchat footage and a clever lighting effect involving an Xbox Kinect console, but neither yields more than a few scares. Meanwhile, the filmmakers waste a golden opportunity to do something disturbing with recurrent, annoying close-ups of an open fridge door. Series originator Oren Peli was no great storyteller,

but he knew how to sneak things into the margins of mundane images like that one. Joost and Schulman coast along, recycling suburban-haunting motifs from Poltergeist, with a touch of The Omen thrown in. The dread that should be smothering is merely an intermittent itch, especially when Alex and her parents begin acting as stupid as people in slasher films do. The plot twists merely serve to cement Toby’s reputation as the world’s least efficient villain — more of a demonic performance artist than an evil poised for world domination. That would be fine, if only he could still scare us. But in this franchise, the existential tedium of empty rooms is feeling more and more like plain old boredom. M A R G O T HA R R I S O N

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CHASING MAVERICKS: Directors Michael Apted (the 7 Up series) and Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential) team up on this fact-based tale of a teenage surfer taking on a big wave. Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue and Jonny Weston star. (116 min, PG. Essex, Palace) CLOUD ATLAS: David Mitchell’s novel hits the screen as a fantastical epic in which the same actors play several different characters in a story spanning centuries. With Halle Berry, Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant and Susan Sarandon. Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) and Lana and Andy Wachowski (The Matrix) directed. (172 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy) FUN SIZE: Doesn’t it suck being stuck babysitting when you’d rather be at a Halloween party with a hot guy? First-time director Josh Schwartz attempts to mash up Superbad and Adventures in Babysitting in this comedy for the snarky-teen-girl demo. With Victoria Justice, Jackson Nicoll and Chelsea Handler. (90 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Stowe) THE HOUSE I LIVE IN★★★★ Vermont-based director Eugene Jarecki investigates the connections between America’s war on drugs and its prison system in his new documentary. (108 min, NR. Roxy, Savoy)

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ALEX CROSS★1/2 Tyler Perry takes the role of James Patterson’s D.C. detective, twice embodied on screen by Morgan Freeman, in this story of the hunt for a ruthless killer, which will probably not require its star to don a fat suit or drag. With Matthew Fox and Rachel Nichols. Rob (The Fast and the Furious) Cohen directed. (102 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic)

ARGO★★★ Ben Affleck plays a covert agent who uses a daring deception to try to rescue Americans trapped in Iran during the hostage crisis in this drama based on actual events. With John

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END OF WATCH★★★★★ David (Street Kings) Ayer, known for his gritty police dramas, wrote and directed this one about two young cops who find themselves the targets of a murderous cartel. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña and Anna Kendrick star. (109 min, R. Big Picture) FRANKENWEENIE★★★1/2 A boy named Victor Frankenstein gets more than he bargained for when he uses science to reanimate his beloved dog in this black-and-white, stop-motion animation from (who else?) Tim Burton. With the voices of Charlie Tahan, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short and Winona Ryder. (97 min, PG. Capitol, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Palace) HERE COMES THE BOOM★★ Kevin James is a teacher who turns to an unlikely career in mixed martial arts to finance a music program at his struggling school in this action comedy. With Salma Hayek and Henry Winkler. Frank (Zookeeper) Coraci directed. (105 min, PG. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Paramount) HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA★★1/2 Award-winning animator Genndy Tartakovsky (“Dexter’s Laboratory,” “Samurai Jack”) directed this family horror comedy about Dracula’s attempts to keep his teen daughter safely in his “five-stake resort” away from humans. With the voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez. (91 min, PG. Bijou, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis, Palace, Paramount [3-D], Sunset, Welden) HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET★1/2 Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Shue learn that homes where someone killed their parents should probably be avoided, much like cabins in the woods, in this horror flick from director Mark Tonderai. With Max Thieriot. (101 min, PG-13. Sunset; ends 10/27) LOOPER★★★★1/2 In a world where time travel works, a mob hitman (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) gets an assignment to kill his future self (Bruce Willis) in this sci-fi thriller from director Rian (Brick) Johnson. With Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels and Piper Perabo. (119 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset)

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THE MASTER★★★★ Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a midcentury guru who recruits Joaquin Phoenix for his new religion — or, some might say, cult — in this ambitious period drama from Paul Thomas (There Will Be Blood) Anderson. With Amy Adams and Jesse Plemons. (137 min, R. Palace) THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN 1/2★ Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton play a childless couple who, instead of adopting, bury their wishes for their ideal child in their backyard — only to find said kid sprouting there. Peter Hedges directed this Disney drama. (104 min, PG. Big Picture) PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4★★ Five years after the events of the first entry in the horror franchise, Katie (Katie Featherston) pops up in suburbia and tries to start a nice, normal life as a mom who happens to have a little problem with demonic possession. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman again direct. With Kathryn Newton and Matt Shively. (95 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Sunset, Welden)

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PARANORMAN★★★ A boy who can communicate with the dead seeks a productive use for his ghoulish talent in this stop-motion animation from Laika, the studio behind Coraline. With the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Chris Butler and Sam (The Tale of

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COAST MODERN: Directors Mike Bernard and Gavin Froome visited landmark Modernist homes along the Pacific coastline for this documentary about the midcentury architectural movement. Q&A with the directors on Sunday, October 21, 3 and 6:15 p.m. (56 min, NR. Roxy; ends 10/25)

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ATLAS SHRUGGED: PART II★1/2 Samantha Mathis takes over the lead in this continuation of Ayn Rand’s libertarian epic in which the global economy approaches collapse. With Esai Morales and Jason Beghe. John Putch directed. (112 min, PG-13. Palace; ends 10/25)

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ARBITRAGE★★★ Richard Gere plays a venture capitalist who finds himself in hot water for his dodgy dealings in this financial thriller from writerdirector Nicholas Jarecki. With Susan Sarandon and Brit Marling. (100 min, R. Palace; ends 10/25)

Goodman, Alan Arkin and Bryan Cranston. Affleck directed. (120 min, R. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Roxy, Palace, Stowe, Welden)

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SILENT HILL: REVELATION: A young girl (Adelaide Clemens) finds herself drawn toward a creepy alternate reality in the second film based on the horror video game series, and the first to be released in six years. Michael J. Bassett directed. With Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean. (94 min, R. Bijou [3-D], Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis [3-D])

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Alex cross 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40. Paranormal Activity 4 12:45, 2:50, 5, 7:15, 9:45. Argo 1:30, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25. Here comes the Boom 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50. Seven Psychopaths 1:20, 4, 6:40, 9:20. Sinister 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30. Frankenweenie (3-D) 12:30, 2:35, 4:40. Pitch Perfect 1, 3:55, 7, 9:35. taken 2 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30, 9:35. Hotel transylvania (3-D) 1, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20. Looper 6:45, 9:15.

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a.m. (Thu only), 12:40, 2:40, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30. Argo 1, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25. Atlas Shrugged: Part II 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:15, 8:40 (Wed only). Seven Psychopaths 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20. Frankenweenie 12:30, 2:30. Pitch Perfect 1:05, 3:45, 6:40, 9:15. taken 2 12:35, 2:45, 4:50, 7:05, 9:30. Hotel transylvania 1:30, 4, 6:35, 8:45. Looper 4:25, 7, 9:35. Arbitrage 4:05, 6:25 (Wed only). The master 12:45, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20. friday 26 — thursday 1 ***Jesus christ Superstar UK Spectacular Mon & Thu: 7:30. ***The met opera Presents otello Live in HD Sat: 12:55. *chasing mavericks 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:10, 3:45, 6:40, 9:15. *cloud Atlas 12:30, 4, 7:30.

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9:15. Paranormal Activity 4 1, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25. Argo 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10. Here comes the Boom 1:15, 3:45, 6:25, 9. Sinister 1:05, 3:45, 6:55, 9:25. taken 2 12:35 (Fri-Sun only), 7:20, 9:30. Pitch Perfect 3:20, 4:45, 6:45. Hotel transylvania 12:30 (Fri-Sun only), 2:40, 4:50, 6:30 (3-D), 8:45 (3-D).

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House I Live In 1:25, 3:50, 7, 9:30. Paranormal Activity 4 1, 3, 5, 7:20, 9:25. Argo 1:10, 4, 6:30, 9:05. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1:05, 3:20, 6:50, 9:15. Pitch Perfect 1:15, 6:40. Looper 3:30, 9:10.

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friday 26 — saturday 27 Screen 1: Paranormal Activity 4 at dusk, followed by House at the End of the Street. Screen 2: Hotel transylvania at dusk, followed by ParaNorman. Screen 3: taken 2 at dusk, followed by Looper.

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Bank of America executive Jason Selch protested the firing of a colleague by bursting into a conference room and mooning his bosses. His subsequent firing cost him a contingent bonus package worth millions that would have vested only a few months later. Besides losing his job and the multimillion dollar bonus, Selch lost his lawsuit arguing he couldn’t be fired “for cause” because the mooning didn’t interfere with his official duties. (CNBC)

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An Italian study of male sexuality discovered that the average size of male genitalia has been steadily shrinking. Penises now are roughly 10 percent smaller than they were 50 years ago. The study identified the causes as weight gain, pollution, stress, smoking and alcohol, although radio host Rush Limbaugh insisted “it’s feminism.” (Salon)

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Federal authorities accused Ronald Robinson, 34, of returning used enema kits to a Florida drug store, which returned them to shelves. Prosecutors said Robinson resealed the enemas inside their boxes and brought them back to the store for refunds. (United Press International)

Police who arrested Anthony Leopold Rowe, 26, at his home in Easton, Pa., said he tried to swallow marijuana that he had hidden in his anal cavity. (Allentown’s The Morning Call)

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When Canada’s Competition Bureau tried to fine Rogers Communications CAN$10 million for misleading advertising, the telecom company asked the Ontario Superior Court to strike down a key provision of the federal law requiring companies to have “adequate and proper” tests of a product’s performance before making performance claims in advertisements. Rogers declared this requirement violates its right to free expression granted by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Michael Janigan, executive director and general counsel at Public Interest Advocacy Centre, called the notion that companies shouldn’t be required to have facts and evidence to back up their advertising claims before making them “a bit like a Madison Avenue wet dream.” (Ottawa Citizen)

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Gerber Legendary Blades announced a voluntary recall of 119,000 Gerber Bear Grylls Parang Machetes that were marketed to zombie killers on last fall’s season opener of “The Walking Dead” television series. “If the Dead walk, the continuation of the human race will become a daily struggle,” the Portland, Ore., company said on its website. “Are you prepared to protect and defend your family and friends? Your best chance lies in the Gerber Apocalypse Survival Kit.” The limited-edition kit, which included six other zombie-fighting tools, sold for $349. The problem with the 19.5-inchlong curved weapons, with a 13.5-inch blade, was a weakness where the handle meets the blade, “posing a laceration hazard,” the recall said. Gerber received 24 reports of the blade or handle breaking during use and one injury, not, however, to a zombie. (Orlando Sentinel)

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Federal officials at Los Angeles International Airport who noticed a passenger arriving on a flight from Japan dressed in bulletproof vest and flameretardant pants decided to search his luggage. After finding a smoke grenade, knives, body bags, a hatchet, a collapsible baton, a biohazard suit, a full-face respirator, handcuffs, leg irons and a device to repel dogs, they arrested Boston-bound Yongda Huang Harris, 28. (Associated Press)

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This is an excellent time to explore the frontiers of wise foolishness. I’m hoping you will take full advantage of learning opportunities that might require you to shed your excess dignity and acknowledge how much you don’t know. Are you brave enough to disavow cynical thoughts and jaded attitudes that muffle your lust for life? Are you smart enough to understand how healthy it would be to go out and play like an innocent wild child? Make yourself available for delightful surprises.

aRies (March 21-april 19): big opportunities

gemiNi (May 21-June 20): “Dear rob: i seem to be marooned in an interesting limbo. The sights and sounds are not exactly pretty, but they keep me perversely entertained. i’m sampling tastes that are more sour than sweet, thinking that sooner or later the sweetness will start to prevail — but it never does. sometimes i feel like i’m in a trance, unable to do what’s best for me. Can you offer any help? like maybe give me a password that would break me out of the trance? - Meandering gemini.” Dear Meandering: This is one of those rare times when you have cosmic permission to favor what’s calming and reassuring rather than what’s amusing and stimulating. your password is sanctuary. caNceR (June 21-July 22): on september

22, the san Francisco giants played a baseball game against the san Diego Padres. in the fourth inning, giants’ third baseman Pablo sandoval sprinted to the edge of the field, then hurled himself over a railing and into the crowd in order to snag a foul pop-up. The fact that he landed upside down but perfectly unhurt wasn’t the most impressive aspect of his feat. nor was his improbable ability to wield such precise concentration while invoking so much raw force. even more amazing was the pink bubble that sandoval blew with his chewing gum nanoseconds before he dived. it was a supremely playful and successful zen moment. That’s the spirit i hope you will bring to your efforts in the coming days.

(July 23-aug. 22): your unconscious mind will be more accessible than usual in the coming weeks. it will reveal its agendas more clearly and play more of an active role in your life. is that a good thing or a bad thing? it will depend on how open-minded you are toward the surprises your secret self will reveal. if you try to ignore or repress its eruptions, they’ll probably wreak chaos. if, on the other hand, you treat this other part of you as an unpredictable but generous ally, you may be able to work out a collaboration that serves you both.

ViRgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): Urbandictionary.

com defines “Skymall solution” as “an absurdly single-purposed tool or solution that solves a problem you don’t actually have.” The term is derived from the famous Skymall catalog, which sells unusual specialty products. according to my analysis of the current astrological omens, you should be wary of any attraction you might have to Skymall solutions. Do you really need a King tut tissue box cover or an ice cube tray that makes ice in the shape of dachshunds or a stencil set for putting messages on your bundt cake? i doubt it. nor do you need their metaphorical equivalents.

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(sept. 23-oct. 22): right before i woke up this morning, i had a dream that one of my teeth fell out. as i lay there groggily in bed, my mind searched for its meaning. “What does losing a tooth symbolize?” i asked myself. “What is its psychological meaning?” i promised myself that when i got up, i would google that question. but my rumination was interrupted by a dull ache in the back of my mouth, and it was only then that i remembered: yesterday, in actual waking life, i had a real tooth yanked out by a real dentist. The moral of the story, libra: be wary of making up elaborate stories and mythic assumptions about events that have simple, mundane explanations.

sagittaRiUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): zombies used to be terrifying. but then they became a featured motif in pop culture, often in humorous contexts, and now there’s a growing acceptance and even affection for them. Here’s the view of Max brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide: “eventually rock and roll morphs from sid Vicious to the Jonas

brothers. same thing with vampires: We went from Dracula to Twilight to make them peachy and g-rated. i guarantee you someone is working on a way to take the fear out of zombies and market them to children.” your assignment, scorpio, is to do to your personal fears what the entertainment industry has done to zombies: turn them into amusing caricatures that don’t trouble you so much. For example, visualize an adversary singing a duet with Justin bieber.

caPRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “you must learn from the mistakes of others,” said humorist sam levenson. “you can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” That’s excellent advice for you right now, Capricorn. in order to glean the teachings you need most, you won’t have to bumble through a single wrong turn or bad decision yourself. There will be plenty of blundering role models who will be providing you with the precise inspiration you need. study them carefully. aQUaRiUs

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): every november, thousands of writers participate in national novel Writing Month. They pledge to compose at least 50,000 words of a new novel in that 30-day period. in accordance with the astrological omens, aquarius, i propose that you commit yourself to a comparable project in your own field. is there a potential masterpiece on which you could get a substantial amount of work done? is there a major transformation you’ve long wanted to undertake but have always had some excuse to avoid? i predict that you will attract unexpected help and luck if you summon the willpower to focus on that task.

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(Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t believe the climate is changing? go ask the birds what they think. 60 percent of all the feathered species in north america have moved north in the past 46 years. scientists are pretty sure their migration is a response to the warming trend that’s afoot. i like the idea of tuning in to how animals behave in order to get accurate information about the state of the world. Would you consider doing more of that, Pisces? according to my astrological analysis, the coming months will be a time when you can learn a lot from non-human intelligences.

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good time to get introspective and meditative about your urge to merge … to think objectively about the way you approach togetherness … to be honest with yourself about what strengths and weaknesses you bring to the art of collaboration. The most important question you can ask yourself during this inventory is this: “How do i personally contribute, either knowingly or unconsciously, to the problems i experience in relationships?” Here’s another query you might consider: “How hard am i willing to work to create the kinds of intimacy and alliances i say i want?”

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