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SYSTEM FAILURE

Congress is not going to restore funding to Section 8 or stop larger cuts in the future [“Gimme Shelter: In Vermont, Sequestion Leads to Homelessness,” August 14]. The election of more Tea Party Republicans in 2014 and 2016 will be the final nail in the coffin for this entitlement program — at least in its current form. This program was never supposed to be a lifelong freebie for the poor. Unfortunately, many have abused the system, including voucher holders and corrupt employees within local housing authorities. That is the reality, and those in the system need to make a plan because, unless you’re a senior, disabled or a vet, your days of voucher living are numbered. Jeff Barnes

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I read the article by Kevin J. Kelley about landlords not keeping their buildings up to code, and I would like to inform you that Rick Bove has another building in even worse condition than the ones described [“Burlington Holds Liquor Licenses Hostage to Get Compliance on Code Violations and Taxes,” July 10]. The three basement apartments at 8 North Williams Street are in such bad condition that one, my apartment, has been deemed inhabitable for humans, and I was told it looks as though it has been this way for a

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Editor’s note: Kelley follows up on the story referenced above in this week’s Seven Days.

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After reading the Drawn and Paneled feature on yo-yos [August 7] I found myself once again thinking I wish you’d do more stories as cartoons. It was an interesting story told in an interesting way. The recent cartoon issue [July 3] was great and showed that cartoons can convey real news in a powerful way. I hope you felt the same and will do issues like that more often. John Taylor

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In his July 31 Fair Game column, Paul Heintz pointed out that Darcie Johnston, founder of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, “bitterly opposes Obama’s and Gov. Peter Shumlin’s health care overhauls.” She’s complaining about the cost of the state’s $9.5 million advertising campaign for its Vermont Health Connect

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I’m thrilled to have Rachel Siegel on the Burlington City Council [“Leftist, Militant and Queer: Rachel Siegel Is Shaking Up the Burlington City Council,” July 31]. Although I support many of the platforms she’s advocated, I am most grateful that she is working toward the adoption of gun-safety measures and a ban on assault rifles. Sure beats Sen. Philip Baruth — or is it “Phil?” — who squandered my vote when he abandoned gun legislation on the statewide level to protect his own political backside. I’ll not let him do that again. Patricia Ferreira

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What’s in a Name? The Swans of Swanton Are Not the Whole Story

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Art With Attitude Under most circumstances, spray-paint wielding artists risk legal consequences if caught in the act. At Magic Hat’s Wall to Canvas, however, streetstyle masterpieces are encouraged. Twelve competitors take over the brewery parking lot, where folks are granted access to their creative process from start to finish. Local brews, live music and an art auction round out the event.

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STELLAR SIBLINGS Bryan and Silvie Cheng are just 15- and 22-years-old, respectively, but they’re old pros when it comes to music. When the cellist joins his sister, a pianist, onstage, the duo commands attention. Having performed at notable international venues including Carnegie Hall, the pair interprets classical selections at an outdoor show. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 55

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hat Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) wasn’t jonesing to talk about Egypt on Monday morning is perfectly understandable. The place is a hot mess. Near the end of a press conference in his Church Street office, Sanders was asked whether, in light of the Egyptian military’s recent deadly crackdown on protesters, the U.S. should suspend aid to the country. He thought twice before answering. “It’s complicated—” the senator began, before reconsidering and steering the conversation back to the presser’s advertised topic: the Veterans Administration. “Let me just stay on veterans’ issues for a second, and then we’ll get elsewhere. Other questions on veterans?” After exhausting the supply of on-topic queries, five minutes later Sanders bowed to the inevitable. “OK, maybe a few other questions,” he said. WPTZ-TV’s STEWART LEDBETTER restated the question, asking whether it’s “time to w w w . e s s e x o u t l e t s . c o m cut off foreign aid” to the North African 21 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JUNCTION, VT | 802.878.2851 nation. In response, Sanders did something uncharacteristic for the bombastic, 8v-EssexShoppes082113.indd 1 8/15/13 1:56 PMself-assured politician: He pled ignorance. “The vision and the dream of the Arab Spring seems to have disappeared pretty quickly, and how we deal with it is enormously important,” he said. “I think we’ve got to be aggressive. I’m not exactly sure what we should do.” Sanders, it seemed, was right where the Obama administration has been ever since the Egyptian military deposed President MOHAMED MORSI early last month: all aboard the “not exactly sure what we should do” train. That the military gunned down more than 800 protesters last week hasn’t quite nudged Sanders into the “maybe we shouldn’t fund governments who do that” camp. In his view, there are no easy answers. ReVive “Well, I think shooting down innocent Trish McEvoy women and children and men is wrong. Laura Mercier Obviously it is. But you have—” Sanders SkinCeuticals said, interrupting himself again. “You Kiehl’s Since 1851 know, it’s easy to say, ‘Well, let’s cut off aid bareMinerals by Bare Escentuals tomorrow.’ Fine. What happens the next ...and many more!! day? Does the country descend into civil war? With aid, the United States continues to have some leverage.” Not in the view of Congressman PETER WELCH (D-Vt.), who’s concluded quite the opposite. Corner of Main & Battery Streets, “I do believe the right decision now is Burlington, VT • 802-861-7500 to cut off aid. And, in fact, I think that gives us more leverage,” Welch says, “because www.mirrormirrorvt.com it makes it clear that we won’t condone the military turning its guns on its own

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citizens, even as we advocate strongly for all sides to return to the ballot box. And it gives us the option of restoring aid if and when the circumstances warrant it.” What of Sanders’ argument that American largesse is the only thing keeping Egypt’s generals on the phone with us? “At this point, it undercuts our influence,” Welch argues. “I mean, if we don’t cut off aid when the military is using snipers to kill innocent people, when will we cut off aid?” Surprisingly enough, the U.S. may already have done so — quietly and temporarily — at least according to a report filed late Monday by the Daily Beast’s JOSH ROGIN.

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Since Morsi’s ouster, the Obama administration has avoided calling the ouster a “coup,” presumably because doing so would legally require it to withdraw up to $1.3 billion in military assistance. But according to the Beast’s story, the administration has nevertheless put the brakes on turning over the $585 million yet to be disbursed to Egypt this year. Rogin’s source? None other than a spokesman for Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-Vt.), whose perch at the top of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s foreign aid panel gives him some insight into the matter. “[Sen. Leahy’s] understanding is that aid to the Egyptian military has been halted, as required by law,” DAVID CARLE, the Leahy spokesman, told the online news org. In addition to Carle, Rogin also cited two unnamed administration sources, who told him the move was intended to err on the side of complying with the coup law and to preserve the U.S.’ options. White House spokesman JOSH EARNEST disputed that claim Tuesday, calling the report “not accurate.” But Carle stood by it, saying Leahy’s staff heard it directly from the State Department. As for Leahy’s position on funding Egypt, he was quick to call Morsi’s ouster a coup early last month. But as Seven Days reported at the time, he did not immediately and explicitly call on the Obama administration to withdraw aid. “It’s a fluid situation at the moment, and he understands the administration

wanting to wait for some clarity,” Carle told Seven Days a week after the coup when asked whether Leahy believed aid should be cut off. “The situation in Cairo is cloudy, but the law itself is clear.” Carle later clarified that Leahy had always supported withdrawing American aid after Morsi’s ouster. In the weeks after the coup, Leahy’s Appropriations panel approved language setting new conditions for Egyptian aid. Even if signed into law, though, those won’t take effect until next year. These days, Leahy is being more explicit about his stance on the funding question. After last week’s violent crackdown, he said in a written statement that the military’s actions “warrant the strongest condemnation from the international community and from people of goodwill the world over.” He added, “Aid to the Egyptian military should cease unless they restore democracy.” Now that it seems U.S. aid may already have ceased? Carle says that’s a positive step. But, he adds, Leahy “would have preferred the administration not hesitate to say what they apparently are doing without declaring it: that this is a coup. He would’ve preferred that it be plainly stated.”

Race to October

For most GOP politicians, opposition to the Affordable Care Act — or Obamacare, as they like to call it — is a given. But it came as a surprise when Lt. Gov. PHIL SCOTT made clear recently that he’s placing his political bets against the success of the ACA’s signature component: the health insurance exchange. Why is it surprising? For one thing, the politically bland Republican typically does everything he can to avoid weighing in on contentious issues. It’s the stock car racer’s stock-in-trade. For another, Scott has long said he supports Obamacare’s implementation, while opposing Gov. PETER SHUMLIN’s desire to craft a single-payer-like health care system by 2017. But in a recent interview with Vermont Public Radio’s BOB KINZEL, Scott said he’s worried the exchange — an online marketplace through which many Vermonters will purchase health insurance — won’t be ready by October, when it’s supposed to go live. He said Vermont should not have chosen to become one of 16 states to design its own version of the exchange instead of opting for the generic, federal version. “We’ve ordered something that’s custom-made, and we’re not sure how it’s going to function here,” Scott told Kinzel.

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According to the mayor, the two real estate deals evolved independently from one another. Lauzon and Mitchell signed a purchase and sales agreement for the old headquarters in March and were expected to close on the deal this week. It wasn’t until May that the TA’s broker approached the mayor about the Aldrich Block space — and not until June that a lease was signed, Lauzon says. “There was no contingency like, ‘Thom, if you’ll buy our building, we’ll take your space,’” Lauzon explains. “But I’m thrilled to have them. I think they’ll be a great addition to the downtown.” Ever the Granite City booster, Lauzon adds, “We’re killing it here in Barre.” In other media news, the hiring and un-hiring at the Burlington Free Press continues. As we reported last month, the Freeps brought on at least five new reporters and editors earlier this summer after several veteran reporters retired or moved on. A month later, on orders from the paper’s owner, Gannett, it laid off 13 employees — including two of the recent newsroom hires. Now — wait for it — the Freeps has rehired one of those on-again, off-again employees. As she recounts on her blog, editor eMiLie stigLiani was handed a pink slip on the one-month anniversary of starting her Freeps job, for which she’d moved across the country. But the bad news didn’t stay bad for long. “Exactly one week after the layoff, I was contacted by my old boss,” she writes. “The other editor had stepped down and [the boss] wanted to offer me my job back (with a few different responsibilities).” No word on whether any others have been reinstated. Neither Freeps publisher JiM FogLer nor executive editor Mike townsend responded to requests for comment. Meanwhile, Fogler’s predecessor at the Freeps, Brad roBertson, is returning to Burlington — this time to take a job at MyWebGrocer. Robertson wrote on Facebook on Tuesday that after a 30-year career at Gannett, including a three-year stint at the Freeps, he’s leaving the industry — and Arizona. Welcome back, Brad. m

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In a follow-up interview with Seven Days, Scott said he’s so concerned Vermont’s version of the exchange won’t be ready, he thinks the state should delay its launch. “If we’re not 100 percent sure or 99 percent sure that we’re going to have this ready, then we owe it to Vermonters and businesses to delay it,” he said. The way Scott sees it, the state doesn’t have a great track record designing and managing information technology systems. He thinks launching it in October and expecting 100,000 Vermonters to successfully sign up for a plan by January 1 is a recipe for disaster. “It’s like building a race car for Daytona, one of the biggest, fastest tracks on the circuit. You’re building it just for that race. You don’t go anywhere to test it. You don’t try it out at all. You’re just expecting to go into the race with it,” Scott said, before losing himself in the metaphor. “I just don’t have the confidence this will be up and running in October.” Needless to say, the guy charged with getting the exchange online, Department of Vermont Health Access Commissioner Mark Larson, sees it differently. “We remain confident we’ll be ready by October 1,” Larson says. “The more time you commit to testing the better — we understand that — but we have an obligation to be live on October 1, and that’s what we’ll do.” Larson says he understands Scott’s nervousness and reached out to the LG’s office after the VPR story to offer him an in-person update on his department’s progress. So does Scott know something we don’t know about how the exchange’s development is going? Or is he making a cynical, but probably safe, political bet that a statedesigned IT system will have more than a few glitches? Or could it be, as the owner of a construction company that will have to use the exchange, he’s just another frustrated and confused Vermonter who doesn’t understand how it will impact his business? “I don’t know how this is going to work,” Scott readily admits. Either way, Larson should probably take him out for a test-drive.

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J. Anderson had some blunt words last week for the 24 cadets in her class who’d just begun their training to become Vermont police officers: There’s a bigot hiding in your brain, she told them, and if you want to become better cops and make it home alive at the end of each shift, you need to recognize and overcome it. Anderson, who is the training and curriculum development coordinator at the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council in Pittsford, wasn’t being accusatory — just scientific about the way the human brain processes information. “You’re not alone in this,” Anderson assured the new recruits, who were in their second week at the police academy. “We all have biases. We may not recognize them, but they’re there. To be human is to have biases.” Hers is more than a theory. Lawenforcement agencies around the country have come under increased criticism for treating people of color and other minorities — including homeless people — more harshly than whites. Just last week, a federal judge struck down as unconstitutional the New York City police department’s “stop-andfrisk” policy, which critics had long complained disproportionately targeted young black and Latino men. Similar criticism has been leveled at Vermont’s law-enforcement agencies. In April 2012, a citizen group called Uncommon Alliance worked with four local police chiefs — from the Burlington, South Burlington, Winooski and University of Vermont police departments — to release the results of a voluntary two-year study of 26,000 traffic stops in Chittenden County. The data revealed “statistically significant disparities” between the way black and Latino drivers were treated compared to white drivers. The former were subjected to more frequent stops and searches of their vehicles, stiffer penalties and higher arrest rates. Such prejudices aren’t necessarily deliberate or conscious, Anderson explained in her two-hour Fair and Impartial Policing course that since 2012 has been mandatory for all new police recruits in Vermont. The mental

LAW ENFORCEMENT assessments we make of other people and the potential threat they pose may happen in milliseconds. In most professions, such split-second decisionmaking won’t make the difference between life and death, Anderson told the 24 uniformed cadets — all of whom were white and all but five male. But cops, who have to decide in a heartbeat whether to draw their weapon and shoot, have the additional burden of understanding how their own unconscious biases can lead to really bad decisions. Anderson began her lesson with an innocuous example from pop culture: a video of Susan Boyle’s April 2009 appearance on the English television show “Britain’s Got Talent.” When the talented Scottish singer first took the stage, many in the audience giggled at

her frumpy appearance and thought it was a joke. But when Boyle wowed both audience and judges with a remarkable performance, she became an instant celebrity. “We made all these opinions about her before she even opened her mouth. Do we do that on the road?” Anderson asked her students afterward. “Do civilians do that to us?” “Yes, ma’am!” the class replied, in military-style unison. Later, Anderson showed the class excerpts from a video game University of Chicago researcher Joshua Correll created to study racial bias in policing. In Correll’s game, criminal suspects, who are either black or white, flash on the screen, holding either a weapon or a harmless object. The player must decide as quickly as possible if the person is a

threat and then shoot. Correll conceived of the concept after the death of Amadou Diallo, a West African immigrant who was shot by NYPD cops 41 times before any of them realized the object in his hand wasn’t a gun. Correll’s video game proved his theories: Police were more inclined to shoot an unarmed suspect who is black versus one who is white. (A later study proved Arab-looking suspects got similar treatment.) Equally important, Anderson told students, officers were slower to recognize a real threat from a white suspect than from a black one. Such trends held true regardless of whether the players were white or African American, cops or civilians. Anderson then moved on to other types of latent bias, such as those based on gender, sexual orientation, disability and socioeconomic status. On the last, Anderson showed the class a series of photos of homeless people sleeping in doorways and park benches. She then asked them to jot down adjectives to describe those people. Although some of the cadets offered words that got at the root causes of homelessness — “vet,” “divorced,” “battered” and “mentally ill” — many more offered negative terms, such as “depressed,” “lazy” “drug addicted” and “dirty.” Such responses aren’t unique to cops, Anderson told the class afterward, but are indicative of the way many people react to homelessness. She cited a study, conducted by Susan Fiske at Princeton University, in which college students were given an MRI scan while looking at photos of people from varying economic means. As Anderson explained, a part of the human brain “lights up” during an MRI whenever we recognize another human. But Fiske discovered that that part of the brain was less likely to light up when students looked at photos of homeless people than photos of people from higher income levels. In other words, Anderson explained, “The students were seeing objects, not human beings. Can that affect the way you, as a police officer, respond to a homeless person?” “Yes,” the class answered. “If a homeless woman walks up to

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We Serve you and tells you someone stole her shopping cart, if everything she owns is in that shopping cart, is she a crime victim?” Anderson continues. “Should we investigate that crime?” “Yes!” the class responded, in unison. Anderson’s research-intensive approach to Fair and Impartial Policing is deliberate and reflects her scientific training. She earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology, with a minor in psychology, from the University of Vermont before becoming a full-time cop in 1990. After a decade with the Rutland City PD, Anderson was hired by the Vermont Police Academy to be its family violence training coordinator. Today, she also teaches courses on human trafficking, voyeurism, stalking and strangulation. Anderson’s goal isn’t just to make her students more aware of latent biases, in themselves and other cops, but also to teach them how to counter those tendencies. One suggestion she offered is to slow down an interaction to allow the officer more time to absorb and process relevant information. To demonstrate, she presented a scenario in which a police officer spots an inebriated man, who appears to be Native American, walking in front of his cruiser carrying a knife and approaching a group of children. Anderson then asked the students how they would respond to that situation. After gathering their suggestions, Anderson showed the “cruiser cam” video from the actual confrontation, which occurred in Seattle in August 2010. In that incident, Seattle PD officer Ian Birk shot and killed John T. Williams, a Native American woodcarver. Although Williams had a history of public intoxication, Anderson noted, he’d never been violent. The video revealed that Birk shot Williams just four seconds after ordering him to turn around and drop his weapon, though Birk never identified himself as a police officer. It turned out, Williams was deaf in one ear.

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gets you into North Beach, Oakledge and Leddy parks. But anyone can access those areas for free via the bike path. Lake Iroquois is jointly overseen by the towns of Williston, Richmond, Hinesburg and St. George. The recreation district they formed in 1958 charges current residents of those towns $25 per car for a season pass; $50 for nonresidents. “I can understand why they want to restrict access,” University of Vermont biologist Heather Axen says in regard to

exclusion policy. No effort to redress Myne’s grievance appears to have been made. Some of those told they can’t enter Indian Brook simply ignore the restriction and drive right in, says Emily Johnson, a college student who works 30 hours a week as a gate attendant. Others argue vociferously against the policy — and if they refuse to back out, Johnson calls for help from town bikepatrol officers who, in turn, threaten to summon the cops.

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two miles to the south of the city from which it draws its water. Montpelier owns almost all the adjoining land, but not the pond itself, which is state property. The city had argued that its restriction was needed to protect the quality of the drinking water. Essex can’t make that claim because Indian Brook is no longer used as a reservoir. The relevance of the Berlin Pond ruling in Essex’s case is unclear, comments Vermont Law School professor Patrick Parenteau, who

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Indian Brook Reservoir. “But I’d like to be able to use it even if I had to pay a fee.” Axen, a triathlete who lives in South Burlington, swims regularly in Indian Brook because its “calm, warm water” is ideal for training. She gets access via friends who are Essex residents — or she arrives prior to 8 a.m., when the guards go on duty. Someone posting on Front Porch Forum under the name Pat Myne complained recently that he or she was recently prevented from fishing at Indian Brook. Contacted via email, Myne supplied copies of messages sent to various state lawmakers from Chittenden County criticizing Essex’s

Essex Parks & Recreation chief Ally Vile confirms that “there are some people who have complete disregard for the rules and policies.” Their defiance “puts a damper on the enjoyment of the park by others,” Vile adds. No one has been arrested, so far, for disobeying the ban on nonresidents, she reports. Vile points out that the Town of Essex owns both the reservoir and the park surrounding it. It’s thus the locality’s prerogative to decide who gets in and who doesn’t, she suggests. Last year, however, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled against Montpelier’s policy of forbidding all public access to Berlin Pond, a reservoir

lectures on the Public Trust Doctrine as part of his class on water-quality law. Essex may or may not be acting in accordance with the Vermont Constitution, he observes. But Parenteau is pretty certain that Shelburne is not. That town’s residents-only policy “sets off all kinds of alarm bells for me,” the prof says. “Lake Champlain is clearly public water, and access to it is a right, if it’s not via someone’s private property.” The courts have ruled that towns can lawfully charge nonresidents higher fees for use of their facilities, Parenteau notes, as long as a town has a “reasonable basis” for doing so. But fees levied on outsiders could be so high that “I could

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ure would be sweet in these last, precious days of summer to go for a swim in a pristine pond 10 miles from downtown Burlington. But you can forget about taking a dip at Indian Brook Reservoir in Essex unless you’re a resident of the community — or show up at the gated entrance with someone who is. Aren’t these public waters that should be open to all users, or at least to all Vermonters? Not according to Essex officials, who are barring access to nonresidents. Essex’s ban takes the form of a “moratorium” imposed in 2011 and extended earlier this month until at least next year. Under the rules now in place, anyone who bought a nonresident pass to Indian Brook Reservoir prior to 2011 could pay to renew it in 2012 and this year. But if you don’t already have a nonresident pass and aren’t accompanied by a pass-holding townie, you’ll be denied entry to the 575-acre park and its 60-acre pond. Shelburne’s town beach has been off limits to nonresidents since 1974. Outsiders can get in only if they arrive in a car containing a resident pass holder. The tony town, where the median home-sale price currently stands at $479,000, appears to be the only locale on the Vermont side of the lake that won’t allow nonresidents even to buy their way onto the beach. Burlington, South Burlington and Charlotte all require outsiders to pay more than residents for a season or day-use pass to their beaches on Lake Champlain. In Burlington, for example, it costs nonresidents $60 and residents $45 for a summer parking permit that

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oil-covered smoke alarms. Smashed toilet bowls. Electrical wiring running up the outside of a building to an illegal residence. Bill Ward has seen it all as director of Burlington’s Code Enforcement Office. The 48-year-old was a Queen City police lieutenant before he became the chief enforcer of the city’s rental housing standards. Walking the beat and coordinating cop coverage downtown perfectly prepared him for what he describes as a “very controversial” job that strives to balance public safety and free enterprise. “Conflict is inherent,” he notes. In many ways, Burlington can be seen as a landlord’s dream town, and the number of rental units — which account for more than half the total of 17,000 households — supports that theory. A reliable supply of college students combined with a shortage of housing for year-round residents results in a vacancy rate typically less than 2 percent — among the lowest in New England. It also means landlords can charge $750 or more per bedroom in apartments that won’t be featured in Martha Stewart Living. The less they spend improving their properties, the more profit they make. But Ward’s office strives to ensure that every rental unit in Burlington meets minimum standards of safety and comfort — by inspecting them on a regular basis. Doing so can literally be a matter of life or death. An unsafe heating unit, for example, may emit deadly carbon monoxide fumes — which may go undetected if the mandatory CO alarm isn’t working. Mold is a less dramatic but equally serious health hazard, and if a landlord fails to get rid of it, the department will declare the affected unit “unfit for human habitation.” Live electrical wires dangling from a ceiling generate the same response — which is what happened last month at a North Williams Street apartment owned by local pasta pasha Rick Bove. Ward’s team decreed that place uninhabitable on July 15. Back in the early ’90s, when Burlington landlord Stu McGowan

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started buying and rehabbing residential buildings, the city didn’t have a housing-code-enforcement office; the Department of Public Works carried out intermittent inspections. “There was almost no oversight of landlords in the Old North End,” McGowan recalls, noting, “a lot of my friends were living in really substandard apartments. “I’ve seen the worst of it,” he adds. When Ward took over the code enforcement office in 2010, he found that

1535 of Burlington’s units were being inspected each year — nowhere close to the number needed to ensure compliance with a city ordinance requiring that every rented residence in Burlington be inspected every three years. Ward got the city’s five housing inspectors up to speed and in sync with the desired timetable: Inspection rates have doubled in the last three years. Inspecting all 9500 apartments on a three-year cycle means there must be at

least 60 new inspections a week, in addition to follow-up visits to properties where violations have been detected. When a landlord refuses to allow a city inspector into a building, Ward’s department obtains a search warrant through the city attorney’s office. Morale has greatly improved in the code enforcement department over the past couple of years, according to Ward. He cites a 2011 letter signed by every member of the department’s 10-person

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Burlington’s Baddest Landlord? Twenty-three years of police work served Bill Ward well last Friday afternoon when he posted a “stop work” order on a building owned by Chris Khamnei — one of Burlington’s most problematic landlords. With a police officer in tow, the head of code enforcement informed Khamnei his work violated the city zoning ordinance; Khamnei said he had a zoning permit to create a narrow, two-car parking area alongside the building he owns. The two argued face-to-face for 15 minutes as the cop stood by mutely. Bill Ward and Chris Khamnei Neither antagonist lost his cool, though Ward has documentation of previous run-ins with an overheated at 225/227 St. Paul Street, on which Ward Khamnei. The Hill Section resident, had posted a notice declaring it “unfit for 47, has a history of hostility toward Ward’s human habitation.” The building is zoned for finding of code violations in some of the 50 only commercial use, but Ward said he saw rental units Khamnei owns in Burlington. evidence of residential tenants, including a “Bill you are an Asshole,” he wrote in an propane barbecue grill on the roof — which April 2 email message to Ward. “Take your is a violation of a code provision requiring embarrassing and harassing signs off my grills to be at least 10 feet away from a building.” building. Khamnei was referring to his property

Khamnei had written to Ward earlier that same day: “The grill is off the roof … I’m so done with this bullshit. Have a nice day Bill.” Yet the landlord sent a message the next day apologizing for his comments. Despite his belligerence and record of repeated code violations, Khamnei projects a certain charm: that of the rebel who is unafraid to stand up to authority figures he believes have wronged him. “I don’t back down,” he declared. “I stand up for what I know is right. “I am not a dummy,” Khamnei added, noting that he taught electrical engineering for 17 years at the University of Vermont. “They make me out to be Public Enemy No. 1. But before Bill Ward took over, I was considered one of the best landlords in Burlington,” Khamnei said as he waited in front of 28 Pine Street on Friday for Ward and the police to arrive. “He’s ramped up code enforcement to the point where it’s way too powerful.” K.J.K.

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Sisters and Brothers Investment Group was recently ticketed by Ward’s office for failure to have its heating system inspected and serviced. An apartment in that same building has earned Handy three other recent tickets, each for $75, due to water damage from a leaky roof left unrepaired. A unit in another Handy property,

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staff thanking then-mayor Bob Kiss for appointing him as their leader. On Ward’s watch, the code enforcement office has also embraced SeeClickFix, a national crowd-sourcing app that enables locals to post photos and make comments about unsightly scenes outside homes, such as garbage on greenbelts and cars on lawns and blocking sidewalks. As of August 18, Burlington was ranked No. 14 among some 150 cities measured for efficiency

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at 25-27 South Willard Street, has been posted as unfit for human habitation due to flood damage. Over the past four years, that building has inspired 22 protests about the trash out front, which qualifies it as Burlington’s leading source of complaints during that period in a city database reporting system. “Whenever there’s a problem, we fix it,” Handy said on Tuesday, noting that the “unfit” apartment is in the process of being repaired. Garbage left outside his buildings is removed on a daily basis, he added. The University of Vermont is included on a list of landlords that have had to pay the largest fees for reinspections of rental properties where code violations were not corrected in a timely manner. If a problem is found to be unresolved for more than 30 days, the city charges a reinspection fee of $60. A second reinspection that shows still-unaddressed violations carries a fee of $100. The third and every subsequent reinspection costs the landlord $200.

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of responses to SeeClickFix complaints. Timely inspections and stricter enforcement of the housing code have enabled the department to generate increased revenues in fines and fees. As a result, Ward points out, the city has had to spend about $200,000 less than had been budgeted for his department during the past two fiscal years. Those additional revenues have come from the pockets of negligent landlords, who, Ward says, account for a small minority of the city’s rental property owners. The short list of problem landlords includes Bove, whose family owns numerous units that have been cited for violations. At his Pearl Street restaurant, Bove would only say, “You can write whatever you like. It doesn’t much matter to me.” The conditions in some Bove-owned buildings do matter to his tenants, however. A woman who lives at 8 North Williams Street recently pointed out several small problems in her own apartment and then led the way to a groundfloor unit that Ward’s office had recently

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UVM was assessed $360 in fees over the past 18 months for each of two properties it owns on South Prospect Street. How does Ward’s doggedness go over with the city’s landlords? Most of them actually have kind words for the man who grabs code violators by the leg and does not let go until they obey the city’s ordinance. Stuart Bennett, head of the Vermont Apartment Owners Association, rates him as “realistic, balanced, flexible, tolerant — communicates well.” Even Chris Khamnei — Ward’s biggest nemesis — concedes he’s “very diligent, very organized, a hard worker.” (See sidebar on page Bill Ward documents a code violation 19.) Ward isn’t only an outstanding code enforcer, says McGowan; he was “one of the best police officers I’ve ever seen.” The landlord who And that’s essential, Offenhartz adds, notes Gene Richards, owner of about 20 owns about 80 apartments in vibrantly because inspections sometimes uncover Burlington units he rents exclusively to colored buildings throughout the Old life-threatening violations in housing as students. North End got to know Ward in the old as Burlington’s. “The code really isn’t “My biggest fear is loss of life,” says 1990s, when he was the cop on call for that stringent,” Offenhartz adds. “It’s Richards, who also owns a home mortthe H.O. Wheeler school. McGowan about things you’d want to do anyway.” gage brokerage and serves as aviation headed the school’s parent-teacher orMcGowan agrees, noting, “It’s called director at Burlington International ganization. “The thing about Bill was, he a minimum housing code for a reason.” Airport. “I cringe every time I hear fire never lost his cool,” McGowan says. Ward enforces basic standards intended engine sirens. Ward says his police work taught him to protect the health and safety of ten“We clear up any problems right the importance of retaining a profes- ants, McGowan says. away,” the landlord says, citing an sional demeanor when provoked. And For all his zeal in pursuing recalci- electronic complaint system he has that happened frequently enough, Ward trant property owners, Ward admits that established for tenants. An email or relates, that he started looking forward “being a landlord is a hard job.” The psy- a text message to Richards’ property to retirement. He collects a yearly pen- chological pressures alone can be acute, management office generates a quick sion of $44,428 from the police job, in addition to a $72,867 salary for the code enforcement gig. Before you rent a place in Burlington… The code enforcement office is costshould also have a carbon monoxide ✔ Check with Burlington Code Enforcement ing taxpayers $936,412 this fiscal year. detector. at 863-0442 about the unit’s inspection Collecting the $75 annual rental regishistory. Ask: When was the place last ✔ Check for means of egress: Third-floor tration fee on the rental properties in the inspected? What did they find? units must have two. city generates $652,212. Ward’s office ✔ Go to Burlington assessor’s web page ✔ Ask if the locks were re-keyed between brings in additional revenues through and check the “permit history” tab to tenants. penalties it collects in its role as enforcer determine the date on which the place ✔ Do a walk-through inspection with the of zoning regulations. received its “Certificate of Compliance.” landlord to note any issues or damage That’s the date from which the inspection But landlords and taxpayers today are before moving in. is valid. getting “better value for their money,” ✔ Read and follow the conditions of ✔ Ask the landlord: What is the source of says Steve Offenhartz, owner of about 70 your lease. heat and is it specific to each unit? Does rental units scattered around Burlington. the tenant or landlord pay for the heat? For more information about tenant rights “We used to have little or no interaction Who controls the thermostat? in Burlington, go to CVOEO’s website: with code enforcement,” says Offenhartz, cvoeo.org/htm/housing/tenants/ ✔ Make sure there are working smoke a landlord with 18 years’ experience. tenantshome.html. detectors in every bedroom. Each floor “Now it’s much more frequent.”

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response along with a prompt fix of whatever’s in need of repair, he says. In the course of 90-minute interviews he conducts with prospective renters, Richards says he acquaints them with their rights under the city’s housing ordinance. “We want tenants who are compatible with their neighbors and with the neighborhood,” Richards explains. Richards is among the “more than 90 percent” of Burlington landlords who are doing “an excellent job” of keeping their properties up to code, Ward comments. And he notes that violations found in apartments are not necessarily the fault of the property owner. Some tenants do cause problems, Ward acknowledges. He is somewhat sympathetic to the complaint that the Burlington housing ordinance makes it very difficult for a landlord to evict a tenant, regardless of the tenant’s behavior. “It’s hard but not impossible,” Ward says. Plus, there are steps short of attempted eviction that can and should be taken to address code violations caused by a tenant, he adds. “You have to communicate with the tenant your concern that conditions are unacceptable and that you’ll be working with code enforcement to make sure the property is brought into compliance and maintained that way.” In general, Ward insists, “It’s poor property management that causes problems. When tenants see a building is well maintained, it’s more likely to stay that way. “It’s true that anyone can have a bad tenant,” he continues, “but if a property owner has bad tenants every year, that says more about the landlord than about the renter.” Bennett, the apartment owners’ representative, doesn’t disagree with Ward’s view. But he does wonder what, exactly, the code keeper has in mind when he learns Ward wants to insert the words “good workmanship” into the law. Ward plans to ask the city council to approve an amendment stipulating that repairs on rental properties must be of high quality. “We don’t want it to just be duct-taped and painted over,” Ward says. While cautioning that he has not spoken to Ward about this proposal, Bennett suggests, “That can be a pretty subjective standard.” Ward sees it as a matter of equity. “If a property owner doesn’t allow a poor fix in their own house,” he says, “they shouldn’t allow it in a tenant’s house, either.” m Matthew thorsen

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development from the University of Connecticut in 1953. She married Chester C. Eaton Jr. on November 27, 1954. They lived in Parkersburg, W.Va., until relocating to Montpelier, Vt., and finally to South Burlington. At the time she met her husband, she was the director of the YWCA Teen Program. She left her career to raise their two children. Elizabeth was a member of the First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vt., where she was also a member and past director of the Austin Hand-bell Choir. She was a member of the Chapter D PEO Sisterhood, the Brewer Parkway Neighborhood Home Demonstration (Home Den), and the Brewer Parkway Book Group. Aside from her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, one of her greatest loves was playing the piano and organ. She was an accomplished organist. While attending the University of Connecticut she played the organ at various churches during the summers. She was well known for her sense of humor and her love of her friends. She had a deep appreciation for music, especially symphonies and religious music. It played throughout the house all day long.

Elizabeth is survived by her daughter, Martha Burroughs, and her husband, Glen Burroughs, of Williston, Vt.; and her son, Robert Eaton, and his wife, Ann, of South Burlington. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Nikole Manatt and her husband Daniel Manatt of Bethesda, Md.; Joshua Burroughs and his wife Anna of St. Albans, Vt.; and Duncan and Jeremiah Eaton of South Burlington, Vt.; four great-grandchildren, Ali, Luke and Catie Manatt, and Anya Neill, and one more on the way. Liz is also survived by her brother, John Tracy, of Westbury, N.Y.; a very dear sister-in-law, Shirley Eaton of N.H. and Fla.; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews; and many dear friends. She is predeceased by her parents, husband, and brother Richard Tracy. The family would like to thank Dr. Jennifer Gilwee of Aescupulis-FAHC and the entire staff of Pillsbury North for their dedication, love and support. A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church in Burlington on Friday, August 26, 2013, at 11 a.m. A brief reception will be held immediately following the service. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. There will be no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, the

family requests donations to the American Cancer Society, Vt. Division, Inc., 55 Day Lane, Williston, VT 05495. Arrangements are with the LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main St. in Winooski, Vt.

Robert J. Peeters Jr.

1944-2013, COLCHESTER Bob said good-bye to his family on Monday morning. He passed away at home, just as he wished, after a three year battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Margaret “Peggy” Peeters; son Robert Peeters and his wife, Dawn Peeters, of Colchester; daughter Chrisanne Peeters Spence and her husband, Christopher Spence, of Richmond; son Chad Peeters and his significant

other, Christin Swanson, of Middlebury; five grandchildren, Danielle Norcross, Amber Spence, Dylan Norcross, Brittany Spence and Robbie Peeters; sister Bonnie Peeters Tuscany of Vermont and North Carolina; and many nieces and nephews, including one special niece and one special nephew. He was predeceased by his parents, Robert J. Peeters Sr. and Eliette A. (Myers) Peeters of Winooski. Bob grew up in Winooski and graduated from Winooski High School. He entered the Air Force after school and became a fulltime aircraft technician for the Air National Guard for 14 years. He then went into law enforcement on the Milton police force and was a deputy for the Burlington sheriff’s department. He left law enforcement to take the facilities manager position at the Burlington Free Press, where he was employed for 23 years until retiring in 2006. Bob loved hunting and fishing and NASCAR racing.

He especially enjoyed going on hunting trips with his son and grandsons. He loved all of his family and country music equally, but when he would sing, he would cause wolves everywhere to howl. He was a man with a teddy-bear heart and a gruff exterior, but when he called you “Meathead,” it meant he was very fond of you. He will be dearly missed by all his family and will forever be in our hearts. The Peeters family would like to thank Dr. Paul Unger, Dr. Thomas Roland, Wendy, Barb, Margaret and all of the staff at the Vermont Cancer Center for the wonderful care and support that Bob and the family received during his battle with cancer. Final arrangements are being conducted by the LaVigne Funeral Home in Winooski. There will be calling hours on Thursday, August 22, from 4 to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m. A private burial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Bob’s name to Colchester Rescue.

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1931-2013, SOUTH BURLINGTON Elizabeth (Liz) Tracy Eaton passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013 at Pillsbury North Assisted Living Residence in South Burlington, Vt. in the company of loving family. She was 82. Elizabeth, or Mammie as she was lovingly known to her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, was born to Muriel (Richards) Tracy and Gordon Stone Tracy on July 17, 1931 in New Haven, Conn. Elizabeth graduated from the Hillhouse High School in New Haven in 1949 and received her bachelor’s degree in music and child

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What’s in a Name? The Swans of Swanton Are Not the Whole Story

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et’s get the prosaic history out of the way first. Swanton, the Franklin County town 38 miles north of Burlington and eight miles south of the Canadian border, is named for British naval officer William Swanton. He was a hero in a key battle against French colonial forces in 1758. Swanton was duly honored through the naming of the town when it was chartered five years later. The poetic version of history is far more interesting. It holds that Swanton is a contraction of Swan Town, named for the swans that live there to this day. This fallacy — which, sadly, is what it is — gained currency in 1961 when Queen Elizabeth II of England approved the transfer of a pair of swans to Swanton. Harry Gibbons, a Montréal PR agent who had a summer camp in Swanton, arranged the gift in advance of the town’s bicentennial. Fittingly, the swan couple came from a wildlife trust in Norfolk, an English county whose borders

hold a village called Swanton Abbott. Vermonters dubbed the original swans Betty (for the queen) and Sam (as in Uncle). The original swans’ successors, still referred to as Betty and Sam (though born of different parents), live in a pond enclosed by a black wrought-iron fence on the town green. Should the couple require privacy, they can repair to a mini-mansion, complete with white wooden Doric columns, in an adjacent corner of their estate. The three-sided shelter isn’t heated, however, which raises the question of what happens to the swans in the winter. Here resound echoes of the enigma that so troubled Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s classic novel The Catcher in the Rye. Several times in that story, Holden inquires what becomes of the ducks in Central Park once winter arrives. “I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over,” he tells the reader at one

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point. “I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they just flew away.” The Central Park Conservancy receives so many queries of this sort that it has posted an explanation on its website: “Ducks can survive the cold and stay in Central Park as long as there is open water and access to the plants below for feeding. If water bodies freeze over, the waterfowl migrate south.” What about the swans of Swanton?

Holden’s initial suspicion is correct in their case. Some guy does come in a truck and take them away as the temperature falls toward freezing. Swanton zoning administrator Ron Kilburn, who doubles as the town’s historian, was unable to supply the name of that guy with the truck. But he did reveal Swanton’s “dirty secret”: The swans that currently grace the green for part of the year are actually rented from the guy with the truck — who, Kilburn said,

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It’s not often that Vermont fundraising appeals are heard in Europe. Last summer, Seven Days reported on the Fairlee Drive-In’s quest to raise more than $70,000 for its conversion to digital projection. Now BBC News has made that drive-in and its owner, Peter Trapp, the centerpiece of a story called “Last Reel: The Death of the Drive-In Cinema?” In the piece published on August 14, reporter Kim Gittleson quotes Trapp as saying he and his family have raised about $15,500 for the conversion, and if they can’t close the gap by the end of the summer, it will “very likely” be the six-decade-old drive-in’s last. In a last-ditch effort, Trapp has entered the Fairlee in a Honda-sponsored contest called Project Drive-In; the auto company will donate new digital systems to five drive-in theaters chosen by popular vote. With the deadline looming — Hollywood studios will ship their last 35-millimeter film prints this year — the Fairlee isn’t the only Vermont

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drive-in angling for that prize. You can also vote once per day for Colchester’s Sunset Drive-In or Bethel’s Randall DriveIn at projectdrivein.com. Meanwhile, Vermont’s indoor theaters have already undergone digital conversion, but some smaller ones are still appealing to the public to help them meet the costs. “Friends, our back is against the wall,” writes Bill Shafer, owner of Middlebury’s 74-yearold Marquis Theatre, on his website. Montpelier’s Savoy Theater has sent numerous appeals to its membership list, and Waitsfield’s Big Picture Theater

& Café is still taking donations in the wake of its successful Kickstarter campaign. So if you want your favorite smalltown screen to stick around, now’s the time to be generous.

It’s also not often that celebrated European filmmakers shoot in the Green Mountains. German auteur Werner Herzog did just that for a segment of his 35-minute documentary about the dangers of texting while driving, “From One Second to the Next,” commissioned by AT&T’s It Can Wait campaign. If you haven’t already, check out the haunting doc at our Live Culture blog or itcanwait. com. It features a segment on Debbie Drewniak of Colchester, who was critically injured when she was struck by a texting driver in 2011. Want to see Herzog himself — in the flesh? The Hopkins Center for the Arts has lured the eccentric maestro back to our area for events scheduled for September 18 and 19, including a

showing of his 2005 doc Grizzly Man. Watch this space and our blog for details. Halloween is months away, but some Vermonters are getting in the spirit — and getting attention. On August 28, the crew of the Travel Channel’s series “Making Monsters” will visit North Danville to shoot a segment devoted to the Great Vermont Corn Maze and Dead North: Farmland of Terror. Both seasonal attractions are run by Mike and Dayna Boudreau on their fourth-generation dairy farm. The episode, slated for an October airing, will give locals a rare glimpse inside the Boudreaus’ rustic scarehouse; Dead North runs for just two weekends, starting this year on October 4, and routinely sells out. Jay Craven’s latest film, Northern

Borders, is still going strong on its 100 Town Tour. The director writes that he recently returned from a week of sold-out screenings on Cape Cod. There he showed the Vermont-shot drama

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lives somewhere on the Champlain Islands. With their orange bills and downy feathers, the two long-necked birds looked awfully cute last Saturday as they swanned around their pond. They may have been preening even more than usual, because it was the 250th anniversary of Swanton’s chartering on August 17, 1763. Looks can mislead, however. These stately birds with queenly connections are actually mute swans, Kilburn pointed out during a history walk that was part of last Saturday’s celebration. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department lists this variety of swan as an invasive species, he noted. Indeed, the department’s website warns that Mute swans are “highly aggressive during the nesting season, and may drive away or kill native waterfowl. May also attack humans and negatively impact aquatic habitats.” Whoa! Killer swans! And Holden’s

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ducks wouldn’t even hear them coming, because Mute swans are a lot less vocal than other members of the genus Cygnus. Because they’re such nasty creatures from away, Fish & Wildlife discourages the Swanton swans from reproducing, Kilburn confided. Do officials supply Sam and Betty with birth-control devices? Swan condoms, perhaps? Kilburn couldn’t say. And the mute swans of Swanton did not respond to Seven Days’ queries. Footnote: The original inhabitants didn’t call the place Swanton. They named it Missisiasuk, which, according to Esther Munroe Swift’s Vermont Place Names, means “people of the great grassy meadows.” The town remains home to hundreds of descendants of those first settlers, the Missisquoi Abenaki.

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based on a HOWARD FRANK MOSHER novel to its star, recent Cannes Film Festival winner Bruce Dern. This week, Chittenden County residents have three more chances to see Northern Borders on their home turf, in Burlington and Shelburne, with Craven speaking at each screening. The director and Marlboro College prof made Northern Borders with the help of college students who received credit from their schools for the handson experience; now he’s recruiting undergrads for his next semester-long film intensive. Craven’s KINGDOM COUNTY PRODUCTIONS is busy these days: His wife, BESS O’BRIEN, has a premiere date for her new documentary, The Hungry Heart, about prescription-drug addiction in Franklin County. That first look will happen on September 21 in St. Albans, with a tour of the state to follow.

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level of one of the brick buildings that enclose this courtyard. The gallery is a small, narrow space, painted white except for the stone, and currently houses an exhibit called “Six Sides of the Cube.” All but one of its half dozen artists live in Brooklyn. The works include 2-D paintings and mixed-media works, 3-D sculptures and a minimalist video installation, each exploring in some way that hoary old geometric staple, the cube. Or, in some cases, a square that implies the third dimension,

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as in Julie Park’s petite square paintings of, well, squares. There is also a “score,” by Jack Callahan, that relates music to 3-D “coordinates” in a way I could not comprehend. The half dozen artists include Ramage’s daughter, Whitney Ramage. Her piece just inside the gallery’s front door is a large-scale cube of fired gray clay. Before it was fired, Whitney featured the clay cube in a previous exhibit where visitors were invited to poke, prod and manipulate it. The resulting pocks and tweaks show the marks of human hands and illustrate the artist’s stated interest in sensation and touch. More interesting, though, is her wallhung piece composed of six flat squares perhaps three feet on a side; each square

creating, as it were, a feud between the visual cortex and logic.

An outpost of Castleton State College’s Christine Price Gallery, it’s run by longtime art department chair, and estimable artist himself, Bill Ramage. Along with the Chaffee Downtown Gallery, it’s giving Rutland an artier edge. Ramage and I met for caffeination at the Coffee Exchange and then strolled to the Center Alley, which looks very urban. If helicoptered in, you wouldn’t guess you were in the middle of the Rutland, Vt., business district. But there we were, and there was the gallery, tucked at the stone-foundation

the outlines in a Lichtenstein “comic book” appropriation. “PapaNova” is more than an accumulation of large-scale photographs and taped lines on walls. While it’s disconcerting to encounter realistic images of people — in multiples — in a shared space, the real visual trickery is in those straight lines. That’s because, when you sit in a chair placed in what Ramage called “the sweet spot,” you see his curved installation exactly as you would see the rectangular room if the installation weren’t there.

the box and getting intriguing results. Which suggests Whitney is a chip off the, um, old block. In a tiny next-door gallery, her father has manipulated space — or rather, the perception of space — in a very different way. Bill Ramage has created a photobased installation he calls “papaNova” because it includes life-size photo cutouts of his children, Whitney and Jake. The pair stands with backs to the viewer looking at their father’s circular design on the wall — a sort of chaotic mandala composed of straight lines in primary colors enclosed in a perfect circle. The figures reappear elsewhere, as does Ramage himself in one corner, holding a plumb bob on a string. In a sort of meta feat, he is also standing looking at himself, back to viewer. If all this sounds impossible, it’s not. But it was painstaking to create. All these figures are contained in a faux “room,” made of a curving wall of gator board defined by parallel black lines that recall

That is, his manufactured, meticulously measured lines cohere with the perspectives of the actual room. The piece is difficult to explain, but there is no denying how it warps your sense of space — creating, as it were, a feud between the visual cortex and logic. It looks real, but you know it isn’t. The disorientation has caused some visitors, Ramage said, to experience actual vertigo. And the fact that this manipulation upsets us is interesting. Ramage has gone to a great deal of trouble to demonstrate how we humans have been trained over centuries to see. As his website reveals, the artist has long been engaged in exploring perspective, linearity, dimensionality and the nexus of mind and eye, and his large-scale drawings and installations are masterful. One such piece from 1984, the cleverly titled “Mental Temple,” is an architecturally inspired study in perspective that has kinship with “papaNova.” The enormous works from Ramage’s “centripetal” series

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The piece warps your sense of space—

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is white but smudged to various degrees with gray. Turns out, Bill Ramage explained, his daughter spent time inside a cube-shaped box touching each side with her hands and other body parts, which were covered in graphite. Then she turned the box inside out, breaking it down flat to form this wall piece. Without the explanation, it’s impossible to know how the piece was created, but to me it recalls the vague shapes and shadows in ultrasounds and X-rays. It’s a rare example of someone thinking inside

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few days ago I crisscrossed the state’s middle and saw a lot of art — four galleries in three towns: Woodstock, Rutland and Rochester. I also saw a lot of green mountains and valleys, maturing cornfields, farmstands, slowpoke trucks, roads with new asphalt and roads still in post-Irene disrepair. I saw the muscular, spandexed behinds of lots of guys on road bikes. Oh, and I saw one deer, happily not in the headlights but scampering away in a field. I listened to a lot of public radio and heard about a hundred times President Obama’s stern words about the violence in Egypt (and discovered where Vermont’s geography steals the words and replaces them with static). I ended up in a fourth town, Montpelier, eating a lovely dinner at Salt. Well, actually, I ended up back at home in Burlington after that. Jiggety jig. But back to the art. In the morning, I headed to Woodstock’s ArtisTree Gallery, my mission to take notes on its current show, “Unbound Vol. III,” for a review that appears in this week’s paper (page 74). Suffice it to say here that this is the third annual book-arts exhibit, launched in conjunction with the town’s Bookstock festival. I learned that ArtisTree will soon be moving down the road to larger quarters — but that’s a story for another time. 
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assortment of his primitive heads carved from stone (he calls the hundreds of heads on his Hudson Valley property “Easter Island”). I missed the festivities on Sunday, which included a screening of Jay Craven’s 1984 documentary Gayleen, not to mention pizza from BigTown’s outdoor wood-fired oven. But another event is coming up on September 21: a folk art panel discussion with vermonT FolkliFe CenTer director greg Sharrow; artists/collectors marCy hermanSader,

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I thought about this couple and how much I appreciate working-class folks. Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with professional or wealthy people; good people are good people, and jerks are jerks regardless of their economic or social demographic. It’s just that, in my experience, your average working-class people are more relaxing to be around. It’s like there’s less to uphold, which means less to hide. “What do you say, Gloria? I’m thinking we can stop at McDonald’s for a coupla burgers?” “I don’t know, Giles.” “Aren’t you hungry?” “Yeah, I am. I think I’m gonna make a nice, fresh salad when we get home.” I couldn’t resist. “Doesn’t that sound great, Giles? When you get home you can have a nice salad with your wife.” Giles shrugged and chuckled. When you have the right partner in life, a salad for two at the end of a fun night is not the worst thing. “Hey, I was wondering,” I said, changing the subject since Gloria had put the kibosh on the burger concept, “do folks tell you all the time that you look like the brotherin-law, the detective on that TV show ‘Breaking Bad’?” Giles chuckled. “I heard that once or twice. I’ve never seen the show, though. What I get all the time is the ‘Sopranos’ guy.”

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“Oh, of course — James Gandolfini. You do look like him. Yeah, it was so sad, the guy recently died. Apparently, he was an incredibly humble and generous dude in real life.” From the back, Gloria posed the inevitable question, “So where are you from, anyway?” “Originally from Brooklyn, New York. But I’ve been up here for over 30 years.” “I thought I heard it in your voice,” she said. “I grew up in New Jersey, until I met this woodchuck from St. Albans and he shanghaied me up to Vermont.” “New Jersey, huh? Well, I happen to know the New Jersey alphabet,” I said, setting up the joke I pull out for every Jersey customer like stale breadsticks. “Really?” she asked dryly, playing along. “OK, then — lay it on me.” “Fuckin’ A, fuckin’ B, fuckin’ C, fuckin’ D…” “OK, I gotta admit that’s pretty good,” Gloria allowed. We pulled into their driveway, and Giles paid the fare and got out. Before Gloria left the cab, she asked, “Did he tip you well, doll?” “Yup, he sure did,” I replied. “Hang on a sec — let me grab this,” she said, bending down to retrieve a crushed paper cup a previous customer must have dropped on the floor mat. “Gloria,” I said, “that there is the cleaner in you coming out, and let me tell you, I appreciate it.” m

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glanced to my side to observe a short, stocky, fortysomething guy wearing a billowy white cotton shirt. His pate appeared clean-shaven. This is a dude who can pull off that look, I thought. I’m bald myself, but if I were to go full cue ball, I think the result would be an unmitigated disaster — picture Jeff Goldblum in The Fly. “Giles, that was a blast, but I think once a year is just about right!” The woman in the backseat of my taxi was talking to her husband, the bald dude, who was riding shotgun. I was driving them back to their home in Jericho. “Yeah, honey — I gotta agree with you on that one,” Giles said. “But it sure was fun getting out on the big lake.” “Let me guess,” I jumped in. “You guys hit the booze cruise tonight?” “That obvious, huh?” the woman replied, and I watched her laugh in the rearview mirror. Like her husband, she was short, and she was full-figured and curvy, with a big smile and a tumult of thick, black hair — beautiful in an earthy way. “It wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have to be back on the job tomorrow morning,” she said. “Goddamn reality!” “What kinda work do you do?” “I own a cleaning company.” “That’s great,” I said. “Did you start it?” “I did, and I built it up year after year. We’re now up to about 18 employees.” “Well, that is quite an accomplishment. I know what a tough business it is — how hard it is to find good people willing to do the work.” “Not so much for me, but that’s because I go for full-time positions and pay my folks well. I figure it’s all about having good people. That’s what makes or breaks the business.”

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reason navel lint is there in the first place is that it worked loose from whatever you were wearing. If you harvested some of the body’s lengthier fibrous product — for example, nose hairs grown by men of a certain age — there you might have potential sweater material. But navel lint is suitable only for stuffing a pillow, and a pretty small one at that. We humans have developed a liking for stroking because grooming is a social activity among primates and supports bonding. But if we stroke other animals that can’t stroke back due to a lack of hands, they still seem to feel deep pleasure. Given the widely varying anatomy and social behavior of animals I find it surprising so many welcome being stroked. can you shed some light? — Thorsten I don’t know about all animals. I’ve never noticed that stroking snails sends them into ecstasies. But most mammals seem partial to it, no doubt in the big-picture sense because, as you say, it promotes grooming and bonding. In fact, there’s reason to think stroking is so important that we higher-order vertebrates now like it because that’s the way we’re wired, with certain neurons in the skin that respond only to stroking. How do we know this? Because of the following bizarre experiments: • Human subjects were stroked on their forearms

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stroke receptor neurons lit up when activated. Then — one presumes the mice didn’t volunteer for this — the researchers sliced open each mouse’s spinal column so they could view the far end of the stroke receptor neurons with a microscope sensitive to extremely low light. Sure enough, when the mice were stroked, the stroke receptor neurons emitted tiny flashes. Conclusion: The pleasure we take in a caress is basically an electrical response.

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average sample weight was 1.82 milligrams — that is, 1.82 thousandths of a gram. • Navel lint, or at any rate Georg’s navel lint, consists of cotton cellulose fibers mixed with skin cells, fat and sweat. • Men produce the most navel lint. Georg hypothesizes that this is because abundant male abdominal hair surrounding the belly button scrapes the lint free from the subject’s cotton clothing and channels it into the navel. When he shaved the area around his belly button, lint production plunged. • The total weight of Georg’s collected lint — three years’ worth, mind you — was less than a gram. Clearly, therefore, collecting sufficient lint to make a sweater would be a slow job. My assistant Una calculated that getting enough for a long-sleeve cotton top, which for some reason she thought was a better benchmark than a sweater, would take 150 years; a cotton sweatshirt would take about 752 years. However, anyone who has time to collect belly button lint is obviously in no hurry, and all that cotton would seem to provide the raw material for spinning thread. Could we do it? Sadly, the answer is almost certainly not. Most cottonspinning processes need an average fiber length of at least two-thirds of an inch, much longer than you’d expect to find in navel lint. While you can spin shorter fibers with a lot of effort and some binder, remember the

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y middle school gym teacher, Mr. Leto, used to buff his bald head to a high gloss. He always had a sly smile and seemed to derive pleasure from the pain he inflicted — whether it was making us run the mile or hurl heavy rubber balls at each other while crab walking on scooters. I hated gym class. It’s not that I didn’t like physical activity; I took ballet classes several times a week. But I couldn’t stand the ruthless competition or the humiliation (ballet had its own ruthlessness, but that’s another story). Plus, I was afraid of balls hitting me in the face. As often as I could, I intentionally wore skirts and sandals on gym days so I’d be forced to sit out. Physical education, thankfully, has changed substantially since I was limping through the mile in the ’80s and ’90s. Teachers now recognize that physical activity is directly linked to brain activity and development — and some non-gym teachers give their students physical-activity breaks midway through their lessons. These days the Vermont Department of Education explicitly discourages elimination games. In contemporary phys ed, kids are encouraged to set goals for themselves and use heart-rate monitors and pedometers. At Middlebury Union High School, for example, students use handheld heart-rate monitors while working their way through a dozen or more activity stations set up in the gym, upbeat music blaring. “The goal is, they’re going to keep their heart rate up to a certain zone,” says principal Bill Lawson. These kinds of activities are vital when it comes to fighting childhood obesity, the rate of which recently dropped in 19 states for the first time, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vermont wasn’t one of those states. Nearly 13 percent of children in the Green Mountains are obese, and sedentary lifestyles are largely to blame, says Dr. Lewis First, head of pediatrics at Vermont Children’s Hospital at Fletcher Allen Health Care. The phys-ed requirements in Vermont’s primary and secondary schools are designed to address that problem, but they allow for new methods that emphasize overall movement and getting even nonjocks into the habit of physical activity. According to the ed department’s website, kindergarteners through eighth graders must have gym class twice a week; in high school, 1.5 PE credits are required for

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graduation. During that time, the guidelines continue, students shouldn’t be standing around waiting to join in the volleyball game; the majority of PE time should be spent in moderate to vigorous activity. Kids aren’t required to run the mile anymore; instead, they might take a test called PACER (Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run). Two lines are placed 15 or 20 meters apart, and students run continuously between them as they listen to recorded beeps. The beeps get closer together each minute, signaling

— followed by 10 seconds of rest, alternating for four minutes. “It’s all-out and then rest,” says Driscoll. “Which is so good, because that’s the nature of kids.” Driscoll’s musician brother, Jay — also a Tabata fan — creates upbeat music timed to the exercise-rest intervals, so the class can do the whole four minutes without ever having to look at a watch. The Driscoll brothers are creating a website called ClassFit Kids, through which they hope to train other, non-gym teachers to use the exercise in their classes.

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AND USE HEART-RATE MONITORS AND PEDOMETERS. to the runner to increase the pace. Kids run until they can’t keep up anymore. Remember the President’s Challenge? That national assessment tool, originally launched in the 1960s, is also no longer required — though some teachers still use it. Others employ their own methods of assessment. Pete Driscoll, who teaches physical education at Hartland Elementary School, assesses his kindergarteners through fifth graders in a variety of skills. They don’t just get, say, a B in gym; they get different grades in 19 different categories. Driscoll’s primary concern is creating “skillful movers who are interested in a lifetime of physical activity,” he says, noting that he encourages students to “find the physical activities they love to do, and do them for the rest of their lives.” Driscoll, 34, is about as far as a teacher can get from the Mr. Leto of my youth. “The evolution of PE since we went to school versus what it is now is really something remarkable,” he says. “I don’t think I would be teaching PE if it were the same way as we had it.” Getting kids moving is key. Driscoll uses activities such as Tabata, a fast-paced training method originally created by a Japanese professor for Olympic speed skaters. It’s 20 seconds of exercise — jogging, dancing, pushups, whatever

“I do next to no competition among students,” Driscoll says. “I do a lot of selfcompetition.” How does that work? Take soccer: Instead of having 20 kids play with one ball, Driscoll sets up 20 kids with 20 balls. Skills such as dodging and maneuvering are still important, but Driscoll puts a new spin on them. In a game of “bridge tag,” for example, taggers use a pool noodle for tagging — “which gives the slower kids a chance,” says Driscoll. If you get tagged, you have to go into a bridge position with your body and freeze there until a friend

crawls under your bridge to set you free. “I’ll switch taggers every 30 seconds,” he says. “If you’re holding a noodle, I tell the kids to give the noodle to someone who’s been respectful to you today.” Some of Driscoll’s activities sound more like theater games than gym-class exercises. In one, he pretends he’s watching TV and shouts out what he sees on the imaginary screen. The kids are tasked with acting out the action he describes. Inventing games comes naturally to Driscoll, who’s been teaching for eight years. “I’ll just be lying awake at night, and I’ll think of a great game,” he says. The next morning, he’ll bring the half-formed idea into class, present it to his students and essentially ask them to workshop it. “They’re part of the process,” he says. It’s a far cry from running the mile or climbing the rope — an accessory Driscoll eliminated from his gym for liability reasons. And it sure sounds fun.

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We asked Seven Days staffers, readers and a few local celebrities to share with us the horrors and glories of their own physical education. Our marketing and events manager, Corey Grenier, told us about her Rhode Island middle school gym class’ special dance unit. “All the girls would have to go stand on the floor and wait for a boy to pick them to dance with them,” she says. “It was terrifying.” On our Facebook page, Janet Fitzpatrick recalled “the hideous one-piece gym uniforms we had to buy — solid Kelly-green bottom and Kelly-green-and-white-striped top. This was in public school — oh, the humanity!” Reader Chris Kelly regaled us with an unfortunate mishap. “Took a cock to the eye ... shuttlecock, that is,” he wrote. “Spent three weeks lying on my couch.” Jonathan Wilson wrote about hatching a plan we kind of wish we had thought of. “As an excuse to skip other classes while still annoying my overzealous gym teacher, I took 3 hours and 14 minutes to ‘run’ one mile. #record,” he wrote. And Paul Olsen’s memory was short but evocative: “Shirts and skins. Ugh.”

PAMELA POLSTON, SEVEN DAYS COFOUNDER I was in junior high just before the advent of Title IX, so there were no sports for girls in my school, and therefore we were never training for anything. Unless you were a cheerleader, you were kind of a wimp, physically speaking. I remember the beginning of one school year when we entered gym class and had to establish, I guess, a baseline of fitness — we had to run track and do hurdles, push-ups and all that sort of thing, like we’d just joined the Marines. Not surprisingly, I was terrible at all of them. Staggering around the track, I gasped for breath, got shin splints and was sure I was going to die. Trying to pull my body up to “chin” a bar was just plain laughable. The worst thing, though? The snap-up, navy-blue uniform, a gym onesie.

JUDE BOND, ARTIST In junior high school we had a female gym teacher who used to do what she called “girdle checks.” This involved randomly ripping open the front of our little one-piece, snap-front gym suits to be sure we were not wearing garter belts or girdles. It was horrifying.

BEN COHEN, BEN & JERRY’S Jerry and I met in junior high school gym class because we were the two slowest, fattest guys in the class, and we couldn’t find anyone else to hang out with half a lap behind everyone else when the class ran around the track. During those days, gym class involved a lot of marching and close-quarters drills, and the coaches were kind of sadistic — there was a whole lot of squat thrusts and “drop down and give me 20.” There was also some paddling involved with coaches drilling out large holes in the paddle to cut down on air resistance and get more speed.

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I attended the same private school, Greenwich Country Day School, that George Bush Sr. did — almost 60 years later. I was an anomaly among my tall, athletic classmates. In elementary school, I was terrified of gym class. When we played Red Rover, I would come up with the most obscure option so I would never have to run. I remember clearly the time that we had to choose McDonald’s food items. I stubbornly held my ground as a McPizza while the McNuggets and Big Macs crossed the gym. I still burn with resentment when I remember the gym teacher I trusted most asking me what I was, a conspiratorial tone in her voice, saying she wouldn’t tell anyone. Then she called McPizza and tagged me immediately. From sixth grade on, our phys-ed requirement meant choosing a sport to play for all three semesters. I loved field hockey, including our cute black kilts and whiteand-orange polos. But in winter and spring, I told the powers that be that I was horseback riding. They never found out that I was at home, probably thinking about McPizzas. Until now, that is.

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Back in the day, the only-takea-sip-or-you’ll-get-a-cramp directive gym teachers gave regarding water breaks during hot days of running was the opposite of what’s healthy — they were reverse waterboarding us little cusses. Even as I dehydrated, I loved gym. I still love it. I have gym every day. We should all have gym all day. Here’s to all-day gym and zero drive-though drugstores.

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The best thing I learned in gym class in grade school was how to avoid taking a shower. The gym teacher actually felt your skin as you came out of the shower to make sure you got wet. Group showers were not ever gonna happen for me, so I just kept “forgetting” my towel and getting marked F for the day. In high school, it came time for my last semester before graduation. Somehow I was missing a credit. They were not going to let me graduate without it. This was ironic. Not only was I a gymnast, I took dance classes at least five days a week outside of school. And yet the rules said I needed more athletic training. So instead of making me take a gym class, they made me teach a dance class.

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kitchen outfitted with camp stoves, coffee and other homey amenities. On a recent Saturday morning, Morgan is welcoming guests arriving for the Festival of Farmhouse Ales at Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vt. (In addition to music fests, he sets up camps for weddings and the occasional beer festival.) In a field below the brewfest stage and tasting tent, Morgan’s neat rows of green and orange tents — about 25, each tall enough to stand in — stand in proud contrast to the mishmash of hastily erected private tents on the outskirts of the camping area. As he directs new arrivals to their tents, Morgan makes small talk — today more about beer and the cool weather than about music. When campers compliment his setup, he flashes an easy grin from

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“Having a lousy camping experience is probably the No. 1 thing that ruins festivals for people.” He would know. Morgan is the owner and operator of the Show Sherpa, a Vermont-based company that offers music fans readymade campsites designed to take the rough out of roughing it at festivals. For the past two summers, he has employed his “tent hotel” concept at festivals such as FloydFest and the Festy Experience in Virginia, DelFest in Maryland and Wanderlust in Vermont, among others. Morgan’s “Sherpa Village” is composed of some 40-plus large tents, each outfitted with cots and camping lanterns that double as flashlights. The village also includes a raft of cozy camp chairs and common tents for communal hangs, and a

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hat shapes your experience of a weekend music festival — that is, besides the music? Weather, traffic, bad acid? Try being unprepared for camping. Did you forget ice? Enjoy those warm cans of Bud Light, bro. Is that a raging thunderstorm on the horizon? Better hope that $25 Walmart pup tent holds up. Did you charge your phone? Hey, surely a half-charged iPhone battery will be fine for three days. In a field. In the middle of nowhere. In short, if your campsite sucks, not even the headiest 20-minute guitar solo or transcendent third encore can unharsh your mellow. “Go to any festival, and you’ll always see otherwise happy couples screaming at each other trying to set up their tent. And that’s just the first day,” says Jay Morgan.

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beneath a well-worn red trucker cap bearing the Show Sherpa logo. “People are always surprised when they get here,” he says, chuckling. “It’s not like we’re gonna take your money and give you a lousy tent.” Morgan, 39, is a Virginia native who moved to Vermont in 2003. He’s been a regular at music festivals all over the country since 1996. If you were a festivalgoer during that time, you may have seen him: the guy with the immaculate, fully outfitted campsite surrounded by a shantytown of half-assed nylon tents. “I’ve always been an outdoorsy, campy kind of guy, and most of my friends lack that skill,” says Morgan, a self-described camping gear head. “So I’d always bring extra stuff because I knew people would need it.” Mike McKinley is one of those friends. He’s the publisher of State of Mind, a Burlington-based music magazine and website. McKinley and Morgan were longtime neighbors in Burlington who often camped together at festivals such as moe.down and Gathering of the Vibes.

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Happy Camper « p.37 “If it was 90 degrees, Jay would set up camp where there was plenty of shade,” McKinley recalls. “If it was raining, you were dry. If you’re like, ‘Hey, my phone’s dead,’ he’d be like, ‘Here’s a charging station.’ “He makes everything comfortable, and he’s really good at it,” McKinley continues. Morgan is so good at making his friends comfortable that his absence three summers ago from Camp Bisco — a festival thrown by the Disco Biscuits in upstate New York — inspired the Show Sherpa idea. “We told him we would have coughed up money for him to go,” McKinley explains of that Morgan-less Camp Bisco. “One, we’d get to hang out with Jay. And two, we’d have been comfortable all weekend because he takes care of shit.” In 2011, Morgan was laid off from his job at Peregrine Outfitters when the Williston-based outdoor-gear wholesaler

sacrifice creature comforts for the sake of jamming out. “There is an older crowd now who want it to be easy and comfortable, and they’re willing to pay to do that,” McKinley says. Hence Show Sherpa’s success. “The whole concept of how one enjoys a festival changes if you show up and everything is set up for you,” says Katrina Hennigar. She’s the manager of the Infamous Stringdusters, a progressive bluegrass band whose members host the Festy Experience in Virginia. This October, the Show Sherpa will return to that festival for the second consecutive year. “Jay thinks about little things most people wouldn’t, and that makes everything so much easier and more enjoyable,” Hennigar says, noting as an example the bag of ice Morgan delivers to campers each morning. “It’s like having your own concierge.” Hennigar adds that the sense of community built into the Sherpa concept mirrors the larger festival experience.

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titles hint at his preoccupations with mental illness, marginalized people, creativity and Christian concepts of salvation. Spiritual American Trash revisits all these themes through eight microbiographies of people who, despite or because of being saddled with illness and misfortune, had the urge to transform what we might deem debris into sculptures and shrines. These self-taught artists come from all over the U.S. and have all been deceased for at least a decade. Bottoms presents each portrait in a selfcontained section with six to 13 numbered chapters. These brief yet pithy life stories remind me of the biographies I devoured as a kid, stories of famous Americans such as Sweeper in the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell, First Woman Astronomer or Booker T. Washington: Leader of His People. In Spiritual American Trash, we meet people whose subtitles might have been “Kooky Lady” or “Crazy Inmate” if powerful figures in the art world hadn’t recognized their genius and raised their profile. Bottoms introduces us to accidental artists such as Annie Hooper, a wife, mother and Sunday School teacher in North Carolina, whose tether to sanity began to fray after her only son was sent to fight in World War II and her husband got a job in distant Norfolk. We learn how Hooper pushed back against blackouts and confusion by taking epic walks on the beach, from which she returned with pieces of driftwood that to her evoked faces and bodies. With her beach debris and concrete, Hooper made a diorama featuring an angel — then 10 more biblically inspired dioramas, and eventually enough to fill her home. Bottoms writes: “Through her art she devoted herself to celebrating this creation, which, in a way, cured her.” Unfazed by the complexity of each artist’s life, Bottoms renders them simply and richly. He uses facts to create vivid outlines of each character, then shades them in with creative interpretations, producing the literary equivalent of the portraits throughout the book drawn by contemporary Vermont artist W. David Powell. By no means comprehensive, these biographies are nevertheless nourishing and substantive, resembling an Alice Neel portrait as they guess and suggest their way into the subject’s emotional life. I don’t say “capture,” because how can we know if Neel’s pictures or Bottoms’ literary portraits are the truth? Take a passage like this, written about Frank Jones:

In the shadows, in the tree trunks, as his spine hums, and his neck prickles and the hairs stand up on the back of his neck, he sees the suggestion of his first apparitions, camouflaged but definitely there, a part of the natural scene rather than distinct from it, shape shifting in the play of speckled light, smiling and chattering, calling him toward their world. And here’s where I trip on my persnickety nature. Instead of enjoying the lyric intensity of the scene, I find myself thinking, Wait a minute, Greg, you weren’t there, and the artist is no longer alive to interview. So how do you know? This nebulous mix of fact-based narrative and fiction-like passages is a gray area in which Bottoms has expertise, as suggested by his roster of courses, which include Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Creative Writing and the Narrative Essay. So I broke a rule of reviewers and reached out to Bottoms about my sticking point. The author responded gamely by email, reiterating a point from the book’s introduction: “I’m quite conservative about facts being correct. All of the short numbered sections in the book are built around researched facts (except the obviously more lyrical, philosophical ones where there aren’t any facts),” he wrote. Bottoms also explained his composition method: After I get a real sense of the artist, I latch onto something, like for example, “He often worked past midnight.” Then I begin: “Midnight. He kneels down before ___ in the ____...” I stop. I look at photographs of the object I’m referring to. Then the photographs of the space he worked, and I realize, for instance, that he had to be kneeling, and proceed with the passage, some of which might then be about exterior realities of what the artist did to make something, but then I would blend in interior as well, again based on research about his religious beliefs and what he was trying to do by making the art. But I very much wanted the whole thing to read, because of the language and tricky point of view shifting (into the heads of the artists and out again) and scenic feel, LIKE FICTION, like good old storytelling…

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rather, he renders, portrait by portrait, an enactment of small salvations through art making. Stories that could have been about vocational hoarding, compulsions to collect that metastasize and take over homes and acres, instead become case studies that inspire the reader to consider the kinship of the words “curate” and “cure.” To further explore ideas about the relationships among creativity, divinity, sanity and truth, Bottoms inserts three collections of quotations — “commonplace books” — between his batches of narrative. Each bears a suggestive title, such as “We Are Made in the Image of the Image We Made,” and features the thoughts of distinguished artists, authors and philosophers. Here is a chance for Bottoms himself to construct using others’ material, finding the joy of recombining preexisting things into something new. But I felt lonely wandering through these sections and missed the author’s guiding voice. I also felt cranky that these quotes from A-list intellectuals seemed to confer validation on the visionary projects the way blurbs from notable authors validate the debut novelist. My reservations about those sections aside, Bottoms’ book celebrates people we might never get to meet otherwise. Spiritual American Trash chronicles redeeming acts of creation while also acknowledging how the artists succumbed to old age, disease and suicide, and their projects to fires, earthquakes and demolition. This book invites the reader into the world of the outcast through contemplating what he or she has made from castaway things. m

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While some readers may balk at his liberties, Bottoms’ creative interpretation and empathetic interaction are essential to bringing these prose portraits to life. Because the book provides no photographs of the artists’ work, we are dependent on Bottoms’ storytelling. It’s virtuosic, his sentences clean and unencumbered. When we meet Frank Jones (1900-1969), for instance, Bottoms helps us get beyond his status as a convicted rapist by asking us to consider his circumstances: Jones was a descendant of slaves who, growing up in Texas, learned that “killing a black man … was barely more extreme than killing a dog that kept bothering the livestock.” If this were your reality, Bottoms asks us, “How would your mind hold up?” His empathetic stance toward the protagonists of Spiritual American Trash smudges the line separating us from them. All these artists are beset with troubles — combat-related post-traumatic stress, schizophrenia, abusive childhoods, loss of a dearly beloved — that many of us have experienced, too. What makes these stories remarkable and triumphant is that in each instance, the unstable person or eccentric recluse picked up a piece of plywood, an old bottle, driftwood, scrap-car parts, rocks — trash, in short — in order to cope. From this they created “Indian Monument,” “The Throne,” “Miracle Home” or “Bottle Village” — an accretive, ongoing project that both consumed and sustained them, and eventually earned them praise far beyond their home. And so the reader comes to comprehend the connection between art and faith in the subtitle. The disparate makers of Spiritual American Trash share a repeating narrative arc — birth, difficulty, art — that generates echoes without becoming pedantic or unduly overt. Eventually one recognizes the archetype: These are redemption songs. Bottoms does not sentimentalize or airbrush these lives into Oprah makeovers;

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sang the praises of “intelligent cuisine,” which he defined as adding taste to dishes using flavorful, fresh ingredients rather than fat. When Sicinski became executive chef at Topnotch, his menu offered sparks of whimsy, such as kurobuta pork shortrib braised in root beer and chipotle. But, for the most part, I thought the food at Norma’s was missing something compared with the dishes I’d enjoyed under Timms’ regime. Now, Sicinski seems to have given new life to his notion of “intelligent cuisine” — extraordinarily well-thought-out combinations of local ingredients. He has good backup. The one constant through most of Topnotch’s changes has been chef de cuisine Cortney Quinn, a Todd English protégé whose work has never failed to impress. Quinn runs the kitchen at Flannel, where the food she offered on a recent Sunday proved far more sophisticated than the too-literal Vermonty-ness that the wool-covered hostess stand might suggest. Quinn’s presence in the open

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install in the restaurant’s basement. “We’ll probably give two of our 24 taps over to our own brews,” Morris says. “Then [as he ramps up production] it will be four out of 24.” Morris has long wanted to add a microbrewery to his eatery, he says. Two years ago he began the paperwork for the future cousIns BrEwIng, named for the partnership of himself; his brother, gEorgE morrIs; and their cousin, PauL nogLows. None of them will be head brewer; Morris says he is in the process of seeking candidates to fill that role. Even in the absence of a brewmaster, Morris has had seasoned input: sEan Lawson of Lawson’s fInEst LIquIDs and mark magIEra of Bristol’s the BoBcat café anD BrEwEry have

Wagner says he hopes that the BFM and Slow Food Vermont will vote to cosponsor the market next season. If they do, he’ll call in the Italian representatives of Slow Food International, who will inspect the market and decide whether it meets the criteria for a Slow Food Earth Market. That’s a tall order: Of the 35 Earth Markets registered across the globe, there’s only one in the United States — in Greenville, S.C. The inspectors will check products to make sure they adhere to Slow Food guidelines such as promoting biodiversity and shunning genetically modified organisms. “Most of the rules are things Vermont farmers are already doing, so I’m not fearful of any international inspection,” Wagner says. “But we all really need to see if there’s even a need for this type of market in Burlington, from the vendors’ perspective and from the customers’.” If there is, Burlington might well get the country’s second Earth Market.

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caramelized, Heady Topper-flavored onions. Basically, it was a burger and a beer served in a bun. Intelligent, indeed. If only dessert had equaled it. Rather than choosing homemade ice cream or pie, I ordered the most ambitioussounding sweet, the Fruity Blonde. The soft-centered blondie had an odd flavor reminiscent of milk just before it goes sour, probably the fault of the “milk crumble” on top. I satisfied myself with the delicious honeydew sorbet and fresh berries on the side. Later the same week, I tried lunch at bright, cheerful Roost. I sat inside, beneath the bird-shaped metal lights at a table with its own painted wooden

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If the Technicolor chicken dish, crafted from fresh meat and veggies, embodied Sicinski’s old definition of “intelligent cuisine,” the Flannel Burger may exemplify his new one. A burger topped with crispy pork belly, a farm egg, cheddar and Heady Topper-glazed onions sounds like a potential recipe for disaster — or, at the very least, for an undignified dinner too messy for a restaurant where several dishes cross the $30 mark. But my fears were quickly allayed. The relatively thin beef patty made for a nice, flat surface on which to place the aforementioned ingredients. The well-seasoned egg was poached just to the point where it was slightly liquid but didn’t run. The pork belly was cut thick enough to be meaty, but thin and flat enough to stay admirably in place. Even when I sliced the sandwich in half, including its fluffy, egg-washed bun, nothing popped out. I loved the combination of the beef and the

bird peering at me as I ordered. Since it was right around noon on a workday, I didn’t want to indulge in an alcoholic beverage, but the manager on duty was happy to whip up a virgin version of the restaurant’s strawberry-rhubarb martini, a thick nectar that evoked an ultrafresh version of the pie. Another time, I’ll try one of the grown-up cocktails, muddled with local mint, basil or thyme. The largest segment of the Roost’s menu is composed of small plates. It was hard to choose just a few from the 13 unusual options, including tempura chicken livers and broccoli with ginger sauce and sambal; pork-belly tacos with Serrano jam; and scallops with orange butter and curry salt. But I couldn’t resist the pull of fried avocado. At $7, it was a high price to pay for two pieces that amounted to less than half a fruit, but, hey, it was fried. And frying “nature’s mayonnaise” is an inspired idea, especially with a gingery

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didn’t for a moment make me think of Paula Deen. Not bad for a Connecticut boy. The farmers’-cheese-and-fennel pierogi, with their perfectly chewy dough, were something to behold. I haven’t seen my dining partner so awed since he ate his previous favorite pierogi, a pork-belly version, at a pub in Warsaw. Sicinski does his heritage proud with an addictively rich pair of dumplings resting in a sweet onion-anise cream that complements the fennel within. We skipped the meat and cheese boards in favor of saving room for a single sandwich, the roasted porchetta. Between the pillowy, sweet buns lay a pile of garlicky, fennel-flavored pork that melted in fatty ecstasy with each bite. Smoked mozzarella lent a nice chew and hint of smoke, but the tangy, spicy cherry-pepper relish made this sandwich worth a trip from Burlington. All the sandwiches come with a side of hand-cut, skin-on fries. I upgraded to the Margarita fries on the smallplates menu. Smoky lime salt and

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’m so sorry.” The host is profusely apologetic when we arrive for a 7:30 reservation at Candela Tapas Lounge and the table isn’t free. It should be a sleepy Tuesday night in Hanover, N.H., but Candela is packed and boisterous. Though we don’t care a whit, the host generously offers us free drinks — a mojito, maybe? Some sipping rum? Then he stewards us to two seats at the long counter in the window, where, despite the crush, he reports back to us every few minutes. Turns out that our host is Candela owner James Van Kirk. His booming, warm hospitality springs in part from his upbringing in Puerto Rico. Having to turn away walk-ins on a Tuesday night — as Candela has almost every night since it opened in mid-June — is a good problem to have. Even so, Van Kirk seems to fret over all of his guests as if they were friends, which helps foster the vibe of an ongoing party. When a group of Dartmouth College students has to wait for a table, as well, Van Kirk appears before them on the patio with a platter of complimentary apps. Soon the students are holding an impromptu salsa party, clapping and dancing as other diners turn their heads to watch. Candela isn’t Van Kirk’s first restaurant run; in 2011, he partnered with a fellow Puerto Rican, chef David Diaz, to open a Caribbean restaurant named Melaza that brought arepas, yucca and ropa vieja to sedate Woodstock. Last winter, Van Kirk sold his interest in that restaurant and set his sights on Hanover, where he took over the partially subterranean Lebanon Street space that used to house Rosey’s Coffee & Tea. After he installed a bar up front and an open kitchen in the back, Van Kirk painted the walls dark red and squeezed 50 seats into the elongated room. At Candela, Van Kirk tapped chef Todd Raymond to create what the latter calls “Caribbean tapas,” drawing on the hodgepodge of culinary influences on that region — French, African, South American and Portuguese. Raymond, the longtime chef at local mainstay Jesse’s, came within days of opening his own spot in Windsor last winter, the Redhead

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Bistro, but he shelved his plans to join Candela’s team. Raymond’s menu is playful in its combinations, and the European touches are ample. He loads ropa vieja flank steak into crunchy plantain cups, for instance, but employs a more delicate leek beurre blanc (as well as a membrillo-balsamic reduction) on his ham-wrapped scallops. None of these small plates cost more than $13, and many would please foodies who still lament the closure of Stowe’s Santos

Cocina Latina and Montpelier’s Black Door Bar & Bistro. Raymond traverses Caribbean and Spanish cuisine artfully. Booze is a big presence at Candela, from the minty, sweet mojito — one of the bar’s signatures — to the tequila that the chef splashes into his ceviche. If you’re a fan of the Cuban rum-andCoke concoction called Cuba Libre, you can get one here. And if you obsess over aged sipping rums — such as a silky 23-year-old Zacapa from Guatemala — Candela’s bar can oblige. All of

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the six wines offered by the glass are available in flights, too — one white, one red — which, like tapas, encourage experimentation. Oenophiles, beware: The three wines in each flight come in short glasses, so don’t try swirling your Godello or Grenache. I had a splash of Monastrell in my hand when our first dish arrived: a trio of elongated, crumb-coated orbs of fried paella, a clever take on risotto balls. Their skins provided a delicate little crunch on the first bite, and their insides were dense bites of herb-spiked rice. We thought we saw the students — by now seated at the communal table near the front — order some to accompany the juicy, cloudy house red sangria that’s offered by the pitcher. A sip of Albariño was the better companion for Candela’s montadito, the tiny, open-faced sandwiches common to most Spanish tapas menus. Picture a smear of tangy tomato confit on top of crusty bread, anointed with a cross of pristine white anchovies and a kiss of lemon oil — a briny, crunchy, rustic blend of sea and soil. By now we had observed that most of Candela’s tapas options come in trios, which worked well for the young couples around us flirtatiously clicking forks on the last bite, but can be awkward for larger even-numbered parties. An acquaintance who had already dined at Candela had given us advance warning. We had no such problem with the ceviche, however, a glimmering tangle of diced scallops and shrimp that came with a basket of crispy, curled plantain chips. Lounging in a puddle of what tasted like mango purée — its tequila barely detectable — the dish resembled a pastel watercolor, but it was also fruitier, sweeter and more liquid than most of the ceviches I’ve tried. Sometime between the removal of the empty ceviche bowl and the arrival of our Albóndigas à la Carmen, the party of three beside us paid their bill. Before they departed, one of them — a distinguished-looking guy in his fifties — practically swooned as he told his server that theirs was “the best meal he’s ever had in Hanover. And she’s from New

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Onstage, Carolyn Wonderland’s guitar prowess is matched only by her no-holdsbarred vocals. A mainstay of Austin’s famed music scene, the Texas native brings rock, country, gospel and her trademark whistling to the blues. With a style the Boston Herald describes as “a dollop of Janis Joplin, a slice of Stevie Ray Vaughn and a big load of soulful individuality,” the captivating performer has amassed a legion of fans — including Bob Dylan. She takes the stage at an outdoor show with keyboardist Cole ElSaleh and drummer Rob Hooper.

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fare. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 345-7847. Williston Farmers Market: Shoppers seek prepared foods and unadorned produce at an open-air affair. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790, info@willistonfarmersmarket.com.

games Burlington Go Club: Folks gather weekly to play this deceptively simple, highly strategic Asian board game. Uncommon Grounds, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free; bring a set if you have one. Info, 8609587, dfelcan@yahoo.com.

health & fitness Crystal Meditation: Marna Ehrech leads a weekly experiential session. Rainbow Institute, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $11 suggested donation. Info, 238-7908. Five Common Barriers to Healing: Alicia Feltus discusses the use of nutrition-response testing to detect chemical and metal toxicity, immune imbalances, food sensitivities and scar tissue. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. Yoga for Hunger: An outdoor class introduces beginners to basic poses and breathing exercises. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps’ Health Care Share vegetable program. West Monitor Barn, Richmond, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10; additional donations appreciated. Info, 734-8490.

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Craftsbury Chamber Players MiniConcerts: Accompanied by their adult caregivers, little listeners gain exposure to classical compositions. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443. Book Discussion for Teens: Readers share opinions about Veronica Roth’s dystopian novel Divergent. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. Georgia Summer Playgroup: Youngsters burn off energy on the playground with creative play and crafts. Georgia Beach, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 527-5426. Wacky Wednesday: Dino Egg Drop: Using provided materials, crafty kids build a safe egg container to release off the deck. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 12:30-1 p.m. Free with admission, $9.50-12.50. Info, 877-324-6386. Wiggle Worms: Themed activities teach explorers ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions about the world of these squirmy subterranean creatures. Meet at sugarhouse parking area. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 10-11 a.m. $8-10 per adult/child pair; $4 per additional child; preregister. Info, 434-3068.

music Bristol Town Band: Neighbors convene for a concert that celebrates a community-band tradition of nearly 145 years. Bristol Green, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, mamvermont@gmail.com. City Hall Park Lunchtime Performances: Local musicians enliven the lunch hour. Burlington City Hall Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166. Cold Country Bluegrass Band: The Plainfieldbased group brings nearly 40 years of stage time to compelling vocal harmonies and skilled instrumentation. B-Side Playground, Little River State Park,

Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@gmail.com. Community Evenings at the Farm: Belle Pines: Vermonters Lesley Grant, Brett Hughes, Pat Melvin and Sean Preece crank out honkytonk harmonies. Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9551. Craftsbury Chamber Players: Concert VI: World-renowned musicians interpret works by Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev and Anton Arensky. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10-25; free for children ages 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443. Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival: Noon Onstage II: Pianist Shai Wosner presents a program including Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat Major. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, noon. $10-15. Info, 863-5966 or 846-2175. Village Harmony Teen Ensemble III: Larry Gordon, Brendan Taaffe and Megan Henderson direct teenage singers in a program of international choral music. Unitarian Church, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 672-1797.

outdoors Making Tracks, Seeing Skins & Skulls: Outdoorsy types search for signs of fur-bearing animals and make plaster-of-Paris track casts to take home. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $2-3; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. Monarch Butterfly Tagging: Folks don nets to catch, tag and release the migrating winged wonders. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. $3-5. Info, 229-6206. The Good, the Bad and the Really, Really Itchy: Hikers gain tools for spotting poison ivy, medicinal jewelweed and other local plants. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@gmail.com.

sport Catamount Mountain Bike Series: Riders of all ages and abilities spin their wheels on 2.5K to 20K races in the country’s oldest, largest and longestrunning training series. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 6 p.m. $4-10; free for children under 6 in unscored races. Info, 879-6001. Green Mountain Table Tennis Club: Ping-pong players swing their paddles in singles and doubles matches. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 7-10 p.m. Free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership. Info, 247-5913.

talks Art & Culture Series: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum curator of collections Bob Joly gives a narrated slide show detailing traditional bookbinding and his conservation work with the library’s rare titles. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival: Listening Club: In “Behind the Microphone,” recording engineer Alan Bise explores various aspects of chamber music. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 10:30 a.m. $12. Info, 846-2175. Willard Sterne Randall: As part of Georgia’s 250th anniversary celebration, the historian tells the story behind the town’s charter. Georgia Public Library, Fairfax, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-3996. Yestermorrow Design/Build School Summer Lecture Series: Permaculture designer Lisa DePiano presents relevant case studies in “Participatory Design: The Art of Organized Chaos.” Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

theater ‘42nd Street’: The Weston Playhouse stages Harry Warren and Al Dubin’s Tony Award-winning musical about cast members of a 1933 Broadway show whose onstage drama trickles into their real lives. Weston Playhouse, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $47-53. Lyric Theatre Kick-Off Meeting: Theater lovers learn about the company’s November production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The Schoolhouse, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1484. ‘The Birthday Party’: The Unadilla Theatre stages Harold Pinter’s acclaimed play, in which a pianist’s birthday celebration goes horribly wrong upon the arrival of two strangers. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968.

Justin Morrill Homestead Tour: See WED.21, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Summervale: Locavores celebrate farms and farmers at a weekly event centered on food, brews, kids activities and live music. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free to attend; cost of food and drink. Info, 660-0440. The Barnstand Collective: This creative twist on traditional farm stands showcases local produce and food products alongside upcycled, vintage furniture, handmade clothing and more from participating small businesses. The Barnstand Collective, Marshfield, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-2090.

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‘The Drowsy Chaperone’: Stowe Theatre Guild presents Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison’s Tony Award-winning musical parody of 1920s jazz shows, as seen through the eyes of a passionate fan. Town Hall Theatre, Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8-10 p.m. $13-23. Info, 253-3961.

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‘The Weather Underground’: Film Screening & Book Signing: Sam Green and Bill Siegel’s documentary features a group of anti-government American radicals during the 1960s and ‘70s. A discussion and book signing with Ron Jacobs, author of The Way the Wind Blew: A History of The Weather Underground, follows. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 863-2345, info@burlingtonfilmsociety.org.

Book Launch & Poetry Reading: Contributing writers share their work as featured in River Arts Review: Voices from Northern Vermont, Volume 1. River Arts Center, Morrisville, 6:30 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 888-1261. Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Lecture Series: Notable novelists, poets, playwrights and journalists weigh in on different aspects of their craft. Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 443-5286, middlebury.edu. Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Reading Series: Acclaimed writers share works of various genres. Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton, 4:15 p.m. & 8:15 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5286, middlebury.edu.

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Art Techniques Group: Creative minds gather to share ideas and work on current projects in a supportive environment. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-324-6250.

bazaars ‘Art on Park’: Live music entertains attendees and more than 30 local artisans, who sell handcrafted wares, artwork, specialty foods and more. Park Street, Stowe, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-2275.

community Burlington Walk/Bike Council Meeting: Patricia Araujo of Vermont Tours To Go leads a transportation-themed history walk throughout the Queen City. Meet at the fountain. Burlington City Hall Park, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5449.

dance Balkan Dance Workshop: Ben Bergstein teaches participants to move to the beat of rhythms from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and beyond. North End Studio A, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $8-10. Info, 863-6713.

etc. Bacon Thursday: Pianist David Langevin brings improv jazz to this sweet-and-salty weekly gathering featuring bacon, creative dipping sauces and camaraderie. Nutty Steph’s, Middlesex, 6-midnight. Cost of food; cash bar. Info, 229-2090. Burlington Summer Evening Bridal Show: Brides-to-be nosh on hors d’oeuvres and wedding cake samples while mingling with industry professionals, who showcase fashions, food and day-of designs for every budget. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $6-7; cash bar. Info, 459-2897.

‘Northern Borders’: See WED.21. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. $6-12; first come, first served. Info, 357-4616. ‘Starbuck’: See WED.21, 7 p.m.

‘Wizard of Oz’: There’s no place like home! Cinephiles screen the iconic film starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, who dons ruby slippers for an adventure down the yellow brick road. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Rain location: Holley Hall. Town Green, Bristol, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5885.

food & drink Milton Farmers Market: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Milton High School, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009. New North End Farmers Market: Eaters stroll through an array of offerings, from sweet treats to farm-grown goods. Elks Lodge, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-8072, newnorthendmarket@ hotmail.com. Summervale: Corn Tortillas: City Market representatives at this agricultural gathering teach foodies how to make these staples of Mexican cuisine. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. Waterbury Farmers Market: Cultivators and their customers swap veggie tales and edible inspirations at a weekly outdoor emporium. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 279-4371, info@waterburyfarmersmarket.com. Willoughby Lake Farmers & Artisan Market: Performances by local musicians join produce, eggs, gemstone jewelry, wind chimes and more to lure buyers throughout the warm months. 1975 Route 5A, Westmore, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 525-8842.

games Open Bridge Game: Players of varying experience levels put strategic skills to use in this popular card game. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 5:30-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 462-3373.

health & fitness Forza: The Samurai Sword Workout: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when performing basic strikes with wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. Yoga With Leo Leach: A sequence of postures exposes yogis ages 14 and up to the fundamentals of movement and breath. Personal mat required. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

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kids ComiCs & GraphiC Novel Workshop for TeeNs: Visual artists in grades 6 and up learn basic techniques for using a combination of images and text to tell stories. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. CrafTsbury Chamber players miNiCoNCerTs: See WED.21. United Church of Christ, Greensboro, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443. lake plaCid CeNTer for The arTs family fuN: maGiC: New York City-based magician Gary the Great entertains audience members of all ages with all the tricks he has up his sleeve. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 518-523-2512. 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. musiC WiTh mr. Chris: Singer, storyteller and puppeteer Chris Dorman entertains tykes and parents alike. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. ‘musiCal sTories’ family musiC Workshop: Artists from the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival give youngsters ages 5 through 11 and their adult companions a hands-on introduction to composition. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

music CrafTsbury Chamber players: CoNCerT vi: See WED.21. Hardwick Town House, 8 p.m. $10-25; free for children ages 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443. fasT TraCk: The energetic barbershop quartet harmonizes in a cappella show at the 2013 Pentangle Brown Bag Concert Series. Woodstock Village Green, noon-1 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 457-3981. lake ChamplaiN Chamber musiC fesTival: baCh oN ChurCh: Cellist Marcy Rosen interprets works by the famed composer. BCA Center, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 846-2175.

sNoW farm viNeyard CoNCerT series: Picnickers enjoy local libations, good eats and live music in a pastoral setting at this weekly gathering. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, grounds open, 5 p.m.; concert, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 372-9463.

yaNkee dixie: The local ensemble bring the spirit of the Big Easy to the Montpelier Alive Brown Bag Concert Series with New Orleans-style jazz. Christ Church, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 595-0441.

suNseT aquadveNTure: Stunning scenery welcomes paddlers of all abilities, who explore the Waterbury Reservoir in search of loons and beavers. Meet at the Contact Station half an hour before start time. A-Side Swim Beach, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 2447103, greenwarbler@gmail.com.

lake ChamplaiN Chamber musiC fesTival: lisTeNiNG Club: LCCMF composer-in-residence David Ludwig presents “20th-Century Virtuosi: Bartók and Hindemith.” Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 3 p.m. $12. Info, 846-2175.

theater ‘42Nd sTreeT’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m. ‘abduCTioN from The seralGio’: The Unadilla Theatre stages Mozart’s acclaimed opera about a Spanish nobleman’s quest to rescue his lost love amid the Ottoman Empire. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. ‘preseNT lauGhTer’: An actor faces a haphazard series of events as he prepares to tour Africa in Noël Coward’s comedy, which hits the Unadilla Theatre. Festival Stage, Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968.

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words bread loaf WriTers’ CoNfereNCe leCTure series: See WED.21, 9 a.m. bread loaf WriTers’ CoNfereNCe readiNG series: See WED.21, 4:15 p.m. & 8:15 p.m. david hiNToN & erNesT heberT: The essayist, poet and translator joins the novelist for an evening of readings and conversation. Strafford Town House, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 765-4037. orChesTraTed sTories book disCussioN series: William Tortolano elicits opinions about Barbara Quick’s Vivaldi’s Virgins. North Hero Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-5458.

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dance ‘aNimal daNCes’: Patty Smith revisits the dawn of dance history to explore mankind’s complex relationship with nature and the “Great Spirit.” Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 382-9222. ballroom & laTiN daNCiNG: Samir Elabd leads an evening of choreographed steps for singles and couples. No partner or experience required. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 862-2269. CoNTra daNCe: Fiddler Beth Telford and guitarist Jim Green dole out live tunes while Lausanne Allen calls the steps. Donations benefit ongoing town hall restorations. Old Town Hall, Brookfield, 8-10 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 276-3776. queeN CiTy TaNGo miloNGa: No partner is required for welcoming the weekend in the Argentine tradition. Wear clean, soft-soled shoes. North End FRI.23

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Open HOuse/sun party: See above listing. Northern Skies Observatory, Peacham, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 313-205-0724.

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film ‘i’M sO exciteD’: In acclaimed director Pedro Almodóvar’s drama, the crew and passengers of a doomed flight push the limits of human behavior to distract themselves from their questionable fate. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $4-8. Info, 748-2600. ‘nOrtHern BOrDers’: See THU.22, 6:30 p.m.

food & drink cHelsea farMers MarKet: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with eggs, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 685-9987, chelseacommunitymarket@gmail.com. cHicKen nigHt: Poultry lovers pile their plates and please their palates. Live music by Dave Nerbak follows. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 5:30-7 p.m. $5. Info, 878-0700. cOMMunity Dinner: Neighbors share a meal of Mexican-inspired fare. Donations benefit local hunger relief efforts. United Church of Hinesburg, 5:30-7 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 482-3352. fair HaVen farMers MarKet: Grass-fed meats, homemade canned goods, breads, eggs and cheese delight culinary connoisseurs. Town Green, Fair Haven, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 747-4442. fiVe cOrners farMers MarKet: From local meats to breads and wines, farmers share the bounty of the growing season at an open-air exchange. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 5cornersfarmersmarket@gmail. com. fOODways friDays: Heirloom herbs and vegetables transform into seasonal dishes via historic recipes prepared by visitors in the farmhouse kitchen. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355. friDay nigHt cOOKOut: Folks convene for grilled meats, salads, decadent desserts and lively

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Open HOuse/star party: Sky gazers join members of the Northeast Kingdom Astronomy Foundation to mingle over a state-of-the-art research telescope. Northern Skies Observatory, Peacham, 8-11 p.m. Free. Info, 313-205-0724.

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westfOrD farMers MarKet: Purveyors of produce and other edibles take a stand at outdoor stalls. Westford Common, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 524-7317, info@westfordfarmersmarketvt.org.

‘a cOurse in Miracles’ Meet-up: Attendees learn principles that help foster an intuitive, holistic lifestyle. Bring a journal. Rainbow Institute, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 671-4569.

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nOOK nigHt: Tablet users demo art apps, photo storage and NOOK books related to the creative process. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001, crm2776@bn.com.

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kids acOrn cluB stOry tiMe: Little ones up to age 6 gather for read-aloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. central VerMOnt cHaMBer Music festiVal: cHilDren’s cOncert: Island Time Steel Drum Band introduce budding music lovers to Caribbean rhythms with “Off to the Islands!” Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 11 a.m. $6. Info, 728-6464. enOsBurg falls stOry HOur: Young ones show up for fables and crafts. Enosburg Public Library, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Magic: tHe gatHering: Decks of cards determine the arsenal with which participants, or “planeswalkers,” fight others for glory, knowledge and conquest. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free; for grades 6 and up. Info, 878-6956. MOntgOMery tuMBle tiMe: Physical fitness activities help build strong muscles. Montgomery Recreation Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Music witH DereK: Kiddos up to age 8 shake their sillies out to toe-tapping tunes. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. sOngs & stOries witH MattHew: Musician Matthew Witten helps children start the day with tunes and tales of adventure. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

music BlacK & wHite Quartet: As part of Melinda White-Bronson and Nancy Stone’s “Drawn to Music” art show, the foursome performs arrangements by Mozart, Bach, Purcell and others. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $10-12; free for kids 15 and under. Info, 863-5966. friDay nigHt fires witH D. DaVis: The local guitarist energizes music-and-wine lovers at an outdoor show. Bring a lawn chair. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery, Berlin, 5:30-8 p.m. Free; cost of wine. Info, 223-1151. full circle: Blending vocal harmonies with recorders, harp and drums, the all-female ensemble gives a spirited performance. Grace Episcopal Church, Sheldon, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 326-4603. laKe cHaMplain cHaMBer Music festiVal: cOncert iii: Nine composers demonstrate their virtuosic skills with Camille Saint-Saëns and Franz Liszt’s Orpheus, and works by Haydn, Mozart and Steven Stucky. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. $15-30. Info, 863-5966 or 846-2175. lewis francO: The dynamic performer enlivens the Hardwick Farmers Market with acoustic swing

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and catchy melodies. Granite Street, Hardwick, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0882.

7:30 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 525-3031.

New eNglaNd Chamber musiC Festival: studeNt showCase CoNCert: Participants in the two-week intensive program culminate their studies with a varied program of solos, a Mendelssohn piano trio and selected string quartets by Beethoven. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation; free for students and senior citizens. Info, 215-498-7670.

‘the birthday party’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m.

roosevelt dime: The Brooklyn-based band inform an original sound with elements of acoustic jug-band blues, neo-folk and New Orleans soul. Bread & Butter Farm, Shelburne, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9200.

words bread loaF writers’ CoNFereNCe leCture series: See WED.21, 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. bread loaF writers’ CoNFereNCe readiNg series: See WED.21, 4:15 p.m. & 8:15 p.m.

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staNdup adult Comedy Night: ‘Nobodies oF Comedy’: Rising talents Ross Bennett and Tony Deyo bring giggle-inducing material to the stage. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $18. Info, 518-523-2512.

mushrooms demystiFied: Fungi lovers learn about different varieties — fabulous and fearsome alike — found throughout the park. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@gmail.com.

swiNg daNCe: Quick-footed participants get moving in different styles, including the lindy hop, charleston and balboa. Indoor shoes required. Champlain Club, Burlington, 8:30-11 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

the good, the bad aNd the really, really itChy: See WED.21, 4 p.m. we walk the woods: seCrets oF the stoNe walls: See THU.22, 1:30 p.m.

greeN burial iNFormatioN sessioN: A short video presentation, Dying Green, introduces attendees to this environmentally sustainable way of returning to the earth. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8140.

theater ‘42Nd street’: See WED.21, 7:30 p.m.

‘oFF the map’: The St. Johnsbury Players stage Joan Ackermann’s heartwarming memory play about a family living off the grid whose unlikely friendship with an IRS auditor changes their lives for the better. Auditorium, St. Johnsbury School, 7:30 p.m. $7-10. Info, 274-4496 or 743-2600.

Celebrate ColChester 250th aNNiversary Quilt show: Patchwork enthusiasts view pieces made by local artists. Colchester Meeting House, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 862-1595. ColChester/miltoN rotary Club yard sale: Deal seekers take stock of affordably priced household items, books and more. Proceeds benefit local charities and community programs. Private home, Shelburne, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 658-4182. dowNtowN burliNgtoN walkiNg tour: Folks step back in time amid the Queen City’s intriguing history and architecture. Proceeds benefit Preservation Burlington. Meet on Church Street. Burlington City Hall, 11 a.m. $10; $5 for Preservation Burlington members and students. Info, 522-8259. historiC tour oF uvm: Professor emeritus William Averyt leads a walk through campus, referencing architectural highlights and notable personalities along the way. Meet at Ira Allen statue. University Green, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister at uvm.edu. Info, 578-8830. iNtro to out-oF-body experieNCes: A two-part session explores ancient cultures, spiritual traditions, other dimensions and more before a guided meditation focused on astral projection. A Q&A follows. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 730-9094. SAT.24

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‘shatterer oF worlds’: Bread and Puppet Theater examines the social system as a literal and symbolic oppressor, against which performers imitate the simple act of a blossoming flower. Paper Mache Cathedral, Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover,

burliNgtoN waterFroNt walkiNg tour: A stroll along Lake Champlain’s shoreline highlights the city’s industrial and maritime past. Proceeds benefit Preservation Burlington. Meet at the visitor’s center on the bottom of College Street. Burlington waterfront, 1 p.m. $10; $5 for Preservation Burlington members and students. Info, 522-8259.

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‘Crimes oF the heart’: Locavores share a meal in a pastoral setting before New York City-based actors stage an outdoor production of Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about three sisters reunited by tragic events. Fable Farm Outdoor Theatre, Barnard, 7 p.m. $25 includes dinner. Info, 234-5667.

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Queen city GHostwalk: darkness Falls tour: See FRI.23, 8 p.m.

fairs & festivals cHaMplain valley Fair: Folks hit the midway for games, rides and fried food, of course. Farm animals, agricultural displays, grandstand concerts and more round out 10 days of fun. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. $5-12; $30 ride bracelet; free for kids under 5; additional fees for concerts and special events. Info, 878-5545, champlainvalleyfair.org. QuecHee scottisH Festival & celtic Fair: Prydein, Fifth Business, R’u-R’a and Frost & Fire entertain festival goers at this international gathering featuring sheepdog trials and themed arts and crafts. See calendar spotlight. Quechee Polo Field, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $10-15; free for kids under 5. Info, 295-5351. verGennes day: Vermont’s smallest city celebrates in style with bandstand concerts, 75 artisan vendors, kids activities, 5K and 10K races, a chicken barbecue and more. Various locations, Vergennes, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7951, vergennesday. com.

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Murder Mystery: This unique meeting of the minds requires keen detective work, imagination, memory and enough deception to throw off the competition. Wilson Castle, Proctor, cocktail hour, 6-7 p.m.; murder mystery, 7-10 p.m. $35 includes light fare; preregister; limited space; for ages 18 and up; BYOB. Info, 773-3284.

tHe barnstand collective: See THU.22, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

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Mount independence/Hubbardton Military road car tour: History buffs ride along what many deem the least disturbed major Revolutionary War site in the country. Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, 9:30 a.m. $2; free for kids under 15. Info, 273-2282.

verMont Festival oF tHe arts: See WED.21, 10 a.m.

Enjoy Hors d’hoeuvres, a cash bar, live music and great company. Bid on one of the beautifully adorned barrels from the outdoor exhibit.

film ‘i’M so excited’: See FRI.23, 5:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘nortHern borders’: See WED.21. Shelburne Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $6-12; first come, first served. Info, 357-4616. ‘tHe last irene: wHere did all tHe water coMe FroM?’: A screening of the short film focuses on the impact of Tropical Storm Irene and its connection to global climate issues. VINS Nature Center, Quechee, 7-9 p.m. $10 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 359-5000, ext. 223.

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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, 310-5172, info@burlingtonfarmersmarket.org. burlinGton Food tour: Locavores take a bite out of the Queen City’s finest cuisine with a scrumptious stroll that includes samples from the Burlington Farmers Market and a dish from an area restaurant. East Shore Vineyard Tasting Room, Burlington, 12:30-3 p.m. $45; preregister. Info, 277-0180.

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cHaMplain islands FarMers Market: See WED.21. St. Joseph Church Hall, Grand Isle, 10 a.m.2 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3291. enosburG Falls FarMers Market: A morethan-20-year-old bazaar offers herbs, jellies, vegetables and just-baked goodies in the heart of the village. Lincoln Park, Enosburg Falls, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 933-4503. 3v-RainBarrels082113.indd 1

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local Food tour: Visits to Fat Toad Farm, Cate Farm, Vermont Salumi, Red Hen Bakery and Nutty Steph’s reflect a thriving locavore movement. Proceeds benefit the Hunger Mountain Cooperative Community Fund. Bus leaves from the co-op. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. $25 includes transportation and food samples; preregister; limited space. Info, 2238000, ext. 202. Marine corps leaGue FaMily picnic: Folks join current and former service members for burgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob and camaraderie. Sand Bar State Park, Milton, 10:30 a.m. Regular admission, $2.50-3.50; kids 3 and under; preregister; bring a dish or dessert to share. Info, 578-6508 or 899-3936. Middlebury FarMers Market: See WED.21, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. nortHwest FarMers Market: Stock up on local produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 370-6040. rutland county FarMers Market: Downtown strollers find high-quality fruits and veggies, freshcut flowers, sweet treats, and artisan crafts within arms’ reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813. waitsField FarMers Market: Local entertainment enlivens a bustling, open-air market boasting extensive seasonal produce, prepared foods and artisan crafts. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027.

health & fitness Fit caMp: Folks get a weekend workout with a run and circuit training. Meet at the skate park. Burlington waterfront, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 774-563-8273. r.i.p.p.e.d.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio B, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. sunday spiritual HealinG Meditation: A supportive environment helps participants access intuition, empowerment and self-healing tools. Rainbow Institute, Burlington, 11 a.m.-noon. Suggested $15 donation. Info, 671-4569.

kids dinoFest!: Dinosaur lovers celebrate the prehistoric creatures from meat eaters to giant vegetarians with themed activities and the “Bigger Than T-Rex” exhibit. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free with admission, $9.50-12.50. Info, 877-324-6386. ‘JosepH and tHe aMazinG tecHnicolor dreaMcoat’ auditions: Aspiring actors vie for parts in for Lyric Theatre’s November production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s acclaimed musical. The Schoolhouse, South Burlington, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 658-1484. Meet curious GeorGe: Little ones get acquainted with the character from H.A. and Margret Rey’s popular children’s book series, Curious George. Themed activities and story times round out the fun. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. saturday story tiMe: Families gather for imaginative tales. Phoenix Books Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

music biG Heavy world concert series: Mark lavoie: The blues harmonicist draws on more than 30 years of stage time in a performance of traditional tunes. Vermont State Building, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, noon., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. Free with regular admission, $5-12. Info, 865-1140. central verMont cHaMber Music Festival: Violinists Cyrus Beroukhim and Adela Peña, violist David Cerutti and cellist Peter Sanders interpret works by Béla Bartók, Luciano Berio and others.

liSt Your EVENt for frEE At SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTEVENT Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 728-6464. Cheng 2 Duo: Having graced international stages, cellist Bryan Cheng and his pianist sister Sylvie perform selected chamber music. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 7:30 p.m. $15-28; free for kids on the lawn when accompanied by paying adult. Info, 928-3364, info@ilmpt.org. Donavon Frankenreiter: Following openers the Pullmen, the crooner delivers soft rock tunes at the Cooler in the Mountains concert series. Lawn games, barbecue fare and beer tastings round out the afternoon. Roaring Brook Umbrella Bars, Killington Mountain, 3:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 422-2185.

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mt. abraham From linColn gap hike: Nature lovers gain nearly 1600 feet in elevation via the Long Trail on a moderate trek to the summit, where they lunch amid breathtaking views. Contact leader for details. Mt. Abraham at Lincoln Gap, Warren, 9 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-6828, larsen007@aol.com. owl prowl & night ghost hike: Brave souls shine flashlights in search of nocturnal creatures on an excursion to 19th-century settlement ruins, where ghost stories are shared. Meet at History Hike Lot. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

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gregory Douglass: The internationally renowned independent musician showcases his vocal prowess with evocative alt-pop selections. See calendar spotlight. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 760-4634.

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.

ke$ha: The charismatic singer who burst onto the music scene with her 2010 debut album, Animal, brings infectious hooks to an energetic show. Semi Precious Weapons open. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $27-63.75. Info, 863-5966.

eCho lake roaD raCe: Athletes in nine age classes run, walk and bike around the lake to raise funds for the Orleans County Citizen Advocacy. A prize raffle, food and medal ceremonies follow. Echo Lake Fishing Access, East Charleston, 9 a.m.noon. $25. Info, 624-0877.

lake Champlain Chamber musiC Festival: seConD Festival saturDay: Solo performances from festival artists precede masterclasses for clarinet, violin, piano and chamber music, and new works by members of the young composers seminar. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, masterclasses, 10 a.m.-11:45 a.m.; concert, 12:30 p.m.; listening session, 2-3:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 863-5966.

wiCkeD witCh oF the east enDuro bike raCe: Mountain bikers tackle five miles of challenging terrain with elevation gains of up to 1300 feet at this fundraiser for the Mad River Riders. Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, registration, 8 a.m.; race, 10 a.m. $75; preregister; free for spectators. Info, 917-1467.

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vermont musiC Fest: The Gulch Band and the Bow Thayer Acoustic Trio take the stage as part of a impressive musical line up. Gourmet local fare and kids activities complete this groovy gathering. Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, 11:15 a.m.-10 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 279-1269.

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the rambling kinD: An evening of bluegrass and traditional folk music entertains locals as part of the JEMS Summer Concert Series. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Rain location: Amos & Julia Ward Theatre. Town Green, Jay, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-946-7824.

worlD soCCer Festival: An exhibition game featuring international players kicks off this celebration of the sport featuring a kids’ World Cup, tasty H fare from around the world, live S US music and more. Lamoille Union FR yO S E T Middle & High School, Hyde Park, 10 C O UR a.m.-2 p.m. Donations. Info, 635-3558. AR

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Open Studio Sessions: Artists with their own materials take advantage of available space and practice their craft. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 1-4 p.m. $10. Info, 253-8358.

environment Renewable Energy House Tour: Eco-minded folks learn about reducing their carbon footprint with a visit to a grid-intertie solar site and a solar domestic-hot-water system. Private home, Lowell, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 744-2404, petersoninlowell@gmail. com.

etc. Automobiles at Knight Point State Park: Car lovers of all ages check out sweet rides and get in on the judging of hot wheels at this event featuring tasty eats and a flea market. Knight Point State Park, North Hero, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $7 to register a vehicle; $5 for attendees; free for kids under 12. Info, 372-8400.

Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival: Concert IV: An exploration of the virtuosic brilliance of Mendelssohn, Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith and rising talent Alyssa Weinberg concludes the festival. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 3 p.m. $15-30. Info, 8635966 or 846-2175.

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Justin Morrill Homestead Tour: See WED.21, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Queen City Ghostwalk: Wicked Waterfront: Paranormal authority Thea Lewis leads a spooky stroll along the shores of Lake Champlain. Meet at the fountain at the bottom of Pearl Street 10 minutes before start time. Battery Park, Burlington, 8 p.m. $14-18; for ages 9 and up. Info, 863-5966.

Peace & Justice Center Kids Club: Mexican Celebration Day: Kiddos ages 5 through 14 honor the culture with stories, games, music and snacks. Peace and Justice Center, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2345, ext. 6.

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Sundays for Fledglings: A combination of environmental science and outdoor play helps junior birders ages 5 through 12 develop research and observation skills. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-3 p.m. Free with admission, $3-6; preregister. Info, 434-2167. ‘The Mad Adventures of Mr. Toad’: Budding thespians in grades 1 through 8 showcase their skills for consideration in Lake Placid Center for the Arts Children’s Theatre fall production based on Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 518-523-2512.

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‘The Goonies’: The 1985 cult classic about a motley crew of kids in pursuit of a pirate treasure map entertains viewers young and old. Gates open one hour before dusk. Great Lawn, 1824 House, Waitsfield, 8:30-10:30 p.m. Free; cost of beer and wine. Info, 496-7555, ext. 1.

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International Dinner: Italy: Foodies feast on antipasto, chicken pesto, farro salad and gelato. Traditional music by accordionist Terri Conti and a performance by North End Studios’ adaptive folk dance class follow. North End Studios, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $15-18; preregister; cash bar. Info, 863-6713.

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Russian Play Time With Natasha: Rhymes, games, music, dance and a puppet show help little ones up to age 8 learn new words. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

Lake Placid Center for the Arts Laugh Out Loud Short Film Fest: Nine laugh-out-loud flicks feature unabashed and outrageous takes on topics such as relationships, drinking and careers. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 518-523-2512.

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Vermont Arts Festival: Barns & Bridges of the Mad River Valley: A self-guided tour takes participants to hillsides and rushing streams, where they find themselves amid postcard-worthy scenery. Various locations, Mad River Valley, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 496-6682, karen@vermontartfest.com.

Music on the Porch: Jim Charonko gives an informal concert of folk, rock and familiar oldies. Waterbury Station, Green Mountain Coffee Visitor Center & Café, 1-3 p.m. Free; nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 882-2700.

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Winooski Farmers Market: Area growers and bakers offer live music, ethnic eats and a large variety of produce and agricultural products on the green. Good eaters ages 5 through 12 celebrate veggies with the “Power of Produce” Club. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 413-446-4684, winooskimarket@ gmail.com.

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Josh Turner: The country crooner takes the stage with hits including “Why Don’t We Just Dance” and “Your Man.” Justin Moore opens. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $27-63.75. Info, 863-5966.

Chicken Barbecue & Tag Sale: Folks check out an array of bargain-priced goods before feasting on grilled meat and all the fixings. Proceeds benefit the school. St. Paul’s Catholic School, Barton, sale; 10 a.m.; barbecue, noon. Cost of food and drink. Info, 525-6578.

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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, 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister at citymarket.coop. Info, 861-9700.

Sunday Yoga: Chelsea Varin teaches various styles, including Vinyasa and Hatha. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., noon. Free. Info, 518-314-9872.

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Five Corners String Quintet: The new chamber ensemble interprets works by Dvořák and Giovanni Bottesini, along with the premier of Paul Perley’s Bass Dance. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 4-5:30 p.m. $7-10. Info, 229-1501.

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Stowe Farmers Market: Preserves, produce and other provender attract fans of local food. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027 or 498-4734, info@stowevtfarmersmarket.com.

French Conversation Group: Dimanches: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual, drop-in chat. Panera Bread, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

Anima: ‘A Verdant Reunion’: The all-female vocal ensemble presents works by 12th-century poet and mystic Hildegard of Bingen, along with instrumental pieces and recent works. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 373-7597. Carolyn Wonderland Band: Armed with an arsenal of soulful vocals and awe-inspiring guitar skills, the Texas-based singer-songwriter elevates the blues to new heights. See calendar spotlight. Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, 6 p.m. $12.50-30.25. Info, 863-5966.

Pentangle Chamber Music Series: ‘Opera Showcase’: Pianist and vocal coach Ana Mariá Otamend accompanies emerging Houston Grand Opera Studio artists soprano Lauren Snouffer and baritone Mark Diamond in arias, Broadway favorites and more. North Universalist Chapel Society, Woodstock, 4 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 457-3981. Vermont Local Arts and Music Concert Series: See SAT.24, 8-11:30 p.m.

outdoors Archaeological Dig Tour: See FRI.23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Rockin’ the Little River: Folks meet at the Waterbury Dam viewpoint and monument to explore the reforested remains of Camp Smith and learn how the Civilian Conservation Corps saved the Winooski Valley from flooded ruin. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@gmail.com. Sunday Morning Bike Rides: Cyclists pedal a casual 25- to 30-mile road ride that begins at Eastern Mountain Sports and heads south toward Charlotte and Hinesburg. Eastern Mountain Sports, South Burlington, 8-10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0473, e0008st@ems.com. ‘The Shortest Distance Between Two Points’: Elsa Gilbertson and Thomas Hughes, state historic site managers of Chimney Point and Crown Point, New York, respectively, lead an informative stroll across the Lake Champlain Bridge. Meet at the Chimney Point Museum. Chimney Point State Historic Site, Vergennes, 1-3 p.m. $6; free for kids under 15. Info, 759-2412. War of the Weeds!: Garden helpers learn about plant identification while removing invasive honeysuckle shrubs. Meet at A-Side Camper’s Beach parking lot. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103, greenwarbler@gmail.com. Wild Medicinal Plant Walk: Clinical herbalist Rebecca Dalgin leads a stroll to identify the healing properties of local flora. Meet outside the Wild

Heart Wellness office. Goddard College, Plainfield, 1-2:30 p.m. $4-10. Info, 552-0727.

sport Brewster Ridge Disc Golf League: Players take aim and throw discs at targets in this weekly faceoff. Brewster Ridge Disc Golf Course, Smuggler’s Notch Resort, Jeffersonville, 1 p.m. $5; free for members. Info, 644-1056.

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South Burlington Farmers Market: Farmers, food vendors, artists and crafters set up booths in the parking lot. Kids ages 5 through 12 join the fun with the “Power of Produce” Club. South Burlington High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, sbfm.manager@gmail.com.

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talks Clayton Thomas-Muller: The renowned Native American climate justice activist presents “Tar Sands, Unconventional Oil and Pipelines: Indigenous Resistance and Struggles for Sovereignty in North America.” Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 322-1666.

theater ‘Chapter Two’ Auditions: Shelburne Players hold tryouts for their November production of Neil Simon’s semiautobiographical comedy about a recently widowed writer’s reentry into romance. Callbacks set for August 28. Shelburne Town Center, 2-5 p.m. Free. Info, shelburneplayers@aol. com. ‘Crimes of the Heart’: See FRI.23, 2 p.m. ‘Middlebury’s Got Talent!’: See SAT.24, 2 p.m. ‘Off the Map’: See FRI.23, 2 p.m. ‘The Total This & That Circus and Pageant in Two Parts: Part 1: This, Part Two: That’: Bread and Puppet Theater explores new characters — including underprivileged Corporate Dwarves and Ordinary 99 percent Giants — amid politically charged scenarios. John and Trudi Cohen’s Living Newspapers and Clare Dolan’s Elephant follow. Paper Mache Cathedral, Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, 2:30 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 525-3031. SUN.25

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EthaN allEN hErb Walk: Herbalist Guido Masé leads a guided stroll to identify common medicinal plants growing in the property’s woods and marshes. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free; preregister at citymarket.coop. Info, 861-9700.

dance adaptivE iNtErNatiONal FOlk daNciNg: Creative movers of all ages, abilities and mobility learn international routines. Walkers and wheelchairs are accommodated. North End Studio A, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. $5; free for assistants. Info, 863-6713.

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‘FiddlEr ON thE rOOF’: A heartwarming score drives Norman Jewison’s film adaptation of the Broadway musical about a small Russian village, in which Tevye the milkman struggles to pass tradition on to his daughters. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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food & drink hOMEMadE hOt saucE: Jason Frishman of FolkFoods demonstrates how to transform chili peppers into the spicy condiment via fermentation. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister at citymarket.coop. Info, 861-9700. pEruviaN cOOkiNg class: Foodies celebrate Peru’s traditional cuisine with lomo saltado (steak stir-fry). Private home, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 658-5724, gsyaranga@gmail.com.

health & fitness avOid Falls With iMprOvEd stability: See FRI.23, 10 a.m. FOrza: thE saMurai sWOrd WOrkOut: See THU.22, 6-7 p.m. r.i.p.p.E.d.: See WED.21, 7-8 p.m. WOMEN’s iNtuitiON & spiritual hEaliNg class: Cynthia Warwick Seiler leads a weekly seminar focused on energizing holistically and tapping into creativity. Rainbow Institute, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 671-4569.

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etc. dOublE FigurE 8 raciNg: Up to 10 drivers at a time navigate a double-figure-eight course, attempting to outthink the competition and maintain their car’s integrity. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $8-10. Info, 863-5966.

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saMbatucada! OpEN rEhEarsal: New faces are invited to pitch in as Burlington’s samba streetpercussion band sharpens its tunes. Experience and instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

‘agatha christiE: crEatOr OF Miss JaNE MarplE aNd hErculE pOirOt’: Fans of the iconic English crime writer visit her world via actress Helene Lang. Enosburg Falls United Methodist Church, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 933-4394.

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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.

5k ruNNiNg sEriEs: Athletes break a sweat in a weekly bout of friendly competition. Arrowhead Golf Course, Milton, 6 p.m. $5. Info, 893-0234.

‘chaptEr tWO’ auditiONs: See SUN.25, 7-10 p.m. ‘JOsEph aNd thE aMaziNg tEchNicOlOr drEaMcOat’ auditiONs: Lyric Theatre holds tryouts for Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famed musical, to be staged in November. The Schoolhouse, South Burlington, registration, 5:45 p.m.; auditions, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1484.

words latE suMMEr bOOk salE: Bookworms peruse a plethora of page turners. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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‘i’M sO ExcitEd’: See FRI.23, 7:30 p.m. ‘ONE track hEart: thE stOry OF krishNa das’: Jeremy Frindel’s award-winning documentary follows the profound journey of musician Jeffrey Kagel, aka Krishna Das, who left a promising career for a life in India with a little-known saint, Maharaji. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Info, 748-2600. ‘sWEEt sMEll OF succEss’: Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis star in Alexander Mackendrick’s 1957 film noir about an unethical columnist’s dealings with an equally deceitful press agent. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; first come, first served. Info, 540-3018.

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NEvEr-sEttiNg suN: thE hEyday OF thE british EMpirE bOOk discussiON sEriEs: Suzanne Brown elicits opinions about Wole Soyinka’s Ake: The Years of Childhood. Quechee Public Library, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 295-1232.

thE Frugal FridgE: Shoppers become savvy savers on an interactive tour of the store featuring healthy, economical choices. City Market, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister at citymarket. coop; limited space. Info, 861-9700.

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agriculture WiNtEr grEENhOusE prOductiON WOrkshOp: Joe Buley of Screamin’ Ridge Farm teaches green thumbs how to use passive solar energy to grow herbs and vegetables year round. Community Center Media Room, Goddard College, Plainfield, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister.

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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. ‘dig iNtO rEadiNg’: WEEkly gardEN visit: Budding green thumbs in grades 1 and up tend the Summit Street School garden and listen to themed stories. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956. FrEsh FrOM thE gardEN, gOOd FOOd FOr kids: Adventurous eaters in first grade and higher help prepare dishes made with freshly harvested veggies. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956.

kids dig iNtO stOriEs With MEgaN: Little ones expand their imaginations through themed tales, songs and rhymes that “rock.” Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

stOry tiME With cOrEy: Read-aloud tales and crafts led by store employee Corey Bushey expand the imaginations of young minds. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

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FrENch cONvErsatiON grOup: Beginner-tointermediate speakers brush up on their linguistics. Halvorson’s Upstreet Café, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

austiN MahONE: The teen sensation delights his legion of fans — aka “Mahomies” — with his signature vocals and dance moves. Jake Miller opens. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $42.75-45.50. Info, 863-5966. big hEavy WOrld cONcErt sEriEs: rik paliEri: Original and traditional music comes to life via the singer-songwriter, who shares his proficiency on the banjo, guitar, harmonica and

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Big heavy world CoNCert SerieS: haNa Zara: With poetic lyrics, an acoustic guitar and a set of powerful pipes, the rising talent brings compelling folk songs to the stage. Vermont State Building, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, noon., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. Free with regular admission, $5-12. Info, 865-1140.

NortheaSt KiNgdom Shape Note SiNg: Locals lend their voices to four-part harmonies at this weekly sing-along of early American music in the 1/4/13 12:24 PM “fa-sol-la” tradition. Paper Mache Cathedral, Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Info, 525-3031. vermoNt loCal artS aNd muSiC CoNCert SerieS: See SAT.24, 8-11:30 p.m.

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realiStiC FreeStyle SelF deFeNSe: Participants ages 16 and up learn techniques for staying safe in different scenarios. ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30 p.m. $15. Info, 518-645-6960.

sport

CatamouNt trail ruNNiNg SerieS: Runners of all ages and abilities break a sweat in this weekly 5K race. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 6-8 p.m. $3-8; free for children 8 and under. Info, 8/19/13 11:14 AM879-6001.

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daN o’CoNNell: In “Vedic Scriptural Perspective on the Meaning of Life,” the lecturer considers a meeting point for the world’s major religions. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-563-1414, ext. 102.

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A Musical Within a Comedy Book by Bob Martin and Don McKeller Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison

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iN purSuit oF the eluSive duSKy SalamaNder: Environmental educator John Jose discusses the evolution of local reptiles and amphibians and how to identify them in nature. A walk in Hubbard Park follows. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

theater ‘JoSeph aNd the amaZiNg teChNiColor dreamCoat’ auditioNS: See MON.26, 5:45 p.m.

words

Cady/potter writerS CirCle: Literary enthusiasts improve their craft through assignments, 8/8/13 11:38 AMjournal exercises, reading, sharing and occasional book discussions. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 349-6970.

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late Summer BooK Sale: See MON.26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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dance womeN’S SaCred CirCle daNCiNg: Melly Bock leads international dances that foster a connection among participants, as well as to ancient cultures and teachings. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. & 7:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 978-424-1482.

etc. CeNtral vermoNt ChamBer mixer: Four-legged friends are the guests of honor during an evening of networking, refreshments and door prizes. Central Vermont Humane Society, East Montpelier, 5-7 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 229-5711, cvchamber@aol.com. demolitioN derBy: Step on it! Special guest Jamie Lee Thurston entertains the crowd between bouts of road rage and fantastic crashes at this annual event. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $9-12. Info, 863-5966. girl develop it Code & CoFFee: Coders of all skill levels sip cups of joe while sharing recent projects and programming problems. Reading Plus, Winooski, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, maureen@girldevelopit.com. JuStiN morrill homeStead tour: See WED.21, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. teCh help: See WED.21, 5-8 p.m. wagoN ride wedNeSdayS: See WED.21, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

fairs & festivals

vermoNt FeStival oF the artS: See WED.21, 10 a.m.

film

‘i’m So exCited’: See FRI.23, 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘oNe traCK heart: the Story oF KriShNa daS’: See TUE.27, 7 p.m.

food & drink ChamplaiN iSlaNdS FarmerS marKet: See WED.21, 3-6 p.m. ColCheSter FarmerS marKet: See WED.21, 4-7 p.m. middleBury FarmerS marKet: See WED.21, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. South eNd FarmerS marKet: See WED.21, 3:306:30 p.m. williStoN FarmerS marKet: See WED.21, 4-7 p.m.

games

BurliNgtoN go CluB: See WED.21, 7-9 p.m.

health & fitness

CryStal meditatioN: See WED.21, 5:30-7 p.m. r.i.p.p.e.d.: See WED.21, 6-7 p.m. ‘the eNergetiCS oF womeN’S BodieS: herBS aNd the meNStrual CyCle’ worKShop: Acupuncturist Sarah Van Hoy references 10 herbal remedies used in Chinese medicine to address imbalances in the female body. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 224-7100. yoga For huNger: See WED.21, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

kids CheSS? yeS!: See WED.21, 3-4 p.m.

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

community opeN rota meetiNg: See WED.21, 6 p.m.

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vermoNt health CoNNeCt CommuNity Forum: Health care policy analyst Devon Green helps attendees navigate upcoming changes in the health-insurance marketplace. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 343-8218.

lgbtq lgBtQa Family playgroup: Like-minded folks bring infants and children up to age 4 together for crafts and physical activities. Leaps and Bounds Child Development Center, South Burlington, 4:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812, jean@ru12.org.

music Big heavy world CoNCert SerieS: pete SutherlaNd & roSe diamoNd: The folk veterans known for their songwriting talents and vast knowledge of traditional music perform a varied

repertoire. Vermont State Building, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, noon., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. Free with regular admission, $5-12. Info, 865-1140. BriStol towN BaNd: See WED.21, 7-8:30 p.m. City hall parK luNChtime perFormaNCeS: See WED.21, noon. CommuNity eveNiNgS at the Farm: the dupoNt BrotherS: The siblings showcase their songwriting skills with an evening of acoustic folk. Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9551. vermoNt loCal artS aNd muSiC CoNCert SerieS: See SAT.24, 8-11:30 p.m.

outdoors maKiNg traCKS, SeeiNg SKiNS & SKullS: See WED.21, 2 p.m. moNarCh ButterFly taggiNg: See WED.21, 3:30-5 p.m. the good, the Bad aNd the really, really itChy: See WED.21, 1:30 p.m.

sport greeN mouNtaiN taBle teNNiS CluB: See WED.21, 7-10 p.m.

talks m. Kelley huNter: In “The New Solar System,” the astrologer and mythologist examines the relationship between technology, collective consciousness and the expanding universe. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. paNel diSCuSSioN: ‘Next StepS’ wheN a loved oNe paSSeS: Area professionals Paul Guare, Patrick Healy, David Grundy and Virginia Frye explain the logistics of funeral and burial options and bereavement services. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8545. yeStermorrow deSigN/Build SChool Summer leCture SerieS: Architecture writer Donald Kreis presents an illustrated lecture focused on the state’s big architectural spenders and out-of-the-box structures built in recent years. Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

theater ‘aBduCtioN From the Seralgio’: See THU.22, 7:30 p.m. ‘JoSeph aNd the amaZiNg teChNiColor dreamCoat’ auditioNS: See MON.26, 5:45 p.m. ‘the drowSy ChaperoNe’: See WED.21, 8-10 p.m. vermoNt aCtorS’ repertory theatre auditioNS: Actors ages 18 and up take the stage for consideration in the company’s main productions of the season: Proof, Tuesdays With Morrie and Bleacher Bums. Brick Box Theater, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 6:30-9:03 p.m. Free. Info, 7738038 or 802-353-0001 , actorsrepvt@aol.com.

words ChriStiaN deKett & BeN tripp: The poets read and recite original works as part of the Readings in the Gallery series. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. CoNtemplative meetiNg: Reading material inspires discussion about Gnostic principles relative to “The Hand of Love is Extended to All Seekers.” Foot of the Hill Building, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-9706. late Summer BooK Sale: See MON.26, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. peggy ShiNN: The local author reads and discusses Deluge: Tropical Storm Irene, Vermont’s Flash Floods and How One Small State Saved Itself. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. m

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classes

PRINT: ETCHING: This type of printmaking is wonderful for artists who love to draw and want to make highly detailed prints. Learn the basics of etching through drypoint and acid bath and to transfer images onto paper with a printing press. No experience needed. Materials provided, except paper. Over 25 hours per week of open studio time is included. Ages 16 and up. Weekly on Mon., Sep. 23-Oct. 28, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $200/person; $180/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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acting STANDUP 101: Develop 5 minutes of solid standup material in a supportive environment. The class culminates with a live performance in front of family and friends. Great for developing public speaking skills & meeting new people! Instructed by twotime “Best VT Comedian” Daysies winner and Vermont Comedy Club founder Nathan Hartswick. Every Mon. Sep. 9-Oct. 14, 6:308:30 p.m. Cost: $130/6-wk. class. Location: Spark Arts, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington. Spark Arts/ Vermont Comedy Club, Nathan Hartswick, 373-4703, nhartswick@gmail.com, sparkartsvt. com.

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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org. Teacher bios are also available online. CLAY SCULPTING: Learn the art of hand building sculptures with clay using different carving and modeling techniques, practice proportions that make figures look accurate and discover secrets to make your figures come to life. No previous experience needed! Includes over 30 hours per week of open studio time to practice, a 20-pound bag of clay, and all glazing and firing costs. Ages 16 and up. Instructor: Jerry Geier. Weekly on Tue., Oct. 1-Nov. 5, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $160/person; $144/ BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. CLAY: WHEEL THROWING: An introduction to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio. Work primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques, while creating functional pieces such as mugs, vases and bowls. No experience needed! Includes over 30 hours per week of open studio time to practice, a 20-pound bag of clay and all glazing and firing costs. Ages 16 and up. Instructor: Chris Vaughn. Weekly on Thu.,

Sep. 26-Oct. 31, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $225/person; $203/ BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. CLAY: WHEEL THROWING II: Learn individualized tips for advancement on the wheel. Demonstrations and instruction will cover intermediate throwing, beginning to intermediate trimming, and glazing techniques. Individual projects will be encouraged. Must be proficient in centering and throwing basic cups and bowls. Includes over 30 hours per week of open studio time to practice, a 20-pound bag of clay, and all glazing and firing costs. Ages 16 and up. Instructor: Jeremy Ayers. Weekly on Mon., Sep. 30-Nov. 18, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $270/person; $243/ BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. DIY NIGHT: LEATHER CUFFS AND EARRINGS: Join co-owner of New Duds Tessa Valyou at this one-night class making one-ofa-kind jewelry that you’ll want to wear and give as gifts. Make snap bracelets, cuffs and fun earrings. All supplies included. There will be plenty of time, materials and inspiration to make multiple items. No experience needed. Ages 16 and up. Sep. 26, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. DESIGN: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS6: Learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator, a creative computer program used to create interesting graphics, clip art and more! Learn how to lay out and design posters and other single-page documents. Students will explore a variety of software techniques and create projects suited to their own interests. No experience necessary. Weekly on Tue., Sep. 17-Oct. 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $205/ person; $184.50/ BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. DROP-IN: ADULT WHEEL: Curious about the pottery wheel? Spend a Friday night with our pottery instructors learning the basics of wheel-working. Through demonstrations and individual instruction, students will learn the basics of preparing and centering the clay and making cups, mugs and bowls. Price includes one fired and glazed piece per participant. Additional fired and glazed pieces are $5 each. No class on November 29. Ages 16 and up. Weekly on Fri.,

PRINT: INTRO TO PRINTMAKING: This introductory class will show you a whole platter of printing techniques: block printing with linoleum, silkscreening and drypoint. This is a great way to start creating your own art, and no experience is necessary! Includes over 25 hours per week of open studio hours, all basic supplies. See Heather’s work at heatherkasvinsky.com. Ages 16 and up. Weekly on Tue., Sep. 24-Oct. 29. Cost: $215/person; $194/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 250 Main St., Burlington. Sep. 20-Dec. 13, 8-10 p.m. Cost: $12/participant; $11/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 250 Main St., Burlington. DROP-IN: FAMILY WHEEL: Learn wheel and hand building techniques at BCA’s clay studio while hanging out with the family. Make bowls, cups and amazing sculptures. Staff will give wheel and hand-building demonstrations throughout the evening. Price includes one fired and glazed piece per participant. Additional fired and glazed pieces are $5 each. All ages. Weekly on Fri., Sep. 20-Dec. 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $6/ participant; $5/BCA members. Purchase a drop-in card & get the 6th visit for free. Location: Burlington City Arts, 250 Main St., Burlington. DROP-IN: LIFE DRAWING: This drop-in life drawing class is open to all levels and facilitated by local painter Glynnis Fawkes. Spend the evening with other artists, drawing one of our experienced models. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No class November 25. Ages 16 and up. Weekly on Mon., Sep. 16-Dec. 16., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $8/participant; $7/BCA members. Purchase a drop-in card & get the 6th visit free. Location: Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. DROP-IN: POLLYWOG PRESCHOOL: This popular dropin program introduces young children to artistic explorations in a multimedia environment that is both creative and social. Participants will work with homemade play dough, paint, yarn, ribbon, paper and more! Parents must accompany their children. No class November 28. Ages 6 months to 5 years. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 19-Dec. 19, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $6/child; $5/ BCA members. Purchase a dropin card & get the 6th visit free.

Location: Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. DROP-IN: ARTIST MARKET: Drop by the BCA Artist Market during the Burlington Farmers Market and have a blast making your own farmers market bag. Blank canvas bags will be available for decorating with veggie stamps, markers and more! Parents must accompany their children. All materials provided. Weather dependent. All ages. Weekly on Sat., Sep. 14-Oct. 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: $5/participant; $4/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. PAINTING: OIL: Learn how to paint with nontoxic, watersoluble oils. Create still life and landscapes. Discover techniques applying composition, linear aspects, form and color theory. This supportive class will have a nice balance of studio time, gentle group discussion and critique. Glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks provided. See student materials list online. Ages 16 and up. Weekly on Tue., Oct. 1-Nov. 19. Cost: $255/ person; $230/ BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. PHOTO: FILM/DIGITAL SLR: Explore the basic workings of the manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera to learn how to take the photographs you envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds and exposure, and learn the basics of composition, lens choices and film types/sensitivity. Ages 16 and up. No experience necessary. Pair this class with Adobe Lightroom 4 for a 12-week experience learning the ins and outs of photo editing and printing! Weekly on Wed., Sep. 18-Oct. 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $160/ person; $144/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington.

PRINTING: HAND-PRINTED FABRIC: Learn do-it-yourself fabric-decorating techniques with fashion designer and owner of Where Clothing line Amy Wild. Dye, batik and block print on fabric to create one-of-a- kind clothing or home decor. Turn handmade fabric into pillows, placemats, skirts, basic shirts, tote bags and more. Basic materials included; bring your own fabric or clothing. Ages 16 and up. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 26-Oct. 24, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $145/person; $131 BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. SILKSCREENING: Learn a variety of techniques for transferring and printing images using handdrawn, photographic or borrowed imagery. Apply photo emulsion, use a silkscreen exposure unit, and mix and print images using water-based inks. Includes over 25 hours per week of open studio time, use of studio chemicals, class ink and equipment. No experience necessary! Materials list online. Ages 16 and up. Instructor: Torrey Valyou. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 26-Oct. 24, 6-8:30 p.m. Studio visit on Oct. 30. Cost: $200/person; $180/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

building TINY-HOUSE WORKSHOP: A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a 16- x 16-ft. tiny house in Bakersfield, Aug. 24-25. Plenty of hands-on experience for absolute beginners. Tools provided; safety glasses required. Onsite camping avail. Cost: $250/ workshop. Location: Bakersfield, Vermont. 933-6103.

dance A NEW LOCATION: MALLETTS BAY: Group and private lessons available for ballroom and salsa/ Latin dance. All levels, all ages. Learn basic salsa, swing, waltz, tango, cha-cha and more in our four-week special sampler. Kids Latin, ballroom & hip-hop available. Wedding packages available. Currently looking for dance wear/costumes/shoes to put on consignment in our studio. 20 yrs. experience with wedding choreography. Closed on Sun. Call for schedule. Location: Dancing with Style Dance Studio, 127 Porters Point Rd., Colchester. 793-7524, dancingwithstylevt. net. B-TRU DANCE W/ DANIELLE VARDAKAS DUSZKO: B-Tru is focused on hip-hop, funkstyles (poppin, locking, waaking), breakin’, dance hall, belly dance and lyrical dance. Danielle Vardakas Duszko has trained with originators in these styles, performed and battled throughout the world. Classes and camps age 4-adult. She is holding a Hip-Hop Yoga Dance 200-hour teacher training this fall/winter. $50/ mo. Ask about family discounts. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington. 497-0136, honestyogastudio@ gmail.com, honestyogacenter. com. DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: 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 any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout! Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com. DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m. intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $10/1-hr. class. Location: Movement Studio, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com. HIP HOP DANCE FOR ALL AGES!: Come take hip-hop classes from some of the top teachers in Vermont! Former students can be seen dancing with Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus and many more! All ages from 3 to “adult only.” Street jazz, freestyle, contemporary, lyrical, ballet and a full schedule of fitness classes also offered. Cost: $70/mo.; 1.25-hr. class. Location: Urban Dance and Fitness, 188 Krupp Dr., Williston. Urban Dance Complex, Sarah Cover, 863-6600, info@urbandancecomplex.com, urbandancecomplex.com.

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Taiko, Djembe, Congas & Bata!: Taiko in Burlington! Tue. Taiko adult classes begin Sep. 10, Oct. 22 and Dec. 3, 5:30-6:20 p.m. $72/6 wks. Kids classes begin the same dates, 4:305:20 p.m. $60/6 wks. Location: Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3-G, Burlington. Stuart Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@gmail.com, burlingtontaiko.org.

Governing Vessel and the Spine: Fundamental Shin Tai: Shiatsu Shin Tai is a comprehensive, precise and highly effective healing touch therapy developed by Saul Goodman. This fundamental Shin Tai course expands on traditional Shiatsu massage and develops a diagnostic and treatment protocol that can be integrated with other modalities such as traditional shiatsu, massage, craniosacral and physical therapy. This course is for beginners, as well as more advanced practitioners. Sep. 11-15. Cost: $600/course. $200 dep. due Sep. 1. 30 NCBTMB CEUs avail. Location: Lonegren House, next to Lakeview Inn, Greensboro. 839-6449, bear_aubrey@yahoo. com, shintaiiinternational.com.

empowerment Retreat for women: What is your dream? Are you living it? Are you happy? Give yourself permission to live life to its fullest. Only you can do it. Weekend retreats for women. Sep. 13-15 or Oct. 11-13. Location: Owl Pond Retreat, Hermon, N.Y. Terry Rafferty, 518-346-8712, terryrafferty1010@gmail.com, owlpond. com.

Feldenkrais Freedom for Jaw, Neck and Shoulders: This workshop will deliver an engaging and gentle series of Awareness Through Movement lessons designed to reduce muscular tension, promote relaxation and ease throughout the jaw, neck and shoulders. People who suffer from TMJ, neck discomfort, headaches and shoulder pain will find this workshop particularly to their benefit. For more information and registration for this workshop and the Feldenkrais Method, please visit vermontfeldenkrais.com. Aug. 31, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $25/person. Location: 2wolvescenter, 179 Main St., Vergennes. 735-3770.

herbs Wisdom of the Herbs School: Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local wild edible and medicinal plants, food as first medicine, sustainable living skills and the inner journey. Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. 456-8122, annie@ wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com.

jewelry Jewelry classes: Learn how to make your own jewelery with German-trained goldsmith (at Alchemy Jewelry Arts) in a fully equipped studio in town. You will learn basic and advanced techniques but also be able to focus on individual projects. Every

Tue., 4x/mo. Cost: $140/2.5 hrs. 4x/mo. excl. silver ($3/gramm). Location: Alchemy, 2 Howard St., A1, Burlington. Jane Frank Jewellery Design, Jane Frank, 999-3242, info@janefrank.de, janefrank.de.

language ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this fall. Our seventh year. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for young children; they love it! See our website or contact us for details. Beginning wk. of Sep. 16 for 10 wks. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Spanish in Waterbury Center, 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com. Alliance Francaise French Classes for Adults: Your fun-loving alter ego speaks French! Questions about your level? We’ll guide you in selecting from among Beginning French A, B, Intermediate French A, B, and Spoken French 1 and 2. Evenings except for 2 new offerings: Beginning French B/Mornings meets Tuesdays 8:30-10 a.m. And a special 6-week Ultimate Grammar Review meets Saturdays 9:30-11 a.m. See full descriptions at aflcr.org/classes/ shtml. 11 wks. starting Sep. 23, 6:30 p.m. Location: Alliance Francaise Center, 123 Ethan Allen Ave., Colchester. Micheline, 881-8826.

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Meditation instruction avail. Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.noon, or by appt. Meditation sessions on Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m. and Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. The Shambhala Cafe meets 1st Sat. of ea. mo. for meditation & discussions, 9 a.m.-noon. An Open House occurs 3rd Fri. of ea. mo., 7-9 p.m., which incl. an intro to the center, a short dharma talk & socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org. Pema Chodron: “Go to the Places that Scare You.” The Burlington Shambhala Meditation Center offers a Pema Chodron DVD series. Pema teaches the process of learning to be of service in our world by practicing with fear, aversion and suffering. Talks feature slogans of Machig Lapdron, a female spiritual master from 12th-century Tibet. Weekly on Tue., Sep. 3-Oct. 1, 7- 9 p.m. Cost: $70/5

evenings. Location: Burlington Shambhala Meditation Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Patti Lanich, 238-8771, pattilanich@gmail.com, burlington. shambhala.org/. Zen Renovation: Spring cleaning for your mind! Become environ/mentally sound-inside & out. Get Zen! Weekly Meditation Classes, Wed., 7 p.m. $10/person. Free Sunday Brunch, 11:30 a.m.. Location: New North End, Burlington. Barry, 343-7265, barry@zenrenovation.com.

music Bill Reed Voice Studio: Now auditioning students for the fall semester! To schedule an audition time please contact Managing Director Sally Olson, admin@theatricalsinger.com. For more info. please visit the studio page on our website, billreedvoicestudio.com/the-studio/ private-studio.html. Location: Bill Reed Voice Studio, 1967 Spear St., S. Burlington. Music Theory & Composition: This class will explore essentials of harmony, rhythm, form and notation through listening, presentations and in-class writing. Participants will work toward composing and notating music in the genre of their choosing. Open to all levels of experience; the class will be structured around the level of the group with the option of advanced assignments. Tue. nights, 7:30-9 p.m., Sep. 3-Dec. 17. Cost: $15/class; $180 ($12 per class) covers the whole session; materials & assignments provided. Location: North End Studio, Studio B , 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. North End Studios, Randal Pierce, 999-1594, randal. pierce@gmail.com, northendstudios.org.

paddling Kayaking and Paddleboarding: Interested in learning how to kayak or paddleboard? Perhaps you’d like to improve your paddling technique or prepare for a kayaking trip? Canoe Imports offers the following classes: Introduction to Kayaking, Sea Kayaking Essentials, Kayak Rescue Techniques, Kayak Rolling, and Introduction to Stand Up Paddleboarding. At your convenience. Call to schedule a class. Cost: $59/person for all classes but sea kayaking, which is $99/ person. Minimum enrollment of 2 people. Location: North Beach/TBD based on weather, Burlington. Canoe Imports, Brian Jessiman, 651-8760, brianjessiman@gmail.com, canoeimports. com.

photography Autumn in Vt. Photo Workshop: There’s no question that autumn in Vermont is a magical time to be an outdoor photographer. Join us for an intensive, five-day outdoor photography workshop in central Vermont. The emphasis of our time together, sunrise to sunset, will be on creating stunning images of the Vermont landscape. Sep. 30, 1:30 p.m., through Oct. 4, 11:30 a.m. Cost: $995/person. Location: Green Mountain Photographic Workshops, Montpelier. Green Mountain Photographic Workshops , Kurt Budliger, 223-4022, info@ kurtbudligerphotography.com, greenmtnphotoworkshops.com/.

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Aikido Classes: Aikido trains body and spirit, promoting flexibility and strong center within flowing movement, martial sensibility with compassionate presence, respect for others, and confidence in oneself. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington.

Bringing Mindfulness to Difficult Emotions: During this series, we’ll create a safe space to discuss our particular relationships to our difficult emotions and learn meditation, mindfulness and yogic breathing practices to shed new light on them. Weekly on Tue., Oct. 8-Oct. 29, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $100. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 75 San Remo Dr., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440, vtcit.com.

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Aikido: This circular, flowing Japanese martial art is a great method to get in shape and reduce stress. We also offer classes for children ages 5-12. Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, Vermont’s senior and only fully certified Aikido teacher. Visitors are always welcome. We offer adult classes 7 days a wk. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal & Light), Burlington. 951-8900, burlingtonaikido.org.

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VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and selfconfidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. 660-4072, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj. com.

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well-being DBT Skills Group: This is an ongoing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group that spends six weeks studying and practicing each DBT module. Each group will include a mindfulness exercise, general discussion, a presentation of a DBT skill and participant examples of practical skill application for their everyday lives. Weekly on Mon., Sep. 16-Oct. 28, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. Cost: $35/session. Insurance may cover the cost of this group. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 75 San Remo Dr., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440, vtcit.com.

qi gong Wild Goose Qi-Gong Retreat: Wild Goose Qi-Gong is an 1800-year-old cultivation system from the Taoist monks of China. With flowing movements and awareness we train in dispersing negative qi (energy), gathering fresh qi and opening the energy channels of the body. Great for healing practitioners. Isaiah Kiley, over 20 years experience tai-chi/qi-gong. Sep. 6 FREE CLASS (6-8 p.m.), Sep. 7 (9 a.m.4:30 p.m.) & Sept. 8 (2-7 p.m.). Cost: $165/11 hrs. of class time plus 2-hr. free class. Location: Shelburne Town Hall, 5420 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne. isaiah Kiley, 238-2637, ikiley@yahoo. com.

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Introduction to Usui Reiki: Bring a friend and learn about Reiki and its health benefits. For more details, please visit blissfulwellnessvt.com. Aug. 24, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $30/person (incl. free $25 coupon). Location: Blissfull Wellness Center, 48 Laurel Dr., Essex Jct. 238-9540. Usui Reiki Level 2: Reiki Level 1 attunement required. For more details, please visit blissfulwellnessvt.com. Please preregister online. Aug. 25, 8:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $175/person. Incl. all materials. Location: Blissful Wellness Center, 48 Laurel Dr., Essex Jct. 238-9540, http://blissfulwellnessvt.com.

spirituality ESOTERIC CHRISTIANITY: Discover the “hidden wisdom in the Holy Gospel” in this workshop that uses exercises and hands-on experience to reveal the deeper layers of meaning in both the Old and New Testament. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author. Sep. 3, 10, 17 & 24; 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person. Location: 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Sue, 244-7909.

stand-up paddleboarding Stand-Up Paddleboarding: Get on board for a very fun and simple new way to explore the lake and work your body head to toe. Instruction on paddlehandling and balance skills to get you moving your first time

out. Learn why people love this Hawaiian-rooted sport the first time they try it. Lessons offered Tue.-Sun. Cost: $30/hourlong private & semiprivates; $20 ea. for groups. Location: Oakledge Park & Beach, end of Flynn Ave., a mile south of downtown along the bike path, Burlington. Paddlesurf Champlain, 881-4905, jason@paddlesurfchamplain. com, paddlesurfchamplain.com.

tai chi Hwa Yu Tai Chi/Montpelier: Hwa Yu is a rare style of tai chi in the liuhebafa (six harmonies, eight principles) lineage. It features exercises to ground and circulate the chi; dynamic interplay of postural sinking, rising and rounding; and beautiful, fluid movements with poetic names such as Green Dragon Stretches Its Claws. Every Mon. starting Sep. 9. for 12 weeks. Location: Montpelier Shambhala Center, 64 Main St., 3rd floor, Montpelier. Ellen Hayes, 4561983, grhayes1956@comcast.net. Personal Tai Chi/ Qi Gong training: Private training in the Asian arts of movement and energy cultivation, emphasizing flexibility and building core strength. Bob Boyd, 45-year martial artist and 30-year tai chi/qi gong practitioner and teacher. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. 363-6890, taichibodywork.com.

Snake-Style Tai Chi Chuan: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org. Tai Chi Easy for Hypertension: Learn to control hypertension naturally with a practice you’ll actually enjoy! Tai Chi is a body-mind practice scientifically proven to decrease hypertension and stress while increasing vitality and quality of life. Men and women of all ages are welcome. Weekly on Mon., Sep. 16-Nov. 4, 10-11 a.m. Cost: $140/series. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 75 San Remo Dr., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440, vtcit.com. Yang-Style Tai Chi: The slow movements of Tai Chi help reduce blood pressure and increase balance and concentration. Come breathe with us and experience the joy of movement while increasing your ability to be inwardly still. Wed., 5:30 p.m., Sat., 8:30 a.m. $16/class, $60/mo., $160/3 mo. Location: Vermont Tai Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. 735-5465.

Finding Joy at Mid-life: This 8-week series is designed specifically for women 40 and older who are dealing with issues related to esteem, bodyimage and emotional eating. In this series, we will be using three modes of addressing the physical and emotional implications of arriving at this time in life: group therapy, NIA and nutritional counseling. Weekly on Mon., Sep. 23-Nov. 11, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: $635/person; insurance may cover cost of this group. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 75 San Remo Dr., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440, vtcit.com.

yoga Evolution Yoga: Evolution Yoga offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and prenatal, community classes, and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Breast Cancer Survivor and Alignment classes. Certified teachers, massage and PT, too. Join our yoga community and get to know the family you choose. $14/class, $130/ class card, $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. 864-9642, evolutionvt.com. Honest Yoga, The only dedicated Hot Yoga Flow Center: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include 2 specialty classes per week for 4 weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow & Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily

classes and workshops. $25/new student first week unlimited, $15/class or $130/10-class card, $12/class for student or senior or $100/10 class punch card. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington. 497-0136, honestyogastudio@ gmail.com, honestyogacenter. com. Hot Yoga Burlington: A Dedicated Hot Flow Studio: Offering creative, vinyasa-style yoga featuring practice in the Barkan Method Hot Yoga in a 95-degree studio accompanied by eclectic music. Try something different! Go to our website for the new fall schedule. Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. 1-hr. classes on Mon. at 5:30 p.m.; Fri.: 5 p.m.; Sat.: 10:30 a.m.. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N Winooski Ave., Old North End, Burlington. 999-9963, hotyogaburlingtonvt. com. Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Class: This trauma-sensitive yoga class is for those who have taken Deb’s trauma-sensitive yoga series before. Life experiences of loss or trauma can result in feelings of anxiety, sadness and symptoms of PTSD. Yoga and mindfulness practices can gently shift these patterns. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 12-Nov. 7, 5:15-6:15 p.m. Cost: $12/seat. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 75 San Remo Dr., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440, vtcit.com. Yoga Roots: Flexible, inflexible, an athlete, expecting a baby, stressed, recovering from an injury or illness? Yoga Roots has something for you! Our aim is to

welcome, nurture and inspire. A peaceful studio offering: Prenatal, Vinyasa Flow, Heated Vinyasa Flow, Iyengar, Jivamukti, Therapeutic Restorative, Gentle, Kundalini, Anusara, Tai Chi, Qigong & Meditation! 6-wk. series beginning in Sep.: Meditation w/ Charlie Nardozzi, Absolute Beginners w/ Andrea Trombley & Oneness Meditation Workshop in Oct. Location: Yoga Roots, 6221 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne Business Park, Shelburne. 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com. Yoga for Anxiety and Addiction: Within anxiety, addictions can be born and feelings of claustrophobia within one’s skin arise and grow. This class will begin with a gentle heat, fueling the body with breath-based movements, then slowing down for long, comfortable holds focusing on reducing stress. Weekly on Wed., Sep. 18-Nov. 6, 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: $160/series. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 75 San Remo Dr., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440, vtcit.com. Yoga for Fertility DropIn Class: In this 75-minute class, we will work to restore the health of both body and mind, going from “fight or flight” mode to “rest and digest” mode. We’ll activate the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for reproductive functions in the body. Weekly on Tue. starting Oct. 1, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Cost: $15/seat. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 75 San Remo Dr., suite 204, S. Burlington. 658-9440, vtcit.com.

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o many records, so little time. Seven Days gets more album submissions than we know what to do with. And, given the ease of record making these days, it’s difficult to keep up. Still, we try to get to every local release that comes across the music desk, no matter how obscure. To that end, here are four albums that likely flew under the radar of most Vermont music fans. Some represent the outermost boundaries of local music. Others simply slipped through the cracks. But each is worth a listen.

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(Self-released, cassette, CD, digital download) For the Kid in the Back is Plattsburgh, N.Y.-based songwriter Justin Passino and … well, pretty much anyone he can get to play with him. His latest effort, Coffee on an Empty Stomach, is as comfortingly lo-fi as it is emotionally distressed, which is to say quite a bit. Though Passino generally trades in acoustic, sad-bastard music of the anguished emo variety — or “sadcore,” as it’s labeled on his Bandcamp page — the nine songs cooed and warbled into whatever recording device he used are clever enough to spare the listener too much Oberst-ian navel-gazing. For example, take the last verse of the opening track, “A Circling Failure in a Rapidly Decaying Orbit,” on which Passino sings, “I’m not going to ask you out today. / Little too afraid that you might turn me away. / So instead I’ll become more acquainted with the fuzz that grows on my face. / It’s like us: It just sucks and it never connects in any of the right places.” How’s that for cheeky teenage angst?

STEVEN DWIGHT LONGE, NATURALLY HUMAN / ACOUSTIC MEMORIES (Self-released, CD, digital download) Though he first picked up the guitar as a teenager, Shelburne’s Steven Dwight Longe abandoned music making and didn’t return to it until later in life. The double album Naturally Human / Acoustic Memories represents his belated debut. Though uneven and often heavy-handed lyrically, its wide-ranging styles reveal admirable ambition. Longe is a far more capable guitarist than singer or lyricist, and, accordingly, the instrumental tunes provide the album’s finest moments. In particular, “Chickadee,” an ode to his wife, is an acoustic love letter, a new-age suite that ripples and flows with a gentle, loving lilt. But unfortunately Longe’s more conventional songs, often mired in clumsy metaphors, stunted melodic phrasing or lackluster arrangements, do not hold up as well. stephendwightlongemusic.com

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STEPHEN SAUNDERS AND THE STARLIGHTERS, FROM ME TO YOU (Self-released, CD) Stephen Saunders stopped playing music following the death of his brother, Doug, in 1991. A decade earlier, the two had played together in a band called Arrow that enjoyed some modest local success. But rather than soldier on without Doug, Stephen Saunders put music aside to focus on his business and family. However, he never stopped writing, and he penned some 200 songs between 1995 and 2013. From Me to You is a collection of 12 of those songs that suggest Vermont lost more than one good musician when Doug Saunders died. The record shows Stephen to be a talented songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose deep affinity for the Beatles is manifest in more than just the name of his home recording studio, Shabby Road. Saunders knows his way around a sticky pop melody and delivers a solid suite of hook-heavy songs. The only gripe is the comparatively low production quality and grating reliance on tacky drum machines, which sap the material of urgency. Still, the talent and, more importantly, heart is all there. To order From Me to You, email Stephen Saunders at steve1150@comcast.net.

POXY, PUCKER POWER (DEMO) (Self-released, digital download) The dearly departed Doll Fight! were the highest-profile local female punk band, so far, but there are more riotous riot-grrl sounds in the Queen City. Poxy, a girl-fronted Burlington punk trio, prove on their debut EP Pucker Power (Demo) that there’s more than enough aggro feminine charm to go around. (Apologies to Poxy drummer Guthrie MacCannon, who is a dude. And a good punk drummer, to boot.) Over four pulverizing songs — spanning barely five minutes in total — Poxy spit and snarl through a bracing, audacious crush of rapid-fire punk. In particular, “Rot in Hell” is perfectly smarmy and offers more scattered ingenuity than your typical two-minute poppunk song. And EP closer “Earth Angel” gets this reviewer’s nod for coolest cover of the year. Somewhere, the Penguins are smiling. Or maybe scowling. egovt.bandcamp.com/album/pucker-power-demo

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to the mind-blowing radness that is SPSC — and MoVeMenT of The PeoPle before that — Boyes is approaching a Chorney-ian level of respect. Meaning that, much like his old ViPerhouse bandmate and friend Michael chorney, anything Boyes does from here on out will likely inspire genuine curiosity among a growing segment of the local music-listening public. That definitely includes yours truly. When I hear Chorney is involved in some new project, my ears immediately perk up. The same thing is starting to happen with Boyes. By now you’re probably saying, “Hey, Dan. Shut up and tell us about his friggin’ band already!” Good idea! In a recent email, Boyes describes his 11-member ensemble as combining “the rich musical and dance roots of Indian Bhangra, Bollywood, New Orleans brass bands and the 1930s jungle swing of duKe ellinGTon and caB calloway.” I know, right? The band itself is like a who’s who of central Vermont instrumental talent and features percussionists GaBe halBerG, Brandon Klarich and PJ daVidian,

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(New Name Idea No. 3: Return of the MackFest.) Flash to the present, and the Vermont Music Fest seems poised for a breakthrough year. Additions to the festival for 2013 include larger stages and a whole bunch of stuff that has almost nothing to do with music but seems pretty awesome anyway. Like a Wiffle ball tournament, massage booths, ping-pong tables and, most intriguingly, a 50th birthday surprise for Bread & Puppet. Oh, also music. Spread over two stages, this year’s lineup features 12 bands drawing from all over the state, not just central Vermont. Personally, I’d point you in the direction of Bow Thayer, who is playing with his acoustic trio. Thayer is always excellent and is fresh from hosting his own fest last weekend, the Tweed River Music Festival. Afri-VT should be another highlight, as should the increasingly excellent all-female rocksteady band sTeady BeTTy. More on them later. But the most intriguing act on the bill is a new ensemble from the saTurn PeoPle’s sound collecTiVe leader Brian Boyes: the BiG BanG BhanGra Brass Band. Given his increasing renown thanks

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Another week in Vermont, another music festival. And if there is one festival that really says “Vermont music fest,” it is undoubtedly, um, the Vermont Music Fest. (Could I chat privately with the VMF folks for a sec? Guys, dan Bolles here. Seven Days. Look, loving your fest and I’m about to pimp it with some prime column real estate. Top billing, even. Seems like a fun lineup. Nice spot in the country. Good food. Yadda yadda. But we’ve gotta do something about the name. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the directness. And you probably kill it, SEO-wise. But maybe it’s a little too direct, y’know? A good name should inspire some curiosity, or least hint at some degree of creativity, which is doubly important for an arts festival. You wanna leave at least a little something to the imagination. So let’s work on some ideas for next year, OK? I’ll even help…) Where was I? Ah, yes. The Vermont Music Fest, which runs this Saturday, August 24, at the Lareau Farm in Waitsfield. For a relatively young festival, the VMF has an interesting history. It started in 2010 as a wedding reception for Jeff and Kelly MacK at the Lareau Farm. (New Name Idea No. 1: MackFest.) The modest lineup featured central VT favorites including TaMMy fleTcher and MiriaM Bernardo, who played for the wedding’s 150-some guests. That is, until the doors were opened to the general public later that night and everyone rocked out to an epic, latenight acoustic campfire jam. Year two was quite literally a wash, as the festival fell during the peak of Tropical Storm Irene. It was moved to October and doubled as a flood relief benny, featuring music from the likes of Bernardo, aBBy Jenne, Phineas GaGe and many others. (New Name Idea No. 2: FloodFest, Irene-aroo, OctoberFest … oh, right.) In 2012, the festival rebounded, doubling in attendance over the previous year from 500 to 1000 guests and featuring a star-studded, worldly lineup, highlighted by Latin jazz ensemble afinque and cross-cultural outfit afri-VT. That was in addition to several other central VT standouts,

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Breakwater Café: Mango Jam (Zydeco), 6 p.m., Free. Club Metronome: Oneness with Jahson, Big Dog, Chris Pattison (reggae), 9 p.m., Free. Franny O's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. Halflounge: Scott Mangan (experimental), 9 p.m., Free. Wanted Wednesday with DJ Craig Mitchell, Thelonious X & Guests (house), 10 p.m., Free. JP's Pub: Pub Quiz with Dave (trivia), 7 p.m., Free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., Free. Juniper at Hotel Vermont: Ray Vega Band (Latin jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Leunig's Bistro & Café: Paul Asbell, Clyde Stats and Chris Peterman (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Manhattan Pizza & Pub: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9:30 p.m., Free. Monkey House: Al Moore Blues Band, 8:30 p.m., Free. Nectar's: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup), 7 p.m., Free. Twiddle, Canopy (jam), 9:30 p.m., $7. 18+. On Tap Bar & Grill: Chad Hollister (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Dinosawh (folk punk), 7 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., Free. Doll Fight!, Proxy (punk), 11 p.m., Free. Red Square: Stormcats (rock), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Skinny Pancake: Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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to assume virtually any form. Like his namesake, EDM producer Russ Liquid is similarly nebulous with both a specific volume — that

would be loud — and the ability to bend myriad sounds, beats and styles into any sonic shape of his choosing. Russ Liquid flows into the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington this Friday, August 23, with Vermont’s Ma1ach1 and WDY.

O'Brien's Irish Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free.

Breakwater Café: Phil Abair Band (rock), 6 p.m., Free.

Positive Pie 2: Michael Chorney & Hollar General (Amerarcana), 10:30 p.m., $5.

On Tap Bar & Grill: Seth Yacovone Band (blues), 7 p.m., Free.

Club Metronome: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5.

Radio Bean: Dave Fugel & Friends (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Shane Hardiman Trio with Geza Carr & Anthony Santor (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 11 p.m., $3.

Sweet Melissa's: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., Free. Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 9 p.m., Free.

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Tupelo Music Hall: Cats Under the Stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 8 p.m., $15.

JP's Pub: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., Free.

Vermont Thrush Restaurant: Ken Tonnissen (Americana), 6 p.m., Free.

Whammy Bar: Open Mic, 6:30 p.m., Free.

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Red Square Blue Room: DJ Cre8 (house), 10 p.m., Free.

City Limits: Karaoke with Let It Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

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Red Square: Iris Downey (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., Free. A Fly Allusion (funk), 7 p.m., Free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

51 Main: Blues Jam, 8 p.m., Free.

On the Rise Bakery: Laura Heaberlin and the Peasant Dramatic (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., Donations. Two Brothers Tavern: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Free.

northern

The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Moog's Place: Wiley Shipman (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free.

Rí Rá Irish Pub: Trenchtown Oddities (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Skinny Pancake: George Woods (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

central

Sweet Melissa's: Jason Wedlock (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

City Limits: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

Parker Pie Co.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Free.

On the Rise Bakery: Open Irish Session, 8 p.m., Free.

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Monopole: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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Breakwater Café: John Lackard Blues Band, 6 p.m., Free. Dobrá Tea: Robert Resnik (folk), 7 p.m., Free. Franny O's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. Halflounge: Half & Half Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., Free. JP's Pub: Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., Free. Manhattan Pizza & Pub: Hot Waxxx with Justcaus & Pen West (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free.

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Monkey House: Dirty Bourbon River Show (gypsy brass), 8:30 p.m., $5. Nectar's: Trivia Mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

Bee's Knees: Katelyn Cohen & Brynn Mawr (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Dinner Jazz with Fabian Rainville, 6:30 p.m., Free. Open Mic, 9 p.m., Free.

Franny O's: Cottage Grove (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

Lift: Ladies Night, 9 p.m., Free/$3. Marriott Harbor Lounge: Jake Whitesell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free. Monkey House: Mang, PoolooP (Ween tribute, rock), 8:30 p.m., $5. Mr. Crêpe: Art Herttua and Steve Morabito (jazz guitar), 7 p.m., Free. Nectar's: Happy Ending Fridays with Jay Burwick (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. On Tap Bar & Grill: Loose Association (folk), 5 p.m., Free. Justice (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Park Place Tavern: Area 51 (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Kid's Music with Linda "Tickle Belly" Bassick, 11 a.m., Free. Laura Heaberlin (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Milton Busker (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Dietrich Gosser (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. Freddy Shehadi (Americana, soul), 10 p.m., Free. Vetica (rock), 11 p.m., Free. Rumblecat (rock), 12:30 a.m., Free. Red Square: Kim & Chris (acoustic), 5 p.m., Free. Grupo Sabor (Latin), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

champlain valley

51 Main: N'goni Rock (world music), 8 p.m., Free. City Limits: City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. On the Rise Bakery: Dan Johnson (Americana), 8 p.m., Free. Two Brothers Tavern: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

Bee's Knees: Spider Roulette (gypsy jazz), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Matterhorn: The Aerolites (rock), 9 p.m., $5. Moog's Place: Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 9 p.m., Free. Rimrocks Mountain Tavern: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

regional

Monopole: Trenchtown Oddities (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Moog's Place: Open Mic, 8:30 p.m., Free.

Red Square Blue Room: DJ Mixx (EDM), 9 p.m., $5.

Naked Turtle: A House on Fire (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Parker Pie Co.: Ron Kelley Quartet (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.

Ruben James: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

Therapy: Pulse with DJ Nyce (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

regional

Monopole Downstairs: Gary Peacock (singersongwriter), 10 p.m., Free. Therapy: Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYCE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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Backstage Pub: Nightrain (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

Rí Rá Irish Pub: Supersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free. Skinny Pancake: Monoprix (swampy-tonk), 5 p.m., $5-10 donation. Splash at the Boathouse: Modern Nature (rock), 5:30 p.m., Free.

central

Bagitos: Jason Mallery (blues), 6 p.m., Free. Charlie O's: Swamp Candy, Alex Culbreth & the Dead Country Stars (rock, country), 10 p.m., Free. Green Mountain Tavern: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2.

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Backstage Pub: Fast Eddie & the All Stars (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Breakwater Café: Smoking Gun (rock), 6 p.m., Free. Church & Main Restaurant: Night Vision (EDM), 9 p.m., Free. sat.24

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presumably, a cool red jumpsuit is encouraged to get in touch with REBECCA MACK at flyinghenstudio@gmail.com. Last but not least, happy trails to

CHRISTINE MATHIAS, late of local riot grrrls DOLL FIGHT! and the aforementioned

In other news, our pals over at Jenke Arts have a pretty slick show coming up this Saturday, August 24, at their Church Street studio. They’ll be hosting up-and-coming Chicago-based rapper MILO, alongside SAFARI AL and local MC WOMBATICUS REX. If you’re a fan of intelligent, thought-provoking hip-hop, check it out.

bassist GIOVANI ROVETTO, guitarist JAY EKIS, flautist and choreographer SIMONE LABONY LABBANCE, and a horn section of sax players DAN LIPTAK and ZACH TONNISSEN, trombonists LLOYD DUGGER and MATT AVERY, and Boyes on trumpet. I know, right?

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Steady Betty. Mathias is leaving for Now serving Richie’s greener concrete pastures at the end of Famous Italian Ice! the month: Boston. DF! will play their Grab any slice & a Rookies Root Beer final show — potential reunion shows for $5.99 + tax notwithstanding — this Wednesday, 973 Roosevelt Highway August 21, at Radio Bean. Colchester • 655-5550 In an odd twist of fate, the show www.threebrotherspizzavt.com will also be the band’s first with new drummer AMANDA ASTHEIMER of HARDCORE 12v-ThreeBros082113.indd 1 8/15/13 2:28 PM SALLIES, who replaces outgoing drummer & CLUB METRONOME JANE BOXALL. For one show. Er, welcome to the band? Wednesday Night Residency Ft. WED Mathias writes that Astheimer and 21 w/ Canopy DF! bassist KELLY RIEL are forming a new band in Mathias’ absence. In the meantime, DF!’s first full-length album is finished and available on the band’s ft. Jahson, Big Dog and Chris Pattison @CLUB METRONOME Bandcamp page. It features 15 of DF!’s THU favorite original songs, all with Boxall 22 TRIVIA MANIA! EVERY THURSDAY 7-9PM @NECTARS on skins. Look for a review in the coming weeks. As for Steady Betty, the band is breaking in a pair of new horn players ft. Electrode DJs WholeZ, Cake Effect, Thath, StormCloud, & Striebe @CLUB METRONOME as we speak — Mathias played sax in that group — and will likely unveil them FRI soon. REUNION SHOW w/ Dionysia 23 Mathias was also instrumental in the NO DIGGITY 90’S NIGHT EVERY FRIDAY @CLUB METRONOME creation of Girls Rock VT, the music day camp aimed at encouraging young SAT local girls to indulge their inner BIKINI 24 KILL. She assures 7D that the camps will continue on for many summers to come. A night of Surf Rock! Best of luck, Christine.

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Club MetronoMe: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5. Finnigan's Pub: Grundlefunk (funk), 10 p.m., Free. SEVENDAYSVt.com

Franny o's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. JP's Pub: Karaoke with megan, 10 p.m., Free. JuniPer at Hotel VerMont: Heloise & the savoir Faire Acoustic set, 8 p.m., Free. Marriott Harbor lounge: Queen city Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free. on taP bar & grill: The Hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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radio bean: Brie cecil (acoustic soul), 7 p.m., Free. Jennifer matthews (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Alicia phelps (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. Burlington Bread Boys (old time), 10 p.m., Free. Binger (jam), 11:30 p.m., Free. spit Jack (punk), 1 a.m., Free. red square: The Beerworth sisters (folk), 5 p.m., Free. The sticky souls (soul), 8 p.m., $5. mashtodon (mashup), 11 p.m., $5.

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red square blue rooM: DJ Raul (salsa), 7 p.m., Free. DJ stavros (EDm), 11 p.m., $5. ruben JaMes: craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free. rí rá irisH Pub: Last Words (rock), 10 p.m., Free. skinny PanCake: Dr. magnum (rock), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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51 Main: Brent Thomas Quartet (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. City liMits: Dance party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. two brotHers taVern: The Amida Bourbon project (rock), 6 p.m., $3. DJ Jam man (house), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

bee's knees: Audrey Bernstein & the Young Jazzers (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Donations. tHe Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. Moog's PlaCe: The shady Trees (Americana), 9 p.m., Free. Tennessee Jed Band (Americana), 9 p.m., Free.

regional

MonoPole: The snacks (rock), 10 p.m., Free. naked turtle: Hot neon magic (’80s new Wave), 10 p.m., Free.

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burlington area

breakwater CaFé: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 3 p.m., Free. Franny o's: Vermont's Got Talent Open mic, 8 p.m., Free. HalFlounge: B-sides (deep house), 7 p.m., Free.

bagitos: irish sessions, 2 p.m., Free. sheez Late (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: Am & msR presents: screaming Females (rock), 9 p.m., $8.

CHarlie o's: Death pesos, Lake superior, spirit Animal (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

neCtar's: mi Yard Reggae night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free.

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There’s really nothing wrong with a band starting life as a covers act. Even if the modern hipster crowd looks down on it (usually while ironically rehashing decades-old trends and sounds). Indeed, many of rock’s all-time great bands started out as bar bands — the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, to name two. Especially when starting out, playing covers is a natural way for a band to find its footing, and to sort out its influences before moving on to original material. But recording and releasing those covers as the majority of a debut album? Unless you actually are an all-time great band, not so much. On their knowingly titled debut, Meet Modern Nature, Shelburne-based bar band Modern Nature introduce themselves as a capable covers act with designs on original material. That’s a good thing, given the strength of the originals included on the record. The

problem is the other two-thirds of the album, composed of a head-scratching assortment of pop and rock hits. It’s not that Modern Nature’s take on classics such as John Hiatt’s “You May Already Be a Winner,” the Beatles’ “If I Fell” or the Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane” are poorly chosen, or even poorly played. They’re not. And with the glaring exception of a woefully illadvised reworking of Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good,” the songs are all solid covers. They probably kill at the local tavern. But it’s hard to fathom why anyone would need to listen to them anywhere else.

Not so the band’s three originals, which ably nod at the aforementioned Beatles, Stones and VU — and maybe wink at Alex Chilton and Big Star. “I Don’t Need You,” penned by guitarist Mark Bouchett and drummer Mark Wetmiller, boasts some charming pop jangle that owes a debt to Lou Reed in the verses and Paul McCartney at the hooks. Bouchett also penned the album’s two other originals: a slyly substantive little romp called “Looks Are Everything” and the punky, retro, rocking album highlight “She’s a Girl.” While none breaks any rock-androll molds, any of those three cuts is a more worthwhile listen than, say, the millionth cover of “Heartbreak Hotel.” Here’s hoping that on their next effort, Modern Nature flip the ratio of originals to covers and give audiences something new. Meet Modern Nature is available at modernnatureband.com. Modern Nature play Splash! at the Burlington Boathouse this Friday, August 23.

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equally effective on accordion. Peter Murphy’s acoustic bass provides a fertile foundation from start to finish. Both offer lively, well-blended vocal harmonies. Sadly, Johnson’s backing band didn’t make the move to Vermont — but we doubt he’ll have any trouble finding new experts closer to his newly adopted home. In the meantime, as a singer and songwriter, Johnson should find willing audiences in the Green Mountain. He plays both roles, as well as that of bandleader, exceedingly well on Bound for Abiquiu. Bound for Abiquiu by Dan Johnson and the Expert Sidemen is available at danjohnsonandtheexpertsidemen. bandcamp.com. Johnson plays at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond this Friday, August 23.

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Vermont was hardly suffering a shortage of talented Americana artists. Still, our collective treasure trove of twang was recently made a little richer when Dan Johnson moved to Jericho from Albany, N.Y. By way of introduction to his new Green Mountain neighbors, Johnson and his band, the Expert Sidemen, earlier this year released their latest record, Bound for Abiquiu — which, incidentally, was mastered by Vermont expat Dan Archer. Sparse and dusty, much like its namesake New Mexico town, the album should prove a welcome addition to the collections of local Americana fans. Johnson sings in a straightforward, unadorned fashion that recalls the earliest works of Uncle Tupelo-era Jay Farrar. Johnson’s directness, combined with his tone-flattening, nasally grit, sometimes masks the depth and artistry

of his songwriting. On “The Garden Below” — which could really be a Still Feel Gone outtake — Johnson sings with weary desperation. “Sometimes I feel like an angel, dancing on a needle. / Sometimes I feel like a devil, burning in the shadow,” he sings. Then, “Do angels dream of going home? / Do they dance when they get stoned?” / Do they dangle at the end of a string? / Do they pray or do they just sing?” Things get marginally lighter later in the album. “Come on in My Kitchen” is an inviting little romp. “Off on the Tide” is a sinewy hothouse number with a mild gumbo flavor beneath the surface. On the Hank Williams-esque “Another Good Thing Is Come and Gone,” Roger Noyes’ pedal steel glides effortlessly over a gently chugging groove as Johnson laments the infirmity of love. Here and throughout the record, Noyes’ contributions are impeccably tasteful. The same could be said of each of the Expert Sidemen, who are well named. Brian Elsenbeck’s lilting banjo plinks and plucks with just the right tone and attack, and he’s

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Radio Bean: saloon sessions with Brett Hughes (country), 1 p.m., Free. Hellen Gillet (jazz), 5:30 p.m., Free. Judson Kimble (finger-style guitar), 7 p.m., Free. sheez Late (acoustic rock), 8 p.m., Free. Dan Zura, Eric clifford, Ben Roy (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free. Watch Your Head (jazz-rock), 11 p.m., Free. Red SquaRe: Alex culbreth & the Dead country stars (country), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Robbie J (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Rí Rá iRiSh PuB: Dale and Darcy (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., Free.

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Skinny Pancake: shady Rill (folk), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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cluB MetRonoMe: Dead set with cats under the stars (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. fRanny o'S: Revibe (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. halflounge: Funkwagon's Tequila project (funk), 10 p.m., Free. leunig'S BiStRo & café: mike martin and Geoff Kim (parisian jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Monkey houSe: small Houses (indie), 8:30 p.m., $5. 18+.

MatteRhoRn: chris Tagatac (acoustic rock), 4 p.m., Free.

olde noRthendeR: Abby Jenne & the Enablers (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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Monty'S old BRick taveRn: Open mic, 6 p.m., Free.

on taP BaR & gRill: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: stephen callahan Trio (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Francesca Blanchard (French chanson), 8:30 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk sessions, 10 p.m., $3. Red SquaRe: steady Betty (rocksteady), 7 p.m., Free. craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free.

Manhattan Pizza & PuB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

Skinny Pancake: The Dupont Brothers (folk), 7:30 p.m., $5-10 donation.

on taP BaR & gRill: Open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free.

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northern

Bee'S kneeS: children's sing Along with Lesley Grant, 10 a.m., Donations. Bruce Jones (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations. PaRkeR Pie co.: nEKaraoke, 7:30 p.m., Free.

BagitoS: The people's café (poetry), 6 p.m., Free.

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Red SquaRe: Japhy Ryder (prog rock), 7 p.m., Free. mashtodon (mashup), 10 p.m., Free.

chaRlie o'S: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

aMeRican flatBRead — BuRlington heaRth: summer sessions, 6 p.m., Free.

RuBen JaMeS: Why not monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

chaRlie o'S: Trivia night, 8 p.m., Free.

champlain valley two BRotheRS taveRn: monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

burlington area

craig mitchell, Thelonious X & Guests (house), 10 p.m., Free. JP'S PuB: pub Quiz with Dave (trivia), 7 p.m., Free. Karaoke with melody, 10 p.m., Free. JuniPeR at hotel veRMont: Jake Whitesell Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. leunig'S BiStRo & café: paul Asbell, clyde stats and chris peterman (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Manhattan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 9:30 p.m., Free. Monkey houSe: Al moore Blues Band, 8:30 p.m., Free.

BReakwateR café: 4Wins (rock), 6 p.m., Free.

nectaR'S: What a Joke! comedy Open mic (standup), 7 p.m., Free.

fRanny o'S: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

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central

guSto'S: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free. Skinny Pancake: Jay Ekis & Friends (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. Sweet MeliSSa'S: Lesley Grant (country), 8 p.m., Free. whaMMy BaR: Open mic, 6:30 p.m., Free.

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northern

Bee'S kneeS: Dale cavanaugh (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. the huB PizzeRia & PuB: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Moog'S Place: Alan Greenleaf & the Doctor (folk), 8 p.m., Free. PaRkeR Pie co.: Trivia night, 7 p.m., Free.

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n exhibit titled “Unbound” might include just about anything, as the word implies a jettisoning of restraints. But in the third annual show of that name at Woodstock’s ArtisTree Gallery, the artworks are confined to a single concept: that of the book. While that frames the definition of “bound,” the “un-” aptly conveys that the show invites wild abandon within its parameters. Accordingly, only a few of these 56 pieces adopt the actual format of a thing with pages sandwiched between two covers.

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Guild of Vermont. In other words, there is always a lot to choose from for this juried show. This year’s juror, Erin Sweeney, is an accomplished book artist herself, and the proprietor of Lovely in the Home Press in southern New Hampshire. Sweeney wisely chose a broad spectrum of artworks for “Unbound,” which is displayed in four small rooms on two floors of the cozy ArtisTree Gallery. There are pieces that do astonishingly precise things with actual books — folding, cutting and boring holes entirely through them. There are papier-mâché, cast resin, bronze, collage, cement, tree bark and a variety of mixed media. There are even dried

“Knowledge Inc.” by Ania Gilmore

page Gilmore has stitched a long, black thread. The finished piece resembles a lampshade with hair dangling from it, but somehow “Knowledge Inc.” surpasses this prosaic description and, ensconced on a pedestal, has a rather

The least expected, and least bookish, work in “Unbound” is Dawn Howkinson Siebel’s “Heart/Heat Vol. 5,” which garnered third prize. It does incorporate an entire book, though — a dictionary opened to pages that include the words heart and heat — and weighted between a wood base and a thick slab of clear glass. On top of this sits a science-y apparatus of mysterious function. From a vintage metal laboratory stand, a tube extends vertically to hold up a heart — not a Valentine, but a grand, oraclemore-or-less analike presence. tomically correct Regardless model formed of interprewith sausage tation, it’s an casing. Another exquisitely made tube U-turns from work that clearly the heart and shoots required immense back down to the patience and, yes, glass. Both the heart knowledge. and tube are illumiThose pear-slice nated from within. pages appear in Siebel’s work is a biAdele V. Sanborn’s zarre enigma, but so “Hope is...,” after engaging it scarcely a poem by Emmatters how one is “Hope is...” by Adele V. Sandborn ily Dickinson. Its supposed to “read” it. words are inscribed on the slices, which While “Unbound” holds so much appear to have been cut à la paper dolls, more, this space does not, so fans of the dried and collaged; they extend accor- genre will have to pay a visit to ArtisTdion style from a papier-mâché pear at ree for the latest word on book arts in the entrance of a delicately crafted and Vermont. It’s worth perusing. collaged birdhouse. The house’s “attic,” PA M EL A P O L S T O N open at the front, reveals a bird’s nest containing two eggs tucked beneath the “Unbound Vol. III,” a juried exhibit of works pitched roof. Though the house motif that explore the book as concept, object and format. ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock. is recurrent in book arts, Sanborn’s elThrough September 7. Info, 457-3500. egant execution elevates her piece well artistreevt.org above the commonplace.

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“Unbound” began as a visual-art corollary to the town’s Bookstock, an annual literary festival that takes place in July. “We needed a good summer show,” explains gallery director Adrian Tans, who began his job the same year that ArtisTree grew out of Purple Crayon Productions, in 2010. (The community art center now offers visual art and performance classes for adults as well as children; it will soon relocate to more spacious quarters up the road.) Not only was a book-arts exhibit apropos during Woodstock’s wordy weekend, but it’s a medium that apparently has tremendous allure for artists. So much so that a statewide organization exists in its service: the Book Arts

pears and a human organ made from sausage casing. Let’s just say that very little about this exhibit concerns the literal act of reading. Except titles, which can sometimes speak, well, volumes. A case in point is Kevin Lucey’s “Uneven Valley Graves.” At first glance, the piece is straightforward enough: two altered hardcover books, hung in parallel with their fronts flat to the wall. A roughly bean-shaped trough has been gouged from the center of each offwhite cover. Lining the crevices and spilling from them are tiny, balled-up pieces of paper, gray on one book and white on the other. Registering the title, this viewer’s mind went to the mass graves of the Cambodian (or any other) genocide, imagining hundreds of skulls emerging in ghostly revolt. That may not be at all what Lucey intended; either way, it’s a quietly thought-provoking piece. First-place winner “Knowledge Inc.,” by Ania Gilmore, is an altered book in entirely different form. The carefully folded pages of a large book, sans covers, fan out 360 degrees, and onto each

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AlexAndrA SAnchez: "la Vida nica," photography from Finca esperanza Verde, an experiment in ecotourism and local empowerment in nicaragua. Through August 31 at block gallery in winooski. info, 373-5150. 'AquArium': water-themed work by the Vermont glass guild. Through september 3 at Frog hollow in burlington. info, 863-6458. 'Art AffAir by SheArer': block prints by sue Adamson; blind-contour drawings by lydia littwin; and mixed-media works by noelle Davis. Through August 30 at shearer Chevrolet in south burlington. info, 658-1111. AuguSt Art Auction: The annual fundraiser benefits gallery exhibitions and improvements throughout the year. bidding is open in the gallery and online at augustartauction.com. Through August 30 at s.p.A.C.e. gallery in burlington. info, spacegalleryvt.com. AuguSt Show: works by erika lawlor schmidt, gaal shepherd, Marie lapre grabon, sam Krotinger and scott einsig/Red birch studios. Curated by seAbA. Through August 31 at the innovation Center of Vermont in burlington. info, 859-9222. 'blue': works and wares created by the studio's members, students and staff. Through August 31 at burlington City Arts print & Clay studio. info, 860-7474. bonnie bAird: oil landscape paintings of Vermont and scotland. Through october 29 at left bank home & garden in burlington. info, 862-1001. 'chAnging fieldS': new and historical photographs documenting the changing face of farming in Vermont. Through september 1 at bailey/howe library, uVM, in burlington. info, 656-2020. clArk ruSSell: "Mixed Media," high-relief collages and abstracts created from salvaged scrap metals. Through August 24 at Amy e. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center, in burlington. info, 652-4500.

creAtive comPetition no. 22: Artworks submitted by local artists in a variety of media are up for viewers' choice award and for sale. Through August 31 at Rl photo in burlington. info, publicartschool@ gmail.com. 'current work': work by member artists. Through August 31 at studio 266 in burlington. info, 578-2512.

gAlen cheney: Mixed-media works influenced by the "contemporary archeology of today’s urban centers." Through August 31 at Metropolitan gallery, burlington City hall. info, 865-7166. 'glASS Are uS': graal glasswork and sculpture, all hand blown and sculpted in the pine street workshop. Through september 27 at Ao! glass in burlington. info, 488-4455. h. keith wAgner: "Tar paper series," a collection of paintings created on common roofing tar paper, exploring the power of texture and memory. Through August 25 at Vintage inspired in burlington. info, 355-5418. holly hAuSer: Mixed-media prints, gates 1-8; elizAbeth nelSon: Acrylic, abstracted landscapes, skyway; JeSSA gilbert: "Ascend" and "entwine," acrylic paintings, escalator. Through August 31 at burlington Airport in south burlington. info, 865-7166. JordAn douglAS: A collection of photographs by the Vermont artist. Through september 30 at burlington natural health Center. info, 238-8603. kAren dAwSon: "why Art?" acrylic and oil paintings by the burlington artist. Through August 31 at skinny pancake in burlington. info, 865-1208. 'lArger thAn life: quiltS by veldA newmAn': Contemporary fiber art; 'trAilblAzerS: horSePowered vehicleS': An exhibit that explores connections between 19th-century carriages and today’s automotive culture; 'ogden PleiSSner, lAndScAPe PAinter': watercolor sketches and finished paintings. Through october 31 at shelburne Museum. info, 985-3346. mAtthew thorSen: photographs that run the gamut from arty snaps to portraits by the Vermont artist. Through August 31 at Red square in burlington. info, 318-2438. michAel StrAuSS: Acrylic paintings exhibited alongside books of poetry by Tony Magistrale. Through August 31 at seAbA Center in burlington. info, 859-9222. nAncy Stone & melindA white-bronSon: "Drawn to Music," translucent accordion books and layered watercolor paintings of musicians by stone; bronze work, a wood carving and a hand-stitched landscape quilt by white-bronson. Through August 31 at the Cathedral Church of st. paul in burlington. info, 860-7183. nicole chriStmAn: "psycho Therapy," paintings and other works depicting hybrid creatures. Through August 31 at the green Door studio in burlington. info, 318-0963.

life-drAwing SeSSion: Artists practice their painting and drawing techniques with a live model. Reservations encouraged. wednesday, August 21, 6-9 p.m.; sunday, August 25, 2-5 p.m.; wednesday, August 28, 6-9 p.m., black horse Fine Art supply, burlington. info, 860-4972. Art on PArk: live music and local food make for a festival atmosphere at this weekly outdoor art and craft show. Thursday, August 22, 5:30-8:30 p.m., park street, stowe. oPen Studio SeSSion: Folks bring their own materials to create art. no registration required. sunday, August 25, 1-4 p.m., helen Day Art Center, stowe. info, 253-8358. 'dr. Sketchy'S Anti-Art School': Artists age 18 and up bring sketchbooks and pencils to a cabaret-style life-drawing session — this month's theme is "Catherine & The gypsy King." Tuesday, August 27, 7-9 p.m., the Filling station, white River Junction. info, drsketchy.com/branch/ uppervalley. 'Journey into ProceSS': ink brushwork, etchings, acrylics, oils and works on paper by Carol Cannon, Jane Davies, Tom Merwin, helen o’Donnell and Carolyn shattuck. Through september 8 at Vermont institute of Contemporary Arts in Chester. Carol Cannon discusses the meaning and historical basis for the five elements — wood, fire, earth, metal and water — and their role in our lives and culture. Friday, August 23, 7 p.m. info, 875-1018.

recePtionS 'color-blind': photographers from around the world exhibit their timeless black-and-white shots. August 22 through september 15 at Darkroom gallery in essex Junction. Reception: Friday, August 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m. info, 777-3686. winkie kelSey: "Chisel, brush and pen," stone sculptures, paintings and ink drawings by the new hampshire artist. proceeds benefit the art center. August 23 through september 29 at AVA gallery and Art Center in lebanon, n.h. Reception: Friday, August 23, 5-7 p.m. info, 603-448-3117. emily k. robertSon: "words of wisdom," hooked and sewn wool rugs with a message. August 23 through november 1 at Rae harrell gallery in hinesburg. Reception: live music by Denny willmott, Friday, August 23, 5-9 p.m. info, 734-7363. 'trAvelS with Alden': The gallery celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of its founder, Alden bryan, with an exhibition of his plein-air works painted in 26 countries over 60 years. Through september 2 at bryan Memorial gallery in Jeffersonville. Reception: high Voltage barbershop Quartet and birthday cake, sunday, August 25, 2-5 p.m. info, 644-5100. 'fAmily tieS: Art AcroSS the generAtionS': works by two generations of artists from three families including Vanessa Compton, Kay brown, eric and eliza Tobin, and Amanda and Anna weisenfeld. August 24 through september 23

'once uPon A time': howard nelson Riley's folk art is presented alongside the work of local artists. Through october 30 at Artists' Mediums in williston. info, 879-1236. SAm fAllS & SArAh o donnell: sculpture and painting inspired by photography, and a light-based

at Miller's Thumb gallery in greensboro. Reception: John parker Compton performs acoustic folk and country music; brothers Andy and Mateo Kehler offer samples of their Cellars at Jasper hill cheeses. saturday, August 24, 4-6 p.m. info, 533-2045. rt Simon: "several little books with big prints," photographic images of the bread and puppet landscape presented as tiny books and larger prints. August 22 through september 10 at bread and puppet Theater in glover. Reception: sunday, August 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m. info, 525-3031. chiP troiAno: photographs of the landscape of new Zealand's south island. Through october 20 at Claire's Restaurant & bar in hardwick. Reception: Monday, August 26, 4-6 p.m. info, 472-7053. 'motorS & ink': An exhibition that highlights the work of Vermont tattoo artist Melissa shanholtzer of Mermonkey Tattoo and features antique motorcycles as well as sculpture by leif Johnson. August 24 through 31 at Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland. Reception: saturday, August 24, 5-7 p.m. info, 775-0356. 'duetS': oil paintings, drawings, pastels, photographs, prints and sculptures by member artists, as well as solo exhibits by John Richards, Alexandra eckhardt and Ron Vallario. August 24 through september 29 at Yester house galleries, southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester. Reception: saturday, August 24, 2-4 p.m. info, 362-1405.

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'Land on Paper': Landscape prints by artist members. Through August 31 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901.

Sarah Ryan: New paintings and guitar photographs. Through August 31 at Penny Cluse Café in Burlington. Info, 651-8834.

Lark Upson: "Structural Integrity," portraits in oil by the Vermont furniture-maker-turned-painter. Through September 1 at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-0141.

Sarah Vogelsang-Card & Beth Robinson: "Blood Ties," a collaboration in which photographer Vogelsang-Card captures Robinson's "Strange Dolls" in unusual environments. Through August 31 at Backspace Gallery in Burlington. Info, spacegalleryvt.com.

Lori Hinrichsen: "Mapping," images of everyday life and the Vermont landscape captured through photography, printmaking and stitching. Through August 30 at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Info, 223-3338.

Shaun Boyce & Emily Heath: Abstract paintings by the Vermont artists. Through September 30 at Magic Hat Brewing Company in South Burlington. Info, 658-2739.

Mary O'Malley: "Exquisite Beasts & Radiant Creatures," small paintings with intricate details such as mandalas and honeycomb-like repetitive patterns by the Boston-based artist. Through August 31 at Walker Contemporary in Waitsfield. Info, 617-842-3332.

Steven P. Goodman & Cameron Schmitz: "Double Vision," landscape paintings. August 23 through September 24 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-3848.

Michael Boylen & Mark Dannenhauer: "Bread and Puppet, an Emerging Mosaic," a multi-year, multimedia portrait created from the memories, stories and images of the Bread and Puppet community; color prints from re-photographed slides of 1974 and 1977 shows by Boylen. Through September 29 at Plainfield Community Center. Info, 371-7239.

Summer Show: Paintings by Ed Epstein, Mike Strauss, Nancy Tomzcak, Chelsea Piazza and Lin Warren; photographs by Jim Moore; sumi-ink work by Aya Itagaki; and collage work by Arthur Penfield Tremblay. Curated by BCA. Through August 31 at Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. Susan Abbott: "Vermont Journal: Small Paintings from Four Seasons," plein-air work by the Vermont artist. Through August 31 at Shelburne Vineyard. Info, 985-8222.

Pat Musick: "The Instant of It All," drawings and sculptures exploring the theme of aging inspired by the words of Russian poet Boris Pasternak. Photo ID required for admission. Through September 27 at Governor's Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

Suzanne Dollois: Photographic work by the Vermont artist. Curated by SEABA. Through August 30 at Pine Street Deli in Burlington. Info, 862-9614. Tessa Holmes: Paintings by the Vermont artist. Curated by SEABA. Through August 30 at Speeder & Earl's (Pine Street) in Burlington. Info, 658-6016. 'This Was Me: Self-Taught Art from the G.R.A.C.E. Gallery Collection': Thirty works by nearly a dozen artists affiliated with Hardwick's community-art organization, including Gayleen Aiken and Larry Bissonnette. Through September 26 at New City Galerie in Burlington. Info, 735-2542.

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'Traces': Mark Waskow and Jean Cherouny present an exhibit inspired by performance artists who create a "trace," something that is directly or indirectly related to the performance that will survive the performance. Curated by SEABA. Through August 30 at VCAM Studio in Burlington. Info, 651-9692. 'Wyeth Vertigo': Works by three generations of one of the most influential families in modern American art — N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth. Through October 31 at Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346. Zelde Grimm: Pen-and-ink drawings in vintage frames. Through August 31 at Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington. Info, 660-9005.

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27th Annual Quilt Exhibition: More than 50 colorful quilts made in Windsor County. Through September 22 at Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock. 'A Celebration of Upper Valley Artists': Work in a variety of media by AVA Galley and Art Center artists. Through September 2 at Pompanoosuc Mills in East Thetford. Info, 603-448-3117. Alejandro Angio: "Awakening of the Ink Dragon," sumi-e ink drawings on rice and mulberry paper by the Argentina-born artist. Through September 30 at Montpelier City Hall. Info, 249-9563. Almuth Palinkas: A retrospective sampling of textile art and paintings in watercolor, oil and pastel. Through August 31 at Westview Meadows in Montpelier. Info, 479-0051.

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Liz Kauffman Stillness, deepness, sadness. Those are the words Vermont

artist Liz Kauffman uses to describe the granite quarries she explored in Barre. The paintings in her exhibit “Quarry,” at Vermont Studio Center Gallery II in Johnson, aim to capture the sense of sorrow she felt lurking beneath the surface of these man-made gashes in the Earth. “Tucked away in the woods of Graniteville, Vermont, lie these alluring wastelands that hold something troubled, something forgotten,” she writes in an artist statement. Her paintings are up through August 31. Pictured: “Legend.”

'American Dream': In a group multimedia show, artists explore what the American dream means today, Main Floor Gallery; Beth Robinson: "The Aviary," in which the artist explores what happens to birds that become comfortable living outside their natural habitats, Second Floor Gallery; 'ART-Artifact': Stories told through "transformed shards and remnants." Third Floor Gallery. Through August 31 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069. Annual Photo Show: Work by Vermont photographers is shown in this 24th annual exhibit. Through September 2 at the Inn at the Round Barn Farm in Waitsfield. Info, 489-2276. Big Red Barn Art Show: Two- and threedimensional work by more than 30 Mad River Valley artists. Through September 2 at Lareau Farm Inn in Waitsfield. Info, 496-6682. Casey Blanchard: "Key West Bound," work by the Vermont printmaker. Through August 31 at Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-5422. Donna Ellery: Three-dimensional mixedmedia artwork made from salvaged and recycled materials. Through August 31 at the Cheshire Cat in Montpelier. Info, 223-1981.

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'Folk Vision: Folk Art from New England and Beyond': Works by Gayleen Aiken, Merrill Densmore, Howard Finster, HJ Laurent, Theodore Ludwiczak, Violetta Raditz, Nek Chand Saini, Russell Snow and Burleigh Woodard, plus 19th-century sandpapers, bottle whimseys and more. Through October 5 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. Gloria King Merritt: "Changing Gears," large-scale digital paintings by the Vermont artist. Through August 23 at the Great Hall in Springfield. Info, 258-3992. 'Images': Nicholas Gaffney's photographs of the Vermont Institute of Natural Science; Evan Clayton Horback's collages; and Mary Mead's wood-cut intaglio monoprints. Through August 24 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor. Info, 674-9616. Janet Van Fleet: "Disc Course," pieces from the artist’s "Circular Statements" series, in which she employs spray paint, buttons and other circular elements. Through August 30 at Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. Kevin Fahey: "Meditations on Color and Light," paintings by the Vermont artist. Through September 24 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, outreach@chandler-arts.org.

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'Playing With Time': An exhibit that incorporates high-speed photography, time-lapse videos and animation to explore science and the everchanging world. Through September 8 at Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. Info, 649-2200. 'Round': Circular objects ranging from uniform buttons to oddities such as a foot-powered dentist’s drill; 'These Honored Dead: Private and National Commemoration': An exhibit that tells the stories of Norwich alumni from both sides of the Civil War, focusing on the military draft, prisons and mourning rituals. Through December 20 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield. Info, 485-2183. 'Service and Sacrifice: Vermont’s Civil War Generation': An exhibit of photographs, flags and artifacts that show how the Civil War dramatically changed the course of life in many villages throughout Vermont. Through November 30 at Vermont History Center in Barre. Info, 479-8500. Seth Collins: "Series of Robot Portraits," drawings in pencil and pen-and-ink. Through August 31 at Capitol Grounds Café in Montpelier. Info, curator@capitolgrounds.com. Sue Osmond: Paintings by the Vermont artist. Through August 26 at Jacquith Public Library in Marshfield. Info, 426-3581. Terry Allen: “Borderlines,” photographs of people and cultures — including Barre's granite quarries — on the edges of society and the cusp of change. Through August 23 at Central Vermont Medical Center in Barre. Info, cvmc.org/art-gallery. Tom Sears: Wildlife photographs by the local artist. Through August 31 at VINS Nature Center in Quechee. Info, 359-5001. 'Top of the World': Ken Leslie's paintings and unique book structures created on or above the Arctic Circle; watercolor paintings by Bianca Perren; and Inuit prints on loan from Norwich University's Sullivan Museum. Through September 1 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 728-9878. 'Unbound, Vol. III': An annual juried show that explores the idea of "the book" and all the ways artists use that format as a stepping-off point. Through September 7 at ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery in Woodstock. Info, 457-3500. Vermont Festival of the Arts: The valley hosts more than 100 arts-related events and activities. Through September 2 at various locations in Mad River Valley.

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'VISIONS OF A HOMETOWN': The Milton Artists' Guild's traveling exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the town's founding and the 25th anniversary of the guild. Through August 31 at Statehouse Cafeteria in Montpelier. Info, miltonartistsguild.org.

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ALEXIS KYRIAK: "Unfettered Wings," still-life pastels, figurative oils and drawings, and a retrospective video. Through August 31 at Kumon Math and Reading Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-0320. ALTHEA BILODEAU & DOUGLAS BIKLEN: Hand-dyed, felted wool and silk clothing and accessories by Bilodeau; abstract photographs by Biklen. Through September 3 at Brandon Artists Guild. Info, 247-4956. ERNIE LONGEY & MAX KRAUS: "OCM 10," shots by the local photographers of every one of the Opera Company of Middlebury’s productions over the last 10 years. Through September 1 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury. Info, 388-1436. 'FASHION & FANTASY AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST' : Selections from the museum’s vintage clothing collection paired with Vermont artist Wendy Copp's imaginative couture creations made from natural materials such as ferns, birch bark and hydrangea. Through November 3 at Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. Info, 388-2117. JANIS SANDERS: "New England: Fields & Shores," plein-air paintings that capture the spirit of New England's coast and farm towns. Through August 30 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

JOAN CURTIS: "At One With Nature: New and Revisited," paintings that imagine humans coexisting with climate changes and increasingly dramatic weather events. Through September 2 at Brandon Music. Info, 465-4071. MAIZE BAUSCH: A retrospective of the 88-year-old Charlotte painter's work. Through August 23 at WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room in Bristol. Info, 453-3188.

'THE BREEDING BIRD ATLAS: SCIENCE AND ART': A special exhibit in collaboration with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies features work by 14 artists and photographers and more than 300 citizen scientists; and PETER PADUA: Carved-wood birds by the 90-year-old artist. Through October 31 at Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. Info, 434-2167.

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self-taught Barre artist whose lively paintings have been shown across the U.S. and Europe. Her work is now at Rochester’s BigTown Gallery alongside creations by other folk artists from New England and beyond. Violetta Raditz’s 1920s mixed-media drawings of elaborately dressed characters have a fairy-tale feel. A group of 19th-century charcoal-and-marble-dust landscapes tempt the eye with their unusual texture. And a collection of “bottle whimseys” from the 1900s is worth puzzling over — the elegant glass bottles were filled by unknown artists with a variety of gadgets and doodads. Through October 5. Pictured: “Untitled” by Theodore Ludwiczak.

programs in New England, Québec and New York. Through September 8 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. 'DRAW THE LINE AND MAKE YOUR POINT: THE PENCIL AND THE 21ST CENTURY': A visual history of the invention and evolution of the pencil, including a display about a pencil artist, unlikely objects made from pencils, an interactive pencil launcher and a smattering of pencils from around the world. Through December 1 at the Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. Info, 626-4409. 'EXPOSED': An annual exhibit of sculptures from established and emerging artists displayed in the gallery, as well as throughout Stowe Village and the recreation path. Through October 15 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358.

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'SIX SIDES OF THE CUBE': Work by six young artists from around the world, including Vermonters Bianca Hildenbrand and Whitney Ramage, who each engage the cube in different ways. Through August 24 at Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland. Info, 468-6052.

AUGUST ARTISTS: Work by cabinetmaker Hans Jaensch, jewelers Barbara Langevin and Larry Langlais, and watercolorist Beth McAdams. Through August 31 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403.

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ROSS SHEEHAN: "Cinders and Cones," a new body of "neo-expressionistic pop" paintings and sculptures by the co-owner of Vergennes' Outerlands Gallery. Through September 13 at Otter Creek Framing in Middlebury. Info, 870-7228.

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JENN CULLEN: "Illustrations," pen-and-ink drawings inspired by the animal kingdom, old-time vaudeville and "razzle-dazzle camouflage." Through September 14 at Carpenter-Carse Library in Hinesburg. Info, 482-2878.

'THE POWER OF WATER: REFLECTIONS ON RIVERS AND LESSONS FROM IRENE': An exhibit that explores Vermonters’ relationships with rivers, based on interviews conducted over the last year with more than 140 Vermonters in 14 communities. Through September 7 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964.

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Gabriel TempesTa: "The Bumblebee Series," charcoal drawings inspired by the drastic population decline of bees in Vermont; alysa benneTT: "Horse Drawn," large-scale charcoal drawings. Through September 2 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261. Karen GuTh & emily lancToT: "Detroit: Current Reflections," video installation and photography reflecting on firsthand experiences with Motor City. Through September 14 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469. liz Kauffman: "Quarry," oil paintings based on Vermont's granite quarries. Through August 31 at Vermont Studio Center Gallery II. Info, 730-4416.

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liz le serviGeT: "A Dog's World," a celebration of dogs depicted in oil paintings, furniture, stone assemblage, ceramics and fabric. Through November 15 at Inky Dinky Oinkink Gallery in Moscow. Info, 253-3046.

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lois eby & JaneT fredericKs: Fredericks creates large works on paper while submerged in rivers and streams; Eby draws inspiration from Asian ink painting and African American improvised music in her works on panel. Through August 25 at Upstairs at West Branch in Stowe. Info, 253-8943.

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'new voices, new visions': Work in a variety of media by Kathleen Kolb, Judith Unger, Leslie Koehler, Sharon Moffatt, Hugo Mesa, Brent

roberT compTon & chrisTine homer: "Fire and Fiber," an exhibit of work by the husbandand-wife artists — pottery by Compton; scarves and shawls by Homer. Through September 26 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-0158. sandra lamberT: "Artist’s Dialogue With Nature," paintings that incorporate watercolors and natural dyes. Through August 30 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery. Info, 489-4023. selina coTe: "In Foraging," a series of blackand-white photographs that explore the artist's role as forager. Through September 30 at Bee's Knees in Morrisville. Info, 888-7889. 'sTowe visTas: for love of The land': The Stowe Land Trust exhibit features paintings by Vermont artists Elisabeth Wooden, Hunter Eddy, Meryl Lebowitz, Lisa Angell and Peter Miller. Through August 31 at Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-9653. Trine wilson: Floral photographs by the Vermont artist. Through September 30 at Jeff's Maine Seafood in St. Albans. Info, 355-4834. 'unspoKen wisdoms': Giovanna Cecchetti's abstract works investigate space-time patterns, quantum physics and nonlocal information theory; Janis Pozzi Johnson's oil paintings offer a meditation on landscape; and Louis Sclafani's glass and copper busts contain many profiles within a single portrait. Through October 31 at West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943.

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maurie harrinGTon: Watercolors by the founding member of the Killington Arts Guild and art director of Isle La Motte's Fisk Farm. Through August 31 at Snow Farm Vineyard in South Hero. Info, 372-9463.

McCoy, Mags Bonham, Maura Clancy, Kristine Deeler and Cathleen Glassford. Through August 23 at Miller's Thumb Gallery in Greensboro. Info, 533-2045.

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call To arTisTs call for darK arT: The S.P.A.C.E. and Backspace Galleries are looking for artwork for our Halloween show that best defines the “art of horror.” The work we are looking for will represent the beautiful side of decay, the finer points of blood letting, and that special something inside a depraved mind. We will accept 2-D, 3-D & photography. Deadline for entries: September 16. Info, spacegalleryvt.com/call-toartists/#horror; or email/call Beth at spacegalleryvt@gmail. com, 578-2512. call To arTisans: Chandler is accepting submissions of arts, fine crafts and high-quality specialty food items for its 12th annual Holiday Bazaar, November 16 through December 23. An entry form can be downloaded at chandler-arts.org (click on Gallery tab). Info, Emily, 431-0204 or outreach@ chandler-arts.org. luminaries eXhibiTion: Call for artists for supplemental “Luminaries Exhibition” at Nuance’s Annex Gallery. Art can be delivered August 27-29, noon-5 p.m., or by appointment. Entry fee: $15 per artist. Exhibition: August 31 through November 9. Info,

Nancy Silliman, 674-9616 or nancysilliman@myfairpoint. com. share sTudio/Gallery space: The Storefront Studio Gallery in Montpelier seeks artists to split rent. Members would enjoy shared studio and gallery space open to the public. Info, 839-5349 or glen@ gchfineart.com. volunTeer for The arT hop! Volunteers needed to make the Art Hop happen! Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 6-8. Pre-event jobs available, too. Sign up at seaba. com. wriTTen in sTone: voices of The GlbTQ communiTy: The Main Street Museum, in collaboration with Molly E. O’Hara, would like to hold a juried art exhibition for GLBTQ artists of Vermont and the Upper Valley. All media accepted. Consider these questions: Who are you, and how do you express yourself within your community? Who is your community? Where is your voice heard? Spoken-word and performance pieces welcome! Deadline: September 30. Submit pieces to Main Street Museum, 58 Bridge St, Studio 6, White River Junction, VT 05001, or send photographs to ohara. molly.e@gmail.com. Info, 291-3950.

‘maKe believe’ phoTo show: Calling for submissions. Roleplay, tell tall tales, wear your brightest costume and submit your photos! Deadline: September 18, midnight. Juror: Andy Bloxham. Info, darkroomgallery.com/ex48/. show aT The soda planT for arT hop: The annual exhibition, “Represent,” is curated by the S.P.A.C.E. Gallery to showcase 1 to 3 pieces of artwork that highlight the talents of each participant. Opening for the South End Art Hop, this three-month show features all media. Options for membership are included in the form at spacegalleryvt.com. open Group show aT “creaTive comp” First Friday of every month. $8 entry fee; limit one per artist. No rules; any size/media/subject. Entries accepted Wednesday through first Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Opening reception on first Fridays, 6-9 p.m. People’s choice winner gets cash prize. Exhibit up for the month. Location: Root Gallery at RL Photo, 27 Sears Lane, Burlington. For info, call 540-3081 or email publicartschool@gmail.com. vT arTisTs’ space GranT: The Flynn Center is accepting applications (reviewed upon receipt) for the VT Artists’ Space Grant: 60 hours of studio time and a work-in-progress showing. Info, flynncenter.org/ spacegrant.html.

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about a lot these days. But does anybody agree on what it actually means? Is it owning your house? Owning a gun? Rocketing up the socioeconomic ladder? Providing your kids with a better childhood? Area artists such as Katherine Taylor McBroom, W. David Powell, George Breisch Gonzalez, John Douglas and Phillip Hagopian offer their interpretations — some cynical, some thought provoking — at Studio Place Arts in Barre

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dorset theAter festiVAl Art show: Watercolors by Gloria Palmer and pastels by Ellen Questel and Penny Viscusi. Through August 31 at Dorset Playhouse. Info, 867-2223.

lodizA lePore: "Circus on Broken Boulevard," photographs of porcelain figurines assembled in tableaux that confront themes such as child abuse, innocence, power and greed. Through September 18 at Bennington Museum. Info, 447-1571.

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‘it would mAKe A heArt of stone melt: sicKness, injury And medicine At fort ticonderogA’: An overview of 18th-century medical practices, diseases and the treatment of wounds for the armies that fought in America during the French and Indian War and American Revolution. Through October 31 at Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y. Info, 518-585-2821.

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‘juried show AwArd winners 1993-2013’: New works by past winners of the gallery’s annual juried summer exhibition. Through August 30 at AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. Info, 603-448-3117.

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'red grooms: whAt's the rucKus': An exhibit spanning the artist's six-decade career and featuring several of his signature, large-scale, interactive sculptures, including a near life-size replica of a New York City bus, replete with a driver and passengers. Through October 20 at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. Info, 257-0124.

dAle chihuly: “Mille Fiori,” an exhibition of glass sculptures specifically designed for the museum’s interior architecture. Through October 20 at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. Info, 514-285-2000.

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KAte gridley: "Passing Through: Portraits of Emerging Adults," larger-than-life paintings of 17 young Vermonters, accompanied by audio excerpts from interviews. Through October 13 at Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester. Info, 362-1405.

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f Jobs were a device instead of a movie, it would be an eight-track player. Maybe a Donkey Kong game. Anything but the sort of sleek toy its subject used to pull out of his hat with astonishing regularity, making the future not just more connected but more fun. The movie is frustratingly first generation, based on the design used in decades of “great man” films, and as disappointing as you probably expect — only not for the reason you probably expect. Ashton Kutcher isn’t the reason Jobs mostly fails; he’s the reason it ever works at all. Kutcher’s portrayal of the Apple cofounder and conflicted digital messiah is a rock-solid piece of acting and pretty much the only thing likely to keep you from mentally logging out. The hacks responsible for this travesty, rather, are first-time screenwriter Matt Whiteley and hack-writer-turned-hack-director Joshua Michael Stern (Neverwas). Problem No. 1: The filmmakers promise in their marketing to tell, as the Internet Movie Database puts it, “The story of Steve Jobs’ ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.” They don’t. That’s the story told in Walter Isaacson’s biography,

and the story moviegoers doubtlessly will expect — but, oddly, it’s not the story Stern tells. Set in 2001, the opening scene offers false hope. Kutcher lopes into a company auditorium attired in his character’s signature black turtleneck and jeans. He holds up the very first iPod, stuns his audience by announcing it “can put a thousand songs in your pocket” and smiles beatifically as he’s given a standing ovation. That’s the last we’ll see of the latter-day Steve. The filmmakers hit rewind, and suddenly we find ourselves in 1971 and in the company of Jobs 1.0, a hippie with a gift for talking people into things. Among them is his friend Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad), whom Jobs talks into letting him market the prehistoric version of a personal computer he’s jerryrigged. The film’s hazy on just what people did with these things before the internet, but Jobs manages to sell enough of them to attract an investor (Dermot Mulroney). The company grows from a few geeks in a garage to a global competitor as fast as its leader can steal trade secrets from Xerox (a fact of history that failed to make the final cut). Stern dutifully chronicles his subject’s rise and fall between 1971 and 1985, when

JOBS REPORT Stern chronicles the life of the tech visionary ... well, the least interesting parts of it, anyway.

Jobs’ board of directors directed him to the door. He gives us scenes of the uncompromising visionary throwing fits, bullying, ignoring budgets, cheating friends and generally refusing to compromise, but offers zero insight into Jobs’ interior life, into how he dreamed up gadget after gadget that changed the way we live. I checked my watch. Two hours in, and we’re only this far? I wondered. How’re we ever going to cover the whole thing? For some bizarre reason, Stern doesn’t. In fact, he leaves out what many would consider the most interesting part of Steve Jobs’ story — everything he did after he took Apple back.

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The Butler ★★★

SERVING IN SILENCE Whitaker caters to a slew of miscast guest presidents in Daniels’ drama.

heart a mentor’s advice to show a carefully controlled face to white people, and wears the mask to the end of his life. While his wife, Gloria (Oprah Winfrey), isn’t the type to hold her tongue, and his son (David Oyelowo) becomes a Freedom Rider, Gaines seldom raises his voice even at home. Whitaker infuses this low-key role with nuance, softening his voice to a reassuring purr for his interactions with the heads of state and then showing us how Gaines’ true feelings sneak out from behind his mild-mannered exterior. It’s a magnificent case study in shaping oneself to others’ expectations. Those heads of state, on the other hand, are only a case study in stunt casting. Robin

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nyone who saw The Paperboy may be tempted to avoid Lee Daniels’ films henceforth. Not only was the Southern gothic potboiler overwrought, but it was stunningly incoherent, especially coming from a director who’d been nominated for an Oscar (for Precious) a few years earlier. As a storyteller, Daniels has a way of pushing everything over the top. But his willingness not to pull punches gives jolts of energy to The Butler, a film that looks on paper like the tamest Oscar bait ever conceived. Forest Whitaker plays Cecil Gaines, a fictional figure inspired by a 2008 Washington Post story about a retired White House butler casting his vote for Obama. Like that butler, Gaines serves for 34 years, through the civil rights movement and Vietnam, without once expressing a political opinion to his employers. Dignity and unflappable equanimity are conditions of his job that he fulfills with aplomb. Yet he doesn’t fail to observe that he and his fellow African American employees are paid less than their white counterparts and denied meaningful opportunities for advancement. The script makes it clear that Gaines’ “perfect servant” façade is a survival strategy for someone raised in a world structured by an unquestioned caste system. After seeing his father slain with impunity by a landowner, the young Gaines takes to

That’s like stopping the Beatles’ story when they take their bows on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” What the film does show us is accurate enough, if marred by cornball touches and too many loose ends. (For instance, a feud with Bill Gates goes nowhere. The subject of the daughter Jobs abandoned is abandoned just as inexplicably.) The picture’s most significant problem, though, is simply that it’s pointlessly truncated. It’s the truth, just not the whole truth. Stern and Whiteley’s is a story about big business when it should’ve been a story about big ideas.

Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower? John Cusack as Richard Nixon? Both segments feel like rejected “Saturday Night Live” sketches, while Alan Rickman and Jane Fonda as Ronald and Nancy Reagan don’t fare much better. The script by Danny Strong (Game Change) hits all the standard beats, reaffirming our clichés about the midcentury White House with gusto. When the movie focuses on the freewheeling, irreverent banter among the butlers, or takes us home with Gaines, it gets more interesting. The scenes of Cecil and Gloria shooting the breeze with their neighbors — including Terrence Howard as a charming ne’er-do-well — have a loose, improvisational quality that energizes

the film in small doses. (Too much of that unscripted feeling sank The Paperboy.) Oyelowo’s civil-rights subplot initially seems promising, too. Daniels’ depiction of the lunch-counter sit-ins is as visceral as anything in Django Unchained, bound to make an impression on young moviegoers ignorant of the history of segregation. After that, however, this story collapses into its own clichés, with the Black Panther movement, for instance, depicted more as a fashion statement than an ideology. As time speeds up, Daniels gets laughs by presenting decades through their popular icons — “Soul Train” gear for the ’70s, ugly jogging suits for the ’80s. Subtlety flies out the window, and sentimentality comes in to stay. By the end, The Butler is exactly what you’d expect from a self-consciously “important” film. That said, some of the “importance” is earned, because The Butler raises questions about how white and black people censor themselves when they interact — yes, even today. Gaines is a hero audiences can and will embrace, but the movie forces us to ask why. Is it because he’s a hardworking man of principle, or because he’s so good at unfurling a white tablecloth over ugly realities? MARGO T HARRI S O N

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2 gUNSHHH: Mark wahlberg and denzel washington play a dEa agent and a naval intelligence officer who start out as adversaries but find themselves fighting a common enemy in this action flick from director baltasar (Contraband) Kormákur. with Paula Patton and bill Paxton. (109 min, R)

tHE moRtAl iNStRUmENtS: citY oF BoNES: another ya bestseller comes to the screen: In cassandra clare’s urban-fantasy series, a young new yorker (lily collins) learns to embrace her hereditary identity as a demon hunter. Oh, and there are cute guys. with Jamie campbell bower, Robert Sheehan and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. harald (The Karate Kid) Zwart directed. (130 min, Pg-13. bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Sunset, welden.) tHE SpEctAcUlAR NoW: a high school golden boy on a downward spiral (Miles teller) finds himself inexplicably drawn to a bookish nice girl in this dramedy from the screenwriters of 500 Days of Summer. Shailene woodley and brie larsen also star. James Ponsoldt directed. (95 min, R. Savoy) tHE WoRlD’S END: The team behind Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz brings us the summer’s second apocalyptic comedy, in which a group of pub crawlers discover that humanity’s future depends on their epic drink-athon. with Simon Pegg, nick frost and Martin freeman. Edgar wright directed. (109 min, R. capitol, Essex, Majestic.) YoU’RE NEXt: a wedding anniversary getaway becomes the target of a group of killers who wear (surprise!) creepy masks in this horror flick from director adam (V/H/S) wingard. with nicholas tucci, Sharni Vinson, amy Seimetz and ti west. (95 min, R. Essex, Majestic.)

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tHE coNJURiNgH: Vera farmiga plays a paranormal investigator who encounters a disturbingly powerful presence in a farmhouse in this horror flick based on a real case account. It supposedly scored an R rating for scares alone. with Patrick wilson and lili taylor. James (Insidious) wan directed. (120 min, R) DESpicABlE mE 2HHH: Steve carell returns as the voice of gru, a reformed would-be supervillain who teams up with the antivillain league to fight crime in this family animated adventure. yes, his minions are also back. Pierre coffin and chris Renaud directed. with the voices of Kristen wiig, Miranda cosgrove and Ken Jeong. (98 min, Pg)

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ElYSiUmHHH: Matt damon plays — who else? — the hero in writer-director neill blomkamp’s futuristic action drama, in which the rich live in a space station and the poor are confined to a disgusting slum known as Earth. with Jodie foster and Sharlto copley. (109 min, R) FRUitVAlE StAtioNHHHH1/2: Michael b. Jordan portrays Oscar grant, a young Oakland man who was shot by a transit cop in 2009, in this film that retells the last day of his life. director Ryan coogler made his feature directorial debut with this Sundance award winner. with Melonie diaz and Octavia Spencer. (85 min, R) JoBSH1/2: More chutzpah than Steve Jobs? It had to take a lot to cast ashton Kutcher as the apple founder in this biopic about his rise from geeky kid to corporate legend. with Josh gad, J.K. Simmons and annika bertea. Joshua Michael (Swing Vote) Stern directed. (127 min, Pg-13) SEVENDAYSVt.com

kick-ASS 2HH: a teen who attempts to fight crime in a superhero costume (aaron taylorJohnson) forms an alliance with like-minded citizens and confronts his nemesis in this sequel to the comic-based 2010 action comedy. with chloë grace Moretz, christopher Mintz-Plasse and Jim carrey. Jeff (Never Back Down) wadlow directed. (99 min, R)

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loVElAcEHH1/2: amanda Seyfried plays the star of ground-breaking porn flick deep Throat in this biopic based on her account of her relationship with her abusive husband and manager (Peter Sarsgaard). Rob Epstein and Jeffrey friedman (howl) directed. (99 min, R)

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tHE loNE RANgERHH: director gore Verbinski and star Johnny depp team up to give the legend of the masked western lawman a Pirates of the Caribbean-style makeover. armie hammer is the title character; depp is tonto. with helena bonham carter and william fichtner. (146 min, Pg-13)

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wednesday 21 — thursday 22 elysium 6:30, 9. lee daniels’ The Butler 6:20, 9:10. paranoia 6:20, 9:05. planes 6:15, 8:40. we’re the millers 6:30, 9. friday 23 — thursday 29 elysium Fri: 6:30, 9. Sat and Sun: 12:45, 3:15, 6:30, 9. Mon to Thu: 6:30, 9. lee daniels’ The Butler Fri: 6:20, 9:10. Sat and Sun: 12:30, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10. Mon to Thu: 6:20, 9:10. paranoia 9. planes 6:20. planes in 3d Sat and Sun: 1, 3:45. we’re the millers Fri: 6:30, 9:10. Sat and Sun: 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:10. Mon to Thu: 6:30, 9:10. *The world’s end Fri: 6:30, 9. Sat and Sun: 1, 3:40, 6:30, 9. Mon to Thu: 6:30, 9.

esseX cinemas & t-reX theater 21 Essex Way, #300, Essex, 8796543, essexcinemas.com

wednesday 21 — thursday 22 2 Guns 12:05, 5:05, 7:30. elysium 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40. Jobs 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45. kick-ass 2 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40. lee daniels’ The Butler 1:10, 3:55, 6:40, 9:25. *The mortal instruments: city of Bones 1, 4, 7, 9:45. paranoia Wed: 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50. Thu: 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30. percy Jackson: sea of monsters 12:10, 9:30. percy Jackson: sea of monsters in 3d 2:30, 4:50, 7:10. planes 12:50, 9:30. planes in 3d 3, 5:10, 7:20. red 2 Wed: 2:35, 9:55. Thu: 2:35. we’re the millers

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12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50. *The world's end Thu: 10. *you're next Thu: 10. friday 23 — thursday 29 elysium 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40. Jobs 1:20, 6:55. kick-ass 2 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40. lee daniels’ The Butler 1:10, 3:55, 6:40, 9:25. *The mortal instruments: city of Bones 1, 4, 7, 9:45. paranoia 4:15, 9:45. percy Jackson: sea of monsters 12:10, 9:30. percy Jackson: sea of monsters in 3d 2:30, 4:50, 7:10. planes 12:50, 9:30. planes in 3d 3, 5:10, 7:20. we’re the millers 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50. *The world's end 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55. *you're next 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25.

maJestic 10

190 Boxwood St. (Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners), Williston, 878-2010, majestic10.com

wednesday 21 — thursday 22 2 Guns 6:50, 9:20. The conjuring 3:30, 9. despicable me 2 12:20, 2:30. despicable me 2 in 3d 2:30. elysium 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:35. Jobs 12:45, 6:35, 9:25. kick-ass 2 1:15, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40. lee daniels’ The Butler 1, 4, 6:45, 9:30. *The mortal instruments: city of Bones 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30. paranoia 12:40, 6:25. percy Jackson: sea of monsters 12:30, 6:30. percy Jackson: sea of monsters in 3d 4:40, 9:10. planes 12:15, 2:20, 4:25. planes in 3d 7. we’re the millers 1:10, 3:15, 7:10, 9:40. The wolverine 3:20, 8:50. friday 23 — thursday 29 2 Guns 6:50. The conjuring 9. despicable me 2 12:15, 2:25, 4:30. elysium 1:20, 3:50, 7:05, 9:35. Jobs 12:40, 9:10. kick-ass 2 1:15, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25. lee daniels’ The Butler 1, 4, 6:45, 9:30. *The mortal instruments: city of Bones 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30. paranoia 9:20. percy Jackson: sea of monsters 12:30, 6:20. percy Jackson: sea of monsters in 3d 3:30, 9:15. planes 12:20, 2:30. planes in 3d 4:35, 7. we’re the millers 1:10, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40. The wolverine 3:20. *The world's end 1:30, 4:10, 7:15, 9:40.

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2:15, 4, 6:30, 9:05. The way, way Back 2:25, 4:35, 6:50, 9:15. we’re the millers 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:20. friday 23 — thursday 29 *Blue Jasmine 2:30, 3:50, 4:50, 7:20, 9:25. elysium 2:10, 4:20, 6:40, 9:10. Fruitvale station 2, 7:10. Jobs 2, 9:05. lee daniels’ The Butler 2:05, 4:40, 6:30, 9. The way, way Back 4:30, 6:50, 9:15. we’re the millers 2:20, 4:45, 7, 9:20.

palace 9 cinemas 10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 864-5610, palace9.com

wednesday 21 — thursday 22 2 Guns 6:50, 9:20. The conjuring 3:30, 9. despicable me 2 1:55, 4:20. despicable me 2 in 3d 2:30. elysium 1:40, 4:05, 6:50, 9:15. Jobs 1:30, 6:30, 9. kick-ass 2 2, 4:25, 6:55, 9:20. lee daniels’ The Butler 1:30, 4, 6:35, 9:05. *The mortal instruments: city of Bones 2, 3:40, 6:40, 8:50. paranoia 6:25, 9:20. percy Jackson: sea of monsters 1:45, 6:20. percy Jackson: sea of monsters in 3d 3:55, 8:20. planes 1:40, 4:30. planes in 3d 6:15. we’re the millers 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:10. friday 23 — thursday 29 Full schedule not available at press time.

paramount twin cinema 241 North Main St., Barre, 4799621, fgbtheaters.com

wednesday 21 — thursday 29 kick-ass 2 Wed to Fri: 6:30, 9. Sat and Sun: 12:30, 3:15, 6:30, 9. Mon to Thu: 6:30, 9. *The mortal instruments: city of Bones Wed to Fri: 6:20, 9:10. Sat and Sun: 12:20, 3:15, 6:20, 9:10. Mon to Thu: 6:20, 9:10.

friday 23 — thursday 29 Blue Jasmine Fri: 6:30, 8:45. Sat and Sun: 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:45. Mon to Thu: 6:30, 8:45. The spectacular now Fri: 6, 8:15. Sat and Sun: 1, 3:30, 6, 8:15. Mon to Thu: 6, 8:15.

stowe cinema 3 pleX Mountain Rd., Stowe, 2534678. stowecinema.com

wednesday 21 — thursday 22 planes 7, 9. we’re the millers 7, 9:15. The wolverine 7, 9:15. friday 23 — thursday 29 lee daniels’ The Butler Fri: 7, 9:15. Sat and Sun: 2:30, 7, 9:15. Mon to Thu: 7, 9:15. The way, way Back Fri: 7, 9:15. Sat and Sun: 2:30, 4:40, 7, 9:15. Mon to Thu: 7, 9:15. we’re the millers Fri: 7, 9:15. Sat and Sun: 2:30, 4:40, 7, 9:15. Mon to Thu: 7, 9:15.

sunset drive-in theatre

155 Porters Point Road, just off Rte. 127, Colchester, 862-1800. sunsetdrivein.com

wednesday 21 — thursday 22 we're the millers 8:25 followed by The heat 10:50. *kick-ass 2 8:25 followed by red 2 10:50. elysium 8:25 followed by The wolverine 10:50. planes 8:25 followed by The smurfs 2 10:50. friday 23 — thursday 29 we're the millers 8:15 followed by The heat 10:45 followed on Sat and Sun by The conjuring 12:45. kick-ass 2 8:15 followed by The wolverine 10:45 followed on Sat and Sun by 2 Guns 12:45. *mortal instruments: city of Bones 8:15 followed by elysium 10:45 followed on Sat and Sun by red 2 12:45. planes 8:15 followed by percy Jackson: sea of monsters 10:45 followed on Sat and Sun by despicable me 2 12:45.

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104 No. Main St., St. Albans, 5277888, weldentheatre.com

wednesday 21 — thursday 22 Jobs 1, 6, 9. kick-ass 2 1, 6, 9. *The mortal instruments: city of Bones 1, 6:30, 9.

friday 23 — saturday 24 planes 8:25 followed by The lone ranger.

wednesday 21 — thursday 29 kick-ass 2 4:30, 9:20. lee daniels’ The Butler 2:05, 7:05. *mortal instruments: city of Bones 2, 7, 9:20. The smurfs 2 2:10, 4:30. we’re the millers 4:30, 7:10, 9:20.

friday 23 — thursday 29 Jobs 6. kick-ass 2 1, 9. lee daniels’ The Butler 1, 6, 9. *The mortal instruments: city of Bones 1, 6:30, 9.

merrill’s roXy cinema 222 College St., Burlington, 8643456, merrilltheatres.net

wednesday 21 — thursday 22 20 Feet from stardom 4:50, 9:30. elysium 2, 4:45, 7:10, 9:25. Fruitvale station 2:10, 7:20. Jobs 2:0,5, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10. lee daniels’ The Butler

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26 Main St., Montpelier, 2290509, savoytheater.com

wednesday 21 — thursday 22 lovelace 6, 8. The way, way Back 6:30, 8:30.

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pARANoiAHH: A young employee gets over his head in corporate espionage when he’s caught between two billionaire rivals in this thriller from director Robert (The Ugly Truth) Luketic. Liam Hemsworth, Amber Heard, Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star. (106 min, PG-13) pERcY JAcKSoN: SEA oF moNStERSHH: The son of Poseidon (Logan Lerman) and his friends try to track down the mythical Golden Fleece to quell an ancient evil in the second film installment of Rick Riordan’s popular fantasy series. Thor Freudenthal directed. (106 min, PG) plANESHH: “From above the world of Cars” comes this Disney spin-off franchise, starring an acrophobic plane who nevertheless dreams of being an aerial racer. With the voices of Dane Cook, Teri Hatcher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and John Cleese. (92 min, PG) RED 2HH1/2: Audiences cottoned to the first action flick about retired secret agents kicking ass like folks half their age. So here comes the sequel, in which Bruce Willis gets the team together again to chase a rogue nuclear device. With John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins. Dean (Galaxy Quest) Parisot directed. (116 min, PG-13) tHE SmURFS 2HHH: Oh, no! Gargamel has abducted Smurfette! And he’s building an army of Naughties! Or something. The tiny, collectivist blue gnomes star in their second animated adventure for the family audience. With the voices of Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Katy Perry and Jayma Mays. Raja Gosnell directed. (104 min, PG) tHE WAY, WAY BAcKHHHH: A 14-year-old loser (Liam James) salvages his summer by working at a water park where he receives mentoring from wild-’n’-crazy guy Sam Rockwell in this indie comedy from director Jim Rash (cowriter of The Descendants). With Allison Janney, Steve Carell, Amanda Peet, AnnaSophia Robb, Toni Collette and Rob Corddry. (103 min, PG-13)

WE’RE tHE millERSHH: Jason Sudeikis plays a small-time pot dealer who hires a fake family to evade suspicion on a big border-crossing run. Needless to say, it’s not your typical all-American road trip that follows in this comedy from Rawson Marshall Thurber. Also starring Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts and Will Poulter. (112 min, R) tHE WolVERiNEHH1/2: Not to be confused with X-Men Origins: Wolverine! No, now the beclawed mutant superhero (Hugh Jackman) is doing his fighty thing in present-day Japan, facing ninjas and the prospect of mortality. With Rila Fukushima, Will Yun Lee and Famke Janssen. James (Knight and Day) Mangold directed. (136 min, PG-13)

new on video AmoURHHHHH Jean-Louis Trintignant plays an elderly man struggling to care for his beloved wife (Emmanuelle Riva) as she experiences dementia in this Oscar-nominated drama from director Michael Haneke. With Isabelle Huppert. (127 min, PG-13) EpicHH1/2 A teenager finds herself fighting a good-versus-evil battle in a fantastical world surprisingly close to home in what looks like the animated family version of Avatar. With the voices of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson and Beyoncé Knowles. Chris Wedge directed. (103 min, PG) ScARY moViE 5H This year, Hollywood in its infinite wisdom saw fit to give us two horror spoofs focused on the Paranormal Activity franchise. This one features Simon Rex, Ashley Tisdale and cameos from Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan. Malcolm D. Lee directed. (85 min, PG-13)

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To celebrate getting permission to remove the ankle monitor that held her in house arrest in Osceola County, Fla., Angela Estrella, 37, rented a car and headed for New York City. A few hundred miles up I-95, the rental car broke down. When the tow truck sent to rescue her arrived, Estrella asked driver Mike Frazier if he’d take her to New York. He declined, but when he turned his back to call the car rental company, authorities said she jumped into the rig and drove off. The truck was equipped with a GPS, however, allowing law enforcement to track and arrest her. (The Daytona Beach News-Journal)

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Texting contributed to the crash of a medical helicopter near Mosby, Mo., according to National Transportation Safety Board investigators. Despite the helicopter operator’s rule forbidding pilots to use electronic devices during flight, pilot James Freudenbert, 34, had exchanged 20 personal text messages in the two hours before the crash, including one 19 minutes before. Officials said the texting apparently prevented Fruedenbert from noticing the helicopter was running out of fuel. (Los Angeles Times)

Du blamed his Samsung Galaxy S4 phone for burning down his house. Du said he was playing the game “Love Machine” on the phone when its battery popped. Startled, he threw the phone on a sofa, which burst into flames that quickly spread. Later that month, an 18-year-old Swiss woman received third-degree burns on her leg after her Samsung Galaxy S3 exploded in her pocket. In the same month, a Chinese woman reportedly died from an electric shock when she answered a call on her iPhone while it was charging; a similar occurrence sent a Chinese man into a coma. (Huffington Post) Believing that he may have accidentally dropped his cellphone down a garbage chute in his Palatine, Ill., apartment building, Roger Mirro, 56, went looking for it in a trash compactor, which crushed him to death. (Chicago Tribune)

Double Jeopardy

Ye Mengyuan, 16, a passenger aboard the Asiana Airline flight that crash landed in San Francisco in July survived the crash and was thrown from the plane but died when she was run over by a rescue vehicle responding to the emergency, according to San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault. (CNN)

Avoirdupois Follies

New Zealand authorities declined to renew the work visa of Albert Buitenhuis, a chef from South Africa, because he’s too fat. Weighing 286 pounds, Buitenhuis is at “significant risk” of medical complications, according to an immigration official, who pointed out, “It is important that all migrants have an acceptable standard of health to minimize costs and demands on New Zealand’s health services.” His wife, Marthie Buitenhuis, noted that their annual work visas had been renewed with “very little problem” since they moved to Christchurch six years ago, even though her husband now weighs 65 pounds less now than he did then. (BBC News)

Bucket-List Follies

After 44 years of dreaming and 38 years of being overruled by his wife, Barry Strang, 59, finally bought a motorcycle. He picked it up at the dealership in Lander, Wyo., but had driven it just three miles when he collided with a tractor-trailer and was killed. “It was something he wanted his whole life,” Pam Strang said. “It’s like my son said, ‘Dad went out with the biggest smile on his face.’” (Casper Star-Tribune)

Respect Your Elders — Or Else

Chinese legislators amended a law to require people to visit or keep in touch with their elderly parents or risk being sued. “It is mainly to stress the right of elderly people to ask for emotional support,” Xiao Jinming, a law professor at Shandong University who helped draft the measure, explained. “We want to emphasize there is such a need.” (Associated Press)

Droning On

In the latest backlash against unmanned aerial vehicles, town officials in Deer Trail, Colo., are considering a proposed ordinance that would grant hunting permits allowing residents to shoot down drones. The permits would cost $25, and anyone who presents evidence of shooting down a drone would receive $100. “This is a pre-emptive strike,” said Phillip Steel, 48, who proposed the measure and collected enough signatures on a petition to require local officials to act on it. “I don’t want to live in a surveillance society.” The Federal Aviation Administration responded that people who fire guns at drones could be prosecuted or fined, but Steel insisted, “The FAA doesn’t have the power to make a law.” (Associated Press)

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“My story isn’t sweet and harmonious like invented stories,” wrote novelist Herman Hesse. “It tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.” As interesting as Hesse’s declaration is, let’s not take it as gospel. Let’s instead envision the possibility that when people reduce the number of lies they tell themselves, their lives may become sweeter and more harmonious as a result. I propose that exact scenario for you right now, Leo. There might be a rough adjustment period as you cut back on your self-deceptions, but eventually your folly and bewilderment will diminish as the sweet harmony grows.

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(June 21-July 22): Can you remember the last time you bumped up against a limitation caused by your lack of knowledge? What did it feel like? I expect that sometime soon you will have that experience again. you may shiver with worry as you contemplate the potential consequences of your continued ignorance. but you may also feel the thrill of hungry curiosity rising up in you. If all goes well, the fear and curiosity will motivate you to get further educated. you will set to work on a practical plan to make it happen.

ViRgo (Aug. 23-sept. 22): novelist James Joyce once articulated an extreme wish that

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do now that you have acquired more clout and visibility? Will you mostly just pump up your self-love and bask in the increased attention? There’s nothing wrong with that, of course. but if those are the only ways you cash in on your added power, the power won’t last. I suggest you take advantage of your enhanced influence by engaging in radical acts of magnanimity. Perform good deeds and spread big ideas. The more blessings you bestow on your fellow humans, the more enduring your new perks will be.

sagittaRius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): you’ve been pretty wild and uncontained lately, and that’s oK. I’ve loved seeing how much permission you’ve given yourself to ramble free, experiment with the improbable and risk being a fool. I suspect that history will judge a majority of your recent explorations as tonic. but now, sagittarius, the tenor of the time is shifting. to continue being in alignment with your highest good, I believe you will have to rein in your wanderlust and start attending to

caPRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “The person who can’t visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot,” said the founder of surrealism, writer André breton. I wouldn’t go so far as to call such an imagination-deprived soul an “idiot,” but I do agree with the gist of his declaration. one of the essential facets of intelligence is the ability to conjure up vivid and creative images in one’s mind. When daily life has grown a bit staid or stuck or overly serious, this skill becomes even more crucial. now is one of those times for you, Capricorn. If you have any trouble visualizing a horse galloping on a tomato, take measures to boost the fertility of your imagination. aQuaRius

(Jan. 20-feb. 18): “I want to be with those who know the secret things, or else alone,” wrote the eccentric ecstatic poet rainer Maria rilke. That wouldn’t be a good rule for you Aquarians to live by all the time. to thrive, you need a variety of cohorts and allies, including those who know and care little about secret things. but I suspect that for the next few weeks, an affinity for those who know secret things might suit you well. More than that, they may be exactly the accomplices who will help you attend to your number one assignment: exploratory holy work in the depths.

Pisces (feb. 19-March 20): to launch your

horoscope, I’ll steal a line from a Thomas Pynchon novel: A revelation trembles just beyond the threshold of your understanding. to continue your oracle, I’ll borrow a message I heard in my dream last night: A breakthrough shivers just beyond the edge of your courage. next, I’ll use words I think I heard while eavesdropping on a conversation at Whole foods: If you want to cook up the ultimate love feast, you’re still missing one ingredient. And to finish this oracle, Pisces, I’ll say that if you want to precipitate the trembling revelation, activate the shivering breakthrough and acquire the missing ingredient, imitate what I’ve done in creating this horoscope. Assume the whole world is offering you useful clues, and listen closely.

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dent named sankalp sinha has invented the “Good Morning sing n shock.” It’s an alarm clock that plays you a song and gives you a small electrical jolt when you hit the snooze button. The voltage applied is far less intense than, say, a taser, and is designed to energize you rather than disable you. I encourage you to seek out wake-up calls like the kind this device administers, Aries: fairly gentle, yet sufficiently dramatic to get your attention.

gemiNi (May 21-June 20): “The artist is by necessity a collector,” said graphic designer Paul rand. “He accumulates things with the same ardor and curiosity with which a boy stuffs his pockets. He borrows from the sea and from the scrap heap; he takes snapshots, makes mental notes, and records impressions on tablecloths and newspapers. He has a taste for children’s wall scrawling as appreciative as that for prehistoric cave painting.” Whether or not you’re an artist, Gemini, this would be an excellent approach for you in the coming days. you’re in a phase when you can thrive by being a gatherer of everything that attracts and fascinates you. you don’t need to know yet why you’re assembling all these clues. That will be revealed in good time.

liBRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): now and then a british Libra named Lloyd scott dresses up in funny costumes while competing in longdistance races. He does it to raise money for charity. In the 2011 London Marathon, he wore a nine-foot snail outfit for the duration of the course. It took him 27 days to finish. I suggest you draw inspiration from his heroic effort. from a cosmic perspective, it would make sense for you to take your time as you engage in amusing activities that benefit your fellow humans.

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(April 20-May 20): If you google the statement “I can change overnight,” most of the results that come up are negative, like “It’s not something I can change overnight” or “I don’t think I can change overnight.” but there’s one Google link to “I can change overnight.” It’s a declaration made by taurus painter Willem de Kooning. He was referring to how unattached he was to defining his work and how easy it was for him to mutate his artistic style. I wouldn’t normally advise you tauruses to use “I can change overnight” as your battle cry. but for the foreseeable future you do have the power to make some rather rapid and thorough transformations.

other writers have probably felt but never actually said. “The demand that I make of my reader,” said Joyce, “is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.” Was he being mischievous? Maybe. but he never apologized or issued a retraction. your assignment, Virgo, is to conjure up your own version of that wild desire: a clear statement of exactly what you really, really want in all of its extravagant glory. I think it’ll be healthy for you to identify this pure and naked longing. (P.s. I’m not implying that you should immediately try to get it fulfilled, though. for now, the important thing is knowing what it is.)

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Blonde Beauty at Richmond maRket Beautiful, curly haired blonde at the Richmond market. You wearing a black, slim skirt, flip-flops, carrying a basket, shopping with your young daughter. She noticed me looking at you and told you. You glanced and we exchanged smiles. I heard her tell you I was handsome. I was wearing a blue graphic T-shirt, khaki shorts. When: Saturday, august 10, 2013. Where: Richmond market. you: Woman. me: Woman. #911543 auSaBle chaSm, auguSt 7th You: bike trip heading south. Me: bike trip heading north. You asked about route options, my buddy commandeered the air time with chatter about bakeries en route. From our brief interaction I could tell you are smart, engaging, funny ... and adorable. And then all too quickly we were gone in seperate directions. I’d like to meet again. Are the internet gods willing? When: Wednesday, august 7, 2013. Where: ausable chasm, ny. you: Woman. me: man. #911542 goat WReStleR extRaoRdinaiRe Your arms, like windmills, your charms send me in chills, but where we get our real thrills, using the strength of our wills, is getting those darn budgies to stay in the ducking fence. Thank you for your strength and fortitude, my darling, my Sicilian Prince. When: Wednesday, august 14, 2013. Where: paradise. you: man. me: Woman. #911541 cute aS tWo BeaveRS What a wonderful thing, like Daggett and Norbert, two playful critters, having too much fun, and don’t ever stop! Congratulations on tying the knot! Have a ball this September, you two. And keep singing! I heard you have a beautiful voice. When: Saturday, September 7, 2013. Where: montpelier. you: man. me: Woman. #911540 let’S tRy thiS thing Hello to the well-dressed, silver-haired, writer/ photographer with kids whom I noticed on site today; self: new to area, looking for interesting company; big on culture, sense of humor, wit ~ looking for and hope to provide some emotional maturity and overall health. This is a long shot but, hey, one never knows. Good luck to you. When: Friday, august 16, 2013. Where: website, personals 60-65. you: man. me: Woman. #911539

magniFicent mattReSS meRchant You had a great smile, and I had a “nice handshake.” I would love to take you for a spin when the camper is ready. When: Thursday, august 15, 2013. Where: Wendell’s. you: Woman. me: man. #911537

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BeautiFul el gato SeRveR I saw you working at El Gato Cantina on August 15th. You were wearing a red shirt and a polka-dot skirt. I couldn’t take my eyes off you, just saying. Single? When: Thursday, august 15, 2013. Where: el gato cantina. you: Woman. me: man. #911535 Reply to the kiSS You sent me an I Spy, just as my profile asked. You don’t have a profile yet. Was hoping to read about you first but I will keep my promise and send you an email. I am still smiling... When: tuesday, august 13, 2013. Where: i Spy. you: Woman. me: man. #911534 Some WoRdS oF WiSdom the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing. Some people actually call it passion. What a dull place the world would be without it. When: Saturday, december 8, 2012. Where: in town. you: man. me: Woman. #911533 uncommon gRoundS We made eye contact and laughed at it. I was sitting with my friend. You have dirty blond hair, you were tall and definitely sexy. You were with your two friends, a blond girl and an older man. If that girl wasn’t your girlfriend and you don’t have one, then we should go get a drink sometime. When: Wednesday, august 14, 2013. Where: uncommon grounds. you: man. me: Woman. #911532 Romantic With a tendeR heaRt Have not seen you in person yet. I don’t get to St. Albans much these days. Your personal ad intrigues me for many reasons. I love being on a motorcycle. My comfort level thses days is riding as a passenger. I have many other interests too. There is a singles gatheing at Champlain Lanes on Thursday, August 22. Maybe you will be there? When: Saturday, august 3, 2013. Where: online at Seven days personals. you: man. me: Woman. #911531 Stunning You were waiting outside the gentlemen room in the mall. I said hi to you on my way out after chatting with your charming son. I would love too meet for a coffee sometime. Your son was banged up. Let me know what was wrong if you respond so I know it is you. When: Saturday, august 10, 2013. Where: dtown. you: Woman. me: man. #911530

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eex 235 It was fun racing down through the Gulf with you Thursday afternoon! I wonder if you ride as well as you drive! When: Thursday, august 15, 2013. Where: granville gulf. you: Woman. me: man. #911538

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Blonde in light/White hoodie on Main pulling something behind you. I drove by and caught your eye. I will admit it, I was gawking, but only because you were by far the finest thing on the street! (Any replies will have to provide the something you were pulling behind you!) When: Wednesday, august 14, 2013. Where: main Street in montpelier. you: Woman. me: man. #911529 3 penny dReam Our eyes met as you took my drink order. You complained of a sore knee. I wish I could have taken you to the bathroom to help you forget your pain. I loved your boyish smile, witt and scruffy beard. Can we meet to see if our drink-order moment can turn into something more? I can’t stop thinking about you! When: Sunday, august 4, 2013. Where: Three penny taproom. you: man. me: Woman. #911528 cReamy at the 3p You: dreamy, funny, fuzzy bartender seeing to my every need! Me: heavier hophead who can’t take my eyes off of you! Would love for you to dip your tap in my keg! I loved your fuzzy face, your contageous laugh and your Tom Selleck chest hair! When: Wednesday, august 14, 2013. Where: Three penny taproom. you: man. me: Woman. #911527 ShaRon, i think oF you often. Five years, hey? How many is it? I hope you’re well. When: Sunday, december 21, 2008. Where: maple St.. you: Woman. me: man. #911526 thankS FoR RetuRning puRple Wallet After finding my handbag on the streets of downtown you brought it to the Williston PD. My cellphone, ID, debit card, car key and cash were in it. Thank you so much. Great to know there are still honest people out there. I would love to make you a batch of cookies/buy you a plate of nachos at Our House. When: Saturday, august 10, 2013. Where: Burlington. you: man. me: Woman. #911525 Flynn ave RunneR “I’m going on your cue!” you announced to me as we crossed the tracks at the same time. We’ve passed each other a couple of times the last two weeks. Would love to join you sometime, or maybe meet for a post-run cocktail? When: tuesday, august 13, 2013. Where: Flynn ave. you: Woman. me: man. #911524

looking dappeR in oRange Ordered my coffee at Uncommon Grounds and you were behind me in that cute orange shirt pristine hair cargo shorts and sand colored military boots. Would love to get a coffee with you sometime and see where things go ;). When: tuesday, august 13, 2013. Where: uncommon grounds. you: Woman. me: Woman. #911523 giRl at c+m I’ve seen you there a few times and wonder if there is some mutual interest? You have curly brown hair and are very pretty. You were there with a few girlfriends on Friday. We’ve exchanged glances but I just haven’t made my way over to you ... yet. Maybe this weekend? When: Friday, august 9, 2013. Where: downtown Burlington. you: Woman. me: man. #911522 eyeS meeting, JeFFeRSonville aRtS FeStival Saturday, 8/10, I was playing sax on Main Street in Jeffersonville at the Arts Festival. You: pretty with brown hair pulled back, wearing blue tights and sleeveless top, looked into my eyes as you walked by, then crossed the street and looked back at me again, saw me looking back at you. Are you interested in meeting? I am. When: Saturday, august 10, 2013. Where: Jeffersonville, cambridge arts Festival. you: Woman. me: man. #911521 RunneR With neon ShoeS Your bright shoes caught my eyes. You ran past me on South Union Street as I was walking home from work. I’m not going to chase you, but maybe I can join you for a run sometime? When: monday, august 12, 2013. Where: South union Street. you: man. me: Woman. #911520

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