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PURR-FECT PIECE As one of the organizers of the cat show at the Sheraton, I just wanted to thank Meghan Dewald for the thoughtfully well-done article [“Scene@ Vermont Fancy Felines Cat Show,” January 9]. Very nice job! Mary Phinney MILTON
SO THAT’S WHAT YOU CALL THEM . . . Re: aptronyms [“Name Game,” December 19, 2007]. I’d never known the word for this! Very cool. I have been meaning to get my list going for years . . . so here is what I only recently started: Francine Prose, author of Reading Like a Writer; Norman Jewison, director of Fiddler on the Roof; Jeff Sawyer, local carpenter; Don Water, local plumber; Dr. Choma, surgeon; Rob Naylor, contractor; Dr. Kathleen Weathers, ecologist, Institute for Ecosystem Studies, (empirical modeling of atmospheric deposition in mountainous landscapes and . . . other “cloudwater” research). Well, that’s a start; so many that never got annotated, thus forgotten. Cordelia Sand WADHAMS, N.Y.
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of the ongoing occupation which is corrupting all of Israeli society.� “And that’s just the point,� Shapira told the packed congregation. “The occupation, whether it is direct or in the form of hundreds of checkpoints that humiliate the people there . . . that is the enemy. All our Jewish values are based in a love for liberty, and how can we embrace that when we occupy another’s land?� Both men were quick to sidestep the inevitable political questions surrounding a solution to the crisis, stopping at an acknowledgment that a “two-state� resolution is the best of many tough options. This drew a question from Rabbi Chasan, who wanted to ensure that the goal of ending the occupation means redrawing the borders to those of the 1967 state, and not the borders as they existed before Israel was founded in 1947. Both Aramin and Shapira agreed that the former was their aim. Combatants for Peace has its share of detractors, including organizations such as StandWithUs and former U.S. military intelligence officer-turned-columnist Jerry Gordon, who accuse the group
to wonder if they are creating more violence than they are deterring.� A young woman asked what the panel thought of recent efforts by the Bush administration to broker a deal between the two sides, and Shapira barely suppressed a laugh as he responded. “When you consider that the violence we are discussing, though terrible, is tiny compared to the atrocities being committed against the Iraqi people by the United States, you’ll forgive me if I’m not too optimistic about [Bush’s] sincerity. What I imagine [the administration’s] goal is, is to perpetuate the current state of occupation anyway, and that isn’t acceptable.� Aramin added that what he wanted was to see “a new generation of children . . . raised with less violence . . . without occupation in a two-state region,� he said. “If the present situation continues, then I see little hope.� At this, Shapira quickly added, “But hope can arise in unexpected ways.� He was referring to a ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court in September 2007 that directed the military to re-route a separation
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BURLINGTON — The conflict between Israel and Palestine has defined and taken lives on both sides for 60 years now. With opposition that passionate and unyielding, the simple act of crossing lines to communicate can constitute treason. Yonatan Shapira, an ex-Israeli Air Force helicopter pilot, discovered this two years ago when a superior at the helicopter charter company where he worked found out Shapira was a refusenik — a member of the armed forces who refused to serve on missions he considered morally questionable. Perhaps worse, Shapira was not ashamed of initiating contact with Arab residents in the Palestinian territories. “I was fired immediately,� he said matter-of-factly last Sunday afternoon at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue in Burlington. “There used to be an old joke that said, ‘In any room with two Jews, you’re going to get three opinions.’ Now it seems that, in a room with 100 Jews, there is only one opinion, and that is that Palestinians will be our enemy forever.� Shapira would like to change that, and so would former Palestinian fighter Bassam Aramin. That’s why the two men helped found Combatants for Peace, along with other ex-militants, and are currently sharing their message of peace on a speaking tour of the U.S. The organization’s tenets are fourfold: the rejection of the tactic of conflict resolution through violence; the end of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories; the establishment of a Palestinian state; and the determination to use only non-violent means to accomplish these goals. At Ohavi Zedek, Shapira and Aramin sat before a rapt audience of 150 Jews, Muslims, Christians and non-theists. Their presentation, sponsored by Combatants for Peace (www.combatantsforpeace. org) and moderated by Rabbi Joshua Chasan, was the latest in a nationwide series of speaking engagements intended to educate Americans about the conflict. After losing his 10-year-old daughter, Abir, to an Israeli rubber bullet a decade ago, Aramin would seem to have more reason than most to embrace the perpetuity of hate. Instead, this 39-year-old father of five, who spent seven years in jail for planning an attack against occupation soldiers in the late 1980s, turned his grief outward, and joined forces with Shapira to replace political rhetoric with more fundamental goals. “Combatants for Peace was founded upon the assumption that simply speaking to each other . . . to learn about each other’s lives and struggles and the pain we inflict wasn’t just better than violence,� Aramin offered. “It was the only way out of violence, and I knew that it was one of the best ways to honor my daughter.� Shapira’s commitment to peace cost him his position as a pilot in the Israel Defense Forces. After refusing to fly “assassination runs,� he encouraged other members of the armed forces to do the same, and was instrumental in creating the “Pilots Letter� of 2003. That letter, signed by 27 other officers, stated that they refused to “. . . continue to harm innocent civilians. These actions are illegal and immoral, and are a direct result
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wall off Palestinian land. “It was a small decision in the grand scheme of things,� Shapira admitted. “But it had an amazing effect. It showed to the Palestinian people that someone was listening, and it restored their faith in a dialogue, even if only for a moment. We can’t underestimate the curing power of hope.� The Combatants for Peace tour extends through the end of February, traveling next to Maryland, then Washington, D.C., and finishing with nine stops in California. Smiling as if in wonder at this breakneck pace, Rabbi Chasan asked, “And what do you do for day jobs?� “I’m working on my PhD dissertation,� Shapira responded. “It’s on conflict resolution.� Aramin grinned as he looked at his family sitting in the front row. “I work in the archive office of the Palestinian Authority,� he said. “But being a father of five . . . that’s my job.� > LOCAL MATTERS >> 16A
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DEB RICHTER Support for the reform legislation has been building outside the Statehouse at public meetings held in small towns around the state in recent months. They’ve been hosted by Barre Republican McFaun and the “Joan of Arc� pushing health-care reform in the Green Mountains, Dr. Deb Richter. Richter is admired even by those who don’t sing from the same health-care hymnal she does. One is Peter Sterling, executive director of the Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security Education Fund. That’s the outfit selling the new stopgap Catamount Health Plan to the state’s working uninsured — www.catamounthealth.org. Catamount is the compromise, Jim Douglas-supported plan that offers to sell health insurance to working Vermonters who lack it. Admittedly, Dr. Richter is not a big fan of Catamount; she predicts it will experience a financial collapse within a couple years. But even Sterling concedes, “Beyond a doubt, Deb Richter has done the most in this state to make health-care reform happen. No one can question her credentials and dedication.� Dr. Deb, he said, “is so steadfast in her resolve that people feed off that energy.� Dr. Deb “does say Catamount is good for some people,� said Sterling, but he admitted, “It just doesn’t solve the big problem, and we know that.� Richter, who’s been promoting showings of Michael Moore’s illuminating health-care flick Sicko around the state,
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Going to Pot? — A big week ahead for marijuana in Vermont. This column will be on the printing press Tuesday evening when the distinguished members of the Burlington City Council will be going to pot. That is, they will be addressing whether they should put an advisory marijuana enforcement question on the March Town Meeting Day ballot. The item, sponsored by Democrat Ed Adrian, an attorney and former prosecutor, and Progressive Tim Ashe, asks voters if they’d like to decriminalize possession of small amounts of grass in the People’s Republic of Burlington. And on Wednesday, under Montpeculiar’s Golden Dome, a legislative committee will be looking at the same thing — changing the marijuana law in the entire Green Mountain State. To this member of the Woodstock Generation, it’s hard to believe that gay couples would receive marriage rights before anyone could legally get stoned on grass. But life has been full of surprises, hasn’t it? “This is the right time to discuss this issue,” Councilor Adrian told “Inside Track” on Monday. “Frankly,” he said, “the governor has made it easy
for a lot of people to discuss this issue by saying he’s willing to discuss it as a Republican.” Of course, Gov. Scissorhands also said he did not think the Burlington City Council was the place to address the matter. Douglas said at his presser the other day that he really believes “the appropriate place for that debate is in the General Assembly, not in individual communities or counties in the state, but here in the legislature where the lawmakers ought to decide what the appropriate penalties are.” PHOTO: PETER FREYNE
tax and a $220 annual fee on working folks. But look at the upside, noted Dr. Richter. “It’s not an increase in spending [it would be a decrease in hospital spending], and everybody gets the security of hospital coverage. So why wouldn’t we do that?” she asked rhetorically. You know why. “People advocating for this are not politicians,” said Dr. Deb. “They’re ordinary Vermonters who are hurting and in need of help, and they need help now. They can’t wait until it’s the right time in the political world. They just can’t.” At the moment, H.304 is not drawing rave reviews from the hospital and insurance execs with the six-figure salaries. Several will testify against the legislation at the hearings next week. “It’s going to take a while for them to warm up to it,” Dr. Deb said, but, she predicted, “They’ll be begging for it in a few more years. They will!” But can Vermont really lead the whole nation on health-care reform? Doesn’t it have to be a national program? “We’ve done it in other areas,” said Dr. Deb, citing the abolition of slavery and welfare reform as two examples. “New ideas are done at the state level all the time. This isn’t even a new idea. This is how Medicare started,” Richter noted. “They gave everyone over 65 hospital coverage and, ironically enough, they did it because hospitals were having a hard time paying their bills.” Interesting.
the community. They don’t really impose a threat,” he said. But Malone strongly objects to the proposed trade-off, i.e., lowering the penalty for marijuana while boosting jail time and limits for harder drugs. “This idea of decriminalizing marijuana in exchange for lowering the amount of cocaine and heroin that can be charged as trafficking seems to me a bad Join us Thursday evenings for a 4 course idea,” said Malone. “I don’t like food & wine pairing dinner $39 per person these ideas of trade-offs.” Malone insisted that if the January 24th Cucina Piemonte legislature is going to address the January 31st Cucina Sicilia decriminalization of marijuana, February 7th Cucina Toscano “Then they need to consider it BE SMART. EAT WELL. ENJOY YOUR DAY. as a stand-alone idea and not CHURCH STREET MARKETPLACE, BURLINGTON • 802.660.9533 • price includes dinner •and wines • MAPLE TREE PLACE, WILLISTON 802.857.2200 part of the traditional horse• no reservations required • www.threetomatoestrattoria.com trading that goes on up there.” BEbe SMART. YOURday DAY. smart.EAT eatWELL. well. ENJOY enjoy your Good luck. CHURCH STREET MARKETPLACE, BURLINGTON • 802.660.9533 ChurchTREE Street Marketplace, Burlington 802-660-9533 Meanwhile, Attorney MAPLE PLACE, WILLISTON • 802.857.2200 Maple Tree Place, Williston 802-857-2200 General Bill Sorrell, also a www.threetomatoestrattoria.com member of the Woodstock Generation, insisted the other 2x5-3toms012308.indd 1 1/21/08 day, “The thought that our prison beds are full of pot possessors and we don’t have room for those who are into child pornography is not true.” Gen. Billy said in a recent in Middlesex: Saturday, January 26, 10 am - 2 pm radio interview that, at the moment, “We’ve got over 2000 Vermonters incarcerated and less than one half of 1 percent were in there for pot possession — 10 offenders.” That’s still 10 too many, isn’t it? We’d love to see you & your families at our “For small amounts of pot in Frasure Model Open House. this state,” said Attorney General Sorrell, “the reality is, in practice, it’s been decriminalized already, For Info & Directions call: Robert Gourley: 802-238-9208 by both the police on the street and the prosecutors.” But it’s so damn expensive! 2x3-notchlog012308.indd 1 1/21/08 Sources say marijuana is currently selling for $200 to $300 per ounce. Imagine if it were regulated, licensed and taxed, eh? Like beer and wine?
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for oil and global warming, the health-care issue? These are really class issues,� says the activist, who just returned from a U.N. climatechange conference in Bali. “And if we address them in a united way, we’ll get a lot further than if we remain fragmented.� Fellow organizer James Haslam agrees. “We sent a big group of people to the [2007] U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta,� recalls the director of the newly revamped Vermont Workers’ Center (VWC). Since then, “We’ve been trying to figure out how to connect workers’ rights and livable wages to the bigger picture . . . You can’t talk about making Burlington a livable city without dealing with issues of racism and inequity.� Sure enough, organizers weave local threads into their one-world rhetoric. Petermann, for one, accuses Republican Governor Jim Douglas of hawking “false solutions� to climate change. Haslam says 2007’s Act 82, which changed education funding, isn’t “workable policy.� And a spokesperson for the Burlington Peace & Justice Center stumps for H.337, a bill that would force employers to grant full-time workers seven paid sick days per year. On Monday, January 28, food-service workers at the Burlington School District will enter a new round of talks with district administrators; PJC is promoting “Citywide Livable Wage Button Day.� VWC’s Haslam expects “a number� of Vermont politicians, including Burlington’s Progressive Mayor Bob Kiss, to attend Saturday’s events, which begin at 9 a.m. At 12:45 p.m., U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — who visited Immokalee farm workers in Florida last week — will facilitate a pre-march panel entitled “Building a Movement for Universal Health Care and Livable Wages.� What about Governor Douglas? According to his website, he’ll be in town attending a “maturity expo� at the Sheraton Hotel. “It seems that [Douglas] is, more than ever, out of step on all the issues that affect Vermonters, like the war, like the climate, like health care,� Haslam contends. “Hopefully, we can elect leadership in general that better reflects these huge [challenges] we’re facing.� >
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new thing and kind of an odd thing, there wasn’t enough of a hook to attract the audiences I needed,” Tavcar reflects, adding that, without grant support, he was footing the production bills himself. Canceling The Hollow Crown meant releasing reserved dates at performance venues. But Montpelier’s Unitarian Church refused to do so. “The wise people there said, ‘Now, you know you’re going to find some use for these dates, so we’re not giving them away yet,’” Tavcar recalls. Under that friendly pressure, Tavcar, who also heads the Monteverdi Music School, overheard two faculty members rehearsing Franz Schubert’s 1827 song cycle Die Winterreise one afternoon. The proverbial light bulb clicked on: Fleshed out with brief readings from the composer’s diaries and letters, Schubert’s hauntingly beautiful setting of Wilhelm Müller’s poetry was the perfect vehicle for relaunching Word-
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Stage. Pianist Eliza Thomas and voice instructor Simon Chaussé, baritone, had been workshopping individual songs intensively. To get the challenging work ready by February, they agreed “to really woodshed on it,” Tavcar notes. WordStage is also presenting Die Winterreise at Burlington’s St. Paul’s Cathedral. And, encouraged by colleagues, Tavcar is reviving two programs from the original season: an evening on George Sand and Frédéric Chopin, featuring MMS musicians; and one on opera composer Gioacchino Rossini, co-sponsored by the Vermont Opera Theater. Larger-cast events focusing on Kurt Weill and Dorothy Parker, however, are still on the shelf. > WordStage presents Die Winterreise at the Unitarian Church in Montpelier, February 2 at 8 p.m.; and at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Burlington, February 3 at 4 p.m. Both $15. Info, www.wordstagevt.com.
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If San Francisco, birthplace of the Grateful Dead, is the jam-band Mecca, then Burlington is the Medina. After all, Phish reinvented the genre over a couple of decades of touring, spreading the jam-rock seed wherever extended improvisation and Jerry worship found nurturing soil. So it’s fitting that Burlington is playing host to Electric Apricot, a cinematic skewering of a fake band of the same name (think Spinal Tap), written and directed by and starring Les Claypool of the band Primus. It’s the first in a mini-festival of music films to be shown at Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas. The film was an opportunity for producer Jason McHugh to “make fun of everything I’ve held sacred up until this point,” he says in a phone conversation. “I go to Bonnaroo [Music & Arts Festival] every year . . . I go to Burning Man every year,” McHugh offers. “So I actually love this kind of music. But let’s face it, in the wrong hands, jam-band performances can be a nightmare.” The film opens with smoky, late-night clips of Electric Apricot fans commenting on band performances. One covers his watch with a bandana, explaining, “Apricot performances exist outside of time.” Another describes the musical form as “like . . . free
love with a bit of ass-shaking and, like, kind of just, kind of crazy, like . . . wow.” A third offers a less probing assessment: “I shat myself. It was awesome.” Barely more intellectually cogent than their admirers, the members of Electric Apricot wobble toward the Festeroo Music Festival, a gig meant to represent a breakthrough for the band and its long-suffering manager, played by McHugh. Along the way come the requisite shake-ups and personality conflicts, and some deeply fractured attributions, such as bassist Steve butchering the philosophy of “Widkenstein.” This is fun stuff for anyone who develops a migraine at the very thought of a 10-minute drum solo,
but McHugh hopes that jam-band admirers will also get the joke. “For the most part,” he points out, “even diehard listeners get the fact that there’s some real flotsam and jetsam out there.” Electric Apricot comprises Lapland “Lapdog” Miclovich (Claypool), “The Cube” (Arj Barker), Steve “Aiwass” Trouzdale (Adam Gates), and Herschel Tambor Brilstein (Jonathan Korty). The movie features walk-on appearances from such notables as Bob Weir, “South Park” co-creator Matt Stone, former Phish bassist Mike Gordon and Warren Haynes of Gov’t Mule. The National Lampoon Productions release came out last year and is still playing in art-house theaters and small festivals, such as the one Roxy owner Merrill Jarvis kicks off this weekend. “It’s consistent with the vision of the Roxy — I want to keep expanding its list of films to include off-the-beaten-track titles,” Jarvis explains. “I’m also a huge Les Claypool fan, so there’s some selfish interest there, too.” > Electric Apricot shows at midnight at the Roxy on January 25 & 26 and February 1 & 2. The late-night music-film fest continues February 8 & 9 with Exodus-era Bob Marley concert footage. Check merrillthe atres.net for more upcoming films.
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Dear Cecil, I recently read a Popular Science article by some geek who set out to manufacture silver bullets. He noted in the course of the piece that prior to the Industrial Revolution silver didn’t tarnish because of the lack of sulfur in the air. I’m very skeptical of this, however, because volcanoes belch forth much sulfur into the atmosphere. What’s the deal? Nathan Hobbs Cecil, Is it true that the vast majority of silver tarnish is the result of hydrogen sulfide air pollution from power plants and industrial activity? I’ve read that in the preindustrial era silver tarnished much more slowly because of the lower level of these pollutants. What’s the straight dope? Aaron Muderick, Philadelphia As the prevailing wisdom is that humankind no longer cares about anything but reality TV and Grand Theft Auto, it’s touching to find there’s still a demand among the Teeming Millions for info on topics like this one. I can’t say I completely understand the fascination here, but who am I to argue? Let’s talk tarnish. First, though, Nathan: “Some geek”? A little respect, please. Anyone who can, as Popular Science’s Theodore Gray apparently did, fabricate a custom bullet-shaped router bit and use it to create a high-heatresistant graphite mold suitable for casting ammo out of 99.9 percent pure silver has attained a level of near superhuman geekery that the rest of us can only mutely admire. That said, I’m not buying Gray’s claim that, “by and large,” silver “didn’t tarnish before the Industrial Age.” The idea, seemingly, is that since airborne sulfur compounds are what react with silver to create the characteristic blackish patina of silver sulfide, tarnish wouldn’t have been an issue until humanity started burning mass quantities of coal, consequently pumping the atmosphere full of sulfur. But that’s likely overstating the case. While coal-burning power plants are responsible for producing most of the sulfur dioxide out there (and thus acid rain), they don’t contribute that much of the compounds that actually cause silver to tarnish, namely hydrogen sulfide — best known as a key player in the smell of rotten eggs and flatulence — and the similarly pungent carbonyl sulfide. About 90 percent of the hydrogen sulfide and more than two-thirds of the carbonyl sulfide in our atmosphere come from (you guessed it) volcanoes, salt marshland, undersea vents and other natural sources. The remainder results from human activity — not so much the farting as the refining of petroleum and natural gas, the manufacturing of paper and chemicals, and the processing of sewage. It’s not like Gray’s entirely off base: Industrial pollution has increased atmospheric sulfur considerably. Although there was no EPA to monitor 19th-century factory emissions, we can analyze air trapped in polar ice caps to gauge the extent of past pollution. Carbonyl sulfide concentration has gone way up in the past 150 years — levels in the southern hemisphere are about
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he economic news of late hasn’t exactly been uplifting, but you’d never know it from the Vermont companies clamoring for exhibition space in an unusual job expo this weekend at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center on the Burlington Waterfront. The state is full of innovative businesses that are thriving, growing, hiring — and they’ll be out in force for the first annual Vermont 3.0 Creative Technology Career Jam. Most of these companies are in Vermont for a reason — they want to be — but they all struggle to find qualified workers here, especially where technical skills are involved. Meanwhile, Montpelier is worried about the exodus of young Vermonters to well-paying jobs out of state. And the state’s colleges strive to turn out students with skills that will give them a competitive edge in today’s job market. So. . . why don’t they all get together? That’s the idea behind Vermont 3.0.
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In this issue of Seven Days, our writers explore some of the stories behind the booths: Ken Picard tests the state’s “brain drain” theory. Kirk Kardashian explores the inner workings of MicroStrain, a sensor technology success story founded 20 years ago by a UVM grad. Margot Harrison deconstructs the demons in an e-gaming class at Champlain College. And we profile five of the niche software companies that seem to be popping up all over the state, replacing manufacturing plants with clean, high-tech enterprises. In his new weekly feature, “Campus Question,” Jon Taylor asks students what it would take to get them to stay in Vermont after graduation. Food writer Suzanne Podhaizer gets a taste of “virtual cooking” in video games such as World of Warcraft. Music editor Dan Bolles didn’t believe you could learn to play guitar — virtually — until he took a “Guitar Hero” lesson with Dave Contois and wrote about the experience. Contois will be demonstrating
the game — which he insists is a powerful musiceducation tool — at Saturday’s event. Seven Days was a major organizer of Vermont 3.0, which was designed with high school and college students and career changers in mind. But even people who love their jobs, and are certain they won’t ever be outsourced, can draw inspiration from the exhibitors — see the 16-page pullout program in the center of this week’s issue for a complete list. In addition, principles from JDK, Concept 2, groSolar, Contois Music, The Data Farm and Resolution will talk throughout the day about how their respective businesses have stayed competitive — and stayed in Vermont — by judiciously integrating new technology. It’s not the flower show, but on a cold January day, and faced with a less-than-rosy economic forecast, Vermont 3.0 should have a more lasting effect. PAULA ROUTLY
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f you believe the official reports and anecdotal kvetching from some in the business community, Vermont is in the midst of a demographic shift of seismic proportions. This shift goes by many names: “youth flight,” “the gray wave” and — least flattering to those who still live here — “the brain drain.” This phenomenon, which underpins Governor Jim Douglas’ “affordability agenda,” is driven by some data that are troubling, though not surprising. They show that the Green Mountain State — like the rest of New England — is experiencing the double whammy of lower birth rates and a net out-migration of its citizens to other regions, mainly the South and West. This trend is expected to continue for another two or three decades, possibly longer. Some economists, business leaders and state officials express serious concerns about the future viability of Vermont’s labor force. Without a talented and well-educated pool of young workers, the state will find it increasingly difficult to attract and retain well-paid jobs in the high-tech, knowledge-based and “green” industries Vermont finds so desirable. This, in turn, could have serious repercussions for the state’s capacity to raise tax revenues and pay for essential services. Simply put, the argument goes that if nothing is done to tip the demographic scale the other way, businesses will move elsewhere to fill their ranks. Commerce and Community Development Secretary Kevin Dorn cites NSK Steering Systems-America, in Bennington, as but one example of a Vermont company that expanded its operations in the South rather than in Vermont. “And we’re hearing this all across the state.” But others challenge such doom-andgloom predictions. They contend that, while some young people are leaving Vermont for greener — or at least warmer — pastures, calling it an “exodus” doesn’t tell the whole story. Perhaps it’s perfectly natural, even beneficial, for youths to move away to get an education, broaden their horizons and gain professional experience. Moreover, all
the dire economic forecasts don’t take into account the in-migration of college students and somewhat older earners, who bring with them more knowledge, professional expertise and wealth. Finally, the critics conclude, characterizing this trend as a “looming economic crisis” is just another way for the Douglas administration to portray Vermont as an overtaxed, overregulated and business-unfriendly state. If the interpretations of the data are debatable, the numbers are not. According to 2000 U.S. Census Bureau figures, published in the Department of Economic Development’s April 2007 report, “Growing Vermont’s Next Generation Workforce,” Vermont ranks at the bottom nationally for the percentage of its citizens between the ages of 25 and 29, and at the top in the percentage aged 50 to 54. The Green Mountain State now has the highest percentage of high school graduates who leave the state for college. And, despite the more than 20,000 young people who flock into Vermont each year to attend one of 24 institutions of higher learning, about 80 percent of those college grads move away within one year of graduation. “The governor and I view this as an enormous challenge,” says Dorn. “It occupies a very significant part of what this agency does, and what I do.” Between September 2006 and January 2007, the state surveyed nearly 3000 Vermont alumni living in other states. It found that 93 percent expressed a desire to move back, but said the difficulty of finding affordable housing and high-paying jobs were the biggest barriers. Among young people
who stayed, only 33 percent believe that Vermont “delivers on affordability.” As the 25-to-65-yearold demographic shrinks, Dorn says, an “emerging new paradigm” — that is, more job openings than warm bodies to fill them — is creating a drag on the state’s economy. “And that drag is only going to grow into the future if we don’t bend that curve today.” Art Woolf is a professor of economics at the University of Vermont who’s written extensively on this topic. He asserts that the graying of Vermont is actually happening faster than expected, with ramifications that simply cannot be ignored. When the labor force doesn’t grow, he explains, neither can the state’s tax base. As a result, only two things can happen: Taxes as a share of people’s incomes must rise, or essential services and spending must be cut. In response to that impending dilemma, the Douglas administration has spent about $100,000 on its “PursueVT” campaign to bring young, college-educated professionals back to the Green Mountains. PursueVT’s target demographic, Dorn explains, is professional twentysomethings who are from Vermont, have family ties here, and/or left the state to attend college and pursue careers. “The focus is really on people who know the Vermont product,” Dorn adds. “What we’ve found is that the brand identity of those who’ve sam-
pled it is extremely high, and [they find it] very, very desirable.” But some ask whether the state really needs to market “the Vermont product” to young professionals who’ve “sampled the brand” — as if our way of life were a soft drink. According to those critics, the picture is more complex and requires a detailed analysis of why people move here and why they leave. Consider, for example, the findings published in December by the Public Assets Institute, a progressive Montpelier-based think tank. Jack Hoffman, who wrote the report entitled “Where They Come From; Where They Go,” acknowledges that more people are moving out of Vermont than are coming in. However, recent IRS filings also show that those who migrated in tended to have more income than those who left — about 15 percent more per person, on average. “It would also be good to know who the people are who are moving to Vermont,” Hoffman writes —
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Colchester-based Livin’: The Vermont Way magazine entitled “A Fix in Search of a Problem: Is the Brain Drain Real?â€? in which he contends that Vermont is actually experiencing a “brain gain.â€? Cook points out that Vermont now has one of the nation’s highest percentages of adults 25 and older with a high school diploma. Moreover, the portion of over-25 Vermonters with a Bachelor’s degree rose from 29.4 percent in 2000 to 32.5 percent in 2005. “If this is a brain drain,â€? Cook concludes, “I must have been sleeping through my statistics class.â€? A more comprehensive, regional analysis was produced by the New England Public Policy Center, a policy-analysis arm of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. In its November 2007 paper, “Is New England Experiencing a Brain Drain?â€? the Center suggests that the picture is “much more nuanced than headlines suggest.â€? It reports that New England still has the highest share of young professionals relative to its population of any region in the country — and that population remains stable. Additionally, while the decline in young people is often attributed to out-migration, the Center found that at least some of those numbers are due to people “aging outâ€? of the 25-to39 demographic. “In short,â€? the Center concludes, “a careful analysis of the data indicates that reports of a major ‘brain drain’ from the region are overstated.â€? But Secretary Dorn takes little comfort in knowing that all of New England is experiencing flat population growth in its most desirable demographic. “Just because the other houses on the block are on fire,â€? he says, “doesn’t make the fire in your house any less tragic.â€? ďż˝
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ince its introduction in 2005, “Guitar Hero” has become one of the most popular video game franchises in the world. Its latest installment, “Guitar Hero III,” released at the height of the 2007 holiSTORY day shopping blitz, raked in more than DAN $115 million in sales in its first week BOLLES alone. Regardless of actual musical talent, legions of would-be rock stars, IMAGES young and old, can now live out their MATTHEW rock ’n’ roll fantasies from the comfort THORSEN of their living rooms via a flimsy plastic guitar, modeled after the Holy Grail of rock axes, the Gibson SG. Originally intended as a means for folks without appreciable musical skill to feel the thrill of shredding classicrock guitar riffs, the game is, at its core, just a game. Color-coded “notes” scroll on a TV screen and correspond to but-
tons on the guitar’s fret board. A “strum bar” simulates picking action, while a whammy bar can be employed for maximum face-melting effect. Players earn points for accurately hitting and sustaining notes and chords in rhythm. Meanwhile, depending on the player’s performance, his or her virtual onscreen counterpart — a cartoonish rock cliché — shreds the axe, also cartoonishly. Frankly, it’s a hoot. The game does require significant hand-eye coordination, particularly at its most difficult levels. But the key to its popularity is that gameplay doesn’t involve any real musical technique. Or does it? Dave Contois, owner of Contois Music in Essex Junction, begs to differ. A pillar of the town’s music community for 38 years, this small, family-owned business has provided les-
prise, then, that Contois has begun using the wildly popular game as a means of teaching guitar. Still, it’s something of a shock to walk through the front door of his small store on Route 15 and be greeted by a giant “Guitar Hero” display, which honestly would look more at home at Best Buy or Toys R Us. “I’d wager you wouldn’t see this in too many other music shops,” Contois says with a chuckle. As more and more school districts cut funding to the arts and music, it goes without saying that music stores like this one feel the trickle-down effects. But for Contois, selling a video game in a music store is no scheme to turn a quick buck — or, in this case, about $100 per game. Rather, it’s a natural extension of his educational philosophy. “I don’t care what is,” he says,
(The soundtrack consists of re-recorded versions of rock classics such as Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Freebird.”) Hit a note on the wrong beat and you lose points. Nail it and you win. Pretty simple. But the brilliance of the game, intended or not, is that it instills the player not only with a sense of rhythmic timing but also with a subconscious recognition of melody lines. Essentially, what players see as little colored dots scrolling down a TV screen are actually a form of guitar tablature. And when you connect those dots, you’ve got the makings of a real guitar player. “Kids could play that game forever and probably never even touch a guitar,” Contois says. “They might not even show any interest in playing guitar,” he adds. “But when you show them that what they’re doing is actually related to
Can a video game about music really translate into guitar proficiency? In short, yes. sons to generations of aspiring musicians and sold them their first instruments. Perhaps it’s a sign of the times, but these days, the kids are coming to play video games — specifically, “Guitar Hero.” Contois and his staff of instructors have long been ahead of the curve when it comes to using current technology in tandem with traditional music-education methods. From employing electronic keyboards with lights to guide novice players to the correct keys, to offering online music-theory programs to engage his students, the Berkleetrained Vermont native has seen firsthand how effectively technology can be adapted to captivate young minds. Perhaps it should come as no sur-
adding, “if it gets kids interested in music, I’m all for it.” Generating interest in music is one thing. But can a video game about music, even one as engaging as “Guitar Hero,” really translate into guitar proficiency? In short, yes. As he watched his son Tanner shred through level after level of the game, it occurred to Contois that what kids are really accomplishing via “Guitar Hero” — largely without realizing it — is learning basic music theory. By showing them the link between what they do on the plastic SG and what they could do on an actual guitar, one might inspire an entire generation of potential musicians. The game presents notes in rhythms that correspond to those of each song.
playing guitar, that it’s tablature, it’s like a light goes on. Once they make the connection and figure out that they want to play guitar, whatever they’ve done in the game has absolutely helped them to get into that instrument.” Contois proves his theory by handing this reporter a little plastic guitar with five brightly colored, finger-sized buttons on the neck and a miniature whammy bar. “Try it,” he says with a grin, selecting Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” from the game’s menu. Guitar instructor Stu Cook, 36, sits on a nearby stool with an actual guitar across his lap. The game loads, and lights come up on an outlandishly decorated stage. Notes begin to scroll at the bottom of the screen, and I do my best to keep up.
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It would be easy to dismiss Contois’ method as a gimmick. But his 50-plus students would probably disagree. In fact, a small group of them recently performed as a band at the Lincoln Inn in Essex Junction. They opened for local rockers The Phil Abair Band, playing songs they learned through “Guitar Hero” and the game’s latest spin-off, “Rock Band” — which applies the same principles to bass guitar, drums and vocals. Judging from a video record of the show, some area cover bands could stand to learn a thing or two from the game. Contois spreads the “Guitar Hero” gospel outside Vermont, too: He was selected to present at a recent National Association of Music Merchants conference in San Diego, as part of the “Guitar Hero” booth. For his pupils, the game is certainly a hook. But learning how to play an instrument is still the most important aspect of the lessons. Contois and his instructors use the same music-theory curriculum that Berklee students are taught. And sometimes they can convey it more nimbly, he says, with the aid of “Guitar Hero.” “I had one student who started guitar back in September. Two months later he’s learned some ‘Guitar Hero’ tablature; he’s playing some pretty complicated Dire Straits passages,” says Cook. “When I started playing, two months in I was still strumming open chords.” Contois concurs. “The kids who are really into it pick it up so much faster now,” he says approvingly. “And as teachers, we have to keep up. “These kids aren’t just twiddling their thumbs,” he adds. “They’re interacting with music.” �
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They’ve Got Game With Ann DeMarle’s popular video game courses, Champlain College levels up
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n a recent Wednesday evening, four students are giving a Power Point presentation in a basement computer lab at Champlain College. On the pull-down screen hovers the cartoon figure of a kid STORY who looks like Dennis the Menace’s MARGOT slower cousin, with a propeller hat and HARRISON a crooked grin. “Our game,” a male student says, IMAGES “involves Bobby here getting trapped in COURTESY this crazy world by demons and trying OF to find his way home.” NICK Instructor Ann DeMarle nods. The MALUTAMA founder of Champlain College’s Electronic Game and Interactive Development Program and director of its innovative Emergent Media Center, she’s teaching these second-year students how to design video games as a team. The class is only meeting for the second time, but the students have already been divided into four groups, each with a “designer,” “art director,” “programmer” and “producer” — a small-scale version of working groups in the e-gaming industry. Each group has a set of “milestones” to complete, and DeMarle is serious about making them stick to the schedule. She’s brisk and businesslike as she asks the team’s mouthpiece, “What are you thinking about as the ending? What are some of
one where creative types with technical know-how can make a great living. According to a report released in November by the Entertainment Software Association, to which most U.S. game developers belong, the industry grew by more than 17 percent between 2003 and 2006 — four times the rate of the nation’s whole economy during the same period. In 2006, gaming’s 24,000 full-time employees drew average salaries of about $92,300. Governor Jim Douglas may have had those stats in mind when he delivered his State of the State address on January 10. “To further inspire investments in technology,” the governor announced, “I’m proposing we invest a quarter-million dollars in two pilot projects.” One of those is “a partnership with Champlain College and the University of Vermont’s Center for Emerging Technologies to provide grants to start-up businesses that are developing cutting-edge software.” DeMarle was in the Statehouse audience. On her blog, she relates that Douglas “proposed investing in a pilot project to be managed by the Emergent Media Center in collaboration with Champlain’s BYOBiz and Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies.”
Environmental Conservation in 2005. Students can also get real-life experience on the college’s Montréal campus, which opened just last fall: A host of game developers have set up shop north of the border, including major players Ubisoft and Electronic Arts. A section of the EMC’s website called “Why Burlington?” suggests that the Bostonto-Montréal corridor is ideally situated for prospective game developers. One of the Center’s stated missions is to “spur . . . local [high-tech] businesses and the Vermont game industry by fostering entrepreneurship and professional skills for Champlain students . . .” Designing the games people play is serious work, and Champlain’s program seems nothing if not practical. Students apply for one of three specialized tracks, leading to a BS in Game Programming, Art and Animation, or Game Design. Programmers do the technical stuff, while artists handle the graphics. The designer’s role is less easily defined. DeMarle describes designers as “vision keepers, like movie directors, kind of. They’re very creative — know the tech, know the art.” Her sister, who works for the British firm Eidos in Montréal, is a “narrative designer,”
and tech companies. In sum, she said, “I’m kind of an art nerd.” It’s probably a common type in this room — along with just plain nerd. Though the students sometimes dawdle in answering DeMarle’s questions, they seem pretty attentive, and there’s plenty of evidence of that dry, classic softwareprogrammer’s humor in the room. One table holds Team Two, who are all from New York or New England — though not Vermont. Nineteen-year-old Kerri Donahue says she came to Champlain because “it was almost the only school that wasn’t a community college and had this kind of program. You get a college experience here. Vermont rocks,” she adds. Jeremy Falat, who’s also 19 and wears a T-shirt that reads, “I’m Really Excited to Be Here,” grins as he confesses, “It was pretty much either this or doing something serious.” Brenton Woodrow, also 19, recently mingled with students from other game-design programs at a summit in Montréal. Earnest and clean-cut, he agrees with Donahue that Champlain’s program is unusual. Like the other students at the table, Woodrow grew up playing electronic games. But now, he says, “The more I know, the less I play
Now, in the classroom, she explains to her second-year Game Production students what this could mean to them. If the state hands over Douglas’ proposed money, the college will help funnel it to recent graduates with start-up business plans, chosen by competition. In other words, if the kids in this room learn their stuff, their future demons could be funded with tax dollars. The gov’s plan is strong validation for DeMarle, who founded the Electronic Game and Interactive Development program in 2004 and saw it grow from 15 majors to 220 in four years, she says. In January 2007, DeMarle launched the Emergent Media Center, which connects students with industry professionals through guest speakers, conferences and hands-on work for companies. One such project that attracted local media attention was a “serious [i.e., educational] game” about the hazards of mercury that Champlain students designed for Vermont’s Department of
creating characters and their backstories. It’s almost “like being a novelist,” DeMarle says. But in this required sophomore course, right-brained and left-brained folks work together. The Wednesday evening section of Game Production has about 17 students, four-fifths of them male. Its goal: “learn to function as a productive member of a game design team.” Earlier in the evening, before the teams reported on their progress, DeMarle introduced herself to the students. “Some of you wondered who I am, what kind of games I like to play,” she said, referring to a survey she conducted at their first meeting. She started with game preferences —“Karaoke Revolution,” “Animal Crossing,” “Halo,” if she had more time — and moved on to her credentials. Though DeMarle hasn’t worked in the game industry herself, she turned her MFA in painting into lucrative freelance work creating computer graphics for science
them. I hate when I’m playing and I’m sitting there subconsciously critiquing them.” Donahue chimes in: “When I play ‘World of Warcraft,’ I notice how crappy the models are.” Nowadays, Woodrow says, he’d rather watch other people play: “It’s kind of like watching an experiment get worked out.” The other students snicker at his wonky approach, but then Falat says, “I know what you mean. You see them get frustrated and think, The game could really do a lot better.” The students will have to “do a lot better” if they want their game plans in this class to come to fruition. Later in the semester, after observing their progress, DeMarle will select just two or three of their concepts to become finished games, which the teams will reshuffle to realize. As in business, it’s survival of the fittest. Each proposed game has to take the form of a maze — but which design teams will make it to the end? Team
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the obstacles? What will he use to fight the demons? Bubble gum?” The team’s plans seem pretty vague, but DeMarle keeps lobbing the questions: “What’s your reward system? What happens when they fail? What market are you targeting?” After the prof has heard a statement from the group’s artist and a three-week plan from its programmer — who’s just starting to learn Flash, the software he’ll use to engineer the game — she calls the next team up to the lectern. “We’re gonna call it ‘Fourth Degree,’” a spokesman says of the next game on trial. “Basically, the story is, some girl whose town gets attacked by demons.” Some sniggering ensues. “Better demons!” someone yells from the back. Do these kids’ parents know what they’re learning in school? Chances are they do — and approve. Video-game development isn’t just one of the few fields where you can discuss demons and zombies on company time; it’s also
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2008-09 high school students (current 8-11th graders) who live in the following school districts or who currently attend: Burlington High School • Champlain Valley Union High School (CSSU) Essex High School (CCSU) • South Burlington High School The School Boards of the above communities have entered into “school choiceâ€? agreements with each other and thus public school choice options exist in Chittenden County. Enrollment is limited by capacity. If more than the allotted number of students apply, lotteries will be held. The deadline for applications to the Choice Program is February 1st, 2008 (postmarked). Students will be informed of their status (i.e., accepted, wait-listed, incomplete application, etc.) not later than February 8th, 2008. Applications are available in the guidance office at each school listed above and on the web at http://sbhs.sbschools.net/ For details on academic and co/extra-curricular opportunities, curriculum, school policies, etc. please contact the school that you are considering. SB residents or those interested in SBHS with questions about the program should contact: 2x3-rooted091907 9/17/07 3:48 PM Page 1
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uman beings have the dubious distinction of knowing when they’re hurt. Endowed with an intricate and wondrous nervous system, we are capable of registering sensations on the wide spectrum between ecstasy and misery. Coupled with that, we have the instinct STORY and ability to fix ourselves when we sense KIRK Schedule your appt. today! KARDASHIAN something’s amiss. Ironically, many of the things we trust to keep us safe — bridges 76 Ethan Allen Drive and airplanes, for instance — are as dumb as IMAGE South Burlington doorknobs. A bridge truss doesn’t know ANDY DUBACK when it’s about to fail, just as a plane’s wing can’t predict its own catastrophic demise. 11/21/07 2:23:18 PM MicroStrain, a rapidly growing company located in a nondescript office park in Williston, is, in a manner of speaking, making doorknobs wise. Founded 21 years ago by Burlington native Steve Arms, the com¹ 2IVETING ENLIGHTENING pany designs high-tech strain gauges that WITTY MOVING PROVOCATIVE measure the stress loads on all kinds of AND ENTERTAINING objects, from knee joints and helicopters to (EARTILY RECOMMENDED ² bridges and Caterpillar Earthmovers.
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The gauges, many of which are housed in compact black boxes the size of a pack of Post-it Notes, allow engineers to determine the structural health of metals and plastics, and thereby avert failures. They can also help avoid premature replacement of expensive, taxpayer-funded toys such as F-18 fighter jets. In addition, MicroStrain makes $1500 orientation sensors that can navigate unmanned vehicles in any imaginable application, such as oil exploration, underwater research and landmine detection. All of these magical gadgets are conceived and designed in a 10,000-square-foot office overlooking I-89, with a peaceful, long view beyond. Arms, 48, has family that goes back a long way in Chittenden County: Willard Arms, Steve’s grandfather, had a dairy farm where Burlington High School sits today. Arms got his undergraduate degree in engineering from the University of Vermont.
While there, he became interested in orthopedic biomechanics — the study of the bones, ligaments and muscles that hold our bodies together. After his freshman year, Arms got a work-study job with Dr. Robert Johnson, a now-retired orthopedist who did a lot of knee operations. That first job set the tone for the rest of Arms’ career, because it gave him the training and the impetus to design the predecessors of the gauges MicroStrain builds today. “I learned a ton about how to do research,� Arms says of his job with Johnson, “how to ask a question, and how to develop a research plan to get answers to those questions.� One of his early assignments was to figure out how ligaments stretch and how that stretching affects their strength. “But what I learned,� Arms recalls, “is that nobody knew what the loading was in a live human, because no one had the right tools to measure it.� That led Arms to take a shot at fabricating the sensors himself — devices that would show, in numerical form, the quantity of stress that ligaments undergo in a host of movements. And he did it. “We actually developed ways of implanting these strain gauges into the human body arthroscopically,� Arms explains. It was the first time anyone had taken strain measurements of live humans, and UVM won numerous awards for the work. Arms stayed at the university to work on his graduate degree in mechanical engineering. He started presenting his findings about strain forces on the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), an important knee ligament that skiers commonly injure. “I’d be making these presentations and people would say, ‘Where did you buy those sensors?’� Arms says. “And I said, ‘Well, I didn’t buy them, I made them.’� Shortly thereafter, Arms began
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building the sensors in his Park Street apartment and shipping them all over the world. A somewhat destitute student at the time, he recalls, “It was nice making extra money this way.” As much as he loved orthopedic biomechanics, Arms’ aptitude with the sensors encouraged him to follow a path less limiting. “I really wanted to concentrate on the sensing, the electronics, and making the sensors better, and adapting them for other applications,” he says. So, in 1986, Arms wrote a Small Business Innovation Research grant proposal, and got $50,000 from the federal government to do the sensor work that truly interested him. “As a grad student, that seemed like a lot of money,” he says. Indeed, it was enough for him to leave UVM just shy of a PhD and start MicroStrain in January 1987.
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tracts, awarded in 2006 and 2007, worth $3.7 million. “And we did,” Arms says. “We developed energy-harvesting sensors that take the strain energy and convert it into power.” In other words, by using piezoelectric material that turns vibrations and strain into energy, MicroStrain designed sensors that are powered by the very movement of the objects they’re gauging. MicroStrain tested the sensors on a Bell helicopter last year and they passed with, um, flying colors. The task now is twofold: designing a system for an entire fleet that meets the military’s stringent standards, and building data aggregators that can handle networks of sensor nodes and be interrogated in a secure fashion via cellphones and satellites. Arms says MicroStrain is also working on an application to make civilian aircrafts safer, but he isn’t at liberty to elaborate.
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The company designs high-tech strain gauges that measure the stress loads on all kinds of objects, from knee joints and helicopters to bridges and Caterpillar Earthmovers. Twenty years later, MicroStrain is posting annual revenues of more than $7 million. That success is due, Arms explains, to “hiring smart people and getting out of their way and letting them do their jobs.” For example, take Chris Townsend, 41, the executive vice president of engineering. He grew up in Newfane and has been with Arms nearly since the company’s formation — he started while he was studying electrical engineering at UVM and Arms was making sensors in the Old North End. “He’s a quick learner, a smart guy, and was able to do things that I couldn’t do, because of his background,” Arms says. Townsend remembers that it was tough working for a start-up operation at first: “I used to drive a bagel truck in the morning and come into work during the day, even after school was over, because we were a small company trying to grow.” But small is where it’s at, he says. “It’s really exciting to get in early with a company. And most of the tech companies in this area are really small, so there’s actually a lot of opportunity around here.” Justin Bessette, 27, a wireless design engineer from Essex, was MicroStrain’s first intern from UVM. “Justin’s the model we want to replicate,” Arms says enthusiastically. “Hire smart kids out of UVM, train them through their undergraduate years, and then have them drop into the company when they graduate.” Indeed, Bessette started at MicroStrain after his freshman year, worked there during school and over the breaks, and had a job waiting for him when he graduated. While his classmates mostly had to leave the state, Bessette says, “I got to stay in Vermont, which was key, because I really love it here.” What happens when you let eager engineers and computer scientists go wild in a laboratory? They develop things like wireless, energy-harvesting stress-detection systems for helicopter linkages. “You could think of this as a kind of nervous system for a helicopter,” Arms analogizes, affording easier maintenance, longer life and safer operation. Wireless, because the linkages are spinning and would tangle wires in short order; energy harvesting because, as Arms asks, “Who’s going to maintain all those batteries?” Those were the basic problems the Navy asked MicroStrain to solve through two con-
An application with just as much promise as the helicopter linkage sensor is a system designed to monitor the structural integrity of bridges. These, too, are wireless, which cuts down on cost and makes the system more durable, in addition to “being a kind of website,” Arms explains, “collecting data by itself ” that civil engineers can analyze for excessive strain. MicroStrain, in one of its first implementations of the bridge sensors, provided a strain-gauge system for the Ben Franklin Bridge between Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. The Delaware River Port Authority was contemplating an expensive restructuring job after they sandblasted the old lead paint and saw structural material coming off. But the sensing data showed the bridge’s strain levels were within safe limits, which meant it didn’t need the $2 million repair job. The cost of that knowledge, at $30,000, turned out to be well worth it. Similar systems are in place on the Corinth Canal Bridge in Greece, where seismic activity is frequent, and the Goldstar Bridge on I-95 in Connecticut. But what’s to stop states from putting sensors on all bridges? “Money,” Arms says. “The departments of transportation are not funded to put monitoring systems on bridges.” The Vermont Agency of Transportation, however, has ordered four sensors from MicroStrain, to determine if a further investment is warranted. AOT spokesman John Zicconi says, “Bridge inspectors are trained to do a lot by sight and feel. But having actual information to go along with their senses can be an aid.” He adds that the AOT has already used MicroStrain sensors in the Jersey-barrierreplacement project on I-89 through Bolton. “In order to figure out the new design, we wanted to figure out the problems with the old design.” The problems, Zicconi says, caused the barriers to creep towards each other and crumble. Being sensitive, it turns out, is good for business. Over the past two years, MicroStrain has enjoyed between 35 and 40 percent growth in product sales, even though only 18 percent of its revenue comes from government contracts. “We’re not trying to be guns for hire,” Arms explains. “We want to build products that have wide applicability across many fields.” �
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ou can order a latte online — without leaving the “pod” — and a barista from the in-house organic “dot calm cafe” will deliver it to your desk. Need to blow off a little steam after that last conference call? Play a game of pingpong, or check out the fully equipped fitness center that overlooks an indoor tennis court. No sign of regulation dark green here: The court’s state-of-the-art surface is bright purple and blue. Welcome to the corporate headquarters of Dealer.com, an industry leader in online auto marketing. Former Specialty Filaments workers wouldn’t recognize the new incarnation of the Pine Street plant in which they toiled, making bristles for toothbrushes and brooms, until 2005. The cavernous factory has been transformed into an aesthetically appealing hive of info-age industry that — with its orange-and-blue color scheme, giant beanbags and hip young staff — resembles a San Francisco start-up. There’s one reason for Dealer.com’s Vermont license plate: Owner Mark Bonfigli got his start at Earthcars in Williston. There, he and his brother Andy experimented with early Internet strategies in pursuit of an unusual goal: to sell vehicles without using traditional salespeople. Mark developed a “little tool” that kept track of customers’ preferences and sent them an email when their dream car came in — kind of a primitive RSS feed. In the mid-’90s, when email was still a novelty, “It was the right idea at the right time,” suggests Dean Evans, the company’s chief marketing officer. “He got a huge, first-mover advantage.”
Bonfigli didn’t stop there. Along with Mike Lane and three college buddies — Rick Gibbs, Jamie LaScolea and Ryan Dunn — he developed a suite of online marketing tools that include search-engine marketing, inventory management, lead tracking and website design. Dealers buy in on a monthly subscription basis, and in return receive ongoing training and consultation from Dealer.com. With virtually no up-front investment, even the smallest dealership can look up to speed. Since it was founded nine years ago, Dealer.com has launched more than 4000 integrated web-based marketing packages for dealerships. Some are small, standalone operations. Others are large groups. Bonfigli estimates between 40 and 50 percent of Vermont’s car sellers work with his company; Greensboro Garage was the first local taker. “Customers may not notice, but there’s been a massive change in the paradigm,” says Bonfigli. “It’s not ‘Let’s go send you off to another Auto Trader, where there are a million and a half cars to look at.’ Instead, you’re on Google, and you want a Subaru Legacy wagon at a certain price range, and it sends you straight into the inventory that has it. We were the first company to integrate Google in that regard.” The innovation continues. A book titled Marketing to the Social Web rests on the desk in Evans’ secondfloor office, which overlooks the “shop floor.” But, with potted wheat grass on the windowsill and a throw rug made of leather strips, it looks more like a boutique hotel room than Car-Sales Central. Evans speaks from experience when he claims most dealerships still spend the bulk of their marketing dollars on print ads: His
long auto-industry resumé includes two and a half years managing a Chrysler dealership in San Francisco. He estimates about 10 percent of the auto-advertising pie currently goes to Internet marketing, and says 30 percent would represent a “healthier balance.” Dealer.com is counting on that positive trend — the 110-employee company plans to hire another 100 people in the next year. Vermont HITEC trained the last big batch of new workers, mostly for accountmanagement jobs. That local nonprofit also provides technical training for medical transcriptionists at Fletcher Allen — jobs that might otherwise have been outsourced. “We have no plans to ever outsource anything,” Bonfigli vows. And it shows. A tour through the maze of creatively adorned workers passes plenty of empty cubicles in the pods that house the “software engineering,” “account management” and “search engine marketing” teams. The bright orange walls are low enough to see over, and strategically placed windows allow workers to gaze from one pod into another. Evans says he left his last job — at Dealer.com’s number-one competitor — for one reason: corporate culture. “Here everyone wants to be a winner; everyone wants to be the best,” he observes. “It’s small enough, and the community is small enough, there’s a lot of ownership.” He has one complaint, though. Pushing 40 in a company where he estimates the median age is 29, “I feel old,” Evans laments. “I used to be the young guy.” Technology waits for no one. PAULA ROUTLY
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f GlobalClassroom proves as successful as its founder envisions, the online learning center won’t only enrich Vermont’s high-tech sector — and the company’s associates — it will also transform the state’s image. Five years from now, predicts Burr Warne, his fledgling firm will have grown from seven to 100 employees, and from $500,000 to $20 million in annual revenues. In addition, Warne says, “I want to brand Vermont as the education state.” That may seem a grandiose vision for an Internet business currently operating from two small rooms, one of them windowless, in the basement of Farrell Hall on the former Trinity College campus in Burlington. But Warne, with his disarming smile and fluid logic, does make a convincing case. Some 4000 teachers throughout the country have already taken professional-development courses through globalclassroom.us in the two and a half years since its launch. Several school districts, including two in Vermont, are making use of the company’s tech services and course content to develop online learning resources for elementary and high school students. The growth rate for both the “teachers’ college” and the K-12 study programs has been “kind of viral,” Warne says. And he expects his site’s appeal to spread even more rapidly as growing numbers of grade-school teachers seek to integrate the Internet into their classrooms. “The challenge with K-8 teachers,” Warne says, “is to get them to make the time to try this approach. Once they do it, they see that their lives become much easier. Using our site is no harder than using a Word program.” Teachers who tap into GlobalClassroom can communicate with students and parents in blog form and through posted assignments. Individually tailored lessons and reviews can also be delivered to home computers, thus eliminating the need, Warne suggests, for high schoolers to travel to locales where SAT prep courses are offered. GlobalClassroom’s college courses for teachers are taught by professors at universities in several states. And the company’s online learning center is currently frequented mainly by K-12 teachers in Pennsylvania and Georgia, partly because its initial marketing efforts proved especially effective there, and also because Warne, 55, had earlier run another online education business from Atlanta. But Vermont projects an image that can benefit a business such as GlobalClassroom, Warne says.
Collaboration with respected local institutions including the University of Vermont, Middlebury College and St. Michael’s College can help his company grow while burnishing Vermont’s reputation for excellence in higher education, he adds. Vermont’s association with learning was one reason Warne decided to move north, in 2005, with his wife, Lisa, and their three young children. “I can run my business from any place that has good Internet connections,” he points out. Vermont has provided a nurturing home environment for Warne’s infant company. Its offices are leased from the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, a federally funded business incubator associated with UVM. The center also put Warne in touch with potential investors. And contrary to what he was told by some tech entrepreneurs, Vermont has a broad pool of qualified prospective employees, Warne says. He notes that about a dozen Vermonters fluent in a particular programming language applied recently for openings with GlobalClassroom. He hired two of them. But Warne says he’s no techie himself, despite two laptops on his desk. “I don’t build the sites,” he says. That’s the purview of his programmers, one of whom works from California and another from New York. But he does understand the online education market — which is why, Warne says, GlobalClassroom is likely to thrive. The company’s main competitors, he notes, are the same school districts it is seeking to serve. Some superintendents think they can develop similar online resources in-house, but they find, Warne says, that such an option costs far more in terms of personnel and technical expertise than do the free or low-price services offered by his firm. “It takes us about an hour to put up a site,” he says, such as the one GlobalClassroom developed for the Burlington School District. His company also competes with major universities in offering professional development courses to K-12 teachers. Surprisingly, however, only a few universities offer these credential-building courses online, Warne says. As GlobalClassroom expands its reach in the United States, it will also start seeking opportunities abroad, probably focusing on China, according to Warne. In the meantime, he’s looking for a swankier location within the same zip code. He’s got one eye on the Pine Street silicon corridor, another on the world. KEVIN J. KELLEY
rocery shopping has come a long way since farmers first gathered to offer their produce to the public. General stores selling hardware and kitchen staples by the pound have gone the way of the horse and buggy, and these days, even the mid-sized grocery store seems pretty oldfashioned next to Wal-Mart and Costco. The latter offers everything from tube socks to smoked salmon to caskets. How can a smaller grocery chain or an individual store compete? By going online — at least, that’s the solution offered by a Colchesterbased company called MyWebGrocer. Founded in 1999 by Rich Tarrant Jr., son of the former IDX head and 2006 senatorial candidate, MyWebGrocer supplies about 80 mid-sized grocery chains with a suite of web-based tools designed to increase customer loyalty, reduce hassle and encourage spending. The company’s hard-to-find office, filled with Dilbert-esque cubicles, is on the third floor of an office building on Mountain View Drive. MyWebGrocer offers its clients email, circulars and recipe-management tools, but its most visible products are interfaces that allow customers to shop their local stores online. By synching up its inventory with MyWebGrocer’s database of more than 600,000 products — including health foods and organics — a store can offer web customers exactly what they would find on the shelves. Shoppers browse the virtual aisles to select their groceries — a quick click adds an item to a shopper’s cart — then choose a same-day delivery time or opt to sweep through the store’s “drive-thru.” Right now, only 1 percent of Americans buy their groceries online, but MyWebGrocer VP Alec Newcomb expects that number to grow. “In the next five to six years,” he predicts, “you’ll probably go to 15 percent,” with that figure increasing to 30 or 40 percent 20 years from now. Why? Although shopping at a farmers’ market or a mom-and-pop can be “an experience worth having,” Newcomb suggests, the hassle of dealing with parking and lines isn’t worth it “when I’m just on a replenishment run.” Plus, more and more Americans live in areas that offer broadband Internet access. To keep pace, MWG has more than doubled in size — it now employs more than 40 staffers. Newcomb projects that staffing levels will double again in the near future. Online sales aren’t just good for MWG, they’re good for the stores, says Newcomb. He claims that web-based buyers spend an average of 21 percent more than traditional shoppers, perhaps because they avoid the hassle of carrying groceries out to the car. Plus, “the grocery cart is a real, physical limitation” to buying capacity, he guesses. MyWebGrocer survived the dotcom bust — the only business of its kind to do so. Newcomb says that’s because its offerings are extra-easy to use — crucial in a business where staffers may not be tech-savvy. As of today, 82 retailers nationwide — none in Vermont — pay monthly subscription fees to keep their 1400 stores linked in. When a new grocery chain comes on board, it takes about two weeks to get it up and running. “They connect to us in ‘the cloud,’” Newcomb says. “We host it, we run it, we worry about it.” Employees at MyWebGrocer do need their share of tech-savvy: Newcomb says skills with programs like Photoshop are essential. Despite reaching out to students at the University of Vermont and Champlain College, he’s found it “very, very difficult” to recruit employees locally, he says. Still, Newcomb says the company is “committed to being in Vermont. It’s part of our culture. We’re classic thrifty New Englanders.” And they claim to pass the wealth on to grocers: Once customers have saved their shopping lists on the web and gotten used to checking out sales during lunch break, they’re less likely to comparison shop. With MyWebGrocer’s help, Newcomb boasts, grocery stores “are getting back market share that they’d lost to other places.” Even mom and pop can appreciate that. SUZANNE PODHAIZER >> 32A
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iruses are generally to be avoided in the computi ng world, but they helped launch Physician’s Computer Company (PCC). The Winooski firm got its start in 1982, when a local pediatric practice wanted to computerize its student immunization forms. Their medical software provider wouldn’t design a program for them; a nurse suggested that her son might be able to do it. The docs hired 19-year-old John Canning and his friends, Jay Schuster and Ari Shinozaki, to create software that would track immunizations and computerize billing and scheduling. The college students finished the system during the summer of ’83. They went back to school and did customer support over the phone from their out-of-state dorm rooms: Canning at Rochester Polytechnic Institute; Schuster at Cornell; and Shinozaki at Princeton. When other pediatricians began requesting their services, they realized they’d found a market. Twenty-five years later, PCC is a nationally respected provider of pediatric practice management software. Nearly 200 practices with offices in 40 states use its “Partner” system. PCC now counts 42 full-time employees, including Canning and Schuster, and generates just under $5 million a year in revenue — not bad for a business that started out as a summer project for college students. Chip Hart, PCC’s Pediatric Solutions Manager, explains that the company doesn’t have much competition in the pediatric software market. “It’s not a pond you would fish in,” he says. Pediatricians are poorly paid compared to other medical specialists, he continues. Most medical software companies — such as IDX — target hospitals and doctors who make more money. Over the years, PCC has evolved to serve the needs of its niche market. In addition to developing software, PCC also sponsors conferences to train pediatricians to manage their practices more efficiently. Most pediatriJOHN CANNING AND CHIP HART cians, after all, go into medicine to help kids, not to run a business. As medical billing becomes increasingly complex, these docs need skills that aren’t taught in medfrom “the printer paper is jammed,” to “our computer sysical school, and PCC helps provide them. tem is crashing.” The company also does customer support. Hart estimates These are serious issues in any workplace, but even more that PCC fields 1500 support calls a month. The issues range so in offices where doctors are caring for sick kids. “We guar-
antee support 24/7, 365 days a year,” Hart proudly notes. “We’re the only people in this business who do that.” Indeed, PCC has won several awards from KLAS, a national firm that evaluates medical software vendors — including one last year for receiving the highest customer rankings of any medical software vendor over the past decade. These designations are based on customer reviews. The pediatricians who participate in KLAS surveys regularly give PCC very high marks. New Jersey pediatrician Jill Stoller completed a KLAS research survey in 2006, and offered a comment for a PCC press release announcing its High Scorer award: “I don’t think there is any other company out there that comes close to providing the type of software and support PCC does.” If PCC’s customers seem happy, so do its employees. Turnover is low. Hart, who attended Burlington High School, has been with the company since he graduated from Middlebury College 18 years ago. “There are four people like me,” he says. Their multiple offices in Winooski’s mostly empty Champlain Mill have a funky, creative feel. The main space retains the mill’s exposed brick and wooden beams — along with an Aztec temple mural and a Corona parrot, leftovers from the Mexican restaurant that vacated before PCC moved in 10 years ago. Employees share DVDs through a company rental library, often eat meals together in the office kitchen, and decorate their cubicles with plants, original art, Hello Kitty figures and dog beds for visiting pooches. There’s no dress code. PCC’s laid-back corporate culture belies its ambitious plans for the future. The company is about to release new features for its software that will serve both administrative and clinical functions — a big deal for pediatricians seeking to computerize patient chart notes. Hart predicts that the new Electronic Health Record could double the size of the company in the next 18 months. Canning recalls that, when he first started the company, his parents would ask him, “When are you going to get a real job?” He doesn’t get that question much anymore. CATHY RESMER
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Vermont. Plus, says the senior Willey, there’s the old quality-of-life consideration: “It’s tough to find a better place to live than Vermont,” he explains from the head of the table. “We’re 5 or 6 miles from the airport — that offers us the opportunity to live the way we want to, but still run a business worldwide.” With his no-nonsense tone and rigid features, Willey is a straight-shooting Yankee patriarch. But when discussing Vermont Systems’ future, he loosens up. “There’s no such thing as perfection, in people or in products,” he asserts. “But if you work hard, and you can still produce a quality product, then you’re OK. I’d say most of the people we compete with” — his company counts one major competi-
tor and a few regional players — “can’t produce at the same level.” Willey says the “niche” market for parks-and-rec software is “far from saturated.” Thanks to a new military contract, Vermont Systems will soon add 10 new employees. Has the company scored any work in post-invasion Iraq? “We’ve had inquires over in the Middle East, where they want to automate this and that, but we haven’t done [Iraq] yet,” Willey replies, noting that the company manages golf and fitness software for the Air Force in Turkey, which “kind of” borders its war-torn neighbor. If the military “wants to automate Baghdad,” he assures, “we’re ready!” MIKE IVES
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For almost two years, Vermonters of all stripes have been sounding the alarm about young people leaving the state for better jobs. Greener pastures aren’t luring them; advancement opportunities and potentially lucrative careers are. The governor’s “Next Generation Commission” has been strategizing ways to reverse the trend.
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Last fall, Adam Greshin, a partner in Sugarbush’s Summit Ventures, published an op-ed piece in The Burlington Free Press suggesting one solution: an “ultimate job fair.” Citing a twice-yearly Hub Crawl in Boston as a model, he Exhibitors p.37a outlined an “information download and networking session” with Business Speaker Series p.37a Vermont’s high-profile companies, Academic Speaker Series p.39a noting it “would be a terrific way to Exhibition Maps p.40a introduce students to the potential of a career in Vermont.” Speaker Schedule p.41a Turns out a number of entities had envisioned a similar event — and had complementary interests in bringing Vermont’s growing companies and job seekers together. Members of the Vermont Software Developers Alliance are all about finding qualified in-state workers; the region’s academic institutions — in this case, Champlain College, the University of Vermont and St. Michael’s College — train students to meet the needs of today’s employers; VSAC helps with the finances. Seven Days attracts 60,000 highly educated Vermont readers to its employment-classifieds section every week. Burlington’s CEDO is invested in fostering a thriving local economy. The result of our collaboration is the first annual Vermont 3.0: Creative Tech Career Jam. It is an “ultimate job fair”— many of the 50+ exhibitors are actively looking for employees to fill good-paying jobs. But it’s also a showcase of innovative, growing Vermont businesses, many of which you’ve probably never heard of. Burlington’s SoundToys works with Beck, GrandMixer DXT, Broken Social Scene and Paul Simon. Polhemus won a specialeffects Academy Award for its motion-capture technology on the movie True Lies. Vermont Systems Inc. makes the recreational software used on all the U.S. Army and Navy bases in the world. Companies such as NRG Systems, MicroStrain and Dealer. com are leaders in their respective fields of wind energy, robotics and automotive e-commerce. A stroll through the exhibition areas at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center will surprise and engage you, and provide a clearer picture of where Vermont businesses — and careers — are going. With its future-focused business and educational displays, we think Vermont 3.0 will open your eyes to the opportunities within Vermont, and make a compelling case for staying.
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11 a.m. Managing a Solar Success Story
Kelli C. Pippin, Director of Marketing, groSolar
Kelli C. Pippin is an integrated marketing professional with more than 10 years of experience in traditional and e-marketing. In her job at groSolar, she is responsible for the marketing efforts of the company’s three sales channels: commercial, residential and distribution. A graduate of Wesleyan College, she came to groSolar after five years as marketing director at Simon Pearce in Windsor. She has also founded two of her own virtual companies centered on e-commerce sales and consulting. GroSolar, a solar-energy firm based in White River Junction, recently secured $10 million in financing to aid its continuing rapid growth.
12 noon Integrating “Guitar Hero” and “RockBand”
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Dave Contois, Owner, Contois Music
After he attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Dave Contois came back to Vermont and took over the family business. He’s in charge of e-commerce development and retail operations at Contois Music in Essex Junction. He’s always been interested in technology — his dad worked at IBM — and began marketing the Yamaha Portable Keyboards to homes and schools using the personal computer before anyone else in the industry. Now he’s using “Guitar Hero” to teach aspiring guitar players. Dave plays in a local jazz trio.
1 p.m. Software Developer: Career or Addiction?
Julie Lerman, The Data Farm
Julie Lerman, of The Data Farm, is an independent consultant and NET Mentor who has been designing and writing software applications for more than 20 years. She interacts with many of the development teams at Microsoft. She is a prolific blogger, a frequent presenter at technical conferences and author of articles for MSDN Online, MSDN Magazine and other well-known technical publications. In Vermont, Julie runs the Vermont.NET User Group. You can read her blogs at www.thedatafarm.com/blog and devsource.com.
2 p.m. Toward a Creative IT
Nate Herzog, IS Director, JDK Design
Nate Herzog is the director of Information Services at Jager Di Paola Kemp Design in Burlington, where he leads a team responsible for the technology that enables the innovative design for which JDK is known. Clients include Burton Snowboards, Segway, MTV and Patagonia. The firm recently designed the packaging for Microsoft’s XBox 360. Prior to JDK, Herzog worked at MIT in Massachusetts and 3M in Minnesota.
3 p.m. The Rowing Revolution:
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Meredith Haff, New Customer Development, Concept2
While she was rowing at Cornell University, Meredith Haff never imagined she’d end up working for Concept 2, the world’s premier manufacturer of rowing machines — in Morrisville, Vermont. She went on to earn an MBA in Global Management from Babson College. To date, her career has included international sales, integrated marketing, advertising and communications experience with companies such as Saucony, Telecom New Zealand and Mullen Advertising. Meredith’s athletic interests have expanded to include triathlons, marathons and skiing.
4 p.m. How Do You Keep Up With Technology?
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Bill Schubart, CEO & President, Resolution, Inc.
William Schubart is chairman and founder of Resolution, Inc., a fully integrated e-commerce services partner, offering web commerce design and integration, channel-specific call and email customer care centers, Media Just in Time manufacturing, fulfillment, distribution and information and revenue management. Major clients include National Geographic Society, Annenberg Media, WGBH, WNET, A&E/The History Channel, “A Prairie Home Companion,” NPR and Discovery. Schubart has served on the boards of the Vermont Arts Council, the Vermont Folklife Center, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Public Radio and Fletcher Allen Health Care. He lives in Hinesburg.
Vermont’s Coolest Companies Want You (Exhibitors at Vermont 3.0)
Computer Retail SMALL DOG ELECTRONICS (G-10) www.smalldog.com Headquartered in the heart of Vermont’s Mad River Valley, Small Dog Electronics is the third-largest Apple specialist in the U.S. The company specializes in all things Macintosh, including new and refurbished Apple products, as well as accessories and peripherals for every Mac need. With more than 3000 products in stock, a new retail store in South Burlington and a website, Small Dog’s goal is to help bring the benefits of computer technology to the widest group of people possible. It adheres to a “multiple bottom line” philosophy: As a member of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, Small Dog considers its effect on the environment, community, customers and employees to be as important as maintaining profitability.
E-Gaming/Music SOUNDTOYS (G-1) www.soundtoys.com Downtown Burlington’s SoundToys is a boutique software company that designs and sells creative audio tools to professional musicians, producers, engineers and sound designers worldwide. As a development partner with Apple and Avid/Digidesign, SoundToys creates effects “plug-ins” that work with products such as Pro Tools, Logic Audio, Live, Cubase, Final Cut, Nuendo and GarageBand. Since SoundToys was founded in 2003, its effects plug-ins have become a standard in high-end audio production and have enhanced countless hit albums, movies and video games. Some users include Beck, Hank Shockly/Public Enemy, Paul Simon, GrandMixer DXT, Broken Social Scene, Peter Gabriel, Black Eyed Peas, Trent Reznor/ Nine Inch Nails, Lucas Film/SkyWalker Sound, Electronic Arts, Warner Brothers, Sony Music, Guitar Hero and many more.
Education CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE (I-11) www.cps.champlain.edu Champlain College, founded in 1878, is well known for its no-nonsense, practical approach to delivering cutting-edge undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates in business and technology fields. Champlain continues to be a pioneer in the online education arena, offering its first courses in 1993. Today, Champlain has entire degree and certificate programs, as well as more than 100 courses, online each semester. Some of its programs are Web Design; Software Development; Computer and Digital Forensics; Multimedia and Graphic Design; Online Business Strategies; accounting; paralegal; marketing; Game Design and Architecture; and business. Check out Champlain’s booth to see a demo of the cool web-design software called “Alice.”
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT (G-12) www.ccv.edu The state’s second-largest and most affordable college, CCV serves students from high school age to senior citizens at 12 locations statewide as well as online. CCV offers more than 1000 daytime, evening and online courses and 17 Associate’s degrees to more than 10,000 students each year. CCV offers the option of taking a single course or enrolling full-time. Degree-program offerings of special interest include Computer Assisted Drafting & Design, Computer Systems Management, Graphic Design, Network Administration and Website Design & Administration, as well as some related certificate options. As an open-admissions college, CCV has a simple, free admissions process that begins with an online application, available at www. ccv.edu/apply. Classes begin in September, January and May, and students can register for classes approximately two months beforehand.
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11 a.m. The Ways of the Web
Frank Canovatchel, Web Development, Champlain College
Frank Canovatchel is an associate professor of web development at Champlain College and a managing partner at KGS Software Engineering, LLC. He began his career as a financial analyst on Wall Street, where he developed financial models using the first IBM AT and XT computers. After leaving Wall Street, Frank started teaching. His areas of expertise include economics, computer applications and web programming — specifically, systems analysis, XML, PHP and database development. Frank has a special interest in technology’s impact on market efficiency and the costs of production. He is currently a PhD candidate in economics at Fordham University.
12 noon Green and Gorgeous
Wendy Cox, Architecture, Norwich University Wendy Cox teaches architecture at Norwich University and Yestermorrow Design-Build School. She has been recognized for her work in green design, socially responsible architecture and energy efficiency. She’s been a “guest critic” at Dartmouth College and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris.
1 p.m. The State of the Game
Ann DeMarle, E-Gaming, Champlain College
Ann DeMarle is the director of the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College. In 2006, she became the first recipient of the Roger H. Perry Endowed Chair, established to support initiatives promoting innovation, change and entrepreneurship at the college. Founding director of its successful trio of cross-disciplinary Game Development Bachelor’s programs and the Multimedia & Graphic Design degree, Ann used the endowment to create an on-campus center dedicated to emergent media. Core components of the center’s mission include project-based learning, industry partnerships, academic exchanges, education impacting emergent technologies, and creation of games that create positive change.
2 p.m. Connecting the Physical and Virtual Worlds
Jeff Frolik, Wireless Communications, University of Vermont
Jeff Frolik is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Vermont. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Alabama, his MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and his PhD in Electrical Engineering Systems from the University of Michigan. He has industrial experience as a satellite systems engineer with Hughes Aircraft and as a consultant. At UVM he conducts research in the area of sensor networks and wireless communications. In addition, Frolik is interested in engineering education reform and has been supported by NSF, HP and Microsoft Research in these efforts.
3 p.m. Creativity and Technology in Post-Web 2.0 Times
Kevin Bell, Director of Academic Programs, Marlboro College Graduate Center
Kevin Bell is the academic director of the Marlboro College Graduate Center based in Brattleboro, Vermont. He came to the U.S. in 1999 from Japan, where he lived and worked for eight years. In the States he was based in Boston as the web manager for one of Europe’s largest wireless Internet content providers. Prior to his current position, he worked as director of academic technology at New England College. Kevin graduated from the Analysis of Science and Technology program at Manchester University in the U.K. before taking his Master of Arts in Teaching with Technology at Marlboro.
4 p.m. Learning Your Way into the Future of Vermont
Craig Damon, Computer Science, Vermont Technical College
These days, Craig Damon wears two hats: one as department chair and program coordinator at Vermont Technical College; the other as chief technical officer for the Burlington software start-up PIEmatrix Corporation. Craig joined VTC to develop the Software Engineering and Information Technology programs — now, under his leadership, the fastestgrowing programs at VTC. Prior to joining VTC, Damon was a popular teacher at UVM, where he led graduate programs in computer science, including the introduction of the PhD program. Damon holds a PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy and physics from Bowdoin College.
GlobalClassroom is a company with a mission: to increase educational opportunities for students everywhere by moving learning online. Created in partnership with professors, teachers and subject-matter experts, the Burlington-based company is currently focused on the following areas of development: • providing teachers, professors and subject experts with the online tools and support to deliver educational courses to students worldwide; • a social network of students, teachers and adult learners who want access to education and top educators across the globe; • providing students with online tools via a personal portfolio to manage their education requirements and to document their accomplishments as a college or career-bound student. Additionally, utilizing open-source software, GlobalClassroom has created the first national online learning platform that is freely accessible to any teacher or student. Teachers throughout Vermont, the U.S. and the world can easily create and deliver educational content online, at no charge. The company is actively seeking teachers from all states and at all levels to build content that can be delivered through GlobalClassroom’s course catalogues. RETN — Regional Education Technology Network — will be filming Vermont 3.0 in pursuit of its mission to connect people with technology. Complete coverage of the event will air later on RETN Channel 16 and will be available for viewing online at www.retn.org.
LYNDON STATE COLLEGE (G-11) www.lyndonstate.edu Lyndon State College now offers a Bachelor’s degree in Music Business & Industry. The new degree program equips students to meet the demands of the contemporary music industry through creative and supportive use of curriculum, technology and industry partnerships within an enriched environment. LSC presents a unique and flexible curriculum that allows students to concentrate in music, business, graphic arts or music production — all of which are supported by internship opportunities. The college boasts a 25-seat Mac lab complete with Protools, Sibelius 5, Reason 4 and other music-production applications. LSC is a member of the Music & Entertainment Industry Educator’s Association, which enthusiastically endorses its program.
MARLBORO COLLEGE GRADUATE CENTER (L-8) www.gradcenter.marlboro.edu Marlboro College Graduate Center is nationally recognized for its innovative programs and high-quality education. It was the first institution in the country to offer graduate programs combining on-site and online classwork. Major publications including Newsweek magazine and Atlantic Monthly have cited Marlboro Graduate Center for being a leader in the world of online education. With its mission of serving working adults, Marlboro offers graduate programs in teaching with technology, software development, management, information technologies and a new MBA in managing for sustainability. A Bachelor’s completion program in managing information systems is also available.
NORWICH UNIVERSITY (I-4) www.norwich.edu Established in 1819, Norwich University is a small, private university with a balance of strong professional and liberal arts programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and is the Military College of Vermont. Approximately 1900 cadets, traditional students and commuters attend as undergraduates; graduate programs serve an additional 1000 students online. Norwich is known for its dedicated teaching faculty — its student-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. The Northfield campus, in the heart of the Green Mountains, is in one of the nation’s most spectacular natural areas, offering outdoor opportunities year-round. The combination of quality professional education, broad studies in the liberal arts, dedicated faculty and the leadership laboratory supplied by the Corps of Cadets has produced a unique legacy. Norwich is a proud place that maintains deep bonds with its alumni long after graduation.
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Speaker Schedule 11:00
Business Series [info, p.37a]
Academic Series [info, p.39a]
Managing a Solar Success Story
The Ways of the Web
Kelli C. Pippin Director of Marketing, groSolar Noon
Integrating “Guitar Hero” and “RockBand” with Music Education
Frank Canovatchel Web Development, Champlain College
Green and Gorgeous Wendy Cox Architecture, Norwich University
Dave Contois Owner, Contois Music 1:00
Software Developer: Career or Addiction? Julie Lerman The Data Farm
In the right hands...
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Toward a Creative IT Nate Herzog IS Director, JDK Design
“Guitar Hero” is not just a game. It’s a serious teaching tool for music educators. 3:00
See how Contois Music teaches students to play like the pros, on the 3rd floor .
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Ann DeMarle E-Gaming, Champlain College
Connecting the Physical and Virtual Worlds Jeff Frolik Wireless Communications, University of Vermont
The Rowing Revolution: Creativity and Technology Growing a Global Business in Post-Web 2.0 Times Kevin Bell from Vermont Meredith Haff New Customer Development, Concept2
Director of Academic Programs, Marlboro College Graduate Center
How Do You Keep Up With Technology? Reinvent Your Business
Learning Your Way into the Future of Vermont
Bill Schubart CEO & President, Resolution, Inc.
Special thanks to Burlington designer Matthew Douglas for illustrating the Vermont 3.0 “Spaceman” www.matthewdouglas.com
The State of the Game
Craig Damon Computer Science, Vermont Technical College
Lorna-Kay Peal and Judy Raven of LK Peal Consulting provided professional event planning services to Vermont 3.0 www.lkpeal.com
Vermont’s Coolest Companies Want You (Exhibitors at Vermont 3.0) Education (continued) RETN (L-9) www.retn.org RETN Channel 16 — Regional Educational Technology Network — provides 24-hour local access to learning and the arts. Broadcasting on Comcast and Burlington Telecom in the Champlain Valley, and online at www.retn. org, RETN produces and trains people to produce media for learning for television and the Internet. Internships and easy access to equipment facilitate the learning process. For viewers, the station offers 24-hour, online video-on-demand access to select, locally produced educational programming, as well as world views often overlooked by network television, including “Democracy NOW!,” native-language news from Germany and France, and Al Jazeera in English.
ST. MICHAEL’S COLLEGE (G-15) www.smcvt.edu St. Michael’s College is a residential, Catholic, liberal arts college for students who want to make the world a better place. Each of the 29 majors is grounded in a liberal-studies core, and the faculty is committed first and foremost to teaching. St. Mike’s is one of only 20 Catholic colleges nationwide allowed to host a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus. It makes the grade in The Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges guidebook. But learning at St. Mike’s goes beyond the classroom. The strong sense of community fostered on the Colchester campus encourages students to get involved,
take risks, and think differently. A unique passion for social-justice issues reflects the heritage of the Edmundite priests who founded St. Michael’s in 1904. Plus, an all-access season pass to Smugglers’ Notch ski resort is provided to any student in good academic standing. As a result of SMC’s holistic approach, its graduates are prepared for their entire careers, not just their first job out of college. It’s an education designed to prepare young people for life.
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (A-10) www.uvm.edu/summer The University of Vermont’s Summer University has offerings for high school students, college students and part-time, working professionals. By choosing from more than 400 courses and programs, a student can pick up a semester’s worth of credits in just three months, pursue professional development in week-long intensives, or focus on one challenging course at a time. Students can take classes on campus, study online, or tour the world beyond UVM in travel-study programs led by distinguished UVM faculty. The university’s core strengths in science, health, the arts and environmental coursework make Summer University the premier option in each area of study. There’s another benefit: Better utilization of campus resources in summer helps UVM reduce its per-capita footprint over time. UVM is offering tuition savings in celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of its summer sessions.
VERMONT HITEC (G-4) www.vthitec.org Vermont Healthcare Information Technology Education Center (HITEC) exists to create employment opportunities for underemployed and unemployed Vermonters in the fields of health care, information technology and advanced manufacturing by providing them with the necessary education and training — tuition-free — that leads directly to guaranteed jobs. Through the use of its innovative ITAR model in workforce development, this nonprofit has secured more than 400 job commitments from area employers, educating and placing 350 unemployed and underemployed Vermonters in new jobs. Another 50 are in the pipeline. The model encompasses every aspect of workforce development, including recruitment, selection, curriculum development, education, training and employment and mentoring of people in quality jobs. Opportunities exist to expand Vermont HITEC’s model on both the state and national level. HITEC is currently working with Dealer.com and Fletcher Allen Health Care of Burlington; and Hypertherm of Hanover, New Hampshire, to expand its ITAR model to create workforce development institutes within these organizations, and to serve their industries’ needs. Through its Vermont Information Technology Partnership program, HITEC provides local college and high school students internship opportunities to complete IT project work in industry prior to graduation.
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Vermont’s Coolest Companies Want You (Exhibitors at Vermont 3.0)
Education (continued) VSAC (I-3) www.vsac.edu The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. was created in 1965 as a public nonprofit to help Vermonters who want to finance college or other training after high school. The agency provides grants, loans, scholarships, career and education planning and general information about how you or others in your family can get the education you want, whether you’re in high school planning for college, returning to college, or post-grad with an interest in changing careers.
VERMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (L-4) www.vtc.edu Vermont Technical College, located in Randolph Center and Williston, offers more than 20 Bachelor’s and Associate’s degree programs in today’s most sought-after fields, including: Business Technology and Management, Architectural & Building Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering and Information Technology, Construction Management, Nursing, Dental Hygiene, Respiratory Therapy, Civil and Environmental Engineering Technology, Sustainable Design and Technology, Landscape Development & Ornamental Horticulture, Veterinary Technology and more. Students benefit from a 98 percent job-placement rate and a student-to-faculty ratio of 11 to one on a scenic, 544-acre campus close to skiing, hiking and mountain biking. Financial aid is available in the form of loans, grants, work study and scholarships.
Finance FRESHTRACKS CAPITAL (G-7)
PHYSICIAN’S COMPUTER COMPANY (I-1)
TAG NEW MEDIA (I-2)
www.pcc.com
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When the American Academy of Pediatrics needs help sorting out 50-plus immunization registries around the country, they call Physician’s Computer Company in Winooski. Since 1983, PCC has developed, delivered, and supported practice-management software to pediatricians in an effort to “remove all the obstacles that keep them from practicing medicine,” according to manager Chip Hart. PCC began when a local pediatric practice was told by its original computer company (a pre-IDX, IDS) that it couldn’t be bothered to generate the dreaded “school forms” that parents need for school every year. One of the nurses in the practice suggested that her high schoolaged son knew a lot about computers, and he was hired to find a system to replace IDS. John Canning’s afterschool, pre-dotcom idea has become a 40-employee, $5 million company right here in Vermont.
Tag New Media is a boutique interactive agency. Since 1996, the company has been planning, designing, and developing interactive solutions for brand-driven companies and organizations throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Tag New Media’s awardwinning work is recognized for its strategic approach, thoughtful organization, killer creative and ultimate ease of use. Clients include Shelburne Museum, GE Healthcare, Institute for Sustainable Communities, Communispace and Filene’s Basement. The Burlington company recently developed a web presence for PieMatrix and a sales solution for GE Healthcare’s imaging business.
Seven Days videographer Eva Sollberger will be on site gathering material for her “Stuck in Vermont” vlog. She’ll be editing it in the first-floor lobby. Stop by to watch her work!
Graphic Design / Web Development
www.freshtrackscap.com FreshTracks Capital, L.P. is a venture-capital fund with $23 million under management that supplies strategic resources to entrepreneurs building high-growth businesses, primarily in Vermont. Based in Shelburne, the FreshTracks Capital management team has a deep background in business finance and strategy, as well as direct operating experience with numerous thriving companies. They favor technology-driven businesses because of their potential for creating defensible competitive advantages, and seek out proven, highperforming management teams to lead these companies. Some of the company’s Vermont-based investments include Vermont Teddy Bear, EatingWell Media Group, mophie, ISIS, NativeEnergy and NEHP. FreshTracks is linked to the Village Ventures national network of professional and financial resources.
Fitness & Health Care PHASE FORWARD (A-2) www.phaseforward.com Phase Forward is a leading provider of integrated data collection and data-management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety. Its award-winning technology and global services are designed to enable life-sciences companies of all types and sizes to automate and integrate the management of their entire clinical development process — from study initiation and FDA submission through post-marketing studies. Phase Forward’s products and services have been used in more than 10,000 clinical trials involving more than 1 million trial study participants at more than 250 life-sciences companies, medical-device firms, regulatory agencies and public-health organizations. The Massachusetts-based company — with international headquarters in Maidenhead, U.K. — expanded its product offerings when it acquired Vermont’s Green Mountain Logic last October. The Montpelier office is focused on the LabPas product suite, a groundbreaking software platform providing substantial improvements in quality, efficiency and speed for Phase I clinical drug trials and life-science laboratories.
BLUEHOUSE GROUP (L-3) www.bluehousegroup.com Bluehouse Group is a web design and software development firm providing dynamic websites and web-enabled database applications to a diverse array of clients. From e-commerce sites to websites for nonprofit organizations, the company has done web work for an eclectic mix of Vermont clients, including Burlington City Arts, Pompanoosuc Mills, Von Bargen’s Jewelry, Vermont League of Cities and Towns and Jon Fishman’s band, Pork Tornado. The company offices are in Richmond.
DEALER.COM (A-1) www.Dealer.com Founded 10 years ago in Burlington, Dealer.com has created thousands of automotive websites and solutions for car dealerships of all sizes across North America. Its suite of web solutions has grown to include leading CRM and inventory-management tools, regional automotive website portals and new vehicle data systems. The company has expanded, too. Dealer.com recently added an office in Manhattan Beach, California, and moved its Burlington operation to a new state-of-the-art facility that offers employees an in-house gym and organic café. By meeting ever-growing industry demand for resultsdriven, consumer-friendly web solutions, Dealer.com has become one of the most sought-after automotive websolutions providers in the world.
PROPELLER MEDIA WORKS (A-3) www.propellermediaworks.com Propeller Media Works is an interactive strategy and production team specializing in web design, Internet marketing and custom application development. Since 1997, the company’s team of experienced strategists, designers and developers has created hundreds of successful web projects for client-partners that run from rock stars and resorts to b2b and b2c. In Vermont the list includes Vermont Public Radio, Stowe Mountain Resort, Trapp Family Lodge, Vermont Ski Areas Association, Seventh Generation, Burton Snowboards, NRG Systems and others. Burlington-based Propeller is a member of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility.
UNION STREET MEDIA (L-6) www.unionstreetmedia.com Since 1999, Burlington-based Union Street Media has developed a broad portfolio of custom websites for businesses and organizations across the country. Market segments include realtors, nonprofit organizations, inns and B&Bs, private schools, summer camps, professional associations and ecommerce. The company has particularly distinguished itself in the “real estate space,” by pioneering new ways for realtors to display listings, generate leads and grow their business online. The USM team works closely with its partners to consistently provide the best results for every project. Once a site has launched, clients are empowered to update their own sites at any time through USM’s customized contentmanagement system, an easy-to-use, WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) online site editor. In addition, a comprehensive support package allows clients to make sure their sites stay fresh and functional into the future.
Government CEDO (I-6) www.cedoburlington.org The Community and Economic Development Office is a department of the City of Burlington. Its staffers work with the community to foster economic vitality; preserve and enhance neighborhoods, quality of life and the environment; and promote equity and opportunity for all residents of Burlington. Working in partnership with citizens, the public and private sectors and other city departments, CEDO is the energy behind myriad Queen City projects, from refugee craft fairs to the revitalization of the Burlington Waterfront. Its activities are funded through federal and state grants and the City of Burlington Housing Trust Fund. CEDO supports economic growth in practical and concrete ways: through targeted tax incentives; business loans; a business-calling program; an award-winning Doing Business in Burlington guide; a downtown program; hands-on help with business planning, licenses and permitting; and help with lowering energy bills, finding office space, and accessing a high-speed telecommunications network.
STATE OF VERMONT (A-6) www.vtstatejobs.info No single Vermont employer offers so many opportunities. A career with the State of Vermont puts you on a professional path filled with tremendous opportunities for growth — not to mention a host of hard-to-match work-life benefits. Since the State of Vermont offers a variety of career fields, employees can advance within a certain field or can make a career change while remaining under the umbrella of a single employer. This allows for change without sacrificing benefits and service time. The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Technical Connection, Inc. is Vermont’s creative, technical and professional recruiting resource. We are both an employer and recruiter of Software Development, IT, Engineering and Technical occupations since 1991. We have placed over 2000 people in meaningful and well paying career paths. We have helped newly graduated college students receive their first professional opportunity and have worked with IT Managers to become Directors. Our approach to recruiting is to make the best match to the best opportunities in the workplace. Contract and direct – representing large and small Northern New England companies. Resumes welcome – email: vermontjobs@vttechjobs.com, website www.vttechjobs.com
WE ARE LOOKING FOR: Software Developers Systems Engineers Web Designers Electrical Engineers Mechanical Engineers IT Director Programming Manager
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Vermont’s Coolest Companies Want You (Exhibitors at Vermont 3.0)
Green Technology EARTH TURBINES (I-12) www.earthturbines.com Earth Turbines is a new manufacturing company formed to bring innovative technology to the world of home wind power. The company is perfecting its product and preparing to unveil a home wind system to the regional North American market in 2009. The goal, through rigorous field-testing, is to create the best grid-connected turbine system and become a leader in the emerging residential wind market. Earth Turbines currently employs seven people and is led by David Blittersdorf, founder of NRG Systems. He has more than 22 years of experience in the wind-energy industry.
NRG SYSTEMS (I-13) www.nrgsystems.com Since 1982, NRG Systems has been manufacturing windmeasurement technology for the global wind-energy industry. Its customers prospect for the best locations to capture the wind and turn it into the energy that powers homes and businesses. The company’s product line — which includes complete wind-measurement systems, towers, data-loggers and sensors — can be found on every continent in more than 120 countries. NRG’s global environmental ethic extends all the way back to its LEED Gold-certified headquarters in Hinesburg. The company was among the “top small workplaces” selected by the Wall Street Journal in 2007. Fast-growing NRG currently employs 84 people — twice as many as it did just two years ago.
VCAM (L-10)
TECHNICAL CONNECTION (I-8)
www.vermontcam.org
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Vermont Community Access Media is a nonprofit community media and technology center located in the south end of Burlington. VCAM’s mission is to provide local citizens with access to training and state-of-theart digital video tools as a means of personal, political and artistic self-expression. VCAM operates a publicaccess cable-television channel, providing equipment, facilities and channel time to any VCAM user, for any noncommercial purpose, free of charge.
Since 1991, downtown Burlington’s Technical Connection has placed computer and engineering professionals in contract and full-time jobs throughout northern New England and upstate New York. Networking is second nature in a company with 40 local employees, many of whom have longstanding relationships in the regional IT and technical communities. A number of local businesses retain Technical Connection for recruitment purposes, and it’s common for contract employees to segue to full-time work at those client companies.
VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO (L-11) www.vpr.net Vermont Public Radio, Vermont’s only statewide public-radio network, provides news coverage and music that is both substantive and entertaining. Now with two services, VPR and VPR Classical, the station is an independent source for the exchange of ideas, information and culture, deepening listeners’ understanding of their community and the world. Vermont Public Radio is committed to maintaining the highest standards of journalism and enriching public dialogue with a distinctive voice that reflects this region. In Chittenden County, VPR can be heard at 107.9 and VPR Classical can be heard at 90.9. A complete list of frequencies is available at vpr.net, as well as streaming audio from VPR, VPR Classical, BBC World Service and the Vermont Legislature.
NAME THAT DUDE! and you could win an iPod, a Hammerhead sled, Jay Peak passes or a Vermont 3.0 T-shirt! See page 35a for details.
Hardware Development LOGIC SUPPLY (G-5) www.logicsupply.com Logic Supply provides special-purpose computer hardware and engineering services for a niche market: companies and end-users requiring small, efficient computers and related components. Through an online store, Logic Supply offers customizable systems that can be built to order. These computers consume minimal power and are compatible with a broad range of software, including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux. The greatest advantage of these computers, though, is their incredibly small size. They are also durable and compact, and can be utilized in harsh locations. Logic Supply serves Fortune 500 companies, corporate, government and education customers with innovative, energy-efficient system solutions tailored to fit specific project requirements. Based in South Burlington, the company’s team of 22-plus individuals includes hardware and software engineers, computer technicians, designers and technical sales associates.
Media BURLINGTON FREE PRESS (G-2) www.burlingtonfreepress.com The mission of The Burlington Free Press is to provide Vermonters must-have news and information on demand across many print and digital channels, ever mindful of the paper’s journalistic responsibilities. Since 1827, The Burlington Free Press has grown to be Vermont’s most trusted and most read daily newspaper. Over the years, the population growth of Chittenden County has led to the expanded coverage of local news and information. Burlingtonfreepress.com is the numberone news and information website in Vermont, reaching nearly 300,000 unique visitors every month. Web traffic increased 50 percent in December. The Burlington Free Press is also a consultative media company that provides advertisers with the means to deliver their message to the right audience in the most effective way. From online to print to magazines, The Burlington Free Press encompasses an array of products beyond the core newspaper, including burlingtonfreepress.com, careerbuilder.com, cars.com, 4Info, Buyers’ Digest and Green Mountain Moms.
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Software Development COMPETITIVE COMPUTING (L-1) www.competitive.com Competitive Computing, also known as C2, is a technology consulting firm based in Colchester that specializes in “connecting the dots between business goals and technology solutions.” C2’s founding foursome — former Digital Equipment employees Melissa Dever, Carolyn Edwards, Todd Kelley and Marty Thieret — joined forces in 1993 to help companies use technology to gain competitive advantage in their respective industries. C2 offers a full range of IT consulting services, including strategic IT planning, enterprise architecture, custom application development, infrastructure engineering, and mission-critical IT support services. C2 clients include leading companies such as NRG Systems, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Orvis Hershey and the State of Vermont. C2’s growing local team is nationally recognized for its extensive experience in collaboration portals, contentmanaged websites, multichannel commerce, email and messaging systems, server virtualization, anywhere access and storage solutions. C2 is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and holds toptier partnerships with other strategic technology vendors such as Citrix, VMware and EMC.
CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (A-5) www.controltechinc.com Control Technologies, Inc. is a knowledge-based business that designs and services innovative solutions for webbased facility automation, control of building environments, multi-site facilities management, and energy and operational costs reduction. For more than 20 years, CTI has serviced clients in New England and beyond. The company currently employs approximately 200 people in five fullservice locations: Vermont, New Hampshire, Metro Boston, Metro New York and Metro Los Angeles. CTI process expertise includes commercial and industrial environmental control, process utilities, discrete and on-stream manufacturing process control, microelectronics, biotech, pharmaceutical manufacturing and water and wastewater systems. Last fall, Vermont Business Magazine recognized CTI with “5x5x5” award — for the second time in three years — for being one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Vermont.
EMPOWER MOBILITY (A-7) www.empowermobility.com Empower Mobility LLC is a software engineering company with more than 15 years of experience providing software-development services and products for the mobile computing platform. The Essex-based company specializes in custom solutions, and has extensive experience with both Palm and Windows CE operating systems. By “taking you from paper to PDA,” Empower Mobility enables businesses to migrate their employees from a paper-based system to handheld computers and a mobile solution, with little or no training.
EPIKONE (I-7) www.epikone.com EpikOne is an online marketing consultancy that delivers strategy, analytics, search and optimization solutions for both enterprise and emerging clients around the globe. EpikOne focuses on increasing conversions, improving marketing ROI, and driving intelligent online business decisions through analysis, consulting, multivariate testing and analytics-resource planning. EpikOne maintains a strong alliance with Google that includes being a Google Analytics and Website Optimizer Authorized Consultant, Google AdWords Professional Company and Google Enterprise Professional. The fastgrowing company is headquartered in Williston but also has offices in Burlington and Copenhagen, Denmark.
HARMONY (A-8) www.harmonyis.com Harmony is a premier provider of human-services software and a recipient of the Microsoft Public Sector Innovation Award. The company provides the human-
services industry with the best in both products and consulting services designed exclusively to serve that industry’s needs. As the information systems leader in human services, Harmony takes pride in its rapidly growing list of clients, excellent reputation for service and complement of first-rate customizable products. Harmony is committed to developing and marketing the very best information-management solutions designed exclusively for organizations involved in the business of helping people. The company’s success in this endeavor would not be possible without a deep understanding of the problems and challenges facing human-services organizations every day. Harmony’s 120-plus employees are in Essex Junction and Reston, Virginia.
MYWEBGROCER (G-9) www.mywebgrocer.com MyWebGrocer provides leading-edge e-commerce and e-marketing solutions to more than 80 retail grocery chains via website design, specialty modules for websites, hosting, sophisticated email solutions and consulting services. These offerings can be used on a stand-alone basis or as an integral part of a seamless Internet solution. MyWebGrocer also manages the website, Amazon.com storefront and fulfillment technology for Netgrocer.com, a large, Internet-based grocery provider focused on non-perishable products shipped nationally and internationally. Eight-year-old MyWebGrocer employs 40 people in Colchester and is continually growing. The company’s founder and CEO, Rich Tarrant Jr. — son of IDX founder Rich Tarrant — has an impressive record as an entrepreneur in the retail, real estate and health-care industries, and is a graduate of the University of Vermont.
PIEMATRIX (G-3) www.piematrix.com PIEmatrix helps project teams reduce risk with an online platform for managing and governing enterprise best practices or process methodology content, such as project management, quality, change management, SarbanesOxley, etc. The system allows a company to define, centralize, and standardize processes across the enterprise as readyto-use templates. A unique “pie” and “matrix” view integrates multiple best practices so they work seamlessly together. PIEmatrix allows teams to easily adhere to standards, enhance productivity, and better collaborate with shared information from anywhere in the world. The real-time dashboard tracks portfolio progress and easily displays standards compliance. Furthermore, the PIEmatrix webbased service is scalable and can be used by any business unit, such as engineering, manufacturing, product marketing or human resources.
PRAGMATIC TECHNOLOGIES (L-7) www.be-pragmatic.com Founded by two former IDX employees, 3-year-old Pragmatic Technologies, Inc. is an informationtechnology consultancy based in Burlington. Specializing in assisting customers through the full life cycle of software development, the company’s services include development, mentoring, training and project management. In an effort to deliver solutions that move businesses forward, Pragmatic specializes in enterprise application development, auxiliary projects to augment core products, and the development of marketable products. And, in an effort to reward its employees, it has developed a unique, “create your own work environment” corporate culture where 50 percent of the profits go directly to the employees.
RINGMASTER SOFTWARE (G-6) www.ringmastersw.com Since 1998, RingMaster® Software Corporation has been designing, developing, and marketing products that help its customers better manage the people, processes and technology associated with owning the Oracle E-Business Suite. Enterprises such as GE Commercial, Humana, Government of Québec and Talbots use its automated change-management solutions to dramatically reduce the risk, improve communications and productivity, and deliver reliability and audit-ability into their IT departments.
One of RingMaster’s innovations is “Damage Control,” an online community bringing together all the information sources relating to the maintenance of the Oracle E-Business Suite. A Web 2.0 community and resource site, Damage Control was a result of the company’s foray into online marketing to a technically savvy audience. RingMaster’s online marketing team was so successful at driving traffic to the website and turning online leads into sales that the company extended its expertise to other enterprises, offering products and services to the same Oracle community as RingMaster Software. The company is now expanding this business to other business-to-business customers. RingMaster’s world headquarters is on Burlington’s South Union Street. The company has regional offices in Boston and San Francisco.
VERMONT INFORMATION PROCESSING, INC. (A-9) www.vtinfo.com Vermont Information Processing works with more than half of the beer wholesalers in the country for the following suppliers: Anheuser-Busch, Boston Beer Company, Coors, Corona, Heineken, Guinness, Labatt and Miller. Since 1972, the company has been providing technology and business solutions to beverage wholesalers, including a complete software package that meets the specific needs of beverage distributors. VIP Beverage Software allows all employees — in every department, at every level, in the office or in the field — to have access to the information they need to stay 100 percent in control of their jobs. In 1990, VIP constructed and moved into a four-story building in Colchester that houses the office, an on-site childcare center and exercise facilities. The company employs more than 85 people and serves more than 400 distributor locations throughout the country.
VERMONT SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS’ ALLIANCE (A-11) www.vtsda.org The Vermont Software Developers’ Alliance is a trade association dedicated to fostering a healthy software industry in the state of Vermont. Since many technical interest groups already exist, VtSDA focuses more on common business interests. It supports and promotes a thriving software community in which members can share ideas, expertise and strategies for success. That includes working with local colleges and universities to develop tech-smart curricula. At last count, the 4-year-old vtSDA had 65 members.
VERMONT SYSTEMS, INC. (G-13) www.vermontsystems.com Since 1988, Vermont Systems, Inc. of Essex Junction has specialized in developing fresh software products for managing recreation-and-parks operations for municipal, county, state and federal military and governmental entities. The software is also marketed to private businesses with similar needs, such as golf courses and fitness centers. Today VSI has more than 1000 customers, including more than 800 municipal and county agencies, several private organizations, all U.S. Army, Navy and Marine bases and a good number of Air Force bases worldwide. VSI has grown from a small family business — Bob Willey founded it in 1985 — to a current staff of 80. The company is 100 percent employee-owned.
Telecommunications BURLINGTON TELECOM (I-6) www.burlingtontelecom.com Burlington Telecom operates a state-of-the-art fiber-optic telecommunication network serving the businesses and residents of Burlington with high-quality voice, Internet and cable-television services. The company is unique in Vermont because it is city-owned, but a growing number of municipalities around the country is following its lead by creating similar local telecommunications networks.
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T EXHIBIT Carol Norton: “Cyclone!: The Colors of Iowa From A to Z,” oils on canvas; and Peter RobinsonSmith: Wire mesh sculpture. Flynndog, Burlington. Through February.
ARTWORK “Horse to Canter” by Peter RobinsonSmith
PHOTO Marc Awodey
he Flynndog is a long, bright, wide hallway gallery leading to the Outer Space Café, set in an old industrial building at 208 Flynn Avenue in Burlington. Now through February, it hosts two very different shows, one of painting and the other of sculpture. Carol Norton’s series of 26 dynamic oils, entitled “Cyclone!: The Colors of Iowa From A to Z,” hangs along the east wall, and about 40 figurative wire mesh sculptures by Peter Robinson-Smith appear on the west. He has also installed a pony-sized horse sculpture in the café. Norton’s “Cyclone!” series is inspired in part by her mother’s fascination with weather and tornados, which Norton experienced growing up in Iowa. But she also notes in her artist’s statement that “Tornados can symbolize both the exterior and interior forces which lay [sic] outside our control.” Each canvas is the portrait of a different twister, and their titles are first names — as of living entities — that run through every letter of the alphabet. Befitting stormy skies, the images are often dark, but Norton’s feathery brushwork and bold contrasts of value make the images breathe. The sweeping curves of the 30-by-30-inch “Quinn” seem bound for a vicious assault on the rural landscape. The painting’s low horizon is a furrowed field, and the sky is a monochromatic silvery gray. In “Xavier,” a 24-by-24-inch piece, a foreground of bright-green, immature corn repeats the title’s X with a cross-formation. The flat landscape and sky beyond are ominously orange and black as
the tornado approaches. New Englanders who don’t quite understand the psychological imprint cyclones leave on Midwesterners surely will after visiting Norton’s show. Robinson-Smith has always been a multidimensional artist: musician, writer, performance and visual artist. But over the last several years he’s focused on sculpting with wire mesh screens and has created a
and complex shadows fall through them onto the wall. The 14-inch-long wall piece “Reclining Nude Study” is a female figure. The horizontal composition resembles a classic figure-drawing pose, yet the image is mounted 2 inches above a white display board, making its shadows integral to its liveliness. All of Robinson-Smith’s figures, male and female, are nudes. “Out Along the New Frontier,” a 20-by-20-inch
These tandem exhibitions are equally strong, and both offer much material for rumination. body of work unique in the area. This is his first major exhibition of that work in Vermont; more often, he can be found selling sculptures on the streets of New York City. Robinson-Smith’s monumental “Horse Grazing” — the one in the café — measures about 55 inches tall and 6 feet long from nose to tail. Robinson-Smith exquisitely models his animals and, with careful illumination, causes light to refract through the wire mesh. “Horse to Canter” is an 11-by-23-inch wall-mounted piece that captures the steed’s dynamism. Other animals in Robinson-Smith’s repertoire include bulls, cows and a wonderfully molded, life-sized Russian wolfhound. The pieces capture accurate muscle tone,
boxed wall piece of layered copper and aluminum screens, has a strong narrative. It’s a grouping of father, mother and child in the midst of a journey. The figures are seen from behind, and the mother at right is pointing the way. An abstract sun with a swirled center appears above. Robinson-Smith’s aesthetic of the human figure is consistent across media, and is more abstract than is his approach to animals. The proportions are robust and a bit askew, emphasizing spirit rather than realistic representation. These tandem exhibitions are equally strong, and both offer much material for rumination. This isn’t a hallway to rush through: At the Flynndog it’s all about the journey. m
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CALL TO ARTISTS ‘THE BIG ITTY BITTY’: The Langdon Street Café is seeking small-scale works, no bigger than a bread box and no smaller than a postage stamp for a February exhibit; works will be auctioned off to benefit the venue's art wall. Drop off submissions February 1 & 2 at the café. Art-hanging party February 3. Info, rachael_rice@ verizon.net. THE ROSE STREET GALLERY is seeking artists for a February group show entitled "Hearts Aflame." Any medium, including performance. Deadline: February 2. Info, rosestreetgallery @hotmail.com. STUDIO PLACE ARTS in Barre invites artists to submit applications for two upcoming exhibits: "Shoe In!" is the third attire-oriented show on the gallery's second floor and asks for creative footwear; "Bird's Eye View" will feature works in all media about our fine feathered friends. Deadline for both: February 29. Exhibit dates: April 22 - May 31. Info,www.studioplace arts.com or 479-7069. ART ON MAIN in Bristol is seeking submissions for new exhibitors in glass, textile, wood, pottery, music and more. Jury session: February 2. Application at www.artonmain.net. More info, info@artonmain.net, or call 453-4032.
SPEECH PATTERNS Automatism, repetition and spontaneity are among the ingredients of Scott Einsig’s “Noun Paintings,” now on view at Kasini House in Burlington through February 15. “I’m working on nouns generated from free association,” his artist’s statement says. “I’ve always liked graffiti and the need to express ideas through symbols.” Einsig uses latex and acrylics to layer his colorful, complex images. Pictured: “Dr. Joyce Rodriguez Needs a Haircut.”
PLEASE NOTE: Seven Days is unable to accomodate all of the displays in our readership area, thus these listings must be restricted to exhibits in truly public viewing places. Art in business offices, lobbies and private residences or studios, with occasional exceptions, will not be accepted. Send art listings to galleries@ sevendaysvt.com. You can also view art listings at www.sevendaysvt.com.
OPENINGS TAD SPURGEON: "Troupe: Recent Landscape, Still Life and Colorshape Paintings," oils by the Vermont artist. Shelburne Art Center, 985-3648. Reception January 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through March 11. ‘TIME’S EDGE’: Roger Coleman, Jane Horner, Jim Nickel, Sophie Quest and Aaron Stein exhibit paintings and mixed-media works. RETN/VCAM Space, Burlington, 651-9692. Reception January 25, 6-8 p.m. Through February 24. THIRD ANNUAL NORTHFIELD ART SHOW: The Paine Mountain Arts Council presents 35 local artists in multiple media. Northfield Historical Society and Brown Public Library Community Room, Northfield, 4858903. Reception January 25, 7 p.m. Through January 27. BRENDA STAPLES & BRENDA MYRICK: "Brenda Brenda Show," photographs and watercolor portraits, respectively. Bristol Bakery, 453-3280. Reception January 25, 5-7 p.m., with live music. Through February 13. REBECCA MACK: "Archives," collages and copy art about keeping things organized. Viva Espresso, Burlington, flyinghenstudio@gmail.com. Reception January 25, 7-9 p.m. Through January 30. ‘WE ARE VERMONT: CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS IN PHOTOGRAPHY’: Vermonters past and present are depicted in the photos of Peter Miller, Natalie Stultz, Caleb Kenna, Abby Ross, Peter Crabtree, Rose McNulty, Glenn Callahan, Jamie Cope, Andrew Kline and Kevin Bubriski, Main Gallery; and MARINA EPSTEIN & BENJAMIN DAVIS: Paintings and sculpture. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Artists' tour January 25, 4:30 p.m., followed by reception 5:30-7:30 p.m.; curator's tour January 29, 10 a.m., for docents, greeters and members. Through March 22. DANILO GONZALEZ: "InteriorsExteriors," paintings. Apropos
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Designs, Waitsfield, 496-9180. Reception January 26, 5-8 p.m. Through March 1. RACHAEL RICE: "Beasts of the East," acrylic paintings and mixed-media works focusing on mythical hoofed mammals, thangka-inspired imagery and magical dioramas. The Green Bean Gallery at Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, artwhirled23@yahoo.com. Closing reception January 27, 2-4 p.m. Through January.
Tarrah Krajnak presents a series of haunting images based on 19th-century tintypes of children at the SEABA Gallery through February. The University of Vermont art lecturer
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<exhibitions> ONGOING << 51A CAROL NORTON: "Cyclone!: The Colors of Iowa From A to Z," oils on canvas; and PETER ROBINSON-SMITH: Wire mesh sculptures. Flynndog, Burlington, 658-2943. Through February. PEGGY KANNENSTINE: Oil paintings from the artist's "jazz series," Gates 1 & 2; and PETER WILLIAMS: Oil paintings, Skyway & Escalator. Burlington Airport, 865-7166. Through May. MATTHEW THORSEN: Traditional and digital photographs. Speaking Volumes, Burlington, 540-0107. Through February. JOAN MACKENZIE: "Geraldine Giraffe, Moonlit Molly Moose and More," whimsical animal paintings in acrylic. Uncommon Grounds, Burlington, 8656227. Through January 29. GREGORY ALBRIGHT: "Imaginary Landscapes," oil paintings. The Skinny Pancake, Burlington, www.albrightart.com. Through February 15. BETH PEARSON: Oil paintings. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 862-3081. Through March. ‘COLLECTED CLAY’: Ceramic objects from the walls and cupboards of Robert Compton, Christine Homer, Martha Matthews, Jules Polk, Joan Watson and Kevin Wiberg. L/L Gallery, Living/Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 656-4200. Through February 1. ‘BETWEEN SOFT MACHINES AND HARD SCIENCE’: "The Interstitial Art of David Powell," an installation of digital prints and historic scientific instruments; and 'ACTORS AND EXORCISTS': "Masks of Sri Lanka," from the permanent collection. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. Through June 8. SCOTT EINSIG: "Noun Paintings," latex and acrylic on canvas based on random nouns. Kasini House, Burlington, 264-4839. Through February 16. MASHA STERN: Liquid light prints from Rajasthan series on handmade paper, and silver-gelatin prints of Paris and Venice. Mirabelles, Burlington, 2339785. Through January. GUY DERRY: Silk screens and other prints, Bar; and HING KUR: Watercolors, Dining Room; and MEREDITH BIRKETT: Nature-based graphic images, Greenhouse. Daily Planet, Burlington, 862-9647. Through January. ANGELA BURRO: "Monster Paintings," acrylics with dark imagery inspired by Stephen Gammell, Edgar Allan Poe and Tim Burton. Tribeca, Burlington, 861-2784. Through January. ‘SPIN OFF’: A group show featuring the works of Tally Groves, Jerry Amici, Grace Nelson Lance, Marian Willmott, Robert Huntoon and Emily Bissell Laird. Emile Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, 899-3211. Through January 27. MARINA EPSTEIN: Etchings and oil paintings. Stonewater Partners Building, Colchester, www.hermitage gallery.com. Through February 15. KAREN DAWSON: Recent paintings, drawings and mixed media on canvas and paper. Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Burlington, 686-5253. Through February. LEAH WITTENBERG: "At Witt's End," 25 political cartoons enlarged to 24 by 36 inches. Mezzanine, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 864-3556. Through January. GLEN NADEAU: "Muse," acrylic-on-canvas geometric paintings. Red Square, Burlington, 859-8909. Through January. JENNIFER KOCH: "Specimen & Marriages of Reason," box constructions, multimedia works and prints by the 2007 winner of the Barbara Smail Award. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865-7165. Through January 26. TARRAH KRAJNAK: Photo-based portraiture by the UVM art prof. SEABA
Gallery, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington, 859-9222. Through February. DOK WRIGHT: "Aria," nude portraits. ArtSpace 106 at The Men's Room, Burlington, 864-2088. Through January. ROBIN LAHUE: Recent paintings and a hand-painted guitar. Pine Street Deli, Burlington, 485-7770. Through February. ‘SHIFTING FANCIES AND CELESTIAL LIGHTS’: A group show of 15 Vermont artists, featuring the paintings of Tracy Vartenigian Burhans. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through January. FOUR VERMONT ARTISTS: Abstract mixed media by Steve M. Campbell, oil paintings by Dave Thurston, pastel nudes and landscapes by Kate Mueller and Chinese brush paintings by Changzhi Mao. Artpath Gallery, Wing Building, Burlington, 563-2273. Through January.
:: champlain valley BRENDA MYRICK: Landscape and stilllife watercolor paintings by the Lincoln artist. WalkOver Gallery, Bristol, 453-3188. Through February. MARY E. JOHNSON: "Visits," documentary photography. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 388-4964. Through February 8. DEANNA SHAPIRO: "Cow Country," acrylic paintings, Front Room; and "People, Places & Puckish Preoccupations," mixed-media paintings, Conservatory Room, Starry Night Café, Ferrisburgh, 877-8316. Through January.
:: central PAUL BOWEN: Sculpture. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College, 468-1266. Through February 15. VINICIO AYALA: "The African Queen and Other Paintings" by the Vermont artist; and MARY HILLS: Acrylic-oncanvas painted banners. The Cheshire Cat, Montpelier, 223-1981. Through April 1. GRACE EXHIBIT: A selection of paintings in various media by artists represented by the nonprofit community-arts organization, including Gayleen Aiken, James Nace, Merrill Densmore, Larry Bissonnette and others. Barre Opera House, 472-6857. Through March. ‘LET THERE BE LIGHT’: Artists celebrate and explore light with works in multiple media, Main Floor Gallery; and 'THE ART OF POLISH POSTERS': Print works, Second Floor Gallery; and JOANNA NAGY: Quirky and surreal paintings and drawings. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7069. Through February 23. CALAIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: "Watercolor Stories," works by thirdgrade students; and "Random Piece Stories," by fifth- and sixth-graders. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 8288743. Through January 24. EAST MONTPELIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: "Exotic Animals," works by second- and third-graders in Cray-Pas and tempera demonstrate their study of texture in art. Children's Room, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through February 15. CLAY AND JAMIE KANZLER & SAM FALLS: "Father, Son, Godson," oil paintings, photographs and woodblock prints. Bridgewater Mill Gallery, 672-5175. Through February 1. HARRIET WOOD: Recent oil and acrylic paintings. The Shoe Horn, Montpelier, 223-5454. Through January. GOLDEN TRUE: "Celestial Visions on the Homeward Journey," paintings. Plainfield Community Center, 4348520. Through February 8. AXEL STOHLBERG: Drawings. Montpelier City Center, 244-7801. Through February 2.
MARC AWODEY: Figurative paintings that explore the "anatomy of the picture." Supreme Court Lobby, Montpelier, 828-0749. Through February 15. ROBIN LAHUE: "Thickets and Thresholds," paintings in water-soluble oils. Phoebe's Restaurant, Montpelier, 485-7770. Through January 29. SUSAN RUSSELL: "Present & Before,” abstract paintings. Governor's Office, Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 8280749. Through January 25.
:: northern RICH ARENTZEN & TOVE OHLANDER: The glassblowing couple show their works in modern Scandinavian folk art. J. Wagner Designs, Greensboro, 533-2100. Through March. ‘OBJECTS OF DESIRE: STILL LIFE PAINTINGS’: A group exhibit featuring some of Vermont's finest artists in the genre, including Susan Abbott, Julie Y. Baker Albright, Tom Nicholas, Jody dePew McLean, Lucy Petrie and others. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100. January 25 - May 11. ROLF ANDERSON: "Aurora Hibernalis, Winter Light," nature photographs. The Bee's Knees, Morrisville, 8887889. Through February 3. ‘WOMEN TO WATCH’: Photographs by Bethany Bond, Lynne Jaeger Weinstein, Luciana Frigerio, Tarrah Krajnak and Wilka Roig, finalists for the Vermont State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington. D.C. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 6351469. Through February 9. JANUARY FEATURED ARTISTS: The co-op gallery highlights the works of Tony and Gretchen Bittner, Carolyn Bronz, Kelee Maddox and art students from Enosburg and Richford high schools. Artist in Residence, Enosburg Falls, 933-6403. Through January. ‘VERMONT’S TRADITION OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING: FIVE ARTISTS, FIVE VISIONS’: Paintings by Stapleton Kearns, Charles Movalli, Donald Allen Mosher, Dale Radcliff and Eric Tobin. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-1818. Through January.
:: southern 16TH ANNUAL WINTER MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION: Works by regional artists in multiple media. Yester House, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405. Through February 5.
:: regional ‘CUBA! ART AND HISTORY FROM 1868 TO TODAY: The major retrospective includes some 400 works from the Caribbean island in multiple media. The Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, 514-285-1600. January 31 June 8. ‘BLAKE ENGRAVINGS’: Rare masterpieces by poet/artist/printer William Blake, along with books and other materials, from the Rauner Special Collections Library. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808. Through January.
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theborowitzreport Bloomberg Still Deciding Whether to Buy the Presidency: Price Remains Sticking Point, Aides Say
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ew York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is “still trying to decide” whether to buy the U.S. presidency, aides to Bloomberg confirmed today, with the sticking point reportedly being the steep price of such an acquisition. In recent weeks, Bloomberg had been sending out positive signals about his interest in buying the highest office in the land, raising hopes among supporters that he might be preparing to throw his wallet in the ring. In a speech in Oklahoma last week, for example, the mayor told an enthralled crowd, “In these divisive times, I believe that the American people are yearning for the leadership of a whiny billionaire.” Bloomberg even floated a possible campaign slogan: “Vote For Me and I’ll Give you $10,000.” Aides close to the mayor indicated that there were other positive signs as well, noting that Bloomberg had recently transferred $2 billion into his day-to-day checking account. “With that kind of money, you could either buy the White House or ten Mitt
Romneys,” said one aide familiar with the cash transfer. But according to one of Mr. Bloomberg’s advisers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, falling real estate prices in the U.S. may have given the mayor cold feet about buying the presidency.
Vote For Me and I’ll Give you $10,000. Mike Bloomberg
“At this point, buying the United States isn’t looking like such a good investment,” the adviser said. “At the end of the day, Mike might be better off buying Canada.” Elsewhere, in a positive development for Vice President Dick Cheney, scientists in a laboratory at the University of Minnesota created a living rat’s heart.
Award-winning humorist, television personality and film actor Andy Borowitz is author of the new book The Republican Playbook. To find out more about Andy Borowitz and read his past columns, visit www.borowitzreport.com.
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the campus question BY JON TAYLOR
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elcome to the “Campus Question,” a new column that elicits from Vermont college students their answers to important (or not) questions. Each week Seven Days will visit a different school and brave the student perspective on issues ranging from the essential to the absurd. And this week . . . At the end of every school year, a herd of college graduates leaves Vermont to seek employment elsewhere. Officials call this a “brain drain,” and fret over how to keep those brains in the Green Mountain State. For this one, we queried St. Michael’s College students . . .
What kind of job would keep you in Vermont? Andrew Parise, 20, junior, journalism & music “Whatever I can find, really. My dad made his career in sales, and I was thinking about maybe getting into pharmaceutical sales, because I hear you can make a lot of money doing that. I really do love the area, and I would like to actually spend some time here after I graduate, but it’s all about finding a job that will pay me, and a place I can live.”
Deirdre Kreckel, 21, senior, language and linguistics “For me, I guess the things that I’d be looking for are a job that offers good health benefits, since I’m not going to be able to have insurance from my parents anymore, and fairly good pay, since it’s so expensive to stay here in Vermont, at least in this area. And something that would keep me interested every day going to work.”
Shawn Campbell, 22, senior, biology “As a graduating biology student, obviously I’m going to be looking for laboratory research. My interests are medical, [and] we do have a great hospital in the area . . . However, in terms of jobs where you can move up, I feel like it is limited in Vermont, at least without a higher degree or further education, so I feel like it is going to be difficult. I like the area, and I know there’s some promise there, so I’m going to give it a shot.”
Heather Famico, 21, senior, political science “I would need to find a position that would give me the ability to travel and work with people from other locations, as well as provide an opportunity to not do the same thing day in and day out. I’m not a cubicle worker.”
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Jonathan Anderson, 22, senior, theater “As a theater major, it would take some kind of a theater thing. Vermont has good theater, but it’s very small productions, very small community theater things. There are a couple of good theaters in the area, but really, I’m going to have to move to a bigger city if I’m ever going to want to get a career in theater. For me to stay, it would take just a lot more theater happening than there is right now.”
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Write it on
your heart that every day is the best day in the year,” said essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. That’s my first suggestion for you this week, Aries. Now, while you’re at the energetic peak of your astrological cycle, is a good time to cultivate a knack for identifying the specific gift that each day has to offer you. You will also resonate well with the cosmic rhythms if you make use of another Emersonian gem: “Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.” Where does your purest enthusiasm lie? And how will you use it to fuel your ascent to a series of great and commanding moments?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “In the human
heart new passions are forever being born,” said French writer Francois de La Rochefoucauld. “The overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.” I suppose that’s true. We all have longings that come and go as we evolve. But I’d also like to propose an equally valid and contradictory truth: In every human heart there are a few passions that last a lifetime. They’re with us from the moment we’re born, and nothing can dilute their intensity. Our destiny revolves around them. These are the passions I hope you will define with precision and nurture with alacrity during the next eight weeks.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you have
trouble resisting the urge to stay current with news about famous actresses, you may have a mental illness. A team of psychologists has certified “Celebrity Worship Syndrome” as an actual psychiatric condition. Now please listen to me closely: It is imperative that you stifle this malady during the next 25 days, even if you have a mild case of it. Your fantasy life needs to soar into unknown frontiers where more of the details of your own personal talents will be revealed, and you can’t afford to be weighed down with fantasies about rich and charismatic people you don’t know.
jobs. cars. gear. music. pets. stuff.
CANCER
LIBRA
(June 21-July 22): “Dear Brother Rob: We wanted you to know that our exceedingly sweet, holy, and pious dog, Magdalene, told us tonight that she feels you are a direct descendant of Melchior, one of those famous Bethlehem astrologers/magi mentioned as bringing gifts to the baby Jesus way back when! That’s so cool! Raucous peace to you! Gabriel and Deana.” Dear Gabriel and Deana: I’m honored! Give my thanks to Magdalene. Does she have any messages for my Cancerian readers? I’ve been having visions that they will soon be getting gifts from the past and revelations about their heritage and updates concerning their birthrights.
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A friend recently said to me, “You really try hard to avoid conflict, don’t you?” That surprised me. In my own perception of myself, I’m pretty combative, at least in the privacy of my own imagination. The injustice and suffering I see in the world make me mad, and I’m constantly plotting to overthrow the ignorant forces that are at the root of that bad stuff. It’s true that I almost never express naked hostility or engage in outright combat with anyone. But that’s because I think that the best way for me to fight the ugliness is to whip up lavish doses of beauty and truth and love. Sorry to be talking about myself so much, Libra, but it’s in a good cause: I urge you to be like me in the coming week.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22): We all tend to project onto other people the unattractive aspects of ourselves that we refuse to acknowledge. We’re also drawn to anyone who expresses the fully activated versions of our own sleeping potentials. Everywhere we go, then, our vision is clouded by the disowned psychic material that is floating around our unconscious minds. That’s the bad news, Leo. The good news is that in the next eight weeks you will have an enhanced ability to get access to the liabilities and powers that are buried beneath the surface of your awareness. As a result, your ability to see the objective truth about the world around you should grow dramatically.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I don’t usually
recommend that you text-message a cohort who’s sitting a few feet away from you in a meeting, or use your cell phone to call the cell phone of the person you’re lying next to in bed. But this would be a good week to do things like that. It’s an excellent time, you see, to experiment with how you communicate, to try alternate methods of conversing, to awaken unfamiliar responses as you engage with familiar people. You might want to write a letter in longhand to a comrade you see all the time, or sit down at a table together and exchange messages by drawing pictures rather than talking.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The ermine is so SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In fastidious that he will allow himself to be caught by hunters before he will take refuge in a muddy spot,” wrote Leonardo da Vinci in his Bestiary. The legendary behavior of this small mammal has a resemblance to certain Virgos. Let’s hope you’re not one of them. To avoid getting trapped in the coming days, you will have to be willing, even eager, to get dirty. Here’s your motto: The miracle is in the mess.
my astrological opinion, you should adopt a miscellaneous and serendipitous receptivity in the coming week; you should be extra responsive to the primal flux as its odd luck whisks you through in-between zones and fascinating grey areas. And yet I also think you should be profoundly picky about which of the thousand and one stimuli you allow to grab your full attention. In other words, make your mind wide open and allow it to wander freely, but give your favors to only the most piquant twists and tasty bits.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): To
advertise its upgraded features, the search engine Ask3D.com rolled out a marketing campaign with a seductive catchphrase: “Instant Getification,” as in immediately acquiring your desired results. I’m borrowing that mantra, or at least half of it, for your horoscope. Your getification levels will be way up in the coming weeks. That doesn’t mean you will instantaneously and automatically obtain everything you crave without any effort. Rather, it suggests that you will have an enhanced power to summon the will and ingenuity and resourcefulness that will help you get what you want.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re
entering an astrological phase when it makes sense to expand and dramatize your ego. In light of the poetic license that affords you, I’d like to introduce you to the concept of enlightened bragging. It will allow you to tout your own brilliance at the same time that you disarm anyone who might be tempted to sneer at you for doing so. The playfully self-mocking tone of your enlightened bragging will give you an opportunity to demonstrate your high opinion of yourself without feeling guilty or defensive. Here’s all you need to do to get started: Make yourself a T-shirt or bumper sticker that reads, “I am a Jenius.”
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every now and
then when the garbage I generate in a week’s time exceeds what one trashcan is able to hold, I have to make a special phone call to the office of the refuse and recycling service to request that they pick up an extra can. If I’m reading your astrological omens correctly, this is one of those times for you, at least from a metaphorical perspective: You need to get rid of more than your usual amount of useless junk and residual wastes — much more, probably, including a backlog of stuff you may not have even realized was garbage until now.
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Cloverfield HHHH
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, APOCALYPSE Stahl-David and Yustman document the mayhem on their monstercam.
s long as there have been monsters in movies, there have been monsters in Manhattan. The two seem made for each other. Having watched everyone from King Kong to Godzilla go wild in the New York streets, you might quite reasonably suspect you’ve seen it all when it comes to this cinematic match-up. Well, guess again. “Lost” creator J.J. Abrams and company have turned the formula inside out, and the result is a film unlike anything that came before. The premise: A terrifying colossus appears from nowhere, starts knocking over skyscrapers, and sends millions fleeing in panic. But that isn’t what makes
H = refund, please HH = could’ve been worse, but not a lot HHH = has its moments; so-so HHHH = smarter than the average bear HHHHH = as good as it gets
Cloverfield the one-of-a-kind white-knuckler it is. What renders the movie a singular experience is the revolutionary approach employed by the filmmakers. We start out in the apartment of a twentysomething yuppie (Michael Stahl-David) who’s about to leave for a new job in Japan. His friends are throwing him a going-away party. One of them (T.J. Miller) has been handed a digital video camera and assigned the task of recording everybody’s fond farewells. We’re introduced to the main characters via this device and, through it, experience all the subsequent events from their viewpoint. The technique may sound gimmicky, but, in fact, it lends the proceedings a blood-draining immediacy. Of course, this also sounds very Blair Witch-y — and it is. The difference is that, here, the vérité is in the service of far more harrowing cinema. Back to the setup: The party is in full swing when the entire building suddenly rocks. An explosion not far away shatters the stunned silence. Seconds after everyone crowds into the street to see what’s happening, the Statue of Liberty’s head crashes to Earth like a giant metal meteor. The viewer is expected to suspend disbelief on several points, and this is reasonable enough. We are,
Ratings assigned to movies not reviewed by Rick Kisonak or Margot Harrison are courtesy of Metacritic.com, which averages scores given by the country’s most widely read reviewers.
after all, watching a creature feature. If we’re willing to go along with the idea that a mean-spirited, lizard-spider thing 25 stories tall has mysteriously appeared in downtown Manhattan, we shouldn’t have any problem accepting the notion that the dude with the video camera considers ensuing developments worthy of taping. Or that, when Stahl-David’s character realizes the woman he loves (Odette Yustman) is trapped on the 49th floor of a building in the creature’s path and feels compelled to make his way there, a handful of friends feel compelled to tag along. And that is all there is to the plot. Of course, getting from point A to point B can prove rather dramatic when life as we know it is coming to an end. The script by Drew Goddard is brilliantly minimal, and Matt Reeve’s direction achieves an unflagging naturalism. The picture is so stripped down, so thoroughly devoid of traditional devices and tropes (e.g., scientists speculating as to the monster’s origin, American military might triumphing over an evil invader), that there’s nothing left but the experience of trying to survive an apocalyptic attack. And the viewer is thrust in the middle of it. Anyone with a heart condition would be well advised to think twice before buying a ticket. The picture is only 84 minutes long, but packs several times the primordial punch of bigger, longer, star-studded productions such as Godzilla and War of the Worlds. If there is a star here, it’s Abrams. I doubt there’s a filmmaker working today who can match his knack for infusing timeworn forms with new life. With “Lost,” he’s re-imagined the desert-island drama, and in Cloverfield, the monster movie has been reborn. RICK KISONAK
The Savages HHH
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INNER WILD Hoffman and Linney grapple with their ailing dad and their own sorry lives in Jenkins’ black comedy.
sn’t it nifty when a movie’s title both names the protagonists and describes them? In writer-director Tamara Jenkins’ The Savages, which has already been nominated for a raft of awards, Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman play the Savage siblings. Wendy and Jon aren’t “savage” in the cave-dwelling, primalchest-beating sense: If anything, they’re overeducated. (He’s a professor of “the theater of social unrest,” and she’s a New York playwright making ends meet as a temp.) But they are a bit feral when it comes to human connection and communication. Their upbringing didn’t help: Dad was a jerk, and Mom took off and never returned. Now, Wendy pops prescription drugs, tells casual lies, and sleeps with her married neighbor, while Jon lets his Polish girlfriend’s visa expire because he can’t commit. The movie is about what happens when, together, these lonely misfits face one of America’s toughest rites of passage: taking responsibility for a parent who can’t care for himself. Their estranged dad (Philip Bosco), who’s been living in the upscale seniors’ paradise of Sun City, starts exhibiting Parkinson’s-related dementia just as his longtime girlfriend dies, leaving him homeless. It’s up to Wendy to bring him back to wintry Buffalo, where her brother has reserved a spot in a nursing home — if she can handle changing Dad’s diapers on the plane. Linney and Hoffman are both superb actors, and they develop a convincing rapport. Wendy’s the manic one, fretting sentimentally about her father’s comfort even though she barely seems to know him. A straight man of sorts, Hoffman plays Jon so depressive and low-key that it takes a while for us to realize he’s no more mature than his sister. When the two bicker over
who’s the bigger loser in life, it’s hard not to sympathize with Dad — who, sitting beside them, switches off his hearing aid. The Savages has a lot in common with Jonathan Franzen’s best-selling novel The Corrections, in which three confused siblings try to cope with their aging father’s decline. But Franzen delved into the father’s mind and made him an indelible character. As the novel’s reader comes to understand what it means to this organized, capable engineer to lose his mind, the message about mortality hits home. In her script, by contrast, Jenkins limits what we know about Lenny Savage to a few hints that he was violent toward his kids. He doesn’t talk much, and
his children don’t ask him about his past or reminisce about their own, which leaves an odd void at the center of the film. Maybe Jenkins would rather withhold info than risk indulging in TV-movie clichés about adults recovering from an abusive childhood. But with the father a cipher, Jon and Wendy’s arguments have an unpleasantly tinny, echoing quality, like dialogue from a self-conscious play. Their anger has no context, no history. The film’s humor seems stilted, too, and occasionally turns cloying. (It’s an awkwardness that marred Jenkins’ other autobiographical feature, 1998’s Slums of Beverly Hills.) Jenkins leaves overly big spaces around her laugh lines. And she tries to milk too much comedy from ironic contrast. It’s darkly funny when the Savages glance from a hospital TV playing an upbeat bleach commercial to a catheter bag slowly filling with their father’s urine. But when Jenkins keeps using exactly the same device — panning from a realtor chirpily selling Mr. Savage’s former abode to Wendy grimly emptying his drawers; or from a silly Sun City stage show to the Savages in the audience, both absorbed in books on dementia — the satire wears thin. We get the point: Americans don’t like to confront aging, dirt or death. Or human savagery. But, with its overcontrolled jokes and audience manipulation, The Savages doesn’t really confront those things, either. As an unsentimental look at dilemmas that affect more and more people each day in this graying nation, it’s a movie that matters. But it’s hard not to wish its oneliners came with more insight. MARGOT HARRISON
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27 DRESSES��1/2 Katherine (Knocked Up) Heigl plays one of those “always a bridesmaidâ€? types who reconsiders her life after her sister snags the guy she wanted, in this romantic comedy from director Anne Fletcher. With James Marsden and Melora Hardin. (107 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Stowe, Welden) ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS�� He wrote the Spongebob movie. He directed the Garfield sequel. And now Tim Hill offers his bigscreen take on the vintage cartoon series about a guy who lives with a trio of musical rodents. With Jason Lee, David Cross and Jane Lynch. (93 min, PG. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Welden) ATONEMENT���� Joe (Pride & Prejudice) Wright directs this bigscreen version of Ian McEwan’s bestselling 2002 novel about a woman’s attempt to make amends for a far-reaching childhood mis-
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DEAN AND ME: ROADSHOW OF AN AMERICAN PRIMARY: Citizen journalist Heath Eiden of Morristown trailed Howard Dean’s campaign for president across the nation in 2004 and produced this grassroots documentary, currently screening in a rough cut. (90 min, NR. Roxy, Savoy. Suggested $10 donation) ELECTRIC APRICOT: QUEST FOR FESTEROO: The midnight show returns to the Roxy with Friday and Saturday screenings of songwriter-musician Les Claypool’s directorial debut, a mockumentary about the rise of a West Coast jam band. Starring Claypool, Seth Green, Matt Stone and Adam Gates. (91 min, R. Roxy) HOW SHE MOVE: Rutina Wesley stars as a promising inner-city student who enters a step-dance competition to try to earn her tuition at an exclusive prep school. With Tre Armstrong and Cle Bennett. Ian Iqbal Rashid directs. (98 min, PG-13. Palace) MEET THE SPARTANS: Sean Maguire, Method Man and Carmen Electra star in this potluck parody that spoofs productions as disparate as 300 and You Got Served. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (Epic Movie) direct. (84 min, PG13. Essex, Majestic) MUSIC WITHIN: Steven Sawalich directs this biopic about disabled-rights activist Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston of Office Space) who returned from Vietnam with severe tinnitus. With Michael Sheen and Melissa George. (93 min, R. Palace) RAMBO: Sylvester Stallone wrote, directed and stars in this sequel that catches up with the Vietnam vet 20 years later, as he prepares to launch a one-man mission to rescue human rights workers who’ve been taken hostage in the jungles of Burma. With Julie
Benz, Paul Schulze and Ken Howard. (93 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Paramount, Welden) THERE WILL BE BLOOD: Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic about the rise of a ruthless American oil tycoon features a GoldenGlobe-winning performance from Daniel Day-Lewis. Based on an Upton Sinclair novel. With Paul Dano. (158 min, R. Palace) UNTRACEABLE: The latest from Gregory (Fracture) Hoblit is a high-tech little exercise in torture porn in which an Internet mastermind displays murders on his website, which is rigged so the number of hits it gets determines how fast his victims die. Diane Lane plays an FBI agent on his trail. (100 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic)
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BIG PICTURE THEATER
Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8994. wednesday 23 — thursday 24 In the Valley of Elah 5:30, 8. The Great Debaters 6, 8:30. friday 25 — sunday 27 The Great Debaters 2 (Sun), 6, 8:30. The Kite Runner 5:30, 8. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
BIJOU CINEPLEX 1-2-3-4 Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-3293.
wednesday 23 — thursday 24 Juno 7. Cloverfield 6:40. 27 Dresses 6:50. Alvin and the Chipmunks 6. No Country for Old Men 7:20. friday 25 — thursday 31 Juno 1:10 & 3:45 (Sat & Sun), 6:40, 9 (Fri & Sat). Cloverfield 1 & 3:40 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9 (Fri & Sat). 27 Dresses 1:20 & 3:50 (Sat & Sun), 6:50, 9 (Fri & Sat). Alvin and the Chipmunks 12:50 & 4:30 (Sat & Sun). No Country for Old Men 2:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9 (Fri & Sat). Times subject to change.
CAPITOL SHOWPLACE
93 State Street, Montpelier, 229-0343. wednesday 23 — thursday 24 27 Dresses 6:30, 9. Cloverfield 6:30, 9. The Bucket List 6:30, 9. P.S. I Love You 6:30. National Treasure: Book of Secrets 6:15, 9. I Am Legend 9.
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wednesday 23 — thursday 24 27 Dresses 1, 4, 6:50, 9:30. Cloverfield 12:40, 2:45, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45. Mad Money 1:20, 3:55, 6:40, 9. Atonement 12:50, 3:40, 6:35, 9:20. The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie 12:30. Juno 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40. The Bucket List 1:15, 4:10, 7:15, 9:35. National Treasure: Book of Secrets 12:45, 3:35, 6:30, 9:15. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep 3:50. I Am Legend 1:05, 7. Alvin and the Chipmunks 2:30, 4:40, 6:45. Charlie Wilson’s War 8:50. Sweeney Todd 1:10, 3:45, 6:55, 9:25. One Missed Call 9:40.
wednesday 23 — thursday 24 Cloverfield 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:15, 9:35. 27 Dresses 10:30 a.m. (Thu), 1:10, 3:55, 6:55, 9:30. Sweeney Todd 10:30 a.m. (Thu), 1:05, 3:45, 6:40, 9:15. Juno 12:30, 2:45, 4:20, 2x3-vtsoup010908.indd 5, 6:25, 7:10, 9:25. The Great Debaters 12:55, 3:50, 6:35, 9:15. Into the Wild 8:40. Alvin and the Chipmunks 12:30, 2:25. Charlie Wilson’s War 3:40, 6:30. National Treasure: Book of Secrets 12:45, 3:35, 6:35, 9:20. I Am Legend 1, 8:50. The Bucket List 1:15, 4, 6:50, 9:10.
Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners, Williston, 878-2010.
friday 25 — thursday 31 *Rambo 12:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45. *Meet the Spartans 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:25, 9:40. *Untraceable 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:35. Cloverfield 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:20, 9:40. Atonement 12:50, 3:40, 6:35, 9:20. 27 Dresses 1, 4, 6:50, 9:30. Juno 1:20, 3:50, 7, 9:25. National Treasure: Book of Secrets 12:45, 3:30, 6:25, 9:10. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep 2:35. The Bucket List 1:15, 3:45, 6:40, 9:15. Alvin and the Chipmunks 12:30, 2:40. Sweeney Todd 7:05, 9:35. Mad Money 4:45.
Fayette Road, South Burlington, 864-5610.
Times subject to change.
PARAMOUNT TWIN CINEMA
241 North Main St., Barre, 479-4921.
Times subject to change. See http://www.majestic10.com.
wednesday 23 — thursday 24 Sweeney Todd 7. Alvin and the Chipmunks 7.
MARQUIS THEATER
friday 25 — thursday 31 *Rambo 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30 & 8:45 (Fri & Sat), 7 (Sun-Thu). Into the Wild 7 (Sun-Thu), 8:45 (Fri & Sat). Alvin and the Chipmunks 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30 (Fri & Sat).
wednesday 23 — thursday 31 Juno 1 & 3:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30 & 9 (Fri & Sat), 7 (Sun-Thu). Sweeney Todd 2:30 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9:30 (Fri & Sat). Alvin and the Chipmunks 12:30 & 5 (Sat & Sun).
Essex Shoppes & Cinema, Rt. 15 & 289, Essex, 879-6543. wednesday 23 — thursday 24 27 Dresses 12:15, 2:35, 5, 7:30, 9:50. Alvin and the Chipmunks 12:30, 2:40, 4:50. The Bucket List 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:25. Cloverfield 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:10, 8:10, 10. I Am Legend 7:15, 9:40. Juno 12:20, 2:35, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30. Mad Money 12:20, 2:45, 5, 7:20, 9:45. National Treasure: Book of Secrets 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30. P.S. I Love You 7, 9:45. The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie 12:40, 2:40, 4:40. friday 25 — thursday 31 *Meet the Spartans 12:10, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. *Rambo 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:20, 9:30. *Untraceable 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40. 27 Dresses 12:15, 5, 7:30, 9:50. Alvin and the Chipmunks 2:40. The Bucket List 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:25. Cloverfield 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:10, 8:10, 10. Juno 12:20, 2:35, 4:45, 7:10. Mad Money 9:45. National Treasure: Book of Secrets 1, 4, 6:45, 9:30. Times subject to change.
MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMA
College Street, Burlington, 864-3456. wednesday 23 — thursday 24 The Savages 1:20, 4, 7, 9:30. Atonement 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:15. No Country for Old Men 1:25, 3:55, 6:45, 9:10. The Kite Runner 1:10, 3:45, 6:40, 9:20. The Orphanage 1, 3:05, 5:05, 8:20. The Bucket List 1:05, 3, 7:20, 9:25. Charlie Wilson’s War 6:20. friday 25 — thursday 31 *Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo 5, 12 a.m. (Fri & Sat). *Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary 11 a.m. (Sun only). The Savages 1:20, 4, 7, 9:30, 11:40 (Fri & Sat). Atonement 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:15. No Country for Old Men 1:25, 3:55, 6:45, 9:10, 11:35 (Fri & Sat). The Kite Runner 1:10, 3:45, 6:40, 9:20, 11:55 (Fri & Sat). The Orphanage 1, 3:05, 7:10, 9:35, 11:30 (Fri & Sat). The Bucket List 1:05, 3, 7:20, 9:25, 11:45 (Fri & Sat). Times subject to change. See http://www.merrilltheatres.net.
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Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841. friday 25 — thursday 31 *Untraceable 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. Atonement 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. 27 Dresses 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. Cloverfield 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. The Bucket List 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9.
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friday 25 — thursday 31 27 Dresses 2:30 & 4:40 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9:10 (Fri & Sat). Juno 2:30 & 4:40 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9:10 (Fri & Sat). The Bucket List 2:30 & 4:40 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9:10 (Fri & Sat).
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hristopher Coccaro, a 19-yearold Champlain College student sporting shaggy, shoulderlength hair and a flannel shirt, is throwing together some pork and vegetable soup. First he rapidly chops and slices a few ingredients, including a green onion, carrot and radish. He tosses the veggies into a sizzling pan and stirs them regularly to ensure they don’t burn. Then he adds them to some liquid in a pot, drops in the pork and adjusts the temperature. The whole process takes around 4 minutes, but when he’s done, there’s no steaming bowl of soup to enjoy. Coccaro, a student in the college’s e-gaming program, isn’t making dinner: He’s demonstrating “Cooking Mama,� a game for the handheld Nintendo DS. Instead of using a knife or a wooden spoon, he performed his cutting and mixing with a skinny stylus. Coccaro can easily make fried gyoza and hand-rolled sushi to Cooking Mama’s satisfaction. (The temperamental animated woman’s eyes shoot flames when you fail at a task.) But he isn’t so savvy in an actual kitchen. “I can make grilled-cheese sandwiches; that’s about it,� Coccaro confesses. He’s proof that you don’t need to know a saucier from a skillet to enjoy the startling number of “virtual cooking� options that exist in computer and console games and on the Internet. Why would anyone want to “cook� if they don’t end up with a delicious morsel? The millions of people participating in virtual cooking may each have their own
motivations, but it seems clear that a game focused on food has a potential mass appeal that games about, say, fly fishing or knitting lack. Maybe it’s because almost everybody likes to think about food — for instance, to watch other people stir and sample on The Food Network — even if they can’t find the time or energy to make it themselves. Plus, game-based cooking always has a tangible outcome: a meal that can be sold for money, a concoction that restores health or an item that can be shown off to other players. For that reason, even those who aren’t foodies in RL (real life in gamer-ese) may opt to stir things up in a game. “Cooking Mama� falls under the umbrella of what the industry calls “casual games� — addictive, easy-to-learn diversions that can be enjoyed by hardcore gamers and non-gamers alike. It’s one of many food-related titles in the casual game sphere, such as “Diner Dash� and “Cake Mania,� that test organizational skills and speed by requiring players to perform tasks in a logical sequence within a set time. Most of these games, though, don’t actually have anything in common with following a recipe. “Cooking Mama� is unique in making the player simulate the motions and steps of RL food preparation. Participants are scored on the ability to chop quickly, fill measuring cups to just the right point, and keep pots from boiling over. By contrast, the tasks Marie Cronin, 49, performs in “Cake Mania� bear little resemblance to making a round of carrot cake or mixing up a batch of Germanchocolate frosting — and that may be
precisely why she loves to play. Cronin is the bakery manager at Hannaford in Williston, where she spends much of her time making actual cakes. When she gets home, she stirs up the virtual kind. “It’s kind of ridiculous,� Cronin says with a chuckle. “I make cakes all day long, and then I got hooked on this dumb game . . . Some people give me grief.� How does it work? “It’s really all a matter of hand-eye coordination,� Cronin says. The player controls a character that takes orders from customers, bakes and frosts their cakes by pushing buttons, and snags their cash. As the level increases, the customers stream into the store faster and faster, and the baker must juggle a greater number of cake shapes and icing options.
“You’ve gotta keep your customers happy, because when they get upset, they go off in a huff,� Cronin says. She adds, “That happens at my bakery, too.� Cronin enjoyed the original “Cake Mania,� which came with her purchase of a new computer. But after her free trial ran out and she upgraded to “Cake Mania II,� things started getting a little out of hand. “I had to stop because it was too intense,� she explains. “I was coming home and wanting to relax, but then I’d start playing, and I was getting all tense again.� Cronin’s currently “on the ‘Cake Mania II’ wagon,� as she puts it.
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Vermont Assistant Professor of English Richard Parent, a gamer and expert on all things digital, cites three reasons. First of all, in WoW, eating food you’ve prepared is one way to heal your character after battle. “You can either sit down and slowly regenerate your health, heal yourself using magic, or you can eat one of the hamburgers you’ve cooked up for yourself,” he explains. Plus, certain dishes can add useful bonuses to a character’s strength or magic. Second, cooking is considered a “profession” in WoW — just like alchemy, herbalism and lock picking. A gamer who wants to score as many points as possible, i.e., “max out” her cooking, must scour the world for recipes and learn to make dishes such as “soothing turtle bisque” and “dragonbreath chili.” Beginners visit a “cooking trainer” who can sell them an easy recipe to get them up and running. “I think they start
messy details to keep non-cooks like him from getting bored, but he says, “I find it a little irritating, actually.” Then there’s the fact that, though characters don’t lug cookware through the virtual landscape, they can prepare food over any campfire. Or in someone else’s cauldron. “You can cook [a particular dish] in a boiling cauldron that’s already full of food. I don’t know how,” says Parent. He pinpoints a third reason people like to cook at the keyboard: They like to try on identities. “A lot of the roleplaying people go really far with [their food choices] and use that as part of their role playing,” he explains. “They may refuse to eat meat and only eat fish. You might have a character who was vegetarian or vegan. It’s a way of using food choices in the game to respect and demonstrate your character’s personality.” If you want to use food to show off your own personality
to the masses, “Second Life” is probably the best place to do it. The gigantic world is a web-based virtual reality, not a game. It’s inhabited by millions of “avatars” — stand-ins for real people — and is completely customizable. If you’re tech-savvy, you can add an apron and chef ’s hat to your avatar, carry around a heaping plate of spaghetti and meatballs, or build a realisticlooking refrigerator and fill it with goodies. And if you don’t know how to make something yourself, you can buy it with Lindens, Second Life’s unit of currency, which can be bought and sold for U.S. dollars. Strolling through SL for just a couple of hours, I visited a free, all-you-can-eat buffet that offered shrimp-adorned martini glasses and platters of farmfresh vegetables. I shopped at a gigantic store that sold plates of enchiladas and cups of coffee, as well as fancy-looking serving trays and punch bowls. I saw signs of a distinct foodie presence, like a perfect model of a KitchenAid stand mixer at a tiny bistro. (If you’re on the ball, you can also find the occasional cooking demo or class.) And I window-shopped at a bakery whose proprietor served up political commentary along with her fancy, custom-made cakes. Click on her “Victory cake” and text reading, “It’s a lie,” pops up. Try finding that at Mirabelles. If you’re not a gamer or a web-head, it’s still easy to be bemused by all this virtual cooking. After all, eventually everybody needs to unplug and have a real meal — and when that happens, computer-based culinary skills won’t get you very far. Michael Lahens, another Champlain student, sees it differently. A passionate cook in “RL,” he simply wants to extend his skills into the virtual world — and indulge his gastronomical fancies. “In games which have cooking elements, I always strive to perform the best in that discipline,” Lahens says. “For example, all my characters in ‘The Sims’ are distinguished chefs.” Lahens also enjoys “Lord of the Rings Online.” “While my friends were ‘power leveling’ their characters,” he says, “I was traveling the land looking for recipes.” There he discovered “Shire rations,” which he imagines consists of “what an average Hobbit would have for lunch . . . a hunk of sharp cheese, a piece of roasted chicken and a whole spiced-apple pie.” Simple, perhaps, but a definite improvement over the typical collegestudent rations of cafeteria food or ramen noodles. “In summation,” says Lahens, “I want to live in the Shire.” Sometimes imagination tastes better than reality. >
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got a good deal with Dish Network for the first quarter. That’s where Swansburg saw them. “We spent about seven grand and bought the entire universe,” MacDonald says. So far, the Cooperative hasn’t seen a business boost from the campaign. “Since it was just last week, no,” MacDonald admits. “That’s when you sort of lose your buzz and reality sets in.” However, she notes, the Creamery did receive a letter from a Guzmán fan in Wisconsin, who vowed that, despite living in a state that jealously guards the reputation of its own cheese, he would go out and buy some Cabot, stat.
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What do you call a trio of dashing middle-aged men sitting around eating chunks of cheese? If you’re Roberta MacDonald, senior VP of marketing at Cabot Creamery Cooperative, the answer is obvious: “naturally aged cheddar hunks.” “I’m so sick of young people being the dominant look. I wanted handsome, interesting faces,” MacDonald says of the ad campaign she devised. The hunks in question are actor Luis Guzmán of Sutton, a favorite of directors Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Soderbergh, and a couple of Southern gentleman: James Marshall Case and Mark Joy. The duo of short, locally filmed bits — which show the men having highly charged conversations over cheese slices — appear on national TV via satellite and can be seen on Cabot’s website. They were in the limelight last week when John Swansburg of Slate.com discussed the spots in a column called “Ad Report Card.” He described himself as “surprised” to see Guzmán shilling for a cheese company, and equally taken aback by the “bizarre” concept. “Your typical cheese spot looks a lot like this,” he writes: “Black-and-white stills of salt-of-the-earth farmers, a color tracking shot of a mountainous cheddar slab, and a voiceover describing the craftsmanship that goes into each and every wedge.” Was Cabot targeting the Latino market? Swansburg wondered, unaware that the actor lives part-time on his Vermont farm. He solved the mystery by talking to MacDonald, who explained that “she runs into [Guzmán] around town all the time.” Bloggers quickly picked up the story. Then, last Friday, a piece on the ads appeared on MSN.com’s homepage, leading to an unprecedented amount of web traffic. “Friday . . . we had 38,000 hits . . . I don’t think that many people have been on in a year,” MacDonald boasts. “It made us all feel real drunk.” How did they end up in the national eye? “We produced the ads about nine months ago, but we couldn’t afford to air them,” MacDonald says candidly. Taking advantage of the Internet, the Cabot folks posted the spots on YouTube. Back then, the traffic was “me and my mother,” MacDonald jokes. Once they had the moolah, the company snagged a few advertising slots on the then-new “Rachael Ray Show” and
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Claudia Becker, owner of Waitsfield’s Big Picture Theater & Café, has some pretty big ideas. “We’re in Waitsfield,” Becker explains, “and Waitsfield is a small town and the Mad River Valley is a small community. It’s a small market. Our answer to that is to try to provide many, many different services.” In addition to first-run and repertory films, the Big Picture already offers locally grown “high-end diner fare” for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Wednesday through Sunday, and is home to a bar and an Internet lounge. Starting in mid-February, Becker plans to add something new: tiny, maple-glazed donuts. She’s teaming up with Ashley Woods, former co-owner of the defunct Very Small Donut Company, who will make the donuts and bake up other VSDC specialties, such as cinnamon rolls. “It’s really a merger between two cool little places,” Becker says. When the donuts are ready to go — the Wednesday before President’s Weekend, Becker guesses — the Café will start serving hot meals, freshly brewed coffee and the tiny treats at 8 a.m. Currently, it opens at 10.
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That’s what you get for pissing off Ben & Jerry’s! Recently, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has been getting gallons of flak from free-speech advocates and progressive dairies. Why? Beginning on February 1, the PDA was scheduled to ban dairies from labeling their products as free of rBGH, an artificial growth hormone produced by Missouribased agri-biz giant Monsanto. Thanks to consumer feedback and the efforts of companies like Ben & Jerry’s, which sent a letter of petition to Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, the gov’s office has overturned the ban. There’s one stipulation: Companies that label their products as rBGH-free must also include verbiage indicating that milk containing the growth hormone is just as wholesome as milk without it.
For ethical eaters, it doesn’t get much more lovely than Liz Lovely cookies. The Waitsfield-based company has been certified vegan since its inception, and since last August, its baked goods — which come in flavors such as “peanut butter classics,” “ginger snapdragons” and “mochadamia mountains” — have been certified organic and Fair Trade, too.
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When Smith left Wendy’s, he still lacked experience in fullservice cooking, and he wavered between operating a full-service restaurant and a pizza house. Last spring, he went to RĂ RĂĄ in downtown Burlington and cooked alongside Paul Moran, the former head chef at Waterworks. Smith considers Moran a friend and a mentor — his culinary Miyagi (remember The Karate Kid?). “He taught me most of what I know about the culinary aspects of this business,â€? Smith says. Moran, 44, of Underhill describes Smith as a diligent, trustworthy worker — “a good guy.â€? He hasn’t yet made it to Always 80’s, he confesses, but he
last October. “I’m in debt up to my ears,� he admits. “If the place fails, I will certainly have some major losses.� To stay afloat, Smith has to overcome the “curse� of his address: 141 Lake Street. The site has gone through restaurants like J.R. Ewing went through women. Still, there are plenty of potential patrons nearby: Always 80’s is within walking distance of a Catholic church, a Salvation Army store and a discount beverage mart, and it’s just a short trek from two of the area’s largest employers — Mylan and the monstrous immigration service center.
at them like they had stepped off a spaceship and asked to phone home. “I laughed out loud when I turned around and saw a fullsized Princess Leia staring back at me from the corner,� Savage remembers. “It’s fun to see that some of the characters I enjoyed as a kid have come back around, and my own kids are enjoying them now. It makes the atmosphere in the restaurant relevant for all of us.� To liven up that atmosphere, Smith has gone interactive. He holds a weekly ’80s trivia contest — top prize is a $10 gift certificate to the restaurant — and posts an ’80s timeline at
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At Always 80’s, you get at least three servings of David Bowie and a steaming pile of one-hit wonders on every visit. But what about the actual food? It’s hard to choose from the extensive, reasonably priced menu. On a recent visit, the ponytailed server had to check in three times before our party of three figured out what to try. Some of the silly, ’80s-inspired names were easy to “get,â€? such as “The Breakfast Club,â€? a combo of eggs, sausage or bacon, toast and home fries; and the “The Rockyâ€? — a Philly cheese steak, of course. A few others took a bit longer to process. The “Ursula’s Fried Calamari?â€? Named after the blubbery, many-tentacled villain in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. And some items remain a mystery, at least to me. Why is the ham and turkey sandwich with cheddar a “Monty Pythonâ€?? Who knows? A SPAM sandwich would have done the trick, though. For an appetizer, “The Brat Packâ€? sampler, which comes with jalapeĂąo poppers, mozzarella sticks, buffalo wings and gravy fries, was the obvious choice, and it was a solid one: There were plenty of deep-fried snacks to go around. Next, we split a trio of entrĂŠes, including a “Smurf Burgerâ€? topped with mushrooms and Swiss (why not blue cheese?), the “Top Gun House Sirloinâ€? and a generous portion of “Luigi’s Cajun Pasta with Shrimp.â€? The burger was done medium-well instead of medium-rare, but ’shrooms and beef make for a can’tmiss combination. The sirloin was cooked to the requested temp, and for $15.95 was a pretty tender piece of beef. The blend of carrots and squash on the side was a nice accompaniment. The pasta, twisty gemelli instead of one of the standard varieties, made for a pleasant change. It was tender but not mushy, with plenty of shrimp in the buttery sauce. Overall, Always 80’s provided a pretty good value in a fun, kooky environment. SUZANNE PODHAIZER
says of Smith’s headlong venture into food service, “I commend him highly. This is a tough business,â€? Moran continues. “There are so many variables, and you’re on your own a lot, especially when you own your own place. “But we share the same philosophy,â€? he says of Smith. “Hard, consistent work gets you where you want to go. That, and good food.â€? RĂ Rå’s success with its Irish motif helped Smith realize he couldn’t just serve food. He needed a niche. A theme. It came to him last summer, while he was watching TV in bed: What about the ’80s? Some of his relatives were skeptical, but not his grandmother, Annette Coch, with whom Smith and his family — wife Kim, 21, and daughter Violet, 4 — share a house in Fairfax. Smith secured some small loans for Always 80’s, but it was the $120,000 home equity loan he co-signed with his grandmother that allowed him to close on the restaurant
Besides, Smith believes he serves a need. There is no shortage of Italian or Chinese restaurants in the greater St. Albans area. Depending on wind direction and body positioning, the city smells like either Sicily or Hong Kong. “Honestly, I really wanted to go to Chittenden County first,� Smith says. “But when I saw what families in St. Albans had for dining options, and what they had to pay, I decided to come here. It needed a place like this.� Jennifer Savage agrees. “I think he’s absolutely filling a gap for families in St. Albans,� says the 34-year-old mother of two young children. A child of the ’80s herself, Savage says, “I am completely comfortable bringing my family there.� At first, she admits, she had misgivings — how could anyone design a restaurant around the ’80s? But when she and her husband, Sean, stepped inside, they saw the posters, heard the music, and began singing longforgotten songs from classic ’80s sitcoms. Their children looked
each table to encourage “Remember when. . . ?� conversations. He envisions waitstaff theme nights — imagine being served by the “Facts of Life� gals — and has even considered displaying his massive personal collection of Star Wars and Transformers collectibles. (The potential for theft keeps him second-guessing that move.) So far? He’s happy. “I think things are going well for us,� Smith says. “But I’m a positive guy.� He’s learned he can’t please everyone, such as the middleaged man who saw the neon sign burning Rainbow Brite outside and decided to try the new place. Then he met Voltron in the doorway. The Norwegian band a-ha (remember “Take on Me�?) pierced his ears as the waitress showed him to his table. He grimaced. “What is this?� the man asked, turning to his wife. “The ’80s? Why?� Turns out, he thought the sign said “Bob’s.� But he asked for a menu, anyway. >
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What’s better than one kick-ass show at The Monkey House? Two kick-ass shows at The Monkey House! Duh. This weekend, the enterprising lads from Bear Cub Productions have lined up a thrilling two-fer of aural pleasures to slake anyone’s thirst for midwinter rockfoolery. Friday night will bring the welcome return of Boston-based taser-rock impresarios Pretty & Nice, a visit from Portland, Maine indie-rockers Cult Maze, and a two-tone throw-down from local ska revivalists Husbands. And you might want to pitch a tent at Spinner Place — or squat in one of the monstrous building’s roughly 3547 empty apartments. Zing! — because Saturday night’s show will be equally rocktastic. St. Albans’ eerie Americana trio Farm have been fairly quiet since releasing their stellar sophomore album, Gray Birds. But the lads have certainly been busy, holing up in the “Cave of Legends� and feverishly working on a hotly anticipated follow-up, due out later this year. Lucky for me, they were nice enough to send a rough mix of a new tune my way. In serious music critic lingo, it’s good. Really, really good. Thanks, guys. The rest of Saturday’s lineup is pretty swell, too. Brooklyn’s electro-indie duo Slingshot Dakota provide the dance-punk meat of the evening’s turkey club of rock, with local post-punk-whatever trio Drive the Hour bringing the bacon and maybe even the mayonnaise. What does the sandwich analogy mean? Honestly, I have no idea. But it sure sounds tasty.
PLAYING DOCTOR A couple of weeks ago, I reported that local hip-hop magnate Burnt MD was set to release a new album with partner-in-rhyme Tha Professor. That’s still true, but as is often the case with CD release parties, the finished product is “held up in post-production.� FYI, that’s code for “the stupid reproduction company hasn’t sent the freakin’ discs back yet.� It happens. But let this be a lesson: Don’t book a CD release party until you have the CDs in hand. I can’t stress that enough. While we’ll have to wait a bit longer for the latest release from the hardest-working man in local hip-hop, Burnt and his GTD cohorts are anything but empty-handed. This Friday at Nectar’s, Projectivity and GTD Entertainment celebrate the release of Projected: Volume 2, an all-star compilation featuring a staggering mix of local and national hip-hop talent aimed at fostering positive thinking and strengthening the community. Appearing on the album are big-time underground acts such as Masta Ace, Lord Jameer of Brand Nubian, Remedy of Wu-Tang
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FUNKY BUNCH College kids love the funk. And the binge drinking. But mostly, they love the funk. Hopefully, they also love crĂŞpes, because this Thursday marks the first installment of The Skinny Pancake’s Thursday night college band series with UVM funky bunch The Sepia Tones. Influenced by the usual suspects — Herbie Hancock, The Meters, Miles Davis, weed, etc. — each member of the quintet is a current student of Groovy UV’s music department. Though relatively new to the local scene, the band has developed quite a following on campus and is now looking to broaden their horizons beyond the world of academia with some gigs in the “big city.â€? That would be Burlington, by the way. Though the group has a penchant for heady funk, it dabbles just as effectively in a variety of genres, including blues, jazz and rock. And as their name implies, they’re rooted in musical nostalgia, delivering a dog-eared take on a plethora of classic standards. In a word, groovy.
borders of our idyllic little state. Especially when we don’t have to go very far to do it. Hailing from Takoma Park, MD, Carol Hausner and Ed Schaeffer comprise the bluegrass harmony duo Honeysuckle. Featuring gorgeous vocals and deft guitar and banjo work, the pair boasts a fine pedigree, having performed with the likes of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Pete Seeger and The Smith Sisters. This Sunday, the duo makes a special Vermont performance at Montpelier’s Langdon Street CafÊ with help from local boys Mark Greenberg on mandolin and Noah Hahn, best known as the bassist for country barnstormers Mark LeGrand & The Lovesick Bandits.
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Do you remember Vintage? We don’t, either. But apparently they’re reuniting. To which we say: OK! Joking aside, the Hardwick-area dance band was quite popular during its early 1990s heyday and built a solid reputation as one of the hardest-rockin’ bar bands around. While a cover act reunion would normally not be cause for celebration, this one is noteworthy because it’s for a really good cause. In a heart-warming display of downhome community spirit, the boys are “getting the band back together� for a benefit dance to raise money for two Hardwick families who were especially hard-hit by tragedy in 2007, both losing loved ones to cancer within two weeks of each other. Obviously, battling cancer is an emotionally devastating endeavor. But often overlooked amidst the heart-wrenching is the monumental financial toll. So, this Saturday at the Hardwick Knights of Columbus Hall, Vintage triumphantly returns to help ease at least the monetary strain. It’s nice to know that until our government catches up to the rest of the industrialized THE SEPIA TONES world and offers affordable health care to all its citizens, good people will still rise to the challenge of lending their neighbors a helping hand.
A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR Ending on a lighter note, this Saturday the Higher Ground Ballroom plays host to the final round of the conveniently titled Higher Ground Comedy Battle. The competing comedians are 10 of the area’s finest local and regional stand-up acts. Each contestant ran the comedic gauntlet, receiving top scores at the venue’s ongoing series of comedy open-mike events, and now will face off against each other in an allout, knee-slapping, belly-laughing, guffaw-inducing showdown. As challenging as the qualifying rounds must have been, the finals present a particularly difficult battle, as a certain local music critic from a certain local alt-weekly newspaper has been tabbed as a judge. I hear he’s pretty tough, too. Good luck.
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ENSEMBLE V (jazz), Radio Bean, 7 p.m. NC, followed by IRISH SESSIONS, 9 p.m. NC. WILL PATTON, DONO SCHABNER, DAVID GUSAKOV (Gypsy jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. MIKE PRESS BAND (Americana), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC, followed by DJ CRE8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m. NC. SIRENIC WEDNESDAY WITH KYLA GRAVES & JOE CON (singer-songwriters), 1/2 Lounge, 7:30 p.m. NC, followed by DJ A-DOG (hip-hop), 10 p.m. NC. LIVE MUSIC, Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC/$5. 18+. OPEN MIKE, Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. AA. SUPERSTAR KARAOKE, Second Floor, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON’S STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. CANNON FODDER SONGWRITER SERIES WITH SETH GALLANT (rock), Monkey House, 8 p.m. NC. CELTIC PARTY WITH LONGFORD ROW, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC.
:: champlain valley BLUEGRASS JAM, On the Rise Bakery, 7:30 p.m. NC.
:: central ORANGE SPACE MISSION (rock), Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. LUCAS WESCOTT (folk), Langdon St. CafÊ, 8 p.m. Donations, followed by OWEIHOPS (indie-folk), 9 p.m. Donations. BLACK DOOR COMEDY NIGHT WITH ALEX NIEF, KATHLEEN KANZ & JASON P. LORBER (stand-up), Black Door Bar & Bistro, 9:30 p.m. $3-5. OPEN MIKE, Middle Earth Music Hall, 8 p.m. NC.
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BARIKU ENSEMBLE (worldbeat), On the Rise Bakery, 7:30 p.m. NC. FOLK BY ASSOCIATION (folk), The Bobcat CafĂŠ & Brewery, 8 p.m. NC.
FRED BRAUER (solo-guitar), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.
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JAZZ JAM, Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC; SHANE HARDIMAN GROUP (jazz), 8 p.m. NC; ANTONY SANTOR TRIO (jazz), 11 p.m. NC. ELLEN POWELL & GEOFF KIM (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. BILLY CALDWELL & THE DRIFTERS (rock), Rà Rå Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. A-DOG PRESENTS (hip-hop), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. LIVE MUSIC, 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. TOP HAT TRIVIA, Nectar’s, 7:30 p.m. NC, followed by FUNGUS AMUNGUS, IRIEMEMBER (jam, funk), 9 p.m. NC. ROOTS OF CREATION, SLOW NATIVES (reggae), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. WILDOUT! WITH DJ SKEE (hip-hop, reggae), Second Floor, 10 p.m. NC/$5. 18+. TOP HAT ENTERTAINMENT DANCE PARTY (hip-hop, r&b DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. NC. DJ FATTIE B (down-tempo, soul), The Green Room, 9 p.m. NC. COLLEGE SHOWCASE WITH THE SEPIA TONES (funk), The Skinny Pancake, 9:30 p.m. NC. KNOTTY PINE WITH HUNTER ROBINSON (old-time), The Monkey House, 9 p.m. $5. BLUES NIGHT WITH THE GROWLERS, Backstage Pub, 7 p.m. NC. WCLX BLUES NIGHT WITH BLUE FOX & THE ROCKIN’ DADDIES, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 6 p.m. NC. BALANCE DJ & KARAOKE, Franny O’s, 9 p.m. NC.
HONEYWELL (rock), Two Brothers Tavern, 10 p.m. NC.
:: central TIMOTHY NOYES (folk-pop), Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 8 p.m. Donations, followed by AVI & CELIA (Americana), 9 p.m. Donations.
:: northern SVEN KURTH (rock), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC. NEW GROOVE ORCHESTRA (funk), Olive Ridley’s, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE NIGHT WITH SASSY ENTERTAINMENT, Tabu CafÊ & Nightclub, 5 p.m. NC. PLOWMAN’S RESERVE (rock), The Matterhorn, 9 p.m. NC. LEWIS FRANCO & DONO SCHABNER (swing), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.
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FRI.25 << 11B SETH YACOVONE (solo acoustic blues), Nectar’s, 7 p.m. NC, followed by GTD PRESENTS BURNT MD & THA PROFESSOR, THE PROBLEMADDICTS, DPR, DJ FAT PAT (hip-hop, CD release), 9 p.m. $5. TURKEY BOUILLON MAFIA PRESENTS THE DEAD SESSIONS (Grateful Dead tribute), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. TOP HAT DANCETERIA (DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. $3. VOODOO WITH DJ ROBBIE J. (hiphop, reggae, Latin), Second Floor, 9 p.m. $3/10. 18+. RICHARD THOMPSON (folk-rock legend), Flynn MainStage, 8 p.m. $27/37/44. DAVE HARRISON’S STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. DJK (funk, soul, groove), The Green Room, 10 p.m. NC. MAY FLY (old-time), The Skinny Pancake, 9:30 p.m. NC. MELISSA FERRICK, HAMELL ON TRIAL (singer-songwriters), Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $15/17. AA. PRETTY & NICE, CULT MAZE, HUSBANDS (indie-rock, ska), The Monkey House, 9 p.m. $5/8. 18+. DJ DANCE PARTY, Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. RUMBLE DOLL (rock), Lincoln Inn Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. THE DAVE ABAIR BAND (rock), Franny O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. U BE THE STAR ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS KARAOKE WITH MICHAELLEA LONGE, Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 9 p.m. NC.
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Last year, without so much as a “Dear John” letter, impossibly
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crete pastures of Boston. Sniffle. We never even got to say goodbye. Thankfully, heartbroken fans of high-harmony folk can put the pieces back together as the pair returns to the Green Mountains this week for two homecoming dates: Thursday at
:: central
Montpelier’s Langdon Street Café with pop-folkie Timothy Noyes, and again on Friday at Red Square, with a full electric band
VAGABOND VAN (blues), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. AMERICANA HAPPY HOUR, Langdon St. Café, 6 p.m. Donations, followed by THE SUPERPOWERS (Afrobeat), 9 p.m. $5-10.
and opening support from local rock quartet The Leaves and Boston soul singer Jesse Dee.
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DANCE PARTY WITH DJ EARL, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. VORCZA TRIO (fusion-jazz), On the Rise Bakery, 7:30 p.m. NC. PETE & KAREN SUTHERLAND (folk), Carol’s Hungry Mind, 7:30 p.m. $10. AA.
:: central RED HOT JUBA (cosmic Americana), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. RUSTY ROMANCE (country), Langdon St. CafÊ. 9:30 p.m. Donations. CAMOMILLA QUARTET (Latin jazz), Black Door Bar & Bistro, 9:30 p.m. $3-5. LIVE MUSIC, Gusto’s, 9 p.m. NC. TARYN NOELLE (jazz), Cider House BBQ & Pub, 7 p.m. NC.
:: northern GLASS ONION (rock), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC. TEN YEAR VAMP (rock), Olive Ridley’s, 10 p.m. NC. ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY WITH DJ TOXIC (hip-hop, top 40, house, reggae), Tabu CafÊ & Nightclub, 5 p.m. – 4 a.m. NC. 18+. BOOTLEG (country, rock), Krazy Horse Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. LAST KID PICKED (rock), Rusty Nail, 9 p.m. $5. THE ECLECTIC COLLECTIVE (jazz, hiphop), The Matterhorn, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH JOHN WILSON & DANGER DAVE, Piecasso, 9:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE WITH ELISE & JAY, Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.
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OLD TIME SESSIONS, Radio Bean, from 1 p.m. NC; HOT JAZZ SESSIONS, 5 p.m. NC; DAVID TANKELESSKI (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m. NC; TONY JANOWIEK (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m. NC. IRISH SESSION, Rà Rå Irish Pub, 5 p.m. NC. SUGAR HIGH WITH TRICKY PAT & ELLIOTT (hip-hop), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. MI YARD REGGAE NIGHT WITH DJS BIG DOG & DEMUS, Nectar’s, 10 p.m. NC. U18 DANCE PARTY WITH DJ ZEPH (hip-hop, reggae), Second Floor, 8 p.m. $8. 13-17. NEKO CASE, ERIC BACHMAN (singersongwriters), Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $20/22. AA. BACK DOOR SLAM, BUILD A MACHINE (blues-rock, rock), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 7:30 p.m. $5. AA.
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Akes’ Place, 134 Church St., Burlington, 864-8111. Localfolk Smokehouse, Jct. Rt. 100 & 17, Waitsfield, 496-5623. All Fired Up, 9 Depot Sq., Barre, 479-9303. Mad River Unplugged at Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910. The Alley Coffee House, 15 Haydenberry Dr., Milton, 893-1571. Maggie’s, 124 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, 518-562-9317. American Flatbread, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999. Main St. Grill, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. Avenue Bistro, 1127 North Avenue, Burlington, 652-9999. Main St. Museum, 58 Bridge St., White River Jct., 356-2776. Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776. Backstreet, 17 Hudson St., St. Albans, 527-2400. Matterhorn, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. Bad Girls CafÊ, Main St., Johnson, 635-7025. McKee’s Pub, 19 East Allen St., Winooski, 655-0048. Banana Winds CafÊ & Pub 1 Towne Marketplace, Essex Jct., 879-0752. Memorial Auditorium, 250 Main St., Burlington, 864-6044. Barre Opera House, 6 North Main St., Barre, 476-8188. Middle Earth Music Hall, Barton St., Bradford, 222-4748. Basin Harbor Club, 4800 Basin Harbor Drive, Vergennes, 1-800-622-4000. The Monkey House, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. Battery Park, Burlington, 865-7166. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222. Bayside Pavilion, 13 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909. Muddy Waters, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466. The Bearded Frog, 5247 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-9877. Murray’s Tavern, 4 Lincoln Pl., Essex Jct., 878-4901. Bee’s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. Music Box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. Big Fatty’s BBQ, 55 Main St., Burlington, 864-5513. Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200. Big Moose Pub at the Fire & Ice Restaurant, 28 Seymour St., Middlebury, Nectar’s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. 388-0361. 1/2 Lounge, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. Big Picture Theater & CafÊ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. Odd Fellows Hall, 1416 North Ave., Burlington, 862-3209. Black Bear Tavern & Grill, 205 Hastings Hill, St. Johnsbury, 748-1428. Old Lantern, Greenbush Rd., Charlotte, 425-2120. Black Door Bar & Bistro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070. Olde Yankee Restaurant, Rt. 15, Jericho, 899-1116. Blue Star CafÊ, 28 Main St., Winooski, 654-8700. Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, 518-324-2200. The Bobcat CafÊ, 5 Main St., Bristol, 453-3311. On the Rise Bakery, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-7787. Bolton Valley Resort, 4302 Bolton Access Rd., Bolton Valley, 434-3444. Orion Pub & Grill, Route 108, Jeffersonville, 644-8884. Bonz Smokehouse & Grill, 97 Portland St., Morrisville, 888-6283. Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357. Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-2711. Paramount Theater, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570. Breakwater CafÊ, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917. The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. Park Place Tavern, 38 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3015. B.U. Emporium, 163 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 658-4292. Peabody’s Pub, Plattsburgh, 518-561-0158. Bundy Center for the Arts, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-4781. Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. Buono’s Lounge, 3182 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2232. Piecasso, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411. Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800. Plan B, 156 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-0742. Carol’s Hungry Mind CafÊ, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. Positive Pie 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453. Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 2630 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2576. The Pour House, 1930 Williston Rd., South Burlington, 862-3653. Charlemont Restaurant, #116, Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-4242. Purple Moon Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. Charlie B’s, 1746 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-7355. Radio Bean, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. Charlie O’s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. Rasputin’s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. Red Mill Restaurant, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 475-2311. Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. Cider House BBQ & Pub, 1675 Rt. 2, Waterbury, 244-8400. Rhythm & Brews Coffeehouse, UVM, Burlington, 656-4211. City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 388-9782. Coffee Hound, 97 Blakey Rd., Colchester, 651-8963. Rà Rå Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. River Run Restaurant, 65 Main St., Plainfield, 454-1246. Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 865-7166. Rooney’s 1820 Coffeehouse, 6 Carmichael St., Essex Jct. 878-4900. Cuzzin’s Nightclub, 230 North Main St., Barre, 479-4344. Roque’s Restaurante Mexicano & Cantina, 3 Main St., Burlington, 657-3377. Dobrå Tea, 80 Church Street St., Burlington, 951-2424. Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. Drink, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463. Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. Euro Gourmet Market & CafÊ, 61 Main St., Burlington, 859-3467. Season’s Bistro at the Wyndham Hotel, 60 Battery Street, Burlington, 859-5013. Finkerman’s Riverside Bar-B-Q, 188 River St., Montpelier, 229-2295. Second Floor, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. Finnigan’s Pub, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209. Shooters Saloon, 30 Kingman St., St. Albans, 527-3777. Flynn Center/FlynnSpace, 153 Main St., Burlington, 863-5966. Skinny Pancake, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188. Franny O’s, 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. Smugglers’ Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6607. Giovanni’s Trattoria, 15 Bridge St., Plattsburgh, 518-561-5856. St. John’s Club, 9 Central Ave., Burlington, 864-9778. Global Markets CafÊ, 325 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 863-3210. Starry Night CafÊ, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. Good Times CafÊ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. Stonecutters Brewhouse, 14 N. Main St., Barre, 476-6000. Great Falls Club, Frog Hollow Alley, Middlebury, 388-0239. Stowe Coffee House, Rt. 57 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-2189. Green Door Studio, 18 Howard St., Burlington, 316-1124. Stowehof Inn, Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722. Green Room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 864-9800. Ground Round Restaurant, 1633 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-1122. Tabu CafÊ & Nightclub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, 518-566-0666. Gusto’s, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. T Bones Restaurant & Bar, 38 Lower Mountain View Drive, Colchester, 654-8008. Halvorson’s Upstreet CafÊ, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. 38 Main Street Pub, 38 Main St., Winooski, 655-0072. Harbor Lounge, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 864-4700. Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 644-5736. Hardwick Town House, 127 Church St., Hardwick, 456-8966. Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 655-9542. Harper’s Restaurant, 1068 Williston Rd., South Burlington, 863-6363. Three Mountain Lodge Restaurant, Smugglers’ Notch Road, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777. 644-5736. The Hub, Airport Drive, Bristol, 453-3678. Two Brothers Tavern, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002. Inn at Baldwin Creek, 1868 N. Route 116, Bristol, 424-2432. 242 Main, Burlington, 862-2244. Iron Lantern, Route 4A, Castleton, 468-5474. Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585. JD’s Pub, 2879 Rt. 105, East Berkshire, 933-8924. Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910. 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MORGAN LAMPHERE, NATIVE & THE DECONSTRUCTION
(Self-released, CD)
(Self-released, CD)
Ah, the solo project! That curious bastard child of restless ambition and “artistic differences.” If one plays in a band long enough, sooner or later the urge to go it alone, even if only briefly, just becomes too strong to ignore. Sometimes it’s vanity. Sometimes it’s a genuine artistic need to follow a new course. But more often than not, the results totally blow. Did anyone really prefer Thom Yorke’s solo record to anything Radiohead has done? Certainly, there are exceptions — Broken Social Scene’s Leslie Feist comes immediately to mind. But generally speaking, solo projects are like a last-call hook-up at a college dive bar: When the lights come up, you know deep down it’s a bad idea. You also know you’re probably gonna do it anyway. With his debut solo effort, Native & The Deconstruction, Morgan Lamphere somewhat bucks that dubious trend and delivers a solid, if unspectacular, collection of tunes that represents a modest departure from his earlier work with local psychedelic jam outfit Named By Strangers. Originally the group’s drummer, Lamphere transitioned to NBS’ lead guitar player before the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2007. In the meantime, the multi-instrumentalist — save for a few guest appearances, he plays every instrument on the record himself — focused his energies on songwriting. While NBS claim myriad jam-based influences — including virtually every Grateful Dead-spawned progeny — Lamphere’s work bears the mark of a healthy interest in straightforward rock. Hints of Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and more contemporary inspirations such as Coldplay can be found sprinkled — though not always liberally — throughout. Like Page McConnell with his 2007 self-titled solo debut, Lamphere seems to have made a concerted effort to tone down the headiness and get back to basics. But where the former Phish keyboardist ventured into the piano-pop terrain of early Elton John or Ben Folds, as a solo artist Lamphere resides — or at least vacations — in acoustic-rock territory populated by the likes of John Butler or State Radio. Sonic differences aside, the fundamental similarities between McConnell and Lamphere’s solo efforts continue. Both albums possess functional lyricism, but falter somewhat when each writer attempts to outstrip his poetic abilities. And just as McConnell’s disc suffered no noodle famine, Lamphere’s disc is inescapably jam-inflected, occasionally resembling groove-popsters Dispatch or, at times, early Strangefolk. To borrow an old adage: You can take the musician out of the jam band . . . Morgan Lamphere releases Native & The Destruction Wednesday, January 30, at Nectar’s with a little help from his Named By Strangers pals and Boston’s Chillmark.
Because We’re Low, from Burlington punkers Y69, is humbly presented as a burned CD. Handwritten, two-tone album art and credits — band members Glenn, Greg and Chris are listed by first name only — contribute to the sense of informality. Though initially underwhelming, the bare-bones aesthetic suits the music, which similarly eschews any over-thinking. Y69 have assembled a collection of stark, earnestly delivered punk-rock anthems. And make no mistake, every song is a would-be anthem. Save for a hidden track — which we’ll get to — the 18-minute disc is full of urgent, desperate verses and triumphant singalong choruses. In fact, by album’s end, I’m convinced there isn’t a sentiment in the world Y69 can’t express as an anthemic sing-along. The album opens with “Way To Long” [sic], in which the singer — either Glenn or Chris — laments he’s been thinking about an ex-lover for, well, way too long. Typo aside, the message of moving on from emotional stagnation is a universal musical concern. The next song, “Get the Fuck Out,” offers a similar theme of escape. This time, though, we’re not dealing with stifled romance. “I’m not righteous, that you can believe,” the singer admits, before adding, “You’ve got to leave right. You’ve got to leave right now.” The title song follows. Featuring a frenzied, shuffling beat, it is unique to the set. However, anyone unsettled by the departure from the disc’s established sound need only wait for the chorus: a familiar anthemic sing-along. The album’s low point, “Whiskey Won’t Do,” is awkward, to say the least. Where other songs deal with relatable states of angst, despair and indignant anger, here we have the refrain: “Shot of fucking whiskey, that won’t fucking do / shot of fucking whiskey, I want to fucking screw / shot of fucking whiskey, leave that shit for me / shot of fucking whiskey, get down on your knees.” So, will whiskey, in fact, do? I’m confused. The album’s epilogue is a recording of a prank phone call. The victim is a woman, initially disbelieving and annoyed as the perpetrators — presumably Y69 — repeatedly ask where she is. When she finally admits, “Winooski,” everybody laughs. Perhaps not the best way to end an album, it illustrates that the band could benefit from growth in a broader sense. Because We’re Low’s most endearing qualities are its more introspective moments, delivered with apparent sincerity. Brimming with nascent potential, Y69 seem to enjoy being unapologetic and crass about who they are. But the tedious repetitiveness of their songwriting leads one to question just how much the band actually has to say. HERB VAN DER POLL
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Facing the Music Amadis performs with Maneuvers and Cccome? at 242 Main, Monday, January 28, 7 p.m. $5/6. BY DAN BOLLES
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rom trashy groupies to trashing hotel rooms, “sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll” has a storied tradition in modern popular music. In particular, debauchery and overindulgence are as intrinsic to classic metal as, say, Flying V guitars and leather pants. But as much as we collectively romanticize the audacious antics of reckless rock stars, the truth is that, eventually, hard living carries a hefty price tag — often in the form of hard time. Local Judas Priest acolytes Amadis have built a strong following in a relatively short period of time, thanks largely to a fierce dedication to metal authenticity. Sporting ragged hair, scandalous leather chaps, monster musical chops and outlandish pseudonyms, Sid Distic, Franky Vitriol, Chaim Rochester, Gustavus Adolphus and Johan Sebastian Rock are throwbacks to the days when guitar gods ruled the airwaves. Sadly, that’s true in more ways than one. On Friday, February 1, lead guitarist Chaim Rochester, 32, enters the custody of the State of Vermont as he begins serving a three-month sentence at the St. Johnsbury Regional Correctional Facility. Seven Days recently spoke with Rochester at a Burlington pizza joint, in advance of the guitarist’s farewell-for-now show with Amadis this Sunday. SEVEN DAYS: So . . . what the hell happened? CHAIM ROCHESTER: With my life or the band? SD: Well, I guess one is sort of tied to the other. CR: True. It basically stems from spending 10 years of my life letting drugs and alcohol get in the way of my dreams and ambitions, musically and otherwise. So with that comes the usual run-ins with the law, and general chaos. So, about a year and a half ago, I got in a little bit of a pinch out of state. And my marriage was failing. So I checked into rehab. My then-wife decided to strike it up with an old friend of mine while I was there, so I came to the conclusion that maybe it’s time to pick up the pieces and move on to greener pastures. I turned 30 and was sort of looking
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at my life and was, like, “This is a fucking wreck.” So I came to Burlington. And that’s when I met Franky. SD: And that’s when Amadis was born? CR: Sort of. I moved up here and was kinda harassing him about starting a band. But he teaches and was in bands and had all this other stuff going on. Then one day he called me and said, “Look, dude. There’s this Flying V here at the store and the only way I can justify it is if we start a ’70s leather band.” I said, “Well, that’s perfect, because I need to buy these leather pants.” So that’s how the band really began.
Amadis guitarist Chaim Rochester trades in his leathers for prison blues SD: Awesome. CR: Yeah. It happened really quickly. I called Gustavus and Johan to see if we could recruit them into this mess. I had never met Sid, but I was in the car with Franky when he called him. He was saying that we wanted to start this metal band based on the Judas Priest model, which has pretty much been our direction. And I heard him, through the cellphone, say, “Do I get to wear makeup?” And I was like, “Hire that guy! Hire him right now!” As it happens, he hasn’t actually worn any makeup yet. It really started as kind of a joke, the band none of us really has to think about. But now it gets taken really seriously. All of a sudden, this is the band everybody wants to see. SD: So how does Johnny Law figure in? CR: Well, everything was moving along nicely. I’ve got jobs. I’m in this band. I’m stabilized. Then I get a visit from “the law” for something that had happened a couple of years prior to my coming up here.
CHAIM ROCHESTER, SECOND FROM RIGHT, WITH AMADIS SD: And that was? CR: It was a petty scam to drum up money. It pretty much happened at the bottom of my spiral. Strung out. Out of work. Trying to hold on to this marriage, to pretend like everything was fine. Pretty much street-level junkie psychosis. And that’s where things came unglued. When you can tell you’re at the end of the line, but you can’t seem to do anything about it, something will get in your way and say, “Hey, guess what? The party’s over.” And the specter of the past will always want to exact its pound of flesh. SD: You seem to be handling it well. CR: I’m trying to handle it gracefully. But, basically, I’ve got to pay my debt to society. And maybe it will
serve as a warning to kids going through that kind of stuff, or who haven’t faced it yet, that this is what happens. This is what has kept me from achieving all the stuff I’ve wanted up until now. It’s three months. So I think the feeling was, it’s long enough to serve as a reminder to me as to why I should keep on the track I’m on. And it’ll give me time to think and write new material, which is good. But it’s also just long enough to turn my whole life inside out, too. VH1 has the “Behind the Music” show. But I sort of did my stuff before the music and it didn’t work out. It wasn’t a good formula. But, I mean, no one who’s really all that noteworthy hasn’t at least done a little time, right? �
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SUN.27 << 13B PINE STREET JAZZ WITH BLUE GARDENIAS, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE WITH PETE, Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. BALANCE DJ & KARAOKE, Franny O’s, 9 p.m. NC.
:: central HONEYSUCKLE (bluegrass), 3 p.m. NC, THE ANDREW MOROZ SEPTET (jazz), Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 7:30 p.m. Donations. BLUE FOX (blues), Main Street Bar & Grill, 7 p.m. NC. G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE, THE WOOD BROTHERS (groove-pop), Pickle Barrel Nightclub, 8 p.m. $25/27.50. 21+.
:: northern GARY PEACOCK (rock), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC. PADDY REAGAN (singer-songwriter), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.
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NO GUITAR OPEN MIKE, Radio Bean, 8 p.m. NC. POETRY JAM, Parima Acoustic Lounge, 9:30 p.m. NC. GREYSPOKE & FRIENDS (jam), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. HEAL IN SESSIONS WITH BRIANDEYE (roots, dub), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. FAMILY NIGHT OPEN JAM WITH DJ IN SENSE, Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC. 18+. AMADIS, MANEUVERS, CCCOME? (metal, hardcore, harmonicore), 242 Main, 7 p.m. $5/6. AA. HARDCORE & METAL SHOWCASE V WITH HERE I COME FALLING, OCEANA, BLINDED BY RAGE, ARMOR FOR THE BROKEN, BROTHER THROUGH GLASS, Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 6:30 p.m. $8/10. AA. STEPH CLARK, KATE FIANO (singersongwriters), The Monkey House, 9 p.m. NC. 18+.
AARON FLINN (singer-songwriter), Lincoln Inn Tavern, 6:30 p.m. NC.
:: central OPEN MIKE, Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 7 p.m. Donations.
TUE.29 :: burlington area
GUAGUA (psychotropical), Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC, followed by HONKYTONK SESSIONS, 10 p.m. $3. PARIMA ISLAND NIGHT WITH DJ SKINNY T (reggae), Parima Main Stage, 9 p.m. NC. JULIET MCVICKER (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. WORLD BASHMENT WITH JON DEMUS & SUPER K (reggae, dancehall, hip-hop), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. DJ TRICKY PAT & ELLIOTT MATOS (house), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. SILENT MIND, EVILHERO (rock), Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC. U18 DANCE PARTY WITH DJ ZEPH (hip-hop, reggae), Second Floor, 8 p.m. $8. 13-17. OPEN TURNTABLES NIGHT, The Green Room, 9:30 p.m. NC. ACOUSTIC TUESDAY WITH PETE WYNDORF, KYLA GRAVES, Monkey House, 9 p.m. NC. BLUEGRASS JAM, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC.
:: champlain valley SHOOTER NIGHT, City Limits, 5 p.m. NC.
:: central KARAOKE, Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. MYSTERY FUN NIGHT (avant-garde theater), Langdon St. CafÊ, 8 p.m. Donations. DOUG & CHRISTINA (mandolin duo), Main Street Bar & Grill, 7 p.m. NC.
:: northern OPEN MIKE, Olive Ridley’s, 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Piecasso, 9 p.m. NC.
Boston-based funk-rock trio Build a Machine.
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WED.30 :: burlington area
ENSEMBLE V (jazz), Radio Bean, 7 p.m. NC, followed by IRISH SESSIONS, 9 p.m. NC. PAUL ASBELL & CLYDE STATS (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. DJ CRE8 (hip-hop), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC.
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MIA ADAMS & JERRY CRAFT (folk), 1/2 Lounge, 7 p.m. NC, followed by DJ A-DOG (hip-hop), 10 p.m. NC. MORGAN LAMPHERE, CHILLMARK (rock, CD release), Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC/$5. 18+. OPEN MIKE, Manhattan Pizza, 10 p.m. NC. AA. SUPERSTAR KARAOKE, Second Floor, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON’S STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS, ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART (blues, rock), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 7:30 p.m. $15/17. AA.
CELTIC PARTY CEILI, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC.
:: champlain valley ART NIGHT, On the Rise Bakery, 7:30 p.m. NC.
:: central PADDY REAGAN (singer-songwriter), Langdon St. Café, 8 p.m. Donations. OPEN MIKE, Middle Earth Music Hall, 8 p.m. NC.
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no degrees of separation Kevin Bacon may be singlehandedly responsible for bringing the world’s citizens a bit closer. Over the course of his three-decade career, the film actor and musician has played a remarkable range of characters in comedies, dramas and thrillers, engendering a pop-culture trivia game that challenges players to link any actor to him through film roles alone, in six or fewer steps. The 49-year-old star of Footloose, Friday the 13th and Flatliners recently campaigned for John Edwards in Iowa and organized a “Six Degrees” charity fundraising competition. This Friday, Bacon visits the Hop in person for an onstage interview and a screening of excerpts from his oeuvre. The occasion? Dartmouth’s Film Award, a tribute presented since 1979 to more than 50 actors, including Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Sean Penn. You can work out their Bacon numbers on your own. Kevin Bacon Film Tribute
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. FARMERS’ NIGHT CONCERT SERIES: The Vermont Symphony Orchestra offers works by Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi, plus Anthony Plog’s “Animal Ditties,” which mingles brass music with narration from Ogden Nash’s poetry. See calendar spotlight. House Chamber, Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: Got kilt? This Scottish-style marching band welcomes new members to play bagpipes or percussion. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7335.
dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: Work on your sensuous nightclub routines at this weekly Latin dance session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, nonmembers 6 p.m., members 7 p.m. $12. Info, 598-1077. MOMIX: The illusionists of this acrobatic dance-theater troupe submerge audience members in the surrealism of Lunar Sea. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25-43. Info, 863-5966.
drama ‘DOUBT’: Set in 1964, John Patrick Shanley’s drama depicts internal and external conflicts between a Catholic school’s Mother Superior and head priest. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $26.50. Info, www.vtstage.org or 863-5966. COMEDY NIGHT: Regional yuksters Alex Nief, Jason P. Lorber and Kathleen Kanz do a triple header at The Black Door, Montpelier, 8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 223-7070.
film ‘BELLA’: A recently fired waitress and a tall, handsome chef fall in love during a day of intense conversations. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. DARTMOUTH DOUBLE FEATURE: Class-conscious cineastes absorb the 2004 Argentinean comedy Live-In Maid, then peek at forbidden love between a hunky gardener and a wealthy widow in 1955’s All That Heaven Allows. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 8:35 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.
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‘FINDING NEMO’: The creators of Toy Story and Monsters Inc. dive into an underwater adventure about parenting and independence. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.
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words LINDA SUE PARK: The Newbery Medalwinning children’s author shares poems from her new book Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo, based on a Korean verse form similar to haiku. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free, reservations requested. Info, 985-3999.
talks RACIAL TENSIONS PANEL DISCUSSION: Four professors from area colleges analyze events surrounding violent incidents in Jena, Louisiana, that resulted in six black teens’ being charged with attempted murder. Sugar Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, noon - 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3424. ‘THE POWER OF NOW’: Justine and Robert O’Keefe consider group consciousness and individual choices in an intro to German spiritual guru Eckhart Tolle’s teachings. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. GALLERY TALK: Jazz pianist Jason Moran and Hood Museum Director Brian Kennedy explore creative connections between music and visual art. Second floor galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2808. THE VERMONT ONLINE LIBRARY: Burnham Library Director Marty Reid introduces a database with access to millions of records from academic journals, consumer magazines and newspapers — all accessible from your home computer. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576. HOLOCAUST STUDIES LECTURE: Religious historian Richard SteigmannGall of Kent State University considers how non-Aryan-looking citizens under Germany’s Third Reich were forced to carefully shape their identities. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3702.
BHUTAN TRAVEL TALK: Area resident Don Dresser recounts a recent Himalayan trip to one of the most isolated nations in the world. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free, mats provided. Info, 878-4918. MEDIA FREE KIDS: Queen City parents raising offspring away from TV, websites and video games explain what their kids do for fun. Center for Media & Democracy, CCTV Channel 17 Studios, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3131, ext. 1077. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION: Civil rights attorney Julius Chambers, who has argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, keynotes a community event. Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1106. PANEL ON RACISM & WAR: Burlington’s Peace and Justice Center hosts a conversation about prejudice and aggression. Room 116, Aiken Building, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 272-0882.
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do dinner with help from the animal-care staff at ECHO, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 & 3 p.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Readings of family faves provide morning fun for toddlers at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: Children gather for games, songs and stories at the Westford Library, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. HINESBURG PLAYGROUP: Youngsters let loose in a fun, friendly, toy-filled atmosphere. Hinesburg Town Hall, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 453-3038. WATERBURY STORYTIME: Little ones ages 2 and under get hooked on books at the Waterbury Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. ‘MOVING & GROOVING’: Two- to 5-year-olds boogie down to rock ’n’ roll and world-beat music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. PRESCHOOL DISCOVERY PROGRAM: Adaptable animals form the focus of outdoor winter investigations. North Branch Nature Center, 10-11:30 a.m. $10. Info, 229-6206.
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etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery see how it’s made at Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591. ESL GROUPS: Non-native speakers learn English at the South Burlington Community Library, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. Also at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. CHESS GROUP: Beginning and intermediate-level players cut corners to put each other’s kings in check. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. NOONTIME KNITTERS: Crafty types pause for patterns amid midday stitches. Waterbury Public Library, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. KNITTING POSSE: Needle-wielding crafters convene over good yarns. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. BURNHAM KNITTERS: Yarn unfurls into purls at a chat-and-craft session. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576. CRAFTY CROCHET WORKSHOP: Find your inner hooker by learning basic techniques to create wool-fiber flowers. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $15; bring a size H crochet needle and two skeins of worsted-weight yarn. Registration and info, www.thebobbin.com or 999-6202. VETERANS JOB NETWORKING: Ex-soldiers share labor-market tips, training info and employment leads. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 9:30-11 a.m., & American Legion Post, St. Albans, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-0339. BINGO: A winning card could net cash at the Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $11. Info, 863-3982. CHARITY BINGO: Players seek matches on numbered cards, then say the word. Broadacres Bingo Hall, Colchester, 7 p.m. $10 for 12 cards. Info, 860-1510.
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VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION: In 45-minute info sessions, neighborhood helpers hear about a program that coordinates friendly home visits and assistance for aging seniors. Champlain Valley Agency on Aging, Chace Mill, Burlington, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, www. cvaa.org or 865-0360. CITIZENSHIP CLASS: Immigrants become familiar with U.S. history and government to prep for the naturalization interview. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP: Habla español? Brown baggers eat lunch and devour new vocab. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ENERGY HEALING CLINIC: Need your aura repaired? A clairvoyant offers 15-minute consultations at the Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 454-1095. STOWE WINTER CARNIVAL: Hockey, costumes, ice carving and more add up to a week-long celebration of all things chilly. Various locations, times and prices. Info, www.stowewintercarnival. com or 800-247-8693. HINESBURG COMMUNITY POTLUCK: Three area residents who traveled to Bali in December for the UN framework convention on climate change describe the gathering to neighbors concerned about global warming. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 6 p.m. Free, bring a dish to share. Info, 482-2689. VOLUNTEER INFO MEETING: Potential ushers, cleaners and fixer-uppers hear how they can support the Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2913. ‘A FOREST FOR EVERY CLASSROOM’: Teachers swap methodologies at a workshop about place-based education in the Upper Valley. Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 457-3368, ext. 31. MEDICINE WORKSHOP: Learn how to make herbal infusions with fresh and dried roots, leaves flowers and seeds for use in teas, compresses, baths and household first aid. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $7. Registration and info, 223-8004, ext. 202.
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Last weekend was a bonanza for those whose sights were trained on acquiring the newest guns, ammo, bows, arrows and camo gear, and yet another reason for critters in the North Country to indulge their anxiety disorders. The area was host to both the Green Mountain Gun & Knife Show at the South Burlington Holiday Inn and the Yankee Sportsman’s Classic at the Expo. The former was a more basic ogle-and-handle adventure in firearm display. I chose the latter, a more diverse and esoteric journey into the culture of animal dispatching. The nearly 150 exhibitors ranged from Army recruiters to smiling “start-up crossbow sets for kids” salesmen; from barkers proclaiming the fecundity of Québec’s animal populations to breakthroughs in taxidermy. Some highlights follow. The eight-day archery and muzzle-loading season ended in December, but that didn’t stop hundreds of hunters from lusting after the guns that fit that unique qualification. Basically a highly evolved musket, the muzzle-loader can’t be fired as rapidly as a rifle and hasn’t nearly the range. In the wrong hands, it — like the crossbow and compound bow — stands a better chance of maiming an animal than killing it. But the .50 caliber MDM Muzzleloaders’ “Buckwacka” model ($350) will certainly provide a murderous racket, if nothing else. Bowtech was attempting to market its “101st Airborne” compound bow ($595) by donating a portion of its proceeds to the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), which provides services to families that have lost a loved one during active duty in the armed forces. Less lethal items included a marshmallow gun made by C&M Sales in Malone, N.Y. A cool-looking collection of right-angled PVC pipes, the thing hurtles multicolored mini-mallows and requires just a shallow breath to operate. At $10, it was my “best buy” candidate for the show. Among the hunter-aiding vehicles, Duck Water Boat’s “Stealth Fighter 17” was a standout. A collection of in-line swivel seats bolted to a camouflaged aluminum vessel, it’s essentially a shooting gallery disguised as a Navy Seal-like landing craft. At $12,500, many years will be required to recoup the cost in duck meat, but then, who can put a price on the joy of watching five friends fire shotguns simultaneously at an approaching mallard? MATT SCANLON
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. JASON MORAN AND THE BANDWAGON: The jazz pianist and composer transforms conceptual art into a fulllength, multimedia suite. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $26. Info, 603-646-2422. POJAZZ: Music and poetry meld at an improv event blending civil rights speeches and performance poetry with music by instrumentalists from area college faculties. Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center, Champlain College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 326-4105.
dance DANCE COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY: Undergraduates present I’m Right, You’re Wrong, Tiffany Rhynard’s multimedia look at the complexity of conflict and its consequences. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $4-5. Info, 443-6433.
drama ‘DOUBT’: See January 23. ‘ST. CRISPIN’S DAY’: Playwright Matt Pepper mingles Shakespeare with Monty Python in this antiwar comedy set on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt. Hepburn Zoo Theatre, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $4-5. Info, 443-6433. ‘OSTENTATIOUS POVERTY’: An original jazz score by Patricia Julien accompanies this offbeat play about bohemians seduced by laissez-faire economists. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, www.lostnationthe ater.org or 229-0492.
film ‘BELLA’: See January 23. ‘PLAYGROUND’: Skiers and snowboarders take in a screening of Warren Miller’s extreme winter-sports footage, which includes shots from a ski resort in the Arabian Desert. Vermont Ski Museum, Stowe, 7 p.m. $10. Reservations and info, 253-9911, ext. 203.
‘MY KID COULD PAINT THAT’: This 2007 documentary chronicles controversy around the authenticity of artwork created by 4-year-old wunderkind Maria Olmstead. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.
art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: Shutterbugs develop film and print pictures at the Center for Photographic Studies, Barre, 6-9 p.m. $8 per hour. Reservations and info, 479-4127.
words MARC ESTRIN: The Burlington-based author reads from his fourth novel, The Lamentations of Julius Marantz. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. ‘THE BIG READ’: Members of an all-ages, statewide book group chat about Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 mystery The Maltese Falcon. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.
PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS: Readers pick over John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath at the Cobleigh Public Library, Lyndonville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 626-5475. COMPREHENDING TODAY’S MIDDLE EAST: Readers of Benny Morris’ Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict ponder whether good fences make good neighbors. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-5851. BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of Beth Gutcheon’s novel Leeway Cottage chat about what makes unlikely marriages last. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. KINDLING WORDS CARAVAN: Multiple children’s authors and illustrators pause to read their work on their way to a three-day retreat in Essex. Phoenix Books, Essex, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.
talks MULTICULTURAL LIT LECTURE: Newbery Medal-winning children’s author Linda Sue Park describes how growing up in a Korean immigrant household and teaching English as a second language for 15 years has influenced her writing career. Vermont Room, Alliot Student Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ECO-PHILOSOPHY TALK: Buddhist scholar and environmental advocate Joanna Macy traces humanity’s attitude change about creating a sustainable civilization. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $2-3. Info, 443-5746. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Inventor Carl Bielenberg, founder of the Better World Workshop, describes social programs that combat poverty. Tunbridge Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 889-9404.
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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See January 23. RICHMOND PLAYGROUP: Parents meet their neighbors, while their kids enjoy structured fun and snacks. Community Room, Richmond Free Library, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 434-7775. WESTFORD STORYTIME: Kids ponder picture books and create crafts at the Westford Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. KIDS’ GARDEN TOUR: Young ones explore the world of plants on a walk around the Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. ‘LITTLE ROOTS’ STORYTIME: Kids gather to hear tales about plants, flowers and bugs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Tots aged 3 to 5 enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and crafts at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. PRESCHOOL STORIES: Future readers aged 2 to 5 take in tales at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. MUSIC TIME: Growing listeners under age 5 contemplate chords and bounce to rhythms. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. WINOOSKI PLAYGROUP: Babies up to age 2 socialize with each other and their caregivers at a session offering music, books and toys. Winooski Memorial Library, 11 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 655-6424. BILINGUAL PLAYGROUP: ¡Hola, baby! A native Spanish-speaking mama leads gentle play and circle time at the Bebop Baby Shop, Essex Junction, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $5. Info, 316-3069. MORNING STORIES: Local tale tellers engage kids of all ages with a mix of nursery rhymes, fairytales, songs and games. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. ‘ITTY BITTY SKATING’: Pint-sized bladers take to the ice at Leddy Park Arena, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $6. Info, 865-7558.
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BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See January 23. DRINKING LIBERALLY: Bottoms-up democracy fuels discussion at a meeting of political progressives. American Flatbread, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. Free. Info, 267-237-7488. ANTI-BURGER-KING SOLIDARITY ACTION: Supporters of wage increases for Florida field hands picking restaurant-bound tomatoes rally against the fast-food chain that buys them. Burger King, 1200 Williston Road, South Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 272-0882. ‘CONVERSATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF VERMONT’: A regional forum encourages Green Mountain State residents to air their opinions about where Vermont is heading. Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-6098.
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS RALLY: Washington County families call for volunteers and legislative support for after-school programming. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 225-1207.
etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See January 23. CHARITY BINGO: See January 23. STOWE WINTER CARNIVAL: See January 23. VERMONT CHESS CLUB: Pawn pushers strategize to better their games. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0198. BRIDGE CLUB: Partners shuffle cards and chat at the Godnick Senior Center, Rutland, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 287-5756. FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP: Would-be Francophones exchange info during déjeuner. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. QUEEN CITY BNI: Local members of Business Network International schmooze at a weekly breakfast meeting to help promote one another’s companies. Room 202, Vermont Tech, Blair Industrial Park, Williston, 8 a.m. First visit is free. Info, 985-9965. ‘LATE NIGHT SATURDAY’: Studio audience members do their part at a double taping of this local variety show. Featured guests include Vermont military families and local match-maker Nicole LeClerc. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free, but tickets are required. Info, 865-6401 or LNS@ champlain.edu. STITCH-’N’-BITCH: Crochet mavens and knitters of all stripes gather to kvetch and work on projects. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, www.thebobbin.com or 999-6202. MOOSALAMOO ASSOCIATION: Tourism and conservation specialists brainstorm ways to mix outdoor recreation with wise use of natural resources. Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, 1-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 747-7900.
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. RICHARD THOMPSON: The British folk-rock icon shows his guitar savvy in a millennial mashup of music, from medieval Italian ballads to songs by Cole Porter and Prince. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $27-44. Info, 863-5966. JOHN BRYANT: The local pianist flexes his digits on pieces ranging from lullabies to Liszt. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. CLASSICAL CONCERT: Cellist Susan Salm and pianist Lynn Stodola perform two Brahms cello sonatas, plus the U.S. premiere of “Fantasy Pieces” by Brahms’ protégé, Robert Fuchs. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-18; free for ages 15 and younger. Info, 860-7183. MICHELE FAY BAND: Four musicians blend bluegrass and swing, layering vocals with banjo, fiddle, mandolin and bass. WalkOver Listening Room, Bristol, 7:30 p.m. $10-12. Info, 453-3188.
dance DANCE COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY: See January 24. BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2207.
ARGENTINEAN TANGO: Shoulders back, chin up! With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077. BALLROOM DANCE: Students of the rumba, waltz, foxtrot and other formal-dress steps let their hair down at First Step Dance, Burlington, lesson 7 p.m., open dancing 8 p.m. $10-15. Info, 598-6757. FOLK DANCING: Learn traditional steps from around the world at a no-partner-necessary lesson. North End Studio, 294 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $5. Info, 863-6713.
drama ‘DOUBT’: See January 23. $31.50. ‘ST. CRISPIN’S DAY’: See January 24. ‘OSTENTATIOUS POVERTY’: See January 24. ‘SWEENEY TODD’: An orchestra-accompanied cast of 20 students stages Stephen Sondheim’s harrowing musical about a deranged barber and baker who wreak havoc in Victorian London. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $4-5. Info, 443-6433.
film ‘WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM’: Community members preview the last segment of Spike Lee’s documentary about individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina. A civic discussion about U.S. attitudes toward race and class follows. Conference Room, Hauke Family Campus Center, Champlain College, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5443. ‘SICKO’: Documentarian Michael Moore of Fahrenheit 9/11 fame conducts a head-on examination of the U.S. health-care system. A community discussion follows at the Vermont Workers’ Center, 294 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, www.workerscenter.org or 861-2877. ‘BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD’: Director Sidney Lumet’s latest film tells the suspenseful story of two cash-strapped brothers who rob a jewelry store owned by their own parents. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 7482600. Also at Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $8. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD’: On his ninth birthday, a boy receives a magical box that brings his toys to life. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.
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talks ‘THE BEST WORST TRIP I EVER WAS ON’: Backwoods raconteur Willem Lange sums up an epic canoeing adventure with an illuminating slide show. Vermont College Chapel, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5-8; kids are free. Info, 229-9810.
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See January 23. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See January 23, 9:30 a.m., for children ages 3-5. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: Youngsters age 3 and older gather for easy listening at the South Burlington Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. LINCOLN LIBRARY STORYTIME: Youngsters up to age 5 form good reading habits in a tale-centered song-and-craft session. Lincoln Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2665.
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Tuesday, January 29, Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $10-25. Info, 728-6464. www.perunegro.org
‘KIDS’ KNIGHT OUT’: Ages 5-10 enjoy an evening of movies, swimming, food and more at Ross Gymnasium, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 5:30-9 p.m. $10-15. Registration & info, 654-2721. ‘PINT-SIZED SCIENCE’: Laboratory learners aged 2 to 7 experiment with stories and hands-on activities. ECHO, Burlington, 11 a.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. MIDDLEWORLD SERIES: Grade-school kids meet authors John and Pamela Voelkel at a signing of Jaguar Stones, their fast-paced chapter book set in the Mayan jungle. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.
sport SENIOR EXERCISE: See January 23, 10 a.m. CANDLELIT SNOWSHOE ROMP: Weather permitting, web-footed folks of all ages step briskly through Hubbard Park, then return for post-trek hot chocolate and ice cream. Meet at Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free; snowshoes provided. Info, 229-9409.
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etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See January 23. CHARITY BINGO: See January 23. STOWE WINTER CARNIVAL: See January 23. Professional ice carvers fashion frozen masterpieces at sites along Main Street and the Stowe Mountain Road, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. TERTULIA LATINA: Latinoamericanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español at Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Language learners buff up their vocab through casual chatting. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
COMMUNITY DINNER: Local ingredients form the focus of a hearty winter meal at L.A.C.E., Barre, 5:30 p.m. $6-12.50. Info, www.lacevt.org or 476-4276. KEVIN BACON FILM TRIBUTE: The actor whose lengthy career kicked off with Friday the 13th offers an on-stage interview and screenings of excerpts from his oeuvre. See calendar spotlight. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 603-646-2422. NAN O’BRIEN ANNIVERSARY TOUR: A psychic medium and intuitive healer receives spiritual messages for audience members and responds to questions during a two-hour show. Smugglers’ Notch Resort, Jeffersonville, 8-10 p.m. $35-40. Info, 863-5966. MARDI GRAS CASINO NIGHT: Donors feast on roast pork, then try their hands at roulette and blackjack to cash in chips for prizes. St. Ambrose Church, Bristol, social hour 5:30 p.m., dinner 6-7 p.m., games 7 p.m. $20 includes dinner and $50 in gaming chips. Info, 453-5599.
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The state-supported ensemble accompanies the volunteer vocalists of the VSO Chorus in a program featuring Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, pre-concert talk 7 p.m., concert 8 p.m. $15-57. Info, 863-5966. HOODAGI: A Rochester, Vermont-based song-and-dance-man with a mysterious moniker offers love ditties and “heavy mental” music. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. KIDS IN KENYA BENEFIT: Christian vocalist Mark Shelton of Newport belts out message-laden music at a stage show supporting orphans overseas. Precious Moments School, Moretown, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, www.captainradical.com or 496-5912.
Wednesday evenings for 8 weeks Acupuncture & Qigong Health Center 167 Pearl St., Essex Junction beginning January 30, 6:45 to 8:00 PM
‘JUST THE FOUR OF US’: In a rescheduled concert, singers Andrea & Piero Bonamico join Scott Weigand and Stefanie Maas Weigand to belt out Broadway show tunes in various vocal combos. Bundy Center for the Arts, Waitsfield, 4 & 8 p.m. $15. Info, 496-4781.
Taught by Arthur Makaris who has been practicing Qigong for over 30 years. Arthur is a licensed Acupuncturist and master of Chinese martial art. This is a foundation class and will focus on: • Essence, Breath and Mind • Physical and Energetic Alignment • Opening Qi • Gathering Qi
dance BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: See January 25. OTTER CREEK CONTRAS: Caller Dan O’Connell keeps dancers moving lightly to traditional tunes by Toss the Feathers. New Haven Town Hall, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 453-4613. GREEN MOUNTAIN STEPPERS: Do-si-do-ers mark the January thaw with lively moves called by squaredance maestro Bucky Tenney. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 6:30-10:30 p.m. $6-7. Info, 862-2928. SWING DANCE: Hep cats hold hands to DJ’d music at a lesson-enhanced session. Champlain Club, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Info, www.vermontswings. com or 864-8382. FAMILY CONTRA DANCE: Cuckoo’s Nest makes music for dancers in clean shoes, and Lausanne Allen calls the steps. Tracy Hall, Norwich; family dance, 5-6:30 p.m. $5. Potluck supper, 6:30 p.m. Free, bring a dish to share. Contra dance, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 785-4607. WINTER HEAT DANCE COMPETITION: Ten high school teams from all over the state step it up in jazz, pom and hip-hop categories. South Burlington High School, 4 p.m. $3-5. Info, 864-3739. MIDWINTER CONTRA DANCE: Caller David Kirk provides music, too, along with other Celtic folk instrumentalists. Grace Church, Rutland, potluck supper, 5:30-6:30 p.m., dance, 6:30-9 p.m. Donations, bring a dish to share. Info, 775-4301.
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MASS APPEAL Before I-89 eased the commute, farflung state legislators boarded in Montpelier on weeknights, where they organized evening entertainments to console themselves for the separation from friends and family. The free, public Farmers’ Night Concert Series remains a weekly Statehouse staple from January through early April. On the 23rd, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra gigs at the golden dome with a lineup featuring composer Anthony Plog’s “Animal Ditties,” a trumpetand-piano piece set to live reading of Ogden Nash’s nonsense verse honoring turtles, pythons, hyenas and hogs. The VSO Chorus and four pro vocal soloists join the orchestra for a different weekend program: Beethoven’s technically and physically demanding Missa Solemnis, a mass that’s more like a symphony with choral accompaniment than a traditional choral piece. Hear for yourself at one of two concerts in Burlington and Rutland. FARMERS’ NIGHT CONCERT SERIES
Wednesday, January 23, House Chamber, Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228. www.leg. state.vt.us/schedule/farmersnight.cfm VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Saturday, January 26, Flynn MainStage, Burlington, preconcert talk 7 p.m., concert 8 p.m. $15-57. Info, 8635966. Sunday, January 27, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, concert 4 p.m. $8-29. Info, 775-0903. www.vso.org
film ‘BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD’: See January 25, St. Johnsbury location only, 7 & 9 p.m. ‘MUTUAL APPRECIATION’: This cinematic snapshot of post-college angst follows a fledgling musician trying to make it in New York City. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. ‘INTO THE WILD’: Sean Penn directed this film adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s book about a real-life 22-year-old college grad who ditches privilege for adventure in Alaska. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 & 9:15 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.
art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. PROCESS PAINTING WORKSHOP: Imagination, intuition and inspiration aid creators in putting images on paper or canvas. Call for Marshfieldarea studio location and cost, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Info, 426-3717.
talks ECONOMIC JUSTICE PANEL: Experts consider how to effectively establish universal health care and livable wages. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 12:45 pm. Free. Info, 272-0882. GLOBAL WARMING PANEL: Environmentalists, energy conservationists and policy makers consider ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 272-0882. UNITED PLANT SAVERS: Potential wildcrafters hear about an international organization working to preserve the habitat of medicinal herbs. City Market, Burlington, noon - 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3659.
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See January 23. WINOOSKI PLAYGROUP: See January 24, 10-11 a.m. ‘SATURDAY STORIES’: Librarians read from popular picture books at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. BORDERS STORYTIME: Little bookworms listen to stories at Borders, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Kids ages 4 and up settle down for stories at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.
FAMILY FOLK MUSIC: Chord chronicler Lynne Robins leads singers and listeners of all ages in old faves and new ditties. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. CRAFT TIME: Parent-accompanied little people play with textured materials and make stuff from piles of fabric and yarn. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, drop-in hours 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. $5 per child. Info, www. thebobbin.com or 999-6202. KIDS’ CRAFTERNOON: Listeners hear about how polar bears live, then make Arctic-inspired animal puppets and habitats to take home. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4665. AMERICAN GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT: Young ladies ages 6 to 12 accompany their favorite dolls for an evening of hair styling, movies and pizza that includes a doll fashion show. Greater Burlington YMCA, 5:30-9 p.m. $20. Registration and info, 862-9622.
sport ZUMBA FITNESS: See January 24, 9:30 & 11 a.m. SMUGGLERS’ NOTCH PRIMITIVE BIATHLON: Muzzle-loading firearm enthusiasts compete in target shooting and snowshoeing during a two-day wilderness-endurance competition. See calendar spotlight. Sterling Ridge Inn & Log Cabins, Jeffersonville, start times range from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. $15, free to watch. Registration and info, info@ primitivebiathlon.com. ‘FACE OFF AGAINST BREAST CANCER’: Competitive and recreational women’s hockey teams from greater New England and Canada take sides for a cure. Howard Brush Sports Center, Middlebury, 8 a.m. Donations. Info, 443-3169. SMUGGS’ SNOWSHOE: Stretch your legs over drifts on a laid-back, easy-tomoderate trip, if weather conditions cooperate. Call for meeting location and time. Free. Info, 863-2433. GOLDEN GLOVES BOXING: Male and female pugilists ages 17 to 34 put up their dukes in round one of a statewide tourney. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $11-14. Info, 527-2936. UVM MEN’S ICE HOCKEY CLUB: Padded skaters chase the puck in a game against visitors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gutterson Field House, UVM, Burlington, 1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 617-388-7654.
activism WORKERS’ JUSTICE CONFERENCE: Students, educators, health care providers and area residents consider how to build and sustain a grassroots movement for workers’ rights, livable wages and quality health care. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, www.wsf2008vt. blogspot.com or 272-0882. ‘MARCH TOWARD A BETTER WORLD’: Citizens take to the streets in support of universal health care, climatechange action and ending the war in Iraq. Starts at the Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 2:30 p.m.; route ends at Burlington City Hall. Info, 272-0882. UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE & LIVABLE WAGES PANEL: Senator Bernie Sanders facilitates a discussion about Vermonters’ need for equable income and medical care. Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 861-2877.
etc BINGO: See January 23. CHARITY BINGO: See January 23. STOWE WINTER CARNIVAL: See January 23. Six-person teams dig, spike and set in a snow volleyball tourney, kids get gussied up for a game-filled sock hop, a chicken pie supper warms cold souls, and Main Street closes down for an outdoor parade and block party with music and fireworks. NAN O’BRIEN ANNIVERSARY TOUR: See January 25, Chow Bella Restaurant, St. Albans. WINTER FARMERS’ MARKET: Shoppers seeking locally raised edibles pick up root vegetables, cheeses, pickles and other lavish provender at the Old Strand Theater, Rutland, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 287-9311. FRENCH ROUNDTABLE: Speakers at various skill levels order café during an open practice session. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. SLEIGH RIDES: Weather permitting, jingling horses trot visitors over the snow on a wintry tour of Shelburne Farms. Rides depart every half-hour from the Welcome Center, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. $6-8. Info, 985-8442. WINTER WEEKEND: Visitors experience 19th-century farm chores, horse-drawn sleigh rides, sledding and fireside games. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $10. Info, 457-2355.
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<calendar > SAT.26 << 25B CABARET & SILENT AUCTION: Young voice students jiggle jazz hands at a stage-show revue benefit for the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $22-25 includes appetizers. Info, www.vtnohunger. org/info/cabaret.php or 863-5996. VERMONT 3.0 CREATIVE/TECH CAREER JAM: Area businesses and schools showcase career opportunities on the cutting edge of cool. A concurrent speaker series sums up local innovations. See stories and program, this issue. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, www.vermont3.com or 540-0204. VERMONT 50+ EXPO: Adults over the half-century mark sample food, take in a “mature fashion show” and visit more than 75 senior-savvy exhibits. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $5. Info, www.vt50plusexpo.com or 878-0051. ‘THE ONE’ FASHION SHOW: Models strut styles featured by local businesses, then highlight outfits designed by area teens at a 21-plus benefit for the Boys & Girls Club of Burlington. Higher Ground, South Burlington, cocktails & hors d’oeuvres, 7:30 p.m.; fashion show, 8 p.m.; dancing, 9 p.m. $35. Info, www.highergroundmusic.com or 652-0777. SNOCROSS SNOWMOBILE RACING: Speed demons compete on coldweather machines in a two-day ride-off. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, gates open at 8:30 a.m., races start at 10 a.m. $13. Info, 878-5545. SOCIAL FORUM SOCIAL: The Vermont Workers’ Center hosts a fundraiser to support its efforts toward economic justice and parity. Vermont Workers’ Center, 294 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Donations. Info, www.workerscenter.org or 272-0882. WILDLIFE TRACKING: Ranger Ed Sharron shows photos, track casts and animal skulls in an outdoor talk about how critters adapt to survive winter conditions. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 2-2:30 p.m. Requires purchase of a half-day trail pass from the Woodstock Ski Touring Center. Info, 457-6674. ‘ECO-SEW: MAKING BAGS’: Recycled materials provide inspiration for fashionable carry-alls. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $15. Registration and info, www. thebobbin.com or 999-6202. ASTRONOMY DAY: Parents and kids make star charts and sundials, identify winter constellations, and meet NASA payload specialist and astronaut Dr. Jay Buckley. Montshire Museum, Norwich, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $7-9. Info, 649-2200. PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: Kids ages 3 to 5 and their caretakers tour a parent-run cooperative nonprofit preschool. The Children’s School, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 862-2772. RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Rolled-up sleeves expose volunteers’ veins at the University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 8631066, ext. 11. BOOK SALE: Browsers get between the covers to decide which tomes to take at two midwinter fundraisers. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-5519. Also at the Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 454-1324. PORK ROAST DINNER: “The other white meat” makes the rounds at a feast with sweet and savory sides. Rotary Building, Wallingford, 5-7 p.m. $5-9. Reservations and info, 446-2693. SNOWFLAKE DANCE & SILENT AUCTION: Fancy shoes kick winter boots to the curb at a live music fest featuring homemade desserts and a bidding table full of outdoor gear. NorthWoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 723-6551.
WOMEN’S DAY OF REFLECTION: Females contemplate how to live spiritually in a secular world. Mount St. Mary’s Convent, 100 Mansfield Avenue, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Donations. Reservations and info, 658-5494.
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: See January 26, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, concert 4 p.m. $8-29. Info, 775-0903. CHAMBERWORKS: Pianist Gregory Hayes accompanies mezzo-soprano Erma Mellinger for songs and arias by Debussy, Fauré, Monteverdi and Schubert, among other composers. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. LIBANA: This six-member women’s world music ensemble offers Gujarati melodies, Slavic harmonies and Egyptian-style ritual percussion in a global showcase concert. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 3 p.m. $10-16. Info, 223-3927. OLD BLIND DOGS: The Scottish folk group twice titled with that country’s Traditional Music Band of the Year award plays Celtic tunes at the Tunbridge Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, www.mtnfolk.org or 431-3433.
dance ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Caller Chris Levey and Trip to Norwich inspire movers to make rural rounds in clean, soft-soled shoes. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 3-6 p.m. $7. Info, 785-4121.
drama ‘DOUBT’: See January 23, 2 p.m. $23. ‘OSTENTATIOUS POVERTY’: See January 24, 2 p.m. MARK TWAIN PORTRAYAL: Professional actor Bern Budd dons a three-piece suit to offer advice to humanity in the style of America’s greatest humorist. South Burlington Community Library, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.
film ‘BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD’: See January 25, St. Johnsbury location only, 1:30 & 7 p.m. ‘WAGING A LIVING’: Four very different U.S. citizens find themselves unable to make ends meet despite working full time. A discussion follows the documentary screening at Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘BRASILEIRINHO’: Live musical interludes by the band Estrela De Norte spice up a screening of this musical documentary about the roots of samba and bossa nova. North End Studio, 294 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5 includes popcorn. Info, 863-6713.
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CHARITY BINGO: See January 23, 2 & 7 p.m. NAN O’BRIEN ANNIVERSARY TOUR: See January 25, Burgundy Room, Iris Café, Plattsburgh, N.Y. SLEIGH RIDES: See January 26. WINTER WEEKEND: See January 26. SNOCROSS SNOWMOBILE RACING: See January 26. COMMUNITY BRUNCH: A live band serenades weekend breakfasters at a spread featuring fluffy pancakes. L.A.C.E., Barre, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. $6-12.50. Info, www.lacevt.org or 476-4276. SCRABBLE CLUB: Triple-letter-square seekers wage word wars at the McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7558. ANTIQUES MARKET: Treasure-hunters find bargains at the Elks Country Club, Montpelier, preview 7:30 a.m., market 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $2-5. Info, 603-444-2012. ‘THE SOUPER BOWL’: Fans of foods grown close to home sip soups made by area chefs and boogie to music by the Gordon Stone Band at a benefit dinner and raffle supporting the Mad River Valley Localvore Project. The Round Barn, Waitsfield, 5 p.m. $15-20. Reservations and info, www.vermontlocalvore.org or 496-3567. ‘ICE ON FIRE’ FESTIVAL: Outdoor enthusiasts get elemental at a bonfirewarmed winter celebration featuring parades, snowshoe treks, storytelling, games, singing and plein air theater. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 2-5 p.m. $1-3. Info, 223-5844. SEWING WORKSHOP: Local designer Rebecca Mack shows how to transform thrift-store find into unique, well-fitted threads. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $30. Registration and info, www.thebobbin. com or 355-4264.
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. STUDENT SONGWRITERS: Middlebury undergrads showcase musical creations. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. SAMBATUCADA! REHEARSAL: Percussive people pound out carnival rhythms at an open meeting of this Brazilianstyle community drumming troupe. New members are welcome at the Switchback Brewery, Burlington, 6 p.m. $5. Info, 343-7107.
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AUDITIONS FOR ‘REALLY ROSIE’: The Little City Players vet potential performers for a May show based on Maurice Sendak and Carole King’s 1975 TV special. Vergennes Opera House, 7 p.m. Free. Info, www.littlecityplayers. org or 985-3346, ext. 3395.
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SMUGGLERS’ NOTCH PRIMITIVE BIATHLON: See January 26. ‘FACE OFF AGAINST BREAST CANCER’: See January 26, 8:15 a.m. UVM MEN’S ICE HOCKEY CLUB: See January 26, vs. Endicott College, 2:30 p.m.
CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE: Environmentalist, author and Middlebury College writer-in-residence Bill McKibben explores solutions for global warming. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-2700.
CARBON TRADING PANEL: Environmental economist Larry Lohmann and Jutta Kill of the Forests and the European Union Resource Network discuss whether making a market for CO2 outputs will help solve the climate crisis. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, potluck dinner, 6 p.m., panel, 7 p.m. Free, bring a dish to share. Info, 229-0087. THE ‘KRISTALLNACHT’: Holocaust historian Alan E. Steinweiss of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln chronicles the long-term effects of a German pogrom. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2005.
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See January 23. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See January 23, for children ages 2-3. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: See January 24. MUSIC TIME: See January 24. ‘ITTY BITTY SKATING’: See January 24. FAMILY SING-ALONG: Parents and kids belt out fun, familiar favorites at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. DADS’ GROUP: Fathers and fathersto-be bring offspring up to age 6 to a playgroup, meal and social hour. Winooski Family Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1422. BUBBIES, BABIES & BAGELS: A Jewishthemed playgroup for families of all backgrounds features intergenerational schmoozing and noshing. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0218, ext. 23.
sport SENIOR EXERCISE: See January 23, 10 a.m.
activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See January 23. LIVABLE WAGE BUTTON DAY: Queen City residents support workers by wearing symbols of solidarity. Various Burlington locations; buttons available at the Vermont Workers’ Center or the Peace & Justice Center, Burlington. Info, 272-0882.
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. RICHARD THOMPSON: See January 25, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $28. Info, 603-646-2422. STUDENT SONGWRITERS: See January 28. GREEN MOUNTAIN CHORUS: Male music-makers rehearse barbershop singing and quartetting at St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-2949.
dance URBAN BUSH WOMEN & COMPAGNIE JANT-BI: Seven powerful AfricanAmerican women collaborate with male dancers from a top Senegalese troupe on a work about the African diaspora. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $24-36. Info, 863-5966. PERU NEGRO: Cultural ambassadors demo music and dance steps developed by Africans living in South America’s westernmost nation. See calendar spotlight. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $10-25. Info, 728-6464. SWING DANCING: Open practice makes perfect for music-motivated swing dancers of all levels. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $3. Info, 860-7501. LINE DANCING: Boot scooters show off fancy footwork at the Harvest Moon Banquet Room, Essex Junction, beginners’ lesson 6-7 p.m., open dancing 7-9 p.m. $9.50. Info, 434-2891.
drama AUDITIONS FOR ‘REALLY ROSIE’: See January 28.
film ‘WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM’: See January 25. Segments one and two of Spike Lee’s four-part epic screen at the Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ‘BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD’: See January 25, St. Johnsbury location only.
art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. PHOTOGRAPHY SLIDE SHOW: Documentary shooter Ethan Hubbard presents images from his book Grandfather’s Gift, a visual record of his world travels compiled over the past 40 years. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.
words BURLINGTON WRITERS’ GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to the Acoustic Lounge, Parima, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 999-1664.
talks ‘SHIPWRECKS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN’: Underwater archaeologist Adam Kane offers a virtual tour of more than 300 wrecks lying beneath the waves of Vermont’s largest lake. Old Brick Church, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 425-3066. VERMONT HISTORY: Rokeby Museum director Jane Williamson shares data from her research project about African Americans who lived in pre-1860 Addison County. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389.
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See January 23. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See January 25, for walkers up to age 3. ECHO STORYTIME: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO, Burlington, 11 a.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. TODDLER STORYTIME: Tykes under age 3 enjoy stories, songs and a snack at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. WINOOSKI STORYTIME: Preschoolers aged 2-and-a-half to 5 expend energy in finger play and song, then listen to tales. Winooski Memorial Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 655-6424.
sport ZUMBA FITNESS: See January 24, 5:30 p.m. COED PICKUP VOLLEYBALL: Adults of both genders take over two courts for casual net time. Edmunds Middle School Gym, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 864-5088. COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS: Beginner to intermediate stretchers strike poses for spine alignment. Healing in Common Lobby, Network Chiropractic of Vermont, Shelburne, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9850.
activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See January 23. LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION: The Vermont Historical Society hosts UVM political science prof Frank Bryan for a discussion of human-scale democracy. Snelling Room, Vermont Historical Society Museum, 109 State Street, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2291.
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SNOW GOING Biathlons don’t get a lot of U.S. attention outside the Olympics, though the cross-country-skiing-andshooting races are popular in Europe. The sport echoes elements of a wintertime military exercise: Participants zip around a 10-to-20-K course on Nordic skis, stopping at strategic points to aim at a target with a lightweight rifle. But if you’re looking for something even more, well, primal, the Vermont Trappers’ Association has it. In the Smugglers’ Notch Primitive Biathlon, fur-clad competitors go toe-to-toe voyageur-style, using wood-framed snowshoes and muzzleloaders. Accuracy isn’t such an issue, since steel gong targets provide audible evidence of hits. No snow? No problem — the race goes on regardless, and sans drifts, walking boots form suitable stand-ins for bear paws and beaver tails.
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CHILDREN’S GARDEN COMMUNITY FORUM: Area residents offer their two cents about how a planned playand-learn garden can best serve kids and educators. National Gardening Association Office, 1100 Dorset Street, South Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5251, ext. 105.
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CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See January 23. CHARITY BINGO: See January 23. RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See January 26, Ross Sports Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 12:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. PAUSE CAFE: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Borders Café, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346. ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Midday learners try lunch in a foreign language to brush up on communication skills. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. RENEWABLE ENERGY WORKSHOP: Will White of Solar Wrights details how homeowners can harness photovoltaic, solar thermal and wind power. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 223-8004, ext. 202. PERMACULTURE WORKSHOP: People interested in the ethics and principles of sustainable gardening and neighborhood design get an intro at the Greenhouse Student Living Center, University Heights, UVM, Burlington, 6-9:30 p.m. $20. Info, http://burlingtonpermaculture. googlepages.com or 999-2768. SOURDOUGH WORKSHOP: Bread bakers hear how to fashion flavorful, chewy loaves, San Francisco style. City Market, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3659. CAREER WORKSHOP: Participants take Myers-Briggs personality tests to determine which types of jobs might best suit them. Community College of Vermont, Burlington, 3-6 p.m. Free. Reservations and info, 800-642-3177. ‘THE BOOB EMERGENCY ROOM’: Breastfeeding moms drop in for support from a certified consultant regarding the finer points of lactation. Bebop Baby Shop, Essex Junction, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 288-1002.
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: See January 23.
‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: See January 23.
drama ‘DOUBT’: See January 23. ‘THE PRICE’: Northern Stage offers Arthur Miller’s classic drama unpacking two brothers’ personal baggage. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $17-40. Info, 296-7000. FARMERS’ NIGHT SERIES: Actress and historian Elana Dodd portrays Eleanor Roosevelt to reveal the former First Lady’s role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. House Chamber, Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.
film ‘BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD’: See January 25, St. Johnsbury location only. DARTMOUTH DOUBLE FEATURE: Sex, murder and money face off in Woody Allen’s Match Point, and Matt Damon stars as The Talented Mr. Ripley in an examination of obsessive class envy. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:45 & 9 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘THE INCREDIBLES’ Family members with secret superpowers team up to save the world in this witty animated feature. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.
art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. LANCE RICHBOURG: The Burlingtonbased artist discusses his creative process at a talk about his exhibit “Dawgs.” Community Room, Burlington College, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616.
words NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES: Readers of Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony consider rites of passage. South Hero Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209.
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HYBRID HAZELNUTS: The Burlington Sustainable Living Network offers info about Vermont-hardy shrubs whose heart-healthy kernels have been called “the soybean of the 21st century.” Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 238-4927. WINTER BIRD FEEDING: Watchers of winged visitors learn tips and techniques for attracting feathered friends. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.
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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See January 23. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: See January 23. WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: See January 23. HINESBURG PLAYGROUP: See January 23. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See January 23. ‘MOVING & GROOVING’: See January 23.
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Your Gracious Guide to Love & Lust! Dear Mistress Maeve, First, I want to thank you for your column. The questions you answer and your advice and suggestions are so informative and interesting. I am hoping you can help me with this question. My boyfriend told me (I’m a gal) that my orgasms aren’t “very big” when compared to his previous experiences. He is the first person to ever mention size of orgasm to me. And I have had the most long-lasting, pleasurable and amazing orgasms with him. I am fairly vocally expressive and thoroughly satisfied. I am not sure what he is referring to, and I hesitate to ask him. Do you have thoughts about this? Sincerely, Satisfied Yet Puzzled
Dear Puzzled, Thank you for the compliment — flattery will get you everywhere. Believe me, it’s a “pleasure” to read what horny Vermonters are doing behind closed doors (and in cow pastures, parked cars and conference rooms). Moving on to your question. What does your boyfriend expect? Perhaps he’d like you to do a triple Lutz off the bed and stick the landing while climaxing? Unless you’re Michelle Kwan, that’s not going to happen. The fact of the matter is that women have orgasms in all shapes and sizes, and no one deserves to be scrutinized for her rendition of bliss. After all, we’re going for pleasure here, not an Academy Award — right? But let’s give your man the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps he’s worried that he’s not giving you the orgasm you desire. As you suggested in your letter, tell him he’s the best you’ve ever had — all of us can use a little reassurance once in a while. And, although you do not have to change your ways for him, it could be fun to throw some new moves into your routine. You don’t need to turn into Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally, but saying his name, making some serious eye contact, or running your nails down his back could make the orgasm more exciting for you. If it’s more exciting for him, too — well, that’s just a bonus.
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peaches, Artist with snowshoes You know who you are, and I miss you every day! Come and play sometime! Drop me a line, you got my # When: Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Where: head down with lost wings. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903084 Pack my cooler tall hottie Where are you Pearl St. Beverage boy? Haven’t seen you stocking coolers/working the counter since the holidays. You asked me my DOB, should have asked me out for drinks! When: night shift. You: man, tall, cute smile, wears soccer jerseys. Me: Woman with purple winter jacket and sexy butt who struts around Pearl Street hoping to catch your glance. When: Friday, December 14, 2007. Where: Pearl Street Beverage. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903083 Ween Calvin Theatre in November I don’t remember your name. I remember: we talked for most of the evening, you lived in FL but were in the NE on business and that when you saw the Ween shows promoting “Piss Up A Rope”, it was so loud it sounded like a plane landed on the roof. I thought you were cool— decided to reach out. When: Thursday, November 29, 2007. Where: Calvin Theatre, Northampton, MA. You: Man. Me: Woman. u #903082 Paul at EMS Your cuteness and peaceful, sweet demeanor caught me off guard at the check-out counter and I wish I could have made more conversation with you. I gave you a lost earring I had found on the floor and didn’t want a bag to put my item in... Wondering if you are available :) When: Sunday, January 13, 2008. Where: EMS. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903081 Rebecca at Red Square Saturday You bet that I wouldn’t remember your name and I bet you that you wouldn’t remember mine! I said how about we meet up again and find out. I would love to follow through with our bet! Especially because I found you quite charming! You have my number, care to join me? My name’s Nick so you can easily win! When: Saturday, January 12, 2008. Where: Red Square. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903080 New Year’s Pawlet spying Ha, first I spy ever and a reponse.... nice! You: good looking, dark hair & complexion, dark jacket, Landrover? VT plates. Me: brown hair pinned up, black velvet long dress (snowboots...)& red/black plaid winter coat. Big house on hill, kitchen with champagne island, piano player - 2 seats/fireplace, big dance floor. Hosts’ names start with C and G. Check I spy, Ciao! When: Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Where: Pawlet. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903078 Kaitlyn from Bf Uncle Willy wants to say hi to his favorite girl named Kaitlyn and you’re getting a spanking. Uncle Willy does not take no for an answer. When: Monday, January 14, 2008. Where: Bath Place. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903077 New Year’s - Pawlet Responding to your I Spy—Great party, great people...describe me, describe you, and describe house/hosts. Great things in 2008! When: Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Where: Pawlet. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903076 Dancing Chef B - We danced together at Retronome (1/5) then again at RJs (1/10). You have a real zeal for life and a great smile. I enjoy your company and your dance moves. Don’t let a ring get in our way of friendship. Dance with me again at RJs this Thursday night? Here’s hoping. - S When: Saturday, January 5, 2008. Where: Retronome then RJs. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903075 My Beloved Retronome Boys The place can be empty but the minute you boys hit the stage, the place comes to life. You boys move like nature never intended! You light up the night with your moves, wristbands and all. You remind me of why I go every Saturday. I’ll proudly share the stage with you any night. XO ~ Your “Aeon Flux” When: Saturday, January 12, 2008. Where: Retronome. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903074 modern love I spy a rare beauty with a big, loyal heart. He has a salt-and-pepper hoodie and the world’s sweetest smile. My little ship came in, and he was on it. Lucky, lucky me. When: Monday, January 14, 2008. Where: rose. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903073
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Beautiful Brainfield Ladies! A tea-loving tailor, an herbivore artist. Jeeping through the hills and valleys that they affectionately call home. Billowing Janis and toasting banana bread with beloved Bob. Throwing back Long Trail ales and exhaling spirits under a blanket of night sky. Sitting on dock’s edge carefully watching mason jars and peculiar shaped glass sculptures. For I am a bat-watching conversationalist, we were meant to be three. When: Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Where: There’s no place like home. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903071 kid can’t read at seventeen Good friends, good food, good times. Your nachos were supreme. Dream team in the kitchen? I think so! If any of your Lord of the Rings books are missing, you’ll know exactly who took them!!! I hope this makes your heart smile. I’m going fishin, but where’s my bait? Time to reel in the fun in 2008!!! Love you. When: Sunday, January 13, 2008. Where: hizzle. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903070 Night Fires Maiden You are the water. You are a pathway to a life of richness. You bring a rhythm and strength to my heartbeats, just as the bodhran you held pulsed with the life of the world. And, you’re a total cutie in blue spandex. Sheesh! When: Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Where: Montpelier. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903069 Sexy N. Hyde Park FireFighter You came in to grab some beer and we were talking about the Patriots game. Would love to talk to you more. How about lunch? Re: (Sexiest guy on two legs. Dec. 22, 2007): last week’s Seven Days. When: Saturday, January 12, 2008. Where: convenience store. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903068 Field of dreams too teacher Been awhile since I saw you last and I miss my friend and what she has been up to. I hope to hear word in the Great White North from the man on the beach in FL. I hope all is well and that you are getting some time off to enjoy yourself. When: Sunday, January 13, 2008. Where: Williston. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903067 You jogging, me rollerblading You were jogging down Pearl at noon today. Black spandex, peach top. I was rollerblading on the ledges at the courthouse. Tall, brown pants, black jacket. You stopped me, said you enjoyed watching. I hardly said anything. I meant to say stick around and watch some more. Skaters rarely attract a cheering section, rarer still such a cute girl. When: Saturday, January 12, 2008. Where: in front of the courthouse on Pearl St. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903066 Sweet Produce Perfection I spy City Market’s produce staff. You are the very definition of sweet produce perfection. When: Saturday, January 12, 2008. Where: amongst the fruits & vegetables. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903065
Still love you Yes, we are different, but I still love snowmaker-turned-computer wiz-turnedsnowmaker. When: Monday, December 24, 2007. Where: on the mountain. You: Man. Me: Woman. u #903064 New Year’s Party You stared at me, but I got shy and was too busy talking with everyone else. We left at the same time and did get to say hello. You didn’t know the hosts of the party; you had come with friends. I only know your first name, starts with a B and mine with an S. Meet again? Look me up. When: Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Where: Pawlet. You: Man. Me: Woman. u #903063
Topnotch Cutie You have blond hair and were using the elliptical and wearing mostly spandex. I really liked the spandex. It accentuated your curves. And a little extra meat really turns me on! I was too nervous to use the machine next to you, but I lurked in the doorway, checking you out. I’ve seen you there before. Are you single? When: Thursday, January 3, 2008. Where: Topnotch Resort and Spa. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903055
Bus Drive, Albany-Vermont Game Handsome bus driver who took us to the Albany-Vermont game Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008. You were so nice to everyone on the bus. Are you single? Would you like to meet for coffee or a drink when you are in town again? Drive for us again to any games or the overnight trip we have coming up to Boston? When: Sunday, January 6, 2008. Where: driving us to Albany. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903047
Sarah the math teacher Thanks for coming to donate in St. Albans. Hope to see you again. When: Monday, January 7, 2008. Where: St. Albans. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903054
Ms. Wrong You were at Hooter’s with friends. I was too shy to come to your table. Your shirt said, “I always meet Mr. Wrong.” I think you’re pretty. Hit me back and maybe we can meet up and chill. When: Thursday, January 3, 2008. Where: Hooter’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903046
HSRF “Hot Stuff” Lab You refer to yourself as “Hot Stuff” and you can run a PCR with the best of them. Both beauty and brains. You multitask and move with intent, leaving the turmoil of a tornado behind you. Very cute if I do say so myself. Admiring you from afar. When: Friday, January 11, 2008. Where: HSRF. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903062
Hannaford North Dinner for One You were standing in an aisle when I passed by the end. I turned around at orange juice and there you were. Wow. Then again near the beer where I was talking to a friend. You wore black. So did I. Wow. When: Monday, January 7, 2008. Where: Hannaford’s, North Ave. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903053
Steve, my Cable guy - Dec. 10 I’m sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I’ve been balls-deep in the cable business. I wanna hang. I’ll wear my hot pants if you wear yours. I miss your beautiful face and I hope you enjoy the cable. Interested in networking maybe? A little Halo 3 after dinner? My roommate Brad’s pretty ill. When: Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Where: Winooski. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903061
Beautiful Blonde in Montpelier Rite-Aid On Monday, Jan. 7, around 6:30. I was the tall man in the checkout line behind you. You are a petite, attractive woman. You had your blond hair pulled up and were wearing gray Norwich sweatpants. You looked back twice. Once just before paying and another time as you left and gave me a smile that melted my heart. Wow. When: Monday, January 7, 2008. Where: Montpelier RiteAid. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903052
You are my SOULMATE Thank you for loving me enough to save my life - not once but twice. Can I ever repay you? Probably not, but I will try each and every day, one day at a time through eternity. I need you! Luv, WAMH, ATOYS, Sissy “G”. When: Thursday, January 10, 2008. Where: in the shower. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903060 y_u I don’t know what to do with myself. Can you help me figure it out? It’s funny how I trust you with my life and don’t believe a word you say. When: Monday, January 7, 2008. Where: in the past, in the present and hopefully in the future. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903058 Stephanie at the Black Door I sat beside you and Cindy and enjoyed our conversation at the Black Door in Montpelier. I would like to chat some more. Steve. When: Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Where: Black Door in Montpelier. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #903057 Big, Bald and Beautiful I spy a big, bald, beautiful man who has kept me up at all hours of the night. Can’t wait to move my loveseat to your place. When: Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Where: in my dreams. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903056
The Girl Next Door 1 Here’s the I Spy score, I swore. Still no nod from ‘hind closed doors. Each of us are decades four; Can’t we ask for so much more? Shed the skin of partners tore, Gore and sores, burdens bore, Cleansing each and every pore. No more knocks on chamber doors, Raven mocking, nevermore. When: Monday, January 7, 2008. Where: everywhere. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903050 Starbucks/Barnes & Noble I was in the corner seat as you were looking at books. You were wearing a hat, black vest and a cool brown leather bag. Should have talked to you while you were sitting at the window bar. Would have had a smoke out front with you but was running pretty late. Are you up for another cup of coffee? When: Sunday, January 6, 2008. Where: Starbucks\Barnes & Noble. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903049 Snow Angel I spied your tanned, naked body making snow angels on New Year’s Eve. What a gorgeous sight. Thanks for the picture. Let’s get together for a glass of wine and hope for some new fallen snow. When: Monday, December 31, 2007. Where: Colchester. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903048
Missing Luggage New Year’s Eve My luggage didn’t make it from Minneapolis on New Year’s Eve and you were the one who helped me fill out the claim at the Northwest Airlines desk at 11:30 that night. I liked your dark hair and easy smile. Wanna have coffee or drinks some night? When: Monday, December 31, 2007. Where: Burlington Airport. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903045 shaw’s in so. burlington I saw you when you first walked in and you caught my eye. Somehow we kept finding ourselves in the same aisle. I didn’t know how to say something in the store, but I’d love to be able find a time to talk with you. You were wearing ski/board clothes and had blond hair. I was in a black fleece jacket and green track pants. When: Sunday, January 6, 2008. Where: Shaw’s in So. Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903044 “girlz in the grey car” You left a post-it on my car. Yes, 2008 is great so far. Oh! Sirens of the hopeful parking space, bless me with drinks or some other such fate. When: Saturday, January 5, 2008. Where: City Market parking lot. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903043 Yeah, You watching L Word We spy all of you lesbian Showtime owners watching the L Word. You know you want to share part of your couch with this Showtime-less yet awesome couple on Sunday evenings. You provide the show, we provide the dashing good looks - or at least good snacks!! When: Sunday, January 6, 2008. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903042 Shopping at Hannafords in Essex J, saw you with your daughter shopping on Sunday, which brought back a mixed sense of the good times, sadness and hurt we shared. My life is not the same since meeting you nearly two years ago, and I still retain strong feelings toward you despite the hurts. If you’re not attached, I’d like a chance to help set things right. When: Sunday, January 6, 2008. Where: Hannafords in Essex. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903041
your dog knocked me over That’s one way to get a woman’s attention! I liked when you were telling me about your tow system. Maybe we’ll see each other in the back country again. When: Saturday, January 5, 2008. Where: Underhill State Park. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903040 Curly-haired applebee’s waiter You were the hot, curly-haired waiter at Applebee’s. I came in for a late lunch with my parents. You told us you had just gotten here from NJ. I was blond and blue-eyed with glasses. My folks thought you were funny and amazing; I thought you were HOT, funny and amazing. Maybe I’ll see you again. When: Sunday, December 30, 2007. Where: Applebee’s in University Mall. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903039 GABE AT ZALES So, this is hard for me to say, but I was recently at University Mall checking out earrings. Gabe helped me find out pricing. We flirted for a while and you gave me your number. I hate myself for this, but I lost it. If you get this, please respond. I will make it worth your while. When: Monday, December 17, 2007. Where: Zales in the mall. You: Man. Me: Woman. u #903038 Non-emergent 911 call You were the first to respond - a police officer, your name is Chris. Handsome, tall, witty and talkative. Made it hard to think straight. Thought I was hot because of the temp in the room; I think it was just you. Me, the nurse who walked you out. Single? Coffee? Beer? When: Saturday, January 5, 2008. Where: Shelburne. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903037 Pet Food Warehouse Cutie James, it’s James. You checked me out and said, “Nice to meet you,” and gave me a great smile. Me: shy and smiling back. Could I “check you out” this time over a coffee or drink somewhere? When: Friday, December 21, 2007. Where: South Burlington. You: Man. Me: Man. #903036 Military Man, Essex Junction Walking toward me this morning. I was out on a walk and I was reading your lips when you said, “How are you?” Have you ever had one of those moments when you don’t know what to say? I kept looking back and looked for you again on my way home. I hope to get that opportunity again. Single? When: Saturday, January 5, 2008. Where: Pearl Street - Essex Junction, next to McDonald’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903035 airport, Dec. 29, cambridge via portland Do check your Seven Days email. So glad it snows in VT, always rains in Seattle. When: Saturday, December 29, 2007. Where: Burlington Airport baggage claim. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903033
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Handbuilding: Feb. 9 - Mar. 1, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., weekly on Saturday. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Road, Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, www.shelburneart center.org. Explore techniques for shaping clay without the potter’s wheel using basic handbuilding methods. Students will learn to use the slab roller and decorate their pieces with texture, slips, and glazes. Members $90, nonmembers $100, materials and firing $50. Complete listing of clay classes and workshops at www.shelburneart center.org.
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acting The Spirit of Performance: Feb. 4 - Mar. 3, 6:30-9:30 p.m., weekly on Mondays or Wednesdays. Cost: $200/5-week course. Location: The Unitarian Universalist Church, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Info: Robert Toms, 802372-5497, robert.a.toms@gmail. com, www.roberttoms.com. This course, taught by actor, producer, director Robert Toms, focuses on helping the actor channel information more freely. Class participants take an in-depth look into what hinders performers through exercises influenced by the Meisner Technique. Students get in touch with the creative process while working toward overall creative goals.
bodywork Craniosacral Therapy - Intro: Feb. 2-3, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost: $295/2-day class. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 205 Dorset Street, So. Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts, 802-658-7715, info@touchstone healingarts.com, www.touch stonehealingarts.com. A dynamic intro. to the art and science of craniosacral therapy. Learn light touch holding positions, feel connections, and get a sense of restrictions and releases by feeling bony landmarks. Get a palpatory sense of the structures, feel for osseous movement and the production and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid. Ortho-Bionomy for the Spine: Feb. 2-3, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., daily. Cost: $265/2-day class. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 205 Dorset Street, So. Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts, 802-658-7715, info@touchstone healingarts.com, www.touch stonehealingarts.com. Explore a simple and natural means of working with neuromuscular tension patterns that is gentle, effective and transformative. Using comfortable positioning and movement, access the innate, self-corrective reflexes, achieving pain relief and structural balance. Focus on spe-
cific techniques for facilitating release in neck, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, sacrum and pelvis.
childbirth CVMC Birthing Ctr. Open House: Location: Central Vermont Medical Center, 130 Fisher Rd. , Berlin. Info: Central Vermont Medical Center, 802-371-4613, www.centraltoyourwellbeing.org. It’s mom’s choice: birthing the way you told us you want it! Learn more about our full range of services, meet staff members, and tour our new Garden Path Birthing Center. Friends and family welcome. A light meal will be served. Registration is required. First Wednesday every month, 5:30-7 p.m. Prenatal Yoga: Cost: $10/ class. Location: Central Vermont Medical Center, 130 Fisher Road, Berlin. Info: Central Vermont Medical Center, Elizabeth, 802223-9940, www.centraltoyour wellbeing.org. Come and celebrate this sacred time! Gain confidence in your body’s wisdom! Ease back pain, nausea, hip discomfort. Prepare your body for pregnancy, birth & beyond. Prenatal yoga instructor Elizabeth Murphy weaves her knowledge as a labor & delivery nurse, yogini and mother of two. Saturdays, 9 a.m.
clay Beginner Experienced Cost: $129/2-hour Courses: classes. Location: Seminary Art Center, 201 Hollow Road, Waterbury Center. Info: Seminary Art Center, 802-253-8790, seminary art@gmail.com. 25 lbs clay, two hours instruction weekly, daily Open Studio. Beginner - Introduction to Clay, $129/4 weeks. Properties, handbuilding & glazing. (Pre-requisite for Wheel Workshop) One course FOUR TIMES PER YEAR: January 6, March 16, May 18 & October 12. Experienced, $236/9 weeks. The whole gamut. Three courses FIVE TIMES PER YEAR: February 12, April 22, June 24, September 9 & November 18. Contact for children’s info.
Certified Computer Examiner: Cost: $2850/5 days, 8 hours per day. Location: Champlain College, SD Ireland Family Center for Global Business & Technology, Burlington. Info: Champlain College, John Lavallee, 802-8656403, lavallee@champlain.edu, www.go.champlain.edu/cce. The CCE BOOTCAMP is an intensive one-week classroom and laboratory training course in computer forensic examinations. It will teach attendees how to conduct forensically sound examinations and to preserve evidence for admission and use in legal proceedings. In addition, this course will help prepare attendees for the CCE certification exam. NOTE: $200 discount for Law Enforcement, Government, Military and Educators!
dance Afro-Caribbean Dance: Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Montpelier. Fridays, 5:30-7 p.m., Burlington. Cost: $11/class. Location: Capitol City Grange, Montpelier; Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. Info: Carla Kevorkian, 802-985-3665. Dance to the rhythms of Cuban and Haitian music. Live drumming led by Stuart Paton. Monthly master classes with visiting instructors. Beginners welcome! Ballroom Dancing: Mondays and Thursdays in Burlington, Tuesday and Sunday in Shelburne. Cost: $50/4 weeks (per person). Location: The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley Street; Shelburne Town Hall, 5420 Shelburne Road, Burlington and Shelburne. Info: First Step Dance, Kevin Laddison, 802598-6757, www.FirstStepDance. com. Level I classes for beginners, Level II and above for experienced dancers. We host dances (with lessons) on the second and fourth Friday of each month. No experience is necessary, just an interest in learning to dance. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Dance Studio Salsalina: Cost: $12/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802598-1077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes Nightclub-style oneon-one, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. No
dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!
design/build Yestermorrow Design/Build Sch.: Cost: $300/2-day classes; $750 and up for 1-2-week classes. Scholarships and gift certificates available. Location: Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Rt. 100 (just 45 min. from Burlington), Warren. Info: Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 802-496-5545, designbuild@yestermorrow.org, www.yestermorrow.org. Cabinets & Built-ins, Feb. 2-8, $750. Electricity-Safe & Secure, Feb. 1-3. Design for Builders, Feb. 3-8, $790. Handplanes, Feb. 9-10. Redefining Small Business, Feb. 9-10. Green Real Estate, Feb. 20-22. Trim & Finish Carpentry, Feb. 23-24. Celebrating our 28th year! All courses are small, intensive and hands-on.
drumming Burlington Taiko Classes: Cost: $53/Adult Beginner Class. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Taiko, 802-658-0658, classes@ burlingtontaiko.org, www.burlingtontaiko.com. Tiny Tots Taiko: Saturday, 2/9. Ages 3-4, 9-9:50 a.m.; Ages 4-5, 10-10:50 a.m. $19/ class (1 parent with 1 child). Winter I Session: Kids (Beginners), Tuesdays, 4:30-5:20 p.m. $47. Adults (Beginners), Tuesdays, 5:30-6:20 p.m. $53. Six-week session begins 1/8. Gift certificates are available! Email for full schedule. Richmond Taiko Classes: Kids (Beginners), Thursdays, 6-6:50 p.m. $53. Adults (Beginners), Thursdays, 7-7:50 p.m. Cost: $59/ adults. Location: Free Library, 1/24, and 2/7, Richmond. Info: 802-434-2624, classes@burlingtontaiko.org. Class will not meet on 1/31 and 2/14. Winter I Session: Kids (Beginners), Thursdays, 6-6:50 p.m. $37/$42. Adults (Beginners), Thursdays, 7-7:50 p.m. $41/$46. Four-week session begins 1/10.
fiber & surface design Yarn Spinning Basics: Feb. 14 - Mar. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $145/six-week class. $130.50 for BCA members. Location: BCA Print & Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, BurlingtonCityArts.com. Learn how to make your own yarn by using a drop spindle. Class includes spinning techniques, fiber and color blending, and an acid dye workshop. A brief history of spinning from ancient to modern times will also be discussed. The creative possibilities are endless! (CLASS CODE: 811536-1)
fine arts Tad Spurgeon Workshop Series: Feb. 14-28, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Cost: $60/session. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 54 Falls Road, Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, www. shelburneartcenter.org. Tad Spurgeon has been exploring the traditional process of realistic oil painting used during the Renaissance. His research/insights are offered in this workshop series: Making and Working on Panels, Feb. 14; New Old Master Painting with Putty Mediums, Feb. 21; and Making Oil Paint and Traditional Mediums: Feb. 28.
gardening Co-Creative Gardening Class: Classes start Sat., Feb. 9, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. End in Oct. Cost: $20/3-hour class. Location: Awakening Sanctuary, Old Hollow Rd., Monkton. Info: Earth Healing Institute, Jennifer Vyhnak, 802-453-6411, www.earthhealinginstitute.com. Learn how to work collaboratively with the Devas and Nature Spirits to co-create gardens and other areas of balance, vitality and healing for the benefit of yourself, your home, community and our world. Based on the worldrenowned co-creative gardening methods of Perelandra Nature Research Center and the Findhorn community. Landscape Design Workshop: Cost: $165/4 2-hour classes. Location: Burlington Boat House, 1 College Street, Burlington. Info: Old World Garden Design, Silvia Jope, 802-658-3684, oldworldgardendesign@verizon.net, www. oldworldgardendesign.com. Plan your spring garden indoors this winter. Learn drafting and planning skills from professional landscape designers and realize your garden vision. Consists of lecture, demonstration and individual project assistance. Covers basics of design principles, site analysis, hardscaping, plant selection. February workshop, Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. More info at www.oldworldgardendesign. com or www.plantandstone.com. Stone Wall Workshops: Cost: $75/one-day workshop. Location: Queen City Soil & Stone Greenhouse, Hinesburg. Info: 802-3182411. Learn the basic techniques for building dry-laid stone walls, with a special focus on stone native to Vermont. Hands-on workshops are held inside warm greenhouse in Hinesburg. Saturdays: Jan. 26, Feb. 2 or Feb. 16. Call Charley MacMartin at Queen City Soil & Stone.
healing How to Heal Your Own Energy: Jan. 30 - Apr. 2, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Every 2 weeks on Wed. Cost: $150/(6) 2-hour classes on alternate Wednesdays. Location: Healing Centered, Cutler Memorial Library, Rt. 2, Plainfield. Info: Healing Centered, Candace Smith, 802-454-1095, candace@healing-
centered.com. Develop intuition as you learn tools to manage your own energy. Learn to ground and to create protection for yourself. This 6-session course, w/ classes on alternate Wednesdays, 5:307:30 p.m., begins Jan. 30. Please register. To the Core; Healing for Women: Feb. 5 - Mar. 25, 6-8 p.m., weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $300/8-week intensive. Payment plans possible. Location: Trinity Church, Main St., Montpelier. Info: Fearn Lickfield, 802-505-8011. Bringing our shadows to light with Fearn Lickfield and Nina Shoenthal. An 8-week journey of self discovery and empowerment, supported by a compassionate circle of women. Shadow healing, Zapchen, soul medicine, body awareness and release, the True Mirror, dance, yoga, toning, ceremony, power sourcing, meditation, journey, and unconditional LOVE!
health MOLD IN THE HOME - Issues & Help: Feb. 3, 1-2 p.m. Cost: $10/1-hour class. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 West Canal Street, Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, 802-865-4372. It is a concentration of mold in the home that can result in health issues. Annie McCleary, Wisdom of the Herbs School, will describe health issues that can result from mold & offer a cleansing protocol for recovering from mold exposure & very importantly, non-toxic means of cleaning up mold. Three New Series: Begins Jan. 28, 2008. 10-week session. Cost: $120/10-week series. Location: Integrative Health Center, 43 South Main Street, Randolph. Info: Eva Zimet, 802-793-1945, eva.zimet@gmail.com, contactmediation.com. I. Golden Yoga: For the over-50 crowd. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. II. Peace & Quiet: Meditation practice and instruction. Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. III. Homeschoolers Yoga: Mondays, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. You will be challenged at your level. Series led by Eva Zimet, almost 50, inspired mother of four, certified in yoga, traditional healing, and conflict management.
herbs FOLKLORE of & FORMULA for LOVE: Feb. 5, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $10/1.5-hour class. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 West Canal Street, Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Laura Brown, 802865-4372. Find out what folks thought of aphrodisiacs in eras past & present. Get an idea why some some herbs, tea, candy, spices & foods put you in the mood, which might suit you & your loved one’s constitutions or conjure up a cupid formula. Heather Irvine will be your loveguide! HONORING HERBAL TRADITION 2008: One Saturday a month for 8 months from Apr. - Nov., 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost: $850. Location: Horsetail Herbs, 134 Manley Rd.,
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8sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Show and tell. View and post up to 6 photos per ad online. Milton, VT. Info: Horsetail Herbs, Kelley Robie, 802-893-0521, HTHerbs@together.net, Horsetailherbs.org. Eight-month Herbal Apprenticeship program, April to November, held on a horse farm! We will be covering: herbal therapies, nutritional support, diet, detox, body systems, medicine making, plant identification, tea tasting, wild food cooking, field trip, iridology, women’s, children’s, men’s and animal health. Textbook & United Plant Saver membership included! Oriental Herbal Medicine: Location: Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl St., Essex Junction. Info: Elements Of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, elementsofheal ing@verizon.net, www.element sofhealing.net. Class meets one weekend/month and will focus on the use of Chinese and Japanese herbs, working with loose herbs and combining them into formulas. Students will learn the fundamentals of Oriental diagnosis and theory, Yin Yang theory, 5 element, 8 principle, and An in study of abdominal, tongue and pulse diagnosis. WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Winter Wisdom Weekends: January 26-27 and February 9-10. Winter ecology, winter plant identification and fire making w/ bow drill. Cost: $165/first weekend, $150 each weekend after the first. Location: Widsom of the Herbs School, So. Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, Director, 802-456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, www. WisdomOfTheHerbs School.com. Currently accepting applications for Wisdom of the Herbs 2008 eightmonth Certification Program, one weekend a month, April - November 2008. Grants available to qualifying applicants. MasterCard and VISA accepted.
kids Clay/Studio 4 Home Schoolers: Feb. 14 - Mar. 27, 11 a.m. 12 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $105/per session. $94.50 for BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center & BCA Print & Clay Studio, Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, w w w.Bur ling tonCit yAr t s.com. Spend three weeks in the clay studio and the Firehouse Center’s studio arts classroom! Students ages 7-12 will be guided in the use of hand-building techniques and the potter’s wheel. In studio arts, students will be guided in a variety of drawing and painting projects. Materials and snack included. (CLASS CODE: 812435-1) Drawing, Drawing, Drawing: Feb. 7 - Mar. 20, 4-5 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $85/ six-week class. $76.50 for BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, www. BurlingtonCityArts.com. Children ages 7-9 will explore drawing using a variety of materials including pencil, charcoal, pastels, pen and ink and more! Students will draw from observation as well as from their imaginations and will be encouraged to experiment with line, shape, composition and perspective. Materials and snack included. (CLASS CODE: 812434-1)
knitting Felted Mittens: Feb. 20 - Mar. 5, 5:30-7 p.m., weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $65/three-week class. $58 for BCA members. Location: BCA Print & Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802-8657166, www.BurlingtonCityArts. com. Combine ancient felt-making techniques with modern designs to transform fine wool fibers into a
custom-fitted pair of seamless mittens. Learn how to combine basic knit and pearl skills using multiple double-pointed needles to create oversized mittens that will later shrink to proper size. (CLASS CODE: 811538-1)
martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adult introductory classes begin on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 5:30 p.m. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine Street, Burlington. Info: 802-951-8900, aikidovt.org. This traditional Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements and pinning and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome. Gift certificates are available. Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 5th-degree black belt and Vermont’s only fully certified (shidoin) Aikido instructor. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CTR: Introductory Class. Location: One minute off I-89 at Exit 17, Colchester. Info: 802-8938893. Day and evening classes for adults. Afternoon and Saturday classes for children. Group and private lessons. Kempo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis and Wing Chun Kung Fu.
Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Vermont Zen Center, 802-985-9746, www. vermontzen.org. Full-day practical intro. to Zen incl. lectures, question & answer and instruction in meditation. Wear loose-fitting clothing. Vegetarian lunch is incl. Pre-registration required. Visit our website to register. LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m. which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-658-6795, www.burlingtonshambhalactr.org. 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.
VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Road, Williston. Info: 802-660-4072, www. bjjusa.com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial-arts system, it enhances balance, flexibility, strength, cardio-respiratory fitness and builds personal courage and self-confidence. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Self-Defense classes, Boxing, Muay-Thai Kickboxing and MMA for all levels. Head Instructor is 5Time Brazilian Champion - Rio de Janeiro, certified 6th Degree Black Belt under Carlson Gracie. Classes for men, women and children. First class is free.
Shambhala Training Level I: The program consists of four sessions: Tues. evenings, 6:309 p.m. on Feb. 5, 12 & 19 plus Sat., Feb. 9, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cost: $85/4-session course (students: $40). Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Shambhala Center, Marissa, 802-658-6795, http://www. burlingtonshambhalactr.org. The Art of Being Human. Through the practice of meditation, we glimpse unconditional goodness as the ground of our existence. Opening to ourselves with gentleness and appreciation, we begin to see our potential as genuine and compassionate human beings. Level I includes meditation instruction, individual guidance, group discussion and talks given by meditation teacher Robert Lamprey.
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Asian Bodywork Therapy Program: Location: Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl St., Essex Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, www.elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of Oriental massage: Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory, the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang theory, 5-Element theory. Additionally, diagnostic methods of pulse, abdominal and tongue diagnosis are taught, giving students the tools to treat a wide range of imbalances.
Metal Arts: Inlay Techniques: Jan. 31 - Mar. 20, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., weekly on Thursday. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802985-3648, www.shelburneartcen ter.org. Learn basic jewelry-making skills while designing a piece of jewelry. As an enhancement to each design, students will explore a variety of inlay techniques - setting a contrasting metal into their piece to form a design. Members $220, nonmembers $255, materials $35. Complete listing of metal arts classes/workshops online.
meditation Insight Meditation Retreat: Feb. 15, 6 p.m. - Feb.18, 3 p.m. Cost: $180/3-day retreat, including room and board, tuition by donation. Location: Sky Meadow Retreat, 63 Winchester Rd., Northeast Kingdom. Info: Sky Meadow Retreat, Miles Sherts, 802-533-2505, miles@SkyMeadowRetreat.com, www.SkyMeadowRetreat.com. Three-day silent retreat in Buddhist tradition focuses awareness on present moment experience, rather than past or future thoughts. Sitting on a chair or cushion we use sensations of breathing to calm the mind and let go of our story. Instructions and support are offered without religious belief or ritual. Introduction to Zen: Jan. 26, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cost: $55/ all day, incl. lunch. Location:
movement Body-Mind Centering Workshop: Feb. 11 - Apr. 7, 9-11:15 a.m. Cost: $150/2.25 hour class. Location: Charlotte Movement Studio, Charlotte. Info: Margery Segal, 802-425-4116. A therapeutic and educational approach to movement and touch based on anatomical, physiological, psychological, and developmental movement principles. Experiential learning through movement. All levels are welcome. Session One: Developmental Movement. Cellular-beingto-crawling (and-walking-runningdancing). Class appropriate for adults wanting to deepen and explore self-discovery-through-movement. Instructor: Margery Segal, Body-Mind-Centering-Practitioner, Infant-Developmental-MovementEducator, Movement Artist.
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music Traditional Fiddle Styles: Beginning Jan. 9, 7-8 p.m., weekly on Wednesdays. Cost: $20/session. Location: North End Studio, 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Pete Sutherland, epact@gmavt.net, epactmusic. com. NEW: Wednesday evening class in Burlington! For all intermediate fiddlers and questioning violinists. Learn traditional tunes, styles, techniques by ear from dedicated area teacher and performer PETE SUTHERLAND - the most energizing, sociable acoustic music around! Info, directions: epact@ gmavt.net.
nature Co-Creative Gardening Class: Classes start Sat., Feb. 9, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. End in Oct. Cost: $20/3-hour class. Location: Awakening Sanctuary, Old Hollow Rd., Monkton. Info: Earth Healing Institute, Jennifer Vyhnak, 802-453-6411, www.earthhealinginstitute.com. Learn how to work collaboratively with the Devas and Nature Spirits to co-create gardens and other areas of balance, vitality and healing for the benefit of yourself, your home, community and our world. Based on the world renowned co-creative gardening methods of Perelandra Nature Research Center and the Findhorn community.
painting Oil Painting 1: Feb. 12 - Apr. 29, 6:30-9 p.m., weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $250/10-week class. $225 for BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, w w w.Bur ling tonCit yAr t s.com. Work with water-soluble oils and learn the basics of color theory and composition. A balance of studio time and group discussion will be encouraged. This class is for beginners, intermediates and those who are curious. Some drawing experience is helpful. Glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks provided. Prerequisite: Beginner to intermediate. (CLASS CODE: 811132-1)
parenting Infant/Parent Waldorf Playtime: Feb. 13 - Apr. 16, 1-2:30 p.m., weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $75/the complete series of 9 classes. Location: Lake Champlain Waldorf School, 359 Turtle Ln., Shelburne. Info: Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Susan Sassaman, 802-985-2827, cloud9@acadia. net, www.lcwaldorf.org. “Acorns and Oaks” Playgroup, for parents with newborns through 12-montholds, expectant parents and grandparents. Observe babies as they grow, learn simple nursery rhymes and finger games, share insights, questions, discuss child development and the concerns normal to all parents. Led by Waldorf teacher Susan Sassaman at the beautiful kindergarten cottage.
photography DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP: Feb. 2, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Cost: $55/6-hour class. Location: North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm Street, Montpelier. Info: Bryan Pfeiffer, 802-454-4640, bryan@wingsphotography.com,
w w w.w ingsphot o gr aphy.com. Most folks have point-and-shoot cameras, but few use them to full potential. Learn how to take better photos (everything from birds to grandkids) and how to process them on your computer for sharp and colorful prints or enjoyment online. Our emphasis will be nature photography. Register at www.ver montbirdtours.com.
pilates 123 Pilates Studio: Location: 123 Pilates Studio, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Hwy 127, near Burlington’s New North End), Colchester. Info: 123 Pilates Studio, Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, lucille@123pilates.com, 123pi lates.com. Renew, refresh and revive! Try our unique program which goes beyond the ordinary. Blend Pilates, Ballet, and Fundamentals of Integrative Movement into your healthy lifestyle with a 30-day Studio Pass. It’s creative, challenging and fun! Lucille Dyer is a certified Laban Movement Analyst, Peak Pilates instructor and Bartenieff Fundamentals Practitioner. ABSOLUTE PILATES: Ongoing classes, reasonable rates. Location: Espire, 12 Gregory Drive, Suite One, South Burlington. Info: 802-310-2614, www.absolutepilatesvt.com. Tone, stretch, strengthen and energize with certified classical pilates instructor Lynne Martens. Sculpt a great new body in group mat classes or private lessons on reformer, Wunda chair and tower unit in an attractive, welcoming locale. Visit our website for pricing, class times and specials. Pilates at Shelburne H & F: Location: Shelburne Health & Fitness, 4068 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Health & Fitness, 802-985-3141, info@ shelburnehealthandfitness.com, shelburnehealthandfitness.com. Experience a different kind of Pilates with our Balanced Body certified instructors. Our beautiful new studio is equipped with new reformer beds, Wunda chairs and all the accessories you need to build a stronger, leaner you. Watch for free intro classes and see our schedule at www.shelburnehealthandfitness. com. Conveniently located on Rte. 7. We have plenty of free parking. Pilates Space: Introduction, call for current pricing. Location: Pilates Space, 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802-863-9900, www.pila tesspace.net. Come experience our expert teachers, beautiful, lightfilled studio, and welcoming atmosphere. We offer Pilates, Anusarainspired Yoga, Physical Therapy and Gyrotonic to people of all ages and levels of fitness. Free intro to Pilates: Saturdays, 10:30 a.m., or call to arrange a time to fit your schedule. Pilates Method Alliance Member.
pottery Wheel-Throwing II: Feb. 7 Mar. 20, 6:30-9 p.m., weekly on Thursday. Cost: $210/$189 for BCA members (clay sold separately at $18/25 lb. bag). Location: BCA Print & Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802-8657166, www.BurlingtonCityArts. com. In this mixed-level class for advanced beginners and intermediate potters, students will learn individualized tips and challenges for advancement on the wheel. Demonstrations and instruction will cover advanced throwing, trimming, and glazing techniques. Individual projects will be encouraged. Prerequisite: Basic wheel experience. (CLASS CODE: 811511-1)
printmaking Monotype Basics: Feb. 13 Mar. 12, 6:30-9 p.m., weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $165/five-week class. $148.50 for BCA members. Location: BCA Print & Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. In this five-week class, students will learn the ins and outs of monotype, a printmaking method that yields one-of-akind prints that often result in a painterly quality. Through in-class demonstrations and projects, students will learn a variety of monotype techniques. Some materials included. Prerequisite: Beginner to intermediate. (CLASS CODE: 811336-1)
psychotherapy Fibromyalgia/PTSD: Wednesdays, 12-1:30 p.m. Location: 323 Pearl Street #103, Burlington. Living with physical and emotional pain? Join this women’s support group now forming. Most insurance accepted. For more information, call Kira at 655-6324. What’s Love Got to Do With it: Feb. 9, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cost: $75/6-hour class. Location: Unitarian Church, Main St., Montpelier. Info: Raven Bruce, 802-7939316, rgbruce5@mac.com, www. aferalwindcounseling.com. Heart and mindfulness as antidotes to despair. A practical, skills-based workshop to turn a fresh page in your life. Presenting a soulful response to chronic emptiness, trauma, anxiety and the persistent matter of life suffering. Reservations required.
scuba SCUBA CERTIFICATION COURSE: Cost: $275/8 classes. Location: Waterfront Diving Center, 214 Battery St., Burlington. Info: Waterfront Diving Center, Jonathan Eddy, 802-865-2771, info@water frontdiving.com, www.waterfront diving.com. Feb. 5-28, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 5:50-9:30 p.m. Add a new dimension to your tropical vacation this winter: Explore the underwater world! Call for more info and to register.
snowkiting Snowkiting Lessons: Daily lessons while ice is safe (generally January-April). Cost: $95/3-hour Beginner class ($85 for 2-hour Advanced). Location: Lake Champlain - Sand Bar State Park, South Hero/Milton. Info: Stormboarding, Rachael Miller, 802-9512586, rachael@stormboarding. com, www.stormboarding.com. You WILL snowkite during your first lesson. Use the same alpine, tele or snowboard as on the mountain. We provide experienced, professional, fun instruction and modern gear (knees up). Great for skiers/riders ages 10 to no-limit. Makes an excellent gift. Get 10% off gear after lesson. Lesson/gear gift certificates available.
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spirituality Vipashyana & Union Weekend: Cost: $100/Jan. 25-27 (weekend). Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 South Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Shambhala Center, Tracy Whitcomb, 802-922-2602, www. burlingtonshambhalactr.org. This course covers the importance of the Union of Shamatha and Vipashyana in making full awakening possible. Since it is important for students to have prepared for this weekend through regular meditation and completing a reading assignment, please preregister at least two weeks in advance by calling Tracy, 802-922-2602.
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BRISTOL YOGA AND AYURVEDA: Daily Ashtanga yoga classes for all levels. Special monthly workshops on yoga, Ayurveda, diet and nutrition, breathing and meditation. Private sessions for yoga or ayurvedic consultations available by appointment. Cost: $14/dropin, $110/10 classes or $100/ monthly pass. Location: Old High School, Bristol. Info: 802-4825547, www.bristolyoga.com. This classical form of yoga incorporates balance, strength and flexibility to steady the mind, strengthen the body and free the soul. Bristol Yoga is directed by Christine Hoar, who was blessed and authorized to teach by Sri K Pattabhi Jois of Mysore India, holder of the Ashtanga lineage.
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Copper Crane Yoga: Daily ongoing Anusara, Vinyasa, Kripalu and meditation classes for all levels. 3-week Beginner Series. Special workshops and monthly talks on yoga, bodywork, relaxation, meditation, breathing, energy work and more. Cost: $14/dropin, $60/5-class card, $110/10class card, $200/20-class card. Location: Copper Crane Yoga, 179 Main St., Vergennes. Info: 802877-3663, coppercraneyoga.com. Offering individual, group and custom classes, Thai Yoga Bodywork and Zero Balancing sessions by appt. Copper Crane Yoga is directed by Carolyn Conner, RYT, Advanced Certified Thai Yoga Bodywork practitioner. Copper Crane provides wise and compassionate teaching to nourish the spirit and unite the mind and body. Be yourself here. EVOLUTION YOGA: Mondays, 5:45 p.m. class is sliding scale, $4-10. $5 Friday classes at 4:30 p.m. VALENTINE’S DAY, 2/14: Partner Yoga 5:15-6:30 p.m.; Yoga, Chakras and Chocolate, 7-8:30 p.m. Cost: $13/drop-in, $120/10-class card for 1.5 hr. classes. $11/drop-in, $100/10 class card for 1 hr. classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn Street, Burlington. Info: 802-864-9642, www.evolutionvt. com. Vinyasa, Anusara-Inspired, Kripalu and Iyengar classes for all levels, plus babies and kids yoga. Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre/postnatal yoga.
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Bolton New 3-BR/BA condo. CusBurlington - Adams Street tom kitchen, granite countertops, 1x1-burltelecom052307_classy.ind1 5/21/07 1 4:08:07 PM 4-BR, completely renovated 2ndprofessional appliances, radiant floor unit. HDWD/tile, stainless heat, fireplace, decks, laundry. steel appliances, gas heat, small 25 min. Burlington/Montpelier. porch, coin-op laundry. Very NS/pets. Lease, dep. $1800/mo. nice unit. $1995/mo. + utils. 802-373-9999 or 802-893-3507. Avail. immed. Info: Ellen Dunne, Info: Terese Ayer, theayer@com- 802-578-8525. cast.net. Burlington - So. End 2-BR 60 Bolton Valley House 2-BR Wells St. HDWD, tile. Mediumapt. Private entrance, BA, LR, sized BRs, full BA. Quiet location, and deck, quiet, close to reoff-street parking. Coin-op launsort. $900/mo. +. Call Dan. Info: dry. Avail. immed. $825/mo. + 802-238-2545. utils. Info: 802-578-8525. BROOKES AVENUE APT. WonderBurlington 1-BR + bonus room, ful location, easy access to UVM, small enclosed porch, walking hospital, downtown. 3-BR, limdistance to Church St. Avail. ited off-street parking. $1350/ immed. $850/mo. incl. heat, 2 mo. + utils. NS/pets. Call 985off-street parking spaces, trash/ 9180 or 355-0995. Lv. msg. Info: snow removal. Call Jared. Info: 802-985-9180. 802-356-1848.
Burl: Close to Downtown! No. BURLINGTON YOGA: Daily, onAvenue: Nice 2 BR, 1 BA in quiet North Professionals going classes in all syles with exbuilding. Newer carpeting, newer perienced, certified instructors. JackieMarino.com W/D, low utils, parking. NS/pets. Cost: $12/hour, $14/90 min., 861-6223 Avail. now: 1-year. $975/mo. 802$160/unlimited monthly member846-9568, www.HickokandBoardship, $75/private lesson. Locaman.com. Info: Coldwell Banker NICE CONDO IN COLCHESTER tion: 156 Saint Paul St. 1/2 block 1x1c-marino050907.indd 1 5/7/07 4:33:38 PM Hickok & Boardman Realty, KaiQuiet neighborhood w/ pool & south of Main St., Burlington. tlyn Dorey, rentals@hickokantennis courts. Close to everyInfo: 802-658-9642, www.burldboardman.com, http://www. thing yet private. A must-see! ingtonyoga.com. “The yogi whose HickokandBoardman.com. $165,500. Info: Margaret Pickett, mind is ever under his control, always striving to unite with the 802-864-6186. Self, attains the peace of Nirvana - the Supreme Peace that rests in me.” Bhagavad Gita VI ‘15 Krishna to Arjuna.
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Spacious 3BR,1 bath townhouse-style home with 1,444 square feet of living space located in the heart of Shelburne Village. Attached garage,and roughed-in plumbing for a 2nd bathroom. Heat is energy efficient gas. Purchase Price: $212,000 Grant for Eligible Buyers: $38,200
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CITY’S EDGE CONDO, SOUTH BURLINGTON Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1st floor condo in a beautiful new building. Very convenient South Burlington location. Heat and hot water included, pets are welcome. Parking and indoor storage. Purchase Price: $195,000 Grant for Eligible Buyers: $61,100
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Burlington 3-BR $875 2nd floor, lg. porch, back yard, gas heat, street parking only. Pets neg. Section 8 OK. Avail. now. $875/mo. + utils. Info: 802-8930000, flmarcou@hotmail.com.
Burlington, East Ave. 4-BR Avail. now. Parking. No Pets. 2x7c-CHT012308.indd 1 Burlington 4-BR house Avail. $1600/mo. Neville Companies, 3/1. Great band house. RiverInc., 802-660-3481 x1021. www. side Ave. Short-cut to UVM. W/ nevilleco.com/residence. D, parking, big kitchen/living
Spacious Colchester Home 3BR, 2.5-BA, 2600 sq.ft. + 1400sq.ft. finished basement, 2-car garage, cathedral ceiling, skylights, gas/HW heat, 3-season sun room. PET-FREE/SMOKE-FREE HOME. Adjacent to woods. $340,000. Info: 802-658-4545, colchestercondo. blogspot.com.
CHARMING SPACIOUS APT 1-BR, porch, coin laundry, garden space. HDWD, lovely old woodwork. Gas heat. One off-street parking space. Take over lease Feb. 2nd, ends Jun. 1st. NS/pets. $745+/ mo. Info: 603-707-7166.
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2-BR apt. for rent Central location, near IBM, parking. NS/ pets. $880/mo. + dep. Incl. heat & HW. Avail. now. Please call 802-879-7735. 2-BR apt. in Winooski Recently updated w/ new fixtures, appliances. Call for an appt., ask for Brian. Info: 802-355-4557.
Charlotte House for Rent Contemporary home on Thompsons Point. 1st level: LR, DR, family room, W/D, master BR w/ bath. 2nd level: 3 BRs, office, BA. 3rd level: loft. 2-car garage w/ storage. Year lease. Avail. immed. 802-425-2430 or 802-318-7166. Info: 802-425-2431, pamh@ gmavt.net. Charlotte Rental Home Walk to lake, sailing center, ferry. 3BR, 2-BA. Will consider pets. Avail. around Mar. 1. Owners retain finished basement for storage. $2200/mo. for entire house. Info: 802-310-2349.
Waterfront 2-BR/1-BA Condo Deck with spectacular views of sunsets over Lake Champlain. 1-car oversized garage (opener, storage area). Low ($100) monthly fees. Recently updated. Photos: http://www.83northave.com.
1-BR apt. on Monkton Ridge w/fabulous views east & west. Like new cathedral ceiling LR, skylights, exceptional BA, lg. lawn, deck, garden avail. Private entrance. Avail. 2/01. $725/mo. incl. heat, utils. Info: 802-453-4238.
By the Week Semi-furnished rooms, convenient Winooski loca1/22/08 10:21:29 AM tion, parking. $175/room/wk. + $100 dep. Call Brad at 802-3388434 for rental application.
3x3c-CHTrentals012308.indd Lg. 2-BR in 1quiet Burlington neighborhood, off-street parking, HDWD, front & back porches, free laundry. Avail. immed. $950/mo. + gas & electric. Info: Macson Enterprises, 802-233-1207.
Burlington 2-BR. $995/mo. All utils. incl. Avail. 2/01. 1 parking space. Close to UVM, downtown. Info: 802-863-7110. BURLINGTON Avail. now. 93 Walnut Street, Lg. 3-BR, full BA, basement, porch, yard, hookups, $1100/mo. No dogs. Info: 802-862-7467.
room. No tobacco/pets. $2000/ mo. + gas/electric. Info: Doug, 802-363-8084. Burlington North Ave. 2-BR House. Avail. 4/01. Parking, enclosed porch. No dogs. $915/mo. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-6603481, x1021. www.nevilleco.com/ residence. Info: Amy Playdon, 802-862-0208. Burlington Rooms for Rent Across from UVM green. $500/mo. + dep. Incl. utils. & parking. No pets. Call Darrell, 802-999-8109. BURLINGTON, 3+BR Pets OK! So. End, 3-BR w/ 2 studies, 1.5BA, lg. kitchen & LR, off-street parking, 2 porches, huge yard, pet friendly! $1600/mo.+. Avail. Feb 1. Info: 802-864-9153.
10:12:03 Howard St.AM1Burlington, 1/22/08 BR, close to S. Union St., HDWD, off-street parking, gas heat/HW, private porch, full BA, sunny & bright. NS/pets. $725/mo. + utils. Avail. 2/15 or 3/01. Info: 802-863-1728.
Burlington: Peaceful 1 BR Calarco Court: 1 BR. Hardwood, claw-foot tub, walk-in closet, living & dining rooms, porch, W/D, parking. HEAT INCLUDED. Avl. NOW; 12,18/months. $1000/ month. Info: Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty, Kaitlyn Dorey, 802-846-9568, rental s @hickokandboardman.com, www.HickokandBoardman.com.
Colchester Close to Exit 17, spacious 2-BR, second floor, cathedral ceilings, gas heat, full BA, offstreet parking. Avail. 2/01. Pets considered. Incl. electric. $850+/ mo. 578-8525 or 383-0349. Colchester 3900 SF House Clay Point: Phenomenal setting, 10 acres, 4 BR, 4 BA, W/D, barn, pond, pool/hot tub use. Avail. NOW. 6/12/18-mo. $2500/mo. 802-846-9568; Info: Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty, Kaitlyn Dorey, rentals@hickokandboardman.com, www.HickokandBoardman.com.
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Winooski Brand new 2-BR, 1.5BA townhouse. HDWD, DW, W/D hookups, 5-star energy rated, plenty of storage space. NS/ pets. $1050/mo. + utils. Info: 802-922-8015. Luxury Apts Available! Montpelier, VT. Brand new 2-BR luxury townhouses w/deck, DW and W/D hookup. $1100/mo. + utils. w/ garage, or $1050/mo. + utils. w/ carport. River Station Condominiums, convenient to Stonecutter’s Way, the bike path and Hunger Mountain Co-op. To make an appointment for a showing, please call Rachel at 476-4493 ext. 230.
ÂŤ for rent Downtown Burlington Renovated 5-6 BR home. Incl. W/D, DW. Five off-street parking places provided. Rent reduction for property maintenance will be considered. $2200/mo. Info: Janie, 802-862-3999. Downtown Winooski 3-BR, 2-BA apt., off-street parking, gas heat. 1 cat ok. 1-yr. lease. $1200/mo. + utils. and sec. dep. Call 802-655-1220, 802-655-1960, 802-343-9315. Essex Jct. 1-BR Cottage Full BA, off-street parking. Gas heat, range, HW. Easy walk to downtown, Five Corners, restaurants, shops. $885/mo. incl. water, sewer, trash. Info: 802-872-8902.
MONTPELIER DOWNTOWN East State St. 1-BR, 3 seasoned porch, oil HW/heat, laundry in building, off-street parking. Avail. 2/15 or 3/01. $775/mo. + utils. NS/dogs. Cats ok. Info: 802-310-4205. North Hero - Canal Lane Waterfront, 3-BR. Newly renovated house. Tile, carpet, lg. yard, full BA, quiet neighborhood, stainless steel appliances. Avail. now. $1000/mo + utils. Info: 802-578-8525. Room for rent Fully furnished room w/ cable TV & wireless internet in beautiful spacious home. W/D. Utils. incl. $550/mo. Jeffersonville. Info: 802-644-6737. So. Burlington Spacious 2-BR condo w/ alcove, lg. LR/DR, D/W, quiet area w/ walking trail. NS/ pets. Gas heat. $1150/mo. Info: 802-655-3325.
Winooski 2-BR apt. Very clean, new fridge, oven, heater, kitchen, flooring, etc. $800/mo. Info: Brian, 802-355-4557. Winooski 2-BR duplex Lafountain St., HDWD, deck, W/D, off street parking, gas heat, HW. NS, lease, avail. 2/1. $850/mo. + utils. Info: 802-879-2817. Winooski 3-BR Apt. Sunny, lg. kitchen, off-street parking. Pets neg. Lease, dep., refs. $1200/mo. incl. heat, HW, trash removal. Info: 802-651-9392. Winooski bright 3-BR 1.5-BA. 2nd and 3rd floors of a 3-floor duplex. Tons of windows. Remodeled in 2005. New kitchen (w/ maple cabinets, dishwasher) opens to LR, W/D, mud room, two porches, fenced yard, garage. Quiet neighborhood near Exit 15. $1400/mo. Heat incl. Info: 802-728-3424. Winooski, Hickok St. 2-BR Avail. 5/01. HDWD, parking. No dogs. $815/mo. 802-660-3481, x1021. www.nevilleco.com/residence. Info: Neville Companies. Winooski, lg. 1-BR apt. First floor, no pets, off-street parking. Avail now. $750/mo. + dep. & utils. Info: 802-999-6092.
Essex Jct: 2 BR Apt. Maple Street: Townhouse-style, 1 BA, loft area, new refrigerator & stove (to come), lg. basement. Cat OK. Avail. NOW; 12, 15 mos. $950/mo. Info: Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty, Kaitlyn Dorey, 802-846-9568, rentals@hickokandboardman.com, www.HickokandBoardman.com.
So. Burlington: Duplex Logwood: Bright 2 BR, 1 BA, 1-car garage, lower level, new carpeting ASAP, freshly painted, storage/ utility room, W/D, yard. Avail. NOW; 12,18 mo. $1000/mo. Info: Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty, 802-846-9568, rental s @hickokandboardman.com, www.Hickokandboardman.com.
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Essex Jct: All Included! Maple St: All utils. incl.! 532-sq.ft. apt. w/updated BA, some new flooring. Next to laundromat. Avail. NOW; 12/18 months. Cat neg. $875/mo. Info: Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty, Kaitlyn Dorey, 802-846-9568, rentals@hickokandboardman.com, www.HickokandBoardman.com.
South Burlington 3-BR end unit condo, 1.5-BA. New windows, W/D, garbage and snow removal. Pool, tennis, bike path. Carport. Close to UVM/FAHC. $1295/mo. + utils. Info: 802-324-6446.
53 HYDE ST. BURLINGTON 2nd floor apt. $550/mo. utils. & cable incl. Info: Mike, 802-363-2745 or 802-922-8995.
Essex Junction Fort Ethan Allen, 2-BR, parking, laundry, yard, no pets. $775/mo. + utils., avail. now. Info: 802-658-2376. Essex Junction apt. Lg. 3-BR w/ laundry hook-ups & storage. Heat & HW incl. No pets. Fresh paint & new windows. $1000/mo. Ref. req. Call Paul at 879-3117. Fabulous Burlington Home 4-BR, 1.5-BA, HDWD, tile, W/D, porches, yard, DW, 2-car garage, view, great neighborhood, walk to lake/bike path. $1850/mo. + utils. Avail. now. Info: 802-764-2363. FOR RENT IN COLCHESTER Condo in nice Colchester Neighborhood 15 minutes from Burlington. Will consider short or long lease or month to month. Immediate occupancy. Would consider pets. Info: Margaret Pickett, 802-864-6186. Furnished 1-BR Apt. Excellent top of the hill College Street location! Avail. immed. Quiet, contemporary, furnished 1-BR apt. $1175/mo. incl. all linens, cookware, utils., basic cable, off-street parking, coin-op W/D. Convenient.5 mi. to UVM, FAHC & downtown in professionally managed building. Min. 3-mo. lease, NS. Info: 802-864-9282. Hinesburg 3-BR Apt. Close to town, 1-BA, W/D hookups, 3-season porch, lg. yard. Avail. now. $1075/mo. + heat & electric. Rent incl. water, sewer, trash. Refs., sec. dep., income verification. Info: 802-482-4659.
St. Albans 3-BR Apartment 2nd floor, off-street parking, no pets, W/D hook-up in basement. $875/mo. + utils. $50 DISCOUNT if rent is paid by 3rd of month. Damage dep. $800. Info: 802655-1406, robyny@comcast.net. St. Albans Condo 2-BR, 1.5-BA, 3 finished floors, W/D hookup, 1-car detached garage. NS/dogs. Incl. trash, recycling. $900/mo. + electric & gas heat. First, last, dep. Avail. now. Info: Shelly Hayes, 802-655-1474. St. George - 4-BR House Brand new, borders golf course. 3-BA, 2car garage, propane heat. Avail. immed. $2000/mo. + utils. Info: 802-578-8525. Upper Maple studio apt Clean, quiet, storage, full kitchen, recent paint & carpet, parking, laundry. Single room w/ shared BA. $625/mo. incl. utils. NS/pets. Available Jan. 1. Refs. 802-6588056, Studio404@comcast.net. Info: Prospect Properties.
2 roommates wanted 2 vacant rooms avail. now! One room very lg. basement. 1-BA, gas, DW, W/ D hook-ups. Cheap utils. + sec. dep. & refs. Nice home. Info: Rick Chagnon, 802-338-5877, Effaceman696@yahoo.com.
Big room in secluded home Lg room (22x17) in full house (secluded) on 1+ acres w/pond within 10 miles from Burlington & Williston. Shopping plaza across the street (movies, supermarket, restaurants, shops). Rent: $400. Utilities: $100 (average). Info: Lucas Garitta, 802-999-4396, lucasgaritta@bluebottle.com. Country and convenience Country setting close to Williston. Views, TV, W/D. NS/pets. $500/mo., utils. incl. Info: Thomas Charpentier, 802-310-5674, tom@violinlessonsvt.com.
Johnson 1-BR for rent Avail. immed. in our 3-BR apt. Open LR w/ loft. Laundry downstairs. $400/mo. incl. heat, not electric. Great landlord. Call for details. Info: Jennifer Taylor, 603-496-9320. Milton Farmhouse & Gardens Mature, green housemate desired to share 1.4 acres, organic gardens w/ naturalist/writer & Basengi mix dog. 1-BR. $500/mo. utils. incl. Some work exchange possible. Info: 802-893-1845. Monkton Farm House Large rooms, washer, dryer, dishwasher, inground pool, master bath, cathedral ceilings. 20 acres. 15 miles to Kennedy Drive. Barn, etc. More land in mtns. to hike, camp, etc. Amenities and utils. included. $500/mo. Info: 802-453-3457. Room For Rent So. Burlington, close to everything, quiet neighborhood, wooded backyard, private BA, W/D, private entrance. $650/mo. incl. utils. NS. Info: 802-862-8860. Room(s) for rent Roommates wanted to share 5-BR house. Avail. now. Nice yard, 1.5-BA, W/D, DW, partially furnished, no lease req. Pets possible. 400/mo. + 1/2 utils. Info: 802-363-1254. Roommate Wanted 3 young prof. seeking 4th roommate in clean, cozy, spacious home at end of quiet driveway. Walking distance from downtown & UVM. $450/mo. incl. heat. Off-street parking. Avail. immed. Info: 802-379-4323. Roommate Wanted Professional female wanted to share New North End home. Close to bike path, bus stop. $500/mo. incl. all. Off-street parking. Info: 802-233-5081. Share Westford Farmhouse Share my comfortable home with other NS adults. Well-equipped kitchen, W/D, views, wide open spaces. $400/mo. incl. all utils. Info: Eva, 802-879-0685. Shelburne Lg. sunny room for rent. Beautiful setting. Quiet. Professionals only. 8 min. to downtown, near bus-line. $400/ mo. Info: 802-355-3004. So. Burlington Roommate Responsible person, 2 BR, 1 BA, furnished, central location, parking, pool, W/D, Internet, cable. Clean, quiet, n/pets, n/s. 1/2 gas heat. Info: 802-863-0402. South Burlington Looking for 1 or 2 women to share house on a dead end street. Big yard w/gardens, bike path, W/D, HW floors. $500/mo. + 1/3 utils., sec. NS/ cats. Info: 802-863-6215.
Winooski Huge 6-BR apt. 2 living rooms, 2 porches, laundry room, furnished. $550/mo. all utils. incl. Cable, internet, local phone. $275. dep. req. within 1st mo. Single occupancy. Info: 655-2581.
Sublets/ Temporary 1-BR in 4-BR lg. house! HDWD, W/D, garage, tennis court, pool & hot tub. No dep. Utils. incl. heat, water, electric, cable, wireless internet, home phone & trash removal. Great roomies! Lease through Aug. Showing by appt. Thanks. Info: Johanna Prader, 508-789-6163. DOWNTOWN ROOM FOR RENT 1BR in 3-BR apt. avail. now. Quiet street & building. New carpeting, windows, fridge. Lg. deck, eat-in kitchen, locked basement for storage. Cat-friendly. Info: 802-860-6218. Roommate/Sublet Spring Sem 1-BR avail. in 2-BR condo. $500/ mo. + utils. Free parking, coin laundry. Close to FAHC & UVM. Call Robin 879-2909 or 343-7683. Avail. now-Jun. ‘08. Info: robin_ gingras@yahoo.com.
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1998 Honda Civic LX Sedan 4dr., 5-spd., CD/radio, 194K hwy. miles, 35-42 mpg., cruise, A/C, 4 studded snows. New battery & brakes. Well-maintained, very reliable. $3800. Info: 802-371-9492. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
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Burlington Main Street Landing. Join our neighborhood of creative and friendly businesses in a healthy and beautiful envi ronment, www.waterfronttheatre. org. Info: Melinda Moulton, 802SOUTH BURLINGTON Luxury 864-7999, www.mainstreetlandbeautiful lg. quiet 1/21/08 townhome. 4:05:44 PM ing.com. $825+/mo. w/clean cut lady. Space open is master suite (pri- Burlington Office Space Furvate), own bath, downstairs. NS/ nished office avail. on Fridays pets/drugs. Temporary OK. Info: within established psychotherapy 802-862-5363. practice on Maple St., Burlington. Sweet Pad on Spear St. Share house on Spear next to UVM w/ 3 students. Room avail. immed. Large LR, DW, fireplace, pool, porch, W/D. $680/mo., utils. incl. & housecleaning! Info: 802-578-8279.
Cars/Trucks
Office/ Commercial
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UPSCALE COLCHESTER DUPLEX Upscale 2-BR, 2-BA house w/garage. Custom kitchen, granite countertops, fireplace, radiant gas heat, yard, quiet country lo- Creative Types Wanted Now! 2x2-homeshare012308.indd BURLINGTON: The1coolest spot in cation, 10 min. to Burlington. town. Laid-back creative types $1600/mo. 802-893-3507 or 802wanted for our funky downtown 373-9999. Info: theayer@comapartment. Musicians, painters, cast.net. writers, etc. Room avail. Feb 1, Vergennes 1-BR apt. centrally for $395/mo., util. included. Info: located. Off-street parking, snow Keith Spiegel, 802-825-2659. & trash removal. $585/mo. + utils. Refs. & dep. Call evenings. Hinesburg Village Housemate needed for lg. in-town house. Info: 802-985-5478. Great situation starting 2/01. Winooski Pleasant 1-BR w/ LR, About $575/mo. Info: Peter, kitchen, BA w/ shower, covered 802-482-5092. porches, off-street parking & gas heat. Close to hospital & colleges. NS/pets. $675/mo. Info: 802-655-3325.
FOUND Bike w/xtracycle Found on 1/13 in Burlington. Call w/ description. Info: 802-864-9187.
1996 VW GOLF 4 DR. HATCHBK 5-spd with air, cassette, airbags, sunroof. 150,000 miles. Regular service, new brakes, rotors and 1x2-pathway-classy010908 starter. 1/3/08 10:56 records. AM Page All service Fun, 1 reliable car. Info: Sally Howe, 802-922-2217.
Housemate Wanted BURLINGTON: Active young man with disability seeks housemate to provide occasional transportation and household assistance in exchange for no rent. No personal care involved. No pets/smoking. EHO. Interview, references, background check required.
Bicycles
Off-street parking and handicapped accessible. Info: Anne Condon, 802-651-9011.
Waterfront office space available. Adirondack views. Incls. parking. Info: Ken, 802-865-3450.
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8sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Show and tell. View and post up to 6 photos per ad online. 1999 Honda Civic Silver, auto., 4-dr., A/C, new t-belt & water pump, 149K. Excellent cond. $4500. Info: 802-272-0157.
Entertainment/ Tickets
2000 Dodge Caravan 3.3 auto, A/C, cruise, 7-passenger, 123K, runs & looks like new. Must see. Never been smoked in. $2650/ OBO. Info: 802-540-0321. 2000 Outback - Cheap 5-sp., 122K, recent brakes, engine work. Solid Subaru! Green ext., tan int. Asking well below book. $6500/ OBO. Info: 802-338-2327. 2001 Toyota Echo Auto., 4-dr., A/C, CD, 121K, rust free. Good cond. $4950. Info: 802-272-0157. 2003 Chevy Cavalier 4-dr., excellant on gas! New strut caps, springs & front brakes. Last summer fuel pump. Great condition! Can’t go wrong, nice. $5700/OBO. Info: Chris Starai, 802-309-9914. 2003 VW PASSAT 1.8T, 75K, 5spd, A/C, ABS, driver & passenger airbags, leather, sunroof, CD/tape. Excellent condition. New snows, great MPG. $9000. Info: Emma, 802-249-7053. 2005 Buick Century Custom Estate sale! Fully equipped, carFax title, 30K low mileage, “creampuff”. Undercover awaiting your close inspection/purchase. Exit 13, So. Burlington location. Just inspected! 1 OWNER! Info: 802-863-4366. 2005 Honda Element EX 32K, red. Extras incl. fog lights, snows on rims, mud flaps, tow ball, mats, driver’s arm rest, bug shield. In warranty. Super shape! Info: 802-253-3020.
Drivers w/ late models vehicles possessing entertainment and MC qualities wanted to host shows with exotic dancers. Info: 802-658-1464.
Appliances/ Tools/Parts
richard thompson Jan. 25 at the Flynn. 4 tickets, 4th row. $50/a piece. Info: 802-229-6682, boltnow@yahoo.com.
5 Lug Nut, 15’’ steel Rims Great for snow tires. Get these before the next storm & save your alloy wheels. Info: 617-938-3443.
Solid gold, Dancers Exotic dancers. Adult entertainment for birthday, bachelor, bachelorette, deer camp or anytime good friends get together. #1 for fun. New talent welcome. Info: 802-658-1464.
6500 WATT Generator Honda Good running 13hp on wheels. $1200/OBO. Info: Andre Lague, 802-498-4795, lagueandre@yahoo.com.
Vivitar 4000 35mm Camera Camera case, 2 lens, 35-70mm and 80-200mm & flash. 200/OBO. Info: Andre Lague, 802-498-4795, lagueandre@yahoo.com.
Bosch dishwasher for sale 2 yrs. old, good working condition. Needs front panel. $300. Info: 802-899-2322.
Free Stuff
Fridge and Stove Stainless. Fridge in great condition. Stove top great, may need element in oven. Perfect for camp or apt.! Only $300 for both! Info: 802324-0695, jennifer_schroeder@ yahoo.com.
Vegetable Oil Have used vegetable oil that can be used for diesel fuel. Come and take it. Have a lot of it! Info: Global Markets, 802-863-9460.
Stacked W/D Combo Frigidaire stacked washer/dryer combo. Moved and do not need. Excellent condition. $450/OBO. Info: 802-865-7939.
Pets
For Sale
AKC Eng. Bulldog Puppies 11 weeks old, 3 males left. Red brindle, fawn & white. Come w/ microchips. Great temperament. Hand raised. $2000. Info: Cathy Monty, 802-265-3358.
2001 Huss & Dalton OM Mahogany back & sides. Spruce top. Excellent example of H&D’s work. 25.4” scale plus 25” radiused top gives big, punchy OM sound. OHSC. $1600. Info: Belford Guitar Studio, Rick Belford, 802-8647195, rickbelf@verizon.net, rickbelford.com.
CHINESE SHAR-PEI PUPS Beautiful, wrinkled pups. AKC, all shots. Very friendly and affectionate. Ready to meet their new best friend. Email for pictures. Info: 802-457-4039, wrinklepups80@ aol.com. Welsh Corgi Puppies AKC Pembroke Welsh Corgi puppies, quality breeder, champion lines. Family raised. Shots, wormed, written health guarantee. Refs., neuter agreement required. No shipping. $950. Info: 802-755-6859, trailfamily@kingcon.com, http://www. coltsfootcorgis.com.
Acr-Teryx hardshell pants Black, size x-lg, 34-36, Goretex XCR, removable suspenders, snow cuff belt. Brand new, never worn w/ tags. Retail $400; asking $180. Leave a message. Info: 802-233-3453.
Mirrors for Sale Two mirrors, each 9’x6’. Asking $400/ea. Incl. delivery. Info: 802-644-8297. Ping Pong table In great shape w/ new net, paddles & balls. Collapsible legs. $125. Lv. message. Info: 802-865-7939.
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FORD F-150, 4WD 4.9L straight-6, 8’ bed, supercab, 128K. Very reliable, well-maintained truck w/ no needs. Never plowed/abused. All records. AC, dual-tanks, BFGo2x3c-GoTradingPost051607.indd odrich AT/TA, Alpine stereo/CD. Info: 802-373-4645.
Clothing/ Jewelry
Snowmobile Package 2004 MXZ 600 HO SDI Ice Ripper Track. 2005 GSX 550 w/ enclosed trailer. $7000, w/o $5000. Both excellent condition, low miles and ready to go! Info: 802-527-3738.
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K2 Snowboard For Sale Dart, 54’ w/ Proflex Bindings & a cool carry bag. Used very little, must sell. $125/OBO. Info: Jason, 802-326-2160.
Bitchin’ Van GMC Diesel Van. Perfect for grease conversion. 97K, engine approx. 10K, transmission even less. Seats 5, removable bench. Windows all around. Minor rust. Info: 802-238-6635.
Recreational Vehicles
Post & browse ads at your convenience.
BowFlex Sport Lightly used. Paid $800 about a year and a half ago. Mint condition. Asking $400. Info: 802-310-4089.
95 Honda Civix Project Car Dx 2-dr Coupe, new radiator, battery, brakes, 2 sets of tires, reliable, runs! In an accident, suffered body damage only. $600/OBO. Info: 802-985-5257.
Winter Motorcycle Storage Indoor/heated motorcycle storage w/ a winterizing of your bike. Two storage options available. Call ICCE for details & pricing. Info: ICCE, 802-355-0562, www. myspace.com/iccevt.
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Sports Equipment
2006 Mercedes C280 4-matic AWD, 35K, 6-cyl., black on black, power W/S, auto., sunroof, intergrated phone. Treated w/ TLC and in showroom condition. Asking $26,000. Info: CeceLia Richardson, 802-899-1330, Linhale7@ aol.com, aol.
Motorcycles
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Antiques Furniture, postcards, pottery, cameras, toys, medical tools, lab glass, photographs, slide rules, license plates and silver. Anything unusual or unique. Cash paid. Info: Dave, 802-859-8966. 1
$8 PRESCRIPTION EYEGLASSES Custom made to your prescription, stylish plastic or metal frame, Highindex, UV protection, antiscratch lens, case, lenscloth for only $8. Also available: Rimless, Titanium, Children’s, Bifocals, Progressives, Suntints, AR coating, etc. (AAN CAN) Info: ZENNIOPTICAL.COM.
Electronics New Laptop for Sale Acer Aspire. Jeffersonville. $675. Info: Suzi Higley, 802-644-8297. Nintedo DS Lite black, new, 2 games, traveling case, all parts. $110. Info: 802-660-2465. Sony Wega Flatscreen TV 27” - excellent condition. $150. Info: 802-865-7939. Technics & Sony turntables Technics SL-QD2 (needs a stylus) & Sony PS-LX2 (stylus needs two tiny screws on the tone arm). Turntables are $20/each OBO. Info: 802-343-3395.
Furniture
Ampeg Bass Rig Ampeg SVT-350 head & Ampeg SVT-410-HE cabinet. Gigged w/ but not abused, 2 yrs. old. Too big for the house. Great powerful amp. $1100/OBO. Info: 802-598-7637. Weber Mandolin Model Y2k5. Barely used. Bought new for $800. Will sell at $525 OBO. Info: 802-922-8457.
Instruction Andy’s Mountain Music “Bluegrass 101” returns in January, as well as private instruction in guitar, mandolin, banjo and more. References, affordable rates! Info: Andy Greene, 802-658-2462, guitboy75@hotmail.com, www. andysmountainmusic.com. Clawhammer Banjo Lessons Would you like to learn to play clawhammer banjo? Or framming, frailing, rapping or flailing? Well, give me a call. Info: Hunter Robertson, 802-655-8929, www.hunterrobertson.com. Guitar Instruction Berklee grad. w/25 years teaching experience offers lessons in guitar, music theory and ear training. Individualized, step-by-step approach. All ages/styles/levels. Info: Belford Guitar Studio, Rick Belford, 802-864-7195, rickbelf@ verizon.net, www.rickbelford. com. Guitar instruction All styles/ levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, UVM and Middlebury College Faculty). Info: 802-8627696, www.paulasbell.com. MUSIC LESSONS Piano, guitar, voice, theory, composition, songwriting. All ages, levels, styles. 20 years experience. Friendly, individualized lessons in So. Burlington. Info: 802-864-7740, ero@moomail.net.
need stuff for my home W/D, fridge, gas stove, couch, dishes. Anything you need cleaned out of your home. Info: Marjorie Jacobs, 802-370-9135.
Kid Stuff All-in-One Twin Loft Twin bed, built-in dresser, 3 shelves, computer desk, lg. storage area, trundle bed. Excellent cond. Sells for $1259; asking $600. Info: 802878-2478, Peggyf127@cs.com.
Creative Space
Bands/ Musicians DYNAMIC KEYBOARDIST WANTED Established Burlington original band seeks skilled keyboardist w/ knowledge in all genre of music specializing in the creation of accompanied melodies & empowering/dynamic solos to compliment our music. Recording CD/Gigs. No drugs or egos please. Info: 908-907-1058, prana381c@yahoo.com, myspace. com/pranavermont.
Counseling Bridge To Life Providing comprehensive programs for the healing of psychological trauma, mental health issues, fatigue and exhaustion, children and behavioral problems. Info: 802-2537265, www.bridge-to-lifevt.com. Motivation Hypnosis Maureen Finnerty Turner, RN, M.Ed, LCMHC, Hypnotherapist/Psychotherapist. Downtown Burlington w/free parking. Hypnosis helps: attention, anxiety, test taking, depression, focusing, phobias, PTSD, panic, pain, healing, performance, procrastination, sports, relationships, smoking, diet & exercise, child/ adolescent/adult. Insurance/credit cards accepted. Info: Maureen Turner, 802-658-2140, mturner@motivationhypnosis. com, http://www.motivationhypnosis.com. Sallie West, M.A., M.F.T Telephone and face-to-face counseling for individuals and couples. Specializing in relationships and spiritual/personal growth, depression, anxiety and life transitions. Burlington and Waitsfield. Info: 802-496-7135.
Photography: Wedding/ Event Marcin Kro Professional Photography, specializing in wedding/event, commercial & product photography. Visit online, email or call. Info: Marcin Kropiewnicki Photography, Marcin Kropiewnicki, 802-658-2303, marcinkro@hotmail.com, www. marcinkro.com.
Mattress/Box Spring Beautyrest pillow-top mattress & box spring. Like-new cond. Free for pick-up. Info: 802-922-8847. Roll Top Desk I’ve used this for a long time as my personal desk at home. It fits a ton of stuff! Some flaws but basically nice. $250. Info: Rik Dryfoos, 802-249-7802.
IN-HOME CHILDCARE NEEDED For 4-yr-old in Charlotte (20 min. from Burlington). Three weekday afternoons, 1-5 p.m. Possible weekend days, too. Looking for experienced, creative, active, reliable babysitter. College student or older, please. Experience w/ 4yr-olds strongly preferred. Teacher or daycare experience a plus. Childcare refs. req. Nice family. Will help w/ gas money. Laura, 802-425-2109 or LCIsearch@aol. com. Thanks.
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Frame Wanted Queen Size. Info: 802-324-3113.
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Cherry Bedroom Set Headboard, footboard, side rails, dresser, chest, 2 nightstands, mirror. All in boxes, never opened. Cost $4500, sell $1400. 802-7340788. Info:.
Childcare
Artist/Hobby Space Avail. For artist, workshop, storage. So. End of Burlington, secure location, natural light, utils. incl. Call for details/pricing. Info: ICCE, Andrea, 802-355-0562, www. myspace.com/iccevt.
Wedding Photography VT I’m not your usual wedding photographer. I strive to be a storyteller, not just a historian documenting the “must-have” moments. Affordable pricing. Info: StoilovStudio, Todd Stoilov, 802-318-5513, stoilovstudio@yahoo.com, www. stoilovstudio.com.
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Paychecks! No experience needed! Positions available today! Register online now! (AAN CAN) Info: www.RebateWork.com. sage Therapist. Sports, Deep Tissue, Swedish, & Chair Massage. Will travel to your home or office. Home: $100/60min., $120/90min. Each additional $75/60min., $100/90min. Office: $10/10min., 5 person minimum. Discounts avail. Info: Simply Massage, Sarah Porter, 603-557-6174, sarahmporter@tmail.com.
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FENG SHUI VERMONT Improve your space, improve your life! Consultations for homes, businesses, schools. Integrated design services, clutter clearing, space clearing, real estate staging, color, renovations; presentations, workshops. Info: Feng Shui Vermont, Certified Feng Shui Consultant Carol C. Wheelock, M.Ed., 802-496-2306, cwheelock@ fengshuivermont.com, http:// www.fengshuivermont.com.
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MEDIA MAKE-UP ARTISTS Earn up to $500/day for television, CD/videos, film, fashion. One week course in Los Angelese while building portfolio. Brochure. (AAN CAN) Info: 310-364-0665, www. MediaMakeupArtists.com. OUTDOOR YOUTH COUNSELOR Make more than a living. Make a difference. Immediate job opportunities at Eckerd outdoor therapeutic programs in NC, TN, GA, FL, VT, NH and RI. Year-round residential position, free room & board, competitive salary/benefits. Info and apply online: http://www. eckerdyouth.org. Or fax resume to Career Advisor/AN, 727-442-5911. EOE/DFWP (AAN CAN) Info:. POST OFFICE JOBS AVAILABLE Avg. Pay $20/Hour or $57K annually including Gederal benefits and OT. Paid Training, Vacations. PT/FT. USWA (AAN CAN) Info: 866-616-7019. PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions (AAN CAN) Info: 866-413-6293. WANTED: EBAY HELP Looking for help with listing items on Ebay. Willing to pay percentage of sales. Info: 802-863-1618.
MELT INTO MASSAGE Candle light, soft music, massage. Melt your winter blues away. $60/hr. In Burlington, or will travel w/i reason. Info: Jaquelline Robertson, 802-310-6519. MIGHT BE PREGNANT? Need help? We offer friendship, help w/ exploring options, free pregnancy test, and ongoing support and encouragement. Info: BIRTHRIGHT, Burlington, 802-865-0056. PENIS ENLARGEMENT FDA Approved medical vacuum pumps, Viagra, Testosterone, Cialis. Gain 1-3� permanently. Free Brochures. (AAN CAN) Info: 619-294-7777, www.drjoelkaplan.com. SAMADHI CUSHIONS & STORE Meditation Cushions and benches handmade in Barnet, Vermont since 1976. Our store is open Mon.-Sat. Info: 800-331-7751, www.samadhicushions.com. SIMPLY MASSAGE Certified Mas-
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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On January 8, 2008, Junction Development Co., LLC, filed application #4C1196 for a project generally described as: construction of a 11,610 sf. 30-unit residential condominium building with municipal water and sewer services. The project is located on Susie Wilson Road in the Town of Essex , Vermont. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at
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2-BR, 2-BA, 1250 sq.ft. Kitchen redone w/ maple cabinets, countertop, bamboo flooring & Bosch stainless steel appliances. New whirlpool bathtub. Detached garage, access to pool, tennis courts & bike path. Great location. $210,000. 802-734-3638 or email tfitzgerald112@aol.com
No hearing will be held unless, on or before February 5, 2008, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by February 5, 2008.
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the Essex Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 30 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “District Commission Cases,� selecting “Entire Database,� and entering the case number above.
Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners, other interested persons granted party status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c). Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 10th day of January 2008. By /s/Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@state.vt.us TOWN OF CHARLOTTE NOTICE OF APPLICATION SOLID WASTE PROGRAM Pursuant to the requirements of 10 V.S.A. Section 6605, Post-Closure Certification of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Notice is hereby given to the residents of the Town
of Charlotte that Application has been made to the State of Vermont, Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, Waste Management Division, Solid Waste Program for PostÂŹClosure Re-Certification of the Town of Charlotte Landfill located at Plouffe Lane. The complete application document is available for public inspection at the Office of Planning and Zoning, Town Hall, Ferry Road, Charlotte during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, 8 AM until 4 PM. Interested parties may submit written comments on the application to the Solid Waste Program, Technical Assistance Section during the 15 day review period which commences the day of publication of this Notice.
DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs? Call Vermont 2-1-1, a program of United Way of Vermont. Within Vermont, dial 2-1-1 or 866-652-4636 (tollfree) or from outside of Vermont, 802-652-4636. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. WOMEN’S GROUP Married or single. Saturday nights at 6 p.m. Held at 16 Abenake Way, Keen’s Crossing, Winooski. Jackie Konkol. MEN & WOMEN’S GROUP Married or single. Friday nights at 6 p.m. Held at 16 Abenake Way, Keen’s Crossing, Winooski. Jackie Konkol. SINGLE PARENTS and anyone single. Monday nights at 6 p.m. Held at 16 Abenake Way, Keen’s Crossing, Winooski. Jackie Konkol. AL-ANON Family group 12-step. Thursdays, 12:20-1:20 p.m. Call AWARE at 802-472-6463 for information and to register. Free of charge. 88 High Street, Hardwick, VT. “WOMEN CHANGING� An educational support group on changing unhealthy patterns for survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence. Tuesdays, 6-7:15 p.m. Ongoing. Join us anytie! Child care reimbursable. Ask about Survivors of Incest Anonymous and Overeaters Anonymous. Call AWARE at 802472-6463 for information and to register. Free of charge. 88 High Street, Hardwick, VT. CIRCLE OF PARENTS support group meeting in Rutland Monday evenings. Snacks and child care provided. Meeting is free and confidential.
For more info. call Heather at 802498-0608 or 1-800-children. Meetings weekly in Winooski. For more info. call Tana at 802-893-4878 or 1-800-children. Meetings Tuesday evenings in Barre. For more info. call Cindy at 802-229-5724 or 1800-children. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: Montpelier daytime support group meets first and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp entrance� from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Montpelier evening support group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St. suite 7 in conference room #2 from 6-8 p.m. Colchester daytime support group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital, from 12-2 p.m. Burlington evening support group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Starr Farm Nursing Center, 98 Starr Farm Rd, from 6-8 p.m. Call our helpline at 1-877-856-1772. FORMING A NEW GROUP focused on recovery/management of addictions, compulsions, and their resulting imbalances on our lives. Alternative or supplement to traditional 12-step programs. Are you having trouble moderating alcohol? Work? Sex? Television? Food? Drugs? Computer games? Requires a commitment to improving your health and the ability to maintain a non-judgmental atmosphere. Let’s discover how our struggles relate and help each other work on strategies to find balance. Contact Michelle at 802-399-6575 or recoveryourbalance@gmail.com. LAKE CHAMPLAIN MEN’S RESOURCE CENTER MEN’S DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP All men welcome weekly group w/cofacilitators. Open discussion format. Varied topics including: relationships, work, parenting, personal growth, healing. Confidential, nonjudgmental. Open to all ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations. Joseph’s House, 113 Elmwood Ave. Every Thursday, 7-9 p.m. More info: call Chris 434-4830. CHITTENDEN COUNTY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP will meet every second Tues, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Fanny Allen Hospital, lower level in the Board Room. ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS with debt? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Annonymous. Mondays, 7-8 p.m. First United Methodist Church, North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Contact Valerie at 760-9203. HIV SUPPORT GROUP This is a facilitated HIV/AIDS support group that aims to foster a greater sense of community, self acceptance and personal growth. We are a group of survivors and with all of our experience, will help you understand and enjoy what living positive has to offer. Mondays @ 7 p.m. in the
so. burlington - 2 br Condo 1200-SF, 2-BR, 1-BA Windridge condo. View woods from your glass slider, patio. 1st-floor flat with open floor plan, newer windows, gas heat, laundry room. No dogs. VHFA Eligible. $159,500. 802-652-9735 or paul.sdvt@ecopixel.com
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8sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Show and tell. View and post up to 6 photos per ad online. white building behind the Universal Unitarian Church. For more info call Michael J @ 860-9582. PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT GROUP that focuses on building motivation, becoming more successful, and living with more passion. This group will also address issues such as the feelings of being stuck, unbalanced, stressed out, and lazy and then will discuss and work on learning and using new ideas and tools to create more supportive and positive habits. Call for more information 802-279-0231. MEN’S DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP All men welcome. 18 years of age and older. Open discussion format. Varied topics including: relationships, work, parenting, transitions, health, personal growth, grieving, healing, etc. Emotionally safe and confidential. Nonjudgmental, nonviolent. Groups led by trained cofacilitators. Open to all ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations. Joseph’s House, 113 Elmwood Ave. Corner of Elmwood Ave. and Allen St. Entrance on Allen St. Burlington, Vt. Every Thursday, 7-9 PM. Please be prompt. Suggested donation $5 - but none will be turned away for lack of donation. For info call: 4348180. Visit us at lcmrc.org. LYME DISEASE Are you interested in forming a group? Please call Susan at 899-2713. Central Vermont Support Group for Adoptive Parents Coping with Behavioral Challenges Will meet at the Easter Seals office in Berlin the first Wednesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. New Members Welcome. Facilitated by Kristi Lenart, BA. For more information, call Kristi at 802-223-4744. SHYNESS AND SOCIAL ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP Practice new social skills and improve confidence in a supportive and professional setting. Contact Contact Otter Creek Assoc. 865-3450 ext 341 or email shy.group@yahoo.com. DISCUSS “WHAT THE BLEEP…”and “Down the Rabbit Hole” – the layman’s way toward understanding latest quantum physics discoveries linking science and spirituality. We’ll watch segments, talk about them, share experiences. Meeting place, Burlington area TBA. Call 802-861-6000 SHOPLIFTERS SUPPORT GROUP Self-help support group now forming in the Capital area for persons who would like to meet regularly for mutual support. This new group would meet biweekly at a time and place to be decided to discuss our issues, struggles, and ways of staying out of trouble. We’ll likely use some of Terry Shulman’s work as a
focus for some of our discussions. Please call Tina at 802-763-8800 or email at Tmarie267201968@cs.com PARENTING GROUP Parenting support and skill-building for people parenting kids of any age. New members welcome as space allows. Please call for more information. RiverValley Associates (802) 6517520. STARTING A WOMEN’S GROUP: Ages 45+, to meet weekly for lunch and other activities such as walking, book discussions, museum visits, matinees, and etc. Email Katherine at MKR27609@aol.com. HUNTINGTONS’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP A monthly support group open to anyone with, at risk, or caring for someone with Huntington’s disease, and their family and friends. The group meets the second Thursday of each month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington. The support group is facilitated by a social worker and is sponsored by the Vermont affiliate of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. For additional information please call Warren Hathaway at 1-888-872-8102, ext 19. SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN IN CRISIS: Divorce, custody, relationship type support for men. Weekly meetings. Mondays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at the Universalist Unitarian, top of Church St., Burlington. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP: 1-3 p.m., every third Thursday. Burlington Police Station Community Room. One North Ave., South Entrance, next to Battery Park. VT CFIDS Assoc., Inc. 1-800-296-1445 voicemail, www.monkeyswithswings.com/vtcfidds.html. MAN-TO-MAN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PROSTATE CANCER: Support group meets 5 p.m., 2nd Tuesday of each month in the board room of Fanny Allen Hospital, Colchester. 1-800ACS-2345. CENTRAL VT SUPPORT GROUP FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS COPING WITH BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS: Will meet at the Easter Seals office in Berlin the first Wednesday of each month, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM. New members welcome. Facilitated by Patti Smith, MA & Kristi Petrochko, BA. Info, call Kristi at 802-223-4744. FAT FLUSHERS UNITE!: Do you need support starting or staying motivated on the Fat Flush Plan by Ann Louise Guittleman? FF support group starting in S. Burlington. Call Rhonda 864-0538x226 for details. SQUEAKY WHEELS, RUSTY HINGES: Focus groups meets at the Branon’s Pool in St. Albans for socialization, maintaining, wellbeing, improving
performance of daily activities by managing aches through sharing experiences and workout in the warm water. Meeting is free, one hour pool pass, swimsuit, required. 802-527-7957. MEN’S GROUP FORMING: To read and discuss Warrin Farrills groundbreaking best selling book “The Myth of Male Power”. 802-3430910. SEPARATED BY ADOPTION?: Concerned United Birthparents, Inc. (CUB) announces local peer support group meeting in Burlington. CUB meetings offer a safe, confidential, and nurturing environment to explore personal experiences related to adoption, relinquishment, search and reunion (or rejection). For those of us who have felt isolated, it is a tremendous relief to communicate with others who understand our experience. 3rd Tuesday of the month 6-7 PM. Unitarian Universalist Church on Pearl St., top of Church St., Burlington. Free. Contact Judy, region1dir@cubirthparents.org, 800-822-2777 ext. 1, www.CUBirthparents.org. MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE/DYSAUTONOMIA: Group forming for information sharing purposes. Please call 863-3153. MEN’S GROUP FORMING: Based on the work of David Deida, Core Energetics, and other awareness practices. The intention of the group is to serve members into being the most extraordinary men that they can be. It is for men who are who are dying to penetrate every bit of the
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world with their courage, their presence, their unbridled passion and relentless love, and their deepest burning, bubbling, brilliant desire. The group will function as a means for men to support each other and serve the greater good. We will be working with spiritual practices, the mind and body, and taking on our lives with the utmost integrity, impeccability and openness. The group is not a new age group, nor is it a group dedicated to therapy. Info, email zach@handelgroup.com or call 917-887-1276. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE (SOS): Have you experienced the impact of a loved one’s suicide? Please consider joining us. The Burlington support group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at the The Holiday Inn, Oak Room, 1068 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT. This is not a therapy group; this is a support group. There is no fee. Please contact Cory Goud, M.A., Psychologist-Master, 802-223-4111 or Linda Livendale 802-479-9450. GIRL’S NIGHT OUT: Fun support group for single women, discussions, weekly activities (cooking, dancing, rock climbing..), childcare solutions. A great alternative to dating! Email horizons4u@hotmail.com. DEBTORS ANON: 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with money and debt? We can help. Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Redstone Campus First Presbyterian Church, South Prospect St. Sat. 10-11:30
a.m. Contact Brenda, 802-4970522 or Cameron, 802-363-3747. OVEREATERS ANON: 12-step recovery group. Is what you’re eating, eating you? Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. First Congregational Church, Rt. 15, Essex Jct. Contact 863-2655 for more info. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: A group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to be a member. The only requirement is a desire to stop using. For meeting info, call 802862-4516 or visit www.cvana.org. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter Meeting. Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier. Wednesdays, 5:15 - 6:15 p.m. For info call Linda at 476-8345 or Denise at 223-257. BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP: Every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enosburg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St. Parents, grandparents and adult siblings are welcomed. The hope is to begin a Compassionate Friends Chapter in the area. Info, please call Priscilla at 933-7749. CONCERNED UNITED BIRTHPARENTS: A group offering support if you have lost a child to adoption or are in reunion or have yet to begin your search. 802-849-2244. EATING DISORDERS PARENTAL SUPPORT GROUP for parents of children with or at risk of anorexia or bulimia. Meetings 7-9 p.m., third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Community Church,
Rt. 15, Essex Center. We focus on being a resource and providing reference points for old and new ED parents. More information, call Peter at 802-899-2554. HEPATITIS C SUPPORT GROUP: Second Wednesday of the month from 6-7:30. Community Health Center, second floor, 617 Riverside Ave., Burlington 802-355-8936. AUTISM SUPPORT DAILY: Free support group for parents of children with autism. 600 Blair Park Road, Suite 240, Williston. 1st Monday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Call Lynn, 802-660-7240, or visit us at http://www.AutismSupportDaily. com for more info. OCD SUPPORT GROUP/THERAPY GROUP: Come share your experience, get support from those who have been there, learn about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and how to reduce its symptoms. Therapist facilitated. Weekly meetings, 802-343-8114. AUTISM: Free support group for parents and caregivers of children with ASD. Montpelier, 2nd Sunday of the month, 3-5 p.m. at the Family Center. Call Jessica, 249-7961 for child care inquires. More info, www.aaware.org. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and Dementia support group. Held the last Tuesday of every month at Birchwood Terrace, Burlington. Info, contact Stefanie Catella,
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MACKENZIE Hi and nice to meet you. My name is Mackenzie and I am a pretty 3 year old spayed female Pit Bull mix. I am friendly, affectionate, and somewhat timid. I am looking for a gentle and mellow home with kids 10 and up with people who will take me on lots of outdoor adventures and commit to training. I am timid with strangers and haven't been around kids too much. I get along with fellow mellow dogs, but would do best as the only dog in the home, but may do OK with a male dog of a different age. THE STAFF WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW: Mackenzie is a sweet and sensitive girl who was originally obtained as a "Katrina" rescue. She knows 'sit,' is crate trained, and usually will come when called. A positive reinforcement class would be helpful to build her confidence, improve skills and help with bonding. She was brought to HSCC because of she fought with the other female dog in her home for human attention and it appears that she was competing for pack status with a peer. She has played well with many dogs here, although she objects to females who try to be dominant. She likes to chase toys and small wildlife, and may run far away in a chase if off-leash. She loves to be outdoors and likes the water. Visit me at HSCC, 142 Kindness Court, South Burlington, Tuesday through Friday, from 1 to 6 pm, or Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. 862-0135.
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We are looking for a safety minded individual who has the know-how to oversee the operation and maintenance of our portable crusher. The right person will be able to coordinate daily production, ensure crusher maintenance is on schedule and must be able to communicate effectively with others on the crew as well as his/her supervisor. The candidate will be able to make adjustments to the crusher as needed to get the necessary output and the correct product. This person will be responsible for supervising and overseeing a crushing staff and must be able to operate the crusher efficiently. The ability to complete several forms of paperwork is necessary and an outstanding, upbeat attitude is a must. You must be willing to travel as needed.
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WOMEN, MINORITIES & PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
The City Kids After-School Program is currently hiring counselors for the 2008 after-school season. Hours are from 2-5:30pm, Monday-Friday.
This is a full-time position in the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office that is responsible for managing financial, accounting, personnel and administrative activities. Responsibilities include coordinating all City accounting functions, central payroll, investments, and administration of the City’s budget program. Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with major in accounting or finance required; Master’s degree preferred. Five years experience in accounting, finance and personnel administration with at least two years of supervisory and fund accounting experience required.
Applications are available at the Parks & Recreation Department located at 645 Pine St. or on the Web at: http://www.hrjobs.ci.burlington.vt.us/application.html Submit City of Burlington applications to:
Parks & Recreation 645 Pine Street Suite B Burlington, VT 05401
For a complete description, or to apply, visit our website at www.hrjobs.ci.burlington.vt.us or contact Human Resources at 802-865-7145. If interested, send resume, cover letter, and City of Burlington Application by February 5, 2008 to:
For more information call 802-864-0123, or visit the Parks & Recreation website at:
HR Dept, 131 Church St. Burlington, VT 05401. EOE.
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Burlington Electric Department is seeking to fill a fulltime position that is responsible for designing, installing and maintaining sophisticated and highly complex electric and electronic supervisory control and data Brown 865-1020acquisition x 21 (SCADA) systems as well as other control and protective systems in the areas of radio communications, electric generation, substation breakers and relays, and electric distribution flow devices. The ideal candidate will possess an Associate’s degree in electrical engineering or certification of completion of a two-year electrical engineering technical program and two years experience in electronic supervisory control systems, 865-1020 x 21 radio communications and network administration. Working knowledge of Windows PC operating system and desktop applications including: spreadsheet, word processing, database, and Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs is also required. For a complete job description and City of Burlington Application, visit our website at www.hrjobs. ci.burlington.vt.us or contact Human Resources at 802-865-7145. If interested, send a resume, cover letter and a completed City of Burlington Application to: Human Resource Department, 131 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401. EOE.
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Bakers Needed
Stone Environmental, Inc., an environmental consulting firm in Montpelier, VT, is seeking self-motivated, customer-oriented, highperformance team players to join their fast-paced team of talented people. Both of these positions involve periods of extended travel for field work in New England, throughout the USA, and several international locations; 50%-75% of the work may be located outside of Vermont. Analytical Chemist: Responsible for working with all aspects of environmental testing and data generation, using established analytical chemistry methods and procedures, including gas chromatography (GC) and GC/mass spectrometry. Technical leadership is expected, as well as familiarity and fluency with advanced scientific concepts in Chemistry. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or related field; or three years previous experience in Analytical Chemistry. Record keeping, data management, analysis, interpretation and presentation as well as competent technical writing skills are also required. Field Geologist/Hydrogeologist: Responsible for logging rock core and selecting portions of core to undergo a unique state-ofthe-art analytical process to determine the distribution of contaminants in the rock matrix. In addition, the geologist will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of Stone’s proprietary Waterloo Groundwater Profiler Data Acquisition System. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in hydrogeology, experience in bedrock core logging and sampling preferred, or three years previous experience in geology/hydrogeology. Record keeping, data management, analysis, interpretation and presentation as well as competent technical writing skills are also required. To learn more about these positions please visit the career section of our website at www.stone-env.com/employ. How to apply: Please forward your resume to Joanne Perry via mail at Stone Environmental, Inc., 535 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, VT 05602; via fax to 802-229-5417; or email to hr@stone-env.com.
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for our busy Shelburne bakery. Experience preferred, but willing to train the right candidate. Please stop by our store on Route 7 for an application or call 985-2000 for more information.
PET FOOD WAREHOUSE
a locally owned, growing, family business is looking for a FULL-TIME WAREHOUSE PERSON to work at our Williston Road location. Duties include:
• receiving product • stocking retail floor • picking & packing orders • inventory control • maintaining clean warehouse Forklift & pallet jack experience, attention to detail, organized, team player, good communicator, repetitive heavy lifting. Excellent pay & benefits. Stop by PFW to fill out an application or send resume to:
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HEAD START NUTRITION COORDINATOR (Burlington): Part-time position with responsibilities as follows: assure compliance with Head Start food and nutrition regulations; manage food service vendor contracts and budgets; process food/nutrition-related purchase orders and bills. Review and develop snack, breakfast and lunch menus for compliance with CACFP regulations, conduct food-service site observations and establish new CACFP sites. Process and submit CACFP claims for Head Start CACFP sites. Complete CACFP monthly paperwork and eligibility forms; review records; gather and correct attendance, enrollment and income information; submit expenses; input claims data; and generate and mail bills. Provide staff training as needed. Qualifications: registered dietitian or nutritionist, or Master’s degree in nutrition. Strong administrative skills; experience in menu planning; abilities to interpret nutrition assessment data, provide nutrition counseling for families, and promote good nutrition habits among children and families; familiarity with Child and Adult Care Food Program. 16 hrs/week, full year. Starting wage $17-$18/hour depending on qualifications and experience. Applications should be sent by email to: pbehrman@cvoeo.org.
VT FAMILY MATTERS COACH/MENTOR (Burlington): Motivated coordinator needed to oversee services for families participating in VT Family Matters. VFM is a new statewide Head Start program focused on supporting income eligible individuals and couples in building healthy relationships in order to achieve better outcomes for children. The program will involve partnering with other organizations to offer a range of practical skill-building sessions on communication, joint decision making, parenting, managing family budgets, conflict resolution and other elements to enhance family stabilization. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services or related field preferred; relevant work experience and empathy working with low income families; and knowledge of community resources. 40 hrs/week, approx. 42 weeks. Starting wage dependent on education and experience. Health plan and excellent benefits. Applications should be sent by email to: pbehrman@cvoeo.org.
PRESCHOOL TEACHER and EARLY CARE ADVOCATE POSITIONS: Provide developmentally appropriate environment and experiences for preschool children in a Head Start classroom, and monthly home visits for families. Assist families in accessing medical and dental care for preschool children. Teacher (Highgate): requirements: VT educator’s license with endorsement in early childhood education or early childhood special education. 40 hrs/week, 42 weeks. Starting wage $14.88–16.14/ hour. ECA – Burlington: Requirements: Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related education field, and classroom experience. 40 hrs/week, 52 weeks. Starting wage: $12.07–13.68/hour. Both positions require experience in curriculum planning and implementation, child outcome assessment, and working with children with special needs. Health plan and excellent benefits. Please specify position and location and send applications by email to: pirish@cvoeo.org. For all positions: Successful applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; skills in documentation and record-keeping; proficiency in MS Word, email and Internet; exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic and motivated, and have a can-do, extra-mile attitude. A commitment to social justice and to working with families with limited financial resources is necessary. Clean driving record and access to reliable transportation required. Must demonstrate physical ability to carry out required tasks. People of color and from diverse cultural groups especially encouraged to apply. EOE. Please submit resume and cover letter with three work references. No phone calls please.
Childcare Staff Essex Junction Recreation & Parks We are looking for an individual to staff our state-licensed after-school program located at Summit Street Elementary School for students in grades K-3. Candidates must be age 18 or older and have experience working with youth. All applicants must have ability to obtain Red Cross CPR and First-Aid certification. Position pays $10/hour. Hours are 3–6pm on school days. For additional information, please visit our website at www.ccsuvt.org. Applications only accepted electronically through www. schoolspring.com (Job ID 18349). EOE
SQL Programmer I Global Works Systems, a leading national healthcare information systems firm, is currently recruiting for a support programmer with SQL Server skills based out of our Colchester, VT office. Primary responsibilities include working with clients to resolve technical issues, monitoring and maintaining SQL server databases and developing code to meet the needs of business. This position is a great opportunity for recent graduates as well as those with 1-3 years experience. We provide excellent benefits, casual work environment, growth opportunities, and, best of all, free coffee! To apply please send resume to:
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Terminal/Maintenance
Pride. Pride in our company. Pride in our jobs. And Pride in our communities.
Valero ranks No. 1 on FORTUNE magazine's list of the "Best BIG Companies to work for" in America.
Full-time Salad Bar Prep
Knife and cooking skills a must. Apply in person by 10 am, Monday - Friday
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Ultramar is a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, a Fortune 500 diversified Energy Corporation and recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the best 100 companies to work for. We are offering an opportunity for a Bulk Operator.
BULK OPERATOR
Requirements include High school diploma or GED required; minimum three years exp. in terminal operations required; safety, fire and hazard training preferred; spill response training for Rail and Rack area preferred; ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and the ability to climb up to 48-foot tall tanks required; available to answer and respond to after hour calls 24-hours per day/ 7-days per week required. Responsibilities include performing the operations of maintenance, safety and environmental matters related to the receipt and shipment of petroleum products via rail and truck. Qualified applicants should apply online at www.valero.com (no phone calls please) Valero Energy is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that values the ideas, perspectives, and contributions of our diverse workforce.
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Engineering Technician We are seeking a full-time professional to conduct field inspections and assist in the management of construction projects, storm water facilities and other related projects. Excellent benefits. Pay range is $18.67 to $26.84. The ideal candidate should possess excellent written, verbal and computer skills. Good working knowledge of municipal operations and permit requirements helpful. Associate’s degree in civil/environmental field with 4-6 years of related experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a civil/ environmental field with 1-2 years related experience or an equivalent combination of experience and training. Send your resume with cover letter by January 25, 2008 to: Manager’s Office, 7900 Williston Road, Williston, Vermont 05495. For further information, please visit www.town. williston.vt.us or call 802-878-1239. EOE.
Dining Services Vermont’s only Life Care Retirement Community invites you to join our Dining Services team. We are currently seeking:
Full-time Cooks Full and part-time Servers, day/eve. Wake Robin provides independent residents with a fine dining experience and full table service in a dynamic retirement community. With superb dining and kitchen facilities, we offer a work environment that is hard to find in the hospitality industry. Full-time positions include a complement of benefits, vacation, and a retirement package. Our new team members will have at least 1 year of experience as servers or in commercial food preparation, high standards of service, and a strong desire to be a part of a dynamic community. Interested candidates please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to: HR, 802-264-5146.
Exciting employment opportunities available at established agency with history of supporting strong, healthy families in an environment of teamwork, creativity and innovation. Lund Family Center is seeking motivated, flexible, and dynamic individuals with a passion for working with children and families for the following positions with competitive salary and benefits. EOE/EE/AA Nurse: Full-time evening hours, 1-10pm, Monday through Friday. Nurse needed to serve pregnant and parenting young women and their children within residential treatment setting. Applicants should have a desire to work on a multidisciplinary team that is fast-paced and challenging. Lund Family Center provides holistic approaches to healthy living and embraces a strengths-based perspective. Nursing credentials required. IP Residential Counselor: Part-time, 27 hours per week. Counselor will provide parenting and life skill support to pregnant and parenting women through transitional living program. Position includes sleeping overnight shifts and weekend shifts. Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in human services-related field and experience working with adolescents. Residential Counselor: Two full-time positions available – one evening shifts and one awake overnight shifts. Counselor will work with young women and their children providing parenting and life skill support. Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in relevant field needed; experience working with adolescents and flexibility a must. Please send cover letter and resume to:
Jamie Tourangeau, Human Resources PO Box 4009, Burlington, VT 05406-4009 Fax: 802-861-6460 No phone calls, please.
CRISIS COUNSELOR
Seeking Mental Health Crisis Counselor to staff a newly funded Crisis Bed Program designed to meet the shortterm needs of adults in crisis. Work closely with our supportive crisis team and other program staff. Flexibility in working a variety of shifts including nights and weekend shifts is a must. Our ideal candidate would have a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with clinical experience. Willing to consider candidates with less formal education & more experience. Supervision toward licensure is available. Crisis work requires teamwork with other professionals and agencies in the community and the ability to work under pressure and maintain a positive attitude in constantly changing atmosphere. Part-time positions also available.
TEAM LEADER – CRT TEAM
Seeking a highly organized, energetic individual with experience working with adults with severe and persistent mental illness to provide leadership and supervision within the Community Rehabilitation and Treatment Team (CRT). Responsibilities include clinical oversight and administrative responsibilities supporting the Community Support, Intensive Case Management and Residential Teams. Applicants need to have demonstrated experience in and commitment to the recovery of individuals with psychiatric symptoms. Requires fieldwork in the community. Knowledge of co-occurring substance use and evidence-based practices ideal, however not necessary. Individual must have a strong commitment to teamwork, have a clean driving record and valid driver’s license. Master’s degree in a Human Services field, a minimum of five years of experience working with individuals with psychiatric symptoms, and strong interpersonal skills required.
FAMILY ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST
NCSS’ Children’s Division is looking for a self-motivated individual who works well with children, families & community professionals. Qualified applicants must possess strong communication & collaboration skills. A willingness to be flexible, creative & family-centered while partnering with schools, families, & interagency professionals is critical. Will be responsible for some direct family & child contact to meet immediate emotional & behavioral needs. Requires Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with comparable experience in related field.
FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER
The IFBS team at NCSS provides in-home, family-based clinical and support services to families who may be experiencing mental health, emotional and/or behavioral challenges, and who may have children at risk of being placed outside of the home. The ideal candidate will have a mental health background and experience with assessment, advocacy, parent education, life skills training and service coordination, as well as superior collaboration and communication skills. Requires Master’s degree in human service field or Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years experience working with children and families.
HR Dept., 107 Fisher Pond Road, St. Albans, VT 05478. EOE Visit our website for a complete listing of our job opportunites: www.ncssinc.org.
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Come join Vermont’s innovative energy efficiency organization! We’re looking for energetic, enthusiastic individuals with a commitment to reducing the monetary and environmental cost of energy use to join our great team. All of our positions require exemplary written and oral communication skills, including superior proficiency with word processing and spreadsheet software, strong interpersonal skills, the ability to handle multiple and competing priorities, and a proven ability to be organized, detail oriented and accurate. EOE.
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER RESUME DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 13, 2008
We are looking for a qualified HR professional to promote and support VEIC’s vision and corporate culture. Strong emphasis will be placed on the development, implementation, and management of effective HR systems, processes and procedures to provide superior service for internal customers. Responsibilities will include planning, directing and developing the operational functions of the Human Resources department while supervising the HR staff, managing recruitment efforts, overseeing employee compensation and benefit program administration, developing HR-related training and safety programs, insuring compliance with all state and federal regulations, and other HR-related issues as necessary.
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Vermont Children’s Aid Society (VCAS) is expanding the Kids-A-Part Program (Kids apart from a parent & a part of our community; a program for children who have a parent in prison & their caregivers). VCAS seeks motivated, creative Master’s Level Social Worker to join their work in meeting the needs of families affected by incarceration. This grant-funded position will work closely with the Program Director to expand current services, with a focus on children and caregivers in the community. Responsibilities will include: engaging youth who have experienced parental incarceration in public awareness and education campaign, working with community partners & offering training and consultation to partner agencies statewide. Working knowledge of poverty, systems challenges and criminal justice system helpful. Qualified candidate will possess strong communication skills, training experience, and an understanding of the complexities of client/families’ lives. Competitive salary and benefits offered. Please send cover letter and resume to: Steve Habif, Executive Director; VCAS, 79 Weaver St. PO Box 127; Winooski, VT 05404 or email: shabif@vtcas.org Postmarked by February 1, 2008. EOE
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in appropriate discipline plus eight years of progressively responsible Human Resources experience, with at least five years of HR management-level experience or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired.
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Pre-tech teacher long-term substitute Full-time, long-term substitute position available to provide instruction to students enrolled in our Pre-Tech program. The Pre-Tech program is designed to serve students at risk of dropping out of school. The program offers high school credit in English, mathematics, science, social studies, fine arts, physical education and practical arts. The all-day program (9:15 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.) provides project-based experiential activities that introduce students to career experiences in the program areas offered at CTE. Integrated academics enhance and support learning activities in the technical skill areas. The staff to student ratio is 1:16 (1 teacher: 16 students), plus two aides shared among the four instructors. Qualified candidates will possess a valid VT Educator license, and have experience dealing with adolescents with special needs or at risk of dropping out of school. Position pays $208/day.
Commercial Building technology instructional assistant
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Temporary, full-time, school-year position available to assist the instructor in our building technology program. This program is designed to provide students with the academic and technical skills necessary to enter employment with entry-level job skills or to prepare for post-secondary certificate and degree programs in the construction industry. We seek an aide who can focus on commercial construction utilizing small rough-construction projects. Position pays $12.25/hour for up to 6.5 hours/day.
forestry teacher’s aide
Temporary full-time position available for six weeks beginning at the end of January 2008. Position involves supervising juniors/seniors participating in our career and technical program operating hydraulic log forwarder at log landing during timber harvest. Experience with heavy equipment and chainsaw operation required; forestry or logging background desirable. Position pays $12.25/hour for up to 6.5 hours/ day. For additional information about these positions, or to apply, please visit our website at www.ccsuvt.org (click on Job Opportunities). Applications only accepted electronically through www.schoolspring.com. EOE
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The Orton Family Foundation Senior Associates Communications, Community Projects
Pike Industries is on the lookout for dependable, safety-conscious employees to fill many available openings in the Spring of 2008 throughout the state of Vermont. If you enjoy the construction industry, enjoy working as part of a team and like to come to work every day with a smile, then we want you to work for us!!! All of our positions require a valid driver’s license and all applicants considered for hire must undergo a background check, preemployment physical and drug screen.
The Orton Family Foundation, an operating foundation, engages and assists citizens and officials of small cities and towns to identify and articulate their community’s heart and soul – those places and characteristics that they hold dear and that connect them to one another and to their community. The Foundation works to build vibrant, enduring communities and to transform the land use planning system.
Traffic Control/Laborers (Statewide Positions)
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Senior Associate, Communications: This full-time position
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will work closely with Foundation staff to help shape and strengthen the Foundation’s voice and coordinate its message, with particular responsibility for the Foundation’s website.
Lowbed Driver (Rutland Area)
The ideal candidate will have: at least 4-5 years experience in media; a college degree; strong written and verbal skills; extensive website content management experience; public relations, publicity, and marketing experience; strong communication skills, listening qualities and interdisciplinary thinking; fluency in blogs, online video and audio, and other electronic media; a knowledge of Microsoft tools; ability to manage people and projects.
Crushing Equipment Operators (Statewide Positions)
Construction Laborers (Statewide Positions Available)
Senior Associate, Community Projects: This full-time position will help Foundation staff collaborate with communities in the design, implementation and evaluation of the Foundation’s Northeast community planning projects.
Concrete Laborer (Statewide Positions Available)
Plant Person/Loader Operator
The ideal candidate will have: a Master’s degree in Land Use Planning, Community Development or related field (or equivalent experience); 5-7 years experience with community planning and public outreach, experience working in partnerships or bringing together diverse constituencies; and strong communication skills, listening qualities and interdisciplinary thinking. Need to place an employment ad? Call Michelle Brown 865-1020 x 21 e
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Communications [or Projects] Senior Associate Search The Orton Family Foundation To place an employment ad call Michelle Brown 865-1020 x 21 P.O. Box 111 Middlebury, Vermont 05753 or email to mgour@orton.org.
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The Orton Family Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.
Pike Industries offers an excellent benefits package, competitive salary, and a chance for you to excel in your career. Stop by one of our many facilities to fill out an application, fill one out online at www.pikeindustries.com, or submit your resume to:
Pike Industries ATTN: Heidi Dimick 249 Granger Road – Berlin Barre, VT 05641 Fax: 802-223-3175
employment@sevendaysvt.com Email: vtemployment@pikeindustries.com We Are An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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Executive/ Personal Assistant Co-founders of nationally known consumer products company based in Burlington, Vermont are seeking an Executive/Personal Assistant. Must be highly organized and able to maintain order in what would otherwise devolve into a cluttered office; excellent bookkeeping and written skills; attention to detail; organize work efficiently; take initiative; be willing to be available at odd hours when necessary; and ability to keep track of various projects at the same time. Excellent phone skills and personality to represent the Co-founders to various people and be proficient at Microsoft Office and be able to resolve various technical issues are musts. Computer skills in Adobe, Photoshop and Desktop Publishing are a plus. Job duties include general office work, travel scheduling and planning, assist with various projects, handle all correspondence, and assist with personal activities and errands. Having some interest in Values Led Business or Progressive Politics are key. We offer a solid benefits package with lots of great stuff. Apply in writing with qualifications and experience via email with your resume, cover letter and salary requirements to Jobs@benjerry.com.
Deadline: January 31, 2008.
Legal Administrative Assistant The National Life Group is seeking an individual to provide administrative support to lawyers and paralegals. Responsibilities may include some or all of the following: data management and entry, litigation reporting, document management, processing invoices, drafting and typing legal documents, arranging meetings and travel, filing, photocopying, scanning and faxing documents. The successful candidate will be an administrative assistant with a minimum of two years of relevant experience, preferably in a legal environment. He or she will have excellent computer, communication, interpersonal and organizational skills, a strong work ethic, and an ability and willingness to work collegially with others in a fast-paced environment. Excellent typing and grammar skills, attention to detail and proficiency with a variety of computer applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook also required.
National Life Group Human Resources One National Life Drive Montpelier, VT 05604 resumes@nationallife.com National Life GroupÂŽ is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company and its affiliates. TC39366 (0108)
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Vice President of Finance and Administration Goddard College seeks a Vice President of Finance and Administration to start in the summer of 2008. The successful candidate is creative, passionate, savvy and just, and will provide leadership for us in our continuing reinvention of the College. This position is responsible for developing, directing, and managing all aspects of the College’s financial and administrative functions. The responsibilities for this position include: developing and overseeing the College’s financial directions, strategy and policies; developing and cultivating collegial working relationship with administrative peer(s) and those supervised; demonstrating astute budget development/management and entrepreneurship in seeking new sources of funds for current and planned initiatives; serving as legal liaison for the College; review and approval of contracts for the College; overseeing strategic and operational planning; and striving enthusiastically to increase the diversity of the college community. Please visit the Human Resources area of our website - www.goddard.edu - for a more detailed description of this position, job requirements, and instructions for applying. While applications and nominations will be received until a new VP is selected, applicant’s materials received by March 1, 2008 to be given primary consideration. Until finalists are selected for campus interviews, all aspects of the search process will be confidential. Goddard College is committed to creating a college representative of a diverse global community and capable of creating change. To that end, we are actively seeking applications from qualified candidates from groups currently underrepresented in our institution for this position.
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48B | january 23-30, 2008 | » sevendaysvt.com
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Agency of Human Services/Department of Corrections The Community High School of VT is seeking an enthusiastic selfmotivated educator to provide secondary education services at the Dale State Correctional Women’s Facility in Waterbury, VT. The ability to work with diverse age groups, with multiple learning modalities is essential. Candidates must possess a current beginning educator’s license or professional educator’s license by the VT Department of Education or any state education department, as a classroom teacher, plus have one year teaching experience. Successful candidate with out-of-state licensure will be required to obtain a VT Department of Education license as a contingency for completion of original probation. For further information, contact the Community High School of VT, Department of Corrections (802-241-2589). The State of Vermont offers an excellent total compensation package. To apply, interested candidates should use the online job application at www.vtstatejobs.info or contact the Department of Human Resources, Recruitment Services at 800-640-1657 (voice) or 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service). This position is listed as Correctional Instructor, reference #24163. Use job code 611901. It is open until filled, but for immediate consideration, apply by February 1, 2008. The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Our Essex High School is searching for a JV girls’ lacrosse coach for our Spring 2008 season. Position pays $2200 for the season. All coaches must be at least 18 years of age or a high school graduate at the commencement of the sport season for which the person has been appointed to coach. A minimum of two years of varsity-level playing experience (or equivalent) required within the sporting event the person has been appointed to coach. Candidates must also meet the certification and training requirements of the VPA, including ASEP (American Sport Education Program) certification, and certifications in both Sports First Aid and Coaching Principles. For additional information, please visit our website at www.ccsuvt.org. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply on www.schoolspring.com (Job ID 18376). EOE
Customs Compliance and Purchasing Agent The Turtle Fur Group seeks an experienced Customs Compliance and Purchasing Agent, preferably with textile experience. The successful candidate must be a clear communicator and strong negotiator with vendors, have a good attention to detail, and have tremendous multitasking and follow-up skills. Job responsibilities for this full-time, benefited position include, but are not limited to, negotiating pricing and terms with vendors, analyzing raw materials for best purchase quantity and price, monitoring deliveries, processing inventory transactions, establishing an Import/Export compliance policy that conforms to US Custom requirements, manage the certification process for C-TPAT, FAST, Binding Rulings, as well as other applicable certifications, and ensure fair trade compliance in the origin of all products purchased through agents/vendors. The successful candidate will be skilled using Microsoft products and applicable industry software programs. Please email your letter of interest and resume to bsnow@turtlefurgroup.com.
Inside Sales Representative The Snell Group has an exciting opportunity for a customer-focused, people-oriented, and dependable telesales professional to join our sales team. Our firm is embarking on an aggressive strategic growth campaign and requires a team member who is enthusiastic and enjoys conducting business by phone. This key sales position is located in our Montpelier office. Primary functions include telesales, servicing existing customers, pursuing referrals, and qualifying leads. The ideal candidate is a team player who can achieve individual and team-related revenue goals, has an ability to effectively communicate the flow of information between departments, values customer service delivery models, and displays an energetic, self-motivated, and resourceful workplace demeanor. Minimum 2 years previous experience required in telemarketing/phone sales. Industrial sales experience and familiarity with global markets a plus. The Snell Group’s product portfolio includes training, program audits, assessments, consulting, mentoring and inspection services for both infrared and motor circuit analysis professionals world-wide. If you are a technically competent, knowledge-seeking telesales professional with dynamic interpersonal skills, and are seeking a challenge or a change, consider a career with The Snell Group. Our company offers an exciting participatory business environment, competitive benefits, and personal growth opportunities. Compensation includes base salary plus commission.
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Town Manager, Town of Killington, Vermont The Town of Killington, Vermont, home of the Killington and Pico Ski Resorts, seeks a Town Manager to replace a Manager who is retiring after 32 years of service. This is an exciting opportunity to provide leadership and management to a dynamic mountain resort community located in the heart of the Green Mountains. The ideal candidate should be committed to providing the highest quality of municipal service with honesty and integrity, and must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration or a related field. Experience as a town manager, assistant manager or administrative assistant with local government in Vermont is a plus. He or she should be a highly responsible, high-energy individual, able to coordinate Town activities and functions and supervise all operating departments. Starting salary, $65,000 to $85,000, DOQ, with excellent benefits.
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SEVEN DAYS | january 23-30, 2008 | classifieds 49B
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Home Health Care Registered Nurses Physical Therapists
C O S M E TOLOGY ~ ESTHETICS ~ NAILS
A career at Franklin County Home Health Agency offers: • New experiences and opportunities to advance your career, • A place where your critical thinking and leadership skills are needed and valued,
400 Cornerstone Drive ~ Suite 220 Williston, VT
www.TspaWilliston.com
• A strong team approach to care, • The personal satisfaction of making a meaningful difference in someone’s life.
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3 Home Health Circle, St. Albans, VT Equal Opportunity Employer
Growing Salon Leaders ~ One student at a time
Trusted Experts in Home Health Care
LOOKING FOR SUPPORT STAFF Looking for an exciting career in the industry of beauty?
Exceptional home and community based health care for people in Franklin County since 1969
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Must have good customer service skills, be able to operate a computer, book services and most importantly have a great positive attitude!
Call 802.879.4811 or send us your resume.
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Director of Service & Sales Front Office
Thinking of a change? We’re looking for nurses or office managers who are interested in a supervisory role in the business of medicine.
Medical Practice Supervisor
Responsibilities include overseeing all front desk and reservations staff, forecasting revenue, and evaluating and critiquing the business mix to optimize occupancy usage.
Fletcher Allen seeks a dynamic supervisor to lead a team focused on high quality, cost effective patient care. Bachelor’s Degree and supervisory experience in healthcare setting required.
Sales/Business Development
www.fletcherallen.org
Responsibilities include competitive analysis, monitoring of monthly sales goals, promoting and developing existing and new tour, group and retail business, participate in local lodging and Chamber groups, create and follow-up on winter and summer long-term business, and ensure proper and timely billing and collection from tour and travel groups.
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Resume accepted through February 1, 2008. No phone calls, please. EOE. Competitive salary and benefit package. Please send resume, references, and cover letter to:
The Bridges Family Resort & Tennis Club Attn: Jim Halavonich 202 Bridges Circle Warren, VT 05674
Director of Development The Lamoille Family Center ( www.lamoillefamilycenter.org), a vibrant nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening families of all backgrounds and life circumstances and entering an exciting new phase of its existence, seeks an equally passionate and proven leader to advance LFC’s fundraising program. The half-time Director of Development will design and implement a comprehensive plan that secures financial resources from individuals and institutions. Coordinating with the Board of Directors and Center staff, s/he will plan and manage the development operation to meet short and long-term goals, further relationships with donors and the Board, and work hands-on to cultivate and solicit gifts. Future expansion to full-time is also possible. Skills and qualifications: • Strong self-starter, organized, detail-oriented and energetic with a willingness to work hands-on with Board and staff in developing and executing a full spectrum of fundraising activities • Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to articulate a mission with clarity and passion • A goal driven record, which reflects planning efforts and performance measures and the ability to reassess priorities as needed
Salary commensurate with experience. To apply please send resume and letter of interest to: Board of Directors, Lamoille Family Center, 480 Cady’s Falls Rd., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email with attachment to lfc@pshift.com. Initial screening will occur on February 8 and will continue until position is filled. A United Way Community Partner.
For more information contact Holly at (802) 847-7929. Fletcher Allen proudly offers a non-smoking work environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V. Fletcher Allen offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package.
NEKCA Step O.N.E.
NEKCA PO Box 346 Newport, VT 05855 ntrottier@nekcavt.org
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Are you looking for a challenge? Are you a leader? Do you have expertise in domestic violence and sexual assault programs in rural contexts? Do you like lakes and mountains or just being outside? Then we want you!
NEKCA’s Step O.N.E. Program serves victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in the rural Northeast Kingdom. This area is also known as Vermont’s Lakes Region and home to many outdoor recreational opportunities, including hiking, kayaking, downhill and cross-country skiing. Its rural nature, though enabling many amazing outdoor recreational opportunities, also creates barriers to serving victims. Step O.N.E. is also a program undergoing some restructuring. We need a candidate who can bring vision and leadership. This position will be part of NEKCA’s Senior Management Team and will provide vision, development work (including grant writing), fiscal and program oversight, as well as supervision of the day-to-day operations of Step O.N.E. The right candidate will oversee a small staff of 4-5 advocates as well as recruit and maintain our volunteer base. S/he will work closely with community, state and federal partners. Experience in domestic violence and sexual assault strongly preferred. This position will provide some opportunities for professional development. Additional benefits include medical and dental, vacation and sick accrual, Employee Assistance Program, Life AD&D, LTD, and 403(B). If you’re looking for a challenge and want to hone your leadership skills in a picturesque, rural Vermont setting, please send us your cover letter, resume and three references. Position open until filled.
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catamount outdoor family center
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Catamount Outdoor Family Center, a small nonprofit organization, is seeking a person passionate about our mission: to promote family and community well being through activity and education in a natural environment. Management position to be responsible for: ÿ customer service center ÿ all aspects of advertising and public relations ÿ event production and promotion ÿ fundraising skills desired Credentials & Experience: Degree in Recreation Management, Business and/or Marketing preferred. Two years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. for job details & how to apply: www.catamountoutdoor.com/employment.html
High-end active vacation company seeks two talented individuals to join our team. Excellent opportunity to play an active role in a dynamic small company. EOE
SaleS Manager Motivated self-starter to provide premier level of service to our clientele and pursue new initiatives. • Professional sales experience or similar • Excellent communication/customer service skills • Strong organizational and MS Office skills • Marketing and/or travel industry experience a plus
Office Manager/BOOkkeeper Organized professional to coordinate multiple details and handle bookkeeping in our busy office.
Cathedral Square Corporation, a nonprofit organization providing housing and services to seniors throughout Vermont is seeking the following:
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask • Excellent communication/customer service skills • Solid proficiency in QuickBooks and MS Office
Property Manager – Part-time
Sojourn Bicycling & active Vacations 939 ferry road charlotte, VT 05445
He/she is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations at the properties he/she is assigned to, including; staff supervision, budget preparation and oversight of expenses, creating a sense of community among residents, compliance of all regulatory requirements, tracking of rental payments and recertifying residents.
resume & cover letter to: srand@gosojourn.com
A Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Business or related field is preferred. At least one year of experience managing properties and knowledge of HUD, LIHTC and other applicable housing regulations is preferred. Prior experience working with seniors or individuals with disabilities is preferred. Must possess good analytical and PC skills.
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OUR KITCHEN IS ROCKIN’ AND ROLLIN’! A totally fun place to work, a state of the art kitchen, a super-busy café! Dishwasher, part-time Cook, full-time and part-time Call Jamie at 802-863-2569 x. 309 Walk-ins welcome Mon – Fri FRONT END MANAGER You will be managing the staff that works the front end of our busy store. Super-organized, strong on customer service, experienced manager. Set up an interview and learn about our excellent benefits, strong team and reputation as a great place to work. Call or email Kelly Reynolds 802-863-2569, Kelly@healthylivingmarket.com
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SEVEN DAYS | january 23-30, 2008 | classifieds 51B
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Intern ArchItect MorrisSwitzer~Environments for Health is seeking an Intern Architect. Candidates should have 1-3 years experience in construction document preparation, excellent technical & communication skills. Competitive salary & benefits.
Resumes to: jcarlson@morrisswitzer.com fax: 802-878-9350 Or by mail to: 185 Talcott Rd. Williston, VT 05495.
The Chittenden Solid Waste District is seeking an individual to assist in the daily operations of its hazardous waste collection program. Duties include collecting and processing hazardous wast from area businesses and residents at CSWD’s Environmental Depot and Rover. This person must understand chemical principles and regulations, have computer skills, and Chittenden Solid Waste District is seeking an Operator to will at times be responsible for supervising staff and facility. collect and process hazardous waste at the Environmental The hours areRover. TuesdayThe through Saturday (8-4). demanding, Depot and job is physically team oriented, and involves interacting with the public. A Bachelor’s in chemistry,chemical environmental studies, or This person degree must understand principals and related field or high school degree with two years of related regulations, have computer skills, be self-motivated and experience preferred. Hourly wage $16.68-$18.74 with be able to is work independently. Theishours are Tuesday an excellent benefits package including health, dental, life/ through Saturday (8-4). disability and 6% retirement. A Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, environmental studies or related or high available school degree two years of Detailed jobfield description online with at www.cswd.net related experience isInterested preferred.applicants Hourly wage $16.13 or call 802-872-8100. shouldis submit with excellent benefit package including health, dental resume and cover letter by January 26, 2007 to: life/disability and 6% retirement. jholliday@cswd.net or Detailed job description available online at Jen Holliday www.cswd.net or call 872-8100. 1021 Redmond Road Interested applicants should submit resume Williston, VT 05495 and cover letter by March 28, 2007.
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Physical TheraPisT or PTa Porter Medical Center is a 25-bed community hospital where you can apply all of your clinical skills and still connect with your patients as individuals. We have a current opening for an outpatient Physical Therapist or PTA. New grads are welcome to apply. We offer a comprehensive benefits package and the opportunity to join a collegial staff working in a professional environment. If you are ready to join our team, we want to hear from you. Interested parties should contact: David Fuller, PHR Human Resources Manager Porter Medical Center 115 Porter Drive Middlebury, VT 05753 (p) 802-388-8887 (f ) 802-388-8899 dfuller@portermedical.org www.portermedical.org
Active Home Sought to Share with a 22-year-old man with mild developmental disabilities. Earn $35,000 annual tax-free stipend supporting this recent high school grad. This sports enthusiast enjoys basketball, swimming, playing pool and ping pong, and wood working. Best match is a Williston/Essex area male or couple with no children in the home. Experience supporting individuals with aggressive behavior and crisis intervention desired. Great opportunity to be part of a comprehensive, expert team with continuing training and support. Call Marisa Hamilton @ 802-488-6571 To learn more about HowardCenter, to view a full listing of open positions, to learn more about benefits, and to apply online, visit www.howardcenter.org. HowardCenter is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefit package to qualified employees.
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Nurses Needed – Immediate Openings
Orange Center School / Washington Village School School Nurse 1.0 FTE
Experience working in school setting plus nursing experience preferred. RN license required. Position is shared between schools.
Orange Center School
Medical Care Attendant RN or LPN needed for individual student requiring daily medical support. Temporary position. Please send cover letter, resume, three letters of reference, and certification documents to:
attention: nurses Search Orange north Supervisory union 111b Brush hill road Williamstown, vt 05679 e.O.e
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CENTRAL VERMONT ADULT BASIC EDUCATION ~~~Local Partnerships in Learning~~~ Serving Washington, Orange and Lamoille Counties Communications Coordinator: established nonprofit seeking job applicant with skill, creativity and enthusiasm to lead the organization’s outreach activity. Responsibilities include raising community awareness of adult basic education programs, promotion of volunteer systems and collaboration with fund development efforts. Experience required with developing and implementing communication plans; producing promotional materials and publications; website maintenance, databases and data entry. Demonstrated appreciation of volunteerism and familiarity with the Central Vermont region essential. Please send resume, cover letter, and list of references by February 18, 2008 to:
Executive Team Central Vermont Adult Basic Education Inc. 46 Washington St.—Ste.100 Barre, VT 05641
Vermont Legal Aid seeks an advocate in its Health Care Ombudsman Project located in Burlington. Responsibilities include: investigating and resolving complaints and questions from Vermonters regarding health insurance issues, representation of beneficiaries at administrative hearings as well as responsibility for case records, and related clerical duties. Must be able to work as a team member doing extensive telephone work in a busy environment. Prior health care or advocacy experience, knowledge of computers desirable. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Starting salary $27,000, four weeks paid vacation and excellent fringe benefits. Send cover letter, resume, references and writing sample by January 28, 2008 to:
Eric Avildsen, Executive Director c/o Sandy Burns Vermont Legal Aid P.O. Box 1367 Burlington, VT 05402 Equal Opportunity Employer - women, minorities, and people with disabilities encouraged to apply.
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oPPoRTUNITIES
Job oPPoRTUNITIES aT at Adult Mental Health & Substance Abuse Working at Topnotch Resort & Spa isn’t just a job. It’s an opportunity to build a lifelong career. The following year-round positions are now available:
• Banquet Captain • Bell Captain - sign-on bonus • Bell Attendants • Tennis Desk Attendant • Maintenance Associates • Resort Home Houseperson • PM Housekeeping Supervisor • Seamstress/Wardrobe Attendant Topnotch is pleased to offer an array of benefits designed to meet the needs of our diverse workforce including great wages, promotions/transfers, tailored uniforms, recognition program, medical, dental and vision coverage, vacation, sick/personal and holiday pay, retirement 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, discounts on hotel rooms, dining and retail, employee meals, discounted season passes and more!
Please contact the HR department at 802-253-6443 or email resumes to rherbst@topnotchresort.com EOE
Become a Part of Our Exceptional Team! JOB OPPORTUNITIES Autism School-Based Interventionist: 37.5 hrs/wk. Provide direct intervention and training to foster the development of communication, social skills, adaptive behavior, daily living & academic or pre-academic skills to children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Bachelor’s degree in education or human services field. Valid driver’s license, registered vehicle and insurance that complies with agency policy. Community Rehabilitation and Treatment Substitute Support Worker: Seeking candidates to provide out-reach support services to adults coping with the impact of mental illness. Qualities sought include excellent communication skills, an ability to treat consumers with patience, insight and compassion, and an ability to work well in a team environment. Bachelor’s degree in humans services field or equivalent. Must have own transportation. Some night and weekend availability a plus. Direct Care Provider: To provide direct care and share in the development of a living environment which challenges and encourages each individual to achieve their potential. Associate’s Degree in appropriate field plus two to four years of relevant experience in working with mentally ill; or equivalent. Good working knowledge of the needs and abilities of the mentally ill. Ability to deal with clients and coworkers in all types of situations, with patience, insight and compassion. Certified in Medication Administration Procedure and Policy upon hire or within one year of the date of hire. Full time (40 hours per week) with benefits. Family Advocate Project Clinician: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) position with benefits working with children and families. Master’s level social work or counseling, or B.A. with four years relevant experience. Skills in family counseling, crisis intervention and community collaboration. Flexible schedule, car and ability to travel necessary. To apply you may choose to contact us by: • Email: hr@csac-vt.org • Mail: Send a resume and cover letter to: CSAC HR 89 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 • Phone: (802) 388-6751 Ext. 425. For a complete list of Job Opportunities visit www.csac-vt.org.
Residential PRogRams CooRdinatoR Are you a dynamic, detail-oriented individual with strong leadership qualities and excellent communication and organizational skills? If so, the state’s largest nonprofit social service agency is seeking you to coordinate psychiatric residential/community housing programs for adults who are considered to have major mental illness and substance-abuse disorders. Responsibilities include supervision of staff, intake assessment, budgeting, serving as a resource for families and the community, and participation in larger Agency management and clinical issues. A Master’s degree and solid assessment skills are required. Three to five years supervisory experience and familiarity with mental health and substance-abuse issues preferred. A sense of humor and being a team player are musts! Fulltime position with excellent benefits. substanCe abuse CliniCian The Chittenden Clinic, the methadone program in Chittenden County, is seeking a full-time substanceabuse clinician who will provide individual and group counseling to patients who are opioiddependent. Position will require the candidate to establish and maintain clinic records, address treatment plans, progress in treatment, and coordinate care. Candidate must have a Master’s degree in Counseling or Social Work and have or be working towards licensure in substance-abuse treatment. PRogRam CooRdinatoR – assist Seeking a psychiatric nurse with exceptional clinical and supervisory skills to spearhead the expansion of a well-established community-based psychiatric hospital diversion program. The HowardCenter has provided an alternative to inpatient treatment for seriously mentally ill adults for twenty years in the ASSIST Program and is about to double their current bed capacity from 3 to 6. We are seeking an RN who has experience in the arena of psychiatric crisis, understands behavioral interventions, and also possesses administrative and management skills. This is an opportunity to join a professional team and play a significant role in Vermont’s evolving system of acute mental health service delivery. Resumes accepted until January 21. PeR diem CRisis CliniCians Attention recent MA/MS, MSW graduates. The Mobile Crisis Team is seeking per diem employees for our 24-hour psychiatric crisis program. This position offers an excellent opportunity to learn and gain experience. Services are provided to adults in the community, office or over the phone. Excellent opportunity to hone psychiatric triage skills. This could be your road to a mutually beneficial relationship. We offer a competitive hourly rate. All shifts are available and it is possible that overnights could be covered from your home by pager. eldeRCaRe CliniCian Work with the wisdom of the aged. The HowardCenter Eldercare program is recruiting a clinician to provide clinical services to elderly clients in the community (assessment, psychotherapy, crisis intervention when needed). This is a full-time, excellent benefit-eligible position that is available immediately. Requirements include substantial psychotherapy experience and familiarity with issues of aging. Must have a BA degree and License in Clinical Social Work or able to transfer/assume one within two months of hire. Come work with our enthusiastic, dedicated team! assist CliniCian The ASSIST program, a well-established psychiatric hospital diversion program of the HowardCenter, is seeking gifted, compassionate clinicians. Those interested in joining a professional team that provides crisis stabilization to people who are experiencing a psychiatric crisis are encouraged to apply. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree, experience dealing with people with mental illness, valid driver’s license, auto insurance and reliable transportation. All schedules include some weekend hours; day and evening shifts are available. Excellent benefits, great learning opportunity for someone who is seeking exposure to a wide variety of clients. Resumes accepted until 1/31/08.
Send reSume and cover letter to: Human resources/Jobs Howardcenter, 160 Flynn avenue, Burlington, vt 05401 or email to HrHelpdesk@howardcenter.org 802-488-6950
To learn more about HowardCenter, view a full listing of open positions, learn more about benefits, and apply online, visit www. howardcenter.org. HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.
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Child, Youth & Family InterIm SupervISor, therapeutIc FamIly ServIceS Interim position to provide clinical/ administrative supervision and oversight to 3-5 Family Clinicians; coordinate with Baird School regarding Day treatment students; manage referrals and oversee current student treatment needs; Direct Service for 2-5 higher level Cert cases – attend treatment team meetings, tri annuals, and coordination. Provide Clinical Supervision within the program as assigned and other administrative duties. Master’s degree in a human service field with 2 to 5 years case management or counseling experience. SenIor FamIly clInIcIan Full-time position that combines supervision and direct service. Provide clinical and administrative supervision/oversight to the Living Skills Program; supervision of 6-8 BA level staff; manage and maintain referral and waiting list, weekly staff meeting, coordination with family Clinicians. Provide direct service to oversee, coordinate care and treatment of children with emotional behavioral disorder. To provide supportive counseling with a goal of restoring family autonomy. Coordinate & collaborate with outside providers. Treatment planning, advocacy and crisis intervention. chIldcare clInIcal coordInator Pine Forest Children’s Community is seeking a creative and flexible mental health clinician with experience with young children and their families. Responsibilities include direct service to children and families, consultation to childcare staff, and supervision of one-to-one interventionists. Ongoing oversight and development of clinical program included. Required qualifications: Master’s degree in social work, counseling or education and 2 years experience working with young children and their families. Experience consulting to professionals in early childhood education and/or working in Early Childhood classrooms a plus. proFeSSIonal parentS/FoSter care HowardCenter is looking for two people interested in changing their lifestyle and location to include caring for two children. The position includes residence in a house provided by HowardCenter and a generous stipend. Being a professional parent means providing a supportive home environment, helping the youths develop a variety of skills and being a positive role model. You will be part of a dynamic team with plenty of supervision and support. Ideally at least one of you will be looking to view this as your primary work and other obligations outside this work will be minimal. The initial approval process includes interviews, background checks and training. We look for individuals who will demonstrate commitment, enthusiasm and willingness to work in a cooperative and supportive team effort. If interested, contact Aimee Upchurch at 488-6645.
SENIOR WEB EDITOR
The Office of Communications is seeking a senior editor to be responsible for overseeing creation and acquisition of content for primary Norwich Web pages/sites, ensuring that high-quality content that supports Norwich’s strategic goals and reflect its strengths and mission are published regularly on the news site, and ensuring that all norwich. edu content meets University Web style standards.
INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR
The Office of Academic Affairs has reopened its search for an Internship Coordinator to improve current internship opportunities and processes, identify and develop new opportunities for student placement in internship and co-ops; assist students in securing placement. This individual will also be responsible for implementing a recently awarded grant from the Vermont Department of Labor’s Internship program. Please visit our website for more information and how to apply: www.norwich.edu/jobs Norwich is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, group life and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care, a retirement annuity plan, and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members.
Developmental Services program manager Dynamic individual sought for exciting and challenging career as part of our Family Services team. This position is responsible for the management of comprehensive services for children with developmental disabilities. Ideal candidate has experience with staff supervision, budget oversight & the creation of individual support plans. Bachelor’s degree in related field, plus two to three years relevant experience. Full-time with comprehensive benefits. dIrect ServIce StaFF Active and creative individuals sought for direct service positions working with children and adults with developmental disabilities in various Chittenden County communities. • 3 young adults in their early 20s need peer-age support as they transition into the community. If you like to hike, bike, and explore the area, while being a positive role model, these positions might be a good fit for you! • Several adults looking for both community and in-home support. • Full-time Job Coach sought to provide support at various job sites.
Send reSume and cover letter to: Human resources/Jobs Howardcenter, 160 Flynn avenue, Burlington, vt 05401 or email to HrHelpdesk@howardcenter.org 802-488-6950
To learn more about HowardCenter, view a full listing of open positions, learn more about benefits, and apply online, visit www. howardcenter.org. HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.
Place your ad where everyone is looking (right here!) Contact Michelle: 865-1020 x21 michelle@sevendaysvt.com
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Seeking…..exceptional individuals with a desire to transform lives and build brighter futures by sharing hope with others; and making every day count. ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
A division of Rutland Mental Health Services and the Community Care Network Adult Behavioral Health Services provides outpatient mental health and substance abuse services to adults and families in the greater Rutland area.
Adult Outpatient Clinican. Experienced clinican to provide assessment and treatment services to adults. Services provided with include intake assessments as well as individual and group therapy. Prefer a candidate who also has a strong understanding of substance abuse treatment ot work on a multi-discipline team. Master’s Degree, license required. 37.5 hours.
WE LOVE OUR JOBS. You can see it in our faces
To find out more, send resume, three letters of reference, and a cover letter to the Human Resources Department, Rutland Mental Health Services. PO Box 222, Rutland,VT 05702. EOE. www.rmhsccn.org.
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Kennel Manager Wanted: We are currently seeking a highly organized dog enthusiast to provide leadership and management of our Richmond location. The successful candidate must possess a positive attitude and a proven ability to hire, train, and motivate staff to ensure our high standard of pet care. Must be computer literate and have strong written and verbal communication skills. This is a full-time position with varying hours. Please email resume and a letter of interest with salary expectations to:
Caring PeoPle needed Home Instead Senior Care, a provider of non-medical companionship and home helper services to seniors in their homes, is seeking friendly, cheerful, and dependable people. CAREGivers assist seniors with companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, personal care, errands, and more. Part-time, flexible scheduling, including: Daytime, evening, weekend and overnight shifts currently available. No heavy lifting.
Please call 802-860-8205
Downtown Burlington law firm is seeking a full-time administrative assistant. Office experience essential; experience in legal office helpful. Responsibilities: document proofing and production, file management, all general office tasks, other tasks as needed. Qualifications must include: strong computer skills, accuracy in written English, excellent organizational skills. Competitive benefits and salary. Interested persons please email kmcclennan@sdkslaw.com.
wanted for busy steel fabricating shop.
Some knowledge of welding and fabricating as well as experience with overhead cranes a plus. Candidate must have excellent measuring skills and attention to detail. If you are a reliable individual who is excited about learning new skills, come join our team! Competitive wages and benefits. Mail resume to:
SD Employment, PO Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402.
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Website IT Assistant KidSurplus.com, a small but growing web retailer located in Williston, Vermont, seeks a team-oriented, self-motivated individual who will be responsible for loading patches, testing and implementing functionality upgrades to our Ecometry web system. Analytical and problem-solving skills are essential; ability to communicate with and troubleshoot issues with our hosting company a must. Basic SQL query skills and Microsoft Office required. Computer hardware knowledge, troubleshooting and minor repairs necessary. Photoshop and HTML skills are a plus. Please email resume to mperron@kidsurplus.com or mail to 290 Boyer Circle, Williston, VT 05495.
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Adjunct FAculty And SubStituteS If you have direct or alternative teaching experience and would like to contribute to your community while earning extra income, we are interested in meeting you. The Community High School of Vermont is currently accepting applications for adjunct and substitute faculty to help us serve our small yet diverse student population. These positions do not require certification, but if you are knowledgeable, reliable, full of creative and positive energy, please send a letter of interest and resume to:
Community High School of Vermont 50 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05401
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You may have read or heard about us in the local media, VPr recently listed us as one of the top 10 Business Stories of 2007. We are looking for help to take our brand to the next level. responsibilities to include: coordination and execution of all collateral materials, management of trade show logistics, and all other marketing and Pr responsibilities as required. email resumes to: rcarey@cabothosiery.com
The qualified candidate will hold a Master’s degree, is certified in special Education and has at least two years of teaching experience with children with intensive special education (isE) needs. an endorsement in isE and experience in conducting workshops is highly desirable. send a letter of interest, vita, a copy of current Vermont certifications, and three letters of recommendation to: Tim Fox, Coordinator, State I-Team CDCI / UVM Mann Hall – 3rd floor 208 Colchester Ave. Burlington, VT 05405-1757 or electronically to: Timothy.Fox@uvm.edu Applications will be accepted until January 31, 2008.
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SaleS & Marketing Darn tough Vermont, a fast-growing manufacturer of performance socks, is looking to add personnel to our sales and marketing team.
i-team Educational consultants offer consultation and training to school team members, including family members of students (aged birth - 22) with intensive special Education needs.
Share Your Home Earn $20,500 annually tax-free while sharing your home or renting a new place together with a young, social, active woman with developmental disabilities. Responsibilities include teaching daily living skills, providing structure and awareness of person’s whereabouts and activities. Home must be on the bus line near Burlington. Must be a female, no cats or children.
• reliable & dependable. • Hard working. • Fast learner. Well-rounded experience preferred but will train the right applicant. Low-pressure environment. PT with possible FT potential Apply in person with photo ID & SS card.
Call Erin Murphy 802-488-6543 for more information. To learn more about HowardCenter, to view a full listing of open positions, to learn more about benefits, and to apply online, visit www.howardcenter.org. HowardCenter is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefit package to qualified employees.
Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community 185 Pine Haven Shores road Shelburne, VT
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Nursing Services You become successful the moment you start moving towards a worthwhile goal.
Wake Robin, Vermont’s only continuing care retirement community, seeks experienced dedicated nursing professionals to complement our health-care staff. Staff at Wake Robin provide high-quality nursing care in a fast-paced residential and long-term care environment. Wake Robin offers an excellent compensation and benefits package and an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting. We have openings for:
Community Inclusion Facilitator CCS is seeking dynamic and energetic people to provide inclusion supports to a variety of individuals with developmental disabilities. Work with a team of professionals assisting individuals to reach goals and realize dreams. This is an excellent job for those first entering the field of human services or for those looking to continue their work in this field. We are currently offering several part-time and one full-time position. All positions are daytime hours, Monday-Friday, and are fully benefited. We are also hiring for respite and substitute hours.
Please submit a letter of interest and resume to Karen Ciechanowicz, staff@ccs-vt.org.
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CCS is also seeking an active, caring, and responsible couple or individual to provide home supports for a young man who along with incredible talents, humor and stories, also has a developmental disability. This position includes a generous stipend, rent and generous respite dollars are available. This is a live-in position within the individual’s home. If you are a self-starter, have experience with and/or are interested in working with disabled adults, then please apply to work with a team of individuals who really enjoy working with this humorous and eccentric young man.
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Please send resume and cover letter to Brent Hewey, bhewey@ccs-vt.org.
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FULL-TIME, TENUrE-TraCk NUrSING FaCULTY Join forward-thinking, dynamic faculty and staff at Clinton Community College, a progressive community college with a stunning location on the shores of Lake Champlain, enjoying panoramic views of Vermont’s Green Mountains and New York’s Adirondack Mountains. The College, which enrolls approximately 2000 students, has offered a 2-year registered nurse associate degree program since 1977. The Division of Nursing, which fosters excellence in classroom and clinical settings, is fully accredited by NLNAC. CCC invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Nursing, effective Fall 2008. Responsibilities include 15-18 credit hours of instruction per semester in Fundamentals of Nursing and Medical/Surgical Nursing in classroom, college lab and clinical settings, conducting scheduled office hours for student conferences and academic advisement, as well as assigned committee work. There is an expectation of service to the college, community and the profession. NYS license as a Registered Nurse and Master’s degree in Nursing required. Minimum two years clinical experience and teaching experience preferred. Rank and salary are commensurate with credentials and experience. CCC offers an excellent benefit package. Review of applications begins immediately and shall continue until position is filled. For full consideration submit cover letter, resume, CCC Application Form (available @ www.clinton.edu/hr/jobs), unofficial transcripts, and copy of NYS license to:
Human Resources Officer, Clinton Community College 136 Clinton Point Drive, Plattsburgh, New York 12901. Clinton Community College, a member of the State University of New York System, is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer and complies with ADA requirements. Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, applicants needing reasonable accommodations during the employment process should advise HR as necessary.
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