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INSIDE TRACK BY Peter FreYne
The Hot Summer of ’07
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An irreverent take on Vermont politics
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On Leave
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Burlington’s Burial Treasure toUrisM Don’t wait until you’re dead to enjoy Lakeview Cemetery By CATHy RESMER
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Real Estate Development Community Holds Its Breath for New Septic Rules
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In with the “Out” Crowd toUrisM How four Vermont towns made the “best” list of outdoor towns
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Bread and Puppet Alum Brings Antiwar Show to Vermont
Same-sex couples discover Vermont’s queer-friendly B&Bs
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Springfield, VT, wins Simpsons screening contest; custom care at A Little Lingerie Company; Champlain Valley Fair; Council on Future of Vermont
Quirky clubs not to miss — beyond Burlington By DAN BOllES
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ACCURATE ON AUTISM Thank you, Mike Ives, for documenting in great length an autism family’s experience [“Together Alone, June 27], as well as the autism community’s tremendous efforts to expand their children’s and society’s, world! You satisfied many people’s curiosities about autism: what’s being reported, as well as a perspective where many writers don’t tread — the detailed, heartfelt feelings of the parents that will go to incredible lengths to get the world ready for their children. Angela and Peter are excellent examples of the many families campaigning, researching, testifying and nurturing their kids. And those before us who reared adult children with autism are hopeful society won’t forget the attention they need — in education, employment and friendship — to be full citizens. A heartfelt thanks! Anne Barbano BURLINGTON
AUTISM FROM OBSTETRICS? Mike Ives’ fine report on autism [“Together Alone,” June 27] touched on the question of what’s causing the increased rates of this spectrum of disorders. Genetic predisposition is suggested by families with several children with the disorder. Industrial toxins are also implicated. But another risk factor — which most children with autism have in common — is “actively managed” hospital birth,
where exposure to brain-damaging substances and to harmful lowoxygen states is the norm. An April 2001 study in Pediatrics, looking at a small number of maternal and pediatric records, found significantly higher incidences of autism spectrum and other developmental disorders in children whose births had been induced, who had suffered lowoxygen states, and prolonged and precipitous labors — all common occurrences in anesthetized, augmented hospital births. The narcotic cocktail of epidural anesthesia, which leads to augmentation of labor with Pitocin, is the norm in the majority of hospital births in the U.S. and in Vermont. Pitocin augmentation is a major risk factor for intrapartum hypoxia and fetal distress. The obstetrical establishment will argue that there are no studies showing that prolonged exposure to narcotics and hypoxia is a factor in neonatal brain injury or childhood developmental disorders. Academic obstretrics has been shockingly remiss in not looking at outcomes, in children, of these drugs — partly because the moment a child is born, it becomes a pediatric patient, removed from obstetrical turf. The precautionary principle — do nothing that is not proven safe — is never applied. The push is for more billable procedures, interventions and
aggressive management, with no regard for long-term consequences. OBs will tell you that women come in demanding induction and epidurals, and they are right. Women aren’t taught that a due date is an estimate, or that a normal labor can go on for a couple of days; they aren’t generally schooled in ways to handle the process without intervention. Books like What to Expect When You Are Expecting — a national bestseller — reinforce the fear that women
cannot handle childbirth without technology. But if our current birth practices are taking a grievous toll on our children and our resources, it is time for a major overhaul. Katharine M. Hikel, MD HINESBURG
DANGEROUS SPIN The article on skateboarding in last week’s Seven Days was extremely timely [“One Helluva Ride,” July 4]. Timely in that, in the 24 hours before the paper became available,
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Where can you watch cheddar being made, buy delicious sticky buns and olive-studded ciabatta, and see baby pigs frolic, all within one building? Shelburne Farms, that’s where! In the past, I’d visited the Coach Barn at the farm for a production of Romeo and Juliet, and also for a presentation on maple terroir. But I’d never just visited to enjoy the property’s offerings — until last weekend, that is. On Saturday morning, I had breakfast at the Inn at Shelburne Farms with my lovely friends Margot, Eva and Molly. All three have been there before and assured me that I would just love it. . .They were right! We sat at an outdoor table with a view of the lake. I ordered a mimosa because I’m finicky about Bloody Marys, but was promptly jealous when I tried a sip of Eva’s. Now that I think about it, I don’t even like the concept of a mimosa: I’ll take my champagne and fresh-squeezed OJ separately next time. Or, more likely, I’ll order a nice, stiff, horseradishscented Bloody Mary instead.
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“I love San Francisco,” I said to Donny, a regular customer sitting in the back of my taxi with his boyfriend. “You musta had a great time.” “We did,” Donny replied, “but, man alive, everything’s so expensive in that town. With the restaurants and shows, you could go broke.” “Well, nobody said the gay life was gonna come cheap.” “You got that right,” Donny said, chuckling. “You gotta ante up if you’re going to be gay and fabulous.” “So what do you guys got planned for today?” I said as we scooted up Pine Street towards downtown. “It’s Gay Pride Weekend,” Donny replied, “so there’s a bunch of events we’re going to hit. First off is the Burly Bear Beer Blast at Nectar’s.” “Hmm,” I said. “That was the Burly Bear — what?” “Beer Blast,” Donny’s boyfriend jumped in. “Last year it was called the ‘beer festival,’ but I think they wanted the alliteration of the four Bs.” “What do bears have to do with Gay Pride?” The two of them laughed. “Among gays, bears are kind of slightly overweight, fluffy guys, often hairy. Nectar’s sponsors a bear beauty contest.” “Well, that sounds like fun,” I said. “What next?”
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amount of time researching the permitting history of the particular property, then trying to figure out if one of the many exemptions applied. Harland Miller, the state counsel for First American Title Insurance Company in Burlington, sees Clean Slate as “helpful,” but says it’s a bit of a mixed blessing. “Going forward,” he explains, “it takes the compliance question out of the land records and makes it entail a physical inspection of the property.” In short, a system is in compliance if it has not “failed.” Act 32, the new law that implements Clean Slate, defines a failed system as one “that allows wastewater to be exposed to the open air, pool on the surface of the ground, discharge directly to surface water, or back up into a building or structure.” But even a
Before the law went into effect there were lots of different exemptions that were difficult for the homeowner to understand. FRED PEET, ATTORNEY
How will the new regs look to homeowners and other affected parties? According to an Agency of Natural Resources memorandum dated June 14, Clean Slate “basically grandfathers all buildings, campgrounds, lots, wastewater systems and potable water supplies that were in existence before January 1, 2007.” Those words are music to the ears of Fred Peet, a South Burlington real estate attorney. Clean Slate “clears up the rules a lot,” he says, “because before the law went into effect there were lots of different exemptions that were difficult for the homeowner to understand.” Not only homeowners, but lawyers. Under the old system, an attorney who wanted to certify a clean title had to spend a significant
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system that passes could soon fail — the major concern for homebuyers. Miller suggests that a septic system “is more along the lines of a roof now. You know the roof isn’t going to last forever, so you get an inspection.” The legislature considered adding a provision that would require an engineer or site tech to inspect wastewater systems and certify that they were functioning properly, but declined to saddle property sellers with an extra closing cost. Still, advises Peet, “Any time there is on-site septic, a buyer should always have someone check to make sure it’s operating properly. It’s a small expense to save a lot of future aggravation.” Homebuyers and members of the real estate law community
aren’t the only ones affected by Act 32. Key among the proposed rules is an application and permitting procedure that shifts much of the workload from the state to the many licensed engineers who submit applications on their clients’ behalf. The rule changes are being considered by the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, and could take effect by the end of July. “The state has significantly increased the bureaucratic burden on the engineer,” asserts Blair Enman, principal and founder of Enman Engineering in Rutland. “Now we have checklists galore.” That shift, Enman says, compels the engineering and construction communities to over-design and over-build, which “actually ends up hurting John Q. Public” by increasing the costs of development. Enman isn’t pessimistic about all the new regulations. A clear improvement, he points out, is a rule that allows an engineer to design a system with 150 percent of the necessary capacity, which encourages clustered development by making it more feasible to build on small lots. Environmental groups are taking a wait-and-see approach to Act 32 and the new rules. Annette Smith, director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, stresses that the greater dependence on competent engineers will make enforcement of non-compliance crucial. Wennberg explains this relationship: “We can have the best set of plans, but if what the contractor does on the site is not consistent with the plans, then the plans aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.” Smith says that history is not in the state’s favor. “If we had a solid track record on enforcement, then there would be more confidence that this shift would result in more environmental protection.” Wennberg says the DEC is hiring two more compliance engineers to respond to the anticipated doubling of permit applications, from 3000 to 6000. �
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BURLINGTON — When residents living near Pomeroy Park in the Old North End first learned about the late-night assault last month on one of their neighbors, they probably didn’t get the news from the daily newspaper. More likely, they read about it on the Front Porch Forum. This online socialnetworking site has become a useful tool for Chittenden County residents to alert one another about what’s happening in their neighborhoods, from garage sales to lost cats to car burglaries. As a result, police and other government officials are now using the site to respond better to problems in their area. On Saturday, June 16, a woman living on Booth Street was awakened at about 3 a.m. by four young men playing basketball and
unnoticed and unaddressed were it not for the victim’s neighbor, Samuel Press. He asked her permission to post an account of the incident on their neighborhood’s Front Porch Forum. This ultra-local email newsletter was launched last fall to help citizens build community and to encourage more neighbor-toneighbor dialogues. Press’ posting sparked a flurry of email responses from other residents of the Old North End, some of whom recounted similar experiences with unruly and foulmouthed park users. Others expressed dismay at the Parks & Recreation department and the police department’s unwillingness and/or inability to address their concerns, which appear to have existed for years. The online back-and-forth
thinks the FPF is another tool to help police keep their fingers “on the pulse of each neighborhood.” Apparently, other public officials feel the same way. Michael Wood-Lewis, founder and online mediator of FPF, says there are now 130 neighborhood forums throughout Chittenden County, totaling about 5200 households. Any resident can join the forum where he or she lives. Local public officials are also granted access to the neighborhoods within their jurisdiction. Since FPF’s countywide launch last year, about 150 public officials have signed up, including city councilors, school board members, select board members and local police. According to Wood-Lewis, about half the city’s wards now have a police lieutenant who monitors the sites to
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eventually prompted official replies from Parks & Recreation Director Wayne Gross and Burlington Police Lieutenant Jennifer Morrison. Both sought to assuage neighbors’ grievances, and outlined actions they’ve taken to address the issues. Gross wrote that he asked the Burlington Electric Department to fix the street lamp that was bleeding light onto the court, enabling late-night play to occur. Likewise, Morrison informed residents that the police have stepped up nighttime patrols of the area, and asked residents to get good descriptions of anyone else engaged in suspicious activities. Morrison, who monitors “eight or so” FPFs in her patrol district, emphasizes that “no technology can replace the face-to-face interaction of humans.” She strongly encourages citizens to call the police to report crimes when they happen, rather than just posting them online. That said, Morrison
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The five teams that finished the project were 2Morrow Studio of Warren, LineSync Architects of Wilmington, GVV Architects of Burlington, Watershed Studio of White River Junction and Ramsay Gourd Architects of Manchester. Each presented original plans for green-housing communities containing 21 to 55 affordable units, targeted at young families, recent college graduates and the elderly. Reviewing these proposals was a 10-member board comprising builders, zoning administrators and developers, as well as representatives from organizations such as Efficiency Vermont, Vermont Green and the Vermont Green Building Network. The board members evaluated each team’s design and its viability with regard to environmental integrity, cost, maintenance and material use. The colloquium centered on the Madeira Education Center on the 407-acre campus of SVAC. One large room was filled with tables and chairs and lined with multiple boards depicting architectural renderings of site plans, side elevations and structural details of each housing proposal. At times, smaller groups gathered outdoors around picnic tables, seeking shade in the near-90-degree weather. John Rossi is the design principal of Powerhouse Enterprises, a Massachusetts start-up that aims to build modular, green homes. He acted as spokesper-
son for the review board, and praised the architectural teams for innovative design features such as maximized green space, passive solar energy use, energy-efficient wood stoves, compact plumbing and high-quality indoor air. Home designs presented at the colloquium came in several genres, from GVV’s traditional row-house proposal to Watershed Studio’s ultra-modern, Cubist approach. John Connell, principal architect of 2Morrow Studio and founder of Yestermorrow Design/Build School, serves as head of Vermont CORA. His team configured a modular unit supplied by Customized Structures, Inc. of Claremont, N.H., to create three groupings of eight two-story homes — 24 total units. Each has a separate entrance and garden yet is connected to the other units by a glass atrium. “For families, the atrium could be used for dinners, parties, and to serve as a protected play yard in the winter, while offsetting the small living space endemic to affordable housing units,” Connell pointed out. “Older residents would also benefit from increased socialization and informal monitoring by community members.” 2morrow Studio’s design, which offered lower annual energy costs than all the other proposals, earned an estimated platinum (the highest) LEED certification. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of environmentally sound buildings, as set forth by the U.S. Green Building Council. Ramsay Gourd Architects unveiled a design for 21 housing units utilizing formaldehyde-free panel systems. “We held a design charrette within our office and asked ourselves, ‘What makes a house a home?’” Gourd explains. “We came up with an iconographic sketch of a community of houses with gabled roofs and chimneys. We decided to build something people could be comfortable with.” Gourd’s proposal was varied, combining eight three-bedroom farmhouses, 12 single-bedroom loft units, and a renovated existing home, all organized around a common area. Sun-facing walls that act as solar thermal collectors were incorporated into the unit construction. This, Gourd assured, would help keep annual heating costs to an estimated $900 per year per three-bedroom unit. The Manchester site used in each architect’s proposed community is owned by developer Ben Hauben, who kick-started that town’s renewal of the early 1980s. He appears to be taking the lead in developing Vermont’s first affordable green housing community. After the colloquium, Hauben and his wife treated the architectural teams to dinner at a nearby restaurant. All acknowledged that there’s not much money to be made in affordable housing. But for this group, apparently, the point is not profit. The opportunity to create a beautiful structure for people on limited incomes may be reward enough for Connell. “I’d be thrilled to death to build our design,” he confides. “We will take what we learned from this peer review and amp it up. We’ll make it happen.” �
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his edition of Seven Days hits the street and the Internet on Wednesday morning, just as Vermont legislators return to Montpeculiar for a rare, one-day veto-override slugfest on the hot topics of global warming and campaign financing. Very interesting. If Gov. Jim Douglas’ Republican House Caucus holds together in perfect lockstep, the “inconvenient truth” is, this battle against global warming in Vermont will lose — a story that should get national coverage. It also might be one that comes back to haunt Jim Douglas & Co. in November 2008. GOP Jim may decline to go see Al Gore’s Oscar-winning environmental flick, but a lot of Vermont’s electorate has. And politicians who pooh-pooh global warming now, while defending sweetheart tax deals with out-of-state-owned nukes, may not look so bright on the 2008 ballot. That’s because the climate-change train is gathering steam across the state, the nation and the world, and those who don’t get out of its way may live to regret it. We’ll see, eh? Double-Barrel Attack — Can’t recall anything quite like it before: a Sunday morning congressional town meeting, competing with church services? But that’s exactly what was on Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ schedule Sunday morning at Montpelier High School. And delivering the main sermon was one of the very best — End of Nature author Bill McKibben himself. Hallelujah! Saving Mother Earth from the rapidly advancing ravages of climate change is, indeed, the new religion for many. “I think Vermont is one of the birthing places of what’s now become a nationwide movement to do something about climate,” McKibben told us, “and we’ve just got to keep it up.” Unlike Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch, Ol’ Bernardo has not declined to take a public position in the global-warming override battle. Sanders supports the global-warming bill that Gov. Douglas vetoed, H.520. So does McKibben. “We’ll have a chance this Wednesday to keep it up, and we’ll have a lot more chances in the year ahead to make sure that this is at the top of the agenda in the presidential elections; that it’s the most important issue we have out there,” said McKibben. “The governor doesn’t take global warming seriously,” said the acclaimed environmental writer, taking off the gloves. “He’s the only politician of note that didn’t come to our rally last year when 1000 Vermonters walked up the state of Vermont to demand action, and now we know why he didn’t come. He talked a good game on climate change. He says all the right things ’cause he’s in Vermont, where people care about it,” charged McKibben, “but he won’t do anything about it. And given the opportunity, he vetoes legislation about it. It’s a tremendous shame.”
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Capitol Hill. He also put in one year in downtown Chicago and even got to spend a Thanksgiving dinner at the home of the late, great columnist (and our hero) Mike Royko. Briggs also worked for several U.S. senators, including Paul Simon and Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois and John Edwards of North Carolina. He served “Haircut” for all of his six years in the Senate. Always wonder how “foreigners” view Ol’ Bernardo, a guy we’ve been covering since his historic 1981 race for mayor of Burlington. “Bernie cares in his gut about the issues he talks about,” said Briggs. “Not all of them do.” DeWalt vs. Welch? — Newfane Selectman Dan DeWalt, the guy who was blowing the whistle on the “Impeach Bush” train way before it was fashionable to do so, tells “Inside Track” this week that Vermont Democratic Congressman Peter Welch is in for the same treatment in the Vermont House race that Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s going to get in California. And that is a third-party, independent challenger in November 2008 — unless he quickly gets behind the growing effort to impeach President George W. Bush! Antiwar Mom Cindy Sheehan said over the weekend that unless Speaker Pelosi introduces articles of impeachment by July 23, she will take on Pelosi as an “independent.” Likewise for Peter Welch. Selectman DeWalt told us that if Vermont’s congressman doesn’t hop on the “Impeach Bush” train, he will “work really hard to find a candidate to run against Welch, because Welch has betrayed us!” DeWalt said the Hartland attorney and former president of the Vermont Senate was “all about ending the Iraq war” as a candidate running against Republican Gen. Martha Rainville, but then voted for “procedural votes” and engaged in “backdoor politics” when he hit Capitol Hill. The endless bloodbath of the Iraq war continues, DeWalt noted. And the architects of the war, George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, remain in power, safely serving out their terms until they’re replaced in January 2009. “I think that the folks who are arguing for impeachment,” said Rep. Welch, “are making a very, very compelling case about the misuse of power by the president of the United States. But the major question,” he told us, “is what’s the best way to end this war, and what we’re seeing is Republicans beginning to crack.” Ol’ Welchie cited last week’s defections from the GOP ranks
of Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico, “a very respected, very high-ranking Republican,” and Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana. In the House, said Welch, Democrats have 218 votes against the disastrous, dishonest Iraq war, but need 290 to overcome the president’s veto. “And the one thing that I continue to believe would consolidate the Republicans,” said Pedro, “would be defending the president on impeachment, whereas they’re abandoning him on the war. And I believe,” he said, “that’s the view of Speaker Pelosi.” Republicans might not continue to defend the president on the issue of impeachment, argues DeWalt of Newfane, if Pelosi, Welch and the Democratic leadership would start doing some serious investigative work, as was done on the Nixon administration by Congressional Democrats 35 years ago. Those investigations uncovered evidence that led to the impeachment hearings on President Richard Nixon and his sudden departure. “You know, I have an enormous amount of respect for Dan,” said Rep. Welch. “He has led the impeachment movement. My town voted for it. I just disagree with him that impeachment will help end the war. I think it will delay ending the war. And so that’s an honest disagreement and obviously he has to make his own decision.” DeWalt told yours truly he himself is a potential congressional candidate. He said if he runs, he will “do it to win” and “go full-bore.” He said he’s “thinking about it.” Either way, he assured us, the antiwar, pro-impeachment folks will have a horse in the 2008 Vermont House race. “We will find one, field one and fund one,” said DeWalt. “I disagree with him on impeachment as a tactic that will be effective in ending the war,” said Congressman Welch. “And that’s a disagreement on a tactic. That’s not a disagreement on an objective. Job Requirements — Yes, they do exist . . . for some jobs. Take Vermont’s Secretary of Transportation, for example. Big job making sure Vermont highways and byways are working right. But the only requirement we’re aware of for the position of secretary of transportation is being a friend of Gov. Jim Douglas. Secretary Neale Lunderville certainly is that. The Boy Wonder from Williston was on Gov. Scissorhands’ Fifth Floor staff prior to taking the transportation post, and twice — in 2002 and 2004 — Young Lunderville was Jim Douglas’ talented, successful campaign manager.
Unlike the secretary of transportation, however, the position of Vermont Commissioner of Health does have job requirements. State statute requires the health commissioner “be a licensed physician.” Current commissioner Sharon Moffat was appointed way back in June 2006 to replace Dr. Paul Jarris. Unlike Dr. Jarris, Commissioner Moffat is not a doctor, as state law requires. She’s a registered nurse. This past winter, GOP Rep. Tom Koch introduced a bill that would have eliminated from Title 18 the physician requirement for health commish. It went nowhere in the House Health and Human Services Committee. Tuesday morning, we checked in with the offices of the governor in Montpelier, the health commissioner in Burlington, and the attorney general. Nancy Erickson, communications director at the Vermont Department of Health, returned our call after three hours and told us Health Commissioner Moffat “was not available on short notice” to speak with us. Bummer. Erickson noted Moffat was a registered nurse and had almost 20 years’ experience at the health department. “By statute,” she said, “any commissioner can be an ‘acting’ commissioner,” which Acting Commissioner Moffat remains, after more than one year in the post. Erickson told us a recent study found “half the nation’s health commissioners don’t have an MD.” Who cares what Vermont law says, right? Gov. Douglas’ spokesman Jason Gibbs did not return our call seeking the view from the Fifth Floor. Democratic Attorney General Bill Sorrell did. The AG told us he checked on it, and Commissioner Moffat remains on “acting” status. The word “acting,” he said, has not been removed from her title, contrary to what a source suggested to us. Though Moffat has been in the post for more than a year, Sorrell said he’s not aware there’s a “time frame” on how long the “acting” title can stay there. “At present, there’s no constitutional crisis,” said Sorrell. Vermont’s AG also pointed out he “personally” has no problem with having a non-physician serve as Vermont’s health commissioner. In fact, Sorrell pointed out he currently has a niece, Andrea Villanti, in the PhD program in public health at Johns Hopkins. A spot in the future Sorrell administration, eh? �
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SAD SKATEPARK Nice to see an article about skateboarding in Seven Days [“One Helluva Ride,” July 4]! We are an all-too-often overlooked subculture that has had tremendous social and economic influence throughout the globe. Unfortunately, as Ken Picard’s poignant article sheds light upon, Burlington and the greater New England area, not just Vermont, is sadly behind the game in the construction of skateboard facilities both public and private, concrete or otherwise. That said, I would like to point out that a world-class concrete skatepark can be constructed for well under $100,000, and the current state of the Burlington Skatepark is sad at best. For anyone interested in the future of said skatepark, please feel free to log onto burlingtonskatepark. com. This site will be up and running shortly, dedicated to fundraising, design and planning efforts for the improvement of the current skatepark situation. Dan Zimmer JEFFERSONVILLE
Zimmer is the owner of Green Mountain Skateboards. MORAN NEEDS A PLAN While I personally support rehabilitating the Moran Plant for a new use, I try to keep an open mind about what others feel is best for this area [“Mayor’s ‘Vision’ for Moran Plant Runs into Demolition Drive,” June 20]. But I keep hearing the same thing from those opposed to keeping the Moran Plant — demolish the building for more waterfront park space — without any explanation as to how this will actually benefit our community. I frequently walk or bike along the waterfront and attend any number of events and festivals there every summer. I never have the sense that the existing park space is reaching capacity or getting too crowded. Those opposed to keeping the building say developing it will increase traffic to the waterfront. Won’t adding more open space for even larger and more frequent summer events have the same effect? Instead of taking the easy way out and simply bulldozing the Moran Plant into the landfill, Burlington should make use of this unique architectural resource to supplement the existing open spaces on the waterfront. We should be jumping at the opportunity to add a year-round public facility on the waterfront. As it stands today, the waterfront is a great resource for Burlington for about seven months of the year. Demolishing the Moran Plant will simply add another 2.8 acres of open land that sits unused every winter. 3x8-NEFCU060607.indd 1
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In 2005, Margo Lee Sherman first learned about Capt. Terrance Wright, who returned from Iraq and couldn’t stop hiccupping. Shuttled back and forth from one military hospital to another, he was eventually discovered dead in a Fayetteville motel room, the victim of what the army called an “unknown illness.” Reading the story in a printout from the
New City. Her one-woman show, called What Do I Know About War?, attracted the attention of a New York Times critic, who wrote, “The experience . . . is like eavesdropping on a small, sorrowful town.” Next weekend Sherman is bringing her show to Vermont — a homecoming of sorts. A founding member of Bread and Puppet Theater, she lived here from 1971 to 1974. After her return to New York, Sherman often came up in the summers to “hang out with my beloved friends in Plainfield, because we were so close when we were
Montpelier encouraged her to return to Vermont, where she’ll give three performances before moving on to Maine for two more. The Montpelier show is co-sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Peace Vermont and the American Friends Service Committee. What Do I Know About War? joins other recent, acclaimed efforts by artists to present the war through soldiers’ eyes. “With a few little shifts of a word here and there, it is the real words of real people,” Sherman says. “You get a lot of
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in our twenties,” she says in a phone interview. Since those days, Sherman has built a reputation for her solo work, including pioneering performances of Samuel Beckett in the Czech Republic. When she began to develop What Do I Know About War?, she test-drove a scene at the Bread and Puppet Farm in Glover. “People were really devastated,” she recalls. “That propelled me to get more material.” Sherman originally planned to tour the revamped play last October, but an accident in the theater landed her in the hospital. Friends in Brattleboro and
different viewpoints. I think that’s why people like it, even people who are not peaceniks.” Was it difficult to channel people who lived through such extremities — or didn’t live through them? “Very difficult. My technique is called banging your head against the wall,” Sherman quips. Judging by the play’s reception, though, it works. � What Do I Know About War? July 14, Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 454-7119. July 15, New Building, Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, 5:30 p.m. $5. Info, 525-3031.
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New Theater Company Debuts with Sight Unseen BY ERIK ESCKILSEN PROMOTIONAL IMAGE FOR SIGHT UNSEEN
Jeanne Rogow, founder of the new Credo for the Stage theater company in Middlebury, is drawn to characters crafted with depth and realism. That’s why she chose to debut her company with Donald Margulies’ play Sight Unseen. But Rogow knows that intense, complex relationships — Margulies’ signature — can bring the house down, and not in a good way. It was Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends that led to Rogow’s break-up with the Middlebury Actors Workshop after she acted in that troupe’s summer 2004 production. “It was just one of those yucky episodes that left me feeling not great,� Rogow says, citing oft-blamed creative and interpersonal differences with prompting the split. “The long and the short of it is, I wanted to do something different artistically.� To set her new dramatic enterprise in motion, Rogow will direct the Obie Award-winning Sight Unseen , which opens at Burlington’s FlynnSpace this Thursday for a three-night run before moving to the Vergennes Opera House for shows on July 20 & 21, and ending its tour at Rochester’s BigTown Gallery with performances on July 27 & 28. A tale of missed romantic opportunities involving a
famous painter and his former lover, now married to others, Sight Unseen promotes Credo’s mission to take artistic risks. “I’m not interested in entertaining for entertainment’s sake,�
Unseen, but more powerful still, Rogow suggests, is the sense of “something missing� in the characters’ lives. The long time she and her peers picked over Sight Unseen before deciding to mount it has yielded a strong commitment to the work. “That investment is really thrilling . . . We’re doing this together,� she says. “One of the things I love the most is collaboration.� She hopes the strength of their shared commitment will be evident when the curtain goes up on Credo’s premier production, which will feature actors Bill Carmichael, Lauri London, 2x5-Bolton071107#1.indd Matt Schlein and Stephanie Strohm. “If you ever wondered what happened to that person you were in love with but didn’t end up with, this is a play for you to see,� Rogow suggests. Such an open question may strike notes all along the emotional spectrum — nostalgia, regret, relief. Viewed in a broader context, Sight Unseen coheres around the theme of possibility — in this case, for what might have been. In Rogow’s parallel work as a filmmaker, the theme of possibility looks more optimistically to the future. For the past few years, she has been shooting a documentary on Ethiopian adoptions, focusing mainly on a few Vermont families involved in the process. She traveled to Ethiopia in 2004 and is slated to return later this year. While the movie is still a work in progress, Rogow sees a coherent story emerging about “the moment when people decide to make a change in their
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Labor-Management Relations Faced with having to lay off 140 employees at Robbs department store in Hexham, England, management set off the fire alarm, and, after the workers had ushered customers from the store and assembled in the parking lot, the general manager read a short statement giving everyone two weeks’ notice. He then ordered the employees to return to work. • A Home Depot store in Midwest City, Okla., fired four employees for helping police catch several suspected shoplifters
indicated that adult diapers have become a troubling symbol of problem gambling. Tim Pelton of the University of Victoria’s Centres for Addiction Research said his survey of casino workers found that gamblers regularly wear diapers so they don’t have to leave the machines to use the bathroom. One Ontario company even advertises diapers on the Internet as a perfect fit for “gamblers at all-night casinos.� The garments, costing $35 each (two for $60) hold nine cups of fluid, are made of six layers of cotton and microfiber, dry in an hour, are reusable and come in white or burgundy with Velcro fasteners.
Doctor No-No Dr. K. Murugesan let his 15-year-old son perform a Caesareansection birth so the boy could be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the
youngest surgeon. Although the procedure was successful, officials in Tamil Nadu state promised an investigation after learning of the incident when Murugesan, who runs a maternity hospital in Manaparai, showed a video of the procedure to a local chapter of the Indian Medical Association. “He said this was not the first surgery performed by his son and that he had been training him for the last three years,� said Dr. Venkatesh Prasad, secretary of the association. Meanwhile, record book spokesperson Amarillis Espinoza explained that the organization doesn’t recognize such feats because doing so would encourage “bad medicine.�
Lack of Respect The Academy of the Great Wall of China launched a campaign to get people to vote for the wall as one of the “new� Seven Wonders of the World, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Noting that the 4000-mile wall recently fell out of the top seven in a worldwide online poll, the academy blamed the voting process, explaining that relatively few Chinese use the Internet. Meanwhile, China’s heritage bureau launched an investigation of Chinese mining companies suspected of tearing down part of the Great Wall to create a “coal-shipping thoroughfare� for their trucks to use to avoid paying tolls on the main route. Xinhua reported that coalmining companies operating near the border between Shanxi province and Inner Mongolia had also taken soil from parts of the wall to build houses and piled “small mountains� of coal against it.
Less Time, Quicker Surfing Global warming means shorter days ahead, according to Felix Landerer of Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. He explained in the journal Geophysical Research Letters that as ocean temperatures rise, changes in density and circulation transfer mass to higher latitudes closer to Earth’s axis of rotation, causing the planet to spin faster. Landerer and his colleagues predicted that at the present rate of global warming, by 2200 the length of a day would be reduced by 0.12 milliseconds. Another effect of global warming, reported by geophysicists John Fyfe and Oleg Saenko of Canada’s University of Victoria, is faster ocean waves. Explaining that ocean wave patterns have been changing throughout the industrial era, Fyfe said wave speed has accelerated in recent years. He predicted that by the end of the 21st century, the waves would be 20 to 40 percent faster than preindustrial speeds.
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first time, noticing his military buzz cut and crisp, rolled-up blue jeans. I asked, “So, what branch of the service are you in?â€? “I’m in the Air Force.â€? “Stationed in England, huh? I guess you’re not seeing action in Iraq?â€? “Are you kidding? I’ve had two tours. I’m just on leave now, and then they’ll send me back.â€? “What’s it like?â€? “The hardest part is the first week when you get there. All night long, you hear the exploding mortars. It’s, like, impossible to sleep. Then, when you leave, you go through Qatar. They have you spend like a week there. Depressurizing, I guess, is the idea.â€? “It must be great being back in Vermont for a while.â€? “Oh, yeah — it’s great,â€? Brian answered, none too convincingly. “Yeah, I’ve been having a blast, hanging out with my brother, going out at night.â€? We rode in silence for a couple minutes, and then he added, “I actually haven’t slept at all for the week I’ve been back.â€? “Jeez, that must be tough,â€? I said — trying to be empathetic, though I had no personal frame of reference to help me understand what this guy was living through. Not even close. I glanced over again and saw a Vermont kid, couldn’t be more than 23, 24 at the oldest, his mental health already compromised. God knows the state of his soul. “I think,â€? Brian said, “I’ve gotten too used to the mortars.â€? ďż˝ “Hackieâ€? is a biweekly column that can also be read on www.sevendaysvt.com. To reach Jernigan Pontiac, email hackie@sevendaysvt.com.
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Burlington’s Burial Treasure Don’t wait until you’re dead to enjoy Lakeview Cemetery
ou never see Burlington’s Lakeview Cemetery ranked among the area’s tourist attractions, but this elegantly landscaped graveyard is an ideal place to take a meditative waterfront stroll STORY — and get a free local history lesson. CATHY Wander Lakeview’s winding roads, RESMER and you’ll see tombstones bearing the names of Queen City landmarks and IMAGES streets, such as Billings, Flynn, MYESHA Loomis, Isham, Willard and Blodgett. GOSSELIN A U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is buried here, as is Civil War general George Stannard, who played a key role in the battle of Gettysburg. The cemetery’s tall, stately trees also shade the modest graves of paupers and children. If you visit, don’t worry about intruding: Lakeview isn’t a private or religious place. It’s one of three municipal cemeteries managed by Burlington’s Department of Parks & Recreation. Established in 1871, it’s the youngest of the three — Greenmount and Elmwood are the others — and the only one where you can still buy a plot. Lakeview is located beside Burlington High School on North Avenue and open year-round to visitors. Parks & Rec Director Wayne Gross insists it’s meant to be enjoyed by the public. He notes that Lakeview was founded before the city had parks; in the 19th century, people used it as one. The grounds once featured three working fountains and a wooden gazebo.
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“People used to picnic here,” Gross says. “It was a place of solitude and quiet reflection.” Since then, Lakeview has deteriorated somewhat — the fountains are in ruins, and the gazebo is barely standing — but a group of volunteers known as the Friends of Lakeview Cemetery is attempting to restore its grandeur. Its members raise money to supplement the city’s spending on the property. They recently renovated Lakeview’s Gothic chapel, which had been used as coffin storage. This summer, the group bought flowers and saplings for the main entrance, and paid for new granite curbs and a freshly painted sign. The Friends are now fundraising to restore the gazebo — eventually they’ll tackle the fountains, too — and they’re working on a walkingtour brochure of the grounds. The guide isn’t finished, though, so Friends member Jane Ewing offers to show a reporter around. Ewing is a disarmingly friendly 79year-old Burlington resident who could easily pass for 65. “Age is nothing,” she confides, pointing to her head. “It’s all up here.” Ewing joined the Friends four years ago, after retiring from her job as the medical coordinator of the Lund Family Center. She’s also a member of the city’s cemetery commission; her husband John is chair of the Parks & Rec commission. One sunny weekday morning,
Ewing ambles cheerfully about the graveyard as if she really were taking a walk in the park. “I don’t think cemeteries are creepy,” she offers. “I mean, this is absolutely a beautiful place. It’s just lovely.” She likens Lakeview to other Victorian-era “garden cemeteries,” such as the renowned Mount Auburn in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that have been landscaped for beauty and recreational use rather than ease of maintenance. Think small groupings of graves amid trees and shrubs, rather than open fields containing row after orderly row of headstones. “I consider Lakeview the Mount Auburn of the North,” Ewing proclaims. The first stop on her informal tour is the Louisa Howard Chapel, in the southeast corner of the property. According to Ewing, Howard was an Addison County native who moved to Burlington with her family; they lived in a hotel in what’s now the Leunig’s building on Church Street. Louisa’s brother, John Purple Howard, moved to New York City and worked in the hotel business. The Howard Opera House on Church Street is named for him — it currently houses offices and Urban Outfitters. Louisa Howard is the namesake of the Howard Center, a nonprofit mental health service provider. John and Louisa both contributed to Lakeview: He built the fountains, while she commissioned the chapel.
The stone structure was completed in 1882. First used for memorial services, it was eventually converted to storage. A few years ago, the Friends — a group originally christened Friends of the Louisa Howard Chapel — began renovating it. They replaced the roof and did extensive work indoors, including installing radiantfloor heating. The chapel is open to the public only during open houses, but Ewing offers an exclusive peek inside. The non-denominational sacred space retains its original stained-glass windows and ceiling, painted with a colorful star-and-flower pattern. The chapel seats 80 in its simple wooden pews. Ewing touts it as the perfect place to hold a memorial service — or a wedding. The building sits on a ridge above the cemetery proper, along with the entrance and an office. From the chapel, Ewing walks down the road toward the graves. North Avenue is a busy thoroughfare. But when you descend into the graveyard, the traffic noise gradually disappears, muffled by the hillside and lush greenery — including Colorado blue spruce and Japanese silk maple trees. In the summer, you can’t see the lake through the foliage until you’re practically on top of it. Ewing stops near the bottom of the hill and points out a small granite marker on the right side of the road. It belongs to Vermont landscape artist
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Charles Louis Heyde, who died in 1892. He knew poet Walt Whitman, and married his sister. “He has an interesting story,� Ewing confides. “He was an alcoholic. He lived on Pearl Street. And he ended up his days at the state hospital in Waterbury. When he died, his wife didn’t come to his funeral. Or so they said.� The Chittenden County Historical Society placed the marker in 1986.
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arm has been amputated at the elbow — his sleeve is pinned to the front of his tunic. A plaque below tells how Stannard led his Vermont soldiers during the Civil War. “At Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, commanding the 2nd VT brigade in the crisis of the battle, he made the flank attack which decided the fate of Pickett’s charge and changed doubtful struggle into victory.” Stannard lost his arm later, leading an attack on Fort Harrison. “Some people say he was responsible for winning the Civil War,” boasts Ewing, adding wryly, “Depends on who you talk to.” Stannard was born in Georgia, Vermont, in 1820 and died in Washington, D.C., in 1886. Why is he buried in Burlington? “Well,” Ewing answers, “this was the in cemetery.” In the final strip of grass, overlooking the Burlington Bike Path and Lake Champlain,
there’s a row of tiny headstones covered with mold. The names have worn away, but some of the ages remain — one reads “9 years old.” A large marker behind the stones explains that Louisa Howard donated them, in memory of children who died in the city’s Home for Destitute Children. A few steps from those graves stands a pair of fluted stone columns supporting a pediment bearing the name Austin. On the other side, a pair of oblong stones lying flat on the ground honors Warren Robinson Austin (1877-1962) and his wife. Austin was a lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Vermont from 1931 until 1946, when he resigned to become the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. His term ended in 1953. Given the panoramic lake and mountain view, this is prime real estate. Ewing recalls that Austin occupied a similarly >> 31A
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prominent location while alive. “They lived on Williams Street in an absolutely lovely house that became a fraternity,” she remembers. “It makes me sad when I go by and see it now.” Ewing’s husband John, who’s also along for the tour, points out the next marker, a 6-footlong, 3-foot-wide waist-high block of granite belonging to Edward Henry Powell, which sits near Lakeview’s southern fence. Powell served in the Army as lieutenant colonel from 1863 to 1866. The stone notes that he commanded the 10th U.S. Colored Troops.
of Honor during the Civil War. What it doesn’t say is that after the war he was a commissioner of the Freedman’s Bureau and helped found the traditionally black Howard University in Washington, D.C., which was named for him. Louisa and John Purple Howard and their families are also buried here, beneath a tall stone obelisk near the center of the cemetery. Nearby is a cluster of seven Muslim graves — all of them less than a decade old. A few steps away stands a circle of evergreens surrounding a stone pillar. Etched into the LOUISA HOWARD CHAPEL
The non-denominational sacred space retains its original stained-glass windows and ceiling, painted with a colorful star-and-flower pattern. It’s not as well marked, but a few hundred feet away, along the southern edge of the cemetery, is a tiny stone not quite a foot tall, covered in mold. It belongs to a black Union soldier, L.W. Freeman, who served as a private in the 54th regiment, the troops depicted in the Oscar-winning film Glory. In fact, Freeman is one of five African-American Civil War vets buried at Lakeview, according to James Fuller’s 2001 book Men of Color: To Arms! Along those same lines, if you walk back toward the center of the cemetery, behind a large headstone for the Frederick S. Pease family you’ll find a small stone whose blocky letters spell the name of Major General Oliver Otis Howard, 1830-1909. “No relation to Louisa,” notes Ewing. A bronze plaque reveals that General Howard won the Medal
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low stone wall around the site are the words “Howard Memorial Cremation Garden.” Ewing walks up to the pillar, which is engraved with a list of names. She points out two — Jane Ewing and John Ewing. “This is us right here,” she says. The couple paid for the spots years ago. “I’m glad that our children won’t have to be mucking around finding a place to put us,” Ewing says matter-of-factly. “It’s all going to be settled.” Ewing seems pleased to have secured a spot in the place she calls “Burlington’s treasure.” She pats the stone and says proudly, “We have a view of the lake in the winter.” � Got a comment on this story or a suggestion for another one? Contact Cathy at cathy@seven daysvt.com.
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BY PAULA ROUTLY Vermont summers are short — and hectic. More friends and relatives tend to show up in the 94 days between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox than the rest of the year combined. How to direct them to the quintessential Vermont experience? And what exactly would that be: a Ben & Jerry’s factory tour, or a trip to the Bolton Potholes? As host, your role can range from hands-off to camp counselor. Do you vacation vicariously, or use work as a way to bow out? Whether you’re a tourist or live here year-round, the fact is that Vermont is a great place to visit. Why not use out-of-towners as an excuse to really see the place? Book that campsite on Knight Island. Go to a Lake Monsters baseball game. Bike around miles of abandoned granite quarries in East Barre. And, instead of driving by it for the thousandth time, stop and check out the friggin’ Rokeby Museum. What qualifies as a worthy pursuit? Sights and adventures unique to Vermont. Or attractions that are so over-the-top amazing they’d impress even jaded world-traveler types. Shelburne Farms is a nobrainer. But our list, which covers the area where Seven Days is delivered, also includes the Birds of Vermont Museum and the Sunset Drive-in. We’ve avoided recommending restaurants — our 7 Nights Guide to Restaurants and Bars does that. Also missing are individual events and festivals that require scheduling in advance. The goal is to steer you in the direction of reliable summer fun that may be quirky, essential or off the beaten track — in short, new adventures in your old stomping ground. Because, when the Green River Reservoir freezes over, you’ll feel a lot better if you’ve had a nice private paddle there first.
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out onto a narrow causeway that connects Chittenden County with the Champlain Islands. The ISLAND LINE TRAIL ends at “the cut”— except on August weekends when Local Motion runs a ferry across the water. • SkiRack, 658-3313 • North Star Cyclery, 100 Main St., Burlington, 863-3832 • Local Motion, 1 Steele St., Burlington, 652-2453, www.localmotionvt.org
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You can also just look at the lake instead of getting on or riding along it. The BURLINGTON BOATHOUSE has a food concession, SPLASH, but you don’t have to be a customer to sit at the tables on the second-floor deck. At BATTERY PARK, an Adirondack sunset goes down well with a Michigan Dog from BEANSIE’S bus and competitive volleyball. Keep an eye on your fries. The seagulls love ’em. • Burlington Boathouse, 865-3377, www.enjoyburlington.com/waterfront.cfm • Battery Park, www.enjoyburlington.com/Parks/ BatteryPark.cfm • Beansie’s Bus, 373-7272, www.beansiesbus.com
BURLINGTON BIKE PATH AND WATERFRONT
BURLINGTON Vermont’s largest city is inseparable from the state’s crown jewel: LAKE CHAMPLAIN. In fact, the best way to approach the Queen City is by water — literally and figuratively. No interstate highway or sprawling two-lane introduces Burlington as well as a Lake Champlain Transportation ferry pulling into the King Street Dock. From the vantage point of the lake, it’s easy to imagine how the bustling burg looked centuries ago to incoming soldiers, merchants and, yes, Indians.
The BURLINGTON WATERFRONT used to be a busy shipping center with all the accompanying industrial detritus. Thankfully, the urban shoreline has been beautified over the years. Recreation-wise, it’s the place to be — unless it’s pouring rain, in which case you can find refuge in ECHO AT THE LEAHY CENTER FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN. In addition to panoramic views of the water, the aquarium and lakeresearch facility hosts more than 60 species of live local fish, reptiles and amphibians. This summer a traveling dinosaur exhibit is reeling ’em in. • ECHO, 1 College St., 864-1848, www.echovermont.org
If the weather’s good, you have some decisions to make. A 1.5-hour narrated cruise aboard the SPIRIT OF ETHAN ALLEN is one way to get the lay of the land. And, unless you’re a scuba diver exploring the lake’s underwater shipwrecks, it’s the closest you’ll get to Samuel de Champlain and Benedict Arnold. It helps to know some basic Vermont history before you launch a vacation here: Which Allen brother is which, for example, and how the War of 1812 was won. Four regular cruises leave from the BURLINGTON BOATHOUSE — with just deli and cash bar service — plus daily lunch, sunset and dinner deals. The NORTHERN LIGHTS also conducts floating history lessons; the boat leaves from the King Street Ferry Dock. • Northern Lights, 864-9669, www.lakechamplaincruises.com • Spirit of Ethan Allen, 862-8300, www.soea.com • Waterfront Diving Center, 214 Battery Street, 8652771, www.waterfrontdiving.com
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Looking for something even more DIY? Perkins Pier’s WATERFRONT BOAT RENTALS lets out rowboats, kayaks, canoes, double kayaks, aluminum skiffs and Boston Whalers by the hour — or eight. With more than 130 square miles of lake before you, the only limitation is how long you’ve got. And, of course, your vessel’s horsepower. An easy paddle north will take you to the ROCK POINT promontory via NORTH BEACH, where Burlingtonians go to swim and out-of-towners camp out. Go south to survey RED ROCKS — a popular swimming and sunset spot — and OAKLEDGE PARK. Got a few hours? Check out JUNIPER ISLAND a few miles off the coast of Burlington. There’s an old lighthouse on it. Plenty of poison ivy, too. • Waterfront Boat Rentals, Perkins Pier, 864-4858, waterfrontboatrentals.com • Juniper Island, www.lighthousefriends.com/ light.asp?ID=670 • North Beach, www.enjoyburling ton.com/ northbeach.cfm • Oakledge, www.enjoyburlington. com/Parks/ OakledgePark.cfm
Going bareboat? WINDS OF IRELAND at the Burlington Boathouse rents out seven sailing sloops to experienced skippers. If you need someone else to take the tiller, they’ve got captains for hire.
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• Winds of Ireland, 863-5090, www.windsofireland.net
BIKING ALONG THE LAKE is easier to arrange. You can rent two-wheelers downtown at the Ski Rack or North Star Cyclery or on the waterfront at Local Motion — a cycling advocacy organization. Their free map, Cycling the City, will help you negotiate the BURLINGTON BIKE PATH, which runs for miles along the city’s shoreline, north through Colchester and
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• LCT, 864-9804, www.ferries.com
A 400-passenger cruise ship may not be your speed. How about a sail on the FRIENDSHIP SLOOP? The gaff-rigged boat accommodates up to 17 people and makes three trips a day. A two-hour tour costs $275 for up to six people, and $35 for each additional passenger. If you want a longer sail, you can customize the cruise to fit your fantasy: half day, full day, early morning, sunset. Bring your own wine and cheese — and IDs if anyone in the group on the boat is under 21. They provide the cooler.
Burlington has lots of great restaurants — see our 7 Nights Guide to Dining and Nightlife. The best of them support local agriculture by buying fresh ingredients directly from Vermont farmers. Many of those producers sell their wares at the Saturday morning BURLINGTON FARMERS’ MARKET in City Hall Park. For a more in-depth ag experience, check out the INTERVALE — a fertile flood plain at the north end of Burlington that hosts myriad organic market gardens, a gardening-supply store and a big, stinky compost pile. Hikers and bikers can explore trails that wind along the Winooski River all the way to the ETHAN ALLEN HOMESTEAD, a replica of the simple, 18th-century home occupied by Vermont’s rabble-rousing founder. The museum and house are not always open, but the grounds are accessible daily from sunrise to sunset.
• Burlington Farmers Market, www.vermontagriculture. com/agdev/farmmkt.htm • Intervale Center, 180 Intervale Rd., 660-0440, www.intervale.org • Ethan Allen Homestead, 863-5744, www.ethanallen homestead.org
The original Green Mountain Boy bit the dust before he could taste a LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATE truffle. You can get one — or more! — at the retail store on Church Street. But the best selection may be at the factory at 750 Pine Street. Weekday tours run hourly from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Lake Champlain Chocolates, 750 Pine St., Burlington, 864-1808, www.lakechamplainchocolates.com
Downtown Burlington is dominated by the CHURCH STREET MARKETPLACE, a pedestrian-only promenade enlivened by shops, restaurants, food vendors and street performers. But there’s more to its charm than commerce: Many of the old buildings have been lovingly restored to their former glory. A nonprofit called PRESERVATION BURLINGTON wants to see more of that and, to fulfill its mission, leads Saturday TOURS with an eye toward architecture of historic and stylistic interest. The downtown tour meets at 11 a.m. in front of City Hall at the corner of Main and Church streets. The Waterfront tour begins at 2 p.m. on Perkins Pier at the bottom of Maple Street. • Church Street Marketplace, 2 Church St., 863-1648, www.churchstmarketplace.com • Preservation Burlington, 985-8435, www.preservation burlington.org
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Death doesn’t get much more aesthetically pleasing than Burlington’s LAKEVIEW CEMETERY, the leafiest, most celebrity-studding final resting place in the city. If the deceased here could talk, they’d tell a colorful history of the Queen City. Cathy Resmer digs deeper in a story on page 26a. • Lakeview Cemetery, 455 North Ave., 8632075, www.findagrave.com/php/famous. php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=104091
Burlington’s got a lot more than history going for it: nightlife, performing arts, colleges, restaurants, great food, lefty politics, snowboard entrepreneurs. On the FIRST FRIDAY of every month, 40-plus venues host public art openings from 5 to 8 p.m. Don’t miss the FIREHOUSE GALLERY shows. On Saturdays, creative types sell their wares in the ART MARKET in City Hall Park. • Firehouse Gallery, 865-7165, www.burlingtoncityarts.com
Not artsy-fartsy? Burlington also supports a single-A baseball team: The LAKE MONSTERS play all summer at beautiful, oh-sogreen Centennial Field. • Vermont Lake Monsters, 655-4200, www.vermont lakemonsters.com
Ridge Trail is exposed rock slab — ideal in good weather — and it gets the last sun of the day. Don’t space out Cantilever Rock. • Mt. Mansfield, http://home.earthlink.net/ ~ellozy/mtmansfield.html
Looking for gentler terrain? On 500 acres in Williston, the nonprofit CATAMOUNT OUTDOOR FAMILY CENTER maintains more than 20 miles of trails for running, biking and hiking. You can take part in organized races or do your own thing. The going is tougher at SLEEPY HOLLOW BIKE AND SKI CENTER in Huntington, where they’ve got more than 10 miles of singletrack. From there, you can connect to the Hinesburg Town Forest trail network. It’s maintained by a gear-head group called Fellowship of the Wheel. • Catamount Outdoor Family Center, 592 Gov. Chittenden Rd., Williston, 8796001, www.catamountoutdoor.com • Sherman Hollow Bike & Ski, 1805 Sherman Hollow Rd., Huntington, 4342283, www.skisleepyhollow.com • Fellowship of the Wheel, www.fot wheel.org/hinesburg.php
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SHELBURNECHARLOTTE The SHELBURNE MUSEUM: Just do it. Electra Havemeyer Webb’s collection of fine and folk art may be Vermont’s greatest cultural treasure. The “gallery” experience could not be less intimidating. You can walk leisurely between the buildings, where people in period dress act as printers, blacksmiths and apothecaries. Or wander through the staterooms on the lovingly restored passenger steamer S.S. Ticonderoga. In the Electra Havemeyer Webb Memorial Building are some of the museum’s — and the world’s — most precious paintings by Manet, Monet, Degas and Cassat. The Shelburne has even more works by American masters, such as Homer, Wyeth and Moses. But it was Webb’s extensive folk-art collection that inspired her to create the Shelburne, and its curators continue to seek out talented unintentional artists — including contemporary ones. Don’t miss the special exhibit, “Something Pertaining to God: The Patchwork Art of Rosie Lee Tomkins.” Her wildly colorful improvisational quilts and clothing echo jazz sensibilities and African patterns. • 555 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, 9853346, www.shelburnemuseum.org
CHITTENDEN COUNTY The towns surrounding Burlington are full of surprising finds — you just have to know where to go. A car comes in handy. At the SUNSET DRIVE-IN, certainly, you’ve gotta have wheels. And popcorn. Colchester’s own al fresco movie theater shows double features on four screens every night at sunset. It’s $18 per car. • Sunset Drive-in, Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800, www.sunset drivein.com
In Richmond, On the Rise Bakery shows FREE MOVIES on alternating Wednesday and Friday nights throughout the summer. It’s also a good place to load up on carbs before a hike up CAMEL’S HUMP, the highest undeveloped mountain in Vermont. The most popular route to the top of the “Crouching Lion” originates in nearby Huntington. Others leave from Waterbury.
The largest and most-visited peak in Vermont is MOUNT MANSFIELD — 40,000 hikers a year consider it a must-do. There are numerous ways up the mountain, but the one from Underhill has its advantages. The top section of the western-facing Sunset
• Shelburne Farms, 985-8686, www.shel burnefarms.org
You might notice grapevines growing alongside the Breeding Barn at Shelburne Farms. They’re the handiwork of SHELBURNE VINEYARD, which also leases land on the nearby Meach Cove Estate and on Route 7 between the VERMONT TEDDY BEAR COMPANY and Shelburne village. Owners Ken and Gail Albert are in the process of building a tasting room on the Route 7 land. It could be open by fall. In the meantime, you can sample the stuff at the farm stand directly across the road: they’re pouring up to seven wines, including a dry Cayuga white, a dry Riesling, a merlot and a late-harvest dessert wine called Nocturne. The ice wines and rosé are coming soon. • Shelburne Vineyard, 6308 Route 7, Shelburne, 734-8700, www.shelburne vineyard.com • Vermont Teddy Bear Company, 2236 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-1319, www.vermontteddybear.com
• Birds of Vermont Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Road, Huntington, 434-2167, www.birdsofvermont.org
When it gets really hot in Chittenden County, the locals head for the BOLTON POTHOLES. Running alongside the road up to Bolton Valley Resort, Joiner Brook tumbles downstream to make five separate waterfalls. The stream’s curvaceousness, and distance between individual potholes, makes the swimming area seem bigger and more private than it is. You can hang upstream, far from the madding crowd, or watch adolescent boys dive through an impossibly narrow chute of rock into a deep pool. Another dangerous option is the HUNTINGTON GORGE, once the site of a former grist mill. To date, 20 people have died there. Dip with caution. • swimmingholes.org/vt.html#BOLTON% 20POTHOLES • www.newenglandwaterfalls.com/ water fall.php?name=Huntington%20Gorge
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• On the Rise Bakery, Richmond, 4347787, www.ontherisebakery.net • Camel’s Hump, http://home.earthlink.net/ ~ellozy/camel-hump.html
A happy obsession is in evidence down the road from Sleepy Hollow at the unexpected BIRDS OF VERMONT MUSEUM — home to 450 life-sized wooden birds expertly carved by Bob Spear. The loon family alone took him 850 hours to carve and paint. Spear founded Vermont’s first chapter of the National Audubon Society in 1962. At 86 he’s still going strong, with plans to finish his collection of Vermont birds — 50 to go — and then move on to butterflies. He also splits and stacks all the wood he uses to keeps his studio warm in winter.
The same rich, visionary Webb family gets credit for developing SHELBURNE FARMS, created in 1886 as a model agricultural estate. Landscape architect Frederick Law
Olmsted envisioned the campus; architect Robert Robertson designed the buildings, including the massive, fairy-tale breeding, farm and coach barns. In its heyday, the 3800-acre farm had 300 employees. Today Shelburne Farms is an educational nonprofit practicing “rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable.” There’s also an inn that serves amazing food. If you can’t afford to stay — or even eat — there, go for cocktails. You can stroll through the gardens like you own the place.
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The sturdy, studly Morgan horse is unique to Vermont. That’s because Justin Morgan — originally of Springfield, Massachusetts — was living in Randolph when he bred the animal to perfection back in the 1700s. Strong and versatile, the animals worked on farms, pulled stagecoaches, competed in early harness racing and carried the First Vermont Cavalry to the Civil War. The NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MORGAN HORSE in Shelburne recounts this uniquely American equine story.
• National Museum of the Morgan Horse, 122 Bostwick Road, Shelburne, 985-8665, www.morganmuseum.org
Charlotte boasts some of the most spectacular shoreline on Lake Champlain — and some of the fanciest homes. But there’s not much in the way of public access. One way to survey the place is from atop MOUNT
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PHILO. There’s a road to the top of this 168-acre state park, which means there’s a guy at the top collecting money — even if you walk up. But the views of the lake, Champlain Valley and Adirondacks are well worth the $3 admission. You’ll find campsites on top and lots of places to picnic.
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The best way to see Charlotte in all its summer glory is from the water. If you don’t have your own boat to explore the nooks and crannies — Thompson’s Point, Cedar Beach and Gardner Island — the CHARLOTTE FERRY offers a pretty good glimpse as you leave the dock. Twenty minutes later, you’re in Essex, New York, a historic little village with its own leafy charm. You can explore the downtown on foot, although we won’t vouch for the Old Dock restaurant. The better way to go is by bicycle. The whole area, from Westport to Willsboro Point, is a two-wheeler’s paradise.
• Mt. Philo State Park, 5425 Mt. Philo Road, 425-2390, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/ philo.cfm
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MIDDLEBURY AREA The museums keep on coming as you roll down Route 7: In Ferrisburgh the ROKEBY MUSEUM, once an official stop on the Underground Railroad, preserves the history of four generations of remarkable Robinsons. Ahead of its time in every way, the family was made up of Quakers, abolitionists and artists. They were also successful farmers. Patriarch Thomas R. Robinson was among the first agriculturalists to import Merino sheep to the U.S. If he were around today, the old man might be raising something equally radical, like llamas. Two of them live across the road from the Rokeby, along with a camel. • 4334 Route 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-3406, www.rokeby.org
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• Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury, 388-2117, www.henrysheldonmuseum.org • Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middelbury, 388-4964, www.vermontfolklifecenter.org
Down the road is the MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, an innovative complex of theaters, dance studios and a concert hall. The building includes the MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, with its wideranging permanent collection. A show of Chinese porcelain is on exhibit through end of the year. Middlebury’s foreign language schools are in session. Don’t be surprised if you come upon an Arabic-speaking soccer game or a free screening of some obscure French film.
LMCC is “strategically” located next to BASIN HARBOR, an old-school resort that recalls the era when wealthy families used to come up to Vermont from Boston and New York and stay for a month. It’s a beautiful, historic spot, and the dining room is open to the public. Jacket and tie are required. Alternately, you can hang out with a drink on the beach à la Shelburne Farms — and pretend. • Basin Harbor Resort, 4800 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, 475-2311, www.basinharbor.com
• Kingsland Bay State Park, Ferrisburgh, 877-3445, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/kingsland.cfm • Button Bay State Park, Vergennes, 475-2377, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/buttonbay.cfm
A high point in Addison County is SNAKE MOUNTAIN. It’s less than two miles to the top — perfect for kids — and you get a big-mountain view. • www.localhikes.com/Hikes/Snake_Mountain_0000.asp
Middlebury is a walking town. If you’re really ambitious, there’s a new, 18-mile TRAIL AROUND MIDDLEBURY — a project of the Middlebury Area Land Trust. A combination of hiking trails, dirt roads and paved highways, TAM stretches from the Otter Creek Gorge Preserve to the Battell Woods. • www.maltvt.org
There’s an easier way to see the place, though: a leisurely stroll through downtown. It may not turn up any white-tail deer, but three very different museums are within walking distance: The SHELDON MUSEUM, on Middlebury’s town green, serves as both a municipal archive and showcase of 19th-century Vermont life. The VERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER, soon to re-open in its new home on Main Street, is getting away from “object exhibits” in favor of multimedia interactive displays. Their mission — to preserve Vermont’s
• Sugarbush Resort, 583-6300, www.sugarbush.com/sum mersports
• Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 443-5286, www.middle bury.edu/academics/blwc
Serious bikers will be pulled in a different direction. From Bread Loaf you can cycle over THREE GAPS — Middlebury, Lincoln and Appalachian — in one day. The swimming’s good in rivers along all of them, especially at Bristol Falls and under the bridge in East Middlebury.
MAD RIVER VALLEY Snow . . . melts, and that’s good news for summertime visitors to the Mad River Valley, which boasts some of the best swimming holes in the state. WARREN FALLS, maintained by the U.S. Forest Service, may be the most popular, with its multiple waterfalls, big diving rocks and deep pools. But there are other great spots, including one on the east side of 100B near Moretown. South of Waitsfield, the sandy beach at the LAREAU SWIMMING HOLE is ideal for kids. There are many more places to get wet in along the Mad River, but they may be clothing-optional, located on private property or have dangerous currents. You can either drive along Route 100 looking for parked cars — which may also indicate great fishing — or consult one of the websites below. • Lareau Swimming Hole, http://swimmingholes.org/vt. html#MAD%20RIVER%20AREA • Warren Falls, www.northeastwaterfalls.com/waterfall. php?num=404&p=0
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Another option is a Viking horse ride at “flying pace.” The VERMONT ICELANDIC HORSE FARM in Waitsfield guides treks — for up to five days — on a breed renowned for its smooth ride and stamina. The Vikings reportedly brought the animals to Iceland, where they were isolated to preserve their purity, good temperament and unique bone density. They’re small, but can easily carry an adult employing one of five gaits. A two-hour ride is 70 bucks, and the five-day deal runs around $1500. • Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm, 3061 North Fayston Rd., Fayston, 496-7141, www.icelandichorses.com
Looking for cheaper thrills? Drive — or bike — to the top of the Lincoln Gap in time to hike 1.5 miles south on the Long Trail to SUNSET ROCK. However you work up an appetite, find time to check out AMERICAN FLATBREAD on the Lareau Farm in Waitsfield. It’s the original restaurant — two other versions are in Middlebury and Burlington — and would definitely be a stop on a “localvore” tour of Vermont, if such a thing existed. The Bread-and-Puppet décor is topped only by fabulous flatbread pizza festooned with fresh, local ingredients. • American Flatbread, 496-8856, www.americanflat bread.com
It helps to be creative if you live in the pricey Mad River Valley. Appropriately, the Route 100 corridor is lined with ski-loving farmers, chefs, innkeepers and craftspeople. Innovation is in evidence at the YESTERMORROW DESIGN-BUILD SCHOOL, a center of “hands-on education” that “integrates design and craft.” There are intro courses for beginners, as well as continuing-ed opportunities FILE PHOTO: MATTHEW THORSEN
North of Basin Harbor along the coast is KINGSLAND BAY STATE PARK — a favorite spot for local weddings. To the south is beautiful BUTTON BAY STATE PARK, where you can rent canoes and kayaks. The easiest way to get from one to the other is to bike along back roads. The terrain is relatively flat and open.
The Mad River Valley’s unique topography — on the east side of the Green Mountains — defines its recreational offerings. And ski resorts such as SUGARBUSH are making the most of it year-round — not just with “lift-served mountain biking” and “disc golf,” but with a new 800-foot “zip line” that brings daredevils down the mountain on a wire. With an all-day pass priced at $45, it’s comparable to skiing.
English-language instruction takes place in Ripton, at Middlebury’s BREAD LOAF campus. Midway through August, the teachers are dismissed, and the authors arrive for the annual, two-week Writers Conference. The “instructors” — published poets, novelists and memoirists — give nightly readings between August 15 and 25. It’s intimate, cultured and camp-like. And free, to listen.
• Moosalamoo Vermont, 247-5737, www.moosalamoo.org
• LCMM, 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, 475-2022, www.lcmm.org
• Blueberry Lake, www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_ item_id=5261&fold er_id=256
• MCMA, Route 30, Middlebury, 443-5007, www.middle bury.edu/arts/museum/collection
If that’s not Robert Frost-y enough for you, head for the woods. The LONG TRAIL is a few miles uphill, at the top of the Middlebury Gap. But a more sociable hike leaves from LAKE DUNMORE in Salisbury and climbs a few hundred feet, past RATTLESNAKE CLIFFS and the FALLS OF LANA, to SILVER LAKE. It’s all part of the MOOSALAMOO WILDERNESS.
of the area through exhibits, boat-building demonstrations, lectures and festivals. Re-enactors take over the place for two days at the end of August. The “Rabble in Arms” Living History Weekend includes a re-launch of the 1776 replica gunboat Philadelphia II.
Want a quiet place to paddle? BLUEBERRY LAKE in Warren is an aquatic sanctuary that doesn’t allow motorized watercraft.
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People have been fighting over Lake Champlain as long as there have been personal flotation devices. The waterway’s strategic value is evidenced by the dozens of shipwrecks on the bottom. The LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM has been discovering, researching and protecting those rusty relics, and the result is the Lake Champlain Underwater Historic Preserve, a gallery of sunken ships that is only accessible to divers. But there’s plenty to look at on land, too. The dry museum chronicles the maritime history
oral history — expresses itself in the form of books, audio recordings and curricula. Oh, and the gift shop is expanding.
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• Yestermorrow Design-Build School, 189 Route 100, Warren, 496-5545, www.yestermorrow.org
MONTPELIER AND BARRE You can’t miss the gold dome of the VERMONT STATE HOUSE. Even though Montpelier is in a hollow, the building is “bling,� as a couple of local teen rappers recently phrased it. It’s open to the public all summer — barring any special legislative sessions — with weekday tours every half hour from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. On Saturday, it’s 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. If all the old portraits pique your interest, follow up at the VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM in the Pavilion Building. Its permanent 5000-squarefoot exhibit “tells the story of Vermont’s people from 1600 to the present,� according to the website. “Using Vermont’s motto, ‘Freedom and Unity,’ as its thematic cornerstone, the exhibition shows visitors how Vermonters have always balanced individual freedoms and community.�
• Rock of Ages, 558 Graniteville Rd., Graniteville, 476-3119, www.rockofages.com • Hope Cemetery, www.vermonter.com/hopeceme tery.asp • Vermont Granite Museum 60 Depot Street, Barre, 476-4605, www.granitemuseum.com
How do the people of modern-day Barre blow off steam? If it’s summer, they go to the THUNDER ROAD SPEED BOWL, atop Quarry Hill. Every Thursday night and Sunday afternoon, thousands make the trek to “the nation’s site of excitement� to watch mostly local drivers compete in street-stock and late-model races. There’s even a state senator — Phil Scott — tearing around the track.
• Friends of the State House, 10 Baldwin St., Montpelier, 828-0386, www.vtstatehouse.org • VHSM, Pavilion Building, 108 State St., Montpelier, 828-2291, www.vermonthistory.org
Perhaps because it hosts the political establishment, Montpelier tends to take a rebel stand. A small town with no McDonald’s, it’s got good, albeit crunchy, taste — and three New England Culinary Instituteoperated restaurants in town. The Saturday CAPITAL CITY FARMERS’ MARKET is among the top 10 in the country, according to Eating Well magazine. The Hunger Mountain Co-op is first-rate.
• Thunder Road Speed Bowl, 244-6963 or 2446964, www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com
Budweiser and fried dough aren’t your speed? As of 2005, there’s a non-motorized way to explore quarry country: THE BIKE TOURING CENTER AT MILLSTONE HILL in East Barre maintains a 40-plus-mile
• Capital City Farmers’ Market, www.vermont agriculture.com/agdev/farmmkt.htm
Montpelier does a lot with a little: The independent Savoy Theater is completely devoted to smart, “arthouse� fare and the popcorn comes with optional brewers’ yeast; Bear Pond Books hosts readings by local award-winning authors; and in the era of Amazon, Borders and Barnes & Noble, Buch Spieler remains a real music store. The city supports two local theater companies — at least in the summer. LOST NATION THEATER works tirelessly all year round at Montpelier City Hall. And 10 miles north on a dirt road, UNADILLA THEATER presents the opposite of “summer fare� — O’Neill, Nickolson and Orton.
The forest is never far away when you’re in central Vermont. In Montpelier, there’s a 28-acre reserve on Elm Street. The NORTH BRANCH NATURE CENTER maintains a network of hiking trails along the Winooski River and through Hubbard Park that links up with a similar system in East Montpelier. Nature programs for all ages include summer camps for kids, lecture series and amphibian monitoring programs. • 713 Elm St., Montpelier, 229-6206, www.north branchnaturecenter.org
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the popular year-round STOWE BIKE BATH is a welcome alternative to the congested Mountain Road. Be sure to visit the VERMONT SKI MUSEUM — any day but Tuesday — on South Main Street before you hit the asphalt. The 5.3mile trail starts next to the Stowe Congregational Church and crosses the West Branch River 11 times as it meanders north past shops and restaurants.
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• Stowe Bike Path, www.stowevillage.com/BikePath/ index.html • Vermont Ski Museum, 1 S. Main St., Stowe, 253-9911, www.vermontskimuseum.org
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• Bike Touring Center at Millstone Hill, 422 Websterville Road, East Barre, 479-1000 www.millstonehill.com/touringcenter.html
No trip to central Vermont would be complete without a hike up HUNGER MOUNTAIN. The four-hour hike is considered “advanced” by the Green Mountain Club. The reward — on a clear day — is stunning views of the Green and White mountains. The most popular approach is from the Waterbury side, but you can also get there from Middlesex. • www.middlesex-vt.org/html/recreation.html • www.greenmountainclub.org/page.php?id=51
WATERBURY-STOWE In winter, the road to Stowe sees a lot of slope-seeking Saabs and Subarus. The summer crowd tends to be driven by ice cream: The BEN & JERRY’S FACTORY in Waterbury is one of the top tourist destinations in Vermont. If your visitors have heard of one thing in the Green Mountain State, sadly, this is probably it. The guided tour doesn’t dwell on the company’s founding entrepreneurs — you have to search high and low for signs of Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield — but it maintains their “If it’s not fun, why do it?” philosophy. Don’t miss the “flavor graveyard” and, of course, the free samples. • Ben & Jerry’s Factory, Waterbury, 882-1240, www.benjerry.com/scoop_shops/factory_tour
The 830-acre WATERBURY RESERVOIR was dry for seven years while the dam was being repaired, but has since been restored to its former boating-fishing-swimming glory. The only “development” on its pristine shores is Little River State Park, central Vermont’s largest and most popular campground, with 101 sites. Look for cellar holes, an old sawmill and other evidence of an abandoned 300-year-old farming “campground” that preceded it. • Little River State Park, 244-7103, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/littleriver.cfm • Waterbury Reservoir, www.trails.com/tcatalog_ trail.asp?trailid=CGN014-076
The Stowe area is a visual-art Mecca, and it has the fine-art and craft galleries to show for it. Many, such as the HELEN DAY ART CENTER, are traditional indoor exhibition spaces. The WEST BRANCH GALLERY AND SCULPTURE PARK incorporates outdoor elements. Check out the native cedar “goddess” totems in the woods. Looking for a more interactive art experience? Artisan glassblower GLENN ZIEMKE does daily demos in his Waterbury studio. • Helen Day Art Center, School Street, 253-8358, www.helenday.com • West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park, 17 Towne Farm Lane, 253-8943, www.westbranchgallery.com • Ziemke Glass Blowing Studio, 3033 Route 100, Waterbury, 244-6126, www.zglassblowing.com
It’s easier to negotiate Stowe on a bicycle than in a car, and
• Stowe Mountain Resort, 5781 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-3000, http://summer.stowe.com/ activities
Stowe’s hills are definitely alive, and no more so than at the TRAPP FAMILY LODGE. The Sound of Music association has worked well for the 2400-acre Austrian-style resort, which is a cross-country ski center in the winter. In summer, it offers hiking, horse-drawn wagon rides, bird-watching tours and Sunday evening “Music in the Meadow” concerts. The “Real Maria” documentary film shows twice a day.
• Green River Canoe and Kayak, 644-8336, www.sterling ridgeresort.com/canoe.htm • Boyden Valley Winery, Route 104, Cambridge, 644-8151, www.boydenvalley.com
Looking for a more remote boating experience? The 28 camp sites at GREEN RIVER RESERVOIR in Morrisville can only be reached by water — some are as far as 2 miles from the launch. With 19 miles of pristine shoreline and lots of wildlife, the 653-acre body of water is “quiet,” which means no gas-powered boats are allowed. Parking is limited, and the park is considered “full” when the lot is. • GRR State Park, 29 Sunset Dr., Suite #1, Morrisville, 888-1349, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/grriver.cfm
Further north, in Richford, is the eastern terminus of the MISSISQUOI VALLEY RAIL TRAIL, a 26.2-mile bike path that follows the Missisquoi River all the way to St. Albans. “Trail users enjoy picturesque views of Franklin County’s farms, forests, fields and wetlands,” Yankee Magazine noted PHOTO: MYESHA GOSSELIN
network of bike trails — both challenging singletrack and more moderate ones — that circle dozens of old quarries and “grout” pile lookouts. One hundred years ago, it was the site of a small, independent quarry operation, one of more than 75 in the area. Millstone offers camping, too, and indoor accommodations start at $80.
The Stowe Bike Path stops short of STOWE MOUNTAIN RESORT, which, like every other Vermont ski area, is in global-warming gear. An “All Day Summer Attraction Package” — $64 for adults, $58 for kids — includes use of an alpine slide that drops 2300 feet; a bungee trampoline that requires a full body harness; and — new this year — an inflatable obstacle course. The traditional gondola skyride is always nice, especially when there’s a restaurant serving gourmet Vermont lunches at the top of the mountain. Prefer to get there on your own? A toll road leads to a different spot on the summit. You can’t beat the view of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks.
The boating business that operates out of the Cupboard Deli in Jeffersonville is strictly a summer-only operation. Green River Canoe and Kayak Guided Adventures do FLOATING TOURS ON THE LAMOILLE RIVER. Guided paddles, at $65 per boat, include a “Sunset Beaver Watch” and “Water and Wine” — the latter is a 4.5-mile float that ends up with a tasting tour of BOYDEN FAMILY WINERY in Cambridge. “Self-guided” is also an option. The price — $35 per kayak for a 2.5-hour float — includes shuttle service and heavy lifting.
• Trapp Family Lodge, 700 Trapp Hill Rd., Stowe, 2538511, www.trapp family.com
Stowe is all about altitude and catching air — both essential ingredients of a GLIDER RIDE. Stowe Soaring and its FAA-certified pilots run flights out of the Stowe-Morrisville Airport when the weather’s nice. The “intro ride” is $89 for 10 minutes; the “Mile High Mt. Mansfield Special,” which is $189 for 40 minutes, promises to be “lifechanging.” • Stowe Soaring, Stowe-Morrisville Airport, Route 100, 888-7845, www.stowesoaring.com
in a recent article — and also eateries, such as The Abbey, which welcomes riders with trailside benches and food. Rumor has it some Québec wineries are within striking distance, too. The route, which is mostly flat, winds through Enosburg Falls, East Berkshire and Sheldon Springs.
SMUGGLERS’ NOTCH . . . NORTH LAKE CHAMPLAIN You can’t get through the narrow pass that connects Stowe ISLANDS to Smugglers’ Notch in winter; it’s closed to traffic. But in
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summer, the SMUGGLERS’ NOTCH SCENIC BYWAY — its official name — is a gorgeous drive through a rocky, alpine landscape, with 1000-foot cliffs on either side. You can have a picnic up there, or camp at the state park, knowing Vermont’s earliest “entrepreneurs” — and later, escaped slaves — once did the same. • Smugglers Notch State Park, 6443 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4014, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/smugglers.cfm
SMUGGLERS’ NOTCH RESORT rocks on, with a new summer emphasis on climbing. The ski area is offering weekly rock-climbing socials and family climbing-adventure days. Hard-core types will be more interested in VIA FERRATA — Italian for “iron way” — a new adventure sport that combines climbing, hiking and high-ropes adventure. “Safely traverse local gorges,” the description promises. “Scale huge boulders.” Too ambitious? Smuggs also offers Segway excursions on those self-balancing scooter contraptions. Amazing, there’s an all-terrain “extreme” tour that goes for the glades. • Smuggler Notch Resort, 43223 Route 108, 644-8851, www.smuggs.com/pages/summer/outdoor/climbing.php
High-altitude horseback riding is another option. The folks at LAJOIE STABLES in Jeffersonville organize guided tours for all levels that on a clear day promise spectacular views of Mount Mansfield and Smuggs. They’re open seven days a week, all year round. If you like it, come back when it’s 20 below . . . • Lajoie Stables, 644-5347, www.lajoiestables.com
Vermont’s “islands” may not have the tropical thing going, but they’ve got plenty of other enticements to lure visitors across the lake. The windswept causeway at the southern end is one of several public engineering marvels between South Hero and Alburgh. The fully functioning North Hero drawbridge is worth waiting for. And the Missisquoi bridge, at the northern end of the island chain, is also a source of public-works pride. There are four state parks along the same retro route: SANDBAR, GRAND ISLE, KNIGHT POINT and NORTH HERO. • Sandbar State Park, 1215 Route 2, Milton, 893-2825, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/sandbar.cfm • Grand Isle State Park, 36 East Shore South, Grand Isle, 372-4300, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/grandisle.cfm • Knight Point State Park, North Hero, 372-8389, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/knightpoint.cfm • North Hero State Park, 3803 Lakeview Dr., 372-8727, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/northhero.cfm
Look for the MINIATURE CASTLES made of little round lake stones that are scattered throughout South Hero — the handiwork of Harry Barber, who hoped the collection would be recognized and protected by the Shelburne Museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb. At one time, a number of the multistory, diminutive houses even had electric lights. You can still see one across from the Folsom School in South Hero. • South Hero Bicentennial Museum, 2 Hill Rd., South Hero, 372-6615. >> 40A
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the Northeast Kingdom. About 90 percent of the pedaling paradise is on private land. Bikers come from as far as Maine and Ontario to ride the singletrack on trails called Poundcake, Todry’s Tour, Jaw, Beat Bog and — get this — Coronary Bypass. Another one, The Webs, “weaves through a stand of ancient pine trees that seem to scrape the sky, running on a thick, plush carpet of red needles,” according to the Globe. • Kingdom Trails, East Burke, 626-0737, www.kingdomtrails.org
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BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER The days of the annual “Domestic Resurrection Circus” are over, but Bread and Puppet is still using its political puppet pageantry to fight the power. The current president has certainly given them plenty of material . . . B&P perform a stage show every Friday night all summer, in a barn with bleacher seats. Rumor has it Peter Schumann’s piece-in-progress has something to do with impeachment. On Sundays, the “Divine Comedy Circus” begins at 3 p.m. and is followed by a pageant in and around the magical Pine Forest. Leave time to tour the museum of papier-mâché masks and puppets. • Bread and Puppet Theater, 753 Heights Road, Glover, 525-3618, www.breadandpuppet.org
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BERRY NICE Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples . . . It seems there’s always something to pluck from Vermont’s fruited plain. In the Seven Days distribution area, there are literally dozens of farms and orchards that double as pick-your-own operations. Owl’s Head Berry Farm in Richmond hires bands to play on Tuesday and Thursday nights during blueberry season. There’s also Charlotte Berry Farm, Pelkey’s, Last Resort, Harris and more. • www.vermontagriculture.com/agdev/pyown.htm
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LAKE WILLOUGHBY AND MT. PISGAH Vermont boasts plenty of pretty panoramas. But the state’s most dramatic landscape is the view of Lake Willoughby from atop Mt. Pisgah. When a glacier came through the area 12,000 years ago, it cut through the granite like a knife, leaving sheer cliffs on each side of the deepest lake in Vermont — Willoughby is 312 feet in some places. From above, it looks like a shimmering blue stone — more like a Norwegian fjord than a Vermont watering hole. To catch the South Trail up Pisgah, follow Route 5A to the south end of the lake — near the nudie beach. After about half a mile, you’ll see a parking lot on the left. It’s a little more than a mile to the top, and there’s a great lookout part way up. • Mt. Pisgah, Westmore, www.hikenew england.com/Pisgah040605.html
CRAFTSBURY OUTDOOR CENTER There’s no rest for the wannabe Olympian here. Once the snow melts, the cross-country skis are replaced with skulls. Boaters come from all over to ply the waters of Big and Little Hosmer lakes at the firstever rowing camp in North America. They work with world-class coaches, eat good food and take classes in related disciplines such as yoga. Runners, too, flock to Craftsbury to improve their technique and hang with other hoofers. The vast network of trails, groomed for marathon cross-country skiing, are just as inspiring in the summer. • Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 586-7767, crafts bury.com
KINGDOM TRAILS Dirt Rag magazine calls it “the best mountain biking in the United States.” A Boston Globe reporter “felt like shouting ‘Wahoo’ like a kid.” The media raves are coming in about Kingdom Trails in East Burke — a huge, mapped, marked mountain-biking network in
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The Fairbanks Museum is Vermont’s Smithsonian. Founded in 1889 by St. Johnsbury industrialist and amateur naturalist Franklin Fairbanks, it was an outgrowth of his own personal “cabinet of curiosities”: 175,000 items, as it turned out, that included more than 2500 dolls, 55,000 archival photographs and North America’s largest collection of stuffed hummingbirds. Don’t leave without seeing John Hampson’s patriotic bug art. Once apprenticed to inventor Thomas Edison, Hampson created nine works of art composed entirely of colorful beetles and moths. The Fairbanks displays seven of his creations, including portraits of George Washington and Abe Lincoln. There’s more amazing art down the street at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. • Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, 748-2372, www.fairbanksmuseum.org
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CIDER SIDE The French have been drinking cidre for centuries. Vermont is just catching on to the hard side of America’s most iconic fruit. Nonetheless, there are apples to be pressed, sampled and sometimes fermented in orchards all over the state. Flag Hill Farm in Vershire is making alcoholic cider; it’s about as strong as beer. Shelburne Orchards makes a great ginger-echinacea blend. • www.allaboutapples.com/orchard/vt.htm
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CHURCH-SUPPER CIRCUIT There’s a church supper at the First Congregational Church of Fair Haven on the second Saturday of every month. That’s as much advance warning as you’ll ever get to the community chow-downs all over Vermont. Advertised by hand-painted signs, the state’s fish fries, ham suppers and chicken barbecues tend to happen in small towns where there is a strong sense of community. It’s typically “all the food you can eat, at a price that’s hard to beat,” as the Fair Haven website notes. But there’s an asterisk affixed to that slogan: “one dessert per person.” P.R.
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South Hero’s West Shore Road leads to SNOW FARM WINERY. Vermont’s first commercial grape vineyard has been “aging” nicely for 11 years. The winery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for tours and tastings, but it’s best experienced in concert with live music outdoors on Thursday evenings. Weather permitting, Snow Farm brings in popular local acts such as Sandra Wright, Jenni Johnson and the Phil Abair Band to complement the sunset. The music starts at 6:30 p.m. Come earlier with a picnic, but plan to buy wine — it helps fund the fun. The area’s spectacular Island Ice Cream is also available. The flavors reflect whatever’s being harvested locally that week.
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• Isle La Motte Preservation Trust, www.ilmpt.org, www.sevendaysvt.com/features/2006/fossil fueled.html
If you’re feeling more creemee than sorbet, there are two options along the way. SEB’S seasonal snack bar serves up all the classic summer fast-food fare on the corner of Route 2 and South Street. Hang a left to find ALLENHOLM FARM, with its curly fries and real maple creemees. Between Allenholm and Snow Farm, scan the forest for brightly colored birdhouses. Retiree Hank Bischoff and his neighbor started building them as a way to control the mosquito population. There’s one on almost every tree — hundreds, in fact, in every imaginable hue.
If one side of 7-mile Isle la Motte is evidence of evolution, the other is faith-based: ST. ANNE’S SHRINE attracts thousands of pilgrims every year. Fifty-seven years after Samuel de Champlain “discovered” it, in 1609, Fort St. Anne became Vermont’s first settlement. The first Mass was celebrated at the site of the shrine — now a rustic, open-air chapel in a spectacular natural setting. Leave your car in the parking lot there and bike FILE PHOTO: MATTHEW THORSEN
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• Herrmann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria, Knight Point State Park, North Hero, 372-5226, www.champlainislands.com/cgibin/index.egi?id=35
Historically speaking, Austrian horses are seriously outflanked by the fossilized corals that make up the Chazy Reef on ISLE LA MOTTE. Paleontologists believe it was formed almost half a billion years ago, when Lake Champlain was part of the shallow Iapetus Ocean. At the GOODSELL RIDGE FOSSIL PRESERVE, created just last year, a well-marked path leads through the field to outcroppings swirled with signs of life — swirled skeletal remains of cephalopods and stromotoporoids. “Discovery Areas” are numbered and identified. The one-room museum sheds light — when it’s open.
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• 190 West Shore Road, 372-9463, www.snow farm.com
The von Trapp family isn’t Vermont’s only Austrian claim to fame. During World War II, General Patton himself helped Colonel Ottomar Herrmann smuggle a line of high-stepping horses out of Hitler’s grasp. Their equine descendents are HERMANN’S ROYAL LIPIZZAN STALLIONS, based in summer at Knight Point State Park. The 14 snow-white purebreds are known for their agility and grace. They perform at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays and 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the summer. Come earlier in the day to watch them “work out.”
• Allenholm Farm, South Street, 372-5566, www.allenholm.com
You’re more likely to notice these delectable roadside details if you TOUR THE ISLANDS BY BICYCLE. You can get to South Hero via the spectacular Island Line Trail when Local Motion’s bike ferry is in operation on August weekends. The main road through the islands — Route 2 — isn’t bad for biking, but it’s more relaxed off the beaten track. Don’t miss the HYDE LOG CABIN on Route 2 in Grand Isle. Built in 1783, it’s allegedly the oldest authentic log cabin in the United States. Take a right on East Shore Road North and ride .7 miles to check out the GRAND ISLE LAKE HOUSE. Also in Grand Isle, Route 314 is a nice rolling alternative to the highway, but beware of drivers rushing to make the ferry to New York State. Boats leave every 20 minutes. One-way fare for bikers is $4.50; round trip runs you $7. • Local Motion, 1 Steele Street, Burlington, 652-2453, www.localmotion.org • LCT, 864-9804, www.ferries.com/north_schedule.asp • Grand Isle Lake House, 372-5024, www.gran dislelakehouse.com • Hyde Cabin, Route 2, Grand Isle, www.dhca.state. vt.us/HistoricSites/ html/hyde.html
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BOATING is also big in the islands, natch. The islands attract every kind of watercraft imaginable, from motorboats and Jet Skis to canoes and kayaks. If you’re not bringing your own, there are ways to get out on the water. NORTH HERO MARINA rents canoes and kayaks for $30 a day — $20 for a half. A pontoon boat and a 15-foot fishing boat go for $250 and $100, respectively. Nearby HERO’S WELCOME GENERAL STORE also rents non-motorized vessels. A single kayak is $15 for two hours. A canoe, $17. Need boat shoes, sunscreen, snacks? They’ve got it all, including a sophisticated website that lets you buy unique Vermont souvenirs all year round.
• North Hero Marina, 2253 Pelots Point Road, 372-5953, www.northheromarina.com • Hero’s Welcome, Route 2, North Hero, 372-4161, www.heroswelcome.com
a very short distance to the FISK FARM ART CENTER. It’s Isle La Motte’s Shelburne Farms, but a lot more chill — a gallery, concert venue and teahouse. Presidents William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt were both guests. You can always stop in and look at the art in the 19th-century horse-and-carriage barn, but on Sunday afternoons from 1 to 5, they serve tea and dessert to live acoustic music. • St. Anne’s Shrine, Isle La Motte, www.saintan nesshrine.org • Fisk Farm, 928-3364, www.fiskfarm.com
Want your own island? There’s camping in the state parks on KNIGHT, BURTON and WOODS islands in St. Albans Bay. Reservations are competitive and you have to be prepared to schlep your stuff — in and out. The “Island Runner” ferry leaves from Kill Kare State Park at the southern tip of St. Albans. • Burton State Park, 524-6353, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/burton.cfm • Knight Island State Park, 524-6353, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/knightisland.cfm • Woods Island State Park, 524-6353, www.vtstateparks.com/htm/woodsisland.cfm �
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FIRST LAST 101 Best Outdoor Towns: Unspoiled Places to Visit, Live & Play by Sarah Tuff and Greg Melville, The Countryman Press, 472 pages. $19.95.
hat makes a great outdoor town? It’s more complicated than you might think. For South Burlington writer Greg Melville and me, finding the country’s best turned out to be a surprisingly mathematical equation. It involved not just mountains and water but also money, gear, coffee and beer. The result of our research is 101 Best Outdoor Towns: Unspoiled Places to Visit, Live & Play, published by Countryman Press in June. Since Melville and I had written several “dream town� features for national magazines such as Men’s Journal and Best Life, we had a pretty good list to begin with — places such as Hood River, Oregon, and Ely, Minnesota. In choosing others, we decided that each of our 101 towns would have to be a) close to protected wilderness and/or large bodies of water, b) affordable, c) small, and d) “livable.� The requirements for population and proximity to parks and lakes weren’t a problem — the country has thousands of small towns with spacious skies and purple mountains’ majesty. But thanks to moneyed second-home owners, the cost of living has skyrocketed in such places as Aspen and Sun Valley, so the affordability factor narrowed our list. “Affordable� is relative, of course — we used median home values from the U.S. Census. Our chosen towns aren’t dirt cheap, but neither are they Telluride or Park City, where a crumbling Victorian costs a cool million. As many Vermonters would agree, adventures don’t just begin and end in the woods. There’s the anticipation and planning over a cup of joe and a plate of eggs, and the tales we share afterward while gulping a microbrew and scarfing fries. Though backcountry camping has its glories, so does sinking into a soft pillow after a hard day of mountain biking singletrack or hiking to a summit. So Melville and I required that each of the towns have independently owned eating and lodging options, along with a decent gear shop to sell or rent equipment and point visitors in the right direction once they arrive. The project took two years from its initial conception — which happened over coffee on Burlington’s Church Street — to its completion. The research was grueling at times, but also a lot of fun. Melville and I split the list in half, and tried to visit as many places as possible. The realities of life, such as the expense of a plane ticket to Alaska or Hawaii, prevented us from seeing some towns first hand. The addition of a son to Melville’s family and a daughter to mine also inhibited travel. So, when necessary, we relied on friends in the “field� and our long-distance reporting skills to provide snapshots of each town. The states with the most “best� outdoor towns turned out to be California and Minnesota, with five each. But Vermont’s four — East Burke, Middlebury,
Montpelier and Newport — represent a close second. That’s as many as Alaska and Montana got. (Vermonters who disagree with our picks, or want to nominate their own nooks, should know that we’ll probably update 101 Best Outdoor Towns in the future. Of course, some may prefer to keep MOUNTAIN BIKING RENTALS TRAIL RUNNING WALKING their mountain-surrounded Main Streets all WEEKLY MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL RUNNING RACES EVENTS MORE to themselves.) We chose East Burke for the incomparable mountain biking on the Kingdom Trails, whose 100 miles of well-marked 2x4-Catamount071107.indd 1 7/9/07 2:28:17 PM beginner, intermediate and expert paths guarantee a steady stream of helmet-clad riders at Bailey’s & Burke, the combination general store and cafĂŠ. You can hop on a bike right from East Burke Sports downtown, tear around the singletrack for hours (sharing the space, at times, with horseback the convergence of riders and hikers), and then unwind with culture and nature ice-cold pints of Trout River ale at the Pub Outback. Though I went to Middlebury College, I didn’t appreciate the town’s outdoor delights until I started researching this book, more than 10 years after graduation. Several of Vermont’s must-do hikes, includone mile up the mountain road ing easy Snake Mountain and tougher stowe • 802.253.8943 Mount Abraham, surround Middlebury, www.westbranchgallery.com where the Otter Creek Falls provides a downtown play-hole for kayakers. And though our pick for post-hike panini — Eat 2x3-WestBranch071107.indd 1 7/9/07 2:37:06 PM Good Food — has closed since the book went to press, both Tully & Marie’s and the Storm CafĂŠ offer excellent wining, dining and river-watching opportunities. VERMONT SCENIC Montpelier may have captured another CLUSTER 15 minutes of national fame with the recent “802â€? video on YouTube, but Melville and I – Special GueSt – discovered a more sporting cause for celeRetired landmine dog “utsiâ€? bration in the long cycling routes that spider The Vermont Scenic Cluster Presents 3 days out from the gold-domed Capitol. Add the of all breed dog shows and obedience trials. Onion River, Onion River Sports and the Approximately 1,000 dogs in 100+ breeds! mountain biking just south of Montpelier at FRIDAY, JULY 13 - SUNDAY, JULY 15 • 9am-5pm Millstone Hill, and you have a near-ideal itinerary for weekend adventures. Many unique concessions and free demonstrations indoors and air-conditioned at the Champlain Valley Exposition Newport earned a spot in the book because of Lake Memphremagog and its Admission: $5 adults • $2 children • Under 12 frEE flatwater paddling opportunities, as well as Email for info: vermontcluster@comcast.net the low-key, no-frills vibe around the border town. Adventure racers have discovered 7/3/07 4:57:04 PM Newport through the annual Jay Challenge:2x3-grnmtndogclub071107.indd 1 Later this month, the event will send athletes on a 26-mile “crossoverâ€? of the lake, a 65-mile mountain-bike race and a 30.5mile trail “marathon.â€? But not many other people know about the town — yet. These are just a few of the summertime options around Vermont. Each spot also has unparalleled access to lift-served and backcountry skiing and snowboarding in winter, and extensive Nordic trail networks. Plus, East Burke, Middlebury, Montpelier and Newport are all near airports, making them “accessible.â€? Throughout 101 Best Outdoor Towns, Melville and I also highlight exceptional wild places, and Vermont has several: Lake Willoughby, the Catamount Trail, Mount Mansfield and the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. So the Green Mountain State measures up pretty well to other unspoiled parts of the U.S. My own town of Burlington didn’t make the cut (too big), but Lake Champlain, the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains — not to mention plenty of high-quality coffee and local microbrews — stave off the temptation to move to one of “the 101.â€? Except for the magnificent Homer, Alaska. I’d move there in a heartbeat. ďż˝
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andering around the Moose Meadow Lodge in Waterbury, you may think you’ve stumbled on one of Teddy Roosevelt’s garish, utterly un-P.C. hunting camps: old-school fishing STORY gear, taxidermied black bears, mooseMIKE head mounts. Hang out a bit longer, IVES though, and you may start seeing another, seemingly incongruous likeIMAGES ness to a Provincetown resort. MATTHEW Willie Docto, 45, and his partner THORSEN Greg Trulson, 53, are the co-owners of the lodge, which they describe as one of at least 15 gay-owned bed-andbreakfasts in the state. Located just a few miles from downtown Waterbury, the 86-acre property offers a slice of pastoral Vermont to the well-heeled, nature-inclined tourist, gay or straight. That is, when the former opts to come here rather than heading for a more famously queer-friendly destination, such as Philadelphia or Montréal. On a recent afternoon, Docto and Trulson chat with a reporter on the lodge’s stately front porch. Both wear monogrammed company T-shirts, and their professionalism matches that of the most doting concierge. Docto, slender and fit, is attentive and businesslike. Gray-haired Trulson radiates party-host enthusiasm. “A lot of people come up here just to decompress and unwind,” he explains. “We’re three hours from Boston, two from Montréal . . .” That may be a pretty standard hospitality line in Vermont, but Moose Meadow Lodge defies easy categorization. Its utilitarian, retro interior is offset by an oddly precise and focused attention to aesthetics. A downstairs “powder room,” for instance, has been
retrofitted with real birch trees to mimic a porch balcony; to complete the illusion, its walls depict a woodsy winter landscape, and little porcelain animals perch atop the toilet tank. Imagine a Martha Stewart installation at New York’s Museum of Natural History. “Each [item] is a piece of art,” Trulson asserts. “But it’s functional art.” Like most B&B owners, Docto and Trulson daydreamed about their lodge while working other jobs: Docto is a professional freelance violinist and event organizer, Trulson a former IBMer. Neither had run an inn before . . . but they’d stayed in plenty, and knew what kind of look they had in mind. “When we started this, we knew we wanted to do something different,” Trulson explains. Docto adds that they were aiming for an “old-fashioned home-stay” ambiance. He characterizes the vibe at Moose Meadow Lodge as “rustic redefined” — a.k.a. outdoorsy, but not downright rough. As it turned out, the couple’s timing was impeccable. In 2000, just two years after Moose Meadow Lodge opened, Vermont passed the nation’s first civil-union law — a statute granting the equivalent of marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples. Not surprisingly, that turned Moose Meadow and other queer-friendly inns into prime spots for ceremonies and receptions. Trulson even became certified as a justice of the peace, in part to serve his guests better. “For a couple of years, with civil unions, we had a niche,” Docto reflects. “Everyone flocked to Vermont.” The honeymoon didn’t last. Soon
Canada and Massachusetts passed same-sex marriage legislation, and New Jersey legalized civil unions. As a result, Vermont lost its status as the primo destination for gay and lesbian couples looking to tie the knot. In 2000, 1709 civil-union ceremonies were performed in the state; last year, the number fell to 427. The percentage of queer guests at Moose Meadow Lodge, which draws most of its clientele from New England, has declined accordingly, from 70 percent at its heyday to the current 50 percent. The
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majority is female. Regardless of the numbers, say Docto and Trulson, their place has always offered a unique experience for gay and lesbian clients. In 2003, Docto founded www.gayvermont inns.com, a consortium of such establishments around the state, to recapture the elusive queer market. That was a savvy business move: According to the Washington, D.C.-based Travel Industry Association of America, nearly half of all gay and lesbian tourists indicate gay-friendliness is an
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2001, hosts a lot fewer civil-union ceremonies than he used to — 10 to 15 per year, he says, as opposed to 70. But setting aside business motivations, he believes a queer-only marketing approach would be offensive. “If we were African-American, we wouldn’t say, ‘This is an AfricanAmerican place to come to,’” notes the innkeeper. “I think that’s inappropriate. You know, equality comes when [gay and lesbian representation] doesn’t become an issue, and it just is . . . We just meld into the fabric of society.” Moira Donovan and Mary Bouvier, lesbian co-owners of Jeffersonville’s Donomar Inn, suggest that their queerfriendliness is just one part of a multipronged marketing strategy. The couple opened their digs in 2003, three years after Vermont’s civil-union law was passed. That could explain why, even as they attempt to attract more gay and lesbian clients through queer-oriented advertising venues, they aren’t trying to make their place a queer destination per se. “People are looking for the rural when they come here,” notes Donovan, adding
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that she and Bouvier are planning to expand their business to include bike tours and wellness retreats. “They pretty much know they’re not going to have the clubs open until two in the morning.” “I think people are more attracted to the inn overall, and the location,” adds her partner. “I don’t necessarily see that gays or lesbians stay here just because we are lesbians.” Neither does the State of Vermont, apparently — its Department of Tourism and Marketing makes no mention of gay or lesbian tourism. Compare that with an overtly queer-friendly destination such as Montréal, whose city website offers a “Gay to Z” directory. Bruce Hyde is Vermont’s commissioner of Tourism and Marketing. He confesses to not knowing about gayvermontinns. com, and he doesn’t have any plans to promote gay or lesbian tourism. But the administrator, who voted for civil-union legislation as a Republican House rep, says the lack of targeted promotion isn’t a deliberate slight. At $4.2 million per year,
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important consideration for trip planning. “We started [the website] because gayfriendly properties and businesses in Vermont realized that, all of a sudden, our niche was gone,” Docto explains. Still, defining the “gay B&B” can be a tricky task. For example, while Docto and Trulson advertise on such gay-tourism websites as www.purpleroofs.com, their own site doesn’t mention sexual orientation. In fact, the main picture on its “wedding and civil union” page features a heterosexual couple. While Moose Meadow Lodge’s blurb on the Vermont Department of Tourism’s site reads, “This is no ordinary Vermont log cabin,” it doesn’t make an explicit pitch for gay and lesbian travelers, merely suggesting that the B&B is “perfect for weddings and civil unions.” That makes sense, since the men are more concerned about making straight guests feel comfy at the lodge. Other gay Vermont innkeepers take a similar tack. Darrick Pitstick, a San Francisco transplant who has co-owned the Stowe-based Timberholm Inn since
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Hyde points out, Vermont’s tourism budget is one of the smallest in the country. He adds that the state doesn’t officially promote weddings — gay or straight. That might rub some gay business owners the wrong way. But not the proprietors of Moose Meadow Lodge. Even a gay-tourism champion like Docto isn’t bitter about the apparent lack of state support. Though he established gayvermont inns.com to fill a marketing void, he says he recognizes there are “other niches in the state that need help.” For his part, Hyde says he’d be willing to collaborate with Vermont’s gay innkeepers. “We have a granting program that’s open to all organizations,” says the commissioner. “If there is an organized association that would like to go out and market that niche, I’d be very encouraged to really look at that. I know it’s a big business and a significant sector of the population.” Docto notes that he’d be open to that, as well.
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For now, there’s plenty of work to do at Moose Meadow Lodge. In addition to running the inn, both Docto and Trulson are engaged in big side projects. When he’s not planning Burlington’s annual Vermont Brewers Festival, Docto tours as a violinist; Trulson sells artisan wicker furniture, some of which is on display at the lodge. Once in a while the couple finds time to duck out for a night at a neighboring B&B. And once in a blue moon, they treat themselves to a Caribbean cruise. “So someone will make our bed,” Docto declares with a laugh. Does their relationship ever feel the stress that can afflict many a B&B-based romance? No way, answers Docto. While he concedes that the prospect of owning a business with a signif-
the exception of modern amenities like a glass-eclosed gazebo nestled in a distant stand of pine trees, everything about this property appears to reflect 19thcentury country-inn mores. As it turns out, this couple’s relationship has an interesting history of its own: The men met 10 years ago in West Virginia — at a B&B, of course. To hear them tell it, their good fortune has rubbed off on more than a few other couples. Trulson claims that marriages have been saved at Moose Meadow Lodge. Other guests have wed on the premises, only to make return visits — with their children. And last year, he reports, one couple requested that their ashes be spread on lodge property when they die. “It was like, ‘How did we do
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A downstairs “powder room” has been retrofitted with real birch trees to mimic a porch balcony; little porcelain animals perch atop the toilet tank. icant other is “definitely a risk,” he also likens the process of renovating the Waterbury lodge to raising a child. “[Greg and I] work really well together,” he insists. “Because we know each other so well, there’s no tension that might occur with other couples who own a business together, whether it’s a bed-andbreakfast . . . or a print shop.” Fittingly, this particular afternoon happens to be perfect for lovebirds. As Docto and Trulson, who had their civilunion ceremony in 2001, recline on the porch, bluejays soar over a nearby field of white and purple wildflowers; trout surface in an adjacent pond as if they wanted to become dinner. With
that?’” Docto chimes in. “‘All we did was serve you dinner!’” By mid-afternoon, new guests begin to stream in. As Docto and Trulson gaze down at the Mad River Valley from their deck chairs, a red Ford Mustang convertible cruises up the driveway. Just as fast as they slipped into reminiscence, the innkeepers snap back to attention. A minute later, two well-dressed, starry-eyed women ascend the grand wooden staircase. Next year will be the lodge’s 10-year anniversary. How long do the innkeepers plan to keep up this 24/7 hospitality? “Until I’m on a walker and he’s on a respirator,” Trulson declares, taking in the sylvan scents with an easy, contented breath. �
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elcome to Burlington! Now leave. No, really . . . now. Don’t get us wrong; we like your spending your vacation time — and money — in our fair city, but we’re not just Queen City residents, we’re Vermonters! Well, that depends on whom you ask, but we digress. The point is, there’s more to this great state than our idyllic little hamlet on Lake Champlain. Especially at night. Oh, sure, you can hang at any of the bars and venues around B-town and have a great time. Nectar’s, Red Square, Radio Bean, Higher Ground, they’re all good. Good music, good booze, hot chicks — it’s not called “Girlington� for nuthin’. Wink, wink.
THE MONKEY HOUSE 30 Main Street, Winooski, 655-4563 Just a quick jaunt over the Winooski River, in the heart of the Onion City, is one of the more vibrant, up-and-coming venues in Vermont. Recently re-opened after a change in ownership, The Monkey House is quickly becoming one of the area’s premier nightspots and a destination for music fans of all kinds. In its previous incarnation, the bar was known mostly as a decent — read: LOUD — place to see good local acts in a Williamsburg-esque setting. While there’s still no shortage of trucker caps, tight jeans and bed-heads, the new owners have made
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At the Langdon Street CafÊ, dreadlocked hippies sip PBR and chat with punk-rock vegans, while polo-shirt-clad yuppies drink iced Americano and read The New York Times. Seriously, you tourists came to see Vermont, right? Well, you’re going to have to make a little effort, but we guarantee it’ll be worth it. The following is by no means a comprehensive list of excellent venues outside Burlington — though, handily enough, you’ll find one of those in Section B. Rather, it’s a starting point for musical adventurers who like to discover their own favorite spots. Half the fun of being in Vermont is unearthing the out-of-the-way places you might not read about in tourist guides. So, welcome to Burlington. Now get outta here.
a concerted effort to broaden the scope of the music. Local artists continue to make up the Monkey’s share of acts, but nationally and internationally touring bands are beginning to grace the nightclub’s crowdlevel stage almost weekly. Cover charges rarely exceed $5, and the bar features an excellent selection of local brews. Of course, the PB Army can always grab an ice-cold tallboy on the cheap. And yes, you still might want to bring earplugs, especially on the weekend. Winooski is in the midst of an endless >> 47A
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TAKING NOTE OF VISUAL VERMONT PHOTO: JORDAN SILVERMAN
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iddlebury painter Doug Lazarus makes an unusual claim: He says he’s often “bumped up against” Edgar Allan Poe during his eclectic career. These encounters with the gothic storyteller, whom Lazarus describes as “the prototype of a certain American persona,” have perhaps not been coincidental. Lazarus admires Poe’s refusal to conform to bourgeois norms as much as he enjoys the 19thcentury romantic’s macabre tales. “Poe understood he lived in a country of businessmen,” Lazarus says, “but he never changed who he was.” It appears to be a case of one artist seeing himself in the life experiences of another. Lazarus is currently illustrating a book about a leading collector of Poe editions and ephemera. It was an indirect connection to Poe that brought him to Vermont 23 years ago. That move from Manhattan, where Lazarus was born in 1944, paved the way for him to assume his current role as the guiding force behind the Great Falls Gallery, located beside Otter Creek in downtown Middlebury. One day, while working in New York as an illustrator and audio-visual presenter, Lazarus heard from a friend in Vermont that a weekly newspaper in Vergennes was for sale — “for next to nothing,” he recalls. Bored with his commercial gigs, Lazarus seized the opportunity to become a publishereditorillustrator. He moved north and spent the next two years overseeing the 16-page Vergennes Citizen, for which he also composed a dozen pen-and-ink drawings each week. The Poe connection? Founded in 1798 as the Vergennes Gazette, the paper was purchased 40 years later by editor and literary anthologist Rufus Griswold — who happened to be Poe’s arch-enemy. It was primarily due to Griswold’s slanders that Poe is widely portrayed as an opium addict, Lazarus notes. The newspaper business was volatile in Poe’s era — and it proved so for Lazarus, too. An “insane expansion plan” caused the Vermont Citizen to collapse and sent the owner careening into what he remembers as a period of “violent floundering.” He worked as a publicist for Vermont’s bicentennial celebrations in 1991, then commuted to a job in Troy, New York, from a home near Bennington. In 2000,
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Lazarus returned to Addison County, setting himself up as a portrait painter and not-for-profit entrepreneur. Three years ago, he had to find a new work space after losing the lease on a Middlebury studio he shared with a couple of other artists. Enter Cornwall radiologist Peter Holm — “a patron of rebels,” Lazarus calls him. “He likes the fact thatwe’re all miscreants,” the artist adds, referring to the 18 painters and sculptors who occasionally work and show at the gallery while collectively covering the rent and keeping the coffee pot brewing. Holm agreed to charge $700 a month for the spectacularly situated, 1500-square-foot space that became the Great Falls Gallery. It’s a steal, considering that the waterfall sprays and thunders right outside a row of windows along an exposed brick wall. There’s no more mesmerizing gallery site in all of Vermont — which means that some potential purchasers have trouble keeping their eyes on the art. Indeed, the locale is “terrible for retail,” Lazarus laments. The Great Falls Gallery stands at the end of an alley in Frog Hollow that attracts few browsers between Christmas and June. During more shopping-friendly seasons, many of the gallery’s artists do make sales. One of them is John Clarke, a New Haven woodworker who became a sculptor with Lazarus’ encouragement. “I have sold a few things at Great Falls,” Clarke says, “but I go there mainly to be part of a community.” Besides serving as a hang-out for artists, the gallery is morphing into a performance space, at Lazarus’ instigation. Several musical events were staged there last year, with the adjoining alleyway hosting summer-evening cookouts. Lazarus and fellow free spirits practice a 1960s Digger ethic of giving away food and drink to anyone who shows up. It’s a uniquely bohemian scene in buttoneddown Middlebury. “This town is really resistant to change,” observes Mary Swanson, a stall-holder in the Great Falls stable. “Middlebury’s just dead.” Like his New Testament namesake, however, Lazarus finds himself at the
center of a resurrection. Great Falls has been pumping night life into a commercial strip that turns eerily empty as daylight departs. “Doug’s almost a force of nature,” says Swanson — quite a compliment, coming from someone who holds a day job as a clairvoyant. “He’s the unsung hero of Middlebury.” Standing 5’9” and toting a late-middle-age paunch, Lazarus doesn’t look like a force of nature. But he does have kindly, sparkling eyes — the facial feature he considers most important in portrait painting — and he converses with wit and animation. Lazarus has been painting since he was a kid and learned the rudiments from his father, a professional portraitist. He remains dedicated to his art, turning out several landscapes and an average of half a dozen commissioned portraits per year. Multiple organizational tasks cut into his painting time, but Lazarus doesn’t really mind. He affirms that he’s as much an event planner as an artist. Right now, for example, he’s orchestrating a juried show that will feature scores of scenes of Lake Champlain. Lazarus invited about 1000 Vermont artists to submit work to be considered for inclusion in a proposed traveling exhibit of 50 paintings. That show, with envisioned stops in Boston, New York and Washington, would hit the road in 2009 — the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s voyage into Vermont. “I knew I could make this happen,” Lazarus declares, though he’s quick to acknowledge receiving help from several sources, including Senator Patrick Leahy and the Vermont Arts Council. One of his own lake-scapes may well appear in the quadricentennial show. Lazarus says he gets excited about the light effects he can produce when painting scenes from nature. The genre also affords him greater freedom of technique than is possible in portraiture. His brush moves more loosely as it depicts Vermont settings, Lazarus says, contrasting these less inhibited strokes with the “marksmanship” that
portrait painting requires._ “You either hit it or you don’t,” he explains. But Lazarus almost always does nail his subjects’ features. He’s never had a dissatisfied sitter return a work, though on one occasion, he recalls, he himself ripped apart a canvas and started over because the face wasn’t right. It takes Lazarus a week or two to complete a portrait, for which he charges between $1500 and $5000, depending on size and complexity. He works from photos rather than life because, he observes, “Most people don’t have the time to sit for a portrait these days.” The work cannot proceed, however, until artist and subject have gotten acquainted. Lazarus says he discusses possible poses, but mostly it’s a matter of his gleaning insights into the person’s character. “A lot of portrait painting is about understanding someone’s psychology,” he explains. “You have to be honest when you’re painting a person. You can’t try to invent a personality.”_ Lazarus’ charming portrait of a preteen girl sitting in a field illustrates his insistence that the mouth as well as the eyes must be painted just so. “The eyes tell you a lot about the emotional make-up of a person,” he says. “And the mouth is so idiosyncratic that, if you lose it, you’ve lost the person.” Hands are important, too, as is dramatically evident in his painting of a young woman bowing her violin. “Anatomically,” Lazurus notes, “the hand is very complicated. But I don’t have a problem with it.” That may sound boastful, but Lazarus doesn’t take himself — or his trade — all that seriously. “What’s the difference between painting a picture and sweeping the floor?” he asks at one point. The answer: “The size of the brush.” “I was raised with the notion that there’s nothing more profound about painting than about sweeping,” Lazarus explains. Both activities are hands-on, and both, he suggests, offer dignity and fulfillment. The New England bard who penned “The Raven” couldn’t have put it better. m
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downtown revitalization, so, depending on when you go, parking can be tricky. Particularly around the loopy rotary. To avoid an exasperating hunt for an open space, or a National Lampoon’s European Vacation roundabout experience (“Look, kids! Parliament! Big Ben!”), plan a few extra minutes into your travel time.
atmosphere in which to enjoy the myriad performers — musical, theatrical and downright unclassifiable — that ply their trade on LSC’s intimate stage. The crowd tends to be as varied as the entertainment, but you’ll rarely encounter a more welcoming environment. Dreadlocked hippies sip PBR and chat with punk-rock vegans, while polo-
the stage. As at Radio Bean, artists are unpaid except insofar as the crowd chips in — so be generous.
shirt-clad yuppies drink iced Americano and read The New York Times. Beware the toddlers under foot, though. LSC often books out-of-town acts in tandem with Radio Bean. So if you miss a good band in Burlington, you can most likely catch them the following night in Montpelier. Which, by the way, is the only state capital without a McDonald’s. Put the money you save by not eating fast food in the bucket by
Mountain experience, few places are better than Morrisville. Several miles north of über-touristy Stowe on Route 100, the town is a genuine slice of Rockwellian downhominess, and should be high on the list of anyone seeking the “real Vermont.” Approaching its fourth anniversary, The Bee’s Knees has established itself as the artistic cornerstone of this sleepy little village. Like TV’s “Cheers,” it’s the kind of place where everybody knows your name.
THE BEE’S KNEES 82 Lower Main Street, Morrisville, 888-7889 If the hustle and bustle of Burlington’s nightlife has you yearning for a more rural Green
Proprietor Sharon Dietz has poured her heart and soul into the coffee shop/bar/restaurant, and the town has responded in kind. She estimates that she knows 80 percent of her clientele on a firstname basis. The tiny venue is packed almost nightly with patrons enjoying items from an impressive localvore menu, microbrewed ales and wide-ranging musical fare.
LANGDON STREET CAFE 4 Langdon Street, Montpelier, 223-8667 Ah, Montpeculiar! In recent years, Vermont’s state capital has undergone an artistic renaissance; on many nights, it now rivals Burlington as the “place to be” for great live music. Only four years ago, the city’s night life consisted mainly of a few dive bars and teenagers hanging out in gas-station parking lots. Thankfully, the dive bars are still there — Charlie O’s is highly recommended — as are the gas stations. But those seeking a more aesthetically enlightening experience would also do well to make the drive to Montpelier. While there are now a number of high-caliber bars and venues in the shadow of the Golden Dome — Black Door Bistro and Positive Pie 2, to name but a couple — the crown jewel of the city’s arts community is the Langdon Street Café. The sister coffeehouse of Burlington’s eclectic hipster haven, Radio Bean, is also a hot spot of Montpelier’s vital music scene. With a full espresso bar, light sandwiches and a small but delectable selection of local draft beers, there’s plenty to slake your thirst and tingle your taste buds. The yard-sale-chic furnishings and local artwork adorning the dimly lit walls make for a stimulating
While central-Vermont-based artists feature prominently on the monthly calendar, Dietz does an admirable job of mixing things up, bringing in performers from across the musical spectrum. On any given night you might hear folk, bluegrass, rock or jazz. The place is very small, so get there early — shows usually start around 7:30 p.m. And plan to make new friends, as you’ll quite literally be rubbing elbows with 2x6-fulltank071107 7/10/07 your neighbors.
MIDDLE EARTH MUSIC HALL Barton Street, Bradford, 222-4748 After a long day’s questing to Mount Doom, battling bloodthirsty Orcs and sharing long, loving, vaguely homoerotic gazes with your best friend, couldn’t you go for a cold flagon of ale and some good lute tunes? Well, should your journey take you from the Shire and through the fires of Mordor — er, Bradford — be sure to stop at the Middle Earth Music Hall, the most authentic hobbit hole this side of Bag End. From the arched doorways and vine-entwined trees that create the bar to the cozy living-room setting of the performance area, once you enter the club you’ll have a hard time believing you’re not actually in Hobbiton, rather than a tiny town in eastern Vermont. Depending on the night, you may also wonder why you’ve never been here before, as the caliber of performers who stop by easily rivals that of many venues in the Burlington area. Musical legends such as Tony Trishka, Roy Book Binder and Richie Havens have taken the stage here, along with Vermont acts such as Tammy Fletcher and the Disciples and Nobby Reed. (Sorry, there aren’t really any lute players.) The cover tends to be on the pricier side but worth it, considering the talent that typically graces the stage in front of the faux fireplace. Those short on cash can always try to pass off their wedding band as the Ring of Power, but it’s doubtful the door-Orcs will fall for it. These guys obviously know their Tolkien. And their music. �
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Life Study
I EXHIBIT Charlotte Hastings: “Unveiling Memory,” a retrospective of works by the Vermont artist. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier. Through July 22.
ARTWORK “Farm Series” by Charlotte Hastings
PHOTO Marc Awodey
n her curator’s statement for “Unveiling Memory,” a retrospective of the art of Charlotte Hastings, sculptor-curator B. Amore aptly wrote, “From the beginning, the trajectory of her creative endeavor involved processes of layering, of combining disparate elements to create the whole.” Hastings excelled in many different media during her career, which ended too soon when the artist died of pancreatic cancer in 2006. The Wood Gallery exhibition reveals Hastings’ technical versatility, while confirming the overarching aesthetic unity of her work. More than 50 pieces in all media, dating from the mid-1970s to 2005, are on view in this extensive compendium. A 1970s-vintage “Untitled,” aluminum-onboard assemblage bears the label “#1” at the entrance to the show; an “Untitled” nonobjective oil from 1975, emphasizing textures rather than color, is labeled number two. While both are critically informed by currents of their era, neither is derivative in the least. The first piece, a vertical, 50-by-21-inch assemblage, contrasts rounded shapes and hard metallic edges with the organic textures of the board on which they are positioned. The second is a nearly monochromatic, 20-by-27-inch beige oil in which built-up textures surround pools of negative space in the central area, while the edges of the picture have been left as raw canvas. Hastings seems to have evolved quickly toward more complex color harmonies, the vibrancy of her work exploding as collage became more influential as a form. An “Untitled” acrylic collage, measuring roughly 36 by 48 inches and also from the ’70s, is a harbinger of things to come. Ribbons of Naples yellow and deep reds entwine illegible words and patterns that float in a textural indigo field. Hastings’ later canvasses employ stitching and a broader range of collaged elements, evoking stronger narratives. An “Untitled” 30-by-50-inch piece from her “Farm Series” of 2004 features multiple photocopied images of a elderly standing woman, as well as floral wallpaper. Other paintings in the series include different figures, varied passages of patterning and additional stitched shreds of color. Hastings’ monoprints and photographs echo the layered richness of her paintings. “Vermont Ties: Making a Point” starts with five photographs of figures pointing at something unexplained — each with his or her arm at about a 30-degree angle. But the series also incorporates Plexiglas, wood and negatives, which are sometimes collaged; the images are mounted in tablet-shaped frames. Likewise,
Hastings seems to have evolved quickly toward more complex color harmonies, the vibrancy of her work exploding as collage became more influential as a form. Hastings’ monoprints incorporate more media than is obvious at first, including Polaroid transfers. Both wall-mounted sculptures and works-inthe-round appear in the retrospective. “In the round” can entail a repeated use of spherical forms. An early 1990s “Untitled’ pedestal piece, about 20 inches long, is simply composed of a black painted plaster sphere, roughly 7 inches in diameter, behind which trail craggy black painted roots. It’s a purely abstract utterance, yet one alive with connotations that viewers are free to consider unencumbered by a title. Hastings made several heads out of concrete spheres painted to look like stones. In an “Untitled”
sculpture, three heads are positioned in a 40-inchlong antique wooden dough trough, perhaps as a visual metaphor for the act of creation itself. In another sculptural work, several heads fill a large nest of sticks installed on the floor. In a 2005 artist’s statement, Hastings wrote: “Art isn’t about talent. It’s about loving yourself enough to cultivate your inner sensibilities, your intellectual and political awareness, your visual acumen, until process takes over and begins to make the kind of decisions that determine what will happen in your life.” When an artist’s life and art are so closely intertwined, her art can live a life of its own — even after its creator is gone. m
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STUDIO PLACE ARTS is inviting proposals for solo shows in its Third Floor Gallery in 2008. Deadline: July 27. Call 479-7069 for info. ARTISTS SOUGHT to show at a one-day exhibit entitled "Art and Healing the Mind," October 13 in Essex Junction. All who use art as a way to deal with depression or mental illness are encouraged to apply. For info, email Rosemary at earl.lawyerjr@verizon. net or call 338-6154. THE CARVING STUDIO and Sculpture Center invites artists to submit outdoor-sculpture proposals for SculptFest07, September 15 - October 28. This year's theme is "Nature and Transcendence." Deadline: July 31. Visit www.carvingstudio.org or call 438-2097 for more info.
conjunction with a current installation as well as the Classical Association of New England's Summer Institute. Arthur M. Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603646-2808. July 11, 10:15 a.m.
‘SUNSETS AT SHELBURNE MUSEUM’: Associate curator Kory Rogers gives a lecture entitled "The Gold Age of the American Circus" along with a performance by the Bread and Puppet Cardboard Celebration Circus.
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OPENINGS ‘LAND ON PAPER’: An exhibition of landscape prints by studio members. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, 295-5901. Reception July 13, 6-8 p.m. Through August. PAEDRA BRAMHALL: "Paedra Xposed," ink paintings reflecting life in the community of transgendered individuals, and a "Floating False Ceiling" installation by the Vermont artist. Gallery in-the-Field, Brandon, 2470125. Reception July 14, 1-5 p.m., including artist talk at 2 p.m. Through August 26. ROBERT F. AIKEN, ELIZABETH ALLEN & PETER A. MILLER: "Quintessential Vermont," landscape paintings by the local artists. Vermont Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-9653. Reception July 14, 5-7 p.m., with live music by saxophonist Chris Peterman. Through July. CHRISTINE CAMBREA & ROBERT HITZIG: "Double Vision," solo and collaborative sculpture and drawing by artists who use the grain patterns of wood as their inspiration. The Lazy Pear Gallery, Montpelier, 223-7680. Reception July 14, 5-8 p.m. Through August 19. ‘BOATS AROUND THE WORLD’: A new juried exhibition of more than 125 photographs by 48 photographers from Vermont, New York, Massachusetts and Louisiana. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, 475-2022, ext. 107. Reception with the artists July 15, 25 p.m. Through July 29. SUSIE CICIRELLO: Paintings, Blue Star Café, Winooski, 654-8700 and MATTHEW THORSEN: photographs of Asia. Aartistc Inc., Winooski, 3389009. Joint reception July 16, 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. Through September 1.
TALKS/ EVENTS MICHAEL FLOMEN GALLERY TALK: The photographic artist, who lives in Vermont and Montréal, discusses the PLEASE NOTE: Exhibitions are written by Pamela Polston; spotlights written by Marc Awodey. Listings are restricted to exhibits in truly public places; exceptions may be made at the discretion of the editor. Submit art exhibitions at www.sevendaysvt.com/art or send via email by Thursday at 5 p.m., including info phone number, to galleries@sevendaysvt.com. 4x11.5-diageo-smirnoff.indd 1
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GOING WITH THE GRAIN Collaborative, wall-mounted artworks in wood by sculptor Robert Hitzig and painter Christine Cambrea appear in the Lazy Pear Gallery show “Double Vision,” through August 19. Hitzig shapes and elegantly finishes slices of selected woods, while Cambrea applies lyrical and often meandering lines echoing the contours of the wood. Individual pieces by both artists are also on view in this unusual exhibition. Nearly 30 works are installed. Pictured: “Pondering the Options/Dreamscape” by Cambrea and Hitzig.
‘ART:21 FILM SERIES’: "Craft & Process," a film about artists Josiah McElheny, Janine Antoni and Gabriel Orozco on the subject of integrating craft processes into contemporary art, followed by a talk by Curator Ruth Erickson about the current exhibit "Graphic Havoc." Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Second Floor, Burlington, 865-7166. July 18, 7 p.m.
Men's Room, Burlington, 864-2088. Through August. BRENDAN MCLAUGHLIN: "Musicians, ART MARKET: Local artists offer their Surfers, Nieces, Bowlers, One Old Flame," wares every Saturday, weather permitsilver gelatin prints. Firehouse Center ting, at the Firehouse Plaza, Burlington Community Darkroom, Burlington, 865City Hall Park, 865-7166. July 14, 9 7166. Through August. a.m. - 2:30 p.m. SARA ALTIERI: "Beautiful Faces," paintings ‘OPEN FARM & STUDIO WEEKEND’: and collage. One Wall Gallery, 420 Pine Dozens of galleries, studios, parks, farm St., Burlington, 999-5982. Through July. stands and other venues welcome visiETHAN O’HARA: Paintings of cartoon montors to an ag-and-art tour of the sters and other beasts made on top of Champlain Islands. Brochure maps availsecondhand-store unfinished works. Made able at participating locations. July 14 Boutique & Gallery, Burlington, 651-0659. :: burlington area & 15, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Through September. SANDY BERBECO: Watercolors, Gates 1 & 2; ‘TOUR DES ARTS’: Nearly 40 artists and ‘IN PRAISE OF PURPLE FLOWERS’: A and SCOTT BRIGHTWELL: Photography, artisans around Québec's Eastern group show of paintings featuring Skyway; and GILLIAN KLEIN: Oil on canTownships open their studios to the Timothy Fisher and 15 other area artists. vas paintings, Escalator. Burlington public for the 19th annual sale of Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, International Airport, 865-7166. Through works in multiple media. Guides at par985-3848. Through August 14. August. ticipating locations and tourism MARCIA ROSBERG: Paintings in oil, acrylic, KATHY STARK: "Conversations with My offices. Visit www.tourdesarts.com for watercolor and pastel by the Jericho Mother," mixed-media works including more info. July 14-22, 10 a.m. - 5 artist. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, manipulated journals and letters; and p.m. 899-3211. Through August 19. CARA BARER: "Book Series," spare, ‘TEA IN THE GARDEN’: An art-and-music STUDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY HIGH black-and-white photographs of sculptural afternoon event featuring photography by SCHOOL OF VERMONT: An art exhibit by book images. Pine Street Art Works, Raven Schwan-Noble; and an acoustic students of the program that is a collaboBurlington, 863-8100. Through July. program by flutist Claire Durand and ration of the department of Corrections, TATIANA ZELAZO: "Just-a-Position," blackpianist Michael Waters. Fisk Farm Art Employment and Training, and Education and-white photographs. Red Square, Center, Isle La Motte, 928-3364. July 15, along with Burlington City Arts. Burlington, 859-8909. Through July. 1-5 p.m. Free except for refreshments. Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall, LINDSAY LORENTE: Mixed-media paintings CHRISTINE DEMARAIS: "The Key to the 865-7166. Through July. including flowers and abstracted designs. Soul," mirror-and-cowrie-embroidered hip ‘THE WAY WE SEE’: Artworks by Jocelyn Uncommon Grounds, Burlington, 865belts. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Lee Lutter, Nicolas Holiber, Michael Tonn 6227. Through July 28. Library, Burlington, 865-7211. Halfa and Kevin Buckland. Studio STK, CHIP TROIANO: "Bhutan: Land of the (belly dance party) July 15, 2-5 p.m. Burlington, 657-3333. Through July 24. Friendly On-site Computer Support Friendly On-site Comp Friendly On-site Computer Support Thunder Dragon," photographs from the Through July. YVON GOULET: Artworks about gay life in Himalayan kingdom. Artspace 150 at The Montréal painted on former Québec elec-
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sitions. 2nd Floor, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 8657165. Through July 22. ‘MEMBERS ONLY’: Works by 20 members of the Burlington City Arts Photography Studio. Fourth Floor, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 865-7165. Through July 20. ‘GRAPHIC HAVOC’: Reese Inman, Megumi Naitoh, Zoe Sheehan Saldana and Sarah Walker capture the idea of "handmade technology" with works in multiple media. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865-7165. Through July 21. ‘GRIDWORK’: A group show featuring 16 Vermont artists inspired by line. Flynndog, Burlington, 863-2227. Through July 30. ‘CRITTERS!’: Two- and three-dimensional depictions of the animal world. Shelburne Art Center, 985-3648. Through August 2. ‘SOMETHING PERTAINING TO GOD’: Patchwork quilts, pillows and clothing by Rosie Lee Tompkins; 'CHANDELIRIOUS!': The Dazzling World of Contemporary Chandeliers; 'STARS AND BARS': Amish quilts; 'MY BAD - IT'S ALL GOOD': The Designs of Jason Miller; 'CONTEMPORARY VERMONT QUILTS'; 'GOT EBAY?' Celebrity Collections Created Online; 'JOHN JAMES AUDUBON': Prints from the permanent collection; 'EARLY AMERICAN PAINTINGS': 18th- and early 19th-century works from the permanent collection; 'OGDEN PLEISSNER: ON THE WATER': Landscapes and fishing scenes by the sporting artist; and 'OUT OF THIS WORLD': Shaker designs past, present and future. Shelburne Museum, 985-3346. Through October 28. PAUL GRUHLER: "Inner Color Line," acrylic-on-paper paintings; and HAL MAYFORTH: "Archetypical High Jinx," humorous paintings; and BETH PEARSON: "Under and Through," paintings; and JASON WINCUINAS: "Semi Gloss: Tint and Texture," paintings. Artpath Gallery, Wing Building, Burlington, 563-2273. Through July. GROUP SHOW: Paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture and mixed media by eight Vermont artists. Maltex Building, hallways on all four floors, Burlington, 865-7166. Through October.
:: champlain valley BROOKE BURGEE: "Solo Show," colorful, sculptural paintings created with palette knives rather than brushes. Bar Antidote, Vergennes, 877-2555. Through August 12. SARAH WESSON & MERYL GOLDFARB: "From Where I Stand," paintings and fused-glass decorative dishes, respectively. Art on Main, Bristol, 453-4032. Through August 15. ‘ART: REBECCA PURDUM’: Three recent paintings on canvas by the Riptonbased artist. Middlebury College Museum of Vermont, 443-5007. Through August 12. BETHANY FARRELL: "Forms and Figures," recent multimedia and oil paintings. Starry Night CafĂŠ, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. Through July. ‘CHINESE BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAINS OF THE MING AND QING DYNASTIES’: Originating in the 14th century, this collection includes prized pieces made for the imperial court. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-5007. Through December 9.
:: central RICK SCHNEIDER & LIZA MYERS: "Inspired by Nature," wood sculptures from the Iris Series as well as new framed relief carvings of flowers and figures; and paintings, respectively. Carving Studio & Sculpture Center Gallery, West. Rutland, 438-2097. Through July 22. ‘SUBVERTISEMENTS’: Reworkings of alcohol and tobacco ads by seventh-
graders at U-32 High School. Montpelier City Hall, 223-4949. Through July. KATIE LOESEL: Works on paper depicting place and journey. Bundy Center for the Arts, Waitsfield, 496-4781. Through September 15. PATRICK LEAHY: "World Leaders," color photographs of political and arts figures by Vermont's senior senator. Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield, 496-8994. Through July. ‘FINISH THIS!’: Gallery owner and artist Gaal Shepherd began a painting and then sent a copy to 31 other artists around the world to complete. The myriad results appear in this group show. Cooler Gallery, White River Junction, 295-8008. Through August. CHRISTA MANS: "Little Slices of Life," photographs and paintings. Vermont Chocolatiers, Northfield, 225-5977. Through July 28. GREG MAMCZAK: Recent acrylic paintings. The Shoe Horn, Montpelier, 223-5454. Through July. JIM PROCTOR: Handpainted interpretations of photographs on canvas. The Green Bean Gallery at Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, artwhirled23@yahoo.com. Through July. VARUJAN BOGHOSIAN: A survey of the artist's long career in collage, watercolors and sculpture. Big Town Gallery, Rochester, 767-9670. Through July 19. ‘MAPS & JOURNEYS’: A multimedia group show inspired by wanderlust, Main Gallery; and ST. MONICA'S SCHOOL STUDENT SHOW, Second Floor Gallery; and ANNIE TIBERIO CAMERON & LORI STROUTSOS: Photographs, Third Floor Gallery. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7069. Through August 4. CHARLOTTE HASTINGS: "Unveiling Memory," a retrospective of works by the Vermont artist; and CULLY RENWICK & GEORGIA LANDAU: "Dreams Now Showing: A Double Feature," paintings and ceramics. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through July 22. THE 2007 SELECTIONS SHOW: A group exhibit featuring works by the winners of the 2006 Local Artists Show: Dick Ellsworth, Gene Parent, Kathrena Ravenhorst-Adams, Sandy Cooch, Tamara Wright and Don LaHue. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, outreach@chandler-arts.org. Through July 15. VERMONT PASTEL SOCIETY: A juried show of works by members. Governor's Office, Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 828-0749. Through July 27.
:: northern ‘ART FOR PEACE’: A group show of Vermont artists including Karin Rae, Robin Lahue, Jack Sabon, Jane Pincus, Tyler Gillen, Janet Van Fleet and Anna Gagnon. The Bee's Knees, Morrisville, 888-7889. Through July. TAMARACK GROUP SHOW: Prints, paintings, drawings and sculptures by more than 40 area artists. Tamarack Gallery, Craftsbury, 586-8078. Through September 3. MEMBERS’ WORK: Co-op members Heidi Lague, Jo Anne Wazny, Robert Anderson and Becky Wright are this month's featured artists. Artists in Residence, Enosburg Falls, 933-6403. Through July. JULIE RUTH, SAM THURSTON & LAURI ZARIN: "From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary," landscape and figurative paintings and sculptures. The Painted Caravan Gallery, Johnson, 635-7837. Through August 16. ‘LAND AND LIGHT’: A juried exhibition of 50 landscape artists from around New England. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100. Through October 21. CRAIG MOONEY: "Sacred Places:
Landscapes Evoking Vermont's Beauty," new semi-abstract oil paintings. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-1818. Through August. LYNN NEWCOMB: "Tools as Sculpture," artwork that breaks down categories; also featuring antique autos. Whitewater Gallery, East Hardwick, 563-2037. Through July 29. ‘THE TRAVELING ARTIST’: Artists Paton Miller, Jerald Swope, Ethan Hubbard, Judith Stone, Simon Parkes and Susan Abbott exhibit works about, or inspired by, travels around the globe; also, artists' illustrated travel journals by Cacky Peltz, Janet Fredericks and Nona Estrin; and MICHAEL FLOMAN: Works in collaboration with nature, including photograms, large-format photos and images from handmade negatives. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through August 25.
:: southern ROSS HINDMAN: "Perceptions," flora and cloudscape photographs that challenge viewer perceptions. Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405. Through July 17. ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK: An exhibit of works from the permanent collection that represent major American art developments from the late 19th century to the late 20th. Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Southern Vermont Arts Center, 362-1405. Through July 22.
:: regional ‘TRADITION & CHANGE: IMAGES ON PAPER FROM MILLET TO BASKIN’: Works by more than 80 artists reflecting Western art history 18501975. Plattsburgh State Art Museum, 518-564-2474. Through September 16. ‘GREEN DOOR AT THE BLUSEED’: Works by Burlington's Green Door Studio: photographers Tom Lascell, Phil Gingrow, Gemma Perretta and Brian Miles; paintings by Michael C. Scott, Andrea Currie, Clark Derbes and Lydia Bright; a mixed-media video installation by Athena Kafantaris; interactive performance involving deep-frying books, by John Lafaice; and collaborative artists' books with handmade paper by Drew Cameron and Drew Luan Matott. BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 3161124. Through July 13. WENDA GU: "The Green House," a massive, site-specific sculpture created from more than 430 pounds of hair collected from members of the college and greater Upper Valley community, through October 28; and 'RETRANSLATION AND REWRITING TANG DYNASTY POETRY': An exhibition of the avant-garde Chinese artist's works on paper, through September 9; MAGDELENE ODUNDO: "Resonance and Inspiration," recent ceramic vessels and drawings, through October 14; and 'AMERICAN ART AT DARTMOUTH: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HOOD': More than 160 works presenting a comprehensive overview of the permanent collection in fine art and artifacts, through December 9. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808. ‘AMERICAN STREAMLINED DESIGN’: More than 180 objects from the home, workshop, sports and leisure that illustrate a sleek style from the 1930s, through October 28; and EMILY CARR: "New Perspectives," some 200 artworks and objects by the late Canadian artist, through September 23. MontrĂŠal Museum of Fine Arts, U.S. tickets: 1-800-6785440. $15/7.50. ďż˝
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SEVEN DAYS | july 11-18, 2007 | funstuff 55A
game on
by david thomas
playing the electronic field
Something Evil This Way Comes Gamers, take control. Releasing an old game on a new platform usually doesn’t generate a lot of excitement. Game companies like the idea of squeezing dollars out of products by adding some polish and sending them around to every conceivable gaming system. And, while the strategy might make business sense, gamers routinely shrug off these after-market novelties. The arrival of “Resident Evil 4” on the Nintendo Wii challenges that complacency. While the 2-year-old game remains the same, the controls have changed. Toss aside those traditional controllers that made the title a hit on the PlayStation 2 and GameCube. On the Wii, players take that system’s motion-sensing controller in hand and shoot, slice and swing at the hordes of evil that lurch around every corner. Once again the Wii surprises, not so much by innovation in game design as by offering you the simple thrill of moving around while you play. “RE4” proves that a perfectly entertaining game deserves a second play when you update the controls. Sometimes we make too much of interactivity. Case in point: Rockstar Games’ bloodthirsty sequel “Manhunt 2” has raised controversy and ire, and that’s not because it changed the formula of a title that puts the player in a kill-or-be-killed survival scenario in a city filled with psychopaths. Rather, the idea that you could jab garden shears into an on-screen villain by lifting your Wii controller over your head and thrusting it downward was just too much for some people to bear. Lingering social issues aside, it really is fun to point the Wii controller at the screen and shoot bad guys. While previous versions of the “RE” series had a nightmare quality, making you sluggishly target shambling monsters as they crept closer and closer, “RE” on the
Wii allows you to pop off rounds like an Old West gunslinger. This update to “RE4” reminds players of the classic zombie shootfest “House of the Dead.” The easier and more enjoyable combat interface
fun. “RE4” lives up to the series’ macabre reputation while giving gamers something to grab hold of.
By Linda Thistle
Who’s It For: If a sense of dread and jump-out-of-your-seat shocks
“Resident Evil 4,” Wii Edition $29.99 Wii M for Mature
of aiming a gun by pointing at the screen — or slashing a knife with a wave of the controller in your hand — doesn’t detract from the game’s classic creepy ambiance. “RE4” paces its challenges and surprises and puts its growing sense of dread to good use. As in an interactive haunted house, you might not be able to step over a rickety wooden fence. But you can crash through a window or battle gargantuan abominations when the appropriate moment arrives. Tiptoeing in your living room, holding the Wii controller out in front of you like a flashlight, you may look like a model for a “Scooby Doo” cartoon. And that is the new
SUDOKU
sound like fun, then the survival format of “Resident Evil 4” provides plenty of interactive chills. If You Like This, Try That: One game has always stalked the “Resident Evil” franchise. “Silent Hill” goes for more supernatural thrills while delivering the same terrifying aesthetics that have made both series hot properties on the survival-horror market. Best Part: “Resident Evil 4” for the Wii might be seen as a retread. And Capcom recognizes that fact by offering the game at a bargain price of $30.
Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each 9-box square contains all of the numbers one to nine.
Difficulty this week: H H = Moderate HH = Challenging HHH = Hoo, boy!
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n a bold new strategy to avoid a congressional subpoena, Vice President Dick Cheney today declared himself a national monument. Mr. Cheney took the unorthodox step only after failing in his attempt to invoke a little-known legal principle called the separation of Cheney and state. Aides to Mr. Cheney confirmed that being a national monument gives the vice president not only immunity from subpoenas, but also a draft deferment in perpetuity. President George W. Bush presided over a solemn White House ceremony this morning in which a plaque documenting Mr. Cheney’s status as a national monument was affixed to the vice president’s midsection. Joining the ranks of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, Mr. Cheney is believed to be the only landmark in the nation’s capital not made at least partially out of marble. But even as his attempt to evade a subpoena appeared to have succeeded, the vice president’s new status as a national monument created unexpected problems,
as Independence Day tourists lined up around the block to get a glimpse of Washington’s latest historic attraction. Perhaps in an effort to control the crowds, Mr. Cheney announced today that the admission price for seeing him would be set at $75,000.
Seventy-five thousand dollars is what it costs to see Dick Cheney.
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White House spokesman Tony Snow defended the $75,000 price tag, saying that it was an appropriate price to see a national monument of Dick Cheney’s stature. “Seventy-five thousand dollars is what it costs to see Dick Cheney,” Mr. Snow said. “Just ask any lobbyist.” Elsewhere, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that everyone in the United States should go about their normal activities, “except you terrorists.”
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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SEVEN DAYS | july 11-18, 2007 | astrology 57A
free will astrology RE AL july 12-18
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Among the
Yanyuwa Aboriginal people who live along the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory, the word for “fat” is nalu-ngiliny. It doesn’t merely refer to the greasy stuff that grows naturally under the skin of animal bodies. It’s also a metaphysical term for vitality. Anything that’s rich in nalungiliny is healthy. A certain landscape may be considered fat, for instance, which means that it’s fertile and sacred. When acacia flowers bloom each year, it’s a sign that sea turtles and the marine mammals known as dugongs, favorite foods of the Yanyuwa, are “fat” and ready to be hunted. Your assignment in the coming week is to identify the things in your life that are nalungiliny, and to give them the honor, gratitude and nurturing they deserve.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Don’t cross
a bridge until you come to it,” advises the old adage. But is that really a good idea? The fact is that the world belongs to people who have crossed bridges in their imaginations long before those bridges existed. Let that be your guiding thought in the coming weeks, Taurus. Start visualizing, contemplating, and building in your mind’s eye a certain bridge you want to make abundant use of in 2008.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The German
word selig can mean both “ecstatic” or “blessed.” It implies that profound bliss can be a divine gift; that deep pleasure may generate or come from spiritual inspiration. The English language doesn’t have a term comparable to selig, maybe because our culture regards ecstasy with suspicion. Religious people tend to believe that the blessed are those who are good and kind, certainly not those who are skilled at cultivating ecstatic states. People who worship rationality, on the other hand, like intellectuals and scientists, often think of ecstasy as at best an irrelevant state, and at worst a non-productive or deluded indulgence. Personally, I’m in alignment with the values embodied by the word selig. It happens to be your specialty this week.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22): To celebrate your ramble through the most wildly independent phase of your astrological cycle, I’m offering you three inspirational quotes. The first is from poet e.e. cummings: “To be nobody but yourself in a world that is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle that any human being can fight.” Your second shot of motivation is from Clarissa Pinkola Estes: “If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, or rebellious, you’re on the right track. If you have never been called these things, there is yet time.” Lastly, here’s a Hindu proverb: “There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22): What is the meaning of life? Is there such a thing as free will? Why is there something rather than nothing? If God exists, why does he or she seem to be invisible? Dear Leo, questions like those I just asked are completely irrelevant to you right now. To ponder them for even a few minutes would be a waste of time. Here, on the other hand, are the kinds of questions that will lead you in the direction you need to go. What is your greatest fear and what can you do to diminish it? How could you become smarter about the way you love? What pose would it be a big relief for you to drop? Which of your wounds is primed for a dramatic healing, and what’s the best way to begin the cure?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The things
that can destroy us,” said Gandhi, “are politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.” You Virgos are better than most signs at avoiding six of those dangers. The one you’re most prone to get tripped up by is knowledge without character. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to check in with yourself to see if you’re guilty of that flaw, and then, if you find a shortfall, take steps to correct it. Make sure that you’re not only being smart, but also wise.
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(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A misguided swan became infatuated with a pedal boat at a pond in Hamburg, Germany. Apparently mistaking it for his soul mate, the devoted bird guarded the boat jealously and rarely left its side. The human owner of the boat found it amusing at first, but later regarded it as a nuisance, since the enamored swan chased away all potential renters of the vehicle. I propose to make this poignant creature your anti-role model in the coming weeks, Capricorn. May he inspire you to free yourself of all delusions you have entertained over the years about the kind of intimate ally you need in order to be happy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I asked my
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I think we
readers to make a prediction about what age they’ll be when they finally know exactly who they are. “I hope I NEVER completely know who I am!” wrote Bridjet. “I love discovering new things about myself, and to change as everything else around me changes. It is one of the most beautifully thrilling things about life.” If you share that perspective, Scorpio, the coming days should be pretty fun. You’re likely to become dramatically more mysterious to yourself. You’ll be evolving, even mutating, in ways that may amaze you, and you’ll be coming face to face with hidden aspects of yourself. Let the confounding, enriching expansion begin!
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): After studying the astrological omens and consulting with an elite panel of 20 village idiots, my team of horoscope experts has determined that at least once in the coming week you would be wise to wander around town with no particular goal, responding with innocent enthusiasm and hungry curiosity to whatever scenarios you happen to stumble upon, pleased to be educated by the random flow of stimuli that come your way. If you don’t have the courage or leisure to pull that off, here’s the second-best strategy: Go someplace you’ve never been and do things you’ve never done. Third-best: Spend an entire day being naked.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The master in
the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his love and his religion,” wrote novelist James Michener. Your assignment in the coming week, Pisces, is to get at least three steps closer to being such a master. Use all your ingenuity and imagination to figure out how to bring the full force of your primal lust for life into every single thing you do, even activities that other people might regard as trivial or difficult or low-status.
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You Kill Me HHHH
I NOT SO GENTLE Ben Kingsley plays a mob killer who gets in trouble for taking hits when he should be making them.
t’s a testament to Ben Kingsley’s talent and the choices he’s made as an actor that it is virtually impossible for him to play against type at this point. The guy’s done it all, from Gandhi to the homicidal maniac in Sexy Beast. You can count on one hand the performers with that kind of range working today. Consequently, it’s something of a minor movie miracle to find Kingsley on ground he hasn’t covered before. But it’s one we’re fortunate enough to witness in the twisted new comedy from Red Rock West director John Dahl. The actor plays Buffalo, N.Y., button man Frank Falenczyk, an aging mobster whose problem with the bottle is getting in the way of his work. A rival gang is making a move on his outfit’s snow-
plowing racket (hey, this is Buffalo), and Frank has been ordered to whack its leader (Dennis Farina). He’s lucky not to wind up whacked himself, after he drinks too much and sleeps through the planned assassination. The head of the gang, Frank’s Uncle Roman (Philip Baker Hall), exiles the hitman to San Francisco. There he is expected to dry out under the watchful eye of a family friend, played with pervy panache by Bill Pullman. The script is the work of Christopher Marker and Stephen McFeely, whose recent credits include The Chronicles of Narnia. Needless to say, their chronicle of Frank’s struggle to get sober while working parttime in a funeral parlor showcases a different side of their gifts. The film features some of the driest dark humor you’re likely to encounter all year. Clearly, Frank is not a guy who’s cut out for AA meetings and the sort of public gut spilling they can entail. One of the picture’s great pleasures is watching his gradual transformation from 12-Step cynic to believer. Luke Wilson does the most watchable work I’ve seen from him in the role of Frank’s gay sponsor. The scene where the newcomer shares the truth about his profession with the group is worth the price of admission. The ones in which he goes about the business of making amends are pure gravy. Frank doesn’t regret killing people — just killing certain ones badly, i.e., sloppily. His solution? Send Sony Store gift certificates to their next of kin. “It’s a start,” he says philosophically. The fashionably attired looker to whom he proclaims this is a marvelously unlikely love interest.
Téa Leoni costars as perhaps the most acid-tongued ad-sales rep in movie history. Despite the differences in their ages and kill counts, the two are tailor-made for each other. She doesn’t have a sentimental bone in her body. Far from being shocked by what Kingsley’s character does for a living, Leoni encourages him to develop his gifts to the fullest when she sees an opportunity to make big bucks by threatening a city official. “You’ve got real talent,” she coos before planting a kiss on top of his head. “I won’t let you waste it.” After Frank successfully concludes the day’s extortion, the couple invites Wilson over to celebrate. “You did this sober, Frank,” the sponsor beams. “I’m really proud of you.” In other hands, with another cast, You Kill Me might easily have been just another modest production indulging in mob violence and postmodern irony. There certainly is no shortage of both. Dahl’s latest, however, is something more than a modest production. It’s a small wonder. When was the last time you saw this much talent applied to the story of a man who discovers what it means to live only after learning he doesn’t need any help from the hard stuff to kill? RICK KISONAK
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I TOY STORY Chevy, Nokia and other companies get plenty of screen time in Michael Bay’s ode to product placement.
n 2004, “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone made Team America: World Police, a musical with a cast of marionettes. Among other things, it parodied the overwrought popcorn films of Michael Bay (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) by offering up cartoonish action and jingoistic songs like “America, Fuck Yeah” — alternating with absurdly solemn “character-development” scenes. It’s too bad Bay didn’t sign on Parker and Stone to help script his latest, Transformers. Sure, the studio spent approximately $150 million on special effects and the like, but the movie could have used some musical numbers. Giant computer-animated alien robots stomping around downtown L.A. making pronouncements about their home planet Cybertron is one thing, but just imagine if they’d been allowed to sing some of that dialogue. Human teen protagonist Shia LaBeouf could have crooned a duet with his true love — not busty Megan Fox, his ostensible leading lady, but Bumblebee, the Transformer who doubles as the kid’s yellow Camaro. In 1984, the Transformers debuted as a line of toys from Hasbro. They became a cartoon. Then an animated feature. Then a computer-animated cartoon. Given the nostalgic pull they exert on people of a certain age, they’re a natural choice for Hollywood to revamp as a modern franchise. In all their incarnations, the Transformers, well, transform from familiar machines to fantastical, anthropomorphic, heavily armed ones, playing on our tendency to attribute human qualities to hunks of steel. In the movie, cars drive themselves, a helicopter becomes a robotic scorpion burrowing in the sand, and cellphones morph
into jittery, mischievous metal insects. When they’re in the process of changing, the Transformers look like living junk heaps, or conceptual sculptures gone awry — a triumph of state-of-the-art animation. When they’re done, though, they’re pretty boring. It’s hard to care who wins the battle for Earth: the evil Decepticons, who mostly speak in subtitled alien garble, or the friendly Autobots, who have sparkly sapphire eyes and know human ways enough to say things like “My bad.” Perhaps realizing this, the scriptwriters have put the human characters front and center. Steven Spielberg executive produced, and his influence shows in LaBeouf ’s character, Sam Witwicky, a nerdy suburban kid who just wants to get his hands on a car so he can attract a hot girl. To that end, he auctions off his great-great-grandfather’s possessions on eBay. (It’s complicated.) Meanwhile, a bunch of American soldiers in Qatar are getting their asses handed to them by a giant robot that wants to hack into our computers. To find out why, the secretary of defense (Jon Voight) enlists a team of NSA info-tech specialists. The guys on the team look passably geeky, but the female hacker (Rachael Taylor) is a babe with blond hair extensions, stiletto heels and a spray-on tan. In case we forgot, we’re watching a Michael Bay movie. Not like we need reminding. The director never
lets up with the swooping camera moves, the slo-mo and the dramatic lighting, while the soundtrack alternates between soaring operatically and pounding like some humorless hair-metal band. A long time ago, Spielberg might have made a decent movie from this premise, which comes off a bit like E.T. with the alien as a car. But in these hands, the characters resemble caricatures from an unfunny “Saturday Night Live” skit. LaBeouf is the only actor who couldn’t be easily — and perhaps advantageously — replaced by a marionette. At least in the ludicrous battles of Team America, people — well, puppets — died on-screen. The violence in Transformers is deafening, pervasive and sometimes borderline apocalyptic, but it’s nearly bloodless, in the nouveau PG-13-action-movie style. Bay includes “cute” moments of tykes reacting to the robot-inflicted carnage with incomprehension or an innocent “Cool, Mom!” as if it were a video game. One can only hope real kids are smarter — even if they do insist on seeing this movie. MARGOT HARRISON
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HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX: Everybody’s favorite teen wizards return to Hogwarts for another year of reading, writing and battling the forces of darkness. This time around, Harry, Ron and Hermione prepare for a cataclysmic confrontation with the evil Lord Voldemort. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. Directed by David Yates. (138 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset, Welden) YOU KILL ME���1/2 John (Rounders) Dahl directs this black comedy about an alcoholic hitman who enters a 12Step program and winds up making amends by working at a funeral home. Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni, Luke Wilson and Bill Pullman star. (92 min, R. Palace)
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Shrek the Third 12:15. 1408 9:25.
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wednesday 11 — thursday 19 *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2 (Sat & Sun), 5:30, 8:30. Ratatouille 2 (Sat & Sun), 5, 7:30.
Times subject to change. See http://www.majestic10.com.
BIJOU CINEPLEX 1-2-3-4 Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-3293.
wednesday 11 — sunday 15 *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 12, 4, 8. Transformers 1 (Sat & Sun), 7.
friday 13 — thursday 19 Essex Shoppes & Cinema 878-2788 24 Main St, Downtown Winooski: 655-4888 *You Kill Me 2:35, 4:40, 9:10. Mon-Sat 11:30am-9:00pm Sun 12-7pm Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm / 4–9 pm Closed Sun *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 10:30 (Thu), for a full menu visit: www.sevennightsvt.com 12:15, 1:05, 2, 3:15, 5, 6:15, 7 (Fri-Sun), 8, 9:15. Once 12:10, 2:15, 4:25, 6:45, 9:10. 2x4-TinyThai030707-2.indd 1 2/26/07 2:45:12 PM Ratatouille 10:30 (Thu), 12:55, 3:30, 6:30, 9:05. Knocked Up 4, 7 (Mon-Thu), 9:45. License to Wed 1:10, 3:50, 6:55, 9:25. Live Free or Die Hard 12:40, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35. Evan Almighty 12:20, 6:50. Transformers 12:30, 3:35, 6:35, 9:30.
Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8994.
wednesday 11 — thursday 19 *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10. Transformers 12:50, 3:30, 6:40, 9:15. Ratatouille 1:20, 3:40, 6:35, 8:20. Live Free or Die Hard 1, 3:35, 6:45, 9:05. Times subject to change.
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Essex Shoppes & Cinema, Rt. 15 & 289, Essex, 879-6543.
wednesday 11 — thursday 19 *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 12:45, 1:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:45, 7:15, 9:45, 10:10. Knocked Up 9:30. License to Wed 12:50, 3, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30. Live Free or Die Hard 1, 4, 7, 9:45. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 1:15, 5:15. Ratatouille 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:30, 10. Transformers 1, 2, 4, 5:15, 7, 8:30, 10. Times subject to change.
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MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMA College Street, Burlington, 864-3456.
Times subject to change.
wednesday 11 — thursday 12 Sicko 1:30, 2:30, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9:30. Evening 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:20. La Vie en Rose 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15. A Mighty Heart 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:30. Paris, Je T’Aime 1:10, 9:25. Waitress 3:40, 7:10.
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