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14a Environmentalists and Landowners Lock Paddles Over New York River Rules Lake George Divided Over Stream Corridor Management Proposal
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18a New Orleans Poet Brings Performance to Lamb Abbey Classics Prof Pens Picture Book About a Profound Hound Highgate Gets a Bakery-Café with Art on the Side All Lit Up Color Theory
THE ADIRONDACk ISSUE: New York’s Adirondack Park provides
the rugged backdrop for Burlington’s killer sunsets. But there are many more dimensions to the region, which comprises 6.1 million acres, 11 counties and 46 peaks that rise above 4000 feet. An outdoorsman might say everything’s bigger, steeper, longer and colder over there. A sociologist might note the juxtaposition of hardscrabble poverty and blue-blood entitlement, correction facilities and priceless historic camps. The North Country doesn’t beckon with some bed-and-breakfast come-on. It’s real. And it’s real close. Our stories this week offer a small glimpse into the place that gives Vermonters our most majestic view.
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< letters> DAYSIE DIS I found it sad that — according to the Seven Daysies categories, at least — theater is not an art form. This omission is particularly puzzling given that at least two Vermont theaters — and I am proud to be affiliated with both — have been rated among the best not only in Vermont but in the entire nation. Jeffrey E. Salzberg JERSEY CITY, N.J.
Salzberg works as a freelance lighting designer for Montpelier’s Lost Nation Theater and St. Michael’s Playhouse. (Editor’s note: Indeed. Sadder still is the explanation for this omission: That when we did include “Best Theater Company” in the early years of the Daysies, not very many readers could name one. But perhaps we’ll reprise it next year and see what happens.) NOT QUIRKY ENOUGH I was sad to see the News Quirk titled “Strange Bedfellow” in the July 15 issue of Seven Days. It recounted a simple and boring rendition of a domestic dispute. It would have not even have been interesting or newsworthy except that the dispute was between two males, one a “cross dresser.” I found it homophobic and heterosexist. Not what I expect from the paper that is
tolerant and forward thinking. You can do better. Lauren Tronsgard-Scott HINESBURG
(Editor’s Note: “News Quirks” is nationally syndicated. Its content is not original to Seven Days.) TOO MANY OPTIONS? Thank you for putting the new restaurant at The Lincoln Inn on my radar [“Taste Test: The Belted Cow,” June 30]. [Suzanne Podhaizer’s] review depicts a great addition to our local food scene, and I look forward to making my way to Essex Junction for a meal soon. I want to comment, however, on the reviewer’s closing suggestion that the small menu detracts from the restaurant’s appeal. Throughout the article, the reviewer seems impressed by the chef ’s commitment to local and seasonal ingredients (there’s mention of fresh peas, ramps and strawberries along with Boyden Farms and Pete’s Greens), which only makes the concluding sentiment all the more misguided. If we, as patrons, want our restaurants to source more ingredients from close to home, then we must stop demanding expansive menu offerings. I understand that we want a certain amount of choice and dazzle when we go out to eat (especially when we’re paying
top dollar), but shouldn’t we also learn to trust chefs to create menus that make the most of what is available? If we truly hope to rebuild a food system based on regional food sources, then we must stop expecting the “soupto-nuts” type of menus that our existing food system has taught us to appreciate. I, for one, applaud a restaurant that opens with a small menu — especially if that menu includes items as seasonal
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food writer Alice Levitt compare their experiences eating in the Adirondacks (see stories on pg.s 03B and 06B) on Thursday, July 30, at 8 p.m. on Channel 16, RETN. Watch “Inside Seven Days” online at www. sevendaysvt.com, or www.retn.org.
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The Onion Interviews Steve Bissette My favorite site for film reviews, smart-ass commenters and general pop-culture silliness is The Onion’s AV Club. So how excited was I this afternoon to click on my bookmark and find on their front page an interview with Vermont’s own Steve Bissette, who teaches at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction? I know very little about comics, but I do know that Bissette collaborated with the famous, irascible Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta) on DC Comics’ Saga of the Swamp Thing and other stuff: Moore did the text, he did the pictures. In this in-depth interview, he talks about that process, saying: “Alan’s scripts were dense. They were like long, narrative letters to the cartoonist.” Bissette also airs his thoughts on caped crusaders: “I hate superheroes. I always hated superheroes.” Seems he’s more of a monster man. In fact, his next book is The Vermont Monster Guide, coming in August from University Press of New England; veteran Green Mountain legend hunter Joe Citro wrote the text. Read more online... Posted 7/23 by Margot Harrison
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This week the Greater Burlington YMCA suspended Sen. Ed Flanagan’s membership after two patrons witnessed him masturbating in the men’s wellness center. showers, whirlpool and a limited selection of fitness equipment. Y officials told “Fair Game” it’s not the first time patrons have complained about Flanagan’s unorthodox behavior. The latest one to come forward, Tiki Archambeau, agreed to talk publicly about the incident. Archambeau said he and another Y patron encountered Flanagan masturbating on a bench between the Y’s sauna and nearby showers on Friday. They immediately lodged a complaint with Kevin Hatin, the Y’s director of health and fitness. “When I first saw it, it freaked me out a little bit,” said Archambeau. “At one point I asked him, ‘Ed, are you all right over there?’ And, he said, ‘Oh, I’m fine I’m just laying down for a few minutes,’ and then he trailed off. That was my attempt to get him to stop. But he didn’t.” After verifying with another man in the locker room to be sure he hadn’t imagined the incident, Archambeau filed a formal complaint. “We are investigating the complaint. It’s something we take very seriously,” said Mary Burns, the Y’s president and CEO. “Our goal is to keep our members safe.” Depending on the outcome of the investigation, Flanagan could be permanently banned from the Y. “Our membership policy does state that we can terminate a member for inappropriate behavior,” said Burns. In an effort to corroborate Archambeau’s story, Seven Days contacted several other
fitness center members and a former Y employee. Alex Nief, a former evening manager at the Y, said members regularly complained to him about Flanagan’s behavior. “Almost every single night when he was there, people would complain,” said Nief, who left the YMCA in mid-May after working in the fitness part of the facility for more than a year. He now lives in New York City. Earlier this year, two different patrons — in one day — told Nief they found Flanagan touching himself inappropriately in the men’s sauna. More concerning — to Nief, anyway — was Flanagan’s safe use of the equipment. Nief recalls one night when Flanagan fell off the treadmill so many times that Nief had to monitor the senator until he finished his routine. “He would take these really bad falls, but he wouldn’t stop. He was so stubborn and really wanted to finish his routine. But, his footfalls were barely keeping pace with the treadmill,” said Nief. Burns confirmed that Nief filed an incident report about Flanagan’s inability to stay on the treadmill, but said she was unaware of the other incidents. Archambeau said he decided to go public because he doesn’t think Flanagan’s actions should be excused, or allowed to continue. No Y member should have to confront that kind of behavior, he said. “The Y’s been great so far in how they’ve handled my complaint,” said Archambeau. “What Ed did is just not right.” This is not the first time Archambeau has seen more of Flanagan than he bargained for. Several weeks ago, Archambeau and others came into the men’s wellness center and found Flanagan on the treadmill. He was wearing shoes, socks, a watch — and nothing else. “I don’t have any political reason for coming forward. I frankly agree with all of Ed’s votes,” said Archambeau. “I’m not out to bring the guy down, but this behavior was disturbing and not right to be happening in public.” Several other Y patrons, who did not want to give their names, said Flanagan’s actions made them uncomfortable. Burns acknowledged that Friday’s complaint was not the first about the senator. In his May interview with Picard, Flanagan dismissed allegations that his judgement is compromised as a result of his accident. His colleagues on both sides of the aisle vouched for his abilities. In light of these recent revelations, I wonder if Flanagan’s supporters will reconsider their blind faith in his ability to handle the rigors of public office without some additional supervision and support. Minutes before press time, Flanagan told “Fair Game” there is no truth to the allegations. “It’s totally bizarre and untrue,” said Flanagan. “I don’t know where this
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and their lobbyists will get a private audience with top state regulators. But don’t expect to read about it in your local paper. The lobbying group Associated Industries of Vermont (AIV) is hosting a “Development and Environmental Regulation Seminar” Thursday at the Capitol Plaza in Montpelier. The press isn’t invited. During the daylong seminar, developers will hear updates on proposed changes to state archaeology rules from John Kessler, the top lawyer at the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, and Tayt Brooks, deputy commissioner at the Department of Economic Development, Housing and Community Affairs. As “Fair Game” has noted in previous columns, some archaeologists believe the changes could jeopardize hundreds of historic sites. Developers will also hear from two ANR officials, including that agency’s top lawyer, Warren Coleman, about changes to stormwater and groundwater rules. All of these comfy confabs will be “off the record,” according
In Vermont, the maximum unemployment benefit you can receive is $425 per week. So, if Gannett is making a profit, why are we taxpayers being asked to shoulder the burden of their layoffs? And the Freeps likes to bitch about the socialists in Burlington City Hall. Media Notes — Plenty of comings and goings at Vermont news outlets these days. On Monday, the BarreMontpelier Times Argus announced that Steven Pappas was replacing Sue Allen as editor. Allen, who has been running the Argus newsroom since late 2006, is going to be reporting again. “I’m excited about returning to writing and adding even more community news,” Allen said in a release. She’s been a longtime fixture in the Vermont media, having worked for the Associated Press and Burlington Free Press. Allen also served as press secretary for former Gov. Howard Dean. Pappas has worked as the paper’s capital city reporter, deputy editor and, most recently,
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ew York State has more than 50,000 miles of rivers and streams, and more than 7500 ponds, lakes and reservoirs. Over the centuries, they’ve been used for trade, travel and recreation by everyone from Native Americans and early European settlers to extreme kayakers and inner-tube floaters. It’s surprising, then, to learn that the public’s right to navigate these waters is hidden deep within a thicket of legalese, in the form of two state court opinions. An effort is underway by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to codify those common-law principles into an easy-to-read statute, but opposing private-property owners and a poorly functioning state senate suggest the process won’t be smooth sailing. At issue is proper interpretation of the public-trust doctrine, an ancient legal precept that prohibits private ownership of certain natural resources, such as air and water. A subset of that doctrine is the right of the public to navigate the waters, which has existed since New York became a state. But which waters are considered “navigable,� and for what purpose? And in what kind of craft? And to what extent does it allow portaging — carrying a small boat over land — around obstacles such as rapids and beaver dams? Since 1866, the law has been clear that navigation for commercial purposes is permitted and that waters are “navigable in fact� if they are of public use in the transportation of property. That decision, however, said nothing about recreational navigation of public waters in canoes and kayaks. Enter the Sierra Club. On a late spring day in 1991, a few members of the Atlantic chapter of the environmental organization, along with a reporter, paddled two canoes and a kayak 27 miles along the South Branch of the Moose River in the Adirondacks. Twelve of those miles flowed through private property owned by the Adirondack League Club. Two weeks later, the ALC sued the Sierra Club as well as each paddler individually. Claiming civil trespass, they asked for $5 million dollars in punitive damages. After years of litigation that cost the ALC upward of one million dollars, conservationists got
what they were looking for: a court decision that proclaimed recreational use to be an adjunct to commercial use. The court also secured the right to enter upon the land next to a body of water, when absolutely necessary, for purposes incidental to navigation, such as portaging and scouting ahead. Although that was all good news for recreational boaters, it didn’t totally clarify the situation. Charles Morrison, the former director of Natural Resources Planning for the New York DEC, knows there’s a better way. “We need to have this written down in one place,� he says. “Because right now it’s scattered and very difficult to find.� The law, he asserts, should be part of the New York statutes.
duced a bill in the current session, but this time it’s pared down to bare essentials: “All we wanted was a clear-cut statement of the right of public navigation and a definition of navigability,� Morrison explains. The bill also allows the DEC to make a list of the waters that are “navigable in fact.� Not everyone is going with the flow. Speaking for the Adirondack Landowners Agency, Ross Whaley, the former chairman of the Adirondack Park Association, says the opposition is focused on “issues of emphasis in the wording rather than substance.� Whaley is a canoeist. The ALA wants to make sure that the “right to navigate� isn’t broadened into the “right to recreate.� The bill seems to respond
The Adirondack Landowners Association wants to make sure that the “right to navigate� isn’t broadened into the “right to recreate.� In fact, Morrison, 80, has been working on this issue since the late 1970s, when he started receiving letters at his DEC office from Paul Jamieson, the late co-author of the popular guidebook Adirondack Canoe Waters: North Flow. Jamieson recognized the murky status of navigability, and his letters begat a campaign by the DEC to get a bill through the legislature. The first try was in 1989, but by then the issue had become politically controversial. Then the Sierra Club won its case, and the plight of paddlers was all but forgotten. “Nobody was talking about it anymore,� Morrison recalls. Morrison revived interest in a new statute in 2006, using the connections he gained while working in the state government for most of his career. The assembly intro-
to this by prohibiting the public from using navigable waters to access private land on which to hike, picnic and camp. But the ALA wants to also prohibit waterborne recreation on private land, such as swimming, jetskiing or floating in an inner tube — none of which is closely related to travel and navigation. In response to this, Morrison says that the opposition “has an ungrounded fear that people are going to go in places they’ve never been before and picnic and camp and crap. And it’s just ridiculous.� In any event, the bill won’t likely make it through this year. “It’s my hope,� says Whaley, “that next January we can get a couple of interested and wise legislators to hammer out a better law.� m
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QUAD QUESTIONS I’d like to thank Seven Days for its media sponsorship of the recent Burlington International Waterfront Festival and take a minute to comment on Shay Totten’s criticism [“Fair Game,” July 8] of the Burlington Free Press for running my series of first-person previews and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the festival’s cultural components. Shay’s comments invite a wider discussion that could include the state of arts writing, the function of community newspapers, and the role of artists and producers in public discourse. I’d be happy to participate in that discussion. In the meantime, I’d like to make a couple of points. Totten compares me to a car salesman hawking my jalopies courtesy of the Free Press. Here, I take issue. Burlington’s Champlain 400 festival functioned in the public interest as a nonprofit cultural event. It’s not comparable to a commercial auto dealership organized to make profits for its owners. Unless the car dealer wanted to explore a matter in the public interest — say, the local impact of industry declines or a fresh vision on the future of Vermont transportation. I, for one, would be interested in reading that. Totten is right — I was happy to write articles for the Free Press as one of the many ways I sought to help people navigate the festival’s complex mix of history, music, theater, dance, film, food and lake events. Having spent a year raising sponsorships, shaping festival content, and commissioning original dance, theater and radio performances, I was concerned that some local media seemed to ignore the festival’s cultural dimension and focus instead on money issues and big-name concert stars. I wasn’t surprised to see this money focus, given America’s long acceptance of desperately low public funding for the arts — at per capita levels of only 1 or 2 percent of what’s provided in France, Germany, Canada, Australia and other modern nations. Still, I wanted to get past the money and raise a flag for the festival’s core cultural content — most of it free or inexpensive to attend. I did this so that people would not squander the generous program opportunities provided by local business sponsors, the City of Burlington, and the governments of Vermont, Québec, France and the United States (thanks to Senator Leahy). There is a long history in American newspapers of offering first-person arts perspectives. Even a quick survey of the New York Times shows Woody Allen using his humorous behind-thescenes diary to focus attention on his release of Vicky Christina Barcelona, and Pulitzer Prize-
winning playwright David Mamet making the case for the Broadway revival of his play Speed the Plow. “The aim of drama is to put tushies in the seats,” Mamet wrote, “and the best way to do that is to write a ripping yarn, with a bunch of sex, some nifty plot twists and a lot of snappy dialogue. If you are looking for such, I suggest Speed the Plow. As an independent Vermont filmmaker, I routinely write first-person, behind-the-scenes pieces on various aspects of each of my pictures. And, yes, part of my reason for doing this is to facilitate the uphill battle of grassroots production and distribution — to provide specific context for people overwhelmed by coast-to-coast commercials and the free glossy magazine and talk-show coverage that Hollywood films enjoy. The Free Press is not the only publication to have carried my first-person articles. Every Vermont daily newspaper and most of the weeklies have run them, too — including the Vermont Guardian (“On the Road With Disappearances,” July 2006), that Shay Totten edited and published before coming to write for Seven Days. Jay Craven BARNET
Craven produced the Burlington International Waterfront Festival. REMEMBERING LARRY, DARRYL AND DARRYL With all the print about the demise of the Chew Chew Festival [“Side Dishes: R.I.P. Chew Chew,” June 30], I’m surprised not to have seen a mention or two about the featured guests at the first one. In 1984, I attended the first festival, in City Hall Park, and the headliners were the three stars from the “Newhart” TV show and big hit of the day: William Sanderson, John Volstad and Tony Papenfuss. They played Larry, his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl. Louie Manno acted as DJ. They must have needed some names to get the public to show up for the first time, and it was quite well attended, as I recall. The event worth turning out for at that premiere was a much-publicized lard fight between the brothers plus any audience participants who cared to get involved. They dragged in a 55-gallon drum marked Lard — donated by the McKenzie company — and greasy fun was had by all. After the Big Fight, the stars signed autographs as a huge receiving line formed along the stage. I waited in vain for another appearance by the Hollywood trio, but some things, I guess, just cannot be replicated. Mitch Kramer MIDDLEBURY
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stateofthearts nation. In a press release, Jackson calls it “a love letter to the city.” He writes, “New Orleans is home to a lot of darkness… Since Katrina, we have had a very thorough exploration of the darker sides of humanity. But we have also been witness to incredible resilience, loyalty and generosity of the human spirit.”
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early four years after Hurricane Katrina, the effects — and the memories — haven’t gone away. That’s the message of New Orleans poet Ray “Moose” Jackson, who’s currently crafting a piece about the city called “Danger Angels” during his residency at Montpelier’s nonprofit performance space Lamb Abbey. Jackson came north to launch a comic called Bitter Ink that he coauthored with his cousin, artist Brian Zeigler of Montpelier. He’ll perform “Danger Angels” in Lamb Abbey’s lofty space — a former granite shed — this Friday. And “perform” is the word. Jackson accompanies his spoken words with solo bass and tense, volatile movement; an online video shows him stalking the pine boards barechested as he speaks what Lamb Abbey director Duffy Gardner calls “a strange, postapocalyptic hip-hop.”
Launch party for Bitter Ink, a comic by Brian Zeigler and Ray “Moose” Jackson: Wednesday, July 29, 7 p.m. at Fort Can Gallery & Studios, Montpelier. Bring a dark T-shirt to get it silkscreened with a free graphic from the comic. Free. Info, 279-0988.
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“Danger Angels” envisions seven supernatural beings, “too kind for hell, too dirty for heaven,” who guide the more desperate denizens of New Orleans away from dam-
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Classics Prof Pens Picture Book About a Profound Hound BY MARGOT HARRISON
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s book publishers and Hollywood execs know well, kids love talking animals. So why not use a garrulous canine to teach them a bit about great ideas in philosophy? That’s the premise of M.D. Usher’s Diogenes, a picture book with cheeky, colorful illustrations by Michael Chesworth. Its protagonist is a “remarkable dog” of ancient Greece who decides one day to be his own master. So he slips his leash and heads to Athens, where he lives on the streets and shocks the citizens with his subversive wit and bold pronouncements, such as “The world is my home.” Philosophy nerds, of course, will recognize Diogenes as the very human rebel thinker of the fourth century B.C. to whom every modern proponent of “sustainability” owes a debt. He left his home and lived simply to make a statement about self-sufficiency, prompting his critics to call him “cynic,” or dog-like, because he did all his business in public. Hence our notion of “cynicism.” In his day job, 43-year-old Usher chairs the classics department at the University of Vermont; he also organizes
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the annual Latin Day fest, at which high schoolers dress up in togas to show their dead-language prowess. Diogenes is his second picture book published by New York’s prestigious Farrar, Straus and Giroux; his first was Wise Guy, a life of Socrates — portrayed as human. In his next book, Usher says, he’d like to depict Epicurus (source of the term epicurean) as a Cheshire Cat figure.
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or eight years, Joe Russo scoured 31 towns north of Rutland for the perfect place to open a combination art gallery and café. “I wanted somewhere that we could provide a needed service to the community,” he says. Last August, he found the place: Highgate, land of hockey, Holsteins and homeland security — because it also borders Canada. Russo, 53, and his partner, Elroy Towle, 57, operate Joey’s Junction at the busy intersection of Routes 207 and 78, where Canadians, commuters and various daytrippers enter and exit Highgate. Joey’s is an exclusive gallery for Towle, an art teacher at Blue Mountain Union School. His paintings plaster the walls, barely leaving room for the washer, dryer and ATM. “I do well here,” Towle says. He favors oil and acrylic paints, though he enjoys departures into the realm of watercolor, gouache and pastels. Towle also works in threedimensional clay and plaster, but those works don’t appear at Joey’s. Instead, the place is filled with paintings of farm animals and various eclectic scenes — such as the eyecatching half-moon flicking its tongue à la rock god Gene Simmons. “Being an art teacher has provided me with opportunities to discover and explore endless varieties of expression,” Towle says. “Art for me is food for the soul. I paint almost every day and find it therapeutic and inspirational.”
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Russo’s soul food comes from the kitchen — “Here, we consider food an art form, also,” he says. “El has his. I have mine.” To be sure, there’s plenty to choose from at Joey’s. Inside the 600-square-foot structure, customers can pick up breads, pies and cookies, or sit down for breakfast — all day — lunch or dinner. Russo makes every bit from
Ray “Moose” Jackson presents “Danger Angels,” a work in progress: Friday, July 31, 8 p.m. at Lamb Abbey, 65 Pioneer Center, Montpelier. $10. Info, 229-2200.
Because “dog” was Diogenes’ nickname of sorts, Usher sees the book as “a visual pun. My intent was to make it a parody of a dog story, because that’s such a recognizable genre. It’s ‘good dog gone wild’ or ‘Lassie on the loose,’” he says. The real Diogenes was famous for carrying a lantern in broad daylight; asked why, he would say he was trying to find an honest man. (Call it message-y performance art.) Usher’s Diogenes does that, but he also puts his nose to the ground to sniff the good man’s trail. Usher’s three kids are a little old for his books (the youngest is 12), but he says that, while researching a scholarly article about Diogenes, “I thought a lot of these anecdotes were subversive and kids would love them.” The thinker was also known for such antics as walking backward and — one that didn’t make it into the book — masturbating in public. Even this was an object lesson of sorts: When people stared, Diogenes told them, “If only hunger would go away by just rubbing one’s belly,” Usher says. Producing the book was a four-year process, with Chesworth spending a year on the illustrations. Usher’s own Australian shepherd, Piper, gets a cameo appearance on two pages. “There’s no real money in children’s publishing unless you write the book Shrek and they make a movie out of it,” says Usher with a chuckle. But “you get to think in images, even if you can’t draw to save your life. That’s why I love this genre.” Diogenes by M.D. Usher, pictures by Michael Chesworth. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. $16.95.
scratch. A New Jersey native, he graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1980 and taught at the New England Culinary Institute from 2006 to 2008, just before opening his own place. Russo describes his cooking as “simple, basic and downto-earth.” During the summer, all the vegetables served in the café come from his own garden, just outside. His baked goods take the cake, though. One customer favorite is a freshly made donut filled with either Bavarian cream or raspberry, or topped with pure maple butter. Russo says he spent years coming up with “the perfect pancake.” He concocts his own beverages, too — teas and fresh-squeezed lemonades sell quickly on hot days. “Hospitality is an honorable calling, and having the opportunity to serve others is a humbling and rewarding experience,” Russo says. Russo and Towle met four years ago. When the pair aren’t busy at Joey’s, they’re running their 70,000-tap maple-sugar farm in Belvedere. That would explain Russo’s sweet stuff — there’s a pint of Vermont maple syrup in each maple-pecan pie. “The making of maple is an art, too,” Russo notes. He says Highgate’s residents have been receptive to Joey’s Junction; it’s become a destination for out-of-towners and local regulars alike. In fact, business is so good — even in this wheezing economy — that Russo and Towle are considering the next phase of Joey’s: an outdoor firebrick oven for pizza and artisan breads. “We’re just taking things one step at a time, taking it easy and seeing what the customers want,” Russo says. “You have to have fun with what you’re doing, and we are.” Joey’s Junction Bakery & Café, 2865 VT Rte. 78, Highgate Center. Open Tuesday through Saturday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Sunday 8 a.m - 4 p.m. Info, 2798303 or joe@vermontmaplesyrup.com.
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ALL LIT UP The Burlington Book Festival was a victim of bad timing last week when best-selling memoirist Frank McCourt, who’d just been announced as headliner, turned out to be seriously ailing. (He died on July 19.) On Friday, Festival Director Rick Kisonak told the press that Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove will headline the fest’s opening ceremonies. Born in Akron, Ohio, in 1952, Dove served as U.S. poet laureate during the Clinton years (1993-95), the first African American and the youngest person to hold the position. Besides poetry, she’s authored POET RITA DOVE fiction, drama and a song cycle. When Dove isn’t CUTLINE turning phrases, she can sometimes be found twirling on the floor as a competitive ballroom dancer. Her 2004 collection American Smooth explores the cultural power of fleet feet in expressive, sometimes colloquial language. Emily Nussbaum wrote in the New York Times that Dove “pulls the ultimate dance trick: She makes it look easy.” A less formal, but perhaps more contagious, spoken-word event happens at the Phantom Theater in Warren on Saturday, August 1. The first installment of “A Moth in the Barn” is Phantom’s effort to recreate a Manhattan-based live storytelling craze called The Moth in the Green Mountains. Started in 1997 by George Dawes Green, the monthly New York performance events called “Stories at the Moth” feature cocktails and artfully crafted personal confessions from notable writers, actors and artists — ranging from Ethan Hawke to Neil Gaiman to Moby. There are national Moth tours, Moth merchandise and even an Annual Moth Ball. Why the Moth? Green developed his love of storytelling on a Southern porch where light-seeking moths beat against the screens. All this is incidentally related to “A Moth in the Barn,” which Tracy Martin of Phantom Theater calls “inspired by the Moth.” It may not have Manhattan glamor, but the Mad River Valley event does have a juicy theme: failure. Audience members are invited to come and listen or, if they dare, to prepare a story that can be told in five minutes. Ten names will be picked from a hat for this all-grown-up version of Show and Tell. (Well, mostly “Tell.”) And, rain or shine, the barn should be a good venue to watch moths and human egos flittering toward the light.
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Saturday, August 1, 8 p.m. at Phantom Theater, The Edgcomb Barn in Warren. $15; come early to throw your name in the hat. Info, 802-496-5997. phantomtheater.info
COLOR THEORY The winged monkeys perched on Burlington’s Union Station have a good view of the changes taking place across Lake Street: April Cornell’s HQ — which formerly housed Waterfront Video and Mesa International — is getting a makeover. The squat brick rectangle has become downright girly this summer. Its broad, cement-block backside has been painted sherbet hues of orange and raspberry, and pretty floral banners now hang protruding from the wall. In front, facing Battery Street, the only feminine touches so far are hanging pots and door-framing urns spilling over with bright petunias. An unfriendly “No Parking” sign still hangs in the window, the trim paint sorely needs an overhaul, and the south half of the building is obviously vacant, its windows smudgy. Cornell, who moved in last February, says she’s tending to the place “little by little” and plans on painting the windows and adding awnings soon. The paint job on the back was occasioned by a tagging incident. Right now, Cornell is “concentrating on the business,” she says. Inside, the walls are a palette of cheeriness, the floor is dark, the furniture homey, and stacks of Cornell’s signature fabrics are everywhere. Oversized Buddhas preside over tables, lending a dignified calm to the décor. ING ILD BU The icons also make a visual link to India, L EL RN CO RIL AP where Cornell’s products are manufactured. Though it almost looks like a retail space, this serene Burlington headquarters for the fabric design and web business is not open to the public. But even the mail carrier was fooled at first. Says one employee, “She walked through and asked why there weren’t price tags on anything.” Cornell says she still doesn’t have specific plans for the empty space next door. But whatever it is, she vows, “will bring some traffic down here — foot traffic.” — PAMELA POLSTON
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Curses, Foiled Again Liquor store clerk Joseph Wescott, 59, told police in Roswell, Ga., that a man entered the store and tried to stab him in the chest. The knife hit the cellphone in Wescott’s shirt pocket but did not injure Wescott, who pulled a gun and shot the would-be robber in the abdomen. He then used the cellphone to call police, who reported finding suspect Carlos Jean Pierre, 34, at a nearby hospital. Both the gun and the phone were gifts from Wescott’s son, a police officer. • Police arrested Lisa Roshelle Myles, 40, at a Target store in Oklahoma City after employees said they saw her stuff Blu-ray discs in her pants and try to waddle away without paying. The Oklahoman reported that a search revealed Myles had 33 discs
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Vertical Seating China’s Spring Airlines announced it is considering selling standing-room tickets to allow it to handle the growing number of passengers. Airline official Zhang Wuan told CCTV that standees would actually be assigned bar stools equipped with safety belts. MSNBC reported the airline
estimated the measure would increase plane capacity by 40 percent, trim costs by 20 percent and lower fares for all passengers. • Following Spring’s example, Ireland’s low-cost airline Ryanair said it was considering ripping out the back five or six rows of seats on some flights so passengers could sit on bar stools or stand for flights of less than 90 minutes. “Why is this any different to what happens on trains where you see thousands of people who cannot get a seat standing in the aisles?” Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary told Sky News. He indicated that passengers willing to stand could fly for free.
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t was a betrayal between friends that produced the first Adirondack chairs. Local lore has it that Thomas Lee of Boston was vacationing in the Adirondacks in 1903 when he set about trying to construct a comfortable outdoor chair that would accommodate his mother, said to be a woman of great girth. Lee spent the summer nailing boards together to create prototype chairs for the many family members in residence in Westport that summer. All 22 people were asked to test the chairs and offer their thoughts on which was the most comfortable. Finally, Lee settled on a design that featured a wide pine plank for the backboard and broad armrests — so broad that the sitter wouldn’t need a table on which to set a plate or glass. His relatives approved, and soon Lee had made enough seats to populate the grounds of the family’s sizeable retreat. He had no intention of selling his design, being an already wealthy man with many business interests. On a hunting trip that summer with a local carpenter, Harry Bunnell, Lee offered his friend the plans for what would come to be known as the Westport chair. The carpenter had been fretting about how he would make it through the winter, and Lee suggested he craft a few of these chairs and try to sell them to well-heeled city folk vacationing in the Adirondacks. Bunnell accepted his friend’s gift and, without asking permission, proceeded to apply for a patent on the chairs. He received it in 1904. While no one knows what happened to the men’s friendship after that, one can imagine Lee did not take kindly to Bunnell’s disloyalty. Bunnell crafted the slope-backed, wide-armed chairs from 1904 to 1930, when the supply of knot-free, wide pine
planks began to dry up. His business shuttered, but by then the chair was known both within and beyond the Adirondack Park. Local craftsmen took up where Bunnell left off with his Westport chair, and the Adirondack chair we know today, with its narrower back and seat slats, was born. Since the 1930s, the chair has been an icon of leisure and outdoor relaxation — seemingly ubiquitous and timeless. Like most utilitarian pieces of furniture, the Adirondack chair tends to be taken for granted. What started as a regional, functional craft is now mass-produced in countries thousands of miles from the Adirondacks and bought by people who couldn’t locate the majestic park on a map. But this emblem of rural industry still means something to the people whose lifestyles inspired the chair more than 100 years ago. To understand the relative importance of the Adirondack chair in our country’s craft history, it helps to know something about where it came from. “The Adirondacks” refers to 6.1 million acres of constitutionally protected, privately and publicly owned state park land. Adirondack Park is the largest contiguous park in the continental United States; since 1894 it has been “forever wild” — protected in perpetuity from development and industry that would ultimately destroy the character of the land and its residents. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Adirondacks began to symbolize the outdoor life and the camping ethos in the minds of the American elite. The roster of moneyed city dwellers who owned grandiose lodges in the region reads like a “W ho’s Who” of industrial barons: Morgan, Vanderbilt, Carnegie and Guggenheim were just some of the
park’s frequent visitors. People outside the park began to associate it with a particular lifestyle rooted in leisure, says Laura Rice, chief curator at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Lake, N.Y. Because the chairs were born within the Blue Line — the mark on maps that delineates the park — they came to represent this type of repose. It makes sense that local craftsmen would continue to produce Adirondack chairs, as they came to be known in the mid-20th century. Much like the rustic twig furniture of the Great Camps for which the region is also known, the Adirondack chair was “make-do furniture,” Rice says. All the carpenter needed was scrap lumber and a rough plan. Because they were outdoor chairs, they didn’t need to be beautiful, or even comfortable — only functional. “They were easy to make, inexpensive and kind of disposable, in a way, which is what you want for camp life,” Rice says. “That’s why they’re as popular as they are.” In the 1930s, as the American middle class began to emerge, the iconic Adirondack chair proliferated; it even became a status symbol of sorts, according to Daniel Mack, author of the recent book The Adirondack Chair. The chairs needed only to sit on suburban lawns, with or without occupants, to suggest success. “They were more of a tableau,” Mack says. “Look at us, look where I’ve come to, they seemed to say. The chair was a function of suburbanization, when people were able to have a backyard.” Crafting the chairs could be an expressive project for this new, less harried working class, too. With fewer physical tasks demanding men’s attention, many
of them turned to hobbies, Mack says. Magazines of the 1930s were filled with designs for simple furniture. Because they only required a handful of wood and a few basic tools, Adirondack chairs became hugely popular with these do-it-yourself carpenters. Mack, an experienced furniture maker, estimates that a sturdy Adirondack chair takes eight to 10 hours to construct. Today, the chair is still one of the most popular home-shop projects, and many design programs use it as a beginner’s assignment. In the Adirondacks, hobbyists who build the chairs often sell them to tourists by the roadside or out of their garages. Driving through the park, it’s not uncommon to come across handlettered signs advertising Adirondack furniture for sale just down a driveway. But commercial manufacturing has moved far beyond the Blue Line. Few local craftsmen produce the chairs in great enough volume to make a living, and most of the Adirondack-inspired furniture on the market is now made outside the United States, says Steve Maselli, president of Old Adirondack, a rustic-furniture company in Willsboro, N.Y. If there’s one thing Maselli knows, it’s the business of the Adirondack chair. Maselli, a former business-development consultant from Philadelphia, bought the 38-year-old furniture company in 2002 with the intent of helming a business that focused as much on its employees as it did on profit margins. He offered health care and 401(k) options to all of his 20 employees. That’s nearly unheard of in the Adirondacks, where high-paying jobs
They were easy to make, inexpensive and kind of disposable, in a way, which is what you want for camp life. Laura Rice, Adirondack Museum Paul Bessette of Old Adirondack
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with benefits are scarce. Over the course of a year, Maselli’s company produces between 10,000 and 15,000 pieces of furniture, ranging from bed frames to rockers to its bread-and-butter item, the Adirondack chair — of which it makes 2500 to 3500 each year. Old Adirondack strives for sustainability and tries to keep the production as local as possible. Eighty to 90 percent of the northern white cedar used to make the furniture is milled in Barton, Vt. The rest comes from Saranac Lake and Chazy, N.Y., explains factory foreman Kevin Colegrove. Maselli’s company has struggled to compete with Adirondack chairs made in Asia for a fraction of his company’s costs. But recently Old Adirondack scored a huge account with Williams-Sonoma, the San Francisco-based housewares giant. That commission gave the company a much-needed shot in the arm at a time when the last thing most Americans are thinking about is purchasing new outdoor furniture. Maselli, whose company also makes chairs for Plow & Hearth and a number of other catalog retailers, is thankful for the investment. But he predicts that, as people realize what cheap Asian manufacturing is doing to the American economy, they’ll seek out products made in the USA. “People are yearning for something authentic and made in the place of origin,” Maselli says. On a recent weekday, his factory was making a run of Adirondack chairs, which foreman Colegrove calls the company’s “heart and soul.” The factory floor was covered in sawdust, which the company collects for North Country farmers who use it for animal bedding. The delicate scent of freshly cut cedar filled the air as the machines buzzed and whirred. Colegrove, from Keeseville, N.Y., stood watch as the employees shaped, planed and sanded pieces of wood. The 43-year-old has worked at Old Adirondack since 1987 and climbed his way to the top of the manufacturing team. “There ain’t nothing I don’t know how to make. I’ve built just about everything there is to build here,” Colegrove says. “I like doing what I’m doing because it’s a challenge.” Instead of manning a particular workstation, such as sanding the back slat or planing the legs, each employee builds a chair from the ground up. When each chair is finished — the production expectation is 10 chairs per person per day — the workers box them up and get them ready to ship. One of the employees building chairs is Colegrove’s 23-year-old son, who also works on the manufacturing floor. Until recently, Colegrove’s father worked at the factory, too. Nearly everything at Old Adirondack is done by hand. Each piece of wood for the chairs is shaped with a jig and an employee’s skilled hand, rather than a computercontrolled machine. And all that wood is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. Maselli notes with evident pride that his company sources its raw materials from forests that are well managed and healthy, whose owners adhere to strict environmental standards. Old Adirondack’s finished product is true to the original chair design — a slatted back with significant pitch, ample arms and a natural finish that will develop a silvery-gray patina as it ages. With minimal maintenance, Adirondack chairs will endure through generations, privy to the stories of their occupants. Over the years, the Adirondack chair has become as much a cultural touchstone as a place to sit and reflect. “That chair,” says Daniel Mack, “holds a lot of meaning.”
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A STORY ELISABETH CREAN Lake Champlain: An Illustrated History. Adirondack Life, 216 pages. $44.95.
s this summer’s Lake Champlain Quadricentennial festivities wind down, celebrants may want a more lasting way to remember the anniversary than just scrapbooking their Tony Bennett ticket stubs. Adirondack Life’s new coffee-table book, Lake Champlain: An Illustrated History, is one answer. The lavish volume chronicles human imprints across the millennia, as well as the evolution of the lake’s geology and wildlife. More than 300 images, stunning in variety and visual interest, grace the large-format book. Paintings, vintage postcards, sepia-toned photographs, brightly colored tourist brochures, antique maps and military diagrams vividly bring the half-dozen essays to life. Burlington book designer Bill Harvey selected the artwork. He estimates he looked at more than 2000 items to choose the final 316. “There is an infinite amount of images and memorabilia and swag and everything about Lake Champlain,” he explains. “For most books, you go to one place for all the images. This book, I had to go to as many places as I could find, including individuals who were total strangers to me that I would just sort of sleuth out.” Friends and colleagues also came to him, because “people knew I
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We wanted the book to have a broad appeal to people who were either coming here, who had been here, or would want to come here — wanted to live vicariously through this book as armchair travelers. DESIGNER BILL HARVEY
FROM “SPORTS AND PLAY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN”
was looking,” he notes. Harvey put his favorite find on the title page. Ralph Nading Hill (191787), the lake’s most famous historian, swims in its waters. He’s about 13 years old, so the photo (ca. 1930) shows a young teen surrounded — literally — by what would become his life’s work. Hill’s great-nephew, Tony Shaw, provided the pic, part of a wealth of archival material that he inherited and made available to his friend, Harvey. The designer also treasures the early 1950s family photo of Patrick Leahy that accompanies the senator’s foreword to the book. Harvey says he “wanted something that was so personal … that
Children in Rouses Point competed to see who would be the first one each winter to skate over to the Vermont shore, about a mile away. As proof of their deed, those who braved the crossing would bring back a sprig of cedar from the Vermont side. Such audacity wasn’t reserved for children. Ticonderoga resident Amos Blood made it a point to be the first from his area to cross the ice each winter. Blood, who was born around 1860, kept up the tradition until he turned 76. “He’d skate across ice that wouldn’t hold up a chipmunk,” quipped a woman who knew him.
would mean so much more” than a standard political portrait. In a snapshot taken by Leahy’s mother, the bespectacled teen kneels on shore beside the fabled steamboat Ticonderoga, during one of its last working seasons. Harvey was first approached about the project three years ago by an editor with whom he’d collaborated previously, Julie Stillman. His initial response was “Quadri-what?,” he remembers with a laugh. “We wanted the book to have a
broad appeal to people who were either coming here, who had been here, or would want to come here — wanted to live vicariously through this book as armchair travelers,” he continues. Harvey and Stillman sought to marry essays and images so readers could “open it up and jump in anywhere, and find things that were interesting and fascinating visually and in terms of words,” Harvey says. Mission accomplished. Tom Henry’s
bracing tour of “Towns Along the Lake” launches the volume with some of its liveliest writing. Two-page spreads highlight each of the principal shoreline burgs. “Prospecting for iron in Moriah is as easy as passing a magnet over a fistful of beach sand — a child can top off a toy train with eroded flakes in minutes,” Henry writes. A postcard of the iron furnace — “state of the art for 1875,” the caption explains — shows lanky gray smokestacks and angular red brick buildings. Brisk prose also distinguishes Mark Bushnell’s closing essay, “Sports and Play on Lake Champlain.” A picture of wood-and-leather ice skates accompanies anecdotes of 19th-century midwinter derring-do (see excerpt). Bushnell’s chapter neatly caps one of the book’s major themes: how the lake’s role has shifted since Samuel de Champlain arrived. Two centuries of military conflict and a century and a half of bustling commerce preceded the present-day focus on recreation, tourism and environmental concerns. Some of the best illustrations of daily life came from an unexpected source in Maine. “The Penobscot Marine Museum had acquired this rather huge archive of glass-plate negatives” from a defunct New England postcard company, Harvey recalls. They languished in “a very dusty box, I would imagine. But in order to see what they had, I had to get them scanned.” Harvey paid for a few hundred scans, but admits he was “shooting in the dark.” The results? A delightful shot of kids playing volleyball at a camp in Malletts Bay (ca. 1930). Nineteenth-century gems from Essex, N.Y.: an interior of The Old Dock Tavern and a rare photo of one of the last sailing canal schooners. Glass negatives yield images that are “just crystal clear, the most spectacular things you’ve ever seen in your life,” Harvey enthuses. Producing such an image-heavy volume is a lengthy process. It took two years to create the concept, sell it to a publisher and organize the team of writers and researchers. Stillman and Harvey faced an additional hurdle. “We realized that to make such a very elaborate publication about what is a small region, we would need some supplemental funding,” Harvey explains. They enlisted individuals, businesses and foundations, ultimately landing the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center as a major contributor (and co-copyright holder on the finished book). The biggest obstacle came, however, when Stillman suffered a serious health crisis in early 2008, just as the heaviest work got under way. Harvey reluctantly took the reins and brought in Mike MacCaskey as the new editor. The volume is dedicated to Stillman, “whose vision, imagination and love of the lake lit the spark that set us all in motion.” The book itself certainly inspires love for the lake by expanding our knowledge of its colorful past. It may even spark our imaginations as we envision the next chapter to be written between now and the, gulp, quincentennial.
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here are 46 famous “High Peaks” in Adirondack Park, and the trails to their summits, are well trodden — when they have trails, that is. Less congested are the roads that wind between the mountains, through dense forests and along pristine rivers and lakes. Towns? Few and far between. Two-lane highways penetrate New York’s 6.1-million-acre wild side, but they don’t come close to taming it. Which is precisely why it’s a great place to bicycle. Hundreds hit the road for the 112mile cycling portion of last Sunday’s Ironman competition in Lake Placid. The route has become a popular yearround training destination for endurance athletes. For Green Mountain cyclists, the Adirondacks are the yang to Vermont’s yin. “Vermont is cow country. It’s flatter
cyclist who led GMBC’s 40-plus-mile “Double Ferry” loop last Sunday. The group went over on the Charlotte-Essex ferry, rode up the New York side of the lake to Port Kent, and returned on the Burlington boat. “The ferry rides make for nice rest breaks,” Bresee observes, “depending on which way you’re doing it. You socialize, get something to eat, something to drink and talk about how great, or miserable, the ride was.” Bresee helped found Lake Champlain Bikeways in the early ’90s, before Local Motion existed. The organization — a consortium of business owners, cycling enthusiasts and environmentalists — describes itself as “a network of interconnected, international bicycle routes around Lake Champlain in New York, Vermont and the Upper Richelieu
Two-lane highways penetrate New York’s 6.1-million-acre wild side, but they don’t come close to taming it. Which is precisely why it’s a great place to bicycle. and more wide open,” says Bill McLaud, who leads rides for the 291-member Green Mountain Bicycle Club. “There, it’s much more mountainous. It means more hills and, as far as I’m concerned, more spectacular scenery. It’s nice to go over there, where the terrain and the geology are so different.” Avid cyclist George Thabault savors the contrast between “jazzy Church Street and bustling Chittenden County” and the Adirondacks, where “the pace is slower, the rustic look mostly real and the prices more down-to-earth.” The requisite ferry ride — from Charlotte, Grand Isle or Burlington — is a great way to prepare for the cultural and topographic transition. “It’s the only way to get to the New York side,” deadpans Lou Bresee, a 69-year-old
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Port Kent to Keene Valley 40 miles • Rte. 373 to Soper Road to the town of Keeseville • Rtes. 9 & 22 South to Auger Lake Road • Right on Dugway Road to Green Street to the town of Jay • Rolling Plains Road to Upper Jay • Rte. 9N to Keene Valley George Thabault of Colchester describes the Green Street stretch on this route as “one of the nicest stretches of bicycling road in the North Country, featuring almost zero traffic, terrific mountain views, fronted by a scattering of homes up and down the economic spectrum, from trailer to game farm to pricey mountain-view retreats.” He recommends cooling your heels — literally — in Jay’s town swimming hole. There’s another swimming spot at Hulls Falls, a half-mile off 9N between Keene and Keene Valley. No New York bike trip would be complete — for Thabault, anyway — without a stop for home-baked berry pie and coffee at Keene Valley’s Noon Mark Diner.
Ausable River Ride: Port Kent to Lake Placid 80 miles • Follow 9N along the Ausable River from Port Kent to Ausable Forks • Right on the Silver Lake Road to the town of Black Brook • Left on the Wilmington Road to Wilmington • Follow Rte. 86, aka “Wilmington Road,” to Lake Placid Vermonter Bill McLaud, formerly of Lake Placid, claims “this is probably my favorite ride” — especially from Ausable Forks on. The stretch from Black Brook to Wilmington is “probably the prettiest stretch of road I’ve ever ridden on. It starts with woods, a few rolling hills, and then opens into a beautiful panorama of the Ausable River.” The view of Whiteface doesn’t hurt, either. Plus, “you never see any cars on that road.” Another benefit of this route, according to McLaud: “All the way up to Ausable, you feel like you’re just one gear lower than normal.” But on the way back, it’s all downhill. Not many bike rides give the impression of being steeper going down than up. McLaud is leading the “Awesome Ausable River Ride” for the Green Mountain Bicycle Club on Sunday, August 30. See www.thegmbc.com for more info. Over the Hills and Far Away West Plattsburgh, Schuyler Falls, Saranac, Dannemora loop 45.2 miles • From Plattsburgh Town Hall, go right onto Banker Road to 22B to the town of Schuyler Falls • Right on Norrisville Road at gas station to Peaseleeville Road • At Devins Corners, right on Ore Bed Road • Right on Rte. 3, through Moffitsville to Saranac • Left on Picketts Corners Road to Dannemora • Right onto Rte. 374, aka Cook Street • Left on General Leroy Manor Road, to Gene LaFave Road to Akey Road • Left on Rte. 374 to Banker Road Lou Bresee of South Burlington likes a looping bike tour because it gives you “two different rides.” Fair enough. This one requires some climbing, and it “takes you into parts of the Adirondacks where there’s nobody around,” he says. “Each of the towns is kinda different, and there is always something to see in each one if you look.” It’s certainly hard to miss the walls of the Clinton Correctional Facility, aka Dannemora, in the village of the same name. It’s the largest maximum-security prison in New York. Rappers Tupac Shakur and Ol’ Dirty Bastard both did time there. Bresee is more interested in the great views of Lyon Mountain, where prisoners used to mine iron ore, and
All the way up to Ausable, you feel like you’re just one gear lower than normal. Bill McLaud
in gazing at farm fields and woodlands on the steep, multimile downhill out of Dannemora. “At about the 34-mile point,” he says, “one, you’re flying, and two, the views are magnificent.” Willsboro Wanderer Essex, Willsboro, Elizabethtown loop 50 miles • From Essex, N.Y., go north on 22 to the town of Willsboro • Continue on 22 up the big hill and turn left on Reber Road • Right on Rte. 14, aka Deerhead Road • Left on Route 9 and ride 10 miles to Elizabethtown • Left on Rte. 10, aka the Lewis Wadhams Road • Left on Rte. 55 • Left on Lake Shore Road to Essex Most of the views on this ride are of Lake Champlain — not the Adirondacks — but it’s technically in the “park,” and there’s plenty to recommend it. “It’s a little more gentle riding” than other Adirondack rides, notes Donna Leban, and offers “much quieter roads” than Vermont’s. “Sometimes,” she adds, “it’s even a little bit cooler on that side.” The route described here includes a big, long climb out of Willsboro. Leban estimates it’s 1.7 miles at a 6 or 7 percent grade. “That’s significant,” she adds. But she’s devised a way to avoid the hill that shortens the ride by about 15 miles. “For some people, the hill is the challenge,” Leban says. “Others just want to go for a nice ride with people at a similar pace.” Happily, both types of rider like ice cream. On this route, there are two places to get it.
Leban leads the “Willsboro Wanderer” for the Green Mountain Bicycle Club on Saturday, September 5. See www. thegmbc.com for more info. Cumberland Head Trip 30 miles • Exit left from the Grand Isle ferry • Right on Rte. 9 to Reynolds Road • Right on Lake Shore Road to Cemetery Road • Left on Cemetery to Point Au Roche • Return on Point Au Roche Road to Rte. 9 For 25 years, Robin Keysor has owned Plattsburgh’s premier bike shop, optimistically called “Maui North.” Since he lives on Cumberland Head, his favorite bike route goes north along the water. There’s a new connector road that runs through the interior of Cumberland Head, so “the old outside road gets very little traffic,” he reports. “When you get off the ferry, take the southern side,” says Keysor, which is a left. That brings you to the inevitable Route 9 — it parallels Interstate 87. A right — north — eventually takes you to the intersection with Reynolds Road. Go right again — east, toward the lake — to explore a scenic peninsula called Point Au Roche. That’s French for “Rock Point.” Plenty of those, as well as maple trees. Disclaimer: Do not attempt these rides using only the streamlined directions given here. Shell out $5.95 for a Lake Champlain Bikeways map at Local Motion. There you’ll also find Adirondack Coast Bikeways — with 14 loop routes — and Northern Adirondack Coast Bikeways, with seven more. Both those pamphlets are free. Route maps, elevation charts and detailed directions are available at www.thegmbc.com and www.champlainbikeways.com. m
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the Essex Exception Community blooms in the historic lakeside hamlet
S Story Lauren Ober PhotoS andy duback Essex Community Concerts: www.essex community concerts.org Essex theatre Company: www. essextheatre.org Champlain Valley Film Society: www.cvfilms.org town of Essex: www. essexnewyork. com
hirley LaForest considers herself lucky to have lived in many places over her 74 years — North Carolina, Georgia, even the tiny atolls of Micronesia. But none of those could she call home. For LaForest, home was, and remains, a quaint lakeside hamlet where neighbors know each other’s business, for better or worse, and the idea of a “strong sense of community” is not just a feel-good bromide. It may be hard to believe such a place exists in today’s era of epidemic individualism, cynicism and general wariness, but LaForest’s hometown is by no means an invented Brigadoon. It lies right across Lake Champlain from us, in Essex, N.Y. If you’ve ever traveled to the Adirondacks via the Charlotte ferry, you’ve visited LaForest’s ancestral land, if only briefly. Most ferry passengers don’t stay long in Essex, especially in the offseason when the village center is all but shut down. But if you did hang around, chances are you’d find the community enviable in nearly every respect, except for the fact that the closest gas station and grocery store are at least 5 miles away. Fewer than 700 people make their per-
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most folks would tell you that.” LaForest reckons that even today she is related to at least half the native population of Essex. Gayle Perry is another long-time Essex resident — though, because she was born in neighboring Elizabethtown and spent part of her youth there, she jokes that she’s not truly a local. The 50-year-old says she feels similar to LaForest about Essex’s sense of community, though she can’t quite put her finger on why. Perhaps that’s the way it’s always been, she posits. Everybody pitches in and helps their neighbors — perhaps the only way to live happily in such isolation. “Essex is one of those true North Country towns, where everybody knows you and the people are so wonderful,” Perry says. Despite her relative youth — for Essex — Perry is somewhat of an anachronism. She met her husband, Bob, at a softball game just after her junior prom. He’s the only man she ever dated, and they’ve been married for
a dwindling native population, one that’s gradually being squeezed out of the town by transplants and summer residents who choose to retire there. But there’s little, if any, animosity between the groups, the women say. Old and new residents come together to produce plays, host concerts, run film nights and organize community potlucks. Perry grumbles that transplants from metropolitan areas have driven up housing costs, since they’re willing to pay far more than locals can afford. That is perhaps the biggest issue in Essex, but it doesn’t seem to prevent people from getting along. Most transplants acknowledge that their presence has contributed to the escalation in property values. Jim Van Hoven is one transplant who’s witnessed the town’s “gentrification.” He and his wife, Colleen, worked in the New York City area for years as educators; when they were ready to purchase a second home, they
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32 years. The pair runs Cedar Hedge Farms, a huge organic crop operation that grows hay, wheat, soybeans and corn. One of their two sons, Adam, is a fourth-generation farmer who is being groomed to take over the operation when his parents retire. Perry and her family are the picture of a bucolic life, and she likes it that way. “With farming, you either love it or hate it,” she says. Perry and LaForest represent
looked no farther than Essex. Van Hoven, 69, went to summer camp in the area as a child and fell in love with the town over the years. His wife was easily convinced. “We liked Essex because we love the water, we love the mountains, and we love history,” Van Hoven says. His more urbane friends questioned the couple’s move. He tried to paint them a picture of the town and its appeal, but, he says, “It’s just something
you can’t explain.” Part of what Van Hoven likes about Essex, he says, is the diversity of the population — not the ethnic or racial diversity, which is nil, but the jumble of people with different income brackets, educational backgrounds and life experiences. Like Perry and LaForest, Van Hoven appreciates that everyone knows each other: After a recent trip to the hospital, he says, his phone rang off the hook with neighbors asking if he was OK. The Town of Essex is not solely the domain of wealthy retirees: An increasing number of younger people are choosing to live there as well. Mark and Kristin Kimball, a thirtysomething couple who run the muchvaunted Essex Farms, chose the lakeside town in 2003 as the home base of their operation. It employs about a dozen young people, from prep-school teenagers to graduated Ivy Leaguers. Mark and Erin Hall, another couple in their thirties, landed in Essex almost by accident. They always thought they’d settle in Burlington, but after spending a summer in Essex, they decided to stay. “We’re in the fifth year of a two-year plan,” Mark Hall quips. Hall, 37, attributes their decision to stay largely to the people of Essex. Hall, an architect, and his wife, an interior designercum-baker, bought a fixer-upper house in the village and set about becoming part of the town. “I’ve never experienced the kinds of community we have here. It’s like an island community,” Hall says. He and his wife have connected with the small but active local population of young people largely through their 20-month-old daughter, Oona. When she is old enough, Hall says, Oona will attend the Lakeside Preschool at Black Kettle Farm, a progressive, sustainable enterprise in neighboring Whallonsburg run by the Eddy Foundation, a nonprofit land trust. The preschool was founded recently to meet the needs of a growing populace of children. Living in Essex hasn’t always been easy. It was only within the last five years that the town got decent cellphone and Internet service: former New York governor George Pataki bought a farm in Essex and needed access to the outside world. Sometimes, Hall says, he feels he’s missing out on something. But new residents say the sense of intimacy and security that comes from living in a remote rural environment trumps whatever they had to leave behind. That can’t-quite-put-your-finger-on-it sense of community wins out. Though she roamed far afield, Shirley LaForest always felt the town’s draw. Eventually, she let Essex pull her back. “I feel so rooted here,” she says. m Got a comment on this story or a suggestion for another one? Contact lauren Ober at lauren@ sevendaysvt.com.
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t was a raw, overcast Friday in early April when Brian Mann, Adirondack bureau chief for North Country Public Radio, got the call: NPR needed a reporter to cover a mass shooting at an immigrant center in downtown Binghamton, New York. Binghamton — for anyone in need of a geography lesson — is nowhere near the Adirondacks. Moreover, NCPR was in the midst of its spring membership drive. Nevertheless, Mann jumped into his car and made the five-hour drive from his home in Saranac Lake to the scene of the carnage. Standing outside Binghamton’s American Civic Association shortly before nightfall, Mann met Omri Yigal, a man anxiously awaiting word about the fate of his wife, Delores. The 53-year-old Filipino woman had been taking an English class inside when a mentally deranged man killed 13 people and wounded four others before taking his own life. Most of the center’s other occupants were already accounted for when Mann interviewed Yigal, who’d been told by police to go home and await their call. Only later did he learn that Delores was among the dead. “Are you really OK to just go home right now?” Mann asked Yigal on the air, in a tone of genuine concern. “I mean, seriously!” NPR reporters rarely insert themselves so personally into their stories, but for Mann, it came naturally. And that brief display of compassion helped make it a compelling piece of journalism. Months later, Mann returned to Binghamton and spent hours interviewing Yigal about how he was coping with his wife’s death. On the drive home, Mann remembers dreading the thought of listening to all that “horrible dark stuff again.” But his efforts paid off in another story that garnered national acclaim, including praise from several NPR bigwigs. “This is what it’s like when the shooting stops, when the sirens stop blaring,” Mann reported in his seven-minute follow-up story on “All Things Considered.” “This is what’s left when the TV trucks pull away and the funerals and press conferences are over. This is the wound.” Shooting deaths aren’t Mann’s typical fodder — he’s more likely to be reporting on the death of the Adirondacks’ bat population, or the steady demise of local public schools. But Mann’s personal style of storytelling has earned him, and NCPR, a reputation that extends well beyond the North Country. “My interviews are really long, and I come back with crazy amounts of tape,” Mann explains. “But what I find is, those conversations are the most meaningful things I do.” This month, NCPR celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Adirondack bureau. Its mission is to give a voice to the people who live, work and recreate “inside the Blue Line” — a term that delineates not only the geographic but the political and cultural boundaries of Adirondack Park.
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Mann has become one of the Adirondacks’ most recognized voices, listened to by a diverse audience ranging from loggers to wilderness guides to affluent second-home owners now retiring to the region in droves. Over that decade, Mann has become one of the Adirondacks’ most recognized voices, listened to by a diverse audience ranging from loggers to wilderness guides to affluent second-home owners now retiring to the region in droves. In the process, Mann has earned a reputation as one of NPR’s most trusted field reporters, which explains why he’s often sent far afield from his high-country beat. As NCPR News Director Martha Foley points out,
“There aren’t many station-based freelancers who get seven minutes on ‘All Things Considered.’” Mark Vogelzang, the former president of Vermont Public Radio who left in January to become NPR’s intervice president for development, has only kind words for Mann. “I have a great deal of affection for Brian’s reporting. There’s a real humanity about it,” Vogelzang says. “One of the things about a good reporter is, there’s always a sense of
place … and I think that’s what Brian does so very well.” Ironically, the man who founded the Adirondack bureau and still does most of its reporting admits that he came into the job with “an almost pure ignorance” of the region. As Mann puts it, “If you’d said the word ‘Adirondack’ to me before this all happened, I would have said ‘chair,’ and that would have been the end of it.” >> 32A
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Yet in many respects, Mann, 44, was uniquely suited for the job. Born in Wichita, Kansas, he grew up in the small logging town of Sitka, Alaska, where he lived from age 10 until well into his thirties. Unlike many of his fellow journalists, he never attended college — he couldn’t afford it — but spent 10 years working as a fish butcher up and down the Alaskan coast. Mann got started in public radio at age 20, volunteering to cover local school board meetings. He freelanced for several different stations before getting hired by Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN) shortly before the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. Mann’s reporting on that disaster earned him a muchcoveted assignment as APRN’s “bush correspondent.” Based in Fairbanks, he flew all over the Alaskan backcountry filing stories about the wilderness and Alaskans’ relationship to it. Looking back, he recalls, the job was “a perfect tutorial” for
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it, “How many of the towns in Adirondack Park will exist in 50 or 100 years?” Mann sees the cultural dynamic playing out in the Adirondacks as part of a larger national trend he wrote about in his 2006 book Welcome to the Homeland: A Journey to the Rural Heart of America’s Conservative Revolution. In it, Mann used his relationship with his ultraconservative older brother, Allen, to explore the cultural divide between America’s place-bound social conservatives — or “homelanders”— and its more progressive, left-leaning urban elites, or “metros.” That culture clash has been unfolding in the Adirondacks for nearly a century. What’s different now, Mann says, is that baby boomers who used to spend just one or two months a year in their Adirondack second homes are now living there for stretches of eight or nine months, or retiring there full time. This new long-term population of
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perfect for the job. At first, Mann wasn’t sure he was delivering the kinds of stories his bosses expected. An outdoor enthusiast, he wrote first-person accounts of rock climbing and paddling in the Adirondacks — “Time I was stealing from my bosses,” he says, only partly in jest. That raised an eyebrow or two in Canton. But when those stories got enthusiastic responses from NCPR’s listeners — according to Station Manager Ellen Rocco, NCPR tracks to a slightly younger demographic than does VPR — Mann was allowed to keep doing his thing. Over time, Mann’s range — geographic and subject-wise — expanded considerably to include the politics and culture of the park itself, which he calls “one of the greatest experiments in human history. “I know that sounds melodramatic,” he adds. But Adirondack Park isn’t like Yellowstone or Yosemite, where the government
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the kinds of rural issues he’s attracted to in the Adirondacks. Alas, that post was short lived, and Mann gave up what he calls “the greatest job in public radio” to climb the corporate ladder and become a producer for APRN. Like many journalists ill-suited to the unglamorous duties of management, he hated the job, performed it poorly and left shortly thereafter. Years later, Mann was living in Columbia, Missouri, and working as a full-time dad to his 3-year-old son, Nicholas, when his wife, Susan, asked for “her turn” raising their child. Mann agreed, provided he could find a job in the north country — “any north country.” He started applying for jobs from Maine to Washington. It was around this time, says NCPR’s Foley, that the station was seeking a self-motivated reporter who could work alone in Saranac Lake, a solid 90 minutes from NCPR’s offices at St. Lawrence University in Canton. By far the smallest, budget-wise, of the three NPR affiliates heard in the Adirondacks — the others being Vermont Public Radio and Northeast Public Radio — NCPR couldn’t afford to staff an entire office. The fact that Mann hadn’t worked in journalism for more than three years raised some red flags, Foley admits, but after meeting him, she realized he was
protected the ecology by kicking out all the people. Instead, he explains, it’s a place where the state created an additional layer of laws, restrictions and bureaucracy — the Adirondack Park Agency — to preserve the region’s natural beauty while allowing people to coexist with it. To a large extent, Mann says, the ecological side of that experiment has been a success. What was a desolate wasteland 100 years ago is now the largest publicly protected wilderness area in the lower 48 states — at about 6 million acres, it’s larger than Yellowstone, Glacier, Everglades and Grand Canyon national parks combined. At the same time, Mann points out, it’s also a region where longtime traditional communities are struggling, schools are closing and working-class families with roots going back generations are having trouble making ends meet. Inside the Blue Line, he notes, New York State has been acquiring hundreds of thousands of acres; some towns are now as much as 90 percent state owned. Besides having a tremendous impact on development and job opportunities, this shift has fueled a strong, conservative push for property rights. Mann calls this “the failure of the experiment,” and it’s something he tries to document in his daily reporting. As he puts
“metros” is dramatically reshaping the political landscape — no longer just influencing communities with its spending habits, but getting elected to local school and village boards. In fact, Mann’s wife was recently elected to the village board in Saranac Lake, where a significant percentage of her Democratic support came from second-home owners. “Ten years ago, when I moved here, that was unheard of,” Mann says. He sees his ongoing reporting on this trend as just one facet of NCPR’s overall mission: to continue being a strong local voice of the people and culture of the region. “I go into truck-stop diners, and they have North Country Public Radio on, and I talk to guys hauling gravel, and they have North Country Public Radio on,” he says. “That’s the stuff that’s important to me.” For his part, Mann has sunk his roots deep. Two years ago, he and his wife bought an 85-acre farm in Westport. And, while he never envisioned NCPR as a long-term post, now he says he feels a visceral connection to this place and his work. North Country Public Radio, Mann says, “is the golden dead-end. It’s so great, you just can’t leave.” m Got a comment on this story or a suggestion for another one? Contact Ken Picard at ken@ sevendaysvt.com.
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EXHIBIT “Exposed! 2009,” sculptures sited outdoors and in the gallery, featuring works in multiple media by regional artists. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Through October 10.
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ain or shine, Stowe becomes a sculpture park in late summer thanks to the Helen Day Art Center’s annual “Exposed!” exhibition. The 2009 installment differs from the previous 17 in that a larger portion of the show than usual is indoors. It’s not because of Vermont’s ongoing monsoon this summer, but owing to construction on the HDAC building and grounds. Fourteen regional artists are showing work in the gallery, while 20 others have installed theirs outdoors. The indoor show is stronger than the portion en plein air. That’s an interesting development for the traditionally outdoor exhibition. Perhaps one reason is that things are laid out so well in the gallery. Mireille Clapp’s 7-foot-tall sculpture entitled “New Year’s Eve,” made of copper, steel and judiciously used paint, could certainly have survived the great outdoors, but in the gallery it takes on the solemnity of a 21st-century totem. With plenty of uncluttered white space around it, the vertical monolith commands attention, and deserves it. Eric Brown’s untitled neon piece in the corner of a darkened room is framed by a dramatic triangular shadow, making it appear to sculpt a transparent niche for itself. Even Tom Douglas’ steel realist work “One Boot” has a stately presence under gallery lighting. More figurative, crowd-pleasing pieces are sited in Stowe village. Piper Strong’s 44-inch-tall steel-and-brass “Crab” scuttles outside Banknorth on Main Street. Richard J. Foster’s kitschy steel storks loom nearby, beside the Civil War cannons in front of the Akeley Memorial Building. Although they’re pretty tall, Foster’s storks aren’t an artistic high point of the show. “Remember, Don’t Play Him For Money” is a stork holding a golf club. Cute. More than half of the outdoor sculptures can be found along Stowe’s recreation path, and there, again, something seems amiss this year. The problem may be one of scale: None of the works is so monumental that it has to be outside. Still, many of them succeed on their own terms when appreciated as parts of a whole. For instance, in “Cages” by Haley Bernier, nearly 40 small wire structures dangle from a copse of pines like contemplative Christmas decorations. Each piece is 3 to 8 inches long; most resemble bird cages, while others are less literal representations. Jack Reed’s “Mixed Bark” is more painterly than sculptural. Strips of bark have been polychromed with bright enamel and reattached in small chunks over the piece. Exhibition Curator Meg McDevitt’s “Heartbeat” is even more painterly — to the point of being two-dimensional. Using yellow pavement-marking tape, she laid out a 40-foot-long sequence of “beats,” like those in an EKG, along the recreation path.
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The indoor show is stronger than the portion en plein air. That’s an interesting development for the traditionally outdoor exhibition. One of Tyler Vendituoli’s pink “Rabbit Heads” sits along the path as well. Only about a foot high, it’s a bulbous, anime-influenced form of two globular ears on a featureless head. A viewer might dismiss it as just another postmodern cliché. But farther along the path, an identical rabbit head appears. Then a third, and a fourth. Vendituoli isn’t just cracking a joke; he’s making a serious statement about multiplicity and its effect on perception. One such head is stupid. Several in unexpected locations seem purposeful. Eben Chaney’s “Door to Knowwhere” — a stand-alone closed door with a window in it — also seems like a one-trick pony at first. But by placing it in a meadow, Chaney undermines notions of inner and outer. It’s a rather poetic, surreal image fashioned with awkward carpentry. Perhaps the whole 2009 “Exposed!” exhibition reverses our sense of inner and outer in a similar way: The small stuff is outside and the majestic pieces inside. It’s an intriguing show, even if no big ideas are in sight. — Marc Awodey
‘Cultivating Your Creativity’: This three-part dessert-anddiscussion series includes panel presentations by Vermont artists on the subject, moderated by Museum Director Marilyn Solvay, who also will lead a hands-on creativity exercise. Wednesday, July 29, 6:30-8 p.m., Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, Northfield. Info, 485-2448. Museum at Noon: Gallery Tour: Staff guide visitors through the current exhibit, “A Beckoning Country.” Wednesday, July 29, 12:15-1:30 p.m., Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Info, 656-0570. Brian Zeigler & Ray “Moose” Jackson: The Vermont artist and his New Orleans-based cousin, respectively, show their collaborative comic called “Bitter Ink,” while Jackson performs poetry and shows his own artworks. Bring a dark-colored T-shirt to get a graphic from the book silkscreened on it for free. Wednesday, July 29, 7-10 p.m., Fort Can Gallery & Studios, Montpelier. Info, 279-0988. Metalsmithing Demonstration: Vermont metalsmiths create jewelry, bowls and objets d’art before your eyes in front of the Vermont Gemological Laboratory at 22 Church Street. Wednesday through Friday, July 29-31, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., Church Street Marketplace, Burlington. Info, 862-6600. ‘A Granddaughter’s Recollections: Elka Schumann Remembers Scott Nearing’: The Bread and Puppet cofounder, granddaughter of Scott Nearing and Nellie Seeds, speaks in conjunction with a current photography exhibit. Thursday, July 30, 7-9 p.m., Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury. Info, 388-4964. Leslie Hewitt: Using photography, sculpture and film, the artist challenges the representation and organization of social meaning, and discusses it in a presentation called “Riffs in Real Time.” Sunday, August 2, 7-8:15 p.m., Noble Lounge, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier. Info, 828-8580. Shirley Tse Lecture: The Los Angeles-based artist, a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship winner, discusses her sculptural work. Tuesday, August 4, 8:10-9:10 p.m., Noble Lounge, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier. Info, 828-8580. Museum at Noon: Native American Cultures: Staff guide visitors through the art and artifacts in the James B. Petersen Gallery. Wednesday, August 5, 12:15-1:30 p.m., Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Info, 656-0570.
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‘Treasures and Tales of Lake Champlain’: Selected objects and stories from members of the community displayed as a component of the current exhibit, “A Beckoning Country.” Through September 20 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Reception: Wednesday, July 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Info, 656-0750.
ongoing :: burlington area ‘A Beckoning Country: Art and Objects from the Lake Champlain Valley’: In celebration of the quadricentennial anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s arrival to the lake that bears his name, the works in this exhibit examine the features of the Champlain Valley landscape through objects and art created from and inspired by it since pre-European contact. Through September 20 at the Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. Aimee Daniel: “Digital Manipulations,” digital photography that transforms the everyday into patterns of light and shadow. Through August 1 at CCV Burlington Cherry Pit Gallery in Burlington. Info, 652-2081. Aline Smithson: Images from three of the nationally known photographer’s collections: “Arrangement in Green and Black”; “In Case of Rain”; and “Toy Camera.” August 1 through 31 at Pine Street Art Works in Burlington. Info, 863-8100. ‘Art of Vermont’: Artworks by some of the area’s best artists past and present that celebrate the state, and are owned by the State of Vermont, are touring this summer. Through August 9 at McCarthy Arts Center Gallery, St. Michael’s College in Colchester. Info, 654-2536. Bill Davison: “Vestiges/Hues/ Fragments,” the retired UVM printmaker shows works from his “Lake Champlain Duck Hunting” series. Through August 1 at Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts in Burlington. Info, 865-7165. Bonnie Anderson: Acrylic paintings and prints with images from Burlington and travels beyond. Through July 31 at CarShare Vermont in Burlington. Info, 861-2340.
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<exhibitions> ongoing << 33A ‘BuffAlo SoldierS in Vermont’: Rare historic photographs of African American army soldiers who fought in several wars for their country, including the 10th Cavalry Unit that marched into Vermont in 1909; the exhibit marks the centennial of that march. Through September 13 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0570. Che SChreiner: “Elemental Oneness,” textural abstract paintings by the Shelburne artist. Through July 31 at Healthy Living in South Burlington. Info, 578-8388. ‘deSigning for the enVironment’: An anniversary exhibit of display boards that illustrates the company’s commitment to sustainable design with projects spanning four decades. Through August 31 at TruexCullins Architecture & Interior Design in Burlington. Info, 658-2775. donnA BiSter: “Domesticity,” photographs of household goods in store windows, flea markets, on the street and in private houses, in the Pickering Room. Through August 15 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211.
BriAn mohr And emilY johnSon The ever-adventurous husband-and-wife photographers lead a life desk jockeys can only dream about. But at least we can look at the pictures. The couple who comprise the Moretown-based Ember Photography continue their “Wild People, Wild Places” series with an exhibit of new images at the Bristol Bakery & Café,
‘drAwingS to SAVe Your Skin’: In the school’s Pearl Gallery, a group show of works on paper that illustrate the line between tension and liberation. Through August 1 at Community College of Vermont in Burlington. Info, 652-2081. elizABeth BillingS: “The Ties That Bind,” ikat weavings with embroidered text from the Vermont artist’s Handprint Series, as well as a large weaving of twigs from local trees. Through October 4 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0570. ‘full throttle: VintAge motorCYCleS, CuStom ChopperS And rACing mAChineS’: A showcase of the art and design of America’s favorite two-wheeled ride, from classic choppers to racing bikes; ‘the Bright And Shining light of irreVerenCe: riChArd SAjA And the hiStoriCAllY inACCurAte SChool’: The New York textiles designer transforms the Kalkin House into a 19th-century painter’s salon with his trademark embroidered toile, embellished pillows and subversive take on decorative arts; ‘pieCing together the pASt: the QuiltS of florenCe peto’: An exhibit of quilts from the former collector and quilter (1880-1970) who inspired museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb; ‘in the eYe of the Beholder: SeleCtionS of AmeriCAn And europeAn Art from the theodore h. ChurCh ColleCtion’: Paintings and drawings, primarily from the 19th century, that offer a window into the personal nature of collecting; and ‘pAttY Yoder: rugS of the BlACk houSe fArm’: From one of the most acclaimed rug hookers (1943-2005), this exhibit includes rugs from her series “The Alphabet of Sheep.” Through October 25 at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne. Info, 985-3346. hiStoriC wAmpum BeltS: An exhibit of rare 17th-century beaded wampum belts from the Abenaki and Huron peoples is on view in conjunction with the quadricentennial anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s arrival at Lake Champlain. Through July 31 at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne. Info, 985-3346. jAne horner: “Intermediaries,” mixedmedia installation, assemblage, drawings and paintings by the Vermont artist. Horner is installing “Solace,” composed of 50 birch and poplar saplings, one ladder and paint. Through August 31 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 734-1002.
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Jude Bond: “Beyond the Inland Sea,” mixed-media artworks that explore the prehistory and history of the Champlain Basin. A 7-by-11-foot hand-painted canvas backdrop is included; visitors can dress up with provided costumes and props and pose in front of it for a camera. Through August 2 at 215 College Artists’ Cooperative in Burlington. Info, 863-3662. Kate Longmaid: “Intimate Portraits,” recent works by the Burlington artist. Through July 31 at The Men’s Room in Burlington. Info, 864-2088. Leunig’s Group Show: Artwork by past and present “regulars” depicts the iconic bistro in multiple media. Through July 31 at Leunig’s in Burlington. Info, rococo942@aol.com. Lily Landes: Digital and film portraits from black-and-white prints to experimental photo reversals. Through July 31 at Nectar’s in Burlington. Info, 576-1370. ‘Louis Comfort Tiffany: Nature by Design’: More than 50 works, including jewelry, lamps, stained glass and furniture, explore the oeuvre of the famous designer within the context of the art-nouveau style and the aesthetic movement. Through October 25 at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne. Info, 985-3346. Michael Kuk: “Healthy America: The Ironic McDonald’s Series #1,” photographs, installation and constructions provide a visual commentary on the super-sized lifestyle. Through August 31 at SEABA Gallery in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. NVAA Group Show: Members of the Northern Vermont Artists Association share an exhibit in various media. Through July 31 at Red Square in Burlington. Info, 318-2438. Natalie Stultz: “Botanicals,” large-scale color prints of flowers by the local photographer. Through August 17 at Village Wine & Coffee in Shelburne. Info, 863-2385. Ned Castle: “Indigenous Expressions,” black-and-white photographs of regional native identities, defined from the perspective of the subjects, with archival pigments on fine-art paper. Through December 31 at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. Info, 864-1848. ‘Outside the Box’: A group show of multiple media by members of the Essex Art League Through August 31 at Phoenix Books in Essex. Info, 862-3014. Randy Allen: “Landscapes as Metaphor,” paintings; Maggie Neale: “Stimulus in Paint,” paintings; Jack Sabon: “Contemporary Native Work”; and Axel Stohlberg: “Night Drawings.” Through July 31 at Artpath Gallery in Burlington. Info, 563-2273. S.P. Goodman: “81 Days and Nights,” an exhibit of small landscape and still-life paintings and larger digital prints. Through September 26 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington. Info, 652-4500. Sheila Poettgen: An exhibition of prints and mixed-media work by the local artist. Through July 31 at The Daily Planet in Burlington. Info, 922-3381. Suchetha Pradhu: The member of the Essex Art League shows her works. Through July 31 at Essex Town Offices in Essex. Info, 862-3014. The Maltex Building: All four floors of this post-industrial building are curated by Burlington City Arts with a group of artists in multiple media. Through July 31 at The Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7165.
‘The World of Roland Rochette’: Paintings by the untrained artist, a Canadian-turned-Vermonter who died at age 98 in 1986, feature the animals, landscape, architecture and daily life around his home in Greensboro Bend, and incorporate natural elements found in the area. In connection with the Quadricentennial and the GRACE program, his works are on view in the third-floor gallery. Through July 31 at Burlington City Hall in Burlington. Info, 865-7165. ‘Warren Kimble’s America’: The renowned, Brandon-based folk artist shows his paintings and mixed-media works of barns, flags, landscapes and animals in the 1871 Lighthouse. Through October 25 at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne. Info, 985-3346.
:: central Annual Members Show: Works by participants at the Center for Photographic Studies. Through July 31 at The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com. Barbara Leber: “Birch Trees,” paintings by the local artist. August 1 through 31 at The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com. Big Red Barn Art Show: A group show of works in various media by local artists is part of a monthlong celebration of the arts in the Mad River Valley. Open Thursday through Sunday; times vary. August 1 through 30 at Lareau Farm Inn in Waitsfield. Info, 496-4789. Celebrating Montpelier’s Water Treatment Plant: Photographs, history and a mural extol the virtues of purifying the capital city’s most vital fluid. August 1 through September 30 at Montpelier City Hall in Montpelier. Info, 229-5676. Charlotte Potok Retrospective: The gallery celebrates its 10th birthday with an exhibition of pottery by its late founder. Through August 31 at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-0141. Graduating Student Exhibitions: Artists completing the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts show their final works. August 5 through 8 at T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier. Info, 828-8580. Hope Rappaport: “Portraits in Painting,” works in oil. August 1 through September 30 at The Shoe Horn in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454. ‘In Their Own Words’: An exhibition of images by photographer Ned Castle and stories from members of Vermont’s refugee community, a touring show from the Vermont Folklife Center. Through July 31 at Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. ‘Inspired by Stories’: In this juried show, 18 artists reflect on the historical collection of the Sullivan Museum with original works of art, on display with the objects that inspired them. Through August 28 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield. Info, 485-2448. Jayne Shoup: “Home Grown: Painting in Middlesex,” vibrant landscape and floral paintings inspired by the artist’s environs. Through August 31 at Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex. Info, 223-0100. Leslie Bartlett: “Give Me Your Hands: The Barre Sculptors & Their Stone,” expressive hand “portraits” of stone carvers by the Gloucester, Mass., photographer, along with large quarry photos printed on fabric and hung like scrolls. Through September 4 at Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. Linda Maney: “Distractions and Abstractions,” artwork inspired by color, shape and line. Through July 31 at Restaurant Phoebe in Montpelier. Info, 485-8056.
Lindsey Vladyka The emerging photographer, a 2008 grad of the New Hampshire Institute of Art, focused on the culture of New England state fairs for her current exhibition at the Chandler Gallery in Randolph, on view through August 30. The 27 large-scale, black-and-white images were inspired, she says, by a childhood family experience. Fair enough. Lindsey Vladyka: “New England State Fairs,” large-scale, black-and-white photographs; and “New Work, New Directions”: A collection of photographs by 2009 grads of the BFA photography program at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Through August 30 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 728-9878. Lois Eby: Abstract paintings by the Vermont artist inspired by Asian brush and ink. Through August 28 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. ‘Masterworks’: An exhibit of paintings by Pat Adams, William Bailey, Bernard Chet, Lois Dodd, Paul Resika and Steve Trefonides. Through August 23 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. Robin LaHue: “Summer Brights,” brilliantly colored paintings and tissuepaper collages. Through July 31 at City Center in Montpelier. Info, 485-7770. ‘SculptCycle’: The second annual outdoor exhibit of sculptures made from recycled bicycle parts features more than 20 creations by regional artists and are scattered around downtown. Through October 31 at various locations in Montpelier. Info, 223-9604.
‘Toys: The Inside Story’: With a dozen hands-on stations, the exhibit illustrates to kids and their grown-up companions the simple mechanisms that make many toys “work.” Through August 16 at Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. Info, 649-2200. Tunbridge Group Show: The library’s arts program, ArtSpace, presents works by 25 local artists; a percentage of sales will benefit programs and services. Through August 15 at Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village. Info, 889-9404. Vermont Festival of the Arts Sampler Exhibit: Thirteen artists from the Mad River Valley bring diverse works to the capital city. Through August 31 at Vermont Arts Council Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-3292.
:: champlain valley Brian Mohr & Emily Johnson: “Wild People, Wild Places,” 20 color and black-and-white images from the married photographers’ travels around Vermont and to faraway locales. Through August 13 at Bristol Bakery and Café in Bristol. Info, 496-5434.
Caroline Ramersdorfer: “Inner View,” carved marble sculptures that investigate the properties of light by the Austrian artist. Through August 16 at Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland. Info, 438-2097. ‘Discover 1609: Navigating Through History’: An exhibit that provides an enriched perspective on Samuel de Champlain, his Native allies and their activities in the region; includes a timeline both before and since the French explorer arrived in the area. Through October 18 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes. Info, 475-2022. John Cuomo: “Birds and Other Creatures,” sculptures in mixed media by the Italian-New Yorker. Through August 23 at Gallery in-the-Field in Brandon. Info, 247-0125. Linda Durkee: Paintings, collages and drawings by the Danby-based folk artist. Through July 31 at The Gallery at Brandon Music in Brandon. Info, 465-4071.
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Big enough got there, she wanted to make a unique contribution to the community and realized that the town needed an outlet for the visual arts, she says. Mackay began a knitting business. When she needed more room, she and her husband, Doon Hinderyckx, who owns Green Mountain Bikes, bought the building next to the bike shop. They worked with a local
the front porch, overlooking Route 100, is a sculpture composed of abstract wooden hearts and human-like figures connected to a chain. Inside, the gallery is austere — blond hardwood floors and white walls — but the light-filled negative space draws your attention where it should go: to the art. Mackay is particularly fond of contem-
paintings are uplifting, such as Paul Resika’s puffy pink, green and blue abstract landscapes. Others — Lois Dodd’s work, for instance — are hard-edged and realistic nature scenes. “I love those older painters,” Mackay says, “they really inspire me.” The venue’s next exhibition will feature landscape works by artists a generation younger
in the cozy grass-floored, rock-walled amphitheater in the backyard. The festival used to be just poetry, but Mackay decided that the arts community needed a special boost this year, so she brought in musical acts. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand will read, as will Paul Muldoon, poetry editor of The New Yorker. Music will range from
— women in their forties and fifties. Behind the main gallery room is the BigTown Gallery Studio, a vestige of Mackay’s original knitting business. She still knits 50 to 60 hats and scarves per year as a way to channel her creativity, selling them at the gallery and numerous trunk shows. One wall of the studio stocks a couple dozen cubbies of yarn. The back of the building houses the BigTown Gallery West Wing Shop, offering glassware, pottery, quilts — the “applied arts,” as Mackay describes them. These, along with the knitwear, form the bulk of an annual holiday show at the gallery. Beginning this Friday, the gallery will host BigTown BigTent, a 10-day festival of poetry, theater and music,
classic-rock covers to a survey of Negro spirituals. Roofed by a tent 46 feet in diameter, this festival is bigger than previous ones, but still intimate. The question is, will the event outgrow its host community? Mackay thinks she knows the answer: “If you can support the artists and make some sales from time to time, there’s something to be said for a small scale with a really good menu.” m
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fter apologizing for the cliché she’s about to utter, BigTown Gallery owner Anni Mackay says her funky building and business on Main Street in Rochester is “really all about the celebration of the arts.” You begin to understand what she means when you learn that this place is much more than an art gallery with paintings on the walls; it’s a habitat for creative expressions
Inside, the gallery is austere — blond hardwood floors and white walls — but the light-filled negative space draws your attention where it should go: to the art. that range from poetry and music to knitting, sculptures and furniture. Even the physical space — an old house reworked into a gallery and residence, with a giant circular entrance and a lighthouse-like tower hitched to the back — fits the artistic ethos. Mackay moved to the United States from England 23 years ago and earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from SUNY Purchase. She bounced around the country after that, doing set design in South Carolina and archival work for printmaker Kenneth Tyler before moving to Rochester in 1996. When she
architect to transform it into an art gallery. “I knew that the standard I would set would be challenging,” Mackay says. She started by making a statement with the building itself. She also became friends with Bethel sculptor Hugh Townley, who helped her fledgling gallery “just by being interested,” she notes, then adds that she met a lot of other artists at his dinner table. Townley died in February 2008, and now some of his wooden reliefs and sculptures are on display at BigTown. Hanging from the ceiling of
porary art and its intersection with traditional forms, such as landscapes and still-lifes. “People really connect to it, and it speaks to them,” she says. A perfect example of Mackay’s taste is the current exhibition, “Masterworks,” which features paintings by well-known regional artists in their seventies and eighties — men and women who served in World War II, for instance, and went to Ivy League schools courtesy of the G.I. Bill. “They all had certain kinds of opportunities that were rare and unusual,” Mackay says. Some
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BigTown Gallery, 99 North Main Street, Rochester, 767-9670. www.bigtowngallery.com “Masterworks,” a group show of elder artists in a variety of media, through August 23. “BigTown BigTent,” a minifestival with poetry readings, theater and music, Friday, July 31, through Monday, August 10. $15 per evening.
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<exhibitions> ongoing << 35A LuciAnA FrigArio: Photographs in black and white from the artist’s series entitled “Nature Morte,” offering surreal juxtapositions of ordinary objects. Through August 11 at The Brick Box Gallery, Paramount Theatre in Rutland. Info, 235-2734. ‘MAking SenSe oF ThoMAS kinkAde’: Some viewers have regarded the contemporary landscape painter’s works as kitsch, but curator Michael Clapper begs to differ, and makes his case in this exhibit in the Overbrook Gallery. Through August 9 at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College in Middlebury. Info, 443-5007. ‘PASTorAL VerMonT: The PAinTingS And eTchingS oF Luigi Lucioni’: Vermont landscapes in oil, etching and watercolor by the Italian-born artist (1900-1988). Through August 9 at Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College in Middlebury. Info, 443-5007. Phoebe STone: “Winter in Boston,” new paintings by the local artist. Through July 29 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Info, 382-9222. rAyMond hudSon: Woodcut prints by the master print maker, using the shui yin, or water printing, method and 19th-century papers. Through August 31 at Walkover Gallery & Listening Room in Bristol. Info, 453-3188. rebeccA LePkoFF: “Almost Utopia: In Search of the Good Life in Mid-Century America,” black-and-white photographs depicting the daily life at Pikes Falls, Vt., a community that formed around pioneer back-to-the-landers Helen and Scott Nearing. Through September 15 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964. royce dendLer: “Ozone Replenishment,” works by the local artist. Through August 17 at Terasem Movement Foundation Office & Galleria in Bristol. Info, 453-8533.
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:: northern Adrienne FiSher: “The Colors of My World,” watercolors of manmade structures situated in nature by the Vermont artist. Through August 2 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 899-3211. ‘bLAck bird Singing: A ceLebrATion oF rAVenS, croWS And Their couSinS’: Twenty local artists exhibit paintings, prints and works in clay, fiber and metal dedicated to the highly intelligent avian species. Through August 18 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans’ Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-0158. ‘ceLebrATion oF ArT And PoeTry’: Vermont artists Axel Stohlberg, Marie Lapre Grabon, Ann Young, Justin Wood, Carol Drury and Harriet Wood show their works. Through August 19 at Hangman Frame Shop & Gallery in Hardwick. Info, 456-8708. dAVid SMiTh: Representational oil paintings that concern themselves with light and its interplay with the world. Through August 4 at Claire’s Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053.
eLLiS JAcobSon & VicToriA zoLnoSki: “About Face,” giant masks by the sculptor and theater artist; and “The Peep Show,” pre-Raphaelite photographs featuring beauty in nature and femininity, respectively. Open on Sundays or by appointment. Through August 31 at White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. Info, 563-2037. eric Tobin: “A Fresh Start,” a collection of new landscapes by the plein-air painter. Through August 31 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818. eSSex ArT LeAgue: The members host an exhibit in a variety of media. Through July 31 at Red Mill Jericho in Jericho. Info, 862-3014. ‘exPoSed! 2009’: This annual exhibit includes sculptures sited outdoors and in the gallery, featuring works in multiple media by regional artists. Through October 10 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. gArTh eVAnS: “Red Clay Drawings,” two-dimensional works. Through August 1 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College in Johnson. Info, 635-1469. gioVAnnA ceccheTTi & SuMru Tekin: “Secret Stories,” paintings inspired by the Amazon rainforest, and mixed-media paper works, respectively. Through August 23 at West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943. JAcob WALker ArT cooPerATiVe: Having lost their gallery, the 17 members take their artwork in oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel to this accommodating exhibition space. Through October 16 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 244-6648.
JuLy FeATured ArTiSTS: This month’s focus is on local artists Pam Krout-Voss, fiber art; Patrick Murphy, paintings; Jo Anne Wazny, photography; and Andy Wooten, fiber arts and clothing. Through July 30 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403. kArL decker: “The People of Townshend, Vermont,” 30 large-scale black-and-white photographic portraits made over a three-year period in the town the Connecticut artist has known since the 1930s. Through July 31 at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common. Info, 586-7711, ext. 124. MArgAreT LAMPe kAnnenSTine: Monotype works by the Vermont artist. Through July 31 at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-8291. PATTy MuchA: A retrospective of oil paintings and drawings, as well as constructions by the New Yorkturned-Vermont-based artist. Through July 31 at Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-2600. STAArT grouP ShoW: The gallery celebrates its veteran exhibitors in this show of multiple media. Through August 10 at Staart Gallery in St. Albans. Info, 524-5700.
:: regional ‘exPAnding horizonS’: Painting and photography of the American and Canadian landscape 1860-1918, examining the artistic expression of the two countries’ westward momentum in works by the best artists of the period. Through September 27 at Montréal Museum of Fine Arts in Montréal. Info, 514-285-1600.
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FeLix de LA conchA: “Private Portraits/Public Conversations,” a multimedia exhibit of 51 portraits that explore how members of the Upper Valley and Dartmouth communities have encountered conflict and how they made, or are making, their journey toward reconciliation. Through September 27 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2426. ‘FrAnce in TrAnSForMATion: The cAricATure oF honore dAuMier’: The witty political cartoons by the 19th-century French artist, created when his country was experiencing great cultural and social change, still resonate today. Through August 24 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2426. Todd r. LockWood: “One Degree of Separation,” large-scale, blackand-white photographic portraits by the Burlington photographer. Through August 16 at Lake Placid Center for the Arts in Lake Placid, N.Y. Info, 518-523-2512. ‘WeAring WeALTh And STyLing idenTiTy: TAPiS FroM LAMPung, SouTh SuMATrA, indoneSiA’: Ornate tube dresses created by elite women of these Southeast Asian lands feature cotton and silk threads colored with ancestral dyes and embellished with gold, silver, embroidery and appliquéd mirrors, and communicate family contacts, station and identity. Through August 31 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2426. m
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SEVEN DAYS puzzles Hey, crossword puzzle fans! We’re trying out a new puzzle and want you to vote for your favorite. The one at the bottom of this page is the old one; the one to the right of sudoku is the new one. We’re including both of them here for four consecutive weeks: July 8, 15, 22 and 29. Please work them both, and then email us your vote by Friday, July 31 — all you have to do is write “old” or “new” in the subject line, though you’re welcome to add comments. Send your response to krystal@sevendaysvt.com.
The crossword puzzle that doesn’t win will then be discontinued and replaced with a Born on date: Thursday, July 9, 2009 brand-new kind of puzzle that sudoku geeks in particular will likely enjoy. Even before July 31, you can send us your comments on these puzzles. Are they too hard? Too easy? Just right? Tell us what you like, or not, and why. Again, send your comments to krystal@sevendaysvt.com. Thanks! Do options Edited by J. Reynolds
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re primed to can-
cel a jinx in the coming days, Taurus. You could help someone (maybe even yourself) escape a bewitchment, and you might be able to soothe a wound that has been festering for a long time. In fact, I’m playing with the fantasy that you are now the living embodiment of a lucky charm. At no other time in recent memory have you had so much power to reverse the effects of perverse karma, bad habits, and just plain negative vibes. Your hands and eyes are charged with good medicine. Other parts of you are, too, which means sexual healing could be in the works. But as you embark on your mission to cure everyone you love, remember the first law of the soul doctor: “Physician, heal thyself.”
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Norwegians used
to have a concept called svoermere, which meant something sweetly futile or deliciously unprofitable. While I can see the appeal that your particular version of svoermere has had for you, Gemini, I think it’s time to think about moving on. According to my reading of the omens, you have both a right and a duty to seek out more constructive pleasures that not only make you feel really good but also serve your long-term goals.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s Freedom From
Want Week! For Cancerians only! During this uncanny grace period, you might actually feel perfectly contented. It’s quite possible that you’ll be free from the obsession to acquire more security, more love, more proof of your greatness, more tchotchkes, more everything. You may even make the shocking discovery that you don’t need nearly as much as you thought you did in order to be happy; that maybe you have a lot to learn about getting more out of what you already have.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Would you like to spend the next 30 years working your assets off to make your bosses rich? If not, I suggest you start formulating Plan B immediately. The astrological time is not exactly ripe to extricate yourself from the wicked game, but it’s ripe to begin scheming and dreaming about how to extricate yourself. Here’s a tip to get you in the mood. Assume that there’s some validity in the meme that mythologist Joseph Campbell articulated: “Follow your bliss and the money will come.” Then ask yourself, “Do I even know what my bliss is? Not my mild joy or diversionary fun but my unadulterated bliss?” Once you know that, you can follow it. And then, inevitably — although it may take a while — the money will follow.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): As the season of rid-
dles and paradoxes kicks into high gear, I present you with a two-part quiz. Question 1: Since it has taken you your whole life to become the person you are today, is it reasonable to expect that you can transform yourself in a flash? Question 2: On the other hand, since you are more creative than you give yourself credit for, and are also in an astrological phase when your ability to change is greater than usual, is it reasonable to assume that you must remain utterly stuck in your old ways of doing things?
LIbRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): So much to say and do. So little time. Is it OK if I pepper you with pithy hints? It’s the only way to fit everything in. Here goes. There’s strength in numbers, Libra. So travel in packs. Round up support and whip up group fervor.
Always say “we,” not “I.” Add at least one new friend and bolster at least one old friendship. Think before you act, but always act instead of watching from afar. Avoid doing stupid things in smart ways. To court good luck, do charity work. To ensure that extra favors will come your way later this year, do extra favors now.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Biblical book of Isaiah prophesies a future time of undreamed-of harmony and cooperation. “The wolf will romp with the lamb,” reads one translation. “Cow and bear will graze in the same pasture, their calves and cubs will grow up together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.” I have it on good astrological authority that you’re now eligible for a preview of this paradisiacal state. To receive your free introductory offer, you need only meet one condition. You must vow not to harm any living thing — not even a cockroach. Not even the person you love best. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You Sagittarians are famous for filling your cups too full. Sometimes this is cute. Sometimes it’s a problem for those who don’t like Cabernet Sauvignon sloshed on their handwoven Persian rugs. This week, however, I predict there will be little or no hell to pay for overflowing. So go ahead and transcend your containers, you beautiful exaggerators. Feel free to express yourself like a fire hose. Now enjoy a few gems from your fellow Sagittarius, the extravagant poet and painter William Blake. 1. “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” 2. “Exuberance is beauty.” 3. “The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.” 4. “You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Constant
vigilance, my friend. That’s what I advise. Be attentive to details you sometimes gloss over. Wake up a little earlier and prepare for each encounter with greater forethought. Stare a little harder into the hearts of all those whose hidden motivations might detour your destiny. Monitor every communication for hints that all is not as it seems. Most importantly, guard against the possibility that you may be overlooking a gift or blessing that’s being offered to you in an indirect way.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Keep explor-
ing what it takes to be the opposite of who you are,” suggests psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of the book Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. This advice is one of his ideas about how to get into attunement with the Tao, also known as being in the zone or getting in the groove or being aligned with the great cosmic flow. How would you go about being the opposite of who you are, Aquarius? According to my reading of the omens, that will be an excellent question for you to muse about in the coming weeks. As you stretch yourself to embody the secret and previously unknown parts of you, I think you’ll be pleased with how much more thoroughly that allows you to be in sync with the rhythms of life.
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the dark side of the moon Rockwell plays a lunar laborer whose retirement plan isn’t what he thinks in the spooky debut from David Bowie’s boy.
hat a sponging, gene-squandering bunch of artistic slackers the spawn of music superstars tend to be, when you think about it. Oh, sure, John Bonham’s son will sit in for a Led Zeppelin reunion, Zak Starkey will fill in for Keith Moon on a Who tour, and both Lennon boys have endeavored to make a mark. But they are exceptions, not the rule. Consider how many hundreds of others are out there. And how many other art forms, too, are just waiting to be conquered by these carriers of history-making talent. So this is what I like to see. Along comes David Bowie’s son, and does he opt for an easy career as the Thin White Duke 2? No, he doesn’t even set his sights on the music business. He decides he wants to direct. And does he use the family name as a shortcut to the director’s chair? No, he apprentices like anyone else, establishing himself in Great Britain as a successful maker of television commercials. He didn’t have to do the journeyman thing, but he wanted to learn his trade. And his feature debut is far better for it. Did I mention that Duncan Jones (Duncan Zowie Heywood Jones) is a talented author, too? He wrote the story that forms the basis of Moon, a cagey bit of sci-fi commentary. Indeed, its thesis is so cagey that reviewers so far appear to have missed it entirely. It begins, appropriately enough, with a television commercial. The advertiser is a conglomerate called Lunar Industries. They sound like good guys. After all, their business is mining the moon for Helium 3, a substance offering a virtually limitless source of clean energy to Earth’s inhabitants. Play along with me. For the sake of argument, let’s pretend Helium 3 is Jones’ stand-in for the energy source on which our planet is currently hooked. Sam Rockwell gives a mesmerizing, trademark twitchy performance in the role of the corporation’s sole human
lunar employee, Sam Bell. The mining operation to which he’s attached is largely automated. He’s just there to monitor the excavating work performed by giant machines, patch them up when they break and send reports back to the home office. He’s sweating out the final weeks of a three-year stint (again, for argument’s sake, let’s call it a tour of duty) and is suffering the effects of isolation, compounded by separation from his wife and little girl. Just as the U.S. government and companies like Halliburton felt free to make their move in Iraq and take control of the country’s petroleum production, so Lunar Industries appears to have claimed exclusive rights to the moon’s resources (with a little help from the military, one may assume). How else to explain the complete lack of international competition for access to what is very likely the most valuable commodity in the solar system? As the end of his contract approaches, Rockwell’s character grows ever more schizo. He’s watched all the old “Bewitched” and “Mary Tyler Moore” tapes he can take. Communications between the space station and home have mysteriously gone down. And there’s only so much satisfaction to be found in the companionship of the
facility’s resident robot, Gerty, a preprogrammed presence (voiced by Kevin Spacey) that has been described as “HAL-like” in nine out of 10 reviews despite having nothing more in common with 2001’s demonic device than a dependence on AC current. Not that evil isn’t afoot. It’s just that it’s faceless and bureaucratic. The key twist in the script involves a close encounter of the cloned kind. Suddenly, just as his time is up and he’s ready to return home, Bell is confronted with a younger, fitter, less frazzled version of himself. The viewer is given reason to suspect that an inexhaustible supply of back-up Bells may be tucked out of sight on life support. But the final act is eerily ambiguous. Remind you of anything? Seems to me like a dead-on analogy for the previous administration’s practice of endlessly renewing soldiers’ contracts against their wills and sending them back in harm’s way once they’ve completed their tours. And all, when you get right down to it, in the name of oil — or, in this case, Helium 3. A throwback to old-school genre classics such as Silent Running, Solaris and, of course, 2001, Moon is a creepy, mysterious, thought-provoking meditation on the ways human life can be devalued when big business and government form an unholy alliance. The film is packed with more ideas and imaginative touches than a dozen big-budget digital space adventures. From its art direction to its central performances, it’s consistently accomplished, and is easily one of the season’s most pleasant surprises. I may be wrong about the picture’s subtext. But there’s no mistaking the fact that Moon marks the arrival of a promising new player. — Rick Kisonak
The Ugly Truth HH
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THE TAMING OF THE BOOR The leads throw off sparks in Robert Luketic’s comedy, but the jokes are all wet.
f aliens watched our coming attractions, they’d get a perplexing view of human courting. In the trailer for (500) Days of Summer, Joseph Gordon Levitt falls madly in love with Zooey Deschanel after she croons along with the Smiths song playing on his iPod, thereby demonstrating both her taste and her romanticism. In the trailer for The Ugly Truth, Gerard Butler informs Katherine Heigl that the only way she can snag a man is by wearing a push-up bra, giggling incessantly and keeping her critical judgments to herself. To die by your side / Is such a heavenly way to die? I believe Butler’s character would classify that as pussy rock. A movie about an offensive lout should at least be offensive. (Exhibit A: Dane Cook’s filmography.) But The Ugly Truth only manages to be tired. Like last winter’s hit He’s Just Not That Into You, it’s a romantic comedy with the not-so-romantic premise that modern professional women know nothing about men until they’re schooled by a self-styled guru with a shock-jock style. Heigl plays Abby, a cerebral control freak who produces a fluffy morning news show in Sacramento. Butler is the ranter on public-access cable who offers raunchy tutorials on “The Ugly Truth” about men and women and somehow manages to pull better ratings than Heigl can. Naturally, the station manager decides to hire him. Naturally, the two comely, charismatic leads hate each other on sight. Naturally, they also feel an undeniable attraction. Soon Heigl is asking Butler for help as she tries to date an orthopedic surgeon (Eric Winter) who meets all the requirements on her personal relationship checklist. (It
can’t be that long: Her target has great abs and an MD, but nothing resembling a personality.) Under the boor’s tutelage, she wears hair extensions and does her best to act like a breathing blow-up doll. It all goes swimmingly, but Butler is secretly suffering, because … surprise! Deep down, he has romantic feelings after all. For a comedy, The Ugly Truth is short on funny people; the supporting characters barely exist. It does have a couple of naughty setpieces that wouldn’t be out of place in a pay-cable version of the sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” (One involves remote-controlled vibrating panties worn to a business dinner. Don’t ask.) The three screenwriters, Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, don’t seem to be out to prove that women can be as bawdy as men. Nor do they appear particularly interested in updating the timehonored Taming of the Shrew scenario. (Lutz and Smith already did that with 10 Things I Hate About You, which launched them as a successful rom-com writing duo.) No: These writers are simply the technicians who’ve been
employed to turn the beer-soaked backyard barbecue of those hit Judd Apatow comedies into a fast-food meal that’s safe for most members of the family. It’s not difficult to imagine their own checklist: Casual references to anal intercourse? Check. Sexual humiliation for the control freak? Check. Everyone grows up a little, and love conquers all? Check. Despite Butler’s misogynistic posturing, the film never makes more than a brief foray into the realm of ugly truths. Both leads are likeable and seem to like each other; they show none of the deep-seated resentment and frustration that might allow the film to tap into real-life dating anxieties. Abby’s perfectionism is plausible enough, and the film’s best moment comes when she realizes maybe she can find a middle ground between constant criticism of her lovers and tittering assent. It’s a brief moment, though, in the life of a cartoon. It would be a shame if The Ugly Truth convinced audiences that it takes real men to do the Apatow-style crude comedy magic. Apatow and his pals don’t always pull it off, either. The best comedy comes from deftly sketched characters, not formulas. And if you want evidence that woman can voice truths about relationships that are both ugly and laugh-out-loud funny, I suggest Julie Delpy’s 2 Days in Paris. That film doesn’t answer the question of whether it’s sexier to wear a push-up bra or sing along to The Smiths (or both), but it does demonstrate that neither sex has a monopoly on screwed-up behavior. — Margot Harrison
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AWAY WE GO★★★1/2 Based on the debut screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, Sam (Revolutionary Road) Mendes’ new comedy follows an expectant thirtysomething couple as they travel the country visiting friends in search of the perfect place to settle down and raise a family. Starring John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph. (100 min, R. Palace)
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE★★★1/2 The young wizards of Hogwarts are back in the adaptation of J. K. Rowling’s sixth book, wherein Harry prepares to face the looming Voldemort threat and his teenage hormones. David Yates directs. With Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis and a host of other Brit thespians. (153 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset, Welden) ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS★★1/2 Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Queen Latifah head the voice cast in this second sequel to the 2002 computer-animated hit. In this installment, Manny and Ellie make plans for the birth of their first baby. Simon Pegg costars. Carlos Saldanha once again directs. (112 min, PG. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Stowe, Sunset) I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER★1/2 Chris (Home Alone) Columbus directs this comedy in which a nerdy high school brainiac declares his love for the hottest girl in his school while delivering his graduation speech, only to find her at his front door later that night. With Hayden Panettiere, Lauren London and Paul Rust. (102 min, PG-13. Bijou; ends Thursday 7/30)
BRUNO★★★ From the twisted, politically incorrect folks who brought you Borat comes the similarly formatted saga of a gay Austrian model and his misadventures among unsuspecting Americans. Sacha Baron Cohen stars. Larry Charles directs. (83 min, R. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy) FOOD, INC.★★★★ Robert Kenner serves up this eye-opening exposé of the modern American food industry, featuring interviews with experts such as Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan. Barf bags strongly recommended. (94 min, PG. Roxy, Savoy) G-FORCE★★ Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Tracy Morgan are among the voice cast in Disney’s computer-animated comedy about a group of guinea pigs trained by a covert government bureau to operate as elite espionage agents. Hoyt Yeatman directs. (86 min, PG. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Sunset, Welden) THE HANGOVER★★★1/2 From Old School director Todd Phillips comes this comedy in which a group of friends takes a trip to Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party and winds up losing the groom. Featuring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha. (96 min, R. Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Sunset)
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I LOVE YOU, MANHHH1/2 John (Along Came Polly) Hamburg is the latest director to attempt to steal a piece of Judd Apatow’s bromance thunder with this laugher about a dude who realizes after proposing to his girlfriend that he needs to make a best friend if he wants a best man. Paul Rudd, Jason Segel and Rashida Jones star. (97 min, R. Sunset) MOONHHH1/2 Sam Rockwell plays a lonely astronaut stuck on the moon for a mining job in this low-key, mind-bending sci-fi drama set in the near future. Kevin Spacey voices his computer. Duncan Jones directs. (97 min, R. Roxy) MY SISTER’S KEEPERHH Abigail Breslin, Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric and Sofia Vassilieva are featured in this drama about a mother and father who make a controversial decision in an attempt to save the life of their sick daughter. Based on the novel by Jodi Picoult. Costarring Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack. Directed by Nick (John Q) Cassavetes. (106 min, PG-13. Big Picture) ORPHANHH Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard are paired in this suspense-fest, in which a couple adopts a young girl who turns out to be less angelic than she seems. Costarring Isabelle Fuhrman. Directed by Jaume (House of Wax) Collet-Sera. (105 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Sunset, Welden) THE PROPOSALHH1/2 Zany romcom antics galore are guaranteed in the latest from Sandra Bullock. She stars as a high-powered book editor who responds to the prospect of deportation home to Canada by claiming she’s engaged to her put-upon assistant. Ryan Reynolds costars. Anne (27 Dresses) Fletcher directs. (107 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Stowe, Sunset) PUBLIC ENEMIESHH1/2 Michael Mann’s latest recreates the deadly game of cat and mouse played in the ’30s by gangster John Dillinger and G-man Melvin Purvis. Starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard. (143 min, R. Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe) TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLENHH Clearly America hasn’t had enough of Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox cavorting with huge, wise-cracking computer graphics. Michael Bay once again helms this sequel, in which the defeated Decepticons return to Earth for, you know, revenge, and lots of noisy machines transform into other noisy machines. With Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro and Rainn Wilson. (147 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Sunset, Welden)
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THE UGLY TRUTHH1/2 Robert (Legally Blonde) Luketic directs this romantic comedy about a morning TV show producer and the new cohost for whom she’s absolutely certain she could never develop feelings. Starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. (101 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy) UPHHHH1/2 The latest from Disney-Pixar offers the story of a 78-year-old balloon salesman who fulfills his longing for adventure by tying thousands of the things to his house and floating all the way to South America. Featuring the voices of Ed Asner, Jordan Nagai and John Ratzenberger. Directed by Pete (Monsters, Inc.) Docter. (96 min, PG. Capitol, Majestic, Palace) WHATEVER WORKSHH Woody Allen’s new comedy stars Larry David as a well-to-do New Yorker who decides to give the bohemian life a try. With Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Begley and Patricia Clarkson. (92 min, PG-13. Roxy; ends Thursday 7/30)
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93 State St., Montpelier, 229-0343. wednesday 29 — thursday 30 The Ugly Truth 1:30, 6:30, 9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 1:15, 6:15, 9. Brüno 6:30, 9. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 1:30, 6:30, 9. The Proposal 1:30, 6:30, 9. Up 1:30. friday 31 — thursday 6 *Funny People 1:15, 6:15, 9. *Aliens in the Attic 1:30, 6:30, 9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 6:15, 9. The Ugly Truth 1:30, 6:30, 9. The Proposal 6:30, 9. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 1:30. Up 1:30. See www.fgbtheaters.com.
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Essex Shoppes & Cinema, Rte. 15 & 289, Essex, 879-6543. wednesday 29 — thursday 30 Brüno 3, 4:50, 9:45. G-Force (in 3-D) 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12:15, 1, 3:40, 4:15, 7, 7:30, 10:10. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (in 3-D) 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:20. Orphan 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10. The Proposal 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40. The Ugly Truth 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:25, 9:30. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 12, 6:45. friday 31 — thursday 6 *Aliens in the Attic 1, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20. *Funny People 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45. G-Force (in 3-D) 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12:15, 2:20, 3:40, 7, 7:50, 10:10. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (in 3-D) 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:20. Orphan 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10. The Proposal 12, 5:30. The Ugly Truth 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:25, 9:30. Times subject to change. See www. essexcinemas.com.
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190 Boxwood St. (beside Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners), Williston, 878-2010. wednesday 29 — thursday 30 G-Force (in 3-D) 12:30, 2:35, 4:40, 6:45, 8:50. The Ugly Truth 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:20, 9:40. Orphan 1:20, 4, 7, 9:45. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince 12, 1:10, 3:10, 4:30, 6:20, 8, 9:30. Brüno 1:15, 9:45. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs in 3-D: 12:10, 2:15, 4:20; in 2-D: 7:10, 9:20. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:35. Public Enemies 12:50, 6:40, 9:40. The Proposal 1, 3:40, 6:50, 9:25. The Hangover 3:30, 7:15. Up (in 2-D) 3:50. friday 31 — thursday 6 *Aliens in the Attic 12:30, 2:40, 4:45, 7, 9. *Funny People 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35. G-Force (in 3-D) 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 6:50, 8:50. The Ugly Truth 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:40. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12, 1, 3:10, 4:10, 6:20, 7:30, 9:30. Orphan 1:10, 4:15, 7:10, 9:50. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (in 3-D) 12:10, 2:20, 4:30. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 12:50, 8:55. Public Enemies 12:50, 6:45, 9:40. The Proposal 4, 6:30. The Hangover 7:15, 9:45. Up (in 2-D) 3:50. Times subject to change. See www. majestic10.com.
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wednesday 29 — thursday 6 G-Force 1:30, 6:30, 9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 1:15, 6:15, 9. See www.fgbtheaters.com.
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Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841. wednesday 29 — thursday 30 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2:30, 7. The Proposal 7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2, 4:15. friday 31 — thursday 6 Schedule not available at press time.
MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMA
222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456. wednesday 29 — thursday 30 Moon 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:15. The Ugly Truth 1, 3, 5, 7:10, 9:30. Food, Inc. 12:50, 2:55, 7, 9:10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12:45, 3:35, 6:30, 9:20. Public Enemies 12:55, 6:40. Brüno 3:10, 5, 7:15, 9:25. The Hangover 3:45, 9:25. Whatever Works 1:15, 4:55. friday 31 — thursday 6 *Funny People 12:55, 3:45, 6:25, 9:25. *The Hurt Locker 1:05, 3:40, 6:45, 9:35. The Ugly Truth 1, 3, 5, 7:10, 9:30. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12:45, 3:35, 6:30, 9:20. Moon 1, 3, 7:05, 9:15. Food, Inc. 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:20. Brüno 5:05, 9:10. Times subject to change. ***For special event descriptions, see Calendar in Section B or www.merrilltheatres.net.
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10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 864-5610. wednesday 29 — thursday 30 ***Metropolitan Opera Summer Encore: The Barber of Seville 7 (Wed). The Ugly Truth 10:30 a.m. (Thu), 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:30. G-Force 10:30 a.m. (Thu), 12:15, 2:25, 4:35, 6:45, 8:50. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12, 1:15, 3:15, 4:30, 6:30, 8, 9:35. Away We Go 1, 6:40, 9. Brüno 12:20, 2:30, 7. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 12:05, 2:15, 4:30, 6:40 & 8:45 (Thu only). Public Enemies 3:30, 6:35, 9:30. The Hangover 4:45, 9:10. The Proposal 1:10, 3:40, 6:45, 9:15. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 3:25. Up 1:05. friday 31 — thursday 6 ***Metropolitan Opera Summer Encore: The Magic Flute 7 (Wed). ***DCI 2009: Big, Loud & Live 6 6:30 (Thu). *Funny People 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:35. *Aliens in the Attic 10:30 a.m. (Thu), 12:10, 2:15, 4:25, 6:40, 8:45. Away We Go 3:45, 6:50 (except Thu). Harry Potter and the HalfBlood Prince 12, 3:15, 6:25, 8:10, 9:30. G-Force 12:15, 2:25, 4:35, 6:45, 8:50. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 1:15, 3:35,
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wednesday 29 — thursday 30 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 6:30, 9:10. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 6:45. The Proposal 7, 9:10. Public Enemies 9:10. friday 31 — thursday 6 *Funny People 2:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9:10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9:15. The Proposal 2:30 & 4:40 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9:10.
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155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800. wednesday 29 — thursday 30 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince & Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. G-Force & Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The Hangover & The Proposal. Orphan & Public Enemies. friday 31 — thursday 6 *Funny People & Orphan. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince & Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. G-Force & Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The Hangover & The Proposal & I Love You, Man (third feature Fri & Sat only). First shows start at dusk. See sunsetdrivein.com.
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the guest rooms, there are little touches of whimsy. A mural in the Map Room depicts rhinos wandering a nearby island and fake geographic features named for staffers. In Maggie’s Pub, there’s a stuffed dog that looks much like the bar’s namesake — Graham’s ever-present golden retriever — as well as pillows with leopard spots. A wooden animal head over one fireplace has been nicknamed “the vegan moose.” “From a guest perspective, it’s truly residential. Behind the scenes, it’s completely commercial, with all of the intelligent technology we could have that made sense,”
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Our final savory course includes a medallion of beef tenderloin with Vidalia onion, blue cheese and pecan butter; and lamb over an upscale version of ratatouille, topped with a roasted garlic puree. convey,” Graham explains. You’d never know it from the main entrance, located on a side of the building that’s shingled in unassuming brown cedar. Graham notes that the 30,000-square-foot inn is designed to “wow” guests in a series of “reveals” that turn up as they wander through the property. It doesn’t take long to impress me. The foyer is decorated with intricately twined branches evoking the primeval forest. From the Map Room — where staffers assist guests in planning hiking or biking routes — there’s a glorious view of the lake and the mountains. The wine cellar, valued at around a million dollars, boasts 800 labels. Graham notes that the collection is now nearly as good as it was before the fire. But, along with the collection of valuable paintings by artists of the Hudson River School and the gorgeous handmade beds in
Graham says of the lodge. He notes that the building’s temperature and sound systems are managed by computer. In the wine cellar, which can be rented for special occasions, patrons can create their own musical playlists. The smooth rule of technology is especially evident in the kitchen, which proves to be one of the calmest I’ve seen even a mere hour before dinner service. The pastry chef watches our passage from a separate, humidity-andtemperature-controlled area. In the middle of the perfectly clean room is what Graham refers to as a “European-style cooking island,” complete with reach-in coolers filled with ingredients and drawers holding warmed plates. The setup allows chefs to prepare their dishes without stepping away from their stations. As we pass, a white-clad chef strips the skin from tomatoes
with a vegetable peeler. Head chef Kevin McCarthy, although pleasant, doesn’t have time to chat: He’s cleaning the foie gras. We’re lucky enough to sample slices of the fattened liver during dinner. Seared crisp on the outside but oozing inside, it’s served on a bed of wilted romaine lettuce and toasted slivered almonds, dotted with a few peeled grapes. After explaining the inn’s story and showing me around, Graham returns to work, and I play at being a guest. I put together part of a puzzle depicting geisha in a gazebo, wander through the common areas taking photos, and finally join my husband on the deck to read, a couple of pricey iced teas from Maggie’s Pub in hand. When dinnertime rolls around — the inn doesn’t start service until 6 p.m. — we pull ourselves clumsily out of the red-lacquered Adirondack chairs and climb the stairs to Artisans restaurant. The room is surprisingly small; we pass a single party sitting inside. As Graham has explained earlier, patrons of the old lodge were so keen on al fresco dining that the bulk of the inn’s new dining room is located on a curved deck overlooking the lake. In summer and fall, almost everybody eats outside. In winter, when there are fewer guests, the compact interior makes the place feel cozy. With the sun low in the sky, the deck is starting to get a bit chilly. Donning a sweatshirt and one of the warm wraps draped over chairs for female diners, I notice that a light drizzle is spritzing our balcony-side table. In no time at all, one of the servers has climbed on a series of chairs to roll down thick, transparent plastic sheets that protect eaters from the elements. Heat lamps in the ceiling and a crackling fireplace, one of 17 in the main lodge, quickly increase the temperature. The plastic may be unromantic, but it beats getting wet. Dinner is available à la carte, with appetizers costing between $9 and $14, entrées $22 to $39. But those who want to sample more of the chef ’s offerings can opt for a four- or five-course prix fixe. At a restaurant of this caliber, fulfilling special requests is part of the game. Parties that rent out the wine cellar, for example, can create their own menus with the chef. The cellar was already booked when I made my reservation, so I asked for a chef ’s tasting that would allow me to sample as many of the kitchen’s specialties as possible. McCarthy delivers in fine fashion. To my delight, the first course is composed of two different dishes — one for my husband and one for me. I receive a fat, perfectly poached >> 07B
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According to the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine, the best place to stay in the United States is right here in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. The August issue announces the results of the ’zine’s 14th annual survey of the world’s top hotels, and the Rabbit Hill Inn in Lower Waterford is 52nd on the list. No other American property scored better. Rabbit Hill’s rank as a luxury travel destination may have little to do with its efforts to help the disadvantaged unwind, but they’re notable anyway. Every month since April, owners Leslie and Brian Mulcahy have given away a free two-night stay — including breakfast, afternoon tea and one gourmet dinner — to a couple who has been suffering because of the recession. Folks unemployed for at least six months can enter the “Pink Slip Getaway” giveaway by pouring their hearts out in an email or letter. The best story each month wins a prize. The goal, according to the inn’s website, is to convert unemployment to “funemployment.” The program has been so popular that the Mulcahys plan to extend the monthly giveaways — originally intended to end this December — to April 2010.
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Lots of couples hook up at bars after work, but 15 years ago, Jen and John Kimmich — who now own The Alchemist Pub and Brewery in Waterbury — met at a bar during work hours. At the time, they were both employed at Burlington’s Vermont Pub & Brewery. “Our relationship was based on beer because it started in a brewery,” Jen Kimmich relates. But what does a beer lover — and purveyor — do when she learns she’s gluten intolerant? “My diet consisted largely of grilled-cheese sandwiches and beer,” Kimmich admits. “When I found out I could no longer consume them, it was tough.” (Beer is traditionally made with wheat and barley, both of which contain gluten.) The shift was tough for her hubby, too. “He was frantic,” she recalls, but he quickly came up with a solution: gluten-free beer. Kimmich isn’t the first to swap sorghum syrup for malt, but Jen wasn’t crazy about the commercial options she’d tried. “I love hoppy beers, and there are no hoppy, gluten-free beers on the market,” she says. John whipped up a celiacfriendly IPA and a raspberryand-pomegranate beer with wild yeast. Both are now on tap at The Alchemist. He’s currently working on an “American sour” ale made with sour mash. Along with the beers, The Alchemist’s chef is introducing a new menu with plenty of wheat-free eats, including a steak salad and a salmon dish. Sandwiches and quesadillas can be made on gluten-free breads and wraps, and the chicken wings and famous fries have always been fair game. “The demand is amazing,” says Jen, noting that she’s received numerous emails and calls from fellow celiac sufferers. “I guess I took it lightly before it affected me.”
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As a dedicated athlete, Chris Kaiser, 38, was tired of chowing down flavorless energy bars and the same old trail mix. So the part-time Vermonter, who owns a financial planning firm in New York, decided to put his business savvy to work. After developing and testing products all winter, Kaiser unveiled a line of preservative-free peanut butters in 10 varieties. He calls his biz Vermont Peanut Butter Co. Kaiser, whose products come in flavors such as banana-raisin Monkey Business and dark-chocolate Good Karma, says he wanted “to make peanut
butter more substantial and more fun. You think you’re indulging in a treat because it’s chocolate peanut butter, but you’re kind of fooling yourself,” he adds. “The sugar’s low, and there’s added protein,” referring to whey protein isolate. All the products are approved by Kaiser’s friends — and his 6-year-old daughter. Using a small machine and mostly organic ingredients, Kaiser churns out 60- to 70-jar batches with help from a few pals. “There are days when I’ve done it for 24 hours straight,” he notes. Still, he avers, the sticky stuff is selling so well that he barely has enough to meet his own noshing needs. The butters are available online and at small stores, and Kaiser is working to spread the word. Last weekend, at the Taste of Stowe festival, he handed out samples and sold jars. When he went to his truck to pick up refills, he noticed several people scarfing the stuff in the parking lot. But if Whole Foods comes to town, don’t expect to see his Champlain Cherry or Mad River Mojo on the shelves. “There are enough general stores and beautiful country stores and co-ops to keep me plenty busy and happy,” Kaiser says. He describes Whole Foods as “kind of like the Kmart of healthy foods.”
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Kismet in Montpelier offers local food with big flavors — fresh pesto, raw-milk cheese, smoky tempeh — but its dining room is tiny. Now patrons have the option of eating on the patio in a miniature garden. “We have 12 extra seats out there,” explains co-owner Crystal Maderia. “We’ve been lucky, because it doesn’t start raining until the afternoon, when we close.” With help from a new biz called East Hill Tree Farm, Maderia and her co-owner, Alanna Dorf, were able to fill the garden with edible plants, including 5-year-old blueberry and currant bushes that are ready to bear fruit. They’ve got gooseberries, too. The plot serves as the resto’s herb garden. A few extra seats should help tide Kismet over until it can move into a larger space, a project currently in the works. The al fresco tables aren’t the only recent change. Last Wednesday, Maderia and Dorf unveiled a new menu. The offerings include lots of old favorites — the Steamed Grain and Vegetable Bowl and the (I Am) Beautiful poached-chicken crêpe with lemon cream, for example — and a few new ones. Maderia’s wild about the Eggs En Cotte, in which the ova are baked in ramekins with wild-mushroom-and-herb cream and topped with cheddar, tomato and bacon.
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originated right here in Plattsburgh. (No, there’s no Texas connection, either.) As Spiegel tells it, back in the 1940s, Clare and Carl Warne, the founders of Clare and Carl’s, had an employee by the name of Eula Otis who used to introduce herself to guests with a friendly “I’m from Michigan. Would you like to try one of our chili dogs?” Hence, Michigans. The Otis family’s influence doesn’t end there — they seem to have been the North Country Johnny Appleseeds of hot dogs. A 1927 ad in the Plattsburgh Press Republican trumpets the opening of the Michigan Hot Dog and Sandwich Shop by a Mr. Garth C. Otis — Eula’s husband, according to contemporary accounts from the late Nitzi Rabin. Otis was followed by Rabin and her husband Jack, who opened their hot-dog shack in 1935, reportedly using Eula Otis’ recipe. (Their stand is now run as part of the McSweeney’s Red Hots chain.) Right across the street from Nitzi’s, Clare and Carl’s first served its dogs in 1942. So, is there any difference between a Red Hot and a Michigan? When I ask John Lambrinos, owner of Gus’ Red Hots, to explain the
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skin, a surge of hot, viscous fat coats your throat. It is only once you’ve swallowed that you realize how sweet the dog is: not cloying or saccharine, just an ambrosial tube of mixed meats. Then you taste the chili. The beef is nearly liquefied, with a texture more like a thick sauce than the ground-up remains of a large mammal. It is slightly spicy and slightly tangy — the perfect foil to the red dog. A thin line of yellow mustard and crisp onions brighten the flavor. Want a less erotic sausage experience? You can get your Michigan sauce on a regular Tobin’s First Prize hot dog, produced in Albany since 1924. (This is the dog of choice at the other purveyors I visit.) A single Red Hot Michigan, as they’re called at Gus’, goes for $2.25. I choose the $6.56 Two Michigan platter so I can try both kinds. The accompanying fries are battered
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crispy crust. I finish off the meal with a slice of strawberry shortcake, stuffed with syrup-soaked berries and covered in delicious cream. Next, I pull up to Clare and Carl’s Texas Red Hots. They advertise car-hop service, but I go inside to the counter, which is painted red and blue with a white faux-crackedmarble top. As at Gus’, Clare and Carl’s dining room is an addition to what was once little more than a kitchen. It was built hastily, without a foundation. “Every year when we reopen, we know the building
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pablum. Its Michigan sauce is the hottest of all, with whole pepper seeds sprinkled throughout. It’s worth the extra 55 cents to get ultra-crispy hand-cut fries, rather than the ones out of the bag. For picky eaters, the menu features some bizarre variations on the Michigan: a hot dog already cut up, a “Sauceburger,” a Michigan sans dog, and a low-carb offering featuring a frank sitting in a pool of sauce. To newcomers from across the lake, the city’s array of Michigan/ Red Hot options may seem a bit daunting. But to Plattsburgh old-timers, the choice of dog is simple, says Spiegel: It all depends on where you grew up. “If you lived on Cumberland or Beekman, it was Ronnie’s,” he says, referring to yet another venerable local dog dealer. As Spiegel goes on, listing city neighborhoods and their relationships with each stand, it’s clear that Michigans are more than fast food for Plattsburgh natives: They’re history. As Spiegel puts it, “This is a place where your grandparents came; then they took your parents, who took you, and now you take your kids.” Michigan native Eula Otis would be proud. m
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The deli also supplies Clare and Carl’s Dockside, a recent addition that has dockage for 25 and an expanded menu including wraps and panini. Right across the street from Clare and Carl’s, Nitzi’s once meant big competition. Now that space belongs to the newest dogs on the block, Steven and Mike Farrell, who opened the first of three McSweeney’s Red Hots restaurants just down Route 9 from Gus’ in 1991. Though McSweeney’s offers car-hop service and the cheapest of the Michigans, at just $1.95, the place has a resolutely slick, “Happy Days” vibe. A banner covering one wall lists every Yankees World Series victory. Above the counter, a sign proclaims, “Just another day in the doghouse!” Our diminutive server apologizes as she brings our “extra-thick” chocolate shake to the table: “This is not as thick as I had planned. I won’t charge you extra.” If it were any heavier, the semisolid would not fit through the straw. This kind of homey doting is characteristic of McSweeney’s, where meals end with pies topped with whipped-cream smiley faces. Not that the place is serving
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1/2 Lounge: Sirenix: Queen City Songwriter Series (singersongwriters), 7:30 p.m., Free. Prana (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. Alexander’s Pub at the Lincoln Inn: Eagle Country Music Night presents Battle of the Bands with Keeghan Nolan & Friends, 7 p.m., Free. Breakwater Café: Dog Catchers (rock), 5:30 p.m., Free. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: The Acacia Strain, Evergreen Terrace, Cruel Hand, Unholy (hardcore), 8:30 p.m., $12/14. AA. Lift: DJ Capsule & Sleazy D (house), 9 p.m., Free. Manhattan Pizza & Pub: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. The Monkey House: Clues, Paper Castles (indie), 9 p.m., $7. Nectar’s: True School Wednesday with Craig G, Nastee & A-Dog, (hip-hop), 7 p.m., $10. Parima Main Stage: The Feverbreakers, Jon Dom & the Chicken Kickers (jazz-fusion), 9:30 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Red Square: Evenkeel (rock), 8 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. The Skinny Pancake: John Creech & the River People (jazz), 7 p.m., $5 donation.
:: central Charlie O’s: Dave Keller (blues), 10 p.m., Free. Langdon Street Café: Driftwood (roots), 8 p.m., Donations. The Sobriquets (electro-acoustic), 9:30 p.m., Donations.
:: champlain valley City Limits: Karaoke with Balance Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. Two Brothers Tavern: Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., Free.
:: northern Bee’s Knees: Didymo (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Rusty Nail: Kids’ Night, 6 p.m., Free.
:: regional Monopole: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.
THU.30 :: burlington area
1/2 Lounge: Jah Red (Latin soul), 7 p.m., Free. Alexander’s Pub at the Lincoln Inn: WCLX Blues Night with the Dogcatchers, 7 p.m., Free. Breakwater Café: A-Dog & Nastee (hip-hop), 5:30 p.m., Free. Club Metronome: Van Ghost feat. Jen Hartswick (rock), 9 p.m., $8. 18+. Franny O’s: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. Green Room: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Halvorson’s Upstreet Café: Friends of Joe with Joe Moore & Bill Darrow (blues), 7 p.m., Free. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Ben Sollee, Adam Ezra Group, Pale Fire (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA.
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Lift: Not So … with DJs Craig Mitchell & Matt G. (house), 7:30 p.m., Free. DJ Craig Mitchell & G. Mattiq (house), 9 p.m., Free. Manhattan Pizza and Pub: Rurall Urban Showcase (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. The Monkey House: Sylphid, the Sun Lions (rock), 9 p.m., $5. Nectar’s: Hollis Brown (alt-country), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. Nightcrawlers: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free. Parima Main Stage: People Are Strange: A Tribute to The Doors (rock), 9:30 p.m., $0.99. Radio Bean: Jazz Sessions (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Anthony Santor Group (jazz), 11 p.m., $3. Rasputin’s: Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Red Square: A-Dog Presents (hiphop), 10 p.m., Free. The Skinny Pancake: Driftwood (roots), 9 p.m., Donations.
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:: central Black Door Bar & Bistro: Peter Hedlund (‘80s New Wave, nyckelharpa), 8 p.m., $5. Langdon Street Café: Silver Dagger (bluegrass), 8 p.m., Donations.
:: champlain valley Two Brothers Tavern: The Grift (rock), 10 p.m., Free.
:: northern Bee’s Knees: Shane Murphey (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub: Open Mic, 9 p.m., Free.
:: regional Monopole: Peacock Tunes & Trivia, 5 p.m., Free. Monopole Downstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free. Tabu Café and Nightclub: Karaoke Night with Sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.
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:: burlington area 1/2 Lounge: Cool Breezes with Tricky Pat & Luis Calderin (eclectic DJs), 5 p.m., Free. Bonjour-Hi! (house), 10 p.m., Free. 242 Main: Vertigo, the Lowest of Tides (hardcore), 7 p.m., $7. AA. Alexander’s Pub at the Lincoln Inn: The Growlers (blues), 4 p.m., Free. Phil Abair Band (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Backstage Pub: Karaoke with Steve, 9 p.m., Free. Banana Winds Café & Pub: In Kahootz (rock), 7:30 p.m., Free. Breakwater Café: Chrome Cowboys (vintage country), 6 p.m., Free. Club Metronome: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. Green Room: DJ Francise (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. JP’s Pub: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. Lift: The Mash Up with Dante & Dubee (eclectic DJs), 9 p.m., $3. Marriott Harbor Lounge: The Trio featuring Paul Cassarino, Tracie Cassarino & Jeff Wheel (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. The Monkey House: Wagan (rock), 9 p.m., $5.
Lone Sparrow :: Though perhaps best known as a sideman with the likes of Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet and bluesman Otis Taylor, Ben
Sollee is an awfully talented solo artist in his own right. The
virtuosic cellist imbues his music with a sprightly wit and melodic playfulness, not unlike another classically trained string player-cum-songwriter, Andrew Bird. This Thursday Sollee steps into the spotlight for a show at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge with the Adam Ezra Group and local Celtic-rock outfit Pale Fire.
Nectar’s: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., $5. Nightcrawlers: Tim Brick & Gypsy Highway (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Parima Main Stage: DJ Dakota & Associates (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Martin Bisi (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Black Fortress of Opium (indie), 8 p.m., Free. Driftwood (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Busted Brix (ska), 10 p.m., Free. Rasputin’s: Top Hat Danceteria (DJ), 10 p.m., $3. Red Square: Jason Cann (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free. Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 9 p.m., $3. Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. Rí Rá Irish Pub: Supersounds DJ, 10 p.m., Free. The Skinny Pancake: Shane Murphey (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Donations.
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Black Door Bar & Bistro: Orchid (jazz), 9:30 p.m., $5. Charlie O’s: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 10 p.m., Free. Gusto’s: Nomad (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Lamb Abbey: Danger Angels, Rogue Birds (experimental), 9 p.m., Donations. Langdon Street Café: Paddy Reagan (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Donations. Katie Trautz (folk), 9 p.m., Donations. Avi & Celia (Americana), 10 p.m., Donations.
Bee’s Knees: Copper Kettle (old-time), 7:30 p.m., Donations. JD’s Pub: Live Music, 9:30 p.m., $3. The Matterhorn: 7 Lbs. of Pork (jam), 9 p.m., $5. Rusty Nail: DJ Eric G (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.
:: champlain valley 51 Main: Run Mountain (bluegrass), 8:30 p.m., Free. City Limits: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. Two Brothers Tavern: DJ Jam Man (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.
:: regional Krazy Horse Saloon: Bootleg (country), 10 p.m., Free. Monopole: Peacock Tunes & Trivia, 5 p.m., Free. Crow Party (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Monopole Downstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Naked Turtle: Rodney Putnam (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., Free. Olive Ridley’s: Benjamin Bright (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free.
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the concertgoing public not to sleep on many of the smaller events — Festivus, the upcoming Northeast Kingdom Music Festival, etc. — that keep us rocking or rolling year in and year out. While much of Have you ever seen the Oscar-winning 2002 Eminem biopic 8 Mile? If the “Summer of [still blank, dammit]” is firmly in our rearview, many you haven’t, I would highly recommend it. It is a surprisingly gripping of those down-home hootenannies are just coming into view on the and gritty exposition of the Detroit rapper’s rise from the Motor City horizon. For example, the 26th annual Champlain Valley Folk Festival underground to pop superstardom. Plus, Brittany murphy costars. We at Kingsland Bay Park this weekend. like Brittany Murphy. Moving on… The CVFF is a certifiable Vermont institution. Even the Boston Globe While Em’s portrayal of Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith is impressive seems to think so, calling the fest “one of the front-porch— granted, dude was really just friendliest festivals in the region.” And also, “wikkid pissah, playing himself — the most CRAiG G guy.” And they’re right, of course. It is wikkid pissah, guys — fascinating scenes in the film OK, the Beantown rag didn’t really call it that. But you get the are the brutal underground rap point. battles in which he transforms The three-day throwdown is a family-friendly square dance from a nervous unknown into a of epic proportions, featuring arts-and-crafts expositions, legit and respected freestyler. folk-music workshops, great food and, of course, a delightfully Adding to those scenes’ intensity eclectic sampling of music from around the region. This are the racial undercurrents year’s lineup includes ’60s folkie Geoff muldaur, bluegrass implicit in being virtually the outfit The Gawler Family Band, and the provocatively only white guy in the room, a named Annie and the hedonists — what kind of festival fact Rabbit/Eminem uses to his is this again? As always, the localvore movement is soundly lyrical advantage with rapier wit represented as well, with scheduled appearances from Carol during one memorable faceoff. hausner, Patrick Ross and Doug Perkins, and Robert If only he had actually written Resnik’s Twist of the Wrist, among others. the words. The Champlain Valley Folk Festival begins this Friday A little known but and runs through Sunday. For more nonetheless true fact regarding information about tickets, camping and “Rocky for Rappers,” er, 8 Mile, a complete schedule of events, visit is that marshall “Eminem” www.cvfest.org. mathers actually wrote very few of the battle scenes for the film. That task fell upon legendary freestyle guru Craig G, widely regarded as the premier freestyle rapper on the planet. Take a minute to check out the man’s YouTube clips and you’ll understand why. As someone Remember Jazz Fest? That was pretty awesome, who makes his living with words, I am consistently amazed by people right? Well, if you’re dealing with withdrawal who can sling them off the cuff with such seemingly little effort. When symptoms — such as shaky jazz hands — from I write a clunker, I have the luxury of the “delete” key and/or editors the noticeable lack of big-band boppin’ on to rap my knuckles. But folks like Craig G work without that sort of our city streets since the finale of this year’s safety net. Simply put, dude is straight up nasty. Oh, and speaking of incarnation, we suggest checking out the nasty… Vermont Jazz Ensemble, which will appear at Wednesday, July 29 — as in the day you picked up this paper, Halvorson’s every Monday in August. right? — Craig G will join the Queen City’s dynamic hip-hop duo If Wednesday’s Craig G show gets your DJ A-Dog and Nastee (how slick was that segue?) for the next freestyle juices flowing, you might want to installment of their ongoing Wednesday-night “True School” hip-hop take in the Rurally Urban Records Rap Battle residency at Nectar’s. Think you’ve got what it takes to go toe-to-toe this Thursday at Manhattan Pizza and Pub with the best? (Trust me, you don’t.) Then swing by and get a taste of in Burlington. A relatively new entrant into the real slim shady. the 802’s hip-hop fold, RUR’s semimonthly showcases have been drawing positive reviews from several folks I’ve spoken with. And based on what I heard from MC mertz’s debut solo effort — see last week’s CD review — I’m Over the last few months I’ve regularly espoused the many-splendored inclined to believe them. virtues of this summer’s monumental, dare I say historic, influx of If Wednesday’s Craig G show and Thursday’s marquee musical talent into the region. And with good reason. It’s RUR Rap Battle aren’t enough to slake your been pretty rad all the way around. Though I could perhaps justly be thirst for freestyle flow, you could always try the accused of fawning over those epic lineups, I have also cautioned newly minted open-mic night Monday’s at Club
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:: burlington area 1/2 LOuNgE: Rise up sound (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. BACksTAgE PuB: general Lee (rock), 9 p.m., Free. BREAkwATER CAfé: Mango Jam (Zydeco), 6 p.m., Free. CLuB METRONOME: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5. fRANNy O’s: Balance DJ & karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. gREEN ROOM: Envy with DJs Phatrix & Jeremy Russell (breaks), 10 p.m., Free. JP’s PuB: Dave Harrison’s starstruck karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LIfT: salsa Party with DJ Hector, 9 p.m., $3. spyce saturdays with DJ Robbie J (dance), 11 p.m., $3. MARRIOTT HARBOR LOuNgE: Anthony santor Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. NECTAR’s: Acoustic session with Drew Jameson & Rob stahle, 5 p.m., Free. Justin Levinson and his songwriters Circle (singer-songwriters), 7 p.m., Free. waylon speed, Lonestar Chain (speedwestern), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. NIgHTCRAwLERs: Red, white & Blues (blues), 9 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Ian galipeau (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free. foofarawk with The fatal flaws (garage-rock), 7 p.m., Free. you Need New glasses (indie), 11:15 p.m., Free. RAsPuTIN’s: Massive (DJ), 10 p.m., $3. RED squARE: gordon stone Trio (bluegrass), 6 p.m., Free. Toussaint the Liberator (reggae), 9 p.m., $3. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. Rí Rá IRIsH PuB: gutterpup (rock), 11 p.m., Free.
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:: central BLACk DOOR BAR & BIsTRO: D’Moja (Afrobeat), 9:30 p.m., $5. THE CENTER BAkERy & CAfé: Billy Caldwell (acoustic), 9:30 a.m., Free. gusTO’s: smokin’ gun (rock), 9 p.m., Free. LANgDON sTREET CAfé: The Ben Roy show (eclectic), 8 p.m., Donations.
:: champlain valley CITy LIMITs: Dance Party with DJ Earl (DJ), 9 p.m., Free. TwO BROTHERs TAVERN: Dixie Red Delights (Americana), 9:30 p.m., Free.
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Beautiful Music Jennifer Hartswick chats about her surprising new directions Story By Dan BolleS
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hen you think of Jennifer Hartswick, “alt-country” probably isn’t the first thing that jumps to mind. But the Vermont native and currently Chicagobased jazz diva is full of surprises — as anyone who has ever caught her dynamic live show probably already knows. This week, she makes a homecoming with Van Ghost, a new group that’s a little bit country, a little bit rock ’n’ roll, and not an ounce jazz. Seven Days recently caught up with Hartswick by phone in Chicago, in advance of Van Ghost’s Burlington performance.
to ever bring my band through Chicago. So we’ve known each other for about … God, what year is it? I want to say five years. And when I moved out here, he just became a really good friend of mine. So he was starting this project and wanted to know if I wanted to be part of it. He played me some stuff and I thought, Sure. Why not? SD: this seems like a bit of a departure from what most of us think of when we think of you. What was it about the music that attracted you? JH: I think exactly that. It was something I’ve never done before. I listen to all kinds of music and I feel like sometimes I get pigeonholed into a certain kind of
never get to play anything like that or sing anything like that. So I thought it would be a cool opportunity. SD: you do a lot of playing with other people. But it seems lately you’ve been doing more of your own thing. It must be kind of nice to take a little bit of a backseat. JH: I’m always happy to do that with people I enjoy playing with. My love will always lie with leading a band. But it’s certainly a nice break from that to kind of “co-do” things, you know? Singing-wise, it’s very equal. Mike and I are always singing at the same time. It’s a very sort of guy-girl harmony
I listen to all kinds of music and I feel like sometimes I get pigeonholed into a certain kind of performance or music. But I actually enjoy lots of kinds of music that I don’t ever get to play. JennIfer HartSWICk
SeVen DayS: How did you come to be involved with Van Ghost? JENNIFER HARTSWICK: Well, it’s Mike Berg’s project. He’s a promoter here in Chicago. And he was actually the first person
performance or music. But I actually enjoy lots of kinds of music that I don’t ever get to play. So it was an opportunity for me to branch out and sing that kind of music. You know, Wilco is one of my favorite bands, and I certainly
kind of thing. But it’s always nice to be involved in somebody else’s project. It takes a little of the pressure off. SD: there are some other familiar faces in the band,
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at least occasionally, such as nick Cassarino. Will he be playing the Burlington show? JH: He will be. He’s on this tour to the East Coast. We’re really excited about that. It’s like all my worlds are colliding! And I couldn’t be happier about that. SD: So what are you up to beyond Van Ghost? JH: My band and I — and you never really know what my band is gonna be — we just finished about two-thirds of a brand-new record here in Chicago. I’m super psyched about that. And we’ll finish that up in the next couple of months and release that, and hopefully do a bunch of touring. It’s a really great band. I’m really excited about it. SD: I can tell. What can we expect on the new album? JH: I think people are used to
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review this Hollis Brown, Hollis Brown (Vibe Theory Music, CD) If the name “Hollis Brown” sounds familiar, it should. Bob Dylan’s grim ballad about a destitute South Dakota farmer is one of the poet’s more haunting and oft-covered works. It’s also the unlikely namesake of a promising young outfit poised to sell records. There’s nothing bleak — or particularly iconic — about Hollis Brown (the band). Instead, the kids from Queens line their eponymous debut with melodies that linger like a summer rain. Fueled by Mick Monti’s surging vocals, Hollis Brown open joyously with “Show Love.” A swinging honky-tonk number The Black Crowes might have written, “Love” rolls cheerfully along. But without real muscle, it fails to leave much of a mark. Conversely, the propulsive “Walk on Water” bares its teeth: “Mister Politician aimed at recognition / it ain’t your blood been spilled / your office is air conditioned!” There’s moxie here, to be sure, as Jon Bonilla’s wailing guitar cooks up a bluesy southern stew. At their best, Hollis Brown are radio-ready. Still, at moments the band seems dogged by an identity crisis. Pitching from languid Americana (“Carolina, Carolina”) to perky primetime singles (“Passin’ Me By”) betrays a frayed sense of focus. The latter track, burnished to a shine, seems bound for some Kate Hudson movie soundtrack.
Minus the depth of more seasoned acts — Kings of Leon come to mind — Hollis Brown’s middle feels a bit soft. “Completed Fool” and “Without Your Love” limp along under Monti’s quirky falsetto. Even the saloon hit “Bills and Ducks,” no doubt rowdy in New York clubs, is a little light on bite. One hopes the band’s will to rock will trump its urge to pop, as tepid ballads are no match for solid right hooks. Edgier songwriting and a few years of hard living should do the boys some good. Already, Monti’s soulful turn on “Don’t Want to Miss You” is convincing. And the band sounds almost dangerous on “Till the Morning,” a frisky, neoDoors firecracker. None of this, however, could possibly forecast Brown’s stormy finale. Driven by lockstep percussion and howling guitars, “Bring It Down” might just land on the next release of the video game “Rock Band.” Easily the album’s ace, it’s a soaring jam and a candle on the cake. If this is a peek down the road — and I sure hope it is — then we’re in for quite a ride. Should they walk a more rugged mile, Hollis Brown will undoubtedly fare better than did their namesake. The band plays at Nectar’s this Thursday, July 30.
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tHe le Duo, snwstrm (Aether Everywhere, CD, Digital download) Recklessly tabulated swirls of live sound make up snwstrm, the appropriately titled sophomore release from Burlingtonbased open-improv/experimental noise outfit, The Le Duo. The group is one of a large set of experiential outfits at work throughout the region under the collective label Aether Everywhere — many members of which appear on this release. Fans of more humanmade, packed-powder genres will want to stay off the roads during this sonic weather event; the acoustical black diamond veers perilously close to the boundary separating noise and sound. The Le Duo is not, in fact, a duo but a revolving cast of noise artists headed by Burlington sound collagist J.B. Ledoux. The two-part LP — available as a free download or on CD at the group’s performances — is a live recording captured at Winooski’s venerable Monkey House last December. At times the record is as sonically deafening as driving snow is blinding, leaving the listener to metaphorically shovel what remains. By recording’s end, one is left to contemplate any inherent, subjective beauty in it. Whether by design or an accident of an awkwardly captured live recording, Ledoux’s energetic percussion takes center
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stage. He vigorously pings cymbals and high-pitched toms. The surround instrumentation is too cacophonous for the listener to make out any kind of harmonic phrasing, experimental or otherwise. Whatever interesting improvisational creations might be happening here, they’re hard to grasp. Even in the widely cast, anything-goes spectrum of experimental noise, this snwstrm never truly develops from the percussive din of its “Pt. 1.” A few scant clarinet phrases pipe up, and there are sometimes audible tape loops and seconds of barely discernable electric guitar. Only on the album’s waning minutes is any cohesion apparent — a combination of loops and distortion. It’s tough, and perhaps unjust, to give low marks to a musical form so dependent upon attendance at its conception. Snwstrm is more an acoustic documentation of an event than a conventional collection of recordings. But local listeners weary of the area’s prevailing musical moods might delight in The Le Duo and their Aether Everywhere guild. Find out by downloading snwstrm at aethereverywhere.com. JoHn PritcHarD
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Bee’s Knees: Kim Davidson (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The huB Pizzeria & PuB: Jazz on Tap (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.
MON.03 :: burlington area
one Bisi DuDe :: Chances are, you’ve heard
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Martin Bisi’s work, even though you probably have no idea who he is. The man’s list of credentials reads like a Who’s Who of cutting-edge popular music over the last 25 years. Among the more than 100 albums that bear his name in some fashion or another, his credits include work with Brian Eno, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth and many, many
1/2 Lounge: heal-in sessions with reverence & nickel B (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. BreaKwaTer Café: fattie B’s summer rewind (hip-hop), 6 p.m., Free. CLuB MeTronoMe: open Mic night with Mikey P of elephantbear, 9 p.m., Free. haLvorson’s uPsTreeT Café: vermont Jazz ensemble, 7:30 p.m., $3. neCTar’s: Comedy open Mic night (standup), 7 p.m., Free. zach Deputy (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+. raDio Bean: open Mic, 8 p.m., Free. reD square: Ben geyer sextet (jazz), 9 p.m., Free. DJ zJ (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. rozzi’s LaKeshore Tavern: Trivia night, 8 p.m., Free. ruBen JaMes: why not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.
:: central LangDon sTreeT Café: open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.
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more. But Bisi is not just the man behind the curtain. This year he released two acclaimed works of his own, Sirens of the Apocalypse and a follow-up EP, Son of a Gun. As if that weren’t enough, he also produced a new album from Boston’s Black fortress of opium, with whom he will
1/2 Lounge: The Dog Daze with DJs a-Dog & Big Dog (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. aLexanDer’s PuB aT The LinCoLn inn: Jam night with Matt nerbak & friends, 7 p.m., Free.
BreaKwaTer Café: Lowell Thompson (alt-country), 6 p.m., Free. higher grounD BaLLrooM: social Distortion, Civet, the strangers (punk), 8 p.m., $30. AA. The MonKey house: hip-hop open Mic with Dakota, 10 p.m., Free. MonTy’s oLD BriCK PuB : open Mic night, 6 p.m., Free. MuDDy waTers: stephen Callahan quartet (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. neCTar’s: wBKM Bluesday Tuesday with The Book’em Blues Band, 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. PariMa aCousTiC Lounge: island night with DJ skinny T (DJ), 9 p.m., Free. raDio Bean: gua gua (psychotropical), 6 p.m., Free. Pree (indie), 8:30 p.m., Free. honky Tonk sessions (honkytonk), 10 p.m., $3. reD square: Bashment Demolition Dancehall (reggae), 9 p.m., Free.
BreaKwaTer Café: givin (rock), 5:30 p.m., Free. higher grounD BaLLrooM: Mos Def, Jay electronica (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., $40/42. AA. higher grounD showCase Lounge: northern exposure with stimulus Package, events are objects, Chris wilhelm, shannon Curtis (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5. ManhaTTan Pizza & PuB: open Mic with andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. neCTar’s: True school wednesday with nastee & a-Dog (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. raDio Bean: ensemble v (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. reD square: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. The sKinny PanCaKe: Pete wyndorf & Jamie Bright (folk), 7 p.m., Donations.
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CharLie o’s: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.
LangDon sTreeT Café: Lynnae griffiths (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Donations. David symons (klezmer), 9 p.m., Donations.
:: champlain valley The huB: The eames Brothers (mountain blues), 8 p.m., Free. Two BroThers Tavern: Monster hits Karaoke, 9 p.m.
:: northern Bee’s Knees: Jim Charonko (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations. PieCasso: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.
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:: champlain valley CiTy LiMiTs: Karaoke with Balance entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. Two BroThers Tavern: open Mic night, 9 p.m., Free.
:: northern Bee’s Knees: silver Dagger (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.
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1/2 Lounge: sirenix: queen City songwriter series (singersongwriters), 7:30 p.m., Free. Kelly ravin Trio (roots), 10 p.m., Free. aLexanDer’s PuB aT The LinCoLn inn: eagle Country 97.5fM presents Battle of the Bands, 7 p.m., Free.
share the stage this Friday at Burlington’s Radio Bean.
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1/2 Lounge, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. 242 Main St., Burlington, 862-2244. 38 Main Street Pub, 38 Main St., Winooski, 655-0072. 51 Main, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209. Akes’ Place, 134 Church St., Burlington, 864-8111. Alexander’s Pub at the Lincoln Inn, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. All Fired Up, 9 Depot Sq., Barre, 479-9303. The Alley Coffee House, 15 Haydenberry Dr., Milton, 893-1571. American Flatbread, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999. Ariel’s Riverside Café & Pub, 188 River St., Montpelier, 229-2295. Avenue Bistro, 1127 North Ave., Burlington, 652-9999. Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. Backstreet, 17 Hudson St., St. Albans, 527-2400. Banana Winds Café & Pub, 1 Market Pl., Essex Jct., 879-0752. Barre Opera House, 6 North Main St., Barre, 476-8188. Basin Harbor Club, 4800 Basin Harbor Dr., Vergennes, 1-800-622-4000. Battery Park, Burlington, 865-7166. Bayside Pavilion, 13 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909. The Bearded Frog, 5247 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-9877. Bee’s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. Big Fatty’s BBQ, 55 Main St., Burlington, 864-5513. Big Moose Pub at the Fire & Ice Restaurant, 28 Seymour St., Middlebury, 388-0361. Big Picture Theater & Café, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. Black Bear Tavern & Grill, 205 Hastings Hill, St. Johnsbury, 748-1428. Black Door Bar & Bistro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070. The Blue Note Café, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. The Bobcat Café, 5 Main St., Bristol, 453-3311. Burnham Hall, 52 East River Rd., Lincoln, 453-3803. Bolton Valley Resort, 4302 Bolton Access Rd., Bolton Valley, 434-3444. Bonz Smokehouse & Grill, 97 Portland St., Morrisville, 888-6283. Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-2711. Breakwater Café, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. The Bristol Bakery, 16 Main St., Bristol, 453-3280. B.U. Emporium, 163 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 658-4292. Bundy Center for the Arts, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-4781. Buono’s Lounge, 3182 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2232. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 149 Church St., Burlington, 865-7166. Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800. Carol’s Hungry Mind Café, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. The Center Bakery & Cafe, 2007 Guptil Road, Waterbury Center, 244-7500. Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 2630 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2576. Charlemont Restaurant, 116 Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-4242. Charlie B’s, 1746 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-7355. Charlie O’s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. Cider House BBQ & Pub, 1675 Rt. 2, Waterbury, 244-8400. City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. City Sports Grille, 215 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 655-2720. Coffee Hound, 97 Blakey Rd., Colchester, 651-8963. Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. Cuzzin’s Nightclub, 230 North Main St., Barre, 479-4344. Dan’s Place, 31 Main Street, Bristol, 453-2774.
Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 656-4636. Designhaus, 22 Church St., Burlington, 310-5019. Dobrá Tea, 80 Church St., Burlington, 951-2424. Drink, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463. Finnigan’s Pub, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209. Flynn Center/FlynnSpace, 153 Main St., Burlington, 863-5966. Franny O’s, 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. Giovanni’s Trattoria, 15 Bridge St., Plattsburgh, 518-561-5856. Good Times Café, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. Great Falls Club, Frog Hollow Alley, Middlebury, 388-0239. Green Door Studio, 18 Howard St., Burlington, 316-1124. Green Room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. Ground Round Restaurant, 1633 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-1122. Gusto’s, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. Halvorson’s Upstreet Café, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. Harbor Lounge at Courtyard Marriott, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 864-4700. Hardwick Town House, 127 Church St., Hardwick, 456-8966. Harper’s Restaurant at Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6363. Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777. Hooters, 1705 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 660-8658. The Hub, Airport Dr., Bristol, 453-3678. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. Iron Lantern, Route 4A, Castleton, 468-5474. JD’s Pub, 2879 Rt. 105, East Berkshire, 933-8924. JP’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. Jeff’s Maine Seafood, 65 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-6135. Koffee Kat, 104 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-8433. Krazy Horse Saloon, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-570-8888. La Brioche, 159 North Main St., Barre, 476-4276. L.A.C.E., 89 East Main St. Montpelier, 229-0443. Langdon St. Café, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667. Leunig’s, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759. Lift, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. Localfolk Smokehouse, Jct. Rt. 100 & 17, Waitsfield, 496-5623. Mad River Unplugged at Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910. Maggie’s, 124 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, 518-562-9317. Main St. Grill & Bar, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. Main St. Museum, 58 Bridge St., White River Jct., 356-2776. Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776. Mary’s at the Inn at Baldwin Creek, 1868 N. Route 116, Bristol, 424-2432. Matterhorn, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. McKee’s Pub, 19 East Allen St., Winooski, 655-0048. Memorial Auditorium, 250 Main St., Burlington, 864-6044. The Monkey House, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222. Muddy Waters, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466. Murray’s Tavern, 4 Lincoln Pl., Essex Jct., 878-4901. Music Box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200. Nectar’s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. Nightcrawlers, 127 Porter’s Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. Odd Fellows Hall, 1416 North Ave., Burlington, 862-3209. Old Lantern, 3620 Greenbush Rd., Charlotte, 425-2120.
Olde Yankee Restaurant, Rt. 15, Jericho, 899-1116. Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-324-2200. On the Rise Bakery, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-7787. Orion Pub & Grill, Route 108, Jeffersonville, 644-8884. Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357. Paramount Theater, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570. Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917. Park Place Tavern, 38 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3015. Peabody’s Pub, 11 Clinton St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-561-0158. Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. Piecasso, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411. Positive Pie 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453. The Pour House, 1930 Williston Rd., South Burlington, 862-3653. Purple Moon Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. Radio Bean, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. Rasputin’s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. Red Mill Restaurant at Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 475-2311. Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. Rhythm & Brews Coffeehouse at Living and Learning, UVM, Burlington, 656-4211. Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 388-9782. Rí Rá Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. River Run Restaurant, 65 Main St., Plainfield, 454-1246. Roque’s Restaurante Mexicano & Cantina, 3 Main St., Burlington, 657-3377. Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. Shooters Saloon, 30 Kingman St., St. Albans, 527-3777. Skinny Pancake, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188. Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202. Smugglers’ Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6607. St. John’s Club, 9 Central Ave., Burlington, 864-9778. Starry Night Café, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. Stowe Coffee House, 57B Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-2189. Stowehof Inn, 434 Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722. Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 864-9800. Tabu Café & Nightclub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-0666. Tamarack Grill at Burke Mountain, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., East Burke, 626-7394. T Bones Restaurant & Bar, 38 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 654-8008. Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 655-9542. Three Mountain Lodge Restaurant, Smugglers’ Notch Rd., Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-5736. Two Brothers Tavern, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002. Two Friends Bistro, 1210 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 658-4810. Three Bean Café, 22 Pleasant St., Randolph, 728-3533. Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585. Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910. Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St., Vergennes, 877-6737. Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500. Village Tavern at Smugglers’ Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Jeffersonville, 644-6765. Wasted City Studios, 1610 Troy Ave., Colchester, 324-8935. Waterbury Wings, 1 South Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827. Watershed Tavern, 31 Center St., Brandon, 247-0100. Waterfront Theatre, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 862-7469.
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WED.29 education Waldorf Elementary Open House: Parents of grade-schoolers and kindergarteners assess alternative education methods. Lake Champlain Waldorf Elementary School, Shelburne, 9-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-2827, ext. 12.
etc. ‘Annual Giant Book Sale’: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure: Used books — sorted into more than 20 categories — find new homes. Stowe Free Library, Stowe, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Free. Info, 253-6145. ‘Build Your Own Bat Box’: Mosquito problem? Remedy a bat deficiency by constructing a habitat for the nocturnal bug zappers. 27 Rose Street, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-2768. ‘Voices for the Lake’: ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain visits to capture personal stories about Lake Champlain on film. Rutland Free Library, Rutland, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1848, ext. 135.
fairs & festivals Stowe Summer Arts Festival: Eleven organizations put on a ten-day, mixed-media shindig to celebrate the variety of arts in the Green Mountain State, including more than 100 events in performing arts, fine arts, crafts and culinary arts. Various locations, Stowe, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Various prices. Info, 253-7321.
film ‘Rudo y Cursi’: Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna play brothers in “Tough and Corny” — a summation of their personalities. They’re working at a banana plantation when a soccer scout tempts them into life in the fast lane. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600.
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starting a fire Water may put out blazes, but in ancient Chinese iconography, the reverse is also true: Fire-breathing dragons hold sway over the water. Burlington’s Dragon Boat Festival, now in its fourth year, has turned that control of the element into a sense of empowerment: 86 teams of 20 paddlers conquer the waves of Lake Champlain this Sunday on canoe-style boats decorated with images of the mythical creatures. But those who take first place in the 300-meter sprint races aren’t the only winners; 11 of the teams competing are composed of breast cancer survivors. The festival, which includes a traditional flower ceremony, a Parade of Dragons and live music, raises funds for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta (a summer camp for kids with cancer) and Dragonheart Vermont. With $300,000 raised for charity since 2006, this event is growing like ... wildfire. Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival
Sunday, August 2, 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., at Waterfront Park in Burlington. Free. Info, 999-5478. www.ridethedragon.org
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food & drink ‘Barbecue on the Green’: Platters of all-American summer foods — including hot dogs, hamburgers, sausages, baked beans and potato salad — grace this outdoor picnic, sandwiched in between a farmers market and evening tunes. Town Green, Bristol, 5 p.m. Free; cost of food. Info, 453-4877. Champlain Islands Farmers Market: Shoppers browse through a wide selection of local fruits, veggies and handmade crafts. St. Rose of Lima Church, South Hero, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3420. Middlebury Farmers Market: Crafts, cheeses, breads and fresh veggies vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-0178. New North End Farmers Market: Local veggies, root beer, artisanbaked goods and more mix with live tunes for easy shopping. North Avenue Alliance Church, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-8072, newnorthendmarket@hotmail.com. South End Farmers Market: Residents of the Queen City’s southernmost neighborhood peruse seasonal produce at outdoor stalls. Flynndog, Burlington, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-8526.
health & fitness Summer Boot Camp: Sir, yes, sir! A personal trainer helps folks increase strength, energy and agility in this free trial week of classes. Sports & Fitness Edge, Essex, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7734. Zumba Burlington: Exercise in disguise? People of all ages and abilities get a workout at what appears to be a Latin-dance party. North End Studio, Burlington, 5:456:45 p.m. $7. Info, 734-5621.
kids Babytime: Crawling tots and their parents group up with comrades for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Craftsbury Chamber Players Mini Concerts: Classical musicians preview their pieces for music-lovin’ little ones and their guests. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 1-800-639-3443. Music, Puppets & Magic: Abracadabra! What if a farmer could cast spells? A comic play explores respect for the land and hard work. Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. Preschool Music Series: Peter “the Music Man” Alsen helps youngsters learn motor skills while making noise on different instruments. Colchester Meeting House, Colchester, 12:30-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. ‘Romeo & Juliet: The ’60s Musical!’: Teens fast forward Shakespeare’s story of star-crossed lovers to the peace-and-love era. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 355-1461. ‘See! Write! Draw!’: Tots become writers or artists (or both) in this expressive program. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.
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SOUNDS FAMILIAR The Boston Globe’s Scott Alarik calls her “one of the most immediately recognizable pianists in America, although few people actually know who she is.” But Jacqueline Schwab likens her spare style to simply “making an omelette just with eggs.” Schwab’s sounds, drawn from traditional folk and contemporary music, have accompanied a dozen of filmmaker Ken Burns’ PBS docs, and they’ve been heard in concert at the White House, on “A Prairie Home Companion” and on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” With compositions from her solo recording, Mark Twain’s America, Schwab brings vintage American parlor music arrangements — including Victorian ballroom dance ditties and ragtime tunes — to listeners’ ears at an hour-long concert this week. If you catch your feet tappin’, stick around afterward when Schwab leads an English Country Dance lesson. JACQUELINE SCHWAB
Thursday, July 30, concert 8-9 p.m.; dance 9:15 p.m. at North End Studio in Burlington. $7. Info, 863-6713. vpal.typepad.com
LA VIE BOHÈME The story of Rent traveled a long way to reach Vermont — all the way from Italy, to be exact. Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera La Bohème, Jonathan Larson’s 1996 Tony Award-winning rock musical about East Village artists gets its New England premiere at the Weston Playhouse this week. With an accomplished cast mostly composed of Weston newcomers — including Kristoffer Cusick of Broadway’s Wicked, Stacey Sargeant of a national Legally Blonde tour, and Leo Ash Evens of the West End’s West Side Story — the show milks themes of life, death, love and art in the young boho scene in two acts brimming with musical numbers. According to director Bill Castellino, Rent “lifts us up, makes us laugh, cry, feel, think and rock.” Don’t miss the chance to hop aboard this melodic train of emotions in the Green Mountain State.
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Thursday, July 30, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, July 31, 8 p.m.; Saturday, August 1, 3 & 8 p.m.; Sunday, August 2, 7 p.m.; Tuesday, August 4, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, August 5, 3 & 7:30 p.m. Runs through Saturday, August 22; see online calendar and upcoming print calendars for all times. Weston Playhouse. $32-40. Info, 824-5288. www.westonplayhouse.org
IT’S A SMALL WORLD, AFTER ALL There must be something to that “six degrees of separation” theory. You wouldn’t expect a musician whose Americana-steeped compositions are inspired by childhood road trips to be linked to Courtney Love, but cellist Erik Friedlander has actually backed the infamous rock star. Now, probably more in his comfort zone, Friedlander matches his solo cello tunes to images from 1960s and ’70s summer travels snapped by his father, acclaimed photographer Lee Friedlander, in a debut performance at the Hop. Using creative cello techniques to mimic passing truck horns and desert heat waves, Friedlander shares songs from his 2007 album, Block Ice and Propane, which JazzLoft.com called “colorful, like the best amusement park ride you can imagine.” Stop by for a multimedia show that brings a sense of wonder to preinterstate America. ERIK FRIEDLANDER
Saturday, August 1, 7 & 9 p.m., at Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. $10-15. Info, 603-646-2422. hop.dartmouth.edu
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‘SEW WHAT?’: Imaginative children gather in the Owl Cottage Family Activity Center to embellish images through unique use of colored yarn. Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, 12:304:30 p.m. Regular admission, $10-20. Info, 985-3346. ‘TREMENDOUS TRACTORS’: Youngsters read a rhyming book about tractor tasks before taking a closer look at real plowing machines and painting their own wooden replica. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9-10:30 a.m. $3-5. Info, 457-2355. ‘WACKY WEDNESDAYS’: Kids 8 and up participate in activities to engage the brain, move the body and create contraptions. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $7.50-9.50. Info, 864-1848.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B. CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: Called the “best” ensemble in Vermont by Yankee Magazine, these musicians perform classical compositions by Beethoven, Oquin and Mendelssohn. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8-20. Info, 1-800-639-3443. KILLINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL: Internationally acclaimed musicians band together to perform classical compositions from the masters. Rutland Free Library, Rutland, noon. Free. Info, 773-4003. LINDA RADTKE: The musician gives a rundown of major state benchmarks in “Vermont History Through Song.” Waterbury Historical Society, Waterbury Center, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 244-5321. OSHEAGA MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL: Coldplay, Jason Mraz and the Arctic Monkeys head a more than 40-band lineup on four stages in the City of Saints. Various locations, Montréal, Québec, 2 p.m. - midnight. $65-125 Canadian. Info, 877-668-8269. ‘PATIENCE’: Conductor William Metcalfe leads The Gilbert & Sullivan Singers in songs from this hilarious satire on Victorian arts movements. The Essex, Essex Junction, doors at 7 p.m.; concert at 7:30. $50 includes a dessert reception. Info, 862-7352. POINT COUNTERPOINT: The expert instructors of the Lake Dunmore Counterpoint music camp share their own skills through classical chamber music. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 382-9222. SHELBURNE TOWN CONCERTS: Families flock to the Farm Barn for some lively tunes by the Rhythm Rockets, followed by blossoming nighttime fireworks. Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, gates open at 5:30 p.m.; concert starts at 7. Donations accepted. Info, 985-9551. ‘SLICE OF SUMMER’ MUSIC SERIES: The alt-rock and -country airs of local band Sound Mind reach eager listeners. Piecasso, Stowe, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 253-4411. VILLAGE HARMONY: Teen singers from New England perform Appalachian, gospel and South African songs and dances. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 426-3210.
outdoors WEDNESDAY GARDEN WALKS: Green-thumb enthusiasts meet at Bostwick Garden to meander through bushes and blooms, learning all about “Exploring Organic Gardening.” Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, 1 p.m. Regular admission, $10-20. Info, 985-3346.
sport ‘PICK-UP BROOMBALL’: Runners tackle a new game by sweeping the ice to score goals. Leddy Park Arena, Burlington, 8-9:30 p.m. $5; additional $2 for equipment rental. Info, 865-7558.
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Dan ReiCheR: The director of climate change and energy initiatives for Google’s new initiative, Google. org, speaks about “The Power of Information in a Clean Energy Economy.” Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Warren, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545. foRest Pest WoRkshoP: Forest Pest Outreach and Survey Coordinator Amanda Priestley gives the scoop on the Asian longhorned beetle and emerald ash borer as they crawl into Vermont. Preregister. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 522-0951.
‘annual Giant Book sale’: See WED.29, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Bike niGht: Motorcyclists convene to talk about spinning their wheels over games, food and live music. Alexander’s Pub at the Lincoln Inn, Essex Junction, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4778. Bus tRiP to hoPe CemeteRy: Folks take a guided tour of the gravestones with Barre granite sculptor Giuliano Cecchinelli, and hear the stories of the Italian stone carvers who created world-famous memorials. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9 a.m. $5. Info, 878-6955. ‘Classy RummaGe sale’: The consignment shop sells overstock to benefit the Champlain Valley Christian School. Your Turn Resale Shop, Vergennes, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-3028. thuRsDays at the inteRVale: Folks learn more about beer and root beer in a day devoted to local food, the local economy and land stewardship, before catching a talk on the “Land of the Intervale” and tunes by Joshua Panda. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 660-0440, ext. 101.
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‘asPeCts of loVe’: “Love Changes Everything” in the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit musical, which follows soldier Alex and actress Rose through two decades and innumerable affairs. Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 253-3961. ‘BReakinG uP is haRD to Do’: This lighthearted musical provides “a joyous dollop of ‘60s nostalgia” with Neil Sedaka’s best songs, mistaken identities, friendship and love. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $25-34. Info, 654-2281. ‘CanDiDa’: When two men compete for Candida’s love, the question is ... What does she feel? George Bernard Shaw’s fast-paced comedy examines themes of marriage, rivalry and domestic power. Pendragon Theater, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 518-891-1854. ‘the BaRBeR of seVille’: Opera aficionados watch an HD broadcast of the Met’s rendition of Rossini’s comic love story. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 660-9300. ‘the yeaR of maGiCal thinkinG’: Adapted from Joan Didion’s best-selling memoir, this one-woman show about a woman who loses her husband and daughter in one year explores the ways the mind copes with loss. Weston Rod & Gun Club, Weston, 7:30 p.m. $24-28. Info, 824-5288. ‘you’Re a GooD man, ChaRlie BRoWn’: Charles Schulz’s comic strip bursts to life as Café Noir performs rollicking songs in Clark Gesner’s musical rendition. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $6-20. Info, 496-4781.
stoWe summeR aRts festiVal: See WED.29, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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film ‘hoW aBout you?’: In this film based on Maeve Binchy’s short story “About,” an inexperienced young woman is put in charge of an old folks’ home during the holidays, where she attempts to win over four grumpy but hilarious seniors. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576. ‘life in GRanD isle County’: Johnson State College student Kris Oechslin’s doc blends interviews and images of Grand Isle locals from the first half of the 20th century. Grand Isle Lake House, Grand Isle, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 371-7898. ‘RuDo y CuRsi’: See WED.29, 7 p.m.
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hinesBuRG faRmeRs maRket: Growers sell bunched greens, goat meat and root veggies among vendors of pies, handmade soap and knitwear. United Church of Hinesburg, Hinesburg, 3:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-3904. mills RiVeRsiDe faRmeRs maRket: A local band serenades passersby grazing through fresh goods and knickknacks. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-5899. ‘moRe than Just a PRetty Cake’: From frosting to piping, Chef Adrian Westrope demos intricate icing styles. La Brioche Bakery, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0443. Winooski faRmeRs maRket: Area growers and bakers offer their soil-grown and homemade wealth for shoppers to bring home. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 734-6175.
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aRGentine tanGo lessons: It takes two to tango, but no partner is necessary to learn this vibrant style of movement, which originated in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 4:30-6:30 p.m. $10. Info, 723-4014. ‘DesiRe’: Choreographer Rebecca Kelly mapped pirouettes and pliés for this ballet about the many facets of restless longing, featuring dancers Robin Cantrell and Sean Scantlebury. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, N.Y., 8 p.m. $12-20. Info, 518-523-2512. enGlish CountRy DanCe With JaCqueline sChWaB: Folks learn steps for rural rounds to lively tunes by Impropriety on the piano, flute, violin and viola. See Calendar Spotlight. North End Studio, Burlington, 9:15 p.m. $7. Info, 863-6713.
summeR Boot CamP: See WED.29, 5:30-6:30 p.m. ‘tRail RoCk ‘n’ Run’: Runners of all ages and levels pound a recreational trail with Skirack. Meet at the Burton Snowboards lot at 152 Industrial Parkway. Red Rocks Park, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.
kids ‘BeCome a JunioR RanGeR!’: Kids ages 7 to 10 explore the grounds with a park ranger and complete a variety of activities to earn a badge. Carriage Barn Visitor Center, Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historic Park, Woodstock, 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22.
CaRtooninG WoRkshoP: Young artists ages 11 to 18 join Stan Burdick of the Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum in sketching out witty scenarios. Preregister. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2366. CRaftsBuRy ChamBeR PlayeRs mini ConCeRts: Classical musicians preview their pieces for music-lovin’ little ones and their guests. East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church, Craftsbury, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 1-800639-3443. lake monsteRs BaseBall PlayeRs: Members of the sports team read tall tales to tots. South Burlington Community Library, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. ‘lots of musiCal instRuments!’: Local musicians Barbara Wagner and Robert Resnik present a melodic show-and-tell for youngsters featuring dozens of instruments. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. musiC With PeteR: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. ‘ResistinG BoReDom’ teen GRouP: Youth who just — yawn! — can’t find anything cool to do get mental stimulation through group video games, book talks, movies and snacks. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. ‘Romeo & Juliet: the ’60s musiCal!’: See WED.29, The Atrium at the Essex, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. ‘seW What?’: See WED.29, 12:30-4:30 p.m. stoRies & Poems: Stan Burdick of the Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum entertains young ones with tall tales and riotous rhymes. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2366. summeR tea lunCheon: Little ones ages 2 to 6 adorn themselves in creative attire for a tea-and-treats party. Colchester Meeting House, Colchester, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. sunset at shelBuRne museum: From Mother Goose to Dr. Seuss, favorite children’s characters come alive through stories, songs and games. Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Regular admission prices, $10-20. Info, 985-3346.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B. ‘aiDa’: Big voices come to the cinema as opera fans catch Verdi’s love story between a captured and enslaved Ethiopian princess and a loyal Egyptian military commander in high def, prerecorded at La Scala. Merrill’s Roxy Cinema, Burlington, 6 p.m. $18-20. Info, 864-3456. BatteRy PaRk ConCeRt: The five-piece, pop-rock band Green River Ordinance brings its acoustic-driven repertoire to music lovers at this outdoor affair. Tyrone Wells shares the stage with his pop-rock hits that have been featured on shows such as “One Tree Hill.” Battery Park, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-0766. BRoWn BaG ConCeRt seRies: Music lovers relax over snacks while listening to Prydein’s high-energy, bagpipe-infused rock sounds. Rain location: Woodstock Town Hall Theatre. Woodstock Village Green, Woodstock, noon. Free. Info, 457-3981. ConCeRt & iCe CReam: The Morrisville Military Band produces live strains before museum staff lead visitors on tours through the brick mansion. Noyes House Museum, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-7617. CRaftsBuRy ChamBeR PlayeRs summeR ConCeRt seRies: See WED.29, Hardwick Town House, Hardwick, 8 p.m. ‘GRooVin’ on the GReen’ ConCeRt seRies: Garret Brown sounds out soft rock and blues on the village green. Maple Tree Place, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-9100.
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Jacqueline Schwab: The pianist performs arrangements of vintage American music — including Victorian ballroom dance tunes, hymns and spirituals — in a manner filmmaker Ken Burns calls “unusually moving.” See calendar spotlight. North End Studio, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $7. Info, 863-6713. Jazzismo: World-renowned trumpeter Ray Vega joins the Latin band in a jazz cabaret performance. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $13-17. Info, 863-5966. Meadowmount: Students ages 8 to 30 perform classical chamber music, trios and quartets on their summer concert tour. Ballard Park, Westport, N.Y., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 518-962-8778. Middlesex Bandstand Concert Series: The Will Patton Quartet captivate picnickers with their Brazilian- and Parisian-inspired gypsy swing. Rain location: Rumney Elementary School. Memorial Bandstand, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0881 or 223-7525. Osheaga Music & Arts Festival: See WED.29, 2 p.m. - midnight. Patti Casey & Steve Light: The duo executes elegantly funky acoustic roots sounds in the warm summer air. Christ Church Pocket Park, Montpelier, noon 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9604. Rotary Concert Series: The Hit Men produce classic rock sounds for community fans. Rain site: Thatcher Brook School. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 598-2199. The Dave Keller Band: The local band plays original blues and soul sounds in the warm summer air. Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.
outdoors Outside Thursdays: Fresh-air enthusiasts convene to paddle, hike or swim as a group. Highland Lodge & XC Center, Greensboro, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2647.
sport Dr. Bike: A cycle-shop pro introduces free wheelers to the basics of brakes, shifting and commuter maintenance. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313. Richard Petty at Thunder Road: The seven-time NASCAR Champion and Daytona 500 winner drops by for a Q&A session and autographs before no-frills speed machines “run” laps around the track. Thunder Road Speed Bowl, Barre, gates open at 5 p.m.; race starts at 6:30. $9.50. Info, 244-6963. Saucony Fun Run: Run Center staff lead joggers of all ages on a moderately paced traverse through town. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.
talks ‘A Granddaughter’s Recollections’: Elka Schumann, the Glover-based granddaughter of “back-to-the-landers” Scott Nearing and Nellie Seeds, shares her memories of them. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4964.
theater ‘A Little Hotel on the Side’: Unadilla’s production captures the saucy spirit of 19th-century French satirist Georges Feydeau, with his gleeful examinations of marriage, morals and manners. Unadilla Theater, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. ‘A Murder, a Mystery & a Marriage’: Based on a recently discovered Mark Twain short story, this musical melodrama is a slice of Americana, mixing comedy, romance and old-time tunes with suspense, evil villains and heroes. Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $10-25. Info, 229-0492.
‘Always, Patsy Cline’: In a play the Los Angeles Times calls “a song-filled valentine,” the legendary country singer is remembered for her true friendship with a Houston fan. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $12-25. Info, 518-962-4449. ‘Aspects of Love’: See WED.29, 8 p.m. ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’: See WED.29, 8 p.m. ‘Bus Stop’: A blizzard strands eight unlikely folks in a Kansas diner in William Inge’s romantic comedy. Pendragon Theater, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 518-891-1854. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’: The Adirondack Regional Theatre presents this wacky story of a down-and-out floral assistant who discovers an exotic, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing plant with a growing appetite. Clinton Community College, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 518-572-6003. Ray Jackson: The New Orleans poet blends physical theater, solo bass and spoken word in this experimental performance. Lamb Abbey, Montpelier, 9 p.m. - midnight. $10 donation. Info, 229-2200. ‘Rent’: Based on Puccini’s La Bohème, this New York City East Village tale enacted by national talent follows artists and bohemians as they grapple with life, death, love and art. See calendar spotlight. Weston Playhouse, Weston, 7:30 p.m. $32-40. Info, 824-5288. ‘The Music Man’: Community Theatre, with acting talent from Franklin and Chittenden counties, puts on Meredith Willson’s classic musical about a boys’-marching-band con man whose plans falter as he falls for Marian the librarian. Enosburg Opera House, Enosburg Falls, 7:30 p.m. $8-10. Info, 933-6171. ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’: See WED.29, 7:30 p.m. ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’: See WED.29, 7 p.m.
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fairs & festivals ‘BigTown BigTent’: This 10-day, tented performing-arts bash hosts a variety of acts, including music by the Rochester Chamber Society, piano stories with Larry Hamberlin, poetry readings with Paul Muldoon of the New Yorker and more. See story, this issue. BigTown Gallery, Rochester, noon - 8 p.m. $5-15 a ticket per evening. Info, 767-9670. Stowe Summer Arts Festival: See WED.29, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
film ‘Dr. Strangelove’: The thrust of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 anti-nuke satire is contained in its subtitle: “Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 11 p.m. $5. Info, 229-0598. ‘Every Little Step’: Director James Toback’s 2009 doc slips behind the scenes of the auditions for the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line, sharing the interplay among the hopefuls. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. ‘Frida’: This biopic examines the outrageous personality of unibrow-ed painter Frida Kahlo as it follows her marriage to Mexican artist Diego Rivera and their journeys to America. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. ‘Movies on the Hill’: Folks gather to watch the 1957 flick The Incredible Shrinking Man, in which a man takes a trip into the unknown when he loses inches. Rain date: Saturday. Vermont College, Montpelier, seating begins at 7 p.m.; movie starts at dusk. Free. Info, 828-8600. ‘The Limits of Control’: A nameless stranger meets with a series of odd encounters on his travels to Spain to complete a shadowy criminal mission in Jim Jarmusch’s 2009 flick. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.
Amy Seidl: The author of Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World describes how climate change has affected her small-town Vermont lifestyle. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. Deirdre Heekin & Caleb Barber: The authors of In Late Winter We Ate Pears: A Year of Hunger and Love and restaurateurs of Woodstock’s Pane e Salute share tastes of their book and their new Mediterranean menu. New England Culinary Institute, Montpelier, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 877-223-6324.
health & fitness Summer Boot Camp: See WED.29, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Zumba Burlington: See WED.29, 5:45-6:45 p.m.
kids Bird Walk: Participants in the Youth Birding Program scour the skies for a glimpse of some of the 100 flying species on the property. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7-8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 229-6206. Judith Witters: The storyteller captivates kids with folktales and myths enhanced by music, audience participation and props. South Burlington Community Library, South Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. Preschool Storytime: Tots ages 3 to 6 bury their noses in books with readaloud tales, rhymes, songs and crafts. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. ‘Romeo & Juliet: The ’60s Musical!’: See WED.29, Middlebury Town Green, Middlebury, 5 p.m. Free. ‘Sew What?’: See WED.29, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Summer Story Time: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. $7.50-9.50. Info, 864-1848.
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FRI.31 dance Ballroom Dance Social: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $10-14. Info, 862-2269. Bread & Puppet Theater Dances: Folks flock to the Papier Mâché Cathedral to catch the Lubberland National Dance Company performing “Dirt Cheap Money Dances,” followed by “Dirt Floor Cathedral Dances.” Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 8-9 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 525-3031.
etc. ‘Annual Giant Book Sale’: See WED.29, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Brown Bag Luncheon Series: Researchers and grad students of UVM’s Transportation Research Center share their roadwork in a Q&A-style midday meet. The topic: “Green Labeling in Transportation.” Farrell Hall, UVM, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656-3131. ‘Classy Rummage Sale’: See THU.30, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
‘Foodways Fridays’: Recipes from the 19th century get a revival as folks learn how heirloom garden veggies become seasonal dishes in the farmhouse kitchen. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $3-11. Info, 457-2355. Hardwick Farmers Market: A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with fresh produce and handcrafted goods. Route 15 West, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 626-7225. Richmond Farmers Market: Live music entertains fresh-food browsers at a melody-centered market connecting farmers and cooks. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5273. Westford Farmers Market: Purveyors of produce and other edibles take a stand at outdoor stalls. Westford Common, Westford, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-9053.
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food & drink Charlotte Farmers Market: Farmers within 10 miles of the park share their bountiful homegrown goods with neighbors as they hike and picnic nearby. Mt. Philo State Park, Charlotte, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 425-2390.
Also, see clubdates in Section B. ‘Bayside Bach’: Classical music aficionados relish the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra’s rendition of Bach’s Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C Major, Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes for clarinet, strings and piano, and more in the open air. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, gates open at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking; concert starts at 7:30 p.m. $30.50. Info, 862-7352. Champlain Valley Folk Festival: Geoff Muldaur, Québec’s Reveillons, Enoch Kent and Tim Eriksen bring Québecois, Native American and European folk to this nonstop three-day fest. Food, music, films, dances and craft workshops round out the weekend. Kingsland Bay State Park, Ferrisburgh, 4:30 p.m. - midnight. $25-70. Info, 877-850-0206. Good Old Wagon: Mark Greenberg and Andy Pitt work the guitar, banjo and mandolin to deliver an assortment of blues, rag- and old-time American roots music. Richmond Farmers’ Market, Richmond, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5273. Island Pond Summer Concert Series: Musicians from the community take the stage at this open mic concert by the lake, followed by tunes from Mark Shelton. Check out the nearby artisan and outdoor market, too. Gazebo Park, Island Pond, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 723-6194. Kait Kerrigan & Brian Lowdermilk: The authors of last summer’s Tales From the Bad Years perform a concert of songs from all of their musicals created in six years of theater collaboration. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 775-0570 .
Osheaga Music & Arts Festival: See WED.29, 2 p.m. - midnight. Patrick Fitzsimmons: The local singer-songwriter leads a concert of poetic lyrics and haunting melodies from his latest album, So Beautiful, So Blue. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. Satisfaction: Live tunes create a “Rolling Stones experience” for listeners atop the lake. Boarding is at 6:30 p.m.; music starts at 7. Lake Champlain Ferry, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $30 includes buffet. Info, 864-9669. Summer Performance Series: Atlantic Crossing execute original compositions and songs from Québec, Maritime Canada, the British Isles and New England on fiddle, banjo, bouzouki, bodhrán and more. Salisbury Congregational Church, Salisbury, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 352-6671. TGIF Summer Concert Series: Folks welcome in the weekend with live tunes by Rusty Romance at the gazebo. Rain location: St. Albans City Hall Gymnasium. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 524-1500, ext. 260.
outdoors ‘Pull for Nature’: Paddlers harvest invasive water chestnuts on a canoe tour of the Southern Lake Champlain Valley wetlands. Bring a lunch; canoes provided. 115 Main Road, West Haven, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 265-8645.
sport ‘Day & Night Golf Tournament’: Fore! Little white balls aim for par at this fundraiser for the Travis Roy Foundation, which includes free range swinging, a barbecue and pizza dinner, putting contests, and nighttime glowin-the-dark golf. Registration starts at 4:45 p.m. Links at Lang Farm, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. $70. Info, 318-5684. Firefighter Golf Tournament: Professional firefighters take a swing at nine holes to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Champlain Country Club, Swanton, registration is at 8:30 a.m.; continental breakfast and tee-off at 9:30 a.m. $90. Info, 518-486-5498. The Vermont Mountaineers: Montpelier’s minor league team bats against a team from Holyoke, Mass., while giving shout-outs to the Montpelier Capital Area Neighborhoods. Montpelier Recreation Field, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. $3-10. Info, 223-5224. Women’s Bike Forum: Ladies learn the lowdown on all things bike, including proper attire, bike anatomy, commuter basics and more. Skirack, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.
theater ‘A Little Hotel on the Side’: See THU.30, 7:30 p.m. ‘A Murder, a Mystery & a Marriage’: See THU.30, 8 p.m. ‘Always, Patsy Cline’: See THU.30, 8 p.m. ‘Aspects of Love’: See WED.29, 8 p.m. ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’: See WED.29, 8 p.m. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’: See THU.30, 7:30 p.m. ‘Rent’: See THU.30, 8 p.m. ‘The Music Man’: See THU.30, 7:30 p.m. ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’: See WED.29, 7:30 p.m. ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’: See WED.29, 7 p.m.
words ‘Bookstock: The Green Mountain Festival of Words’: Readers unite to celebrate the wonder of words in this two-day fest including performances, lectures, participatory poetry, readings and a mammoth book sale. Various locations, Woodstock, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981.
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SAT.01 dance Ballroom Dance Social: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $10-14. Info, 862-2269.
etc. 150th anniverSary celeBration: Bill and Deb Patton, Cindy and Jim Weed, and David Gusakov provide live airs following an outdoor chicken barbecue celebrating the church’s dignified age. United Methodist Church, Sheldon, 5:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 933-4487 or 933-6672. ‘annual Giant Book Sale’: See WED.29, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. carvinG DemoS: Robert Spear Jr. and Ingrid Brown whittle life-size wooden recreations of birds. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 1-3 p.m. $3-6. Info, 434-2167. ‘claSSy rummaGe Sale’: See THU.30, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. ‘community chicken BarBecue & lawn Social’: Neighbors gather for outdoor fun, including three-legged races, bingo, a water balloon toss and eats from the grill. Rain date: August 2. St. Isidore Parish Hall, Montgomery Center, noon - 5 p.m. $8 for dinner. Info, 326-4862. Fair traDe craFt Fair: Folks sift through crafts, pottery, paintings and jewelry from local artisans and those in developing regions at this sale to support fair trade labor. Fellowship Hall, Greensboro United Church of Christ, Greensboro, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2223. Fort ethan allen livinG hiStory Day: A mounted cavalry parade, historical exhibits, lectures, music and tours of the grounds celebrate the history of the Buffalo Soldiers’ contributions to Vermont. Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3383. French rounDtaBle: Speakers at various skill levels order café during an open practice session. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. hiStoric tour oF uvm: Folks register online, then meet at Ira Allen’s statue to tour the campus’ modest early clapboards and grand Victorians, led by UVM Emeritus Professor William Averyt. UVM Waterman Building, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 656-3131. ‘livinG hiStory Day’: Historians enact colonial life through demonstrations and talks as folks tour American Revolutionary War patriot Ethan Allen’s final home. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. $3-7. Info, 865-4556.
‘Plymouth olD home Day’: In recognition of the groundbreaking of the President Calvin Coolidge Museum & Education Center, folks drop by for a “Silent Cal” party, including one-roomschoolhouse tours, wagon rides, sheep shearing, a crafts fair and live fiddle tunes. Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $2-7.50. Info, 672-3773. taG Sale: Bargain hunters rummage through lost treasures. First Baptist Church, Burlington, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6515.
fairs & festivals ‘BiGtown BiGtent’: See FRI.31, noon - 8 p.m. Stowe Summer artS FeStival: See WED.29, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. vermont FeStival oF the artS: Painters, photographers and craftspeople around the valley open their doors to visitors for exhibits, workshops and demos — including roughly 50 free events — during “August is Art.” Schedule available at www.VermontArtFest.com. Various locations (Mad River Valley), Waitsfield, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Various prices. Info, 496-6682.
film ‘Dr. StranGelove’: See FRI.31, 4 p.m. ‘eaSy virtue’: Cultures collide when a feisty American divorcée impulsively gets hitched to a proper English gentleman — and meets his dysfunctional family. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576. ‘every little SteP’: See FRI.31, 1:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m. ‘oriunDi’: Middlebury Language Schools presents Ricardo Bravo’s Portuguese flick about a 93-year-old patriarch witnessing his family business crumble at the hands of his descendants. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, Middlebury, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5510.
food & drink BarBecue Dinner: Folks fill their bellies with pulled pork and other grilled fixings to support the Ministries of the UCC of Northfield. United Church, Northfield, 5-7 p.m. $5-9. Info, 485-4431. BurlinGton FarmerS market: Vendors sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to ethnic cuisine to pottery to artisan cheese. Burlington City Hall Park, Burlington, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 888-889-8188. ‘canninG 101’: A seasoned expert shows folks how to prolong the fruits of their harvest, from food safety tips to terminology. Gardener’s Supply, Burlington, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 660-3505.
caPital city FarmerS market: Fresh produce, perennials, seedlings, homebaked foods and handmade crafts lure local buyers throughout the growing season. Capital City Farmers Market, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 685-4360. chamPlain iSlanDS FarmerS market: See WED.29, St. Joseph Church Hall, Grand Isle, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. FooD PreServation Day: Savor the fruits (and veggies) of your summer labor all year long via this daylong, hands-on workshop including instruction on canning, freezing, rootcellaring and more. Wheelock Mountain Farm, West Wheelock, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. $5-30 donation. Info, 533-9929. miDDleBury FarmerS market: See WED.29, 9 a.m. - noon. northweSt FarmerS market: Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m. 2 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5821. richmonD chocolate walk: Visitors indulge their sweet tooth as they wander through downtown, sampling confections, pastries and artisan treats from participating businesses. Various locations, Richmond, noon - 4 p.m. $12. Info, 434-8144 . ShelBurne FarmerS market: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses and local novelties grace outdoor tables at a presentation of the season’s best. Shelburne Parade Ground, Shelburne, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2472. St. JohnSBury-caleDonia FarmerS market: Folks browse through local baked goods, handmade crafts and fresh produce. St. Johnsbury Farmers Market, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 626-8396. waitSFielD FarmerS market: Local bands enliven an outdoor outlet for homegrown herbs, flowers and fruits, and handmade breads, cheeses and syrups. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027. williSton FarmerS market: Shoppers seek prepared foods and unadorned produce at a weekly openair affair. Town Green, Williston, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7728.
ZumBa BurlinGton: See WED.29, 9-10 a.m.
40th army BanD: Bandmaster Chief Warrant Officer David A. Myers conducts the ensemble in blends of traditional American marches and folk tunes by composers including John Philip Sousa, Carl King and E.E. Bagley. Concert performed on the green. Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 338-3480. chamPlain valley Folk FeStival: See FRI.31, 10:30 a.m. - midnight. ‘creation’: The Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra recreates the triumphant chorus and delicate arias, duets and trios of Haydn’s composition, which is widely regarded as the second-greatest oratorio ever written. Gates open at 5:15 p.m. for picnicking. The Inn at Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, 7 p.m. $30.50. Info, 862-7352. erik FrieDlanDer: The cellist performs Americana-steeped compositions accompanied by projected photos of pre-interstate America by his father, famed photographer Lee Friedlander. See calendar spotlight. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. $10-15. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘haPPy BirthDay Jerry Jam’: Tribute band Star ‘69 helps rock fans make some noise for The Grateful Dead member Jerry Garcia’s birthday. Waterhouses Campground, Salisbury, 3-10 p.m. $10. Info, 352-4433. kait kerriGan & Brian lowDermilk: See FRI.31, 8 p.m. killinGton muSic FeStival: Internationally acclaimed musicians band together to perform Mozart’s Sonata in E minor and Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood. Ramshead Lodge, Killington Resort, Killington, 7 p.m. $20-25. Info, 773-4003. oSheaGa muSic & artS FeStival: See WED.29, 2 p.m. - midnight. Summer carillon concert SerieS: Guest carillonneur Julia Littleton plays the largest musical instrument in the world, often called “the singing tower.” Norwich University, Northfield, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2318. vermont ukulele FeStival: The instrument prominent in Hawaiian airs takes center stage in this inaugural fest featuring strummed notes by the Vermont Ukulele Society and classes in showmanship, songwriting and more. Carol’s Hungry Mind Café, Middlebury, workshops 4-6 p.m.; concerts 7-9 p.m. $12 per concert; $15 per workshop. Info, 453-6411.
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lake monSterS BaSeBall PlayerS: Members of the sports team read tall tales to tots. Preregister. Colchester Meeting House, Colchester, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. ‘Sew what?’: See WED.29, 12:30-4:30 p.m.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B.
‘cauSeS & conSequenceS’: A ranger guides a tour of the Civil War-era historic sites in Woodstock, which remain largely unchanged, and examines the birth of the national-park concept. Meet at the Billings Farm Visitor Center. MarshBillings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 2-4 p.m. $8. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22.
common rootS walk: Join the local nonprofit for a strolling tour of the former dairy farm. Leduc Farm, South Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 999-4270. ‘Green inFraStructure’: Environmentally savvy folks explore the park’s sustainable future on a walking tour to the new LEED Forest Center and hybrid solar greenhouse. Carriage Barn Visitor Center, Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historic Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m. - noon. $8. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22. wilDFlower walk: Bloom lovers join flora expert Ann Honan on a stroll to see the colorful flowers on Mount Independence. Meet at the Visitor Center, and come early for a picnic lunch. Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 1 p.m. $5. Info, 948-2000.
sport ‘Bitter Pill race’: Mountain biking, trekking, swimming and canoeing fill 12 long hours of this fitness and navigation course held by the Green Mountain Adventure Racing Association. Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Craftsbury Common, 1 p.m. Free to watch. Info, 865-9895. ‘FairFax eGG run’: Runners of all ages pound asphalt and hard-packed dirt in a 5K, 10K or kids’ fun run looping through the wooded hills. Participants also score a personalized homemade omelet. United Methodist Church, Fairfax, 9 a.m. $5-20 to participate. Info, 849-2641.
talks ‘aGatha chriStie’: Helene Lang takes a turn behind the typewriter in this living-history performance about the mastermind behind over 80 mystery books, and the creator of classic literary protagonists such as Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Union Christian Church, Plymouth, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 672-3389. ForeSt PeSt workShoP: See WED.29, Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m. - noon. Info, 748-2372. howarD coFFin: The historian finds Vermont connections to Civil War soldiers, including a cave where a draft dodger lived for five years and a quarantined house for STI-infected infantry. Union Christian Church, Plymouth, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 672-5029. ‘muSicoloGical lecture’: Cellist Bonnie Hampton of the Yellow Barn Music School discusses composer Haydn’s works and influences before a concert of his G Minor String Quartet. Putney Public Library, Putney, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 387-6637.
theater ‘a murDer, a myStery & a marriaGe’: See THU.30, 8 p.m. SAT.01 >> 20B
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<calendar > SAT.01 << 19B ‘Always, Patsy Cline’: See THU.30, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. ‘Aspects of Love’: See WED.29, 8 p.m. ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’: See WED.29, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’: See THU.30, 7:30 p.m. ‘Rent’: See THU.30, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. ‘The Music Man’: See THU.30, 7:30 p.m. ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’: See WED.29, 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’: See WED.29, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
words ‘A Moth in the Barn’: If grades were dished out in real life, would you ever have received an F? Comedians, writers and average Joes share polished, true-life stories about failure and misadventures. Phantom Theater, The Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 496-5997. ‘Bookstock: The Green Mountain Festival of Words’: See FRI.31, 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. Deirdre Heekin: The coauthor of In Late Winter We Ate Pears: A Year of Hunger and Love and co-restaurateur of Woodstock’s Pane e Salute shares tastes of her newest book. Yankee Bookshop, Woodstock, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 877-223-6324.
SUN.02 dance Art & Movement Workshop: Body sculpting moves and dance steps — derived from merengue, salsa, hip-hop and more — combine in this Zumba class led by Kelly Salisbury and Bailey Airoldi. Enosburg Opera House, Enosburg Falls, 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. $5. Info, 933-6171.
etc. ‘Annual Giant Book Sale’: See WED.29, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. ‘Art, Music & Tea’: Melodies from folk group Potluck flow through the air as artists Maurie Harrington and Jennifer Buckner exhibit watercolors and pottery at this outdoor garden party. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 928-3364. Burlington Cohousing Potluck: Hungry people bring a dish to share as they meet, mingle and learn about collaborative living. East Village Cohousing, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0120. Chess Club: Tabletop warriors do battle at the behest of players of all ages and abilities. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. Dungeons & Dragons: Paper-andpencil adventures await imaginative XP earners. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. ‘Fallout’: This multimedia presentation examines how a new environmental consciousness awoke during the Cold War — an era when new technologies could cause almost unlimited destruction — through news reels, historical photos and movie clips. Carriage Barn Visitor Center, MarshBillings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m. - noon. $8. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22. Garden Skills Workshop: Greenskeepers bring their plant queries and learn about seed saving, plant propagation, wild edibles and more before touring the tea garden. Perennial Pleasures Nursery, East Hardwick, 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 472-5104. Kirtan Chanting: Kirtankars learn the call-and-response rhythmic hymns and mantras in the devotional tradition of India. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-6262. ‘No Limit Texas Hold’em’: Put on your game face at this fundraiser for the Travis Roy Foundation. Hilton Hotel, Burlington, registration is at 8:30 a.m.; games start at 10 a.m. $100 buy-in. Info, 598-2925.
Summer Potluck Party: Central Vermont’s Community Radio station, WGDR 91.1 FM, brings together local musicians for outdoor acts over a bring-your-own-dish meal and tours of the station. On the green behind the Eliot Pratt Center. Goddard College, Plainfield, 2-9 p.m. Free. Info, 4547367, ext. 4.
fairs & festivals ‘BigTown BigTent’: See FRI.31, noon - 8 p.m. Stowe Summer Arts Festival: See WED.29, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Vermont Festival of the Arts: See SAT.01, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
film ‘Every Little Step’: See FRI.31, 7 p.m. ‘Lawrence of Arabia’: In this lavish 1962 Hollywood epic based on a true story, Oscar-nominee Peter O’Toole plays British warrior-poet T.E. Lawrence, who helped unite warring Arab tribes against the Turkish army during World War I. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 2 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.
Sinfonietta Symphony Series Concert: Conductor Christopher Confessore guides classical musicians in this orchestra of the Adirondacks through Rossini’s Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri, Herbert’s Serenade for String Orchestra and Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $22; free for students 18 and under. Info, 518-5232051. St. Lawrence String Quartet: The world-class chamber ensemble brings its string vibrations to listeners’ ears. Federated Church, Rochester, preconcert talk at 3:30 p.m. with Larry Hamberlin; concert starts at 4. Donations accepted. Info, 767-9234. Summer Sounds Concert: Flood in the Fizzy Factory brings synthesized New Wave styles, infused with ‘80s throwbacks and experimental instrumentals, to the park. Highgate Municipal Park, Highgate Center, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3351. Vermont Ukulele Festival: See SAT.01, 4-9 p.m.
‘The Dirt Cheap Money Circus & Pageant’: An inventive, politically charged performance highlights an all-afternoon event made up of museum tours and smaller shows. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 2:30-5 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 525-3031. ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’: See WED.29, 4 p.m. ‘Vermont Vaudeville: Clown at Work’: Juggler and performer Brent McCoy clowns around in this funny family program, full of sly tricks he’s picked up everywhere from Church Street to China. Phantom Theater, The Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 1 p.m. $10. Info, 496-5997. ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’: See WED.29, 2 p.m.
‘BigTown BigTent’: See FRI.31, noon - 8 p.m. Vermont Festival of the Arts: See SAT.01, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
film ‘Every Little Step’: See FRI.31, 7 p.m.
food & drink ‘Incredible Edible Intervale Tour’: Food enthusiasts meet local farmers and sample their homegrown bounty. Pre-tour lunch, tasting and discussion at 11:30 a.m. at Half Pint Farm. Intervale Center, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. $15-40. Info, 922-7346.
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Deirdre Heekin: The co-author of In Late Winter We Ate Pears: A Year of Hunger and Love and co-restaurateur of Woodstock’s Pane e Salute shares tastes of her newest book. Woodstock Historical Society, Woodstock, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 877-223-6324.
Herbal Clinic: Sign up for an appointment to explore the art of natural healing one on one with students and professors from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism. City Market, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. Zumba Burlington: See WED.29, 5:45-6:45 p.m.
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‘Champ: Believer or Skeptic?’: Parents and kids ponder the facts and legends surrounding Lake Champlain’s famous “monster.” ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 2 p.m. $7.50-9.50. Info, 864-1848. ‘Flowery Quilt Squares’: Imaginative children gather in the Owl Cottage Family Activity Center to design a floral-themed paper blanket patch, based on the Florence Peto quilt exhibit. Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Regular admission, $10-20. Info, 985-3346. Summer Story Time: See FRI.31, 11 a.m. ‘The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T’: Lyrics by Dr. Seuss add whimsy to this fantastical 1953 flick about a maniac piano teacher forcing 500 students to practice 24/7. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.
Stowe Farmers Market: Preserves, produce and other provender attract fans of local food. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027.
kids ‘Ferdinand the Bull’: Families with young tots enjoy classical music offerings from high-caliber artists of the Vermont Mozart Festival as they retell Munro Leaf’s children’s tale about a bull in Spain. Grounds open for picnicking at 10 a.m. Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Shelburne, 11 a.m. $5-7. Info, 862-7352. ‘Sew What?’: See WED.29, 12:30-4:30 p.m.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B. 40th Army Band: See SAT.01, Tunbridge Central School, Tunbridge, 2 p.m. ‘All-American Evening’: The Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra performs works by our country’s most renowned composers, starting with Copland’s An Outdoor Overture and finishing with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra. Gates open at 5 p.m. for picnicking. Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, 7 p.m. $30.50. Info, 862-7352. Burlington Concert Band: Folks settle down outside to hear the jazz, pop, Broadway and marching band numbers of this more than 150-year-old music group. Battery Park, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 578-3467. Champlain Valley Folk Festival: See FRI.31, 9:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. ‘Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon’: The Catamount Jazz Ensemble — composed of Barry Ries on trumpet, Barry Sahagian on bass and Brad Stouffer on drums — keep the mood chill with smooth tunes. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 4 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600. Maiden Vermont Chorus: Women take on the art of barbershop harmonies in these four-part arrangements in doo-wop, country and old-time styles. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-1012. Northeast Fiddlers Association: Stringed-instrument players gather for a monthly “meet and jam” to brush up on their skills. VFW Post, Morrisville, noon - 5 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 728-5188. Osheaga Music & Arts Festival: See WED.29, 2 p.m. - midnight.
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music Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival (Sport)
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outdoors ‘The Formal Garden & Beyond’: Walkers discover that beauty and conservation are intertwined in the 19th-century design of the park’s colorful gardens and grounds. Carriage Barn Visitor Center, Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historic Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m. - noon. $8. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22.
sport Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival: Water-bound teams of businesses, neighborhoods and breast cancer survivors paddle their way to victory on 41-foot boats. Proceeds benefit Camp Ta-Kum-Ta and Dragonheart Vermont. See calendar spotlight. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 999-5478.
talks Howard Coffin: See SAT.01, Mount Holly Community Historical Museum, Belmont, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 759-2125.
theater ‘A Little Hotel on the Side’: See THU.30, 7:30 p.m. ‘A Murder, a Mystery & a Marriage’: See THU.30, 2 p.m. ‘Always, Patsy Cline’: See THU.30, 5 p.m. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’: See THU.30, 2 p.m. ‘Rent’: See THU.30, 7 p.m.
Eliot Pattison: The author of books such as the Edgar Award-winning The Skull Mantra shares passages from his Inspector Shan series. Kingdom Books, Waterford, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 751-8374.
MON.03 business Networking Luncheon: Ivey Harvey of Web-Bits details how to get your name to the top of the list using search engine optimization tricks. Bring a bag lunch. Vermont Women’s Business Center, Barre, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 479-9813.
dance Afro-Caribbean Dance Class: Penelope Newcomb leads high-energy, imaginative dances for all skill levels, derived from Cuba, Haiti and Brazil, to the beat of live drums. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5-6:30 p.m. $10. Info, 723-4014.
etc. ‘Annual Giant Book Sale’: See WED.29, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. ‘Herbal Facial Extravaganza’: Fresh herbs, essential oils and natural products form delicious (and edible) face masks, scrubs and toners. Bring a towel and bandana. Preregister. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6:30-9 p.m. $10-12; $7 materials fee. Info, 2247100, info@vtherbcenter.org.
Also, see clubdates in Section B. Afro-Brazilian Percussion Class: Community band Sambatucada teach the pulsating rhythms of samba, samba reggae, baião and maracatu. Switchback Brewery, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-7107. Vergennes City Band: A brass band welcomes musicians of all ages at an outdoor concert of gazebo faves. Vergennes City Park, Vergennes, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2005. Vermont Fiddle Orchestra: Bows make vibrations on stringed instruments as the orchestra plays traditional knee-slappin’ tunes from New England and beyond. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7-9 p.m. $8-10. Info, 877-343-3531, info@ vtfiddleorchestra.org. Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Rehearsal: Bows make vibrations on stringed instruments as the orchestra tunes up its tunes in practice sessions. New members welcome. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 877-343-3531, info@vtfiddleorchestra. org.
talks Ron Lewis: The amateur astronomer imparts haggling tips to fellow star watchers in “Be a Successful Stellafane Swap Table Shopper” to prep for August’s yearly trade convention. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-4032.
theater Auditions for ‘Opus’: Thespians try out new roles to earn a spot in the Vermont Stage Company’s upcoming performance about a high-profile string quartet whose violinist mysteriously disappears. Preregister. Vermont Stage Company Offices, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 862-1497.
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TUE.04 dance ‘The Young Choreographers’: The area’s rising dancers show off their unique style through spins and steps. Phantom Theater, The Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 496-5997.
etc. ‘Annual Giant Book Sale’: See WED.29, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. ‘Exploring the Path to Enlightenment’: Fill your head with facts about Tibetan Buddhism while filling your body with a sense of peace in this meditation and discussion series. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 633-4136. Graffiti CleanUp: A short training provides neighbors with the know-how and tools to erase the evidence of midnight tagging. Center for Communities and Neighborhoods, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7548. ‘Happy Hour’: Cocktails help celebrate Tu B’Av, the Jewish Day of Love, as folks learn about the day’s biblical traditions with the Ohavi Zedek Synagogue and meet new friends. Meet on the back patio. Halvorson’s Upstreet Café, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0218, ext. 22. ‘Make a Solar Oven’: Clever bakers harness the sun’s energy to create sizzling dishes. 27 Rose Street, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; cost of materials. Info, 999-2768. Pause Café: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:15-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088. ‘Time Travel Tuesday’: Visitors cook on a woodstove and churn butter, then relax as a farm family would have in the 1890s. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. $3-11. Info, 457-2355.
fairs & festivals Addison County Fair and Field Days: Vermont’s largest agricultural fair hosts horse, goat, miniature donkey and sheep shows, tractor pulls, kiddie rides and live entertainment. Addison County Fairgrounds, Vergennes, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. $2-25. Info, 545-2557. ‘BigTown BigTent’: See FRI.31, noon - 8 p.m. Vermont Festival of the Arts: See SAT.01, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
film ‘Accidental Home’: Vermonter Robert Fleming’s Malayaka House orphanage in Uganda is the focus of this doc about issues facing African children. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 356-1293. ‘Every Little Step’: See FRI.31, 7 p.m.
food & drink Old North End Farmers Market: Local farmers sell the fruits of their fields, and their labor. H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073.
kids Creative Tuesdays with Frank Gonzalez: Artists of all ages bring old newspaper to create puppets, masks and other dramatic papier-mâché. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. ‘Flowery Quilt Squares’: See MON.03, 12:30-4:30 p.m. ‘Full Moon Campfire’: Families share stories around a bonfire and tune in for a live bird presentation. Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, 7 p.m. $5-6. Info, 985-8686, ext. 341. Preschool Storytime: Tots ages 3 to 5 bury their noses in books with readaloud tales, rhymes, songs and crafts. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. ‘Romeo & Juliet: The ’60s Musical!’: See WED.29, Charlotte Community Library, Charlotte, 2 p.m.
Summer StoryTime: See FRI.31, 11 a.m. Toddler Storytime: Youngsters ages 1 to 3 gather for songs, finger plays and stories. South Burlington Community Library, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. ‘X-Theatre Presents!’: Local thespians of the Burlington Parks and Recreation Youth Drama Program put on a comic tale for young theatergoers. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B. Castleton Concert Series: Maiden Vermont and the Rutland Curbstone Chorus headline a family-fun night of live music and entertainment. Castleton Village Green, Castleton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 273-2911. Green Mountain Chorus: Men who like to sing learn four-part harmonies at an open meeting of this all-guy barbershop group. St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5439, w1sj@arrl.net. Northeast Kingdom Shape Note Sing: Singers of early American music arrange themselves in a hollow square for four-part “fa-so-la-mi” hymns. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 525-3031. ‘Opera House Trios’: Three’s company at this classical music performance by the Amelia Piano Trio, featuring pieces by Haydn, Bernstein and Cowell on the violin, cello and piano. Doors open at 7. Vergennes Opera House, Vergennes, 7:30 p.m. $30.50. Info, 862-7352. Stowe Gazebo Concerts: The Morrisville Military and Waterbury Community Band team up to tackle Broadway tunes and military marches. Helen Day Memorial Lawn, Stowe, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7321, ext. 222. ‘Tuesday Night Live’: Fourteen-yearold violinist Roland Clark shows off his string skills with friends before Copper Kettle step up with old-time faves. Rain site: Lowe Lecture Hall on Main Street. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-7826.
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dance ‘The Young Choreographers’: See TUE.04, 8 p.m.
education Waldorf Elementary Open House: See WED.29, 9-10:30 a.m.
etc. ‘Annual Giant Book Sale’: See WED.29, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Chittenden County Philatelic Club: Stamp collectors of all levels of interest and experience swap sticky squares, and stories about them. GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington, 6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 660-4817, laineyrapp@yahoo.com. ‘Fill-a-Truck for Hunger Food Drive’: Neighbors part with nonperishable food items to support the Vermont Foodbank and the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. City Market, Burlington, 1-6 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 861-9700. Marvin Chamberlin: The chainsaw carver cranks up his tool so audiences can watch sculptures form in action. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. Open Mic Night: Local poets, musicians, singers, storytellers and comics unearth hidden talents and step into the limelight. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.
fairs & festivals Addison County Fair and Field Days: See TUE.04, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. ‘BigTown BigTent’: See FRI.31, noon - 8 p.m. Vermont Festival of the Arts: See SAT.01, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
film ‘Every Little Step’: See FRI.31, 7 p.m.
food & drink Champlain Islands Farmers Market: See WED.29, 4-7 p.m.
‘How to Be a Localvore’ Food Tour: To prep for the co-op’s September “Eat Local Challenge,” folks learn what Vermont-grown products are available, and how to incorporate them into a menu plan. City Market, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. Middlebury Farmers Market: See WED.29, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. New North End Farmers Market: See WED.29, 3-6:30 p.m. South End Farmers Market: See WED.29, 3:30-6:30 p.m.
health & fitness Zumba Burlington: See WED.29, 5:45-6:45 p.m.
kids ‘Celebration of Creativity’: Bookworms emerge from intense pageturning in the Summer Reading Program to celebrate their accomplishments with music, food and prizes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Craftsbury Chamber Players Mini Concerts: See WED.29, 4:30 p.m. ‘Creative Music & Jam Workshop’: Music virtuosos ages 8 and up join three area musicians in building favorite instruments from recycled scraps, before a brief performance on the new gizmos. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2366. ‘Flowery Quilt Squares’: See MON.03, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Preschool Music Series: See WED.29, 12:30-1 p.m. ‘Romeo & Juliet: The ’60s Musical!’: See WED.29, Battery Park, Burlington, noon. ‘Wacky Wednesdays’: See WED.29, 11 a.m.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B. Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate: The banjo guru and master of the kora (an African harp) bring beats from the heart of Africa to the stage. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $33.5045.50. Info, 775-0903.
‘Get to Know Your Bike’: A cycleshop pro introduces free wheelers to vehicle anatomy, flat fixes and roadside skills. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.
talks ‘Agatha Christie’: See SAT.01, Haston Library, Franklin, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 326-3113. ‘Meet the Artists’ Presentation: Artists from the New York Theatre Workshop productions The Iliad and Food and Fawda chat about their work with fans over bagged lunches. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., noon. Free. Info, 603-646-3691 or 603-646-2422.
theater ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’: See WED.29, 8 p.m. ‘Candida’: See WED.29, 8 p.m. ‘Rent’: See THU.30, 7:30 p.m.
words Brad Kessler: The author of Goat Song, an account of tending to a small herd of milking goats in Vermont, shares passages about the drama of dairying. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.
WED.05 business ‘Artists’ Learning Circle’: Folks gather to learn about the latest Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act bill, which affects all businesses involved in kids’ products. Vermont Women’s Business Center, Barre, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 479-9813.
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Craftsbury Chamber Players Summer Concert Series: Called the “best” ensemble in Vermont by Yankee Magazine, these musicians perform Debussy’s Petite Suite, Damase’s Variations on Early Morning, Bax’s Elegiac Trio and Brahms’ String Quintet in F Major. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8-20. Info, 1-800-639-3443. ‘Music on the Porch’: The Gordon Stone Band lend their musical stylings to a picnic on the porch. Waterbury Station, Green Mountain Coffee Visitor Center & Café, Waterbury, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 882-2289. Neko Case: “Capable of both brassy boldness and sumptuous low tones,” says Rolling Stones, the indie-rock redhead shares melodies of hope, innocence and darkness. Lucy Wainwright Roche supports. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $32.2534. Info, 863-5966. ‘Slice of Summer’ Music Series: Funk, acoustic and roots tunes emerge from Sarah Grace and the Suits’ medley of instruments. Piecasso, Stowe, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 253-4411. ‘Tenor at Twilight’: Striking works by Grieg, Haydn and Beethoven are brought to life by the Amelia Piano Trio and Robert White’s tenor vocals. West Monitor Barn, Richmond, doors open at 7 p.m. $50 includes a dessert reception. Info, 862-7352.
outdoors Wednesday Garden Walks: Greenthumb enthusiasts meet at Bostwick Garden to meander through bushes and blooms, learning all about greenery masterpieces. Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, 1 p.m. Regular admission, $10-20. Info, 985-3346.
sport ‘Pick-Up Broomball’: See WED.29, 8-9:30 p.m.
talks Li Ling Young: The senior project manager with Vermont Energy Investment Corporation explains why switching lightbulbs to compact fluorescents isn’t enough as he looks to the future of energy efficiency. Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Warren, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545. Ongyel Sherpa: The Nepalese expedition leader explores the “Mysteries of Nepal” through images and stories of a trek through the Annapurna region, dished out alongside food and drink samples from the country. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313. Roger Dickinson: The historian details a time line of significant events at Milton’s St. Ann Church, in recognition of its 150th anniversary. Milton Historical Museum, Milton, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 893-7387, miltonhistorical@yahoo.com.
theater ‘Aspects of Love’: See WED.29, 8 p.m. ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’: See WED.29, 8 p.m. ‘Bus Stop’: See THU.30, 8 p.m. ‘One Love Cabaret’: This new vaudeville combination show — joining music, poetry, puppetry and theatrical performance — features Vermont talent to benefit the One Love AIDS/ HIV Awareness Theater in Awassa, Ethiopia. Hardwick Town House, Hardwick, 8 p.m. $5-10. Info, 472-3709. ‘Rent’: See THU.30, 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘The Magic Flute’: Opera aficionados watch an HD broadcast of the Met’s rendition of Mozart’s magical world of dancing bears, giant birds and colorful adventure. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 660-9300. m
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Mike third sat. higher ground Hey, I feel like in the movie: I want my five dollars. I was the guy who was buying boat cruise tickets all night. I never got the five dollars you owed me. I’ll see you on the cruise ship - your turn to put money in my pocket if I have any. You are cute. Are you single, too? When: Saturday, July 18, 2009. Where: third Sat. Higher Ground. You: Man. Me: Man. #906128
7/9 baconless mullett laden dirtybird You were having lunch on the man at the Uncommon Market, when they nearly deprived you of the B, leaving you with just L & T. I think you are so very cute & I’m taken with that nasal twang to your voice. Wanna sleep in the back of my truck sometime? When: Thursday, July 9, 2009. Where: Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Woman. #906135 stunning mom You were grabbing dinner w/ 3 kids at Ali Baba before the amazing Oratorio show. I was doing the same w/ my son. Didn’t feel right to introduce myself w/ all the youngsters watching, but we did have a nice hello. Coffee sometime? When: Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Where: Ali Baba’s/Flynn. You: Woman. Me: Man. #906134
i Spy... HOT LOCAL JOBS I picked up Seven Days to see what was going on this weekend. I usually check out Section B and look at the calendar and club dates. Sometimes I read the Personals and I Spys — but only for entertainment, really. I’m totally in a relationship already! I flipped further and found some really hot jobs. They looked like they were interested in me, but I wasn’t sure until I went online the next day. I found one hot prospect that was just posted that day and wasn’t even in the paper. Even though I’m spoken for, I couldn’t resist. It was a perfect match — what the hell! I emailed my stats and I’m waiting to hear back. In the meantime, I’m following @SevenDaysJobs on Twitter and subscribing to the RSS feed so I won’t miss out on any other opportunities. I wish I knew about all this before and I wouldn’t be stuck in my current situation. I know some friends who are looking, so I emailed them some of the new jobs I found on the Seven Days classifieds website. I’m still curious about my “match” though. Hit me back, will ya? I’d love to meet up sometime soon and tell you all about my qualifications. When: last week. Where: in Seven Days. You: Hot Job. Me: Curious and potentially available. #77777
At the Flynn July 14 Aurelia’s Oratorio: You were behind me & smiled; we managed a few glances. You: perfectly adorable petite woman. Me: 6’ guy w/ a friend, “W” row. Will you have some coffee with me please? When: Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Where: Flynn Theater. You: Woman. Me: Man. #906126 Contradance Cutie There weren’t too many of us young ones at the dance, but your bright red shirt was the center of my focus. I like the way you swing - your candy bar name made me hungry for more. Wanted to connect, but got shy. I hope I will see you again soon. Will you be at the next contra? When: Saturday, July 18, 2009. Where: Montpelier contradance. You: Man. Me: Woman. #906125 Brighter Planet Boy We are infinitely closer than you think we are. Although I’m just a good friend of a good friend, you have been the subject of my marriage fantasies since I met you at a potluck in that classy apartment we both know so well. Please stay in VT for an adventurous future. When: Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Where: Marbleworks penthouse. You: Man. Me: Woman. #906124 Sexiest Lady- Burlington Brawl It was before the last fight of the night at Burlington brawl & we smiled at each other while waiting for our bathrooms in lobby. You had black hair, tan skin, beautiful face and a very sexy & curvy body. You were wearing a black top & blue jeans. You were by far the sexiest lady in the entire place. When: Saturday, July 18, 2009. Where: Burlington Brawl. You: Woman. Me: Man. #906123 Starr Farm Beach, Saturday 6 p.m. You left too early! Dark shorts & you had a backpack. Tell me what else you were wearing so I know it’s you! Let’s connect. When: Saturday, July 18, 2009. Where: Starr Farm Beach. You: Man. Me: Man. #906121 Hottie at “The Drink” You were sitting in the corner. I couldn’t stop staring at you. You were short, brown hair, brown top, jean skirt. I was standing at the bar, striped polo shirt. We exchanged hellos, but when I turned to talk to you it was too late. You have been on my mind ever since. I want to meet you again! When: Thursday, July 16, 2009. Where: Thursday night at “The Drink”. You: Woman. Me: Man. #906120
Mec beau à Parc Oakledge Sitting at Oakledge watching the sunset w/ a friend, I couldn’t help but notice you. You were with a family - seemed like you were the fun uncle that your nephew adores. Walking to the Sun-bathing Male 7:15 p.m.(ish) car, I think you heard me talking about you & Montpelier I was too embarrassed to say hi. Wish I could 1x5-jobs-ispy.indd 1 6/23/09 12:11:16 PM Tonight I was headed down State St. & spotted get a second chance. When: Wednesday, July Belle de la minuit you sitting alone on a bench b/t Mailboxes 15, 2009. Where: Oakledge Park. You: Man. A remarkable, beautiful woman. Known to me Etc. & Capital Grounds. You had one leg rested Me: Woman. #906118 in that blue dress you wore when I first saw over the other, shorts & a green backpack. you. Eyes show a soul so deep, a passion so Your face was arched upward, resting in the What a Workout! strong. Enough to make a tear fall like a bead moment of the sunlight. Your presence struck I saw you at the gym. You were wearing an of sweat tracing down your back. Hear my me b/c you glowed of calmness and peace. orange sports top. Caught you watching me voice from afar, ma Belle, and know that I am Namaste! When: Monday, July 20, 2009. work out a few times. You’re an amazingly coming home to you. When: Thursday, July Where: State St. bench b/t Mailboxes Etc. gorgeous blonde. I wanted to talk to you, but 23, 2009. Where: in my mind’s eye. You: & Capital Grounds. You: Man. Me: Woman. didn’t want to creep you out. I can’t wait until Woman. Me: Man. #906140 #906132 our next workout! When: Friday, July 17, 2009. Where: gym. You: Woman. Me: Man. Camouflaged Cutie Oakledge #906117 You drive by on Route 7 about 10 times a day I saw you for a couple of hours at the beach, in your camo Explorer. What do you do for but was too shy to say hello. You have dark Thursday 7/16 A.M., Middlebury work in that white a-shirt? Does that cargo brown hair & a really sweet smile; you were Co-op net really cut down on drag? Would love to wearing a yellow & white dress and had an You: jeans, black top, short salt-and- pepper see if the interior is as mysterious as the orange-checkered Burton backpack. I was the hair, sun-kissed & tres attractive. Me: yellow exterior. Get at me. When: Wednesday, July redhead w/ a white T-shirt, skipping rocks. shirt, helped you reach a basket. Let’s chat. 22, 2009. Where: Route 7. You: Man. Me: Maybe you’d like to join me sometime? When: When: Thursday, July 16, 2009. Where: Man. #906138 Monday, July 20, 2009. Where: Oakledge. Midd co-op. You: Woman. Me: Man. u You: Woman. Me: Man. #906131 #906116 my sweet cupcake I saw you in the health food store the other Airport Hottie Extra Cream, please? day. You were checking out the cupcakes, You: blonde, blue uniform, luscious lips, I ordered a frappuccino. You asked me if I and I was checking out you. We shared one helpful & sexy. Me: confused, taken by you & wanted extra cream w/ a kinky stare & hot steamy glance as you were leaving. You were late for my flight. I’d love for you to take my little grin. I fell for your hot, smoldering, biting into your favorite baked good, but I liquids just once more. When: Saturday, July beautiful blue eyes & I’ve always been a fan of knew what you really wanted. Call me if you 18, 2009. Where: airport. You: Woman. Me: bald men. We should hook up sometime, you want something better to bite into, babe. Man. #906130 know, for my extra cream. ;) When: Thursday, When: Monday, July 20, 2009. Where: Essex July 16, 2009. Where: Starbucks, Williston Outlets. You: Woman. Me: Man. #906137 Hey Rd., S. Burlington. You: Man. Me: Man. Leggy brunette in the super short black & #906115 Orange Jacket Green Boots white dress. It was Saturday night at the 3 Thanks for the smile! When: Tuesday, July Needs, but after seeing you I could only think French fry gobbling tsunami 21, 2009. Where: City Market. You: Woman. of one of those needs. I like the way your eyes kayaker Me: Man. #906136 lit up when you saw me. I need to see you Wanna head out to the bikepath sometime again. Maybe if you’re nice to me, we can go again for a late night dog walk? Or perhaps skinny dipping. When: Saturday, July 18, the cemetery next time? By the way, she’s 2009. Where: 3 Needs. You: Woman. Me: happy w/ you. When: Wednesday, July 15, Man. #906129 2009. Where: Singing on my phone. You: Man. Me: Woman. #906114
Dear Mistress Maeve, I have the most annoying problem. If I have “too much” sex, I get a whopping yeast infection. Last weekend, my boyfriend and I had sex on Friday and again on Saturday, and I ended up with a yeast infection. Now I have to go through a week’s worth of inserting creambased medication into my itchy and uncomfortable vagina. It’s a bummer for my boyfriend and me; it pretty much kills our sex life. How do I prevent this from happening? Is there anything I can do to speed up the recovery process? I’ve heard women say that a clove of garlic in the vagina clears up the infection. Does that really work? Signed, Too Much of a Good Thing Dear T.M.O.A.G.T., Yeast infections occur when the good bacteria in your vagina are knocked out of balance for any number of reasons, which could include taking bacteriakilling antibiotics and wearing tight spandex pants. Unfortunately, having “too much” sex can also upset your vagina’s delicate balance. Talk to your physician about your persistent issues to be sure you’re really dealing with yeast and not another form of infection. Your doctor may be able to prescribe you a one-dose medication in pill form to get you away from those messy creams. Also, he or she may suggest some helpful tips for keeping yeast at bay — such as taking an acidophilus supplement, wearing cotton panties or eating yogurt. As for the garlic, it’s an old wives’ tale that some women swear by for clearing up yeast. However, we’re trying to make a healthy vagina here, not a lasagna, so talk to your doctor. And remember, it is possible for you and your partner to pass yeast back and forth, so lay off the sex until you’ve completed treatment. Or, if you just can’t keep your hands off each other, at least use condoms and dental dams.
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A&B Cute Clerk Your smile reaches all the way to your eyes to complement your blond hair. You work the afternoons & perk me up at the end of an exhausting day. Smoking is terrible, but it gives my white shirt & dark glasses an excuse to smile back. Thanks. When: Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Where: A&B. You: Woman. Me: Man. #906110 Jeep guy Cute guy w/ short dark hair, wearing a red shirt & black tie, driving a black Jeep Grand Cherokee on Shelburne Rd. When: Monday, July 13, 2009. Where: Driving on Shelburne Rd. You: Man. Me: Woman. #906108 Hannafords Hang Out You were circling ads in the newspaper when I saw you. We exchanged smiles & had a light conversation. I would really like to see you again. Meet me for coffee & something sweet downtown? When: Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Where: Hannafords. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #906107
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acting Acting I: Sep. 10 - Dec. 17, 11:45-2:45 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Location: CCV, Burlington. An introduction to the craft of acting. Includes work in improvisation, monologues and dramatic scenes. Three-credit class. Instructor, Ronni Lopez. Register now through August 28 at www.ccv.edu or by appointment, 802-865-4422.
burlington city arts Photo: Lith Printing: Jul. 30 - Aug. 13, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $125/$112.50 BCA members (includes all paper and chemicals). Location: Firehouse Center’s Community Darkroom, Burlington. In this mixed- level class for advanced beginners and intermediate potters, students will learn individualized tips and challenges for advancement on the wheel. Demonstrations and instruction will cover advanced throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. Individual projects will be encouraged. Students must be proficient in centering and throwing cylinders. Prerequisite: Basic wheel experience. Limit: 12. Summer Camp: Clay Creatures!: Aug. 10-14, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Cost: $165/$148.50 BCA members. Location: Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Lions and tigers and bears... oh my! Do you love animals? Through carving and sculpting, campers will learn how to transform a block of clay into beautiful animal sculptures. Create leopards, elephants, cats, dogs and more! A bonus day on the wheel is included. Ages 6-8. Summer Camp: Kinetic Design: Aug. 10-14, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $180/ BCA/ECHO flat partner rate. Location: Firehouse Center and ECHO, Burlington. Learn the ins and outs of design and creative problem solving, working with a variety of 2-D and 3-D materials to create whimsical artwork related to wind, energy and flight. On Tuesday and Thursday morning, campers will walk down to ECHO to explore the exhibit Wind: Power and Play. Ages 9-11.
Summer Camp: Lift Off!: Aug. 10-14, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Cost: $180/BCA/ECHO flat partner rate. Location: Firehouse Center and ECHO, Burlington. 3-2-1 lift off! Work with a variety of fun 2-D and 3-D materials to create whimsical and imaginative artwork related to wind, energy and flight. On Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, campers will walk down to the ECHO Center to explore the exhibit Wind: Power and Play. Ages 6-8.
Call 802-865-7166 for info or register online at BurlingtonCityArts.com. Teacher bios are also available online.
business Start Up: August 27 - December 13, 2009, Thursdays and every other Sunday. Cost: $1,795/ grants and scholarships available. Location: Mercy Connections, 346 Shelburne Rd., Burlington. Info: Women’s Small Business Program of Mercy Connections, Lorna Lyons, 802-846-7338, www.wsbp. org. Start Up is a semester-long course that guides prospective and existing business owners through the necessary steps to write a completed business plan, while testing the financial and market feasibility of their businesses. The Start Up curriculum includes Financials, Marketing and Business Management.
THE CREATIVE PATH PLAYSHOP: A one-day retreat Thoreau style, August 2, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cost: $50/incl. gourmet lunch. Location: For directions and info call Sara, 802-888-3802. At a cabin on a pond in the woods learn to quiet your inner critic, awaken the creative genius within you and live more fully through your passion. Led by Sara Waskuch, designer and teacher.
dance Ballroom Dance Classes: Location: The Champlain Club, Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 802-598-6757, www.FirstStepDance.com. Beginning classes repeat each month, and intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and dance! Dance Studio Salsalina: Cost: $13/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802-598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style. One-on-one, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walkins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout! Introduction to Tap Dance: Sep. 14 - Dec. 14, 6:15-9:15 p.m., Weekly on Monday. Location: CCV, Burlington. An introduction to tap dance techniques, aesthetics and theory. Three-credit class. Instructor, Karen Amirault. Register now through August 28 at www.ccv.edu or by appointment, 802-865-4422.
equipment & jigs, & how to do the work of two by yourself. Root Cellar Design/Build: Designing elements of passive cooling & humidity control toward root cellar construction. (Inquire dates.)
drumming Burlington Taiko Classes: Location: Taiko Space (across from Outer Space Deli), 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Taiko, 802-999-4255, classes@ burlingtontaiko.org, www.burlingtontaiko.com. Beginning classes Tuesdays - Kids, 4:30-5:20 p.m., $47/6 weeks. Adults 5:30-6:20 p.m., $53/6 weeks. Session begins 10/28. Advanced Beginner/Ensemble class meets weekly on Mondays at 5:30-6:50 p.m., $48/6 weeks, beginning 10/27. Gift certificates are available! For a full schedule of classes or more info, go online or email.
fitness SHARKBITE. Join If You Dare!: Cost: $99/5 weeks, 10 classes, 5:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Location: SharkBite Fitness Boot Camps, Morse Drive & Healthy Living Green, Essex Junction & S. Burlington. Info: Scott Bevins, 802233-3391, info@sharkbitevt.com, www.sharkbitevt.com. $99 fitness bootcamp if you enlist by July 31! Enter the most innovative and challenging bootcamp in the area. Do you have the guts to finally get in shape? SharkBite will catapult you to new levels whether you’re new to exercise or a fitness freak. See web for promos & details.
glass Tiffany Stained Glass Workshop: Aug. 8, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-9853648, www.shelburneartcenter. org. Learn the art and craft of Tiffany-style stained glass and create a completed stained glass panel. A guided tour of the Shelburne Museum’s exhibit “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Nature By Design” will start the day. The hands-on workshop will take place at Shelburne Art Center. Members $120, nonmembers $135, materials $15.
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Ceramics at CCV: Classes start the week of Sept. 8. Location: CCV, Burlington. Classes in Ceramics I and II and Foundations of Sculpture, taught by well-known Vermont potters. Learn hand-building, throwing on the wheel and clay sculpture in CCV’s large and wellequipped clay studio in downtown Burlington. Register now through August 28 at www.ccv.edu or by appointment, 802-865-4422.
Upcoming at Yestermorrow: Fall Classes. Location: Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 189 Route 100, Warren. Info: Yestermorrow Design/Build School, 802-496-5545, www.yestermorUntitled-30 row.org. Home Design: For those interested in new home construction, remodeling/renovation or new career. Tricks of the Trade: Improvised calculations, tools,
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herbs Wisdom of the Herbs School: Wild Edible Intensive 2009: Enhancing Local Food Security. Taught by Annie McCleary and George Lisi. Sundays from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Summer Term: August 9, September 20 and October 4, 2009. Tuition $300. $50 nonrefundable deposit each term. VSAC non-degree grants available. Primitive Skills: Shelter Water Fire Food (new program!) taught by Nicholas Neddo of Roots School. Sept. 5-6 and 19-20, 2009. Tuition $400. Nonrefundable deposit $50. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, Director, 802-456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool. com, www.WisdomOfTheHerbsSchool.com. Unique experiential programs embracing the wild plants, holistic health, and sustainable living skills, valuable tools for living on the Earth in these changing times. Learn through herb walks and nature adventures, communion with Nature, hands-on wild harvesting and preparation of wild edibles and herbal home remedies, with intention and gratitude.
holistic health Frequencies of Freedom: Aug. 16, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cost: $40/$100 sliding scale. Location: Coaching Center of Vermont, Inc., 1 Main St., Champlain Mill, Winooski. Info: Lea Belair, 802-879-3454. Jana Shiloh is a talented homeopath and energy healer visiting us from Sedona, AZ. Create your own Emotional Essences using the amazing properties of “structured water.” Short meditations are involved, 1530 minutes. Be part of this groundbreaking research! Space is limited, call to preregister.
jewelry Jewelry classes: Cost: $140/ mo. Location: alchemie, 2 Howard St., A1, Burlington. Info: jane frank jewellerydesign, Jane Frank, 802-999-3242, info@janefrank. de, www.janefrank.de. Learn how to make your own jewelry with a German trained goldsmith in a fully equipped studio in town. You will learn basic techniques but also be able to specialize for certain projects you choose. Capacity: 5 students. Monday mornings: 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Monday nights: 6-8:30 p.m., beginning Aug. 10, 4 weeks. Tuesday mornings: 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Tuesday nights, 6-8:30 p.m., beginning Aug. 11, 4 weeks.
bezels and stonesetting: Aug. 15-16, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Cost: $260/weekend, excluding materials. Location: Alchemie, 2 Howard St., A1, Burlington. Info: jane frank jewellerydesign, Jane Frank, 802-999-3242, www.janefrank.de. Learn how to make bezels for round and oval cabochons and facetted 2:26:39 PM stones and integrate them in either a ring, earrings or pendant. After learning how to set those, you will be able to go home with a finished piece of jewelry.
kitesurfing/ windsurfing Kitesurf & Windsurfing Classes: Location: Lake Champlain: Charlie’s Boathouse, North end of North Ave., Burlington. Info: Stormboarding, Rachael Miller, 802-578-6120, rachael@ stormboarding.com. Learn one of two great water sports. Get windsurfing in 1 hour (thanks to modern equipment). Kitesurfing begins with a ground school lesson (2 hours) followed by your first water lesson (3 hours). See detailed info on www.stormboarding.com. Beginning and advanced, individual and group lessons available 7 days/ week. $60-$150.
language Spanish for Adults & Children: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 802-659-4181, spanishparavos@gmail.com, www.spanishwaterburycenter.com. Learn from a native speaker in small classes, offered year round. Classes for adults at multiple levels as well as special classes tailored for seniors and travelers. Private group or individual instruction and tutoring are also available. Yes, we do lessons for children; they love it! See web or contact us.
maritime Shipwreck Exploration: Cost: $18/person for a 1-hour tour. Location: Perkins Pier, Slip #34 at the Boathouse - in front of ECHO, next to Friendship, Burlington. Info: Shipwrecktour.com, Rachael Miller, 802-578-6120, rachael@stormboarding.com, www. shipwrecktour.com. See incredibly well-preserved wrecks from the 1800s without getting wet. We use an ROV camera - everything it sees, we see on screens on board. This is a unique and exciting outing great for families. We combine technology and history with a great boat trip on Lake Champlain. All ages.
martial arts AIKIDO: Adult classes meet 7 days a week. Children’s classes resume on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 4 p.m. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802-951-8900, aikidovt.org. This non-competitive Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements and pinning and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome! Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 5th Dan - Vermont’s only fully certified (shidoin) Aikido teacher.
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8sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Show and tell. View and post up to 6 photos per ad online. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Road, Williston. Info: 802-6604072, www.bjjusa.com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial-arts system; it enhances balance, flexibility, strength, cardiorespiratory fitness and builds personal courage and self-confidence. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense classes, Boxing, Muay-Thai Kickboxing and MMA for all levels. Head instructor is five-time Brazilian Champion Rio de Janeiro, certified 6th Degree Black Belt under Carlson Gracie. Classes for men, women and children. First class is free. Vermont Aikido: Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-862-9785, vermontaikido.org. Practice the graceful martial art of Aikido in a safe, supportive environment. Aikido training teaches body and spirit together, promoting physical flexibility and flowing movement, martial awareness with compassionate connection, respect for others and confidence in oneself. Visitors are always welcome in the dojo! Class hours are at our homepage. Vermont Ninjutsu: Tuesday 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday 6:308:30 p.m., Sunday 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: $15/class (see per-month options on website). Location: Elements of Healing, Essex Shoppes & Cinema, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Junction. Info: Vermont Ninjutsu, 802-399-8875, vtninjutsu@ gmail.com, www.vtninjutsu.com. Ninjutsu emphasizes use of natural movements to diffuse physical/ mental conflicts bringing harmony to the mind and body. It encompasses but is not limited to locking of the joints, throws, striking, ukemi (rolls, break falls), weapons training (bo, sword, shuriken), mental readiness and awareness (meditation, conflict avoidance).
massage Asian Bodywork Therapy Program: Cost: $5,000/500-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-2888160, scott@elementsofhealing. net, www.elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of Oriental massage, Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element Theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology will be taught. Geriartic Massage Level 1: Aug. 7-9, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cost: $340/Friday evening & all weekend. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts, 802-658-7715, touchstonehealingarts.com. By helping participants to gain insight into meaningful work with the elderly, the therapist who likes to work with seniors is put on the path to a massage career that is emotionally satisfying without being physically draining. Come and earn 17 CE hours from national expert Sharon Puszko. Intro to Massage School: Aug. 1, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ applied towards cost of tuition. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts-Massage and Bodywork Education, 802658-7715, touchvt@gmail.com, touchstonehealingarts.com. We are still enrolling for our fall class. If you have been considering a career in massage therapy, this intro is a great way to discover if this is for you. We will cover all aspects of our training and even get the tables out and your hands oily!
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LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 802-658-6795, www.burlingtonshambhalactr.org. Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.
Digital Photography Unleashed: Sep. 5-13. Cost: $35/5hour class. Location: Plainfield Fire Station, 169 Main St., Plainfield. Info: Wings Photography, Bryan Pfeiffer, 802-454-4640, bryan@wingsphotography.com, www.wingsphotography.com. Unlock the potential and creativity in you and your digital SLR or pointand-shoot camera. You’ll learn the inner meaning of those buttons and menus. And we’ll cover composition, exposure, field technique, digital editing and more. Three workshops (take any or all): Your Camera Revealed, September 5; Basic Image Processing, September 13; PhotoShop and Elements, September 13. Bryan Pfeiffer of Wings Photography is a nature guide and published wildlife and landscape photographer.
WEEKLY MEDITATION RETREAT: Wed. nights at 6:30-9:30 p.m. Cost: $15/class. Location: King Street Holistic Center, 35 King St., Burlington. Info: Barry Weiss, 802-343-7265. Meditation is the most effective stress-reduction technique in the world today. And a retreat is the most essential next step in your spiritual progress. You’ve got to get away from it all and practice the art of sitting still - and watch the ripples unfold into your daily life.
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music Burlington Community Choir: Sep. 9 - Dec. 2, 7-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $55/semester dues. Location: CCV, Burlington. Explore a variety of music including spirituals, traditional and contemporary folk songs, classical and world music. No auditions required; beginners and “shower singers” welcome! Non-credit workshop. Directed by Amity Baker. Register now through August 28 at www.ccv.edu or by appointment, 802-865-4422. Fundamentals of Singing: Sep. 8 - Dec. 15, 11:45-2:45 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Location: CCV, Burlington. An introduction to vocal technique, ensemble singing and musicianship for the beginning singer. Instructor, Amity Baker. Register now through August 28 at www.ccv.edu or by appointment, 802-865-4422. Music Classes at CCV!: Classes start the week of Sept. 7. Location: CCV, Burlington. Classes include: Piano I, Guitar I, Introduction to Technology in Music and Introduction to Rock & Roll. Music classes cover a variety of musical styles including jazz, rock, pop, traditional and world music. Register now through August 28 at www. ccv.edu or by appointment, 802865-4422.
paddling Paddlesurfing: Cost: $30/ private/semiprivate and $20/ student for groups. Location: Lessons launch from Oakledge Park unless otherwised scheduled, Burlington. Info: Jason, 802-881-4905, jason@paddlesurfchamplain.com, www.paddlesurfchamplain.com. Stand up and learn everything you need to know about stand up paddlesurfing in one comprehensive hour-long lesson from Paddlesurf Champlain. Lessons cover the unique features of a stand up paddleboard, safety and weather considerations on the lake, basic and advanced paddle strokes, and balance and boardhandling skills.
ALL Wellness, LLC: Many package/pricing options to suit your budget. Please call for pricing details. Location: 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802-863-9900, www.pilatesspace.net. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by integrating Pilates, Physical Therapy, Yoga and Health Counseling services. Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. First mat class is free! Also, please join us for a free introduction to the reformer, the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 - just call to sign up. Natural Bodies Pilates: Discover the difference that true core strength makes for you in your life. See our full schedule of classes online, and call for special rates on packages and class cards. Call for a free half-hour consultation to come in, see the studio, and find out how to get started. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Rte. 127, 5 minutes from Burlington’s waterfront), Colchester. Info: 802-863-3369, Lucille@NaturalBodiesPilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com. Develop advanced body-mind awareness along with your articulate, strong and flexible body in a relaxed studio environment. Challenge your ability for coordination, flowing movement, and balance in small classes and private sessions. Join Pilates Mat and Reformer, Integrative Movement, Elements of Ballet classes, or try our 90-Minute Combination Studio class.
reiki Reiki II: Aug. 8-9, 1-5 p.m. Cost: $150/8. Location: HeartSong Reiki, Stockbridge. Info: HeartSong Reiki, Kelly McDermott-Burns, 802746-8834, kelly@heartsongreiki. com, www.heartsongreiki.com. This class introduces the first three Reiki symbols. We will use mantras, jumon, precepts and Japanese meditation techniques to explore their individual energies. Students will learn distant Reiki, mental/ emotional work and client protocol. Three Reiki II attunements. A manual and certificate of completion are included. Reiki I: 7/31-8/1; Animal Reiki I: 8/10. Reiki Level 1: Cost: $175/Aug. 1, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Location: Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., #7, Burlington. Info: Chris Hanna, chris@risingsunhealing. com, www.risingsunhealing.com. On Saturday, Aug. 1, learn this
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Monotype: Hand-Pulled Prints: Aug. 8, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, www.shelburneartcenter.org. A monotype is a type of printmaking done by drawing or painting on a surface and then transferring the image onto a paper by pressing the two together. In this introductory workshop, students will learn various techniques using black, white and color inks. Members $90, nonmembers $100, materials $20.
2000 VW Passat Sedan Original owner, excellent condition, 31 mpg, CD, air, heated seats, side airbags, 5-spd. manual, 99.5K, new brakes, extra wheels, inspected. $4495. Info: 802-363-2219. 2002 Saab 9-5 Aero Sedan All the best! right down to the auto. Dimming rearview mirror! I purchased another car, this one has to go. Below blue book! $5500. Info: 802-238-5778.
2002 Saturn SL1 35+ mpg highCommunity Sailing Center: way, power W/D, cruise control, June - October. Location: Comrust/dent-resistant body. Well muntiy Sailing Center, 1 Lake maintained, 68K. $4200. Call 658St., Burlington. Info: Community 9960. Sailing Center, 802-864-2499, 2003 Nissan Maxima SE Clean, Info@communitysailingcenter. 3.5L, 245hp, V6 auto. ltd. slip org, www.communitysailingcenw/ sport suspension & 17” alloy ter.org. Learn to sail! Classes for wheels, silver w/ black cloth, adults, youth and families, beginpower S/M & HID xenon headning and intermediate courses and lights. 92K. $8000/OBO. Info: full-day camps. Sailboat, kayak and 802-249-1261. canoe rentals. Other sailing oppor2006 Certified Fusion SE Untitled-30 1 5/11/09 2:26:39 PM tunities include Friday night 420 4-cyl. auto. 30+ mpg! Classy dune race series, adaptive water sports pearl clearcoat ext., sueded tan program, high school sailing team cloth int. Like new! Only 16K & and overnight sailing expeditions. Community Sailing Center’s mission COPPER CRANE YOGA: Yoga in 6-yr./100K powertrain warranty! is to provide public access to eduthe summer. Cost: $14/drop in, $16,495. Info: EJ Barrette and cational and recreational opportu$60/5-class card, $110/10-class Sons, Inc., 802-868-3327, www. nities through sailing, paddling and card, $200/20-class card. Loca- barretteford.com. Auto Auction 3 Saturdays ea. other lake-oriented programs. tion: Copper Crane Yoga, 179 Main St., Vergennes. Info: 802- month. Open to the public. Info: 802-878-9200, THCAuction.com. 877-3663, coppercraneyoga.com. Individual, group and custom yoga Mitsuibishi 3000GT Beautiful, classes. Copper Crane provides auto. Bright red sports car & nice wise and compassionate teaching ride! Please call after 5:30 p.m. to strengthen the body, uplift the & lv. msg. Info: Frank Naef, 802heart and calm the mind. Be your- 879-1098. self here. Copper Crane is directed Stand-Up Paddleboarding: by Carolyn Conner, RYT, Advanced Mon & Wed: 7-8 a.m.; Tues. & Certified Thai Yoga Bodywork practiThurs: noon-1; Tues.: 5-6 p.m. tioner. Thai Yoga Bodywork and Zero and Wed. 6-7 p.m. Plus on your Balancing sessions by appointment. own schedule by appointment.
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Cost: $18/person per outing. Location: Lake Champlain, Burlington based, but will visit other waterways. Info: Stormboarding, Rachael Miller, 802-578-6120, rachael@stormboarding.com, www. stormboarding.com. Stand-up paddling is easy to learn, fun, beautiful and a great full-body workout. Outings focus on core strength, balance, flexibility, having fun and enjoying the lake. Weekends feature family events, exploration outings & race series. Custom outings available - great for families or visiting friends. Burlington based but mobile.
EVOLUTION YOGA: Daily yoga classes for all levels, conveniently located in Burlington. Cost: $14/10-class cards and unlimited memberships available for discounted rates. Mon., Wed., Fri. 4:30 p.m. classes are sliding scale $5-$10. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 802-864-9642, www.evolutionvt.com. Our staff of all certified teachers are skilled with beginners as well as students wanting to refine their practice. Vinyasa, Anusara-Inspired, Kripalu, Iyengar and babies/kids classes available. Prepare for birth and strengthen post-partum with pre/post-natal yoga. Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt.com/evoblog.
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The Studio at The Field House: Daily yoga & Pilates classes for all levels. Drop-ins welcome; no membership required. Cost: $15/drop-in, $60/month (6 classes). Unlimited yoga, $70 (incl. club membership). Location: 166 Athletic Drive, Shelburne. Info: 802-985-4406, www. shelburneathleticclub.com. Vinyasa, Iyengar, Anusara, Yin, Ashtanga & Kripalu classes as well as reformer, mat & senior Pilates.
Snake Style Tai Chi Chuan: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: BAO TAK FAI TAI CHI INSTITUTE, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802-8647902, www.iptaichi.org. The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.
$1200/mo. Utils. incl. Downstairs, very roomy 2-BR in Mallets Bay area. Incl. heat, HW, trash removal, snow removal & W/D. Bayside Park, bike path nearby. Plenty of parking. Fire alarms, carbon monoxide detectors. Nice place to live & Burlington is close by. Pets neg. Info: Diane, 802363-5321. 2 & 3 BRs Brand New Heat, water/HW, trash, snow removal, garage parking, elevator, HDWD, DW, deck, extra storage. Beautiful, brand new, never lived in. Large suites. Must see. Info: Clock Tower Square, 802-951-2457, www. clocktowersquare.net. 3 BR in Essex Jct. Lg., wellmaintained apt. on 2 floors. Recent paint. NS/pets. Storage avail. Good refs. & credit history are a must. $1000/mo. incl. heat & HW. Info: Paul Lyman, 802-879-3117. Beautiful Downtown Burl. 3-BR-quiet-second-floor apt. Bright, spacious. Lg. kitchen, porches, storage, W/D. Near downtown/FAHC. New gas furnace. $1860/mo. + utils. NS/pets. Avail. Sept. 1. Info: 802-862-4584.
visual arts Visual Art Classes at CCV: Classes start Sept. 8. Location: CCV, Burlington. More than 30 classes including Introduction to Studio Art, Drawing I and II, 2-D Design, Life Drawing I and II, Digital Photography, Graphic Design, Paper Arts, Ceramics, Oil Painting, Acrylic Painting, Color Theory, Watercolor, Book Arts, Art History, Photography I and II, Foundations of Sculpture, Printmaking and Stained Glass - taught by wellknown Vermont artists. CCV offers a two-year program in Graphic Design and Visual Arts. Register now through August 28 at www.ccv.edu or by appointment, 802-865-4422.
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Cars/Trucks 1998 Subaru Legacy Wagon Car is in good condition. Just serviced & very reliable. Drives great. Comes w/ summer tires, extra set of rims & roof rack. $4400/OBO. Info: 802-598-5253. 2000 Chevy S-10 truck 4WD Extended cab. Recently inspected, all maintenance done & paid for incl. tune up, oil change, etc. Good tires. 96K. 1 owner, no accidents. Trailer hitch up. Good truck. Call Kelly or Glenn at 985-9223.
Bristol 3-BR apt. in beautiful, convenient downtown Bristol. Incl. water, sewer, off-street reserved parking, storage unit. Tenant pays heat, electric. NS/pets. $775/mo. Avail. Sept. 1. Info: 802-453-4065. Bristol Village Duplex $1100/mo. incl. heat. Avail. Aug. 1. Spacious, fenced yard, W/D, clean, homey, pets allowed on case-by-case basis. 1-yr. lease. Refs., 1st, deposit required. Info: 802-338-1660.
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BRICKYARD ESSEX TOWNHOUSE 60 Brickyard Rd. Bright end unit townhouse (#32). 2-BR, 1.5-BA, extra lg. closets, new appliances in Aug. 2007. Beautiful Pella French doors. Open floor plan. Approx. 1320 sq.ft. $179,500. Info: 802-363-6389.
3-BR, 2.5 BA on private dead end road, 2616 sq.ft. contemporary home, deck off sunroom incl. Spa-hot tub, full basement, attached garage, lots of room for entertaining! Direct lakefront, boat ramp, docks. $575,000. 802-372-4131.
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BURLINGTON CONDO LAKEFRONT Maintenance free living on Lake Champlain. 2-BR, 2.5-BA, 1400 sq.ft. Garage. Great views. Near bike path w/ beach access. Fireplace, deck, tennis, pool. Amazing sunsets year round. $287,900. 802-734-6770.
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9:49:40 AM “The Ledges”, 3-4 bedroom7/16/09 homeFSBO-JAdams071509.indd with open floor plan (2818 sq.ft.) in a great family neighborhood. Tucked away, yet convenient to anywhere in Chittenden County. $379,500. For more information please contact Ken at 802-891-6565.
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7/8/09& FSBO-JBenjamin070809.indd 5:00:53 PM Lowest priced South Cove home owner financing! Not a cookie cutter home – wonderful contemporary with flexible floor plan. 4-5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, association beach, many updates, mooring, near bike path & shopping. Owner/Broker. $549,900. 802-355-7453.
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Opportunity knocks to buy7/6/09 this 10:32:24 AM move in ready 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 car garage home. ½ acre lot, HW floors, gas FP, new appliances, new carpet/ flooring, family room & more. Close to bike path, shopping & elementary. Owner/Broker. $224,900. 802-3557453.
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7/14/09 FSBO-KPepperBurlington-072909.indd 10:43:39 AM Walking distance to Church St., UVM, and Fletcher Allen. A charming 2-BR, 1-BA condo in an 1860s mansion with views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. A must see! $255,000. Call Karl at 608-628-0718.
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7/27/09FSBO-KPepper1-072909.indd 6:05:39 PM 1100 sqft. 3-level duplex with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath located in New North End neighborhood. Not a condo development. New improvements include appliances, roof, windows and siding. See http://sites.google.com/ site/764northavenueburlington/ for more! $185,000. 802-864-9767.
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7/20/09 FSBO-MPogat072909.indd 4:34:07 PM 3-BR, 1-BA, 1700 sq.ft. home on 2+ wooded acres in Huntington. Open floor plan, exposed beams, floor-toceiling windows throughout house. 35 minutes to Burlington. $239,000. 802-434-2820, natanyalara@gmail.com
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Located in Milton’s historic7/27/09 district,6:03:03 PM unique and cheerful house with rhubarb and raspberry gardens, large yard, walking distance to schools and shopping, 0.38 acres. $200,000. Info: 802-310-2016.
ADIRONDACK LAKEFRONT COTTAGE
1:56:58 PM Investor or owner occupied7/23/09 will FSBO-MWells072909.indd find this a great opportunity. Side by side duplex; walk to village, easy access to I-89, 3-BR each unit, yard space, parking, lg. barn for storage or workspace. Excellent rental history. $270,000. 802-999-2025 or quepasa.t@gmail.com for more photos & info.
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7/23/09 1:58:32 PM Beautiful old Adirondack lakefront cottage on Willsboro Pt. 5-BR, great room, stone fireplace, sleeping porch, deck, dock, nice beach, mooring, half acre with gardens and outbuilding. 1 hr. from Burlington. Unique place & setting. $419,000. Info: 518-963-4568 or tcwick56@comcast.net.
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BURLINGTON Lg.1 sunny 2-BR, 185 FSBO-UJones072209.indd N. Willard St. NS/pets. Parking. $1250/mo. + utils. Info: 802-6580621. BURLINGTON Avail. June 1. Bright & spacious upscale 5-BR apt. in Hill Section. Natural woodwork, 2.5-BA, high-end kitchen, quiet safe location, parking, heat, W/D. Please NS/pets. Refs. req. $3500/ mo. Info: 802-658-8056, studio404@comcast.net. BURLINGTON Avail. now, 515 S. Union St., 4-BR lg. house, HDWD floors, fireplace, DR, 2-car garage, basement, full BA, 2 porches, W/D. $2400/mo. Avail. 9/1. 1-4 BR apts. & house. $840-$2400/ mo. No dogs. Info: 802-862-7467. BURLINGTON COLCHESTER AVE. 3-BR. Parking, W/D. No dogs. Avail now. $1185/mo. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 x1030. www.nevilleco.com.
7/7/09 FSBO-TBass072909.indd AM 1 RoomWell-maintained duplex for sale 10:29:39BURLINGTON/WINOOSKI mates wanted to share lg. furin Burlington’s Old North End. nished house. All utils. incl.! Excellent investment or owner2.5-BA, W/D, parking, on bus line. occupied property. It could also be No pets. Rent individually or w/ reconverted into a single-family friends. Year lease or summer subhome. Visit http://sites.google.com/ lets avail. $650/mo. per person + dep. Info: 802-863-9612. site/elmwoodduplex/ for more info. $289,000. Info: 802-651-5310. BY THE WEEK Boarding house,
semi-furnished rooms, utilities/ cable TV/Wi-Fi included, lg. yard, central Winooski location, bus stop, free parking. $147/wk., $100 dep. Call Shawn 802-288-6279 for rental application.
BURLINGTON GREAT 2-BR 7/20/09APT. 12:00:01 PM CAMBRIDGE Sm. unique, 2-BR Downstairs, HDWD floors, W/D, house, secluded, greenhouse, 3-season porch, private back pond, gas heat, plowing, electric yard, parking, walk to FAHC, UVM, incl. $750/mo. 1st, last, security. downtown. NS/pets. Avail. Sept. Info: 802-644-5358. 1. $1000/mo. + utils. Info: 802863-6473.
BURLINGTON, COLCHESTER AVE 2-BR apts. Avail. 8/1. 1 apt. avail. now. Clean, convenient to UVM/ hospital. Heat, HW, trash, offstreet parking incl. On bus line. NS/pets. Dep. yr. lease. $1000$1150/mo. 1-BR apt., $800/mo. Info: 802-985-4196. BURLINGTON, N. WILLARD ST. 1-BR, close to downtown. Avail. now. $800/mo. incl. heat & HW. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-6603481 x1030. BURLINGTON, NORTH AVE. Avail. Aug. 2-BR, parking, hookups, no dogs. $875/mo. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 x1030.
CAMBRIDGE VILLAGE 2 BR Nice, over Post Office. Walk to stores. Ski at Smuggs. 30-40 minutes to Essex or Burlington. No pets. Gas heat. $695/mo.+. Info: 802-8638200. COLCHESTER 3-BR HOME Ranch, 2 BAs, 2 car, gas fireplace, HDWD floors, lg. fenced lot, new appliances, gas heat, pet considered, NS. $1795/mo. 802-355-7453. Info: Katharine Pepper, 802-3639973. COTTAGE $700/MO + UTIL. Hike, ski from your own small, pvt. newly renovated cottage, located 7 mi. north of Underhill, 35 min. from Burlington. $700/mo + utils. Pet friendly. Avail. Aug. 1. Info: Michael Thomas, 802-899-2221.
7/27/091-BR, FSBO-TWick072909.indd 5:59:39 PM 1 DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON HINESBURG APT. FOR RENT 4 BR, renovated, fresh paint, living 1 BA, close to town. W/D hookups, space. Avail. now or Aug. 1. $825/ 3-season porch, lg. yard. $1300/ mo. Also, 1-BR, $785/mo. Both mo. + heat, HW, electric. Rent incl. heat/HW & parking for 1 car. incl. water, sewer, trash. Refs., 802-425-2678, 802-338-2335. sec. dep., income verification. Avail. Aug. 1. Info: Mary Muroski, ESSEX JCT. 1-BR, full BA, kitchen 802-482-4659. range & refrigerator, porch, park-
7/27/09 6:06:49 PRIVATE COUNTRY STUDIO APT PM Situated on 10 acres w/ pond, winter sunsets. $750/mo., incl. electricity, you pay propane heat. Avail. Sept. 1, 1-yr. lease. NS/ pets. Info: 802-482-2041, rosenblum_vt@yahoo.com.
ESSEX JCT. 2 BEDROOM CONDO W/ basement in a quiet family neighborhood. 1.5-BA, DW, gas heat & water, W/D hookups on 1st fl r. Near bus & IBM. This unit has been completely upgraded in the past 5 yrs. & very energy efficient. NS/pets. Must have good credit & refs. Lease req. Info: Armand Fournier, 802-865-2010.
RICHMOND VILLAGE Sm. 2-BR, unfurnished. NS/pets. Lease. Parking. Credit/ref. check. Please lv. msg. Info: 802-434-3238.
ing for 1 car, coin-op W/D. No pets. $700/mo. incl. utils. Lease & dep. req. Info: 802-878-2825.
ESSEX JCT. APT. FOR RENT 1 BR, 2 floors, deck, off-street parking. Avail. $725/mo. + utils. NS/pets. Lease, deposit, references. 802863-3011. FURNISHED TOWNHOUSE IN SB Quiet neighborhood w/ yearround walking paths, min. to UVM, I-89 interstate, Burlington International Airport. Lg. private backyard w/ views, master BR suite w/ elegant spa. $2500/mo. Info: 802-862-3126.
LAKESIDE APT. 2nd floor, 2-BR. Rent incl. heat. Off-street parking, quiet area, 1-yr. lease, 1 mo. dep. Pets neg. Avail. Aug. 1. Info: Harry Clark, 802-233-4200. LG. 2-ROOM EFFECIENCY Burlington, minutes away from Church Street Marketplace. Private entrance. Lease/sec. dep. required. No pets or off-street parking. $750/mo. + utils. 802-862-1463. LG. HOUSE 4-BR 5-BA 4 lg. rooms for sleeping, living space w/ full BAs. W/D hookup. Newly remodeled. Come take a look. Close to Red Rocks & bike path. More info. & pictures at www.7dspot.com. Info: 802-872-7555. N. FERRISBURGH Sunny, spacious 1-BR, HDWD floors. $575/mo. + utils. Info: Mark, 802-343-4820. N. FERRISBURGH Newly remodeled 2-BR apt. in lg. farmhouse. Spacious sunny rooms w/ HDWD. New efficient kerosene monitor heaters. $900/mo. + utils. Info: Mark, 802-343-4820. PANTON Private 2-BR, 2-BA 38 acres country estate. Great room, formal dining room, 3 porches, pond, hiking, ski trails. Immediate occupancy possible. $1900/ mo. + utils. Info: 800-639-8052.
RICHMOND VILLAGE Sm. 1-BR, furnished. NS/pets. Lease. Parking. Credit/ref. check. Please lv. msg. Info: 802-434-3238.
S. BURL.: VT NATIONAL Nicklaus Circle: Brand new 2-BR, 2-BA villa w/ 1956 sq.ft. soaring ceilings, chef’s kitchen, spacious master suite w/ Jacuzzi & walk-in. NS/pets. August 1. $2250/mo. Info: Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman, Kaitlyn Dorey, 802846-9568, rentals@hickokandboardman.com, www.HickokandBoardman.com. SHELBURNE 2-BR APT. Country setting, roomy, low heating cost. $700/mo. + dep. NS. Info: 802985-0727. SHELBURNE APT. 4-5 BRs, spacious. Avail. now. $1600/mo. + utils. 2 full BAs. W/D. Please contact Michele, 802-578-1382, for more info. Info: starr@vtnaturalmed.com.
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Moving/Hauling Bookkeep/Declutter/ ORGANIZE. Accurate, reliable bookkeeping. Excellent at problem solving and organizing/packing your office/home efficiently for easy retrieval. I ease the letting go of clutter. Trustworthy. Computer smart. Punctual. References. Info: Gloria, 802-223-1495.
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Guitar School of Vermont “Not your usual music instruction.” Attention from multiple teachers, fundamentals, theory, technique, composition. Teaching Guitarist’s Growing Musicians. Info: 802-655-5800, www.guitarschoolofvermont.com. Guitar instruction All styles/ levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, UVM & Middlebury College faculty). Info: 802-8627696, www.paulasbell.com.
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Creative Space Art Studio Spaces Avail. in a new Studio Collective on Pine St. Gallery for shows, Art Hop central location, online presence, more info at www.thetestsight. com. Info: the Assemblage, Christy Mitchell, 802-578-2512, christyjmitchell@gmail.com.
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BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD Public Hearing Notice - August 18, 2009 The Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. in Contois Auditorium, City Hall to consider the following applications: 1. 09-957 AP; 709 North Avenue (RL, Ward 4) Bruce C. Huff/Vincent A. Paradis, Esq Appeal of Notice of Violation for conversion of living space to separate units without an approved zoning permit. 2. 09-946CA/CU; 53 Birchcliff Parkway (RL, Ward 5) Laurel Canyon Development LLC Application for construction and conditional use of two residential units to be attached to existing office building.
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8sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Show and tell. View and post up to 6 photos per ad online. 3. 08-137PD; 451 Ethan Allen Parkway (RL, Ward 7) T. Alles and B. Ellis/Burak Anderson & Melloni, PLC Preliminary plat review of 9-unit planned residential development with 3 detached structures and associated roadway. 4. 10-0007CA; 62 Brookes Avenue (RL, Ward 1) Michael L. Dondes Appeal of Notice of Administrative Decision to remove old fence and install new fence, fill and grade northeastern portion of property and install retaining wall. 5. 10-0080CA; 46 Chittenden Drive (RL, Ward 6) U. Regan Combined Preliminary and Final Plat Review for a two lot subdivision. 6. Joint Institution Parking Management Plan Review of the 2009-2014 Joint Institution Parking Management Plan (JIPMP) between the University of Vermont, Champlain College and Fletcher Allen Health Care. Plans may be viewed in the Planning and Zoning office, (City Hall, First Floor, 149 Church Street, Burlington), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. David White, AICP, Director of Planning and Zoning Individuals who require special arrangements to participate are encouraged to contact the Department at least 72 hours in advance. For information call 865-7188 (865-7142 TTY). Burlington Housing Authority Franklin Square Sealed bids from Construction Contractors for the Rear French Door Replacements will be received by: Burlington Housing Authority, 65 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401 until 2pm on August 6, 2009 and then at said location publicly opened and read aloud. Information for Plan & Specifications and other Contract documents can be obtained for a fee of $25.00/set nonrefundable on July 27, 2009 at Blueprints Etc., 20 Farrell Street, #101, South Burlington, VT 05403 Bid & Contract Forms, Plans & Specifications and other contract documents can be viewed at the following locations: Burlington Housing Authority, 65 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Works in Progress, 20 Farrell Street, South Burlington, VT 05403
Sponsor: Police Dept., Community Justice Ctr.; Shannon, Mulvaney-Stanak, Bushor: Ordinance Com. First reading: 06/15/09 Referred to: Ordinance Committee Second reading: 07/13/09 Action: amended; adopted Date: 07/13/09 Signed by Mayor: 07/15/09 Published: 07/29/09 Effective: 08/19/09 In the Year Two Thousand Nine An Ordinance in Relation to OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Re Disorderly Conduct Ordinance It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington, as follows: That Chapter 21, Offenses & Miscellaneous Provisions, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by adding new Sec. 21-46 thereto to read as follows: Sec. 21-46. Disorderly conduct. It shall be unlawful for a person who, with the intent to cause public inconvenience, or annoyance or recklessly creating a risk thereof: (a) Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior; or (b) Makes unreasonable noise; or (c) In a public place uses abusive or obscene language; or (d) Without lawful authority, disturbs any lawful assembly or meeting or persons; or (e) Obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic A violation of this section shall be a civil matter and enforced in accordance with the provisions of 24 V.S.A. section 1974a and section 1977 et seq. A civil penalty of not more than $500.00 may be imposed for a violation of this civil ordinance. The civil penalty may, at the discretion of the prosecuting official, be eliminated or reduced upon the successful completion of a restorative or reparative justice program through the Community Justice Program. In lieu of further process and prosecution, persons ticketed for violations of this section may pay a waiver penalty under the schedule set out below: Waiver Penalty: First Offense: The waiver penalty shall be Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Second Offense, within a six-month period: The waiver penalty shall be Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00). Third Offense or more, within a twelvemonth period: The waiver penalty shall be Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00). Each time that the violation occurs will constitute a separate violation of this ordinance. Any law enforcement officer can enforce this section. *Material underlined added.
A Bid Security of 5% of the bid amount is required at the bid opening. The successful bidder shall provide an assurance of completion in the form of: a performance & payment bond pursuant to the contract documents, as may be required by state law or, a separate performance and payment bond, each for 50 percent or more of the contract price or, a 20 percent cash escrow or, a 25 percent irrevocable letter of credit. Improper assurances of completion may be sufficient cause for rejection of the accompanying bid. The owner reserves the right to waive informalities or to reject any and all bids. Bidders may not withdraw their bids within 30 days after the date of bid opening. All bidding processes shall be in accordance with State law. To request bidding information or obtain further information contact: John MacDonald Director of Asset Management Burlington Housing Authority (802) 864-0538 ext. 224 Minority, women and locally owned businesses are strongly encouraged to apply.
Amended 07/13/09 CITY OF BURLINGTON Ordinance 15.02 Sponsor: Police Dept., Community Justice Ctr.; Shannon, Mulvaney-Stanak, Bushor: Ordinance Com. First reading: 06/15/09 Referred to: Ordinance Committee Second reading: 07/13/09 Action: amended; adopted Date: 07/13/09 Signed by Mayor: 07/15/09 Published: 07/29/09 Effective: 08/19/09 In the Year Two Thousand Nine An Ordinance in Relation to OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Re Unlawful Mischief Ordinance It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington, as follows: That Chapter 21, Offenses & Miscellaneous Provisions, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by adding new Sec. 21-47 thereto to read as follows:
CITY OF BURLINGTON Sec. 21-47. Unlawful mischief. Ordinance 15.01
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It shall be unlawful for a person who, having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he has such a right, intentionally does damage to property of any value not exceeding $250.00. A violation of this section shall be a civil matter and enforced in accordance with the provisions of 24 V.S.A. section 1974a and section 1997 et seq. A civil penalty of not more than $500.00 may be imposed for a violation of this civil ordinance. The civil penalty may, at the discretion of the prosecuting official, be eliminated or reduced upon the successful completion of a restorative or reparative justice program through the Community Justice Program. In lieu of further process and prosecution, persons ticketed for violations of this section may pay a waiver penalty under the schedule set out below: Waiver Penalty First Offense: The waiver penalty shall be Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Second Offense, within a six-month period: The waiver penalty shall be Three hundred dollars ($300.00). Third Offense or more, within a twelvemonth period: The waiver penalty shall be Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00). Each time that the violation occurs will constitute a separate violation of this ordinance. Any law enforcement officer can enforce this section.
Each time that the violation occurs will constitute a separate violation of this ordinance. Any law enforcement officer can enforce this section.
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Adopted this 8th day of July 2009 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners:
Amended 07/13/09 CITY OF BURLINGTON Ordinance 15.03 Sponsor: Police Dept., Community Justice Ctr.; Shannon, Mulvaney-Stanak, Bushor: Ordinance Com. First reading: 06/15/09 Referred to: Ordinance Committee Second reading: 07/13/09 Action: amended; adopted Date: 07/13/09 Signed by Mayor: 07/15/09 Published: 07/29/09 Effective: 08/19/09 In the Year Two Thousand Nine An Ordinance in Relation to OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Re Unlawful Trespass Ordinance It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington, as follows: That Chapter 21, Offenses & Miscellaneous Provisions, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by adding new Sec. 21-45 thereto to read as follows: Sec. 21-45. Unlawful trespass. It shall be unlawful for a person who, without legal authority or the consent of the person in lawful possession, enters or remains on any land or in any place as to which notice against trespass is given by: (a) Actual communication by the person in lawful possession or his agent or by a law enforcement officer acting on behalf of such person or his agent: or (b) Signs or placards so designed and situated as to give reasonable notice. A violation of this section shall be a civil matter and enforced in accordance with the provisions of 24 V.S.A. section 1974a and section 1977 et seq. A civil penalty of not more than $500.00 may be imposed for a violation of this civil ordinance. The civil penalty may, at the discretion of the prosecuting official, be eliminated or reduced upon the successful completion of a restorative or reparative justice program through the Community Justice Program. In lieu of further process and prosecution, persons ticketed for violations of this section may pay a waiver penalty under the schedule set out below: Waiver Penalty First Offense: The waiver penalty shall be Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). Second Offense, within a six-month period: The waiver penalty shall be Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00). Third Offense or more, within a twelvemonth period: The waiver penalty shall be Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00).
*Material underlined added. Amended 07/13/09 CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 13. No parking any time except trucks loading or unloading.
1. Preliminary plat application #SD-0931 and final plat application #SD-09-32 of Buckthorn Group for a planned unit development to subdivide a 6.93 acre parcel developed with a single family dwelling into nine (9) lots ranging in size from 0.39 acres to 1.96 acres, 1404 Hinesburg Road.
(4) Between Zone 1 and Zone 3: Up to [Nine Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($9.25)] Nine Dollars and Fifty-Six Cents ($9.56).
2. Final plat application #SD-09-33 of Steve and Jennifer Heroux to amend a previously approved four (4) lot subdivision. The amendment consists of merging lots #3 and 4 into one (1) lot of 1.72 acres, 670 Nowland Farm Road.
(6) Between Zone 3 and Zone 2N: Up to [Seven Dollars and Fifty-Five Cents ($7.55)] Seven Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($7.81) except up to [Nine Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($9.75)] Ten Dollars and Eight Cents ($10.08) for a fare transported between Zone 3 and Zone 2S.
3. Conditional use application #CU09-09 of Steve and Jennifer Heroux to install a 10 foot high fence in conjunction with a proposed tennis court, 670 Nowland Farm Road.
No person shall park a vehicle at any time on the following streets, unless the same is a truck actually engaged in loading or unloading, and for no more than 30 minutes:
John Dinklage, Chairman South Burlington Development Review Board
(1) through (6) As Written
Copies of the applications are available for public inspection at the South Burlington City Hall.
(7) On the east side of North Winooski Avenue beginning sixty (60) feet south of Riverside Avenue [fifty (50) feet from the intersection of North Winooski Avenue and Riverside Avenue] and continuing for sixty (60) feet [forty (40) feet] south.
Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director-Technical Services Adopted 7/8/2009; Published 7/29/09; Effective 8/19/09. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS Town of Underhill Development Review Board (DRB) Hearings Monday, August 17, 2009 at 6:30 PM Hearings to be Held at the Underhill Town Hall, Underhill Center, VT The DRB will hold a combined hearing on the conditional use/home occupation application of Steven and Wendy Guay to sell home-made furniture and outdoor garden structures on their property at 63 River Road (RV063), and a final hearing on the 2-lot planned residential development of property they own at 63 River Road in Underhill, Vermont. This property is located in the Water Conservation zoning district. The DRB will also hold a hearing on the Boundary Line Adjustment application for 2 adjacent parcels owned by David and Janet Ely, located at 12 and 14 Moose Run in Underhill, Vermont. These properties are located in the Scenic Preservation zoning district. This hearing will begin immediately following the preceding hearing scheduled for 6:30 PM. A copy of these applications and additional information may be obtained at the Underhill Town Hall. These hearings are open to the public. Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §§ 4464(a) (1) (C) and 4471(a), participation in these local proceedings is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. If you can not attend the hearing but would still like to exercise your right to be heard, comments may be made in writing prior to the hearing and mailed to: Zoning Administrator, P.O. Box 32 Underhill Center, VT 05490 or to underhillzoning@comcast.net.
(5) Within Zone 3: Up to [Seven Dollars and Fifty-Five Cents ($7.55)] Seven Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($7.81).
(7) Within Zone 4: Up to [Eight Dollars and Sixty Cents ($8.60)] Eight Dollars and Eighty-Nine Cents ($8.89) except up to [Eleven Dollars and Forty-Five Cents ($11.45)] Eleven Dollars and Eighty-Four Cents ($11.84) for a fare transported between Zone 4 and Zone 1 and except up to [Thirteen Dollars and Twenty Cents ($13.20)] Thirteen Dollars and Sixty Five Cents ($13.65) for a fare transported between Zone 4 and Zone 2S.
July 29, 2009 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance PROPOSED ZA-09-16 Stormwater and Erosion Control Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4442 and §4444, notice is hereby given of a public hearing by the Burlington City Council to hear comments on the following proposed amendments to the City of Burlington’s Comprehensive Development Ordinance (CDO). The public hearing will take place on Monday, August 10, 2009 beginning at 7:00pm in Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 149 Church Street in Burlington, VT. Pursuant to the requirements of 24 V.S.A. § 4444(b): (1) The purpose of the proposed amendments is to revise the City’s zoning regulations by replacing Sec. 5.5.3 Stormwater and Erosion Control of the CDO with newly adopted Stormwater and Erosion Control regulations and standards found in Chapter 26 of the City Code of Ordinance. (2) The proposed amendments in their entirety affect the City of Burlington as a whole. (3) The proposed amendments affect the following sections of the Comprehensive Development Ordinance: See references in #1 above. The full text of the Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance and the proposed amendments are available for review at the Department of Planning and Zoning, City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or on the department’s website at www. ci.burlington.vt.us/planning. PUBLIC NOTICE TAXICAB RATES Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Section 30-36 of the Burlington Code of Ordinances, the following maximum taxicab fares will be authorized for exclusive rides within the City effective August 1, 2009. (Exclusive rides are ordinary taxi rides by one (1) person from a starting point to a specific destination.)
PUBLIC HEARING SOUTH BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD
(1) Within Zone 1: Up to [Six Dollars and No Cents ($6.00)] Six Dollars and Twenty Cents ($6.20).
The South Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing in the South Burlington City Hall Conference Room, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 7:30 P.M. to consider the following:
(2) From Zone 1 to Zone 2N or 2S or Vice Versa: Up to [Seven Dollars and Ninety Cents ($7.90) Eight Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($8.17). (3) Within Zones 2N and 2S: Up to [Seven Dollars and Five Cents ($7.05)] Seven Dollars and Twenty-Nine Cents ($7.29).
(8) For each additional passenger on an exclusive ride, not including the first passenger, picked up or delivered in any of the preceding zones, a One Dollar ($1.00) charge per additional passenger may be collected. Note that under an amendment to the ordinance adopted by the City Council on August 27, 1990, there is an automatic annual increase or decrease in taxi rates equivalent to one hundred (100) per cent of the annual change in the National Intra-City Public Transportation Rates (an element in the overall Public Transportation Index) compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the 12-month period ending May 31 of each year. For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2009, the relevant change was equal to an increase of 3.4%; this increase is reflected in the changes to taxi rates in sections (1) through (7) above. * Material in brackets deleted Material underlined added Benjamin W. Pacy Assistant CAO STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0660-08 CnC Chase Home Finance, LLC, Plaintiff v. Robert W. Desilets, Jr. And Occupants residing at 56 Forest Street a/k/a 56 Forrest Street, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by CTX Mortgage Company, LLC to Robert W. Desilets, Jr. dated August 1, 2007 and recorded in Volume 1008, Page 174 of the Land Records of the Town of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 2:30 P.M. on August 5, 2009, at 56 Forest Street a/k/a 56 Forrest Street, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Robert W. Desilets, Jr. and Elizabeth D. Desilets, husband and wife, by Warranty Deed of Kathleen F. Devoid, Kenneth A. Devoid, Jr. and Sandra Beliveau Devoid dated August 2, 2007 and to be recorded in the City of Burlington Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Burlington.
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deflecting to the left, forming an interior angle of 90 , and proceeding in a northerly direction in and along the westerly sideline of said Tanglewood Drive a distance of 55 feet to the point or place of beginning. ton, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. Chase Home Finance, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403
« legals The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. Chase Home Finance, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1057-07 CnC Chase Home Finance, LLC, Plaintiff v. Audrey J. Bryant, Esq., Successor Trustee of the Kenneth R. Cutroneo, I Revocable Living Trust dated 8/16/2005, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. And Occupants residing at 81 Cumberland Road, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Chase Home Finance, LLC to Audrey J. Bryant, Esq., Successor Trustee of the Kenneth R. Cutroneo, I Revocable Living Trust dated 8/16/2005 dated October 5, 2005 and recorded in Volume 939, Page 118 of the Land Records of the Town of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 3:00 P.M. on August 5, 2009, at 81 Cumberland Road, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Kenneth R. Cutroneo, I, Trustee of the Kenneth R. Cutroneo, I, Revocable Living Trust Declaration by Quit Claim Deed of Kenneth R. Cutroneo, I dated August 15, 2005 and recorded in Volume 929, Page 313 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington. Also being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Kenneth R. Cutroneo, I by Warranty Deed of William R. Black and Karen L. Black dated June 5, 1997 and recorded in Volume 567, Page 95 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Burlington. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burling-
STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0850-08 CnC VERMONT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Cross-Claim Plaintiff v. JOHN E. GIBEAULT and BEEB E. GIBEAULT, and any other Occupants of 481 Colchester Point Road, Colchester, Vermont, Cross-Claim Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure and Order of Public Sale, dated February 9, 2009, and by virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by John E. Gibeault and Beeb E. Gibeault to Vermont Federal Credit Union, dated October 31, 2005, and recorded in Volume 547 at Pages 447-451 of the Town of Colchester Land Records, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 pm on the 24th day of August, 2009, at the property located at 481 Colchester Point Road, Colchester, Vermont, all and the singular the premises described more particularly in the said mortgage, subject to any unpaid taxes, municipal assessments, or superior liens thereon, if any, to wit: Being all the lands and premises conveyed to John E. Gibeault and Beeb E. Gibeault by Warranty Deed of Carol A. Magnus and Tammy L. Jenkins, dated January 15, 1992, of record in Volume 190, Page 131 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton, being further described as follows: Being all the land and premises conveyed Tammy L. Jenkins and Carol A Magnus by Warranty Deed of William C. Stafford and Diane M. Stafford dated December 5, 1989 and recorded in Volume 163, Pages 572-573A of the Land Records of the City of Colchester. Said lands and premises are more particularly described as follows: A lot of land with dwelling house thereon, situated on the southerly sideline of Colchester Town Road No. 30, commonly known as Airport Road. Said lot is more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point which marks the intersection of the westerly sideline of Tanglewood Drive, so-called, and the southerly sideline of Colchester Town Road No. 30, said point being the northeasterly corner of the lot herein conveyed; thence, proceeding in a westerly direction in and along the southerly sideline of said Town Road No. 30 a distance of 300 feet to a point; thence deflecting to the left forming an interior angle of 90 and proceeding in a southerly direction a distance of 131 feet, more or less, to the northerly boundary line of Lot No. 76, Waybury Road; thence, deflecting to the left and forming an interior angle of 90 and proceeding in an easterly direction in and along the northerly sideline of said Lot No. 76 a distance of 150 feet, more or less, to a point which marks the northeasterly corner of said lot No. 76; thence deflecting to the left, forming an interior angle of 90 and proceeding in a northerly direction in and along the westerly sideline of Lot No. 74 to a point which marks the northwesterly corner of said Lot No. 74, thence, deflecting to the right at right angles and proceeding in an easterly direction in and along the northerly sideline of said Lot No. 74 a distance of 150 feet to a point in the westerly sideline of Tanglewood Drive; thence,
Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Raymond J. LeClair by Warranty Deed from North Star Corporation, dated June 8, 1976, and recorded in Volume 28, Pages 230-232 of the Town of Colchester Land Records. In the aforementioned Warranty Deed from North Star Corporation to Raymond J. LeClair, one of the boundary lines to said lot was incorrectly stated as 126 feet. In fact, said line is 78 feet, more or less. Said lot is bounded on the north by the Town Road No. 30, on the east by Tanglewood Drive and Lot No. 74, on the west by a parcel of land owned by the Laurel Hill North Association, Inc., and bounded on the south by Lot No. 74 and Lot No. 76. Terms of Sale: Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) paid in cash, treasurer’s check or certified check at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Closing to take place within forty five (45) days of the auction. The sale is subject to unpaid taxes, municipal assessments, or superior liens thereon, if any. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Johnson & Finnigan, LLP, 80 Midas Drive, 3rd Floor, South Burlington, Vermont 05403, telephone (802) 660-9393. THE MORTGAGOR IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE, THE MORTGAGOR HAS A RIGHT TO PETITION THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE SITUATED, WITH SERVICE UPON THE MORTGAGEE, AND UPON SUCH BOND AS THE COURT MAY REQUIRE, TO ENJOIN THE SCHEDULED FORECLOSURE SALE. FAILURE TO INSTITUTE SUCH PETITION AND COMPLETE SERVICE SHALL THEREAFTER BAR ANY ACTION OR RIGHT OF ACTION OF THE MORTGAGOR BASED ON THE FORECLOSURE SALE, OR COMPLIANCE BY THE MORTGAGE HOLDER TO CONDUCT THE FORECLOSURE SALE, OR COMPLIANCE BY THE MORTGAGE HOLDER WITH THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SECTION 4532 OF TITLE 12. AN ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE SALE OF THE PREMISES ON THE DATE OF THE SALE MAY BE COMMENCED AT ANY TIME WITHIN ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE SALE, BUT NOT THEREAFTER. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 19th day of June, 2009. By: Michael D. Johnson, Esq. Johnson & Finnigan, LLP 80 Midas Drive South Burlington, VT 05403 (802) 660-9393 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. 1312-08 CnC Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 20061 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-1, Plaintiff v. Dolan Patrick, Twin Oaks (Cluster 2) Condominium Association, Inc. And Occupants residing at 39 Twin Oaks Terrace, South Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Option One Mortgage Corporation to Dolan Patrick dated October 14, 2005 and recorded in Volume 737, Page 443 of the Land Records of the Town of South Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 8:30 A.M. on August
12, 2009, at 39 Twin Oaks Terrace, South Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:
To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Dolan Patrick by Warranty Deed of Alison Curran dated June 28, 2001 and recorded in Volume 510 at Page 313 of the City of South Burlington Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of South Burlington. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0687-08 CnC Aurora Loan Services, LLC, Plaintiff v. Tammy L. McFarland, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Merrimack Mortgage And Occupants residing at 151 Ritchie Avenue, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Merrimack Mortgage Company, Inc. to Tammy L. McFarland dated December 6, 2006 and recorded in Volume 325, Page 145 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:15 P.M. on August 5, 2009, at 151 Ritchie Avenue, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Tammy L. McFarland by Warranty Deed of Michael C. Nichols and Lorie A. Nichols dated 12/06/05 and to be recorded in the Land Records of the Town of Milton. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Milton. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. Aurora Loan Services, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. Chittenden Superior Court Docket No. S124-08 CnC
ERNEST AUCLAIR, TRUSTEE AND MILDRED AUCLAIR, TRUSTEE Plaintiffs v. API PROPERTIES, INC., MICHAEL ANDERSON and MICHAEL BURNETT, d/b/a BURNETT CONTRACTING. Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage granted by API Properties, Inc., to Ernest Auclair, Trustee, and Mildred Auclair, Trustee, recorded on July 18, 2005 in Volume 326, Page 613 of the Shelburne Land Records , and pursuant to an Order and Decree of Foreclosure, and Order of Public Sale, issued by the Chittenden Superior Court on March 16, 2009, Docket No. S124-08 CnC, for the purposes of foreclosing the same, there will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 A.M. on August 18, 2009, at 61 Pond Road, Shelburne, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being a portion of the land and premises conveyed to API Properties, Inc., by Warranty Deed of Ernest Auclair and Mildred Auclair, Trustees, and further described as being a vacant parcel of land consisting of 125 acres, more or less, located in the Town of Shelburne, Vermont and known and designated as 61 Pond Road. Terms of Sale: $25,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Shelburne, and will be sold “AS IS and WHERE IS”. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Clarke Demas & Baker, 346 Shelburne Road, Burlington, Vermont 05401, 652-1400. Dated at Burlington, Vermont, this 20th day of July, 2009. Ernest Auclair, Trustee, and Mildred Auclair, Trustee By: Elizabeth M. Demas, Esq. Clarke Demas & Baker PO Box 4484 Burlington, Vermont 05406 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1247-08 CnC Wachovia Bank, NA, Plaintiff, v Kelley M. Elwood and Kevin Rich, and Any Other Occupants of 72 Sunnyview Drive, Jericho, Vermont, Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed dated July 6, 2007 from Kevin Rich and Kelley M. Elwood to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc. Said Mortgage Deed was recorded on July 18, 2007 in Volume 262, Page 343 of the Town of Jericho Land Records. The subject Promissory Note and Mortgage were assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., to Wachovia Bank, NA, by Assignment dated June 17, 2008 and recorded on June 25, 2008 in Volume 269, Page 422 of the Town of Jericho Land Records. The undersigned represents the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same which will be sold at Public Auction at 3:00 o’clock PM, on the 18th day of August, A.D. 2009, at the subject premises of 72 Sunnyview Drive, Jericho, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage will be sold as a whole.
To wit: “Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Kelley M. Elwood and Kevin Rich by Quitclaim Deed of Kelley M. Elwood dated July 6, 2007 and recorded in Volume 262, Page 341 of the Town of Jericho Land Records and being more particularly described therein as follows: “Said lot is situated on the southwesterly side of Sunny View Drive and is more particularly described as beginning at a point on said side of said Drive where the lot herein conveyed intersects with Lot No. 47 on said Plan; thence proceeding in a southwesterly direction along the boundary lines of said lots a distance of 127.52 feet to a point; thence deflecting to the right at an included angle of 70 degrees 31’ and proceeding a distance of 107.61 feet to a marker and continuing at an included angle of 176 degrees 16’10” a further distance of 65.51 feet to a point; thence deflecting to the right at an included angle of 105 Degrees 38’ and proceeding a distance of 137.63 feet to a point in said side of said drive; thence deflecting to the right at an included angle of 71 degrees 23’20” and proceeding along said side of said drive a distance of 159.85 feet to the point of first course mentioned. “Being Lot #45 with all buildings thereon on the final property plan of Sunny View Acres, Drawn by Warren Robenstein, dated November, 1969 and of record in Volume 1, Page 1, Map 2 of the Plat Records of the Town of Jericho. Tax Parcel No. SV072” Terms of Sale: Purchaser at the sale shall pay cash or certified funds, or produce a commitment letter from a bank or mortgage company or other lender licensed to do business in the State of Vermont at the time of the sale for the amount of the winning bid. In any case the winning bidder shall be required to produce $10,000.00 (ten-thousand dollars) cash or certified funds at the close of auction as the deposit against the sale. The sale will be subject to the Confirmation Order of the Chittenden Superior Court. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid property taxes and town/city assessments, if any. In the event the auction terms are confirmed by the Superior Court aforesaid, and the winning bidder is unwilling or unable consummate the sale, the deposit shall be forfeit. In the event the sale is not confirmed the deposit will be returned without interest. The Mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees, Attorney, P.O. Box 108, Milton, Vermont 05468, 802-893-7400. By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff5/26/05 1x4-7road
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Sales Associate The Outdoor Gear Exchange is hiring a Sales Associate with extensive experience in telemark skiing, backpacking or climbing. Strong customer service skills, attention to detail, and a good knowledge of outdoor gear are required. This is a full-time position with benefits. Send a resume and a cover letter letting us know why you would be perfect for the best damn gear shop around. The position may require working evenings and/ or weekends. We offer a friendly working community with good benefits and an opportunity for long-term employment. Must have a love of the outdoors, a sharp wit and the ability to work well amidst chaos.
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Master’s desired; BA or equivalent experience will be considered. This dynamic individual will be skilled in community development, team building, collaboration and able to understand and evaluate data; and must possess outstanding communication skills (verbal and written). Must have knowledge/interest in the field of substance abuse prevention. Will work with members of the countywide coalition and the Department of Health to implement substance abuse strategic plan. We are looking for someone with a can-do attitude and the ability to work a flexible 24-hour/week schedule. This is a grantfunded position.
• Full-time & halftime AmeriCorps positions • Locations around the state N TIO A C DU L E TION A APPLY NOW! T EN DUCA ION M N E T Positions begin as ER IRO RVA ING NV EBUY NSE M E early as 7/20/09 • CO RAM ING OM
Submit resume by 8/7/09 to accdcjp@sover.net or mail to Addison County Court Diversion, PO Box 881, Middlebury, VT 05753
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Prevent Child Abuse vermont is seeking a
CHild SExuAl ABuSE PREVEnTiOn TRAinER to conduct Internet and Technology Safety trainings for adults and adolescents. Must have experience teaching and training adult learners and adolescents; knowledge of adolescent development; and knowledge of child sexual abuse. Candidate must be able to successfully recruit schools, train faculty, staff and parents, handle administrative details, and work directly with students from 4th to 8th grade. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in child development, social work or education required. This position is based in Montpelier. Position requires organization, flexibility and extensive in-state travel. Salary commensurate with experience; benefits. Send cover letter, resume and 3 references to: SEARCH, PO Box 829 Montpelier, VT 05601 or pcavt@pcavt.org.
Be part of affordable housing and land conservation solutions in Vermont!
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for more information: Electric Youth Dance www.vhcb.org/acorps.html is looking for choreographers to teach jazz, tap, hip-hop, 7/27/09 11:47:46 AM contemporary, Untitled-29 1 African and Irish Are you good with customers? A great teammate? to experienced Enthusiastic, energetic and responsible? Then dance students.
we’re looking for you.
Also seeking Zumba, Yoga & Pilates instructors.
Bagels Plus
Routines will be performed at large national venues. Please call 309-5100.
Williston, VT
We are currently looking for counter staff with the above characteristics to work 25-30 hours/week, some weekends required. Must be hardworking with a pleasant personality. Food service would be nice, but not required.
Please email resume to:
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Call:
Behind 99 Restaurant
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Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity As a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), we are now hiring for the following 14-month temporary position:
Energy Efficiency Coordinator – Mobile Home Project Work as a part of a team to help mobile-home owners make their homes more energy efficient by developing strategies for do-it-yourself weatherization and energy-efficiency improvements. Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field plus experience/training in energy efficiency or combination of comparable experience, knowledge and skills required. Familiarity with mobile-home structures and experience in public speaking and/or technical teaching skills desired. Must be detail oriented with a high degree of organization and able to work with a diverse client base. Must have valid driver’s license, good driving record and reliable transportation for extensive, statewide travel. $14/hr., 40 hrs./week. Excellent benefits. For further information go to www.cvoeo.org. To apply send letter of interest, resume and 3 references by August 10 to arramh@cvoeo.org, or mail to CVOEO, Attn: ARRA MH, PO Box 1603, Burlington, VT 05402-1603. No phone calls, please. CVOEO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
CENTRAL VERMONT ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, Inc. ~~~Local Partnerships in Learning~~~ Serving Washington, Orange and Lamoille counties www.cvabe.org
Teacher / Community Coordinator for CVABE’s Montpelier Learning Center. Exciting position; full time; good benefits. Candidates must have the ability to provide individualized instruction for adults and teens as well as the spirit and capacity to conduct ongoing outreach. Organizing for lively community involvement supporting student success, volunteer management and program enrichment are activities integral to the job. CVABE is a community-based, nonprofit organization serving the residents of Montpelier for over 40 years. Hundreds of Central Vermonters enroll annually at CVABE for help improving basic literacy skills, pursuing alternative pathways to high school completion, learning English as another language, and preparing for work and college. Submit resume, cover letter, list of references by August 25, 2009, to: Executive Team Central Vermont Adult Basic Education, Inc. 46 Washington St., Ste.100 Barre, VT 05641
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HIRING FRONT DESK AGENT/ HOUSEKEEPERS The SUPER 8 in Shelburne is seeking to hire front desk agents and housekeepers. Competitive pay, experience preferred, please apply in person at:
Experienced merchandisers wanted. Part time. AM route covering VT and parts of NH. Two 5-hour shifts/week.
Super 8
2572 Shelburne Road Shelburne Please bring references!
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Please send a resume, cover letter and references to danschocolates @gmail.com.
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Looking for a motivated, flexible team player to join our growing childcare team. Must have experience, education and a sense of humor! Pay based on education and experience.
&
New Beginnings
Rental Sales Agent Do you currently have the earning potential of up to $40,000/ yr or more? Are you sales & customer-service oriented? Do you have a dynamic personality? Do you naturally smile? If so, Thrifty Car Rental offers you the opportunity to not just start a job, but a CAREER! If you want to work for a company that continues to grow within our industry, offers benefits and a career path based on your abilities. We have opportunities at our office that services the Burlington Airport.
Looking for full-time Preschool Teacher. Associate’s in Early Education or CDA required, and minimum 1 year experience. Please call Leslie at 802-288-9055.
Email resumes to: richard.jones@dtag.com Thrifty Car Rental, 1700 Williston Rd., So. Burlington. 802-863-5500. Equal Opportunity Employer.
Leaps Bounds
Contact Krista at
Full-time Baker
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refugee family strengthening program coordinator
Artisan breads and pastries, experience helpful. 11 p.m. - 7 a.m. 11:26:51 AM Punctuality a must. Call 802-865-3440 and leave message.
The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program (VRRP), a field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), a nongovernmental, notfor-profit national organization dedicated to addressing the needs and rights of refugees and immigrants, seeks a committed individual to lead our family strengthening program. Full-time employment with excellent benefits.
Stewart’s Bakery
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FLETCHEr ALLEN AND YOU
Under the direct supervision of the Director, the Family Strengthening Program Coordinator will be responsible for delivering workshops for refugee populations to build strong communication, problem-solving and relationship skills. Additional services include coordinating mentoring, community events and trainings for community leaders. Thorough training and ongoing support will be provided in the program model. Other duties may be assigned by the Director.
PErFECT TOGETHEr
We are seeking a candidate with strong leadership and presentation skills. Bachelor’s/master’s degree in social services, education, or two years related experience required. Successful applicants will have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, be team oriented, and have ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment. MS Office proficiency required. Foreign language ability and experience in multicultural environments preferred.
PEr DiEM
ArDMS certification in OBGYN and NT certification required. No call, weekends, or holidays. Occasional evenings.
Sonographer
VRRP/USCRI is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. No phone calls, please. Submit a resume with cover letter describing your interest, qualifications and salary history to:
Posting # 6939
Apply at www.FletcherAllen.org
artelia robinson u.s. committee for refugees and immigrants 2231 crystal city drive suite 350, arlington, Va 22202-3317
Fletcher Allen proudly offers a non-smoking work environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.
humanresources@uscridc.org
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Student Activities Planner, Full Time, 12 months Develop and coordinate social programming on and off campus, while enhancing student leadership opportunities. Schedule and monitor student involvement and retention, coordinate college-wide annual programming, and supervise student employees and student volunteers. Be right in the heart of the action while coordinating all aspects of event planning to include budgeting, scheduling, planning, implementing, executing and reviewing the college’s social and educational activities campus-wide. Work hours are flexible but are primarily scheduled for nights and weekends. Must be a selfstarter and have a high level of organizational and communication skills. A bachelor’s degree with 2-5 years experience in event planning and knowledge of MS Word required. A master’s degree and related experience with MS Excel and Outlook preferred. Athletic Activities Planner, Part Time, Academic Year Schedule, plan, execute, grow and review intramurals and athletic activities at the college. The successful candidate must be able to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, late nights and weekend hours. A high level of organizational and communication skills, combined with being a self-starter ,is essential. This position oversees all intramurals and is the key position on campus administering athletics at Champlain. Responsible for the supervision of student employment during intramurals and gymnasium student staff. A bachelor’s degree with 1-3 years experience in coordinating intramurals and supervisory experience and MS Word knowledge are required. Submit resume and cover letter by August 7, 2009, online at www.champlain.edu/hr. Champlain College values, supports and encourages diversity of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives of students, faculty and staff. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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The Alchemist Pub and Brewery is looking for a
part-time
Dishwasher Flexible evenings, good pay, nice perks. Full-time position for the right person. Apply at the bar during business hours (4 p.m. - 12 a.m. daily). 23 South Main Street, Waterbury.
Grand OpeninG
General Help
25 jobs available. $450-$600/week to start.
802-351-5627 802-351-JOBS
Busy Chiropractic office looking for self-motivated, energetic Receptionist/Assistant to work 4 days a week.
Travel Consultants/Agents
LANGROCK SPERRY & WOOL, LLP
Six travel consultants/agents needed immediately; bonus/commissions. Part/full-time. Will train.
Send resume to
AT
(W. Haven)
For info, contact: Murray McHugh at mmchugh@tnc.org or (802) 265-8645, ext. 23.
Volunteer Coordinator (Montpelier)
For info, contact: Emily Seifert at eseifert@tnc.org or (802) 229-4425, ext. 119. Application Deadline EXTENDED!!! Complete applications now due by Aug. 10, 2009. Interviews start immediately. Late applications not considered. Details, job descriptions, and requirements available at www.nature.org/careers. Click on “How to Apply.” Click on “View Positions.” Enter keyword Vermont. Select Posted Anytime. Click on “Search.” Click on link to job opening of choice. To apply, click on “Apply Now.” For assistance with the online application system, send an email to applyhelp@tnc.org.
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Individual must have 3+ years of related work experience, be computer literate and proficient in Word, possess excellent communication skills and be capable of working in a fast paced environment. Prior law firm experience preferred. Knowledge of a general litigation practice helpful.
shelburnechiro@gmail.com,
or fax 802-985-1297.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. Please Reply with cover letter and resume to:
Will Last Forever.
Volunteer Coordinator/Field Assistant
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Burlington office:
The Work You Do in a Day… The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the world’s largest environmental conservation organization, seeks enthusiastic team players committed to conservation in Vermont and with excellent communication and great people skills to fill two 11-mo. AmeriCorps service opportunities starting Sep. 22, 2009:
AT
Legal Secretary
Call Phyllis 802-343-0331.
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Richard Dorfman, Business Manager Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP P.O. Box 721 Burlington, VT 05402
or via email to: rdorfman@langrock.com
EQUAL OPPORTUNTY & EMPLOYEE RELATIONS COORDINATOR
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RESTAURANT/KITChEN
Seeking professional staff to manage compliance with state and federal laws and university policies on nondiscrimination, harassment and sexual assault. Advise managers and supervisors on employee performance issues and other workplace concerns. Administer complaint resolution processes. Maintain collaborative relationships with community partner organizations and support the efforts to address campus climate concerns and improve diversity and inclusion.
PART-TIME RESTAURANT SERVERS
Harpers Restaurant is looking for efficient servers for AM and PM shifts. If you are friendly, outgoing and able to multi-task please stop in. Experience is preferred. Apply in person or e-mail your résumé to:jonathan@innvermont.com
Please visit our website for job requirements and a detailed job description. To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume via email to jobs@norwich.edu.
PART-TIME LINE COOK
Harpers Restaurant is seeking a part time line cook. We are looking for the right candidate to join our team. You must have a friendly and outgoing attitude, be a team player and be punctual. Experience is preferred. Apply in person or e-mail your résumé to: tim@innvermont.com
Norwich is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, group life and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care, a retirement annuity plan, and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members.
1068 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT 05403
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Centerpoint School is seeking
Centerpoint’s Counseling Teachers provide direct instruction, experiential education, and supportive counseling services in our alternative education & day treatment programs serving students with mental health and special education needs. Our ideal candidate will have skills with community-based experiential instruction, engaging strengths-based activities, and creative curriculum strategies based on the Vermont Standards and Framework. Our Counseling Teachers come from a variety of dynamic backgrounds, with degrees in education/ special education, a core academic area, or a related discipline. Our Counseling Teachers have experience with high-needs adolescents, are excellent team collaborators, and are committed to creativity and innovation in secondary education. Centerpoint offers a variety of employment opportunities for creative staff with a range of educational and clinical talents. Our positions include competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, a dedicated staff team, on-going professional development, and dynamic work with great teens and families. If you should be a part of our team, please send a letter highlighting your skills and talents along with your resume to:
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Magic Hat Brewing Co. is a brewer of world-class beers and a continually evolving brand of distinction.
AlebAssAdor
(AKA regionAl sAles representAtive)
Independent Brewers United (IBU) seeks an Alebassador for the Central and Southern VT and Western NH territory. Join the team as a front line sales representative for the distinctive brands and world class beers brewed and produced by Independent Brewers United (Magic Hat/Pyramid). In his/her role the Alebassador is ultimately charged with increasing the sales of the IBU portfolio of world class beers within their assigned territory. The incumbent will have direct account responsibility for key on- and off-premise accounts, securing new distribution in existing and new accounts, representing the “brands” at promotions, beer festivals and other special events, and working closely with the distributor network in the assigned territory to maintain/develop all accounts. Experience/education needed: 2 years in the beverage industry or two years beverage selling experience; minimum 4-year college degree or high school diploma and equivalent experience and an achievement of at least 21 years of age.
SEND RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO:
lmatanle@independentbrewers.com or visit www.magichat.net To view a full listing of our current openings and learn more about the Magic Hat experience, visit www.magichat.net. We are an equal opportunity employer and offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefit package to qualified employees.
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www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] South Burlington School District
Dental Assistant — Pediatric
LPN Nurse
South Burlington High School
Qualified candidates will have a high school diploma or equivalent; Vermont State LPN Licensure; and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
We’re growing! Join our team of dedicated individuals providing outstanding patient care! Timberlane Dental Group, a multispecialty practice, seeks a full-time, chairside assistant for its pediatric dental practice. Ideal candidate will have relevant work experience and possess radiology certification. Applicants must be caring, dependable and team players. Competitive compensation and benefits package. Send resume and cover letter to:
This position will remain open until filled. Candidates may forward their resume and three current references to: Diane Kinnon Human Resource Department South Burlington School District 550 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403, or apply at www.sbschools.net.
Diane Dutra Timberlane Dental Group 60 Timber Lane South Burlington, VT 05403 ddutra@timberlanedental.com fax: 802-862-8942 www.timberlanedental.com
EOE
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Dental Clinical Assistant
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Education & Outreach Coordinator Nonprofit organization serving victims of intimate partner violence. Responsibilities include co-facilitating school programs, providing presentations to community groups, coordinating volunteers, facilitating support groups, and providing hotline and shelter coverage. Flexible schedule required. Full time with benefits.
Timberlane Dental Group, a multispecialty practice, seeks a full-time clinical assistant for its pediatric dental practice. Provide support to our team of hygienists including sterilization of instruments, patient charting, new patient education, processing x-rays, supply ordering. Relevant work experience, radiology certification a plus. Will train. Applicants must be caring, dependable and a team player. Competitive benefits package. Please send/fax resume to: Diane Dutra Timberlane Dental Group 60 Timber Lane South Burlington, VT 05403 ddutra@timberlanedental.com fax: 802-862-8942 www.timberlanedental.com 2x4-Timberlane-ClinAssist072909.indd 1
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Survivors and people from diverse communities encouraged to apply. EOE Send cover letter and resume by 8/7 to: Battered Women’s Services and Shelter P.O. Box 652, Barre, VT 05641
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Underwriting Manager Vermont League of Cities & Towns VLCT’s mission to serve and strengthen Vermont local governments makes all the difference in our work! Our property, casualty and workers’ compensation insurance trust is self-insured and our culture is based on service and member retention rather than profit-driven pressures. If this sounds like a change you’d welcome, we’d love to learn more about your underwriting background. We seek a seasoned underwriting professional to manage all aspects of the underwriting division who is willing to roll up his/her sleeves to provide direct service to larger or more complex members and others when needed. The position supervises a stellar staff of three. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in related field plus at least 10 years of insurance-industry or risk-pooling experience. CPCU and ARM-P designations, supervisory/management experience and a working knowledge of pooling concept of insurance preferred. Excellent communication, analytical and presentation skills are needed.
Become a Part of Our Exceptional Team! JOB OPPORTUNITIES Adult Outpatient Program Clinician: Full-time, clinical position in Adult Outpatient Program providing psychotherapy and crisis counseling to adults with a wide range of mental health and substance abuse issues, with occasional home based work. Masters degree in human service field required. VT Mental Health license required. Licensed Social Worker preferred. Must possess excellent clinical skills, including psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and record keeping. Generous benefits package available. Emergency Team Clinician: Seeking full-time, mental health clinician for CSAC’s Emergency Team to provide phone and face-to-face assessment, crisis intervention, and short-term stabilization counseling. Some hours will be supporting the Adult Outpatient Program as clinical staff. Master’s degree in a mental health field; strong assessment skills; ability to think on your feet; good written and verbal communication; team orientation, required. VT Mental Health License, and prior crisis intervention experience with varied populations in community settings, including individuals with major mental illness; familiarity with community resources, preferred. Generous benefits package available. Programming Specialist in Intensive School Supports Program Clinician: Seeking full-time individual to develop and manage intensive, individualized instructional and behavioral programs for youth & young adults (thru age 21) with Autism Spectrum Disorders and emotional/behavioral disabilities. Oversee effective integration into school & community settings. Train/supervise staff, facilitate team collaboration and support/train families. Bachelor’s required in special education, psychology or related field. Master’s degree and Applied Behavior Analysis orientation and certification preferred. Min. 3 yrs. exp. w/ASD. Generous benefits package available. For a complete list of Job Opportunities
visit www.csac-vt.org.
To apply you may choose to contact us by: • Email: apply@csac-vt.org • Mail: Send a resume and cover letter to: CSAC Human Resources, 89 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. • Phone: (802) 388-6751 Ext. 425. Equal Opportunity Employer
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Staff Accountant — Part Time
The Burlington Housing Authority Finance & Administration Department seeks a part-time Staff Accountant to join our fast-paced office. 10:52:37 AM The primary responsibilities of this position are the administration of our biweekly payroll, including all related reporting and filing of tax payments; and benefits administration, including health, dental, life, and worker’s compensation insurance, COBRA, pension, and our flexible benefits plan. This position will also be responsible for a variety of accounting duties, including monthly reconciliation of the general bank account. The successful candidate must have strong computer and interpersonal skills, be detail oriented, with a strong emphasis on accuracy and completeness, and must be able to work within time-sensitive parameters both independently and as a team member. BS degree in Accounting or Business Administration and two years of relevant experience — or — associate’s degree or equivalent in accounting and five years of relevant experience. BHA offers an excellent benefits package. 20–25 hours per week. $16-$19 per hour, depending on experience. Deadline to apply: 08/14/09. No inquiries in person or by phone, please.
We offer a quality workplace with dedicated colleagues and an excellent total compensation package including defined benefit and defined contribution plan choices with up to 12.1% total employer contribution. Please submit cover letter, resume, contact information for three references to jobsearch@vlct.org with Underwriting Manager as subject. For further information visit our website: www.vlct.org/marketplace/classifiedads.
Please send resume and cover letter to:
Equal Opportunity Employer
or by email to:
Jim Brown Director of Finance & Admin. Burlington Housing Authority 65 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401 jbrown@burlingtonhousing.org
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Food Prep/Counter Person Sodexo Food Service at the Shelburne Museum Café is looking for qualified employees with strong customer and food prep background. This is a seasonal job that could become a full-time job with benefits for the right candidate. The café is located on the CCTA Bus route. Interested applicants should contact Jeremiah, Monday thru Friday between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. at 802-985-3380 ext 3113.
Prevent Child Abuse vermont is seeking an
An AA/EOE employer
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to develop and manage parent education and support groups. The job is based in Montpelier, but would involve travel at times in central Vermont. Duties include recruitment and supervision of volunteers, community organizing and group development. Must have reliable transportation. Knowledge of child development and child abuse dynamics, love of parent education/support, and passion for helping families required.
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Ramunto’s Brick Oven Pizza
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Tired of your Just Over Broke?
Please contact Jeff or Ray at
Ready to work smarter, not harder? Ready to take control of your time instead of giving it all to your boss? FDI is an International Financial Solutions company seeking four (4) marketing representatives. System is in place, will train for part time/full time.
if you’re interested.
Call 877-521-7799 or visit www.learnaboutfdi.com
in Williston is looking for experienced pizza makers for immediate openings.
802-879-1000
Prior restaurant management experience necessary. Email resume to store_willistonvt@texasroadhouse.com.
Kitchen Positions Available No experience necessary.
Apply in person, 225 Interstate Corporate Center Junction (off Rt. 2 & Rt. 2A) Williston, VT 05495 802-288-1110
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Best Education Jobs in VT and Nationwide
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Full-time machine operators and assemblers in small high-quality furniture factory in Winooski. Four-day work week, benefits.
Addison Central Supervisory Union
AmeriCorps FAmily support progrAms CoordinAtor
AmeriCorps is a government-funded national community service program. When serving a full term of AmeriCorps (@1700 hours in 11 months), you will receive a Living Allowance stipend of $11,100 and are eligible to earn a $4725 education award, health insurance, childcare (must meet income eligibility requirements), mileage reimbursement and other benefits. Please send cover letter, resume and 3 references to: prevent Child Abuse Vermont Coordinator search - po Box 829 montpelier, Vt 05601-0829 or to pcavt@pcavt.org Website: www.pcavt.org eoe
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Burlington School District
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Chittenden East Supervisory Union Chittenden South Supervisory Union
Colchester School District
Centerpoint School seeks a School Social Worker to facilitate treatment groups, provide individualized support and counseling, be a primary link between families and school, coordinate services, and support milieu-based treatment for teens faced with emotional, behavioral, mental health, and special education needs.
Franklin Central Supervisory Union
Our Social Workers possess an MSW/MA/MS, have expertise in working with teens and families, and great collaborative skills with schools and other team members.
Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
Centerpoint offers a variety of employment opportunities for creative staff with a range of educational and clinical talents. Our positions include competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, a dedicated staff team, on-going professional development, and dynamic work with great teens and families.
Springfield School District VT Statewide Teacher Diversity Initiative: (www.vtdsp.org/schoolspring)
If you should be a part of our team, please send a letter highlighting your skills and talents along with your resume to:
Apply Online Today at www.schoolspring.com/SVD
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SHELBURNE COMMUNITY SCHOOL AFTER-SCHOOL SITE ASSISTANTS
Soccer Coaches Immediate openings. for Boys A & B Teams and Girls B Team. Practice begins first week in September until second week in October. After school, five days a week, 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The Colchester Parks & Recreation Department is seeking 4-5 self-motivated, dependable and caring Site Assistants to work in a creative, hands-on school-age environment for the A.C.E. After School Program for the 2009-2010 school year.
Responsible for the management of electronics and software development engineers working on the next generation of medical electronic devices.
This is a great opportunity to work with children in a dynamic, supportive and fun environment. Parttime hourly rate range $9.50 – $11 depending on experience. Hours of work would be 2:30-6 p.m. Call Jenn at 802-264-5643 or log onto www.colchestervt.gov for more information. Application deadline: August 8, 2009
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Send cover letter and resume to Hr@ascension-tech.com.
EOE
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Vermont Technical College Bookstore is seeking a customer-service-oriented individual to oversee our new store at the VTC Williston Campus. This self-motivated person is responsible for driving sales and financial management and ensuring store profit and productivity goals are met. Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent, 1-2 years retail management experience, written and verbal communication skills, and ability to build teams and partnerships required.
for compassionate and dedicated women to support either 9-year-old boy or a 20-year-old young woman, with developmental disabilities and significant medical needs. Ideal candidates have experience, but will train the right candidates. Wonderful opportunities for nursing or graduate students.
We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician/ Security Guard. This 3rd-shift, full-time, benefits-eligible position will consist of 3 days maintenance/2 days security. Candidates must have hotel/restaurant maintenance experience, be willing to work a flexible schedule and possess a clean driving record. Please apply to:
The Windjammer Hospitality Group 1076 Williston road, South Burlington, Vt 05403 selena@windjammergroup.com
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2 Awake Overnight Direct Service Positions
Maintenance/Security
Apply online today at www.bookstorejobs.com or contact Dan Lowell at (802) 728-9265.
Send your resume and cover letter to Jobs@HowardCenter.org OR: Human Resources/Jobs HowardCenter; 160 Flynn Ave; Burlington, VT 05401.
7/13/09 5:29:56 PM
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Data & Membership Coordinator VPIRG is looking for a mission-driven individual with strong data-analysis and information-management skills to join our team. The Data and Membership Coordinator will provide information and database management, contribute to all aspects of fundraising and development, and manage membership services. The right candidate will bring a passion for our issues and a love for data analysis and the metrics of grassroots organizing and fundraising success. Responsibilities include database development for three interrelated systems; managing data and information exchange internally and with outside vendors; providing data analysis for all aspects of the organization’s work; assisting in the integration of data-driven strategies into advocacy campaigns, field organizing, fundraising and membership development. This is the ideal position for an analytical, creative data guru with a passion for public interest issues and grassroots activism. This is a full-time, non-exempt position based in Montpelier. Competitive salary; employer-paid health, dental and disability insurance; employer-matching IRA contributions; six weeks paid annual leave. Submit cover letter and resume via email to colleen@vpirg.org and reference “Data Coordinator” in your subject line.
For more info visit: www.vpirg.org VPIRG, 141 Main St. #6, Montpelier, VT 05602 v. 802-223-5221 f. 802-223-6855
6/8/09 3:42:05 PM
Engaging minds that change the world
HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.
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Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. These openings and others are updated daily.
7/28/09 10:14:26 AM
Director of Development
Crops and Soils Education Coordinator - Extension - # 032735 - Develop, coordinate, implement and evaluate comprehensive educational and research programs in the areas of soil and crop management. Bachelor's degree in a related field with two years experience required as related to agriculture in soils and agronomic crop management, or an equivalent combination. Experience in applied field based research and teaching required. Applicant must possess knowledge of environmental issues, strong human relation skills, and effective communication skills necessary to work with farmers and the general public. Effective written skills and proficiency in the use of computers required. Commitment to diversity and inclusion required.
Vermont Public Radio is looking for an experienced, high-energy, smart, savvy and enthusiastic individual to serve as Director of Development. Paper: Seven Days Issue: Reporting7/29 to the President, the Director of Development will manage the revenue side of the organization, Due: 7/27 overseeing membership, Size: 2(3.25) x 7 underwriting and major giving, as well as special campaigns that advance Vermont Public Cost: $331.07 Radio’s strategic plan and secure the financial future of the institution.
Office/Program Support Assistant - Nutrition and Food Sciences - #032730 - Provide administrative support such as data entry, financial reconciliation,oversight of electronic communications, coordination of program staff, phone answering and file maintenance for Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP). High School Diploma and two years office experience and working knowledge of software applications used to support area operations required, or an equivalent combination. Ability to use judgment in solving problems, prioritizing work tasks and making decisions regarding work methods; use or disclosure of sensitive information within framework of departmental guidelines. Keyboarding speed of 35 words per minute required. Commitment to diversity and inclusion required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint) as well as Desktop Publishing software highly desirable.
Successful candidates will impress us with their amazing writing skills, successful track record in major giving, creative ideas for using social media for fundraising, ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and their passion for public radio.
More details and how to apply at www.vpr.net. VPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For further information on these positions and others currently available, or to apply on-line, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802-6562248; telephone #802-656-3150. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily.
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full-time DOG HANDleR
7/28/09 11:42:41 AM
responsible for the supervision, control and management of daycare dogs and for ensuring the safety of the playgroup as well as the maintenance and cleanliness of the facility. For more detailed job description visit www.playdogvt.com/jobs.
The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.
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recruiting?
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SEVEN DAYS
Place your ad where everyone is looking (right here!) Contact Michelle: 865-1020 x21 michelle@sevendaysvt.com
Apply via jobs@playdogvt.com. Bring your dog to work with you and get a discount on pet supplies. 668 Pine St. Burlington, Vt 05401 www.playdogvt.com
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