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Breakwater finally opened, just in time for July 3. Even more uplifting than the first-class fireworks: lots of boats twinkling in the harbor.

Last weekend’s Independence Day celebrations prompted writer Andy Bromage to investigate a tip from a Seven Days reader about a disappearing poem at a war memorial in Waitsfield.

The Mad River Valley town is home to a pair of memorials to American soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. A field of little white flags has been designated for each conflict; each flag represents a soldier killed in one of the wars.

In September 2010, part-time Waitsfield resident Martin McGowan wrote a poem, a riff on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Vietnam-era protest song “Ohio,” and left it under a rock near the signpost at the Afghanistan war memorial. The verse, “george’s little solar army,” was inspired by an ongoing local conflict over George Schenk’s solar array at American Flatbread in Waitsfield. In the poem, McGowan ties the renewable energy opposition to the Middle Eastern wars and to the costs of oil consumption.

Shortly after McGowan deposited the poem, it disappeared — then reappeared mysteriously a few days later. This inexplicable disappearing/reappearing routine has happened several times since; this spring, the poem went missing for a week before someone returned it.

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Michelle Obama visited, and all we got were a couple of lousy Free Press stories, including Molly Walsh’s “reflections.” The rest of the media was shut out.

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As a photographer — albeit an amateur one — I’m interested in seeing the credit for an image or series of images. “The Unkindest Cut” [June 29] credited the reporter, Ken Picard, for his part, but I had to hunt to find the name of the photographer. I did find the name of Jordan Silverman in teeny-tiny print with the photo on page 30, but no credit was given for the other images.

I went to the Seven Days website, where I learned that all of the photos were by Silverman. Normally I wouldn’t bother; but I was impressed by a couple of his shots.

I think that the photographer’s name should be listed with the writer’s byline.

After all, how effective would the article have been with the images not included?

(And don’t forget the cover shot).

Luke T. Bush

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.

Editor’s note: Point taken, but in fact there is a standard photo credit on the first spread of the story that says PHOTOS: JORDAN SILVERMAN (page 29), as well as the one on page 30. Cover images are always credited on page 9, under the table of contents.

CREDIT FOR CARICATURES

Great article [“Run, Someone, Run,” June 22]. But the caricatures were even better.

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But no artist’s name?! Who drew them?

Give credit where credit is due!

Laura Brown

BURLINGTON

Editor’s note: Burlington artist Marc Nadel drew the amazing caricatures of the potential contenders in Burlington’s upcoming mayoral race. The illustration was signed, but we should have given additional credit.

LEAVE SCHENK ALONE

George Schenk has been maligned unfairly for the graduation speech he gave at Colchester High School a couple of weeks ago [“What Did George Schenk Say to Colchester High School Grads?

We May Never Know,” June 22; Blurt: “Schenk’s Seven Dirty Words,” June 25].

I don’t know Schenk personally, but his written and spoken words are always intelligent, compassionate and ahead of their time. He was talking about local food and community responsibility long before it was popular. He was baking American Flatbread long before any of us had tasted it, and he has always been willing to host “charity bakes” so that different organizations in his community can raise money.

He is a generous person.

The public has been robbed of the chance to make our own decisions about his speech because we cannot read it or hear it in its full context. The newspapers and the television have pulled out the “offending” language and published it. No context; just words powerful enough to

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smear Mr. Schenk, plus a few public comments from the highly offended.

Colchester High School is an educational institution and should understand the importance of reading an entire manuscript to derive its full meaning.

However, in their questionable wisdom, the authorities at CHS have had that speech erased from the video as if it had never been made and have refused to make it available to read…

The person with the most integrity in this story so far is George Schenk, who humbly apologized publicly for offending anyone. I’m sure his goal was to make the graduates think, and no doubt he achieved his goal that day. He just didn’t realize he’d get so much assistance from the media and the powers that be at CHS. Pamela Dever WaTerbury

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It upsets me that so many play the game that cable companies want them to play by claiming that “ratepayers foot the bill” for cable access stations [“What Did George Schenk Say to Colchester High School Grads? We May Never Know,” June 22]. This makes it seem like funding the access stations is, and should be, optional — like the stations should stay or leave depending on whether or not ratepayers want to continue to pay a little extra for them.

That’s just not how the stations originated, or how the funding should rightfully be viewed. The cable companies fund public access stations in return for being given sole rights to wire up a municipality’s population of cable subscribers. Yes, of course, the cable company adds a bit to its bill to cover expenses, but no one talks about the ratepayers funding the cable company’s trucks that drive around maintaining the system, even though those, too, are paid for through subscription fees.

So, why are the revenues that are applied to cable access stations broken out as “extra” fees? They’re not. They’re part of the cost of doing business, just like the trucks. Cable companies should pony up for access stations in return for their wiring monopolies, and playing into their attempts to cloud the issue by saying “ratepayers foot the bill” is, to my mind, just wrong-headed. And, to be clear, I felt this way long before my own son worked at an access station.

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Andy Bromage’s comment that “it’s a bad year to be a Progressive” [Run, Someone, Run,” June 22] sadly reflects a “horse race” mentality about politics, ignoring that Progressives have imbued our political culture since Bernie was elected — through values, policies and programs — with something unique in America that is widely recognized as being very good for residents.

One value Progressives fostered is that Burlington belongs to us all, not just the privileged few. The downtown waterfront is not a private enclave for the rich but a public, free park. Thirteen community gardens … the bike path, and Church Street Marketplace also reflect this value.

Burlington City Arts was created specifically to bring the arts to all, regardless of income.

Another value Progressives have fostered is that government has a key role, especially when the private sector cannot and does not meet people’s needs.

Burlington Electric is a legacy of the early-1900s progressive era; the social housing sector is a legacy of the 1980s.

Inclusionary zoning, the housing trust fund and land trust have created affordable housing for over 2000 households in Chittenden County at a time when the vacancy rate has been incredibly small.

Progressive values drive economic development policy by putting people and the community first, while progressive tax policy found alternatives to the regressive property tax and environmental policy, improved recycling and efficiency in government and the community. It is no wonder Burlington has been rated such a livable city.

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72 Movies

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23 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

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41 Side Dishes

34 A New Page for Burlington?

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Open season on Vermont politics

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Culture: What attracts so many spiritual seekers to the tiny town of Lincoln?

Pride Plays Debut at the Chandler

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Sound Reasoning Catching open-air music is practically a summer requirement ... and not a very hard one. Approach any village green this time of year and you’re likely to trip over some local buskers. Country and soul singer-songwriter Joshua Panda heads up this week’s outdoor soundtrack at the return of the weekly BATTERY PARK FREE CONCERT SERIES.

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Pipe Dream Fakie. Goofy-foot. Kickflip crooked grind. If you speak this language, Bristol’s B.Y.O.BACON SKATEFEST is for you. And if the jargon goes over your head, show up anyway to gawk at sick mini-pipe tricks.

Skateboarders get gnarly in this second annual street-style throwdown, which includes a rail jam and a game of S.K.A.T.E.

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Good Move Up-and-coming dancers prove their chops at an annual Phantom Theater favorite. THE YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS showcases new and original hip-hop, modern and dancetheater works by local young adults. In typical youth fashion, some of these exuberant pieces come together just days before the show — cutting edge, indeed.

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Under the Influence Having soaked up the music scene in New Orleans, Providence and now Brooklyn, it’s no wonder indie trio CALLERS are genrebending masters. Says the Village Voice, they find some happy medium “between grandiose indie-rock gestures, art-jazz slither, dusty folk and swooning soul.”

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Long Goodbye Parting is such sweet sorrow — especially as the MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY bids adieu to its late founder, who was “almost routinely hailed as the world’s greatest living choreographer,” notes the New York Times. As part of the two-year Legacy Tour, after which the troupe will disband, the final dancers trained

by Cunningham revisit monumental moments from the company’s 57-year history.

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A prolonged paving project on Barre’s Main Street inspired Studio Place Arts’ “LOST IN TRAFFIC” exhibit, which explores all roads — not walks — of life. Artists capture “moments of navigational confusion” in multimedia pieces portraying maps, postcards, bridges and highways. Take the scenic route to check it out through July 30.

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Beginning with sizzling Malian percussion and ending with a street dance to big-band sounds, the MIDDLEBURY FESTIVAL ONTHE-GREEN may as well be your home for its seven-day run. Nightly concerts feature everything from fiery fiddling by Prince Edward Island’s Vishtèn to Americana by local rising stars Chamberlin (pictured).

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fficials in Burlington City Hall weren’t the only ones breathing easier last week when Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. DONOVAN announced he Locally owned. wouldn’t file “neglect of duty” charges as a result of his probe into the Burlington Telecom financing fiasco.

Attorneys at the politically connected law firm of McNeil Leddy & Sheahan SS LE • FIT NE YOGA • LIFESTY had to be seriously relieved, too.

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It was early 2010 when the Department of Public Service discovered McNeil’s memo, which was penned in support of the city’s $33.5 million lease deal with CitiCapital. In it, McNeil noted there was “no prohibition of utilizing general fund revenues of the city to fund telecommunications activities.”

That raised some eyebrows at DPS because McNeil failed to mention the city had to repay any public money within 60 days — a provision of BT’s certificate of public good from the Vermont Public Service Board. McNeil did clearly note taxpayers could be forced to pay off BT’s losses, however.

Then-DPS Commissioner DAVID O’BRIEN sent McNeil’s memo to Attorney General BILL SORRELL. Once at the AG’s office, JANET MURNANE, a deputy attorney general, and Sorrell decided neither of them could evaluate the memo because both had worked for McNeil’s firm.

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FACTORY OUTLETS Sorrell asked Orleans County State’s Attorney KEITH FLYNN to lead what became the first criminal probe of BT. “We knew there would be at least an appearance of a conflict of interest and we shouldn’t look into the matter,” Sorrell told “Fair Game.” “Since T.J. www.essexshoppes.com ADDRESS: 21 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JUNCTION, VT | 802.878.2851 Donovan’s uncle is a partner in that firm, we felt that it was best to refer it to a state’s attorney with no connection to 8v-Essexshoppes070611.indd 1 7/5/11 12:56 PM any of the involved parties.”

Donovan’s uncle is JOHN T. LEDDY, principal in McNeil Leddy & Sheahan.

Sorrell didn’t confer with Donovan before handing the case to Flynn.

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Chittenden County state’s attorney accepted.

Given his political ties to the city, Donovan hired his predecessor ROBERT SIMPSON to head up the BT investigation.

We don’t know what Simpson recommended, because Donovan won’t say. But Donovan decided not to bring a “neglect of duty” charge against city officials, saying it would be too hard to prove with so many people involved in running up $16.9 million in charges to the “cash pool” without proper authority from state regulators.

Donovan also noted that “neglect of duty” conviction would yield a maximum fine of $1000 and up to one year in jail.

MY DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE SHOULD NOT BE MISUNDERSTOOD AS EXCUSING OR CONDONING ANYONE’S BEHAVIOR.

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“An unsuccessful prosecution,” Donovan added, “would severely damage and scar the city of Burlington for the foreseeable future. I am not willing to risk that possibility.”

On May 18, Donovan asked Addison County State’s Attorney DAVID FENSTER — appointed by Republican Gov. JIM DOUGLAS — to make the final decision about a “false claims” charge associated with the CitiCapital lease. Fenster recommended against bringing charges.

The end? Not quite. Burlington’s pitchfork-wielding taxpayers will be happy to know officials aren’t out of the woods yet. A lawsuit that seeks immediate repayment of $16.9 million is still winding its way through Vermont Superior Court and may be taxpayers’ best chance to replenish the cash pool.

In it, former Burlington CAO JONATHAN LEOPOLD is named as a defendant, which means he could personally be on the hook for some of the money.

Then there’s CitiCapital: No word on whether it will sue the city or seize BT’s assets to recoup its $33.5 million loan loss.

Finally, there’s an ongoing federal

investigation. Donovan said he turned over investigative materials to the “appropriate federal agency for their review.” He wouldn’t name the federal agency or describe which materials are involved.

My guess is the “materials” have to do with potentially misleading CitiCapital.

In these United States of America you’re more likely to go to jail for lying to Wall Street than to Main Street.

U.S. Attorney TRISTRAM COFFIN won’t comment on the status of his agency’s BT probe. “Standard policy,” he told “Fair Game.”

Given the political and financial anxiety caused by Burlington Telecom, would his office consider following Donovan’s lead and publicly announce that charges aren’t being filed, if they’re not?

Coffin paused, and then offered this concession, which is rare for a federal prosecutor: “We typically don’t, but there are times when we might make a decision to do otherwise. This might be one of those times.”

Sounds like the scales of justice may keep tipping BT’s way.

Crime and Punishment — Not!

For State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan, the decision to prosecute, or not, was a risky political move. No matter which side he chose, he was going to upset some Burlington voters.

Asked if his decision was politically motivated, Donovan responded: If it were, he would have called the media to Burlington City Hall to witness officials being escorted out, handcuffed and dragged to court to face misdemeanor charges. Maybe a little tar and feathering, too, for good measure.

“My decision not to prosecute should not be misunderstood as excusing or condoning anyone’s behavior,” said Donovan, who is being pressured by some Democrats to run for mayor in 2012.

Donovan then listed the “crimes” committed by BT and city officials. “To be clear, mismanagement, lack of oversight, lack of accountability, lack of communication, ignorance, arrogance and bad judgment all contributed to the current state of BT. The city of Burlington should publicly acknowledge its errors and continue to work to correct them in a transparent manner that inspires trust and confidence.”

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Treasurer Beth Pearce was the only other statewide pol marching in Bristol’s Fourth of July parade with Gov. Peter Shumlin.

If you’re thinking, Beth who? it is exactly why Democrats want Pearce out stumping this summer and fall, well in advance of the 2012 election season.

She’s the party’s candidate for treasurer next year. For more than seven years, Pearce served as deputy treasurer under her predecessor, JeB sPaulding.

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Gov. Peter Shumlin seems to have taken sides in the bidding war between rival Canadian firms vying to buy Central Vermont Public Service.

Shumlin was cool to Fortis’ $703 million offer, issuing a bland, threesentence statement saying his administration would “carefully review the deal” blah, blah, blah. Gaz Métro’s $710 million offer elicited a gushing five paragraphs. Gaz Métro already owns Green Mountain Power and Vermont Gas Systems.

“At first glance, I believe this proposal has value for Vermonters and for job creation,” Shumlin said of the Gaz Métro offer, which would create one giant Vermont utility. CVPS is Vermont’s largest utility; GMP is the second largest. A merged utility would serve almost two-thirds of the state.

I’m sure it’s a coincidence that GMP’s CEO Mary Powell is the face of Gaz Métro’s offer.

Powell chaired Shumlin’s inaugural ball that raised nearly $190,000 from private and corporate sponsors; she also attended the $5000-per-plate presidential fundraiser last week on Burlington’s waterfront. In other words, she’s a political player.

Months after Powell organized Shumlin’s inaugural ball, he endorsed GMP’s massive wind-power project on Lowell Mountain. The gov said Powell’s fundraising efforts had absolutely no bearing on his enthusiasm for wind power.

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Gov. Peter Shumlin was one of only a few statewide pols to march in Bristol’s annual Fourth of July parade — the longest-running such fete in Vermont.

In near 90-degree heat, Shumlin dashed from one side of the street to the other, shaking hands and getting his picture taken with kids. Two state police security guards followed his every move as he made his way along the parade route.

Two volunteers holding a “Peter Shumlin for Governor” sign marched amid a throng of Addison County Democrats roughly 50 feet in front of the governor. His official, state-policedriven vehicle trailed right behind him.

After a long weekend shaking hands, kissing babies and marching in holiday parades, Shumlin is planning yet another vacation.

Shumlin will travel to Nova Scotia this week to attend a conference of New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers.

The “official” meeting in Nova Scotia runs Sunday through Tuesday, giving him five days to kick up his heels at his Cape Breton vacation home. He returns to work on July 14.

For those keeping track: Shumlin has taken three vacations since he was sworn in less than eight months ago.

That might be more time off than Gov. Jim Douglas took during his eight years in office.

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Shumlin’s secretary of administration earlier this year, Pearce got his job. An appointment.

There hasn’t been a Republican in the treasurer’s office since Jim Douglas left in 2002 to run for governor. Sen. randy BrocK (R-Franklin), a former state auditor, could be a potential challenger.

Unlike Pearce, Brock has run, and won, statewide office.

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Trust and confidence? Good luck with that one, given the Queen City’s current political and financial climate.

Mayor BoB Kiss demurred when “Fair Game” asked if he should apologize for his administration’s mistakes and lack of transparency.

“We made a statement in 2009 that we were out of compliance and have been transparent by bringing it to the Public Service Board’s attention,” Kiss said. “We have been working hard since then to correct these issues.”

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Bob’s Bumper:

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hen Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss first slapped a Progressive Party bumper sticker on the back of his old Isuzu pickup, he says he thought it would be the only one. Anyone who ever saw that old truck knows it didn’t work out that way. Over the years, the gate collected stickers promoting every imaginable liberal cause, from universal health care to affordable housing. He came to embrace the idea of making “statements on [the truck] like a moving billboard.”

When Kiss finally ditched the Isuzu in favor of a little Chevy S10 pickup, he kept the old truck’s sticker-covered gate as a souvenir. The Chevy didn’t stay pristine for long. A slew of stickers quickly accumulated on the new ride — 31, to be exact. Does the mayor practice the bumper-sticker politics that his vehicle preaches? Decide for yourself.

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30. Buy Local — Open the mayor’s fridge, and you’ll always see two Vermont staples: maple syrup and cheddar cheese. If he didn’t buy local, he says, he’d catch hell from his former neighbor, farmer David Zuckerman.

31. One Less Car — But one more truck? That gets 14 mpg in the city?

Awesome.

28. Peace & Justice Center: Keeping the “Us” in Justice — Sure, Kiss is for peace. But can he help keep the struggling P&J Center from going under?

27. Fear No Art — Back in his college days, Kiss fancied himself a bit of a Renoir. Today, he’s just an art appreciator, which is fine since this city is lousy with creative types.

26. Fight Racism — Kiss says he put this sticker on his truck to remind people that racism is alive and well in Burlington.

Say it ain’t so.

1. Your Vote Is Your Voice — According to Burlington’s voter lists, the famously soft-spoken Mayor Kiss regularly exercises his Constitutional right to vote.

Come next year’s election, he better hope others use their voices, too.

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2. Healthcare is a Human Right — Kiss is a longtime advocate for single-payer health care. Now, thanks to a Dem, he’ll be getting it.

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3. From Legal Rights to Equal Rights — As mayor, Kiss has officiated three straight weddings, but none of the samesex variety. Still, he’s all for gay marriage.

4. It’s Time for Trains — Kiss would like nothing more than to see Amtrak roll on through Burlington en route to Albany, Boston and other eastern cities. Sadly, there doesn’t appear to be a choo-choo in our future.

5. Vermonters Need a Livable Wage — With a salary of $96,939 a year, Kiss is doing all right in the livable wage department. And so are other city employees, thanks to Burlington’s progressive Livable Wage Ordinance, which predates the Kiss administration by nearly 10 years.

6. IRV - Voter Choice Majority Rule — Of course Kiss would have this sticker on his truck — it’s a big reason he’s still in office.

Burlington voters have since put the kibosh on instant runoff voting, so Kiss is going to have to win the old-fashioned way next time — with 41 percent.

7. Organize — Organize what? Your previous years’ tax returns, your sock drawer, your thoughts? Let’s get a little more specific here, Bob.

8. Don’t Treat Your Soil Like Dirt - Intervale Compost — Kiss has had a community garden plot at the Intervale for 20 years, so it’s a safe bet his soil is pretty rich.

Of course, if he wants “Intervale” compost now, he’ll have to trek to Williston to get it.

9. Peace Sign — See #17.

11. Smart Transportation Spending — Kiss is all for the long-promised, muchmaligned Champlain Parkway, formerly known as Southern Connector.

But is $24 million for a potentially monster bottleneck really worth it? Or smart?

10. JAZZ: BTV Discover Jazz fest — This year, the mayor’s Burlington Discover Jazz Fest outings included “Bitches Brew Revisited” and Les Doigts de L’Homme. But Kiss’ city hall office is also within earshot of the stage that hosted the state’s hottest high school jazz bands and he’s able to listen to them rock out. All. Day. Long.

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25. Looking to Rent or Buy a Home?

Champlain Housing Trust — The mayor isn’t about to join the Rent Is Too Damn High party, but he did have a hand in rewriting the city’s new zoning ordinance to allow for taller buildings and more density in the city’s core. How about the Rent Is Still a Little Too Damn High?

24. Champlain 400 — The 2009 Burlington International Waterfront Festival was cool and all, but it cost a hefty $1.7 million, and the city is still on the hook for $300,000. All for some dead white colonizer.

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22. Green Mountain Club - Long Trail — The mayor is into the outdoors. His favorite Vermont hikes?

Mt. Philo, Mt. Mansfield and Camel’s Hump.

23. Vermont Progressive Party — Obvs, he’s still into the party. But is the party still into him?

21. Fair Trade: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters — In 2009, Burlington became the country’s 12th Fair Trade Town. Since then, all the coffee brewed by the mayor’s Keurig singleserving machine has been fair, albeit wasteful, trade.

20. Read — Currently on Kiss’ nightstand is Sea of Poppies, a novel

by Amitav Ghosh. Beats reading about Burlington Telecom.

Mon-Thu 10-7, Fri-Sat 10-8, Sun 11-6 19. I Love Art - BCA — Kiss doesn’t fear art (see #27); he loves it.

17. Imagine Peace (John Lennon) — Kiss was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. But he did just invite the world’s largest defense contractor to set up shop in one of the most peace-loving, post-hippie towns in the country. WWJLD?

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15. In Case of Zombie Apocalypse, Follow Me — Kiss is a known zombie killer. He’s brained more undead with crowbars and sledgehammers than he’d care to admit.

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12. Bicycle for Clean Air — The mayor rides his bike to work during “Way to Go” week in May, but the rest of the year drives his truck 1.2 miles from his Old North End home to Burlington City Hall.

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Donovan suggests the latter. While he claims to respect the need for transparency and the media’s right to access public records, he asserts that right is “not absolute.”

It’s all in the timing, Donovan explains.

“Are they public after charges are filed?

That’s fine; I don’t have a problem with that. But during the pendency of an investigation, where perhaps there is an alleged perpetrator out there who could gain an advantage by having access to this information, I don’t think there are strong public policy reasons for releasing that information.”

University officials have essentially claimed the same legal position, according to Enrique Corredera, UVM’s director of communications.

“We have regularly demonstrated our commitment to openness and transparency, especially when responding to public records acts requests,” Corredera says. “But in this case, the request Currier involved records previously prod Lorriane William an vided to police as part of an ongoing investigation involving potential example: Are the Essex police covering criminal activity. Our position is something up? Have their detectives botched the investigation? Are Currier family members frustrated by the pace of new developments?

“That would be speculation,” writes Kilian. “All I’ll say is that the free flow of information assists the public in gauging the effectiveness of their elected and appointed officials.

“The Currier disappearance has generated considerable public interest and concern,” he adds. “The Essex police have shed very little light on the case. We believe release of the search warrants has the potential to build public understanding of what might have occurred in a high-profile case.” Not to mention the potential for more headlines.

Mindich said he’d prefer to not comment on the Free Press coverage of this issue without taking a closer look at whether it’s “all about getting the information out or cheerleading their own efforts.”

But he did describe the daily as “one of the few good guys trying to get...the governthat we simply cannot take any action that ment to be more open and really holding could potentially interfere with an ongo- the government accountable.”

“Sometimes they’re heavy-handed ing police investigation.”

Based on the daily reportage of this about it, but they’re one of the few news legal battle, one might also assume that outlets that has the resources and desire to Free Press reporters are hot on the trail fight the good fight,” Mindich says.

Essex Police Chief Larose points out of an especially juicy lead, which, in their eyes, justifies compromising the integrity that he and other officers are fielding of an ongoing criminal investigation. For media inquiries “every day” on the Currier

COULD THE RELEASE OF THE WARRANT RETURNS — THAT IS, WHAT POLICE TURNED UP IN THEIR SEARCH OF THE CURRIERS’ HOME —

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here hasn’t been much real news to report since the mysterious June 8 disappearance of William and Lorraine Currier of Essex.

But that hasn’t stopped the Burlington Free Press from generating a small flood of ink about its own efforts to obtain police and university documents related to the case.

The Gannett-owned daily has run at least eight stories — by four different reporters — about denied records requests for search warrants, police affidavits and University of Vermont emails belonging to William Currier, an animal-care technician employed by a university subcontractor. Thus far, Chittenden State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan has refused to release any of the documents, at the behest of Essex Police Chief Brad Larose, and has asked the Vermont Supreme Court to uphold his decision. On Friday, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office filed papers with the high court in support of Donovan’s actions, asking that the documents remain sealed until an evidentiary hearing can be scheduled to ascertain the potential impact of making those documents public.

At its core, the case pits the public’s right to know against the sensitivity of criminal investigations.

David Mindich, who chairs the journalism department at St. Michael’s College, says he sees both sides of this information war. The Free Press may have a valid argument to push for the release of these documents, just as the state may have a legitimate reason to keep certain aspects of the investigation confidential. Mindich draws parallels to war correspondents who censor their battlefield reporting in the interest of national security.

“The Free Press has not engaged in a court battle or enlisted the services of an attorney,” Free Press associate editor Mike Kilian writes in response to an email directed to executive editor Mike Townsend.

That was after the daily ran a June 25 story on the front page, headlined, “Court Battle Brews in Missing Couple Case.”

In fairness, the Free Press hasn’t actually made its case in a courtroom — just the court of public opinion. However, that’s likely to change this week. The Vermont Supreme Court is expected to decide by July 6 on dueling motions filed by each side.

“Three judges’ rulings to date have concluded that the state’s attorney’s office has failed to make the case that release of the search warrants would impede the investigation,” Kilian notes, “and our hope would be that the Supreme Court concurs.”

But is this case a bona fide violation of Vermont’s open-records law — a cause the Free Press has been championing for months in news articles and editorials — or a tempest in a teapot?

MEDIA case. “I think we’ve been very open with all the media in sharing what we can,” Larose contends. “We’re putting out as much information as we can without compromising the investigation.”

Could the release of the warrant returns — that is, what police turned up in their search of the Curriers’ home — actually compromise the police investigation?

“I’d say stronger than ‘could,’” Larose added. “I can’t say definitely, but there’s a strong possibility.”

Some information included in the police affidavits would be known only to family members, police or a potential perpetrator, Larose notes. He has asked family members not to be public about certain details, in the greater interest of finding the missing couple more quickly.

Early on, Larose says, the family had questions about why detectives couldn’t share more information with them. “But when we explained it to them, they understood it right out of the chute why we do things like that and were appreciative of it,” Larose says. “It’s very difficult for them, but they understand that we’re doing everything we can do to figure out where Bill and Lorraine are. And, they’re 100 percent behind our efforts.”

Asked if the family has designated a spokesperson, Larose added, “They don’t want to speak to the media.”

Larose said he doesn’t understand why the Free Press is putting on the full court press for information that will be made public in due time. As he put it, “Geez, we’re all in this together, the public and police, trying to get justice served here in the best way possible.”

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Taxi Drivers Object to Porn Prohibition — Just Because

It’s not every day that one Burlington city councilor tweets another about porn.

But last week, Councilor Joan Shannon (D-Ward 5) fired off this titillating tweet to Councilor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (P-Ward 3): “@emmajmsvt how many taxi drivers have pleaded w us to allow them to have porn in cabs? I’m up to 5 #WTF #BTV #BTVCC” Shannon chairs the committee that’s presently rewriting Burlington’s taxi regulations. She says that numerous cabbies have asked her to strike the section that forbids them from using or possessing pornography in their taxis while on duty.

Mulvaney-Stanak, who notes that current regulations prohibit porn, says two cabbies have asked her to change the rule, arguing it infringes on their “rights.”

“We’re not trying to limit their use of pornography on their own time,” says Shannon, adding that the prohibition isn’t open for debate. “And we’re not trying to limit what their customers bring along with them.”

Benways Transportation doesn’t allow its drivers to carry porn, says owner Paul Robar. But he’s still a little uneasy with the city banning drivers from having it.

“Do I want them looking at naked stuff ? No,” says Robar. “But on the other hand, the city is so out there on the reaching, so who knows what they’re calling porn at this point?”

The tweet earned Shannon some unwanted attention.

“It turns out if you tweet ‘porn,’ strange people start following you,” she says. “I got some very scantily clad followers and knocked them off.”

Anthony Weiner, the councilor says, was not among them.

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In Bosnian culture, drinking coffee is considered an intimate activity that usually involves family or close personal friends, Sehovic explains.

Sehovic, 34, fled the city of Banja Luka, in northwestern Bosnia, in 1992 at the age of 15, just as the Bosnian War began. She and her family immigrated to Turkey, then Germany, before arriving in Burlington in 1997. Sehovic is now attending graduate school in New York City but considers Burlington her second home, as nearly all her family still lives here.

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Since then, his Merce Cunningham Dance Company has been focused on carrying out his wishes: preserving his works in “dance capsules” and launching a final, two-year Legacy Tour in celebration of the artist’s lifetime before dissolving at the end of the year. This weekend, the company makes its only New England stop: Dartmouth College’s HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Why the Hop? The MCDC has a couple of ties to Dartmouth. The Hop’s director, JEFFREY JAMES, served for four years as the dance company’s executive director, and the composer CHRISTIAN Merce Cunningham WOLFF, who collaborated with Cunningham for many years, is a music and classics professor emeritus at the college.

Wolff will also perform, on piano, this weekend. horeographer Merce Cunningham broke Cunningham had a plan: When ground in the modern dance world with he reached the age at which he his belief that music and dance should was unable to continue work- be coexisting but independent creations. ing, he would carefully disband his com- When he asked composers such as Wolff pany. He never quite reached that age. to write a piece, he revealed almost He was creating new choreography until nothing about the dance it would acjust weeks before he died, at 90, in 2009. company. “He might say, ‘It’s 22 minutes

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Later, he served as the company’s house pianist for about a decade after retiring from Dartmouth.

At the Hop this weekend, the company will perform three works. “Antic Meet” (1958) is a playful piece with outrageous found-object costumes originally designed by the artist Robert Rauschenberg. A group of female dancers wear billowing dresses made from parachutes; another wears a sweater with extra arms and no neck hole. One of the most famous photographs of Cunningham comes from “Antic Meet”: He’s in the midst of a leap, a wooden chair strapped to his back.

Of that image, and the work itself, Hop director James says, “It’s an incredible feat of oddity and virtuosity.”

The company will also perform “Squaregame” (1976), which features dancers throwing duffle bags around stage; and “RainForest” (1968), which James sees as a more introspective piece, set to music by composer David Tudor.

Andy Warhol designed the set, which includes floating silver Mylar balloons that travel the stage as they’re kicked by chance.

Cunningham had initially asked Warhol to design the costumes, too, but Warhol wanted everybody to be naked. “Merce loved this story,” James

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drama festival celebrating the lives of gay and lesbian people wouldn’t seem out of place in Burlington. But in Randolph?

The rural, central Vermont hamlet isn’t exactly Chelsea or the Castro.

But for two weekends in July, the tiny town will do its best to depict the LGBT experience faithfully during its inaugural Summer Pride Festival at CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. The festival, which coincides with traditional gay pride celebrations held during June and July, came about as a way to start a conversation on LGBT issues while making use of the venue during a downtime. Typically, the Chandler’s historic 575-seat theater is busy at the beginning of the summer but

hits a lull in July before activity picks back up again in August, says executive director BECKY MCMEEKIN. More than just needing to fill the theater’s empty space, McMeekin wanted to produce a pride festival unique to Randolph. To that end, she invited Chicagobased director David Zak to produce shows that would provide a window into the queer experience. Zak’s company, Pride Films and Plays, is dedicated to developing new stage work on LGBT themes. His sister, SHARON RIVES, is on the Chandler board of directors.

“We didn’t want to duplicate other efforts,” McMeekin says. Accordingly, you won’t see leather daddies or dykes on bikes parading through the center of town. The Randolph Summer Pride

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Festival is about plays and playwrights writing about contemporary queer life.

The festival begins on July 8 with a staged reading of The Boys in the Band, the seminal and controversial play written by Mart Crowley in 1968 and adapted for the big screen in 1970. The play, which will be read by local actors including JASON LORBER, RICHARD WATERHOUSE, JEFF TOLBERT and GENE HEINRICH, centers on a birthday gathering of a group of gay friends. During the party, the characters explore issues of love, acceptance, self-loathing and homophobia to oftenexplosive effect.

For years, the critically acclaimed play was considered too incendiary to be staged. However, during the past decade the play has enjoyed a revival, says festival director Zak. He picked Crowley’s

play to kick off the festival as a way to lay the event’s foundation. “It’s helpful to take a look back and then say, ‘Here’s where we are today,’” he says.

The festival continues on July 9 and 10 with a new work called The Times, by Mark S. Watson. The piece, about a gay man whose college lover ends up marrying a woman, was one of five finalists in the Great Gay Play Contest, sponsored

by Zak’s production company. Zak began the contest last year as a way to connect artistic directors looking for LGBT programming with new voices; it received more than 100 entries.

The final piece in the festival is Shelby’s Vacation, a screenplay by Nancy Beverly about a harried businesswoman who happens on a lesbian camp in the woods.

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long,’” Wolff says. Oftentimes, the dancers wouldn’t hear the music until right before they performed.

It was all about freedom, Wolff says.

Cunningham wanted everyone — the set and costume designers and the composers — to feel unbound by assignments.

“He thought participation would be livelier if each person worked on their own,” Wolff says.

As a composer, Wolff says, he had no idea what the performances would look like until they happened, and that element of surprise was exciting.

“When you don’t have specific coordination, inevitably, there will [still] be coordination,” he says of the interaction between music and dance in Cunningham’s work. Dancers will land on a beat coincidentally, or the music will surge along with the movement.

“It’s completely unplanned, and it’s very powerful because of that. It’s like the feeling when you meet a friend when you’re walking down the street.”

As a teenager, Wolff saw Cunningham dance in the 1950s. “I didn’t even dream of making music for him,” he says. “I was just some kid on the street.” But by 16, Wolff was studying composition with John Cage, Cunningham’s life partner and artistic collaborator. The young pianist was soon composing for the MCDC.

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Unfortunately, Cunningham told Warhol, totally nude dancers just wouldn’t be practical. So he asked another artist, Jasper Johns, to come up with an alternative. The resulting costumes are spare, with slashes across them in a nod to Warhol’s concept.

“This is among the last chances to see the work of one of the geniuses of our time,” says James, who adds that the company’s disbanding is bittersweet.

“One of the good things about the idea is that the work will survive,” he says, noting that American Ballet Theater is doing a Cunningham piece in its upcoming fall season.

But it would be impossible not to feel sad about the shuttering of a great dance company, James observes. Among the troupe members and supporters, the big

question during the winding-down process has been “How can you possibly continue a company where its whole reason for being is its one artist?” James says.

Cunningham may be gone, but the dancers in his company are fabulous, Wolff says. “I think the company [members] now are probably about as good as I can ever remember seeing them.” And that, he says, is heartbreaking. Catch them while you can.

Pride Films and Plays Women’s Work, a writing contest for women focused on lesbian themes. Finding dramatic work written by or about lesbians has histori-

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Robert Palmer Palmer’s three-string cigarbox guitar is dubbed “Smokin’ Sycamore.” The animal-print-lined gee-tar case, drolly called “Doom Box,” is styled after an early American coffin.

The Virginia native is a carpenter by trade and a fan of the blues. Little did he know when he enrolled in BC’s new Craftsmanship and Design Program that the “simple box” he aimed to make would turn into “a woodworker’s take on an otherwise simple Delta Blues instrument,” Palmer writes. The winners of the Fresh Wood competition will be announced on Friday, July 22. Bring it on home, Robert!

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peaking of bringing it home, the Center for Cartoon studies in White River Junction got a nice fat grant from the Vermont Community Development Program — a quartermillion and change — to launch the inky solomon Center. The colorfully named enterprise aims to be a stateof-the-art industry generator for all those CCS grads: incubating start-ups, producing graphic works for the print and digital worlds, and facilitating collaborations among students and professionals. Examples of current alumni projects are a graphic biography series for Disney and a greetingcard deal with Hallmark.

The town of Hartford applied for the grant with the cartoon school. The ISC will renovate and make its home in the so-called Old Telegraph Building, a first-floor space provided in kind by CCS’ community partner, FairPoint Communications. The 1920s-era building was once a switching station for regional calls and has provided CCS with a studio for the past five years. Inky Solomon is considered the “spiritual leader” of CCS — his legend is posted, in cartoon form, of course, on the school’s website. Apocryphal? Decide for yourself.

What’s certainly true is that CCS is working that creative-economy thing.

The International Comic Arts Forum brings, well, international cartoonists to White River Junction September 29 through October 1. As for Inky, “By spring we’ll be set up and working in the studio,” says CCS cofounder and president miChelle ollie. More details will be announced at the forum.

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came up with quick fixes, most based on the practical observation that if all else failed, you could jump. People have been improvising nets since the first multistory hovel went up in flames, of course — I find reports of rescues using rugs, tarps, even a raincoat. Now more elaborate gimmicks were proposed, some of them fanciful. One basically consisted of two giant mattresses.

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for the fellow who patented it in 1887. This is the iconic net of the cartoons, consisting of a rigid circular frame with a round sheet of fabric stretched across the middle from springs, like a trampoline. You unfolded the net on arrival at the fire scene, got 10 to 16 firemen to hold it at shoulder height below a trapped victim, and hoped for the best.

The good thing, judging from old press accounts, was that a lot of times life nets worked.

The bad thing was that seemingly just about as often they didn’t — deaths and injuries were common. The practical limit was believed to be six stories; New

Jumping from lower heights wasn’t much safer. Leapers sometimes struck something on the way down, landed on a fireman or missed entirely. Things could go wrong even if you were on target. In 1910 four women made the mistake of clinging to one another as they jumped from a burning four-story factory in Newark, N.J. They tore through the net and were killed.

Despite these drawbacks, life nets remained a standard piece of firefighting equipment for years. As late as 1960 the Boston Globe saw fit to spend a full page explaining optimal leaping technique. (Hint: Jump in a seated position with your limbs out in front of you, trying to land on your butt or the small of your back.)

By the 1970s, though, life nets were on their way out. Hundredfoot aerial ladders had made rescue a less perilous proposition. The last mention of a net I could find was from 1983; current firefighting manuals don’t discuss them at all.

Still, the fundamental problem remains unsolved. Improvements notwithstanding, people still sometimes get trapped by fire in tall buildings — witness the desperate souls who leaped from the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. Surely, you think, that qualifies as insane.

Maybe not. There you are on the hundredth floor, with a choice even starker than the one facing somebody staring down at a life net. If you jump, your chances of surviving are infinitesimal but arguably not zero. If you stay you have no chance at all. What do you pick? m

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York City firefighters in 1900 routinely jumped into a net from that height during their training. Surviving a leap from a taller building wasn’t out of the question.

In a 1930 Chicago fire, three people jumped eight stories into a net: two suffered minor injuries, one bounced out and fractured her skull. One daredevil L.A. firefighter tested a life net from 10 stories and landed without a scratch.

But that was rare. In the infamous Triangle garment factory fire of 1911, flames raced through the top three floors of a 10-story building in lower Manhattan. Scores of panicked workers, mostly young women, leaped from the windows. Some plummeted to the sidewalk even before firefighters arrived and set up their nets. Two women who had jumped together ripped through one net, followed close after by a third. Another woman landed in a net but died of internal injuries later. Deliverymen stretched out a tarp hoping to save some of the leapers; the first hurtling body ripped it from their grasp. With corpses literally piling up at the foot of the building, nets were soon abandoned as futile. In all, 146 people died. slug signorino

Dear cecil, There’s an old comedy cliché about firemen holding a big net and asking people to jump to safety. Is this a fictional invention, or was there really a time when this was how we rescued people from burning buildings? If there was, what was the highest someone could leap from and be saved by a net being stretched between human hands?

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Comedy cliché? Spoken like a true child of our coddled age. You think life nets are mythical because jumping into a patch of canvas from (say) 75 feet up seems insanely dangerous. Dangerous, sure, but insane? I don’t think so.

Years ago those trapped in the upper stories of blazing buildings often faced a simple choice: leap or fry.

Life nets were one of many gambits by which the urbanites of a century ago coped with the joys of city life. If disease, filth or poverty didn’t get you, there was a good chance fire would. The ability to construct tall buildings profitably far outstripped the means to make them safe. Fatal fires were an everyday occurrence. Newspapers and reformers campaigned for tougher laws and better firefighting equipment, but it took decades before these improvements had any effect.

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longtime state official who established Vermont’s forests and parks system, the dam was completed “almost entirely with hand labor, and involved the clearing of brush and trees, and construction of a 600-foot trench for the concrete

other uses for it — as evidenced by the empty beer cans (Bud and Bud Light), graffiti (“Blunt Time” and “Barre Sucks Cock” were two memorable tags) and other assorted trash littering the area (Hershey’s wrappers, a crushed pack of Camel cigarettes, a used pregnancy test — reading negative).

The garbage bothers Adam Braman, a young man I encountered on a recent visit to the dam who could pass for John Connor’s stunt double in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. A scruffy 24-yearold dressed in a camouflage hat and shirt, Braman has a contract to weed-whack the entire perimeter of the dam to keep woody vegetation from encroaching on the structure. He had been at it for an entire week when I met him, with his dog, a lanky Weimaraner named Fancy Lou, by his side.

“I drove to Alaska last year, and you never see this kind of trash out there,” he said.

Braman was a friendly dam tour guide and noted that, in the winter, snowmobiles frequently cross the area on a VAST trail that follows the crest of the dam.

Unlike its sister dams in Waterbury and Middlesex, the East Barre Dam doesn’t have a reservoir or recreation area, so, beyond a few dog walkers, it doesn’t get much use in the summer months.

But Braman has some ideas of his own for alternative uses of the bone-dry spillway: an oversized skateboard park, or a summer concert venue where people could tailgate on the sloping, concrete amphitheater.

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tunnel under the dam.” For tools, the workers had nothing more than wheelbarrows, picks, shovels, sledges and drills, Merrill wrote.

In 1960, the Army Corps of Engineers strengthened the dam’s structural integrity by raising its elevation 10 feet, lengthening it 420 feet and enlarging the discharge capacity of the culvert where the river passes through the earthen dam.

Good thing they did, because the spring floods that left Montpelier and Barre virtually underwater tested the East Barre Dam as never before.

Several times during last April and May, the Jail Branch swelled to 18 feet above normal. That’s twice the usual seasonal high and the highest level it’s reached in at least a decade, according to Steve Bushman, a dam safety engineer for the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Without the dam to hold the floodwaters back, he says, the damage downstream could have been even worse.

“It performed great,” says Bushman, who just gave the dam its annual inspection last week. (It passed with flying colors, he says.)

If push came to shove, Bushman says the dam and spillway could hold back several times that volume.

In fact, the East Barre Dam was built to hold 3.9 billion gallons of floodwater — enough to cover 38 square miles with five inches of water.

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he highway that leads to the village of East Barre, U.S. Route 302, is a lazy river road that winds through rolling hills alongside a babbling branch of the Winooski River. There’s nothing much to see along this semi-rural stretch of highway save for lush forests, the occasional house and — holy mackerel!

What the hell is that humongous concrete bowl off the side of the road?

Anyone who’s driven this stretch of Rte. 302 — roughly two miles east of downtown Barre — has seen this enormous structure. To me, it looked like the preapocalyptic spillway from the scene in Terminator 2: Judgment Day where the evil, liquid-metal terminator tries to run down a teenage John Connor with a Mack truck.

In fact, that’s exactly what it is — except smaller, and without the timetraveling cyborgs. As a faded roadside sign attests, this gigantic cement halfpipe is part of the East Barre Dam, a massive mound of earth on the Jail Branch of the Winooski River that was designed to protect Barre, Montpelier and other towns downstream from floods of doomsday proportions.

The dam was one of three built in the early 1930s following just such a deluge — the flood of 1927, a November storm that sent walls of water careening through central Vermont, destroying 1000 bridges, claiming 84 lives (including that of the lieutenant governor, S. Hollister Jackson) and leaving 10,000 people homeless. In response to the catastrophe, President Franklin Roosevelt deployed an army of Civilian Conservation Corps workers to construct a 400-foot-wide dam that rose 60 feet above the crest of the stream, and a concrete spillway with a giant speed hump, called an ogee weir, to blunt the force of surging floodwaters.

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ow that the Fourth of July paraders have packed up their floats, the fireworks have burst in air and come back to earth, and the strains of “The Star Spangled Banner” have quieted, I thought I’d say something about the flag.

The American flag is a piece of shit.

Hold your red, white and blue spitballs. I don’t really mean it. I’m not in love with the American flag, mind you — or any other flag, for that matter — but I don’t despise it, either.

Rather, I have likened Old Glory to the product of a bowel movement as an act of civil disobedience.

In case you didn’t know, Vermont has a flag-desecration law.

Title 13: Chapter 45 of Vermont statute, Flags and Ensigns, makes it a crime to “publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy [or] trample upon” the American flag or the Vermont state flag. It is illegal to “place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of any nature upon” the flag. Also prohibited are the display of a flag so altered or the manufacture, sale, gift or possession of any “article of merchandise” bearing its likeness.

In fact, the law imposes a penalty of a year’s imprisonment or a $1000 fine or both if you so much as “cast contempt” upon the flag “by word or act.”

As I have just done.

There is one problem with this statute: It is unconstitutional.

The 1989 Supreme Court ruling in Texas v. Johnson invalidated all such state laws — 48 at the time — as violations of the First Amendment’s protection of free speech. Vermont was one of the 48: Its statute went on the books in 1941. A similar federal statute, an amended version of the 1968 Flag Protection Act, was ruled unconstitutional the following year.

Vermont’s law against doing nasty things to the flag is a dead letter, says Vermont Law School professor Peter Teachout, and probably remains on the books because no one has gotten around to repealing it. He avers that this might have something to do with politics. Noting Vermont’s “strong commitment” to protecting its citizens’ freedom of speech, however, Teachout sees “no danger” that any official will try to enforce the flag law. Repeal, he says, “would be a wise housekeeping measure, but not necessary.”

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Vermont has a flagdesecration law.

Vermont ACLU executive director Allen Gilbert told me the same: “There are a lot of statutes that are meaningless because they’ve been trumped by federal law.” Like Teachout, Gilbert says that nobody has the inclination to go through centuries’ worth of text and rake out the legal detritus.

Still, it’s worth taking a look at Vermont’s recent history with the Stars and Stripes, which doesn’t exactly exemplify the “strong commitment” to the First Amendment that Teachout praises.

Back in 1989, when the Court curtailed its options but not its zeal, Congress set about changing the Constitution to safeguard the flag.

What came to be called the “flagburning” amendment was introduced every session; in 1995 the bill passed the House of Representatives. It was defeated narrowly in the Senate. The same thing happened every biennium for the next decade, the Vermont delegation standing with the opposition every time.

Since the states never got a chance to ratify the amendment, 45 legislatures sent billets doux, in the form of supportive resolutions, to Congress. In 1995, Vermont considered such a resolution, too, but it failed. An affirmation of First Amendment freedoms passed in its place.

But that “nay” from the Vermont legislature squeaked through over a roaring debate. And by January 2002, though the rhetoric was more subdued, the ayes had it. Protest votes against civil unions and education finance reform had turned the House over to the GOP and pushed virtually every moderate Republican out of office.

Then September 11 happened.

A joint resolution flew from the Golden Dome to the Capitol, expressing the General Assembly’s “condemnation of all acts of flag desecration and similar displays of disrespect for the United States” and urging Congress “to explore all avenues available,” including a Constitutional amendment, to ensure that Old Glory got her props.

Were the lawmakers really worried about the safety of the flag? Were the masses using it as a snot rag or kindling, or writing obscene rap songs about it?

Of course not. The federal Flag Protection Act was an attempt to rein in protests against the Vietnam War. In 1989, right-wingers led by North Dakota Senator Jesse Helms saw the political potential in denouncing an art installation by a young, black, self-proclaimed revolutionary artist with the adopted name of Dred Scott that challenged viewers to tread on the flag.

So it was in Vermont. In 2001, in addition to a school-prayer proposal, Republicans produced bills requiring public school children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. Those bills died in committee, but a resolution recommending that House members do the same went through. It was watered down, but it went through. As for prayer, the legislature already heard the words of a clergyperson every morning.

The Pledge of Allegiance sponsors called for a roll-call vote. With an angry “nay,” East Montpelier progressive Democrat Andy Christiansen called it a McCarthyesque loyalty oath. “Let the patriotism Olympics begin!” he declared.

What Christiansen understood — as did Helms and the drafters of the 1968 statute — is that it doesn’t matter if a law accomplishes anything practical; its constitutionality also is irrelevant. What counts is the symbolism. Bills or laws requiring allegiance to, or renunciation of, symbols are themselves symbolic.

Symbols — Scott’s piece no less than the high-waving flag itself — evoke emotions, and that is where their political power lies.

That no official could enforce Vermont’s flag law doesn’t mean that no politically opportunistic official would invoke it. Once it is exhumed, the demagoguery can begin, and those liberal Constitution huggers are on the defensive.

Evil things need stakes through their hearts lest they rise, undead, to bite us.

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oung mice fill every seat in a theater, riveted by their parents standing on the proscenium stage. Their big-eyed, long-nosed faces look stricken as their mother tells them, “Your father and I want to explain why we’ve decided to live apart.”

The funny-sad cartoon is quintessential Edward Koren, and one that he identifies as a favorite. Originally published in the New Yorker in 1995, it is now among several dozen on view in his retrospective, “The Capricious Line,” at the University of Vermont’s Fleming Museum. The exhibition began at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, Koren’s alma mater (class of ’57), and then traveled to the Fleming for a summer run. The reason?

“Not only is Ed a longtime Vermont resident,” explains Fleming director Janie Cohen, “but Vermont has long been an inspiration to him and features frequently in his work. With a worldwide following through his 50 years of work at the New Yorker,” she adds, “he was well due some Vermont love.”

Many here would probably add to the accolades. Koren is not the part-time célébré who drops in during warmweather months. New Yorkers like to identify him as a humorist of the Upper West Side, but Vermonters can easily claim Koren as one of their own.

He has lived year-round in the tiny town of Brookfield for 33 years. With his wife, Curtis Ingham Koren, he has a Vermont-born son, Ben, now 22. The

elder Koren, at 75, still volunteers with the town’s fire department. Among the many books he has illustrated are some produced by Vermont’s Chelsea Green Publishing. Koren has contributed pro bono artwork to many a Vermont nonprofit and favored establishment; a quilt made from T-shirts bearing his illustrations greets visitors at the entrance to the Fleming exhibit. Three tees made for Montpelier’s Onion River Sports hint at his love of biking the state’s rural roads.

A laugh-out-loud museum show may be unusual, but this one doesn’t just honor an accomplished and beloved

as a product of “the disordering of the mind.”

If his capricci are the stuff of fevered fantasy, most of Koren’s cartoons and illustrations do obey the “rules of art,” as well as those of anatomy, whether or not it is hidden behind a pelt or adorned with complicated antlers. Viewers may focus on the meaning, the joke, but they should not overlook the artist’s impeccable grasp of his graphic genre’s essentials.

Koren himself confesses he’s not sure where the line is, if it exists, between cartoon and art (see interview below).

This is one of the great joys in my life: drawing.

of forest animals lined up at a 24-hour ATM in a tree, or the cartoon in which one prehistoric creature says to another: “The reason you all are becoming extinct is that you can’t take a joke.”

Other drawings seem to exist in the service of a random thought that we’ve probably all had. In a sketch of two monster-headed figures relaxing against a rock, one says: “Isn’t it astonishing that no two of us are exactly alike?”

Given the hard-edged humor in vogue today, some may find Koren’s too soft, or safe. One New York Times critic, who reviewed “The Capricious Line” at Columbia, chided him for not being sufficiently critical.

“Considering the kinds of controversial subjects that comic artists like R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Daniel Clowes and others have addressed, Mr. Koren seems awfully timid,” writes Ken Johnson in the May 2010 piece. “Woody Allen’s world is Tolstoyan by comparison.” But within his comfort zone, Johnson allows, “Mr. Koren can be funny, psychologically acute and philosophically provocative.” He also applauds Koren’s “pitch-perfect feel for gag lines” and his distinctive cartooning style. “It’s worth visiting this show just to see the full-scale ink drawings on fine, heavyweight paper,” Johnson remarks, as compared with the relatively minuscule New Yorker versions of those cartoons.

This is certainly true. Viewers may be surprised to see how large the originals are — the framed works are 20 by 25 inches and up, and the exhibit organizes them both chronologically and categorically. While the cartoon texts elicit

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cartoonist; it also validates his works as an artist. “The Capricious Line” offers plenty of Koren cartoons featuring his instantly recognizable hirsute creatures and wry remarks. There are also textfree “dioramas” of yet more bizarre beasts; drawings of people — or animals — on bicycles; and a fascinating assortment of scribbly, wildly improvisational figures. “Koren’s art belongs to a venerable tradition, that of the capriccio,” writes co-curator David Rosand in an essay for the show’s catalog. “This was defined in seventeenth-century Italy and France as an art that owes more to the imagination and fantasy of the artist than to the rules of art.” In fact, notes Rosand, such artwork was once viewed

Without doubt he belongs to a respected visual-art-as-commentary lineage. “He is a satirist of society’s pretension like his 19th-century French and American precursors, Honoré Daumier and Thomas Nast,” writes Fleming curator Aimee Marcereau DeGalan in Koren’s bio for the show, “and, like them, he deftly explores the neuroses of his times.” In addition — and perhaps this characterizes a more modern man — Koren’s work is often reflective, autobiographical. He doesn’t skewer what he calls the “endless peccadilloes” of the self-absorbed so much as he gently observes that we are all very silly humans.

Sometimes, of course, he is the justplain-silly one. Witness the drawing

SEVEN DAYS: Ed, I first interviewed you in 1995, on the occasion of the publication of your book Quality Time: Parenting, Progeny and Pets.

Then you said you’d been doing cartoons for the New Yorker for “an improbable 33 years.” It’s now 16 years later. How has cartooning for the magazine changed since ’95?

ED KOREN: It’s become more improbable. It’s a funny subject, because I could sound like a whiner and complainer if I wanted to wax, but I almost don’t want to go there. Much less of my work has been published in the last decade than

SD: I think a lot of people read the cartoons in the New Yorker and don’t find some of them funny at all. The magazine is almost notorious for that.

EK: After all these years, I still don’t know — there’s still this scattershot kind of humor. What’s even more of a mystery is whether this is a generational thing — maybe each decade produces its own kind of humor. But is “funniness” really the only value, or index? There are lots of ways to look at a cartoon: whether it sheds some light on our predicament, whether it is philosophically rich…

SD: As a writer, I’m always seeing things as potential stories. How does a cartoonist see the world?

EK: The way a cartoonist sees the world is that the cartoon is a story.

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SD: I know you keep meticulous track of how many of your cartoons

SD: You told me in 1995 that everything goes in cycles, including “freshness.” How fresh are you feeling these days?

EK: By and large, in a general way, I still feel fresh. Since then I stumbled across this great quote from Lily Tomlin: “No matter how cynical I get, I can never keep up.” She is, hands down, a favorite of mine — our sensibilities are so similar. I’m never at a loss for what might be fruitful. There’s an endless stream of peccadilloes.

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ever before, and that’s pretty much true for the other cartoonists. It hasn’t changed in that it’s like fishing: You cast your few worms and hope that your judgment will be deemed funny.

SD: She made acerbic observations of people, as you do.

EK: Yes. Rachel’s book is really quite wonderful.

SD: Well, there can’t be too many other cartoonists past the 1000 mark.

EK: In the early days, some of those guys had one in every week…

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SD: Sixteen years ago, I wrote that you were a 20th-century Jane Austen. I’ll have to change that to 21st century.

EK: You did? A friend of mine, Rachel Brownstein, wrote a book called Why Jane Austen? I was just reading a letter from Jane to her sister that Rachel quotes in the book [he reads the letter, which includes a snarky comment about an unfavored woman].

the New Yorker publishes. What are you up to now, and how many covers?

EK: I’m not sure how many covers, but the cartoons so far are up to 1035. The pace has slowed considerably since 1995.

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chuckles, the size of the drawings invites closer observation of the artwork, calling attention to composition, quirky little details and Koren’s use of visuals to convey concepts.

Consider the mice cartoon. The graphic composition is strong: a stage in the lower right foreground, with stadium seating whooshing to the upper left; hundreds of precisely placed, tiny lines of ink to portray mice in a way that is both realistic and, well, cartoony. It’s funny, first of all, in the way that only animals representing humans can be — animals talking, sitting like people or standing upright despite the possession of four legs. It’s funny that the parental mice have so many offspring, they’ve had to rent a theater to gather them all for their announcement. Verbally, though, the cartoon is a punch in the stomach, and you don’t have to be from a “broken home” to imagine the devastation of kids whose parents are getting divorced. Even when they’re rodents.

Therein lies Koren’s brilliance: He gets that we need to laugh when we’re hurt, confused, disgusted, worried or simply fed up. And he knows how to picture, literally, the shibboleths, passions, obsessions and, yes, neuroses of this time.

In a phone interview from his home in Brookfield, Ed Koren discusses his career in art and the “funnies.”

Continuing Ed Seven Days asked four prominent Vermont cartoonists to draw Ed Koren in their own styles. Here is what their pens wrought.

Harry Bliss, 47, is a cartoonist

and cover artist for the New Yorker and has illustrated nearly a dozen children’s picture books, including the Newbery Award-winning A Fine, Fine School and the Diary of… series. His single-panel cartoon, “Bliss,” is carried in Seven Days and other publications.

He lives in South Burlington. harrybliss.com

Alison Bechdel created a longrunning comic strip called “Dykes to Watch Out For” that was carried in this and other weekly newspapers nationwide and published in numerous collections. She ceased drawing the strip to focus on books, which include her best-selling Fun Home (2006).

Bechdel, 50, lives in Jonesville. dykestowatchoutfor.com alisonbechdel.blogspot.com

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proscenium of their car windows. It’s interesting: When people drive they are almost always expressionless. So, how do I take what I see in the car window … and find the story?

James Kochalka is a prolific

comic-book artist and writer and front man of the band James Kochalka Superstar. A native Vermonter, his multifaceted work is internationally known. Kochalka’s autobiographical cartoon “American Elf” appears in Seven Days; other strips are available online on a subscription basis. This spring, Kochalka, 44, was named the first cartoon laureate of Vermont. He lives in Burlington. americanelf.com kochalkaholic.blogspot.com

James Sturm is the cofounder of Vermont’s Center for Cartoon Studies and the writer and artist of numerous graphic works. He also founded the National Association of Comics Art Educators and cofounded Seattle’s alternative newsweekly the Stranger. Sturm’s trio of American historical fiction graphic novels includes the award-winning The Golem’s Mighty Swing (2001). Now 46, he lives in White River Junction. cartoonstudies.org

SD: Do you sometimes just start to draw the picture and the text comes to you?

EK: Yes, or vice versa. The other day I was riding my bike and thinking about Pride Week — the Chandler [Center for the Arts in Randolph] is having a Pride Week. I came across the idea of a kid thinking that someone’s parents were cool because the father had come out as gay and the mother is bisexual.

That’s become part of the conversation.

SD: How long have you lived in Brookfield now?

EK: This house has been mine since 1978.

SD: Ever had any urges to move elsewhere?

EK: Yes, occasionally, but as you can see, I haven’t. There are some wonderful things here, and some things I’d just as soon not have. I’m not a content person, but … I’m as content as I can be.

SD: And you’re still a volunteer fire fighter.

EK: I still am. I may be one of the older guys in the state doing it. There are certain things I can’t do anymore, but there are so many things to be done. The real “pasture” for guys like me is fire police, directing traffic. [Volunteering] is a form of social engagement that I really like — with my buddies in the department and with the public. You often have to be nice to people and calm them down, make them feel better.

SD: And you’re still running…

EK: Yes, I hopped in the [Burlington] marathon for a section. I just love to run, but my cardiologist said it’s not a good idea for me to compete — it makes you push yourself harder than you probably should.

SD: I really enjoyed the biking section of drawings in the exhibit.

They’re not really cartoons, but they could be.

EK: Yes, an interesting question to me is where the line is between the cartoons and some of the drawings.

[They’re] pretty similar. The genesis of those drawings is, I love to watch people bike, see how they relate to the machine. It’s one of the few machines

you can really be part of, you become one with it. As much as people may like to think they’re one with their SUV, they’re really not.

SD: What are you driving?

EK: A souped-up old Saab.

SD: Let’s talk about this exhibit, which of course originated at the Wallach Gallery at columbia. I read your essay [in the catalog], but can you share your thoughts about it?

EK: At Columbia it was like a homecoming. The gallery is in the old library space in the hall devoted to art history.

I spent a lot of time in that library [in college]. What I learned there, in extraordinarily labyrinthine ways, ended up on the walls in that show.

SD: That’s amazing. I understand it was a bigger show than at the Fleming.

EK: A little bit. It was a much bigger space, so it had a different feel. At the Fleming, the compression makes it almost better; it’s more intimate. David Rosand, the co-curator, agreed with me that it improved the show to be in more intimate quarters.

SD: Is it like memory lane when you look at those old drawings and cartoons? Do you think about what your life was like when you made them?

EK: It’s hard to look back on really early stuff and not be critical. Artists like to think that over the years they get better…

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SD: I know what you mean, writing stuff for a newspaper that goes into the recycling bin the next week.

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EK: Well, yes, sometimes. The big diorama drawings were really impressive, probably the most ambitious I’ve ever gotten. [The large-scale drawings are populated by fantastical creatures with elaborate horns and beards.]

SD: It’s nice to see the cartoons so large and spend a little time with them.

EK: The cartoons, they’re consumed in one or two seconds at most. People’s reactions don’t take into account all the thought and work that went into them. They’re not really paying proper respect to everything that preceded it.

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SD: This might be a silly question, given the thousands of cartoons you’ve made, but do you have any favorites?

EK: Well, one answer is, how can you choose among your children? But there are a few that I’m really fond of because they seem like a perfect combination of everything I’m trying to do. One is the mice [“Your father and I want to explain why we’ve decided to live apart.”]. It’s a crazy, silly, sad moment of revelation — worlds being shattered, or at least upended, by a few words.

But I’ve done these [cartoons] over many years and, once I do them, they’re kind of out of my hands. They take on a life of their own. That’s what happens with drawings: You love them but you can’t be with them; they’re off on their own lives. … The best moment is when they’re being created.

EK: When I wander around and peer at all my productivity, I think, Jesus, I’ve done all this! I never thought I’d be accorded a gathering on the walls of a prodigious institution. I’m almost kind of naïve, like a kid, I guess.

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SD: When I saw those, I thought, He must have had a lot of fun doing these. The horns are hilarious.

EK: Well, I did. This is one of the great joys in my life: drawing. Being at my drawing board, it’s my natural lair. I can’t go away too often because I get a hankering to be drawing.

Going L to the Mountain What attracts so many spiritual seekers to the tiny town of Lincoln?

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incoln, Vt., is a slender spur that pokes into the northernmost section of the Green Mountain National Forest, southeast of Bristol and just over the mountain from Sugarbush. The New Haven River snakes north through Lincoln from its headwaters on Bread Loaf Mountain, following the main road. The town covers 44 square miles and is home to about 1200 residents, a figure that has increased only slightly in the past two decades.

Like most Vermont towns its size, Lincoln has a town hall, a library, a country store and a church, all of which sit squarely in its center. Unlike most

Vermont towns, it’s also home to four sizeable spiritual communities.

Lincoln isn’t one of those towns you might happen upon while traveling elsewhere. It’s not en route to anything, unless you’re trying to get to Warren the hard way: by climbing up and over the precipitous Lincoln Gap. Lincoln is the end of the road. Author Chris Bohjalian, who moved there from Brooklyn 25 years ago, explains it like this: “You go up River Road 3.4 miles into the forest, and all of the sudden it’s like Brigadoon or Shangri-La,” he says. “Here’s this beautiful New England village.”

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Ywahoo recalls dreaming about Lincoln Valley as a child. She would ask herself if the place in her dreams was heaven, because it certainly didn’t look like Brooklyn. In the dreams, Ywahoo would see a woman driving through an archway of trees on the town’s central Quaker Street with a wolf over her shoulder. Once she reached Lincoln, her

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incoln may owe its aura to its unusual orientation — it is something of an alpine plateau, nearly surrounded by peaks. Think of the town’s nucleus as resting at the bottom of a wide, deep bowl. Gently, without much fanfare, mountains rise around this core to create the sides of the bowl. The effect is dramatic, suggesting a geological fortress.

Not that the town needs ramparts — its pacifist Quaker roots run deep.

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dream seemed to come to life.

“I was taking my pet to training, and I noticed he was looking over my shoulder as I came down Quaker Street through that beautiful underpass, and I realized this is what I used to dream,” she says.

“So the valley certainly has had a call on me. It brought me here.”

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They are called chöjung (triangles of arising), and are the source of existence, the well-springs of the feminine principle.”

It is because of these so-called female characteristics that the nunnery was sited in Lincoln, says Drolma: “The female Buddha practices fit where we’re living in this particular monastery.”

Sunray and Vajra Dakini Nunnery aren’t the only Buddhist groups that have been pulled into Lincoln’s vortex. From 1987 until 1999, the Mandala Buddhist Center, founded by Shingon teacher Acharya Ajari Tanaka, was located in Lincoln in a rambling Quaker farmhouse in the shadow of Mount Abraham. And since 2001, the Drikung Dzogchen SEVENDAYSVt.com

Lincoln, it’s not by accident; it’s because you meant to arrive there.

Over the years, scores of people have found their way to Lincoln, drawn by something more than just the town’s charm and quintessential New Englandness. It’s no exaggeration to say there’s a spiritual pull to the place, bringing seekers to its foothills even before the Quakers arrived in 1795. In the time since, in addition to traditional Christian congregations, Lincoln has welcomed Tibetan and Shingon Japanese Buddhists, New Age dream interpreters, Native American elders, renowned dowsers, a meditation society, contemplative ecologists and students of yoga.

Today, Lincoln is a spiritual locus, home to the Vajra Dakini Nunnery, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery; Sunray Peace Village and Meditation Society, a community built on Native American teachings and Buddhist beliefs; the Drikung Dzogchen Community of Vermont, a Tibetan Buddhist practice group; and Metta Earth Institute, a holistic retreat center focusing on contemplative ecology. Each attracts legions of devotees to the town.

To understand Lincoln’s magnetism for many a seeker, we need to take a trip back in time.

Before the Quakers founded this settlement, indigenous communities of the Northeast, including the Abenaki, Mohegan, Narragansett and Wampanoag people, often descended on the area around Mount Abraham, the 4017foot peak due east of what is now the town center.

The mountain was considered a sacred meeting place where people could share information about weather and planting, dreams and visions of the future, says Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo, a Cherokee spiritual teacher and leader of the Sunray Meditation Society.

Ywahoo’s elders, who moved to the area in 1980 from New York City, called Mount Abraham “Odali Utugi,” or Hope Mountain in Cherokee.

Fast-forward from precolonial America to the 1960s, when many spiritually minded people landed in Lincoln. One of those was a man named Dutch Leahy, who brought with him a practice of Tibetan Buddhism mixed with a psychedelic exploration of the boundaries of consciousness, explains David Arndt, coordinator of the Drikung Dzogchen Community.

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Metta Earth Institute was founded as a retreat that focuses on sustainable living, environmental activism, and a contemplative life replete with yoga and meditation practice. While not dogmatically religious, Comstock is interested in exploring the spiritual in everyday life and felt drawn to Lincoln by the town’s supposed atmospheric conductivity. She likens Lincoln to Crestone, Colo., a minuscule village in the western foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Range, which has become a haven for many spiritual groups and boasts a Hindu temple, Zen center, Carmelite monastery and several Tibetan organizations.

“It does seem like there are energetic geological forces,” Comstock says of Lincoln. “There are definitive places that seem to have extraordinary things happening.”

Comstock can’t say for certain what makes Lincoln such a spiritual power place. Perhaps it’s the presence of large deposits of white quartz. Maybe it’s tectonic vibrations. Or it could have to do with geomancy; she’s not sure. But she knows there’s something to Lincoln, just like there’s something to Stonehenge or Easter Island.

Bohjalian isn’t quite convinced. He quips that maybe it’s something in the water or aliens (which some residents have claimed to see), or crop circles that bring seekers to the region. Or, perhaps because the rocky, hilly land isn’t great for farming, it’s spiritually fertile — a yin and yang effect of sorts.

Regardless of why people come, Bohjalian, who has chronicled rural life in Lincoln for 20 years in his Burlington Free Press column “Idyll Banter,” acknowledges that they do come. And, like most other residents of Lincoln, he welcomes them.

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Community has been headquartered in Lincoln.

In the 10 years of its existence, Drikung Dzogchen has hosted 80 events featuring renowned Buddhist teachers at village meeting halls in Lincoln and Bristol. Many of those teachers, says group coordinator Arndt, experienced similar energy in the town to that found

by Chetsang Rinpoche.

“There’s something that really draws people here and amplifies their spiritual practice,” Arndt says.

It’s not just eastern spirituality that has found a home in Lincoln.

Traditional Christianity has long been part of the community. Randy Rice, a former missionary and associate pastor of the United Church of Lincoln, moved there with his wife 21 years ago. It didn’t take them long to feel the town’s strong sense of community, which Rice describes as a “we-ness.” But more than that, it seemed like there was something special about the physical place, perhaps the protective presence of its biblically named mountain.

“We always felt there was a good vibration in Lincoln,” Rice says. “I don’t know how else to put it. The center of Lincoln is like a bottom of a bowl. Things feed to the center of town, and there’s this natural grouping of geography.”

Rice attributes the overarching religious and spiritual tolerance of the town to its Quaker heritage. It took a while, he says, for longtime residents to cotton to new groups moving in, but they all seem to make it work now.

“I think there’s something about the Quaker ethic of being a good neighbor,” he says. “I think that really hovers in the air or is embedded in the dirt of Lincoln.”

Gillian Kapteyn Comstock, one of the cofounders with her husband, Russell, of Metta Earth Institute, has experienced that neighborliness since moving to Lincoln in 2007. One of the couple’s neighbors, a dyed-in-the-wool Vermonter named Chuck Norton, has helped them hay their fields since they moved in.

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orders Books in downtown Burlington is expected to shut its doors within the next few months. If no similar emporium emerges to replace it, “something essential” will be lost, warns a longtime former bookseller.

Gary Chassman, owner for many years of the last independent new-book store on the Church Street Marketplace, describes such an enterprise as “the lifeblood of a community.” A well-stocked bookshop with “color and personality” and a sure feel for local culture serves as an “intellectual and social center,” says the founder of Chassman & Bem, which catered to Burlington bibliophiles from 1985 until 1998.

Paul Bruhn shares that appreciation.

“I can’t imagine downtown without a good bookstore,” says the director of Preservation Trust of Vermont, whose

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office overlooks the Marketplace. Bruhn suggests the trust would be willing to help finance a locally owned successor to the bankrupt Borders chain, which announced the closure of its Burlington outlet last month.

First, though, the city’s Community and Economic Development Office and the trust would have to find funding for a projected $10,000 study of the potential viability of a physical space that sells print volumes in the age of Amazon and e-books. “Opening a new bookstore in 2011 is not commonplace,” observes

Marketplace director Ron Redmond.

Failure is certain, he predicts, “if it’s based on a 20th-century model.”

Bruhn agrees. “To make something like this work these days, it needs to be a community-sponsored effort,” he says, rather than a purely private venture.

“There needs to be a mix of charitable capital, community investment and entrepreneurship.”

Bruhn points to Claire’s Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick as a possible template.

The Preservation Trust put seed money into this now three-year-old fixture of

the Hardwick food scene. It also drew start-up support from 50 locals who each bought $1000 subscriptions.

“We adapted the CSA [communitysupported agriculture] model to a restaurant,” says Linda Ramsdell, a partner in Claire’s. Subscribers are entitled to a $25 discount each time they eat at the restaurant during a four-year period, explains Ramsdell, who’s also the proprietor of the Galaxy Bookshop just down the street in Hardwick.

While upbeat about the feasibility of an indie bookstore in Burlington, Ramsdell cautions it’s no surefire proposition. “There’s a whole lot of questions to think about, especially cash flow,” she says, recalling that Claire’s initially struggled to meet monthly expenses even with its philanthropic backing. A bookstore may find it much tougher to stay in business, Ramsdell adds. While there’s no virtual way to eat out, millions of readers who used to leave home to buy books at indies or chain stores now order via their computers or, increasingly, download directly to their Kindles, Nooks or smartphones.

Acknowledging that Galaxy could be trampled in the e-reader stampede, Ramsdell says that, if her 28-year-old store does survive, “it will be through my stubborn determination and the people who support this community asset with their dollars.” The big unknown, she adds, “is whether there’s enough of those people.”

There just may be in an area like Burlington, with its academic institutions as well as a civic culture that values independence and local authenticity.

Burlington also has a history of vibrant and varied retail activity downtown.

“People still need places to come to physically and engage in real-time, faceto-face discussions with one another and with authors,” Ramsdell insists.

“People do have to look up from their screens at some point.”

Nationally, the number of independent bookstores appears to have stabilized following decades of decimation. Barnes & Noble and Borders

had squeezed hundreds of indies into insolvency long before Amazon and e-readers came along with their powerful pincers. Chassman says his Church Street shop took a painful hit when Barnes & Noble opened its superstore on South Burlington’s Dorset Street in the mid’90s, although Chassman & Bem’s ultimate demise, he claims, was a result of poor management on the part of a subsequent owner.

Resentment toward bookstore conglomerates may seem quaint, if not altogether irrelevant, in 2011. “It’s not so much chains versus locals these days but online versus bricks and

mortar,” notes Chris Morrow, owner of Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center. “Every bookstore in the country is under threat now from e-books.”

Claire Benedict, co-owner of Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, affirms, “It’s a precarious time for all of us.” With 20 percent of American adults having bought e-readers or tablet computers such as the iPad, “e-books are chipping and chipping away at what we offer,” Benedict laments. “If only a few of our customers shift each month to e-books…” she says, letting her listener reach the obvious conclusion.

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The answer could emerge some time in 2013 if Marketplace director Ron Redmond proves accurate in his forecast for the completion of a federally funded redesign. Thanks to the intercession of that nonpareil bringer of bacon, Sen. patrick leahy, burlington recently received $974,000 in Federal Highway Administration funds for a revamp of the underperforming block between Cherry and pearl streets. work is also scheduled to begin soon on a separate project intended to make pearl Street, in the vicinity of the Marketplace, safer for walkers and bicyclists.

Chronic vacancies have plagued the northernmost section of the pedestrian shopping mall that sees its other empty storefronts snapped up, even though their occupants pay some of the heftiest commercial rents in Vermont. planners attribute the relative dormancy of the top block to a variety of factors. lack of “wraparound retail activity” is considered a big one. Unlike Main Street at the Marketplace’s southern end, the portions of pearl Street nearest to Church Street are dominated by institutions: the Unitarian Church, the federal building and the former site of the Community College of Vermont. The top block is also proximate to a few social-service agencies, such as the Spectrum Youth & Family Services emergency youth center, some of whose clients occasionally congregate near borders and are believed by retailers to scare off skittish shoppers. Finally, there’s a microclimate unique to the northern corner of the Marketplace that features wicked wintertime winds whipping off the lake and early shade cast by the Masonic Temple at 5 Church Street. it’s long been assumed that an infrastructure attraction is needed near pearl Street to lure pedestrians up from the Marketplace’s busy midsection. A fountain with a wading pool was built in 1994 for that purpose. but it’s now generally acknowledged that its puny spurts don’t impress many visitors, and it lacks places to sit and contemplate the dribblings. preliminary designs drawn up by Middlebury-based landworks pump up the fountain concept while adding jazzy seating areas. The landscape architecture firm, which designed overlook park on Spear Street in South burlington, has been given a portion of the highway funding to conjure possibilities that “spur conversation among stakeholders,” Redmond says. landworks principal David Raphael says he’s basing the initial sketches on an informal study of pedestrian movement on the top block. “we’ve looked at where people come from, as well as the climate issues and the generators, such as retail and restaurants that draw them to parts of Church Street,” Raphael explains.

“Something for kids is the key piece” for the top block, he says. “if you get the kids, you get the families.”

Raphael favors installing a “pop jet fountain” of the sort he encountered in a park in Santa Monica, Calif. “My 4-year-old and 6-year-old grandchildren played in it for a solid hour,” he says of that fountain, which shoots water in vertical streams. A pop jet has also been added to the boulder, Colo., pedestrian mall, which closely resembles burlington’s.

An alternative idea is a fountain that replicates the lake Champlain watershed, Raphael says. He also wants burlington officials to consider a “Times Square-ian display” of news headlines and artworks that would zip across the backs of seats added in the center of the walkway.

“There needs to be a little more there there,” Raphael comments in regard to the top block and in homage to gertrude Stein, who said something similar about oakland, Calif.

The top block does have its strengths, Redmond argues. Urban outfitters is “a big draw,” he says. And the expected loss of borders shouldn’t prove a problem, he adds. Realtor Jeff nick says he has a retail tenant, whom he won’t identify, who’s ready to occupy both floors of 29 Church Street as soon as the bookstore moves out.

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Bear Pond, Northshire and Galaxy, along with the Flying Pig Bookstore in Shelburne, have all adopted similar strategies to stay in business. Each puts emphasis on personal service, which, Benedict suggests, indies can provide much more responsively than can chains or “stores” with no physical address.

Attentiveness to buyers and browsers involves hiring knowledgeable workers, says Flying Pig co-owner Josie Leavitt. “Any good independent’s staff can talk intelligently about any book in any section,” she remarks, drawing a contrast with Amazon, “where you really can’t trust the reviews because a lot of them are written by the author’s mother.”

Diversification is another key to keeping alive. “You’ve got to be flexible and sell products other than books,” Bear Pond’s Benedict says. “You’re not going to make it if you go on doing what you did five years ago.”

Ramsdell in Hardwick ruefully accepts that a “bookstore” must now offer puzzles, games and a variety of gifty tchotchkes. “I resisted that for a long time, but there’s really no other way,” she says.

Northshire goes further, selling Vermont-made children’s clothing as well as the same sort of nonbook items that almost all independents now carry.

Music, however, no longer offers a prospect of salvation in the era of iTunes.

“We just slimmed down our CD section last week,” Northshire’s Morrow reports.

All the local stores have bulked up their children’s sections. Flying Pig’s Leavitt explains why: “People will always buy books for their kids — even when money is tight.” Besides, picture books don’t have kid appeal in e-reader form.

Some grown-ups have soured on the electronic-book experience.

Marketplace director Redmond, for example, says he’s ready to give away his Kindle “because I just don’t like reading the damn thing.” He admits in a phone interview that he “might be a Luddite, but I’m talking to you on a PDA.” Despite all the looming hazards, the departure of Borders will present “a real opportunity for a new independent,” predicts Chassman, who now runs a consulting firm for aspiring authors. But why go through the fraught process of lining up investors and finding a prime location when a locally owned bookstore already exists on the Church Street Marketplace?

Keith Terwillegar, who opened Crow Bookshop 16 years ago on the top block of Church Street, is bemused by all the

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talk of the need to seed a replacement for Borders. “I see the Free Press and WCAX doing stories about how there’s room for an alternative to Borders downtown, and I’m thinking, Huh?” Terwillegar recounts.

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might be forgiven, however, for overlooking Crow. The store’s inventory consists almost entirely of used books.

Its low-key exterior, a couple of doors up from three long-vacant storefronts, doesn’t necessarily attract newcomers to the place.

Crow likewise lacks community connections, other than with its regular browsers. Terwillegar notes it hasn’t hosted an author’s reading for years.

There’s only one place to sit in its 1800 square feet, and nowhere to get the now-requisite espresso. Even the store’s website makes a modest impression.

The shop has survived, its owner says, partly because “our rent is very reasonable by Church Street standards.”

The landlord who has cut Crow a deal all these years “appreciates what we’re trying to do.”

Terwillegar does recognize that he’ll be prettily positioned once Borders leaves. He says he’s planning to double or triple the number of new books Crow sells and would consider a physical expansion, as well. The second floor of 14 Church Street has remained unrenovated since it was damaged by a fire 20 years ago. Making it book-ready entails a financial commitment that Terwillegar says he’s been unable to make in the past but would now seriously entertain.

“I’m open to all ideas,” he declares, when asked about Bruhn’s proposal to have locals buy shares or subscriptions in a bookshop. “But to me,” Terwillegar adds, “the best business plan is to sell stuff that people want to buy. Developing that idea would be my first choice.”

Lurking in the background, meanwhile, is the long-shot chance that Borders might not close, after all.

Jeff Nick, co-owner of J.L. Davis Commercial and Industrial Real Estate, says he has received no notice of when Borders will leave the Church and Cherry Street corner location that his company owns. Nick says he still expects Borders to close some time this year, but points out that the chain is now considering an initial takeover bid from an Arizona-based private-equity firm.

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The Big Cheese Vermont farmers consider the price, and sustainability, of dairy goats

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oats don’t like the rain, and they can be stubborn. So when Christine Kaiser claps her hands sharply and tells her herd to “go on,” only a few reluctantly move toward the back door of her barn.

After a few minutes of her entreaties, many of the animals still linger and look at her quizzically.

Not to worry — within a few minutes, Kaiser assures, they’ll all move outside, because they like to stick together. She’s learned much about goat temperament during her last four years of milking them, and she’s grown so fond of her 135 animals that she’s using her Social Security checks to keep the farm afloat.

Despite Kaiser’s passion, though, her herd has been for sale since March.

“My son wants me to get out of it, but I haven’t had any offers yet,” says Kaiser, 65, circling the barn to lead her goats down a leafy path to pasture.

Her father’s dairy farm once occupied these hilly Stowe fields. Kaiser milked cows for 19 years, until she and her husband divorced and she sold off the herd in 2001. She jumped back into farming in 2007 — with goats — after learning that their milk fetched more than her cows’ ever had.

“We made money [with goats] because the price of grain was less, fuel was less, electric was less,” explains Kaiser, who has cropped white hair and a solid physique. “I decided to sell milk to Vermont Butter & Cheese.” A few other producers warned her off, she recalls, “but I decided to give Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery the benefit of the doubt.”

Websterville-based Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery (VBCC) is by far the state’s largest purchaser of goat’s milk, which the company uses for the thousands of pounds of fresh and aged goat cheeses it makes each year. Its prices are consistently at or above the national average. So why have Kaiser and a handful of VBCC’s other producers put their herds up for sale, and banded together to negotiate better terms?

VBCC pays about $45 per hundredweight of milk — compared with the national average of $21 for cows’ milk — and buys so much that some farmers consider it the only game around.

But that hegemony has a downside for some. To work with VBCC, farmers

milky white cheese discs aging on metal racks in coolers here can fetch up to $32 per pound at market. VBCC cofounder Allison Hooper calls these “the future for our company, in terms of our ability to compete in the marketplace.”

Despite its name, VBCC sources 65 percent of its milk from producers in Québec, New York and New Hampshire — a sore point for some of its 17 Vermont producers. “It would be great if we could buy all of our milk in Vermont,” says Hooper, but notes that finding the volume of high-quality milk the company needs is a challenge. So is obtaining high-protein milk year round. “Having one price all times of the year is not practical for cheese making,” Hooper says, so VBCC encourages farmers to breed out of season. But, she concedes, “It’s a hard thing to do. It’s more expensive.”

be profitable, Hooper says. “Size is a key, as is production per goat and expertise. Milking 40 goats is going to be a struggle.”

Norman McAllister of Franklin, who has the largest dairy goat farm in the state, backs that up. He and his wife, Lena, employ two workers to help them milk 400 goats. He also serves as a Republican state legislator.

When McAllister switched from dairy cows to goats six years ago, he did so with both eyes open. “I did the math: Our stop charge [the fee for a milk hauler’s stop] is $65, and we pay 50 cents per hundredweight on top of that just to ship our milk. I thought, It’s not going to be worth it until we milk 100 or 150.”

Asked if goat farming is sustainable, McAllister wavers. “I don’t want to be negative, but it’s a good sideline income.

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Unless someone can milk 400 or more, I don’t know if they can make a go of it.” His wife supplements the family’s income by working as a teacher. They also sell vegetables, logs “and a bunch of other things besides,” says McAllister.

He’s gratified by the recent VBCC price increase, but points out that it’s still based on protein, not on total volume. “During the summer, protein drops,” McAllister says. “In order to get 100 pounds of protein, you’ve got to get 300 pounds of milk. It’s tough to capture those dollars.”

He is sympathetic toward VBCC, however. “They’re making a profit, obviously, but they’ve paid us what the market can bear for them,” McAllister says. “It’s not their fault that we’re not making money. It’s easy to blame someone else when you’re having a hard time.”

Despite the challenges, aspiring goat farmers continue to jump into the fray.

Deborah Wease of Glover has built an 82-head herd and expects to be milking

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After years of weathering the seasonal shortages, the company is planning to establish its own “demonstration” goat farm with stock derived from “very good” genetics. The goal is both to employ Vermonters and to introduce these model goats into the Vermont pool.

VBCC most likely will start with 500 goats and build to 700 within the first year or two, using the milk for cheese and selling some animals “to provide good base genetics to herds in Vermont,” says Hooper.

Meanwhile, Hooper does commiserate with current producers. “The inputs have skyrocketed,” she acknowledges.

“The price of fuel and feed are going up dramatically.”

VBCC gave its farmers an 8 percent pay rise in May. “We’ve been able to address the easy stuff,” Hooper says. “The hard thing is when people say, ‘My cost of production is 60 cents a pound.’ We can’t possibly pay them that.”

Farmers need to milk upward of 150 goats — and probably many more — to

by late fall. Her father sold his dairy cows years ago; she decided to get back into farming as a way to be home with her toddler while making a living. “The job market is very slim, and goat milk is in demand,” Wease reasons. “I have the farm, and I have the know-how.”

As she researched markets for her milk, Wease decided to sell to VBCC despite some of her colleagues’ reservations. “We started looking around at private cheese makers, but unfortunately we only found one, and she wants 50 gallons per week,” Wease says.

Many goat-milk producers continue to wholesale because commercial cheese making is a big, costly step to take. For those who can make the investment, though, it can open new avenues to profitability.

Hannah Sessions and Greg Burnhardt of Blue Ledge Farm in Salisbury milk 75 goats and make 50,000 pounds of cheese per year. When they first started out, they sold their goat milk to VBCC, but it was part of their long-term business plan, not an end in itself. “That first year, it took the pressure off and allowed our business to grow,” Sessions says.

Getting into cheese making requires commitment and planning, she adds.

“It’s a major sticker shock. Just your pasteurizer is $15,000 to $20,000.”

Despite Blue Ledge Farm’s success, Sessions advises aspiring cheese makers to start small and pay attention to their stock. “Start with a handful of really nice, high-quality goats,” she says. “It took us years to weed out the not-superior genetics.”

Sessions thinks demand for goat cheese will continue to grow. “If we look to Europe for food trends, then it’s only going to get better,” she predicts.

“There are farms our size [there] that sell all of their cheese within a 50-mile radius.”

For his part, Norman McAllister would like to see Vermonters tap markets for goat products such as yogurt and kefir as a way to grow the industry.

Back in Stowe, watching her goats leave the barn, Kaiser seems at an impasse. “The goat people have a passion, or they wouldn’t be doing it,” she says.

“It’s a frustrating situation. My dad gave me this place without debt, and I’d like to be able to leave it to my sons the same way.” m

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need to accept the company’s set price, which is tied to milk’s protein content, and not sell to any other cheese makers.

They must also keep somatic cell counts — the white blood cells that multiply during an udder infection — to a level 30 percent lower than what the state normally allows.

Despite these rules, Kaiser says her arrangement with the company was initially successful. As her herd grew, “My son said, ‘Hey, mom, I think you’re making money.’”

Then feed and fuel costs began to skyrocket, and Kaiser and other goat farmers watched their profits dissipate as their production costs spiraled higher. “The amount that VBCC pays for their milk doesn’t keep pace with rising costs,” explains Kaiser. “For a while, we were making money. Now we’re all in the same boat — we’re losing money.”

One of the farmers who spearheaded a mediation effort with VBCC this spring was Frank Huard of Craftsbury, who purchased a herd in 2007 and began shipping milk to the company in 2008.

His experience echoed Kaiser’s: He made money the first two years; then, as the farm grew, Huard watched the rising costs of production erase his profits.

While farm losses are due to a variety of factors, Huard was frustrated that VBCC’s prices were not covering his price of production — it costs at least 51 cents per pound of milk to farm his goats, he says. He balked at the pricing agreement offered to him last fall, which was contingent on maintaining protein levels. Because those levels in goat’s milk can vary seasonally, the price per hundredweight also varies, from around $37 to $49.

“They really want to keep going and hope something will change, and nothing ever seems to change,” Huard says of his fellow farmers. He now sells raw goat milk from his farm, and continues to work as a concrete contractor.

“Anybody depending on this income is living in poverty.”

Every day, trucks unload milk from the goat farmers at VBCC. Inside the creamery, packages of fresh goat cheese roll off conveyor belts to be shipped around the country. In a quieter part of the plant, workers clad in white coats hand-render the company’s line of ashripened, aged cheeses. The hundreds of

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npaved Cloudland Road in North Pomfret is full of steep climbs and sudden drops.

Driving it can feel like riding the log flume ride at Disney World. The comparison is surprisingly apt since the wild ride ends at Cloudland Farm, which could be described as something of a beef theme park.

As you coast down into the valley lined with farm buildings, you see black Angus cattle dotting the surrounding hills. At the bottom, a friendly Australian cattle dog named Roo greets visitors as they reach a pristine new building that fits in seamlessly with the assemblage of variously aged structures on the property. Inside is a restaurant that serves the hill-dwelling cattle, as well as chickens, turkeys and Berkshire pigs, all of which guests can meet while strolling the land before their meal. It’s not exactly like a pick-your-own-lobster tank, but Cloudland Farm does bring diners face to face with their future dinner.

And that’s exactly the point. In 2006, farmer Bill Emmons and his wife, Cathy, were awarded a $12,000 Value-Added Agricultural Product Market Development Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Gov. Douglas presented us with one of those foam checks. We still have it somewhere,” says Bill Emmons. He jokes that he should display the check in the restaurant — the couple’s ultimate valueadded project.

Cloudland, which abuts the Long Trail and is a popular stop for hikers, was already selling beef sausages in flavors including juicy “garlic lover’s” and beerflavored bratwursts. Crafted at Green Mountain Smokehouse in Windsor, both the beef sausages and bratwursts have a taste that falls somewhere between pork sausages and hamburgers.

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ALL OF WHICH GUESTS CAN MEET WHILE STROLLING THE LAND BEFORE THEIR MEAL. says Emmons. It became a reality with an additional Vermont Farm Viability Enhancement Program grant in 2009.

That was when construction began on the building that now houses the restaurant and the Cloudland Farm Country Market. The goal was to give visitors a dining experience harking back to when Bill Emmons’ family first arrived in Vermont from Boston.

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A photograph of the farmhouse and its surrounding buildings was made into a Whitman Guild puzzle in the mid-20th century. The layout of the buildings has changed since then, owing in part to a series of fires on the property. “What’s here now is more like when my grandfather came in 1908,” explains the farmer, who grew up on the farm and recalls when it stopped dairy production in 1956.

Like the buildings that rose at the

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farm when it was first established, before the Revolutionary War, Cloudland Farm’s restaurant, with its high-beamed ceilings and butternut mantle over the fireplace, is built primarily from the farm’s own timber. “Cathy oversaw the whole thing,” says Emmons, pointing out the symmetry of each nail in the kitchen’s door frames. “She’s a very particular, detail-oriented gal. If you put her in charge of building a space shuttle, there would be nothing wrong with it.”

The still-new feeling of the building extends to the extra-large kitchen, where Nick Mahood prepares dinners every Thursday and Saturday. The light schedule is designed to allow the Emmons family to work at the restaurant and still have time to farm their land. Thursday-night meals are served family-style, while the more elegant Saturday dinner is a plated, three-course affair that tops out at $42 a head.

Whether diners are seated on the porch cooling off with a bottle of wine purchased at Gillingham & Sons General Store in Woodstock or awaiting a basket of whole wheat and rye sourdough bread made from a century-old starter, they’re bound to make eye contact with the Anguses that are busy landscaping the property.

The cattle are on Mahood’s mind, too, as he conceives his menus each week.

With a master’s degree in physiology and four years of PhD work in nutritional biochemistry, Mahood knows a thing or two about anatomy. That’s lucky, because his job calls on him to use nearly every part of the cow, which returns to its birthplace after slaughter and two weeks of dry aging at PT Farm in St. Johnsbury. Since the restaurant opened last September, practically everything from standing rib roasts to beef shanks has graced the menu.

On June 25, the entrée was bavette steaks, the cut the French favor for steak frites. Cooked rare, the extraordinarily flavorful steak is tender. But it’s more commonly known to Americans in the form of longer-cooked flank steak, which is considered tough and undesirable and sends queasy shivers through THERE’S THE BEEF

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It’s a fun project, and we want to take our time to get it right.”

One could say the pair have already taken their time: The Northfield natives have been best friends since age 7. Both have backgrounds in business: Lyon co-owns Wilkins Harley-Davidson in Barre, while Pecor is a business analyst for the state of Vermont. Both also have Irish heritage — and a taste for corned beef and Guinness.

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stew, and bangers and mash, along with American pub classics. “In this kind of market, you’ve got to offer a little bit for everybody,” he notes. “If [the menu] were all traditional Irish, it wouldn’t be as successful.”

He adds that most of the food will be prepared from scratch and locally sourced.

Lyon and Pecor are close to hiring a chef, and they’re in talks with local farms to supply the beef for what they hope will be “the best burger in central Vermont.” As their likely chef finds a groove, the owners say, he will start making the corned beef and pastrami entirely from scratch.

Leon and Pecor say they want to give diners an authentic experience of Ireland. That goal entailed hiring an architect to remake the downtown space between the Economy Store and a laundromat into a pub worthy of the streets of Cork, from which Lyon’s family hails. Lyon hopes the food will follow suit. “If you’ve been to Ireland, the food is hearty, and it’s not extravagant,” he says. “Presentation is nice, but it’s still based on hearty, quality food that fills you up and tastes good.”

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on Saturdays and whips up his finds into specials. “It’s part of the fun and challenge of living in Vermont that you have to change the menu seasonally,” he says. “I’ll change my menu often — it keeps me from getting bored.”

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Chef BRADFORD BARKER had been searching for 10 years for just the right spot to open his own Rutland eatery, harboring a vision of casual, farm-fresh food cooked simply yet creatively.

So, while the menu at KELVANS RESTAURANT, which opened last week, may look simple, a lot of thought has gone into the fare. “You’re not going to see too many things out of the ordinary, but they’ll be done in a respect-for-the-ingredients way,” says Barker. For instance, he takes fried calamari and tosses it in fresh basil, Vermont goat cheese and a garlic-white wine sauce; he coats sesame chicken in both black and white sesame seeds and serves it with hoisin sauce.

Barker also cooks up fresh fish cakes, salads, wraps, burgers, and specials such as red beans and rice; and pecan-crusted salmon with fresh corn and cherrytomato salsa.

Barker trained at the California Culinary Academy and has worked at restaurants both in that state and in Vermont. He’d been cooking at the RUTLAND

hung some of Evan’s artwork on the walls. Barker cooks to order for the kids who come into his restaurant. For adults, Kelvans has a full bar and 25 wines by the glass.

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After a little more than seven months at the restaurant, the chef worked his last day there on Sunday, July 3.

“LEE [ANDERSON, the restaurant’s owner] had hired Nathaniel Wade me as a consultant,” says Wade.

“I realized that the restaurant needed a chef.

As chef, I helped the restaurant go into a direction it needed to go in. Now it’s running pretty much on its own.

Me leaving isn’t a negative thing, it’s a positive thing.”

Wade says that, for now, the menu at ¡Duino! will stay the same, as will the low prices. No new chef will arrive. When the culinary staff, led by longtime kitchen manager Ren Walden, does change the menu, Wade will be happy to help. “I’ve offered Ren and Lee all the support I can,” he says.

What’s next for the chef who was nominated this year for a James Beard Foundation award? Though Wade isn’t certain where he’ll land permanently, he plans to remain in Burlington. “Whatever happens next is going to continue in the same style I’ve been doing,” he adds. “I have some projects I’m working on, and those are going to be exciting when they come to fruition.” Our taste buds are tingling.

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Tasting such a delicacy, it’s hard to believe the chef constructed it to fit not his whims, but the produce immediately available to him. So it was in the days Emmons longs for, when farmers in the area ate only their own foods or ones grown nearby. Mahood already believed in that farm-to-table

that showed the precision and artistic flair that Mahood cultivated as a baker at Alléchante in Woodstock and at the Woodstock Farmers Market. A terrine of asparagus (from Hurricane Flats in South Royalton) and Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery chèvre was wrapped, sushi-like, in paper-thin slices of zucchini and accompanied by a salad of pickled carrots, radishes and broccoli.

The plate was dressed with visually arresting smears of red beet sauce, foamy carrot emulsion and a sprinkling of purple chive blossoms.

The later-in-life baker, now a newly minted chef at 37, was lucky enough to spend a week working at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s eponymous New York restaurant while visiting the city. “I was able to walk in there and hold my own, and that gives you a lot of confidence,” says the chef. As dessert arrived at the table, it was clear his confidence was well earned.

The plate’s centerpiece was a flattopped dome of strawberry panna cotta.

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ethos when he arrived, having learned a thing or two about self-sufficiency while trailing a pastry chef at the famous farm and restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. “It has been a challenge, compared to my other jobs, to keep the local running through the menu,” he admits. “A lot of things I’ve done in the past wouldn’t fit.”

As a pastry chef, Mahood had nuts as a major tool in his toolbox. Now, “I don’t use those very much at all. We don’t have many or any in Vermont,” he says.

Don’t expect to see lemon-curd tarts on the menu, either. Citrus fruit is another ingredient Mahood uses only as a last resort on the darkest winter days, more as a seasoning than a central element, he says, in the realm of salt and black pepper.

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Income requirements: 1 person less than $32,040/yr.; 2 people combined less than $36,600; 3 people combined less than $41,160. EHO ADA. Info: 802-655-1810.

BURLINGTON 3-BR Lg. eat-in kitchen w/ DW. Excellent parking.

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Avail. 8/1. No pets. $1650/mo. + utils. 5988782, lylemacartney@ yahoo.com.

BURLINGTON STUDIO APT. Ethan Allen Parkway, cozy, private apt. w/ combined sleeping/ living area, kitchen, full BA, parking, electric heat, refs. req. $495/ mo. + utils. NS/pet.

Avail. 8/1. 802-862-1109.

BURLINGTON 2-BR DUPLEX Burlington South End Duplex, large 2 BR, 1 bath, $1300/mo. incl. trash, water, winter parking, backyard, deposit, references, lease, no pets. Call 660-8957.

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and similar Vermont statutes which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitations, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, handicap, presence of minor children in the family or receipt of public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or a discrimination. The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the

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Fri.-Sun., 9 a.m.-noon, 363-0229.

Moving ; Lg. selection of household items, furniture, kitchenware, Weber grill, kitsch items, rain or shine.

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25 DuBois Dr., S. Burlington.

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802-343-3256.

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802-524-0641.

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Submissions will be curated. This year’s “Strut” will present two shows on Saturday, September 10, under a tent in the Maltex Building parking lot.

Designers must provide own models.

PERSONA Beyond the traditional portrait. We’re looking for uncanny parody, distortions, subtle suggestions and in-your-face implications. Deadline August 16. Juror: Chris Buck.

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STRUT: FLAUNT YOUR ‘WEARS’ “Strut,” the annual fashion show held during Burlington’s South End Art Hop, is looking for designers to participate. Please submit 5 to 8 images of your work to strut@sevendaysvt. com by Friday, July 15.

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Group, Inc., filed application #4C0649-5 for a Project generally described as:

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the replacement of an existing building with a new 35,032 sf automotive services building; construction of a 600 sf addition to the existing sales building with other renovations and construction of associated improvements to parking, site lighting, storage and display areas. The Project is located on Green Mountain Drive in the City of South Burlington, Vermont.

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On June 16, 2011, Heritage Automotive

The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the South Burlington Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located

CALL TO ARTISTS CREATIVE SPACE PAPIRMASSE POSTCARD ISSUE Artists & writers: Seeking content for a postcard issue about summer vacations.

Postmark deadline: 7/31. Info papirmasse. com/art/?p=1428.

Open 24/7/365. at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb. state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above.

No hearing will be held unless, on or before July 19, 2011, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property

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owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information.

Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by July 19, 2011.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning

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Commission, adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5).

Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 17th day of June 2011.

By /s/Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@ state.vt.us

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On June 16, 2011, The Woolen Mill Associates, filed application #4C0418-9 for a Project generally described as: the construction of five one-bedroom apartments and a new site management office within the existing building, converting 2500 sf of commercial space and adding six new parking spaces. The Project is located on West Canal Street in the City of Winooski, Vermont.

The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Winooski Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning

Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb. state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above.

No hearing will be held unless, on or before July 19, 2011, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information.

Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by July 19, 2011.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners and other persons

to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5).

Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 20th day of June 2011.

By /s/Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@ state.vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On June 17, 2011, Village Associates, LLC, filed application #4C1019-2A for a Project generally described as: modifications to the approved project to includes converting 12 units from single family to one multi-family building (Building Z), adding 4,500 sf of commercial/retail to Building Z, reducing units in Building H from 32 to 31, reducing bedrooms in Building H from 64 to 54 and adding 22 parking spaces. The Project is located on Zephyr Lane in the Town of Williston, Vermont.

The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Williston Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s

web site (www.nrb. state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above.

be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5).

No hearing will be held unless, on or before July 26, 2011, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information.

Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

By /s/ Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@ state.vt.us

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by July 26, 2011.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also

Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 21st day of June, 2011.

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A., SECTIONS 6001 - 6092 On June 21, 2011, Haydenberry Holdings, LLC c/o Tom Chase filed application # 4C0680-11D for a project generally described as The conversion of Units #7 and 8 of an existing mixed use building into a daycare center with a maximum of 27 children and 3 employees. The project is located on Route 7 in the Town of Milton, VT. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Milton Town Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Suite 202, Winooski, and the office listed below.

The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state.vt.us/ lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the case number above.

No hearing will be held unless, on or before Monday, July 25, 2011, a party notifies the District Commission of

an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information.

Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by Monday, July 25, 2011.

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5).

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 24th day of June, 2011.

By /s/ Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan

Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie. monaghan@state. vt.us Advertisement for Bids Colchester School District Wastewater Replacement Project 125 Laker Lane, P.O. Box 27 Colchester, VT 05446-0027 Sealed bids for the installation of the wastewater system at the Colchester Middle School will be received at the Colchester School District’s Central Office at 125 Laker Lane in Colchester, Vermont until Friday, July 15, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. local time, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bids received after this time will not be accepted.

Information for Bidders to include project drawings and specifications can be picked up at the following location after July 5th. Copies of Bidding Documents can be obtained from this location as well.

Krebs & Lansing Consulting Engineers, Inc. 164 Main Street, Suite 201 Colchester, Vermont 05446 A site visit and project overview has been scheduled for Friday, July 8th commencing at 1 p.m. All Bidders are encouraged, but not required, to attend.

Questions regarding the project specifications or Bid process should be directed to Mike Burke at the address shown above.

Mr. Burke can be reached at (802)8780375 or klengineers@ comcast.net.

The successful Bidder will be required to

furnish an acceptable performance bond and payment bond, each in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price.

OPENINGS BURLINGTON CITY COMMISSIONS/ BOARDS On Monday, August 8, 2011, the Burlington City Council will fill vacancies on the following City Commissions/Boards: Design Advisory Board Term Expires 6/30/12 One Opening Fence Viewer Term Expires 6/30/12 Three Openings Housing Board of Review Term Expires 6/30/16 One Opening Board of Tax Appeals Term Expires 6/30/12 Two Openings Telecommunications Advisory Committee Term Expires 6/30/12 One Opening Telecommunications Advisory Committee Term Expires 6/30/14 Two Openings Applications are available at the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office, Second Floor, City Hall, and must be received in the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office by 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Applicants must be nominated by a member of the City Council to be considered for a position; a list of Council members is also available at the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office. Please call the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office at 865-7136 for further information.

The City of Burlington encourages persons from diverse backgrounds to apply to serve on boards, commissions and committees. The City is committed to providing equal

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit

CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S1371-06 Cnc HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Home Equity Loan Trust, Series Ace 2005—HE7, Plaintiff v.

Timothy Pelkey, Debra Pelkey, Citifinancial, Inc. and Occupants residing at 1 Streeter Brook Road, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Timothy Pelkey to

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for GE Money Bank dated July 15, 2005 and recorded in Volume 318, Page 57, and assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for GE Money Bank to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Home Equity Loan Trust, Series Ace 2005—HE7 by an instrument dated November 6, 2006 and recorded on November 14, 2006 in Volume 338, Page 388 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 9:30 A.M. on August 2, 2011, at 1 Streeter Brook Road, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit:

All that parcel of land in Township of Milton, Chittenden County, State of Vermont, as more fully described in Deed Book 200, Page 512 ID# 2-14-018-000000, being known and designated as metes and bounds property.

By fee simple deed from James S. Carbonneau and Karen Carbonneau to Timothy Pelkey and Debra Pelkey as set forth in Book 200 Page 512 dated April 30, 1999 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton, Chittenden County and State of Vermont.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. . 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

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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.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 30th day of June, 2011.

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit

CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S1045-08 Cnc JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,

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Dale Garvey, Chase Bank USA, N.A., State of Vermont Department of Taxes and Occupants residing at 961 Lake Road, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Dale Garvey to Chase Bank USA, N.A. dated June 7, 2007 and recorded in Volume 346, Page 315 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 9:00 A.M. on August 2, 2011, at 961 Lake Road, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:

To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises to Dale Paul Garvey by Deed of David Goodrich Construction, Inc. of approximate even date herewith and to be recorded in the Town of Milton Land Records. Said lands and premises being more particularly described as follows: Being all and the same land and premise conveyed to David Goodrich Construction, Inc.

by Warranty Deed of Matthew E. McGinn and Jennifer R. McGinn dated February 9, 2006 and recorded in Book 327 at Page 767 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check 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

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JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S0356-10 Cnc Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-1, Plaintiff v.

Sulaiman Jadallah, United States of America Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Foodservice, Inc. and Occupants residing at 59 Overlake Drive, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE

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DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: HHH Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row acrosss, each column down and each 9-box square contains all of the numbers one to nine. The same numbers cannot be repeated in a row or column.

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Sulaiman Jadallah to Option One Mortgage Corporation dated October 15, 2005 and recorded in Volume 322, Page 620, and assigned from Option One Mortgage Corporation to Wells

To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Sulaiman Jadallah

by Warranty Deed of Relocation Advantage, LLC dated July 16, 2002 and of record in Book 245, Page 567 of the Town of Milton Land Records.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. . 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.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 22nd day of June, 2011.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe,

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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.

Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1 AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2006-1 by an instrument dated July 27, 2007 and recorded on August 1, 2007 in Volume 348, Page 839 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 9:30 A.M. on July 21, 2011, at 59 Overlake Drive, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:

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LEGALS [CONT.] Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF CHITTENDEN, SS. PROBATE COURT DOCKET NO. 33524 IN RE THE ESTATE OF ARLETTA H. HALLOCK LATE OF HINESBURG

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Arletta H. Hallock late of Hinesburg, Vermont.

I have been appointed a personal representative of the above named estate.

All creditors having claims against the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of the first publication of this notice.

The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy filed with the register of the Probate Court.

The claim will be forever barred if it is not presented as described above within the four (4) month deadline.

Date: 06/27/2011 Signed: s/Kevin T. Brennan Kevin T. Brennan, Administrator P.O. Box 76, Bristol, VT 05443 802-453-2300 Seven Days First Publication Date: 06/29/2011

Second Publication Date: 07/06/2011 Chittenden Probate Court PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S 096109 Cnc OneWest Bank, FSB, Plaintiff v.

Thomas M. Kirkpatrick and Occupants residing at 18 Ward Street, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Thomas M. Kirkpatrick to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken

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May 31, 2007 and recorded in Volume 1001, Page 328, and assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc. to OneWest Bank, FSB by an instrument dated July 8, 2009 and recorded on July 23, 2009 in Volume 1077, Page 245 of the Land Records of the City 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 8:45 A.M. on July 26, 2011, at 18 Ward Street, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Tax ID Number: 043-3-078-000 Land situated in the

City of Burlington in the County of Chittenden in the State of VT A lot of land with all buildings thereon situated on the northerly side of Ward Street, the store and apartment on said land being known and designated as No. 18 Ward Street, said land having frontage on said street of 50 feet, a depth on its westerly of 124 feet and on its easterly line of 132 feet, all dimensions being more or less, and being Lot No. 4 on a Plan of L.S. Drew’s lots recorded in Volume 6 on Page 666 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington and later shown on a plan recorded in Volume 22 on Page 357 of said Land Records.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check 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 City 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 Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 660-9000.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 23rd day of June, 2011.

OneWest Bank, FSB By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S5-10 Cnc OneWest Bank, FSB, Plaintiff v.

Robert Zilnicki, Laura A. Zilnicki , Chase Bank USA, N.A., Discover Bank and Occupants residing at 199 Chapman Lane, Williston, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Robert Zilnicki to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. dated November 17, 2005 and recorded in Volume 399, Page 878, and assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. to IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. by an instrument dated December 17, 2009 and recorded on December 30, 2009 in Volume 451, Page 428 of the Land Records of the Town of Williston.

Mortgage was further assigned from IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. to OneWest, FSB. by an instrument dated November 18, 2009 and recorded on December 30, 2009 in Volume 451, Page 429 of the Land Records of the Town of Williston, 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 8:00 A.M. on July 26, 2011, at 199 Chapman Lane, Williston, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Robert Zilnicki

and Laura Zilnicki by Administrator’s Deed of Henry P. Tarrier and Phillip P. Tarrier, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Richard E. Tarrier dated October 29, 2004 and of record at Volume 385, Page 16 of the Land Records of the Town of Williston.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. . The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Williston.

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.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 23rd day of June, 2011.

OneWest Bank, FSB By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

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AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY HELPS PATIENTS LOOK GOOD... FEEL BETTER

Wednesday, July 13, 3-4:30 p.m. American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, Lois McClure — Bee Tabakin Building, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Look Good... Feel Better is a free program that teaches female cancer patients beauty techniques to help restore their appearance and help them feel good about the way they look during chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Volunteer cosmetologists teach women about make-up techniques, skincare and options related to hair loss.

Info: Hope Lodge, 802-658-0649.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY MAN TO MAN PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Tuesday, August 9, 6-8 p.m.

Hope Lodge, Louis McClure-Bee Tabakin Building, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Info: Mary Guyette, 802274-4990, vmary@ aol.com or Sophia, 802-872-6308, sophia.morton@ cancer.org.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP This group offers support to those caring for loved ones with memory loss due to dementia. The group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at The Converse Home, 272 Church St, Burlington.

For more info call: 802-862-0401.

SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step. Women only.

Are you addicted to your relationship and/or yearn for a healthy one?

Sunday, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Call for location.

802-825-5481.

NAMI CONNECTION (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group for individuals living with mental illnesses.

BENNINGTON: Every Tuesday, 1-2:30 p.m., United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St., CTR

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EATING DISORDERS SUPPORT GROUP This is a therapistfacilitated, drop-in support group for women with eating disorders. Women over 18 only please.

This group will be held every other Wednesday from 5:30-7 p.m. Free.

Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, So. Burlington. 802658-9440. Upcoming dates: 7/13,7/27, 8/10.

CELIAC AND GLUTEN -FREE GROUP Every 2nd Wednesay, 4:30-6 p.m. at Central VT Medical Center Conference Room #3. Free and open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 802-598-9206 or lisamase@gmail.com.

LIVE WITH CHRONIC PAIN? Want more support? Join us to focus on the tools necessary for day to day living through open dialogue, knowledge, and personal experience.

Lets find a healthy balance along with an improved quality of life. Mondays, 1-2:15 p.m., Burlington Community Health Center. Martha, 415250-5181 or Esther, 802-399-0075.

BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP STARTING IN ST. JOHNSBURY Monthly meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of every month, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Vermont Department of Health, 107 Eastern Ave., Suite 9. The support group will offer valuable resources and information about brain injury.

It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure and confidential environment. Info: Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 1-800-639-1522.

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS with debt? Do you spend more than you earn?

Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Annonymous.

Saturdays 10-11:30 a.m. & Wednesdays 5:30-6:30, 45 Clark St., Burlington.

Contact Brenda at 338-1170.

OUTRIGHT VERMONT FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP For family members of youth who are navigating the process of coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning are invited to attend.

Group meets twice a month with one Wednesday morning meeting and one Sunday evening meeting. Info: hillary@outrightvt.org, 802-865-9677 ext. 3, www.outrightvt.org.

and other close caregivers and are held one Sunday evening and one Wednesday morning each month at Outright Vermont.

For more information, email Hillary@ outrightvt.org or call 865-9677 ext. 3#.

DIVORCE CARE CLASSES Divorce is a tough road. Feelings of separation, betrayal, confusion, anger and self-doubt are common.

But there is life after divorce. Led by people who have already walked down that road, we’d like to share with you a safe place and a process that can help make the journey easier. The 13-week AL-ANON Divorce Care Class For families and (for men and women) friends of alcoholwill be offered on ics. For meeting Wednesday evenings, information: www.

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SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with sex or relationships? We can help.

Ralph, 802-881-8400.

Visit www.slaafws.org or www.saa-recovery. org for meetings near you.

INFERTILITY PEER GROUP Feeling lonely & isolated as you confront infertility?

Share feelings, stories & coping strategies at informal, peerled meetings w/ people facing similar challenges. $5.

First Monday of the month, 7-9 PM, Christ Church Presbyterian, Burlington. Presented

by RESOLVE of New England. Info: admin@resolveofthebaystate.org.

THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS Burlington Chapter TCF which meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at 277 Blair Park Road, Williston - for more information call Dee Ressler, 802 660-8797. Rutland Chapter TCF which meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Grace Congregational Church, West St.,

Rutland, VT - for more information call Susan Mackey, 802 446-2278. Hospice Volunteer Services (HVS) also serves bereaved parents with monthly peer support groups, with short-term educational consultations and referrals to local grief and loss counselors. HVS is located in the Marble Works district in Middlebury. Please call 802-388-4111 for more information about how to connect with appropriate support services.

TRANS GUY’S GROUP Every fourth Monday, RU12? Community Center, 20 Winooski Falls Way, Champlain Mill, 1st Floor, Winooski, 6-7:30pm.

This peer-led, informal group is open to trans men at any state of transition and to any discussion topics raised. It is a respectful and confidential space for socializing, support, and discussion.

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issues including coming out, socializing, challenges around employment, safesex, self advocacy, choosing partners, discovering who you are, and anything else that you would like to talk about. Tuesdays at 4:30pm at the RU12? Community Center, located in the Champlain Mill in Winooski, VT. For more information contact Emma (Emma@ru12.org).

GLAM CORE GROUP MEETING Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., RU12?

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BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets first and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp entrance” from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Montpelier evening support group meets the first Monday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St. Suite 7, in conference room #2 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

Colchester evening support group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Middlebury

support group on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Patricia Hannaford Career Center. Call our helpline at 1-877-856-1772.

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QUIT SMOKING GROUPS Are you ready to live a smokefree lifestyle? Free 4-week Quit Smoking Groups are being offered through the VT Quit Network Fletcher Allen Quit in Person program. Currently, there is a group on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30

p.m. in Burlington and Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. in South Burlington.

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DIGESTIVE SUPPORT GROUP Join this open support group, hosted by Carrie Shamel, and gain information regarding digestive disorders. If you suffer from any kind of digestive disorder or discomfort this is the place for you!

Open to all. Meets the first Monday of every month at 6 p.m. in the Healthy Living Learning Center. For more information contact Carrie Shamel at carrie. shamel@gmail.com. www.llleus.org/state/ vermont/html.

LGBTQ GRIEF AND LOSS GROUP This RU12? social-support group is open to all who have lost a loved one, through death or separation. Whether your loss is recent or from the past, please join us to share thoughts, feelings, strengths, and coping skills in a safe and supportive environment. This group will meet two more times this summer: July 11, August 2 at RU12? from 6-7:30 p.m. Info: 802-860-7812.

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BURLINGTON: Every Thursday, 4-5:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2 Cherry Street (enter from parking lot). Every Sunday, 4:45-6:15 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 152 Pearl St. (basement classroom). HARTFORD: 2nd and 4th Friday 4-5:30 p.m., Hartford Library. Call Barbara Austin, 802-457-1512.

MONTPELIER: 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m., KelloggHubbard Library, East Montpelier Room (basement).

NEWPORT: Call Phil if interested, 802-7542649. RUTLAND: Every Monday, 7-8:30 p.m., Wellness Center, Rutland Mental Health, 78 South Main St. SPRINGFIELD: 2nd & 4th Mondays, 12:30-2 p.m., Health Care and Rehabilitation Servies, 390 River St. ST. JOHNSBURY: Every Thrusday, 6:308 p.m., Universalist Unitarian Church, 47 Cherry St. If you would like a group in your area, would like to be trained as a facilitator, be a Champion for a group in your area or have questions about our groups please contact Tammy at 1-800-639-6480 or email us at connectionvt@myfairpoint. net

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Waterbury/Montpelier, Vermont area organization seeks experienced IT Manager. Experience in health care / insurance field preferred.

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Minimum qualifications: Four-year college degree in ITrelated field. Minimum five years of experience successfully directing and implementing IT initiatives. Experience in health care/insurance field preferred. Proven ability to manage major IT projects and conversions under strict timeline pressures. Outstanding analytical, problem-solving and project-management skills. Ability to solve urgent and complicated technological challenges. Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to explain complex concepts and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical individuals. Strong business acumen with orientation to profitability; ability to align work with strategic goals. Ability to adapt to changing priorities and to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.

Competitive pay and a generous benefits package provided including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401k plan, paid time off and paid holidays.

TO APPLY: Send resume and cover letter to CSJobsVermont@gmail.com.

Application deadline: July 14, 2011.

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We offer medical/dental benefits.

Pick up application at the CVU Office, 369 CVU Road, Hinesburg, VT 05461 or online at www.cssu.org.

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.

Community Forestry Outreach Professional - 0040062 - The University of Vermont Extension and Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation invite applications for an outreach professional position in our Berlin Extension Office. Candidates with a Bachelor degree and three to five years experience demonstrating expertise in forestry, natural resource or environmental management will be considered. Responsibilities of the position include providing outreach education to empower community and volunteer organizations to develop sustainable urban and community forestry programs including the planning, planting, and maintenance of trees within Vermont communities. Additional responsibilities include the implementation of the Forest Pest First Detectors (FPFD) volunteer program with direction from a multiagency steering committee and assist communities in preparing for the arrival of invasive forest pests. For further information, contact Ellen Rowe, Community and Leadership Development Specialist, University of Vermont Extension, 397 Railroad St., Suite 3, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, 802-751-8307 or ellen.rowe@uvm.edu Technology Commercialization Program Specialist - This position is responsible for the execution and management of the business and organizational functions of the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC), including the administration of financial, contracts, and patent prosecution activities. This position interfaces with UVM faculty and administration as well as with the business community as a part of UVM's technology transfer and economic development activities. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys new challenges and wants to help bring new technologies and innovations from UVM to the private sector. The position will also assist with the administrative needs of the Senior Advisor to the President.

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.

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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St Albans: Part Time—30 hours per week Full Time - Burlington Vermont Adult Learning, a non-profit statewide provider of adult educaWorking collaboratively with state agencies and local tionemployers, and literacythe services, seeks an organized and outgoing to Employment Specialist assists Reachindividual Up clients provide administrative assistance at the Learning Center located in St in attaining job skills and employment. 40 hours per week.

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Position offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, long-term disability, life insurance and generous, This part-time position offers excellent benefits, including medical, denflexible paid time off. tal, retirement, long-term disability, life insurance and generous, flexible Vermont Adult Learning is a nonprofit provider of adult paid-time-off. education and literacy services. Visit www.vtadultlearning.org Visit webinformation. site: www.vtadultlearning.org to review the job descripforour more tion and for instructions to apply for the position.

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Research Coordinator Are you over-the-top organized? Are you a perfectionist? Do you love being the "keeper" of master data lists, entering data, merging data and ensuring data integrity? Do you love to own and manage multiple projects and drive them to completion? Do you have wonderful people skills? Are you confident interacting with school administrators, teachers and students? Are you a team player? If you answered "Yes" to all of these questions, we'd love to meet you!

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Art experience required, will train right candidate. Will consider part-time/summer help or full-time/year round.

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CoMMUnitY heALth nUrses: These full-time nursing positions are also rewarding jobs awaiting the right candidate, allowing for your keen patient assessment, the desire to focus on your patient and the independence your experience has prepared you for. Two years’ medical-surgical experience strongly desired and current Vt. RN license. phYsiCAL therApist, 24 hoUrs per WeeK: Are you ready to give your patient your undivided attention? Prior PT experience in adult OP/IP rehabilitation.

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As Research Coordinator, you will be responsible for the successful completion of our research projects. Each study has multiple moving parts that must be coordinated and documented: gathering contact information and developing relationships with teachers/administrators; scheduling; training; pre-test and post-test administration; monitoring and data collection and data analysis.

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Hip Hop Dance Teacher needed!!

Please send resume to Stowe Dance Academy, 177 S. Main St., Stowe, VT 05672. 802.253.5151. info@stowedance.com www.stowedance.com

Front Desk Agents Rodeway Inn in Shelburne is hiring.

Competitive pay. Experience required.

Please apply in person at Rodeway Inn, 1016 Shelburne Rd., S. Burlington, and bring references.

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We offer a complete benefits Shared Living Provider Opportunities package. Please respond with resume and cover letter. No HowardCenter’s Shared Living Provider program matches people with phone calls, please. developmental disabilities with individuals, couples or families to provide a home, day-to-day assistance and individualized support needs.

Shared Living Provider sought for active 23-year-old woman with PDD and co-occurring mental illness. This dedicated equestrian requires a couple or single person, without children living at home, who is looking for a professional stay-at-home career. Ideal home is located in rural Chittenden County (Jericho/Underhill) and will welcome her yellow-Lab-mix therapy dog. Very generous stipend coupled with room and board and respite budget make this an exciting professional opportunity. Anne Vernon, 488-6309.

Catamount Color 89 Sand Hill Rd. PO Box 8329 Essex, VT 05451

Shared Living Provider needed in Chittenden County for a kindhearted young man interested in motorized vehicles who thrives on routine and clear boundaries. Client has year-round school schedule, dynamic team supports, competitive stipend, and paid monthly room and board. Comprehensive trainings given; must be comfortable with personal care and nonverbal communication. Marisa Hamilton, 488-6571. reSidentiaL adviSor — SUCCeed Are you currently a grad student looking for an opportunity to earn money while still being able to stay on top of the demands of grad school, or are you working on paying off your students loans? HowardCenter is looking for an innovative, flexible and responsible graduate student or recently graduated young adult. This is an exciting opportunity to earn a TAX-FREE $24,000/year stipend including room and board, while living in downtown Burlington and acting as a Residential Advisor for five students attending UVM as part of HowardCenter’s Developmental Services’ SUCCEED program.

These recently graduated, male high school students, 18- to 25-years-old with mild developmental disabilities, live in a newly furnished, substance-free, beautiful Victorian house in downtown Burlington, within walking distance to campus. Ideal match is a graduate student wanting to become an integral part of an innovative program providing problem-solving advice and minimal house oversight. There is an opportunity for time off, 60 nights off a year and on-site parking. RA must be in house from 9 p.m. until 8:30 a.m. Must be willing to sign a yearlong contract beginning late summer 2011. Jen Mitchell, 488-6542.

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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HomeShare Vermont is looking for a Homesharing & Outreach Assistant starting September 19 and completing 1700 hours of service by August 17, 2012. This position will help with outreach, developing written materials and providing direct services toIntellectual clients. It requires BA orseeks comparable STARKSBORO: seniora man life and work experience, andprovide strong computer writing full-time live-in helper to cooking,and light Independent elderly woman inBeautiful Burlington seeks skills. Reliableand vehicle, driver’s license, proof of insurance housekeeping transportation. location, and good driving record required.

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Draker supplies turnkey technology solutions to commercial and utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power providers that improve the efficiency and profitability of their systems.

Our leading-edge hardware, software and professional services have earned us a reputation as the premier solarmonitoring provider in North America.

As a result of our rapid growth, we have immediate openings for talented individuals with a passion for renewable energy and innovative technology to help us develop and market the next generation of solar PV monitoring solutions.

Draker’s headquarters offer a comfortable work environment in a beautifully renovated, historic building with easy access to the lake, bike trails, restaurants, shops and other local attractions that have earned Burlington, Vt., the reputation of being the healthiest and most livable city in the U.S. We understand the need to balance work with personal time and offer a well-rounded benefit and compensation package.

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French Instructor (part-tIme) The Department of Modern Languages and Literature at Saint Michael's College invites applications for a part-time adjunct instructor position in French for the academic year 2011-2012.

Candidates will be expected to teach first- and/or second-semester French courses.

An MA or higher degree in French or a related field is required.

Candidates should also have college teaching experience.

Norwich University

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SPECIAL SERVICES TRANSPORTATION AGENCY (SSTA) is looking for an individual with a valid and clear driving record to drive and/or aide on one of our daycare vans. No CDL required.

This position is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday.

It has a rotating schedule, which means 2-3 weeks the hours are 7–11 a.m. and then 1:30–5:30 p.m.; then 1-2 weeks the hours are 7 a.m.–4 p.m. The position pays $11/hr. w/ benefits.

All interested must be very understanding of children and their needs. Some daycare experience/knowledge is required.

SSTA is an equal opportunity employer located at 2091 Main Street, Colchester. Please call Barb at 878-1527 or stop by and fill out an application.

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YOUNG WR IT ER S PROJEC T, a dynamic nonprofit that

engages kids to write and use civil digital learning spaces, is looking for applicants for several new part-time positions. Hours/schedule somewhat flexible. Applicants should send cover letter and resume PDF or Word doc to ywpjobs@youngwritersproject.org.

PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR 20-30 hours, this person reads, critiques and occasionally edits student work for publication in newspapers. YWP receives a large volume of submissions each week. This person also will, using inDesign, create weekly pages for several newspaper partners.

Will train.

MARKETING/DEVELOPMENT 20 hours, this person will help YWP with grants, fundraising campaigns, and events and marketing. Experience and track record required.

WEB COORDINATOR 30 hours, applicant should be organized, meticulous, well versed in, if possible, PHP, MySql and Drupal. Will train. Maintain existing sites, develop new features and respond to service requests. Needs keen interest in working with kids, writing and multimedia.

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Home Instead Senior Care, a provider of non-medical companionship and home helper services to seniors in their homes, is seeking friendly, cheerful, and dependable people. CAREGivers assist seniors with companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, personal care, errands, and more.

Part-time, flexible scheduling, including: Daytime, evening, weekend and overnight shifts currently available. No heavy lifting.

Northeastern Family Institute St. Albans has an opening for a DCF Contract Care Coordinator. Responsibilities include Child/ Parent contact support, support to parents and foster parents, community skills work with children, and team-based coordination. We need an independent person with strong communication skills who is able to pay attention to details and understand how to work with diverse family systems.

Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or a related field required.

Work with parents and kin of children with special needs a plus. Come join a close-knit team of dedicated service providers who are committed to children and families.

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Substance Abuse Clinicians Needed Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services is a nonprofit organization located in Berlin, Vt., providing substance abuse services to central Vermont residents. The range of services provided includes outpatient, intensive outpatient intervention, education, prevention, intervention, and treatment services.

We have the following positions available:

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Substance Abuse Treatment Clinicians Full- and part-time, master's level clinical positions (LADC preferred) providing outpatient counseling to adults, adolescents and families dealing with substance abuse related issues. Treatment modalities may be provided using group, individual and / or couples counseling and may include some work in our Intensive Out-Patient Treatment program.

Individuals who are interested in being part of a dynamic team are encouraged to apply. Flexibility, dependability, strong communication, organizational skills, and the ability to be a team player are essential. We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package. If interested, please send resume and letter of interest to: Melissa Turner, HR Coordinator, or to: mturner@claramartin.org

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Clara Martin Center P.O. Box G Randolph, VT 05060

Strong secretarial, organizational and multitasking skills, high attention to detail, ability to work with confidential and sensitive material and experience with a Windows environment, data management and data entry. Previous study abroad experience is a plus. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Preferred start date is August 22, 2011.

Please call 802-860-8205.

If you are interested in this position, call Kate Silberfeld at 802-524-1700 or submit cover letter and resume to katesilberfeld@nafi.com or Kate Silberfeld, NFI St. Albans 12 Fairfield St., St. Albans VT, 05478. EOE

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Regular part-time nine (9) month (mid-August to mid-May), 20-hour-per-week position. Eligible for applicable tuition benefits and paid-time-off accrual as outlined in the employee handbook. This hourly part-time position is not eligible for regular College-provided fringe benefits.

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COTS has an opening for a full-time Case Manager working with our single adult population. Our Case Managers work with individuals who are experiencing homelessness or who are at imminent risk of homelessness. Case Managers provide a full range of services to clients while working as a team within COTS’ programs and with community partners. An outgoing personality, willingness to learn and the ability to work with individuals with mental health, medical, substance abuse and employment issues is required.

Previous experience with homeless population, crisis intervention and housing are desirable.

This position requires a BSW or BA in a related field, plus three to five years of relevant experience. Master’s degree preferred.

Submit resume and cover letter to: jobs@cotsonline.org.

Community Support Staff Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) AmeriCorps Position Wonderful service opportunity available as Community Support Staff at COTS Daystation. Focus on building trusting relationships to empower homeless individuals transitioning from homelessness to housing. Engage homeless adults through one-on-one and group interactions to increase selfesteem, coordinate educational and social events, and provide for basic needs.

Successful candidates will be organized, creative and selfdirected with excellent communication and advocacy skills, as well as an ability to work with a diverse client base. Basic word processing and internet skills are also necessary.

Full-time benefits include $13,702 living allowance, $5,350 education award, health insurance and trainings for an 11+ month commitment. Submit resume, cover letter, and two written references to: jobs@cotsonline.org, or visit www.vhcb.org/acorps/ for more information. EOE.

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Adjunct Faculty

Clinical Director

Burlington College, a private liberal arts college on Lake Champlain, is seeking adjunct faculty to teach courses in the following departments during the Fall 2011 and/or Spring 2012 semesters.

Cinema Studies and Film Production Documentary Studies Graphic Design International Relations and Diplomacy MA required; terminal degree (MFA or PhD) preferred. Minimum of two years’ higher education teaching experience. For a full list of courses and descriptions, please visit www.burlington.edu.

Lamoille Community Connections is seeking to fill the position of Clinical Director.

Primary responsibilities include day-to-day supervision, coaching, teaching, consulting and the professional development of LCC staff on appropriate clinical evaluations, diagnosis, behavioral and treatment plans, interventions and case management of individual consumer needs, and the delivery of coordinated and integrated care. The Clinical Director will work closely with our Community Partners in order to provide the appropriate services. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills as well as the ability to work well in a team environment. Strong supervisory, management and organizational skills are required. A master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or related field with a minimum of 3 years experience serving both children and adults is required. Vermont state mental health licensure is required. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org.

Substitute Residential Position

To apply, send cover letter and resume via email by July 22, 2011, to hr@burlington.edu, or to:

Lamoille Community Connections has an immediate opening for an on-call substitute position in our group home, which is located in Johnson, Vt. This position works as part of our team to maintain a caring and therapeutic environment for our residents. Responsibilities include implementation of treatment plans, documentation to meet standards for licensing and funding.

Flexibility in scheduling is required. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org.

Human Resources Burlington College 351 North Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 No phone calls, please. Burlington College is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Champlain Farms ImmedIate part-tIme OpenIngs!

Must be available nights, weekends and holidays Please apply in person to: Rotary Mart 103 Shelburne Rd., Burlington Champlain Farms Shell 156 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester Champlain Farms Shell 188 First St., Swanton Champlain Farms Shell 280 East Allen St., Winooski Champlain Farms Shell 16 North Main St., Randolph Champlain Farms Gulf 73 N. Main St., Northfield Champlain Farms Shell 490 Railroad St., St. Johnsbury Asst. Manager- Winooski

Access Case Manager

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Dynapower Corporation in So. Burlington, VT is a leading manufacturer of large, custom power supplies and energy conversion systems. Our staff is dedicated to providing quality workmanship and the highest level of customer service. We offer an extensive benefits package and pleasant working environment, as well as an opportunity for personal and professional growth.

We are currently accepting resumes and applications for first and second shift to fill the following positions:

Final Assemblers Test Technicians Water Jet Operator Mechanical Sub Assemblers Switch Mode Power Supply Assemblers Sheet Metal Fabricators Production Supervisors Electrical Test Engineer For complete job descriptions, please go to www.dynapwer.com and click on “employment” at the bottom of the page.

Please apply in person at Dynapower Corporation 85 Meadowland Dr., S. Burlington, VT 05403 or email resume to: resumes@dynapower.com.

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Contact Judi, Lamoille Community Connections Children’s, Youth and Family program is jwilson@champlainfarms.com. seeking to fill the position of Access Case Manager. The Access Case Manager provides coordinated services for children and adolescents who have emotional 7/1/11 12:26:49 PM /behavioral challenges. These children have significant issues to contend with 3v-ChamplainFarms-070611.indd 1 in their home, school and community. The Access Case manager will provide proactive crisis planning/crisis intervention/problem solving and treatment planning in a home, school, or community setting. The ability to work a flexible schedule depending on family needs is required. Bachelor's degree required.

Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org

Behavior Interventionists

Lamoille Community Connections has several openings for the position of Behavior Interventionist. These positions are full time, year round and offer an excellent benefit package. The Behavior Interventionist is responsible for 1:1 therapeutic intervention with school-aged children who have developmental disabilities and/or emotional/behavioral disorders in school and community settings. A bachelor's degree is required with a minimum of two years related experience. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Assistant Teacher, Early Childhood Education Robin's Nest Children's Center, a 4 STAR early care and education program located in the Old North End of Burlington, has an assistant position open in our infant/toddler multi-age program. Robin's Nest is a play-based environment that nurtures minds, friendships and families. The position requires a commitment to quality care, and preference will be given to applicants with experience and training in early care and education. Applicants must be team players with efficient care-giving skills. Please send a resume and three written references.

Robin's Nest Children's Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Robin's Nest Children's Center 20 Allen Street Burlington, VT 05401

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Ecommerce Fulfillment Manager for Outdoor Retail Store Skirack - Burlington, VT The Ecommerce Fulfillment Manager’s primary responsibility is to lead the direct-to-customer shipping and communications for the Skirack’s Ecommerce Dept. You will support and help train other staff who will join you in fulfilling orders and handling customer inquiries. As a vital member of the Ecommerce team, you work closely with the IS Manager, content writers, retail sales and service staff, buyers, and the shipping and receiving department. Ideally, you enjoy striving for and maintaining a high standard of quality and efficiency in your daily work. This role best suits an individual who is passionate about the Internet and online retail in general.

Prior knowledge of UPS and postal logistics is preferred.

Responsibilities • Develop, maintain and monitor e-commerce operations policies and procedures to maximize efficiencies and customer satisfaction • Supervise and assist with all activities for the e-commerce operations including order fulfillment (picking, packing and shipping e-commerce orders), quality inspection and gift services, and online content generation • Provide prompt and professional responses to customer inquiries via email and telephone communication • Checking customer website orders.

Qualifications • Minimum of 1 year experience providing direct customer service; retail and online environment preferred. Experience with order fulfillment a plus • A knack for creative and effective problem solving in pressure situations • Demonstrated ability to make quick decisions that benefit the customer and company • Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, and be able to learn company-specific inventory management programs.

HTML a plus • Excellent communication skills required (written and oral) • Able to multi-task and handle multiple priorities with a sense of perspective and humor • Salary commensurate with experience • Comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/ EAP insurance, vacation and personal time, 401(k), industry recreational discounts and generous product discounts offered.

For more information, visit www.skirack.com/employment.

To apply, send an up-to-date cover letter and resume to jobs@skirack.com.

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Bookkeeper Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity, operating in Chittenden County for over 25 years, seeks a part-time (24 hours per week) Bookkeeper to do administrative office duties and manage the Habitat office.

Preferred experience: • a working knowledge of QuickBooks financial software.

• a working knowledge of accounting principles including double-entry bookkeeping.

Duties include picking up mail, paying bills, making bank deposits, paying homeowner property taxes and insurance, receiving grants and booking all transactions. Duties also include monitoring payroll, loans and all business transactions, rolling statements each month, managing the Habitat office, answering the telephone and being a member of the Finance Committee and attending committee meetings once a month.

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The Bookkeeper will report to the Executive Director. Hours will be 9-5 Monday (or Tuesday), Wednesday and Thursday with some flexibility.

Salary is commensurate with experience. Please submit resume by email to Gary Frisch, Chair Finance Committee at: gfrisch13@hotmail.com.

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DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Yestermorrow seeks a person with a passion for development, fundraising, and communications. The Development & Communications Director will represent the organization articulately and effectively to students, faculty, alumni, donors and the community at large.Visit http://yestermorrow.org/job-opportunities/ for details.

Rolling application review starts August 1.

Our 35-year-old organization is dedicated to promoting home gardening and garden-based learning in schools and communities nationwide.

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For this part-time position, we are seeking a candidate who can work with a minimum of supervision, is well organized, maintains a strong positive attitude and is willing to learn and take on new tasks. This position will be responsible for assisting and maintaining the creative and technical aspects of NGA’s communications to the public for print and web media.

Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Quark and a basic understand of HTML and CSS required. Competitive salary and benefits available.

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Curtis Lumber is looking for someone to work the sales counter at our Williston store. Candidates should be computer literate, able to calculate area and square foot, highly organized and able to multitask. Knowledge of construction, building materials and previous retail sales experience preferred, but will train the right person who shows they want to learn this career. To be considered, you must have a high school diploma/ GED and be able to pass a drug test.

Curtis Lumber offers great benefits, top wages and a safe work environment. We are growth oriented and committed to giving our employees opportunities. Please send resume and cover letter to: Human Resources Curtis Lumber Co., Inc., 140 Tom Miller Rd., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 Fax (518) 561-2726 please, no phone calls.

degree required. Driving required.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse AdmInIstrAtIve AssIstAnt This is a 20-hour position. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the management of the front desk, phones, visitors, clients, maintaining supplies, mail, office equipment, cash responsibilities, processing the deposit and other administrative support. One year of administrative or customer service experience or a combination of education and experience from which a comparable knowledge could be acquired. Basic computer skills. Ability to communicate with varying populations using various techniques; organization skills. clInIcIAn — communIty support — outreAch This position is responsible for ensuring that adequate case management services are provided administratively and clinically to an assigned caseload of persons with major mental illnesses who are homeless, as well as those with dual diagnoses (co-occurring disorders) and to assisting in serving other clients as covered by the team or program as needed. One to two years’ experience in a human services field or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills have been acquired. Must be able to speak in groups and communicate in writing. Part-time position. clInIcIAn — communIty support Seeking clinician to ensure that adequate case management services are provided administratively and clinically to an assigned caseload of persons with a major mental illness as well as those with dual diagnoses (co-occurring disorders) and to assist in serving other clients as covered by the team and or program as needed. One to two years in a human services field or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills have been acquired. Must be able to speak in groups. Must be able to communicate in writing and able to learn computer word processing and use computer software as required for documentation and data entry. Full-time position. resIdentIAl progrAm coordInAtor — northern lIghts HowardCenter seeks an energetic leader for the Northern Lights Program, transitional housing for women returning from prison, to oversee all organizational aspects, including staffing, funding, interagency collaboration and program development. The successful candidate will work directly with reentering women as they build a safe and healthy life in the community. He/she must have: • Excellent clinical, organizational and supervisory skills.

• Experience working with women on issues of substance abuse, trauma, mental health, parenting, domestic violence and family dynamics.

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• Master’s of social work, equivalent degree or equivalent work experience. supervIsory clInIcIAn substAnce Abuse — chIttenden clInIc Will provide clinical supervision to several clinicians at the Chittenden Clinic. In addition, this person will be required to provide services to clients with a substance abuse diagnosis and possible co-occurring disorder. Candidate must be adept in the following areas: assessment and counseling; awareness of community resources; supervisory skills; organization and time management; and communication.

Afternoon, evening hours will be required. LADC required with at least two years of experience. This position will require some clinical and administrative oversight of our new evening program.

Please visit our website at www.howardcentercareers.org for more details or to apply online. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper applications are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily.

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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shaking off the last vestiges of this year’s seemingly never-ending chill. Mahood says that, in the coming weeks, the farm will supply 40 or 50 percent of the food that goes into the dinners. He admits, though, that its own small gardens can accomplish that only in “a pretty narrow window.”

To sustain the restaurant throughout the year, Mahood has had to establish close relationships with the region’s farmers. Indeed, he makes some other locavore chefs look like slackers. “A lot of chefs just pick up the phone, and whatever produce they need just shows up on the Black

River [Produce] truck,” he says. “I usually go to the farms to pick up the products. It’s been great to see where everything’s coming from and to meet them. Sometimes I go to the field and harvest myself what I’m going to use.

I think that’s a really special part of the job.”

Though the restaurant is still less than a year old, Bill Emmons and Mahood already have plans to keep their offerings even closer to home.

Poultry is currently processed on the farm, but beef is not. Mahood

considers it a goal to age the carcasses and cut them himself. He hopes that someday the freezers will be filled with oxtail, short ribs and strip steaks that left the farm only for slaughter.

Mahood is also preparing to spend a little less time running the market — where he sells the aforementioned cuts of meat, ready-to-eat chorizo, and other farm-fresh treats to hikers, locals and tourists — and more in the kitchen. The restaurant has become a popular place for business

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seemed like an understated interpretation of “wild,” I was happy that most of the ingredients were seasonal and local.

For instance, farmer Langis Anctil, who supplies the Farmhouse with rabbit meat from his Fresh Tracks Game & Poultry in West Haven, provided morels foraged on his land. But some of the items on the menu weren’t wild at all — I certainly haven’t heard of wild beef cattle — or local, given that the octopus came from Greece.

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courses and detailed the origins of the ingredients and the preparation of each dish. The menu was certainly adventurous: corned beef-tongue salad, pig’s feet and beans, fried headcheese, wild foraged mushroom pasta, and grilled baby octopus served over braised lentils and young fennel. But, having already tried cricket, wildebeest, Rocky Mountain oysters and pigeon pie in various locales, I was looking for something bizarre — brains, maybe, or amphibians, forest insects or unusual roots or tubers.

Though this Farmhouse menu

fan of live scallop ceviche topped with pickled radishes, followed by a towering salad of greens and confit beef tongue. I decided to try the headcheese, because I felt challenged by the idea of a cold, gelatinous square of boiled hog skull. But Clayton chose to fry the headcheese and serve it with arugula, buttermilk and pickled onions. I was relieved by the texture, and the flavor was salty and savory enough to distract me from thoughts of head cartilage, snout and boiled teeth.

This wasn’t the first Wild Edibles night at the Farmhouse. The restaurant first experimented with odd cuts of meat and foraged fungi last winter. It was such a success that customers demanded a sequel. Clayton is pleased that the strange themes have drawn crowds, and he hopes the public equally approves the restaurant’s new regional food and wine series, which will center on the traditional dishes and drinks of a particular locale. Some events will be held in the outdoor beer garden — where Clayton’s wife has planted herbs and vegetables for the restaurant — and some will revolve around meat cooked in the massive smoker behind the kitchen.

Although this night was not as exotic as I had hoped for, the food was intriguing and delicious. I plan to take a seat in the garden and go wild another night.

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recent advertisement for a Wild Edibles event at the Farmhouse Tap & Grill caught my eye. I had never before been dared by a restaurant to eat “heads, feet and tongues” or “various marine cephalopods.” Yet every time the staff at the Farmhouse plays with the food, customers seem to eat it up. This seemed as good a time as any to find out why.

The Burlington gastropub has been a raging success since it opened, in May 2010, in a renovated McDonald’s on Bank Street. Although a burger at the Farmhouse costs $14 — $13 more than a McDouble — many locals apparently would rather bite into grass-fed beef from Jericho Settlers Farm than a machine-formed disc from Lopez Foods.

The Farmhouse menu offers more than fancy burgers, though. The restaurant hosts themed food and drink events every Wednesday. Some feature such culinary concepts as snout-to-tail meals — where every edible part of a whole hog is prepared and served — while other evenings might be devoted entirely to a brewery such as Montréal’s Dieu du Ciel.

These events inject a little color into the kitchen routine, and, as chef Phillip Clayton puts it, “We have the staff and the audience; what is there to lose?”

The theme nights also drive sales and volume, turning Wednesday evenings into a second weekend for the restaurant. More than just a marketing ploy, though, the events allow the chefs to playfully apply their skills. The menus can be unusual, but most are in keeping with the key concept of the Farmhouse: locally sourced ingredients and simple, gastropub fare.

Clayton welcomed me behind the scenes as he assembled the Wild Edibles

meetings, hosting several meals for King Arthur Flour and other Upper Valley companies. The farm’s first wedding banquet will take place in September.

For the general public, Mahood is kicking off a celebration of the farm’s ground beef with a series of Friday burger nights. July 29 is the first, and he promises the fare will be prepared with the same from-scratch care diners can expect at the more formal Cloudland Farm restaurant dinners.

At any meal, the last thing diners need to ask at Cloudland is “Where’s the beef?”

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ne of the quintessential sounds of summer is the clinking of cubes inside a tall, glass of bracing iced coffee.

Recently, when the sun finally appeared and Vermonters actually broke a sweat, some readers clamored via Twitter for a Seven Days survey of local brews. The sizable number of staffers who fuel their workdays with cold java happily agreed to sample the options.

While there was no problem finding volunteer tasters, narrowing the large number of available iced coffees was daunting — we simply couldn’t try them all in one sitting. Readers were quick to recommend their favorites, and staffers have their own: the brew with coffee ice cubes at Winooski’s Block Gallery, for instance, or the robust Vermont Coffee Company roast at several local markets.

In the end, we decided the contestants should hail from dedicated coffee shops within the Burlington city limits. We narrowed the field to seven contenders: Bluebird Coffee Stop, Maglianero, Muddy Waters, Speeder & Earl’s, Starbucks, Uncommon Grounds and Viva Espresso.

Our panel had no shortage of opinions on what constitutes a delicious iced coffee. Seven Days co-owner and -editor Pamela Polston looks for “a dark roast that can stand up to the milk, and not have that watereddown taste.” Associate editor Margot Harrison eschews acidity, preferring her iced coffee “ashy and smoky. I’m the person who will drink the grounds at the bottom of coffee, even iced coffee,” she revealed. Office manager Cheryl Brownell judges coffee by its finish, “which allows me to pick up earthiness or berries,” she said, but admitted that’s harder to discern when the brew is cold. Food-writing intern Frances Cannon, who actually works as a barista, loves the “light, lemony, sweet flavor that comes with acidity.” Arts writer Megan James also goes for brightness and acidity, while music editor Dan Bolles prefers his iced coffee “dark and full bodied with a splash of cream and sugar.”

On judgment day, the testers gathered for a blind tasting from two glasses each of the seven coffees: one black, one with milk. The glasses were identified by numbers only. The judges circled a table

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Pamela: This was actually one of my two favorites. I really like the caramel-y flavor of the roast — it came through the cold, and stood up to the fat in the milky version. It’s pretty rich but not overly roasted.

Cheryl: It tasted a little burned.

Dan: I got a little of that, too — lightly burned.

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(a blend of Colombian, Ethiopian and Kenyan roasts; brewed hot directly over ice in what is known as the Japanese iced coffee method) Cheryl: I liked this.

Megan: This was my favorite. This one was so bright. It pops! It had this earthy balance and brightness. It was the only one in which I could really smell something. With the milk, it added a new dimension — the milk brought out this luscious, caramel flavor.

Pamela: I thought it was really bitter. I might like it better with sugar.

Frances: I thought this one tasted almost

diluted. It smells like hotel coffee.

Margot: I thought it was a lot better

with the milk than without. It had a nutty taste to it. Without the milk, it was acidic and watery.

Dan: I’m pretty sure that’s Starbucks.

set up with the anonymous contenders and aimed their straws at each. They thoughtfully sniffed, observed, sipped and scribbled down notes. After a while, someone piped up, “This is really hard.”

Each of the coffees was different, everyone agreed, but the ice muted their flavors just enough that intense focus was necessary.

More than a f ew times, these seasoned iced coffee drinkers did not like what they saw, smelled or tasted.

Everyone tried to guess where the coffees came from. Here are some of the comments judges made about each brew before they knew what they were tasting.

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Frances: I thought the smell was really

sweet. The others smelled fishy or burnt; this smelled almost floral. I thought this was really well balanced.

Margot: I wasn’t crazy about it. It tasted like coffee that had been sitting around in a pot. But it was one of the last I tried, so maybe it was watered down.

Megan: I liked this one. It tasted toasted

with the milk. It kind of reminded me

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(blend of organic and French roasts with added espresso shots; brewed hot and then cooled) Megan: My first reaction was, ew. This

was super tangy. It reminded me of grapefruit juice, bitter and tangy at the same time. With milk, it tasted grassy.

Dan: I though it was pretty mild, especially with the milk.

Pamela: I thought it was fairly balanced originally, but then I thought it was weak. There wasn’t enough coffee in the coffee.

Margot: I thought it was cardboard-y

food with the milk. It was faintly acidic but way too weak.

Frances: It tasted overbrewed or old. cheryl: It tasted like standard, average

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(a blend of Ethiopian and Guatemalan roasts; hot-brewed and then cooled)

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Frances: This smells burned, dusty, dirty

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megan: It smelled like Pepsi. But I

megan: I thought it tasted like burned

(Speeder’s Blend; hot-brewed and then cooled)

It remInded me of bad tequIla.

coffee.

… like a group of dirty motorcycle men.

thought it was lemony in flavor.

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cheryl: I thought this one was pretty

neutral.

Pamela: Somewhat bitter and flat, kind of ashy. I thought the milk made it better.

Frances: This smelled like fish, old fish.

It was flat and bitter.

megan: I tasted some sort of spice in

there, some sort of combo of cinnamon and something from the earth. It was something I couldn’t quite place.

With milk, it reminded me of bad tequila With milk.

D AN Bo l l E S cheryl: I thought it was bright.

It smelled like whiskey — smoky, or like Scotch.

leaves, like spinach or broccoli dressed up as iced coffee.

This was malty and sort of chocolaty. It reminded me of instant coffee, but stronger. I was wondering if it was flavored. margot:

Pamela: It had this weird flavor that I could not place. My first impression was ew, nasty.

margot: It kind of reminded me of

cheryl: This one was completely weak.

Dan: The milk overpowered the whole thing. What’s surprising to me is that it was so mild.

Dan: I thought it was surprisingly similar to [Speeder & Earl’s].

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cheryl: This is one of the earthiest ones.

Dan: When I smelled it, it reminded me

Frances: This was one of my two favor-

ites. I didn’t think it had that much of a negative edge; it didn’t taste burned or overdone.

margot: I described the flavor as

“burned”; it definitely had that deep, full-bodied flavor.

megan: This feels like digging into the

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The judges were struck by the deep differences among the brews, and nearly as surprised by the variation in their own palates — a flavor that was dreck to some was sublime to others. This augured that no coffee would be a “winner” for all drinkers, and that turned out to be true when the judges were asked to identify their favorites.

Two distinctly different blends tied for first place: Maglianero and Starbucks each won over three voters. To complicate matters, though, one of the Maglianero fans also liked the Starbucks, and two Starbucks lovers were also partial to Bluebird Coffee Stop.

Then the judges were told what they’d voted for.

“I’m not surprised,” said Cheryl about Starbucks, as the room’s groans subsided. “It has that classic coffee taste, especially when it’s iced.”

Margot, who once worked at a Starbucks, attested, “They have stringent policies on what you can and can’t do, and how fresh [the coffee] has to be.”

“I rarely go there [in Burlington], because I prefer to support a locally owned place,” said Pamela. “But when I’m traveling, I’m psyched to see one because I know what I’m going to get.”

The least liked coffee was from Viva Espresso — which shocked Frances, who said she often buys coffee there and enjoys it (one person disliked Uncommon Grounds the most). This finding incited a lively discussion about end-of-the-day coffee, burned or old brews, and iced-coffee-making methods.

One problem, everyone agreed, was that melting ice soon dilutes even the best brew.

Far more than its hot equivalent, we discovered, a great iced coffee is an evanescent concoction. Maybe the Block Gallery is on to something with those coffee ice cubes.

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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.

COMMUNITY BIKE SHOP: Cycle fanatics fix up their rides with help from neighbors and BRV staff. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 264-9687.

HISTORIC TOURS: Wander the turrets and balconies of this 19th-century castle boasting brick and marble façades, three floors, and 32 rooms. Wilson Castle, Proctor, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $10. Info, 773-3284, wilsoncastle@aol.com.

PUBLIC VIEWING NIGHT: Stargazers head to the College Observatory to take in star clusters and Saturn. Call for a status report in case of inclement weather. McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 9-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2266.

SENIOR PICNIC: The Champlain Senior Center organizes an alfresco meal. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $4. Info, 658-3585.

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KINGDOM AQUAFEST: Folks gear up for fun in the sun along the shores of Lake Memphremagog.

Activities include the Kingdom Swim, bed racing, an antique boat parade, a sailboat regatta, the Pet and Swimmers’ Parade, and a log-rolling competition.

Various locations, Newport, 6-9 p.m. $5 button; most events are free; kingdomaquafest.com for schedule. Info, 323-8424 or 802-334-6345.

VERMONT SUMMER FESTIVAL HORSE SHOWS: New England’s top equestrian competition, running for six weeks, draws spectators to its five all-weather rings. Harold Beebe Farm, East Dorset, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. $3-7. Info, info@vt-summerfestival.com.

film

‘MEEK’S CUTOFF’: A party traveling the Oregon Trail in 1845 takes a dangerous shortcut in this 2010 period drama starring Bruce Greenwood and Michelle Williams. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

‘ROAD TO NOWHERE’: A young filmmaker directing a thriller based on a real crime finds his leading lady may be the real killer in Monte Hellman’s 2010 drama. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

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food & drink

BARRE FARMERS MARKET: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods in the center of the town.

Main Street, Barre, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, barrefarmersmarket@gmail.com.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery experience the tempering and dipping process. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591.

When Warren’s Edgcomb Barn was constructed in the 1930s from a Sears and Roebuck catalog kit, its builders probably never imagined it becoming the site of serious popping and locking — nor even could have known what that means.

But, thanks to resident performing-arts troupe Phantom Theater and the installation of some marley flooring, that’s just what has happened. For the third year, Phantom’s season kicks off with The Young Choreographers, an exhibition of original hip-hop and modern dance by 13- to 20-year-olds.

Artistic director Tracy Martin says these “rip-roaring, rollicking, feel-good” works are expected to include elements of text, theater and visual-art projections.

COOKING WITH STAY-AT-HOME-DAD ARTHUR SHELMANDINE: From dealing with picky eaters to hunting down bargains, the creator of It’s Arthur’s Fault! sauces and marinades shares tips for easy, healthy meals. Rhubarb stir fry and “clean out the fridge” spaghetti are on the menu. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $20; preregister.

Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

SOUTH HERO FARMERS MARKET: Foodies take advantage of fresh-from-the-farm fare and other local goodies. St. Rose of Lima Church, South Hero, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3291.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: Flowers, meats, mushrooms, quail eggs, vegetables and more are readily available thanks to 30 vendors. Woodstock Village Green, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3555.

health & fitness

AALAMBA YOGA: Bring a blanket to this gentle exercise devoted to thanking joints and limbs.

Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 6-7 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 288-9265.

ARMCHAIR AEROBICS: Seniors boost their circulation, stamina and muscle strength without leaving their chairs. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 658-3585.

MORNING MEDITATION: Get your “daily drop of Dharma” in a sitting session with Amy Miller.

Milarepa Center, Barnet, 7-8 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

YOGA CLASS: Gentle stretches improve core strength and flexibility. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 9 a.m. $5 donation. Info, 658-3585.

kids

CALAIS STORY TIME: Kellogg-Hubbard Library spreads a love of literature across the state. Maple Corner Community Center, Calais, 10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

ENOSBURG PLAYGROUP: Children and their adult caregivers immerse themselves in singing activities and more. American Legion, Enosburg Falls, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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ANTIQUES & UNIQUES

Saturday, July 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Craftsbury Common. Free; $5 parking benefits the Craftsbury Fire Department; event proceeds go to town nonprofits. Info, 586-7596, antiquesanduniques2011@ gmail.com townofcraftsbury.com

Nothing marks summer in Vermont quite like a party on the village green. Few town traditions are as deeply rooted as Craftsbury’s Antiques & Uniques, now in its 41st year.

Cutesy name aside, the festival shouldn’t be taken lightly — it’s a serious goldmine of collectibles and artisan wares, and draws roughly 2000 people each year. More than 100 woodworkers, potters, quilters and jewelers spread out their handicrafts in booths dotting the lawn.

Throughout the day, treasure hunters ogle vintage and upcycled finds as local bands strike a tune. Bear Mountain String Band (pictured), the Butterbeans and Michael Kennedy each take turns making merry music by the gazebo.

‘FRANKENSTEIN AND FRIENDS’: Very Merry Theatre’s original musical is a zany, hourlong “monster”-filled romp. Rain location: Bandshell.

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Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, 8 p.m., at Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, in Warren. $10; reservations recommended. Info, 4965997. phantomtheater.info

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COMPUTER LESSON: Folks in need of some technology tutelage sign up for a tailored, 45-minute course with an expert. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. $5 donation. Info, 658-3585.

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‘ARMS AND THE MAN’

Thursday, July 7, through Saturday, July 9, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, July 10, 2 p.m., at Valley Players Theater in Waitsfield. View website for future dates through July 16. $8-12. Info, 583-1674. valleyplayers.com

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The Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885 sets the scene for George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man, a satire on love and war. Indeed, one “chocolate-cream soldier” — a romantic who carries confections rather than cartridges — adds comic relief to the story, as does an unlikely love triangle.

But Shaw’s themes run deeper, too: He uses the historic war, which left thousands of ill-prepared soldiers dead or wounded in a matter of weeks, to illustrate the foolishness of glorifying something as gruesome as battle.

Michael Carr directs this timeless tale of arms and amour.

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n a celebration of watercraft that includes displays of dugout and bark canoes, it might be jarring to see other vessels more hastily constructed from cardboard and tape. That’s the beauty of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Small Boat Festival, which holds appeal for boat builders of all stripes. Kids hit the waves in a ducttape regatta on Saturday — better hope their skiffs are seaworthy. On Sunday, paddlers cover three miles in the all-ages Lake Champlain Challenge Race. No boat? No problem. Make a splash at longboat and kayak trials.

Landlubbers who’d rather stay dry can earn their sea legs vicariously through water adventures shared by guest speakers. Dive in.

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Battery Park, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6607 or 355-1461.

Groove Around the Globe: Young ones jam out to world-beat tunes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Pajama Story Time: Kids up to age 6 wear their jammies for evening tales. Arvin A. Brown Library, Richford, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 848-3313.

Peregrine Falcon Foray: Young birders monitor the birds of prey at a breeding site. Preregister.

Marshfield Mountain, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-6206.

music

Capital City Band: Community band members toot their own horns in marches and old-time, patriotic and popular songs at an outdoor concert next to the Pavilion Office Building. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-7069.

Dave Keller Band: The Green Mountain State group plays an annual gig. Rain location: Unitarian Church. Currier Park, Barre, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 476-0267.

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Concert: The artist faculty of an annual summer conservatory offer a classical journey through works by Poulenc, Shostakovich, Ysaÿe and Dvořák in “Shadow and Light.” UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $6-20. Info, 923-6108.

Music on the Porch: Hard Scrabble lend their acoustic, bluegrass and blues stylings to a picnic on the porch. Waterbury Station, Green Mountain Coffee Visitor Center & Café, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; nonperishable-food-item donations accepted for the Waterbury Food Shelf. Info, 882-2700.

Starline Rhythm Boys: The Vermont band sounds out swingin’ honky-tonk and rockabilly.

Bayside Pavilion, St. Albans, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 524-0909.

Valley Night: The Funkleberries and Cam Cross grace the lounge with — you guessed it — funk. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

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Village Harmony Teen World Music Ensemble: Twenty-four singers perform music traditions from around the world. First Universalist Parish, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 895-4137.

outdoors

Sunset/Moonrise Aquadventure: Paddlers of all abilities relish the serenity of the Waterbury Reservoir. Meet at A-Side Swim Beach by 6:30 p.m.

Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3 includes boat rentals; registration required by 6 p.m.; call to confirm. Info, 279-8448.

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Tool Time: Staff members demonstrate sharpening, oiling, handle replacement, storage and safety in this tool-maintenance program. Bring work gloves and your old hand tools. Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, 5 p.m. $5.

Info, 723-6551.

talks

Green Mountain College Morning Speaker Series: In “Now Showing: A Tiny Theater Dreams Big,” GMC professor of economics Paul Hancock recaps how a group of organizers are establishing a lively cultural resource in downtown Poultney. The Station, Poultney, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 287-8926.

Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth Summer Lecture Series: Experts from a variety of fields come together to explore “Corruption: Pervasive, Persistent and Virulent” in government, sports, Wall Street and religion.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 9 a.m.-noon. $20. Info, 603646-0154, ilead@dartmouth.edu.

Kate Kenny: The archaeologist and historian discusses “The War That Wasn’t: Patented Inventions During the Civil War.” Noyes House Museum,

Morrisville, 7-10 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 888-7617.

Summer Speaker Series: Writers and notable speakers share stories about the Vermont-born prez at a weekly lecture. President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth, 4 p.m. $8. Info, 6723773, coolidge@historicvermont.org.

Yestermorrow Summer Lecture Series: Vermont architect Aaron Kadoch discusses the newly formed “Organic Architecture Guild: A Common Vision for Sustainable Design.”

Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

theater

‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’: Weston Playhouse rewinds to the golden age of the Cotton Club in this Tony Award-winning musical featuring swingin’ tunes by Fats Waller. Weston Playhouse, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $21-48. Info, 824-5288.

‘Body Awareness’: Award-winning playwright Annie Baker’s comedy, set in a fictional Vermont college town and presented by the Middlebury Actors Workshop, is a tangled web of sexuality and emotion. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $17.

Info, 382-9222.

Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: Acrobatics, tumbling feats, high-wire high jinks and general clowning around come together in “Frontpage Follies: Big Top Big News!” Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, noon & 6:30 p.m. $17-20; free for kids under 2. Info, 533-7443.

‘I’ll Be Back Before Midnight’: A college professor and his wife soon discover there’s something spooky about the abandoned farmhouse they’ve rented in this comic murder mystery presented by St. Michael’s Playhouse. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $29.50-38.50.

Info, 654-2281.

‘Lettice and Lovage’: When a tour guide of a historic home is fired by a Preservation Trust inspector for her theatrical — and untrue — storytelling, an unlikely friendship develops between the two in this Waterbury Festival Playhouse production, 7:30 p.m. $25-27. Info, 498-3755.

‘Songs for a New World’: Stowe Theatre Guild presents Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown’s montage of musical stories, each celebrating the human spirit. Town Hall Theatre, Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 253-3961, tickets@stowetheatre.com.

The Met: Summer Encore Series: Lake Placid Center for the Arts: Anna Netrebko reprises her role in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, 518-523-2512.

The Met: Summer Encore Series: Loew Auditorium: Plácido Domingo stars in Verdi’s opera Simon Boccanegra. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 603-646-2422.

words

Lawrence Black: The local raconteur shares “Stories From Around the World and Other Places.”

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

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Basic Bike Maintenance: A cycle-shop pro introduces free wheelers to the basics of bicycle anatomy, flat fixes and roadside survival skills.

Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

Historic Tours: See WED.06, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Summervale: Folks show farms and farmers a little love at a weekly educational gathering filled with food, Zero Gravity brews and music. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free admission; cost of food and drink. Info, 660-0440.

Sunsets at Shelburne Museum: Select museum buildings and exhibits stay open late for this weekly summer series. Paper artist Michael Velliquette, featured in the “Paperwork in 3-D” exhibit, gives a talk and gallery tour. Shelburne Museum, 5-7:30 p.m. Regular admission, $5-20; preregister. Info, 985-3346.

fairs & festivals

Kingdom Aquafest: See WED.06, 6:30-9 p.m.

Mayor’s Cup Regatta & Festival: Rowers skim boats across the lake in an annual race. Citywide entertainment ranges from the Boat Parade of Lights to a SUNY Plattsburgh reunion picnic.

Various locations, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30-10 p.m.

Various prices. Info, 518-561-8790.

Vermont Summer Festival Horse Shows: See WED.06, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

film

‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’: In anticipation of the final film, Potterheads review the screen saga of good vs. evil in its original order. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

‘Meek’s Cutoff’: See WED.06, 7 p.m.

‘Road to Nowhere’: See WED.06, 7 p.m.

‘September 11, 1814: The Battles at Plattsburgh’: Isaiah A. Galarza directed this film giving an overview of the events surrounding the historic battle. Battle of Plattsburgh Association, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-566-1814, manager@battleofplattsburgh.org.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.06, 2 p.m.

Fletcher Allen Farmers Market: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Held outside, Fletcher Allen Hospital, Burlington, 2:30-5:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 847-0797, tanya.mcdonald@vtmednet. org.

Greensboro Farmers Market: On the shores of Caspian Lake, shoppers find a bounty of seasonal fruits and veggies, meats, breads, and baked goods.

Town Hall Green, Greensboro, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 533-7455.

Hinesburg Farmers Market: Growers sell bunched greens, goat meat and root veggies among vendors of pies, handmade soap and knitwear. United Church of Hinesburg, 3:30-6 p.m. Free.

Info, info@hinesburglionsfarmersmarket.org.

Readings at the Athenaeum: Author Gish Jen shares excerpts of her work in this summer reading series in its 18th year. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 301.

International Cooking Class: Duc Nguyen heats things up while teaching participants to make egg rolls and beef fried rice. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-3585.

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Jericho Farmers Market: Passersby graze through locally grown veggies, pasture-raised meats, area wines and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 3439778, millsriversidemarket@gmail.com.

Book Sale: A three-week-long sale promises ample summer reading. Stowe Free Library, noon-7 p.m. Free. Info, 253-6145.

Mexican Fiesta & Gringo Bingo: Diners go south of the border at this monthly feast of enchiladas, chile rellenos and Gracie’s Tamales. Big Picture

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New North End Farmers Market: Eaters stroll through an array of offerings, from sweet treats to farm-grown goods. Elks Lodge, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-8072, newnorthendmarket@ hotmail.com.

Peacham Farmers Market: Seasonal berries and produce mingle with homemade crafts and baked goods from the village. Academy Green, Peacham, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3061.

South Royalton Farmers Market: Various vendors peddle locally grown agricultural goods and unique crafts. Town Green, South Royalton, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 763-8087.

Waterbury Farmers Market: Cultivators and their customers swap veggie tales and edible inspirations at a weekly outdoor emporium. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 3-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 279-4371, info@waterburyfarmersmarket.com.

Willoughby Lake Farmers & Artisan Market: Performances by local musicians join produce, eggs, gemstone jewelry, wind chimes and more to lure buyers throughout the warm months.

1975 Route 5A, Westmore, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 525-8842.

Wine Tasting: Tasters explore the nuances in bottled reds, whites and pinks. St. Johnsbury Food Co-op, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, 748-9498.

games

Chess Club: Checkmate! Board-game players try to attack the king with sly strategies. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $2-3.

Info, 363-5803.

health & fitness

Armchair Aerobics: See WED.06, 11:30 a.m.-noon.

Blood-Pressure Screening: A Fletcher Allen Health Care team checks the state of this vital sign. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free.

Info, 658-3585.

Morning Meditation: See WED.06, 7-8 a.m.

‘Self Care for the Caregiver’: Stephanie Spaulding of Serenity Caregiver Coaching empowers folks who take care of others to put themselves on their list of priorities, too. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

kids

Alburgh Playgroup: Tots form friendships over stories, songs and crafts. Alburgh Family Center, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

‘Frankenstein and Friends’: See WED.06, performance held on the lawn, or in the Old Brick Church if it rains. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Georgia Playgroup: Provided snacks offer an intermission to free play. Rain location: Georgia Youth Center. Town Beach, Georgia, 10 a.m.-noon.

Free. Info, 527-5426.

Jan Reynolds: Summer readers take in words by children’s author Jan Reynolds. Fairfax Community Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420, fairfaxlibrarian@gmail.com.

Kids in the Kitchen: “Pasghetti” lovers up their noodle knowledge by making fresh pasta from scratch and serving it with homemade alfredo sauce. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

Masks Around the World: Handcrafted façades comes with a side of cross-cultural education.

Bradford Public Library, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536, bradfordpubliclibrary@gmail.com.

Middle School Book Club: Frank Cottrell Boyce’s Millions, about a young boy who finds a bag full of cash, sparks group discussion. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420, fairfaxlibrarian@gmail.com.

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MontgoMery PlaygrouP: Little ones up to age 2 exercise their bodies and their minds in the company of adult caregivers. Montgomery Town Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Music With raPhael: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

‘We Walk the Woods!’: Stroll along woodland trails next to 19th-century settlement ruins, which are home to a variety of songbirds and mammals.

Meet at the Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-3; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

Weekly social Fun run: Pound the pavement with others on a four- to five-mile, reasonably paced outing. Skirack, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

teen club: Youth who just — yawn! — can’t find anything cool to do find mental stimulation in group games, book talks, movies and snacks.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4:305:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

theater

40th arMy band: The patriotic band plays American musical favorites. Village Green, Swanton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 338-3480. battery Park Free concert series: This popular summer series — now in its 30th year — brings singer-songwriter Joshua Panda to the stage with country and soul. Battery Park, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. broWn bag suMMer concert series: Good Old Wagon play for the lunch crowd. Christ Church Pocket Park, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9604. burlington songWriters: Lyricists share and critique original works. Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 859-1822. groovin’ on the green concert series: Sturcrazie sound out rock and roll on the grass.

Maple Tree Place, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-9100.

JuMPin’ in July concert series: Superfrog serve up rock grooves at a concert in the sun. Rain site: Strand Theatre. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-561-1604.

MarshField suMMer concert series: The Camomilla PanJazz Quintet produce original tunes in the gazebo. Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

rotary concerts in the Park: Mellow Yellow produce groovy ‘60s and ‘70s covers in the open air. Rain location: Thatcher Brook Primary School.

Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 6 p.m.

Free. Info, 882-2700.

vso suMMer Festival tour: Anthony Princiotti conducts a program entitled “Symphony Royale,” which pays musical homage to royalty through classical compositions. Come early for picnicking; fireworks finish off the evening. Mountain Top Inn, Chittenden, 7:30 p.m. $11-34; free for kids 18 and under with advance ticket. Info, 863-5966.

oWl ProWl & night ghost hike: Flashlight holders spy denizens of the dark on a journey to 120-year-old settlement ruins, where Vermont ghost tales await. Meet at History Hike parking lot.

Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7-9 p.m. $2-3; call to confirm; flashlight required. Info, 244-7103.

‘ain’t Misbehavin’’: See WED.06, 7:30 p.m.

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‘arMs and the Man’: The Valley Players present George Bernard Shaw’s satire on love and war, set during the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885. See calendar spotlight. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $8-12. Info, 583-1674. ‘body aWareness’: See WED.06, 8 p.m. circus sMirkus big toP tour: See WED.06, noon & 6:30 p.m. ‘i’ll be back beFore Midnight’: See WED.06, 8 p.m. ‘lettice and lovage’: See WED.06, 7:30 p.m. ‘riFFin’ and taPPin’’: Depot Theatre chronicles the history of tap dance and the growth of jazz in America in a high-energy production.

Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $25. Info, 518-962-4449. ‘songs For a neW World’: See WED.06, 8 p.m.

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book talk: Bookstore staffers open up about their favorite summer reads for all ages. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 985-3999.

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dyad coMMunication WorkshoP: Participants learn to speak and truly be heard in a contemplative conversation practice. Parlor Room, Bethany Church, Montpelier, 6:15-8:45 p.m. $10; donations accepted. Info, 522-5855. kristin kiMball: The author of The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love chronicles a year spent on a sustainable farm in Essex, N.Y. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 3:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 482-2878. Shelburne Farms, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8686. ‘learning FroM the heart’ book study grouP: Daniel Gottlieb, the author of this self-help book, offers lessons on living. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 6:30-8 p.m. Donations C accepted; preregister. Info, 876-7696, lane2love@ yahoo.com.

M Meetinghouse readings: A grassroots literary Y series offers readings by voices in fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Featured writers are Major JacksonCM and Howard Mansfield. Canaan Town Library, N.H., MY 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-523-9650. storyMatters: “Come tell a story,” invites group CY cofounder Len Rowell. Raconteurs and listenCMY ers gather for three- to five-minute-long tales told over coffee and dessert. Ilsley Public Library, K Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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Explore the firefly laboratory.

Discover fascinating animals that have been around for about 400 million years — that’s as old as the Green Mountains!

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beneFit book sale: Cookbooks, audio cassettes, travel guides, and stacks of general fiction and nonfiction come with a price tag of $1 or less.

After 3 p.m., fill a bag for $5. Proceeds support the purchase of a bookmobile for the Milton Public Library. 117 East Rd., Milton, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 893-0337.

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Water striders: Don your water shoes for an hourlong exploration of water power and the creatures who reside along the newly rearranged Stevenson Brook. Meet at the Nature Trail, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $2-3; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

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‘a MidsuMMer night’s dreaM’: The Bard’s fairy-dosed romantic comedy comes to the stage, courtesy of Lost Nation Theater. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492.

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snoW FarM vineyard concert series: Jenni and the Jazz Junketeers serve up tunes by the grape vines, Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero.

Picnicking, 5 p.m.; music, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 372-9463.

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PJ story tiMe: Little kids rock nightgowns and flannels as special guests read from books. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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Book Sale: See THU.07, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

crafts

Craft Hour: Seniors sew and knit crafty creations for the home. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m.

Free. Info, 658-3585.

dance

Argentinean Tango: Shoulders back, chin up!

With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077.

Ballroom Lesson & Dance Social: Singles and couples of all levels of experience take a twirl.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; open dancing, 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 862-2269.

Lubberland National Dance Company: Exuberant movers perform “12 Reasonable and Unreasonable Crying Dances.” Paper Mâché Cathedral, Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 525-3031.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company: The only New England stop on the dance company’s final Legacy tour includes 1958’s Antic Meet, 1968’s Rainforest and other works from its 57-year history.

See “State of the Arts,” this issue. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $10-50. Info, 603-646-2422.

Queen City Contra Dance: Randy Miller and Roger Kahle serenade organized movers in softsoled shoes, and Peter Johnson calls the steps.

Beginners’ session at 7:45 p.m. Shelburne Town Hall, 8 p.m. $8; free for children under 12. Info, 3719492 or 343-7165.

‘The Young Choreographers’: This Phantom Theater favorite includes high-energy works featuring Mary Jo Cahilly-Bretzin, Jasmine Cohen, Julia Hays and others. See calendar spotlight. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. $10; reservations recommended. Info, 496-5997.

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Name That Movie!: Cinemaddicts try to correctly title films by screening a barrage of short clips at happy hour. The CineClub, Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 5-6 p.m. $2.50. Info, 229-0598.

Suspension 101: Bikers review different types of suspension and terminology before assessing front and rear shocks in a maintenance workshop. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409.

fairs & festivals

Kingdom Aquafest: See WED.06, 6:30 p.m.

Market Fair: A fresh-food farmers market meets an art-in-the-park-style fair with live music and entertainment. Home Depot Plaza, Rutland, 3-8 p.m. Free. Info, 558-6155.

Mayor’s Cup Regatta & Festival: See THU.07, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Stoweflake Hot Air Balloon Festival: Floating orbs transport people through the sky at a balloon-launch fest with plenty of entertainment and eats. Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa, 4 p.m. $10; free for kids 12 and under; additional $10 for tethered ride; $275 for balloon ride. Info, 253-7355, ext. 5538.

Summer Pride at Chandler: An inaugural, twoweekend festival highlights stories of parenting, marriage, faith and love through a staged reading of The Boys in the Band, presentations of prizewinning selections from Pride Films and Plays’ 2011 Great Gay Play Contest, and an open mic night. See “State of the Arts,” this issue. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. Various prices. Info, 728-6464.

Vermont Summer Festival Horse Shows: See WED.06, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

food & drink

Chelsea Farmers Market: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with meat, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 685-9987, chelseacommunitymarket@gmail.com.

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.06, 2 p.m.

Fair Haven Farmers Market: Community entertainment adds flair to farm produce, pickles, relishes and more. Fair Haven Park, 3-6 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-282-9781, sherry12887@yahoo.com.

‘Five Amazing Things To Do With Kale’: Potato-kale soup with red chile, for starters. Demo coordinator Gerda Lederer helps folks eat more of this leafy, green superfood. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

Five Corners Farmers Market: From natural meats to breads and wines, farmers share the bounty of the growing season at an open-air exchange. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6701, 5cornersfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.

Friday Night Cookout: Grill meisters serve up sausages, kosher franks, marinated portabellos, salmon cakes and “more ambiance than you can shake a kielbasa at.” Local cooks provide salads and desserts. Adamant Co-op, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 223-5760.

Hardwick Farmers Market: A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with fresh produce and handcrafted goods. Granite Street, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2337, hardwickfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Hartland Farmers Market: Everything from freshly grown produce to specialty food abounds at outdoor stands highlighting the local plenitude.

Hartland Public Library, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 4362500, hartlandfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Ludlow Farmers Market: Merchants divide a wealth of locally farmed products, artisanal eats and unique crafts. Front lawn, Okemo Mountain School, Ludlow, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 734-3829, lfmkt@tds.net.

Lyndonville Farmers Market: A seasonal rotation of fresh fruit, veggies, meats, cheeses and more makes its way into shoppers’ hands, courtesy of more than 20 vendors. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 533-7455, lyndonfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Pittsfield Farmers Market: Villagers stock up on organic lamb, beef and goat meat, as well as Plymouth Artisan Cheese, fruits and preserves.

Village Green, Pittsfield, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 746-8082.

Plainfield Farmers Market: Bakers, growers and specialty-food producers provide an edible banquet featuring fresh veggies, meat, eggs, cannoli and kombucha. Mill Street Park, Plainfield, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 454-1856.

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, cmader@surfglobal.net.

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

health & fitness

Armchair Aerobics: See WED.06, 11:30 a.m.-noon.

Exercise for Balance: Participants focus on balance and flexibility through gentle cardiovascular movement to music, strength training and stretching. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5. Info, 658-7477, sheskies@ gmail.com.

Morning Meditation: See WED.06, 7-8 a.m.

kids

Fairfield Playgroup: Youngsters entertain themselves with creative activities and snack time.

Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 9:4511:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

‘Frankenstein and Friends’: See WED.06, Staige Hill Farm, Charlotte, 6:30 p.m.

High School Book Group: Bookworms crack open all manner of tomes, from plays to graphic novels to short stories. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Montgomery Tumble Time: Physical-fitness activities help build strong muscles. Montgomery Recreation Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Swanton Playgroup: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Swanton, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

‘The 12 Dancing Princesses’: A cowherd tries to solve a mystery and win the hand of a princess in this Vermont Children’s Theater production, based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Vermont Children’s Theater, Lyndonville, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 626-5358, info@vermontchildrenstheater.com.

language

Tertulia Latina: Latino Americanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español. Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440.

music

40th Army Band: The patriotic band plays American musical favorites. Bombardier Recreation Park, Milton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 338-3480.

Charlie Messing: The strolling guitarist busks for the farmers-market crowd. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0449.

Flood Relief Benefit Concert: Irish fiddler Sarah Blair, folk musician Spencer Lewis, the Damn Yankee String Band, members of the Vermont Fiddle Orchestra and the Sap Run Fiddlers play chords to raise money for Willowmoon Farm, the Plainfield goat dairy that was affected by the recent flooding. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8; free for ages 12 and under. Info, 877-343-3531, woodburystrings@att.net.

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Concert: The artist faculty of an annual summer conservatory offer a classical journey through works by Kodály, Mendelssohn and Korngold in “Peak Experience.” UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $6-20. Info, 923-6108.

Samuel de Champlain Center Stage, Rouses Point Civic Center, N.Y., 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-2972954, gerifavreau@yahoo.com.

Summer Performance Series: For the 32nd season, the church hosts six weeks of concerts.

This time, the Point CounterPoint faculty ensemble presents music by Haydn, Wolf and Chaminade.

Salisbury Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 352-4609 or 352-6671.

VSO Summer Festival Tour: See THU.07, Quechee Polo Field, 7:30 p.m.

outdoors

‘Birds By Ear’: Why does the uncaged bird sing? Find out on an excursion full of songs and sightings. Meet at History Hike, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-3; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

Kayak Wine and Dine: Adventure-loving adults make a splash while discovering plants and animals living beyond the water’s edge. A three-course dinner with wine follows. Breakfast on the Connecticut, Lyme, N.H., 6-9 p.m. $85-100; additional $25 boat rental; for ages 18 and up; preregister. Info, 359-5000, ext. 223.

talks

Lunchbox Lecture: Local designer and fashion illustrator Jacquelyn Heloise considers Vermont’s role in the fashion industry — and it goes beyond flannel. Pleissner Gallery, Shelburne Museum, 11 a.m.-noon. Regular admission, $10-20. Info, 985-3346.

theater

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: See THU.07, 8 p.m.

‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’: See WED.06, 7:30 p.m.

‘Arms and the Man’: See THU.07, 7:30 p.m.

‘Body Awareness’: See WED.06, 8 p.m.

Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: See WED.06, noon & 6:30 p.m.

‘I’ll Be Back Before Midnight’: See WED.06, 8 p.m.

‘Irma Vep’: Pendragon Theatre offers a fast-paced spoof of theatrical, literary and cinematic genres.

Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $18-20.

Info, 518-523-2512.

Hardscrabble Hounds: The hard-rocking Burlington duo create foot-stompin’ Americana.

Top Gallery (Gallery C), Winooski Pop-Up Gallery District, northeast corner of the roundabout, Main St., Winooski, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 264-4839.

‘Kilroy Was Here’: A seven-piece orchestra supplies big-band sounds for this lively World War II musical by Brandon Town Players. Brandon Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 247-5420.

HarpSparks: Tina Tourin and Martha Gallagher move from world grooves to blues in a dynamic harp concert. All Saints Episcopal Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 619-885-0313.

‘Riffin’ and Tappin’’: See THU.07, 8 p.m.

Paula Cole: The Grammy winner behind “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” and “I Don’t Want to Wait” tours with her chart-topping hits. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $40. Info, 760-4634.

Rebecca Padula: The alto singer-songwriter shares songs from her third album, Fire and Water, at the farmers market. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5273.

Steelpan Workshop: Emily Lanxner, director and founder of the PanAshe Steelband, offers a rhythmic intro to the Caribbean steel drum.

Summit School, Montpelier, kids’ workshop (for ages 8 to 12), 4 p.m.; adult session, 6 p.m. $10-25.

Info, 917-1186.

Summer Carillon Series: Massive bronze bells ring out in the 26th season of these warm-weather concerts. Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 443-3168.

Summer Concert Series: Bring a lawn chair or blanket to catch open-air tunes by Nite Train.

‘Lettice and Lovage’: See WED.06, 7:30 p.m.

‘Songs for a New World’: See WED.06, 8 p.m.

‘The Boys in the Band’: Regional actors stage a reading of Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking play as part of a summer pride festival. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $11-16. Info, 728-6464.

SAT.09 activism

Rally for Reproductive Rights: Activists show their support for universal access to abortion, birth control, prenatal care, childcare services and maternal/paternal leave with Fed Up Vermont, a new grassroots feminist group. Meet on the steps.

Burlington City Hall, noon-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 589-4098.

art

Wood-Carving Demo: Visitors avid about avians see trees being whittled into models of various bird species. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 1-2 p.m. Free with regular admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.

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bazaars

BCA Summer ArtiSt mArket: Local artisans display contemporary craft and fine-art objects as weather permits. Burlington City Hall Park, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166, kmacon@ ci.burlington.vt.us.

Benefit Book SAle: See FRI.08, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Benefit SAle: Burlap coffee bags for sheet mulching and garden pathways support the Friends of the Burlington Gardens’ Healthy City Youth Farm.

180 Flynn Ave., Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 861-4769.

Book SAle: See THU.07, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. lAwn & BAke SAle: Shoppers sift through new and used knickknacks and nibble freshly baked edibles at this annual sale. St. Albans Bay United Methodist Church, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 849-6588.

conferences

muSiC for HeAling: Workshops on cymatics, resonance and music for Alzheimer’s patients explore how sound can be used as a healing art. Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. $100 per day includes meals; preregister. Info, 619-885-0313, harprealm@gmail.com.

dance

250tH AnniverSAry DAnCe: Dancers kick up their heels to celebrate town history. Harold Luce leads square dancing in the spirit of Dreamland, the dance hall that used to stand on the fair grounds. Starting at 8 p.m., the Honey Bees and the Starline Rhythm Boys strike a chord within the community. Tunbridge World’s Fairgrounds, 7:3011:59 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 889-9602.

BAllroom leSSon & DAnCe SoCiAl: See FRI.08, 7-10 p.m. merCe CunningHAm DAnCe CompAny: See FRI.08, 8 p.m.

frAnklin County HiStory expo: Ten area historical societies keep an eye on the past in displays by the village green. Bring your own relics to the “What’s In Your Attic?” table. Town Hall, Franklin, 1-4 p.m. Free; $5 for antiques appraisals.

Info, 285-6472. gAlA rAffle funDrAiSer: Museum supporters take a private tour with executive director Art Cohn before a social hour with hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, silent and live auctions, and raffles. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 3:30 p.m. $150 per couple. Info, 475-2022.

HiStoriC tourS: See WED.06, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

HiStoriCAl wAlking tour: Architecture buffs ogle the capital city’s historic structures and learn about ongoing historic-preservation efforts. Meet at the kiosk on State and Elm streets, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Donations accepted. Info, adamkrakowski@uvm.edu. vermont puBliC televiSion fAmily DAy: Public-television supporters score a free day at the museum. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free with VPT Family Club membership. Info, 645-3665.

fairs & festivals

AntiqueS & uniqueS: More than 100 antiques and collectibles vendors, jewelry makers, quilters, woodworkers, and potters share their goodies.

Bands tune in with live beats, and a cookout and bake sale provide sustenance. See calendar spotlight. Craftsbury Common, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 parking benefits the Craftsbury Fire Department. Info, 586-7596, antiquesanduniques2011@gmail.com.

ArtS on mAin: Vendors line the streets of downtown Newport in an annual celebration of art. Other activities include a lunchtime chowderfest and “A Random Act of Culture.” Main Street, Newport, noon-6 p.m. Free.

Info, 334-1966. go Dog go! feStivAl: Folks and their four-legged friends take advantage of furry fun such as pet massages, dog washes, nail clippings and a pet photo contest. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569.

‘tHe young CHoreogrApHerS’: See FRI.08, 8 p.m.

etc.

DigitAl viDeo eDiting: Final Cut Pro users learn basic concepts of the editing software. Preregister.

VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

SmAll BoAt feStivAl: Landlubbers and others get their sea legs at a two-day celebration of watercraft, including boat trials, the Kids’ Duct Tape Regatta and the Lake Champlain Challenge Race.

See calendar spotlight. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $6-10; free for members and kids under 5. Info, 475-2022.

StoweflAke Hot Air BAlloon feStivAl: See FRI.08, 6:30 a.m.

Summer priDe At CHAnDler: See FRI.08, 7:30 p.m. vermont Summer feStivAl HorSe SHowS: See WED.06, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

film

Ben & Jerry’S outDoor movie feStivAl: Moviegoers get a cone fix while watching a flick under the stars at dusk. Ben & Jerry’s Factory, Waterbury. Free. Info, 882-1240.

CApitAl City fArmerS mArket: Fresh produce, perennials, seedlings, home-baked foods and handmade crafts lure local buyers throughout the growing season. NECI chef Tom Bivins leads a demo on preparing and cooking peas, and Kasandra Fleury shares “petiquette” for doggie manners at the market. 60 State St., Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-2958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com.

CHoColAte-Dipping Demo: See WED.06, 2 p.m. enoSBurg fAllS fArmerS mArket: A morethan-20-year-old bazaar offers herbs, jellies, vegetables and just-baked goodies in the heart of the village. Lincoln Park, Enosburg Falls, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 933-4503. grAnD iSle fArmerS mArket: Shoppers browse through a wide selection of local fruits, veggies and handmade crafts. St. Joseph Church Hall, Grand Isle, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3291. miDDleBury fArmerS mArket: Crafts, cheeses, breads and veggies vie for spots in shoppers’ totes.

The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 388-0178, middleburyfm@yahoo.com. milton fArmerS mArket: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Milton Grange, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 893-7734. morriSville fArmerS mArket: Foodies stock up on local provender. On the green, Hannaford Supermarket & Pharmacy, Morrisville, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 888-7053, hbirdfarm@yahoo.com. mount tom fArmerS mArket: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 763-2070, foxxfarm@aol.com. 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. norwiCH fArmerS mArket: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land, not to mention baked goods, handmade crafts and local entertainment. Next to Fogg’s Hardware & Building Supply and the Bike Hub. Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447, manager@norwichfarmersmarket.org. rutlAnD County fArmerS mArket: Downtown strollers find high-quality fruits and veggies, mushrooms, fresh-cut flowers, sweet baked goods, and artisan crafts within arms’ reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813.

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, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free. Info, 985-2472, info@sbpavt.org. 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 or 498-4734. williSton fArmerS mArket: Shoppers seek prepared foods and unadorned produce at a weekly open-air affair. Town Green, Williston, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 735-3860, christinamead@willistonfarmersmarket.com.

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DiSCover tHe HeArt of tHe iSlAnDS open fArm & StuDio tour: Creators of artistic and agricultural items put Vermont’s island towns on the map. Visit openfarmandstudio.com for the list of participants. Various locations, Champlain Islands, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, info@openfarmandstudio. com.

r.A.v.e. CAr SHow & fleA mArket: Into autos? Folks check out sweet makes and models at this two-day event also featuring contests, food and music. Vermont State Fair Grounds, Rutland, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $5; free for kids under 12.

Info, 265-8016 or 802-779-2556.

CAleDoniA fArmerS mArket: Growers, crafters and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor stands centered on local eats. 50 Railroad St., St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.

SEVEN DAYS

CAmerA wAlkS At SHelBurne muSeum: Shutterbugs bring their own cameras while wandering the grounds with professional photographers as their guides. Shelburne Museum, 9-10:30 a.m. $10-15; preregister. Info, 985-3346.

mAyor’S Cup regAttA & feStivAl: See THU.07, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.

Burlington fArmerS mArket: Dozens of vendors sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to ethnic cuisine to pottery to artisan cheese. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free.

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BuilDing new fArmS: Volunteer woodworkers and the public learn about heritage framing techniques in preparation for the construction of New Farms for New Americans’ timber-framed rinse station at Ethan Allen Homestead. ReBUILD Building Material Retail Store, Burlington, 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 578-2286.

kingDom AquAfeSt: See WED.06, noon-midnight.

BriStol fArmerS mArket: Weekly music and kids’ activities add to the edible wares of local food and craft vendors. Town Green, Bristol, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 453-6796, bristolfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.

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BAttle of HuBBArDton revolutionAry wAr enCAmpment: Reenactors commemorate the only Revolutionary War battle fought in Vermont with battle maneuvers, displays of camp life, colonial games and more. Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, Bomoseen, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $5; free for kids under 15. Info, 273-2282.

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Fairfax Playgroup: The community playground encourages child’s play. Canceled in the event of rain. Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 10-11 a.m. Free.

Info, 527-5426.

Franklin Playgroup: Toddlers and their adult companions meet peers for tales and sing-alongs.

Franklin Central School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Franklin Tumble Time: Athletic types stretch their legs in an empty gym. Franklin Central School, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

seminars

Final Cut Pro Open Lab: Apprentice film editors complete three tracks of exercises as a VCAM staff member lends a hand. Preregister. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

sport

etc.

2011 New England ‘Living’ Show House: Interior designers and landscape architects have artfully redesigned this 20th-century B&B. Tour it to help raise money for seven charities. Juniper Hill Inn, Windsor, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $25. Info, 674-5273.

Rainbow of Sound Children’s Music Presentation: The harp ensemble produces dulcet tones for youngsters who may want to take up the instrument. Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 619-885-0313.

Heart of the Islands Bike Tour: Pedal pushers navigate past farms, art studios, food venues and vineyards on a leisurely 10-, 25- or 37-mile tour of the Champlain Islands. Proceeds benefit Local Motion. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $15-35; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 922-7346.

Battle of Hubbardton Revolutionary War Encampment: See SAT.09, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Bach Bash: Professional and amateur string and wind players celebrate the music of the German composer and others. Town Hall, Granville, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 767-9234.

Carillon Concert Series: A guest carillonneur plays the largest musical instrument in the world, often called “the singing tower.” Norwich University, Northfield, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2318.

Homemade Vermont Jam: Family-friendly activities build up to a concert by Sean Kelly and the Samples with special guests Gold Town and the Gordon Stone Band. Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 2 p.m. $20-25. Info, 362-1405.

Kilimanjaro: The Vermont-born pop-jazz band reunites 30 years after its formation. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $25-33. Info, 760-4634.

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‘We Walk the Woods!’: See THU.07, 10 a.m.

250th Celebration Picnic: Live entertainment, historical presentations, horse-drawn wagon rides and food off the grill mark the town’s big birthday.

Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 4-7 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 457-3555.

40th Army Band: The patriotic band plays American musical favorites. The Liberty Bells, Green Mountain Show Band and the Power of 10 also perform. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4556.

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Water Striders: See THU.07, 2 p.m.

Contact Improvisation & Movement Exploration Jam: Attendees practice spurof-the-moment movements after a half hour of skill building. Musicians are welcome to chime in.

Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. $3-5. Info, 778-0300 or 318-3927.

B.Y.O.Bacon Skatefest: Sk8er bois (and girls) pop ollies and grind rails at a street competition divided into two age groups: 17 and under, and 18 and up. The Hub Teen Center & Skatepark, Bristol, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 453-3678.

music

SEVEN DAYS

Sunset/Moonrise Aquadventure: See WED.06, 7 p.m.

dance

Kate Messner & Eric Luper: The authors of Marty McGuire and Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets, respectively, highlight a celebration of reading. Treats provided. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 985-3999.

‘The 12 Dancing Princesses’: See FRI.08, 2 p.m.

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9 a.m.-noon. $12-15; preregister. Info, 359-5000, ext. 223.

Killington Music Festival: Grammy-winning composer and violinist Mark O’Connor headlines a “Music of the Americas” concert of works

by Ginastera, Piazzolla and O’Connor himself.

Ramshead Lodge, Killington Resort, 7 p.m. $20.

Info, 773-4003.

OneToThree: The Vermont alt-rock band creates catchy hooks and hard-driving crescendos.

Proceeds benefit the opera house. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $10.

Info, 334-2216.

VSO Summer Festival Tour: See THU.07, Three Stallion Inn, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. Free.

outdoors

Bird-Monitoring Walk: Beginning birders fine-tune their eyes and ears to recognize winged residents. The information gathered will be entered into a Vermont “e-bird” database. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 7-9 a.m. Donations.

Info, 434-3068, vermont@audubon.org.

Catamount Garden Tour: Pretty patches in Greensboro, Walden, Wolcott and Hardwick attract flora fans to this self-guided, bike-friendly tour organized by Catamount Arts. Various Northeast Kingdom locations, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $15-18. Info, 748-2600.

Making Tracks & Seeing Skins: Explorers look for signs of furry friends by using plaster of Paris track casts. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm.

Info, 244-7103.

Naturalist Hike Series: A Vermont Institute of Natural Science naturalist uncovers the variety of life found the trails. Union Village Dam, Thetford,

Kingdom Swim: Competitive splashers cover distances ranging from 100 yards to 10 miles on Lake Memphremagog. Proceeds support Indoor Recreation of Orleans County’s Healthy Changes Initiative. Prouty Beach, Newport, 8 a.m. $35-150.

Info, 334-8511.

Memorial Golf Tournament: Players hit the turf in memory of Ernest “Dutch” Craumer.

Proceeds will help establish a legacy scholarship fund through the Plattsburgh High School Booster Club. Bluff Point Golf Club and Resort, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 a.m. $70. Info, 518-643-0360, craumer5097@ charter.net.

Discover the Heart of the Islands Open Farm & Studio Tour: See SAT.09, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Historic Tours: See WED.06, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday Afternoons at Fisk Farm: An outdoor garden party includes refreshments and tea on the lawn, art and craft exhibits, and musical performances. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 1-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 928-3364.

fairs & festivals

Mayor’s Cup Regatta & Festival: See THU.07, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Middlebury Festival on-the-Green: A sevenday tented affair in its 32nd year includes musical performances, family-friendly programs, a street dance and much more. Town Green, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 462-3555.

Vermont Lake Monsters: The Green Mountain State’s minor-league baseball team bats against the Staten Island Yankees. Centennial Field, Burlington, 6:05 p.m. Individual game tickets, $5-8.

Info, 655-4200.

R.A.V.E. Car Show & Flea Market: See SAT.09, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

theater

Summer Pride at Chandler: See FRI.08, 7:30 p.m.

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: See THU.07, 8 p.m.

‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’: See WED.06, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

‘Arms and the Man’: See THU.07, 7:30 p.m.

‘Body Awareness’: See WED.06, 8 p.m.

General Auditions: Thespians come armed with a pair of minute-long monologues, a head shot and a résumé at tryouts for Vermont Stage Company’s upcoming 2011-12 season. Vermont Stage Company Offices, Burlington, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 8621497, auditions@vtstage.org.

‘I’ll Be Back Before Midnight’: See WED.06, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

‘Irma Vep’: See FRI.08, 8 p.m.

‘Kilroy Was Here’: See FRI.08, 7:30 p.m.

‘Lettice and Lovage’: See WED.06, 7:30 p.m.

‘Riffin’ and Tappin’’: See THU.07, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

‘Songs for a New World’: See WED.06, 8 p.m.

‘The Times’: As part of a summer pride festival, actors stage a reading of Mark S. Watson’s prizewinning play. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $11-16. Info, 728-6464.

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agriculture

Garden-Skills Workshop & Tours: Greenskeepers bring their queries on seed saving, plant propagation, weed identification and more.

Preregister for a garden tour at noon. Perennial Pleasures Nursery, East Hardwick, 10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 472-5104, annex@perennialpleasures.net.

conferences

Music for Healing: See SAT.09, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Small Boat Festival: See SAT.09, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Stoweflake Hot Air Balloon Festival: See FRI.08, 6:30 a.m.

Vermont Summer Festival Horse Shows: See WED.06, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.06, 2 p.m.

Mad Marathon Brunch: Phineas Gage deliver grassicana ditties at a mimosa-filled brunch on marathon day. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 496-8994.

Stowe Farmers Market: Preserves, produce and other provender attract fans of local food. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.

Info, 472-8027 or 498-4734, info@stowevtfarmersmarket.com.

Taste of the Islands: Grand Isle Pasta, Vermont Brownie Company, Island Homemade Ice Cream and other local purveyors of edibles prepare tasting plates in conjunction with the 2011 Discover the Heart of the Islands: Open Farm & Studio Tour.

Grand Isle Art Works, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $2-10. Info, 378-4591.

Tunbridge Appreciation Picnic: Villagers party for the town’s 250th anniversary at a cookout with hot dogs, kids’ activities and a show by the Larkin Contra Dancers. Tunbridge World’s Fairgrounds, 11:30 a.m. Free; bring salads and desserts to share.

Info, 479-8522.

Winooski Farmers Market: Area growers and bakers offer “more than just wild leeks.” On the green, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, winooskimarket@gmail.com.

games

Burlington-Area Scrabble Club: Triple-lettersquare seekers spell out winning words. New players welcome. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7558.

health & fitness

Open Meditation Classes: Harness your emotions and cultivate inner peace through the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $5-15 suggested donation. Info, 684-0452, vermont@rsl-ne.com.

kids

Sundays for Fledglings: Youngsters go avian crazy in hiking, acting, writing or exploring activities. Preregister. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-2:45 p.m. Free with museum admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.

‘The 12 Dancing Princesses’: See FRI.08, 2 p.m.

language

French Conversation Group: Intermediate and advanced speakers of francais use their words.

Café, Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 4 p.m.

Free. Info, 347-569-4336, kevin@electrochemistry. be.

music

Bring Down the Barn: Tunes by Patti Casey, Colin McCaffrey and the Starline Rhythm Boys set the stage for barbecued eats and dancing. Proceeds support the Kennedy family of Plainfield. Cyr Barn, Orange, 3-8 p.m. $10-25; free for kids under 5; cash bar. Info, 279-0501, sdavis52@hotmail.com.

Burlington Concert Band: A local ensemble takes over the band shell with pop, jazz, show tunes and classical music. Battery Park, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 598-1830.

Concerts on the Green: Local bands bring tunes to a grassy setting. Rain location: Danville United Methodist Church. Town Green, Danville, 7-9 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 626-8511.

German Lieder: Middlebury College Language School’s German for Singers program presents a recital of traditional song. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 382-9222.

Kenji Bunch and his Bluegrass Allstars: The violist leads a 15-piece ensemble in soaring airs on the green. Craftsbury Common, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443.

Northeast Fiddlers Association: Stringedinstrument players gather for a monthly jam.

Moose Lodge, St. Albans, noon-5 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 728-5188.

Rochester Chamber Music Society: Ben Gish and Cynthia Huard collaborate on works by Barber, Kodály and Prokofiev in “Piano Duos.” Federated Church, Rochester, 4 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 767-9234.

VSO Summer Festival Tour: See THU.07, Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, 7:30 p.m.

Westford Summer Concert Series: Vermont band No Left Turn serve up current and classic electric-rock covers. Town Green, Westford, 7-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 363-2846.

outdoors

‘Birds By Ear’: See FRI.08, 10 a.m.

Bug & Butterfly Walk: Binoculars and magnifying glasses help folks take a closer look at the state’s winged and six-legged insects. Bring an insect net if you have one; pack a picnic lunch for after the walk. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10 a.m.-noon. Donations accepted; preregister. Info, 434-2167, museum@birdsofvermont.org.

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Connect to m.sevendaysvt.com on any web-enabled cellphone for free, up-to-the-minute CALENDAR EVENTS, plus other nearby restaurants, club dates, MOVIE THEATERS and more.

find select events on twitter @7dayscalendar Flynn Garden Tour: Take a self-guided tour of the city’s stunning private gardens, and end the day with afternoon tea. Various locations, St. Albans, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $35-37. Info, 652-4533.

students. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 923-6108.

Vergennes City Band: A brass band welcomes musicians of all ages at an outdoor concert of gazebo faves. Vergennes City Park, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2005.

sport

Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Rehearsals: New and established members of the nonprofit community orchestra fiddle around at practice time.

St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 877-343-3531, info@vtfiddleorchestra. org.

Champs Challenge for Cystic Fibrosis: Serious cyclists and amateurs alike press the pedal on a seven- or 40-mile course followed by a barbecue lunch. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 8:15 a.m. $50 includes luncheon; $175 per family of four; $20-30 for luncheon only. Info, 310-5983.

Mad Marathon & Mad Half: The Mad River Valley holds this inaugural race, which routes runners past farms, barns, covered bridges and cows.

Waitsfield Inn, 7:30 a.m. $100. Info, 496-5393, info@madmarathon.com.

Vermont Lake Monsters: See SAT.09, 1:05 p.m.

Women’s Adult Drop-In Sunday Soccer: Ladies — and sometimes gents — break a sweat while passing around the spherical polyhedron at this coed-friendly gathering. Beginners are welcome. Rain location: Miller Community Recreation Center. Starr Farm Dog Park, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, 862-5091.

theater

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: See THU.07, 7 p.m.

‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’: See WED.06, 3 p.m.

‘Arms and the Man’: See THU.07, 2 p.m.

Benefit Concert: Nineteen high-school students from central Vermont put together a cabaret of popular music and show tunes to support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Gate House Lodge, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 496-4781.

Bread and Puppet Circus & Pageant: Museum tours and street-style shows accompany the Man=Carrot Circus and the Uprisers’ Pageant.

Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 1 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 525-3031.

Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: See WED.06, City Beach, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1 p.m. & 6 p.m. $15-20; free for kids under 2. Info, 518-566-7575.

General Auditions: See SAT.09, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

‘Kilroy Was Here’: See FRI.08, 2 p.m.

‘Riffin’ and Tappin’’: See THU.07, 8 p.m.

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bazaars

Book Sale: See THU.07, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

dance

etc.

2011 New England ‘Living’ Show House: See SUN.10, noon-3 p.m.

Historic Tours: See WED.06, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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fairs & festivals

Mayor’s Cup Regatta & Festival: See THU.07, 1-6 p.m.

Middlebury Festival on-the-Green: See SUN.10, noon-1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

film

‘Burning Like a Fire: The Legacy of Ron Everett’: Zeno Mountain Farm, an organization fostering friendships between people with and without disabilities, premieres its latest film.

Drinks and dancing follow. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 496-8994.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.06, 2 p.m.

Eating for Energy: Chow down ... while fueling up. Lindsay Ingalls sheds light on nutrient-packed edibles. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-7; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext.

202, info@hungermountain.com.

Sunset Beer & Food Pairings: A weekly tapas menu matches three Otter Creek or Wolaver’s beers with three appetizers. 156 Bistro, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $25. Info, 881-0556.

Thetford Farmers Market: Quilts and crafts supplement edible offerings of fruits and vegetables, honey, pastries, maple syrup, and more.

Thetford Hill Green, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 785-4404.

health & fitness

Armchair Aerobics: See WED.06, 11:30 a.m.-noon.

Exercise for Balance: See FRI.08, 10-11 a.m.

kids

Draw Comics!: Teens sketch and share illustrated narratives. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Isle La Motte Playgroup: Children ages 6 and under take over the playground. Isle La Motte Elementary School, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Marshfield Play Time: Games, projects and art from around the world amuse kids up to age 6. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@ hotmail.com.

Marshfield Story Time: Read-aloud tales with a cross-cultural theme catch the ear of youngsters ages 6 and under. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

Music With Raphael: See THU.07, 10:45 a.m.

One World, Many Stories: Multicultural stories, songs and rhymes interest kiddos ages 3 to 6.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 865-7216.

music

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival: Master Class: The Emerson Quartet’s Lawrence Dutton conducts a music lesson for select festival

sport

Fletcher Allen Golf Tournament: Vermont Children’s Hospital supporters take time for tee.

Burlington Country Club, shotgun starts at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. $225-250 per person; $30 for 19th Hole Reception only; preregister. Info, 847-1010.

Group Road Bike Ride: Cyclists pedal in and around Burlington on a 20- to 25-mile excursion.

Helmets required. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 658-3313.

Vermont Lake Monsters: See SAT.09, 7:05 p.m.

talks

Bob DeVarney: The astronomy and ham radio buff presents a step-by-step tutorial for bouncing signals off of the moon. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

theater

Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: See SUN.10, 1 p.m. & 6 p.m.

‘Love Letters’: A man and a woman revisit their 50-year correspondence in A.R. Gurney’s play.

Postperformance reception and champagne toast with the actors, Top of the Hop. Proceeds benefit the Class of 1961 Legacy Fund in support of the Hop’s Visiting Performing Artist Series. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 2:30 p.m. $40. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘Riffin’ and Tappin’’: See THU.07, 8 p.m.

words

Marjorie Cady Memorial Writers Group: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through “homework” assignments, creative exercises and sharing. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpotter935@comcast. net.

Poetry Slam: Wordsmiths wield original and “cover” poetry in two slam competitions led by Geof Hewitt. Old Town Hall, Brookfield, 7:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 276-9906.

Shape & Share Life Stories: Prompts trigger true tales, which are crafted into compelling narratives and read aloud. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Garden Work Party: Green thumbs water and maintain the radishes, tomatoes, melons and more in this neighborhood plot. Community Farm, St. Johnsbury, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 748-9498, info@ stjfoodcoop.com.

art

Origami Class: Don Shall of Paperworks teaches paper folders an ancient art. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

Green Drinks: Activists and professionals for a cleaner environment raise a glass over networking and discussion. The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2253.

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2011 New England ‘Living’ Show House: See SUN.10, noon-3 p.m.

Bats on the Farm: Adults learn about whitenose syndrome and bat boxes before watching “nature’s best bug zappers” take flight for their evening hunt. Shelburne Farms, 7-9 p.m. $6-8. Info, 985-8686.

Bus Tour of St. Albans Raid Sites: Historian Howard Coffin leads a yellow-bus ride to Franklin County sites that were involved in the northernmost engagement of the Civil War. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9 a.m. $10; space is limited; preregister; bring a bag lunch. Info, 878-6955.

Historic Tours: See WED.06, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont Ham Radio Club Meeting: Burlington-area radio operators present on a different aspect of radio communications each month. O’Brien Civic Center, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6589.

Time Travel Tuesday: Visitors cook on a woodstove, churn butter and lend a hand with other late-19th-century farmhouse chores and pastimes.

Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12. Info, 457-2355.

fairs & festivals

Middlebury Festival on-the-Green: See SUN.10, noon-1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

film

Ben & Jerry’s Outdoor Movie Festival: Moviegoers get a cone fix while watching Despicable Me under the stars at dusk. Ben & Jerry’s, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free. Info, 882-1240.

‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: In anticipation of the final film, Potterheads review the screen saga of good vs. evil in its original order.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m.

Free. Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.06, 2 p.m.

Johnson Farmers Market: A street emporium bursts with local agricultural products, ranging from produce to herbs to freshly baked bread.

United Church, Johnson, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1682.

Old North End Farmers Market: Local farmers sell the fruits of their fields, and their labor. Integrated Arts Academy, H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 324-3073.

Rutland County Farmers Market: See SAT.09, 3-6 p.m.

Summertime Meal: A UVM chef prepares broccoli chicken, pasta Alfredo, summer salad, rhubarb crisp and more. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, noon $3.

Info, 658-3585.

health & fitness

Armchair Aerobics: See WED.06, 11:30 a.m.-noon.

Foot Care: Toes in need? Pamper those digits. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 9 a.m. Free.

Info, 685-3585.

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Community Herb Workshop: Apple-cider vinegar ... as shampoo? Joann Darling of Gardens of Seven Gables introduces herbs, essential oils and more for natural hair care. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; $5 materials fee. Info, 224-7100.

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Swing Dance Class: Nail the Lindy Hop in a lesson for “absolute” beginners from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m.

Open practice and dancing follow from 8:15 to 9:15 p.m. Upper dance floor. Warren Public Library, $10 suggested donation. Info, 496-7014.

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Book Sale: See THU.07, noon-7 p.m.

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Expressive Painting: Taught in the style of Michele Cassou, this creative workshop celebrates the journey, not the destination. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 876-7696, lane2love@ yahoo.com.

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Maximize Your Social Security Benefits: Speaker Elaine Hermsen delivers an educational and entertaining presentation that simplifies benefit programs. National Life Building, Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-3333.

bazaars

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seminars

Try-It Demo: Terry Ludwig Soft Pastels: Artists test the store’s newest line of pastels on a variety of surfaces. Artists’ Mediums, Williston, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-1236.

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Laughter Yoga: What’s so funny? Giggles burst out as gentle aerobic exercise and yogic breathing meet unconditional laughter to enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual health and wellbeing. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 355-5129.

Morning Meditation: See WED.06, 7-8 a.m.

Natural Solutions for Treating Thyroid Disorders or Adrenal Fatigue: Dr. Suzy Harris shares her approach for dealing with symptoms of extreme exhaustion, nonrestful sleep and cravings for salty or sweet foods. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

Yoga Class: See WED.06, 9 a.m.

kids

Crafts Time: Paper folders create origami mobiles. Rutland Free Library, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

Creative Tuesdays: Artists engage their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Preschool Story Hour: Good listeners are rewarded with folklore and fairy tales from around the world. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420, fairfaxlibrarian@gmail. com.

South Hero Playgroup: Free play, crafting and snacks entertain children and their grown-up companions. South Hero Congregational Church, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Story Hour: Tales and picture books catch the attention of little tykes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Story Time for Tots: Three- to 5-year-olds savor stories, songs, crafts and company. CarpenterCarse Library, Hinesburg, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 482-2878.

Songs at Mirror Lake: The Ryan Montbleau Band offer funky R&B at a weekly musical gathering. Mid’s Park, Lake Placid, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-523-8925.

Tuesday Night Live: Patti Casey, Bob Amos and Colin McCaffrey offer music in the open air, and the historical society doles out slices of homemade pie. Rain site: Johnson Elementary School. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-7826, cal_05656@yahoo.com.

seminars

‘Spend Smart’: Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks and managing money.

Preregister. 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 860-1414, ext. 104.

sport

Remembrance Run: Racers pound the pavement to benefit the Sigrid Bonner and Trace Santos-Barber Scholarship Fund, Peoples Academy, Morrisville, youth mile race, 9:15 a.m.; 5K run, 9:30 a.m. $5-25. Info, 279-0677, remembrancerunvt@ gmail.com.

talks

Amy Miller: In “Cultivating True Happiness Through Establishing a Practice,” the director of the Milarepa Center offers a fun and relaxed approach to spiritual practice through meditation and discussion. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

theater

‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’: See WED.06, 7:30 p.m.

‘I’ll Be Back Before Midnight’: See WED.06, 8 p.m.

The Met: Summer Encore Series: Lake Placid Center for the Arts: See WED.06, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, 518-523-2512.

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Story Time in the Nestlings’ Nook: Preschoolers take flight in bird-themed craft, book, music and nature activities. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free with regular admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167, museum@ birdsofvermont.org.

Creative Writing Group: Wordsmiths of all levels share their penned expressions. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

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Pause Café: French speakers of all levels converse en français. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

music

Concert in the Park: The Waterbury Community Band makes merry music out of doors. Waterbury Center Park, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2137, info@waterburycommunityband.org.

Fairfax Summer Concert Series: The Irregulars bring lively airs to the campus green.

Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420, fairfaxlibrarian@gmail.com.

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, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 505-9595.

Jeh Kulu Dance & Drum Theater: The educational ensemble shares West African traditions.

Cabot Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 563-2721 or 426-3581.

Rachel Barton Pine With the New York Chamber Soloists: The violin virtuoso reprises works by Mozart, Paganini and Bach with a classical ensemble. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $35. Info, 760-4634.

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art

Origami Class: Crafters of all ages make precise folds while continuing an ancient tradition. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 4263581, jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

bazaars

Book Sale: See THU.07, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

community

Winooski Coalition for a Safe and Peaceful Community: Neighbors and local businesses help create a thriving Onion City by planning community events, sharing resources, networking and more.

O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext.10.

crafts

Knit Night: Crafty needleworkers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they give yarn a makeover. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 872-7111.

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Community Bike Shop: See WED.06, 5-8 p.m.

Historic Tours: See WED.06, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

fairs & festivals

Middlebury Festival on-the-Green: See SUN.10, noon-1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Vermont Summer Festival Horse Shows: See WED.06, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

food & drink

Barre Farmers Market: See WED.06, 3-6:30 p.m.

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.06, 2 p.m.

South Hero Farmers Market: See WED.06, 4-7 p.m.

Sun to Cheese Tours: Visitors take a behind-thescenes look at dairy farming and cheese making as they observe raw milk turning into farmhouse cheddar. Preregister. Shelburne Farms, 2-4 p.m. $15 includes a block of cheese. Info, 985-8686.

Woodstock Farmers Market: See WED.06, 3-6 p.m.

health & fitness

Aalamba Yoga: See WED.06, 6-7 p.m.

Knee-Health Education Class: Joint pain?

Physicians from the UVM Medical Group cover treatment options and educate about osteoarthritis. Fletcher Allen Orthopedic Specialty Center, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 847-7578.

Medicinal Uses of Common Kitchen Herbs and Spices: Gardener and herbalist Rosemary Gladstar shares historic and modern uses of these culinary ingredients, and how we can apply them to improve our own vitality. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Morning Meditation: See WED.06, 7-8 a.m.

Stay Fit While You Sit: Ergonomics for a Healthier You: Bye-bye, back pain. Wellness consultant and chiropractic physician Stephen Brandon offers workspace tips for battling officerelated health issues. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

kids

Craftsbury Chamber Players Mini Concerts: Little ones take in classical compositions with their adult companions. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443.

Enosburg Playgroup: See WED.06, 9-11 a.m.

Groove Around the Globe: See WED.06, 1111:30 a.m.

Tales to Tails: Children practice their read-aloud skills in front of pooches. Rutland Free Library, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

language

Italian Conversation Group: Parla Italiano?

A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101., St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.

music

Capital City Band: See WED.06, 7 p.m.

Craftsbury Chamber Players: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Roussel and Brahms. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8-22; free for ages 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443.

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Concert: Select emerging artists from the annual summer conservatory offer a program of chamber

works. River Arts Center, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 923-6108.

International Festival of Percussions of Longueuil: Nearly 700 artists crowd the street with world tunes. Various locations, Montréal, Canada, 6:30 p.m. Various prices. Info, 866-675-2457.

Music on the Porch: Brian LaMonda and Sergio Torres lend eclectic stylings to a picnic on the porch. Waterbury Station, Green Mountain Coffee Visitor Center & Café, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; nonperishable-food-item donations accepted for the Waterbury Food Shelf. Info, 882-2700.

Starline Rhythm Boys: See WED.06, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Valley Night: Va-et-Vient celebrate the eve of Bastille Day with French music from Québec, France and Louisiana. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

outdoors

Family Fun Night: A short nature hike at dusk yields encounters with nocturnal animals. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 7-9 p.m. $68; preregister. Info, 359-5000, ext. 223.

Sunset/Moonrise Aquadventure: See WED.06, 7 p.m.

Walk Williston: Winooski Valley Park District’s environmental educator Lisa Dunne leads a nature hike. Five Tree Hill, Williston, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 8635744, yumi@wvpd.org.

talks

Burlington Downtown & Waterfront Plan: Speaker Series: Todd Litman, founder and executive director of Canada’s Victoria Transport Policy Institute, shares his expertise developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7193.

Green Mountain College Morning Speaker Series: In “Green Science,” GMC professor of chemistry Sue Sutheimer speaks about the design of chemical products that reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous substances. The Station, Poultney, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 287-8926.

Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth Summer Lecture Series: See WED.06, 9 a.m.-noon.

Summer Speaker Series: See WED.06, 4 p.m.

Yestermorrow Summer Lecture Series: Philadelphia architect and artist D.S. Nicholas explores “Future Components: A Primer on the Impact of Digital Technology on Design/Build.”

Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

theater

‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’: See WED.06, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

‘I’ll Be Back Before Midnight’: See WED.06, 8 p.m.

‘Lettice and Lovage’: See WED.06, 7:30 p.m.

The Met: Summer Encore Series: Catamount Arts Center: Natalie Dessay stars in Donizetti’s comic opera La Fille du Regiment. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 748-2600.

The Met: Summer Encore Series: Loew Auditorium: See above listings, Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 603-646-2422.

The Met: Summer Encore Series: Palace 9: See above listing, Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 1 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. $12.50-15. Info, 660-9300.

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Readings at the Athenaeum: Authors Katie Hays and Baron Wormser share excerpts of their work in this summer reading series on its 18th year.

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 7488291, ext. 301. m

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CLAY: WHEEL THROWING: Jul. 12-Aug. 16, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $200/nonmembers, $180/BCA members.

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Work on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques. Create vases, mugs and bowls. Students will also be guided through the various finishing techniques using the studio’s house slips and glazes.

No previous experience needed.

Includes over 20 hours per week of open studio time to practice!

CLAY: WHEEL THROWING II: Jul. 11-Aug. 15, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $200/ nonmembers, $180/BCA members. Clay sold separately at $20/25 lb. bag. Glazes & firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

Some wheel experience needed.

Learn individualized tips for advancement on the wheel.

Demonstrations and instruction will cover intermediate throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. Individual projects will be encouraged. Students must be proficient in centering and throwing basic cups and bowls.

Over 20 hours per week of open studio time to practice!

DROP-IN: ADULT LIFE DRAWING: Jul. 11-Aug. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $8/ session, $7/session for BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. This drop-in class is open to all levels and facilitated by a BCA staff member and professional model. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary.

JEWELRY AND METAL DESIGN: Jul. 14-Aug. 18, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $185/ nonmembers, $166.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

Make your own earrings, bracelets, necklaces and more, while discovering the art of fine metal craftsmanship. Students will learn many techniques including sawing, forming, polishing and soldering while working with copper, brass or silver. Some basic supplies and equipment will be provided. No experience necessary!

PAINTING: WATERCOLOR: Jul. 13-Aug. 10, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $140/ nonmembers, $126/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. This class will offer demonstrations, instruction and the opportunity to paint outdoors. Students will paint on watercolor paper and will gain experience with drawing, composition and more. Class emphasis is on observational painting with a focus on landscapes and nature. Students will paint outdoors on nice days! All levels welcome.

GIRLS MOVE MOUNTAINS: Jul. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $95/ class. Location: Stowe Mountain Resort, Stowe. Info: info@ girlsmovemountains.org. Girls Move Mountains in partnership with Stowe Mountain Resort and Onion River Sports is pleased to offer a one-day Dirt Divas mountain-bike clinic for women ages 16 and up who are interested in learning the exciting lifelong sport of mountain biking.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome.

No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

PRINT: PAPER MARBLEIZING: Jul. 21-Aug. 25, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $165/ nonmembers, $148.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

The Italian art of paper marbling, a decorative printing process, is fun and easy. It involves floating colors on top of thick liquid and swirling designs that are the printed onto specially treated paper. Students will take home stacks of artfully decorated papers to use for stationery, collage and more. No experience necessary!

PRINT: SILKSCREEN SOME NEW DUDS: Jul. 12-Aug. 16, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $180/ nonmembers, $162/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Torrey Valyou, co-owner of New Duds, will show you how to design and print T-shirts, posters, fine art and more! Learn how to apply photo emulsion, how to use a silkscreen exposure unit. Cost includes over 20 hours per week of open studio hours for class work.

No experience necessary!

dance BALLET & BALANCED PHYSIQUE: Ballet Barre Wed. 5:45-7 p.m., & Sat. Studio Class, 10:45. Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: 863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates. com. Perfect for beginning-level students, Ballet Barre is taught by classically trained teachers for the experience of elegance, personal growth and fun. One of the best ways to condition the body for any eventuality, the Saturday Studio Class draws upon the wisdom and traditions of ballet dancers for a balanced physique.

LEARN TO SWING DANCE: Cost: $60/6-week series ($50 for students/ seniors). Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington.

Info: lindyvermont.com, 860-7501. Great fun, exercise and socializing, with fabulous music. Learn in a welcoming and lighthearted environment. Classes start every six weeks: Tuesdays for beginners; Wednesdays for upper levels. Instructors: Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl.

LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-week class. Location: The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington, St. Albans, Colchester. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, FirstStepDance.com. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance!

Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Three locations to choose from!

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PRINT: WEEKEND SILKSCREENING: Jul. 24-Aug. 14, 1-4 p.m., Weekly on Sun. Cost: $145/nonmembers, $130.50/ BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Learn to design and print posters, T-shirts, fine art and more. Students will learn the process of screen printing with an emphasis on textiles.

Learn how to apply photo emulsion and use a silkscreen exposure unit. Cost includes over 20 hours per week of open studio hours for classwork. No experience necessary!

BURLINGTON DANCES: Location: Burlington Dances , 1 Mill St., 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 863-3369, Info@BurlingtonDances.com, BurlingtonDances.com. Drop-in for $5 Monday Modern classes with summer intern Megan Davis. Also this summer we’re having Wednesday Ballet Barre and Adagio classes and Saturday Laban, Pilates, Bartenieff and Ballet combination class with Lucille. Schedule private and small group sessions for choreographic fun, dance notation and conditioning for dancers, too!

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PHOTO: LG. FORMAT & ALBUMEN PRINTING: Aug. 6-7, 12-6 p.m., Daily. Cost: $250/nonmembers, $225/ BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. This two-day workshop will introduce you to using large format cameras and albumen printing. Shoot with 4x5 and 8x10 view and field cameras, learning their specialized

PRINT: ABSTRACT PRINTING: Jul. 11-Aug. 15, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $165/ nonemembers, $148.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

Experiment with a variety of printmaking methods, such as etching and linoleum cuts, to create uniquely expressive artwork. Students will work together on collaborative prints.

Start creating your own prints, no experience is necessary! Cost includes over 20 hours per week of open studio hours for class work.

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PHOTO: ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Jul. 12-26, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $195/ nonmembers, $175.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Gain technical skills and hands-on knowledge to create exterior architectural photographs. Lens choices, common challenges and their solutions, choosing the best time of day, and image processing techniques in Photoshop will all be covered. Students will also have access to our archival printer.

Prerequisite: Intro SLR Camera or equivalent experience.

capabilities. Mix chemistry, coat paper and making albumen prints with a contact easel and sunshine. Several large format cameras available for use. All materials provided. No experience necessary.

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CLAY: TILE, PLATE & PLATTER PAINTING: Jul. 20-Aug. 24, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $175/BCA members, $157.50/BCA members.

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. The traditional Italian style of tile painting, known as Majolica, has long been admired for its exquisite and unique designs.

Learn how to create your own decorated pottery with Natasha,

who studied at Studio Giambo in Florence, Italy. Includes over 20 hours per week of open studio time. No experience necessary!

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design/build CREATING ART W/ ADOBE PHOTOSHOP: 3 evenings: Aug. 2, 4, 9. 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $135/ course. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 5 School St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, helenday.com. Adobe Photoshop is an incredibly powerful and versatile digital imaging program. Participants in this workshop will first learn Photoshop basics, then explore Photoshop’s potential as a tool for creative expression. Previous Photoshop experience is not required. Recommended text: Digital Art Revolution: Creating Fine Art with Photoshop by Scott Ligon. Limit: 6 students.

Instructor: Matt Neckers.

ZUMBA, PILATES & DANCE CLASSES: Zumba classes starting Jul. 5, Tue., 5:45 p.m. & Thu., 5 p.m.; Pilates, ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, salsa & dance camps avail. Location: Fusion 802, 948 Hercules Dr., Suite 08, Colchester. Info: FUSION 802, Nicola Boutin, 444-0100, Fusion802@hotmail.com, dancefusion802.com. Ever wanted to work out but can’t afford it? Now is your chance.

Come and join us at Fusion 802 for a variety of fitness classes including Zumba and Pilates. For your convenience during your class, babysitting and or dance classes are available.

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JAZZ MUSIC SUMMER INTENSIVES, JUL. 25-29: Beginning Improvisation for ages 10-12, 10 a.m.-noon., $135 (incl. ticket to an evening concert). Latin Jazz Music or Hand Percussion (choose your track) for ages 13-adult, 12:30-5 p.m., $285 (incl. ticket to an evening concert. Also avail. for credit through UVM). Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. All students work with skilled artist/educators in clinics and combos, take a hand percussion workshop with Steve Ferraris, and experience amazing guest sessions with world-renowned artist/educator Arturo O’Farrill. The week culminates in a concert at the Flynn on Friday. See website for more detail on specific tracks.

JAZZ IMPROV W/ GEORGE VOLAND: Ages 18+, Thu., Jul. 14-Aug. 11, 5:45-7:15 p.m. Cost: $95/5 weeks. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. Musicians of all kinds improvise: jazz, of course, but also rock, blues, folk and classical; even Bach improvised! This group focuses on the art of improvisation: creating original melodies on the spot, using jazz chords as our harmonic guide. You’ll play in a combo setting with like-minded folks who may become your future jam partners! One year of experience on your instrument recommended.

gardening CHILDREN’S GARDENING ADVENTURE: Jul. 17, 1-4 p.m..

Location: Marijke’s Perennial Gardens Plus, 1299 Robert Young Rd., Starksboro. Info: Marijke’s Perennial Gardens Plus, Marijke Niles, 453-7590, marijken@gmavt.net, perennialgardensplus.com. 1-3 p.m.: Explore the gardens, scratch and sniff, bugs and birds, pot a plant to take home and more. 3-4 p.m.: Zumba experience with Lindsey Hescock. No experience needed.

Just be ready for lots of fun. All ages welcome.

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JUST ADDED! TAP MASTER CLASS W/ LISA HOPKINS: Intermediate & Advanced Teens/Adults, Wed., Jul. 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $28/ class. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. We’ve missed our tap teaching artist Lisa Hopkins while she went on sabbatical to L.A. to develop a show, but the wait is over. She’s back for one day only, so shine up your shoes, bring a water bottle and get ready to swing!

herbs WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wild Edible Intensive spring/summer term will be held Jul. 10, & summer/fall term will be held Aug. 21, Sep. 18 & Oct. 16. Join either or both terms of Wild Edibles. VSAC nondegree grants may be avail. Monthly Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant Walks w/ Annie, & Naturalist Walks w/ George, $10, dates announced on our Facebook

page, join our email list, or call us. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com. Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local, wild, edible and medicinal plants, food as first medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey.

Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

language SPANISH FOR ACTIVISM: Aug. 8-12, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $500/grants & scholarships avail. Location: The Flashbulb Institute, 200 Main St., #14, Burlington. Info: The Flashbulb Institute, Sara Mehalick, 8810419, sara@theflashbulb.org, theflashbulb.org. Learn Spanish language as it is used by communities fighting for social and ecological justice, and gain a skill that can be used to do solidarity work abroad or with migrant populations in the global north.

This class is specially designed for conversational-level Spanish speakers.

martial arts AIKIDO: Adult classes meet 7 days/wk. Join now & receive a 3-mo. membership (unlimited classes) for $175. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal and Light), Burlington.

Info: 951-8900, burlingtonaikido.org. Aikido is a dynamic Japanese martial art that promotes physical and mental harmony through the use of breathing exercises, aerobic conditioning, circular movements, and pinning and throwing techniques. We also teach sword/ staff arts and knife defense. The Samurai Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 7-17.

AIKIDO: Tue.-Fri. 6-7:30 p.m.; Sun., 10-11:30 a.m. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington.

Info: Vermont Aikido, 862-9785, vermontaikido.org. Aikido trains body and spirit together, promoting physical flexibility with flowing movement, martial awareness with compassionate connection, respect for others and confidence in oneself. New five-week class for kids starts June 11! Saturday mornings from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free.

Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston.

Info: 660-4072, Julio@bjjusa. com, vermontbjj.com. Classes for men, women and children.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confidence.

We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations.

Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian JiuJitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian JiuJitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

VING TSUN KUNG FU: Mon. & Wed., 5:30-7:30. Cost: $90/mo.

Location: Robert Miller Center, 130 Gosse Ct., Burlington. Info: MOY TUNG KUNG FU, Nick, 3183383, KUNGFU.VT@GMAIL.COM, MOYTUNGVT.COM. Traditional Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu. Learn a highly effective combination of relaxation, center line control and economy of motion.

Take physical stature out of the equation; with the time-tested Ving Tsun system, simple principles work with any body type.

Free introductory class.

massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: Weekly on Mon., Tue. Cost: $5,000/500-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon. net, elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of 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.

VSAC nondegree grants are available. NCBTMB-assigned school.

ISOMETRICS: 14 CEUS: Aug. 2021, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $245/2 days; $225 when deposit of $50 is received by Aug. 7; ask about the Introductory Risk-Free Fee. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, Burlington. Info: Dianne Swafford, 734-1121, swaffordperson@hotmail.com. In this class, isometric and isotonic techniques for working with inefficient muscular tension patterns as well as underdeveloped muscle tone are presented and practiced. Through the use of these techniques, self-correcting reflexes are stimulated and habitual holding patterns can be released. Participants will learn how to use these techniques to promote change from rigid physical patterns to greater mobility.

MASSAGE PRACTITIONER TRAINING: Sep. 13-Jun. 3, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts, 658-7715, touchvt@gmail.com, touchstonehealingarts.com.

The science and art of massage therapy, practice and theory, ethics, professionalism, business practices, somatic psychology, group dynamics, and movement are all thoroughly explored and experienced in this nine-month, 690-hour immersion course now entering our 14th year. Give yourself the gift of healing and pass it on!

meditation INTRODUCTION TO ZEN: Sat., Jul. 23, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Cost: $30/half-day workshop, limited-time price. Location: Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Vermont Zen Center, 985-9746, ecross@crosscontext.net, vzc. org. The workshop is conducted by an ordained Zen Buddhist teacher and focuses on the theory and meditation practices of Zen Buddhism. Preregistration required. Call for more info, or register online.

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m.noon., or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m.-noon. 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: 658-6795, 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.

painting ACTION PAINTING: Jul. 16, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $115/ course. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 5 School St., Stowe.

Info: 253-8358, helenday.com.

Intimidated by a large, blank canvas or piece of paper? Afraid to make a big statement? This workshop will help you to leap over that hurdle with big, expressive gestures that can open the door to a freer and more satisfying painting experience. Big is not necessarily better, but it is useful to push your limitations and to get comfortable working in a large format. We will spend the day drawing and painting with an emphasis on experimentation, freedom and fun.

Instructor: Galen Cheney.

photography TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY: Fri., Jul. 22, 6-9 p.m., & Sat., Jul. 23, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $165/2 days.

Location: Helen Day Art Center, 5 School St., Stowe. Info: 2538358, helenday.com. Hone your photo skills with professional photographer and Stowe native Paul Rogers. Review digital camera basics, see equipment demonstrations, and share tips on travel and photography in different cultures. We’ll visit several spots in the area on Saturday.

Students should be familiar with basic digital camera functions and bring their own camera.

Instructor: Paul Rogers.

IPHONE ARTISTRY/DAN BURKHOLDER: Jul. 16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $55/morning or afternoon; $95/whole day.

Location: Darkroom Gallery, 12 Main St. (Five Corners), Essex Jct. Info: Art in Photography, Ken Signorello, 777-3686, ken@ darkroomgallery.com, meetup. com/Art-in-Photography/.

Lurking inside the iPhone is one of the most inspiring, capable and fun imaging systems in all of photography. It’s a powerful creative tool right in our palms.

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We now have camera, darkroom and visual research laboratory, all in our shirt pocket! Win a free iPod touch. darkroomgallery. com/events.

Classical Pilates Reformer and Mat, plus a complete private studio. Good health, happy body and great prices. What could be better?

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ALL Wellness: Location: 128 Lakeside Ave., Suite 103, Burlington. Info: 863-9900, allwellnessvt.com. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by integrating Pilates, physical therapy, yoga and nutrition. Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and lightfilled studio. Join us for a free introduction to the Reformer, every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.: Just call and reserve your spot!

Ceramic Lecture & Demonstration: Aug. 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $60/lecture & demo. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 253-8358, helenday.com. Robert Crystal is a master ceramicist creating high-fired, functional pottery, decorative ceramic pieces and large slab murals. He will be demonstrating wheel-thrown functional pottery, pulled handles and other methods of embellishment. Pieces will include larger pots, some built in sections. Discussion will include techniques of glazing, methods of firing, running a business and other things pertaining to a lifetime in clay.

reiki REIKI (Usui) LEVEL ONE: Cost: $175/Sat. July 9, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Location: Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., #7, Burlington. Info: Chris Hanna, 881-1866, chris@risingsunhealing.com, risingsunhealing.com. Learn this powerful

shamanism Pachakuti Mesa Traditions: Fri. 7-10 pm; Sat. 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun. 9 am-3 pm. Cost: $255/3-day class. Location: Pachakuti Mesa Traditions, 166 Elmore Rd., Worcester. Info: Heart of the Healer Foundation, Thomas Mock, 828-817-5034, thomasmock@windstream. net, heartofthehealer.org. A rare opportunity to apprentice in this Shamanic tradition from Peru. The Pachakuti Mesa was brought to the U.S. by Oscar Miro-Quesada. Oscar sanctioned Thomas to share these shamanic teachings worldwide. To learn about the Pachakuti Mesa go to mesaworks.com; to learn more about the apprenticeship, go to heartofthehealer.org.

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Classes, Fine Art, Faux Finishes, Murals Maggie Standley 233.7676 wingspanpaintingstudio.com Arts infused, interdisciplinary, inspiring classes, camps and workshops for kids, teens and adults. Visit the classes section at wingspanpaintingstudio.com for more details. Sliding scale available, all abilities welcome.

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INSPIRING SUMMER CAMPS: 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. & after care option. $300/session, $50 off for 2nd child or session. All materials & a healthy snack incl. Location: wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. The University of Possibilities: July 11-15, French & Art; July 18-22, Science & Art; July 25-29, Nature & Art. Create, explore, engage in interdisciplinary camps. Small group size, hands-on, brains-on in working studio and outdoors on nature walks, picnic lunches, Dumpster dives! Discover your gifts, strengths and talents in the University of Possibilities Series!

women RETREAT: Returning to the Well: Jul. 21-24. Cost: $375/ tuition, room/board, materials,

Intro. to Furniture Making: Choose either Jul. 21-24; or Aug. 18-21. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $369/4-day workshop. Location: Vermont Woodworking School barn, 148 Main St., Fairfax. Info: Vermont Woodworking School, Carina Driscoll, 849-2013, info@ vermontwoodworkingschool. com, vermontwoodworkingschool.com. Learn the fundamentals of woodworking in our historic barn in Fairfax. Start with rough lumber and make a Shaker Hall table in four days.

In addition to course registration fee, there is a materials fee of $85 for a maple table, and $120 for a cherry table. Open to beginners.

yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: $14/class, $130/class card. $5-$10 community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 8649642, yoga@evolutionvt.com, evolutionvt.com. Evolution’s certified teachers are skilled with students ranging from beginner to advanced. We offer classes in Vinyasa, Anusarainspired, Kripalu and Iyengar yoga. Babies/kids classes also available! Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre-/postnatal yoga, and check out our thriving massage practice. Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt.com/ evoblog.

Kundalini Hatha Yoga Workshop: Jul. 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $40/3-hr. master class. Location: Yoga Vermont, 113 Church St., 4th floor, Burlington. Info: Yoga Vermont, Kathy McNames, 238-0594, kathy@yogavermont.com, yogavermont.com. Strengthen, cleanse and rejuvenate your energetic system with Mark T. Kinder’s Great Five Elements Practice. Kundalini Hatha Yoga

Laughing River Yoga: Classes 7 days/wk. $13/drop-in, $110/10 classes, monthly & summer unlimited pkgs. avail. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. classes by donation ($5-$15 suggested). Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: 343-8119, emily@laughingriveryoga. com, laughingriveryoga.com.

Experienced and compassionate teachers offer Kripalu, Jivamukti, Vajra, Flow, Yin, Restorative, Kundalini, Iyengar, PranaVayu and DJ Groove yoga. Educate yourself with monthly workshops and class series. YogaSurf retreats in Maine and Costa Rica.

Yoga Teacher Training begins January 2012. Deepen your understanding of who you are.

All levels welcome!

Yoga at South End Studio: Classes ongoing, check website for schedule. Cost: $13/class; class passes avail. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 540-0044, southendstudiovt.com. We have a variety of great yoga classes for all levels. New this summer: Rise and Shine Vinyasa Flow, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 6:30-7:40 a.m. Need to get to work? Bring your towel, we have a shower! Other classes: Yoga Church, Basic Hatha, Vigorous Vinyasa, Mindful and Kripalu.

Summer special: unlimited pass for July and August only $225.

Yoga/Biking Progression Series: Sun., Jul. 10, Jul. 31 & Aug. 14. Cost: $85/session; $225/all 3. Location: Catamount Outdoor Family Center, 592 Gov. Chittenden Rd., Williston. Info: Singletrack Mindfulness-Yoga and Biking Retreats, Jennie Date, 578-3735, jenniedate@ singletrackmindfulness.com, singletrackmindfulness.com.

Experience the powerful combination of yoga and mountain biking in a progression series at Catamount Family Outdoor Center. This series encourages bikers and yoga practitioners of all levels to explore the connection between mind and body.

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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: 864-7902, iptaichi.org. The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles.

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Yang-Style Tai Chi: Beginner’s class, Wed., 5:30. All levels class on Sat., 8:30 a.m. No class on the following Saturdays: July 9, July 30. Cost: $16/class.

Location: Vermont Tai Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Turn right into driveway immediately after the railroad tracks.

Located in the old Magic Hat Brewery building. Info: 3186238. Tai Chi is a slow-moving martial art that combines deep breathing and graceful movements to produce the valuable effects of relaxation, improved concentration, improved balance, a decrease in blood pressure and ease in the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Janet Makaris, instructor.

anthology. Location: Hillside cabin, Greensboro. Info: Women Writing for (a) Change-Vermont, Sarah Bartlett, 310-1770, sarah@womenwritingVT.com, womenwritingVT.com. Gather at the well of inspiring nature to reflect, renew. Write, collage, hike, sing. Structured and free time, alone and together. Return home renewed. Like to play with imagery, words? Women new or returning to our community, to writing; wishing space to deepen; curious, dedicated, near and far — welcome!

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Stand-Up Paddleboarding: Weekdays by appt.; Saturdays & Sundays. Cost: $30/hourlong privates & semiprivates; $20 ea. for groups. Location: Oakledge Park & Beach, End of Flynn Ave., a mile south of downtown along the bike path, Burlington. Info: Paddlesurf Champlain, Jason Starr, 881-4905, jason@paddlesurfchamplain.com, paddlesurfchamplain.com. Learn to standup paddleboard with Paddlesurf Champlain! Get on board for a very fun and simple new way to explore the lake and work your body head to toe. Instruction on paddle handling and balance skills to get you moving your first time out. Learn why people love this Hawaiian-rooted sport the first time they try it.

Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

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Natural Bodies Pilates: Good health, happy body, great price! Daily classes & private sessions. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 1 Mill St., Suite 372, Burlington. Info: 863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com.

Summer is the best time for Pilates! Join morning or evening classes, and schedule private appointments at your convenience.

You get professional instruction in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.

hands-on-healing art for healing and personal growth and be able to give Reiki to yourself and others. Plenty of in-class practice time. Learn the history of Reiki and ethics of a Reiki practitioner.

Individual classes and sessions available. Member Vermont Reiki Association.

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music She and Mathias soon formed an allgirl punk band called Pink Fury. But that outfit, which included a violin player, played together for just six months.

Around the time Pink Fury called it quits, bassist Kelly Riel posted a Craigslist ad in an attempt to form “a queer ska band.” Riel, 23, had played in a slew of punk and ska bands in her home state of Connecticut before moving north to attend the University of Vermont. Mathias saw Riel’s ad and contacted her.

“We’re not really a 100 percent queer ska band,” says Boxall, laughing. “I guess we didn’t quite get there.”

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ermont has a long, proud and loud tradition of punk rock, dating back to the very origins of the genre in the late 1970s. While seminal punk bands such as the Wards, and later the Fags, planted an anarchist’s flagpole in our collective musical consciousness, the scene has lacked a woman’s touch. Female-fronted bands, never mind all-girl acts, have been few and far between in the patchwork history of Vermont punk.

Enter Doll Fight!

Since forming in late 2010, the Burlington-based riot-grrl trio has toured the East Coast, released a snarling debut album, Morning Again, and generally reminded the local punk populace that chicks can rawk every bit as hard as their male counterparts. And they’re out to get your kids, too.

On Friday, July 15, the band will play a fundraiser at Diversity Studios in Bur-

lington for Girls Rock Vermont, a weeklong rock-music camp aimed at girls ages 10 to 18. Doll Fight! founded the day camp, which runs from Monday, August 8, to Friday, August 12, at Signal Kitchen in Burlington and is loosely associated with similar programs around the country. Girls will be placed into groups and taught to write songs and function in a band setting. They will also attend workshops on topics specific to being a female rocker, from self-esteem classes to self-defense. The camp culminates in a concert at the end of the week.

“It’s a mega empowerment fest,” says Doll Fight! drummer Jane Boxall, 30, who was an instructor at a girls rock camp in New York City. “It takes a lot of confidence just to feel like you’re allowed to play as part of the rock scene.”

She would know. Finding like-minded musicians for an all-female band in the Queen City proved challenging. But after

a false start or two, it finally came together through that modern medium the Internet.

“It was all Craigslist,” says front woman Christine Mathias, 27, who founded the band. For roughly a year, the guitarist had posted an ad on the site looking for female musicians. “It took me a while to find the right people,” she says.

One of them turned up at the Monkey House in Winooski, at a show called the Rock Lotto. The night was sort of a social mixer that randomly jumbled musicians into impromptu bands. There Mathias met Boxall, who is a classically trained marimba player, as well as a drummer.

The UK-born percussionist says her seemingly disparate disciplines actually complement each other.

“Even though musically they seem quite far apart, I do think my drumming influences my marimba playing, and my marimba playing influences my drumming,” Boxall says.

Mathias, who studied jazz saxophone, played in a number of bands while growing up outside of Boston, later in Portland, Ore., and while attending graduate school in Pennsylvania. Prior to founding Doll Fight!, the guitarist had been playing with a local jam band, Freight. And as with most of her previous bands, she was the only female.

“It was cool and totally fun,” Mathias says. “But I feel like I’ve faced certain issues as a female musician that male musicians might not have or can’t really identify with.” Those include being told that she’s “a good guitar player … for a girl,” and being hit on by audience members. “I thought it might be empowering to be in a group with people who are all sort of on the same page.”

The members of Doll Fight! stop short of saying their connection resembles any sort of “sisterhood” — such sentiments would be unbecoming of a good punk band. Still, they find strength in their chromosome commonalities.

“It’s hard to say if it’s because of that or because of our personalities,” Mathias says. “But this is the closest I’ve felt with any of my band members.”

Doll Fight! play the Girls Rock Vermont fundraiser show on Friday, July 15, at Diversity Studios in Burlington with Coba Stella, L. Dora and Linda Bassick, 7 p.m. $5. AA. girlsrockvermont.wordpress.com

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from lechers, drunken frat boys, music critics, etc.

Anyway, it’s an admirable pursuit that’s been proven effective in other cities all over the country, from Portland, Ore., to New York City. The thing is, while it may take a village to raise a child, it takes a scene to raise a rocker. That’s where you come in.

With roughly a month to go, Doll Fight! seem to have things pretty well in hand.

But they could still use a few things, such as money (no duh, right?), volunteers and maybe some musical equipment. But the big thing is this: They need a female bass instructor.

Unfortunately, Doll Fight! bassist KElly RiEl is unavailable to teach that week, leaving a void on the low end. The band members say their first preference for a fill-in would be a female, but they will consider a male if no women step forward.

My suggestion was to simply throw a dress on aRam BEdRosian and call it a day.

They were less enthusiastic — as would be Aram, I’d imagine.

So come on, Vermont, help a sister out. If you’d like to get involved — especially if you slappa da bass, (wo)mon — contact Girls Rock Vermont at girlsrockvermont@gmail. com.

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woman, she has moved from Boston to Los Angeles, which probably explains why it’s been a friggin’ year since she’s played here. This Saturday, July 9, she’ll be at the Monkey House with local rockers gas & oil and the PRoPER.

You know it’s finally/maybe summer in Burlington when the Battery Park Free Concert Series kicks off. And also when the first bluegreen-algae bloom closes the beaches — but I digress.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the concert series, which happens in Battery Park. And is, um, free. Anyhoo, the series gets under way this Thursday, July 7, with local soul men the Joshua Panda Band. It takes place in Battery Park.

And it’s free.

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Band Name of the Week: the BEnoits. Regular readers know I’m something of a Verbonics scholar. What can I say? The native Vermont accent never fails to amuse/ amaze me. That’s why I’m tabbing the Benoits as this week’s BNOTW honoree.

Those of you with French Canadian leanings may read that name and pronounce it “Ben-wah.” You would be wrong. As any Vermonter will tell you, it’s “Ben-oyt,” ideally with a guttural stop where most folks might enunciate a hard “t.” God, I love Vermon’. Aaaanyway, SoUnDbITeS

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Now that we’re all up to speed, Doll Fight! need your help. As mentioned in the story, the band is about to christen the first-ever Girls Rock Vermont camp on August 8. For those who didn’t follow my very explicit instructions to read the Doll Fight! story first, shame on you. But here’s the gist: Girls Rock Vermont is a weeklong rock-music day camp. It’s very similar to the youth rock day camps at 242 Main, except for one thing: no boys allowed. It is open only to girls ages 10 to 18.

Why? Because, to borrow a line from Elvis CostEllo, “It’s different for girls.”

In addition to learning how to write songs and just generally rock the ef out, the camp will focus on issues specific to being female in a traditionally male-dominated arena: rock music. Workshops will cover everything from self-esteem to self-defense in an effort to not only encourage girls to indulge their inner Joan JEtt, but to be able to handle the inevitable bullshit that will occur when they do — insults from hecklers, pickup lines

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Americana. Catch them this Thursday, July 7, at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington. Local songwriter sarah stiCkLE opens.

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grEEn Mountain tavErn: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

51 Main: Brady (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

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CharLiE o's: Lava moss (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LoungE: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell, 10 p.m.

CLub MEtronoME: mushpost & WRuV present: Tropic Bass (electronica), 9 p.m., $3.

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sLiDE brook LoDgE & tavErn: Open mic, 7 p.m., Free. DJ Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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vEnuE: Karaoke with steve Leclair, 7 p.m., Free.

nutty stEPh's: Bacon Thursdays with Noble savage (electro), 10 p.m., Free.

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thE skinny PanCakE: miss shevaughn & Yuma Wray, sarah stickle (Americana), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

LEunig's bistro & CaFé: cody sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

LiFt: DJs P-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Manhattan Pizza & Pub: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

MonkEy housE: Beat Vision with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic DJ), 9 p.m., $1. nECtar's: something With strings (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5. 18+. on taP bar & griLL: Paydirt (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., Free. raDio bEan: The sinbusters (rock), 4 p.m., Free. Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. rED squarE: Joshua Panda Band (soul, Americana), 7 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. thE skinny PanCakE: Gold Town Duo (bluegrass), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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CharLiE o's: Dustin Burley (solo

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acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. gusto's: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

PurPLE Moon Pub: Jessie Brewster (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

City LiMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. on thE risE bakEry: Open Blues session, 8 p.m., Free.

LEunig's bistro & CaFé: mike martin & Geoff Kim (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

LiFt: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free.

MonkEy housE: steppin' cerca, the Van Burens (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free.

18+. nECtar's: Trivia mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. something With strings (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5. 18+.

riMroCks Mountain tavErn: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

regional

MonoPoLE DoWnstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free. oLivE riDLEy's: Karaoke with Benjamin Bright and Ashley Kollar, 6 p.m., Free. Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYcE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free. tabu CaFé & nightCLub: Karaoke Night with sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

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baCkstagE Pub: Karaoke with steve, 9 p.m., Free. banana WinDs CaFé & Pub: Don Beisiegel (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Free.

o'briEn's irish Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free.

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

bEE's knEEs: Remy De Laroque, Dan strauss (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

on taP bar & griLL: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., Free.

Franny o's: Big Boots Deville (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

regional

PariMa Main stagE: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, Andy Lugo, Rebecca Padula, spike Robinson (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., $3.

thE grEEn rooM: DJ Big Kat (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

MonoPoLE: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free.

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CLub MEtronoME: cats under the stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 9 p.m., Free.

Franny o's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. thE grEEn rooM: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. haLvorson's uPstrEEt CaFé: Friends of Joe (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. highEr grounD shoWCasE LoungE: Wanda Jackson, Eilen Jewell (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., $17/20. AA.

raDio bEan: Jesse Brewster (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., Free.

Jazz sessions, 6 p.m., Free. shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

The unbearable Light cabaret (eclectic), 10 p.m., $3. Kat Wright & the indomitable soul Band (soul), 11 p.m., $3. rasPutin's: 101 Thursdays with Pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5.

18+. rED squarE: DJ Dakota (hip-hop), 8 p.m., Free. A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. rED squarE bLuE rooM: DJ cre8 (house), 9 p.m., Free. rí rá irish Pub: Longford Row (irish), 8 p.m., Free.

highEr grounD shoWCasE LoungE: california Guitar Trio (rock), 8 p.m., $20/23. AA. JP's Pub: Dave Harrison's starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

LiFt: salsa Friday with DJ Hector cobeo (salsa), 9 p.m., Free.

Marriott harbor LoungE: Pine street Jazz, 8:30 p.m., Free. nECtar's: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free.

Bearquarium, the Alchemystics (funk), 9 p.m., $10. on taP bar & griLL: Leno & Young (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Pleasuredome (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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the real reason I bring this band to your attention is that it’s a rather cheeky side project of local songwriter JOSH BROOKS. His latest release with garage-y alt-blues duo GRANT/BLACK, Babylon, has probably flown under many local music fans’ radars, which is a shame.

It’s a terrific album. The Benoits are a little different from that group — Brooks describes them as “faux rock,” whatever that is.

But I’m guessing they’ll be pretty entertaining. And, yes, the name thing is part of their shtick. Catch them at Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury this Friday, July 8.

good one day. That day has come. The band absolutely rocked a late-afternoon set on the top block of Church Street during the fest, sounding as tight and energetic as I’ve heard them.

And JUSTIN PANIGUTTI, who was already on my short list of the city’s most dynamic vocalists, is really becoming something special, building on his admittedly derivative JOE-COCKER-meets-VANMORRISON-for-whiskey-atLEVON-HELM’s-house vibe and turning it into something all his own. I’ll be intrigued to hear their sophomore release, which they are reportedly hard at work on right this very minute. In the meantime, you can check ’em out at Nectar’s this Friday, July 8.

Though the Burlington hiphop scene gets more press, Montpeculiar has a pretty sturdy little group of MCs, DJs and producers, as well.

Golden Dome hip-hop will be on display at the greatest bar in world, Charlie O’s, this Saturday, July 9, when capital-city-based MC ALECK WOOG takes the stage with ZACH CRAWFORD. Also on the bill are ALGORHYTHMS and NO HUMANS ALLOWED, both of which involve

prodigal Vermont rapper THIRTYSEVEN (WOMBATICUS REX). An interesting note about Thirtyseven, whose name has nothing to do with that line from the film Clerks (if you’ve seen it, you know which line I’m talking about): When I first started at Seven Days some four years ago and was doing my best to get better acquainted with Vermont’s then-nascent hip-hop scene, a certain notable local MC, who shall remain nameless, told me in no uncertain terms, “Ask anyone, Thirtyseven is the best rapper in Vermont.

Period.” And this was coming from a guy who suffers no shortage of chest-thumping braggadocio or bears any qualms about hyping himself.

That, my friends, is respect.

is automatically, like, totally the raddest thing ever. I’m being facetious, but both of those bands are worth checking out, as is Signal Kitchen in general. It sates my need for a dingy, sweaty, kinda-smelly-in-a-good-way basement rock venue.

Last but not least, you look tired. Like you could really use a vacation. I’m on mine right now, and I gotta tell you, it’s pretty rad. But this isn’t about me. It’s about you. Just so you know, the good folks at Nectar’s have once again opened their 12v-Nectars070611.indd southerly franchise on Martha’s Vineyard, which I’m told is a favorite haunt of the Obamas when they vacation there. I totally just made that last part up. Still, should the leader of the free world happen by the joint for a pint or two, he’d likely encounter some pretty great music. For example: DEER TICK on Saturday, July 9 — which is an MSR Presents show, no less; LA RIOTS on Friday, July 22, followed by PETER TOSH’s son, TOSH1, that Saturday, July 23; HOLY GHOST! on Friday, July 29; and the WOOD BROTHERS on Friday, August 12.

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Indie fans, take note: If you’ve yet to see a show at Burlington altvenue/recording studio/ speakeasy Signal Kitchen, this Thursday, July 7, may be a good time to rectify that situation. The lineup features a pair of killer local acts, PARMAGA and DANIEL MUNZING’s (ex-MY DEAREST DARLING) newish project, ERRANDS. We’ll also see a pair of Brooklyn-based bands, HOME VIDEO and XYLOS. And, as we all know, anything that comes from Brooklyn

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Once again, this week’s totally self-indulgent column segment, in which I share a random sampling of what was on my iPod, turntable, CD player, 8-track player, etc., this week.

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Not that I didn’t enjoy it — I surely did — but this year’s Burlington Discover Jazz Festival didn’t yield much in the way of “discovery” for me personally. However, there were a few moments of, shall we say, “reaffirmation.” One was that it’s really tough to make a tribute band interesting to anyone but the most rabid fans — looking at you, BITCHES BREW REVISITED. Another was that YOUSAY PLACATE are my favorite local jazz group. And the third was that Burlington-based funky bunch BEARQUARIUM have the potential to get really, really

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OSCAR'S BISTRO AND BAR: The Chris and Matt Show (improv comedy), 8:45 p.m., Free.

1/2 LOUNGE: Funhouse with DJs Rob Douglas, Moonflower & Friends (house), 10 p.m., Free.

PARIMA MAIN STAGE: After the Rodeo (Americana), 7:30 p.m., $8. Insurrection with Tyrant and Gabriel Night (house), 10:30 p.m., $5.

CLUB METRONOME: Black to the Future (urban jamz), 10 p.m., Free.

PARK PLACE TAVERN: Radio Flyer (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

MONKEY HOUSE: MSR Presents: Callers (indie), 8:30 p.m., $7/10. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: The Gravikord Duo (folk), 7 p.m., Free. Dana "Danger" Athens (folk), 9 p.m., Free. The Moho Collective (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Buffalo Death Rattle (rock), 11:59 p.m., Free.

MONTY'S OLD BRICK TAVERN: George Voland JAZZ: Dan Silverman, Steve Blair, Dan Skea, 4:30 p.m., Free.

RASPUTIN'S: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3.

RADIO BEAN: Old Time Sessions (old-time), 1 p.m., Free. Trio Gusto (gypsy jazz), 5 p.m., Free. Remy de Laroque (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Sam Wheeler (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. Three Cents Short (folk), 10 p.m., Free.

NECTAR'S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free.

RED SQUARE: DJ Chad Mira (hip-hop), 2 p.m., Free. People Are Strange (The Doors tribute), 6 p.m., Free. Dave Keller Band (blues), 9 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Stavros (house), 10 p.m., $5.

RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

RED SQUARE: Soul Patrol (r&b), 8 p.m., Free. DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

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RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Supersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Sarah Blacker (folk), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE: The Willoughbys, Sam Wheeler (folk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

VENUE: Ambush (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Lynguistic Civilians (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

THE BLACK DOOR: Quisqueya (rock, jazz), 9:30 p.m., Free.

CHARLIE O'S: Abby Jenne & the Enablers (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

GREEN MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2.

POSITIVE PIE 2: A Fly Allusion (funk), 10:30 p.m., $3.

PURPLE MOON PUB: Fresh Greens (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free.

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THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: DJ Slim Pknz All Request Dance Party (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Suzy Bogguss (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $35/40. AA.

champlain valley

CITY LIMITS: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

ON THE RISE BAKERY: Japhy Ryder (prog rock), 8 p.m., Donations.

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NAKED TURTLE: Craig Hurwitz (acoustic), 6 p.m., Free. Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., NA. OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Benjamin Bright (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Relic (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

northern

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Funkleberries (funk), 9:30 p.m., Free.

MATTERHORN: P.M.P. (reggae-jam), 9 p.m., $5.

MOOG'S: Dead Sessions (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., Free.

PARKER PIE CO.: Acoustic Session, 6 p.m., Free.

ROADSIDE TAVERN: Area 51 (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Area 51 (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

regional

MONOPOLE: Eat Sleep Funk (funk), 10 p.m., Free.

BEE'S KNEES: Robert Morgan (acoustic), 11 a.m., Donations. The Heckhounds (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

SWEET CRUNCH BAKE SHOP: John Compagna (acoustic), 11 a.m., Free.

YE OLDE ENGLAND INNE: Corey Beard, Dan Liptak and Dan Haley (jazz), 11:30 a.m., Free.

pop, rock, jazz and reggae. This Saturday, July 9, Freshlyground will play one of the smallest rooms in

BANANA WINDS CAFÉ & PUB: Karaoke, 7:30 p.m., Free.

BEE'S KNEES: Tammy Fletcher Mountain Girl (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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In their native South Africa, they are a household name, routinely selling out stadiums and collaborating

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Arts Walk Happy Hour with the Benoits (rock), 4:30 p.m., Free. DJ Jam Man (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

THE GREEN ROOM: Bonjour-Hi! (house), 10 p.m., Free.

burlington area ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Real Deal (r&b), 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Canadian Lesbian Twins, Courtney Williams (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., $3. Radiohead Tribute: Anyone Can Play Guitar (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

CITY LIMITS: Dance Party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

RADIO BEAN: Clarence and the Beautiful Mistakes (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Dethstar (rock), 11:59 p.m., Free.

RASPUTIN'S: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

51 MAIN: Judson Kimble (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., Free. Italian School Piano Bar with Danesi, 9 p.m., Free.

ON THE RISE BAKERY: Moth Up Story Hour (storytelling), 8 p.m., Donations.

RED MILL RESTAURANT AT BASIN HARBOR CLUB: Hot Neon Magic (’80s New Wave), 10 p.m., Free.

RED SQUARE: DJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. Acoustic Blame (rock), 6 p.m., Free.

Japhy Ryder (prog rock), 9 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $5.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Tribe of Light (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Sarah Blacker (folk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. Sarah Blacker (folk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

BEE'S KNEES: Open Acoustic Jam, 3 p.m., Free. Sam Wheeler (alternative shoegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

VENUE: Dark Horse (country), 9 p.m., $3.

THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Stephen Marley (reggae), 9 p.m., $26/28. AA.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: The Move It Move It (Afro-pop), 10 p.m., Free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Summer Global Music Voyage with Freshlyground (world music), 8 p.m., $16/20/40. AA.

central

JP'S PUB: Dave Harrison's Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

CHARLIE O'S: Aleck Woog, Zach Crawford, Algorhythms, No Humans Allowed (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Sneezeguard Strikes Back (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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THE BLACK DOOR: Coba Stella (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

POSITIVE PIE 2: Vorcza (jazz), 10:30 p.m., $5.

MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: The Trio (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

PURPLE MOON PUB: James McSheffrey (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free.

NECTAR'S: Jay Burwick (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Goosepimp Orchestra, Gnarlemagne (funk), 9 p.m., $5.

THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Something With Strings (bluegrass), 10 p.m., Free.

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MOOG'S: Dead Sessions (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., Free.

RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

ROADSIDE TAVERN: Red Stellar & the Workin' Man Band (rock), 9 p.m., Free. DJ Mike Walker (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

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MONOPOLE: Out the Hasse (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

NAKED TURTLE: Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., NA. TABU CAFÉ & NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Open Source, 9 p.m., Free.

NECTAR'S: Metal Mondays with Nefarious Frenzy, Witheld, Head of the Traitor (metal), 9 p.m., $5 donation.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free.

RADIO BEAN: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free.

RED SQUARE: ZDP Band presents Massive Mondates (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

Hype ’Em (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.

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MOOG'S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 8 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LOUNGE: Canadian Lesbian Twins, Sarah Stickle (singer-songwriters), 7:30 p.m., Free. Turntable Tuesday with DJ Kanga (turntablism), 10 p.m., Free.

CLUB METRONOME: Bass Culture with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (electronica), 9 p.m., Free.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

MONTY'S OLD BRICK TAVERN: Open Mic, 6 p.m., Free.

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Vaughan, the band lets loose a bootstompin’ rodeo of ragged, twangy roots pop. While not virtuosic by any stretch, Something With Strings are generally solid players and impart enough freespirited energy to make up for a lack of jaw-dropping riffs — though at times their jams do meander aimlessly. Generally, “lead” guitarist Adam Howard provides a sturdy rhythmic foundation, while “lead” bassist Charlie Whistler ably holds down the ones and fives. “Lead” banjo player — are you sensing a theme? — Patrick Giblin picks rudimentary but tasteful lines, balanced nicely by Matt Francis’ hightoned accents on “lead” mandolin.

“Darlin’” is a loping, paint-by-numbers country weeper that vaguely recalls punkgrass standouts the Avett Brothers, minus that band’s clever turns of phrase. It is mincing, standard fare, treading ever-sopolitely on the time-honored topic of love gone wrong — or, in this case, just gone.

It’s not unpleasant, but it’s not particularly gripping, either. That’s the case with a few other numbers, as well. Tunes such as “Drinkin’ You Away,” “Ain’t That Kind of Man” — all seven-plus minutes of it — and “Going Off to War” seem to have been written by tearing out pages of a rhyming dictionary, as if the lyrics exist simply as a vehicle for a melody.

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But the band can do better, and sometimes does. “Sweetest Thing” is jaunty and irreverent. “Might Not Be Love” is cheeky and oddly heartfelt.

And “1000 Miles,” which may be the clearest indicator of what the band can do, is a rousing, slyly crafted little gem, reminiscent of They Might Be Giants’ John Linnell is his (marginally) more serious moments.

Something With Strings, the album, is an imperfect debut. But it’s hardly a mulligan. It contains enough bouncy, wellharmonized bluegrass-ish fare to suggest this is a group that will be converting more than a few trad-addicted skeptics in the near future.

Something With Strings release their debut album with a two-night hoedown at Nectar’s on Wednesday, July 6, and Thursday, July 7.

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To hear them tell it, Something With Strings exist because, and I quote, “deep down everybody loves bluegrass.” That may or may not be true. I suspect it’s not — I have one buddy in particular who friggin’ hates the stuff. Muddying the picture, the brand of bluegrass proffered by the Burlington-based quintet do-sidos an often contentious line between tradition and fusion. If you’re the type of bluegrass fan who rolls your eyes at the mere mention of the words “newgrass,” “punkgrass,” “truegrass” or any other offshoot, deep down, you may not love Something With Strings. However, if you are the type of fan who allows for a more liberal interpretation of the term, the band’s genre-hopping, self-titled debut may land right in your wheelhouse.

The record opens on the fiery “Go Away.” Over a snappy train beat courtesy of so-called “lead” drummer Matt

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It’s official. The void in the “alternative hip-hop” genre left by the breakup of Jurassic 5 has been filled. Burlington’s relative newcomers the Lynguistic Civilians may have already wearied of the comparison, but there’s no getting around it. Five emcees. Clever choruses.

Funk-filled, horn-driven samples. Even the opening track on the group’s latest five-song EP, A Hard Act to Follow — the curtain-raising “Welcome Everybody” — follows the script of J5’s own intro track from their 1997 eponymous EP. One: Lead off with group-sung chorus that mentions band name. Two: Repeat chorus, ad infinitum.

But these are no fall-short wannabes.

A Hard Act to Follow is not a poor man’s Power in Numbers. And the Civilians most certainly do not deserve to be blithely labeled with broad strokes. They are a rising force in the local hip-hop scene, a synergized sextet that has skipped past the early steps on the game board and landed squarely on “Arrived.”

In A Hard Act, the Civilians succinctly summarize their style. DJ BP leans heavily on funk and soul, sampling wah guitar and blaring brass like it was going the way of ice in Greenland. The strings and highhat lifts on “Crazy Fools” provide a disco backdrop on which MCs T-Noonz, Monty Burns (who also produced the album), LC (the group’s sole female), Walshie Steeze and Mike “Philly” Fulton do a bit of band bio writing with lines such as “weed, sex, peace and love / but we don’t fuck around when push comes to shove” and “I would love to rap and cash in a check / but I would rather have my city really feel me and just give my respect.”

There’s no grand theme of higher consciousness, but absent, too, are the grandiose lifestyle claims impossible to

back up. Rather, the Civilians occupy that less-populated circle of hip-hop where the lyrics are kept light and the music is meant to move you. Literally. This is party music. Dance-floor fodder. Stop leaning against the bar and come join the fun.

“Paint It Red” borrows an Ozomatli vibe, slowing down the tempo and injecting a little Latin love by way of peppy percussion over a minor progression as the five take turns distilling the delights of getting one’s drink on.

“Give It to Ya” takes us a few hours later into the night, when the tipsy pair up and “go all night long.” It ain’t Barry White, but it’ll do.

The undisputed hit of the EP is “Go Green,” the group’s homage to the muchmaligned Mary Jane. Over a funk riff of honking horns the Civilians leave no question as to their stance on the subject, declaring in a most infectious chorus: “Go green, go green / I ain’t never seen a roach cuz I smoke the whole thing.” Anthemic stuff, at least to Vermonters.

In Robert Greene’s 48 Laws of Power he writes, “Avoid stepping into a great man’s shoes.” Deliberate or not, the Lynguistic Civilians appear to be doing just that, though with an album like this they seemed destined — like the dearly departed J5 — to also be a hard act to follow.

Download A Hard Act to Follow at thelynguisticcivilians.bandcamp.com. The band plays the Vermont Pub & Brewery in Burlington this Friday, July 8.

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ON tap Bar & Grill: trivia with top Hat entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. parima maiN staGe: eric and matthias (folk), 7 p.m., $3. radiO BeaN: The stephen callahan Quartet (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Ryan Ober Band (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free. Honky-tonk sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3. red square: upsetta international with super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

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1/2 lOuNGe: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell, 10 p.m.

FraNNy O's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. hiGher GrOuNd shOwcase lOuNGe: summer Global music Voyage with Rupa & the April Fishes (world music), 8 p.m., $16/20/40. AA. leuNiG's BistrO & caFé: James Harvey & Rob morse (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

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the Black dOOr: comedy Open mic with B.O.B. (standup), 8 p.m., Free. charlie O's: The Woedoggies (bluegrass), 8 p.m., Free. mulliGaN's irish puB: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free. purple mOON puB: phineas Gage (bluegrass), 7 p.m., Free.

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liFt: DJs p-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

city limits: Karaoke with Let it Rock entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

maNhattaN pizza & puB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

ON the rise Bakery: Open Bluegrass session, 7:30 p.m., Donations.

mONkey hOuse: Beat Vision with DJ Disco phantom (eclectic DJ), 9 p.m., $1.

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Nectar's: steppin' cerca, the Van Burens (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

ON tap Bar & Grill: pine street Jazz, 7 p.m., Free. 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. Joshua panda Band (soul, Americana), 7 p.m., Free. the skiNNy paNcake: sunset session: Gold town Duo (bluegrass), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation. sunset session: Gold town Duo (bluegrass), 7 p.m., $5-10 donation.

Bee's kNees: cal stanton & carrie cook (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations. mOOG's: The Ramblers (bluegrass), 8:30 p.m., Free.

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bEE’S kNEES, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. thE bLuE AcorN, 84 N. Main St., St. Albans, 527-0699. thE brEWSki, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. choW! bELLA, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. cLAirE’S rEStAurANt & bAr, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053. thE hub PizzEriA & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. thE LittLE cAbArEt, 34 Main St., Derby, 293-9000. mAttErhorN, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. moog’S, Portland St., Morrisville, 851-8225. muSic box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. oVErtimE SALooN, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357.

PArkEr PiE co., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366.

PhAt kAtS tAVErN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064.

PiEcASSo, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411. rimrockS mouNtAiN tAVErN, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593. roADSiDE tAVErN, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 660-8274. ruStY NAiL bAr & griLLE, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. thE ShED rEStAurANt & brEWErY, 1859 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4765.

ShootErS SALooN, 30 Kingman St., St. Albans, 527-3777.

SNoW ShoE LoDgE & Pub, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456.

SWEEt cruNch bAkEShoP, 246 Main St., Hyde Park, 888-4887. tAmArAck griLL At burkE mouNtAiN, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., E. Burke, 6267394.

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LocAL foLk SmokEhouSE, 9 Rt. 7, Waitsfield, 496-5623. mAiN StrEEt griLL & bAr, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. muLLigAN'S iriSh Pub, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545.

NuttY StEPh’S, 961C Rt. 2, Middlesex, 229-2090.

PickLE bArrEL NightcLub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035.

PoSitiVE PiE 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453.

PurPLE mooN Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. thE rESErVoir rEStAurANt & tAP room, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827.

SLiDE brook LoDgE & tAVErN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202.

South StAtioN rEStAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1736. tuPELo muSic hALL, 188 S. Main St., White River Jct., 698-8341.

WhitE rock PizzA & Pub, 848 Rt. 14, Woodbury, 225-5915.

DAN’S PLAcE, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774. thE fArmErS DiNEr, 99 Maple St., Middlebury, 458-0455. gooD timES cAfé, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. oN thE riSE bAkErY, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 4347787.

South StAtioN rESAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1730.

StArrY Night cAfé, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. tWo brothErS tAVErN, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 3880002.

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1/2 LouNgE, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012.

242 mAiN St., Burlington, 862-2244.

AmEricAN fLAtbrEAD, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999.

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JP’S Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389.

LEuNig’S biStro & cAfé, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759.

Lift, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. thE LiViNg room, 794 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester. mANhAttAN PizzA & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 864-6776. mArriott hArbor LouNgE, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 854-4700. miguEL’S oN mAiN, 30 Main St., Burlington, 658-9000. moNkEY houSE, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. moNtY’S oLD brick tAVErN, 7921 Williston Rd., Williston, 316-4262. muDDY WAtErS, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466.

NEctAr’S, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771.

NEW mooN cAfé, 150 Cherry St., Burlington, 383-1505. o’briEN’S iriSh Pub, 348 Main St., Winooski, 338-4678. oDD fELLoWS hALL, 1416 North Ave., Burlington, 862-3209. oN tAP bAr & griLL, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. oScAr’S biStro & bAr, 190 Boxwood Dr., Williston, 878-7082.

PArimA, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917.

PArk PLAcE tAVErN, 38 Park St., Essex Jct. 878-3015. rADio bEAN, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. rASPutiN’S, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. rED SquArE, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. rEguLAr VEtErANS ASSociAtioN, 84 Weaver St., Winooski, 655-9899. rÍ rá iriSh Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. rozzi’S LAkEShorE tAVErN, 1022 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342. rubEN JAmES, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744.

thE ScuffEr StEAk & ALE houSE, 148 Church St., Burlington, 864-9451.

ShELburNE StEAkhouSE & SALooN, 2545 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-5009.

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VENuE, 127 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. thE VErmoNt Pub & brEWErY, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

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Montpelier artist’s 20-by-20-inch oil with collage elements includes Vermont maps. Barre appears in the center of the piece, while pictured below is collaged traffic from a 1960s European metropolis, complete with yellow, double-decker buses. It’s as if this little corner of New England had a cosmopolitan flair and proximity to the wider world.

Digital photography in this exhibition includes inkjet color prints

by Gary Miller.

“Coolidge” and “Bottle” are upclose details of dilapidated store signs from a seedy part of town. In “Bottle,” the red sign with white letters, probably from a liquor store, looks particularly shabby with its neon tubes exposed to daylight. Miller’s composition is strong and angular. “Coolidge” depicts a round, whiteon-black painted sign for

up with clay. The title is a reference to fanciful variations on Victorianera technology. Brickels is known for making clay robots, and one can imagine a robotic tyke loving this trike, with its clay rivets and strange mechanical details.

Montpelier artist Eric Zency’s “Site 3” is an assemblage of nine vertical, 4-by-48inch strips of wood, these wrapped in the sliced-up site map of a road project.

Zency organized the assemblage into a minimal yet sturdy composition based on bold graphics that seem to march across the mostly white space.

Jessica Hatheway Scriver presents three 12-by-12-inch, mixedmedia paintings from her “Healing in Paris” series, each with a map of that city superimposed on it. One is blue with an anatomically correct heart at its center, another is yellow with the palm of a hand, and the third is green with a brain.

How could a sojourn in France’s City of Light be anything but healing?

When Vermont’s most famous motorist, Burlingtonian H. Nelson Jackson, made the first North American coast-to-coast trip by car in 1903, he lacked decent maps but was never lost in traffic — there just wasn’t much of it. In the 21st century, even downtown Barre can suffer enough roadwork and detours to inspire an intriguing art show.

THE SHOW’S ARTISTS EASILY NEGOTIATE SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEDIA AND SEEM TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY’RE GOING, AT LEAST AESTHETICALLY.

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illed as a “group show exploring moments of navigational confusion, uncertainty and chaos,” the exhibition “Lost in Traffic” at Studio Place Arts in Barre sounds disorienting. But it’s more of an artistic survey of roads, maps and vehicles than a journey into “The Twilight Zone.”

The show’s 14 selected artists easily negotiate several different media and seem to know exactly where they’re going, at least aesthetically.

Robert Chapla now lives in Newbury, Vt., but the recent transplant from California retains his West Coast influences. Wayne Thiebaud’s luscious paint and Richard Diebenkorn’s geometric approach to abstract landscapes can both be seen in Chapla’s canvasses. Chapla’s bright, raw colors, however, are his own. “Wedge Way” is a lush, 24-by-24-inch abstraction of highway overpasses described in orange, purple and variations of beige.

The top half of a car is seen at right, almost hidden amid Chapla’s decisive brushwork and patterns created in the shallow space.

“Directed Crossings” is a 36-by48-inch piece with a similar theme and equally vibrant hues. It has a more traditional, deeper space than that found in “Wedge Way,” with naturalistic details such as a blue sky and scruffy grass. Both of Chapla’s oil paintings are dated 2008 and resemble vistas from Orange County, Calif., not Orange County, Vt. Maggie Neale’s “Intersection” is another painterly abstraction. The

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Coolidge Cleansers, a vintage dry cleaner. “Go Greyhound” features the fast dog on the side of a bus. Out of context, it’s a striking pop image.

John Brickels’ “Steam Punk Cycle” is an old tricycle altered and built

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'exposed': helen Day Art Center's 20th annual outdoor sculpture exhibition features local and international artwork, video screenings and performances. July 8 through october 8 at various locations in stowe. Reception: Friday, July 8, 5-7 p.m. info, 253-8358.

'A ReveRence foR TRees': work by artists from Vermont's episcopal communities. Through August 31 at st. paul's Cathedral in burlington. info, 864-0471.

AdAm devARney: "Dead Men Tell no Tales," paintings of weary and weathered ghosts of aviation.

Through July 30 at backspace gallery in burlington.

Alice muRdoch: "private pleasures," oil paintings that focus on the complicated role of food in women's lives. Through september 24 at Amy e.

Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center in burlington. info, 652-4500.

Annemie cuRlin: Aerial oil paintings, gates 1 & 2; KAThleen cARAheR: Mixed-media work, skyway; sTephen BeATTie: Color photography, escalator.

Through July 31 at burlington Airport in south burlington. info, 865-7166.

BeThAny Bond: "Transcend," photographic assemblages that explore themes of intuition and interconnectedness. Through July 31 at block gallery in winooski. info, 373-5150.

'Beyond legos': A miniature city handmade from paper and cardboard by Alfred holden and his brothers and cousins 40 years ago at his family's home on north Avenue, in Main Reading Room; steve beattie: "waterfalls," photographs of Vermont landscapes and national parks, in pickering Room. Through July 30 at Fletcher Free library in burlington. info, 865-7211. cATheRine hAll: "Figures and Faces," plaster and wax faces cast from distorted latex molds, and encaustic paintings of dolls' and children's faces.

Through July 30 at s.p.A.C.e. gallery in burlington. doK WRighT: "Aria," photographs that call attention to the smallest intricacies and exemplify the play of light and dark. Through July 31 at 156 The loft in burlington. info, 497-4401. emily Bissell lAiRd: "From This world and beyond," oil paintings by the Charlotte artist.

Through August 31 at shelburne Vineyard. info, 985-8222. eRin inglis: paintings and prints by the Vermont artist. Through July 31 at August First in burlington. info, 540-0060.

'gReen oBjecTs/oBjeTs veRTs/gRüne oBjeKTe': Jewelry made from found objects.

Through July 31 at Alchemy Jewelry Arts Collective in burlington. info, tangogrannis@hotmail.com.

jeAn cAnnon: paintings by the burlington artist.

Through July 31 at Vintage Jewelers in burlington. info, 862-2233. jeAn luc dushime: "un Voyage," photographs of the American landscape by the African former refugee. A portion of the proceeds from print sales go to Diversity Rocks, the Vermont Refugee Resettlement program's youth group. Through August 31 at new Moon Café in burlington. info, 310-4555.

AdelAide TyRol & ReBeccA KinKeAd: "Vivre/To live," paintings by Kinkead, who evokes the brightness of summer, and Tyrol, who conjures another world. July 9 through August 7 at west branch gallery & sculpture park in stowe. Reception: saturday, July 9, 6-9 p.m. info, 253-8943. jim fRidAy: "Member show ii," photographs by the featured artist, plus work in a variety of media by more than 25 members. July 8 through

jeRi cAnfield & nicK RosATo: "home is where The Art is," quilted textiles by Canfield; hardwood kitchen and garden accessories by Rosato. Through August 15 at Art on Main in bristol.

Reception: Friday, July 8, 5-7 p.m. info, 453-4032.

elizABeTh nelson: "six seasons," landscape paintings. July 10 through August 28 at white water gallery in east hardwick. Reception: sunday, July 10, 4-6 p.m. info, 563-2037. july exhiBiT: work in a variety of media by pamela Krout-Voss, JoAnne wazny, gillian senior, Kim senior and patrick Murphy. Through July 31 at Artist in Residence Cooperative gallery in enosburg Falls. Reception: Thursday, July 7, 5-8 p.m. info, 933-6403.

'20/20': work by 20 artists celebrating the gallery's 20th birthday. July 8 through August 16 at Furchgott sourdiffe gallery in shelburne. Reception: Friday, July 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m. info, 985-3848.

'BARns of gRAnd isle counTy': work depicting barns in a variety of media by members of the women's art group Artists way. Through July 31 at island Arts south hero gallery. Reception: wednesday, July 6, 5-7 p.m., island Arts gallery, north hero. info, 378-5138. vAlenTynA BARdAKovA & joRdAn douglAs: "Mysterious histories," reinterpreted vintage photographs. Through July 16 at McCarthy Arts Center

mARion sTegneR & pAul gRuhleR: "bold & beautiful," jewelry by stegner; paintings by gruhler. July 7 through August 1 at Miller's Thumb gallery in greensboro.

Reception: saturday, July 9, 5-7 p.m. info, 533-2045. 'fRom The gARden To The foResT': paintings of the natural world by Anne unangst, Cindy griffith and Marcia hill. Through July 31 at Capitol grounds in Montpelier.

Reception: Thursday, July 12v-GrandIsleArtWorks070611.indd 1 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. info, 229-4326. susAn osmond: "selected Moments," paintings of imagined landscapes, romantic architectural forms and mysterious figures. Through August 31 at supreme Court lobby in Montpelier. open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; closed July 29 and August 26. Reception: Thursday, July 7, 5-7 p.m. info, 828-0749. suKi fRedeRicKs: "spanish light," photographs. Through July 31 at Kumon Math and Reading Center in Middlebury.

Reception: Friday, July 8, 5-7 p.m. info, vtartcare@gmail.com. 'locomoTion: ReflecTions fRom The AmeRicAn RoAd TRip': work by sara Katz, Jeff bye, Charlie hunter, sean Thomas and eric Tobin. Through August 14 at edgewater gallery in Middlebury. Reception: Friday, July 8, 5-7 p.m. info, 458-0098.

project," mixed-media paintings inspired by a 1960s book of traditional American needlework patterns, in the second Floor gallery. Through July 28 at Community College of Vermont in winooski. info, 654-0513.

john BRicKels & sARAh o. gReen: "The Domestic Robot," clay "automatrons" by brickels; vintage-inspired aprons, skirts and other functional fabric art by green. Through July 31 at Frog hollow in burlington. info, 863-6458.

KATRA KindAR: watercolors by the Vermont artist. Through July 30 at Village wine & Coffee in shelburne. info, 985-8922.

KARen dAWson: "A look back," paintings and drawings that explore cubism and abstraction as processes to find fundamental unifying structure, in the First Floor gallery; isAAc WAsucK: "The Quilt

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jessicA nissen: "lucid entanglements," paintings of mutant and disturbed stuffed animals, and "Candy landscapes," biomorphic abstractions.

Through July 30 at The Firefly Collective in burlington. info, 660-0754.

july shoW: photographs by peter weyrauch, shayne lynn and stephen beattie; paintings by Katie brines, Amanda Vella, Tom Cullins and lynn Rupe; sculpture by bill wolff; and fiber art by Karen henderson. Through July 31 at Maltex building in burlington. info, 865-7166.

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KimBeRly gARlAnd: layers of paint, recycled materials and trash on canvas by the burlington visual and performance artist. Curated by seAbA. Through August 31 at pine street Deli in burlington. info, 862-9614.

KimBeRly hAnnAmAn TAyloR: "Flowers and Rust," photographs by the burlington artist.

Through July 31 at Computers for Change in burlington. info, 279-1623.

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jAmes Thompson & Kylie dAlly: hand-painted kites by Thompson; paintings by Dally. Through August 31 at speaking Volumes in burlington. info, 540-0107.

'ART As evidence of science: The henRy goRsKi ReTRospecTive': paintings by the late figurative expressionist juxtaposed with the scientific insight of Albert levis, a social psychiatrist, creativity scholar and gorski collector. July 9 through August 31 at union station in burlington. Reception: saturday, July 9, 5-8 p.m. info, 379-6350.

'designing sound: foRTy yeARs of posTeR design foR yAle univeRsiTy musicAl evenTs': posters representing a range of visual and typographic approaches, from orderly restraint to expressive exuberance, in College hall, 2nd Floor. July 7 through 9 at Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier.

Reception: Friday, July 8, 7-9 p.m. info, vermontcollege.edu.

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'gloW: living lighTs': explore the ecology of bioluminescence with activities and live specimens, from the familiar firefly and glowworm to the alienlooking angler fish and siphonophore, the longest living creature on earth. Through september 5 at eCho lake Aquarium and science Center/leahy Center for lake Champlain in burlington. info, 877-324-6386.

dAvid huRWiTz & Renee BouchARd: woodwork by hurwitz and paintings by bouchard. July 9 and 10 at Towle hill studio in Corinth.

Reception: saturday, July 9, 4-6 p.m. info, mjnart.nielsen@ gmail.com.

gallery, st. Michael's College in Colchester. Reception: wednesday, July 6, 6-8 p.m. info, 343-2599.

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eRin pAul: photographs, in the greenhouse; lynA lou noRdsTRom: prints, in the Dining Room; AdAm devARney: paintings, in the bar. Through July 31 at The Daily planet in burlington. info, 862-9647.

'The poWeR of plAce: lAndscApes And mindscApes fRom veRmonT': work by linda Durkee, Judith Reilly, phoebe stone and Dick weis. July 7 and september 1 at gallery in-the-Field in brandon.

Reception: Friday, July 8, 5-8 p.m. info, 247-0145.

August 3 at Adirondack Art Association gallery in essex.

Reception: Friday, July 8, 6-8 p.m. info, 518-963-8309.

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“Drawn & Paneled” is a collaboration between Seven Da ys and the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, featuring works by past and present students. These pages are archived at sevendaysvt.com/center-for-cartoon-studies. For more info, visit CCS online at cartoonstudies.org.

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caLL to artiStS PaPirmaSSe PoStcard iSSUe Artists & Writers: Papirmasse is seeking content for a postcard issue about summer vacations. Postmark deadline: July 31. Info, papirmasse.com/art/?p=1428.

PerSona: Beyond the traditional portrait. We’re looking for uncanny parody, distortions, subtle suggestions and in-your-face implications.

Deadline: August 16. Juror: Chris Buck. Info, darkroomgallery.com/ex19.

StrUt: fLaUnt yoUr ‘wearS’: “Strut,” the annual fashion show held during Burlington’s South End Art Hop, is looking for designers to participate. Please submit five to eight images of your work to strut@sevendaysvt.com by Friday, July 13. Submissions will be curated. This year’s “Strut” will present two shows on Saturday, September 10, under a tent in the Maltex Building parking lot. Designers must provide their own models.

SoUth end art hoP regiStration: It’s time, once again, to sign up for the Art Hop! The 2011 South End Art Hop will take place on Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10. You can get the ball rolling by registering on our website. Please visit seaba. com/art-hop/register-for-arthop or email info@seaba.com.

Info, 859-9222.

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Saturday, July 9, 10-11 a.m.

Info, 518-963-8309.

road triP! Photo exhiBit: A road trip is synonymous with nostalgia. Show us the photographic moments you’ve captured that will inspire our next trip. Submission deadline: July 19. Info, submissions@ vermontphotospace.com.

‘contending with comfort: 80 yearS of deSign at cranBrook’: Sarah Margolis Pineo, the Jeanne and Ralph Graham Collections Fellow at Michigan’s Cranbrook Art Museum, discusses the Cranbrook Academy of Art’s legacy in the design field and shares some signature pieces from the museum. Thursday, July 7, 8-10 p.m., Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design, Waitsfield. Info, 496-2787.

SPeciaL PLaceS: Do you have a special place you like to go? Capture the magic of the place in a photo and you might win a prize in the 4th Annual Photography Contest and Exhibit at the Chaffee Art Center. Entry forms and details can be found at chaffeeartcenter.org. Deadline: July 27.

taLkS & eVentS middLeBUry artS waLk: More than 40 downtown venues stay open late for art openings, music and other events. Friday, July 8, 5-7 p.m., various locations, Middlebury.

Info, 388-7951, ext. 2. the SheLBUrne artiStS market: Local artists and artisans sell their work, on the green. Saturday, July 9, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Shelburne Town Offices. Info, 985-3648.

Bca SUmmer artiSt market: Juried artists sell their handmade, original fine art and craft. Saturday, July 9, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Burlington City Hall Park. Info, 865-7166.

Jim friday: “Member Show II,” photographs by the featured artist, plus work in a variety of media by more than 25 members. July 8 through August 3 at Adirondack Art Association Gallery in Essex.

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‘Sto te nema?’: An annual public monument made up of thousands of porcelain coffee cups in remembrance of the 1995 killings of thousands of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sunday, July 10, 9 a.m., Church Street Marketplace, Burlington. Info, aida.sehovic@gmail.com. ‘exPo todo cUBano’: DJ Tony Basanta curates a multimedia exhibit including photographer David Garten’s “Cuban Musicians: Portraits From a Musical Island.”

Through August 28 at Flynndog in Burlington. Talk: A screening of “Rumba en la Habana Cuba con Yoruba Andabo.” Friday, July 8, 7 p.m.

Info, 363-4746.

SEVEN DAYS PRESENTS THE 2011 STRUT FASHION SHOW AT THE SOUTH END ART HOP. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR FROCKS ROCK THE RUNWAY!

Send 5-8 reference images to strut@sevendaysvt.com along with your name and contact info.

Nontraditional “clothing” strongly encouraged!

DEADLINE: JULY 15 We’ll preview your design ideas and tell you how to register.

Strut will be take place on Saturday, September 10, under the tent behind the Maltex Building on Pine Street in Burlington.

Two shows at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

Patty LeBon herB: Acrylic paintings. Through July 31 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall.

Info, 865-7166.

Peter SmaLL: "Ceramic Vessels," work by the Williston artist. Through July 31 at Dorothy Alling Memorial Library in Williston. Info, 878-9123.

The occasion will also mark the 16th birthday of Seven Days! Stay tuned for party details!

'Phone-o-graPhic art': A juried show of photographs made on cellphones by artists around the country. Through July 15 at Vermont Photo Space Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686.

Sandy miLenS: "Searching," work by the Vermont photographer. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31 at Speeder & Earl's (Pine Street) in Burlington.

Info, 658-6016.

nichoLaS heiLig: "Live Art," black ink drawings created as performance set to live music. Through August 31 at SEABA Center in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

SUmmer PaintingS: New works by Gisela Alpert, Rae Harrell, Jeanne Carbonetti and Sage Tucker Ketchum. Through July 31 at Burlington Furniture Company. Info, 860-4972.

orah moore: "Making Art," photographs by the Morrisville artist, and "Laundry Line Art," an interactive installation. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31 at VCAM Studio in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

'the art of networking': Works by Vermont artists looking to meet others in their field. Through July 16 at the Soda Plant in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

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michaeL Smith: "Mixed Bag," colorful acrylic paintings. Through August 31 at Brickels Gallery in Burlington. Info, 324-0272.

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roLf anderSon: "Landscapes and People of Hazen's Notch," color photographs. Through July 12 at Healthy Living in South Burlington. Info, 326-4799.

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'Lock, Stock and BarreL: the terry tyLer coLLection of Vermont firearmS': The 106 firearms on display represent a lifetime of collecting and document the history of gunmaking in Vermont from 1790 to 1900; 'PaPerwork in 3d': Work by 25 contemporary origami, cut-paper and book artists; 'Behind the LenS, Under the Big toP': Black-and-white circus photography from the late-1960s by Elliot Fenander; 'in faShion: high StyLe, 1690-2011': Costumes from the museum's permanent collection, plus borrowed works from today’s top designers, including Karl Lagerfeld, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Balenciaga, among others. Through October 30 at Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346.

‘diScoVer the heart of the iSLandS: oPen farm and StUdio toUr’: More than 40 artists, artisans and small farms open their studio and barn doors to visitors.

Map and guide available at openfarmandstudio.com.

Saturday through Sunday, July 9-10, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., various locations, Champlain Islands.

Info, 372-4182.

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Submissions due by August 1. Info, thinkaboutpuppies@ yahoo.com.

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Lyna Lou Nordstrom: Prints full of soft color and subtle texture by the Vermont artist. Through July 14 at WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room in Bristol.

Info, 453-3188.

'The Child in Art': Objects depicting children and childhood — from royal princesses to working-class youngsters, obedient kids to naughty little ones — from the museum's permanent collection; Ed Koren: "The Capricious Line," work from the New Yorker cartoonist's five-decade career, including drawings never exhibited before.

Through September 2 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-2090.

Scott Funk: "Vermont Through the Seasons," photographs by the Vermont artist. Through August 31 at Gallery 160 in Richmond. Info, 434-6434.

Summer Members Exhibit: Work by juried artists including Joshua Primmer, Patrick Kennedy and Marian Willmott. Through July 30 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356.

'Thought Bombers': JDK artists collaborate to create one-of-a-kind kites meant to evoke imagery that exists above and beyond our earthly lives (through August 20); Community Kites: Children’s kites created in workshops at Burlington’s Integrated Arts and Sustainability Academies, in the Fourth Floor Gallery (through August 13); Lewis Rubenstein:"Legacy," three distinct bodies of work: abstract sumi-e watercolor paintings, figurative paintings documenting the lives of the working class during the Depression and Vermont landscapes, in the Second Floor Gallery (through August 13). At BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

'The Lippitt Morgan': A photographic exhibit of early Vermont breeders and the old-fashioned Morgans so dear to them. Through July 31 at The National Museum of the Morgan Horse in Middlebury. Info, 388-1639.

Tom Merwin: "Drawing Water," central Vermont's waterfalls and gorges depicted in sumi ink, watercolor and oil on canvas. Through November 30 at Merwin Gallery in Castleton. Info, 468-2592.

'Vermont Landscapes Lost and Found': Historic landscape photographs from the museum's collection contrasted with present-day snaps of the same locations. Through October 22 at Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. Info, 388-2117.

Tony Shull: Paintings by the Vermont artist.

Through July 31 at Red Square in Burlington. Info, 859-8909.

'Wahter man': Street art-style work intended to draw attention to the importance of water. Through July 31 at Williston Police Station. Info, 764-1152.

'We Art Women: A Collective Show': Work

by Samantha Bellinger, Vanessa Santos Eugenio, Marni McKitrick, Vanessa Compton, Ida Ludlow and Katherine Taylor McBroom. Through July 31 at Patra Café in Burlington. Info, 318-4888.

'Winooski Pop-Up Gallery District': Vermont artists and Kasini House transformed five vacant retail spaces into temporary art galleries. Through July 31 at various locations in Winooski. Info, 264-4839.

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Bill Brauer: "Etchings Etc./Torsos and More So," etchings and oil paintings of the female form.

Through July 27 at Vermont Festival of the Arts Gallery in Waitsfield. Info, 496-6682.

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Carol MacDonald & Erik Rehman: "Transcendence: Mooring the Storm," artwork inspired by interviews with survivors of sexual violence. Through July 30 at Vermont Statehouse, Card Room in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

Donna Stafford: "Stretching the Canvas," paintings on slashed and twisted canvas. Through July 17 at The Gallery at Lost Nation in Montpelier.

Info, donnastafford@vtusa.net.

'Earth': Work by more than 50 area artists.

Through July 10 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

Info, 431-0204.

Ed Koren & Fulvio Testa: Drawings by Koren, one of the New Yorker magazine's longest-appearing cartoonists, in the Main Gallery; watercolor landscapes by Italian painter Testa, in the Center Gallery. Through July 10 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670.

Elinor Randall: "Spirit Journey," new work in ink.

Through July 31 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901.

'Happy 250th Birthday, Windsor, VT!': A juried show. Through August 21 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor. Info, 674-9616.

Kate Mueller: "The Rhythm of Color," portraits and expressionist landscapes in pastel and oil.

Through July 17 at Korongo Gallery in Randolph.

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Katrina Mojzesz: "Sensitive to Light," photographs of and journal excerpts about the artist's solo cross-country camping trips. Through July 8 at Tunbridge Public Library. Info, 889-9404.

Ken Leslie: "Arctic Cycles: Artist's Books and Paintings From the Far North," 360-degree panoramas in watercolor, acrylic and oil that trace the Arctic landscape through a full day or full year.

‘Hoofing It’ You won’t find any cat or dog portraits in this animal exhibit.

That’s because the Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild in St. Johnsbury asked artists to contribute only work featuring beasts with hooves, otherwise known as ungulates. That means cows, goats, donkeys and moose, but also unicorns, satyrs and winged horses.

Artists such as master printmaker Claire Van Vliet, rug hooker Sunnie Andress and watercolorist Joan Harlowe offer animal-themed work in a variety of media. You might even learn a thing or two about hooves, which, it turns out, are just enlarged toenails.

Through August 8. Pictured: “Black and Blue Grazers” by Robert Chapla.

Photo ID required. Through July 30 at Governor's Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

Krista Cheney: "Moments With Nature," still-life photographs. Through July 31 at The Shoe Horn at Onion River in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@ yahoo.com.

'Lost in Traffic': A group show exploring moments of navigational confusion, uncertainty and chaos, in the Main Floor Gallery; ‘Postcards & Memories’: collages and other works, in the Second Floor Gallery; Sam Kerson: "Ode to Demeter: Persephone Entre Deux Mondes," linoleum block prints depicting the Greek harvest goddess' quest to rescue her daughter from the underworld, in the Third Floor Gallery. Through July 30 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

Malcolm Wright & Bruce Peck: Clay work by Wright and landscape prints by Peck, as part of the gallery's "Living Vermont Treasures" guest artist series. Through September 30 at Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. Info, 457-1298.

Merrill Densmore: Acrylic paintings by the member of the Hardwick-based community art center GRACE. Also, paintings and drawings by other GRACE members. Through July 12 at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-8743.

Michael Kay-Louis: "In the Moment: Portraits of Adolescence," black-and-white photographs of Vermont youth. Through July 15 at Haybarn Theater, Goddard College in Plainfield. Info, 322-1621.

Phyllis Chase: Colorful landscapes and interiors by the Vermont artist, in the portico between Cornell Library and Debevoise Hall. Through August 5 at Vermont Law School Environmental Law Center in South Royalton. Info, 831-1106.

Suzanne Opton: Work from the photographer's "Soldier" and "Many Wars" series, featuring portraits of veterans from World War II, Vietnam, Iraq and

'Visions of Place: The Photography of John Miller, Peter Miller and Richard Brown': Work by the veteran Vermont photographers who have each returned repeatedly to particular farmsteads, families and individuals over the last 40 years to create a nuanced record of the region.

Through September 3 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964.

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Ann E. Manning: Notecards and monoprints by the late artist are on sale to benefit the Jericho Conservation Commission's habitat-mapping project. Through December 31 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 899-3211.

'Best of the Northeast Master of Fine Arts': Work by seven of the strongest emerging artists participating in MFA programs in New England, New York and Québec. Through September 4 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358.

Afghanistan. Through July 30 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Open by chance or appointment. Info, 698-0320.

Bob M. Montgomery: Photographs by the Vermont artist. Through August 1 at Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. Info, 525-3366.

'The History of Goddard College: An Era of Growth, Expansion, and Transitions, 19601969': An exhibit of photographs, historical records, college papers, interviews and video recordings that focus on the college's response to the rapid growth of the 1960s, in the Eliot D. Pratt Library. Through December 20 at Goddard College in Plainfield. Info, 454-8311.

Bradley A. Fox: "Painting a Life," work by the Vermont artist who died last year. Through August 10 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

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'Art Makes Brandon Tick': This year's town-wide art project features artist-created, functional clocks, which will be auctioned off in October to benefit the BAG. Through October 8 at Brandon Artists' Guild.

Info, 247-4956.

Carol Norton: "Waterworks," atmospheric water images in oil. Through July 31 at Starry Night Café in Ferrisburgh. Info, 658-2943.

David King: "Emerging," photography, paintings, drawings and sculpture by the Vergennes Union High School student. Through July 18 at Studio V in Vergennes. Info, 349-2214.

'Fairfield Porter: Raw — The Creative Process of an American Master': Finished and unfinished works by the artist and critic, a realist during an era when abstraction dominated American art. Through August 7 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-6433.

Judith Reilly: "e-i-e-i-o: Judith Reilly Out Behind the Barn," fabric and stitchery inspired by rural life. Through August 30 at Brandon Artists' Guild. Info, 247-8421.

L.J. Spring: "Spring Flowers and Street Scenes," photographs of Vermont and Montréal. Through July 31 at The Storm Cafe in Middlebury. Info, 388-1063.

Claire Van Vliet: "Stone on Stone," lithographs by the master printmaker. Through August 15 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261.

Cornelia Foss & Thaddeus Radell: Paintings of a life amid New York City art luminaries by Foss; paintings of male and female forms by Radell.

Through July 31 at Green + Blue Gallery in Stowe.

Info, 730-5331.

Ellen Welch Granter: "Flight and Light," paintings of birds in lush hues with a hint of a Chinese aesthetic. Through July 10 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818.

'Hoofing It': Depictions of hoofed animals, from antelopes to zebras, in paint, wood, clay, felt, woodblock prints, photographs and rugs. Through August 8 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-0581.

Jacob Martin: Illustrations inspired by cartoons, old video games and cheap yard-sale junk. Through July 10 at Bee's Knees in Morrisville. Info, 586-8078.

Jacob Walker Art Gallery Show: Paintings by members of the gallery, which recently lost its venue in Morristown Corners. Through July 31 at Arthur's Department Store in Morrisville. Info, 224-6648.

Ken Leslie: Drawings, paintings and limited edition prints of the Vermont artist's "Arctic Cycle" works, which move through time as they complete 360º panoramas of the landscape in Arctic regions.

Through September 4 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053.

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Les ALdridge: Oil paintings and pencil drawings by the local artist. Through August 31 at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum in St. Johnsbury. Info, 563-2465.

Liz KAuffmAn: "Quiet Beauty," brightly colored paintings by the Vermont Studio Center resident staff artist. Through July 31 at Townsend Gallery at Black Cap Coffee in Stowe. Info, 279-4239. mArc Awodey: Paintings by the Vermont artist, in the Wings Gallery. Through August 8 at Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

'QuintessentiAL PLein Air Vermont': Bob Aiken, Meryl Lebowitz, Peter A. Miller and Lisa Angell paint on location in Stowe and in the gallery.

Through July 31 at Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-9653. sAm thurston: "Cityscapes and Landscapes, Here and Away," drawings and paintings of Lowell, Mass., Newport, R.I., New York City and Morrisville, Vt., in the Common Space. Through August 15 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 744-6859. shAwnA cross: "Tell Me Your Secrets," paintings by the Vermont artist. Through August 14 at Cosmic Bakery & Café in St. Albans. Info, shawna@ shawnacross.com. ‘tAKe A seAt in the isLAnds’: Maple and poplar benches decorated by 16 local artists. For a map, go to champlainislands.com. Through August 13 at Various locations in Champlain Islands. Info, 372-8400. the four sisters exhibit: Paintings by siblings Jackie Mueller Jones, Carol Mueller, Mary Ellen Mueller Legault and Debbie Mueller Peate. Through July 17 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 288-8086.

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Sunsets at Shelburne Museum Thursday evenings 5-7:30 p.m. through August 11.

July 21: Music at the Museum featuring the Myra Flynn Trio. Critically

lips dark and wet. Their curves are dressed up in diaphanous slips — the straps of which always seem to have just fallen off their shoulders — or nothing at all. Basically, they’re

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August 11: High Style. A fashionable evening with guest speaker and locally designed fashions. Plus fashion illustrator Jacquelyn Heloise.

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July 28: Mini Golf Mania. Play on a mini course that’s inspired by the Museum’s grounds and buildings.

August 4: Build-o-rama. From origami and paper airplanes, to Lincoln Logs and Legos, creative hands-on activities in the Construction Zone.

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QUEASY RIDERS Hanks and Roberts spin their wheels in this ill-conceived, recession=era comedy.

Larry Crowne ★★

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ow misguided is this movie? Its makers are so rich and so out of touch with reality that when they heard about the 2008 economic collapse, they said to themselves, Hey, this would make a dynamite comedy!

Tom Hanks has worked with some of the most gifted filmmakers alive. So he should know better than to coauthor a screenplay with the infinitesimally talented Nia Vardalos. Hanks and his wife produced the actress-screenwriter’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding back in 2002 and made millions on the improbable hit. Since then, Vardalos has turned out one flop after another, so it’s easy to understand why she would welcome the collaboration. The megastar’s involvement in this pointless, tasteless project is far more difficult to fathom.

But here Hanks is, directing, producing, cowriting and starring in the lamest film of his career. He plays the title character, a fiftysomething employee of a Walmart-style big-box store cheekily called U-Mart. In the

opening scene, Larry is told the company has no choice but to let him go, because he lacks a college degree and so will never be eligible for promotion.

This explanation rings false for at least two reasons: First, Larry has worked there for years — and been named employee of the month no fewer than eight times — without a degree. Second, one of the college-educated managers who fires him gets his own pink slip later in the film.

At any rate, Larry Crowne becomes an American statistic. He’s unemployed. His mortgage is underwater. He’s a divorced father of at least two. We never actually learn how many children Larry has, because he not only never interacts with his offspring in the course of the movie, he only mentions them once in passing. We’re supposed to find Larry a nice guy, but what kind of nice guy never calls his kids and scarcely seems to notice their absence? The story behind his divorce likewise never comes up.

This is because the picture has just one

setting: cute. It has no room for anything that’s not cute. Larry enrolls in a community college, where his classes are filled with cute young characters who improbably take him under their wings. He trades his SUV for a scooter. That’s cute. He enrolls in a speech class. His teacher is played by Julia Roberts.

They meet cute, and their relationship increases in cuteness until the closing credits.

The writers even find a way to turn Larry losing his home into a thing of cuteness.

Who knew it was so much fun to be downsized? Even by rom-com vanity-project standards, Larry Crowne is a clueless, con-

descending blight. The economic crisis is no laughing matter. Vardalos and Hanks don’t appear to understand that, and their film certainly doesn’t prove otherwise.

The filmmakers pretend to empathize with the common man, but they can’t be bothered to breathe even halfway-believable life into their Average Joe and Jane, much less into their never-for-a-minute-convincing love connection. Forget speech. What Hanks and Roberts should have boned up on was chemistry.

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon ★★

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eaders, I made a grave error last week. Misled by a usually reliable Internet source, I listed the running time of the third Transformers film as 99 minutes. In fact it is 157.

Consider for a moment the meaning of those extra 58 minutes of your life. Fiftyeight minutes in which to hear a computergenerated robot sing the chorus to “We Are Family.” Fifty-eight minutes in which to watch the film’s recent-college-graduate “hero” (Shia LaBeouf ) hunt for a job. Fiftyeight minutes of his new girlfriend (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) crooning over him as if she were his mother, while director Michael Bay’s camera explores the former Victoria’s Secret model’s curves with a whole different kind of affection.

Fifty-eight minutes of counting off the reputable thespians (John Malkovitch, John Turturro, Alan Tudyk, Frances McDormand) who pop up to bark military orders, or to offer broad comic relief that isn’t a relief so much as a pointless diversion from the film’s genuinely funny side — namely, how seriously Bay takes it. Fifty-eight minutes of slow-motion explosions, elegiac montages and tattered American flags. Fifty-eight minutes of giant CGI trash heaps using wacky accents to deliver lines more appropriate to Saturday-morning cartoons than to a $195 million spectacle. (Gloating Decepticon to

human: “I love it when your little insect feet try to run!”)

Fifty-eight minutes to damn writer Ehren Kruger with faint praise for hammering out a reasonably coherent plot. (It involves the moon landing, a crashed Autobot spaceship, some pillars of power and the voice of Leonard Nimoy.) Fifty-eight minutes to realize you still can’t be bothered to care. Fifty-eight minutes to wonder if Bay sometimes thought he was making The Last of the Mohicans instead of the world’s loudest toy commercial.

As the old saw goes, those are 58 minutes you’ll never get back. Let’s add about 50 minutes that are more of the same, and 10 minutes of credits. Now, what about the rest of Transformers 3?

As a reward for your patience, you will watch about 40 minutes of Chicago being destroyed by giant robots more convincingly than any city has ever been trashed on film by giant anything before. In the right theater, you will see this in clear, sharp, bright 3-D, and a few shots, most of them involving humans airborne or in peril, will take your breath right away. You will finally get a good look at that mammoth, razor-scaled metal serpent from the trailer, which shears straight through skyscrapers. Its name is Shockwave, and, no, it doesn’t deliver quips, accented or otherwise. Finally, you will thank Bay for holding his shots a few milliseconds

GIRL, INCONVENIENCED Huntington-Whiteley strives to seem perturbed as the Decepticons lay waste to the Windy City.

longer than usual, so you can actually tell what’s happening.

But, really, does it matter how many minutes Transformers: Dark of the Moon runs, or what they contain? If you’re eager to experience this slow-motion collision of state-ofthe-art virtual reality, military melodrama, soft-core porn and cartoon, you probably already have. If the only two-hour-plus film that tempts you this summer is The Tree of Life, no one need tell you to steer clear.

The only moviegoers likely to be lured by the promise of a tidy, 99-minute Transformers are those who harbor no love for the franchise but deem their summer incomplete if they haven’t viewed at least one movie featuring huge explosions. Full disclosure: I am

one of those hedonists. And I’m here to warn the rest of you.

I did not go in expecting to care about the love triangle of LaBeouf (petulant), Huntington-Whiteley (decorative) and Patrick Dempsey (standing out in this cast as a reasonable facsimile of an adult male). I enjoyed the only parts of Dark of the Moon I could: those that demonstrate how far Hollywood has come in the weaving of sublime and scary illusions since the first full-scale use of digital effects in Titanic. Now, if only they’d do something with that technology that isn’t an expensive version of a kid grabbing two toys and smashing them together.

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Does he dare take tips from a monkey voiced by Adam Sandler? Nick Nolte, Cher, Sylvester Stallone and Judd Apatow also contributed voice talent.

Frank (Click) Coraci directed. (104 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Sunset, Welden)

GREEN lANtERNH1/2 Ryan Reynolds stars as the DC Comics hero who finds himself unexpectedly gifted with superpowers by an interplanetary protective force. With Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong and Blake Lively. Martin (Edge of Darkness) Campbell directed. (105 min, PG-13. Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Palace, Sunset, Welden) tHE HANGoVER pARt iiHH1/2 If you think a rude awakening from a night of debauchery like the one depicted in hit comedy The Hangover could happen only once to the same guys, you’d be wrong. This time, Stu (Ed Helms) is the one getting married, and the weirdness starts in Bangkok.

With Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha. Todd Phillips directed. (102 min, R. Majestic, Palace, Sunset)

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KUNG FU pANDA 2HHH1/2 Kung-fu-fighting panda Po (voiced by Jack Black) has to defeat a threat to his beloved martial art in this sequel to the DreamWorks animated hit. Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen and Dustin Hoffman also do voice work.

Jennifer Yuh directed. (91 min, PG. Essex; ends 7/7)

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lARRY cRoWNEH1/2 Tom Hanks cowrote, directed and starred in this comic tale of a regular guy who gets laid off, returns to college and finds himself falling for his teacher (Julia Roberts, looking a bit glam for a low-paid educator). With Taraji P. Henson and Bryan Cranston. (99 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe)

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BAD tEAcHERH Cameron Diaz plays the title character, a foul-mouthed, incompetent educator angling for a rich husband so she can escape the classroom, in this comedy from director Jake (Walk Hard) Kasdan. With Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch and Jason Segel. (89 min, R, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Sunset)

cARS 2HHH A racecar and a tow truck encounter espionage intrigue on their way to the World Grand Prix in Pixar’s sequel to its 2006 animated hit about a world populated by driverless automobiles.

Maybe the next sequel will tackle peak oil. With the voices of Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy and Michael Caine. John Lasseter and Brad Lewis directed. (113 min, G. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis, Palace, Paramount [3-D], Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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mR. poppER’S pENGUiNSHH Jim Carrey plays a man afflicted with a plague of lovable penguins in this family comedy adapted from Richard Atwater’s book. With Carla Gugino and Angela Lansbury.

Mark (Mean Girls) Waters directed. (95 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Sunset, Welden) piRAtES oF tHE cARiBBEAN: oN StRANGER tiDESHH Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) returns in a fourth high-seas adventure guaranteed to make more money than sense.

This time the goal is the Fountain of Youth, the heroine is Penélope Cruz and the swashbuckling is in 3-D where available. With Geoffrey Rush and Ian McShane. Rob (Nine) Marshall directed. (137 min, PG-13. Majestic; ends 7/7)

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moNtE cARloHH As we all learned from Taken, when American teen girls go to Paris, mayhem ensues. In this tween dream, it’s the comic kind, as a case of mistaken identity tosses nice-girl Selena Gomez into the life of a naughty British heiress.

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miDNiGHt iN pARiSHHHH An American screenwriter (Owen Wilson) vacationing in Paris discovers another side of the city after dark — namely, shades of its artistic past — in the latest from Woody Allen. With Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard and Tom Hiddleston. (98 min, PG-13.

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Director Paul Feig and writer-star Kristen Wiig attempt to beat the odds with this Judd Apatowproduced tale of a single woman who agrees to be her best friend’s maid of honor. With Maya Rudolph and Rose Byrne. (125 min, R. Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Sunset, Welden)

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aries (March 21-april 19): it’s my observa-

tion that women find it easier than men to tune into their natural rhythms. The menstrual cycle helps cultivate that ability. We men experience less dramatic physical shifts, and that seems to give us license to override messages from our bodies for the sake of ambition, laziness or convenience. Having acknowledged that, i must say that i know men who are highly sensitive and responsive to somatic cues, and women who aren’t. Whatever gender you are, i believe that in the coming weeks it’s crucial for you to be acutely aware of what’s going on inside your beloved flesh-andblood vehicle. This is one time when you need to be intimately aligned with its needs.

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(april 20-May 20): one of the greatest kings of the ancient Persian sassanid empire was shapur ii (309-379). shortly after his father died, he was made king while still in his mother’s womb. since he could not yet wear his crown, officials set it upon his mother’s pregnant belly. He ruled from then until the day he died, 70 years later. i’m naming him your patron saint for the second half of 2011, taurus. My sense is that the seed of some great accomplishment is already germinating within you. it may take a while to be fully born, but i suggest we consecrate its bright future now.

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gemiNi (May 21-June 20): i’ve got no problem with the real world. i spend a lot of time there, enjoy its chewy riddles, and take it quite seriously. but i also consider myself a militant lobbyist for all the other Worlds — the domain of everything that’s invisible to the naked eye and irrelevant to the schemes of the rational ego. These alternate realities consist of the unconscious, the dreamtime, the spiritual sphere, the intelligence of nature and the realm of the ancestors. in my astrological opinion, you’re due for a major upgrade in your relationship with these dimensions in the next 12 months. now would be a good time to get started. leo (July 23-aug. 22): are you feeling the sting of disappointment, railing at life for reneging on one of its promises to you? are you in the throes of unleashing a great accusation, suffering the twisty ache that comes from having your pet theories disproved? Maybe you should consider the possibility that you are simply getting an opportunity to correct a

world, sagittarius. it’ll be misty and sparkly, yet somehow also decisive and lucid. it will comfort you and yours, but also be a bit shocking. it will be sharply tonic, like good, strong medicine that has a pungent yet oddly delicious flavor you’ve never tasted before.

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caPricorN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): if there were a useful website with the domain name amiagoodPersonornot.com, i would advise you to go check it out. The same is true if there were websites like amiauthenticornot.com, amiyummyornot. com, amienlightenedornot.com, or amiagorgeousgeniusornot.com. What i’m trying to tell you, Capricorn, is that this would be an excellent time for you to find out more about yourself from objective sources — or any other kind of sources, for that matter. solicit feedback, my beautiful darling. ask for updates on how you’re doing.

(aug. 23-sept. 22): “The more one dwells on oneself,” says psychoanalyst adam Phillips in his book Going Sane, “the more one is likely to suffer.” He thinks people need encouragement to avoid excessive introspection. “My project as a psychoanalyst,” he writes, “is to free them to not have to think about their lives so much.” While i feel he overstates the case, i do suspect his message would be good for you to heed in the coming weeks. For maximum success and robust mental health, take a generous portion of your attention off yourself and focus it on living your life with compassion, curiosity and concern for others.

liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): “one must choose in life between boredom and suffering,” proclaimed author Madame de staël (1766-1817). i beg to differ with her, however. as evidence, i present the course of your life during the next few weeks. after analyzing the astrological omens, i expect you will consistently steer a middle course between boredom and suffering, being able to enjoy some interesting departures from the routine that don’t hurt a bit. There may even be pain-free excursions into high adventure mixed in, along with a fascinating riddle that taxes your imagination in rather pleasurable ways. scorPio (oct. 23-nov. 21): i accompanied

a friend and his family to a small fairgound where a local school was having a fundraiser.

There were rides and games for younger kids. right away we came to a challenging activity that involved climbing a ladder made out of rubber and coated with some slippery substance. one girl, about seven years old, was having a moment of rowdy bliss as she tried to ascend. “it’s impossible — but fun!” she cried out to her mom. your assignment in the coming week is to find an adventure like that: one that’s impossible but fun.

sagittarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): “it is not always needful for truth to take a definite

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

While listening to the sound collage radio program “Over the Edge” on KPFA, I learned that a new primary color has been detected. Quite different from red, yellow or blue, it has its own distinct hue that’s impossible to describe. You really have to see it to appreciate its essence. The discoverer of this marvel is Dr. Wohan Squant, who has named the color “squant.” (Full details here: bit.ly/Squant.) I wish I could predict you’re about to create or find something equally revolutionary, Cancerian, but I can’t go quite that far. Nevertheless, you’ve entered a phase when you have the power to tinker with and even transform fundamental laws of your universe. So who knows?

Maybe you’re on the verge of a shift almost as revolutionary as the discovery of squant. shape,” wrote Johann Wolfgang von goethe. “it is enough if it hovers about us like a spirit and produces harmony; if it is wafted through the air like the sound of a bell, grave and kindly.” With this quote, i’m alerting you to the fact that a new truth is now floating into your

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Camden, N.J., police Sgt. Jeffrey Frett, 40, plotted an early retirement by having his wife meet him while on patrol to shoot him in the leg so he could claim he’d been the victim of a random shooting. The scheme unraveled after a plainclothes officer passed the couple and noticed the wife’s van. A few minutes later, the officer heard Frett’s voice over the police radio reporting he’d been shot, then saw the van drive by. He gave chase and captured the “assailant.” Meanwhile, because her aim was off, she’d only shot Frett’s pants leg. Frett later pleaded guilty to making a false police report, lost his job and forfeited his pension. (Cherry Hill’s Courier-Post) Robert Williams was arrested after he applied to join the San Diego Police Department and answered yes to two questions on his application about having had sexual contact with a child and viewing child pornography.

Police searched his car and apartment and confiscated computers and hard drives. Williams released a statement objecting to being arrested for “telling the truth during the hiring process” and declared he “is seeking expert counsel, pro bono.” (San Diego’s KGTV-TV)

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When: Sunday, St. You: Man. Me: Woman. #909213 time you weren’t working. Bummer. If June 26, 2011. Where: Farrah’s. not involved, possibly interested in a Busy Artistic Beauty You: Woman. Me: Man. #909207 hike with me (and my dog) sometime?

The last time we crossed paths you When: Friday, June 24, 2011. Where: sexy little asian with tattoos said that you like to be left alone while PFW. You: Woman. Me: Man. #909197 I saw you in City Market the other you read; thanks for allowing me night. You were picking out fruit, I to read over your shoulder anyway.

Calling woman by Verizon suggested the strawberries. You have Don’t know if you are still single, or Wireless the cutest smile and your tattoos are interested, but I want to ask you to You were coming out of Verizon Wireless amazing. I see you riding your bike run the marathon with me, or maybe a as I arrived. Our eyes met for more all over town. I would love to go for a weekend away together for some R&R than a moment. But what a moment. ride with you sometime gorgeous. Let afterwards? When: Tuesday, June 28, You stared, I stared, then we both me buy you dinner. When: Monday, 2011. Where: At work in a small town. looked away. You with short brown hair June 27, 2011. Where: City Market.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #909212 drawn back, me with short black. You You: Woman. Me: Man. #909206 lingered; wish I’d said hello or good ON TAP - Tuesday Evening evening or how about a tea? You do lovely lady flirts back We exchanged some hot lengthy gazes like tea? When: Friday, June 24, 2011.

So, mr.Softball, you wanna flirt? Let’s on the deck at On Tap in Essex Jct. You: Where: In front of Verizon Wireless. flirt! Message me ;). When: Monday, Beautiful curly brunette with stunning You: Woman. Me: Man. #909196 June 27, 2011. Where: Two 2 Tango. eyes in a lovely, tight-fitting, moss-green You: Man. Me: Woman. #909205 dress. WOW! Did you look amazing! I Who Knew wanted a chance to meet you but you Who would of ever thought you and On The Porch - Again left with your friends before I could. We I would ever end up together. You I had to bring that item over and locked eyes on your way out. When: walked into my life a little over a month found you standing there barefoot Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Where: On ago and I don’t want you walking and beautiful as ever. I’m sorry I Tap. You: Woman. Me: Man. #909211 out. You are the best thing that has

happen to me. I can’t belive we used to hate each other. Now we love each other. 5/14/11 When: Saturday, May 14, 2011. Where: Burlington.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #909195

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