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Alison Bechdel

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formed Bechdel’s words into a brilliant, moving and now Tony-winning stage experience.

“The music plumbs the emotional depths of my family’s story in a very powerful yet very astute way,” Bechdel observed. “‘Edges of the World,’ the song in which my father steps in front of the truck, is just astonishing.”

Kron and Tesori won Tonys, too: the pair for original score, and Kron also for best book, aka libretto. Michael Cerveris, who plays Alison’s father, won for leading actor in a musical. Sam Gold won for direction. Fun Home had been nominated for 12 awards, including all of the actors except the two little boys who played Alison’s brothers. One of them is Vermonter Oscar Williams.

Bechdel — the cast dubbed her T-RAB, or “the real Alison Bechdel” — lamented that none of the play’s Alisons won: young Sydney Lucas, middle Emily Skeggs and adult Beth Malone. But they, along with Judy Kuhn, who plays the mother, “were up against some heavy hitters,” she conceded.

Bechdel, whose own mother is also now deceased, has gained another family with the Fun Home crew. “I feel incredibly lucky to have this particular cast doing the play — no one is a diva,” she said. “They are all really respectful about the fact that they’re portraying real people, and they seem to feel their own deep connections to the story.”

Tickets likely just got harder to get for Fun Home at New York City’s Circle in the Square Theatre.

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ermont cartoonist Alison Bechdel said she “went into a kind of lizard brain state” last Sunday night at the Tony Awards when Fun Home took home five awards, including Best Musical. The production is based on her 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic in which a girl growing up in her family’s funeral home in small-town Pennsylvania discovers she’s a lesbian. Meanwhile, her troubled, longcloseted father comes out and then promptly commits suicide by walking in front of a truck.

Believe it or not, there is comedy amid the tragedy, yet neither the book nor the musical mine this story for cheap laughs in the way a TV sitcom might. Even sprinkled with some delightfully upbeat and catchy tunes, it’s a thoughtful, profound and timely story — unlike so many Broadway shows. Seven Days coeditor Pamela Polston and multimedia producer Eva Sollberger went to New York to see Fun Home in April. Polston wrote about it for Seven Days and on the Live Culture blog; Sollberger made it the subject of an episode of Stuck in Vermont.

Bechdel’s compelling writing and drawing have earned her awards and accolades nationwide; the memoir lingered on best-seller lists and end-of-year top10s. Last year, Bechdel won a MacArthur Fellowship, aka “genius” award. And into the flow of this good fortune came Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, who trans-

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[Re Album Review: Audrey Bernstein, Alright, OK, You Win, June 3]: Dear Seven Days music reviewer Ted Kammerer: What qualifies you to critique a jazz recording? Your use of clever verbiage is far from a qualification. You mentioned my solo on a particular track. Ted, I play the trumpet.

The solo in question was performed on saxophone. Please do your homework and inform yourself so that you don’t embarrass yourself or Seven Days in the future.

I invite you to audit my jazz history class at the University of Vermont. Why? Because the Burlington area doesn’t need yet another so-called music critic who doesn’t understand jazz and or even like it, for that matter. Your poorly written critique of Bernstein’s recording clearly demonstrates that you just don’t get it. I take my work seriously; I suggest that you do the same.

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Thank you for [“Dream House: Soteria Vermont Welcomes Mental Health Patients,” June 3]. It is so extremely important that our country take a look back at Loren Mosher’s work, and how Vermont is now hoping to follow in his footsteps because our suffering population desperately needs a compassionate response to distress

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that occurs in the form of what is called “psychosis” or delusions.

Many experts now agree that this condition is exacerbated, if not caused, by trauma, and anyone who has been “treated” in mainstream medical systems with the so-called “standard of care” will tell you this method is horribly traumatizing. It makes no sense to approach people suffering from past or present fears by making them more afraid.

So I applaud Vermont for taking this vital step toward the healing process that millions of others all over the world need, and I do hope your paper will continue to report on this program’s progress, encouraging other cities and states to follow Burlington’s lead.

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The article “Shelter Skelter: Domestic Abuse Survivors Wind Up in Seedy Motels,” [June 3] raised issues screaming for reform. To reduce domestic violence, law enforcement across Vermont should consider enacting Lethality Assessment Protocols — a short survey administered by police upon initial interaction with domestic violence victims designed to gauge level of risk. The officer then acts according to survey result. This protocol

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[Re “Going it Alone, and Female, in the Woods,” June 3]: Truth be told, Emily Benning’s parents were more than just frantic when she first went for a solo “adventure” in the woods behind our house. It had snowed, she was about 6 or 7, and the sun was going down. Following her trail in the dimming light, I could see where she had veered off her path to investigate things like deer scat and weird-looking tree stumps. I grew more

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Thanks for this excellent article [“Shelter Skelter: Domestic Abuse Survivors Wind Up in Seedy Motels,” June 3]. Two things popped out for me, which I wanted to mention.

One: that the Department for Children and Families does not have any idea how many motel vouchers they give out or are used. That seems worrisome.

Second: that, as usual, the abused are forced to cry out for help after the abuse.

The whole focus of the article — and the work of the communities of caregivers — remains on patching up the wounded instead of addressing the cause of their suffering and injury.

I don’t fault Seven Days for this — just keep noticing that we aren’t teaching the men what is OK. We’re just trying, without success, to bandage up the women later.

Ugh, so sad.

and more alarmed the farther I ran while slipping in the snow, hearing no response to my yelling her name at the top of my lungs. Thankfully, this parent’s worst nightmare had a happy ending, but we learned an important lesson. Encourage your children to test their own limits; just make sure they don’t go overboard testing yours. Happy trails, Emily!

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LOOKING FORWARD

JUNE 10-17, 2015 VOL.20 NO.40

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NEWS 14

Decision Time: Does Phil Scott Have the Drive for a Gubernatorial Run?

BY TERRI HALLENBECK

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Time to Grow Up? Burlington Considers New Building Heights

BY MOLLY WALSH

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Power Broker: Under Neale Lunderville, Little Burlington Electric Plans Big

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Excerpts From Off Message

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ARTS NEWS 24

Tutus and Tractors: Farm to Ballet Project Celebrates Vermont Agriculture Dinosaurs Arrive in Vermont, 68 Million Years Late

COLUMNS + REVIEWS

Typewriter Enthusiasts Tap Into Their Passion at a ‘Type-In’

BY MARGOT HARRISON

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BY AMY MELISSA OVERSTREET

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A Summer Exhibit Brings ‘America’s Michelangelo’ to Vermont

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

BY SEVEN DAYS STAFF

BY ALICIA FREESE

VIDEO SERIES

Brooklyn Born: Bernie’s Beginnings in a Hardworking ’Hood

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

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FUN STUFF

Fair Game POLITICS Drawn & Paneled ART Hackie CULTURE Side Dishes FOOD Soundbites MUSIC Album Reviews Gallery Profile ART Movie Reviews Ask Athena SEX

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Cashing Out?

Business: Vermont mulls the pros and cons of privatizing state liquor sales

BY KEN PICARD

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Bogged Down

Environment: Off Trail: Exploring the state’s lesserknown natural niches with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies

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The Magnificent 7 Life Lines Calendar Classes Music Art Movies

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Fortunate Daughter

Music: Mavis Staples on Pops, the Grammys and turning down Dylan

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Stuck in Vermont: The first-ever “Senior

Together Again

Music: Sneakers Jazz Band reunite, rerelease old album

OUT? Vermont mulls the pros and cons of privatizing state liquor sales B Y K E N PI CAR D

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COVER DESIGN BROOKE BOUSQUET

NATURAL NICHE

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MUSICAL STAPLES

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Prom” was held last Saturday at the National Life Building to benefit the Montpelier Senior Activity Center. Eva Sollberger talked to partygoers at this multigenerational event about their prom memories.

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Class Reunion In 1984, seven local jazz musicians began playing a weekly gig at Sneakers Bistro in Winooski.

Overflowing with talent, the ensemble included Dave Grippo, Paul Asbell and other heavy hitters, who entertained audiences every Tuesday night for 12 years straight. Together for the first time since 1997, the Sneakers Jazz Band hits up Club Metronome as part of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival.

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Flag Day gets a healthy dose of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple at the Valley Yoo-Hoo Pride Flag Day Celebration. Members of the LGBTQ community convene in the Mad River Valley, where they catch up at family-friendly picnic amid stunning scenery. Proceeds from the bucolic bash benefit the Pride Center of Vermont.

Benjamin Booker is in his midtwenties, but he has the musical chops of a performer twice his age. In 2013, the singer-songwriter and guitarist appeared at both Lollapalooza and the Newport Folk Festival, creating a buzz among critics and audiences. This praise extended into his 2014 self-titled debut, a hard-hitting, bluesy mix of punk, rock and soul.

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Summer School Calling all nature lovers! The EcoExtravaganza Day celebrates the great outdoors with fishing, bird walks, gardening and more — think worm-composting demonstrations. Hosted by the Winooski Valley Park District, this hands-on approach to environmental education uses family-friendly activities to teach attendees about local wetlands and the principles of citizen science.

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Leapin’ Lizards They’re back! The larger-than-life dinosaurs from Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park return in the much-anticipated Jurassic World.

Directed by Vermonter Colin Trevorrow, the newest installment in the film series makes its big-screen debut in Williston two days before its national release on Friday. Keep an eye out for genetically modified reptiles.

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Bargain shoppers hit the jackpot at the Clothes Exchange. The brainchild of civic-minded fashionistas, this 15th annual event has grown exponentially since its humble beginnings in a living room. Today, hundreds of donated garments fill clothing racks at the former Coldwater Creek space at Burlington Town Center. Funds from this fashionforward event benefit the Vermont Foodbank.

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Festivalgoers who arrive via bicycle get a complimentary raffle ticket, so pedal away, people.

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On Monday, the now 59-year-old PETER SHUMLIN followed his mentor’s lead by agreeing to relinquish the governor’s office after just three two-year terms. Just as Kunin did in April 1990, Shumlin found his ambitious agenda stalled by fierce ESSEXOUTLETS.COM fiscal headwinds and sagging popularity.

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Surrounded by close friends and advisers at a Statehouse press conference Monday afternoon, Shumlin said he’d spent the three weeks since the legislature’s adjournment reflecting on his time in office. He said he’d come to the conclusion that he’d accomplished “the work we set out to do when I became governor.” He had, in fact, exceeded his own expectations, he argued.

“I am announcing today for those reasons that I will not be a candidate for a fourth term in 2016,” he said.

Shumlin’s bombshell marked the end of an era — or at least the beginning of Help us develop a vaccine the end of an era. Unlike Kunin, who announced her retirement just seven against dengue fever. months before Election Day, Shumlin announced his a full 17 months before • A 1 year study with 2 doses voters select his successor. of vaccine or placebo “I decided to make this decision now • Up to $2,030 in compensation because I want these 18 months in office • Healthy adults ages 18-50 to be focused entirely on continuing the • Screening visit, dosing visits work that we have started together,” he said. “And we have a lot left to do — a lot and follow up visits left to do.”

• Most follow up visits No doubt there is some truth to that. concentrated in 1st and 6th The demands of a fourth campaign months of study would be huge — and hugely distracting from his day job. With the first campaignfinance reporting deadline only a month away, he would have had to begin fundraising immediately.

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“I’ve just got to tell you: This is not driven by poll numbers. It’s not driven by politics,” Shumlin told reporters after making his announcement. “You know me: I love tough races — and I firmly believe if we’d run in a presidential year, we woulda won big. That’s what I believe.”

Shumlin may well have eked out a win had everything gone his way. But even he can’t truly believe he would’ve “won big” — just as we could never believe his decision wasn’t “driven by politics.” Of course it was. With him, everything is.

Surely Shummy realized that even if he prevailed, the next 17 months would have been a horrific slog. Old friends would have abandoned him. Erstwhile allies would have opposed him.

Dependable donors would have held out on him. Simply put, it would’ve sucked.

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“If I had felt that another two years was necessary because there was something so burning that it required us to keep going, I would’ve done it,” Shumlin said in a moment of striking candor during the question-and-answer period.

Indeed. By now, the governor has either accomplished or abandoned much of his original agenda. Gone are the sweeping promises of his 2010 gubernatorial bid, exaggerated and unrealistic though some of them were. He has instead moved on to the incremental improvements of governance — important, but hardly the stuff of 30-second television ads.

Consider the case of health care reform, the issue that made his political career and ultimately broke it. It was Shumlin’s commitment to enact the nation’s first universal, publicly financed health care system that differentiated him from his Democratic opponents in 2010 and warded off a Progressive challenger. It was a promise that, if fulfilled, would have made him a national star.

But his inability to deliver a functioning health insurance exchange, as mandated by the federal Affordable Care Act,

robbed him of the political capital to get the job done. His ever-evolving rhetoric around Vermont Health Connect undermined his credibility with voters. And his unwillingness to choose between the liberal Vermonters who elected him and the prominent businessmen who bankrolled him prompted Shumlin to delay a decision on single-payer until late last year.

In the end, he couldn’t go through with it.

The governor continued to insist he’d work to transform the state’s health care system — even after Republican novice SCOTT MILNE nearly toppled him last November and Shumlin waved the white flag of surrender on single-payer in December. But his efforts to impose a new payroll tax to reduce the so-called Medicaid cost shift were roundly rejected by the legislature this spring.

Shummy’s juice was gone.

At Monday’s announcement, the governor insisted his looming departure will not relegate him to the status of a lame duck. Of course it will. Legislators will divert their attention to their own electoral ambitions. Cabinet members will depart for more stable jobs — or to battle for his. The media will lose interest in what he has to say.

But Shumlin’s decision is also an opportunity for political redemption.

Instead of questioning his every motive, Vermonters may begin to believe him when he says he’s simply working to better the state. The electorate will soon forget what it disliked about him and remember what it admired, as it does with every retired politician.

Just ask GEORGE W. BUSH, who for the first time in a decade is now viewed favorably by more Americans than not, according to a recent CNN poll. Absence, as they say, makes the heart grow fonder.

Shumlin’s problem was never a lack of accomplishment. Rather, it was his unshakable tendency to promise too much — and to under-deliver. When those promises fade from memory, Vermonters may well look back on the substance of Shumlin’s record and realize he’s got plenty to show for a lifetime in politics.

All In After Kunin announced her retirement in April 1990, a former state senator named PETER WELCH decided to make another run for statewide office. Two years earlier, he had lost the Democratic primary for the U.S. House.

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around, why not former governors Jim DouglaS and howaRD Dean? Why not prominent business leaders, such as Green Mountain Power CEO maRy powell, Jay Peak owner Bill StengeR or restaurateur al goBeille, who chairs the Green Mountain Care Board? Why not Republican mayors thom lauzon of Barre or chRiS louRaS of Rutland? Or Burlington Electric Department general manager and Douglas administration alum neale lunDeRville? Or someone who hasn’t spent her life salivating over the thought of higher office, such as Sen. Jane kitchel (D-Caledonia) or Rep. Janet ancel (D-Calais)?

Why not my dog, guS? Seriously, folks. If you thought the speculation season couldn’t get any sillier, just wait for the domino effect: If Welch gives up his congressional seat, Scott surrenders his lieutenant gubernatorial perch or Smith bangs the speaker’s gavel for the last time, those positions will open up, too. And then there’s Attorney General Bill SoRRell, who may retire after 18 years in office — and all those cabinet officials who will likely have to find new jobs.

In other words, pretty much everyone in Vermont will be running for something!

It won’t be clear for months — if not a year — who the true contenders for any of these seats are. Anyone who tells you otherwise is full of it.

What is clear is that Vermont is embarking on a generational changing of the guard — and that’s good for more than just political columnists. It’s an opportunity to ask some pretty existential questions.

Should Vermont’s government continue to expand in scope and mission — or are we due for a period of retrenchment? Should the state continue to rely on its existing revenue structure — or should we be looking to dramatically raise or lower taxes? Did Shumlin go too far in reforming the health care system — or not far enough? Is the Vermont Progressive Party truly a statewide force? Will we ever elect women to higher office in this state?

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Welch, a Hartland attorney, won the gubernatorial nomination after Kunin stepped down, but he lost to Republican Dick Snelling, a former four-term governor from Shelburne.

Twenty-five years later, now-Congressman Welch is rumored to be considering another go at the governor’s office.

Though he hasn’t said a word publicly, his longtime chief of staff, BoB Rogan, said Monday that his boss “will be taking the time he needs to thoughtfully consider how he can best serve Vermonters.”

The opportunity is surely appealing.

After nearly nine years in the nation’s capital, Welch’s odds of serving in the House majority, in a leadership position or as Vermont’s next U.S. senator seem as long as ever. At 68 years old, why not cap off a career by coming home to run the state?

Publicly and privately, members of the Democratic establishment are talking up the possibility — however fanciful it may be — in part because he’s the one candidate who might chase Scott, the Republican lieutenant governor, from the field. He’d certainly scare off most Dems.

If Welch stays put, well more than a dozen candidates — Democrats, Republicans and Progressives alike — say they will give the race a close look.

No doubt countless others, too, will look into the mirror and say, “You’re the one.”

Possible contenders include just about every Republican who’s run for governor in the past five years: 2010 nominee and former lieutenant governor BRian DuBie; 2012 nominee and former state auditor RanDy BRock; 2014 nominee Milne and his Libertarian rival, Dan Feliciano, who now calls himself a Republican. Heck, maybe even retired Wall Street banker BRuce liSman will finally enter the ring.

The Democratic long list is, well, even longer. It includes three of Shumlin’s 2010 primary opponents: former senator Dunne, former human services secretary Doug Racine and Natural Resources Secretary DeB maRkowitz.

House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown), Chittenden County State’s Attorney t.J. Donovan and former senator peteR galBRaith have indicated they’ll give the race a look, as will Transportation Secretary Sue minteR and Agriculture Secretary chuck RoSS. Among the only up-and-coming Democrats who have explicitly said they’re not interested are Burlington Mayor miRo weinBeRgeR and Sen. tim aShe (D/P-Chittenden).

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“It’s generally viewed as now or never,” said Senate Majority Leader Phil Baruth (D-Chittenden).

To reach his decision, Scott’s not just ruminating with friends and family about whether he’d have to quit driving a racecar; he is looking into what he’d have to do to separate himself from DuBois Construction, the company he co-owns

“I’ve been in business for 30 years.

I’ve worked very hard to get it to where it is. That’s a huge decision,” he said.

Scott is also researching how much a gubernatorial campaign might cost. He’s been told it would take at least $1 million.

“A million dollars is a lot of money,” said Scott. “I don’t have any misconceptions

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ince November 2014, Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott has hardly been able to get through a day without some friend, colleague or stranger urging him to run for governor. On Monday afternoon, those entreaties intensified.

Shortly after Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin made the surprising announcement that he will not seek reelection next year, the 56-year-old Republican’s phone was buzzing with texts, calls and emails.

Senate Minority Leader Joe Benning (R-Caledonia) said he sent Scott an email that played on his car-racing hobby. It read: “Gentlemen, start your engines.”

“Every conversation I have somehow comes back to that subject,” said Scott, who is serving his fifth year as lieutenant governor. His wife, Diana, has been hearing it, too, he said.

It’s a powerful elixir to be courted by everyone from strangers on the street to former governor Jim Douglas. But does Scott, who’s won three statewide elections and served 10 years in the state Senate, really want to be governor?

That’s the question.

“For some, they think, You have a chance, you have an opportunity; why wouldn’t you? Doesn’t everyone want to be governor? I don’t know if that’s true,” Scott said. “I’m not sure they’re fully aware of how this would change my life.”

Specifically: Does the Barre native want to set aside the excavating business he’s run for 30 years, the cars he’s raced for 23 years at Thunder Road and the privacy he’s enjoyed to run for the state’s top job?

“I am considering it,” Scott said. “It doesn’t mean that I’m going to do it. It just means I’m considering it.”

His deliberations didn’t get any easier on Monday, when Shumlin pulled out of the running. The governor’s decision vastly expanded the pool of potential candidates and ramped up pressure on Scott to make a choice.

He’s in a unique position: The Republican Party’s only statewide elected officer has aisle-crossing appeal, and, after 15 years in politics, even Scott seems to be aware it’s time for him to step up or step out.

Vermont’s No. 2 said that if he doesn’t run for governor, he might not run for office at all, giving up his relatively safe seat as lieutenant governor. “That’s on the table,” Scott said.

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about how difficult it is to raise $1 million. Do I think it’s possible? Yes.” Which way is he leaning? It depends on the day, Scott said, Monday included.

“Some days I think, I really ought to do this. The wind’s at your back,” he said.

“Then on another day it seems overwhelming, and I think, Why would I want to do that?”

Since Shumlin’s announcement, plenty of pols have been weighing the same decision. On the Republican side alone, at least four former gubernatorial candidates said they were considering a run: Brian Dubie, Randy Brock, Scott Milne and Dan Feliciano. (For more on potential candidates, see Fair Game on page 12.)

None of the other GOPers has as much going for him as Scott. He’s got more political wins and name recognition than any other contender.

“I think he’s the best candidate for our party and, frankly, the best person for the job,” said Douglas, who served eight years as governor before retiring in 2011. He did acknowledge that Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.), another potential candidate, could prove to be a formidable opponent.

Other prominent Vermont Republicans are also counting on Scott.

“He’s the guy Vermonters are looking for,” said Rep. Heidi Scheuermann (R-Stowe), who briefly considered a run for governor last year. Now she’d like to see Republicans rally around Scott. “I’m hopeful he decides he wants to do it,” she said.

Benning, of the “start your engines” email, said: “I’m really convinced he needs to run, and I really believe he is going to run.”

Despite the pressure, friends and colleagues said Scott won’t be forced into anything. “I don’t think he feels like he has to run,” said Dick Wobby of Northfield, a friend since junior high school who has helped run Scott’s political campaigns. “If Phil runs for governor, it’s because at that time it’s best for the state of Vermont.”

Scott said he expects to make a decision a year before the November 2016 election, which some consider late.

“Hopefully, it will be sooner than that,” Scheuermann said.

Douglas agreed. With a more crowded field likely, Scott may need to send “a serious signal” of his intentions before that, he said.

Scott said he needs time. “I’ll know when it’s right,” he said. “I don’t want to have regrets.”

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One indication of Scott’s intentions: Scott’s mild-mannered style is He’s been increasingly down on Shumlin, likely to keep him at odds with more even though he delivers his criticisms conservative members of the Vermont almost apologetically. “He’s losing the Republican Party. That faction declined faith and trust of a lot of Vermonters,” to support Milne in the 2014 election, Scott said of Shumlin, prior to the gov- instead backing Feliciano and splinterernor’s announcement that he won’t run ing the Republican vote.

La Mer for reelection. “Vermont is entitled to a Darcie Johnston, a political operaBobbi Brown different approach.” tive who ran Feliciano’s campaign, said Trish McEvoy Critics say Scott has never shown an Scott has not been any more aggressive Laura Mercier Wild-crafted Artwork ability to firmly articulate the opposi- than Milne in pointing out Shumlin’s SkinCeuticals tion point of view. He’s a tough competi- health care failures. Last week, when Kiehl’s Since 1851

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Scott’s never been known for chamThat was true even back in high pioning causes such as Shumlin did by school, where Scott was a quiet leader passing a same-sex marriage law, shut- who focused on solving problems, ting down the Vermont Yankee nuclear Wobby said. He rarely drew much atpower plant and trying to tackle univer- tention but usually was helping others, sal health care. he said.

Scott’s website touts his annual Scott said that he would not have Wheels for Warmth event, which col- been voted “most likely to run for goverlects used tires and raises money for nor” by his class, but he might have won low-income heating assistance. He also “most likely to fix your car.” points to his Vermont Everyday Jobs Fixing things is what Scott does, tour, in which he works alongside ordi- Wobby said. “Phil Scott could always nary Vermonters. figure out how to get things done when Although Scott couldn’t identify a the rest of us drifted off,” he added. particular bill that defined him during “Everything Phil’s been involved with his 10 years in the Senate, he said he is turned out to be at some point beneficial proud of his work crafting the state’s to all of us, and it usually turns out to be transportation and capital bills. “We fun or an adventure.” cleaned up the capital bill to take out Will the next adventure be running the pork spending. I didn’t feel like you for governor? That’s what Scott has to should need to know somebody on the figure out. m committee to get money,” he said. “It wasn’t an easy sell.”

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magine that a building suddenly grows taller, offering a better view of the surrounding scenery from its higher vantage. It would also cast a longer shadow and stand out more.

The consequences for its neighbors could be hard to predict in advance.

That’s Burlington’s dilemma. The city is considering zoning changes that could alter its skyline and transform what is now a decidedly low-rise burg into a higher-rise urban center.

Developer Don Sinex has proposed building two 14-story towers as part of the $200 million makeover of his Burlington Town Center mall. That would require changes to the 105-foot height limit now in place downtown.

The towers would contain about 300 units of housing, likely apartments and condos. They would face Cherry Street in the heart of the Queen City and would rise about 150 feet, making them the tallest buildings in Vermont. Currently, that superlative belongs to Decker Towers, an 11-story affordable-housing complex at 230 St. Paul Street in Burlington that, by city measurements, rises 116.3 feet.

Although they have not been formally proposed to the Burlington Development Review Board, the twin buildings were part of Sinex’s pitch in the public design process now under way for the mall project. City officials are discussing a possible zoning change to allow the higher structures and plan to make a proposal to the planning commission and city council, both of which would have to OK the tweak.

“I think that the challenge here is doing it well,” said David E. White, director of the Burlington Department of Planning and Zoning. “I think you can do taller, and you can accommodate the growing needs of the city, whether it’s for housing or for office space. I think you can grow taller as long as you do it in a way that’s really sensitive to the context of the buildings around it.”

The mall faces historic Church Street. It’s on a parcel that once hosted an Italian American neighborhood full of homes and shops. They were bulldozed in the 1960s during the national urban renewal craze, forever altering the character of the northwestern corner of downtown between Church Street and Lake Champlain.

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neighborhood. The shopping center thrived for years after it opened in 1976, but today it’s plagued by vacancies, and many consider it dated. Sinex purchased it in 2013 and proposed the ambitious project in 2014.

While various questions surround the proposal, height is the central issue.

Because many of the historic buildings in the Cherry Street area were demolished decades ago, the towers could conceivably be designed to fit in, White said. Their shape and size are critical, he added.

Renderings show wider base stories aligned close to the street, and narrower silhouettes as the structures rise.

Although the images are preliminary, this shape could reduce shadows and lessen the visual impact of the higher floors because they would be set back rather than loom directly over the street.

A computerized solar study to chart how different designs cast shadows would be part of the review process, White said.

The 14-story buildings would be large in scale for Vermont, but miniatures in a world where the highest skyscraper — in Dubai — is a towering 2,717 feet.

As cities such as New York and Chicago grew, early skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building and the Sears Tower, were viewed as marvels of

engineering and signs of man literally reaching for the stars. They symbolized strength, power and promise. The One World Trade Center, 104 stories at the site where the September 11, 2001, attacks destroyed the twin towers, serves effectively as a monument.

But skyscrapers don’t appeal to everyone. Some of the best-loved cities in the world are known for their low profiles: Rome, Washington, D.C., Venice, and many parts of Paris.

And some skyscraper zones have long, dark shadows and little greenery to soften all the glass and concrete.

“There are some places that are just awful canyons,” conceded Peter Owens, director of Burlington’s Community and Economic Development Office.

Owens believes Burlington has room for carefully placed and well-designed higher-rise buildings. Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Canada, are examples of cities that have done it right, he said.

“Do we want to have Manhattan?

Absolutely not,” Owens said. “But is there a place for some taller buildings in Burlington that will not adversely impact the overall character? My sense is, there is.”

Some observers are wary. Matt Viens is president of the board at Preservation Burlington, a local nonprofit that works to protect and improve historic structures.

“The Burlington Town Center owes

its existence to the misguided policy of urban renewal, which saw the destruction of historic structures and neighborhoods,” Viens said. “While in some respects the proposed redevelopment seeks to remedy some of these mistakes, Preservation Burlington would urge caution. It is not clear why the goals of redevelopment, including the creation of new residential space, cannot be met by building within the city’s current height limits.”

Under current zoning, the 105-foot downtown building height limit usually translates to 10 or 11 stories. Higher structures are allowed under special zoning rules in two other locations: up to 140 feet on the University of Vermont campus; and up to 180 feet at the University of Vermont Medical Center.

At about 101 feet, the hospital’s proposed inpatient building would be among the tallest structures in the city.

But unless you count the steeple on Ira Allen Chapel, which tops out at 165 feet, according to real estate data mining firm Emporis, no buildings at UVM or the hospital campus come close to the maximum allowable zoning.

So the tallest building in the city is still down the hill — Decker Towers, which was constructed in 1971, before Burlington’s current height limit was imposed.

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of downtown, making it less visible, which includes rooftop mechanical which might be a good thing. While equipment and solar panels in its calcuBurlington has many notable buildings, lations, the office building at 100 Bank the city’s tallest structure does not show Street measures 116 feet, making it just up in brochures promoting the city or a hair shorter than Decker Towers and on postcards tourists send home. The putting it in the No. 2 slot. Next come bland, block-like building lacks detail. Westlake Residential, at 107.5 feet; Key Its underwhelming design could be seen Bank, 105 feet; and Cathedral Square, as a recommendation against towers or 103.3 feet. as a challenge to put something more Seven Days recently spoke to people exciting in the city’s top spot. at busy Cherry and Church streets, As the mall plan is discussed, city offi- within view of the mall site, posing the cials are weighing proposed new zoning question: Should Burlington grow up? for downtown called form-based code.

“I just think Burlington is pretty the It’s unclear whether way it is,” said Amy the new code will be Hock, a Northfield approved by the time retiree. “I don’t know the mall renovation why they would need comes up for review, to build higher.” The or whether the mall low-rise character is will be reviewed under part of Burlington’s the existing regulaappeal, Hock said. “It tions. Either way, the makes it kind of an inplanning commission timate place, and a lot and city council would of people like to come have to approve lanhere for that reason.” guage explicitly raising Also opposed to the height limit before growing up: Barbara PET ER OwEnS, the towers can be perSwantak, a receptionCOMMuniT y & ECOnOMiC dEvEL OPMEnT OF F iC E mitted, according to ist from East Corinth. city planner White.

“I think it’s a terrible Measuring building height is not a idea,” she said. “If you’re on the lake you simple exercise, and that’s reflected in don’t want to look over and see that. If height limits. The limits for UVM and you are on the hill coming down, you the hospital involve a complicated for- don’t want to see it either.” mula meant to recognize that they are on But others like the idea of a growth a hill overlooking the city, for example. spurt. High-rise buildings would make Building height varies depending Burlington more cosmopolitan, they say. on what side is measured, and whether “I definitely would like to see it go rooftop mechanical equipment and fea- up, at least a little bit,” said Maggie tures such as solar panels are taken into Stevens, a retail worker and student at consideration. Stories are not standard- Champlain College. Fourteen stories ized. A building with higher ceilings sounds about right, she said, and she’s and fewer stories might end up being eager to see the mall redone. “I think it taller than a structure with lower ceil- would be cool to have something a little ings and more stories. bit new and different … Change is good.”

For these reasons, height limits are Much is at stake as Burlington looks often formulated with a maximum upward. number of feet as well as consideration “I think well done, it would enhance of stories. So what are the tallest build- the character of Burlington,” Owens said. ings in Burlington now?

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ast fall the Burlington Electric Department made national news when it announced that 100 percent of its power was coming from renewable energy sources. The municipal-owned utility started running energy efficiency programs more than two decades ago, and the city now consumes less electricity than it did in 1989.

on BED’s green reputation, Lunderville argued that there’s plenty more to do to cement Burlington’s status as “one of the most sustainable cities in America.”

His goals include putting solar panels on thousands of homes and finding a use for the waste energy that escapes the city’s biomass plant.

First, though, BED is going after

croaky voice, agreed to serve as interim general manager at BED. He admitted that when he took the temporary gig, he had no intention of applying for the permanent position.

He credited an enthusiastic staff and the innovative atmosphere at BED with changing his mind.

Lunderville may still get lured back into politics — hours after Gov. Shumlin announced he wouldn’t run for reelection, a local pundit suggested he’d make a strong Republican candidate. Lunderville told Seven Days he’s hoping Phil Scott will run, but he will “certainly consider it” if the lieutenant governor does not.

For now, though, he’s committed to his current role — and he comes off as a fully converted energy geek. Building

some high-hanging fruit in the realm of energy efficiency. This week, it’s teaming up with Vermont Gas to unveil a program that offers unprecedented discounts to get Burlington landlords to upgrade their buildings.

Rental units have been “one of the hardest nuts to crack,” according to BED energy services director Chris Burns. For years, the utility has worked with big customers — the 20 largest consume 50 percent of the electricity in the Queen City — to cut demand. Plenty of homeowners have also taken advantage of efficiency incentives offered to residential customers.

The utility has had less luck winning over Burlington’s landlords, who control 10,000 rental apartments, or 60 percent of the city’s residential properties. It’s

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still in his twenties. Later, Gov. Peter Shumlin picked him to direct the state’s recovery effort after Tropical Storm Irene devastated a broad swath of Vermont. Most recently, he guided the rapidly growing natural gas company, NG Advantage, as CEO. Last summer Lunderville, a boyish Burlington native with wavy hair and a

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The small local utility has still-greater ambitions. During the March confirmation hearing for Neale Lunderville, BED’s general manager, Mayor Miro Weinberger told the Burlington City Council: “I genuinely believe that some of the most important work [this administration will undertake] … is going to happen at the Burlington Electric Department.”

Lunderville was equally optimistic, telling councilors, “I see only vast green fields of opportunity for Burlington Electric and for its people.”

So given BED’s sterling record, how much more can it do?

A lot, according to the man in charge.

At 40, Lunderville already has quite the résumé. He was a top official in the Douglas administration, when he was

the same story all around the country, according to BED’s Burns. Vermont Gas CEO Don Rendall agreed that this market has been “a challenge to penetrate.”

As Burns described them, many of Burlington’s rental properties are “old Queen Annes that got chopped” into several units. Historic homes are notorious for wasting energy. Typically they are poorly insulated, with outdated heating systems. And in many cases the person who owns the building isn’t paying the utility bills. That means he or she has little incentive to invest in costly efficiency upgrades.

In an effort they’ve dubbed the Energy Champ Challenge, BED and Vermont Gas are offering Burlington landlords a deal that they hope will be too generous to turn down. After providing a free energy audit, Vermont Gas will pay 75 percent of the cost for weatherization and heating equipment. At the same time, BED will offer a number of free or subsidized electricity upgrades — ranging from replacing light bulbs to refrigerators. Instead of having to deal with the companies separately, landlords can one-stop shop. The upgrades will increase property values, which should make them appealing to owners, Burns said. For their part, renters should see lower utility bills.

“You gotta be crazy not to take advantage of this,” said Stu McGowan, who owns nearly 50 properties in the Old North End, almost all of which are painted in multiple, exuberant hues.

Marc Jacobs, a Burlington landlord since 1983, had the same reaction. “I mean, wow, how could you not do that?”

Jacobs and McGowan were early adopters of energy-efficiency measures and have already retrofitted their buildings. The question is: How can Vermont Gas and BED convince the landlords who’ve been dragging their heels?

In parched California, people have taken to social media to “drought shame” those who waste water. BED and Vermont Gas plan to use those channels and other tactics to do the opposite: extol energy-efficient landlords.

They’ve hired Gametheory, a local company that designs games, apps and “engagement strategies,” to call attention to the program. Participating landlords — who will be the so-called “Champs” — will get a lake-monstershaped seal to place on their buildings.

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Lunderville thinks the lively marketing will win people over. “Energy efficiency is a very unapproachable term, and we want to make it approachable for all Burlington customers,” he said.

They’re also going to reach out to them the old-fashioned way — with phone calls and snail mail. The goal is to get at least 50 landlords to sign up.

Using information from the city assessor and their own billing records, BED will first target those rental properties that consume the most energy.

The efficiency plan has Lunderville’s fingerprints all over it, but the new GM emphasized he deserves no credit for BED’s headline-grabbing achievement last year of using 100 percent renewable energy; he came on board as the utility was purchasing the hydropower plant that enabled it to meet the goal.

Lunderville nonetheless spoke proudly of the accomplishment, saying that it would be “impossible for me to overstate” its significance.

Several environmental experts have suggested otherwise, including Sandra Levine, a senior attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation.

“Simply using accounting measures to make claims about clean energy doesn’t get us there,” she told the Associated Press after BED’s landmark announcement.

Levine was referring to BED’s buying and selling renewable energy credits, a widely used and accepted practice, but one that had been the source of some questionable claims by utilities.

Using the company white board, Lunderville explained that he wants to wean the city off the credit transactions, not because they are unsavory, but because he sees a change coming in REC markets.

Today, BED can sell RECs high and buy low, which nets the utility roughly $10 million from those transactions annually. That cash infusion is one of the reasons the electric department has been able to avoid raising rates for the last six years. But Lunderville predicts that as more renewable energy projects are created in New England, the supply of credits will increase. That will drive

down prices and make it harder for BED to make a profit from its REC sales.

Currently, solar power makes up only 1 percent of BED’s portfolio.

Lunderville wants to increase that share significantly. The goal, he said, is to get “literally thousands of homes generating electricity so that they are using it for themselves and feeding it back into the grid.” He said that will require finding better ways to store solar energy and making sure customers actually recoup the cost of installing the panels.

Lunderville is also interested in resurrecting an idea that has been around for years. BED owns half of the McNeil Generating Station, a large biomass electricity-generation plant located in the Burlington Intervale.

Identifiable by its single powder-blue smokestack, the plant supplies roughly 45 percent of the city’s electricity.

It also generates periodic criticism from people concerned about the air pollutants resulting from combustion and about the sustainability of current wood harvesting practices. One of the biggest complaints is that only a fraction of the energy from the burned wood is actually converted to electricity; the rest escapes as waste heat.

Multiple studies have tried to determine whether it would make financial sense to capture that energy and distribute it directly to large institutions, such as the University of Vermont, through a district heating system. Working with a citizen-led group called BURDES, or Burlington District Energy Service, BED is building a financial model that seeks to deliver a definitive answer.

Lunderville got animated while talking about the project’s potential.

But he was also careful to note that BED wouldn’t get too bold. Alluding to Burlington Telecom, the municipal telecommunications provider that has only recently dug itself out of a deep financial hole, Lunderville said that the project would be shelved if it’s deemed a risk to taxpayers. “We are very sensitive about big projects … the mayor has been very explicit about that.” m

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n Brooklyn, a 40-minute subway ride separates Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn Heights presidential campaign headquarters from the Midwood apartment house where Bernie Sanders grew up in the 1940s and ’50s. Culturally, however, the distance is vast.

The respective locations say a lot about the values and politics of the two candidates — particularly those of Sanders, whose views were shaped in that stolid old neighborhood of strivers.

His Brooklyn youth marked Sanders with more than the accent he shares with Larry King, Barbra Streisand and Jay Z. Clinton has set up camp at 1 Pierrepont Plaza, a 19-story office tower that also houses the wealth management firm Morgan Stanley, beneficiary of a $107 billion bailout. The building is advertised as epitomizing “Brooklyn cool.”

There’s nothing cool about the six-story, beige-brick building where Sanders lived with his father, Eli, a Polish immigrant and paint salesman; his mother, the former Dorothy Glassberg; and his older brother, Larry. The 89unit building at 1525 East 26 Street was surely in better condition when the Sanders family occupied apartment 2C, where Bernie and Larry shared one of the two bedrooms.

Inside, there’s trash on the floor of the drab lobby and in the 83-year-old building’s creaky elevator. Cooking aromas waft through the halls, which are abuzz with tenants chattering in Russian and Spanish.

Jake Lopez, son of the building’s superintendent, said the place hasn’t changed much in the 33 years he’s lived there. Most of the residents are older Jews, with a growing proportion of Asians and Latinos, reported Lopez, who’s studying for a physical training degree at nearby Kingsborough Community College. “It’s a good building — pretty quiet, except when the Mexicans on the first floor have birthday parties,” Lopez said with a smile.

His eyebrows lifted when a reporter informed him that a candidate for president of the United States used to live in the building. Lopez said he’s never heard of Bernie Sanders, who declined to be interviewed for this story.

It’s a 10-minute walk along leafy streets of mostly single-family homes to James Madison High School, where

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POLITICS Sanders excelled academically and athletically and exhibited what became an abiding interest in journalism. Sanders’ entry in Madison’s yearbook, Log, notes that he captained both the track and cross-country teams, served as class president, and reported for the student newspaper, the Highway, before graduating in 1959.

The well-maintained, bustling sixstory building on Bedford Avenue housed more students in Sanders’ day than the 3,200 who presently attend Madison.

Martha “Marty” Weinstein Alpert, president of the school’s alumni association, says about 5,000 students were enrolled when she and Sanders were studying at Madison. Back then, the school day was divided into morning and afternoon sessions to accommodate them all, recalled Alpert, who graduated in 1957.

As a cheerleader at track meets, Alpert watched Sanders run but didn’t know him personally. He was a star even as a sophomore, she said.

Madison was “a wonderful place to go to school,” Alpert attested. “I walked out of there with the equivalent of a four-year college education. Many of the teachers were ancient but excellent.”

The school was much more ethnically homogeneous 60 years ago, when, Alpert estimated, Jews accounted for about 90 percent of the student body.

And due in part to their strong emphasis on education, Madison ranked as one of New York City’s best public academic institutions, she said.

Jewish immigrant parents instilled in their children “the mentality that we came here to give you this wonderful life, and you’ve got to take advantage of

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it.” Alpert explained. “And the way to succeed is by getting a good education.”

Madison had an intensely political vibe in the ’50s, she noted. In addition to discussing national and international issues, many morning homeroom classes debated school politics.

The Madison Knights listed leftward, as did the views of the neighborhood’s adults. Larry Sanders, Bernie’s older brother, described mid-20th-century Midwood as a Democratic Party stronghold committed to the activist, biggovernment principles of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. Alpert agreed, saying that in the era of the Brooklyn Dodgers, “a Republican in that neighborhood was as rare as a Yankees fan.”

Midwood isn’t quite as progressive today. As in many parts of Brooklyn, the Orthodox Jewish community has grown

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substantially. And unlike most secular a Wall of Distinction that features photos or reform Jews, many Haredim vote of notable alumni. They include four Republican. In 2012, GOP presidential Nobel laureates, Supreme Court Justice candidate Mitt Romney captured about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, songwriter Carole 90 percent of the vote in some heavily King, snarky comedian Andrew Dice Orthodox Jewish precincts in Brooklyn, Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein) while overall the borough of 2.4 million and three U.S. senators: Norm Coleman residents delivered an 81-18 percent of Minnesota; Chuck Schumer of New landslide for Barack Obama.

York; and Bernard Sanders of Vermont.

Madison still has a sizable Jewish (Coleman served a term as a Republican; enrollment, but whites now make up a 44 Schumer is a Democrat; and Sanders, percent minority of students. “We’re an currently Vermont’s junior senator, is an accurate reflection of the demographics independent.) of New York City,” said principal Jodie Ciampi recalled Sanders’ talk to Cohen. Asian Americans account for 20 Madison students in 2008, on the occasion percent of the student body, while the of his Wall of Distinction plaque dedicaAfrican American and Latino communi- tion. “He said he owed everything to what ties each contribute 17 percent. Of the he got from this building,” Ciampi said remaining 2 percent, 1 percent is Native during a conversation in the principal’s American and 1 percent falls into the office. “He said he wanted to give some“other” category. thing back to Madison.”

As Cohen led Seven “We’re all very Days on a tour of the proud that a Brooklynbuilding, she paused born-and-bred man every minute or two to and a Madison alum is tell a student to remove running for president,” a hat or stop texting. said Larry Melamed, an With summer break English teacher at the beckoning, the corrischool. He and principal dors rang with laughter Cohen both said they MART hA WE inST Ein as students changed hope Sanders will speak ALpERT, JAMES MAdiSOn classes. “They’re good again at the school, rehigh SCh OOL ALuMni ASSOC iAT iOn kids — ladies and gardless of whether he gentlemen,” Cohen said. succeeds in his quest for “But what can I tell you? I’m in charge the White House. of a place with 3,200 teenagers.”

Sanders can count on getting the The school still seeks to uphold the vote of alumni association head Alpert, claim that’s emblazoned above its main who now lives in suburban Westchester entrance: Excellence in Education. County. “I was a Hillary girl in 2008,” More than three-quarters of Madison’s Alpert said, referring to Clinton’s race students enter a two- or four-year col- against Obama for the Democratic lege, according to the New York City presidential nomination. “But I’m for Department of Education. But only a few Bernie now. He’s a genuine article, and attend private universities, noted social Hillary is not.” studies teacher Mike Ciampi. “Most of Sanders may also appeal to some our kids can’t afford that,” he said. conservatives, Alpert added, citing a The school’s positive reputation and few of her “Bernie-loving” Republican wide range of academic and extracur- friends as examples. ricular offerings — including 39 sports Either Clinton or Sanders would be teams — have caused enrollment to preferable to whomever the GOP nomisteadily increase in recent years, Cohen nates, suggested Alpert, who worked for pointed out. “We’re getting students a time as an aide to a liberal Democratic from private schools, both Catholic and congressman who represented parts yeshivas,” said the principal, who is an ’89 of Queens and the Bronx. “I can’t even Madison alum. talk to you about that Republican clown The school’s entrance is more physi- parade,” she said, emphasizing that she cally secure than it was when Sanders is speaking in a personal capacity. “Such attended. And after passing through a schmoes.” m metal detector manned by a burly guard, visitors and students are now greeted by Contact: kevinjaykelley@gmail.com

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minutes to school in all kinds of weather, including subzero days when the wind is howling. If it’s hard for her at age 17, she said, think how it must be for the little kids.

Khatiwada, whose family came to Vermont from Nepal in 2012, and other speakers called for safe and reliable transportation.

School superintendent Sean McMannon agreed to study the issue, as did city manager Katherine Decarreau. If the solution were simple, according to Decarreau, it would be in place already. That it’s likely to be complicated and expensive doesn’t mean the city can’t make progress, she added. “We’re going to roll up our sleeves and get creative,” she said.

Bishnu Khatiwada, 17, Most Vermont school Winooski High School junior systems bus children to school, although there are exceptions — such as in Burlington — where many neighborhoods are close to schools.

It sounds good in theory: a small city Winooski does offer some bus where children still walk to school and transportation for its roughly 800 taxpayers save millions because there is students. The district pays about no regular yellow school bus system. So it $160,000 annually for field-trip rides goes in Winooski. and to athletic, preschool and regional But it doesn’t work for families, high school tech programs. There’s according to many city residents. They also transportation for students with packed a meeting June 3 to say that disabilities. And as in Burlington, the reality of walking to school is cold, some students ride the regional public inconvenient and risky — especially for bus system, the Chittenden County very young students.

Transportation Authority, to school.

Even in a city of only 1.43 square miles, Nichol Wolfe, a single mother of boys the walk to school contributes to the fact ages 6 and 10, talked about the difficulty that 7 to 10 percent of students are late of getting two children to school and every day and 4 to 6 percent are absent. herself to work with no car. In addition, That’s according to Parents and youth for the teaching assistant said she has to ride Change, which organized the meeting to the bus into Burlington to buy a CCTA bus present research and survey results, and pass because they aren’t sold in Winooski. to publicly ask school and community CCTA general manager Karen Walton leaders to commit to studying solutions said at the meeting that she was unaware over the next six months. that bus passes weren’t available in According to the group, parents who Winooski. “I can solve that problem have cars often drive their children to tomorrow with a phone call,” she said to school. But in some parts of Winooski, 30 loud applause. But Walton said she could percent of households lack a car. Parents not make larger decisions involving CCTA who might like to walk children to school funds and routes without authority from can’t necessarily get to work on time if the system’s board. they add 20 to 40 minutes for that. Then After the meeting, Wolfe said that not there’s Vermont’s bitterly cold winter everyone is sympathetic to the call for weather — so frigid that some days the bus transportation: “Some people think elementary school cancels recess — but we’re exaggerating because it’s a short kids still have to trudge to school. walk.”

“It is really hard to walk in the cold,” But Wolfe said she’s talked to parents 17-year-old Winooski high School junior who don’t want to move to Winooski Bishnu Khatiwada told the crowd at the O’Brien Community Center. her father owns because of the walk-to-school policy.

“They do not want to add that to their toa car but drives it to work at 5 a.m. every do list,” she said. morning to support the family, she said.

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A celebration of Pat’s life was held at 25 Cilley Hill Rd. in Jericho on June 6, 2015.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Pat’s name to your favorite charitable organization.

Arrangements are in the care of the Cremation Society of Chittenden County. To send online condolences to the family please, visit cremationsocietycc.com.

(Charlene) Bissonette, Gail Bissonette and Jody (Joseph) Potter; several great-nieces and -nephews; extended family; and countless friends. A special thank you to Laurel Allen: her care was greatly appreciated.

Visitation was held Saturday, June 6, 2015 with a funeral service that followed at LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 132 Main Street, Winooski. Donations in her memory can be made to St. Joseph Residential Care, 243 North Prospect St., Burlington, VT 05401.

Condolences may be shared with the family online at lavignefuneralhome.com.

Yvonne Elaine Kujath 1935-2015

Yvonne Elaine Kujath, 79, passed away unexpectedly at the University of Vermont Medical Center on June 1, 2015. She was born on October 18, 1935, to Francis and Grace (Russell) St. Peter. She graduated from Champlain College with an associate’s in accounting and worked at Pizzagalli, PC, Construction Company for over 25 years as a bookkeeper. She was member of the Burlington Professional Women’s Club. She enjoyed traveling, reading and collecting cookie jars.

She is known as the family historian, spending many enjoyable hours researching the family genealogy.

Left to cherish her memory are nieces and nephews, Donna (Carl) Mallette, Brenda Berg, Raymond (Lynda) St. Peter, Brian (Linda) St. Peter, Donald

1947-2015, BURLINGTON Joseph (Joe) Henry Rivers, 67, passed away February 22, 2015, in Venice, Fla. Joe was born on August 3, 1947, the son of Robert and Katherine Rivers in Burlington.

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the mile and two-mile. He then enlisted in the Marine Corps and served a tour in Vietnam. After his military service, he graduated from Champlain College and later attended Indiana State University-Evansville, where he received a scholarship to play basketball. He worked for 18 years at the American Red Cross in Evansville, Ind. In 1994 he moved back to his hometown, where he worked at UVM. He was known by some as the “Zamboni man” at Gutterson Fieldhouse and Cairns Arena, where he collectively worked for over a decade.

Joe enjoyed being an amateur ornithologist and cherished his children and grandchildren.

He is survived by his three children, Nicole Brown, Augustus and Andrea; three brothers, Bob (Judy), Mike (Sharlene) and Tom (Nancy); two sisters, Kathy Libby (Paul) and Mary Tilley; four grandchildren, Nina and Nora of Paducah, Ky., and Charlie and William,of Springdale, Ariz.; and his longtime partner, Toni Trono.

His love and humor will be missed.

A memorial visitation will be held on Thursday, June 11, between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m. at LaVigne Funeral Home in Winooski. He will be laid to rest at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 12, at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph.

Condolences and memories can be shared online at ForeverMissed (joerivers.forevermissed.com). Memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project (woundedwarriorproject. org), 4899 Belfort Rd., Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256.

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adviser to seniors through the Champlain Valley Agency on the Aging.

Pat was also a feminist who worked hard advancing women’s issues such as reproductive freedom and passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Pat and her family are especially proud of Pat’s political career. In the early 1970s, Pat became the first female elected to Burlington’s board of aldermen (now city council). Pat’s campaign brochure photograph appears in this obituary. Pat was also the first democrat elected from Ward 6. Pat also served on Burlington’s planning commission. During Pat’s time in public service, she advocated for urban renovations of Burlington’s downtown that included the creation of the city’s pedestrian mall.

Pat’s life was devoted to family, especially her grandchildren, and friends.

Pat was a gourmet cook whose meals are specifically recalled with great fondness by friends and family to this day. In addition to cooking, Pat loved good humor, entertaining, boating, camping, gardening, canoeing, hunting and fishing for everything that swims: trout, bass, rooster fish, tuna, salmon, marlin, bone fish and sailfish. Pat especially loved traveling with her husband, Charles. Together they traveled to China, Europe, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and Canada.

Pat’s beauty belied her rugged sense of adventure.

For years Pat and Charles were transported by a prop plane deep into the wilds of Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada, portaging their canoe and camping for a month without cellphones or electronic devices.

Pat lived a wonderfully rich and vibrant life and accepted her impending death with grace and courage.

Pat will be missed for years to come by her friends and family.

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and Erik (Hermann) West and family. Pat also leaves her extended family: Charles and Joan Tetzlaff and family; Joyce and Ted Flanagan and family; David Schaefer and Jane Boehm and family; Annie and Peter Kreisel and family; Elisabeth Weltin; Anne and Dick Squires; and Donald Steffens. Pat’s good friend Gael Steffens predeceased her several years ago.

Pat enjoyed the letters, cards, emails and voice messages sent to her by family and friends. Pat was especially touched that her sister, in-laws, cousins, and nieces and nephews traveled great distances to care for her during the final weeks of life.

The immediate family wishes to thank Patty Reno for her assistance throughout the years; friends and family who delivered food and flowers; and all who contacted, visited and cared for Pat in her final days.

Thanks to the University of Vermont Medical Center, the VNA and hospice VNA. The family especially wishes to thank Dr. Patricia King, Dr. Joseph Schmoker, Dr. William Hopkins and Dr. Bonita Libman and their staff for their compassionate care and concern.

Pat was a remarkable woman, wife, mother and friend. Pat was also a stunningly beautiful woman who cast aside her modeling career in New York City, and an opportunity to be a Breck Girl, to seek a meaningful life with her husband.

In Pat’s early years, she was a coat buyer and manager for department stores. After obtaining a BA from Trinity College in Burlington, Pat went on to become a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood (both in Vermont and at the national level), executive director of the Vermont Coalition for Health, recipe tester for the Harrowsmith Cookbook, coowner of the Cheese Outlet in Burlington and a Medicare

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Patricia (Pat) Novotny died on June 3, 2015, at her home while in the loving care and embrace of her family. Pat was 75 years old.

Pat was born to Edward and Irene Fey in New York.

Both parents predeceased Pat. Several aunts, uncles and cousins, including most recently Ralph Pryor and Dorothy Kreher, also predeceased Pat. Pat leaves Charles Novotny, her husband of 57 years; her daughter Margaret Novotny; daughter Elizabeth Novotny, wife Miriam and their children, Pat’s only grandchildren, Jackson and Charles; sister Roberta “Bobby” Frew and husband Jim of New Jersey; sister-in-law Ellen (Novotny) Hermann and husband Jim of Pennsylvania; brotherin-law Michael Novotny and wife Lizzie of California; cousin Kathy Pryor of New Hampshire; cousin Laurie (Pryor) Rosenthal of Florida and family; the Street, Runge and Gilman families of Tennessee, Florida and Idaho; and many nephews and nieces: Jesse Novotny; Daniel Novotny, wife April and family; Patricia Frew, husband Jeff Beneroffe and family; Kathryn (Frew) McGuire, husband Peter and family; Charlie Frew; Jim Frew, wife Christie and family; Michael Hermann and wife Justine Andronici;

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arm to table. Farm to school.

Farm to fork. And farm to ballet?

Yes, Vermont is now the birthplace of a unique ag-inspired art movement that’s taking root this summer.

Conceived by Vermont native Chatch Pregger, the Farm to Ballet Project is a full-length production with 18 dancers that tells the story of a farm from spring through fall. It’s “intended to celebrate Vermont’s farming culture while expanding classical ballet’s audience,” according to the project’s website.

The performances will happen August 1 through 23 at agrarian sites in Dorset, Shelburne, Charlotte, Poultney, Barnard and Essex Junction.

Pregger’s motivation for the project can be traced all the way back to his childhood. “When I was little,” he says, “my family took a trip to Yellowstone National Park. I remember signs everywhere saying not to feed the bears because the preservatives in human food would make them sick. After that, we started to eat very healthy.”

Now with two young children of his own, Pregger says, “The organic and local food movement was one of the things that brought my wife and me together. We eat organic and local as much as possible.”

In addition to a passion for healthy food, Pregger, 35, brings an accomplished dance résumé to his ag-art project. He grew up in Fair Haven and left at age 15 to attend the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts in Connecticut. In 2000, he joined Boston Ballet and participated

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in the New York International Ballet Competition. Pregger went on to dance with companies in Washington, D.C., Houston and other cities. He returned to Vermont in 2005 and lives in Winooski.

These days, Pregger stays busy teaching eight adult ballet classes a week at Spotlight in South Burlington; in July, he will direct the ballet program at Green Mountain Performing Arts in Waterbury.

He decided to choreograph and produce the full-length Farm to Ballet production in part to give his students an opportunity to perform. “Many of these folks have never been onstage before,” he says.

During a recent rehearsal of Farm

to Ballet in South Burlington, Pregger guides his dancers through a challenging routine, perfecting each section through repetition.

The ballet tells the story of life on a farm, set to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.

“The production starts with the geese returning for the spring and then the farmer planning out the farm,” Pregger explains. The subsequent pieces move through the seasonal stages of planting, irrigating, tending and then harvesting the farm’s produce. Scenes feature geese, bees, an apple tree, a salad and a pas de deux with the farmer and the weather-vane rooster. “The ballet ends

with a celebratory farm-share pickup scene, just before the geese fly south for the winter,” Pregger says.

For his choreography, Pregger has reinterpreted classical variations and corps de ballet ensembles from traditional ballets — Swan Lake, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Coppélia, among others. Much of the movement has been adapted to ensure that the dancers can perform on grass, since their outdoor venues will have no actual stage. That means no pointe shoes and no turns for the dancers, but lots of jumping. Onfarm rehearsals will start in July.

All volunteers, the dancers are regulars in Pregger’s popular adult ballet classes who run the gamut from experienced dancers to newbies at the barre. One of the former is demi-soloist Lindsey Slan Halman of South Burlington.

The 36-year-old teacher and mother of a preschooler danced in her Maryland hometown until her early teens, then returned to ballet when she discovered Pregger’s adult program.

Zoë Marr Hilliard, 29, has been dancing for nearly 23 years. She grew up in Hubbardton and earned her bachelor’s in dance and sculpture at Smith College. For this project, she has been cast as the Queen Bee in the “Pollination” dance. “Chatch is taking classical ballet and making it accessible to Vermont audiences in a way that’s appealing to all ages — dance enthusiasts, farmers and locavores alike,” says Hilliard, who now lives in Sudbury. She describes the performance as “beautiful, creative, clever, funny and touching.”

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Dinosaurs Arrive in Vermont, 68 Million Years Late The fossil records of nearby states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut indicate that dinosaurs terrorized those lands long before drunken Bruins fans ever did. Though prehistoric creatures once dwelled in the tropical sea that became Lake Champlain, no dinosaurs ever stomped around the Green Mountains.

Until now.

Jurassic World, the long-delayed third sequel to the 1993 film Jurassic

Park, will have an unusual premiere in Burlington two days before its national release. The film, directed by Burlingtonian Colin Trevorrow, is the main attraction of a fundraising event for the Vermont International Film Foundation. Though the bread and butter of VTIFF is screening “small,” independent and foreign films that do not receive widespread theatrical release, the local connection to this $150 million summer blockbuster was

a perfect opportunity to raise money for and awareness of the organization.

After directing just one mid-budget independent film, 2012’s Safety Not Guaranteed, Trevorrow was tapped by none other than Steven Spielberg and his producing team to join the ranks of big Hollywood players. Though his first feature contains no dinosaurs, and his second feature would appear to contain little in the way of “quirky” romance, Trevorrow says that the two films are

more alike than they might appear. This week, Vermonters will have the chance to decide for themselves…

– E TH A N de S e i f e See Ethan de Seife’s interview with director Colin Trevorrow on the Seven Days culture blog, Live Culture.

The sneak peek of Jurassic World is Wednesday, June 10, 7 p.m. at Williston’s Majestic 10. $25/$100 VIP tickets; preregistration required. The event is a fundraiser for the Vermont International Film Festival. vtiff.org Jurassic World opens to the public on Friday, June 12.

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will be a totally new experience for him,” Stearns says. “My character is strong, confident, grateful for her crops and adoring of her animals.”

Pregger says all the dancers have participated in the project in ways beyond performing — from helping with fundraising to making costumes. His enthusiasm for linking agriculture to ballet appears to be contagious.

And he’s not done thinking about ways to strengthen Vermont’s local food systems. Pregger says he’s brainstorming ways to bring Farm to Ballet to so-called “food deserts,” where access to healthy, affordable nutritional options is limited.

“I am a ballet dancer, not a farmer,” he says, “but I think healthy food production is crucial to a healthy society.”

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The star of the show, in the role of Lead Farmer, is 33-year-old Megan StearnS, who says she moved to Vermont in 2009 after realizing she was on the wrong career path — playing minor roles in LA film projects. Stearns discovered Pregger’s ballet classes soon after she relocated to Burlington, longing to get back to dancing after a long hiatus.

Stearns studied ballet from age 9 at a pre-professional level, but gave it up to attend the University of Virginia, from which she graduated in 2003. “By the time I reached high school, ballet had become a grind for me,” she says. “I felt like I was missing out on other things.”

An artist and the creative director of Let’s Grow Kids, a statewide publiceducation campaign, Stearns says she now has a deeper appreciation for the art form, not to mention that it’s “the best workout regimen I’ve ever found!”

She’s excited that her brother, Cory Stearns, a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, will come to see her perform in Vermont.

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onstantino Brumidi (18051880), the creator of some of the greatest artworks in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., moldered in an unmarked grave for 70-some years before his reputation was gradually resurrected in the mid-20th century. Brumidi’s achievement was finally accorded formal honors in 2008 when he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

This summer, Vermonters may wonder anew why a superbly skilled painter working in such a prominent venue remained forgotten for so long. Brumidi’s baroque style, replete with skydiving angels and swooning nymphs, won’t tickle the taste of some contemporary viewers. But many will still admire the artist’s mastery of trompe l’oeil technique and the tricky buon fresco (true fresco) medium.

An exhibit celebrating Brumidi’s work opens July 22 at the Justin Smith Morrill Homestead in Strafford.

A talk in South Strafford last Sunday by Barbara Wolanin, curator of Washington, D.C.’s Architect of the Capitol, served as a preview of the show.

It’s timed to coincide with the scheduled completion this fall of a two-year-long restoration of the building’s dramatic cast-iron dome.

Wolanin spoke in part about Brumidi’s friendship with Morrill (1810-1898), a self-made merchant who served in Congress for 44 years, including a then-unprecedented six terms as senator. The presence in the Morrill Homestead of a few Brumidi paintings accounts for the United States Capitol Historical Society’s decision to situate the show in a central Vermont village of slightly more than 1,000 residents.

Morrill, who left school at age 15, is best known for sponsorship of the 1862 Land-Grant College Act. It set aside revenues from the sale of more than 17 million acres of federal lands for establishment of public higher-education institutions in every state.

Morrill was an art lover who influentially supported efforts to beautify the Capitol, Wolanin noted. He also called for completion of the Washington Monument, construction of a separate Library of Congress building and approval of an enlargement plan for the Capitol’s grounds designed by renowned

“THE APOTHEOSIS OF WASHINGTON,” A FRESCO PAINTED IN THE CAPITOL DOME’S INTERIOR, AND A SERIES OF RICHLY DECORATED CORRIDORS ON THE BUILDING’S SENATE SIDE

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landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Today, Brumidi’s stature as “America’s Michelangelo” is revived.

That comparison can be traced to a speech Morrill made on the Senate floor on the occasion of his friend’s death.

“So long had he devoted his heart and strength to this Capitol that his love and reverence for it was not surpassed by even that of Michelangelo for St. Peter’s,” Morrill told his colleagues.

Among the Brumidi pieces hanging in the homestead is one titled simply “Painting.” It shows a muse accompanied by cherubim displaying a Brumidi portrait of U.S. historian William Prescott. Brumidi’s oil portraits of Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow are also displayed at the homestead.

Brumidi painted numerous other works for Morrill’s mansion in Washington, which was razed several

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years ago as part of an urban-renewal initiative. Most of those pieces have been preserved in Washington.

“The Apotheosis of Washington,” a fresco painted in the Capitol dome’s interior, and a series of richly decorated corridors on the building’s Senate side are considered Brumidi’s masterpieces. He died prior to completing “The Frieze of American History,” a grisaille panorama 300 feet in circumference that rings the Capitol rotunda. Working largely on the basis of Brumidi’s design, other artists finished the stunning trompe l’oeil work.

Wolanin described Brumidi, a native of Rome who owned a coffee shop there, as a “jolly man” who “enjoyed women.”

He married a teenager when he was 50, she noted.

Brumidi immigrated to the U.S. in 1852 after spending 18 months in jail for alleged involvement in a republican uprising against the pope. He worked in New York and Philadelphia as well as in Washington, but there’s no evidence that he traveled to Vermont, despite his friendship with Morrill. That absence will be partly offset by the arrival of the “America’s Michelangelo” show in central Vermont next month.

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“America’s Michelangelo: The Life and Classical Works of Constantino Brumidi,” July 22 through October 12, at the Justin Smith Morrill Homestead in Strafford. morrillhomestead.org

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Typewriter Enthusiasts Tap Into Their Passion at a Burlington ‘Type-In’ B y M AR gO T HA R R iSO n

Wells said he likes to shoW his typeWriters to his elementary schoolers, Who

are “fascinated With them.”

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David Wells leads typists in an exercise at Maglianero Café

Once dismounted, he unpacked a second treasure: a 1960s Rooy Portable that folds “as small as an iBook,” Carlson noted, thanks to a trapdoor mechanism.

A molecular biologist about to embark on a doctorate, Carlson runs a hobby business called SamFixIt, offering $10 vintage typewriter tune-ups. People come from neighboring states for his hard-to-find services, he said — not to mention supplies such as the 300 ribbons he bought from a typewriter shop before it went out of business.

Carlson’s own interest in the machines began when he wanted to write old-school letters, and “My handwriting sucked,” he said. He discovered that the “finality” of typing improved his “sentence gymnastics.” Not to mention his digital dexterity — when Wells held the afternoon’s typing contest, Carlson won handily with 42 words per minute.

While some of the Type-In attendees were old enough to remember when BuRlingTOn ‘TypE-in’

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Montpelier to Maglianero and set them up on a long table with paper and instructions to “Please type on me.”

Among those who obliged was ryan mcphee of Wells River, owner of the Underwood that Wells had been excited to spot. Like the other eight or nine rotating Type-In attendees, McPhee wanted to sample different machines — such as a 1964 Sears model that produces exclusively italic text. “I’m going to try to get to all of them,” he said, tapping away.

“It’s nice to hear this noise and not have me be the only one creating it.”

McPhee’s typewritercollecting habit started a decade ago and “escalated”; he now has about 20 machines. A self-confessed “bit of a Luddite,” he was attracted to the old typewriters’ “aesthetic, the mechanical feel,” though he admitted he has to “invent reasons” to use them. (Many attendees cited personal letter writing as a prime opportunity to use their typewriters.)

While some came just to type and talk, others hoped to get a vintage machine back up to speed.

Repair help was on hand in the form of sam carLson, who made a striking entrance with a 1947 Underwood Standard strapped to the back of his yellow bike.

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ast Saturday afternoon, Burlington’s Maglianero Café filled with a sound eerily familiar to people of a certain age: the tapping of manual typewriters.

The typists, ranging from gradeschoolers to boomers, came from around the state. What they had in common was a fascination with the ingenious, durable machines that once represented state-ofthe-art personal communications technology. And, contrary to a certain image of typewriter enthusiasts as cooler-thanthou, their enthusiasm for the bygone world of Wite-Out and manual carriage returns was frank and contagious.

That enthusiasm started with organizer DaviD WeLLs. “You’re in the right place at the right time, and I see an Underwood!” he cried, welcoming a newcomer to the gathering.

In his day job, Wells, 51, is the principal of Underhill I.D. Elementary School, where he works to equip kids with the latest technology. In his off hours, Wells runs a blog called vermont vintage typeWriter, in which he chronicles his acquisitions of new-old machines and the stories behind them.

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Eight-year-old DeRek hefel of Underhill came to the event with his mom, nicki, who said her son types every day on his thrift-store Olympia — an “unplugged” activity that she’s happy to encourage. The idea didn’t originate with his parents, though: “I like complex machines,” Derek explained. When he saw his first typewriter — “I think

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The Remington had a tangled ribbon, and Carlson offered his services. “This is my lucky day!” said Palm, a recent winner of the prestigious Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. She didn’t grow up with typewriters, she said, but likes what they do for her writing: “When I sit and type, it’s more conducive to how I think through a sentence. It slows down the process.”

These “obsolete” machines, it seems, are many things to many people — aids to creativity, intriguing objects, pieces of history. Along with one of his acquisitions, Wells was psyched to discover an

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Those gender roles may be history, but the typewriter endures. The manual machines’ physical durability, Wells pointed out, is key to their appeal. When today’s state-of-the-art desktop PCs are tomorrow’s doorstops, it’s hard not to marvel at a device that can still do exactly what it was designed to do 50 or 70 years ago — turn thoughts into legible words. m

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maybe online” — he thought “it looked like it would be cool to have one.”

Wells said he likes to show his typewriters to his elementary schoolers, who are “fascinated with them.” He bought his first one for his daughter, only to have her sister demand one, too.

Now he has 11 or 12, most from sources like Goodwill and antique shops, ranging in price from $40 to $150. A plethora of typewriters can be found on eBay, of course, but sellers “have to know how to send them,” Wells cautioned, to avoid damage to moving parts like the carriage. anGela Palm, a writer and editor who works upstairs from Maglianero at kaRma BiRD house, stumbled upon the

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I recently reread Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything. In his chapter on ice ages, he says geologists believe the Earth has had numerous glaciation events, we’re currently in an interglacial period and we’re likely due for another round of ice. Bryson also writes that global warming could paradoxically accelerate the next glaciation, although no one really knows. I was wondering: what impact would global warming have on an impending ice age?

The epicanthic eye folds, flatter facial features, and compact bodies typical of today’s east Asians are thought to be the result of having been trapped behind the glaciers.

Unprotected eyes, prominent noses, and long limbs were an invitation to frostbite and death.

The entirety of what we now think of as civilization was created during the current interglacial — in the grand scheme, an astonishingly short period of time. The thought that this hospitable era was drawing to a close gave scientists of the time the willies. Yeah, we’d gotten through it before, and we’d get through it again. But cheezit, at what cost — back to the caves?

Thanks to global warming (yay!), we can now put this grim prospect behind us. In a 2013 report, the National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee, convened by the U.S. Department of Commerce, declared that

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1977 has been characterized by sharp swings. Second, on average, late springs in Chicago now are about 4 degrees cooler than in 1950.

Does that mean the glaciers are about to return? No, but we’re pumping enormous amounts of energy into a system with few safety valves.

Did that cause the distortion of the jet stream that poured polar air into northern cities, causing the recent catastrophic winter in Boston? It’d be foolish to make such a claim now. Only in hindsight will we be able to say: That was the year the future arrived.

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his one’s easy. As a result of global warming, the next ice age in all likelihood has been postponed until further notice. Bask in that thought for a moment. OK, time’s up. What we may get instead could be worse — not just droughts and hurricanes, but winters from hell.

In the 1970s scientists thought the next ice was going to arrive, if not imminently, at least disconcertingly soon — possibly within 1,500 years.

Abundant geological and archeological evidence showed the Earth had experienced many ice ages, the most recent of which concluded about 10,000 years ago. Warm periods, or interglacials, typically lasted about 10,000 years (I’m giving the simplified version of this).

You see the nub of the problem right there.

Modern humans managed to survive the last ice age, but the experience was brutal.

sheets melt and temperatures rise in the northern latitudes, the amount of vegetation will increase, resulting in reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide and again, more cooling.

Still others believe a sudden addition of melted fresh water into the oceans could disrupt critical ocean currents, such as the Gulf Stream, and lead to much colder temperatures in the north and the return of the glaciers. One such event occurred more than 8,000 years ago, when a giant glacier meltwater lake in the middle of North America drained into the ocean and triggered a chilling of the northern hemisphere by more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit.

Change may occur even in the absence of catastrophic events. Global-warming deniers (a dwindling breed, from what I can tell) have made much of the harsh winters of the past couple of years in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest.

Granted, two cold seasons don’t a long-term trend make.

However, a few years ago I analyzed Chicago weather data for late spring (May 15 through June 15) from 1950 to 2009 and found two things. First, yearto-year temperature variation, modest in the 1950s and ’60s, increased after 1969 and since

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“humans have so altered the composition of the atmosphere that the next glaciation has now been delayed indefinitely.”

So fine. We, and not untrammeled nature, now control our destiny. That’s not necessarily good.

I pause to acknowledge here that, like everyone else who isn’t determined to ignore the evidence, I buy the overall contention that human activity affects climate — not just now, but throughout history.

Mostly we’ve warmed things up. Cutting down forests and draining wetlands for agriculture may have forestalled an ice age about 5,000 years ago.

(To simplify again, deforestation added carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.) Soot produced by burning wood, coal and other fuels coated ice and snow, causing them to soak up more solar heat and melt faster.

This phenomenon is thought to be responsible for ending the Little Ice Age, a colder-thanaverage period from 1350 to 1800, which in turn had been triggered by the reforestation of Europe after farms were abandoned in the wake of bubonic plague.

So global warming in principle isn’t new. What’s different is that we’re pumping CO2 into the atmosphere at a greater rate than before, with unpredictable consequences. In his book, Bryson speculates that greater warming would increase cloud cover, cooling the planet.

Others posit that as the ice

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Hilton Garden Party I couldn’t find the door, which left me feeling like a doofus. I just stood there facing a wall of large windows artfully streaked in white squiggles, and searching for a clue. Witnessing my confusion, the woman chuckled and said, “Yeah, it’s tricky. The door is over here on the left.

Just walk up to it, and it’ll slide open.”

I did just that, and it did. Once inside, I climbed the few steps into the lobby, and ran the situation past the front desk clerk.

She said, “I really need to check with the manager, and he’s away just now.”

“No problem,” I said. “I’ll return after I drop your guests at the airport.”

On the ride to the airport, I chatted with my customers. They were in town for an insurance conference. I asked, “Was it, perchance, concerning captive insurance?”

Joe said, “As a matter of fact, it was. I’m impressed you know about that. It’s pretty obscure if you’re not in the business.”

“Oh, it was just an educated guess,” I said. “Vermont invented captive insurance, or at least pioneered the legal structures that made it easy to set up such a business in our state. Through the years, I’ve driven many insurance people to conferences of this sort, and they told me about it.”

I dropped my folks at the terminal and headed back to the hotel to claim my money. On the ride downtown, my intuition had something to say.

“Jernigan.”

“Oh, great,” I replied. “What now?”

“I don’t like your attitude. Anyway, I just want to let you know that you’re in for a hassle at the hotel. Be prepared.”

“Well, thanks for sharing,” I said.

“However, you happen to be wrong. I know how you think you’re infallible, and I should always follow you, blah, blah,

blah. But just pay attention when we get to the Hilton. Live and learn, my friend.”

It’s not a good sign when you get passive-aggressive and argumentative with your own intuition. It doesn’t bode well.

I reached the hotel, parked and successfully found the door, and strode in confidently. The same woman was at the front desk. I said to her, “Here’s a receipt.

Could you get the manager so I can get paid?”

She glanced at me, a slightly stricken look on her face. She signaled over the manager. “That cabbie’s back,” I overheard her whisper to him.

The manager — clean-cut, spiffy and professional — said to me, “This is not something we normally do, but let me check. Who was the guest you transported?”

The hackles on my back rose. Yes, hackles. My hackie hackles.

“Look, I don’t really care what you ‘normally’ do, because I’ve been at this for more than 30 years. I just drove your guests to the airport, and they told me you would pick up the fare. End of story.”

I wasn’t exactly yelling at the guy, but my voice had just that edge you would imagine.

“Sir,” he said calmly. “No need to get testy. I just need the name of the guests.”

I told him Joe Greene and some other lady — I don’t know her name — and he retreated to a back room to check God knows what. That left me and the front desk clerk.

A minute went by, with my ire actually rising. I said, “You know, this is ridiculous.

We’re talking about a lousy 15 bucks here!

Every hotel I’ve ever dealt with would make good on this tab without delay.”

“Sir, there’s no need to get rude with me.”

The hackles on my back rose. yes, hackles.

My hackie hackles.

I said, “You’re right. I’m sorry,” but my tone was not entirely apologetic, and tone means everything in these situations.

Anyone can spout the right words.

The manager returned, counted the money from the till, and handed it to me, a stiff smile on his face. He also had me sign a separate receipt. I thanked him and took off.

It took another hour before I came to my senses and thought, Oh, what a jerk I am. And, by the end of the day, I realized I should go back and apologize, maybe even armed with chocolates. Nothing says, “I’m sorry,” like a bag of scrumptious Lake Champlain Chocolates. I speak from experience.

Weeks went by, and I kept forgetting to return to the hotel. Now too much time has elapsed; the apology window has closed. But I am still considering an apology to my intuition. Which, by the way, is always right. m

All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.

INFo hackie is a twice-monthly column that can also be read on sevendaysvt.com. to reach jernigan, email hackie@sevendaysvt.com.

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t was my first pickup at Burlington’s newest hotel — the Hilton Garden Inn. Though it’s been in operation for months, I’m surprised how few locals know of its existence. I think that’s because the bulk of the property is not on street level but tucked into the interior of the block behind existing buildings.

I remember watching the zoning department hearings when the project was in its planning stage. They were broadcast on cable access TV and seem to have gone on for years, though that sounds outlandish now that I say it.

Not that the lengthy deliberation was unjustified: City officials recognized that this hotel would represent a significant alteration of the downtown cityscape, and they were determined to get it just right before granting the requisite approvals.

Their method of achieving this appeared to involve the endless torture of the builders and their architects. I couldn’t say why this bureaucratic process so captured my attention, but I tuned in to countless hours of it.

And after all that hoopla, here was the hotel, finished and quietly taking business. It was just before noon on a sunny morning when I pulled into the wide driveway adjacent to the old city armory, and up to the hotel entrance. Two people, a man and a woman, stood out front with their bags. “Are you Joe Greene?” I asked the man as I stepped out of my taxi.

“Yes, sir,” he replied. “We’re going to the airport. It seems the hotel scheduled us for the shuttle, unbeknownst to me.

But we’re still taking you, and I believe the hotel will pay for it if you give them a receipt.”

“Well, that would work,” I said. “Let me go in and check with the front desk to confirm that.”

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he Vermont Department of Liquor Control warehouse in Montpelier buzzed with activity as beeping forklifts hauled cases of liquor into the back of a large truck on the Wednesday before Memorial Day weekend.

Workers were busily restocking Vermont’s 80 state-controlled liquor stores in anticipation of the unofficial start of summer, which historically coincides with a statewide uptick in alcohol consumption.

Warehouse manager Barry Richardson, who’s worked at DLC for nearly 25 years, managed the traffic flow.

On average, four trucks leave the warehouse four times a day, each hauling about 1,000 cases — or enough liquor for four stores, he said. State employees deliver to most outlets every other week, though Vermont’s busiest liquor stores, such as Beverage Warehouse in Winooski and Burlington’s Pearl Street Beverage, get weekly shipments.

Has Richardson’s job changed much since the 1990s?

“A ton,” he said, adjusting a case of Absolut vodka bound for the truck. “[We carry] way more items.”

Indeed, this warehouse regularly stocks more than 1,000 different items sold in Vermont liquor stores and another 1,200 to 1,300 specialty orders that come from bars, restaurants, liquor store owners and their customers. The inventory is organized not by liquor type or brand but by the products that move the fastest; the biggest sellers are stacked, floor to ceiling, along the outside walls for easier access. Those coveted spots can change from year to year, reflecting Vermonters’ shifting tastes for spirituous beverages.

“Kahlua used to be our fastest mover. For a while, that was our password on the security system,” Richardson recalled. “Right now, Knob Creek is pretty hot. Bulleit Bourbon is also flying.” (For a list of Vermont’s top-selling brands, see facing page.)

Anyone who’s ever had a margarita, Manhattan or mai tai in the Green Mountain State has drunk from the river of booze that

flows through this warehouse, the only one of its kind in the state. Vermont is one of 17 “control states” in which unelected state officials direct the distribution and sale of all high-proof spirits — vodka, gin, rum, whisky, tequila, etc. Liquor manufacturers own every bottle in this “bailment warehouse” until it ships out, at which point the DLC pays for it.

That bottle arrives at a state liquor outlet, or “agency,” where it belongs to the state — not the merchant who stocks it — until a customer purchases it. As most Vermont booze buyers quickly discover, that transaction goes through a separate, state-owned cash register, which is different from the one used to ring up beer, wine, chips and other groceries. The state’s archaic, DOS-based machines still rely on dial-up internet connections to process credit- and debit-card transactions, which can be ponderously slow and often account for the long lines of customers waiting to check out.

Some suggest this byzantine business model could be made more efficient and lucrative for the state by allowing private industry to take it over. State Auditor Doug Hoffer says it’s time for an “honest conversation” about whether the control-state model is really the best way to sell liquor in Vermont. He also sees an inherent conflict of interest in the DLC’s mission to both promote liquor sales and restrict its availability.

“I’m not one to advocate for privatization as a rule. I think government has an important role to play in many areas of our lives,” said Hoffer, a Progressive. “But I struggle to find a justification for the sale of spirits as a core function of state government. I just don’t see it.”

Longtime DLC commissioner Michael Hogan countered that the control-state model actually provides Vermonters with “the best of both worlds” by carefully controlling how powerful spirits are sold while also keeping prices affordable and availability limited. He suggested that the allure of inviting private industry to take over liquor sales and distribution in order to make more money will only invite more problems, from market oversaturation to alcohol abuse.

“Privatization is always percolating in the background, and it’s percolating even more when the state has more revenue needs,” Hogan said. “Now that the state has been dealing with deficits year after year, they’re looking to fill in holes. But I think that’s the biggest mistake Vermont could make.”

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It’s easy to forget that, for much of its history, booze-loving Vermont was a dry state. From 1852 until 1933, it was illegal to sell hard alcohol in the Green Mountains, though local moonshiners and smugglers supplied Vermonters during the Prohibition years.

In 1933, when the 21st Amendment voided the Volstead Act, Vermont was one of 17 states, along with jurisdictions in Alaska, Maryland, Minnesota and South Dakota, that chose to adopt a control model to regulate alcohol. Although each state’s system differed somewhat, the common denominator was that the state owned the liquor at some point in the purchasing process.

In 1933, Vermont created the DLC to oversee the sale and distribution of all hard alcohol in the state. Surprisingly little has changed since then. Until 1986, Vermont owned and operated all its own liquor stores. In the ensuing decade, it began converting state-owned stores to privately licensed liquor “agents.” The last ones transitioned in 1996.

Today, 80 agent retailers have exclusive contracts to sell liquor in their area.

They offer the same sales on the same days, at prices listed in the DLC’s statutorily mandated quarterly, 802Spirits.

Those prices cannot vary, regardless of the store’s proximity to competitors just across the border in New Hampshire, New York or Massachusetts. Similarly, every restaurant, bar and nightclub pays the same price for a bottle of Jim Beam or Jack Daniels as the average Joe Vermonter.

Pro-privatizers argue that liquor could easily be sold through the same business channels as beer, wine, cider and other lower-proof alcoholic beverages.

Currently, Vermont has four major beer and wine distributors — Baker Distributing, Farrell Distributing, g.housen and Calmont Beverage — and three smaller private wholesalers, D o ug Ho ffe r , Au di t o r

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which collectively sell to the more than 1,200 retail outlets statewide. Those stores range from small mom-andpops to major national chains such as Walmart, Costco, Shaw’s and Price Chopper.

Not everyone is convinced it’s wise to mess with Vermont’s spirit world.

Some, including officials at the DLC itself, argue that Vermont’s liquor control system works fine and doesn’t need fixing. They contend that Vermont, like other control states, has done a better job than “open states” of reducing overconsumption and keeping high-proof spirits out of the hands of minors.

Moreover, privatization opponents also say that any financial benefits — notably, higher tax revenues reaped from greater liquor sales, the eliminated costs of staffing and maintaining a state warehouse, and the one-time windfall of selling off all its inventory — would be short-lived. They contend that such gains would be more than offset by other public health and safety costs, including higher rates of alcoholism, drunk driving and more emergency room visits.

Hogan points to Maine, which privatized its liquor wholesaling in 2004, and Washington, which fully privatized in 2012. In both states, there’s evidence that competition decreased, consumer prices increased, and many small retailers and artisan distillers got squeezed out.

Vermont has considered privatizing before; the legislature mandated studies in the 1990s and again in 2004. The state paid $50,000 for the last one, from Virginia-based Management Analysis, Incorporated, which suggested ways of improving efficiency in the DLC’s warehouse but made no recommendation to abandon the control-state model.

Auditor Hoffer decided to give the matter another look.

Last November, he issued a report with the unsexy title “Liquor Control System: Fiscal Impact of Privatization Projected as Neutral, but DLC Could

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9. Scotch 142,344

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4. Rum 511,319

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Take Other Actions That May Increase Profits.” In it, Hoffer didn’t come out for or against privatization, which may explain why lawmakers, and the press, greeted the report with a collective yawn.

But the analysis did raise a fundamental question: Is the sale of liquor a “core function” of state government, akin to plowing streets and patroling highways?

If not, Hoffer suggested, then lawmakers should reconsider whether private industry can do the job safely, efficiently and more profitably for taxpayers.

Doing so, Hoffer acknowledged, would leave a lot of cash on the barrel: In fiscal year 2013, the DLC took in nearly $30 million in net liquor revenue, $18 million of which went to the general fund, $12 million to run its operations.

Between 2003 and 2013, liquor sales at state-controlled stores contributed more than $167 million to state coffers.

Although the report doesn’t say as much, in a recent interview Hoffer pointed out that his office was “intentionally conservative” in its calculations of the fiscal impact of privatization.

Hoffer said he didn’t want to make any “risky or imprudent assumptions about what the future might hold” if liquor sales were privatized. But he suggested that liquor tax revenues could be significantly higher because private wholesalers and retailers would have more incentives to sell more booze than state-controlled stores do now.

Part of the problem, Hoffer explained, is that owners of many state liquor outlets have little incentive to move their product, because that’s not where they make most of their money. Most state liquor stores are located within larger retail outlets that also sell beer, wine and other groceries. Liquor is just another product to get customers in the door.

Cop and Competitor 802 Beverage, Wine & Spirits is a relatively new state liquor outlet that opened last September in the Ethan Allen Shopping Center on North Avenue in Burlington. Formerly known as Merola’s, it was previously located about a half mile north of its current location.

Shoppers there can choose from an impressive selection of local, domestic and imported beers, wines, ciders and other alcoholic beverages. With more than twice the space of its old location, the store also has racks of domestic and imported wines.

The liquor bottles, meanwhile, are tucked away to one side of the store and segregated from the rest of the retail operation like the adult-movie section of a video store. There are no posters or other promotional material aggressively marketing spirits.

How do retailers like 802 Beverage get into the booze business? Basically, storeowners apply for a license to sell distilled spirits on their premises.

Whether they receive DLC approval is based in part on their proximity to other agent stores and potential sales growth in that area. Hogan said the DLC does market research to determine whether a new outlet will generate additional revenue for the state or simply pull

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research that says that spirits require greater control than beer and wine.

There’s no reason not to follow the beer and wine path and license it rather than control it.”

Vermont grocers, club and tavern owners or restaurateurs are not clamoring to privatize liquor sales. Then again, some who acknowledge the benefits of switching to a privatized model won’t say so publicly, because they’re wary of invoking the DLC’s ire.

Most of the Vermont beer and wine distributors contacted for this story either didn’t return calls or declined to comment on the record. But, as one suggested privately, “every distributor in the state” would jump at the opportunity to also sell booze; they already have the staff, trucks, delivery routes, franchise arrangements and retailer relationships.

Nevertheless, this distributor wouldn’t belly up to the bar and push that agenda publicly.

“You have to understand. They are our police,” he explained, referring to the DLC and its enforcement authority.

“And our police are also our competitor.”

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The DLC’s administrative headquarters doesn’t call attention to itself at the terminus of Green Mountain Drive in Montpelier, just beyond Green Mountain Power’s solar panels. The interior is another story: Along with their family photos, many staffers proudly display Vermont-made products such as Sapling maple liqueur, Barr Hill Gin, WhistlePig rye and Silo vodka at their workstations.

For decades, the DLC attracted little attention or scrutiny from lawmakers or the press; it answers to neither the legislature nor the governor but to the appointed members of the Vermont Liquor Control Board. But five months after Hoffer’s report, the Burlington Free Press discovered the department had been making undocumented overtime payments to William Goggins, the DLC’s director of education, licensing and enforcement. That policy,

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Nevertheless, in 2013, nearly threequarters of the state’s 78 existing stores at the time earned incentive commissions totaling $1 million. Contracts with state agents are initially awarded * for one year at a time but can eventually increase to three- and five-year contracts. Hoffer characterized such Three of the top four arrangements as “entitlements,” adding most profitable liquor that, short of flagrant and repeated rules outlets in Vermont violations, “the people who have them are in Chittenden are good for life.”

County, though At the same time, though, agent those in Manchester, stores don’t have a lot of skin in the Barre, Bennington game, largely because they don’t own and Rutland are also the liquor bottles on their shelves — keeping the booze those are owned by the state until a cusflowing. tomer buys them — and thus have little incentive to aggressively turn inventory. *Data for FY2014 sales.

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A Howard Dean appointee who’s worked for the DLC for 17 years, Hogan is still on the job — through at least the end of June — and seemed no worse for the wear in a recent interview. Dressed in a sharp suit and tie, and with his saltand-pepper beard cropped closely, the 68-year-old looked like he stepped out of a glossy magazine ad for a top-shelf single-malt Scotch.

Hogan stands behind his decision to authorize his staff’s overtime pay. As he put it, “We had a need to do certain work, and the overtime accomplished it.” But he said he hoped that lawmakers wouldn’t use the controversy as a justification to upend Vermont’s liquorcontrol system.

Hogan pointed to data compiled by the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association showing that, historically, control states generate two to three times more revenue per gallon of liquor sold than do “open” states — even though control-state consumers buy less alcohol. Since the state buys in bulk and has no middleman, i.e., the wholesaler, it can make more money per bottle and still offer consumers reasonable prices.

“We also believe we’re more responsible sellers of alcohol than the private sector is,” he added. “Alcohol consumption is lower in control states than it is in open states, across the board.”

Does that mean Vermont has a problem with the way beer, wine, cider and other alcoholic beverages are marketed and sold? Not necessarily, Hogan clarified. But he pointed to a row of cans on a shelf behind his desk, many of which are alcoholic beverages that look like soft drinks. He suggested that such products, which often contain high concentrations of sugar and caffeine, are deliberately formulated and packaged to appeal to underage drinkers.

Unlike distilled spirits, which must first undergo a state review process to determine whether they’re “appropriate” for sale in Vermont liquor stores — for example, grain alcohol isn’t sold in Vermont stores due to its high-proof content — these products can be offered anywhere beer and wine are sold.

“Whenever privatization comes up, it’s all about the revenue side. It’s never about the public safety or public health side. That always gets stuck in the background,” Hogan said. “That’s what happened out in Washington State.”

they have been In November “growing at a very 2011, Washington nice rate,” according voters overwhelmto Marcia Gardner, ingly approved the DLC’s director of Citizen Proposition sales and marketing.

1183, which effec“We’d probably see tively ended the some of them go out state’s 78-year-old of business, because monopoly on liquor they wouldn’t have sales. On June 1, the distribution 2012, Washington channels available to became the first them that they have state since the end of now through us.”

Prohibition to fully (See infographic, dismantle its liquorpage 34). control system. The Many of campaign was backed Vermont’s 18 craft by large national distillers agree. retailers, especially Duncan Holaday is Costco Wholesale founder and master Corporation, which distiller at Dunc’s spent about $20 M ic h ael H o g an , Mill, which promillion convincing D LC c o mmissio ne r duces 1,000 to 2,000 voters in its home cases of rum annustate that private ally from its St. Johnsbury distillery. industry would bring more competition, When he opened his first distillery 17 lower prices and better selection.

But Washington consumers may have years ago, there were virtually no other been slipped a mickey. As the Seattle small spirits producers in Vermont, and Times reported last year, the average the DLC “didn’t know what to do with cost of a liter of liquor, after taxes, was me.”

Since then, Holaday has helped other $24.39 — up from $21.19 before privatiartisan distilleries get up and running; zation. One study, by the nonprofit Tax he founded Vermont Spirits Distilling Foundation, found that Washington Co. in Quechee and designed the still at consumers were paying more than $35 per gallon for spirits, up by more than Caledonia Spirits in Hardwick. While Holaday admitted he’s “no expert on $8.50 pre-privatization.

“In Vermont, what would we liquor control,” he said the DLC has been gain if we went from 80 stores to “a very positive force” for the growth of 1,200? Nothing,” Hogan argued. “In small producers, enabling them to get Washington, the consumer was basi- on the shelves of Vermont liquor stores cally sold a bill of goods. They don’t have alongside multinational brands.

“I like where we are now,” he said. “I cheaper prices. They have higher prices think it’s been a good thing for Vermont and less selection.”

They also have major “border bleed.” to be a control state.”

Todd Hardie, founder and owner of Published reports indicate that privatization prompted Washington consum- Caledonia Spirits, said the DLC has been ers to begin driving to neighboring “incredibly responsive” to the needs of Oregon and Idaho to purchase cheaper Vermont producers, allowing them to booze. One Idaho business even set up sell from their own premises and at up shop right at the state line to capitalize to 10 different farmers markets each year. He said it would be a mistake to on the flow of Washingtonians.

Small Vermont businesses, especially mess with a system that has brought those along the New Hampshire border, “fair prices for consumers” and “carealready have two strikes against them. ful regulation and control to a product Whereas New Hampshire has no tax at that deserves to be managed carefully.” all on liquor, Vermont has a 25 percent Jettisoning that system for private intax built into the retail price, plus a dustry, Hardie concluded, “would only hurt our state.” bottle deposit and 6 percent sales tax.

Michael Hodge, national sales manager for WhistlePig Rye Whiskey in Local Toll Shoreham, agreed that the DLC’s supPrivatization would likely put the port for Vermont producers has been squeeze on small liquor outlets “really spectacular” in encouraging in Vermont. Another potentially growth in his company’s sales — from endangered species: local artisan 1,000 cases in 2010 to more than 16,000 distillers. Under the current system, today.

Whenever privatization comes up,

it’s all about the revenue side. It’s never about the public safety or public health side.

But Hodge, who markets WhistlePig in 30 other states as well as Canada, the UK, Taiwan and Australia, all of which have different regulatory models, also acknowledged downsides to the control-state model. They include the “blessing and curse” of standardized pricing statewide, which doesn’t allow consumers to shop around for bargains.

Additionally, because Vermont’s bars and restaurants must buy their liquor directly from the state, Hodge said it makes it more difficult for him to get WhistlePig on the shelves or introduce bartenders and their staff to the product.

“Most of the time,” he admitted, “we don’t even know where [in Vermont] WhistlePig is carried and where our best accounts are,” which is information he routinely gathers in other states and countries.

Some restaurateurs see clear advantages to letting private industry take over — assuming, they caution, it’s done correctly and profitably for taxpayers.

Burlington restaurateur Tim Halvorson has seen many changes since he got his first liquor license 35 years ago. Notably, Vermont’s blue laws that restricted the sale of alcohol on Sundays have since been abolished.

Halvorson said he would prefer to buy his booze wholesale, as he does with beer and wine, which would make Vermonters’ wining and dining experience more affordable. “I’m not someone who thinks the state does a bad job of it,” said the owner of Halvorson’s Upstreet Cafe and E.B. Strong’s. “But if it’s something the private sector can do better and save the state money, then I’d be all for it.”

For his part, Hogan agreed with some of Hoffer’s conclusions in the auditor’s report — notably, that certain warehouse operations could be streamlined and that the DLC could do a better job of gathering more timely data on sales from store to store.

But such modernizations, he contended, can still be done within the framework of the control-state model.

He points to the DLC’s new, $4 million point-of-sale computer system, which is scheduled to roll out this fall. That system, Hogan suggested, will be “a lifechanger” for retailers and will “make the consumer so happy.”

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xcuse me. I’ve got a fly in my mouth.” Kent McFarland, conservation biologist at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, politely pauses to expectorate one of the countless black flies that besiege him as he stands on the boardwalk at Mollie Beattie Bog. Though probably the most numerous and noisome of all the organisms that dwell in this swampy, remote area, the black flies may be its least interesting.

Look past them, and you’ll find a fascinating ecosystem that seems entirely out of place in Vermont.

Even flatlanders know that Vermont is rich in forest, farmland and montane habitats. But the state’s 9,600 square miles contain great geological, ecological and biological diversity, with curious and extraordinary niches scattered everywhere. In this new monthly series, Seven Days joins the researchers at Norwich’s Vermont Center for Ecostudies to explore some of those off-the-beaten-track ecosystems.

For our first ecological excursion with VCE, McFarland suggested we visit this Northeast Kingdom bog, because it’s unlike any other in the state. Nestled deep in the vast, federally managed Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, the 70-acre bog was named for the first female director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Beattie also served as deputy secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources; she died of brain cancer in 1996 at the age of 49.

The Champion Paper Company once owned the forested land surrounding Beattie’s eponymous bog. In 1997, the company sold it to the federal government, which still permits responsible logging there. The roads that lead to the bog are lined with stacks of fragrant, recently harvested spruce.

In a nod to conservationism, Champion constructed a simple (and handicap-accessible) wooden boardwalk that extends some 200 feet into the dense peat mat. From the boardwalk, one can easily see most of the bog’s unusual natural features, although most of the informational signs have long since faded.

Most likely created some 13,000 years ago by the gouging action of a passing glacier, the bog derives its waters not from the nearby Nulhegan River but from rainfall and snowmelt. As aquatic plants

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gradually spread out, died off and settled into sediment, the tannins released by their decay turned the bog’s water more and more acidic. Soon a floating carpet composed mostly of sphagnum moss extended across the bog.

Today, that moss is dense enough to support the weight of thousands of black spruce trees that raggedly jut up everywhere, some more than 80 feet tall. McFarland estimates that some of them are 120 years old, and that the bog is so food-poor that younger spruces will “stunt themselves” for decades, waiting for older trees to die and free up valuable nutrients.

Like all of the bog’s vegetation, the numerous black spruce and tamarack trees have evolved to survive in this challenging environment. So severely does it tax flora that one can easily identify the “line in the sand” that other native trees — birches, firs and other spruces — cannot cross, unequipped as they are to cope with the water’s low pH. “There’s balsam fir along the edge, but as soon as it gets too acidic, it gets outcompeted by the black spruce,” says McFarland.

The acidic peat-soil is known as muskeg — a term usually reserved for similar habitats in Canada and Alaska — and everything strange and wonderful

about the Mollie Beattie Bog can be traced back to its effects. Because the environment demands so much of its resident flora and fauna, those organisms evolve with a degree of specialization that renders them unable to survive beyond the bog’s boundaries.

The bog abounds in various types of sedges, most of them thin and undistinguished grassy plants. Rare in Vermont, they’re an important part of the bog’s ecosystem. A showier type of sedge is the aptly named hare’s-tail cottongrass.

Each of its reedy stalks is topped with a fluffy, white tussock. The breeze is slight on the day of our visit (a pity: it’s the only thing that staves off the black flies), but when it does rustle the cottongrass, the stalks’ snowy sway is mesmerizing.

As a bog novice, I’m first drawn to the plant that draws the most attention to itself. Many of the flowers of the earlyblooming Rhodora (genetically and linguistically related to the rhododendron) have wilted by the time of our early June visit, but plenty of its bright-purple flowers remain, standing out like neon signs. But for these and a few other small exceptions — notably the tiny, sky-blue spring azure butterfly — the bog’s color scheme runs to gray-green. Noticing, much less identifying, its residents can

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of the day. As McFarland photographs the first pair, I notice another couple of insects alighting on a chest-high branch of a small black spruce. They don’t fly off as I approach, and I soon learn why.

This is a mating pair, and the creatures are so wrapped up in their entomological nookie that nothing disturbs them.

This is pay dirt for McFarland, who can barely believe our good fortune.

So far as he knows, he says, no one has ever photographed a mating pair of jutta arctic butterflies. For the next 20 minutes, he and a Seven Days photographer invade the insects’ arboreal bedroom to snap image after image.

Meanwhile, I muck about in the rubber boots I’ve been advised to wear,

testing the resilience of the spongy carpet of moss. I have a much richer understanding of this peculiar ecosystem than I did an hour earlier, but nothing explains away its essential strangeness.

A two-and-a-half-hour drive away, at roughly the same latitude, milkweed and sumac have pushed through the sandy soil of my backyard, which is visited by nothing more unusual than hummingbirds and skunks.

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be challenging, so I’m fortunate to have McFarland as a guide.

Even I, however, manage to spot the bog’s flashiest resident. The insectivorous pitcher plant, usually associated with the southern and western United States, is ubiquitous here. Many of the plants are robust enough to stretch their leaves into two-foot-diameter rosettes.

The pitcher plant is nifty in an eighth-grade-science-class way, but there’s much more to it, McFarland explains. In this highly unusual ecosystem, the pitcher plant creates its own unique micro environment.

“The cool thing about these pitcher plants — well, there’s a lot of cool things about them — is that there’s a whole little world inside that pitcher,” McFarland says. “Inside the water, there’s a mosquito that’s specially adapted to survive that water. And there’s a rotifer and other single-celled organisms that are breaking down stuff that falls in there.

And there’s an ant that feeds on a sweet liquid around the edge of the leaves. On top of that, there are two moths that only feed on that plant. One of them feeds on the leaves, and one of them feeds on the roots underground.”

As he discusses the plant’s curious biology, McFarland becomes more and more passionate. This is exactly the kind of thing that fascinates the selfproclaimed “nature geek,” whose name and voice may be familiar to listeners of Vermont Public Radio’s “Outdoor Radio.”

Though he can wax rhapsodic about weird plants, McFarland is most keen on the winged inhabitants of the bog. Not birds — butterflies. Lepidoptery is his professional specialty, and he’s tasked us with spotting, if we can, the rare jutta arctic. This small, brown-gray butterfly resides in bog habitats but has rarely been spotted south of Canada.

The larvae of the jutta arctic feed on the bog’s abundant sedge, which grows in no nearby locales. In this way, the insect is effectively a prisoner of its own ecological niche. “That thing has been trapped here since its cousins went way north as the plants receded northward with the glacier,” McFarland says. “They kept going, following that habitat, and it stayed here on its little spaceship.

They’re stuck here.”

Armed with binoculars, a camera with a dual macro flash bracket, and undauntable optimism, McFarland trudges among the peaty hummocks in search of the tiny insect that’s pretty much the same color as everything else in the bog.

Soon enough, he spots a pair of them, twisting about in a midair mating ritual.

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s iconic gospel divas go, Mavis Staples is one humble lady. In a recent 25-minute interview with Seven Days, she repeatedly returned to one theme in particular: how grateful she is for, well, pretty much everything, including her memory, her music, her friends, her time with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and, most of all, her late father, Pops Staples.

Indeed, the 75-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has had much to be thankful for of late. She’s just released a stirring new EP with up-and-coming young singer and producer Son Little, Your Good Fortune. Earlier this year, with the help of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and his son, Spencer, Staples realized an album some 15 years in the making: the final, posthumous Pops Staples album Don’t Lose This.

In the years leading up to those achievements, Staples enjoyed something of a career renaissance with two Tweedy-produced albums: One True Vine in 2013 and You Are Not Alone in 2010. The latter album scored her a 2011 Grammy Award for best Americana album. Incredibly, it was her first Grammy win, coming 61 years after she began her career as a member of the Staple Singers in 1950.

With that group, Staples became a musical and cultural force. Rooted in gospel tradition but achieving mainstream crossover success, the Staple Singers — who also included her father, brother and two sisters, in various iterations — were arguably the most popular spiritually based musical act in American history. They were also the most culturally important. Owing to Pops’ friendship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whom the group accompanied at rallies and speeches all over the country, the Staple Singers were the musical voice of the American civil rights movement.

In advance of Staples’ headlining performance at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival on Friday, June 12, Seven Days spoke with her by phone from Chicago to ask about her recent albums, her remarkable life story and that time some scruffy kid named Bob Dylan asked to marry her.

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MAVIS STAPLES: Andy Kaulkin [head of Anti-Record Label] was here, and we were trying to figure out where I should go next. He had some videos on his phone he started playing. And I let them all go past until he got to Son Little. I said, “Wait a minute, Andy.

Who is that?” And he said, “Son Little.”

I cracked up and started jiving him about the name.

But this kid has so much soul in his voice. We met after a show in New York, and we sat in a car and talked. He sent a song called “Your Good Fortune,” and I loved it. Three weeks later, he sent “Fight,” and I said, “Oh, my God.” I was having fits because I loved the song so much. I’m just crazy about Son Little.

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SD: You’ve told your story many, many times. And it seems like you are asked a lot about the same things over and over. Is there anything people don’t ask you that you wish they would?

MS: Sometimes I get new questions.

But it’s really OK. I’m just glad I remember everything! [Laughs] I’m just so grateful that my memory is so good.

As I tell those stories, I can still see us.

SD: Switching gears, I was surprised to learn that you won your first Grammy fairly recently. I figured you would have won at least one before now.

MS: That was amazing. The first time we were nominated, the one we felt like we should get, “I’ll Take You There” (1972), that record was the biggest record of the year, almost for two years.

When they said, “And the winner is … ‘Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.’” We just sunk. But my father told us, “Listen, you all hold your heads up. I don’t want you sulkin’ for not winning a Grammy.

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SD: That’s easy to do in Austin.

Speaking of the documentary, was it a surreal experience to see your life on the big screen?

MS: Yes! I didn’t think I was going to go see that. I don’t even like to listen to my records with other people. I said, “I can’t sit in that movie theater and watch myself on the screen.” But it was so hip and so interesting, I was all in it.

I thought it came out really, really nice.

I can’t wait for my friends to see it.

SD: Well, it’s a great story. So you have the new EP and the records with Jeff tweedy. But I imagine being able to put together Don’t Lose This was uniquely satisfying.

MS: Oh, my God. Actually, that was supposed to be the Staple Singers’ last recording. And it is, because we’re singing background for Pops. But when we learned Pops was sick, we said, “Let’s let Daddy do this. Let’s let this be Daddy’s album.”

There were some parts where he wasn’t playing like he usually would, or he left some empty spaces. And this is what I needed Tweedy for, to tweak it.

After Pops passed [in 2000], there was nothing on the radar from any of us, from me, from the Staple Singers. I didn’t know where to go. But then I got started again, and I said, “Well, now I can get Pops’ music out. I’ve made some headway.” I hadn’t let anyone hear it for 15 years. But I knew what I had to do.

We were home one night [before Pops passed], and Pops said, “Mavis, bring the music. Let me hear it.” So I took it to his room and left. After a while I went back to see how he liked it. He said, his voice was very soft, “Mavis, don’t lose this.”

That was his last request to me.

I play it every day. But on Father’s Day, I’m gonna play it loud as can be, and me and Pops are gonna celebrate.

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SD: With good reason.

MS: I don’t see him enough, though. He was supposed to be in Austin, Texas, when they did the premiere of my documentary [Mavis!, released in 2015].

I thought I was going to see him then, but I think he got lost in the parties and I missed him. [Laughs.]

To me it’s a movie that I’m seeing all the time. And I’m glad about that.

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After that, I just put the Grammy out of my mind. Because, just like Pops said, that was not what I was singing for.

So when I was up [for a Grammy] in 2011, I didn’t really want to go. But I went, and the guy who was announcing was that guy [Bobby] McFerrin, the guy who sings that [sings] “Don’t worry, be happy.” [Laughs] So I said, “Oh, Lordy!

That’s him doin’ this!” When he called my name, I got weak in the knees. I just couldn’t believe it. But I’m just grateful that, before I leave this world, I have my one Grammy. And that’s good enough for me.

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MS: It sure did! Just like Pops said, “You’re not singin’ for no Grammy.” And he was right. And I’m still not singing for no Grammy. Tweedy and I were nominated again. And I was hoping they’d let Tweedy win. But he couldn’t

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come up against that guy … Ferraro?

Ferrari?

SD: Pharrell?

MS: Yeah! He was coming with [sings] “I’m so happy.” [Laughs] I said, “All this happiness and we can’t win, Tweedy!”

SD: I love that you call him “tweedy.”

MS: I had “Don’t worry, be happy,” and he had that. Maybe Son Little can win.

I can’t wait to hear his album. Have you heard this one “O Mother”?

SD: oh, yeah.

MS: Oh, my God. There’s so much truth in it. They need to be playing that.

With so much going on, they need to be playing that.

You know, I’m looking at the world seeing the ’60s all over again. When I see the news … these young men, young black men, and white men, too, they need to hear “O Mother.”

SD: The opening line of the song almost seems like a callback to the Staple Singers’ song “Why? (Am I treated So Bad).”

MS: Yes! There’s so many good lines in there. He’s telling such a truth. [Sings] “O mother, why do they treat me like I’m not a man?” And that’s the way it’s going today. I like when he says, “O mother, you taught me how to behave.”

I haven’t heard that word, “behave,” in I don’t know when. I said, “This dude is country.”

SD: Songs like “Why? (Am I treated So Bad)” are just as relevant now as they were 40, 50 years ago. on the one hand, it’s a testament to their staying power. But on the other, it means that things haven’t really changed all that much.

MS: No. No, they haven’t. Like I said, I’m seeing the ’60s all over again. I’ve known it for a while. We didn’t finish.

Dr. King didn’t finish. There’s so much more to be done. But since that time, we’ve had no real leaders, no one speaking up. I’ve always tried to keep in my music. That’s the only way I can help, to sing a song about it.

That song turned out to be Dr. King’s favorite song. We used to sing before

he would speak. And Dr. King would tell Pops, “Now, Stapes, you’re gonna sing my song tonight, right?” And Pops would say, “Oh, yes, Doctor. We’re gonna sing your song.”

So I tell you, I’m grateful for my life, for what my father and what my family has stood for. And intend to continue for as long as I have my voice. I’m going to keep my father’s legacy alive. He started this. He started it all. And when he saw Dr. King, met Dr. King, he said, “Listen, y’all. I like this man. And I think if he can preach it, we can sing it.” And we haven’t stopped.

SD: Amen to that. Last question: Do you ever wonder how your life might’ve been different if you had said yes to Bob Dylan?

MS: [Laughs] Yes! Oh, yes. I wonder about that. Recently I’ve been wondering about it more and more.

But I’ve often wondered, What if I had married Bobby? Because I did like him a lot. Where would I be today, if we’d had some li’l crumb crushers and we had three or four? We woulda had us a

group, the Dylan-Staples, or whatever we’d have called ’em.

SD: That’d be a heck of a band.

MS: I tell ya. But I often wonder where we would be today had I married Bob Dylan. I think we would have done OK. We were both young. But that was the thing. I was too young. I told him, “Bobby, I don’t know how to be married. My older sister’s not even married yet.” And that was the thing … with a black family, period. The older sister has to get married first. But the thought of marriage scared me. I was 18, 19 years old.

But we stayed friends. When we run into each other, we talk. And I tell him, “Hey, player.” And he says [creaky voice], “Mavis, I’m not a player.” And I say, “Oh, yes, you are.” [Laughs] Yes, indeed. m

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n the sheer drizzle of an unseasonably cool late-May evening, Alessandra Rellini stood amid her hogs. A massive sow sauntered over, pushing her nose through the gate. Of

much in our farm practice,” she said.

Inspecting each carcass from the inside out, cutting through muscle and tendon, fat and bone, allows her to see how her studies in swine nutrition and breeding manifest in meat form.

And, while the animals live pastured lives filled with vegetarian, non-GMO feed and lots of affection, Rellini’s bottom line is quality meat. While she offers much of that for sale at the Burlington and Jericho farmers marA L ES S A N D R A R EL L I N I kets, she reserves some for a monthly Sundaynight supper club. It’s the dozen private, but anyone can join. Along with or so people a chance to meet the meat, May’s $70 crowded into the membership fee included a five-course open-air barn, most farm dinner and discounts on Agricola skittered away from meat and any upcoming workshops. the beast, but one man This reporter was on the farm to reached down and gave her partake in that dinner, which Rellini pink nose a hearty scratch. The animal hatched last winter with Burlingtonsnorted and squealed with pleasure. based chef Richard Witting — principal “That’s the mating pen,” Rellini said. at Firefly Catering and formerly of “They’re in there getting … serviced.” ¡Duino! (Duende) and Isole Supper Club.

The petite pig farmer’s 20 breeding The dinner club’s story mirrors that sows — along with two boars, a modest of the farm itself. Rellini is a clinical psyflock of sheep and a harem of chick- chologist and tenured associate profesens — represent the basis of Agricola sor at the University of Vermont. Neither Farm, which moved from leased land she nor her husband, Charles Hubbard, in Chittenden County to a permanent who oversees finances at American home in Panton in June 2014.

Meadows in Williston, planned to The operation began as a homestead become farmers. But lacking a source project five years ago, but the Agricola for reliably good Italian pork products, brood now produces about 80 piglets Rellini started raising pigs — and cutting annually. Rellini — who grew up in Italy and curing the meat — herself. and learned meat cutting in Tuscany — “I wanted to bring back flavors from butchers most of the animals herself at my homeland because I was missing it,” the Mad River Food Hub in Waitsfield. “[Butchering] has informed us so ANATOMY OF A DINNER » P.46

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When SHARON HERBERT first told Seven Days about her plans for SAUCE ITALIAN SPECIALTIES, back in March, she described a homey take-out joint dishing quality Italian food just like Grandma used to make it.

Now, after a few last-minute delays — Herbert debuted briefly over Memorial Day weekend, then closed to work out a few kinks — the vision is a reality. Located at 407 Mountain Road in Stowe, Sauce officially opened for business on Friday, June 5.

The shop stocks Italian market essentials (think pasta, olive oil, bread) and sells prepared dishes such as chicken Parmigiana and eggplant rollatini by the pound.

Customers can also find ingredients to enhance their home cooking. One popular concoction that Sauce vends in containers is “Sunday gravy”: Herbert and her staff simmer Italian sausages, braciole, beef bones and meatballs for hours until the flavors blend into a hearty

sauce. “It was typically made in Italian family homes on 6/11 Xenia Dunford Sundays,” Herbert explains, “hence the name.”

6/12 Alex Betz, Herbert, a New Jersey native, remembers countAnthony Santor, less childhood trips to her Steve Wienert resident Italian market for family meals, and hopes that All shows start at 7:30, Sauce will provide a similar no cover. experience in Vermont.

“It’s great for people who are always working and just 126 College St., Burlington want to grab something to vinbarvt.com • 497-2165 bring home, or for people who are just up [at Stowe] Wine Shop Mon-Sat from 11 for the weekend,” she says.

Wine Bar Mon-Sat from 4 In Sauce’s earliest stages, Herbert reached out to Joe Leone, a local legend who 6/8/15 12:55 PM owns an Italian specialty 8v-vin061015.indd 1 store in her hometown. He quickly became a mentor figure. Drawing on Leone’s savoir faire, Herbert offers homemade mozzarella and heaping sandwiches such as the Italian Stallion, a stack of Genoa salami, Cappy ham, soppressata, mortadella, tomatoes and banana peppers. Its fiery partner, “Hot Pants,” kicks up the heat with hot pepper relish, hot coppa, At The Public House bianco d’oro and provolone picante.

Spend an evening with us Though drinking is not and a local microbrewer as we permitted on-site, Sauce guide you through a tasting sells 16 Italian wines by the of their beer paired with our bottle. The assortment of freshly prepared plates. reds, whites and proseccos selected by Herbert’s sommelier friend spans a price 3 Beers | 3 Plates | $30 range of about $10 to $55.

Sauce is open Wednesday June 16th at 7pm through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. While takeout is the main venture, customers who have trouble waiting for dinner can sit and snack at tables inside or on the deck.

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Anatomy of a Dinner « p.44 Rellini told Seven Days by phone last week. “I couldn’t go another year without coppa. Then things kind of spiraled out of control.”

She hosted dinner parties with friends and family, but “almost felt guilty,” she recalled. “We were eating such good food, and our animals are treated so humanely. But we didn’t get to share it with anybody [outside of ] our circle of friends.” When people kept asking to buy the meat, Rellini said the decision to go commercial made itself.

She and Hubbard built the business on leased land in Hinesburg, Monkton and Williston. Four years in, the farm was supporting itself. They qualified for financing from the Vermont Economic Development Authority and the USDA Farm Services Agency in Middlebury, and bought the Panton farm last summer.

Rellini was most interested in the property — 60 acres of fertile, rolling farmland — and the spacious, solid barn.

But the 1850s farmhouse was perfect for entertaining. “This beautiful house had two dining rooms connected to this modern kitchen,” Rellini said, “and I was like, OK. This is it.”

In the barn prior to the May dinner, Rellini walked her guests through architectural layers of farm history.

This section of the building — still whitewashed and splattered with cow manure — is original, she said; that over there, with long, corrugated cement floors, is newer. Here, you can see where the old barn burned. Rellini said her neighbors — many of them involved with the property at one time or another — have filled her in with tidbits from their own memories. “The family who

owned the farm before us lives in the next house over,” Rellini said, pointing down the road. “The whole community knows this farm, so that’s nice.

“But,” she interrupted herself, “is anyone hungry?” The crowd responded with enthusiasm, and our host took her leave, inviting us to convene in the house shortly for dinner.

Walking back through the barn’s long central corridor, the guests began to mingle. Two men discussed the preservation of agricultural properties from a structural standpoint. In the misty gloaming, they wandered past the hogs and chickens, across the road and up the old stone steps into the house.

A Farmhouse Dinner “Should I take my shoes off?” The query echoed through the foyer as each guest entered and became aware of his

or her muddy footwear. The question went unanswered. Soon we were all in stocking feet, taking our seats at two long tables set with sparkling bottles of San Pellegrino and many, many glasses — for tasting wines, water and aperitifs, and whatever beverages the guests chose to bring.

When Rellini and Witting launched the meal series four months ago, they planned for about 28 guests. That number quickly expanded, filling both of the railroad dining rooms. But May’s menu, themed “The Whole Beast Nose to Tail,” drew a smaller crowd. Many club regulars skipped the meal, which featured ears and jowls, tongue and heart, feet and fat. But as dinner began, guests chattered in gleeful anticipation of courses to come.

Rellini — who transformed from farmer-butcher to graceful host with the anatomy of a dinner

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According to general manager XAViEr JimENEz (a Positive Pie alum and Jean-Luc Matecat and Xavier Jimenez co-owner of Montpelier’s Buch Spieler Records with Knayte Lander), the new restaurant will serve inspired Latin American fare and craft cocktails, midday through late-night. those animals are a common source of JEAN-Luc mAtEcAt — formerly of the protein. iNN At WEAtHErSfiELD, AmuSE at the Essex Behind the bar, Jimenez plans to Resort & Spa and storied kitchens in mix Latin-inspired, booze-forward Boston and Nantucket — will run the cocktails, such as Brazilian-style caipkitchen. Though he brings a lot of irinhas, in keeping with the speakeasy high-end history to the table, Matecat vibe. says he plans to keep La Puerta Negra’s A record-industry veteran, Jimenez food fun and affordable. says, “Music is going to be a very, very “It’s a pretty funky, colorful spot,” big part of this place.” He’s working the chef says. “So we’re trying to have with a collective of local bookers to that be the theme in terms of food and “cast a wide, large net to bring local overall attitude.” Though he’s still sortartists and talent in.” ing out the details, Matecat’s “modern Jimenez and Matecat say La Puerta Latin” menu will pull from cuisines all Negra will be open by July 3, when over Latin America. Street snacks such four-piece Latin soul band Xtet — all as tacos, tostadas and empanadas will members of Burlington’s Afinque — share the bill of fare with ceviches and will play the first show. That opening heartier entrées, such as braised beef happens to coincide with the capital’s cheek in tamarind jus. Matecat says Independence Day celebration: “It he also plans to feature alpaca meat will feel quite celebratory, as far as the from cAS-cAD-NAc fArm (with whose timing of things,” Jimenez says. owners he recently wrapped up a book project) as a nod to the Andes, where — H . p. E .

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Anatomy of a Dinner « p.46 removal of her boots — circled the room offering petite pours of Amaro CioCiaro, a dark and bitter liqueur befitting the evening’s weather. “Feel free to leave whatever you want on the table,” she said, preemptively dispelling guilt over uncleaned plates, then ducked back into the kitchen.

“Does anyone mind if I say grace before we start?” asked Rellini’s neighbor, whom she invited after hearing his wife was away for the weekend. Though many at the table nodded their approval, he offered thanks in silence as our hosts delivered wooden shingles laden with Rellini’s charcuterie and Witting’s preserves.

A small jelly jar held tender hunks of tongue meat suspended in collagenrich trotter gelée. As we spooned the silky aspic onto bread alongside wildpheasant’s-back-mushroom conserva, grilled grapes and spring grape leaves

(harvested that day around the farm), and slices of a peasant-y pig’s-heart pâté, conversation wove from the fare to food and culture to gardening to community.

Wine flowed and personal stories found their way into the chatter.

Middlebury metalsmith Judi Danforth, who with her husband, Fred Danforth, resurrected Danforth Pewter in 1975, talked about her plans to establish an edible forest garden at their Lincoln home.

Outside, the landscape faded from a cerulean blue to deep indigo. Rellini placed flickering kerosene lanterns on the tables and talked us through the wines — paired by Paul Gibson at Burlington’s Dedalus Wine — and offered brief lessons in pork anatomy.

Before serving bowls of carbonara, Rellini explained how, lacking a defined neck, the pig’s jowl flows into its belly and shares similar physiology. Italians

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'The New Jim Crow' Book Discussion: Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness sparks a conversation about pressing social issues. Morse Block Deli, Barre, 7-8:30 p.m. $5; preregister. Info, 476-0776.

community

Men's Group: A supportive environment encourages socializing and involvement in senior center activities. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

Peer Support Circle: Participants converse freely in a confidential space without giving advice or solving problems. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 777-8602.

Sister City Soiree: Locals mingle with guests from Yaroslavl, Russia, over live jazz. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, info@ burlingtonyaroslavl.com.

dance

AfroLatin Party: Dancers ages 18 and up get down to the kizomba, kuduro and kompa with DsantosVT. Zen Lounge, Burlington, lesson, 7:158:15 p.m.; party, 8:15-10 p.m. $6-12; free for party.

Info, 227-2572.

Drop-in Hip-Hop Dance: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats.

Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $13. Info, 540-8300.

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Toastmasters of Greater Burlington: Those looking to strengthen their speaking and leadership skills gain new tools. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 989-3250.

environment

Passive House Alliance: 'Super House': An overview of passive solar construction details the dynamic relationship between form and energy.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m.

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Tech Help With Clif: Folks develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and more.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

Tech Tutor Program: Teens answer questions about computers and devices during one-onone sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 878-4918.

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Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Worldclass musicians pack Queen City venues in celebration of the genre. See discoverjazz.com for details.

Various downtown Burlington locations. Prices vary. Info, 863-7992 or 863-5966.

film

'The Big Circus': An aerialist commits to walking a wire across Niagara Falls to help a struggling circus in this 1959 drama. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

'Jurassic World': Giant lizards fill the movie screen during a sneak peak of the next installment of Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park series. Proceeds benefit the Vermont International Film Foundation.

Majestic 10, Williston, reception, 5:30 p.m.; film, 7 p.m. $25; $100 VIP tickets; preregister; limited space. Info, 660-2600.

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Barre Farmers Market: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 505-8437.

Coffee Tasting: Sips of Counter Culture Coffee prompt side-by-side comparisons of different regional blends. Maglianero Café, Burlington, noon.

Free. Info, 617-331-1276, corey@maglianero.com.

Edible History Tour: Foodies get a taste of Burlington's culinary past on a scrumptious stroll through the city that serves up ethnic eats at local eateries. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 1 p.m. $48; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

Newport Farmers Market: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of seasonal bounty. Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 274-8206.

Rutland County Farmers Market: Downtown strollers find high-quality produce, fresh-cut flowers and artisan crafts within arms' reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813 or 753-7269.

Sun to Cheese Tour: Fromage lovers go behind the scenes and follow award-winning farmhouse cheddar from raw milk to finished product.

Shelburne Farms, 1:45-3:45 p.m. $15 includes a block of cheese. Info, 985-8686.

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Blood Pressure Clinic: A nurse from Support and Services at Home helps folks ages 50 and up get an accurate reading and embrace a healthy lifestyle. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11 a.m.

Free; first come, first served. Info, 223-2518.

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f you think you know the saxophone and violin, Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld will make you think again. Both successful solo artists, the Montréal-based musicians shed their indie-rock skins when performing as a duo. Together, they tap into complex soundscapes that explore jazz, classical, ambient and electronica. Haunting and hypnotic, these instrumental compositions populate the recently released album Never Were the Way She Was. Recorded in a Vermont farmhouse, the record pairs Stetson’s circular-breathing techniques on the sax with Neufeld’s violin loops. The two return to their musical stomping grounds as part of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival.

COLIN STETSON & SARAH NEUFELD DUO Sunday, June 14, 6 p.m., at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $25. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org

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There must be something in the water Aimee Nezhukumatathil is drinking, as the poet is three for three when it comes to prize-winning publications.

Beginning in 2003 with her collection Miracle Fruit, and most recently with her aptly titled 2011 release, Lucky Fish, the bard has established herself as a writer worth watching — and reading. The literary community agrees.

Nezhukumatathil’s long list of professional achievements includes a Pushcart Prize and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship.

Known for accessible, straightforward verse informed by her Indian, Filipino and American backgrounds, Nezhukumatathil pens poems that take readers from science and nature to love and loss.

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The name David Gray is synonymous with the album White Ladder. Recorded in the musician’s humble apartment studio, the record was released in 1998 to critical acclaim, becoming a multiplatinum hit with seven million copies sold to date. Catapulted into the international spotlight, the British folk rocker faced the perennial question, “Where do you go from here?” Today, Gray’s answer is, “You have to sort of tear up the past and let it go.” He does just that on Mutineers, a marked departure from his older work that has the singer-songwriter exploring new territory. This musical rebirth kicks off the 2015 Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on the Green series.

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R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

TangoFlow!: Creator Cathy Salmons leads students in a customized blend of Argentine tango, ballet, modern dance and body awareness. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 345-6687.

UVM Summer Yoga Series: Grounding, energizing poses give way to meditation and aromatherapy in an open-level class. Personal mat required.

McAuley Hall, UVM Trinity Campus, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Donations. Info, 683-4918.

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Lego Club: Youngsters ages 6 and up snap together snazzy structures. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

Meet Rockin' Ron the Friendly Pirate: Aargh, matey! Kiddos channel the hooligans of the sea during music, games and activities. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

Songs & Stories With Matthew: Matthew Witten helps children start the day with tunes and tales of adventure. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

Story Time & Playgroup: Engrossing plots unfold into art, nature and cooking projects. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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Burlington City Arts Lunchtime Concert Series: Jazz from the Rob Morse Trio gets concertgoers over the midday hump. BCA Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

Wine Tasting: Understated Elegance: The Withers Winery: Sips of pinot noir, Syrah and other varietals introduce the next generation of California winemakers. Dedalus Wine Shop, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.

Open Discussion: Past Lives, Dreams & Soul Travel: Members of Vermont Eckankar facilitate a conversation focused on gaining spiritual freedom and joy. Rutland Free Library, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

words

Creative Writing Workshop: Lit lovers analyze works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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Fitness Boot Camp: Participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness with interval training. Cornwall Town Hall, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

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Forza: The Samurai Sword Workout: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10.

Info, 578-9243.

Queen City Memory Café: People with memory loss accompany their caregivers for coffee, conversation and entertainment.

Thayer House, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 800-272-3900.

environment

Tea & Formal Gardens Tour: Explorations of the inn and its grounds culminate in a cup-andsaucer affair, complete with sweets and savories.

The Inn at Shelburne Farms, 2:30-4 p.m. $18; preregister. Info, 985-8442.

fairs & festivals

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: See WED.10.

Fiddle Jam: Acoustic musicians catch up at a bowand-string session. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-1182.

'A Night at the Opera': A pair of performers achieve success onstage thanks to a motley crew of supporters in this Marx brothers romp. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

Foreclosure Prevention Workshop: An informative session covers homeowners' rights and timelines and outlines different options.

NeighborWorks of Western Vermont, West Rutland, 5-9 p.m. $25 refundable deposit; preregister. Info, 438-2303, ext. 210.

Vinyasa Flow: Newcomers are welcome at a community class that stretches the body, mind and spirit. Yoga Roots, Shelburne, 4-5:15 p.m. Donations.

Info, 985-0090.

Blue-green Algae Monitor us nn Training: Environmental stewards ic |D Da an OF learn how to assess lake conditions to Y ny G o k ey | C O U R T E S provide weekly reports on algae blooms. kids See lakechamplaincommittee.org for details.

Plainfield Preschool Story Time: Children Various Plattsburgh, N.Y. & Vermont locations. 10 ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. a.m. & 6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 658-1414.

Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 454-8504. etc.

Valley Fest: A family-friendly festival fêtes all things local with farm-fresh fare, kids activities, workshops, eco-powered vehicles and more. South Royalton Town Green, 3-9 p.m. Free. Info, 763-7094.

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Community Mindfulness: A 20-minute guided practice led by Andrea O'Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161.

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio: SOLD OUT. A standout saxophonist, the Chilean phenom leads bassist Pablo Menares and drummer Jochen Rueckert in an intimate show. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966.

Pumpkin Hill Singers & Pipe and Slippers: Vocalists harmonize in a concert that travels from the 13th century to the present. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

Winooski Cocktail Walk: Imbibers mingle with makers of local spirits and bitters over Vermontinspired concoctions and light fare. Meet at oak45.

Various Winooski locations, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $45 includes food and three drinks; preregister. Info, 922-7346.

POE JAM: Wordsmiths let their verse fly at an open mic hosted by dug Nap. Burlington City Arts, 8 p.m.

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St-Ambroise Montréal Fringe Festival: The world's most offbeat performers convene for live music, theater and everything in between. See montrealfringe.ca for details. Various Montréal locations. Prices vary. Info, 514-849-3378.

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, 881-7679.

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Mondial de la bière: Beer lovers flock to this five-day festival featuring samples from more than 85 international breweries. See festivalmondialbiere.qc.ca for details. Various Montréal locations, 3:30-10:30 p.m. Free to attend; $1 per tasting coupon. Info, 514-722-9640.

Women's Pickup Basketball: Drive to the hoop!

Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. See meetup.com for details. Leddy Park, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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UVM Medical Center Farmers Market: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse.

UVM Medical Center, Burlington, 2:30-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 847-5823.

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Insight Meditation: Attendees deepen their understanding of Buddhist principles and practices.

Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694.

Catamount Mountain Bike Series: Riders tackle varied terrain on three different courses in a weekly training session. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 6 p.m. $3-10. Info, 879-6001.

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Fitness Boot Camp: Participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness with interval training. Bristol Town Green, 6-7 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

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Edible History Tour: See WED.10.

Middlebury Beverage Craft Beer & Wine Tasting: Cheers! An epic sipping session raises funds for St. Mary's School. Middlebury Town Hall Theater, 5-8 p.m. $20; $30 per couple. Info, 382-9222.

Milton Farmers Market: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Hannaford Supermarket, Milton, 4-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009.

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Preschool Music: Kiddos have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Spanish Musical Kids: Amigos ages 1 to 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinian. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Whirligigs & Water Tigers: Explorers ages 3 to 5 and their adult companions don mud boots and head to Peeper Pond in search of aquatic insects.

Meet at the sugarhouse parking area. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 9-10:30 a.m. $8-10 per adult/child pair; $4 per additional child; preregister. Info, 434-3068.

Yoga With Danielle: Toddlers and preschoolers strike a pose, then share stories and songs.

Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

language

Mandarin Chinese Class: Linguistics lovers practice the dialect spoken throughout northern and southwestern China. Agape Community Church, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-2037.

music

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Meet the Artist: Mimi Jones: BDJF artist-in-residence Christian McBride moderates a conversation with the celebrated bassist and vocalist. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966.

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Mimi Jones Band: Sultry vocals enliven a jazzy mix of soul-pop, funk, rock and ballads. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966.

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Robert Randolph and the Family Band: Steel-guitar stylings anchor a raucous mix of funk, blues, rock and soul. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 6 p.m. $30.50. Info, 863-5966.

Danny Gokey: The singer-songwriter known for penning emotive tunes belts out selections from Hope In Front of M. Barre Opera House, 7 p.m. $18.

Info, 476-8188.

Stooges Brass Band: Traditional Big Easy brass gets a modern makeover when hip-hop beats merge with contemporary jazz. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406.

Village Harmony Alumni Ensemble: Larry Gordon and Bongani Magatyana direct college-age singers in a program of international choral music.

Norwich Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 426-3210.

talks

Geshe Tenley: The Buddhist monk offers insights in "Setting Up a Daily Practice: A Dharma Talk."

Milarepa Center, Barnet, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 633-4136.

Hot Topics in Environmental Law Lecture Series: Philippe Cullet of the University of London ponders public health issues in "Sanitation Law and Policy in India: Multiple Challenges." Room 007, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1228.

M.A.G.I.C.: Masculinity and Gender Identity Conversation: Open sharing encourages attendees to find common ground. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218.

PechaKucha Night: Abbreviated presentations on designs, projects and other topics put a creative twist on idea sharing. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. $6. Info, 656-0750.

theater

'Always … Patsy Cline': The country crooner's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger anchors this Lost Nation Theater musical, starring Kathleen Keenan. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7-9 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492.

National Theatre Live: Ralph Fiennes plays a philosophizing bachelor in a broadcast production of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $10-16. Info, 518-523-2512.

'A Toxic Experience: The Inside Story': Montréal-based artist Mona Rutenbery brings a spirit of survival to a one-woman show about her experience in a psychiatric institution. Adult language and content; for ages 18 and up. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 2 & 7 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

words

Aimee Nezhukumatathil: The prize-winning poet shares her gift for verse as part of the Vermont Studio Center reading series. See calendar spotlight. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 8-9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2727.

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Authors at the Aldrich: Accomplished illustrator Mary Azarian details the creative process behind her intricate woodcut prints. A concert in Currier Park follows. Milne Community Room, Aldrich Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550.

St-Ambroise Montréal Fringe Festival: See WED.10.

Fiction Book Club: Readers chat about Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

Mondial de la bière: See WED.10, 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Shepard & peggy Sapphire: Lit lovers get twice the talent when the accomplished poets present an evening of original verse. A book signing and reception follow. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, 748-8291.

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laugh local comedy opeN mic: Jokesters take advantage of a lighthearted atmosphere and perform brief material before a live audience at this monthly event. American Legion Post 03, Montpelier, 8-9:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 229-9043.

community

ccTV 31ST aNNiVerSary parTy: Live music from UnDun gets revelers on the dance floor at this lakeside birthday bash. Burlington St. John's Club, 5-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 862-3966, ext. 16.

The cloTheS exchaNge: Fashionistas update their wardrobes with affordably priced apparel. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Foodbank.

Burlington Town Center, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222.

FeaST TogeTher or FeaST To go: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal.

Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288. home Share Now iNFormaTioN SeSSioN: Locals get up-to-date details on home-sharing opportunities in Vermont. Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 12:30-2 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8544.

crafts

maggie'S adulT Fiber Friday: Veteran knitter Maggie Loftus facilitates an informal gathering of crafters. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6curly2@ gmail.com.

dance

ballroom & laTiN daNciNg: bolero: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. No partner or experience required. introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-9:30 p.m.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-9:30 p.m. $6-14. Info, 862-2269.

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bluebird Fairy card readiNgS: Sessions with artist Emily Anderson offer folks insight into their lives. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. $5. Info, 238-4540.

TechNology aSSiSTaNce: Folks ages 50 and up get byte-size tips from a local student in the computer lab. Call to confirm. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

fairs & festivals

burliNgToN diScoVer Jazz FeSTiVal: See WED.10.

Phoenix Book Burlington

edible hiSTory Tour: See WED.10.

Join Lev Grossman — author of the Magicians trilogy — in conversation with Andrew Liptak of Geek Mountain State.

FiVe corNerS FarmerS markeT: From local meats to breads and wines, farmers and food producers share the fruits of their labor. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3249. richmoNd FarmerS markeT: An open-air marketplace connects farmers and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 343-9778.

Tickets available now at Phoenix Books!

Tickets are $3 per person and include a coupon for $5 off a book by Lev Grossman. Seating is limited.

STowe wiNe & Food claSSic: Gourmands rub elbows with chefs, winemakers and craft brewers over award-winning vino and gourmet fare at this 17th annual culinary celebration. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 6-9 p.m. $10-165. Info, 888-683-2427.

Truck STop: Mobile kitchens serve up mouthwatering dishes and local libations. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

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commuNiTy haTha yoga: Students move at their own pace in a gentle, reflective practice.

South End Studio, Burlington, 5:15-6:15 p.m. $6.

Info, 683-4918.

FiTNeSS For eVery body: Participants use timed intervals and other tools to improve cardiovascular health while gaining strength, agility and balance.

Charlotte Senior Center, 9-9:45 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160. laughTer yoga: Breathe, clap, chant and giggle!

Participants reduce stress with this playful practice. Bring personal water. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373.

kids

burliNgToN diScoVer Jazz FeSTiVal: Jazz JuNior: The Christian McBride Trio introduces little listeners to the genre in a family-friendly performance. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 3 p.m. $10.

Info, 863-5966.

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moNdial de la bière: See WED.10, 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.

ST-ambroiSe moNTréal FriNge FeSTiVal: See WED.10.

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aaroN lewiS: The hard-rocking front man of Staind goes country with selections from his solo debut, The Road. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $25.75-49.75; limited space. Info, 775-0903. burliNgToN ciTy arTS luNchTime coNcerT SerieS: Pete's Posse treats listeners to an openair set of fiddle-driven folk. BCA Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. burliNgToN diScoVer Jazz FeSTiVal: maViS STapleS: The living legend lends her powerful pipes to an expansive repertoire, including selections from her recent album One True Vine.

Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-48. Info, 863-5966. mad riVer chorale: Works by André Thomas and other notable American composers come alive in the aptly titled program "I Hear America Singing."

Waitsfield United Church of Christ, 7:30 p.m. $1015; free for kids 11 and under; donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 496-4781.

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myra FlyNN wiTh paul boFFa & daVe grippo: The songstress welcomes special guests for an intimate show, complete with food-truck fare, and local beer and wine. Shelburne Vineyard, 6-8:30 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 985-8222.

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TurNoN burliNgToN: Communication games encourage participants to push past comfort zones and experience deep connections. OneTaste Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 410-474-9250, cj@onetasteburlington.us.

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QueeN ciTy ghoSTwalk: darkNeSS FallS: Paranormal historian Thea Lewis highlights haunted happenings throughout Burlington. Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. Meet at the steps 10 minutes before start time. $18; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

bellowS FallS FarmerS markeT: Grass-fed beef meets bicycle-powered smoothies at a foodie fair overflowing with veggies, cheeses, prepared foods and live music. Canal Street, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, bellowsfallsmarket@gmail.com.

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New Music oN the PoiNt: Musicians ages 18 and up culminate a two-week camp with a contemporary chamber music concert. Middlebury Town Hall Theater, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 382-9222.

A BENEFIT FOR WOMEN HELPING BAT TERED WOMEN

June 20, 2015 Burlington Waterfront Park

New Music oN the PoiNt Faculty & studeNt coNcert: Sound and nature intersect when chamber musicians present an outdoor performance of Robert Morris' Arboretum. Middlebury Green, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-8467.

PuMPkiN hill siNgers & PiPe aNd sliPPers: See WED.10, Danville Congregational Church, 7:309 p.m. Donations. Info, 633-3043.

10K Run • 5K Run/Walk • 1K Kids’ Fun Run

VerMoNt Baroque wiNds: A program for trumpet, horns, oboes and bassoons highlights works

by Haydn, Handel and others. Burlington St. Paul's Cathedral, 7:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 864-0471.

Registration at 8AM Kids’ Fun Run at 9AM Run starts at 9AM Register at: runforempowerment.com

Village harMoNy aluMNi eNseMBle: See THU. 11, Congregational Church of Westminster West, Putney, 7:30 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 426-3210.

Empowering survivors of domestic abuse one step at a time.

theater

'always … Patsy cliNe': See THU.11, 8-10 p.m.

NatioNal theatre liVe: A broadcast production of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge stars Mark Strong as a Brooklyn longshoreman faced with the darker side of the American dream. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $10-16. Info, 518-523-2512.

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FouNd Poetry readiNg: Created with words extracted from preexisting text, M.R. Baird and Karla Van Vliet's poems take cut and paste to new heights. ZoneThree Gallery, Middlebury, 5-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 989-9992.

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chaMPlaiN Valley sweet Potato sliP sale: Green thumbs stock up on the nutrient-rich, red-skinned tubers. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Community Garden Network. Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 861-4769, julie@redwagonplants.com.

art

'exhiBitioNs oN screeN: Matisse': Art lovers access rare archival footage of the artist in a broadcast of the "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" exhibit. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 1 p.m. $10-16. Info, 518-523-2512.

community

BradFord historical society MuseuM oPeN house: Past meets present with a viewing of the society's photograph and artifacts collection.

Bradford Academy, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4423.

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BradFord Photo walk: Photogs snap pics of local rivers, then share their images at the library.

Ida Boch Park, Bradford, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536. the clothes exchaNge: See FRI.12, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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VerMoNt adaPtiVe ski aNd sPorts suMMer VoluNteeriNg traiNiNg: Recreational enthusiasts learn how to assist physically disabled clients looking to partake in fair-weather activities. Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 786-4991, ext. 24.

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art & author Night: A viewing of Terry J. Allen's photographs paves the way for a reading of Herbert A. Niiler's Estonia to America: My Town, My Work, My Journey Through Chaotic Times.

Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 426-3581.

tag sale: Deal seekers select secondhand treasures from a wide array of gently used items. Wake Robin Retirement Community, Shelburne, 9 a.m.

Free. Info, 863-3929, ext. 117.

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relay For liFe: Participants complete laps around the track as part of the world's largest cancer-fighting movement. St. Johnsbury Academy, noon. Donations. Info, 872-6344. Brattleboro Union High School, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Donations. Info, 872-6311.

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MoNtPelier MeMory caFé: Members of the Montpelier Ukulele Group lead memory-loss patients and their caretakers in a morning of singalongs and socializing. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

'a toxic exPerieNce: the iNside story': See THU.11.

agriculture CHECK OUT THE SUMMER EDITION OF NEST IN NEXT WEEK’S SEVEN DAYS

loViNg day VerMoNt celeBratioN: An openmic story forum commemorates the 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage.

Scout & Co., Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, lovingdayvt@gmail.com.

Norwich coNtra daNce: Folks in clean-soled shoes move to tunes by Northern Spy and calling

by Lisa Sieverts. Tracy Hall, Norwich, beginner session, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8 p.m. $5-8; free for kids under 16; by donation for seniors. Info, 785-4607.

creatiVe writiNg workshoP: See WED.10.

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cswd custoMer aPPreciatioN day: Ecominded folks mingle over refreshments, prizes and giveaways while learning about reducing, reusing and recycling. Essex Drop-Off Center, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8111.

Blue-greeN algae MoNitor traiNiNg: See THU.11, 3:30 p.m.

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ceNtral VerMoNt kustoM klassics car show: Sweet ride! More than 50 antique and classic cars park it at an awe-inspiring exhibition. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Visitors Center, Rock of Ages Quarry, Graniteville, 5-8 p.m. $10 per car; free for spectators. Info, 476-3119. queeN city ghostwalk: darkNess Falls: See FRI.12.

fairs & festivals

BurliNgtoN discoVer Jazz FestiVal: See WED.10.

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'suMMer solstice': Cinephiles screen preserved 16mm footage of the 1981 meditation on aging, reflection and renewal starring Henry Fonda and Myrna Loy. Newman Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, serious_61@ yahoo.com.

food & drink

Barre FarMers Market: See WED.10, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

BurliNgtoN FarMers Market: More than 90 stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172. caledoNia FarMers Market: Growers, crafters and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor stands centered on local eats. Parking lot. Anthony's Diner, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3088. caPital city FarMers Market: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, and locally made arts and crafts. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958. chocolate tastiNg: With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the flavor profiles of four different confections. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

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Cold Roast Beef, salad & stRawBeRRy shoRtCake dinneR: Diners take the picnic indoors with a buffet of meat, potato and broccoli salads and dessert. Vergennes United Methodist Church, 5-6:30 p.m. $5-9; takeout available. Info, 877-3150.

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MiddleBuRy faRMeRs MaRket: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers' totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 377-2980.

Mount toM faRMeRs MaRket: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Parking lot, Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2070.

allianCe fRançaise ConVeRsation gRoup lunCh: French speakers chat en français over a midday meal. La Villa Bistro & Pizzeria, Shelburne, noon-2 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 793-4361.

noRthwest faRMeRs MaRket: Foodies stock up on local produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 827-3157. noRwiCh faRMeRs MaRket: Farmers and artisans offer meats, maple syrup and produce alongside baked goods and handcrafted items. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447.

Rutland County faRMeRs MaRket: See WED.10, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. shelBuRne faRMeRs MaRket: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses and local novelties grace outdoor tables. Shelburne Town Center, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4279. stowe wine & food ClassiC: See FRI.12, 6 p.m.

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st-aMBRoise MontRéal fRinge festiVal: See WED.10.

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BuRlington disCoVeR Jazz festiVal: andRé Matos & saRa seRpa: The husband-and-wife duo brings a hint of folk to progressive jazz. Burlington City Arts, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

BuRlington disCoVeR Jazz festiVal: ChRistian MCBRide tRio: SOLD OUT. The Grammy Award-winning upright bassist plucks the strings in a varied program. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 & 10 p.m. $35. Info, 863-5966.

BuRlington disCoVeR Jazz festiVal: Meet the aRtist: ChRistian MCBRide: The top talent who counts bassist, bandleader, composer and arranger among his skills chats with BDJF critic-inresidence Bob Blumenthal. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966.

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BuRlington disCoVeR Jazz festiVal: RuBBleBuCket: Horn-heavy rhythms punctuate psychedelic indie rock, afro-beat and other rising rhythms from the Brooklyn-based band. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 6 p.m. $25.50. Info, 863-5966.

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swanton faRMeRs MaRket: Foodies get their fill of farmfresh produce, meats and breads. Village Green Park, Swanton, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

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digital Video editing: Final Cut Pro users get familiar with the most recent version of the editing software. Prerequisite of VCAM Access Orientation or equivalent, or instructor's permission. VCAM PROOF O.K. Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692, bill@vermontcam.org.

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dJ yoga: Improvisational beats from DJ tonybonez set the pace for an invigorating practice.

South End Studio, Burlington, 3:30-4:45 p.m. $14.

Info, 683-4918, healin.irie@gmail.com.

kids

Jason Chin: Vermont's own award-winning children's book author and illustrator has fun with scientific concepts at a book launch for Water is Water. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 448-3350.

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VeRMont gRan fondo: Stunning views reward cyclists, who climb thousands of vertical feet on 46-, 69- and 103-mile routes through the Green Mountains. See calendar spotlight. Middlebury College Snow Bowl, Hancock, 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $100-125; free for spectators. Info, 388-7951, ext.

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Mike BaRBieRi: The Revolutionary War expert considers cold-weather combat in a discussion of soldiers wintering at Mount Independence, 1776-77.

Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 948-2000.

theater

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touCh a tRuCk: Vroom, vroom! Kiddos climb aboard service vehicles at this automobile adventure. Clowns and a bouncy house round out the fun. Montpelier High School, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $2-3; $8 per family. Info, 225-8699.

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faMily tinkeR seRies: squishy CiRCuits Meet toy haCking: Science lovers ages 6 and up have a blast with conductive play dough and repurposed electronic toys. Fairfax Community Library, 1011:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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doRset theatRe festiVal: 'stinky Cheese Man': Jon Scieszka's parodies of popular children's stories go from page to stage in a lighthearted show for kiddos ages 4 and up. Dorset Playhouse, 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. $8-15; $25 per family of four. Info, 867-2223.

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sUnday sangHa: commUniTy asHTanga yoga: Students of all ages and skill levels hit the mat to breathe through a series of poses. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 5:40-7 p.m. $1-20 suggested donation. Info, 224-6183.

keep BUrlingTon Telecom local cooperaTiVe open session: Telecommunications expert Brian Lippold weighs in at a meeting dedicated to the Queen City's fiberoptic network. A Q&A follows. Room 101/102, Miller Center, Champlain College, Burlington, 2 & 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-3351.

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Balkan Folk dancing: Louise Brill and friends organize people into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. No partner necessary. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. $6; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020. 'cinderella': The Vermont Center for Dance Education interprets the classic fairy tale of evil stepsisters, glass slippers and finding Prince Charming. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 1 & 6 p.m. $15-25. Info, 775-0903.

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eco exTraVaganza day: From composting to community gardens, family-friendly activities utilize the local landscape as a teaching tool. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-5744.

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JUsTin smiTH morrill HomesTead open HoUse: Bluegrass and bald eagles, oh my! Tunes from Boys Night Out give way to a wildlife program amid formal gardens, walking trails and a Gothic Revival house. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 765-4288.

QUeen ciTy gHosTwalk: wicked waTerFronT: A spooky stroll along the shores of Lake Champlain with Thea Lewis elicits thrills and chills. Battery Park, Burlington, 8 p.m. Meet at the fountain at the bottom of Pearl Street 10 minutes before start time. $18; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

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BUrlingTon discoVer Jazz FesTiVal: Jazz BeneFiT BrUncH: Upright bassist Christian McBride entertains diners at a fundraiser for the festival's artist-in-residence program. South End Kitchen at Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington, 11 a.m. $50. Info, 863-5966.

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Flag day exTraVaganza: Acoustic tunes from Peter House and the Great Chernesky enliven an all-ages, stars-and-stripes celebration. Trinity Park, Plattsburgh, N.Y., noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, 518-310-3765.

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discoVery sUndays: Inquisitive minds have fun with hands-on explorations of science, technology, engineering and math. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, noon-4 p.m. $11.50-13.50; free for kids 3 and under. Info, 359-5001, ext. 228. kids yoga: Strength and balance exercises encourage focus and relaxation in yogis ages 3 through 7. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 4:15-5:15 p.m. $12.

Info, 224-6183.

israeli circle dancing: Participants exercise their bodies and minds when learning the basic steps of traditional dances AT M rUssian playTime wiTH set to Israeli music. Ohavi Zedek ER AN | ‘S RI pA Synagogue, Burlington, beginner naTasHa: Youngsters up to age 8 FB m Al O o t’ | C O U R T E S Y session, 7:30-8:30; advanced practice, learn new words via rhymes, games, mu8:30-9:30 p.m. p.m. $2; free for newcomers. sic, dance and a puppet show. Buttered Noodles, Info, 978-424-7968, mellybock@gmail.com.

Williston, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

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Tammy Flanders HeTrick: Themes of personal loss and renewal thread through the local author's debut novel, Stella Rose, set in rural Vermont. The Eloquent Page, St. Albans, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 527-7243.

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sUndays For Fledglings: From feathers and flying to art and zoology, junior birders ages 5 through 9 develop research and observation skills.

Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-2:45 p.m.

Regular admission, $3.50-7; free for members; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

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inTermediaTe/adVanced spanisH conVersaTion groUp: Students hone their skills en español with instructor Maigualida Gomez. Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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Valley yoo-Hoo pride Flag day celeBraTion: Members of the LGBTQ community catch up with friends and families at a pastoral party. Proceeds benefit the Pride Center of Vermont. Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, 1-5 p.m. $20. Info, 860-7812.

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BUrlingTon discoVer Jazz FesTiVal: cHris BoTTi: The Grammy Award-winning trumpeter leads a brass attack of jazz and pop. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25-85. Info, 863-5966.

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Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: HaDar noiBerg trio: Middle Eastern sounds seep into jazz in the hands of the Israeli flutist, composer and arranger. Burlington City Arts, 4-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7166.

DaviD gray: The contemplative crooner behind the multiplatinum album White Ladder explores new territory with tunes from Mutineers. Pianist Rachael Yamagata opens. See calendar spotlight. Shelburne Museum, 7 p.m. $46-50. Info, 877-987-6487.

MaD river cHorale: See FRI.13, Warren United Church of Christ, 4 p.m. $10-15; free for kids 11 and under; donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 496-4781.

Magic Hat suMMer sessions: Revelers jam out to local acts in the brewery's beer garden while sipping suds and nibbling on tasty eats from the Taco Truck All-Stars. Magic Hat Brewing Company, South Burlington, noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2739.

MiDDleBury coMMunity Music center BeneFit concert: Emerging performers team up with Karen Kevra, Paul Orgel and other seasoned musicians in a varied program. Reception, 1 p.m.; concert, 2 p.m. Middlebury Town Hall Theater, reception, 1 p.m.; concert, 2 p.m. $10-20. Info, 382-9222. village HarMony aluMni enseMBle: See THU.11, Old Round Church, Richmond, 3 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 426-3210.

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early BirDers Morning Walk: Adults and older children don binoculars and keep an eye out for winged wonders. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 7-9 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

seminars

Discovering BuDDHisM stuDy group: Readings, discussions and meditations help students better understand the complete path to enlightenment as taught by the Buddha. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 633-4136.

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Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon-1 p.m. Free.

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eDiBle History tour: See WED.10.

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trivia nigHt: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Lobby, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 651-5012.

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gentle yoga: Restorative poses combine with meditation and breath work to decrease stress and tension. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 7:308:45 p.m. Donations. Info, 683-4918.

HerBal consultations: Betzy Bancroft, Larken Bunce, Guido Masé and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions.

City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, info@ vtherbcenter.org.

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oneness MeDitation: A sacred session invites attendees to access dormant energies within. A Q&A with practitioner Preethi Naidu follows. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 7-8:30 p.m.

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alice in nooDlelanD: Tykes get acquainted over crafts and play while new and expectant parents chat with maternity nurse Alice Gonyar. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. 'every Hero Has a story' suMMer reaDing prograM kickoFF: Mayor Miro Weinberger helps kiddos get a jumpstart on summertime stories. Face painting rounds out the literary affair.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. kiDs yoga: Yogis ages 8 through 12 develop focus, creativity and teamwork in an age-appropriate class. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 4:15-5:15 p.m. $12.

Info, 224-6183. prescHool Music: See THU.11, 11 a.m.

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st-aMBroise Montréal Fringe Festival: See WED.10.

music

village HarMony aluMni enseMBle: See THU.11, East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 426-3210.

outdoors

nature connections: rocky roaD: Exploration of cliffs, cairns and caves pave the way for a discussion and themed crafts. Niquette Bay State Park, Colchester, 10 a.m.-noon. Park admission, $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; limited space. Info, 893-5210.

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FrienDs oF BroWnell Meeting: Locals learn about the organization's plans for the library.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

sustainaBle energy series: electric cars: Those interested in transitioning from gas guzzlers to eco-friendly rides chat with presenters from Drive Electric Vermont, then check out the cars up close. Williston Old Brick Church, 6:15 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

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Daniel tosH: SOLD OUT. The jokester behind Comedy Central's "Tosh.O" series elicits big laughs as part of the Great Nor'easter Tour. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 & 9:30 p.m. $57.25-67.50.

Info, 863-5966.

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Diana BigeloW & JiM stapleton: The memoirists take a trip down memory lane with excerpts of recent works. Proceeds support ongoing restoration of the church. Ripton Community Church, 4 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 388-3471.

salsa MonDays: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata and the cha-cha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.

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Walk For tHe aniMals & 5k Doggie Fun run: Two- and four-legged friends pound the pavement to raise funds for the Humane Society of Chittenden County. Battery Park, Burlington, run registration, 8 a.m.; run, 9 a.m.; walk registration, 9:15 a.m.; walk, 11 a.m. $30; additional donations accepted. Info, 585-1009.

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eDiBle history tour: See WED.10.

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vermont terroir Dinner With DeirDre heekin: Vermont's sole biodynamic wine producer hosts a family-style feast of farm-to-table fare and locally made vino. The Inn at Shelburne Farms, 5:30-9 p.m. $125; preregister. Info, 985-8686.

planBtv: south enD DraFt release party: Queen City residents check out plans for the development of Burlington's South End while continuing a community conversation that welcomes ideas and feedback. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7000. tuesDay volunteer nights: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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gaming For teens & aDults: Tabletop games entertain players of all skill levels. Kids 13 and under require a legal guardian or parental permission to attend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-7:45 p.m. Free.

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uvm FooD systems summit: "The Right to Food: Power, Policy and Politics in the 21st Century" informs a dialogue between the academic and agricultural communities. See uvm.edu for details. Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, noon-5 p.m. $25-125. Info, 656-3831.

dance

Beginner West Coast sWing & Blues Fusion DanCing: Students get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com. intermeDiate & aDvanCeD West Coast sWing: Experienced dancers learn smooth transitions and smart stylings. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com. 'threaDs anD thresholDs': Choreographer Hannah Dennison collaborates with artist Leslie Anderson and composer David Severance in a site-specific dance/theater installation. The Kent Tavern Museum, Calais, 2-4:15 p.m. $10-20; preregister. Info, 800-823-8830. Tours run every 90 minutes.

real people, real ConneCtion: Attendees bypass self-imposed obstacles and communicate with like-minded folks from an authentic place.

OneTaste Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 410474-9250, cj@onetasteburlington.us. tea & Formal garDens tour: See THU.11.

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Community Dialogue night: Onion City residents discuss ways to create a safe, drug-free Winooski over dinner. Childcare and interpretation services available upon request. O'Brien Community Center, Winooski, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 655-4565.

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Burlington FooD & Wine Festival: rounD taBle Winemakers Dinner: Oenophiles pair plated small bites with vino from leading international winemakers. E.B. Strong's Prime Steakhouse, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $100; preregister.

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veterans Book group: Those who have served in the U.S. military connect over reading materials and a light dinner. South Burlington Veterans Center, 5-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 862-1806.

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knights oF the mystiC movie CluB: Cinema hounds screen campy flicks at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776.

musiC With mr. Chris: Singer, storyteller and puppeteer Chris Dorman entertains wee ones and their parents. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. youth meDia laB: Aspiring Spielbergs learn about moviemaking with television experts. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 388-4095.

language

'la Causerie' FrenCh Conversation: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice for students. El Gato Cantina Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. pause-CaFé FrenCh Conversation: French students of all levels engage in dialogue en français.

Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 881-0550.

montréal

st-amBroise montréal Fringe Festival: See WED.10.

music

Castleton summer ConCert series: The Party Crashers kick off the series with an open-air set of funk, soul, rock and R&B. Pavilion, Castleton State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 468-6039. village harmony alumni ensemBle: See THU. 11, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 426-3210.

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outdoors

New MooN Night: Telescopes in hand, star gazers accompany members of the Green Mountain Alliance of Amateur Astronomers to catch a glimpse of outer space, weather permitting.

Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, 8-11 p.m. Free. Info, 273-2282.

seminars

AARP SMARt DRiveR ClASS: Drivers ages 50 and up learn to safely navigate the road while addressing the physical changes brought on by aging. Winooski Senior Center, 5-9:30 p.m. $15-20; preregister. Info, 655-6425.

sports

CAtAMouNt tRAil RuNNiNg SeRieS: Runners of all ages and abilities break a sweat in weekly 2.5K and 5K races. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 6 p.m. $3-8. Info, 879-6001.

talks

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CoNteMPoRARy DANCe & fitNeSS StuDio fuNDRAiSeR: Patrons of the arts screen the documentary Artists in Exile: A Story of Modern Dance in San Francisco, then kick up their heels with a workshop and presentation. Proceeds support the studio's efforts to install new flooring.

Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 5:45-9 p.m. $5-50 suggested donation. Info, 229-4676. vAlley Night feAtuRiNg thRee woRlDS ColliDe: Locals gather for this weekly bash of craft ales, movies and live music. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 7-10 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 496-8994.

BARRe fARMeRS MARket: See WED.10.

Coffee tAStiNg: See WED.10.

SeNioR SuCCeSS SeRieS: Attorney Martha Smryski lends her expertise to a presentation on wills and other end-of-life legal devices. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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theater

R.i.P.P.e.D.: See WED.10.

'MoNty PythoN'S SPAMAlot': Saint Michael's Playhouse stages the Tony Award-winning musical about the medieval mishaps of King Arthur and his motley crew of knights. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $34-44. Info, 654-2281.

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iNfiNite SuMMeR: 'DRugS AND DefoRMity: A DuBiouS DiStiNCtioN': Ambitious readers discuss pages 151-219 of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m.

Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space.

Info, 383-8104.

weD.17 'the New JiM CRow' Book DiSCuSSioN: See WED.10.

community

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conferences dance

AfRolAtiN PARty: See WED.10.

DRoP-iN hiP-hoP DANCe: See WED.10.

fitNeSS Boot CAMP: See WED.10. iNSight MeDitAtioN: See WED.10. tANgoflow!: See WED.10. uvM SuMMeR yogA SeRieS: See WED.10.

kids

DuNgeoNS & DRAgoNS: Imaginative XP earners in grades 6 and up exercise their problem-solving skills in battles and adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

Meet RoCkiN' RoN the fRieNDly PiRAte: See WED.10.

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music

BeNJAMiN BookeR: Punk, blues, rock and soul find common ground in the hands of the rising star. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $16-20. Info, 540-0406. villAge hARMoNy AluMNi eNSeMBle: See THU. 11, Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 426-3210.

sports

CAtAMouNt MouNtAiN Bike SeRieS: See WED.10. woMeN'S PiCkuP BASketBAll: See WED.10.

talks

CuRReNt eveNtS CoNveRSAtioN: An informal open discussion delves into newsworthy subjects.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918.

JoAN DuSABloN: The respiratory therapist talks inhales and exhales in "Every Breath Brings Success." Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 923-2513.

theater

'the BAke off': See TUE.16.

'MoNty PythoN'S SPAMAlot': See TUE.16.

WINE & FOOD CLASSIC Friday, June 12

Blues, Brews & Foodtruck Crews Music by The Dave Keller Blues Band

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iNtRoDuCtioN to MultigeNeRAtioNAl eDuCAtioN: A screening of the documentary Cyber-Seniors inspires an interactive computer workshop aimed at bridging generational gaps through technology. Auditorium, VSAC Building, Winooski, reception, 5 p.m.; film, 5:45 p.m.; workshop, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, eli@tech4tomorrow.org.

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Book DiSCuSSioN:'ReADiNg fAulkNeR': Bibliophiles consider race relations as presented in the 1942 novel Go Down, Moses. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, brschrs@ baraschvt.com.

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hot toPiCS iN eNviRoNMeNtAl lAw leCtuRe SeRieS: Duke University's James Salzman turns on the tap in "The Past, Present and Future of Drinking Water." Room 007, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1228.

'the BAke off': A.R. Gurney's comedy The Dining Room gets divided into thirds when three directions each lead separate casts in a portion of the production. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $28.80-37.50. Info, 863-5966.

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art TOUCH DRAWING: ALIGNING OUR SOUL IN NATURE: Touch drawings are powerful in their simplicity yet allow us to hold sacred our inner and outer landscapes. By creating a series of touch drawings, we will work deeper and deeper into the process, exploring, together, our inner and outer worlds. No artistic experience is necessary.

All materials included. Jun. 19, Fri., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $75/ person. Location: JourneyWorks, 1205 North Ave., 3rd floor, Burlington. Info: 860-6203, journeyworksvt.com.

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CLAY: SCULPTURE: Discover the art of hand building sculptures with clay under the guidance of local artist Jerry Geier, who is known for his work of expressive people and animals. Learn different carving and modeling techniques, proportions used by artists to make their figures look accurate and some tips for making your figures come to life.

No previous experience needed.

Weekly on Thu., Jul. 9-30, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $120/person; $108/ BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

CLAY: WHEEL THROWING: An introduction to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio. Students will work primarily on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques, while creating functional pieces such as mugs, vases and bowls.

Students will also be guided through various finishing techniques using the studio’s house slips and glazes. No previous experience needed. Option 1: Weekly on Mon., Jul. 6-Aug. 17 (no class Jul. 13), 6-8:30 p.m.

Instructor: Jeremy Ayers. Option 2: Weekly on Thu., Jul. 9-Aug. 13, 6-8:30 p.m. Instructor: Chris Vaughn. Cost: $235/person;

$211.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

DROP-IN: LIFE DRAWING: Spend the evening with other artists, drawing one of our experienced models. Open to all levels. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary. Purchase a drop-in card and get the sixth visit for free! Weekly on Mon., Jul. 6-Aug. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $10/ participant, $9/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

JEWELRY: MIXED LEVEL: This is a less structured class for students who would like to work on a specific project, brush up on their techniques, or who want to learn some new techniques with the aid of an instructor. Open to all skill levels, but some experience is helpful for this open-style class. Instructor: Rebecca Macomber. Weekly on Tue., Jul. 7-28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $140/ person; $126/BCA members.

Location: Generator, Memorial Auditorium Annex, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PAINTING: Open to all levels, this class will provide the foundations for painting and composition using paints of your choice (water-soluble oils, acrylics or watercolors). Students must bring their own paints and brushes. BCA will provide glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks. Please see the materials list online. Weekly on Thu., Jul. 9-30, 6-8 p.m.

Cost: $100/person; $90/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

while professional photographer Lee Krohn will interweave insights into photographic skills and vision. All experience levels are welcome! No experience necessary. Tue., Jul. 7 & 14, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $60/person; $54/ BCA members. Location: UVM Green (1st night), BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PHOTO: DARKROOM CRASH COURSE: Join photography program director Mary Zompetti for a hands-on overview of the process from start to finish, and leave confident to print and process on your own. All supplies and a one-month darkroom membership are included! No experience necessary. Tue., Jul. 21-Aug. 4, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $150/ person; $135/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PHOTO: DIGITAL SLR: Explore the basic workings of the digital SLR camera to learn how to take the photographs you envision.

Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds, sensitivity ratings and exposure, and learn the basics of composition. Bring your camera and owner’s manual to class. No experience necessary. Weekly on Wed., Jul. 8-Aug. 12, 6:308:30 p.m. Cost: $170/person; $153/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

PRINTMAKING: This introductory class will show you a whole range of printing techniques that can be used on their own or in combination to create unique artwork. You’ll be introduced to the studio’s equipment and materials and learn techniques such as block printing with linoleum and drypoint etching. No experience necessary. Weekly on Thu., Jul. 9-Aug. 6, 6-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $140/person; $126/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 865-7166.

intelligence and presence to build vision, enhance teamwork and creativity, reduce conflict, and increase success. Thu., Jun. 18, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $120/ full-day class. Location: Main Street Landing Board Room, 60 Lake Street, Burlington. Info: Conscious Leap, Tim Peek, 7290268, info@consciousleapllc. com, consciousleapllc.com.

craft HISTORY OF BASKETRY: Learn about time-honored indigenous basketry techniques and the materials used, as well as how social, political, environmental and economic change altered the form and functions of the basket. Thu., Jun. 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: University of Vermont, 6562085, uvmolli@uvm.edu, learn. uvm.edu/olli.

LEARN TO SEW AT NIDO: Take our Learn to Sew I class Mon., Jun. 15, and learn basic sewing techniques. Follow up with our Learn to Sew II class Mon., Jun. 29, to continue building your sewing repertoire. Leave with finished projects and tons of inspiration. Kids Learn to Sew class is Sat., Jun. 20. Register today! Cost: $48/3-hour class; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 8810068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt. com.

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PAINTING SEMINAR: COLOR: Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of color in this one-day, hands-on seminar. Gail Salzman will guide participants through exercises designed to stimulate awareness of color changes and temperatures, how to mix colors simply and accurately, and how various application techniques affect the appearance of color.

Beginners welcome! Sat., Jul. 18, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Cost: $90/ participant; $81/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

START YOUR OWN BUSINESS VTSBDC: Got a business idea?

Get going: take a four-hour workshop presented by experienced Vermont Small Business Development Center business advisers. Step-by-step guide for first-time business owners. Resources/workbook and next steps. Williston, Barre, St. Albans, Morrisville, St. Johnsbury and more statewide locations. vtsbdc.org (click “Training” tab). Jun., Jul., Aug. Cost: $99/1 or 2 people from the same business. Location: Vermont Tech, 72 Helena Dr., Williston, & many other statewide locations. Info: Vermont Small Business Development Center, Vicki Blanchard, 728-9101, dblanchard@vtsbdc.org.

PHOTO: ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY: Come join us for a summer evening photo walk on the UVM Green. Architectural historian Britta Tonn will offer wonderful insights into the architectural history of UVM’s grand and diverse buildings,

21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP SKILLS: Learn cutting-edge leadership skills to boost your on-the-job performance, whether you are a seasoned senior leader or just moving up the career ladder in business or nonprofits. Use emotional

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BEGINNER CLAY: Instructor: Rik Rolla. A great course for beginners looking to learn the fundamentals of basic wheel-throwing techniques. You will learn how to center, throw, trim and glaze.

After you craft your pottery on the wheel, Rik will guide you to create finished pieces for the electric oxidation kiln. You will leave with several functional pieces. Weekly on Tue., Jun. 16-Jul. 21, 5-7 p.m. Cost: $209/ person; member discount avail.

Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648.

BLACKSMITHING: Instructor: Robert Wetzel. Using a forge, you will learn basic blacksmith techniques from building and maintaining fire to hammer control. Students will create hooks,

pokers and small leaves during this two-day workshop. Sat. & Sun., Jun. 27 & 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Cost: $204/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.

CLAY HAND AND WHEEL: Instructor: Dasha Kalisz. This class is designed for the intermediate and advanced student with an interest in altering wheel-thrown objects and in expanding the possibilities of surface design. Students will be encouraged to think about their style and how shape, line, repetition, pattern and imagery are serving the individual work to promote their vision. Each class will include a demonstration and time to practice newly learned techniques; the instructor will provide individual assistance.

Prerequisite: Beginning Wheel.

Weekly on Sat., Jul. 11-Aug. 29, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $277/ person; member discount avail.

Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648.

COMPOSITION: Instructor: Kalin Thomas. In this course, students will learn the essential vocabulary of expression, which can be applied to any style and in any medium. Each class will work with specific compositional issues in small sketches in pencil and in paint. Working mostly with abstract and semi-representational forms, students will compose a picture in their own style. This class is open to artists in all mediums and of all skill levels. Weekly on Wed., Jul. 1-Aug. 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $174/ person; member discount avail.

Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648.

FAMILY WHEEL AGE 10+: Instructor: Rik Rolla. Adult and child age 10 and up learn, share and discover the craft of wheelthrown pottery together. Learn

the essentials of working on the potter’s wheel, from centering to forming, pulling, and trimming cylinders and bowls. Leave the class with functional art made together. Your work will be fired in our electric kiln. Weekly on Wed., Jul. 1-29, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Cost: $170/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.

FAMILY WORKSHOP: CLAY: Instructor: Mikayla Johnson.

Share the experience of exploring clay through slab work alongside a member or members of your family. The instructor will introduce different methods for working with slabs and then shape, slip and score the clay to create something for your home. Build a replica of your home together; collaborate to make a piece of ceramic art that can hang on the wall or, work independently and create cups or textured tiles. Enliven your creations with color by painting the surface with vibrant mason stains. Sun., Jul. 19, 10 a.m.noon. Cost: $25/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.

HULA HOOP MAKING: Instructor: Mikayla Johnson. The only place to buy a dancer’s hula hoop is online. Instead, get creative and make one yourself! Join this workshop and construct a hula hoop that fits you and your personality perfectly. With the guidance of the instructor, you will join precut tubing into the shape of a hoop. After that, explore the joy of decorating your hoop with colorful tape, different fabrics and other fun materials. Spend the rest of the afternoon playing and dancing with your creation, but watch out: onlookers will be unable to look away! Ages 8 and up. Sat., Jul. 25, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $25/person; member discount

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Independent Wheel: instructor: rik rolla. This is a great class to polish up skills, refine your craft and spend time in the studio. rik can help you with your wheel throwing skills, glazing techniques and surface texturing. You set the pace; rik is available for demos and handson assistance. The gas reduction kiln and electric oxidation kiln are for your use, as well as an option to explore all other available firing methods. Weekly on Wed., 1-3 p.m., Jul. 1-Aug. 26. Cost: $306/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.

Ink draWIng: instructor: Wylie garcia. in this class, students will explore different methods and techniques for drawing with ink and graphite on paper. each class will begin with a meditative process where students explore a medium such as chinese sumi ink, graphite, charcoal and micro pens. Then the class will be broken down into a series of short exercises that explore the technique practiced that day.

Techniques will include layering, balance of light to dark and wet-on-wet and will be applied to still life, abstract and plein air

drawing. Weekly on Thu., Jun. 25-Jul. 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $174/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.

Shaker hall table: instructor: ryan cocina. a comprehensive introduction to woodworking, this course explores the basic principles of lumber selection, hand-tool and machinery usage, milling, joinery, and finishing. students will build their own shaker-style hall table, taking the project from blueprint through completion, learning to both organize and conceptualize a furniture project and gain familiarity with the woodshop environment.

Weekly on Mon., Jun. 29-Aug. 31, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $450/ person; member discount avail.

Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648.

Stone SettIng: instructor: matthew Taylor. in this class you will learn how to handmake a bezel for cabochon gemstones.

You may bring or purchase your stone here. come up with your own design for a beautiful piece and choose from different types of stone for the centerpiece. learn the process from start to finish, including cutting, filing, sanding, soldering, texture,

polishing and more. Weekly on Tue., Jul. 7-Aug. 18 (no class Aug. 11), 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $219/ person; member discount avail.

Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648.

WorkShop: lumInarIeS: instructor: lisa Ferreira Jones. in this 3-day intensive, students will create beautiful handmade papers and then use them to construct a luminary structure.

We will cover the complete process of paper making, from beating the pulp and adding pigment to adding inclusions and pulling sheets. We will use abaca pulp and natural elements such as dried plant life and fibers that add texture, color and design. apply these one-of-a-kind papers to a lantern structure and/or a journal. Aug. 14-16, Fri., Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $530/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

Info: 985-3648.

Wheel prImItIve FIrIng: instructor: rik rolla. explore clay in a creative and supportive environment. The class will discuss and explore the variety of form function, color and glazes. This mixed-level class will offer you hands-on experience by firing pots in the primitive pit, along with a 15th-century raku kiln.

The gas reduction kiln and electric kiln with be also available for your work. Basic wheel throwing skills are encouraged but not required. Weekly on Mon., Jun. 29-Aug. 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $306/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.

culinary burlIngton edIble hIStory tour: On a 2-mile walk, 5-restaurant tasting tour, discover the history of Burlington’s early ethnic groups and their food traditions, when farm to table was a way of life. Thu., Jun. 18, 1-4 p.m. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington.

Info: University of Vermont, 6562085, uvmolli@uvm.edu, learn. uvm.edu/olli.

CelebratIng herbS: go beyond pesto and learn how to use and preserve summer’s herbs to enliven your cooking. Take home recipes. Sat., Jun. 20, 9:30-1 p.m.

Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: University of Vermont, 6562085, uvmolli@uvm.edu, learn. uvm.edu/olli.

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danCe StudIo SalSalIna: salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $13/person for one-hour class. no dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com.

tIny-houSe WorkShop: a crew of beginners will help instructor peter King frame and sheath a 16- x 24-ft. tiny house in Waterford, Jun. 13-14. plenty of hands-on experience. Tools provided; safety glasses required.

On-site camping avail. a crew of beginners will help instructor peter King frame and sheath a 16- x 24-ft. tiny house in elmore, Jun. 27-28 plenty of hands-on experience. Tools provided; safety glasses required. On-site camping avail. Cost: $250/workshop. Info: Peter King, 933-6103, vermonttinyhouses.com.

dSantoS vt SalSa: experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa.

Trained by world famous dancer manuel dos santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now!

Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $10/1-hour class.

Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

drumming dJembe In burlIngton!: learn drum technique and rhythms on West african drums! Wednesday Burlington Beginners djembe class starts Jun. 24, 5:30-6:20 p.m., $36/3 weeks. djembes provided! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington.

Info: 999-4255, classes@ burlingtontaiko.org, burlingtontaiko.org. taIko drummIng In burlIngton!: come study with stuart paton of Burlington Taiko!

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Accelerated Taiko Program for Beginners on Mon. & Wed., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Session starts Jun. 22. $144/3 weeks. Kids and Parents Class on Mon. & Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m. 3-week session starts Jun. 22. $60/child or $90/ parent-child duo. A five-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 9994255, classes@burlingtontaiko. org, burlingtontaiko.org.

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CLASSICAL COMEDY: SHAKESPEARE’S CLOWNS, FOOLS, & LOVERS: Find your funny in this spirited class focused on Shakespeare’s comedic characters! Dig into approaches to the language and physicality of a comedic role. Transform the text to action and bring your character to life with truth and specificity. Participants will do both monologue and scene work. Experience welcome, but not necessary. Instructor: John Nagle. Adults & teens 14+, weekly on Mon., Jun. 15-29, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $95/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

SONGWRITING BOOTCAMP WITH MYRA FLYNN: In this three-day workshop, critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Myra Flynn shares tools for breaking down the structure and process of songwriting. Students develop a concept for a new song and build the skills to make it happen. Later sessions focus on student works-in-progress, with feedback geared toward refinement. Myra also sheds light on the business realities of being a musician in 2015 regarding marketing, booking and social media.

Adults & teens 16+, weekly on Sat., Jun. 13-27, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cost: $115/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

STAGE COMBAT WORKSHOP: Action is the crux of acting, and dramatic physical encounters heighten the intensity and believability of conflict in theater.

This workshop explores how stage fights are put together, who is responsible for what, and how to have a long and healthy career as an actor/combatant.

We’ll cover basic techniques of unarmed combat for the stage: punch, slap, kick, etc. Adults & teens 16+, Sat., Jun. 27, 1-4 p.m.

Cost: $35/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

TOPICS IN DIRECTING WITH ROBIN FAWCETT: Great directors are great leaders, coaches, psychologists, facilitators, collaborators and, above all, storytellers. Directors in this inspiring workshop will dig into the multidimensional craft using topics tailored to the interests of the group. Come ask questions, deepen your craft and elevate your storytelling skills! Adults & teens 16+. Tue., Jun. 23 & 30, & Thu., Jun. 25 & Jul. 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $95/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.

Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

herbs VERMONT SCHOOL OF HERBAL STUDIES: offers a beginners individualized 16 hour weekend. The basic skills of medicine making.. from harvest through preparation to medicine chest. We will formulate medicines that are the foundations of self care for common ailments. One-on-one with Herbalist. Herb walks, two vegetarian meals, certificate. Call for available dates. Cost: $425/person. Location: Vermont School of Herbal Studies, Greensboro. Info: 533-2344.

language OH LA LA! ADV. BEG. FRENCH CLASS: Join us for this fun advanced beginner summer French class. Adult, inspiring, small-group environment with experienced instructor Madame Maggie will have you speaking in no time! Join fun, interactive, encouraging class this spring in Burlington’s South End Arts District. Private lessons also available to fit your schedule and specific needs. Allons-y!

Oui! Oui! Weeeee! Weekly on Wed., Jul. 15- Aug. 19, 6-7:30

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p.m. Cost: $130/6-week class.

Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., 3rd floor, Burlington.

Info: Maggie Standley, 233-7676, maggiestandley@gmail.com, wingspanpaintingstudio.com/ classes.html.

EXPERIENCED NATIVE PROFESSOR OFFERING SPANISH CLASSES: Interactive lessons to improve comprehension, pronunciation and achieve fluency.

Grammar and vocabulary practice plus audio-visual material is used. Classes individually and in groups. Children and adults.

“I feel proud that my students have significantly improved their Spanish with my teaching approach.” —Maigualida Gomez Rak, MA. Location: College St., Burlington. Info: 276-0747, maigomez1@hotmail.com, burlingtonvt.universitytutor. com/tutors/116306.

ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this summer.

Our ninth year. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking.

Lesson packages for travelers.

Also lessons for young children; they love it! See our website or contact us for details. 10 weeks beginning week of Jun. 15. Cost: $225/10 classes of 90+ min. each. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and selfconfidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Friday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt.

Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m.

Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

performing arts MUSICAL THEATRE SUMMER INTENSIVE: Join us for the the Bill Reed Musical Theatre Summer Intensive 2015. Open to ages 12 and up. Professional musical theater training with worldclass faculty from New York City’s Circle in the Square Theatre School. The week culminates in a cabaret on June 27 where each participant performs a solo song. Jun. 21-Jun. 27. Cost: $700/person. Location: Spotlight Vermont, 50 San Remo Dr., S. Burlington. Info: Sally Olson, admin@billreedvoicestudio.com, billreedvoicestudio.com.

self-defense STILETTO ADVANTAGE BOOT CAMP: Attention parents with daughters going off to college this fall: The Stiletto Advantage Boot Camp is a one-of-a-kind interactive seminar that teaches campus safety, self-empowerment strategies and self-defense so they’ll know what the dangers are and stay out of harm’s way.

Give yourself peace of mind as you pack her up and send her off. Sun., Jun. 28, 5-7 p.m. Cost: $98.50/2-hour seminar + bonuses & copy of book. Location:

DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington, 1117 Williston Rd. S. Burlington.

Info: Real College Knowledge, Kristin Borostyan, 424-241-4131, kristin@realcollegeknowledge. com, realcollegeknowledge.com/ vtbootcamp.

tai chi SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St. Burlington, 05401. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class.

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writing BLOGGING BOOT CAMP: Do you dream of starting a blog but don’t know where to start? Join indie author and blogger J.P. Choquette in a basic trainingstyle class that includes the when, how and whys of blogging.

Please bring a laptop to both sessions, as some classwork will be hands-on. 2 Thu., Jun. 11 & 18, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $50/2 2-hour sessions. Location: Writers’ Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: Voices of Vermont Publishing Group, Inc., Wind Ridge Books, 922-7641, lin@ windridgebooksofvt.com, windridgebooksofvt.com.

PIZZA, PLONK AND PROMPTS: Join author Shelagh Shapiro for five refreshing summer evenings of short, fun, spontaneous writing exercises. Shapiro will offer prompts gleaned from her radio show, “Write the Book,” and other sources of inspiration, as well as pizza and a little glass of vino.

Participants will write 3-4 pieces each week. 5 Mon., Jun. 29-Jul. 27, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $125/5 2-hour sessions. Location: Writers’ Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: Voices of Vermont Publishing Group, Wind Ridge Books, 9227641, lin@windridgebooksofvt. com, windridgebooksofvt.com.

WRITING FOR ALZHEIMER CAREGIVERS: Explore a creative approach to help minimize difficulties and caregiver stress.

Using the Amherst Writers and Artists method, journaling, and spontaneous responses to writing prompts, friends, family and professional caregivers can discover new insights and gain perspective. No writing experience is necessary. Facilitated by Mary Ann Fuller Young. Weekly on Sat., Jul. 18-Aug. 15, 10 a.m.noon. Cost: $125/5-week session.

Location: Writers’ Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: Wind Ridge Books of Vermont, Lin, 922-7641, windridgebooksofvt.com.

yoga HONEST YOGA, THE ONLY DEDICATED HOT YOGA FLOW CENTER: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited; $15/class or $130/10-class card; $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card.

Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington.

Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: Beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and pre-natal, community classes and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Therapeutics and Alignment classes. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/ class; $130/10-class card; $5-10/ community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com.

YOGA ROOTS: Yoga Roots provides a daily schedule of yoga classes for all ages and abilities. We aim to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit through classes such as Anusura-inspired yoga all levels, Therapeutic Restorative, Heated Vinyasa Flow, Gentle and Slow Yoga! Look for our new summer schedule beginning Jun. 21! We can’t wait for Fri. & Sun. yoga at Shelburne Beach! Mark your calendar for free community yoga classes at the beach Jun. 21, Jul. 12 & 19, Aug. 2 & 23. Location: Yoga Roots, 120 Graham Way, Shelburne Green Business Park behind Folino’s. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com.

BURLINGTON HOT YOGA: TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT!: Hot Yoga in the Summer?! Of course; here’s why. Our modern Far Infrared (FIR) heat is not as oppressive as traditional hot yoga, offering a gentler yet therapeutic yoga experience. Besides the many benefits of yoga, FIR helps heal muscle and joint injuries as well as arthritis and skin conditions. Yoga for everyone with creative Vinyasa style in our 93-degree newly remodeled studio. Come and enjoy Hot Yoga Burlington; classes daily.

Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Go to hotyogaburlingtonvt.com.

Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

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Only a modest number of Live at White Crow cassettes were ever sold, mostly at the band’s Tuesday-night gigs at the namesake Winooski restaurant from 1984 to 1996. SJB never recorded another album. Their sole release wasn’t exactly forgotten, but it did slip through the cracks. Until last summer, when former record producer and White Crow Audio owner Todd Lockwood started sifting through his boxes of old master tapes.

It was during the seventh BDJF that Lockwood recorded Sneakers Jazz Band live in the studio at White Crow. The band tore through two back-to back sets in a single day, according to Lockwood.

Unusually, about 30 of the band’s devoted fans joined the musicians in the studio. Their cheering and clapping, clearly audible on the recording, contributes to the album’s buoyant feel. It is dedicated to John Gouvin, then-owner of Sneakers restaurant and the guy who suggested the Tuesday series in the first place.

Another of Lockwood’s reissue projects recently made national headlines.

Back in 1987, Bernie Sanders, then-mayor of Burlington, and a chorus of local singers released a cassette recording of traditional folk and protest songs, We Shall Overcome. After it was featured on Seven Days’ Sanders-centric mini-site Bernie Beat, it went viral, and was talked about

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on television programs from Fox News to “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.”

Lockwood subsequently reissued the album on CD. Should Sanders win his long-shot bid for the Oval Office, the members of the Sneakers Jazz Band would be able to claim that they had been label mates with the president. Both albums were initially released on Lockwood’s nowdefunct Burlingtown Recordings.

“There are aspects of the Bernie album that just sound totally cool now,” says Lockwood in a phone interview. “I could almost see them taking on some sort of cult status online.” Actually, they already have.

“The Sneakers project was a little less unusual, but it’s a really solid performance, and with studio sound,” he continues. “The fact that there was an audience there had the band pumped up more than they would have been otherwise. I’m quite pleased with what we ended up with.”

Chuck Eller, owner of Charles Eller Studios in Charlotte (and a “winter studio” in Mexico), has been a vital part

of the Burlington music scene — as a keyboardist, recording engineer and producer — for more than 30 years. He praised the musicianship and dedication of the SJB members, who each earned just $22 per Tuesday-night gig.

“Sometimes, removing money from the equation is a very pure and honest thing to do,” says Eller. “It makes it more fun than thinking of it as work. I think that was what ultimately makes [the band] so special. People were just doing it because they wanted to, and everybody was really committed to it.”

Over coffee at Burlington’s Muddy Waters, guitarist Paul Asbell and bassist Clyde Stats consider the unlikely revival of the band and its album, and remember the recording session with fondness.

“It felt like a gig with a small but extremely enthusiastic group of people who managed to elbow their way into the theater,” recalls Asbell. “We knew that the buzz created by playing for real people was going to get captured [on the recording],” he adds.

“When I listen to it again, I hear the energy,” says Stats. “These are young

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guys just getting up there and going for it. The energy of the playing is very robust and aggressive.”

Stats adds that he’s equally struck by the tightness of the band’s performance.

“You can hear that these are people who played this stuff week in, week out; month in, month out; and really got to know each others’ phrasing,” he says.

Those young guys also included Dave Grippo (alto sax), Russ Remington (tenor sax), Jeff Salisbury (drums), Bruce Sklar (piano) and Joey Sommerville (trumpet). All will be present for the BDJF gigs.

Stats and Asbell agree that the CD’s track listing generally reflects a typical Sneakers Jazz Band set from the late ’80s. The band approaches such standards as Charlie Parker’s “Donna Lee” and Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and TOGETHER AGAIN

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Is How It Must Be, his jaw-dropping record with Maier and his Madaila bandmate JER cooNS as the pREcEptS. That group, heretofore solely a studio project, will play its first live gig opening for the Beat Biters. And the rest of the Madaila boys will be on hand to flesh out the sound. Show up early.

As for something new, this weekend brings the debut of a new project from local bassist RoB moRSE, a nine-member ensemble called SouND oF miND. Morse is among the most respected players in Vermont, regardless of instrument. He’s perhaps best known for his time in the hard fusion band VoRczA and antacid jazz band VipERhouSE. But he’s provided the low end for more great local jazz, funk and worldmusic acts than we can count. SOM, however, is unique in that Morse is stepping out on his own as a band leader.

And it’s quite a band to lead, featuring pARkER ShpER (keys, synth), mAx BRoNStEiN (guitar), DAN RYAN (drums), pJ DAViDiAN (percussion), tAYloR hASkiNS (trumpet, effects), lukE lAplANt (bari sax, effects), JAkE whitESEll (alto and tenor sax) and ANDREw moRoz (trombone).

“I’d like to think this music and approach is a synthesis of what I’ve learned over the years playing with all things Michael Chorney and Brian Boyes, as well as other beautiful artists and teachers like JAmES hARVEY and Nick cASSARiNo,” Morse writes in a recent email.

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“As for the sound, to me it is in the lineage of the large group writing of Peter Apfelbaum and Don COUrTESy Of SOUND Of MIND

In thinking about the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival as it reaches its grand finale this weekend, it occurs to me that the fest is kinda like that old wedding adage, “Something old, something new. Something borrowed, something blue.” (Raise your hand if you smell a contrived column gimmick coming on! Bear with me.)

For something old, we’ve got plenty to choose from in the coming days, thanks to the long, storied history of jazz itself. For starters, there’s mAViS StAplES, the 75-yearold gospel diva who’s performing at the Flynn MainStage on Friday, June 12.

(See our interview with her on page 40. And, no, I didn’t mean to call Mavis old, just that she’s been around awhile.)

Or we could go with another staple, the oNioN RiVER JAzz BAND, a local group that has quite possibly played at more BDJFs than any other local ensemble and will do its Dixieland thing at the top block of Church Street on Saturday, June 13. And then Sound of Mind there’s the reunited SNEAkERS JAzz BAND. That crew of local jazz luminaries are gettin’ the band back together for two shows at Club Metronome on Sunday, June 14. (See the story on page 64.)

But I’m particularly intrigued by the return of the BEAt BitERS, the jazzy live hip-hop band founded by local MC FAttiE B in 2008. Over the years, the band has gone through a variety of iterations. But the lineup at Nectar’s this Friday, June 12, might just be the best yet. Joining Fattie B on the mic are local MCs S.i.N.SizzlE and the miGhtY koNFlik. They’ll be backed by a crack rhythm section of SEth YAcoVoNE BAND bassist AlEx BuDNEY, DEAD SEt drummer RYAN clAuSEN and FAmilY NiGht BAND

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Juan Tizol’s timeless “Caravan” with the same youthful verve as they do their originals, such as Sommerville’s “Leslie” and Asbell’s “Blue Lunch.”

Among those soaking up the band’s improvisational energy at Sneakers were some college kids who would go on to become Vermont’s most famous musical sons. All four members of Phish frequented the restaurant on Tuesday evenings, none more diligently than guitarist/vocalist Trey Anastasio, according to the band.

Asbell and Stats acknowledge that SJB might have exerted some influence on the jam-band giants, but they humbly chalk it up to the era’s burgeoning local jazz scene in general. “[Anastasio] obviously didn’t want [Phish] to be a bebop group or anything 2V-RadioVTGroup060315.indd 1

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Anastasio, who had taken guitar lessons from Asbell, would eventually sit in with the band on nights when his former teacher couldn’t make it.

Despite the ardent admiration of such fans, Sneakers Jazz Band just sort of dissipated in 1996. No “breaking up” was involved, says Asbell. That’s the kind of thing rock bands do, he suggests. “[They] get together, they do tours, they break up and then they never talk to each other for 15 years,” Asbell goes on. “And then they have this tearful reunion. Jazz groups don’t work like that.”

Some members of SJB continued to perform with one another in other musical permutations, including Kilimanjaro, the Grippo Funk Band and the Unknown Blues Band.

Neither Asbell nor Stats expects their reunion to be tearful. On the contrary, they’re both excited to play with their former bandmates, a couple of whom have moved from the area. Somerville is an accomplished trumpeter based in Atlanta whose post-SJB credits include appearing on a Grammy-nominated and Juno Award-winning album with Cirque du Soleil; he has also performed and recorded with Phish. Remington is now based in Austin and has toured and recorded with the Trey Anastasio Band.

Stats, still active musically and now a lecturer in the University of Vermont music department, says he’s been playing along with the CD in advance of the band’s shows.

“I’m just remembering the good feeling playing that material, the excitement about revisiting it, the vibe of the band onstage, the interplay that went on there, ” he says. “It’s gonna be nice.” m Contact: ethan@sevendaysvt.com

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I reviewed that latter record and was taken with Bernstein’s charming, flirtatious delivery. I didn’t write the review of her new album, but I found those charms to be well intact as I listened to it. Bernstein doesn’t reinvent the classics so much as offer herself as a vessel through which they can take on new life. In other words, by singing tastefully and with cool reserve, she lets her material shine as much as she does herself. It’s savvy and gracious.

Or, as my pal REUBEN JACKSON from Vermont Public Radio’s “Friday Night Jazz” — and last week’s cover story — puts it, “She explores the melodic and thematic textures of originals and American popular song classics with great care and sublime invention. I imagine notes and/or phrases vying for her attention. And who could blame them?”

Interestingly, Bernstein is not the only local jazz artist releasing a new record this weekend. The following night, Friday, June 12, also at Juniper, the PATRICIA JULIEN PROJECT release their new record. The next night, Saturday,

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Happy trails to FUNKWAGON front man and lovable smartass AARON BURROUGHS. The talented singer and keyboardist recently moved to Detroit where he plans to continue playing music.

Regular readers know I’ve had a little fun with Burroughs through the years over the odd tendency of funk bands to include the word “funk” in their names.

(Keep in mind this comes from a guy who was once in a ska band called the SKAMAPHRODITES. Pot, meet kettle.)

Anyway, Funkwagon will play what is likely their final local show at Zen Lounge this Saturday, June 13. After which I will obviously need a new local funk band to tease about their name.

Lookin’ at you, Grundlefunk…

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Cherry,” Morse continues. “But more immediately it might remind people of bands like Kneebody or Snarky Puppy.”

There are very few bands I would recommend to you without hearing them myself. But Morse’s new group is easily among them. You can catch Sound of Mind opening for GEORGIA ANNE MULDREW at Signal Kitchen on Friday, June 12 — after which some of the band will back up Muldrew. You can also see the band in a free performance at the City Hall Stage on Church Street on Saturday, June 13.

Now we need something borrowed.

Here’s where this gimmick runs into trouble. I could point to the numerous bands that will be “borrowing” versions of jazz standards for gigs all over town this weekend. But that feels like a copout. So I’d rather clear up a small personal issue, if I may.

When RUBBLEBUCKET released their excellent 2014 record, Survival Sounds, I let a friend borrow it. The problem is, said friend apparently liked it so much that she never gave it back. (You know who you are.) So I’d like to formally ask that the borrowed album kindly make its way back into my possession.

Perhaps we can make the drop when the band plays the Waterfront Tent this Saturday, June 13?

Interesting side note on Rubblebucket: The band traces its origins to an Afrobeat jam during the 2007 BDJF. So the Waterfront show is not merely a homecoming for a group that is now regarded as one of the most exciting live acts around; it’s coming full circle.

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AMERICAN FLATBREAD (BURLINGTON HEARTH): Vorcza (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Grundlefunk (funk), 6 p.m., free.

THE DAILY PLANET: Sugarhouse Run (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free.

THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Micromass (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Wildlife Music Collective (house), 10 p.m., free.

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HILTON GARDEN INN BURLINGTON DOWNTOWN: Jake Whitesell Trio (jazz), 5 p.m., free. John Daly Trio (folk rock), 6 p.m., free.

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LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Thea Wren (jazz), noon, free. Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 4 p.m., free.

Rob Duguay's Songevity Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Dwight Ritcher (blues), 8:30 p.m., free.

British blues guitarist Matt Schofield opens.

Burlington this Thursday, June 11, as part of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Glen David Andrews, Beau Sasser's Escape Plan (funk), 9:30 p.m., $12/15.

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NEW MOON CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 11 a.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Sun Garbage (experimental jazz), 6 p.m., free. Tiffany Pfeiffer and the Discarnate Band (jazz), 8 p.m., free. Rob Duguay's Songevity Trio (jazz), 10 p.m., free. BRaiNSCaPeS (improv madness), 11:45 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Ira Friedman Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

ZEN LOUNGE: Loveland with DJ Craig Mitchell, 3 p.m., free/$5.

18+.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Nahko and Medicine for the People (reggae), 9 p.m., $22/25.

AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Jeff the Brotherhood, Gymshorts, Sleeping In (rock), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Universal Transit, Phillip T Smith, Loose at the Root (jam), 8:30 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

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barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: DENMARK (alt folk), 6

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p.m., donation. Open Mic, 7 p.m., donation.

PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

THE STAGE: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free.

THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Andrew Magennis Trio (experimental jazz), 7 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Cookie's Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 8 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Heady Topper Happy Hour with David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free.

Up on the Roof (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Golden Novak Duo (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER'S TAVERN: Below Zero (blues, funk), 7:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

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AMERICAN FLATBREAD (BURLINGTON HEARTH): Dan Liptak Trio (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free.

ARTSRIOT: Stooges Brass Band, 7:30 p.m., $10.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Max Bronstein, Anthony Santor and Keith Gibson (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

FINNIGAN'S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Chris Peterman & Jerome Monochino (jazz), 5 p.m., free.

Half & Half Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., free. DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Audrey Bernstein CD Release (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Timothy James Blues & Beyond, noon, free. Will Patton Ensemble (jazz), 4 p.m., free. Myra Flynn Trio (neo soul), 7 p.m., free.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Revolver (rock), 6 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Francesca Blanchard (folk), 8 p.m., free. Jennifer "Oh Lord" & the Riders of the Apocalypse (jazz), 10:30 p.m., free.

CHURCH & MAIN: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Baked Goods (rock), 9 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Nico Suave & the Bodacious Supreme, Def Ears, the Renegade Groove (soul, funk), 9 p.m., $3.

NECTAR'S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: Cabinet, 9:30 p.m., $10. 18+.

THE DAILY PLANET: Seth Yacovone (blues), 8 p.m., free.

NEW MOON CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 11 a.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Pat Markley & the Jazz Suitors (hard bop), 5 p.m., free. Jazz Sessions with Julian Chobot, 6:30 p.m., free. Gua Gua (psychotropical jazz), 7 p.m., free.

Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. The Grift (rock), 11 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Groovestick (funk), 6 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Third Shift (rock), 7 p.m., free.

PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Dave Loughran (acoustic), 6 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: BYOV Thursdays, 3 p.m., free. Golden Novak Duo (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Dave Keller (blues), 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Coyote & Crow (old time rock 'n' soul), 6:30 p.m., free. Masefield, Fishman, Perkins and Bolles (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $20.

stowe/smuggs area

SWITCHBACK BREWING COMPANY: John Daly Trio (folk rock), 6 p.m., free.

middlebury area

ZEN LOUNGE: A2VT, Bless the Child (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Dave Atell (standup comedy), 9 p.m., $30/35. 18+.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Teradek, Hank Collins, Sam Paulino, DJ Yung Dec (dubstep), 8 p.m., $12/15. AA.

THE BEE'S KNEES: Fred Brauer (blues), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Jam Man Entertainment (dance party), 10 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom

PARKER PIE CO.: The Chills (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

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Further West, the newly released third album from West Townshend’s Hungrytown, evokes the ages-old call of the open road. This is obviously true in the album’s title, and is made equally clear in the record’s cover art: the band name and album title are superimposed on a highway sign. The image is blurry, with taillight tracers speeding under an overpass, as if the shot was taken from behind a dashboard. Travel — especially of the westward variety — has been a staple of the American Songbook, and the American Experience in general, for generations. But on Further West, the husband-and-wife duo of Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson put their own distinctive spin on timeworn Americana convention.

Perhaps the most vivid and telling example of this comes by way of one of the few non-original songs on the

record, Woody Guthrie’s “Pastures of Plenty.” Placed smack in the middle of the album, the tune is a literal and figurative centerpiece. But it’s not simply that Hall and Anderson cover the famous song.

It’s how. Hungrytown’s version is an a cappella duet that imbues Guthrie’s ode to migration and the nobility of laboring with solemn reverence. Guthrie wrote the song in 1941, but Hall and Anderson make it sound much older, timeless even, harking to the song’s British Isles roots.

(Guthrie based his melody on a traditional British folk song called “Pretty Polly.”)

Synthesizing and updating folk tradition is a Hungrytown hallmark that dates back to their 2007 self-titled debut, continues through to their 2011 follow-up Any Forgotten Thing, and is even more finely honed on Further West. Sweet and melancholy, the opening title track plays

like observations of a passing landscape as seen through a rain-flecked passenger window. Spurred on by plucky banjo and guest Lissa Schneckenburger’s fiery fiddle, “Hard Way to Learn” is driving Americana by way of Celtic folk. The brooding “Don’t You Let Me Down” is sort of the inverse: Celtic folk shaded with Appalachian touches.

Hall’s thoughtful lyricism and gentle melodic phrasing characterize Hungrytown’s material. But multiinstrumentalist Anderson is the key to the duo’s unique synchronicity. For example, he turns the fairly straightforward “Highway Song” into something more profound, decorating Hall’s Nicoesque melody with dreamy accents of chiming guitar and organ. Recurring moments such as this make Further West Hungrytown’s most affecting album to date.

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classic requires serious stones; everyone from Elliott Smith to Jeff Tweedy has covered the song brilliantly. And the original is practically perfect as is, a bittersweet ballad that captures the thrill and innocence of teenage love like no other. With a ragged delivery and jagged guitar jangle, Cuneo more than does it justice. He sounds like a lovesick kid wailing away on his Fender Strat in his parents’ garage, which is just about right.

“Someone” is the most ambitious cut of the bunch. It’s a meandering, sevenminute slow burn that simmers with brooding tension punctuated by shards of shimmering guitar. “It Feels Good” continues the downcast vibe as Cuneo muses on the small pleasures of a quiet smoke, a new book and, ultimately, a returning lover.

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So long, Will Cuneo. We hardly knew ya.

Cuneo is a Middlebury College grad whose band, the Movies, were fairly popular among the Midd Kid set. Up north in Burlington, we never heard much from that trio while they were active, and it’s unlikely that we will in the future.

Degree in hand, Cuneo recently moved to Chicago. But before he left, the Movies recorded and released one record, Wanna.

And if the eight songs therein are any indication, we’ve all been missing out.

The record opens on a punchy slice of garage rock with DNA that seems equal parts Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and very early Spoon. Cuneo sings with a nasal whine reminiscent of CYHSY’s Alec Ounsworth. But the song’s lean, angular framework recalls A Series of Sneaks-era Spoon. That’s a potent combo.

“Candy’s Home” reveals a melodic punk bent that sneers at late 1970s-early 1980s Elvis Costello. It’s brash and snarling but eminently catchy.

Next up is a cover of Big Star’s “Thirteen.” Taking on the Alex Chilton

“Running” is dynamic garage with a sophisticated edge. The song vacillates between restrained verse and hookheavy choruses before receding into a pensive guitar bridge. Then it explodes, unleashing that tension with a bombastic finish.

“Get Educated!” is a seemingly sarcastic cost-benefit analysis of higher education — undoubtedly apropos to students at an elite liberal arts school — that again high-fives CYHSY. Wanna closes on the sorta-titular “I Wanna Fall.” Here, Cuneo yearns for an all-consuming love — perhaps the kind of love you only really experience when you’re, say, 15? “I wanna land on my feet with you in my heart / I wanna fly on the street, you in the backseat / makin’ faces in the mirror,” he sings, his tone longing but pierced with hopefulness. Then, “I wanna stand in the hall with you / back to the wall with you and know / all that it takes is to come a little closer.” It’s a beautiful close to a stirring record. Don’t be a stranger, Will.

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THE STAGE: Soul Tree (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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burlington

AMERICAN FLATBREAD (BURLINGTON HEARTH): Andrew Moroz Trio (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free. Ryan Berg Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Paul Asbell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Justice (rock), 6 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Back to the Future Friday (’90s/2000s dance party), 10 p.m., $5. Carnival with DJ Luis Calderin (dance), 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Chicky Stoltz (Latin, Americana), 7 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Colin Lenox & Friends (blues, jazz), 8 p.m., free. 2KDeep presents Good Times (house), 10:30 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Patricia Julien Project CD Release (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), noon, free. Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 2 p.m., free. Cody Sargent & Craig Mitchell (soul), 5 p.m., free. Dan Liptak Ensemble (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Michel Lajeunesse (accordion), 6 p.m., free. Seth Eames & Miriam Bernardo (mountain blues honey), 8 p.m., free. Anthony Santor (jazz), 10 p.m.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Disco Phantom (eclectic), 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: The High Breaks (surf), 5 p.m., free. Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. The Beat Biters, the Precepts, Lynguistic Civilians, Loupo, Crusty Cuts (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $7.

NEW MOON CAFÉ: Andrew Moroz Trio (jazz), 11 a.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids music), 11 a.m., free. Lucy Chapin & Brett Hughes (Americana), 4 p.m., free. Fabian's Vintage Furs (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

Oobleck (Afrofunk), 8 p.m., free.

Spielpalast Cabaret Band (jazz cabaret), 10 p.m., free. My Crow Managed (jazz cabaret), 11:45 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Andriana Chobot (jazz, pop), 4 p.m., free.

Grundlefunk (funk), 7 p.m., $5.

DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Con Yay (EDM), 9 p.m., $5.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudly Perkins, Sound of Mind (hip-hop, jazz), 9:30 p.m., $22/27.

SOUTH END KITCHEN AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES: Francesca Blanchard (folk), 7 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Jester Jigs (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

northeast kingdom JASPER'S TAVERN: Full Tilt Band (rock), 9:30 p.m., $3.

PHAT KATS TAVERN: Electric Sorcery, the Atlantic Effect (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Downtown Sextet (jazz), 10 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: Halberwolf (rock), 6 p.m., free. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

VIN BAR & SHOP: Alex Betz (jazz guitar), 7:30 p.m., free. Xenia Dunford (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE: The B Sides (rock), 10 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Jah Red (Latin), 8 p.m., $5. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free.

Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: The Kooks, Joywave, Young Rising Sons (rock), 8:30 p.m., $25. AA.

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MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

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AMERICAN FLATBREAD (BURLINGTON HEARTH): Marisol Trio (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free. Left Ear Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Bob Young and Leno (acoustic), 7 p.m., free.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Queen City Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: The Willoughbys (folk), 5 p.m., free.

Honeybird, Phil Yates & the Affiliates (rock), 9 p.m., $3/8.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Sideshow Bob (rock), 6 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Retronome with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Loose Association (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., free. Sticks & Stones (rock), 9 p.m., free.

THE DAILY PLANET: Xenia Dunford (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Dino Bravo, Blue Button (rock), 10 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. New Nile Orchestra (Afrobeat), 9 p.m., $5.

WHAMMY BAR: Golden Novak Duo (folk), 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Rebecca Padula, Donna Thunder & Chris Martin (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: The Pizza Tapes (bluegrass), 9 p.m., free.

RIMROCK'S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Seth Yacovone Trio (blues), 9 p.m., free.

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THE CIDER HOUSE BARBECUE AND PUB: Tim Kane (piano), 6 p.m., free.

NUTTY STEPH'S GRANOLA & CHOCOLATE FACTORY: Jazzyaoke, 7:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Hot Box Honey (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Michael-Louis Smith Four (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Ethan Snyder (jazz), 3 p.m., free.

Justin Levinson & Joshua Glass (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., free.

DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic), 10:30 p.m., free.

HILTON GARDEN INN BURLINGTON DOWNTOWN: Maple Jam (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

JP'S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Ray Vega and Tales From the Boogie Down (Latin jazz, funk), 9 p.m., free.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Penny Arcade (jazz), noon, free.

Deja Nous (jazz), 2 p.m., free.

Mike Martin & Trio Gusto (jazz), 5 p.m., free. Cody Sargent & Craig Mitchell (soul), 8 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Stephanie Lynn Heaghney & Randal Pierce (jazz), 4:20 p.m., free. Hot Box Honey (vocal jazz), 6 p.m., free. Hannah Fair: A Tribute to Bessie Smith, 8 p.m., free. Julian Chobot Jazz Trio, 10 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: The Tenderbellies (bluegrass), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: The DuPont Brothers (indie folk), 7 p.m., free. Michelle Sarah Band Album Release, Grundlefunk (soul, funk), 9 p.m., $5.

PINGALA CAFÉ & EATERY: John Daly Trio (folk rock), 6 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Dawna Hammers (Joni Mitchell tribute), noon, free. Pat Markley Trio (jazz), 2:30 p.m., free. Rob Morse Trio (jazz), 4:20 p.m., free.

Triage (avant garde), 6:30 p.m., free. Parker Shper Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Superhuman Happiness (jazz rock), 11 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Kina Zoré (funk), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul, 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Japhy Ryder (prog, jazz), 4 p.m., free. Spencer Albee (folk), 7 p.m., free.

SOUTH END KITCHEN AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES: Alex Betz Trio Jazz Brunch with Anthony Santor & Steve Weinert, noon, free.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Bessette Quartet (jazz), 10 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Funkwagon (funk), 8 p.m., $5. Old School Revival (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $5. DJ Atak & Guests (EDM, top 40), 10 p.m., $5.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: The Remedy (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Milo Greene, Hay Marseilles (rock), 8:30 p.m., $13/15. AA. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Iron Eyes Cody (rock), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Benoits (Vermonticana), 5 p.m., free. Smokin' Gun (rock), 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Joe Scheller (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., donation.

CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Thee Icepicks, Vista Cruiser (rockabilly), 10 p.m., free.

ESPRESSO BUENO: Sip 'n' Spin (open turntables), 7 p.m., free.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Hot Neon Magic (’80s new wave), 10 p.m., $5.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Hip Hatchet (folk), 7 p.m., NA. SWEET MELISSA'S: Andy Pitt (folk), 5 p.m., free. Lake Superior, Lake Milk (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

mad river valley/ waterbury

THE CIDER HOUSE BARBECUE AND PUB: Dan Boomhower (piano), 6 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Toast (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

champlain islands/northwest SNOWSHOE LODGE & PUB: Baked Goods (rock), 9:30 p.m., $10.

northeast kingdom JASPER'S TAVERN: Wound for Sound (DJ), 9 p.m., free.

PARKER PIE CO.: Waylon Speed (rock), 8 p.m., NA.

WHAMMY BAR: Lewis Franco & the Brown Eyed Girls (swing), 7 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: Lefty Yunger (blues), 6 p.m., free. Bobby and Me (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area

outside vermont

THE BEE'S KNEES: Julia KateDavis (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Gary Wade (blues), 9 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Coquette (prog rock), 9 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE: The North & South Dakotas (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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AMERICAN FLATBREAD (BURLINGTON HEARTH): Blues for Brunch, 12:30 p.m., free.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 3 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Sneakers Jazz Band, 6 & 8:30 p.m., $15/20.

18+.

THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Jaw Gems (soul), 7 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Kyle Stevens' Happiest Hour of Music (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

Vermont's Next Star, 8 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Def Ears (rock), 3 p.m., free. Junglist Lounge (drum & bass), 6 p.m., free. Something Different (eclectic DJs), 10 p.m., free.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Jenni Johnson & the Jazz Junketeers (jazz), 10 a.m., free. Deja Nous (jazz), 1 p.m., free. Thea Wren (jazz), 4 p.m., free. Dan Liptak Ensemble (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Taryn Noelle (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

Michael-Louis Smith Four (jazz), 9 p.m., free. El Beej (improv oneness), 11 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., $3.

THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Gypsy Jazz Brunch with Queen City Hot Club, 11 a.m., free. Hard Work Trio (jazz improv), 2:30 p.m., free. Matt Davide Quartet (jazz), 4:20 p.m., free. Universal Sigh (prog, funk), 6:30 p.m., free.

Made by Robots (jazz rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

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folk tendencies. In other words, exactly the kind of gently idiosyncratic stuff we’d expect to hear in one of your films. Or as the New York Times put it, “Cool all over, from conception to execution.” The duo plays a free afternoon show at the BCA Center in Burlington this Saturday, June 13, as part of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival.

RED SQUARE: tiffany Pfeiffer Quartet (jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ Dave Villa (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Django (acoustic), 1 p.m., free.

Blue Fox (blues), 6:30 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. Joe's truck Stop (country), 6 p.m., free. Spark open Improv Jam & Standup comedy, 7 p.m., $5-10 donation.

stowe/smuggs area

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Jake Whitesell (jazz), 2 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/open mic, 8 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Walker Lukens, mike Adams at His Honest Height, osage orange (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

PENALTY BOX: trivia With a twist, 4 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Joe's truck Stop (country), 11 a.m., donation.

THE STAGE: open mic, 5 p.m., free.

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FRANNY O'S: Standup comedy cage match, 8 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

JP'S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with melody, 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: metal monday: Byzantine, mobile Deathcamp, 7 p.m., $5/7. 18+.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Dan Johnson & Friends (Americana), 6 p.m., NA.

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THE BEE'S KNEES: clare Byrne (folk), 11 a.m., donation. meredith Davey (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

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RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Kelly Ravin (honky tonk blues), 9 p.m., free. The Womps! (folk punk), 10:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: The Woedoggies (country), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Benjamin Booker, Last Good Tooth (rock), 8:30 p.m., $16/20. AA. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

ZEN LOUNGE: Loveland with DJ Craig Mitchell, 3 p.m., free/$5.

18+.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: X Ambassadors, Skyes, Mainland (rock), 8:30 p.m., $0.99. AA. Sold Out. THE MONKEY HOUSE: WW Presents: A Basic Beach Party, Heaters, Moon Walks, Disco Phantom (indie), 8:30 p.m., $10/15. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Blues Jam with the Collin Craig Trio, 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Papa GreyBeard (blues), 6 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Open Blues Jam hosted by Jason Jack, 8 p.m., free.

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right. Of rock duo JEFF the Brotherhood, the Black Keys front man opined, “JEFF the Brotherhood are the next big

MOOG'S PLACE: Jason Wedlock (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

THE BEE'S KNEES: Heady Topper Happy Hour with David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free.

Harpo & Friends (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

name in showbiz.” He’s right, and not just because of the all-caps thing — “big name,” get it? JTB’s latest record,

middlebury area

MOOG'S PLACE: Christine Malcom (acoustic), 8 p.m., free.

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Hypnotic Nights — released on Warner Bros. and coproduced by Auerbach — is a bruising blend of garage and psych rock that represents a musical maturation yet harks to the duo’s gritty DIY roots. Catch JTB at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington on Wednesday, June 10, with Gymshorts and locals Sleeping In.

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RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Front Porch Foursome (contemporary folk), 7 p.m., free.

Ben Hunter & Sean Seamons (Americana), 8:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Zola Jesus (rock), 8 p.m., $15. AA. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kidz Music with Raphael, 11:30 a.m., $3 donation.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA'S: Kelly Ravin (honky tonk), 8 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area MOOG'S PLACE: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PHAT KATS TAVERN: Jay Natola (solo guitar), 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Karaoke with DJ Dana Barry, 9 p.m., free.

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burlington

CLUB METRONOME: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., free/$5.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ Tricky Pat & Guests (D&B), 10 p.m., free.

JP'S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free.

Enemy Self (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Mike Martin & Geoff Kim (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Cooie Sings (blues), 8:30 p.m., free/$5.

18+.

NECTAR'S: Up on the Roof, Bravacado (funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Lokum (music of the Near East), 6:30 p.m., free. Lotango (tango), 8 p.m., free. Grup Anwar (classical Arabic), 8:30 p.m., free.

Honky Tonk Tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

RED SQUARE: Burritos (rock, reggae), 7 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

ZEN LOUNGE: Killed It! Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: SonReal, Heems,

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Old Time Music Session, 6 p.m., donation.

CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Burn Turn (rock), 5 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Children's Sing-Along with Allen Church, 10:30 a.m., donation. Kyle

Bowler (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ: Mango Jam (rock), 6 p.m., free.

THE DAILY PLANET: Lowell Thompson (alt-country), 8 p.m., free.

JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Blues Jam, 8 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Ben Kogan Band, Studio Chicken (soul, rock), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free. m

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hop’N mooSE brEwErY co., 41 Center St., Rutland 775-7063 picklE bArrEl Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035

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chow! bEllA, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405 SNow ShoE loDgE & pub, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456

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JASpEr’S tAVErN, 71 Seymour Ln., Newport, 334-2224 muSic box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533 pArkEr piE co., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366 phAt kAtS tAVErN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064 thE pub outbAck, 482 Vt. 114, East Burke, 626-1188 thE StAgE, 45 Broad St., Lyndonville, 427-3344 tAmArAck grill, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., East Burke, 626-7390

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bAgitoS bAgEl & burrito cAfé, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-9212 cApitAl grouNDS cAfé, 27 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800 chArliE-o’S worlD fAmouS, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820 ESprESSo buENo, 248 N. Main St., Barre, 479-0896 grEEN mouNtAiN tAVErN, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935 guSto’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919 kiSmEt, 52 State St., Montpelier, 223-8646 mulligAN’S iriSh pub, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545 North brANch cAfé, 41 State St., Montpelier, 552-8105 NuttY StEph’S, 961C Rt. 2, Middlesex, 229-2090 poSitiVE piE, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453 rED hEN bAkErY + cAfé, 961 US Route 2, Middlesex, 223-5200 thE SkiNNY pANcAkE, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 262-2253 South SiDE tAVErN, 107 S. Main St., Barre, 476-3637 SwEEt mEliSSA’S, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 225-6012 VErmoNt thruSh rEStAurANt, 107 State St., Montpelier, 225-6166 whAmmY bAr, 31 W. County Rd., Calais, 229-4329

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f artists agree on one thing, it’s that making a living as an artist isn’t easy.

But they may differ on how to go about it. One artisan relies heavily on juried shows around the country; another hopes that regional fairs and open studio weekends will add up. Others go the gallery-consignment route, or bank on internet sales.

Then there’s the strategy of a small group of artists in Woodstock who, nine years ago, decided to join forces and open their own gallery. For each of them, the venue has become an important part of the solution to an artist’s financial conundrum.

Collective – the art of craft is a cooperatively run gallery in Woodstock, owned and operated by a dozen artisans.

In its current configuration, the group consists of six managing members and six general members, all of whom live in the area, working in various art forms.

The managing members are metalsmith Lynn Adams, jeweler Deirdre Donnelly, wearable-art maker Marcia Hammond, glassblower Nicholas Kekic, and potters Kathryn Myers and Nicholas Seidner.

The general members are woodworker Scott Duffy, Chris Eaton of Kingfisher Forge, felter Deborah Ellis, photographer Nobu Fuji’i, fiber artist Rachel Kahn, and (together) Trenny Robb and Bob Michaud of High Beams Lighting.

Operating a gallery takes planning and imagination, along with skills in design, display, sales, marketing, bookkeeping and a host of other activities.

Perhaps most of all, it requires commitment. Collective’s members all contribute time to working in the shop, and each managing member has additional responsibilities.

In 2006, Collective set up a 900-square-foot retail shop in an old stone mill building on the Kedron Brook in downtown Woodstock. It’s believed to be the town’s first industrial building, originally used to mill flax into linseed oil.

The beautiful, historic structure itself attracts visitors. People strolling along Central Street often stop at the stone bridge to look out over the brook or sit at a picnic table in nearby Teago Park.

From either vantage point, the gallery is directly in front of them. Visitors who

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wander inside immediately perceive the quality of the work. Collective’s members are seasoned professional artists who have honed their skills over decades. Many have won awards and been juried into highly competitive and prestigious shows, including those produced by the American Craft Council.

Hammond, a fourth-generation clothing designer, initiated the artist collective in 2004. “It wasn’t hard to put it together, because I had worked in a few co-ops,” she says. “I understood how they worked and how good the dynamic of that structure is.”

One of those co-ops, the Christmas Store in Cambridge, Mass., was a pop-up Christmas shop that lasted for 20 seasons. In Quechee, Hammond was involved in Minerva: A Guild of Artisans for about five years. “I probably had 15 years of experience working with other artisans and making a store,” she says.

Hammond’s area of expertise is hand-woven wearables — mostly in rayon, chenille and cotton — and dyedsilk garments and scarves. She often refers to her weaving as “painting with fibers,” and to the garments she creates as “handwoven comfort.” “I became a single mother 30 years ago, and I had to make a living,” explains Hammond, who’s been selling her work at national shows for decades. After trying some Vermont shows, she was juried into larger exhibits and “subsequently got to know really fine craft,” she says.

In 2004, Hammond’s eye for sophisticated design and quality workmanship drew her to other artists, and she began planning a new cooperative. It took two years to gather the original members and find a space.

“I think part of our success is the structure,” offers Donnelly. “We don’t have a huge membership. We do spend

a lot of time trying to figure it all out.

There’s a lot that goes into running the gallery.”

Kekic, a third-generation glass artist, agrees. “I think the strength of our group may be our size, having a common vision and putting the artist first,” he says.

“We’re trying to retain as much as we can for the artist. To be able to split the rent 12 ways is a business model that’s more sustainable.”

The co-op’s financial model is complicated, but the idea is simple: Invest more time, take on more individual responsibility and retain a greater percentage of the sales of your work. At commercial galleries, artists typically earn 50 to 55 percent of a sale. At Collective, they earn 72.5 to 82.5 percent.

“It’s a unique space,” Kekic says. “It’s a bit of a different retail experience than a typical craft gallery. You can meet a different maker every day.”

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f FOFA 2015 Artist’s Choice Competition: More than 50 Vermont artists are judging each other’s works this year. Cash awards for first, second and third place will be determined this month via a balloting process in which participating artists rank their top five choices. The works are on view to the public during and after the voting. Award reception: Friday, June 19, 5-8 p.m. Through June 27. Info, 660-9005. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington. f Martha Elmes: “It’s All About the Music,” cut paper and paintings with a focus on music by the former art teacher, in conjunction with the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. Reception: Thursday, June 11, 5-6 p.m. June 11-30. Info, 6609346. Radio Bean Coffeehouse in Burlington.

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I think the strength of our group may be our size, having a common vision and

putting the artist first.

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f ‘American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell’: Almost 50 artworks in a variety of styles that explore the range of American modern painting and sculpture. Includes works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Milton Avery, Marsden Hartley, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Elie Nadelman, Rockwell Kent, Luigi Lucioni and Norman Rockwell.

Members’ opening: Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; nonmembers welcome after 2 p.m. June 13-September 13. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

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f Terry Allen: New photographs, photo-collage works and prints. Reception: Friday, June 12, 6 p.m.

June 10-July 25. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield.

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f ‘The Farm: Drawings of Rowland Evans Robinson, 1850-1880’: Drawings from agricultural papers capturing 19th-century Vermont farm life and times by a member of the museum homestead’s family. Reception: Sunday, June 14, 3 p.m., with a talk by Vermont Folklife Center’s Gregory Sharrow titled “Sense of Place: Vermont’s Farm Legacy.” June 14-October 25. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh. f M P Landis: Mixed-media works on the theme of “fishing” by the Brooklyn-based artist. Reception: Friday, June 12, 5-7 p.m., with a found-poetry reading at 6 p.m. June 12-30. Info, 989-9992. ZoneThree Gallery in Middlebury.

Missy Dunaway & Nick Mayer: Paintings of fishing flies and Turkish textile designs, and paintings of fish and wildlife, respectively. June 12-30. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury.

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f ‘Images of LOVE and Community’: Photographs by students and community members in three parts: the PhotoVoice project, “(Un) covering Rutland” project, and the Chaffee’s 8th Annual Photography Contest, “Images of Love.”

Reception: Friday, June 12, 5-7 p.m. June 12-July 25. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland. says. “It’s also great to interact directly with the public, as I’m in a rural area.”

(His glass-blowing studio is in Chester.)

He’s happy “to have this group of colleagues,” he adds, “some who are older and more experienced, and bring so much to the work.” m

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f Christine R. Hawkins: Recent abstract landscape paintings in oil, in the E.N. Wennberg Gallery. Gallery talk: Thursday, June 25, 5:30 p.m. f Fitzhugh Karol: Drawings and sculpture that use abstract shapes to reference familiar landscapes and suggest human imprint on nature.

In the Elizabeth Rowland Mayor Gallery. Gallery talk: Friday, July 10, 6 p.m. Kira’s Garden Sculpture Exhibition: Outdoor sculptures by 11 area artists. Through July 10. Info, 603-448-3117.

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Collective – the art of craft, open daily at 47 Central Street in Woodstock, 457-1298. collective-theartofcraft.com

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through a jury process. It’s another way to ensure the gallery always has something new. Current guest artists are intaglio print maker William Raymond Darling; jewelry maker Lochlin Smith; and Prima K. Cristofalo (Ranunculus Market), who creates what she describes as “old-fangled garmentry.”

Kekic sees Collective as an important piece of the evolving market for makers.

“I can sell things there that I might not elsewhere. It’s kind of liberating,” he

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Because all Collective members work in the shop, they all get a feel for running the gallery. Collective has inspired at least one other craft outlet in Vermont: Donnelly says that EPOCH: 18 Vermont Artisans Gallery in Manchester Center is based on the model of the Woodstock gallery.

At Collective, managing members meet monthly to make decisions together and discuss ways to keep the gallery fresh and exciting. Each person has a specific role: Adams was a CFO at a previous business, so she focuses on the financials and does the bookkeeping; Kekic is secretary and handles the minutes; Donnelly manages window displays and scheduling; Seidner handles publicity and advertising. Myers, who owned Woodstock Artisans (a gallery and pottery workshop) for 25 years, is the shop manager. Hammond does graphic design for ads and rack cards.

“And there’s selling, of course,” Donnelly adds. “We all do selling.”

Hammond estimates that last year’s annual revenue was about $250,000.

“We’ve been together nine years, and some of us are natural-born salespeople,” she says, while acknowledging that not everyone is.

Every month, general members are required to work in the store two days; managing members work three. “We have really structured the store so well,” Hammond says, to meet participants’ needs. “For example, I’m older and my kids are grown up, so I have more time.

And I enjoy it, so I work in the store one day a week.

“Some of the members are younger with children, and they work one day less,” Hammond continues. “We had strict boundaries in the beginning, but we’ve made adjustments to accommodate. We’re sort of bending and shifting.”

Rather than provide specific sales training, the members learn from one another. “At the annual meeting, in particular, we each talk to the group about our own work so they’ll have some selling points,” Hammond says. “If I watch someone selling their work, then I understand how to sell it.”

Members are encouraged to stop in at the store occasionally when they’re not working and watch how another member sells. It’s a great way to pick up tips and techniques.

Donnelly says she does “detective work” around town to assess the retail market. “It’s important to know what’s going on,” she says. “I’m always networking with people.”

Collective also features guest artists, usually four per year, who are chosen

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‘Amend, Griffith & Hill’: A reception for landscape artists Amanda Amend (watercolor), Cindy Griffith (oil and pastel) and Marcia Hill (pastel.) Artists’ Mediums, Williston, Thursday, June 11, 4:30-6 p.m. Info, 879-1236.

Pecha Kucha Night: Six-minute narrated slide shows by Mary Admasian, Jen Berger, Cinse Bonino, Scott Campitelli, Eric Cook, Jane Davies, Sarah O Donnell, Leslie Fry, Michael Jager, Rolf Kielman, Michelle Sayles and Rob Williams. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, Thursday, June 11, 6 p.m.

Info, 656-0750.

Public Sculptures Unveiled: The unveiling of two new public works of art by two artists from the Barre Sculpture Studios: “Culmination,” whose silhouette implies a small city, by Sean Williams; and a sculptural bike rack resembling a fish by artist Gampo Wickenheiser. Studio Place Arts, Barre, Friday, June 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Info, 479-7069.

‘American Moderns’ Art Talk: Museum director Tom Denenberg gives a public talk titled “Moderns I Like” to open the exhibition “American Moderns, 1910–1960: From O’Keeffe to Rockwell.” Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum, Saturday, June 13, 2-3 p.m. Free with museum admission. Info, 985-3346.

BCA Summer Artist Market: A juried, outdoor market featuring handmade original fine art and crafts by Vermont artists and artisans, in conjunction with the Burlington Farmers Market.

Burlington City Hall Park, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. . Info, 865-7166.

Artist Talk: Deana Lawson: The photographer and lecturer in photography at Princeton University discusses her work as part of her June residency.

Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Monday, June 15, 8-9 p.m. Info, 635-2727.

Artist Talk: Sheila Pepe: The fiber artist discusses her work as part of her June residency.

Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Tuesday, June 16, 8-9 p.m. Info, 635-2727.

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Stephen Schaum: The New York sculptor discusses his methods and aesthetic as part of his June residency. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Wednesday, June 17, 7 p.m.

Info, 438-2097.

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‘4th Annual Art Educators Unite!’: An exhibition of works in a variety of mediums by 17 self-described “artrageous” female art educators and artists. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31.

Info, 859-9222. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

a good picture can become something more in the hands of an artist. “I believe that

‘Back to Nature’: Textiles, paintings and mixed media by Karen Henderson, Jill Madden, Joe Salerno and Gowri Savoor that celebrate the beauty of the Vermont landscape and reinterpret our connection with place through time. Through June 20. Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center in Burlington.

and get a pretty good picture,” writes Rubino in his artist statement. He explains how

it’s not what you look at, it’s what you see,” he continues, “and how you interpret and render it that makes art.” His latest photography exhibition, featuring a cross-section of photographic styles, is titled “It’s Not What You Look At It’s What You See.” The images are on view at Hinge architectural office in Burlington through August 28, including images that were just announced as winners in Black & White magazine’s 2015 portfolio

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art listings and spotlights are written by nicole higgins desmet and pamela polston. Listings are restricted to art shows in truly public places.

Brooke Monte: “Excursion: an instance of the movement of something along a path or through an angle,” large and small oil paintings that explore space, layered colors and brush marks.

Krista Cheney: Frozen still-life photographs.

Through June 30. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

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If you’re promoting an art exhibit, let us know by posting info and images by thursdays at noon on our form at sevendaysvt.com/postevent or galleries@sevendaysvt.com

Bruce Conklin: “New Paintings,” Vermont landscapes by the local artist. Through August 15. Harald Aksdal: “The Devil Is in the Details,” watercolors by the Vermont artist. Through June 26. Info, 371-4375. UVM Medical Center in Burlington.

Carl Rubino: “It’s Not What You Look At. It’s What You See,” photographs with themes including architectural, natural and urban landscapes, abstracts and multiple-exposure images. Through August 28. Info, 518-524-8450. Hinge in Burlington.

‘Change’: Artwork in a variety of media on 6-square-inch panels by more than 75 local artists interpreting the title theme. Through July 15. Info, 651-8834. Penny Cluse Café in Burlington.

‘Graphic Lives’: Sketches, paintings, books and sculptures that examine the act of writing and drawing a life by comic memorists Glynnis Fawkes, Alex Costantino, Summer Pierre and Jennifer Hayden. Through July 28. Info, 735-2542. New City Galerie in Burlington.

The Innovation Center Summer Show: Group exhibits of local artists on all three floors.

First floor: Alana LaPoint, Ashley Veselis, Casey Blanchard, Elizabeth Bunsen, Liz Cleary, Meryl Lebowitz, Michael Buckley and Tom Merwin. Second floor: Elizabeth Nelson, James Vogler, Jeffrey Trubisz, Lyna Lou Nordstorm, Michael Pitts and Robert Green. Third floor: Haley Bishop, Jacques Burke, Jessica Drury, Lynn Cummings and Meryl Lebowitz. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31.

Info, 863-6903. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington.

Jacques Burke: Ink, watercolors, acrylic, spray paint and other mixed media on canvas. Through August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s: Pine Street in Burlington.

James Vogler: Vibrant abstract paintings by the Charlotte artist. Through June 30. Info, 425-2152.

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Jari Chevalier: “Whole World in Pieces,” mixedmedia works. Through June 30. Info, 212-213-5310.

Brickwork Art Studios in Burlington.

Jean Cherouny: In the exhibition, “My Home,” two semi-abstract series including “Unforceable” and “Truthless” are presented as a 10-year retrospective. Through August 31. Info, 651-9692. RETN in Burlington.

Jody Desjardins: “Imagined Explorations,” layered mixed-media works by the Essex artist.

Through June 30. Info, 488-5766. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington.

Kathryn Jarvis: Floral landscape pastel and watercolor paintings. Marilyn Barry: New abstract paintings. Through June 26. Info, 862-9647. The Daily Planet in Burlington.

Leslie Fry: “Twist & Shout,” an exhibit of monoprints and sculpture by the Winooski artist.

Through June 29. Info, 864-2088. The Men’s Room in Burlington.

Lisa Lillibridge: “Freak Show,” an installation of carved relief paintings created from found objects and textiles, influenced by vintage carnival signs, games and relationships. Through June 16. Info, 448-3657. Revolution Kitchen in Burlington.

f ‘Looking Out: The Self-Taught Art of Larry Bissonnette’: Bold mixed-media paintings by the Vermont artist and international spokesman for autism, in his first solo show.

Reception: Sunday, June 28, 1 p.m. Through August 29. Info, 863-5966. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington.

Lynn Cummings: “Life Forms & Color Studies,” a solo exhibition of abstract paintings based on symbols, shapes and patterns reminiscent of sea creatures or microbes. Through June 30. Info, 660-9005. The Gallery at Main Street Landing, in Burlington.

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call to artists 2016 uvM Medical center artists calendar: The Foundation office and Arts Committee seeks submissions of two-dimensional media from Vermont artists for annual calendar. Seasonal artwork, abstract or representational, is encouraged.

Selected artists will receive a stipend of $150.

Submission should include: 50-60-word bio/ artist statement, résumé, name, address, telephone number, website and email address. mail to Attn: 2016 Artist Calendar, uVm medical Center Development office, 461oH4, 111 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05401. Deadline: July 17. uVm medical Center, Burlington. Info, 847-2886. ‘on the waterfront’: Artists may submit up to two pieces on the theme. At least one piece per artist will be displayed in an exhibit sponsored by Dragonheart Vermont and Art’s Alive July 1 to August 30. Drop off work between June 24 and June 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. more info and entry form at artsalivevt. org/call-to-artists. Art’s Alive gallery @ main Street Landing’s union Station, Burlington.

Info, 914-584-1215.

‘fleetinG MoMents: why we Go on’: The producers of the David Budbill-erik Nielsen opera A Fleeting Animal are searching for visual art and poetry that reflects the duality and balance point between despair and hope, loss and recovery. of interest are works that expand on the hardships and joys of rural living; love and loss; distrust of racial and other differences; and the experience of returning veterans, their families and communities.

Selected works will appear in an exhibit August 14 to September 28. Application deadline: July 1. Details at afleetinganimal. com. Chandler gallery, Randolph. Info, 922-4127. invitinG 2016 solo & sMall Group shows: SpA uses its second- and third-floor space for solo and small group shows. we encourage artists to submit a proposal for consideration of such a show. please send a brief statement about yourself or the artist group and what you want to accomplish with a show and a CD or DVD with eight to 12 images of representative work (label with the name, media, size, price and date of work). Deadline: June 19. See studioplacearts.com for more info. Studio place Arts, Barre. $10 application fee (waived for SpA members). Info, 479-7069.

nick neddo: “Seeking the Source,” wild-crafted artwork in which the artist transforms fibers, furs, berries, beeswax, muds, sticks and stones into pens, paintbrushes, crayons, charcoal, inks, paints, paper, inkwells and sketchbooks. Through June 30.

Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington.

toni lee sanGastiano: “misguided Adorations,” a photographic series of vacant Italian street shrine alcoves repurposed as slyly subversive altars to consumer culture, created during the artist’s sabbatical in Florence, Italy. Through June 29. Info, 860-2733. Freeman Hall 300, Champlain College in Burlington.

‘open close’: Iskra print Collective group Show featuring 11 local artists who shut out the distractions of the digital age in favor of ink, paper and emulsion. Through June 18. Info, 861-3155. Karma Bird House gallery in Burlington.

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robin katrick: music photography featuring bands, individual musicians and music festivals.

Through June 30. Info, 859-8909. Red Square in Burlington.

casey blanchard: “Key west Bound,” a colorful, ethereal monoprint series by the Shelburne artist.

Through June 30. Info, 238-7767. Yoga Roots in Shelburne.

‘starinG back: the creation and leGacy of picasso’s deMoiselles d’aviGnon’: The exhibit explores the origins and influence of the seminal cubist painting through a selection of American, African and european contemporary art, as well as new technologies. Through June 21. ‘travelers in postwar europe’: Black-and-white photographs of germany, paris, London and Venice by Burlington doctor H.A. Durfee Jr. between 1951 and 1953.

Through June 28. Info, 656-8582. Fleming museum, uVm, in Burlington.

‘the caspian arts exhibition’: paintings by Liz Nelson and Louise Arnold; encaustic works by Kathy Stark; quilts by Judy B. Dales; baskets by Diana griffth; weavings by Betsy Day; and carvings and paintings by BJ gray. Through July 12. Info, 899-3211. emile A. gruppe gallery in Jericho.

sue Mowrer adaMson: An exhibit of multimedia block prints made from children’s artwork and found objects. Through June 30. Info, 658-6400.

American Red Cross Blood Donor Center in Burlington. suMru tekin: “one Day,” a multimedia installation by the Barbara Smail Award winner, with audio elements meant to orchestrate an encounter between the visitor and the gallery space. Through June 20. Info, 865-7166. Burlington City Arts.

nicole christMan: Artworks from the winner of the 3rd Annual Labels for Libations design contest.

Bottles of Art Hop Ale featuring the artist’s label design available for purchase; $1 from every bottle sold benefits SeABA. Through July 31. Info, 6582739. magic Hat Artifactory in South Burlington. rory Jackson: “printed Light,” giclée prints on canvas depicting Vermont and ghana. Through August 31. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard. ‘walter wick: GaMes, GizMos and toys in the attic’: An exhibition of large-scale photographs, models and a video of model building from the photographic illustrator and cocreator of I SPY and

‘1865, out of the ashes: assassination, reconstruction & healinG the nation’: Historical artifacts that commemorate the Civil war’s 150th anniversary. Through July 31. Info, 485-2886. Sullivan museum & History Center, Norwich university in Northfield. arthur zorn: “posies for patsy,” impressionist floral paintings shown in conjunction with Lost Nation Theater’s current production, Always… Patsy Cline. Through June 21. Info, 229-0492. montpelier City Hall Auditorium.

TICKETS: $25 adults, $15 for 18 and under tickets@stowetheatre.com Town Hall Theatre • 67 Main St., Stowe 802-253-3961 • www.stowetheatre.com

12v-stowetheatreguild061015.indd 1 billy brauer and students: members of warren artist Billy Brauer’s long-running painting and life-drawing class exhibit their work in the gallery’s new space. Through June 19. Info, 262-6035.

T. w. wood gallery in montpelier.

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f John snell: “In my Backyard,” photographs by the local artist. Reception in the Hayes Room: Thursday, June 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Through June 30. Info, 223-3338. Kellogg-Hubbard Library in montpelier. ‘a leGacy of carinG: kurn hattin hoMes for children’: A historical exhibit of Kurn Hattin Homes for Children, founded in 1894 in westminster to offer a safe home and quality education for disadvantaged children in a nurturing, rural environment. Through September 30. Info, 828-2291. Vermont History museum in montpelier.

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Mary adMasian: “Boundaries, Balance and Confinement,” sculptures and assemblages that address societal constraints and use found materials including fencing, willow switches, logs, butterflies and rooster feathers. Through July 7.

Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court gallery in montpelier.

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nancy calicchio: “Landscape Trilogy,” an exhibition of plein-air oil paintings that explore the balance between earth and sky. Through June 30.

Info, 828-5657. governor’s gallery in montpelier.

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f verMont studio center showcase: Installations and 2D works by artists affiliated with12v-shelburnecraftschool061015.indd 1 VSC, main Floor gallery; “Family Values,” mixedmedia photographic prints by Lyna Lou Nordstrom, Second Floor gallery; and “momentum organicum,” paper sculpture by Lian Brehm, Third Floor gallery.

Reception: Friday, June 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through July 11. Info, 479-7069. Studio place Arts in Barre.

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‘2015 leGacy collection’: Landscapes painted by 25 living and 13 deceased artists that reflect the legacy of museum namesakes and artists Alden and mary Bryan. Through December 30. ‘inside out’: An exhibition of 85 paintings of still life and interiors in a variety of media by member artists.

Through June 28. Info, 644-5100. Bryan memorial gallery in Jeffersonville.

Julia Jensen: “Scenes Remembered,” oil and encaustic paintings that celebrate light and the natural landscape. Through August 11. kathleen kolb: “Houses,” paintings influenced by American luminism, a 19th-century landscape style emphasizing light, in which the artist illustrates how Vermonters live. Through June 22. Info, 253-8943. west Branch gallery & Sculpture park in Stowe.

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thoMas brennan: “Darkness From Light,” photogenic or camera-less photographic drawings

‘travel with oGden pleissner’: A selection of the artist’s lesser-known American and european landscapes, along with other American paintings from the museum’s permanent collection. Judy b. dales: “Ahead of the Curve,” an exhibit of contemporary quilts from the last 18 years of the artist’s flowing, abstract style. Through october 31.

Info, 985-3346. Shelburne museum.

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stephanie seGuino: “Radical empathy,” an exhibition exploring issues of race through photography by the artist, economist and professor. Through June 30. Info, 999-0657. Flynndog in Burlington.

‘birds of a fiber’: A community art show.

Through october 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont museum in Huntington.

Thursday-Saturday June 18-20 and June 25-27 at 8 p.m.

Wednesday-Friday July 1-3 at 8 p.m.

Saturday Matinees at 2 p.m.

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by the associate professor of art at the university of Vermont that explore mortality and document nature. Through June 20. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

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‘words unspoken’: paintings, prints and drawings by seven artists who use pattern formation, invented calligraphy and mark making as an inspiration. Through July 14. Info, 985-3848.

Furchgott Sourdiffe gallery in Shelburne.

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Mark Gonyea: “Name That game,” posters inspired by popular board games. Through June 30. Info, 660-9005. Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington.

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creator of the Can You See What I See? children’s books. Through July 5. Info, 985-3346. pizzagalli Center for Art and education, Shelburne museum.

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Seven artists who have participated in the staff artists’ program at VSC within the past 10 years are featured in an exhibit at Studio Place Arts in Barre, though July 11. Tatiana Klacsmann, Jake Nussbaum, Katharena Rentumis, Austin FurtakCole, Kathryn Lien, Annie Jacobs and Emma Balder show works in a variety of mediums on the Main Floor Gallery.

Also on view are Lyna Lou Nordstrom prints, on the Second Floor Gallery; and paper sculpture by Lian Brehm, Third Floor Gallery. A reception on Friday, June 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m., encompasses all three exhibits, as well as the unveiling of two new public sculptures outdoors by Sean Williams and Gampo Wickenheiser.

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‘RIVER WORKS’: Photography, paintings and multimedia inspired by Vermont rivers and water meditation by Arista Alanis, Kevin Fahey, Janet Fredericks, John Miller, John Sargent, Rett Sturman and Kathryn Lipke. Through July 30. Info, 888-1261.

River Arts in Morrisville.

‘SLOPE STYLE’: Thirty-five fully accessorized vintage ski outfits, with a special section of the exhibit dedicated to Vermont ski brands. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

WENDY SOLIDAY: “Here and Where?” a collection of pastel paintings that juxtapose the artist’s traditional Vermont landscapes with scenes from her travels abroad. Through June 30. Info, 2531818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

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PATRICIA LEBON HERB: Paintings on multiple themes including starry nights, Paris, flowers, still life, birds and spring. Through July 31. Info, 877-6316. Starry Night Café in Ferrisburgh.

PETER FRIED: “Addison: Land Meets Sky,” an exhibit of Addison County landscapes in the artist’s new gallery. Through October 8. Info, 355-1447. Peter Fried Art in Vergennes.

‘THE GATHERING’: Thirty-three members of the Valley Arts Foundation exhibit works in a variety of media and styles. Through June 26. Info, 496-6682.

Festival Gallery in Waitsfield.

STEVEN JUPITER: “Hubbardton Creek,” a limited-edition series of 10 color 24-by-36-inch photographs of a Vermont waterway. Through July 26. Info, 917-686-1292. Steven Jupiter Gallery in Middlebury.

KELLEY TAFT: “The Act of Living,” an exhibition of photographs from nature and country life in Vermont by the Duxbury photographer. Reception: Sunday, June 14, 2 p.m. Through June 30. Info, 244-8581. Waterbury Congregational Church. ‘¡VIVA CUBA!’: Historic and contemporary images by nine photographers. Through July 12. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

“EMERGING”: “Emerging” an exhibition of painting, fiber arts, pottery, glass and mixed media by 45 artists exploring the themes of spring, life and change. Through June 21. SEAN DYE: Vermont landscapes in oil, acrylic and pastel. Through September 30. Info, 338-0136. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

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‘MANY THOUSAND GONE: PORTRAITS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’: Some 100 photographs of African Americans, from 1840s daguerreotypes to the civil rights era of the 1960s, from the collection of George R. Rinhart.

LANGUAGE SCHOOLS AT THE MUSEUM (THE OBERBROOK GALLERY): Twenty works of art from the museum’s permanent collection represent many of the countries and cultures that the college’s summer language schools represent.

Through August 9. Info, 443-3168. Middlebury College Museum of Art.

AXEL STOHLBERG: Paintings, drawings and assemblages that play on the theme of shelter, both physical and emotional. Through June 13. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in Waterbury.

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KIT DONNELLY: As the artist prepares to leave Vermont, she is exhibiting works from nearly 30 years of art making. Through June 12. Info, 4533188. WalkOver Gallery and Concert Room in Bristol.

JACK GOODMAN: “Mostly Vermont: Photographic Images,” works by the prolific Middlebury photographer. Through June 27. Info, 382-9222.

Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.

‘WARREN KIMBLE, ALL-AMERICAN ARTIST: AN ECLECTIC RETROSPECTIVE’: The internationally known Vermont artist exhibits a lifetime of work, including his “Sunshine” series, “Widows of War” paintings and sculpture, and more recent “House of Cards” and “Into the Box” series, the latter of which features open-faced boxes filled with found objects and architectural assemblages. Also on view is the Kimbles’ personal collection of folk art. Through October 18. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

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‘ART OF THE FLAG’: Works by Warren Kimble, glass by Karen Deets, paintings by Robin Kent and 3D work by Mike Mayone celebrate American life and symbols. Through June 30. Info, 247-4956.

Brandon Artists Guild.

CASTLETON ALUMNI ART EXHIBTION: Artworks by 16 graduates from 1982 through 2014. Through August 28. Info, 468-6052. Rutland City Hall.

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‘BIRDS ARE DINOSAURS’: An exhibit tracing the evolution of birds from their ancestors includes skeletons and life-size replicas by paleo-artist Todd Marshall. Hands-on activities include a replica dig site. Through October 15. $11.50-13.50. Info, 359-5000. VINS Nature Center in Hartford.

KEITH SONNIER: A survey of early neon works, 1968-1989, by the American artist. PETER SAUL: In a retrospective exhibit that spans his career 1959 to 2012, the American artist presents colorful paintings that incorporate humor, pop-culture imagery, irreverence and occasionally politically incorrect subject matter. Open weekends and Wednesdays by appointment. Through November 29. Info, info@ hallartfoundation.org. Hall Art Foundation in Reading, 05062.

THESIS EXHIBITION: An exhibit of work by MFA graduates. Through June 14. Info, 295-3319. Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction.

TOM SCHULTEN: Vivid works by the renowned Dutch painter of consensusism. Through December 31. Info, 457-7199. Artemis Global Art in Woodstock.

‘WAGON WHEELS FARM’: An exhibition of documents from the farm, including Depression-era photographs and a copy of the farm’s guestbook, signed by Edward Hopper. Also, reproductions of Hopper’s watercolor paintings of the White River and Josephine Hopper’s sketches of barns along Vermont Route 110. Through June 13. Info, 7637094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

WILLIAM RAYMOND DARLING & PRIMA CRISTOFALO: Intaglio prints and designer fashions, respectively. Through June 30. Info, 457-1298.

Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock.

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‘CHILDREN OF THE OASIS’: Ten tapestries by students of Egypt’s Ramses Wissa Wassef Centre, shown in conjunction with a contemporary fiber-art exhibit. Through June 21. ‘HAND TOWEL PROJECT’: Trained art weavers Elizabeth Billings and Andrea Wasserman collaborated on an installation of branches and handwoven hand towels that create a faux canopy. ALISA DWORSKY: “Motion-LineForm,” is a 70-foot-long textile installation made from polyester ribbon and installed via dance. It will be connected to a façade of the museum. The performance is a collaboration of the artist and choreographers Candice Salyers and Dahlia Nayar.

DONALD SAAF: “Contemporary Folk Tales,” a solo exhibition of figurative paintings by the local artist and musician. EVIE LOVETT: Westminster West photographer’s images and audio of drag queens in the final leg of the touring exhibit by the Vermont Folklife Center. GREGORY MIGUEL GÓMEZ: “Point at Infinity,” an exhibition of sculptures referencing mathematics and symbology. Through June 21.

Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

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ANN YOUNG: Oil paintings with a twist of social realism. Through June 14. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

‘DUST’: Displays include samples of “this most ubiquitous substance” from around the world, and the cosmos, as well as unique moments in the history of dust and a visual history of dust removal.

Through November 30. Info, claredol@sover.net.

The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

MARJORIE KRAMER: Landscape and cityscape paintings by the Vermont-based member of New York City’s Blue Mountain Gallery. Through June 30.

Info, 744-6859. Newport Natural Market & Café.

ORAH MOORE: “Under the Influence of Trees,” photographs and mixed media. Through July 12. Info, 563-2037. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick.

‘RECYCLE INTO SPRING!’: An exhibit of art and masks created with recyclables, plastics, paper and trash by local students. Through June 12. Info, 3341966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

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ADRIANO MANOCCHIA: Representational paintings by the former photojournalist. Through June 15.

Info, 362-4061. The Gallery at Equinox Village in Manchester Center.

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2015 ANNUAL MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION: A exhibition featuring a mix of styles, techniques and media by member artists of all levels. Through June 24. Info, 438-2097. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center in West Rutland.

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‘ukara: ritual cloth oF the ekpe secret societY’: An exhibition examining the signature textile of the Ekpe secret society and exploring the cultural practice the cloth represents, as well as the artistic process involved in its creation. In conjunction with “Auto-Graphics: Works by Victor Ekpuk.” Through August 2. Info, 603-646-2095. ‘water waYs: tension anD Flow’: Landscape and portraiture photography from the permanent collection that explores “water’s impact on human life and humanity’s impact on water.” Through August 23. Info, 603-646-2095. Victor ekpuk: “Auto-Graphics,” mixed-media works in graphite and pastel on paper, influenced by the artist’s Nigerian roots. Through August 2. Info, 603646-2808. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H.

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he mission of this movie is not a secret. It’s the film Melissa McCarthy finally gets to headline as an acknowledgment of the comic creativity she’s displayed since the moment we fell in love with her in Bridesmaids. The budget is big. The supporting cast is A-list.

It’s a Valentine from Hollywood to the funniest woman in the world.

No question, she deserves it. When it comes to Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, however, as Kristen Wiig’s character said in that picture’s infamous dress-shop scene, “There might be a question.” Spy is also an industry back pat for Feig, who’s helped advance the cause of female-centric comedy.

He worked with McCarthy on The Heat, and he’s helming the Ghostbusters she-boot.

What he hasn’t done before is write a screenplay for a major feature. And it shows.

McCarthy presides over this mixed bag of a Bond parody as analyst Susan Cooper.

Working from the basement of CIA headquarters, she’s the voice in the earpiece of agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law), tracking his movements on her computer and warning him when danger lurks around a distant corner.

The film lingers perhaps too long on Cooper’s backstory. We learn that she graduated

at the top of her class years earlier, but allowed herself to be passed over when others were promoted into the field. Her mother, she confesses to a coworker, used to put notes in her lunchbox reading, “Give up on your dreams, Susan.” But a meek and mousy McCarthy isn’t what we came to see.

Eventually, an assassin outs all the agents on active duty. The company has no choice but to put Cooper on the case of a Bulgarian arms dealer (Rose Byrne) about to unload a nuke. As a writer, Feig favors gags over logic. So, while none of the other agents wear disguises, Cooper’s given a succession of joke identities. For example, she becomes a frumpy cat enthusiast equipped with secret weapons to match her profile — anti-fungal ointment that’s really mace and chloroformed hemorrhoid wipes. Nearly twothirds through the movie, the McCarthy we came to see has yet to make her entrance.

Then, without explanation, Cooper suddenly morphs into a glamorous, sophisticated crime fighter, and the real fun starts. Then stops. Then starts again. Feig’s two-hour production is a frustratingly hit-or-miss affair. When it hits, it’s amusing, though never as fall-out-of-your-seat funny as Bridesmaids or The Heat. Byrne’s a riot as the villainess, the Brit comic Peter Serafinowicz impresses

IDENTITY THIEF McCarthy goes undercover as a midwestern cat fanatic in Feig’s intermittently inspired Bond parody.

as an Italian agent who can’t keep his hands off Cooper, and Jason Statham’s a revelation in a role that’s a masterpiece of self-parody.

McCarthy puts her signature spin on the things secret agents do: fight, shoot, drive fast. Things we’ve seen her do in films before. What I kept waiting to witness was the thing for which we love her most: her mind-blowing ability to improvise; to “leave the planet,” as she’s described it, and extemporize absurdist barrages of non sequiturs and surreal concepts. Inexplicably, McCarthy never takes the safety off. Except for a

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awful dialogue. (Quinn on why her mom’s cancer metastasized: “It’s like it wanted to be with her just as much as everybody else always did.”) If the scene nonetheless sends a few chills up spines, the credit belongs to lighting and production design. Jennifer Spence, who did the latter, deserves recognition for filling the film with unsettlingly cluttered or dilapidated interiors, places that look like they should be haunted.

A creepy neo-gothic apartment building is all we have to entertain us once the film’s focus moves to Quinn and her dad (Dermot Mulroney) and brother (Tate Berney) — three actors in search of a single line of un-

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he second sequel to the 2010 horror hit Insidious is actually a prequel, but it’s a stretch to call it a freestanding scare story — or a “story” at all. Structurally, this movie has less in common with a classic hauntedhouse film than with a high-tech theme-park scarehouse. The shocks and jolts keep coming, and some are effective. But Leigh Whannell, the series cowriter who has taken over as director from James Wan (Furious 7), ties those scares to a plot so groaningly familiar, lopsided and poorly paced that it’s impossible to care.

Gone is the ill-fated Lambert family, who starred in the previous two installments. The initial focal point of Chapter 3, set several years earlier, is Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye), the psychic who attempted to rescue two generations of Lamberts from demonic entities.

It’s fun to watch the seventysomething character actor sink her teeth into a leading role, thin as this one is. Elise spends the film’s entire first half waffling about coming to the aid of a dewy-eyed teenager named Quinn (Stefanie Scott), who thinks she’s receiving cryptic messages from her dead mother. Elise quickly realizes a demon is actually buzzing the girl, but she hesitates to take action, tormented by a prophecy of her own future.

The opening conversation between the two women encapsulates the film’s flaws.

It drags on uneventfully. It’s studded with

second or two in the film’s 120 minutes, she sticks to the script.

Which isn’t a catastrophe — Feig can be a laugh and a half. He’s simply no match for his leading lady when she’s in the zone, and not going there keeps Spy from being the movie it might have been. When the DVD arrives, the outtakes are going to be killer. Until then, fans will just have to wonder why the world’s funniest woman got the assignment of a lifetime but decided not to use her secret weapon.

clichéd dialogue or a believably scared facial expression. Perhaps Whannell hoped to rope in the Twilight audience with the scenes of Quinn’s day-to-day life, but it’s hard to imagine anyone connecting with Scott’s one-note performance as a clueless ingenue. The creature who watches over her sleep isn’t so sparkly, and her fate as possession fodder is foreordained.

The film picks up steam once Elise finally returns from psychic retirement. There are several well-timed jump scares, and the expeditions into the Further — the series’ dark alternate dimension — showcase genuinely disturbing images.

But those images lack emotional impact when they’re used to deck out a plot of dinner-theater flimsiness. The great hauntedhouse films inflict terror on characters that are already haunted by personal demons, blurring the line between troubled psyche and the supernatural. (Last year’s The Babadook, currently available on Netflix, is a harrowing example.)

But Elise’s personal conflicts simply don’t have enough depth to resonate with the horrors she witnesses. Toward the film’s end, she asks a fellow psychic, “Do you think we ever really help people?” It’s an inside joke for the viewer, who knows that mediums in horror movies rarely ever do anything besides eat their own words. Like their scientist brethren, they represent a foolish attempt to master the unmasterable, because the supernatural entities of modern horror cinema observe just one rule: Keep the audience freaked out.

Unlike the campier — but more fun — Insidious: Chapter 2, Chapter 3 strives to observe that single rule religiously. Viewers who can ignore the characters and storyline, as one might at that theme-park attraction, will find the movie makes them jump a few times. But the kind of dread that gets under your skin — the insidious kind, one might say — has left the building.

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(124 min, Pg-13. bijou, capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Sunset, welden) love & meRcY: Paul dano and John cusack portray brian wilson at two different stages of life in director bill Pohlad’s biographical drama, which explores the beach boy’s mental breakdown and his search for a perfect studio sound. with Elizabeth banks and Paul giamatti. (119 min, Pg-13.

Roxy, Savoy) WHo is gil scott-HeRoN?: Iain forsyth and Jane Pollard directed this documentary about the late jazz musician and spoken word artist, who wrote “The Revolution will not be televised.” (60 min, nR. Roxy)

now playing AloHAHHH1/2 writer-director cameron crowe (Almost Famous) is back with this romantic comedy in which a military contractor (bradley cooper) returns to his former work-site in hawaii and reconnects with an ex. with Emma Stone, Rachel Mcadams, bill Murray and John Krasinski.

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eNtoURAgeHH Movie star Vincent chase and his buds return in this film extension of hbO’s hollywood-insider comedy series, directed by series creator doug Ellin. with adrian grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin connolly and various actual movie stars as themselves. (104 min, R)

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iNsiDioUs: cHApteR 3H1/2 lin Shaye returns as the psychic in this prequel to the horror series that shows how she got her start in investigating bodiless entities that like to flick lights on and off. dermot Mulroney and Stefanie Scott get haunted this time around. Insidious writer leigh whannell makes his directorial debut. (97 min, Pg-13; reviewed by M.h. 6/10) mAD mAX: FURY RoADHHHHH director george Miller returns to the postapocalyptic action franchise that made him famous for a fourth film, this one starring tom hardy as the title survivor and charlize Theron as a woman on a quest across the desert wastes. with nicholas hoult and Zoë Kravitz. (120 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 5/20) pitcH peRFect 2HH1/2 The motley, mishap-prone college a cappella group from the 2012 comedy hit returns — and this time they must redeem themselves by winning a daunting international competition. anna Kendrick, Rebel wilson, hailee Steinfeld and brittany Snow star. Elizabeth banks makes her feature directorial debut. (115 min, Pg-13; reviewed by M.h. 5/20) polteRgeistHH1/2 They’re here. again. with digital effects. why anyone would choose to remake a haunted-house movie that holds up remarkably well after 33 years is anyone’s guess, but Sam Raimi and director gil Kenan (City of Ember) have done it. with Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie dewitt and Kennedi clements. (93 min, Pg-13) tHe sAlt oF tHe eARtHHHHH wim wenders codirected this documentary about brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, whose powerful images have chronicled global horrors, with the photographer’s son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. (110 min, Pg-13) sAN ANDReAsH1/2 dwayne Johnson, formerly known as the Rock, may not be able to stop the notorious fault line from plunging california into mega-quake chaos. but you can expect him to do his damnedest — while saving a family member, natch — in this disaster pic. with carla gugino and alexandra daddario. brad Peyton directed. (114 min, Pg-13; reviewed by M.h. 6/3) spYHHH a mousy cIa analyst (Melissa Mccarthy) goes undercover as a field agent to prevent global diabolical doings in this spy spoof/action flick from writer-director Paul feig (Bridesmaids). with Jude law and Rose byrne. (120 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 6/10) nOw PlayIng

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FURioUs 7HHH1/2 how did the thrill-seeking street racers of this action franchise become, in essence, superheroes? don’t ask Vin diesel’s character, who’s busy fending off a vengeful Jason Statham while tackling a threat to the entire world.

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tomoRRoWlANDH1/2 Walt Disney’s midcentury vision of a bright technological future takes on new meaning as George Clooney plays a disillusioned wunderkind who, along with two kids, is drawn toward the mysterious otherworld of the title.

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new on video tHe DUFFHHH When a teen (Mae Whitman) discovers that her supposed BFFs call her the Designated Ugly Fat Friend, she sets out to turn the high school caste system on its head, in this adaptation of Kody Keplinger’s novel. Ari Sandel directed. (100 min, PG-13)

KiNGsmAN: tHe secRet seRviceHHH1/2 A British street kid (Taron Egerton) is tapped to become a modern-day James Bond in this action comedy. Matthew Vaughn directed. (129 min, R) ReD ARmYHHHH Gabriel Polsky’s acclaimed documentary takes a look back at the Soviet Union’s national ice hockey team, its iconic cultural status and its role in the propaganda machine through interviews with former players. (76 min, PG)

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Police in Virginia Beach, Va., identified Dominyk Antonio Alfonseca, 23, as their bank-robbery suspect after he posted video on social media showing the teller stuffing money into a bag and a picture of a note asking for $150,000 (but adding “please”).

Alfonseca insisted that posting the video proves it wasn’t robbery. “I don’t think I would videotape it, post the picture of the letter and do that all to come to jail,” he said, adding, “There are a lot of things on my Instagram that have nothing to do with what happened.” (Portsmouth’s WAVY-TV) Deputies investigating the theft of a cash register at the Build-A-Burger restaurant in Mount Morris, N.Y., said they caught up with suspects Matthew P. Sapetko, 34, James P. Marullo, 35, and Timothy S. Walker Jr., 23, by following “a steady trail of macaroni salad,” which they’d also stolen and “took turns eating along their escape route.”

After the suspects’ arrest, the restaurant posted a sign claiming it had, “The best burgers and mac salad worth stealing for.”

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Canadians now have shorter attention spans than goldfish, thanks to widespread use of mobile digital devices. Microsoft Corp. researchers, who reviewed surveys of more than 2,000 Canadians, determined that attention spans have fallen from an average of 12 seconds in 2000 to eight seconds today.

They noted that goldfish average a ninesecond attention span. (Ottawa Citizen) Thirty people were asked to leave an America’s Best Value Inn in Mason County, Mich., after a disagreement over the waffle maker in the buffet-style breakfast area.

“It sounded like one lady walked up and asked the other lady if she was in line for the waffle maker,” Sheriff Kim Cole said.

“She didn’t answer, so this lady started to make her waffle. The other confronted her and said, ‘That was my waffle,’ and the other lady said, ‘No, it’s mine,’ and then it went downhill from there.” Cole said that deputies arrived to find “a large group of people arguing over the waffle maker” and “a lot of yelling and screaming, but no one was assaulted.” (MLive.com)

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While Lucy Filipov served as acting director of the Veterans Affairs office in Philadelphia, she “misused her title” to coerce her subordinates to attend a party at her house and pay for psychic readings by the wife of a VA colleague, according to the agency’s inspector general. Filipov’s email invitation said the wife, who goes by the name “The Angel Whisperer,” would be charging $35 for private readings to “talk to dead people.”

Federal investigators who interviewed all the employees who attended said that most seemed unimpressed by the experience.

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Among the assets for sale as part of RadioShack’s bankruptcy are customer data that the retailer collected over decades. The records include names, email addresses and phone numbers for 117 million people.

Hedge fund Standard General, which bought 1,743 RadioShack store leases to cobrand with Sprint, is the leading bidder for the customer data. (Washington Post)

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Authorities blamed the shooting death of a 19-year-old college student on a dispute over the rules of a beer-pong game. Police said Ronald McNeil, 39, and others attending a graduation party in College Station, Texas, argued until they eventually came to blows. The host asked McNeil to leave. He did but returned with a handgun and fired 14 times. He told police he intended only to scare the guests, but his gunshots injured two and killed the 19-year-old, a bystander.

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American law-enforcement agencies seeking ways to disperse rioters without killing or injuring them are considering importing a chemical product that Israeli police insist “prevents casualties to protesters and security personnel.” Called Skunk, it smells like raw sewage mixed with putrefying cow’s carcass. Israeli soldiers regularly spray Skunk from water cannons at Palestinian protestors. The mixture of yeast and protein is non-toxic, according to its manufacturer, pesticide specialist Odortec, and the only reported side effect is difficulty getting the stench out of clothing and off bodies.

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I think it’ll be better if you don’t engage in much sacrifice, compromise or surrender in the next two weeks. normally they are valuable tools to have at your disposal, but for now they may tend to be counterproductive. Judging from the current astrological omens, I suspect you need to be more commanding than usual, more confident in your vision of how to take action with maximum integrity. It’s time for you to draw deeper from the source of your own power, and express it with extra grace and imagination.

avoid contributing to these figures for the next 12 to 14 days. In my astrological opinion, it’s time to be as sober and sensible and serious as you ever get. you have the chance to make unprecedented progress on practical matters through the power of your pure reasoning and critical thinking.

cancer (June 21-July 22): you will soon

be escaping — or maybe “graduating” is the right word — from your interesting trials and tribulations. In honor of this cathartic transition, I suggest you consider doing a ritual. It can be a full-fledged ceremony you conduct with somber elegance, or a five-minute psychodrama you carry out with boisterous nonchalance. It will be a celebration of your ability to outlast the forces of chaos and absurdity, and an expression of gratitude for the resources you’ve managed to call on in the course of your struggle. to add an extra twist, you could improvise a rowdy victory prayer that includes this quote adapted from nietzsche: “I throw roses into the abyss and say: ‘Here is my thanks to the monster who did not devour me.’”

leo (July 23-Aug. 22): I propose a friends aries

(March 21-April 19): “to look at a thing hard and straight and seriously — to fix it.” Aries author Henry James said he wanted to do that on a regular basis. He didn’t want to be “arbitrary” or “mechanical” in his efforts. I invite you to make this perspective one of your specialties in the coming weeks, Aries. Pick out a tweaked situation you’d like to mend or a half-spoiled arrangement you want to heal. Then pour your pure intelligence into it. Investigate it with a luminous focus. use all your tough and tender insight to determine what needs to be transformed, and transform it.

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(Aug. 23-sept. 22): After Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he made sure it would get the publicity he wanted. He wrote anonymous reviews of his own book and submitted them to several publications, all of which printed them. “An American bard at last!” began the glowing review that appeared in one newspaper.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, Virgo, you now have license to engage in similar behavior. you will incur no karma, nor will you tempt fate, if you tout your own

assets in the coming weeks. try to make your bragging and self-promotion as charming as possible, of course. but don’t be timid about it.

frontiers worth revisiting now, when your ability to penetrate the seemingly impenetrable is at a peak.

liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22): If you carry out the assignments I recommend, you will boost your charisma, your chutzpah and your creativity.

Here’s the first one: try something impossible every day. Whether or not you actually accomplish it isn’t important. to merely make the effort will shatter illusions that are holding you back. Here’s your second assignment: break every meaningless rule that tempts you to take yourself too seriously. explore the art of benevolent mischief. Here’s the third: Clear out space in your fine mind by shedding one dogmatic belief, two unprovable theories and three judgmental opinions. Give yourself the gift of fertile emptiness.

caPricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The writer Donald barthelme once came to see the artist elaine de Kooning in her new york studio.

Midway through the visit, loud crashes and bangs disturbed the ceiling above them. De Kooning wasn’t alarmed. “oh, that’s Herbert thinking,” she said, referring to the metal sculptor Herbert ferber, who worked in a studio directly above hers. This is the kind of thinking I’d love to see you unleash in the coming days, Capricorn. now is not a time for mild, cautious, delicate turns of thought, but rather for vigorous meditations, rambunctious speculations and carefree musings. In your quest for practical insight, be willing to make some noise. (The story comes from barthelme’s essay “not-Knowing.”)

scorPio (oct. 23-nov. 21): In the 16th cen-

tury, roguish french author francois rabelais published a comic novel entitled The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel. In the course of his satirical story, a learned teacher named epistemon takes a visit to the afterlife and back. While on the other side, he finds famous dead heroes employed in humble tasks.

Alexander the Great is making a meager living mending old socks. Cleopatra is hawking onions in the streets. King Arthur cleans hats, and Helen of troy supervises chambermaids.

In accordance with the rabelaisian quality of your current astrological aspects, scorpio, I invite you to meditate on the reversals you would like to see in your own life. What is first that maybe should be last? And vice versa?

What’s enormous that should be small? And vice versa? What’s proud that should be humble? And vice versa?

sagittarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21): There’s no better time than now to ask the big question or seek the big opening or explore the big feeling. People are not only as receptive as they will ever be, they are also more likely to understand what you really mean and what you are trying to accomplish. Which door has been forever locked? Which poker face hasn’t blinked or flinched in many moons? Which heart of darkness hasn’t shown a crack of light for as long as you can remember? These are

aQuarius

(Jan. 20-feb. 18): sidney Lumet was an American director who worked on 50 films, including 14 that were nominated for Academy Awards, like Network and Dog Day Afternoon. Actors loved to work with him, even though he was a stickler for thorough rehearsals. Intense preparation, he felt, was the key to finding the “magical accidents” that allow an actor’s highest artistry to emerge. I advocate a similar strategy for you, Aquarius.

Make yourself ready, through practice and discipline, to capitalize fully on serendipitous opportunities and unexpected breakthroughs when they arrive.

Pisces (feb. 19-March 20): “It is not only

the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too,” said American writer Josh billings. I agree with him. It’s not impossible to solve the mystery of who you are, but it can be hard work that requires playful honesty, cagey tenacity and an excellent sense of humor. The good news is that these days it’s far less difficult and inconvenient than usual for you to deepen your self-understanding. so take advantage! to get started, why don’t you interview yourself? Go here to see some questions you could ask: bit. ly/interviewyourself.

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(April 20-May 20): Drug expert Jonathan P. Caulkins estimates that Americans are stoned on marijuana for more than 288 million hours every week. A un report on global drug use concluded that Canadians consume weed at a similar rate.

Among europeans, Italians are no. 1, and the french are fourth. but I encourage you to

Cleanse. It would be a three-week-long process of reviewing your support team and web of connections. If you feel up for the challenge, start this way: take inventory of your friendships and alliances. If there are any that have faded or deteriorated, make a commitment to either fix them or else phase them out. Here’s the second stage of the friends Cleanse: Give dynamic boosts to those relationships that are already working well. take them to the next level of candor and synergy.

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Dear Perplexed,

Perplexed About P.

Life is short; take a chance. ’Fess up and tell your friend that you’ve been pining for his ex and you can’t take it anymore. Hopefully, he’ll be big enough to cheer you on.

He might have stuffed his feelings for her in the dresser of his memories, but my fingers are crossed that he can stifle his shit so you, his buddy, can chase your dream girl. I’ve been in your situation, and it’s not easy.

You feel like you’re standing on a fine line between your happiness and that of your best pal. But if he’s a confident, mature person and a true friend, he’ll back off and understand.

And if he’s not, what’s the worst that can happen? It may be hard for your friend to let go of that relationship.

He may not be emotionally ready for her to move on with any new partner. But that’s not under his control, and if he’s really broken up with the woman, he simply can’t hold on anymore. And, in theory, that means you have a shot.

I say “in theory” because: Do you have reason to believe this woman wants you? Or even would be open to her ex’s best friend pursuing her? Your letter doesn’t seem to consider her feelings.

Worst-case scenario for you here? Your friend is angry with you for wanting his ex, and she rejects you.

But you’ll survive, and so will he. If your friendship is as tight as you suggest, he’ll forget this awkward moment in time and stand by you regardless of her response to you.

If you’re not willing to risk it, you could certainly stay mum and hope that your feelings for this woman eventually fizzle. But I don’t recommend that. You will kick yourself for not testing the waters with your love interest, and you might even grow bitter toward your bud. That’s the stuff country songs are made of. Don’t be that kind of song.

I wish I could tell you what will happen. I know the prospect of being rejected — by either of these people — is scary, but you have to put yourself out there or you’ll never know. And not knowing is a lot worse than the “Sorry, but no thanks” you could get from her. But I can say with utter confidence that, should that happen, there will be other ladies, other loves and better days ahead.

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Yours,

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Castleton Graduation I sat next to you, your friend and your son. My son was graduating, and your son’s girlfriend was graduating. You had on a blue-and-white flowered dress. You were the most beautiful woman I have seen in years. You said you lived in the Underhill area but were from Proctor. We did not exchange names, and I was nervous.

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Body feeling heavy, I wanted to leave; you unknowingly convinced me to stay. Saturday night, and the air felt electric. Sunday morning, the music was still spinning me free. It was raining on Walnut as I watched you walk away. Standing with my pink feather, wishing you would have stayed. When: Saturday, May 30, 2015. Where: ArtsRiot. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912970

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Jess: once IBM, now FAHC Jess, or Jessica: We once met at IBM. You had a white car and used to walk with your mom during lunch. I think you currently work at the hospital for FAHC (UVM MC). When: Monday, May 31, 2010.

Where: IBM. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912969 Bath & Body Works You helped me pick out air fresheners and holders. You had reddish-brown hair. You were very helpful for me; I was in a chair. I like your eyes, and you have a beautiful smile. I would like to see you again if you’re not with anybody.

I was too shy to say anything to you. When: Friday, May 29, 2015. Where: Bath & Body Works. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912968 Rancid patch at Bernie rally You had reddish-brown hair and were wearing a denim vest with a couple of patches, including a Dropkick Murphys and a Rancid back patch.

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On the 7:15 to Shelburne. We grinned. I liked you immediately, but I was crashing hard after an epic bike ride. My bad. You drew my picture anyway.

Please know: YOU are beautiful, and YOU are an artist. Life is the canvas. Thank you for reaching out. Are you up for a little more beauty? Let’s go for a stroll. When: Thursday, May 21, 2015. Where: the #6 bus. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #912957

Strawberry blonde at KC’s Bagel You: leggy and devilishly cute, curly strawberry blonde waiting for your bagel at KC’s around 7:30 a.m. Me: tall, dark hair, dark sunglasses, maroon button-up and jeans. Walked behind you to wash my hands. You threw a glance my way after you received your breakfast on your way out the door. Drink? Dinner? Name it. When: Friday, May 22, 2015. Where: KC’s Bagel Café, Waterbury. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912956 You liked my cowboy hat I was sitting at Capitol Grounds café. You were standing there admiring my cowboy hat. I picked it up and showed you that it was a King Cobra hatband. I was too slow to get your name and number before you left. I sure wish I had.

Now this I Spy may be my only hope. When: Thursday, May 21, 2015. Where: Capitol Grounds, Montpelier. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912955 Regeneration802 Take a chance? I think you would be happy you did. No BS here. ;) When: Thursday, May 21, 2015. Where: browsing around.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #912953 S and N at Two Loco Guys You ladies are the reason I come to Barre every week. The food is great, but your smiles and personalities are even better! You make me and everyone who walks through the door feel great! I just wanted to say thanks! When: Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Where: Two Loco Guys, Barre. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912952 For Onion Shine To the sweetest little lady I know. It’s hard to believe it’s been two and a half years. I love your positivity, your kindness, your beautiful eyes and how funny you find farts. Most of all, I love you. I will miss you so much when I am gone, but I will always keep you close to my heart. When: Sunday, February 3, 2013. Where: Farmhouse. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #912951 Addison County Beauty I was amazed by your beautiful eyes from the moment I saw you. Your energy is so great that it brings a smile to my face just thinking of you. This has all been wonderful.

Now I can finally say: I’m falling in love with you! To us and future adventures. When: Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Where: Vergennes. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912950 Hannaford parking lot, williston You: slender, dark hair, nice figure, burgundy slacks. Me: backed out of parking space. I let you pass by. You looked my way; I said “hi.”

You made my “putter” flutter. Would like to see where this goes. Discretion a must! When: Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Where: Hannaford, Williston. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912949 You Came to Mind Recently We met nine years ago at a Lake Elmorian cottage. You praised me, telling me I was “exactly how a woman should be.” I don’t feel I’ve changed much at all since then... When: Thursday, May 14, 2015. Where: when I awoke. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912948

Y.P. It took me years to realize that I love you! Maybe fate will bring us together someday. When: Monday, May 18, 2015. Where: last night in my dreams. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912947 You: Tattoos, skateboard, Bike, Nice I saw you at the little beach by the bike path. White T-shirt, tattoos. I was so aware of your presence.

I wished I had said more than just hello. I was wearing sunglasses, black T-shirt. I was with my little boys. Did you notice me, too? When: Sunday, May 17, 2015. Where: bike path beach, Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912945 Hard-core Leather Goddess I am screaming, but you can’t hear. I am bashing my head, but still you ignore. I want you to be my Master of Puppets. Let’s do more than just headbang. Dobra sometime?

When: Monday, May 11, 2015. Where: Metal Monday. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912944 For You I love you, Ci. Don’t you forget that. When: Saturday, May 16, 2015. Where: Bob Dylan on the radio in a coffeeshop on a Saturday morning. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912943 Missed Burger King play place connection?

We talked while our kids played at the South Burlington BK. You were great with my girls, and they acted like they have known you for years, but I was too shy to ask for your number. Interested in talking more? When: Saturday, May 16, 2015. Where: Burger King play place. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912942 I wasn’t looking for Nora...

But maybe I should have been. You are cute and clever. Want to meet up there again?

When: Friday, May 15, 2015. Where: ¡Duino!

(Duende). You: Woman. Me: Man. #912941 I could fall for you.

Think I saw you at a comedy open mic. Later that night I saw you get your heel caught in a crack and take a nasty fall. I asked if you were hurt, and then you were gone. Mostly want to know that you’re OK, but a drink or bite to eat might be fun. You’re adorable. When: Thursday, May 14, 2015. Where: sidewalk in front of Mr. Mike’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912940 NE Air Guy Truck 26 You were in Colchester working on the HVAC system. I was the short, curvy woman with long brown hair in a braid. I asked if you needed to get into a room on the fourth floor and held the elevator for you. When: Friday, May 15, 2015. Where: Mountain View Drive. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912938

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