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Want to take a dip somewhere else during the next few weeks? Lauren Ober offered seven swimming suggestions in a post last week on Blurt, the Seven Days staff blog, including Colchester Pond, the Bolton Potholes and Warren Falls.

As Mary Watzin, dean of the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources, notes in an interview on page 14 of this week’s paper, the level of pollutants flowing into the lake is “probably a thousand times” what it is in a normal year. “We can see the sediment and trash in the water,” she says, “but along with what is visible has come tons of phosphorus, nitrogen, organic matter and a huge variety of chemicals never intended for the lake.”

“This swimming hole is a little off the beaten path for Burlingtonians, though residents of the valley are well familiar with it,” writes Ober of Warren Falls. “It features huge, deep pools, water slides and some little rock features you can jump from. But the best part is its proximity to the Warren Store, where you can get the best sandwiches this side of wherever makes good sandwiches.”

Plus, she adds, “there have been many sewer-system overflows, flooded septic fields and agricultural lands.”

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NEWS 14

A Lake Expert Interprets Champlain’s Highs and Lows

FEATURES

South Burlington Residents Fume Over a Proposed Crematory

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An Ex-Con Turned Accounting Expert Alleges “Irregularities” at Green Mountain Coffee

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Men Head to Mars in New Vermont Film

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Name Game This Saturday, folks party for their pedigree at Bristol’s music festival and street fair, Pocock Rocks! The title pays homage to the town’s first name, which only lasted a quarter century. The Main Street blowout has stuck, though, and in its third year is a whirlwind of live music, food and drink tastings, and craft booths.

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Believe It or Not If Holy Ghost Tent Revival’s spunky banjo melodies don’t make you an Americana believer, probably nothing will. The sixpiece band from Greensboro, N.C., tours the state this week, spreading a sense of celebration more than salvation with its gospel-like zeal. Stomp your feet in time with the beat in West Rutland on Thursday, Montpelier on Friday or Burlington on Sunday.

Hops to It Nothing says “summer” like a cold pint of beer dripping condensation down your arm. Accordingly, Sugarbush Resort serves up the inaugural Solstice BrewGrass Festival. What’s on tap, you ask? Regional bands — including Three Tall Pines, the Starline Rhythm Boys, the Phineas Gage Project and Seawolves — and more than 15 breweries, from the Bobcat Café and Brewery to Zero Gravity.

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The heroine of Bizet’s Carmen is one of opera’s most memorable. A gypsy girl’s seductive ways cast spells over men — and spell trouble. Green Mountain Opera Festival presents this opéra comique with unusual dramatic depth, not to mention dances with castanets and arias to bring down the house.

Making the Cut Never had to knock on wood? There are plenty of chances to wish for good luck at the third annual Vermont Invitational Lumberjack Competition, taking place at Burke Mountain for the first time. ’Jacks and ’jills acknowledge the rich history of logging in the Green Mountain State through an impressive ax showdown. Tim-ber!

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Farce and Away Marble Valley Players’ newest production is a quirky wartime romp that’s unexpectedly meaty. In ’Allo, ’Allo!, a stage adaptation of the 1980s BBC World War II sitcom, a café owner is charged with protecting a priceless painting — so, naturally, he hides it in a sausage casing. Get caught up in the sausage fest, and other hilarious misadventures, through June 25. COURTESY OF JULIE NESRALLAH

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Hitting the 25-year marker, the Art’s Alive Festival of Fine Art juried show is something of “the Energizer bunny of Vermont fine-arts festivals,” notes art critic Marc Awodey. Year after year, you can study up on the local arts scene through paintings, photographs and mixed-media works.

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FAIR GAME OPEN SEASON ON VERMONT POLITICS BY SHAY TOTTEN

Rally the Troops

irst Lady MICHELLE OBAMA will visit Vermont on June 30. But why? Vermont is not a battleground state in the 2012 election. President BARACK OBAMA already has the state’s three electoral votes in the bag. News of Michelle Obama’s visit came via the Vermont Democrats, who made the announcement that she would be 16t-nido061511.indd 1 6/14/11 10:29 AMheadlining a political fundraiser for her husband. Days later, Sen. PATRICK LEAHY Channel 15 (D-VT) said the First Lady was northADVOCACY, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, & COMMUNITY EVENTS! bound to meet Vermont Guard members on demand: and their families. www.vermontCam.org Which came first — the fundraiser Channel 16 or the families? There’s no easy answer, HIgH SCHOOL which is why it’s the political equivalent gRADUATIONS live on www.retn.org of the “chicken or egg” question. Since it’s an “official” visit, taxpayers will help finance Obama’s trip to Channel 17 LIVE@5:25: Vermont; the balance will be paid for by CALL-IN TALk SHOw the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundON LOCAL ISSUES weeknights > 5:25Pm raising operation between the president’s reelection campaign and the gET MORE INfO OR wATCH ONLINE AT vermont cam.org • retn.org Democratic National Committee. CHANNEL17.ORg The Obama Victory Fund is charging between $100 and $500 16t-retnWEEKLY.indd 1 6/13/11 11:45 AMto attend the fundraiser at the Sheraton Hotel & Conference Cool Center in South Burlington. You Summer know, for the little people. An even pricier event is schedStyle. uled for ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. The entry fee is $5000 per person, $10,000 per couple — the maximum allowable contribution to Obama’s reelection campaign. If attendees are feeling especially generous, they can also give to the Democratic National Committee. Up to $30,800, in fact. Man, that’s some serious change. It’ll be interesting to see if the First Lady can top her hubby’s previous Vermont fundraising record: A campaign fundraiser at the Norwich home of BILL and JANE STETSON raised more than $250,000 in 2007. Shortly after Obama’s election, Jane Stetson was appointed chair of the DNC’s national fundraising efforts. Bill Stetson is on the Advisory Committee on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Obama was in Vermont — at the University of Vermont — one other time prior, stumping for then-Rep. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), who was running for U.S. Senate. KESHA RAM, then president of the UVM Student Council and now a state representative, introduced Obama clothes for women to the crowd.

Will the president ever set foot again in the Green Mountain State? My guess is … nope. President GEORGE W. BUSH saw no reason to come here. Could it have been the impeachment calls and arrest warrants? Instead, Vermonters received proxy visitations. First Lady LAURA BUSH came twice, once to campaign on behalf of Republican congressional hopeful MARTHA RAINVILLE; the other, to make an official appearance at the Billings-MarshRockefeller National Park in Woodstock. In 2002, Vice President DICK CHENEY touched down at the Burlington International Airport, where he gave a brief speech under a tent on the tarmac. The Obama administration will likely have a better record. Vice President JOE BIDEN spent a whole afternoon here stumping for Gov. PETER SHUMLIN. That counts.

Vermont’s programs offer everything from counseling and financial assistance to accessing local volunteers to help with home repair projects, babysitting and other daily needs. Maybe we should be holding a fundraiser for the soldiers and their families instead of the commander in chief.

Singles Party

The decennial rewrite of Vermont’s House districts is breaking down along party lines. The two minority parties on the Legislative Apportionment Board — Progressive and Republicans — want to break up the state into 150 singlemember legislative districts; the majority Democrats support the status quo. Progressives MEG BROOK and STEVE and Republicans NEALE HINGTGEN LUNDERVILLE and ROB ROPER support the creation of 150 districts. Opponents are Democrats FRANK CIOFFI and GERRY GOSSENS, as well as Republican LAB board chairman TOM LITTLE, a former House member. Last Thursday, the LAB voted 4-3 in favor of the 150-district plan. Final details will be ironed out this week on a map the board members plan to ship out to local civil-authority boards for comment. A final proposal is due back to the legislature by August 1. Lawmakers can use the LAB proposal as a starting point or draw up their own map. Given that House Speaker SHAP SMITH (D-Morrisville) has raised the specter of “political chicanery,” House Democrats will likely scrap the LAB plan and write their own in order to help maintain their legislative “supermajority.” That’s not political chicanery; it’s political power.

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Leahy’s Senate staffers say their boss asked the First Lady months ago to come to Vermont to meet with National Guard families. He wanted her to use the opportunity to launch her Joining Forces campaign, a national initiative to support military families. Leahy’s wife, MARCELLE LEAHY, is the honorary cochair of the Vermont Guard’s military family programs, which offers family support similar to that of Joining Forces. “We understand that guard families face unique challenges during the deployment of a loved one,” said Sen. Leahy last Friday when he announced the details of Obama’s visit. “Without the benefits of living on or near a military base, guard families must press on without the community network of support that such proximity to a military community provides during a deployment.”

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Tripartisan Burlington is known for its bare-knuckle ward politics. That means legislative reapportionment could devolve into a slugfest. The proposal — as it stands — would give Burlington 10 single-seat districts, up from nine and a half. One district is currently shared with Winooski. Instead of sharing a district with Burlington, Winooski would get a piece of Colchester, around St. Michael’s College. Legislatively, the Onion City would retain its two House seats. Creating single-seat districts in Burlington could force at least two

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Democrats to run against each other: Reps. Jason Lorber and racheL Weston live on the same block bordered by Park and Pitkin streets. Contrary to popular belief, Burlington’s New North End is losing population. That could force the city’s board of civil authority — which is the city council with the mayor presiding as chairman — to borrow from Old North End neighborhoods to keep the New North End districts whole. Since Lorber and Weston’s block abuts the legislative district held by Democratic Rep. Mark Larson, they could end up being forced to run against Larson. In this case, three is definitely a crowd. The core problem facing Burlington’s election officials is this: Wards 1, 2 and 3, which encompass the Old North End and parts of the college housing district, have 3000 more residents now than they did 10 years ago. This growth puts three legislative districts seriously out of balance: One two-seat district has 1600 more residents than it should; another has 1000 too many. A third is about 700 people over the limit. While the immediate goal is to even out the legislative districts, the new census figures may necessitate configuring the city’s wards. Ward lines were last redrawn in 1992 after New North End residents complained of being underrepresented with just three councilors out of 12. Their effort created Ward 7, encompassing much of the east side of North Avenue, Lakeview Terrace and very northerly parts of the city, and the New North End got another city councilor. Three Republicans and one Democrat — who doesn’t regularly caucus with his fellow Burlington Democrats — represent the region. As with legislative districts, redrawing ward lines to balance out the voterto-councilor representation would mean additional parts of the more liberal Old North End would have to be tucked into one of the two more conservative wards. Good luck with that one.

VPA president Maria archangeLo, associate publisher and editor of the Stowe Reporter, told Fair Game the money was used to monitor about a dozen different bills dealing with open government, from proposed changes to vital records to updating the public records and openmeeting statutes. Some of those bills were not finalized this year, which means next year could also be an expensive one for the association, Archangelo added. “If everyone pays their dues, we should be fine, but I think this speaks to a bigger issue that, while public records affects everyone, it still really falls to traditional media to fight these battles, and they can be expensive when you have well-funded opponents,” said Archangelo. Meanwhile, the VPA is looking to include non-newspapers and other media as a way to grow its membership — and its bank balance.

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The Vermont Press Association is appealing to its membership to help pay off a hefty $8500 lobbying bill. The VPA’s members include most of the state’s daily and nondaily newspapers — including Seven Days. The group may be forced to dip into its First Amendment fund, which is used to help smaller papers defray legal costs associated with legal battles to access public records or pursue open-meeting violations. The fund has about $5000 in it.

The last federal budget earmark. That’s what brought roughly 100 housing advocates, tenants and politicians to a groundbreaking Monday-morning ceremony in Burlington’s New North End. The purpose of the event was to fête the construction — already well under way — of Thayer Commons. The project will add about 140 units of housing to the New North End. Some are marketbased rentals; some are permanently subsidized for families and the elderly. Way to reverse Ward 4’s aforementioned population loss. Sen. Patrick Leahy secured a $433,000 earmark for the $13.8 million project — quite possibly the last Vermont will ever see, since Congress has banned the practice. Voters equate budget earmarks with “pork” such as Alaska’s infamous “bridge to nowhere.” “This is one of the better examples of using targeted federal dollars as a way to help people,” said Leahy at the event. “The law of supply and demand doesn’t always take into account basic human needs.” Sounds like a bridge to somewhere. m

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ary Watzin watched in horror last month as muddy waves inundated homes and businesses along the shores of Lake Champlain. It “hurt in a strangely personal way,” said Watzin, who is the dean of the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources. For more than 20 years, she’s been working on the science needed to protect and restore Lake Champlain. “In terms of lake level, we have turned the corner, and the water level will continue to drop,” Watzin predicted. But make no mistake: “We are witnessing a historic reformation of the lake,” she said of the recent flooding, which is unlike anything seen in 200 years of regional record keeping. As a scientist, this Lake Champlain expert has a unique understanding of the deluge’s impacts on lake pollution, topography and research in Vermont. Shorelines and fish habitats may change, but the flood will not kill the lake, Watzin assured. It will leave its mark the way the 1998 ice storm did on Vermont’s forests, she predicted. “The shoreline will never be the same again,” Watzin told Seven Days. “It simply can’t.” Matthew Thorsen

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SD: Do you think the lake will return to normal stage — 98 feet — by next winter? MW: It all depends on the amount of rainfall we have throughout the summer and fall. Many times, the lake falls several feet below 98 feet in the summer and early fall. I do not think that is likely this year.

SD: Are we getting a firsthand look at global climate change? MW: Climate scientists have predicted an increase in extreme weather events with global climate change, including more heavy rains and generally wetter conditions in New England. Certainly, what we are seeing this spring is consistent with these predictions. However, it is important to remember the difference between weather and climate. What we experience, day to day and week to week, is weather. Long-term patterns make up the climate. The weather this spring is highly unusual, far outside the norm even with climate-change predictions in mind; however, there have always been unusual weather years. I do believe we have entered a wetter and stormier climate pattern — the last two decades of rainfall and runoff data bear this out — but this year’s unusual combination of heavy snow and record-breaking rain does not represent “the new normal,” as some people have said.

SD: This year, a combination of heavy snow and rains generated flooding. If we have less snow in the future, will that mean lower lake levels? MW: Scientists predict that we will have less snow as the climate changes, but more rain. If we simply replace the snow with rain, the lake will not be lower. The total amount of precipitation controls the lake.

SD: Tell us about flood-related pollution in the lake. Has your office conducted any studies to gauge the short- and long-term impacts? MW: The pollutant loading to the lake is probably a thousand times that in a normal year. We can see the sediment and trash in the water, but along with what is visible has come tons of phosphorus, nitrogen, organic

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SEVEN DAYS: The lake is receding, but what concerns do you have as thunderstorms and winds continue to hammer the region? MARY WATZIN: The lake will continue to recede as long as the amount of water leaving the lake — flowing into the Richelieu River or evaporating — is greater than the amount coming in through rainfall and runoff. How quickly the lake level falls depends on how much rain falls. It is unlikely that summer thunderstorms will produce enough water to cause the lake to rise again, but they could continue to cause lakeshore and stream bank erosion and localized flooding throughout the basin.

ontroversy over a proposed crematory is heating up in South Burlington. Opponents claim that smoke and toxic fumes from the facility will adversely affect their suburban neighborhood on the edge of Williston. But state environmental officials and a funeral consumer advocate call such fears unwarranted and overblown. They point out that nearly all of the crematories in Vermont — including the Adirondack-Burlington Cremation Service, which has operated at 75 Allen Road in South Burlington since 2005 — are problem free and go virtually unnoticed by the public. On May 17, more than two-dozen residents aired their concerns at a meeting of the South Burlington Development Review Board. Many said that if a crematory and funeral home is allowed to do business in a 5000-square-foot vacant industrial building on Meadowland Drive, the operation will have a detrimental impact on public health and, ultimately, decrease property values. Among the opponents is Peter Plumeau of Knoll Circle, whose home near Butler Farm off Hinesburg Road is part of a suburban development several hundred yards from the proposed crematory. His newly launched Facebook page, “Stop Meadowland Drive Crematorium,” has already garnered 58 members. Plumeau says he’s against the project because he claims state and federal regulations governing crematory operations are “fairly minimal.” “This is kind of a strange place to put a crematorium,” he notes. “You certainly wouldn’t put a paper mill there.” Plumeau also points to a dearth of credible research and information on crematory emissions. Of particular concern, he says, are potential mercury emissions from dental fillings and medical devices, such as pacemakers. Last week, the National Institutes of Health

added formaldehyde, which is used in embalming fluid and treated wood such as the kind used in caskets, to the federal government’s list of known carcinogens. The crematory’s developer, O’Brien Brothers Agency of South Burlington, did not respond to repeated requests for comment. But the group the may have an unlikely ally: Josh Slocum is executive director of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of South Burlington, an industry watchdog group. His organization fields about 10,000 calls and emails each year about unscrupulous business practices on the part of funeral homes, cemeteries, mausoleums and crematories across the country. While Slocum sympathizes with the fears of neighbors, he’s also “frustrated by the lack of knowledge” about the actual risks crematories pose. He asserts that a modern, properly run crematory is “no more of a disturbance to a neighborhood than a convenience store, and maybe even less.” In eight years on the job, Slocum claims he’s visited numerous crematories and has never once smelled noxious odors or seen black smoke. Which is not to suggest that problems never arise. Earlier this month, Vermont’s Air Pollution Control Division issued several violations to the Ker-Westerlund & Fleming Funeral Home in Brattleboro. According to a June 2 article in the Brattleboro Reformer, state inspectors responded to repeated complaints from neighbors about visible smoke and odors emanating from the crematory’s smokestack. But such problems appear to be rare, according to data from Chris Jones at the APCD. Of the nine crematories currently licensed in Vermont, four have generated complaints to the APCD in the last 10 years. Furthermore, Jones says the air pollution concerns are easily corrected.

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Got A NEWS tIP? news@sevendaysvt.com matter and a huge variety of chemicals never intended for the lake. In addition to stream and riverbank erosion and wash-off from the land, there have been many sewer-system overflows, flooded septic fields and agricultural lands, and overtaxed systems of many sorts. The Lake Champlain Basin Program reported that in just one day in late April, the Winooski River phosphorus load was 77 metric tons, which is equal to half the usual annual load for this river. We have begun sampling for water quality and the biotic impacts of the flood, and we will continue this sampling throughout the summer and into the fall. It is very hard to predict what all this pollution will mean for Lake Champlain. Right now, much of the phosphorus and other contamination is bound to the suspended particles in the water, and thus it is available to algae or other organisms. Later in the summer and in the fall, after bacteria begin to break down particles that have settled to the bottom of the lake, some of the phosphorus and other nutrients may be released into the overlying water. This might be when greater impacts occur, including algae blooms. I have spent more than a decade studying potentially toxic algae blooms in Lake Champlain. It is a complex story, and many factors contribute to algae blooms. This year, with all its extremes, will provide a wealth of useful information for understanding what drives these noxious blooms. Once we understand what controls the blooms, we can more effectively

predict outbreaks and target management actions to control them. SD: What is the toxicity of the water right now? MW: We don’t yet have all the results of all of our chemical analyses. Although there is probably a variety of pollutants in the water, they may not be at toxic levels because the large volume of water has diluted them. We have started our regular scanning for potentially toxic blue-green algae, and these nuisance species are not yet present in any significant numbers. SD: Did lakefront development play a role in all of this? MW: We have never faced lake levels like this before, so people were comfortable building close to the lake without worrying about water rising above 101 feet or so. If current climate-change predictions hold true, we should expect higher lake levels in the coming years — not necessarily the historic levels we saw this year — again, this was a highly unusual spring — but higher nevertheless. That suggests we should not simply rebuild in all the places where we had buildings and other structures before, but move inland a bit. An undeveloped shoreline has adaptive capacity — the cobbles, sand, mud and plants can absorb the wave energy, and move with the wind, waves and currents during storms. When human structures interfere with that movement, it usually only makes the problem larger, A LAkE ExpERT

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BUSINESS was intentional or not, I’ll leave to the SEC and the class-action lawyers to decide.” A GMCR spokeswoman refused to discuss Antar or his specific charges against the company, but pointed to a statement on its website. Over the past 12 months, GMCR’s stock price has taken off like a rocket, shooting from $26.64 on June 15, 2010, to a record high of $82.54 on May 29, 2011. Fueling that surge is the growth of the company’s Keurig division, which makes single-serve coffee brewers and the K-Cup portion packs that go in them. When GMCR announced deals to make K-Cups for Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts earlier this year, its stock price climbed into the stratosphere. But the company has come under intensifying scrutiny in recent weeks as high-profile business reporters, and bloggers such as Antar, have raised questions about the company’s accounting practices. On May 5, Herb Greenberg, a CNBC

commentator and former Wall Street Journal columnist, raised “suspicion” over the company’s earnings for the quarter ending March 26. He noted the company did not return phone calls or emails seeking explanation. Then came a critical post on the Financial Investigator, a blog authored by Roddy Boyd, a former Wall Street reporter for Fortune magazine and the New York Post and author of the book Fatal Risk, about the collapse of AIG. Boyd published emails from GMCR executives that he says show the company explained its accounting practices to a select group of investors and analysts rather than in a public filing with the SEC. While that’s not necessarily “wrong,” Boyd says by phone from North Carolina that it’s “strange,” because “they’ve generally got good news to report most every time that they provide financials to anybody.” Just as noteworthy for Boyd is the

class-action lawsuit that shareholders have brought against GMCR in federal court in Burlington. According to court records, the shareholders have lined up no fewer than six confidential witnesses — mostly former GMCR employees — who are making damaging allegations about the company. “I’m no lawyer, but I can read a lawsuit OK,” Boyd says. “And there’s a lot of guys in there talking about some basic levels of operational wrongdoing.” A convicted felon who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice, Antar avoided jail time by testifying against his Crazy Eddie co-conspirators, including his cousin Eddie Antar. His critics dismiss him for his criminal history oror note that he worked as a consultant for an investor who later went to prison for running a fraudulent carpet-cleaning business. “I’m used to that stuff. Sammy the crook and all that shit,” Antar says. “Doesn’t make a difference. When they attack your character, that means you’re right.” In fact, Antar is up front about his crooked past, saying it enables him to spot the bad guys. His blog’s motto is “It takes one to know one.” More importantly, Antar has earned the trust of federal investigators in the SEC, FBI and the U.S. Justice Department for his assistance in spotting accounting fraud. As a result of Antar’s research, the SEC reopened an investigation into Overstock. com. After Antar wrote a blog post questioning accounting practices at Bidz.com, a jewelry auction site, the SEC ordered the company to produce internal records. “He never stops talking to the SEC,” says Boyd, who first met Antar as a financial reporter at the Post. “They listen. He lays shit out in detail to them. The guy gets results.” In a 2009 profile of Antar in Crain’s New York Business, the SEC attorney who headed

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he bean counters at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters have a new watchdog on their case, and he smells trouble brewing. Sam E. Antar is the former businessman who cooked the books at Crazy Eddie, the New York-based electronics chain whose prices were “insaaane!” One of the biggest accounting frauds of the ’80s, the Crazy Eddie scheme evaded detection for more than a decade before federal authorities busted Antar and his relatives running the business. Today a reformed Antar, 54, teaches law-enforcement agencies, accountants and businesses how to identify fraud and “catch the crooks.” He’s a whistleblower for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a corporate watchdog whose hardcharging blog, White Collar Fraud, has forced companies such as Overstock.com to admit they made accounting errors and revise their financial reports. Now Antar is on the warpath against Vermont’s own Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, the Waterbury-based company whose name is synonymous with social and corporate responsibility. As the SEC continues its 10-month-old inquiry into the publicly traded company — and a shareholder lawsuit grinds through federal court — Antar claims he’s discovered numerous accounting “irregularities” in GMCR’s financial filings. Antar has detailed them in letters to the SEC, most recently in a June 6 correspondence that claims the company’s numbers “don’t add up.” The letter accuses Green Mountain Coffee Roasters of selectively disclosing financial information, in violation of SEC regulations. “Do I smell a rat? Of course I smell a rat,” Antar says in a thick New York accent. “I’ll stick out my neck and say this: At the very least, they violated the law. Whether it

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Instead of a pseudo-journalistic piece on yellow-clad quasi police, how about some solid facts [Whisky Tango Foxtrot: “What’s the deal with Burlington’s yellowshirted ‘baby cops’?”]? Why do we need more police? Has the crime rate risen so much that it merits such an increase in the number of police? (I mean real crime, not “victim-less crime” — an oxymoron if I ever heard one.) How much is funded by tickets, the new version of highway robbery? I see too many uniforms and personally do not feel safe that each and every one of them carries a gun and a Taser. I don’t feel protected; I feel threatened. I do not need or want police protection. I have no fear of my fellow Vermonters — except those who carry guns and Tasers. I refuse to relinquish my rights in the name of fear. If I want to drink a beer out of a bottle, smoke a joint or drink raw milk (yeah, Barre!), that is my right as a human being, and I defy anyone to say otherwise. If the article’s author, Lauren Ober, chooses to accept being treated like a wayward child, that is her right, but I for one will continue to dissent. Amanda Lovell Shelburne

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Thanks for the article on some of our many great snack bars [“Snack Attack,” May 25]; I’ve now got several new places to try out. But I’m surprised at the omission of Onion Flats, a local institution on Route 12 north of Bethel. Onion Flats truly is destination dining, with people riding and driving from all over the area to eat there. For many motorcyclists, including myself, it’s a “must do” on a ride — even if it’s just for a creemee break.

I have followed the Vermont Workers’ Center for years now [“Like Health Care Reform? So Does the Vermont Workers’ Center,” May 11]. I’m sure it means well, but to call the center naive is an understatement. Anyone who still believes in Marxism (and its compatriots communism, socialism, Stalinism, Nazism, Maoism, fascism, progressivism, et al.) is just out of touch with reality. I could fill several pages with facts, proofs and examples of that. Let me just address one item in the article: health care as a “human right.” By their unfile: matthew thorsen

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derstanding, human rights would include food, clothing, housing, college education, transportation etc. If it were all free, what would be the incentive or reason to work? Let’s face it: There are some people who would opt out. Who would be earning a living to pay the exorbitant taxes to pay these bills? Look at the millions of people Stalin murdered in his campaign to change the “human condition” necessary to make Marxism happen. All the while, of course, there were the “leaders” who had far more “equality” than those doing the forced labor. Further, if the “right” is granted by the government, then it can be cancelled by the government; therefore, it is not a “human right,” but a political piece of legislation that would be as awful as the IRS nightmare of regulations and bureaucracy. Fred Holt

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[Re: “Like Health Care Reform? So Does the Vermont Workers’ Center,” May 11; Feedback, “Health Care? Humbug!” May 25]. It is puzzling to me that in a country founded, at least theoretically, on the virtues of freedom, equality and democracy, someone cannot see high-quality health care as a human right. The lack of equal, high-quality health care for all belies the proposition that all are “created equal”; the lack of equal, high-quality health care is detrimental to many in their realization of our inalienable rights: “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Since we, as Americans, officially believe “that governments are instituted … to secure those rights,” I believe it is high time that our government fulfills its responsibility of ensuring equal, high-quality health care for all. I am thankful that our Vermont state government is realizing that responsibility. Brian J. Walsh Jericho

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The alleged actions of Dominique StraussKahn are certainly abhorrent. The writing of Judith Levine, however, is representative of a poorly constructed, prejudicial argument that reveals her own misandry all the while leaping to conclusions yet to be established anywhere but the speculative court of media [Poli Psy, “Men Behaving Unsurprisingly,” May 25]. The greater majority of the article is composed of little more than speculation and presumption fueled by prejudice. Rather than speak to the pitfalls of power for both genders, Levine directs her critique specifically at the male gender. Why? I won’t presume to know, however, sexism could stem from unresolved psychological issues or, at best, a cognitive inability to look beyond a myopic worldview. Numerous examples of “Women Behaving Poorly While Wielding Power” could have been used to create a well-rounded argument. Sarah Palin, anyone? The temptations and evils associated with holding a powerful position are universal — not gender specific. I would hope this paper could see above such shallow drama and stop playing into the petty, ignorant perspective that somehow men are unique in their faults. Yes, men are likely more often the culprits in examples such as this, but this does not mean that they alone carry the blame for a habit that occurs across genders — and this certainly doesn’t lend credence to the sexist opinions of a writer who fails to leave her biases at the door. Tristan McNamara Montpelier

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[Re: “Problem With Preservation?” Feedback, May 11]: When the owners of the Spot fixed an old gas station and created something funky, imaginative and

optimistic on top of it, you would think it would end up in promotional brochures about Vermont. But no, the city is trying to take down the wings of the turbine just because they weren’t in the original design. Well, the bureaucrats forget that not everybody thinks like them at every turn. They would like to control all aspects of our lives at all times. This is not North Korea, I hope. Anyway, whoever put a stamp of approval on the housing authority building on King Street — and it must have been planning and zoning — has probably broken lots of rules. Or they were on cocaine. Now they are trying to take the wings of the city; others call it “the fins.” I bet that if it were up to them, the whale tails on Interstate 89 wouldn’t be swimming by the highway, either. (I do not consider them beautiful, but they always make me smile and feel homey.) I am in the construction business, and I know that the existence of the planning and zoning department is important, that historical considerations are important; otherwise developers would destroy cities everywhere. But the office in Burlington is run by morons who put breaks on human creativity and allow real crap to be built. No wonder nobody builds anything interesting in the town; many don’t even fix their houses and don’t bother installing “green” because they would have to deal with these people. Evzen Holas Burlington

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[Re: “Energy Bill Would ‘Pay’ Vermonters to Produce Their Own Power,” April 13]: Vermont Yankee is unreliable and worrisome for our state. The byproducts that come out of nuclear energy plants are as dangerous, if not more dangerous, than the emissions of fossil fuels. This is why Vermonters should search for other renewable energy sources such as wind, solar or biomass power. In his article in Seven Days, Andy Bromage discusses the importance of this, and the program that encourages Vermonters to take part in this search. The program encourages this by providing credit to the people who use a new source in their home, farm or business. The power companies help the families or companies by providing them with electricity when the renewable sources do not provide enough for one reason or another, such as lack of sun or wind during a certain period of time. While Vermont cannot completely go off the grid, it is important to understand that we have to find an alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear power. This is what this program sets out to do, and it is vital for the safety of Vermont as a whole, and the conservation of our state’s natural beauty. Brianna St. Amour Swanton

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localmatters A Lake Expert « p.15 damaging the structures themselves as well as the natural habitats along the shoreline. We need to think about the likely scenarios coming with climate change and adapt to them as proactively as we can. SD: Drifting objects — from refrigerators to bed frames — have been found in and along the lake. What advice do you give to boaters and anglers as they hit the water this season? MW: Be careful while motoring on the lake, but there is no need to stay away. What you see at the surface is only a fraction of what has been washed into the lake. The lake bottom has undoubtedly changed, and there are submerged hazards in many shallow water areas. That said, I hope anglers and boaters will still enjoy as much of the summer season as possible. It may be a whole new adventure to find the fish, but they are there.

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hen DEB TIER of Shoreham visited the Middlebury Farmers Market last Saturday, she “did a double take” when she saw the Town Hall Theater building. A shiny silver flying saucer had crashed into its bell tower. Descending the craft’s escape ladder was a small alien ostensibly heading inside for a show. Clearly, this scene marked another TOWN HALL THEATER membership drive. For the first one, two years ago, executive director DOUG ANDERSON kicked off the season by marching in the town’s Memorial Day parade in a King Kong outfit. The costume was then stuffed and attached to the side of the theater, and the gorilla climbed higher as donations rolled in. The next year, Anderson paraded in his old tie-dyes and parked a Volkswagen

bus painted in 1960s psychedelic style outside the theater. For this year’s theme — 1950s sci-fi — he donned a green alien bodysuit. “By now, I’ve pretty much promised the community that I’ll make a fool out of myself every year,” Anderson jokes. A block away, graphic designer JORY RAPHAEL at SENSIBLE WORLD put together a commemorative poster. A designer of iPhone apps, podcast cover art and the like, Raphael says he “mined vintage photo books” for the poster’s droll collage, and cribbed the font from the ’50s pulp magazine Amazing Stories. The theater’s technical director, MATTHEW STONE, devised the spacecraft installation. “The notion is that we’re so famous throughout the galaxy that aliens are traveling from light-years away to come

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to our shows,” Anderson explains with a chuckle. News of Town Hall Theater may not have reached that far quite yet; the small nonprofit has 560 members and is hoping to add another 40 during the drive. But in the three years since its historic 1884 venue was restored, THT has endeared itself to residents. “It brings a lot of people together,” affirms Tier, a Shoreham Elementary paraprofessional who sings in the theater’s annual musical revues. “There’s a great diversity [in age]. It definitely filled a void for a lot of people.” TNT’s summer programming mixes culturally significant shows with pure fun. The season opened with a rarely

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he image came to designer MICHAEL JAGER about five years ago: a sky full of enormous kites emblazoned with the faces of John Lennon, William S. Burroughs and other “thought leaders,” peering from the clouds and calling down for positive change. “My God, is that Gandhi up there looking at me?” Jager imagines the people below would say. So, when the BCA CENTER asked Jager if his firm, JAGER DI PAOLO KEMP DESIGN, would collaborate on a show this summer, he knew just what he wanted to do. The obvious choice would have been an exhibit of snowboards — JDK is well known for its design work for Burton. But Jager wanted something unconventional, something that would engage the community, so he proposed a show of kites, or, as they’re called in a current exhibition at the BCA Center on Burlington’s Church Street, “Thought Bombers.” The notion, Jager says, was that “instead of dropping bombs, we could drop thoughtful ideas from the sky.” Current and former JDK designers collaborated on the exhibit, which is on view through mid-August. In conjunction with the show, BCA worked with kids at Burlington’s Integrated Arts and Sustainability academies throughout the spring to create their own personalized kites, some of which can be seen in BCA’s fourth-floor gallery in the “Community Kites” exhibit, June 17 through August 13.

The show is an exploration of possibility, boundlessness and big ideas. Near the entrance to the front gallery, Joe Strummer, late front man for the Clash, and writer Burroughs stare out from two giant box kites called “Ask the Angels.” Beside them a huge white “kite” in the shape of a complicated 3-D star constructed from what look like interlocking pyramids, is suspended from the ceiling. In the text accompanying the piece, which is called “Truth and Illusion,” Jager explains that he wanted to construct an object that “for all intents and purposes should not be in flight and weightless above us.” Part of the exhibit’s thrill is the way it implores viewers to imagine implausible objects soaring through the sky. Brad Cameron’s “Pop Top,” for example, which is shaped like a more traditional 2-D kite, is constructed of 797 bottle caps tiled in concentric diamonds on the wall. Cameron estimates that about $863 worth of beverages — mostly beer — was consumed to create the kite. At its base, the caps are tiled more loosely, as if the kite were coming undone. Below it, more caps are piled on the floor. In the back gallery, Craig Winslow’s “Leech” hovers over the room. The twotentacled creature is made from plastic shopping bags that have been quilted together and stuffed with more bags. This one, it seems, could really fly if you emptied

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sold out. Now the theater is preparing for its musical revue, “Middlebury Does Soul,” performed entirely by local talent. Tier, who sang in a band for six years, will be performing as Tina Turner. Says Anderson of the classroom aide, “She’s the most diminutive, mild-mannered little woman — but when you close your eyes, she is Tina Turner.” If last year’s “Middlebury Does Woodstock” is any indication, the community will pull out its Motown mojo. On the more serious end, the theater’s high-definition broadcasting equipment, used during the winter for Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, will transmit a performance from the National Theatre of Great Britain of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. And THT’s standing partnership with Middlebury College makes possible some free cultural events, including a concert of contemporary classical music composed by visiting faculty at New Music oN the PoiNt, a program of the

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n fall 2009, a one-car garage in Milton blasted off, bound for Mars. Well, not exactly. The garage, belonging to writer-star-composereditor-producer stephen J. Maas, played a starring role in Tin Can, a local feature film about an ill-fated Mars mission. It became the detailed spaceship set where Maas, director Logan howe, and their small cast and crew shot most of the close-quarters psychological drama. “Everything was lit up; there were wires everywhere,” recalls Howe. “It was the middle of the winter, absolutely freezing. Everyone bundled up, and there were space heaters running when the cameras weren’t rolling. That’s filmmaking in Vermont.” Maas and Howe hope Tin Can will have viewers beyond Vermont, too. They’re wrapping up postproduction on the film, which

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took about two and a half years to complete, and have submitted it to the Toronto, Tulsa and Boston film festivals. The VerMont InternatIonaL FILM FestIVaL is next. tIM KaVanagh, former host of local talk show “Late Night Saturday,” says some distributors showed interest after seeing the film’s initial trailer. Kavanagh — who has a celebrity cameo of sorts in Tin Can, along with his “LNS” set — plans to try to sell them on the finished product. The movie sprang from a discussion between Maas and Howe about Marsexploration advocate Robert Zubrin. From his work they drew ideas of what such a mission would entail, from a viable spaceship to terraforming equipment. “We were both fascinated,” says Howe. Maas wrote a script with a part for Howe as the ex-girlfriend who haunts one of the astronauts’ memories. Then he asked her to direct it. Though Howe had studied film at Emerson College and directed shorts, Tin Can was her “debut for all intents and purposes,” says the 35-year-old mom, who lives in Shelburne. (She and her husband, John, recently purchased Williston’s Rocky’s Pizza.)

Tin Can has flashback scenes set outside the spaceship Cercopes, but most of it takes place in its namesake tin can — the tiny compartment where three astronauts fret, bicker and deal with escalating levels of equipment malfunction. Riley (erIc cLIFFord) is a loose cannon who torments the quieter, moody Kenneth (Jayson argento). Bennett (Maas) seems to be stolidly keeping it together, but memories and visions plague him. Only gradually does the viewer piece the clues together and figure out why. While the ultra-low-budget film isn’t quite on the same level as claustrophobic science-fiction flicks such as Duncan Jones’ Moon and Danny Boyle’s Sunshine, it recalls them in its tense, low-key performances and convincing environment. Howe says she designed the set using Google SketchUp and “spent two weeks poring over the most realistic way to lay it out.” In a post on the film’s blog, Maas describes the ultraviolet “space shower” he cooked up to solve the problem of the astronauts’ personal hygiene. Howe says at least half of the film’s approximately $5000 budget went into the set, which took 10 months to construct. The total cast and crew numbered 15 to 20, but only a few people were in the garage on a typical day of shooting. Using a Sony MiniDV camera, Howe shot through vents on the walls of the set, so the viewer seems to be surveilling the astronauts. “I wanted it to be enclosed,” Howe says. Without a camera directly in front of them, the actors “could really put themselves in that physical and mental space.” If the shooting process was drawn out — sometimes just one day a week — so was the editing. Howe and Maas cut the two-hour film significantly after an initial screening last October; in May they screened the new, 85-minute Tin Can for friends and family at the MaJestIc 10. The reception was warm for this homegrown space odyssey. “Part of the great thing about filmmaking in Vermont,” says Howe, “is the great network of people. Everyone wants to help out, and everyone usually does.” m

the straight dope bY cecil adams Dear cecil, For centuries people have been proclaiming that the End of the World as We Know It is right around the corner. Are there any psychological studies of how these people cope when the date passes and the world doesn’t end? Gabriel o Gabriel, let me get this straight. You think the doomsayers are wrong? Granted, their accuracy hasn’t been the best. I could fill the rest of this column with a list of end-of-the-world prophecies that didn’t pan out, starting with early Christians who thought the Second Coming would happen in their lifetimes and ending (for the moment) with religious radio broadcaster Harold Camping, who recalculated after the world failed to terminate on May 21, as he’d confi- predicted massive global starvadently foretold, and now predicts tion due to overpopulation in the doom on October 21. 1970s and ’80s. Was there starvaThe devout aren’t alone in tion in those decades? Yes. Was being off on their dates. In the it massive and global? No. Were late 1990s, author James Howard the Ehrlichs chastened? Not so Kunstler argued that Y2K would much. While they concede their bring civilization to its knees. scariest doomsday scenarios Didn’t happen, but that didn’t were “way off,” on the larger lead Kunstler to rethink his views on the end, just the means. In his question of looming disaster they 2005 book The Long Emergency, say they were “too optimistic.” These cases give us insight he declared that the kneeification into the doomsayers’ mentality. of humanity would arise from a Are they flung into an abyss of exshortage of oil. Perhaps the best-known istential despair when their preexample of a failed scientific dictions don’t come true? I won’t prophecy came from Stanford say it never happens. The leader biology professor Paul Ehrlich of the Japanese sect Ichigen and his wife, Anne, who in their no Miya (“The Shrine of the Fundamental Truth”) predicted 1968 book The Population Bomb LIE DOWN.

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an earthquake would destroy his country on June 18, 1974, at 8 a.m. Distraught when proven wrong, he attempted suicide. But he’s an exception. More commonly the reaction is: Eh, so I messed up on the scheduling details. From a meta point of view I was right. And you know what? Doomsayers are right. Atheists and fundamentalists agree the world will end someday. The sole unknowns are how and when. What persuades doomsayers to fill in these missing details? Let’s look at a typical case. A couple decades ago, climatology consultant Iben Browning predicted a huge earthquake centered on New Madrid, Mo. New

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Madrid is in the middle of a well-known earthquake zone, and seismologists have long predicted a cataclysm there. However, they’ve never given an exact date, because to do so is beyond the grasp of current science. Public reaction to these open-ended prognostications: yawn. Browning’s innovation was to assert flat-out that the earthquake would happen on December 3, 1990, backing up his claim with a convincing, pseudoscientific spiel. Result: a media frenzy, but no quake. Lesson: There’s no profit in facts; the payoff’s in precision BS. A more consequential example is the Ehrlichs. To give them due credit, their take on how life as we know it will end was (and is) all too plausible: We’ll simply run out of resources. As for when, on the other hand, their methodology was just a couple pegs above Browning’s. They predicted demographic disaster by extrapolating the trend du jour, which showed the Earth’s population rising at a geometric rate. If that kept up, they wrote, in 900 years the planet would house 60 million billion people. That was crazy talk, as the Ehrlichs themselves acknowledged. Their forecast of imminent mass starvation, intended more seriously, was also unfounded. Environmentalist Barry Commoner, hardly a mindless

optimist, pounded the Ehrlichs for their apocalyptic warnings. He noted that developing countries typically experienced a “demographic transition,” when birth and death rates got temporarily out of phase and the population spiked up, only to flatten out later. Commoner thought the same thing would happen on a global scale, and events so far have borne him out. But the Ehrlichs’ scaremongering worked. Their book was hugely popular, in large part because of their frightening predictions, and helped raise public consciousness about the genuine perils we face. That brings us back to your question, Gabriel. How do doomsayers cope when their predictions go south? There’s a common thread regardless of how delusional they are. In When Prophecy Fails, a landmark 1956 study of cultists awaiting a worldending flood, psychologist Leon Festinger proposed his theory of cognitive dissonance, which describes how people rationalize their continued adherence to disproven claims. The shrewder doomsayers do this, too, but their rationalizing is often something like: all in the service of the greater good. You can’t blame them, really. They’re just making practical use of the paradox known to every politician who ever walked the Earth: People will listen when you lie to them, and ignore you when you tell the truth. m

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ernigan, could we make a stop at a liquor store? We need to pick up a housewarming gift for the Russian. What should I get, honey? Maybe a bottle of Grey Goose?” Debbie answered her partner with no hesitation. “Yeah, that’ll be perfect. All the guy ever drinks is vodka.” Sean and Debbie, longtime customers, have been a couple for at least five years, and have shared a house in Essex Junction nearly from the beginning of the relationship. Why Sean hasn’t yet put a ring on Deb’s finger is a mystery to me. For one thing, the woman is gorgeous: short and voluptuous, with wavy, blond hair and green eyes. But beyond her good looks, she’s sweet and funny, she has a good, steady job, and — a major miracle for any man — she actually puts up with him. So, I don’t really know the story. Maybe Debbie’s the holdout. The Russian and his wife’s new home was on Colchester Point, so we stopped at the Winooski Beverage Warehouse — known locally as “the Bevy” — which was more or less on the way. Sean went in for the vodka; Deb waited with me in the cab. I pivoted to face my customer in the backseat and said, “So, a big Friday night party. You guys got anything else scheduled for the weekend?” “Do we ever,” Deb said with a chuckle. “Sunday is Sean’s mother’s 70th birthday party. We’re going up to the farmhouse in Swanton. Of course, me and the girls are doing all the planning and cooking. Sean and his brothers are basically useless when it comes to this.” Sean comes from a farm family of six brothers. So, for family functions, Deb explained, it inevitably falls to the various wives and girlfriends to organize things and make them happen: “The brothers are all like, ‘Just tell us what to do, just tell us what to do.’ And we’re like, ‘Yeah, right.’” Sean emerged from the Bevy carrying a bottle of Grey Goose the size and shape of a peg leg on a movie pirate. As

he retook his seat next to Debbie, she broke out in laughter. “Dude — that thing is ginormous. It’s perfect, though. The Russian’s gonna love it!” We found our way to the Russian’s new house to behold a property that was arresting: a lakefront dacha worthy of Vladimir Putin. A few cars were tucked in the spacious driveway; we could hear the party already under way. I told them to have fun, and Sean said they’d call me later. For a springtime Friday night, business was just average, if that. The problem was the weather. Warm and sunny days have been few and far between. The story this year is the constant rain, which has literally dampened the collective urge to get out to the clubs and res-

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taurants — ergo, there’s less demand for taxis. Not for the first time, I gave silent thanks to my loyal regular customers. If I had to depend strictly on random hailing fares, I’d be in a world of pain — to borrow an expression from Walter, the John Goodman character in The Big Lebowski. I received the return call from Debbie well north of midnight. When I got back to the dacha, there were just one or two cars left in the driveway. Deb came right out and walked up to the driver’s window. “What’s up?” I asked. “Well, Sean is hammered. I mean, hammered. The Russian had this collection of these really obscure and expensive vodkas, stuff I don’t think you can even buy in this country. We never even opened the Grey Goose. And Sean was matching him shot for shot. The Russian still looks like he could run a marathon if he wanted to, but Sean can barely stand. So, what I’m saying is, this is gonna take a couple minutes.”

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ohn May knows jobs. He should; he’s held enough of them: teacher, salesman, drug and alcohol counselor, pizza-delivery driver. “I just couldn’t find the right fit for me,” says the 48-year-old native of Worcester, Mass. “I just knew I liked working with people.” May once worked as a repo man. It was a challenging and unsavory job, he admits, taking possessions away from people who were down on their luck. But, his mom told him at the time, “One day, this experience is going to benefit you, and you’re going to use it to help people.” She was right. May turned his eclectic employment history into a specialty. Since 1993, he’s worked as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, helping Vermonters who have been injured or laid off from their jobs return to the workforce. Sometimes that’s impossible, especially when a person suffers a permanent disability, such as a brain injury or the loss of an eye or foot. In those cases, May calculates the value of the limb or bodily function in terms of lost wages. His unusual skill has gained him yet another job title: May is one of only three “forensic expert witnesses” in Vermont. He’s a partner with Solutions Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services of Burlington, where a growing percentage of his work involves testifying on behalf of the injured workers in lawsuits and workers’ compensation cases involving personal injuries, medical malpractice, wrongful termination and marriage dissolution. (Yes, even the loss of a spouse can affect one’s future earning potential.) At first glance, May’s work may seem as unscientific as gazing into a crystal ball and asking, Would that paraplegic child have grown up to be an accountant or a professional field-goal kicker? However, there’s a legally recognized methodology to his calculations, which also help him find jobs a person can do to remain employed. Of course, he has to consider those skills in the real-life context of the local labor market. “If someone’s future earning capacity includes occupations such as lobster fisherman,” May notes, “that’s not going to translate well to Vermont.”

SEVEN DAYS: Can you tell me what a thumb is worth to you or me, versus what it’s worth to a surgeon? JOHN MAY: Obviously, the value of a thumb to a pianist or surgeon is going to

be much greater than to a reporter or voc rehab counselor. The thing we’re going to look at is, are there assistive technologies that might allow you or me to perform our jobs? For example, there’s voice-activated software, where, if I couldn’t type, I would still be able to input my reports. For a surgeon who has lost the ability to use his or her hands, there may be other medical professions. They can become consultants to insurance companies or forensic experts.

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SD: What goes into your analysis?

JM: There are basically four components we look at: What is the salary? What is the occupational outlook? What are the aptitude and training requirements in a particular occupation? And what are the physical demands? Based on that, we decide what their earning-capacity loss might be. SD: Is that how workers’ compensation works? JM: In the workers’ comp system, the loss of body parts is assigned a certain number of weeks ... It’s a no-fault system. You can’t sue your employer, and they can’t sue you or fire you because you got injured. So, you get what’s called temporary total disability, which is two-thirds your wage for as long as you’re getting better. And it’s tax free. I don’t know the exact number, but if you lost a thumb, it might be 62 weeks. That’s not a lot of money, really, in the grand scheme of things. In civil litigation, the loss of a thumb might be much more, but because it’s a no-fault system, these formulas are in place. SD: Do you come into court with a dollar figure for a lost body part, and the other side makes a counter-offer? JM: Yeah, essentially that’s what happens. SD: So, there’s haggling involved. JM: The difference is, one expert, philosophically, might feel that an obstacle is too great to overcome, [such as a] psychological condition. So, their depression is not going to be helped if you compel this person to go back to work; it’s just going to make the depression worse. Another expert might say, “Oh, it is a useful adjunct to the treatment for depression for this person to go back to work.” SD: How do you calculate the lost future wages of an injured child? JM: There is an accepted methodology. What you look at are the career paths

of the parents or care providers and say, “In all likelihood, this child’s career path would have mirrored that of his or her parents.” Now, in conjunction with that, there should be some testing done, because there will be outliers. You could have the child of a single mother who goes on to become the president of the United States. You’re also going to say, “How has this child done in school? “You’re going to look at educational records, and any other records that are available, to determine what this child might have been able to perform.” SD: Is the compensation for an injured child greater if the parents earn more? JM: It’s interesting, because his loss might actually be greater if his parents are bluecollar workers than white-collar workers. SD: Why? JM: Because blue-collar workers work with their hands and bodies. If his or her parents are white-collar workers, and it’s not a brain injury, then he or she can still potentially do those jobs. SD: Those calculations must get very complex. JM: It can be challenging [For example,] dairy workers get housing, and sometimes part of their pay is in cattle. I didn’t know that. But that has to be factored in when you’re calculating that that dairy farmer can’t work anymore. They’ve lost their housing and part of their food for the year. SD: Why is your forensic work growing? JM: The economy has a great deal to do with it. There are fewer jobs out there. So,

if someone sustains a loss of income, then there’s much more likelihood that they’re going to require a vocational expert to assess how much they’ve lost, because it’s not as easy to go find another job as it was 15 years ago. SD: What’s the hardest part of the job? JM: There are many different people with various agendas. Our goal, according to the American Board of Vocational Experts, is the truth. Oftentimes, parties in a case have opposing agendas, and not just the attorneys. The insurance company wants the case settled in their favor, or the employer just wants to keep their production levels high and their insurance rates low. So, there are so many factors involved. Our goal is to keep that path to the truth clear. SD: What’s the best part? JM: For somebody who is curious — and I like to think I am — it’s learning about different occupations. In many ways, the work world is becoming more specific, and people focus on performing one task very well. In our line of work, we learn about all these occupations. I don’t know everything about all occupations, but I know how to find out. m

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oston Red Sox fans have had it pretty good in recent years. Their beloved, once woebegone franchise ended an 86year championship drought — some called it a curse — by winning a World Series in 2004. The team followed that up with another ring in 2007, becoming the first — and so far only — Major League Baseball team to win multiple titles in the 21st century. The Sox have made the playoffs six times since 2003 and generally have been among the most successful teams in professional sports. Indeed, it has been a prosperous time in Red Sox Nation. Credit for the club’s transformation from snake-bitten also-ran to perennial powerhouse rests in any number of hands. Some fans will tell you it was a new ownership group led by billionaire John Henry that changed the organization’s culture when it purchased the club in 2002. Others may point to wunderkind general manager Theo Epstein, widely credited as the architect of that 2004 club — though his predecessor, Dan Duquette, put many of the major pieces in place in previous years. Still others will simply point to the players themselves. Yet none of what the Red Sox have accomplished would have been possible without the contributions of a largely unseen but key part of the organization: scouts. As former MLB scouting bureau director Don Pries was quoted saying in a 2001 column for BaseballAmerica. com, “Scouting is the most important part of baseball. We decide who can play and who can’t.” Galen Carr, 35, is a major-league scout for the Boston Red Sox who lives in Burlington, Vt., with his wife and 5-year-old son — at least when he’s not at a baseball game, which he usually is. During the season, Carr spends upward of 25 days per month on the road, attending games and scouting players on every team in the National League East, as well as three NL Central clubs: the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. For most fans, the national pastime is just that: a pastime. For Carr, baseball is, quite literally, his life. Carr grew up a Sox fan in Walpole, N.H. — or, as it’s known in the Nation, “Carlton Fisk country.” He started playing ball at an early age and continued through college. Indeed, he still maintains a ballplayer’s athletic physique. Carr went to Northfield Mount Hermon in Massachusetts, the same boarding school that Buster Olney, now a senior baseball writer for ESPN The Magazine, had attended several years earlier. Olney

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and Carr now cohost an annual baseball discussion at the school each January. Before his senior year at Colby College in Maine, Carr was looking into spending the summer in Burlington with his mother and stepfather when he discovered the city had a minor-league baseball team, the Vermont Expos. “I thought, How sweet would it be to try and get an internship?” he recalls. When he got into town, Carr walked to the Expos offices at the Champlain Mill in Winooski.

“I was kind of nervous,” he says. He needn’t have been. Carr introduced himself to the team’s general manager, Kyle Bostwick. Bostwick’s reply: “Cool. When can you start?” Carr spent that summer immersing himself in as many aspects of the team as he could, from on-field promotions to running the ticket window. He also took the opportunity to introduce himself to the team’s baseball operations staff. “The first

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person I met was the assistant farm director at the time, Neal Huntington,” says Carr. Huntington is now the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates — just one of several connections Carr made while interning with the Expos. “It became clear right away that Galen was most interested in what was happening on the field, as opposed to the business end of things,” says Bostwick, who now works with the Vermont Lake Monsters as the director of “boats, beer and baseball,” as he puts it. Carr “was looking at things differently, asking different questions and seeking different information than a typical fan would,” Bostwick recalls, and adds that it was obvious Carr’s path lay in player development. “And I like to think it started, accidentally, here in Burlington,” he says. After college, Carr spent a year teaching humanities and coaching baseball at Northfield Mount Hermon. In 1999, he moved to Boston and worked

Baseball is called a young man’s game, which may explain why Erik Johnson jumped into the sport in his twenties — not as a ballplayer, though, but as a businessman. When Johnson, 27, graduated from the University of Vermont last December, he faced one of the toughest job markets in decades. Rather than resigning himself to a minimum-wage gig, the Boston native decided to take a swing at making a living off his lifelong passion for baseball. Thus was born Vermont Baseball Tours, a new company that provides tickets, transportation and other amenities to Green Mountain fans. Launched in February, Vermont Baseball Tours ran its first trip to a Boston Red Sox game on May 1, which was, appropriately enough, Vermont Day at Fenway Park. For $129 apiece, 55 Vermonters got grandstand seats, round-trip travel on a luxury tour bus, a T-shirt and goodie bag, prizes, and an optional tour of the area surrounding the historic ballpark. Johnson also shot photos and videos of his clients there. “A lot of times people like having photos of themselves at games,” says Johnson. “So, we basically do that for you.” Besides seeing the Sox win, Johnson’s clients got an unexpected bonus. During a rest stop in New Hampshire on the drive to Boston, the group ran into Gov. Peter Shumlin, who was more than happy to greet his fellow Vermonters, shake hands and be photographed. In its opening season, Vermont Baseball Tours is starting small, running fewer than a half-dozen trips to Red Sox and New York Yankees games. But Johnson has bold expansion plans. Eventually, he hopes to arrange for his clients to meet some of the players at games, as well as run overnight trips to see the Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, or both. And, when the boys of summer hang up their cleats in the fall, Johnson plans to organize tours to see other sports teams play, including the New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, Montréal Canadiens and Boston Celtics. For now, however, he’s keeping his eye on the baseball. One big upcoming event: a road trip to the Bronx on September 24 to see the Yankees take on the Red Sox. Does Johnson, a die-hard Sox fan, plan to separate fans of the opposing teams on the bus? “I don’t know,” he muses. “My girlfriend is a Yankees fan, so I think we can coexist.”

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did so based on information provided by the team’s scouts. “You’re trying to figure out how these guys might fit in on our 25-man roster,” says Carr. “Maybe this guy is a platoon outfielder for Philadelphia. If we were to take a shot on him, how does he fit into our lineup? Will he hit more with better protection in our lineup, or will he struggle because of better pitching in our division? “Vice versa, if it’s a pitcher in the NL East coming to the [American League] East, how is he going to adjust to stronger lineups?” Carr continues. A scout must weigh an array of other factors. Will a hot player sustain his performance? Could he decline? What is his injury history? Could a slumping player benefit from a change of scenery, or are his struggles more deeply rooted? And, most importantly, does the

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relatively low cost and complement the team’s wealth of higher-priced talent. Any armchair GM could tell you superstars such as Josh Beckett or Adrian Gonzalez would probably look good in a Sox uniform. But who knew that David Ortiz, a bench player for the Minnesota Twins before he joined the Red Sox in 2003, would develop into one of the game’s most feared sluggers? Who knew that third baseman Bill Mueller, an unspectacular player with a modest .290 career average, could win a batting title and be a key piece of a championship club? Or that the trio of relative unknowns who came over when the team traded franchise icon Nomar Garciaparra — Orlando Cabrera, Dave Roberts and Doug Mientkiewicz — would each play a vital role for that 2004 team? Credit Epstein for making each of those moves, and dozens since. But he

potential benefit of acquiring a player outweigh the potential risk? In other words, it comes down to a cost-benefit analysis. Carr would be the first to tell you that scouting is an inexact science. For as many home runs as the Sox have hit in adding new players, they’ve had their share of swings and misses, including pitchers such as Joel Pinero, Ramiro Mendoza and John Smoltz. Then there is the revolving door at shortstop, through which players such as Edgar Renteria and Julio Lugo have passed with underwhelming results. Carr recalls scouting reliever Eric Gagne in 2007. The former Cy Young Award winner was working his way back from injury as a closer for the Texas Rangers. As the trading deadline neared, Carr was pulled off his usual beat to aid the team’s AL West scout, who had watched Gagne all season. “I liked what I saw. I saw him pitch both ends of a doubleheader; his fastball was 94, 95 [mph]. His change-up was still there,” Carr says. “Everything you wanted to see was there.” The Red Sox acquired Gagne in a trade that season, sending a trio of prospects to the Rangers. But the pitcher’s stay in Boston was a disaster. As a setup man, he finished the season with a gaudy 6.75 ERA in 20 appearances. He was not re-signed after the season. “The funny thing is that, if I went in again and saw exactly what I saw [from Gagne], I would still support the decision,” Carr says. He stresses that acquisitions, good or bad, are never based solely on the recommendation of a single scout. “From top to bottom, it is a team effort,” he says. During the season, Carr’s role on the team is to spend as much time on the road as he can, scouting players and reporting back to Cherington. Over the course of an entire year, he estimates he sees around 170 games, including spring training and winter league. “It’s pretty intense,” he says, adding that it is difficult for him to be away from his family, sometimes for weeks at a time. “It doesn’t detract from the enjoyment of the job. But it’s the one major downside. It’s hard.” Such is the life of a major-league scout. Carr describes his scouting colleagues around the league almost as a fraternity. He says that camaraderie makes it easier to be on the road. “Everyone is very sensitive to the fact that we’re all away from our families,” he says. “But we all take solace in the fact that we can see someone familiar at the ballpark. And guys who have been in the

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for Smith Barney for a year. Around the same time, the Red Sox hired Ben Cherington, a mutual acquaintance through Huntington. Carr recalls meeting Cherington, now the vice president of player personnel, for lunch. “Unbeknownst to me, it turned into an interview,” says Carr. Six months later he was hired as an intern. Carr is somewhat unusual in scouting circles in that he was hired with no previous professional baseball experience. At least historically, scouts have tended to be former players or coaches — “baseball guys.” But Carr embodies a philosophical shift within front offices and baseballoperations departments around the league that places a premium on intellectual ability to process the game, as opposed to the ingrained baseball DNA that comes from playing professionally. It’s akin to Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s game-changing approach to team building, often called “Moneyball.” That theory of player development values newer, alternative statistics, such as on-base and slugging percentages, over more traditional performance measures, such as runs batted in or batting averages. Carr’s bosses could be the poster boys for this movement. Sox GM Theo Epstein never played pro ball, nor did Ben Cherington. “Instead of looking for a guy with baseball experience, they’re looking for guys with a passion for the game,” explains Carr. Carr spent his first six years with the Red Sox breaking down game tape and managing the team’s advance scouting department. He was charged with composing reports on every player on the entire 25-man roster for every upcoming Red Sox opponent to identify each team’s potential weaknesses. “It was a serious grind,” Carr says. “But it definitely helped me become comfortable breaking down and evaluating players.” As a major-league scout, his job is to evaluate talent on other ball clubs, with an eye toward identifying players the Red Sox might want to acquire. That can happen via trade; through the waiver wire (players who have been waived by their previous clubs while under contract can be claimed by teams willing to absorb the existing contract); or in free agency (players whose contracts have expired can be signed by any team). It is an essential part of building a championship-caliber team. In addition to a strong minor-league system and deep pockets, the Red Sox’s success depends on a knack for unearthing players who can fill needs at

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“Honestly, I don’t,” Carr says. “Sure, when it’s 100 degrees out and neither pitcher can throw strikes and the game lasts four and a half hours, I’d rather be somewhere cool and comfortable,” he continues. “But you’re still watching baseball. Every game is so different; there is a different narrative every day, and you’re almost guaranteed to see something you’ve never seen before. How can that get boring?” m

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Burlington’s boys of summer, the Vermont Lake Monsters, will play at least one more season at Centennial Field, one of the nation’s oldest minor-league ballparks. Major League Baseball has been threatening to pull Burlington’s franchise because the playing field, team facilities and fan amenities failed to meet MLB standards. A series of small investments and quick fixes have kept the league at bay, but MLB wants Burlington to show that the city is serious about keeping its ball team — either by building a new park or by making substantial upgrades to Centennial Field — by 2012. A study released in October found that to rehab the 105-year-old ballpark completely would cost $6.6 to $9.2 million. If a parking garage was built, too, the figure could easily surpass $15 million.

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The Lake Monsters are now affiliated with the Oakland A’s, after being ditched by the Washington Nationals. Oakland has a reputation for investing in its farm-league teams and players, says Lake Monsters owner Ray pecor. To answer some of MLB’s concerns, the Lake Monsters spent $75,000 to rehab the ballpark’s infield and clubhouses, and to repaint many grandstand seats. “We’ve done a major renovation on the playing surface,” said Kyle Bostwick, the Lake Monsters’ vice president. “It’s not exactly where we want it to be, but it’s substantially better than what it’s been in recent memory. There was a lot of painting as a way of making [the] facility look nicer.” The University of Vermont spent roughly $10,000 on improvements to the outfield and the asphalt, and another $26,000 of maintenance, said UVM spokesman Enrique Corredera. Fans and players will notice the off-season repairs, but Bostwick says the work isn’t enough to assuage MLB’s bigger concerns. “We still have issues that need to be dealt with in the next year or so to ensure that the club will be able to play at Centennial Field in the long haul,” says Bostwick. “We’re certainly hopeful that we can find a facility solution. The reality is that the support we have from the fan base and corporate community is truly amazing.” Brian pine, assistant director for housing (and baseball) for the city’s Community and Economic Development Office, thinks a case can be made for funding an overhaul of Centennial Field. He’s hoping to conduct an updated economic-impact statement documenting the ripple effect the team has on the local economy in advance of more talks about how to fund improvements. “To make this work, financially, everyone is going to have to pitch in — UVM, the team, taxpayers and fans,” says pine.

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here are things in life every woman should know how to do: change a car tire without getting dirty, operate a power drill and craft snappy comebacks to sexist troglodytes, for example. Using a shotgun is not conventionally regarded as one of those things, unless you’re one of Sarah Palin’s Mama Grizzlies. But it should be, if only because blasting things out of the sky is equal parts thrilling and therapeutic. I learned this recently at a shotgun clinic held at the North Country Sportsman’s Club, a shooting organization in Williston. The 120-member club was hosting its annual Women on Target day, a program coordinated by the National Rifle Association in an effort to attract more women to shooting sports (and, most likely, to Second Amendment activism). I signed up thinking it would be fun to learn to shoot a gun, if for no other reason than to do something totally out of character. Let’s just say, for the sake of diplomacy, that I’m not a cardcarrying NRA member and probably never will be. I wasn’t alone in my supposition that pulling the trigger and smashing clay pigeons to bits would be fun, or at least a memorable experience — 20 women showed up to participate in the clinic on an intermittently drizzly Saturday. My fellow firearms neophytes included a caterer, a newspaper editor, two college students, and the current secretary

of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and her daughter. Before we could indulge our Annie Oakley fantasies, we had to learn about the weapons we’d be shooting. Walking us through the first part of the safety instruction was Laura Blair, a 25-year-old shooting-sports enthusiast who has been running these clinics for the past three years. Blair explained that, when she began shooting 15 years ago, the sport was dominated by men. Slowly, that’s changing. One of the other instructors, Bob Rose, admitted to the group that his wife is a far better shot than he. Blair began by telling the group the three rules of gun safety: 1. Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction — up in the air, toward the ground or straight at the target.

2. Always keep your finger off the trigger until you’re ready to shoot. 3. Always keep the gun unloaded until you’re ready to shoot. She followed up the last point by telling us that strolling around a gun range with a loaded weapon is really not cool. Point taken. Next, we got a lesson on the variety of shotguns available. There’s pump action, break action (which can be an over/ under or a double-barrel), bolt action and autoloader. The selection seemed dizzying. And curiously alluring. For me, guns had always been taboo. They were dangerous things that killed people, and I had never so much as held one. Now I was about to not only hold a gun, but shoot one. As Blair and Rose explained the guns in detail, my intrigue grew. I found

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myself mentally salivating over the idea of owning something so powerful and raw. I fantasized about going to a gun shop, getting fitted for a shotgun and becoming really awesome at blowing things out of the air. Never mind that I don’t know the first thing about shopping for a gun, or even where to buy one. By the time the lecture ended, I knew what my hulking break-action over/under would look like: It would have a lustrous walnut stock and glinting engraved receiver. I planned where in my tiny apartment I would put my gun locker, and imagined what my friends would say when I told them I was the proud owner of a sleek, sexy firearm. My performance on the range would quickly disabuse me of these notions — and demonstrate that Vermont’s upland birds and waterfowl have nothing to worry about when they see me coming. After the classroom portion of the clinic, we split into groups of five and headed out to the range. The club is equipped for trap competitions and sporting clays, an elaborate pursuit meant to simulate live-quarry shooting. My group set up at the trap field. Rose, a commercial airline pilot and dedicated hunter, served as our instructor. A jovial man with meaty hands, he had a nervous habit of chewing on his earplugs — equipment we were all required to wear, along with eye protection. He called us gals or girls, though the youngest in our group was 33.

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Guns, Girls and Ammo « p.31 We started by reviewing a few things we had already learned: The clay moves through the air at 40 miles per hour, while shotgun pellets fly at about 800 miles per hour; wait for two counts before pulling the trigger; the gun shoots where you’re looking. Then Rose circled back to the basics. “A new shooter always has a strike against them, and it’s safety,” he said — meaning the lack thereof. We were ready to pull our triggers. Thinking I would be pretty good at clay shooting because of my decent hand-eye coordination, I volunteered to go first. Rose handed the gun over and helped me get it seated against my shoulder and my cheek. I felt a tingle of nerves as I stood in the grass, holding the 20-gauge autoloader, feeling its weight in my hands and waiting for the clay bird to fly. I don’t know how I thought it would feel to shoot a shotgun, but this wasn’t it. After popping off one cartridge, I stumbled slightly backward — not from the recoil but from surprise. I was stunned, like I’d accidentally touched an electrified wire. My cheek, which had been lodged squarely against the stock of the gun, buzzed with transferred energy. I looked at Rose with what I can only imagine was a dumbfounded expression, and he removed the gun from my grip. I didn’t come anywhere close to smashing that first neon-orange clay. But I was determined to try again, though a frisson of the contact with gunpowder and spark lingered in my cheek. Rose offered a few tips: straighten the head, lean forward from the hips, close the left eye. This last one was important, since earlier in the day I’d discovered I was cross-dominant, meaning righthanded but left-eye dominant. Closing that eye would help me get a more accurate read on the target. I tried to keep all that in mind as I tucked the gun into my shoulder and peered down the barrel at the sight. I called for Rose to pull the bird and counted to two. Boom! A fleck of orange sailed away from the clay. I’d nicked the pigeon. I couldn’t help but crack a smile.

On my next shot, I obliterated the bird. Orange shrapnel rained on the meadow below. My fellow shooters cheered. But my luck was not to last. My fourth and fifth shots were well off the mark, and I handed the gun to one of the other women. As I walked away, Rose offered me one of my spent shotgun shells — a tiny trophy for my efforts. The next shooter, 55-year-old Margo Callaghan, picked her first bird right out of the air. The rest of the women whooped. “Save your shell, honey,” her friend Holly Bartlett called to her. “We’re making jewelry!” Callahan missed the next couple of birds. Before she took her fourth shot, Rose leaned in and offered a sort of shotgun mantra: “Take your time. See the bird. Kill the bird.” And, with that, Callahan nailed her shot. By far the best shooter in my group was 52-year-old Maura Finn, a chatty nurse who brought her own gun. After blasting two birds in a row, Finn opened her breakaction over/under and blew the smoke from the barrel, Wild West style. Then she proceeded to hit two more, for a total kill of four out of five clay pigeons. True, Finn wasn’t exactly a beginner — she said she used to shoot glass bottles when she was getting divorced and found it “very therapeutic.” She’d signed up for the clinic because her partner is a hunter and sport shooter, she said, and they wanted an activity they could do together. Out of about 25 shots, I broke 10 clays — a 40 percent success rate. Not horrible for a first-time gunslinger, but certainly not enough to warrant a trip to the gunsmith. Despite my performance, I couldn’t stop thinking about the experience of shooting a gun. My cheek hummed with vestigial vibrations for the rest of the day. I could feel the butt of the gun pressed against my shoulder for hours. The sensation was thrilling. And, after a long week of work, I can think of nothing as cathartic as blasting something to smithereens. m

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9. Asian restaurant (including Indian)

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23. Bakery

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24. Street eats

12. Late-night snacks

25. Ethnic market

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ver the past few decades, the tiny city of Winooski has proffered some wacky urban development ideas. In 1979, the city fathers proposed covering the town with a dome as a way to save on heating bills (and, most likely, to attract gawking tourists). Some 20 years later, when city planners were considering a downtown roundabout, some lobbied for the building of multistory structures in the traffic circle’s center. That plan was abandoned after 9/11 cast a pall on the construction of tall buildings. But the city’s latest scheme for reinvigoration is anything but off the wall, and it doesn’t rely on the construction of futuristic domes or skyscraper islands. It involves leveraging the talents of Winooski’s newest demographic — hip, young creatives — and attracting more of the same.

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helping shape the city’s landscape and character now. The city will soon welcome another influx of young professionals — if not as residents, then as commuters. MyWebGrocer, a Colchester-based e-commerce and marketing company for the grocery industry, is buying the Champlain Mill, according to minutes from recent Winooski city council meetings. The tech outfit’s move to the 100-year-old historic building will bring 5/31/11 4:04 PMmore than 100 employees to the city. If Winooski appeals to businesses

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35, and his wife moved to Winooski six years ago, before the roundabout was constructed. Back then, Luby remembers, food options were limited. “When the rotary happened, it changed from Little Caesars and Chinese takeout to Tiny Thai and restaurants that were more our speed,” says Luby, who owns Good Stuff Communications, a social media marketing firm that he runs from his Woolen Mill apartment. Similarly, Winooski resident Ted Olson raves about the city’s downtown. But it’s not just the restaurants that make Winooski an attractive place to live for the 33-year-old; it’s the whole package. “I love this town!” says Olson, one of the city’s biggest cheerleaders. “The best music venue in town is the Monkey House, and that’s all because of Angioplasty Media. The best bands ever that are playing Terminal 5 in New York City to 5000 people are playing here in Winooski. “The restaurants are phenomenal,” he goes on. “There’s Thai and Vietnamese and the best little bakery. And if you onion ciTy in bloom

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looking for space, it appeals to individuals, too. Not for nothing do many of the Champlain Valley’s younger residents call the city — somewhat derisively — 16t-2obriens061511.indd 1 6/14/11 11:02 AMBurlington’s Brooklyn. There’s a visual reminder in the bridge connecting the two cities, though it’s not nearly as majestic as its New York counterpart. A Flynn N.A.S.A. More importantly, because of its rela(New Art Space tively affordable real estate, proximity Assistance) Grant to Burlington and abundance of restauwork-in-progress rants, Winooski has carved out a space showing for itself with professional, dual-income couples looking for a starter community. “We’re a niche community,” says Katherine “Deac” Decarreau, Winooski city manager and lifelong city resident. “We’re small in both geography and population. This is a place you can make your own.” Over the years, Decarreau argues, Winooski could never quite decide what kind of city it was. The downtown couldn’t establish its identity, and the city’s plan for defining business development was shaky. That’s changing, she says, with the reorganized Winooski Community Partnership. “The More You Fight, the More You Sink” The WCP is composed of 10 members representing various interests around Sunday, June 19 at 3 pm the city — businesspeople, municipal $5 suggested donation; Q&A with artist to follow showing officials, clergy. Their goal, says Bridge, Next application Media who is also a realtor, is to take Winooski deadline August 22 to “the next level.” To that end, they’re currently in the process of appraising what the city has to offer. P E R F O R M I N G A R T S One of those assets is food, the 802.863.5966 v/relay city’s boosters say. With about a dozen www.flynncenter.org

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want to get a tattoo on a Sunday night, you can, because [Aartistic Inc.] is still open.” It’s enthusiasm like this that the WCP wants to harness to build the city’s identity and grow its cool quotient. Olson is happy to help. He designed the WCP’s new logo: the words DWTN WINOOSKI ringed by a thick white oval meant to evoke and celebrate the muchmaligned roundabout. Olson, who is the art director of Burlington City Arts, also created the posters for the pop-up gallery and the revamped farmers market. The latter’s flyer features the cheeky tagline “More than just wild leeks.” That’s not just a catchy slogan; it encapsulates the shift from old Winooski to new. Some of the city’s older residents didn’t love the nontraditional logo and wondered where their wild leeks, the traditional symbol of the city, had gone. Currently, Winooski has only 2500 residents with French Canadian surnames. That number used to be triple. Decarreau, whose family has been in Winooski since 1835 and spoke French for decades, acknowledges that something was lost with the dissolution of the French Canadian population on which the city was built. But, rather than despair, Decarreau has embraced the population shift and the insights that come from fresh eyes on the city. The diverse new American population has opened ethnic restaurants and markets. The young professional residents have volunteered for city boards, showing a civic spirit seldom seen in other municipalities. Megan Moir is one of those young

people. The 35-year-old was recently elected to the city council, which now contains representatives of five generations. After purchasing a house in 2004, Moir, the stormwater administrator for the city of Burlington, joined the Environmental Leadership Board. She also volunteered as a firefighter before landing on the city council, where she hopes to shape the dialogue about helping Winooski “round the corner.” “I wanted to be a part of the conversations we are having about what Winooski wants to look like — of moving away from having a chip on our shoulder and being in the shadow of Burlington, and starting to redefine ourselves as something different, something special,” Moir writes in an email. One of the dangers of building a community around young people is that, no matter how earnest their involvement, they may eventually outgrow their starter spaces and leave in search of more yard or more kitchen or more children’s bedrooms. Decarreau understands that probability, and she’s OK with it. If Winooski keeps working to make itself attractive to a certain population, she says, those who leave will be replaced. That turnover might end up being what defines the city. “People passing through, they love it while they’re here,” Decarreau says. “And they’re proud as they leave.” m Got a comment? Contact Lauren Ober at lauren@sevendaysvt.com.

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up a good sweat navigating dirt roads, logging roads and single-track trail en route to a quiet mountain getaway fewer than 10 miles from home. It took us just more than an hour. We rinsed off in a cool mountain stream, stashed our bikes in the woods and set off on foot in hopes of catching the sunset from an open perch higher on the mountain. Walking away from our bikes, we anticipated the following morning, when we would coast downhill on the winding, wooded mix of trail and logging road we had just pedaled up. Birds sang and a breeze stirred as we hiked into the mountains. A few pesky flies tried to distract us, to no avail. We filled our water bottles at what we thought might be the last good spring before we arrived at our camping spot. As the sun set over the Green Mountains, we pitched our tent and shared memories of our good friend Joel. He was always up for an adventure, especially one that relied on legs, lungs and gravity. m Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson can be contacted through EmberPhoto.com.

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Forum did. Likewise, local biologists Ky and Lisa Koitzsch drew about 200 people with a presentation last month on the wolves of Yellowstone National Park. And, earlier this June, young New Hampshire writer Erin Moulton read from her new novel, Flutter, to about 50 friends and family in the theater lobby. “I let her use the space for free,” says Becker, “but everybody bought doughnuts and lemonade.” Until last year, the pixie-like, Germanborn Becker programmed all the venue’s jEB wAllAcE-BRodEUR

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kids are playing in the lobby, gleefully banging on an old piano. In the nearby bar, a young couple orders chocolate cake while singles sip beers. It’s just another Thursday night at the Big Picture Theater & Café in Waitsfield. In the last year or so, the venue has become much more than that; it has evolved into a multigenerational community center. This month, Big Picture is celebrating its five-year anniversary with special community events, such as a car and bike jam that will feature race-car rides, a picnic and a screening of Disney’s Cars 2 on June 25. It’s a family-friendly opportunity for newcomers to get acquainted with the Valley scene. Big Picture is sustained largely by the local organizations and individuals who hold events there. Claudia Becker, 43, who owns the theater with her ex-husband, Eugene Jarecki, didn’t promote that astrophysics talk; Green Mountain Global

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hanging out together was much more event is also a potluck, even though the present in daily life than I found here.” restaurant is just feet away. The smells of So, when the couple moved to Vermont barbecued chicken and slow-cooked chili with their daughter after September 11, fill the theater. 2001, Becker began angling to fill that After every few items auctioned, the void. She got involved with the Eclipse, the Waitsfield a cappella group In Cahoots movie theater and bar that preceded Big perform a barbershop song. The four Picture, and for several years organized a ladies in matching red tops clearly have a human-rights-oriented film festival there. lot of friends in the audience. When they When the Eclipse closed in 2005, Becker sing, “How do you like your eggs in the and Jarecki bought it. “I had never run a morning? I like mine with a kiss,” a wave business,” she admits. “It was a stretch. of hooting and hollering rolls through the But it was a time in life where it just theater. seemed like an opportunity.” Out in the bar, it’s a whole different vibe. The couple renovated the 1982 Tim Holter is having a beer, marveling at building, adding a kitchen, wood floors the guy playing the squeezebox with the and booths in the area that would become French cabaret band Déjà Nous. “It’s a the restaurant. They tore out the slanted meeting place for all of us,” he says, and, floor in the larger theater and replaced as if on cue, his three kids come streaming it with a dance floor. Becker had a clear into the bar to say hi. Then so does his concept from the start: She wanted to wife, Gracie. create “a local gathering place with a The Holters moved from Los Angeles global dimension,” she says. “It became to Warren about four years ago and are really clear really regulars at Big quickly that, in Picture. Tim’s order to make this band, Tim & Heff, work, we’d have often plays in the to offer a whole bar, and Gracie range of things.” makes what she For now, the claims are the combination best tamales in seems to be Vermont on the working, thanks first Thursday of to the community each month for events and, the restaurant’s of course, the Mexican night. restaurant and It’s exactly bar, which adjoin what Becker the two theaters. envisioned five cl AuDiA B EckEr, Big Pictu rE th E AtE r & cA fé The whole place years ago when she has a slightly set out to create eccentric, vintage a local gathering look. The walls are decorated with place. “For the longest time, I was putting old movie posters and framed antique out flyers and begging people to come postcards. The bar looks more like a here,” she says. “Now, each group brings soda fountain, with a row of Barbie dolls their own people.” arranged above the top shelf of liquor. Still, Becker dreams of reaching an Outside, colorful lights surround a patio even broader community. She’s applied where twenty- and thirtysomethings for nonprofit status for something she’s drink their drafts on warmer nights. calling the Bigger Picture Community Well-worn couches are everywhere Fund, which she hopes will support more — on the stage, in the theaters, in the bar educational programming at the theater. — which may be one reason regulars treat Meanwhile, she’s open to just about the place like their living room. “The other anything. day I had to tell a guy to take his feet off “Even if I let people do something for the table,” Becker says with a smile. At a free here, if they bring 20 people, I benefit movie, a couple snuggle in the clamshell because maybe they have dinner,” Becker love seat in the back of the theater, feet on points out. “The symbiotic relationship … the seats in front of them. I love it. I think without that, we’d still be Later in the week, friends of the really struggling.” m venue gather for an auction in the same theater that hosted the scientists. The proceeds will help Big Picture pay for new Big Picture Theater & Café, 48 Carroll insulation and other building upgrades Road, Waitsfield. Open daily, 7 a.m. to 10 to improve energy efficiency. Community p.m. Info, 496-8994, bigpicturetheater.info. members have donated unusual gifts for the auction, including a “jam session” with Family Car/Bike Jam, Picnic and local architecture legend Dave Sellers; and Fundraising Screening of Cars 2, Saturday, a three-course German meal at Becker’s June 25, at 1 p.m. $20 suggested donation. house, with yodeling by the host. The

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n the increasingly diverse city of Burlington, North Street has become a destination for immigrants and Vermont-born foodies alike. A fridge at Thai Phat Market houses stacks of banh mi sandwiches. Lentils, spices and Indian snack foods line the shelves of Himalayan Food Market. The street hosts no fewer than three African markets, and on the corner of North Winooski Avenue, newcomer Farah’s Place serves Persian delicacies. But almost all these businesses opened in the past five years. Before then, North Street wasn’t a culinary destination so much as a place to be. Its small, indigenous community of working-class folks seldom ventured to downtown or suburban markets, relying instead on locally owned convenience stores that sold inexpensive, and sometimes delicious, prepared food and groceries.

A few of these old-school convenience stores still feed the neighborhood, which is proudly lacking in 7-Eleven-style chains. Cheap, accessible and, in some cases, of historical interest, these markets are worth a closer look, whether or not you can walk to the Old North End’s main artery.

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cases are packed with menacing-looking energy drinks and five varieties of trendy Vita Coco coconut water. Brother and sister duo Scott Wagner and Melissa Short are in the process of taking over ownership of Waggy’s from their parents, Suzanne and Clayton Wagner. The siblings have plenty of experience: Short says they started working at ages 8 and 10 in their parents’ previous store, Wagner’s, on Ward Street. The family built Waggy’s onto the gas station in 1996. The store always sold plenty of quick eats, Short says, and the menu has just continued to expand. Posted on boards over the counter, it overflows its space and covers part of the adjoining wall. Short says the cheesesteak is her most popular item, citing “the love that goes into it.” Her brother is proud of the fries that are “never, ever, ever frozen” and can come bathed in gravy and cheese. Potato and pasta salads and meaty chili are also homemade. Wagner, sporting a T-shirt that reads “Easily Distracted,” says he likes to keep the menu fresh. Recent additions include deep-fried cauliflower and fried pickles. For the truly adventurous, we also recommend Herr’s chips in flavors such as ketchup, pork ribs and dill pickle.

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Its address isn’t officially North Street, but this convenience store, attached to McCaffrey’s Sunoco Ultra-Car gas station, is right on the corner of North Street and North Avenue. The largest of the markets we visited, Waggy’s gets its share of car as well as foot traffic, and the stock reflects the varied clientele.

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On May 20, 2011, South Road Land Company, LLC, filed application #4C1249 for a Project generally described as: creation of a five-lot residential subdivision with no construction of residences by the South Road Land Company LLC or a related entity, pursuant to 10 V.S.A. 6001(14). The Project is located on South Road in the Town of Williston, Vermont. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Williston Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www. nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above. No hearing will be held unless, on or before June 28, 2011, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that

sevendaysvt.com/classifieds substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by June 28, 2011. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c) (5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 26th day of May 2011. By /s/Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658

E/ peter.keibel@state. vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On May 24, 2011, Theresa A. Gauthier Drive; The Miller Realty Group, LLP, and GP7, LLC filed application #4C0842-15 for a Project generally described as: construction of a 5,400 sf. commercial building with associated infrastructure on Lot #21 and demolition of the building on Lot #7. The Project is located on Gauthier Drive (Lot #21) and Andrew Avenue (Lot #7) in the Town of Essex, Vermont. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Essex Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources

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The resident and nonresident owners, lienholders and mortgagees of Lands in the City of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the real estate taxes assessed by such City for fiscal/tax year(s) 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the rental registration fees assessed by such City for rental registration year(s) 2008, 2009 and 2010 remain either in whole or in part, unpaid and delinquent on the following described lands and premises in the City of Burlington, to wit: Owner(s) of Record: Elizabeth A. Blondin O’Brien Property Address: 149–151 Ferguson Ave., Burlington VT. Tax Account/Map Lot Number: # 057-4-095-000. Final Divorce Order and Decree recorded at: Vol. 306, Pg. 47, dated November 28, 1983. Reference may be had to said deed for a more particular description of said lands and premises, as the same appears in the Land Records of the City of Burlington;

Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c) (5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 1st day of June 2011. By /s/Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@state. vt.us

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The resident and nonresident owners, Fence Viewer lienholders and Term Expires 6/30/12 mortgagees of Lands in Three Openings the City of Burlington, in the County of Board of Health Chittenden and State Term Expires 6/30/14 of Vermont, are hereby Two Openings notified that the real Dated at the City of estate taxes assessed Burlington in the County by such City for fiscal/ Housing Board of Review of Chittenden and State Term Expires 6/30/16 tax year(s) 1995, 1996, of Vermont this 1st day One Opening 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, of June, 2011. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and Board of Tax Appeals 2010 remain either in Term Expires 6/30/12 Jonathan P. A. Leopold, whole or in part, unpaid One Opening Jr. and delinquent on the Chief Administrative following described Telecommunications Officer lands and premises in Advisory Committee Burlington, Vermont the City of Burlington, Term Expires 6/30/12 to wit: One Opening Owner(s) of Record: NOTICE OF TAX SALE Richard Tahair and Lois Telecommunications A. Tahair. The resident and Advisory Committee Property Address: 57 nonresident owners, Term Expires 6/30/14 Hyde Street, Burlington lienholders and mortTwo Openings VT. gagees of Lands in the Tax Account/Map City of Burlington, in the Applications are Lot Number: # County of Chittenden available at the Clerk/ 045-1-010-000 and State of Vermont, Treasurer’s Office, Warranty Deed recorded are hereby notified that Second Floor, City Hall, the real estate taxes at: Vol. 164 Pg. 392, and must be assessed by such City dated May 9, 1963. received in the for fiscal/tax year(s) Reference may be had Clerk/Treasurer’s 2008, 2009 and 2010 to said deed for a more Office by 4:30 p.m., and remain either in particular description of Wednesday, June 22, whole or in part, unpaid said lands and premises, 2011. Applicants must and delinquent on the as the same appears in be nominated by a following described the Land Records of the member of the City City of Burlington; lands and premises in Council to be considered the City of Burlington, for a position; a list of to wit: and so much of the lands Council members is also Owner(s) of Record: will be sold at public available at the Clerk/ William M. Cross and auction Conference Treasurer’s Office. Please Amy M. Bergeron Room 12, City Hall, 149 call the Clerk/Treasurer’s Property Address: 196 Church St., Burlington, Office at 865-7136 for Tracy Drive, Burlington Vermont 05401 on July further information. VT. 15, 2011, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon, as shall Tax Account/Map The City of Burlington be requisite to discharge encourages Lot Number: # said taxes together with 027-3-089-000. persons from diverse costs and other fees alWarranty Deed recorded backgrounds to apply lowed by law, unless the at: Vol., 623 at Pg. to serve on boards, same be previously paid 118, dated May 7, 1999. commissions and or otherwise resolved. Reference may be had committees. The City is to said deed for a more committed to providing Dated at the City of particular description of equal opportunity to all said lands and premises, Burlington in the County persons without regard of Chittenden and State as the same appears in to political affiliation, of Vermont this 1st day the Land Records of the race, color, religion, age, City of Burlington; of June, 2011. sex, sexual preference, national origin, disability and so much of the lands or any other non-merit Jonathan P. A. Leopold, will be sold at public factor. auction Conference Jr. Room 12, City Hall, 149 Chief Administrative REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Church St., Burlington, Officer SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC Vermont 05401 on July Burlington, Vermont INSTALLATIONS 15, 2011, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, as shall OPENINGS Housing Vermont and be requisite to discharge BURLINGTON CITY said taxes and charges COMMISSIONS/BOARDS Champlain Housing Trust request solar together with costs and design and installation other fees allowed by On Monday, June 27, firms to submit proposlaw, unless the same 2011, the Burlington City be previously paid or Council will fill vacancies als for the construction of 85 kilowatts of solar otherwise resolved. on the following City photovoltaic generation Commissions/Boards: on four buildings in Dated at the City of the Burlington Area. Burlington in the County Design Advisory Board Qualified applicants will of Chittenden and State Term Expires 6/30/12 have comparable project of Vermont this 1st day One Opening experience, capable of of June, 2011. being bonded, as well

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and so much of the lands will be sold at public auction Conference Room 12, City Hall, 149 Church St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 on July 15, 2011, at 8:30 o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge said taxes and rental registration fees and charges together with costs and other fees allowed by law, unless the same be previously paid or otherwise resolved.

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No hearing will be held unless, on or before June 28, 2011, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission

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as experience with publicly funded projects. To obtain a proposal response form and specific project information, call Sara Santor at Housing Vermont at 802-863-8424 or sara@ hvt.org. Response forms must be submitted by Thursday, June 31st at 4:00 p.m. Minorityowned, women-owned and locally-owned businesses are encouraged to apply. STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S1345-08 Cnc GMAC Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff v. Earl M. Albright, Jr., Jennifer Lea Albright and Occupants residing at 36 Conger Avenue, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Earl M. Albright, Jr. to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for HomeComings Financial, LLC f/k/a HomeComings Financial Network, Inc. dated February 2, 2007 and recorded in Volume 988, Page 236, and assigned from Mortgage Electronic

To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Earl M. Albright, Jr. and Jennifer Lea Albright by Quitclaim Deed of Earl M. Albright, Jr. dated August 20, 2004 and recorded in Volume 914 at Pages 667-668 of the City of Burlington Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale . The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the City of Burlington. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or

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Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for HomeComings Financial, LLC f/k/a HomeComings Financial Network, Inc. to GMAC Mortgage, LLC by an instrument dated October 8, 2008 and recorded on October 14, 2008 in Volume 1047, Page 383 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 8:00 A.M. on July 5, 2011, at 36 Conger Avenue, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 2nd day of June, 2011. GMAC Mortgage, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S344-10 Cnc Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff v. Lynne S. Berry, David T. Berry, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and Occupants residing at 8 Abare Avenue, Essex, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Lynne S. Berry to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Webster Bank, National Association dated February 28, 2005 and recorded in Volume 641, Page 427, and assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Webster Bank, National Association to Wells Fargo Bank, NA by an instrument dated March 11, 2010 and recorded on March 25, 2010 in Volume 809, Page 106 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex, of which mortgage the undersigned is

the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:00 A.M. on June 28, 2011, at 8 Abare Avenue, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to David J. Berry and Lynne S. Berry by Warranty Deed of Vermont Residential Services, LLC dated February 15, 2005 and recorded March 7, 2005 in Volume 641, Page 424 of the Town of Essex Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. . The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 660-9000. DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 27th day of May, 2011. Wells Fargo Bank, NA By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S0055-09 Cnc RBS Citizens, N.A. f/k/a Citizens Bank, N.A. s/b/m to Charter One Bank, N.A., Plaintiff v. Carol G. Swearingen, Charter One Bank, N.A., Navy Federal Credit Union, Northeast Construction and Occupants residing at 169 Mount Philo, Charlotte, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Carol G. Swearingen to Charter One Bank, N.A. dated June 30, 2004 and recorded in Volume 150, Page 459, of the Land Records of the Town of Charlotte, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 A.M. on June 28, 2011, at 169 Mount Philo, Charlotte, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises as conveyed to Robert G. Swearingen in and Carol C. Swearingen by Warranty Deed of Jonna Robinson dated September 18, 1998 of record in Volume 101, Page 17 of the Town of Charlotte Land Records.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale . The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Charlotte. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 660-9000. DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 26 day of May, 2011. RBS Citizens, N.A. By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S1483-09 Cnc Deutsche Bank, National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2005-HE2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-HE2, Plaintiff v. Larry L. Bushey, Leo W. Bushey, State of Vermont Department of Taxes and Occupants residing at 204 North Street, Burlington,

Age/Sex/Fixed: 10-year-old, spayed female. Breed: DSH. reASON Here: Previous owner moved to housing that doesn’t allow cats. Kid FrieNdly: 5+, dog friendly. SUMMAry: Pickles is an unassuming, middle-aged lady who is looking for a loyal human

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Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Larry L. Bushey to Option One Mortgage Corporation dated October 29, 2004 and recorded in Volume 894, Page 107, and assigned from Option One Mortgage Corporation to Deutsche Bank, National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2005-HE2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-HE2 by an instrument dated April 1, 2008 and recorded on April 4, 2008 in Volume 1030 , Page 764 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 8:00 A.M. on July 12, 2011, at 204 North Street, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Larry Bushey and Leo W. Bushey by Warranty deed of Earl R. Benway dated October 29, 2004 and recorded in Volume 894 at Page 105 of the City of Burlington Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. . The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the City of Burlington.

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The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 660-9000. DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 10th day of June, 2011. Deutsche Bank, National Trust Company, as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs Applications are now being accepted for appointments to the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs for the following: one (1) position to fill a vacancy for a term that expires August 31, 2012; and four (4) positions each serving two (2) year terms. Applications for this gubernatorial appointment are available at http://governor. vermont.gov/boardsand-commissions. Complete descriptions of statutory roles and responsibilities of the Commission are located at https:// secure.vermont.gov/ GOV/boards/description. php?board=106 and at the Commission’s website at http://vcnaa. vermont.gov/

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LOOK GOOD... FEEL BETTER WITH YOUR AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Thursday, June 23, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, Lois McClure — Bee Tabakin Building, 237 East Ave., Burlington. To Register, call the Hope Lodge, 802-658-0649.

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

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Yoga & Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, So. Burlington. 802-6589440. Upcoming dates: 6/15, 6/29, 7/13. CELIAC AND GLUTENFREE GROUP Every 2nd Wednesay, 4:30-6 p.m. at Central VT Medical Center Conference Room #3. Free and open to the public! To learn more, contact Lisa at 802598-9206 or lisamase@ gmail.com.

in Burlington and Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. in South Burlington. Free Nicotine Replacement products are available for program participants. Info: 847-6541, wellness@vtmednet.org. For ongoing statewide class schedules visit www. vtquitnetwork.org.

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OUTRIGHT VERMONT FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP For family members of youth who are navigating the process of coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning are invited to attend. Group meets twice a month with one Wednesday morning meeting and one Sunday evening meeting. Info: hillary@outrightvt.org, 802-865-9677 ext. 3, www.outrightvt.org.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets first and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp entrance” from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Montpelier evening support group meets the first Monday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St. Suite 7, in conference room #2 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Colchester evening support group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference

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COTS seeks an experienced development professional to manage major fundraising events, including annual COTS Walk in May and 6/13/11 2:40:22 PM December phonathon. If you are masterful at managing multiple projects and ready to roll up your sleeves, come be part of COTS’ innovative and creative development team. Duties for this job also include recruiting and matching volunteer skills with COTS’ needs, soliciting sponsors and donors for special events, and making sure events stay on schedule and within budget.

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Ashgate Publishing, an international publisher of scholarly books, seeks an enthusiastic and motivated team member to join the editorial staff in our Burlington office. The Commissioning Editor will acquire new titles to maintain and further develop Ashgate’s academic book publishing program in visual studies.

Duties include but are not limited to assessing book proposals, arranging for peer review of submissions, liaising with authors, negotiating contracts for new titles, meeting annual commissioning and revenue targets, and traveling to represent Ashgate at academic conferences. Qualifications and experience: • The successful candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and minimum 4 years’ experience in the publishing industry or a related field • Strong organizational skills required, and an ability to multi-task effectively • Excellent verbal and written communication skills required

Ashgate offers an excellent benefits package and a great working environment. Applications will be accepted until Thursday, June 30. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: Ashgate Publishing Human Resources, Ashgate Publishing Company, Celebrating 44 Years of Independent Publishing www.ashgate.com Suite 420, 101 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401-4405 Ashgate is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V Email: editorial@ashgate.com 5h-AshGate061511.indd 1

The candidate must have a bachelor’s degree, strong verbal and written communication skills, be at ease with public speaking and donor calls, have successful track record in overseeing large fundraisers or public events. Five years development or relevant fundraising experience required. Nonprofit volunteer experience with large public events (raising in excess of $100k), project management, or marketing experience may be substituted for professional development experience. To receive best consideration, submit your resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to jobs@cotsonline.org. Please, no phone calls; electronic applications preferred.

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CDL Delivery Driver WILLISTON, VT

Vermont Public Radio has an immediate opening for a parttime Board Operator/Announcer. The successful candidate must demonstrate strong technical skills, meticulous attention to detail, good vocal presentation and excellent communication skills. Candidate should enjoy working independently and be comfortable with adapting to changing technology. Must be available to work nights, weekends and holidays. VPR is a statewide network, broadcasting news and classical music, and is one of the most listened to public radio stations in the nation. This position is based in our Colchester studios.

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Come join our team! BLACK RIVER PRODUCE is seeking dependable, energetic, courteous, and professional CDL route drivers with a minimum of 2 years delivery experience preferred and a clean driving record to join our transportation team. We deliver locally, so you can be home with your family each night! The driver must be self-motivated and customer-service oriented. The position generally works a four- to fiveday schedule, potentially including Saturdays, with an early morning (5 a.m.) start time. We offer competitive compensation, an excellent benefits package, and a respectful, driver-friendly work environment. Job requirements: Clean CDL license, ability to lift up to 100 lbs., and 50 lbs. frequently throughout the day. Customerservice oriented, self motivated, early morning start time. To apply: Please email resume to HR@blackriverproduce.com or fill out an online application at www.blackriverproduce.com. Or fax resume to 802-230-4814.

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We are a company with a strong mission, an innovative product and a brand that is poised for success. We have a challenging opportunity for a highly motivated professional who has a passion for renewable energy.

Looking for manufacturing, production, and general laborers in Franklin County! Apply online at manpowerjobs.com or submit resumes to nichole.laforce@na.manpower. com. Manpower 1795 Williston Rd. S. Burlington, VT 05403

Director of Marketing and Sales We need a creative, highly self-directed, results-oriented marketing professional to assume both marketing and sales responsibility in establishing our company as a leader in the renewable energy field. The successful candidate must have a strong understanding of and success in both business-to-business and end-user marketing and sales strategies. The ability to open new markets is critical, along with a bias for action, exceptional verbal and written communication skills, contagious enthusiasm for renewable energy, superior people skills and a strong desire to take ownership and drive this business to success. Must also have a high level of positive energy and live the values. We require a bachelor’s degree in business, communications or engineering; at least 10 years experience in a senior-level sales / marketing position; and extensive, successful experience in developing new channels and markets in the renewable energy field. We are a fast-moving organization where high-achieving, self-directed individuals thrive. If you consider yourself a creative marketer, effective brand builder, and successful generator of revenue, this position will allow you to thrive. Please go to our website, www.allearthrenewables.com, and click on the Employment tab at the top of the page. You will find instructions on submitting your resume and application along with a more detailed list of job duties. Maker of the Solar Tracker

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Samaritan House seeks an experienced, full-time

Draker supplies turnkey technology solutions to commercial and utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power providers that improve the efﬁciency and proﬁtability of their systems. Our leadingedge hardware and software and professional services have earned us a reputation as the premier solarmonitoring provider in North America.

Case Manager to provide support services for Reach UP families who are homeless in Franklin and Grand Isle counties. BA plus case-management experience in a nonprofit agency preferred. SHI will consider 5 years of case-management experience in lieu of a degree.

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

Field Service Engineer

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

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Seeking highly motivated, self-directed team member to collect court-ordered restitution from criminal offenders. Must be able to quickly analyze legal documents and accurately enter information into database. Must be a skilled negotiator and must be comfortable making a high volume of calls and meeting assigned goals. Essential skills include working with varied computer applications, above-average verbal and written comprehension, ability to manage large volume of work and schedule priorities, basic 6/13/11 4:10:00 PMmath skills, and the ability to meet and exceed individual and Unit goals. Flexibility to work with changing job assignments and priorities is essential. Please mail your resume AND cover letter explaining why you would be a great addition to our team to:

Vermont Restitution Unit, Attn: RU Manager, PO Box 10, Waterbury, VT 05676.

The Burlington School District is seeking a Business No emails or phone calls. Application deadline is 6/30/11. Manager to plan, organize, supervise, and direct the fiscal and business affairs of the District. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, preparing budgets, working with school departments to ensure fiscal 4t-Vtcentercrime061511.indd 1 6/13/11 1:17:47 PM 2v-VectorMkting-060111.indd 1 5/30/11 1:17:38 PM responsibility, administering a comprehensive insurance program, capital bond management, forecasting for ENGINEERING labor negotiations and supervising a staff of five.

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Must be familiar with principles of Fund Accounting, state and federal reporting requirements, and IRS regulations. Knowledge of Vermont School Accounting processes preferred. Must possess a working knowledge of and ability to learn financial software packages and systems. Candidates preferred who have experience as a school business manager and are familiar with the operation of IBM i series OS400 system. For a more detailed job description and to apply, go to www.SchoolSpring.com and select Job ID #52653.

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howardCenter improves the well-being of children, adults, families and communities.

Child, Youth and FamilY ServiCeS Burlington Telecom is looking to fill the position of

InterventIonIst — InclusIon (two posItIons) We are seeking a skilled and motivated individual to join our team of professionals. Interventionists will develop therapeutic, mentoring relationships with students struggling to find success in public school due to academic, socialemotional and behavioral challenges. This position requires individuals to be comfortable with the management of aggressive behavior. Full benefits. Bachelor’s degree required. Driving required.

GRAPHIC DESIGN COORDINATOR This position is responsible for producing visual solutions to communication needs using a mix of creative skills, commercial awareness, imaginative flair, and awareness of current trends in the visual arts, a working knowledge of the latest software and equipment, and a firm understanding of material costs and time limits, all of which can impact the design.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated individual to work with a developmentally delayed adolescent within a public middle school setting. Interventionist will implement school-based services integrating ABA techniques, skill acquisition and behavior reduction procedures, utilizing augmentative communication and recording data, as well as managing aggressive behaviors and providing toileting assistance. The successful candidate should have good communication skills, mental health experience and preferably some crisis experience. Full benefits. Bachelor’s degree required. Driving required. specIal educator — Fay Honey Knopp MeMorIal scHool, rutland This position provides leadership and oversight for academic portions of the school program, including training and guiding teachers in differentiating instruction, as well as educational case management of students, including transition planning and facilitation of IEP and evaluation meetings. The successful candidate will administer and interpret assessment protocols as needed, provide direct instruction for students as specified in their IEP’s, and assist in classroom management and instruction in the regular classrooms.

This is an exciting and excellent opportunity to help us deliver the future of business telecommunication services to the City of Burlington. If interested, please submit a City of Burlington application, resume, and cover letter to Human Resources, 131 Church Street, Fl. 2, Burlington, Vermont 05401. For information about this position, please see our website: www.hrjobs.ci.burlington.vt.us.

Qualified candidates for this position must possess a bachelor’s degree or higher, three to five years’ experience in the field of special education, specifically with adolescent students who demonstrate significant social, emotional and behavioral needs in an alternative therapeutic environment. Candidate must possess leadership skills, the ability to oversee academic programming and administer/interpret various educational/psychometric assessments.

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Women, minorities and persons With disabilities

Developmental Services provides innovative support to people with Developmental Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorders. Please contact the Developmental Services Staff Recruiter, Sue Smithson, at 488-6533 to learn more. specIalIzed coMMunIty support worKer Very active 8-year-old boy needs 20 hours of afternoon and evening support in the Milton area. Focus of the work will be physical activities. Ideal candidate has experience supporting children with complicated behavior. Benefits eligible.

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specIalIzed coMMunIty support worKer Very active and energetic 6-year-old boy needs 10 afternoon hours of support in Shelburne. This guy loves swimming, going to the park and being outdoors. Ideal candidate has experience supporting children or young adults on the Autism Spectrum. Tuesday through Fridays, 2:30 – 5 p.m. resIdentIal Instructor This busy New North End home offers the right conscientious, detail- and team-oriented individual the chance to work with an energetic team providing residential support and training to six developmentally disabled adults. Focus of the work is on basic living, vocational skill development, and taking part in many social and community activities. Have fun every day while growing professionally and personally. Some personal care and household duties required. Schedule is mix of day and weekend hours. 37.5 hrs./week, benefits eligible.

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mental health and SubStanCe abuSe

Champlain Community Services is seeking dynamic and dedicated individuals to support adults with developmental disabilities in a one-on-one setting to help them achieve their goals both socially and vocationally. Enjoy each workday while making a difference in your community and in someone’s life. We are currently hiring for several fully-benefited, part-time positions. If you are interested in joining our diverse team, please submit a letter of interest and resume to Karen Ciechanowicz, staff@ccs-vt.org. Champlain Community Services 512 Troy Ave. Colchester, VT 05446 (802) 655-0511 www.ccs-vt.org

resIdentIal prograM coordInator — nortHern lIgHts To develop and maintain a transitional house for incarcerated women. Supervise residential treatment program to ensure that state, federal and agency regulations are adhered to. Provide clinical supervision and training. Experience working with mental health and substance abuse issues. Understanding women’s issues, organized, ability to handle crisis situations, basic computer applications, ability to work effectively and balance multiple community interests. For more information, contact Anera Foco at afoco@howardcenter.org, or 802-862-4386. supervIsory clInIcIan substance abuse — cHIttenden clInIc Provide supervision to several clinicians at the Chittenden Clinic, and provide services to clients with a substance abuse diagnosis and possible co-occurring disorder. Candidate must be adept in the following areas: assessment and counseling; awareness of community resources; supervisory skills; organization and time management; and communication. Afternoon and evening hours will be required. LADC required with at least two years of experience. This position will require some clinical and administrative oversight of our new evening program. Please visit our website at www.howardcentercareers.org for more details or to apply online. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper applications are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily. HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees. 12-howard-fullagency061511.indd 1

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Shared Living Provider Opportunities

Lamoille Community Connections

HowardCenter’s Shared Living Provider program matches people with developmental disabilities with individuals, couples or families to provide a home, day-to-day assistance and individualized support needs.

is a designated provider of developmental and mental health services, now celebrating 40+ years of services to the Lamoille County community. We currently have the following opportunities available:

Billing Clerk

Lamoille Community Connections has an immediate opening in our Billing Department for a full-time Billing Clerk. The primary job responsibility will be data entry of direct-service notes submitted by staff in the children, youth and family services program and DS waiver services. The Billing Clerk is also responsible for billing (Medicaid/Medicare) which includes follow-up on denials, errors, corrections and rebilling. Additional duties include auditing assistance as well as clerical tasks such as some bookkeeping, scheduling, photocopying and filing. The ideal candidate will be detail oriented and dependable and possess excellent organizational skills. Previous experience in a related field is preferred. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org.

Substitute Residential Position

Lamoille Community Connections has an immediate opening for an on-call substitute position in our Group Home which is located in Johnson, VT. This position works as part of our team to maintain a caring and therapeutic environment for our residents. Responsibilities include implementation of treatment plans, documentation to meet standards for licensing and funding. Flexibility in scheduling is required. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org.

Therapeutic Case Manager

Shared Living Provider sought for active 23-year-old woman with PDD and co-incurring mental illness. This dedicated equestrian requires a couple or single person, without children living at home, who are looking for a professional stay-at-home career. Ideal home is located in rural Chittenden County (Jericho/Underhill) and will welcome her yellow lab-mix therapy dog. Very generous stipend, coupled with room and board and respite budget make this an exciting professional opportunity. Anne Vernon, 488-6309. 25-year-oLd man is looking for individual or couple to share a wheelchair accessible

home or apartment in surrounding area of S. Burlington. Gregarious fan of Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, chess and classical organ music. Willing to train right person(s) required medical/personal care and augmentative communication. Supportive, experienced team and conversion van provided. Generous annual tax-free stipend of over $26,000, coupled with a generous respite budget, make this an exciting home-based career opportunity. Marisa Hamilton, 488-6571. HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.

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Lamoille Community Connections Children’s, Youth and Family program is seeking to fill the position of Therapeutic Case Manager. The Therapeutic Case Manager provides coordination of services for children and adolescents who have emotional / behavioral challenges in their home, school and community. The Therapeutic Case Manager provides proactive crisis planning/ problem solving and treatment planning. A minimum of 22 hours direct service time per week is spent providing case management or specialized rehabilitation services to an assigned caseload in the home, school or community. The ability to work a flexible schedule depending on family needs is required. Bachelor’s degree is required. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org.

Access Case Manager

Lamoille Community Connections Children’s, Youth and Family program is seeking to fill the position of Access Case Manager. The Access Case Manager provides coordinated services for children and adolescents who have emotional /behavioral challenges. These children have significant issues to contend with in their home, school and community. The Access Case manager will provide proactive crisis planning/crisis intervention/problem solving and treatment planning in a home, school, or community setting. The ability to work a flexible schedule depending on family needs is required. Bachelor’s degree required. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org.

Recovery Care Coordinator

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Vermont Youth Orchestra Association

Executive Director Vermont Youth Orchestra Association mission: to provide young musicians with superior educational and performance experiences in orchestral and choral music. REPORTS TO: Vermont Youth Orchestra Association board chair SUPERVISES: Administrative and facility staff; full- and part-time orchestra managers, staff and volunteers COLLABORATES WITH: Vermont Youth Orchestra Association music director, the executive director’s artistic counterpart, who also reports to the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association board chair

Lamoille Community Connections is seeking a local resident to join our team as a member of our new and exciting program, the Public Inebriate Program of Lamoille County known as ASAP (Alcohol Substance Abuse Program). We are seeking to fill the Recovery Care Coordinator, which is a part-time position (25 hours per week) that will refer program participants to the appropriate community providers ensuring continuity of care. The Recovery Care Coordinator will contact participants following release to coordinate services to ensure positive outcomes. The program will provide screenings, assessments and referrals for public inebriates. A minimum of three years of related experience such as law enforcement, corrections, military or substance-abuse counseling is preferred. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org.

The position of executive director of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association (VYOA) is hired by the VYOA Board of Directors.The executive director is expected to work toward fulfilling the organization’s mission. The executive director is the top staff administrative position, responsible for managing both the human resources and financial resources of the VYOA in order to achieve the organization’s mission.The executive director is responsible for all operational aspects of the organization and implementing the policies set by the board of directors.

Case Management Position

The Vermont Youth Orchestra Association, located in Colchester,VT, was established in 1963. It provides a continuum of four orchestras and two choruses, several ensembles, music education and touring programs for nearly 500 student musicians from Vermont, eastern New York and western New Hampshire. The VYOA is a high-profile organization in the community that maintains its own facility for performances and rehearsals at the Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael’s College and has earned a reputation for artistic excellence and has become a national model for youth orchestra programs.

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

For a detailed list of key responsibilities and job requirements, please visit the VYOA website at www.vyo.org, and go to “Job Opportunities” under the “About” tab. Please respond with your resume, cover letter and three professional references in PDF format to: edsearch@vyo.org. No phone calls, please.

Lamoille Community Connections has an immediate opening for a case management position in our residential program. The job duties will include assistance with transitioning adult consumers into the community. The ideal candidate will have the ability to provide counseling and support services which includes: case management, outreach and supported employment. Working as a team member with residential staff as well as flexibility in scheduling is required. A bachelor’s degree in psychology or a related field is required. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661 or email to janem@lamoille.org.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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Systems Administrator Green Mountain Power is seeking a Systems Administrator to join our IT team to collaborate in the management and maintenance of our rapidly growing enterprise computing environment. This role requires a broad set of technical and administrative skills and will be responsible for architecting, installing, configuring, documenting and supporting a wide variety of enterprise-level systems. Experience in advanced server support, capacity planning and data center operations is preferred. Prior experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux, NetApp or VMWare environments is a plus. Strong performance tuning capabilities are needed. Candidates with Oracle application experience are preferred but is not mandatory. A bachelor’s degree in an appropriate technical field or equivalent experience, a minimum of two to three years of Linux administration and one to two years of UNIX server management, as well as the ability to work a flexible work schedule, is required. Green Mountain Power has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Vermont” by Vermont Business Magazine. Our core values reflect safe, fast and effective work practices and respectful, transparent leadership. Our benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family, rich retirement benefits and support for continuing education and professional advancement.

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CLINICAL EDUCATOR I - 0040032 - The Eleanor M. Luse Center in the Communication Science and Disorders Department at the University of Vermont is seeking a speech-language pathologist for a position as a clinical instructor in the graduate program. This person will be responsible for providing clinical 4t-CheeseTrader-052511.indd 1 5/23/11 1t-Fisher-061511.indd 10:24 AM 1 6/13/11 1:16:23 PM instruction and supervision to graduate students participating in clinical practicum at the E.M. Luse Center. A Master's degree in speech-language pathology, 5 years clinical experience, a Certificate of Clinical Competence and VT state licensure are required. Experience in supervision is preferred. This position follows the 9 month academic calendar. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the Weekend shifts academic community. Applicants are requested to include in their cover letter available information about how they will further this goal. Seeking an experienced, OFFICE/PROGRAM SUPPORT GENERALIST - 0040028 - Office support for the USDA Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) responsible person to Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement program at the University of Vermont. Provide administrative assistance to Northeast independently perform SARE staff, manage office expenditures, reconcile administrative budgets, maintain community, seeks dedicated nursing professionals with a strong databases and project files, manage requests for information, and arrange meetings. a wide variety of general desire to work within a community of seniors. Wake Robin provides Associate's degree in related field and three years experience to include planning of multiple tasks with different time lines and the ability to bring several projects high-quality nursing care in a fast-paced, residential and long-term maintenance repairs for to convergence at the same time. Experience with budget management, office care environment, while maintaining a strong sense of “home.” commercial & residential procedures, and the handling of confidential and sensitive information. Experience with a range of business software, spreadsheets, databases, word Wake Robin offers an opportunity to build strong relationships properties. Must live in processing, online forms and graphics utilities. Experience with event planning with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting. We have and logistics. Strong communication and organizational skills required. Chittenden County, have Applications will be reviewed after closing date of July 22, 2011.

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Administrative Assistant thirty-five hours a week through September 2011. Administrative planning and zoning experience required. For more information go to www.colchestervt.gov, or call 802-264-5604. Deadline for submitting application: June 22.

The Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please send resume and letters of reference to Search Committee, Mary Johnson Children’s Center, 81 Water Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 by July 5.

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Established, NAEYC-accredited early-childhood program is seeking dynamic, committed teacher to be part of our earlychildhood program. Position responsibilities include working as a team member, teaching, curriculum planning, general classroom responsibilities and work with families. Full-time opportunity with benefit package. BA/BS in Early Childhood or related field and Early Childhood License is preferred.

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Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility Phoenix Houses of New England is under contract with the VT Department of Corrections to operate a residential treatment program within the Chittenden Correctional Facility for women in S. Burlington,VT. We are currently recruiting for one counselor to replace a current counselor, who will be on a 2-month maternity leave. Activities will include assisting in program, conducting assessments, group and individual therapy, participation in treatment teams and associated record maintenance.

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Applicants interested in working full or part time are invited to complete voluntary Applicant Self-ID form at www.phoenixhouse.org/National/Careers/ Opportunities.html. Email resume and form to Cathy Rossi at cprossi@phoenixhouse.org, or call 802-527-4353.

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Emergency Coordinator / Hospital Diversionist: This is a full-time position overseeing a 24-hour, on-call emergency service system and team, including providing intensive coverage in escalated and crisis situations as well as providing leadership, supervision and development of emergency service staff. This position involves collaboration with area hospitals to reduce emergency room visits for substance and mental health primary issues, and admissions and length of stay for psychiatric hospitalizations.

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ACCOUNTING INTERN We have a full-time summer college intern position available in the Montpelier administrative offices. The ideal candidate will be pursuing a degree in Business or Accounting. Principal duties are to collect, organize and enter data from multiple sources. Qualifications include having strong data entry and strong analytical skills. Experience with Excel is essential, and the candidate should be capable of maintaining existing and formulating new spreadsheets.

We offer a competitive salary and an excellent, flexible benefits package. Benefits grow with years of service and include an option to convert benefit dollars to additional salary if desired. Individuals who are interested in joining a strengths-based, flexible and dynamic organization are encouraged to apply. Visit jobsinvt.com for a complete listing of all our employment opportunities.

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Seeking qualified individuals to join our team in recruiting students. This position entails a number of functions including contacting and cultivating prospective students and applicants by telephone, mail, and email, traveling to college fairs, conducting briefings on the college application process, interviewing and counseling prospective students and families, as well as managing and evaluating admissions applications. HEAD CROSS-COUNTRY COACH

Part-time position to organize and administer all phases of the cross-country programs, including but not limited to practice and meet preparation, recruiting qualified studentathletes, budget management, academic monitoring and alumni and parent relations. A bachelor's degree is required; a master's degree is preferred. Successful collegiate coaching experience is preferred, along with a demonstrated ability to recruit quality student athletes to the University. ASSISTANT COACHING OPPORTUNITIES

Seeking highly motivated individuals for current assistant coaching opportunities: Assistant Swim Coach and Assistant Football/Lacrosse Coach. Duties include assisting the head coach with all aspects of an NCAA Division III program to include practice and game preparation, recruiting, academic monitoring, fundraising and alumni relations. These are 10-month hourly staff positions with regular employee benefits. A bachelor’s degree and prior college playing or coaching experience is preferred. Must have good organization and communication skills, and the ability to establish positive working relationships with alumni, parents, faculty and staff. Please visit our website, www.norwich.edu/jobs, for further information and how to apply for these and other great jobs.

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HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST The HR Specialist provides support to the Benefits Manager and the HR Director in organizing and administering human resource functions for the company. This position reports directly to the HR Director, but will work on a daily basis with the Benefits Manager and others. This position will create new hire payroll & benefits packets for employees and candidates for home office and overseas positions, enter new hire, deduction, change, and termination information into the database; and update forms and documents as needed. Qualifications: AA/BA degree or 3 years related experience, 2 years experience in office environment required, along with high-level proficiency in MS Word and Office applications. Must possess effective time-management skills and the ability to multitask. Very strong organizational skills and high attention to detail required, and must be an energetic and enthusiastic collaborative team player. Apply online at: careers.ardinc.com/ARDCareers/App/ USPostingDetail.aspx?PostingId=192.

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The Cost Proposal Specialist works under the general supervision of the Business Manager, with oversight from the Vice President of Administration. The Cost Proposal Specialist will work closely Norwich University is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a with the technical staff in developing the cost proposals and comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, group detailed budgets for government projects primarily USAID. This life and long-term disability insurance, flexible-spending accounts position also will manage the budget realignments throughout for health and dependent care, retirement annuity plan and tuition the life of the project. Qualifications include: BA in Business, scholarships for eligible employees and their family members. Finance, Accounting or a related field. Very high level proficiency in MS Excel, including the development of budgets, and formula utilization. Speaking and reading proficiency in a foreign language highly desired. Must have very strong interpersonal and 8-norwich-061511.indd 1 6/13/11 2:32:52 PM communication skills and very strong organizational skills and high attention to detail. Must be comfortable working in a fastpaced and sometimes intense work environment. Apply online Now licensed teachers can earn their K-12 special-education at: careers.ardinc.com/ARDCareers/App/USPostingDetail. endorsement during an intensive, one-year program and internship rather aspx?PostingId=144 than the customary two years. First class starts Fall 2011. Limit: 15 students. Application deadline: July 1. Tetra Tech ARD is an Equal Opportunity Employer Contact: Perry LaRoque at 802-635-1358 or Perry.Laroque@jsc.edu.

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The Executive Director is the Chief Executive Officer of Dismas of Vermont, Inc., a private nonprofit organization that provides transitional housing and support services for former prisoners moving back into society. The Executive Director reports to the DOV Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and is responsible for the organization’s consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the ongoing supervision of house directors, support to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors, fundraising, maintenance of institutional relations, and program expansion.

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Part-time position 2 days/week (15 hours) in Newport. Will perform diagnosis & assessment for psychiatric/emotional needs; individual psychotherapy, couples & family therapy; collaborative treatment planning; liaison with psychiatrists & other clinicians; medication assessment, treatment & monitoring. Requires Vermont licensure as a clinical specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing – preference for certification in both adult and child/adolescent areas, and two or more years experience in provision of public or private mental/behavioral health clinical services. NKHS is an EEOE.

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third Sunday of each month to allow local amateur and professional cooks to “flex their culinary muscles.” This Sunday, foodies are invited to contribute or just eat at a potluck homage to Hervé This, the food scientist who coined the term “molecular gastronomy.” “He popularized the use of science in the kitchen,” says Welton, who hosts the events at her Burlington home. “I’m sort of expecting this potluck to be more like a book report.” Food scientists should also take note of a molecular gastronomy-themed potluck on September 18 and one devoted to sous-vide cooking on November 20. For those seeking projects more SIDE DISHES

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The word “potluck” can sound like a warning bell: Mayonnaise-laden pasta salads and gummy Swedish meatballs ahead! But not when Slow Food Vermont throws the party. Chapter leader MARA WELTON of HALF PINT FARM got the ball rolling last April with a potluck to which guests were asked to bring a smoked food. The event proved so popular that Slow Food introduced a series of Just Cook It potlucks on the

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If you’re a fan of A SINGLE PEBBLE and own an iPhone, you can now book a table or try your hand at the resto’s dishes via a new application. Two hundred people have downloaded the threeweek-old app so far, according to chef and owner CHIUHO DUVAL. They can tap away at lunch, dinner, smallplate and drink menus, as well as view daily specials, make reservations via OpenTable and read recipes for some of the restaurant’s dishes — stepby-step directions for Orange Taste Beancake and Chrysanthemum Fish are in the first batch. “I was surfing on my iPhone, and it occurred to me that it would be really cool to have A Single Pebble app,” says Duval, who plans to update the recipes once a month. “[The app] is also a connection with the customers, of course. But personally, I think it’s far more interesting for sharing the recipes.” Duval checked out a few app builders before settling on Outspring. “I liked their style,” she says, and she worked with the firm to hone the look and feel.

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says morning fare will include the eggs Benedict pizza popularized at the Burlington location, as well as “good coffee and sweet things for people on the go.” Free from Burlington’s early last calls, the restaurant will pour suds until 3 a.m. Like the Vermont American Flatbreads, the new spot will showcase local products — that is, New York ones. “It will more focus on what’s local to them,” says Westbrook. “A lot of the ingredients will be from their area. For example, our restaurants here have a local Vermont pork. We would source from a local pig farmer there.” Westbrook divulges that more New York American Flatbread franchises may not be far behind, listing Brooklyn and Long Island as potential hot spots. “[We’ll expand] as slowly and as

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Everyone wants a piece of the Vermont locavore movement, even the gourmets of New York City. They’ll get one late this year or early next year when AMERICAN FLATBREAD opens its first Manhattan location. Franchisee Billy Reilly, owner of the Tribeca Rooftop event space and a sometime Vermonter, attended an NYC neighborhood community board meeting last week to share his intentions. The restaurant, at 205 Hudson Street, will open at 7 a.m. for breakfast. American Flatbread president

well as we can,” he says. “I don’t think we’re wanting to do anything too quickly. Especially in New York, we really want to make a go of it and see how we do in that market. With success, we’ll continue to branch off from there.”

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While the store is sparsley stocked, a fact Breault attributes to a devastating 2006 robbery, it still has a small chest freezer filled with cartons of old-school Landmark Ice Cream and frozen novelties, including snow cones in primary colors. Longtime employee Alan Flanders says it’s his dream to reopen the scoop shop at Pete’s one day. When pressed on whether he shares this ambition, Breault casts his piercing blue eyes down and growls, “Not really.” The store is bright and, unusually for North Street, both carpeted and airconditioned. It’s the perfect place for Breault and Flanders to hold court with customers such as across-the-street neighbor Cathy Bushey, whom Breault encourages Seven Days to credit simply as “Grandma.” Picking up a few odds and ends, Bushey says she’s been a loyal customer for 17 of the 18 years that Breault has owned the store, which he purchased from his brother Gary. Part of the appeal, she says, is that “requests are taken — sometimes.” Perhaps that explains the surprising variety in the beer cooler, which boasts several bottled selections from Morrisville’s Rock Art Brewery as well as growlers of Busch Beer. A few coolers are empty, and the chilled foods are mostly limited to premade sandwiches, lunch meats and shredded cheese. Breault and Bushey agree that the ATM is one of the store’s most popular features. But when it comes to shortterm necessities, from paper towels to dog food, Pete’s has what the neighborhood needs.

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JR’s corner Store, 144 North Street, 881-0548 Pete’s may not offer much ice cream, but locals know where to find it. While QTee’s on North Winooski Avenue sells tons of seasonal soft-serve, JR’s Corner Store has done big business in prepackaged Hershey’s Ice Cream since owner Cheryl Sartelle opened the store on Labor Day 2009. In fact, she says, the Pennsylvania supplier tells her she’s one of its top vendors in Vermont. The upper floor of the split-level shop is devoted to drinks and two cases of Hershey’s cups, cones and sandwiches. Sartelle is currently renovating to add another, upright ice cream freezer. Vestiges of the space’s previous occupant, Larow’s Market — known for its Like Cola sign — remain on the floor. It features tiled designs shaped like an American flag and a rugged cross, the latter positioned, perhaps editorially, in front of the beer. Sartelle’s previous lines of work include banking and transcribing for the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. She says she pressed the building’s owner to let her take over 144 North Street “when he wanted something real [in the space].” “I’d never done anything like this before, but I knew I could do it,” says Sartelle. Now she maintains, “We took a bad corner, and we made it something good. When we came in, there was paper on the window and dog poop on the floor.” JR’s offers plenty of pantry supplies for the college students and busy

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and cheddar, the fatty, crumbly patty is placed on a Koffee Kup Bakery roll with bacon, special sauce and a salad’s worth of lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles. Cook Douglas Olsaver says he and owner Don Clayton conceived the sandwich as an homage to a former local cop, David Scibek, (name pronounced seebeck) “who kept people from hanging around at the store.” Of course, some are just hanging around waiting for their orders, which Olsaver admits can take more than half an hour just to hit the grill. But customers are willing to wait. The day before University of Vermont students left for Thanksgiving break last year, says Olsaver, he prepared 88 Scibek Sizzlers, not to mention the other specialty burgers, sandwiches and hand-cut fries on his menu. The popularity of the Shopping Bag gives it a party atmosphere, full of

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neighbors “shooting the bull,” as Clayton puts it. In the absence of UVM students, the bulk of the regulars appear to be young and African American. The crowd is also decidedly gourmet, discussing gustatory subjects ranging from new lakefront Best VT Coffee Around! eatery San Sai Japanese Restaurant to Bring Dad in for Father’s Day Specials! the pickled pigs’ feet that line one shelf Choose Maple Bacon Biscuits, at the Shopping Bag. Apple Baked French Toast or Once a laundromat called the Rainbow occupied this space. Clayton our other fresh baked goodies! already owned the land when the colorFREE Wi-Fi fully named building exploded in 1973. ...All in the middle of He and his wife, Pat, owned a store called Fairbanks Grocery in Burlington an apple orchard! and knew a similar business would be 4445 Main St., Isle La Motte ideal on North Street, so Clayton rebuilt 928-3091 and opened the Shopping Bag the folsouthendcafe@fairpoint.net lowing year. Wed-Mon 7-2, Sun 8-2 Nearly four decades later, he’s devoted to selling his wares at rock-bottom prices. At North Street’s only meat counter (aside from the halal stores that carry goat and 12v-southendcafe061511.indd 1 Do you have 6/10/11 11:53 AM camel), Delmonico steaks go for $8.59 dinner in your pocket? a pound. Clayton carries local products when he can offer a good price, he says: The only milk he sells is from Monument Farms Dairy. There’s Cabot cheddar, too. Clayton says he tries to offer the best product for manageable prices because he respects his low-income customers. “A lot of them are down and out, Scan to download our and they come in, and I treat them as FREE iPhone App if Richard Tarrant came in — which he has,” brags Clayton. “They really respect that. That’s what I mean by taking care of the neighborhood.” In their own ways, the owners of each North Street convenience store could say the same. m SEVEN DAYS

Ask readers of Food Network Magazine to identify Vermont’s best burger, and they’ll tell you it’s the Shopping Bag’s Scibek Sizzler. That’s thanks to a survey the mag published in 2009 called “50 States, 50 Burgers.” The editors were inspired in their Vermont pick by a 2007 Burlington Free Press article by Melissa Pasanen, who’d written about the Scibek after receiving letters from two of the burger’s many devotees. What’s so hot about the famous burger? It’s cooked to order and spiced with a “secret blend” that tastes like salty Montréal steak seasoning. Once topped with thick slices of provolone

Two new owners have taken the helm of the Scuffer Steak & Ale House on Church Street, and they envision a place where everybody knows your name. “We really wanted to

bring the price down and get back to the old Rusty Scuffer ways,” says sam hanDy, who purchased the place last month with pat stEwart. The pair is poised to roll out a new menu heavy on comfortfood classics, such as pulledpork sliders, lobster rolls and a broader range of steaks in the evenings. “We’re trying to bring back that ‘Cheers’ feeling,” says Handy.

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blue-collar workers of the neighborhood. A whole section is filled with Homestyle Bakes, packaged taco fixings and cans of La Choy chicken chow mein. “It’s everything you need for dinner, with meat and everything, without really having to cook,” says Sartelle. Her small deli sells sandwiches and macaroni salad with peas, tuna and eggs that the owner makes herself. Catering to locals is lifelong North End resident Sartelle’s goal. Though she refuses to serve a bare-chested man, instructing him to go back to his bike and don a shirt, she says she tries to be understanding to those in dire need. When asked what separates her from other markets on the block, she answers, “I’m lower priced than they are — and more flexible. I was once in the same place [the customers] are, and everyone struggles. If someone comes in and is 10 cents short, I’ll let them go. I know I’ll get it back next time.”

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hen I walked into King Arthur Flour last week, my first reflex was to duck. The apron-clad women milling about the classroom were carrying bulky cameras, and they crouched beside rolling pins, plates of pastry and bowls of flour, snapping away. I knew these women were wellknown food bloggers from across the country, who collectively have tens of thousands of followers. But I hadn’t anticipated seeing them so hard at work at barely 8:30 in the morning. KAF had enticed the 10 bloggers to its Norwich headquarters for an event called Blog & Bake, which included two days of baking lessons, two nights at a local inn and some serious bonding. As the initial burst of picture taking subsided, we assembled in a semicircle to watch KAF educator Robyn Sargent share some bread-making techniques. A fine scrim of flour started to coat the cameras as Sargent, her blond hair pulled back in a ponytail, began the demo. A long, tilted mirror above her reflected the still-life tableau of her worktable: a stainless steel mixing bowl, white plastic tubs of flour and sugar, metal measuring cups, and a small tub of granular yeast. “You take these things that are dry, white and hard, and make something ethereal,” she told us, making kneading and baking akin to magic. With easy grace, Sargent demonstrated the proper way to measure flour — sprinkle it into a cup and level it with a pastry scraper to control volume (flour packs easily). Holding up a jug of warm water, she said that 72 to 75 degrees is “the sweet spot,” temperature-wise, for bread making. “It’s water I’d like to climb into,” she added. We all dipped our fingers into it. Next, Sargent wielded a spoonful of sugar: “just the right amount so that your tongue detects a little bit of sweetness.” And salt: “Salt pumps up flavor in baking. Without it, bread would be monochromatic.” The soft pat of butter she plopped into the dough? “It’s a little bit of a party.” The bloggers showed no sign of being bored by these basic baking instructions. After all, they’d flown or driven from at least a half-dozen states at the invitation of Allison Furbish, KAF’s web media coordinator, for this two-day powwow. In addition to hosting classes on making bread, scones, poolish, pizza dough and piecrusts, KAF had invited Sara Moulton, an early doyenne of the Food Network and current host of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” on PBS, to hold a cooking demo and dinner. It took me a few minutes to realize

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that Moulton was standing among us and watching the bread-making demo intently. “I’m thrilled to be here,” said the warm and gracious chef, 5 feet tall and clad in purple Chuck Taylors. Some of these bloggers are baking mavens themselves: Bonnie Cartwright of Northeast Flavor magazine deemed herself a “passionate baker,” and Donna Currie, of the Colorado-based blog Cookistry, said baking was her rebellion during adolescence. But the rest of us, no matter how accomplished as cooks, harbored a touch of what Sargent called “yeast anxiety.” Our ranks also included Jennifer Frosch Leal of Rhode Island, who has more than 9000 followers on Twitter and writes the blog Savoring the Thyme; and Kelsey Banfield of Connecticut, who has carved out a niche as The Naptime

Chef — cooking meals while her toddler sleeps — and has a forthcoming book of the same name. KAF’s Furbish chose the attendees not only for their online prominence, but for their blogs’ aesthetics and content and their word-of-mouth recommendations. “We love working with folks in the traditional media,” Furbish told me a few days later. “But there’s this whole new world of opportunity with bloggers and online media to reach different audiences, and to get our stories out there in different ways. “Each blogger may have hundreds or thousands of followers who have never heard of us before,” she added. “A huge part of our mission is education, and that’s why we bring bloggers here for two days of [it]. Giving us a platform to help us tell our story exposes us to

more potential customers and potential bakers, and we believe in the power of baking to build community and change lives.” King Arthur’s story wends back through the centuries. Importer Henry Wood started it all in 1790 when he began bringing European flour to Boston for sale. Over the ensuing 200 years, partners rotated in and out of the company, and the firm began sourcing flour domestically. In the 1890s, then-partner George E. Wood renamed the company after seeing a musical production of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table; he hoped to distinguish the firm’s painstakingly quality-controlled flour from the low-grade wheat flour heavily used at the time. Almost a century later, owners Frank and Brinna Sands moved King Arthur to Norwich, Vt.; the 1990 advent of its mailorder business spurred its growth. KAF is now employee owned, with a staff of 250 tending to a robust mail-order and retail business and education center. The company recently broke ground on an $8 million expansion. Having wrapped up her demo, Sargent turned us loose to render our own puffy, pillow-soft dough. We sprinkled flour across our tables and kneaded using her mantra of “fold, roll and turn.” While our dough was resting and rising, Sargent gave us a crash course in scones, and then paired us up to try them ourselves. Moulton, who was beside me, became my baking partner. “I’ve made a lot of these, so you can take the lead,” she offered. I tried to look cool about this. Moulton chose dried cherries as her flavor; I picked dried apricots. She separated the eggs and handed me the sugar as I cut pea-size pieces of butter into the flour mixture, crumbled it together with my hands, then flattened a disc of dough and scored it into six wedges. Another KAF staffer whisked them away to an unseen oven. (We didn’t get to taste the scones until the next day; they were a little dry, but flaky and appealingly not too sweet.) King Arthur might have imported a crew of world-class bloggers, but the company itself is no slouch in the blogosphere. Its Baking Banter blog logs tens of thousands of hits per month and has garnered about 20,000 comments since it launched in November 2007. P.J. Hamel, KAF’s main blogger, joined us for lunch that first afternoon. “I hesitate to call it a blog,” she said modestly. “What we’re doing is step-by-step baking instruction.” Over lunch, KAF’s guests revealed what brought them to food blogging. Casey Barber, who lives in New Jersey

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and runs the online magazine Good. student into fearless leader and showed Food. Stories., admitted she started us how to prepare a three-course hers because “I hated my job.” Amber dinner from seasonal ingredients. She Bracegirdle, who was born in Texas deftly deboned a Misty Knoll chicken and lives in New Jersey, plays up breast and blended buttermilk, herbs Southern foods on her whimsical blog and spinach with its most tender flesh Bluebonnets & Brownies. “I started to make a stuffing. “I’m madly in love blogging because I was homesick,” she with buttermilk these days,” Moulton said. “So I started cooking and writ- enthused. ing about the recipes I grew up with.” Later, she stuffed the neon-green Among them: Tacos de Camaron and mixture under the breast’s skin before Hummingbird Cake. roasting. She threw together goatBoston-based Aimee Seavey, who cheese mini-soufflés and prepared blogs on the Apron Archives and guest spiced maple pralines for an arugula blogs for Yankee magazine — said she salad, which she dressed in a quick is enchanted by food traditions and mustard vinaigrette; she whipped up old recipes. Hamel an herbed späetzle echoed her enthufrom scratch; she siasm. “It’s a way fried buttermilk to pass on these old doughnuts. All this recipes,” she said. was achieved within “I love the cultural an hour. aspect of it.” That evening, Each KAF emthe tired but buzzployee we met had a ing crew and mellow, easy camaguests gathered at raderie and seemed long tables in the to revere baking — a Norwich Inn for the message they would same meal, prepared like to share. The by the inn’s staff subtext of each seswith Moulton’s dision — and the event rection. As the cava, as a whole — was grüner veltliner and that KAF (and many pinot noir flowed a baker) considers with each course, a its flour the best, bar few KAF veterans none. The company shared stories about tightly controls the callers to the comprotein content of pany’s hotline, such its flour, which is as the sixtysomeAlliSoN Fu rb iSh, KiNg Arthu r Flou r sourced from grains thing man who fergrown on farms vently rings up each throughout the U.S.; time he undertakes none is allowed to deviate by more than a new baking endeavor. one-tenth of a percent, and none is ever King Arthur had brought to Norwich bleached or bromated. what the company considered some of “This has a silkiness to it,” said KAF the big names in food blogging. By the instructor and blogger Susan Reid, sift- end of the first day, those guests seemed ing KAF bread flour through her fingers ready to recognize KAF as, well, royalty during an afternoon workshop titled in its own sphere. “Got Flour? Choosing the Right One.” The next day, sadly, I headed back Reid discussed flours for various baking to work, but the bloggers stayed to projects — high-protein flours for learn the secrets of prefermented pizza bagels, for instance, and lower-protein dough and pâte brisée. By week’s end, ones for pastry, all within KAF’s protein their photo-essays popped up all over specs. As a demonstration, we were the Internet. Glenda Embree, who lives invited to sample a spread of otherwise- near Lincoln, Neb., called her Busy-atidentical cranberry mini-cupcakes that Home blog entry “Yes, I Did!” had been prepared from nine different “Did I take 863 pictures and learn so flours. With one in each hand, we tried much that my head is about to explode to discern flavor differences. The all- from wanting to share it with you?” she purpose flour — a hard, red variety with writes. “You bet!” m 11.7 percent protein — yielded an ideally moist, light muffin that didn’t crumble or weigh on my palate. King Arthur Flour, Norwich, When Moulton spoke later in the 800-827-6836. kingarthurflour.com afternoon, she morphed from fellow

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VILLAGE-BUILDING CONVERGENCE: Montpelierites build sustainability and celebrate community through skill-sharing workshops, hands-on projects, panel discussions, local food, music and dance. View vbc-vt.org for schedule. Various locations, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3839. VILLAGE-BUILDING CONVERGENCE: PANEL DISCUSSIONS: Speakers delve into sustainabilitycentric topics, including wellness and health care, shelter, food, and the energy-descent action plan over the course of four nights. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 276-3839.

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HISTORIC TOURS: Wander the turrets and balconies of this 19th-century castle boasting brick and marble façades, three floors, and 32 rooms. Wilson Castle, Proctor, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $10. Info, 773-3284, wilsoncastle@aol.com. PUBLIC VIEWING NIGHT: Stargazers head to the College Observatory to take in the full moon and Saturn. See calendar spotlight. Call for a status report in case of inclement weather. McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 9-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2266. RAPTOR ENCOUNTER: Visitors get a glimpse into the fascinating lives of flying hunters in this intimate meet-up. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $8.5010.50; free for kids 3 and under. Info, 359-5000.

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SPRING SHARING & CARING SERIES: Folks learn to distinguish grief from depression at a monthly educational series and support circle. The Arbors at Shelburne, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 866-284-1912. TALK TO THE TRAINER: Wild-bird handlers share tricks of the trade. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 2 p.m. Regular admission, $8.5010.50; free for kids 3 and under. Info, 359-5000. VERMONT CHAMBER’S AEROSPACE AND AVIATION ASSOCIATION OPEN HOUSE: Attendees meet leaders in the aerospace, aviation and defense industries at this event featuring sensors, electronics and robotics, as well as sourcing and supply-chain opportunities. Heritage Aviation Facility, South Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 2230904, ccarrigan@vtchamber.com.

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CLIMATE CHANGE FILM SERIES: The Suzuki Diaries and Weather Report shed light on inspiring people and projects building hope for a sustainable future. Richmond Free Library, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4415. ‘I AM’: Big-shot Hollywood director Tom Shadyac reveals how his life and perceptions of the movie biz changed after suffering a near-fatal cycling accident in this 2010 documentary. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600. ‘WIN WIN’: A small-time lawyer and part-time wrestling coach (Paul Giamatti) unwittingly becomes the guardian of a troubled teen, the grandson of one of his clients, in Thomas McCarthy’s 2011 comedy. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

VERMONT INVITATIONAL LUMBERJACK COMPETITION Saturday, June 18, 11 a.m., at Burke Mountain ski resort. $5; free for kids 8 and under. $7 for optional chairlift ride. Info, 626-7300. skiburke.com

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BARRE FARMERS MARKET: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods in the center of the town. Main Street, Barre, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, barrefarmersmarket@gmail.com. CELEBRATE STRAWBERRY SEASON: From shortcake to jam to quick bread, bakers learn how to best utilize the red, juicy superstar of summer. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

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SUGAR BLUES: Got a sweet tooth? Learn about the causes of sugar cravings and how to deal with them. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-7; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

A handful of Vermont towns turn the big two-five-oh this year, including Tunbridge, Cavendish, Bennington, Ludlow and Brandon. The last celebrates its age by revisiting its roots at the second annual Civil War Day. Though Brandon didn’t see any battle action, the Champlain Valley Historic Reenactors re-create the enlistment activities and running drills that Vermont troops underwent. History geeks can also take a self-guided tour of five Civil War-era homes, one of which belonged to 19th-century abolitionist leader and legislator Rodney Marsh. A screening of Buster Keaton’s 1926 war comedy The General, featuring live piano accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, tops off history presentations, birthday cake and singing.

WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET: Flowers, meats, mushrooms, quail eggs, vegetables and more are readily available, thanks to 30 vendors. Woodstock Village Green, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3555.

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CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery experience the tempering and dipping process. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591. SOUTH HERO FARMERS MARKET: Foodies take advantage of fresh-from-the-farm fare and other local goodies. St. Rose of Lima Church, South Hero, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3291.

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EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE: Stressed out? People learn a form of self-acupuncture that deals with headaches, tension and negative emotions ... sans needles. Network Chiropractic of Vermont, Shelburne, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9850.

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BRANDON CIVIL WAR DAY Saturday, June 18, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., at various locations in Brandon. $10 for historichomes tour and town hall presentations; donations accepted for silent-film screening; other events are free. Info, 247-6401. brandon.org

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Since 1960, the tiny town of Hayward, Wis., has had a claim to fame: It’s the site of the annual Lumberjack World Championships. Loggers from across the globe show wood who’s boss in more than 20 events, from the dizzying 90-foot speed climb to the precarious springboard chop. The third annual Vermont Invitational Lumberjack Competition doesn’t have such a long history, but the throwdown, which takes place on Saturday, is no less thrilling. Championship lumberjacks and ’jills from New England and beyond perform feats of brute strength. While you enjoy barbecued eats and take a scenic chairlift ride, they’ll be working up a sweat in logrolling, ax-throwing and chopping trials.

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As soon as the curtains rise on The Drowsy Chaperone — billed as a musical within a comedy — it becomes clear why the play was the sleeper hit of Broadway in 2006. The premise is this: A theater fanatic puts on his favorite recording, and the Jazz Age musical springs to life in all its glitzy glory within the confines of his lonely apartment. The substory is a typical 1920s songand-dance blowout of showgirls and gangsters, mistaken identities and dream sequences; it’s the dual plot that makes Chaperone sing. The listener’s running commentary provides comic relief, and, when his record skips, so does the action. Watch it all play out at the season opener of St. Michael’s Playhouse, starring Broadway actor Craig Wells.

‘THE DROWSY CHAPERONE’ Wednesday, June 22, 8 p.m., at McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College in Colchester. View website for future dates through July 2. $29.50-38.50. Info, 654-2281. saintmichaelsplayhouse.org

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he heavens are busy on this Wednesday night. While local stargazers will miss out on the total lunar eclipse that’s visible only from the Eastern Hemisphere, they can marvel at the full moon and constellations from a stellar vantage point: the Middlebury College Observatory. At the first open-house night of the season — the college hosts several throughout the summer and into the fall — astronomy buffs take advantage of the observatory dome, which houses a 24-inch DFM Engineering telescope, as well as the observation roof deck that’s rigged with several smaller optical telescopes. Get starry-eyed anytime from 9 to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, 9 to 10:30 p.m., at the College Observatory, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College. Free. Info, 443-2266; call for a status report in case of inclement weather. middlebury.edu

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Morning Meditation: Get your “daily drop of Dharma” in a sitting session with Amy Miller. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 7-8 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

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‘Books to Film’ Club Kickoff: Middle schoolers read stories, then screen them. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420, fairfaxlibrarian@gmail.com. Enosburg Playgroup: Children and their adult caregivers immerse themselves in singing activities and more. American Legion, Enosburg Falls, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Moving & Grooving With Christine: Young ones jam out to rock-and-roll and world-beat tunes. Recommended for ages 2 to 5, but all are welcome. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. RPG Game Club: Teens assume alternate roles in fictional settings through Dungeons and Dragons and more. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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Hablemos Español: Fluent or just learning, folks say hola. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

music

Capital City Band: Community band members toot their own horns in marches and old-time, patriotic and popular songs at an outdoor concert next to the Pavilion Office Building. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-7069. Grand Ol’ Honky Tonk With Brett Hughes: Vermont’s bluegrass and country pickers create danceable uptempos. Other musicians involved include Tyler Bolles, Matt Schrag, Gordon Stone, Caleb Elder and Sean Preece. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 760-4634.

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Heliand Consort: The Summer Light Music concert series includes spirited classical music featuring woodwind quartets and the world premiere of Vermont composer Dan Jamison’s What Pan Was Doing. Mount Mansfield Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Jericho, 7:30 p.m. $5-15 suggested donation. Info, 735-3611, heliand@heliandtrio.org. Music on the Porch: Dave Keller lends his original blues and soul stylings to a picnic on the porch. Waterbury Station, Green Mountain Coffee Visitor Center & Café, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; nonperishablefood-item donations accepted for the Waterbury Food Shelf. Info, 882-2700. Sully Erna: Godsmack’s frontman branches out in his solo album Avalon, a fusion of tribal rhythms, melodic piano and cello, and haunting vocals. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $29.50-44.50. Info, 775-0903. Valley Night: Vorcza grace the lounge with lively jazz. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

outdoors

Sunset/Moonrise Aquadventure: Paddlers of all abilities relish the serenity of the Waterbury Reservoir. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 6:308:30 p.m. $2-3 includes boat rentals; registration required. Info, 279-8448.

Country Club of Barre, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. $125. Info, 225-3221.

talks

‘The Whole Story on Snakes and Salamanders of Richmond’: Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas’ Jim Andrews and seventhgrade students present their fieldwork on amphibian road crossings, a vernal pool mapping project and more. Camel’s Hump Middle School, Richmond, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-7775.

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Talk to the Trainer: See WED.15, 2 p.m.

Peacham Farmers Market: Seasonal berries and produce mingle with homemade crafts and baked goods from the village. Academy Green, Peacham, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3061.

‘The Polished Man and Fancy Footwork Night’: Local rake Ryan Anderson walks members of the male species through etiquette for today’s gentlemen, from mixing drinks to being dashing. Foxtrot, waltz or tango lessons with Madame Elenora Stein follow. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 356-2776.

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The Met: Live in HD: Summer Encore Series: Palace 9: See above listing, Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $12.50-15. Info, 660-9300.

‘I Am’: See WED.15, 7 p.m.

‘The Rocky Horror Show’: Audiences let their inner Transylvanian out at this cult-classic comedy. Merchants Hall, Rutland, 8 p.m. & midnight. $1820. Info, 855-8081.

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Sydney Lea: The Vermont native and award-winning poet, novelist and nonfiction writer excerpts his latest collection of poems, Young of the Year. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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Landscaping With Natives: Green thumbs learn about incorporating native plants into their landscape and avoiding invasive species. Arcana Gardens & Greenhouse, Jericho, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 899-5123.

community

Public Forum: Community energy leaders gather to weigh in on how Vermont will meet its energy needs far into the future. Leahy Center, Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 828-4039 or 223-2328, ext. 112. Public Meeting: South Burlington’s Future Transportation Network: Vermonters weigh in on the future of our landscape and consider what roads, interstates, recreation paths and so on are needed to support it. South Burlington City Offices, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4106. Village-Building Convergence: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Village-Building Convergence: Panel Discussions: See WED.15, 6-8 p.m.

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Contra Dance: Caller Mary Wesley organizes feet in soft-soled shoes to tunes by Peter MacFarlane, Viveka Fox, Hollis Easter and Aaron Marcus. Musicians are welcome to join the band. Pierce Hall Community Center, Rochester, 7:30-10 p.m. $5-8. Info, 617-721-6743.

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Lake Placid Film Forum: Cinema lovers flock to catch locally made North Country Shorts, the “Sleepless in Lake Placid” 24-hour student filmmaking competition and panel discussions with respected people in the field. Various locations, Lake Placid, N.Y., 6-10:30 p.m. Various prices; $85 all-access pass. Info, 518-523-3456. ‘Tales From the Hive’ and ‘Silence of the Bees’: Two films illuminate the secret lives of bees, from honey production to colony collapse disorder. City Market, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700. ‘Win Win’: See WED.15, 7 p.m.

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Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.15, 2 p.m. Farm & Food Tour: A caravan-style expedition to Hardwick-area farms and food businesses introduces visitors to a bustling agricultural community. Preregister. Center for Agricultural Economy, Hardwick, 10 a.m. $50; free for children 10 and under. Info, 472-5840. Fletcher Allen Farmers Market: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Held outside, Fletcher Allen Hospital, Burlington, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 847-0797, tanya.mcdonald@vtmednet. org. Greensboro Farmers Market: On the shores of Caspian Lake, shoppers find a bounty of seasonal fruits and veggies, meats, breads, and baked goods. Town Hall Green, Greensboro, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 533-7455. Hinesburg Farmers Market: Growers sell bunched greens, goat meat and root veggies among vendors of pies, handmade soap and knitwear. United Church of Hinesburg, 3:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, info@hinesburglionsfarmersmarket.org. Jericho Farmers Market: Passersby graze through locally grown veggies, pasture-raised meats, area wines and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 3439778, millsriversidemarket@gmail.com.

sport

Burlington Bombers Roller Derby Open Recruitment: Men and women ages 18 and up rock roller skates at open tryouts for Vermont’s only coed roller-derby league. Bring a mouth guard and any gear you already have. The Edge, Sports & Fitness, 75 Eastwood Dr., South Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 338-2538, email@burlingtonbombers. com. Historic Tours: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Raptor Encounter: See WED.15, 11 a.m.

South Royalton Farmers Market: Various vendors peddle locally grown agricultural goods and unique crafts. Town Green, South Royalton, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 763-8087. Waterbury Farmers Market: Cultivators and their customers swap veggie tales and edible inspirations at a weekly outdoor emporium. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 279-4371, info@waterburyfarmersmarket.com. Willoughby Lake Farmers & Artisan Market: Performances by local musicians join produce, eggs, gemstone jewelry, wind chimes and more to lure buyers throughout the warm months. 1975 Route 5A, Westmore, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 525-8842.

games

Chess Club: Checkmate! Board-game players try to attack the king with sly strategies. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $2-3. Info, 363-5803.

health & fitness

Morning Meditation: See WED.15, 7-8 a.m. Women’s Zumba Class: Fast-paced rhythms fuel a Latin-inspired dance-fitness party led by Casey Clark. Chabad of Vermont, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $5. Info, 658-5770.

kids

Alburgh Playgroup: Tots form friendships over stories, songs and crafts. Alburgh Family Center, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Georgia Playgroup: Provided snacks offer an intermission to free play. Rain location: Georgia Youth Center. Town Beach, Georgia, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 527-5426. Montgomery Playgroup: Little ones up to age 2 exercise their bodies and their minds in the company of adult caregivers. Montgomery Town Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Music With Raphael: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Open Computer Time: Teens play games and surf the web on library laptops. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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Groovin’ on the Green Concert Series: The Nobby Reed Project sound out blues notes on the grass. Maple Tree Place, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-9100. Heliand Consort: See WED.15. Holy Ghost Tent Revival: This six-piece ensemble from North Carolina plays a benefit concert for the Carving Studio. J. Rumney opens. The Carving Studio, West Rutland, 7-10 p.m. $10-15. Info, 438-2097.

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New England Culinary Institute Golf Tournament: Players tee off in a scramble format to support culinary-student scholarships.

New North End Farmers Market: Eaters stroll through an array of offerings, from sweet treats to farm-grown goods. Elks Lodge, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-8072, newnorthendmarket@ hotmail.com.

The Met: Live in HD: Summer Encore Series: Catamount Arts Center: Patricia Racette stars in Giacomo Puccini’s three-act opera Madame Butterfly. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 748-2600.

Basic Bike Maintenance: A cycle-shop pro introduces free wheelers to the basics of bicycle anatomy, flat fixes and roadside survival skills. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

Kidpower Workshop: Parents of children and youths with developmental disabilities learn safety skills and exercises to practice with them at home. Vermont Family Network, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; space is limited; preregister. Info, 425-5437, kidpowervermont@gmail.com.

SEABA Annual Meeting: Flamingo Fling: Supporters of the arts celebrate the South End over food, drinks, live music and networking. Soda Plant, Burlington, networking, 5 p.m.; festivities, 5:30-8 p.m. $10-15; cash bar. Info, 859-9222.

Linda Radtke: The musician gives a costumed rundown of major state benchmarks in “Vermont History Through Song.” Howden Hall Community Center, Bristol, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 453-6029.

Music at Moose Meadow: New York singer-songwriter Dan Manjovi, who wrote “Somethin’s Comin’ My Way” for the soundtrack to Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, performs to support the Eleva Chamber Players’ educational programs. Moose Meadow Lodge, Waterbury, 6 p.m. $25-250 donation includes dinner reception. Info, 244-8354. da n

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Rotary Concerts in the Park: The East Bay Jazz Ensemble produce smooth standards in the open air. Rain location: Thatcher Brook Primary School. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 882-2700. Snow Farm Vineyard Concert Series: The Rythym Rockets serve up tunes by the grape vines. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, picnicking, 5 p.m.; music, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 372-9463.

outdoors

Medicinal Plant Walk: Betzy Bancroft, codirector of the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, identifies medicinals at Two Rivers Center. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com. Owl Prowl & Night Ghost Hike: Flashlight holders spy denizens of the dark on a journey to 120-year-old settlement ruins, where Vermont ghost tales await. Meet at History Hike parking lot. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7-9 p.m. $2-3. Info, 244-7103.

talks

Café Scientifique: Nick Gotelli, UVM professor and community ecologist, considers the teaching of evolution in public schools in “Creationism in the Science Classroom?” ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; for ages 21 and up; cash bar. Info, 877-324-6386.

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Vermont Swing Dance Championships: Worldclass West Coast swing dancers move to the beat in three days of workshops, lessons, open dancing, demos and competitions. Fireside Inn & Suites, West Lebanon, N.H., 3 p.m.-midnight. $25-135. Info, 603-369-2936.

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Historic Tours: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mount Mansfield Scale Modelers: Hobbyists break out the superglue and sweat the small stuff at a miniature-construction skill swap. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0765. ‘Name That Movie!’: Cinemaddicts try to correctly title films by screening a barrage of short clips at happy hour. The CineClub, Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 5-6 p.m. $2.50. Info, 229-0598. Prerace Check-In & Mini Expo: The day before the fourth annual Run for Empowerment, benefiting Women Helping Battered Women, folks meet with race sponsors, staff and volunteers, and register and pick up race packets. Light refreshments provided. Lobby, 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3131, ext. 1077. Raptor Encounter: See WED.15, 11 a.m. Summer Job Fair: Employment seekers rub elbows with local businesses. Opera House, Rutland, noon-5 p.m. Free. Info, 786-8808. Talk to the Trainer: See WED.15, 2 p.m.

fairs & festivals

Fringe Festival: See WED.15, noon.

‘Così Fan Tutte’: The Emerging Artist Production of the Green Mountain Opera Festival brings Mozart’s opera buffa to the stage. Skinner Barn Theater, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $26. Info, 496-7722. ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’: Lost Nation Theater presents Ron Hutchinson’s farce chronicling the hilarious screenplay-writing process of Gone With the Wind, which involves five wild days in a locked office. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492. Opera Night: Theatergoers catch a rebroadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s Armida. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 496-8994. ‘The Rocky Horror Show’: See WED.15, 8 p.m. & midnight.

Willard Randall: The author of Ethan Allen: His Life and Times leads a lecture and book signing. Special Collections Reading Room, Bailey/Howe Library, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 6562138, uvmsc@uvm.edu.

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Village-Building Convergence: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

dance

Ballroom Lesson & Dance Social: Singles and couples of all levels of experience take a twirl. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; open dancing, 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 862-2269.

‘The Conspirator’: A young lawyer reluctantly agrees to defend the sole woman implicated in President Lincoln’s assassination in Robert Redford’s 2010 historical drama. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600. ‘White Irish Drinkers’: Two brothers looking to escape their working-class neighborhood for a better life find the answer may take them outside of the law in John Gray’s 2010 drama. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

Chelsea Farmers Market: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with meat, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 685-9987, chelseacommunitymarket@gmail.com. Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.15, 2 p.m. Fair Haven Farmers Market: Community entertainment adds flair to farm produce, pickles, relishes and more. Fair Haven Park, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 518-282-9781, sherry12887@yahoo.com. Five Corners Farmers Market: From natural meats to breads and wines, farmers share the bounty of the growing season at an open-air exchange. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6701, 5cornersfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. Hardwick Farmers Market: A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with fresh produce and handcrafted goods. Granite Street, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2337, hardwickfarmersmarket@gmail.com. Hartland Farmers Market: Everything from freshly grown produce to specialty food abounds at outdoor stands highlighting the local plenitude. Hartland Public Library, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 4362500, hartlandfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

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Exercise for Balance: Participants focus on balance and flexibility through gentle cardiovascular movement to music, strength training and stretching. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5. Info, 658-7477, sheskies@ gmail.com. Morning Meditation: See WED.15, 7-8 a.m. Nia Dance Class: Eclectic music and a fusion fitness workout engage the whole body. Open Sky Studio, Bristol, 5:30-6:45 p.m. $10. Info, 273-2312.

kids

High School Book Group: Bookworms crack open all manner of tomes, from plays to graphic novels to short stories. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Montgomery Tumble Time: Physical-fitness activities help build strong muscles. Montgomery Recreation Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Science & Stories: Beach Treasures: Kids have aha! moments regarding the ocean and sand. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $9.50-12.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386. Swanton Playgroup: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Swanton, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

language

Tertulia Latina: Latino Americanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español. Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440.

music

Hardscrabble: The band blends acoustic instruments and vocal harmonies in bluegrass, blues and westernswing genres at the Five Corners Farmers Market. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6701. Heliand Consort: See WED.15, Radio Bean, Burlington. Jeremiah McLane & Annemieke Spoelstra: In “Folklassics,” the accordionist and pianist perform worldly melodies by Piazzolla, Bartók, Hovhaness and Granados, as well as original compositions. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 864-7704.

Reunion Festival: Brothers McCann host a two-day music festival featuring Darlingside, Rockspring, Ross Livermore, Goosepimp Orchestra, the Primate Fiasco, Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion, the Baker Thomas Band, and Danielle Miraglia. Bissex Homestead, Plainfield, 8 p.m.midnight. $45-50. Info, 617-872-1394. Terry Chance and the Mavericks: Yani Batteau and the Styles join forces with this country band. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966. Village Harmony Alumni Ensemble Concert: Fifteen college-age and young-adult alums perform a repertoire of music traditions drawn from around the world. Unitarian Church, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 457-2844.

outdoors

‘Birds By Ear’: Why does the uncaged bird sing? Find out on an evening excursion full of songs and sightings. Meet at the Nature Center. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10-11:30 a.m. $2-3. Info, 244-7103. Evening Canoe Series: Adult paddlers make a wake through the lower White River with Marty Banak of Wilderness Trails and a VINS naturalist. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 5:30-8 p.m. $16-20; additional $25 rental for boats; preregister. Info, 359-5000, ext. 223.

seminars

‘Masterful Living: The Elements of Life’: attendees explore their relationships to earth, air, fire and water in this workshop with local author, healer and teacher Kirk White. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 660-8060.

theater

‘’Allo, ‘Allo!’: A hapless café owner tries to conceal a priceless portrait in a sausage in this World War II farce presented by the Marble Valley Players. West Rutland Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 775-0903. ‘Carmen’: Bizet’s French opera, presented as the Green Mountain Opera Festival’s Mainstage Production, tells the story of a seductive gypsy girl. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $25-60. Info, 496-7722. ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’: See THU.16, 8 p.m. ‘The Rocky Horror Show’: See WED.15, 8 p.m. & midnight.

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Brown Bag Book Club: Readers gab about Howard Frank Mosher’s Walking to Gatlinburg at lunchtime. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Westford Farmers Market: Purveyors of produce and other edibles take a stand at outdoor stalls. Westford Common, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 524-7317, info@westfordfarmersmarketvt.org.

‘Piano Music and the Imagination’: Members of Greenfield Piano Associates feature engaging works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn and others. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted for the GPA Scholarship Fund. Info, 864-0471.

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Argentinean Tango: Shoulders back, chin up! With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077.

Lake Placid Film Forum: See THU.16, 2-10:30 p.m.

Richmond Farmers Market: Live music entertains fresh-food browsers at a melody-centered market connecting farmers and cooks. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5273, cmader@surfglobal.net.

‘Middlebury Does Soul’: Local musicians clap their hands as they re-create stirring songs by Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Gladys Knight, the Jackson 5 and more. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $17. Info, 382-9222.

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Story Time: Lit lovers of all ages take in fanciful tales. Bud & Bella’s Bookshop, Randolph, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 728-5509.

Friday Night Flicks: A golden retriever, a sassy cat and a bulldog pup leave home to reunite with their family in Homeward Bound. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 877-6737.

Lyndonville Farmers Market: A seasonal rotation of fresh fruit, veggies, meats, cheeses and more makes its way into shoppers’ hands, courtesy of more than 20 vendors. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 533-7455, lyndonfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Karaoke Night: Cowboy Dan spins tunes on request. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 9 p.m.-midnight. Free. Info, 496-8994.

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Ludlow Farmers Market: Merchants divide a wealth of locally farmed products, artisanal eats and unique crafts. Front lawn, Okemo Mountain School, Ludlow, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 734-3829, lfmkt@tds.net.

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Community Farm Work Day: Farmhands get busy in the soil in return for veggies. Community Farm, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 748-9498. Open Farm Work Day: Citizen farmers get some hands-on experience in sheet mulching before a light meal. Peace of Earth Farm, Albany, 2-5 p.m. Free. Info, 755-6336.

art

Annual Festival of Fine Art: Sidewalk Chalk/Pastel Competition: Imaginative drawings adorn the pavement. Register at the Art’s Alive tent near the fountain; judging begins at 3:30 p.m. Burlington City Hall Park, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 8641557, artsalivevt@yahoo. com. Wood-Carving Class: Teen and adult whittlers shape and paint an eastern bluebird with David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $25-35; preregister. Info, 434-2167, museum@birdsofvermont.org.

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Wood-Carving Demo: Visitors avid about avians see trees being whittled into models of various bird species. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 1-2 p.m. Free with regular admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.

An Evening of Kirtan & Devotional Music: Kirtankars calm their minds to the chants and rhythmic mantras provided by Carrie Grossman and Justing Hillman. Proceeds support the work of the Vermont Community Yoga Project. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10-25 suggested donation. Info, 864-9642. Brandon Civil War Day: On its 250th anniversary, the Rutland County town revisits its roots. Catch the Champlain Valley Historic reenactors in action, tour a Civil War-era house, listen in on historical presentations, eat birthday cake and more. See calendar spotlight. Various locations, Brandon, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Various prices and donations. Info, 247-6401. Historic House Tour: As part of Brandon’s 250th birthday celebration, folks take a self-guided tour through five stately homes from the Civil War era. Various locations, Brandon, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $10 includes historical presentation; free for kids under 18. Info, 247-6401. Historic Tours: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ‘Honoring Native Ways’: Dancing, arts and crafts, storytelling, lectures, and a native encampment connect people to the history and culture of those who were the first to walk the lands around the Champlain Islands. Shore Acres Inn & Restaurant, North Hero, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 318-6229.

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Horse Sense Demonstration: Certified equine guided educator Lucinda Newman explores human leadership and social dynamics by identifying parallels in horse communication. Meet at the co-op and carpool to Horses & Pathfinders in Moretown. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon $10-12; preregister. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@ hungermountain.com.

community

‘Pet-a-Palooza!’: Pet-rescue groups hold a daylong adoption clinic, and many adoption rates will be lowered for the day. Curtis Lumber in Burlington, Williston and Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 651-6500 or 518-561-2691.

BCA Summer Artist Market: Local artisans display contemporary craft and fine-art objects as weather permits. Burlington City Hall Park, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166, kmacon@ ci.burlington.vt.us.

Village-Building Convergence: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

conferences

Woodstock Digital Media Festival: Business founders, artists, nonprofits and academics gather at this showcase exploring the intersection of art, media and technology. The lineup includes small-group interactive activities, discussion, an artists exhibit, and an evening music performance and reception. Various locations, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Various prices; $89-99 for all-access pass. Info, 914-788-1005.

dance

Double Vision: The professional dance company wraps up a month-long residency with new works, including a fast-paced duet, an innovative group piece and an experiment in computer-aided choreography. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 229-4676. Montpelier Contra Dance: Will Mentor calls the steps as folks in soft-soled shoes move to live airs by Clew Bay. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 744-6163.

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Vermont Swing Dance Championships: See FRI.17, 10 a.m.-midnight.

‘Pets Around the World’ Parade: Got a cat? Llama? Maybe just a fish? Animals and their owners make their way down Main Street in a quirky procession featuring a camel named T’eau Joe. Proceeds benefit the Kingdom Animal Shelter and the Agency on Aging for Northeastern Vermont’s Meals to Pets program. Arnold Park, St. Johnsbury, 8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-7121. Vermont Entomological Society: Bug out with other insect lovers on an outdoor excursion. Preregister. Peacham Bog, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 893-1845. Vermont Invitational Lumberjack Competition: Wood stands no chance in logrolling, ax-throwing, chopping and chainsaw competitions. See calendar spotlight. Burke Mountain ski resort, East Burke, 11 a.m. $5; free for kids 8 and under. Info, 626-7300.

fairs & festivals

Fringe Festival: See WED.15, noon. Pocock Rocks!: Main Street turns pedestrian only to fit in an outdoor stage, food vendors, artsand-crafts booths and more at this music festival and street fair. Main Street, Bristol, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 453-7378. Solstice Brew-Grass Festival: Beer hounds drink up local suds and bluegrass tunes. Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 3-8 p.m. $25. Info, 800-537-8427.

Summer Shenanigans Block Party: Local artists, crafters and musicians share their talents in art displays, live performances and tunes, drawing demos, stilt walking, and more. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Free. Info, 518-335-2295.

film

Lake Placid Film Forum: See THU.16, 1-10:30 p.m. Silent-Film Night: New Hampshire composer Jeff Rapsis improvises a film score to the 1926 Buster Keaton classic The General. Proceeds support the town hall’s ongoing renovation. Brandon Town Hall, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 603-236-9237. ‘The Conspirator’: See FRI.17, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. ‘White Irish Drinkers’: See FRI.17, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.

food & drink

Bristol Farmers Market: Weekly music and kids’ activities add to the edible wares of local food and craft vendors. Town Green, Bristol, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 453-6796, bristolfarmersmarket@ gmail.com. Burlington Farmers Market: Dozens of vendors sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to ethnic cuisine to pottery to artisan cheese. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Caledonia Farmers Market: Growers, crafters and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor stands centered on local eats. 50 Railroad St., St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Capital City Farmers Market: Fresh produce, perennials, seedlings, home-baked foods and handmade crafts lure local buyers throughout the growing season. 60 State St., Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 2232958, manager@ montpelierfarmersmarket.com. Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.15, 2 p.m. Cupcake Showdown: Bakers battle it out for tiny-cake glory and onlookers do the judging. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-335-2295, ecraftygeekbrigade@gmail.com. Enosburg Falls Farmers Market: A morethan-20-year-old bazaar offers herbs, jellies, vegetables and just-baked goodies in the heart of the village. Lincoln Park, Enosburg Falls, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 933-4503. Feast With the Beasts: Local food in creative cuisine supports the museum’s school services, collections care and building maintenance. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, 6 p.m. $50 includes buffet and wine or beer. Info, 7482372, arubin@fairbanksmuseum.org. Grand Isle Farmers Market: Shoppers browse through a wide selection of local fruits, veggies and handmade crafts. St. Joseph Church Hall, Grand Isle, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3291. Middlebury Farmers Market: Crafts, cheeses, breads and veggies vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-0178, middleburyfm@yahoo.com.

Milton Farmers Market: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Milton Grange, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 893-7734. Morrisville Farmers Market: Foodies stock up on local provender. On the green, Hannaford Supermarket & Pharmacy, Morrisville, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 888-7053, hbirdfarm@yahoo.com. Mount Tom Farmers Market: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 763-2070, foxxfarm@aol.com. Northwest Farmers Market: Stock up on local, seasonal produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5821. Norwich Farmers Market: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land, not to mention baked goods, handmade crafts and local entertainment. Next to Fogg’s Hardware & Building Supply and the Bike Hub. Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447, manager@norwichfarmersmarket.org. Pasta Dinner: Folks down oodles of noodles to support Blue Star Mothers of Vermont, a nonprofit Vermont veterans service organization. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 5:30 p.m. $8. Info, 922-5591. Rutland County Farmers Market: Downtown strollers find high-quality fruits and veggies, mushrooms, fresh-cut flowers, sweet baked goods, and artisan crafts within arms’ reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813. Shelburne Farmers Market: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties grace outdoor tables at a presentation of the season’s best. Shelburne Parade Ground, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2472, info@sbpavt.org. Table Talk Dinner: A three-course supper of local foods at 6 p.m. precedes a 7:30 p.m. talk by Erin Cinelli, executive director of the Spannocchia Foundation, on the work of this Tuscan nonprofit educational center focused on preserving the heritage, food and culture of the Tuscan landscape. Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek, Bristol, 6-9 p.m. $25 for dinner; talk is free. Info, 453-2432. Waitsfield Farmers Market: Local bands enliven an outdoor outlet for homegrown herbs, flowers and fruits, and handmade breads, cheeses and syrups. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 4728027 or 498-4734. Williston Farmers Market: Shoppers seek prepared foods and unadorned produce at a weekly open-air affair. Town Green, Williston, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 735-3860, christinamead@willistonfarmersmarket.com.

health & fitness

Walk for Thought: A lakeside jaunt raises funds for the Brain Injury Association of Vermont. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 9 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 877-856-1772.

kids

Read to a Dog: Stories form a bond between young readers and Therapy Dogs of Vermont. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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Classic Albums Live Performs ‘Abbey Road’: The Beatles’ final recording is reproduced note for note. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $38. Info, 760-4634.

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‘Green Mountain Gold’: Burlington singersongwriter Mary McGinniss performs a solo set of originals from her recent album, Red Tails and the Road, in the venue’s first concert series. StudioThree, South Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15. Info, 866-639-6577.

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Green Mountain Youth SYMphonY: More than 20 instrumentalists collaborate in “Blazin’ Cellos and Basses.” Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 221-4697.

danCe ClaSS: Singles and couples of all levels receive brief instruction for an evening of ballroom dancing, foxtrot and swing. Old Town Hall, Brookfield, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10. Info, 276-3776, brookfieldoth@gmail.com.

heliand ConSort: See WED.15, Old West Church. ‘MiddleburY doeS Soul’: See FRI.17, 8 p.m. Mike Goudreau Jazz band: The quintet plays original compositions and classic jazz hits in a benefit concert that will be recorded with the goal of producing a live album. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 334-2216.

villaGe-buildinG ConverGenCe: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

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iSraeli danCe: Movers bring clean, soft-soled shoes and learn traditional circle or line dances. Partners not required. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:25-9:30 p.m. $2; free to firsttimers. Info, 888-5706, portico@ stowevt.net. ‘the More You FiGht, the More You Sink’: Meghan Burgess, the newest recipient of the Flynn’s N.A.S.A. Grant Award, shares her work-in-progress. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 3 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 863-5966.

naShville SonGwriterS’ round: Four local musicians sit onstage and take turns playing original songs. Cabaret Room, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 748-2600. reunion FeStival: See FRI.17, noon-midnight.

verMont SwinG danCe ChaMpionShipS: See FRI.17, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

outdoors

peaChaM boG walk: Stretch your legs while exploring the quagmire. Kettle Pond, Peacham, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 893-1845.

sport

introduCtorY biCYCle ride: Folks new to road cycling set a leisurely pace while learning the rules of the road and how to ride in a group. Helmets required; riders under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Dorset Park, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 399-2352. run For eMpowerMent: Legs make long strides at the annual 10K run, 5K walk/run and 1K kids’ fun run supporting Women Helping Battered Women. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 9 a.m. $10-35 donation per individual; additional fundraising encouraged. Info, 658-3131, ext. 1077.

talks

willard randall: The author speaks about the life and times of Ethan Allen, one of Vermont’s best-known historic figures. Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 1-2 p.m. $5; free for kids under 15. Info, 948-2000.

‘’allo, ‘allo!’: See FRI.17, 7:30 p.m. ‘CoSì Fan tutte’: See THU.16, 7:30 p.m. ‘MoonliGht and MaGnoliaS’: See THU.16, 8 p.m. ‘the roCkY horror Show’: See WED.15, 8 p.m. & midnight.

StorY tiMe: See THU.16, 11 a.m.

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FrinGe FeStival: See WED.15, noon.

June 30: Doll Fashion Extravaganza. Dress to the nines and bring your favorite doll to the Museum. Spend the evening prepping for a fashion runway extravaganza. July 7: Lecture & Gallery Tour. Paper artist Michael Velliquette leads a gallery tour of his work in Paperwork: In 3D. Pre-registration required. Please email kziegler@shelburnemuseum.org July 14: Magic at the Museum: A Harry Potter Evening. Grab your wand and “apparate” to the Museum as we celebrate the release of the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. July 21: Music at the Museum featuring the Myra Flynn Trio. The acclaimed singer/songwriter brings her soulful sounds to the Museum grounds.

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July 28: Mini Golf Mania. “Fore” golfers of all ages! Play nine holes inspired by the Museum’s grounds and buildings.

‘the ConSpirator’: See FRI.17, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.

August 4: Build-o-rama. From origami and paper airplanes to Lincoln Logs and Legos, join us in the Construction Zone.

lake plaCid FilM ForuM: See THU.16, noon-4:15 p.m. ‘white iriSh drinkerS’: See FRI.17, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.

food & drink

ChoColate-dippinG deMo: See WED.15, 2 p.m. iCe CreaM SundaYS: Who needs the ice cream man? Visitors churn their own flavors while learning about the scientific and historical aspects of the tradition. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $3-12; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355.

August 11: High Style. A fashionable evening with a special guest and locally designed gear. Create your own designs with fashion illustrator Jacquelyn Heloise.

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South burlinGton FarMerS Market: Growers and producers parcel out the fruits of the soil. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569. Stowe FarMerS Market: Preserves, produce and other provender attract fans of local food. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027 or 498-4734, info@stowevtfarmersmarket.com.

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Garden-SkillS workShop & tourS: Greenskeepers bring their queries on seed saving, plant propagation, weed identification and more. Preregister for a garden tour at noon. Perennial Pleasures Nursery, East Hardwick, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 472-5104, annex@perennialpleasures.net.

hiStoriC tourS: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunsets at Shelburne Museum Thursday evenings from June 23-August 11. Upcoming programs, 5-7:30 p.m. unless noted:

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blue Star MotherS oF verMont Chapter MeetinG: Members of the nonprofit Vermont veterans service organization flock to a monthly gathering. American Legion, Colchester, 1:30-4 p.m. Free. Info, 951-1790.

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battleField third SundaY: In a living history presentation, a 1777 Vermonter imparts the details of historic battles and daily life during the American Revolution. Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, Bomoseen, 1-2 p.m. $2; free for children under 15. Info, 273-2282.

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2011 new enGland ‘livinG’ Show houSe: Interior designers and landscape architects have artfully redesigned this 20th-century B&B. Tour it to help raise money for seven charities. Juniper Hill Inn, Windsor, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $25. Info, 674-5273.

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Winooski Farmers Market: Area growers and bakers offer “more than just wild leeks.” On the green, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, winooskimarket@gmail.com.

health & fitness

2011 New England ‘Living’ Show House: See SUN.19, noon-3 p.m.

‘The Conspirator’: See FRI.17, 7 p.m.

Blessing of the Babies: It takes a village to raise a child ... so nomadic blesser Beverly Bell Kent invites little ones and their families to a community ritual and celebration of birth. All Together Now, East Montpelier, 10:45-11:30 a.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 223-1730. Read to a Dog: See SAT.18, 1-2 p.m. Sundays for Fledglings: Youngsters go avian crazy in hiking, acting, writing or exploring activities. Preregister. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2 p.m. Free with museum admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.

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Burlington Concert Band: A local ensemble takes over the band shell with pop, jazz, show tunes and classical music. Battery Park, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 598-1830. Point CounterPoint: In “New Music on the Point,” the chamber ensemble performs works by Kathryn Alexander, David Rakowski and young composers. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 382-9222. SEVENDAYSvt.com

Vermont Lake Monsters: The Green Mountain State’s minor-league baseball team bats against the Lowell Spinners. Centennial Field, Burlington, 7:05 p.m. Individual game tickets, $5-8. Info, 655-4200.

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Village-Building Convergence: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Historic Tours: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Father’s Day Fun Run: Awards go to fastest overall male, female, dad, senior and more in this 5K road race. Maple Street Park, Essex, 9 a.m. $12-15; sign up with Dad or Granddad and their registration is free. Info, 878-1375.

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‘Birds By Ear’: See FRI.17, 10-11:30 a.m. ‘Jaunt From Jasper Mine’ Bicycle Ride: Helmet heads take a 40- or 60-mile rolling ride through Georgia, Milton, St. Albans Bay, Swanton and beyond. Jasper Mine Rd., Colchester, 9:45 a.m. Free. Info, 735-1836. Nature Walk: Older children and adults learn to identify native trees and shrubs on a walk through woodlands and meadows with Norman Pellett. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10 a.m.-noon. $6; free for museum members; space is limited; preregister. Info, 434-2167, museum@ birdsofvermont.org.

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‘’Allo, ‘Allo!’: See FRI.17, 2 p.m. ‘Carmen’: See FRI.17, 3 p.m. SEVEN DAYS

Group Road Bike Ride: Cyclists pedal in and around Burlington on a 20- to 25-mile excursion. Helmets required. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

Anusara Grand Circle: Just before Wanderlust Vermont, hundreds of yogis gather on the high peaks for a three-and-a-half day dive into the hatha yoga practice with founder John Friend and other teachers. Stratton Mountain Ski Resort, 7:30 p.m. $500 all-access pass; visit anusaragrand.wanderlustfestival.com for details..

Community Father’s Day Breakfast: The Ladies Auxiliary organizes a spread of eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, home fries and toast to honor dads. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. $3-7. Info, 878-0700.

‘Moonlight and Magnolias’: See THU.16, 2 p.m.

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Getting Down to Business: Entrepreneurs receive advice on turning that great idea into a successful biz in this five-week series. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext. 10.

Weston Playhouse Open House: Theater lovers tour the newly renovated playhouse and hit up a community cookout. Weston Playhouse, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 824-8167.

film

‘White Irish Drinkers’: See FRI.17, 7 p.m.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.15, 2 p.m. Cooking With Soy Milk & Tofu: Chris Bennet of Vermont Soy shares fun facts about soybean consumption and prepares dishes such as marinated tofu, a dairy-free cheese log and soy-milk smoothies. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

talks

Jacqueline B. Carr: As part of the ongoing “Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women” series, this UVM professor explores how Boston and social-reform movements shaped and inspired the popular author. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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Marjorie Cady Memorial Writers Group: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through “homework” assignments, creative exercises and sharing. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpotter935@comcast. net.

Wellness Seminar: The Foundation for Wellness Professionals hosts a program on “The Five Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss, Looking and Feeling Younger, and Correcting Type II Diabetes.” Chiropractic First Family Wellness Center, South Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free; space is limited; preregister. Info, 657-3000.

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Alburgh Playgroup: Tots form friendships over stories, songs and crafts. Alburgh Elementary School, 12:15-1 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Creative Tuesdays: Artists engage their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Friendly Faces: See MON.20, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & 1:30-3:30 p.m. Open Computer Time: See THU.16, 3-4:30 p.m. South Hero Playgroup: Free play, crafting and snacks entertain children and their grown-up companions. South Hero Congregational Church, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Story Hour: Tales and picture books catch the attention of little tykes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Thetford Farmers Market: Quilts and crafts supplement edible offerings of fruits and vegetables, honey, pastries, maple syrup, and more. Thetford Hill Green, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 785-4404.

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Story Time for Tots: Three- to 5-year-olds savor stories, songs, crafts and company. CarpenterCarse Library, Hinesburg, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 482-2878.

health & fitness

Community Farm Work Day: See SAT.18, 4-6 p.m.

Toddler Story Time: Tots 3 and under discover the wonder of words. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 9:30-10 a.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

Anusara Grand Circle: See SUN.19, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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Aura Healing Clinic: People receive treatment for and feedback about their personal energy fields. Golden Sun Healing Center, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 922-9090.

Getting Down to Business: See MON.20, 6:307:30 p.m.

Exercise for Balance: See FRI.17, 10-11 a.m.

2011 New England ‘Living’ Show House: See SUN.19, noon -3 p.m.

Herbal Clinic: Folks learn to improve their health with herbal medicines at a personalized, confidential consultation with faculty and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

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Friendly Faces: Young ones registered for the Summer Reading Program get transformed with face paint. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Isle La Motte Playgroup: Children ages 6 and under take over the playground. Isle La Motte Elementary School, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Music With Raphael: See THU.16, 10:45 a.m. Shake Hands With Mayor Kiss: Youngsters receive some summer-reading encouragement. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

music

Recorder-Playing Group: Musicians produce early folk and baroque melodies. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6580030, info@prestomusic.net. Vergennes City Band Rehearsals: The community ensemble masters melodies. Band Room, Vergennes Union High School & Middle School, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2938, ext. 218. Vermont Fiddle Orchestra Rehearsals: New and established members of the nonprofit community orchestra fiddle around at practice time. St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-343-3531, info@vtfiddleorchestra. org.

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Historic Tours: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

film

‘Casablanca’: The Catamount Community Film Series brings old Hollywood favorites back to the big screen. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘The Conspirator’: See FRI.17, 7 p.m. ‘White Irish Drinkers’: See FRI.17, 7 p.m.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.15, 2 p.m. Johnson Farmers Market: A street emporium bursts with local agricultural products, ranging from produce to herbs to fresh-baked bread. United Church, Johnson, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1682. Old North End Farmers Market: Local farmers sell the fruits of their fields, and their labor. Integrated Arts Academy, H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073. Rutland County Farmers Market: See SAT.18, 3-6 p.m.

health & fitness

Anusara Grand Circle: See SUN.19, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Laughter Yoga: What’s so funny? Giggles burst out as gentle aerobic exercise and yogic breathing meet unconditional laughter to enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual health and wellbeing. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 355-5129. Morning Meditation: See WED.15, 7-8 a.m.

language

Pause Café: French speakers of all levels converse en français. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

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Concert in the Park: The Waterbury Community Band makes merry music out of doors. Waterbury Center Park, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2137, info@waterburycommunityband.org. Fairfax Summer Concert Series: Carol Ann Jones’ acoustic trio brings lively airs to the campus green. Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420, fairfaxlibrarian@gmail.com. Green Mountain Chorus: Men who like to sing learn four-part harmonies at an open meeting of this all-guy barbershop group. St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 505-9595. Milton Community Band Rehearsal: Director Phil Mears oversees bandmates and new members in a varied repertoire jumping from patriotic tunes to Broadway favorites. Band room, Milton Elementary School, 7-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1398.

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Summer Solstice Sunset Aquadventure: Rowers soak in the longest daylight of the year while looking for loons, beavers and spectacular views. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 6:30-9 p.m. $2-3 includes boat rentals; registration required. Info, 244-7103. Summer Solstice Wilderness Discovery Walk: Revel in the light as naturalist Anna Berger illuminates the history and plant, animal and fungal communities of the forest. St. Johnsbury Town Forest, 9 a.m. $8; free for children under 12. Info, 748-9498, info@stjfoodcoop.com. Winooski River Sojourn: Paddlers take to their canoes or kayaks on a multiday, water-guided tour of the river basin. Winooski River, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Various prices per day; see winooskiriver.org/ sojourn for details and locations. Info, 882-8276.

sport

Adult Floor Hockey: Male and female players ages 18 and up work up a sweat with the Greater Burlington Hockey Club. Sports & Fitness Edge, 4 Gauthier Dr., Essex, 7-9 p.m. $5; sticks provided. Info, 399-2985.

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Start Smart Credit: Young adults ages 16 and up and their parents learn how to avoid costly errors and establish a good credit score. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790.

sport

Vermont Lake monSterS: See MON.20, 7:05 p.m.

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amy miLLer: In “Cultivating True Happiness Through Establishing a Practice,” the director of the Milarepa Center offers a fun and relaxed approach to spiritual practice through meditation and discussion. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136. WinooSki riVer Sojourn dinner: Norwich University professor George Springston provides a fascinating account of the Winooski Watershed’s geologic history. Montpelier High School, dinner, 6 p.m.; talk, 7 p.m. $5 for talk; $12-22 for dinner and talk; free for kids under 10. Info, 882-8276.

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Ben HeWitt: The local author of Making Supper Safe looks into the past, present and potential future of our nation’s response to pathogenic bacteria in food. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

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HiStoriC tourS: See WED.15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

film

‘tHe ConSpirator’: See FRI.17, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m.

food & drink

Barre FarmerS market: See WED.15, 3-6:30 p.m. CHoCoLate-dipping demo: See WED.15, 2 p.m.

SoutH Hero FarmerS market: See WED.15, 4-7 p.m. WoodStoCk FarmerS market: See WED.15, 3-6 p.m.

health & fitness

morning meditation: See WED.15, 7-8 a.m.

kids

enoSBurg pLaygroup: See WED.15, 9-11 a.m. rpg game CLuB: See WED.15, 3-5 p.m.

itaLian ConVerSation group: Parla Italiano? A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.

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WiLd ediBLe & mediCinaL pLant WaLk: Wilderness explorers learn about greenery identification, the principles of sustainable wild harvesting and ways of offering gratitude to the plants. Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury, 6-7:30 p.m. $10; no one turned away for lack of funds; preregister. Info, 456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool.com. WinooSki riVer Sojourn: See TUE.21, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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inVeSting 101: Baffled by bonds and stumped by stocks? Spenders and savers get an overview of how to succeed in the markets. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790. kidpoWer WorkSHop: Children or youths with developmental disabilities and their parents or caregivers “learn by doing” in an encouraging environment. Vermont Family Network, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; space is limited; preregister. Info, 425-5437, kidpowervermont@gmail.com.

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Vermont Lake monSterS: See MON.20, 7:05 p.m.

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WinooSki riVer Sojourn dinner: The Nature Conservancy’s Rose Paul considers the “Impacts of Climate Change on the Champlain Valley.” Wesley United Methodist Church, Waterbury, dinner, 6 p.m.; talk, 7 p.m. $5 for talk; $12-22 for dinner and talk; free for kids under 10. Info, 882-8276. yeStermorroW Summer LeCture SerieS: Architect John Boecker covers basic concepts and actual case studies in “Integrative Design: The Key to Cost-Effective Green Buildings.” Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Warren, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

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‘SongS For a neW WorLd’: Stowe Theatre Guild presents Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown’s montage of musical stories, each celebrating the human spirit. Town Hall Theatre, Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 253-3961, tickets@stowetheatre.com. ‘tHe droWSy CHaperone’: Jazz Age tunes burst to life in this glitzy, Tony Award-winning show within a show, presented by St. Michael’s Playhouse. See calendar spotlight. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $29.50-38.50. Info, 654-2281. tHe met: Summer enCore SerieS: Catamount artS Center: Anna Netrebko stars in Donizetti’s comic opera Don Pasquale. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 748-2600. tHe met: Summer enCore SerieS: paLaCe 9: See above listing, Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 1 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. $12.50-15. Info, 660-9300. tHe met: Summer enCore SerieS: LoeW auditorium: Patricia Racette stars in Giacomo Puccini’s three-act opera Madama Butterfly. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 603-646-2422. m

CapitaL City Band: See WED.15, 7 p.m.

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muSiC on tHe porCH: The Gordon Stone Band lend their funk- and world-beat-laced bluegrass and jazz stylings to a picnic on the porch. Waterbury Station, Green Mountain Coffee Visitor Center & Café, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; nonperishablefood-item donations accepted for the Waterbury Food Shelf. Info, 882-2700.

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SunSet/moonriSe aquadVenture: See WED.15, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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VaLLey nigHt: 440hz and Fox, Hock and Jones grace the lounge with rock and folk. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

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2011 BIG TOP TOUR At the Champlain Valley Exposition 105 Pearl Street Essex Junction, VT

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“This is our third child born at CVMC. We have always been happy with everything. They take really good care of all of us.” There is lots of caretaking in the Wood family and it is pretty obvious that Stephanie and David Wood are really good at it. They have four beautiful children - the fourth, the lovely Aubrey, was born on June 7. She weighs 7lb/8oz. She was welcomed by big brother Trenton (31/2), sister Taylor (21/2) who is quite pleased to have a sister, and sweet Samuel (16 mos.) who was clearly amazed by the entire event! Both sets of grandparents were visiting from Texas and there was lots of happy celebration. Congratulations to the entire Wood family. Hardwick will be celebating too! Best wishes for health and happiness always!

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CLAY: WHEEL THROWING: Jul. 12-Aug. 16, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $200/nonmembers, $180/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Work on the potter’s wheel, learning basic throwing and forming techniques. Create vases, mugs and bowls. Students will also be guided through the various finishing techniques using the studio’s house slips and glazes. No previous experience needed. Includes over 20 hours per week of open studio time to practice!

PHOTO: ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Jul. 12-26, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $195/ nonmembers, $175.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Gain technical skills and hands-on knowledge to create exterior architectural photographs. Lens choices, common challenges and their solutions, choosing the best time of day, and image processing techniques in Photoshop will all be covered. Students will also have access to our archival printer. Prerequisite: Intro SLR Camera or equivalent experience. PHOTO: INTRO FILM OR DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: Jul. 6-Aug. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $145/members, $130.50/ BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Explore the basic workings of the manual 35 mm film or digital SLR camera to learn how to take the photographs you envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds and exposure, and learn the basics of composition, lens choices and film types/sensitivity. Bring your manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera manual. No experience necessary.

PRINT: SILKSCREEN SOME NEW DUDS: Jul. 12-Aug. 16, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $180/ nonmembers, $162/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Torrey Valyou, co-owner of New Duds, will show you how to design and print T-shirts, posters, fine art and more! Learn how to apply photo emulsion, how to use a silkscreen exposure unit. Cost includes over 20 hours per week of open studio hours for class work. No experience necessary!

business 3-DAY PMP EXAM BOOT CAMP: Jun. 28-30, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $1,999/camp. Location: DoubleTree Hotel, 1117 Williston Rd., S. Burlington. Info: Desai Management Consulting, LLC , Vijay Desai, MBA, PMP, P.Eng., 363-9260, vdesai@pmforstrategy.com, http://pmforstrategy.com. The 3-Day PMP Exam Preparation Boot Camp by DMC (Desai Management Consulting LLC) is a thorough and accelerated course focused on a single goal: Equipping project managers with the knowledge and techniques they need to pass PMI’s Project Management Professional Certification Exam.

camps 2011 TRAD CAMP: A GATEWAY TO TRADITIONAL TUNES, SONGS & DANCE: Jul. 25-29, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Location: Memorial Auditorium, Burlington. Info: Young Tradition Vermont, Mark Sustic, 849-6968, mrksustc@together.net,

PRIVYET! RUSSIAN SUMMER CAMP: Jun. 20-Jul. 1, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Every 14 Days. Cost: $350/3-hour class, weekdays for 2 wks. Location: various parks, Burlington. Info: Kirsti Dahly, 363-0770, kdahly@uvm.edu. Hey, high schoolers! Bummed that your school doesn’t offer Russian language? Da! Check out Privyet! Russian summer camp (nonacademic, fun ways to experience the Russian Revolution, the Soviet era and modern Russia) all while picking up useful vocab and grammar! Founded by two UVM students. Do svidaniya! YOUTH SPORT PERFORMANCE CAMP: Jun. 28-Aug. 11, 9:45-11 a.m., Weekly on Mon., Tue., Thu. Cost: $149/early registration incl. complimentary T-shirt. Location: South Burlington High School, 550 Dorset St., S. Burlington. Info: Injury to Excellence/Fit to Excel, John & Sheila Stawinski, 922-5924, john@injurytoexcellence. com, injurytoexcellence.com. Campers will improve their strength and cardiovascular endurance as well as develop sport-specific speed, quickness, power and agility. This camp is ideal for athletes looking to gain an edge on fall sports competition. Athletes entering the sixth grade or above may attend. Camp will be held rain or shine!

cycling BICYCLE MECHANICS: TUNEUPS: Jul. 7-24, Thu., 6:308:30, & Sun., 2-6. Cost: $600/ course, grants & scholarships avail. Location: The Flashbulb Institute, Burlington. Info: The Flashbulb Institute, Sara

GIRLS MOVE MOUNTAINS: Jun. 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $95/ day. Location: Stowe Mountain Resort, Stowe. Info: Girls Move Mountains, info@girlsmovemountains.org. Girls Move Mountains, in partnership with Stowe Mountain Resort and Onion River Sports, is pleased to offer a one-day Dirt Divas mountain bike clinic for women, ages 16 and up, who are interested in learning the exciting lifelong sport of mountain biking.

dance BALLET & BALANCED PHYSIQUE: Ballet Barre Wed. 5:45-7 p.m., & Sat. Studio Class, 10:45. Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: 863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates. com. Perfect for beginning-level students, Ballet Barre is taught by classically trained teachers for the experience of elegance, personal growth and fun. One of the best ways to condition the body for any eventuality, the Saturday Studio Class draws upon the wisdom and traditions of ballet dancers for a balanced physique. DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 5981077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walkins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout! LEARN TO SWING DANCE: Cost: $60/6-week series ($50 for students/seniors). Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: lindyvermont.com, 860-7501. Great fun, exercise and socializing, with fabulous music. Learn in a welcoming and lighthearted environment. Classes start every six weeks: Tuesdays for beginners; Wednesdays for upper levels. Instructors: Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl.

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CLAY: WHEEL THROWING II: Jul. 11-Aug. 15, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $200/nonmembers, $180/BCA members. Clay sold separately at $20/25 lb. bag. Glazes & firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Some wheel experience needed. Learn individualized tips for advancement on the wheel. Demonstrations and instruction will cover intermediate throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. Individual projects will be encouraged. Students must be proficient in centering and throwing basic cups and bowls. Over 20 hours per week of open studio time to practice!

PAINTING: WATERCOLOR: Jul. 13-Aug. 10, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $140/ nonmembers, $126/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. This class will offer demonstrations, instruction and the opportunity to paint outdoors. Students will paint on watercolor paper and will gain experience with drawing, composition and more. Class emphasis is on observational painting with a focus on landscapes and nature. Students will paint outdoors on nice days! All levels welcome.

PRINT: PAPER MARBLEIZING: Jul. 21-Aug. 25, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $165/ nonmembers, $148.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. The Italian art of paper marbling, a decorative printing process, is fun and easy. It involves floating colors on top of thick liquid and swirling designs that are the printed onto specially treated paper. Students will take home stacks of artfully decorated papers to use for stationery, collage and more. No experience necessary!

ART CAMP: A: Jun. 27-Jul. 1, 9-2, ages 6-11; B: Jul. 11-15, 9-2, ages 8-13. Cost: $270/incl. all materials. Location: Art Camp, 614 Macrae Rd., Colchester. Info: Art Camp, Carol MacDonald, 8629037, carol@carolmacdonald. com, carolmacdonald.com. Come work in Carol MacDonald’s print studio! Drawing, painting, linoleum block printing, monotype, collagraph, clay and handmade artist books. “I believe in supporting the creative voices of children by providing quality materials and an opportunity for them to experiment with their individual imagery and process in a small group setting.”

Mehalick, 338-1613, sarainvt@ gmail.com, theflashbulb.org. In this course, students will become comfortable with the simple machines found on all bikes and the specifics particular to their own bike. With this skill set, you’ll be ready to diagnose and repair common problems. Be prepared to work outside class time to reinforce practical skills and complete projects.

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SUMMER CAMP: TEEN PHOTO: Jul. 11-15, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $170/ camp. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Learn the mysteries of the photographic darkroom! In this camp, teens will go on guided photo shoots in downtown Burlington and will learn how to

SUMMER CAMP: CAMP TADPOLE: Aug. 8-12, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Cost: $100/camp. Location: Print and Clay Studio, Burlington. Young children can experience exciting art and craft projects that will open up their imagination and unlock their creativity. Painting, clay, collage, stories, games and much more mixed in with a healthy dose of play! Drop off your child and head out for some summer fun of your own. Ages 3-6.

JEWELRY AND METAL DESIGN: Jul. 14-Aug. 18, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thu. Cost: $185/ nonmembers, $166.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Make your own earrings, bracelets, necklaces and more, while discovering the art of fine metal craftsmanship. Students will learn many techniques including sawing, forming, polishing and soldering while working with copper, brass or silver. Some basic supplies and equipment will be provided. No experience necessary!

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SUMMER CAMP: CLAYMATION: Jun. 20-24, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Cost: $170/camp. Location: Burlington City Arts, Burlington. Campers will make their own 3-D characters come alive through the art of stop-motion animation. Forming small “production companies,” teams of campers will write original stories, sculpt characters, construct sets and then animate their creations for the camera. Aspects of postproduction work, including some computer editing, may be incorporated to create individual CDs of the campers’ work. Pair this with Mosaic Glass Design for a full-day experience. Ages 9-11.

SUMMER CAMP: ITSY BITSY FASHION: Jul. 25-29, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Cost: $170/camp. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. Become a miniature fashion designer! Campers will learn basic sewing techniques and will use simple patterns to cut and create their own dolls out of various sewing materials, including cottons, rickrack, yarns, ribbons, buttons, puffy fabric paints and more. By the end of the week, campers will have made many fashionable outfits and accessories for their own dolls. Pair this with Illustrate It! for a full-day experience. Ages 6-8.

PRINT: ABSTRACT PRINTING: Jul. 11-Aug. 15, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $165/ nonemembers, $148.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Experiment with a variety of printmaking methods, such as etching and linoleum cuts, to create uniquely expressive artwork. Students will work together on collaborative prints. Start creating your own prints, no experience is necessary! Cost includes over 20 hours per week of open studio hours for class work.

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SUMMER CAMP: SILK-SCREEN DESIGN: Jun. 20-24, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Cost: $170/camp. Location: Print & Clay Studio, Burlington. Learn how to create your own unique designs using silk screens. Teens will be introduced to BCA’s professional print studio, will learn some basic silk-screen techniques, and will create posters, banners and more. By the end of the week, participants will have reproduced a variety of images while learning the silk-screening process. Pair this with Teen Photo for a full-day experience. Ages 12-14.

print their own black-and-white photographs. Manual cameras, film and paper are all provided. Ages 12-14.

DROP IN: ADULT LIFE DRAWING: Jul. 11-Aug. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $8/ session, $7/session for BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. This drop-in class is open to all levels and facilitated by a BCA staff member and professional model. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary.

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LEARN TO DANCE W/A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-week class. Location: The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington, St. Albans, Colchester. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, FirstStepDance.com. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Three locations to choose from!

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empowerment DEVELOPING YOUR HIGH SENSE PERCEPTION: Jun. 18-19, 9 a.m.5 p.m. Cost: $75/weekend incl. snacks & lunches. Location: 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. Learn how to use the full range of your psychic abilities, access the Akashic records and develop your skill in working with subtle energies in this experiential workshop. Led by Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author.

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BODY AWARENESS SERIES: ALEXANDER, FELDENKRAIS & LABAN/BARTENIEFF TECHNIQUES: Open level, Wed., Jul. 6-Aug. 10, 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $95/6-wk. series or $35/2wk. segment. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. Specially trained practitioners of different modalities open you up to new ease of movement and help you become aware of movement habits and reduce unnecessary tension. Learn to make movement choices that are logical, effortless, efficient and aware. JUST ADDED! TAP MASTER CLASS W/LISA HOPKINS: Intermediate & Advanced Teens/Adults, Wed., Jul. 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $28/ class. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. We’ve missed our tap teaching artist Lisa Hopkins while she went on sabbatical to L.A. to develop a show, but the wait is over. She’s back for one day only, so shine up your shoes, bring a water bottle and get ready to swing!

JAZZ IMPROV W/GEORGE JAPANESE TAIKO, HAITIAN VOLAND: Ages 18+, Thu., Jul. DRUMS: Taiko Intro, Jun. 26, 14-Aug. 11, 5:45-7:15 p.m. Cost: kids & parents, 4:30-5:20; 652-4548 $95/5 weeks. Location: Flynn adults, 5:30-7:20. Taiko classes, flynnarts@flynncenter.org Center, Burlington. Musicians Burlington, Jun. 28, kids & all kinds improvise: jazz, of parents, 4:30; adults, 5:30. E.1x1-FlynnPerfArts093009.indd 1 9/28/09 3:32:51 of PM course, but also rock, blues, Montpelier Taiko classes, Jun. folk and classical; even Bach 23, 7-8:20. Location: Taiko Space improvised! This group focuses Burlington; AllTogetherNow ACTING THROUGH SONG W/BILL on the art of improvisation: East Montpelier, 208 Flynn Ave., REED: Ages 15+, Tue.-Fri., Jul. creating original melodies on the Suite 3-G, Burlington; 170 Cherry 5-8, 5:45-8:15 p.m. Cost: $165/ spot, using jazz chords as our Tree Hill Rd., E. Montpelier, course. Location: Flynn Center, harmonic guide. You’ll play in a Burlington; E. Montpelier. Burlington. A boot camp for combo setting with like-minded Info: Burlington Taiko, Stuart theatrical singers, this weeklong folks who may become your Paton, 999-4255, spaton55@ intensive addresses vocal and future jam partners! One year of gmail.com, burlingtontaiko. acting techniques through experience on your instrument org. Japanese Taiko and Haitian group and individual activities. recommended. Drums Taiko, a graceful mix of Participants learn and practice JAZZ MUSIC SUMMER movement voice and drums. We the classical Broadway “legit” INTENSIVES, JUL. 25-29: offer a one-day workshop to try and belting techniques used in Beginning Improvisation for for fun, and to prepare for regular contemporary Broadway producages 10-12, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., $135 classes. Haitian drumming is tions, and dive into authentic (incl. ticket to an evening cona beautiful and melodic form song interpretation. Discover the cert). Latin Jazz Music or Hand that joins hands, congas and power of acting through song! Percussion (choose your track) rhythms. We offer a one-evening Class may decide to share work for ages 13-adult, 12:30-5 p.m., with family and friends at $285 (incl. ticket to an evening week’s end. concert. Also avail. for credit

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through UVM). Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. All students work with skilled artist/educators in clinics and combos, take a hand percussion workshop with Steve Ferraris, and experience amazing guest sessions with world-renowned artist/educator Arturo O’Farrill. The week culminates in a concert at the Flynn on Friday. See website for more detail on specific tracks.

herbs WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wild Edible Intensive spring/summer term will be held Jul. 10, & summer/fall term will be held Aug. 21, Sep. 18 & Oct. 16. Join either or both terms of Wild Edibles. VSAC nondegree grants may be avail. Monthly Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant

Walks w/Annie, & Naturalist Walks w/George, $10, dates announced on our Facebook page, join our email list, or call us. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com. Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local, wild, edible and medicinal plants, food as first medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey. Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

language ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Beginning week of Jun. 27 for 10 weeks. Cost: $175/10 1-hr. classes. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com. Summer Spanish classes, taught by a native speaker in a small class environment. Also lesson packages for travelers, private instruction and tutoring/AP. Increase your level for school next fall. Specializing in lessons for young children; they love it! See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

martial arts AIKIDO: Adult classes meet 7 days/wk. Join now & receive a 3-mo. membership (unlimited classes) for $175. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal and Light), Burlington. Info: 951-8900, burlingtonaikido.org. Aikido is a dynamic Japanese martial art that promotes physical and mental harmony through the use of breathing exercises, aerobic conditioning, circular movements, and pinning and throwing techniques. We also teach sword/ staff arts and knife defense. The Samurai Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 7-17. AIKIDO: Tue.-Fri. 6-7:30 p.m.; Sun., 10-11:30 a.m. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 862-9785, vermontaikido.org. Aikido trains body and spirit together, promoting physical flexibility with flowing movement, martial awareness with compassionate connection, respect for others and confidence in oneself. Beginners Intro: Thursday evenings through May 19, 6-7:30 pm. $65 fee includes practice uniform. New five-week class for kids starts June 11! Saturday mornings from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, Julio@bjjusa. com, vermontbjj.com. Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self-confidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian JiuJitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian JiuJitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. VING TSUN KUNG FU: Mon. & Wed., 5:30-7:30. Cost: $90/mo. Location: Robert Miller Center, 130 Gosse Ct., Burlington. Info: MOY TUNG KUNG FU, Nick, 3183383, KUNGFU.VT@GMAIL.COM, MOYTUNGVT.COM. Traditional Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu. Learn a highly effective combination of relaxation, center line control and economy of motion. Take physical stature out of the equation; with the time-tested Ving Tsun system, simple principles work with any body type. Free introductory class.

massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: Weekly on Mon., Tue. Cost: $5,000/500-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 2888160, elementsofhealing@verizon.net, elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of massage, Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element Theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology will be taught. VSAC nondegree grants are available. NCBTMB-assigned school.

meditation CHOD: CUTTING THROUGH THE EGO: Jun. 17-19, 7:30-3 p.m. Cost: $120/weekend. Location: Laughing River Yoga Studio, Chace Mill, 1 Mill St., Burlington. Info: Rime Shedrub Ling Vermont, Sarah Snow, 684-0452, VermontRSL@ gmail.com, meetup.com/

Rime-Shedrub-Ling-Vermont. Khachab Rinpoche will bestow the empowerment and teachings of Chod. Through this esoteric Tibetan Buddhist practice, one aims to cut through the obstacles of premature death, disturbing emotions, bodily and mental sufferings, and unawareness. The fruition is the recognition of mind’s essence, free from grasping, anger and confusion. LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org. Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. THE THREE JEWELS: Friday eve., 7-9 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $95/weekend class. Location: Burlington Shambhala Meditation Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Kathryn Webb, 999-8081, kathywebb55@gmail.com, burlington.shambhala.org. This weekend class explores what it means to take refuge in the three jewels, the Buddha, the dharma and the sangha, and to become a Buddhist. It is open to anyone interested in exploring the topic of refuge. This class is strongly recommended for people who intend to take refuge vows (offered June 24 and 25).

nature ROOTS SCHOOL: Location: ROOTS School, 20 Blachly Rd. , East Calais. Info: ROOTS School, Sarah Corrigan, 456-1253, Info@ rootsVT.com, RootsVT.com. Instinctual Awareness and Self Defense; June 18-19. This class will look at sensory awareness applicable to all environments; with training in ninjutsu techniques by Ben Goodrich. Core Skills; July 17-23. This class is about the fundamentals of wilderness survival: shelter, fire, water, food, fibers, stealth, stone tools, plants and more.

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course. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 5 School St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, helenday.com. Intimidated by a large, blank canvas or piece of paper? Afraid to make a big statement? This workshop will help you to leap over that hurdle with big, expressive gestures that can open the door to a freer and more satisfying painting experience. Big is not necessarily better, but it is useful to push your limitations and to get comfortable working in a large format. We will spend the day drawing and painting with an emphasis on experimentation, freedom and fun. Instructor: Galen Cheney.

pilates ALL WeLLness: Location: 128 Lakeside Ave., Ste. 103, Burlington. Info: 863-9900, allwellnessvt.com. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by integrating Pilates, physical therapy, yoga and nutrition. Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. Join us for a free introduction to the reformer, every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.: Just call and reserve your spot!

intro. to furniture MAking: Choose either Jun. 23-26; Jul. 21-24; or Aug. 18-21. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $369/4-day workshop. Location: Vermont Woodworking School barn, 148 Main St., Fairfax. Info: Vermont Woodworking School, Carina Driscoll, 849-2013, info@vermontwoodworkingschool.com, vermontwoodworkingschool. com. Learn the fundamentals of woodworking in our historic barn in Fairfax. Start with rough lumber and make a Shaker Hall table in four days. In addition to course registration fee, there is a materials fee of $85 for a maple table, and $120 for a cherry table. Open to beginners.

yoga 200-hour yogA ALLiAnCe teACher trAining With shivAshAkti sChooL of yogA: Sep. 22-Feb. 5. Cost: $2,400/Starting at. Location: Dreaming Mountain Retreat, E. Johnson. Info: 207-431-8079, shivashaktiyogaschool.com. Ready to transform your life and become a certified yoga teacher? Join experienced faculty for a comprehensive Yoga Teacher Training at Dreaming Mountain Retreat. This program will guide you deep into the heart of yoga through extensive study in postures, breathing, anatomy and

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LAughing river yogA: Classes 7 days/wk. $13/drop-in, $110/10 classes, monthly & summer unlimited pkgs. avail. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. classes by donation ($5-$15 suggested). Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: Laughing River Yoga, 343-8119, emily@laughingriveryoga. com, laughingriveryoga.com. Experienced and compassionate teachers offer Kripalu, Jivamukti, Vajra, Flow, Yin, Restorative, Kundalini, Iyengar, PranaVayu and DJ Groove yoga. Educate yourself with monthly workshops and class series. Yoga plus retreats on and off site. Lots of light. River view. Parking. All levels welcome! Deepen your understanding of who you are.

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restorAtive yogA, reiki & AroMAtherAPy W/Anne MArtin & JAne JAreCki LAnzA: Jun. 19, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: $35/course. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 658-9440, vtcyt.com. Revel in stillness during this twohour Restorative Yoga, Reiki & Aromatherapy Workshop. Through supported, long-held asanas, you give the body permission to relax and your mind spaciousness. Feel the profound effects of this simple rejuvenating practice, Reiki’s light touch and aromatic essential oils. No yoga experience necessary. m

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snAke-styLe tAi Chi ChuAn: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, iptaichi.org. The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

infertiLity & stress reduCtion: Jun. 30-Jul. 28, 5:45-7 p.m., Weekly on Mon. Cost: $75/series. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 6589440, vtcyt.com. Infertility is typically an unexpected experience that leads to emotional and physical stress. Utilizing gentle yoga poses, working with breath and reestablishing a sense of personal empowerment can help counterbalance the distressing impacts of infertility. All levels of experience with yoga (beginners to experienced) can participate.

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Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Turn right into driveway immediately after the railroad tracks. Located in the old Magic Hat Brewery building. Info: 3186238. Tai Chi is a slow-moving martial art that combines deep breathing and graceful movements to produce the valuable effects of relaxation, improved concentration, improved balance, a decrease in blood pressure and ease in the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Janet Makaris, instructor.

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erry Chance tells a lot of stories. But then, he has a lot of good stories to tell. For starters, Chance, 55, who will play with his band the Mavericks on Friday, June 17, at the FlynnSpace in Burlington, has been touring as a country sideman and singer since he was barely out of middle school. His indoctrination into the genre came from an unusual place: across his backyard fence. Chance was born in west Texas but grew up in Moore, Okla., in the late 1960s. His neighbor was a friendly, golden-voiced country crooner named Conway Twitty. “Of course I had no idea who he was,” recalls Chance. “I was just a kid.” The singer took an interest in Chance when he, as he puts it, began “running around” with Twitty’s daughter, Joni. Chance dated her off and on for the next 14 years. “Puppy love, you know,” he says with an easy chuckle. “The next thing you know, I was hanging out at his house all the time, playing guitars in the back,” he continues, a light, west-Texas drawl placing heavy emphasis on the first syllable of the word, “gui-tars.” Sowing the seeds of what would become a lifelong friendship, Twitty taught Chance how to play all of his songs and sing harmony parts. Right around the time Twitty’s “Hello Darlin’” reached the top of the charts in 1970, Chance was accompanying the singer all over the U.S.

“The only things on my mind at the time were Joni and football,” he says of those early travels with Twitty. “But he kind of thought of me as his son. And I always thought of him as my second dad.” Through his travels, Chance was able to meet and eventually perform with a cast of legends who could fill an entire wing of the Country Music Hall of Fame: Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Hank Williams Jr., among others. “We toured a lot with Merle and Loretta,” says Chance, adding that Haggard was, at least in his younger days, every bit the hellion the outlaw country star has been made out to be. Sadly, he says those stories are off the record. Chance regularly filled in for Haggard and Lynn’s bands when they needed a substitute player and he wasn’t touring with Twitty. That exposure led to gigs with other stars. “One thing leads to another and then Johnny Cash comes to town and says, ‘Terry, can you fill in for me tonight?’” he says. Upon graduating high school, Chance enlisted in the Army. When his stint was up, he returned to playing music and was signed to a gospel label, Associated Records. On the road one night, Chance met a lip-curlin’, hip-swingin’ singer by the name of Elvis Presley. “Elvis really helped me with my gospel music,” he says. That’s a good story too. “I went to Graceland and popped in

on him one day,” Chance recalls. That day, Presley was rehearsing with his own gospel group, the Jordanaires, with whom Chance would later sing himself. During a break in rehearsal, Chance approached the King. “I said, ‘Elvis, how do you know when you’ve got the right song, and how do you know how to sing it when you get it?’”

doesn’t complement you, and sometimes you don’t complement that song.” Given that he had a front-row seat during one of the genre’s defining eras, it’s natural to wonder how Chance feels about the current state of country music, and singers such as Taylor Swift and Keith Urban, who are more pop stars than rogues or troubadours. To answer, he sets up another story. One day, 1970s country star Larry Gatlin’s young son him asked why country singers of the era weren’t doing songs the way his father and brothers had. Or, to borrow a line from Waylon Jennings, “Are you sure Hank done it this way?” “Wait just a minute,” replied Gatlin. “You’ve gotta understand something. We did what we needed to do. That was our time. And now they’re doing what they need to do during this time.” So, does Chance enjoy this latest evolution of country music? “Am I crazy about it? I’m sure not,” he says. “I’m 55. I still embrace the classics. But Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill … these are all Oklahoma people that I knew when they first started. Times change.” Indeed they do. But some things are simply timeless. Conway Twitty died in 1993 after suffering a stomach aneurysm onstage in Branson, Mo. To most fans, Twitty was one of the genre’s brightest stars. To Chance, his legacy is something more. Just prior to his death, Twitty had plans to push Chance with a new band, which he had dubbed Terry Chance and the Mavericks. When he died, those plans fell

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“You and I have a lot in common,” Presley told him. “We both started singing in church.” Chance grew up singing and playing in a Pentecostal church in Moore. “You know in your gut, when you start singing a gospel song and it starts to move you and impact you as much as it does the audience?” Presley continued. “That’s the key. If you sing a song and you’re reaching down and don’t feel it, you don’t need to be doing it.” Chance took that decree to heart. “From that point on, every song that I looked at or thought about, if I didn’t believe what I was singing about, I didn’t sing it,” he says. “Because sometimes that song

through. Chance walked away from music and went back to school, earning a PhD in fine arts. When he was ready to return to music, Dr. Chance knew what to call his new band. “When I started this group, I wanted to start with the name he came up with,” says Chance. “My hero was my dad. But if I had a second hero, it was Conway. He was a gentleman.”

Terry Chance and the Mavericks play the FlynnSpace in Burlington on Friday, June 17, 8 p.m. $28. flynntix.org

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Jazzed Out

They came (mostly … looking

at you, Poncho sanchez). They saw. They conquered. And now, after 10 crazy nights, the 2011 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is in the books. But before we completely turn the page, let’s take a look back with a few random observations about the weekplus that was. I can’t imagine how nervewracking it must be for the BDJF to bank so heavily on outdoor shows each year. Both Thursday’s (Groove Tent) and Saturday’s (World Tent) shows at Waterfront Park were beset by weather issues to varying degrees, including a storm-related evacuation or two. Still, I’d love to see even more outdoor shows, in general. But then, I’m a glutton for punishment.

the other hand, doesn’t live here anymore. But the Montpelier-born country singer has been keeping close tabs on the recent washout in his old stomping grounds from his adopted home in Nashville. The devastation from the statewide flooding struck a chord with the

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Anyway, Thurston — whose father, Jimmy T ThursTon, is also quite the rowdy country rocker — felt compelled to come home and do what he could to lend a hand to the thousands of folks who have been adversely affected by the damage. He returns to Vermont this week and is throwing a benefit concert at

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17, at the Bissex Homestead in Plainfield. The lineup features a number of regional acts that should be familiar to local scenesters, including Brothers McCann (duh), GoosePimP orchesTra, the PrimaTe Fiasco, rocksPrinG, Jen kearney & The LosT onion, Baker Thomas Band, darLinGside, ross Livermore and danieLLe miraGLia. For more info,

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aspiring pop-country star. In a recent press release he says the deluge reminds him of the great “flood of ’83,” which he witnessed as a child in Vermont and, if it isn’t already, needs to be a country song. Stat.

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Bearquarium sounded great at the Block Party on upper Church Street last Friday. But is there any reason that party shouldn’t go later? Think about how much fun the opening-night block party is. Why not do that more than once? And would it kill the city to allow a beer garden again? Lousy puritans…

Finally, thanks to everyone at the BDJF for another rousing festival. You guys rock, er, jazz. You know what I mean.

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Speaking of evacuations, kudos to the BDJF crew for getting everyone out of the tent safely. But we need a better place to be corralled than a parking garage. Ideally, someplace with a bar… To the several people I heard whining about being forced to leave the tent that night: No, you can’t have your money back. And no, killjoy city officials aren’t trying to stop you from having fun. Unless your idea of “fun” is you and 3000 of your closest friends simultaneously being struck by lightning while standing under a tent supported by six giant metal poles in an open field. In which case, by all means, stay put.

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My favorite set of the fest was viPerhouse. Those who stuck it out after the second evacuation saw something special.

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moog's: The Ramblers (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free.

tHE HuB PizzEria & PuB: Guitar Jazz with Fabian, 6 p.m., Free.

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moog's: Dale and Darcy (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

monoPoLE: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free.

rimrocks mountain tavErn: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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BLock gaLLEry: The steph Pappas Experience (rock), 6:30 p.m., Free.

monoPoLE DoWnstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free.

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Franny o's: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. tHE grEEn room: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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HaLvorson's uPstrEEt caFé: Friends of Joe (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

Around Town

HigHEr grounD BaLLroom: Flood Relief Benefit with Jamie Lee Thurston, the Growlers (country), 7:30 p.m., Free.

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LEunig's Bistro & caFé: Ellen Powell & ira Friedman (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. LiFt: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free.

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monkEy HousE: Pork Drunk, the slopsters, Jailbox (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5. 18+. nEctar's: Trivia mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. mushpost presents sELEcT (drum and bass), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

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o'BriEn's irisH PuB: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free. on taP Bar & griLL: Jenni Johnson & Friends (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

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punk band out of the Music City. Touring behind their riotously grimy Infinity Cat Recordings debut, Danny — produced by JTB’s Jake Orrall, no less — the quartet drops by the Monkey House this Monday, June 20.

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1/2 LoungE: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell, 10 p.m.

Parima main stagE: mildred moody's Full moon masquerade with Hell or High Water, cauldron (rock), 9:30 p.m., $5.

Franny o's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

raDio BEan: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free.

HigHEr grounD BaLLroom: Flux Pavilion & Doctor P, the 2K Deep crew (dubstep), 8:30 p.m., $23/25. AA.

rED squarE: Lendway (indie), 7 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

HigHEr grounD sHoWcasE LoungE: Northern Exposure: Open source, Amozen, the cheddar Band, stag Line (rock), 8:30 p.m., $5. AA. LEunig's Bistro & caFé: Paul Asbell & clyde stats (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. LiFt: DJs P-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. manHattan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. monkEy HousE: Beat Vision with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic DJ), 9 p.m., $1.

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on taP Bar & griLL: Leno & Young (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free.

nEctar's: Adam King (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., Free. conscious Roots, the Hamiltones (reggae), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

tHE skinny PancakE: The scheme Dreamers (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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gusto's: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free. PurPLE moon PuB: Phineas Gage (folk), 7:30 p.m., Free.

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Bar antiDotE: Ray mason (rock), 8 p.m., Free. city Limits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

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BEE's knEEs: shannon Hawley (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

oscar's Bistro anD Bar: comedy Night (standup), 8:30 p.m., Free. Parima main stagE: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, chimney choir, David Rynhart, John smyth, Jon Ladeau (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., $3. raDio BEan: Jazz sessions, 6 p.m., Free. shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. The unbearable Light cabaret (eclectic), 10 p.m., $3. Kat Wright & the indomitable soul Band (soul), 11 p.m., $3. rasPutin's: 101 Thursdays with Pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

monoPoLE: Peacock Tunes & Trivia, 5 p.m., Free.

oLivE riDLEy's: Karaoke with Benjamin Bright and Ashley Kollar, 6 p.m., Free. Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYcE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free. taBu caFé & nigHtcLuB: Karaoke Night with sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

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242 main: Prayers for Athiests, Doll Fight!, Fractures (punk), 7 p.m., $7. AA. BackstagE PuB: Karaoke with steve, 9 p.m., Free. Jomo Blues Band (blues), 10 p.m., Free. Banana WinDs caFé & PuB: Dave Abair (rock), 7:30 p.m., Free. cLuB mEtronomE: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. HigHEr grounD sHoWcasE LoungE: The sweet Remains, Will Evans (folk rock), 8 p.m., $10/13. AA. JP's PuB: Dave Harrison's starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LiFt: salsa Friday with DJ Hector cobeo (salsa), 9 p.m., Free. marriott HarBor LoungE: Nick cassarino & Friends (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free. monkEy HousE: cash is King, Dank and the Funk sticks (alt-country), 9:30 p.m., $5. nEctar's: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5.

rED squarE: selector Dubee (reggae), 6 p.m., Free. Hoptronica 4.0 (electronica), 9 p.m., Free.

on taP Bar & griLL: Paydirt (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 8 p.m., Donations. Jive Attic (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

rí rá irisH PuB: Longford Row (irish), 8 p.m., Free.

oscar's Bistro anD Bar: The Growlers (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free.

tHE skinny PancakE: The cheddar Band, John Abair (funk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. vEnuE: Karaoke with steve Leclair, 7 p.m., Free.

Parima main stagE: steve Hartmann, Oliver Thompson (singersongwriters), 7 p.m., $3. Jamie Kent & the Options, Funkwagon (funk), 10 p.m., $5.

central

Park PLacE tavErn: General Lee (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

grEEn mountain tavErn: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. nutty stEPH's: Bacon Thursdays with Noble savage (electro), 10 p.m., Free. sLiDE Brook LoDgE & tavErn: Open mic, 7 p.m., Free. DJ Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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on tHE risE BakEry: Gabe Jarrett & Friends (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

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BEE's knEEs: Flat Top Trio (Americana), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

raDio BEan: Heiland Trio (classical), 7:30 p.m., Free. coba stella (trip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Big suit (Talking Heads cover band), midnight, Free. rasPutin's: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3. rED squarE: Kyle the Rider (country), 6 p.m., Free. The Alchemystics (reggae/hip-hop), 9 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $5. rED squarE BLuE room: DJ stavros (house), 10 p.m., $5. ruBEn JamEs: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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visit brothersmccann.com/ fr_reunion. Speaking of summer music festivals in Plainfield, the folks at Rhinofest released the complete lineup for this year’s installment — the fourth annual — to be held August 5 through 7. Some notable names include EOTO, FAREED HAQUE AND MATH GAMES

with RAY WHITE (of FRANK ZAPPA renown), MICHAL MENERT, JURASSIC 5’s AKIL THE MC and JAHDAN BLAKKAMOORE AND NOBLE

SOCIETY. Rhinofest also has a distinct local flavor, as acts such as WOMBATICUS REX, the MOVE IT MOVE IT, CHAMPAGNE DYNASTY, CASIO BASTARD, FUNKWAGON and GOLD TOWN — among several others — are all slated to appear. For more info on the fest, and the rest of the 30-plus acts on the dance card, visit rhinofestvt. com.

for drugs on the way in. Call me a skeptic. Anyway, those jonesing for irie vibes this week need look no further than Nectar’s and Club Metronome. Saturday, June 18, the House that PHISH Built hosts BURU STYLE, who offer us this riddle. “Q: What do you get when you mix a poppin’ boogaloo beat, a chilled-out dub bass line delivered via the airy whump of a souzaphone, and some Jamaican nyabingijazz vis-a-vis a few layers of synth and horns? A: Buru Style!” (Note: We also would have accepted “really high” or “Duuuuude!” as correct answers.) Continuing the positive vibrations, Monday, June 20, roots reggae legends the ITALS make the pressure drop at Club Metronome. The PULSE PROPHETS open. Welcome home to the

VERMONT JOY PARADE. The

progenitors of “suspender fusion” wrap up their most recent tour at Radio Bean this Saturday, June 18, after which I’m told they will hole up with the one and only RYAN POWER to record a new album. Not only that, but they’ll reportedly be the first band to christen his new studio.

It should be an interesting week for electronic music fans, as a pair of monster showcases offer up more dirty beats than you can shake a glow stick at. This Thursday, June 16, the industrious lads from Nexus Artist Management team up with the equally industrious lads from Slanted Black Records and 4word Productions to present an epic night of electronica, house, dubstep and hiphop at Red Square, cleverly called Hoptronica 4.0. The three-stage throwdown features 15 DJs of local, national and international renown. The outdoor stage, Slanted Black Alley, features four of that label’s local acts: CRAIG MITCHELL, BONJOUR-HI!, ROB TICHO and FIRST ORDER. Meanwhile, 4word Productions DJs NASTEE and A-DOG hold down the Hip-Hop Room inside. Out back in the Red Square Blue Room, Nexus holds court with MASON DUNN AND SLOPP-E-MOPP, CHRIS PATTISON, JUSTIN REM and CRE8, and, the evening’s main event, heavyweight producer and DJ PETE MOSS, who is touring behind his latest LP, Aerials. Oh, and there’s gonna be a laser show.

lovin’ storm troopers from LAZERDISK PARTY SEX, DJs ZJ and PRES, and featuring a pair of up-and-coming locals, DJs MILLERTIME and BILLY HOERR. In addition, the folks from impartying.com will be on hand, giving out free schwag, such as T-shirts that say, “I’m Partying” — in case you forget that you are, in fact, partying. At which point I might suggest you stop partying immediately. I’d also suggest not using the word, “party” as a verb. Ever. But I digress. New Band Alert!/Band Name of the Week: DINO BRAVO. Last but not least, it’s nice to see MATT PERRY, late of PARTY STAR,12v-Nectars061511.indd 1 back on the horse. His new outfit, Dino Bravo, makes its debut at the Monkey House this Sunday, June 19, opening for JANGOVER. And the guess here is that it’s gonna be a pretty rollicking affair. For one, Perry’s old band, Party Star, certainly never lacked for rock-androll shenanigans. What’s more, the rest of the band boasts a splendidly scuzzy local rock pedigree in CHRIS FARNSWORTH (LOBOT), JOSH SHEDAKER (AMADIS, MADE IN IRON) and MIKE CATTLE (PLAYER 2). For Montpelier folks, the band plays its second show next week, at Charlie O’s on Friday, June 24.

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THE BLACK DOOR: Holy Ghost Tent Revival with Mike Quinn (indie folk), 9:30 p.m., Free. CHARLIE O'S: A Fly Allusion (funk), 10 p.m., Free. GREEN MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2. THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: DJ Slim Pknz All Request Dance Party (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free. TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Subway "Eat Fresh" Comedy Tour with Auggie Smith and Dax Jordan (standup), 8 p.m., $20.

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BEE'S KNEES: Kristen Graves (singersongwriter), 4 p.m., Free. Laslo Cameo (Americana), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Jon Ladeau (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: The Ramblers (bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., Free.

Dale’s version of the klezmer standard “Miserlou” likely being the most famous example. But the

MOOG'S: Conscious Roots (reggae), 9 p.m., Free.

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PARKER PIE CO.: Acoustic Session, 7 p.m., Free.

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ROADSIDE TAVERN: Monolith (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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MATTERHORN: Cats Under the Stars (Jerry Garcia Band tribute), 9 p.m., $5.

RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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features shake-and-stomp reimaginings of three traditional songs from Taiwan and Japan, as well as an original that claims roots all over the Far East, from Indonesian dangdut to Taiwanese pop. Catch the wave this Saturday as the quintet plays Radio Bean with the VERMONT JOY PARADE and the UNBEARABLE LIGHT CABARET.

MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: Nick Cassarino & Friends (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free. MONKEY HOUSE: Events Are Objects (rock), 9 p.m., $5. NECTAR'S: Jay Burwick (solo acoustic), 7 p.m., Free. Buru Style, Turkuaz, Zongo Junction (dub), 9 p.m., $5. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Bonekillers (rock), 9 p.m., Free. OSCAR'S BISTRO AND BAR: Marty Powers Jazz Ensemble, 8:30 p.m., Free.

RASPUTIN'S: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

CHARLIE O'S: The Warm Guns (rockabilly), 10 p.m., Free.

RED SQUARE: DJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. Me & You with Brett Hughes and Marie Claire (cosmo-rural), 6 p.m., Free. Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 9 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $5.

POSITIVE PIE 2: Lesson in Cursive & the Meyhew Brothers (rock), 10:30 p.m., Free. PURPLE MOON PUB: McBride & Lussen (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Mind Trap (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: The Boomflowers (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Chimney Choir, Kristen Graves (singersongwriter, old-time), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Carol and Friends: Music for Saps (folk), 7:30 p.m., $25.

PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Hard Scrabble (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., $5. The Move It Move It, Bloodroots Barter (Afro-pop), 10 p.m., $5.

VENUE: The Hillside Hooligans (country), 9 p.m., $3.

RADIO BEAN: Less Digital, More Manual: Record Club, 3 p.m., Free. Jeremy Raboin (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Free. Jailbox (rock), 7 p.m., Free. Dzian! (surf rock), 8:30 p.m., Free. Vermont Joy Parade, the Unbearable Light Cabaret (suspender fusion), 10 p.m., Free.

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VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Seth Yacovone (blues), 10 p.m., Free.

THE BLACK DOOR: Big Tree (indie folk), 9:30 p.m., Free. BREAKING GROUNDS: Open Mic, 11 a.m., Free.

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Sometimes old rockers need to give up chasing the dream. Thankfully, Grant Black never got that memo. The seasoned local duo — average age 48 — of singer/guitarist Josh Brooks and drummer Kent Blackmer drops its latest EP, Babylon, like an alt-blues textbook on the desks of skinny-jeans-wearing wannabes. Class is in session, kids. And, like most textbooks, this one will probably be ignored by the young folk. Their loss. Brooks — who penned every note and lyric on the seven-song album —

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Two Foot Jumpin’, a new CD from Housetop, is chock-full of swingy, uptempo music. The quartet hails from southern Vermont and northwestern Massachusetts and is fronted by Peter Siegel, a respected dance musician in the vicinities of Greenfield and Northampton. The band is named after Piedmont bluesman Leroy Carr’s jugband classic “Papa’s on the Housetop, Won’t Come Down,” which is included on the disc. The recording’s primary flavor is vocal, courtesy of a trio of female voices singing in close harmony with Siegel, a string man who sounds like he’s having way too much fun throughout. Two of those lovely, high voices belong to sisters Naomi and Erica Morse, who also play fiddle and acoustic bass, respectively. The third voice, and so much more, belongs to the very busy and extremely musical Anna Patton. Patton is like Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks meets Ms. Artie Shaw. In other words, the ace clarinetist is stellar. It may be wrong to long for more clarinet parts on this recording, given that the vocal blend is “the thing” here. But that horn sure sounds fine! In fact, if there is a downside to Patton’s amazing ability, it’s that most of the other instrumental work on the album seems a bit dull by comparison. Housetop tackle material by some historically significant musicians and composers, including Irving Berlin (“What’ll I Do?”), the Ink Spots (“Do I Worry?”) and Fats Waller (“Your Feet’s Too Big). The disc also features originals by Siegel, central Vermont

songwriter Colin McCaffrey and Ben Patton — Anna’s brother and yet another talented offspring of Vermont gypsy-jazz pioneer Will Patton. While Two Foot Jumpin’ surfs the edges of jazzy swing and Ink Spot jive, it lacks that hint of grit that makes recordings of historical material sound like they could be “the real thing” come back to life. Think Lucinda Williams, Sheesham and Lotus — a duo that sounds as though it climbed out of a moldy house built from ancient 78s — or bluesman Paul Geremia. In spite of this relative politeness, Two Foot Jumpin’ has lots of musical fun and sounds like a true labor of love. Housetop play a few shows in northern Vermont this week, including at the North End Studio in Burlington on Friday, June 17; a house concert in Burlington on Saturday, June 18 (visit the band’s Facebook page for details); and at the Bee’s Knees in Morrisville on Sunday, June 19.

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Two BroThers Tavern: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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The huB Pizzeria & PuB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

neCTar's: metal mondays with Nefarious Frenzy (metal), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

riMroCKs MounTain Tavern: DJ two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. roadside Tavern: Live DJ (top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: Funhouse with DJs Rob Douglas, moonflower & Friends (house), 10 p.m., Free.

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CluB MeTronoMe: Holy Ghost tent Revival (indie folk), 8 p.m., $7/10. Black to the Future (urban jamz), 10 p.m., Free.

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radio Bean: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free. red square: ZDp Band presents massive mondates (rock), 8 p.m., Free. Hype ’Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. rozzi's laKeshore Tavern: trivia Night, 8 p.m., Free. ruBen JaMes: Why Not monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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Moog's: seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 8 p.m., Free.

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CluB MeTronoMe: Bass culture with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (electronica), 9 p.m., Free. higher ground showCase lounge: Garrett J. Brown cD release, aaron Flinn (singer-songwriters), 7:30 p.m., $5/8. aa.

MonTy's old BriCK Tavern: George Voland JaZZ: with taryn Noelle, Jake Whitesell, Dan skea, 4:30 p.m., Free.

MonTy's old BriCK Tavern: Open mic, 6 p.m., Free.

neCTar's: mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free.

on TaP Bar & grill: trivia with top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

PariMa Main sTage: seventh sundays with midnight Jones (blues), 7 p.m., Free. radio Bean: Old time sessions (oldtime), 1 p.m., Free. trio Gusto (gypsy jazz), 5 p.m., Free. matt Graham Group (jazz), 5 p.m., Free. Bobby stevens (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Free. Three tall pines (swing), 7 p.m., Free. Dead man's clothes & a Friend (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Jesse scheinin Band (rock), 11 p.m., Free. red square: DJ chad mira (hip-hop), 4 p.m., Free. soul patrol (r&b), 8 p.m., Free. rí rá irish PuB: irish session, 5 p.m., Free.

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PurPle Moon PuB: James mcsheffrey (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Free. The sKinny PanCaKe: chimney choir (indie folk), 6 p.m., Free.

Bee's Knees: Three tall pines (acoustic), 11 a.m., Donations. Housetop (swing), 7:30 p.m., Donations. sweeT CrunCh BaKe shoP: moVegas Quartet (jazz), 10:30 a.m., Free. ye olde england inne: corey Beard, Dan Liptak and Dan Haley (jazz), 11:30 a.m., Free.

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MonKey house: Jangover, Dino Bravo (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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CluB MeTronoMe: The itals, pulse prophets (reggae), 8 p.m., $10/15. MonKey house: Heavy cream (rock), 9 p.m., $5. 18+.

ParKer Pie Co.: Electric sorcery (rock), 7 p.m., Free.

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Bee's Knees: cosa Buena (Latin), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Moog's: The Kind Buds (acoustic), 9 p.m., Free.

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neCTar's: 14 West (rock), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

radio Bean: Gua Gua (psychotropical), 6 p.m., Free. Ryan Ober (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free. Honky-tonk sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3. red square: upsetta international with super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

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Coast cool and brusque, East Coast intensity. The quintet’s music fuses urban sensibilities with decidedly naturalistic aesthetic, resulting in a free-spirited, melodious amalgam of heady pop, folk and rock that represents more than the sum of its far-flung parts. This Saturday, the band plays the Black Door in Montpelier.

central

Charlie o's: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. slide BrooK lodge & Tavern: tattoo tuesdays with andrea (jam), 5 p.m., Free.

CluB MeTronoMe: DJ OH-J Freshhh presents Homegrown Wednesdays (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

The sKinny PanCaKe: The scheme Dreamers (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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franny o's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

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51 Main: Quizz Night (trivia), 7 p.m., Free.

leunig's BisTro & Café: Queen city Hot club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

Charlie o's: maren christensen (folk), 8 p.m., Free.

Two BroThers Tavern: monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

lifT: DJs p-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

gusTo's: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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ManhaTTan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

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Bee's Knees: Don & Jen (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The huB Pizzeria & PuB: Reggae Night with top Draw sound, 9 p.m., Free. Moog's: Open mic/Jam Night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell, 10 p.m.

MonKey house: Beat Vision with DJ Disco phantom (eclectic DJ), 9 p.m., $1. neCTar's: adam King (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., Free. conscious Roots, the Hamiltones (reggae), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. on TaP Bar & grill: pine street Jazz, 7 p.m., Free. radio Bean: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. red square: sunyata (afrobeat), 8 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

CiTy liMiTs: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. on The rise BaKery: Open Bluegrass session, 8 p.m., Free. Two BroThers Tavern: seven Days singles party, 7 p.m., $5.

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Bee's Knees: Linda Bassick (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. Moog's: The Ramblers (bluegrass), 8:30 p.m., Free.

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rt’s Alive is the Energizer bunny of Vermont’s finearts festivals. It’s been going and going every spring for 25 years, placing artwork in downtown Burlington shop windows and producing a large, juried group show at Union Station. The artist-run event continues to be well curated and diverse, and provides a glimpse into an active local art scene. For the 2011 installment, six awards were distributed among 40 pieces. First prize went to Benjamin Barnes for his acrylic painting on canvas called “Gasoline.” The nearly photorealistic image of a parked diesel tanker, in perfect two-point perspective, seems poised to break out of the picture plane and into the viewer’s space. Barnes’ truck is chrome and crimson, while the landscape behind the gas station is a scruffy gray, with leafless trees rising from the horizon. Stephen Mease took second place for his photograph “Spring Sunset.” Its empyrean sky occupies the top three-quarters of the image and presents amazing hues ranging from coral to purple. They’re almost fluorescent against the stand of dark trees at the bottom of the piece. There’s also subtle movement in Mease’s composition, as the clouds seem to drift downward while the trees rise slightly at lower right. A blue-green mixed-media work on canvas by Kristen L’Espérance won third prize. “The Imposing Grid: Gowanus Corridor” is based on the cartography of a region in Brooklyn. The viewer looks down on the map, where sinewy lines representing roads cross the flat

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plane, while hard-edged docks are outlined at the lower left. It’s an intriguing image that requires some scrutiny to recognize. Brooke Monte earned the Roberto Fitzgerald Award — named for a longtime former board chair — for “Blue Bird Levee.” The large square painting is a hybrid of abstraction and a figurative element — a blue bird with wings spread at the upper right. A series of white concentric circles curves into the orange-and-rust-colored background. Monte weaves dark and light areas into a unified whole beneath the fine white circles. A curiously hovering brightblue sphere at lower left balances the blue bird.

Maggie Neale submitted a strong piece of hand-painted silk with a loosely similar, albeit fully abstract, composition, titled “Seismic Segment.” Here rust-red squares within squares are layered on a pale-blue and purple mélange of textures built from wax and oil. Broad, jagged lines that resemble broken bedrock appear in the background.

for the ship adventure cruise company Lindblad Expeditions. Through June 30 at Village Wine & Coffee in Shelburne. Info, 958-8922.

DJ BARRY: "Primary Imaginations II," acrylic paintings. Through June 17 at The Skinny Pancake in Burlington. Info, 461-5814.

'A REVERENCE FOR TREES': The first in a three-part annual show featuring artists from Vermont's Episcopal communities. Through June 30 at St. Paul's Cathedral in Burlington. Info, 864-0471.

BILL MCDOWELL: "Ashes in the Night Sky," black-and-white images reminiscent of stars, which are actually photographs of the artist's father's cremated ashes. Through June 18 at BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

EMILY BISSELL LAIRD: "From This World and Beyond," oil paintings by the Charlotte artist. Through August 31 at Shelburne Vineyard. Info, 985-8222.

'ART IN THE WINDOWS': Retailers display juried artwork in their shop windows as part of Art's Alive's 25th annual Festival of Fine Art. Through June 30 at Church Street Marketplace in Burlington. Info, 864-1557.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHOTO SLAM: Work by professional and amateur Champlain Valley photographers. Through June 17 at Vermont Photo Space Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686.

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BILL KINZIE: "People, Places & Things," photographs taken while the artist was shooting video

DARSHANA BOLT: Paintings by the Burlington artist. Through June 30 at Computers for Change in Burlington. Info, 279-1623.

THE ARTIST-RUN EVENT CONTINUES TO BE WELL CURATED AND DIVERSE, AND PROVIDES A GLIMPSE INTO AN ACTIVE LOCAL ART SCENE.

EMPLOYEE ART SHOW: Photography, painting, drawing and sculpture by the coffee shop's baristas. Through July 3 at Uncommon Grounds in Burlington. Info, 865-6227. FESTIVAL OF FINE ARTS JURIED SHOW: The 25th annual show features original work by more than 40 Vermont artists. Through June 30 at Art's Alive Gallery in Burlington. Info, 864-1557.

“Hoarse,” by a 26-year-old artist dubbed simply Cricket, won the Moulton Steele Emerging Artist Award (courtesy of Main Street Landing owners Melinda Moulton and Lisa Steele). It’s a large-scale, somewhat whimsical drawing, in pen-and-ink and pastel, of a golden-yellow horse, its head bent low to graze. No explanation for the spelling of the title. Perhaps the old critter has a cold? Photography is a particularly strong genre in this year’s Art’s Alive juried show; there are several highly competent entries in addition to Mease’s award-winning image. Among them is John Churchman’s “The Peaceful Evening,” with a gaggle of white geese in a darkened farmyard and orange foliage blazing in late-afternoon sunlight beyond. Also noteworthy are Ashley Gillespie’s blurred, almost ghostly selfportrait, in which she’s seated at a table eating from a bowl; and the stark, blackand-white “Basketball Hoop at Night” by Curran Broderick. Art’s Alive descended from the Women’s Caucus for Art open-studio events of the early 1980s; it continues to be unique in placing art in store windows on the Church Street Marketplace. The festival kicks off a busy summer season for the visual arts in Burlington that concludes with its larger and more boisterous cousin, September’s South End Art Hop. Now, if only the weather could be as fine. M A R C AWO D EY

Art’s Alive Festival of Fine Art Juried Show, Union Station, Burlington. Through June 30.

GARY HALL: Black-and-white photographs, Skyway; LORRAINE MANLEY: Acrylic paintings, Gates 1 & 2; STEPHEN BEATTIE: Color photography, Escalator. Through June 30 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166. ‘GLOW: LIVING LIGHTS’: Explore the ecology of bioluminescence with activities and live specimens, from the familiar firefly and glowworm to the alienlooking angler fish and siphonophore, the longest living creature on Earth. Through September 5 at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. Info, 877-324-6386.

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call to artIsts attentIon PlaywrIghts! stowe Free library is seeking submissions of original play manuscripts for a play-reading series. A panel of theater artists will evaluate scripts. Those selected will receive a public reading cast with local actors. playwrights may send original, unpublished plays (no children’s plays or musicals) to Megan Carder at stowe Free library, po box 1029, stowe, VT 05672. south end art hoP regIstratIon it’s time, once again, to sign up for the Art hop! The 2011 south end Art hop will take place on Friday and saturday, september 9 and 10. You can get the ball rolling by registering on our website. please visit seaba. com/art-hop/register-for-art-hop or email info@seaba.com. 859-9222. 50th annual art In the Park festIvals: Art in the park will be held August 13 and 14 and october 8 and 9. if you are an artisan who handcrafts unique products, there is still time to apply for space in this juried show. space will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. no applications will be accepted after July 5 for the August show or after september 5 for the october show. Visit the Chaffee Art Center website — chaffeeartcenter.org — for information and to download an application. info, 747-7900. ‘uncommon threads’: This spA exhibit invites work that pushes the boundaries for needlework, including knitting, needlepoint, crochet, tatting and hooking. Deadline: June 30. exhibit dates: August 16 through september 24. info, 479-7069, studioplacearts.com.

vermont uPcycled art show: The block gallery and Coffeehouse in winooski is hosting a group show in september of local artists who incorporate upcycling/ recycling/repurposing of materials. submissions due by August 1. info, thinkaboutpuppies@yahoo.com. road trIP! Photo exhIbIt A road trip is synonymous with nostalgia. show us the photographic moments you’ve captured that will inspire our next trip. submission deadline: July 19. info, submissions@vermontphotospace.com. sPecIal Places Do you have a special place you like to go? Capture the magic of the place in a photo and you might win a prize in the 4th Annual photography Contest and exhibit at the Chaffee Art Center. entry forms and details can be found at chaffeeartcenter.org. Deadline: July 27.

the shelburne artIsts market: local artists and artisans sell their work, on the green. saturday, June 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., shelburne Town offices. info, 985-3648.

claIre van vlIet: "stone on stone," lithographs by the master printmaker. June 16 through August 15 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Reception: Thursday, June 16, 5-7 p.m. info, 888-1261.

bca summer artIst market: Juried artists sell their handmade, original fine art and craft. saturday, June 18, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., burlington City hall park. info, 865-7166.

summer weekend show: paintings by Tim Allen and ceramics by ikusi Teraki and Jeanne bisson. June 18 and 19 at Towle hill studio in Corinth. Reception: saturday, June 18, 4-6 p.m. info, 439-3730.

seaba annual meetIng & flamIngo flIng: An evening of food, drinks, music, networking, a silent auction and flamingos. Thursday, June 16, 5-8:30 p.m., soda plant, burlington. info, 859-9222.

recePtIons scott funk: "Vermont Through the seasons," photographs by the Vermont artist. Through August 31 at gallery 160 in Richmond. Reception: Thursday, June 16, 4-7 p.m. info, 434-6434.

ed koren: "The Capricious line," work from the New Yorker cartoonist's five-decade career, including drawings never exhibited before. Through september 2 at Fleming Museum, uVM, in burlington. Reception: Friday, June 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m. info, 656-2090. davId kIng: "emerging," photography, paintings, drawings and sculpture by the Vergennes union high school student. June 18 through July 18 at studio V in Vergennes. Reception: saturday, June 18, 6-8 p.m. info, 349-2214.

taste of stowe arts festIval expose your work to 6000+ visitors. sell your art. Connect with new (more) fans. be part of one of the best summer events in Vermont. Deadline: June 24. Application online at helenday. com/the-taste-of-stowe.

alIce murdoch: "private pleasures," oil paintings that focus on the complicated role of food in women's lives. June 17 through september 24 at Amy e. Tarrant gallery, Flynn Center, in burlington. Reception: Friday, June 17, 5:30-8 p.m. info, 652-4500.

unbound: book art show: Art using the book as a material or format. Cash prizes. submission guidelines: ArtisTree-gallery.com; Adrian, 457-3500. Deadline: June 27.

rIchard w. brown: "Tasha Tudor's world," photographs documenting the early nineteenthcentury lifestyle of the celebrated Vermont illustrator who died in 2008. Through July 5 at Furchgott sourdiffe gallery in shelburne. Reception: Friday, June 17, 5:307:30 p.m. info, 985-3848.

Jean luc dushIme: "un Voyage," photographs of the American landscape by the African former refugee. A portion of the proceeds from print sales go to Diversity Rocks, the Vermont Refugee Resettlement program's youth group. June 17 through August 31 at new Moon Café in burlington. Reception: Friday, June 17, 4-8 p.m., Atmis, burlington info, 310-4555.

deborah hIllman: "Dreaming the Moon," paintings on canvas and paper. Through June 30 at The Drawing board in Montpelier. Reception: Friday, June 17, 4-6 p.m. info, 223-2902.

'the art of networkIng': works by Vermont artists looking to meet other in their field. Through July 16 at soda plant in burlington. Reception: Thursday, June 16, 5-8:30 p.m. info, 859-9222.

talks & events katharIne montstream: “into the intervale,” oil paintings of burlington’s sustainable farmlands, trails and river. Through June 30. The artist discusses her work: wednesday, June 15, 7-8:30 p.m., seAbA Center, burlington.

Ilao Jackson: "photographs From here," images of new York City and Martha's Vineyard, the two places the artist calls home. Through June 26 at 215 College gallery in burlington. info, 863-3662.

Jane ann kantor: "Vermont urban Folk Art," bold acrylic paintings inspired by the landscape. Through June 30 at Red square in burlington. info, 318-2438. Jean cannon: paintings by the burlington artist. Through July 31 at Vintage Jewelers in burlington. info, 862-2233.

Jeff clarke: "nature sights," black-and-white landscape photographs. Through June 30 at 156 The loft in burlington. info, 497-4401.

kImberlee forney: Musically inspired acrylic paintings. Through June 30 at 1/2 lounge in burlington. info, 310-9159.

JessIca hatheway scrIver: "Re-Mapped," paintings that explore biological, geological and urban complexities using map imagery. Through June 30 at block gallery in winooski. info, 373-5150.

kImberly garland: layers of paint, recycled materials and trash on canvas by the burlington visual and performance artist. Curated by seAbA. Through August 31 at pine street Deli in burlington. info, 862-9614.

karen dawson: "A look back," paintings and drawings that explore cubism and abstraction as processes to find fundamental unifying structure, in the First Floor gallery; Isaac wasuck: "The Quilt project," mixed-media paintings inspired by a 1960s book of traditional American needlework patterns, in the second Floor gallery. Through July 28 at Community College of Vermont in winooski. info, 654-0513. keI egan: Magnetic and traditional paper-glue collages inspired by childhood, aviation, spirituality and time. Through June 30 at nunyuns bakery & Café in burlington. info, 683-8804.

laura el-tantawy: "i'll Die For You: suicide in Rural india," a symbolic exploration of the epidemic of farmer suicides, featuring close-up photographs of farmers' skin juxtaposed against details from the landscape. Through July 5 at Reciprocity studio in burlington. info, 318-8594.

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lIsa lIllIbrIdge: Mixed-media work on wood. Through June 30 at Metropolitan gallery, burlington City hall. info, 865-7166.

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'Ink2skIn2canvas': paintings by the region's finest artists to wield a tattoo needle. Curated by Kevin Montanaro. Through June 25 at s.p.A.C.e. gallery in burlington. info, 578-2512.

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he cliché goes, “great minds think alike.” A new exhibit at Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center suggests that great minds might have similar thoughts about the vehicle of art but drive those points home uniquely. “Best of the North East Masters of Fine Arts” presents seven “emerging” artists, recent MFA grads from schools in the northeastern U.S. and Québec. Three professional curators and a University of Vermont art history prof, Anthony Grudin, juried the works, and HDAC director Nathan Suter curated the exhibit. The result is a diverse and thought-provoking collection of photography, installation, painting and mixed media. Viewers might expect to see promising but relatively unsophisticated work from artists at the beginning of their careers. They would be half right: The “promising” part is true. Conceptually, many of these pieces Untitled, 2011 are insightful; most are Robert Watermeyer impeccably executed. Each of these artists merits an individual review, but space permits just a sampling. The two photographers in “Best” frame the exhibit on either side of the gallery with arrest- mystery only deepens. In one, a young South ing, large-scale images. Robert Watermeyer African man clad in disheveled, Western(Massachusetts College of Art and Design) style clothes and two blingy silver necklaces draws strength from the startling combina- pauses to offer the photographer a defiant tion of natural beauty and environmental look as he stands in front of a barbed-wire devastation à la Canadian photographer Ed- fence surrounding some unseen installation. ward Burtynsky, who was shown at the Shel- A prison? A military base? Again, we can only burne Museum last year. Mother Nature may imagine. On the opposite side of the gallery, Jenalways win in the end, but Watermeyer’s depictions of wastelands in his native South Af- nifer Cawley’s photographs provide plenty rica and in the American Southwest convey of rich color but even more obfuscation. Her at least temporary injury. Color photographs mystery is the internal kind: trying to rememin which the saturation is nearly drained ber. “Her father was a Vietnam vet who died away eerily emphasize isolation: An unpeo- when she was 7,” explains Suter. “She’s dopled beach scene is so stripped of hue — and ing work on how we construct memory from context — that it is not clear what we’re look- these fragments.” The Rhode Island School of Design grad ing at. A pale-gray sea melts into a pale-gray sky. Is that snow or sand? How big are those from Massachusetts seems to have taken newspaper or magazine images from the striated rocks? Is this planet Earth? In another image, a bird’s-eye view of Vietnam War and blown them up — that act what looks to be a mining area in a desert itself perhaps an intentional metaphor. The offers few clues — everything is washed- dot gain from the halftones is evident in the out brown, and even the presence of far-off old photos. (Ancient technology, kids.) The dominant color is green, given the terrain trucks fails to inform us what’s going on. Though Watermeyer’s technical skill is of that Southeast Asian country. But, while fine, it is his grasp of ambiguity that compels the images are intentionally distorted, Cawlong, searching looks at his images. Like Bur- ley has also manipulated the focus; large tynsky, he doesn’t tell the whole story. Hu- swaths of the figurative scenes are blurred, man presence is implied or distant in most of in the way that rain on a windshield puddles his shots here, but in the two with figures, the the view. Scale here, too, is indiscernible:

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Are those toy soldiers or real ones? What’s actually going on here? Whatever the personal significance to Cawley of the images or her process, the viewer is left to contemplate the seemingly endless story of humans killing humans — or, perhaps, the ironic fullness of life that the ver“Eagle,” 2011 dant green imFrancisco Moreno plies. Sharing the east gallery with Cawley is new-media artist Christopher Page (Yale University School of Art) of London, whose minimalist, exacting constructions of rigid foam and off-white latex vaguely suggest functionality: The wall-hung “Protein” almost looks like a giant light switch; “Therapy” is almost a chair, albeit a tricky one to negotiate. There’s a hint of both pop-art humor and sci-fi steril-

ity in these bold structures, but in the end they are about nothing. And, as with “Seinfield,” therein lies the intrigue. Joo Lee Kang (School of the Museum of Fine Arts), paired with Watermeyer in the west gallery, is decidedly consumed by something: mutation. The Boston-based artist’s black-on-white works are presented as wallpaper-like scrolls, framed drawings and an 18-foot-long, wallhung installation called “Chaos.” Kang’s wallpaper seems like updated toile, but on closer inspection its “cute” creatures — ducklings, small snakes, frogs — clearly have two heads, three legs or other deformities. Her competent drawings are rendered with ample cross-hatching, but there’s nothing comic about the results. The mutated critters populate the hundreds of photocopied pages of “Chaos,” which forms an organic, undulating swoosh and illustrates Kang’s disturbing point. “It’s about out-of-control repetition, like cancer,” observes Suter. The middle gallery room of Helen Day is filled with the whimsically obsessive, monochromatic installations of Melanie Perreault (Concordia University); an “Employee of the Month” conceptual installation by John C. Gonzalez (School of the Museum of Fine Arts) that riffs on the systems of commerce; and striking paintings by Francisco Moreno (RISD) that present iconic American images — the bald eagle, Lady Liberty, Captain America — in severe black, gray and white. Moreno’s broad-brush strokes of white across his images are deliberate and artful — obscuring rather than defacing, suggests Suter — and add a design element that turns visions of dominance into abstractions. Each of the artists in “Best,” in his or her own way, subverts the obvious and rewards the curious. m

“Best of the North East Masters of Fine Arts,” Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Through September 5. helenday.com

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'Lock, Stock and BarreL: the terry tyLer coLLection of Vermont firearmS': The 106 firearms on display represent a lifetime of collecting and document the history of gunmaking in Vermont from 1790 to 1900; 'PaPerwork in 3d': Work by 25 contemporary origami, cut-paper and book artists; 'Behind the LenS, Under the Big toP': Black-and-white circus photography from the late-1960s by Elliot Fenander; "in faShion: high StyLe, 1690-2011": Costumes from the museum's permanent collection, plus borrowed works from today’s top designers, including Karl Lagerfeld, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Balenciaga, among others (opens June 18). Through October 30 at Shelburne Museum. Info, 985-3346. marion 'Pooh' gUiLd: "Dusty Drawings and Doodles," work from the 1930s through the 1960s, including scenes from a Girl Scout camp on Lake Seymour, in the Pickering Room. Through June 30 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211. michaeL Lew-Smith: Abstract photographs exploring the weathered paint on old cars, trucks and tractors. Curated by Kasini House. Through June 30 at Opportunities Credit Union in Burlington. Info, 264-4839. micheLLe Saffran & erik rehman: "Searchers," a photographic journey by Saffran, and "Eclectic," sculpture and drawings by Rehman. Through June 24 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 363-4746. orah moore: "Making Art," photographs by the Morrisville artist, and "Laundry Line Art," an interactive installation. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31 at VCAM Studio in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. PartS artS extraVaganza: Artwork by members of the band the Parts, Dan LeFrancois, Steve Sharon and Jason Papus. Through June 27 at Alley Cats Studio in Burlington. Info, 999-7788. 'Phone-o-graPhic art': A juried show of photographs made on cellphones by artists around the country. June 21 through July 15 at Vermont Photo Space Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686. roger coLeman: Art Affair by Shearer presents acrylic and mixed-media paintings by the Vermont artist. Through June 30 at Shearer Chevrolet in South Burlington. Info, 373-2321.

Sandy miLenS: "Searching," work by the Vermont photographer. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31 at Speeder & Earl's (Pine Street) in Burlington. Info, 658-6016. SheeL gardner anand: "Green Mountain View," a painting of a Vermont summer scene. Through June 30 at John Anthony Designer in Burlington. Info, 660-9086.

'the eLePhant in the room': Colorful acrylic paintings of elephants by the studio's young students. Through June 30 at Davis Studio Gallery in Burlington. Info, 425-2700. 'thoUght BomBerS': JDK artists collaborate to create one-of-a-kind kites meant to evoke imagery that exists above and beyond our earthly lives. Through August 20 at BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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caroL macdonaLd & erik rehman: "Transcendence: Mooring the Storm," artwork inspired by interviews with survivors of sexual violence. Through July 30 at Card Room, Vermont Statehouse, in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. chriStine hartman: Paintings and mixed-media collage by the Vermont artist. Through June 30 at Montpelier City Hall. Info, 229-9416. chriStine orcUtt: "Summer Rhythm: Exploring the Heart and Soul of the Upper Valley," paintings of horses and guitars. Through June 30 at Hartland Public Library. Info, 436-2473. daiSy rockweLL: "Political Animal," acrylic and tempera paintings by the granddaughter of Norman Rockwell. Through July 1 at Main Street Museum in White River Junction. Info, 295-6370. daVid Smith: Lyrical landscapes by the Peacham artist. Through June 30 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. deBorah fiLLion & heidemarie hoLmeSheiSS: "Mono-Types," work by two painters exploring a new medium. Through June 30 at Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-3291. ‘earth’: Work by more than 50 area artists. Through July 10 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 431-0204. ed koren & fULVio teSta: Drawings by Koren, one of The New Yorker magazine's longestappearing cartoonists, in the Main Gallery; watercolor landscapes by Italian painter Testa, in the Center Gallery. Through July 10 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670.

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'from the garden to the foreSt': Paintings of the natural world by Anne Unangst, Cindy Griffith and Marcia Hill. Through June 30 at Red Hen Bakery & Café in Middlesex. Info, 223-3591. kate mUeLLer: "The Rhythm of Color," portraits and expressionist landscapes in pastel and oil. Through July 17 at Korongo Gallery in Randolph. Info, 728-6288. katrina mojzeSz: "Sensitive to Light," photographs of and journal excerpts about the artist's solo cross-country camping trips. Through July 8 at Tunbridge Public Library. Info, 889-9404. ken LeSLie: "Arctic Cycles: Artist's Books and Paintings From the Far North," 360-degree panoramas in watercolor, acrylic and oil that trace the Arctic landscape through a full day or full year. Photo ID required. Through July 30 at Governor's Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. kriSta cheney: "Moments With Nature," still-life photographs. Through July 31 at The Shoe Horn at Onion River in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@ yahoo.com. 'LoSt in traffic': A group show exploring moments of navigational confusion, uncertainty and chaos, in the Main Floor Gallery; "PoStcardS & memorieS": collages and other works, in the Second Floor Gallery; Sam kerSon: "Ode to Demeter: Persephone Entre Deux Mondes," linoleum block prints depicting the Greek harvest goddess' quest to rescue her daughter from the underworld, in the Third Floor Gallery. Through July 30 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069. Peter hUntoon & heather corey: Watercolors by Huntoon and stained glass by Corey. Through June 30 at Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. Info, 457-1298. CENTRAL VERMONT ART SHOWS

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‘the chiLd in art’: Objects depicting children and childhood — from royal princesses to working-class youngsters, obedient kids to naughty little ones — from the museum’s permanent collection. Through September 2 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-2090.

'a ceLeBration of grace': Paintings and drawings by more than 20 self-taught artists. Through June 27 at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-8743.

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SPring featUred artiStS: Work by Peter Weyrauch, Shayne Lynn, Karen Henderson, Katie Brines, Stephen Beattie, Amanda Vella, Tom Cullins, Lynn Rupe and Bill Wolff. Through June 30 at Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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roLf anderSon: "Landscapes and People of Hazen's Notch," color photographs. Through July 12 at Healthy Living in South Burlington. Info, 326-4799.

NEW in Burlington for ages 5-13 'workS of the foUnderS': Paintings and mixedmedia work by Kimberley Hannaman Taylor and Maya Urbanowicz, two of the artists responsible for the new collective. Also, photographs of Poppa Neutrino's jazz funeral in New Orleans by Taylor. Through June 26 at The Firefly Collective in Burlington. Info, 660-0754.

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Phyllis Chase: Colorful landscapes and interiors by the Vermont artist, in the portico between Cornell Library and Debevoise Hall. Through August 5 at Vermont Law School Environmental Law Center in South Royalton. Info, 831-1106. sam Kerson & Katah: "The Road to the East," figurative pastels depicting the people and atmospheres of France, Slovakia and Finland. Through July 1 at City Center in Montpelier. Info, samkerson4@gmail.com. 'sPirits in the material World': Work in a variety of media by area artists. Through June 19 at Nuance Gallery in Windsor. Info, 674-9616. suzanne oPton: Work from the photographer's "Soldier" and "Many Wars" series, featuring portraits of veterans from World War II, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Through July 30 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Info, 698-0320. 'the art of Creative aging': The Central Vermont Council on Aging's juried show of artwork seniors have created since their 70th birthdays. Through June 30 at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Info, 476-2681.

July 14 at WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room in Bristol. Info, 453-3188. 'revived, reCyCled, reneWed': Artwork inspired by the revival of old traditions or created from reclaimed or recycled materials, such as billboards, zippers, a kitchen countertop, bottle caps and license plates. Through June 30 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032. sandy mayo: "Square Paintings," abstract work informed by nature, architecture, music and the unknown. Through June 28 at Brandon Artists' Guild. Info, 247-4956. t.J. Cunningham: "Winterworks," new paintings by the local artist. Through June 30 at The Art House in Middlebury. Info, 458-0464. 'taKing flight': Bird-themed artwork by Susan Raber Bray, Ray Hudson, Carol MacDonald, Liza Myers, Gary Starr and Adelaide Tyrol. Through June 19 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury. Info, 388-1436. 'the liPPitt morgan': A photographic exhibit of early Vermont breeders and the old-fashioned Morgans so dear to them. Through July 31 at The National Museum of the Morgan Horse in Middlebury. Info, 388-1639.

champlain valley annual members' shoW: An eclectic mix of techniques and media by sculptors of all levels. Through June 26 at Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland. Info, 438-2087.

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'art maKes brandon tiCK': This year's townwide art project features artistcreated, functional clocks, which will be auctioned off in October to benefit the BAG. Through October 8 at Brandon Artists' Guild. Info, 247-4956.

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Carol norton: "Waterworks," atmospheric water images in oil. Through July 31 at Starry Night Café in Ferrisburgh. Info, 658-2943. 'fairfield Porter: raW — the Creative ProCess of an ameriCan master': Finished and unfinished works by the artist and critic, a realist during an era when abstraction dominated American art. Through August 7 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-6433. 'from the Page's edge: Water in literature and art': Contemporary paintings inspired by water and literature, including the poetry of UVM professor Daniel Lusk. Through June 26 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes. Info, 475-2022. 'human = landsCaPe: aesthetiCs of a Carbon-Constrained future': A selection from the 2009 exhibit created by Burlington City Arts, including Nancy Dwyer and Caroline Byrne’s furniture made from Styrofoam packing materials, and R. Elliot Katz's cast plaster oil-industry portraits. Through June 18 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356.

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bill ramage: "A Centripetal Photo Project: An Installation," a large-scale work featuring self-portraits in graphite and biomorphic drawings in colored pencil. Through June 20 at Gallery in-the-Field in Brandon. Info, 247-0125.

With its historical reenactments, ghost tours and rousing fife-and-drum-corps performances, Fort Ticonderoga’s art collection might be overlooked. And that’s a shame. Especially this summer, because, for the first time, the museum’s most important pieces, such as 19thcentury paintings by Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, Charles Willson Peale

Jon olsen: Photographs by the Vermont artist. Through June 30 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

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lori hinriChsen: "Familiar Ground," monotypes, intaglios and photography inspired by nature. Through June 30 at Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. Info, 434-2167.

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Johnson State College, knows this isn’t true. In his travels to Iceland, Alaska, Norway and Finland, he’s seen winters of endless twilight composed of indigo, cobalt and Tom merwin: "Drawing Water," central Vermont's waterfalls and gorges depicted in sumi ink, watercolor and oil on canvas. Through November 30 at Merwin Gallery in Castleton. Info, 468-2592. 'Visions of Place: The PhoTograPhy of John miller, PeTer miller and richard Brown': Work by the veteran Vermont photographers who have each returned repeatedly to particular farmsteads, families and individuals over the last 40 years to create a nuanced record of the region. Through September 3 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964. 'we arT women: nighT Visions': Night-themed artwork in a variety of media. Through June 30 at 51 Main in Middlebury. Info, weartwomen@gmail. com.

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'BesT of The norTheasT masTer of fine arTs': Work by seven of the strongest emerging artists participating in MFA programs in New England, New York and Québec. Through September 4 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358. ellen welch granTer: "Flight and Light," paintings of birds in lush hues with a hint of a Chinese aesthetic. Through July 10 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818.

June arTisTs: Stained glass by Karen Scheffler, photography by Maggy Young, mixed-media work by Nancy Hayden and paintings by Leeza Mossey. Through June 30 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403.

lisa diamondsTein: Photographs that capture a moment in time. Through June 27 at Claire's Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053. marc awodey: Paintings by the Vermont artist, in the Wings Gallery. Through August 8 at Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

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norThern VermonT arTisTs' associaTion Juried show: Artists contribute work in a variety of media to the 81st annual June show. Through June 26 at Visions of Vermont in Jeffersonville. Info, 299-0910. Peg racine: Serene Vermont landscapes. Through June 26 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100. 'QuinTessenTial Plein air VermonT': Bob C Aiken, Meryl Lebowitz, Peter A. Miller and Lisa Angell paint on location in Stowe and in the galleryM (through July 31); sheel gardner anand: Y Paintings by the Vermont artist (through June 30). At Vermont Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, CM 253-9653. MY The four sisTers exhiBiT: Paintings by siblings Jackie Mueller Jones, Carol Mueller, Mary CY Ellen Mueller Legault and Debbie Mueller Peate. CMY Through July 17 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 288-8086. K

maurie harringTon: "The Traveling Artist," watercolors by the Vermont artist. Through June 30 at Island Arts South Hero Gallery. Info, 318-6229.

Barry Van dusen: Watercolor paintings of the natural world created from sketches done in the field. June 16 through July 16 at Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee. Info, 359-5000.

'myriad Visions': A display of all-steel, customized and modified, pre-World War II Ford automobiles accompanies work by established Northeast Kingdom artists. Through July 3 at White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. Info, 563-2037.

Terry Jenoure & laurel hausler: Jenoure presents “Abuela’s Last Wedding,” a mixed-media installation celebrating pivotal personal moments, and Hausler contributes new oil paintings. Through June 28 at Gallery in the Woods in Brattleboro. Info, 257-4777.m

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movies Midnight in Paris ★★★★

his is a picture about perspective, so, just for yuks, let’s begin with a brief exercise in it. Many of us enjoy the work of Judd Apatow. How many of us, though, believe he’ll still be making Judd Apatow films at the age of 75? The Farrelly brothers have made some of the funniest movies of our time. Is there anyone who doubts they’ll have exhausted themselves creatively long before making their 41st? So, how cool is it that Woody Allen is not just still creating Woody Allen films at that ripe age, but creating his funniest and most fanciful in many years? Midnight in Paris has rightly been called the writer-director’s love letter to the City of Lights. It’s also a reminder of why we fell in love with his work in the first place. Owen Wilson stars in the role of Gil Pender, a successful Hollywood screenwriter in the throes of an existential crisis. (You know you’re in Woodyworld when a character questions his anything-for-a-buck career choice and yearns to realize his youthful dream of becoming a serious novelist.) His condition is aggravated by a trip to Paris in the company of his superficial fiancée, Inez (Rachel McAdams), and her wealthy, disapproving parents.

Surrounded by art and beauty, Gil begins to fantasize about living the life of an expatriate writer. Wilson plays him as a wide-eyed, almost childlike variation on the Allen alterego — more nerd than neurotic. He wants to stay and stroll the streets with a baguette under his arm. Inez wants to shop and then set up home in Malibu as soon as possible. One night Gil takes a walk by himself and gets lost on a cobblestoned side street. He’s a little drunk, and so doesn’t catch on right away when the bells of a nearby church strike 12, an antique limo pulls up, and a woman named Zelda (Alison Pill) yells through the window, “C’mon, we’re going to a party for Jean Cocteau!” He spends the rest of the evening in English-major heaven, being called “old sport” by Scott Fitzgerald (Tom Hiddleston) and jovially invited to box by Ernest Hemingway (Corey Stoll). Allen doesn’t waste time explaining Gil’s midnight road trips to the Roaring Twenties. They just happen, and the filmmaker has a field day with them. Indeed, watching this movie feels like something of a trip back in time for the viewer, too — back to the days when Allen reigned as the cinema’s most cerebral, inventive comic force, and a hit comedy could be built on ideas rather than on poop jokes and projectile vomiting.

MIDNIGHT RIDE Wilson meets the best minds of the Lost Generation in Allen’s charming time-travel comedy.

You can sense long-dormant parts of your brain flickering back to life as Wilson’s starstruck character interacts with titans of this golden age. Kathy Bates is dead-on as Gertrude Stein, who helps Gil with his novel. A terrific running gag has the young Hemingway speaking in an exaggerated version of his distinctive writing style. Allen devises a brilliant scene where Gil pitches Luis Buñuel an idea for a film that the surrealist can’t wrap his head around (and which, of course, turns out to be the premise of a movie Buñuel actually made). Adrien Brody is a hoot and a half as Salvador Dalí, and I’m reasonably certain this is the first mainstream comedy to give a speaking part to Man Ray. The central idea of Midnight in Paris is this: Appreciate the present; it’s a waste of time to glorify some past moment. The peo-

ple who lived in that period very likely had golden-age yearnings of their own. As does a beauty played by Marion Cotillard. When Gil bumps into her, she’s dating Picasso — having already broken the hearts of Braque and Modigliani — and she dreams of ditching the ho-hum Paris of the ’20s for the far more happening Belle Époque of the 1890s. Gil himself characterizes this as a “minor insight” — but, again, it’s a matter of perspective. Next to the premise of The Hangover Part II, it looks like the theory of relativity. The bottom line is that this is a gorgeously shot, imaginatively conceived and winningly acted fable, and it’s great to find Allen once again in top form. Who else could make such a convincing case for living in the present with a story about having a blast in the past? RICK KISONAK

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REVIEWS Super 8 ★★★★

J. Abrams is a pastiche artist. His calling as a filmmaker is taking cultish properties and re-creating them as mainstream ones that pay homage to the originals while smoothing out their weird bits. He revived Star Trek as a rousing space adventure no jock would be ashamed to enjoy. He crossed classic TV oddity “The Prisoner” with a prime-time soap and created “Lost.” He made over the monster movie MTV-style for Cloverfield. Abrams’ latest movie, Super 8, breaks from the pattern insofar as it’s a pastiche of something that never lacked mass appeal: Steven Spielberg’s E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Three decades ago, Spielberg helped science fiction go mainstream by populating his UFO stories with relatable, contemporary characters: bickering couples, hyperactive kids. He used realism to give weight to the spooky tales where Eisenhower-era clichés had reigned. Abrams strives to re-create the look and feel of those early Spielberg movies in Super 8, which is set in their era (1979). Overall, the writer-director does an impressive job of cashing in on Generation X nostalgia

without betraying the spirit of the films he obviously loves. As pastiches go, Super 8 has a rougher, realer texture than most, and it doesn’t condescend to its young characters. (Stand by Me is another clear influence.) It harks back to the kids’ movies of old in good ways, such as its solid acting and nonfrenetic pacing. But, as an otherworldly fantasy with staying power, Super 8 doesn’t cut it. Abrams sets the story in a depressed Ohio manufacturing town and tells it from the perspective of a kid on the cusp of his teenage years, like Elliott in E.T. Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney) has recently lost his mother and can’t relate to his sheriff ’s deputy dad (Kyle Chandler). To add an extra layer of meta-, Abrams makes Joe’s friend Charles (Riley Griffiths) an imperious little would-be Orson Welles who hopes to win a festival prize with his new zombie movie. (Spielberg, who produced Super 8, directed epic 8-millimeter films as a preteen.) By far the best scenes are the ones where Joe, Charles and the rest of their crew — including dim leading man Martin (Gabriel Basso) and metal-mouthed fireworks fiend Cary (Ryan Lee) — shoot their cheapie. Elle

THAT ’70S FLICK Fanning and Courtney play kids coming of age in the Carter years.

Fanning strikes poignant notes as Alice, who’s cast as the film’s token girl but turns out to be the only real thespian. When a midnight shoot is interrupted by a disastrous train derailment, Charles’ camera catches something bizarre, and the movie shifts into sci-fi thriller mode. There are objects being mysteriously hurled great distances, disappearances and sinister military men. While these goings-on are entertaining, the film’s eventual revelations won’t startle any genre-savvy viewer over the age of 8.

Spielberg had a rare talent for fusing terror and wonder in his tales of ordinary people encountering the unknown. Abrams has ... CGI. Though he works hard to reproduce the thrill of the early UFO incursions in Close Encounters, which felt like a cross between vandalism and divine visitation, the magic isn’t there. If nothing else, Super 8 reminds the YouTube generation that movies used to be damned hard to make. When they’re done right, they still are. MARGOT HARRISON

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GREEN lANtERN: Ryan Reynolds stars as the DC Comics hero who finds himself unexpectedly gifted with superpowers by an interplanetary protective force. With Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong and Blake Lively. Martin (Edge of Darkness) Campbell directed. (105 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Palace, Roxy, St. Albans, Stowe, Sunset, Welden) mR. poppER’S pENGUiNS: Jim Carrey plays a house painter afflicted with a plague of lovable penguins in this family comedy adapted from Richard Atwater’s book. With Carla Gugino and Angela Lansbury. Mark (Mean Girls) Waters directed. (95 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Sunset, Welden)

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BRiDESmAiDSHHHH1/2 Can a wedding-centric comedy from a female point of view be ... funny? Director Paul Feig and writer-star Kristen Wiig attempt to beat the odds with this Judd Apatowproduced tale of a single woman who agrees to be her best friend’s maid of honor. With Maya Rudolph and Rose Byrne. (125 min, R. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Sunset)

KUNG FU pANDA 2HHH1/2 Kung-fu-fighting panda Po (voiced by Jack Black) has to defeat a threat to his beloved martial art in this sequel to the DreamWorks animated hit. Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen and Dustin Hoffman also do voice work. Jennifer Yuh directed. (91 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis [3-D], Palace, Paramount [3-D], Stowe, Sunset, Welden) miDNiGHt iN pARiSHHHH An American screenwriter (Owen Wilson) vacationing in Paris discovers another side of the city after dark — namely, shades of its artistic past — in the latest from Woody Allen. With Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard and Tom Hiddleston. (98 min, PG-13. Marquis, Roxy, Savoy)

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SomEtHiNG BoRRoWEDHH In our second wedding-themed comedy, Ginnifer Goodwin plays a singleton with a dangerous yen for her best friend’s groom. With Kate Hudson, John Krasinski and Colin Egglesfield. Luke (The Girl Next Door) Greenfield directed. (103 min, PG-13. Sunset) SUpER 8HHH1/2 Writer-director J.J. Abrams seems to be channeling vintage Steven Spielberg for this thriller, set in 1979, about a bunch of kids who stumble on something bad when their Super 8 film shoot is interrupted by a train crash. Let’s hope whatever it is is scarier than the monster in Cloverfield. With Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler and Noah Emmerich. (112 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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tHoRHHH Another Marvel Comics hero gets his own movie when the Norse god of thunder (Chris Hemsworth) finds himself in modern America. Advance word suggests that director Kenneth (Hamlet) Branagh was the right choice for this. With Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins. (114 min, PG-13. Essex [3-D], Majestic, Sunset)

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WiN WiNHHHH Paul Giamatti plays a small-time lawyer and wrestling coach who unexpectedly becomes the guardian of a troubled teen in this drama from Tom (The Visitor, The Station Agent) McCarthy. With Amy Ryan, Burt Young and Alex Shaffer. (106 min, R. Palace; ends 6/16)

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JUDY mooDY AND tHE Not BUmmER SUmmERHH A third grader despairs when her summer plans go awry and she’s forced to stay with her wacky aunt Opal (Heather Graham, apparently old enough to have attained “wacky aunt” status) in this family adventure. Based on Megan McDonald’s book. With Jordana Beatty and Preston Bailey. John (Aliens in the Attic) Schultz directed. (91 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace)

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tHE HANGoVER pARt iiHH1/2 If you think a rude awakening from a night of debauchery like the one depicted in hit comedy The Hangover could happen only once to the same guys, you’d be wrong. This time, Stu (Ed Helms) is the one getting married, and the weirdness starts in Bangkok. With Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha. Todd Phillips directed. (102 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, St. Albans, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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cAVE oF FoRGottEN DREAmSHH1/2 In his latest one-of-a-kind documentary, Werner Herzog explores the Chauvet cave of Southern France and trains his camera on amazingly wellpreserved artwork of the Paleolithic period. (95 min, PG. Palace) FASt FiVEHHH Fast & Furious not fast enough? The fifth film in the street-racer action franchise has an even shorter title. This time around, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and their fellow speed freaks try to evade G-man Dwayne Johnson in Rio de Janeiro. Justin Lin directed. (130 min, PG-13. Sunset; ends 6/16)

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on Stranger tides (3-D) 6:15, 9. Bridesmaids 6:30, 9. friday 17 — thursday 23 *Green Lantern (3-D) 1:30 (except Fri), 6:15, 9. *mr. Popper’s Penguins 1:30 (except Fri), 6:30, 9. Judy moody and the Not Bummer Summer 1:30 (except Fri), 6:30. X-men: First class 1:30 (except Fri), 6:30, 9. The Hangover Part II 1:30 (except Fri), 6:30, 9. Bridesmaids 9.

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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 *Green Lantern (3-D) Thu: midnight. Judy moody and the Not Bummer Summer 12:55, 3, 5:05, 7:10, 9:15. Super 8 12, 3:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10. X-men: First class 12:30, 2:25, 7, 10. The Hangover Part II 1, 3:15, 5:30, 6:50, 7:45, 9:20, 10. Kung Fu Panda 2 12:10 (3-D), 1:15, 2:30 (3-D), 3:45, 4:50 (3-D), 7:10 (3-D), 9:15 (3-D). Pirates of the caribbean: on Stranger tides 1 (3-D), 4, 7 (3-D), 9:50. Bridesmaids 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50. Thor (3-D) 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 (Wed only). friday 17 — thursday 23 *Green Lantern 12:10 (3-D), 1:10, 2:35 (3-D), 4, 5 (3-D), 6:45, 7:30 (3-D), 9:15, 10 (3D). *mr. Popper’s Penguins 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20, 11. Judy moody and the Not Bummer Summer 12:55, 3, 5:05, 7:10. Super 8 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50. X-men: First class 12:45, 3:50, 7, 9:45. The Hangover Part II 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10. Kung Fu Panda 2 12, 12:10 (3-D), 2:30 (3-D), 4:50 (3-D), 7:10 (3-D), 9:15 (3-D). Pirates of the caribbean: on Stranger tides 1 (3-D), 4, 7 (3D), 9:50. Bridesmaids 9:40.

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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 Judy moody and the Not Bummer Summer 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 7:05, 9:20. Super 8 1, 2, 3:40, 4:40, 6:10, 7:10, 8:45, 9:40. X-men: First class 12:50, 2:10, 3:50, 4:55, 6:40, 8, 9:30. The Hangover Part II 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45. Kung Fu Panda 2 12:20 (3-D), 1:20, 2:30 (3-D), 3:35, 4:45 (3-D), 7 (3-D), 9:15 (3-D). Pirates of the caribbean: on Stranger tides (3-D) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25. Bridesmaids 1:10, 4, 6:50, 8:35, 9:35. Thor 6. friday 17 — thursday 23 *Green Lantern 12:50, 1:50 (3-D), 3:30 (3-D), 4:30 (3-D), 6:15, 7:10 (3-D), 8:45 (3-D), 9:45 (3-D). *mr. Popper’s Penguins 12, 2:10, 4:20, 6:35, 8:50. Judy moody and the Not Bummer Summer 1, 3:10, 6:10, 8:30 (Mon-Thu only). Super 8 1:20, 4:10, 7, 8:30 (Fri-Sun only), 9:35. X-men: First class 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30. The Hangover Part II 1:40, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40. Kung Fu Panda 2 (3-D) 11:50 a.m., 2, 4:15, 6:25, 8:40. Pirates of the caribbean: on Stranger tides (3-D) 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:25. Bridesmaids 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:35.

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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 Super 8 6:30, 9. X-men: First class 6. The Hangover Part II 7:30. Kung Fu Panda 2 (3-D) 6. Bridesmaids 8:30. friday 17 — thursday 23 *mr. Popper’s Penguins 1:30, 3:30, 6:30, 8:30. midnight in Paris 1:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9. Super 8 3, 6:30, 9. Kung Fu Panda 2 (3-D) 1:30.

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friday 17 — thursday 23 *Green Lantern 1:20, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30. midnight in Paris 1, 2, 3:05, 4:05, 5:10, 6:05, 7:15, 8:15, 9:20. Super 8 1:15, 3:40, 7, 9:15. X-men: First class 1:05, 6:50. The Hangover Part II 3:50, 9:25. Bridesmaids 1:25, 4, 6:40, 9:10.

wednesday 15 — thursday 16 X-men: First class at 9, followed by Pirates of the caribbean: on Stranger tides.

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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 ***met opera: Summer Encore Series: madama Butterfly Wed: 1, 6:30. Judy moody and the Not Bummer Summer 12:15, 2:30, 4:40, 6:50, 8:50. Super 8 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:20. cave of Forgotten Dreams 12:35, 2:45, 4:50, 7, 9:10. X-men: First class 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 8:30, 9:35. The Hangover Part II 12:20, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40. Kung Fu Panda 2 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 12:40, 1:45 (Thu only), 2:50, 4 (Thu only), 5, 7:05, 9:05 (Thu only). Pirates of the caribbean: on Stranger tides 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 (Thu only), 9:25. Bridesmaids 1, 3:45, 6:50, 9:30. Win Win 6:10. friday 17 — thursday 23 ***Drum corps International 2011 tour Premiere Mon: 6:30. ***met opera: Summer Encore Series: Don Pasquale Wed: 1, 6:30. ***Dudamel: Let the children Play Thu: 7. *Green Lantern 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35. *mr. Popper’s Penguins 12:10, 2:30, 4:45, 7:05, 9:15. Judy moody and the Not Bummer Summer 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 12:15, 2:25, 4:30, 6:35 (except Wed). Super 8 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:20. cave of Forgotten Dreams 1:15, 6:30, 8:40 (except Wed). X-men: First class 12:45, 3:40, 6:40 (except Mon), 9:30. The Hangover Part II 12:20 & 2:35 & 4:55 (except Wed), 7:15, 9:40. Kung Fu Panda 2 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 6:55, 9 (except Mon). Pirates of the caribbean: on Stranger tides 3:30, 8:30. Bridesmaids 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1, 3:45, 6:50 (except Thu), 9:30. ***See website for details.

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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 Super 8 at 9:05, followed by Thor. X-men: First class at 8:50, followed by Pirates of the caribbean: on Stranger tides. Kung Fu Panda 2 at 9, followed by Fast Five. The Hangover Part II at 9:10, followed by Bridesmaids. friday 17 — thursday 23 *Green Lantern at dusk, followed by Something Borrowed. *mr. Popper’s Penguins at dusk, followed by X-men: First class. Super 8 at dusk, followed by Thor. The Hangover Part II at dusk, followed by Bridesmaids.

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wednesday 15 — thursday 16 Super 8 2, 4, 7, 9. X-men: First class 2, 4:15, 7, 9:15. The Hangover Part II 7, 9. Kung Fu Panda 2 2, 4. friday 17 — thursday 23 *Green Lantern 2, 4, 7, 9. *mr. Popper’s Penguins 2, 4, 7, 9. Super 8 7, 9. Kung Fu Panda 2 2, 4.

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BAttlE: loS ANGElESH1/2 This sci-fi action film aspires to be The Hurt Locker of extraterrestrialinvasion movies. With Aaron Eckhart as the Marine taking on aliens and Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez and Bridget Moynahan. Jonathan (The Killing Room) Liebesman directed. (116 min, PG-13)

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In one month we ran essentially the same story 300 times. You know, the one about the candidate who had the apartment in Manhattan with the fountain out front and decided the heat was so bad one day he just had to strip down and shampoo in it while the news cameras rolled. The road to the White House got a tad rocky for that psycho after that.

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