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APRIL 27-MAY 4, 2011 COMPILED BY CATHY RESMER & TYLER MACHADO

Been Laden Nearly 10 years ago, the 9/11 attacks dominated the news, making it difficult to think about anything else.

Last Sunday, Americans were once again collectively captivated by the announcement that U.S. troops had finally killed Osama bin Laden, the terrorist leader responsible for planning those attacks.

President Barack Obama first addressed the nation late Sunday night. The story of the raid on Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan unfolded over the next few days — how a team of Navy Seals, working with the CIA, reportedly carried out the mission; how Bin Laden’s body was buried at sea.

Vermont’s congressional delegation immediately issued their statements — Shay Totten captured their reactions in a Monday post on Blurt, the Seven Days staff blog. But many, many people responded spontaneously online, by posting quotes and comments to Facebook and Twitter — something we couldn’t do 10 years ago.

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Looks like you folks missed the spot again [“Burlington City Planners Object to Restaurant’s Wind Turbine,” Blurt, April 21]. Now that you have had a couple of weeks to get it right, you opted to perpetuate the rage and anger many people feel on this issue. It’s not a clash of preservationists and greenies; it’s simply a matter of following the written rule. I wonder what many of your irate Twitterers would do if their next-door neighbor installed a hideous compost bin next to their property line after being refused allowance by the city. Do we all have the same opinions on what is right and wrong?

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Wow, talk about biting the hand that feeds you! Harry Bliss’ trash-talking letter to the editor [“Bye-Bye, Books,” Feedback, April 20] in response to the very balanced article

by Margot Harrison debating print versus e-books [“Print Versus Pixels,” April 13] makes me think he’s completely lost it. Bliss, a cartoonist and illustrator of children’s books, argues, albeit indirectly, that books are destroying the planet. And so, I’m sure, are all those copies of the New Yorker and the New York Times and Seven Days.

Come on, books, newspapers, magazines can all be recycled. Unlike the iPad, Nook and Kobo, which all entered my household

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this year — not to mention three new cellphones, two new iPods, a hard drive and a laptop computer — none of these printed items will end up in a landfill. I will continue to pass along books to friends, recycle my newspapers and magazines, and send all the crappy galleys publishers send me directly to the zero-sort stream.

As for Bliss’ suggestion that we “book lovers” read paper books so that we can “display them all on bookshelves for everyone to see,” I think not. I am a bookseller.

I read two to four books a week, but in my home I keep only the ones that mean something to me or are awaiting my attention. I prefer to put art on my walls, much of it on paper. Is that destroying the planet, too? And for the record, I only read print. I just love the way a book feels. (Vomit away, you angry SOB.) I wonder if the great children’s classic Make Way For Ducklings had been published only in e-book form if it would still be read today, generations later. If I didn’t have such high regard for the authors of Bliss’ books — Doreen Cronin, Kate DiCamillo, Sharon Creech and Alison McGhee — I’d say let’s try it with his books and see how long the luster — and the royalties — last.

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If the Harry Bliss, who recently wrote the letter to the editor entitled “Bye-Bye Books” [Feedback, April 20] is also the cartoonist (and I assume he is, based on

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His letter, filled with vitriol and sarcasm for those of us who prefer the “feel of a book,” has given me an inside look at this gentleman who, oddly enough, has chosen humor for a vocation.

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We should update them accordingly.

Vermonters need to know they live on top of one of the country’s most active naturally occurring radioactive elements, uranium. Check it out; we have plenty of it everywhere here.

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The goal of our criminal justice system is to welcome those men (and, less frequently, women) back to our communities as valued, productive citizens after they have paid their proverbial debt to society and addressed whatever addictions or behavioral issues had cursed their lives.

Kept close to home where friends and relatives can visit and keep hope for a different future alive in these prisoners’ minds greatly increases the chance for successful redemption and rehabilitation.

It sends the message: “You are one of us and we will not give up on you.” Exile to a far-away state where there can be no visits, no familiar voices, no familiar landscape out of the window does precisely the opposite. The extinguishment of any sense of self-worth, and the growth of anger and hostility, can only thrive and grow when a Vermont prisoner is cast into the harsh dog-eat-dog world of a distant contract prison. We owe it to them, and ourselves, to handle our own criminal justice problems here in Vermont.

nothing. Meanwhile, my husband, who works for the state of Vermont, had a 3 percent pay reduction and a two-year wage freeze last June to reduce the state budget. The state of Vermont is willing to reduce the pay of thousands of state employees but not willing to reduce the amount of money it pays to house an inmate, which is rather hard to swallow when a lot of employees, like my husband, make less than what the state spends on inmates. As Vermonters, we need to be aware of what we are actually providing inmates and say “no” to all of the luxuries, because many Vermonters don’t live as well as the inmates we provide for. Also, it stands to reason that if we remove the incentive for inmates to go back to prison, the recidivism rate should plummet. In this economy, the working class shouldn’t be providing luxuries for inmates that we, ourselves, can’t afford.

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Trash Talk Vermont already has a reputation for being “green.” But if any single day of the year best represents our ecofriendly efforts, it’s the annual Green Up Day. Folks get their hands a little dirty in order to clean the roadways and rivers of litter. See? With enough volunteers, it’s pretty easy being green.

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Before it was an album with a star-studded list of contributors and a Grammy nod, Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown was performed as a live folk opera. The epic retelling of the Orpheus myth makes its way back onstage — at the Higher Ground Ballroom — in Hadestown Works for Women, featuring the Michael Chorney Sextet. One hundred percent of the proceeds go to the nonprofit Vermont Works for Women.

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Brain Teaser Mind over matter is the name of the game in Paul Zaloom’s Beakman on the Brain! Zaloom, who attended Goddard College and used to tour with Bread and Puppet Theater, is something of a Bill Nye of neuroscience, and his wacky think piece enlists animation, special effects and audience participation to teach kids about brain functions. Everyone loves a mad scientist.

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The farmworker toiling away to bring Vermont’s milk, cheese and veggies to market is probably not Caucasian, nor residing here legally.

Nonetheless, local, state and federal officials have tended to look the other way — as long as none of these “guest workers” tries to suck off the public teat.

In other words: Thanks, non-English-speaking folks, for letting us milk you. We’ll gladly take your labor — and Inspirations deduct Medicare and Social Security ARTS & CRAFTS taxes out of your paychecks — in exchange for not deporting you.

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Last year’s federal health care reform hospice volunTeer bill forbids illegal immigrants from services receiving health insurance through the government-run health care exchanges.

The Brock-Sears amendment extended that rule to Green Mountain Care, the system Vermont hopes to have in place by 2017 — three gubernatorial and two presidential elections from now.

The Brock-Sears amendment passed the Vermont Senate, 22 to 8.

After an outcry from activists, lawmakers backed down. Now the Shumlin administration is going to “study” Friday, May 13, 2011 whether undocumented workers could be covered under Green Mountain Care.

T o w n h a l l T h e aT e r The state has some stats on this Middlebury, Vermont topic already. In 2007, the Vermont Department of Health found — not surPreview Noon-5pm prisingly — that immigrant farmworkers Silent Auction 6:00-10:30pm avoid going to the doctor out of fear they will be reported and deported. Too often Live Auction 7:00-8:30pm they wait to see a doc until they have to go to an emergency room, which is the Hors d’oeuvres, Desserts, Cash Bar and Music by most costly form of treatment.

Chuck Miller & Friends Hmm, maybe Brock and Sears will suggest hospitals require a long-form admission $30 birth certificate, too.

“Some of these workers felt alienated and attacked by some of the lanFor information and photos of guage. This was a fight for a community Auction items go to hospicevs.org that we don’t openly recognize,” said

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BRENDAN O’NEILL of the Vermont Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project.

Face it, folks: The 2000-plus immigrant workers toiling away on Vermont’s dairy and other farms are here to stay.

Most of them are undocumented — 1200 to 1500 — while some 450 are here with legal H-2A visas, which permit them to seek seasonal work in the U.S. The H-2A program is currently used by some dairy farmers in Vermont, according to ALYSON EASTMAN of Book-Ends Associates in Orwell. Eastman is an H-2A specialist and has helped Vermont farms find migrant workers — legally — through the H-2A program. Beneficiaries have included Pete’s Greens, Sam Mazza’s Farm Market, Bakery and Greenhouses, and lots of apple orchards.

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Late last month, Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT), who is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced legislation to allow more dairy farmers to take advantage of the H-2A program.

Because their operations are year round, dairy farms need longer-term work relationships and hence wind up hiring illegal immigrants. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture acknowledges this by offering Spanish-only milking, first aid and farm-management classes for Hispanic workers as well as language classes for their employers.

Leahy’s proposal would also create a path for immigrant workers to attain permanent resident status.

“The heart of this issue is a broken federal immigration system,” said JAMES HASLAM of the Vermont Workers’ Center, who lobbied against the Brock-Sears amendment. “If our immigration laws were enforced, our dairy industry would collapse in no time.”

Vermont can do better, adds O’Neill.

“We’re not Arizona,” said O’Neill.

“Let’s not settle on what we’ve been handed for immigration policy. There are people here keeping farms afloat, and so let’s help them out.”

BT’s Battles

In a letter filed with state regulators on Monday, Burlington Telecom claims there will be more sale talks this month with prospective buyers — one of which is an in-state telecom company. The letter is part of BT’s bimonthly update to the Vermont Public Service Board as the struggling telecom tries to rework its finances and reach compliance with its operating license, or certificate of public good.

In BT’s February report to the PSB, it mentioned two possible buyers that were still interested as of May 2. One firm is due back in Burlington this month to talk with members of the Blue Ribbon Committee, Mayor BOB KISS and Dorman & Fawcett consultants. The other firm is allegedly revising its offer. BT has refused to identify its suitors, and several have signed nondisclosure agreements to keep their names secret — for now.

Two other potential buyers have backed off, but two new ones have stepped up. One is a “fairly large private equity firm,” according to the BT letter, and the other is an “in-state telecommunications provider” that plans to talk with D&F mid-month.

Still no word on whether CitiCapital will drop a lawsuit to collect on the $33 million lease-finance deal the city canceled last year. Ditto whether it will exercise its right to repossess most, if not all, of BT’s equipment to cover its losses.

Speaking of lawsuits, a criminal probe

by Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. DONOVAN may finally be completed within the week. The probe is believed to have precipitated the resignation of Burlington’s Chief Administrative Officer JONATHAN LEOPOLD. BT also faces a possible court hearing on May 23 in a civil suit being overseen

by Superior Court Judge HELEN TOOR. The civil suit, filed by two disgruntled taxpayers, seeks immediate repayment of the $16.9 million that BT borrowed from the city’s “cash pool” to prop up the struggling muni telecom. Leopold is also named as a defendant in the suit and is potentially liable to repay some of the money.

BT has asked Toor to delay the hearing, though that’s not likely to happen:

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The judge has rejected five previous BT requests to halt the proceedings.

In his brief asking Toor to deny BT’s request, attorney Norm Williams references albert eiNsteiN’s definition of insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

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At his weekly press conference, Shumlin said his campaign — if there is one — made a mistake, and he apologized for the oversight.

Wait, if there is one? He has a Democratic consultant on staff and has sent out two fundraising letters, and there’s been at least one out-of-state fundraiser in Rhode Island.

Coming soon: a sizable instate fundraiser hosted by major Democratic donor Crea liNtilhaC. Isn’t that a campaign?

“I’m not an announced candidate,” Shumlin said. So, why the early fundraising?

“Just in case,” he quipped with a smile.

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If Entergy wins its injunction against the state and keeps operating the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, some ratepayers could benefit. A revenue-sharing arrangement with Green Mountain Power and Central Vermont Public Service, which has been in place for years, would be good for their the utilities’ shareholders. But both utilities would also have to use some of that money to keep consumer power costs down.

Beneficiaries would include the state’s largest private employer, IBM, which gets its power from GMP. IBM has complained that VY’s closure could increase its power costs.

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Though the original sale deal says the revenue-sharing deal is in effect if Entergy has a license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, I suspect Entergy will figure a way to wriggle out of this commitment.

If there’s one thing Entergy is better at than splitting atoms, it’s splitting legal hairs.

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Or not. The feds are moving ahead with their espionage case against former Vermonter thomas drake.

As “Fair Game’ detailed late last year, Drake is the fourth person in U.S. history to be charged under the Espionage Act for mishandling classified information.

His alleged crime occurred when he tried to blow the whistle on an ineffective, costly and likely unconstitutional domestic spying program at the National Security Agency.

His trial, set for April, has been delayed until June.

Meanwhile, Drake is gaining national attention for his bravery.

In April he received the prestigious Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling — an annual honor given to whistleblowers, investigative journalists and other private citizens for “bringing an issue of social importance to the public’s attention.”

At the award ceremony, Drake told the crowd his case has exposed “a truly Orwellian world, where whistle-blowing has become espionage. Espionage includes whistle-blowing, and whistleblowing is now equated with spying.

Dissent has become the mark of a traitor. Truth is equivalent to treason, and speaking truth to power makes one an enemy of the state, and yet who is really the enemy here?”

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bi Sessions had already retired from a long career in education when she was lured back in 2009 to helm the country’s first elementary school with a sustainability theme. At the start of this school year, Sessions characterized her principal position at the Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes Elementary in Burlington’s Old North End as a “dream job.”

Less than two years after she took the top jobs, Sessions is calling it quits. In a note sent home to parents on March 28, she suggested that her skill set isn’t a match for the racially diverse, environmentally oriented school.

“The long and short of it is that I think you need a leader with a deeper base of knowledge and skill in the two areas that make us different — education for sustainability and working with a diverse community,” Sessions wrote.

Her announcment coincides with an ongoing investigation of allegations made by an African American mother who says her 7-year-old son was mistreated after he had a pee accident on the playground — and that racism was the reason. In a widely circulated letter describing the January incident, Jaquana Tyler claims that school staff scolded her son, grabbed him roughly, and sent him outside coatless with a bucket and sponge to scrub the area where he had urinated.

“My son was sobbing because he was scared, freezing and left all alone outside,” Tyler wrote in a letter emailed on

January 18 to city and school officials, the Vermont Human Rights Commission, the ACLU and a dozen others. “I have no doubt that my child was treated this way because he is black. No way would this have happened to any of the white, middle-class children.”

During an interview last week, Sessions says her decision to leave was “personal” and “totally voluntary,” and entirely unrelated to that incident or the ensuing fallout. While stressing her passion for the “rightness of living sustainably,” Sessions explains, “I don’t have a grounding in the whole pedagogy of education for sustainability and I think it would have been useful for the leader of this school to have had that background.”

Regarding diversity, Sessions offers, “This is my first experience in an urban area and working in an urban school is very different than working in a rural school. I’m looking out my window of my office right now, and the playground is full of kids who found their way here from all over the world. And it’s wonderful.”

Sessions is Burlington’s second magnet-school principal to leave in the last 10 months. In July, Joyce Irvine was removed as principal of the Integrated Arts Academy at H.O. Wheeler after the school failed to meet No Child Left Behind standards. The Sustainability Academy is on the federal watch list, too,

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STATEHOUSE HEARING UNCOVERS MORE DUI BREATH-TESTING PROBLEMS More troubles surfaced last week around the breathtesting devices Vermont uses to prosecute drunk drivers.

At a Statehouse hearing on April 27, state officials revealed that a DataMaster DMT breath-testing instrument at the Royalton barracks was malfunctioning over a period of 11 months last year and this year. A defense attorney made the discovery last week. Consequently, 40 drunk drivers charged in Windsor and Orange counties between May 2010 and April 2011 are having their civil suspensions overturned.

“There’s a lot of people who might not have been guilty,” says Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Dick Sears (D-Bennington), who called on the Shumlin administration to investigate the problems. “Can you imagine if this was DNA stuff and we convicted the wrong person for murder, or let somebody off for murder?”

As first reported by Seven Days, the DataMaster DMT breath-testing devices are under scrutiny after two state chemists — one current and one former — alleged that a lab technician had tampered with them over a period of several years to get them to “pass” routine performance tests. After an internal review last May, health department officials cleared the lab tech of wrongdoing.

Gov. Peter Shumlin wants to transfer the alcohol-testing program from the Department of Health to the Department of Public Safety, which, unlike the health department, has a fully accredited lab.

At the Statehouse, Defender General Matthew Valerio predicted, “This could be huge.” He estimated “a couple hundred to a thousand” drunk-driving cases could be affected.

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Score a victory for public records.

The Vermont Supreme Court ruled last week that election ballots are not exempt from public inspection under the state’s public records act.

The 4-1 ruling ends a more than three-year legal battle between a lone voter in Fairlee and town officials, the secretary of state and the attorney general.

Timothy Price, who served on the town’s Board of Civil Authority, sued the town of Fairlee without a lawyer’s assistance to get access to ballots and tally sheets from the November 2006 election. The auditor’s race that year between Republican Randy Brock and Democrat Tom Salmon was so close it necessitated a statewide recount.

During the re-tally, tabulation errors turned up in some towns — particularly ones like Fairlee that hand count ballots.

Price wanted to review the ballots, but the town was reluctant to reopen the bags. By the time he made a request to see them, the Fairlee officials had destroyed the ballots — as allowed by state law. Price argued, however, that the town shouldn’t have destroyed the ballots because he had made requests to view them prior to their destruction.

Writing for the majority, Justice Brian Burgess said the town was wrong to destroy the ballots — even though Vermont’s election statutes allow it — because Price had made a request to view the ballots and tally sheets in order to determine how the board had incorrectly tallied the 2006 election votes.

Justice John Dooley — the lone dissenter — objected because he said it was not the court’s role to change existing laws.

“It was a terribly lonely fight. I had a very steep learning curve,” Price tells Seven Days. “How do you expect the voter to be represented when an individual has to go through this?”

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Last week, the Burlington School District named Brian Williams interim principal at the Sustainability Academy, effective July 1, while the district seeks a

in partnership with Shelburne Farms.

Before coming to Burlington, she served as principal at Salisbury Community School in Addison County and Roxbury Village School in Washington County.

Like H.O. Wheeler, Barnes was a highpoverty school that was transformed into a themed magnet school in the hope of attracting a more economically diverse student body from around the city. Today, there’s evidence that it is working. When the Sustainability Academy launched in 2009, the school’s poverty rate, as measured by the number of students eligible for free or reduced-priced lunch, was 95 percent. Now it’s just over 75 percent.

became U.S. citizens. It was part of a unit on immigration that featured music and speeches from the kids, Tewksbury-Frye recalls.

“She has always been a proponent of the idea that diversity makes us stronger,” Tewksbury-Frye says.

But it presents unique challenges, too, as Sessions has discovered in the process of dealing with Tyler’s complaint and its aftermath. In her letter, Tyler described two separate meetings with school officials — one of which she tape recorded — and how she left each one feeling alienated and disrespected. She has since taken her son out of the school.

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permanent replacement. He’s the same administrator who became interim principal at the Integrated Arts Academy when Irvine was ousted. H.O. Wheeler’s new principal is Trevor Christopher.

Sessions was Barnes’ first principal after it transitioned from a neighborhood elementary school to a sustainabilitythemed magnet school, a move conceived

“Throughout the meeting the three school staff continuously gave each other coded looks, alienating any hope of building trust and understanding,” Tyler wrote of a January 12 meeting. “They essentially presented that my son had lied,” she wrote, adding that neither she nor the boy had been interviewed for the one-page report compiled by school staff on the incident.

Tyler’s claims have already resulted in two Sustainability Academy community meetings; a third is scheduled for May 5.

City Councilor Vince Brennan, who has a fourth grader at the school, says the meetings are important for “healing” the

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Districtwide, Burlington schools have a 50 percent poverty rate.

Ethnically, the Sustainability Academy is one of the most diverse schools in Vermont. English is a second language for almost a quarter of the school’s 180 pupils, who collectively speak 17 different tongues. By contrast, in Burlington overall, 17 percent of students are nonnative English speakers; statewide, it’s less than 2 percent.

Anne Tewksbury-Frye, the academy’s sustainability coach, says Sessions has been a “champion of diversity.” Under her leadership, the school held a naturalization ceremony in which 19 immigrants

school community — regardless of what actually happened with Tyler’s son.

“Whether it happened [as Tyler described it] or not, she felt it was a racist act,” says Brennan, adding that others should give Tyler the benefit of the doubt rather than trying to “poke holes in her story.”

So far, Burlington school officials aren’t saying much about the incident.

Superintendent Jeanne Collins says the district hired an independent investigator to look into Tyler’s claims, and the Vermont Human Rights Commission is also on the case. Collins says she can’t discuss the situation for two reasons: because it remains under review by the school and human rights commission, and that federal student-privacy laws prevent her from talking about it.

“The district takes the allegation of racial discrimination very seriously,” Collins says, adding that the district is providing “significant training” for faculty at all Burlington schools — but particularly at the Sustainability Academy — around issues of “cultural competence” and school policies that might be discriminatory. As part of that plan, Collins says all administrators are reading the book Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools and holding monthly discussions about it.

For her part, Sessions described the incident with Tyler’s son as “an upsetting event for everyone in the community,” but would not discuss it further because it remains under review. Sessions, who maintains a home in Cornwall with her husband, U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III, says she’s retiring for good this time. m

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Those mass movements had “put a dent in his ideology” well before Bin Laden met his end at the hands of U.S. Special Forces, MacFarquhar said in a recent telephone interview. “He’d been saying change could only come through jihad, and the Arab world now sees that isn’t so.”

MacFarquhar, who is in his early fifties, moved to Libya at age 3 because his father got a job in the country’s oil industry. He began his education at the Esso Elementary School. After earning a degree in international relations at Stanford University, MacFarquhar returned to the Middle East as a reporter for the Associated Press, living over the course of seven years in Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Cyprus. He then moved to the Times, serving for five years as the paper’s Cairo bureau chief.

MacFarquhar traveled widely and frequently in the Middle East from 2001 to 2006, reporting from Syria, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

He’s also got a base in Burlington. Madi MacFarquhar, Neil’s mother, lives in the city’s South End. Her involvement in Elder Education Enrichment led the local lifelong-learning group to invite her son to address its annual meeting on May 9.

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The blurb about the property on the real estate company’s website explains that “no expense was spared in the renovations from the beautiful 1790 colonial home.”

It also notes that this is a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to buy a “unique property owned by a high-profile celebrity.”

Um, gross. I’m sure the farm will be even more meaningful to its future owners since it was once owned by the star of the vastly underrated 1986 spy comedy Jumpin’ Jack Flash. Especially if she accidentally left behind a pair of her signature wire-rimmed spectacles.

Goldberg is not the only celeb to ditch Vermont in recent years. Since fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld shot a Chanel ad campaign at a house he purchased in Grand Isle more than two years ago, we’ve seen neither hide nor hair of him. I guess he packed up his starched collars and fingerless gloves and bounced back to New York or Milan or Capri, or wherever it is that the haute-couture set lives. Well, at least we still have Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly shacking up in Stowe, unless they blew on out of here when I wasn’t looking.

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Tipping outside the U.S. is considered very odd and even frowned upon.

The myth: Fifteen percent is the minimum you should tip. While 15 to 20 percent is considered an acceptable tip range, tipping at 15 percent is the minimum for good service. I have surveyed several people nationally. The consensus is that if you get poor service, tipping at 5 to 10 percent is acceptable.

Much of the attitude about tipping has to do with waitstaff feeling they need to get 18 percent to pay their bills and forgetting that tipping is directly equated to service. Any place I have worked where you receive tips always makes it a point to say not to be dependent on tips coming in at any consistent percentage. If you are depending on tips to pay rent, then you have completely ignored what tipping is all about and are trying to make me feel guilty for not tipping what you expect.

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[Re: Margot Harrison’s piece, “Print Versus Pixels,” April 13]: I was recently on the receiving end of a rant orated, not surprisingly, by a local used-bookseller who was aggressively outlining the evils of e-readers. The purveyor of print went on — and on and on — about the likelihood of Amazon going “belly up, the same way Enron did,” about authorial intent invariably being sacrificed in reformatting and about how e-publishing has potential to filter the media content allowed a certain demographic.

A few months back I got a Kindle as a gift. I was a bit slow getting started with the device, but when at last I went digital and downloaded Moby Dick, I was in love.

I’ve since come to spend more time with the e-reader than I do with my partner; it’s totally win-win.

As a lit major, I’ve been forever hoarding books, but I’m also a compulsive mover. Both of these traits are character defects, and they’re a pair that do not conveniently coexist. One must finally go; I’m going to continue with the wanderlust and I’m bringing the Kindle with me. Books are things, but we all know the best things in life aren’t things. Ideas and principles are easily formatted for e-reading.

The last of my print books are boxed, ready for donation. Many were difficult to part with, but I’m glad I did. If Amazon goes under — and the government doesn’t bail it out — I’ll go back to bookstores and libraries. Until then, I’m e-reading.

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t the same time that the Philadelphia piece for choir and orchestra that Buettner Orchestra announced it was filing for will conduct in the second half of Saturday bankruptcy a few weeks ago, the VERMONT night’s program. “It begins with such exuberance,” he enthuses of the first movement, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA issued a press release stating that its 2011-12 Masterworks Series had sold “then changes to a tremendously expressive out. Never mind the demise of the Vermont Mozart call for peace — all in four minutes.” Bach Festival: Classical music is thriving in Vermont on both reworked the cantata for his much-loved sides of the baton. The latest eviMass in B Minor, a dence is the brand-new MIDDLEBURY work Buettner would have liked to include BACH FESTIVAL. Middlebury College music were the full piece not professor JEFFREY BUETTNER created such a “giant underthe three-day event with his wife, taking.” Instead, he’ll JESSICA ALLEN, a soprano soloist and close the concert with area voice teacher. Though inspired by the Bach Festival the Mass’ “Dona nobis pacem.”

Leipzig, which Buettner attended in Germany last June Buettner says Bach’s music “appeals on while on a grant, the couple envisioned an event that intellectual and emotional levels — there’s went beyond a straightforward concert series. a lot to think about, but there’s a lot that “We decided to model the festival on Bach’s final job simply evokes a feeling.” The popular in Leipzig,” says the 40-year-old organist and choral conception of Bach as “stolid and boring,” conductor. Before he died in 1750, Buettner explains, he says, is belied by the baroque composJeffrey Buettner Bach spent his last 27 years in the university town jug- er’s enduring popularity over the last two gling responsibilities that included teaching students, and a half centuries. “The reason Bach composing weekly service music for a number of city survives in churches, and writing and conducting compositions the repertoire for city celebrations and civic functions. is because his The Middlebury Bach Festival will similarly perme- music demands ate the local community. Bach performances will grace the extremes in the Friday Shabbat at Havurah, the Addison County both technique Jewish Congregation, as well as Sunday services at and expressive word or phrase in the text — for example, eight area churches. A Saturday evening concert will be device,” he says. by holding it longer — that run counter to prefaced by a series of free, informal talks explaining “Musicians are spoken German’s rhythms. the intricacies of Bach’s compositions; speakers include drawn to that.”

If that sounds too technical, there’s Christoph Wolff, always the music-and-wine route: A the German musibaroque ensemble that includes Midd cologist and Harvard affiliate artist CYNTHIA HUARD on harpsiUniversity professor chord will play at an opening gala at the whose 2000 book on college’s MAHANEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, and Bach was a Pulitzer the EDGEWATER GALLERY downtown will Prize finalist. And the host a preconcert reception with duets weekend’s various orby violinists JANE BEARDEN and MICHAEL chestras, ensembles DABROSKI, cofounder of the BURLINGTON and choral groups JEF F REY BUET T NE R, C OFOU N D E R, ENSEMBLE. MIDDL EBURY BAC H FE S T I VAL include professional “What makes our festival unique, musicians and stuin our minds, is that it involves coldents performing side lege, town and congregations,” says by side.

Buettner. And that combination will Buettner, whose graduate work is in conducting, And audiences benefit when musicians explain the likely ensure that the Middlebury Bach Festival reapmoved to Vermont in 2007 to accept the college’s first finer points of Bach’s inventions. In one of the four pears annually on Vermont’s growing roster of classifaculty position for choral director. Since then he’s been “interest sessions,” Buettner and his colleague BETTINA cal celebrations. multitasking on a Bachian scale. In addition to teaching MATTHIAS, a 41-year-old German professor and pianist, courses on the history of a cappella, music theory and will discuss the interplay between text and musical the like, he is the founding conductor of the VERMONT figuration in the two chorales on the evening program.

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anything from a single tone to a drumbeat to a sampled song, even a whole orchestra. “The MIDI gives me a lot of opH An n AH WA iT E tions for each ‘string,’” says Waite, “so I can write some complex pieces.”

Indeed. The laser harp is a big evolutionary step up from the theremin — another instrument whose sound is generated by a wave of the hand.

An Australian named Geoffrey Rose is generally credited with inventing the laser harp in 1976, but it was Bernard Szajner who, in 1981, built the initial one made famous by Jarre. The French electronicmusic pioneer has used it in most of his concerts worldwide, and techies have further improved on the instrument over the years. Another Frenchman, Philippe Guerre, created the first MIDI version.

The laser harp can vary size-wise, too, from one that fits in your lap to larger installations used in such venues as the Burning Man festival.

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Granted, lasers can’t make music on their own. Instead, they’re used in conjunction with a sophisticated bit of hardware called a MIDI CPU — that’s short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and it allows a user to record and play back sound on a digital synthesizer. Rather than using a keyboard or actual strings, Waite is affixing laser tubes — each “about the size of a Chapstick,” she says — to a board with 23 terminals. When Waite passes her hand between a laser and the photocell in the board, it momentarily blocks the laser’s light, which changes the photocell’s resistance and triggers the “string.” Except with a MIDI, there is no string, and there’s not even a note; there is only information sent to the computer.

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needed a place to display her paintings of crows. Acquaintances were offering to buy them before she’d even had a chance to hang them on a wall. “I really didn’t want to do it in a coffee shop,” she says — not that there’s anything wrong with exhibiting work that way, she adds. Taylor just wanted a bit more drama.

Her solution wasn’t exactly simple: I’ll just make an art gallery,, she thought. And with that, the 45-year-old chef, writer and artist joined forces with two other artist friends — thirtysomething MAYA URBANOWICZ and twentysomething REN WEINER — who were also itching Untitled painting by Kimberley Hannaman Taylor. for spaces of their own. Calling themselves the FIREFLY COLLECTIVE, they created a studio and gallery in downtown Burlington.

“We’re using it, first and foremost, as our art studio,” says Taylor. “But we have enough space that we want to extend it to the community.” The three plan to invite local artists to show their work in the front Firefly’s first show, “Works of the Founders,” opens this studio and offer classes such as live figure drawing and Friday and features Taylor’s crow paintings as well as phototango lessons. “It’s kind of a hodgepodge of artistic endeavors,” graphs, installation and “upcycled whimsy” by Urbanowicz says Taylor. “We already have people lining up to use it.” and Weiner.

The Main Street building caught Taylor’s eye when she All three artists have worked as chefs at some point in visited a friend who runs an ecology-oriented job-training their lives — Weiner and Urbanowicz school there, the FLASHBULB INSTITUTE. A are currently cooking at ¡DUINO! (DUENDE) space had become available when the and Taylor used to cook at SUGARSNAP. BURLINGTON VIOLIN SHOP, which had ocOnce they get the gallery off the ground, cupied the building for about 14 years, Taylor says, they’re hoping to put their moved to Church Street. The downtown culinary talents to use at receptions and location was especially attractive beevents. “We won’t have your usual artcause Taylor, who lives in the Old North KIMBERL E Y H AN N AM AN TAYL OR opening Cheetos,” she promises.

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We didn’t come up with the tag line, and, frankly, I thought it was kind of hackneyed, but it seems to be working well. We’re getting a great response.”

“Yeah, it does seem a little corny. What are the ads like?”

“It’s a series of dioramas depicting various aspects of the company’s social mission, like supporting family farms, fair trade, BGH-free milk, stuff like that. Each diorama sort of emerges from a container of ice cream. It’s beautifully crafted, really meticulous. So then photo shots are taken and the finished product is used mostly for magazine spots.”

experience, it’s a bit more complicated and time consuming than that.”

I said, “I would imagine that the marketing challenge for Ben & Jerry’s is to maintain their appeal to the younger generation.

I mean, us baby boomers — they got us in their pocket.”

“There’s something to that,” he said.

“Man, I got such great memories of the early years of Ben & Jerry’s — when they had the one store downtown, the converted gas station.”

“I love hearing those old stories,” said the ad man. “Could you give me a favorite?”

“Absolutely,” I said. “They used to hold celebrations in front of the store, which had a fair amount of empty paved space. The culmination of one of these yearly shindigs

Jerry would dramatically swing a sledgehammer and smash the cinder block to bits,

and the crowd would go nuts.

“Sounds great,” I said, as we headed north on the highway. Some precipitation began to appear. I couldn’t say if it was snow, sleet or hail, but, whatever it was, it didn’t exactly evoke dioramas of Easter bunnies and crocuses. Spring has been quite the coquette this April — all flirtation and cold showers. “You know,” I continued, “I’m somewhat of a frustrated ad man myself. I think I’ve watched too much ‘Mad Men,’ probably.”

My customer chuckled and said, “I get that a lot. I know the show is set in the ’60s, but much of what they portray still holds true. Well, I don’t know about Don Draper’s moments of epiphany, where an entire campaign comes to him in an instant. In my

— I couldn’t tell you what it was for, not that they needed much of an excuse for a party — well, Jerry would come out dressed in safari clothes and a pith helmet to announce, all serious-like, that ‘We have the great honor of presenting a famous mystic from the East who is going to demonstrate his amazing yogic powers.’ He’d go on and on with this introduction.

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hen a call came in for a taxi from Trattoria Delia to the inn at the Essex — both classy establishments — it was a safe bet I wouldn’t be driving a peasant.

And, on the ride over to the restaurant, that thought got me reflecting on the thousands of people I’ve transported over the years.

The array of customers passing through the backseat of my taxi is mind boggling.

I drove the late Sen. Stafford and his wife to Montréal, discovering on the way that Helen Stafford was at least as politically astute as her husband. I’ve driven Wynton Marsalis (classy and gracious), Chubby Checker (a delight) and Jerry Lee Lewis (insufferable). I’ve driven the CEO of LensCrafters as well as actor William H. Macy and playwright David Mamet. I’ve driven meteorologist Tom Messner, who was as friendly as he appears in front of the weather map every night on WPTZ. I’ve also driven drug dealers, strippers, roofers, waitresses, newly arrived Tibetan immigrants and homeless teenagers. What other job so completely submerges you in the ocean of humanity? Every day I take my position behind the wheel, prepared to take the plunge. It never gets old for me. Like the Little Feat songwriter Lowell George, I been from Tucson to Tucumcari, and I’m still willin’.

“So, what brings you through B-town?”

I asked my customer in the backseat once we were under way. The man looked to be in his thirties, casually but well dressed.

He replied, “My company’s doing some work for Ben & Jerry’s, and it was time to pay a visit. We’re a marketing agency.”

“Well, how cool it that?” I said.

“Marketing is what used to be called advertising, do I got that right?”

I could see the man smile in the rearview mirror. I’m such a layman when it comes to the world of big business. “Yeah,

while chanting incoherently. Eventually, after more inspired nonsense, he would lie down on his back and Jerry would place a cinder block on his exposed stomach, announcing something like ‘Feel the vibrations — his ever-increasing consciousness only exceeded by his ever-expanding girth.’ It was friggin’ hilarious. Finally, the coup de grâce — Jerry would dramatically swing a sledgehammer and smash the cinder block to bits, and the crowd would go nuts. Habeeni ben Coheeni would then solemnly rise and take his leave, tossing rose petals to his acolytes.”

“I love it!” my customer said. “Those old stories are priceless.”

I said, “Hey, at some point, doncha think they could be worked into an ad campaign?

You know — the history, the nostalgia?

Wouldn’t that be, like, compelling?”

The ad man laughed. “Very Don Draperlike of you, I must say. I shall take the suggestion under advisement.”

Another memory came flooding back to me. “Ooh, I got another one,” I said.

“The first or second summer of the business, they sponsored a volleyball team in the parks-and-rec league, which I got on somehow. Anyway, we made it to the championship game and won. I remember the team showing up at the ice cream shop and triumphantly presenting the trophy to Ben. Beaming, he said, ‘Boys — anything you want, it’s on me!’ I guess we were all in our twenties or thirties, but, in that moment, we were 11 again. I’d never eaten so much ice cream before, nor have I since.”

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out there.”

No disrespect to Snopes, but this statement, while not flat wrong, is seriously misleading.

Let’s try to sort things out.

1. True, bananas in general aren’t in danger of being expunged from the Earth. No one seriously contends otherwise.

2. No one thinks the Cavendish is going to become extinct, either.

The banana the Cavendish replaced in the 1960s, the Gros Michel (or “Big Mike”), was

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wiped out commercially by an earlier version of the fungus that now threatens the Cavendish.

But the Gros Michel didn’t die out completely and is still grown in some places. The same will no doubt be true of the Cavendish.

3. Nonetheless, absent some miraculous intervention, there’s a high likelihood the Cavendish will be destroyed as a commercial crop. The banana is threatened by Panama disease race 4, a fungus that spreads through the soil. (Panama disease race 1 is what killed off most of the Gros Michels.) There’s no effective way of treating race 4. The fungus is wreaking havoc with

would surely come up with an alternative, but it might not taste like the bananas you’re used to.

6. Then again, looking at the big picture, who cares what happens to the Cavendish banana?

Although it dominates world trade, it’s a so-called dessert banana, prized for its sweetness.

Sure, it’s good for you, but in the industrialized world, bananas are an optional commodity, consumed in quantity only since the 1880s. In the developing parts of the globe, different story. Bananas in many countries aren’t dessert; in the starchy form known as the plantain they’re the main course, one of the most valuable food crops on earth. Ugandans, for example, are estimated to spend a third to half their food money on bananas.

Those are the bananas everybody should be worried about.

Though they’re not going to become extinct, either, they’re threatened by a long list of diseases and pests, with names like banana Xanthomonas wilt, burrowing nematodes and black Sigatoka. Black Sigatoka, another fungal infestation, afflicts Cavendish bananas, too, but people tend not to worry about it because it can be controlled with fungicides. Trouble is, the fungicides are becoming less and less effective. Banana yields in central Africa are half what they were 30 years ago. Only a handful of scientists is working on the problem. No bananas for us affluent types means we’ll have to find something else to slice up on our cornflakes. For tens of millions in Africa, the potential loss of the banana is a matter of life and death. m

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his story, complicated to start with, has now become thoroughly confused. For example, here’s what Snopes.com, the urban-legend-evaluation site, has to say on the subject: “Claim: Bananas will be extinct within 10 years.

“Status: False.

“Example: … [A] local radio station reported that bananas as we know them will not be in existence in five to 15 years.

The banana has been genetically altered so much that new plants cannot be grown, as there are no seeds and the existing plants are slowly being destroyed by a parasite.”

Snopes then explains, “Bananas aren’t about to be swept from the face of the Earth … There are about 300 varieties of the fruit, and the current fear applies to only one of them, the Cavendish. Granted, the Cavendish is our banana of choice, but it isn’t the only banana

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the Cavendish industry in parts of Asia, Africa and Australia. So far it hasn’t appeared in the Americas, but it’s transmitted through contact with shoes, clothes, etc., and many scientists think its arrival is only a matter of time.

4.

The Cavendish isn’t just “our banana of choice”; in most of the developed world it’s the only choice.

Roughly 100 billion are sold annually. No other variety comes close.

5. Scientists are trying to develop alternative banana varieties that (a) are resistant to Panama race 4 and other diseases, (b) can be grown commercially and (c) people are willing to eat. There are two ways to do this: traditional plant breeding and genetic modification.

Although cultivated bananas are sterile hybrids — farmers create new plants from cuttings of the old ones — most produce occasional viable seeds from which a better banana can be bred by and by. However, it’s a slow process.

Genetic modification is faster but obnoxious to many consumers.

So far, no obvious replacement banana has emerged. If tomorrow the Cavendish were to join the Gros Michel on the compost heap of history, banana growers sLug signorino

Dear cecil, my coworker shocked and baffled me by reporting that, in 10 years or so, bananas will be extinct. Refusing to take him at his word, I searched on the Internet for some sort of verification/debunking of his claim. Seeing arguments either way about the likely outcome of the looming banana blight, I humbly turn to the master: Will I be having bananas a decade hence? chris Brackett, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Why Holmes? For one thing, he’s the only pediatrician in the state who prescribes Suboxone, a brand name of the drug combo buprenorphine and naloxone, which is used for treating longterm opiate dependency. But there’s a more compelling reason, say many people who’ve been going to Mousetrap for years: Holmes takes the time to get to know his patients personally.

‘Tell me your story.’ That’s been an incredible gift to this community.”

“It’s huge and very labor intensive,” Holmes explains, in the soft-spoken, matter-of-fact tone of a country doc.

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atie Tanner says she was always terrible at math, but she has great recall for numbers. She remembers 54-543, the number imprinted on a little white pill called Roxicet, which contains 5 milligrams of the powerful and highly addictive painkiller oxycodone. “Used to be my favorite number,” she admits sheepishly.

Another number that devastated the life of this 24-year-old St. Albans woman: 90. That’s how many Klonopin tablets she swallowed at age 19, along with nine methadone tabs, before ending up in the emergency room at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington. In the midst of her overdose, Tanner bit off part of her tongue, which left her with a speech impediment.

Tanner’s brain was deprived of oxygen for 23 minutes on that fateful day in January 2007, she says. She died three times on the table and had to be resuscitated. She lay in a coma for two weeks before waking up from that nightmare only to begin another — her long, painful journey back from opiate addiction.

This week, Tanner has a number worth celebrating: On May 9, it’ll be four years since she got clean. Like most addicts, Tanner has had a few relapses since she got “on the program.” Nevertheless, today she is drug free, and she credits one man with helping her get there: St. Albans pediatrician Fred Holmes.

“Fred believed in me,” says Tanner.

“He’s the only man in my life that I have an open and honest relationship with.”

Holmes, 69, has been a doctor in the St. Albans area since 1972. His medical practice, Mousetrap Pediatrics — named for the old expression “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door” — has grown to eight physicians and four satellite offices, in Enosburg Falls, Milton, Swanton and Alburgh.

Since 2006, patients and families throughout Franklin and Grand Isle counties have beaten a path to Holmes’ door. In the last four and a half years, his office has received more than 4000 phone calls from Vermonters seeking his help to get their kids, or themselves, off drugs. Today, one-third of Holmes’ patients — or about 65 young people — are in recovery from substance abuse.

O’Brien, cofounder of Kingdom County Productions, to launch a new community film project about teens and opiate abuse in St. Albans.

Their goal: to encourage young addicts and their families to tell their stories, in their own words, so other Vermonters see people such as Katie Tanner as more than just numbers on a page.

“Numbers are sterile. They lack emotional content,” Holmes says. “If you could have been with us on a [recent] Friday morning with a 19-year-old young lady who had just spent three days doing intense intravenous drugs … It’s bad.”

Holmes can’t say whether opiate addiction is a worse problem in St. Albans, or Franklin County, than elsewhere in Vermont. “All I know,” he says, “is that what we see in this town and this office is more than we can handle.”

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“He’s opened the door. There aren’t a lot of physicians who’ve opened the door to youth on addiction issues,” says Mary Pickener, the Vermont Department of Health’s substance abuse prevention consultant for Franklin and Grand Isle counties. “When youth say, ‘My life is a mess. I have nothing. I can’t go on,’ Fred has been one of those people who says,

lot of conversations and a lot of time and work to build those relationships.”

Holmes has discovered that those conversations have real therapeutic value, and it’s one reason he wants to share them with a wider audience. Recently, Holmes and a group of his patients teamed up with awardwinning documentary filmmaker Bess

The waiting room at Mousetrap Pediatrics in St. Albans looks like that of any pediatrician’s office: bright, playful colors; toys on the floor; an engraved sign on the restroom door that reads, “POTTY.” Past the reception desk, in a windowless cubicle, Holmes — most patients just call him “Fred” — sits at a table with Tanner. She’s a friendly young woman with a round, smiling face, black glasses and long, black hair, which she repeatedly pulls in and out of a ponytail. She furiously kneads a lump of lime-green modeling clay. “I have a bunch of these at home,” she says.

Tanner’s nervous energy dates to her childhood. She was “always the bad kid,” she explains. “I was out of control, hyper all the time, an insomniac.”

There are no easy answers why Tanner turned to drugs. She has ADHD, which went undiagnosed for years. As a teen she suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of boyfriends, including one, an addict, who was more than twice her age. But even those factors are just pieces of the puzzle.

When Tanner returned to St. Albans following her overdose, she was placed in a group home for people with mental illness.

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practice would evolve in this direction.

In fact, even five years ago, he admits, he didn’t know the first thing about substance abuse or how to treat it.

The first person to “flip [him] into a ditch,” as he puts it, was an 18-year-old man who came to him in October 2006.

“I didn’t have the faintest idea what he was talking about. I was clueless. Totally off the radar screen. It didn’t even exist in my professional experience.”

That’s not surprising. Holmes, a native of Great Neck, N.Y., attended medical school at the University of

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The irony, Holmes says, is that virtually all the kids he’s treated for opiate addiction were patients of Mousetrap Pediatrics all along. When he reviews their charts, he says, in retrospect he

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Holmes already knew the teen’s full medical history; he’d been seeing the youth and his siblings since they were born. He also attended the boy’s specialeducation meetings regularly at Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans.

“So, he walks into my office after graduation and says, ‘I need something because I’m doing pills,’” Holmes says.

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recognizes clues, including learning disabilities, behavioral problems and past traumas. How did he not connect the dots?

“Oh, I didn’t even realize there were dots to connect,” Holmes says. “None of us in this practice ever realized that this subset of the population might wind up getting into trouble with addiction to opiates.”

So, like any good doctor faced with a previously unknown diagnosis, Holmes educated himself. At first, he went back to the continuing-education literature looking for journal articles on pediatric drug abuse. He found “almost zero.”

Next, Holmes spoke to local experts on substance abuse at some of Vermont’s oldest treatment centers, including Maple Leaf Farm in Underhill, Valley Vista in Bradford and the Brattleboro Retreat.

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“That just put me over the edge,” Holmes says. “Katie no more has mental illness than you or I.” Holmes later got Tanner a psychiatric evaluation and discovered she was “brilliant,” he says. She now volunteers at the Mousetrap Pediatrics office several days a week. Last year, Tanner wrote a questionnaire and then surveyed about 40 of Holmes’ drug-addicted patients. Their responses offered the doctor insights into their lives, including the age at which most addicts started using, which drugs they preferred, how and where they obtained them, and where those addicts are today.

Holmes discovered that many of his patients started snorting crushed pills when they were just 13 or 14 years old.

“We see them now, on average, when they’re 19,” he says. “So, they’ve lost four or five years of critical developmental adolescent processes.”

Today, Holmes is considered an authority on adolescent addiction in St. Albans, but it wasn’t always that way. When he first hung out a shingle 39 years ago, Holmes had no idea his

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Northwestern Medical Center in St. At 18, Gabree found out she was Albans to focus on pediatric addiction. pregnant and quit using that day. She “Even then I was clueless,” Holmes says she stayed clean throughout her says. As he explains, learning to treat pregnancy and felt the healthiest she young people with opiate dependen- had ever been in her life. cies changed all the rules. Why? When Still, the stress of her untreated Over 400 teens have been using for that long, anxiety and depression took its toll designer they develop life skills that don’t ex- on her and her unborn child. Gabree’s actly promote healthy doctor/patient son, Cole, was born a month early and styles of relationships. weighed less than five pounds. Three tuxes & vests “If we give somebody a prescrip- months later, shortly after her 19th to choose tion for pneumonia, they go out and birthday, Gabree tried intravenous from! fill it, come back in 10 days, and usually drugs for the first time. they’re better,” Holmes says. “They don’t The needle, she says, was her “line in misrepresent the story or go sell their the sand.” Once she crossed it, she knew antibiotics. And they don’t come back there was no going back. and tell us something false when we “Now I knew I was even worse than a ask them how they’re piece of shit for doing doing. That’s the it,” she says. “There’s at The Off Center nature of addiction.” a label that comes 294 North Winooski Ave. As Holmes tells with [being an IV drug Burlington, VT his story, another user], and I couldn’t $15-$20 for tickets: patient, 25-year-old escape it. That’s tied to www.theatremosaicmond.net Alexis Gabree, nods the end of your name 802-735-7912 knowingly. forever.”

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It’s been five years Gabree is typical now, and she admits of many of Holmes’ patients: She grew it’s been a rocky road. Quitting the ritual up in St. Albans and was a patient at of “booting up” with a needle was nearly Shanna Ratner and Yellow Wood Associates invite friends and Mousetrap since infancy. She was also as hard as quitting the opiates themcolleagues to join us in St. Albans on June 10th to celebrate our exposed to drugs in the home from an selves, she explains. Later, when Gabree early age. Her father is a recovering began treatment for hepatitis C, which 25th year. Download an invitation at drug addict and alcoholic; her sister is she contracted from her IV drug use, http://www.yellowwood.org/YW25.pdf an alcoholic. Her brother was hooked she had to give herself injections again. on opiates for years. “I guess you can say “How ironic is that? This thing that Please RSVP by May 16th it ran in the family,” she says. made me sick, now I have to use to make 802-524-6141 or by email to ginger@yellowwood.org Gabree started smoking marijuana me feel better,” she says. “That was a with her older brother when she was real mind fuck.”

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“It’s like learning to live in a new way “School, to be honest with you, was a all over again,” Gabree says. Through it blur,” Gabree recalls. “I don’t like to look all, she adds, “Fred was always there in back on it. I hated it, and I was using the the background.” whole time.”

At 14, Gabree’s world collapsed when Trading Addictions? her brother died of an overdose. Though such a tragedy might serve as a wake-up The use of Suboxone is controversial. call to some teens, it only accelerated “On some level,” Holmes says, “people just think you’re helping a kid swap one Gabree’s downward spiral.

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Moreover, Suboxone isn’t regulated the same way as methadone, an older drug used for treating opiate dependency. Unlike methadone, which is administered at a hospital, clinic or drugrehab facility, Suboxone is a take-home prescription that is filled at a pharmacy.

As such, it’s more prone to abuse.

Today, Suboxone is one of the most common street drugs in Vermont, and is regularly used and abused in the state’s correctional system. Anecdotally, Holmes has heard that an 8-milligram dose, which costs $8 at a pharmacy and $10 to $15 on the street, sells for about $100 behind bars. In fact, a 2005 case study on Vermont by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported that “buprenorphine is widely available in the state’s correctional facilities,” though it’s unclear whether inmates use the drug more to get high or get clean.

While Holmes readily acknowledges that street use of Suboxone is problematic, “About a third of the kids I’ve taken care of have come to me already having treated their own addiction to some other opiate, like OxyContin ... by buying Suboxone on the street.

“Is that good or bad? Technically,

it’s illegal and inappropriate,” he adds.

“But if there’s not adequate numbers of providers to take care of these kids, then they’re taking care of themselves.”

When Holmes started writing prescriptions for Suboxone almost five years ago, he was only the second doctor in the state doing so. Today, at least six other physicians in the St. Albans area alone are prescribing it. Holmes believes more treatment options are needed, and he emphasizes that Suboxone is no magic bullet. The kids still have to “do the hard homework” to get clean.

“Suboxone doesn’t fix anything. It’s a tool,” Holmes says. “What’s happening is, you’re buying time. You’re buying a day, or a week, or a month, or a year.

And you come off it when you’re brave enough.”

Why don’t more pediatricians in Vermont prescribe Suboxone for adolescent addicts?

“Part of it is, many docs don’t want to get involved,” Holmes suggests. “Or they don’t want to have to take care of ‘those kids.’”

Holmes emphasizes that he doesn’t mean to be critical of other pediatricians. But the truth is, he says, many Vermont pediatricians are probably as much in the dark as he was on teen drug use five years ago.

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On September 10, 2010, Sen. Patrick Leahy brought U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to the Statehouse in

Montpelier for a symposium on treating opiate abuse in Vermont. Leahy, Holder and state lawmakers listened to story after story from teens and their families about how opiates have destroyed their lives. Holder had come to help Vermont “refocus community efforts” to prevent and treat drug addiction.

Holmes recalls one striking aspect of that conference: “Franklin County was the poster child for everything that’s gone wrong in Vermont.” Indeed, there’s a widely held perception that opiate abuse is more common there than elsewhere in the state.

Recent statistics don’t bear out that conclusion. The Department of Health’s most current Youth Risk Behavior Survey, from 2009, found that one in five high school seniors in Franklin County reported having taken a prescription painkiller, such as OxyContin, that wasn’t prescribed to them. That 20 percent figure is higher than the statewide average of 16.6 percent, but nine other Vermont counties had rates of abuse equal to or higher than Franklin County’s. Moreover, the incidence of prescription-pill abuse among Franklin County teens is virtually identical to the national average.

So, why is Franklin County perceived as having a bigger problem?

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It’s April 28 and St. Albans City Hall is filled with more than 100 people who’ve come to see O’Brien’s new documentary, Ask Us Who We Are. More than two years in the making, the film peels back the onion layers of foster care in Vermont — the kids, the families who took them in and the parents who gave them up.

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“St. Albans was being touted as a very scary place, and living there, quite frankly, it was a little scary,” Berard recalls. “I don’t think anyone ever predicted that opiates would turn into such a monster.”

Admittedly, St. Albans’ self-awareness about its teen drug use has also been patchy. Last fall, for example, Charles Johnson, the Vermont Department of Education’s safeschools coordinator, drove three hours from southern Vermont to St. Albans to attend a community meeting on teen drug problems.

When he arrived, the room was empty.

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ith spring washing away the last of winter’s generous snows, paddlers of all kinds are taking to Vermont’s rivers again. The state has its fair share of lively, lovely rivers to travel, but few provide the variety, reliable white water and postcard beauty of central Vermont’s Mad River.

“There is something for everyone on the Mad,” says Rob Scharges of Waitsfield, referring to the abundant options for white-water kayakers, open-boat canoeists and tubers alike. He co-owns and operates Vermont Canoe & Kayak with his wife, Amy, and has shaped most of his adult life around the Mad River.

“It’s got a great seasonal, natural flow,” enthuses Scharges. “It’s usually very clean … and, aside from a few busy swimming holes, it’s totally uncrowded.”

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“When the levels are reasonable,” he says, “the Mad is where everyone learns to paddle white water. And, for so many Vermont paddlers, the Lower Mad is their first Class 3 white water.”

I saw evidence of that last week when I spotted a crew of 10 excited kayakers enjoying a trip on the Lower Mad, led by the University of Vermont Kayak Club.

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Recently, Packie gathered more than a dozen boaters who keep in touch through the Vermont Paddlers Club for a group run of the Lower Mad. “We hadn’t seen each other in months,” he says. “It’s the perfect place to sharpen your skills and brush up on your boat handling early in the season.”

Packie, a dedicated husband, father and white-water kayaker who paddles Vermont’s creeks and rivers year round, organizes the New Haven River Festival in early April. He loves the Mad for its consistent, playful white water.

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Even here in homespun Vermont, businesses are using the royal festivities as a marketing tool. Ye Olde England Inne in Stowe offered a Royal Wedding Weekend Special with a $99 Friday dinner that would allow guests to try “the same superb, multicourse menu as Prince William, his wife Kate Middleton and their guests,” according to a press release.

Ski Vermont extended the royal couple an open invitation to honeymoon in the Green Mountains, “in recognition of a love that spans the Atlantic and a legacy as sweet as maple.”

A local business that fêted the wedding in a somewhat lower key was Brandon Music, a tearoom/CD store/ art gallery owned by two British expatriates. On the Saturday and Sunday after the wedding, co-owner Edna Sutton offered a talk on “Royal Weddings Past and Present,” followed by high tea.

Seeking some insight into the royalwedding frenzy, I made my way to the light, bright tearoom in a converted barn. I quickly learned that Brandon Music, the headquarters of Stephen Sutton’s Divine Art recording company, had a special reason to celebrate the Windsor marriage.

That haunting little modern choral piece that I — and the world — heard at the Westminster Abbey service was first recorded by Divine Art. A choir had approached Sutton about recording the song cycle set to Tennyson’s poetry by an obscure 35-year-old composer, Paul Mealor, who taught at St. Andrew’s College in Scotland. Meanwhile, Middleton, a St. Andrew’s alum who heard the work’s concert premiere last summer, liked it so much she requested it at her wedding.

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apparently his true, lifelong love. A happy ending, maybe. A fairy tale, no.

But the “fairy tale” metaphor never dies. Even the American tabloids, which usually treat the royals as callously as they do other celebrities, trot it out when weddings roll around. It feels like just a few months ago that the magazines I read at the gym were deriding poor Middleton as “waity Katie.” Would the prince ever put a ring on his on-andoff girlfriend of eight years? they asked.

When he did, Star and In Touch started running starry-eyed spreads about the palaces where the couple might reside and the loot the bride would receive.

Modern fairy tales entail lots of bling.

And they can buy lots of bling for “niche entrepreneurs,” according to an Associated Press story that profiled Jerramy Fine, an American who grew up longing to marry a prince.

Instead, she created Princess Prep, a $4000 weeklong camp for tweens with royal aspirations. Because you never know when you might need to curtsy for the Queen.

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Royally Screwed.” The New Yorker had a snarky “Letter From Britain” in which Lauren Collins described Middleton as “a sort of Royal Katie Holmes.” Still, given that Schama wrote a massive book arguing that the French Revolution was just a mistake, I’m tempted to suspect him of closet monarchy love.

For a cynic like me, the hoopla around royal weddings proves two things: (1) People love hoopla for any reason; and (2) Hope really does spring eternal in human breasts. Our biggest public ceremonies are rites of renewal, which is why people flock to them in troubled times, hoping change is on the horizon.

Me, I’m the person who watches the inauguration of a popular presidential candidate and thinks, How long will the honeymoon last? Likewise, as I watched Middleton taking her vows, I thought of the derision that would have greeted the idea of a Charles-Di split in the 1980s — and how quickly we all got used to the idea. Prince Charles attended his son’s wedding with his second wife, the former Camilla Parker Bowles,

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ast Friday, I rose at 5 a.m. to watch the wedding of two strangers.

They seemed like a nice enough pair of young people. The bride’s Sarah Burton dress was to die for, and I enjoyed watching her sisterslash-maid-of-honor haul her train while corralling the other bridesmaids, some of whom looked barely old enough to tie their own shoes.

It was a church wedding, and the bishop gave a solemn sermon about the new century’s “promise and peril.” The bride, I learned, had only recently been confirmed in this church.

Whatever the depth of her personal convictions, she delivered her part of the ceremony nicely.

The choir sang some hymns and a haunting modern piece that, I would later learn, linked all this elaborate ceremonial business to Vermont. Then, after some bustle, a crowd of thousands assembled below a balcony to watch the couple share two chaste pecks.

It was my first royal wedding. I could have witnessed the famous Charles and Diana nuptials in 1981, and I remember friends making special plans to see Prince Andrew wed Fergie in 1986. But I’ve never understood the allure of these events — or, to be honest, why Americans even care. It’s just a wedding, right? Of strangers who might someday become symbolic rulers of a parliamentary democracy far away. If you care about the dresses and the hats, you can see those on the Internet.

Maybe I’m just a curmudgeon. Simon Schama, a Columbia University historian flown in to offer wedding commentary, told the BBC, “There are times when you suspend cynicism.” The American media, said the native Brit, have been all too cynical about the union of Prince William and his commoner bride, Kate Middleton.

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On Saturday, the Suttons were celebrating their part in the composer’s success. But, with classic English restraint, they saved the tooting-their-own-horn part for the end of Edna Sutton’s talk.

Slim and blond, dressed in coordinating reds, Sutton stood before a table laden with photos of royal couples and Merry Olde England memorabilia, including a teapot shaped like Big Ben and another adorned with Union Jacks.

She told the dozen attendees — mostly women of a certain age, plus two gentlemen and a couple of teens — that she had recently left a job supervising the placement of at-risk children in Yorkshire.

It was a gentle reminder, perhaps, that the everyday England is grittier than the one we’d seen on television on Friday.

The couple, Sutton noted, will return to the prince’s nonpalatial home in Wales, where they’ve reportedly refused to employ servants. “Let’s see if the monarchy can now step into the 21st century,” she concluded on an upbeat note. “If they can do it, they’ll do it with William and Kate.”

But that wasn’t all. Sutton, who has been presented to the Queen, showed us how to curtsy. “You just drop,” she instructed.

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Two women in the audience, both married in 1972, talked about their special days. Both weddings rang up at less than $1000; they described wildflower bouquets, homemade gowns, cows watching the reception.

It was a far cry from the crowd of nearly 2000 that watched William and Kate marry in London (not to mention millions of TV spectators). During the Friday telecast, the BBC’s roving

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For these well-wishers, the royal wedding clearly meant a lot more than the ceremonial recognition of a relationship between two young people they’d never met. It was a chance to celebrate their country’s traditions and its evolution, to renew their faith in love, and (as on New Year’s Eve) to wear funny hats.

The enthusiasm of that crowd — and Sutton’s group — dampened my cynicism like the eminent historian’s scolding never could. Because hope springs eternal, right? Whether it springs in a backyard with an audience of cows or in Buckingham Palace. m

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But Sutton insisted that, at its core, a royal wedding is “not about pomp and circumstance; it’s about a relationship.”

She demonstrated by taking us through a history of 20th-century royal matches, starting with the future George VI (yes, that’s Colin Firth in The King’s Speech) and his dogged pursuit of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who, in her own time, was viewed as a “commoner.”

(Despite having royal blood, she wasn’t born a princess.)

We learned about the underage Princess Elizabeth’s crush on her eventual spouse, Prince Philip, and his two prewedding “stag nights.” (“He enjoys life, does Prince Philip,” said Sutton.)

Then we came to the sad chapter of Charles and Diana, in whose nuptial interactions, Sutton suggested, one can see in retrospect a lack of connection.

As for William and Kate, Sutton didn’t attempt to rewrite their “stormy relationship” as a fairy tale — except, perhaps, for “freedom and democracy” in England. “Kate is seen as very much a commoner,” she said. “I mean that in the best way ... she’s managed to hook the future king of England. So, well done her!”

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our Arab horsemen are trying to outrun a desert sandstorm in an oil painting that hangs in the main gallery of Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center. The man in the foreground holds a rifle and bayonet, the wind curling his robes up around his face, à la Lawrence of Arabia. His horse’s mane whips into tangles; the animal’s

eyes are red around the edges. The sky is the color of sand. Even the paint on the canvas looks sunburned.

The description beside the painting — which is part of the museum’s permanent collection — offers the usual stats: It’s by French painter Paul Philippoteaux, who is best known for his cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg; Norwich acquired the untitled painting in the 1990s to

honor students and alumni involved in Operation Desert Storm.

But because it’s part of the museum’s new exhibit “Touch the Sound,” the description also urges the viewer to imagine the scene’s soundtrack: With words alone, it suggests, “The flapping of fabric in the wind. The beating of horse’s hooves. The creaking of saddles.

The slapping of stirrups. The shifting sands of the desert.”

It’s surprisingly effective. How often do we stop to imagine the sound of a painting? In an exhibit full of sound recordings — snippets from the university’s radio station, WNUB, recordings of a field phonograph — the completely silent painting and accompanying text turns out to be the most evocative display.

Each academic department contributed a display to “Touch the Sound,” and the result is a somewhat disjointed, virtual soundscape of the university. Art students painted vinyl records demonstrating visual rhythm. Engineering students built a flute and electrified a violin and dulcimer, all three of which visitors can play.

The exhibit offers factoids you probably learned in middle school but have long forgotten. For example, what we hear is the result of the vibrations of three bones in our middle ear — the

malleus, the stapes and the incus. And remember that adage about the tree falling in the forest? The biology department reminds visitors: The tree always makes a sound, even if no one is there to hear it. So stop asking already.

Between the student displays are objects the museum selected from its permanent collection, such as a late-19thcentury reed organ, from Brattleboro’s world-renowned Estey Organ Company.

Julius Estey, whose father founded the company, attended Norwich for two years before dropping out to help out with the booming family business. A button on the wall allows visitors to hear the organ play.

Beside the Estey display is a tribute to the music of the 1960s civil rights movement. During that time, Justine Tyrell Smadbeck Priestly, the wife of retired Norwich coach and athletic director Bob Priestly, was a columnist and reporter for Harlem’s New York Amsterdam News. The only white reporter in an entirely African American newsroom, she wrote under the pseudonym Gertrude Wilson.

In her book Dispatches of the 1960s From a White Writer in a Black World, Priestly writes, “For a good part of twelve years I caught that cab from Park Avenue up to Harlem. I went into the black world, dragging my white world

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The inner chamber of the 1861 fiddle, on loan from the barber at the university’s barber shop, is inscribed with Abraham Lincoln’s name.

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When a press release from Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center promised a “horrific sound activity,” I imagined an interactive aural hellscape: a room full of chalkboards, perhaps, which visitors are encouraged to scratch; a Kitty Korner crawling with cats ready to hack up an endless supply of hair balls; a crowd of teenagers listening to their iPods at top volume, a tinny chaos reverberating from their earbuds.

My colleagues, too, readily contributed to a list of horrifying sounds. We won’t make you listen to them — just read about them. Nothing in the exhibit comes close.

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Two books from Priestly’s personal collection are on display: One signed

by Martin Luther King Jr., the other

by Coretta Scott King. In King’s Why We Can’t Wait, he wrote, “To our dear friends Justine and Louis Smadbeck, in appreciation for your broad support of our humble efforts, and your unwavering devotion to the cause of freedom and justice — Martin.” In Scott King’s book, My Life With Martin Luther King, Jr., the author inscribed, “With the hope that a society of justice and brotherhood may yet prevail.”

Visitors can press a button next to the books and hear a congregation singing “This Little Light of Mine” or listen to a rousing sermon about freedom.

The display could be quite moving, if it weren’t for the distracting video — an advertisement for Norwich University — playing on a loop against the museum’s back wall, its soundtrack, Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again,” fading in and out, over and over again. A closer look reveals that it, too, is part of the exhibit. Students in the school of business and management, who made the commercial, implore visitors to imagine the ad without sound. “Would you be excited about attending Norwich University?” Without the monster ballad, it would certainly be a tougher sell.

This is part of a larger “video station” that works its magic on one family visiting the exhibit on a recent afternoon. They select a video of Norwich students participating in the annual Dog River Run, which makes military training look like an incredible game of Manhunt. The camo-clad students do push-ups in the river, run through mud and throw their arms around one another to pounding, tough-guy rock music.

Without intending to, the exhibit makes an interesting connection between music and the military.

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once said, “Without music, there would be no army.” Lee’s quotation accompanies a Civil War-era fiddle on loan from the barber at the university’s Snip & Clip Barber Shop, who is an avid fiddler and bandleader. The instrument, made

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the puppets commanded more of the audience’s attention. In Charlotte’s Web, the focus remains largely on the human actors. It’s difficult to say whether more lifelike puppets than Dani Bohnke’s agri-avatars might have achieved a more unified effect. In any case, this show is less successful as a work of puppet theater than as a conventional play. One can easily imagine this talented cast pulling off an engaging rendition without any puppets at all.

This unevenness may speak to Wilson’s directorial inexperience. In this, her directorial debut, she draws strong performances from her barnyard cast, which includes some of the community’s most consistent actors. She might have coaxed more multidimensional portrayals, however, from her secondary players — in particular, farm couples John and Martha Arable (Ed Roberts and Patricia Julien) and Homer and Edith Zuckerman (Bob Carmody and Mary Scripps). In children’s literature, adults are often rendered superficially. On stage, the contrast is conspicuous, made more so by the boundless vitality of kid actors Eva Espenshade as Fern Arable and Eleanor Weisman-Rowell as kid sister Avery. G. Richard Ames also stands out among the farm folk, playing hired man Lurvy, who clomps around in a perpetual “Aw, shucks” state, as if trying to find his way back to the set of Oklahoma.

As the story’s guitar-plucking narrator, Rick Homan makes a pleasant addition to the cast, giving the play another layer of folksy, kid-friendly veneer. Homan plays a few other minor roles. Kevin Christopher rounds out the roster, drawing chuckles for his pig portrayal of Uncle, Wilbur’s county-fair rival for the blue ribbon, and for his double-fisted performance of a pair of puppet fair judges.

For all its playful variations on Charlotte’s enduring themes — friendship pitted against the immutable cycles of life and death — this production remains true to the tale’s spirit. While the beloved fable and puppets may not be the snuggest fit here, the play suggests a troupe unafraid to reach a bit and grasp at something fresh. m

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While Wilbur is soon enjoying a culinary bounty of table scraps, he learns that a deal that seems too good to be true probably is. All the favor the Arables show him before handing him off to farm neighbors, the Zuckermans, is just fattening him for slaughter.

The urgency of Wilbur’s situation inspires a spider named Charlotte to intervene on his behalf. Though she’s in declining health and of advanced age, Charlotte musters the energy to spin a few web manifestos for her porcine pal.

She starts with the words “Some pig,” which draw an onslaught of onlookers from beyond the barn. She proceeds to weave “terrific,” “radiant” and “humble,” lifting Wilbur to celebrity status and out of danger.

In the hands — rather, on the hands — of director Jess Wilson’s cast, this slyly serious, deceptively deep story is animated with buoyancy and cheer. The principal players appear to relish their literal supporting roles, using voice acting and physical gesture to project personality into the puppets. As Templeton the Rat, Seth Jarvis snivels about, a bandy-legged barnyard Bogart who sticks his neck out for no one — until there’s something in it for him.

Marianne DiMascio is all aflutter, a Goose on one arm, a Gander on the other, as she delivers two distinct voices with enthusiasm and humor. Jess Bernard handles her Sheep and Lamb more gingerly, giving them two soft voices. As the play’s eponymous web spinner, Chris Caswell affects a grandiose presence in inverse proportion to her spider’s size.

She is positively regal in the role, her lithe, graceful movements an apt metaphor for her artful spider’s intricate work. Playing the pig in peril, Jordan Gullikson imbues Wilbur with credible naïveté and vulnerability, thanks to a repertoire of facial expressions that range from bewildered to terrified.

Catherine Alston’s costumes subtly enhance these characterizations, from Bernard’s wool cap to Caswell’s black knit sweater and web-inspired jewelry to Gullikson’s plain white overalls.

While such strong performances feed the play a steady diet of comedic moments, they also reveal Charlotte’s mixed breeding. At times, the players upstage the puppets, reducing them to pillowy props. Such was not the case in the troupe’s Rocky Horror redux, where

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One of my jobs leading up to Restaurant Week is collecting menus from the participating eateries. The first menu that came in was from Café Provence in Brandon. I’d been impressed with the food prepared by former New England Culinary Institute executive chef Robert Barral at various food events, but I’d never made the nearly hour-and-a-half trek to his restaurant. As soon as I saw the $10 lunch special he was offering, I knew it was time.

After two months of salivating over the menu, on a sunny Saturday, I hopped in a van with a group of friends and drove down Route 7. We climbed the outdoor stairs to the restaurant’s courtyard, where we enjoyed the weather and the art installations, including a rocking chair made of tires.

The dining room was packed with customers, most of whom seemed to be ordering from the Restaurant Week menu. The soup du jour was crimson lentil. Besides the legumes, the slightly sweet potage was filled with tomatoes, meltingly soft onions and the most buttery croutons I’ve ever had.

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I had long been fantasizing about the steak frites. The petite portion was perfect for lunch. It was wonderfully tender and lay in a thick puddle of hearty red-wine reduction topped with the melted remains of maitre d’hotel butter. Salty battered fries took up much of the plate, along with al dente, very fresh haricot verts.

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Creamy but bright, it tasted of sunshine.

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I’m typically the first person to suggest some farm-to-table comfort food and a tasty Vermont craft brew when going out for dinner. But sometimes you need something different. For that, we have the authentically German flavor of Das Bierhaus.

Das Bierhaus consists of a warm, intimate dining room on the ground floor, a ski chalet-themed bar area on the second floor and a rooftop biergarten.

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I started with the dumplings for my appetizer course. The two bready dumplings came out rich and flaky, almost meaty in texture, topped with a hearty gravy. Jackie opted for the spätzle: a delicious bowl of egg noodles, creamy melted cheese and chopped onions. Ever notice that the best food comes with an umlaut?

Speaking of umlauts, my jäger schnitzel entrée didn’t come with a side, but it didn’t matter — I stood no chance of finishing the enormous pork loin.

The pan-fried schnitzel was perfectly crispy and slathered in more gravy, with a few mushrooms sprinkled in for good measure. Jackie ordered the wiener schnitzel, a veal cutlet with lemon slices on top. Both made for excellent leftovers the next day. We each got a cheese plate for dessert, but most of that came home with us, too — we were just too full.

And the beer! Das Bierhaus dedicates each of its eight tap lines to a rotating lineup of German imports that you won’t see elsewhere in Vermont. The Weihenstephan Hefe Weiss — aka the best wheat beer in the world — is creamy and full bodied, but bursting with flavor and so easy to drink. The Ayinger Celebrator is a dark beer that manages to taste as malty, roasted and flavorful as the best stouts, but without the heaviness.

We left Das Bierhaus stuffed, buzzed and satisfied. What better way to kick off Vermont Restaurant Week than with a taste of Germany? Prost!

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WANT TO BUY ANTIQUES Furniture, postcards, pottery, cameras, toys, medical tools, lab glass, photographs, slide rules, license plates, silver. Anything unusual or unique. Cash paid.

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ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION AND HEARING #4C0438-17 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On April 15, 2011, City of Burlington and State of Vermont Agency of Transportation filed application #4C0438-17 for a project described as the completion and construction of the Champlain Parkway connecting I89 to a new roadway extending to Lakeside Avenue, reconstruction and repaving of Lakeside Avenue and of Pine Street, between Lakeside Avenue and Main Street.

Includes a new shared use path connecting Shelburne Street to Pine Street, along the new roadway and along portions of Lakeside Avenue and Pine Street.

The project is located on I89 in the Cities of Burlington and South Burlington. This project will be evaluated by the

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if the project lands are located on a town boundary, and affected state agencies are entitled to party status.

A prehearing conference is scheduled for May 19, 2011 10:00 a.m. at the conference room in the City of Burlington Public Works Dept. 645 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont. Anyone seeking party status in the application proceedings must attend the prehearing conference or submit a written request, pursuant to Act 250 Rule 14, on or before May 19, 2011. A site visit will be held before the prehearing at 8:00 a.m. Directions to the site visit: meet at the Champlain College parking lot southside Lakeside Ave.

2. Adjoining property owners and others: May participate as parties to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the ten criteria.

The following people or organizations may participate in the prehearing for this project: 1. Statutory parties: The municipality, the municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission, any adjacent municipality, municipal planning commission or regional planning commission

3. Non-party participants: The district commission, on its own motion or by petition, may allow others to participate in the hearing without being accorded party status.

If you wish further information regarding participation in this hearing, please contact the District Coordinator at the address below before the date of the first hearing or prehearing. If you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify this office at least seven days prior to the above hearing date.

Copies of the application and plans for this project are available for inspection by members of the public during

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regular working hours at the Burlington and South Burlington Offices, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Office, and the District #4 Environmental Office.

The application can also be viewed at the Natural Resources Board web site: www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup by clicking on “District Commission Cases” and entering the case number above.

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 29th day of April, 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 April 14, 2011, Meadowridge Community Assn and the Town of Williston, filed application #4C0667-8 for a Project generally described as:

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PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RE: VERMONT GAS SYSTEMS, INC.’S PROPOSED SYSTEM EXPANSION AND RELIABILITY FUND The Public Service Board (“Board”) will hold a public hearing regarding the establishment of a System Expansion and Reliability Fund (the “Fund” – Docket 7712) requested by Vermont Gas on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at 7:00 P.M., in Cafeteria No. 2 at the South Burlington High School, located at 550 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont. Customers and members of the public are invited to offer comment on the proposal. The hearing location is handicapped accessible. Any person with a disability who requires special accommodation should contact the Public Service Board at 802-8282358 by no later than May 4, 2011, if they will need that accommodation.

Effective April 22, 2011, Vermont Gas customers were eligible to receive a rate reduction of approximately 5.4% under the Company’s Alternative Regulation Plan, as a result of the continuing decline in wholesale gas costs.

This would be the tenth rate reduction in two and a half years. Vermont Gas has proposed establishing the Fund, which will generate approximately $4.4 million each year – which represents what would have been a rate reduction of about $5.40 per month for the average residential heating customer.

The Board has authorized the Fund to be established on an interim basis and is now considering whether to approve the Fund on an on-going basis.

At this time, the Board is not considering expenditures from the Fund or specific projects for which Vermont Gas may seek to use the Fund in the future.

If approved, Vermont Gas states that the Fund could be used to support future pipeline projects that: (1) Reduce overall energy costs in Vermont; (2) Increase capacity of the existing pipeline system;

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(3) Allow more Vermont communities to receive the economic and environmental benefits of natural gas; and (4) Improve reliability of the existing distribution system.

Vermont Gas will not expend any monies from the Fund without Vermont Public Service Board approval. If the Fund is not required for system expansion and reliability projects, the monies from the fund will be refunded to customers, with interest.

Members of the public may file written comments with the Board by regular mail or by e-mail at: psb.clerk@state.vt.us. More information is also available at Vermont Gas’ website: www.vermontgas.com . The Board’s website is: www.psb.vermont.gov.

Contacts: Eileen Simollardes, Vice-President Supply and Regulatory Affairs Vermont Gas Systems, P.O. Box 467 Burlington, VT 05402-0467 Or via e-mail to: Esimollardes@vermontgas.com.

Susan M. Hudson, Clerk of the Board Vermont Public Service Board 112 State Street, Drawer 20 Montpelier, Vermont 05620-2701 Or via e-mail to: psb.clerk@state.vt.us.

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LEGALS [CONT.] change the existing development’s community disposal system and connect to the municipal sewer system via a 4000 lf force main and sewer pump station, abandon the current disposal systems and install two cleanout manholes. No new development is authorized or implied by this sewer system extension. 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 May 17, 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

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 18th day of April 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 April 26, 2011, Dharma Door Vermont LLC, filed application #4C1246 for a Project generally described as: construction of two additions 400± sf and 500± sf to the existing building, construct of new driveway segment and improvements to the existing driveway.

Additions to be used as a day retreat/yoga facility.

The Project is located on Irish Settlement Road in the Town of Underhill, 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 Underhill 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 May 24, 2011, a party notifies the District Commission

of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by May 24, 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 27th day of April, 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., SECTIONS 6001 - 6092 On April 20, 2011, The City of Winooski filed application # 4C1065-15 for a project generally described as The use of a three-acre field in Casavant Park as a community recreational field (the “Meadow” at Casavant Park). The only proposed improvement is a ±70’ long x 8’ wide handicapped-accessible path extending from the existing path at the

end of the Riverwalk to the Meadow. The project is located on Lot #8 or the “100 Acre Open Space” lot of the previously-approved Winooski Downtown Development Project (4C1065(Revised)), near Winooski Falls Way and Abenaki Way in the City of Winooski, VT. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Winooski Town Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Suite 202, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the case number above.

The Applicant has requested, pursuant to Act 250 Rule 10(F), that the District Commission waive notice to adjoining landowners who reside in South Burlington and Burlington.

The District Commission has determined that the adjoining landowners whose notice has been waived, reasonably could not be affected by the proposed project and that serving notice on all the adjoining landowners constitutes a significant administrative burden without corresponding public benefit. The Chair and the District Commission have reviewed the proposal and have granted the waiver.

No hearing will be held unless, on or before Wednesday, May 18, 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

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District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie. monaghan@state.vt.us BURLINGTON DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PRINTED APPAREL

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 Wednesday, May 18, 2011.

The City of Burlington, Department of Parks and Recreation requests proposals from interested parties for a two year contract, which would begin July 1, 2011, to fulfill the Department’s annual printed and apparel needs. The Department is requesting fixed pricing on all orders, irrespective of the number of units ordered, for the minimum contract period of two years.

Interested parties must have in-house graphic design capabilities.

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

Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5).

recorded. Four sets of proposals must be submitted. Late replies will not be considered.

To obtain a full information packet for the Printed Apparel RFP please: 1) Call Melissa Young, Arena Manager, 802865-5399 and request a packet prior to May 13, 2011; or 2) Pick up a packet at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Department, 645 Pine Street, Suite B, Burlington, VT 05401 prior to May 13, 2011.

Questions concerning the RFP should be directed to Melissa Young, Arena Manager,

by May 13, 2011. Answers to questions will be sent to all parties who have expressed interest by May 20, 2011.

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Stop signs are authorized at the following locations:

Ordinances:

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No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations:

(10) [Repealed.] At the intersection of Walnut Street and Willow Street causing north and south bound traffic on Walnut Street to stop at Willow Street.

(11) Through (280) As Written Adopted this 20th day of April 2011 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners:

Sec. 7. No-Parking Areas.

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Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 7. No-Parking Areas.

No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations:

(87) [Reserved.] On the South side of Willow Street extending 20 feet west of the midblock crossing at St. Louis Street.

(1) through (83) As Written

(88) through (506) As Written

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Adopted this 20th day of April 2011 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners:

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(84) [Reserved.] On the North side of Willow Street.

NOTICE The Chittenden South Supervisory Union, composed of Allen Brook School, Charlotte Central School, Hinesburg Community School, Shelburne Community School, Williston Central School, and Champlain Valley Union High School, hereby provide the following notice in compliance with 40 CFR Part 763.93(g) (3) AHERA: Asbestos Management Plans are available at schools.

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Terms of Sale: The Property will be sold to the highest bidder, who will pay $10,000.00 at sale in cash, certified,

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Kohn Rath Blackwood & Danon, LLP 802-482-2905.

Dated: March 11, 2011 David Rath, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE According to the terms and conditions of a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale in the matter of Vermont Housing Finance Agency v.

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The Property to be sold is all and the same land and premises described in the Mortgage, and further described as follows:

All and the same lands and premises conveyed to James R. Sheeran and Rebecca Sheeran by warranty deed of Alberta K. Sarabia dated November 22, 2004 and of record in Volume 896, Page 601 of the Burlington land records.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the Property at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the Mortgage, including the costs and expenses of sale.

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treasurer’s or cashier’s check made payable to Kohn Rath Blackwood & Danon, LLP Client Trustee Account (or by wire transfer, if arrangements for wire transfer are made in advance, confirmation of wire transfer is available before commencement of sale and bidder pays additional fees required for wire transfer) and will pay the balance of the highest bid price within thirty (30) days of the issuance of an Order of Confirmation by the Vermont Superior Court.

The successful bidder will be required to sign a Purchase Agreement and attached Vermont Lead Law Real Estate Transaction Disclosures.

Copies of the Agreement and Disclosures are available by calling the telephone number below. If the successful bidder fails to complete the purchase of the Property as required by the Purchase Agreement, the $10,000.00 deposit will be forfeited to Plaintiff.

The Property is sold “AS IS” and the successful bidder is required to purchase the Property whether or not the Property is in compliance with local, state or federal land use laws, regulations or permits.

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Ordinances: enacted by the Public 22, 2004 and recorded in B, Burlington, VT 05401 Works Commission The following traffic The following traffic Volume 896, Page 603 not later than 1:00 PM By /s/ Stephanie H. Sec. 3. Stop sign as amendments to regulations are hereby regulations are hereby of the Burlington land on Friday, May 27, 2011 Monaghan locations.

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S848-09 Cnc Universal Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff v.

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The Property has an E-911 address and is commonly known and designated as 6 Harvest Lane, Milton, Vermont.

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Lesleigh J. Costello to Chittenden Trust Co. d/b/a Mortgage Service Center dated July 9, 2004 and recorded in Volume 299, Page 492 of the Milton Land Records (the Mortgage) presently held Plaintiff Vermont Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of foreclosing the Mortgage for breach of the conditions of the Mortgage, the real estate with an E-911 address of 6 Harvest Lane, Milton, Vermont (the Property) will be sold at public auction at 9:00 a.m. on May 31, 2011 at the location of the Property.

The Property to be sold is all and the same land and premises described in the Mortgage, and further described as follows: All and the same lands and premises conveyed to Warren Costello and Lesleigh Costello by warranty deed of Brian M. Price and Sarah E.

The Property may be subject to easements, rights-of-way of record and other interests of record Terms of Sale: The Property will be sold to the highest bidder, who will pay $10,000.00 at sale in cash, certified, treasurer’s or cashier’s check made payable to Kohn Rath Blackwood & Danon, LLP Client Trustee Account (or by wire transfer, if arrangements for wire transfer are made in advance, confirmation of wire transfer is available before commencement of sale and bidder pays additional fees required for wire transfer) and will pay the balance of the highest bid price within thirty (30) days of the issuance of an Order of Confirmation by the Vermont Superior Court.

The successful bidder will be required to sign a Purchase Agreement and attached Vermont Lead Law Real Estate Transaction Disclosures.

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and Disclosures are available by calling the telephone number below. If the successful bidder fails to complete the purchase of the Property as required by the Purchase Agreement, the $10,000.00 deposit will be forfeited to Plaintiff.

The Property is sold “AS IS” and the successful bidder is required to purchase the Property whether or not the Property is in compliance with local, state or federal land use laws, regulations or permits.

Title to the Property will be conveyed without warranties by Order of Confirmation. This sale is exempt from federal lead based hazards disclosure. 24 CFR Section 35.82.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the Property at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the Mortgage, including the costs and expenses of sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Kohn Rath Blackwood & Danon, LLP 802-482-2905.

Dated: March 25, 2011 /s/ David Rath David Rath, Esq.

Attorney12/10/10 for Plaintiff 3:51 PM Request for Proposal CVAA is seeking proposals to provide meals for Senior Community Meals and Meals on Wheels Programs in Chittenden County. Proposals must be submitted by Friday, June 3, 2011.

Specifications are available by calling Zoe Hardy, Nutrition Director at CVAA at 865-0360.

Request for proposals: Construction of pavilion and restroom in the Fairfax Recreation Park The Fairfax Parks and Recreation Department is seeking proposals from qualified vendors for construction of a pavilion and restroom in the Fairfax Recreation Park.

Vendors will need to submit their proposals to: Katrina Antonovich Director Fairfax Parks and Recreation P.O. Box 27 Fairfax, VT 05454 Complete RFP is available by contacting Katrina Antonovich at fairfaxparksandrec@ yahoo.com or 802-849-2641

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given

by Universal Mortgage Corporation to Benjamin Scribner dated April 23, 2004 and recorded in Volume 294, Page 462 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 A.M. on May 17, 2011, at 26 Main Street, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Milton Family Community Center, Inc.

by Warranty Deed of George P. Stokes dated July 1, 1987 and of record in Volume 105, Page 558 of the Milton Land Records.

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

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 18th day of April, 2011.

Universal Mortgage Corporation 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. S1361-09 CnC EverHome Mortgage Company, Plaintiff v.

Wioletta Plociennik Individually and as Trustee of the Wioletta Plociennik Trust, Chittenden

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

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

NOTICE OF SALE

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by EverHome Mortgage Ave., Ste. 306, South Company to Wioletta Burlington, VT 05403, Plociennik Individually 802 660-9000. and as Trustee of the Wioletta Plociennik DATED at South Trust dated October Burlington, Vermont Complete the 9, following puzzle by this using the 2002 and recorded in 19th day of April, 2011. numbers 1-9 only once in each row, column Volume 336, Page 884 3 x Records 3 box. of ofand the Land EverHome Mortgage the Town of Williston, Company of which mortgage the undersigned is By: Corey J. Fortin, Esq. the present holder, for Lobe & Fortin, PLC breach of the conditions 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 of said mortgage and South Burlington, VT for the purposes of 05403 foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction The contents of storage at 10:00 A.M. on May 24, unit(s) 01-01201 2011, at 509 Highlands located at 28 Adams Dr, Drive, Williston, Vermont Williston, VT 05495, will all and singular the be sold on the 05/12/11 premises described in of the month of May, said mortgage: 2011 to satisfy the debt of Miranda Brown. Any To Wit: person claiming a right Being all and the same to the goods may pay land and premises the amount claimed conveyed to Wioletta due and reasonable E. Plociennik by Quit expenses before the Claim Deed of Krzysztel sale, in which case the Plociennik dated 2/16/02 sale may not occur. and recorded in Volume This is not a public No. Page 166 304 of the 323, auction.

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   Title IV-E Grant and Contract Manager     SoCIal #034266 Work  

        and responsible for expertise in Title IV-E and other federal guidelines   administrative and  business operations for the grant. Implements and  organizational  processes    coordinates to include assisting with  or initiating    management,      and development of operational, or planning projections oversight      strategies; and  performance of data management functions;  of  financial     and management reports and human resource actions. Serves          as a liaison for the grant partners — the University of Vermont and the        State of Vermont agency of Human Services.

University especially       The  is interested candidates who can contribute the diversity excellence in    to   and  of the  institution. applicants are encouraged to include in their        cover  letter information about how they will further this  goal.             Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in specialized field and one to three        years’ related experience required.

Applicants should excellent       have  communication and analytical skills, a strong to work both     and ability   autonomously and collaboratively.                For further information Req. #034266, to apply with electronic   on   or    application, resume, cover letter, and a list of references with contact        information, visit our website at www.uvmjobs.com.

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EatingWell Media Group is seeking a sharp web developer to assist in website feature development and optimization of EatingWell.com.

REQUIREMENTS:

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• Experience with large-traffic sites and how to optimize them.

The successful candidate is required to be nimble and effective in a deadline driven and fast paced environment.

This position is in our Charlotte, Vermont offices, just south of Burlington on Route 7. We have a lively staff in a dogfriendly office near the Charlotte beach, and we are often pressed into service in the EatingWell Test Kitchen tasting new recipes. We work hard and have fun!

Please respond to jobs@eatingwell.com.

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Systems Administrator

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Come build your future at Middlebury College!

Green Mountain Power is seeking a senior-level systems administrator to join our IT team to collaborate in the management and maintenance of our growing enterprise computing environment. This role requires a broad set of technical and administrative skills and will be responsible for architecting, installing, configuring, tuning, documenting and supporting a wide variety of enterprise-level Linux, virtualization and storage systems.

Assistant Director, Graduate & Specialized Programs Advance the outreach and fundraising efforts for GRASP constituents, including Language Schools, C. V. Star Schools Abroad, Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy, Bread Loaf School of English, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the New England Review. Manage all aspects of the GRASP annual fundraising campaigns and special fundraising projects, coordinate with other offices to enhance data acquisition, gift planning, leadership gifts and stewardship.

Create fundraising and stewardship materials, assist in event planning, and manage the GRASP fundraising web presence. Cultivate and solicit 25-50 individual prospects annually.

Technical consulting and strategic planning with team members, management, and customers is required.

Duties include implementation efforts for process improvement, scripting, task automation, kernel tuning, system monitoring, and patch and file system management.

Demonstrable experience in advanced operational server support, change management, capacity planning, storage management, disaster recovery preparedness, as well as troubleshooting a variety of support issues is desired. Advanced skills within a multi-server, enterprise Linux/UNIX environment are required. Experience with Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, NetApp, VMWare, and HP-UX is a plus.

Education & Training • B.S./B.A. required.

A bachelor’s degree in an appropriate technical field and a minimum of 5 years of senior-level Linux administration and 2-3 years of UNIX server management and administration are necessary.

Experience • 3-5 years of relevant experience preferably in fundraising.

Why work for us?

Middlebury College employees enjoy a high quality of life with excellent compensation; competitive health, dental, life, disability, retirement, and vision benefits; and educational assistance programs.

As the tenth largest employer in Vermont and an institution with operations on five continents, Middlebury’s workforce is one of its most valuable assets. Thus the college is firmly committed to the success and development of its employees.

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.

Green Mountain Power Corporation Attn: Human Resources Department 163 Acorn Lane Colchester, VT 05446 EMAIL: hr-team@GreenMountainPower.biz

To apply, please visit: http://apptrkr.com/188306 Middlebury College is committed to hiring a diverse faculty and staff to complement the increasing diversity of the student body.

Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Executive Administrative Assistant We are looking for an Executive Administrative Assistant to work out of our Stowe, Vt., office location. As an Executive Administrative Assistant at PSMS you will perform the following functions: •

Coordinate all travel arrangements for senior management team following company policy related to bookings.

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Provide administrative assistance to the President, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Vice President of Product Development, and Vice President of Client Services as required.

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Provide assistance to internal and external customers requiring access to the President, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Vice President of Product Development, and Vice President of Client Services.

Individuals with excellent written and verbal communication skills and outstanding time management abilities will excel in this role. This position requires the understanding of desktop applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Other requirements for this position include: •

High school diploma or equivalent job-related experience.

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Two years or more experience in a professional office environment, supporting executive level preferred.

Artisan Bread Company in East Hardwick seeks an energetic, motivated, personable person for 30 to 40 hours/week.

Experience at bread forming is helpful, but will train the right person. Other tasks include packing and delivery, cleaning, and prep work.

Call Charlie at Patchwork Farm and Bakery,

802-472-3621.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a resume and cover letter to jobs@springermiller.com.

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Fletcher Free Library 235 College St. Burlington, Vt. www.uvei.org 603-678-4888 UVEI is an equal opportunity provider.

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The Burlington Kids after school programs seek enthusiastic, creative individuals to work in our Burlington School District Elementary School programs.

We seek skilled educators and childcare professionals with a passion for creating engaging learning opportunities for students of all interests and abilities.

These are part-time positions working with students Monday through Friday for approximately 15 to 20 hours each week.

To apply, please send a cover letter, current resume and reference list to:

Holly R. Jones Administrative Assistant for Burlington Kids Burlington School District hjones@bsdvt.org phone: 802-846-3736 fax: 802-864-8501

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Select Design has an immediate opportunity within our Sourcing Department.

This person must possess strong organizational, communication and negotiating skills.

Responsibilities will include product sourcing, establishing and managing supplier relations, assisting with the product development process, and expediting orders. A successful candidate must have the ability to work well in a creative, fast-paced environment and manage several tasks simultaneously. Competitive salary based on experience and capabilities. Benefits include 401k, profit sharing, medical and dental plans.

Select Design is a brand marketing agency specializing in enhancing our client’s brands through the design, manufacturing and fulfillment of custom branded merchandise and apparel. Headquartered in Burlington since our inception in 1988, we are committed to continuing our development as a company that is seen as a leader within our community and our industry. We are a creative company that rewards those who bring a little heart and soul to their work and show a commitment to be part of our evolution.

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Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Hiring for all positions, including directors.

Leaps & Bounds is looking for motivated, flexible team players to join our growing

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Busy boarding kennel looking The Vermont Oxford Network (VON) has an opening on its IT team for a versatile for a P/T reliable animal lover. team player.

Good people and pet skills a in Essex, Williston, Milton and soon-to-be South As QA Analyst, you will assure the quality of all client-server and web must! Must be willing to work applications developed at VON. You will develop, maintain and document test Burlington locations. Must have experience, education weekends and holidays. Serious plans and manual and automated test scripts. You must be familiar with validation, and a sense of humor! Pay based on education and inquiries only. Immediate functional, regression, concurrency and installer test cases. You will execute tests experience. employment. Call 802-893-3451 as required, and provide accurate, timely feedback to the development team and for an interview.

Contact Krista at krista@leapsvt.com. management.

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Howardcenter Candidates must have a degree in computer science or associated discipline, improves the well-being or the equivalent applied experience; be well versed in best practices relating to of children, adults, families software development QA, process methodologies and toolsets; have meticulous attention to detail and superior problem-solving skills. and communities.

VON offers a competitive salary and benefits package. To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to careers@vtoxford.org with subject “QA Analyst.”

The Vermont Oxford Network is dedicated to improving the quality and safety Developmental ServiceS of medical care for newborn infants and their families. For more information, visit www.vtoxford.org.

Specialized community Support Worker 50-year-old man passionate about fishing, hiking and photography who is planning a Caribbean vacation needs 25 flexible hours of weekday support. This guy does best with someone who has clear communication and boundaries, is creative and lighthearted, and is willing to drop a line in or hike up Camels Hump.

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employment conSultant Seeking energetic individual to provide support and expertise to numerous clients with developmental disabilities who are seeking and maintaining employment. Duties include assessment of employment skills, job search and placement, job training and ongoing support. Must have good communication and judgment skills, be a team player, and have the ability to work independently. Full time with benefits.

Specialized community Support Worker — Sub program Experienced candidate sought for substitute floater position supporting a variety of individuals in Chittenden County. This position requires skill, flexibility and the ability to support numerous individuals with varying needs. Great opportunity to grow professionally and become an integral part of the dynamic Substitute Program team. Comprehensive benefits. Shift differential may apply. Benefits eligible.

Make a difference Founded in 1787, Castleton is a college community that values personal interaction with students and among colleagues. Your work will be appreciated here. You can help us make a difference in the lives of our students, and for the benefit of Vermont.

Business Administration Faculty Vacancy

Specialized community Support Worker 18-year-old high school student needs 20 hours of after school support. This guy enjoys fishing, working out at the gym, soccer and making art. Ideal candidate has knowledge of autism spectrum disorders who will offer clear and consistent guidance and support. Focus of this after school position is on developing independent living skills. Schedule is 2:15 to 6:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the Milton area. Benefits eligible.

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SuperviSory clinician SubStance abuSe — chittenden clinic Supervisory Clinician—Substance Abuse will provide clinical supervision to several clinicians at the Chittenden Clinic. In addition, this person will be required to provide services to clients with a substance abuse diagnosis and possible co-occurring disorder. Candidate must be adept in the following areas: assessment and counseling; awareness of community resources; supervisory skills; organization and time management; and communication. Afternoon 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.

Castleton State College seeks applications for a tenure-track position in the Department of Business Administration, beginning August 2011.

Applicants must possess, or be near completion of, a two-year MBA degree and have evidence of commitment to undergraduate education.

The position may include teaching introductory and upper-level management, marketing, finance and Microsoft Office application courses. Castleton places a special value on the teaching role of its faculty; candidates for this position will be evaluated principally on the basis of their potential to be outstanding teachers. Candidates must possess excellent writing skills as well as professional experience in management and/or marketing. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues are also essential. Applications are particularly encouraged from candidates eager to help the college advance its commitments to civic engagement and sustainability.

employment counSelor Full-time position working in an evidence-based supported employment program assisting individuals recovering from mental illness with their employment and education goals. Responsibilities include communitybased assessment. Must have skill and comfort level developing a wide range of jobs in the community and a desire to work on a multidisciplinary team. Bachelor’s in human services, two years’ human service work experience, valid Vermont driver’s license, registered vehicle and knowledge of community resources required. Knowledge of the Burlington business community preferred.

The typical starting salary range is $40,000-$45,000, plus benefits.

Although the base salary is modest, you will be working with wonderful colleagues and have the opportunity to live in one of the most beautiful places on Earth, the lakes region of western Vermont. Review of applications will begin in late May and will continue until the position is filled.

employment counSelor — part time This 19-hour, part-time, nonbenefited position provides supported employment services to consumers living with mental illness by assisting them in obtaining and maintaining employment that is consistent with their interests, abilities and skills, using an evidence-based supported employment approach. Two years’ work experience in mental health field required. Basic sales and marketing skills. Ability to work as an effective team member. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Knowledge of the business community. Positive attitude, abundant energy and hopeful personality.

To apply, please send hard copies (no electronic documents, please) of CV, three letters of recommendation, and a statement of teaching interests (including proposed courses) to: Dr. Joseph T. Mark, Academic Dean, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT 05735.

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.

aSSeSSment clinician — mental health and SubStance abuSe — burlington Enthusiastic person needed for our Intake Unit to work as part of a team providing assessment and eligibility screening for clients with problems related to mental health issues, chemical dependency and co-occurring disorders. Experience with substance abuse and mental health counseling and crisis intervention, and a good understanding of serious and persistent mental illness is needed. We also require a master’s degree in counseling or a related field. Licensed preferred. Full-time position.

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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Full-time position Benefits Competitive Wage

Email resume to CustomerService@AprilCornell.com.

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Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Vermont Campus (www.acphs.edu) is seeking a Research Assistant/Technician for a fulltime appointment in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences to study molecular mechanisms underlying protein-protein interactions in Epigenetic signaling. The successful candidate will conduct a collaborative research project and provide technical support in the area of structural biology/biochemistry.

The ideal candidate will have a BS in molecular biology, biology, biochemistry or related field. Qualified applicants will be highly motivated, organized individuals who have had prior exposure to biochemical and molecular biology techniques. Individuals with 1-2 years previous experience in gene cloning, protein expression in E. coli and protein purification are particularly encouraged to apply. Additional knowledge of the following techniques is highly desirable: isothermal titration calorimetry, tryptophan fluorescence, X-ray crystallography and/ or NMR spectroscopy. The candidate must have an interest in learning new techniques, have good communication skills and be able to work independently.

Karen C. Glass, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 261 Mountain View Dr., Colchester, VT 05446 Karen.Glass@acphs.edu

Nights and weekends.

Duties include loading, transporting, and unloading of food and catering equipment, pulling, setup, and breakdown of catering events. Responsible for maintenance and cleanliness of vehicles.

Ability to lift 50 lbs. and work cooperatively with various departments.

For information, call 802-485-2297, email jsoulia@norwich.edu or stop in to fill out an application.

Sodexo Wise Campus Center Norwich University 158 Harmon Dr. Northfield, VT 05663

ACPHS offers an excellent benefits package and a competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Interested candidates must submit a brief (1-2 pages) letter describing their research experience, a CV/resume, and the names and contact information of three references. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

Visit the ACPHS website at www.acphs.edu ACPHS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Join Vermont’s Fastest Growing Furniture Operation HELP WANTED Salespeople Warehouse Staff Office Personnel Email resume to: dwalsh@furniturevt.com

Owned by Vermonters.

Run by Vermonters.

Send resume to: Ashley Furniture, 320 Pioneer Drive, Williston, VT 05495

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DCF ContraCt Care CoorDinator Northeastern Family Institute St. Albans has an opening for a DCF Contract Care Coordinator. Responsibilities include child/ parent contact support, support to parents and foster parents, community-skills work with children, and team-based coordination. We need an independent person with strong communication skills who is able to pay attention to details, and understand how to work with diverse family systems. Bachelor’s 5skinny-Sodexo-050411.indd 1 5/2/11 4:15:20 PM degree in psychology or a related field required. Work with parents and kin of children with special needs a plus. Come join a close-knit team of dedicated service providers who are committed to children and families.

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April Cornell is looking for an experienced customer-service representative to work in our Burlington office, to support our online web sales. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, talented and enthusiastic individual, who works well under pressure and can thrive in a fast-paced environment. Superior people skills and strong communication, both oral and written, are essential. The position requires someone who is detailed oriented, with excellent problemsolving and time-management skills. Additional requirements include proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word/Excel), back-end server software and DOS-based programs. Previous call center and customer-service experience is essential. Salary DOE.

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

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Administrative & Sales Assistant part time

National Gardening Association “Bringing People and Gardens Together” Our 35-year-old organization is dedicated to promoting home gardening and garden-based learning in schools and communities nationwide. We are looking for a new team member in the following area.

Education SalES & cuStomEr SErvicE aSSociatE For this full-time position we are seeking a down-to-earth, energized and enthusiastic educator, or a person with an education background, to assist with sales outreach and marketing efforts in support of NGA’s mission-driven catalog. The goal is to increase educational gardening product sales through outreach to schools, teachers and adults nationwide who are gardening or wish to garden with children. Competitive salary and benefits available. visit www.garden.org/jobs for more information and instructions on how to apply.

Adult Mental Health Clinician Outpatient psychotherapist needed to provide clinical services including diagnosis, assessment, and psychotherapy to adults in individual, couples and group format. A master's degree, license eligible, and one-year experience providing psychotherapy required for this full-time, salaried position.

WCMHS provides an exceptional benefit package for salaried positions, a stimulating and supportive working environment, and many opportunities for professional growth.

Please send resumes to: Personnel Department Washington County Mental Health Services P.O. Box 647 Montpelier, VT 05601.

MECHANIC OR MECHANIC SUPERVISOR Salary – Grade 10 OR Grade 14 DOQ/E, EOE, Deadline: Until Filled The City of South Burlington is seeking an energetic, team-oriented and experienced individual with the highest ethical standards and integrity to fill the position of Mechanic to Supervisor Level.

The Mechanic must have knowledge of the maintenance and repair of heavy equipment, trucks, and other city vehicles and equipment; knowledge of the tools, techniques, equipment, and procedures used in heavy equipment repair and maintenance; and ability to diagnose problems and repair a wide variety of equipment.

You must have the following education high school graduate, additional: education or vocational training in mechanical repair preferred; five 3:40:56 PM years’ experience in maintenance and repair of heavy motorized equipment; or any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Ability to supervise and instruct mechanics. Must have own tools.

A CDL state license is required.

Please provide a formal letter of interest to: Human Resource Dept., 575 Dorset St., So. Burlington, VT 05403 Email: jladd@sburl.com

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he Lodge at Shelburne Bay and The Lodge at Otter Creek are premier adult living communities located in Vermont. We are now hiring for a variety of positions at all levels. Both communities are owned and operated by Bullrock Corporation, an equal opportunity employer. We offer a range of benefits, opportunity for advancement and full and part time positions.

Join our team today. Current positions available now:

Health Services Director & LPN positions available.

Full & Part Time Care Staff & Dining Services positions available evenings, days and nights.

Please send resumes to: Rose Cleveland rcleveland@lodgeatottercreek.com The Lodge at Otter Creek • 350 Lodge Road • Middlebury, VT 05753 www.lodgeatottercreek.com

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QuickStart, PO Box 1545, Stowe, VT 05672, consulting@quickstartQB.com.

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Develop, document sales & customer-service systems to support increased sales. Track marketing campaigns & initial client contact. Document office procedures such as moving to a paperless office and other general office work.

Opportunity for growth and increased hours possible.

New England Air Systems, a leading mechanical contractor in Vermont, is currently seeking Senior HVAC Service Technicians to join a high-quality, growing service department.

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Skilled Carpenters/ Foreman Seeking skilled carpenters and a foreman to work with a small professional company doing both residential and commercial construction. Minimum five years experience in framing, siding and interior finish work.

A positive, “can do” attitude is essential.

Send resumes via email to donmorin@accessvt.com or fax (802) 434-3990.

Selected candidates will be responsible for installation, start up, maintenance, repairs and updates of HVAC systems for our existing and future clients. Candidates will represent New England Air Systems in a professional manner to customers, vendors and the general public. The successful candidates must: • • • • •

Be team players and work well with coworkers.

Have a minimum of five years of experience.

Have electrical and mechanical knowledge.

Possess a valid driver’s license.

Be self-motivated.

Benefits include an excellent compensation package including an industry leading wage of $25 - $30/hour, paid vacation, 401(k) savings plan, exceptional medical, dental, disability and life insurance plans, and paid training, including licensing and recertifications.

To obtain an application, call 802-864-3800 or send resume to Human Resources, P.O. Box 525, Williston, VT 05495, fax to 802-864-3904, or email to cabenenati@neair.com.

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Director of Finance and Administration The Vermont Community Loan Fund, a nonprofit financial institution, is recruiting a financial professional to help us meet our goal of providing economic and housing opportunities to low- and moderate-income Vermonters. This full-time employee will be a key member of senior management, involved in both strategic and tactical decision making.

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Gallagher Flynn & Company, LLP Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP, an independently owned, widely respected CPA and consulting firm headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont, is looking for dynamic individuals to join our team. The firm, one of the largest in Northern New England, provides tax, audit and business consulting services to a diverse group of businesses. We continue to expand our client base throughout northern New England and upstate New York.

Tax Manager

Democracy for America is a grassroots powerhouse working to change our country and the Democratic Party from the bottomup, and we are seeking a creative web programmer to join our small but growing Technology Department.

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Small Burlington law office is seeking afternoon

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The Tech Department at DFA develops and maintains our primary creates organizing tools for our members and staff, and integrates third-party tools such as our email platform and financial support database with the rest of our web systems. Although we are a small team, we utilize interesting and scalable tools to do our work: Ruby on Rails, a workflow strongly dependent on version control (Git/ Github), a well-organized work tracking/ticketing system and cloud computing (Heroku and Amazon Web Services). You won’t find the crusty code or headache-inducing legacy applications so common at many smaller organizations.

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This is the ideal position for a talented programmer who is an inventive self-starter with a passion for using technology for social good.

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Competitive salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits include 100% personal health insurance coverage, paid vacation and holidays, employer contribution to retirement plan, a fun and dynamic work environment, and the chance to make real change happen. For more information, please visit DemocracyForAmerica.com/jobs.

To apply, please email a resume and cover letter to careers@democracyforamerica.com.

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DFA is an equal-opportunity employer. This position begins immediately and applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The Tax Manager is responsible for overseeing client relationships in 2/14/11 11:18:31 5v-democracyAmerica-042011.indd AM 1 4/18/11 4:23:31 PM regard to tax matters, as well as coordinating the delivery of other services, 2v-PapaNicks021611.indd 1 developing business proposals and other supervisory and administrative duties as required. He/she will oversee a group of staff and is responsible for managing their daily activities and career development. He/she will also Essex Asset Management Group is looking for a tech-savvy, dynamic, retain significant responsibility to grow the firm through new business as well self-starter to assist a busy Certified Financial Planner. Knowledge as the scope of services to existing clients. The ideal candidate will be a team of investment products and account types is a must. Applicant will leader with advanced written and oral communication skills. Requirements be the first point of contact for clients and thus must have excellent SSG Advisors is looking for an include a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a minimum of six years professional communication skills. account/admin assistant to our experience in public accounting, a current CPA license, proficiency with the office and field operations. 20 use of computers, accounting software and tax software programs. reQUireMentS: An associate’s degree or related work experience.

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hours/week to start with the potential to rise to full time.

Tax Senior Accountant

Responsibilities include preparation of individual and corporate tax returns, including consolidated and multistate returns. We are seeking an individual with at least three years of applicable public accounting experience and with the ability to handle direct client contacts.

Senior Audit Accountant

Responsibilities include audit, review and compilation work. The ideal candidates will possess a bachelor’s degree in accounting; 3+ years of previous public accounting experience including in-charge responsibilities; ability to manage client relationships and a desire to grow and excel. CPA preferred.

We offer a competitive benefits and salary package. Interested candidates should fax, email, or mail their resume in confidence (no phone calls, please) to:

Jennifer Jeffrey Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP 55 Community Drive, Suite 401 South Burlington, VT 05403 Fax: (802) 651-7305 Email: jjeffrey@gfc.com

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This is a full-time position with a competitive and comprehensive benefit package. To apply please send resume and cover letter to todd@emgvt.com.

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Full-Time Wake Robin provides independent residents with a fine dining experience and full table service in a dynamic retirement community.

With a manageable schedule and superb kitchen facilities, we offer a work environment that is hard to find in the hospitality industry.

Wake Robin provides highly competitive wages and a full range of benefits for you and your family, 25 days of vacation, and a retirement package.

If you have high standards of service and a strong desire to learn, please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to: HR, (802) 264-5146.

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WARD CLERK 25 hours per week.

Looking for a self-directed, organized person with excellent customer-service skills.

Duties include setting up appointments and transportation and being the medical records clerk.

Please send resume to Birchwood Terrace Healthcare 43 Starr Farm Rd. Burlington, VT 05408 Sue.Fortin@ kindredhealthcare.com.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Voc Rehab Vermont, voted one of the 10 best places to work in the state, is seeking a well-organized administrative assistant who can plan, direct or assist all administrative duties in a very busy Burlington office.

You will be expected to supervise budget preparation, contracts administration, office management, mail and switchboard services, forms design and reproduction, purchasing, personnel administration and other duties as assigned.

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Pepsi Bottling Ventures is hiring for the following positions:

Customer Delivery Specialist Forklift Operator/Loader Pre-Sell Supervisor Part-Time Merchandiser

Help Vermonters pursue their education goals!

Network Systems Administrator Job Code: SEV305 VSAC is looking for a network systems administrator to manage systems infrastructure projects, provide day-to-day network server administration and maintenance tasks for the file server, exchange server, network printing, Internet access, connectivity to AS/400 via TCP/IP, Windows 2000/2003 server, Windowsbased, 3rd-party applications; supporting remote users, and Cisco routers and switches. Must develop effective use of outside vendors; evaluate products and services; create bid lists and subsequent purchase orders and provide on-call support on a regular, rotating basis.

Demonstrated experience administering a Windows Active Directory domain; strong project-management experience and the ability to work in a team environment. Technical proficiency with Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Server, Exchange 2003, Windows XP workstation, Cisco Routing/Switching and ASA Firewall and expert knowledge of TCP/IP, wiring standards and network technologies.

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related discipline; Microsoft (MSCE), MCSA and/or Cisco (CCNA) certifications; three to five years administrative experience supporting servers and users in a Microsoft network environment; current MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and/or Cisco CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification preferred.

VSAC offers a dynamic work environment and a competitive compensation. To learn more about these and other opportunities, visit our website at www.vsac.org. To be considered for any of our positions, please submit a resume & cover letter with Job Code by May 16, 2011, to Director of Human Resources via email to jobs@vsac.org, fax 654-3771, or mail to

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Living Provider Opportunities

Do you live in Chittenden County and want to make a difference in someone’s life?

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.

ShareD Living ProviDer sought for active 23-year-old woman with PDD and co-occurring mental illness. This dedicated equestrian requires a couple or single person, without children living at home, who is looking for a professional stay-at-home career.

Provider will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team providing innovate self-care and independent living skills. 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.

Sinan Sadar, News Director WPTZ/WNNE 5 Television Drive Plattsburgh, NY 12901 ATTN: Newscast/Content Producer or email: humanresources@wptz.com

Please come in and fill out an application.

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Hearst Television-owned NBC affiliate in Burlington, VT/Plattsburgh, NY market is looking for an energetic producer who embraces change. EOE. While you will be producing a television newscast, this is not a traditional producer job. You will be providing content for our broadcast and digital platforms. We have an established television station with multiple digital signals, a growing website, plus mobile content and a need for someone who knows how to produce for all components. We offer a full benefits package, including 401(k), medical/dental/vision/life and paid time off. If you are excited about the digital world we're in and want to help us grow, send tape/resume/cover letter stating referral source to:

$9/hour, 6 a.m.-2 p.m., 3 days/week.

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Are you interested in expanding your horizons in the dentistry field? Are you a team player with a great attitude?

Do you thrive in a diverse, fast- paced environment with an emphasis on excellent patient care? Then our office is for you. We are seeking a highly motivated

Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) to join our team. Current EFDA license required. Competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Please submit resumes to carolyn.efd70@yahoo.com

a SingLe femaLe or CouPLe sought to provide home to a young woman with developmental disabilities. If you are creative, active, and good with setting and maintaining boundaries, you could be a great match for this 20-year-old who enjoys animals, art, Summer Youth Outreach Zumba and friends. Ideal candidate has experience supporting individuals with challenging2v-EssexFamilyDental-042711.indd 1 4/22/11 2:52 PM Programs Coordinator behaviors, however there is a comprehensive support team and afternoon staff who Have some summer fun and do something accompany this high school student. She would do best with a family or person without important as an AmeriCorps member in Barre, VT. children or other clients living in the home. Ideal location is within 20 minutes of Burlington/ VT Housing and Conservation Board AmeriCorps is Essex Junction. Having a backyard is a big plus. Generous tax-free stipend and room and seeking an energetic, positive and responsible board payment included. Margot Smithson, 488-6326.

Youth Outreach Programs Coordinator with a femaLe or a CouPLe sought to share their home with a 44-year-old male. This family man is very independent and needs light assistance with meal preparation and minimal personal care prompting. Ideal home is in the Burlington area. He does best with flexible and lighthearted providers. Generous stipend and room/board payments. Marisa Hamilton, 488-6571. home Sought for 20-year-old man who enjoys staying active by shooting hoops, swimming at the Y and walking. Ideal home is in the Essex Junction school district with no small children. Complete personal care is required for this nonverbal guy on the autism spectrum who enjoys pets both large and small. He has day and after school support staff, a generous respite budget, and tax-free annual stipend. Marisa Hamilton, 488-6571.

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Highgate Apartments.

Plan and facilitate enriching activities for and bring opportunities to children of diverse backgrounds.

Begins early June and ends August. $3,627 living allowance (pre-tax) and $1,415 education award (pre-tax) for 450 total service hours. High school diploma/GED required, previous experience working with children preferred.

Visit www.vhcb.org/acorps to apply 802-828-3253 or 802-477-1118 for questions.

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SHARE OUR PAIN Copywriter wanted Spike advertising is experiencing growing pains and we’re looking for an accomplished copywriter to help us work through it.

You work equally well in print, online and broadcast/video, and have the portfolio to prove it. You play well with others.

And you’re: • Prolific at developing concepts that are on strategy, and writing copy that connects with people • Experienced or very interested in broadcast production • Equally excited about writing a small-space ad, an Adwords campaign or Super Bowl commercial • Capable of taking a good idea and making it great We are a compact and powerful ad company. We are dog friendly. And we offer a: • • • • •

Competitive salary Health and dental plan Flexible combined time-off program 401(k) Pension Plan All the coffee you can handle without convulsing

If you think beyond the given task and embrace a “be different or don’t bother” mantra, please shoot your résumé, best work samples and salary requirements to copy@spikeadvertising.com Please note that we will only be contacting qualified individuals, so we are taking this opportunity to thank all who apply. Thanks.

SpIke Advertising 27 Kilburn Street Burlington, VT 05401 spikeadvertising.com

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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Director of Annual Giving

Sophie’s American Bistro, located at 18 Severance Green in Colchester, is seeking experienced waitstaff. We are approaching our busy season and are excited to add to our amazing and hardworking front of the house.

Please apply in person with resume in hand between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

If your passions are stirred by our mission, help us in our goal of strengthening our community! As the largest provider of childcare in Vermont, our goal every day is to build character through modeling and teaching our association values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. We provide programs to people of all ages that support a healthy lifestyle. We are looking for a dynamic, results-focused development professional to help design and execute a comprehensive annual giving and donor-relations program. Proven experience with gift processing, data management and successful volunteer management required.

Bachelor’s degree and five years’ experience in fundraising, grant writing or development.

Demonstrated technical, analytical and fundraising skills with the ability to recognize opportunities, develop thoughtful relationships with volunteers and donors, and prioritize projects to attain goals.

2V-sophiesamericanbistro042711.indd This is a full-time position with health, dental, life, disability, pension, a free family Y membership, child care benefits and 25 days of paid time off per year.

Please send cover note and resume to Human Resources, 266 College St., Burlington, VT 05401, or email HR@gbymca.org.

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The Green Mountain Club (GMC), a century-old recreation, conservation and volunteer nonprofit organization responsible for the protection and 3:49:07 PM management of the Long Trail system, seeks a dynamic, energetic and highly motivated communications assistant.

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Occupational Therapist Central Vermont Medical Center is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Central Vermont Medical Center is seeking an Rehabilitation Department. experienced Occupational Therapist to join our

Jay Peak Resort is currently seeking Sous Chef candidates for Alice’s Table Restaurant in the Tram Haus Lodge. The Sous Chef works under the direction of the Head Chef to ensure quality of food, control food costs, product rotation, assist with ordering and monthly inventories and participates in the creation of menus, daily specials and special events. Other responsibilities will include overseeing kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef by directing kitchen staff, enforcing policies and procedures, ensures cleanliness and sanitation of the kitchen and maintaining high morale among staff.

Interested applicants should send cover letter, resume and references to: Human Resources, Jay Peak Resort, 4850 VT Rte 242, Jay VT 05859 or by email to jobs@jaypeakresort.com. E.O.E.

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by May 15, 2011.

We are looking for a dynamic, energetic person to be Camp Director for our day camp for adopted girls and boys. If you are committed and dedicated to Vermont’s community of adopted children, this may be the job for you.

Immediate start on a flexible, part-time basis, changing to full time for the weeks of camp, July 11 – 15 and July 18 – 22, at Smilie Memorial School in Bolton.

The Camp Director will organize and oversee each week’s five-day program for 60 campers ages 7 – 17, and supervise counselors, staff and volunteers (20 – 25 individuals). Preparatory work includes planning and scheduling activities and trips; interviewing and meeting with counselors and staff; attending to safety issues and camp procedures; helping with trainings for staff and volunteers.

Preferred qualifications: Bachelor’s degree; experience with adopted children and adoptive families, and children from diverse backgrounds; day-camp management experience.

Rehabilitation Department.

Central Vermont Medical Center is seeking an Send resume and contact information for 3 references to: jobs@camp4me.org.

This position is responsible for evaluating patients Camp ForMe, PO Box 4177, Burlington, VT 05406, http://Camp4me.org experienced Occupational Therapist to join our This position is responsible for evaluating patients EOE and developing an effective occupational therapy Rehabilitation Department. and developing an effective occupational therapy program based upon physical assessment, sound program based upon physical assessment, sound judgment and psychological sensitivity. The ideal 2v-GreenMtnClub-050411.indd 1 Washington County Mental Health Services 5/2/11 11:26:17 AM 4t-CampForMe-050411.indd 1 5/2/11 3:07:57 PM This position is psychological responsible forsensitivity. evaluating patients judgment and The ideal Center for Counseling and Psychological Services candidate will be a graduate of an accredited OT LEGAL and developing therapy candidate will beana effective graduateoccupational of an accredited OT Program, with a valid VT OT license. 1-2 years of Coordinator of Collaborative Systems/ Program, with upon a validphysical VT OT license.

1-2 years program based assessment, sound ASSISTANT experience is preferred. This position is Per diem, Case Manager of experience is preferred. This positionThe is Per judgment and psychological sensitivity. ideal and will assist with coverage of regular staff Medium-sized Burlington law Full time with benefits diem, and will with coverage of regular staff candidate willassist be a graduate of an accredited OT firm seeks experienced legal absences and vacations.

This position will coordinate, develop and deliver case management services absences andOT vacations. assistant. Proficiency in Program, with a valid VT license. 1-2 years of to consumers through collaborative efforts between the mental health and Word and Excel, experience experience is preferred.

This position is Perwebsite, diem, corrections system, as well as other community partners. Those in the target Qualified candidates can apply apply online at with transcription Qualified candidates can online at our ourstaff website, population are identified as being at risk of becoming involved with the and will assist www.cvmc.org. with coverage of regular equipment, and excellent criminal justice system. Clients shall include people with serious functional www.cvmc.org. communication skills absences and vacations. impairments. Primary goals are to prevent entry and reinvolvement. required. Previous real For more more information information contact For contactus usat at 802-371-4191.

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experience a plus. Those seeking part time as well as full time are encouraged to apply.

Fax cover letter and resume to Jenny at (802) 658-5685.

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field, working in corrections, mental health or substance abuse; or bachelor’s degree with 10 years’ experience in the human services field, working in corrections, mental health or substance abuse.

Client transportation in staff vehicle required. Clean driving record and access to a safe, reliable, insured vehicle required.

Mileage reimbursement for work-related transport provided.

Please send resumes to: Personnel Department, Washington County Mental Health Services, P.O. Box 647, Montpelier, VT 05601.

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Salaried position, 20 hours/week; possible expansion to more hours. Flexible weekday hours with occasional evening and weekend work. Strong computer and communication skills required. Full job description at www.localmotion.org. EOE Send cover letter, resume and three work references to: charlene@localmotion.org.

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CCS is seeking dynamic and energetic people to provide oneon-one inclusion supports to a variety of individuals with developmental disabilities. Work with a team of professionals assisting individuals to reach goals and realize dreams. We are currently offering a 30-hours-per-week, Monday-throughFriday, fully benefited position as well as a substitute position.

Experience in the field of developmental disabilities is a plus, but not a requirement.

If you are interested in joining our diverse team, please submit a letter of interest and resume to Karen Ciechanowicz, staff@ccs-vt.org.

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The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, a field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, is seeking a dynamic individual to handle accounting in our Colchester office. Exempt, full time.

Responsibilities: Ability to perform all phases of accounting: budgeting, financial reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, human resources and MIS. Requirements: Excellent analytical skills. Team player with ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment. Thorough knowledge of accounting; B.S. in accounting with MIS background preferred. 1 to 2 years experience required. Knowledge of budgets and contracts a plus. Ability to analyze general ledger accounts and work independently.

No phone calls, please. Submit a resume, salary history, and cover letter describing your interest and qualifications to: humanresources@uscridc. org (please include the position and your name in the subject line), or Human Resources, 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 350, Arlington, VA 22202.

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:

Emergency Services

Lamoille Community Connections has immediate, full-time openings for our Emergency Services team. The Emergency Services team provides crisis evaluation and intervention in Lamoille County. The primary responsibilities include screenings, referrals and coordination of services for residents of Lamoille County. A bachelor’s degree is required with a minimum of 1-2 years experience working with individuals who suffer from mental illness, substance abuse and/or serious emotional disorders. The ideal candidate will be flexible in scheduling and able to work various shifts. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661, or email to janem@lamoille.org.

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.

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Are you looking for a rewarding career? Lamoille Community Connections is seeking local residents 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), has a variety of immediate openings available. We will train qualified candidates for these positions. LCC will be collaborating with community partners to provide Substance Abuse/Mental Health services for individuals and their families. The positions available are: 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 Public Inebriate Screeners are on-call ,stipend positions and in addition to the stipend will receive an hourly rate for actual hours worked. These positions require flexibility in scheduling. 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.

Case Management Position

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. 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.

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.

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.

Copley House Care Worker

Lamoille Community Connections’ residential home, Copley House, located in Morrisville, has an opening for a full-time, 40 -hour-perweek position. This person will work as a member of the Copley House Team to ensure safety for all residents. Responsibilities include: establishing/maintaining a caring, respectful therapeutic atmosphere, implementing treatment plans and maintaining books/charts and building to meet standards for licensing and funding. This position requires the ability to work a flexible schedule that includes overnights and weekends. Send your resume to: Director of Human Resources, LCC, 72 Harrel St., Morrisville, VT 05661, or email to janem@lamoille.org.

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The first retailer to spring into action was Burlington’s pEarL strEEt BEVEragE. The staff hustled to move shelves from the front of the store to install a bar and tap equipment. “I had been following [the regulation] pretty closely, and we wanted to be up and running before

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CharLottE roozEkrans graduated from Johnson State

College last year with an uncommon career goal.

According to Winooski Community Partnership president Jessica Bridge, “She had dreamed of running a farmers market and ... the city of Winooski has allowed her to fulfill that dream.”

Thanks to the new market manager and the board, Onion City residents have something to look forward to this summer. Instead of the sparse Thursday market long held by the river walk, they will find an ambitious new community gathering Sundays from June 12 to October 9 on the green by the Champlain Mill.

Roozekrans worked on the Farmers Market Data and Research survey as an intern for the northEast organIC farmIng assoCIatIon of VErmont. She got the market a grant from the organization just days after her hiring.

WCP board member Laura Brown of purpLE shuttEr hErBs says that, while Roozekrans’ broad knowledge of farmers markets is invaluable, the Winooski experience will be unique. “If we could get a huge percentage of the immigrant population to showcase the diverse population in Winooski, I think it’s a perfectly brilliant venue for that to happen,” she says.

The market will probably open with 15 to 20 vendors, stressing “quality over quantity,” says Bridge. Roozekrans is accepting applications in the categories of agriculture, prepared food and crafts via the market’s Facebook page and at winooskimarket@gmail.com. According to Brown, the team is also hoping to recruit bands and children’s entertainers to perform each Sunday.

Bridge mentions onIon CIty BakErs, run by pastry chef Laura ann nEDICh, as one of the handful of vendors already signed on. For her part, Brown says, “We would love to have a small ice cream maker. Maybe some people making artisan cheese we haven’t seen everywhere.”

The well-established CapItaL CIty farmErs markEt in Montpelier has changes in the works, too. On April 23, the board voted to begin the process of moving operations to the green at the VErmont CoLLEgE of fInE arts. The market has been offered a 20-year lease there that would provide it with the permanent home it’s sought for a decade. However, the vote does not guarantee the market’s move to VCFA, since, says market manager Carolyn Grodinsky, “There are many contingencies that could ultimately lead to a change in this course of action.”

According to the market’s board president, JaIEL puLskamp, the current State Street parking-lot location has always been considered temporary — “It’s a little congested and cramped there,” she says. Furthermore, the realtor who owns the formerly free space began requiring payment last year.

Since the announcement that the market may leave downtown, Pulskamp says the city has made offers of a potential permanent space, responding to pressure from area businesses.

“It is possible we might get a spot on State between Elm and Main streets,” says Pulskamp. The market’s committee will make a final vote on its new home on June 1. A move probably will not happen until 2013.

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everybody else,” says John DuBIE, PSB’s owner.

PSB purchased a self-contained keg cooler that holds four kegs, as well as a bar and the growlers, themselves.

“We invested quite a bit,” says manager ChrIs rEILLy, intimating the store’s staff knew how successful the new option would be.

PSB kicked it off on March 23 with chilled 64-ounce growlers of Long Trail Triple Bag, a rarely brewed beer that is usually only available in kegs. That first weekend, the store sold 100 growlers of Triple Bag for $10.99 each. “We’ve been

concentrating on craft beers that you can’t necessarily get in the bottle or are very hard to find,” says Dubie.

Long Trail Pollenator and Long Trail Coffee Stout, as well as special releases from Brooklyn Brewery and others, are next in the lineup.

According to Dubie, one of the most common questions the store’s staff received from early growler customers was, “When are you going to have Switchback?” The answer: not any time soon. swItChBaCk BrEwIng Company owner wILLIam ChErry has decided not to offer his beer to retail outlets that fill growlers.

The kickback from craft-beer lovers was so strong that Cherry issued a statement on Switchback’s Facebook page with an explanation. It reads, in part, “When re-packaging beer from a keg to a growler, we feel that the quality of the beer is jeopardized. In our opinion, there is no good way to fill a growler. Some methods are better than others, but allowing beer to come in contact with oxygen inherently changes what the beer tastes like.”

Dubie is disappointed with the decision, but optimistic about the range of craft beers that PSB will be offering. “I imagine within a year you’ll see a half-dozen places doing this,” he says.

“We dedicated a large area [to it], because we want everyone following us.”

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After the long drive to the village, the blood-colored room where we were seated set our pulses racing. The waiter confided that April is a slow time in Stowe; even still, more than a few people had trickled in for what he kept referring to as “the tasting menu.”

Uh-oh, we thought, are we in for a succession of tiny bites?

We had nothing to worry about.

Chef Miguel Garcia’s four-course menu would fill our gullets way before the finish line. He set us in motion with an

to save my stomach. I could hardly try one bite of the earthy, rust-colored rootvegetable tamal that accompanied my boyfriend’s mahi mahi.

Even so, it would have been daft to forgo dessert. A Champlain Valley Creamery cream-cheese-and-coconut flan with maple whipped cream was only faintly sweet; a chocolate soufflé came topped with dulce de leche crème anglaise that the waiter poured over the dish at the table. The warm, squishy chocolate was light enough to dissolve on the tongue, with no hint of bitterness. I didn’t have room for it, but I finished every last bite. c o r i N Hi r S c H

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amuse-bouche; his modern twist on tostones — the Mexican dish based on fried plantains — was pastry topped with seasoned ground beef. It was about three bites full of cuminy, oily goodness.

Each of the next few dishes was as delectable to look at as it was to eat. We rode in tandem for the next course, a Peruvian vegetable soup of lima beans and chunks of corn seasoned with ají amarillo — a yellow pepper that lent a golden hue and zingy warmth — and huacatay, a Peruvian herb akin to mint.

Jiggling on top was a poached egg that oozed and melted as I broke it into the bowl. The dish delivered mouthfuls of heat, cream and menthol, and we took to nibbling on the mini-cobs of corn as we held them in our fingers.

The glistening sweet-shrimp-andtuna ceviche that arrived next was studded with specks of red onion, garnished with a wet tangle of red peppers and surrounded by a creamy avocado sauce. On top were two tiny baby lettuce leaves that lent a springlike fragility to this otherwise chunky, briny dish with its hints of tang, sea and citrus.

My entrée — a char-grilled, sliced skirt steak in a barely visible chimichurri sauce — came with a brick of baked rice. The cream-colored rice casserole was charred in places, but the steak was perfectly moist and herbaceous from the soaked-in sauce. It was about halfway through the steak that my brain told me to cease and desist if I wanted

Every week, I edit the paper’s food section and read about wonderful restaurants where I can seldom afford to eat. One that often pops up in “Food News” is the Belted Cow Bistro in Essex — an avowed favorite of food writer Alice Levitt, and home of bona fide barbecue champion chef John Delpha.

With a $35 Restaurant Week menu as incentive, I decided to try the Cow — and bring my mom as an early Mother’s Day treat.

The Belted Cow is located in Essex’s historic Lincoln Inn, where I haven’t been since it contained a generically upscale (for Vermont) restaurant with a lobster tank. When I was in high school in Lamoille County, this was the preprom destination.

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For the first course, my mom had the roasted beets, endive and arugula salad coated in blue-cheese vinaigrette, which she pronounced as filling as a meal. I enjoyed a springy green asparagus purée with big, honkin’ chunks of Vermont bacon. But my real attention was reserved for the cocktail, a blood orange martini that tasted fresh squeezed. Our server called it

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Owner sam sammIs broke the bad news to staff the day before the lights went dark.

“We knew we were struggling but didn’t know it was that bad,” says an employee.

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a bed and breakfast for overnight guests, but those who scheduled upcoming events will need to find their own caterers.

Sammis and his wife, JInny, have put the inn up for sale, along with the montaguE golf Club and the lots of the grEEn mountaIn stoCk farm

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First, we opted for a 2008 bottle of Le Grand Noir Cabernet-Shiraz, which proved to be a smooth, full-bodied libation with our selections — including the house made focaccia with sun-dried tomato topping and moist popovers, which appeared within moments of our placing the order.

For starters, we chose the crab cake stuffed morel mushroom and a rabbit rillette. The former was an oblong mound in a velvety lemon sauce, with delicate sautéed wild leeks. The mushroom, rather than being actually stuffed, was thinly sliced and served as a crisp bed for the crab concoction. The textures and tastes were so wonderful, my mouth is watering in memory of it.

The rabbit rillette, served cold, was ultra-tender and vaguely sweet — in truth, we couldn’t have guessed it was rabbit. This was nicely offset by tiny pickled day lily shoots and Jerusalem artichokes, as well as gritty little coltsfoot flowers and rounds of toasted focaccia.

Really yummy, and we loved the crunchy textures with the soft rillette.

The foraged ingredients on our plates previewed more to come; chef Hoene is a fan not just of local but of local wild.

Our main dishes were a confit duck leg and spring fettuccine. The duck was utterly decadent, crisp and salty, served in a rich jus with wild cress and earthy Jerusalem artichokes — this time

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I chose the grilled hanger steak, which seemed to cause a certain bemusement — “What’s a hanger steak?” I heard diners ask at two nearby tables. According to Wikipedia, the cut comes from a steer’s diaphragm and is “prized for its flavor,” but mainly it seems like something Don Draper would eat. Cooked medium rare, with Yukon gold frites on the side and a light touch of blue-cheese butter, this was classic meat and potatoes.

Meanwhile, my mom was thrilled with her lighter seared Atlantic salmon. Though she initially found the presentation “scary” — the fish came practically floating in a parsley risotto with crème fraiche — the flavors were excellent.

But it’s a Belted Cow dessert that made the strongest impression. You’ve heard of bananas Foster, of course. And cheesecake. And Jack Daniel’s. Why not layer them in a single parfait dish?

That’s precisely what chef Delpha has done — and the gooey, creamy, crunchy concoction won second prize at the 21st Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue.

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Sabertooth Bakery peddles — and pedals — vegan baked goods in Burlington

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hen Evie Michaelson set up shop on a downtown Burlington sidewalk selling vegan cupcakes, cookies and cheesecake from a hot-pink bicycle trailer, it was hardly a surprise.

Really, it was only a matter of time before someone brought a bakery on wheels to town. Given the number of bicycle-related businesses that have

proliferated in Burlington over the last year, the only wonder is that it took someone this long.

First came the bicycle delivery service Crucial Couriers. Then came the bicycle hauling business One Revolution. After that, August First’s bicycle bread-peddling operation and the neighborhood vegetable bicycle cart run by Diggers’ Mirth Collective Farm hit the streets.

A more recent arrival was Revolution Compost, a bicycle compost pickup enterprise run by One Revolution. And now comes Michaelson’s Sabertooth Bakery.

Michaelson, a 23-year-old Bristol native, is in some ways exactly the kind of DIY punk you’d expect to see operating a vegan bakery from the back of her bike. Tattoos cover her hands and arms — including a depiction of a rabbit with the words “cruelty free” on her left arm, and her first name inked across the fingers of her right hand. Barbells pierce the dimples in her cheeks, and her clothes are covered with homemade patches from hardcore bands.

At 15, Michaelson left home to live with her sister in Texas. Since then she has lived in Austin, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Olympia, Wash., and Portland, Ore. It was in the last bikeobsessed city that Michaelson caught the baking bug. During an apprenticeship with renowned vegan Sweetpea Baking Company, she honed her baking chops and learned the art of cake decoration.

“I like decorating stuff all fancy,” says the soft-spoken Michaelson. “I like giving it to people and having them be all happy.”

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joke at worst. What makes cookies and cakes so delicious to omnivores are the copious eggs and butter slabs churned into the batter. When you Please join us on this special day when we recognize take those away, you start losing the the person that has made such a difference in our traditionalists. lives. Our chef is preparing a delectable brunch That’s one of the reasons Michaelson and dinner menu for this memorable occasion. Let doesn’t splash the word “vegan” all Barkeaters be a part of the Celebration! over her cart. She’ll let customers know Special Mother’s Day Hours for Sunday, May 8th: Serving Brunch 10am-2pm • Serving Dinner 4-8pm her products are vegan if asked, but Please call for reservations at 985-2830 she doesn’t want to scare off people who worry the sweets will taste like Locally owned Reservation Recommended 985-2830 barkeatersrestaurant.com cardboard. & operated 97 Falls Rd, Shelburne, VT Open Tues-Sat 11:30am-9pm & Sun 9am-2pm The trick, for Michaelson and other vegan bakers, is to make treats that don’t 8h-barkeaters042711.indd 1 4/22/11 11:04 AM try to replicate the taste of conventional cakes and cookies but have their own, equally palatable, flavors and textures.

Michaelson’s cupcakes don’t need to taste exactly like cupcakes made with butter and eggs, as long as they’re as Open Mother’s Day! toothsome and satisfying.

Since becoming a vegan at 15, Michaelson has had to get creative with ingredients in all her food preparation. Since she doesn’t use commercial egg replacers, she’s experimented with such products as applesauce, bananas, soy yogurt, and a mixture of vinegar and soy4/25/11 16t-LakeViewHouse050411.indd 12:04 PM milk to thicken the16t-SpotlightonDance042711.indd 1 1 5/2/11 12:28 PM batter. In lieu of butter, she uses a vegan spread made from expellerpressed vegetable oils and soy protein. The result is Reservations Recommended a cupcake more dense and moist than its conventional cousins. Tofutti or another vegan “cream cheese” goes in Eggs Benedict • Scrambled Eggs Stratta the cheesecakes.

Michaelson’s creations are the result Chicken Marsala • Chicken Parmesan • Crab Cakes of a “lot of trial and error,” she says.

Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes & Vegetables Some of her products have fared better regular menu also available. than others. Cheesecake has been a big hit; tea cupcakes made from chai and matcha haven’t sparked the same interFor Mom: Glass of House Wine est. She’s still perfecting her gluten-free offerings. or Domestic Beer for only 1¢!

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Sweetpea’s early mornings were a killer for Michaelson, so working full time in a traditional bakery was out of the question. Still, she wanted to bake.

After a recent stint as a bike messenger in Philadelphia, Michaelson thought she could combine her two passions — baking and cycling.

After moving back to Vermont in January, she started Sabertooth Bakery.

With the help of her roommate’s father, Michaelson built a cart to haul her confections from her home kitchen on St. Paul Street to her College Street location, just outside the Burlington Free Press offices.

She would have preferred a Church Street spot, but the cost was prohibitive. This year, the Church Street Marketplace issued permits for 19 vendors — 14 for food and five for retail.

Depending on the location, they paid $1800 to $2400 for a spot. Michaelson is one of 10 vendors licensed to operate on Main, College, Cherry and Bank streets by the city of Burlington, which issues its own side-street permits. She’s not that far from the shopping thoroughfare, she reasons.

Plus, at $800 a year, the side-street permits are a relative bargain for a small start-up business.

In the few weeks her bakery has been in operation, Michaelson has been experimenting with her offerings. She’s made bananasplit cupcakes with vanilla frosting, chocolate drizzle, walnuts and a cherry on top; creamsicle cupcakes topped with vanilla/orange-swirled frosting; chocolate-chip-cookie-dough cupcakes with peanut butter frosting capped with a mini chocolate chip cookie; and cupcakes made with Chick-O-Stick — a sort of vegan Butterfinger candy that’s been manufactured since the Great Depression.

Michaelson also makes cheesecake in a number of flavors — peanut butter/ chocolate, raspberry/vanilla and root beer, to name a few — and a variety of cookies. Sabertooth’s cupcakes go for $2.50 each; doughnuts and cookies run between $1.50 and $2; and the cheesecake will set you back $3 to $4.

The response has been largely positive: “All the vegans are really stoked about it,” Michaelson says.

But for many who abide by conventional diets, vegan baked goods seem like an oxymoron at best, a cruel

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Everett Dance Theatre: Members of the Rhode Island company flesh out ideas for a new work-inprogress piece, Brainstorm, in an informal presentation. Top of the Hop, Hopkins Center, Hanover, N.H., 4 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘Taking Flight’: Up-and-coming choreographers from the Advanced Beginning Dance course introduce lightly produced dance experiments. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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Auditions for Jeh Kulu: Participants learn and perform a sequence of steps in front of a small panel, and join a solo circle for dancing and drumming.

Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 371-9849, jehkulu@yahoo.com.

Chittenden County Philatelic Club: Stamp collectors of all levels of interest and experience swap sticky squares, and stories about them. GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington, 6:15 p.m.

Free. Info, 660-4817, laineyrapp@yahoo.com.

Masquerade Mayhem & Wine Tasting: Masked or costumed characters parade around the winery for trivia contests, live music by the X-Rays, a silent auction and more. Proceeds benefit students in the arts. Shelburne Vineyard, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $20-25.

Info, 238-0923.

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Prototype Systems Presentation: Teams of UVM senior engineering students display and discuss real-world projects, which range from improved brewing of cold drinks in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters K-Cups to a parts-tracking datamanagement system for IBM. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 6:30-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-8748.

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.

Rural Vermont Annual Meeting: Family farmers, neighbors and citizens convene for live music and a finger-food potluck after a little business, including legislative updates, board elections, an awards ceremony and a keynote address by farmer/activist Bob St. Peter. West Monitor Barn, Richmond, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-7222.

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.

‘Tech Savvy’: Experience the wonder of the web while learning about Google Voice and Google Talk.

Bring a laptop or use a library computer. Bradford Public Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

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Vermont All-State Music Festival Parade: For the 84th year, marching bands from around the state blaze a path through downtown streets as the only such statewide music-festival parade in the country. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 527-6537.

film

‘Bhutto’: Filmgoers screen Duane Baughman and Johnny O’Hara’s documentary about the recently assassinated Benazir Bhutto. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7.

Info, 748-2600.

‘Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes’: Byron Hurt’s film, an official selection of Sundance Film Festival, examines representations of manhood within the hip-hop culture. Held in conjunction with LACE’s Open Table Dinner; bring dinner to the movie if desired. LACE, Barre, 5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 476-4276.

‘The Grace Card’: The death of his son causes cop Mac McDonald to lose his faith in God, making his new partnership with a part-time pastor most interesting in David G. Evans’ 2010 drama.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

‘B.C.V.T. (Belgium Comes to Vermont)’: Belgian brews — including Duvel, Chouffe, Liefmans, Maredsous and Ommegang — pair with tasty morsels, such as fresh mussels with aioli-drenched frites. The Farmhouse Tap & Grill, Burlington, 5 p.m.

Cost of food and drink. Info, 859-0888.

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.

Vermont Restaurant Week: Hungry? Seven full days packed with prix-fixe menus, tasting events, a culinary pub quiz and more will sate that appetite.

See food story, this issue. Various locations statewide, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Various prices; visit vermontrestaurantweek.com for details. Info, 864-5684, restaurantweek@sevendaysvt.com.

health & fitness

Dr. Stephen Brandon: The wellness consultant and chiropractic physician addresses body weight, exercise, posture and more in “How to Eliminate Low-Back Pain and Sciatica (And Still Be In Your Garden).” Preregister. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

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MAY 5 | MUSIC

Fantastic Four Quartetto Gelato have earned a reputation as something of the Cirque du Soleil of the classical-music scene. Perhaps that’s because member Colin Maier once performed with the famed circus-arts troupe, and has been known to fall into a chair split onstage without missing a note on the oboe.

Whatever the case, the Canadian ensemble does bring a bit more pizzazz to the table than your average quartet. Their worldly repertoire ranges from classical masterworks to gypsy-folk songs to tangos — and violinist Peter De Sotto may just break out his operatic Quartetto Gelato tenor in a Neapolitan love song. No highThursday, May 5, 7 p.m., at flying trapeze tricks here ... but these Spruce Peak Performing exploits, mixed with high-caliber music, Arts Center, Stowe Mountain are still pretty damn exciting.

Resort. $35. Info, 760-4634. sprucepeakarts.org

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Time and Again “From childhood, I’ve had a hunger to make music,” Menahem Pressler said in a 2009 interview with San Francisco Classical Voice. That voraciousness has had a long time to wear off, but the 86-year-old pianist — “a man for whom age has no meaning,” writes Salt Lake City’s Desert News — adds to his musical legacy even now. The Germanborn chamber-music giant got off to a strong start by earning 1st prize at the 1946 Debussy International Piano Competition, and went on to play in the revered Beaux Arts Trio for, oh, 53 years. These days, snubbing retirement, Pressler continues to uncover new depths in the classical repertoire — no mean feat with countless artists interpreting the same works. Tune Menahem Pressler in at Barre Opera House for Beethoven’s Saturday, May 7, 7:30 p.m., Piano Sonata no. 31 in A-flat Major, op. 110; at Barre Opera House.

Debussy’s Estampes; and Schubert’s Sonata $10-26. Info, 476-8188. barreoperahouse.org in B-flat Major, D. 960.

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On your mark ... get set ... go! Participants in Shoreham Elementary School’s 28th annual Apple Blossom Derby hit the ground running this Saturday morning, whether it be in the one-mile family fun run, 5K walk/run or the very hilly full 10K. Coordinated by volunteers, this true community event Apple Blossom Derby raises money to install a new gym floor at the school. And Saturday, May 7, at Shoreham the scenic view doesn’t hurt, either. The loops, covering a Elementary School. Registration opens at 9 a.m.; family fun run mix of dirt and paved roads, offer long looks at local farms starts at 9:30 a.m.; derby starts and cemeteries, the Green Mountains, the lake and — if the at 10 a.m. Strollers and dogs weather plays out right — apple orchards in full bloom. The allowed. $5-10 for fun run; $10reward for working up a sweat? Food donated by 10 local 20 for full race. Info, 922-0681. shorehamschool.org/derby restaurants, music, face painting and medals.

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ascal Rioult’s choreography is a cornerstone of modern dance, but its musicality is decidedly classical, putting a new lens on enduring masterworks. Take “Wien,” set to Maurice Ravel’s La Valse.

The Viennese waltz with sinister undertones becomes symbolic of a society overtaken by evil as twirling dancers mime breaking each other’s necks and fall to the floor. Rioult’s nine-member troupe brings this startlingly original dance to Lyndonville on Friday, along with two others. Energetic leaps match Ravel’s building crescendo in “Bolero,” and whirling red skirts and Bach’s The Art of Fugue make “Views of the Fleeting World” more meditative.

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RIOULT Friday, May 6, 8 p.m., at Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, in Lyndonville. $20-45. Info, 748-2600. catamountarts. org/rioult.php

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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.

Fairfax Playgroup: Multicultural stories and activities accent child’s play. Health Room, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

High School Book Group: Bookworms crack open all manner of tomes, from plays to graphic novels to short stories. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Highgate Story Hour: Good listeners soak up classic fairy tales. Highgate Public Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

‘Junie B. Jones’: TheatreworksUSA brings Barbara Parks’ irrepressible first grader to life through classroom misadventures. For grades K through 3. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 10 a.m. $5-10. Info, 603-448-0400.

Kids in the Kitchen: From crust to apple filling, Nina Lesser-Goldsmith shows kids that baking is as easy as pie. Preregister. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult. Info, 863-2569, ext 1.

Middle School Book Group: Young people dish about their current reads. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Montgomery Story Hour: Little lit lovers flip pages before snacking. Montgomery Town Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

language

‘Plauderabend’: Conversationalists with a basic knowledge of the German language put their skills to use over dinner. Zen Gardens, South Burlington, 6 p.m. Free; cost of food. Info, 862-3100 or 863-5036.

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Percussion Ensemble Concert: Students create a beat in an end-of-semester performance.

Ballroom, Southwick Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7776.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra: Director Daniel Hege conducts 80 musicians in a performance featuring violinist Caitlin Tully and the works of Vivaldi and Dvořák. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $8-15. Info, 518-523-2512.

Valley Night: Dani & Olivia grace the lounge with acoustic folk. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

outdoors

Spring Plant Walk: Greet and identify edibles and medicinals in the nooks and crannies of Montpelier’s streetscape with George Lisi and Annie McCleary of Wisdom of the Herbs School.

Preregister; meet at the picnic tables outside Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:15 p.m. $2-3. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

talks

Gregory Sharrow: In “A Sense of Place: Vermont’s Farm Legacy,” this lecturer shares discoveries about our state’s cultural heritage and folklife. Milton Historical Society, 7:30-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 363-2598.

Reeve Lindbergh: The author sheds light on her mother’s marriage to Charles Lindbergh in “Journey Toward Insight: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1947–1986.” St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

Tony Magistrale: UVM’s Department of English chair considers “Why Stephen King Still Matters,” and puts him in the context of the American Gothic tradition. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902.

‘Transportation and Our Local Communities’: Representatives from Local Motion, CarShare and Burlington Walk/Bike Council find connections among methods of transit, sustainability and affordability. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 343-2604.

theater

Raptor Encounter: See WED.04, 11 a.m.

Talk to the Trainer: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

film

‘Bhutto’: See WED.04, 7 p.m.

‘Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie’: More than 20 Vermont filmmakers collaborated on this film exploring our state’s history of independent spirit and activism, from past to present. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:309 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389.

Movie Night: Movie buffs take in a Cinco de Mayo flick amid the stacks. Stardust Books, Craftsbury Common, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 586-2200.

‘Evita’: Northern Stage revisits Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera about the life and times of Eva Perón. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $30-63. Info, 291-9009, ext. 10.

‘The Grace Card’: See WED.04, 7 p.m.

‘Sylvia’: Actress Kathryn Blume takes a turn on all fours in A.R. Gurney’s play about a man in the throes of a midlife crisis who takes home a stray dog — much to the dismay of his wife. Presented by Vermont Stage Company. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $24.30-32.50. Info, 863-5966.

Cinco de Mayo Celebration: A special fivecourse tasting menu celebrates Mexican heritage.

Santos Cocina Latina, Stowe, 5 p.m. $45; call for reservations. Info, 253-3110.

‘The Hot Pink Meltdown’: Champlain grad Ali Wisch’s comedic play captures the conversations of a crew of twentysomething college buddies who can’t keep out of trouble. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 8 p.m. $7-8. Info, julia.grunewald@mymail.champlain.edu.

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Bruce Levine: The author of Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated and Battling the Corporate Elite details the cultural and psychological forces that have created a passive and discouraged U.S. population — and how to fight back. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 229-4900, ext. 120.

Jay Parini: The acclaimed Vermont author — whose most recent novel, The Voyages of H.M., delves into the adventurous life of Herman Melville — reflects on the Moby Dick writer. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

Story Crafters: Conflict coach Linda Beitz describes how storytelling is used in her work, as well as around the world, to create dialogues across cultural divides. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

‘The Big Read’ Book Discussion: As part of a nationwide reading program, Vietnam veteran Ed Cashman leads a chat about Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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‘Growing Strong Roots in an Evolving Farm-to-School Landscape’: School food-service staff, educators and administrators, farmers, gardeners, and other interested parties learn about rapidly emerging programs and initiatives. Light local dinner provided. Green Mountain College, Poultney, 3-7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 434-4122, libby@ nofavt.org.

education

Ilan Stavans: In “Singer’s Typewriter ... and Mine,” this Amherst College professor puts a magnifying glass to the life and work of Yiddish writer and Nobel Prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Info, 223-3338.

Information Session: Would-be teachers, principals and school leaders take a lesson on the Upper Valley Educators Institute’s 10-month certification program. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-678-4888.

Irene Kacandes: A Dartmouth College professor studies war’s generational effect on families in “Daddy’s War.” Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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Peter Saccio: The Dartmouth College professor employs film clips in “Going to War in Shakespeare: Olivier, Branagh and Henry V.” Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

6 p.m. $20. Info, 893-9966, moonlightgiftshoppe@ yahoo.com.

Monthly Healing & Reading: Folks join a sacred circle for a powerful group healing that boosts energy vibration and frequency; meditative music and spiritual readings follow. Space is limited; preregistration recommended. Moonlight Gifts, Milton,

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

Cinco de Mayo Mexican Fiesta: Diners go south of the border at this feast of enchiladas, chile rellenos and Gracie’s Tamales. DJ Hector brings the tunes. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 5 p.m. $5; cost of food and drink. Info, 496-8994.

Marc Druart & Jody Farnham: Foodies uncover dairy delights as the authors of The Joy of Cheesemaking discuss artisan techniques and wine pairings. Preregister. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3999.

Vermont Restaurant Week: See WED.04, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

Vermont Restaurant Week: Healthy Living Supper Club: Food education coordinator Nina Lesser-Goldsmith and wine-and-beer buyer Brian Maloney whip up a three-course meal, complete with wine pairings, at this evening of culinary education and, of course, eating. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. $55 per person; $90 per pair; space is very limited; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

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

Deb Harris: The certified lymphedema therapist gives an overview of post-treatment medical issues and the physical-therapy services available to address them in “Cancer Survivorship: Living Well Beyond Cancer.”

Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Info, 434-3979, sdaniels2@cs.com.

Meditation Class: This heartcentered practice, based on the work of Hazrat Inayat Khan and Pir Zia of the Sufi Order, focuses on music, movement, breath and concentration.

Call for specific location. Private home, Colchester, 7-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 658-2447.

‘Recharge Your Luminous Body’: Instructor Asa Twombly demonstrates breathing and visualization techniques derived from yogic and shamanic traditions. Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $8-10. Info, 2238004, ext. 202, info@hungermountain.com.

Strong Living Exercise: Fitness enthusiasts undergo strength training for good health. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 443-1654.

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.

Yoga Class: Instructor Deb Malgeri leads yogis in pranayama breathing techniques and a variety of postures. Essex Teen Center, 9-10:15 a.m. Donations accepted. Info, 878-6982, debmalgeri@aol.com.

kids

Alburgh Playgroup: Tots form friendships over stories, songs and crafts. Alburgh Family Center, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

‘Bye Bye Birdie’: The Edmunds Middle School Players present the classic Broadway musical about a rock singer who stirs things up in a small Ohio town. Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, 4 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 542-2340.

Children’s Story Time: Parables and playtime entertain kiddos. Look for the bookmobile. Maple Tree Place, Williston, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

Fletcher Playgroup: Little ones make use of the open gym before snack time. Fletcher Elementary School, Cambridge, 9-10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 527-5426.

Franklin Story Hour: Lovers of the written word perk up for read-aloud tales and adventures with lyrics. Haston Library, Franklin, 10-10:45 a.m.

Free. Info, 527-5426.

Georgia Playgroup: Provided snacks offer an intermission to free play. Georgia Youth Center, 9:30-11 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.

PJ Story Time: Little kids rock nightgowns and flannels as special guests read from books. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

language

Beginning English Conversation: Adults benefit from some tailored language instruction. Look for the bookmobile. Maple Tree Place, Williston, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

music

Burlington Songwriters: Lyricists share and critique original works.

Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 859-1822.

Community Matinee: Syracuse Symphony Orchestra: The nationally acclaimed 80-member ensemble performs classical works. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 1 p.m. $5. Info, 518-523-2512.

Guy Davis: The guitarist revives acoustic blues traditions in original and classic songs and stories. The Brick Box Gallery, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $15.

Info, 775-0903.

Original Music Compositions: Music students give a public concert of their work. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

Quartetto Gelato: With an accordion champion and operatic tenor, the ensemble dazzles with its romantic arias, energetic tangos, and gypsy and folk songs. See calendar spotlight. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $35. Info, 760-4634.

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Brown Bag SeSSion: Champlain Valley Agency on Aging’s Sarah Lemnah shares resources available to the “sandwich generation,” those raising children while caring for an elderly parent. Arrowhead Senior Citizen Center, Milton, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009.

Café SCientifique: Hydrologist Patrick Phillips draws attention to the unregulated compounds sometimes found in waste water, streams and groundwater in “Emerging Contaminants: Sex, Drugs and Vices That Affect Our Waters.” 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.

theater

Story tiMe: Lit lovers of all ages take in fanciful tales. Bud & Bella’s Bookshop, Randolph, 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 728-5509.

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Pto tag Sale: Sales of household goods, toys and clothing support Sustainable Living Initiatives Motivating Youth. Orchard School, South Burlington, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3395. ruMMage Sale: Scavengers search for sweet deals. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-8071. tag Sale: Recyclers look over donated clothes, books, toys and more. Proceeds benefit the Ladies of the United Church of Fairfax. Baptist Building, Fairfax, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-6313.

‘evita’: See WED.04, 7:30 p.m.

‘Sylvia’: See WED.04, 7:30 p.m. ‘the hot Pink Meltdown’: See WED.04, 8 p.m.

community

‘the king and i’: Cultures clash when a British governess is brought to Siam to tutor the king’s many children in this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical presented by the Middlebury Community Players. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $1520. Info, 382-9222. ‘to kill a MoCkingBird’: Marking Harper Lee’s 85th birthday and the 50th anniversary of her Pulitzer Prize, Lost Nation Theater transports audiences to a tumultuous time in Maycomb, Ala. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492.

words

dyad CoMMuniCation: Participants learn to speak and truly be heard in this evening of contemplative conversation. Parlor Room, Bethany Church, Montpelier, 6:15-8:45 p.m. $10; donations accepted.

Info, 522-5855.

eCho exPanSion BreakfaSt: A casual meal accompanies a guided tour, short video and discussion about the science center’s expansion plans.

ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 864-1848.

conferences

SuMMit on CoMMunity deSign, aging & aCtive living: Speaker Dan Burden shares his views on how smart community design — from traffic calming to public safety — supports a healthy and livable environment for all ages in this seminar hosted by AARP Vermont. Hilton Hotel, Burlington, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 951-1313.

dance

argentinean tango: Shoulders back, chin up!

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

BallrooM leSSon & danCe SoCial: Singles and couples of all levels of experience take a twirl.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; open dancing, 8-10 p.m. $14. Info, 862-2269. druM & danCe: Feel the rhythm and keep the beat at a percussion lesson for all skill levels.

Shelburne Town Hall, drum practice, 6:30-7 p.m.; drum and dance, 7-9:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 862-5017, jaswmbrown@gmail.com. engliSh Country danCe: Those keen on Jane Austen’s favorite pastime make rural rounds to music by Pam Bockes, Aaron Marcus and Susan Reid. All dances are taught. First half hour for experienced dancers. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $5-8; bring finger food to share. Info, 899-2378.

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an evening of art & ZuMBa fitneSS: Mix and mingle in the Roth Room at a cocktail reception featuring the musical stylings of Ken Hope and Kathleen Willey. Then make your way to the Lorraine B. Good Room for dance fitness led by Tory Dattilio Couture. BCA Center, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $15 preregistration fee for Zumba class. Info, 865-7166, thebcacenter@gmail.com. fundraiSing Banquet: Inspirational entertainer Mike Williams keynotes an evening benefit for the Burlington Emergency Shelter. Reservations required. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 6:15-9 p.m. Free to attend; donations accepted. Info, 985-3490, anngoff4@yahoo.com. ‘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. oPen MiC night: Singers, dancers and storytellers take center stage. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7 p.m. $5.

Info, 522-6877, upperevents@chandler -arts.org.

firSt friday faMily danCe: High-Low-Jack deliver the tunes at this all-ages affair. Town Hall, Worcester, provided supper, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; family dance, 6:30-8 p.m.; dessert, tea and snacks, 8 p.m.; music by A Fly Allusion, 8:30-10 p.m. $5; $8-12 per family.

Info, 229-0173.

raPtor enCounter: See WED.04, 11 a.m.

rioult: A bold and athletic contemporary-dance ensemble graces the stage.

See calendar spotlights. Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, 8 p.m. $20-45. Info, 748-2600.

talk to the trainer: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

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fairs & festivals

Central Vermont Quilt Show: At a true blanket event, local quilters exhibit their one-of-a-kind handmade patchwork, demo stitching techniques and vie for a Viewers’ Choice award. Old Labor Hall, Barre, 2-7 p.m. $5. Info, 476-0760, info@centralvermontquiltshow.com.

film

‘Ask Us Who We Are’: Bess O’Brien’s documentary puts a face to the foster care system, focusing on those young Vermonters’ search for family and a sense of belonging. Middlebury Union High School Auditorium, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 592-3190.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

‘Knights in Italy’ Spaghetti Dinner: The Knights of Columbus celebrate stringy, saucesmothered pasta. St. Ambrose Parish, Bristol, 5-7 p.m. $4-8. Info, 453-2488.

health & fitness

Exercise for Balance: Participants focus on balance and flexibility through gentle cardiovascular movement to music, strength training and stretching. Senior Community Center, the Pines, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5. Info, 658-7477, sheskies@ gmail.com .

Middlebury Bach Festival: Middlebury College hosts two days of performances and informative workshops celebrating the life and work of the German composer. Area congregations hold satellite performances on Sunday; see middlebury.edu/ arts for full schedule and locations. Various locations, Middlebury, 7-10 p.m. Many events are free; $6-10 for concert tickets. Info, 443-6433.

‘Bye Bye Birdie’: See THU.05, 7 p.m.

Fairfax Playgroup: See WED.04, 9-10:30 a.m.

Fairfield Playgroup: Youngsters entertain themselves with creative activities and snack time.

Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 9:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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Jazz Festival Concert: Three guests join SUNY Plattsburgh’s Mambo Combo and Jazz Ensemble in smooth sounds directed by Rick Davies. E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $2-8. Info, 518-564-2471.

‘The Pride’: SUNY Plattsburgh senior Jessica Bakeman directs this original musical revue recounting the 87-year history of the Strand Theatre.

Proceeds benefit its restoration. Strand Theatre, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Theater is unheated; dress appropriately. Info, 585-943-0159.

East Montpelier Story Time: Lively narratives, rhymes, finger plays, crafts and games transfix tots.

Four Corners Schoolhouse, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-4665.

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‘Happy 92nd Birthday Celebration, Pete Seeger’ Community Sing 3.0: Ron Slabaugh, Pete and Karen Sutherland, Kate Seeger, Ric Palieri, and others spark an evening of participatory folk song. Proceeds support the green burial project of the Watershed Center in Bristol. The Art House, Middlebury, 7:30-10 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 388-9857.

kids

‘Draw Comics!’: Teens sketch and share illustrated narratives. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Montgomery Tumble Time: Budding gymnasts burn off energy. Montgomery Elementary School, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Science & Stories: What secrets are inside an egg? Kids investigate. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $8.50-10.50; 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 SEVEN DAYS

Electronic Music Recital: Students in Peter Hamlin’s class present their final projects. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 10:10 a.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

Starry Mountain Singers: Eight vocalists delve into the sacred and secular song traditions of Georgia, Bulgaria, Corsica and the U.S. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 734-8940.

After School Book Discussion: Middle school page turners chat about favorite comics, short stories, books and graphic novels. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free.

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Dartmouth Wind Symphony: Fantasy and imagination unite in musical landscapes conducted by Matthew M. Marsit in “Children at Play.” Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.,8 p.m. $5-18.

Info, 603-646-2422.

Colchester Community Chorus: Carol Reichard conducts “Let Music Live,” a spring concert featuring selections from Stephen Foster, Jerome Kern, Gilbert and Sullivan, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others. Frank Whitcomb provides accompaniment. Colchester High School, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 862-3910.

‘Creacionismo y Musica: Exploring Spanish Poetry Through Music’: In a 20-minute concert, Hannah Brotherton, ’11, presents her song-cycle composition exploring the musicality of the Spanish language, based on the writing of Vicente Huidobro. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

The Willoughbys: Music lovers pack a picnic — or snag wine by the glass — for folk, country, rock and Americana ditties. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7368.

They Might Be Gypsies: A father-son band performs as part of the Duo Series. WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room, Bristol, 8 p.m. $7-12. Info, 453-3188.

talks

‘Sylvia’: See WED.04, 7:30 p.m.

‘The Hot Pink Meltdown’: See WED.04, 8 p.m.

‘The King and I’: See THU.05, 8 p.m.

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’: See THU.05, 8 p.m.

words

Henry Homeyer: The author of Organic Gardening (Not Just) in the Northeast offers a practical growing guide organized around the calendar year. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-5189.

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agriculture

Annual Spring Perennial Sale: Just in time for Green Up Day, greenskeepers stock up on potted perennials and seedling packs. Proceeds support neighborhood gardens and garden-based outreach and education. Integrated Arts Academy, H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-4769 or 598-3139, jess@ burlingtongardens.org.

Burlington Community Tree Nursery Planting: Volunteers plant saplings, which will later be transplanted to B-town streets, at this Branch Out Burlington! initiative. UVM Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 862-6084.

Garden Workshop: Derrick Anne Boulay informs green-thumbed participants on “Improving Your Soil for a More Successful Garden.” Preregister.

Community Garden, Hardwick, 3:30 p.m. $5-10.

Info, 472-5840.

Nor’Eastern Playwrights’ Showcase: The Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre presents staged readings of Lloyd Pace’s The Shuttle, Burnham Holmes’ The Palm Leaf Dialogues and Walt Vail’s Gerontia. The Brick Box Gallery, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 773-8038, actorsrepvt@aol.com.

Doo-Wop Hop: Brush off your poodle skirt and polish your dance shoes! Folks do the twist at Fairfax Community Theater Company’s annual costumed affair, featuring raffles, refreshments and kids’ activities. Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, 6-9 p.m. $8-10; $15 per couple; $20 per family; free for children under 5. Info, 324-5637.

Latin/Caribbean Dance Party: Musical guests accompany Rick Davis and Salsa Norteña in upbeat melodies well suited for dancing. Naked Turtle, Plattsburgh, N.Y., dance instruction, 6 p.m.; party 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2471.

Montpelier Contra Dance: Rachel Nevitt calls the steps as folks in soft-soled shoes move to live airs by Pete Sutherland, Mark Roberts and Peter Siegel. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8.

Info, 744-6163.

‘Shake Off Your Roots’: Family Dance Party: Get your shimmy on to funky music at this costumed Green Up Day party benefiting new gardens and play spaces. Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 5-7:30 p.m. $3; $8 per family. Info, 658-3296.

environment

Bike & Boat Swap: Outdoorsy types rummage through well-kept bicycles, canoes, kayaks and accessories at this benefit for Rotary District 7850’s tsunami-relief fund. Donations accepted on Friday, May 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. Cambridge 360, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 343-2372.

Saturday Art Sampler: Decorative paper, newsprint, tissue paper, charcoal and acrylic paints become part of mini mixed-media paintings.

Preregister. Davis Studio Gallery, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $24. Info, 425-2700.

bazaars

‘Moon Over Buffalo’: Ken Ludwig’s comedy, presented by the Lamoille County Players, provides an inside look at the backstage misadventures of a traveling theater troupe. Hyde Park Opera House, 7 p.m. $12-18; half-priced show on May 8 (Mother’s Day).

Info, 888-4507.

Ballroom Lesson & Dance Social: See FRI.06, 7-10 p.m.

art

theater

‘Evita’: See WED.04, 7:30 p.m.

dance

Green Up Day: Neighborhood groups around the state rid Vermont’s roadways and rivers of refuse. Visit greenupvermont.org to get involved.

Various locations statewide, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Info, 229-4586.

Kathryn Weller: Slate Valley Museum’s executive director speaks on “Heavy Lifting: Slate Mining in New York Since 1840.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

‘Charlotte’s Web’: Employing actors, puppets and live music, the Saints and Poets Production Company retells E.B. White’s enduring tale about a girl, a pig and a spider. See review, this issue.

For ages 4 and up. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10-15.

Info, 863-5966.

Tag Sale: See FRI.06, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Perennial Garden Maintenance Day: In exchange for a free plant, master gardeners and volunteers get their hands dirty while tidying up the grounds for the upcoming Bloomtime Festival.

Bring pruning shears and weeding tools if possible. UVM Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-3073.

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.

‘Ajax’: Graduating senior Christian Amato directs the SUNY Plattsburgh chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theatre Honors Society, in Sophocles’ recently translated Greek tragedy. Studio Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $2-5. Info, 518-564-2247.

Spring Fine Arts & Craft Show/Antique Expo & Sale: Special handcrafted gifts, fine art and gourmet specialties abound just in time for Mother’s Day shopping. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7; free for kids under 12. Info, 878-5545, ext. 26.

Fundraising Sale: Shoppers peruse used goods to help support the renovation of North End Studio’s new 3600-square-foot space. Donations accepted until Friday, May 6. North End Studio, Burlington, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Donations accepted.

Info, 863-6713.

PTO Tag Sale: See FRI.06, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Rummage Sale: See FRI.06, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Demo Day: Motorcyclists test ride a hog, eat hot dogs and enter a raffle for Willie Nelson tickets.

Rain date: May 14. Green Mountain HarleyDavidson, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4778.

Raptor Encounter: See WED.04, 11 a.m.

Spring Bike-Stripping Party: Cyclists help sort bikes and parts before a short group ride to Three Penny Taproom. FreeRide Bike Co-op, Montpelier, 1-5 p.m. Free; bring your own tools if possible; bike donations accepted. Info, 249-2593.

‘Spring Into Summer’ Celebration: Dessert for breakfast? OK! The annual Sweet’ n’ Savory AllYou-Can-Eat Pie Breakfast kicks off Orchard Valley Waldorf School’s silent auction and a puppet act by the No Strings Marionette Company. Christ Church, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $7, or $25 per family, for breakfast. Info, 456-7400.

Talk to the Trainer: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

VCAM Access Orientation: Video-production hounds get an overview of facilities, policies and procedures. Preregister. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

fairs & festivals

Central Vermont Quilt Show: See FRI.06, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

film

‘Ask Us Who We Are’: See FRI.06, St. Johnsbury School.

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food & drink

Annual Dinner & Silent Auction: Diners dig into a spread including ham with pineapple, mac and cheese, cole slaw, and homemade desserts.

Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.; auction, 4-8 p.m. $5-9; advance tickets encouraged; takeout available. Info, 863-6764.

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.

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, 223-2958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com.

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

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.

Norwich Farmers Market: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land, not to mention baked goods, handmade crafts and local entertainment. Next to Fogg’s Hardware & Building Supply and the Bike Hub. Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447, manager@norwichfarmersmarket.org.

Rutland County Farmers Market: Downtown strollers find high-quality fruits and veggies, mushrooms, fresh-cut flowers, sweet baked goods, and artisan crafts within arms’ reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813.

games

Burlington Women’s Softball League Fundraiser: Gamers get competitive in billiards and beer pong. Deejayed tunes, munchies and prizes round out the night. Van Phan Sports, South Burlington, 7-11 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 355-4409.

health & fitness

Food as Medicine: Betzy Bancroft looks at edibles for their energy-giving qualities, phytonutrients, medicinal indications and more. City Market, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

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kids

Berkshire Tumble Time: Provided snacks fuel exercise for tots. Gym, Berkshire Elementary School, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Fairy Playshop: Little ones ages 3 and up craft elf doors and fairy houses for the mythical characters. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 861-9700.

Mayfest: Ribbon dancing, garland crafts, face painting, live music and more beckon families with children ages 6 and under. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Most events are free; small fee for pony rides. Info, 985-2827.

Milton Girls’ Day: Third- through eighth-grade females and the women in their lives connect over Zumba, aromatherapy, arts and crafts, music, and more. New Life Fellowship, Milton, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 893-1009.

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.

music

Shalva Chemo: A vocal trio from the country of Georgia perform complex polyphonic vocal singing in a workshop from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and a concert at 7:30 p.m. Christ Church Presbyterian, Burlington. $20 suggested donation for workshop; $15 suggested donation for concert; $30 for both. Info, 355-4216.

Shindig With JukeJoynt: Dave Clark and Kerry Rosenthal share vocal duties as the band creates uptempo tunes suitable for dancing. Tunbridge Town Hall, 8-11 p.m. $8. Info, 889-9602.

Starry Mountain Singers: See FRI.06, St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $12 suggested donation.

‘Storyhill’: “A Prairie Home Companion” and “Mountain Stage” alums, along with Red House Records artists, put on a lively house concert supporting the Rachel Bissex Scholarship for Vermont singer-songwriters. Call for specific location.

Private home, Plainfield, 7:30 p.m. $15 suggested donation. Info, 454-1321, concerts@bissex.net.

‘The Pride’: See FRI.06, 7:30 p.m.

seminars

Final Cut Pro Open Lab: Apprentice film editors complete three tracks of exercises as a VCAM staff member lends a hand. Preregister. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

‘A Concert of the Music of J.S. Bach’: Fifteen baroque musicians accompany the 60-member Rutland Area Chorus in In Allen Meinen Taten; Jesu, meine Freude; and more. Rip Jackson directs.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 775-4301.

Genealogy Workshop: Civil War buffs learn about ways to research a soldier’s records and personal history in this workshop with Scott Tower.

Vermont-French Canadian Genealogy Society Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 238-5934.

Guy Davis: The New York bluesman strums his guitar to support the Champlain Valley Folk Festival. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 893-4082.

sport

John Gibbons: Craig Anderson, Neal Brown and others join the Americana musician, who recently released Small Town Dance, for tunes in the stacks.

Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

Menahem Pressler: The 86-year-old pianist takes command of the ivory keys in Beethoven’s Sonata no. 31 in A-flat Major, op. 110; Debussy’s Estampes; and Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960. See calendar spotlight. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $10-26. Info, 476-8188.

Middlebury Bach Festival: See FRI.06, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Mother’s Day Weekend Concert: Four faculty members of the Lyra Summer Music workshop delve into compositions by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Shostakovich.

Proceeds go toward student scholarships and program costs.

Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $10-15 suggested donation.

Info, 728-6464.

5K Sunshine Walk/Run: A scenic Union Street traverse and kids’ fun run raise money for the Sarah Leary Scholarship Fund, allowing local students in need to participate in school-sponsored travel opportunities. Transfiguration Farm, Brandon, 9 a.m. $20-30. Info, 247-1412.

Apple Blossom Derby: For the 28th year, athletes take strides to support the elementary school through a 5 or 10K run, 5K walk, and family fun run. Proceeds benefit the installation of a new gym floor. See calendar spotlight. Shoreham Elementary School, registration opens at 9 a.m.; family fun run starts at 9:30 a.m.; derby starts at 10 a.m. $5-10 for fun run; $10-20 for full race. Info, 922-0681.

Bike Swap: Pedal pushers recycle road- or mountain-style rides. Donations accepted through May 6. Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9409, thefolks@ onionriver.com.

‘Hoopapalooza’: Hula hoopers twirl loops around their waists, raising money for local children’s charities, clean water for the world and Burlington’s new Gateway Park.

Rain location: Edmunds School gymnasium. Burlington City Hall Park, preliminaries, 9-11 a.m.; finals, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $50 fundraising donation per hoop, or $250 minimum per team of five. Info, 793-8303, michele.boomhower@gmail.com.

Vermont Respite House 5K Fun Run & Jiggety Jog: Runners, walkers, bikers and skaters cover ground to benefit Vermont’s only hospice home. Registration, 8 a.m. Allen Brook Elementary School, Williston, 9 a.m. $20; additional fundraising encouraged. Info, 860-4437.

‘Charlotte’s Web’: See FRI.06, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

‘Electricity!’: Recharge your batteries with highvoltage physical comedy and circus spectacles in Vermont Vaudeville’s performance featuring the Real McCoys, Modern Times Theater, the Vermont Vaudeville House Band and others. Hardwick Town House, 8 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 5332589, vermontvaudeville@gmail.com.

‘Evita’: See WED.04, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

‘Moon Over Buffalo’: See FRI.06, 7 p.m.

‘Name This SHOW!’: A local collective of writers, actors and dancers presents a collaborative performance — and asks audiences to give the gig a title.

Burlington Dances, Chace Mill, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 863-3369, info@BurlingtonDances.com.

Nor’Eastern Playwrights’ Showcase: See FRI.06, 7:30 p.m.

‘Play On!’: The White River Valley Players perform a madcap romp about a theater group desperately trying to put on a show. Auditorium, Rochester High School, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 767-9100, cr@ cynthiaryangraphic.com.

‘Sylvia’: See WED.04, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

‘The King and I’: See THU.05, 8 p.m.

The Met: Live in HD: Catamount Arts Center: Patricia Racette, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Željko Lucic star in a broadcast of Verdi’s Il Trovatore. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1 p.m. $16-23. Info, 748-2600.

‘Theatre of Illusion’: Houdini-esque illusions converge with theatrical drama and suspense when magicians Kevin and Cindy Spencer take the stage. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $20-45. Info, 760-4634.

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’: See THU.05, 8 p.m.

words

Ellen Michaud: Reading from her newest work, Blessed: Living a Grateful Life, the Vermont author shares tales of apple picking in Shelburne, gardening in Bristol and admirable local characters.

Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 1:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 864-8001.

Story Time: See THU.05, 11 a.m.

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Spring Fine Arts & Craft Show/Antique Expo & Sale: See SAT.07, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

education

Commencement Exercises 2011: Former Vermont governor Jim Douglas wishes graduating students well. Athletic Center, College of St. Joseph, Rutland, 1 p.m. Free; invitation required.

Info, 773-5900, ext. 3290.

etc.

Raptor Encounter: See WED.04, 11 a.m.

Talk to the Trainer: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

film

‘Ask Us Who We Are’: See FRI.06, Hardwick Town House, Hardwick, 7 p.m. $5-10.

Info, 592-3190.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

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‘Beakman on the Brain!’: Paul Zaloom’s wacky science “class” teaches young audiences about the brain through audience participation and visual demonstrations.

Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $16-20.

Info, 863-5966.

Children’s Book Week Celebration: Regional writers captivate young audiences. Anna Dewdney, Laban Carrick Hill and Tanya Lee Stone read picture books from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Karen Day, Glenn Stout and Linda Urban read works for 7- to 12-yearolds from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Preregister. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne. Free. Info, 985-3999.

‘Ajax’: See FRI.06, 7:30 p.m.

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Mother’s Day Spring Herb Walk: Herbalist, grower and mom Alyssa Doolittle covers traditional plant uses, basic botany, edibles and medicinals in a springtime stroll for families.

Meet at the St. Johnsbury Food Coop at 9:45 a.m. or the Community Gardens at 10 a.m., $7; free for kids.

Info, 748-9498.

Candy Land: How’s this for sweet? Kids ages 2 to 10 play a life-size version of the popular board game for prizes. Center Court, University Mall, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1066.

‘Say Farewell to Winter’: Kevin Connelly, Geoff Bradt, Thom Longware and Bob Sears of the Three and a Half Men (Band) give spring a belated welcome. American Legion Post 912, Rouses Point, N.Y., 9-midnight. $5. Info, 518-297-2600 or 518-297-2954.

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Mommies & Kids’ Brunch: Just before Mother’s Day, family members pull together a Vermontinspired meal, including cranberry-orange scones, scrambled eggs with caramelized onions and local cheddar, herb-roasted potatoes, and fresh pineapple with a maple-lime vinaigrette. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $45 per mother/ child team; preregister. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

‘Bye Bye Birdie’: See THU.05, 7 p.m.

Ripton Community Coffeehouse: Old-time music abounds at this toe-tapping journey led by Sheesham and Lotus. Call ahead to participate in the preceding open mic. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $3-9. Info, 388-9721.

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Holistic Skin Care: Vanquish seasonal skin stress, caused by warmer weather, by signing up for a 15-minute consultation with esthetician Eros Bongiovanni. City Market, Burlington, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

‘Building an Outdoor Exploration Kit’: Nature detectives get some fresh air while learning about must-have items for their backpacks.

Preregister. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 10 a.m.-noon. $10-12 per parent/child pair; $4-5 per each additional child. Info, 434-3068.

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Sunday Dinner: Members of Food Salvage, a University of Vermont-sponsored club, prepare and serve a hot meal for the community. Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, foodsalvage@gmail.com.

games

Burlington-Area Scrabble Club: Triple-lettersquare seekers spell out winning words. New players welcome. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7558.

health & fitness

Open Meditation Classes: Harness your emotions and cultivate inner peace through the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $5-15 suggested donation. Info, 684-0452, vermont@rsl-ne.com.

holidays

Mother’s Day Chocolate-Covered Strawberries: Moms nibble on a complimentary berry confection on their special day. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591.

Mother’s Day Jazz Brunch: Smooth tunes serenade moms (or mom-like figures) as they tuck into huevos rancheros, Bloody Marys, mimosas and more. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 11 a.m.2 p.m. $5; cost of food and drink. Info, 496-8994.

Mother’s Day Open House: Moms and momsentient beings explore the grounds and enjoy tea and snacks. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 2-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 633-4136.

Mother’s Day Skate: Kids and moms spend quality time together while looping figure eights.

Brunch available. Ice Barn, Milton, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $6; additional $2 for rentals; free skating for ages 4 and under. Info, 893-4237.

kids

Read to a Dog: See SAT.07, 1-2 p.m.

Sundays for Fledglings: Youngsters go avian crazy in hiking, acting, writing or exploring activities. Preregister. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-2:45 p.m. Free with museum admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.

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language

French-English Conversation Group: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

music

‘Scenes and Songs’: Music students dip into operatic and Broadway repertoires.

Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

Shalva Chemo: A vocal trio from the country of Georgia performs complex polyphonic vocal singing in a workshop from 2:305 p.m. and a concert at 7 p.m. Bethany Church, Montpelier. $20 suggested donation for workshop; $15 suggested donation for concert; $30 for both. Info, 426-3210.

Sheesham and Lotus: Old-time music abounds at this toe-tapping journey through fiddle tunes, harmonica duets, gourd banjos and more.

Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 2-3:45 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962.

Starry Mountain Singers: See FRI.06, St. Barnabas Church, Norwich, Mother’s Day workshop, 4-5:30 p.m.; concert, 7 p.m. $20 for workshop (moms free with paying child or partner); $12 suggested donation for concert; $25 for both.

‘The Pride’: See FRI.06, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

sport

Mother’s Day Ride: Bicyclists of all ages pick from several paths — 16, 30 or 55 miles in distance — to suit their skills at this wheelin’ fundraiser for the Lund Family Center. Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington, 8 a.m. $150-200 suggested fundraising minimum. Info, 864-7467.

Women’s Drop-In Soccer: Ladies — and sometimes gents — break a sweat while passing around the spherical polyhedron at this coed-friendly gathering. Beginners are welcome. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, 862-5091.

theater

‘Charlotte’s Web’: See FRI.06, 2 p.m.

‘Evita’: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

‘Monstrosity (A Play Outside)’: This independent work by playwriting student Sasha Rivera, ’12, concerns a family who brings a leashed monster with them to a Victorian resort. Presented as a student play reading. Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free.

Info, 443-3168.

‘Moon Over Buffalo’: See FRI.06, 2 p.m.

film

‘An Evening of Reflection and Song Featuring ‘Their Eyes Were Dry’’: A broadcast event celebrates the lives and courage of children affected by the 1974 Ma’alot Massacre. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

‘Bloom: The Plight of Lake Champlain’: Academy Award winner Chris Cooper narrates a documentary on lake health and the future of watershed communities. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, reception, 6 p.m.; film, 7 p.m.; discussion to follow. Free.

Info, 382-9222.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

health & fitness

Exercise for Balance: See FRI.06, 10-11 a.m.

Herbs for Allergies: Guido Masé introduces natural ways to address irritated respiratory passages. City Market, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

‘Mindfulness Practice & Psychotherapy’: Instructor Dr. Robert Kest expounds upon the role of Eastern meditative traditions and Western psychotherapy in the treatment and healing process.

Preregister. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-8004, ext. 202, info@ hungermountain.com.

Strong Living Exercise: See THU.05, 8 a.m.

kids

Infant Story Hour: Kiddos up to age 2 absorb spoken-word yarns. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, aldrichlibrary@ charter.net.

Music With Raphael: See THU.05, 10:45 a.m.

Stories With Megan: Preschoolers ages 2 to 5 expand their imaginations through storytelling, songs and rhymes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Swanton Playgroup: Kids and caregivers squeeze in quality time over imaginative play and snacks. Mary Babcock Elementary School, Swanton, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Teen Advisory Board: Middle and high schoolers have a say in program planning and the teen collection. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

music

Dartmouth College Gospel Choir: Director Walt Cunningham’s “remixes” transform pop music into roof-raising songs of ecumenical praise.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.,2 p.m. & 5 p.m. $5-16. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘Play On!’: See SAT.07, 5 p.m.

Middlebury Bach Festival: See FRI.06, 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Hannah Waite: The Midd senior, a physics and music double major, performs original compositions on her self-designed laser harp during a discussion. Room 221, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

‘The Great Richmond Root Out! Knotweed Whacking’: Horticulturalists give the invasive perennial the boot to make room for native plants.

Cochran’s Ski Area, Richmond, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 434-7775.

Mad River Chorale Rehearsals: No auditions are necessary to join this community choir, which meets weekly to give voice to song selections from America’s greatest composers. Harwood Union High School, South Duxbury, 6:45-8:45 p.m. Free.

Info, 496-4781.

Music Recital: Cellist Sarah Harney, ’12, pianist Sean Dennison, ’11, and violinist Zheng Zheng, ’11, revive works by Bach, Strauss, Ysaÿe and Schoenfield.

Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

Musical Tribute to Roland Pigeon: Country, folk and old-time fiddle tunes celebrate the 90th birthday of one of Westford’s favorite sons. Cake follows. United Church of Westford, 4-6 p.m. Free.

Info, 879-4028.

Oriana Singers: Soloists join a chorus and baroque instrumentals in Bach’s Eastertide masterpiece The St. John Passion. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 4 p.m. $20-25. Info, 863-5966.

Sarah Stickle: The Burlington-based folk singersongwriter highlights a Mother’s Day meal as part of the Healthy Living Brunch Series. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3408.

‘Sylvia’: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

‘The King and I’: See THU.05, 2 p.m.

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’: See THU.05, 7 p.m.

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environment

Energy Workshop: Knowledge is power: Efficiency Vermont educates school administrators, board members, facility managers and town officials on ways to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs. Preregister; lunch is included. Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 888921-5990, ljudge@veic.org.

etc.

Raptor Encounter: See WED.04, 11 a.m.

Talk to the Trainer: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

Afro-Brazilian Percussion Class: Community band Sambatucada! teach the pulsating rhythms of samba, samba reggae and baião. No experience required. Call for specific location. Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-7107.

Shalva Chemo: A vocal trio from the country of Georgia performs complex polyphonic vocal singing. Green Mountain Monastery, Greensboro, 7 p.m. $15 suggested donation. Info, 533-7056.

seminars

‘Creating a Financial Future’: Folks with basic money management under control learn about long-term savings and investing. Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Burlington, 10 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 860-1417, ext. 104.

talks

Neil MacFarquhar: The author and United Nations bureau chief of the New York Times poses important questions in “The Middle East: A New Beginning or Ancient History?” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

theater

‘Big If’: The senior work of playwriting student Gillian Durkee, ’11, introduces three young adults as they explore previously abandoned paths regarding sex, success and happiness. Presented as a student play reading. Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free.

Info, 443-3168.

words

Book Discussion Series: ‘Earth Tones’: Thomas Berry’s The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future explores how to live in harmony with nature.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

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.

‘Shared Moments’ Open Mic: Green Candle Theatre Company’s Recille Hamrell organizes an evening of spontaneously told true tales about pivotal life events. Cat got your tongue? Just sit and listen. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 863-1754.

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agriculture

Farm-to-Plate Presentation: The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund lays out a road map for the next 10 years of agricultural development. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 496-8994.

dance

Ballroom & Latin Dance: Dance-floor disciplines — including swing and rumba — keep feet on the move. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $12-14. Info, 225-8699, elabd@ comcast.net.

environment

Energy Workshop: See MON.09, Holiday Inn, Rutland, 9 a.m.-noon.

Green Drinks: Activists and professionals for a cleaner environment raise a glass over networking and discussion. The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2253.

etc.

Friends of the Art Museum Day Trip: Bus travelers tour the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts to view artifacts in “The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army.” Preregister; meet in the Mahaney Center for the Arts parking lot. Middlebury College, 7:15 a.m. $65-75. Info, 656-0750, fleming@uvm.edu.

Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont Ham Radio Club Meeting: Burlington-area radio operators present on a different aspect of radio communications each month. O’Brien Civic Center, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6589.

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Talk to the Trainer: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

film

‘Welcome to Shelbyville’: As part of the Community Cinema project, filmgoers screen Kim A. Snyder’s 2009 documentary about a small Southern town grappling with demographic change. Discussion follows. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

Mexican Dinner: Get cooking! Savory and sweet tamales, homemade chips and bean dip, and refreshing hibiscus iced tea are on the menu at this meal organized by Oaxaca’s Dalia Gonzalez.

Preregister. Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes School, Burlington, 5:45-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

Rutland County Farmers Market: See SAT.07, 3-6 p.m.

health & fitness

Community Medical School: Professor of neurology Robert Shapiro delivers a speech on “Not All in Your Head: What Is a Migraine and How Is It Treated?” A Q&A session follows the lecture.

Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 847-2886.

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.

Suzy Harris: In “Natural Solutions: One Technique for Many Childhood Ailments,” the doctor addresses kids’ chronic health issues.

Preregister. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569, ext. 1.

kids

Alburgh Playgroup: Tots form friendships over stories, songs and crafts. Alburgh Elementary School, 12:15-1 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Baseball-Card Trading Day: Fans of the batand-ball sport up to grade 8 share cards of their favorite players. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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.

Fairfax Story Hour: Songs, tales and crafts captivate kiddos. Fairfax Community Library, 9:3010:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

Kids in the Kitchen: Kids create bright and colorful fruit and veggie prints on towels and T-shirts.

Preregister. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 3:304:30 p.m. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult. Info, 863-2569, ext 1.

Open Computer Time: See THU.05, 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.

language

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

music

Green Mountain Chorus: Men who like to sing learn fourpart 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.

seminars

Basic Introduction to Camera Use: Budding videographers learn about media production in this taping workshop. 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-3966, ext.

16, morourke@cctv.org.

Bisexuality Workshop: Folks of all orientations and expressions explore queer identity and bisexuality through group discussion. R.U.1.2? Community Center, Winooski, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

talks

Amy Miller: In “Cultivating True Happiness Through Establishing a Practice,” the director of the Milarepa Center offers a fun and relaxed approach to spiritual practice through meditation and discussion. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

Brown Bag Lecture Series: Hardwick attorney Kristina I. Michelsen outlines “Essentials of Landlord/Tenant Law in Vermont” before taking questions. Bring your own lunch. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, noon. Free. Info, 748-8291.

theater

‘Houria Stories’: The senior work of playwriting student Galen Anderson, ’11, threads real observations and conversations into a fictional look at an Egyptian woman’s life. Presented as a student play reading. Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

The Met: Live in HD: Patricia Racette, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Željko Lucic star in a broadcast of Verdi’s Il Trovatore. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $22. Info, 382-9222.

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agriculture

Tree Walk & Talk: Participants come armed with timber questions as arborist Craig Lambert discusses everything from species selection to tree maintenance. UVM Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 864-3073.

community

Winooski Coalition for a Safe and Peaceful Community: Neighbors and local businesses help create a thriving Onion City by planning community events, sharing resources, networking and more. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext.10.

crafts

Knit Night: Crafty needleworkers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they give yarn a makeover.

Phoenix Books, Essex, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

dance

‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’: Leap of Faith Dance Theater celebrates its 17th anniversary with varied pieces expressing the joy and wonder of a child or the deeper yearnings of the human heart and soul. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $5-15. Info, 382-9222.

environment

Energy Workshop: See MON.09, Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon.

etc.

AARP Safe Driver Course: Motor-vehicle operators ages 50 and up take a quick trip to the classroom — with no tests and no grades! — for a how-to refresher. Preregister. American Cancer Society, Williston, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $12-14. Info, 483-6335 or 372-8511.

Embroiderers’ Guild Meeting: Needleworkers check out the sewing projects of their peers and get a little stitching done. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0198.

Fairbanks Community of Observers: Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium prepares nature lovers to collect quantitative data on specific birds, butterflies and wildflowers that are sensitive to environmental change. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Raptor Encounter: See WED.04, 11 a.m.

Talk to the Trainer: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

film

Film Screening & Discussion: Norman “Pat” Boyden oversees showings of two movies produced by Norwich University: In Country and Remembrance. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

‘This Land Is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons’: Author/activist David Bollier narrates this documentary about how commercial interests — in forests, oceans, broadcast airwaves and so on — are undermining our collective interests. Held in conjunction with the LACE Open Table Dinner; bring dinner to the movie if desired. LACE, Barre, 5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4276.

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.04, 2 p.m.

‘Eat ’n’ Go Snacks for Long-Distance Cycling’: Local Motion offers suggestions for meals on wheels, including sweet-potato-spinach pancakes, quinoa salad with rainbow vegetables, lentil loaves and salmon cakes. Preregister. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569, ext 1.

Sun to Cheese Tours: Visitors take a behind-thescenes look at dairy farming and cheese making as they observe raw milk turning into farmhouse cheddar. Preregister. Shelburne Farms, 2-4 p.m. $15 includes a block of cheese. Info, 985-8686.

kids

Babytime: Crawling tots and their parents convene for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free.

Info, 658-3659.

Enosburg Playgroup: See WED.04, 9-11 a.m.

Fairfax Playgroup: See WED.04, 10-11 a.m.

High School Book Group: See WED.04, 5-6 p.m.

Highgate Story Hour: See WED.04, 10-11 a.m.

Middle School Book Group: See WED.04, 4-5 p.m.

Montgomery Story Hour: See WED.04, 10-11 a.m.

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.

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Italian Conversation Group: Parla Italiano?

A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Call for cancellations in inclement weather. Room 101, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.

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David Crosby & Graham Nash: James Raymond, Dean Parks, Kevin McCormick and Steve DiStanislao back the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers’ legendary vocal harmonies. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $59.50-79.50. Info, 863-5966.

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Adam Boyce: Interspersing live music with humorous sketches, the musician portrays “The Old Country Fiddler: Charles Ross Taggart, Vermont’s Traveling Entertainer.” Warner Lodge Building, Jeffersonville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 644-5675.

Tim Brookes: In “Disappearing Alphabets and the Future of the Written Word,” the Vermont author spells out one perspective on the effect of the digital age on writing as we know it. Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 827-3945.

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Book Discussion Series: ‘A Mysterious Lens on American Culture’: A thought-provoking cultural backdrop makes P.L. Gaus’ Blood of the Prodigal more than a simple whodunit. South Hero Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209.

Brian Michael Till: The author of Conversations With Power: What Great Presidents and Prime Ministers Can Teach Us About Leadership discusses the book in this talk hosted by the Vermont Council on World Affairs. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

Leonard Irving: The Scottish-born, Plainfieldbased poet reads his literary art aloud. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 4263581, jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

‘You Come, Too’: Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert considers the words of poet Seamus Heaney in a round-table discussion. Vermont Humanities Council, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2626, ext. 307. m

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Science & Stories: From root to sprout to bountiful garden, young growers learn about the life of a seed. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $8.50-10.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

Story Time in the Nestlings’ Nook: Preschoolers take flight in bird-themed craft, book, music and nature activities. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10:30 a.m.-11:15 p.m. Free with regular admission, $3-6. Info, 434-2167.

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Music With Robert: The host of a weekly folkand world-music show on VPR explores tunes with music lovers of all ages. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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.

Garrett Graff: After years of research, the Montpelier-born author of The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror traces the history of the FBI’s counter-terrorism program.

Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

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Kids Story Hour: Literature hounds show up for tall tales. East Barre Branch Library, Barre, kids under 3 meet at 10 a.m.; ages 3 to 5 meet at 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-5118.

Story Hour: Tales and picture books catch the attention of little tykes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Children’s Story Hour: Two- to 5-year-olds tune in for audible prose. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, aldrichlibrary@charter.net.

St. Albans Playgroup: Creative activities and storytelling engage the mind. St. Luke’s Church, St. Albans, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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BCA offers dozens of weeklong summer art camps for ages 3-14 in downtown Burlington from June to August – the largest selection of art camps in the region! Choose full- or halfday camps – scholarships are available. See all the camps and details at burlingtoncityarts.com.

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cooking FIVE SPICE COOKING LESSONS: Call to schedule lesson time.

Location: Burlington. Info: Jerry, 864-4175, wjerry412@comcast. net. Learn dim sum and Asian cooking from the former owner of Five Spice Cafe in Burlington.

INTRODUCTION TO RAW FOODS: May 18, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $35/ person; senior discount 65+.

Limit: 16. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194, access@cvuhs.org, cvuhs.org/ access. Learn basic principles and practices of a raw and living food diet, including nutritional foundations, basic tools and techniques, simple sprouting, and additional resources. A savory meal of spring spinach soup, zucchini pasta with marinara sauce, a Mediterranean kale salad, and a fabulous chocolate cake, which is likely the quickest cake you’ll ever make. All raw and delicious!

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DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Cost: $13/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style. One-on-one, group and private, four levels.

Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

LEARN TO SWING DANCE: Cost: $60/6-week series ($50 for students/seniors). Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: lindyvermont.com, 860-7501. Great fun, exercise and socializing, with fabulous music. Learn in a welcoming and lighthearted environment. Classes start every six weeks: Tuesdays for beginners; Wednesdays for upper levels.

Instructors: Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl.

LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Cost: $50/4-week class. Location: The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington, St. Albans, Colchester. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, FirstStepDance.com. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance!

Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Three locations to choose from!

YOGADANCE W/ NANCEY KINLIN: Tue., 6:45-8:15 p.m., through Jun. 7. Cost: $14/single class, ($12 w/ BD class card).

Location: Burlington Dances Studio, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 8633369, Info@BurlingtonDances. com, BurlingtonDances.com.

Combining the traditions of yoga with music and movement, YogaDance uses the chakra system as a template to explore and express our life energies. For all bodies of any age or ability, it is a sacred practice for a way of opening to the abundant riches of self-discovery.

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SUMMER CAMPS ENROLLING NOW: Over 30 full-day performing arts camps with after care until 5 p.m. for ages 4-18. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington.

Drama, moviemaking, radio, comedy, hip-hop and jazz dance, puppetry, slam poetry, musical theater, voice, and historic improvisation. Themes for younger kids include spies, pirates, royalty, fairy tales, animals, Dr. Seuss, Mo Willems (Pigeon/Knuffle Bunny) books, sea monsters (Champ), ballet, world cultures, costumes and history.

DANCE IMPROVISATION LAB: Adults & teens; Wed., May 18-Jun. 22; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $130/6 weeks. Location: Flynn 652-4548 Center, Burlington. Taught flynnarts@flynncenter.org

by Lida Winfield, this unique 1x1-FlynnPerfArts093009.indd 1 9/28/09 3:32:51 class PM helps movers and dancEQUINE GUIDED MOTHER/ ers deepen their knowledge of DAUGHTER RETREAT: May THEATRICAL DREAM TEAM: personal movement patterns 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $145/ MARK NASH, KATHRYN BLUME and develop and refine their pair incl. snacks, beverages & & BILL REED: Ages 11-18; individual creative expression. catered lunch. Location: Horses Aug. 8-12; noon-4 p.m. Cost: Class includes warm-ups that in& Pathfinders Center for Equine $265/limited scholarships crease awareness of anatomical Guided Education, Leadership avail. Location: Flynn Center, systems, followed by structured & Coaching, 6899 Rte. 100B, Burlington. Spend a week learnimprovisations and movement Moretown. Info: 223-1903, info@ ing how to nail cold readings, studies. horsesandpathfinders.com, monologues and songs (if you horsesandpathfinders.com. choose a musical theater track), Rediscover the connection that and how to manage anxiety and lasts a lifetime. Through nonridrejection in the theatrical world.

CONTAINER HERB GARDEN: May ing activities and exercises, learn Good for seniors embarking on 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $35/perhow to grow together as a team, college auditions, and for anyone son; senior discount 65+. Limit: appreciate each other, ignite planning to audition for a school 12. Location: CVU High School, your curiosity and openness, and show.

10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. have fun, all with horses as your THEATRICAL SCENE TECHNIQUE Info: 482-7194, access@cvuhs. guides. For ages 11 and up, child W/ BROADWAY SCENIC ARTorg, cvuhs.org/access. Create and adult or adult and adult.

IST DANA HEFFERN: Adults your own beautiful and edible EQUINE GUIDED WOMEN’S & older teens: Sun., May 1, 8, container herb garden starting EMPOWERMENT CIRCLE: 15, & 22, 12-3 p.m. Cost: $175/ from seed. Bring a favorite May 6-Jun. 24. Cost: $20/ incl. materials. Location: Lyric container, we will supply soil person per circle after 1st Warehouse, Burlington. Dana and seeds, expertise, and fun. circle, which is free. Discounts Heffern painted the scenery Container size: window box size, avail. Location: Horses & you saw on the Flynn stage this although any shape, or even a Pathfinders Center for Equine year in Spring Awakening and handful of smaller containers to Guided Education, Leadership Spamalot, as well as countless arrange in your garden. It will be & Coaching, 6899 Rte. 100B, other Broadway shows. Learn as filled with soil and watered when Moretown. Info: 223-1903, she shares techniques and phoyou get home. info@horsesandpathfinders. tos (process shots and finished com, ww.horsesandpathfinders. products) from these shows and com. Join a circle of women more. You’ll practice wood grainand horses for a deeper sense ing, stone, brick, tile, texture of self-leadership, purpose and (crackle, gilding) and adding power. We’ll gain unique and tone or age to make scenery look powerful perspectives, insights, so bad that it’s good! and practices to resolve conflict, generate possibilities, regain HEALING ARTS P.60

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SHAPES OF MODERN DANCE: Techniques & Practices: Mon., 6:45-8:15 p.m. Cost: $15/$14 w/ class card. Location: Burlington Dances (Chace Mill, top floor), 1 Mill St., 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 863-3369, Info@BurlingtonDances.com, BurlingtonDances.com. Taught by a series of guest movement artists, this class includes modern, improvisation and choreographic forms, ballet, emerging and synthesis forms, the question of meaning and transformative dance, multimedia studies, site specifics, Pilates, somatic awareness, dance notation, and traditional Eastern martial arts.

Get experience, come to class at Burlington Dances.

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THE ART & SCIENCE OF SOAP MAKING: May 25, 6-8:30 p.m.

Cost: $35/person; senior discount 65+. Limit: 10. Location: CVU High School, 10 min. from exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 4827194, access@cvuhs.org, cvuhs. org/access. Join Kelley Robie, of Horsetail Herbs, using herbs, spices, essential oils, plantbased oils, and other natural and nourishing ingredients. Go home with soap to cut and age, plus detailed handout. Bring a quart paperboard milk or soy container as soap mold and old towel to wrap your fresh soap in.

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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.

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, 862-9037, 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.”

HORSES & LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP: May 28-29, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Cost: $175/person incl. beverages, snacks & catered lunch for both days. Location: Horses & Pathfinders Center for Equine Guided Education, Leadership & Coaching, 6899 Rte. 100B, Moretown. Info: 2231903, info@horsesandpathfinders.com, horsesandpathfinders. com. Through a grounded process of self-assessing an individual’s own current patterns of behavior, perceptions and performance, participants will be encouraged toward a healthy self-image and supported to explore new practices for achieving personal and professional goals.

Everyone is coached through an equine-guided learning process.

We will not be riding horses.

MUSIC TOGETHER: Ages birth-5 w/ parent; Session A: Mon., May 2-Jun. 13, 9:30-10:15 a.m.; Session B: Tue., May 3-Jun. 14, 9:30-10:15 a.m. Cost: $80/7 weeks, + $38 materials fee.

Tuition prorated if signup is after the 1st class. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington.

Help your child bounce, sing, dance, jump, drum, tap, wiggle, and gallop his/her way to the development of pitch, rhythm and musical awareness! Taught

by Alison Mott. Families receive a songbook and CDs with the music learned in class so you can continue nurturing your child’s imaginative growth at home.

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Students will work with composition, color, shadow and lights, and rendering techniques at a new site each week. Some instruction in watercolor painting will be provided. Open to all levels. Please bring your paint/ medium of choice. Limit: 12.

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I AM THE WORD: A WORKSHOP IN DIVINE FREQUENCY: May 13, 7-9 p.m.; free; Best Western Motel, Blush Hill Rd., Waterbury.

May 14-15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; $75; 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909. Learn techniques for developing and sustaining higher levels of consciousness in this transformative workshop that works with palpable energies to support your moving to the next level of your spiritual evolution. Led by Paul Selig, author, channel, psychic and energy healer.

personal power, inspire each other and maintain accountabilities together. We do not ride the horses during this gathering.

classes THE FOLLOWING CLASS LISTINGS ARE PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. ANNOUNCE YOUR CLASS FOR AS LITTLE AS $13.75/WEEK (INCLUDES SIX PHOTOS AND UNLIMITED DESCRIPTION ONLINE). SUBMIT YOUR CLASS AD AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTCLASS. GARDENING

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EXPRESSING SELF W/ THE ARTS: May 31-Jun. 21, 7 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $100/ series. Location: JourneyWorks office, 11 Kilburn St., Burlington.

Info: 860-6203, journeyworks@ hotmail.com, journeyworksvt. com. Using an open studio, participants will integrate meditation, movement and art in a safe and loving environment to seek deeper intuitive self that come from life experiences.

Exploration through specific meditation exercises, movement creative arts and open studio time so connections are made between self and the world.

EXPRESSING SELF WITH THE ARTS: May 31-Jun. 21, 7 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $100/for series. Location: JourneyWorks office, 11 Kilburn Street, Burlington. Info: JourneyWorks, Jennie Kristel, 860-6203, jkristel61@hotmail. com, journeyworksvt.com.

Using an open studio, participants will integrate meditation, movement and art in a safe and loving encironment to seek deeper intuitive self that come from life experiences. Exporation through specific meditation exercises, movement creative arts and open studio time so connections are made between self and the world.

herbs HERBAL VINEGARS W/ LAURA: May 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $20/2-hr. hands-on workshop.

Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 W. Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Purple Shutter Herbs, 865-4372, info@ purpleshutter.com, purpleshutter.com. Summer brings forth the new bounty from the Earth.

Using only the finest herbs, spices and fruits, you’ll make your own delicious, tasty and beautiful herbal vinegar. Learn about the different choices of ingredients, good combinations and uses of this versatile condiment. Laura will share her secrets with you.

VERMONTS SCHOOL OF HERBS: Monthly Sun. workshops MayNov. Mon. evening herb walks, 6-7 p.m. Wed. evening workshops, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Herbal boot camps one weekend per month May-Nov. Call to register for classes, early bird discounts.

Location: Vermont School of Herbs, 5914 Lower Newton Rd., St. Albans. Info: Tajeanhus Herbal Shop, Tammy Hudson, 527-1212, info@vermontpureherbs.com, vermontpureherbs. com. We will be outside among the plants learning to identify and harvest wild edible plants for food and medicine. In the kitchen we will be cooking and brewing up wild edibles and making herbal remedies for health and wellness. Learn what’s in your backyard! Tammy Hudson is a Master Herbalist, Holistic Practitioner, Nutritional Consultant for over 15 years and owner of Tajeanhus Herbal Shop and Vermont Pure Herbs.

WILD ABUNDANCE: AN HERBAL WALK: May 14, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $20/2.5-hr. outdoor walk. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 W. Canal St., Winooski.

Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Purple Shutter Herbs, 865-4372, info@purpleshutter.com, purpleshutter.com. Take a walk on the wild side, sustainably harvesting wild foods and herbs. Melanie will guide you on this introduction to foraging, focusing on very common and abundant “weeds” that make some of our best wild foods and medicines. Start at PSH and then head down to the Winooski River.

WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wild Edible Intensive spring/summer term will be held May 15, Jun. 5 & 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 DON’T WAIT, LEARN SPANISH: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Ctr. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 585-1025, spanishparavos@ gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com. Broaden your horizons and connect with a new world. We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, teens and children. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring, including AP. See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

martial arts AIKIDO: Adult introductory classes begin on Tue., May 3, at 6:45 p.m. Join now & receive a 3-mo. membership (unlimited classes) & uniform 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.; Sat., 9-10 a.m.; & Sun., 1011:30 a.m. Visitors are always welcome. 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. LGBTQ Intro: Wednesday evenings April 20-May 11, 5:45-6:45 p.m. $65 fee includes practice uniform.

For more info or to register: lgbtqclass@gmail.com. Beginners Intro: Tuesday evenings April 28-May 19, 6-7:30 pm. $65 fee includes practice uniform.

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.

massage FOCUS ON EXTREMETIES 14 CEUS: Jun. 11-12, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $245/14 CEUs; $225 when deposit of $50 is received

by May 27. Inquire about the Introductory Risk Free Fee. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, Burlington. Info: Dianne Swafford, 734-1121, swaffordperson@hotmail.com. We will learn specific techniques for facilitating release in the shoulder, elbows, wrists, hands, hips, knees, ankles and feet. By using comfortable positioning and movement, we access the innate, self-corrective reflexes, achieving pain relief and structural balance. Using ortho-bionomy we will explore a simple and natural means of working with neuromuscular tension patterns that is gentle, effective and transformative.

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, vermont@rsl-ne.com, meetup. com/Rime-Shedrub-LingVermont. 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.noon., or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m.-noon. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org. Through the practice of sitting still and following

your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

movement ZUMBA & BELLY DANCE: Mon. & Fri., 5:45. Location: Burlington Dances, Chace Mill, top floor, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 8633369, info@burlingtondances. com, BurlingtonDances.com.

Zumba Fitness Mondays and Belly Dance Fridays with Gail McKenzie Hall! Have some fun!

Bring your water bottle for these energetic, rejuvenating dance moves and music from around the world. Let us know you are coming, or simply drop in for a class. Call for details! Upstairs in Chace Mill!

nature GOT FOOD SECURITY?: May 14-Sep. 18. Cost: $500/workshop. Location: Outdoors, Burlington & surrounding areas. Info: Eric Garza, 881-8675, DeepGreenResilience@gmail. com. Join local forager and hunter Eric Garza for two programs that will help participants develop relationships with wild foods. One workshop focuses on

wild edible and medicinal plants, another focuses on hunting. The hunting workshop is not a substitute for a hunter safety course and will not harm any animals.

ROOTS SCHOOL: May 7, 9 a.m..

Location: ROOTS School, 20 Blachly Rd., East Calais. Info: ROOTS School, Sarah Corrigan, 456-1253, Info@rootsvt.com, RootsVT.com. Open house May 7.

We educate adults and youth in primitive technologies, tracking and nature awareness. Come check us out, see what we teach and meet who we are. Bow Building class May 7-10. Start with a rough stave and build your own long self bow to shoot.

organization PAPER MANAGEMENT MADE EASY: 6-lesson online workshop.

Starts Thu., May 12. A new lesson will be released ea. Thu. for 6 consecutive weeks, ending Jun. 16. Cost: $49/course. Location: online, via email (lessons will be a mix of text & audio). Info: Perfect Order Organizing, Kelly McCann, 881-2456, KellyJayneMccann@gmail.com, PerfectOrderOrganizing.com.

Say goodbye to piles! This workshop will take you through the entire process of a paperwork management, step by step. You will learn how to manage, organize and house all the paper that makes its way into your space.

End result: easily find what you need, when you need it.

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Oil Painting w/ Val Hird: May 14-15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $250/ course. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 5 School St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, helenday.com. Do you have nagging questions about oil painting? This workshop will address strategies for color application, color mixing, application techniques, including underpainting, painting in layers, glazing and using oil stick. This will be a practical workshop with lots of information for students at all levels. Demos along with visual aids will clarify the key elements discussed. Please bring your own materials.

Usui Reiki: 1st Degree: May 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $175/6-hr. class. Location: Vermont Center for Energy Medicine, Hinesburg.

Info: Vermont Center for Energy Medicine, Cindy Carse, 985-9580, cindy@energymedicinevt.com, energymedicinevt. com. Learn Reiki, a traditional Japanese healing art that facilitates health and transformation on all levels (body, mind and spirit). Reiki can be supportive of any life path or career. In this class, you will be attuned to Reiki and trained to practice Reiki for yourself, loved ones, plants and animals.

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Dig. Photography & Photoshop: Jun. 4-5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $125/day; $200/ weekend. Location: HUHS Digital Imaging Lab, 458 Rt. 100, S. Duxbury. Info: Sam K, 8821124, sambovermont@gmail. com. A two-day, comprehensive workshop. Participate in one day or both. Day 1: digital cameras, exposure tricks and better photography. Day 2: digital workflow: importing, organizing, Photoshop, printing. Contact instructor for more info about this excellent workshop held in a modern, fully equipped digital imaging lab in the Mad River Valley.

Intro to Shamanic Journeying: May 15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $60/4-hr. class.

Location: Shaman’s Flame, 78A Cady Hill Rd., Stowe. Info: Sarah Finlay & Peter Clark, 253-7846, peterclark13@gmail.com, shamansflame.com. Experiential workshop includes shamanic cosmology, shamanic journeying. Meet spirit guides, find your seat of power and begin to walk the path of self-empowerment.

Learn about divination and basic forms of shamanic healing.

Discover the great relevance of this ancient spiritual practice.

Expand your consciousness, learn of integrative spiritual healing.

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Moonlight Body Mind Spirit Retreat: May 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m..

Location: Milton Grange, Rte. 7, Milton. Info: 893-9966. Holistic healing, readings, vendors, plus!

Join us for a day of fun and exploration!

tai chi 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.

Yang-Style Tai Chi: Beginner’s class, Wed., 5:30. All levels class on Sat., 8:30 a.m. Cost: $16/ class. Location: Vermont Tai Chi Academy & Healing Center, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Turn right into driveway immediately after the railroad tracks.

Located in the old Magic Hat Brewery building. Info: 3186238. Tai Chi is a slow-moving martial art that combines deep breathing and graceful movements to produce the valuable effects of relaxation, improved concentration, improved balance, a decrease in blood pressure and ease in the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Janet Makaris, instructor.

re: the elements and principles of art, honing observation skills, doing group exercises, having individual working time, receiving constructive feedback and watching demos will help bring your vision to life.

SUMMER CAMP SERIES: Jun. 20-Jul. 25, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. & after care option. Cost: $300/session, $50 off for 2nd child or session. Materials/ healthy snack incl. Location: wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. University of Possibilities: Multiple themes: Creative Adventure week, Teen Art Exploration, Art & French, Art & Science, Art & Nature. Ages 6-13, except teen week 13-18.

Small group size, individual attention, hands-on, brains-on adventures, beautiful working studio, outside nature walks and high-end Dumpster dives! Hone creative skills, uncover strengths and talents in this summer series!

women Women, Food & Spirituality: May 8-Jun. 12, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Weekly on Sun. Cost: $120/incl. book. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, 364 Dorset St., suite 204, S. Burlington.

Info: 658-9440, vtcyt.com. We will use the book by Geneen Roth, “Women, Food, and God,” along with yoga, journaling and group therapy to develop a deeper understanding of how the way we eat and think about food relates to all that we do.

Learn to be more present and aware.

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Classes, Fine Art, Faux Finishes, Murals Maggie Standley 233.7676 wingspanpaintingstudio.com

EVOLUTION YOGA: Daily yoga classes for all levels from $5-$14, conveniently located in Burlington. 10-class cards and unlimited memberships available for discounted rates.

Mon.-Fri. @ 4:30 p.m., class is only $5!. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 8649642, yoga@evolutionvt.com, evolutionvt.com. Evolution’s certified teachers are skilled

Laughing River Yoga: Daily yoga classes & monthly yoga workshops. $13 drop in, $110 for 10 classes, monthly unlimited $130, summer unlimited (Jun. 1-Aug. 31) $330. By-donation classes ($5-$15 suggested) Mon.-Fri. at 9 a.m. Location: Laughing River Yoga, 1 Mill St., Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington.

Info: Laughing River Yoga, 343-8119, emily@laughingriveryoga.com, laughingriveryoga. com. Yoga studio downstairs in the Chace Mill. 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. Lots of light. River view. Parking. All levels welcome!

Deepen your understanding of who you are.

Old School Ashtanga Workshop!: July 22-24, Fri. 6-8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Cost: $250/16-hr. workshop.

Location: Yoga Vermont, Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, Burlington. Info: Yoga Vermont, Kathy McNames York, 238-0594, kathy@yogavermont.com, yogavermont.com. David Swenson and Shelley Washington will be back in Burlington leading an ashtanga yoga extended weekend workshop. 16 hours over three days. CEUs available. Guaranteed to be fun and educational for all. No previous ashtanga experience necessary.

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INTRO TO DRAWING & PAINTING: May 18-Jun. 22, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Weekly on Wed. Cost: $150/course, incl. some materials. Location: wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. Acquire skills, confidence and creativity in a class for beginners/advanced beginners wanting a jump start this spring. Covering the basics

Freedom Yoga Workshop Series: May 7, 2-6 p.m., Weekly on Sat. Cost: $50/4hr. class. Location: Warren Municipal Building, 42 Cemetary Rd., Warren Village. Info: Edgar Mesquita, 324-2974, omshivaomshakti@gmail.com, thefreedomyoga.com. Engage your self in this blossoming time, refreshing your yoga practice or discovering a millenarian philosophy of life. We will work in a safe, positive and fun environment, practicing and talking about all the exercises of yoga. Following the Freedom/ Svatantrya Yoga tradition, you’’ll be ready to create a personal practice free of restrictions.

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Arts-infused, interdisciplinary, inspiring classes, camps and workshops for kids, teens and adults. Visit the classes section at wingspanpaintingstudio.com for more details. Sliding scale available, all abilities welcome.

Let your imagination soar!

Adaptive Yoga: Tue. in May, noon-1:15 p.m. Cost: $9/class, $7 w/ class card. Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 863-3369, Lucille@ NaturalBodiesPilates.com, BurlingtonDances.com. Julie Peoples-Clark adapts traditional yoga postures to the needs of each individual. Ideal for students who have health or physical limitations, this class offers a balanced approach for strength and flexibility, breath work, and deep relaxation for people who have multiple sclerosis, arthritis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s and other physical disabilities.

with students ranging from beginner-advanced. We offer classes in Vinyasa, Anusarainspired, Kripalu, and Iyengar yoga. Babies/kids classes also available! Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre/postnatal yoga, and check out our thriving massage practice. Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt.com/ evoblog.

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Natural Bodies Pilates: For a whole new body. Daily classes & private sessions. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, Chace Mill, top floor, 1 Mill St., suite 372, Burlington. Info: 863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com. For a whole new body: daily classes and private sessions. Bring a friend, join the group! Get that fantastic feeling of deep internal strength while feeling relaxed and flexible. Reform your body, move and dance with confidence.

Join classes at Natural Bodies Pilates and Burlington Dances, upstairs at Chace Mill.

Weather Shamanism Level 1: Jun. 11-12, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Cost: $195/2-day weekend class. Location: Shaman’s Flame Woodbury facility, 644 Log Town Rd., E. Calais. Info: Shaman’s Flame, Peter CLARK, 253-7846, peterclark13@gmail.com, shamansflame.com. A form of spiritual ecology, a call to caring about the environment. Weather shamanism is not about controlling weather, but rather about healing our relationship with weather. Through shamanic journeying, we work to find a path of balance. Shamanic journey skills required and taught on May 15 in Stowe.

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ALL Wellness: Location: 208 Flynn Ave., Studio 3A (across from the antique shops, before Oakledge Park), 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!

Pachakuti Mesa Shamanic Arts: Cost: $255/weekend class: Fri. night-Sun. noon.

Location: freespiritquest.com, 980 Elmore Rd., Worcester.

Info: The Pachakuti Mesa Traditions, Thomas Mock, 828-817-5034, thomasmock@ windstream.net, heartofthehealer.com. A rare opportunity to apprentice in the U.S. in the Cross-Cultural Shamanic Arts for Personal and Plantetary Renewal. The Pachakuti Mesa Practice was founded by Oscar Miro-Quesada (see mesaworks. com). A two-year, five-weekend apprenticeship series begins with “A Call to Heal.” Recieve illuninating wisdom teachings in Peruvian shamanism. Also visit hearthofthehealer.com.

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Bright Lights, Little City Face One and 2nd Agenda’s Andy Lugo team up on a new EP

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urlington-based MC and producer Christophe Morel was tagged with the pseudonym Face One while growing up in Queens, where he was a graffiti artist. But last September his hip-hop alias took on a painful irony when he fell 16 feet into a concrete pit.

“I broke the fall with my face,” he says during a recent conversation at Muddy Waters in Burlington. “I went from being Face One to Broken Face.”

Among other maladies, Morel broke his jaw, which was wired shut, restricting him to a liquid diet for several months.

“If you want to try a good meal, I’d suggest a goulash shake,” he jokes.

For an MC, a functioning jaw is something of a prerequisite. Unable to speak, let alone rap, without pain, he turned his attention to beat making. He spent the fall producing beats daily, sometimes churning out several per day.

“That was my coping mechanism, my meditation,” he says, adding that he experienced severe writer’s block during the ordeal and didn’t pen any new rhymes. “I had too much to say, so I let the music talk for me instead.”

The music, and 2nd Agenda front man Andy Lugo.

From September 2010 to January 2011, the two experimented with adding live instruments and vocals to Morel’s new beats. The result is a new EP,

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Face One & Andy Lugo, that fuses Morel’s unconventional production talents with Lugo’s conscious songwriting style.

Lugo and Morel met in that typically Burlington sort of way, “just around.”

Morel recalls regularly seeing Lugo playing on Church Street and at open mics. Lugo, who now lives in Rutland with his wife and child, has been hosting a Wednesday-night open mic at Burlington’s Manhattan Pizza and Pub for several years. Soon, casual conversations developed into a friendship centered on a shared idea that music, specifically hip-hop, could reflect more than aggro posturing.

“I really appreciate his production style,” says Lugo of Morel, who works a variety of styles into his beats, from soul and R&B to heavy metal and bossa nova.

“I think it captures the essence of Vermont.”

Lugo says Morel’s unusual beats challenged him to alter his approach to writing.

“It was interesting to see if I could build on a beat, and just be a songwriter without the guitar, really focus on the lyrics and the structure of hip-hop.”

“It challenged his basic operating technique,” says Morel. “It helped him see things differently.”

The relationship was reciprocal.

“Hearing the way Andy works helped me hear music differently, too,” says Morel.

“Our relationship isn’t constructed on who’s gonna kick the best verse,” he

continues. “It’s about appreciation for the music. We don’t clash. We step outside of ourselves. No stress, no tension.

It’s a free thing when you can operate like that. The possibilities are contained within a specific song, but really, they’re limitless.”

Both Lugo and Morel credit Burlington with shaping their idealistic, artistic worldviews.

“Seeing the evolution of so many different genres in Burlington, I started to realize that it’s all about fusion,” Lugo says. “I don’t consider myself to be a musician. I consider myself an artist, which opens up doors. Whereas being a musician, it’s, like, Well, what kind of music do you make? Are you a jazz musician? Do you play rock?

“Really, it’s about taking pieces of genres and making them your own,” he continues.

Similarly, Morel prefers to think of himself as a poet rather than a rapper.

“I tell people I’m an MC, but not spelled e-m-c-e-e,” he says. “I spell it em-s-e-a, because there’s more depth to it.”

Both Lugo and Morel say that the Queen City offers a unique opportunity to create music without being pigeonholed by outside constraints.

“You can play any style of music and not necessarily be bound by living a certain lifestyle,” Lugo says. He cites hiphop as an example, suggesting the pres-

sure to look or act a certain way would be greater in a grittier urban environment. And he would know. Lugo went to high school in Southern California and witnessed the evolution of gangster rap firsthand.

“I was robbed, I got jumped,” he recalls. “I was there for N.W.A. and the L.A. riots.”

Those violent experiences soured him on hip-hop, a genre he wouldn’t come to embrace until he landed in Burlington and discovered artists such as KRS-One and Mos Def. “They were saying things that were constructive,” he says. “I was like, Oh, so this is hip-hop.”

The influence of conscious hip-hop has long been evident in Lugo’s work with 2nd Agenda. But it is especially critical to his endeavor with Morel, which both artists say is rooted in an affinity and respect for Burlington. Nowhere is that more apparent than on the EP’s lead cut, “Little City,” the duo’s hiphop love letter to the Queen City and a track that represents the essence of their collaboration.

“It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at,” says Morel.

Face One and Andy Lugo will perform on 105.9 FM the Radiator Wednesday, May 4, at 8 p.m. They celebrate the release of their EP at Radio Bean on Saturday, May 14.

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Andy Lugo and Face One

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Closing Time

I take it all back. Every last friggin’ word. Just please, oh please, don’t close the Langdon Street Café.

Last week, I burned roughly two-thirds of this column espousing the pocket-protectorclad awesomeness that is LSC’s annual Geek Week celebration. In the course of my ramblings, I spared no opportunity to poke fun at geeks, dorks, dweebs and nerds of all stripes because, well, sometimes I’m kind of a jerk like that. And really, my barbs were meant to be good natured.

Monday morning, a truly terrible missive appeared in my email inbox from LSC booking guru Ben T. MaTchsTick and owner Meg haMMond. The subject

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heading: “Langdon Street Café is closing.”

Coincidence?

Absolutely. But that doesn’t take the sting out of the gist of the letter, which is that on Saturday, May 28, the kooky capital-city arts hub will indeed close its doors for good. And when it does, it will close the book on a remarkable six-and-ahalf-year run that revitalized and defined the Montpelier music and arts scene.

(A point of reference for Burlingtonians who’ve never been to LSC: Imagine Burlington music without Radio Bean. Scary, right?

And since Mont-p is smaller, the void left by LSC’s closure could be even more profound there than if the Bean were to go belly up here. Wow. Who needs a drink?)

In their letter, Matchstick

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costs, LSC was becoming unsustainable.

So, what’s next for Matchstick and Hammond?

“Well, instead of going into, like, a really successful business plan, I think we’re going to fall back on being artists,” he said. Matchstick will reinvent himself in Mitchell’s Hadestown project — he was the folk opera’s artistic director. Hammond will continue working for area nonprofits. But first, they’re taking a break.

“We’re going to take it easy for a little while,” said Matchstick. “We’ve been going to the max here.”

And they will continue running at a dead sprint for at least one more month. Matchstick says the entire May calendar will be devoted to celebrating the café with a monthlong send-off that will bring out a veritable cavalcade of local stars, including sTrengTh in nuMBers (5/13); rachael rice and The cosMic aMericans

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and Hammond cite, perhaps predictably, financial woes as the primary reason for closing up shop. Over the winter, they had already trimmed down from the live-music schedule seven nights per week to three or four, which was financially motivated. But even as the weather (sort of ) warmed, the situation wasn’t improving and debts continued to mount.

Last month, they made the decision to hang it up.

I spoke with Matchstick briefly by phone and found him to be in surprisingly high spirits. Though he relayed that he’d a rather teary breakfast that morning at the café with anaïs MiTchell and her husband, noah hahn, the latter of whom was an original founder of the LSC collective.

“We’ve never really made enough money to call it a profitable business,” said Matchstick. “So we chalk it up to being a very successful art project.”

How’s that for perspective?

Matchstick added that this was a particularly hard winter on the café. Between maintaining the building and other increasing operating

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PurPLE Moon Pub: Open mic with 440hz, 7 p.m., Free.

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sLiDE brook LoDgE & tavErn: Open mic, 7 p.m., Free. DJ Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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

one of the country’s finest young folk songwriters. This month, guthrie takes up residency at the Burgundy Thursdays series at the Parima Main Stage every Thursday in May.

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CLub MEtronoME: 2KDeep presents shake the Lake 2 with Hot Pink Delorean, 2KDeep crew, Austin Eterno, J. Kwest (electro), 9 p.m., $10/15. 18+.

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

HigHEr grounD baLLrooM: The infamous stringdusters, something With strings (newgrass), 7:30 p.m., $12/15. AA. HigHEr grounD sHoWCasE LoungE: Julia Nunes, ian Axel (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA. LEunig's bistro & CaFé: cody sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

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

ManHattan Pizza & Pub: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

nECtar's: Kinetix, indobox (rock), 9 p.m., $7/10. 18+. on taP bar & griLL: Paydirt (rock), 7 p.m., Free.

PariMa Main stagE: Gneiss (jam), 9:30 p.m., $3.

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raDio bEan: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. rED squarE: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

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bEE's knEEs: Alec Gross (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

highway home, playing hundreds of shows per year virtually nonstop, and earning a reputation as

MonkEy HousE: Beat Vision with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic DJ), 9 p.m., $1.

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nutty stEPH's: Bacon Thursdays with Noble savage (electro), 10 p.m., Free.

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sHELburnE stEakHousE & saLoon: carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., Free.

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City LiMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. on tHE risE bakEry: Open Blues session, 7:30 p.m., Donations. tWo brotHErs tavErn: Do-Jo (bluegrass), 7 p.m., Free.

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Moog's: The Ramblers (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

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

HigHEr grounD sHoWCasE LoungE: Benefit comedy show for the Humane society (standup), 8 p.m., $12/15. 18+.

LEunig's bistro & CaFé: Ellen Powell & Friends (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

LiFt: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. nECtar's: Trivia mania with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free. The Wiyos, mike Wheeler and Andrew stearns (Americana), 9 p.m., $7. 18+. o'briEn's irisH Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free. on taP bar & griLL: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., Free.

PariMa aCoustiC LoungE: Andrew Parker-Renga, steve Hartmann (singer-songwriters), 7:30 p.m., $5.

PariMa Main stagE: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, Adam Reczek, e-s guthrie, Julia Josephine slone, Patrick mcAndrew (singersongwriters), 8:30 p.m., $3.

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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.

CLub MEtronoME: Zen, DJ chia, moonflower, Aqua (meditation), 10 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

rasPutin's: 101 Thursdays with Pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5.

18+.

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

rED squarE: selector Dubee (reggae), 6 p.m., Free. A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

burlington area

tHE grEEn rooM: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

HigHEr grounD baLLrooM: Hadestown Works for Women with Anaïs mitchell & the Hadestown Orchestra, the michael chorney sextet (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., $20/25.

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rED squarE bLuE rooM: DJ cre8 (house), 9 p.m., Free.

regional

MonoPoLE: Peacock Tunes & Trivia, 5 p.m., Free. Timbre coup (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

MonoPoLE DoWnstairs: Gary Peacock (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free. oLivE riDLEy's: Karaoke with Benjamin Bright and Ashley Kollar, 6 p.m., Free. Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYcE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free. tabu CaFé & nigHtCLub: Karaoke Night with sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

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baCkstagE Pub: Karaoke with steve, 9 p.m., Free. banana WinDs CaFé & Pub: Daryl Hubaucher Project (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., Free.

CLub MEtronoME: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. tHE grEEn rooM: DJ Oh-J Freshhh (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

HigHEr grounD baLLrooM: The shpongletron Experience, Random Rab (DJ), 9 p.m., $20/23. AA. HigHEr grounD sHoWCasE LoungE: First Friday with Vanessa Torres, DJs Precious & Llu (singersongwriter, house), 8 p.m., $5.

JP's Pub: Dave Harrison's starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

LiFt: salsa Friday with DJ Hector cobeo (salsa), 9 p.m., Free.

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

ManHattan Pizza & Pub: Reverse Neutral Drive, swiftshire, Kairos (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

tHE skinny PanCakE: Bear Pickins (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

Marriott Harbor LoungE: Gabe Jarrett Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Free.

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12. Matchstick also said that Thursday, May 19, will be Burlington night, when he hopes to lure a few Queen City acts south for the evening. And, on May 28, Boston gypsy outfit CIRKESTRA will play the last-ever show at Langdon Street Café.

Matchstick said the mood among patrons at the café was somber, and their reactions generally echoed my own, which was, What the fuck?! He said a few disillusioned folks have even threatened to move.

“That seems a little extreme,” he said.

As for whether the LSC model can ultimately work in a town such as Montpelier, Matchstick still belives it could.

“It wasn’t impossible. But it was ambitious,” he said.

“The political and cultural mission we had, I think we accomplished it.”

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Speaking of benefit shows.

And Higher Ground.

And Anaïs Mitchell. And Thursday. That very same evening, our favorite Righteous Babe will take to the Ballroom stage with her Hadestown pals to benefit Vermont Works for Women, a nonprofit group that helps women develop the skills and attitudes necessary for achieving financial independence.

The rise of indie booking collectives has been a welcome development on the local scene in recent years.

Thanks to outfits such as Angioplasty Media and MSR Presents, Burlington has seen more than its fair share of great underground touring bands of late. It seems we can welcome another crew to the fold: BLACK LODGE BOOKING. The indie upstarts have put on a handful of recent shows, but their biggest yet is coming on Wednesday, May 11, at the Monkey House. The lineup features MY DISCO, CLOUDEYES and headliners YOUNG WIDOWS, whose latest album, In and Out of Youth and Lightness, has been in heavy rotation for yours truly.

Band Name of the Week: THE PROPER. New local-band alert!

The Proper are a ska-punk outfit composed of CHRIS SIMARD and DANIEL ALAN, both

formerly of WRECKINGHORN; HUSBANDS AKA keyboardist TYSON VALYOU; and someone named SCOTT HOWARD, who reportedly may or may not be a werewolf. I’m confused.

Anyway, the band plays its debut show this Sunday at the Monkey House with DEEP DARK WOODS, the WANDAS and RADIO UNDERGROUND. And the fourth wave dances on…

Stage this Saturday. The married couple is a bluesy soul duo from Nashville.

Oh, and Beller is STEVE VAI’s bassist. So, I’m guessing he might be pretty good.

Speaking of might be pretty good, did you know the cats (bears?) from Afrofunk outfit BEARQUARIUM play bluegrass, too? True story. Check out BEAR PICKINS at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington this Thursday.

BNOTW (Honorable Mention): DINOSAURSCUM. Honestly, these guys are virtually un-Google-able, which, given their name, is probably a good thing. Those more curious than I can catch them at Radio Bean this Friday.

Last but not least, CRAIG BAILEY, the host of the weekly PINK FLOYD radio show “Floydian Slip” — heard on WIZN Sundays at 8 p.m. and online at WBKM.org 12v-Nectars050411.indd Saturdays at 10 p.m. — is looking for killer Floyd covers because … well, dude’s really into Floyd. But also because he’s launched a contest called “Surrogate Bands: The Pink Floyd Cover Contest” in an attempt to find the greatest local Floyd cover of all time — as judged

by Bailey, of course. Winning entrants will score loot and airplay. So if your band has a killer version of, say, “Money” or “Young Lust,” visit floydianslip.com for full details.

If you haven’t been to the Parima Acoustic Lounge, this Saturday’s performance

by ELLEN TIPPER might be a good time to check out the Queen City’s best listening room. The songwriter’s talents would seem to be perfectly suited to the space.

Music scribes in her native Maine have been fawning over her latest release, The Juggler, pointing to Tipper’s delicately expressive voice and uncommonly nuanced delivery. Given the chance to spend a little time with the record streaming on her website, I can’t disagree.

ARAM BEDROSIAN is hard at work on his second album.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Citizen Bare (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

NECTAR'S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Grippo Funk Band (funk), 9 p.m., $5. Pulse Prophets, Fink, DJ Dan (reggae), 9 p.m., $5.

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(blues), 5 p.m., Free. Phil Abair Band (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Events Are Objects, Magmablood (rock), 10:30 p.m., $7.

PARK PLACE TAVERN: The Blame (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

RADIO BEAN: Martin England (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free.

Daniel Oullette and the Shobjin (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Dinosaurscum (rock), 11 p.m., Free.

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ON THE RISE BAKERY: After the Rodeo (bluegrass), 8 p.m., Donations.

VENUE: Shakedown (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

central

CHARLIE O'S: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 10 p.m., Free.

GREEN MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Mayday with DJ Jakels, the Bounce Lab, the Edd, Whole-Z (electronica), 8:30 p.m., $10. AA. JP'S PUB: Dave Harrison's Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: The Trio featuring Paul Cassarino, Tracie Cassarino & Jeff Wheel (acoustic), 8:30 p.m., Free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Anders Parker Cloud Badge, Wesley Hartley and the Traveling Trees (rock), 9 p.m., $8.

LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Laura Bullock (acoustic), 6 p.m., Donations.

Casey Abrams (acoustic), 7 p.m., Donations. Dan Zura CD release (rock), 10:30 p.m., Donations.

THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Japhy Ryder (prog rock), 10 p.m., Free.

TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Pat McGee (pop), 8 p.m., $20.

champlain valley

51 MAIN: Silentypes (eclectic), 9 p.m., Free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: The Jesters (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

NECTAR'S: Justin Levinson's Songwriters Circle (singersongwriters), 7 p.m., Free.

northern

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Real Deal (r&b), 9 p.m., Free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Collette & the Mudcats (blues rock), 10 p.m., $3.

PARIMA ACOUSTIC LOUNGE: Ellen Tipper (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., $3.

northern

BEE'S KNEES: Bread & Bones (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: The Thang (funk), 9:30 p.m., Free.

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

THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Aunt Martha (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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CITY LIMITS: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

Jimmy T & the Sleepy Hollow Boys (country), 9 p.m., Free.

RED SQUARE: Kyle the Rider (Canadicana), 6 p.m., Free. Full Tang (funk), 9 p.m., $5. Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $5.

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Supersounds DJ (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

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51 MAIN: Jazz Jam, 6 p.m., Free.

Gregory Douglass with the Trusion Project (pop), 9 p.m., Free.

MOOG'S: Chad Hollister (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free.

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RASPUTIN'S: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Stavros (house), 10 p.m., $5.

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THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: DJ Slim Pknz All Request Dance Party (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

regional

MONOPOLE: Crispy Critters (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Benjamin Bright (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Free.

PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Merrily James (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free.

Kira Small and Bryan Beller, Aram Bedrosian (soul), 8:30 p.m., $8. The Move It Move It (Afro-pop), 10:30 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN: Less Digital, More Manual: Record Club, 3 p.m., Free.

Kevin Greenblott (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Lovely Red Vega (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Sunset Hearts, Villanelles, Marie Stella (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

CITY LIMITS: Dance Party with DJ Earl (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free.

BEE'S KNEES: Wall-Stiles (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

MOOG'S: Conscious Roots (reggae), 9 p.m., $3.

PARKER PIE CO.: Great Brook Blues Band, 8 p.m., Free.

RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

regional

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

MONOPOLE: Capital Zen (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

burlington area

RED SQUARE: Selector Dubee (reggae), 2 p.m., Free. DJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. Myra Flynn's Guest List (neo-soul), 6 p.m., Free. The Thang (funk), 9 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $5.

TABU CAFÉ & NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (Top 40), 5 p.m., Free.

BANANA WINDS CAFÉ & PUB: Chili Relleno Brothers (acoustic), 3 p.m., Free. Open Mic, 7:30 p.m., Free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Wiley Dobbs, Eric George (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: The Hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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burlington area

LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Sheesham and Lotus (Vaudeville), 9 p.m., Donations.

CLUB METRONOME: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

VENUE: The Tim Brick Band (country), 8 p.m., $3.

1/2 LOUNGE: Funhouse with DJs Rob Douglas, Moonflower & Friends (house), 7 p.m., Free.

PURPLE MOON PUB: The Steph Pappas Experience (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

THE GREEN ROOM: Bonjour-Hi! (house), 10 p.m., Free.

central

CLUB METRONOME: Black to the Future (urban jamz), 10 p.m., Free.

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CHARLIE O'S: Blue Fox (blues), 10 p.m., Free.

GUSTO'S: Rusty Souls (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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the most effective (only?) means of communicating, it’s refreshing to find an artist who relies on guile and nuance to get his point across. Zura’s fragile vocal delivery is delicate almost to a fault. His high, quavering tenor sounds as though it could crack and shatter at any moment. You have to work to pay attention. But Zura ensures the listener’s efforts will be rewarded, delivering deceptively complex prose wrapped in warm, fluttering melodies.

The organ-fueled “A Rag in the Rain” is next and shifts the mood from melancholy to … slightly less melancholy. If Sleeper Hit has a flaw, it may be that Zura offers very little thematic or dynamic variance from song to song. Particularly given his borderline-narcoleptic vocal style, this has a sort of hypnotic effect that drapes the whole record in a sleepy haze and could cause casual listeners to zone out at times. And that would be a shame.

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Zura coos a crystalline melody that meanders into an ethereal ripple of steel guitar, organ and harmonica. Imagine a youthful Neil Young sedated with Xanax or Valium and you’re on the right the track.

Following the fanciful “Lydia,” Sleeper Hit closes with “Truck Strike,” a high-lonesome country tune that lopes along wearily to an exhausted but contented finish.

Dan Zura celebrates the release of Sleeper Hit at Montpelier’s Langdon Street Café on Saturday, May 7.

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Since releasing his 2006 debut full-length, What Moves You Kid, songwriter Dan Zura has relocated from Montpelier to Hartford, Conn. But he’s maintained his central Vermont connection, offering a new EP, Sleeper Hit, on the capital city’s burgeoning new imprint State & Main Records.

The limited-edition quickie is only the label’s third release, following an impressive, roster-wide compilation, State & Main Records Vol. 1, and an EP from Montpelier outfit First Crush.

Clocking in at a brisk six songs, Zura’s latest is a charming affair that builds on the understated promise of his debut, and also suggests we should expect more good things from State and Main.

The EP opens on the title track and reintroduces Zura as a quietly compelling figure. In a pop-culture climate where “loud” is considered

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With his 2010 full-length, The Woogmatic LP, local MC Aleck Woog offered a promising, if inconsistent, debut. While a technically gifted rapper, he seemed to struggle with a crisis of identity, as if caught between two opposing personalities. At his best, Woog presented unflinching, emotionally charged ruminations on his life in Vermont and his battles with personal demons. In other instances, he fell prey to disingenuous chest thumping, a common failing in hip-hop.

The title of Woog’s latest effort, WzdoM, suggests the MC has taken a turn for higher ground, investing in the honesty and enlightenment that elevated the finer moments of his debut above cliché braggadocio. However, a closer listen reveals Woog still has a way to go.

The record opens on a low note with “Still Mister.” Over a clever reggae beat from producer Zach Crawford — whose creative work is a highlight throughout — Woog unleashes an unhinged rant that doesn’t just cross the line into misogyny, it urinates all over it. At first listen, Woog is so over the top it seems he must be satirizing hardcore rap. How else to explain lines about killing cops and gratuitous use of the word “cunt”?

But later verses veer into an off-kilter declaration of faith, or perhaps antifaith, that frames the entire song in a bizarrely personal light. It’s as though he’s rolled the competing personalities from his debut into a single song. It’s confusing, to say the least.

The rapper does a complete aboutface on the following tune, “DIY.” Over

an aggressive, guitar-fueled beat, he revisits the qualities that highlighted his debut. Woog rhymes confidently and intensely, delivering fiery lines about social injustice that suggest there’s more to him than false bravado.

The title track continues the theme, and is a clever, punchy standout. Woog is by turns self-aggrandizing and self-deprecating. It’s a fine balance to strike, but he does so skillfully, offering a tantalizing glimpse at what he’s truly capable of as a wordsmith.

The remainder of the record hits more than it misses. Tracks such as “Modern Stalker” and “Steven Deviant” showcase Woog’s lighter, humorous side. Meanwhile, “Flash” and “Onward,” both of which feature guest vocalist Liz Graham, delve into more serious topics and make good on the depth of character hinted at on Woog’s debut.

Aleck Woog clearly has an abundance of talent. And when he allows himself to, well, be himself, he goes a long way toward realizing his full potential.

WzdoM by Aleck Woog is available at woogmaster.com. Woog is donating half of the proceeds from his record to the Vermont Emergency Food Bank.

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Monkey House: The Deep Dark Woods, Radio underground, the Wandas, the proper (rock), 8 p.m., $5. 18+.

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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. Randal pants (jazz), 5 p.m., Free. Danny Fox Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. mr. Gunn & the Derringers, the slick skillet serenaders (jazz), 9:30 p.m., Free.

central

tuPelo Music Hall: Ottmar Liebert and Luna negra (flamenco), 7 p.m., $45/50.

northern

Bee's knees: Jazz Brunch with marty powers and carrie cook, 11 a.m., Donations. sweet cruncH Bake sHoP: Jane Boxall (ragtime), 10:30 p.m., Free. ye olde england inne: corey Beard, Dan Liptak and Dan Haley (jazz), 11:30 a.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: Half-FRO Beat mondays with DJ Brian-eye (world music), 9 p.m., Free.

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nectar's: seed (funk), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

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

on taP Bar & grill: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., Free.

ManHattan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

radio Bean: Gua Gua (psychotropical), 6 p.m., Free. Benjamin Rigby (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free.

Honky-Tonk sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3.

Monkey House: Black Lodge presents Young Widows, my Disco, cloudeyes (indie), 9 p.m., $8/10. 18+.

red square: upsetta international with super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

on taP Bar & grill: pine street Jazz (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

red square: industry night with Robbie J (hip-hop), 8 p.m., Free. Hype ’Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

central

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

rozzi's lakesHore tavern: Trivia night, 8 p.m., Free.

slide Brook lodge & tavern: Tattoo Tuesdays with Andrea (jam), 5 p.m., Free.

HigHer ground BallrooM: Dark star Orchestra (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $20/23. AA. nectar's: metal mondays with nefarious Frenzy, musical manslaughter, Lord silky (metal), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. on taP Bar & grill: comedy Open mic, 5:30 p.m., Free. Open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free. radio Bean: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free.

ruBen JaMes: Why not monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

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

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1/2 lounge: Rewind with DJ craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free. cluB MetronoMe: Bass culture with DJs Jahson & nickel B (electronica), 9 p.m., Free.

HigHer ground BallrooM: Dark star Orchestra (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $20/23. AA. leunig's Bistro & café: Queen city Hot club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

Monkey House: Am presents: Davis sean mcmillen, Empty cage Quartet, Quentin Tolimieri (indie), 9 p.m., $5.

18+.

Monty's old Brick tavern: Open mic, 6 p.m., Free.

cHarlie o's: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

51 Main: Quizz night (trivia), 7 p.m., Free. two BrotHers tavern: monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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Bee's knees: Danny Ricky cole (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. tHe HuB Pizzeria & PuB: Jeremy Harple (rebel folk), 9:30 p.m., Free.

Moog's: Open mic/Jam night, 8:30 p.m., Free.

nectar's: Events Are Objects (jam), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

red square: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. Lendway (indie), 7 p.m., Free. sHelBurne steakHouse & saloon: carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., Free.

central

langdon street café: comedy Open mic (standup), 9 p.m., Free.

Mulligan's irisH PuB: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

PurPle Moon PuB: phineas Gage (bluegrass), 7 p.m., Free.

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city liMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. on tHe rise Bakery: Open Bluegrass session, 8 p.m., Free.

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Bee's knees: Dave Keller (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

1/2 lounge: DJ Kanga presents: The Lounge Lizard (hip-hop), 9 p.m.

Moog's: The Ramblers (country), 8:30 p.m., Free.

cluB MetronoMe: Live mixtape (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $5.

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franny o's: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. leunig's Bistro & café: Jenni Johnson (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

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bEE’S kNEES, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. thE bLuE AcorN, 84 N. Main St., St. Albans, 527-0699. thE brEWSki, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. choW! bELLA, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. cLAirE’S rEStAurANt & bAr, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053. thE hub PizzEriA & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. thE LittLE cAbArEt, 34 Main St., Derby, 293-9000. mAttErhorN, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. moog’S, Portland St., Morrisville, 851-8225. muSic box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. oVErtimE SALooN, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357.

PArkEr PiE co., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366.

PhAt kAtS tAVErN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064.

PiEcASSo, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411. rimrockS mouNtAiN tAVErN, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593. roADSiDE tAVErN, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 660-8274. ruStY NAiL bAr & griLLE, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. thE ShED rEStAurANt & brEWErY, 1859 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4765.

ShootErS SALooN, 30 Kingman St., St. Albans, 527-3777.

SNoW ShoE LoDgE & Pub, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456.

SWEEt cruNch bAkEShoP, 246 Main St., Hyde Park, 888-4887. tAmArAck griLL At burkE mouNtAiN, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., E. Burke, 626-7394.

WAtErShED tAVErN, 31 Center St., Brandon, 247-0100.

YE oLDE ENgLAND iNNE, 443 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-5320.

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51 mAiN, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209. bAr ANtiDotE, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555. brick box, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570. thE briStoL bAkErY, 16 Main St., Bristol, 453-3280. cAroL’S huNgrY miND cAfé, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. citY LimitS, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. cLEm’S cAfé 101 Merchant’s Row, Rutland, 775-3337.

DAN’S PLAcE, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774. thE fArmErS DiNEr, 99 Maple St., Middlebury, 458-0455. gooD timES cAfé, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. oN thE riSE bAkErY, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-7787.

South StAtioN rESAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1730.

StArrY Night cAfé, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. tWo brothErS tAVErN, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002.

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1/2 LouNgE, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012.

242 mAiN St., Burlington, 862-2244.

AmEricAN fLAtbrEAD, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999.

AuguSt firSt, 149 S. Champlain St., Burlington, 540-0060. bAckStAgE Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. bANANA WiNDS cAfé & Pub, 1 Market Pl., Essex Jct., 879-0752. thE bLock gALLErY, 1 E. Allen St., Winooski, 373-5150. bLuEbirD tAVErN, 317 Riverside Ave., Burlington, 428-4696. brEAkWAtEr cAfé, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. brENNAN’S Pub & biStro, UVM Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington, 656-1204. citY SPortS griLLE, 215 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 655-2720. cLub mEtroNomE, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. frANNY o’S, 733 Queen City Park Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. thE grEEN room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. hALVorSoN’S uPStrEEt cAfé, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. hArbor LouNgE At courtYArD mArriott, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 864-4700. highEr grouND, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777.

JP’S Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389.

LEuNig’S biStro & cAfé, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759.

Lift, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. thE LiViNg room, 794 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester. mANhAttAN PizzA & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 864-6776. mArriott hArbor LouNgE, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 854-4700. miguEL’S oN mAiN, 30 Main St., Burlington, 658-9000. moNkEY houSE, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. moNtY’S oLD brick tAVErN, 7921 Williston Rd., Williston, 316-4262. muDDY WAtErS, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466.

NEctAr’S, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771.

NEW mooN cAfé, 150 Cherry St., Burlington, 383-1505. o’briEN’S iriSh Pub, 348 Main St., Winooski, 338-4678. oDD fELLoWS hALL, 1416 North Ave., Burlington, 862-3209. oN tAP bAr & griLL, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309.

PArimA, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917.

PArk PLAcE tAVErN, 38 Park St., Essex Jct. 878-3015. rADio bEAN, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. rASPutiN’S, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. rED SquArE, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. rEguLAr VEtErANS ASSociAtioN, 84 Weaver St., Winooski, 655-9899. rÍ rá iriSh Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. rozzi’S LAkEShorE tAVErN, 1022 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342. rubEN JAmES, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. thE ScuffEr StEAk & ALE houSE, 148 Church St., Burlington, 864-9451.

ShELburNE StEAkhouSE & SALooN, 2545 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-5009. thE SkiNNY PANcAkE, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188.

VENuE, 127 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. thE VErmoNt Pub & brEWErY, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

L.A.c.E., 159 N. Main St., Barre, 476-4276.

LANgDoN StrEEt cAfé, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667.

LocAL foLk SmokEhouSE, 9 Rt. 7, Waitsfield, 4965623. mAiN StrEEt griLL & bAr, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. muLLigAN'S iriSh Pub, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545.

NuttY StEPh’S, 961C Rt. 2, Middlesex, 229-2090.

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PoSitiVE PiE 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453.

PurPLE mooN Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. thE rESErVoir rEStAurANt & tAP room, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827.

SLiDE brook LoDgE & tAVErN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202.

South StAtioN rEStAurANt, 170 S. Main St., Rutland, 775-1736. tuPELo muSic hALL, 188 S. Main St., White River Jct., 698-8341.

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Picturing Peace “Refuge” at Studio Place Arts

T

he old Beach Boys tune “In My Room” would be a good theme song for “Refuge” at Studio Place Arts in Barre.

The lyric “There’s a world where I can go / And tell my secrets to…” conveys the spirit in which SPA’s exhibition ponders the meaning of sanctuary. Artists of all media answered the call with a range of approaches to the subject.

One of the most intriguing responses comes from Montpelier artist and Rhode Island School of Design MFA grad Phil Whitman. A frequent visitor to Civil War battlefields, Whitman

THE TOURISTS ARE TOTALLY UNAWARE OF HOW ABSURD THEY LOOK has found sanctuary in the megaliths of Devil’s Den at Gettysburg, Penn. Unfortunately, it’s a special place for thousands of other visitors, too, and photographs of those rival tourists are rife on the Internet. Whitman lampoons the “interlopers” by portraying them naked in beautifully composed and executed mixed-media paintings on paper. The tourists posed at the stones are overweight, vulnerable and totally unaware of how absurd they look in this place that Whitman holds sacred.

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IN THIS PLACE THAT WHITMAN HOLDS SACRED.

“By painstakingly re-drawing and re-imagining these tourist photographs,” he says in his artist’s statement, “I am waging a measured campaign between the public and the private.” That campaign is somewhat more successful than was Robert E. Lee’s in the summer of 1863.

A sanctuary site that is deeply significant to one individual may not be recognizable as such to others.

Ruth Hamilton’s oil painting “Coven (Beeches)” is focused on the roots and twisted trunks of a stand of trees, obscuring the leafy landscape and starry night behind them, deeper in the picture plane. Rich shadows ascend over Hamilton’s stockade of beech trunks.

The textile installation “The Wheel of Life: The Passing on of Knowledge”

by Randolph artist Bhakti Ziek is an 80-inch-in-diameter octagonal enclosure composed of 44-by-34-inch, finely woven panels. Positioned in front of a wall, the opening to the piece’s interior is not immediately noticeable when one

“The Wheel of Life: The Passing on of Knowledge” by Bhakti Ziek

“Jorge in Devil’s Den (Gettysburg National Battlefield Park)” by Phil Whitman

enters the gallery. Ziek created pictorial elements for the installation, including animals and a sleeping Buddha. She says on her blog that the work “has references to the Buddhist Wheel of Life … Buddhists often ‘take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.’”

John F. Parker’s 2011 assemblage, called simply “Sanctuary,” is a depiction of peacefulness. The 15-by-31inch wooden work shows a red-roofed cabin nestled in mountains at left, some distance from the skyline of a big city in the panel at right. Parker’s effective use of found wood reflects his playfulness. The artist’s 10-by-38inch horizontal “A Tale of Two Cities” is a more abstract portrayal of modern cityscapes. Parker’s weathered colors include red oxide, olive and light blue.

The 12-by-18-inch photograph titled “Asylum” by Norma Wasko captures a lush garden enlivened by emerald leaves and yellow flowers. There’s a bench on a verdant lawn surrounded by corn and dense foliage. Wasko’s scene literally contains an asylum: the one in Water-

bury originally called the Vermont State Asylum for the Insane when it was built in 1890. The grounds are beautiful and beckoning, but it’s not the sort of place most people would like to go for a stay.

Jericho painter Robert Waldo Brunelle is known for his Hopper-esque acrylics of luminous, smalltown vistas and houses, but his “Red Chair Façade” is the portrait of a shadowy indoor sanctum sanctorum. Oak bookcases holding old busts and nicely bound volumes stand behind a plush wing chair and ottoman next to a window with frilly curtains.

This isn’t exactly the kind of room Beach Boy Brian Wilson was singing about when he was 21, but now that the troubled genius is nearer 70, it might be a welcome refuge from the vicissitudes of life.

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“Refuge,” sanctuary-themed work in multiple media, Main Floor Gallery, Studio Place Arts, Barre. Through June 4.

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Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-8 p.m. Info, 859-9222.

rick Marcotte central school student show: Artwork by kindergarteners through 5th graders. Through May 31 at Barnes & Noble in South Burlington.

Reception: Wednesday, May 4, 6-7 p.m. Info, 864-8001.

‘all things Must pass’: Figurative works on paper by Estefania Puerta; black-and-white photographs by Ben Aleshire; and wood and linoleum carvings by Francis Cannon. May 6 through June 6 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-7 p.m. Info, 540-0107.

‘surviving to thriving: realization of aspirations, hope and potential’: Work by clients of the Art Therapy Association of Vermont. Through May 31 at Vermont Statehouse Cafeteria in Montpelier. Reception: Wednesday, May 4, 3-5 p.m. Info, 434-4834. david sMith: Lyrical landscapes by the Peacham artist. Through June 30 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Reception: Thursday, May 5, 5-7 p.m. florence darling & david hudson: The art students present their BFA exhibits. Through May 7 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Reception: Thursday, May 5, 3-5 p.m. Info, 635-1469.

May exhibit: Work by jeweler Holly Spier, pastel artist Genie Rybicki-Judkins, and painters Corliss Blakely and Rebecca Anne Bennett. Through May 31 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Reception: Thursday, May 5, 5-8 p.m. Info, 933-6403. student art show: Selected works by Stowe and Morrisville students, in the East Gallery; more student work displayed in various downtown Stowe locations and along the recreation path. Through May 29 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Reception: Thursday, May 5, 4-6 p.m.

alison goodwin: “Returning Home,” charcoal drawings and paintings. Curated by SEABA. Through May 30 at SEABA Center in

brian d. cohen: “Retrospective,” work by the printmaker and founder of artist book publisher Bridge Press. May 6 through 31 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Reception: Friday, May 6, 6-8 p.m. children’s pet portraits: Paintings by children of their favorite animals. An online auction of the work benefits the Humane Society of Chittenden County.

Through May 31 at Davis Studio in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-8 p.m. Info, 425-2700. christy Mitchell: “The Tile Project, Art for the Masses,” tiles from building sites embellished with paint, marker and paper from vintage children’s books. May 6 through 28 at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-9 p.m. Info, 578-2512. ‘digital concept/ digital construct’: Digitally manipulated photographs that raise the question: Do truth and lies exist in digital art photography?

Through May 29 at Vermont Photo Space Gallery in Essex Junction.

Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-7 p.m.

Info, 777-3686. genese grill: “Aphrodisiacal Anagoges,” egg-tempera paintings and mixed-media works exploring the heights of spiritual and romantic ecstasy and the depths of memory and darkness. Through May 31 at Block Gallery in Winooski.

Reception: Live jazz by Stephen Callahan and Michael Piche. Friday, May 6, 6-8 p.m. Info, 863-4649.

katrina MoJzesz: “Sensitive to Light,” photographs and journal excerpts by the artist’s solo cross-country camping trips. May 6 through July 8 at Tunbridge Public Library. Reception: Friday, May 6, 7-9 p.m. Info, 889-9404. keith Johnson: “The Photograph: Extended,” sequences and assemblages, often arranged on a grid, by the acclaimed photographer.

Through May 31 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-8 p.m. Info, 698-0320.

Michelle saffran & erik rehMan: "Searchers," a photographic journey by Saffran, and "Eclectic," sculpture and drawings

by Rehman. May 6 through June 24 at Flynndog in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 6, 6-8 p.m.

Info, 363-4746.

Montshire MuseuM benches: Vermont artisans created five unusual benches for the museum’s woodland garden. May 6 through 31 at Frog Hollow in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-8 p.m.

Info, 863-6458. peter robinson sMith: Handmade high-relief mesh screen sculptures inspired by Austrian painter Egon Schiele. Through May 31 at Salaam in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-8 p.m.

Info, 658-8822. richard haessler & Melissa o’brien: Photographs: “American Landscapes,” by Haessler; “Other People, Other Places,” by O’Brien.

May 6 through 31 at Abel & Lovely in Charlotte. Reception: Friday, May 6, 6-9 p.m. Info, 425-2345. sandy Mayo: “Square Paintings,” abstract work informed by nature, architecture, music and the unknown. May 6 through June 28 at Brandon Artists’ Guild.

Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-7 p.m.

Info, 247-4956.

May 31 at Bailey/Howe Library, UVM in Burlington.

Info, 656-1493.

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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.

aMericorps volunteers show: Artwork by volunteers serving in anti-poverty projects around Burlington. Through May 31 at City Market in Burlington. Info, 861-9700.

bonnie acker: "Color Speaks," oil paintings, pastels, woodcuts and paper collages that celebrate the Vermont landscape. Through June 1 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-3848.

‘works of the founders’: Acrylics, oils, installation and up-cycled whimsy by Kimberley Hannaman Taylor, Maya Urbanowicz and Ren Weiner, the artists responsible for the new collective. May 6 through 31 at The Firefly Collective in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-7 p.m.

Info, 660-0754.

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ellen welch granter: “Flight and Light,” paintings of birds in lush hues with a hint of a Chinese aesthetic. May 7 through July 10 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Reception: Saturday, May 7, 5-7 p.m. Info, 253-1818.

‘Magic carpets: the rugMaker’s art’: Hooked, braided and hand-felted pieces by some of Vermont’s finest rug makers. Through June 15 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

Reception: Saturday, May 7, 3-5 p.m.

Info, 748-0158.

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Mark goodwin: “An Introduction,” 16t-SpotlightonDance042711.indd 1 sculpture and drawing by the artist who recently moved to Vermont from New Mexico. Through May 29 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

Reception: Saturday, May 7, 5-7 p.m.

Info, 767-9670. zoë barracano: Painterly photographs of New York City and other U.S. locations. Through May 31 at August First in Burlington.

Reception: Saturday, May 7, 1-3 p.m.

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'the voice proJect': Drawings, paintings, sculpture and writing by children with incarcerated family members. May 9 through 31, at Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington. Reception: Monday, May 9, 4 p.m. Info, 865-7211. tara goreau & aManda hallock: The art students present their BFA exhibits. May 9 through 14 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Reception: Wednesday, May 11, 3-5 p.m. Info, 635-1469.

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City Hall Park — 8:30am-2pm Rain or Shine!

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Curated by SEABA. Through May 30 at Speeder & Earl's (Pine Street) in Burlington. Info, 793-8482. ccv student art show: Acrylic paintings, drawings, photography, graphic design, pottery and sculpture, in the First Floor Gallery; dana heffernan: "Unicorn Wars," paintings examining the U.S. involvement in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, in the Second Floor Gallery. May 9 through 27 at Community College of Vermont in Winooski. Info, 654-0513.

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'beyond the text: artists' books froM the collection of robert J. ruben': A decadeslong collection of accordion, box, pop-up and tunnel books, as well as scrolls. They're made of paper, wood, plastic, and even lead and glass. Through

‘the road less traveled’: Artwork by Rock Point School students. May 6 through 29 at Rose Street Artists’ Co-op in Burlington.

Live student musical performances and refreshments. Friday, May 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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‘a visual feast’: Food-themed artworks by more than 20 local artists are presented in conjunction with Seven Days’ Vermont Restaurant Week and curated by SEABA. Through May 28 at Backspace Gallery in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-9 p.m.

Info, 578-2512.

bill raMage: “A Centripetal Photo Project: An Installation: The GITF Piece: The Men’s Group,” a largescale work, featuring self-portraits and biomorphic drawings. Through June 20 at Gallery in-the-Field in Brandon. Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-8 p.m. Info, 247-0145.

John brickels: “Used Cars,” vintage pedal cars retrofittted with stoneware clay trompe l’oeil mechanical parts. May 6 through 31 at Brickels Gallery in Burlington.

The first 50 visitors to the reception and gallery grand opening receive a 1948 Buick gewgaw and a chance to win a spot in Brickels’ Mad Scientist Workshop in July. Friday, May 6, 5-9 p.m.

terry Jenoure & laurel hausler: Jenoure presents "Abuela's Last Wedding," a mixedmedia installation celebrating pivotal personal moments, and Hausler contributes new oil paintings. May 6 through June 28 at Gallery in the Woods in Brattleboro.

Reception: Friday, May 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Info, 257-4777.

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‘the art of creative aging’: The Central Vermont Council on Aging’s juried show of artwork seniors have created since their 70th birthdays. May 5 through June 30 at Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Reception: Thursday, May 5, 4:30-7 p.m.

ann street bailey: “The 11th Dimension/ Shift in Realism: Cosmic Abstracts,” acrylic, oil and mixed-media works inspired by astrophysics, string theories and the universe as a symphonic cosmos.

Through May 31 at Red Square in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-8 p.m. Info, 310-3211.

Jackie Mangione: “The South End Industrial Watercolor Series” and work by the painter’s students.

Through May 31 at Jackie Mangione Studio in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 6, 5-8 p.m.

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Cutting Edge Artspace 106 at the Men’s Room B y K ev i n J. K e l l ey

T

om Cullins’ sexy photos of photos of women may be an especially appropriate choice for display in a venue called the Men’s Room. But other kinds of art — landscapes, abstractions, figure studies — have also looked good on the walls of the Main Street salon in Burlington.

It’s primarily a love of art that inspires owner Glenn Sautter to give local artists a place to show their stuff, he says. He himself draws and paints, but has shown his own work only once, a couple of years ago in a group exhibit

featuring Warren artist Bill Brauer and 45 of his students at Montpelier’s T.W. Wood Gallery.

“I understand the process, the vulnerability, that an artist goes through,” says Sautter, 66. “And I do have an eye for what sort of placement works, what will look best on one of the walls and alongside something else.”

Besides, he adds, gesturing toward the salon’s four chairs, “I consider what I do here to be an art.”

The gallery — officially called Artspace 106 at the Men’s Room — is

good for business as well as aesthetics.

When a friend or fan of an artist stops by to see a new exhibit, he or she might decide to get a haircut; some have become regular clients. Sautter particularly appreciated that concurrence during the 10 years the Men’s Room occupied a second-floor space on the Church Street Marketplace. “People won’t walk upstairs to check you out unless you give them an incentive,” he explains.

In addition to hanging shows, Sautter pays for publicity postcards and reception refreshments out of his own pocket.

He also doesn’t charge a commission for any art sales that may occur. And they do: Sautter says he sells at least one or two pieces from almost every show. Six of Cullins’ 20 photos of distorted adver-

tising signs have found buyers, with a month still to go in the show’s run.

No wonder artists regularly approach Sautter in hopes of exhibiting in his space. In addition to the efforts he makes for them, artists are guaranteed exposure to a generally affluent audience that might not otherwise see, much less buy, their work. “A setting like this gives more people the chance to see art than is the case with an actual gallery,” Sautter suggests.

Men — and women — who get coiffed in the stylishly industrial space have plenty of time to study whatever is on display, notes Lance Richbourg, a prominent local artist who’s had a couple of shows at the Men’s Room. “It’s a nice, informal space for art in a moderate price range,” he says.

Sautter shares credit with Bren Alvarez and Dave Farrington for the success of his art venture. The couple has bought and refurbished several buildings around town, including 208 Flynn, which houses the Flynndog gallery.

When they purchased this glass-fronted edifice, set behind a courtyard garden on Main Street, they outfitted a street-level space for Sautter’s salon. “They completely got what I wanted to do here,” he says. The pipes and wiring visible in the ceiling — along with the concrete floor, metallic light fixtures and retromodernist furniture — give the place a handsomely utilitarian appearance that doesn’t compete with the artwork for attention.

“Moving here was the best thing that could have happened,” Sautter says. The Men’s Room relocated in 2007 after a decade on Church Street because the landlord raised the rent to a level Sautter says he couldn’t afford. What was dictated by circumstance has turned out to be a blessing.

Likewise, he got his start as a curator through a combination of necessity and serendipity. After two decades in the hair business in Philadelphia and another decade in Stowe (he still owns and works at Salon Salon), Sautter signed the lease for the Marketplace space on the assumption it would be shared with an architect. But that arrangement fell through.

“It left me with a lot of room that needed to be filled up somehow,” Sautter recalls. “So putting art in the space seemed like a good idea. And it’s worked out well all around.” m

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Call to artiStS SeeKinG loCal artiStS: The Firefly Collective, a new art space, is currently reviewing Vermont artists’ works to feature in our downtown Burlington gallery. Info, thefireflycollective@gmail. com, 660-0754. winooSKi pop-up GallerieS: Kasini House seeks artists to participate in Winooski Pop-Up Gallery District, June 23 through July 31, 2011. Deadline: May 14.

Info, artmapburlington.com/ winooskipops.

CHandler Gallery Call to area artiStS: Chandler Gallery’s Area Artist Show will take place May 28 through July 10. This year’s exhibit theme is “eARTh”. Work will be accepted May 24, 3-7 p.m., and May 25, 9 a.m. - noon. The opening reception will be held on May 28, 7-9 p.m. Info, Betsy Cantlin, 431-0204, outreach@ chandler-arts.org, www. chandler-arts.org. aBStraCt pHotoGrapHy: PHOTOSTOP Gallery is seeking abstract photographs for the exhibition “Light-Struck: Abstract Photography Today.”

Juror: Ellen Carey. Info, photostopvt.com, 698-0320, photostopvt@gmail.com.

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CultureHall new artiStS: Culturehall, a curated online resource for contemporary art, invites artists to submit work to an open application call.

Four artists will be selected.

Info, culturehall.com. feStiVal of tHe artS: A fine-art festival that caters to Vermont artists!

Jeffersonville, Saturday, August 13. Deadline: May 31.

Info, artsfestvt.com.

HeritaGe SHow: Bring us your artwork through May 7 to be included in our Heritage Show during the months of May, June and July. Info, info@ artistsmediums.com.

Studio plaCe artS: Hit the road for two summer art exhibits at SPA: “Lost in Traffic” (Main Floor Gallery) and “Postcards & Memories” (upstairs). Exhibit dates: June 14 through July 30.

Deadline for entries: May 6.

Info, studioplacearts.com or 479-7069. taSte of Stowe artS feStiVal: Sell your artwork at our summer festival, the Taste of Stowe, July 29, 30 and 31.

Get on board! You will contact fans, create new collectors and connections, and increase your artist links. Deadline: May 20.

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Harry SuMMerfield: "The Birds of Spring," photographs of birds, from the exotic vermillion flycatcher to the familiar American turkey. Through May 6 at Village Wine & Coffee in Shelburne. Info, 985-8922.

June CaMpBell: "Two Bodies of Work," one series of acrylic paintings that riffs on the tax maps used by local governments and another that is more unplanned. Curated by SEABA. Through May 30 at Pine Street Deli in Burlington. Info, 793-8482.

liSa lilliBridGe: Mixed-media work on wood.

Through June 30 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7166.

Marni MCKitriCK & laurel fulton: "Spring Impressions," flowers and landscapes in acrylic, oil and pastel. Through May 31 at Shelburne Vineyard.

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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.

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SCott lenHardt: "Good House," drawings, paintings and illuminated, multilayered paint-on-glass light boxes by the artist well known for his Burton snowboard designs. Through May 28 at BCA Center in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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SprinG exHiBition: Seasonal work by Essex Art League members (through May 30). Also, work by Poker Hill School students (through May 15). At Phoenix Books in Essex. Info, 872-7111.

SuSan aBBott & Colin ariSMan: "The Colors of the Batey," paintings and photographs that draw attention to the issues facing Haitians in the Dominican Republic. Through May 31 at Livak Room, Davis Center, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-3131. 'tHe art of youtH': Work by emerging artists under the age of 25, curated by high school student Cole McDermott. Through May 7 at Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington. Info, 865-7211.

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'tHe Golden CaGe: MexiCan MiGrant worKerS and VerMont dairy farMerS': Photographs, text and audio exploring the relationship between these two groups of workers at Addison County farms, by photographer Caleb Kenna and the Addison County Farm Worker Coalition's Cheryl Connor and Cheryl Mitchell.

Through June 11 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington. Info, 652-4505.

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May featured artiStS: Work by Peter Weyrauch, Shayne Lynn, Karen Henderson, Katie Brines, Stephen Beattie, Amanda Vella, Tom Cullins, Lynn Rupe and Bill Wolff. Through May 31 at Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

‘fluxuS and tHe eSSential QueStionS of life’: Work by the international network of artists, composers and designers, led by George Maciunas, who blurred the boundaries between art and life and became the 1960s cultural phenomenon known as Fluxus.

Through August 7 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Talk: Exhibition guest curator and founding director of the Hood Jacquelynn Baas gives a keynote lecture.

Friday, May 6, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Info, 603-646-2808.

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Kei eGan: Magnetic and traditional paper-glue collages inspired by childhood, aviation, spirituality and time. Through June 30 at Nunyuns Bakery & Cafe in Burlington. Info, 683-8804.

dr. SKetCHy’S anti-art SCHool: Artists age 18 and up bring sketchbooks and pencils to a boozy life-drawing session, “Pirates of the Connecticut: On the Stranger Side,” featuring live models, live music and door prizes. Wednesday, May 11, 8-10:30 p.m., American Legion, White River Junction.

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Kate donnelly: "The Yardage Project: Material in the Making," newspaper, cereal boxes and plastic bags woven and sewn into material. Through May 22 at 215 College Gallery in Burlington. Info, 863-3662.

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Gary Hall: Black-and-white photographs, Skyway; lorraine Manley: Acrylic paintings, Gates 1 & 2; StepHen Beattie: Color photography, Escalator. Through May 31 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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TOM CULLINS: "Photophoto +," advertising photographs distorted by reflection or shadow.

Through June 15 at Artspace 106 at The Men's Room in Burlington. Info, 864-2088.

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'UNDER THE BIG TOP: THE FINE ART OF THE CIRCUS IN AMERICA': Work by modern and contemporary American artists fascinated by the circus and its performers' bohemian lives outside the ring (through May 22); PIPPO LIONNI: Animations and a print, in the New Media Niche and the European and American Gallery (through May 22); 'MASKED SPECTACLE: COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE AND BREAD & PUPPET THEATER': Prints by Hungarian-American artist Giuseppe Pecsenke and masks and puppets from Vermont's radical theater troupe, in the Wilbur Room (through May 8); 'GEORGES ROUAULT: CIRQUE DE L'ÉTOILE FILANTE': Color etchings and wood engravings of clowns, in the East Gallery; and 'SHADOWS OF THE SAMURAI': Armor, swords, prints, masks and other artifacts representing Japanese warrior traditions, in the Wolcott Gallery (through May 11). Through May 22 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

VSA VERMONT COMMUNITY GARDEN EXHIBIT: A garden made of papier-mâché, cardboard armatures and found objects by HowardCenter artists, in the Fletcher Room. Through May 27 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211.

W. DAVID POWELL: "Everything Must Go 2.0," a retrospective of paintings, drawings, prints, collages and computer-generated work by the artist responsible for the iconic Allman Brothers logo "Eat a Peach." Curated by SEABA. Through May 31 at VCAM Studio in Burlington. Info, 793-8482.

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ANNIE TIBERIO CAMERON: "In the Abstract," photographs that combine keen observation with a strong emotional connection to the natural world. Photo ID required for admission. Through May 31 at Governor's Office Gallery in Montpelier.

Info, 828-0749.

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.

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EVE JACOBS-CARNAHAN: Knitted sculpture by the Vermont fiber artist. Through May 7 at The Knitting Studio in Montpelier. Info, 229-2444.

'FROM THE GARDEN TO THE FOREST': Paintings of the natural world by Anne Unangst, Cindy Griffith and Marcia Hill. May 7 through June 30 at Red Hen Bakery & Café in Middlesex. Info, 223-3591.

GLEN HUTCHESON: "Other Hand Drawings, With Color," figure studies the artist did with his left hand. Through May 31 at The Shoe Horn at Onion River in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com.

HARRIET WOOD: "For the Love of Paint," new paintings. Through May 31 at The Drawing Board in Montpelier. Info, 456-8708.

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ARTHUR ZORN: "Blooms Into Spring," acrylic representational abstract impressions. Through May 30 at The Skinny Pancake in Montpelier. Info, 229-4431.

JENNIFER PERELLIE: Floral works made with watercolors, pastels and tissue paper. Through May 31 at Big Picture Theater & Café in Waitsfield. Info, 496-8994.

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by Huntoon and stained glass by Corey. Through June 30 at Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. Info, 457-1298.

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PHIL GODENSCHWAGER: "Scattered Art," cartoons, prints and stained glass works by the Randolph artist. Through June 5 at Korongo Gallery in Randolph. Info, 728-6788.

‘Big Ideas, Small Books’

UVM’s Bailey/Howe Library isn’t the only Vermont venue with an exhibit of unusual bindings and folded paper. At Jericho’s Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho, books take many forms: Elissa Campbell’s popup book opens up to reveal thongs on a clothesline; Stephanie Wolff ’s piece is a three-dimensional diorama of fish; Jill Abilock creates wiry dolls whose pleated skirts are made of pages. Keeping their creations no bigger than 5 by 5 inches, the artists pack a lot of innovation into each tiny work. Through May 22. Pictured: “Cindy” by Jill Abilock.

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Ellen Welch Granter If you read Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel The Help, you’re already familiar with Ellen Welch Granter — her painting of three charcoal-colored birds perched on a wire in front of a rich mustard sky is featured on the book’s cover. A devoted birdwatcher, graphic designer and scholar in Chinese history, Granter paints her feathered friends in crisp-edged detail, often against simplified, slightly blurred backdrops of bold color. Her paintings are on display at

A Day of Chocolates A Day of a Nice Meal A Day of Giving A Day of Remembrance Celebrate your Mom with LOVE!

Stowe’s Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in a show called “Flight and Light” through

52 Church Street, Burlington Across from Burlington Town Center 802.864.4238 • M-F 10-6, Sat 10-5 Closed Sun

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'Refuge': Sanctuary-themed work in a variety of media, in the Main Floor Gallery; SuSan M. RuSSell: A retrospective of the late artist's work, in the Second and Third Floor Galleries. Through June 4 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

Robin laHue: "Oil and Water Do Mix," water-based oil paintings. Through May 31 at O'Maddi's Deli & Café in Northfield. Info, 485-7770.

'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.

'aRcadia noW: conteMpoRaRy aRt in countRy': Work by 15 artists exploring the pastoral ideal. Through May 15 at Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College. Info, 468-1394. 'celebRating aRt WitH MuHS': Paintings and drawings by Middlebury Union High School students. Through May 8 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Info, 382-9222.

MiddlebuRy college Student exHibition: Senior studio art majors present their work. May 10 through 22 at Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Info, 433-6433. 'textuReS of uS': Prints by Liz Gribin and paintings by Gloria Gaddis, Mary B. Harrington, Rebecca Kinkead, Cynthia Kirkwood, Lisa Noonis and Cameron Schmitz. Through May 9 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

Judy daleS: "Curves in Motion," quilted wall hangings that feature layers of curves and subtle shifts in color. Through June 10 at River Arts Center in Morrisville. Info, 888-1261. 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.

SuSan WaHlRab & MaRiella biSSon: "Outside: New Visions of Nature," watercolor landscapes by Wahlrab and oil paintings that incorporate collage techniques by Bisson. Through May 8 at West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. Info, 253-8943.

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'SWeeten youR palette: a Sappy aRt SHoW': Maple-themed artwork by New England artists.

Through May 10 at Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery in St. Albans. Info, 524-3699.

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'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.

JoHnSon aRt Hop: Downtown galleries and businesses open their doors to art lovers. Through May 6 at Various locations in Johnson. Info, 635-2356.

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'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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riter-director James Gunn’s latest certainly isn’t the first film about ordinary people who decide to become superheroes. At the same time, I feel confident in promising that it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen. It makes Kick-Ass look like an episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

Rainn Wilson stars as Frank, a sad-sack burger flipper whose life, we learn early on, has had precisely two high points: marrying his improbably hot wife, Sarah (Liv Tyler), and pointing out a fleeing criminal to a police officer on the street one day. He makes crude, childlike drawings commemorating these events and hangs them up so they’ll be the first things he sees in the morning and “inform” his day.

As it turns out, they inform the entire movie. When Sarah runs off with Jacques, a local drug lord played by a never-funnier Kevin Bacon, Frank’s life is momentarily drained of meaning. A recovering addict, Sarah apparently was drawn to Wilson’s character by his normalcy, only to overdose on the tedium of suburban life with a fry cook.

Frank doesn’t remain normal for long.

After lonely weeks of watching a Christian cable channel and coming to a slow psychological boil, he begins to believe God is communicating with him through a low-budget

Fast Five ★★★

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f you’re like me and couldn’t recognize a Ford GT40 or a Nissan Skyline if your life depended on it, you’ve still been following the Fast and Furious series for its bold innovations in sequel titling. Retro B-movie title The Fast and the Furious (2001) was followed by the funky 2 Fast 2 Furious, the clunky The Fast and the Furious: Toyko Drift, and a fourth film lazily called Fast & Furious, destined to merge with the first in every alphabetical database.

Not that indexing the Fast and Furious movies for posterity is a pressing concern.

Nor is catching up on them so you can understand what happens in the fifth installment.

(Street-racing hero Dom Toretto [Vin Diesel] once killed somebody with a wrench, but he had a very good reason. That’s all you need to know.)

What matters is that Fast Five will satisfy any jones you may have for a good, old-fashioned stupid action movie. Remember that shot from the trailer of a car soaring into an abyss with the film’s two protagonists extricating themselves in midair? That drive-in moment so audacious it made you laugh?

The whole movie is like that.

Fast Five is what last summer’s The A-

MR. GOOD WRENCH Wilson plays a fry cook turned crime fighter in Gunn’s delightfully demented superhero saga.

show featuring a Satan-battling superhero.

Then, in a scene so nutty it could turn David Lynch green with envy, he experiences what he interprets as divine intervention. That’s all it takes to get him into a homemade costume and a new career of fighting crime.

Reborn as the Crimson Bolt, Frank doesn’t hit his stride right away. First come highly comical sequences in which he waits in vain behind Dumpsters for something nefarious to happen. In time, it occurs to him to visit the library and ask the woman at the reference desk where most of the town’s illegal activity takes place. She Googles the name of the street where the most drug arrests are made, and, the next thing you know, incredulous thugs are finding themselves tackled mid-deal by some dork in a tight red outfit.

Several embarrassing thrashings later, it hits Frank that he needs a signature weapon.

He visits a comic-book shop and asks the sales clerk (Ellen Page) to show him comics about crime fighters who don’t possess actual superpowers.

Soon bad guys (and, in some cases, merely rude guys) are tasting the wrath of the Crimson Bolt’s bright-red pipe wrench. Reports about the vigilante start appearing on TV, Page’s character puts two and two together, and Frank finds himself with an adoring —

and sexually aggressive — “kid sidekick” by the name of Boltie.

Gunn has an extraordinarily clever way of keeping the viewer off balance by switching among tones and genres, messing with expectations. Super starts out like an indie about a small-town slacker — a film we’ve seen a hundred times — and shape-shifts from quirky character study to black comedy to exploitation flick to cockeyed romance to ultraviolent revenge drama and, finally, to something so far out of left field it would be criminal even to hint at it. The movie contains moments of soaring hilarity back to back with developments as dark as those of the heaviest Hollywood dramas.

It’s a riveting cinematic experiment, certain to offend as many as it impresses. I found

Wilson and Page brilliant in the way they initially play types for which they’re well known and, without warning, give them bizarro tweaks, as if pulling an ace out of a sleeve.

Speaking of surprises, who would ever have expected filmmaking this challenging and adventurous from the mind behind 2002’s Scooby-Doo? This is a picture bristling with originality.

How often does such a creation come along?

In a season of been-there-done-that sequels, remakes and kiddie fare that underwelms in three dimensions all at once, movie lovers have reason to celebrate: Super has come to the rescue.

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REVIEWS Team should have been. Oh, and it has two guys with necks like tree trunks — Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, the actor formerly known as the Rock — hitting each other. If you go for that sort of thing.

With such direct appeal to its core audience, Fast Five doesn’t need a plot, but writer Chris Morgan supplies a fairly elaborate one. Johnson plays a federal agent hunting Diesel, a thief who’s broken out of prison with the help of his sister (Jordana Brewster) and his former FBI man best bud (Paul Walker). The trio flees to Rio, where, like so many movie criminals before them, they decide to pull off One Last Job. The target is a drug lord (Joaquim de Almeida) who keeps the poverty-ridden favelas under his thumb. To steal his stash, Diesel assembles a colorful team of characters from the three preceding movies, including Chris “Ludacris” Bridges as a gadget master, Sung Kang as a smooth talker and Israeli model Gal Gadot as a gunwoman. She volunteers her posterior when the villain’s handprint is needed to break a biometric seal — just one of the many outlandish setups this heist entails.

All that distinguishes Fast Five from this year’s crop of crappy action films is a modi-

A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE You wouldn’t want to get caught between these two chrome domes in Lin’s latest entry in the action franchise.

cum of craft, cleverness and restraint. The script doesn’t wink at the audience too frenetically, and the actors deliver their lines straight. When Johnson cautions his subordinates that they should “never, ever, ever let [Diesel and Walker] get in cars,” he’s as solemn as someone in a zombie film explaining how to stay alive.

As for the action, director Justin Lin (who did the two preceding films) balances shaky, tight shots that convey the thrill of speed

with wide ones that establish who’s about to slam into whom from where. That may not sound like much, but without the hashed-tobits Michael Bay treatment, scenes such as the theft of several vehicles from a speeding train are as exhilarating as they should be.

As sequel titles go, Fast Five makes more sense than its predecessors. What defies any reasonable expectation is that F & F No. 5 is the one worth seeing.

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With Kate Hudson, John Krasinski and Colin Egglesfield. Luke (The Girl Next Door) Greenfield directed. (103 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy) SUpERHHHH1/2 Rainn Wilson plays a loser who decides to recreate himself as a crime-fighting superhero in this dark sort-of comedy from Troma alumnus James (Slither) Gunn. With Ellen Page and Liv Tyler. (96 min, NR. Roxy) tHoR: 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. Bijou, Capitol [3-D], Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Palace, Roxy, St. Albans, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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AFRicAN cAtSHHH Big kitties of the savanna take center stage in a Disney nature documentary narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, which claims to portray a real-life version of The Lion King. Alastair (Earth) Fothergill and Keith Scholey directed. (89 min, G. Majestic) AlABAmA mooNHH1/2 An 11-year-old boy raised in the woods by a survivalist struggles to adjust to society and find his way to Alaska in this family film from Tim (Secondhand Lions) McCanlies. With Jimmy Bennett, John Goodman and Uriah Shelton. (123 min, PG. Palace; ends 5/5)

AtlAS SHRUGGED: pARt 1HHH1/2 Director Paul Johansson brings Ayn Rand’s magnum opus about a dystopian society to the screen — oh, and he helps star in it, too. With Taylor Schilling, Michael O’Keefe and Grant Bowler. (97 min, PG-13. Essex)

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HooDWiNKED too! HooD VS. EVilH1/2 Hoodwinked! a 2005 cheapie computer animation that updated the Red Riding Hood story with Shrek-style satire, was no giant hit. If nothing else, this sequel offers Bill Hader and Amy Poehler as the voices of Hansel and Gretel. Also with Hayden Panetierre, Patrick Warburton and Glenn Close.

First-timer Mike Disa directed. (94 min, PG. Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Palace, Paramount [3-D]) HopHH The Easter Bunny’s bratty teenage son finds his way to Hollywood and crashes with a human slacker (James Marsden) in this animation/ live-action hybrid from Tim Hill, director of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Russell Brand voices the rabbit.

With Kaley Cuoco and Elizabeth Perkins. (90 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Sunset, Welden)

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JANE EYREHHHH Mia Wasikowska plays the strong-willed Victorian governess who falls for her mysterious employer in yet another adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic. Michael Fassbender is Rochester; Cary (Sin Nombre) Fukunaga directed.

(121 min, PG-13. Essex, Roxy, Savoy) limitlESSHHH In this thriller, Bradley Cooper plays an unpublished writer who takes an experimental drug and becomes a bestselling, sexually irresistible superbrain. So basically, every writer’s fantasy. With Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish and Anna Friel. Neil (The Lucky Ones) Burger directs. (105 min, PG-13.

Sunset) tHE liNcolN lAWYERHHH A fly-by-night criminal defense attorney (Matthew McConaughey) gets a high-profile case that could turn his life into an action thriller. With Marisa Tomei, Ryan Philippe and William H. Macy. Based on the Michael Connelly novel. Brad (The Take) Furman directs. (119 min, R. Palace, Stowe; ends 5/8) oF GoDS AND mENHHHH The Grand Prix at last year’s Cannes film festival went to this fact-based drama from French director Xavier Beauvois about a handful of Trappist monks who lived and worshipped peacefully in Muslim Algeria, until they didn’t. With Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale. (120 min, PG-13. Roxy; ends 5/5) pRomHH1/2 Disney offers the interrelated stories of several couples on the big night in this teen drama that seems unlikely to veer in a Carrie direction. Joe (Sydney White) Nussbaum directed. With Aimee Teegarden, Thomas McDonell and DeVaughn Nixon.

(103 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) RANGoHHHH Johnny Depp voices a mildmannered chameleon who has to learn to survive in his new role as sheriff of a wild frontier town in this animated adventure from Gore (all three Pirates of the Caribbean films) Verbinski. With the voices of Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Bill Nighy and Stephen Root.

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HANNAHHH1/2 Director Joe Wright, who introduced Americans to creepily mature young actress Saoirse Ronan in Atonement, showcases her in this action thriller about a teen whose father (Eric Bana) raised her in isolation to be the perfect assassin. With Cate Blanchett and Jason Flemyng. (111 min, PG-13.

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Bill cUNNiNGHAm NEW YoRK: Richard Press’ documentary profiles the octagenarian New York Times fashion photographer, who lives in Carnegie Hall and bikes around town seeking great shots. (84 min, NR. Roxy; ends 5/5)

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. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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BHUtto Born into a wealthy family often referred to as the “Kennedys of Pakistan,” political leader Benazir Bhutto — the subject of this documentary directed by Duane Baughman and Johnny O’Hara — symbolized hope for democracy until her 2007 assassination shocked the world. (111 min, NR. Savoy)

tHE coNSpiRAtoRHHH Robert Redford directed this historical drama about the trial of the one woman (Robin Wright Penn) charged with involvement in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. James McAvoy is her lawyer. With Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood and Norman Reedus. (122 min, PG-13. Palace)

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ARtHURHHH Russell Brand steps into Dudley Moore’s (small) shoes in this remake of the 1981 comedy hit about a lovable lush with a trust fund astray in New York. With Helen Mirren as his nanny, Greta Gerwig and Jennifer Garner as the women in his life, and Vermont’s own Luis Guzman. Jason (“Modern Family”) Winer directs. (110 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Majestic, Sunset)

cEDAR RApiDSHHH1/2 Ed Helms plays a timid Wisconsin insurance agent who must represent his firm at a conference in the scary, decadent metropolis of ... the title. It’s a comedy. With John C. Reilly, Anne Heche and Isiah Whitlock Jr. Miguel (Chuck & Buck) Arteta directs. (96 min, R. Stowe)

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 12:25, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40. Fast Five 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:35.

Hoodwinked too! Hood vs.

Evil (3-D) 12:20, 2:30, 4:55, 7:15, 9:20. Prom 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:20, 9:45. tyler Perry’s madea’s Big Happy Family 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40.

Water for Elephants 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:25. Jane Eyre 1, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30. Rio (3-D) 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:20.

Hanna 12:35, 9:50. Hop 12:10, 2:40, 5, 7:15, 9:30. Source code 3:10, 5:15, 7:30.

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friday 6 — thursday 12 *Jumping the Broom 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50. *Something Borrowed 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:25. *Thor (3-D) 1, 3:50, 7, 9:40. Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 12:25, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40.

Fast Five 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:35. Hoodwinked too! Hood vs. Evil (3-D) 12:20, 2:30, 4:55, 7:15, 9:20. Prom 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:20, 9:45. Water for Elephants 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:25. Jane Eyre 3:30, 6:40, 9:30. Rio (3-D) 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:20. Hop 1.

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 Fast Five 12:50, 2, 3:40, 4:50, 6:50, 8, 8:50, 9:40.

Hoodwinked too! Hood vs.

Evil (3-D) 1:30, 4:30, 6:35, 9:10. Prom 1:10, 4:10, 7, 9:25.

African cats 1:15, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40. tyler Perry’s madea’s Big Happy Family 9:20. Water for Elephants 12:55, 3:50, 6:40, 9:35. Rio (3-D) 1:25, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30.

Scream 4 6:55. Arthur 1, 6:20. Hanna 1, 3:45, 9. Hop 1:20, 4. Source code 6:45.

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(Sat & Sun only), 12:30, 1:40, 3:10, 4:20, 6:10, 7:10, 8:50, 9:45. Fast Five 12:10, 3, 4, 6:20, 6:50, 8:20, 9:10, 9:40.

Hoodwinked too! Hood vs. Evil (3-D) 11 a.m. (Sat & Sun only), 12, 2. Prom 1:10, 3:30, 6:30, 9. African cats 11 a.m. (Sat & Sun only), 12:20, 2:20, 4:30. Water for Elephants 12:40, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30. Rio (3-D) 1, 3:20, 6.

Scream 4 9:25. Hanna 6:35. monday 9 — thursday 12 *Jumping the Broom 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20. *Something Borrowed 1:20, 3:50, 7, 9:35. *Thor (3-D) 1:40, 3:10, 4:20, 6:10, 7:10, 8:50, 9:45. Fast Five 1:15, 3, 4, 6:20, 6:50, 8:20, 9:10, 9:40.

Hoodwinked too! Hood vs. Evil (3-D) 12:55. Prom 1:10, 3:30, 6:30, 9. African cats 1:25, 4:30. Water for Elephants 12:55, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30. Rio (3-D) 1, 3:20, 6.

Scream 4 9:25. Hanna 6:35.

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 Fast Five 6:30. Hanna 6:30. Rio (3-D) 6:30.

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 Bill cunningham New York 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 9:10. Fast Five 1, 3:30, 6:50, 9:20. of Gods and men 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:05. Water for Elephants 1:05, 3:40, 6:40, 9:15. Jane Eyre 1:15, 4:10, 6:20, 8:45.

Hanna 1:20, 4, 7, 9:25. friday 6 — thursday 12 *Something Borrowed 1:15, 3:30, 6:30, 9:05. *Super 1:25, 7:10. *Thor 1:10, 3:50, 7, 9:25. Fast Five 1:20, 4, 6:50, 9:20. Water for Elephants 1:05, 3:40, 6:40, 9:15. Jane Eyre 1, 3:20, 6:20, 8:45. Hanna 4:10, 9:10.

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 ***The Grateful Dead movie: Encore Thu: 7:30.

Alabama moon 1:20, 6:25.

Fast Five 1:05, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30. Hoodwinked too!

Hood vs. Evil 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:05, 9:10. Prom 1:35, 4, 6:30, 8:50. Water for Elephants 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1, 3:45, 6:40, 9:20.

The conspirator 1:10, 3:50, 6:35, 9:15. Rio 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7, 9:05. Win Win 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:20. Hanna 1:25, 4:05, 6:50 & 9:25 (Wed only). The Lincoln Lawyer 3:40, 8:45. friday 6 — thursday 12 ***Their Eyes Were Dry Mon: 7. ***The met: Live in HD: capriccio Wed: 6:30. *I Am 12:55, 4:50, 6:50, 8:45.

*Something Borrowed 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:15, 3:45, 6:45, 9:10. *Thor 1, 2, 3:30, 4:30, 6 (except Wed), 7, 8:30, 9:30. Fast Five 1:05, 3:55, 6:45 (except Mon), 9:25.

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Evil 2:40. Prom 1:25, 4, 6:30, 8:50 (except Wed). Water for Elephants 12:50, 3:35, 6:40, 9:20. The conspirator 3:50, 6:35, 9:15. Rio 10:30 a.m. (Thu only), 1:30, 4:05.

Win Win 1:20, 6:55, 9:20. ***See website for details.

PARAmoUNt tWIN cINEmA 241 North Main St., Barre, 4799621, www.fgbtheaters.com

wednesday 4 — thursday 12 Fast Five 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. Hoodwinked too! Hood vs. Evil (3-D) 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 8:30.

St. ALBANS DRIVEIN tHEAtRE 429 Swanton Rd, Saint Albans, 524-7725, www. stalbansdrivein.com

friday 6 — saturday 7 *Thor at dusk. Rango at dusk.

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 Upstairs: Jane Eyre 1 & 3:30 (Wed only), 6, 8:30.

Downstairs: Bhutto 1:30 (Wed only), 5, 7. friday 6 — thursday 12 Upstairs: Win Win 1 & 3:30 (Sat-Mon & Wed only), 6, 8:30. Downstairs: Bhutto Fri: 7. Sat & Sun: 1:30, 5, 7. Mon: 1:30, 5. Tue: 5, 7.

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wednesday 4 — thursday 5 Fast Five 7. cedar Rapids 7. The Lincoln Lawyer 7. friday 6 — thursday 12 *Thor Fri: 6:45, 9:15. Sat: 2:30, 6:45, 9:15. Sun: 4:30, 7. Mon-Thu: 7. Fast Five Fri: 6:45, 9:15. Sat: 2:30, 6:45, 9:15. Sun: 4:30, 7. Mon-Thu: 7. cedar Rapids 2:30 (Sat only), 7. The Lincoln Lawyer 4:30 (Sun only), 9 (Fri & Sat only).

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by Your Highness. Hop at dusk, followed by Arthur.

Limitless at dusk, followed

by Scream 4. Rio at dusk, followed by Rango. friday 6 — thursday 12 *Thor 8:20, followed by true Grit. Fast Five 8:15, followed

by Your Highness. Limitless 8:25, followed by Scream 4.

Rio 8:30, followed by Rango.

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104 No. Main St., St. Albans, 5277888, www.weldentheatre.com

wednesday 4 — thursday 5 Fast Five 7, 9:15. Hanna 9. Rio 7, 9. Hop 7. friday 6 — thursday 12 *Thor 2 & 4 (Sat & Sun only), 7, 9. Fast Five 2 (Sat & Sun only), 7, 9:15. Hanna 4:15 (Sat & Sun only), 9. Rio 2 & 4 (Sat & Sun only), 7.

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RioHHH1/2 A pampered pet macaw heads to Brazil in search of his lady macaw counterpart in this comic family animation from director Carlos (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs) Saldanha. With the voices of will.i.am, Jesse Eisenberg, George Lopez and Leslie Mann. (96 min, G. Bijou, Capitol, Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D], Marquis [3-D], Palace, Sunset, Welden) ScREAm 4HH1/2 Director Wes Craven, writer Kevin Williamson, and Scream stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox return for another (belated) chapter in the tongue-in-cheek saga of a serial killer who preys on teens with an encyclopedic knowledge of the clichés of slasher films. With Emma Roberts and Mary McDonnell. (103 min, R. Majestic, Sunset) SoUl SURFERHH1/2 A teenager tries to summon the courage to return to the ocean after being maimed by a shark in this drama from director Sean (Bratz) McNamara, based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton. With AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt and, yes, Carrie Underwood. (105 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol) SoURcE coDEHH1/2 In this hybrid of sci fi and Groundhog Day, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a soldier tasked with learning who bombed a commuter train by experiencing the disaster firsthand, repeatedly.

With Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright. Duncan (Moon) Jones directed. (93 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Essex, Majestic) tRUE GRitHHH The latest from Joel and Ethan Coen is a remake of the 1969 western classic, with Jeff Bridges in the John Wayne role of a U.S. Marshal who reluctantly helps a teen track down her father’s killer. With Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Brolin. (110 min, PG-13. Sunset) tYlER pERRY’S mADEA’S BiG HAppY FAmilYHH1/2 The big lady with bad fashion sense dispenses more scolding, slapstick, smacks and homilies in the latest

installment of the popular dramedy series. This time around, Madea (writer-director Perry in drag) must reunite her unruly family in the face of illness. With Cassi Davis, Loretta Devine and Shad “Bow Wow” Moss. (105 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic; ends 5/5) WAtER FoR ElEpHANtSHH A veterinary student joins the Depression-era circus and falls in love with one of its stars in this adaptation of Sara Gruen’s bestselling novel from director Francis (I Am Legend) Lawrence. Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz star. (122 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy) 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, Savoy) YoUR HiGHNESSH1/2 Also known as “recent Oscar nominees chilling in a stoner comedy.” Danny McBride and James Franco play princely brothers trying to save their kingdom from an evil wizard in this fantasy satire. Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel are comely damsels. David Gordon (Pineapple Express) Green directs. (102 min, R. Sunset)

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Joseph Connelly, publisher of the “vegetarian-lifestyle” magazine VegNews, apologized after revelations that its editors regularly used photographs of foods containing meat and dairy to accompany vegan recipes. The vegan blog Quarrygirl.com reported finding free online stock photos that matched images appearing in VegNews and on its website. In one case, the magazine retouched a photo of grilled ribs to remove the bones. Quarrygirl.com bloggers protested by saying they were returning an award they had received two years ago from VegNews for an investigative article about nonvegan ingredients being served at vegan restaurants in Los Angeles. (New York Times) The U.S. Postal Service acknowledged that the image of the Statue of Liberty it used on a forever stamp is actually a Lady Liberty replica outside the New York-New York casino hotel in Las Vegas. A sharp-eyed philatelist discovered the replica was used shortly after the post office issued the stamp in December and notified Linn’s Stamp News, which alerted readers. Explaining it selected the image from a stockphoto service, which licensed it as simply “Statue of Liberty,” the post office said it regrets the error but doesn’t plan to stop circulating the stamp. “We still love the stamp design and would have selected this photo anyway,” USPS official Roy Betts declared. (New York Times)

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Michigan authorities charged Richard Leon Barton Jr., 34, with polygamy after his first wife, living in Rhode Island, became suspicious because he unfriended her on Facebook. The woman told police she married Barton in 2004 after the two met online, but he was arrested for parole violation in Michigan and imprisoned there until October 2009. He remained in that state. After he unfriended her, she searched online and found her husband’s wedding photos with a

Grand Rapids woman on the pages of Barton’s friends and family. (Grand Rapids Press)

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A 55-year-old woman and her daughter returned to their home in Portland, Ore., and heard a man’s voice coming from the bathroom. She yelled that she was calling the police, and he said he was doing the same. The intruder identified himself as Timothy James Chapek, 24, and told the dispatcher he’d broken into the house and was taking a shower when the owner came home. He said she had two barking German shepherds and that he feared she might also have a gun. Police arrested him without incident. (The Oregonian)

Sex Is Its Own Punishment Chicago police said prostitute Ashley Nicole Steele, 21, was with client Derrick Gray, 40, and another person, identified as a witness, at Gray’s home when a woman began pounding on the front door and screaming at Gray.

According to court records, Gray got dressed and went to the door. Steele grabbed a handgun from a table and followed. The woman at the door said Gray had given her herpes and showed Steele text messages he sent her, apologizing for giving her a sexually transmitted disease. Steele then shot Gray in the head, body and arms, prosecutors said after charging her with first-degree murder. (Chicago Sun-Times)

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Prince Frederic von Anhalt, 67, ninth husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, announced his 94-year-old wife intends to become a mother again. The 94-year-old Hungarian-born actress had hip-replacement surgery and a leg amputation last year and hasn’t been able to walk since a 2002 car accident. Von Anhalt indicated he’s looking for an egg donor and a surrogate mother for the child, who would carry on the Gabor name. Her two sisters didn’t have children, and her only daughter took the name of her father, hotel magnate Conrad Hilton, who was Gabor’s second husband.

“That’s just weird,” Francesca Hilton, 64, said after learning of her mother’s plan. (CNN)

My Bad

Houston police said Gboweh Dickson George, 32, fired several rounds into an apartment, killing an 11-year-old boy and injuring two members of his family. Other family members said George hopped over the balcony, entered the home, looked around and announced, “I have the wrong house.” (Houston’s KHOU-TV)

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opinion, it’s your task to wake them up, gently if possible, and motivate them to move on.

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Taurus (april 20-May 20):

You’re an animal! And I mean that in the best senses of the word.

Your vitality is heading toward peak levels, and your body is as smart as it gets. If you were ever going to act as if every move you make is a dance, now would be the time to do it. If you ever wanted to explore the righteous blending of grace and power, this is a perfect moment. Give yourself permission to be a fluid bolt of ingenious fun, Taurus. Play hard and sweet, with sublime ferocity.

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Jones and Chris Cuddihy, pulled off an epic deed in 2009. They ran seven marathons in seven consecutive days on seven continents. each marathon was over 31 miles. (More info here: 7in7on7.com.) i’m not recommending that you try something as ridiculously excessive as they did, leo, but i do want to note that you’re now in a phase when your capacity for amazing feats is bigger than usual. Do you have any ideas about what you could accomplish that’s beyond your expectations?

is the socialist president of Venezuela, not an astronomer or New age philosopher. and yet he recently speculated that the planet Mars once had a thriving civilization that met its doom because its resources were drained off and poisoned by the excesses of capitalism. i love it when notable people go off-message and freestyle wacky fantasies, so i applaud Chavez’s improvisation. May i respectfully suggest you consider indulging in your own version of this art form? according to my reading of the astrological omens, it would be downright healthy for you to depart from your usual raps and unveil some unpredictable self-expressions to anyone and everyone who think they have you all figured out.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): symmetry and equilibrium are not all that valuable right now. They’re certainly not worth obsessing over or having screaming fights about. in fact, i recommend that you cultivate a jaunty knack for stylish lopsidedness. appreciate the beauty of irregularity.

aQUaRIUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The income

gap between the richest and poorest sections of society has always been large, but in recent years it has grown absurdly, grotesquely humongous. as journalist les leopold notes (bit. ly/richeatPoor), there are hedge-fund gamblers who rake in more money in an hour than a middle-class wage earner makes in 47 years.

From an astrological perspective, aquarius, it’s an excellent time for you to raise your voice against this inequity. Furthermore, you’d be wise to dramatically shrink the discrepancy between the haves and have-nots in your own personal sphere, where you can actually have an immediate effect. you might start the healing by asking yourself how the rich aspects of your psyche steal from the poor parts.

PIsces (Feb. 19-March 20): There’s a good

chance you will soon utter the smartest words you have ever said in your life. it’s also possible that you will generate two of the top five thoughts that have popped into your brain in the last decade. That’s how in tune i expect you to be with your inner sources of wisdom. and that’s how closely aligned you’ll be with the Divine intelligence formerly known as god. Now here’s the surprise ending to my message for you, Pisces — the unexpected outcome: your brilliant insights and cogent statements may tempt you to be wilder and freer than you’ve been in a long time. m

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scoRPIo (oct. 23-Nov. 21): Hugo Chavez

caPRIcoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “it was better for me when i could imagine greatness in others, even if it wasn’t always there,” said Charles Bukowski, a generally cranky writer not renowned for his optimism. according to my analysis of the astrological omens, this strategy will also work wonders for you in the coming days. trying to see what’s great about other people will tend to activate your own dormant greatness, and will just generally make you feel good. so ask yourself: What’s beautiful, smart, interesting and successful about the people you know? Fantasize aggressively.

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(June 21-July 22): Writing in the Journal of Medical Ethics, psychologist richard Bentall proposed that happiness be reclassified as a “psychiatric disorder” — a pathology that should be treated with therapy.

“Happiness is statistically abnormal,” he argued. it “consists of a discrete cluster of symptoms, is associated with a range of cognitive abnormalities, and probably reflects the abnormal functioning of the central nervous system.” if he’s correct, Cancerian, you may have a problem. according to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re about to be besieged by a massive influx of good feelings. it may be hard for you to fend off surges of unreasonable joy, well-being and gratitude. so let me ask you: are you prepared to enter into rebel mode as you flaunt your abnormal bliss?

lIBRa (sept. 23-oct. 22): if given the choice between having our lives change or keeping our lives the same, many of us would choose the status quo. We tend to feel that even if the current state of things is uncomfortable, it’s still preferable to having to deal with the uncertainty and fear that come from transformation. But i don’t think you fit this description right now, libra. of all the signs of the zodiac, you’re the one that’s most receptive to shifting the mood and experimenting with the rules. it’s easier than usual for you to imagine different ways of doing things. take advantage of this superpower.

Be alert for the way incongruous details and crooked angles reveal fresh, hot truths that provide you with exactly what you need. even so-called flaws and mistakes may lead to lucky accidents.

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had to relinquish in the past 10 months, Virgo? What were you forced to sacrifice or surrender? Whatever it is, i predict you will be compensated for it over the course of the next 12 months. and the process begins soon. it’s not likely that the incoming blessing will bring an exact replacement for the dream that got away. rather, you will be awakened to an unexpected new source of excitement, thereby dissolving the lingering sense of loss and liberating you to rise again.

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(March 21-april 19): imagine this scene, as described by seattle-based video artist Michael Douglas. “sometimes a tree falls down in a field of cows, and the cows walk over to it and stare at it. it used to be standing and now it’s on the ground. There’s something different in the field, and the cows start to hang out around the tree and watch it like it’s television, attracted to the rupture in the order of things. They gather around it for months, even after they completely forget why they started doing it.” i think there’s a comparable scene going on in your life right now, aries. People you care about are in a daze, seemingly hypnotized by a certain “rupture in the order of things” that took place some time ago. in my

(May 21-June 20): “Make the invisible dark force beautiful.” That was the first line of the horoscope i wrote for you in my dream last night. Here’s what came next: “Create a song out of your moans. Brag about your wounds. Dance reverently on the graves of your enemies.” Does any of this make sense to you so far? it all seemed perfectly reasonable and helpful in my dream. “sneak a gift to your bad self. Dissolve the ties that bind you to hollow intelligence. seek the angel near the funky gulley that winds through no man’s land. Dig for treasure in the muddy puddle where the single lily grows.” That’s it, gemini — my dream of your horoscope. if you can align yourself with its spirit, i bet you’ll be primed for the waking-life opportunities that are headed your way.

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Monday Funday Hey, looking for some fun in the 18+ Burlington area. Female sex only, no bi or super-creepy stuff. Send me a message and I’ll defiantly reply, and I’ll Sensual Masculinity try to respond to a flirt. Slim, athletic, I’m a 52 year young counselor/ tall, smart. standup, 21, l, #120801 1x1c-mediaimpact030310.indd 1 touch 3/1/10 1:15:57 PM professor type, longing for and experimentation, creativity and Work Hard, Play Hard! sensuality, orally oriented, clitorally I’m looking for a playmate! Someone guided, tongue extended. Up for a who is active, adventurous, healthy and probe? sensualmale, 52, l, #120881 hoping to be happier! I’m hoping to find someone who might be interested in strong sex drive tender doing some mountain biking or other Wanting to meet new people and “strenuous” activities in the afternoon see where it goes. Never done this or, if we’re lucky, into the evening! I’m before. Not into the bar scene. Have fit, active and “young” for my age, let’s a nice day. maybeyou, 48, #120874 just say! ValleyBoy, 47, #120795 I want to learn I am looking to get into cross-dressing and looking for someone who is willing to show me the ropes, or dress me up! I also can’t get enough of people playing with my sexy feet. I am mainly looking for an older, more mature person(s), but

Adventure seeker, Loyal, Respectful, Playful Looking for mature woman for play and conversation. Email, phone, in person, fantasy, reality, etc., will let you know when we talk. greatrides, 55, #120774

just lookin’ I’m just lookin’ for a little fun!

Haven’t had much in awhile. mrbigstick, 25, #120792

Good Looking, Naughty, Fun Couple Good-looking, young, fun, mature, sexual, party couple looking for a bisexual girl for all-night fun.

Looking for someone who’s clean and sexual. No BBW or butch girls. sexyburlingtoncouple, 23, l, #120729 free your mind Imaginative, open-minded couple looking for play dates with other open-minded couples who enjoy sex.

Experience and age not as important as a sense of humour, wit and creative sexual ability!Will entertain endless combinations. open_up, 37, l, #120713 2 Hotties and A doctor 25-year-old normal and attractive couple. I want to know what it’s like being with another girl, and he is all about it. Discreet, one-time thing, unless everyone is begging for more.

Looking for an attractive 21-27-yearold clean girl. We want to talk via email and then buy you a drink.

2HottiesAndADoctor, 25, l, #120622 new to threesome scene We are a couple that is interestered in finding a woman to join in and have some fun. I have never been with women but will try anything once. I’ve been told I’m a very pretty woman, med./large, and my man is fit: he hikes, hunts. I’m very nervous but think with the right woman it will be fine. mamablueeyes, 47, #120584

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Flirting and driving on I-89 You were in a Green Mountain Currier car, #106, heading northbound on I-89 in NH. I was in a blue Jeep Liberty with federal plates. I enjoyed the chase; it was a boring ride home once you got off in Lebanon. Wanna grab a drink some time and flirt face to face? When: Thursday, April 28, 2011. Where: I-89, northbound.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #908927 Matt at Synergy I trained with you a couple of times and can’t bring myself to look you in the eye at the gym; you’re one of Burlington’s finest. I’m too bashful to ask in person. Are you single? When: Friday, April 22, 2011. Where: Williston.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #908925 Going Somewhere?

You were sitting in front of me on the Shelburne Road bus the other evening around 5:30ish. You had on a white tee and jeans. Blonde and beautiful. When: Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Where: Shelburne Road.

You: Woman. Me: Woman. #908924 new in town?

I spy with my little eye a cute, shorthaired, tattooed queer with an affinity for black tank tops walking alone on North Union Street. I have long dark hair, tattoos and a pug. I hadn’t ever seen you before until a few days ago.

Fingers crossed that it’s because you are new to town and single.

When: Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

Where: N. Union/Church Street. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #908923

brown shirt and a luscious beard and I’m pretty sure we noticed each other both times :). Bike ride sometime?

When: Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

Where: Before and on the bike path.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908920 responding back to chelseaAnn Coffee sounds wonderful, if you’d like to meet up friday (4/29) after 4:30 p.m.

I’ll be at Healthy Living Market. They make amazing smoothies, as well as delicious coffee!! :) When: Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Where: Two to Tango.

You: Woman. Me: Woman. #908919

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Hipskiier I was appreciating your smile! I’d love to laugh with you some time. Bowling?

Dinner? Single chair? When: Monday, April 25, 2011. Where: Two to Tango.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #908912 AC Moore craft store beauty You gave me the nicest smile Saturday coming out of AC Moore craft store around 6ish. You are a very attractive woman. Maybe you were smiling at my goofy face or hat. Coffee? Chat? When: Saturday, April 23, 2011. Where: Williston, VT. You: Woman. Me: Man. #908911 Stuck in my head It’s been weeks and I can’t get you out of my head. You’re so beautiful. You at the brewery, me pissed at the world with fake smiles and laughter. I’m sure I went unnoticed. But you, however, did not with black beanie and perfect skin.

Short hair I assume. But gorgeous nonethe-less. Me: hair pulled back, button-up shirt and jeans. When: Saturday, April 16, 2011. Where: VT brewery Burlington.

You: Woman. Me: Woman. #908909 Red Cross check-in I think it was your first day on the job last Thursday afternoon. Your eyes caught my attention. I’m the girl who fainted; you made me woozy.

We should meet up for a pint some time. When: Thursday, April 21, 2011.

Where: Red Cross on N. Prospect.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #908908 Nice pants at Metronome 4/24 at Metronome. I wanted to check out your pants/tights a little closer, just to get a little closer, and maybe next time I will be a better closer. Bethany, I apologize, my friend was over-thetop, drunk. Please give me one more night, one more fight, and I can make it more than right. When: Sunday, April 24, 2011. Where: Metronome.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908907

OG for dinner!

Hi. Thanks for being our waitress at OG. I was with my uncle and we talked for a minute about cooking. I would love to go out and have coffee some time and mayebe a bowl of cereal since that is the only thing you know how to cook :).

When: Thursday, April 21, 2011. Where: OG. You: Woman. Me: Man. #908901

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mistress maeve Dear Mistress Maeve,

My boyfriend just got a summer job painting houses (we’re in college). He started work last weekend and came home with all kinds of paint and God knows what all over his hands. Soap and water took most of it off, but there’s still some left around his fingernails. I’ve talked to my doctor in the past about a possible latex allergy and have since stopped using condoms for birth control (I’m on the pill). If he’s working with latex paint, will I have a problem?

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Kudos to you for having an open and honest conversation with your doctor about your allergy.

You’d be surprised how many young women remain tight lipped about their sexual health (pun intended). Of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t remind you that while the pill is great birth control, it will not protect you against sexually transmitted infections — which should be fine, so long as your painter isn’t dipping his brush into neighboring paint cans.

As for your latex allergy, a statement from the National Paint and Coatings Association says that “the type of latex found in latex paints is not the same type of latex found in products that trigger latex allergies.” Thus, you should be fine. However, it’s always a good idea to get your hands as clean as possible before sexual touch. Make sure your man is getting all the excess paint off the best he can. If soap and water don’t do the trick, he can try using mineral spirits and a scrub brush. If you discover you’re becoming irritated, have him wear surgical gloves before using his hands on you — nonlatex, of course.

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Matt at Synergy I trained with you a couple of times, and Meggabelle can’t bring myself to look you in the eye at the gym; you’re one of Burlington’s I was just wondering if you worked 1x3-cbhb-personals-alt.indd 1 6/14/10 2:39:13 PM finest. I’m too bashful to ask in person in Essex? When: Thursday, March KONIK ... Are you single? When: Saturday, 10, 2011. Where: Essex?. You: Simple things in life are indeed the April 23, 2011. Where: Synergy Fitness.

Woman. Me: Man. #908918 finest. A lush and juicy orange dripping You: Man. Me: Woman. #908906 down your fingers, spotting the perfect redhead at os weeks ago Redhead at SB Edge Saturday tomato at the Farmers market on You: short tptr hoodie. I was having a an early Saturday morn (fresh cup Pretty redhead in short blue shorts beer with my buddy, you came around of java in hand), making turns in at Twin Oaks Edge on Saturday, 4/23, the table and gave me the sexiest untouched powder, creating anything, around 6 p.m. I hate interrupting people stare I’ve ever gotten. Pretty sure you accomplishing nothing, walking in while they work out but couldn’t stop have a man, would like to get that nature, sitting in splendor ... agreed? glancing over. Interested in meeting stare again though. Maybe next time P.S.: Taurus’ love a Scorpio’s passionate up some time? When: Saturday, April you should ask for my name. When: nature. Let’s explore! When: Thursday, 23, 2011. Where: Twin Oaks Edge Gym. Saturday, April 9, 2011. Where: Charlios.

April 28, 2011. Where: Two to tango.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908905 You: Woman. Me: Man. #908917 You: Man. Me: Woman. #908922 Chicago Blues To ‘kilertofu’ via internet Ladies in Church St. window Whether it’s Chicago or a place that I’ve checked out your profile and want across Leunigs calling ‘black starts with “K,” when I’m with you, to send you an email, but have lost shirt’ I don’t much care where we stay. my credit card! New one en route! My Who were those ladies up in the Whether by car or plane, map or blue profile is ‘mellowmood.’ Maybe we could Church St. window across from dot; wherever we end up is the perfect meet up sometime! When: Tuesday, Leunigs making fun of the guy in spot! Just love being with you all snug; April 26, 2011. Where: Sevendays. the black shirt? Thanks for inviting walking and talking and kissing and ... com. You: Woman. Me: Man. #908916 me up, it looked like the place to be!

Doug When: Thursday, April 21, 2011.

Unfortunately I was just taking a Femme butch ... futch?

Where: With our feet under the covers. quick smoke break from playing a gig You: Man. Me: Woman. #908904 I see you every morning at 8 a.m. at at Leunigs. Maybe next time? We can the Amtrak Station. So quiet, head Beauty at the bar make it a potluck ;). When: Wednesday, usually in a book. Maybe we can get April 27, 2011. Where: Church St. I waited patiently for the women sitting coffee some time? If you can put that top window across from Leunigs. beside you to leave so I could sit next to book down long enough, that is :).

You: Woman. Me: Man. #908921 you at the bar. You were reading through I’m not sure where you go every day paperwork. I asked if you had just gotten but you sure do look good getting Bike path cutie a new job. I could not stop looking at there. When: Monday, April 25, 2011.

Saw you at the top of Depot Street you, so beautiful. Had to go when date Where: Amtrak, Essex Junction. You: at the crosswalk, and then again on arrived. Would love to see you. When: Woman. Me: Woman. #908913 the bike path. You were wearing a 4-15. Where: Sarducci’s. When: Friday, brown or tan shirt and killer whiteApril 15, 2011. Where: Sarducci’s. rimmed shades. I was wearing a You: Woman. Me: Man. #908903

Late-night Walmart run Saw you in and out of the aisles at Walmart in Williston around 9:00 p.m.

You were wearing jeans, hat and black jacket. Me: blonde hair, black jacket and black pants. Was walking out the same time as you. You have a silver chevy car.

Thank you for making me look twice after each aisle. When: Thursday, April 21, 2011. Where: Walmart, Williston.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #908902

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