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WEEK IN REVIEW

A single mom in South Burlington cries foul because she missed the deadline to get her boy in Little League. Who dropped the ball?

Last week, Andy Bromage reported a story about the Gross National Happiness American Project, a new Vermont nonprofit that seeks to change the way we measure progress.

The group wants to replace the consume-and-spend “Gross Domestic Product” measurement with a metric that takes into account the country’s well-being. They call their indicator “Gross National Happiness.” The group will host its national conference, entitled “Changing What We Measure From Wealth to Well-Being,” in Burlington from June 1 to 3.

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The state of Vermont is trying to recoup back taxes it claims the Flynn should have charged ticket buyers. Boo.

The most notable finding so far? When asked, “How would you rate Vermont as a place to live relative to other places in the U.S.?” more than 40 percent of those surveyed gave Vermont a “7”, the highest mark. Another 34 percent gave Vermont a “6”.

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Burlington’s mayor is finally pushing back against a city council that wants to curtail his power.

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“I wouldn’t ever want to live any where else,” writes one respondent.

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“Beats the crap out of Gary, Indiana,” writes another.

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5/3: St. Mike’s students dance with a dead lab cat in the winning entry of the “I like St. Mike’s” video contest.

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5/3: A health care rally on Saturday in Montpelier drew hundreds of activists.

4/29: Burlington will test-drive market-based solutions to climate change as part of the new “Carbon War Room”.

1. “Chief Medical Examiner to Vermont’s Death Investigators: Ask Questions, Assume Nothing” by Ken Picard. An inside look at a day-long training of local death investigators.

2. “Fair Game: The Clock is Ticking” by Shay Totten. The legislative session is winding down.

3. “Happiness is...” by Andy Bromage. A new Vermont nonprofit wants to replace “Gross Domestic Product” with “Gross National Happiness.”

4. “Grilling the Chef: Force of Nature”

by Suzanne Podhaizer. Meet chef Eric Warnstedt of Hen of the Wood at the Grist Mill.

5. “Bite Club TV: The Frying Game” by Alice Levitt and Elizabeth Rossano. Frying up fish ’n’ chips — and candy bars — at Union Jack’s.

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5/4: Burlington Telecom is treated as a cautionary tale in a new report by a civic-action organization.

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Ken Picard did a super job in telling the story of the rediscovery of the War of 1812 Burial Ground in Burlington’s North End [“Lost and Found,” April 14]. It’s a complex, interwoven story of 200-year-old MIAs, a little-known chapter in Burlington’s history, archaeological methods and history-altering discoveries, and the importance of partnerships.

Kudos to Ken, the great researchers at UVM’s Consulting Archaeology Program, and the City of Burlington!

Many of us look forward to learning more and honoring the still-unknown soldiers and civilians who died in Burlington during what Ken called “America’s first forgotten conflict.”

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In his article, [“Conscious Consumption,” April 21], Kevin Kelley characterized the former location of Home Ecology as “an obscure locale in the rear of an art gallery.”

Obscure? Yeah, well, sure, if you don’t bother to mention the name. Waste Free Living, now Home Ecology, started in the beautiful West Studio at Pine Street Art Works, Burlington’s only retail art gallery, at 404 Pine Street. Not really so obscure: Pine Street Art Works is rather prominent on Pine Street in the heart of Burlington’s arts district.

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Vermonters shouldn’t really be surprised that the intrinsic values that distinguish our unique quality of life are seriously at risk, owing to the Douglas administration’s so-called cost-cutting attempts [“Fair Game,” April 14]. From his early efforts to “streamline” Act 250, to his current intention to deconstruct our mental health care network and dismantle regional planning commissions, Jim Douglas has consistently been willing to sacrifice human and social values for perceived business interests. As he finishes his last term, it seems he’s intent on finishing off Vermont.

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It is important to understand the influence that Lou Soteriou, the acclaimed “spiritual leader” and silent partner, had over Mac Parker’s life [“Is Mac Parker the Hero or the Villain in His FilmFinancing Drama,” April 7]. A “spiritual leader” asking for millions of dollars to impart [his] spiritual “wisdom” should in itself be a bright “red flag.” How could anyone with common sense and intelligence miss it? But, the same question applies to people who blow themselves up, or drink fatal Kool-Aid, or cook themselves in a hut in their quest for truth.

We should remember that evil is, at times, disguised as good and the draw can be intoxicating. A message that sounds good, coming from a confident and strongly charismatic personality, and especially coming from a person held in high regard, can have a powerful influence over a person’s thinking and, in turn, actions. I met this “spiritual leader” Soteriou, and I remember him using the word “outrageous” numerous times. I observed Mac Parker looking swept away by what Soteriou spoke about, which to me felt rather disingenuous and, frankly, theatrical. There is no doubt in my mind that Mac Parker is neither hero nor villain, but rather a very honorable, good man who succumbed to an outrageous man.

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LOOKING FORWARD

MAY 05-12, 2010 VOL.15 NO.36

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NEWS 14

Burlington Landlords Accuse City of Conducting “Stealth” Tax Reappraisals

BY KEN PICARD

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VT House Considers Bill Mandating Better Insurance Coverage

BY ANDY BROMAGE

FEATURES

24 Walking the Walk Social Justice: The Sisters of Mercy

Five Artists in Five Disciplines Unite for One Experimental Show

30 Portrait of a State

Art: A walk through the “people’s house” is a lesson in art history

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

Music: Rodrigo y Gabriela

BY DAN BOLLES

40 Everyone’s a Critic

Food: The 7 Nights website’s most assiduous reviewers share what they really think

BY MEGAN JAMES

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African Kids’ Choir Is About More Than Entertainment

BY MEGAN JAMES

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Food: A social-media expert offers her recipe for a useful restaurant review

BY LARA DICKSON

Open season on Vermont politics

19 Hackie

A Vermont cabbie’s rear view

BY JERNIGAN PONTIAC

39 Work

Vermonters on the job

BY ANDY BROMAGE

45 Side Dishes

Leftover food news

BY SUZANNE PODHAIZER

52 Soundbites

Music news and views

72 Gallery Profile

Visiting Vermont’s art venues

BY KIRK KARDASHIAN

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Paul Gruhler, Governor’s Office Gallery

BY SUZANNE PODHAIZER

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Food: A chef who helped revolutionize the Portland food scene has his eye on Burlington

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Brimming with traditional instruments and employing more than 10 African languages, the song-and-dance acts of the African Children’s Choir are impressive: They’re performed completely by, well, children — specifically, orphans of the AIDS pandemic. Even more remarkable: The choir raises education funds for thousands of young Africans. Eyecatching costumes and video projections abet the cause.

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All were Democrats save one — former Democratic lawmaker PAUL POIRIER (I-Barre).

Recognition is a two-way street. While pols want the support, unions and other groups want to have an influence on the process.

has announced a retirement. Yet. On the GOP side, Sen. PHIL SCOTT (R-Washington) is running for lite guv, and until last week the GOP appeared to have a lock on that seat with Rep. PAT MCDONALD (R-Berlin). But McDonald, who was expected to announce a Senate run, surprised colleagues by deciding to “retire” from politics for personal reasons. She put quotes around the word “retire” because she fully expects to stay politically active, just not in elective office.

The GOP currently holds two of Washington County’s three senate seats.

Sen. KEVIN MULLIN (R-Rutland), assistant minority leader, promises the party will have a strong candidate to run in her stead.

In his neck of the woods, Mullin will face a tough reelection as a result of his support for last year’s same-sex marriage bill. The GOP holds two of Rutland’s three senate seats: Mullin and Sen. PEG FLORY. Republican CAROLYN SCHWALBE is also running.

On the Democratic side, Campbell expects primaries in Chittenden and Windham counties.

In Chittenden, which has six seats, Democrats HINDA MILLER, VIRGINIA LYONS and TIM ASHE are expected to run for reelection.

The question mark is Sen. ED FLANAGAN (D-Chittenden), who is rumored to be considering a bid for auditor. He held that post in the late 1990s.

The list of Democrat hopefuls is long — and ever changing. UVM prof and blogger PHILIP BARUTH leads the pack, which also includes former Burlington City Councilor ANDY MONTROLL, former county party chair MIKE YANTACHKA and former House reps DENISE BARNARD and BILL KEOGH. Labor activist RALPH MONTEFUSCO has bowed out of the race, throwing his support to Baruth.

Keogh said he is deciding between a run for Senate and his old House seat — or neither, in which case he’ll continue on as Burlington City Council president.

On the GOP side, Sen. DIANE SNELLING is staying the senatorial course.

Only two others have officially announced: retired businessman MIKE BRANON and county GOP official SHELLEY PALMER. CHARLIE SMITH is seriously considering a Senate bid. He’s the former head of the Snelling Center and a well-known

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Case in point: “We had originally scheduled our convention for September, but when the primary was moved, we decided to move our convention to June,” said DENNIS LABOUNTY, the Vermont AFL-CIO’s political director. “We did that so, if we did endorse, we could do it early, so we could get out there and support that candidate by putting some boots on the ground. That’s what will make the difference.”

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The Vermont Senate’s February vote to let Vermont Yankee’s license lapse may cause some electoral headaches for Senate Majority Leader JOHN CAMPBELL (D-Windsor). He’s hoping to maintain his party’s 23-7 advantage in the chamber.

“I fully expect Entergy to target the senate to try and get a different outcome next year,” said Campbell, who is likely to be reelected and hopes to succeed Sen. PETER SHUMLIN (D-Windham) as president pro tem.

Campbell said other than the three senators running for governor, no Democrat

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Just when Entergy Vermont Yankee seemed to be improving its public image, along came a ban on cameras and video equipment in the plant.

It happened last week, when a documentary filmmaker asked to join the Vermont Public Service Board during its VY site walk-through as the plant is shut down for refueling.

Entergy at first said no, then said yes with this caveat: The filmmaker had to let someone “caddy” his cameras and let Entergy hand them back when the nuke workers deemed it OK to film. The same restrictions were put in place for other media attending the PSB visit.

The Rutland Herald, in protest, refused to send a photographer.

Entergy spokesman Larry Smith told “Fair Game” the rule was enacted due to the additional workers on site and the installation of new security measures.

Contrary to some media reports, the rule is not likely permanent.

“As a former reporter, I hope not. We have not had a problem in the past,” said Smith, a former radio reporter at WTSA in Brattleboro. “The Vermont media have been great to work with, and I want that relationship to continue.”

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WCAX reporter Kate duffy will bid adieu to viewers this week to become communications director for Lt. Gov. Brian duBie’s gubernatorial campaign.

Duffy, who’s been with WCAX since 2002, will join the Dubie team later this month.

“Simply put, I was looking for a new challenge, so when this opportunity was offered to me, I gave it a lot of thought.

My only concern was that I am not a Republican — I am a lifelong Independent and have spent my career presenting balanced coverage of the news,” Duffy told “Fair Game.”

Without missing a beat, Duffy added why she thinks Dubie’s the best man for the job: “He is focused on the issues most Vermonters have been telling me are of biggest concern to them: jobs and the economy.”

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At a special “retreat” Monday night, the Burlington City Council agreed to let councilors tweet during meetings, using laptops and smart phones.

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Not only is Entergy VY keeping a close watch on journalists; it is also making sure one of its lawyers is a “caddy” to legislative consultant arnie GunderSen. The former nuclear plant worker has been downright prescient in predicting VY’s mishaps, from a cooling tower collapse to the tritiumleaking pipes.

The problem pipes will be rerouted during VY’s refueling outage. Other pipes that run underneath the building near the tritium leak will also be rerouted, including two lines that “run directly through the soil,” according to a report from the Vermont Department of Health.

These are the same pipes VY explicitly denied existed last year. Gundersen proved otherwise by citing VY’s own admissions to federal officials about contaminated soil and storm drains.

An “outside law firm” of Morgan Lewis & Bockius hired by Entergy determined that it never intended to mislead Gundersen or state officials. Or at least never intended to get caught.

Reading the firm’s report, one thing is clear: VY’s chief regulatory engineer was more focused on keeping Gundersen at bay than answering truthfully. david mceLwee, who has since been put on administrative leave, told the firm’s investigators he didn’t try to “identify the previous statements to which Gundersen referred,” but rather his “primary focus was on making sure that Gundersen did

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Glad to see Entergy had its priorities straight.

Gundersen, who runs the firm Fairewinds Associates with his wife marGaret GunderSen, will present a new VY report to the legislature on Thursday.

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But in order for each apartment to have its own climate control, Steve had to hire an electrician to install separate thermostats.

That meant putting in new circuit boxes and new meters, which required an electrical permit. Then, to take advantage of an incentive program offered by Vermont Gas, Steve had to upgrade the insulation.

That, too, required a permit.

All together, the bill amounted to several thousand dollars, which was within Steve’s budget. But then he got something in the mail he wasn’t prepared for: a notice from the city assessor’s office telling him that an internal inspection was needed to “properly assess any changes made to this property.” The reason listed on the notice: “permits.”

The inspection request seemed odd to Steve, especially since Burlington had reassessed the property in 2005 during its citywide reappraisal. Then he got another notice on a different property he owns elsewhere in the city where he had also just completed maintenance work — two notices in two weeks. Although Steve has the right to refuse the inspector access to his apartment units, the assessor is still authorized to guess what improvements have been made and adjust the property value accordingly.

“I’m concerned about how small landlords are getting hammered by code

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Today, Conor’s life is dramatically improved, says his father, Ron Marcellus. The boy can tie his own shoes and ride a bike; he is one of the best spellers in his third-grade class in the town of Winhall.

But progress for Conor didn’t come easy — or cheap. Private insurance only paid for a portion of the treatments, so his parents had to reach deep into their own pockets and work overtime to fund the care. “My wife’s an RN. She’d pick up extra work shifts — the midnight shift — and use that money to pay for an occupational therapy or speech session,” Marcellus explains.

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“Then we’d come home and do six to eight sessions per day” with Conor, Ron Marcellus says. “The thing was to keep him engaged. We’d trade off and do these half-hour sessions.

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But for parents like Claudia Pringles of Montpelier, the trouble is finding — and affording — therapeutic care after school.

Pringles’ 10-year-old daughter Katerina is moderately autistic and struggles with speech problems and aggressive behavior.

Katerina would benefit from a behavioral therapist at home, her mother says, but the family’s CIGNA health insurance plan wouldn’t cover the cost, which can run upwards of $75 per hour.

“It’s great at school, but I don’t have that help at home,” Pringles says. “We’ve had personal care assistants, but they come and go. Katerina can be aggressive, or run away and throw things.”

Statistics on the prevalence of autism have stoked serious concern in recent years. In December, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that autism had reached its highest incidence on record: One in 100 American 8-year-olds, and one in 70 boys, has an autism spectrum disorder, ranging from severe autism to milder forms such as Asperger’s. m

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The Marcelluses and other Vermont parents see hope in a bill that was still alive in the Statehouse as of press time.

As originally written, S.262 mandated that private insurance companies cover autism-related therapies with no separate annual or lifetime limits.

On March 23, the full Senate passed a watered-down version of the bill that scrapped the insurance mandate in favor of forming a committee to study the impacts of requiring autism coverage. On May 4, the House Committee on Health Care and Wellness was expeted to restore language that would make the coverage mandatory.

The full House would have to approve that change before the legislature adjourns, at the end of the week. The Senate could then either choose to accept the House version, or hammer out a compromise in conference committee.

The theory behind the legislation is that intensive therapy at an early age — between 2 and 9 — is the best hope for children with autism. Because those treatments are so expensive, many autistic children end up missing out, studies have shown. Some parents go the DIY route.

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hen a composer, a choreographer, a poet, a book artist and a filmmaker came together nine months ago to share their unfinished work — as part of Paul Besaw’s performance project called “The Solo Workshop” — no one knew exactly what to make of the situation. Critiquing work in other disciplines made the participants a bit uncomfortable at first, writes Burlington filmmaker Deb Ellis in an email. “I didn’t know what to say,” she confesses.

But before long the conversation got going, and all five artists found themselves teasing out ideas they might not have found on their own. The ensemble will present their finished work this Saturday in FlynnSpace.

Besaw, an assistant dance professor at the University of Vermont, initiated the informal workshop last year. “I was feeling like I should make a solo,” he says. “But because I’m involved in a pretty social form, I didn’t like the idea [of working alone].” So he invited four other Vermont performance artists to join him in a workshop. The idea was that they would each work separately but meet regularly to share unfinished projects.

This year, Besaw and composer Patricia Julien, a colleague in the UVM music department, decided to expand the boundaries of the workshop to include artists who might

aspect, each of the five artists will present his or her work separately in the show.

Besaw’s piece, performed by Clare Byrne, another UVM colleague, combines elements of dance and theater. In addition to singing and speaking, Byrne uses abstract and stylized movements as well as two chairs — one for her and one, ostensibly, for someone who has left her. The piece explores how relationships define our sense of home, and what happens when our most intimate relationships dissolve.

“You sort of follow this woman as she’s trying to figure out how to live alone,” Besaw explains.

Ellis will present a multiscreen video installation inspired by the notion of mothers raising and protecting their sons. “The piece focuses on that moment when a mother recognizes her powerlessness to affect the trajectory of a son, but at the same time rediscovers power in her own life,” Ellis writes.

From Jackson comes an experimental performance of lyric monologues set to music and video and depicting discord between husband and wife, played by Jason Lambert and Abby Paige.

Drawing on the singer-songwriter tradition, Julien has written a piece for vocalist and pianist Amber deLaurentis. Her performance, which will incorporate both acting and a cappella singing, tells the story of a woman whose partner was killed in a car accident while taking his usual Sunday bike ride on a beautiful day.

“It’s not entirely about devastation and loss, though,” Julien shares in an email. “I’ve

tried to capture many different moods in this piece, from horrible disruption to sweet, gentle memories.”

Sweeney has had the difficult task of crafting a performance from her visual art — she creates large-scale, hand-bound books filled with stories she’s gathered from past viewers about their ideas of community.

“My audience is generally very different than ... a performance audience, and I’m intrigued with the idea of them being somewhat ‘captive,’” she writes in an email. She will present a video of herself working, zeroing in on her busy hands, to the narration of some of the stories that fill the books. Those finished books will be displayed below the video screen.

Besaw says he is already planning the next “Solo Workshop,” which will return to a single discipline, focusing this time on musicians and composers. But for these five artists, it seems, the interactions across disciplines were well worth the trouble.

“I am generally so moved by music,” Julien writes. “I didn’t expect to be similarly undone and uplifted by the other mediums.

We’ve wrung some work out of ourselves that might not have come to fruition but for this project.” m

“The Solo Workshop,” presented by Paul Besaw, Deb Ellis, Major Jackson, Patricia Julien and Erin Sweeney. Saturday, May 8, 8 p.m., at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $12-18. Info, 863-5966. www.flynntix.org.

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he 23 performers who will take to the Flynn MainStage this Friday, singing and dancing their hearts out, aren’t members of your typical children’s choir. These kids have come a long way — from some of the poorest parts of Africa — to embark on a yearlong musical tour of the U.S. The group has performed over the years at the Pentagon, the British House of Commons and Royal Albert Hall; it has shared the stage with Mariah Carey and Paul McCartney.

But these are also children, many of whom have lost one or both parents to AIDS or war and all of whom are victims of severe poverty. To them, the ensemble is more than just a singing act.

“They become your second family,” says Annette Nabbale in a phone interview. A former choir member, she’s chaperoning this year’s American tour.

The children, between the ages of 8 and 11, perform songs from across the continent in more than 10 different African languages.

Clad in brightly colored costumes, they also dance and perform on traditional African instruments.

Canadian human rights activist Ray Barnett started the choir 25 years ago after he visited Uganda in the throes of its civil war.

He was so moved by the singing of one small boy that he founded an organization that would support the education of other African children by bringing them together in a choir.

That first year, the group of orphans toured Uganda singing in church communities for donations.

Now the organization draws children from Rwanda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, southern Sudan and, most recently, Nkomazi in the northern border region of South Africa.

The nonprofit supports participants all the way through college. Before auditioning for the choir, children attend a school program called Music for Life, where they play games, do crafts and make music. Those who are selected to join the choir attend a five-month training academy in Uganda. After their tour, choir members attend the Music for Life Primary School followed by college, also paid for by the organization.

On tour, the choir performs three or four shows a week for as long as a year and a half. The children are accompanied by adult

MUSIC chaperones — former choir members — and a tour manager. Nabbale says she volunteered to chaperone because it felt like a way to give back to the organization. Plus, she knew her experience would come in handy.

“I know what they’re going through,” Nabbale says.

When she spent a year traveling through Europe and the UK with the choir, it was the first time she’d left her native Uganda.

“It was very exciting,” she recalls. “It’s overwhelming to see all these big buildings, the roads, the weather, the different food.”

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“The organization’s purpose is to find the most vulnerable children who will benefit most from an education, so they can go back home and make a difference there and break the cycle of poverty,” she says. m

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ticket, I mused. Not enough boulevards in Vermont. All this mental rambling served as a distraction, for I had a nagging misgiving about this fare. If it crapped out, that would be the nail in the coffin of an already feeble evening.

We passed Vermont Teddy Bear and approached the next traffic light. “So, here we are at the Ferry Road,” I prompted my customer. “Do ya want me to turn?”

“No, just keep going,” she mumbled, without looking up from her cellphone.

this young woman was engaged and lucid. I started to feel more optimistic about a) actually finding her house, and b) her paying me the fare when we got there.

We threaded through the wellmaintained fields of Charlotte, each passing house a vision out of Better Homes and Gardens. I can’t begrudge people with money for putting it into real estate.

If I had the dough, I’d love to make a home in this tranquil hamlet.

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The driveway, as I now understood it to be, seemed to go on for a quarter mile.

Every aspect of the grounds, to the left and right, was immaculately tended, not ostentatiously but with thought and precision, like Shelburne Farms. The family home, as we came upon it, was a gabled, three-tiered affair surrounded by oldgrowth foliage. God knows the square footage, but I couldn’t see the far end of the structure from where she asked to be dropped.

In my customer’s purse was a wad of big bills, and she smiled as she paid the fare. “Thanks for getting me home,” she said, passing me an extra 20. I wasn’t sure, but I think I detected a wink, as if her earlier sketchy behavior was at least partially a put-on.  What the heck, I thought. I just can’t  stay mad at a pretty girl with money and real estate. m 

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“I’ll tell you when.”

I rogered that, but not happily. Ferry Road is the gateway for the vast majority of folks residing in the western section of Charlotte. This was not a good sign, but we continued on our merry way. Every mile or so, I checked in with my customer for guidance: Just keep going.

Finally and inevitably, we ran out of Charlotte territory. As the Ferrisburgh Short Stop Mobil came into view, my customer suddenly popped out of her somnambulant haze. “Oh, my,” she said, “we’ve gone too far. I’m so sorry — we needed to turn at the blinking light.”

“You mean the Ferry Road?”

“Yeah, the blinking light.”

Swinging the U-turn, I did my best to mask my exasperation. Calmly, I said, “Look, I’m sorry, but I’m gonna have to charge you extra. We probably went 10 to 15 miles out of our way.”

“Sir, that’s not a problem. As I said, I have plenty of money.”

“OK — well, I appreciate that. But do me a favor. Maybe lay off the texting until I get you home. You really need to concentrate.”

“I wanted to crash at my sister’s apartment in town, but she, like, never answers her phone.”

“So the place in Charlotte belongs to, what — your parents?”

“Yeah, I grew up there. I’m a St. Michael’s student. And this summer my dad helped me get an internship at an investment bank in Manhattan. I’m so excited! It’s gonna be, like, awesome.”

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The girl sitting in the back seat was pretty — big blue eyes, loose blonde pigtails, tall and curvy — like the farmer’s daughter of a hundred risqué jokes that were already passé when I was kid. And, lucky me, she wanted to hear my “story,” whatever that meant.

And so I began. “Not much to tell. I grew up in New York City and moved to Vermont in 1979.”

I could have regaled her with further scintillating biographical data, but, glancing into the rearview, I saw my customer clicking away on her phone. “Uh-huh,” she cooed absent-mindedly. “New York City, OK. What else?” Tap, tap, tap.

Call me old-fashioned, but I resent being plied for the precious facts of my existence by a distracted and tipsy multitasker, even one so attractive. My autobiography, prosaic though it may be, is better than background noise. I wasn’t seriously miffed, but I figured it was time to can the chit-chat and sort out some business details.

“Listen — where exactly in Charlotte am I taking you?”

The girl looked up from her device, sort of. “Umm — well, right near the lake.

Just keep going down Route 7. I’ll let ya know.” Tap, tap, tap.

“Do we need to stop at an ATM? I don’t take cards, and there’s no banks past Shelburne.”

“No, we’re good. I got all kinds of cash.”

I wish I could say that filled me to the brim with confidence. I have no qualms about profiling customers, and this young woman didn’t fit the bill as a fare skipper. But did she really have the cash on hand to pay for a ride to Charlotte? I had visions of idling — five, 10, 20 minutes — while she rummaged through her home in search of money or a checkbook, which might or might not materialize.

Ah, well, I thought, I’ll just roll the dice.

I could have requested the money up front, but didn’t want to insult her. The fact was, this was a good fare for a chilly April night.

We passed the Shelburne Museum and crested the hill. I never know what to call the crossroad at the traffic light, which changes name every few miles: Bostwick, Falls, Irish Hill, Pond. I say they should rename the entire stretch after the late governor and town resident: Snelling Boulevard. Yup, that’s the

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here have been lots of studies, which I’ll get to in a minute. The one thing I couldn’t find was a systematic online comparison of suspect sketches and actual photos of the criminals. So I spent the afternoon rummaging around on the web looking for examples involving well-known wrongdoers. What I came up with can be seen at tinyurl.com/ sketches1. Ultimately, the results confounded my expectations:

2. Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber. The sunglasses in this famous drawing conceal so much I initially thought it could be anybody. In Kaczynski’s mug shot he has a beard, but when I

compared the prominent jawline with that of a younger, shaven Kaczynski, the similarity was striking enough to make the sketch seem informative.

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Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber. Not a perfect likeness by any stretch; the forehead in the drawing is too broad. But the eyes, nose and mouth give you the right general idea. The FBI claims the drawing was close enough that hotel employees who saw it were able to identify McVeigh.

4. Ted Bundy, serial killer. The face in the drawing is too narrow, but the eyes and eyebrows show a strong resemblance. Plus your overall impression is that this is a handsome fellow, which Bundy certainly was.

5. Bruno Hauptmann, the kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby. OK, the nose is a little off, but the eyes are a dead match.

Granted, I may have inadvertently cherry-picked the best

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cases; the McVeigh and Hauptmann illustrations came from the FBI’s website as examples of successful IDs. Still, the upshot is that sometimes police sketches work.

More often, though, they don’t. Though I’m not aware of any comprehensive survey, few doubt misses far outnumber the hits. The problems are obvious.

Eyewitnesses are stressed, forgetful and often wrong — one study of 180 convicts freed by DNA evidence found more than 80 percent were mistakenly locked up due in part to erroneous identification.

And the skill of the artists varies widely; for every masterful rendering you can find half a dozen others that look like they were done by a fifth-grader.

And often there’s no artist at all. Instead, investigators may use a set of standardized facial features to piece together a composite portrait with the witness’ assistance. Originally these were kits containing transparencies of different mouths, eyes, ears, etc., that could be mixed and matched; now the job is typically done with computers. The choices are limited, and the cops in many cases have minimal training or experience. The results are often dismal.

For example:

students were asked to match the original photos with the composites, the accuracy rate was about 6 in 10.

• Amateur composite makers in Britain didn’t do much better. When 80 students from the University of Stirling, in Scotland, were each shown 10 celebrity composites made by local volunteers — a total of 800 views — there were only 22 correct IDs, an accuracy rate of about 3 percent. When the students tried to match the composites with the original photographs, the accuracy rate was only 42 percent.

Some anecdata: My assistant Una went through the composite-making process when she was robbed at gunpoint. Although she tried her best, the result didn’t look much like the suspect when he was caught. (She did identify

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The latest development is computer software that morphs together drawings or composites produced with the help of different witnesses (or the same witness making several attempts) to generate a consensus that supposedly approximates reality more closely. In the lab it seems to work pretty well; seetinyurl.com/ sketches2. In the real world? Not too bad, I guess. Go look at Figure 1 in the document at tinyurl.com/ sketches3 and judge for yourself.

Is the whole business pointless or counterproductive? A wildly inaccurate composite arguably makes it easier for the bad guy to escape. On the other hand, police renderings do help once in a while, and if you’ve got a killer or rapist on the loose, what else are you supposed to do? Tell the public to keep a sharp eye out for somebody of medium height, medium complexion and brown hair?

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• In 2004 Arizona State undergrads viewed photographs of eight British celebrities and made 48 drawings of them using pro-grade composite software.

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Dear cecil, We recently learned a rapist was loose in our neighborhood when my roommate got an an email from her school that included a link to a police sketch of the subject. This got me thinking about the accuracy of police sketches. How much should I trust the rendering we saw?

Has anyone done a study comparing sketches to the actual suspects who were later apprehended?

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the “mass-appraisal system.” In other words, his staff runs statistical analyses on properties and classes of properties across the city, breaking them down by neighborhood and building type. Then staffers identify inequities and major outliers and try to correct them.

“We don’t have time to get into every property in town. There’s quite a lot of them,” Vickery says. “But we do want our data to be correct and, more importantly, we want the value to be reasonably fair.”

Vickery also denies that anyone in City Hall is pressuring him to do his job more aggressively.

“The mayor has been really good about staying away from telling us what to do, and I think that’s been a good thing,” Vickery says. “No one is telling us that we need to raise the grand list.”

In fact, Vickery points out that, just last year, some neighborhoods in the city appreciated in value while other property classes went down. Those new valuations were driven by statistics, he asserts, not politics.

But Steve is unconvinced. He says that whatever method the city claims to be using, the end result is that it’s creating a disincentive for landlords to make improvements to their properties — or seek the necessary permits — out of fear of creating a paper trail the tax assessor will follow.

Ultimately, he says, these added expenses will either be absorbed by landlords or, more likely, passed along to tenants in higher rents when their leases come due.

“Some people think that landlords shouldn’t make a profit, that we should just supply housing out of the goodness of our hearts,” he adds. “You’re rewarding homeowners who don’t do anything to their properties. Is that fair?”

“I don’t know if it’s a disincentive,” Vickery counters. “Nobody likes to have higher taxes. But it’s the process we have in place, and I don’t think anyone has come up with another way of doing this.”

On Wednesday, Vickery’s office releases its updated grand list book, listing citywide property valuations and owner names, all of which are public information. Grievance hearings, at which owners can appeal their reappraisals before the board of assessors, are scheduled from May 20 to 26.

Steve says he’ll most likely be going before the board of assessors if his taxes go up significantly.

“We’re small-business owners, just like the owners of a coffee shop or a hot-dog stand on Church Street,” he says. “Small landlords do contribute to a vibrant, welltaken-care-of community. Don’t kill your small landlords.”m

I appreciate Shay Totten’s view of health care at the Statehouse [“Fair Game,” March 24]. It was inspiring to hear the testimony of Dr. Hsiau, who has designed successful health care systems for several countries. I believe there is help for Vermont, and it may be in the hands of this gifted man. Hard decisions have to be made, and change can benefit us all.

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press time, none had followed up on his invitation to contact Seven Days.

One theory among local landlords is that the city is looking to find money wherever it can, owing to the economic downturn and recent financial woes involving Burlington Telecom.

City Assessor John Vickery says he’s heard similar rumors in the past and dismisses them outright. As he explains, a property review is warranted whenever a building has undergone significant improvements, changes ownership, or is part of a citywide reappraisal.

What constitutes a “significant change?” According to Vickery, the term applies whenever his staff believes the property’s appraised value doesn’t reflect its true fair market value based on recent improvements.

“We look at it from a buyer’s point of view,” he says. “Has the market value for this property changed?”

How does his office figure out when to reappraise a property? The process begins by looking at particular neighborhoods and reviewing the current data on “assumed improvements.” If a data collector is working in a particular neighborhood, he may review other properties nearby, sometimes with a “drive-by” to make sure that the city’s records are correct. He’ll also look at recent property transfers and the relationship between a property’s appraised value and its actual sale price.

Vickery doesn’t deny that his office reviews outstanding and recently closed permits as another method for determining whether market values have changed.

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ister Lindora Cabral opens her door even before I reach her front porch and beckons me out of the rain with a warm smile. Inside, I meet her housemates, Helen and Martha O’Brien, fellow nuns in the Vermont Sisters of Mercy and biological sisters. As one takes my coat, the other offers me a warm drink. The custom dates back to their order’s founder, Catherine McAuley (1778-1841), who was renowned for her hospitality and for offering weary travelers “a comfortable cup of tea.”

But little else in this modern household at the end of a Williston cul-de-sac is quaint or old-fashioned.

The women’s living room is decorated with Native American dream catchers, an oil painting done by a now-deceased nun, and maps of the world and the United States. Except for a small Jesus statue in the vestibule, no religious icons are on display.

The Sisters themselves are thoroughly modern, too.

Habits and headscarves are largely relics of the past; today, most nuns dress modestly but stylishly.

Several times during our conversation, Sister.

Lindora’s cellphone rings from inside her sweater pocket. The interruptions are understandable and forgivable, since she was recently elected president of the Sisters of Mercy’s Northeast “community” and oversees 800 nuns throughout New England.

An afternoon spent with several Sisters of Mercy is enough to rid one of the usual Hollywood nun stereotypes, from the cloistered do-gooder clueless about life’s gritty realities to the dour disciplinarian who cites scripture and wields a ruler ruthlessly. Today’s Sisters of Mercy are about as far removed as you can get from preachiness, humorlessness or naïveté. Sitting at their kitchen tables, you’re more likely to hear a discussion of health care policy, prison reform, global warming or the Arab-Israeli conflict than a lecture on the Four Gospels.

Far from being sheltered, the Sisters are acutely aware of what life is like for Vermont’s poor, uneducated and disenfranchised citizens. And they probably understand better than most how poverty, especially for women and children, runs deeper than a shortage of cash. Why? Those are the very people the Sisters of Mercy have dedicated their lives to serving.

Last year, a Gallup poll based on more than 350,000 interviews asked Americans if organized religion plays an important part in their daily lives. Only 42 percent of Vermonters said yes — the lowest rate of any state.

That may have something to do with the fact that the Roman Catholic Church, Vermont’s most prominent faith, is suffering its worst crisis in centuries. But, while pedophile priests make the news, the Vermont Sisters of Mercy operate effectively under the radar.

Most Vermonters probably don’t realize how many

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charitable, educational and socialservice organizations owe a debt of gratitude, if not their very existence, to these nuns. That’s not surprising, since the Sisters are the last people to trumpet their accomplishments. But run down a list of their good deeds, and you begin to appreciate how widespread their influence is in the community.

Just for starters, a large number of the state’s movers and shakers have been educated by the Sisters of Mercy.

Among them are Sen. Patrick Leahy, local real-estate mavens Tony and Ernie Pomerleau, and “Billy” Sorrell, as one of the elder nuns affectionately calls Vermont’s attorney general.

For 75 years, until it closed in 2001, Trinity College in Burlington educated thousands of Vermont’s parochial and public school teachers, including many women who were the first in their families to attend college. UVM’s Trinity Campus owes not just its name but its infrastructure to the onetime all-women’s Catholic college, which the Sisters of Mercy founded in 1925.

To that end, Sister Lucille, whose last name literally means “good will” or “good wish,” is one of the nuns who founded the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) in 1982. She opened the shelter, which she ran for 10 years, after observing an unmet need for emergency food and housing in the city.

“We were seeing people gathering and sleeping on the streets,” Sister Lucille recalls, “and we were very concerned that someone would end up freezing to death.”

Like most of the sisters, Lucille has also taught at numerous schools, including Christ the King and Mater Christi in Burlington, St. Monica School in Barre and Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington. Officially, she’s now “retired” — a term that, as one nun jokes, just means she doesn’t get paid for her work anymore. In fact, Lucille still teaches English twice a week to new immigrants.

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ing their vow of service to the poor and uneducated. And so Mercy Connections was born. Today, the nonprofit has numerous facets, including the Women’s Small Business Program, the Education and Transition Center, and the Vermont Women’s Mentoring Program.

Central to its core mission is helping women make the transition out of correctional facilities. Last May, the nonprofit launched a pilot project with Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan. “Gettin’ Ahead” is a 10-week, 50-hour program that diverts female offenders who’ve committed petty offenses out of the criminal justice system and provides them with tools for getting their lives back on track.

Since the program began last year, 15 women have “graduated”; in that time, only one has reoffended and been sent back to prison. Two of the graduates are now cofacilitators of the program and help other women who struggle with the same challenges they did.

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Likewise, McAuley Square, the 74-unit affordable-housing project in Burlington, was built on land owned by the nuns and bears the name of the order’s Irish founder.

Today, members of the Vermont Sisters of Mercy can be found on the boards of numerous social-service agencies and charitable organizations, including the United Way, Opportunities Credit Union, Vermont Interfaith Action and the Visiting Nurse Association. As Sister Lindora points out, when one sister leaves a board, another is often nominated to replace her. The organization heads know that nuns are tireless workers and understand their missions.

Like many of the Sisters, Lucille Bonvouloir, now 67, became a nun as a teenager because she wanted to serve others in an age when such opportunities for women were much more limited than they are today. In addition to the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience that all nuns take, the Sisters of Mercy swear a fourth vow to serve the poor and uneducated, especially women and children.

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Many Vermonters would recognize Sister Miriam Ward, the 84-year-old peace activist who founded Pax Christi Burlington. The diminutive, fiery nun often can be found holding a sign on Friday afternoon at the top of Church Street for the weekly antiwar vigil.

Miriam has also traveled to the Middle East numerous times to protest the unjust treatment of the Palestinians, and to Georgia to voice opposition to the School of the Americas, the U.S. Army’s training facility for counterinsurgents.

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The Sisters may not describe themselves as “liberal,” but it’s hard to see them as promoting anything other than progressive values. That’s evident when you meet Sister Janice Ryan, who served as Trinity College’s president from 1979 to 1996. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Washington, D.C., and became director of the Catholic Campaign to Ban Landmines. Later, she was asked by then-Senator Jim Jeffords to help him CoURTEsy

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Hackel was soundly trounced. But, to the surprise of everyone, Snelling tapped Sister Elizabeth to be his secretary of human services. It was highly unusual for a Republican to pick a Democrat, a woman and a nun for that post. But, according to Elizabeth, the choice seemed divinely inspired.

“When you serve the sick, the poor and the uneducated, I just thought it was something made in heaven,” she recalls. “It was a glorious experience.”

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But toughness is a common trait among the nuns. I ask Sister Janice what other qualities characterize the Sisters of Mercy, and whether they’re related to the history of the order itself.

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And, although the Sisters labor well into their seventies and even eighties, life in “the sisterhood” appears rich, joyous and full of laughter. Indeed, many of the oldest Sisters seem young at heart, as if all their good deeds have taken years off their lives.

“Some people looking in from the outside think there are ‘constraints’ on our lives,” says Sister Elizabeth. “But I couldn’t imagine a happier life. Really!” m

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She explains that Catherine McAuley, who founded the order in Dublin in 1830, never actually intended to start a religious congregation. Rather, her goal was simply to provide housing and education to poor and uneducated women, especially domestic servants and former prostitutes trying to escape their profession.

But, pressured by the church, McAuley agreed to found the order, provided the sisters weren’t cloistered behind convent walls. The Sisters of Mercy soon became known as “walking nuns” because they traveled by foot in pairs, doing their work in the community.

Ever since, the Sisters of Mercy have continued to walk the walk, earning a reputation not for their words but for their deeds. As Sister Janice puts it, “It’s

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(1846-1901). His ginormous masterwork “The Battle of Cedar Creek” shows the 8th Vermont Infantry in action in what proved to be a key victory for the Union Army in the Shenandoah Valley. Born in Johnson, Vt., Scott was “a humble drummer boy who went on to become one of the great painters of the Civil War,” Schutz points out.

Later in the tour, he notes that the Statehouse collection includes portraits of nearly all 80 Vermont governors. A few of the images are entirely speculative, however. The artist who engraved the portrait of Thomas Chittenden — the first of those 80 — was working from a sketch of the governor’s grandson on the assumption that there must have been some likeness between the boy and his grandfather, Schutz says.

There’s no doubt about the political model for Peter Michael Gish’s portrait of handsome Phil Hoff: Schutz describes the young governor’s pose as “Kennedy-esque.” That’s fitting, as Hoff led Vermont’s Democratic Party to a new frontier of political power in 1962, the year after JFK entered the White House. It was a different age, all right: Look carefully, and you can see a cigarette glowing between the fingers of Hoff ’s left hand.

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Some Statehouse visitors may find T.W. Wood’s work to be the aesthetic equivalent of corn syrup. Former Vermont Life editor Tom Slayton, the son of modernist painter Ronald Slayton (1910-92), used to view Wood’s genre pictures in just that way — until he started looking at them from a less snooty perspective.

Slayton now sees paintings such as “The Quack Doctor” as “wonderful, warm, humorous reflections of the life around the artist,” he says.

One notable aspect of Wood’s work is the frequency with which he depicts African Americans. In “Rats,” for example, a smiling black boy shows off a pack of pet rodents. Asked whether there was intentional irony in hanging a painting with this title in a room frequented by politicians, Schutz just chuckles.

Other artworks in the Statehouse also make reference to Vermont’s role in African American history. A giant bust of Lincoln, for instance, commands the view of visitors entering the building from the columned portico on State Street. This sculpture by Larkin Mead (1835-1910), who spent his boyhood in Brattleboro, served as a model for the bronze monument he made for the slain president’s tomb in Springfield, Ill. The bust is the cynosure of the Statehouse’s Hall of Inscriptions, which contains eight marble tablets incised with quotations from Vermonters such as former Vermont Governor and U.S. Senator George Aiken and author Dorothy Canfield Fisher, as well as from the chapter in the state constitution that forbids slavery.

Mead also created the original statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, who looks out over Vermont from the top of the Statehouse dome.

Upstairs from the Lincoln sculpture, Schutz shows off the Cedar Creek Room, a restored reception hall featuring Civil War paintings by Julian Scott

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Schutz recalls that the late Seven Days political columnist Peter Freyne gave the painting the nickname by which it forever will be known: “L.L. Dean.”

Across the way, there’s Jan Cook Mack’s much larger-scale portrait of Madeleine Kunin, looking authoritative yet friendly in her executive office, with a big bouquet in a porcelain vase beside her. “It’s interesting because it’s a very feminine depiction of Vermont’s first woman governor,” notes State Rep. Peter Peltz (D-Woodbury), perhaps the only member of the legislature who qualifies as something of an art connoisseur.

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Upstairs, George Washington presides over the House chamber. His august portrait, by Massachusetts artist George Gassner (1811-61), is the only painting in the room, and it would not be there today if either of two fateful moments had turned out differently.

Schutz notes that legislators deadlocked 15-15 on the question of whether to pay Gassner $500 for the work done in the style of popular American portraitist Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). The tie-breaking vote cast by Lieutenant Governor David Camp in 1837 resulted in the Washington portrait becoming the first work of art purchased by the state of Vermont. The painting would have been lost 20 years later, however,

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Less-dramatic preservation efforts continue today, with five Vermonters working to maintain the Statehouse’s textiles, furniture, accessories, works on paper and paintings. “The care of such a diverse and vast collection is ongoing,” notes Suki Fredericks, the paintings’ conservator. Her husband, James Maroney, a New York art dealer turned Brandon farmer, made the appraisal that elevated “The Quack Doctor” to the ranks of Vermont’s most valuable paintings.

What’s it like doing the people’s business in what amounts to a museum? “You can’t help but feel the history as you walk through there,” Rep. Peltz comments. A contemporary legislator would “have to be pretty obtuse not to notice our predecessors staring down at us from the Statehouse walls.” m

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The Woodbury Democrat earned a bachelor’s degree from Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Peltz’s two favorite Statehouse works are portraits of an obscure governor — Edward Smith, who served a single term at the end of the 19th century — and a better-remembered Republican, Ernest Gibson Jr., who held the office in the years immediately following World War II. Peltz finds Smith’s gaze intriguing. “It makes me really want to know that guy,” he says. Gibson, meanwhile, looks flyboy dashing in the uniform he wore as an intelligence officer in the South Pacific and later at the Pentagon.

Homie heroes, military and political alike, present themselves immediately to visitors entering the Statehouse.

Vermont’s two U.S. presidents, Chester Alan Arthur and Calvin Coolidge, are given pride of place. Nearby hang two U.S. admirals — Montpelier’s George Dewey, posed theatrically on the bridge

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The music Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero create is as difficult to define as their fan base is diverse. They spent their formative years honing their chops playing thrash metal in their native Mexico City, and rock and metal are still major, evident influences. They also have a Latin American flair — often inaccurately labeled flamenco, which is Spanish. Their music exhibits, and inspires, a worldly curiosity.

Last fall, Rodrigo y Gabriela released their third studio album, 11:11.

The record comprises 11 original compositions written in tribute to 11 individual artists who had a profound impact on the duo’s music. The honorees range from guitar visionaries Jimi Hendrix and Al Di Meola to lesser-known and less obvious influences, including experimental Mexican composer Jorge Reyes and jazz pianist Michel Camilo. The album succeeds in shedding light on the duo’s formative inspirations. But in doing so, it also deepens a mystery the two have been hard pressed to solve themselves: Which of those influences carry most weight?

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“That track has nothing to do with the music they play,” Sánchez says.

“Gab likes Megadeth, but she didn’t “But definitely they have inspired us.” feel as strongly about it,” he says.

In fact, Le Trio Joubran were the Quintero’s counter? Björk. unlikely inspiration for another song “I do respect Björk,” says Sánchez, on 11:11, “Atman,” Rodrigo y Gabriela’s “but I didn’t feel like she has inspired tribute to late Pantera lead guitarist me enough to write a track.” Similar Dimebag Darrell, who was shot and dialogues played out frequently as the killed onstage in 2004. pair struggled to trim the list. “That “The minor scales and Middle wasn’t a fun part,” Sánchez concedes. Eastern scales on that song, and in a “There were so many artists we left few others on the album, came from aside.” their music,” says Sánchez.

The album’s opening tracks, 11:11 is also notable for the introduc“Hanuman” and “Buster Voodoo,” pay tion of effects pedals into the Rodrigo homage to Mexican guitar god Carlos y Gabriela oeuvre. The most obvious Santana and Hendrix, respectively. example is, of course, the Hendrix Appropriately, the former is a fiery tune. But wah, flange and even distorLatin rock number. But the nods to tion effects are subtly interspersed Santana (the guitarist) are subtle. throughout the tracks. These sounds Quintero’s speedy, percussive rhyth- may jar listeners who have only exmic play emulates the fusion of rock perienced the pair’s previous studio and Latin syncopation pioneered by albums, which are almost virginally Santana (the band), while Sánchez’s acoustic. However, Sánchez points hyper-melodic licks are searing and out that they have been experimenting virtuosic, much like with effects pedals in those Carlos Santana concert for years. himself might play.

“It’s been part of It’s evocative without our setup for a long being derivative. time,” he says, and In contrast, adds that their expe“Buster Voodoo” is rience using pedals willful hero worship. live made it easier to It begins with a roillean on effects for this ing blues-rock line record. But do those clearly modeled on innovations suggest a Hendrix’s raunchy hidden desire to plug foundation riff from in once again and RoDRigo SáN chEz revisit their thrash“Voodoo Child.”

Later, Sánchez even metal roots? quotes that song’s iconic, wah-pedal“I have my guitar backstage and twisted opening phrase. (Go ahead, a little amplifier,” says Sánchez, and hum it aloud. You know you want to.) notes that he typically uses his elecSánchez and Quintero may have tric, a Gibson Les Paul, to warm up had to whittle down the number of before shows. He reveals he’s begun artists to honor on 11:11, but they cer- plotting an electric side project. tainly didn’t limit their scope when “It’s definitely going to happen,” he deciding how to approach each tune. vows.

“There were no rules,” says Sánchez won’t dish specific details Sánchez. He notes that some songs, of the new endeavor, saying only that such as “Hanuman,” were created “in it will involve friends he and Quintero the style of” a certain artist. Others, met in their travels, many of them like “Buster Voodoo,” are far more musicians they looked up to in their overt tributes. metal days. It’s easy to speculate that And still other songs on the album the group could contain Testament were written in homage to a specific lead guitarist Alex Skolnick, whose artist or group yet bear them no re- jazz-rock trio is supporting Rodrigo y semblance at all. Take, for example, Gabriela on their current tour, includthe surging “Hora Zero,” a paean ing their performance at the Flynn to Argentine tango composer Astor MainStage this Saturday.

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Floor manager at Leunig’s Bistro & Café

Freezing would be the correct word.

Every job has its positives and negatives. That’s one of the negatives.

Fortunately, it’s not that cold for that long in the winter.

What would you compare your job to?

[Cruise director] Julie McCoy from “The Love Boat.”

It’s pretty much science. It’s how long diners have already been there versus how many names are ahead of them for that size party versus how many reservations [are] already taken. It’s a lot of math.

What’s the longest someone’s ever waited for a table?

Four and a half hours. It was during Jazz Fest, when we don’t take reservations. So every single person, whether you’re a regular who’s been coming 30 years or a stranger who’s just come into town, had to wait in line.

Ever have to bounce a rowdy customer?

At Leunig’s? Not so far. But I have at other places.

Is it rude when people make reservations and then don’t show up?

It’s discourteous.

What’s the strangest cocktail you’ve ever made?

There was something with curdled cream. I don’t know what it was. It wasn’t here. It was brown liqueur and curdled cream. And I thought, You must have a cast-iron stomach.

Does your job have an element of theater?

It’s complete theater — and anyone who tells you otherwise is a liar. In theater, you always have to think on your feet. Yeah, it’s rehearsed. Yeah, it’s scripted. But when somebody messes up their line, you’ve got to cover for them, and it’s got to seem absolutely

Do you have a favorite restaurantthemed book or movie?

Waiter Rant. Read it. It’s hysterical. It’s 100 percent true. It takes place in the New York City metro area. It’s just a mess of collected stories that are [the author’s] and that were shared. I would never want to be in this business in New York.

What makes Burlington better?

The people here are much more real — infinitely more real. That’s one reason I left New York.m “Work” is a monthly interview feature showcasing a Vermonter with an interesting occupation. Suggest a job you would like to know more about: news@ sevendaysvt.com.

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What does a maître d’ do?

The maître d’ is the conductor of the orchestra, so you’re giving feedback to the kitchen and the servers and the guests. It’s really kind of a heady job.

You’re just trying to make people happy all the time. When your shift is nine hours, that’s a lot of happiness to try to spread around.

Do you get cold in winter standing by that door all the time?

Do you speak French?

Un peu. I took four years in high school.

flawless. A lot of people say the restaurant business is all smoke and mirrors.

It’s not. It’s really very transparent, as is a play. But what you don’t know as an audience member, you’re never supposed to know — because everybody on stage has done their job so well that you don’t know so-and-so forgot their lines.

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Greet and seat. I try to get everybody who comes through the door seated as quickly as possible. Remember those little square puzzles that had one little piece missing, and you had to move all the pieces around to get the picture? It’s like that. That puzzle never has an end, until the end of the night. But I love those puzzles, so for me, it’s a great job.

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onald Imgram has worked a dozen years in the restaurant business, but his theater degree from Skidmore also comes in handy during his shifts as floor manager at Leunig’s Bistro & Café in Burlington. With the busy Church Street restaurant as his stage, Imgram directs a cast of waitstaff, bartenders and bussers through fastpaced drama five days a week.

Leunig’s regulars know Imgram as the smiling maître d’ who greets them when they enter. His charm and years of experience may make the job look effortless, but restaurant work is a pressure cooker — especially at a place like Leunig’s, where presentation is paramount and the food has a reputation to uphold.

After college, Imgram worked at a New York City talent agency and flirted with studying interior design before heading north for the less hectic pace of New England. He landed in Burlington, bought into 135 Pearl, the now-defunct queer-friendly nightclub, and launched his career in the restaurant biz.

Imgram has worked in restaurants all over Chittenden County. He managed the Daily Planet before coming to Leunig’s four years ago. When he’s not on the job, he loves to garden in his yard.

Known for his out-loud fashion sense, Imgram didn’t disappoint on the day Seven Days chatted him up about his job: He wore a bright paisley shirt, smart slacks and alligator-skin shoes.

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TonyO Age: 45 Town: Williston Number of posts: 61 Job: Co-owner of Independent Vending.

“We used to have [a machine] in our house, but I have five kids, and they go crazy on it. There’s something magical about it to them.”

Bite Club member since: March 2, 2008.

Favorite restaurants: TonyO rattles off The Kitchen Table Bistro, Hen of the Wood at the Grist Mill, The Belted Cow Bistro, Trattoria Delia, L’Amante, Drunken Noodle House, Martone’s Market & Café, Little Garden Market, and Ramunto’s Brick Oven Pizza in Williston before “hitting a wall.”

Last meal request: “Three dozen oysters on the half shell, slow-smoked beef brisket, Vermont-grown corn on the cob, Vermont-grown tomatoes with Does’ Leap chèvre, a loaf of August First olive bread and a bottle of Owen Roe DuBrul Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon.

TonyO chafes at the cutesiness of the term “foodie.” But people who do use the word would say he fits the description perfectly.

From early childhood, TonyO says, he viewed dining out as “a pleasure and a reward.” That affection for food led him to a career in the restaurant business: He managed both Sirloin Saloon and Pizzeria Uno before starting Independent Vending.

TonyO’s Italian heritage informs his home cooking, which includes classics such as osso buco. He opines that Greater Burlington is curiously low on Italian restaurants: “I’ve never seen an area before where an Asian place opens practically every day, but you can only count the Italian ones on two hands.”

What motivates him to post on 7 Nights? TonyO says he puts on his critic hat whenever he visits a new restaurant or has a dining experience that impresses him very favorably — or the opposite.

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n today’s food-obsessed culture, even your grandmother probably knows her prosciutto from her pancetta. A glut of culinary magazines, TV shows and, of course, blogs has made non-food professionals conversant with topics ranging from molecular gastronomy to proper plating techniques.

And, in the electronic age, we’ve all got opinions, and we can vent on message boards and review sites, such as the Seven Days food forum and 7 Nights.

Of course, not everyone thinks these “citizen critics” should have free rein to label a business trash or treasure.

Professional journalists routinely blast the amateur arbiters, and restaurant owners worry that the voices of a few negative Nellies could make or break them. Why should anyone trust an anonymous critic without credentials? they ask.

But the line between online commenters and professional food writers can be crossed — I should know. (I posted my first 7 Nights comment in the summer of 2006, two years before I became part of the Seven Days staff.) Anyone who regularly reads 7 Nights comments will notice a cadre of frequent posters with a passion for food and consistent patterns in their evaluations — just like any professional tastemaker.

To make these citizen critics less mysterious, we decided to interview seven of them and find out what guides their tastes, without lifting the veil of anonymity that allows them to dine out incognito. A couple of these posters have more than 60 comments each to their names, while others have been noticeably eloquent but less prolific. We call them by their screen names, which sometimes coincide with their real names and sometimes don’t.

can be, he often revisits restaurants that he previously panned.

Last week, for instance, he gave Burlington’s Bluebird Tavern another shot. When it opened last July, TonyO predicted the property would be “vacant soon.” This time, he was thoroughly impressed and ended up praising the Tuesday pub nights online. TonyO says he considers the spot a new favorite that embodies his personal food motto: “For those of us fortunate enough to eat beyond the need for survival, there is no greater pleasure than sharing a meal among friends and family.”

Cat Woodward Age: 26 Town: Winooski Number of posts: 55 Job: By day, Woodward works for the University of Vermont’s Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program. By night, she skates up a storm as a Green Mountain Derby Dame known as “Frag Doll.”

Bite Club member since: February 18, 2006.

Favorite restaurant: Michael’s on the Hill.

“L’Amante is pretty decent as well.”

Best restaurant meal in Vermont: “One of the reasons I keep going back to Michael’s is in search of honey pears with foie gras and brioche that I once had there. That was amazing.”

Not all of 7 Nights’ most active commenters are lifers in the food biz. In college, says Woodward, she actively avoided waitressing as a source of income.

Recently engaged, she leaves the cooking to her fiancé, though she says she likes baking for its predictability.

How did she learn to love fine dining?

As a native of northern Virginia, “I grew up on the standard American packaged food,” says Woodward. “So when I got out into the world and realized it could be better, I kind of went all in.”

Woodward misses the “good, cheap Mexican food” and Indian restaurants of her hometown, but says she has no desire to open a restaurant herself. If she did, the “hardcore breakfast lover” would like to own a morning pastry place along the lines of Mirabelles or Chef’s Corner in Williston.

As a reviewer, Woodward says, she is “more likely to rant than rave.” Her comments certainly bear that out: She’s called dishes at A Single Pebble “mushy” and let fly some choice critiques. Woodward says she even surprises herself when she’s driven to comment positively on a place, noting, “I must really like ’em!”

Miss Molly Age: 32 Town: South Burlington Number of posts: 19 Job: Artist Bite Club member since: March 27, 2006.

Favorite restaurant: Pho Dang. “I love Vietnamese food, and I’ve always found Pho Dang to be friendly, inexpensive and delicious.”

On her worst restaurant meal: “It was like they pulled someone in off the street and paid them $5 to cover a shift. It was a puddle of room-temperature grease.”

With her tattoos, her encyclopedic knowledge of zombie movies and her affinity for corsets, it’s hard to imagine Miss Molly growing up on a farm in Waterville. But she did, and, after completing her high school requirements early, enrolled in the culinary program at Burlington Technical Center.

Nowadays, as a starving artist, Miss Molly considers eating out a luxury.

Before she does, she always checks 7 Nights, then returns and posts a review to return the favor. Most of her posts are positive, and she says she hopes they inspire others to patronize local restaurants.

When she cooks at home, Molly’s favorite dishes include meat-free Asian entrées and the Italian comfort food her boyfriend craves. She’d like to buy local produce, she notes, but the cost can be prohibitive. “It’s really hard that people say you can’t afford not to,” she says. “It’s not like I’m using that money to take my yacht out or go on vacation.”

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everyone’s a critic

To whet your appetite, this issue of Seven Days digs into the subject of food. More and more, local eaters are going public about their palates. Alice Levitt sought out seven “citizen reviewers” who post critiques on our 7 Nights website and discovered what drives them to praise — or knock — an eatery.

For advice on what makes a useful online review, we turned to Lara Dickson, owner of graphic- and web-design biz Deep Dish Creative.

Suzanne Podhaizer spoke with two out-of-state gourmets visiting for Restaurant Week: Chef Rob Evans, who will appear on Saturday’s panel, and fromager Tia Keenan, the artist behind what promises to be the most unusual cheese pairing the state has ever seen. Both are big fans of Vermont’s culinary culture.

Want more? Andy Bromage commandeered a table at “Vermont restaurant central” — Leunig’s Bistro — so he could interview the maître d’.

A meaty insert provides detailed menus for each participating restaurant, as well as a full calendar of Restaurant Week events.

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But don’t think the classy musical background has given RudigerVT pretensions when it comes to food. True, he says his best meal ever was at the

The concept has taken off in hip food cities such as Seattle and New York City. We couldn’t let the land of artisan cheese, microbreweries and community-supported agriculture be last to the table.

What does Vermont Restaurant Week mean for diners?

At Junior’s Italian in Colchester, 15 bucks could buy you a salad, spaghetti and meatballs, and cannoli. At Café Shelburne, $35 could get you mussels in puff pastry, duck confit with potato gratin and chocolate fondant with pistachio crème anglaise.

But there’s more to it than gorging on delicious dishes.

At The Essex: Vermont’s Culinary Resort & Spa, a panel discussion of local and imported luminaries digs into what makes Vermont products and restaurants special — and what opportunities we’re missing.

What’s dinner without a movie? The Food & Wine Film Festival at Merrill’s Roxy Cinema should give diners plenty to chew on with showings of the documentaries Fresh and Food, Inc., as well as foodie-friendly fiction films.

Other events help food lovers expand their tastes along with their perspectives: a wine dinner at 156 Bistro in Burlington, a spread of craft beer and gastropub fare at Montpelier’s Three Penny Taproom, and a pairing of artisan cheeses with unique condiments at The Essex.

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Age: 45 Town: Burlington Number of posts: 6 Job: As a UVM faculty member, teaches Psych 101 to 1300 students every year.

Bite Club member since: April 28, 2007.

Favorite restaurants: The Inn at Shelburne Farms and One Federal.

What Vermont restaurants do wrong: “I’ve had some Mexican food in this part of the country that fails miserably as Mexican. Then there are times it just fails as food.”

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ne day it’s snowing; the next day half the population of Burlington is dining al fresco on Church Street. What better time to call attention to Vermont restaurants? This week, Seven Days publishes its annual dining guide, 7 Nights. Next week, from May 14 to 20, the paper presides over the state’s first Vermont Restaurant Week.

More than 50 area restaurants — from St. Johnsbury to St. Albans — are offering prix-fixe deals in an effort to make dining an affordable adventure for everyone.

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But now, says RudigerVT, he most often patronizes One Federal in St. Albans for its “flawless comfort food.” His partner doesn’t like “high-stakes dining,” so other frequent haunts include Clover House Restaurant and Rozzi’s Lakeshore Tavern, both in Colchester.

When it comes to opulent meals, RudigerVT is more likely to prepare his own. His mother, who’s in the restaurant supply business, has set him up with quite a collection of professional equipment, he notes, including an industrial mixer. It comes in handy for his dinner parties, at which he says he loves to send out “lots of courses,” all paired with wine.

When he posts reviews, says RudigerVT, he tends to keep his parents in mind; both worked in the food business while he was growing up. Mean or overly negative comments are out. “It’s a horrible business, just ghastly,” he says.

“I have a lot of respect for people willing to take the plunge.”

VTRedhead Age: 40 town: Starksboro Number of posts: 43 Job: Listing coordinator for Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Bite club member since: July 18, 2008 Favorite restaurant: Starry Night Café culinary inspiration: “Barefoot Contessa” host Ina Garten. “I love the way she enjoys food so much and puts her heart into her recipes.”

Not all food lovers love all foods. Just ask VTRedhead. She dines out frequently at a wide variety of restaurants, but manages to avoid all flesh but fish. What she misses in meat, this diner makes up for by trying unique cocktails. She recently discovered the enormous drink menu at Parima and gloried in the range of Hurricanes. On another occasion, she ventured to try every mixed drink at Starry Night Café.

“That was more of a Scary Night,” she jokes.

Despite her general avoidance of dead animals, VTRedhead admits she’d like her last meal to be foie gras. “Here I am a pescatarian, but that’s my weakness. If there were some here right now, I would eat it,” she says.

Don’t expect to see foie gras as an offering when VTRedhead starts her catering business this summer. Her specialty is soup. With each broth she prepares, she’ll include creative muffins, such as a smoked-gouda-and-sundried-tomato one she recently tested. Customers of Katy Blue Catering can also anticipate “decadent, sinful desserts” following their healthy, meat-free meals.

DanielS Age: 38 town: Burlington Number of posts: 68 Job: Category supply management analyst at Ben & Jerry’s. “I do purchases for raw materials on products we’re about to launch.”

Bite club member since: February 1, 2008.

Favorite restaurants: Leunig’s Bistro, American Flatbread and The Green Room. “Those three are pretty reliable.”

Earliest food memories: Gefilte fish, matzoh ball soup, egg creams and making Italian sodas at home.

DanielS says he grew up eating well — and often out. In his native Manhattan, he jokes, “There are people who live in

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Now DanielS views his 7 Nights reviews as a way of sharing his wealth of dining experience. “With the abundance of good restaurants we have in Burlington, it’s silly for anyone to pay for an unsatisfying meal,” he says. DanielS calls the service “the TripAdvisor of food” and says it’s made him avoid chain restaurants he once frequented. Following his lead, even his young children now turn up their noses at the mention of Denny’s or IHOP, he claims.

Though DanielS enjoys local food — he gardens at home and has enrolled his family in a CSA for two summers — he’s not jumping on the localvore bandwagon.

Online, he has called Hen of the Wood at the Grist Mill to task for being “a bit selfrighteous” — and, he notes now, he finds nothing wrong with craving an orange in February. “I understand why people are part of the localvore movement,” he says, “but people shouldn’t be made to feel guilty if they’re not.”

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A social-media expert offers her recipe for a useful restaurant review

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Have you ever gone online to read restaurant reviews before making a decision about where to go for dinner? Millions of others have, and for good reason. Folks tend to trust the opinions of their peers and like-minded consumers more than any advertising message.

If Ms. Jones found a particular resto a great choice for brunch, but not so much for business meetings, that’s good information for others looking for the same.

There’s a host of national restaurantreview websites that offer information on past experiences by patrons … And don’t forget local hubs like 7 Nights … It’s where natives go to find out what other ones think.

Before you begin wildly tapping into your smartphone or covertly whispering into a lavalier mic at the table, let’s go over what makes a truly useful restaurant review.

Provide relevant information What’s the restaurant’s name? Where is it located (especially if there are several

locations)? Are reservations needed, and if so, was yours honored within a reasonable amount of time? Is there outdoor seating?

A fireplace? A view? A bar or lounge?

Local procurement? A killer wine list or microbrew selection? Is it kid friendly? Is there a “happy hour”?

Type of cuisine Does the menu live up to what’s advertised?

What did you have? What can you recommend? What should people steer clear of, and why? Do you find the food too salty, sweet, bland or off in any way?

Remember, taste is in the buds of the eater — so, if you’re not into oysters but order a couple anyway, don’t hold your experience against the establishment.

Quality for the price Do you feel you got your money’s worth for the entire meal? Plenty of food for a doggie bag, or not enough for a mouse? Take into consideration freebies such as bread, condiments, refills and fortune cookies: all the little things that make a meal feel complete, yet aren’t itemized on the check.

Mention good and bad price points (hopefully there aren’t any bad ones). No need to list actual prices, but a sense of budget is helpful. For instance, “Perfect spot for a cheap date” or “You’ll empty your wallet, but it’s worth every bite.”

Service Aside from details about the food, the quality of service is probably the most useful info you can provide to future patrons. Describe your experience, from reservation or host stand to check delivery and farewell. Did you see the chef out on the floor chatting with diners? Were you rushed from course to course or interrupted more than necessary by the server? Was your table maintained at a good pace (water refilled, surface crumbed, dishes cleared at the appropriate moments)? Give praise when earned and offer hints on how the resto could have done better, if needed.

Atmosphere How was the lighting? Noise level? Music?

Artwork? Was the dining area clean and inviting? Were seats, tables and dinnerware in good repair? Did the atmosphere make you feel comfortable and welcome?

Before you post your review, it’s a good idea to visit a place a couple of times. But if you feel your experience was so review worthy it just can’t wait, by all means post it.

It’s also a good idea to check your facts, lest a fellow reviewer be inspired to call you out on a minor detail.

What not to write (1) If you own or manage a restaurant, don’t

review it. Fake reviews can be sniffed out a mile away.

And, while review websites can be a thorn in a biz owner’s side, they can also offer tips on how she’s getting it right or how he can better execute service … from a customer’s perspective. Take advantage of that aspect, and respond accordingly.

(2) Don’t give bogus information. Unless there really was a fly in the soup, don’t slander a place because you have an ax to grind or were slighted by the busboy. If there is a fly in the soup, or any other major snafu, by all means bring it to the attention of the staff while you’re still there — they really do want to please their customers.

Once you’ve left and posted a review, it may be too late for them to resolve the issue in a timely way.

(3) Don’t be a potty mouth.

Sharpen your online pencils!

Don’t wait for Vermont Restaurant Week to get reviewing — plug a few of your fave places to see how it works, and then dig in for a couple of truly useful write-ups that will benefit others in your community.

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I grew up thinking I would be an artist.

My initial [college] concentration was in graphic art and printmaking, but when I went to art school I thought it was, frankly, too bullshitty. I found the

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How has your background in art and the media informed your approach to cuisine?

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What draws me to food is what drew me to writing and painting. Food is another way of communicating, and it’s a way I really love because there’s something populist about it: You’re communicating using a medium that’s essential to people’s survival.

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rowing up in a working-class town on the South Shore of Long Island in the 1980s, Tia Keenan ate all the cheeses one might expect: Muenster, American and cheddar from the Cracker Barrel.

Fast-forward a few decades. Keenan, 34, has established some serious cheese cred. Once a self-described “super-picky kid,” she now makes a living introducing people to everything from smears of fresh, delicate curd to wedges of stinking, oozing washed rind. Her signature is matching the country’s finest artisan offerings with handmade, seasonal condiments: Think mascarpone with a licorice-cranberry spritzer or a piece of nutty sheep cheese with a coffee marshmallow.

Keenan got into the cheese biz via French cuisine. While working at a restaurant called Fleur de Sel, she was called on to source fromage for one of the eatery’s investors and regular customers, who preferred it to sweet desserts. Later, with plenty of sampling under her belt, she was hired to establish and run what she calls a “very classic, Eurocentric” cheese program at The Modern, an upscale restaurant located inside New York’s Museum of Modern Art. In 2006, Keenan helped a friend open a small Manhattan restaurant and wine bar called Casellula Cheese and Wine Café, where she had carte blanche to develop her unique style. There she experimented with artistic cheese plates on which each slab or scoop had its own appropriate accompaniment. She likens this bite-sized approach to the making of perfect, jewellike pieces of sushi.

Now a consultant and educator with a new restaurant in the works, Keenan is pondering ways to push America’s relationship with cheese to a new level, a concept she refers to as “Cheese 3.0.”

On Wednesday, May 19, at The Essex: Vermont’s Culinary Resort & Spa, the extraordinary fromager will walk 50 lucky Vermonters through a pairing of eight local cheeses with some of her uncommon condiments. We decided to ask her what inspires them.

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curiosity, what we might call childlike qualities. There isn’t a spiritual life with food in this country — we eat a lot of processed foods that are really disconnected from nature.

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I’ve always been interested in the aesthetic of sushi. I once went to Masa as a guest. There were three sushi chefs, including Masa himself. Each was making sushi for two people, and they were synchronized — they would all slice the fish or put on the wasabi at the same time. I was literally almost crying, thinking, This is so beautiful … Martha Graham would have liked this. It was sushi ballet.

A big part of the experience was looking at the color and the geometry of [each item] before eating it, and I remember thinking, This is what my work aspires to. I want people to look at it and have questions about it before they eat it.

I want it to be a visual experience, and I want some mysticism there.

What compels you to eat cheese in a restaurant?

If there’s a cheese I haven’t had, I’ll definitely order it, but that’s rarer and rarer.

If I see something I really love that I haven’t had in a while, I’ll want to retaste it. Or if I think it’s going to be an interesting plate. But I eat too much cheese in my creative work life to really eat much at the hands of other people. My cheese fantasy world exists in my own head. I don’t see much else that compels me. cheese whiz

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Income requirements: 1 person less than $31,740/yr.; 2 people combined less than $36,300; 3 people combined less than $40,800. EHO ADA. Info: Keen’s Crossing, 802-655-1810.

BURLINGTON 2-BR 10/12/09 3:45:55 PM $900/mo. New renovation. All-new appliances. High ceilings. Convenient downtown location. Gas range & heat. On-site, tenant-only laundromat currently under construction. Assigned off-street parking.

802-658-3053.

Burlington 3-BR apt. close to Church St. & UVM. W/D. Dep. Avail. Jun. 1. $1800/mo. Ron, 802-985-1463.

classifieds Burlington Avail. June 1. Bright & spacious upscale 5-BR apt. in Hill Section.

Natural woodwork, 2.5-BA, high-end kitchen, quiet safe location, parking, heat, W/D. Please NS/pets.

Refs. req. $3500/mo.

802-658-8056.

Burlington Avail. Jun. 1. Upper Maple St. Lg. 1-BR apts.

Clean, lots of windows, private porch, eat-in kitchen, shaded treed lot, parking, coin-op, heat/HW. NS/pets.

Refs. 1st floor, $1170/ mo. 3rd floor, $980/mo.

Studio404@comcast. net, 658-8056.

Burlington 3-BR Apt. All-new flooring! HDWD & carpet throughout.

Off-street parking.

Credit refs. required.

Sec. dep. No pets. $1000/mo. + utils.

316-7326.

Burlington 3-BR Duplex Lg., remodeled, So. End 5 Sisters neighborhood.

Backyard. Winter lease avail. No pets. Dep. $1500/mo. incl. water, trash, winter parking.

802-660-8957.

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housing ads: $20 (25 words) legals: 42¢/word buy this stuff: free online services: $12 (25 words) Burlington 4-BR house Isham St. Exceptionally clean, unfurnished, central to UVM & downtown, spacious, parking. No pets. Dep. Utils. not incl. 2 lg. LRs, entrance way, ample storage, full basement. Avail. 6/1.

Ray, 802-233-2991 or 802-878-7800.

Burlington, Buell St. Avail. July 1. 2-BR. $1010/mo. incl. heat, HW. W/D. NS/pets.

Neville Companies Inc. 802-862-0208 x1030. www.nevilleco.com.

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Burlington, Buell St. Avail. May 1. Private room w/ common BA. W/D. NS/pets. $410/ mo. incl. all utils.

Neville Companies Inc. aplaydon@nevilleco. com. www.nevilleco. com.

Burlington, Buell St. 1-BR Avail. June 1. $825/mo. incl. heat, HW. NS/pets.

Neville Companies Inc. aplaydon@nevilleco. com. www.nevilleco. com.

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Winooski Roommates wanted to Burlington, N. share lg., fully furnished Willard St. house. All utils. incl. W/ Avail. June 1. Studio, in 10 min. to all colleges.

HDWD. No dogs. $715/ 2.5-BA, W/D, parking, lg. mo. incl. heat, HW. back deck, on bus line.

Neville Companies Inc. No pets. Rent individuaplaydon@nevilleco. ally or w/ friends. Year com, www.nevilleco. lease or summer sublet com. avail. $650-$700/ mo. per person + dep.

Openings 6/1 & 7/1.

802-863-9612.

Montpelier apt. in friendly neighborhood Quiet, clean, sunny, 1-BR, screened-in porch, off-street parking. W/D, storage. Avail. June 1-Dec. 31. 5 min. walk to downtown, parks, Statehouse, restaurants, more. $900/mo. + utils. 802-488-4685.

Newly Renovated 4-BR 2 BAs, LR, DR, full kitchen, W/D, HW, heat, elec., lease or lease to own, 2 mi. west of Rt. 100 & I-89. $1800/mo.

802-238-0679.

Spacious 1-BR Apt. HDWD throughout.

Sunporch, private backyard, off-street parking, W/D. NS/pets.

Charlotte 2-BR 1-yr. lease. $760/mo.

Spear St. 21 11/2/09 minutes2:59:21 PM + utils. Avail. May 15. from Burlington. Quiet, burlingtonvtapt@gmail. attractive duplex. com.

NS. $975/mo. + utils.

802-425-2209.

Upper Maple St. 2nd-floor efficiency Extraordinary 3-BR Move in 6/1, refurbished w/ shared BA. Clean, quiet, bright, parking, 3+2, lg. BRs, parking, private yard, utils. incl., W/D. Just 3 units on W/D. NS/pets. Refs. req. property. Convenient Avail. now. 802-658yet private Burlington 8056. location. $1575/mo.

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Walk to UVM, 3-BR $1300 Burlington, lg., clean, bright, full BA, W/D, DW. Private entrance w/ porch. On bus line. NS, small pets negotiable.

Owner managed. 802897-5625.

Waterbury Avail.

Mid-May Lg. 1-BR on ground floor of quiet building.

Great shape. Off-street parking. NS/pets. $675/ mo. Call John evenings, 802-863-2959.

Winooski Lg. (1300 sq.ft) bright duplex apt. 2-BR, 6 rooms, 2 levels in historic home. Newly painted, new heating system, yard, off-street parking, porch. Bus stop, walk to St. Mikes, CCV, UVM, hospital.

Refs., dep., lease. $1100/ mo. + utils. no pets. Bill, 802-655-0407.

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Essex Jct. Quiet family neighborhood, W/D hookups on 1st flr., full basement. Near bus & IBM. Condo dues $113. Completely updated. Must see. $ 175,000. 802-865-2010.

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Recently updated 3/22/10 1-BR FSBO-bonniegannon-041410.indd 4:31:41 PM 1 condo with washer & dryer in unit. Association dues include heat & hot water.

One underground parking spot included. Pet friendly association with pool. $127,900. 802-578-8667.

1900+ sq.ft. condo4/12/10 w/ lots 5:02:51 PM of bonus storage, ample closet space, walk-in pantry, attached garage, full deck w/ a retractable awning.

Premier location, conveniently located near S. Burlington’s award winning schools, FAHC, Fairpoint, UVM, Champlain College and Downtown. $248,800.

802-860-6410

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In the middle of nature 3/29/10 -FSBO-Jcota042810.indd 12:28:23 PM 1 contemporary colonial. 9’ ceilings and maple flooring.

Two full bathrooms, one half. Three bedrooms.

Quiet neighborhood with children. $450,000.

802-324-3679, forsaleonmansfielddrive@ gmail.com.

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4/26/10 5:11:30 PM Charming 3-BR, 2-BA. Quiet neighborhood. Huge master suite, lg. closets. Patio, deck, shed, dry basement, gas wood stove, gas oven/range. New: furnace, siding, windows, roof, kitchen, maple hardwood floors. 802-735-2567, http:// www.58pennington.com $242,000.

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Charming 1920s home 4/12/10FSBO-JasonBarron033110.indd 5:00:03 PM 1 (3-BR, 1-BA) with 1 car garage, beautiful woodwork, slate roof, large fenced yard. Close to Burlington, UVM and Fletcher Allen. $225,000. More info? http://www.postlets.com/ res/3736794 or contact: Jesse Suter, 802-503-5135, jesse.suter@uvm.edu.

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RIVERVIEW, RICHMOND 2-BR mobile home, very nice, HDWD floor LR, eat-in kitchen, 2-door refrigerator, cathedral ceiling, gas heat, deck, shed. Financing possible. Sale after divorce. $30,500. Info: 802-253-8841.

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This 2 bedroom end unit condo at the end of a culde-sac comes with updates and is great to come home to! Neighbors are quiet and easy to get along with. Within walking distance to Essex Junction center, recreation park and school. $177,500.

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2 ROOMS AVAIL. JUNE 1 In quiet, artistic household. $333/mo. incl. elec. & water, 1/3 utils. incl. gas & Internet.

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Great South Burlington 5/3/10FSBO-Katarina042810indd 5:17:47 PM 1 Location. Contemporary home, great open floorplan for entertaining, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, in-ground pool.

Must see to appreaciate all the unique features! $299,000. 802-233-0321.

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BURLINGTON BURLINGTON/1 5/3/10 FSBO-PatriceRooney-031010.indd 12:54:03 PM WINOOSKI 68A S. Willard St. Roommates wanted to Furnished basement share lg., fully furnished room. Graduate house. All utils. incl. student/professional Within 10 min. to all preferred. 1.5-BA, W/D, colleges. 2.5-BA, W/D, kitchen, parking. NS. parking, lg. back deck, Artistic & intellectual environment. $545/mo. on bus line. No pets. incl. utils. 802-660-7172 Rent individually or w/ friends. Year lease or or 802-598-7423. Avail. summer sublet avail.

June 1. $650-$700/mo. per person + dep. Openings BURLINGTON ROOM FOR RENT 6/1 & 7/1. 802-863-9612.

Looking for healthconscious, quiet, HOMESHARE RICHMOND AREA respectable, responActive elderly sible individual. Shared kitchen & BA. $500/mo. gentleman w/ memory problems needs NS 802-881-7606. couple to live in separate 1-BR apt., avail.

NO BANKS NEEDED!

1800 sq.ft. 3 bedrooms, 4/26/10 210:56:32 AM baths. DSL & Dish. Minutes to skiing, snowmobiling, hiking and river. Easy commute to Burlington area. 1/2 acre and lg. barn. $225,900.

Patti or Dan 802-644-2760 or 802-238-0961.

a challenge in winter & early July. Rent-free in spring.

Serious inquiries exchange for evening 3/8/10 FSBO-PaulJenne033110.indd 2:48:44 PM only, please. 802-434caregiving: Sundays 2821.

9 p.m. to bedtime w/ assistance as needed PEACEFUL LAKESIDE until 5 a.m. MondaysHOUSE Thursdays start at 8 Beautiful suburban p.m., ending 5 a.m. oasis for neat, mature Winter maintenance of professional or student. walk, & small-dog care.

Option for paid weekend Your kids welcome. Lg., sunny, private BA, storcaregiving. Must age. Near Burlington, be flexible, patient, IBM, bike path. Refs., dependable, w/ interest deposit. $600/mo. & preferably skills in 802-288-6737. working w/ elders.

Pets on approval. If QUIET JERICHO HOME gentleman moves, apt.

SHARE will become a rental.

Beautiful 3-BR to share Beautiful country w/ 2 others. Retreat-like setting w/ pond, X-C ski environment w/ pool, trails & garden space. vegetable garden Steep dirt road can be space. Walking/bike

Offering owner-carry financing with $10K down on beautiful newer colonial style home in Milton. 3-BR, 2.5-BA in great neighborhood. Lease/option also available. No credit needed!

802-310-8927.

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ROOMMATE WANTED IN MILTON Looking for mature roommate to share 3-BR, 1-BA rental.

Asking $600/mo. incl. utils. RWyman2010@ gmail.com.

SUNNY ROOM IN BURLINGTON Looking for NS, cat-loving professional woman for nice room in 2-BR condo. Room has some furniture.

Located near Oakledge Park, convenient to downtown. $575/mo.

802-865-2447.

WINOOSKI 3/25/10 12:34:44 PM 2 rooms for rent in 3-BR apt. $550/mo. incl. rent, phone, Internet, cable, gas & electric.

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3 bedroom, 2 bath,4/19/10 14x70 FSBO-RobynBahar-042810.indd 3:12:17 PM 1 mobile home set up in a small park. Includes appliances, 10x13 deck, 10x10 shed and 275 gallon oil tank. $43,900.

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On April 13, 2010, Allen Road Land Co., filed application #4C1232 for a Project generally described as: the construction of thirty residential units in four new three story buildings, retain one existing residence, construct 600 lf of new road, construct three carport structures.

All residences with municipal sewer and water services. The Project is located on Hinesburg Road in the City of South Burlington, 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 South Burlington 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 18, 2010, 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

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 18, 2010.

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 19th day of April 2010.

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 23, 2010, Champlain Oil Company, Inc. and O’Brien Brothers Partnership, filed application #4C0648-31 for a Project generally described as: the construction of a two-story office building, storage and maintenance buildings and a fleet fueling facility on Lots #30 & #31 of Production Park. The Project is located on Marshall Avenue 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 18, 2010, 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 18, 2010.

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, 2010.

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 December 21, 2009, Euro West Retail Partners Limited, filed application #4C0608-28 for a Project generally described as:

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Fill was removed from a stormwater pond improvement project at Parcel A of the Lang Farm subdivision. The Project is located on Freeman Woods in the Town of Essex, Vermont.

The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications.

Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Essex Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources 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 18, 2010, 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 18, 2010.

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 19th day of April 2010.

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 21, 2010, The Big Three, LLC filed application #4C1025-3 for a project generally described as: The construction of two, two-bedroom duplexes (four units) on the Catamount Golf Club property off of Mountain View Road in Williston, 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 Williston Town Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Suite 202, Winooski, and the office listed below.

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

No hearing will be held unless, on or before Friday, May 21, 2010, 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

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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 Friday, May 21, 2010.

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

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 26th day of April, 2010.

By /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie.monaghan@state.vt.us FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION – Installation and Maintenance That Chapter 13, Fire Protection and Prevention, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Sec. 13-54 thereof to read as follows: Sec. 13-54. Installation and maintenance.

The cost of any connection to the municipal fire alarm system, as well as all other costs due to the installation of any master box, shall be borne by the party installing the system. All installation and maintenance work on a master box and/or alarm system shall be performed by state-licensed fire alarm installers and shall be subject to the approval of the fire marshal. An initial connection fee of $450 $550 shall be paid

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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.

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to the City by the owner of the property upon which the master box or alarm system is installed for the computer programming and signal strength testing by the City’s alarm technician which is required to connect the Master Radio Call Box (MRCB) to the Burlington Emergency Communication Center (BECC) . A reprogramming fee of $150 shall be paid by the owner for any modification to an existing MRCB that requires reprogramming and testing by the City’s alarm technician. Any additional work required on the MRCB system other than those specified in the City’s alarm technician’s MRCB programming guide shall be subject to a charge of $75/hr of the City’s alarm technician’s time.

It shall be the property owner’s responsibility to maintain the master box on his premises in working condition and good repair at all times. *Material stricken out deleted. *Material underlined added.

IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Burlington, as follows: That Chapter 13, Fire Protection and Prevention, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending the proposed Ordinance Amendment of Sec. 13-54 approved by the Ordinance Committee on February 9, 2010 and referred back to the City Council for Second Reading and Adoption to additionally include the amendment of Sec. 13-58 thereof to read as follows:

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Sec. 13-58. Annual fee.

An annual fee shall be charged to the property owner in the amount of five hundred fifty dollars ( $550.00) for each master box connected to the municipal fire alarm system. This charge will be assessed and collected annually, due in pro rata amount upon the effective date of this division and the first day of July thereafter. An administrative charge and/ or interest shall be assessed for payments not received within thirty (30) days of the invoice from the department.

Service calls by the fire marshal during normal working hours shall be included in this charge.

Failure to pay the annual fees in the time required is a violation punishable under section 13-20(a). amended 04/26/10 LO 1st reading: 01/25/10; referred to the Ordinance Committee 2nd reading: 04/26/10 Action: Adopted; Amended

Date: 04/26/10 Published: 05/05/10 Effective: 05/26/10 Request for Proposals The City of Winooski requests proposals from qualified parties to develop a project to deploy photovoltaic arrays on several City properties, including, but not limited to: City Hall; the O’Brien Community Center; the Public Works building; the Fire Station; and at the Waste Water Treatment Facility. The goal of the project is to help the City reduce its electrical costs, have long –term energy cost stability, and to be a model for Vermont of practical alternative energy generation.

Proposals should include a scope of work with a timeframe. The proposal shall provide a draft of terms and conditions of a contract, an estimated price per kWh, an estimated fair market value sale price, and details as to the potential savings resulting from the proposed work.

Interested parties should submit their proposal by hand, mail, or electronically before 3:00 PM, May 20, 2010.

A contractor will be selected on May 24, 2009.

All who have submitted proposals will be notified on that date. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal.

All questions related to this RFP and the proposals should be addressed to Mr. J. Ladd, Winooski Community Development Department Director, City Hall, 27 West Allen Street, Winooski, VT 05404. The telephone number is 802 655 6410 extension 20. The email address is jladd@onioncity.com.

The City of Winooski is an equal opportunity provider.

STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1006-09 CnC

Bank of America, National Association as Successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-HE5, Plaintiff, v Robert E. Bordeaux and Amy L. Landry, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Aegis Lend-

ing Corporation, and Any Other Occupants of 1220 East Street, Huntington, Vermont, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed dated January 12, 2007 from Robert E. Bordeaux and Amy L. Landry to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation. Said Mortgage Deed was recorded on February 6, 2007 in Volume 93, Pages 109-118 of the Town of Huntington Land Records. The subject Promissory Note and Mortgage were assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as Nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation to Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders, Series 2007-HE5, by an Assignment dated August 4, 2009 and recorded on August 7, 2009 in Volume 99, Page 427 of the Town of Huntington Land Records.

The undersigned represents the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same which will be sold at Public Auction at 8:30 o’clock AM, on the 18th day of May, A.D. 2010, at the subject premises of 1220 East Street, Huntington, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage will be sold as a whole.

To wit: “The land referred to in this Commitment is situated in the State of VT, County of CHITTENDEN and is described as follows: “A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF HUNTINGTON, IN THE COUNTY OF CHITTENDEN AND STATE OF VERMONT, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIZ: BEING ALL AND THE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO CORPORATE RELOCATION SERVICES BY WARRANTY DEED OF CRIAG [sic] D. MARTIN AND KARIN A. MARTIN DATED AUGUST 11, 2005, OF RECORD IN VOLUME 88 AT PAGE 682-683 OF THE TOWN OF HUNTINGTON LAND RECORDS. SAID PROPERTY BEING DESCRIBED THEREIN AS FOLLOWS: “A PARCEL OF LAND, WITH NEWLY BUILT DWELLING LOCATED

THEREON, SAID PARCEL AND DWELLING SITUATED ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF EAST STREET, SO-CALLED, IN THE TOWN OF HUNTINGTON, AND HAVING FRONTAGE THEREON AND REAR LINE OF 250 FEET, MORE OR LESS, AND A UNIFORM DEPTH OF 425 FEET, MORE OR LESS. Terms of Sale: Purchaser at the sale shall pay cash or certified funds, or produce a commitment letter from a bank or mortgage company or other lender licensed to do business in the State of Vermont at the time of the sale for the amount of the winning bid. In any case the winning bidder shall be required to produce $10,000.00 (tenthousand dollars) cash or certified funds at the close of auction as the deposit against the sale.

The sale will be subject to the Confirmation Order of the Chittenden Superior Court. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid property taxes and town/city assessments, if any. In the event the auction terms are confirmed by the Superior Court aforesaid, and the winning bidder is unwilling or unable consummate the sale, the deposit shall be forfeit. In the event the sale is not confirmed the deposit will be returned without interest.

APPROVAL OF 2010 PARKS & RECREATION BOAT SLIP FEES AS REVISED In the year Two Thousand Ten Resolved by the City Council of the City of Burlington, as follows: That WHEREAS, City Code of Ordinances, Appendix D, Rules & Regulations of the Burlington Parks & Recreation Department (Parks Rules), Section 2(B)(8) provides that the season’s docking permit rates shall be set annually by the Parks & Recreation Commission and approved by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Parks & Recreation Commission and Finance Board have reviewed the proposed 2010 fees and approved the recommendation of the Parks & Recreation Department; and WHEREAS, the City Council passed a resolution on February 22, 2010, approving Dockage Rates as set forth within the resolution but, due to clerical error, the Dockage Rates listed were from an earlier proposed version and were not, in fact, the rates which had been approved by the Board of Finance at its meeting on February 8, 2010; and WHEREAS, the Dockage Rates as approved by the Board of Finance are, in fact, as follows:

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees, Attorney, PO Box 108, Milton, Vermont 05468, 802-893-7400.

By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff Publication Dates: April 21, 2010 April 28, 2010 May 5, 2010 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0727-09 CnC Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff v.

Edward P. Myers, Colleen Myers f/k/a Colleen M. Roberts, William Harry Pelkey, Colleen May Pelkey, NorthCountry Federal Credit Union, United States of America Secretary of Housing and Urban Development State of Vermont, Department of Taxes, Burlington News Agency,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby approves the proposed 2010 fees as revised and listed above for the 2010 season.

3v-cityofburl-050510.indd 1 and singular the premUnifun CCR Partners And Occupants residing ises described in said at 126 Hedgerow Drive mortgage: f/k/a 7 Hedgerow Drive, Shelburne, Vermont, To Wit: Defendants Being all and the same lands and premises NOTICE OF SALE conveyed to William E. Pelkey, Colleen M. Pelkey, Edward P. Myers, By virtue and in execuand Colleen M. Roberts tion of the Power of Sale

by Warranty Deed of contained in a certain Richard A. Knight, Jr., mortgage given by Commonwealth United Mort- and Janette L. Knight dated July 14, recorded gage Company to EdJuly 18, 1995 in volume ward P. Myers dated July 185 at page 254 in the 14, 1995 and recorded in land records of the Town Volume 185, Page 257 of Shelburne. of the Land Records of the Town of Shelburne, of which mortgage the Terms of Sale: undersigned is the pres$10,000.00 to be paid ent holder, for breach of in cash by purchaser at the conditions of said the time of sale, with the mortgage and for the balance due at closing. purposes of foreclosing Proof of financing for the the same will be sold at balance of the purchase Public Auction at 9:00 to be provided at the A.M. on May 25, 2010, time of sale. The sale is at 126 Hedgerow Drive subject to taxes due and f/k/a 7 Hedgerow Drive, owing to the Town of Shelburne, Vermont all Shelburne.

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 6609000.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 22nd day of April, 2010.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. By: Corey J. Fortin, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

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STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT Docket No. S378-10 CnC IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF BRYANT ROY & TRISTA GILBERT n/k/a TRISTA BEAN VERIFIED COMPLAINT

NOW COMES The Housing Foundation, Inc. (“HFI”), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains as follows: 1. HFI, a Vermont nonprofit corporation with a principal place of business in Montpelier, County of Washington, State of Vermont, is the record owner of a mobile home park known as Windemere Estates Mobile Home Park (the “Park”) located in the

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10. The property taxes with the Town of Colchester are current.

WHEREFORE, HFI respectfully requests that the Honorable Court enter an order as follows: 1. Declare that the mobile home as been abandoned; 2. Approve the sale of the mobile home at a public auction to be held within 30 days of the date of judgment, pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(h); 3. Grant judgment in favor of HFI and against the mobile home for past due and unpaid rent and mobile home storage charges through the date of judgment, together with HFI’s court costs, publication and mailing costs, auctioneer’s costs, winterization costs, lot cleanup charges, HFI’s counsel fees incurred in connection with this matter and any other costs incurred

by HFI herein.

DATED at Burlington, Vermont this 31st day of March, 2010.

Nadine L. Scibek, Esq., Attorney for The Housing Foundation, Inc.

DATED at Montpelier, Vermont this 31st day of March, 2010.

By: Doreen Phillips, Duly Authorized Agent for The Housing Foundation, Inc. VERIFICATION STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON COUNTY, SS.

STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT Docket No. S378-10 CnC

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The Green Mountain Transit Agency (GMTA) is seeking businesses and/or not-for-profit agencies that have passed a Federal Transit Administration management review for contract work. Qualified businesses should send their response which indicates the date of their management review to: Chris Cole, Executive Director Green Mountain Transit Agency 15 Industrial Parkway Burlington, VT 05401 GMTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs?

Call Vermont 2-1-1, a program of United Way of Vermont. Within Vermont, dial 2-1-1 or 866-652-4636 (toll free) or from outside of Vermont, 802-6524636, 24/7.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Meeting on Tuesday, May 11 at Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., 6-8 p.m.

Dr. Carol J. Gardner, DO, Family Practice will speak on nutrition

QUIT SMOKING GROUPS Are you ready to live a smoke-free lifestyle?

Free 4-week Quit Smoking Groups are being offered through the VT Quit Network Fletcher Allen Quit in Person program in your community. Free Nicotine Replacement products are available for program participants. For more information or to register, call 847-6541 or wellness@ vtmednet.org. For ongoing statewide class schedules, contact the VT Quit Network at www.vtquitnetwork. org.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: Learn how to cope with grief, with the intention of receiving and offering support to each other. The group is informal and includes personal sharing of our grief experiences. Open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Meets every other week Mondays, 6-8 p.m. at the Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice, Barre.

802-223-1878, www. cvhhh.org.

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

Open to all. Meets the first Monday of every month in the Healthy Living Learning Center.

For more information contact Carrie Shamel at carrie.shamel@gmail. com. www.llleus.org/ state/vermont/html.

AL-ALNON IN ST. JOHNSBURY: Tues. & Thurs., 7 p.m., Kingdom Recovery Center (Dr. Bob’s birthplace), 297 Summer St., St. Johnsbury. Sat., 10 a.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, Cherry St., St. Johnsbury.

NAMI CONNECTION (National Alliance on Mental Illness): Free peer-based recovery support group for people living with or facing the challenges of mental illness. This is a group that focuses on allowing participants to share their experiences and learn from each other in a safe environment.

100% confidentiality.

BENNINGTON: Every Tuesday, 6-7:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 200 Pleasant Street. BURLINGTON: Every Thursday, 4-5:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2 Cherry Street.

ESSEX JUNCTION: 2nd Saturday of the month, 2-3:30 p.m., Congregational Church, 39 Main Street.

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

RANDOLPH: Every Wednesday, 5-6:30 p.m., United Church, 18 N. Main Street.

RUTLAND: Every Monday, 7-8:30 p.m., Wellness Center (Rutland Mental Health), 78 South Main St. ST. JOHNSBURY: Every Thursday, 6:30-8 p.m., Universalist Unitarian Church, 47 Cherry Street. 1-800639-6480, connection@ namivt.org.

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS, ACA is a 12-Step program for people that grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. We meet in a mutually respectful, safe environment and acknowledge our common experiences. We discover how childhood affected us in the past and influences us in the present. Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St., Burlington. For info contact Emily at 802-922-6609, emily@ intrapersonalcoaching. com.

FREE QUIT SMOKING GROUPS: Offered through the VT Quit Network Fletcher Allen Quit in Person program in your community. The 4-week groups are designed to help you quit and stay quit with a focus on tailoring a plan for you to succeed.

The program provides 8-weeks of free patches, gum, or lozenges.

Facilitated by a certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist. Call 847-6541 or wellness@vtmednet. org, www.vtquitnetwork.org.

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SEEKING ACTIVE RETIREES: To form a social group.

Snowshoeing, theater, biking, hiking, kayaking, etc. Please call 802864-0604. Lv. msg. if no answer.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS (NA): Drug Problem? We Can Help. If you think you have a problem with drugs, including alcohol, give yourself a break.

Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship for individuals who have a desire to recover from the disease of addiction. NA offers a practical and proven way to live and enjoy life without the use of drugs. To find an NA Meeting near you in Vermont or Northern New York, please go to www.cvana.org/ Meetinglist.pdf or call our 24-hour, toll free, confidential number, (866) 580-8718 or (802) 862-4516. For more information about NA, please go to http:// www.na.org/?ID=ipsindex and click on “>Is NA for Me? CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP AND FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP: 1-3 p.m., every third Thursday at The Bagel Cafe, Ethan Allen Shopping Center, N. Ave., Burlington. Please call or visit website for location information, www.vtcfids.org or call 1-800-296-1445 or 802-660-4817 (Helaine “Lainey” Rappaport).

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS with debt? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Annonymous.

Saturdays 10-11:30 a.m. & Wednesdays 5:30-6:30, 45 Clark St., Burlington. Contact Brenda at 338-1170.

IS FOOD A PROBLEM FOR YOU? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason? Is your weight affecting the way you live your life? Call Overeaters Anonymous, 863-2655.

GIRL POWER: Learn about your inner power through meditation, sacred space, healing energy modalities. Connect and attune to empower & enlighten, expand your sense of awareness, network with others your age, find peer support within this ongoing monthly group.

Please bring a notebook journal, writing utensil and a folding chair.

Ages 12-18. First Sat of each month at 4 p.m. at Moonlight Gift Shoppe, Rt. 7, Milton.

To reserve space call Michele, 802-893-9966, moonlightgiftshoppe@ yahoo.com.

CIRCLE OF PARENTS support group meeting in Rutland Monday evenings. Snacks and childcare provided.

Meeting is free and confidential. For more info. call Heather at 802-498-0608 or 1-800-children.

Meetings Tuesday evenings in Barre. For more info. call Cindy at 802-229-5724 or 1-800-children.

ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) This support group functions as a community and educational group. We provide coffee, soda and snacks and are open to PALS, caregivers, family members and those who are interested in learning more about ALS. Our group meets the second Thursday of each month from 1-3 p.m. at “Jim’s House”, 1266 Old Creamery Rd., Williston, VT. Hosted by Pete and Alphonsine Crevier, facilitated by Liza Martel, LICSW, Patient Care Coordinator for the ALS Association here in Vermont. 223-7638 for more information.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Comfort Inn, 5 Dorset St., S. Burlington, VT. There is no fee. This is open to anyone who has lost someone to suicide. For more info, call 802-4799450, or ljlivendale@ yahoo.com.

BURDENS WEIGHTING YOU DOWN? Unemployed, homeless, in need of direction?

We are people just like you and have found the answer to all of the above problems. We meet every Wednesday evening from 7-9 p.m. at the Imani Center 293 N Winooski Ave. Please call 802-343-2027.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre occur every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday 6-7 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info: 863-2655. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sunday 5:30-6:30

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p.m. at the Johnson Municipal Building, Route 15 (just west of the bridge). Info: Debbie Y., 888-5958. Meeting in Montpelier occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info: Carol, 223-5793. Meetings in Morrisville occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 888-2356 or Debbie Y., 888-5958.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE (SOS) Hospice Volunteer Services (HVS) of Addison County and the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will collaborate to sponsor a monthly ongoing support group for people who have lost someone by suicide. The group will meet the 1st Wed. of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. These free peer support groups will be held at Hospice Volunteer Services at the Marbleworks in Middlebury, and co-facilitated by professional representatives from HVS and AFSP, both suicide survivors.

For more information and to register call HVS at 388-4111.

CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS (CODA) Announcing a new 12step (non-AA, non-NA) meeting. Do you have trouble with relationship issues? Avoidance of feelings? People pleasing? Needing to be needed? Join us Thursday at 5 pm. at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., Burlington.

802-861-3150. For more information about codependence, see www.coda.org and click on “Am I Codependent?”

A NEW PERSPECTIVE A peer support group for people working through the combination of mental health and substance abuse issues. Wednesdays at the Turning Point Center, 5-6 p.m. The group will be facilitated and will be built around a weekly video followed by a group discussions.

Some of the topics will include: Addictions and mental illness, recovery stories, dealing with stress, understanding personality problems, emotions. 191 Bank St., Burlington. 802-8613150.

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IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF BRYANT ROY & TRISTA GILBERT n/k/a TRISTA BEAN

The contents of storage unit(s) 01-4476 located at 48 Industrial Dr, Williston, VT 05495, will be sold on the 13th of the month of May, 2010 to satisfy the debt of Shawn Reckell.

Any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount claimed due and reasonable expenses before the sale, in which case the sale may not occur.

for prostate cancer patients. A tour of the Lodge, which provides free, temporary accommodations to those undergoing outpatient cancer treatment, will be provided. Mary Guyette, 802-658-5578, vmary@aol.com, or Jennifer Blacklock, 802872-6308, Jennifer. blacklock@cancer.org.

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SEVEN DAYS

Before me, Jane M. Paronto Notary Public My Commission Expires: 2/10/11

A hearing on HFI’s Verified Complaint to declare as abandoned the mobile home of Bryant Roy and Trista Gilbert n/k/a Trista Bean and authorize the sale by auction has been set for May 13, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. at the Chittenden Superior Court, 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401.

Jill C. Mongeon, Court Clerk Date: 4/8/10

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On this 31st day of March, 2010, Doreen Phillips, duly authorized agent of The Housing Foundation, Inc., owner of the Windemere Estates Mobile Home Park in Colchester, Vermont, being first duly sworn, made oath that she has read the foregoing Complaint, and that the facts contained therein are true.

ORDER FOR HEARING

Show and tell.

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Town of Colchester, Vermont.

2. Bryant Roy & Trista Gilbert are the record owners of a certain mobile home, described as a 1997 Titan, 14’ x 56’, bearing serial number 19-97-055-2597 (the “Mobile Home”), located on Lot #4, Windemere Estates Mobile Home Park, 14 Mount Mansfield Avenue in Colchester, Vermont (the “Lot”).

3. Roy & Gilbert leased the Lot in the Park from HFI pursuant to a written lease in 2004. The parties subsequently divorced in 2007 and Gilbert retained the mobile home. Gilbert remarried and her last name is now Bean. Roy & Gilbert never changed the title to the mobile home in the Colchester land records.

4. Both Roy & Gilbert’s last known mailing address is 14 Mount Mansfield Avenue, Colchester, Vermont 05446.

5. The mobile home has been abandoned. The last known residents of the mobile home were David & Trista Bean.

The Beans moved out of the mobile home in January, 2010. They have removed all of their personal property from the mobile home, and utility services have been terminated. They have made no effort or attempt to remove the home from the Park. HFI’s counsel has attempted to contact Trista Bean and has received no response.

HFI has contacted Opportunities Credit Union, the mobile home lienholder. Opportunities Credit Union has advised HFI’s counsel that it will not be exercising its collateral rights in the mobile home.

6. The following security interests, mortgages, liens and encumbrances appear of record with respect to the mobile home: Opportunities Credit Union, 18 Pearl Street, Burlington, Vermont.

7. Chuck Bolton, Auctioneer, is a person disinterested in the mobile home and the mobile home park who is able to sell the mobile home at a public auction.

8. Mobile home storage fees continue to accrue at the rate of $354.00 per month. Rent, storage fees and late charges due HFI as of March 31, 2010 total $2,084.32.

See attached.

9. HFI sent written notice by certified mail to the Town of Colchester and the Delinquent Tax Collector for the Town of Colchester on February 19, 2010 of HFI’s intent to commence this aban-

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Local moving company looking for Movers and CDL Drivers!

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City Market is looking for a part-time Facilities Assistant responsible for general maintenance and repairs, custodial duties, and other assigned tasks to help maintain cleanliness in our store. Applicants must have the ability to work nights, at least one year experience in building or preventative maintenance, and a general knowledge of equipment repair and cleaning procedures. Applicants should also have effective communication skills and the ability to lift 50-80 pounds frequently. Experience cleaning with an auto floor scrubber is preferred.

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Full-time work for a pleasant, communicative, computer literate, dependable, sane person who loves natural products and wants a long-term job.

Hourly, plus commission.

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

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

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Six travel consultants/agents needed immediately; bonus/commissions.

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Family support organization seeks skilled professional for the Children’s Integrated Services/ Early Intervention program in Chittenden County. Will conduct home visits, assist in the development and coordination of early intervention service plans, and communicate with multiple agencies and school districts. Candidates should have experience parenting a child with special needs; a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; knowledge of family-centered care, early childhood development and community resources for families with young children; and strong communication skills.

Submit cover letter and resume to HR, Vermont Family Network, 600 Blair Park Rd., Suite 240, Williston, VT 05495, or email HR@vtfn.org. EOE.

The Developmental Disabilities Service Area of HowardCenter seeks exceptional people for these two opportunities.

50-year-old woman who enjoys crafting, cooking, swimming, visiting with family and friends and attending church is looking for a home in the Greater Burlington area. She requires assistance with personal care and would do best in a home without children. Generous tax-free stipend, respite budget and 20 weekday hours of support provided. Contact Marisa Hamilton, (802)488-6571.

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ViVacious 38-year-old woman seeks a healthy person(s) to provide a home and residential support. She has a great sense of humor, loves to exercise, and enjoys a healthy lifestyle, including eating well, working and regular recreational activities. Ideal candidate(s) enjoy a healthy, fitness-oriented, lifestyle. Contact Tracy Fisher, (802) 488-6528.

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Pepsi Bottling Ventures is hiring for the following positions:

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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The Outdoor Gear Exchange is hiring a Sales Associate with extensive experience in backpacking or climbing. Strong customer service skills, attention to detail, and a good knowledge of outdoor gear are required.

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HBPC is a unique program providing interdisciplinary primary care to eligible veterans in their homes. These are flexible positions with federal benefits.

For information on how to apply, go to www.usajobs.com and search for the “Vacancy Announcement #”: 528D-10-N093 - Registered Nurse 528D-10TW-094 - Registered Dietitian

The Veteran’s Administration is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For further information about these positions, you may contact Susan Morse at (518) 626-6010 or by email at Susan.Morse@va.gov. For information on how to apply, you may contact Terrie Wilson (Human Resources Specialist) at (518) 626-6774 or by email at Theresa.Wilson2@va.gov.

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Goodwill Industries of Northern New England is seeking a full time store manager to help with our continued growth in our new store in South Burlington, VT. The successful candidate will manage the day to day operation to include hiring, training and supervising store personnel, maintaining overall store appearance, analyzing merchandising needs, processing donated goods and implementing promotional plans.

A college degree in business administration or other related retail field is preferred. Experience in retail as well as supervisory experience is required. We offer a starting salary of $38,885 - $45,690 along with a full benefit package.

To be considered for this position please visit our website www. goodwillnne.org and complete the on line application or you may pick up an application at any of our stores. Please refer to Requisition #201034 when applying. Goodwill Industries of Northern New England is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Cx Associates is a socially responsible, Burlington-based consulting firm. We offer excellent benefits in a flexible and employee-friendly workplace and are looking for an Engineer who shares our interest in making a positive impact on the environment.

Part-time instructors needed for summer semester,

May-August 2010, at CCV in Winooski, to teach:

This position requires familiarity with HVAC systems, technical analysis of energy efficiency including metering, spreadsheet analysis and whole-building modeling. Candidates should have a four-year college degree and at least three years of HVACsystems-related experience. If you are self-directed; highly skilled in Word and Excel; outgoing and efficient; a strong verbal and written communicator; excellent at multitasking; collaborative and committed to sustainability, then please forward a resume and cover letter to eric@cx-assoc.com.

• The Documentary Film • Introduction to Film Study • African & Caribbean Dance & Culture Prior professional and college-level teaching experience desired, graduate degree required.

Send cover letter and resume to: Amer Mujezinovic, Assistant Site Office Manager Community College of Vermont 119 Pearl St, Burlington, VT 05401 Amer.Mujezinovic@ccv.edu Email if desired

WCAX-TV is looking for a general assignment reporter, night shift weekdays. Occasional weekend work may also be scheduled. Looking for a bright, self-starting individual who will also take direction well. Television news reporting experience preferred, but not required.

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CCV strongly encourages applications from members of ethnic minority groups and other underrepresented backgrounds. CCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer, in compliance with ADA requirements, and will make reasonable accommodations for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant.

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We are now accepting applications for a full-time cook with banquets and line experience. The successful candidate will have at least two years experience in a highvolume and fast-paced environment.

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SMALL BUSINESS LOAN ASSISTANT

The Vermont Community Loan Fund, a nonprofit financial institution is recruiting a loan assistant to help us meet our goal of providing economic opportunities to low and moderate income Vermonters by assisting our Director of Business Programs in all aspects of small business loan processing and servicing. This a full time position based in Montpelier.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience in supporting small business lending and enjoy handling a variety of tasks on a daily basis. Working knowledge of Office software is required.

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Washington County Mental health serviCes Community -Based Case manager Full time w/ benefits. Seeking a recovery-oriented mental health clinician to provide case management services to persons with serious mental illness. This is an outreach-based position that includes counseling, service coordination, skills teaching, and advocacy. We are interested in hiring a client-centered, enthusiastic clinician with a good sense of humor. Bachelor or Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree in related field with a minimum of one-year experience working with persons with mental illness.

Motivated, organized, individual able to multitask. Supervision toward mental health licensure provided.

Please send resumes to: Personnel department Washington County mental Health services, inc.

Po Box 647 montpelier, Vt 05601 Celebrating 40 years of service to our community

512 Troy Avenue, Suite 1 4/26/10 Colchester, VT 05446 655-0511 www.ccs-vt.org

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35 hours per week Work one on one with a humorous young woman and an upbeat, active gentleman in the community workplace. These individuals work best with male staff.

Champlain College seeks to fill the 5/3/10 3:40:44 PM 18 hours per week following positions in the Student Provide one-on-one supports to two active young men at their Accounts Office. Application deadline workplace and in the community to help them reach their goals. for both positions is May 10, 2010.

These individuals work best with male staff.

For more information on the 15 hours per week positions and to apply online, visit Support two delightful women in a one on one setting to help them www.champlain.edu/hr. reach their goals.These individuals work best with female staff.

ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST Reporting to the Director of Student Accounts, the successful candidate will be a systems-oriented individual who will coordinate various monthly reconciliations on an accurate and consistent basis for various federal, state and institutional programs. Programs are reconciled to annual Financial Aid award listings as well as to the Department of Education reports. Identify errors, resolve problems, prepare and verify general journal entries, and create statistical reports on a regular basis. Assist with month-end and year-end closings.

STUDENT ACCOUNTS REPRESENTATIVE

Please submit a letter of interest and resume to Karen Ciechanowicz, staff@ccs-vt.org.

Home Provider Opportunities

CCS is seeking individuals or couples to provide residential supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. The following positions include a generous stipend, paid time off (respite) and ongoing support.

A kind, humorous, nonverbal gentleman in his 40s is seeking a home with an outgoing person who enjoys being involved in the community and in social settings. Due to severe allergies, the home cannot have pets. This active individual loves music, walking, and going to the library.

Reporting to the Director, the successful candidate will answer and respond to departmental telephone calls and emails, analyze accounts, and counsel students and parents regarding their student accounts, financial aid, and various payment options including the monthly payment plans. Assist with preparation of third -party agency billing; process incoming payments; and administer collection of accounts. The position requires flexibility with some evening work hours.

An independent young woman is seeking an active, energetic, female roommate who can assist her in accessing the community, learning to increase her independence and addressing her medical needs. She enjoys cooking, keeping in touch with online friends, socializing, fashion and is interested in continuing education.

Champlain College values, supports and encourages diversity of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives of students, faculty and staff.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you are interested in taking advantage of these opportunities, please contact Al Frugoli at afrugoli@ccs-vt.org or 802-655-0511 x108.

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Head Chef/ Kitchen Manager Two Brothers Tavern, a Middlebury landmark, is seeking a positive professional to lead our kitchen team. Working chef will manage all aspects of kitchen operations – hire and train staff, food service, cost controls, food purchasing, menu planning and sanitation. Ideal candidates will have at least fifteen years of kitchen and management experience, strong communication, organizational and time-management skills, and should enjoy a collaborative, creative process.

Competitive starting salary and benefits with opportunity to grow. Send resumes and references to info@ twobrotherstavern.com.

• Do you believe that patients’ needs come first and do you go that extra step to make sure their health care experience is superior?

TENURE-TRACK FACULTY MATHEMATICS FALL 2010 Clinton Community College, a member of the State University of New York, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position, effective with the Fall 2010 semester. Responsibilities include teaching the equivalent of 15 credit hours per semester in developmental and college-level mathematics.

Additional duties include conducting scheduled office hours for student conferences, academic advisement, participation on college committees, and continuing professional growth.

A master’s degree in mathematics or a closely related field is required. Experience teaching developmental and collegelevel mathematics at the community college level is preferred.

Applicants who do not meet the minimum qualifications as stated are encouraged to put in writing precisely how their background and experience have prepared them for the responsibilities of the position and to provide appropriate references. Detailed information and application are available at www.clinton.edu/hr/jobs.aspx.

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• Do you want to help care for women in a compassionate and respectful environment?

•Do you want to work with a team of highquality, competent OB/GYN providers?

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MEDICAL ASSISTANT Seeking Medical Assistant to escort patients to exam rooms, take vitals and medical history, assure integrity of exam rooms, assist with medical procedures, do venipuncture and give injections, prepare lab work, and phone triage.

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Synagogue offers 4/26/10 12:11:25 5v-ClintonCollege-2-050510.indd PM 1 5/3/10 3:02:08 5v-ChampOBgyn-050510.indd PM The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation seeks a skilled and motivated part-time person to assist with part-time administrative and grant(25 hours/week) position for

Coordinator of External Relations & Membership.

Focus is on full scope of new member outreach and member relations; support, training and coordinating volunteers and interns; liaison to committees and committee support. Will manage event planning and publicity (internal and external), update website and generate content for website and print newsletter. Events coordination requires some nontraditional hours. Must have excellent computer and communication (oral and written) skills, be highly organized and fully conversant with Judaism calendar and synagogue culture. Experience with Dreamweaver, CMS and some HTML preferred.

Send cover letter, resume and compensation requirements to vivienrabin@gmail.com.

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The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation is a private, charitable foundation committed to social justice, environmental stewardship, and sustainable food systems in Vermont and throughout the United States. Grantmaking is largely employee-led through various employee advisory committees.

Summary: The Foundation seeks a 24-hour per week administrative and grant-management assistant to join our team, working with our two professional staff members, three trustees and various Ben & Jerry’s employee groups, to effectively carry out our grant-making responsibilities. Duties include administrative and project-based work.

Primary Responsibilities include administration and general support of Foundation’s web site and on-line grant management system, general administrative duties including but not limited to: responding to telephone and e-mail inquiries, photocopying, faxing, mailing, e-mailing and filing, supporting staff in assigned project based work, performing some basic bookkeeping functions using QuickBooks, assisting in organizing meetings and trips and other duties as may be assigned.

Requirements include excellent computer, database, and organizing skills, excellent communication skills including writing, phone, e-mail, excellent interpersonal skills, basic knowledge of social media applications, demonstrated appreciation and understanding of social justice issues, basic knowledge of non-profit structures and excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.

Applicants should be able to work effectively in an open, collaborative environment, think creatively, work independently, and initiate process improvements. Prior philanthropic or nonprofit experience is desirable. Experience with CMS and website enhancement a plus.

Qualified applicants should send resume and cover letter to: Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, 30 Community Dr., S. Burlington, VT 05403, or to info@benandjerrysfoundation.org by close of business day May 14, 2010.

Please put Job Application in the subject line.

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Affordable housing and land conservation funding agency is seeking a full-time accountant to assist the organization’s finance team in all aspects of accounting within a fund accounting/grant oriented environment. This individual will prepare monthly financial statements and process project disbursements and various other transactions of the organization. The accountant will assist the finance team in the preparation of the annual budget and year-end audit.

Qualifications include: degree in accounting or five years experience in all aspects of accounting; experience with non-profit and/or governmental fund accounting preferred; proficiency in accounting software, spreadsheet applications, and word processing programs. Attention to detail, concern for accuracy, and good communication skills are essential characteristics; ability to work well with others as part of a team, a priority. Must be well-organized; sense of humor helpful.

Please provide letter of interest and resumé to: Laurie Graves, VHCB, 58 East State St., Montpelier, VT 05602.

Position will remain open until filled. Detailed copy of job description is available at www.vhcb.org/employment.html

Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

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Live-In Therapeutic Foster Parents

Burlington School District

NFI-Vermont is currently seeking a live-in couple to provide therapeutic foster care in one of our residential programs. The couple will have a private space attached to this eight-bed, coed group home that is located in South Burlington, Vt. The home is on a large property that includes a pool, garden, basketball court and large field space. The ideal couple will be committed to teaching and role modeling healthy relationship and independent living skills, while advocating for youth and collaborating with treatment team members. Ideal candidates will have some administrative skills and experience raising or working with children.

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This is a great opportunity for couples interested in foster care, while working a five-day work week and receiving free room and board.

The couple will be supported by an experienced clinical team, both during their shifts and on their days off. This position includes a comprehensive benefits package and compensation consistent with experience.

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Amy Whittemore NFI Vermont, Inc. 30 Airport Rd. South Burlington, VT 05403 amywhittemore@nafi.com

Essential functions include · Data entry of quotes, orders, RMAs etc. · Attention to detail and accuracy · Communication customer requirements with production and delivery issues with customers · Effective communication skills · Understanding, interpreting, and/or predicting the customer requirements for planning purposes

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TENURE-TRACK FACULTY GENERAL BIOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY FALL 2010

CNC Programmer/Set-up person

Clinton Community College, a member of the State University of New York, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position, effective with the Fall 2010 semester. Responsibilities include teaching a minimum of 15 credit hours per semester in general biology and microbiology. Additional duties include conducting scheduled office hours for student conferences, academic advisement, participation on college committees and professional growth. A master’s degree is required.

An MD, PhD or equivalent in the area of microbiology and teaching experience at community college is preferred.

Applicants who do not meet the minimum qualifications as stated above are encouraged to put in writing how their background and experience have prepared them for the responsibilities of this position and by providing appropriate references. Detailed information and application are available at www.clinton.edu/hr/jobs.aspx.

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Qualifications · Ability to interpret blueprint and work instructions. · Experience working in a ceramic or metal manufacturing environment. · Ability to operate and set up CNC equipment Additional Responsibilities · Cleaning and maintaining machine, tooling and parts to maintain equipment in optimal production condition · Inspecting cutting tools for sharpness and usability · Observing machine operation to verify accuracy of machine settings and to detect malfunctions or out-of tolerance machining, using precision measuring instruments such as micrometer and dial caliper. Adjust machine to control part process · Inspecting “first part”, consulting with quality assurance and inspecting work pieces throughout the production run, for out of tolerance machining · Post editing CNC program to fine tune process for optimum performance. · Working in teams to troubleshoot manufacturing problems and perform quality assurance checks of our work

Qualified applicants should mail their resume with a cover letter stating salary requirements to: Human Resources Manager PO Box 96 St. Albans, VT 05478 coconnor@ceramics.net No phone calls or drop-ins, please.

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Retail Help Wanted DAIL SENIOR PLANNING COORDINATOR

We are looking for part-time employees in our busy Shelburne store. Flexible schedule, weekends a must. Stop by our store on Route 7 for an application or call 802-985-2000 for more information.

Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living Work with one of Vermont's coolest public agencies, where policy decisions are truly driven by data. Work with VocRehab Vermont to help improve the employment of people with disabilities and to support their employers. The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is seeking an individual to serve as a database manager and provide statistical support to a research grant aimed at removing barriers to employment for people with disabilities. Plan and implement evaluation and data reporting for multiple employment support programs and special projects. Applied experience with computers, database management and basic statistics is essential. Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least two years of experience in the design, development and implementation of automated databases for the evaluation of public human service programs. Reference job posting #26923.

Waterbury-Full time. Open until filled.

The State of Vermont offers an excellent total compensation package. To apply, use the online job application at www. vtstatejobs.info or contact the Department of Human Resources Division, Recruitment Services, at (800) 640-1657 (voice) or 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service).

The State of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Norwich University, the nation’s oldest private military college seeks applicants for the following positions:

MARKETING & RESEARCH DIRECTOR

Lead and direct all marketing and communication efforts of the School of Graduate Studies, reinforce the institution’s brand identity, advance the school’s strategic marketing and business development goals, and build graduate and feeder-program enrollments. Develop and execute a strategic marketing plan to support and promote outreach, partnership, and business development opportunities; conduct market research; and develop effectiveness measures, admissions and student success profiles, and market demand analysis for potential growth areas for the graduate school; review and monitor the use of creative materials for direct marketing lead6:02:55 PMgeneration initiatives through outsourcing partner.

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Experienced laborer needed for roadside mowing along town roads and assistance with Highway Dept. projects. Approx. June-September.

Valid driver’s license, clean driving record and excellent past work record required. Some mechanical ability helpful. Attention to detail, adherence to safety policies and commitment to positive customer service required. Must have ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Pay rate: $16/hour.

Apply by May 17, 2010 to:.

Paul Goodrich, highway Superintendent 5420 Shelburne rd.

P.o. box 88, Shelburne, VT 05482 Phone: (802) 316-1536 fax: (802) 985-9550 www.shelburnevt.org

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Recruit for the University’s Corps of Cadets by managing regional recruitment programs directed at prospective students, their families and high school educators. Travel 5 to 6 weeks per academic year, conducting presentations to high school JROTC units, establishing relationships with unit commanders and career counselors. Serve as the Training Officer for Future Leader and Drill Camps held during the summer. The Training Officer is responsible to the Camp Director for the supervision, leadership and safe training of all participants and instructors during the camp.

ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT

Seeking an individual who can handle a high-paced, multitask environment including creating and keying in financial transactions, reconciling general ledger accounts, miscellaneous accounts receivable, reviewing system logs and relationships, 1099Misc filings and related work, administering dental program, backup for accounts payable, and general office tasks.

Please visit our website: www.norwich.edu/jobs, for job requirements and information on how to apply.

Norwich University is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, group life and long-term disability insurance, flexible-spending accounts for health and dependent care, retirement annuity plan, and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members.

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AmeriCorps*VISTA Opening Join a dynamic, results-oriented statewide organization committed to ending the injustice of hunger and malnutrition for all Vermonters.

The Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger is seeking candidates for a full-time, 12 month AmeriCorps VISTA position to start August 16th.

Seeking collaborative, critical thinker to join our program team and work in the arenas of education, outreach, and advocacy.

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What: Career Readiness Certificate Where: Vermont Department of Labor Orientation When: May 4, 1:00 p.m.

May 5, 5:00 p.m.

Where: Vermont Department of Labor, 63 Pearl Street, May Burlington 6, 9:00 a.m.

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Candidate qualifications include a bachelor's degree and a track record of leadership and commitment to social justice. Effective written and oral communication skills, flexibility and strong work ethic are required. Resume and cover letters accepted through May 24th.

Interviews begin immediately. Position will be filled as soon as a well qualified candidate is identified.

Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger 180 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 LGuenard@vtnohunger.org

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When people visit our Champlain Mill office, they almost always tell us, “I wish I could work in a place like this!” Perhaps you, too, desire the friendly, casual, hardworking, customer-supportive environment offered by our 43-employee company.

PCC has been designing, developing and supporting our pediatric-specific practice management software for the last 27 years. We recently launched a new clinical product and are expanding our team to accommodate increased demand for this software.

Software Developer PCC seeks an energetic application programmer to join our active development team. This position requires initiative, teamwork and productivity. The successful PCC programmer produces elegant solutions with efficient, clear code.

Our ideal candidate is fluent in C++ and has 0-3 years of programming experience. A degree in computer science or equivalent is preferred. Knowledge of Linux/ Unix and scripting tools are a big plus.

Marketing CoMMuniCationS telephone MeSSaging expert (Part-time, temPorary) Help us discover sales opportunities and maintain outstanding customer relations. If you have a friendly voice, can speak in a professional manner and love to make telephone calls, this could be the perfect summer job for you. In this job, you'll regularly call our customers to help them take advantage of everything we offer, get their feedback, and connect them with our sales and service teams for further assistance.

To learn more about PCC, and how to apply for these positions, visit our website at www.pcc.com/careers.

The deadline for submitting your application is May 14.

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

Developmental Services Specialized community Support Worker Kind-hearted 28-year-old man who enjoys starting his day with a good cup of coffee is looking for 20 hours of morning support. This avid techie is building independent living skills and developing new hobbies. Ideal candidate is a peer-age male with previous human service experience, clear communication skills and who will set and maintain accessible goals and boundaries. Knowledge of DBT desired. Work to include home, community and OTJ support. Benefits eligible.

Specialized community Support Worker 19-year-old athlete needs 15 hours of afternoon support in the Colchester area. She loves rugby, yoga, horses and cooking. Ideal candidate is a near peer-age female who has experience supporting individuals with a dual diagnosis and who enjoys being active daily. training SpecialiSt 30-year-old man who just moved into his own Burlington apartment is looking for 11 WEEKEND hours of support on Sat. and Sun., 10 a.m. till 3:30 p.m. Focus of work will be on independent living skills such as cooking and developing social connections.

Visit www.howardcenter.org for more details and a complete list of employment opportunities.

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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Champlain Valley Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Surgical Assistant/LPN Full-time position in a busy outpatient surgery practice.

Ideal candidate will have 2-3 years history in a medical practice or surgery experience, current CPR, VT LPN license, meticulous attention to detail, and enjoy working with a variety of people in the service industry. IV skills a plus. Great benefit package, as well. No nights, no weekends and no holidays.

Send resume and salary requirements to: CVOMS, ATTN: Practice Manager, 118 Tilley Drive, Suite 102 South Burlington, VT 05403.

Multiple openings:

FIELD ASSOCIATE CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCATE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE VPIRG is looking to fill three openings with candidates who are missiondriven, politically savvy communicators with strong project-management skills. These are all full-time positions based in Montpelier.

Field Associate: Organizer with at least 2 years grassroots campaign experience and the skills and passion to mobilize and grow VPIRG's member and volunteer base, online and on the ground.

Energy Advocate: Junior-level advocate and policy researcher to bolster our work in and out of the Statehouse. Must be a strategic thinker and persuasive communicator. Field organizing background a plus.

Development Associate: Membership steward and fundraiser with 3+ yrs. experience with planning and executing multistream fundraising programs.

Must be analytical planner, persuasive writer & communicator.

Full job descriptions are available on our website: www.vpirg.org.

Competitive salary; employer-paid health, dental and disability insurance; employer-matching IRA; 6 weeks annual leave. Submit cover letter and resume via email only to: colleen@vpirg.org. EOE. No phone calls.

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Computer Support Technician The Orange North Supervisory Union has an exciting and challenging opportunity available in the Technology Department as a computer Support/Help Desk Technician. The position is fulltime and will report to and take direction from the Technology Director.

The successful candidate will: provide hardware and software support to four schools and a staff of 100 in addition to providing some basic network troubleshooting; possess a minimum of 3 years experience in computer hardware and software support in a Windows Network environment; be able to multitask, prioritize, and have ability to troubleshoot a wide range of computer problems; have strong written and oral communication skills; be required to pass a criminal background check.

A+, Net Plus certification, associate's degree, and experience in an academic setting is preferred but not required. Help Desk experience and Microsoft certification (MCP etc.) is a plus. Start date is July 1, 2010.

Send cover letter, resume, three letters of reference and certification documents to:

Orange North Supervisory Union 111B Brush Hill Road Williamstown, VT 05679

For more info visit: www.vpirg.org VPIRG 141 Main St. #6, Montpelier, VT 05602 v. 802-223-5221 f. 802-223-6855

No phone calls, please.

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Conservation Nonprofit Seeks Executive Director The Vermont Association of Conservation Districts, a 501 (c) (3), seeks an Executive Director to provide general management for the VACD organization and its member districts, develop and manage VACD’s program and membership services, and provide general oversight of VACDs technical programs management in coordination with VACD’s program manager. General responsibilities include fiscal and budget management, conservation partnership coordination, performance management and facilitation, development of member services, and fundraising for statewide or multidistrict projects. Qualifications: related professional education AND experience managing an organization or nonprofit, with strong skills in member services, public relations, fundraising and personnel management.

Must be a selfstarter committed to making a positive impact on local community conservation. 20 hours/week position with possibility to extend hours. Visit www.vacd.org for the complete job description.

Hotel opening laundry Supervisor Full-time position with benefits. Must be willing to work weekends and have previous laundry experience.

We offer a competitive wage and benefits package.

Interested candidates should apply to:

Please email resume and cover letter to mgudorf@earthlink.net or send to Michelle Gudorf 4510 East Hill Rd., Craftsbury, VT 05826.

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5/3/10at5:08:08 4t-Windjammer-050510.indd PM Consider joining the dedicated team COTS, and help to make a difference!

COTS provides emergency shelter, services and housing for people who are without homes or who are marginally housed, with the belief that housing is a fundamental human right.

Shelter Staff

COTS has an opening for part-time evening (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.) Shelter Staff in our Single Adult Shelter. Shelter Staff responsibilities include maintaining a safe and supportive environment while building trusting relationships with individuals transitioning from homelessness to housing.

The ability to work independently as well as part of a committed team is necessary. Strong communication and crisis management skills are a must. Experience working in homeless direct service preferred.

Development aSSiStant

Please, no phone calls; electronic applications preferred.

Positions are open until filled. EOE.

Jobs@cotsonline.org or COTS Human Resources PO Box 1616 Burlington, VT 05402-1616 EOE,TTY relay 1-800-545-3323

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TSYF is a small, private nonprofit organization providing therapeutic social service, educational and youth justice programming to youth and families in Chittenden County. Refer to www.tsyf.org for further info.

*Exciting Job Opportunity for Youth Justice Director* Oversee the youth justice program. Responsibilities include supervising staff, coordinating restorative justice panel, acting as liaison to youth, families and treatment providers. Relevant experience required. Bachelor’s degree in related field necessary; MSW preferred.

Send cover letter and resume via email to conniew@tsyf.org.

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The Development Assistant is an integral part of the COTS Development team and helps with tasks related to events, mailings and year-end fundraising activities. The Development Assistant is responsible for tasks related to accepting, recording and receipting donations and may fill in for front desk duties. This is a half-time position. The preferred hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 5 days a week.

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Best Western Windjammer inn & Conference Center 1076 Williston Road So. Burlington, Vt 05403 Fax: (802) 651-0640

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Located in North Hero on Lake Champlain, Camp Abnaki provides a traditional resident and day summer camp program, with an emphasis on character development, skill building and fun.

Village Director Provides leadership to all staff and campers in one of four camp villages. Must have completed the first year of college or be 21 years old, be First Aid and CPR certified, and have leadership and/or supervisory experience with youth groups. Male applicants only.

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wild-mushroom tamales and cinnamon-tinged Mexican chocolate torte. a sInglE PEBBlE didn’t stop at just three courses for its $35 menu. Owner ChIuho DuVal designed two different seven-course banquets — one for meat eaters, the other for vegetarians. The nonveggie menu includes Plum-Wine Fish, oysters and Peking Duck, while the veggie one has Single Pebble classics such as Buddha’s Sesame Beef and Mock Prawn.

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A spot at the junction of Community Drive and Kimball Avenue in South Burlington is about to get fresh. aBBEy DukE and roB smart, co-owners of sugarsnaP on Burlington’s Riverside Avenue, signed a lease Friday to take over a café space that was occupied until recently by a satellite location of Burlington’s popular all-night sandwich seller kountry kart DElI. Since Technology Park is already home to the offices of BEn & JErry’s, flEtChEr allEn and symquEst grouP, the new lunch option is sure to get lots of traffic.

Duke says her meal biz will fill the hole left by Kountry Kart — and then some. While the original Sugarsnap continues to offer soups, sandwiches and freshly prepared dinners for takeout, the new one will have seating for 45 people and a retail space where Duke will vend value-added products from Sugarsnap’s own farm at Burlington’s IntErValE and other local agricultural ventures.

The 2500-foot kitchen will serve as a prep area for both the new and old cafés, plus catering gigs. Duke expects it to stay busy all weekend, she says, though the new eatery will be open only Monday through Friday.

With more space come expanded offerings. Duke says to expect more frozen soups and sauces at both locations. To provide for the two restaurants, she’s busy at the farm planting more of practically everything, from new fruit trees to enough basil for a year-round supply of pesto.

She has some time to test new recipes, too: Duke expects to start using the new kitchen in early June, with the café opening a month later.

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What they concocted surpassed our expectations.

While all 55 restaurants had appetizing offerings, a few were a tad out of the ordinary. Some offered Resto Week diners more than three courses; others promised dishes not usually on the menu, and a couple had entirely novel bills of fare.

For instance, 3 squarEs Café in Vergennes usually sticks to classic breakfasts and sandwiches prepared with local ingredients. Chef matt BIrong’s $25 Restaurant Week menu heads south of the border for its dishes.

Appetizers include Gulf Shrimp and Grouper Ceviche with plantain chips and pork chili verde. Also among the 11 offerings are homemade

in South Burlington, diners can order Crispy Berkshire Pork Belly, BeerBraised Yankee Pot Roast and Cardamom Crème Brûlée for $35. At Montpelier’s PosItIVE PIE 2, you can get everything but the pies. Its $35 menu includes entrées far fancier than pizza — think pan-roasted duck over potato gnocchi with baby arugula and portwine gastrique, or grilled salmon with saffron risotto, caper berries, tomatoes and sherry butter.

Other restaurants stand out for the value of their menus. BIstro sauCE only asks $25 for its three courses.

One appetizer, risotto with pickled ramps, housemade guanciale, fresh herbs and Vermont Ayr cheese, usually retails for $14. Add a $25 steak, and the savings are stellar.

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• RESTAURANT When he graduated from high school in Southborough, Mass., Evans • SOLARIUM never expected to become an award• BAR winning chef and an authority on farm-to-table dining. In fact, he was studying to be an electrician. But after six months, he admits, “It just really JUST OFF CHURCH STREET MARKET PLACE bored me.” One day, Evans meandered 15 CENTER ST., BURLINGTON • dailyplanet15.com • 862-9647 past a restaurant where he’d washed dishes as a youngster. He told the staff6h-dailyplanet050510.indd 1 4/28/10 10:59:16 AM ers about his trade school ennui, and they offered him a cooking gig. “It fit my personality perfectly,” he recalls. “I enjoyed the counterculture aspect of it: working odd hours, working weekends, the camaraderie.” (about 2 miles east of tafts corner)

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Soon Evans learned how to make simple Italian food from scratch. “It was a really different scene back then,” he says. “There were Italian restaurants and American restaurants. Fine dining in my family was going out for Chinese food.”

It wasn’t until he scored a job cooking on cruise ships in Hawaii that Evans started to see chopping and sautéing as a potential career. “It was the creative process that really sucked me in,” he says. “I [developed a] focus on becoming an accomplished chef and owning a restaurant someday.”

His big break came during a stint as head chef at a restaurant in rural Deer Isle, Maine. An enthusiastic customer wrote him a letter of reference for Virginia’s The Inn at Little Washington, and Evans “started there in garde manger and worked my way up through the kitchen,” he says. At the time, the Inn was the only restaurant in the country to hold five-star awards for both dining and lodgings.

Evans’ national profilE givEs him a chancE to put funky farE on thE mEnu, such as pig’s-tail “jalapEño poppErs” and a cod’s-hEad trio of

cheek, tempura tongues and poached throats.

Evans’ next big move was to try for a position at Thomas Keller’s French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., widely recognized as one of the greatest restaurants in the world. He packed up and moved to the West Coast even though, as he puts it, “They didn’t guarantee me a job; they guaranteed me a tryout.”

Happily, he got the job and ended up working alongside wunderkind Grant Achatz, now owner of Chicago’s Alinea.

“I don’t like to throw around the word ‘genius’ too much, but if it ever applies in this business, it applies to him,” Evans says.

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Achatz, who was in his mid-twenties when he became the sous chef at the French Laundry, is famous for what some people call “molecular gastronomy.” Evans prefers “avant-garde cuisine.” When Achatz moved to Illinois to work at renowned restaurant Trio, Evans paid him a visit, and they spent a week playing with food. “I’ve had a few ‘a-ha’ moments in my career … one was my week with Grant,” Evans says. “His approach blew my mind. It’s amazing how vast [cuisine] can be with imagination.”

Evans isn’t the type of chef who suspends food in front of diners on bobbing wires or places plates on pillows that exude herb-scented air. But he likes to apply touches of the avantgarde to the food at Hugo’s. “Outside of what people call chemicals — baking soda’s a chemical, if you really think about it — [avant-garde cuisine] is a point of view, a playfulness,” he suggests.

When he and Pugh purchased Hugo’s in 2000, Evans says, Mainers weren’t used to haute cuisine. “We came in at a time when food was different. Portions were huge. People didn’t really understand [what we were doing],” he recalls. “We were doing slightly edgy food, but not too edgy.”

When they opened, he says, “Pork belly was [considered] weird. You had to call it ‘fresh bacon.’”

The pair started with no working capital, but they had a strong focus on food quality and service. Hugo’s scraped by until the 2004 award from Food & Wine validated Evans’ efforts. “We did really well after that,” he says. “People realized we were doing something right.”

The upsurge in business allowed Evans and Pugh to open Duckfat right across the street. After a trip through Europe, they had a hankering for perfect French fries and panini. “We thought about opening something that had a crispy hot sandwich. We couldn’t find a good sandwich in town,” says Evans.

The name was Pugh’s idea, and Evans wasn’t a fan at first: “To me, [duck fat] is something on your prep list,” he says with a laugh. “But in hindsight, it’s been a great name. People laugh about it; they’re grossed out by it, but there’s honesty in that there’s ‘fat’ in it. You come in and indulge.”

Although the pair plans to reuse the Duckfat name for future restaurants, they may offer different menus at each iteration. One might be a simple fry shack that also serves draft beer, another a butcher shop that offers housemade charcuterie. “[Restaurateurs] keep moving forward,” Evans explains. “We evolve.”

There’s been plenty of growth at Hugo’s, too. “Ten years later, we’re really happy with the space and what the food has evolved to,” Evans says. His national profile gives him a chance to put funky fare on the menu, such as pig’s-tail “jalapeño poppers” and a cod’s-head trio of cheek, tempura tongues and poached throats.

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Hugo’s isn’t inexpensive, but Evans makes it an uncommon dining experience by applying advanced techniques to what he calls “wholesome ingredients” rather than carting in opulent stuff. “We don’t have caviar and things like that,” he says. “There’s something pretentious about shipping chanterelles from Turkey because you want chanterelles on the menu.

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Unlike the season’s crop of wildcrafted mushrooms, Hugo’s and Duckfat

have staying power. Since Evans won the James Beard award last year, both restaurants have been busier than ever, even in inclement weather. “It has definitely transformed our business,” he says. “We are very pessimistic about our winters up here; everybody jumps into survival mode.” But in 2009, “we had an amazing summer and an exceptionally strong fall, and the winter was our best winter yet.”

Although Evans and Pugh have a long way to go before they finish building their house and get back to constructing their restaurant empire, Vermonters can be comforted by the fact that B-town looms big on the couple’s radar.

Last May, while in town to see Ray LaMontagne, they checked out the old Smokejacks spot.

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It will be Cheese 3.0. The artisan cheese revolution began in the ’80s with a bunch of people, mostly women, making goat cheese. They were pioneers. I think of that generation as Cheese 1.0. What I did at Casellula was Cheese 2.0: We [asked questions such as], “What is an American cheese experience?” “How do we teach people about cheese?”

Now, customers [in New York City] don’t need to be told everything. They expect artisan cheese; they understand the cycle of food and that food is the connection between rural and urban economies; it’s a given that the best food is handmade. Five years ago, the average NYC diner didn’t know that.

[The new restaurant] is going to be much more DIY. There will be participation on the part of the guest in the actual creation and making of the food. It plays on questions like, “Who is the diner?”

“Who is the maker?” and “How do we all intersect in a meal?” It looks toward Asia for its aesthetic.

And the new restaurant will have 100 percent American cheese.

When you’re eating cheese, do you prefer to pair it with wine or beer?

I think they both go really well. My fiancé, who is a sommelier, is whispering, “Beer, beer, beer.” I do think beer has the upper edge, because cheese really

coats your tongue, and the carbonation of beer or champagne acts like scrubbing bubbles. I think sake is interesting, too.

The reason we always think of cheese with wine is that often our limited experience with fancy cheese is [with] French cheese and French wine in French restaurants. But stylistically, it just depends.

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Age: 44 town: Orange Number of posts: 8 Job: System developer for the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Bite club member since: March 31, 2009 Favorite restaurants: Trattoria Delia and Hen of the Wood at the Grist Mill on being called a “foodie”: “It’s so cute.

We’re cuddly. ‘Gourmand’ is so snooty.”

Most food lovers enjoy an excuse to chow down in bulk. Not Morganna. Both she and her husband have had gastric bypass surgery, a singular impediment to dining out. Perhaps that’s why she says the tapas menu at River Run Restaurant in Plainfield has been such a revelation.

At restaurants with bigger portions, the couple asks to order half, Morganna explains. When they can’t, “I make no bones about taking home a doggie bag,” she says.

Morganna’s first job was slinging tacos at a fast-food chain. She’s stayed away from professional kitchens since then, but cooking Latin food has remained part of her life. A Cook’s Now serving Tour of Mexico by Nancy Zaslavsky is whole wheat crust American Bistro Fare her go-to cookbook at home. Grilling and smoking are two of her favorite with an emphasis on seasonal products summer pastimes, and Morganna & local flavors MAY SPECIAL prides herself on authentic home1 Large 18” 1 topping Pizza made fajitas.

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The reality of Vermont that I know

is, “Goddamn, it’s cold. I can’t believe people farm here.” Urban people don’t know how hard the farming life is, and don’t understand how amazing it is that a place like Vermont makes such great milk.

The story that sells [Vermont’s image], whether right or wrong, is ultimately lacking in nuance. It’s a service and a disservice at the same time.

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Last month, Benevento played a soldout solo piano show at Parima’s Acoustic Lounge. He returns to Burlington this Sunday for a show at Nectar’s with his trio, which features bassist Marc Friedman and drummer Andrew Barr of The Slip. In advance of that performance, Seven Days recently caught up with Be-

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SEVEN DAYS: How was your recent solo piano gig at Parima?

MARCO BENEVENTO: I had a really great time. The audience was superreceptive. I’ve been playing a lot more solo piano gigs and getting more and more comfortable with playing piano for a bunch of folks and entertaining for the night.

SD: Did you find solo gigs challenging at first?

MB: My first ones were a little nervewracking, because it’s just you up there making the rhythm, the harmony, the melody, the solo, the intro, the middle, the ending — everything. So there was a big weight. And over the years that weight has been a little lighter.

SD: Have you done anything over the years to lessen that weight a bit?

MB: Sure. My trio albums have a lot of samples going on. There’s banjo, Mellotron, drum samples. And at first I thought, Maybe I need to have those gadgets to make all those noises, or those loops to

play along with. Over the years, I learned that I could actually do all of them just with my hands, if I actually learned them and took my time to try to work that into the solo piano performance.

SD: Do you think your three trio albums have been an exploration of trying to get out of the piano trio format, or adding to it?

MB: Yeah, definitely. I remember the moment when I was doing my first trio tour and we had three nights at Yoshi’s. It was the night before I was going to fly, and I thought, Oh, this is so great. I get to just fly somewhere and not have to bring anything with me. I’ll just play pianos. And then I started listening to some demos I had been making for Invisible Baby and started thinking, Well, I really like how the piano has a delay on it for the bridge, and then the distortion comes on … And I like the tremolo … So I went out and got a guitar pickup [to mic the piano] and I Catch the Marco Benevento Trio with Aya Inoue and Matt Harpster at Nectar’s on Sunday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. $15.75.

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MB: I did a lot of overdubbing at my house, and I did a lot of re-amping.

My basement looks like a laboratory. There’s just racks of amps, and keyboards and pianos. I ran [bassist] Reid Mathis through different amps. I ran [drummer] Andrew Barr through my four-track machine and some old distortion pedals for some sections, and tried to have the trio have a little different flavor and bite than Invisible Baby. Invisible Baby came up on shuffle last night and I was, like, Wow. There is nothing going on. This is just, like, piano, bass and drums. It seems like a jazz record.

I also have this keyboard called the Optigan. Have you ever heard of it?

SD: I don’t think so.

MB: It’s a keyboard made by Mattel in the ’70s. It’s my most favorite keyboard to use. There is Optigan on every track [of my new album].

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SD: Let’s talk about your recent touring schedule for Jazz Fest in New orleans. You were playing with an incredible variety of people [George Porter, Johnny Vidacovich, Robert Walter, et al.]. What does collaborating with so many musicians do for your playing and creativity compared to when you spent most of your time playing in one band?

MB: You just get a chance to see where you’re at as a musician. I can play with Billy Martin and Dave Dreiwitz and almost observe myself and how, five years ago, it would have been different. It helps me learn about myself, especially when it’s a super-free improv where nobody has any expectations. You really get a chance to see yourself deal with the situation. m

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MB: If you saw it, you would know.

Basically, it’s a keyboard that plays discs that are in the shape of a record.

You stick the disc in and you hit a button — it has piano keys and buttons, like accordion buttons — and it plays a drumbeat or something and then you hit a chord and it sounds like a guitar.

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In case you hadn’t heard — or read the interview on page 50 of this paper — Sunday’s Marco Benevento Trio show, originally scheduled for Parima, has been moved to Nectar’s. Why? Um … none of your business, that’s why. It just has, OK? But I’m sure it has nothing to do with Parima not having a liquor license at the moment — which, according to owner Daryl Campney, the Thai restaurant-best listening room in town could be without until the end of May, pending paying off the “proper authorities” and installing a new sprinkler system.

Bummer.

Nectar’s of the Gods.

Also, Boobies

Speaking of Nectar’s, they have a full weekend of local music on tap. Friday night,

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B-town rockers Workingman’s Army split a bill with Queen City ska-punk torchbearers Husbands AKA and rockers L.Dora, the last of whom offer this actual quote in their press blurb: “Boobies, yeah, boobies.” Well, OK, then.

The following night, local reggae rockers Pulse Prophets bring the warm island breezes. Their press kit makes no mention of breasts, per se, though they do promise to elevate your mind whilst shaking your behind. Fair enough.

Actually, digging deeper into their calendar, Nectar’s has live local music, served fresh daily, pretty much all month long. The legendary downtown juke joint has been leaning rather heavily on midweek residencies of late, but they are all of the local variety, including Wednesday jams with Bob Wagner, Ray Paczkowski and Russ Lawton exploring the outer limits of the organ trio.

Bluegrass Thursdays have been a hit, and this month feature local up-andcomers Something With Strings. On the other side of the weekend, Monday, local live electronica outfit The Electric Reason wrap up a weekly residency that began last month. And Tuesday, Burlington’s Radio Flyers of funk Funkwagon continue their run as Nectar’s de facto house band.

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The big news last week was undoubtedly Higher Ground announcing a slew of bigname summer shows … the day my friggin’ column comes out. Gee, thanks, guys!

So, yeah, many of you may have already heard about MGMT (8/12) and Dark Star Orchestra (8/15) playing this year’s Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. Or Primus, Gogol Bordello and Heloise & the Savoir Faire at the CV Expo Midway Lawn on July 29. That goes double if you follow the #BTV hash tag on Twitter. In short — like, under 140 characters short — OMG. Tweeps wuz freakin. LOL. FU. Or something.

By the way, I posed this question on my blog, but the first person who can tell me the last time Gogol’s Eugene HÜtz (ex-The Fags) and the Savoir Faire’s Heloise Williams (ex-viperHouse) shared a stage wins … something. Seriously though, viperHouse and The Fags must have played together at some point during their respective tenures in the Queen City, right? Probably at Club Toast.

We’ll get to the bottom of this, I swear.

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In the hubbub over the MGMT announcement, you might have missed the news that next week, Friday, May 14, to be precise, the world’s foremost ABBA tribute band is playing at the Lebanon Opera

House. Once you’ve had a moment to properly digest that not only do ABBA tribute bands exist but that there is a “world’s foremost” ABBA tribute band, consider this: They call themselves Bjorn Again. Regular readers know I’m usually loathe to say anything nice about tribute bands — ’cuz I’m a snob like that. But even I have to admit, that’s pretty funny.

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Sad news from local whatever-grass outfit The Medicinals. The band’s show at Radio Bean this Friday will be their last. According to an email from guitarist Ben Werlin, dobro player Jeremy Sicely is leaving the group to join another hot local grass outfit, Gold Town, prompting the remainder of the quintet to call it quits. Happy trails.

A Little Rusty

Just thought I’d mention that while I’m writing this week’s admittedly scattershot — even for me — column, I’m listening to On a Full Moon Weekend, the latest from Rusty Belle. No, they aren’t technically local, though given that they play Montpelier almost monthly, you could be forgiven for thinking as much. The band actually hails from Amherst, Mass.

However, sibling bandleaders Kate and Matt Lorenz were born and raised in rural VT, so they have that going for them, which is nice.

Anyway, the new record is a charming and artful little hodgepodge of musical styles. I’ll save the more academic discussion of the album’s merits for a proper review the next time they swing through — next month, maybe? But for now, I’ll say this: If I were in Montpelier this Saturday, there is nowhere in the capital city I’d rather be than Rusty Belle’s release party at Langdon Street Café. Well, maybe Charlie O’s, but only because it’s the greatest bar on the planet, so wanting to be there is sort of a given for me. Other than that, I’d be front and center at LSC. You should be, too.

China Doll

The reason I won’t be in Montpelier on Saturday is because I’ll be in Burlington at The Skinny Pancake catching Maine’s South China and witnessing such a profound convergence of things I really dig that it may just tear a hole in the space-time continuum. Or at least my caffeine-addled brain. Allow me to explain.

South China is a husband-and-wife experimental folk duo from Biddeford, Maine. And they’re excellent. So excellent, in fact, that The Low Anthem — who I believe I’ve mentioned in these pages a

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time or two — have openly professed their admiration for the group. So there’s that.

Now, here’s where it gets good.

South China were original members of Providence-based indie-folk “miniorchestra” Brown Bird, with whom regular readers know I’m fairly infatuated — not quite on a Low Anthem level, but it’s close.

And it gets even better.

Opening for South China is The Low Anthem’s Jocie Adams, who will play a set backed by a violinist. That’s right, opening, which should say quite a lot about the esteem with which The Low Anthem folks hold South China.

The only way this could possibly get better still is if the boys from MSR Presents had something lined up for the following night…

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…which, of course, they do! (Warning: Don’t try that segue at home.)

My favorite local upstart concert promoters, MSR Presents, welcome Afropop-tinged electro indie ensemble Givers to The Monkey House in Winooski this Sunday, fresh from a stint touring with indie gods du jour Dirty Projectors. Local experimental rock outfit Maga opens.

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With their sophomore effort, After All We’re Only Human, Nocturnals offshoot Blues & Lasers have seemingly grown up.

The Scott Tournet-led project continues to marry blues and classic-rock aesthetics with modern technological savvy, as they did on their self-titled 2008 debut. But this time around, notable attention paid to melody and composition reveals a rapidly maturing group. Thankfully, despite the increased polish, they do manage to retain the hairy, reckless charm that has endeared them to local audiences.

Tournet’s low-simmering “Give It a Try” opens the record in a steamy haze of electric guitar with dueling drummers Matt Burr and Steve Sharon plodding through the sludge. Unlike all too many incarnations of the two-drummer gimmick, which generally do little more than clog up the rhythm section, B&L’s deployment of Burr and Sharon is meant only to add horsepower.

In lockstep with bassist John Rogone, their playing is lean and muscular, the backbeat pinning the listener to the seat off the line.

“Fallen Friend” is next and showcases Benny Yurco as a vocalist and songwriter.

The former Turkey Bouillon Mafia guitarist and current Nocturnal wrote four of the album’s nine tracks. Here he displays a natural, if slightly derivative, knack for mining classic Southern-rock archetypes.

He’s not breaking any molds, nor do we need him to. What he does, he does well.

“Breakin’ My Heart” finds Tournet back in the driver’s seat. It’s a slow-burning blues-rock elegy lamenting the supposed death of, um, blues-rock. “They say it’s not cool, to play electric guitar,” sings Tournet.

“They call me a fool, say I’m trying too hard. / And no one plays the blues anymore. / It won’t make you a star.” It would be a fine sentiment, were it coming from anyone but a guy whose day job involves touring the world playing blues-rock riffs on the electric guitar. Breakin’ my heart, indeed.

“After All” gives us the record’s title. It’s fluff, lyrically, boasting all the profundity of a rhyming dictionary. But any songwriting miscues are waylaid by the band’s vigorous instrumental attacks and swooning vocal

harmony. It’s a melodically adventurous tune bearing watery shades of early My Morning Jacket.

The album closes on “Take You Down.”

It is the record’s defining track, combining the band’s finest elements into a roiling bundle of steamy guitar, ethereal vocals and inventive compositional turns. The song is gritty and dense, but strangely refined. Or in other words, it is just like Blues & Lasers.

Blues & Lasers celebrate After All We’re Only Human with a release party this Sunday at Club Metronome.

DAN BOLLES

Meg Willey, Veils (SELF-RELEASED, CD)

The term “singer-songwriter” has never been especially helpful, but in the case of Burlington’s Meg Willey, it’s plain misleading. Yes, Willey sings — and generally rather well, at that. And, yes, she also writes songs. But instead of citing the usual suspects such as Bob Dylan or Joan Baez as inspiration, the pianist takes her cues from the likes of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and other greats of American musical theater. On her third full-length album, Veils, Willey continues to resize the dramatic grandeur of the stage and screen to fit the cozier confines of the coffeehouse scene.

The curtain rises on “Finally.” In the album’s liner notes, unnamed characters are listed next to each song, though the connection between characters and their songs isn’t always clear. “Finally” is accompanied by The Exhibitionist.

Thematically, the song itself doesn’t appear to have much to do with exhibitionism, but it is certainly showy. Willey sets forth a bustling piano line as she sings, with Broadway-esque bravado, “Finally, you

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A trio of songs collectively titled “The Queen of the Damned Suite (The Bard)” highlights Willey’s commendable ambition.

An homage to Anne Rice — The Bard, presumably — and her famed Vampire Chronicles, the trilogy is most notable for what it lacks: vocals. Here Willey showcases her elegant talents as a composer. She proves equally adept at evoking emotion using only her piano as she is armed with words and elastic pipes.

It is unlikely that those without a taste for, say, West Side Story or Sweeney Todd will demand an encore for Veils. Still, Meg Willey proves a gutsy artist and delivers a singularly charming collection of songs. Take a bow, Meg. Catch Meg Willey this Friday at Radio Bean.

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will see me. / I am savvy / and you’ll want to be just like me.” As a lyricist, Willey isn’t exactly Oscar Hammerstein. But she usually succeeds in selling her brooding, if occasionally awkward, musings with sheer vocal enthusiasm.

Scene 2 is “The Storm Rolls In (The Actor).” Throughout the record, Willey uses the atmospheric capabilities of her instrument to great effect. Here, her piano harnesses a moody tempest.

“Ignorance Is Bliss (The Patriarch)” is next and marks Willey’s strongest overall effort. With unflinching honesty and blunt wordplay, she addresses microtragedies of suburban family life: a philandering husband, a reluctant high school sports star, a desperate housewife. In moments throughout the record, Willey has a tendency to over-sing, and consequently not sustain her breath support to the ends of phrases — all of which leads to scattered pitch. But not here. Willey’s vocal performance is measured and nuanced.

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Lift: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. the Monkey house: Face-One Presents: Caveman Music Mixtape Release Show (hip-hop), 8 p.m., $5.

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nectar’s: Bluegrass Thursdays with Something With Strings (bluegrass), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. nightcrawLers: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free. on tap: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., Free. pariMa acoustic Lounge: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, Mayfly, Sarah Hogan, Jason Lee (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., $3.

oLive ridLey’s: Karaoke with Ben Bright and Ashley Kollar, 6 p.m., Free. Therapy Thursdays with DJ NYCE (Top 40), 10:30 p.m., Free.

radio Bean: Jazz Sessions (jazz), 6 p.m., Free.

Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Anthony Santor Group (jazz), 11 p.m., $3.

taBu café and nightcLuB: Karaoke Night with Sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

rasputin’s: 101 Thursdays with Pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

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red square: Selector Dubee (reggae), 6 p.m., Free.

A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. red square BLue rooM: DJ Cre8 (house), 9 p.m., Free.

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Backstage puB: Karaoke with Steve, 9 p.m., Free.

the scuffer steak & aLe house: PJ Davidian Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

cLuB MetronoMe: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5.

the skinny pancake: Phineas Gage (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5 donation.

green rooM: DJ Big Kat (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

higher ground BaLLrooM: Aqua Teen Hunger Force (comedy), 8 p.m., $15/20. AA.

BLack door Bar & Bistro: La Strada (art folk), 8:30 p.m., $5.

higher ground showcase Lounge: First Friday with Nicole Reynolds, DJs Precious & Llu (singer-songwriter, house), 8 p.m., $5/10. AA.

green Mountain tavern: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

Jp’s puB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Langdon street café: Transcontinental Revue: Anaïs Mitchell with Devon Sproule & the Young Republic (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., Donations.

the Living rooM: Patti Casey (folk), 7:30 p.m., $10.

51 Main: Kevin Glatt (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., Free. on the rise Bakery: ITR @ OTR with Mia Adams, Mark LeGrand, Jay Ekis (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., $5 Donations. two Brothers tavern: DJ Jam Man (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

Bee’s knees: Shrimp (eclectic), 7:30 p.m., Donations. cLaire’s restaurant & Bar: Town Wide Yard Sale (Americana), 7:30 p.m., Free. parker pie co: The Motel Brothers (americana), 8 p.m., free.

regional

MonopoLe downstairs: Gary Peacock (singersongwriter), 10 p.m., Free.

on tap: Phil Abair Band (rock), 9 p.m., $3. radio Bean: Meg Willey (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Finlay Morton with Sharif (folk), 8 p.m., Free. Downtown Medicine (acoustic), 9:15 p.m., Free. The Medicinals (bluegrass), 10:15 p.m., Free. rasputin’s: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3. red square: Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. red square BLue rooM: DJ Stavros (house), 9 p.m., $3. rí rá irish puB: DJ Johnny Utah (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free. the skinny pancake: Jim Seem & Melissa Hyman (acoustic), 9 p.m., $5 donation.

central

arvad’s griLL & puB: Tim Brick (country), 7 p.m., Free.

51 Main: Maddie & the Hatters (rock), 9 p.m., Free. city LiMits: Top Hat Entertainment Dance Party (Top 40), 9 p.m., Free. on the rise Bakery: The Peterman Quintet (jazz), 8 p.m., Donations. two Brothers tavern: DJ Dizzle (Top 40), 1 0 p.m., Free.

northern

Bee’s knees: Katie Trautz & Friends (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Are you in the now?

“Ok, I admit I was a little skeptical.

the Brewski: Old Dirty String Band (string band), 9 p.m., $2.

Another email newsletter trying to get me

the huB pizzeria & puB: Gordon Stone Band (bluegrass), 9 p.m., Free.

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It’s easy to read, it links me to some of the my cabin fever and actually DO something

MonopoLe: The Kind Buds (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

this weekend. It’s well designed, and

oLive ridLey’s: Benjamin Bright (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free.

tempting. Thanks for putting it together.

I’m going to forward it to my sweetie and find some fun.”

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Backstage puB: Sturcrazie (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

Banana winds café & puB: Cinco de Mayo Party with The Tabasco Trio (rock), 2 p.m., Free. cLuB MetronoMe: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5. franny o’s: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

NoteS on the Weekend, our email newsletter, for an update that directs you to great shows, restaurants, staff picks and discounts for the weekend.

green rooM: Envy with Tucci (house), 10 p.m., Free.

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higher ground BaLLrooM: Dierks Bentley with the Travelin’ McCourys, Hayes Carll (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $30. AA.

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

Eat Sleep Funk (funk), 10 p.m., Free.

nightcrawLers: Radio Flyer (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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nectar’s: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Workingman’s Army, Husbands AKA, L.Dora (ska, rock), 9 p.m., $3.

the reservoir restaurant & tap rooM: Rise Up Sound (reggae), 9:30 p.m., Free.

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the Monkey house: The Blow, La Strada (pop, art folk), 9 p.m., $10.

Langdon street café: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand & His Lovesick Band (country), 6 p.m., Donations. Scott Bravo (jazz), 8:30 p.m., Donations. The Concrete Rivals (surf rock), 10 p.m., Donations.

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rí rá irish puB: Longford Row (Irish), 8 p.m., Free.

Banana winds café & puB: In Kahootz (rock), 7:30 p.m., Free.

BLack door Bar & Bistro: Monoprix (swampytonk), 9:30 p.m., $5.

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Bright Eyes The years since Hurricane Katrina drove him from his

hometown have been fertile, creatively speaking, for New Orleans icon aLLen TouSSainT. Since the levees broke, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has produced some of the

finest and most emotionally gripping music of his storied 50-plus-year career. His latest album, the Grammy-nominated The Bright Mississippi, is an elegant exposition of jazz and blues classics from the likes of Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington, and cements Toussaint’s legacy as an incalculably important figure in American music.

Saturday, June 5, he appears with legendary clarinetist don byron at the Flynn MainStage

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JP’S Pub: Dave Harrison’s starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

THe Living room: ann Whiting with sarah Hotchkiss and John mowad (contemporary, clog dancing), 7:30 p.m., $10.

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big PicTure THeaTer & café: Lewis Franco & the missing cats (swing), 8 p.m., Free. bLack door bar & biSTro: Hot Neon magic (’80s New Wave), 9:30 p.m., $5.

Hen of THe wood aT THe griST miLL: Queen city Hot club (gypsy jazz), 6 p.m., Free.

Langdon STreeT café: Rusty Belle cD Release (psych-folk), 9:30 p.m., Donations.

marrioTT Harbor Lounge: Jennifer Hartswick (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

PoSiTive Pie 2: made in iron (iron maiden tribute), 10 p.m., $5.

THe monkey HouSe: anna pardenik, Nicole carey, Jo Robin (singer-songwriters), 9 p.m., $5.

THe reServoir reSTauranT & TaP room: paydirt (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

necTar’S: mike pedersen (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. pulse prophets (reggae), 9 p.m., $5.

champlain valley

nigHTcrawLerS: High Rollers (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

51 main: Elias alexander (folk), 9 p.m., Free.

on TaP: The Growlers (blues), 6 p.m., Free.

Nightrain (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

ciTy LimiTS: Dance party with DJ Earl (DJ), 9 p.m., Free.

radio bean: Less Digital, more manual: Record club, 3 p.m., Free. Wiley Dobbs (bluegrass), 7 p.m., Free. Jim seem (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. catherine isles (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., Free. cauldron (hip-hop), 11:15 p.m., Free.

on THe riSe bakery: Jimmy Branca trio (blues), 8:30 p.m., $8.

raSPuTin’S: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. red Square: DJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. DJ a-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. rí rá iriSH Pub: The Blame (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Two broTHerS Tavern: The Horse traders (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

northern

bee’S kneeS: mark struhsacker (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

THe brewSki: Greyspoke (jam), 9 p.m., $2.

THe Skinny Pancake: south china, Joice adams (indie folk), 9 p.m., $5. sat.08

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Monopole: Odus Budd (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

Tabu Café and nighTClub: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (DJ), 5 p.m., Free.

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1/2 lounge: Funhouse with DJs Rob Douglas, Moonflower & Friends (house), 7 p.m., Free.

The bloCk gallery: Open Mic, 1:30 p.m., Free.

MonTy’S old briCk Tavern: Open Mic Night, 6 p.m., Free. neCTar’S: FunkWagon (funk), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. pariMa aCouSTiC lounge: Poe Jam with Dug Nap (poetry), 9 p.m., $1. radio bean: Gua Gua (psychotropical), 6 p.m., Free. Ego Alien (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Honky-Tonk Sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3.

Charlie o’S: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

higher ground ShowCaSe lounge: MC Chris, Math the Band (hip-hop), 8 p.m., $12/15. AA.

champlain valley

rí rá iriSh pub: Irish Session, 5 p.m., Free.

central

big piCTure TheaTer & Café: Anthony Santor & Friends (jazz), 11 a.m., Free.

northern

bee’S kneeS: Cody Michaels (jazz), 11 a.m., Donations. Chris Wilhelm (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

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1/2 lounge: Heal-In Sessions with Reverence (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. biSTro SauCe: Jim Stout & Mike Martin (gypsy jazz), 6:30 p.m., Free.

Club MeTronoMe: S.I.N. Mondays with DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free.

The Monkey houSe: Kevin Greenblott, Citizen Bare (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free.

pariMa Main STage: Jazzed Up Mondays (jazz), 7 p.m., Free (18+). radio bean: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free. red Square: Hype ‘Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. rozzi’S lakeShore Tavern: Trivia Night, 8 p.m., Free.

central

langdon STreeT Café: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.

northern

bee’S kneeS: Old Dirty String Band (string band), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

The brewSki: Jason Wedlock (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free.

franny o’S: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free. leunig’S biSTro & Café: Cole Elwood Duo (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

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Miguel’S on Main: Dawna Hammers (bossa & blues), 7 p.m., Free.

The Monkey houSe: Barn Burner, Burrows, Nazruthym (rock), 8 p.m., $8. 18+. neCTar’S: Bob Wagner with Ray & Russ (blues), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. on Tap: Paydirt (rock), 7 p.m., Free. radio bean: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.

Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free. red Square: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

central

green MounTain Tavern: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

Slide brook lodge & Tavern: Open Jam, 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

CiTy liMiTS: Karaoke with Balance Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free. good TiMeS Café: Larry Baione with Anna Patton (folk), 8:30 p.m., $15.

Club MeTronoMe: Bass Culture with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (electronica), 9 p.m., Free.

northern

Two broTherS Tavern: Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., Free.

bee’S kneeS: Teresa Storch & Jeremy Facknitz (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

lifT: Karaoke … with a Twist, 9 p.m., Free.

regional

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higher ground ballrooM: Cowboy Junkies (alt-rock), 8 p.m., $30/33. AA. The Monkey houSe: Drink Up Buttercup (rock), 8 p.m., $8. 18+. Hip-Hop Open Mic with Dakota, 10 p.m., Free.

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

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Two broTherS Tavern: Monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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pop, jazz, light classical, Broadway

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

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ruben JaMeS: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Slide brook lodge & Tavern: Tattoo Tuesdays with Andrea (jam), 5 p.m., Free.

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central

Main STreeT grill & bar: Doug Perkins & Michael Arnowitt (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

neCTar’S: Marco Benevento Trio, Aya Inoue & Matt Harpster (jazz), 6:30 p.m., $15.75. Mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free.

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red Square: Upsetta International with Super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

Club MeTronoMe: Blues & Lasers CD Release (rock), 8 p.m., $7/10. 18+. Hijack the Disco with Craig Mitchell, The Wyllys, Adam King (eclectic DJs), 11 p.m., Free.

The Monkey houSe: MSR Presents Givers, maga (rock), 9 p.m., $8.

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rom the early moments of The Color Purple, it’s easy to see why Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning story is also one of the most censored works of lit. Taking place from 1911 to 1945 in Georgia, her novel introduces protagonist Celie as a sexually abused 14-year-old torn from her sister and married off to an oppressive man.

The Tony Award-nominated Broadway adaptation brings the themes of domestic violence and spiritual conflict to the Flynn stage this week — yet director Gary Griffin describes the finished tale as a “triumph of the human spirit.”

With its soulful gospel, jazz and blues expressions, Purple was praised by the San Jose Mercury News as a “shakethe-rafters musical.” It’ll rock the boat, too.

‘THE COLOR PURPLE’ Monday, May 10, 7:30 p.m., at Flynn MainStage in Burlington. $45-65. Info, 863-5966. www.flynntix.org

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10 | THEATER Swing Life Away May Day has passed, but that won’t stop Vermonters psyched for the season from circling the Maypole. Rochester’s brandnew “Swing Into Spring” bash attracts revelers to daylong festivities, starting with costumed frolicking led by Burlington’s Morris Dancers. Meanwhile, the Rochester Madrigal Singers broadcast “The Lusty Month of May” and other vernal expressions. After families partake in seed-planting activities in the park and catch the No Strings Marionette Company’s Wasabi: A Dragon’s Tale, the White River Valley Players’ guerrilla street theater adds an element of surprise. A picnic-style community potluck dinner at 5:45 p.m. leads into a contra-dance finale with the Mad Robin Callers Collective. That’ll put you in the swing of things.

‘SWING INTO SPRING’ Saturday, May 8, 2-9:30 p.m., at Rochester Park and Pierce Hall in Rochester. Most events are free; $5-8, or $20 per family, for evening contra dance. Info, 767-9100. wrvp.blogspot.com

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ROTARY CLUB OF ESSEX: Rotarians help build goodwill as they organize service goals at weekly social meetings.

Nonmembers are welcome to attend. The Essex, Essex, 12:10-1:30 p.m. $15 for members; free to drop in. Info, 233-3612.

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It’s not hard to find a gift for Grandma at any of the state’s major art fairs. But what about a token that speaks to your roller derby-loving pal? Or to your best friend, the diehard recycler? Gewgaws quirky enough to suit any personality abound at the fourth annual Queen City Craft Bazaar, organized by local indie designer Kacey Freel Boone of Subsixstudios.

“People into indie crafts are into upcycling and recycling,” she explains.

“Indie craft [is] a bit of a punkier, funkier craft.” Forty-four vendors from across Vermont and into New Hampshire tote their one-of-a-kind creations to a Union Station emporium this Saturday. Burlington’s COOB Originals, for example, transforms old skateboards into trendy accessories (pictured), and Feisty Apparel repurposes thrift-store finds into hip hoodies and more. So get your shop on.

‘TAKING FLIGHT’: Up-and-coming choreographers introduce their lightly produced dance experiments. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

QUEEN CITY CRAFT BAZAAR

CENTRAL VERMONT CAREER & JOB EXPO: Vocational seekers distribute résumés among would-be employers. Elks Club, Montpelier, 12:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 922-6677.

Saturday, May 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at Union Station in Burlington. Free. Info, 2336252. www.queencitycraft.com

environment ‘VOICES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT’: Ecologist and author Amy Seidl, artist Cami Davis and Wes Sanders of Vermont Interfaith Power & Light form a panel to chat about environmental stewardship and sustainable practices. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3819.

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ABRAHAM-HICKS STUDY GROUP: Believers in the law of attraction investigate, through discussion and group exercises, how your thoughts affect your life. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 383-8429.

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‘EDGE OF DARKNESS’: Martin Campbell’s thriller casts Mel Gibson as a Boston detective who uncovers a puzzle of government-sanctioned murder as

food & drink LAMOILLE VALLEY YEAR-ROUND FARMERS ARTISAN MARKET: Farmers and food producers fill Vermonters’ totes with local and organic dining options, including eggs, cider, seeds and cow cheeses.

River Arts Center, Morrisville, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-1261.

health & fitness T’AI CHI: Seniors learn to improve balance and reduce stress with fluid movements. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $5 donation. Info, 658-3585.

‘TAMING THE MIND’: A weekly meditation series with Ven. Amy Miller imparts the fundamentals of the spiritual practice. An overview for newcomers begins at 6:30 p.m. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 7-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

TANGO FLOW: Electro-tango tunes put folks in the mood for a dance-style workout. South End Studio, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0044.

kids ‘MOVING & GROOVING WITH CHRISTINE’: Young ones jam out to rock ‘n’ 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.

‘PETER THE MUSIC MAN’: Educator Peter Alsen lets preschoolers try out various instruments at a fun intro to music theory. Colchester Meeting House, 12:30-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Tots ages 3 to 5 read picture books, play with puppets and do math activities. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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‘POLICE, ADJECTIVE’: An undercover cop’s conscience catches up to him in Corneliu Porumboiu’s 2009 Romanian detective drama. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

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RUG HOOKING & KNITTING CIRCLE: Experienced and novice needle workers present their looped creations, swap ideas and indulge in textile camaraderie. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

‘NORTH FACE’: This 2008 German adventure film chronicles the ascent of two mountaineers as they strive to conquer an untouched face of the Eiger.

Cinema 2, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

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If rapid-fire wit is your preferred style of comedy, chances are you’re already familiar with improv outlet “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” ... maybe even the earlier British version. Though the eight-season Drew Carey iteration is off the air, its wisecrackgenerating gimmicks — and its stars — endure.

Canadian-American yukster Ryan Stiles, also of “The Drew Carey Show” fame (remember Lewis?), heads spin-off touring group “Whose Live Anyway?”

Copilots Greg Proops, Chip Esten and Jeff B. Davis help put stitches in onlookers’ sides at a 90-minute, audience-participatory round of shenanigans in Rut-Vegas this week. The puns and impromptu sing-alongs of this quartet, declared “the world’s best” by Portland’s Oregonian, are sure to tickle your funny bone.

OPEN MIC NIGHT: Local poets, musicians, singers, storytellers and comics unearth hidden talents and step into the limelight. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

he works to solve his own daughter’s death. Cinema 1. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600.

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY PHILATELIC CLUB: Stamp collectors of all levels of interest and experience swap sticky squares, and stories about them. GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington, 6:15-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-4817, laineyrapp@yahoo.com.

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‘Teens Read’: Middle and high schoolers chat about the books that keep them flipping page after page. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7216.

music ‘Electronic Music’: Polished pieces by Peter Hamlin’s students fill this performance. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

Guitar Studio & Ensemble Concert: This Department of Music group wraps up the semester with a concert directed by Michael Angelo Fratino.

E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-5642283.

The Taj Mahal Trio: Afro-Caribbean blues, hula blues or folk-funk? Who cares what you call it; a two-time Grammy winner and his partners whip up smooth, nontraditional bluesy sounds. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $30.50-43.50. Info, 7750570.

outdoors Medicinal Plant Walk: Herbalist Sandra Lory points out the benefits of the plants sprouting in sidewalk cracks and community gardens. LACE, Barre, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 479-1925.

sport Alao Kung Fu: Martial arts students focus on the form and technique of the hung gar style through vigorous conditioning workouts. Fair Haven Fitness, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $6. Info, 265-3470.

Running Clinic: A professional coach trains athletes for a 5- or 10K traverse at this “Run for Empowerment” benefiting Women Helping Battered Women. Meet in front of ECHO, Waterfront Park, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $5. Info, 658-3131, ext.

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talks Colin Calloway: A history professor and author considers “1763 and How America Became American” in a discussion of key events leading up to the American Revolution. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath: This Jungian analyst and author explores that all-important and elusive feeling: happiness. Her talk examines whether being American makes us feel particularly entitled to it. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 478-8291.

‘End of Life Issues & Planning’: Dartmouth Medical School faculty member and author of My Mother, Your Mother Dr. Dennis McCullough speaks about caring for aging loved ones in “Practicing Slow Medicine.” United Church of Christ, Bradford, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4029.

Kendra Gurney: An American Chestnut Foundation rep describes the destruction caused to chestnut trees by a fungus in the 1950s, and details the blight-resistant technique that will soon restore the trees to our woods. Town Hall, Monkton, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 989-9616.

Marjorie Ryerson: In “The Intimate Privilege of Being With the Dying,” the author of Companions for the Passage shares collected stories. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

Nancy Price Graff: In an abundantly illustrated slide show presentation, the speaker examines the impact of the Farm Security Administration’s photography project in rural areas of Vermont.

Shoreham Historical Society, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 897-2001.

Susan Cooke Kittredge: In “The Unseen Alistair Cooke,” the daughter of the late journalist shines light on his life beyond reporting. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095, info@vermonthumanities.org.

Susan Watson: In “Einstein’s Century: 19052005,” a Middlebury College professor explores the drastic influence of this great thinker. Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

‘Traditions of the Ash Tree’: Scholar Jeanne Brink joins speakers Jesse Larocque, Jesse Bruchac and John Moody in a presentation on traditional Abenaki culture. Bugbee Senior Center, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-8870.

Visual Presentation & Lecture: A PowerPoint show illuminates the Gnostic perspective on “The Grail and the Rosy Cross.” 6 Fairfield Hill Road, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-9706, vermont@ goldenrosycross.org.

theater ‘The Idiot’: Newly returned to St. Petersburg, a man assumed to be an “idiot” stirs up society in the Addison Repertory Theater’s production of David Fishelson’s Dostoevsky adaptation. A.R.T. Studio Theater. Hannaford Career Center, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 382-1036.

words Book Chat: In preparation for the Essex Community Players’ upcoming production, readers share thoughts about Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays With Morrie. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-6955.

Evening Book Club: A lively group of readers picks apart and analyzes Chris Cleave’s Little Bee. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 879-7576.

Garret Keizer: The author of The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise talks about the consequences of living in a loud world. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 5 p.m.

Free. Info, 864-8001.

‘Prophetic Odyssey’: What happened after Moses died? A study group peruses the prophetic writings to quench its thirst for knowledge. Temple Sinai, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 862-5125.

‘Vermont Reads’ Book Discussion & Potluck: A Balkan-themed potluck accents a group gab about Katherine Paterson’s The Day of the Pelican.

Quechee Public Library, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 295-1232.

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Lubberland National Dance Company: Exuberant movers bypass consumerism and transform into mountains, valleys, rivers and oceans in “The Essential Dancer.” Ballroom, Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30-8:40 p.m. $5-15 donation. Info, 525-3031.

Queen City Tango: A DJ serves syncopated beats for dance-floor twirls with food and drinks.

No partner necessary. The Block Gallery, Winooski, 7:30-11 p.m. $5; $3 for nondancers and students.

Info, 338-5856.

environment ‘Solar for Home or Business’: Reps from DC Energy Innovations cover the green benefits of solar-electric systems. Stowe Free Library, 6:308:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-1474.

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Singles Party: Unattached folks make eyes across the room, mingle and sign up for speed dating. Gastropub, Ye Olde England Inne, Stowe, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-5684.

‘Spend Smart’: Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks. Vermont Department of Health, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 540-2567.

‘You Can Change Your Brain’: This drop-in course examines simple strategies for tapping into our intellectual, experiential and spiritual realms for positive change. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 876-7696.

film ‘Edge of Darkness’: See WED.05, 7 p.m.

‘Fresh’: Ana Sofia Joanes’ 2009 documentary profiles American farmers and businesspeople who are reinventing the food system. Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 828-8600.

Movie Night: A surf-style eatery queues up a wind-and-water-themed flick weekly. The Spot, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 540-1778.

‘North Face’: See WED.05, 7 p.m.

‘The Fisher King’: Terry Gilliam’s 1991 drama features Jeff Bridges as a radio DJ crippled by guilt about inadvertently sparking a listener’s murdering spree. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

‘Vermont Reads’ Film Screening: Folks catch a documentary about refugees in the United States. Quechee Public Library, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 295-1232.

youth in grades 6 to 8 learn about the dangers of underage drinking over a community dinner.

Warren Ballrooms, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518564-3366, jessica.mathews@plattsburgh.edu.

Teen Video Games: Middle and high schoolers rock out to Guitar Hero, Rock Band and various other PS2 faves. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

music Coffeehouse Night: Musicians and spoken-word performers pass ‘round the mic at a casual evening of shared voices. Stearns Student Center, Johnson State College, 9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2356.

Noontime Concert Series: Alto Linda Radtke entertains folks on a bagged-lunch break. Coffee and tea are provided. First Baptist Church, Burlington, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6515.

talks ‘Café Scientifique’: Tim Wilmot of the Proctor Maple Research Center looks into the impact of global warming on maple tree health and on the syrup industry. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 1-877-324-6386.

Dine & Discover Series: Vermont’s first female governor, Madeleine Kunin, explores the influence of women in leadership at this suppertime lecture.

Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 6 p.m. $15; reservations required. Info, 598-5342, jhersh@ burlingtontelecom.net.

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Gregory Sharrow: In “A Sense of Place: Vermont’s Farm Legacy,” this lecturer shares discoveries about our state’s cultural heritage and folklife.

Hartland Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 436-2473.

‘Elder-Dance’: An open dance floor beckons folks ages 50 and up seeking exercise. Studio 58, Suite 236, Chace Mill, Burlington, 4 p.m. $10. Info, 865-6815.

Janet Van Fleet: A Cabot-based artist captures attention in “Reflections on an Experience in Japan, and My Work.” Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. $5. Info, 748-2600.

‘Get Motivated With Self-Hypnosis’: A Burlington-based hypnotherapist helps folks wield the power of their subconscious minds at an interactive workshop. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 6:30-8 p.m. $20-40. Info, 578-8391.

Middlebury College ‘Last Lecture’ Series: College president emeritus John McCardell addresses the audience, “famous last words”-style.

Mead Chapel, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 2230572.

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After-School Nature Detectives: Elementary schoolers solve the mysteries of Mother Nature in an afternoon wilderness program of salamander searches, nature art and butterfly catching. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 3:15-5 p.m. $814. Info, 229-6206.

‘A Song for My Father’: Lost Nation Theater tackles themes of growing old, father-son relationships and more in the debut of Vermonter David Budbill’s play. Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $10-25. Info, 229-0492.

Dads & Kids Playgroup: Youngsters up to age 5 and their male grown-ups connect over a complimentary dinner and group playtime. Family Center of Washington County, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 262-3292, ext. 115, fcwcdads@yahoo.com.

‘Airswimming’: Middlebury College acting students revive Charlotte Jones’ debut play, a contemplation of the struggles of womanhood. Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $4. Info, 443-3168.

Preschool Storytime: Tots ages 3 to 5 bury their noses in books with read-aloud tales, rhymes, songs and crafts.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

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‘My Ohio’: Vermont Stage Company’s musical comedy depicts the culture clash between a gay atheist from New York City and a small-town evangelical. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $12-24.

Info, 382-9222.

‘Ringing Down the Curtain’: Emerging thespians showcase selected theater works from the semester. Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building,

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‘The IdIoT’: See WED.05, 7:30 p.m.

‘Whose LIve AnyWAy?’: Former “The Drew Carey Show” yukster Ryan Stiles heads up 90 minutes of improvised song lyrics, skits and impersonations. See calendar spotlight. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $30.50-46.50. Info, 775-0903.

words Book dIscussIon serIes: ‘heALTh cAre & humAnITy’: Bibliophiles peruse Quang Van Nguyen and Marjorie Pivar’s Fourth Uncle in the Mountain to understand the experiences of patients, families and medical caretakers. Grafton Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 843-2404. deBorAh LuskIn: The author of Into the Wilderness highlights passages of the novel, which unfolds the budding romance of two 64-year-olds.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338. dyAd communIcATIon: Participants learn to speak and truly be heard in this evening of contemplative conversation. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 6:15-8:45 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 522-5855. mArk PendergrAsT: The author of Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service explores the work of this organization in a book discussion and signing.

Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. oPen mIc nIghT: Wordsmiths of all trades — songwriting, poetry, theater and more — contribute their audible expressions. The Hub Teen Center & Skatepark, Bristol, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 4533678, thehub@gmavt.net. ron koss: The coauthor of The Earth’s Best Story: A Bittersweet Tale of Twin Brothers Who Sparked an Organic Revolution discusses the organic food company. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

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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 dAnce socIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $10-14. Info, 862-2269.

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sILenT AucTIon: Bidders top off a festive evening — a benefit for Vermont Interfaith Action — with savory finger foods, dainty desserts and mingling. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $1520. Info, 238-6020.

TAg sALe: A local PTO organizes a community sale to benefit Sustainable Living Initiatives Motivating Youth. Orchard School, South Burlington, 4-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-3395.

TerTuLIA LATInA: Latino Americanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español. Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 8633440.

‘The nIghT sPArkLes’ BeneFIT AucTIon: Up for a night at the museum?

Hors d’oeuvres spice up silent and live auctions that benefit the Montshire Museum’s science education programs. Preregister.

Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 6 p.m. $70-80. Info, 6492200, ext. 249. ‘vermonT survIvor: moTher’s dAy sPecIAL’: In a spinoff of the reality show television series, moms and a partner compete in weekend-long team challenges.

Common Acres Campground, Hyde Park, May 7-8. $40 per two-person team; ages 13 and up. Info, 2791517, keithation@comcast.net.

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. $5-6. Info, 476-4185.

food & drink hArdWIck FArmers mArkeT: A burgeoning culinary community celebrates local ag with fresh produce and handcrafted goods. Route 15 West, Hardwick, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 533-2337, hardwick farmersmarket@gmail.com.

‘eLder-dAnce’: See THU.06, 4 p.m. ‘geT moTIvATed WITh seLF-hyPnosIs’: See THU.06, Charlotte Senior Center, 9-10:30 a.m. sIvAnAndA cLAssIcAL yogA: Hédi Mizouni covers everything from the science of breath to meditation in this relaxation-based course. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 876-7696.

kids cynThIA Lord: The author of Hot Rod Hamster, which sports illustrations by Derek Anderson, unravels the plot of a rodent engaging in a road race. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 4 p.m. Free.

Info, 985-3999.

music AFrIcAn chILdren’s choIr: Traditional music and dance, video projections, 10 languages and vibrant costumes make for a captivating, all-children concert. See “State of the Arts,” this issue. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $23-39. Info, 863-5966.

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chAmPLAIn PhILhArmonIc orchesTrA: Special guest Iain MacHarg works the bagpipes into a varied spring performance. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $10-12. Info, 877-6737. roBerT rIch: Projected images and special lighting accompany the synthesized and homemade sounds of this ambient music composer.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $2028. Info, 863-5966. soovIn kIm & IevA JokuBAvIcIuTe: A Vermont Youth Orchestra alum digs into his concerto, recital and chamber music repertoire on the violin, aided by an acclaimed pianist. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20-15. Info, 656-4455.

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susAnne Peck & cynThIA huArd: These affiliate artists form a pianosoprano duet. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free.

Info, 443-3168.

TeresA sTorch: A Boston singer-songwriter delivers compositions and stories. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

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sPrIng mIgrATIon BIrd WALk: Binocular buddies keep a sharp lookout for warblers, vireos and other newly arrived travelers. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7-8:30 a.m. $5. Info, 229-6206.

sport goLF TournAmenT: It’s tee time! The 17th annual CIGNA Chamber Challenge kicks off the season.

Country Club of Barre, 11 a.m. $440 per team of four.

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exPerIence WALdorF eArLy educATIon: Parents and would-be students get a taste of the home-like environment, imaginative play and creative movement exercises of a typical classroom.

Preregister. Child’s Garden, East Montpelier, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 456-7400.

BIxBy LIBrAry gALA: Bookworms show appreciation for the institution that brings them words with an evening of food, live and silent auctions, and dancing to airs by pianist Chris Wyckoff and the Little City Jazz Band. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 6:30-10:30 p.m. $40 for the evening; $25 for dessert and dancing only. Info, 877-2211.

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engLIsh counTry dAnce: Those keen on Jane Austen’s favorite pastime make rural rounds to lively tunes by the Turning Stile. First half hour is an advanced dance session. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-10:30 p.m. $5-8.

Info, 899-2378.

AnnIversAry ceLeBrATIon: Raffles and veggie platters augment musical performances by Greta Frost and others at a benefit for United College Club on its 10th anniversary. Courtyard Marriott Burlington Harbor, 8-11 p.m. $12; cash bar. Info, 863-5966.

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drum & dAnce: Percussion practice makes perfect for group groovin’ to rhythmic beats. Drum practice starts at 6:30 p.m.; drum and dance begins at 7.

Shelburne Town Hall, 6:30-9 p.m. $3. Info, 862-7118, jaswmbrown@gmail.com.

‘AFFAIrs oF The heArT’: Local author and healer Kirk White spells out charms and tricks for finding (and keeping) love and lust, and creating a happy home. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, Burlington, 6:308:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 660-8060.

komBuchA cockTAIL PArTy: Fermented tea drinks, raffles and socializing mark the opening of a new health and wellness facility. Vermont Center for Yoga & Therapy, South Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free.

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talks Robert Putnam: In “E Pluribus Unum,” the author of Bowling Alone addresses new evidence about the role of ethnic diversity in straining community bonds. Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

Zawadi Nikuze: This speaker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo focuses on “Trauma Healing and Reconciliation for Survivors of Sexual Violence” at a benefit for the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. First Congregational Church, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $15 donation. Info, 338-4627.

theater ‘25 Squirrels’: Just in time for graduation, senior Ali Wisch debuts a full-length dark comedy about the lives of 20-something slackers. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. $5; free for students with ID. Info, 865-6432.

‘A Song for My Father’: See THU.06, 8 p.m.

‘Airswimming’: See THU.06, 8 p.m. & 11 p.m.

‘My Ohio’: See THU.06, 8 p.m.

‘The Idiot’: See WED.05, 7:30 p.m.

‘Wit’: The Willsboro Drama Club presents Margaret Edson’s play about an English prof dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Auditorium, Willsboro Central School, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 518-963-4456, ext. 400.

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Community Dance: An hour of all-ages waltz and swing lessons leads into an evening of open dance.

Proceeds support the Ellie Bilodeau Memorial Fund.

Big Gym, Georgia Elementary & Middle School, St. Albans, 7-10 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 5986757.

Jericho Contra Dance: Irish and old-time tunes

by Symphony Reel get people on their toes for moves organized by caller Rachel Nevitt. A family dance starts at 7 p.m.; regular contra begins at 8 p.m. Community Center, Jericho Center, 7-10 p.m. $5, or $10 per family. Info, 879-4606.

Queer Prom: LGBTQA youths 13 to 22 bust out moves at a friendly night of dancing. The Lamb Abbey, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9677, ext. 4.

Spring Performance: Morrisville’s Enchanted Woods Wellness Center threads together dance, gymnastics and yoga in a community talent showcase. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. $5; donations accepted. Info, 635-1476.

education Champlain College Commencement: Former college president Robert A. Skiff receives an honorary doctoral degree and delivers remarks before roughly 450 seniors turn their tassels. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 9 a.m. Free; tickets required. Info, 865-6432.

French Roundtable: Speakers at various skill levels order café during an open practice session.

Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 9:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 247-0050.

Haiti Medical Relief Fundraiser: World-music

by DJ Hilary Martin, a silent auction, food and drinks raise money for a local medical team to bring supplies and help to a displaced persons camp in Haiti. Hood Plant, Burlington, 7-11 p.m. $20 donation. Info, 735-7752.

Mother’s Day Bazaar: A one-day market of handmade jewelry, recycled tote bags and more augments a family-centered lunch. Proceeds support the senior center. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; cost of food. Info, 658-3585.

Queen City Craft Bazaar: Recycled skateboard jewelry and creative duds are among the items offered by 44 local crafters, designers and artists at this annual indie fair. See calendar spotlight.

Union Station, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 233-6252.

Tag Sale: See FRI.07, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

‘Vermont Survivor: Mother’s Day Special’: See FRI.07. iPad & Kindle Demo: Presenters Fran Delphia and David Cook compare and contrast newfangled gadgets at a group how-to. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095, info@ilsleypubliclibrary.org.

fairs & festivals Central Vermont Quilt Show: See FRI.07, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

‘Swing Into Spring’: The White River Valley Players organize a daylong community celebration complete with dancing ‘round the maypole, a puppet show, street theater and a potluck supper. See calendar spotlight. Rochester Park and Pierce Hall, Rochester, 2-9:30 p.m. Most events are free; $5-8, or $20 per family, for evening contra dance. Info, 767-9100.

film ‘A Single Man’: Small, fleeting moments are the center of attention in Tom Ford’s Oscar-nominated 2009 film about a man coping with the loss of his partner. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

‘Big Flicks at the Paramount’: A revived theater works its way through the most popular films of all time, such as this week’s Marlon Brando crime drama, On the Waterfront. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. $4-6. Info, 775-0903.

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Burlington Cohousing Potluck: Community members bring a dish to share as they meet, mingle and learn about collaborative living. Preregister.

East Village Cohousing, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-5359.

Digital Video Editing: Final Cut Pro users learn basic concepts of the editing software. VCAM

Burlington Farmers Market: Sixty-two vendors sell everything from fresh fruits and

Capital City Farmers Market: Fresh produce, perennials, seedlings, home-baked foods and handmade crafts lure local buyers throughout the growing season. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958, manager@montpelier farmersmarket.com.

Edible Spring Flowers: Who’s up for dandelion pesto? Herbal education coordinator Cristi Nunziata explains how to make candied violets and more. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, noon1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

Mother’s Day Tea: Midmorning nourishment allows children of all ages to dote on their moms.

Bradford Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

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.

‘Kids on the Refuge’: Siskin Ecological Adventures holds workshops for youngsters in first through sixth grade to explore trees, maps and navigation, and Vermont birds. O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge, Nulhegan Basin Division, Brunswick, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 673-5638.

Mayfest Celebration: Families with young children greet the month with pony rides, dancing, a puppet show, face painting and more. Rain date: May 9. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2827.

Milton Girls’ Day: The Milton Community Youth Coalition hosts fun daylong workshops for girls in grades 3 to 8, and the important adult women in their lives. New Life Fellowship, Milton, 9:30 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, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Saturday Stories: Picture books bring tall tales to life for youngsters. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

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‘Elder-Dance’: See THU.06, 4 p.m.

Benefit Concert: Musician and storyteller Bobby Sweet leads a fundraiser for the Westford Food Shelf. United Church of Westford, dinner and refreshments, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. $6-7.

Info, 324-9273, westford food@hotmail.com.

Wellness Alternatives Fair: Wellness practitioners provide introductions to pulse readings, foot reflexology, massage therapy, aura photography and more. Community Church, Stowe, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 321-0300.

‘Zumba for Troops’: A high-energy dancefitness exercise raises funds for Internet installation for a unit of local soldiers currently deployed in Afghanistan. Vermont Sport & Fitness, Rutland, 5-8 p.m. $20 minimum donation. Info, 775-9916.

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Final Cut Pro Open Lab: Apprentice film editors complete three tracks of exercises as a VCAM staff member answers questions and lends a hand.

VCAM Studio, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 6519692.

vegetables to ethnic cuisine to pottery to artisan cheese. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-889-8188, info@burlington farmersmarket.org.

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Youth Pride Day: Lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and allied youths celebrate with a statewide Gay/Straight Alliance conference, pride march and “SpeakOUT.” Preregister. Various downtown locations, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-9677, ext. 4.

Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 6519692.

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Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra: See FRI.07, 7:30 p.m.

Dartmouth Wind Symphony: In “Folk and Film,” the ensemble adds vintage film scores to projected stills. Free preconcert talk at Top of the Hop, 6 p.m.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-14. Info, 603-646-2422.

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kids Big Truck Day: Tykes get up close and personal with parked diggers, dump trucks, race cars and fire engines at a benefit for Hinesburg Nursery School that includes grill fare, baked goods and crafts. Hinesburg Nursery School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $5 per child; free for adults. Info, 373-2321.

Book Release Party: Little readers get excited about Percy Jackson and the Olympians author Rick Riordan’s newest series, The Kane Chronicles. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

Children’s Performance: Enchanted Woods Wellness Center students ages 2 through teens show off short ballet, lyrical, hip-hop, yoga and gymnastics routines. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 888-4375.

‘Jumpin’ & Jivin’ at the Hop’: Program leaders John and Sandra Tomeny guide families in jazz-induced dance boogies. Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 603-646-2010.

Eugenia Choi: A regular at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, this violin virtuoso joins pianist Henry Wong Doe in a musical benefit for the Appleton Gist Family Foundation. Attendees also enjoy culinary and wine offerings, and take part in a silent auction. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 6:30 p.m. $75. Info, 881-1198.

Jason Harrod: An award-winning songwriter and local band Blue Skys Below raise their voices to help improve the lives of Ugandan children. New Moon Café, Burlington, 7-11 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 383-0495.

Mary Fahl: An expressive songstress revisits the mid-1990s chamber-pop of October Project, as well as her motion picture compositions, at this house concert. Email for details. 126 Covered Bridge Road, North Ferrisburgh, 7 p.m. $20-25. Info, maryfahlat thebarn@hotmail.com.

Middlebury College Community Chorus: A Champlain Valley ensemble with more than 150 years of history assembles “A Choral Potpourri” to celebrate Mother’s Day. First United Methodist Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-1151.

Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir: A 70-voice ensemble joins forces with a nine-member band for the annual Gospelfest. E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30-11 p.m. $5-15; free for kids under 5. Info, 518-564-2704.

Reverie: Viola player Elizabeth Reid, pianist Alison Bruce Cerutti, flutist Hilary Goldblatt and harpist

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Therese Wunrow collaborate on solo and chamber work by famous and local composers. United Church, Northfield, 7-10 p.m. $12 donation. Info, 485-4431.

RodRigo y gabRiela: A metal-influenced Mexican musical pair make their fingers fly along acoustic guitars. See feature, this issue. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $39.50-52.75. Info, 863-5966.

Student Vocal conceRt: The music department presents selections from The Marriage of Figaro, The Fantasticks and other opera and musical theater. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. the thetfoRd chambeR SingeRS: Bach, Ingalls, Ives and Ellington compositions mix with readings from Emerson, Whittier and more in “Footprints in the Sands of Time.” First Congregational Church, Thetford, 7:30 p.m. $6-12. Info, 765-4703.

outdoors biRd-monitoRing Walk: Beginning and novice birders fine-tune their eyes and ears to recognize winged residents. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 7-9 a.m. Donations accepted.

Info, 434-3068, vermont@audubon.org. chickeRing bog WildfloWeR Walk: Expert naturalists point out marshland blooms to rubberbooted hikers on a day trip. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $12-15. Info, 229-6206. motheR’S day SpRing heRb Walk: An easyto-moderate stroll with herbalist Alyssa Doolittle allows folks to identify wild plants, chat about traditional plant uses, and stop and smell the roses.

Community Garden, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m. $7; free for kids. Info, 748-9498.

collection of enthralling solo works. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $12-18. Info, 863-5966.

‘Steel magnoliaS’: Local, all-female theater troupe ‘Cause Productions presents this poignant beauty-salon story, which benefits the Diabetes Center at Rutland Regional Medical Center.

Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $15-20. Info, 775-0903. ‘the idiot’: See WED.05, 7:30 p.m.

‘Wit’: See FRI.07, 7:30 p.m.

words peggy SapphiRe: The Craftsbury poet pages through her latest collection, In the End a Circle, in a public reading. River Arts Center, Morrisville, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 888-1261.

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‘Significant otheRS’: Dancer Paul Besaw, filmmaker Deb Ellis, writer Major Jackson, musician Patricia Julien and artist Erin Sweeney present a

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motheR’S day touRS: Wander the common areas and guest rooms of the historic Inn at Shelburne Farms, and find out what’s new this season in the gardens. The Inn at Shelburne Farms, noon-4 p.m. $10-12. Info, 985-8442.

Friday, May 7 at 8 pm, MainStage This show will be audio described.

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‘motheRS foR peace’ celebRation: A reading of the original “Mother’s Day Proclamation,” songs by the Raging Grannies, comic antics by the Hokum Brothers and an openair potluck celebrate moms and two founding mothers of the Peace & Justice Center. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 1.

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film ‘klute’: A small-town detective on a missingperson investigation follows leads to a New York prostitute in trouble in Alan J. Pakula’s 1971 mystery. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

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‘night moVeS’: Gene Hackman plays the PI in Arthur Penn’s complicated 1975 crime thriller about a missing stepdaughter and the underbelly of Hollywood. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 9:05 p.m. $5-7.

Info, 603-646-2576.

Featuring work of Paul Besaw (dance), Deb Ellis (film), Major Jackson (creative writing), Patricia Julien (music), and Erin Sweeney (visual art) with performances by Clare Byrne, Amber deLaurentis, Jason Lambert, Abby Paige, and technical direction/ design by Stefan Jacobs.

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motheR’S day cRop mob: Hale and hearty volunteers join a “guerrilla act of agriculture” to help get a farm into ship shape. Food on the grill rewards a job well done. Jericho Settlers’ Farm, Richmond, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 373-1875, bellapesto@ gmail.com.

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VeRmont ReSpite houSe fun Run & Jiggety Jog: Runners, walkers, bikers and skaters cover 5K through the Southridge neighborhood to benefit Vermont’s only hospice home. Registration, 8 a.m.

Allen Brook Elementary School, Williston, 9 a.m. $20. Info, 860-4435.

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‘WandeRing foR WaRbleRS’: Scan the Ottauquechee River surroundings for these colorful, hard-to-spot flyers. Preregister. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 7:30-10 a.m. $5-7. Info, 359-5000, ext. 223.

5k SunShine Walk/Run: A scenic Union Street traverse raises money for the Sarah Leary Scholarship Fund, allowing local students in need to participate in school trips.

Transfiguration Farm, Brandon, 10 a.m. $20-30.

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‘Elder-Dance’: See THU.06, 4 p.m.

Laughter Yoga for Beginners: Smiling participants split their sides chuckling at this fun and gentle yogic exercise for overall health and happiness. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 860-1525.

kids Children’s Performance: See SAT.08, 3 p.m.

‘Read to a Dog’: See SAT.08, 1-2 p.m.

music ‘20th-Century Chamber Music’: Music scholars play up a semester’s worth of practiced pieces. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

Arc’Angelo: Vermont’s baroque band performs the violin masterworks of Bach, Telemann, Buxtehude and Handel on period instruments.

Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 3 p.m. $8-15. Info, 426-3850.

Middlebury College Community Chorus: See SAT.08, Mead Chapel, Middlebury, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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The Thetford Chamber Singers: See SAT.08, 4:30 p.m.

‘Wind Power!’: A musical trio performs compelling works for wind instruments and the piano, including Beethoven’s op. 11 Trio, Mendelssohn’s Konzertstücke and Glinka’s Trio Pathétique. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m.

Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

outdoors Mother’s Day Wildflower Walk: Why buy a bouquet when you can view the flora of the meadows and woods au naturel? An easy jaunt serves up springtime blossoms galore. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. $5; free for moms and members. Info, 229-6206.

sport ‘LUV2SK8’ Ice Show: Members of the Champlain Valley Skating Club, the Vermont Children’s Theatre on Ice, On Thin Ice and the Ice Crystals Synchronized Skating Team showcase their mastery of slippery surfaces. Leddy Park Arena, Burlington, 4 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 8657558.

Mother’s Day Fun Run: A 5 or 10K run provides off-the-beaten-path views. Kids can join in a free half-mile fun run prior to the main race, and a barbecue wraps up this benefit for nonprofit Umbrella.

Sherburne Base Lodge, Burke Mountain, East Burke, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $25-30 for runners includes barbecue; $5-15 for barbecue for nonrunners. Info, 748-1992, ext. 315.

Mother’s Day Ride: Bicyclists of all ages pick from several paths to suit their skills at this wheelin’ fundraiser for the Lund Family Center. Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington, 8 a.m.-2

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Town Meeting: The No Child Left Behind Act and education reform are the topics du jour at this Sen. Bernie Sanders-led gathering.

Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 1-800-339-9834.

Dartmouth College Glee Club: Romantic-era selections from Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Walzer and Strauss’ Die Fledermaus waft through the air. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-14. Info, 603-646-2422.

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community Burlington Walk/ Bike Council: Proponents of safer transportation plan projects and goals for 2010 over pizza. Center for Communities and Neighborhoods, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-2453, ext. 103.

dance Solo Ballroom Dance: Exercise seekers learn basic dance-floor steps to support personal movement explorations. Studio 58, Suite 236, Chace Mill, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 865-6815.

‘The Color Purple’: Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning story of a black woman living in the South takes musical shape in this Grammy-nominated Broadway adaptation. See calendar spotlight. Flynn Sc MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. of y es $45-65. Info, 863-5966. rt ou n

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‘My Ohio’: See THU.06, 2 p.m.

Thetford Hill Community Market: Vendors supply localvores with an array of baked treats, honey, maple syrup and veggies. Thetford Hill Green, Thetford, 4-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 785-4404.

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Mother’s Day High Tea: A traditional English pastime treats life givers to sweet and savory pastries, and tinkling piano notes. Brandon Music, noon-6 p.m. $8-15. Info, 465-4071.

‘A Song for My Father’: See THU.06, 2 p.m.

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Advanced Composition Performance: Students in an upper-level music class finish off the year with a concert of their original work. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

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Mother’s Day Dinner: Chef Yves Morrissette dishes out seafood, beef and eggplant entrées on this special occasion sup. Proceeds support the McIndoe Falls Community Preservation Group.

Congregational Church, Barnet, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $7-13.

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

Colchester Historical Society Meeting: UVM’s Laura Killian oversees the gathering with a presentation on rain gardens. Historical Society Parsonage, Colchester Village, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3706.

Story Crafters: Tracey Girdich, a founding member of the Green Candle Theatre Company, provides tips on how to spin a great yarn. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

Japanese Conversation Group: Folks swap sentences in a distant dialect at this language exchange. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

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‘Spend Smart’: Vermonters learn savvy skills for stretching bucks. 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-2567.

‘The Herbalist Hour’: Herbalist Alyssa Doolittle of Mayflower Herb Farm resolves queries about all things green. St. Johnsbury Food Co-op, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 748-9498.

health & fitness ‘Elder-Dance’: See THU.06, 4 p.m.

‘Herbal Approaches for Endocrine Disruption’: Speaker Guido Masé looks into metabolic rates, energy levels and blood sugar balance with regard to the thyroid, adrenal glands and pancreas. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

environment Green Drinks: Activists and professionals for a cleaner environment raise a glass over networking and discussion. The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2253.

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‘Basic Introduction to Nonlinear Editing’: Budding videographers learn about cut-and-paste techniques for media production. Channel 17 Studios, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 8623966, ext. 16, morourke@cctv.org.

French Conversation Group: Folks take their Romance language capabilities for a spin in a weekly repartee. Bien fait! Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

Preschool Storytime: See THU.06, 10-10:45 a.m.

‘The Rally Awards’: Sports fanatics celebrate the achievements of UVM student athletes. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 8635966.

‘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.

‘Traveling the Path to Enlightenment’: Students of all levels get a practical overview of Tibetan Buddhism. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:308:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

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Story & Activity Time: Kids 6 and under and their grown-ups savor readings and craft, art and food projects. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@ hotmail.com.

health & fitness ‘Elder-Dance’: See THU.06, 4 p.m.

‘Essential Tools for Caregivers’: Family members and friends of folks with long-term or life-limiting illnesses learn how to lend a hand, both physically and emotionally. Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, Barre, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-1878.

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, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 355-5129.

kids ‘Music With Robert’: The host of a weekly folk and 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 Hour: Tales and picture books catch the attention of little tykes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

Storytime for Tots: Fables, finger-plays, songs and snacks occupy tiny ones ages 18 to 35 months.

Preregister. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

Teen Video Games: See THU.06, 3:30-5 p.m.

music Milton Community Band Rehearsal: Director Mary Bauer oversees bandmates and new members in a varied repertoire. Milton Elementary School, 7-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1398.

Noontime Concert Series: In “Pennies for Peace,” pianists Joyce Flanagan, Susanna Guthmann, Anne McGuire and others perform while audience members contribute coins for the Central Asia Institute. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free; donations accepted.

Info, 864-0471.

Waterbury Community Band Rehearsals: Brass and wind musicians join the band in playing marches, swing medleys and Broadway faves at this open practice session. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 8884977, waterburycommunityband@yahoo.com.

outdoors Birding Excursion: Bird watchers stretch their wings on a scouting field trip with guide Bill Mercia.

Preregister. Geprag’s Community Park, Hinesburg, 7 a.m. Free. Info, 863-2436, gmas@greenmountain audubon.org.

sport ‘Get to Know Your Bike’: A cycle-shop pro introduces free wheelers to vehicle anatomy, flat fixes and roadside skills. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

talks Community Medical School: Doug Johnson, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, prepares for the worst in “Attack of the Biofilms: When Bacteria and Fungi Infiltrate Medical

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words Mark Pendergrast: The author of Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service explores the work of this organization in a book discussion and signing.

Dartmouth Bookstore, Hanover, N.H., 6 p.m. Free.

Info, 603-643-2348. stePhen kiernan: The Charlotte journalist launches his latest work, Authentic Patriotism: Restoring America’s Founding Ideals Through Selfless Action. Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3999.

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Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576.

food & drink LaMOiLLe vaLLey year-rOund farMers artisan Market: See WED.05, 3-6:30 p.m.

health & fitness ‘eLder-dance’: See THU.06, 4 p.m. internatiOnaL aWareness day: The Vermont CFIDS Association hosts speakers, politicians and doctors at this educational event about neuroendocrine-immune disorders, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Burlington Police Station, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 1-800-296-1445. yOga-dance exercise: Who needs routines?

World music inspires folks to get fit with improvisational movements. Studio 58, Suite 236, Chace Mill, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 865-6815.

‘fOurth & fifth graders read’: Youth don reading glasses for a fiction group’s discussion of favorite lit genres. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:15-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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‘MOving & grOOving With christine’: See WED.05, 11-11:30 a.m.

‘deePening Our sPirituaLity’: Folks focus on faith in the context of community, worship, music and more in this monthly discussion group. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 7-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 985-3819. ‘end Of Life issues & PLanning’: Cindy Bruzzese, executive director of the Vermont Ethics Network, answers questions about advance health care directives. United Church of Christ, Bradford, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4029.

knit night: Crafty needle workers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they give yarn a makeover. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m.

Free. Info, 872-7111.

‘the fundaMentaLs Of investing in MuniciPaL bOnds’: A financial adviser lays out different types of bonds and ratings, as well as potential tax-free benefits. Fourth floor, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-6039.

‘ZOdiac’: David Fincher’s 2007 mystery explores the search for a real-life serial killer in 1970s San Francisco. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center,

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‘Peter the Music Man’: See WED.05, 12:30-1 p.m. ‘teens read’: See WED.05, 5-5:45 p.m. ‘tOts On the MOve’: Moms and pops participate in this music-and-moves session for tiny ones.

Studio 58, Suite 236, Chace Mill, Burlington, 8-8:45 a.m. $10. Info, 865-6815.

music Linda radtke: The musician gives a costumed rundown of major state benchmarks in “Vermont History Through Song” with pianist Arthur Zorn.

Second Congregational Church, Jeffersonville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-0155.

sport aLaO kung fu: See WED.05, 6:30-8:30 p.m. running cLinic: See WED.05, 6-7 p.m.

talks ‘dOrOthy canfieLd fisher: a verMOnter fOr the WOrLd’: Helene Lang hosts a living history presentation about this celebrated state writer.

Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2999.

words dan chOdOrkOff: The author of the recently completed Loisaida shares passages. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 4263581, jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com. hOWard frank MOsher: An author shares the daunting challenges of historical fiction in “Transforming History Into Fiction: The Story of a Born Liar.” Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

‘PrOPhetic Odyssey’: See WED.05, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. ‘verMOnt reads’ bOOk discussiOn: Bookworms follow an Albanian family’s journey to Barre, Vt., in Katherine Paterson’s The Day of the Pelican. South Hero Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209. m

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‘LOveLy LLaMas’: Preschoolers and their families take a day trip to a nearby camelid farm to investigate their woolen coats and feed them apple scraps. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Info, 229-6206.

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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.

bodywork EXPLORATION OF MOVEMENT 16 CEU: Jun. 5-6, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $245/16 CEUs/$225 when paid in full by May 17 ($50 nonrefundable deposit).

Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, Burlington.

Info: Dianne Swafford, 802-734-1121, swafford person@hotmail.com.

Ortho-Bionomy (16 CEUs): Participants will learn to recognize and palpate patterns of joint and muscle movement in order to facilitate increased range of motion and to promote a general sense of well-being in the body. Ortho-Bionomy is a gentle, deeply effective, noninvasive body therapy, which is effective with both acute and chronic conditions and is used to reduce tension and improve structural alignment.

TINY HOUSE RAISING: Cost: $250. Location: Bakersfield & Westmore. Info: Peter King, 802-933-6103. A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a 10x10 house on May 1 & 2 in Bakersfield, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and a 14x16

dance BALLET & BARTENIEFF: Advance your understanding of how to develop ballet technique and dance expressively.

Thursdays, 6:45 p.m. Cost: $9.50/class w/ class card, $12/drop-in. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Rt. 127, 5 minutes from downtown Burlington), Colchester.

Info: 802-863-3369, lucille@ naturalbodiespilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com.

Bartenieff Fundamentals and Laban Movement Analysis is taught in professional studios and universities worldwide, and now you can learn about it too in this class for beginning dancers with some ballet experience.

Private and small-group creative and movement analysis sessions with Lucille Dyer CMA are also available by appointment.

BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: Location: The Champlain Club, Burlington.

Info: First Step Dance, 802-598-6757, kevin@ firststepdance.com, www.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Cost: $13/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington.

Info: Victoria, 802-598-1077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style.

One-on-one, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., 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: www.lindyvermont. com, 802-860-7501. Great fun, exercise, and socializing, with fabulous music.

Learn in a welcoming and lighthearted environment.

Classes start every six weeks: Tuesdays for beginners; Wednesdays for upper levels. Instructors: Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl.

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education 10 WAYS TO HELP THE ADHD CHILD: May 16, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.. Location: Upper Valley Events Center, Route 5, Norwich. Info: www. wholechildfoundation.com, Julie Rosenshein, 413-2621137, jrosenshein@aol.com.

Join Julie B. Rosenshein, LICSW, Pioneer Valley’s expert “ADHD Kid Coach” and author, for a hands-on lecture and book signing.

Ms. Rosenshein will explain the connection between ADHD and the trait of high sensitivity in children and offer parents tools and tips for their family.

BRAIN GYM 101: Register for May 21-24, email for a full registration form. Location: LAPDA building, Montpelier.

Info: B1-Integrated Learning, Zohara Zarfati, 802-325-

3679, B1-IL@hotmail.com. A movement-based modality to enhance learning potential of children and adults of any age and ability level. Experiential course.

Stress reduction. Promotion of body-brain communication for peak performance in reading, listening, communication, attitude, attention, organization, coordination (fine and gross motor), etc.

Credits, discounts and VSAC scholarships available. Great for professionals in education, therapy, nursing, bodywork, and lifelong learners seeking profound change.

exercise WOMEN’S BEGINNER WALK/RUN: May 5-Jul. 21, 5:45-6:45 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $45/before Apr. 30; $50 to May 12, 12 weeks. Location: Williston Central School bike path, 195 Central School Dr., Williston. Info: n/a, Michele Morris, 802-598-5625, michelejmorris@comcast. net. First Strides is a proven, fun 12-week program that uses encouragement and training to improve the fitness, self-esteem and support network of women of all ages and abilities. Each week features a self-paced, smallgroup workout and speaker.

Walkers and beginning runners welcome.

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802-652-4548, flynnarts@ flynncenter.org. Get a feel for FlynnArts dance classes! The showcase is the culmination of this semester’s dance classes, where teachers share what their classes are like and students perform many of the dance styles they’ve worked on this semester. Summer classes begin the week of May 31.

MUSIC MAKERS: AGES 1-3: May 3-June 14 or Tuesdays, May 4-June 15, May 4; 9:30-10:15 a.m. Cost: $75/7-weeks. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington.

Info: 802-652-4548, flynnarts@flynncenter. org. Surround your child with rhythm and song as together you discover the thrill of making music.

Parents and children sing, listen, play simple instruments, and joyfully explore creative movement. Bond with your child while nurturing imaginative growth and supporting the development of pitch, rhythm, and musical awareness. Leave with lots of take-home ideas!

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FLYNNARTS FREE DANCE SHOWCASE: Tues., May 18, 6 p.m. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. Info:

150-HOUR CHINESE HERB PROGRAM: Sep. 25 - Jun. 5. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon.net. This program will teach the fundamentals of Chinese medicine theory as well as a detailed study of assessment skills. We will cover well over 100 commonly used herbs and formulas for health and illness.

This class is appropriate for beginners as well as other health care practitioners. scott@elementsofhealing. net.

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FORZA SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Mondays, 7-8 p.m., Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fridays, 9-10 a.m. Cost: $10/1-hour class. Location: The North End Studio, 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: forzavt. com, Stephanie Shohet, 802-578-9243, steph.sho het@gmail.com. Forza is an intense group fitness class appropriate for adults of all ages and abilities. Build muscle, burn calories, develop focus, vent frustrations and boost self-esteem while using a sword to practice the skills of the Samurai warrior.

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BURLINGTON TAIKO CLASSES: Location: Taiko Space (across from Outer Space Deli), 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Taiko, 802-658-0658, classes@burlingtontaiko. org, www.burlingtontaiko.

com. Beginning classes in Burlington! Tuesdays - Kids, 4:30-5:20 p.m., $54/7 weeks.

Adults 5:30-6:20 p.m., $61/7 weeks. Session began 11/3. Advanced Beginner/ Ensemble class meets weekly on Mondays at 5:30-6:50 p.m., $61/7 weeks, began 11/2. Beginning taiko classes in Montpelier! Wednesdays, 7:00-8:20 p.m., $90/6 weeks, began 11/4, includes drum rental at AllTogetherNow. In Richmond on Thursdays, call for times and location. Djembe classes in Montpelier, Wednesdays, 5:00-6:20 p.m., $90/6 weeks, began 11/4, includes drum rental at Lamb Abbey (www.thelambabbey.com).

Gift certificates are available. For a full schedule of classes or more info, go online or email.

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Beginning classes repeat each month, and intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and dance!

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Security, beginning May 9. VSAC nondegree grants avail. to qualifying applicants; apply now. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 802-4568122, annie@wisdomofthe herbsschool.com. Unique experiential programs embracing wild plants, holistic health and sustainable living skills, valuable tools for living on the Earth in these changing times.

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jewelry JEWELRY CLASSES: Mon. & Tues., 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. & 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $140/ mo. Location: Alchemie, 2 Howard St., A1, Burlington.

Info: jane frank jewellerydesign, jane frank, 802-9993242, info@janefrank.de, www.janefrank.de. Learn how to make your own jewelery with a German, trained goldsmith in a fully equipped studio in town. You will learn basic techniques but also be able to specialize for certain projects you choose.

Capacity: 5 students. Also Sunday 5/30, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. ($75).

language LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center.

Info: , 802-659-4181, spanishparavos@gmail.com, www.spanishwaterburycen ter.com. Improve your opportunities in a changing 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. See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

martial arts AIKIDO: Visitors are always welcome. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal and Light), Burlington. Info: 802-9518900, aikidovt.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. Adult classes seven days a week. The Samurai Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 8-18.

AIKIDO: Tues.-Fri. 6-7:30 p.m., Saturdays 9-10 a.m. & Sundays 10-11:30 am.

Visitors are always welcome. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 802-8629785, www.vermontaikido. org. Aikido 101: Join us for this free class! Our free “Introduction to Aikido” hour begins at 10 a.m. on the 3rd Saturday of each month.

Please bring or wear loosefitting exercise clothing and plan to arrive 15 minutes before the session begins to register. This class is a nonstrenuous introduction to basic movement and training, open to anyone interested in learning more about Aikido.

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: 802-6604072, Julio@bjjusa.com, www.bjjusa.com. Classes for

men, women and children.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardiorespiratory 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 Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: Cost: $5,000/500-hour program.

Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, elementsofhealing@ verizon.net, www.elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of Oriental massage, Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element Theory.

Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology will be taught.

Program starting September 2010. VSAC nondegree grants are available.

meditation INTRODUCTION TO ZEN: Sat., May 22, 9:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Cost: $55/allday workshop, lunch incl.

Location: Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Vermont Zen Center, 802-985-9746, ecross@crosscontext.net, www.vzc.org. The workshop is conducted by an ordained Zen Buddhist teacher and focuses on the theory and meditation practices of Zen Buddhism. Preregistration

required. Call for more info, or register online.

LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: 802-658-6795, www. burlingtonshambhalactr. org. Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself.

The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

performing arts DISCOVERING ARGENTINE TANGO: May 24 - Jun. 25, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Weekly on Mon., Wed., Fri. Cost: $150/ noncredit; $1272 for 3 credits. Location: University of Vermont, Southwick Ballroom, Redstone Campus, UVM, Burlington.

Info: In collaboration with UVM Continuing Education, Elizabeth Seyler, 802-3184959, eseyler@temple.edu.

The revival of Argentine tango has touched nearly every continent on the globe. What makes it so special? Discover tango’s appeal, history and culture.

Learn how to dance tango and interpret the music.

Instructor Elizabeth Seyler, PhD, welcomes all levels in her playful, engaging course.

No partner or dance experience necessary.

photography DIG PHOTO & PHOTOSHOP WORKSHOP: May 15-16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $125/ day ($200/weekend).

Location: Madriver Valley Photography Workshops, Rt.

100, Moretown. Info: Sam Krotinger, 802-882-1124, sambovermont@gmail. com. A two-day, comprehensive workshop. Day 1: digital cameras, exposure tricks, essentials and better photography. Day 2: Digital workflow - importing, organizing, Photoshop, printing.

Please contact the instructor for more info about this excellent workshop held in a modern, fully equipped digital imaging lab in the Mad River Valley. samk@ madriver.com, 882-1124.

pilates ALL WELLNESS, LLC: Many package/pricing options to suit your budget. Please call for pricing details. Location: 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park), Burlington.

Info: 802-863-9900, www. 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 health counseling services.

Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and lightfilled studio. First mat class is free! Also, please join us for a free introduction to the reformer, the first Tuesday of every month at 6:45 - just call to sign up.

shamanism DRAGON FIRE HEALING: May 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $75/6-hour class. Location: Shaman’s Flame facility, 78A Cady Hill Rd., Stowe. Info: Shaman’s Flame, Peter Clark & Sarah Finlay, 802-2537846, peterclark13@gmail. com. Full-day shamanic workshop will help participants rediscover their personal evolution and strengthen their sense of self-reliability and empowerment. With the dragon archetype explore shamanic cosmology and the seat of power in the sacred garden, dismantle limiting beliefs, and expand into theta consciousness. No prior shamanic journey experience required.

ENERGETIC ANATOMY: A BLUEPRINT FOR HOW WE LIVE AND DIE: May 17,

7-9 p.m. Cost: $20/class.

Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802244-7909. An experiential introduction to shamanic healing that can jump-start your soul’s journey as you learn about your energetic architecture. Led by Sharon Clarke, shamanic practitioner, healer and teacher.

shelburne art center CLAY: ALL LEVELS, WHEEL THROWING OR HAND BUILDING: 5-week classes starting May 18. Tues., 6-8:30 p.m., or Fri., 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $160/ class. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne. Info: 802-985-3648. Develop wheel-throwing skills while making friends in artistic studio. Many other times and days available, see website for details. http:// shelburneartcenter.org.

BOOKMAKING & SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS: ALL LEVELS, INVESTIGATE ARTISTIC SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS: May 27 - Jun. 17, 6:30-8 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne. Info: 802-9853648. Push the boundaries of bookmaking: Add moving parts and nontraditional materials. http://shelburneart center.org.

FELTING INTRO: FELT IS THE PAPER OF THE TEXTILE WORLD: May 12 - Jun. 2, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $105/ class. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne. Info: 802-985-3648. Learn to create sculptural cloth. http:// shelburneartcenter.org.

MONOTYPE PRINTING: WORKSHOP: May 15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $75/class.

Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne. Info: 802-985-3648. Introducing hand-worked monotypes using color, water-based inks.

Make a significant number of unique works. http://shelburneartcenter.org.

SCULPTING: THE HEAD AND HANDS WORKSHOP: May 15, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $55/ class. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Sheburne. Info: 802-985-3648. Explore the

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ABSTRACT PAINTING: All levelS, exPloRe ABSTRACT PAINTING: 6-week classes starting May 13, Thurs., 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Cost: $170/class. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne. Info: 802-9853648. express the intricate depth of paint, for dabblers who crave a greater challenge. http://shelburneart center.org.

PleIN AIR PAINTING: eveNING lIGhT wITh oIlS: May 26 - Jun. 30, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $170/ class. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Sheburne. Info: 802-985-3648. Paint the glorious evening light of lake champlain. Meet in various locations and create a “traveling palette.” http:// shelburneartcenter.org.

JewelRy: BeGINNING To AdvANCed, deSIGN ANd wAx CARvING: 5-7-week classes starting May 11, $135-$245 class. Location: Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne. Info: 802985-3648. Design rings, pendants, buttons, small sculpture, functional art.

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Cost: $35/half-day workshop. Location: Stowe, VT. Info: Channel 8, StoweJeffersonville-Cambridge, stowe.channel@gmail.com.

Make your videos enjoyable to watch. Workshop teaches the 8 steps needed to create effective videos on consumer equipment for any personal, business, or nonprofit purpose. learn 5 Keys to getting free exposure on TV and Internet. converting slide-shows into impact videos. Discounts for non-profit volunteers, couples, seniors, military families.

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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: 802-864-9642, yoga@ evolutionvt.com, www. evolutionvt.com. evolution’s certified teachers are skilled 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.

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Art review: Paul Gruhler

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ith the contemporary art world wallowing in ironic narratives, graffiti, angst and “new media,” Paul Gruhler’s coolly nonobjective paintings may seem anachronistic. Gruhler is an unreconstructed modernist, practicing hard-edged geometric abstraction in the tradition of Barnett Newman, Josef Albers and other greats of the 1950s and ’60s. His current solo exhibition, at the Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier, is a challenging show featuring nine acrylic-on-linen abstractions and several works on paper.

The exhibit is best approached without a preconceived notion of minimalism.

People often discount minimalism. A viewer may ask: How serious — or how difficult — is it, really? But one can hardly sustain such a reaction when standing in front of the actual paintings. Gruhler’s works are alive with subtleties that are largely invisible in reproduced images.

His colors are closely calibrated, and he juxtaposes textures with equal precision. His use of line becomes a narrative in itself.

Barnett Newman referred to his lines as “zips,” and the same moniker would work for Gruhler’s sharp lines.

The fast movement of a solo line bisecting a sheet of saturated color imparts tension as well as structure. A good example of this power appears in Gruhler’s 40-by-40-inch “2009 #20.”

A central vertical red strip layered

picture plane outlines the entire composition. Linen is a sort of greige color, an earthy counterpoint to Gruhler’s intense acrylics. In other pieces, lines with a glossy sheen contrast with matte masses of color.

“2010 #19” is another 40-inchessquare piece, but this one is divided into quadrants. A range of purples — from a shade darker than lilac to a hue close to alizarin crimson — define the four quarters of the painting. Demarcating the quadrants, deep blue lines seem to shimmer in relation to the purples.

Optical mixing is common in Gruhler’s pieces, including “2010 #19,” as the blue,

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THAT ARE LARGELY INVISIBLE IN REPRODUCED IMAGES. over a blue line is the focus. The vertical red element bisects a blue rectangle surrounded by deep purples. Like one of Newman’s “zips,” the red line seems hot and ferocious in contrast to the surrounding cooler hues.

Texture also plays an important visual role in “2009 #20.” A slight border of raw linen around the edges of the

formalism, stripped down to color and line, can be as dramatic as any figurative subject in the hands of someone who comprehends the essential elements of painting.

“2010 #14” is a somber work on paper. A monochromatic aggregation of purple rectangles has an almost black horizontal line running through its center. It’s a quiet piece, without any warm color to set off the cools. “2010 #17” is a smaller, 15-by-15inch canvas that is also built around a horizontal line. Excessive stasis is avoided by Gruhler’s use of varied tonalities of crimson in the painting’s corners. Bands of dark blue border the center horizontal line.

Gruhler was born and raised in New York City, and in his artist statement cites the Sung and later Chinese dynasties as influences. Certainly the balance and grace of Asian art are evident in Gruhler’s paintings. Still, considering that he learned his craft during the most heroic days of the New York School, it’s no wonder he remains such a classic modernist.

surrounded by purple, begins to shift into gray.

This phenomenon was first explored in painting by pointillist Georges Seurat, and it was taken to extremes by Bridget Riley and other “op” artists. When closely keyed colors resonate to fool the eye into seeing tonal variations of the hue, color takes on a life of its own. Pure

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Paul Gruhler, abstract paintings, Governor’s Office Gallery, Montpelier.

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CAll to Artists festivAl of the Arts in Jeffersonville: A fine-arts festival showcasing only Vermont artists.

Deadline: May 31. Space limited.

Submit your work at ArtsFestVt.com. tAste of stoWe Arts festivAl: Sell your artwork at the Taste of Stowe summer festival, July 30-August 1. Get on board to contact fans, create new collectors, make connections and increase artist links. Deadline for application: May 21. More info, helenday.com.

tAlks & events Art history symposium: Five presentations on a variety of subjects, from Maurice Sendak to Minoan vases. Wednesday, May 5, 4-6 p.m., Colburn Gallery, Burlington. Info, 656-2014. “reproduCing And mArketing your ArtWork”: Teri Geney of WordCraft Marketing presents the program of the Essex Art League’s monthly meeting. Thursday, May 6, 9-11 a.m., First Congregational Church Essex, Essex Junction. Info, 862-3014.

Wylie sofiA gArCiA: New textile-inspired artwork, intended for installations out of state this summer. Friday, May 7, 5-9 p.m., S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington. Info, 578-2512. mAy first fridAy Art WAlk: More than 30 galleries and other art venues stay open late to welcome pedestrian art viewers around town. Friday, May 7, 5-8 p.m., Burlington. Info, 264-4839.

Child soldier Art exhiBit: Artwork made in therapeutic sessions by Ugandan children formerly forced to be warriors.

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“the Art of serviCe”: Servicethemed artwork by members of Vermont AmeriCorps-VISTA as well as program staff, alumni and other community members, in celebration of AmeriCorps Week.

Saturday, May 8, 1-4 p.m., Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier. Info, 229-9151. the greAt goose egg AuCtion: Artist-decorated goose, ostrich and duck eggs are on view and up for auction in this fundraiser for the Open Fields School. Viewing 9-11 a.m.; doors open for auction at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Hanover Inn, N.H. Info, 785-2077. hAnd-CArved stone BenCh dediCAtion: This functional piece of sculpture created by local teens at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center is dedicated and opened to the public. Monday, May 10, 5:30-7 p.m., West Rutland Town Hall. Info, 438-2097.

reCeptions ‘the Art of CreAtive Aging’: A juried exhibit featuring original work of older artists created since their 70th birthdays, sponsored by the Central Vermont Council on Aging. Through June 30 at KelloggHubbard Library in Montpelier.

Reception: Thursday, May 6, 6-8 p.m. Info, 479-0531. monthly feAtured Artists: Works by painters Robin Massey and Leesa Mossey, prints by Lyna Lou Nordstrom, jewelry by Holly Spier and turned wood by Nick Rosato. May 6 through June 6 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls.

Reception: Thursday, May 6, 5-8 p.m. Info, 933-6403. stephAnie Bush: Paintings by the Montréal artist. May 6 through 31 at Shelburne Art Center. Reception: Thursday, May 6, 5-7 p.m. Info, 985-3648.

‘Alter(ed) ego, fAmily & friends’: A group portrait in vignettes, of characters in the artists’ lives, including clothing,

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‘Artists get Wet’: Members of the Essex Art League show works interpreting the watery theme.

Through May 31 at Phoenix Books in Essex. Info, 862-3014.

dAniel lefrAnCois: “Ka-Blam,” interactive sculpture paintings composed of found and ordinary items by the multimedia artist.

Through May 31 at Green Door Studio in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 7, 6-8 p.m. Info, 735-3729. greg mAmCzAk & seAn metCAlf: Colorful oil paintings and illustrations. Through June 1 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 7, 5-8 p.m.

Info, 540-0107. lois BeAtty: Monoprints. Through May 31 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

Reception: Friday, May 7, 6-8 p.m.

Info, 295-5901. ‘profile neW york: Art As AesthetiC experienCe’: A group exhibit of works in a variety of media by artists from around the world who are currently living in New York City and impacted by that city’s diversity. May 7 through 29 at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 7, 5-9 p.m.

Info, 578-2512. pAtty sgreCCi & miChAel kin: The artists present mixed-media work in exhibits titled “Fanatical Botanicals” and “Light in Flight: A Year of Avian Observation in Vermont,” respectively. May 7 through June 29 at Brandon

CArol golemBoski: “Psychometry,” black-andwhite photographs that explore issues relating to anxiety, loss and existential doubt. Through May 31 at Healthy Living in South Burlington. Info, 863-8100. diCk Brunelle: New contemporary abstract paintings in watercolor and acrylic on canvas.

Through May 31 at The Daily Planet in Burlington.

Info, 864-0989. essex Art leAgue: Members of the artists’ association show diverse artworks. Through May 31 at Burnham Memorial Library in Colchester. Info, 862-3014. helgA WeissovA hoskovA: “A Young Girl at the Ghetto Terezin: 1941-1944,” photographic reproductions of 10 drawings, as well as diary excerpts, by a girl held for 3 years at the concentration camp

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“highloW”: Burlington photographer Ned Castle collaborated with Spectrum Youth and Family Services and the Vermont Coalition of Runaway & Homeless Youth Programs to create a photographic and audio documentary of the high and low moments from the lives of at-risk youths. The works can also be seen online at www. highlowproject.org. One Church Street in Burlington. Artist talk and reception: Friday, May 7, 6-8 p.m.

On view Saturday, May 8, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Info, 864-7423.

“WhAt ABout the forest?”: Fourth- and fifth-graders at the Champlain Elementary School used materials and concepts about the forest to create masks, boxes, clocks, bark paintings and more, in conjunction with a class offered

by Shelburne Farms. Through May 31 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Reception: Saturday, May 8, 3-5 p.m. Info, 865-7211. isABeth BAkke hArdy: “Spring Forward,” new monotypes and paintings by the longtime local resident. Through May 31 at Winding Brook Bistro in Johnson.

Reception: Wednesday, May 12, 4-6 p.m. Info, 635-9950.

30th AnnuAl student Art shoW: Works by students in Stowe Elementary, Middle and High School. May 12 through 30 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Reception: Wednesday, May 12, 3-5 p.m. Info, 253-8358.

during WWII. Through May 23 at Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts in Burlington. Info, 865-7165.

JAmes vogler: Twelve recent oil and wax abstractions on canvas by the Vermont painter.

Through June 30 at Chittenden Bank Main Branch in Burlington.

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JAniCe solek tefft & ken tefft: The members of the Essex Art League exhibit their artworks.

Through June 30 at Essex Town Offices. Info, 862-3014.

Jodi WhAlen: “Forward!” new paintings that combine abstract, figurative and portraiture styles to express the impact of conformity on the individual. Through May 10 at Muddy Waters in Burlington. Info, 578-7477.

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upper vAlley photoslAm exhiBit: Nearly 240 images from more than 130 photographers, ages 5 to 91, amateur and pro, in response to a call to artists by the gallery. Through May 22 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Reception: Friday, May 7, 5-8 p.m. Info, 698-0320.

mArk moffett: “The Sun Ain’t Stable (Skeleton Makes Good),” encaustic paintings. Through June 8 at Brick Box gallery in Rutland.

Reception: Friday, May 7, 5-8 p.m.

Info, 235-2734.

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‘Borders, BoundAries And CreAtive response to the unfAmiliAr’: Diverse artworks addressing the theme of multiculturalism by a group of local artists including Marc Awodey, Karen Dawson, Marie LaPré Grabon, Jen Kristel, Mr. Masterpiece and others. Through May 6 at Center for Cultural Pluralism, UVM in Burlington. Info, 865-1208.

miA feuer: “Dissonance/ Resonance,” sculptural installations that require the viewer to navigate through them, and comprise meditations on conflict, volatility and flux in Israel and the West Bank. May 7 through June 26 at Firehouse Gallery in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 7, 5:30-8 p.m. Info, 865-7165.

roBin kent & Jim BArner: “Artisans at the Bend: Snippets of the Human Condition,” playfully and masterfully crafted items made of reclaimed, painted wood by the art-making couple.

May 7 through 31 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Reception: Friday, May 7, 5-8 p.m. Info, 863-6458.

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Artists’ Guild. Reception: Friday, May 7, 5-7 p.m. Info, 247-4956.

photographs and text annotating the cast of characters. Through May 31 at Flynndog in Burlington.

Reception: Friday, May 7, 6-8 p.m.

Info, 363-4746.

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Queen City CrAfts BAzAAr: Indie crafters and artists from all over Vermont show and sell their wares in a variety of media.

Saturday, May 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Union Station, Burlington. Info, www.queencitycraft.com.

this event to benefit Freedom in Creation. Saturday, May 8, 7-11 p.m., New Moon Café, Burlington. Info, 383-0495.

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obert O. Caulfield calls himself a street painter. It’s true in more ways than one. His first memory of making art goes back to when he was 6, drawing with pieces of chalk on the mean streets of Depressionera Roxbury, Mass. When his medium changed to oil on canvas, Caulfield’s subjects were often iconic street scenes of Central Park East or Copley Square in Boston. In the mid-’80s, he defined his success as an impressionist by the street names of the galleries that clamored for his work: Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Fla. Caulfield, now 79, is a warm, grandfatherly gentleman. Walk into his Woodstock gallery in a stately brick Federalera home on the Green, and he’ll shake your hand and show you around. He’s modest by nature, but the accolades he’s received from critics and collectors over the years defy such humility. Only after some needling will Caulfield tell you that his paintings can sell for upward of $35,000. Press further, and he’ll admit he’s sold more than 2400 pieces of art to people and institutions around the world, and that one of his paintings hangs in each of the suites at the Plaza Hotel in New York. He’s also authored two books. “Nobody’s more surprised than me at all of this,” he says.

The modesty is genuine, not an egotistical affectation. Its roots are in Caulfield’s tough childhood. He and his brother were abandoned by their parents and raised initially by their maternal grandmother, an alcoholic who would lock them in the attic while she went to the bar. She routinely hocked the boys’ school clothes to buy liquor.

When Caulfield was 10, his paternal grandparents stepped in and adopted the brothers, moving them from Roxbury to the coastal city of Lynn. It was there that Caulfield was given his first set of oil paints, and it marked the beginning of a period when he alternated between frustration and expression.

Caulfield was a born artist, but he also married young and started a family by the time he was 19. He had football scholarships to Harvard and Holy Cross, yet his responsibility as a husband and a soon-to-be father prevailed, so he took a job as a truck driver with Boston Gas. “What could I do?” he says. “I had these children coming.”

What he could do was paint in his spare time. Caulfield was often inspired

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by the scenes of his everyday life. One day in the early 1950s, he walked by a church and saw nuns coming out into the rain with no umbrellas. “I was so excited,” he recalls. “I went home that night and did the painting.” Later, in the early ’60s, he entered that work in a juried exhibition in Boston with 1400 paintings from around the country.

One of the jurors was Edward Hopper, the prominent American realist painter, who picked Caulfield’s “Nuns on a Misty Morning” as one of the best in the show.

For the next 30 years or so, Caulfield worked at the utility company 60 hours a week and painted at night. On the weekends, he’d take trips to Rockport and Gloucester, bringing along one of his five kids, to paint en plein air. Caulfield sketched scenes — a harbor with

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dories and gulls, for instance, or a popcorn vendor swarmed by children — on paper before committing them to canvas. All the while, he sent out slides to galleries and magazines. In 1977, he was invited to join Boston’s Copley Society, one of the oldest art associations in the country.

Caulfield’s big break came in 1982, when Yankee magazine used his painting of Stowe during foliage season as a

center spread. The publicity wasn’t the important thing; for Caulfield, it was the idea that a major magazine liked his work enough to devote two pages to it.

Then prestigious galleries began buying his paintings, and the income made him question the necessity of a day job. One day he asked his wife, Marilyn, “What if we quit our jobs and opened a gallery?”

And so they moved to a small, rundown place in Woodstock in 1983. In 2001, they opened the gallery in its current location, next to the village’s covered bridge.

Age hasn’t slowed Caulfield down, but he rarely paints outside anymore.

Now he prefers to base his initial sketches on photos he takes. Every day, he sits in a threadbare wingback chair in his studio, facing a low easel, and paints from 9:30 to 4:30. Behind his chair is a big window that filters the soft northern light. In the summer he opens the door, letting the breeze and the sound of the Ottauquechee River blow through.

The room, just off the main part of the gallery, has wide pine paneling and exposed beams. Unframed paintings are stacked against the walls.

While Caulfield’s larger oils are beyond the means of many Vermonters, some of his smaller paintings in the gallery go for under $3000. Art lovers with still more modest budgets will be happy to find giclée prints that start at $100 (unframed).

A thread that runs through all of Caulfield’s work is his use of light to create feeling. His paintings of horse-andbuggies in front of the Plaza in the snow and rain, for example, or carriages passing Arlington Street Church in Boston, or even a bucolic farmhouse in Manchester, all feature shades of blue that ignite nostalgia tinged with melancholy.

“A lady just came in here the other day and started crying,” Caulfield relates.

“She said, ‘I’ve never seen so much feeling in a painting in my life.’ So Marilyn goes and gets a box of Kleenex.”

Caulfield’s paintings may make viewers weep, but wry humor is always at the tip of his tongue. He’ll turn 80 in December, and already people are asking if they can buy his easel, his bucket of dried paint and his wingback chair.

They seem to forget he still uses them.

“I tell them, ‘Nope, not yet,’” he says.m The Caulfield Art Gallery, Woodstock. Info, 457-1472. www.caulfieldartgallery.com

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Kimberlee Forney: Whimsical paintings.

Through May 31 at The Daily Planet in Burlington.

Info, kimforney.com. lauren brownell: A 10-year retrospective of paintings that combine flowers, Bodhisattvas, intention, eggs and the figure, and chart the artist’s spiritual path. Through June 1 at Drink in Burlington. Info, 238-5259. lisa lillibridge: “My WPA Project,” carved and painted pieces in honor of Roosevelt’s 1930s program to put unemployed artists to work.

Through June 28 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 238-3485. michael metz: “Forty Years of Photography,” color and black-and-white images by the Charlotte photographer. Through May 31 at Mirabelles in Burlington. Info, 598-6982. michael strauss: New acrylic high-chroma landscapes based on themes and palettes of Canadian impressionists and colorists. Through May 31 at New Moon Café Gallery Space in Burlington. Info, 865-2329. nancy taplin: New gestural works on paper and canvas by the Vermont artist. Through June 26 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington.

Info, 652-4500. polly raine: “The Blue, Easy Chair,” recent photographs featuring narrative, landscape, portrait and documentary subjects. Through May 9 at Bistro Sauce in Shelburne. Info, 985-2830. sara bridgman & steve maecK: The Vermont artists and childhood friends exhibit mixed-media works specifically selected to complement each other harmoniously. Through May 21 at Jager DiPaola Kemp Design in Burlington. Info, 864-5884. shayne lynn & elise whittemore-hill: “Considering Nature,” digital photographs and acrylic paintings, respectively, on the topic of trees and their surroundings. Through May 16 at 215 College Gallery in Burlington. Info, 863-3662.

the Four sisters annual art exhibit: The local artistic siblings show their paintings in a variety of styles. Through May 31 at Dorothy Alling Memorial Library in Williston. Info, 288-8086.

“wanderings”: Photographs by Gary Hall, Lynda Reeves McIntyre and Asa Sourdiffe. Through May 25 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

Info, 985-3848.

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“art oF action: curator’s choice tour”: In its final leg, a touring exhibit of paintings by Vermonters commissioned to interpret social, cultural and political issues affecting the future of Vermont. Through June 30 at Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

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group sculpture show: Leila Bandar, Kat Clear, Chris Curtis, David Tanych and Denis Versweyveld show works in stone, steel, wood and other media in this biennial installation. Through May 1 at Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden in Montpelier. Info, 828-3292. hal mayForth: New paintings by the nationally known artist/illustrator. Through June 1 at Langdon Street Café in Montpelier. Info, 223-8667. janice walraFen: “Figures and Faces,” sketches, sculptures and drawings. Through May 7 at Plainfield Community Center. Info, 454-1461. ‘lines and geometry rule show series’: “Line It Up,” a group exhibit that explores lines through traditional drawings and works made from nontraditional materials, Main Floor Gallery; Paul Calter, “In a network of lines,” Second Floor Gallery; and Mark Lorah, “Building Blocks,” Third Floor Gallery. Through June 12 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069. miranda syp: “Rainbows and Dancers on Duckcloth,” acrylic paintings. Through June 30 at The Shoe Horn in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454. paul gruhler: New abstract paintings that explore spatial relationships and the harmony and tension within color, line and form. Through May 27 at Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. rachael rice: “Altar Eco,” new works made from repurposed and upcycled materials. Through May 31 at The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com.

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the bigtown invitational show 2010: This special group show features artworks by Nina Bohlen, Jim Condron, Marcy Hermansader, Marcus Ratliff, Peter Seward, Andy Schneller, Charles Spurrier and Susan Walp. Through May 23 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670.

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‘to liFe! a celebration oF vermont jewish women’: Oral histories, photographic portraits, archival images and artworks by female Jews in the state make up the Vermont Jewish Women’s History Project directed by Sandy Gartner and Ann Buffum. Through July 3 at Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. Info, 479-8505.

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43th annual student exhibition: Works in all media by senior independent studio-art students.

May 11 through 22 at Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Info, 443-3168. addison county community members: Works in a variety of media by local artists of all ages. Through May 8 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032. american paintings and prints From the shelburne museum: Thirty works represent the interests of American artists in urban and rural areas before 1900, and celebrate the landscape and its inhabitants. Through June 6 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-3168.

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“what about the Forest?”: Fourth- and fifthgraders at the Champlain Elementary School used materials and concepts about the forest to create masks, boxes, clocks, bark paintings and more, in conjunction with a class offered by Shelburne Farms. Through May 31 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211.

‘Face to Face: an exhibit oF portraiture From the university collection’: Portraits spanning Chinese ancestral paintings to the 19th century; also a large-scale landscape, “Old Man of the Mountain” by Samuel Lancaster Jerry. Through August 1 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield. Info, 485-2448.

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‘views and re-views: soviet political posters and cartoons’: An array of images spanning more than six decades, from the time of the Russian Civil War (1918-23) to the late Soviet period, including propaganda and Soviet pins, East Gallery. Through May 23 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0570.

elizabeth billings & michael sacca: Weaving-based artworks and photographs from a series called “Twilight,” respectively. Through May 14 at Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College in Poultney. Info, 287-8926.

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‘storied objects: tracing women’s lives in vermont’: Artifacts from the museum’s permanent collection, along with oral and written narratives of Vermont women from the Vermont Folklife Center and UVM’s Special Collections, offer a glimpse into Vermont life from the 19th century onward. Through September 3 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

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“HighLow Project” If you’ve ever wondered what life is like for homeless teens, you can get some insight at an unusual exhibit this weekend. A

collaboration between Burlington photographer Ned Castle and local agencies that support homeless and runaway youth, the show — in the former Ann Taylor space at One Church Street in Burlington — includes large-scale photos and corresponding audio narration by each participant. The artist talk and reception is Friday, May 7, 6-8 p.m.; the works remain on view Saturday, May 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. “HighLow” will then travel around the state. More info, www.highlowproject.org. Pictured: an image by

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Jean Cherouny: ‘Painted’: Canvasses that explore the artist’s process of applying paint with roller skates. Through May 29 at The Art House in Middlebury. Info, 458-0464.

Jess Graham & Bethany Farrell: New, bold paintings by the Vermont artists. Through May 15 at Studio V in Vergennes. Info, 877-6524. “sPrinG awakeninG”: The gallery welcomes eight new artists whose work creates a vibrant exhibit to mark the return of balmy days and abundant light. Through May 16 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

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‘sunFlower Power’: More than 80 wooden sunflowers cut out and painted by members of the guild appear around town in this annual community art project. Through May 31 at Brandon Artists’ Guild. Info, 247-4732.

thomas Pollak: “Threads in Our Tapestry,” wide-angle photographs of Vermont’s landscape.

Through June 25 at WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room in Bristol. Info, 453-3188.

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adrien “yellow” Patenaude: Whimsical landscapes and waterscape paintings. Through May 21 at Hangman Framing & Art Gallery in Hardwick. Info, 524-4405. alex Bottinelli: Paintings and mixed media by the Hardwick artist. Through June 7 at Claire’s Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 472-7053.

BarBara FlaCk: The mixed-media artist charts her explorations in photography and painting.

Through May 6 at Red Mill Gallery in Johnson. Info, 635-2727.

Bert dodson & Zelma loseke: The husbandand-wife artists share an exhibit: Her free-form sculptures of handmade paper and vine; his drawings and illustrated books, including the recent Favor Johnson. Through June 17 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans’ Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-0158. heidi Pollard: “Unsayable,” recent paintings.

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MOTHER ’N’ LAW Kim Hye-ja plays a widow who fights to save her son when police arrest him for murder.

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n a number of not insignificant respects, the experience a South Korean will have viewing the new whodunit from writerdirector Bong (The Host) Joon-ho will differ from that of an American watching the same movie. The story concerns a mentally disabled young man accused of murder and the widowed mother who pursues the real killer when police lock up her son and close the case.

Few American moviegoers will appreciate, for example, the extreme makeover undergone by former teen idol Won Bin in his preparation for the role of twentysomething local joke Do-joon. The character’s a marvelously intricate creation carried off brilliantly.

Just as few — and this is truly a shame — are likely to find themselves in on the filmmaker’s little joke in casting 68-year-old Korean television legend Kim Hye-ja as the title character. The actress has spent much of the past 30 years playing traditional maternal parts. Her role here carries shock value audiences in the West can’t begin to imagine.

Conversely, how many South Korean viewers will describe the picture as Hitchcockian?

More important, of course, is what viewers everywhere will share: a cinematic experience that takes us into rarely explored psychological terrain, almost never proceeds as

we predict and craftily subverts the genre.

Hye-ja’s unnamed character is an herbalist and acupuncturist with a tiny shop in a nondescript village. Her real job, though, is keeping her son out of trouble. Do-joon would be at the mercy of a thousand forces even if his best friend, Jin-tae (Jin Ku), weren’t a local hustler and thug.

When Jin-tae asks Do-joon whether he’s ever slept with a woman, the young man answers, “My mother.” We realize this isn’t the simple bit of comic dialogue it seems at first when Do-joon crawls into bed with his mother later that very night and rests a hand on one of her breasts, and she responds only, “It’s so late.”

The plot hinges on what happened only moments before. Earlier that evening, Dojoon drank too much while waiting for Jintae at a bar; the owner asked him to leave after he tried to pick up her daughter. On the way home, he crossed the path of a fetching schoolgirl named Ah-jung, whom he followed until she disappeared down a dark alley. In the morning, her body is found neatly folded on a hilltop balcony overlooking the town.

What initially appears a twisty riff on uncritical devotion slowly but surely reveals itself as something infinitely more twisted.

MOVIE REVIEWS Joon-ho is a master at lacing pulse-pounding suspense with offbeat humor, but here he adds a new darkness to the mix. It’s easy to understand, for example, why a parent would try to protect her cognitively challenged child. But what are we to make of the fact that, when he was 5, she tried to end his life?

This is a constantly surprising, subtly acted and masterfully directed mystery propelled by Lee Byeong-woo’s score, which echoes Bernard Herrmann’s soundtrack for The Wrong Man one minute and Stanley Myers’ tender guitar theme from The Deer Hunter the next. The movie opens, in fact,

with a sequence in which we watch Hye-ja alone in a swaying field dancing gently to this music.

The instinct of the viewer, I think — whether Korean or American — is to interpret this as a gesture of victory and contentment. The next two hours flash back through the days leading up to that dance in the field and astound us with the measure of our miscalculation. With a final act likely to leave M. Night Shyamalan’s jaw on the theater floor, Joon-ho’s latest features the mother of all surprise twists.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street ★ movie who would be shocked by a single thing that happens in it.

Over the lifespan of the Nightmare franchise, from 1984 to 2003, undead child killer Freddy Krueger has been played straight, camped up, postmodernized (in the metafictional outing Wes Craven’s New Nightmare) and teamed with Jason from Friday the 13th.

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KNIFE DREAM Or not. Like most of Mara demonstrates why it’s a bad the recent scare remakes, idea to doze off in the tub in a scene from this horror regurgitation — er, remake. this Nightmare from music video director Samuel ollywood only needs one reason to Bayer and producer Mikeep churning out unnecessary re- chael Bay purports to “reboot” the series by makes of horror movies: People keep returning it to its simple origins. What this going to see them. This one made means is that we watch a bunch of twentynearly $33 million last weekend, even something catalog-model types with last though Wes Craven’s original A Nightmare names for first names (Rooney Mara, Kelon Elm Street and its seven sequels have lan Lutz, Kyle Gallner) impersonate high played so many times on cable that it’s dif- schoolers who keep getting slashed up in ficult to imagine a kid old enough to see this their dreams.

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When they wake, they’re still slashed up, a violation of the general rules of nightmares (and ghost stories) that the film makes no effort to address. After he witnesses his friend being hurled around the room by an invisible force, filleted by invisible razors and dropped, lifeless, in front of him, one of the teens (Thomas Dekker) observes, “Oh, shit,” as if he’d forgotten his homework. Another character’s mom dismisses the string of bizarre deaths as symptoms of repressed memory syndrome. That’s the closest the screenplay comes to comic relief.

True, the original Nightmare on Elm Street required some suspension of disbelief, but it had likeable, everyday teen characters and disturbing dream sequences that blended seamlessly with the film’s “reality.”

Between 1984 and now, the is-or-isn’t-thisa-dream scene has become a staple of fright films and TV, and the audience knows to look for the slightest signs of something “off ” in the sleep-deprived character’s surroundings. The only way for a director to get us off kilter — as a real dream would — is to disrupt the standard pacing so we don’t know when the monster’s coming.

Bayer manages that maybe once. Not coincidentally, it’s also the only time when

Freddy’s appearance isn’t signaled by a loud crash or slash. Someone needs to remind these remakers that things appearing soundlessly in a character’s blind spot — as in The Strangers — are closer to the stuff of actual nightmares than monsters that go “boo!”

There is just one reason, besides Krueger completism, that a level-headed adult might choose to see this Nightmare. If you pitied Jackie Earle Haley as a despairing pedophile in Little Children and shuddered at him as a psychotic vigilante in Watchmen, you may wonder how he would play an iconic psychotic pedophile. (Yes, Freddy in this version is not just a child murderer but a molester.) The answer is: with a fake deep voice and lots of makeup. Haley’s “burned” face is memorably grotesque; his performance is not. And the scene where he revisits his sexual violation of heroine Nancy (Mara) is cringe inducing to no purpose. The original Freddy had a perverse sense of humor; this one’s just a perv.

Movies like the original Nightmare may not be art, but they get under people’s skin the way urban legends do. As for these riskfree remakes, all that’s scary about them is their profits.

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Albert Bailey, 27, and a 16-year-old accomplice phoned a bank in Fairfield, Conn., and said they’d be by in 10 minutes to pick up $100,000 in large bills. Their call warned no dye packs and threatened “a blood bath” if the money wasn’t ready. Bank officials immediately notified police, who showed up in time to stop the suspects after they picked up the money but before they could make their getaway. The robbers got what they wanted but “didn’t expect police to be in the takeout line,” police Sgt. James Perez noted, adding, “You can’t make this stuff up.” (Connecticut Post)

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Turkish pop singer Metin Senturk, who has been blind since he was 3, wept for joy after learning that he had become the world’s fastest unaccompanied blind driver. His average speed of 292.89 kph (181.59 mph) broke the previous record of 284 kph, held by a British bank manager. Former rally driver Volkan Isik followed Senturk in a separate vehicle and guided him by radio. (Reuters) Collier Sims, 24, won the first known blind-fencing competition, held at the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, Mass. “A lot of the fencing actions that we do, we can apply them to everyday life,” said the competition’s organizer, Cesar Morales, fencing coach at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass., explaining that learning to use a fencing foil is similar to learning to use a white cane to navigate. (The Boston Globe)

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South Korean police arrested a 59-yearold man suspected of stealing shoes, which Koreans customarily remove before entering homes, restaurants and funeral parlors. A subsequent search found 170 boxes packed with 1700 pairs of expensive designer shoes, sorted by size and brand. “Shoe theft is not unusual here,” Detective Kim Jeong-gu said. “But we gasped at this one.”

The suspect, identified only by his last name, Park, is a former used-shoe vendor, convicted twice in the past five years of pilfering shoes. He was on parole when police spotted him outside the Samsung Medical Center funeral parlor. They observed him return several times pretending to be a mourner and swapping cheap shoes for expensive ones. (The New York Times)

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tents of their products on their websites, those are proven-dangerous ingredients.

They lump pig’s blood under undisclosed “processing aids,” which “do not functionally affect the finished product,” said Australian public health professor Simon Chapman, who pointed out Jewish, Islamic and vegetarian smokers would find inhaling pig’s blood “very offensive.” (Australian Associated Press)

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Detroit officials plan on turning a quarter of the 139-square-mile city into fields and farms. Mayor Dave Bing said the city faces a $300 million budget deficit and dwindling tax base, and can’t continue to provide police and fire protection and other city services to all areas. The plan to “downsize” the heavily industrial city calls for large demolition swaths to cut through 91,000 vacant residential lots and 33,000 empty houses in blighted neighborhoods, creating pockets of green surrounding surviving neighborhoods. The biggest obstacle to implementation is getting hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to buy land, raze buildings and relocate residents, since the city has no money. (Associated Press)

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Ads and catalogs using plus-sized models don’t work with their target audience, according to a study investigating the link between model sizes in ads and the self-esteem of consumers looking at the ads. “We believe it is unlikely that many brands will gain market share by using heavy models in their ads,” said Naomi Mendel of Arizona State University, who worked with researchers from Germany’s University of Cologne and Erasmus University in the Netherlands.

Not only does the lower self-esteem of overweight consumers lessen their enthusiasm to buy products touted by people who look like them, she explained, but also “normal-weight consumers experienced lower self-esteem after exposure to moderately heavy models.”

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Birds of a Feather

Citizens who oppose teaching the theory of evolution in schools are gaining ground by linking it to global warming and arguing that public schools should teach dissenting views on scientific theories in general. The result is more state legislatures debating measures that support the idea. “There is a lot of similar dogmatism on this issue,” said John G. West, senior fellow with a group advocating the teaching of intelligent design, “with scientists being persecuted for findings that are not in keeping with the orthodoxy.” (The New York Times)

REAL free will astrology by rob brezsny may 6-12

aries (March 21-april 19): Hip-hop music definitely needs to include more tuba playing. i think that’s what’s missing from it. likewise, the sport of skateboarding would benefit from having more dogs and monkeys that can master its complexities; the state of journalism could be improved by including more babies as reporters; and you aries folks would significantly upgrade your life by learning how to play the game of cricket. (if you believe everything i just said, you’ll be equally gullible when a little voice in your head tries to convince you to seek out things you don’t really need or adopt behavior that doesn’t suit you.) gemiNi (May 21-June 20): in accordance with the astrological omens, i encourage you to seek out a concentrated period of sweet oblivion. not a numb, narcotized limbo. not a mournful unconsciousness that’s motivated by a depressive urge to give up. no, gemini: The mental blankness that you cultivate should be generated by a quest to rejuvenate yourself, and it must have qualities of deliciousness and delight. you not only have a need to rest and recharge in a lush nowhere — you also have the right to do so. caNcer (June 21-July 22): a while back, i

leo (July 23-aug. 22): The exact height of

Mt. everest has proved challenging to determine. even using modern scientific methods, different teams of surveyors have come up with varying measurements. The problem is not simply with the calculations themselves.

The world’s tallest peak is definitely evolving.

Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22): Have you been lusting after spiritual traditions other than your own? Have you been fantasizing about cheating on the deity you’ve always been faithful to, and seeking a taboo liaison with a strange and exciting god from another part of reality? if so, Virgo, that’s a good sign. i suspect you could use a few adjustments to your familiar relationship with the Divine Wow. after all, you have gone through a lot of changes since the last time you hammered out your definitive theories about the meaning of life. What made good sense for you back then can’t be completely true for you any more. so feel free to let your mind wander in the direction of holy experiments. liBra

(sept. 23-oct. 22): When a girl is born, her ovaries already contain all the eggs she will ever have. What this means, of course, is that a part of you was in your grandmother’s womb as well as in your mother’s. now would be an excellent time to celebrate that primal fact. your connection with your mother’s mother is especially important these days. i suggest you meditate on what gifts and liabilities you received from her (genetic and otherwise), and how you might be able to make better use of the gifts even as you take steps to outwit the liabilities.

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(oct. 23-nov. 21): Who is the person most unlike you in the world? i suggest you study that person for tips on how to improve your life. What are the healthy experiences you are least attracted to? you might want to meditate on exactly why they’re so unappealing, and use that information to update your ideas about yourself. What are the places on the earth that you long ago decided you would never visit? i invite you to fantasize being in those places and enjoying yourself.

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Taurus (april 20-May 20)

Among the ancient Anglo-Saxons, the month of May was called “Thrimilce.” The word referred to the fact that cows were so productive at this time of year that they could be milked three times a day.

I thought of that as I studied your current astrological data, Taurus.

During this year’s Thrimilce, you are almost impossibly fertile and abundant and creative. My advice is to give generously, but not to the point of exhaustion: the equivalent of three times a day, but not four.

Can you guess why i’m calling this opposite Week, scorpio?

sagittariUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): are you in a trance or a rut or a jam? if so, excuse yourself. it’s break time! you need spaciousness. you need slack. you need to wander off and do something different from what you have been doing. if there’s any behavior you indulge in with manic intensity, drop it for a while. if you’ve been caught up in a vortex of excruciating sincerity or torturous politeness, shake it off and be more authentic. of all the good reasons you have for relaxing your

aQUariUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): i’m all for recycling, composting and carpooling. anything you and i can do to reduce our carbon footprint is brilliant. but i also agree with author Chris Hedges, who says, “The reason the ecosystem is dying is not because we still have a dryer in our basement. it is because corporations look at everything, from human beings to the natural environment, as exploitable commodities. it is because consumption is the engine of corporate profits.” so beyond our efforts to save the earth by adjusting our own individual habits, we’ve got to revise the way corporations work. now let’s apply this way of thinking to the specific personal dilemma you’re facing right now: it’s important for you to change yourself, yes — and i’m glad you’re taking responsibility for your role in the complications — but you will also have to transform the system you’re part of.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): every year americans fork over six times as much money on buying lottery tickets as they do on going to the movies, according to the documentary film lucky. yet many people who actually buck the improbable odds regard their “luck” as a curse. “Winning the lottery is like throwing Miracle-gro on all your character defects,” said one person. let this serve as a cautionary tale for you in the coming months, Pisces. to get ready for the good things that are headed your way, you should work to purify any darkness that’s lurking in your unconscious.

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gave my readers this homework: “tell a story about the time a divine intervention reached down and altered your course in one tricky, manic swoop.” a woman named Kelly testified as follows: “at first i was disturbed to find i couldn’t identify the last time spirit descended into my midst with a forceful intervention. but finally i realized why: i have been working to make my whole life be guided by the spirit of my Higher Power, as a deep undercurrent.

That way i don’t need bolts of lightening to fix my course.” This is a useful lesson, Cancerian. it’s an excellent time for you to follow Kelly’s lead. ask yourself how you could cultivate a deep, abiding undercurrent of the good influence you want to have guide you, thereby making lightning bolts of divine intervention unnecessary.

death-grip, here’s one of the best: life can’t bring you the sublime gift it has for you until you interrupt your pursuit of a mediocre gift.

shifts in the earth’s tectonic plates work to raise it up and move it northeastward. but there’s also evidence that the melting of its glaciers due to climate change is causing it to shrink. a member of one mountain climbing expedition said, “if everest is bobbing up and down, we must hope to catch it on a low day.” i bring this to your attention, leo, in order to offer you a metaphor for the coming weeks. your version of Mt. everest is shriveling. get ready to ascend.

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

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Fun loving, caring, energetic I enjoy the outdoors & spending time w/ family & friends. I can be relaxing on the couch, out walking the bike path, kayaking or dancing. I decided it was time to start living my life to the fullest. I am looking for someone to share in the fun times & the quiet times. livingmylife, 35, #117675 sexy, intelligent ball of fire I love my job & am incredibly passionate about what I do & spend a LOT of time doing it. I love my friends & my family. I love to work out. I’m looking for a fun, intelligent man to spend my free time with, what little of it there is. If you want to get to know me, just ask! lucylouwho, 28, l, #117672 Looking for soul’s counterpoint I can be sensitive or sarcastic. Funny or serious. I am smart but gullible. Love extreme sports but I also like to chill at home w/ a movie or painting. I’m looking for a guy who is into the outdoors, snowboarding, biking, movies, cooking, sci-fi & more. KandiVT, 30, l, #109031

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Preferably suicide-girl-esque, tattoos/ piercings & the like. I don’t judge either way. :). ravex, 19, l, #117590 Girly girl I would really like to find a woman who really understands the true meaning of friendship & love. I love the outdoors, am spontaneous, love motorcycles & yes, love pink. I am a happy, caring, loving & honest person ... full of life & laughter, and I have a great smile! I appreciate most things in life & despise dishonesty. jeepgirl, 42, #117550 Onomatopoeic tune My grassroots are in Vermont. I love to hike, bike & swim. I suppose whatever I write in this ad today is just an onomatopoeic reflection of me. Truth be told, I’m not looking for my doppler twin. I’m looking for a passionate person who is not afraid to be herself. serendipity1, 30, l, #113506 Sunny smile seeks same Summer is coming and I’m ready to get out & meet some new friends & perhaps a romance that lies around the bend. I don’t own a motorcycle, but I’ll be your fender fluff, ride a bike or take a long walk. Let’s have some fun! lunamothvt, 45, #117404 Ndgogrllvr How shall I fit in this wee box? Briefly intense summary, I suppose. I’m looking for an honest, compassionate & kind person to spend my time w/ who appreciates the humor in most of what life has to offer & who wants more than a casual encounter/is willing to see where this could go. A love of Kathy Griffin, too? ndgogrllvr, 30, l, #116257

sweet, crafty & fun I reside in Middlebury where I work for my family’s construction company. Evenings I enjoy some social time, then head out for a hike/work on my house. Weekends I enjoy social gatherings w/ friends/family. I occasionally pick up side jobs, but I’d rather be going on a hike/to an event w/ a lady! Also enjoying “twiddling” w/ music/woodwork in my free time. mitchy, 28, l, #117677 FROM HIS ONLINE PROFILE: My favorite date activity is...

Something outdoors, packing a meal to go or cooking in, and watching a movie/playing a game at home.

Easygoing Creative Artist Musician Animal Easygoing creative artist looking for connection, as shallow or as deep.

Looking to share creativity, conversation & attraction w/ interested women. Very open minded, like to relax, party, and am fun to talk to, I think. Tired of bars/ downtown. Just want to meet some new people & see where it goes. Mind is most important, but physical sparks factor in there. cartrouble, 75, #112930 milquetoast Interested in satisfying conversation w/ like-minded individual.

Good_afternoon, 26, #117676 sign says “friendly people please apply” Interested in meeting unique people.

I have seen so many beautiful people on this site & thought I’d give it a shot.

Relaxed dinner & conversation? An interesting art show? Dancing to some funky beats? Short nature jaunt or a longer hike? I am totally open minded & easygoing. Don’t be shy & drop me a line. Vermonterro, 29, l, #117658 Nothing but energy Hey, I’m Alex. I’m 22, I love to be outdoors, preferably on the lake or on my mountain bike. I have a stable career, and I consider myself a very dedicated guy as an employee & a friend. I’m honestly not the most outgoing guy out there. I’m hoping to meet you. And also, I love a cold Switchback! jspence5, 22, l, #117657 The New College Grad I’m doing well in every aspect of my life & want to share the good times.

I’m a creative, insightful man who loves to try new things. I want & need to be w/ someone who is just

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One neverending boy philosopher envisioning my dream of a more deliberate life & a twin spirit who may be living with special needs or challenges who would like the idea of creating together a values-guided cooperative, and oh yes, having me, one very deliberate around-the-clock housemate & ADL support person, I’m open to all kinds of ideas & possibilities. neverendingwonderer, 56, l, #117045 friends, lovers or nothing Recently graduated from college, looking for someone to be my person.

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sugar on my tongue I’m a grad student at UVM looking to meet some new people. The bar scene is getting old & expensive.

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Tea is better than coffee Hi! I am new to Vermont. I am from Detroit & I am attending NECI. I am a very active person & love the outdoors.

I love most music, country is the exception. I LOVE TO COOK, hence I am in culinary school. At this point, I would like to develop friendships, but I am hoping for something more. DetroitSoul, 21, l, #117619

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Witty Headline I am just your average nice guy. I enjoy going out or staying in. My favorite thing about being in a relationship w/ someone is when you get to the point of being able to sit on the couch & just look at her and smile, being happy just being w/ the person. JustMe65, 25, l, #117650

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funny metro hippie Basically looking for my M counterpart: social, funny, caring, optimistic, honest, someone to take on the world w/me! One who knows what he wants & isn’t afraid to go after it. Someone who isn’t materialistic/ fake, who shares my values: cares about his friends/family/environment, hardworking. Someone who is not too serious & will make me pee my pants laughing! That too much to ask for? FemmeRouge, 30, l, #117665

Kind rural intellect thinker dater Divorced mom of 2 great, grown kids.

I’m kind, loving, a little sassy/fiesty, liberal, hardworking, nonmaterialistic, heart-on-sleeve (no lies, no games, no reason to), conversant, good listener. I’m interested in dating (dinner, fun conversation, movie, etc.).

I’ve become pretty independent & not sure about LTR, but I’m flexible & open. Looks are unimportant. I’m looking forward to hearing from you. ponimama, 51, u, l, #117580

laid back looking for adventure Looking for open-minded, romantic, fun, stay-in-or-go-out-type of guy.

If you exist, please let me know.

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This Guy Is Nuts If you want to be abused, stop here.

If you want a dude who’s gonna hang w/ you in your garden & then maybe ravish you in the bedroom, I’m him. If you want an educated chap who is 420 friendly & will mow your entire yard, you got him. 420friend, 47, #117679

The Strong Silent Type...

I am a SWM seeking a SF for dating & good times. I am quiet until I get to know you & vice-versa. I like going to concerts (especially jam bands), movies, dining out, hanging out w/ friends & good conversation. jackstraw13, 35, #117649

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Still looking for a spark Just looking for people to get to know & trying to find that spark you feel when you meet that someone.

I love being outside & doing things, especially swimming in the lake. Very social & love meeting new people; very hyper & love it. So if you think you can handle it, send me a message :). gizmospike49, 20, l, #117668

Yeah, I’m awesome Well, it’s true! I’m fun & funny & delightful to be around, and that’s not just my mom’s opinion. I have been in Burlington for long enough to feel like there’s no one left to meet. That can’t be true, can it?

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country girl looking for someone to spend time with who can share interests. I love the outdoors - biking hiking kyacking and pinics. Indoors, I enjoy cooking, watching movies, and playing board games. I am sometimes an oldfashion gal! ladyluck, 63, #117577

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Curious hottie I’ve only fooled around w/ a girl once & am interested in more action.

Couples or one on one. I’m young, fit & femme, and am looking for the same. sexybabe4u, 23, #117667 naughty girl Looking for a cyber buddy & someone to get me wet =] Couple or man or woman ... any horny person. dirtygirl, 21, #117664

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Military or Cops ... wanna play?

I’m looking for discreet encounters w/ either military or police officers. The whole authority thing turns me on to no end. I also love the high & tights! I will send a pic upon request, but need to be discreet. I’m looking for you to be HWP, married, single, attached, whatever. handcuffs69, 31, #117639 Explorer-Older and Better First-timer looking for a woman w/ or w/out experience. I’m passionate, curvy, honest & fairly feminine. I have a M partner, so discretion is crucial.

Seeking NSA fun & exploration. I’m open to most anything; pleasure but not too much pain. I’m drug free & drink socially. I don’t smoke. Looking forward to a new adventure, enlightenment, a new path. probie, 50, #117581

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I’m an all-natural girl in every way: no shaving, no deodorant, but I’m still feminine - just natural :) I’m looking for other women, age isn’t important, to explore our bodies, minds & our hearts. topfreebabe, 26, l, #117094 Adorable & Fun Loving I’m the cure to your blonde addiction.

I’m a college student looking for discreet encounters. 20, petite, blonde, blue-eyed. Looking to experiment a bit w/ great guy. Little shy & innocent at first, willing to try everything once, and I totally believe in chemistry. starsinaugust, 21, l, #116981 SexForHours Looking for playful person who would want to have discreet meetings that will last for hours! I want someone who will put me in my place & make

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I love a little rumble in the jungle from time to time, but a (big) bug in the rug is my FAVORITE! If you know what I mean ... if the trailer’s a rockin’, DO come a knockin’;]. dixie_lishus, 25, l, #117407 Trying Something New Part-time Vermont resident seeks dirty, kinky adventures w/ experienced & dominant type. I’m open minded, smart, highly sexual, adventurous & super submissive. Looking to try new things & have fun. Age unimportant - just

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me see the naughty girl I’ve been lately. BellaTouchesYou, 23, #116714 Live life to the fullest By day, I am a normal-looking person who could be your neighbor. By night, the real me shows through. I am looking for a man or couple (MF/MM) who is interested in conversation & playdates w/ a fun-loving, erotic extrovert. I am married (open) & polyamorous w/ another woman; but I am not necessarily a package deal! The choice is yours. Aster, 37, l, #116565 It’s about time...

I have been waiting for Mr. Right to come along, and since he is taking his sweet time, I thought I would find Mr. Right now. I am looking for someone who can enjoy me, a BBW, & all I have to offer. I need someone who is clean & honest. alhinnj2, 30, l, #116546 Time for a change Looking for something new to experiment. I’ve never been w/ a woman before & am definitely interested in meeting discreetly to try new things. I would also be interested in joining a couple; a threesome is very hot. I’m not posting pictures on here, but would be more than willing to share pictures w/ you if asked.

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Open, skillfull, adaptive So I’ve never put this type of information on before, but have always wanted to deep down let out my inner kink, ha ha.

I’m still relatively new at this, but pick things up rather quickly. So whoever’s interested in opening up my eyes to this Hot2Trot experience, by all means ;-). New2Burlington679, 22, #117681 Love creating moistness Hello, just want some NSA, plain & simple. No games, muy discreto. tbone99, 47, l, #117609 thirdwheel Looking for woman or straight couple or lesbian couple for discreet fun. thirdwheel, 40, #117661 Silver Fox Seeks Horny Playmate Playtime should be consensual between kinky adults, no? I’ll scratch your itch if you scratch mine. I’m looking for an open-minded, submissive & sexy playmate. Don’t worry, I’ll make you feel beautiful. I like to be in control, but I’ll be sooooo good to you.

Experience, respect, a sensual touch & a nice package are my tools of this trade. Dexter4, 45, l, #117624 Prince Charming Searching Bad Cinderella I’m a Vermonter looking for something outside. I’ve been on a farm my whole life & looking for someone to ride & whip me for a change. Into role play or anything you (or I) have seen.

Ready to rock my world & show this down-home country boy how to cut loose? I’m ready to loosen you up,

curioser & curioser I’m here to find intelligent, nonjudgmental women interested in mutually pleasurable, imaginative, passionate encounters. I’m friendly, discreet & considerate; appreciate the same. We all crave intimacy, touch, lust, passion, and there are different ways & places to find it.

This just happens to be one of them.

Sensuousendeavors, 43, l, #116434

New to Central Vermont Looking for whatever. Into whatever.

Contact for more about me. Good guy, just bored. rake53, 30, #117478 College male looking for fun Call me Fred Flintstone ‘cause I can make your bedrock! goodvibes423, 20, #117467

Other seeking?

older woman Looking for an older woman to have fun with, preferably in 30s to 40s.

Tall 18 y.o., been told I have beautiful eyes. MRright, 18, l, #117548

Shake us all night long We are a couple who want to sexually expand. We want to bring new energy to our play time. missmagichands, 31, #117611

fun, exciting & willing The headline says it all. 6’, 185, and as the song says, I am just looking for a good time. happy1691, 38, #111997

Flirty, Playful, Redhead & Latino Looking for a down-to-earth couple (M/F) or SF who wants to be friendly & flirty first. We have some experience, but would like to find a couple who don’t have any possessive issues & have positive communication skills.

visiting student loves oral Visiting friends in VT this summer

Kink of the week: hook up w/ us We’re a couple looking to fulfill a fantasy: threesome w/ another woman or couple (M/F). Neither of us have ever had the pleasure but want to try. Should be fun to hold up good convos, too. We’d like to meet up & get to know you to talk about what we’d expect from each other because we’re grown-ups, ya’ know! Intl28, 28, l, #117470 FROM THEIR ONLINE PROFILE: What is your hottest feature and why? We’re both fit from yoga and working out - in bed and at the gym. We’re quite sexy actually.

Lucky you... between semesters. I’m 22, tall, student, athletic, thick down below.

Looking for a special someone to have a lot of fun with. I love to please & be pleased. ecrvt, 22, #117505 IN NEED OF SOME RELEASE! I’m not looking for anything complicated right now. Just someone who is fun to be around and would like to hook up every now & then w/ NSA. I’m a 23 y.o. M living in Burlington & looking for some great sex. Looks aren’t that important, but you need to take care of yourself for me to be attracted.

Looking4someone, 23, #116183 Looking into the UNKNOWN Looking for a true TS. Must live as a woman or at least go out as one. Must be on my terms. I work nights. Be D/D free & very discreet. aneed4kink, 59, #117493 let me please you I have very little sex in my life. I’m looking for discreet/casual gettogethers. I’m clean/drug free. I enjoy going down on a woman & am willing to try about anything to please you.

Hope to hear from you to discuss this more. mr1967, 42, #117489 Discreet fun?!?!

Attractive, attached WM seeking attractive F for discreet fun. I’m intelligent, sweet, funny & very friendly.

I work out regularly, but I’m not a meathead. I’m looking for a D/D free F, 20-45, reasonably fit, who would like to get together from time to time to have some fun. If interested, shoot me a message & we can discuss it further. Thanks. Crunch, 37, #117477

We are not in hard-body shape, so you shouldn’t be either ;) We have young children & are unable to host.

IrishPeruvianCpl, 27, l, #117573 couple lookin 4 fun She’s bi, he’s straight. Lookin’ for a bi or bi-curious woman age 18-38 to make couple a threesome. Must be D/D free. Discretion a must. winooski_couple, 38, #117442 Two Looking for You “Experienced” couple searching for the elusive, single, sexy F or a couple (M/F) as well. We are a discreet, D/D free, health-conscious, athletic, easygoing, attractive couple open to most anything for excitement. She’s incredibly sexy, fit, athletic, humorous & full of life.

He is slim, athletic, attractive, laid back & loves to please. Lets have some fun. twoforyou, 33, #117430 Curious twosome looking for third Active, happy couple looking for an attractive young woman (21-28) for a threesome. We are a fun, easygoing couple interested in finding someone who shares our interests & activities.

Must send picture & be D/D free. tastefultwo, 24, l, #117335

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End of the Year We just started spending time together & w/ the school year ending I worry about rushing whatever this is, if anything, along. I wish we had more time... When: Saturday, May 1, 2010. Where: Bailey Howe Library.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907396 Lost cardigan/sunglasses at Muddy Waters You lost your cardigan & sunglasses and at the time I couldn’t find them, but then I did! They will be on the small ledge by the games & stuff.

Hope you see this. When: Thursday, April 1, 2010. Where: Muddy Waters.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907395 Higher Ground, Dead Sessions, 4/30 You: on the dance floor, a spinning flowing woman, I tried to dance w/ you & you went off spinning. After at the bar I should have talked, but didn’t want to interrupt the guy I was talking to. Me: jeans & black T-shirt. Like to go out for a dance & spin date? You had a nice smile. When: Friday, April 30, 2010.

Where: Higher Ground, Dead Sessions.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907392 backslash83 Hi, just saw your ad & it sounds like we have a lot in common (good food, intelligent, sense of humor, etc.). I can’t figure out how to respond to your message, so get in touch. When: Friday, April 30, 2010. Where: 7 Days ads. You: Man. Me: Woman. #907391

Bird Rescue To the gentleman & his young son who rescued the injured bird in front of Fresh Market Wednesday, I was thanking you for two reasons: not only for your kindness to the bird, but for reaffirming that Burlington has a few truly kind & caring folks. FYI: When I left the store 10 minutes later, the bird had flown! When: Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Where: Fresh Market.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907382 Pearl St. Beverage We met last summer through a friend.

You brought good beer to my house & we talked on the porch about books & England. You were so sweet & I was stupid to throw it all away. I’m so sorry. Before I graduate, let’s have a beer & catch up. If you don’t hate me, please get in touch! When: Saturday, August 15, 2009. Where: Pearl St. Beverage, downtown Burlington.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907380 Old Greg!

Hi, Greg! You finally made it in the 7 Days! I was told to never trust a person w/ 2 last names. Then I met you ... Guess I was right, j/k. I can’t explain the way you make me feel. Happier than I have ever felt. Thanks for being my number 1 neighbor. Let’s drink some Bailey’s tonight & you can kick my behind in Yahtzee. When: Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Where: Brickyard in Essex.

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Tucker Happy birthday! There, you’ve been spied, cutie ;) When: Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Where: Village Cup in Jericho.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907374 my winged mystery man Dear Batman, Ju want to take a ride in my love machine, bay-bay? Love, Robin When: Monday, April 26, 2010.

Where: in my bed this morning.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907373 hippo birdie two ewes D - a great big happy birthday to the best boyfriend in the universe. Can’t wait to celebrate so I can show you how much you mean to me. Wonderful wishes for the bestest year yet, a whole lotta love (and lotsa lusty lovin’), and all the sunshine & stars my arms can carry are yours. Your lil p. When: Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Where: anywhere I can.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907372 Stealing glances at Skinny Pancake I spy a beautiful, blonde woman sitting next to the window at the Skinny Pancake. I was the guy w/ brown hair & dark glasses sitting outside. You smiled when I looked at you - would love to make you smile again. Let’s get to know each other! When: Saturday, April 24, 2010. Where: Skinny Pancake.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907371 Hottie in White Dress You were there w/ someone (dad?) & walked right toward me. I was the one in the suit. Our eyes met. It started innocently enough; we held hands, talked a little, exchanged some jewelry, and then ... a kiss. I love you more every day & embrace the chance to face life w/ you by my side. -JT. Sweet dance moves that night! When: Saturday, April 17, 2010. Where: Middlebury.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907367

This is maybe more of a “friend” question than a “relationship” question, but I would really appreciate hearing your point of view. I’m going to change names and scenarios so as not to piss some people off.

I have a friend (let’s call her “Amber”). Amber is getting married next January. They decided to have a destination wedding in Mexico at an all-inclusive resort, meaning that guests would need to pay for airfare and accommodations. All in all, this is probably going to cost most couples somewhere in the neighborhood of $3000.

I have no problem with destination weddings — hey, whatever you want to do. But here’s the problem: Amber swore up and down to her friends and family that she knew not everyone would be able to make the wedding, given the cost.

However, when I told her I couldn’t spend the cash, she seemed totally miffed and has been giving me the cold shoulder ever since. When she began talking about the wedding, she would consult me on everything, and now she won’t discuss it at all.

WTF?!

Please help. I can’t afford to go to this wedding, but I also can’t afford to lose my good friend.

Signed,

Dear Blue,

Something Blue

For the couple looking to cut down on the stress and guest list of traditional nuptials, a destination wedding is a great choice; however, the couple-tobe must realize that not everyone is willing or able to celebrate with a weeklong vacation.

You have no control over Bridezilla’s coldshoulder routine. The best you can do is ask her out for coffee and have a chat. Check your annoyance at the door and tell her that you’re sincerely sorry you can’t make the wedding and that her friendship is important to you. To let her know you care, offer to help with wedding preplanning or the bachelorette party. Whether Amber softens and brings you back into the wedding fold is up to her, but you’ll sleep soundly knowing you took the high road while standing your ground.

If you want to keep it classy, have a wedding gift awaiting them at the resort — a gift certificate for dinner or a spa treatment should do the trick.

I do, mm

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Lifeguard of my dreams!

I spy a beauuutiful lifeguard w/ wavy, dark hair. You’re cute! I’m not gross, old or sketchy! When: Thursday, April 29, 2010. Where: at the pool.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907387

I’m a cute, dark-haired boy Who often pushes my blue bike up Church St. & I shop at City Market. There are probably a few dozen of us. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if I were the cutest one, I must say a bit more information would serve you nicely. If you truly wish to connect, that is. When: Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Where: in the I Spys.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907383

Was I singing?

That time that you saw me at Shaw’s, that was a friend who I was with.

I usually go to Shaw’s on Sunday evenings, so maybe I will see you there.

But say hi this time; don’t be shy. When: Monday, April 26, 2010. Where: I didn’t.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907375

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89 SouthBound leap frog You: cutie in blue SUV. Me: in red pickup.

I think you distracted me from my phone call. Too bad I wasn’t getting off in Colchester. When: Thursday, April 29, 2010. Where: 89 South.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907388

Laundromat experience Me: folding some clothes. You: said hello & thought I was someone else & asked me if you were crazy.

I shouldn’t have been so shy & should have made conversation. You worked at some diner, I think, since you thought I go there. hope to hear from you When: Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Where: Riverside laundromat.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907384

MattMarsAttacks!

I saw your profile & you made me laugh! What’s better than that? I don’t have an account, but let’s go hear some music? When: Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Where: Two 2 Tango.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #907376

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the block gallery It was midafternoon & the poetry reading was ending. A guy w/ a nice voice was playing guitar. You were sitting in the alcove near the door.

I thought we shared a moment & a smile. Me: short brown hair, wearing jeans and a white buttondown, sleeves rolled up. You: dark & mysterious w/ a wonderful smile.

Coffee next time? When: Sunday, April 25, 2010. Where: The Block Gallery.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907389

Seth winooski quiznos For the second time I was served by you. This time you actually got me blushing when you smiled & looked at me. Wow. Thanks, your secret admirer from Winooski. Your girlfriend is lucky.

When: Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Where: Winooski. You: Man. Me: Man. #907385

where did you go?

That night after the bar was soooo great.

Hiding from headlights inside your car.

You: 6’7, a body builder, so perfect. Like you said, there was such a connection, or I would have never gone that far. I hope that’s not why I haven’t heard from you. Email me if you lost it & so we can relive that passion. When: Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Where: Montpelier.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907377

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Physical Therapy Receptionist Cam I have loved you for a long time & always will. It’s my fault you did not know this recently & I want to make it up to you. I hope you decide to come back. You were my anchor & you are my love. I miss you. When: Saturday, November 10, 2007. Where: Past. Present. Future?.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907390

city market checkout After our chat, I made a PB pretzel & tomato sandwich. Thanks for the great idea! Next time, I’m thinking of throwing some sour gummy worms into the mix. Got any other good suggestions? When: Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Where: City Market.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #907386

Mansfield Minx To the extremely cute woman I helped break a $100 bill today: You made my day & I was hoping I could do the same for you sometime! I trust you’ll know how to find me if you’re interested... When: Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Where: Mansfield Ave. You: Woman. Me: Man. #907378

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