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NOVEMBER 10-17, 2010 VOL.16 NO.11

NEWS 14

Vermont’s Homeless Problem Takes a Disturbing Turn: Squatting

FEATURES

Transportation: Will Burlington ever live up to its commitment to be a bike-friendly city?

A New Performance Space in Stowe Brings Music, Comedy, Star Trek

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Immigration: A federal crimevictims unit in St. Albans puts abused immigrants on a safer path

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Open season on Vermont politics BY SHAY TOT TEN

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On the public uses and abuses of emotion

Best-Selling Romance Writer Shares Love of Vermont With Her Readers

Wildlife: Mountain Deer Taxidermy creates lifelike souvenirs for hunters BY MEGAN JAMES

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hew, Election 2010 was quite a ride. Buckle up, though, because the fun is just beginning. Vermont voters have put Democrats in charge of the legislature and the governor’s office — only the seventh time since 1962 Democrats have had that much control. Why now? I’ve been offering theories all week on Blurt, the Seven Days staff blog. Within 24 hours of Republican BRIAN DUBIE’s gracious concession, Governorelect PETER SHUMLIN transformed from candidate to state CEO. www.essexshoppes.com Shumlin and his team — led by former Gov. HOWARD DEAN and LIZ BANKOWSKI, a longtime Democratic insider and former chief of staff to Gov. MADELEINE KUNIN — have started vetting cabinet candidates. Also weighing in on the process is KATHY HOYT, formerly secretary of administration under Dean. All seasoned veterans, in other words. 21 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JUNCTION, VT | 802.878.2851 Bankowski assembled Kunin’s transition team in 1984, which was the last time an elected Dem gov replaced a Republican Seventeenth Annual 8v-Essexshoppes111010.indd 1 11/8/10 11:02 AM one. Dean’s 1991 “transition” was a result of Gov. RICHARD SNELLING’S death. He assembled his team over a period of years, not weeks. The burning question among politicos today is whether Shumlin, like Pres. BARACK OBAMA, will assemble a “team of rivals” cabinet — offering top posts to his former Democratic rivals Sens. SUSAN Holiday Market BARTLETT and DOUG RACINE, former Sec. of State DEB MARKOWITZ, and Google exec MATT DUNNE. It’s likely Bartlett will be named secThis Holiday Season Buy Local! retary of administration, the hands-on Celebrating over twenty person who runs state government. She artisans from the community is already helping Shumlin shape the FY 2012 budget he’ll have to present to lawand showcasing their incredible makers in less than two months. talents in a variety of mediums. Racine is more likely to wind up runThis holiday market has ning the Agency of Natural Resources something for everyone. than the Agency of Human Services. Why? Shumlin and Racine don’t see eye to eye on health care reform, and AHS will be health-care-reform central. Saturday & Sunday Besides, who wants to run an agency that is underfunded, understaffed and November 13th -14th overwhelmed? As of Monday, Racine told “Fair 10am - 5pm Game” he hasn’t been offered a post. Has Dunne been offered the Mt. Mansfield Union High School all-important secretary job at the 211 Browns Trace Road,Off Route 15 Agency of Commerce and Community Development as some have suggested? Jericho, Vermont Dunne said he’s happy with his Google

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gig, but is giving Shumlin suggestions on who should fill the commerce post. Word has it Shumlin may promote from within some agencies. If so, expect to hear the name PATRICK FLOOD, now deputy secretary of AHS. Flood is well liked by nonprofit providers and lawmakers. Agriculture Sec. ROGER ALLBEE — a Gov. JIM DOUGLAS appointee — is a probable keeper. Historically, incoming governors have been disinclined to replace the ag head. The first round of appointments will be announced early next week, according to ALEX MACLEAN, the governor-elect’s successful campaign manager.

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If Bankowski and Dean are the oldguard Democrats on the transition team, MacLean and BILL LOFY represent the new generation. Both are politically astute and well versed in policy. MacLean proved herself during the election cycle by focusing Shumlin’s rambunctious, and at times erratic, energy into that of a winning candidate — twice. Lofy worked for the late Minnesota Sen. PAUL WELLSTONE, who died in a plane crash, before coming to Vermont to assist Shumlin and former Speaker GAYE SYMINGTON as a political aide. He also worked as a communications director for the state party, a role he could assume in a Shumlin administration. He lives in Jericho but works for the national Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquartered in D.C. In 2008, he helped elect Sen. AL FRANKEN (D-MN). Not only is Shumlin shopping for cabinet members, he’s looking for a house closer to Montpelier, to avoid the daily drive from Putney to the capital. He’s rented a place all four years he’s served as president pro tem. That’s good news for the state troopers who will have to drive him back

and forth. For eight years, they’ve been schlepping Douglas through snow and ice from Middlebury to Montpelier, over the treacherous Appalachian Gap.

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The senatorial departures of Shumlin, Bartlett and Racine, as well as PHIL SCOTT and ED FLANAGAN, have left a leadership void in the upper chamber of the Statehouse. Sen. RANDY BROCK (R-Franklin) thinks the eight Senate Republicans need to be more forceful in the coming session. “We need to do a much better job advancing ideas,” said Brock. “We need to make sure that alternatives are effectively articulated to other members and the public to draw a contrast. It’s of heightened importance given the Democrat-controlled legislature and governor’s office.” The Senate’s GOP leadership team will remain the same: Sen. BILL DOYLE (R-Washington) as minority leader and Sen. KEVIN MULLIN (R-Rutland) as whip, or assistant leader. But everything else is up for grabs in the 22-member Democratic caucus. Senate Majority Leader JOHN CAMPBELL appears to have a lock on the job of president pro tem, the post Shumlin vacated. Two other senators have expressed interest: Sens. VIRGINIA “GINNY” LYONS (D-Chittenden) and ANN CUMMINGS (D-Washington). “Whether it’s me or Ann or Ginny, any of us would be foolish not to work in collaborative fashion,” Campbell observes. “If there is splintering of the caucus or indecision as to our direction, we’re almost doomed to fail.” Two other senators are being talked about as possible caucus leaders — Sen. CLAIRE AYER (D-Addison) and Sen. BILL CARRIS (D-Rutland). Sen. DICK MAZZA (D-Grand Isle) might lose ground this year. Some Senate Democrats are unhappy with him because he never actually endorsed Shumlin. Plus, Mazza supported Republican PHIL SCOTT over Democrat STEVE HOWARD in the lite-gov race. Will Mazza lose his sought-after spot on the Committee on Committees — the three-person group composed of Mazza, the lieutenant governor and pro tem — that makes all the other committee assignments in the Senate? Mazza and Scott, who are good friends, would be in it together.

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Incestuous? Senate Dems have a similar challenge. “We’ve got Peter Shumlin as our governor,” said Lyons. “One of our challenges as a Senate caucus is to distinguish ourselves and maintain our relevancy,” said Lyons. And how.

Another one in the leadership mix is Rep. Jim clyburN (D-SC), a member of the Progressive Caucus, a group formed almost 20 years ago by then Rep. berNie SaNderS. Welch believes Pelosi, Hoyer and Clyburn speak to multiple, and key, constituencies in the party and should all be given leadership posts. “The caucus knows that Pelosi was a very effective leader,” said Welch. “The Republicans didn’t offer an alternative vision; they offered a caricature of the speaker. We accomplished a lot in the past two years that we can be proud of. We’re going to have to defend the progress we made and make the case that we need to do more to protect the middle class.” Democrats lost six seats in the Senate, barely retaining a majority. They now have a razor-thin majority of 53 seats — including the two independents who caucus with the Dems. Sen. patricK leahy, the second most senior senator in the U.S. Senate, says, “It’s time to bring some of the grownups in the House and Senate together.” “I know there are some in the GOP caucus who want the president to fail because they think they will win,” said Leahy. “But if the president fails, the country fails. That’s a mistake.”

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In the House, Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morrisville) is running for reelection. But Majority Leader Rep. Floyd NeaSe (D-Johnson) is stepping down. In his stead, last year’s Democratic Whip lucy leriche (D-Hardwick) wants to be majority leader. Rep. Willem JeWett (D-Ripton) is running for whip. All three are unopposed at this point. The 94-member Dem caucus is holding elections on December 4. The House Dem caucus is hopeful, said Leriche, because Shumlin is expected to be more sympathetic to its policies. “Gov. Douglas seemed to be of the mind that his job was to stop everything we did,” said Leriche. “It’s like going from famine to feast for us — Peter’s agenda is very ambitious and wants to do a lot of good things, which is exciting but also very challenging because we don’t have the resources.” Nease has been named the new executive director of the Vermont Association for Mental Health, replacing KeN libertoFF. I suspect he’ll resign his seat once a Democratic governor is sworn in. That way, Gov. Douglas can’t appoint a Republican to take his place. The GOP needs all the recruits it can get. Without Douglas in power, the party will be crafting a new identity. Rep. doN turNer (R-Milton) is currently the sole candidate for minority leader, while outgoing minority leader Rep. patti KomliNe (R-Dorset) is running for minority whip. The 48-member House GOP will pick its new leaders in mid-November.

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he new Spruce Peak Arts Center in Stowe will open its doors to the public just after Christmas; for now, there’s a cathedrallike silence in the spacious theater. Take a seat in the hall with the director busy bringing it to life, however, and the space seems to buzz with the hushed murmuring of an opening night. “When people walk in, it’s like they’ve walked into church,” says David Rowell, executive director of the 420seat performance space. “There’s this reverent moment.” Rowell knows show business. He has directed and opened other performingarts centers, including the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center in Kentucky and Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Utah. Trained as a dancer and an actor, he’s had experience on stage, too. “I’ve been there; I have the T-shirt,” he jokes.

But for the last five years Rowell taught and headed the MFA Theater Management Program at Florida State University’s School of Theater. He enjoyed it, he says, but was itching to get back at the helm of a performance space. “I was looking for a small to mediumsized venue, and I really wanted to be in Vermont,” Rowell says. His connections to the state go way back. He shares a few ancestors with Craftsbury violinist Mary Rowell, and his parents live in Middlebury. While growing up in New Jersey, he used to vacation in the Stowe area with his family. The center is technically part of Stowe Mountain Resort, but Rowell envisions it as “a gathering place for everybody.” He wants to draw audiences from around the state and beyond. He sees himself as the consummate host. “When I invite an artist to perform here, I’m inviting them into my home,”

he declares. “And the same with the audience — you’re a guest in my home.” Rowell loves being involved with the audience. “My favorite is when people call me and ask, ‘What should I wear?’” The answer may vary, as the programming at Spruce Peak will be diverse — ticket prices are in the $30 to $50 range — including family shows, ballet, theater, comedy and movies. And then there’s the educational component. Spruce Peak will offer a daytime series for area schools; master classes in music, dance and theater; residencies for artists; and an internship program. Rowell is a huge movie buff. When his phone rings in the middle of a recent interview, it plays a tinny version of the theme song from Top Gun — though his 9-year-old son is responsible for that, he notes. At Spruce Peak, Rowell is starting a

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Performing Arts series of screenings and post-movie talks on the American Film Institute’s Top 100 films, beginning with Casablanca. Every second Tuesday of the month will be Ladies’ Night, when a ticket gets gals a chick flick, champagne and chocolate. A series close to Rowell’s heart is “classics you may never have heard of,” including underground hits such as The

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eople have friends; museums have “Friends.” It’s capital that makes the difference. In the case of the Friends of the Art Museum — that is, the Middlebury College Museum of Art — alumni, community members, faculty and students have pooled their donor power to purchase 76 remarkably diverse works. Their collective generosity over the past 40 years is being celebrated in a show at the museum that runs through December 12. Compared with many of its peer institutions, Middlebury College was actually slow to acquire such advocates for its art collection. That’s because Middlebury was slow to acquire an art collection. It wasn’t until 1969 that the school began amassing works. Williams College got going on its collection in 1926, while Amherst opened a nowrenowned gallery to house its hoard in 1949. Middlebury didn’t build a proper campus museum until 1992. But, as the current exhibit demonstrates, the Friends have been diligent in their efforts to put the Addison County institution on the New England art map.

Museum curator Emmie Donadio, author of a catalog accompanying the “Friends Bearing Gifts” show, says that what the group has accomplished in four decades is nothing less than “a miracle.” The first piece the Friends purchased, an ancient Greek oil container

brass rods produce a hypnotic hum once they’ve been squeezed together and released by a museum guard wearing white gloves. The catalog’s cover boy, a 17thcentury Rembrandt look-alike by Dutch portrait painter Govaert Flinck, hangs

“Study for Alle Corse” by Giuseppe DeNittis, c. 1874

Art decorated with dancing Dionysians, is also the oldest item in the exhibit. The 2500-year-old “Lekythos” is displayed near a 1970s sound sculpture by Henry Bertoia. The latter’s 64 slim copper and

alongside one of Chuck Close’s pointillist self-portraits from the mid-1970s. Two scenes from the life of Buddha, sculpted in Afghanistan in the third century, are situated beside a British alabaster relief

from 1520 depicting the betrayal of Christ. The show also includes Civil War photos, a 14th-century Japanese scroll, an ancient Roman statuette that’s come to be known as the Middlebury Venus, and prints by 20th-century painters Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns and Ellsworth Kelly. There’s even an Andy Warhol soup can. The variety of media, as well as the span of ages, styles and cultures, demonstrates that generations of Friends have been catholic in their tastes. They’re also seldom in agreement on what to buy for Midd’s museum. It’s been the Friends’ practice to display three or four candidate acquisitions at an annual “purchase party,” and then vote on which one to buy. Often, however, the process doesn’t result in elimination. “Wealthy people would just buy the ones they liked that had been turned down,” notes Bob Kingsley, a member of the Friends who’s been attending purchase parties since their inception in 1970. The official choice that year was a sexy bust of a Greek slave by Vermont sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873).

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Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across shows like the Disney hit with their the 8th Dimension, a 1984 sci-fi flick elaborate flying set pieces. starring John Lithgow and Ellen Barkin. But everything else is on the table. The center’s grand-opening pro- Rowell is excited about booking the gramming begins the week of December Afro-Cuban All Stars, “The Logger” 27 and features performances by Tony rusty deWees and Canadian actor Rick Award-winning Miller, who Broadway actor does a one-man Ben Vereen; show called the Brooklyn MacHomer — a Rundfunk wacky meldOrkestrata ing of Macbeth performing and “The The Hills Are Simpsons.” ROwEl l , ExECuT IvE DIREC T OR, Alive, a hip-hop DAv IDS PRuC At the end of E PEAk ART S CEnT ER rendition of the February, the16t-nido111110.indd songs from The center will host Sound of Music (authorized by Rodgers Star Trek Live, a series of interactive & Hammerstein); fiddler Eileen Ivers, performances and screenings in which who cofounded the Irish American everybody with a ticket becomes a cadet group Cherish the Ladies; and Sara on the starship Enterprise. Watkins of blugrass band Nickel Creek. “It’s for kids, families and geeks like “I’ll explore any option. We can do myself,” Rowell says. m anything but The Lion King,” Rowell says, then explains that, while the 77-by-31-foot stage is big for a 420-seat Spruce Peak Arts Center, 7320 theater, there’s no fly system — curtains Mountain Road, Stowe. Opening December 27, 2010. Info, 253-3000. only run side to side, not up and down. sprucepeakarts.org That makes it hard to accommodate

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a 17th-century rembrandt look-alike by dutch portrait painter Govaert Flinck hangs alongside one Middlebury’s first town-gown group quickly came to be regarded as “the social event of the season,” Donadio writes in the show’s catalog. In the beginning, high-quality works could be had at prices not nearly as towering as those the art market sets today. With an annual acquisitions budget of around $20,000 supplied by membership dues, the roughly 400 Friends now focus on buying photographs, which remain comparatively affordable, says BarBara Blodgett, the group’s current chair. But that modest amount

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Most recently, the Friends bought a 17th-century Dutch interior as part of a gala marking the opening of the anniversary show in September. Photos of that event displayed as part of the current show, along with shots in the catalog of convivial quaffing at past parties, suggest that the Friends have always been devoted hobnobbers, as well as art patrons. Indeed, the yearly parties staged by

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prefer not to compare one [pollution] source to another,” an EPA spokesperson told me. Translation: Having thoroughly confused things, we’re walking. So, once more, it was up to my assistant Una to run the numbers. To simplify matters, we compared the maximum pollution allowed by federal law for mowers versus cars, and assumed our benchmark grass cutter was a 6-horsepower push mower operated at half throttle. We were interested in two types of pollutants: carbon monoxide, or CO, and hydrocarbons plus nitrogen oxides, which we’ll call HC+NOx. Under current standards, in an hour a push mower will produce the same HC+NOx as a car driven 257 miles, and the same CO as one driven 401 miles. To put it another way, assuming a car averages 40 miles per hour, a push mower produces more HC+NOx than six cars and the same CO as 10. Things will improve when federal emissions standards for lawn mowers are tightened in 2012. Under the new standards, a push mower may produce as much HC+NOx as a car driven 160 miles — in other words, one lawn mower would equal four cars. Big deal, you say. I run my lawn mower 20 minutes a week. How much damage could I be doing? This is narrow thinking. Looking at the big picture, we realize mower emissions are only the beginning of what’s wrong with American lawn care. Consider: sLug signorino

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But she does know that, after decades as a writer, she’s having “a lot of fun” with the “whole social-media phenomenon,” communicating with her many readers via Facebook, an e-newsletter and Twitter. Readers “get very involved in the stories,” Neggers says, and even suggest ideas for new ones. “It’s great. It shows a high level of interest. When I was growing up and reading, I certainly never thought about contacting a writer.” One reader told Neggers that “‘I’d love to live in Black Falls, but without the fires and the murders,’” she says with a chuckle. While she can see herself writing a romance with “no dead bodies,” Neggers likes combining the best of both worlds in her imaginary Vermont town: “I have all the danger and the excitement and the adventure, but at the same time I have the nice cozy fires, the café,” she says. “That’s all fun.”

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Make no mistake: This is still romance, not gritty rural realism. In Cold Dawn, the third book in the series, published last month, the hero is “sexy, rugged” Nick Martini, a California smoke jumper who’s also a wealthy entrepreneur. He comes east in pursuit of a serial arsonist and finds himself face to face with Rose Cameron, the no-nonsense Vermont search-andrescue expert with whom he once shared a night of passion. They meet over the charred body of a ski bum with whom Rose was briefly involved. And that’s just the beginning. The book has a sizable cast, ranging from the colorful owners of the Three Sisters Café to a disabled Navy SEAL nicknamed “Grit” who plays detective on the orders of the genius teenage son of the vice president of the United States. Many of them are suspects in a complex crime plot that jumps from Vermont to D.C. to California and back. Neggers has written “more than 50”

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books, her publicity material attests. Reached by phone, she declines to give an exact number, but says she’s been writing since childhood and publishing since she left college. Besides her Black Falls novels, Neggers is currently putting out a gothic-tinged thriller series “set in Boston and Maine, with a touch of Ireland.” She’s also working on a brand-new series based in Maine. What makes a book “romantic suspense,” exactly? Neggers says she doesn’t concern herself with genre limitations: “I just don’t think that way. I think of myself primarily as a storyteller. How the book gets categorized, that’s for other people to think about. I focus on the story I want to write and take it from there.” One thing she did make a conscious effort to do for Cold Dawn was research search-and-rescue procedures, with “a lot of help from the Vermont State Police,” Neggers says. “There’s nothing like sitting across from somebody who has all this expertise.” Like many books nowadays, Cold Dawn is available in an e-reader edition for a few dollars less than its cover price. Neggers says she doesn’t have an e-reader herself, but “it’s been really fun hearing from readers who are finding backlist books on e-books. I’ve been hearing that more and more in the last year.” She isn’t sure whether the new trend just offers “an additional format” to readers or represents a “format shift” away from paper and ink, saying, “I don’t think anybody knows what’s going to happen.”

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hy do people vote against their own interests? How can so many Americans be against health care? It’s like being against food, or houses. And what about this epidemic taxaphobia? Don’t people know that without taxes they’d be choking on pollution and shitting in outhouses? I’ve been reflecting — no, anguishing — over these questions most of my adult life, but especially since last Tuesday. Chances are you’ve been doing the same. So here’s a clue to the answers, which I found in the New York Times dining section: salt. I read about a new shop in Manhattan that purveys 100 kinds of salt and 400 kinds of chocolate. You can have a sampler of the former — 50 varieties — for a mere $298. Chocolate bars run from $2 to $25. Is salt the Next Big Thing? I wondered. Are Lilliputian cupcakes now passé? How about Barack Obama, or government investment to kickstart a recovery? You’re still rooting for Obama? Still like the stimulus — even think it should have been bigger? OMG. You are so 2008. Even Obama, in his press conference the day after the elections, looked as if he was on to the next thing. The recovery hasn’t been fast enough, he said. His administration hadn’t created enough jobs. He welcomed “good ideas” from Republicans. Of course, eating humble pie was part of the mandatory political theater. And — as the Times accurately put it — the president’s tone was “conciliatory but not contrite.” He didn’t roll over on the correctness of his policies (though reporters pressed him to do so) or promise to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy (though many pundits predict he will). Obviously, Obama has not forgotten that that “good” Republican idea — tax cuts, tax cuts and more tax cuts

— helped create the gargantuan deficit his opponents are now so breathless to reduce. But most voters apparently have forgotten. Or maybe they can’t concentrate long enough to weigh the options. (Excuse me. My cell is vibrating. It’s a tweet from Sarah Palin!) They’re frustrated, Obama said. If you ask me, it’s more like pitching a tantrum. Impatience was not born yesterday. It is an old American trait — one

may lead to it.” He saw Americans lurching this way and that in search of the path and the pot of gold at its end. Now, de Tocqueville did not condemn the material appetites that mobilized America’s infant capitalism. Indeed, he was the original neoliberal. He believed that free markets were the soil in which democracy grew, and political freedom was a prerequisite for economic health (he hadn’t traveled to communist-capitalist China). He wasn’t against pursuing personal fortunes. The danger, as he saw it, was in pursuing nothing but. Selfish preoccupation imperiled the young democracy, he warned. While everyone is busy boosting the bottom line, a tyrant can easily come to power. The tyrant may bring about general prosperity, but only to solidify his power. Once the people glimpse wealth, they will want only to safeguard it. They will demand order above all. At that point, the tyrant “will find the road to every kind of usurpation open before him.” Next come corruption, political repression and the resurgence of an unaccountable aristocracy. Bye-bye, democracy; byebye general prosperity. Individuals are not the only despots to be feared, said de Tocqueville: “When the bulk of the community [is] engrossed by private concerns, the smallest parties need not despair of getting the upper hand in public affairs.” Are images coming to your mind? In the first scenario, do you see the smirking visage of Dick Cheney? In the second, do you hear a crowd of Teabaggers cheering Rand Paul? Viewed under the Tocquevillian lens, our own newest “smallest party” looks even scarier, not only because of what its adherents intend but because of the unintended consequences of their politics. Tea Party members would sell the Washington Monument (or, as in Arizona’s case, the Statehouse; or

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that struck Alexis de Tocqueville when he visited this continent in 1831. Presciently, de Tocqueville connected Americans’ desire for “physical gratification” with their chronic “restlessness” and “inconstancy” of action and thought — and their sadness. “It is strange to see with what feverish ardor the Americans pursue their own welfare,” he wrote, “and to watch the vague dread that constantly torments them lest they should not have chosen the shortest path which

California’s, the supreme courthouse) to shave a few bucks from their tax bills. They are focused, big time, on their personal fortunes. But they aren’t threatening democracy by their apathy (if only they’d care a little less!). Rather, they’re also zealous for political power. So, with the Koch brothers in the engine room, they’re pushing the likes of Jim DeMint to the helm. A glance at the South Carolina senator’s voting record reveals a man not quite as uncomfortable with big government as he claims. He’d prosecute more juvenile offenders, would let the CIA tap phones without a warrant, and has never met a military boondoggle he wouldn’t shovel money into. Nor is he exactly the working man’s friend. While voting no on raising the minimum wage to $7.25, he declined to nix tax subsidies to companies that move U.S. jobs offshore. While opposing extensions of unemployment insurance, he supported extensions of subsidies to oil and gas companies. This “grassroots” movement (funded by billionaires, with an outreach committee staffed by Fox News) is electing its own tinhorn tyrants. Once in office, they will look out for their patrons, the unaccountable aristocracy — after Citizens United, less accountable than ever. Then what will happen to “we the people”? To paraphrase Christine O’Donnell, “You’re telling me that ‘the people’ are in the Constitution?” When my niece was a toddler, I once asked her if she wanted apple juice or orange juice. She looked at both bottles. Then she said, “I want the other one.” Americans want the other one, the next one, the new one. They want it for themselves, and they want it now. It doesn’t matter if the other one is no better, or is even worse. In fact, for the people who got elected to government to dismantle government, worse is better. America is rubbing salt in its wounds. It’s designer salt in the latest lovely colors and textures. But it is salt. And it will hurt, a lot and for a long time.

“Poli Psy” is a monthly column by Judith Levine. Got a comment on this story? Contact levine@sevendaysvt.com.

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adds, “It’s definitely a product of a process that’s in place for a reason.” It all started in the late 1970s, when toxic waste was discovered in the Pine Street Barge Canal. The Southern Connector was supposed to run through that 60-acre area. But a federal requirement to clean up the oil contamination became an insurmountable obstacle to the original plan. Also, local opposition to the connector had also been swelling. Many argued that a four-lane highway whizzing past singlefamily homes on quiet streets would be an outrageous intrusion. The combination of Barge Canal blockage and political uproar forced a long rethink that led to the more modest design that is soon to undergo state review. But the Champlain Parkway may turn out to be no less controversial than the Southern Connector. Homeowners on Flynn and Home avenues — the routes now taken by many trucks traveling between Shelburne Road and Pine Street — generally welcome the revised plan, Weston says. Indeed, reducing commercial traffic on those two avenues serves as the sole rationale for the Champlain Parkway. Contrary to popular impression, the project has “never been about creating a quicker route to and from downtown,” Weston says. Its role, Goodkind adds, is to alleviate pressures created by the absence of a direct north-south link to the city’s industrial district.

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hat’s up with that blighted stretch of pavement in Burlington’s South End? The 25-year-old, $30 million, three-quarter-mile “Southern Connector” may qualify as the world’s most expensive skate park and dog walk. This road to nowhere, now being reclaimed by nature, also serves as a monument to bad planning, wasteful spending and car-crazed America. More than 20 homes were destroyed in the 1970s and ’80s to make way for a road that drivers have never used. And an existing city street parallel to the project’s right of way has been allowed to deteriorate into a muddy, rutted track. Truck traffic has gotten worse on surrounding residential avenues, as have rush-hour tailbacks at the north end of Pine Street. But the Southern Connector — now renamed the Champlain Parkway — may not be dead. Last summer the federal government, which is picking up 95 percent of a bill that may ultimately reach $55 million, approved a

scaled-back redesign that consists mainly of a two-mile, two-lane artery running between the Interstate and the intersection of Pine Street and Lakeside Avenue. Ironically, the road’s existing, unused segment between 189 and Home Avenue would be torn up and reconfigured. At the northern end of the project, traffic signals would replace stop signs where Maple and King streets cross Pine. Sidewalks would be built on both sides of Pine, with a two-way bike path running along its western edge. But will it happen? Planners must still get an Act 250 permit, with all the accompanying impact studies. If all goes smoothly — and the project’s troubled history strongly suggests it will not — construction could begin sometime in 2012. The Champlain Parkway might be up and running by 2015 — just in time for the project’s 50th anniversary. “Every time we thought we had the problems solved, something would change and we would have to go in a different direction,” recounts Steve Goodkind, head of Burlington’s Department of Public Works. Goodkind began working on the project nearly 30 years ago as a young city engineer. Several colleagues from the Southern Connector era have started collecting their pensions. Carol Weston, now the project’s local overseer, acknowledges that the decadeslong delay has been “unfortunate.” But, she

Traffic will actually increase on Pine Street — perhaps by as much as 20 percent — if the Champlain Parkway ever does get completed. That does not bode well for its busy intersections at King and Maple — even with traffic lights. Pine Street businesses see pros and cons in the plan, says Roy Feldman, executive director of the South End Arts and Business Association. On one hand, increased traffic could bring more potential customers; on the other, more vehicular volume could disrupt parking patterns and worsen congestion. In general, the Champlain Parkway “raises a host of question marks” for local businesses, Feldman says. Answers might one day emerge in the form of a new set of east-west streets running between Pine Street and the rail yard that abuts the Burlington bike path and a city sewage-treatment plant. Along with a possible extension of South Champlain Street, these imagined links to Battery Street could ease the choke point at Pine and Maple, Goodkind suggests. But not before Champlain Parkway is completed, he adds. “It’s not going to accomplish much,” says Batchelder Street homeowner Enver Sehovic. Standing in his driveway, he predicts, “The road won’t make it easier to go downtown.” Lance Smith of Lyman Avenue says he has a “mixed opinion” of the road that would cut through 20 yards to the west. “If it really is a green parkway with a nice sidewalk and plantings, it could be a good addition to a family neighborhood. But,” Smith adds, “it’s really quiet here now, and I’ve got to wonder what will happen with a road so close to us.” Marie Boisvert, 70, lives in one of the two remaining homes on partially paved Briggs Street, which runs directly alongside a planned stretch of the parkway. She remembers that “a very nice house” stood opposite hers until it was leveled 25 years ago to clear the way for a road that has yet to arrive. m

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iking on South Winooski Avenue through the heart of Burlington is like doing battle with an enemy 20 times your size. Approaching the four-block minefield that runs past Rite Aid, City Market and Burlington Fire Station 1, bicyclists gird themselves for a fight. On the northern approach to downtown, between North and Grant streets, the bike lane on North Winooski is wide enough that a rider can avoid getting “doored” by cars and still stay within the white striping. South of Grant, the bike lane — here just a single white line — becomes less obvious. Many motorists don’t recognize it as a bike lane. And then, inexplicably, the line just stops.

Near the end of the block before Pearl Street, if you’re on a bike, you’re on your own. Gone is the symbolic barrier separating you from the hundreds of tons of steel hurtling down the street. You hold your handlebars in a death grip as you pedal furiously across the intersection, trying to get some distance from the vehicles charging behind you. Then, as soon as you cross Pearl, you’re stymied by mounds of raised pavement. One bump, two bumps, three bumps, followed by a crater that’s eager to destroy bike wheels. It’s all you can do not to get bucked off your mount. The pockmarked block between Bank and College streets has fewer pavement chasms but is no less dangerous. Passing the Burlington Free Press building, you need to steel yourself

as you funnel into one of the three lanes ahead. Even for experienced city cyclists, such as Ross Guberman of the newly formed Burlington Bicycle Coalition, this four-block journey is frightening. “Why, in a town like Burlington, is there a four-lane highway going through downtown?” he asks. “South Winooski is a prime example of the city not taking cyclists into consideration.” Guberman isn’t the first to notice the problem. And, many of his fellow advocates would say, South Winooski is merely the most glaring example of how Burlington’s leadership lets cyclists down. In 1999, the Burlington City Council passed a resolution advising the Department of Public Works to explore

the creation of a north/south bicycle route through the city. It included an explicit appeal to study the development of bike lanes on the section of South Winooski Avenue that slices through downtown. Cyclists and motorists who travel the four-block corridor between Pearl and Main streets weren’t surprised. Winooski Avenue is the main cycling artery between the Old North End and the South End. Yet it’s indisputably the most harrowing stretch of pavement in the city for those on two wheels. It’s not great for motorists, either. The asphalt is buckled. The potholes swallow narrow tires. There is no room for error.

A decade ago, the city’s leaders resolved to make South Winooski Avenue safe and accessible. But today, 11 years after the resolution, the street is as treacherous as ever. And there is no consistent north/south bike route. The degradation of South Winooski Avenue speaks to the city’s failure to embrace cycling as an active transportation alternative. The area’s vocal cycling minority sees with frustration that Burlington hasn’t progressed much beyond a few on-road bike lanes, despite the city’s outspoken commitment to sustainability and progressive ideals. While Burlington’s minimal cycling facilities do earn it a bronze ranking on the League of American Bicyclists’ list of Bicycle Friendly Communities, the city’s resolutions have stagnated. On-road improvements, such as bike lanes, remain incomplete or have been stalled by lack of political will or funding. An overworked, underresourced Department of Public Works can’t stay on top of road striping and signage. Cycling advocates argue that the city has fallen behind when it comes

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wenty-five years ago, local cycling advocates staged a major coup. After years of vicious community debate and severe bouts of NIMBYism, the city transformed the old rail bed into a waterfront recreation path. Proponents argued that access to active recreation was essential to a vibrant community, and ushered in a new way of looking at livability. Over the years, the 12-mile Island Line Trail (seven miles of which snake through Burlington) has become the most traveled multiuse trail in the state, boasting 150,000 unique visitors annually. More than 30 percent of those

completed, and two more are partially complete. One bike lane that did become a reality was on South Winooski Avenue between Maple and Howard streets. On that stretch of road, the city narrowed the street and created contraflow bike lanes — that is, bicycle lanes going in both directions on a one-way street. The lanes were innovative for the city, says Nicole Losch, Burlington’s half-time bicycle and pedestrian planner. They were the start of a vital link through downtown. But not everyone supported the lanes. The Burlington Business Association balked at the plans because it was not consulted on the project, Losch recalls. “They wanted to be able to review projects that would potentially impact and affect shoppers’ ability to get downtown,” she says. Ultimately, the lanes have proved successful. Traffic has slowed in that neighborhood, and congestion has eased. After that project, Losch began “chugging away” at other on-road enhancements, including bike lanes on sections of Riverside Avenue, North and South Union streets and North Winooski Avenue; and “sharrows” — symbols indicating shared roads — painted on Pine Street. But there’s only so much Losch can do with the resources she has. Each year, 3 percent of the DPW’s capital budget for streets is set aside for bicycles. That means Losch has $37,000 a year with which to buy signs, paint bike lanes and so on. That doesn’t go very far toward the price tag of substantive changes. For example, a one-block bike lane on South Winooski between Maple and King streets would cost roughly $50,000 and

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visitors are tourists who generate an estimated $4.5 million for the local economy. Mayor Bob Kiss recently called the path “a major element of the city’s economic success.” The bike path helped cement Burlington’s image as a livable, bikefriendly city, even though there were few, if any, bicycle facilities when it appeared. In the early 1990s, the city striped a few bike lanes, but cars continued to rule the roads, and the addition of some white paint could hardly be categorized as a wholesale commitment to cycling. Then, in the mid-1990s, bike-lane enhancement in the city dropped off, says Chapin Spencer, executive director of the bike and pedestrian advocacy organization Local Motion. The city didn’t paint another bike lane until 1997. That year, a resident survey identified the downtown area as the No. 1 destination to which people wanted better bicycle access. That survey, as well as the 1997 Burlington Bicycle Report, spurred the drafting of the 1999 city council resolution. Three years after the resolution, the DPW presented a comprehensive study examining ways to create meaningful connections for cyclists and pedestrians between the city’s north and south neighborhoods and downtown. Bicycle advocates cheered on the 2002 Burlington North/South Bicycle and Pedestrian Route Study as a step toward the development of more multimodal streets — thoroughfares that could safely accommodate cars, buses, cyclists and pedestrians. That comprehensive study suggested the city was finally committed to making utilitarian cycling a priority in its sustainable-transportation blueprint. But the plan was more about having a vision than about realizing one, says Jennifer Green, a member of the study’s advisory committee and head of the Burlington Legacy Project. The committee saw the 45-page plan, which described everything from which roads were most compatible with bikes to potential radical road alterations, as pie in the sky. “We all thought, This is the ideal, but it will never fly,” says Green, an avid bike commuter. Of the 29 bike-lane recommendations detailed in the study’s two north/ south route options, only four have been

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to supporting sustainable, multimodal transportation. Burlington’s updated transportation plan, drafted in 2007, makes provisions for safe, comprehensive bike routes, yet three years later it has not been ratified by the city council. Forward-thinking municipalities with which Vermont’s largest city often draws comparisons — Boulder, Colo.; Portland, Ore.; and Davis, Calif., for example — are leading the charge when it comes to bicycle friendliness. They’re leaving Burlington in their collective wake.

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or all its problems, South Winooski remains the most logical route to get downtown on a bike. Four-lane Battery Street to the west lacks any bike accommodations at all, making it another nervewracking ride. Plus, it’s a gutbusting hill. The only bidirectional route to the east is Willard Street, which, though it offers the occasional one-way bike lane, leaves north/south cyclists blocks away from downtown. From Willard, none of the east/west options — Main, College or Pearl streets — has a westbound bike lane. Two have no bike facilities at all. These gaps in Burlington’s on-road cycling infrastructure do more than just annoy cyclists and create potentially dangerous road conditions. They send a message that the city’s decision makers

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are not really interested in sustainable transportation. Karen Paul, Ward 6 councilor and chair of the council’s Transportation, Energy & Utilities Committee (TEUC), says, “The issue of bikes on shared-use roads hasn’t really come up.” Burlington’s sluggishness when it comes to bicycle enhancements is more understandable when you compare it with other cities — those with high Bicycle Friendly Community designations, such as Minneapolis, San Francisco and Seattle — that made conscious efforts to improve not just cycling, but pedestrian and transit facilities. Many American cities have continued to grow, with burgeoning ones such as Austin, Denver and Tucson seeing a sharp spike in road congestion. By contrast, Burlington’s population of about 40,000 has remained stable. Lisa Aultman-Hall is director of the Transportation Research Center at the University of Vermont. She says our lack of growth also explains why Burlington hasn’t had a parking crisis (though some visitors downtown might beg to differ). In many cities with more serious congestion issues and high population growth, a dire lack of parking has spurred the adoption and support of multimodal options. “Because we haven’t needed to tackle

parking yet, we haven’t,” says AultmanHall. “In other cities, they didn’t have road capacity, and they had to seek alternatives.” She notes, too, that Burlington’s downtown has been vibrant for quite a while; the city didn’t need to “build in biking” as a way to make the core more inviting.

hen people talk about cities with bike-friendly infrastructure, two names always come up: Amsterdam and Copenhagen. They have become bike meccas, and they illustrate what is possible when leaders take initiative. But the cycle tracks, bicycle boulevards, traffic signals and garages dedicated to bikers didn’t arrive solely because of Europeans’ affinity for the two-wheeler. They were developed, along with other bike infrastructure, as an antidote to the influx of cars clogging up city centers. So writes Jeff Mapes, author of Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities. In an effort to reduce vehicle usage for short trips, city officials designed streets to be safe for public transit, bicycling and walking. That’s what’s happening in New York City today. As part of a “livable streets” initiative, the city, led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has gone on a crusade to ease

congestion by creating space for bikes on the road. The idea is not that everyone will abandon their cars for bikes, given that few residents own cars in the first place. But reducing the number of cars on the roads by as little as 5 percent will help traffic flow as intended. “If a small but good number of people biked [in Burlington], it would really help the system,” says Aultman-Hall of UVM’s Transportation Research Center. “If you cut the traffic demand by just a little bit, it benefits everyone.” So far, Burlington has offered little official acknowledgment that accommodating bikes — as well as public transit and pedestrians — would enable traffic to flow better and more people to enter the core business areas of the city. In places like Boulder, Colo., where 60 percent of commuters access the city using alternative transportation, political and business leaders understand that such travelers free up space for shoppers and essential vehicles in the city’s core. In Burlington, advocates lament the lack of a champion for substantive change on the city council or in the mayor’s office. “The city hasn’t made a commitment to [biking],” says Charlene Wallace, director of operations for Local Motion and a member of the Burlington Walk/Bike Council, a group that serves as an unofficial advisory board to the city. “There’s no leadership. The need for improvements seems to be an epiphany that some leaders [in other cities] have had, but none of our leaders have had that epiphany.” Many in the cycling community echo Wallace’s thoughts. Losch, the bicycle/pedestrian planner, says the design process is often held up by a “continuous request for more research.” Local Motion’s Spencer says that, because of the city’s diffuse power structure, “no one is in charge; everyone is in charge. “For a small town, we are overlegislated and -democratized,” Spencer adds. “There are so many people and roles that we can’t get out of our own way.” He is referring to the variety of commissions, committees and boards that oversee transportation in Burlington. “If we truly want the city to reinvent itself, the structure has to be more dynamic.” Spencer offers the recent Colchester Avenue “road diet” as an example of a project delayed and made more costly by layers of bureaucracy. When that street was slated to be repaved, the DPW decided to restripe it so the four-lane stretch running past UVM and the hospital became two travel lanes, a center turning lane and

bike lanes on either side. The idea was to calm traffic and make the street safer for all users. The project only required repainting the lines and retiming the traffic signals. In most cities, Spencer says, an exercise like this would have been performed on the advice of the director of public works without a demonstration period. But in Burlington, the “demonstration” on Colchester Avenue had to be approved by the city council, and that body is delaying approval of the final paving until April or May because its members apparently need more time to study the changes. What was supposed to be a nine-week demo has turned into a months-long exercise, despite more than 150 positive comments from residents. While citizens appear to support the changes on Colchester Avenue, the city council argued it was not thor-

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oughly consulted on the project. To ensure that the current draft transportation plan gives councilors more oversight of larger projects like a road diet, the plan was sent back to the council’s TEUC. It is now under second review. “We were feeling like decisions should be more collaborative rather than be made by one person,” says TEUC chair Karen Paul. But advocates for sustainable transportation worry that, when the process is so participatory, the pace of change becomes glacial. “It’s a double-edged sword,” says Green of the Burlington Legacy Project. “There’s a point where you just have to say, ‘We’re doing this because it’s the right thing to do.’” Cycling advocates have many reasons to want the transportation plan ratified. Not only does it call for a “complete bike network,” but the plan also proposes the implementation of “complete streets.” The national complete streets movement works to create streets that all users — cars, transit, bicycles and pedestrians — can navigate safely. Burlington’s transportation plan, which will be used to guide future public-works projects, identifies seven potential complete streets around the city. These include North Avenue, Battery and Pine streets, and Shelburne and

Williston roads. Ideally, those streets would be reduced from four travel lanes to three, with bike lanes on both sides and facilities for transit. Complete streets carry vehicles more efficiently than outdated four-lane roads designed in the 1960s, says transportation engineer Aultman-Hall. South Winooski is also singled out as a future complete street in the draft transportation plan. This isn’t the first time planners have proposed slimming down this section of road to make it safer for all users. The 2002 north/south bike-route study proposed two schemes — a basic and an enhanced — to create a multimodal corridor on South Winooski. One was a road diet similar to the Colchester Avenue project; the preliminary engineering analysis suggested this had “general viability.” The second, enhanced plan, preferred by residents who attended the final public meeting for the study, featured landscaped roundabouts at the intersections with Pearl and Main streets. It would come with a price tag of $820,000. The basic construction on South Winooski rings up at $276,000. No one expects Burlington to Copenhagen-ize itself overnight. But cycling advocates and sustainable-transportation planners alike believe that, because bicycling is an essential part of the mobility landscape, the city should work harder to accommodate it. Burlington is still in the top tier of American cities when it comes to biking, says Jeff Peel of the League of American Bicyclists. But it’s at the bottom of a group of 140 cities and not improving. Motivated cities such as Alexandria, Va., Colorado Springs, Colo., and Greenville, S.C., are shooting past Burlington with their bike infrastructure enhancements. In Louisville, Ky. — not generally considered a bastion of progressive thought or action — cyclists have seen the addition of 30 miles of bike lanes to city roads, the construction of a 100-mile loop trail ringing the city, and the building of bicycle and pedestrian links on bridges across the river from Indiana. Louisville’s mayor, Jerry Abramson, sees cycling as a way to attract and retain a creative workforce and is leading the bike charge, writes author Mapes. If Burlington wants to remain an economically competitive city, experts and advocates argue, it must invest in cycling. “We agree [biking] should be better than it is in Burlington,” Peel says. “We look for and expect big things from the city.” m

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his conviction offered her little solace. At 18, Jones suddenly found herself a single mother, unemployed, with no family in Vermont or means to work legally. Each year, thousands of immigrants who are battered by their spouses or are victims of other violent crimes find themselves in similar predicaments. Forced to choose between fleeing their abusers and clinging to their one means of staying in the country, many choose the latter, often at great personal risk. But they have another option. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has an office of 60 specially trained immigration officers, known as the Crime Victims Unit, that handles

cases just like Jones’. Located in the agency’s Vermont Service Center in St. Albans, the Crime Victims Unit has jurisdiction over all 50 states and is the only unit of its kind in the country. Immigration officers don’t typically enjoy warm-and-fuzzy reputations. More often, they’re seen as cold and insensitive bureaucrats who have little regard for the welfare of the tired, poor, huddled masses whose fate they control. But the Vermont Service Center, and the Crime Victims Unit, in particular, has a very different reputation among immigrants and their community advocates. That’s because its officers adjudicate some of the most difficult

visa applications USCIS receives: those involving battered spouses, victims and witnesses of serious violent offenses. Arthur Edersheim is a law professor at Vermont Law School and a staff attorney with the South Royalton Legal Clinic. Edersheim assisted Jones with her visa application and says the Crime Victims Unit is unlike any other immigration office in the Department of Homeland Security. “Immigration can be the culture of ‘no,’ of always keeping people out and making them prove they really deserve to be here,” he says. But the Crime Victims Unit is “one of those areas of immigration law where people are

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part of the job, Pearl doesn’t hesitate before answering. “Not taking it home,” he says. “You see some awful stuff. The adult-on-adult violence is hard enough. But the adulton-child violence…” His voice trails off as he shakes his head. That said, Pearl, who’s worked at the center for 20 years, says that his staff has seen very low turnover, despite the often horrific nature of the work. In part, that’s due to the specialized training they’ve received. It’s also because most of the people who work at the center are natives of Vermont or northern New York and have what he calls the “Yankee work ethic.” “We prefer to do our jobs without the trumpets blowing,” Pearl says, “because we do valuable work, and we take great pride in it.” It’s worth noting that all petitions processed by the Vermont Service Center are handled via written correspondence;

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applicants never visit the St. Albans facility, nor do they ever speak to immigration officers by phone or meet them in person. For cases handled by the Crime Victims Unit, communication presents unique challenges, says Pearl, since many victims have either fled their homes or don’t have stable housing. As a result, one of the first tasks of the unit is to establish a “safe address,” such as a community advocate or pro bono lawyer, where all correspondence is sent. The reason: Officers want to ensure that immigration papers aren’t inadvertently delivered to the batterer or other perpetrators of crimes, which could further endanger the victim. In cases of VAWA petitions, proving abuse is sometimes very difficult, especially if it’s more emotional than physical in nature. Consider the case of Carla Friedrich, a native of La Savina, Spain. Friedrich met her husband, a U.S. Navy doctor, in 2005. In May 2006, the couple got married just before he was deployed to Iraq. Friedrich, a well-educated businesswoman, sold her company and moved to Bethesda, Md. But even before

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her husband returned from the war, Friedrich began noticing changes in his personality. When he finally got back, she says, he seemed like a different man. “With all the stress, the moving, the new job, the war, I don’t know, it all came together like an atomic bomb,” says Friedrich in a thick Spanish accent. “It was horrible. I had to escape.” Friedrich insists her husband never laid a finger on her. Her abuse was emotional, she says, but it still took a physical toll. Her weight dropped to 98 pounds, and her doctor told her she was risking her life if she didn’t immediately get out of her situation. “When I left him, that’s when I started facing my reality,” says Friedrich, who fled to a women’s shelter because she had no other place to go and no family living in the U.S. For a time, she considered returning to Spain, but couldn’t face the shame and humiliation. With help from a pro bono attorney she met through Catholic Charities in Bethesda, Freidrich filed a VAWA petition. Later, using her psychological exam as well as emails and letters she’d saved from her husband, an immigration officer in St. Albans determined that Friedrich had indeed suffered extreme emotional and psychological abuse. Her petition was granted. Just weeks ago, she became an American citizen. Today, Friedrich compares her salvation to that of the Chilean miners. “They did a miracle!” she says tearfully, referring to her attorney and the people at the Crime Victims Unit. “Suddenly, you’re free. You don’t care what’s going to happen next, because whatever happens, it’ll be much better [than] what you have now.” Friedrich and Jones will never get to offer personal thanks to the immigration officers in Vermont who literally changed their lives, or even to know those officers’ names. Under federal law, the officers’ anonymity is crucial — both for their safety and the clients’. Jones has probably passed her adjudicating officer on the street. Today, she works as a corrections officer and lives in St. Albans, just a few blocks from their office. For their part, the immigration officers at the Vermont Service Center never get to see the beaming smiles of immigrants such as Jones and Friedrich when they’re sworn in during their naturalization ceremonies. But that’s OK with Pearl and Renaud. “This kind of work gets under your skin,” Renaud says. “We’re not looking for fame or praise. We’re just here to do a job and do it well.” m

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Crime Victims Unit adjudicates all T-visa applications, which are reserved for victims of labor or sex trafficking. Likewise, the unit handles U visas, which are available to victims of, or witnesses to, serious violent offenses such as rape, extortion, kidnapping, torture, murder and genital mutilation. As Renaud explains, U visas can be powerful tools in helping police investigate and prosecute violent criminals. But U visas aren’t handed out frivolously. About one in four petitions received by the Crime Victims Unit is denied. Thomas Pearl, assistant director of the VSC, who also oversees the unit, says that for a person to get one, a lawenforcement agency must certify that the applicant is willing to cooperate with investigators, sometimes even to testify in court. Not surprisingly, many immigrants, especially those who are in the country illegally, are reluctant to do so. As

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formaldehydes,” Elmer explains. “You 17 didn’t use to see old taxidermists, because the chemicals they worked with just killed ’em.” He looks pretty healthy, considering he’s worked with these chemicals, however improved, for 20 years. Elmer is 45, but without the hint of gray in his brown hair, he could pass for 25. His perfectly symmetrical face is open and friendly. Elmer scrapes up some of the goopy mixture, which will serve as cartilage, and spoons it into the bear’s ears as if filling a pastry bag. He has about five minutes to shape each ear, rounding the flesh with his fingers, before the mixture hardens. Behind him, the Styrofoam mold that will give the bear its shape is affixed to a rotating stand. The anatomically correct molds come straight from a catalog and are sold by species, size and pose. This one, naked and earless, looks more like a sea lion than a bear, except for those unmistakable paws. As Elmer feeds balls of clay down the

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the bear’s ears as if filling a pastry bag. sleeves of the hide — they’ll serve as segments of the bear’s toes — the door of the shop creaks open. It’s Theresa. She takes off her coat and casually shakes out her hair, the reddish mane swinging to just above the back of her knees. The sight leaves this reporter agape. Rodney jokes that he sometimes wakes up in the night with a rope of red hair wrapped tightly around his neck. He mimics gasping for air. “Sometimes I do it on purpose,” his wife teases, tying on an apron and getting right to work. When Rodney is off hunting, Theresa holds down the shop. She does it all, from the initial consultation with the

hunter to the cutting and skinning to tanning and mounting. “It’s kind of a doctor-patient relationship,” she says. “You’re entrusting something really precious to somebody else.” And it always starts with a story. From the moment a hunter walks into the shop, he or she can’t wait to show off the kill and retell how it happened. The debriefing is inevitable, Rodney explains, “like a couple of fighter pilots when they get back from their mission.” Often the Elmers try to incorporate part of the story into the mount. Maybe the deer had its head cocked a certain way right before it died. “Or, if it’s a bull

come in, [saying], ‘Are you busy?’ I’m in the middle of pie,” she recalls. “So I said, ‘We’re not doing this anymore. I want to be able to close the door and say we’re closed.’” The Elmers needed to become full-time taxidermists or stop doing it. Clearly, full time won out. Now, Mountain Deer is one of just seven or eight full-time taxidermy businesses in the state, mounting up to 300 animals a year. The business also serves as a big-game reporting station for the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, offers firearms training, works with wardens, builds decoys, and helps with “CSI sort of stuff,” Rodney Elmer says. “We look at dead animals every day. We can pick that thing apart and then watch ‘CSI’ [on TV] and we’re bored.” For the most part, the Elmers both love what they do. But they admit it can be stressful, and certain aspects of the process will always be unappealing.

He took the animal to taxidermist Mike Renaud in Winooski and was awestruck by what he saw. That year for Christmas, Theresa got her husband a do-it-yourself taxidermy kit from Cabela’s, an outdoor outfitter. He tried out a deer, with pretty good results, and was hooked. After a few years of building mounts part time, working four jobs between them, the couple reached a breaking point. When he was out fishing with his boys, Rodney says, he felt guilty that he wasn’t getting work done for his clients. For Theresa, the last straw was on a Thanksgiving Day. “I had two customers

For Rodney, it’s bird brains: “They turn into soup,” he says. For Theresa, it’s the mammary glands of bears. They jokingly threaten to fire each other nearly every day, but the Elmers work well together. After hours of fiddling with an animal’s eyelids, folding and adjusting them for a lifelike effect, one of them might get frustrated and accidentally rip something. That’s when they trade off. “She’s got patience, and she’s got an eye,” Rodney says of Theresa. “She can look at it and say, ‘That’s no good.’” The two have been married nearly 25 years, since she was 18 and he

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rcher Mayor seems like a good guy: He’s a volunteer firefighter and EMT in Newfane, as well as a deputy for the Windham County sheriff ’s department and investigator for the state’s medical examiner. So how is it that he keeps coming up with heinous ways to kill people? In fiction, that is. Red Herring is Mayor’s latest — and 21st — volume featuring former Brattleboro cop and current commander of the Vermont Bureau of Investigation Joe Gunther, not to mention the usual cast of characters on the force and in Joe’s private life. Also as usual, Mayor wastes no time knocking someone off. In fact, four someones: three middle-aged women and one young man with no apparent connection to each other except a chilling souvenir left by their murderer. Each of the victims’ bodies is dotted with a single, rather ceremonial drop of blood — each one with a different DNA profile,

thankfully, most Vermonters who open their doors to strangers. Here we see Mayor’s indisputable gift for conjuring malevolence and mayhem in a state where residents and observers alike believe such evil so rare as to be almost unthinkable. Even the occasional real murder in the news barely dislodges Vermonters from their sense of relative security, and the state’s rep elsewhere in the country has more to do with maple syrup and progressive politics than crime. But this is fiction, and Mayor’s success in turning out a book every year for more than two decades — from a reputable publisher — testifies to his facility with the genre. Red Herring is no exception; the imaginative story is a page-turner. What is thoroughly grounded in reality, though, are Mayor’s observations of place, climate, the Vermont psyche and even current statewide concerns, which enrich the narrative and prove beyond a doubt that the author lives here.

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none from the deceased. The arrangement suggests a uniquely diabolical serial killer and presents another layer of mystery for Gunther and his team to ferret out. Like any good suspense-meister, Mayor starts his tale with a character performing mundane rituals: getting into her nightie, preparing a bedtime snack, turning on the tube … and responding to a knock from a late-night visitor who claims to have wrecked his car just up the road. So far, this could be anyone. But Doreen Ferenc becomes “vic” No. 1 for her simple act of compassion — unlike,

impossibly irascible Willy Kunkle, goodnatured Lester Spinney and the devoted Sammie — as in Samantha — Martens. That Willy and Sammie are an oddly well-matched couple adds to the depth of their backstories. Red Herring, however, is not “about” this crew; this time they just show up to do their jobs. What Mayor creates instead is a complex web of circumstances and relationships among the lives of the victims and, ultimately, a surprising link between the killer and his prey. Along the way, Gunther and his team employ the fascinating services of a state-of-theart — and out-of-state — forensics laboratory to analyze the blood drops found at the crime scenes. Despite a high-tech “synchrotron light source” analysis, the blood initially fails to disclose useful information and seems to be the titular red herring. Yet its source eventually leads the detectives to the murderer. This revelation, though, almost pales in comparison with a defining development in Gunther’s love life near the end of the book — a drama involving his current girlfriend, Lyn Silva, and previous one, Gail Zigman, who happens to be running for Vermont governor. Suffice it to say it’s a shocking tragedy, which will not be revealed here but is sure to shape ensuing books from Archer Mayor. If there are any. His fans will have to wait another year for that mystery to unravel. m

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f 19th-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen had somehow survived to vote in the last U.S. presidential primary, who knows whether he would’ve cast his ballot for Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton? Watch any production of A Doll’s House, however, and it’s hard not to think he’d have been a Pelosi partisan. In the University of Vermont Department of Theatre’s production of Ibsen’s most revered work, currently running at the Royall Tyler Theatre, the audience is invited to ponder the women’s movement by walking in the boots of one lady who stood on liberation’s doorstep more than a century ago — and then time-traveling with her, sort of, to the present day. This innovative staging preserves the heart of Ibsen’s play while underscoring its enduring themes in ways that appeal to today’s audience. The play’s protagonist is Nora Helmer, a dutiful wife circa 1880, whose

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happy home is rocked by the news that her deepest, darkest secret may be revealed to her husband, Torvald. Although her secret probably saved Torvald’s life years earlier, learning it would injure his pride and perhaps prove fatal to their marriage. Now, when every detail of her domestic existence appears to be in its proper place — especially her submissive, cloistered self — the consequences of Nora’s past deed are about to catch up with her. In the wrong hands, a play about confinement runs the risk of simulating that sensation, undesirably, for its audience. In this respect, A Doll’s House is a pretty big gamble. Ibsen has served up a thick slice of 19th-century European bourgeois life layered with the concerns of bankers, a doctor and a housewife. The play’s action is limited to a single domestic setting, and the characters’ relations are bound by rather formal discourse. What’s more, the UVM production

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Hunter delivers. Also, Hunter doesn’t venture far outside a circumscribed emotional zone, making Torvald’s obtuseness as tiresome as it is infuriating. The three key supporting players round out the cast somewhat unevenly. As Torvald’s ex-schoolmate Nils Krogstad, Stefan Kostolitz successfully embodies a desperate man driven to extremes. But his role requires more than the seething anger he musters. Andrew Friedland plays Dr. Rank, current friend to Torvald and confidant to Nora, and he delivers a passable performance — strongest toward the end, as this man

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Specifically, we grasp that Nora has been “fractured” — Ramos’ word — into three Noras. One, played by Kari Buckley, fills the role as Ibsen scripted it. Another, played by Elinor Reina, is Nora reimagined as a 1950s housewife. In the third Nora, played by Julifer Day, we recognize the contemporary neoNora next door. Ramos’ gamble pays off, thanks to three strong Nora performances. Among them, Buckley stands out. The role calls for a wide range of emotions, and she hits those notes most credibly of the three, with the greatest seeming ease — and with vigor equal to her predicament. Reina and Day are also solid as the ’50s-era and contemporary versions of Nora, respectively. Perhaps because their roles are recent inventions, they lack the depth of Ibsen’s original. Still, these players hit their marks. Reina’s hand wringing and flitting about in fits of pique evoke the disobedient housewife whose punishment is imminent. Day brings a modern stridency and sensuality to her performance, embodying a pointed anachronism in Ibsen’s polite society. The play’s temporal experimentation is not always successful, though, mainly because Torvald remains fixed in time and place while his Nora timetravels from scene to scene. At least that’s the effect of Sam Durant Hunter’s performance. Hunter is a fine Ibsen-era Torvald. He patronizes and belittles his spouse(s) with utter obliviousness to the demeaning effect of his attention. He coos pet names for Nora — “squirrely bird,” “songbird” — in a maddeningly unctuous melody. Hunter’s other dominant mode, however — the stentorian head of the household — can seem mismatched with his more modern Noras. Their diversity invites a more modulated regard than

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n one wall of MacLaomainn’s Scottish Pub in Chester, a sword pierces a bolt of Black Watch plaid fabric. A guide to Scotland’s clans, posted at a nearby table, informs diners this particular tartan belongs to the Lamont clan. One of the dozens of subbranches of the storied family goes by the name MacLaomainn. Another is known as Brown. Alan Brown, kin to the MacLaomainns, never had any great plans to leave Paisley, a large town just west of Glasgow. That is, until the car salesman joined Yahoo’s dating site. There he met Deb MacPhee, a Bellows Falls native and member of the MacFie clan, whose red and green tartan also gets space on the wall of the restaurant. The couple opened MacLaomainn’s together on the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008, a month after they wed in the same spot. The pub is attached to the home they now share and above a community space at which Brown plans to offer a variety of classes. Though this is Brown’s first restaurant experience, he says he long dreamed of owning a pub. He just “always thought it would be closer to Glasgow.” One would never guess MacLaomainn’s is the work of a firsttime restaurateur. The space, which seats 44 — plus 32 on the deck — looks as lived in as the venerable watering holes Brown used to frequent in Paisley. The walls are crowded with Brown’s treasures from back home: maps of Scotland, portraits of Scottish heroes and a figure of Johnny Walker presiding over the bar. A half mask that Brown bought to commemorate his first in-person date with Deb — dinner at Sardi’s in New York City, followed by The Phantom of the Opera — is displayed near a taxidermied bear holding a beer bottle. The night Seven Days visits

MacLaomainn’s, nearly every seat is full. Waitresses speed from the cramped kitchen bearing tureens overflowing with creamy stews topped with puff pastry. The native Scottish contingent is represented at one table by the McGraths, a couple who left Scotland for Vermont 45 years ago. A country-dance class is going on downstairs, but, once it wraps up, more Scots congregate around a portrait of poet Robert Burns. Clearly, this fairly new restaurant has become an international hub. On a given night, Brown says, “You’ll hear a mix of all languages” at MacLaomainn’s. He claims to get semiregular guests from as far away as Albany, N.Y., and Hartford, Conn., who drive across state lines for a taste of haggis. That’s right: One of the most popular dishes at MacLaomainn’s is Scotland’s most feared. Sure, the ingredients of ground-sausage-like haggis may remind some diners of the contents of ancient Egyptian canopic jars. But many chefs say we should all eat more food that’s organic — made from organs, that is. The mix in the haggis at MacLaomainn’s includes mutton, sheep’s liver and heart, chewy barley, and smooth oats. Until January 25, 2010 — Robert Burns’ 251st birthday — it was illegal in the United States to serve haggis boiled the traditional way, in a sheep’s stomach. Though the ban has been lifted now that mad-cow hysteria has receded, Brown says it’s more cost effective to serve his haggis loose. However, this Robert Burns Day, in celebration of both the poet’s birthday and his “Address to a Haggis,” MacLaomainn’s will serve a full 8-pound traditional presentation to guests brave enough to try the real deal. The $8.75 haggis available on the regular menu is surprisingly smooth, with the barley providing a pleasantly

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pearly texture. The metallic taste that dominates many offal dishes is barely present. Instead, the loose platter of meat, which resembles a sloppy Joe in composition, tastes of lamb and herbs. Overall, the dish seems to fall somewhere between Middle Eastern kefta and Mom’s meatloaf. The savory meat is served with a pair of mashes — turnips and potatoes — known in Scotland as “neeps and tatties.” The potatoes are wonderfully creamy and buttery, while the bright

orange neeps provide a peppery sharpness that balances the rounded meat and potato flavors. For diners to whom that sounds appealing, minus the organmeat element, MacLaomainn’s offers a vegetarian haggis made from puréed vegetables and parsley. Many of the recipes Brown’s two Vermont chefs prepare each night are his own or his mother’s. One dish, the $10.95 steak pie, comes from “my mother’s mother’s mother’s recipe,” Brown says.

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PANADERO BAKERY has long been a Burlington favorite. New owners RYAN and JESSICA BUNCE hope they’ll be able to make the Old North End business, known for its fruit tarts that always seem to sell out at the BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET, even more successful. This weekend, from November 12 to 14, the Bunces will host a grand reopening at which they’ll introduce what Jessica Bunce calls “plenty of new goodies” to customers. Longtime fans needn’t worry — Bunce promises, “We’re not going to get rid of any of the old favorites.” In the two weeks since the couple took ownership from DAVID CANNIZZARO and LINDSAY KLEPPER, they’ve already made some strides. Pizza has joined savory croissants among the lunch options, though Bunce describes the cheeseless slices’ dough as textured more like bread than traditional pizza. Savory tarts will debut this week in flavors including caramelized onion and spinach. In the coming year, Bunce says, Panadero will add a full lunch menu. To make the small bakery more of a mealtime destination, the Bunces are adding seating and Wi-Fi. For those who don’t have time to make it up North Winooski, Panadero products are now available at HEALTHY LIVING. The market’s bakery has begun carrying breads such as seven grain and cinnamon-raisin swirl, as well as biscotti and Panadero’s famous fruit tarts.

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Ring of Brodgar on the bottle adds to its rugged feel — which matches up nicely with Brown’s roaring burr. Scottish ales made of unconventional ingredients are plentiful at MacLaomainn’s. Brown recommends Alba Scots Pine Ale, and a selection of gruits, an ancient herb-based concoction from his homeland. Though Brown stocks a few whiskeys, he is careful to keep them in a strict price range. “We don’t want Scotches that would cost $20 or $30 a shot,” he explains. “We don’t want them sitting there and to have people saying, ‘Oh, isn’t that nice?’” The bathroom gives diners a clue to the whiskeys that are stocked: Chivas Regal and Glenlivet mirrors line the walls. When the Proclaimers’ geek rock anthem “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” plays for the second time, it’s time for dessert. Though not everything is made on site at MacLaomainn’s (dressings, for example, are of the Hidden Valley variety), the sweets most certainly are. We can’t order cranachan, a combination of crisp and trifle composed of fruit, whipped cream, whiskey and honey with a toasted-oat crust — it’s only served on Robert Burns Day. Though it’s not specifically Scottish, bread pudding, so golden it practically glows, must suffice. Not that it’s much of a sacrifice. While many restaurants’ bread puddings are uneven, dry in places and soggy in others, this one is uniformly moist and studded with apricots, cranberries and raisins. A bath of caramel sauce and a few dabs of whipped cream complete the picture. Brown, who advertises his business as “Scottish hospitality in the hills of Vermont,” seems to have pulled it off — MacLaomainn’s transports Vermonters to that pub he used to imagine opening near Glasgow. On a practical level, the former car salesman says his new business isn’t so different from his old one. “You have to find your clientele and mold things to suit them,” he says. “Keep your prices at a level where you can get them back and back again.” One way Brown has molded MacLaomainn’s to its customers is by keeping late hours. The pub is open until 11 p.m. during the week and midnight on weekends, making it a rarity in small-town Chester. Ultimately, though, it’s a savory taste of Scotland in Vermont, haggis and all, which brings folks “back and back again.” Staffers’ shirts order guests to “Haste ye back” — and many do. m MacLaomainn’s Scottish pub, 52 South Main Street, Chester, 802-875-6227.

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to Sterling’s website. Attendees — who, administrators hope, will come from far and wide for the experience — will learn farming basics, make sausages with meat from animals they helped tend and visit local artisan food producers. But the planning group — which includes Sterling president Will Wootton and dean of academics Pavel Cenkl in addition to Obelnicki — is still considering how to attract students and exactly what to do with them when they show up on the rural campus. Should participants be responsible for preparing meals for the community? Obelnicki noted that, in just a few weeks, students wouldn’t have time to become culinary experts. Perhaps they could visit area restaurants with a commitment to local foods, Wootton suggested. But, besides Claire’s Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick, there are few such places nearby.

Then there’s the question of whether enough future ag experts will sign up for the intensive, which will be priced about the same as regular half-summer tuition. 131 Main Street, Burlington Nestle, who helped spearhead the NYU (across from City Hall Park) food studies program in 1996, seemed 802-864-CHEF (2433) confident students would appear. She www.souzas.org noted that her school received a flood of applicants the moment its program started, and that public interest in the BAKERY ON PREMISES • DELI • VEGAN 11/1/10 academic study of food shows no signs8v-souzas110310.indd 1 ABLE ORGANICS D R of flagging. O F AF Dinner was an apt demonstration of what Sterling students have already mastered. Much of the produce for VT Local, All Natural the six courses came directly from the college’s fields, including all the main Turkey ingredients for an escarole salad with /lb* beets and warm bites of rabbit. The succulent braised lamb, served as an entrée with lentils, aromatics and oyster mushrooms, was raised on campus, too. With so many foodies packed into Burros’ antique-decorated living room, the conversation naturally centered on *with $50 puchase, single receipt, all things edible, ranging from a rousing see store for details debate about the safety of raw milk to a deadline is discussion of food shopping in Montréal. TH There was plenty of wine to go around, and the meal lasted well into the evening. Vermont Family After dessert, an apple torte with Owned & Operated yogurt ice cream, the sated diners 329 Harvest Lane, Williston, VT 05495 802-876-1400 headed back to comfy chairs in the Between Williston Rd. (Rte. 2) & Marshall living room to nibble on local cheeses Ave. across from UPS and truffles made by Obelnicki and the rest of her culinary crew. If the food in the Sterling cafeteria is as good as the dinner at Burros’, the school should have no problem convincing students to attend its new program, provided it can EBT get them to the table. 10% Senior+)

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eer is in Hill’s lineage. In the 1800s, his great-great-grandfather, Aaron Hill, operated a tavern at the bottom of Hill Road. That’s the same road where Hill lives and brews now, in an old clapboard farmhouse with hops growing vine-like up the side, on the 100-acre homestead where his ancestors settled eight generations ago. Their former taproom provided the inspiration for the brewery’s hourglass-style logo, which is branded on Hill Farmstead’s wooden taps and oak barrels and silk-screened on T-shirts for sale in the brewery. “I came across the sign while visiting my cousin Lewis Hill, who lived up the hill,” recalls Shaun Hill. “I was sitting, drinking tea with Lewis, when I looked up and noticed this great sign that reads “A. Hill Entertainment.” Also on the sign was a carafe and a wine/libation glass. Instantly I knew what the logo should be for the brewery.”

On the day Seven Days visits Hill Farmstead, brewing the saison starts with 600 pounds of barley, oats, handtoasted Munich malts, and flake rye for color and flavor. That’s mixed with 760 liters of water in an enormous, propanefired mash tun. When it’s done, the liquid wort is pumped into a cone-headed kettle, into which Hill dumps five tubs of hops pellets throughout the 75-minute cooking cycle. After that, the liquid moves through a heat exchanger to cool it to a temperature — about 70 degrees — at which yeast can be added without being killed. From there, the brew filters into five large fermenters where yeast joins it and the wort becomes beer. In every spare second, Hill is cleaning his equipment, dealing with propane delivery drivers, answering the phone and filling growlers for customers.

eer has kept Hill busy for a while: At the age of 15, he brewed his first batch for a high school science-fair project. He used malt extract, hops, water, a package of dry yeast and some raspberries to demonstrate how fermentation works. The result was a strange brew that was almost undrinkable, Hill

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Copies of the application and plans for this project are available for inspection by members of the public during regular working hours at the Milton Offices, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Office, and the District #4 Environmental Office. The application can also be viewed at the Natural Resources Board web site: www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup by clicking on “District Commission Cases” and entering the case number above. Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 4th day of November, 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 City of Burlington Availability of Funds The City of Burlington is soliciting applications for funding through its Community Development Block Grant program. Funding will be targeted to the priorities identified in the City’s 2008 Consolidated Plan for Housing & Community Development, available online at www. cedoburlington.org. Application packets for funding are available at the Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO). The deadline for submission of applications is Monday, December 20, 2010 at 4 p.m. Funding is expected to be available by July 1, 2011. Two informational workshops for applicants are scheduled: one from noon to 1:00 on Wednesday, December 1 and one from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 2. For further information, please contact Margaret Bozik at 865-7171. Residents who are interested in improving their neighborhoods through the Neighborhood Development Grants portion of the Community Development Block Grant program should contact Jenny Davis at 865-7172 for more information.

OPENINGS BURLINGTON CITY COMMISSIONS/BOARDS On Monday, December 13, 2010, the Burlington City Council will fill vacancies on the following City Commissions/ Boards: Cemetery Commission Term Expires 6/30/11 One Opening Conservation Board Term Expires 6/30/12 One Opening Design Advisory Board, Alternate Term Expires 6/30/11 One Opening Fence Viewer Term Expires 6/30/11 One Opening Board of Tax Appeals Term Expires 6/30/12 One Opening Telecommunications Advisory Committee Term Expires 6/30/12 One Opening Electric Light Commission Term Expires 6/30/11 One opening Applications are available at the Clerk/ Treasurer’s Office, Second Floor, City Hall, and must be received in the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office by 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Applicants must be nominated by a member of the City Council to be considered for a position; a list of Council members is also available at the Clerk/ Treasurer’s Office. Please call the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office at 865-7136 for further information. STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Chittenden Unit CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. S393-09 Cnc HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corporation, Mortgage Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2007-PA3, Plaintiff v. Andrea L. Couture, Thomas F. Cline, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Citibank Federal Savings Bank and Occupants residing at 25 Vale Drive, South Burlington, Vermont, Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corporation, Mortgage AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007PA3 to Andrea L. Couture dated April 11, 2007 and recorded in Volume 780, Page 240 of the Land Records of the Town of South Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:45 A.M. on December 7, 2010, at 25 Vale Drive, South Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Andrea L. Couture and Thomas F. Cline by Warranty Deed of Robert C. Duncan and Linda J. Duncan dated September 15, 2005, of record in Volume 736, Pages 135-137 of the Land Records of the City of South Burlington. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of South Burlington. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlingtonn, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. DATED at South Burlingtonn, Vermont this 4th day of November, 2010. HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

The contents of storage unit(s) 01-02411 located at 28 Adams Dr, Williston, VT 05495, will be sold on the 18th of the month of November, 2010 to satisfy the debt of Mary Rose Maynard. 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. Please note this in not a public auction. The contents of storage unit(s) 01-03514 located at 28 Adams Dr, Williston, VT 05495, will be sold on the 25th of the month of November, 2010 to satisfy the debt of Clarence Lamore. 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. Please note this in not a public auction.

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CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP This group offers support to those caring for loved ones with memory loss due to dementia. The group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at The Converse Home, 272 Church St, Burlington. For more info call: 802-862-0401. MAN-TO-MAN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PROSTATE CANCER Support group meets 6-8 p.m., 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Hope Lodge at the UVM/FAHC campus. 1-800-ACS-2345. VEGGIE SUPPORT GROUP Want To Feel Supported On Your Vegetarian/ Vegan Journey? Want more info. on Healthy Veggy Diets? Want to share and socialize at Veggy Potlucks, and more, in the greater Burlington Area? This is your opportunity to join with other like-minded folks. veggy4life@gmail. com, 802-658-4991. CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS Meets on Sundays from 12-1 p.m. at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., Burlington. This is a fellowship of men and women that meet and review the 12 steps of CODA, read stories from the CODA anonymous big book and share their experiences, strengths and hopes as we support each other. Open to everyone. Info: Larry, WLTRS@aol. com, 802-658-9994 or Jeff, JCDANIS@ Burlingtontelecom. net, 802-863-3674. For directions, call the Turning Point Center at 802-861-3150.

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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. ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS, ACA is a 12Step 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. SEEKING ACTIVE RETIREES/50+ To form a social group. Snowshoeing, theater, biking, hiking, kayaking, etc. Please call 802864-0604. Lv. msg. if no answer.

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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 on-going 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.

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

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.

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NAMI CONNECTION (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group for individuals living with mental illnesses. Call Tammy at 1-800-6396480 or email us at connections@namivt.org BENNINGTON: Every Tuesday, 1-2:30 p.m., United Couseling Service, 316 Dewey St., CTR Center (Community Rehabilitation and Treatment). BURLINGTON: Every Thursday, 4-5:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2 Cherry Street. ESSEX JUNCTION: 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 2-3:30 p.m., Congregational Church, 39 Main Street. HARTFORD: 2nd and 4th Friday 4-5:30 p.m., Hartford Library. Call Barbara Austin, 802-4571512. MONTPELIER: 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m., KelloggHubbard Library, East Montpelier Room (basement). NEWPORT: 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 6-7:30 p.m. Medical Arts Building (attached to North Country Hospital), 2nd floor conference room. RANDOLPH: Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 5-6:30 p.m., United Church, 18 N. Main Street. BATTLEBORO: Call for details.

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 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.

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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. 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. 802-861-3150. BEREAVED PARENTS & SIBLINGS SUPPORT GROUP of the Compassionate Friends meets on the third Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. at 277 Blair Park Rd., Williston. Info, 660-8797. The meetings are for parents, grandparents and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause.

NEED A HUG? New support group starting. Would you like to explore personal intimacy in a safe environment? This is accomplished by using touch for expressing and receiving tenderness. This is platonic and personal boundaries are respected. Day, time and location TBA. Jeff 310-4903 email iiyog@ aol.com. COED SINGLES GROUP Ages 50-65, forming for friendship and fun. Chittenden County area. Activities to include weeknight/weekend dinner, bowling, hikes, snow shoeing, movies, etc. If interested email Myra at csbnc27609@ aol.com. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA’S SUPPORT GROUP Held monthly at The Arbors at Shelburne. For info. or to register, contact Nicole at 802-985-8600. WOMEN’S RAPE CRISIS CENTER Will be starting a free, confidential 10week support group for adult female survivors of sexual violence. Please call 864-0555 ext. 20 for information. LIVING SINGLE SUPPORT GROUP This course is a follow-up to the Divorce Recovery course that is offered at Essex Alliance Church. If you’ve been through the Divorce Care Class, you have an opportunity to continue to grow, heal, rebuild, and start again. Call Sue Farris for more information at 802-734-0695. SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide. Location: Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main Street, Wallingford, 802446-3577. 6:30-8:00 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month GLAFF Gay and lesbian adoptive and foster families. GLAFF provides support, education, resources and strategies to help maintain and strengthen gay and lesbian foster and adoptive families in northwestern VT. Open to all GLBTQ foster and adoptive parents and their children. Food, childcare provided. The group meets on the 1st Thursday of each month. Call Mike at 655-6688 to get more information and to register.

ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE BATTLING MULTIPLE MYELOMA? Support meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month from 5-6:30 p.m. at Hope Lodge on East Avenue, Burlington. For more information call Kay Cromie at 655-9136 or email kgcromey@aol. com. SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED ONES WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS Group forming for family members and loved ones of people with terminal illness. The group will have a spiritual base. We will offer each other support by listening, as well as share creative ways to explore feelings of grief and loss through writing, prayer, etc. Please contact Holly, hollyh@ pshift.com. AL-ANON Family group 12-step. Thursdays, 12:20-1:20 p.m. Call AWARE at 802472-6463 for information and to register. Free of charge. 88 High Street, Hardwick. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets first and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp entrance” from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Montpelier evening support group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St., Suite 7, in conference room #2 from 6-8 p.m. Colchester evening support group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the ground floor boardroom from 6-8 p.m. Middlebury support group on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Patricia Hannaford Career Center. Call our helpline at 1-877-856-1772.

FORMING A NEW GROUP focused on recovery/ management of addictions, compulsions and their resulting imbalances on our lives. Alternative or supplement to traditional 12-step programs. Are you having trouble moderating alcohol? Work? Sex? Television? Food? Drugs? Computer games? Requires a commitment to improving your health and the ability to maintain a nonjudgmental atmosphere. Let’s discover how our struggles relate and help each other work on strategies to find balance. Contact Michelle at 802-399-6575 or recoveryourbalance@ gmail.com. LAKE CHAMPLAIN MEN’S RESOURCE CENTER MEN’S DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP All men welcome, weekly group w/cofacilitators. Open discussion format. Varied topics including: relationships, work, parenting, personal growth, healing. Confidential, nonjudgmental. Open to all ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations. Joseph’s House, 113 Elmwood Ave. Every Thursday, 7-9 p.m. More info: call Chris 434-4830. LYME DISEASE Are you interested in forming a group? Please call Susan at 899-2713. HIV SUPPORT GROUP This is a facilitated HIV/ AIDS support group that aims to foster a greater sense of community, self-acceptance and personal growth. We are a group of survivors and, with all of our experience, will help you understand and enjoy what positive living has to offer. Friday @ 7 p.m. in the white building behind the Universal Unitarian Church. For more info call Alton @ 310-6094. SHOPLIFTERS SUPPORT GROUP Self-help support group now forming in the capital area for persons who would like to meet regularly for mutual support. This new group would meet biweekly at a time and place to be decided to discuss our issues, struggles and ways of staying out of trouble. We’ll likely use some of Terry Shulman’s work as a focus for some of our discussions. Please call Tina at 802-763-8800 or email at Tmarie267201968@ cs.com

STARTING A WOMEN’S GROUP Ages 45+, to meet weekly for lunch and other activities such as walking, book discussions, museum visits, matinees, etc. Email Katherine at MKR27609@aol.com. MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE/ DYSAUTONOMIA Group forming for information sharing purposes. Please call 863-3153. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter Meeting. Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier. Wednesdays, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For info call Linda at 476-8345. BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP Every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enosburg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St. Parents, grandparents and adult siblings are welcomed. The hope is to begin a Compassionate Friends Chapter in the area. Info, please call Priscilla at 933-7749. EATING DISORDERS PARENTAL SUPPORT GROUP for parents of children with or at risk of anorexia or bulimia. Meetings 7-9 p.m., third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Community Church, Rt. 15, Essex Center. We focus on being a resource and providing reference points for old and new ED parents. More information, call Peter at 802-899-2554. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and Dementia support group. Held the last Tuesday of every month at Birchwood Terrace, Burlington. Info, contact Stefanie Catella, 863-6384. FAMILY AND FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP If someone in your family or one of your friends is in an abusive relationship, this new support group is designed especially for you. Info, call Women Helping Battered Women, 658-1996. WOMEN HELPING BATTERED WOMEN offers free, confidential educational support groups for women who have fled, are fleeing, or are still living in a world where intimate partner violence is present. WHBW offers a variety of groups to meet the diverse needs of women and children in this community. Info, 658-1996.

VT PARENTS OF FOOD ALLERGY CHILDREN EMAIL SUPPORT TEAM Info, contact MaryKay Hill, 802-373-0351. TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meeting, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 7-8 p.m. meeting. Info, call Fred or Bennye, 655-3317, or Patricia, 658-6904. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516, or visit www.cvana.org. Held in Burlington. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with sex or relationships? We can help. Sunday meetings, 7-8:30 p.m. Call Sandy, 863-5708. DOES YOUR PARTNER/ SPOUSE HAVE AD/ HD (Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder)? Support group meets in Burlington to share experiences, challenges, laughs, resources. Want more information? Write addpartner@yahoo.com. WEDNESDAYS CIRCLE A Transpersonal support group, every Wed., 6 p.m., Innerharmony Community Wellness Center, Rt. 100N, Rochester, VT. 767-6092. A sharing circle focusing on personal growth, transformation, spirituality and healing, led by Jim Dodds. DECLUTTER’S SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe 2 or 3 of us can get together to help each simplify. 453-3612. PARENTS TOGETHER: Support group will be meeting in Rutland on Monday evenings. Snacks and childcare provided. All groups are free and confidential. Please call 1-800-CHILDREN for more information. SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Battered Women’s Services and Shelter of Washington County. Please call 1-877-5439498 for more info.

AHOY BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS Join our support group where the focus is on living, not on the disease. We are a team of dragon boaters. Learn all about this paddle sport and its health-giving, life-affirming qualities. Any age. No athletic experience needed. Call Linda at 802-434-4423 or email: dragonheartvermont@gmavt.net or go to: www.dragonheartvermont.org. NAKED IN VERMONT The premier Nudist/ Skinnydipper organization in Vermont offering information library, message board, chat room, Yahoo group, and more. (ALL FREE.) Visit www.nakedinvermont. com. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION New England: Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732. HARD-OF-HEARING support group: I’m starting a support group for adults who have a hearing loss that affects the quality of their work/ family/social life. Let’s share personal experiences and knowledge of hearing-aid technology. Marlene, 999-8005. MENTAL ILLNESSES The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill holds support meetings for the families and friends of the mentally ill at Howard Center, corner of Flynn and Pine. Second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 7 p.m. Park in Pine St. lot and walk down ramp. 862-6683 for info. LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, Transgender, Queer and Questioning: Support groups for survivors of partner violence, sexual violence and bias/hate crimes. Free and confidential. SafeSpace, 863-0003 or 866-869-7341 (toll-free). “HELLENBACH” CANCER support: Every other Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Middlebury. Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107. People living with cancer and their caretakers convene for support. DEBTORS SUPPORT GROUP Mondays, 7-8 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 21 Buell St., Burlington. Saturdays, 10-11:30 a.m., King Street Youth Center, 87 King St., Burlington. Info, call Cameron, 363-3747.

BURLINGTON MEN’S GROUP Ongoing Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 877-3742. Area men are invited to join this weekly group for varied discussions and drumming. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 860-8382. Want to overcome a drinking problem? Take the first step of 12 and join a group in your area. AL-ANON Ongoing Wednesdays, 8 p.m. First Congregational Church, N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Free. Info, 655-6512. Seven other locations also. Info, 860-8388. Do you have a friend or relative with an alcohol problem? Al-Anon can help. DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL violence: WomenSafe offers free, confidential support groups in Addison County for women who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. Info, 388-4205. WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT group: FAHC. Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 5-6:30 p.m. Call Rose, 847-5714.

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Deputy Finance Officer Salary: $48,000 to high 50s. DOQ/E, EOE. Deadline: November 24, 2010. The City of South Burlington seeks an energetic, team oriented and experienced individual with the highest ethical standards and integrity to fill the position of Deputy Finance Officer reporting to the Assistant City Manager. The Deputy Finance Officer is responsible for maintaining financial and accounting services in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures, state statutes, and legislative requirements to support municipal operations and the general ledger. Position maintains the integrity of the general ledger and keeps the general ledger up to date, including the electronic postings from connected accounting functions (modules) as well as preparing correcting/accrual journal entries related to revenue, expenditures and the balance sheet for all city funds. These modules include accounts payable, cash receipts, tax administrations and payroll. Posts all annual city budgets used for comparative analysis. The successful candidate will have a high school diploma plus associate’s degree in accounting or equivalent level of successfully completed courses in accounting. At least two years’ working experience in accounting, preferably in a municipal setting is required. Demonstrated ability to maintain complex accounting records so as to prepare reports. EOE Please submit a cover letter, resume and three references to: Human Resource Dept.

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Sophie’s American Bistro located at Severance Corners in Colchester is seeking an experienced sous chef. Sophie’s is an up-and-coming restaurant looking to strengthen its depth in the kitchen. Our ideal candidate can do it all — from grill to sauté, baking to prep. Creativity is welcome, organization a must, and the ability to recognize and solve problems will not go unnoticed. If you are efficient, easygoing and dependable, we would love to see what you’ve got. Special function experience is a plus.

InterventIonIst - ComprehensIve servICes Unique opportunity to work with adolescent males residing in the community at our Transition House. Seeking a dynamic individual to join our program and serve adolescent males experiencing significant behavioral, emotional and psychiatric challenges. Interventionists provide individualized treatment, model healthy life skills, develop therapeutic relationships, implement conflict resolution strategies, teach healthy emotion regulation skills and assist in the daily living of adolescent males residing in the community at our Transition House. Applicants must possess good therapeutic and rapport-building skills, be a team-oriented participant, and be a positive advocate for the youth they serve. BA req. Transportation req. 37.5 hours/wk.; afternoons and evenings. Comprehensive Care offers a continuum of 24-hour care programming that is family centered and trauma informed. Interventionists are members of a larger, multidisciplinary team and have the flexibility to move fluidly throughout the program.

Developmental Services traInIng speCIalIst 50-something avid Red Sox fan is looking for 10 evening hours of support in her Winooski home. Focus of the work will be on household activities, oversight of medications and light personal care prompting. This delightful crafter and movie buff will do best with near-peer-age female who can stop by five evenings a week. traInIng speCIalIst 30-year-old dedicated fisherman is looking for 14 hours of support in the Burlington area. This easygoing guy enjoys walking, going to the Y and socializing with friends. The ideal candidate is energetic, creative and able to provide gentle, consistent coaching. Monday, 9 a.m.– 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, 9:30–11:30 a.m., and Thursday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. speCIalIzed CommunIty support Worker 11-year-old girl who enjoys outside activities such as hiking and biking needs eight hours of support split between Mondays and Tuesdays, 2:30-6:30 p.m., in her Essex home and community. Ideal candidate is physically fit and has extensive experience supporting children with complex behaviors. home provIder Home provider needed to provide support to a fairly independent woman in her twenties in Burlington. Ideal candidate would be a female or couple somewhat close in age. Prefers to be on the busline in Burlington. Interests include eclectic music, culinary arts, socializing and animals. A mother-inlaw apt. or living space offering some degree of privacy would be ideal as this client is working on independent living skills. Please call Marisa Hamilton at (802) 488-6571. 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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F.W. Webb, New England’s largest wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, HVAC and industrial supplies, is seeking a HVAC Counter Person at its Williston, VT location.

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EnSave, Inc., America’s leading agricultural energy efficency firm, seeks a program manager to oversee program implementation at our Richmond, Vt. office. Experience in program management and agriculture a plus. Organizational, personnel management and strong communication skills required.

The incumbent will be responsible for servicing and assisting customers at a fast-paced counter environment. The successful candidate must be dedicated to ensuring a high level of customer service at all times. The ability to work in a multitasked, busy team environment is also required. Good follow-through, strong communication skills, punctuality, and a neat professional appearance are required for the position. Industry experience preferred.

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SPECIAL SERVICES TRANSPORTATION AGENCY (SSTA) is looking for an individual with a valid and clear driving record to drive and/or aide on one of our daycare vans.

www.ensave.com/jobopportunities.html for a job description and contact information.

Laboratory Evening Team Leader Central Vermont Medical Center is seeking a Full time Laboratory Evening Team Leader to join our team. This individual is responsible for performing procedures and supervision in the laboratory sections of hematology, chemistry, blood bank, microbiology and phlebotomy. Will be responsible for the daily operation, staffing, and training of technologists. Must be knowledgeable of all laboratory section instruments and computer functions. A degree in Medical Technology and 3 years of experience as a staff technologist are required. Certification in area of supervision required within 2 years. This position is Full time on the evening shift. We offer an excellent flexible benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, and a generous paid time off program.

$1,500 Sign-on Bonus Available!! Visit us at www.cvmc.org to complete an employment application or contact our Human Resources Department at (802) 371-4191

This position is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. It is a rotating schedule, which means three weeks the hours are 7–11 a.m. and then 1:30–5:30 p.m. One week of the month the hours are 7 a.m.–4 p.m. The position pays $11/hr. w/ benefits.

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

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Central Vermont area medical professional office seeks a talented Front Desk Administrator. Ideal candidate No email correspondence, please. will have excellent customerservice skills, great time management, and be a 4t-SSTA-driver111010.indd 1 11/4/10 1:50:11 PM self-motivated team player. Position requires competency with computers and multiline phone systems. Additional job responsibilities include checking in patients, money collection and submitting Shelburne Farms seeks a Development Office Coordinator to patients’ insurance. Salary support the Farm’s development team. Development office, grants dependent on experience. management, and Raiser’s Edge database experience preferred. Health insurance Please submit cover letter and resume by November 24 to and benefits provided.

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hsunderland@shelburnefarms.org or addressed to: Hilary Sunderland, Shelburne Farms 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT 05482 Job description posted at: www.shelburnefarms.org/news/index.shtm. No telephone calls, please.

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Executive Assistant As VPR’s Full-time Executive Assistant, you’ll keep the President, Executive Team, and Board of Directors’ activities organized and moving forward. You’re a self-starter who can recognize where processes can be improved and you will take the initiative to improve them. Using your strong communication skills, you’ll effectively collaborate with a variety of people and job functions, accomplishing tasks of moderate to high complexity and scope. You’re also able to analyze and anticipate the needs of your managers and team members and their projects, which means you’ll acquire a thorough knowledge of VPR’s programs and services. When circumstances demand, you’ll provide strategic support— such as evaluating data or resolving minor operational issues. Additionally, you’ll be interacting with staff, board, major donors and listeners, which means you have the ability to perform flawlessly and professionally in a fast-paced media environment— along with the grace and willingness to change direction when circumstances demand. You’ll demonstrate strong business judgment, professional etiquette, and organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills. Technology changes rapidly, and you’ll show us that you’re an early adopter, with the ability to quickly learn new tools and technologies and the interest and experience in using technology and the Internet to improve work efficiency.

Visit VPR.Net for a full job description and application. Only applications sent by email to Careers@vpr.net will be accepted. No phone calls, please. VPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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STOWE MOUNTAIN RESORT has several full-time year-round positions available! These jobs include a complete benefits package and great recreational benefits!

P R OJE CT ACCOUNTAN T Spruce Peak Realty, the development company for the expansion project at Stowe Mountain Resort, seeks a Project Accountant. Strong general ledger, analysis, integrated systems and Excel skills required. Four-year accounting degree and at least five years business experience. Job costing, multi-entity, subsidiary and inter-company accounting experience a plus.

FAC I L ITIE S ME CHAN ICAL/ELECT RIC AL / P L U MBING S U P ERV ISOR The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of general facilities maintenance work with established knowledge and skills in mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and HVAC. A minimum of three years in a supervisory roll is a must. If you’re a mature individual with hands-on DDC computer-based control systems experience and possess outstanding diagnostic abilities and can work independently or in a team setting with excellent results, then this is the job for you! We need a person who can be flexible to meet our need for a weekend day shift at a minimum every other week and provide coverage for evening functions. A willingness to be called in for emergencies is also a must.

SE AS ON PAS S / TICKET SALES M ANAGE R Do you possess proven leadership skills and have previous ski-resort ticket-sales experience? If so, you could oversee all aspects of the ticket and season-pass sales at the resort. Primary responsibilities include preparing the ticket-sales operating budget, and creating, updating and maintaining computer files for all on- and off-site ticket-sales outlets. This individual hires, trains, and evaluates department staff, and reviews and revises ticket-sale operating procedures on an ongoing basis. Effective communication and customer service skills are a must, as are a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays. Visit www.stowe.com/employment to apply for these positions. Our company values are built around attitude, awareness and accountability. We are looking for enthusiastic team players to join us in providing our guests with a superior recreational experience and an attitude of constant improvement and excellence.

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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HEAD START

FAMILY SERVICES COORDINATOR (Burlington)

Employee Assistance Program Promote healthy workplaces in the heart of the Green Mountains! Innovative, statewide Employee Assistance Program seeks confident Deputy Director to oversee and participate in all aspects of an EAP, including marketing, account services, clinical coordination and supervision. This high-level management position holds considerable responsibility. We require an energetic, articulate, persistent, outgoing and savvy professional who is a self-starter, proactively engages others, and who can create and implement solutions and demonstrate results.

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The desired candidate will have a range of relevant 6-StoweMtResort-110310.indd 1 Health Law Paralegal /Advocate 11/1/10 4:45:03 PMclinical and business leadership skills, and Vermont Legal Aid seeks a full-time advocate in its Health familiarity or facility with Care Ombudsman Project located in Burlington. The Office of program budgets and Health Care Ombudsman recently received a grant pursuant to the Affordable Care Act to expand its capacity to provide use of spreadsheets consumer assistance. Responsibilities include: investigating and databases. Some and resolving complaints and questions from Vermonters skills and knowledge in regarding health insurance and health care; advising consumers about their rights and responsibilities; assisting critical incident response beneficiaries with appeals; and maintaining case records. and organizational Must be able to work as a team member doing extensive development preferred. telephone work in a busy environment. The position requires excellent communication and research skills and Master’s degree and the ability to learn quickly. Prior health care or advocacy experience is license in a mental health desirable. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Starting profession important. salary $30,000, four weeks paid vacation and excellent fringe benefits. Send cover letter, resume, references and writing sample no later than Friday, November 19, 2010 to: Eric Avildsen, Executive Director, c/o Sandy Burns, Vermont Legal Aid, P.O. Box 1367, Burlington, VT 05402. Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities and people with disabilities encouraged to apply.

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Senior management team position. Responsibilities include development, management and tracking of: family partnership systems including family goal setting; and support and followup around community services and resources; partnerships with community and state agencies providing services relevant to Head Start or its program participants, including services for English Language Learners; child abuse and neglect prevention, identification and reporting systems; volunteer and internship systems; parent involvement in program, and community functions and services; and parent education and family literacy initiatives. Participation in regional and state-based committee work. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services or related field, and 5 to 7 years of relevant work experience. 40 hrs/week, full year. Competitive salary, health plan and excellent benefits. Please send resume and cover letter with three work references by email to: pbehrman@cvoeo.org.

PRESCHOOL TEACHER and EARLY CARE ADVOCATE POSITIONS Provide developmentally appropriate environment and experiences for preschool children in a Head Start classroom, and monthly home visits for families. Assist families in accessing medical and dental care for preschool children. Teacher – Richford: 40 hours/week, 42 weeks/year. Starting wage $15.61–16.94/hour. ECA – Burlington: 40 hours/week, 52 weeks/year. Starting wage: $12.67–14.36/hour. Both positions include health plan and excellent benefits, and require bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related education field, VT educator’s license, classroom experience, and experience in curriculum planning and implementation, child outcome assessment, and working with children with special needs. Teacher position requires license with endorsement in early childhood education or early childhood special education. Please specify position and location, and send resume and cover letter with three work references by email to pirish@cvoeo.org. For all positions: Successful applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; skills in documentation and record keeping; proficiency in MS Word, email and Internet; exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic, motivated, and have a can-do, extra-mile attitude. A commitment to social justice and to working with families with limited financial resources is necessary. Clean driving record and access to reliable transportation required. Must demonstrate physical ability to carry out required tasks. People of color, and from diverse cultural groups, especially encouraged to apply. EOE. No phone calls, please.

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Hettena Wright & Horton CPAs, P.C. has a position open for a seasonal income-tax preparer. Candidates must have some individual income-tax preparation experience and a sense of humor. Pluses, though not required, include familiarity with Lacerte tax software, knowledge about investment income, and experience with fiduciary income taxes. Hettena Wright & Horton, CPAs, P.C. 5399 Williston Rd., Suite 205 Williston, VT 05495 judy@hwhcpas.com

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Ascension Technology, located in Milton, Vt., seeks a full-time person responsible for ensuring company-wide compliance with approved systems, methods and standards. Identify quality measurements, collect and report quality data, and gather customer feedback. Maintain and upgrade all elements of the Quality Management System, including documentation control, engineering change orders, internal audits, and corrective and preventive action system. Strong communication and computer skills required and an associateâ€™s degree or equivalent. At least five yearsâ€™ manufacturing experience, preferably in electronics assembly and testing. Certified ISO Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor preferred. Email letter of interest and resume to: gwalz@ascension-tech.com.

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PAYROLL/BENEFITS ASSISTANT Chittenden South Supervisory Union has an opening for a Payroll/Benefits Assistant for its Central Office staff on the Human Resources team, with an anticipated start date of January 3, 2011. This is a full year, 0.80 FTE position, for 32 hours per week, five days per week, with some flexibility regarding daily schedule. In addition, this position may require additional hours during peak times and for leave coverage.

is seeking applicants for an Internet sales position. Understanding of photography, photo editing, Microsoft applications, and Ebay and Etsy sales platforms. Ability to work both from home and on site, $10-$12/hour.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the day-to-day operations of payroll and benefits processing, Microsoft Bring resume and apply Excel, Tyler Technology Profund.next software (HR/ in person at 126 Church St. Payroll System), and required state and federal reporting. The individual should also be a positive, team-oriented employee, able to function in a fast-paced, high-volume Lark Inn Hospitality 1 11/8/10 environment, possess excellent customer service skills, 2v-GlobalPathways111010.indd is hiring for several available and be detail oriented. Previous job experience in a school positions in So. Burlington. setting preferred. Please submit a letter of interest, resume and three references to: Melinda Marshall, Payroll/Benefits Coordinator Chittenden South Supervisory Union 5420 Shelburne Rd. Shelburne, VT 05482 Please direct inquiries to mmarshall@cssu.org. No phone calls, please. Applications accepted until the position is filled, however preference will be given to those received by November 24, 2010. EOE 6-ChitSouth-Payroll-111010.indd 1

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Sales Administration Positions require excellent people, computer and organizational skills, as well as a strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Please send cover letter and resume to: dina@innvermont.com. No calls, please.

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Champlain College seeks a detail-oriented person to answer the busy switchboard for the College and sort mail for all students, faculty, and staff. Supervise student workers, assist the campus with their shipping and receiving needs, scan all parcels into USP Trackpad System, process outgoing mail, order supplies for office and produce financial reports. The successful candidate will also be responsible for assisting the Physical Plant department with occasional administrative support. Must be team player as position has shared responsibilities. Individual must be pleasant, reliable, possess excellent telephone manner, and be able to multitask. Word processing skills and previous switchboard experience required. High school diploma and ability to lift up to 40 pounds required. Submit a resume and cover letter online at www.champlain. edu/hr. The successful completion of a criminal background check is required as a condition of employment. Review of applications to begin immediately. Application deadline: November 17, 2010. Champlain College values, supports and encourages diversity of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives of students, faculty and staff. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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The Charlotte Children’s Center

Looking for a new career? Need new skills to compete? Come to the Champlain College Continuing Professional Studies Information Night Thursday, November 11 | 5:30 – 7 pm

Regional Sales Representative

• Learn about CPS and how online education works— It is actually more interactive than an on-campus course • Hear how adults like you make education fit into their already busy lives. • Discover financing options as an adult student—there are more options than you think including scholarships and grants

Southern Vermont territory PayData is seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, experienced sales professional to join our team. A college degree and 2 years of business-to-business sales experience is necessary. A payroll background would be helpful. Duties will encompass telephone prospecting, cold calling and sales presentations to HR & Accounting professionals throughout the southern Vermont territory. Salary + commission and benefit plan. Please, no phone calls. Send resume and cover letter with compensation requirements to: PayData Payroll Services, Inc., Attn: Human Resources, P.O. Box 706, Essex Jct., VT 05453 hr@paydata.com.

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Town of Jericho

The NAEYC accredited Charlotte Children’s Center is seeking subs & partVisit cps.champlain.edu for more time afternoon information and to register floaters. We serve Or call 888-545-3459 children ages 6 weeks through 6 years. Subs CHC-349-10; Open House Classified Ad; Seven Days; B&W; 3.83” X 3.46”; dt should be flexible, 4t-ChampColl110310.indd 1 11/1/10 strong communicators, creative and energetic. Excellent resume & reference builder. Please contact Nancy at 425-3328.

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The Town of Jericho, Vt. is seeking a motivated team player to fill the position of Assessor on a part-time basis (20 hours/week). The Assessor is responsible for developing, maintaining and defending accurate and 1t-SafeArt-111010.indd 1 11/8/10 Head Infant equitable valuations of properties, performing property inspections, conducting market, cost and income analysis, & Head Toddler and coordinating the activities of the appointed Board of Listers. Starting salary range is $18.00 - $20.00 an hour, depending on qualifications. This position is eligible for the Town’s health insurance policy. For a complete job description, go to www.jerichovt.gov and click on Employment Opportunities, or contact Paula Carrier at pcarrier@jerichovt.gov or (802) 899-9970 ext 3. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and list of three references by November 29, 2010, to Todd Odit, Town Administrator, via email at todit@jerichovt.gov or via mail at P.O. Box 39, Jericho, VT 05465. The Town of Jericho is an equal opportunity employer.

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needed at our Essex location. Must have experience, education and a sense of humor. Starting pay $12/hour (based on experience and education). Contact Krista at Leaps & Bounds, 802-879-2021 or kristalacroix@yahoo.com.

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Northern Power Systems seeks a Payroll and Accounts Payable Specialist to assist our Finance department. The position will support the processing of accounts payable, employee expense reports and other accounting tasks as needed. In addition, the Payroll and Accounts Payable Specialist will hold the primary responsibility for processing biweekly payroll runs and maintaining payrollrelated general ledger accounts. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a heavy focus on accuracy and meeting deadlines, and a drive to meet department goals. Bachelor’s degree in related field and 3-5 years of payroll and AP experience required. Experience with ADP preferred.

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in our web shipping department. Both positions are full time and include paid vacation and sick time. Please send a cover letter and resume to brian@gearx.com, detailing your outdoor experience.

The Quality Improvement Project Manager serves as liaison across 2v-OutdoorGear-111010.indd department and division lines in driving meaningful HEDIS and CAHPS analysis and developing both clinical and service quality improvement projects. The incumbent works with medical directors and clinical colleagues to identify opportunities for improvement serves as project lead in developing and implementing clinical quality improvement projects. The position requires excellent analytical skills and the ability to analyze and digest complicated data for a variety of audiences. Master’s in public health or administration required, demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, strong computer skills including Excel, SAS or other statistical analysis tools. To learn more about these career opportunities, and to apply online, visit www.bcbsvt.com.

Terry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please submit resume and cover letter to: Human Resources Terry Precision Cycling 47 Maple Street, Burlington, VT 05401 OR email: hr@terrybicycles.com

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Bus Drivers

The Chittenden Central Supervisory Union (serving the Essex Junction, Essex Union #46 High School, and Westford School Districts) is seeking a part-time bus driver to provide transportation at the beginning and end of the school day for students with special needs. Ideal applicants will have at least one year of bus-driving experience, will hold a valid VT Commercial Drivers License (CDL) with a bus driver’s endorsement, and will have an understanding of appropriate intervention for students with behavioral challenges and with significant disabilities. Individuals must be available to work a split shift between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Position will be approximately 15 to 20 hours/week. Bus-driving position pays a regular rate of $14.31/hour. For additional information and application requirements, please go to www.schoolspring.com and enter Job ID 43345. EOE

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Well-organized analytical individual with outstanding spreadsheet skills will be responsible for developing product sales forecasts to integrate with on-hand inventory and recommend seasonal purchase quantities. Monitors sell through and recommends product for promotions and “push lists” in both the catalog/web and wholesale channels. Also responsible for negotiating pricing and purchasing of all inventoried items, including follow up such as order conﬁrmations, on-time delivery of goods, invoice approvals, returns to and credits from suppliers. Two years in supply analysis and planning required.

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Quality Improvement Project Manager

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An exciting new opportunity awaits the "special individual" who has the talent, desire and drive to make a "culinary statement" showing his/her unique talents as a head chef. An existing restaurant with a new vision is coming to Shelburne, Vt. It offers an existing loyal customer base with the potential for attracting a significant new clientele. We are looking for an experienced chef to help us achieve the highest standards of food service, with a passion to lead, train and surpass all others within the industry. You must have the ability to work well with others, and have an exceptional knowledge of all aspects related to the kitchen and food industry. Exceptional opportunity for those who qualify.

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This position manages and implements a variety of clinical quality assurance and improvement activities including clinical quality improvement projects, medical record reviews, quality of care investigations and interventions, and accreditation/ regulation compliance activities. A four-year degree in business or health field required, master’s degree in health services research, public health or public administration preferred.

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Head Chef

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strategic sourcing Manager Northern Power Systems is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our Supply Chain team. The Strategic Sourcing Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of supply chain structure and strategy, and acts as a lead in the negotiations for materials and pricing agreements. This role will also provide leadership and guidance for the sourcing and procurement teams. The right candidate will be a high-energy, self-starting individual with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. In addition, qualified candidates can demonstrate strong leadership and relationship-building skills, have experience in leading and managing multiple projects successfully, and are able to provide quantified results in their background. BS in Engineering, Business Administration or other technical field, as well as experience in handling large and complex sourcing/procurement projects for a technical company are required. MBA, ISM CPM/CPSM and Six Sigma or Lean certification preferred. Full details can be found at northernpower. com.careers. Email resume and cover letter to hr@northernpower.com.

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The City is looking for an experienced, highly motivated Assistant City Attorney. This position is responsible for providing assistance to the City Attorney representing the City in civil and criminal litigation cases and providing general legal counsel. This position is also responsible for enforcing City ordinances and bylaws. Law degree and license to practice law in the State of Vermont required.

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Central Vermont Community Action Council, Inc. Human Resources 195 US Route 302-Berlin Barre, VT 05641 or email to cvcachr@cvcac.org. For more details visit our website at www.cvcac.org.

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You Are: Highly intelligent and efficient, confident with a positive presence, trustworthy, and hardworking. You have extraordinary writing and organizational skills; careful note-taking and instruction-following skills; and ability to adapt to a highly organized office using the latest technology. Only candidates with a four-year college degree and an established record of performing very careful work, through graduate education or proven experience, will be considered. The Job: Providing direct support to one professional in Vergennes and working with numerous other professionals in several offices. You will support a specialized law firm and realty development firm, from answering phones, to scheduling appointments and travel, to reading and writing precise and literate communications. The utmost in precision and work quality are required. You will be busy and challenged at all times with interesting tasks. Pay is $52,000 a year plus discretionary bonus and benefits.

Final offer of employment is subject to a fingerprint supported criminal background check. JSC strongly encourages applications from members of ethnic minority groups and other under-represented backgrounds. JSC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of the Vermont State Colleges system. In compliance with ADA requirements, we will make reasonable accommodations for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant.

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investment he needed to launch what became Hill Farmstead. Trout River loaned him a kettle, and The Alchemist Pub & Brewery in Waterbury loaned him a mash tun. Hill bought the rest of his gear secondhand. Hill says his goal is to rebuild the farmstead in “all its glory,” making artisanal beer the way some Vermont dairy farmers make artisanal cheese. He originally planned to grow his own ingredients but says he quickly realized, “I’m not a farmer. I’m farming beer.” Local sourcing isn’t always an option, either. Hill has had to rebuff local wouldbe hops growers who wanted to partner with him because, he says, they couldn’t supply the quantity or variety he needs. A sign just inside the brewery’s door warns, “No, we are not interested in your hop-growing project.”

ost of Hill Farmstead’s beers are named for Hill’s ancestors. Edward, an American pale ale named for his grandfather, is his best seller. Abner is a double IPA honoring Hill’s great-grandfather, and

Ephraim is a triple IPA named for his great-great-grandfather. “It’s a good way to reclaim my ancestry and heritage in Greensboro,” Hill says. “All these people are ghosts and wouldn’t be remembered without telling their stories. Someday I’ll be a ghost, and me doing this will be my own ghost story.” Hill sometimes talks like the philosophy major he was, and he’s also named beers for his favorite thinkers. Fear and Trembling, a Baltic porter, honors the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. It’s made with maple-wood-smoked malts and aged in French oak cabernet and bourbon barrels. Twilight of the Idols, a winter porter brewed with coffee, vanilla beans and cinnamon, is also the title of a book by Friedrich Nietzsche. Hill uses words to describe beer that some would reserve for wine, such as “elegance,” “roundness” and “softness.” He sniffs his beer before he drinks it, cocking the glass to the side to get a whiff, and says he likes flavors that are “very bright.” He has a limited number of oak barrels — bourbon barrels from Sam Adams Brewery in Boston and wine barrels from California wineries — that he uses to age special brews made with raw honey, microflora or an especially high alcohol content. Hill Farmstead has also produced a series of single-hop IPAs to showcase individual hop flavors lost in typical blended-hop India pale ales. “He’s definitely an artist and a philosopher,” says Scott Kerner, co-owner of Three Penny Taproom in Montpelier, where Hill’s Edward pale ale is the best selling of 24 beers on tap. “He puts all that into his beer. He is so anal about how clean he keeps his equipment and how precise his measurements are. It’s like a guy who spends his entire life editing and reediting a book so that it’s perfect.”

Hill Farmstead is attracting other brewers from far and wide who are eager to observe and talk shop with Hill. On the day we visit, Hill is assisted by Brian Strumke, a self-described “gypsy brewer” from Stillwater Artisanal Ales in Baltimore, who travels from brewery to brewery “spreading the craft-beer gospel,” as a recent National Public Radio profile put it. Earlier in the day, Mike Lackey of Great Lakes Brewery in Toronto swung by Hill’s remote outpost as part of a fourday New England brewery tour. The visit ended with a beer exchange: Lackey left bottles of Orange Peel Ale and Sweet Pete’s Peach Wheat from Great Lakes, and took home bottles of Hill’s Fear and Trembling. Chefs and restaurant owners are raving about Hill Farmstead, too. The Farmhouse purchases more beer from Hill than from any other brewery, according to Davis. Earlier this fall, the Burlington restaurant hosted a special beer-and-cheese pairing event with eight of Hill’s beers and cheese from Jasper Hill Farm. Both Hill Farmstead and Lawson’s are planning expansions, so Davis sees “good things coming down the pipeline for beer lovers in this state.” Hill’s expansion wouldn’t take him away from Hill Road — there’s still room to grow where his forebears farmed. He’d like to rebuild a barn beside the brewery that burned down years ago in a hay fire. “If we can rebuild that barn, we could grow to four to six times what we are now,” Hill says. Because, in brewing as in life, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. m

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recalls. He gave some to his teacher and poured the rest down the drain. “I was 15,” he says. “I wanted to drink something fruity.” But the experiment uncorked a passion, and the Vermont native was hooked on home brewing. At Haverford College, Hill started a home-brewing club with money from the student council and permission to brew using campus stovetops. He used “clone” recipes to imitate his favorite beers but improvised liberally. “I never brewed a recipe exactly as it said in the book,” Hill says. After graduation, Hill moved back to Vermont and taught psychology and anthropology at North American Hockey Academy, an all-girls school in Stowe. He stopped in at The Shed Restaurant and Brewery for an after-work beer one day and noticed a job opening for a keg washer. It was his first paying gig at a brewery. Years later, he would be hired as the main brewer at Shed, where he earned a reputation for his talent. Three years ago, Hill incorporated the business name Grassroots Brewing with plans to open a craft-beer brewery in or around Hardwick. But he couldn’t find the funds. After a stint at Trout River Brewing Company in Lyndonville, where he gained some “production experience,” Hill landed the guest brewer gig at Nørrebro Bryghus. There he started the brewery’s oakbarrel-aging program and brewed the three beers — an imperial stout, a barley wine and a sour ale — that his Danish boss entered in the 2010 World Beer Cup after Hill moved back to Vermont. Winning medals for them “was a nice validation,” Hill says. “It’s nice to know I actually know what I’m talking about and what I’m doing.” The money came through, too. During his time in Denmark, Hill says, he connected with “brewers and beer geeks” who helped provide the $100,000

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Third time’s the charm — which suggests good things as Lyric Theatre Company’s tertiary production of Peter Pan approaches. More than 10 years after the last revival, the community theater’s 48-member cast revisits author J.M. Barrie’s world of “faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” Impressive sets transport audience members from a lavish Victorian nursery to the forests of Neverland to the decks and sails of a pirate ship. But this isn’t a Disney-style fairy tale, says Lyric’s promotions coordinator, Erin Evarts. Instead, the production digs into Barrie’s contrast of childhood innocence with the darkness of Captain Hook and the struggles of growing up. “It’s magical and inviting,” Evarts says, “but it’s not just a kids’ show.”

‘PETER PAN’ Thursday, November 11, through Friday, November 12, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 13, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, November 14, 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., at Flynn MainStage in Burlington. $21-33. Info, 863-5966. www.flynntix.org

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A Place in the World Woodstock’s covered bridges and unspoiled farms are already eye candy, but a brandnew village film festival fosters an increased appreciation of nature. Linked with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, this four-day celebration of landscapes features 17 films and documentaries from all over the globe, complete with a lineup of filmmakers and notable presenters to introduce each. Filmmaker John Grabowska, for example, attends a showing of his 30-minute short “Ribbon of Sand,” which investigates the untouched Outer Banks of North Carolina. Alan Dater and Lisa Merton’s “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai” profiles the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental activist. Other footage, from Frederick Law Olmsted’s urban parks to fly fishing in belly boats, adds to this thoughtful examination of “place.”

WOODSTOCK VERMONT FILM FESTIVAL Thursday, November 11, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 12, and Saturday, November 13, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; and Sunday, November 14, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock. $6-12 per showing. Info, 457-2355. www.billingsfarm.org/ filmfest

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‘REEFER MADNESS: THE MUSICAL’ Friday, November 12, through Saturday, November 13, 7 p.m., and Sunday, November 14, 2 p.m., at Valley Players Theater in Waitsfield. Visit website for future dates through December 5. $18. Info, 583-1674. www.valleyplayers.com

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NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT NIGHT: Burlington residents of Ward 1 take in details about the Legacy Project — the city's 30-year plan for sustainability — and the Parks & Recreation Department. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7172.

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NETWORKING LUNCHEON FOR VERMONT HEALERS: Area herbalists, health practitioners, educators and others receive advice from Mindful Business Development's Jason Pugliese on Internet marketing strategies. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 598-9206.

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Saturday, November 13, 1 p.m. and Saturday, November 27, 1 p.m. (encore), at Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. $16-23. Info, 748-2600. www.catamountarts.org

'PAYING FOR COLLEGE': Scholars pursuing higher education look into available financial aid, how to compare college costs and more. Cafeteria, Burlington High School, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-642-3177.

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'WEATHERIZING YOUR HOME: FROM TOP TO BOTTOM': Homeowners with heating bills breaking the budget take steps toward renewable energy in a two-part program. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 385-1911.

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BURNHAM KNITTERS: Yarn unfurls into purls at a chat-and-craft session. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576. EMBROIDERERS' GUILD MEETING: Needle workers check out the sewing projects of their peers, and get a little stitching done of their own. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0198.

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'ADDICTION': HBO's feature-length documentary features nine segments about substance abuse. After the screening, a panel of community advocates and experts explore issues surrounding adolescent addiction, recovery and treatment. Merrill's Roxy Cinemas, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7423, ext. 390. 'ANIMAL KINGDOM': The fight for survival is at the heart of David Michôd's 2010 Aussie film, in which a 17-year-old comes face to face with criminals: his extended family members. Cinema 2, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600. 'HEARTBREAKER': A break-up artist is hired to stop a couple's fast-approaching wedding in Pascal Chaumeil's 2010 romantic comedy. Cinema 1, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600. LGBTQ INTERNATIONAL MOVIE NIGHT: Amancio: Two Faces on a Tombstone addresses sexual orientation and gender expression in a retelling of Mexican immigrant and performance artist Amancio Corrales' murder. R.U.1.2? Community Center, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812. 'OGGUN: AN ETERNAL PRESENCE': Gloria Rolando's 1992 documentary is part of a film series fictionalizing important moments of Latin American history. Room 153B, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145. 'OUT OF THE PAST': A private eye gets roped into a notorious gangster's dirty dealings in Jacques Tourneur's 1947 film noir. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. 'SIMPLY RAW: REVERSING DIABETES IN 30 DAYS': The documentary advocates a change in diet to improve health. Dietician and herbalist Melanie Brotz moderates postfilm discussion. Preregister.

Saturday, November 13, 1 p.m., at Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. $10-27.50. Info, 603-646-2422. hop.dartmouth.edu

THE MET: LIVE IN HD: PALACE 9 Saturday, November 13, 1 p.m., and Wednesday, December 1, 6:30 p.m. (encore), at Palace 9 Cinema in South Burlington. $20-24. Info, 660-9300. www.palace9.com

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SEED SAVING: Sowers swap seeds and learn to preserve garden diversity. Outer Space Café, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 999-2768.

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WINOOSKI COALITION FOR A SAFE AND PEACEFUL COMMUNITY: Neighbors and local businesses help create a thriving Onion City by planning community events, sharing resources, networking and more. O'Brien Community Center, Winooski, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext.10.

RUTLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COPORATION'S ANNUAL MEETING: Service and member awards are distributed at this noontime gathering. Rutland Country Club, noon. $30; RSVP required. Info, 773-9147, info@rutlandeconomy.com.

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hough ohhing and ahhing may be par for the course at the Metropolitan Opera, laughter is far more rare. Indeed, in a season where Richard Wagner’s weighty Ring cycle is the big draw, Gaetano Donizetti’s bouyant opera buffa Don Pasquale is a breath of fresh air. The tangled love story — in which a greedy uncle attempts to trick his nephew out of his inheritance by getting hitched, only to have the tables turned — is full of comic material, from a demure new bride who becomes a demanding spendthrift to onstage somersaults by soprano superstar Anna Netrebko. The New York Times declared the lighthearted fare “brilliant” in its 2006 premiere, directed by Otto Schenk. Screen the three-hour, 15-minute spectacle at an area theater this week.

COTS BRIEFING ON CANAL STREET VETERANS HOUSING: Folks learn more about the new two-year transitional housing building for homeless veterans in the Onion City. VFW Hall, Winooski, 8-10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-7402.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Break bread in Italian on Tuesdays, Spanish on Wednesdays, French on Thursdays or German on Fridays. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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Benefit Dinner: Folks fill up on localvore fare at the gastropub to help raise funds for Vermont Works for Women. Ten percent of sales support the organization. Bluebird Tavern, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink; mention VWW. Info, 5401966, lcomstockgay@vtworksforwomen.org.

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Dr. Robert Genter: In "Pollution as Measured by Microbial Source Tracking and Total Phosphorus in the Lamoille River Watershed," the biology professor summarizes the implications of an ongoing research study. Room 203, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1327.

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.

Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture: James A. Edgerton, coauthor of The Unknown Rockwell: A Portrait of Two American Families, recalls being a model in some of the artist's paintings. Town & Country Resort, Stowe, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 8882190 or 253-9011.

Make-Ahead Meals: Adele Dienno crafts simple meals from a sautéed-vegetable base that makes use of leftovers. Preregister. The Chubby Muffin, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

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Physics Colloquium: Boston University's Anders W. Sandvik makes heads or tails of "Ground State Order and Criticality in Quantum Spin Systems." The Williams Family Room. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2644.

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PowerPoint Lecture: An illustrated talk illuminates "The Gospel of Thomas: Inner and Outer," regarding its implications for experiencing Christianity. 6 Fairfield Hill Road, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-9706, vermont@goldenrosy cross.org.

Babytime: Crawling tots and their parents convene for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-3659.

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Chocolate-Dipping Demo: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery experience the tempering and dipping process. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591.

4-H Super Science: Third through fifth graders expand their knowledge of the natural world through hands-on activities about insects, roller coasters, rockets and more. Preregister. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 656-5429 or 878-0313, rosemarie.garritano@uvm.edu.

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Valley Night: Haywire produce homegrown "stompgrass." Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

Nancy E. Boone: The deputy state historic preservation officer for the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation lays out a blueprint for "The Architecture of Farming." Noble Lounge, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 1 p.m. $20-40 membership to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute programs, or $5 donation. Info, 454-4675, ataplow@ vtlink.net.

Memory & Aging: The Vermont Alzheimer's Association presents helpful facts about retention. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Book Discussion: Readers chat about 2010-11 Green Mountain Book Award nominees with a theme of war. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. Children's Story Time: Budding bookworms pore over pages. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-4665. High School Book Group: Bookworms crack open the tomes they like to read. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Homeschool Wednesdays: Out-of-classroom learners ages 6 to 12 explore museum exhibits while learning about how Vermont became a state. Preregistration suggested. Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. $3-5. Info, 828-2180. Lego Club: Children in grades 2 and up connect colorful blocks to create masterful structures of their own design. Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Middle School Book Group: Young people discuss their current reads. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. 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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'The 39 Steps': Northern Stage presents a spoofy rendition of Hitchcock's mind-bending comedythriller. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $10-58. Info, 296-7000. 'The Cripple of Inishmaan': Contemporary Irish playwright Martin McDonagh's dark comedy takes place on a remote Irish island as a Hollywood film crew arrives. Casella Theater, Castleton State College, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 468-1119.

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Book Discussion Series: 'Never-Setting Sun': Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister KillJoy or Reflections From a Black-Eyed Squint inspires bookworms to consider the complexities of colonialism. South Hero Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209. 'How Writers Do It: A Fiction Workshop': Wordsmiths analyze passages of fiction from different eras before experimenting with point of view, voice and structure. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7217. Jody Gladding & David Budbill: Two Vermont poets lift lines from their most recent collections. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581, jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com. John McDonald: Wry stories about the Pine Tree State fill the humorist's new book A Moose and a Lobster Walk Into a Bar: Tales From Maine. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. John Walters: The former host of NHPR's "The Front Porch" doles out remarkable life stories captured in his new book Road Less Traveled: Visionary New England Lives. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. Library Book Discussion Group: Lovers of the written word chat about Kai Bird's American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. Shakespeare Wednesdays: Scholars of the Bard linger over lines of star-crossed lovers, roses by any other name and other favorite passages.

Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 598-9802. 'You Come, Too': Spend fall considering the words of selected British poets through readings and discussion. Vermont Humanities Council, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2626, ext. 304.

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Neighborhood Improvement Night: Burlington residents of Wards 2 and 3 take in details about the Legacy Project — the city's 30-year plan for sustainability — and the Parks & Recreation Department. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7172. Rabbi Yossi Jacobson: The orator helps folks of all faiths express solidarity with Israel. Ira Allen Lecture Hall. University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15; donations accepted to benefit ZAKA. Info, 372-6442.

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Chess Club: Checkmate! Board-game players try to attack the king with sly strategies. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $2-3. Info, 363-5803. Gap Year Fair: Students and family members learn about opportunities to take time off from school and try something completely different, such as learning a new language, building websites or volunteering. Cafeteria, South Burlington High School, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7065. Mending Mamas: Moms sit and stitch, sharing current craft projects, stories and ideas. Supervised children and infants are welcome. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 862-7417. 'Tools for Finding and Walking Your Energetic Path': Circles for Peace president David Brizendine traipses down the spiritual path with people looking for their calling. Moonlight Gifts, Milton, 6-8 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 893-9966. Tropical Fish Club of Burlington: Nationally known expert Tom Grady expounds upon "The Amazing Annual Killifish of Africa." VFW Post, Essex Junction, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 372-8716. Veterans Day Ceremony: Community members meet at the flagpole in front of the Kehoe Administration Building to honor veterans and their families. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 11 a.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145. Veterans Day Presentation: Professor of history and U.S. Navy vet Dr. Forrest Studebaker presides over a brief ceremony with a handful of guest speakers. Meet near the flagpole on the south side of the Moore Academic and Administrative Building. Clinton Community College, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 518-562-4161.

film

'Animal Kingdom': See WED.10, 7 p.m. Film Screening & Discussion: Vermont director Mira Niagolova weighs in on two short films about life as a refugee: "A Parallel World" and "Welcome to Vermont." Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. 'Heartbreaker': See WED.10, 7 p.m. UVM Film Series: Akira Kurosawa's 1949 Stray Dog plays in an international noir-themed screen sequence. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. $9, or $25 for a membership. Info, 656-4455. 'Wild Grass': A happily married man finds his interest piqued when he recovers a woman's lost wallet. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

Woodstock Vermont Film Festival: Seventeen environmental films and documentaries foster an appreciation of nature, beauty and place. Filmmakers, actors and producers introduce each screening and lead postfilm discussions. See calendar spotlight. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $6-12 per showing. Info, 457-2355.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.10, 2 p.m. Dinner Benefit: Animal lovers take themselves out to dinner to support the Humane Society of Chittenden County. Monty's Old Brick Tavern, Williston, 4-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink; 10% of all proceeds are donated to HSCC. Info, 316-4262. 'The Food Less Traveled': Area chefs prepare dishes low in "food miles" to support the Vermont Food Bank. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10-12; cash bar. Info, 877-324-6386.

health & fitness

Info Session: Managing Hirsutism: Two licensed electrologists demonstrate different treatment methods for dealing with excessive hair growth. Effectiveness and possible side effects will be covered, too. Suite C-7, The Woolen Mill, Winooski, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, 655-5600. Strong Living Exercise: Fitness enthusiasts undergo strength training for good health. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 443-1654.

kids

Preschool Story Hour: Picture books and crafts captivate early bookworms. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2366.

music

Choral Concert: Associate professor of music Jo Ellen Miano directs a program featuring the Cardinal Singers and the College Chorale. E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2243. Cosmas Magaya: Traditional Zimbabwean music flows from the mbira in this solo concert. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-730-2028. 'How Will I Dance? Cuba and its Music': Dartmouth College's World Music Percussion Ensemble gives a nod to the island country's musical contributions, with the help of special guests Septeto Tipico Tivoli, Maricel Lucero and Salvador Almagro-Moreno. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-16. Info, 603-646-2422. Jupiter String Quartet: Beethoven and Schumann pieces are on the menu for this lunchtime concert. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, noon. Free. Info, 443-3168. noontime Music: Mary Frances Stafford works the Celtic harp. First Baptist Church, Burlington, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6515. Student Performance Recital: Music scholars take their various instruments for a spin on stage. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7776.

talks

Duncan McBride: The lead program director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Programs offers tips in "NSF Funding Opportunities for Undergraduate Education Programs." McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

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strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:3010 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077.

'A Doll's House': Henrik Ibsen's provocative play about gender relations and women's rights gets a 21st-century update by UVM Theatre. See review, this issue. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $7-18. Info, 656-2094.

'PlAy on!': Rick Abbot's play-within-a-play romp, produced by the Twilight Players, depicts a community theater's struggles with a meddlesome playwright. Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 626-3663. ron WHite: The Grammy-nominated "Blue Collar Comedy" and Comedy Central-featured funnyman hands out wisecracks. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $49.50-95.50. Info, 775-0903. 'sAm AnD lAurA': The Middlebury Community Players present Ron Powers' fictional tale based on the relationship of Sam Clemens and Laura Wright. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $17. Info, 382-9222. 'tHe 39 stePs': See WED.10, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. 'tHe CriPPle of inisHmAAn': See WED.10, 8 p.m. 'tHorougHly moDern millie': A country bumpkin with dreams of stage stardom heads to the Big Apple in this 1920s musical staged by the music department. Auditorium, Vergennes Union High School, 7 p.m. $8-10. Info, 877-2938.

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BooK DisCussion series: 'neW englAnD unCovereD': Bookworms delve into Michael White's A Brother's Blood. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. greg DelAnty & Jon turner: The St. Michael's College professor/poet and the Iraq veteran, respectively, read from New Citizens Army. Farrell Room, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, noon. Free. Info, 654-2536.

lAugHing CouPle: A Native American storyteller spins tales as an artist captures them on paper. North Lounge, Billings Library, UVM, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2005.

veterAns DAy BooK reADing: Wake Robin community contributors to the anthology Our Great War: Memoirs of World War II share personal reflections both heartbreaking and funny. Second-floor loft, Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3999.

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eCoseW WorKsHoP: 'let's mAKe Critter CAPs!': Hip hats inspired by animal friends emerge from old sweaters and recycled adornments. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. $25. Info, 862-7417.

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ePilePsy founDAtion of vermont AnnuAl meeting: Erin Connor, Miss Vermont Outstanding Teen 2010, discusses "The Impact of Epilepsy on My Family" after a social hour and musical entertainment. A short business meeting and awards presentation follows. Elks Lodge, Burlington, 6 p.m. $10-18 for dinner; reservations required. Info, 800565-0972, epilepsy@sover.net. lunCH in A foreign lAnguAge: See WED.10, noon-1 p.m. 'mAgiCK & sPellWorKing': Local author Kirk White imparts the basic theory of casting spells. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 660-8060. tertuliA lAtinA: Latino Americanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español. Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440.

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'fAll into Winter' fAir: Local artisans display their creations in the midst of a book sale, puppet shows and children's craft activities. Adult-only shopping. Orchard Valley Waldorf School, East Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 456-7400.

film

'life CyCles': A stunning visual journey captures the story of the mountain bike, from its creation to its demise. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 496-8994. telluriDe mountAinfilm festivAl: Adventure hounds get carried away in award-winning films celebrating mountain culture, outdoor sports and the environment. Proceeds support UVM's Outing Club. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. $8-12. Info, 383-0382, ext. 300.

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'tHe Prestige': Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians in Christopher Nolan's gripping 2006 drama. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. WooDstoCK vermont film festivAl: See THU.11, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

food & drink

CHoColAte-DiPPing Demo: See WED.10, 2 p.m. 'Wine for WAter': Three wine tastings celebrate the Burlington-Puerto Cabezas Sister City Program and raise money for a new water supply for Puerto Cabezas' elementary school. 291 South Union Street, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $15 donation. Info, 730-2553.

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BACKyArD ComPosting: Burlington Permaculture's Mark Krawczyk displays how to work even the smelliest of food scraps back into the soil. Myrtle Street Community Avant Garden, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-2768.

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

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Helen lAmBert: A 7-year-old girl paints a new image of aging in the Vermont author's first novel, God's Waiting Room. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

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'A stiCK seAson motH': Phantom Theater organizes an evening of storytelling focusing on regret. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 496-8994.

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'Peter PAn': Second star to the right and straight on till morning ... Lyric Theatre Company celebrates J.M. Barrie's tale of fairies, pirates and ticking crocodiles. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $21-33. Info, 863-5966.

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'oKlAHomA!': Rodgers & Hammerstein's two-act musical follows the budding romance between a cowboy and a farm girl in 1906. Seating is limited; advance tickets are recommended. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 425-6295, info@lakechamplainwaldorf school.org.

Queen City ContrA DAnCe: The Cold River Band serenade organized movers in soft-soled shoes. Rachel Nevitt calls the steps. Beginners' session at 7:45 p.m. Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8; free for children under 12. Info, 371-9492 or 343-7165.

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'ConCrete KingDom': Burlington playwright Josh Bridgman's new work takes audiences beyond the limits of reality and into the mind of "The Woman." Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 310-3211.

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Dr. William Pendlebury: A UVM professor of pathology and neurology delivers a speech about "Alzheimer's Disease: The Pathway to Prevention and Cure." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 864-3516.

Children's Story Time: See WED.10, 10:30 a.m.

'Kids' Knight Out': Swimming, arts and crafts, movies, games and concession food keep 5- to 10-year-olds on the move. Proceeds benefit the Purple Knights' basketball program. Preregister. Ross Sports Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 5:30-9 p.m. $10-15. Info, 654-2500. Science & Stories: Winter-themed tales and investigations examine everything from migration to hibernation. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $8.50-10.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386. Success by Six Playgroup & Storytime: Stories, activities and snacks amuse youngsters. Bent Northrop Memorial Library, Fairfield, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 827-3945, bentnorthrop@ gmail.com.

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Ani DiFranco: The singer-songwriter offers her signature blend of empowering tunes tackling contemporary social issues. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $30.50-44.50. Info, 775-0903.

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'Two Gentlemen of Verona': Dartmouth's theater department dishes up a love triangle, a cross dresser and all the other trappings of a Shakespearean comedy. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $8-16. Info, 603-646-2422.

Wilson & Moore: This acclaimed duo brings Vermonters a taste of Louisiana-inspired originals, classic Southern music and R&B songs. Proceeds benefit the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic. The Art House, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 458-0464.

Drop-In Story Time: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers enjoy stories from picture books accompanied by finger plays and action rhymes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956, brownell_library@yahoo.com.

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'Raise the Roof' Benefit Concert: Rootsand-roll group Rusty Romance, alt-country singer Rachael Rice and the Swingin' Over Sixty Band perform to support the Montpelier Senior Activity Center Capital Campaign. Montpelier City Hall, 7 p.m. $8-10; cash bar. Info, 229-4427. They Might Be Gypsies: This father-son duo produces high-energy, gypsy-swing sounds. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. $5 suggested cover. Info, 496-8994.

'Cinderella and the Substitute Fairy Godmother': The classic fairy tale gets a twist in this Enosburg Afterschool Drama Club production. Proceeds benefit the after-school program. Auditorium, Enosburg Falls Middle School, 7:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 933-6171.

'Beethoven Fridays': The composer's Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111 is the subject of Dr. Karen Becker's lecture and musical performance. Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2243. Diana Fanning: Chopin, Schumann and Dvořák masterworks grace the hammers and strings when this renowned pianist takes her seat to celebrate 40 years of performing professionally. The Jupiter String Quartet and cellist Dieuwke Davydov make a special appearance. Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. 'I Dreamed of Fall Cabaret': The Blue Gardenias, Ben Wiggins, Will Patton and others package together jazz and theater classics, as well as some originals. Richmond Free Library, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 434-3036. Jeewon Park: Debussy's Estampes, Liszt's Tarantella and three works by Schubert are on the set list for this Juilliard-trained pianist. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 728-6464.

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'Up Til Dawn': Pen-and-paper scribblers on a mission join a letter-writing campaign to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Warren Ballrooms, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145, scrum001@mail.plattsburgh.edu.

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Plant & Soil Science Seminar Series: Eulaila Ishee elaborates on stream-bank erosion in the Champlain Valley. Room 112, James M. Jeffords Hall, UVM, Burlington, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2630.

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'Short Clips of Great Trips': Outdoor escapades from Alaska to Utah to Vermont fill an evening of slide shows by the Burlington section of the Green Mountain Club. Space is limited; preregister. Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $7 minimum donation. Info, 244-7037, gmcevents@ hotmail.com.

Card & Gift-Wrapping Demo: Crafty types cast chocolate, hard candy and wax in original mold designs with Laura Collaro. Artists' Mediums, Williston, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 879-1236.

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Guest Artist Workshop Series: Spoken word, dance and improvisation work together to express personal stories in this movement study with Lida Winfield. Space is limited; call to preregister. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. $36; $18 for drop-ins. Info, 229-4676.

Vermont Humanities Council Fall Conference: The "Comedy and Satire: It's No Joke" theme of this seminar studies literature, drawings, cartoons, film and standup comedy through time. Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa, Stowe, 4:30-9:30 p.m. $69-99. Info, 262-2626.

'Homegrown in the Tradition': A live orchestra provides tunes for traditional-dance favorites. Wear soft-soled shoes and bring a dish for the dessert potluck. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 7:30-10:30 p.m. $8. Info, 225-8921.

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'A Doll's House': See THU.11, 7:30 p.m. 'Concrete Kingdom': See THU.11, 8 p.m. 'Kiss Me Kate': Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew reappears in Cole Porter's classic musical from the golden age of Broadway, presented by the St. Johnsbury Players. Auditorium, St. Johnsbury School, 7:30 p.m. $5-9. Info, 626-3663.

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Academic Preview Day: Future students and their families drop in on student- and faculty-led speeches after a campus tour. Tarrant Student Recreational Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, noon-3:45 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

'Oklahoma!': See THU.11, 7 p.m. 'Peter Pan': See THU.11, 7:30 p.m.

Fall Open House: Prospective students and their families roam the campus for an authentic collegiate experience. Register at Hawkins Hall, 9:30 a.m. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2040.

'Play On!': See THU.11, 7 p.m. 'Ransom': The Civil War letters of Vermonter Ransom W. Towle inspired this original play presented by the White River Valley Players. Auditorium, Rochester High School, 7:30 p.m. $1017. Info, 767-3271, jjensen@together.net.

School Open House: Educators and member families take questions about Vermont's first parent-cooperative preschool. Saxon Hill Cooperative School, Jericho, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 8790182, registrar@saxonhillschool.org.

'Reefer Madness: The Musical': Two clean-cut kids "fall prey" to Mary Jane in the Valley Players' humorous play about the evils of drugs, spoofing a 1938 exploitation film. See calendar spotlight. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $18. Info, 583-1674.

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Environmental Action Conference: Hundreds of Vermonters brainstorm strategies to develop a sustainable state through workshops and talks. Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. $15-35. Info, 223-4099, vtenvironmentalaction@toxicsaction. org.

'Sam and Laura': See THU.11, 8 p.m. 'The 39 Steps': See WED.10, 7:30 p.m. 'The Cripple of Inishmaan': See WED.10, 8 p.m. 'The Glass Menagerie': The theater department presents Tennessee Williams' memory piece about family promises and loyalty. Clara Hitchcock Fitzpatrick Jones Concert Hall, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 7 p.m. $10; free for students, faculty and staff. Info, 287-8926.

The Second City: The Chicago-based comedy troupe — which boasts an impressive alumni list, including Bill Murray, Joan Rivers and Stephen Colbert — executes satirical wit in "Fair and Unbalanced." Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $18-20. Info, 518-523-2512.

'Three One-Act Comedies': The Shelburne Players lead the way to laughter with David Ives'

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Woodchuck's Revenge: Special guest Mike Lussen adds some sass to the tunes of this old-time-blues-playing local trio. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

Jonathan Oldengarm: Covering four centuries of music, the organist studies Bach's influences and impact. St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-15; free for ages 15 and under. Info, 8640471, poppe@cathedralarts.org.

Elise Guyette: The author of Discovering Black Vermont: African American Farmers in Hinesburg, 1790-1890 illuminates the history of the town's early settlers. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-5189.

John Muratore & Roberto Cassan: Classical works by Piazzolla, Debussy, Albéniz and Cassan meet tracks from the duo's new album, Domenie, in an accordion and guitar concert. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $15; free with St. Michael's College ID. Info, 654-2536.

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After-School Programs: Découpage, writing, drawing and gaming activities keep youngsters on the go. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4665.

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2010 Queer Youth Awards & Not-So-Silent Auction: Folks recognize the statewide achievements and leadership of LGBTQQ youth, dance to music by DJ Llu and bid on items donated by local businesses. Proceeds benefit Outright Vermont. Union Station, Burlington, 7 p.m. $25. Info, 865-9677.

'A Party at the Barn': Tim Kavanagh hosts an evening of music, live and silent auctions, locally prepared snacks and fundraising for the Neuroblastoma Alliance. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, 7 p.m. $50 suggested donation. Info, 985-5266. Catamount Trail Association Annual Meeting: A bit of business gets underway before inspiring presentations about backcountry skiing by David Goodman and Lisl Hoffman. Preregister. Green Mountain Club Headquarters, Waterbury Center, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5794, info@ catamounttrail.org. 'Coaching Your Kids From the Sidelines': An interactive seminar helps folks with children in their lives develop a stronger rapport and build the youngsters' self esteem. Fair Haven Grade School, Fair Haven, 1-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 265-3883 or 459-2729. Crafty Second Saturdays: History buffs learn about Vermont's natural landscapes and preserves in a painting exercise. Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. Regular museum admission, $3-5; free for children under 5. Info, 828-2180. 'First' Duck Race: The Stern Center for Language and Learning honors Dr. Lewis First with hors d'oeuvres, spoken tributes and a water race for prizes. Proceeds support Stern Center scholarships. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. $50-200; cash bar. Info, 878-2332. Foster Parent Orientation Class: Folks thinking about becoming a foster or adoptive parent learn what it takes to give a home to children in need. Preregister. Casey Family Services, Winooski, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6688, ext. 4715, mturbide@caseyfamilyservices.org. 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. Genealogy Workshop: Heritage sleuths discover the benefits of newenglandancestors. org with instructor Ed McGuire. Vermont-French Canadian Genealogy Society Library. Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m. - noon, $10 donation. Info, 238-5934. Ski & Skate Sale: Savvy shoppers sift through used outdoor and winter gear. Waitsfield Elementary School, Waitsfield, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 496-3643, info@wesskiskate.com. Wilson Globe Geography Bee: Three-member teams of students or adults put their heads together to map out a course to the winning answer. Oxbow High School, Bradford, 1 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 222-4423.

fairs & festivals

Craft Fair: For the third year, crafters reveal their artisanal treasures alongside homemade eats, stocking stuffers and other festive baubles. Enosburg Opera House, Enosburg Falls, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 933-6171, info.fotoh@gmail.com. Essex Town Craft Fair: Crafters line aisles with eye-catching knickknacks. A raffle, bake sale and lunch offerings also benefit the Unified Sports Program. Founders Memorial School, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8302. Fall Arts & Crafts Fair: Upwards of 140 vendors from New York and Vermont fulfill shoppers' pottery, oil painting, quilt and jewelry needs. Field House, Rugar Street. SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $2; free for children under 13. Info, 518-565-0145. 'Fall Into Winter' Fair: See FRI.12, family shopping, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. International Festival: World music meets traditional dance styles and global cuisine. Tarrant Student Recreational Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 5-9 p.m. $3-5; free for St. Michael's College students with ID and kids under 4. Info, 654-2536.

film

'Angels in the Dust': Louise Hogarth's 2007 documentary follows Marion Cloete's journey

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establishing a village orphanage for South African children. A postfilm bracelet sale provides South African women with a living wage and orphaned children with food, education and shelter. Touchstone Healing Arts School, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, 355-6003. 'Harlan: In tHe SHadow of “Jew SüSS”’: Felix Moeller's 2008 documentary focuses on anti-Semitic propaganda filmmaker Veit Harlan in a revealing exploration of World War II. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. 'HenrI-GeorGeS Clouzot'S Inferno': This 2009 documentary by Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea charts the making of a masterpiece film that was never finished. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

mission projects. United Church of Colchester, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 862-1595. annual HolIday bazaar: Shoppers take in an array of crafts, plants, baked goods, toys and books. The "Christmas Café" serves up hot soups and other refreshments. Community Lutheran Church, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5537. HolIday bazaar: Baked goodies join tables full of up-for-grabs crafts, books, antiques and jewelry. All Saints Episcopal Church, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9750. C InternatIonal HolIday market: Fine handcrafted gifts from around the world augment local M offerings of bread and wreaths. United Church, Y Northfield, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; $5 for lunch. Info, 485-8347. CM pre-CHrIStmaS Craft SHow: 'Tis the season ... Gift seekers examine the handmade goods of moreMY than 70 crafters. Milton Middle/High School, 9 CY a.m.-4 p.m. Free; bring a nonperishable-food-item donation. Info, 893-7387. CMY

'SHort SHort Story fIlm feStIval': Forty flicks from around the world tell tales in five minutes or less. A reception with live music by James Kinne follows, 7-9 p.m. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. $6-8 per program. Info, 496-8994.

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tellurIde mountaInfIlm feStIval: Adventure hounds get carried away in award-winning films celebrating mountain culture, outdoor sports and the environment. Proceeds benefit the Waitsfield Children's Center. Gate House Lodge, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 6:30 p.m. $8-13; $35 per family. Info, 496-8931.

bookmobIle tour: HIGHGate: See above listing. Parking lot, Highgate Elementary School, noon. Free. Info, 527-5426.

woodStoCk vermont fIlm feStIval: See THU.11, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

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autumn wIne feStIval & food-SHelf fundraISer: Vino lovers toast the season over wine and specialty-food tastings, live jazz music by Joe Capps, and a raffle. Shelburne Vineyard, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free; bring a nonperishable-food-item donation for the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. Info, 985-8222. CHoColate-dIppInG demo: See WED.10, 2 p.m. GInGerbread HouSe ConteSt: Designers of homes, sweet homes enter sugary constructions for judging and prizes. Montpelier City Hall, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 476-4493, ext. 206, menglert@cvclt.org.

mIddlebury wInter farmerS market: Area growers, cheesemakers, bakers and craftspeople collaborate to offer year-round "eat local" options. American Flatbread, Middlebury, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 388-0178.

holidays

annual CHrIStmaS bazaar: It's the most wonderful time of the year ... Secret Santas handpick presents from a sampling of quilted goods, watercolors and jewelry. Proceeds support local church

Saturday StorIeS: Picture books catch the attention of kids of all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

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tHe bIG blue trunk: Traveling children's entertainment supplies hours of interactive, imaginative play. St. Albans City Hall, 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

music

adamant wInter muSIC SerIeS: A 5:30 p.m. potluck kicks off a 7 p.m. concert with Jeremiah McLane and Bob Murray. Adamant Community Club, 5:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 456-7054. arlo GutHrIe: The iconic folk legend joins forces with the Burns Sisters for his Journey On tour. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $45. Info, 728-6464. barbary CoaSt Jazz enSemble: Special guest Adam Rudolph collaborates with the band on global jazz and world rhythms. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-16. Info, 603-646-2422. bryan mCnamara & SoulS’ CallInG: An improvisational quartet rooted in 20th-century African American traditions laces in influences from bop to hip-hop. See story, this issue. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $14-18. Info, 863-5966. fall CHoral ConCert: From sacred Renaissance works to classical choruses to contemporary compositions, the Middlebury College Choir and Women's Glee Club span the centuries. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-10. Info, 443-3168. JoHn penoyar & frIendS: A ukulele and guitar player delivers music from mid-century America with Todd Sagar and Andrew Albright. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-5189. Jon GaIlmor: The Vermont singer-songwriter performs original and irreverent tunes. First Universalist Parish, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $5-10; $2 for dessert and beverage. Info, 873-3563, 1uuder byline@gmail.com. SAT.13

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a HolIday bazaar: Massages, Reiki sessions and other healing services accent displays of handmade items such as soaps, jewelry and candles. Shelburne Town Offices, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 272-5926.

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, 863-3403.

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'vIva laS arteS!' benefIt dInner: Frida's Taqueria & Grill's Jack Pickett and Josh Bard cook up a storm to support River Arts programming. Live music and a silent auction follow. River Arts Center, Morrisville, 6 p.m. $60; reservations recommended as space is limited; cash bar. Info, 888-1261, lauren@riverartsvt.org.

kIdS' nIGHt out: Five- to 13-year-olds let off steam through supervised activities. Proceeds benefit the women's basketball team. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30-9 p.m. $10. Info, 518-564-4147.

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"vermont terroIr: tHe lInk between taSte and plaCe": UVM professor Amy Trubek explains the sense of place present in Vermont maple syrup, honey and cheese, and Lake Champlain Chocolates' Garry Coffey discusses how those ingredients fit with their confections. A chocolate tasting follows. Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1808.

bookmobIle tour: rICHford: The FranklinGrand Isle Bookmobile hits the brakes. Parking lot, Richford Elementary School, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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Greek paStry Sale & dInner: Break out the baklava and pass the dolmades! Home-baked treats crown this daylong, sit-down-or-take-out meal. Greek Orthodox Church Community Center, Burlington, sale, 10 a.m.; dinner, 11 a.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 862-2155.

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Local Legends 2010: Up-and-comers settle in onstage alongside well-known area bands. Performers include Carlos Ocasio & Frydaddy, Bow Thayer and the Holy Plow, Sensible Soul, and more. Partial proceeds benefit the Upper Valley Haven. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $22.50 includes a free Local Legends CD. Info, 603-448-0400.

The Met: Live in HD: Loew Auditorium: See above listing. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $10-27.50. Info, 603-646-2422.

Montpelier Chamber Orchestra: "Fall Guitar Fantasies" celebrates works by Rodrigo, Ghezzi, Respighi and others. Chapel, College Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $5-15; free for children under 12. Info, 223-5501.

The Met: Live in HD: Town Hall Theater: See above listing. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 1 p.m. $10-22. Info, 382-9222.

Recorder Playing Group: Musicians produce early folk and baroque melodies. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 6580030, info@prestomusic.net. Social Band: Twenty-four singers present choral fare ranging from American shape-note tunes to sacred works to Vermont compositions in "A Cordial for Our Fears: Songs of Hope, Healing and Possibility." Congregational Church, Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. $10-15 donation. Info, 658-8488. The Steel Wheels: Virginia's Shenandoah Valleybased band executes an Americana-bluegrassgospel medley. Tunbridge Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 431-3433, folkbloke@hotmail.com. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble: In "A Day in the Life," musicians go to town on works by Thomas Read, Don Jamison, John Mantegna, Dan Becker and more. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $5-22. Info, 849-6900. Wind That Shakes the Barley: Celtic folklore winds through traditional tunes. Kingdom Café, Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, 7-9 p.m. $5-10. Info, 723-6551.

outdoors

Wagon Ride Weekend: Riders lounge in sweetsmelling hay on narrated, horse-drawn routes. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $3-12. Info, 457-2355.

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Annual Harvest Classic Table Tennis Tournament: Racket swingers of all levels of ability attempt to put a good spin on the ball during nine separate matches throughout the day. Preregister to play. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. $4-10 to participate; free to watch. Info, 247-5913. 'Run Your Can Off!': Runners pound a 1.25-mile loop through the forest as many times as they'd like. Gilbrook Natural Area, Winooski, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Food or household-item donations accepted for the local food shelf. Info, 233-9992, runyourcanoff@ yahoo.com.

talks

Intro to Buddhism: Know what nam-myohorenge-kyo means? Find out at this primer on the Eastern religion. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

The Met: Live in HD: Palace 9: See above listing. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 1 p.m. $20-24. Info, 660-9300.

'Thoroughly Modern Millie': See THU.11, 7 p.m. 'Three One-Act Comedies': See FRI.12, 7:30 p.m. 'Two Gentlemen of Verona': See FRI.12, 8 p.m.

words

David Macaulay: Three architectural wonders are explained in the Vermont author's latest book Built to Last. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 482-5189. Mary Holland: A book presentation and signing features the author of Naturally Curious: A Photography Field Guide and Month-by-Month Journey Through the Fields, Woods and Marshes of New England. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 359-5000, ext. 223. Pacem Poetry Slam & Literary Extravaganza: Candlelit storytelling and poetry readings meet audience participation at this benefit for Pacem Learning Community. Noble Hall Reading Room, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 5:15-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted; $15 donation for dinner. Info, 223-1010. Story Time: See THU.11, 11 a.m.

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Open Space Burlington: Small groups envision the Queen City's energy, food, water, economy and transportation future. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2:30-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 999-2768.

dance

Solo Improvisation Studies: Hannah Dennison leads dancers out of their habitual patterns and into the unknown. Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio, Montpelier, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. $25. Info, 229-4676.

education

Montessori Open House: Children ages 3 to 5 and their families explore the school prior to potential January enrollment. Center School Montessori, Plainfield, and Montpelier Montessori School. Various locations statewide, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3320, info@mscvt.org.

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Permaculture Design Primer: Folks gather ideas on how to boost the health and productivity of their backyard in this workshop about ecological design by Mark Krawczyk. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 12:30-2 p.m. $10. Info, 999-2768.

'Concrete Kingdom': See THU.11, 8 p.m.

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Vermont Humanities Council Fall Conference: See FRI.12, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

'A Doll's House': See THU.11, 7:30 p.m. 'Kiss Me Kate': See FRI.12, 7:30 p.m. 'Oklahoma!': See THU.11, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. 'Peter Pan': See THU.11, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. 'Play On!': See THU.11, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. 'Ransom': See FRI.12, 7:30 p.m. 'Reefer Madness: The Musical': See FRI.12, 7 p.m. 'Sam and Laura': See THU.11, 8 p.m. 'The 39 Steps': See WED.10, 7:30 p.m.

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Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. See calendar spotlight. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1 p.m. $1623. Info, 748-2600.

'The Cripple of Inishmaan': See WED.10, 8 p.m. 'The Glass Menagerie': See FRI.12, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. The Met: Live in HD: Catamount Arts Center: John Del Carlo and Anna Netrebko star in

Antiques Market: Treasure hunters find bargains among collections of old furniture, art, postcards and more. Early buying, 7:30 a.m.; regular admission, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Elks Club, Montpelier, 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138. Burlington Area Scrabble Club: Triple-lettersquare seekers spell out winning words. New players welcome. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7558. Burlington Fall Bridal Show: Blushing brides peruse flower, cake, ring and photography options, discover dresses and register for prizes. Hampton Inn, Colchester, 11 a.m. $5-6; cash bar. Info, 459-2897.

Chess Club: Tabletop warriors do battle at the behest of players of all ages and abilities. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. French Conversation Group: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088. Open House: Visitors view workshop demonstrations, try sample classes, tour the new theater and more. North End Studio, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6713. Retirement & Lifestyle Expo: Vermonters take advantage of culinary lessons, dance-class samplers, memoir-writing classes and other interactive seminars and demonstrations themed around upcoming retirement. Catamount Golf Club, Williston, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 371-3299. Ski & Skate Sale: See SAT.13, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

fairs & festivals

Fall Arts & Crafts Fair: See SAT.13, 10 a.m.4 p.m.

film

Film Screening & Discussion: Se THU.11, Unitarian Church, Burlington, 12:30-2 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5188.

Savoy Family Cajun Band: Soulful ballads, lively duets and sprightly fiddling channel the dancehall tunes of southwest Louisiana. A barbecue dinner and Cajun snacks are provided by Susanna's Catering. River Arts Center, Morrisville, 7 p.m. $17; $40 per family. Info, 888-1261. Social Band: See SAT.13, Christ Church Presbyterian, Burlington, 4 p.m. $10-15 donation. Info, 658-8488. UVM Concert Band: D. Thomas Toner conducts the ensemble. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7776. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble: See SAT.13, FlynnSpace, Burlington, 2 p.m. $15-22. Info, 863-5966.

outdoors

Wagon Ride Weekend: See SAT.13, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

talks

Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz: The speaker explores the hidden meanings of a Christian prayer when viewed from Aramaic language and culture of the Middle East. Preregistration preferred. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 1-5:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 658-2447.

theater

'Monty Python's Life of Brian': This British cult comedy ridicules religious fanaticism through a character born on the same day as Jesus. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

'A Doll's House': See THU.11, 2 p.m.

Woodstock Vermont Film Festival: See THU.11, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

'Play On!': See THU.11, 7 p.m.

food & drink

'Reefer Madness: The Musical': See FRI.12, 2 p.m.

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.10, 2 p.m. 'Eating Well on a Budget': Foodies put a lid on spending by taking a tour of the store's most affordable items. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

health & fitness

Open Meditation Classes: Harness your emotions and cultivate inner peace through the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $5-25 suggested donation. Info, 684-0452, vermont@rsl-ne.com.

holidays

'Concrete Kingdom': See THU.11, 7 p.m. 'Kiss Me Kate': See FRI.12, 2 p.m. 'Oklahoma!': See THU.11, 2 p.m. 'Peter Pan': See THU.11, 2 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. 'Ransom': See FRI.12, 2 p.m.

'Sam and Laura': See THU.11, 2 p.m. 'The 39 Steps': See WED.10, 5 p.m. 'The Cripple of Inishmaan': See WED.10, 2 p.m. 'The Glass Menagerie': See FRI.12, 2 p.m. The Met: Live in HD: Spaulding Auditorium: See SAT.13, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $10-27.50. Info, 603-646-2422. Theater Auditions: Mad River Valley's Café Noir Productions searches for singers for cabaret shows and other winter events. Call to schedule an audition slot in advance. Private home, Berlin, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, 496-4781, info@madriverchorale.org.

International Holiday Market: See SAT.13, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

'Three One-Act Comedies': See FRI.12, 2 p.m.

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Read to a Dog: See SAT.13, 1-2 p.m.

music

'A Gathering of Bells': Ring-a-ling! Northern Bronze, Bells of Ascension, A Ring and a Prayer, Currier Handbell Choir, and College Street Ringers perform. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7704.

'Two Gentlemen of Verona': See FRI.12, 2 p.m.

Agnes Grunwald-Spier: A Holocaust survivor discusses her experiences and rescue in a talk about her book The Other Schindlers: Why Some People Chose to Save Jews in the Holocaust. Jewish Community Center, Stowe, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7408, cdlichten stein@aol.com. Poetry Open Mic: Scribes speak in stanzas of their own creation. The Block Gallery, Winooski, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5150.

'An Evening of Chamber Music': Scholars in the Performing Chamber Music class show their progress. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. Dartmouth College Glee Club: Gleeks concentrate on the "Christmas portion" of Handel's Messiah, as well as an a cappella masterpiece by Purcell. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m. $5-20. Info, 603-646-2422. Essex Children's Choir of Vermont: Young vocalists journey through classical and modern chorale arrangements under the guidance of artistic director Connie J. Price. United Church of Westford, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 879-4028. Mary Black: Seven platinum solo albums have made this Irish vocalist a legend in her home country. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $32-42. Info, 603-448-0400. Montpelier Chamber Orchestra: See SAT.13, 4 p.m.

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Basic Computer Course: Folks in need of some technology tutelage sign up for a tailored lesson with a computer expert. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. $5 donation. Info, 658-3585. Parent & Provider Workshop: Folks working with young children and their families learn about early-childhood development. Fletcher Elementary School, Cambridge, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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ChoColate-Dipping Demo: See WED.10, 2 p.m. 'menu for the future': A community discussion group considers food from cultural, economic, ecological, health and social standpoints. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

health & fitness

armChair exerCise: Gentle physical activity helps folks stay fit. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-noon. Donations accepted. Info, 658-3585. aura healing CliniC: People receive treatment for and feedback about their personal energy fields. Golden Sun Healing Center, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 922-9090.

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JaCob raCusin: In "Natural Building in the Northeast," the speaker from New Frameworks Natural Builders leads an open session of the university's Permaculture Design course. Room 17, Hills Building, UVM, Burlington, 5:10-8 p.m. Free. Info, 999-2768. yehuDi linDeman: A child survivor of the Holocaust discusses the complex qualities of human memory. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3131.

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book DisCussion series: 'immigrants Coming to ameriCa': Avid readers put themselves in the place of new Americans by reading and chatting about Lensey Namioka's Yang the 16t-stillfree.indd 1 Youngest and His Terrible Ear. Cabot Public Library, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 563-2721.

herbal CliniC: Sign up for an appointment to explore the art of natural healing one on one with students and professors from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism. City Market, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

bookeD for lunCh: Local bookseller and publisher Gary Chassman sheds light on the process of "Putting Together a Book." Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon. Donations accepted. Info, 863-3403.

strong living exerCise: See THU.11, 8 a.m.

Capt. riCharD phillips: The Underhill resident whose ship was hijacked in the Indian Ocean introduces his book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS and Dangerous Days at Sea. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

t’ai Chi: Seniors learn to improve balance and reduce stress with fluid movements. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 6-6:45 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 658-3585.

kids

after-sChool programs: See FRI.12, 3:305 p.m. infant story hour: Kiddos up to age 2 absorb spoken-word yarns. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, aldrichlibrary@ charter.net. musiC With mia: Tots form a circle for a special story hour with some sing-along tunes. Meet in the JCPenney Court. University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. 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.

toDDler story hour: Words jump off pages and into little ones' imaginations. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2366.

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vermont fiDDle orChestra rehearsals: New and established members of the nonprofit community orchestra fiddle around in a jam session at 6 p.m. before practice time at 7 p.m. St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 877343-3531, info@vtfiddleorchestra.org.

aDult floor hoCkey: Male and female players ages 18 and up work up a sweat with the Greater Burlington Hockey Club. Sports & Fitness Edge, 4 Gauthier Drive, Essex, 6:45-9:45 p.m. $5; sticks provided. Info, 399-2985.

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introDuCtion to permaCulture: Folks gather ideas on sustainable design with Burlington Permaculture's Mark Krawczyk. Conference Room, City Market, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 999-2768.

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'basiC introDuCtion to nonlinear eDiting': Budding videographers learn about cut-and-paste techniques for media production. 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-3966, ext. 16, morourke@cctv.org. hekate Celebration: Folks honor the GrecoRoman goddess' power of rebirth. Moonlight Gifts, Milton, 6-8 p.m. Free; bring food to share. Info, 893-9966. lunCh in a foreign language: See WED.10, noon-1 p.m. marCh of Dimes signature Chefs' auCtion anD gala: Local celebrity chefs serve up stellar eats at an auction with live entertainment benefiting the March of Dimes' research fund. Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, 5:308:30 p.m. $75. Info, 560-4822. parent & proviDer Workshop: Folks working with young children and their families examine the language we use when speaking to youngsters. Franklin Central School, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426.

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International Film Festival: Four days of films spin tales from around the world. Titles include My Tehran for Sale, The Shaft, Ocean of an Old Man and Shirley Adams. Room 102, St. Edmund's Hall, and Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

food & drink

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.10, 2 p.m.

Preschool Storytime: See WED.10, 1010:45 a.m. Science & Stories: See FRI.12, 11 a.m. Story Hour: Tales and picture books catch the attention of little tykes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Teen Video Games: Middle and high schoolers rock out to Guitar Hero, Rock Band and various other PS2 and Wii faves. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Toddler Storytime: Little ones ages 18 to 35 months get cozy listening to stories, singing nursery rhymes and playing games. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

music

Dailey & Vincent: The 2010 International Bluegrass Music Award-winning quintet create what Dolly Parton calls "a great sound." Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $22-35. Info, 863-5966. Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano: The world's premier mariachi band showcases Mexican history through peppy songs and stories. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $10-37. Info, 603-646-2422.

Harpoon 100 Barrel & Leviathan Series Tasting: Harpoon Brewery's founder and CEO, Rich Doyle, sits down with suds lovers over a selection of limited-edition Harpoon beers. American Flatbread — Burlington Hearth, 6-8 p.m. Cost of drink; must be 21 or older with valid ID. Info, 861-2999.

health & fitness

'Gentle Alignment for Health': Network Spinal Analysis' Matthew Rushford explains how chiropractic care can train spines to return to a state of optimal health. Ellsworth Room, Library and Learning Center, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1308. 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.

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Green Mountain Holiday Chorus: Male carolers spread yuletide joy with well-known Christmas and holiday tunes. New singers welcome; no experience required. St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 505-9595.

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After-School Programs: See FRI.12, 3:30-5 p.m. Cardboard-Train Construction: Choo-choo! Teens and tweens craft cabooses. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. Children's Story Hour: Two- to 5-year-olds tune in for audible prose. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, aldrich library@charter.net. Children's Story Time: See WED.10, 10:30 a.m. Creative Tuesdays: Artists engage their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Frosty & Friends Therapy Dogs: Young readers share their favorite texts with friendly pooches. Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Kids' Story Hour: Literature hounds show up for tall tales. East Barre Branch Library, Barre, kids under 3 meet at 10 a.m.; ages 3 to 5 meet at 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-5118. 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. Preschool Discovery Program: Kids ages 3 to 5 learn the cold-weather tricks of adaptable animals. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $5 per child; free for adults. Info, 229-6206.

noontime Concert Series: Violinist Kevin Lawrence, cellist Peter Brown and pianist Robert Rachlin sound out two chamber pieces by Robert Schumann in a celebration of the bicentennial of his birth. St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0471, poppe@cathedralarts.org. University Symphony Orchestra: The ensemble plays up its latest projects. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7776. Waterbury Community Band Rehearsals: Musicians are welcome to 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, info@waterburycommunityband.org.

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'Can You Afford to Start Your Own Business?': An experienced panel helps entrepreneurs prepare for the capital they'll need to get their ideas off the ground. Community National Bank, Barre, 6:45-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 828-4422, ext. 217, scorechapter275@aol.com. 'Increasing Your Competitive Edge': Businesses sharpen up on cutting-edge marketing techniques taught by Vermont Downtown Program's Leanne Tingay. Franklin Conference Center, Rutland, 7:45 a.m. $15-20 includes breakfast buffet. Info, 773-2747, rrccvt@aol.com. Kelley Marketing Meeting: Marketing, advertising, communications, social media and design professionals brainstorm help for local nonprofits over breakfast. Room 217, Ireland Building, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:45-9 a.m. Free. Info, 865-6495.

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'Finding a Career That's Right for You': High schoolers consider employment paths through activities, discussion and career software. Preregistration is preferred. VSAC Building, Winooski, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-642-3177.

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Burnham Knitters: See WED.10, 6-8 p.m. Lunch in a Foreign Language: See WED.10, noon-1 p.m. Parent & Provider Workshop: Folks working with young children and their families look into positive discipline. Bakersfield School, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 527-5426. Scrabble Club: Adults spell it out while raking in the points for clever combinations. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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'Dogtooth': Controlling parents restrict the activities of three teens in Giorgos Lanthimos' Greek film ... until an outsider disturbs the balance. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2422.

Behind-the-Scenes Lunch & Discussion: 'Hecuba': Director Claudio Medeiros joins cast and crew members in a discussion about the upcoming play. Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 12:30 p.m. Free to college ID-card holders; community donations accepted. Info, 443-3168.

International Film Festival: See TUE.16, 6 p.m.

Ven. Amy Miller: In "It's a Wonderful Life: Dealing With Holiday Stresses," the director of the Milarepa Center gathers coping ideas from the Buddhist tradition. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 633-4136.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Film Series: A "meals on reels"-themed sequence screens Babette's Feast. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 10 a.m. $20-40 membership to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute programs, or $5 donation. Info, 454-4675.

theater

'Stand Up, Sit Down and Laugh': Local yuksters try out their punchlines in a standup comedy show featuring Josie Leavitt, Autumn Engroff Spencer, Nathan Brady Crain, and Jason P. Lorber. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $11. Info, 863-5966. 'The 39 Steps': See WED.10, 7:30 p.m.

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International Film Series: Ricardo Trogo's autobiographic coming-of-age story, 1981 — The Year I Became a Liar, charts his struggles fitting into a new school at age 11. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

food & drink

Bread Making: No need for measuring cups — bakers make yeasted loaves by sight, touch and taste. Bring your own bread pan. Outer Space Café, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $12. Info, 999-2768. Candy Cane-Making Demo: Confectioners pull, roll and twist striped seasonal sweets. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 11 a.m. Free to watch; $6 to make your own (preregister). Info, 253-9591.

Book Release Party: Acclaimed Vermont author Jay Parini reads from his new novel, The Voyages of H.M., delving into the adventurous life of Moby Dick writer Herman Melville. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 382-9222.

Chocolate-Dipping Demo: See WED.10, 2 p.m.

Kristin Kimball: The Dirty Life, the author's new book, chronicles a year on a sustainable farm in Essex, N.Y. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

Lamoille Valley Year-Round Farmers Artisan Market: See WED.10, 3-6:30 p.m.

Gluten-Free Series: Who needs wheat, barley or rye? Attendees whip up gluten-free soups and salads over diet discussion. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

Sourdough Bread Workshop: Loaf lovers learn about maintaining a starter and working with dough in a class with Joe Cleary. Preregister. The Chubby Muffin, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

health & fitness

Armchair Exercise: See MON.15, 11:30 a.m.-noon.

kids

4-H Super Science: See WED.10, 3:30-5 p.m. Babytime: See WED.10, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Children's Story Time: See WED.10, 10:30 a.m. High School Book Group: See WED.10, 5 p.m. Lego Club: See WED.10, 3-4 p.m. Middle School Book Group: See WED.10, 4 p.m. Moving & Grooving With Christine: See WED.10, 11-11:30 a.m. Pajama Story Time: Kids cuddle up in their nightclothes for an hour of bedtime stories, cookies and milk. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. Peter the Music Man: See WED.10, 12:30-1 p.m. Preschool Discovery Program: See TUE.16, 10-11:30 a.m. Preschool Storytime: See WED.10, 1010:45 a.m.

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Jerry Bergonzi: The Lyndon Institute Jazz Band and St. Johnsbury's Swing North Big Band share the stage with the internationally recognized tenor saxophonist. Auditorium, Lyndon Institute, Lyndon Center, 7:30 p.m. $5; free for students and seniors. Info, 748-2600. Pink Martini: With a breadth of styles covering Latin jazz, Brazilian samba and Afro-Cuban rumba, these skilled musicians can't be confined to just one genre. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $3353. Info, 863-5966.

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Brown Bag Series: Are you "technicool"? Prevent Child Abuse Vermont tutors parents of children in fourth through eighth grade in encouraging online safety. Preregister. Milton Public Library, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644. Dr. Perry Thomas: The president of the Federation of Vermont Lakes and Ponds dives into the "Deep History of Lake Conservation." Room 203. Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1327. Technology in Wildlife Watching: Nature geeks converse about online resources and field gadgets that can enhance time spent outdoors. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $5-6; bring a dish to share for a potluck dinner. Info, 229-6206.

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'If Emily Met Christina': Jeanne-Marie Morrissey's play imagines the scene if poets Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti came face to face. American Logres Theatre presents a dramatic reading over dessert. The Old Chapel, Seminary Street. Castleton State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 235-1383. 'The 39 Steps': See WED.10, 7:30 p.m. 'The Savannah Disputation': A door-to-door proselytizer drives a theological wedge between two sisters in Evan Smith's recent comedy, presented by Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre. Brick Box, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 775-0903.

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Dine & Discuss Potluck Series: Bibliophiles and foodies unite as they swap thoughts on Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis over shared Middle Eastern cuisine. Preregister. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. 'How Writers Do It: A Fiction Workshop': See WED.10, 6-8 p.m. Jerry Mirskin: An Ithaca College poet and professor shares his penned expressions. Commons, Champlain Valley Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. Free. Info, 518-565-0145. m

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MINDFUL LEADERSHIP W/ DANNY MORRIS: Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $75/class. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802-6589440, vtcyt.com. Mindful Science and Practices for professionals. Utilize the power of neuroplasticity, using your mind to change the brain. This class will provide a scientific framework for understanding what mindfulness is and how to practice it in the workplace. Learn practical techniques to cultivate active leadership skills and sustain lasting change.

clay CLAY: Nov. 1-24, Weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Cost: $195/3-hour adult class. Location: Montpelier Mud, 961 Rte. 2, Middlesex. Info: Montpelier Mud, 802-2247000, info@montpeliermud. com, www.montpeliermud. com. Brace your elbows and cup your hands, get ready to get dirty with clay at Montpelier Mud. New class

dance BALLET, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT: Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., 372 (Top floor, Chace Mill, at Winooski River Falls), Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, Info@ BurlingtonDances.com, BurlingtonDances.com. There is something remarkable that happens for some dancers: moments of connection with a deeper, more real self. Ballet technique gives you the strength, coordination, rhythmic sensibility and flexibility to say what needs to be said from deep within through body, mind, spirit. Take your dancing further. Thursdays, 6:45-8 p.m. BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: Location: The Champlain Club, Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 802-598-6757, kevin@ firststepdance.com, www. FirstStepDance.com. 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! BELLYDANCE WORKSHOPS W/ ALIA: Nov. 13, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $30/workshop ($50 for both). Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St, Burlington. Info: Kaytee Manchester, 802-343-3041,

naimabellydance@gmail. com, www.earth-goddess. com/specialevents.html. Come explore the world of bellydance in two bellydance workshops with the amazing Alia Thabit! Become enchanted with the art of bellydance in Workshop I, where all levels are welcome. Move your dance to the next level with the intermediate/ advanced level of Workshop II. BURLINGTON’S BEST SALSA: DAVID LARSON & SOUTH END STUDIO: Burlington’s newest (& nicest) place to dance. Next class series begins Dec. 2. Thu. nights, 7-8 p.m: Basic Salsa, a great way to meet new people & get started. 8-9 p.m.: Intermediate Level 1, incredible ladies styling & some cool turning combinations w/ Shannon. All classes run on a 4-week series. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., near Lake Champlain Chocolates, just behind New World Tortilla, Burlington. Info: Sabrina, 802-540-0044, www.southendstudiovt. com. Shout out to DJ Raul and Nelson, happy birthday, guys! Thursday, November 18 South End Studio Salsa Party is postponed to help sponsor birthday bash. Check out birthday info on Raul’s website or catch us at southendstudiovt.com, or call David, 802-355-8955. Why take lessons with us? It’s fun! “David’s the best salsa teacher in VT. I always have have him teach for my corporate events. He’s a lot of fun and makes it easy for everyone.” -Hector

Cobeo, owner/director, Hermanosproductions.com. 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. MODERN DANCE CLASS: Take class w/ Ellen Smith Ahern, Tue., 7-8:30 p.m. Cost: $16/class, or $60/4-class session. Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St. #372 (top floor, Chace Mill), Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, info@ BurlingtonDances.com, BurlingtonDances.com. Blend contemporary dance techniques that strengthen, center and challenge

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family PASSIONATE PARENTING W/ NICOLE WILLIAMS & TISH LINSTROM: Nov. 12, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $40/parent, $75/ couple. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802658-9440, www.vtcyt.com. Celebrate the gift of parenting while considering how to reconnect and use one of our greatest resources: passion. Explore ways we can infuse passion into parenting to stay connected in the difficult and simple moments and create both a sustainable family vision as well as mindful, vibrant family relationships.

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HIP-HOP/CONTEMPORARY FUSION W/ RUBBERBANDANCE GROUP: Adults & older teens: Sat., Nov. 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $20/person. Location: Flynn Center, Burlington. Info: FlynnArts, 802-652-4548, flynnarts@ flynncenter.org. Artistic director and choreographer Victor Quijada has broken down barriers of style by combining the explosive physicality of hip-hop and the freedom of breakdance with the abstraction, nuance and technique of contemporary dance. Join him in this physically demanding master class that explores his unique fusion of dance forms. Recommended for advanced dance students or professional dancers.

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gifts CREATING SIMPLE TABLESCAPES: Nov. 18, 6-7:30 p.m.. Location: Gardener’s Supply, All workshops will be held simultaneously at both Garden Centers, so choose the location most convenient for you, Burlington/Williston. Info: 802-660-3505 x4, www.gardenerssupplystore. com. Presenters: Lisa B (Intervale) and Denyse A (Williston). Registration is free. Additional costs apply for supplies based on the project. Seating is limited. TERRARIUMS MADE EASY: THE PERFECT LIVING GIFT: Nov. 11, 6-7:30 p.m.. Location: Gardener’s Supply, All workshops will be held simultaneously at both Garden Centers, so choose the location most convenient for you, Burlington/Williston. Info: 802-660-3505 x4, www. gardenerssupplystore. com. Presenters: Ann W. (Intervale) and Karen W. (Williston). Registration is free. Additional costs apply for supplies based on the project. Seating is limited.

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herbs HERBS FOR WINTER HEALTH: Nov. 16, 6:308:30 p.m. Cost: $20/2hour hands-on workshop. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 W. Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Purple Shutter Herbs, 802-8654372, info@purpleshutter. com, www.purpleshutter. com. Learn how to prevent and treat common winter ailments, from the common cold to the flu, with herbs, supplements and foods. We’ll be making an herbal hand sanitizer to protect your hands, a sinus oil blend to open up the nasal passages, a sore throat spray and a room disinfectant.

LIP BALMS: A MINI WORKSHOP: Nov. 14, 2-3 p.m. Cost: $5/1-hour handson workshop. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 W. Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, Purple Shutter Herbs, 802865-4372, info@purpleshutter.com, www.purpleshutter. com. Everybody uses and loses them, so learn to make your own. Join Laura in a one-hour class where together we’ll make all-natural lip balms. People will take home their own creations. This class is open to all ages; kids are encouraged to attend (parents are free, if just assisting). WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wisdom of the Herbs Certification Program begins April 23-24, 2011, & runs 1 weekend a mo. through Nov. We are currently interviewing for this program. Wild Edibles Spring Term will be held May 8, Jun. 5 & Jul. 10. Plan ahead & apply now for VSAC nondegree grant for 2011 programs while funds are plentiful. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 802-4568122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, www.wisdomoftheherbsschool.com. Earth skills for changing times. Experiential programs embracing local, wild, edible and medicinal plants, food as first medicine, sustainable living skills, and the inner journey. Annie McCleary, director, and George Lisi, naturalist.

kids PARENTS & KIDS, YOGA & HOOPS!: Tue., noon-1 p.m. Cost: $13/class, $11/class w/ 10-class card. Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., 372 (Winooski River Falls, Chace Mill, top floor), Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, , 802-863-3369, info@BurlingtonDances. com, BurlingtonDances. com. Join teacher Michelle Lefkowitz in story and song to discover movement and

yoga postures along with the joys of Hula-hooping. Parents and children climb in and out of colorful structures and learn fun and challenging tricks, depending on the nature of the group each day. Ages 3 and up.

language LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 802-585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, www.spanishwaterbury center.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: Adult introductory classes meet on Tue. & Thu. at 6:45 p.m. Classes for adults, children (ages 5-12) & teenagers meet 7 days/week. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St. (across from Conant Metal and Light), Burlington. Info: 802-9518900, burlingtonaikido. org. Aikido is a dynamic Japanese martial art that promotes physical and mental harmony through the use of breathing exercises, aerobic conditioning, circular movements, and pinning and throwing techniques. We also teach sword/staff arts and knife defense. The Samurai Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 7-17. AIKIDO: Tues.-Fri., 6-7:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 9-10 a.m.; & Sundays, 10-11:30 a.m. Visitors are always welcome. Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 802-8629785, www.vermontaikido. org. Vermont Aikido adult introductory classes will be offered October 19 through November 9, on consecutive Tuesday evenings. Class time: 6-7:30 p.m. (dojo doors open at 5:30 p.m.). Intro class fee of $60 includes uniform. Please contact the dojo with questions about the class or to preregister. 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

meditation 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. SATORI MEDITATION SYSTEM: Cost: $50/6 30-minute sessions. Location: Satori Mind Spa, 2 Church St., 2nd floor, suite 2-I, Burlington. Info: Satori Mind Spa, Rahn Bouffard, 802-498-5555, atman@ satorimindspa.com, satorimindspa.com. Jump-start your meditation practice or deepen your current meditation experience. State-ofthe-art brainwave entrainment music programs will

take you to the next level of understanding. Receive added sound healing benefits on a VibroSonic massage table, inner space exploration platform. Also, a free meditation CD is provided for take-home use.

pilates ALL WELLNESS: Location: 208 Flynn Ave., Studio 3A (across from the antique shops, before Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802-863-9900, www.allwell nessvt.com. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by integrating Pilates, physical therapy, yoga and nutrition. Come experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. Join us for a free introduction to the reformer, every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.: Just call and reserve your spot! NATURAL BODIES PILATES: Location: Natural Bodies Pilates at Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., 372 (Winooski River Falls, Chace Mill, top floor), Burlington. Info: 802-863-3369, lucille@ naturalbodiespilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates. com. Get that feeling of deep internal strength with whole-body workouts that leave you feeling surprisingly relaxed, flexible and more expressive of who you truly are. Professional actors, dancers and Olympic athletes benefit from Movement Analysis and stay fit with Pilates exercise, and now you can, too! Set your appointment today!

spirituality AWAKENING TO YOUR INNER TREASURES: Nov. 13, 1:30-5 p.m. Cost: $35/ workshop incl. materials. Location: Best Western Motel, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. Work with symbols, images and archetypes through collage to experience and integrate deep layers of soul with body to reach an Earth-rooted, spiritcentered state of being in this hands-on workshop led by Kathy Warner, teacher and author.

tai chi MOVING MEDITATION & TAI CHI: Nov. 13, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $35/3-hour class (bring a snack). Location: Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St., 372 (Winooski River Falls, Chace Mill, top floor), Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, Info@BurlingtonDances. com, BurlingtonDances. com. Experience the power and beauty of moving meditation through the fundamentals and principles of tai chi chuan. Twenty-sixth-generation Wudang Long Men lineage holder and certified tai chi instructor Rich Marantz will lead participants through relaxation, groundedness and mindfulness exercises along with the beginnings of a tai chi form. SNAKE STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: BAO TAK FAI TAI CHI INSTITUTE, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802864-7902, www.iptaichi.org. The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. YANG-STYLE TAI CHI: Beginning Oct. 6. Beginner’s class, Wed., 5:30-6:50 p.m. $125 for 8 classes. All levels on Sat., 8:15-9:45 a.m. $16/class. Monthly: $60/1 class per week, $115/2 classes per week. 3 calendar mos.: $160/1 class per week, $275/2 classes per week. Cost: $16/single class, $160/3 calendar mos. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 187 St. Paul St. #5, Burlington. Info: 802-318-6238. Tai Chi is a slow-moving martial art that combines deep breathing and graceful movements to produce the valuable effects of relaxation, improved concentration, improved balance, a decrease in blood pressure and ease in the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Brought to you by Vermont Tai Chi Academy and Healing Center. Janet Makaris, instructor.

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Workshop for Women in midlife: listening to Body & soul W/ deB sherrer & holly Wilkinson: Nov. 19, 3-8:30 p.m. Cost: $70/class (vegetarian meal incl.). Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802-658-9440, vtcyt. com. Midlife for women is a time of exploration, reevaluation and re-creation in anticipation of the second half of life. a Yoga and soulcollage Workshop for Women in Midlife: During this workshop we will use breath, movement and imagery to explore and honor our questions, desires and inner wisdom.

Anxious Body, Anxious mind W/ lindsAy foremAn: Nov. 16-Dec. 28, 5:30-7 p.m., Weekly on Tue. Cost: $105/series. Location: Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy, 364 Dorset St., Suite 204, S. Burlington. Info: 802-658-9440, vtcyt. com. Do any of these symptoms apply to you? Trouble sleeping? Feel restless and then exhausted? can’t stop worrying? Difficulty focusing? Or do you want to just find more rest in your life? In a compassionate and safe environment, we will explore gentle and spacious yoga, guided meditation, breathing exercises, deep relaxation, and mindfulness for daily living. eVolution yogA: Daily yoga classes for all levels from $5-$14, conveniently

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classes. By-donation classes Mon.-Fri. at 9 a.m. & Tue./ Thu. at 7:30 p.m. Location: Laughing River Yoga, 1 Mill St., Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: Laughing River Yoga, 802-343-8119, emily@laughingriveryoga. com, www.laughingriveryoga.com. Yoga studio now open downstairs in the chace Mill. experienced and compassionate teachers offer Kripalu, Jivamukti, Vajra, Flow, Restorative and DJ Yoga Flow. educate yourself with monthly workshops and class series. lots of light. Gorgeous floors. Parking. all levels welcome! come and deepen your understanding of who you are. spirit & strength: 10 a.m., Tue. & Thu. Cost: $13/class; $10/class w/ 20-class card, good for all yoga, Pilates Mat, noontime classes. Location:

Burlington Dances, 1 Mill St. #372 (Winooski River Falls, Chace Mill, top floor), Burlington. Info: Burlington Dances, Burlington Dances, 802-863-3369, info@ BurlingtonDances.com, BurlingtonDances.com. Purify, align, strengthen and stretch while connecting to your inner core. classes emphasize breath awareness, standing and floor work, dynamic flow, and relaxation for a state of balance within. Join Yoga Pilates Fusion classes with Julie Peoplesclark for a combination of yoga postures, breath work, Pilates conditioning, balance and relaxation. yogA Vermont: Location: Yoga Vermont, 113 Church St., 4th floor, Burlington. Info: 802-238-0594, www. yogavermont.com. church st. studio gift certificates are in! ashtanga, Vinyasa,

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Bryan McNamara

ryan McNamara is perhaps best known as the saxophonist and bandleader for local hip-pop outfit Strength in Numbers. While that band has found modest success among the region’s funk-obsessed masses, McNamara’s true passion is a lesser-known improvisational jazz combo, aptly named Souls’ Calling. This Saturday, that group will unveil a new suite of music at the FlynnSpace, a project commissioned by the Flynn Jazz Endowment that McNamara has titled “Love Evolve.” McNamara, 30, was born in New York City and spent much of his childhood on Long Island before his family settled in Essex Junction when he was 12. After studying sax under Charlie Dukes at Essex High School, he began his undergrad at UMass Amherst, though he did his senior year at CUNY’s Hunter College. After graduation, McNamara worked a series of menial jobs and taught for a couple years before returning to school at McGill University in Montréal where

he completed a two-year master’s program in jazz. Upon returning home, McNamara founded Souls’ Calling with friend and guitarist Nick Cassarino and a revolving crew of local players. The group’s current lineup features bassist Robinson Morse, keyboardist Parker Shper and a rotating cast of drummers. McNamara, who started playing sax at 10 years old, claims many of the usual suspects as influences; jazz giants such as John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. More personal mentors have included noted NYC saxophonist Adam Kolker, UMass jazz professor Jeff Holmes and local sax guru Dave Grippo. Grippo first saw McNamara play as part of a special ensemble put together by local jazz pianist James Harvey. Harvey, then playing regularly with a trio, enlisted the help of some local young-gun horn players — including ace trombonist Andrew Moroz — for another Flynn-commissioned project, “The Monkey Suite.”

“James Harvey has definitely been a hero, a mentor. Even though I never studied with him, formally,” says McNamara. “Harvey brought Bryan along quite a bit,” says Grippo, adding that McNamara’s aggressive style of improvisation is unique to Burlington. “He comes from a different angle than I do, that’s for sure,” he says. Grippo describes McNamara’s early efforts as “angular and hard,” but notes that in the years since, McNamara has evolved into a complete musician. “He’s filled out. When you can play a ballad and do everything there is to do between the measures — playing vertically like Coltrane would do — it shows a maturity,” he says. “He’s a very soulful, direct musician,” adds Shper. “Every note he plays is believable, because he’s such a force of nature.” McNamara’s new material comes on the heels of the band’s 2007 debut Love for All, and last year’s All for Love. The commission’s pseudo-palindrome title continues the love theme, while notso-subtly suggesting the group is in the midst of a transformation. “I write songs with an album in mind,” says McNamara. “I want it to represent music that I would want to listen to, that I like to play.” McNamara says he hopes to be able to release his new material as a live album, ideally recorded at the band’s upcoming FlynnSpace gig. Balance is a foundation of McNamara’s compositional ethos, even if there are rarely specific thematic strands that bind his material together. “I want the music to live up to what I aspire to when we play music. To make people feel, wake people up, connect with people, tell a story,” he explains. “I think that’s why music exists in the first place. “For me as a performer, time is just kind of suspended, if we’re doing it right,” he continues. “And it would be great if someone in the audience or listening on a recording experiences that.” Improvisational jazz is inherently abstract. Compositional constructs often exist more as a malleable foundation for free-flowing flights of fancy than as rigid guidelines. Jazz improv resonates differently for different ears, and often differently depending upon each individual performance. Still, McNamara does approach each piece he writes with a specific idea in mind. “The common thread between my

songs is that they all have a story, at least in my head,” he says. “Oftentimes I won’t be able to go forward with a tune unless I have come up with a title.” But McNamara concedes that his music, despite specific intentions at the outset of writing, typically, well … evolves. And that is precisely the beauty, and challenge, of improvisational music. “More often than not the tune will take on a life of its own,” he says. “Before we bring life to the music, it’s just a static piece of hypothetical whatever. But once you play it, it becomes an organic, growing, changing thing.” That idea is at the heart of McNamara’s latest suite, and perhaps Souls’ Calling itself. “For me, the idea is, through composition, to explore all of the different music I enjoy listening to that inspires me,” he explains. “It’s not just, like, the swing thing, which a lot of people think of as ‘jazz.’ That’s not what this music is. Though there are elements of that that can be used as great devices within songs. “You use an intro that leads to an opening melodic idea and then releases into a solo section. But we may never go back to that first idea because we’ve already moved past that. It would make less sense to bring it back than to just keep going.” “There are certain elements to [McNamara’s] writing that are very identifiable,” says Shper. “But I think we [Souls’ Calling] have learned how to execute and make his music really pop. And he’s done a great job of recognizing what the sound of the band is, beyond just compositions.” McNamara describes the result of that exploratory ethic as a mélange of rock, hip-hop and, of course, free improvisation, as opposed to a strict exposition of “jazz” — if such a thing even exists within the increasingly expanding parameters of the genre. Not surprisingly, McNamara prefers to think of it in more open-ended terms. “Really, it’s just music, man,” he says. “It’s just music.”

Bryan McNamara and Souls’ Calling perform this Saturday at the FlynnSpace in Burlington. 8 p.m. $14/18. Got a comment? Contact Dan Bolles at dan@sevendaysvt.com.

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Radio Bean, according to Anderson, actually makes money and is a successful business. But the looming weight of those high-interest credit cards is potentially fatal, leaving the prospect of another anniversary bash 10 years from now — or even a year from now — very much in question. “I feel like Radio Bean is a gift that I’ve given Burlington, in a lot of ways,” he says. “And Burlington has given me the gift of itself. It’s an exchange that I’m really happy to be involved in.” Judging by the scene at the Bean last Saturday, the feeling is mutual, Lee.

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This past Saturday’s 10thanniversary bash for beloved Burlington café Radio Bean was quite the shindig. Free coffee, a packed house from the early morning to, well, the really early morning and 100 — count ’em! — bands playing throughout the day. True to form, Bean owner Lee Anderson doesn’t half-ass anything … well, except maybe this one teensy little thing. Though the mood in the jam-packed java joint was largely celebratory, there was a nervous tension in the air, stemming from something disturbing written in “the” Seven Days. And, no, for once I didn’t write it. Ahem. Anderson placed a small ad in last week’s issue (page 22), essentially asking Burlingtonians to dig deep and make a financial contribution to help keep his business afloat. As he puts it in the typewritten ad, “The Bean is under unprecedented financial stress (a.k.a. in deep shit).” Sadly, he ain’t kidding. In addition to the financial pressures of

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1/2 LoungE: sirenix: Queen city songwriter series with mike colbourn (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Kanga presents: The Lounge Lizard (hip-hop), 9 p.m. CLub MEtronoME: Brother Through Glass, Kairos, sai u Drom (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

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

on modern societal ills — particularly on his Bill Withers-esque

HigHEr grounD sHoWCasE LoungE: Anaïs mitchell, Horse Feathers, Paper castles (indie folk), 7:30 p.m., $12/14. AA.

hit “I Need a Dollar.” Wednesday, November 17, the multitalented

LEunig's bistro & CaFé: Paul Asbell & clyde stats (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

singer enlightens Club Metronome with his ace backing band the granD sCHEME.

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

raDio bEan: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. irish sessions, 9 p.m., Free. rED squarE: close to Nowhere (rock), 8 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. sHELburnE stEakHousE & saLoon: carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., Free.

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big PiCturE tHEatEr & CaFé: Valley Night with Haywire featuring Eric Graham (bluegrass), 7 p.m., Free. grEEn Mountain tavErn: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

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LangDon strEEt CaFé: Low Water (rock), 9 p.m., Donations. PurPLE Moon Pub: Peter & clint from the Grift (acoustic), 7 p.m., Free.

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Franny o's: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. tHE grEEn rooM: DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. HaLvorson's uPstrEEt CaFé: Friends of Joe with Jo-mo-Fo (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

City LiMits: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

HigHEr grounD sHoWCasE LoungE: Eilen Jewell, Butcher Holler (Americana), 7 p.m., $12/14. AA.

gooD tiMEs CaFé: spencer Lewis (acoustic), 8 p.m., $8.

LEunig's bistro & CaFé: mike martin & Geoff Kim (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

on tHE risE bakEry: Open Bluegrass session, 8 p.m., Free.

LiFt: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free.

tWo brotHErs tavErn: Open mic Night, 9 p.m., Free.

tHE MonkEy HousE: Kelly Ravin, Kia Ochun (roots), 9 p.m., $5.

northern

nECtar's: Bluegrass Thursdays with cornmeal (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

bEE's knEEs: Allen church (blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

nigHtCraWLErs: Karaoke with steve Leclair, 7 p.m., Free.

tHE brEWski: comedy Night with Andie Bryan (standup), 7:30 p.m., Free.

o'briEn's irisH Pub: DJ Dominic (hip-hop), 9:30 p.m., Free.

tHE sHED rEstaurant & brEWEry: Abby Jenne & the Enablers (rock), 8 p.m., Free.

onE PEPPEr griLL: Karaoke, 8 p.m., Free.

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on taP bar & griLL: The Growlers (blues), 5 p.m., Free. Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 7 p.m., Free.

oLivE riDLEy's: completely stranded (improv comedy), 7:30 p.m., Free.

PariMa aCoustiC LoungE: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, merrily James, Josh Brooks, Es Guthrie (singer-songwriters), 8:30 p.m., $3.

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

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1/2 LoungE: Jen crowell (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Kanga & mc Backwood present: Keepin' it Real (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. baCkstagE Pub: Open mic with Jess & Jeff, 8 p.m., Free. CLub MEtronoME: WBKm 3rd Birthday Bash: Aram Bedrosian, Happy Birthday to Neil Young set, Bob Wagner & Friends (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

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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.

tHE skinny PanCakE: Jo Robin (ukulele), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

central

grEEn Mountain tavErn: Thirsty Thursday Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. LangDon strEEt CaFé: communipaw (indie rock), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The Porters (indie folk), 9 p.m., Donations. JP Harris & the Tough choices (country), 11 p.m., Donations. nutty stEPH's: Bacon Thursdays with Noble savage (electro), 10 p.m., Free. PurPLE Moon Pub: Open mic with 440hz, 7 p.m., Free. tuPELo MusiC HaLL: Paula cole (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $45.

champlain valley

51 Main: The mischords (a cappella), 7 p.m., Free. Brown Bird (indie folk), 9 p.m., Free. on tHE risE bakEry: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free. tWo brotHErs tavErn: DJ Dizzle (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

northern

bEE's knEEs: copper Kettle (old-time), 7:30 p.m., Donations. bLuE PaDDLE bistro: Rik & Bec (folk), 7 p.m., Free. tHE Hub PizzEria & Pub: Live Jazz, 8 p.m., Free. ParkEr PiE Co.: Low Water (rock), 8:30 p.m., Free.

rasPutin's: 101 Thursdays with Pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

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

rED squarE: selector Dubee (reggae), 6 p.m., Free. A-Dog Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

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rED squarE bLuE rooM: DJ cre8 (house), 9 p.m., Free.

MonoPoLE: consider the source (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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

MonoPoLE DoWnstairs: Gary Peacock (singersongwriter), 10 p.m., Free.

sHELburnE stEakHousE & saLoon: The shady Alley Band (rock), 6 p.m., Free.

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songwriter types, including AARON FLINN, GREGORY DOUGLASS and EDIE CAREY. Bluebird also recently released a nice little sampler CD, Vicissitudes, Vol. 2: Vermont Americana, that was distributed at the recent Americana Music Association conference in Nashville. The disc features choice tunes from the likes of DIANE ZEIGLER, COLIN MCCAFFREY, LOWELL THOMPSON and Douglass — not sure when he became “Americana,” but whatever. This Sunday at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, Bluebird is spreading its wings a bit more with a Vermont Americana showcase featuring songwriters PATRICK FITZSIMMONS, AMBER DELAURENTIS, JUSTIN LEVINSON, LISA PICCIRILLO and a few asyet-unnamed special guests. Yee-haw.

unwieldy sonic shenanigans to tightly wound pop songcraft. They’ve got two VT dates this weekend: Friday at Radio Bean with local indie darlings VILLANELLES, and Saturday at the Monkey House with HELLO SHARK, SEAN HOOD and VALLEYS. Speaking of Hello Shark, they fucking rock. That is all. Welcome back, PHIL YATES. The songwriter, who got his start playing open mics at the Rhombus Gallery in Burlington back in 1999, recently returned to the Queen City after living in LA, Chicago and Charleston, S.C. He’s got a new band, PHIL YATES & THE AFFILIATES, with THE DIRTMINERS’ RAPH WORRICK, BAD SUIT’s KEVIN STEVENS and fellow recent BTV transplant, DEV JANA. Check ’em out along with openers Sunshine Slevth, this Monday at the Monkey House. And, a word to the wise should you go: I highly recommend you request they play “Ninjas vs. Zombies (Let’s Keep Our Heads).” You’ll thank me later. While we’re at it, welcome back, JOSHUA PANDA. The travelin’ soul man plays his first local shows since this summer’s Lake Champlain Maritime Festival — and last until New Year’s Eve — this Friday at Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury and this Saturday at Parima, with ES Guthrie opening.

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from these cats are rare, so do yourself a solid and catch them at the Monkey House this Friday with COMMUNIPAW and SON OF THE SUN. This next show is near and dear to my heart for a few reasons. One, it features the lovely and talented ANAÏS MITCHELL, which is always a good thing, as far as I’m concerned. Two, our very own righteous babe will be joined by HORSE FEATHERS, who played one of the first shows I ever “officially” reviewed for 7D — and was also where I met the super-cool kids from late, great booking collective Tick Tick. I really miss those guys. Anyway, HF have gone on to become a personal favorite indiefolk outfit, not to mention something of a national success. Those two things are probably not related … Anyway, swing by the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge on Wednesday, November 10. Locals PAPER CASTLES open — another good thing!

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Last but not least, Nectar’s Bluegrass Thursdays series has been a smashing success, packing the joint on a weekly

basis with an assortment of top local and regional picking talent. This week, the House That PHISH Built raises the bar even higher with noted grass-kicking road warriors CORNMEAL, who, over the last decade, have established themselves as one of the country’s finest progressivegrass bands.

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Among all the locally produced albums I’ve listened to in 2010, Get a Life by THE CRACK UP has earned a special place in my heart and in my iPod rotation. It’s one of those records that reveals new layers just when you think you’ve got it figured out. But I guess that’s what happens when you set a bunch of improv-jazz players loose on some boozy indie rock. Live performances

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Speaking of Vermont Americana, longtime and long underappreciated alt-country tunesmith BOW THAYER has seen his star ascend of late. Most recently, he and his band PERFECT TRAINWRECK were invited to appear at “Imagine There’s No Hunger,” a charity event hosted by RINGO STARR in celebration of JOHN LENNON’s music. The show, held on Tuesday, November 2, at the Hard Rock Café in Los Angeles, featured a slew of living music legends, including JOE WALSH and BOOKER T. JONES. I’m guessing Thayer will have a story or two to tell about the evening when his outfit drops by the Tupelo Music Hall later this month — presumably without any Beatles in tow.

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JEWELL rose to prominence as a gifted

Americana songwriter. Her first two records showcased the silken-voiced singer’s deep appreciation for the likes of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and a host of other iconic American-roots artists. But the Boston-based tunesmith’s own formative influences stem more from the early rock and roll of Elvis Presley, the Animals and the Kinks than seminal folk. On her latest record, the sparkling, rock-inflected Sea of Tears, Jewell wholeheartedly indulges those influences, yet retains her endearing, twangy charm. Catch her at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge this Thursday.

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PURPLE MOON PUB: Wiley Dobbs (bluegrass), 8 p.m., Free.

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. TABU CAFÉ & NIGHTCLUB: Karaoke Night with Sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

burlington area

1/2 LOUNGE: Tiffany Pfeiffer (neo-soul), 7 p.m., Free. Bonjour-Hi! (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. Bonjour-Hi! (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Steve, 9 p.m., Free. CLUB METRONOME: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. FRANNY O'S: Justice (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: EOTO, D.V.S. (live electronica), 8:30 p.m., $15/17. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Rock United 2010: People Get Ready with Rumble Doll, The Ice 9 Experience, UVM Hit Paws (rock), 8 p.m., $5. AA. JP'S PUB: Dave Harrison's Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: Dave Grippo (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

tribute act BUTCHER HOLLER, opens.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: The Crack Up, Communipaw, Son of the Sun (rock), 9 p.m., $5. NECTAR'S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Amplified.fm presents Waylon Speed, Something With Strings (rock, bluegrass), 9 p.m., $5. NIGHTCRAWLERS: Sideshow Bob (rock), 9 p.m., Free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Rhythm Rockets (rock), 9 p.m., Free. PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Pulse Prophets (reggae), 10 p.m., $5. PARK PLACE TAVERN: Prana (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free.

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RADIO BEAN: VT Contemporary Music Ensemble (experimental), 7 p.m., Free. Michael Poulopoulos (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free. Pet Ghost Project, Villanelles (indie), 10 p.m., Free. RASPUTIN'S: DJ ZJ (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $3.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Stavros (house), 9 p.m., $3.

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RED SQUARE: Zack duPont (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free. Jounce (funk), 9 p.m., $5. Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3.

RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10:30 p.m., Free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: DJ Johnny Utah (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free. THU.11 // EILEN JEWELL [AMERICANA]

SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN: Carl's Corner Basement Band (rock), 9 p.m., Free. TUPELO MUSIC HALL: Duke Robillard Band (blues), 8 p.m., $22.

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THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Live DJ, 9:30 p.m., Free.

SHELBURNE STEAKHOUSE & SALOON: Phil Abair Band and the Bud Girls (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Wiley Dobbs, MaryLeigh Roohan (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

central

CHARLIE O'S: Abby Jenne & the Enablers (rock), 10 p.m., Free. GREEN MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Jonny P (Top 40), 9 p.m., $2. HEN OF THE WOOD AT THE GRIST MILL: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 6 p.m., Free. LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: ES Guthrie (acoustic), 7 p.m., Donations. Bryan McNamara (jazz), 9:30 p.m., Donations.

51 MAIN: Dayve Huckett (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Snake Mountain Bluegrass (bluegrass), 9 p.m., Free. THE ART HOUSE: Wilson & Moore (blues), 8 p.m., Donations. CITY LIMITS: Exit Only (rock), 9 p.m., Free. ON THE RISE BAKERY: The Steph Pappas Experience (rock), 8 p.m., Donations. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Happy Hour with Rick Redington (rock), 5 p.m., Free. Joshua Panda Band (soul), 10 p.m., $3.

northern

BEE'S KNEES: Tammy Fletcher Mountain Girl (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations. PARKER PIE CO.: Session Night, 6 p.m., Free. RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN: Friday Night Frequencies with DJ Rekkon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

regional

MONOPOLE: Eat Sleep Funk (funk), 10 p.m., Free. OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Benjamin Bright (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., Free. Party Wolf (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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1/2 LOUNGE: Ray Vega (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Funhouse Special (house), 10 p.m., Free. BACKSTAGE PUB: Grove Thing (rock), 9 p.m., Free. CLUB METRONOME: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5. FRANNY O'S: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: The Machine (Pink Floyd tribute), 9 p.m., $20/23. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Spectacle of Sin: Rise of the She-Wolves (electronica), 8 p.m., $12/15. 18+. JP'S PUB: Dave Harrison's Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: The Trio featuring Paul Cassarino, Tracie Cassarino & Jeff Wheel (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Hello Shark, Sean Hood, Pet Ghost Project, Valleys (indie), 9 p.m., $5. NECTAR'S: Zack Miller (acoustic), 6 p.m., Free. Hooked (movie premiere), 8 p.m., Free. J-San & the Analogue Sons, Conscious Roots (reggae), 9 p.m., $5. NIGHTCRAWLERS: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 8 p.m., Free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Gutterpup (rock), 9 p.m., Free. PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Joshua Panda Band, ES Guthrie (soul), 9 p.m., $6. RADIO BEAN: Brett Hughes (cosmo-rural), 6 p.m., Free. Stephanie Keesler (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Old Abode (folk), 9 p.m., Free. RASPUTIN'S: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: DJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. Hi8us (rock), 9 p.m., $5. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 10 p.m., Free. SHELBURNE STEAKHOUSE & SALOON: Run for Cover (rock), 9:30 p.m., Free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE: Carol Ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., $5 donation. ST. JOHN'S CLUB: High Mileage (blues rock), 8 p.m., $5. SAT.13

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before running headlong into a wall of electro-punk keyboard bombast. The song devolves into fractured noise as its individual segments shatter like a mirror. “Half a Million Nerds” is a cheeky geek anthem and an album highlight — especially for the clever “Super Mario Brothers” breakdown before the song’s conclusion. “Fred, A Doncha Go” is an oddly touching little tune, curiously suggesting shades of Rejoicing in the Hands-era Devendra Banhart, albeit with an electro vibe.

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Lion’s songwriting adventurousness is best evidenced by “Street Justice.” The dark, synth-driven piece is an exercise in ADD-fueled delirium, switching themes and moods seemingly at random and with little forewarning. Generally, the results are not always this satisfying. But here he keeps the listener guessing right up to the song’s sudden conclusion. Nine-and-a-half-minute opus “Setting Sun (Growing Younger)” is next and, once again, showcases Lion’s curious compositional outlook. The song’s electro-orchestral bent recalls the stranger moments of Sufjan Stevens’ seriously strange Enjoy Your Rabbit, though Lion less resembles the hushedvoice singer than a younger, more imbalanced David Byrne. “Don’t Put the Cat in the Meat Grinder” is the highlight of the disc’s latter half. Lion is at his best in irreverent moments, much as Demento was at his — take Demento’s “Fish Heads,” for example. Here, Lion combines his genuinely offbeat sensibilities with deliberate composition in a way that suggests a more calculated kookiness than do preceding cuts. It’s a formula Jake Lion would be wise to continue experimenting with, as it best displays his weirdly unique abilities.

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If Captain Beefheart and Dr. Demento joined Devo, then retreated to rural Vermont and recorded a no-fi greatesthits album — ideally in one of their mother’s basements — the result might be something akin to the latest release from Hyde Park-based savant Jake Lion, Lion’s Best Vol. 2. Compiling two songs each from five records released over the last three years, the 10-song retrospective is a bizarre collection of electro-pop nerdishness unlike virtually anything else being made in Vermont at the moment. Whether he’ll find an audience for his off-kilter musings remains to be seen. But one thing is for certain: Jake Lion is one of a kind. The disc begins with a medley of sorts, “Findin’ Mr. Right/Bridge/Peggy’s Abortion.” Over minimalist newwave keyboard runs and rudimentary programmed drum loops, Lion preaches his gospel of geekery. “You can look for Mr. Right, try and find him all your life / No chance in hell that he’d find you, you’d probably just deny him,” he sings with a confrontational sneer. “No, you will go for Mr. Wrong, not only for his massive schlong / the one you needed all along. Oh, God. You’re so pathetic,” he concludes, the faintest trace of a British accent creeping into his caustic, antimelodic ruminations. “Sonata of Who Gives a Shit” begins with a synth pan-flute melody that becomes increasingly frantic

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Inspiration is a funny thing. Generally, an artist cannot function without it. But relying too much on the genius of heroes is to risk losing sight of oneself. It is a fine line to walk, especially for inexperienced artists. On his debut album, The Night of Arrows, local songwriter David Kaczynski struggles to transcend, or even filter, the imprint of his influences. The result is a record that, while speckled with fleeting promise, wilts in the shadow of giants. Following an awkward, 30-second intro track consisting solely of electric slap bass — imagine the soundtrack to “Seinfeld” — the album begins in earnest with “Static.” Over sparse, casually strummed acoustic guitar, Kaczynski intones a rounded baritone, not unlike Sun Kil Moon’s Mark Kozalek. His croon is easy and baleful, but he occasionally overestimates his ability, souring sweet moments with illadvised ornamental runs that result in unfortunate lapses in pitch. Lyrically, he is straightforward but not obtuse, which fits the song’s bleary-eyed vibe. “If That’s What It Takes” lays bare an affinity for Elliott Smith as Kaczynski employs the late songwriter’s signature double-tracked vocal effect. But given his issues with intonation, the studio trickery backfires. Instead of one off-key vocal line, we get two, in ear-gouging competition. However, Kaczynski’s angular guitar work saves the day, hinting at indie legends Built to Spill. “My Beautiful” ratchets up the hero worship, this time in deference to Pearl Jam — or, less charitably, maybe Creed. Kaczynski transforms his low-

key delivery in an almost cartoonish caricature of Eddie Vedder, gusting lines with overblown bravado in an attempt, presumably, to elicit more emotion. The irony is that Kaczynski’s sweet prose invites more than enough heartsick longing. He would be better served trusting his own instincts than aping those of his idols. The moments that Kaczynski does trust himself are album high points. For example, the acoustic ballad “Saving You,” in which he earnestly describes the end of an unhealthy relationship before concluding, coldly, “Saving you is not saving me.” David Kaczynski has talent. But he lacks direction and, perhaps, the confidence to play to his own strengths rather than those of the artists he admires. Should he ever overcome this, he’ll be well on his way to becoming the artist he should be.

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Dowsers’ Bazaar The Chittenden County Chapter of the American Society of Dowsers will be hosting it’s annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, November 13th at 9:30 a.m. at the Shelburne Town Offices on Route 7.

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PoSitive Pie 2: The steph pappas Experience (rock), 10 p.m., $5. the reServoir reStaurant & taP room: paydirt (bluegrass), 10 p.m., Free. tuPeLo muSiC haLL: Rusted Root (roots), 8 p.m., $45.

champlain valley

51 main: anthony santor Group (jazz), 9 p.m., Free. City LimitS: Dance party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9 p.m., Free. two BrotherS tavern: aaron audet Band (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

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Langdon Street Café: shayfer James (indie folk), 7 p.m., Donations. Girls, Guns & Glory (country), 9 p.m., Donations.

northern

Bee'S KneeS: Freddy and the Weeds (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m., Donations. rimroCKS mountain tavern: DJ two Rivers (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

regional

monoPoLe: Waylon speed (rock), 10 p.m., Free. oLive ridLey'S: party Wolf (rock), 10 p.m., Free. taBu Café & nightCLuB: all Night Dance party with DJ toxic (top 40), 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. Experience the 9/23/10 11:57:09 AM CLuB metronome: Black to the Future: an R&B Transformative Power of Experience (r&b), 10 p.m., Free.

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Dreams

higher ground ShowCaSe Lounge: Vermont americana showcase with patrick Fitzsimmons, amber deLaurentis, Justin Levinson, Lisa piccirillo (americana), 7 p.m., $12/15. aa.

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the monKey houSe: Radio underground (rock), 6 p.m., Free.

As heard on: Oprah’s sOul series & Npr’s ON pOiNt radiO with Rodger Kamenetz

monty'S oLd BriCK tavern: George Voland JaZZ with Joe capps, Brian mccarthy and Dan skea (jazz), 4:30 p.m., Free. neCtar'S: mi Yard Reggae Night with Big Dog & Demus, 9 p.m., Free. radio Bean: Nuda Veritas (electro-acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. amen at the Bazaar, spirit animal (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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Langdon Street Café: cabin Fever music series: split tongue crow (indie folk), 3 p.m., Donations.

northern Evening talk & all-day workshop with

Christa Lancaster and Marc Bregman North of Eden Arhetypal Dreamwork

at All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne Friday, November 19, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, November 20, 9-5 p.m. Free evening talk All-day workshop: $100

ye oLde engLand inne: corey Beard, Dan Liptak and Dan Haley (jazz), 11:30 a.m., Free.

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burlington area

1/2 Lounge: Heal-in sessions with Reverence (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. upsetta sound (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. the monKey houSe: phil Yates & the affiliates, Dev Jana, sunshine sleuth (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., $3. neCtar'S: The move it move it (funk), 9 p.m., $5.

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Bee'S KneeS: Dan Liptak's casimir Effect (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

on taP Bar & griLL: Open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., Free. radio Bean: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free.

11/9/10 10:55 AM

red Square: industry Night with Robbie J (hiphop), 8 p.m., Free. Hype 'Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. rozzi'S LaKeShore tavern: trivia Night, 8 p.m., Free. ruBen JameS: Why Not monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

Langdon Street Café: Open mic, 7 p.m., Free.

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burlington area

1/2 Lounge: anecdote (storytelling), 8 p.m., Free. Rewind with DJ craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free. CLuB metronome: Bass culture with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (electronica), 9 p.m., Free. Leunig'S BiStro & Café: Juliet mcVicker (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Lift: Karaoke … with a twist, 9 p.m., Free. the monKey houSe: Queer Night with DJ Gunner (house), 10 p.m., Free. monty'S oLd BriCK tavern: Open mic Night, 6 p.m., Free. neCtar'S: Ray & Russ (funk), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. radio Bean: phil meets Bill (acoustic), 6 p.m., Free. Kelly Ravin (roots), 8:15 p.m., Free. Honky-tonk sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3. red Square: upsetta international with super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

central

CharLie o'S: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. Langdon Street Café: Dark Green Folk with Josh schlossberg (acoustic), 7 p.m., Donations. main Street griLL & Bar: mark LeGrand (country), 7 p.m., Free.

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A Farewell to Arms

Long regarded as one of her generation’s finest songwriters, aimee mann continues to push even her own considerably far-

reaching boundaries. Her latest endeavor is a musical based on her critically acclaimed 2005 album The Forgotten Arm. This Tuesday, she’ll appear at the new Tupelo Music Hall in White River Junction, playing a selection of songs from the new work, as well as classics from throughout her remarkable career.

SLide BrooK Lodge & tavern: tattoo tuesdays with andrea (jam), 5 p.m., Free. tuPeLo muSiC haLL: aimee mann (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., $60/65.

neCtar'S: Grant/Black (alt-blues), 7 p.m., Free. Krep (rock), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

champlain valley

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

on taP Bar & griLL: paydirt (bluegrass), 7 p.m., Free. acoustic Doubleheader (acoustic), 8 p.m., Donations.

two BrotherS tavern: monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

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

northern

red Square: coba stella (electro-acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

Bee'S KneeS: Layah Jane (folk-pop), 7:30 p.m., Donations. the huB Pizzeria & PuB: chris Lyon with Fran (bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., Free. ParKer Pie Co.: DJ two tone (eclectic DJ), 8 p.m., Free.

SheLBurne SteaKhouSe & SaLoon: carol ann Jones (country), 8 p.m., Free. the SKinny PanCaKe: Viva Deconcini (rock), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

central

CharLie o'S: Ba Funkhouse (funk), 8 p.m., Free.

wed.17

green mountain tavern: Open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free.

1/2 Lounge: sirenix: Queen city songwriter series with mike colbourn (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. DJ Kanga presents: The Lounge Lizard (hip-hop), 9 p.m.

PurPLe moon PuB: 440hz: Fox, Hock and Jones (blues), 7 p.m., Free.

CLuB metronome: aloe Blacc & the Grand scheme, maya Jupiter, DJ Disco phantom (soul), 8:30 p.m., $10. 18+.

City LimitS: Karaoke with Let it Rock Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

burlington area

Langdon Street Café: café Lounge, 7 p.m., Donations.

champlain valley

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

two BrotherS tavern: Open mic Night, 9 p.m., Free.

higher ground ShowCaSe Lounge: The acacia strain, Red chord, terror, Gaza & contortionist (metal), 7 p.m., $15. aa.

northern

Leunig'S BiStro & Café: James and anne Harvey (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Lift: DJs p-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. manhattan Pizza & PuB: Open mic with andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free. the monKey houSe: am & msR presents: Lauren shera, maryse smith, soft Landing (indie), 9 p.m., $6.

Bee'S KneeS: Faerie God Brothers (folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations. the BrewSKi: comedy Night with andie Bryan (standup), 7:30 p.m., Free.

regional

monoPoLe: Open mic, 8 p.m., Free. oLive ridLey'S: mambo combo (mambo), 8 p.m., Free. m

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ArVAD’S griLL & Pub, 3 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-8973. bLAck Door bAr & biStro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070. big PicturE thEAtEr & cAfé, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. chArLiE o’S, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. thE cENtEr bAkErY & cAfE, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500. grEEN mouNtAiN tAVErN, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935.

51 mAiN, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209. bAr ANtiDotE, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555 thE briStoL bAkErY, 16 Main St., Bristol, 453-3280. cAroL’S huNgrY miND cAfé, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. citY LimitS, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. cLEm’S cAfé 101 Merchant’s Row, Rutland, 775-3337. DAN’S PLAcE, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774. gooD timES cAfé, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. thE fArmErS DiNEr, 99 Maple St., Middlebury, 458-0455. oN thE riSE bAkErY, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-7787. StArrY Night cAfé, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. tWo brothErS tAVErN, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002.

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1/2 LouNgE, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. 242 mAiN St., Burlington, 862-2244. AmEricAN fLAtbrEAD, 115 St. Paul St.,Burlington, 861-2999. AuguSt firSt, 149 S.Champlain St., Burlington, 540-0060. bAckStAgE Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. bANANA WiNDS cAfé & Pub, 1 Market Pl., Essex Jct., 879-0752. biStro SAucE, 97 Falls Rd., Shelburne, 985-2830. thE bLock gALLErY, 1 E. Allen St., Winooski, 373-5150. bLuEbirD tAVErN, 317 Riverside Ave., Burlington, 428-4696. brEAkWAtEr cAfé, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. brENNAN’S Pub & biStro, UVM Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington, 656-1204. citY SPortS griLLE, 215 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 655-2720. cLub mEtroNomE, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. frANNY o’S, 733 Queen City Park Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. thE grEEN room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. hALVorSoN’S uPStrEEt cAfé, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. hArbor LouNgE At courtYArD mArriott, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 864-4700. highEr grouND, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777. JP’S Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. LEuNig’S biStro & cAfé, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759. Lift, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. thE LiViNg room, 794 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester. mANhAttAN PizzA & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 864-6776. mArriott hArbor LouNgE, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 854-4700. miguEL’S oN mAiN, 30 Main St., Burlington, 658-9000. thE moNkEY houSE, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. moNtY’S oLD brick tAVErN, 7921 Williston Rd., Williston, 316-4262. muDDY WAtErS, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466. NEctAr’S, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. NEW mooN cAfé, 150 Cherry St., Burlington, 383-1505. NightcrAWLErS, 127 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. o’briEN’S iriSh Pub, 348 Main St., Winooski, 338-4678. oNE PEPPEr griLL, 260 North St., Burlington, 658-8800. oN tAP bAr & griLL, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309. oDD fELLoWS hALL, 1416 North Ave., Burlington, 862-3209. PArimA, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917. PArk PLAcE tAVErN, 38 Park St., Essex Jct. 878-3015. rADio bEAN, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. rASPutiN’S, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. rED SquArE, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. rEguLAr VEtErANS ASSociAtioN, 84 Weaver St., Winooski, 655-9899. rÍ rá iriSh Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. rozzi’S LAkEShorE tAVErN, 1022 W. Lakeshore Dr., Colchester 863-2342. rubEN JAmES, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. thE ScuffEr StEAk & ALE houSE, 148 Church St., Burlington, 864-9451. thE ShELburNE StEAkhouSE & SALooN, 2545 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-5009 thE SkiNNY PANcAkE, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188. thE VErmoNt Pub & brEWErY, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

guSto’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. hEN of thE WooD At thE griSt miLL, 92 Stowe St., Waterbury, 244-7300. hoStEL tEVErE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222. L.A.c.E., 159 N. Main St., Barre, 476-4276. thE LAmb AbbEY., 65 Pioneer Circle, Montpelier, 229-2200. LANgDoN StrEEt cAfé, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667. mAiN StrEEt griLL & bAr, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. PickLE bArrEL NightcLub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. PoSitiVE PiE 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453. PurPLE mooN Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. thE rESErVoir rEStAurANt & tAP room, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827. riVEr ruN rEStAurANt, 65 Main St., Plainfield, 454-1246. SLiDE brook LoDgE & tAVErN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202.

Accounting for History

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“Untitled, page #21” by Short Bull

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uns and horses weren’t the only “introduced technologies” that shaped the lives of Native Americans in the 19th century. A new way of telling stories also evolved. “Native American Ledger Drawings From the Hood Museum of Art,” now on view at Dartmouth College, decodes a selection of about 60 so-called ledger drawings. The detailed pictographic images are among the few surviving Plains Indian chronicles told from their own point of view. Painting and drawing were already part of Native American culture when Europeans began to encroach on their lands with greater frequency in the mid1800s. Women generally created geometric designs on tepees, pouches and other items. Such designs were imbued with specific meanings, many of which are now lost. Men recorded events with figuration in chronicles such as an annual winter count, in which one image per year indicated momentous events, and on buffalo robes and tepee liners. Plains Indian art wasn’t “art for art’s sake,” but an important means of documenting the people’s spiritual and material lives. Beginning around 1850, as natives saw whites keeping ledgers of important facts and accounts in books, they too adopted the format for recording their own important information. Drawing on paper with ink, crayons, colored pencil and watercolors enabled the artists to describe events in greater detail and more easily than they could with cumbersome traditional media. Accounts of hunting, warfare, daily life and courtship appear in the ledger books in the Hood’s collection. An anonymous Cheyenne artist’s drawing of a man and woman sharing a blanket is on a page from “The Old White Woman Ledger” dating from the 1880s. The two are seen in profile, subtly smiling as they look into each other’s eyes. Forms are simplified yet expressive in these drawings. Directional brushstrokes give the lovers mass — washes in horizontal strokes describe the blanket, while vertical lines depict hair. Horses are common in the drawings of hunting and fighting. The depictions of warfare aren’t just about the killing; they’re also about counting coup,

PLAINS INDIAN ART WASN’T “ART FOR ART’S SAKE,” BUT AN IMPORTANT MEANS OF DOCUMENTING THE PEOPLE’S SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL LIVES. the nonviolent demonstration of bravery that consisted of touching the enemy with a hand or a coup stick, then retreating unharmed. But the phrase “counting coup” can also refer to telling stories about such exploits. In “Untitled, page #21,” Lakota artist Short Bull depicts a warrior on horseback bearing down on an enemy on foot and touching him with a long coup stick. The event was important enough to be recorded by Short Bull, and it’s likely he was describing one of his own exploits. A battle between American troops and Mexican cavalry is dramatically spread over two facing pages that have been removed from a ledger book. The Americans are clad in blue, while the Mexicans wear green uniforms. Arrows fly in both directions, and a Kiowa war-

“Untitled” by White Swan

rior on the American side is slain. Indians fought on both sides in that conflict, though none is pictured here on the Mexican page. In 1876, White Swan, a Lakota, was severely injured at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. About 14 years later, he recorded his story in a ledger. General Custer had employed as scouts six Crow, a long-standing enemy of the Lakota. The scouts advised Custer against entering the valley; unfortunately, he chose to ignore them and made his famous “last stand.” White Swan’s drawn scene of a horseman dodging arrows records his role in the fight. Forced assimilation led to an important phase in the development of

ledger drawings. In the 1870s, defeated warriors from Southern Plains tribes were imprisoned at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Fla., where they were given an abundant supply of sketchbooks and drawing materials. The Indians recorded their earlier lives, yet also began to describe the regimentation, railroads and cities they encountered in their new, alien environment. Several pieces by Fort Marion inmates appear in the exhibition, including a striking railroad scene with a steam locomotive. While the cultural context that spawned ledger drawings has vanished, the story of different cultures interacting with, and borrowing from, each other remains relevant. As we learn to “read” ledger drawings, the proud and turbulent times faced by Plains tribes more than a century ago appear with greater clarity. M A R C AWO D EY

“Native American Ledger Drawings From the Hood Museum of Art,” Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Through December 19. hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu

Art ShowS

ongoing burlington area

2010 Art Hop originAl Juried SHow winnerS exHibition: Works by Ida Ludlow, James Riviello, Sophie Eisner and John Brickels. Through November 30 at SEABA Gallery in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. AiA 2010 excellence in ArcHitecture AwArd SubmiSSionS: Designs by Vermont members of the American Institute of Architects. The public will choose a winner for the People's Choice award. Through December 1 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7166. AdAm deVArney: Mixed-media collage paintings that unite the natural and urban worlds and comment on issues of social relevance, curated by SEABA. Also, the artist offers his first-ever limitededition print. Through November 30 at Speeder & Earl's (Pine Street) in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop group SHow: SubAru-HyundAi: Paintings and photography on two levels. Through December 30 at Burlington Subaru. Info, 859-9222. Art Hop group SHow: VcAm/retn: Photographs, paintings and mixed-media artworks. Through November 30 at VCAM Studio in Burlington. Info, 859-9222. Art of VSA Vermont: Sculpture and paintings by artists affiliated with the arts-and-disability organization; also, Melanie Ross: photographs. Through November 29 at August First in Burlington. Info, 655-7772. betSy melVin: "Poetry of Trees," photographs paired with the poetry of Robert Frost; also, her "Once in a Blue Moon" series of photographs featuring moonscapes. Through November 27 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211. briAn wHitney: "O! West," photographs documenting the young Vermont artist's recent motorcycle trip into the American West. Through November 12 at Colburn Gallery in Burlington. Info, 656-2014. cHepe cuAdrA: "Portraits," oil paintings exploring issues of identity and questions of self. Through December 3 at Living/Learning Center, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-7787.

dAwn o'connell: "Stealing Beauty," photography in color and black and white, 35mm and digital. Through November 29 at North End Studio in Burlington. Info, 999-4572.

dot Albelo: Oil pastels that capture scenes from Vermont and beyond. Through November 16 at Heineberg Community & Senior Center in Burlington. Info, 863-3982.

inty & yuAri meunAlA: "Mushuy Pacha | Nuevos Tiempos | New Times," paintings reflecting the culture of the Kichwa people of the Ecuadorean Andes. Through December 28 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 734-5546. JennA Kelly: Large-scale artworks in a variety of media, including photography, prints and glass carving. Through November 30 at Red Square in Burlington. Info, 318-2438.

Scene on tHe Street: This contest asks photographers to submit images that capture the essence of candid street moments. Juror: Ed Kashi. Deadline: November 26. Info, vermontphotospace. com/ex9.

cHriSto'S lecture: Video screening of the renowned artist's September gallery talk and slideshow presentation. Sunday, November 14, 3-5 p.m., Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Info, 656-0750. ‘good, good, good, good fibrAtionS: tHe fiber Art SHow 2010’: Work by acclaimed artisans Elizabeth Billings, Anna Ferri, Judy B. Dales, Carol MacDonald, Viiu Niiler and Judith Reilly. Through December 19 at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. Internationally renowned quilt artist Judy B. Dales gives an informal talk: Tuesday, November 16, 7-8 p.m. Info, 828-8743.

Jon gregg: Recent works on paper in oil stick with mixed media by the founder of the Vermont Studio Center. Open Saturdays, during MainStage shows and by appointment. Through December 31 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington. Info, 652-4505. Julie goldStone: "Somewhere Else," photographs exploring the ephemeral rhythms of life and the utopias we create for ourselves. Through December 1 at New Moon Café in Burlington. Info, 383-1505. mAKASi SiriwAyo: Mixed-media paintings, illustrations and graphic design. Through November 30 at Speaking Volumes in Burlington. Info, 540-0107. 'mAKe Art, repeAt.': Drawings, prints and mixedmedia work exploring patterns and repetitive action, by Ashley Roark, Christy Mitchell, Greg Mamczak and Alecia Geno. Through November 27 at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. Info, 578-2512. mArion guild: "Dusty Drawings and Doodles," drawings from the '30s and '40s by the Essex Junction artist. Through November 30 at Brownell Library in Essex Junction. Info, 878-6955. 'metAlS/mAteriAlS/culture': Students in UVM's seminar in museum anthropology curated this exhibit composed of tools, weapons, artwork and currency from different cultures and crafted in brass, silver and copper. Through December 18 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. micHAel demeng: Assemblages about the evolutions and revolutions of existence. Through November 20 at Shelburne Art Center. Info, 578-5763.

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noAH u. bowmAn: Minimalist acrylic paintings depicting buildings, their vine-covered windows scraped out with the back of the brush. Through November 13 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Reception: Thursday, November 11, 3-5 p.m. Info, 6h-Kimforney102010.indd 1 730-2904. Vermont ArtiStS SHow: Sculpture by Kathy Stockman, art quilts by Joanne Guillemette, wool quilts by Hope Johnson and more. November 13 through December 31 at Rae Harrell Gallery in Hinesburg. Reception: Saturday, November 13, 5-9 p.m. Info, 734-7363.

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KAren dAwSon & JAne SAndberg: Paintings by the Vermont artists. Through November 30 at Phoenix Books in Essex. Reception: Tuesday, November 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Info, 872-7111.

noVember group SHow: Prints, paintings, stained glass, wood sculptures and mixed-media works by Steve Campbell, Isaac Wasuck, Greg Mamczak, Dave Davidson, Kevyn Cundiff, Diane Gabriel, Lorraine Manley, Perry Bartles and Gaal Shepherd. Through November 30 at Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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reid croSby: "Layers," acrylic paintings by the Vermont artist. Through January 31 at Artspace 106 at The Men's Room in Burlington. Info, 864-2088. roger colemAn: Mixed-media abstract paintings, Skyway; Diane Gabriel: color photographs, Gates 1 & 2; Sally Linder: "Homage to Shostakovich Opus 110," acrylic paintings on canvas, Escalator. Through November 30 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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SAndrA berbeco: "Been There," three series of acrylic paintings confronting issues of flooding, neglect, and the absence of life in locations real and imagined. Through November 28 at 215 College Gallery in Burlington. Info, 863-3662. 'SHAdowS of tHe SAmurAi': Armor, swords, prints, masks and other artifacts representing Japanese warrior traditions. Through May 11 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. StepHen HunecK: A retrospective of the legendary Vermont artisan's work, including copies of his books, block prints, furniture and sculptural pieces. Visitors can leave thoughts and remembrances in a miniature dog chapel, created for the exhibit in conjunction with his widow, Gwen Huneck. Through November 30 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Info, 863-6458.

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SopHiA A. berArd: "Prior to Reason," BFA thesis exhibition of artworks. Through November 12 at Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College. Reception: Thursday, November 11, 3-5 p.m. Info, 635-1469.

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eben ernStof: Neo-op drawings, curated by SEABA. Through November 30 at Pine Street Deli in Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

Studio plAce ArtS: SPA is inviting work for “The Dark Side” and “When No One Is Looking,” two shows in January 2011. Deadline: December 10. Info, www. studioplacearts.com, go to “Calls to Artists.”

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dimA grozA & mirAndA StewArt: Animal portraits in oil and acrylic. Through November 30 at Salaam in Burlington. Info, 658-8822.

“tHe ArrAngement”: Calling for submissions to a juried photography exhibit of arranged objects, also known as still life. Deadline: December 22. Info, www.vermontphoto space.com/ex10.

come SHow tHe cApitAl city wHAt you’Ve got! The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier seeks artists for one-month shows in 2011. Booking on a first-come, first-served basis. Art must be professionally presented and customer friendly (no nudes or politics, please). Send examples and inquiries to artwhirled23@ yahoo.com. Deadline: December 1.

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'cHriSto And JeAnne-clAude': "The Tom Golden Collection," a nationally touring exhibit featuring drawings, prints, photographs and collages that trace the careers of the husband-and-wife installation artists and convey the monumentality of their process and their work. Through December 18 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

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Steve Budington: "Homunculus," paintings and three-dimensional work depicting bodies that unravel, fly apart and merge with prosthetic technology, from Gore-Tex to iPods. Through January 1 at Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. Steven P. goodman: "Highways and Byways," recent landscapes in oil by the Vermont painter and photographer. Through November 30 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-3848. tarrah KrajnaK: "Inch of Dust," a photographic installation utilizing appropriated images of Peruvians to explore and challenge how photography is used to characterize ethnicity and archive its meaning. In the Second Floor Gallery. Through December 11 at Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts in Burlington. Info, 865-7165. 'We art Women: a ColleCtive ShoW': Photographs, paintings and mixed-media work from Vermont's newest all-female art co-op. Through November 27 at Uncommon Grounds in Burlington. Info, 865-6227. Wendy tuCKer: "Puzzles," abstract acrylic and mixed-media paintings by the Vermont artist. Through November 30 at North End Rotisserie in Burlington. Info, 299-9289. 'Within the Frame': Vermont high school students exhibit photos that regard the world in dynamic compositions of line, shape, repetition and tone. Through November 12 at Vermont Photo Space Gallery in Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686.

'almoSt utoPia: in SearCh oF the good liFe in mid-Century ameriCa': Historic photographs, text and audio from the Vermont Folklife Center that capture back-to-the-landers and their homesteads. Through November 12 at Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. BarBara leBer: 'Black, White and Color,' paintings by the local artist. Through November 30 at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@ yahoo.com.

Carolyn enz haCK: "More Shocking Art," new paintings and mixed-media works by the Vermont artist. Through December 30 at Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

d'ann Calhoun Fago: A 75-year retrospective of works by the Bethel artist. Through November 24 at Governor's Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

joan morriS: "Merging Continuums," Japanesestyle dyed textiles and precious-metal monoprints. Through November 21 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. lorraine reynoldS: "What Remains," mixedmedia assemblages that speak to lost and forgotten things. Through November 20 at Seminary Art Center in Waterbury Center. Info, 399-8286.

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Paul holliSter: "Paul Hollister 1918-2004: Painter and Photographer," work by the renowned artist in both mediums, exhibited together for the first time. Through November 30 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Info, 698-0320.

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'PreSSing matterS': Penelope Bennett, Judy Lampe and Sheryl Trainor exhibit their new prints. Through November 30 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901. zoe BarraCano: "Mexico," photographs by the Vermont artist. Through November 15 at Contemporary Dance & Fitness Studio in Montpelier. Info, 229-4676.

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Cameron SChmitz: "Moving Still," photographs based on chance and place that appear to be painterly abstractions. Through January 1 at Inn at Baldwin Creek & Mary's Restaurant in Bristol. Info, 870-7006. Cynthia guild Kling & john h. ClarKe: "Forest & Field," oil paintings and wood sculptures, respectively, by the Starksboro artists. Through November 15 at Art on Main in Bristol. Info, 453-4032. eriKa SChmidt: "Astral Projection," collages that explore open space and silence, influenced by Eastern philosophy and Indian mysticism. Through November 23 at Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College. Info, 468-1266. 'Forever FiBer': Stitched, woven and dyed wall hangings, baskets, felt sculptures, wearable art and more by fiber artists Deb Allen, Marsha Chase, Karen Henderson, Martha Loving, M.J. Russell and Tamara Wight. Through November 13 at Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes. Info, 877-3850.

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'ConneCtionS': A group show in a variety of media that expresses physical and spiritual connections, in celebration of the gallery's newly renovated space. Through November 13 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Info, 431-0204.

joan FeieraBend: "Portraits in Two Visual Languages," abstract oil paintings and realistic pastel drawings. Through November 19 at Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge Village. Info, 889-9404.

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Cara joy: "Joyful Hearts," acrylic on canvas. Through December 31 at The Shoe Horn at Onion River in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454.

j. henry Fair: "Industrial Scars," colorful photographs of unnatural landscapes shaped by environmental degradation. Through November 19 at Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College in From “What Poultney. Info, 287-8926. Remains” jeSSiCa KaminSKi: by Lorraine "Edgewater," work by the Reynolds art student. Through November 21 at Green Mountain College in Poultney. Info, 776-6675.

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'douBle exPoSure: PhotograPhing Climate Change': Images taken over two decades of Alaska's glaciers and the Alps by mountaineer Bradford Washburn and Boston Globe photographer-writer David Arnold. Through November 28 at Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. Info, 649-2200.

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'Friends Bearing giFts': An exhibit celebrating 40 years of acquisitions for the permanent collection purchased by Friends of the Art Museum, and featuring 40 diverse objects, from an ancient Chinese mirror to paintings by modern masters. Through December 12 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-5007. John Vincent: Contemporary letterpress broadsides (old-fashioned posters) addressing present-day political and cultural issues, printed on 100-year old presses by the Maine artist. Through November 30 at Carol's Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury. Info, 388-0101. 'MoVing iMages: Works of photography and video art from the permanent collection, including photographs by pioneering time-lapse photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Through December 12 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-5007.

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'Petite': Small works, featuring a watercolor by Mary Whyte, a South Carolina artist known for her depictions of the African-American Gullah women of Saint Johns Island. November 14 through December 31 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098. sarah Wesson: Watercolor and oil paintings of Vermont vines by the Ripton artist. Through November 14 at Lincoln Peak Vineyard in New Haven. Info, 388-7368. scott & Kelly FunK: New photographs celebrating the sights, lights and feeling of fall. Hours by chance or appointment. Through November 24 at Gallery 160 in Richmond. Info, 434-6434.

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'the hale street gang': Large-scale blackand-white photographs of Randolph-area seniors by Jack Rowell accompany an audio version of memoirs they've been writing during a two-year project led by Sara Tucker. Through December 18 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-4964.

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'the hand to hand ProJect': Cecelia Kane, working with nearly 200 artists, chronicled the events of the Iraq War since its inception in March 2003 until the declared end of the combat mission, on August 31 of this year, with an installation of white cotton gloves, upon which were painted each day's news headlines (except Sundays). Through November 20 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356. 'the sPirit oF the season': Artwork and handcrafted holiday ornaments, offered for $200 or less, by members of the Brandon Artists Guild. Through December 31 at Brandon Artists' Guild. Info, 247-4956. Warren KiMBle: Contemporary abstracted paintings from the artist's "Let the Sun Shine" and "Widows of War" collections. Through December 31 at The Gallery at Brandon Music. Info, 465-4071.

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'continuous threads: creatiVe legacies oF the northeast KingdoM': As part of the touring "State of Craft" exhibit, the featured artists show their works in basketry, printmaking, metal, rug braiding and more, and show where their mentors and inspirations came from. Through November 20 at Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. Info, 748-0158. elizaBeth allen: "Color and Light," oil landscape and still-life paintings. Through November 21 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 899-3211. Forrest holzaPFel: "A Deep Look at a Small Town," black-and-white photographs of Marlboro residents accompanied by audio interviews with each family conducted by the Vermont artist. November 17 through December 31 at Bent Northrop Memorial Library in Fairfield. Info, 827-3945. handMade lighting & Furniture shoW: Functional art for the home, including tables in wood and salvaged steel by Bill Kreider, and furniture and lighting by Steven Bronstein, Janna Ugone, Payne Junker, Greg Gehner and Costa-

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Steven P. Goodman Anyone who’s gazed out the window of a

moving car can relate to the fluid landscapes of “Highways and Byways” at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. The South Burlington artist captures the fleeting objects by the side of the road — telephone poles, trees and fields, all anchored by that steady yellow or white line. Goodman is interested in how the images “function as unfolding

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ribbons that lead your eye forward to the unknown, or perhaps back home.” The show is on display through November 30. Pictured: “Shelburne Farm Road,” oil on panel.

Jennifer (Weiss) Crum: "Old Train Car," blackand-white photographs. Through December 1 at Green Top Market in Morristown. Info, 888-8883.

LoCaL artists shoW: Work by photographer Charlotte Rosshandler, fiber artist Nan Brosky and painters Ann Allen, Helen Kyle, Mary Read, Cordell Smart and Pamela Tobin. Through November 30 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Info, 933-6403. miCheLLe turbide: Mixed-media monotype prints using linoleum or handmade stencils, images inspired by nature. Through November 10 at Merchants Bank in South Hero. Info, 372-4222.

Vermont WaterCoLor soCiety: A members' exhibit juried by Vermont watercolorist Susan Wahlrab celebrates the organization's 15th year. Through November 21 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358.

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'franK steLLa: irreguLar poLygons': An exhibit marking the museum's 25th anniversary presents one of each of the artist's 11 monumental compositions for his 1965-66 series, along with preparatory drawings and other works. Through March 31 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2808.

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max heiges: "The Juggler," wood and steel sculpture by Dartmouth College's studio art intern. Through December 2 at Barrows Exhibition Rotunda, Hopkins Center in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-3651. 'natiVe ameriCan Ledger draWings from the hood museum of art': The acquisition from the collection of Dartmouth grad Mark Lansburgh (1949) is one of the largest of its kind in the country, and reveals through meticulous artworks the lives of 19th-century Plains Indians. Through December 19 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2808. soo sunny parK: "Prisms of Perception," drawings, sculpture and installation by the Dartmouth College art prof. Through December 5 at Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-3651. m

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'a WiLd, unsettLed Country: earLy refLeCtions of the adirondaCKs': Nineteenth-century engravings, aquatints, lithographs and rare maps from the Adirondack Museum documenting the wilderness of the region before it became a tourist destination. Through November 27 at Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y. Info, 518-523-2512. Contemporary bead art: Beadwork by artists pushing the boundaries of the medium. Through November 29 at North Country Cultural Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Info, 518-563-1604.

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robert gerhardt: "Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma," black-and-white photographs that document people who have been fighting a civil war for independence from the Burmese military. Through December 20 at Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

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natasha bogar: "Visions of Spring," oil paintings and watercolors of Maine waterlilies and Vermont woodland wildflowers, plus stained-glass leaves, ceramic birdhouses, wildflower plates and mosaics. Through November 30 at Townsend Gallery at Black Cap Coffee in Stowe. Info, 279-4239.

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media by artists from around the country. Through November 14 at Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. Info, 362-1405.

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movies Due Date ★★★

un fact: Before he became the new king of comedy by directing The Hangover, Todd Phillips made another movie about a lovable group of drug-ingesting young men and their experiences on the road. The film was the 2000 documentary Bittersweet Motel, and the group was Phish. It’s intriguing to speculate about whether hanging with Trey and the boys affected the filmmaker who would go on to create such merry modern milestones as Road Trip (2000), Old School (2003), the aforementioned 2009 megahit and now Due Date. He sure wasn’t producing work of that caliber before the encounter. Maybe a visit to Vermont should become a filmschool requirement. I can’t believe how many reviewers have expressed sentiments to the effect that “it would’ve been too much to expect another Hangover,” implying that Phillips’ latest is both a stylistic departure and a disappointment. First, feel free to expect another Hangover. It’s called The Hangover 2, and it will hit theaters in May. Second, Due Date incorporates so many of that blockbuster’s mannerisms and motifs it’s not funny. Except that it is.

In fact, what we have here ( just in time for Thanksgiving) is a calculated cloning of The Hangover and John Hughes’ 1987 classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Robert Downey Jr. fills the Steve Martin role. Peter Highman is a tightly wound, no-nonsense architect eager to return home to LA from Atlanta to be with his wife (Michelle Monaghan), who’s scheduled to deliver their first child by C-section. As Roger Ebert wisely observes, “All cross-country trips involving odd couples require deadlines.” The odd half of the couple is Ethan Tremblay, stoner, aspiring thespian and doting owner of a French bulldog. For all practical purposes, Zach Galifianakis plays the same character that launched him to fame in The Hangover and, once again, elevates cluelessness to an art form. Tremblay’s on his way to Hollywood in search of stardom. However, a few ill-chosen words he shares with Highman on the plane (“bomb” and “terrorist,” to be precise) get the pair thrown off and put on the no-fly list. His wallet and luggage apparently confiscated by TSA agents, Highman has to accept when Tremblay offers him a ride to Los Angeles in his rented car, promising to get him there for the big day. That means punishing

ON THE ROAD AGAIN Downey and Galifianakis are paired in Phillips’ latest cross-country comedy.

hours of nonstop driving, so it’s funny when, mere moments into the trip, Tremblay makes a pit stop to buy pot from his dealer (Juliette Lewis), casually samples various blends and winds up doing his impression of Brando from the opening scene of The Godfather. The pair’s odyssey is an amusing amalgam of non sequiturs, naughtiness and stuff that’s just plain nuts. Many of the scenes that work best could almost have been outtakes from The Hangover: Once again a police vehicle is stolen. Once again, Galifianakis offers inappropriate tutelage in techniques of selfpleasuring. And, once again, his character’s combination of man-child sincerity and staggering dimness is played for laughs, to great effect. In The Hangover, he asked a Caesars Palace clerk if the Roman really once resided there. In Due Date, he stares into the Grand

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Stone ★★★ tone is a strange little movie with big stars. Two days after seeing it, I’m still not sure whether it’s a hackneyed tale of Catholic guilt dressed up in fancy filmmaking, or something more original. Two things are for sure: (1) don’t come expecting a rousing climax; and (2) don’t miss the first 10 minutes. The film’s opening is crucial because, like many novels and very few movies, it starts with an event that tells us nothing about the main plot and everything about the main characters. Back in the 1970s, a young couple seem to be enjoying a placid day in their rural Michigan home. Suddenly the wife (Pepper Binkley), taut with emotion, announces she’s leaving her husband (Enver Gjokaj) because he’s “keeping [her] soul in a cage.” At that, her mild-mannered spouse rises from his lounger and makes a threat so horrifying it suffices to keep his wife in her place beside him for the next 30-odd years. When we next see this couple, they’ve become Robert De Niro and Frances Conroy. He, still mild-mannered to the point of fading into the woodwork, is about to retire from his job as a parole officer at the nearby penitentiary. She appears to spend her days seeking solace in the Bible and the bottle. But, of course, we know from the teaser

Canyon and insists that he “read somewhere that it’s manmade.” There’s very little to complain about here, if you ask me. Phillips has a field day turning the buddy-film formula inside out. Sure, the two men eventually bond, but not before Downey’s been seriously injured in a car wreck (guess who was driving) and shot twice — once by Galifianakis. And forget about character development and life lessons: The film is refreshingly free of those traditional devices. Nobody learns anything in Due Date. The audience, on the other hand, leaves with proof positive that Phillips and Galifianakis continue to compose Hollywood’s most cutting-edge comic partnership.

(and from the casting of De Niro) that Jack Mabry isn’t really mild-mannered. He has something smoldering within. The person who arrives with gasoline is Gerald “Stone” Creeson (Edward Norton), a convicted accessory to murder in search of parole. It’s a Sean Penn role. Nasal voiced and volatile, part clown and part psycho, the convict works on Jack’s sympathies, trying to figure out what motivates the stoic man who controls his fate. But Stone’s beautiful, wily wife Lucetta (Milla Jovovich) has better luck with Jack. Scripted by Angus (Junebug) MacLachlan and based on his play, this is basically a four-character hothouse drama, and all four performances are memorable. Even Jovovich, mainly known these days for modeling and killing CG zombies, does such a nasty turn as a smiling sociopath that someone should line her up for a remake of The Last Seduction. Her character’s motives remain hazy, however — is Lucetta actually Lucifer, sent from eternal fires to tempt Jack, or just a messed-up girl? Christian radio chatter and other religious motifs wind in and out of the action, along with ominous music and a repeated buzzing sound that could be meaningless static or the source of a mysti-

cal epiphany (as Norton’s character argues) or the voice of the Lord of the Flies himself. Director John Curran goes overboard on moody slow-mo montages and portents of damnation, as if trying to out-Paul Schrader Paul Schrader. (The director’s influence seems to hover over this film, since he also scripted De Niro’s defining slow-burn role in Taxi Driver.) Yet the film’s developments remain startling, the meaning of all those portents un-

AGING BULL Jovovich clearly doesn’t know she’s messing with Vito Corleone in Curran’s drama.

clear. Like a Flannery O’Connor story, Stone seems to work from a devout but highly skeptical perspective, suggesting we should trust neither righteousness nor revelation when filtered through human eyes. The story’s conclusion offers no hint of grace. But it’s just ragged and odd enough to provoke thought — and, among Oscar-season flicks with their predictable appeals to predictable ideals, that’s something I value. M A R G O T HA R R I S O N

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HEARtBREAKERHHH This French import sounds like an American rom-com plot done Gallic-style: Romain Duris plays a handsome devil who’s paid to break up relationships. But will he fall in love with his new target, Vanessa Paradis? Pascal Chaumeil directs. (105 min, NR. Palace, Savoy)

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DUE DAtEHHH1/2 Strange as it may sound, Robert Downey Jr. appears to play the straight man in this comedy, wherein he’s an expectant father whose attempt to get home for the birth is complicated by a chance encounter with weirdo Zach Galifianakis. With Jamie Foxx and Juliette Lewis. Todd (tHE HANGoVER) Phillips directs. (95 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Welden)

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