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<contents> NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 03, 2008 VOL.14 NO.15
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10A Burlington College Students Press for Changes After Prof’s Dismissal Unitarian Leader to Speak on Hopes for Obama Administration Feds Cut More Than Half-Million from Local Service Providers
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More Is Less THEATER Theater review: More BY ELISABETH CREAN
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NO HOPE Thank you for your coverage of the foreclosure-prevention assistance that the NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Centers of Vermont can provide to defaulting homeowners [“Barring the Door,� November 19]. In the sidebar of the article you mention a HUD program called “Hope for Homeowners.� A November 17, 2008, article in the Florida Sentinel revealed that Hope for Homeowners “has failed to live up to its billing so far. And there are serious doubts it ever will.� The article found that the program has “received fewer than 115 applications since the program took effect Oct. 1 . . . while more than 3 million homeowners are currently in some form of foreclosure . . .� The Hope for Homeowners program requires lenders to write down some of the principal on their mortgages to create an affordable payment for the defaulting homeowner, but there was no way to force lenders to do this unless the investors funding the mortgages gave the green light. There was also a catch for the homeowners: When they sell their home, they would have to share half of any profits with the government. New foreclosure-prevention programs are being designed weekly by federal agencies. The best thing to do if a homeowner has defaulted on a mortgage is to call a local Home Ownership Center to learn about
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Curry is resource developer for the NeighborWorks Alliance of Vermont. IMPRACTICAL PROGS Kevin Kelley’s article on the DemProg political situation would benefit from a few facts [Local Matters, November 12]. Dave Zuckerman is still bitter about Kesha Ram’s huge success in his district, which cost an incumbent Prog a legislative seat. Throughout the campaign, Dave questioned why Kesha was running, and he seemed to think Kesha had no right to run at all. Historically, the district has been Democratic, and the nature of democracy encourages active political competition. Kesha ran a high-energy, positive campaign and deserved her victory. But for Zuckerman to say that Progs don’t run candidates against liberal Democrats is not true. There are many instances of Progs running against liberal Democrats in recent years, especially in the Old North End of Burlington. All you have to do is check the election results. Progs don’t run candidates against liberal Democrats in races where the Progs know the Progressive label is a huge drawback, as in Mark Larson’s New North End district. Indeed, Dave actively worked
for a Republican-turned-independent candidate in the Ward 6 City Council race last March against Barbara Perry, a liberal Democrat. The reluctance of Progressives like Anthony Pollina and Tim Ashe to run as Progressives and use the independent or Democratic label is a practical political decision based on the knowledge that the Progressive label is poison at the state polls. It may be time for Progressives to rethink their future and seriously
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Singing jocks, dancing bugs and flappers in matching purple fringe skirts — all of them were on stage at the Flynn MainStage on Tuesday for Rice High School’s Stunt Night. This annual competition pits Rice’s four high school classes against each other in an elaborately staged intramural battle. Seven Days videographer Eva Sollberger attended the dress
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BRV accepts used bikes as donations at its HQ in the Good News Garage building in Burlington’s Old North End. This is only the second time they’ve tried the mobile bike drive approach; the first one, three weeks ago at General Dynamics, yielded 15 donated bikes.
To prove the performance (and marketability) of this new vehicle, Volkswagen is sponsoring the Jetta TDI Cup at Virginia International Raceway. They’ve given a bunch of young drivers the chance to come together, get racing instruction with 30 identically prepared, clean-diesel vehicles (and a carbon-free footprint) and compete for $100,000.
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not be “reappointed.” Burlington College has no tenured faculty and all of its instructors work under a one-year contract. Grill is the first faculty member Sanders has not reappointed. “I agree that it was difficult for my students, but that was not my choice,” Sanders explained. “Their demands are thoughtful ones. We agree with some of them and we’re moving towards them.” Sanders explained that she offered Grill a “terminal contract” last spring that allowed her to finish out the fall semester. However, due to a clerical error, the contract ended a week earlier than it should have, which precipitated the current crisis. “We require, according to our policies, 30 days’ notice,” Sanders added. “I gave Dr. Grill six months’ notice. That’s pretty unheard of, but it’s the way we do business at Burlington College.” In August, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) expressed concerns about Burlington College’s lack of a formal grievance policy for faculty. In a letter to Sanders, Robert Kreiser, senior program officer in AAUP’s department of academic freedom, tenure and governance, called the omission “quite unusual” for an American college or university. “If a faculty member is not retained at an institution because the administration is displeased by that person’s outspokenness, in our judgment, that implicates principles of academic freedom,” Kreiser told Seven Days. “A faculty member should have the right to speak out about actions and policies at his or her own college.” Kreiser said Sanders responded to his letter by phone, describing the issue as an “internal personnel matter” and declining his offer to help draft a new policy that meets AAUP’s standards. According to Sanders, Grill’s failure to be renewed is “not a grievable issue” under the school’s employment policies. As for AAUP’s concerns, she said the organization’s “standard is for tenured faculty, so it would be extremely difficult to do at such a small college. It’s the American Association of University Professors.” Students, faculty and staff interviewed for this story expressed a deep love for Burlington College, and said they had mixed emotions about publicly criticizing the college. Plans are in the works to build a three-story, $10 million facility adjacent to the current building
on North Avenue, and some faculty and staff acknowledged that bad publicity could harm the upcoming capital campaign. But those same students and staff said that the board’s assurances about more open and honest engagement in the future aren’t enough. Some have considered organizing street protests and class boycotts, while others say they’ve considered not returning to Burlington College next year. “Genese has been one of the best teachers I’ve ever had in my life,” said SGA Treasurer Mary Vittum, who’s taken several classes with Grill. “I wouldn’t be at school at all if it wasn’t for her. To all of a sudden lose her now, three weeks before classes are over, is horrendous.” Renée Lauzon, who’s finishing her degree at Burlington College, said students feel slighted. “Basically, the students, faculty and staff are not being heard by the people who are making decisions at the school and, overall, our academic freedom is being stifled,” she said. Similar discontent has been voiced by current and former faculty and staff. Pamela Formica, an adjunct professor who taught psychology at Burlington College for three years, resigned recently for unrelated reasons. However, she said she wouldn’t consider returning unless major policy changes were adopted. As she put it, “There are rights that instructors have at really mainstream colleges . . . that are more progressive than what’s going on at Burlington College.” By late Friday night, the board had agreed to speed up a scheduled review of college policies and procedures, including adopting a formal grievance policy by early 2009. It also elected to conduct periodic “cultural audits” of students’ opinions of the college and its governance. However, contrary to many students’ wishes, the board, including its students members, voted to reaffirm its support of Sanders, who’s been at the helm of the college for the last four-and-a-half years. As Executive Committee Chair Patrick Gallivan put it later, “The board is quite confident in Jane’s leadership, and we stand by her.” For her part, Sanders said this has been “the first difficult semester since I’ve been here,” but hopes to engage in “more open, honest dialogue and get rid of the ‘us-versus-them’ mentality.” >
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r. Charlie Clements couldn’t have been more pleased when Barack Obama was elected president. Clements, 63, is president and CEO of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. The organization, based in Cambridge, Mass., advocates for social justice and global human rights. According to Clements, the UUSC’s criticism of the “War on Terror� has made it “an enemy of the state� in the eyes of the Bush administration. Clements has been a humanrights activist since 1970, when he left the U.S. Air Force after refusing to fly combat missions in Cambodia during the Vietnam War. His transformation from warrior to activist was chronicled in his 1985 book, Witness to War. A film version won an Academy Award for best documentary short subject. Clements, a former president of Physicians for Human Rights, is cautiously optimistic about an Obama administration. While Obama’s policies promise to be a vast improvement over Bush’s, he says, the UUSC will pressure the new president to follow through on his stated commitment to social justice and human rights. This Sunday, at Burlington’s First Unitarian Universalist Society, Clements will talk about what he calls the “enormous� hope that an Obama presidency represents for the world. He spoke with Seven Days late last week while traveling through Tennessee on his way home to Cambridge. SEVEN DAYS: What does Obama’s election mean to the world? CHARLIE CLEMENTS: I don’t think an American president has been greeted with this kind of enthusiasm since John F. Kennedy. We work in about 25 countries around the world, so we’ve been speaking to ordinary people in the places where we work. The hopes for America returning to the so-called
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makes more than $143,000, is the 10th highest-paid governor in the country. That doesn’t include his meal allowance of more than $14,000, nor his free transportation. Granted, we don’t give Douglas a governor’s mansion, like many other states do, but that’s still not a bad wage for such a small state. The average salary for a governor in 2007 was $124,398, according to Stateline.org, a project of the Pew Center on the States. The highest paid governor — if he took his annual paycheck — would be California’s Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, at $206,500 a year. He gives his check back to the state. So does Democratic Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen. New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, also a Dem, accepts an annual salary of $1. Top 10 is pretty good for a governor who grumbles about Vermont’s taxes and government spending. Maybe they’re not so bad after all, eh? Green Mountain Muscle —
asked me if I would help him, and that was followed by a telephone conference call by about a half-dozen members,� Welch recalled. He said Waxman will move aggressively on global warming, health-care reform and telecommunications — key priorities of the Obama administration. One prominent environmentalist says Waxman’s election is welcome news. “This strikes me as one of the most significant things that’s happened on global warming in 20 years of American politics — admittedly, not a high bar,� author and global-warming guru Bill McKibben said in an email to “Fair Game.� “John Dingell represents everything go-slow, obstructionist and status quo about our environmental policy,� McKibben wrote, “and Waxman, that 69-year-old whippersnapper, will, I think, really throw down and see what’s possible. It’s change I can believe in.� Who’s the Most Liberal of Them All? — To the outside world, Vermont is a hotbed of
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There’s been plenty of chatter about Sen. Patrick Leahy’s rise in the senatorial ranks. With retirements and incumbent defeats, Leahy will be the fourth most senior member of the U.S. Senate in the next Congress, and, come December, the longest-serving senator in Vermont history. It seems like only yesterday that Leahy was a 34-year-old state’s attorney. Sen. Bernie Sanders, too, is rising in the ranks. Elected to the Senate in 2006, he will rank 78th in seniority. He could rise even higher if recounts under way in Minnesota and Georgia give Senate seats to Democrats. On the House side, Democrat Rep. Peter Welch is already a force in the caucus. He played a key role in the insurgency led by Rep. Henry Waxman, the California Democrat, to oust House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Rep. John Dingell (D-MI). Welch said the vote that ended Dingell’s tenure as chair was not a sign of disrespect. “It was the caucus listening to the voters’ call for change,� Welch said, “particularly on global warming and the environment.� Welch was one of a handful of lawmakers Waxman asked to be part of his “campaign team� after the election. Welch served on Waxman’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in his first term. “Rep. Waxman called me the day after the election and
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“They always say, ‘You’re not the right type,’ or ‘We just don’t envision you for this role.’ You need to look past that — put a wig on me!� Martin exclaims. So he put more than a few wigs on himself. Posing at home with his own costumes, backdrops and a camera with a timer, he photographed himself as Ace Ventura, The Riddler, Elvis and Snake Plissken from Escape from New York, to name a few. The center shot of Martin as himself was taken at his home by friend Chad Brosseau. Martin calls the night of the shoot “a wicked sad story.� Everything was in place, he says, but just as Brosseau was taking the first pictures, “My cat Willy died right on the kitchen floor. I took a few minutes to cry and finally pulled myself together a bit. My eyes were full of tears. Chad said, ‘Should we do this later?’ I said, ‘She’s not coming back,’ and we got to it. You could see the tears, but Chad is good at Photoshop. He retouched it, but you can see there’s something funky with my eyes.� On the book’s website, some actors featured in Holy Headshot have reported positive fallout from their appearance there, but Martin’s hopes of discovery have not materialized since the book’s Oc-
tober 28 release. “Not for lack of trying,� he notes. When not working nights at Lowe’s and helping to raise his two young daughters, Martin continues to chase his Hollywood dream. Right now, that goal is TRON. The 1982 Disney sci-fi film, which he calls “one of the greatest films of all time,� is slated to receive a sequel — once again starring Jeff Bridges — in 2010. Martin says missing out on appearing in this chapter would be heartbreaking. He has made attempts to contact the film’s producer without the benefit of an agent, and went so far as to give him a preview of what the audience might see if he were cast. “I took a screenshot from TRON and I put my face over Jeff Bridges, so it looks like I’m looking at TRON instead.� When asked why he never made the leap to Hollywood, Martin doesn’t hesitate. “Back in the day, when I first wanted to do it, I had parents who were sick, and I didn’t want to go in case something happened,� he says. “Now I have three kids. I can’t up and move everybody who likes where they are. It’s not because I’m scared. I guess that family is a bigger priority than going to California and maybe getting work.� Martin says he has posted a varied portfolio online so his creative work can be seen all over the world, including “The Gary Wendall Show,� an eight-episode mockumentary series posted on YouTube in which a Martin-ish character finds himself unemployed and trying to make it as an actor in Vermont. Martin is convinced that industry folk will eventually come calling.“It is hard to do it here,� he concedes. “But there’s got to be somebody somewhere who can get past the fact that I’m in Vermont.� > Holy Headshot! A Celebration of America’s Undiscovered Talent by Patrick Borelli and Douglas Gorenstein. Simon & Schuster, 240 pages. $18.95. Info, www. holyheadshot.com.
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copies of Sexauer’s music a few months ago, von Trapp discovered that very same haiku at the top of one of the songs. Sexauer had jotted it down there as an introduction to her song about peace. The concert will take place, appropriately, in a little-known but longstanding and prestigious private women’s club in Burlington, the Klifa Club. Von Trapp arranged for the venue through her friend, club member Rae Worthen. Radtke relates that Eleanor Roosevelt was once an invited speaker. Rarely open to the public, the club will
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predicted as much, since bedridden women usually menstruate OK.) Incidentally, for times when going to the bathroom is impossible for an extended period, such as launches, spacewalks and landings, “crewmembers of both sexes have available a maximum absorbency garment (MAG) that can retain up to 2000 ml of urine, blood or feces.� Not your ideal working conditions, but a small sacrifice to make for the world’s coolest job. Female astronauts do face some challenges in space. Internal medicine specialist and space buff William Rowe notes that women are more likely to develop decompression sickness during their periods. That’s a problem mostly during space walks, so he suggests any excursion by a woman be timed for a different part of her cycle. Before you peg Rowe as a chauvinist scum bucket, note that he also thinks women are, on the whole, better suited than men to a low-gravity environment. In a 2004 article in the Journal of Men’s Health and Gender, he argues that for long-term space exploration, an allfemale crew might be the best bet. His reasons: (1) Menstruation rids the body of iron. That’s a good thing, because space flight can reduce one’s production of a protein that normally sops up excess iron, and “increased free iron can be extremely toxic.� (2) Women produce a lot more estrogen than men, and they also have lower epinephrine levels. For reasons we needn’t get into, these factors reduce the likelihood of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems while in space. (3) Some of the Apollo 15 astronauts experienced pain and swelling of their fingertips while on the surface of the moon. Rowe hypothesizes that this is less likely to happen to women because “estrogen reduces vascular smooth muscle tone.� It might also be pointed out that women on average take up less room in cramped spacecraft cabins, consume fewer resources, and are more inclined to ask for directions when lost. Finally, to be blunt, who would you rather have up there: female astronauts who, worst case, are hormonally challenged on a fairly predictable schedule once a month, or male astronauts subject to random testosterone attacks any time at all?
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ruising toward Essex Junction, I snuck a peek at my customers. It was not readily apparent whether the two girls — one ensconced in the front and one in the rear of my taxi — were dressed up for Halloween or just being generally festive. On Halloween night, it can be surprisingly hard to tell. The girl sitting beside me wore a bright-blue skirt and matching kerchief. She had braided her black hair into long, curled pigtails that extended onto an embroidered peasant blouse. Whatever she was, she was cute as a button. Her friend in the back was similarly attired. Shepherdesses? Barmaids? These two were sharing the cab with, and thanks to the courtesy of, two regular customers, a couple who live near Five Corners. No question about their intentions that night — unless they regularly dressed as Fred and Wilma Flintstone, which I knew was not the case. As we motored along, they sat happily side by side in the backseat, a little in love and a little drunk. Stuey, or Fred, balanced a wooden club on the floor between his legs — de rigueur weaponry for the husband in your modern Stone Age family. Yabba-dabba do.
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SD: What about the Primo line, with its graphic images of self-mutilation? DONNA: There’s a peace sign being cut and there’s “peace� underneath. I took that as sort of an antiwar statement. It’s skateboard art! This has nothing to do with kids cutting themselves. JAKE: In the context of what’s been going on for years in snowboard and ski graphics, and society in general, we just felt a little singled out.
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SD: Do you personally sign off on all designs? JAKE: I used to have all products wheeled in for me, look at them and then make all these decisions. I don’t do that now. I don’t talk about a product unless I’m in the presence of team riders and that makes me say a whole lot less than I would if I were running this dictatorial-type setup. So we do have these roundtables, we listen to the riders and there’s a process where senior management sees every product. DONNA: I do the same thing . . . They came to me and said, “You may want to talk about this Love board� because I run the women’s leadership initiative. My first reaction was, “No way!� before I saw it. And then I saw them, and I want to err on the side of not stepping on the toes of product, because it’s not about what I like and don’t like. They always remind me that I’m a little outside the demographic for a lot of these products. But they showed it to me and I said, they’re funny, they’re tongue-in-cheek, they’re not obscene. I said, “I can live with this.� And I think there’s a generational divide. I knew that most snowboarders in their
part of our market . . . but I think the boards’ [designs] themselves have been distorted or misrepresented. SD: I’m all about free speech and anticensorship. But the flip side of that coin is personal responsibility — JAKE: You couldn’t be more involved in women’s issues than Donna is. I just don’t see how anyone can look at that [Love] board over there and say, “I’m going to go out and sexually abuse somebody.� To me, that’s a really backwards, book-burningtype [mentality] and I just don’t get it . . . DONNA: We’ve set the standard in the industry for attracting, retaining and promoting women . . . And, I do think it’s a generational issue. I think young women look at that Love image and go, “It’s beautiful, it’s kitschy, it’s vintage, it’s tongue-in-cheek.� And if older women are going to make this their issue, they’re going to alienate younger women. SD: Donna, you said you wouldn’t buy your 12-yearold son a Love board. What’s
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the difference between him owning one and someone else’s son seeing one on the mountain? DONNA: I think there’s a big difference. SD: How so? DONNA: Well, first of all, I don’t know of any kid that’ll be shocked by seeing that . . . But I really don’t think, unless I pointed it out to my son specifically as a horrible issue, compared to what he’s exposed to on a daily basis . . . JAKE: Or walking by a magazine rack. Don’t you think that it’s a little different from a 12-year-old picking up a Maxim? Is walking by a magazine rack the same as buying every magazine on the rack for a 12-year-old? I think there’s a very big difference. But I don’t think you need to have a curtain over it. SD: Aren’t snowboard graphics more a form of “public art,� unlike video games or porn magazines that people buy and consume in the privacy of their own homes? JAKE: I think a magazine rack is public. I was in a general store and I saw postcards that were much worse than this . . . You go to the beach and you see more than you see on these boards. I don’t know how sheltered these people are with their children, but it seems like they’re going to have to be living in an opaque bubble to not be exposed to images that are every bit as X-rated as these are. DONNA: And I would rather spend time explaining to my son some of the issues women face in our society than have him worry about this image. How he thinks about women is going to be determined by how his father treats women. And he’s seen a great role model. I don’t think I should have to waste my time explaining why this image is humorous, tongue-in-cheek or vintage. A 12-year-old is not going to get that! But he’s also not going to be shocked.
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SD: How are the boards’ sales? I assume they’ve been helped by this controversy. JAKE: Sales of both the boards have well exceeded expectations. They were both made in limited quantities and sold in very limited distribution to the core market. They weren’t for mass distribution. But they completely oversold by virtue of this exposure . . . Whatever the intention was to draw attention to them has probably backfired. SD: Backfired in terms of harming Burton? JAKE: In terms of minimizing the exposure of those boards . . . They just would have gone into the hands of people who you could never change their minds anyway. DONNA: We even saw some blog entries where people said that we staged this whole thing! SD: Anything to that? DONNA: No, there’s not. SD: Are there images you wouldn’t put on a board? JAKE: Sure! There’s products out on the market that we wouldn’t be particularly proud of . . . We could have gone to the lowest common denominator, but
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were down playing video games in the arcade. That’s what resorts were building. Now they’re building half-pipes and [terrain] parks. I don’t think that they want to piss off their parents. But they do want to have something that their parents aren’t about to buy. It’s the same thing for their snowboarding. They’re over in the park going off 40-foot tabletops that their parents aren’t going off. They want things for themselves just like you and I did at that age, and they’re entitled to that. It wasn’t designed in this angst, pisspeople-off mode. It was designed as something . . . for that crowd, but not in a hateful way.
BREAKING THE SILENCE Earlier this week, Jake and Donna Carpenter provided Seven Days with a copy of the statement they said they would release on Wednesday, November 26. You can read it in full at www. sevendaysvt.com. Here are some excerpts: DONNA CARPENTER: The last thing I want to do is re-ignite the debate over our Love and Primo boards. But something disturbing has happened in our small state. What started as genuine concern over a couple of board graphics somehow morphed into a full-blown attack on Burton, on the work I have done personally to advance the cause of women’s issues and even on the nonprofit Chill Foundation, which we founded . . . There has never been a compelling business reason for Burton to be headquartered in Vermont. Most global businesses of our size would never choose to locate here. We are here because we love Vermont — its people, its values, its mountains and its sense of community . . . Despite this ugly and personally painful chapter in our history in Vermont, we remain committed to this state and will continue to do what we do best: promote snowboarding as a fun, healthy way for kids of all ages to get out and enjoy winter. JAKE BURTON CARPENTER: Do these boards lead to destructive behavior? I don’t think so, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. The two professional snowboarders who chose the Love graphics are proof of that. Donna and I (and two of our three sons, ages 15 and 12) spent two days snowboarding in the New Zealand backcountry with the two pro riders who selected the graphics for the Love board. If my two boys grow up to be as considerate and gentlemanly as these two riders, I will consider myself blessed . . . It’s interesting to note that in Europe, the only press coverage these graphics have received focuses on the extreme reaction in Vermont to this issue. The coverage is not flattering to our state and includes quotes such as, “As the USA tries to make the world believe that they want to turn the page on ultra-conservatism, we’re laughing at the ridiculous attitude in which the country of freedom is still sinking.� Honestly, I would rather relocate the company to another state than compromise our commitment to listen to core snowboarders. That said, I think it’s time to move on. Not from Vermont, which is our home and the place we love, but for all of us Vermonters to move on from this divisive issue.
ers expressing very strong emotions. DONNA: We also realized . . . that all of a sudden, anybody who ever had a grudge against snowboarders . . . or against Burton or was upset about what kids are exposed to today, all of a sudden they had a way to vent . . . But I really felt like their anger is misdirected. SD: Any plans for Burton to leave Vermont? JAKE: No . . . Vermont is a great place . . . We’ve got great mountains here, we’ve got great conditions, we’ve got great people working here, we’re close to MontrÊal and Boston and New York. We’re not New
Hampshire, but that “Live Free or Die� mentality also exists in Vermont and we’d like to think we’re not living in an ultra-rightwing state. SD: Any regrets about how this unfolded? JAKE: In hindsight, maybe we should have spoken up a lot sooner, not to the individuals [who protested] but to people within the state who were wondering what we thought of this. SD: No concern this will hurt your company longterm? DONNA: Or short-term. JAKE: Or mid-term. >
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More Is Less Theater review: More
I Story Elisabeth Crean More, written, directed and produced by Daron Byerly. Waterfront Theatre, Burlington. November 28 & 29 at 7:30 p.m and November 29 at 2 p.m. $15.
n the Declaration of Independence’s assertion of inalienable rights, Thomas Jefferson famously subbed “the pursuit of happiness” for property rights. This elegant tweak of Lockean phraseology notwithstanding, the quest for material success has always been a driving force in the American dream. At the same time, Western literature offers its share of iconic stories illustrating the spiritual emptiness of a life spent acquiring possessions and social status. The holidays provide a ripe setting for memorable characters such as Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge and Dr. Seuss’ Grinch to experience this epiphany. Can a relatively green local playwright find new ways to grapple with this Big Theme already so well developed by literary heavyweights? Daron Byerly gets points for trying with More, a one-act with greater heart than heft, currently at the Waterfront Theatre. Despite uneven aspects to the script, More offers some solid laughs and wry insights. Effectively supported by clever production elements, the talented cast renders the material with gusto. More essentially functions as a character study of Walt Balaban, a middle-aged game-show host desperately unhappy in spite of his success. “Galaxy Gamble” is the 15-year bedrock of the network’s morning lineup, but Walt feels that the bosses are favoring the newer shows and younger hosts. His irritation grows and his complaints increase as he broods on the negatives in his life. His audience is aging. The show’s contestants are getting dumber. The inexperienced crew makes minor technical mistakes. As Walt’s frustrations fester, little things cause him to erupt in anger. When neither cantaloupes nor nectarines are available for his lunch, he complains on the phone to his brother: “The fruit plate is a serious problem!” Nothing mollifies Walt: constant adoration from autographseeking fans; soothing reassurances from a patient network executive; even the unflagging support of his loving wife, Susan. She pleads with him to “settle with being just a small superstar.” Thinking “small” enrages Walt. He wants, well, more. A Thanksgiving Day meltdown at the studio causes Walt to skip the family holiday feast — and get a nocturnal visit from a pint-sized, none-too-friendly fairy. She beats the living crap out of him, while explaining calmly that he’s been “spending too much time” focusing two inches beyond his two eyes. She outlines a six-step improvement process for Walt to learn gratitude. He’s a tough customer. It takes a second visit, which features a more creative (and less violent) lesson from the fairy, to give Walt the perspective he needs. More is only the third play Byerly has penned. The Seventh Generation marketing exec describes playwriting
A Thanksgiving Day meltdown causes Walt to skip the family holiday feast — and get a nocturnal visit from a pint-sized, none-too-friendly fairy who beats the living crap out of him. as an extracurricular passion, not a professional pursuit. There is a lot to like about the script, especially its concise flashes of wit and sympathetically crafted supporting characters. Unfortunately, we don’t learn enough about these other characters, only that they admire and support Walt. Their affection for him is hard to fathom, because we don’t see anything to like about Walt, who seems petty and peevish right from the outset. Something is missing. We need a way of connecting to the protagonist, or at least understanding his insecurity. The dramatic structure also feels out of balance. Once Walt has realized that he needs to change, the plot’s dénouement goes on too long. We don’t have to see him righting his wrongs with everybody. Walt and his makeup artist, Mike, have a charming scene resolving their relationship. The play’s emotional impact would be heightened if the author focused on this resolution, and perhaps on one or two more, such as Walt’s awkward —
and hilarious — telephone apology to his unseen brother. The spare production design enhances More’s allegorical feel. Three freestanding vertical panels flip from black to brightly painted “slices” of scene backdrops: office, bedroom and dressing room. Characters frequently step through them for entrances, turning them back to black when the scene ends. Heavy use of spotlighting adds to the surreal atmosphere. Prerecorded game-show segments run on an overhead screen, and get some of the evening’s biggest laughs. The ’70s pop tunes heard during longer scene breaks tip the audience off to the play’s time setting. Susan’s sweater dresses are a subtler clue, along with the lime and orange accessories on secondary characters’ costumes. (Walt’s hair and costume, by contrast, do not feel from the period.) Props are few, but one “back to the future” element is delightful. Walt marvels as the fairy gets info from a glowing contraption she calls
an “answering machine.” It’s a shiny silver MacBook. Despite the script’s shortcomings, Adam Cunningham perfectly captures the character Byerly has created, a short-tempered, short-sighted man determined to pickle himself in a brine of disappointment. Widened eyes, shaking jowls and a pained vocal tone reflect Walt’s exasperation. Cunningham shows that Walt is shocked — shocked! — that life is treating him so unfairly. The intimidation is so believable that it takes time for other characters to adjust to the softer, reformed Walt. Byerly himself is a quiet revelation as Mike, the makeup artist. His physical movements are a little wooden, but his face is expressive. The eager newbie Mike struggles to please the mercurial veteran. As Mike reacts to Walt’s temperamental behavior, Byerly shows conflicting emotions flickering across his face: fear, hope and desire to connect and trust. His gentle energy plays well against Cunningham’s intensity. Network boss Donna does her best to pacify Walt, and Lili Gamache portrays the exec with zest. While her honeyed words and animated eyes charm Walt’s worries away, her busy body language conveys that she has other priorities. Fifth-grader Marley LovemanBrown has a delightful stage presence as the aggressive fairy. Her pixieish size is no impediment to her whipping Walt enthusiastically (the weapon is actually a pool noodle) and intimidating him with her poised demeanor. Her sly eyes judge his faults harshly, and her ominous pronouncements turn him into a ball of emotional goo. The major problem with her performance is that she is hard to hear. The adults in the cast compensate well for the Waterfront’s difficult acoustics, but it is often a strain to make out Loveman-Brown’s voice. Courtney Loveman — Marley’s mom — plays Walt’s wife, Susan, with a calm elegance. She demonstrates how difficult it can be to love somebody who is unhappy. Susan applies patience and humor with diligence, but flashes of anger or sarcasm appear when frustration overwhelms her. Loveman beautifully renders the play’s longest monologue: Susan’s explanation to her family for Walt’s no-show at Thanksgiving dinner. She ends up giving the toast, a refreshing antidote to her husband’s unhealthy pursuit of “more”: “To the part of human nature that is always looking to climb the next highest mountain. Let that part be grounded, firmly grounded in the blessings that ultimately enable us to get to the next higher place in one piece.” Cheers to that. And to playwright Byerly for venturing into the often cliché-ridden territory of heartwarming holiday entertainment and coming out relatively unscathed. m
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Tales from Real Vermont Book review: The Lamoille Stories
P STORY AMY LILLY The Lamoille Stories: Uncle Benoit’s Wake and Other Tales from Vermont by Bill Schubart. White River Press, 199 pages. $15.
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have much use for laws, viewing them as only more evidence of outsiders’ folly. In “Wyvis’ Fence,” the title character, a self-taught car mechanic, is required by a new law to hide his vast collection of parts cars from sight with a 6-foot opaque fence. “To many Vermonters, a yard full of ‘parts cars’ was an indicator of good automotive
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the newcomers’ dreams of country living a source of amusement and disdain, given how little resemblance they bear to the reality of life in Wolcott or Waterbury. But those dreams are also a prime opportunity for pranksterism and profiteering. The Lamoille Stories is rife with tales of locals’ shenanigans at outsiders’ expense. A New Jerseyite’s new Christmas tree farm dies en masse in a single night, to his puzzlement; another Garden Stater’s Craftsbury pond lodge is hauled through the woods to a more distant site by a miffed neighbor. There’s Duke, who laconically advises his newcomer neighbor Jack not to erect such a large, shiny mailbox. Not knowing what a tempting trophy this will be for Duke’s mailbox-bashing buddies, Jack says he doesn’t understand. “Ya will,” Duke replies. “The Ferlands’ Pet Pigs” sympathetically tells of a French-Canadian farm family’s attempt to cash in on the new craze for piglets as household pets. A small, black pot-bellied breed is selling for more per pig than Cécile’s father Laurent gets for a litter of 10 pork pigs plus the sow. The Ferlands figure their pink piglets merely require a dip in a vat of black dye to render them saleable. The ruse works for a while — until the Baroness von Trapp calls to say that “her little Fritz seemed to be a bit larger than her friend Hilda’s pig . . . Fritz was nearing 140 pounds and his little hooves were beginning to make deep marks in the soft pine floor in the lobby.” Schubart’s Vermont characters don’t
management, not an eyesore,” the narrator reports. But metal-hulk-strewn yards were “inconsistent with the pastoral photographs in Vermont Life, which might show one or two tractors working in a field, a well-kept pickup in a yard, or traditional horsedrawn implements that looked suspiciously as if they had been borrowed from the Shelburne Museum.” Wyvis manages to ignore the law until the state steps in and erects the fence for him. Like “Bert and I” — the comedy duo who popularized a laconic strain of Maine humor poking fun at native insularity — Schubart often turns a mocking eye on his uneducated Vermont characters, too. In “Jeeter Goes to New York,” Jeeter tries ice fishing in a cardboard shanty sealed with duct tape. The winter gale seizes the homemade rig as if it were a kite and blows him across the ice to the unfamiliar shores of New York, for the first and only time in his life. (In a “Bert and I” story, Bert never manages to complete a similiar momentous “trip to New York,” so fascinating are the goings-on at the depot.) Duke from “Jack Daulton’s New Mailbox” comes in for ridicule when he reappears in “Duke’s Mudwasps” explaining that he’s fatally “’lergic” to wasp stings, just like his father. “It’s generic,” he says with satisfaction. Lamoille County’s natives, a “pale casserole of Catholics from French Canada and Protestants who thought they were there before trees,” are memorably captured in Schubart’s unornamented, drily humorous
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EXHIBIT Diane Gabriel, new monotypes and sculpture, and Jordan Douglas, photographs. 215 College Artists’ Cooperative, Burlington. Through December 7.
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ess is more at the current show at Burlington’s 215 College Artists’ Cooperative, where printmaker Diane Gabriel and photographer Jordan Douglas present iconographic blackand-white images in their respective media. Gabriel uses lacy, delicate antique dresses as a point of departure, while Douglas finds poetry in various discarded objects found alongside the road, such as an ambrotype, flattened beer cans and a deceased frog. Douglas teaches at St. Michael’s and Champlain colleges. His 12 prints are all silver-gelatin lith photographs. These are created through a demanding process that gives objects an ethereal quality by transforming them into pale, crisp and finely detailed images. In his artist’s statement, Douglas writes that the tecnique “is difficult to control and often unpredictable.” But, he adds, “The unstable and transformative qualities of lith printing are well suited to themes of decay and regeneration.” “Anonymous Ambrotype” is the photograph of one such eerie negative. Douglas found the circa-1850s glass plate in a Fort Ann, New York, junk shop and translated it into a ghostly 26-by-26-inch lith print. The
damaged plate holds the portrait of a young man with a big bow tie who looks like a lost soul resurrected for a rendezvous with the 21st century. The squashed and mummified amphibian of Douglas’ 26-by-32-inch “Frog 1” embodies death directly. The road-kill leopard frog sprawls as if in mid-hop, yet it’s oddly disfigured and clearly inanimate — evidence of
<exhibitions> life extinguished in a violent, albeit random, act. Douglas comes off as an archaeologist of the modern with his images of crumpled cigarette packs, aluminum cans and other detritus found along the shoulders of highways. But beyond the implied narratives, his arrangement of visual elements shows him to be a strong formalist as well. There’s beauty in his capture of trash; subtle tonalities and visual textures make each image memorable. Gabriel’s monotypes come from her 2008 “Carapace” series. In zoology, a carapace is part of an exoskeleton, but this Vermont artist applies the theme to the human world. She explains in her artist’s statement, “In every society clothes are carapaces of human beings.” She includes in the exhibit a 9-by7-by-12-inch cast-iron sculpture entitled “Bodice,” which looks like a literal carapace. The hollow neck and shoulders of a vintage child’s dress evoke an abandoned shell. For her monotypes, Gabriel sewed pieces of found and handed-down lace and old diaphanous fabrics into long dresses with high waists, like girls’ clothes of the Jane Austen era. They aren’t actual garments, however, but subtly misshapen textiles. Gabriel runs her creations through a press, rendering flattened garments with intricate layers. In “Carapace V,” a 30-by41-inch print, the details of the dress form fine lines of negative space that stand out from the inky blackness of its background. Most of the artist’s eight monotypes feature patterned backgrounds made from prints of natural forms. “Carapace III” has a backdrop of peacock feathers that recall the flames in Tantric Buddhist art. “Carapace VIII” is a less elaborate dress with a background of cottonwood leaf prints. Gabriel gathered the leaves, which resemble hearts, at her son’s home in New Mexico and here in Vermont. “Carapace VII” also has an arboreal background, but Gabriel applied uneven pressure to the press to modulate background values, darkening the leaves progressively from left to right. She also reused the dress from “Carapace V,” which is more elaborate than the others, with a serpentine pattern along the hemline. Gabriel’s leaf iconography recalls early New England funerary motifs. Like Douglas, she makes transience a subtext of her imagery. Nearly all the pieces in both artists’ offerings are dated 2008. Unlike some tandem exhibitions, this one holds no jarring contrasts as viewers pass from one body of work to the other at the small two-room gallery. In transfiguring remnants of human history, Gabriel and Douglas share similar aesthetic and conceptual concerns. marc awodey
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Atelier Tove Grand Opening: Burlington’s first gallery and store featuring “eco-creative” art, crafts and gifts invites the public to an open house. Friday and Saturday, November 28-29, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Pine Street Art Works, Burlington. Info, 540-0222.
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‘Art? Product?’: Works by 20 artists from New England, New York and Canada compose this exhibit from the gallery’s private collection of “art product”: those things made by the art world that are not fine art, reproductions of fine art, or craft, but rather ephemera, publications, multiples and one-of-a-kind pieces. Through November 28 at Kasini House in Burlington. Reception: Friday, November 28, 12-6 p.m. Info, 264-4839.
ongoing :: burlington area Alex Dostie: New paintings. Through November 30 at 1/2 Lounge in Burlington. Info, 310-3211. Amy Wild: “Effects,” prints, drawings, batik and mixed media. Through December 1 at Daily Planet in Burlington. Ann Clayton Barlow: “From Here to There: Reflections on Contemporary Landscapes,” silver gelatin prints of environments that evoke contemplation. Through December 13 at Firehouse Center Community Darkroom in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. Anne Street Bailey: Paintings, landscapes and botanicals, Gates 1 & 2; Joseph B. Roque: Abstract paintings, Skyway; and Graziella Weber Grassi: Acrylic paintings, Escalator. Through December 31 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166. ‘Architectural Improvisation: A History of Vermont’s Design/ Build Movement 1964-1977’: Guest-curated by Norwich University architecture professor Danny Sagan, this exhibit of photographs, drawings and other artifacts illustrates the radical, Vermont-based movement characterized by organic forms and improvisation. Through December 19 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.
‘Buddha in Paradise: Tibetan Art from the Rubin Museum’: Thangka paintings and sculptures that explore the multiple conceptualizations of paradise. Through December 19 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. ‘Celebrate the Holidays’: New oil paintings of landscapes and architecture by Carolyn Walton, Deborah Lamden and Mitzi Valentine, along with jewelry by Tineke Russell. Through December 30 at Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-8223. Delia Robinson: “The Illustrated Nose,” paintings and black-and-white illustrations created for Vermont author Marc Estrin’s The Annotated Nose. Through January 3 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington. Info, 652-4500. Diane Gabriel & Jordan Douglas: New monotypes and sculpture in black and white using inherited and found fabrics; and photographs of decaying road trash and rephotographed antique images, respectively. Through December 7 at 215 College Artists’ Cooperative in Burlington. Info, 658-1371. Dick Brunelle: New original abstract watercolors and acrylic paintings. Through November 30 at Uncommon Grounds in Burlington. Info, 864-0989. Elizabeth Allen: “Recent Paintings,” works on canvas exploring Lake Champlain landscapes. Through December 2 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-3848. Essex Art League: An exhibit of small pictures by members of the arts organization. Through November 30 at Burnham Memorial Library in Colchester. Info, 862-3014. “Exposure: Studio Show II”: New work from selected ceramicists, printmakers and photographers in the Burlington City Arts Member Studios, focusing on the intermingling of art, craft and design. Through December 13 at Firehouse Gallery in Burlington. Info, 865-7165. Fall/Winter at the Maltex: A group show on all four floors presents paintings, photographs and steel sculpture by nine local artists. Through February 28 at The Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. James Kochalka: The Burlingtonbased comic artist and musician is developing a mural installation within the gallery throughout the semester. Working title: “Happy Landscape.” Through December 4 at UVM Living/Learning Center in Burlington. Info, 656-4200. Jerry Swope: “Living in Two Worlds: The Lakota,” photographs that attempt to break down stereotypes. Through November 28 at Center for Cultural Pluralism, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-7990.
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PHILIP ROBERTSON: “Post Neo-Romantic Landscapes�; CYNTHIA ROSS: “Transformational Anatomy�; ARTHUR ZORN: “Visual Improvisations�; and ALANA LAPOINT: “Stranger Folk�; all paintings, and ELLIS JACOBSON: “Moment of Clarity,� sculpture. Through January 31 at Artpath Gallery in Burlington. Info, 563-2273. PUPPETS, MASKS & OTHER TRANSFORMATIONS: Works by artist Frank Gonzalez and his students, Mezzanine Gallery; and BOYS & GIRLS CLUB EXHIBIT: Mixed media by Burlington children. Through November 30 at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Info, 865-7211. RIKI MOSS & ROBERT OSTERMEYER: “The Return of the Light,� illuminated sculpture by the artists of Studio Glow. Through November 30 at Pine Street Art Works in Burlington. Info, 863-8100. SANDRA SHENK: Color photography of landscapes, abstracts and composites. Through December 4 at Avenue Bistro in Burlington. Info, 652-9999. ‘STOOKS, STACKS, AND SHEAVES’: Agricultural landscapes in America, 1850 to the present, that explore the artistic, cultural and literary responses to changing representations of the genre; from the museum’s permanent collection, the university’s special collections and private lenders. Through December 19 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. SUSAN RABER BRAY: “The Interior Light of Birds and Goats,� pottery. Through November 30 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Info, 863-6458. “THE GENUINE MEN PROJECT�: Photographic and autobiographical portraits of men by Nancy Bruno, who is spearheading a movement to address the need for positive male role models in society. Through December 12 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7165. TIMOTHY GRANNIS: “Expansion & Delirium,� gold and gemstone jewelry by the master goldsmith; and JAYNE SHOUP: “All Seasons,� color play with pastels. Through November 30 at Grannis Gallery in Burlington. Info, 660-2032.
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<exhibitions> ONGOING << 41A ‘WINTER WHIMSEY’: Members of the Essex Art League exhibit winter scenes in various media and still-life studies. Through December 31 at Phoenix Books in Essex. Info, 862-3014. “WRITTEN ON THE WIND: CONTEMPORARY TIBETAN PRAYER FLAGS�: Prayer flags, or dar cho in Tibetan, have been used to represent good will toward all beings in Himalayan culture for thousands of years; this exhibition features modern versions, commissioned by the Rubin Museum of Art from artists around the world. Through January 3 at Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. WYLIE SOFIA GARCIA & JAKE RIFKIN: “Twisted,� new work from the local artists including wire sculpture, ink drawings and mixed textiles. Through December 30 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 863-2227.
:: central 4TH ANNUAL YESTERMORROW ART SHOW & SALE: Faculty, staff and supporters show their works, from the whimsical to the breathtaking, in advance of a live art auction that will benefit the Design/Build School’s education programs. Through December 4 at Big Picture Theater & CafĂŠ in Waitsfield. Info, 496-5545. AXEL STOHLBERG: Abstract paintings of Vermont barns. Through January 1 at Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex. Info, 244-7801. CLEAN STREAM COMMUNITY ART SHOW: Local artists with the “intent of gathering for community visionâ€? show their works in this group show. Through December 1 at Plainfield Community Center Gallery. Info, 454-7358. “COASTLINESâ€?: A group show of paintings exploring the water’s edge. Through January 15 at Cooler Gallery in White River Junction. Info, 295-8008.
A DRAWING BY FRAN BULL in her “Ink on Paper� show at the Liza Myers Gallery in Brandon through December 13.
DIANE FINE & RACHEL GROSS: Works by the SUNY Plattsburgh art professor and White River Junction printmaker, respectively. Through November 30 at Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. Info, 295-5901.
‘GIFT OF ART’: The 2008 holiday gift bazaar features artful presents in a variety of media by local artists. Through December 26 at Chandler Gallery in Randolph.
‘GIVE MORE HEART’: More than 90 SPA artists showcase fine art and crafts in this annual holiday show, on all three floors of the gallery. Through December 31 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069. K. MEYER: “Rivers & Forests,� Vermont and New England landscape paintings. Through November 30 at The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com. KATHRENE RAVENHORST ADAMS: Oils and watercolors by the local artist. Through December 1 at Vermont Chocolatiers in Northfield. Info, 485-8387. KATHRYN LOVINSKY: “Pietra,� architectural acrylic paintings. Through November 30 at The Shoe Horn in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454. MIRANDA STEWART: “Genius of Love and More Works,� acrylic paintings on canvas. Through December 31 at The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier. Info, 223-1981. ‘MODERN TREASURES FOR THE HOLIDAYS’: The end-of-year show features an assortment of art, craft and designed objets in all media. Through January 31 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. ‘MONTPELIER’S TREASURES: THE LEGACY OF THOMAS WATERMAN WOOD’: From the vaults of the permanent collection comes this exhibit of 107 paintings by the gallery’s namesake and Vermont’s best-known artist of the 19th century, as well as works by his contemporaries and pieces from the Vermont WPA collection. Through December 21 at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-8743. NANCY H. TAPLIN: Recent paintings by the Vermont artist that explore the theme of separation. Through November 28 at Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749. NICOLE KIRCHER: Silver-gelatin photographs taken in Taipei, Hong Kong and South Korea, 2007-2008. Through November 30 at City Center in Montpelier. Info, 988-9891.
PETER ARTHUR WEYRAUCH: Fineart, black-and-white landscape photography. Through November 30 at Vermont Arts Council Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-5422. RADICAL JEWELRY MAKEOVER: U32 High School students exhibit reconstructed jewelry; and NICOLE KIRCHER: “Scenes From the Far East,â€? black-and-white photographs. December 1-31 at The Shoe Horn in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454. SANDRA MUDGE: “Found,â€? assemblages, collages and faery houses. Through December 14 at Langdon Street CafĂŠ in Montpelier. Info, 223-8667.
:: champlain valley ALDO MERUSI: An exhibition of 150 black-and-white images by the former Rutland Herald photographer, who shot for the paper from 1934 to 1974, in celebration of his 100th birthday. Through December 31 at Tuttle Building in Rutland. Info, 747-6121, ext. 2230. ‘ARTISTS AND ANCESTORS’: Masterworks of Chinese classical painting, exploring landscape and flora, and ancient bronze vessels and bells used to venerate ancestors; and PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION: Two installations concurrent with the fall-term course History of Photography. Through December 7 at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Info, 443-6433. BRETT SIMISON: “Anza-Borrego Desert,â€? selected photographs from a work-in-progress portfolio featuring large-format film and digital imagery captured in California’s largest state park. Through December 14 at Carol’s Hungry Mind CafĂŠ in Middlebury. Info, 388-0101. CAROL DRISCOLL: “EmitEmergeErupt,â€? sculpture. Saturday through Sunday or by appointment. Through November 30 at Gallery in-the-Field in Brandon. Info, 247-0125.
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CAROL DRISCOLL’S INSTALLATION of sculpture at an exhibit titled “EmitEmergeErupt� at Gallery in-the-Field in Brandon, through November 30.
CHARLES AUSTIN & LEAH CSISZAR: “1 + 1 = 5,� collaborative sculpture in stone and metal. Through December 1 at The Brick Box Gallery Installation Window, Paramount Theatre, in Rutland. Info, 775-0570. FRAN BULL: “Ink on Paper,� nevershown drawings and paintings by the Vermont artist. Through November 30 at Liza Myers Gallery in Brandon. MARNA GROVE: Paintings and illustration work. December 1-19 at Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College. Info, 468-1266. SARAH WESSON: “Perceptions,� paintings. Through December 31 at Walkover Gallery & Listening Room in Bristol. Info, 453-3188.
and ceramics from the 6th to the 12th centuries; ‘EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART’: An installation featuring highlights of the museum’s collection of Western art, from the Renaissance through the 19th century; and ‘ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART’: A revised installation with recent acquisitions in Egyptian and Mesopotamian art as well as Greek, Roman and medieval European objects from the permanent collection. Through December 7 at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Info, 443-5007.
STUDENT SILKSCREEN PRINTS: Students in Hedya Klein’s fall printmaking course exhibit their work exploring different printing methods. December 1-12 at Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Info, 443-3169. ‘THE GOLDEN CAGE’: “Mexican Migrant Workers and Vermont Dairy Farmers,� photographs by Caleb Kenna with interviews by Chris Urban. Through January 31 at Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. Info, 388-2040. ‘TOMBS, TEMPLES, PLACES AND TEA: CERAMICS IN ASIA AND BEYOND’: An exhibit that explores the practical and social uses of ceramics; ‘ROBERT F. REIFF GALLERY OF ASIAN ART’: Bronze and stone sculptures, jades
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by Mike Ives
photos Courtesy of Paul Bowen
Taking note of visual Vermont
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aul Bowen was making art from driftwood long before Al Gore sparked our present environmental guilt trip. But Bowen insists he isn’t a “politically correct recycler.” On the contrary, he says, his raggedly graceful wooden sculptures are “old-fashioned and very romantic.” “I mean, I recycle,” notes Bowen, a slight 57-year-old with bushy eyebrows and a British accent. “But I don’t do it because I’m trying to save the world.” Bowen lives in a blue cottage on a quiet lane 10 miles from Brattleboro, near the fresh-water Rock River. But on a warm September afternoon, a reporter finds him in his damp garage picking through beach debris. Judging from the fish-packing boxes on the floor, you might think he was just back from a marine adventure. It’s a logical assumption; Bowen is no stranger to the Atlantic. In 1977, the Welshman moved to Cape Cod. By the time he met his wife Pam at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown in the early 1990s, local fishermen had pegged him as a www.paulbowen.org
“beachcomber.” The couple lived on the Cape until 2004, when they relocated to their Williamsville cottage. Now he teaches at Dartmouth College and she runs the Windham Art Gallery in Brattleboro. As for Bowen’s driftwood, what he couldn’t carry north he returned to the sea. Some of his finished sculptures, though, live in the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. At first glance, Bowen’s pieces might seem related to the temporal, nature-centric installations of fellow U.K. artist Andy Goldsworthy. As the Boston Globe noted six years ago, “There’s something about the rough, splintered quality of wood coughed up by the ocean that can’t be tamed. And Bowen doesn’t try to.” How, then, to account for the formal elegance of his aesthetic? In part it comes from the spherical, as opposed to linear, materials Bowen salvages from the Massachusetts coastline. (As this story goes to press, he’s back in Provincetown, roaming the beaches.) For example, in one
untitled work, an oak ring the size of a car tire encircles oars that are dangling inside two nondescript, wall-hung driftwood “cradles,” as Bowen calls them. Sans ring, the sculpture might look raw and angular, but the oak adds a pleasing note of unity. The same contrasting shapes are in evidence in three small-scale tabletop sculptures by Bowen at Burlington’s Kasini House gallery. In each, weathered sticks protrude from softball-sized plaster spheres, vaguely recalling a human joint such as a shoulder. The ragged sticks suggest fracture and discord, yet the smoothness of the balls has a calming effect; it’s as if Bowen were trying to provoke and soothe simultaneously. Ten years ago, when gallery co-owner Ric Kasini Kadour saw Bowen’s sculptures in Provincetown, he was struck by what he calls their “beautiful simplicity.” Kadour says Bowen’s aesthetic reminds him of that of Joseph Beuys, a German installation and performance artist who aggregated such disparate objects as old shoes, typewriters, desks and half-burnt logs. Indeed, while Bowen considers himself “old-fashioned,” Kadour suggests his sculptures are timeless, in that they grapple with the same questions of “humanity” that interested Beuys and his 20th-century peers. Those are different concerns than the more narrowly focused ones — think “gender, race and class,” Kadour suggests — driving many 21st-century artists. What of Bowen’s affinity for recycled stuff? Kadour argues that just because an artist uses driftwood in his sculptures doesn’t mean he’s making an “environmental argument.” Whereas some contemporary artists appropriate the “refuse of consumerism,” Kadour says, Bowen works with the “refuse of humanity.” “Paul’s work is about that dialogue between us and the natural world,” he adds, “how we give things to the ocean and the ocean gives them back to us.” Not all of Bowen’s work makes one long for a time-share by the seashore. Take “Wheeled Shrine,” a black cart filled with nails and thorns that he created for a 1975 exhibit concerning the concept of crucifixion: Unlike his sun-bleached
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sculptures, this rolling mass of assemblage is dark and disturbing. Bowen explains that the Gothic-looking cart stems from his interest in Celtic folklore. He got the history bug from his dad, a Bauhaus-inspired architect who liked to take young Paul around the Welsh countryside in search of Roman ruins. Early pieces such as “Wheeled Shrine” were also a response to Bowen’s financial situation. As he recalls, “If you’re twentysomething and you don’t have a trust fund, what are the chances of using your material of intellectual choice?” Bowen says he still doesn’t have a trust fund and his art continues to take its cues from the physical environment. That shows during a tour of the cramped home studio where he’s been painting abstract watercolors with ink he siphoned from a walnut tree. The paintings, about the size of typing paper, depict houses, rushing water and a covered bridge. Abstract variations on the view from his window? Not quite. In one watercolor, a covered bridge perches over an incongruously nautical backdrop. Whereas his sculptures depend on place-specific materials, Bowen’s drawings aren’t hampered by the same logical or practical constraints. “I don’t think about gravity when I make a drawing,” he says. “You can take a covered bridge and float it on the ocean!” Only time will tell what Bowen’s next set of sculptures will look like, but history suggests he’ll need a few years to fine-tune a Green Mountain aesthetic. After all, he didn’t begin to riff on nautical themes until 1980 — three years after moving to Cape Cod. “I think there’s a time lag with a lot of artists and writers,” he reflects. “At times it’s been frustrating because I want something new to happen immediately . . . but I’ve been doing this long enough that I don’t freak out and say, ‘What the hell am I doing?’” m
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BEN FRANK MOSS: “Immanence and Revelation: The Art of Ben Frank Moss,� more than 70 luminous landscapes and abstract still lifes by the longtime Dartmouth professor. Through January 4 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2426.
‘COASTLINE TO SKYLINE: THE PHILIP H. GREENE GIFT OF CALIFORNIA WATERCOLORS’: An exhibition of works donated by a Hanover resident, of a group of California artists from the late 1920s through the 1950s, including Millard Sheets, Phil Dike, Rex Brandt and others. Through January 4 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2426.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A Serbian beekeeper
shares his deep religious fervor with the insects he spends so much time with. Slobodan Jeftic builds beehives shaped like churches because he believes bees have souls, too. I urge you to draw inspiration from his example, Taurus. Get together with your favorite animals for a rowdy prayer session. Bark or purr or neigh or chirp together. Run around with holy abandon, expressing primal gratitude for the vitality you’ve been granted. If you’re not currently in an intimate relationship with special animals, then take this as an opportunity to elevate and celebrate the consciousness of your own inner creature.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you’re average, you
blink about 17,000 times a day. But I’m urging you to reduce that number for the foreseeable future. Why? Because the coming days will put you in the path of meaningful, interesting and useful sights that will be fast-paced and transitory. You might miss them if you blink too much. So open your eyes wider and for longer periods, Gemini, and get in the habit of checking in with your peripheral vision. Start now! What subtly amazing thing is happening right where you are?
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Two of the best money-
saving steps you can take, says TV’s mock pundit Stephen Colbert, are to stop filling your hot tub with champagne and stop lining your gerbil’s cage with hundred-dollar bills. I highly recommend that you brainstorm about initiating similar conservative and preservative actions, Cancerian. It’s time for you to get really serious about shedding wasteful habits, cutting out needless excesses, and culling trivial activities that impinge on the time and energy you have available for the really important things. This shouldn’t be a cause for demoralization, by the way. On the contrary, the more creative you are about setting limits, the more long-term blessings you’ll set in motion.
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(July 23-Aug. 22): When he’s in his prime, a male panda performs an average of eight handstands a day. There’s no apparent evolutionary purpose in this stunt. He does it because it feels good. I suggest you make him your role model in the coming week, Leo. Identify three activities you can do not because they’re “good for you� or because they’ll advance some goal you’re pursuing, but simply for the sheer fun of it. If you can’t think of any playtime endeavors that fit this description, do the meditation and research necessary to find some. Whatever deeds you ultimately settle on, do them at least eight times a day. (P.S. Do you know how to do cartwheels?)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It might be a good idea to temporarily avoid wearing stiletto heels, Virgo. The risk of slipping while wearing them is greater than usual. In a similar vein, I suggest you refrain from tightrope walking, putting yourself on a pedestal or dreaming of climbing a ladder to the clouds. Two more suggestions: Don’t look down on people whom you imagine are inferior to you and don’t promise more than you can deliver. You catch my drift? Stay away from high and mighty forms of expression. Choose low, deep and funky positions instead. Be as down-to-earth as you can possibly be.
have had just one brain up until now, you will seem, at least temporarily, to have as many as six bright facets to your intelligence. I advise you to sic this superpower on complex dilemmas that have baffled you for many moons. You’ll have an excellent chance to break them down into component parts and solve the hell out of them.
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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There’s a new source of abundance available for you to tap into, Sagittarius. It won’t necessarily come in the form of a pile of cash or an influx of hot suitors or an upgrade in your social status. I mean those things are possible, but I’d rather concentrate on identifying the plenitude that’s more likely to occur: increased energy. Your health is likely to be at its peak, and so will your generosity of spirit. Your senses will bring you a wealth of fresh perceptions, and your love of life will expand and intensify. And who knows? This enhanced vigor might help you corral a pile of cash or hot suitors or an upgrade of social status.
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Ivascu was reelected mayor of Voinesti, a Romanian town he had led for almost two decades. The only problem was, he was dead. “I know he died,� said one of the villagers who voted to return him to office, “but I don’t want change.� I hope you won’t go that far in your resistance to the forces of evolution, Capricorn. It’s time for at least some of your old ways of thinking and being to expire, and there’s no wisdom in trying to prop them up. My advice is to be brave: Gracefully agitate for transformation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of the greatest
landslide victories in any election for U.S. president was Ronald Reagan’s in 1984. He got 54 million votes, 17 million more than his opponent. On the other hand, Reagan’s total was only 31 percent of all the Americans who were eligible to vote. So his “landslide� consisted of fewer than one out of every three adults. In the recent election, Barack Obama also won almost 31 percent of eligible voters, with 65 million votes. I think these vignettes provide an interesting caveat that you’d be wise to consider, Aquarius. In your personal sphere, a supposed majority might not be a majority at all. People in authority may have less of a mandate than they claim. As a result, you could have more power to spread your influence than you imagine.
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anthropologist Martin Jarvis suggests that Johann Sebastian Bach’s wife probably wrote some of his music. Anna Magdalena didn’t get the recognition she deserved because “women were not allowed to take credit for composition� in the 18th century. I expect a comparable theme to emerge in your own life, Pisces. A source that has operated behind the scenes may come forward. A helper who has not previously been given proper due could be acknowledged. A woman whose good work has been obscured by sexism or a man whose efforts have been distorted by injustice might rise up and claim her or his rightful place.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy loves how smart her husband is. The New York Times’ Maureen Dowd quotes Carla BruniSarkozy as saying, “He has five or six brains which are remarkably irrigated.� I suspect that description will apply to you in the coming weeks, Libra. Even if you
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f you see just one movie this year about a bullied Swedish albino who convinces a 12-year-old vampire to go steady with him, you owe it to yourself to make it Let the Right One In. It is mournfully beautiful. It is brilliantly original and masterfully directed. It is the best work of fiction on film I’ve seen so far this year. Set in a forlorn suburb of Stockholm, the picture stars Kare Hedebrant as a lonely child of divorce by the name of Oskar. He lives with his mother. While she watches television programs too idiotic for him to bother with, he spends his evenings outside in the apartment complex’s ice-coated playground, acting out fantasies of revenge against three classmates who routinely taunt and abuse him at school. He has procured a knife he will not need. One night a young girl suddenly appears on the jungle gym behind him. Her name is Eli, and she is played by a raven-haired tween named Lina Leandersson. After some small talk, she casually informs Oskar, “I can’t be your friend.” Nonetheless, they continue to meet night after night, grow close as only two outsiders can, and develop a bond that defies easy description. They are, after all, more than friends — but at the same time too young to fall in love. At least, Oskar is. “Are you 12, too?” he asks Eli. “More or less,” she answers. “But I’ve been 12 for a very long time.” Director Tomas Alfredson juxtaposes the tenderness of their deepening relationship with the violent, ghoulish reality of the enigmatic girl’s private life. A newcomer from parts unknown, she shares the apartment next door to Oskar’s with a middle-aged man named Hakan (Per Ragnar). The nature of their relationship is hauntingly ambiguous. He is not her father. There are hints that Eli may be somehow using the body of the
young girl as a supernatural disguise and that Hakan was at one time her husband. What we do know is that his current primary function is to see to her needs, and that foremost among these is a steady supply of human blood. In most vampire movies, the hunt for and consumption of blood are a very theatrical business. In contrast, Alfredson depicts them here as a chore, just another mundane errand that must be run, no more exciting or dramatic than paying one’s cable bill or going to the store for a bottle of milk. Equipped with a leather case containing a plastic jug, a funnel, a dagger and a kind of gas mask, Hakan waits in some dark, out-of-the-way spot for an unsuspecting soul to happen by, hangs them upside down, and drains them. The things we do for love. Every now and then he comes home empty-handed. In one such scene, the 12-year-old’s hunger gets the better of her, and she rages against his failure. I didn’t notice until my third viewing of the film that the director shoots the sequence from behind Eli so as to make it less appar-
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ent that she dresses Hakan down in the growl of an adult woman. It’s a subtly creepy effect, and repeated viewings continue to yield easily overlooked freaky touches. When Hakan fails her, Eli is forced to fend for herself, and here too Alfredson goes for the briefly glimpsed detail over the sort of elaborate F/X set piece that characterizes Hollywood pictures in this genre. Eli means harm to no one, but she is what she is and needs what she needs. Oskar doesn’t question her motives or behavior. He seems to understand instinctively that she’s as much a victim as any of his neighbors — who, as disturbing events multiply, stop showing up at their favorite seedy local watering hole. He doesn’t flinch when he gets his first kiss from Eli, her mouth smeared from a recent feeding. And pity the fools who continue to pick on the boy at school. “I can help you,” Eli tells her new friend early on. Oskar makes a touching effort to face up to the problem himself. He signs up for a weight-lifting class. At Eli’s suggestion, he even strikes back at the school’s numberone bully. His self-assertion backfires, however, and when his life is threatened, his friend steps in. Not since Carrie has the cinema provided such a shocking and cathartic spectacle of schoolyard justice. Based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In is one of the most affecting explorations of childhood angst, one of the most intriguing riffs on vampire mythology, and one of the most unlikely, yet thoroughly moving, love stories ever to make it to celluloid. From Hoyte van Hoytema’s elegant cinematography to Johan Soderqvist’s otherworldly score, it’s simply a one-of-a-kind screen experience. Let us hope that Hollywood — reportedly considering an American remake — will have the good sense to leave it that way. RICK KISONAK
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T BITE ME Stewart manages to find a boyfriend who’s a whiter shade of pale than she is in Hardwicke’s teen-friendly blockbuster.
wilight is some kind of misguided masterpiece. It’s as if director Catherine Hardwicke and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg ran a tap into the heady mix of adolescent hormones that runs in the veins of Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling YA books, added vivid cinematography and flashes of wit, and served it up virtually unadulterated by any mature perspective. If you are or can remember being a teenage girl, it’s sort of great. If not, well, it works as semi-intentional comedy. Kristen Stewart — Jodie Foster’s weird little daughter from Panic Room, still ashen-pale and gravel-voiced — plays Bella Swan, our heroine. And a heroine she is — no mere protagonists here. When Bella moves to the rainy hamlet of Forks, Washington, to live with her divorced dad, all the boys in town instantly want to date her. Well, almost all. There’s also that clique of standoffish, bloodless supermodel types who hang out in their own corner of the lunch room. Things get moving when a member of this mysterious crowd becomes Bella’s lab partner. Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) really, really doesn’t like Bella — you can tell by his horrified glare, which Hardwicke frames in intense, risible close-ups. No, wait, maybe he likes her too much. That may be why he always pops up in time to save her from random mortal dangers, and also why he hangs out in her room while she sleeps. It sounds creepy, but that’s OK — see, Edward’s a vampire, and the mere scent of Bella’s blood is his “heroin.” Stalking is so sexy when it’s done by the brooding undead. Meyer has suggested that she conceived Edward as a
mix of Mr. Darcy, Heathcliff and Romeo. It’s hard to say how one boy could combine a snob with a good heart, a wild-child psychopath and a hot-blooded Renaissance aristocrat, but Pattinson does his damnedest. Glaringslash-leering at Bella, he’s a cartoon of handsomeness, all jutting chin and brows and gelled hair, and the audience soon starts dissolving in giggles every time he appears. In these early scenes, it’s tempting to see Twilight as a parody of Meyer’s work rather than an adaptation. But as it progresses, Hardwicke starts to sell the romance. She’s aided by the moody blues and greens of the Pacific Northwest and its scenic vistas. When Edward and Bella walk in the woods, the camera swoops in and out of the lush foliage and circles them in a swoony, dream-like way. When they talk in a dim, funky restaurant, the world seems to shrink to their table. When they dance at the
prom, they seem alone in a haze of fairy lights and emo music. The whole thing is reminiscent of the virginal but covertly smoldering courtship of Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. Which is odd, considering Twilight comes from the creative mind of a practicing Mormon. But repression generates a mighty erotic charge, as all Victorian novelists knew. Though Edward subsists on non-human blood, like all upstanding vampires in modern fiction, he has to fight his instincts in order to stay close to Bella, and his blood lust is a pretty transparent metaphor for . . . the other kind. Strip away the fantasy and goth trappings, and it’s a story of how teenage girls fear the intensity of their own desires — and their boyfriends’. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” handled the same theme with far more wit and wisdom, but it never got deep into the craziness at the root of these romantic fantasies. Hardwicke does that while populating the film’s world with characters who offer much-needed distraction from the love story. As Bella’s sheriff dad, Billy Burke is the rare manly man on screen, and he looks right at home cleaning his guns with brewskis at his side. Anna Kendrick (Rocket Science) is a hoot as a snarkily self-centered high school pal. If you want to be reminded that vampires can still be subjects for chilling, thought-provoking art, see Let the Right One In. But for a pure shot of potent pop-culture delusion, it’s Twilight time. MARGOT HARRISON
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AUSTRALIA: Writer-directorimpresario Baz (Moulin Rouge!) Luhrmann is back with another romantic spectacle, this one set in his native land. As World War II approaches, a patrician (Nicole Kidman) teams up with a scrappy outdoorsman (Hugh Jackman) to save her ancestral Australian ranch. With David Wenham and Jack Thompson. (165 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy) FOUR CHRISTMASES: Vince Vaughn’s iconic paunch meets Reese Witherspoon’s iconic chin as they play a hip, childless couple forced to endure four successive holiday festivities with their respective relatives, in a comedy directed by Seth (The King of Kong) Gordon. With Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Jon Favreau and Dwight Yoakam. (82 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe) LET THE RIGHT ONE IN★★★★★ In this Swedish arthouse alternative to Twilight, a 12-year-old finds refuge from schoolyard bullying in his friendship with an odd girl who only appears after dark. With Kare Hedebrant and Lina Leandersson. Tomas Alfredson directs. (114 min, R. Palace) TRANSPORTER 3: Jason Statham attempts to give Bond a run for his holiday box-office money in the third film about a lethal martial-arts expert who plays chauffeur — this time around, to a comely Ukrainian kidnapping victim (Natalya Rudakova). With François Berléand and Jeroen Krabbe. Olivier Megaton directs. (100 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic)
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MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA★★★ In this follow-up to the animated 2005 hit, a group of animals that have escaped from the Central Park Zoo find themselves far from home and struggling to adapt to life on the central plains of Africa. Featuring voice work by Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith. (89 min, PG. Big Picture, Marquis, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Welden) QUANTUM OF SOLACE★★ Marc (The Kite Runner) Forster directs this follow-up to 2006’s Casino Royale in which 007 seeks to discover why the woman he loved betrayed him, while simultaneously saving the world from some pretty dangerous dudes. Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric and Judi Dench. (106 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Welden) RACHEL GETTING MARRIED★★★★ Anne Hathaway stars as a recovering drug addict who checks out of rehab to check out the wedding of her jealous, unforgiving sister in this dysfunctional family drama from Jonathan Demme. With Debra Winger, Bill Irwin and Rosemarie DeWitt. (111 min, R. Roxy) ROLE MODELS★★★ David (The Ten) Wain cowrote and directed this comedy in which two friends get in trouble with the law and find themselves performing community service by acting as unlikely mentors. Starring Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott and McLovin himself, Christopher MintzPlasse. (95 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace)
BOLT★★★1/2 Hollywood’s latest displaced-dog-has-to-makeits-way-home saga concerns the amazing animated journey of a canine who plays a pup with superpowers on a hit TV show. Featuring the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus and Malcolm McDowell. Directed by Chris Williams. (96 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Welden) CHANGELING★★ Angelina Jolie stars in the latest from Clint Eastwood, a historical thriller set in 1928 about a woman whose young son disappears and who questions the identity of the boy L.A. police return to her months later. With John Malkovich and Amy Ryan. (141 min, R. Essex) HAPPY-GO-LUCKY★★★★ Mike (Vera Drake) Leigh’s new film stars Sally Hawkins as a 30-year-old London schoolteacher whose positive outlook on life is put to the test when she winds up taking driving lessons from an abusive instructor. Stanley Townsend and Alexis Zegerman costar. (118 min, R. Palace, Savoy) HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR★★★ Disney’s toe-tapping teen phenomenon makes the leap to the big screen with this song-and-dance saga in which seniors Troy and Gabriella face the tragic prospect of parting as the possibility of separate colleges looms. Starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. (100 min, G. Majestic, Palace)
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THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS★★★ From writerdirector Mark (Little Voice) Herman comes this drama about the friendship that develops between the son of a Nazi officer and a young prisoner in the concentration camp he oversees. Based on the novel by John Boyne. Starring Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon and David Thewlis. (94 min, PG-13. Roxy) THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES★★★ Jennifer Hudson and Dakota Fanning are among the ensemble cast of this adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd’s bestseller about a 14-year-old girl who leaves home to
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HANCOCK★★1/2 Will Smith stars in this long-gestated action comedy about a grouchy alcoholic with superpowers who saves people’s lives when he isn’t busy pissing them off. With Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron and Johnny Galecki. Peter Berg directs. (100 min, PG-13) MEET DAVE★★ Eddie Murphy plays a space ship that looks like a human being in this sci-fi comedy cowritten by “Mystery Science Theater 3000”’s Bill Corbett. Gabrielle Union and Elizabeth Banks also appear. Brian (Norbit) Robbins directs. Ouch. (90 min, PG)
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HAPPY-GO-LUCKY ★★★★ A wonderful flick from auteur Mike Leigh, Will have you stand up and cheer with glee. There’s not much of a plot, But you’ll like it a lot, And Hawkins steals the marquee.
seek the truth concerning her late mother’s past. With Queen Latifah and Alicia Keys. Directed by Gina PrinceBythewood. (110 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Savoy) TWILIGHT★★★ A teenaged girl falls for a hunky vampire in this action-packed romance from Thirteen director Catherine Hardwicke, based on the bestselling Stephenie Meyer novel. With Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Billy Burke. (120 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Stowe, Welden) W.★★ The latest from Oliver Stone traces the rise of the 43rd president of the United States from his early days as a Bush family black sheep to his present status as one of history’s least popular leaders. Starring Josh Brolin, James Cromwell and Elizabeth Banks. (129 min, PG-13. Big Picture)
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SPACE CHIMPS★★ Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels and Cheryl Hines are among the voice cast in this animated comedy about monkeys on a dangerous mission to help inhabitants of a distant planet. Cowritten and directed by Kirk De Micco. (81 min, G) VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA★★★ Scarlett Johansson continues to be Woody Allen’s muse in his “love letter to Barcelona,” the story of two American tourists (Johansson and Rebecca Hall) who become amorously embroiled with a painter (Javier Bardem) and his passionately jealous wife (Penelope Cruz). (96 min, PG-13)
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Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8994. wednesday 26 & friday 28 — sunday 30 (closed Thanksgiving) The Secret Life of Bees 2 (Sun), 5, 7:30. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2 (Sun), 4, 6. W. 8.
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MARQUIS THEATER Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841. wednesday 26 (closed Thanksgiving) Twilight 7. Quantum of Solace 7. friday 28 — thursday 4 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 1 (Fri-Sun). Twilight 2:45 (FriSun), 6 & 8:45 (Fri & Sat), 7 (Sun-Thu). Quantum of Solace 3 (Fri-Sun), 6 & 8:30 (Fri & Sat), 7 (Sun-Thu).
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ESSEX CINEMA Essex Shoppes & Cinema, Rt. 15 & 289, Essex, 879-6543. wednesday 26 — thursday 4 *Australia 12 (except Thu 27), 3:15, 6:30, 9:45. *Four Christmases 12:30 (except Thu 27), 3, 5:10, 7:15, 9:30. *Transporter 3 12:40 (except Thu 27), 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10. Bolt 12:15 (except Thu 27), 2:30 & 4:45 (Wed 26 & Thu 27), 2:25 & 4:40 (Fri - Thu 4), 7, 9:15. Changeling 12:30 (except Thu 27), 3:20. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 12 & 2 (except Thu 27), 4, 6, 8, 10. Quantum of Solace 12:25 (except Thu 27), 2:45, 5, 7:25, 9:40. Role Models 6:10, 8:10, 10:15. Twilight 12 (except Thu 27), 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Times subject to change. See www. essexcinemas.com.
MAJESTIC 10 Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners, Williston, 878-2010. wednesday 26 — thursday 4 *Four Christmases 1 & 3 (except Thu 27), 5:10, 7:25, 9:30. *Australia 1:20 (except Thu 27), 6, 9:10. *Transporter 3 12:30 & 2:50 (except Thu 27), 5:05, 7:20, 9:40. Twilight 12:40 & 1:30 & 3:30 & 4:10 (except Thu 27), 6:15, 7, 9. Bolt 12:25 & 1:10 &
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STOWE CINEMA 3 PLEX MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMA College Street, Burlington, 864-3456. wednesday 26 — thursday 4 *Australia 2:20 (except Thu 27), 6, 9:10. *Four Christmases 1:30 & 3:30 (except Thu 27), 5:30, 7:20, 9:25. Twilight 1:45 (except Thu 27), 4:15, 6:55, 9:30. Quantum of Solace 2 (except Thu 27), 4:20, 7, 9:25. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2:15 (except Thu 27), 4:30, 7:15, 9:20. Rachel Getting Married 2:10 (except Thu 27), 4:25, 6:45, 9:15. Times subject to change. See www. merrilltheatres.net.
PALACE CINEMA 9 Fayette Road, South Burlington, 864-5610. wednesday 26 — thursday 4 The Metropolitan Opera presents Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust 7 (Wed 3 only). *Australia 10:30 a.m. (Thu 4 only), 2 (except Thu 27), 6, 9:15. *Let the Right One In 6:35, 9:10. *Four Christmases 12:25 & 2:35 (except Thu 27), 4:50, 7:05, 9:25. Bolt 12 & 2:15 (except Thu 27), 4:30, 6:45, 8:55. Happy-Go-Lucky 1:15 (except Thu 27), 4, 6:30, 9:05. Twilight 10:30 a.m. (Thu 4 only), 12:30 & 1:30 & 3:15 (except Thu 27), 4:15, 6:15, 7, 9. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 12:15 & 2:30 (except Thu 27), 4:40, 6:55 (except Wed 3), 9:05 (except Wed 3). Quantum of Solace 12 & 2:20 (except Thu 27), 4:45, 7:10, 9:35. Role Models 9:40. High School Musical 3: Senior Year 1:05 (except Thu 27), 4:05. Times subject to change. See www. palace9.com.
Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678. wednesday 26 — thursday 4 *Four Christmases 2:30 (FriSun), 4:30 (Wed 26 - Sun), 6:45 & 8:45 (Wed 26 - Sat), 7 (Sun - Thu 4). Twilight 2:30 (Fri-Sun), 4:40 (Wed 26 - Sun), 7 (all week), 9:15 (Wed 26 - Sat). Quantum of Solace 2:30 (Fri-Sun), 4:40 (Wed 26 - Sun), 7 (all week), 9:15 (Wed 26 - Sat).
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SEVEN DAYS | november 26-december 3, 2008 | 29A
On The Edge . . . Steve and Alice Jones have two kids, ages
7 and 9, and have lived in their apartment in Burlington for seven years. Steve works 40 hours a week at an auto parts store and Alice works as a teacher’s aid, at a local school.
The fall… Alice hurts her back helping a disabled student and has to stop working. As an hourly employee she doesn’t qualify for disability benefits. She can’t work for four months. She and Steve do the best they can, but by the time Alice is well enough to go back to work, they have fallen behind in their rent payments. They are unable to catch up and now they have credit card debt because they used a cash advance to help pay for their monthly expenses. Three months after Alice stopped working, their landlord begins the eviction process. The Jones family receives notification from the sheriff that they must vacate their apartment. They arrive that same day at one of the COTS family shelters.
Scraping by in Vermont: One family’s story of homelessness
Unfortunately, Steve and Alice’s story is not unique. On any given payday, there are thousands of working families struggling to balance increasing expenses against flat or falling wages. One unforeseen expense – a medical emergency, loss of wages or a major car repair – can result in a desperate financial situation, which can end in a family becoming homeless.
Breaking the fall . . .
Preventing homelessness in Vermont COTS has launched an aggressive new effort to prevent homelessness so that no one has to go through the emotional and financial upheaval that the Jones family experienced. People at risk of eviction or foreclosure can now turn to the Housing Resource Center (HRC), a bold COTS initiative located in Burlington’s Old North End. The goal of the HRC is to prevent homelessness and stem the growing tide of people turning to COTS for emergency shelter. Staff identify individuals and families in financial trouble and link them with resources and support before they are evicted or face foreclosure action. Over the past four months, this prevention assistance program has helped 42 households stay in their homes.
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COTS is the largest service provider for the homeless in the state of Vermont, providing shelter, support services and housing resources to an average of 1,600 homeless men, women and children each year. COTS staff work closely with the homeless to help them get back on their feet. In addition to shelter and other basic support services, COTS is able to provide a number of opportunities for achieving financial stability, including: budgeting and credit repair classes, day-care referrals, computer training, security deposit assistance, and telephone and mail service for job applications.
Rent: $1,300* Utilities (all ) $225 Groceries $600 Cable/Inte rnet $85 After-Scho ol $175 Gas/Mainte nance $20 0 Car Insura nce $125 Total: $ 2 ,625
Monthly ma rgin after expe nses = $147.00
*The average fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Chittenden County is $1,015 (44 percent above the national average). Wages required to afford that rent are $19.48/hour- or $40,518/year. Vermont has the highest rate of homelessness in New England; at least 66 percent of Vermont households do not earn enough to afford the average fair-market rent. Source: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Housing and Wages in Vermont, Vermont Housing Finance Agency, 2008.
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Your support makes our work possible. Thank you. Enclosed is a check payable to COTS. $500 offsets the cost of a rental security deposit.
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wo years ago, there was one place in Vermont to get the lemongrass-scented, fish-sauce-rich cuisine of Vietnam. Two Saigons had fallen: Café Saigon, which occupied the building that now houses A Single Pebble in Burlington, and Little Saigon in South Burlington. Their demise made Vietnam Restaurant, a small storefront in Essex, the only option. During this dark age, many pho faithful were reduced to sipping the fragrant beef and noodle soup in Montréal. Then, a miracle: Pho Dang opened in Winooski, a hot spot for recent Asian immigrants. Pho Hong followed, bringing its gauzy, atmospheric décor to the former Burlington bus station. Between May and November of this year, three additional Vietnamese eateries cropped up. M-Saigon, a homey restaurant on Shelburne Road, opened just before Phuong’s Kitchen, housed near a Slurpee dispenser in a North Avenue convenience store. Most recently, Vietnam Restaurant launched a better-decorated sequel at the foot of Church Street. By now, most local Asian cuisine fans know their pho — or at least know they like it. But where’s the best place to get the goods? With all the options, it’s hardly obvious. So we took on the arduous task of vetting the vermicelli. As frequent visitors to some of these locales, we had our prejudices. That’s why, to be entirely fair, we tasted blind. Similar dishes from each restaurant were labeled with codes and sampled side by side. Our aim was to determine
whose spring rolls had the most spring, whose pork brought home the bacon, and whose pho was, well, un-pho-gettable. As we realize that not all our readers have supped on Southeast Asian, we’re pairing our evaluations with quick primers on the dishes we tested. First, a note on a common Vietnamese ingredient: Fish sauce is what it sounds like. Called nuóc mam in Vietnamese, the funky condiment is made from the fermented remains of our friends in the sea. Blended with vinegar or citrus juice, water and sugar, it becomes a zingy dip called nuóc cham, which comes with many Vietnamese dishes. One can start a Vietnamese meal without cha giò, but we don’t recommend it. These blankets of fried goodness may be translated as spring rolls, egg rolls or imperial rolls. Pork almost always makes an appearance in the filling, and vermicelli ride shotgun. The accompanying dipping sauce can’t break a good cha giò, but a good one can make it. Wildly different versions of the classic roll from Pho Dang and Pho Hong — the former fit for consummate carnivores, the latter more nuanced — both hit the spot. Many modern diners consider slurping pho to be something of a religious experience — the street food even enjoys tribute groups on Facebook. Pronounced “fuh,” the noodle soup is made from long-simmered beef bones. Chunks from every part of the cow can enhance the meaty potage. Among Asian eaters, tripe and
tendon are particularly popular. We opted for rare beef (usually thinly sliced flank steak) and meatballs. A far cry from what you’d find in Nonna’s kitchen, a Vietnamese meatball should be chewy and dense as a brick. Pieces of meat are not the only chunks in the soup: Onions, scallions or shallots deepen the flavor, and mix-ins such as thick bean sprouts, sprigs of herbs and lime wedges come on the side. If you’re not dining in, the rice vermicelli will be packaged separately, too, to combat sog-
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not the leanest, was perhaps the best seasoned. When it came time to choose an entrée from each menu, we went with the approachable bun thit nuong, a combination plate that comes with a salad, grilled pork and rice noodles. The starchy stuff is nothing without nuóc cham to moisten it, so in this case, the sauce was key.
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Given the simplicity of the dish, we were startled by the variety we discovered. The best of the bunch came from Phuong’s Kitchen, where the lean, tender pork was bathed in a sesame-and-ginger marinade, much like that of a Korean bulgogi. Pho Dang was the bridesmaid. Its thick slices of marinated pork were chewy but packed with flavor. M-Saigon’s lemongrass-flavored entry was also notable. Our mixing, sniffing and sipping concluded, we decided that some
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good food is available at each of the five Vietnamese joints. Overall, Pho Hong performed the best, coming in first for its spring rolls and its namesake soup. Pho Dang and Phuong’s were the two runners-up, making us wonder what it is about the letter P. Of course, all these eateries have points in their favor — the rainbow of bubble teas available at M-Saigon, for instance, or the unbeatable atmosphere of Vietnam 2. Here’s a detailed breakdown of our findings:
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Address
370 Shelburne Road, South Burlington, 865-8383
215 Main Street, Winooski, 655-0707
325 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington, 865-8031
1130 North Avenue, Burlington, 658-4148
169 Church Street, Burlington, 859-9998
Hours
11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday & Saturday
10:30 a.m. - 10 p.m., seven days a week
11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sunday; 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday
10 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday
2-8 p.m. Sunday; 10:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday
$3.50 for 4
$3.50 for 4
$3.50 for 4
$4.95 for 4
Cha Giò — Vietnamese egg roll Price
$3.50 for 3
Length
3.25 inches
3 inches
3.5 inches
3 inches
3.25 inches
Garnish
Lightly pickled carrots and daikon, wilted cilantro
Very lightly pickled carrots, brown lettuce
None
None
Sprig of fresh cilantro
Dipping sauce
Dark-brown, slightly greasy plum sauce topped with huge peanut chunks
Thick, glossy soy-based sauce topped with oxidized peanuts. Alice Levitt found it “cloying.”
A zesty vinegar version with little dots of suspended orange chili oil
Sugary and gooey dark-red chili sauce
Thin, “sweet ‘n’ sour,” and flecked with bits of hot pepper
Overall assessment
Of all the rolls, these were the least crisp. The filling — which could have used additional seasoning — was mostly vermicelli and carrot. The vinegared daikon and bright orange carrots on the side were a saving grace.
Unlike all the other rolls we sampled, these were pure pork. Our helper, James, called them “meatrific.” Luckily, the flesh was well seasoned and anointed with sesame oil. Too bad the lettuce garnish was kind of sketchy.
The most varied of the bunch, these came stuffed with tiny flecks of pork, wood-ear mushroom, carrot, cabbage and vermicelli. The filling had a hint of ginger, and the sauce balanced tangy, sweet and spicy notes.
These homemade-looking rolls — which were somewhat mottled in color — featured lots of vermicelli, a smattering of carrot and very little meat, leading eaters to ask: “Where’s the pork?” The gloppy dipping sauce was pleasantly hot and sweet.
Lacking a meaty option, we got fried vegetable rolls instead. The cabbagecentric filling was a tad bland, and the rolls themselves leaned toward flabby. “About what you’d expect when you deprive yourself of pork,” James noted.
Rank: 5
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Rank: 1
Rank: 4
Rank: 3
Pho Tai Bo Vien — Beef noodle soup with beef strips and meatballs Price
$5.95 regular/$6.95 large
$5.50 regular/$6.50 large
$5.50 regular/$6.50 large
$6.00, one size available
$7.50 regular/$9.50 large
Mix-ins
The classic combo of sprouts, lime and basil. Unfortunately, the basil had wilted somewhat in transit. A small container of chili sauce mixed with hoisin sauce came with the uncommonly thick vermicelli.
Nothing but noodles.
A delightfully fresh sprig of basil, a generous lime wedge and lots of crisp bean sprouts, plus a little cup of chili and hoisin sauces. And noodles, of course. Best selection of the bunch.
Very unpleasant-looking bean sprouts — brown and mushy — and noodles, but no lime or herbs. The container of chili and hoisin sauce was barely filled.
Sprouts and noodles, but no lime or herbs.
Broth
Although the aroma wasn’t particularly redolent, the broth was well balanced and meaty enough to please pho-hounds.
The murky broth had a lovely, rich aroma of star anise and cinnamon, but was less flavorful than expected. Nice sweet notes didn’t compensate for a lack of salt and meatiness. It was a bit greasy, too.
More flavorful than expected, given the relative clarity of the broth. It smelled like spices and lemongrass, and tasted sweet and meaty.
The broth was too salty. It featured scallions and blackened, wilted whole basil leaves, but no onion.
A nice broth with lots of scallions and onions, and prominent herbal flavors of lemongrass and cilantro. It was both a touch sweet and properly salted.
Beef bits
The meat was extremely pale, a bit chewy and not super flavorful. But its immersion in a good broth helped compensate.
The portion was generous, but the super-skinny beef strips and the chewy meatballs were fairly bland.
It came with somewhat less meat than other offerings, but the delicious meatballs were more tender and less gristly than the rest. The meat strips, on the other hand, were fattier.
Both the thick strips of beef and the meatballs were fairly bland, and the meatballs contained some gristle.
The pieces of beef were ultra skinny, and the meatballs had good flavor.
Rank: 1
Rank: 5
Rank: 3
Rank: 4
Rank: 2
Bun Thit Nuong — Grilled pork over vermicelli Price
$6.95. Comes with chopped egg rolls for an extra buck.
$6.50. Comes with chopped egg rolls for an extra buck.
$6.50. Comes with chopped egg rolls for an extra buck.
$5.99 including the chopped egg rolls
$8.50 with no egg roll option
Sauce
You can really tell there’s fish sauce in this one.
Sweet sauce the color of Mountain Dew. Could have used more vinegar.
Bright yellow and piquant, with floating carrot bits.
Fish-sauce scented, with a nice mix of spice and vinegar.
Sweet, with tiny flecks of chili.
Pork
The unusual preparation, in which the meat appeared to have been pounded with lemongrass, gave it a sour, herbal flavor.
Deeply marinated and full of curry flavor, the meat was sweet, salty and savory.
The meat was very skinny and overcooked in places, with a sweet sauce.
Smelling of sesame oil and tasting of smoke, this perfectly seasoned meat made us smile.
The meager portion was disappointing, and the bits tasted mainly of soy.
The rest
The veggie mix included bean sprouts, cilantro, cukes and lettuce. Great pickled daikon and carrot on the side.
Iceberg lettuce and a few cukes were topped with chunky peanuts. The carrots on the side were spritzed with rice vinegar.
The bias-cut cucumber bits were crisp, as was the lettuce, but the peanut topping was over toasted. The mint was a nice, singular touch.
The only veggie included was romaine lettuce. Luckily, it was perfectly fresh. The chopped eggrolls added interest.
A mix of cilantro, cuke wedges and iceberg lettuce was cooling but bland. The peanuts were nicely toasted.
# menu options
46, including beverages
34, including beverages
28, not including beverages
53, not including beverages
56, not including beverages
Highlights
Fresh garden rolls made with shrimp and pork. A large selection of soups. Smoothies and bubble tea in numerous exotic flavors such as taro, durian, papaya and litchi. Its Shelburne Road location — right next to Waterfront Video — makes it perfect for picking up dinner and a movie.
Many different pho versions. Lots of rice and noodle bowls. Try the funky “three colors dessert,” a combination of coconut milk, beans and gelatinous “worms.” It’s better than it sounds.
A nice selection of Thai dishes in addition to the Vietnamese staples. Squid can be added to any stirfry. The “Spicy Sichuan” eggplant shouldn’t be missed. Multitaskers will appreciate the nearby laundromat.
Besides the Vietnamese offerings, serves some Thai and Chinese-style dishes, as well as Korean kimchi. A variety of rolls are available by the dozen. Less adventurous eaters can opt for burgers, cheesesteaks or buffalo wings.
Pan-Asian offerings, from lo mein to pad Thai, plus a couple of unusual vegetarian items. Tons of appetizers and stir-fries. An enigmatic beverage called “cocktail juice.” This one has the highest prices by far, but also boasts the best ambiance and a coveted Church Street location.
Rank: 3
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Rank: 4
Rank: 1
Rank: 5
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mid talk of food shelves, economic woes and struggling nonprofits, Ethan Dezotelle recalls a scene from last Thanksgiving. He was busy donating frozen turkeys to families via the Enosburg Food Shelf, which Dezotelle, 33, had co-founded that fall. A boy walked in with his mother, and when Dezotelle handed her the big, chilled bird, the child — eyebrows raised, jaw dropped — screeched in delight. “If I had walked up to that kid and handed him a Wii,â€? Dezotelle says now, “it wouldn’t have gotten the same reaction as the turkey he got for Thanksgiving.â€? Dezotelle is seated in a plush, high-backed chair in the window of St. Albans City’s Park CafĂŠ. Perhaps it’s an unfitting place to discuss local hunger, as the lunch crowd chows down, but Dezotelle doesn’t note the irony. He knows that not everyone in Franklin County will eat lunch today. “I wish we’d had this idea a year ago,â€? Dezotelle says, gazing out the window, “before everything got to be the way it was.â€? “This ideaâ€? is the FranklinGrand Isle Food Council, a volunteer group that Dezotelle and Stephanie Kamal, of the Swanton Food Shelf, formed in late summer to address hunger and nutrition in their two-county region. “Who knows what winter will bring?â€? Dezotelle asks. According to the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger website, 26,000 Vermont households comprising 76,000 people — including 19,000 children — are hungry or “food insecure.â€? More than 6000 people in the bi-county area use food stamps, and about 1200 households — half of them working — use emergency food programs. State statistics also show that more than 3000 students in Franklin and Grand Isle counties receive free or reduced school lunches; about half of those come to school with an empty stomach. It used to be mostly homeless people lining up at the local food shelf. Not anymore. Dezotelle has noticed a new trend, particularly this year: Working families are choosing between paying for heat, food or gas. “I don’t know of any ‘fuel shelves,’â€? Dezotelle says. The need is undeniable. But why start a new food council? Cynics might dismiss the FGIFC as just another in a growing list of hunger-related organizations: In addition to small-town food shelves, Vermont has statewide ones such as the Vermont Food Bank and the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger. Joanne Heidkamp, director of the latter, says new organizations
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such as the FGIFC can serve a valuable role as coordinators: “Unfortunately, our society’s response to hunger is fragmented: local food shelves, meals on wheels, school meals, community suppers, the food-stamp program — all are run by separate entities, and no one is responsible for understanding the big picture, suggesting priorities, identifying gaps.� For example, the 13 food shelves in the FGIFC’s coverage area operate under inconsistent criteria; while one requires documented proof of residence and household size, others do not. Also, Dezotelle says, some food shelves have turned away donations for lack of space, without realizing a nearby shelf could use that food or help store it. Now the FGIFC can oversee donations and space for all the food shelves while maintaining lines of communication among them. Another thing the area hunger charities sorely need is a food processing plant. Franklin County has industrial cheese, chocolate and ice cream manufacturers, but no business that collects goods from local food producers and cans them for distribution. The FGIFC has explored the idea of asking farmers to donate rows of crops to food shelves. That might be difficult, says Bill Rowell, a lifelong dairy farmer, because sweet corn is the only crop farmers tend to plant in extra rows for their personal use. To grow specialized rows of other crops in a huge field — with huge machinery — wouldn’t be an efficient deployment of time or resources. For a more diverse crop, Rowell recommends that the FGIFC join with the Franklin County Farm Service Agency office to scout fallow land and plant and tend crops there, with help from volunteers
and maybe also retired farmers. “Farmers are the last to sit down until everyone’s tended to,� says Rowell, who owns Green Mountain Dairy Farm in Sheldon with his brother Brian. “They are a resourceful bunch of people. If they can help, they will.� The crop donations and processing facility are long-term goals for the FGIFC, while the development of a printed resource guide for needy families is on a shortterm list. Even more immediate, though, the FGIFC — like many of the state’s donation-dependent nonprofits — simply wants to help unfortunate people trudge through the holidays and winter. The FGIFC’s founders look to Dane County, Wisconsin, as a model for their program. Now three years old, the Dane County Food Council helped develop a food facility and public market, established a network of countywide farmers’ markets, and promotes and markets local foods by educating consumers about their nutritional value. “They’ve done great things out there,� says Dezotelle, who may visit Dane County next year. Back in St. Albans, Linda Ryan directs the Samaritan House, an upper-level transitional housing shelter on Kingman Street. Her clients eat at Martha’s Kitchen, which offers free and hot meals downstairs. Since August, Ryan has operated in “winter overflow status,� filling four more beds than her standard 10. More people in more beds sparks a need for more meals, and that eats into the Samaritan House budget. “I think we’ve gone way over budget for food this year,� Ryan said. “It’s an ongoing battle. Everybody’s competing for the same money, and they all have worthy causes.� Like the food shelf staff, Ryan
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GIGI & JONI, IN A TREE (Self-released, CD) From the quintessentially quirky South Burlington neighborhood of Queen City Park comes this quintessentially quirky album of children’s music. But unlike the flood of massproduced gibberish pandering for your tyke’s edutainment dollar, singer-songwriter Joni AvRutick and singer-fiddler Gigi Weisman craft their music around a singular and perhaps startling revelation: Your kids aren’t dumb. With appropriately simple but engaging folk constructs and melodies, Gigi & Joni wind their way through such heady topics as the importance of
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LEE JOLLOTA, IT’S ABOUT TIME (Rootstock Recordings, CD) It only took 77 years, but Marshfield country crooner Lee Jollota has released her debut album, and perhaps the understatement of the year: It’s About Time. A touring backup singer with Vermont-based barnstormers Duke & The Swingbillies in the 1950s and early 1960s, Jollota retired from performing professionally in 1996 and, until now, her considerable pipes had never been captured on record. On this collection of 18 country classics and personal favorites, Jollota, née Doris M. Waite, sings with more authenticity and passion than many singers less than half her age. From standards such as Hank Williams’ “Hey, Good Lookin’” and “Jambalaya” to lesser-known gems like Bill Monroe’s “Blue Moon of Kentucky” and the playful Boudleaux Bryant number “Out Behind the Barn,” the disc bristles with dusty roadhouse charm. It’s about time, indeed.
While he’s best known for pop-song parodies such as “Like a Surgeon” and “Fat,” “Weird Al” Yankovic’s funniest work — with the possible exception of his polka medleys — has always been his original material. With Babies Don’t Have Hands, Burlington-based one-man band The Go Ahead And (a.k.a. Joel Abbott) has created an album very much in the spirit of overlooked Yankovic classics such as “Melanie” and “Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung.” From the quirky They Might Be Giants-inspired opener “He Keeps the Tags on All His Clothes” to the oddly touching ballad “Nerf” — in which the song’s narrator is frustrated by his inability to express his heartbreak in any way other than comparing it to a foam ball — Abbott lampoons pop conventions with surprising dexterity and, of course, geeky irony. In particular, “Working Hard to Be a Hipster” should be required listening for indie-rock fans everywhere, local music critics included: I don’t want to hear you talkin’ ’bout social classes / because I think you look stupid in those Buddy Holly glasses. I guess someone had to say it . . . R.I.Y.L.: “Weird Al” Yankovic, They Might Be Giants, black-rimmed glasses Babies Don’t Have Hands is available at www.thegoaheadand. com. >
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CLUB METRONOME: Battle for Burlington: Drunken Go Nuts! (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. FRANNY O’S: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. HOOTERS: Hooters Karaoke Extravaganza, 7:30 p.m., Free. NECTAR’S: Top Hat Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Free.
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group, delivering a sound vaguely reminiscent of Portland, Maine’s Rustic Overtones — speaking of late-’90s college faves. The winner was an energetic outfit called Fink. An obvious hometown crowd-pleaser, the SMC collective balanced relatively sharp jam tendencies with smart, almost anthemic rock not so far afield from pop-rock gurus Spoon. They also provided the best moment of the evening. The battle’s organizers were rigid — almost to the point of obnoxiousness — about keeping each band’s set time within the designated 10 minutes. After flashing the houselights as a warning, on a number of occasions they simply turned out the lights altogether, often in mid-song. It would have been humorous in an exit-music-at-the-Oscars sort of way, were it not so ham-fisted and borderline rude. But in an act of teen-movie-inspired defiance, Fink — the evening’s last act — refused to be silenced. With the crowd in a legitimate(ish) frenzy, they continued rocking well past lights-out, winning the hearts of the audience and judges alike. Rock and effin’ roll. One other act of note was the evening’s first entrant, experimental rock duo Maga. They likely didn’t score as highly as they should have, but that was perhaps more a result of unfortunate mixing-board follies than their ability. Alternating among guitar, piano, drums and some spacey percussion looping, the decidedly un-groovy UVM outfit delivered the night’s most ambitious set. But, given the crowd’s thirst for more conventional fare, that likely worked against them. In a more appropriate setting — i.e., one in which you could actually hear the vocals — they would definitely be a band to catch.
Ah, the Battle of the Bands. Whether an attempt to perform a “most triumphant� rock concert in order to deliver mankind from a grisly alternate destiny (Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey), or taking on The River Bottom Nightmare Band to earn enough cash to buy a piano for your Muppet mother (Emmett Otter’s Jug Band Christmas), the time-honored tradition maintains a special place in the hearts and minds of music fans. And not just those who watch too much Saturday afternoon television . . . ahem. In this very column last week, I reported that I’d be judging a Battle of the Bands at Saint Michael’s College. Despite my reservations about participating in the unseemly union of competition and art, I was eager to catch a glimpse of the music currently being created in the hallowed halls of our institutions of higher education. It’s been a few years since my cameo appearance at UVM. So, as I ventured into St. Mike’s McCarthy Arts Center last Thursday, I wondered how much the scene had changed since those halcyon days of Sublime, Strangefolk and Phish knockoffs populating the quads and student lounges of Groovy Uvee. The answer: not much, apparently. By and large, the proceedings were marked by a handful of pretty generic “college bands.� While aimless, meandering funk and jammy noodling certainly pleased the crowd’s head-bobbing broseph contingent, by and large it seems as though college rock hasn’t really evolved in the last 10 years or so — or, since most of these whippersnappers were 8 years old. But perhaps I’m just dating myself. Heady dude-rock aside, the evening was not without its more interesting moments. In a rather unexpected turn, third-place finishers Mike Check weren’t even technically a “band,� per se. The group represented that unique collegiate musical subset, the all-male a cappella group. While they won’t be giving Rockapella a run for their money anytime soon, the boys — bizarrely bedecked in costumes that crossed The Village People with the cast of Flashdance — served up a quintessentially cutesy set of pop covers, and even a passable barbershop number. They were easily a crowd favorite. But I’m guessing the UVM Top Cats and Middlebury’s THE SEPIA TONES Dissipated 8 can rest easy . . . for now. Taking home the silver was an appropriately groovy UVM outfit, The Sepia Tones. The pop-funk quartet was probably the tightest outfit on the bill — “tightness� was actually a judging criteria. Having spent the last year or so gigging on and off campus, they were also the most polished
KIDS IN THE HALL Last spring, I reported on a curious night of comedy and improv at beloved Burlington live-music landmark Nectar’s. Though it often flies under the radar — perhaps because the music editor at this alt-weekly is the only person who writes about it with any regularity — Vermont actually has a pretty solid standup comedy scene. Who knew? Oh, right. I did. Anyway, the evening I’m referring to was coordinated by two young aspiring comics, James Huessy and Mike Thomas. I caught the latter — once again as a judge, believe it or not — at last winter’s Higher Ground Comedy Battle. Apparently, the night was such a success that Nectar’s has tabbed the high schoolers to continue the show as an ongoing series. So, from now until the end of time — or at least graduation, I suppose — the first Tuesday of every month will be a standup-comedy free-for-all at the house that Phish built. Huessy and Thomas will handle emcee duties and will be joined by the Essex High School Varsity Improv Team. But 90 minutes is a long time to be funny, so the
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BITE TORRENT Perhaps due to tryptophan-induced food comas, Thanksgiving week is traditionally one of the slowest for local music. Though the calendar is admittedly a tad light, there are still plenty of options for those seeking relief from Black Friday madness. Among the better choices . . . If it’s tongue-in-cheek New Wave you seek, you’d be well served checking out AnaĂŻs Mitchell’s all-star ’80s tribute Sputnik! as they travel the highways and byways of Vermont this week. The righteous babe is once again stateside following a European tour opening for chamber-folk darlings Bon Iver. Catch them Friday at Langdon Street CafĂŠ and/or Saturday at The Monkey House. This Saturday night, those with a thirst for “Smokey Melodies and Shadowy Ambienceâ€? should swing by The Bakery on North Winooski Avenue in Burlington to catch a collaboration between Chicago’s Kranky Records and local online champions of “other music,â€? Aether Everywhere. Slated to appear are psychedelic minimalist Boduf Songs, loop-laden Pitchfork darlings To Kill a Pretty Bourgeoisie, and local experimental guru Greg Davis, performing with longtime collaborator Ben Vida. One show you probably won’t get to see is Leon Redbone this Saturday at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater. As of this writing, the next installment of the venerable After Dark Music Series is four tickets away from a sellout. Congrats! And speaking of shows you can’t see, the Bonjour-Hi! electronica series Sunday nights at Nectar’s is no more. In its place, the increasingly popular Family Night Jam Sessions will move from Tuesday to Sunday. >
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SAT.29 << 12B NECTAR’S: Zach DuPont (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Morgan Lamphere (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Melvin Sparks Band (funk-jazz), 10 p.m., $5. NIGHTCRAWLERS: Smokin’ Gun (rock), 9 p.m., Free. RASPUTIN’S: Massive (DJ), 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: Me & You with Brett Hughes and Marie Claire (cosmorural), 6 p.m., Free. Lowell Thompson Band (alt-country), 9 p.m., $3. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. R� Rà IRISH PUB: Gordon Stone Band (bluegrass), 10 p.m., Free. SECOND FLOOR: DÊjà Vu Ladies’ Night (DJ), 9 p.m., $3/10. SKINNY PANCAKE: Barb Carbon & Kate Fiano (folk), 9 p.m., Donations.
:: central BLACK DOOR BAR & BISTRO: Tony Whedon/Barry Ries Quartet (jazz), 9:30 p.m., $3-5. CHARLIE O’S: Prodigal String Band (punk-grass), 10 p.m., Free. GUSTO’S: Push (rock), 10 p.m., Free. LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Philosophical Cafe, 3 p.m., Free. Eric Nassau (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. POSITIVE PIE 2: Amadis, KuFui (metal), 10 p.m., $5.
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RUSTY NAIL: Stuck in a Decade (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.
:: regional KRAZY HORSE SALOON: Bootleg (country-rock), 10 p.m., Free. MONOPOLE: Out the Hasse (rock), 10 p.m., Free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Live Music, 10 p.m., Free. TABU CAFÉ AND NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (DJ), 5 p.m., Free.
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RADIO BEAN: Old Time Sessions, 1 p.m., Free. Trio Gusto (jazz), 5 p.m., Free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Trinity (Irish), 5 p.m., Free.
:: central LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Sunday Afternoon Series: The Grass Gypsies (jazz), 3 p.m., Donations.
:: northern BEE’S KNEES: Open Irish Session, 3 p.m., Free. Town Wide Yard Sale (rebel folk), 7:30 p.m., Donations.
THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Jazz on Tap (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.
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1/2 Lounge, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. 242 Main, Burlington, 862-2244. 38 Main Street Pub, 38 Main St., Winooski, 655-0072. Akes’ Place, 134 Church St., Burlington, 864-8111. All Fired Up, 9 Depot Sq., Barre, 479-9303. The Alley Coffee House, 15 Haydenberry Dr., Milton, 893-1571. American Flatbread, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999. Ariel’s Riverside CafÊ & Pub, 188 River St., Montpelier, 229-2295. Avenue Bistro, 1127 North Ave., Burlington, 652-9999. Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. Backstreet, 17 Hudson St., St. Albans, 527-2400. Banana Winds CafÊ & Pub, 1 Market Pl., Essex Jct., 879-0752. Barre Opera House, 6 North Main St., Barre, 476-8188. Basin Harbor Club, 4800 Basin Harbor Dr., Vergennes, 1-800-622-4000. Battery Park, Burlington, 865-7166. Bayside Pavilion, 13 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909. The Bearded Frog, 5247 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-9877. Bee’s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. Big Fatty’s BBQ, 55 Main St., Burlington, 864-5513. Big Moose Pub at the Fire & Ice Restaurant, 28 Seymour St., Middlebury, 388-0361. Big Picture Theater & CafÊ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. Black Bear Tavern & Grill, 205 Hastings Hill, St. Johnsbury, 748-1428. Black Door Bar & Bistro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070. The Bobcat CafÊ, 5 Main St., Bristol, 453-3311. Bolton Valley Resort, 4302 Bolton Access Rd., Bolton Valley, 434-3444. Bonz Smokehouse & Grill, 97 Portland St., Morrisville, 888-6283. Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-2711. Breakwater CafÊ, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. B.U. Emporium, 163 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 658-4292. Bundy Center for the Arts, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-4781. Buono’s Lounge, 3182 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2232. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 149 Church St., Burlington, 865-7166. Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800. Carol’s Hungry Mind CafÊ, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 2630 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2576. Charlemont Restaurant, 116 Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-4242. Charlie B’s, 1746 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-7355. Charlie O’s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. Cider House BBQ & Pub, 1675 Rt. 2, Waterbury, 244-8400. City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. Coffee Hound, 97 Blakey Rd., Colchester, 651-8963. Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. Cuzzin’s Nightclub, 230 North Main St., Barre, 479-4344. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 656-4636. Dobrå Tea, 80 Church Street St., Burlington, 951-2424. Drink, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463. Elixir, 188 S. Main St., White River Jct., 281-7009. Finnigan’s Pub, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209. Flynn Center/FlynnSpace, 153 Main St., Burlington, 863-5966. Franny O’s, 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. Giovanni’s Trattoria, 15 Bridge St., Plattsburgh, 518-561-5856. Good Times CafÊ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. Great Falls Club, Frog Hollow Alley, Middlebury, 388-0239. Green Door Studio, 18 Howard St., Burlington, 316-1124. Green Room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. Ground Round Restaurant, 1633 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-1122. Gusto’s, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. Halvorson’s Upstreet CafÊ, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. Harbor Lounge at Courtyard Marriott, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 864-4700. Hardwick Town House, 127 Church St., Hardwick, 456-8966. Harper’s Restaurant at Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6363. Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777. Hooters, 1705 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 660-8658. The Hub, Airport Dr., Bristol, 453-3678. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. Iron Lantern, Route 4A, Castleton, 468-5474. JD’s Pub, 2879 Rt. 105, East Berkshire, 933-8924. JP’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. Jeff’s Maine Seafood, 65 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-6135. Koffee Kat, 104 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, NY, 518-566-8433. Krazy Horse Saloon, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, NY, 518-570-8888. La Brioche Bakery, 89 East Main St. Montpelier, 229-0443.
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PARIAH BEAT, PARIAH BEAT RADIO
IN MEMORY OF PLUTO, CUTTING OPEN THE FICTION
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As the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression. With any luck, the majority of local music fans have been introduced to Burlington’s In Memory of Pluto in person, and not via their lackluster self-titled debut EP. Released earlier this year, the disc represented, or rather misrepresented, the band as a milquetoast specter of their dynamic live act. With Cutting Open the Fiction, the indie-rock quintet aims to bury any memory of that ill-fated first attempt. The result is a 22-minute full-frontal assault of pop-punk fury that lays waste to any lingering doubts about this band’s immense potential. A number of the disc’s seven songs are mulligans from the EP-that-shall-notbe-named. This is true of the opening cut, “Berlin,” which, to paraphrase Nuke LaLoosh, announces the band’s presence with authority. The disc was recorded under the watchful eye (ear?) of Romans’ Justin Gonyea at Wasted City Studios. And from the outset the improvement in sound quality is — blessedly — startling. When the full band jumps in following a synth-y intro, it’s hard not to give a little “fuck yeah!” fist pump. “A Century in the Dust” typifies one of IMOP’s finer qualities: agility. Without sacrificing the punch of their arrangements, guitarists Bill Jandl and John Flanagan unfurl blazing-yet-intricate counter melodies. But where this degree of guitar interplay might weigh down inferior outfits — often to the point of noodling distraction — the performance here is bright, clean and engaging, particularly balanced with the metronomic precision of bassist Zach Jandl and drummer Ryan McGrath. Wholly rebuffed, the title cut simply glistens. The song was the lone bright spot on the band’s debut. But even that incarnation pales in comparison to the factory-fresh version found here. Vocalist Seth Gallant more resembles the hypnotizing firebrand he is onstage than the overwrought whelp portrayed on the earlier EP. To be sure, there is no shortage of angst-ridden melodrama. But that’s part of the fun and, ’round these parts, few do it better than Gallant. But here as throughout most of the disc, the histrionics are kept to a minimum in favor of a tasteful, but nonetheless forceful, delivery. In Memory of Pluto are still at their best live — find out for yourself Thursday, December 4, at The Monkey House. But Cutting Open the Fiction goes a long way toward closing that gap and finally gives the band a fitting recorded companion.
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Vermont has birthed its share of exports, but Pariah Beat stand a breed apart. Suffused with salty Green Mountain charm, Thetford’s gypsy outlaws compose a multigenre maelstrom that threatens to hijack Boston airwaves. Framed as a faux FM broadcast and brimming with jug-band enthusiasm, Pariah Beat Radio teeters between roots and rockabilly, often within the same track. There’s much to discover here. “Front Porch” is a thumping Appalachian opener that might befit the Dropkick Murphys, if those Beantown pugs traded bagpipes for banjos. And while the barrelhouse number “Leavin” might seem ham-fisted, Justin Bendel’s playful accordion saves the Elvis-inspired honky-tonk from parody. It’s as if Firewater hotwired the King’s tour bus and took him for a drunken joyride. Everybody sings on Radio, and that’s half the fun. Emily Eastridge lends soprano to the old-time “City Far Away” — a quirky number that serves up irreverence behind a folksy façade: “If we’re not doing business, there’s no charm in shaking hands,” she warns. Mischief runs like a current through the record, escalating from wry country to frenzied Old World romp. Imagine Brian Setzer vamping below deck on the Titanic and you’ve got something approaching the tipsy “Tipperary.” It’s a sloshy blast that pits Nick Charyk’s plucky jazz guitar against Billy Sharff’s lyrical fiddle. Sharff is expert at introducing exotic textures, such as on the slithering “Sinners and Saints.” But the fiery Shaker hymn “Babylon Is Fallen” is the real sparkplug: Thick with cheers, it’s a neo-Cossack anthem. You’ll want to kick your heels till dawn. Gogol Bordello, beware! Shape-shifting through ’60s surf, jukebox hand jive and Delta blues, the band’s versatile bards mine a century of iconic sounds. And stamina is clearly not an issue. James McHugh anchors the myriad tempos with snappy stick work that never flags. Sixteen tracks in, the Beat drop “H-Bomb,” a bawdy rocker that smacks of lo-fi Kiss. It is the set’s kinetic apex, a final exclamation point before the album’s somber finale. Eerily quiet, “New Year’s Eve” brings a tearful close to 60 minutes of whiskey-soaked Americana. But this party’s far from over. Marking Pariah Beat’s first feature-length release, Radio speaks volumes both to the band’s influences and to its broad abilities. Sure, there’s some mimicry to their cabaret. But there’s conviction, too. Such depth demands it. Committed to the cause and soaked with talent, this show is worth tuning in. JARRETT BERMAN
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ONE STRING TO RULE THEM ALL The fantastic world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 The Hobbit has been the setting for cartoons, feature films and countless elvish entertainments. But a puppet show? Husband-and-wife team Dan Baginski and Barbara Paulson of the Randolph-based No Strings Marionette Company entertain kids and adults alike with their new small-stage adaptation of Bilbo Baggins’ big adventure, in which an erstwhile homebody helps dwarves reclaim a dragon’s hoard. Over two years, the pair handmade all the artfully suspended figures and sets in the show — including, of course, a green-skinned Gollum. “No Stringsâ€? means there’s no theater-top façade: Audience members can see precisely how the puppeteers animate the marionettes. No word on whether Paulson and Baginski will eventually take on Tolkien’s entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, but Peter Jackson better watch out. ‘THE HOBBIT’
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Traduttore, traditore—an old Italian adage calls all translators traitors to a text’s true meaning. In 1833, the British Army attempted to enforce English as the common language for all of Ireland, and Irish Gaelic speakers were called traitors simply for talking in their mother tongue. That’s the tension-filled setting of Translations, a dialectical drama by Tony Award-winning playwright Brian Friel, of Dancing at Lughnasa fame. In it, a young British lieutenant falls in love with an Irish peasant girl and her verdant homeland, despite his problems communicating with her. When the soldier suddenly goes missing, the lass loses her mind, and violent consequences ensue in the cross-lingual confusion. The Fairfax Community Theatre Company wraps a two-week production of Friel’s opus about the dangers of getting, er, lost in translation.
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dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: Work on your sensuous nightclub routines at this weekly Latin dance session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, nonmembers 6 p.m., members 7 p.m. $10. Info, 598-1077.
activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See WED.26, 5-5:30 p.m.
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CANDY-CANE-MAKING DEMO: Confectioners pull, roll and twist striped seasonal sweets to show visitors how it’s done. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 11 a.m. $6 includes a self-made candy cane. Info, 253-9591. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery see how it’s made. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591. EARLY BIRD BREAKFAST: Hungry hunters chow down on a deer-season special featuring triple-stacked pancakes, eggs, coffee and a choice of meaty sides. Proceeds benefit a farm-to-market nonprofit. L.A.C.E., Barre, 6 a.m. $7. Info, 476-4276.
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ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do dinner with help from the animal-care staff. ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. ‘MOVING & GROOVING’: Two- to 5-year-olds boogie down to rock ’n’ roll and world-beat music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. TEEN ADVISORY BOARD: Middle and high schoolers help librarians plan cool programs and choose new books to order for the stacks. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7228.
Also, see clubdates in Section B.
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THU.27 CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See WED.26, 2 p.m. SWEETWATERS THANKSGIVING: The Church Street eatery offers turkey with all the trimmings to all comers, and partners with the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging to deliver meals to Chittenden County seniors. A coat drive provides extra holiday warmth; coat donations begin at 10 a.m. Sweetwaters, Burlington, 12-5 p.m. Free. Info, 864-9800. THANKSGIVING DINNER: Families and elders in need enjoy a traditional holiday meal. Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Free; deliveries also available. Volunteers needed 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Info, 831-1251, mlabadie@ vermontlaw.edu.
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BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: Activists stand together in opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Top of Church Street, Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.
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ST. ANDREW’S PIPES AND DRUMS: Got kilt? This Scottish-style marching band welcomes new members to play bagpipes or percussion. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7335, jerdelyi@vhfa. org.
GOBBLE GOBBLE WOBBLE: Drumstick lifters work to raise an appetite for roasted birds in a 5K “turkey trot� for all ages. Turkey costumes welcome! Mill House, Stratton, registration 7:30-8:45 a.m., race 9 a.m. $15-20. Info, 800-787-2886.
FRI.28 activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See WED.26, 5-5:30 p.m.
dance ARGENTINEAN TANGO: Shoulders back, chin up! With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077. BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 862-2269, elabd@ comcast.net. REBECCA KELLY BALLET: Guest artists twirl in tutus and rat masks for a production of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Hartman Theatre, Meyers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $10-18. Info, 518-563-1604.
etc. HOLIDAY LIGHTING CEREMONY: Carolers herald a 20-person stage version of “The Night Before Christmas,� shortly before Santa throws the switch to illuminate trees. Top of Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, show 5:30 p.m., lights 6:05 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7253. OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING WEEKEND: Feasting families celebrate Turkey Day 1890s-style, with a cookstove dinner demo, games, farm tours and horse-drawn wagon rides. Billings Farm and Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $3-11. Info, 457-2355. SANTA CLAUS PARADE: The big man in red rallies his reindeer for a march up Church Street, then listens to little ones’ holiday wishes inside the Burlington Town Center Mall. Burlington City Hall, Burlington, 11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 863-7253. WAGON RIDES: Families take trips at horse speed through downtown. Montpelier City Hall, Montpelier, 12-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9604.
food & drink CANDY-CANE-MAKING DEMO: See WED.26, 11 a.m. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See WED.26, 2 p.m. EARLY BIRD BREAKFAST: See WED.26, 6 a.m.
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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.26, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B. BILL STAINES: The legendary singer-songwriter and yodeler shares new and traditional folk at a venue known for its awesome acoustics. Universalist Church, Hartland, 8-10 p.m. $18. Info, 436-2592. BRUSH HOGGERS: Sample baked goods or original backwoods tunes from this singer-songwriter combo featuring a solid bass backup. Bristol Bakery and CafĂŠ, Bristol, 8-10 p.m. $5. Info, 453-3280. HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR: Full-hearted, energetic singers raise the roof with joyous music in a concert also featuring blues-folk singer Livingston Taylor — younger brother to James. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $15.50-28.50. Info, 775-0903. ‘VERMONT: A HISTORY IN SONG’: Pianist John Lincoln accompanies vocalist and researcher Linda Radtke on melodies found in the Vermont Historical Society’s sheet-music collection. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8743.
theater ‘MORE’: Burlington playwright Daron Byerly premieres his contemplative comedy about a crumbling gameshow personality who must do battle with a pint-sized personification of his own conscience. See review, this issue. Waterfront Theatre, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 316-6261. ‘TRANSLATIONS’: The Fairfax Community Theatre Company stages a play by Dancing at Lughnasa dramaturge Brian Friel. Set in 1833 Ireland, it looks at language as the soul of a nation. See calendar spotlight. St. Albans Historical Museum, St. Albans, 7:30 p.m. $8-10. Info, 878-0188, info@fctcvt.org.
SAT.29 dance ‘JEWELS OF ARABIA’: Undulations and ululations distinguish this showcase of Middle Eastern moves by dancers from all over Vermont and Canada. North End Studio, Burlington, 7 p.m. $8, or $7 with a nonperishable food donation. Info, 881-3193. REBECCA KELLY BALLET: See FRI.28, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. SWING GALA: Twirlers keep 1940s-style time to tunes by current and former members of Champlain Valley Union High School’s Jazz Band. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 6:45-10 p.m. $12. Info, 482-8900, ext. 8161. ‘THE NUTCRACKER’: Dance students from area schools are featured in the Albany Berkshire Ballet production of Tchaikovsky’s beloved work about a Christmas Eve dream. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $10.50-36. Info, 863-5966.
etc. CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR: Members of St. Albans’ Ascension Church organize a bazaar of homemade holiday gifts, and Santa Claus himself greets little visitors between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Georgia Elementary & Middle School, St. Albans, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 524-6010. COUNTRY CRAFTERS SHOW: The Northeast Kingdom’s central holiday fair features more than 75 crafters, hot lunches and a penny auction. St. Johnsbury School, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 748-4334. HOLIDAY FARM TOURS: Visitors greet 30 fuzzy-faced alpacas and learn how their wool is used. Maple View Farm, Brandon, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 247-5412.
HOME SHOW: A food drive sets off this one-day bazaar featuring products and services from local women-owned businesses. Middlesex Town Hall, Middlesex, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Donations. Info, 734-2925. MISS VERMONT USA PAGEANT: Over two days, contestants for Miss Vermont USA and Miss Teen Vermont USA compete in swimsuits, evening gowns and personal interviews. Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Info, 781-321-3500. OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING WEEKEND: See FRI.28, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. WOMEN’S FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS: Unique handmade wares by 50 local female artisans fill three floors. Burlington City Hall, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7528. ZIPPER-TASTIC!: Spooked by all those teeth? Intermediate stitchers make pretty pouches to learn how to machine-sew flexible, interlocking fasteners with flair. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $40 includes materials and instruction. Info, 862-7417, rachel@ thebobbin.com.
LEON REDBONE: The iconic songwriter and performance artist dons his signature white fedora for a 30-year retrospective of his ragtime-influenced radio ditties. See calendar spotlight. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $30-35. Info, 388-0216. ‘THANKS FOR GIVING’ CABARET: No ‘Forbidden Christmas’ this year! Family-friendly stage frolics fĂŞte the advent of the holidays with carols, show tunes, jokes and special guests, and proceeds benefit the Bundy. Bundy Center for the Arts, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 496-4781.
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CANDY-CANE-MAKING DEMO: See WED.26, 11 a.m. EARLY BIRD BREAKFAST: See WED.26, 6 a.m. WINOOSKI HOLIDAY FARMERS’ MARKET: Foodies sip free coffee or hot chocolate, while perusing local veggies and international delicacies. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext. 21 .
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.26, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. BEBOP PLAYGROUP: Adults indulge in coffee and bagels while kids up to age 3 meet their peers. Bebop Baby Shop, Essex Junction, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 860-6842. ‘HEROES AND REVOLUTIONS’ GAMING TOURNAMENT: Nine- to 18-year-olds play computer and board games at this contest featuring “Guitar Hero,� Wii and “Dance Dance Revolution� showdowns. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 8657228, clovell@ci.Burlington.vt.us. KIDS’ CRAFT LAB: Small hands work with recycled materials to make new stuff. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. $5 per parent-accompanied child. Info, 862-7417, rachel@thebobbin. com. ‘SATURDAY STORIES’: Librarians read from popular picture books. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. ‘SUPERHEROES AND THE NEW MYTHOLOGY’: Comics aren’t just for kids anymore! High schoolers explore graphic novels with J. Gonyeau and Emma Goldberg to see how their favorite heroes and villains have, er, matured. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7228.
movies Also, see movie theater showtimes in Section A. STOWE MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL: Eight days of snow-centric cinema screenings celebrate mountain sport and culture as captured by carvingedge skiers and snowboarders. See www.stowefilmfest.com for a full schedule. See calendar spotlight. Various locations, Stowe, 7 p.m. $5 admission on 11/29, 12/5 and 12/6; all other screenings are free. Info, 253-9911, ext. 201.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B. ELIZABETH!: The Big Apple-based jazz vocalist and trombonist performs a house-party concert with bassist David Westphalen and guitarist Jason Ennis. Murphy Farm, Quechee, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 333-9010.
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SUN.30 dance REBECCA KELLY BALLET: See FRI.28, 2 p.m. ‘THE NUTCRACKER’: See SAT.29, 1 p.m.
etc. FRENCH-ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP: Speakers of Anglais swap syllables with native French speakers in a parlez session. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. HOLIDAY FARM TOURS: See SAT.29, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. SUN.30 >> 22B
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food & drink ‘EATING WELL ON A BUDGET’: Cautious consumers take home 10 healthy recipes requiring ingredients totaling less than $10 after an educational tour of the bulk-foods department. City Market, Burlington, 12-1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.
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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.26, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. MONTPELIER COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR: Singers from various spiritual and musical backgrounds combine soul, jazz and gospel tunes in a toe-tapping, hand-clapping concert. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 454-8403. ‘PEACE THROUGH MUSIC’: Singersongwriters Linda Radtke and Elisabeth Von Trapp share music by Arwin Sexauer, a woman originally from a Richford, Vermont, hill farm who wrote the state’s official bicentennial song. See State of the Arts, this issue Klifa Club, Burlington, 3 p.m. $25. Info, 828-5940.
talks ‘RACE, AMERICA AND HUMAN RIGHTS’: Dr. Charlie Clements, executive director of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, reflects on what an Obama presidency means for the U.S. and its international image. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Free. Info, 862-5630, ext. 24.
theater ‘TRANSLATIONS’: See FRI.28, 2 p.m.
MON.01 activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See WED.26, 5-5:30 p.m.
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CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See WED.26, 2 p.m.
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.26, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
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Also, see movie theater showtimes in Section A. STOWE MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL: See SAT.29, 7 p.m.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B. JAZZ ENSEMBLES: Improvisational groups from Green Mountain and Castleton State combine forces for a concert of swing, Latin and funk compositions. Ackley Theater, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 287-8926.
sport ADULT DODGEBALL: Co-ed teams relive recess in pickup-style games with regulation soft spheres. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 8-9 p.m. $3-15. Info, 223-5141.
talks METHODIST HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM: Jim Winkler, general secretary of the United Methodist Church’s national board, keynotes a symposium exploring Green Mountain College’s religious roots by defining climate change as “the fifth horseman of the apocalypse.” East Room, Withey Hall, Green Mountain College, Poultney, refreshments and introductions 6 p.m., talk 7 p.m. Free. Info, 287-8926.
theater AUDITIONS FOR ‘LETTICE AND LOVAGE’: Actors set their caps for one of four roles in the Middlebury Community Players’ February production of this comedy by British playwright Peter Shaffer. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-6401.
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etc. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY QUILTERS GUILD: Stitchers welcome new members and guests at a sew-and-tell meeting. Social 6:30 p.m., meeting 7-9 p.m. Christ Memorial Church, Williston, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 872-9973. PAUSE CAFÉ: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346. PRESCRIPTION DRUG SAVINGS SESSION: High school students trained to screen specific drugs against all 47 Medicare D plans help seniors find the best value for money. Taxi service provided. South Burlington High School, South Burlington, 2-5 p.m. Free. Info, 238-5750.
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ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.26, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. DARK KNIGHT & SUPERGIRLS COMICS CLUB: Pencil- and pen-holders draw on their inner resources to produce paneled narratives. 3:30-5 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ECHO STORYTIME: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848.
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movies Also, see movie theater showtimes in Section A. SECRET MOVIE NIGHT: Indie film buffs catch cinematic surprises of the low-budget, experimental and underground variety. (Check www. secretmovienight.com for updates.) 12 North Street, Burlington, 8 p.m. $3 suggested donation. Info, 999-3254. STOWE MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL: See SAT.29, 7 p.m. ‘WAR ZONE’: UVM’s Anti-Violence Partnership hosts a screening of this street documentary exploring a cultural environment in which it’s considered OK for men to heckle, follow, touch and disparage women in public. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4322. WELLNESS SERIES: Those curious about alternative healing methods take in the first part of the documentary The New Medicine. Library and Learning Center, Johnson State College, Johnson, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476.
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Also, see clubdates in Section B. HANDEL SOCIETY CONCERT: Guest soloists accentuate a seasonal celebration featuring Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols” and J.S. Bach’s “Magnificat.” Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $3-20. Info, 603-646-2422. SHAPE NOTE SING: Members of the UVM Traditional Music Club teach and sing melodies of fierce beauty to promote a lively, deep-rooted American vocal genre. Billings Hall, UVM, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 585-730-9052, lgraves@ uvm.edu. SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR: Twenty-six South African singers voice traditional and contemporary songs in 6 of their country’s 11 official languages. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $32-38. Info, 863-5966. STRING BAND CONCERT: Green Mountain College’s old-time ensemble plays Appalachian music, with solos by special-guest blues singer Paul Geremia. Ackley Theater, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 287-8926.
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talks TROUT UNLIMITED MEETING: Fly-fishing enthusiast Damon Bungard describes landing grayling, rainbow trout and salmon on a recent summertime trip to Alaska. Best Western Windjammer Inn & Conference Center, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, fredscout77@ peoplepc.com.
words ALISON BECHDEL: The Vermont-based author and cartoonist offers a slide show commemorating 25 years of her nationally syndicated comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, at a tour stop for a new book that does the same. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.
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etc. ‘A CONVERSATION ON RACE’: The Undoing Racism Coalition sponsors a community talk by South Burlington Chief of Police Trevor Whipple, describing local law enforcement’s efforts toward unbiased policing. South Burlington Community Library, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 324-5612. VBSR GET-TOGETHER: Following a community service project, the public joins members of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility on a tour of a local ice cream company’s administrative facility. Ben & Jerry’s, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-8347.
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‘TOUGH GUISE’: The Lake Champlain Men’s Resource Center presents this documentary examining the negative effects that media images of male dominance, sexism and violence have on American culture. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:45-8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 434-8180.
music Also, see clubdates in Section B. ‘ABBA: THE MUSIC’: Mamma Mia! The Swedish tribute band Waterloo reprises their compatriot supergroup’s disco-era hits, complete with sequined costumes. Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $30-50. Info, 603-448-0400. JAZZ WORKSHOP SHOWCASE: Student singers and improv instrumentalists present free-form selections. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Lower Lobby, Middlebury College, Middlebury, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. OPEN MIKE NIGHT: Musicians step up at a coffeehouse series showcasing local talent. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111. ST. ANDREW’S PIPES AND DRUMS: See WED.26, 7:30 p.m. UVM JAZZ VOCAL ENSEMBLE: Students sing unique choral arrangements of genre standards, and local a cappella ensemble Maple Jam joins in. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.
talks ‘SEEKING THE GOOD LIFE’: Back to the land? SUNY Plattsburgh History Prof Kevin Dann explicates rural resettlement in 20th-century Vermont. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $5. Info, 656-0750. ‘STANLEY’S RED PYJAMAS’: Middlebury College Artist-in-Residence Jule Emerson describes the power of good costume design for the theater. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE: Champlain College Humanities Professor Nancy Nahra considers how Italy’s 15th-century cultural resurgence changed both art and the world. Rutland Free Library, Rutland, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860. ‘THE MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY?’: Former U.S. Ambassador Peter Galbraith considers conditions in Pakistan in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. ‘VERMONT AS AN ENDANGERED PLACE’: Emily Wadhams, the vice-president for public policy with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, describes how the entire Green Mountain State was declared at risk — and offers an update on how it’s doing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. ‘WHY POETRY MATTERS’: Vermont versifier, novelist, critic, biographer and Middlebury College English Prof Jay Parini argues that people who don’t read poetry are missing out. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.
theater AUDITIONS FOR ‘LETTICE AND LOVAGE’: See MON.01, 7:30 p.m. ‘WINTER TALES’: Audience members sip hot spiced cider while hearing stories, songs and poems celebrating Vermont’s cold season in all its glory. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $23-31.50. Info, 863-5966.
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his is the first in a three-part series about rally competition and the internationally renowned drivers and organizations right here in Vermont. Rally is a motor sport in which drivers navigate from point to point. It is different from NASCAR or Formula 1 racing, in which drivers lap the same course over and over. The unmatched variability in rally provides a constant challenge, with hills, dips and turns coming often at breakneck speed and with little advance notice. A common saying sums up the sport: “Oval track racers see the same two corners 500 times, while rally racers see 1000 corners just once.” Rally, the first form of auto racing, started in the late 1800s. At that time it was primarily a competition between auto manufacturers as they tested their new machines. Courses were thousands of miles long, often running from city to city, such as Paris to Madrid or New York to Seattle. As you can imagine, having vehicles racing through small towns and city streets was dangerous — injuries and deaths were not uncommon. As the 20th century wore on, most top-level rally races were moved to either remote corners of the world or closed courses. The primitive nature of the courses resulted in the “standard” road surface being anything but. Furthermore, rallies are at the mercy of weather conditions, as races are run in all seasons, in snow and rain, and on pavement, dirt and ice. Sport seems to inspire human innovation, and rally is no exception. Cars that are now popular for normal transportation, such as the Mini Cooper and the Audi
Quattro, were originally designed specifically for rallying. Rally teams are composed of a driver and co-driver, or navigator. The latter shouts out directions about fast-approaching corners and hills just in time to enable the driver to take on the terrain at the fastest possible speeds. It is
cars, they must be registered for travel on public roads. This type of rally, somewhat modified for television, was added to the Summer X Games in 2006. Well-known X Games competitors such as Travis Pastrana and Dave Mirra are helping to grow the popularity of rally in the U.S.
rally group needs to be competitive in more challenging events. Rallycross is the amateur version of a stage rally, except there are no stages, and takes place at a single location. Anyone can enter but must have a helmet. Events are generally organized by local
The unmatched variability in rally provides a constant challenge, with hills, dips and turns coming often at breakneck speed and with little advance notice. a unique relationship with both participants sharing responsibilities that can make or break their outcomes. Rally comes in several types, including stage, road and rallycross. Stage rallies are where you’ll likely find the pros. A race will usually include a number of “special stages” that take place on very fast, closed courses, and a series of “transit stages” in which the vehicles navigate between the special stages on public roads. The cars used for stage rallies are full-on racing vehicles with roll cages and safety equipment, but, like all rally
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Road rallies, also known as Time-Speed-Distance, or TSD, rallies, take place on public roads and focus on navigation and maintaining a set speed rather than attempting to drive as fast as possible. Anyone can enter, and you don’t need a special vehicle. A recent example was the Covered Bridge Rally at Sugarbush on November 1, in which participants navigated some 150 miles back and forth across gap roads in the Green Mountains. These events provide opportunities to build the skills and teamwork a
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branches of groups like the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). Similar to autocross, drivers race around a course outlined by cones or snow banks, but, rather than driving on pavement, they’re on a limited-traction surface such as grass, dirt or snow. Courses are short — it usually takes about a minute to get from start to finish. Drivers run the course over and over throughout the day, and the fastest or best-accumulated time for the series determines the winner. While road rallies challenge navigation and teamwork skills,
rallycross more directly challenges individual driving skills. I checked out my first rallycross in Huntington a couple of weeks ago, and am hoping to debut as a driver on December 6 at the SCCA Wolf Cross Rallycross in Proctorsville. This is a great way to practice driving skills and have fun in a safe and supportive environment. Speaking of learning driving skills, Team O’Neil Rally School & Car Control Center in New Hampshire is another great place to start. It runs multiday classes almost every month throughout the year. I’ll be heading over there in January to report on what the school is all about. One of the most successful and popular rally teams in the U.S. is Subaru Rally Team USA, winners of the Rally America National Championship for the past three years. It may come as a surprise to some readers that the Subaru team is based in Colchester, led by Lance Smith and Vermont SportsCar. There must be something in Colchester’s water, because John Buffum, the most successful rally driver in American history, also lives there. More on both these icons in parts two and three of my series.
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3 bedrooms + den & 2 bath home on 3.75 acres. Large eat-in kitchen. Fireplace in living room. Family room with tongue & groove pine ceiling. Skylights & sun tubes for extraa natural light. Tranquil screenedin porch. Formal dining with custom built-ins.
Stunning 2 bedroom Condo in Burlington near lake, Oakledge Park & bike path. New stainless steel appliances, charming gas stove, claw-foot tub, crown molding, exposed beams, garage, pool, tennis court and more. $238,000.
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Don’t miss this conveniently located Colonial in Burlington’s New North End. Light and open floor plan with spacious living room and kitchen with ample storage and counter space. Many hardwood floors. New carpeting in stairwell and hallway. $229,000. Call Edie Brodsky Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty 802-846-9532 www.EdieHomes.com
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5 to 105 acres close to Jay Peak 4 Season resort, some abutting Jay Forest, some are Broker/Salesperson owned, $59,900 to $528,000. Belvidere, 5.3 acres, dramatic privacy, million dollar views, septic design avail., electricity on land, babbling brook, 1 hr. to Burlington or Montpelier, only $73,900.
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duplex w/ year-round lake views in quiet neighborhood. HDWD throughout. Walk to downtown in less than 5 mins. Off-street parking. Avail. Jan. 1. $1350/ mo. See website for photos. Info: 286swa@gmail.com, 286southwinooski.blogspot.com. 3-BR townhome Essex 1837 sq.ft., energy efficient, 1-car garage, plenty of storage, all appliances, jacuzzi tub, trash removal, snow removal, could be partially furnished. NS, pets considered. 6-mo. or 1-yr. lease. $1750/mo. utils. not incl. Info: 802-2387405.
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Quintessential Vermont Farmhouse completely & tastefully converted into a commercial religious retreat. Potential for B&B, or rented as a multiunit home. Would make a great ski rental property, only 5 mins. to Jay Peak. Drastically reduced from $249,000 to $199,900 for a quick sale.
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Burl. Beachfront 2-BR Appletree Point, fully furnished 2-BR Affordable Apts Avail. Stowe cottage, W/D, amazing view, 2/25/08 10:25:18 2-BR for $635. Jeffersonville 2-BR AM avail. till June 13, 2009. $1150, for $610. Hardwick 2-BR for $610 utils. not incl. Info: Michelle & 3-BR for $700. All apartments Reid, 802-578-8776. incl. heat, trash removal, water/ sewer & on-site parking. Con- Burlington 4-BR, lg. BA, clean tact Alliance Property Manage- & bright, new porch & windows, ment, Inc. at 802-899-3400 for W/D, off-street parking, close to downtown & colleges. Avail. more info. Equal Opportunity/Fair immed. $1250/mo. + dep. & refs. Housing. Info: 802-238-5881. Beautiful 1-BR on 2nd floor Burlington 1388 N. Ave., 1st of triplex in quiet neighborhood close to interstate/shopping & floor, duplex, pleasant 1-BR. NS/ on busline. HDWD, large kitchen, pets. Parking. Utils. not incl. $775/mo. Info: 802-988-4422. 3-season porch w/ extra storage in attic. Surrounded by gardens, off-street parking during winter. $750/mo. Info: julie mazza, 802598-3227, jumazza@comcast. net.
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Incredible historic building on the national preservation register. Presently the home of Sherwood Real Estate and The Richford Antique and Craft Center. The registered trademark `The Pink Lady` will be conveyed to the buyer with the property. All antiques are negotiable. All original woodwork. Also, the building is featured in the East Coast Victorian book. Broker owned. $329,000
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Beautiful 4-BR, 4-BA, located on a quiet dead-end street on bike path. 5 min. to downtown Burlington. Huge backyard, fenced, landscaped. Granet counters in kitchen w/ maple cabinets, central vacuum/air. Master BA, jacuzzi plus Mother-in-law apt. w/ private entry & full BA. $399,000. 802-860-6014.
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com. Info: Matthew Borden, 802A NEW COMPUTER NOW! Brand name. Bad or no credit - no prob- 881-1171, bigbigdeal3@aol.com. lem. Smallest weekly payments Vegetable Oil Have used vegeavail. Call NOW. (AAN CAN) Info: table oil that can be used for die800-816-2232. sel fuel. Come and take it. Have a lot of it! Info: Global Markets, GET A NEW COMPUTER Brand802-863-9460. name laptops & desktops. Bad or no credit - no problem. Smallest weekly payments available. It’s HOME BREWER’S BOTTLES Used yours now. (AAN CAN) Info: 800stopper-tops (Rieme, Musslitte, 803-8819. Virgil’s, Grolsch, etc.). Cleaned, Solar Charger Crank Radio delabeled. $1/bottle. Lv. msg. Seize the power! Buy the coolest Brand New Mattress Sets Info: 802-479-1491. solar phone/MP3 chargers & handMattress, box & frame sets. Still crank radios at lowest prices from in plastic. Twin $240, full $285, a Vermont company w/ a strong queen $330. Can deliver. 802social mission. Info: Oakleigh of 598-0316. Vermont, OakleighVermont.com. Futon w/ new mattress pad TV, DVD, Ipod Vizio 32� LCD, LG Solid wood frame, new cotton DVD, Ipod Video 30g, black. Info: foam pad. Never used or opened, 603-744-5102. still in original pkg. Easy to asLennox Pulse Furnace Model # semble, transport. Retails $995, vhs movies Best offer. Info: G1403-80-12, direct vent central sell only $325. Can split up. 802802-476-6774. furnace equipped for natural gas. 598-0316. Call 603- 252-1375 for more info. New 2008 Hot Tub Spa! In Info: Nicole Martino. shrink wrap. 33 chrome jets, 7 Smith HW Boiler 8 Series with HP, synthetic cabinet, circulaBeckett oil burner for sale. 130K tion pump, blower, ozonator, BTU, Energy Star, 4 y.o. w/1 ownLED lighting, waterfall, insulated er. Asking $999. Info: 802-868cover. Insulated, efficient. Brand 4041. new. MSRP $7495; sell $3800. 2 Brian Regan Tickets Live in Binghamton, NY, Dec. 5. Will sell 802-735-3431. both tickets for $70. Info: 802New Bunk Bed Solid wood w/ 893-3016. ladder, sturdy, still in box, easy to assemble, never opened. Sell Drivers w/ late-model vehicles possessing entertainment $325. Also, twin mattresses, still in plastic, $85/ea. 802-598-0316. and MC qualities wanted to host shows with exotic dancers. Info: New King Mattress Set MatPaisley’s - Women’s Resale 802-658-1464. tress, box spring, frame. ExtraSassy, classy resale shop has thick orthopedic double pillowmoved from Colchester to the 5 Solid gold, Dancers Exotic top. Never used, still in plastic. dancers. Adult entertainment Corners (34 Park St.), Essex Jct. Retails $1650; sell for only $575. for birthday, bachelor, bachelorOpen 7 days. Come on in. Happy ette, deer camp or any time good Can split up. 802-893-7296. Holidays. friends get together. #1 for fun. New talent welcome. Info: 802658-1464.
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private instruction. Study at your convenience in my Burlington studio, or in your own practice space. I offer a custom curriculum, flexible scheduling & the best rates around. Info: steve@ stevehadeka.com. Guitar Instruction Berklee grad. w/25 years teaching experience offers lessons in guitar, music theory & ear training. Individualized, step-by-step approach. All ages/styles/levels. Info: Belford Guitar Studio, Rick Belford, 802-864-7195, rickbelf@verizon. net, www.rickbelford.com.
« furniture New Memory Foam Mattress Visco w/ allergen-resistant cover. Warranty incl., still in plastic, never used. Twin $350, full $450, queen $550, king $750. 802-7340788. Norwalk Furniture Paris collection: 100% cotton loveseat & chair - sage w/ dark purple piping & cherry wood finish; ottoman is multicolored. Excellent condition. Best offer. Info: 802-363-0691.
Kid Stuff GRACO PORTABLE HIGH CHAIR Tot Loc, folding baby/toddler chair. Clamps on safely to table. Holds up to 37 lbs. Clean, excellent cond., used 2x. $25. Info: 802-338-2166. Medela Breast Pump Style Advance, gently used, great cond., extras incl. Paid $275 new. Sell for $100 firm. Tammy, 338-2166. Colchester.
Pets Arabian For sale or for free. Great riding, great horse. If interested please email. Info: lladeau@gmail.com. Pig & black Angus steer 1 black Angus steer; 1 pig for sale. Info: Marty Martino, 802-2229667.
Sports Equipment BURTON ‘07 UNINC SNOWBOARD Only been ridden 3-4 times! C60 bindings, boots, brand-new board bag. Retails for over $1200. Selling everything for $500. Info: 802-338-2703. Treadmill, near-new cond. Bodyguard Radisson, commercial/ gym quality, 4 y.o., programmable, very sturdy, good to 400 lbs, many features. Pick-up in Orange. $2000+ orig.; asking $500/OBO. Info: Frank J. Perricone, 802-2792051.
Want to Buy Antiques Furniture, postcards, pottery, cameras, toys, medical tools, lab glass, photographs, slide rules, license plates, silver. Anything unusual or unique. Cash paid. Info: Dave, 802-859-8966. Dorm sleeper chair I am located in Burlington, willing to pick up anywhere. Info: 802-881-8960, alicia.h.french@gmail.com.
Bands/ Musicians Reel Big Fish Live at UVM! Sun., Dec. 7, at UVM’s Davis Center. Doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m. $10 w/UVM ID, $20 public/door. Tickets avail. at UVM Student Life & Patrick Gym. Info: University of Vermont Program Board, www. uvm.edu/upb.
For Sale Songs for the World! Dawna Hammers releases her special CD ONE SPIRIT by Dawna Hammers and The World Unity Choir! For more info and to order go to www. dawnahammers.net. Info: Music for the Heart & Soul, Dawna Hammers, 802-236-2528, dawnah@ earthlink.net.
Guitar instruction All styles/ levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, UVM & Middlebury College Faculty). Info: 802-8627696, www.paulasbell.com. Guitar School of Vermont “Not your usual music instruction.” Attention from multiple teachers, fundamentals, theory, technique, composition. Teaching Guitarist’s Growing Musicians. 802-655-5800, www.guitarschoolofvermont.com. Music Lessons Piano, guitar, voice, theory, composition, songwriting. All ages, levels, styles. 20 yrs. exp. Friendly, individualized lessons in S. Burlington. Info: 802-864-7740, eromail13@ gmail.com.
Sound (PA) System TOA: power mixer (8 channels) w/ powered monitor ability, 2 main speakers, 1 floor monitor, 2 speaker stands. Great for club gigs. $650/OBO. Info: 802-877-2084. Tenor Saxophone for Sale! Beautiful student tenor for sale. I don’t play sax anymore, too big to store. Hardly used, great sound, comes with hard-shell case! Selling for $400. Info: Zoe Christiansen, 802-223-1342, myspace.com/ zoeclarinetgirl. won’t last long Marshall Valvestate half stack & Epiphone Les Paul standard black, mint shape, for sale. Amp comes with foot switch. $600 firm. Info: 802309-8839. won’t last long Marshall Valvestate half stack and Epiphone Les Paul standard black, both mint cond. Amp comes with foot switch. $600 firm for both. Info: 802-309-8839. YAMAHA ELECTRIC DXPLORER Drum set. Complete set. Speakers, amp., headphones, stool, music stand. Less than 20 hrs. use. Pristine condition. $800. Info: 802879-2883. Yamaha Keyboard MM6 Music Synthesizer Workstation is a 61key synth w/418 voices and 22 onboard drum kits. Bought new 6/08, excellent cond. $400/considering offers. Info: daviens@ comcast.net.
Instruction Bass Guitar Lessons For all levels/styles. Beginners welcome! Learn technique, theory, songs, ear-training and slap-bass in a fun, professional setting. Years of teaching/playing experience. Convenient Pine St. studio. Info: Bass Lessons with Aram, Aram Bedrosian, 802-598-8861, info@arambedrosian.com, www. arambedrosian.com. Drum Lessons Have fun while achieving your goals as a drummer! Experienced, professional & active drummer seeks students of all ages, styles & abilities for
Lyric Theatre’s spring & fall 2009 musicals). Fun, high-energy Broadway styles, vaudeville comedy to Hello Dolly with warm-ups to overtures from your favorite musicals, old and new. For teens and adults, all levels. Wear sneakers or dance shoes. Dance Studio Salsalina: Cost: $12 /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 walkin classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. No dance experience, partner or pre-registration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!
drumming Burlington Taiko Classes: Location: Taiko Space (across from Outer Space Deli), 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Taiko, 802-999-4255, classes@ burlingtontaiko.org, www.burlingtontaiko.com. Beginning classes Tuesdays - Kids, 4:30-5:20 p.m., $47/6 weeks. Adults 5:30-6:20 p.m., $53/6 weeks. Session begins 10/28. Advanced Beginner/Ensemble class meets weekly on Mondays at 5:30-6:50 p.m., $48/6 weeks, beginning 10/27. Gift certificates are available! For a full schedule of classes or more info, go online or email.
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building Build your own Timber Frame: Ongoing. Cost: $40 / hour. Location: Your project site or our workshop, Ripton. Info: House in the Woods Co., Michael Cummings, 802-388-0118, houseinthewoods @gmail.com, www.HouseInTheWoodsVermont. com. Want to build your own timber frame, but need help getting started and have questions about design, tools, joinery, enclosures and foundation systems? I offer one-on-one consulting, tutoring and design help for owner/builders who want to create healthy, energy-efficient, inspired structures. Twenty-five years building and design experience.
dance Ballroom Dance Classes: First Step Dance offers Ballroom Dance classes in Burlington & Shelburne on Monday & Tuesday and holds Ballroom practice sessions in Burlington on Thursday. Ballroom Dance Social on the 2nd Friday of each month. Location: -, -. Info: 802-598-6757, 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! Broadway-Style Dance Classes: Nov. 18 - Dec. 9, 6-7 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $15 /$48 all four classes; $15 single class. Location: Very Merry Theatre Rehearsal Space, 333 North Winooski Ave./666 Riverside Avenue, Burlington. Info: 802363-8393, amirault@sover.net. Musical theater dance classes with Karen Amirault (choreographer for
Wisdom of the Elders: Feb. 25 Mar. 7, Every 2 Years. Cost: $1,775 /Immersion Retreat in Mexico. Location: HueHue Coyotl EcoVillage, Tepotzlan. Info: Health Arts and Sciences: Bridging Nature, Culture and Healing Program of Goddard College, Suzanne Richman, 802454-1346, suzanne.richman@ goddard.edu, www.goddard.edu/ wisdomofelders. Traditional Healing Practices of Mexico. Immerse yourself in nature and healing with an eco-village stay in Mexico. Experiential learning in ethnobotany and herbs, Mexican massage, traditional midwifery, temascal and limpia purification practices, art and community, sustainability and ecovillage life. February 25 - March 7, 2009. More information: www.goddard.edu/wisdomofelders.
herbs Wisdom of the Herbs School: Open house, Saturday, Dec. 6, 1-4 p.m., Rhapsody Cafe, 28 Main St. (next to the Savoy Theater), Montpelier. Wild Edible Intensive 2009: Enhancing Local Food Security. Class meets for two terms, three Sundays each term, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Spring term: 5/24, 6/14 & 7/12, 2009. Summer Term: 8/9, 9/20 & 10/4, 2009. Tuition $480 both terms or $240 each term. $50 nonrefundable deposit each term. VSAC non-degree grants avail. Wisdom of the Herbs 2009, 8 weekends: May 16-17, June 6-7, June 27-28, July 18-19, Aug. 1516, Sept. 12-13, Oct. 10-11, Nov. 7-8. Tuition $1750. Nonrefundable deposit $250. Discounted tuition for early registration paid in full one month before class begins. VSAC non-degree grants available. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, South Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, director, 802-456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, www. WisdomOf TheHerbsSchool.com. Unique experiential programs embracing wild plants, holistic health
and sustainable living skills, valuable tools for living on the Earth in these changing times. Learn through herb walks and nature adventures, communion with nature, hands-on wild harvesting and preparation of wild edibles and herbal home remedies, with intention and gratitude.
language Parlez-vous francais?: Location: At your home or scheduled meeting place, Mad River Valley, Stowe, Montpelier. Info: 802-4967859. Communication and vocabulary enrichment, some grammar review. Fun and useful. Taught by Yves Compere, French native. SPANISH IN WATERBURY CENTER: Cost: $155/10 1-hour classes. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 802-659-4181, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishparavos. googlepages.com. Ten-week winter session begins Dec 1-4. Learn from a native speaker in a small class environment. Beginning to Advanced Spanish Classes: 1 hour per week. Available class times: Monday-Thursday, 5:30-6:30 and 6:50-7:50 p.m. Also: customized classes, private tutoring and lessons for children scheduled at your convenience.
martial arts AIKIDO: Adult introductory classes begin on the first Tuesday of the month. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine Street, Burlington. Info: 802-9518900, aikidovt.org. This traditional Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements and pinning and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome. Gift certificates are available. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CTR: Introductory class. Location: One minute off I-89 at Exit 17, Colchester. Info: 802-8938893. Day and evening classes for adults. Afternoon and Saturday classes for children. Group and private lessons. Kempo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis and Wing Chun Kung Fu. Vermont Aikido: Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 North Winooski Ave, Burlington. Info: 802862-9785, vermontaikido.org. Practice the graceful martial art of Aikido in a safe, supportive environment. Aikido training teaches body and spirit together, promoting physical flexibility and flowing movement, martial awareness with compassionate connection, respect for others and confidence in oneself. Visitors are always welcome in the dojo! Class hours are at our homepage. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Road, Williston. Info: 802-6604072, www.bjjusa.com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial-arts system; it enhances balance, flexibility, strength, cardiorespiratory fitness and builds personal courage and self-confidence. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense classes, Boxing, Muay-Thai Kickboxing and MMA for all levels. Head instructor is five-time Brazilian Champion Rio de Janeiro, certified 6th Degree Black Belt under Carlson Gracie. Classes for men, women and children. First class is free.
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.
pilates ABSOLUTE PILATES: Affordable, invigorating group mat classes and 1-on-1 sessions that rock your body, not your wallet. Location: Espire, 12 Gregory Drive, Suite 1, South Burlington. Info: 802-3102614, www.absolutepilatesvt. com. Tone, stretch and strengthen with certified classical Pilates & Polestar Pilates instructor Lynne Martens. Sculpt a great new body in fun group mat classes or private lessons on reformer, Wunda chair and tower unit in an attractive, welcoming locale. In the works: floor mat to standing movement to challenge stamina, coordination and balance. Visit our website for pricing, class times and specials. Natural Bodies Pilates: Join Pilates Mat and Reformer, Ballet Conditioning, or Integrative Movement classes - or combine all three in our Beginning Studio classes. Private sessions, class cards and per-class rates available. Free group introductions, and special rates on private introductions by appointment. Call today!. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Hwy. 127, just north of the Burlington Beltline), Colchester. Info: Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com. Relieve stress and improve your health while shaping your whole body. Receive expert instruction in a supportive environment and enjoy the use of a professionally equipped studio. Benefit from Lucille Dyer’s 20 years teaching experience to develop your awareness, strength and ease of movement. Classes are personalized, enlivening and fun!
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Reiki, a powerful healing art, and be able to give Reiki to yourself and others by the end of the class. Plenty of in-class practice time. Chris Hanna is a member of the Vermont Reiki Assoc.
scuba « classes Pilates Space: A division of ALL Wellness, LLC. Many package/pricing options to suit your budget. Please call for pricing details. Location: Pilates Space, 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802-8639900, www.pilatesspace.net. We invite all bodies, all ages and all abilities to experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. We offer Pilates privates, semiprivates and group classes; physical therapy; holistic health counseling; craniosacral therapy; and Anusarainspired yoga. First mat class is free! Also, please join us for a free introduction to the reformer, the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 – just call to sign up.
poetry Writing & Performing Poetry: Dec. 3, 4-6 p.m. Cost: $20/class. Location: Amy E. Tarrant Gallery at Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington. Info: Flynn Center, 802-652-4548, www.flynncenter.org. Open to teens, adults & educators. Mildred Ruis and Steven Sapp of Universes have spent years inspiring inner-city students to write and appreciate poetry, performance and self-expression. At the Flynn, they lead you through their most tried-and-true exercises, designed to awaken each individual’s unique voice, both written and oral. Bring a favorite song on CD. Teachers welcome to come seize ideas!
reiki REIKI level One: Cost: $175/ Sat., Nov. 20, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., Burlington. Info: Chris Hanna, 802-881-1866, chr is @ r isingsunhealing.com, www.risingsunhealing.com. Learn
SCUBA CERTIFICATION COURSE: Cost: $275/Tue./Thu. evenings for 4 weeks. Location: Waterfront Diving Center, 214 Battery Street, Burlington. Info: Waterfront Diving Center, Jonathan Eddy, 802865-2771, info@waterfrontdiving.com, waterfrontdiving.com. Add a new dimension to your tropical vacation this winter, or fight off the winter blues: Learn to scuba dive! There is nothing else like it on earth. Trust the experienced professionals of Waterfront Diving Center to lead you safely through the world of diving. Classes starting each month.
tai chi Snake Style Tai Chi Chuan: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: BAO TAK FAI TAI CHI INSTITUTE , 100 Church Street, 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.
yoga BRISTOL YOGA AND AYURVEDA: Daily Ashtanga yoga classes for all levels. Special monthly workshops on yoga, Ayurveda, diet and nutrition, breathing and meditation. Private sessions for yoga or Ayurvedic consultations available by appointment. Cost: $14 / drop-in, $110/10 classes or $100/ monthly pass. Location: Old High School, Bristol. Info: 802-4825547, www.bristolyoga.com. This classical form of yoga incorporates balance, strength and flexibility to steady the mind, strengthen the body and free the soul. Bristol Yoga is directed by Christine Hoar, who was blessed and authorized to teach by Sri K Pattabhi Jois of Mysore India, holder of the Ashtanga lineage.
COPPER CRANE YOGA: Beginner Series, Winter Solstice Yoga workshop, Kids Yoga. Cost: $14 /drop-in, $60/5-class card, $110/10-class card, $200/20-class card. Location: Copper Crane Yoga, 179 Main St., Vergennes. Info: 802-877-3663, coppercraneyoga. com. Individual, group and custom yoga classes. Thai Yoga Bodywork and Zero Balancing sessions by appointment. Copper Crane provides wise and compassionate teaching to strengthen the body, uplift the heart and calm the mind. Be yourself here. Copper Crane is directed by Carolyn Conner, RYT, Advanced Certified Thai Yoga Bodywork practitioner. EVOLUTION YOGA: Mondays, 5:45 p.m. Class is sliding scale, $4-10. $5 Friday classes at 4:30 p.m. Cost: $14 /single class. $130/10 class card. $12/1-hr. class. $110/10 class card for 1 hr. classes. Community classes donation $5-$10. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn Street, Burlington. Check out our added location at Eastern View, 185 Tilley Drive, South Burlington. Info: 802-8649642, www.evolutionvt.com. Vinyasa, Anusara-Inspired, Kripalu and Iyengar classes for all levels, plus babies and kids yoga. Prepare for birth and strengthen post-partum with pre/post-natal yoga. Reducedprice community classes offered 3 times a week. PATHWAYS TO WELL-BEING: Fridays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Cost: $12 /drop-in, $55/5-class card. Location: Pathways to Well-Being, 168 Battery Street, Burlington. A gentle yoga class for relaxation and rejuvenation, using breath and postures to experience meditation in motion. Lead by Lesley Becker, certified Kripalu Yoga instructor and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy practitioner. Info: 802-862-0836 x4. The Studio at The Field House: Daily yoga & Pilates classes for all levels. Drop-ins welcome; no membership required. Cost: $15 /drop-in, $60/month (6 classes). Special Field House Athletic Club Memberships are also avail. Location: 166 Athletic Drive, Shelburne. Info: 802-985-4406, www. shelburneathleticclub.com. Vinyasa, Iyengar, Anusara, Yin, Vajra & Kripalu classes as well as reformer, mat & senior Pilates. YOGA VERMONT: Daily drop-in classes, plenty of choices, open to all levels, two locations. Cost: $14 /drop-in, $115/10 class card, $130/month pass. Location: Chace Mill on Winooski River, downtown at 113 Church St. (top floor of the Leunig’s building), Burlington. Info: 802-660-9718, www.yogavermont.com. Six-week Skiier and Rider class, six-week Intro to Ashtanga, Monthly Restorative, Adaptive Yoga, Yoga Instructor Training Course and more listed on website. Gift certificates avail-
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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On November 19, 2008, Preci Manufacturing, Inc. filed application # 4C0235-3D for a project generally described as: The construction of a 15-space parking lot on a 0.26 acre parcel of land associated with Preci Manufacturing, Inc. The Project is located in Highland Industrial Park at the corner of Tigan and Weaver Streets in the City of Winooski, Vermont.
No hearing will be held unless, on or before Monday, December 15, 2008, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by Monday, December 15, 2008.
The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule Parties entitled to participate 51 - Minor Applications. Copies are the Municipality, the Municiof the application and proposed pal Planning Commission, the permit are available for review Regional Planning Commission, at the Winooski Municipal Office, adjoining property owners, other Chittenden County Regional interested persons granted party Planning Commission located status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § at 30 Kimball Avenue, South 6085(c). Non-party participants Burlington, and the office listed may also be allowed under 10 below. The application and V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5). proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Dated in Essex Junction, Board’s web site5/26/05 (www.nrb.state. Vermont, 1x4-7road 1:02 PM Pagethis 1 24th day of Novt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act vember, 2008. 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case By /s/ Stephanie H. Monaghan number above. Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie.monaghan@state. vt.us
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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On November 20, 2008, Town of Essex, filed application #4C019318 for a project generally described as:
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construction of a micropool extended detention pond and applicable drainage partially on Lot #16 of the Morse Industrial Park. The project is located on Kellogg Road in the Town of Essex, Vermont. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Essex Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 30 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above. No hearing will be held unless, on or before December 16, 2008, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by December 16, 2008. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners, other interested persons granted party status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c). Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 21st day of November 2008. 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 BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD Public Hearing Notice – December 16, 2008 The Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. in Contois Auditorium, City Hall to consider the following applications: 1. 09-311CA; 85 Crescent Rd. (RL, Ward 6) Sherrill N. Musty Combined preliminary & final plat review of 2-lot subdivision; no development included (continued review) 2. 09-419CU; 85 Crescent Rd. (RL, Ward 6) Sherrill N. Musty
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CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Plans may be viewed in the Planning and Zoning office, (City Hall, First Floor, 149 Church Street, Burlington), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances:
David White, AICP, Director of Planning and Zoning
Sec. 27. No parking except with resident parking permit.
Individuals who require special arrangements to participate are encouraged to contact the Department at least 72 hours in advance. For information call 865-7188 (865-7142 TTY).
No person shall park any vehicle except vehicles with a valid resident parking permit or a valid guest pass and clearly identifiable service or delivery vehicles on any street designated as “residential parking.”
CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
(a) As Written
The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Chapter 27 Obstructing metered parking spaces prohibited; exception, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances:
(b) As Written
Sec. 27-33. Obstructing metered parking spaces prohibited; exception.
(1) In the space in front of 190 North Winooski Avenue
(a) As Written (b) As Written (c) As Written (d) The fee for a 12-hour permit as required herein shall be [seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50)] ten dollars ($10.00) per day. The fee for a 24-hour permit shall be [fifteen dollars ($15.00)] twenty dollars ($20.00) per day. The traffic department shall collect the fee. Adopted this 12th day of November 2008 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director-Technical Services Adopted 11/12/2008; Published 11/26/08; Effective 12/17/08. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 7A. Handicap spaces designated. No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations, except automobiles displaying special handicapped license plates issued pursuant to 18 V.S.A. 1325, or any amendment or renumbering thereof: (1) through (48) As Written (49) [In front of 17 South Union Street.] Reserved. (50) through (150) As Written Adopted this 12th day of November 2008 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director-Technical Services Adopted 11/12/2008; Published 11/26/08; Effective 12/17/08. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.
(c) As Written (d) As Written (e) As Written
(2) On the south side of Locust Street in the third space east of the westernmost access road to Calahan Park. Adopted this 12th day of November 2008 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners:
The purpose of the proposed amendment is to make certain edits as found to be necessary and desirable based on public feedback and use of the document following its adoption in 2006. The proposed amendments to the Land Use Regulations will affect all lands within the Town of Charlotte. The proposed amended Land Use Regulations will have the following table of contents (abbreviated): Chapter I. Authority & Purpose Chapter II. Zoning Districts & District Standards Chapter III. General Regulations Chapter IV. Specific Use Standards Chapter V. Development Review Chapter VI. Subdivision Review Chapter VII. Subdivision Standards Chapter VIII. Planned Residential & Planned Unit Development Chapter IX. Administration & Enforcement Chapter X. Definitions The full text of the amendments is available for review at the Charlotte Town Office and on the Town’s web-site: http://www. charlottevt.org.
Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director-Technical Services
OPENINGS BURLINGTON CITY COMMISSIONS/BOARDS
Adopted 11/12/2008; Published 11/26/08; Effective 12/17/08.
On Monday, December 15, 2008, the Burlington City Council will fill vacancies on the following City Commissions/Boards:
Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 7. No-Parking Areas. No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations: (1) through (106) As Written (107) [In the single space directly in front of the entrance to 190 North Winooski Avenue.] Reserved. (108) through (506) As Written Adopted this 12th day of November 2008 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director-Technical Services Adopted 11/12/2008; Published 11/26/08; Effective 12/17/08. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE TOWN OF CHAROTTE LAND USE REGULATIONS Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. Sections 4442 and 4444, the Charlotte Select Board will hold a public hearing at the Charlotte Town Hall on Monday, December 15, 2008 at 8:00 PM for the purpose of receiving public comment on proposed amendments to the Town of Charlotte Land Use Regulations.
Cemetery Commission Term expires 6/30/11 One Opening Fence Viewer Term expires 6/30/09 Three Openings Board of Tax Appeals Term expires 6/30/10 One Opening Board of Tax Appeals Term expires 6/30/11 Two Openings Telecommunications Advisory Comm. Term expires 6/30/10 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 10, 2008. 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. The City of Burlington encourages persons from diverse backgrounds to apply to serve on boards, commissions and committees. The City is committed to providing equal opportunity to all persons without regard to political affiliation, race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual preference, national origin, disability or any other non-merit factor. PUBLIC HEARING SOUTH BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD The South Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing at the South Burlington Public Works Sonny Audette Building, 2nd Floor,104 Landfill Rd, South Burlington, Vermont on December 16, 2008 at 7:30 P.M. to consider the following:
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1. Conditional use application #CU-08-07 of Omnipoint Communications to install telecommunications equipment consisting of: 1) six (6) panel antennas to be attached to an existing silo structure, and 2) a 15’ x 15’ equipment area for general mounted cabinets, 900 Hinesburg Road. John Dinklage, Chairman South Burlington Development Review Board Copies of the applications are available for public inspection at the South Burlington City Hall. November 26, 2008 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S 278-08 CnC Deutsche Bank Trust Company of Americas f/k/a Banker’s Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian, for IXIS 2005-HE3, by Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc., as its Attorneyin-Fact, Plaintiff, v Robert K. Bain and Dawn M. Bain, and Any Other Occupants of 318 Eagle Park Drive, Colchester, Vermont, Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed dated July 7, 2005, from Robert K. Bain and Dawn M. Bain to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Flexpoint Funding Corporation. Said Mortgage Deed was recorded on July 13, 2005 in Volume 530, Pages 556-573, of the Town of Colchester Land Records. The subject Promissory Note and Mortgage were assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Flexpoint Funding Corporation to Deutsche Bank Trust Company of Americas formerly known as Banker’s Trust Company, a Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2005-HE3 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc., as its attorney-in-fact, by Assignment dated February 12, 2008 and recorded on February 22, 2008 in Volume 606, Page 264 of the Town of Colchester Land Records. The undersigned represents the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same which will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 o’clock PM, on the 12th day of December, A.D. 2008, at the subject premises of 318 Eagle Park Drive, Colchester, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage will be sold as a whole. To wit: “Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Robert K. Bain and Dawn M. Bain by Warranty Deed of Thomas J. Hergenrother and Rachel D. Hergenrother dated 22 August 1991 and recorded in Volume 183, Page 403 of the Land Records of the Town of Colchester. “All and the same lands and premises conveyed to the within Grantors by warranty deed of Hauke Building Supply, Inc., dated May 18, 1976, and of record in Volume 28, Page 135 of the Colchester Land Records, and described therein as follows:
“A lot of land with all buildings thereon situated on the easterly side of Eagle Park Drive, so-called, the newly erected dwelling house on said lot being known and designated as No. 35 Eagle Park Drive, said land having a frontage on Eagle Park Drive of 120.00 feet and uniform width, and a uniform depth of 142.10 feet, all interior angles being 90’, comprising 17,052 square feet, and being all of Lot No. 15 as shown on a plan of Eagle Park Sub-Division, Colchester, Vermont, dated February, 1973, revised July 27, 1973 and recorded in Plat Book 1 on Page 81 of the Town of Colchester Records. “This conveyance is made subject to certain Protective Covenants dated July 18, 1974 and recorded in Volume 27, Pages 160-162, of Miscellaneous Records of the Town of Colchester, and to any utility easement of record which may pertain to this lot. “Eagle Park Drive is now an accepted street. “Meaning to convey a portion of the land, with all improvements thereon, acquired by Hauke Building Supply, Inc., in Warranty Deed of Rodney A. and Jane M. Reynolds dated August 30,1 974 and recorded in Vol. 24, Pages 363-365, of the Warranty Deed Records of Colchester. “Property is known and designated as 318 Eagle Park Dr “Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.” Terms of Sale: Purchaser at the sale shall pay cash or certified funds, or produce a commitment letter from a bank or mortgage company or other lender licensed to do business in the State of Vermont at the time of the sale for the amount of the winning bid. In any case the winning bidder shall be required to produce $10,000.00 (ten-thousand dollars) cash or certified funds at the close of auction as the deposit against the sale. The sale will be subject to the Confirmation Order of the Chittenden Superior Court. In the event the auction terms are confirmed by the Superior Court aforesaid, and the winning bidder is unwilling or unable consummate the sale, the deposit shall be forfeit. In the event the sale is not confirmed the deposit will be returned without interest. The Mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees, Attorney, P.O. Box 108, Milton, Vermont 05468, 802893-7400. By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Mortgagee or Mortgagee’s Attorney Publication Dates: November 19, 2008 November 26, 2008 December 3, 2008
DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs? Call Vermont 2-1-1, a program of United Way of Vermont. Within Vermont, dial 2-1-1 or 866-6524636 (toll-free) or from outside of Vermont, 802-652-4636. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 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. HOLIDAY GRIEF SUPPORT Grieving the loss of a loved one? Feeling uncertain about the holiday season? Holiday grief support: November 20, December 4, 11, 5:30-7 p.m. Sponsored by Hospice Volunteer Services. Please call 388-4111 for more info. and to register for this free program. THE ADDISON COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE COMPASSONATE FRIEND (TCF), a nonprofit self-help bereavement support group for families that have experienced the death of a child will hold its regular meeting this Monday, December 1, 2008, at 7 p.m. at the Hospice Services Office located at the Marble Works (first building on the left as you enter across from the Addison Independent) in Middlebury. Bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents are encouraged to attend to meet others who have gone through a similar experience and for support. For more information, contact chapter leaders, Nancy Merolle at 388-6837, or Claire Groleau at 388-9603. WOMEN’S CLUB For all women ages 18+. Held at the Community Center (YMCA) in Winooski every Friday from 5-7 p.m. We will have a peer support session & social fun time to do a variety of things. Head leader: Jackie Konkol. Info: 802-861-2165, jackieakonkol@yahoo.com. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-Step group. Women only. Do you have problems with your relationships? Are you unable to leave an unhealthy romantic relationship? We can help. Call Valerie, 802-825-4643. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA’S SUPPORT GROUP Held monthly at The Arbors at Shelburne. The theme for Wednesday, November 19 at 9:30 a.m. is: Updates on the Latest Research, What’s Happening Now and What Do We See for the Future. Presented by Laura Corrow from the VT Alzheimer Association of VT. For info. or to register, contact Nicole at 802985-8600. MENOPAUSE SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN Meets Sundays, 4-6 p.m. starting November 2nd & Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m. starting November 6th. Location: Pathways to Well Being, 168 Battery St., Burlington. Share knowledge, experience, stories & get support. This is a FREE support group that meets every other Sunday and Thursday. Call 862-8806 x5 for more info.
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HowardCenter is seeking a seasoned, dynamic leader to join a collaborative school leadership team to provide vision, overall administration and service management to the Baird School program. Anticipated start date: July 1, 2009. The Baird School is a licensed independent school serving 52 students with emotional and behavioral challenges, grades 1-8, in an intensive therapeutic educational environment. The Circle of Courage is implemented in this reclaiming school environment. Responsibilities include development and evaluation of educational and therapeutic services within the school; creation of a strengths-based therapeutic environment that meets the social, emotional, behavioral and academic needs of students; oversight of 27 staff; management of referrals; extensive PR within the LEA and special education community; collaboration with other programs within the HowardCenter; management of a $2.4 million budget; and compliance with all DOE, Medicaid and agency regulations and policies. Master’s degree required in special education and VT licensure as a special educator or related field, experience in program/budget management, as well as extensive experience working with students in a therapeutic milieu educational setting. Send cover letter, resume and 3 references with your application. WooDSiDe tranSition coorDinator
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8 6 5 - 1 0 2 0 C T Advanced Concert Ticket Sales Nationwide Fundraising Company is seeking individuals to staff our S. Burlington,VT Office. Full- & part-time positions M-F, 12-9 pm, no weekends $11/hr after training, $16+ realistic with Weekly Bonus Incentive Program Full co. benefits including 401 (K) No experience necessary Management opportunity Looking for highly motivated, career-oriented people with good communication skills.
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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HEAD START EARLY CARE ADVOCATE (Burlington): Provide developmentally appropriate environment and experiences for preschool children in a Head Start classroom located at Robin’s Nest Children’s Need toandplace an Center (RNCC), and monthly home visits for families. Assist families in accessing medical dental care for preschool children. Requirements: bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related education field, VT educator’s license and classroom experience. Experience in curricu-Call lum planning and implementation, child outcome assessment, and working with children with special needs. 40 hours/week (20 hours funded through Head Start, 20 hours funded through RNCC). 52 weeks/year. Starting wage: $12.26–13.89/hour. Health plan and excellent benefits.
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Central Vermont Medical Center is seeking qualified candidates to join our multidisciplinary team on our state-of-the-art Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. Our excellent nurse/patient ratios and focus on quality care contribute to an exceptional working environment.
Psychiatric Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse Part time night shift openings available to work 40 hours bi-weekly with weekend rotation. Previous psychiatric or nursing home experience a plus. Candidates must have an interest in Psychiatric Nursing and 2 years of psychiatric nursing experience is preferred. We offer competitive night and weekend shift differentials, paid time off, tuition reimbursement and a generous flexible benefit program. Current VT RN or LPN license required.
Apply online at our website www.CentralToYourWellBeing.org or contact us at 802-371-4493 Equal Opportunity Employer
Development Director Burlington Dismas House is seeking a parttime Development Director. Successful applicant will be responsible for planning and implementing the agency’s fund drive including: individual donor solicitation, fundraising events and grant proposals. Candidates should have at least 4 years proven track record of successful fund development; excellent writing and interpersonal skills. 20-25 hours of work per week. Email resume to: mary@dismasofvermont.org. www.dismasofvermont.org
Program manager St. Albans nonprofit has an immediate opening for an experienced professional with leadership and interpersonal skills to manage a new, statewide, older worker job-training program; has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the program to ensure that the mission, goals and objectives specified in the federal grant are fulfilled.
Send cover letter and resume to: Human Resources PO Box 107 St. Albans, VT 05478 Email: HR@vermontassociates.org
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Afterschool Professionals Wanted
The Burlington School District is now hiring creative, enthusiastic individuals to work in afterschool programs at each of our elementary schools. We seek skilled educators and childcare professionals with a passion for creating, engaging learning opportunities for students of all interests and abilities. These are part-time positions working with students for approximately 15-20 hours each week. To apply, please send a cover letter, a current resume and reference list to: Jeffrey J. Fournier, BAS Director jfournie@bsdvt.org
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TEMPORARY DRIVERS You will be employed and paid by a staffing agency while on temporary assignment to FedEx® Home Delivery. It’s extra cash and a chance to work with an industry leader. You will be supplied with a truck and everything you need to pick up and deliver our customer’s packages. Qualifications: • 21 years old or older • Clean driving record • Drug screen, background check & physical required • Customer service skills
• Driving/delivery experience preferred • No equipment necessary
Inquire in person, Mon-Sat, 9am-3pm: FedEx Home Delivery 322 Leroy Road Williston, VT 05495 802-651-6837
Lamoille North Supervisory Union Hyde Park, Vermont
Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (.5 FTE Interim Position until June 30, 2008) Join a team of motivated and enthusiastic educators in the Lamoille North Supervisory Union (LNSU) as Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment. Working closely with the superintendent and other senior administrators, you will focus on assessment, curriculum, instruction and data analysis, planning and proposing system-wide improvements, while also coordinating professional staff development and grants administration. A master’s degree in education or its equivalent, coupled with experience in curriculum development and assessment, planning, project management and group facilitation, all gained in a close team environment, are required for success in this position as are strong writing and data analysis skills. A VTDOE superintendent’s or principal’s license would be a real plus. There is a strong possibility that this position will be a 1.0 full time FTE next fiscal year. If you have interest and experience in the above areas and enjoy working in an educational environment, send your resume with three letters of reference to:
LNSU Director Search Lamoille North Supervisory Union Equal Opportunity 95 Cricket HillEmployer. Road Hyde Park, VT 05655
EOE
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Financial solutions company seeks networkers interested in creating wealth for themselves and others. The timing is right, the system is in place, the opportunity is real, so the only thing missing is you. Call 877-521-7799 for info and to schedule an interview.
Ken’s Pizza Waitstaff Needed full- & part-time positions open.
School Bus Drivers Immediate openings! Regular Route Drivers, must have at least two years experience. Three openings available immediately. Contact Ken Martin at 802-482-7120.
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For local CPA firm. Duties include full charge bookkeeping, billing, supervising administrative staff and projects, administering benefits plans, and other matters. Send resume and cover letter to: Human Resources vermontcpa@gmail.com
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Are you a mover and a shaker with connections? NFI Vermont is seeking a dynamic person who is comfortable interacting with the media, local organizations and businesses. The person in this position opens the door for community members to consider providing a home for kids in Vermont. Fulltime position with great benefits!
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Account Manager We need a talented self-starter to provide customer support for an assigned list of customers. You will work closely with external sales executives in transitioning new customers/ products from external to internal status. You will work with the product development team on new product introductions for your list of customers. The successful candidate must have an understanding of order management data entry and related duties, as well as product pricing and resolving customer issues. This manager provides the customer with a single point of contact. This position is based at our Essex location.
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I saw the Vermont 3.0 Creative/Technology Career Jam on Facebook, then I read about it in Seven Days and decided to check it out. I wanted to talk to NRG Systems, Galen Healthcare and Competitive Computing — just kind of meet some people and get the resume out there. I made it all the way to the back of the exhibition area and was just about to leave when I happened to notice a bunch of people milling around with orange shirts. They were from Logic Supply in South Burlington. I went to their table and ended up talking to them for about half an hour. It seemed like a really neat place. We talked about what they were doing, what their products are, and how we could all fit together. As a result, I'll be starting as a Logic Supply product manager in January, researching new products and market trends and providing technical support to the sales and marketing teams. And I almost didn't even walk down the aisle! Thank you very much for putting this on." TONY FISET, ESSEX JUNCTION
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"We moved up here two and a half years ago so my wife could pursue med school at UVM. I kept my job at Tele Atlas in New Hampshire, and was telecommuting until we were sure that we were going to stay. She just started school this fall, and the telecommuting thing was getting a little old.
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www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] St. Joseph’s Residential Care Home
RN Oversight (24 Hours/Week)
Assistant to the Dean of Students Our ideal candidate enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, has strong planning, administrative and communication skills, will work effectively with a variety of individuals inside and outside of the College community, and has a “can do” attitude. Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree plus three years of relevant administrative work experience or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired. Ability to do independent research; good writing and math skills. Strong base of computer knowledge and experience including but not limited to Microsoft Office and network systems. Good general understanding of higher education and organizational structure. Professional level experience working in a college preferred. Send cover letter, resume and completed application (available at www.jsc.edu/employment) to jschumanresources@jsc.edu or: Johnson State College Human Resources 337 College Hill, Johnson, VT 05656
St. Joseph’s Level III Residential Care Home is seeking to hire an individual who can perform RN oversight for the home. The position is a critical role that necessitates a high level of communication, customer service, and organizational skills with a high level of compassion. The individual must promote the vision, mission and values of Vermont Catholic Charities, Inc. This position provides oversight responsibility in the area of nursing. These include but are not limited to developing care plans for residents; completing resident assessments; medication oversight and in-service training. The incumbent is under the general direction of the Administrator of the Home. This is a great opportunity to utilize your nursing expertise for approximately 40 residents in a great environment. The position hours are 24 hours a week, with Wednesday as a primary day. If interested, please submit resumes to: danderson@vermontcatholic.org.
Our residents and staff are wonderful to work with and provide a great working atmosphere!
Part-time Custodian:
Johnson State College is an equal opportunity employer.
16 hours per week $12.14 per hour
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ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, located on the Burlington waterfront, seeks responsible individual to provide custodial services throughout all guest and staff areas. The work schedule is for Saturdays and Sundays from 4:30 AM until 1:00 PM. Visit www.echovermont.org for a detailed job description. Apply in person at One College St. between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. Deadline is Monday, December 15. EOE
Director, Training, Education & Organizational Development Reporting to the Vice-President of Human Resources, you will be responsible for setting the strategic direction and offering deep subject matter expertise in order to increase the capability and capacity of the organization to deliver on its strategies. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for leadership and will create appropriate and proactive culture and change management programs and processes to improve organizational agility. Qualified applicants must have an advanced degree in Organizational Development or related field and a minimum of 10-15 years’ combined experience in Leadership and Staff Training/Human Resources Development. Previous experience in designing and implementing successful leadership development initiatives and programs, including demonstrated teaching ability is required. A highly engaging, collaborative, and consensus-building style in winning support across the organization is crucial to this role. Experience working with the senior management of a large enterprise is a plus. You must possess solid program and functional management skills, including selecting, supervising, and developing a strong professional team. The ability to set strategy while managing the details of implementation and measurement is essential. The chosen applicant must have exceptional communication skills, including written, oral, and presentation.
At Rutland Regional Medical Center you’ll enjoy a lifestyle that most people envy. You’ll experience all the benefits of working for a sophisticated organization without the hassles associated with city life. We also have exceptional educational opportunities as well as unique cultural and recreational activities. Picture yourself working for an organization that allows professionals to practice their skills in a technologically advanced setting while enjoying a lifestyle with a true work/life balance.
Looking for a high-energy position with a socially responsible organization? Opportunities Credit Union an opening for highly motivated team player. Opportunities prides itself on its award-winning service and mission of building wealth, community and opportunity through a fair and affordable financial system.
Loan Servicer
The Loan Servicer supports the Consumer Lending and Mortgage Departments. This position provides great customer service, quality control checks, and maintains accuracy of loan files, among other functions. Ideal applicant is a multitasker who has great attention to detail and accuracy, and learns quickly in a fast-paced environment. Experience with office software and accounting background desirable. Competitive salary and benefits package, including generous combined, time-off policy. Please reply for specific positions with cover letter and resume to eglidden@oppsvt.org.
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160 Allen Street Rutland, VT 05701 EOE
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6 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. M-Sat $11/hr Hand & air tool experience is required. Ability to read blueprints & schematics is a plus.
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Solid work history, clear criminal history , reliable transportation, ability to stand for an 10-hour shift & lift up to 50 lbs. *Medical benefits are offered after 2 weeks! For immediate consideration call Natalie at 802-862-6500 or submit a resume to NDUVAL@WESTAff.cOm. While Westaff appreciates all resume submittals only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Staff Assistant The Volunteer Center at the United Way is seeking a 26 hour/week Staff Assistant with excellent organizational skills to assist with daily operations including telephones, special projects, database maintenance and reports, newsletter design, mailings and more. The ideal candidate will be experienced with MS Word & Excel, database management and desktop publishing software. Great work environment and a fun team!
Licensed Nursing Assistants Are you looking for an exciting career, that gives you the opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art long term care facility with an award winning team? We may have just what you are looking for! At Woodridge Nursing Home we provide flexibility with your schedule, a generous compensation package, shift differentials, and a work environment that offers a “no-lift” program, individualized resident care programs, and top-notch nursing and rehabilitation care.
Send cover letter, resume and references by December 8, 2008 to holly@unitedwaycc.org or mail to Holly Reed, United Way of Chittenden County, 412 Farrell Street, Suite 200, South Burlington, VT 05403.
Woodridge Nursing Home is currently seeking Licensed Nursing Assistants to work Full or Part time schedules on the evening shift, 3pm-11pm
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AdministrAtive secretAry
ProPerty services, essex Junction school district Full-time (8 hours/day), 12-month position available to perform a variety of secretarial and clerical duties for our Property Services department which serves the Essex Junction School District and the Essex Community Educational Center. Qualified candidates will possess the following: • Minimum of two years of relevant secretarial/clerical experience; some bookkeeping skills desirable. • Good keyboarding, filing, receptionist, and other general office skills required. • Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel and Power Point. • Experience with database systems and good data-entry skills. • Great organizational and recordkeeping skills, and ability to multitask. • Good written and verbal communication skills. • Good interpersonal skills; ability to work/deal with students, faculty, staff, parents and/or others in a courteous, professional, effective and efficient manner. Position pays $12.39/hour with an excellent benefits package available including: family medical and dental insurance, 25K term life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a retirement plan with up to 200% employer matching contributions, 11 paid holidays and other paid leaves. Position available beginning immediately. Applications only accepted electronically through www.schoolspring. com (Job ID 24814). For additional information, please visit our website at www.ccsuvt.org (click on Job Opportunities). EOE
Mobile Home Park Manager
www.CentralToYourWellBeing.org or contact us at 802-371-4191
Equal Opportunity Employer
Vermont State Housing Authority, a statewide affordable housing provider, is looking for a professional, reliable manager to handle the day-to-day management and site operations for a portfolio of mobile home parks. Individual must be able to work in a fast-paced environment; have excellent organizational; time management and strong interpersonal skills, and be able to assess and resolve complex situations. Bachelor’s degree and minimum three years hands-on experience in property management in the housing field, including experience in collections. Prior experience in mobile home park management preferred. Knowledge of infrastructure and onsite water/wastewater systems helpful. For more details visit www.vsha.org. Cover letter and resume to: HR, VSHA 1 Prospect St. Montpelier, VT 05602-3556 VSHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Seeking Substance Abuse Clinicians We currently have openings for both full-time and part-time MA -level clinicians specializing in the substance abuse field. Specialty areas include working as a Drug Court Case Manager, Clinicians working with Adolescents and their families, and working in our intensive outpatient program. Positions may be part time or combined to make a full-time position. All positions receive regular group and individual supervision. These positions work in collaboration within a full continuum of substance abuse services. We offer a competitive salary and an excellent flexible benefit package. If interested in working with knowledgeable and diverse team members in a group clinical treatment setting, please send a resume and cover letter to the contact information below. Melissa Turner, HR Coordinator Clara Martin Center, Box G Randolph, VT 05060 or to: mturner@claramartin.org
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LamoiLLe ambuLance Service, WiLLiSton operationS No Prior ce Experien ! d Neede Start Work Now! $880/hr Collect survey research data using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing technology in support of our government and business clients. Survey topics include health, healthcare, housing, the environment and other timely topics. • Evening and weekend shift work available. • Paid training provided. No prior computer experience is required. • Sickness, accident, prescription, vision & dental benefits available. Please apply in person at our office located at 126 College Street, 3rd FL, Burlington 800-639-2030 Minority candidates encouraged to apply. EOE/M/F/D/V
seeks EMT-Is & EMT-Bs & ECAS to fill full- and part-time openings. Motivated and team-oriented individuals encouraged to apply. Clean driving record. Pay EMT-I START $11.00/hr EMT-B/ECA $10.50/hr with 3 pay rate increases in 6 months.
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$5000 sign-on bonus for full-time (Part-time bonus pro-rated)
These positions require a RRT (CRT considered), minimum of BLS and graduate of an AMA Respiratory Therapy program. Require skills with a variety of respiratory therapy modalities, diagnostic testing, mechanical ventilation, as well as patient and staff education. Include routine respiratory care, critical care and ABG lab. Experience in acute care or intensive care setting helpful.
Apply online at www.CentralToYourWellBeing.org or contact us at (802) 371-4493. Eaqual Opportunity Employer
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Regional Planner Join the regional planning team in the heart of recreational Vermont! The Lamoille County Planning Commission seeks an adaptable manager for its transportation planning program. The Regional Planner will work with local, regional, state and federal partners in all transportation modes and help the LCPC develop policy and manage and implement projects. The Planner will also undertake other projects according to the person’s interests and skills and the LCPC’s needs. Land-use planning skills and familiarity with V.S.A. Title 24 Chapter 117 are considered an asset. Applicants must be able to work in both a team environment and independently and must possess a strong customer service ethic. Minimum qualifications include a degree in planning, transportation or a closely related field, and 2 years of relevant experience. Salary is commensurate with experience. LCPC offers an excellent work environment and benefits package. Please submit a cover letter, resume, 3 references and salary requirements via email by December 10, 2008 to: bonnie@lcpcvt.org. For further information, contact: Bonnie Waninger, Executive Director, at 802-888-4548, ext. 107. LCPC is an EOE.
EmploymEnt CounsElor The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, a field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, is seeking a dynamic bilingual individual to assist refugees with employment in Chittenden County. FT, competitive salary, excellent benefits. Responsibilities: Training and orientation about the American workplace, assessing client skills and interests, assisting with job applications, accompanying clients to interviews, employer outreach and support to develop employment opportunities, interpreting, and reporting. Requirements: Excellent interpersonal skills. Team player with ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment. Foreign language proficiency preferred (primary languages Nepali, Burmese, Sgaw Karen, Arabic; secondary languages Kirundi, Swahili, Somali, MaiMai, French). Driver’s license, clean driving record, and personal transportation. Experience with social service provision, employment services, refugee resettlement, and interpreting preferred. No phone calls. Submit a resume with cover letter describing your interest, qualifications, and salary history to: matt thompson Vrrp 462 Hegeman Ave, suite 101 Colchester, Vt 05446 or mthompson@uscrivt.org
Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity where you would join an innovative Respiratory Therapy team? We may have just what you are looking for! CVMC is currently seeking qualified Respiratory Therapist candidates to fill our full- and part-time night shift needs. We are sure that you will find our recently upgraded RRT salary range of $21 - $32 per hour competitive!
Help Desk Operator We have an immediate opening for an experienced Help Desk Operator in our Morrisville corporate headquarters. This position is for a key member of our Information Systems team whose primary responsibility is to coordinate the Help Desk function for 160+ users. Essential tasks include providing Help Desk technical software and hardware support by being the primary contact for bank employees (and occasional customer inquiries) to resolve a wide range of bank-specific and general computer application issues. Additional responsibilities include report generation, computer training, and assisting with ongoing network administration and other Information Systems operations. Proficiency in MS Office, Windows VISTA, Internet Explorer, and a basic understanding of computer networks and the ability to learn additional software is required. Experience with IBM AS400 operating systems is a plus. An Associates degree and/or computer certification with one to three years of related experience is preferred. Union Bank offers competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package, training for professional development, strong advancement potential, stable hours, and a friendly, supportive work environment. Wages are commensurate with experience. If you wish to be a candidate; please pick up an application at one of our branches and then apply with completed application, cover letter, resume, references and salary requirements to: Union Bank / Human Resources P.O. Box 667 • Morrisville VT 05661-0667 careers@unionbankvt.com
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Greater Burlington YMCA Director of Facilities Under the general direction of the Vice President, the Facilities Director oversees the maintenance and housekeeping functions of the YMCA, ensuring all facilities are well maintained, safe and clean. Supervises a maintenance and custodial staff. This is a working manager with 75 percent of this position being hands-on and 25 percent administrative/supervision. This position is responsible for facility contracts, mechanical systems, routine preventative maintenance, the grounds, two pools, general repairs, building safety, utilities and the facility purchasing and budgeting. A bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience in building maintenance and repair, HVAC systems, pool filtration, electrical and plumbing are required. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered qualifying. Please send cover note and resume to: Jan Riordan 266 College St. Burlington, VT 05401 or email jriordan@gbymca.org. We are an equal opportunity employment provider and employer.
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